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Select Board awards Hawthorne property reuse contract to performing arts group.

Select Board backs Swampscott Center for the Performing Arts for Hawthorne temporary reuse. The board voted 4-1 to award a lease authorization through June 30, 2028, to SCFPA for a cultural hub with performing arts, restaurant, café, family programming, and local retail, committing approximately

Townbrief news summary · Mar 4

Government · Select Board

Town leaders unveil $80.2 million budget plan

Swampscott's Select Board, School Committee and Finance Committee jointly reviewed an $80.2 million preliminary FY27 budget that would raise the average tax bill by $849.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 2

Government · Select Board

Select Board votes to pursue refined FY27 budget with $2.8M excess levy capacity.

Select Board reviews $2.8M-levy-capacity FY27 budget amid rising pressures. The preliminary plan, presented by Town Administrator Nicholas Connors at a joint meeting with the School Committee and Finance Committee on March 2, relies on conservative revenue forecasting and faces 14.5 percent health

Townbrief news summary · Mar 2

Government · Select Board

Select Board approves $9.6M bond anticipation note for school project

Swampscott Select Board approves $9.6 million bond anticipation note for school refinancing. Town Treasurer and Finance Director Patrick Luddy reported the Town received an SP-1+ rating, the highest available for short-term municipal debt, reflecting strong credit position and proximity to Boston

Townbrief news summary · Feb 27

Government · Select Board

Select Board Ratifies 3-Year Police Contract

Swampscott Select Board ratified a three-year police union contract and split 4-1 on a liquor license expansion.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 11

Government · Select Board

Select Board approves police contract with 3-2-3 percent raises through 2028

Select Board ratifies three-year police contract with graduated raises through 2028. The board voted unanimously to confirm the tentative agreement previously discussed in executive session, approving wage increases of 3 percent in FY26, 2 percent in FY27, and 3 percent in FY28, plus a 2 percent

Townbrief news summary · Feb 11

Government · Select Board

Boards Review Disputed School Utility Agreement

Swampscott's Select Board, School Committee and Finance Committee met jointly to untangle two years of confusion over a utility funding agreement, taking no vote on the dispute itself.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 9

Government · Select Board

Select Board, School Committee and Finance Committee hold joint utility-reserve discussion.

Select Board, School Committee, and Finance Committee convene jointly to review school utility reserve agreement. Cheryl Herrick-Stella, Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations, outlined the utility reserve fund timeline beginning with tri-chair discussions in 2023 and continuing through

Townbrief news summary · Feb 9

Government · Select Board

Boards table budget items, debate Nahant fund

Swampscott's Select Board, School Committee and Finance Committee spent over three hours reviewing town-school agreements and sparring over a Nahant tuition revolving fund.

Townbrief reporting · Jan 21

Government · Select Board

Select Board, School Committee, Finance Committee convene on school budgeting and shared services.

Select Board, School Committee, and Finance Committee held joint meeting on school budgeting and town-school agreements. Massachusetts Association of School Committees representatives Tracy Novak and Alicia Mallon presented on school funding practices. Three committees reviewed six active memoranda

Townbrief news summary · Jan 21