Select Board

WHATELY -- April 1, 2026, Whately Select Board reviews six departmental budgets with a $1.15-per-thousand projected tax rate increase already on the table. The board worked through fiscal year 2027 requests from the fire, highway, police, recreation, water, and South County EMS departments, with highway drawing the sharpest

WHATELY -- March 26, 2026, Whately's Select Board and Finance Committee jointly approved an $800,000 Proposition 2½ override question for the May 2 town ballot. The two boards met jointly for roughly 20 minutes Thursday evening, voting unanimously to adopt the override question language after a minor wording

WHATELY -- March 25, 2026, Whately Select Board votes to pursue state transportation bond earmark for Center School. The board voted unanimously at its March 25 meeting to authorize a Center School Committee representative identified as Jonathan to contact state Sen. Jo Comerford and request inclusion of Center School infrastructure improvements

WHATELY -- March 24, 2026, Sunderland's Select Board and Finance Committee spent nearly two hours Tuesday building a tiered Proposition 2½ override framework to address a budget gap revised during the meeting to $822,686. The boards tentatively settled on two override ballot questions, a first tier of roughly