Select Board Offers Boiteau $115,000 TA Contract

Select Board · Meeting of October 19, 2026

Hubbardston Select Board voted unanimously to offer town administrator candidate Matthew Boiteau a $115,000 contract. Vice Chair Peter J. Walker moved the offer, which includes a $2,500 bonus tied to "mutually agreed upon goals," 13 holidays, 12 sick days, three months severance and six months notice for non-renewal.

The board also appointed Byron Kegel and Wendy Castriotta to the Cultural Council, both through October 19, 2029. Interim Town Administrator Tim reported a weather-camera theft restitution of $10,000 to the camera company and $2,000 to the town, plus $18,000 from a $20,000 fire truck auction sale. The board is weighing whether to join a Central Massachusetts coalition, proposed by Holden Select Board Chair Linda Long, pressing the state on school funding.

A second closed session addressed pending litigation involving Paper Crane Provisions LLC.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of October 19, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.