Barre Town Meeting voted 82-56 to fund the Quabbin Regional School District at $6,199,860.81, roughly $109,000 above the Finance Committee's recommendation, then immediately cut five other budget lines to compensate.
Barre Select Board unanimously elects Dr. Maureen Marshall as Chair following an extended debate over rotation customs.
Barre's Annual Town Meeting passed a $5.8 million omnibus budget and adopted a citizen-driven transparency bylaw while tabling a sweeping Natural Resource Protection Zoning overhaul 70 to 25.
Barre Select Board delays vote on $25,000 Hardwick ambulance agreement, orders legal review.
Barre Finance Committee sets preliminary FY2022 general fund budget at $11.9 million, a 2 percent drop from last year.
Barre Finance Committee hears FY22 budgets for fire, ambulance, dispatch, and police departments.
Barre Select Board tables campground license over unpaid taxes and pushes for cable expansion meeting with Spectrum.
Barre Finance Committee reviews FY22 departmental budgets and hears warnings of a cash-reconciliation backlog in the treasurer-collector's office.
Barre Finance Committee kicks off FY2022 budget season with mid-year spending review.
Barre's Special Town Meeting reaffirmed hundreds of thousands of dollars in previously approved spending at a brief November 21 session called to fix a state filing error.