Saunders presents town’s FY26 budget calendar

Published 9:00 am Sunday, January 19, 2025

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Windsor Town Manager William Saunders presented the Windsor Town Council on Tuesday, Jan. 14, with a draft of the town’s fiscal year 2026 budget calendar, which includes items each month from January through June.

“I made a few changes from last year, not a lot, but a few changes, but that takes us down to (budget) adoption at the regular June meeting,” he said to council members. “I tried to keep it as much as I could on regular meetings’ (dates) to limit the number of work sessions, unless, like particularly in April, we just want to have them. We could have the number we feel is relevant.”

The calendar is as follows:

Jan. 14 – Regular Town Council meeting

  • Presentation of draft FY26 budget calendar to council

Feb. 11 – Regular Town Council meeting

  • Manager briefs council on FY25 year-to-date revenues and expenses
  • Manager discusses FY25 revenue projections with council

March – Town manager developing draft FY26 budget and Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) proposals

March 26 – Regular Planning Commission meeting

  • Presentation of draft FY26 CIP to the commission
  • Commission makes recommendation on the CIP to council

April – Work sessions on the FY26 budget and CIP proposals

April 30 – FY26 budget and CIP proposals delivered to council

May 13 – Regular Town Council meeting

  • Council discusses FY26 budget and CIP proposals

May 29 – Special Town Council meeting

  • Council conducts FY26 budget and CIP public hearings
  • Council discusses FY26 budget and CIP proposals

June 10 – Regular Town Council meeting

  • Council conducts tax rate public hearing
  • Council adopts FY26 budget and CIP