SELECT BOARD ALLOCATES $341,000 IN EXCESS STATE FUNDS
Belchertown Select Board voted unanimously to allocate approximately $341,000 in excess state funding.
Select Board · Meeting of October 5, 2026
Belchertown Select Board voted unanimously to allocate approximately $341,000 in excess state funding. School Superintendent Brian Cameron presented the capital needs, and allocations included $34,194.66 for police radios and $25,000 for a boiler at Jabish Brook Middle School; $50,000 for athletic field project work (amended from $100,000); and $42,000 for a compensation and classification study of 72 non-union positions, with the remainder to stabilization. HR Director Joanne Cleveland noted the study would be the first comprehensive review since 2013.
The board also removed the household income requirement from the Veterans Tax Work-Off Program, approved a fuel storage license for Principal Property Management to install fuel tanks at 401 Mill Valley Road, and updated the Veterans Services Advisory Board charge.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of October 5, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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