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Contract review committee to redraft funding request; pushes for select-board discussion on substance-misuse allotment

5439628 · July 21, 2025
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Committee agreed to narrow a draft funding letter to focus on maintaining substance-misuse funding and a cost-of-living adjustment, and to invite town legal/finance staff to advise on procurement and structural options before sending the letter to town management and the Select Board.

The Contract Review Committee on July 18 agreed to revise a draft letter to the Select Board and town management to emphasize preserving substance-misuse funding and to request a mechanism for predictable year-to-year increases. Committee members said they will first meet with town legal or finance staff to clarify procurement and municipal finance constraints before finalizing the letter. “We’re asking that $825,000,” Chairperson Veronica Bolczyk said of the broader funding request as committee members discussed funding scenarios and longer-term needs. Bolczyk and…

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