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Select Board adopts surplus‑property policy, advances lodging tax warrant article and joins opioid settlement list

5788830 · September 9, 2025
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The board adopted a surplus property disposition policy required by state law, agreed to place a 6% local lodging excise tax on the fall warrant, and voted to join a secondary‑manufacturer opioid settlement offered through the state.

At its Sept. 8 meeting the Select Board adopted a written surplus‑property disposition policy to align town practice with state procurement law, agreed to place a 6% local lodging excise tax warrant article on the fall town warrant, and voted to join a state settlement with secondary opioid manufacturers. Staff explained that Massachusetts procurement law (M.G.L. c. 30B) requires…

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