Foxborough Select Board Approves $106.4 Million FY27 Budget With Lower Insurance Costs

FOXBOROUGH — March 31, 2026 — Foxborough Select Board approves $106.4 million FY27 budget and confronts World Cup traffic concerns. The board voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt the fiscal year 2027 budget of $106,442,430, a 4.01 percent increase, after a $367,641 reduction driven by health insurance costs coming in at 6.82 percent — well below the 10 percent budgeted — saving $315,000. Police Chief Michael Kelleher delivered a detailed debrief on traffic and security from the March 27 Brazil-U.S. friendly at Gillette Stadium, calling the 63,000-fan event a security success with zero arrests and no incidents, but describing residential traffic as "a fact" that police cannot fully control given Route 95's chronic capacity constraints and GPS routing pushing vehicles onto neighborhood streets. "I've never sat here and said I can fix the traffic," Kelleher told the board. Select Board Chair William Keegan raised the question of whether the town's 70-plus annual events have exceeded the community's tolerance, saying the board must weigh event timing and volume as it approaches a new licensing renewal season. The board also approved a new three-year contract for Finance Director Marie Almodova at a salary of $176,000, and accepted a $5.03 million FEMA grant award tied to World Cup hosting.