Meeting minutes, written from the recordings

Board set Lunenburg Middle High gym as Nov 3 polling place and put several articles on the Nov 17 warrant.

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Board designated the middle-high school cafeteria as polling place and ratified a new fire chief and police officer.

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Select Board advanced the Food Pantry's temporary move to 30 School Street, waiving fees and OK'ing a license.

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Select Board recommends a lower education-aid figure than the school committee for Thursday's special town meeting article.

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Select Board unanimously ruled the dog is not a nuisance after a hearing where no witness reported evidence of nuisance behavior.

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Select Board ratified Jessica Jack Miller as assistant town manager, deferred snow-and-ice relief funds decision

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Select Board and design committee toured Brooks House and TCP in person to assess building condition ahead of a future decision on the properties.

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The Select Board placed the school district's shortfall articles on the September special town meeting warrant.

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Board directed staff to develop repair-vs-demolition cost estimates for the failing TC Pacios building.

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Select Board leaned toward demolishing TC Pacios rather than repairing it, pending a formal committee vote.

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The Select Board called a citizen-petition special town meeting for September 3, setting the warrant and hearing schedule.

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A citizens' petition forced an earlier special town meeting to consider added state aid for the school budget.

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Select Board moves toward a decision on demolishing or renovating the deteriorating TCP building

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The board took the Flatill Road bridge land by eminent domain and tabled the DPW union contract over legal disputes.

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Electronic voting machines can't be discontinued for the August special election — the state says they're mandatory.

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The board voted to press the state legislature to preserve the Foundation Budget Review Commission and boost school aid in the FY27 budget.

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The Select Board reconstituted the Personnel Committee as a five-member body and filled its seats along with most other town board vacancies.

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Board set an August 8 special election for two vacant seats and completed the town manager's annual review

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Amanda Moore resigns as vice chair citing health; board reorganizes and plans a special election

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Select Board held final public comment on the override before Saturday's town election; the chair backed a yes vote.

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Appraisal finds the 925 Mass Ave property has a negative value, complicating the town's redevelopment plans

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Select Board ratified three union contracts (fire, municipal employees, DPW) after executive session.

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Board took only routine votes; public comment sharply disputed override claims of fire and police service cuts

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Public comment turned into a pitched fight over the FY27 override, staffing cuts, and a disputed Ledger story.

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Select Board voted to send the FY27 balanced budget and both override tiers to town meeting despite sharp internal debate

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Board set the FY27 town meeting warrant and voted a two-tier override question onto the town election ballot

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Board included nearly all FY27 warrant articles; TC Passios' safety issues leave the food pantry's future unresolved.

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Select Board leaned toward a two-tier (core + restoration) joint town/school override, no vote taken

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Select Board leans toward letting town meeting voters decide on continued mosquito-control funding.

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Board leans toward an FY27 override as the school/town budget gap sits near $3.15 million.

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Select Board voted to submit three FY27 state earmark requests: boiler, fire radios, primary playground

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Town manager says the preliminary FY27 budget won't balance and will need an override, projected over $3 million short

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Board reviewed a proposed storm water utility fee bylaw headed to spring Town Meeting, split public reaction

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Town manager warns an FY27 override may be needed while unreconciled FY25 books risk losing state local aid

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Select Board approved a 30% water-rate increase under the Fitchburg intermunicipal agreement.

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Town warns the FY27 budget season will be rough amid finance-office vacancies and a 30% Nashoba fee hike

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Select Board approved annual relicensing for Blue Sky Golf and Bad Larry's, then adjourned.

Select Board rehired retired town accountant Karen Brochu as interim finance director amid a stalled recruitment.

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Board voted 4-1 to send a letter pressing school/finance committees to communicate better ahead of budget season

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Select Board voted unanimously to let the town manager sign a low-income community solar discount deal.

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Select Board voted a single FY2026 tax rate, rejecting a split rate and all optional exemptions.

