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Select Board approves final Annual Town Meeting warrant with budget adjustments.

Chesterfield Select Board unanimously approves final Annual Town Meeting warrant after removing five cemetery-related articles and adjusting funding sources. Chair Roger Fuller, Vice Chair Trish Colson-Montgomery, and member Don Willard approved Articles 1 through 26 covering winter expenses,

Townbrief news summary · Apr 14

Government · Select Board

Select Board reviews FY27 budget with Finance Committee; supports health insurance boost.

The Chesterfield Select Board and Finance Committee reviewed the FY27 budget and warrant with focus on school assessment increases and targeted personnel adjustments. Chair Roger Fuller and member Trish Colson-Montgomery joined Finance Committee members Lee Manchester, Larry Cervelli, Sarah

Townbrief news summary · Apr 8

Government · Select Board

Select Board awards Russell Park tennis court design to GZA

Select Board votes unanimously to award Russell Park tennis court design to GZA. Chair Roger Fuller, with members Trish Colson-Montgomery and Don Willard, selected GZA's $19,800 proposal over Berkshire Design ($20,290) and SLR ($34,000), conditional on meeting a June 30, 2026 "shovel ready"

Townbrief news summary · Apr 6

Government · Select Board

Select Board approves water system and cemetery work; backs grant and new commissioner.

Chesterfield Select Board backs water system project and cemetery improvements. The board unanimously awarded a Community Center water system upgrade to KleenWater and approved $25,700 in Free Cash for cemetery work across four cemeteries, declining only a gravestone conservation project pending

Townbrief news summary · Mar 23

Government · Select Board

Select Board approves HCDC budget increase to $1.35 million for FY26 grant.

Select Board increases HCDC funding commitment to $1.35 million for FY26. Trish Colson-Montgomery moved the budget amendment, unanimously approved, raising the grant from $1.25 million to reflect the full amount eligible under the Executive Office of Housing & Livable Communities program. The HCDC

Townbrief news summary · Mar 9

Government · Select Board

Select Board hosts annual all-boards meeting with department updates.

Select Board conducts annual all-boards meeting with department updates. Chair Roger Fuller and members Trish Colson-Montgomery and Don Willard III heard reports from 24 town departments. The Finance Committee flagged a difficult budget year with Hampshire Regional High School's budget up $131,000

Townbrief news summary · Feb 26

Government · Select Board

Select Board approves Verizon poles on Pynchon Road for new development.

Select Board approves utility poles for Verizon development on Pynchon Road. Chair Roger Fuller, with members Trish Colson-Montgomery and Don Willard, unanimously voted to permit installation of poles along Pynchon Road after review by the Highway Superintendent. The board appointed Jennifer

Townbrief news summary · Feb 23

Government · Select Board

Select Board reviews FY27 administrative, executive, highway, and police budgets

Chesterfield Select Board reviews FY27 budgets; school costs expected to spike sharply. Chair Roger Fuller, alongside Select Board members Trish Colson-Montgomery and Don Willard, examined the administrative and executive budgets line by line on February 13, approving support for the highway budget

Townbrief news summary · Feb 13

Government · Select Board

Select Board approves FY26 CDBG grant funding for housing and social services.

Select Board approves $1.25M FY26 CDBG grant with housing and social service allocations. Chair Roger Fuller, Vice Chair Trish Colson-Montgomery, and member Don Willard unanimously backed the application at a public hearing, allocating $769,545 for housing rehabilitation of eleven owner-occupied

Townbrief news summary · Feb 9

Government · Select Board

Select Board approves winter spending overages, backs library ADA grant timeline.

Chesterfield Select Board approves winter emergency and endorses library ADA project timeline. The board unanimously declared a winter spending emergency allowing overages in Winter Expense and Winter Wages lines after Highway Superintendent Matt Smith reported both lines exhausted or nearly so.

Townbrief news summary · Jan 26