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Select Board signs survey and environmental contracts for Stevens property gift; consulting contract tabled for rate review
Summary
The board authorized signature of a $6,400 survey and $3,000 environmental contract related to the Stevens property gift. A proposed consultant contract for conservation work (Anna Boudreau) was tabled pending clarification of prior rates and a fee‑cap check.
Select Board members authorized signing two contracts tied to the town’s acceptance of the Stevens property gift: a survey ($6,400) and an environmental review ($3,000). The chair explained both contracts were included in the meeting packet and a single signature was required for each document.
The board then examined a proposed consulting services agreement for Anna Boudreau to provide conservation‑easement and open‑space consulting. The draft lists an hourly rate at $90 with an annual cap for services of $9,500. Several members asked whether Ms. Boudreau’s prior billing was routed through a nonprofit (which allowed a lower effective rate) and requested the previous contract be circulated for comparison. Concern over whether the new rate materially affects the conservation commission budget led the board to move and second a motion to table the Boudreau contract until staff can reconcile prior invoices and the committee’s budget.
Next steps: Chair will sign the survey and environmental contracts now; staff will obtain prior contract and rate history before the board considers the conservation consulting contract.
