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Planning board asks selectmen to budget consultant town planner if vacancy persists

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The Lakeville planning board asked the finance committee and selectmen to include a consultant line in the FY26 budget to retain former town planner Nancy Darcy as a short-term consultant if the new town planner is not hired before the budget goes into effect.

The Lakeville planning board asked selectmen and finance committee members on April 10 to include a budget line to hire former town planner Nancy Darcy as a consultant if the town planner position remains vacant when the FY26 budget takes effect.

Michelle McEachern, chair of the planning board, said the board wants to avoid a gap in staffing as development activity in town continues. McEachern told the meeting the planning board discussed bringing Darcy on in a contract, month-to-month or…

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