Barre Town Meeting votes 100-36 to abolish the DPW Commission and approves a $450,000 truck borrowing contingent on a debt exclusion election.
Barre Special Town Meeting enacts battery storage zoning rules and authorizes $270,000 in equipment spending.
Barre special town meeting cuts $343,000 from the current fiscal year budget after a levy miscalculation.
Barre voters rejected a proposed DPW governance overhaul by secret ballot, 94-59, at the June 25 annual Town Meeting.
Barre special town meeting votes 32-25 to adopt a formal Town Administrator bylaw, narrowly surviving a tabling attempt.
Barre's annual town meeting approved a $6.6 million municipal budget for FY2024 but tabled a proposed town administrator bylaw on a 98-15 standing count.
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 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'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'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.
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