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Select board members explain rush to apply for recreational facilities grant
Summary
Board members said the Better Places grant is no longer available and the town is applying for a BGS Recreational Facilities grant (a 50/50 match) with a deadline of 09/10/2024; one member asked for an informational meeting before committing staff time.
Select board members discussed a proposed application for a recreational facilities grant to build or support a pavilion near the playground. A board member (speaker 3) said the Better Places program "no longer had money" and that the town is instead applying to the state BGS Recreational Facilities grant, which she described as "a 50 50 match that was due 09/10/2024." The speaker urged that an informational meeting be held so the board would not have to vote before staff work on the application was complete.
The board debated how the grant request should be reflected in the minutes. Speaker 3 said she "stated that it should be an informational meeting" and asked that the minutes record that position; other members discussed whether the special meeting or a town meeting was the proper forum and which minutes should be amended to reflect the record. The chair confirmed the board had, by consensus, agreed to an informational meeting and the board planned to follow up at the next meeting and when grant results are announced later in October.
