Foxboro and Boston World Cup organizers remain at a standstill over security funding 100 days out from the global event kicking off at Gillette Stadium, where the town’s public safety, in part, raked in millions in detail pay last year.

A Herald analysis has found that third-party pay, which records show is mostly from Gillette details, accounted for $5.49 million of Foxboro’s total payroll of $64.53 million last year. The stadium, operated by Kraft Sports and Entertainment, reimburses the suburban town for the work, per a town official.

The Herald has received Foxboro’s final payroll for the 2025 calendar year, as its Select Board is in the thick of an escalating fight with the Boston 2026 World Cup host committee, even after organizers assured they’d fully cover nearly $8 million in security costs.

More than a handful of police officers skyrocketed their total pay last year to well over $200,000 by working details at Gillette Stadium and with overtime. Included in that group is a patrolman who clocked in $106,040.91 in detail and $95,268.30 in overtime, boosting his gross earnings to $309,150.18, records show.

Attorneys representing Boston 2026 have told the Select Board that they will cover the $7.8 million the town is demanding for “manpower and capital expense items” for security throughout the 39 days of scheduled World Cup events at Gillette, which will be rebranded as Boston Stadium.

Foxboro and the nonprofit host committee have been put in a precarious position, partly due to the partial federal government shutdown. The requested $7.8 million is tied to a pool of over $47 million that the state is slated to receive but remains stuck in federal limbo.

“The thing that rings loud and clear is you all wanted an answer to a very simple question, which is, where is the money coming from?” Attorney Gary Roman told the Select Board on Tuesday.

“We understand your concern about the town not holding the bag if something happens,” Roman added. “The answer to your question … is Boston Soccer 2026.”

Roman said the host committee has received a commitment from Kraft Sports and Entertainment to fund any additional shortfalls. He added that the host committee would fund invoices for police and fire details within two business days of a match.

But even after those assurances, the Select Board is holding on tight to its March 17 deadline to issue an entertainment license for FIFA to hold the World Cup at Gillette.

“The board does not want to deny this license by any means,” board Vice Chairwoman Stephanie McGowan said, “but we will if we have to. … If we’re not satisfied, there is no other time to tweak.”

Gillette is set to host seven matches – five in the group stage and two knockout games – between June 13 and July 9. The World Cup is considered a SEAR 1 event, the highest risk level for public gatherings in the country.

A sticking point for the board and Foxboro Police Chief Michael Grace, who earned $251,650.64 in total pay last year, is that Boston 2026 wanted a June 1 deadline to procure security equipment. That would be less than two weeks before the first match.

“That strategy is a failed strategy,” Grace told the host committee’s attorneys. “We do not wait until the week before and then force the board and public safety to cancel an event because we can’t settle the matters now when we should be settling them now.”

The police chief echoed Select Board Chairman Bill Yukna, who earlier in the meeting responded to that condition, calling it “not acceptable.”

“For us to do what the chiefs need takes time, first of all, for installations, for programming, for training,” Yukna said. “It takes time to get the materials.”

Boston 2026 estimates the matches will generate over $1 billion in local economic impact, including $100 million in tax revenue and over 9,000 jobs.

The state Legislature last year approved $10 million to support transportation, public safety, wayfinding and signage, services for individuals with disabilities, equity, inclusion and sustainability efforts, and volunteer support costs.

Gillette is expected to draw an attendance of 64,628 for each of the seven matches, a few thousand less than capacity for Patriots games, but the World Cup is a world spectacle. Approximately 2 million visitors from around are expected to flock to the Bay State.

“We are confident that these events can be safely accommodated within the stadium with the collaboration of public safety at local, state and federal levels,” attorney Peter Tamm told the Foxboro Select Board.

But patience and confidence are wearing thin in the town of roughly 18,600.

“I don’t understand why we are sitting here again today, and I said the same thing two weeks ago,” board member Mark Elfman said, “without a confirmed commitment from you guys to give our chiefs what they feel they need.

“It seems like,” he added, “you are trying to nickel and dime them.”