Official sources
Documents and where to find them
Use this page to verify ballot language, vote dates, and supporting budget documents from the official publishing sources before you vote.
Before you vote
Verify the question and dates from official records
The Select Board ballot amount for the FY27 override is $1,100,000. Use the Town Clerk postings to confirm final warrant language, election notices, registration deadlines, and polling details.
This site summarizes the proposal and source documents in one place so you can review the facts quickly and go directly to the official records.
Site last updated: 2026-04-17 · Town Clerk for official dates and ballot language
Town of Mendon
Official town documents
- Town of Mendon homepage
- Town Clerk's office — warrants, election notices, registration deadlines, and ballot language
- Town Meeting — schedule, location, and how Town Meeting works
- Agenda Center — Select Board and committee agendas with posted materials
- Document Center — Finance Committee reports, annual town reports, and other PDFs
- FY2026 Finance Committee Report (PDF) — most recent published FinCom report; check Document Center for current FY
- Town news and alerts — official announcements on upcoming votes and meetings
School district
Mendon-Upton Regional School District
- MURSD — Budget & Finance — the district publishes its own budget, presentations, and school committee materials here; these are separate from the town override figures on this site
- MURSD homepage
State resources
Massachusetts Division of Local Services
The state's DLS publishes plain-language guides on how Prop 2½ overrides work legally.
- Levy Limits: A Primer on Proposition 2½ (PDF)
- Prop 2½ Ballot Questions: Requirements and Procedures (PDF)
- Proposition 2½ Overrides & Exclusions — DOR training resource
- DOR Tax Impact Calculator — state tool for estimating override impact
- DLS Override and Underride History — statewide database of past votes
Update history
What changed on this site
- 2026-04-14: Initial planning snapshot published on site.
- 2026-04-14: Fact-check pass: town vs district scope, official Mendon links, vote dates from town pages, UI polish, and documentation.
- 2026-04-14: Removed spreadsheet from repository; figures maintained only in budget-summary.json with explicit provisional status.
- 2026-04-14: Site copy: emphasize official figures after board decisions and town votes; drop placeholder wording.
- 2026-04-14: Updated all core figures from Budget Workbook for SB and FinCom 04.14.26 (revised school number). Override amount revised to $1,170,903 (was $1,258,959) reflecting ~$88k school assessment reduction. Tax rate impact updated to $0.7260/$1,000 AV; average home impact updated to $482/yr (was $519). Added full 11-department line-item breakdown from Decisions sheet. Added revenue snapshot and $545,000 reserve-use figure.
- 2026-04-17: Updated to reflect April 14, 2026 Select Board & Finance Committee vote. Override ballot amount reduced to $1,100,000 (official; down from working estimate of $1,170,903). Tax rate impact updated to ~$0.682/$1,000 AV; average home impact updated to ~$453/yr. Approved 7 added-service items ($431,952 total); removed 4 unapproved items (IT refresh, highway, library, tree warden). Dispatch buffer increased from $15,000 to $30,000. Fire staffing corrected to 1 new firefighter per fire chief preference. Added official ballot language, MURSD cost driver context (health insurance +32%, salaries +6.3%, special ed +25%), and reduced-service risk data ($4.1M cuts, 60+ positions). Added notApprovedItems section for transparency.