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“I am absolutely spoiled for good views with this job!” says Nick Volkman, who spent last week repairing the clock faces and the electronics that run them on the Unitarian Universalist Church and took this photo from his perch on an aerial lift. (Courtesy photo).
If residents want the same services that they have come to expect over the past year from their schools, police, fire, and other departments in fiscal 2025, they will need to approve a Proposition 2½ tax override at the ballot box April 9. Voters will have two choices.
If the questions asked and answers given at Tuesday night’s Proposition 2½ override information session are any indication, the town’s senior boards have work to do in educating voters about the financial decisions that await them a week from now at Town Meeting and Town Election.
At a Board of Health meeting on Feb. 26, Chair Sharon McCarthy said she was “outraged” that Town Administrator Tim Bragan changed the board’s budget request for six additional administrative assistant hours to an additional 16 hours.
The 2023 drinking water quality report for the town’s public water supply was just released, and it shows no actionable items, although sodium has risen to its highest level in at least 15 years.
The Select Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to support every article on this year’s warrant, with the exception of Article 4, which asks for money to begin work on an update of the town’s Master Plan.
Despite protests from Select Board member Kara Minar, the board voted at its March 19 meeting not to hire a professional search firm to look for a replacement for Town Administrator Tim Bragan, who is set to retire July 1.
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