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Select Board approved FY26 budget amendments; deferred action after a newly surfaced Fitchburg water billing shortfall

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Town manager says finance-department transition is causing substantial, monthslong operational and financial disruption

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Select Board finished the Nov. 18 special town meeting warrant, including new SAP vacation-bank rules.

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Select Board voted 3-2 to pull the APDC/Historical Commission merger article from the special town meeting warrant

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Select Board delays votes on the APDC-historical commission merger and a new noise ordinance amid pushback

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Select Board voted most fall Special Town Meeting warrant articles, including a new special-education reserve fund

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Select Board waived its right of first refusal, clearing the way for a six-lot subdivision on West Townsend Road.

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Select Board approved a charity bike ride's route through town, then entered executive session for litigation.

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Select Board terminated Flat Hill Road contractor for cause; school's ~$582K FY25 surplus remains unverified

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Select Board ratified a new multi-year police union contract and raised trash bag fees

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Select Board set the fall Special Town Meeting for Nov. 18, 2025, with the warrant opening Aug. 20 and closing Oct. 2.

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Select Board approved a special event license for the Teen Center's Shrieks and Creeks fall fundraiser.

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Select Board told the building committee to rescope Ritter/Town Hall, dropping ACE, before returning to voters

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Select Board adopted tri-board ground rules to launch the FY27 school/town budget process, plus several appointments.

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Select Board ratified a new planning department hire, then entered executive session on police union bargaining

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Select Board filled contested seats on Conservation Commission, Council on Aging, and PAC; approved a Main St. license deal.

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Select Board drafted FY26 goals built around a new tri-board process to shape the FY27 budget, override left open.

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Board voted unanimously to raise the progress pride flag for Pride Month over a resident's objection.

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Select Board reorganized: new chair, vice chair and clerk elected, two newly-elected members seated

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Select Board honored two retiring members at their final meeting; routine appointments and contracts otherwise approved

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Select Board again declined to call a special election on the FY26 school override town meeting had approved.

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Select Board finalized the town meeting warrant, including a roughly $49M budget and a citizen override question.

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Select Board reviewed a $13.7M Marshall Park rebuild going to the May 3 town meeting as a debt-exclusion vote.

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Board unanimously recommends the town hall/Ritter renovation for town meeting while chair reveals FY26 school layoffs

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Select Board voted not to put the schools' override question on the town election ballot, ending it.

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Select Board backed the pavement plan restored via cuts and a majority refused to put any override on the ballot.

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Board put most town meeting warrant articles on the warrant; override and school supplement deferred to next night.

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Select Board and School Committee agreed to skip a FY26 override and use free cash; a larger override is planned for next year.

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Board approved diner license transfer and dispatch expansion; manager zeroed pavement line for balance, offset by Chapter 90 rise.

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Select Board approved the Bliss cannabis host agreement 3-1 and adopted a workplace climate survey policy.

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Select Board denied a class 2 auto dealer license after police showed the applicant's surety bond was altered.

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Board heard a municipal building estimate of 21 to 22.3 million; cannabis agreement and climate policy deferred.

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Select Board unanimously approved the new town manager's contract, starting February 4, 2025; interim manager said farewell.

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Select Board workshopped a workplace climate survey policy, leaning to an outside-run survey every two years; none adopted.

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Select Board voted 4-1 to appoint Jennifer Warren Diamond town manager, pending successful contract negotiation.

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Select Board interviewed three town manager finalists; no vote or selection was made at this meeting.

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Select Board advised the building committee to fold PACK studio space into phases one and two, and kept comparable-communities list with Gardner added back.

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Board heard the Budget Task Force's 20 recommendations; foreclosure of 531 Reservoir Road and ARPA delegation approved.

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Select Board renewed all 2025 licenses, voted a skate park grant letter, and tabled the tax-foreclosure hold-or-sell decision.

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Select Board adopted a single tax rate with no exemptions, and committed ARPA funds to small local requests.

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Select Board voted unanimously to reallocate ARPA surpluses to cover two roof overruns and committed funds to equipment purchases.

