Plymouth Finance Subcommittee Clears Eight FY27 Departmental Budgets in Single Session

PLYMOUTH — January 21, 2026 — Plymouth's Advisory and Finance Budget Sub-Committee A approved eight FY27 departmental budgets 4-0 at its January 21 hybrid session in Town Hall. The Human Resources budget came in at $634,942, with a $16,107 personnel increase tied to a 2 percent COLA, while the town's legal services line dropped $40,000 following the first full year of in-house labor counsel at roughly $70 per hour versus the $325 per hour previously paid to outside firm KP. Inspectional Services Director Jason reported $3.781 million in departmental revenues last fiscal year against a budget of approximately $1.3 million, citing expanded multifamily inspections and a new $420 after-hours inspection fee as growth drivers. The longest exchange of the night centered on a 2003 home-rule petition unique to Plymouth that reverts most retiring employees to a 90-10 premium split in the employee's favor — a benefit officials said placed Plymouth fourth-highest in the state for OPEB liability, with roughly 1,700 retirees and spouses currently enrolled at that rate.