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Board directs continued tracking of winter-storm costs; FEMA rates confirmed uniform
Summary
Select Board members asked staff to refine per-storm cost tracking (labor, equipment, maintenance, fuel). Kathy-Jean Lavoie asked whether FEMA rates vary by state; Select Board member Shane Beattie said FEMA rates are the same nationwide.
Select Board members and Town Manager Jessica Cyr directed staff to keep refining the town's tracking of average per-storm costs, including crew labor, equipment hours, maintenance and fuel. The board stressed that better, department-level data would make reimbursements and budget estimates more accurate.
Kathy-Jean Lavoie asked whether Federal Emergency Management Agency reimbursement rates differ by state; Shane Beattie said FEMA rates are the same nationwide. Jessica Cyr said the town will continue collecting department data to refine its estimate of actual costs per storm.