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Board let the interim manager shift capital funds up to 25,000 per move; ARPA reallocation set for Nov 13.

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Select Board extended the interim town manager 90 days on a 3-2 vote and advanced special town meeting warrant articles.

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Board ratified Lt. Tibido as interim police chief; most special town meeting articles held a week, Marshall Park debt opposed.

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Select Board heard the town manager search timeline and first reading of tax title policy changes; minutes approved unanimously.

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Select Board continued the Main Street liquor license transfer, approved Bedrock Bar and Grill, and backed Flat Hill Road advisory signs.

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Select Board goals workshop reworded and trimmed draft goals; no stand-alone budget goal was kept.

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Select Board appointed three Sewer Commission members, set a town manager posting salary, and raised ambulance rates.

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Select Board approved a cyclist pass-through; discussed ARPA deadlines, FY25 goals, MUNIS replacement and a roof overage.

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Select Board endorsed GW Shaw as new trash hauler and reprogrammed ARPA funds, both unanimously.

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Select Board reprogrammed ARPA funds and allocated about $353,000 to requests using median rankings; vice chair recall pressure aired.

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Select Board delayed allocating ARPA funds to next week, signed a resolution on Nashoba Valley Medical Center, and set the fall town meeting for Nov 12.

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Select Board repealed policy 2.13 and waived first refusal on two Kilburn Street lots amid heated public comment.

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Board funded a town manager recruiter and approved rec director hours; public communications policy dispute left unresolved.

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Select Board interviewed two interim Town Manager candidates and chose Mr. terenzini first, Blanchard second, unanimously.

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Select Board adopted a public communications policy 3-2 after one night's notice, and took no action on the Flat Hill Road petition.

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Select Board approved Blue Sky golf's alcohol license 4-1 and agreed to move quickly on interim town manager interviews.

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Select Board created a budget task force, continued Blue Sky Golf's liquor hearing to July 9, extended town manager's contract

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Select Board ratified key appointments, posted the interim town manager job, and named Alonzo to the screening committee.

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Select Board revoked the Reboot's alcohol license and two auto dealer licenses; town manager announced her resignation.

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Select Board heard of months of MUNIS billing failures and agreed to bring in Town Counsel over a possible breach.

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Select Board ratified two town hires, set the town manager's self-evaluation deadline, and reviewed the Shady Point license.

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Select Board voted 2-1 with two abstentions to recommend against the water district's PFAS treatment plan on the May 16 ballot.

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Select Board approved two toll booths, a revenue turnover policy and appointments; water district previewed May 16 vote costs.

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Select Board voted to write off the ambulance receivables and delayed the revenue turnover policy vote one week.

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Select Board waived the town's right of first refusal on four lots at 100 Howard Street, voting unanimously.

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Select Board recommended the school override ballot question 3-2 and put it on the May 18 ballot; sick-leave article deferred.

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Select Board put the school override on the warrant with a set dollar amount and deferred most other article votes.

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Select Board agreed to reallocate ARPA funds to the schools to narrow the budget gap; override vote deferred to March 26.

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Select Board put a school override placeholder on the warrant and ballot and voted a single tax rate.

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Select Board agreed to put an override on the warrant and ballot, number undecided; Shady Point deal replaces Lake Shirley transfer.

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Select Board granted Conrad's Drive-In its license on condition back taxes are resolved by May 20th.

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Select Board conditionally approved a limousine license, took Flat Hill easements by eminent domain, and ratified a new executive assistant.

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Select Board appointed a Conservation Commission member; chapter 74 bylaw repeal left split 3-2 and carried to Feb. 13.

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Select Board delayed a Conservation Commission appointment one week and approved adding Boxborough to the dispatch agreement.

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Select Board ratified a new finance director/town accountant, opposed HR 3557, and heard Lake Shirley parcel transfer; vote set for February

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Board agreed to send a resident's repeated complaints back to the board, denied a police audit, ratified a facilities head.

