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Select Board authorizes opening account to accept Be Well carnival sponsorships; counsel to weigh in on other donations
Summary
The Select Board approved opening a dedicated town account to receive sponsorship checks for the Be Well last‑day‑of‑school carnival after presenters reported two $5,000 sponsors. Members asked town counsel to review whether accepting further donations from a company engaged in concurrent negotiations poses a conflict or optics concern.
Ally Lane and Jen Bruno presented the Be Well last‑day‑of‑school carnival at the Feb. 23 Select Board meeting and asked the board to authorize opening a town account to accept sponsorship checks. They said the event — held annually at Ellsworth‑McAfee and funded previously with ARPA dollars — costs about $10,000 and has grown over four years.
Lane told the board she had secured two sponsors of approximately $5,000 each: Central…
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