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Tax-supported, baseline
$15M
Under this scenario
$15M
Over the envelope
$8.7M
was $8.9M
Projects moved
3
0 rejected
Against the envelope
deposits at what the funds REQUIRE, not what is budgeted todayReserve depositsDebt servicePay-as-you-goEnvelope
| Year | Baseline | This scenario | Envelope | Over | Rate /$1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2028 | $1,616,089 | $1,576,195 | $1,000,000 | $576,195 | — |
| FY2029 | $2,656,670 | $2,616,777 | $1,000,000 | $1,616,777 | — |
| FY2030 | $2,654,020 | $2,614,127 | $1,000,000 | $1,614,127 | — |
| FY2031 | $2,659,120 | $2,619,227 | $1,000,000 | $1,619,227 | — |
| FY2032 | $2,647,770 | $2,607,877 | $1,000,000 | $1,607,877 | — |
| FY2033 | $2,689,561 | $2,649,668 | $1,000,000 | $1,649,668 | — |
The change list
accept or reject each move — this is what the board reads| Project | From | To | Amount | Why | By | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASSESS-001 Revaluation first year — Town Wide — FY28 | FY2028 | FY2030 | $15,000 | FY2028 exceeded the envelope by $616,089 — repriced $15,000 → $16,224 over the move | engine | |
| ASSESS-002 Revaluation first year — Town Wide — FY28 | FY2028 | FY2030 | $15,000 | FY2028 exceeded the envelope by $608,589 — repriced $15,000 → $16,224 over the move | engine | |
| FIRE-002 Ambulance1 | FY2028 | FY2030 | $497,000 | FY2028 exceeded the envelope by $608,272 — repriced $497,000 → $558,429 over the move | engine |
Deposits here are what the funds require to stay solvent, not what the Town deposits today. On the budgeted figure, deferring a reserve-funded project would change nothing — the deposit is a separate decision from the draw — and the engine could never find a reason to move one. On the required figure, moving a draw later lowers what the fund needs, which is where a taxpayer feels it.
The engine is greedy and deterministic, not an optimiser: for each year over the envelope it moves the lowest-priority movable project to the nearest year inside its own window with headroom, breaking ties by importance, then cost, then code. It never moves a locked project or one scored as a safety or legal mandate. A black box cannot be defended in a public meeting.
The engine is greedy and deterministic, not an optimiser: for each year over the envelope it moves the lowest-priority movable project to the nearest year inside its own window with headroom, breaking ties by importance, then cost, then code. It never moves a locked project or one scored as a safety or legal mandate. A black box cannot be defended in a public meeting.