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Select Board approved propane tank licenses for a Northfield Road farm and new building permit fees effective Jan 1, 2024.

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Select Board renewed all annual licenses, approved the Q3 preliminary tax bill insert, and named a liaison to the assessors.

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Board ratified a police sergeant and assistant town accountant, extended health opt-out pilot, deferred building fee vote

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Select Board heard annual reports from appointed boards, ratified two hires, and discussed the failed Article 4 vote.

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Board ratified four hires and approved an earth removal permit; Flat Hill trustees refused town inspection of basin cleanout.

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Select Board heard DPW staffing and pay pleas, ratified a DPW hire, and planned a December workshop and policy reviews.

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Board deferred most special town meeting articles pending numbers, recommended others, and heard a staffing shortage report.

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Select Board recommended most special town meeting articles, deferred several to next week, and appointed a Parks Commissioner.

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Select Board put the police mental-health co-response, farm bylaw and four planning articles on the Nov 14 warrant.

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Select Board approved a liquor license transfer and relocation to 88 Mass Ave, over one resident's objection.

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Select Board and Assessors appointed Sarah Kammer to the vacant Board of Assessors seat until the May 2024 election.

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Cemetery Commission sought ARPA money for a North Cemetery stone wall; board took no vote and noted little ARPA remains.

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Select Board found two dogs dangerous after a goat was killed; ordered pen, muzzles, insurance, restitution

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Select Board appointed Brian Lafond to the vacant Board of Assessors seat through the May 2024 election.

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Select Board ratified three hires, heard ARPA pitches and PFAS well-testing talk, and reviewed the assessing investigation findings.

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Select Board authorized litigation over a shed encroaching on town forest and heard of Conservation staffing shortfalls.

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Two assessors resigned, leaving no quorum; Select Board and town manager appealed for volunteers to fill the vacancies.

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Select Board heard members' ARPA rankings, with no votes; PFAS well testing sent to Board of Health; accountant appointed.

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Select Board reappointed a Monty Tech representative, appointed a sewer commissioner, approved a liquor license transfer, and began ranking ARPA requests.

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Board ratified a police hire and clock winder, heard flat hill drainage options, and committed two ARPA requests.

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Board adopted extra retiree COLA and committed more money for the delayed, over-budget property revaluation.

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Board heard ARPA requests from library, food pantry and Boys & Girls Club, made annual appointments, and deferred the retiree COLA vote to next week.

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Select Board heard ARPA requests, approved an auto dealer license, opposed Leominster Hospital's labor unit closure, and made appointments.

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Select Board voted that the school's cheaper mini-split AC plan for the primary school is not a substantial change of scope.

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Select Board heard a preliminary Municipal Building plan and the assessment consultant's report, and denied the 243 Summer Street paving request.

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Select Board committed about $1.1M of ARPA funds, mainly $1M for Marshall Park, and suspended On the Rocks' liquor license for 10 days.

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Select Board transferred On the Rocks' all-alcohol license to a new owner despite a pending violation hearing.

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Select Board heard a clean FY22 audit and a Flat Hill drainage study, and recommended two town meeting articles.

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Select Board amended an earth removal permit and deferred a Marshall Park ARPA decision, targeting May 9.

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Board recommended most Town Meeting articles, deferred some, and with assessors set Jan 6 as tax bill mailing date.

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Board voted to treat tax bills as mailed January 6 (May 1 due date), pending Town Counsel confirming DOR allows it.

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Select Board chose four FY24 state earmark priorities and reviewed senior tax relief and town meeting articles.

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Select Board met with state delegation on legislative priorities, then heard heated public comment on the FY23 tax assessments and authorized a stopgap assessor contract.

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Board says no town-wide reassessment is possible; abatements are the only remedy for the FY23 assessments.

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Select Board committed ARPA funds for an ambulance and two DPW dump trucks and heard a tax assessment investigation update.

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Select Board continued a liquor license transfer hearing two weeks and heard an update on the 2023 tax assessment investigation.

