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Votes at a glance: Deerfield Select Board, Oct. 6, 2025
Summary
Summary of motions and outcomes from the Select Board meeting: the board approved the highway winter contract template, tanker conversion, Range Road culvert funding ($70,980), ambulance and fire-rescue budgets, assessing and legal budgets, and other budget items; one fire-rescue vote recorded an opposition.
The following actions were recorded during the Select Board meeting on Oct. 6, 2025. Vote tallies were by voice; named movers/seconders are included when stated on the record.
- Motion to approve the highway winter contract agreement template — moved by Steve Barry (S3); seconded; outcome: approved by voice.
- Motion to approve transfer and conversion of the fire-department tanker to a highway water truck (approx. $5,000) — outcome: approved by voice.
- Motion to authorize in‑house installation and expend up to $70,980 to finish the Range Road box culvert (funded from the road reconstruction warrant article) — outcome: approved by voice.
- Motion to adopt the ambulance budget reflecting the proposed Raymond Ambulance contract (approx. $70,000 contract projection) — outcome: approved by voice; moved/second noted in meeting record.
- Motion to move the fire-rescue budget (~$383,246) for MBC review — outcome: approved by voice; one selectman opposed.
- Motion to approve assessing budget at $83,022 — outcome: approved by voice.
- Motion to approve legal services budget at $43,572 — outcome: approved by voice.
- Motion to adopt placeholder FICA/medical/benefits numbers for submission to the MBC (to be adjusted when rates are finalized) — outcome: approved; staff will return with final numbers when insurer rates are set.
Additional individual line-item motions and approvals on road reconstruction, department budgets and procedural authorizations were taken during the meeting; the board adjourned at the end of the session.
