Mendon Select Board — Proposition 2½ override information

What's included: Line items below cover major added-service requests across multiple departments—Fire, Police, Select Board, and others. The MURSD district assessment is the largest single driver of the gap, but funding flows through the town warrant, not directly to the district. MURSD publishes its own budget at mursd.org.

Working figures

Figure	Amount	Status
FY27 gap — maintaining current services	$1,269,451	Budget Workbook 04/14/26 — Snapshot sheet (Total Revenues $26,138,040 less Total Expenditures $27,407,491 at level service).
FY27 gap — with additional department requests	$1,700,903	Budget Workbook 04/14/26, as amended at April 14 Select Board & Finance Committee vote. Approved added-service total: $431,952.
Working override amount	$1,100,000.00	Select Board vote, April 14, 2026 — official ballot question amount ($1,100,000). School assessment increase of ~$2.4M from FY26 to FY27 is the primary driver.
Tax rate change per $1,000 assessed value	0.6821	Proportionally scaled from April 14 workbook DLS rate ($0.7260/$1,000) to reflect approved $1,100,000 override. Official DLS-certified rate will be set at tax rate setting in fall 2026.
Average single-family assessed value (Mendon)	$664,496	FY26 average single-family assessed value in Mendon — Division of Local Services (DLS). Use assessed value (from town assessors), not market/Zillow value.
Estimated annual increase — average home	$453.15	Proportionally scaled from April 14 workbook ($482/yr at $1.17M override) to reflect approved $1,100,000 override. Permanent annual increase; in year 1, one-time stabilization fund draw ($545,000) may reduce actual net levy impact.

Added-service requests

Largest line items in the working model

Showing the top spending requests included in the working override model. Totals are provisional—subject to Finance Committee review and Select Board adoption.

Fire — 1 new firefighter, ancillary costs & health insurance$216,986 (50%)

Select Board / HR — Assistant Town Administrator (32 hr/wk), health insurance, net of HR offset$81,910 (19%)

Police — Admin assistant (Fire EA transitioning to Fire dept, PD fills admin vacancy) + health insurance$75,500 (17%)

Dispatch — Capital buffer before full FY29 Dispatch assessment$30,000 (7%)

Town Clerk — Assistant hours increase (to 19 hrs), salary adjustment & Suffolk Leadership Course$14,256 (3%)

Assessors — NearMap aerial imagery subscription$8,300 (2%)

Snow & Ice — GPS tracking & weather subscription$5,000 (1%)

Total shown above$431,952

Where to find the official documents

Use these links to verify official postings, ballot language, election logistics, and school budget materials before you vote.

Town of Mendon — official postings

Town Clerk's office — Warrants, ballots, election dates, and registration deadlines — this is your authoritative source.
Town of Mendon homepage — News, agendas, and department contacts.
Town Meeting — Meeting schedule and logistics.
Agenda Center — Select Board and committee agendas with posted materials.
Document Center — Finance Committee reports and town PDFs.

School district

MURSD — Budget & Finance — District budget materials, school committee presentations, and school-side financials.

Massachusetts state resources

MA voter registration (Secretary of State) — Register online or check your registration status.
DOR: Prop 2½ Overrides & Exclusions explained — State explanation of how overrides work legally.
DOR Tax Impact Calculator — State tool to estimate the effect of an override on your tax bill.