Government

Government · Select Board

Barre Board Questions Ambulance Mutual Aid Costs

Barre Select Board questions whether the town can bill Hardwick for free ambulance mutual aid coverage.

Townbrief reporting · Jun 1

Government · Town Meeting

Barre Town Meeting Votes to Abolish DPW Commission, Pursue New Truck Debt Exclusion

Barre Town Meeting votes 100-36 to abolish the DPW Commission and approves a $450,000 truck borrowing contingent on a debt exclusion election.

Townbrief reporting · May 19

Government · Select Board

Barre delays vote on finance oversight panel

The Barre Select Board voted to let Town Administrator Melanie Jackson draft a stronger social media policy after a Finance Committee member's Facebook posts drew complaints, and previewed a new committee to review town finances.

Townbrief reporting · May 18

Government · Finance Committee

Finance panel OKs $450,000 truck, DPW overhaul plan

The Barre Finance Committee recommended a borrowing-funded $450,000 dump truck and a divided plan to abolish the town's elected water and sewer commissions ahead of annual town meeting.

Townbrief reporting · May 13

Government · Select Board

Barre Select Board OKs warrant for May 19 meeting

Barre Select Board approved the 26-article warrant for the May 19 annual town meeting after reading it into the record line by line.

Townbrief reporting · May 12

Government · Select Board

Select Board adopts 25 mph zones townwide

Barre's Select Board adopted townwide 25 mph speed zones and then joined the Finance Committee to review a $16.1 million fiscal 2027 budget built on one-time money.

Townbrief reporting · May 4

Government · Select Board

Select Board Weighs Police Merger With Oakham

Barre's Select Board explored a plan to provide round-the-clock police coverage to neighboring Oakham while warning its draft FY27 budget still runs a $239,000 deficit.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 23

Government · Select Board

Barre Select Board Reorganizes, Backs Road Contract

Barre Select Board kept its leadership intact and approved a $114,000 road engineering contract. Dr.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 21

Government · Planning Board

Barre Board Drops Battery Storage Subdivision Plan

Barre Planning Board accepted withdrawal of a subdivision plan tied to a proposed battery storage project after a state law change took permitting out of local hands.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 15

Government · Finance Committee

Finance Panel Presses Town on Sewer Fee Spike

Barre's Finance Committee pressed the town administrator for backup on a sewer and water services fee that jumped from $7,500 to $51,000 over several years.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 7