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Select Board approves warrant for spring town meetings with 41 articles

Belchertown Select Board unanimously approves 41-article warrant for spring town meetings. The board completed final review of the Special and Annual Town Meeting warrants, removing one article as unnecessary and adding a provision for a 10-acre EDIC transfer. Chair Lesa Lessard Pearson, Vice Chair

Townbrief news summary · Apr 21

Government · Select Board

Belchertown Select Board Endorses 41-Article Town Meeting Warrant in Unanimous Vote

Belchertown Select Board unanimously endorses 41-article Town Meeting warrant and ratifies new Conservation Administrator. The board voted 3-0-0 on all eight action items Tuesday, with members Whitney Jorns Kuhnlenz and Jonathan Ritter absent.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 21

Government · Select Board

Select Board approves Pepper Ridge Road as public way, housing trust bylaw, and union health insurance agreement.

Belchertown Select Board approves Pepper Ridge Road and union health insurance deal. The Board voted 4-0-0 to accept the road as a public way following a public hearing where Town Manager Steven J. Williams and Director of Public Works Linda Leduc addressed resident questions. Separately, Town

Townbrief news summary · Apr 6

Government · Select Board

Belchertown Select Board Approves Housing Trust Bylaw, Ratifies Two Department Heads

Belchertown Select Board approves Housing Trust Bylaw, ratifies two department heads, and advances May 11 town meeting warrants.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 6

Government · Select Board

Select Board approves FY27 budget after motion to redirect staffing funds fails.

Select Board approves Belchertown FY27 budget after debate over staffing allocations. Town Manager Steven J. Williams and Town Accountant Jill Rossi presented spending that includes approximately $23 million in planned borrowing for capital projects and an anticipated $250,000 annual capital

Townbrief news summary · Mar 23

Government · Select Board

Belchertown Select Board Approves $61 Million FY27 Budget After Tie Vote Fails

Belchertown Select Board approved a $60,977,278 fiscal year 2027 operating budget Monday after a two-to-two tie vote rejected a motion to redirect a proposed $20,000 finance director stipend to the deputy fire chief.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 23

Government · Select Board

Select Board approves Pepper Ridge Drive as public way; mixed vote blocks housing support letter.

Select Board deadlocks on Carriage Grove housing letter of support. Vice Chair Jennifer D. Turner and Chair Lesa Lessard Pearson supported a letter for the NHP Foundation and Sydney Capital funding application, but Members Jonathan Ritter and Nicole A. Miner raised concerns about fiscal impacts on

Townbrief news summary · Mar 16

Government · Select Board

Belchertown Select Board Split Kills Housing Letter, Backs Hybrid Tadgell Plan

Belchertown Select Board deadlocks 2-2 on housing letter as Tadgell building costs draw concern. The board voted Monday on a full agenda that included a failed 2-2 vote on a letter of support for the Carriage Grove mixed-income housing project, with Vice Chair Jennifer D.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 16

Government · Select Board

Select Board approves proclamation, liquor license, and snow emergency declaration.

Belchertown Select Board approves proclamation and flag ceremony for child abuse awareness, licenses liquor vendor, and declares snow emergency. Vice Chair Jennifer D. Turner led the meeting with board members Whitney Jorns Kuhnlenz, Nicole A. Miner, and Jonathan Ritter present. The board voted

Townbrief news summary · Mar 2

Government · Select Board

Belchertown Select Board sets May 11 town meeting, declares snow emergency

Belchertown Select Board sets May 11 town meetings and declares a snow emergency over a projected $40,000 deficit.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 2