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Resident urges Lakeville finance committee to review stipends and health insurance for part‑time elected officials
Summary
At the Lakeville Finance Committee meeting May 29, resident Michael Smith presented research showing the town pays stipends and offers health insurance to part‑time elected officials and urged the committee to consider limiting stipends and ending the insurance benefit to reduce growing liabilities.
Michael Smith told the Town of Lakeville Finance Committee on May 29 that the town’s practice of paying stipends to multiple part‑time elected bodies and offering those members access to the municipal health plan creates a growing liability.
Smith said the town’s stipends total $40,495 — including $22,995 for the select board, $5,000 for assessors and $6,500 for the school committee — and that three committee members are currently enrolled on the town insurance. He said the employer contribution for those three enrollees is $1,777.40 per month and that the town’s annual contribution for them…
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