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Select Board Authorizes Use of Emergency Funds for Detective Car to Avoid Special Town Meeting
Summary
Town staff and the police chief asked the Select Board to allow the Town Manager and Police Chief to use emergency funds to buy a used detective vehicle, with the understanding the funds will be replenished from the budget; the board approved the authorization 5-0.
Town staff and the police chief told the Select Board that the detective-vehicle purchase had not been formally amended at Town Meeting and asked for authorization to use emergency funds to acquire the vehicle to avoid calling a special Town Meeting.
Dwayne Morin and Chief Peasley asked the board to permit the Town Manager and Police Chief to use emergency funds to buy a used detective car on the understanding that the emergency funds would be replenished from the budget allocation. The board approved the motion 5-0.
Board members treated the request as an administrative funding authorization rather than a policy decision; no additional detail about the vehicle purchase price or funding schedule was provided in the meeting minutes. Staff said that the funds would be replaced by the budgeted allocation when available.
