Barre Select Board adopts pet policy, fills board seats, approves fiscal transfers

BARRE — July 15, 2019 — Barre Select Board cleared eight agenda items in roughly 30 minutes at its July 15 meeting. The board unanimously reappointed three police officers — Robert Lambert, Bobby Ruckus, and Trevor Allen — and authorized the department to trade in its .40-caliber handguns for .45-caliber weapons, with officers offered the chance to purchase their retiring sidearms at trade-in prices of $245 to $265. The board adopted a formal office pet policy barring household animals from town buildings while preserving access for service animals under federal definitions. Susan DeRose was appointed to the Planning Board to fill a vacancy, and Mary Anne Watson and D.D. Charlton were named to the Council on Aging board on the director's recommendation. The board also approved a slate of end-of-fiscal-year interdepartmental transfers, with the largest item tied to a Police Department salary overrun; a DPW road account showed an unexpended balance attributed to the more-than-year-long absence of the department's foreman due to injury.