Westport Finance Board To Consider School Fund Transfers, Town Carryovers

Next week's meeting includes education finances, fiscal year close out and $53,706.56 in departmental requests.

By Alfred Branch, Patch Staff

Aug 27, 2026 11:36 AM EDT

WESTPORT, CT — The Westport Board of Finance is scheduled to consider several requests involving school funds and town department carryovers when it meets Wednesday, Sept. 2.

The board is scheduled to consider a request from Superintendent of Schools Thomas Scarice to transfer unaudited, unspent 2025-26 Board of Education operating funds to the school board's carryover account. To view the agenda, click here; it does not specify the amount of the proposed transfer Scarice is seeking.

Additionally, the board is also scheduled to consider a separate request from the superintendent to appropriate money to the 2025-26 budget for the Board of Education's Rentals & Reimbursements Expenditure Account. The agenda does not list an amount for that request.

The school district's finances will also be the subject of a discussion-only item, with the Board of Education's chief financial officer scheduled to present the district's fourth-quarter fiscal year 2026 financial report.

As part of closing out fiscal year 2025-26, the board is scheduled to consider a request from the town finance director to process a list of transfers and incorporate them into the appropriation subsidiary ledger.

The finance director also is requesting approval to carry over a combined $53,706.56 for four town purposes. The requests include $26,000 in the Finance/Personnel salary adjustment account for staffing expenses; $15,206.56 for Westport Art Advisory sculpture rentals; $10,000 in Human Services for staffing expenses; and $2,500 for Conservation office furniture.

Other agenda items include a discussion-only financial report from the finance director and a discussion-only status update from the audit manager. The board is also scheduled to consider approving minutes from its June 3 regular meeting and June 17 and Aug. 3 special meetings.

The Board of Finance public meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the auditorium at Westport Town Hall.

In addition, the meeting is scheduled to be broadcast on Channel 79 and/or live-streamed on the Town Website westportct.gov. (On the website, select "How Do I" heading, and select "Watch Town Meetings.")