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Board favors ARPA funds for ambulance and two plow trucks; vote deferred to Feb 21 for finance committee input.

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Select Board voted to commit $150,000 of ARPA funds for the tax assessment investigation and abatement staffing.

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Select Board ratified a new full-time patrolman and a facilities director, both unanimously, and previewed a liquor license hearing.

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Select Board moved a charter investigation into FY23 lakefront assessment spikes; the vote result is not in the captions.

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Select Board heard residents on 2023 lakefront tax assessment spikes and moved to open a charter investigation; vote result not captioned.

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Select Board heard two hours of anger over steep lakefront tax assessments and promised to investigate; assessor to attend next week.

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Select Board opened the town meeting warrant and backed permissive remote-meeting rules; residents raised steep tax bill jumps.

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Select Board approved the 30 School Street demolition bid package, telework policy and appointment policy; ARPA policy only presented.

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Board approved all three alcohol renewals (4-1 on two) and began rewriting appointment and remote work policies.

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Select Board appointed a planning board member and renewed licenses, holding one alcohol license over a police incident.

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Board kept a single tax rate, approved septic access over town land, and voted not to pass over the firefighter buyback article.

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Select Board granted Il Forno's alcohol license alteration, conditioned on building to the plans shown, and certified FY23 free cash.

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Select Board deferred many special town meeting recommendations; Il Forno hearing continued to Nov 1 for floor plans.

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School withdrew its special town meeting AC article after bids far exceeded funds; board favored condensed APDC article.

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Select Board put three special town meeting articles on the warrant and held the APDC bylaw change for rework.

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Select Board and Finance Committee discussed a capital-plan amendment bylaw and debt policy; board expected to put the bylaw on the warrant.

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Select Board voted 4-0 to support the water district's pilot study to treat the Hickory Hills well.

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Select Board appointed a conservation member, approved two Sept. 17 events, and dropped term limits; water talk postponed.

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Select Board ratified Paul Visconti as the new facilities director and approved a solar PILOT and tax-appeal settlement.

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Select Board and Capital Planning workshopped ideas for $3.5M in ARPA funds, led by Marshall Park; no spending decided.

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Select Board renewed earth removal permits, set a Nov 15 special town meeting, and will ask the APDC to rehear Ritter windows.

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Committee voted to hire Rich Matthew as director of finance and operations, pending contract; requested $300,000 free cash for special ed reserve.

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School Committee unanimously approved a new director of finance and operations title and hired a temporary director.

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Paraprofessional contract vote delayed again over salary-calculation errors; two placeholder warrant articles advanced

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The school committee will hire its own next business administrator, deciding by vote next week after tonight's public interview.

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The committee voted to restore a second-grade teacher and literacy funding over an audit or a second BCBA.

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The school committee voted to submit its own warrant article demanding the full extra state aid for the September 3rd special town meeting.

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The committee approved a spending plan and voted to send a warrant article to the Select Board for extra FY27 school funding.

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The committee voted unanimously to ask the select board for a special town meeting to redirect state aid into the school budget.

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After the override's defeat, the committee agreed to weigh another override or funding request at its next meeting.

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Override failed; committee accepts a balanced-budget of cuts and eyes another override attempt next year

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Committee heard a 90-minute appeal over a disputed student-council election signature count, took no vote

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Schools urged town unity ahead of the override vote; routine grants and policy readings were approved

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Committee voted to keep charging the student bus fee despite members calling it unfair, citing budget desperation.

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TriBoard formally voted to pursue a two-tier (not single-number) FY27 override, dropping stormwater from it

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School Committee locked in its override request; without it, elementary classes grow and sports/band busing are cut.

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Committee picked one override number (core "Scenario C") and, if it fails, will cut athletic transportation to save a teacher and a therapy aide

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TriBoard split near evenly on one FY27 override vs. two tiers, but agreed unanimously to put one on the ballot.

