Easthampton 2027 Budget Explorer
Why two budgets?
Easthampton will hold an election on June 9th, 2026 to vote on a new 2027 city budget.
Due to Massachusetts Proposition 2 1/2, Easthampton may not raise property taxes more than 2.5% per year unless residents vote to approve the increase.
Mayor Salem Derby is asking residents to vote for an override to accept a budget that exceeds the 2.5% maximum annual tax increase. The mayor’s office published two potential budgets
The Easthampton Mayor’s office has published two possible budgets for 2027:
- $62M Budget (does not require an override)
- $65.4M Budget (requires an override)
The June 9th election decides which budget goes into effect for 2027. If the override vote fails, the budget will default to the $62M version. If the vote passes, the city will increase property taxes to fund the $65.4M budget.
Why a budget explorer?
The official versions of the budget are PDFs, which makes them difficult to explore and compare, so I’ve converted them to an interactive explorer that allows residents to compare both budgets item by item:
Corrections
I’ve checked that the numbers in my explorer match the department-level totals and subtotals, but it’s possible that I introduced errors when extracting the data from the source PDFs.
If you see any errors, please let me konw.
Known errors in the published budget
- In the “With Override” budget, there is an error in the “A - General Government > Technology” section:
- Personnel line items sum to $243,248.99, but the PDF lists the personnel subtotal as $239,677.18, a $3,571.81 discrepancy.
- I have reported this issue to the Easthampton Mayor’s Office and am awaiting a correction.
Sources
The authoritative copies of this data are available on the Easthampton website:
The Mayor’s Office published earlier versions of the budget on 2026-05-05. The office has not published a list of changes between the two documents.
Converted to CSV
If you’d like to explore this data as a CSV, I’ve provided a copy of the CSVs I generated from the PDFs above: