Finance Committee

Agendas & Minutes

Agendas are available prior to the meetings. Minutes are available following approval.

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Members

  • Mary A. MacKinnon, Chair 
    Term: ATM 2024
  • Michael Cowett, Vice Chair
    Term:  ATM 2023
  • Carl L. Pike
    Term: ATM 2026
  • Vacant
    Term: ATM 2024
  • David Fuller
    Term: ATM 2025
  • Debra Moran
    Term: ATM 2025
  • Derek Billnitzer
    Term: ATM 2025

Composition of the Finance Committee

  • All members are appointed by the Moderator for a term of three years.
  • The Finance Committee is composed of seven members.

Duties & Responsibilities

The Finance Committee considers and reports on all requests for appropriations made by the different departments of the town, considers all warrant articles to be presented at a town meeting, and makes recommendations for action at the town meetings as they deem in the best interests of the town.

Related Documents

Schedule of Budget Hearings

  1. Fiscal Year 2019 Schedule of Budget Hearings (PDF)
  2. Fiscal Year 2018 Schedule of Budget Hearings (PDF)
  3. Fiscal Year 2017 Schedule of Budget Hearings (PDF)

About Property Taxes

  1. Average Single Family Home - 2018 -Statewide (PDF)
  2. Average Single Family Home - 2017 -Statewide (PDF)
  3. Average Single Family Home - 2017 Kingston (PDF)
  4. Average Single Family - 2018 Taxes - Plymouth County (PDF)
  5. Proposition 2.5 Overrides Approved (PDF)

Town Warrant Booklets

  1. STM February 2, 2016 (PDF)
  2. ATM April 11, 2015 (PDF)
  3. ATM and STM June 2, 2015 (PDF)
  4. ATM June 11, 2016 (PDF)
  5. ATM May 23, 2017 (PDF)

About School Budgets

  1. Underfunded Mandates (as of 2014) (PDF)

About Property Taxes

  1. Excess Levy Capacity (Amount Allowable Under Proposition 2.5 but Not Taxed) (PDF)
  2. About Personal Property Taxes - Westborough Analysis (PDF)

Debt Service

  1. Debt Service - Payments to Maturity (PDF)

Credit Rating

  1. Kingstons Historical Credit Ratings (PDF)
  2. Credit Rating Report - Moodys September 2015 (PDF)
  3. Credit Rating Report - S and P March 2014 (PDF)
  4. About the Moodys Rating scale (PDF)
  5. About the Standard and Poor's Rating Scale (PDF)

Additional Documents

  1. Town Financial Guidelines (PDF)
  2. State Aid (PDF)
  3. Reserve Fund Transfers (PDF)
  4. Elizabeth B. Sampson Fund (PDF)
  5. Per Pupil Spending (KNG and Silver Lake) (PDF)

Budget Book

  1. Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Summary Book (PDF)