Category: Local Government: Municipal Meetings
DIRE-Diversity, Inclusion, Racial Equity Committee Mtg – 3.3.25
On agenda: Select Board update, revisioning DIRE Committee.
Community Preservation Committee Meeting – 2.27.25
Stuart Saginor, ED of Community Preservation Coalition, explains the Community Preservation Act: who can apply? what is eligible? how is it funded? How to maximize State matching funds? W'town CPC granted approx. $186,000 to 7 of 8 applications.
Conservation Commission Meeting – 2.27.25
On agenda: public hearings; RDA, 82 Latham St. NOI, Town DPW, Hoosic Bank Stabilization.
Finance Committee Meeting – 2.26.25
Joe Bergeron, MGRSD interim Superintendent, explains the 16% increase in employee health insurance premiums; Chief Ziemba presents WPD budget; Angela Zimmermann presents Milne Public Library budget. Fin Comm begins discussion of the 9 applications for 'non-proft organization town funding' totally $445,000. Town Manager Bob Menicocci has moved this historically 'free cash' (a town's operating budget surplus from prior year) funded expenditure into the FY26 Town budget, increasing to $200K.
