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Charlton Select Board approves licenses, hires and a $266,850 maintenance contract; closes May town‑meeting warrant
Summary
At its Feb. 24 meeting the Charlton Select Board approved personnel appointments, accepted a special police resignation, approved a special‑event alcohol license, designated library positions for a digital‑equity grant, awarded a three‑year grounds‑maintenance contract for about $266,850, and voted to close the May annual town meeting warrant listing multiple bylaw and zoning articles including a citizen petition on the stretch energy code.
The Charlton Select Board on Feb. 24 approved a slate of routine but material town actions, including personnel moves, a special‑event alcohol license, a three‑year grounds‑maintenance contract estimated at $266,850, and the formal closing of the draft warrant for the May annual town meeting.
Why it matters: The contract award and several warrant articles (including proposed changes to vehicle/handicap parking fines, zoning and large‑scale solar/energy‑storage definitions, setback changes, and a citizen petition to consider revoking the stretch energy code) shape near‑term town spending, permitting and potential bylaw changes that will be before voters in May.
Personnel and licenses: The board unanimously promoted an existing cemetery laborer to highway laborer, voted to appoint William Harvey as cemetery laborer pending CORI/background and a pre‑employment physical, and modified Judith Butler’s activities council appointment from full member to alternate through 06/30/2027. The board also accepted with regret the resignation of…
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