Eastham Finance Committee Outlines $3.93 Million Override Ahead of Town Meeting

EASTHAM -- March 5, 2026, Eastham Finance Committee outlines a $3.93 million override package that would raise the median homeowner's tax bill by $627. Town Manager Rich Waldo walked the committee through three stacked override questions at the March 5 meeting: a $755,000 base operating override driven by a 4.2 percent increase in operating costs, a collective bargaining agreement totaling $1.575 million over three years with $1.1 million needed in year one, and an estimated $1.6 million school allocation tied to enrollment shifts and special education costs, a figure that will not be confirmed until the Nauset Regional School Committee votes on March 18. On top of that, Waldo presented a priority list of unfunded requests, including splitting the assistant town manager and finance director position at $175,000, a Council on Aging hybrid program coordinator at roughly $75,000, a recreation coordinator at $87,500, expanded preschool voucher funding at $125,000, and townwide online permitting at $45,000, totaling roughly $70 more per median-valued home if all were approved as separate overrides. The warrant printing deadline is April 3.