Whately Planning Board Delays Battery Storage Hearing Due to Election Day Conflict
Whately Planning Board continues battery storage hearing to May 5 after election-day conflict.
Dave Watkins
Whately Select Board Hears Dam Study Update, Praises Record Town Meeting Turnout
Whately Select Board reviews record town meeting turnout, dam study, and cut-rate website launch.
Whately Subcommittee Sets June Launch for Farm Kitchen Survey, RFI Outreach
Whately's school building reuse subcommittee finalized plans to survey area farmers on commercial kitchen demand and push an RFI to potential building partners.
Whately Energy Committee Pursues Heat Pump Study for Elementary School Boiler
Whately Energy Committee moves toward a heat pump study for the elementary school boiler.
Sunderland Town Meeting Approves $11.9 Million Budget, Sends Override to Ballot
Sunderland Annual Town Meeting approves $11.93 million override budget and new ADU zoning bylaw, setting up a May 2 ballot vote.
Whately assessors table farm machinery tax decision, sign abatements
Whately Board of Assessors tables farm machinery tax decision as valuation questions linger.
Whately approves 2.5 percent COLA and $5,000 roof repair transfer
Whately's joint Finance Committee and Select Board approved a 2.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment for non-union town employees and a $5,000 emergency roof repair transfer at the April 15 meeting.
Whately Personnel Committee Weighs Tiered Evaluations, Free Digital Review Platform
Whately Personnel Committee moves toward streamlined employee evaluations and a free digital platform. The committee met April 15 to review feedback from the town's first round of performance evaluations, which were introduced as a condition of its step-increase pay system.
Whately Select Board approves 3 percent COLA, reshuffles free-cash warrant articles
Whately Select Board votes 3 percent COLA and reshapes annual town meeting warrant articles.
Sunderland Select Board and Finance Committee Approve FY27 Override Budget Warrant
Sunderland's Select Board and Finance Committee jointly approved a two-tiered FY27 operating budget and all 18 warrant articles for Annual Town Meeting at their April 13 joint session.