Finance Committee unanimously approves final FY26 municipal relief requests totaling $3,331. Chair Brian Gibbons and all four voting members on July 13 backed three separate appropriations transfers: $500 to Inspection Service Wage, $2,550 to Animal Control Wage, and $281 to Assessors Wage. Town
Communications Committee affirmed responsibility for the town's Communication Plan and planned AI guidance for municipal operations.
The Belchertown Select Board convened in special session to establish six core fiscal-year 2027 goals. Chair Whitney Jorns Kuhnlenz and the full board reviewed, revised, and finalized objectives spanning economic development and land use planning, public health and safety, communications
Belchertown Select Board added more than a dozen new action items to its annual goals and objectives list at a July 8 special workshop, the second of two sessions building the town's work plan for the coming fiscal year.
Belchertown Select Board drafts roughly 35 action items across six goals at special July 8 session.
Belchertown Cultural Council approves grants reception for August 24 at Arcpoint. Chair Melanie Donovan confirmed the council will staff booths at National Night Out on August 4 and the Honest Beginning Recovery Rally on August 29, and processed paperwork for artists Jay Matinka, Acousticca, and
Belchertown Select Board approves utility poles and liquor licenses amid signage policy review. The board voted unanimously to approve three National Grid pole placements on Jensen Street and referred a fourth pole on Old Enfield Road back to the Department of Public Works and National Grid after
Belchertown Select Board forwards Cold Spring Country Club liquor license and adopts town communications plan at July 6 session.
Belchertown Select Board overhauled its goals framework and reassigned liaison duties at a July 1 special meeting, leaving most action items stripped from five of six goal categories.
Belchertown Select Board voted to gut its goals and objectives framework, removing the majority of action items across all six goal categories at a July 1 special meeting.
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