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SELECT BOARD ALLOCATES $341,000 IN EXCESS STATE FUNDS
Belchertown Select Board voted unanimously to allocate approximately $341,000 in excess state funding.
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Government · Select Board
Select Board Splits $341,000 State Aid Windfall
Belchertown Select Board splits a $340,896 surplus between repairs and reserves.
Government · Select Board
Board votes to reserve Cherry Sheet surplus for capital
The Belchertown Select Board voted unanimously on September 28 to protect approximately $340,896 in excess state aid from being spent on operating expenses, while deferring a final allocation decision to October 5 pending school input on emergency needs.
Government · Select Board
Board Splits on Medical Marijuana Zoning Article
Belchertown Select Board holds $340,896 surplus out of operating budget, defers reserve split.
Government · Select Board
Select Board adopts four financial policies with reserve changes.
Select Board adopts four financial policies, raising the general Stabilization Fund target to 4-7 percent. Chair Jorns Kuhnlenz and board members voted 4-0-1 to approve the Annual Budget Process, Financial Reserves, Free Cash, and Capital Stabilization Fund policies following a Robert's Rules of
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Belchertown Select Board adopts four financial policies in split votes
Belchertown's Select Board adopted four new financial policies in a joint tri-board meeting that also aired a dispute over school spending data.
Government · Select Board
Select Board approves $61,611 for school opioid-treatment program, mulls Tadgell building future.
Belchertown Select Board approves $61,611 opioid-settlement support for schools' federal grant expansion. The Board voted unanimously to fund supplemental staffing hours and travel for the schools' Drug-Free Communities initiative, which holds a $125,000 annual federal grant. Chair Gail Gramarossa
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Select Board Backs $61,611 for School Opioid Prevention Effort
Belchertown Select Board splits over $1 million grant for the vacant Tadgell building.
Government · Select Board
Select Board hosts quad-board discussion on Belchertown economic development.
Select Board launches joint economic development planning with Planning Board, Creative Economy Committee, and EDIC. Town Manager Steve Williams and Planner Eric Weiss presented results from a marketing study identifying opportunity zones in the Town Center, south end, and Stop & Shop area; Town
Government · Select Board
Select Board adopts hazard mitigation plan, endorses two conservation land purchases
Select Board adopts hazard mitigation plan and conservation land purchases totaling $232,000. Chair Whitney Jorns Kuhnlenz led unanimous approval of the Belchertown Hazard Mitigation Plan 2026 Update, which had been submitted to Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency for final review. The Board
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