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Select Board defers police lieutenant appointment after final interviews.

Select Board defers police lieutenant appointment after interviews. The board heard from Sergeant Adam Szymanski and Sergeant Jane Bailey, the two finalists from an outside consultant's four-phase evaluation process, but Peter Warren, Patricia A. Oney, and John R. Morrell split on timing: Warren

Townbrief news summary · Mar 18

Government · Select Board

Monson Select Board approves three-year IBPO police contract

Monson Select Board unanimously approves three-year IBPO contract with $750 lump sum and raises. The agreement, ratified by the union on March 13, covers July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028 and gives each officer a one-time $750 payment. Town Administrator Jennifer L. Wolowicz said the annual pay

Townbrief news summary · Mar 16

Government · Select Board

Select Board joins tri-board budget override discussion.

Monson's Select Board joined the School and Finance committees to weigh a $3 million tax override for the June ballot. Town Administrator Jennifer L. Wolowicz and Director of Finance and Budget Sherri Roberson presented a shortfall projection of $1.6 million, with department-by-department cuts

Townbrief news summary · Mar 16

Government · Select Board

Select Board approves early voting schedule for May-June town election.

Monson Select Board approves early voting window for May-June election. Town Clerk Mary Watson reported that 33 percent of voters used early or mail voting in the prior cycle, both offered at no state cost. The Board unanimously backed in-person early voting May 30 through June 5, with sessions

Townbrief news summary · Mar 10

Government · Select Board

Select Board opens town meeting warrant, debates government study

Monson Select Board opens town meeting warrant but splits on efficiency study. Vice Chair Patricia A. Oney proposed a government study with grant funding to review boards, committees, and commissions for cost savings, but Member John R. Morrell opposed it as wasteful and unnecessary, citing failed

Townbrief news summary · Feb 24

Government · Select Board

Select Board approves holiday lighting funds, appoints three to arts council.

Monson Select Board unanimously approved a $4,000 holiday lighting expenditure and three Municipal Arts Council appointments. Patricia A. Oney moved the lighting appropriation from the Gifts to the Town account; the board also unanimously appointed Reed Coles, Alan Morin, and Robert Wilson to the

Townbrief news summary · Feb 10

Government · Select Board

Select Board enters executive session on police contract negotiations

Select Board unanimously approved entry into executive session to discuss International Brotherhood of Police Officers contract negotiating strategy. Town Counsel Katherine Feodoroff reported the IBPO countered the town's opening position with 3 percent annual increases structured as cost-of-living

Townbrief news summary · Feb 4

Government · Select Board

Select Board appoints three to Board of Health, one to Housing Authority

Monson Select Board appoints three to Board of Health, Housing Authority. In a series of unanimous votes, the Select Board appointed April Acuna to the Board of Health (term expiring June 30, 2028) and Caitlin Szymanski to the Board of Health (term expiring June 30, 2027). David Siniscalchi was

Townbrief news summary · Jan 13