NORFOLK - The town has lost $192,000 for this fiscal year as part of the more than $1 billion in state budget cuts the governor has ordered.

Norfolk may be the only community in The Sun Chronicle area directly affected by the state cuts, which Gov. Deval Patrick announced a week ago to bridge a $1.4 billion budget shortfall.

The Norfolk money was intended as prison mitigation funds to reimburse the town for hosting state prisons and providing services such as fire and police responses to the state facilities.

"We are not going to get it back this year," Selectman James Lehan said. "The wildcard is whether we will get it back next year."

Another $192,000 in local prison money has not been touched. Norfolk's prison money has been cut and held up in past years because of the state's budget picture.

Largely as a result of the latest prison money cut, selectmen this week decided not to hold the Nov. 18 fall town meeting.

The meeting was mainly to get authorization to use the prison money for building and equipment items, including repairing a backup ambulance for the fire department that needs significant overhaul.

Also, money was going to be sought for smoke detectors in Freeman-Centennial School.

"We had several needs," Lehan said. "The state reneged on the $192,000."

Selectmen Chairman Ramesh Advani added: "It really does create a problem. We were kind of assured this would come through."

The town meeting was also canceled because there were only 17 articles on the warrant and others were not of a critical nature. The meeting would have cost up to $5,000 to hold.

So far, general state aid to cities and towns hasn't been cut. "We are lucky the state can deliver on local aid," Advani said. "I think we are just starting to see the tip of the iceberg on how we are going to be affected."