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Town meeting member seeks bylaw change to require notification for contracts over $500,000
Summary
A Needham town meeting member presented a citizen's petition asking the town to lower the contract‑notification threshold so the town manager must notify the Select Board and Finance Committee in writing when contracts or change orders exceed $500,000; the committee asked the petitioner to discuss the proposal with the Select Board before a formal recommendation.
Robert, a town meeting member, told the Finance Committee on April 8 that he filed a citizen's petition (Article 42) asking Town Meeting to amend the general bylaws so the town manager must notify the Select Board and the Finance Committee in writing when approving any contract in excess of $500,000 or when approving any change orders or amendments that bring a contract above that figure. Robert used the Envision project as an example, saying multiple change orders had added up near the current $1,000,000 notification threshold and that “any any expenditure, any contract, any amendment, or any…
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