The Chilmark Select Board voted unanimously to appoint Bret Stearns as a full-time police officer effective at pay scale PS6 through June 30, then PS7 from July 1, with three weeks vacation and no longevity.
Chilmark Select Board and Finance Committee defer FY27 budget deliberations to February 19.
Chilmark Select Board and Finance Committee reviewed FY27 budget with 8.66 percent increase.
Schools presented FY27 budgets to Chilmark boards, with education accounting for 80 percent of town spending growth.
Select Board and Finance Committee heard FY27 proposals from Tri-Town Ambulance, housing, and facilities services. TTA Chief Ben Retmier requested two additional full-time EMTs for succession planning, citing paramedic retirements expected in three to four years.
Chilmark Select Board and Finance Committee reviewed FY27 departmental budgets in their fifth joint hearing.
Chilmark appointed six residents to new Climate and Energy Committee. The Select Board voted unanimously to name Stephan Laux, Tom Kuh, Marsha Feinberg, Stephen Lewenberg, Rob Hannemann, and Susan Parks to the committee, tasked with advancing climate resilience and reducing fossil fuel reliance.
The Select Board and Finance Committee jointly held a FY27 budget hearing.
Chilmark Select Board and Finance Committee heard FY27 budget presentations from seven departments at their third joint hearing on January 29.
The Select Board and Finance Committee held a joint FY27 budget hearing on January 28. County Manager Martina Thornton requested Chilmark establish a separate $23,351 budget line for veterans services, moving it from the county assessment.
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