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Superintendent corrected a budget math error, lowering the FY27 deficit; athletic trainer cuts left undecided

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Committee advanced a "needs" FY27 budget it says the town cannot currently fund without an override

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Superintendent warns prior budget cuts are pushing more students toward costly out-of-district special ed placements

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School officials call the FY25 surplus a budgeting failure, not lost money, and warn FY27 will be tight

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Town, school and finance officials agree Lunenburg likely needs a property-tax override to close a large FY27 budget gap

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Committee plans two FY27 budgets, banking on a town override; without one, deep cuts loom

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Officials warn the FY27 budget leaves almost nothing after health insurance, pointing toward an override

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School Committee votes to hand the Kids Kingdom playground back to the town for good.

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Committee says it won't choose between a full-time athletic director and reading interventionists in FY27.

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Committee previews an FY27 school budget gap likely needing an override; also OK'd a costly France trip.

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District previews FY27-29 outlook, asking to restore staff cut in FY26; no vote was taken.

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Superintendent's preliminary FY27 budget restores paraprofessional and intervention positions cut in prior years.

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Committee begins staged process to decide whether to renovate or replace Turkey Hill Elementary, no vote yet

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Committee reversed itself, voting to let soccer teams wear the new uniforms already purchased

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Committee backed a special-ed reserve-fund warrant article but withdrew a separate bid for extra Chapter 70 money

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Boards unanimously appointed Stephanie Quinn to the Montachusett Regional Vocational School Committee.

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FY25 school budget surplus of roughly $600K traced largely to a grant line double-budgeted, unspent

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District disclosed a roughly $582,000 unspent FY25 school surplus that went unnoticed and unbudgeted for.

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Health insurance costs projected to rise about $1 million over three years, pushing talk of opt-out and GIC alternatives

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Committee approved business administrator's contract; then trained with MASC on evaluating the new superintendent.

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Fire chief pitched a fourth duty shift to end chronic forced overtime and thin ambulance staffing

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Committee got dire FY27–FY28 budget forecasts and agreed to push for an override or other new revenue.

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Committee voted 4-1 to make meeting time limits mandatory rules, not optional guidelines, for comments and presentations.

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Committee reorganized, passed a bus fee policy, and moved to seek a fall FY27 override to stop annual staff layoff threats.

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Committee waived second reading of the bus policy, clearing the way for a final reading the next night

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School Committee approved incoming superintendent Dr. Fortuna's three-year contract by roll-call vote.

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School Committee appointed Jodie Fortuna as the next superintendent, replacing retiring Dr. Burnham.

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Committee interviewed superintendent finalist Joanie Manard for 75 minutes; no hiring vote, deliberations set for next day

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School Committee interviewed superintendent finalist Timothy McCormack for 75 minutes; no hiring decision made

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School Committee held a 75-minute interview with superintendent finalist Jodi Fortuna; no hiring vote taken.

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School Committee held a 75-minute finalist interview with Brent Conway for superintendent; no hiring vote taken

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School Committee recommended both town debt-exclusion articles and set FY26 free-cash spending priorities.

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Committee voted to swap FY26 capital projects for funds to finish a grant-funded mini-split project

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School Committee will not rebuild its budget for a possible override — it will send finance a memo of priorities instead

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Committee reviewed FY26 cuts leaving fewer staff than five years ago while a citizen override heads to the ballot.

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School Committee passed a deeply-cut FY26 budget and created Lunenburg's first student transportation fee.

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Committee cut the athletic secretary but tabled the whole FY26 budget after huge pushback on athletics and staff cuts

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Committee raised athletic and facility fees to help close a deep FY26 budget gap forcing likely staff cuts.

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FY26 budget gap forces deep proposed staff cuts, hitting young grades and special education hardest

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School Committee approved a 10-member superintendent screening committee 5-0 despite members' reservations about its diversity of viewpoints

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Committee tabled the screening-committee vote to Saturday and spent the workshop setting superintendent search criteria.

