Select Board awards cemetery tree contract and approves highway safety grant. Police Chief Wright reported the department is on pace with last year's 296 calls and will host National Night Out on August 5 at Carpenter Park featuring a National Guard Blackhawk landing; the Board unanimously approved
Select Board approves $73,981 accounts payable and abates taxes on three parcels. Chair Matt and Selectman Jeremy voted unanimously to abate $382 on one residential property for 2025 and $145 on another for 2024, plus all interest on a third tax bill sent to wrong address. The board spent
Chichester Cemetery Trustees schedule July 14 meeting with Selectmen to finalize tree removal bids. The trustees reviewed two of multiple bids submitted by the June 30 deadline during a July 6 meeting with Selectman Matt Stolnis; additional bids may exist but Selectwoman Carrianne Wood, overseeing
Chichester Select Board lifts spending freeze on strong June 30 cash position of $2.4 million. Treasurer Robyn LeBreton presented a new analytical reporting format and secured Board consensus for a four-CD investment strategy designed to lock in $1.55 million across three staged school payments
Chichester Select Board approves revised $171,818.77 payroll manifest after school payment correction. The Board unanimously adopted SOP 003, the Debit Card Purchasing Policy, setting a $1,000 daily limit for department heads and $5,000 for the Select Board office card, with the Treasurer
Chichester Select Board approves $579,147 June accounts payable and backs payroll software upgrades. Chair Matt, Jeremy, and Carrianne unanimously renewed Building Inspector Robert Garside's contract and authorized cloud-based QuickBooks Online migration with Matt negotiating support terms. The
Chichester Capital Improvement Program Committee begins rebuilding framework ahead of budget season. Committee members Jeremy Letendre, Sophia Johnson, and Sean Matousek met to discuss restoring the town's dormant capital planning process, with roughly 12 weeks remaining before budget season begins
Chichester Select Board approves revised accounts payable and payroll manifest, removes school payment. Chair Matt Stolnis and members Jeremy and Carrianne voted unanimously to approve $70,093.18 in AP and payroll, striking a $543,000 school appropriation due to uncertainty over incoming revenue;
Road committee to end private driveway plowing. The Chichester Road Advisory Committee on June 8 agreed to discontinue plowing certain private driveways maintained for years due to historical misunderstandings, directing the Selectmen's Office to research road acceptance records and draft formal
Select Board approves EMS insurance contract and appoints two cemetery alternates. Chair Matt Stolnis and the Board voted unanimously to authorize Fire Chief Robinson to sign an Anthem EMS insurance reimbursement contract at a fixed 325 percent of Medicare and to appoint Peter Hammond and Gloria