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Votes at a glance: Select Board approves police appointment, IT job-title change, minutes and FY26 water rates
Summary
At its Feb. 4 meeting the Select Board approved: (1) appointment and swearing-in of Christopher Byrne as a probationary police officer; (2) a revised job description/title for the town’s information-technology director; (3) amended minutes and consent-item approvals; and (4) the FY26 water-rate plan (Option 2).
The Select Board recorded several formal actions at its Feb. 4 meeting, summarized below.
Appointment: Christopher Byrne, probationary police officer The Select Board unanimously approved the police chief’s request to appoint Christopher Byrne as a full‑time probationary police officer with the Southborough Police Department. The chief told the board Byrne had passed background, physical and psychological exams and that Byrne has seven years of law-enforcement experience and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. Town Clerk Jim Hegarty administered the oath and Byrne was sworn in during the meeting.
Job description and title change…
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