HOPKINTON — Town Manager Norman Khumalo and Senior Accounting Manager Benjamin Sweeney would like to invite residents to complete a survey as the town prepares to begin the FY24 budget process.
The Town of Hopkinton will use the survey results to garner the community’s understanding of the town’s budget and how the process can be improved.
The survey includes 14 questions and asks the respondent about their current understanding of the budget and how they learn about it currently, the importance of various budget categories, how they believe the process could be improved, some demographic questions, and more. It will take approximately five minutes to complete.
“We encourage residents to complete this survey ahead of our yearly budget process,” Sweeney said. “The annual budget impacts the level and type of services residents receive, as well as the direction of our town, and the survey will help us learn about residents’ understanding of the budget and continue to engage the community in the process.”
The survey is available in multiple languages. Paper copies are available at Hopkinton Town Hall, 18 Main St.; Hopkinton Public Library, 13 Main St.; and the Senior Center, 28 Mayhew St.
The survey will remain open until Thursday, Oct. 6.
Click here to complete the survey.
The town’s budget is a public and deliberative process that starts approximately seven months before the start of a new fiscal year, which runs from July through the following June. The Select Board sets the budget message that defines priorities, opportunities and limitations for the new fiscal year. The Select Board, School Committee, Capital Improvement Committee and Appropriation Committee hold public meetings to discuss each budget request in detail beginning in September each year until the following May. The Select Board then approves a budget for consideration at Annual Town Meeting, which is usually held the first Monday in May.
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