Barre's Finance Committee reviewed fiscal 2027 budget requests from the assessors, library and police without taking any budget votes. Assessor Jesse asked for a flat 2.5 percent increase, citing a roughly $12,700 valuation software license and new state-mandated decade-cycle property inspections.
The Barre Planning Board continued a hearing on a three-lot subdivision off Walwanet Road to April 1.
The Barre Select Board voted to rescind more than $116,000 in previously approved pandemic relief spending after a review found accounting problems.
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.
The Barre Select Board voted to form a land right-of-refusal committee amid concerns over a possible battery storage project.
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.
Barre Select Board forwarded a three-year development moratorium to town counsel and capped an overspent town job.
The Barre Finance Committee reviewed FY27 department budgets without taking any funding votes.
The Barre Select Board discussed using its right of first refusal under Chapter 61A to block a battery energy storage facility on Wallinette Road.
Barre Special Town Meeting enacts battery storage zoning rules and authorizes $270,000 in equipment spending.
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