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Select Board approves transfers to cover firefighter contract, returns cruiser sale proceeds to police budget
Summary
The Westford Select Board and Finance Committee approved May transfers to fund firefighter contract obligations ($396,899) and return $9,700 from cruiser auction proceeds to the police expense budget; Finance Director Dan O'Donnell explained the legal basis under M.G.L. c.44, —33B.
The Westford Select Board and the Finance Committee met jointly May 11 and approved two year-end transfers to cover recent contractual and equipment funding needs.
Finance Director Dan O'Donnell told the boards the town reached an agreement with the firefighters' union (IAFF) for retro and FY26 pay, and that an intra-town transfer is needed to make the Fire Department whole. "We did reach an agreement with the IAFF," O'Donnell said,…
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