Lunenburg Select Board finalized a nine-article warrant for the Nov. 17 special town meeting, backing a $195,830 school track and field engineering study and a non-binding stormwater utility question while rejecting two other articles.
Council voted against cannabis repeal, affirmed workers' rights, and deferred street resurfacing reforms to committee.
Paxton's Select Board discussed requiring town officials to use municipal email accounts after a resident's records requests exposed gaps in Finance Committee and Capital Improvement Planning Committee recordkeeping.
Northborough's Select Board approved $90,000 for an ADA study after Town Hall HVAC cost estimates nearly tripled.
The Barre Select Board approved a $789.60 biweekly stipend for the deputy fire chief covering an absent chief and hired a new probationary firefighter at $26 an hour.
Hubbardston Select Board voted unanimously to offer town administrator candidate Matthew Boiteau a $115,000 contract.
The Berlin Select Board previewed nine Special Town Meeting warrant articles, including a $227,000 supplemental budget tied to staffing failures discovered after the former town administrator left.
The Westborough Select Board voted 5-0 to send a drone-regulation bylaw toward Town Meeting as Article 34.
Brookfield Select Board approved an $89,400-a-year water services contract and voted to list a foreclosed lot for sale.
Hopedale Select Board aired alarm over the town's finances and approved a new police detail fee. The board voted 3-0 to authorize Police Chief Lima to charge $35 an hour for private cruiser details, with Bernard Stock, Carole Mullen and Chair Glenda Hazard all voting aye.
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