Rutland Select Board Reorganizes and Approves $625,000 Road Contract After Override Fails

Select Board · Meeting of May 12, 2026

Rutland Select Board reorganizes under Sheila Dibb and approves $625,000 road contract after override fails. The board, meeting May 12, elected Dibb as chair, Alexander Mowatt as vice chair, and Leah Whiteman as clerk, in a reorganization marked by Dibb pressing colleagues to explain dissenting votes on the leadership nominations. Town Administrator Heather reported that the failed Proposition 2.5 override has put the town under a $2.4 million reduced-service budget, mostly in personnel cuts, and that the town must wait on the Wachusett Regional School District: if its assessment comes back at or below $660,058, no additional town meeting is needed; above that figure, the town returns to town meeting.

The school's current assessment stands at roughly $18.38 million. The board also approved a Chapter 90 road resurfacing contract for five streets at $625,000, ratified Finance Committee appointments for Darren Ross and Brianna Kwalinski through June 30, 2029, and appointed Treasurer-Collector Nick George as tax title custodian.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of May 12, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.