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Select Board Accepts Trail Maintenance Shed Grant

Select Board accepts $46,420 commonwealth grant for trail maintenance shed and approves signage modifications. The board unanimously approved a reimbursable grant contract from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for $46,420, offsetting the $45,000 warrant article approved at Town Meeting. The board

Townbrief news summary · Jul 6

Government · Select Board's Office

Select Board, Finance Committee amend FY27 budget ahead of override vote.

Topsfield Finance Committee and Select Board advance amended $28.5 million FY27 budget for special town meeting. Finance Committee Chair Che Elwell won unanimous approval for clarifying language to Article Second, with the committee voting 7-0 to recommend the adjusted motion ahead of the June 17

Townbrief news summary · Jun 16

Government · Select Board's Office

Select Board Holds Budget Public Information Session

Select Board presents budget options and details on school roof project to residents. Select Board Member Robert Kmetz outlined fiscal year 2027 budget options and potential service reductions if override questions fail, while Masco School Committee Chair Adrienne Heaphy-Tenney detailed the

Townbrief news summary · Jun 11

Government · Select Board's Office

Select Board appoints Council on Aging member, accepts flower donation

Select Board appoints Council on Aging member, accepts flower donation. The Topsfield Select Board voted unanimously to appoint Anna Colella to the Council on Aging Board for a three-year term, filling one of two current vacancies. The board also accepted a $5,500 donation from the Topsfield

Townbrief news summary · Jun 8

Government · Select Board's Office

Select Board approves Special Town Warrant for June meeting

Topsfield Select Board unanimously advances Special Town Warrant to June Special Town Meeting voters. The board approved the warrant packet at its May 27 work session, with all five members voting yes on the motion made by Chair Rafael McDonald. The warrant includes the FY2027 Town Operating

Townbrief news summary · May 27

Government · Select Board's Office

Select Board unanimously approves FY2027 budget with twenty-thousand-dollar reductions

Topsfield Select Board unanimously approves FY2027 budget with twenty-thousand-dollar reductions. The five-member board, led by Chair Rafael McDonald, voted to advance the budget for Special Town Meeting with cuts including elimination of composting services, removal of porta-potties, reductions in

Townbrief news summary · May 26

Government · Select Board's Office

Select Board approves Iron Ox Farm sign, authorizes payroll signer for Treasurer Collector.

Select Board approves Iron Ox Farm sign, authorizes payroll signatory for Treasurer Collector. The Board voted 3-1-1 to grant the non-conforming sign permit at 241 Ipswich Road despite neighbor Howard Leavitt's concerns over visual clutter; Member Gregory Cerino opposed and Vice Chair Michelle

Townbrief news summary · May 26

Government · Select Board's Office

Select Board finalizes FY2027 budget framework for Special Town Meeting vote.

The Topsfield Select Board finalized the FY2027 budget presentation format for a June Special Town Meeting. Chair Rafael McDonald and the board approved an itemized reduction approach showing each line item cut tied to the three proposed overrides, with Town Administrator Kevin Harutunian and

Townbrief news summary · May 21

Government · Select Board's Office

Select Board advances FY2027 budget, sets May 26 presentation date

Topsfield Select Board charts FY2027 budget course toward June town meeting vote. Town Administrator Kevin Harutunian will present the base budget May 26, with the Special Town Meeting warrant nearly complete. The board will incorporate community amendments to the Town Override Summary, which

Townbrief news summary · May 18

Government · Select Board's Office

Select Board approves cable contract, defers liquor licenses, continues sign hearing.

Select Board approves cable programming contract and sustainable purchasing policy, defers liquor licenses. Chair Rafael McDonald, Vice Chair and Clerk Michelle Mercier-Link, and Member Gregory Cerino voted unanimously to approve a $35,000 contract with Jonathan Rivers of Holliston for fiscal year

Townbrief news summary · May 18