Select Board acknowledges $200,000 MERP grant; asks for historic review before repurposing funds
The board confirmed receipt of a $200,000 MERP grant and discussed using it on town buildings; members decided to label the town report entry 'town buildings' pending a historic-evaluation decision by the Vermont Historical Society and asked staff to seek clarification at an upcoming MERP meeting.
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The Select Board confirmed that the town received a $200,000 MERP grant and discussed how to reflect that in the town report without prejudging which building will receive funds. The chair said the town may seek to apply funds to either the meeting house or the white building and that the board would not specify the precise building until the required historic evaluation is completed. “I think I'm gonna put town buildings and/or town building maybe, to be determined,” the chair said when describing the report wording.
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