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Superintendent previewed a much larger FY26 budget need as grants and revolving funds dry up, likely forcing staff cuts

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School Committee approved an internal superintendent job posting and a 12-person screening committee to begin the search.

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Superintendent Burnham announced her retirement at year's end; a search subcommittee was formed

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Committee debated raising or restructuring student activity fees as costs outpace revenue; no fee change voted.

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Building panel unveils ~$15M plan to move schools into Ritter, restore Town Hall; Turkey Hill's fate left open

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Committee ratified a new three-year teachers' contract and endorsed a Brooks House sale/lease study for town meeting.

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School Committee adopted FY25 plans that make closing the disability achievement gap the top district goal.

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Committee moved to work toward vacating the aging, ill-suited TC Pasos office building.

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Committee approved posting a Turkey Hill Elementary engineering assessment RFP to inform the building's future.

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Committee ratified a one-year, 4% para-professional contract and set FY26 capital-plan priority rankings.

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Committee unanimously ratified a one-year paraprofessional contract with a modest raise, deferring pay-scale changes.

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Committee publicly grappled with backlash after a new hire withdrew amid a social-media firestorm over race and curriculum

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Committee skipped a vote, told the superintendent to submit turf-field drainage study and auditorium upgrades as its top ARPA asks

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Personnel report shows far more staff departures than hires, mostly pay-driven amid budget uncertainty.

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School Committee confirms staff cuts proceed despite the override, tied to expiring ESSER funds

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School Committee approved the override-adjusted FY25 budget, with one member abstaining

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Override passed, giving Lunenburg schools level-service funding but no expansion as ESSER funds end

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School Committee unanimously voted to appoint Dr. Susan Gilson as finance director, pending contract approval.

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Committee rehearsed its override pitch for town meeting, warning of deep staff and program cuts if it fails.

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Committee finalized how it will communicate the school override to voters ahead of the May 4 town meeting.

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Committee voted that ARPA/Esser funds now in the budget must revert to the town if the property-tax override passes

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Committee reconsidered and re-voted the school budget to include ARPA funds, then voted an override number.

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Committee voted by roll call for the needs-based budget and an override request to the select board.

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Committee set an override request based on the town manager's 3.94% budget, to be adjusted if that number changes; roll-call vote not captured.

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Committee voted an override amount of $715,000 to ask the town for, and approved a free-cash warrant article for network security.

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Committee voted to support a school override with no dollar figure; budget options of 3%, 5.4% and 11.46% reviewed.

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Superintendent submitted a budget at the 2.5% target with many cuts; a larger restoring budget is promised Feb 28.

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Committee heard hours of comment against FY25 cuts; no budget vote taken, athletics and BCBA cuts stay on the table.

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Superintendent presented FY25 cuts to staffing and athletics; the gap is not closed, and the budget hearing date is disputed.

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Superintendent outlined FY25 staffing cuts across all categories to meet a 2.5% target and a possible 10% health insurance rise.

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Committee declared TC Paso artifacts surplus for the Historical Society and approved a letter to the MSBA; FY25 cuts loom.

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Committee approved a 2025 Spain trip, pushed the Turkey Hill window study to FY26, and began FY25 cut planning.

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Committee heard an FY25 budget gap warning as ESSER ends, tabled class-account funds, and sent petty cash policy back.

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Committee voted by roll call to authorize the superintendent to hire the finance/HR candidate after a public interview.

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Committee ratified cafeteria and custodial contracts and moved Turkey Hill assessment to top of capital priorities.

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Committee tabled the line-item transfer, contract ratification and capital priorities; passed a batch of non-discrimination policies.

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Committee approved the capital plan as proposed, then voted on the quarterly report, line-item transfers and Esser update.

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Committee reviewed the draft capital plan (turf field, playground, window film) but took no vote; decision put off.

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Committee backed a warrant article moving primary school climate-control money; Turkey Hill facilities plan debated.

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Committee adopted amended operating protocols and agreed to redraft a primary-school mini-split warrant article for its next meeting.

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