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The Select Board advanced several 2026 Spring Special Town Meeting articles, including a $300,000 Police Station HVAC supplemental appropriation, wastewater treatment plant HVAC design, and a solar energy contract projected to save $155,379 in its first year and $3.5 million over 20 years. The Board also authorized applying for a $3 million federal earmark for the Downtown Resiliency Project.
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Residents will see multiple funding and policy questions sent to Town Meeting for consideration, including facility repairs, downtown resiliency work, solar energy credits, and $50,000 requests for each of two 250th anniversary parades. The Board unanimously supported proposed changes that would move the town election to the second Saturday in June and generally place the spring Town Meeting in May. The Board did not recommend a citizen petition concerning retiree health care cost-sharing for future hires, although the petition will proceed as a citizen-submitted article.
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