Finance Committee holds joint planning session on spring Town Meeting logistics. Chair Dennis LaMalfa and Select Board Chair Wendy Reed convened the Finance Committee, Select Board, and town officers on April 16 to review draft motions and arrange logistics for the April 27 annual meeting in the
Finance Committee unanimously backs revised FY27 budget. The panel, with Daniel Innes presiding, recommended $32,685 in adjustments including a $30,000 increase to the Finance Committee Reserve Fund, $2,000 to library books and periodicals, and $685 to the veterans fund. The Select Board budget
Finance Committee advances budget review with four water-related warrant articles. The committee unanimously approved a $16,500 reserve fund transfer to repair a failing sewer pipe at the Page School and voted 5-0 on warrant articles supporting a water system master plan update, water rate study,
Finance Committee endorses three Community Preservation articles, defers full budget vote. The panel unanimously approved warrant Articles 17, 18, and 19 (amended to $25,000 for Cammett Park recreation) on March 19, also ratifying corrections to Articles 4 and 11 regarding pension drawdowns. In
Finance Committee unanimously backs five warrant articles for spring Town Meeting. Chair Dennis LaMalfa and members Brian Flynn, Gary Roberts, and Jim Sperelakis voted 4-0 to advance proposals for a compact excavator, Page School window replacement, a DPW equipment trailer, unpaid bills, and
Finance Committee approves 10 warrant articles for spring Town Meeting. The committee voted unanimously to recommend eight articles including Police Cruiser Replacement, Police Tasers, Fire SCBA Equipment, Police Patrol Rifles, and multiple public safety facility upgrades. The Fire Off-Road Utility
Finance Committee endorses warrant articles totaling nearly $287,000 in stabilization drawdowns. Chair Dennis LaMalfa and the committee unanimously approved six articles including a $165,000 transfer from the Special Purpose Municipal Stabilization Fund to offset Pentucket Regional School District
Finance Committee reviews proposed FY27 capital articles without voting. The committee heard presentations totaling over half a million dollars in requests, including a $100,000 compact excavator purchase, $71,000 police cruiser replacement, $50,000 Page School window replacement, and $46,000
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