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Trustee asks selectboard to coordinate monument repairs with planned flagpole work
Summary
A congregational trustee asked the selectboard to let her research legal ownership and explore repairs to the soldier's monument curbing before a planned flagpole installation; she offered to seek an anonymous donation and volunteers and said she was not requesting town funds at present.
During public comment, a trustee of the Congregational Corporation told the selectboard she had researched old church records and found a 1903 committee resolution granting the town permission to occupy a plot for a soldier's monument while the Congregational Corporation retained ownership of the land. The trustee asked permission to investigate what work would be needed to reset the granite curb around the monument and to coordinate those repairs when the church's planned flagpole installation occurs.
The trustee said she was not asking the town for funds at this time and offered to approach potential donors and local contractors. She described observable safety and appearance issues with the curbing and asked if the board would allow her to pursue estimates and logistics so the work could be done in coordination with the flagpole replacement.
