Government · Finance Committee
Finance Panel Reviews Fire, Health Budgets
Barre's Finance Committee reviewed budget requests that could raise the fire budget 31 percent and health permit fees for the first time since 2019.
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Government · Select Board
Select Board creates land rights panel
The Barre Select Board voted to form a land right-of-refusal committee amid concerns over a possible battery storage project.
Government · Finance Committee
Finance Panel Finds No Town Wage Plan
The Barre Finance Committee learned the town has no financial policy, no wage plan and no active capital improvement committee, as a budget preparer identified only as Melody walked members through a draft fiscal 2027 budget. Melody said, "We're not following a wage plan.
Government · Select Board
Select Board sends moratorium to town counsel
Barre Select Board forwarded a three-year development moratorium to town counsel and capped an overspent town job.
Government · Finance Committee
Barre Finance Panel Digs Into FY27 Budgets
The Barre Finance Committee reviewed FY27 department budgets without taking any funding votes.
Government · Select Board
Select Board discusses blocking battery storage site
The Barre Select Board discussed using its right of first refusal under Chapter 61A to block a battery energy storage facility on Wallinette Road.
Government · Town Meeting
Barre Town Meeting Adopts First Battery Storage Zoning Rules, Buys New Ambulance
Barre Special Town Meeting enacts battery storage zoning rules and authorizes $270,000 in equipment spending.
Government · Select Board
Barre Select Board Approves Sale of Long-Stalled Tax-Title Property for $81,000
Barre Select Board unanimously approves $81,000 sale of tax-title property at 1000 West Street. The board voted October 21 to transfer the property — on the market since roughly May with a single offer received — to Patricia R.
Government · Select Board
Barre Select Board Approves Sale of Long-Stalled Tax-Title Property for $81,000
Barre Select Board unanimously approves $81,000 sale of tax-title property at 1000 West Street. The board voted October 21 to transfer the property — on the market since roughly May with a single offer received — to Patricia R.
Government · Select Board
Barre Select Board Moves Toward April Ballot Question on Prince River Dam Fate
Barre Select Board moves toward April ballot question on fate of high-hazard Prince River dam.