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Development services urges Select Board to restore planner/grant-writer amid staffing shortfall
Summary
Development services told the board its department is understaffed and requested a combined planner/grant-writer position to support permitting, planning, and townwide grant applications; advisory members sought clarification on costs and where funds were moved from.
At the start of the department presentations, development services staff described an ongoing understaffing problem and presented a case for restoring a full-time planner who would also serve as a grant writer for the town.
The presenter said the department has operated without a permanent planner for years and that prior staff (Chantal Weed)…
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