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Weston board votes to increase salt purchase to 450 tons after 2025 shortage
Summary
After reviewing a salt shortage in winter 2025–26, the Selectboard agreed to increase the town’s 2026–27 salt purchase to 450 tons; price information is pending and the town will not sell spare salt to other municipalities by law, the chair said.
Selectboard members discussed the 2025–26 winter shortage of road salt and agreed to increase the purchase amount for 2026–27 to 450 tons. The board noted that pricing information is not yet available and directed staff to gather cost estimates for the larger purchase.
Katie Fitzpatrick asked whether the town could sell spare salt to other towns. Chair Denis Benson answered that they could not: "we could not by law sell salt to other towns." The board did not set a price or vendor at this meeting but established the target tonnage for the upcoming winter season.
