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A full house, a stack of articles, and a community determined to balance urgent needs with long-term discipline. We open with clear ground rules and electronic voting, then move fast through essentials: ambulance funding, union agreements, PEG access supported by cable fees, and a prudent-investor standard that lets the town put trust funds to smarter work. Schools get a much-needed push on capital repairs, plus a shared, independent review of the regional district to tune operations and spending.

The night’s heartbeat is public safety. We green light critical upgrades—radio tower HVAC, surveillance cameras, rescue tools, a refurbished pumper, and advanced cardiac equipment—because response quality starts long before the call. Then the big one lands: whether to inject more free cash into a joint police–fire complex. Chiefs argue for co-location and central response; residents press on siting, scale, and avoiding a design that locks in constraints for decades. Our finance leaders lay out a path to keep funding the project with available cash to reduce future borrowing, with bids determining the true number. The vote adds 4.4 million and keeps momentum without foreclosing options.

Infrastructure and utilities get their due with road resurfacing, ADA improvements, a six-wheel dump truck, and sewer enterprise moves that fix aging equipment, share regional plant costs, and build a stabilization cushion. Procedural rigor shows up as we postpone two road acceptances until easements and punch lists are complete. Finally, we tackle governance: should the Planning Board’s associate seat be eliminated or elected? After robust debate, voters keep the position and keep it appointed, preserving a tool for quorums, conflicts, and training future members.

If local government is where values meet budgets, this meeting is the blueprint: invest in frontline capacity, verify with data, and keep leverage until the bids arrive. Subscribe, share with a neighbor who loves town meeting nights, and leave a review telling us—how would you fund a modern safety complex without losing sleep?

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