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Merrimac Board budgets $20,000 after two grant denials for hazardous‑waste event
Summary
Health Agent Deborah Ketchen told the Board two grant applications for a hazardous‑waste disposal event were denied; the Board placed $20,000 in next year’s budget to ensure an event can go forward and notified resident O'Keefe; a Finance Committee meeting is scheduled for March 17, 2025.
The Town of Merrimac Board of Health recorded that two grant applications to fund a hazardous‑waste disposal event were denied and agreed to include $20,000 in next year’s BOH budget to ensure an event can be held.
Health Agent Deborah A. Ketchen delivered the report to the board, noting both grants had been denied and that the Board had included $20,000 in the upcoming fiscal‑year budget to cover an event. The board informed resident O'Keefe of the status and noted that BOH will meet with the town Finance Committee on March 17, 2025 to discuss funding.
Board members did not vote to expend the $20,000 at the meeting; minutes record the budget line inclusion and the scheduled Finance Committee discussion as the next steps. The Board’s next regular meeting is March 3, 2025.
