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Select Board approves building fee schedule for regional department

New Marlborough Select Board adopts regional building fee schedule effective July 1. Building Commissioner Matt Kollmer presented revised fee schedules, including a $20 filing fee per application, as the town joins a regional department with Great Barrington and Lee; the Board approved the changes

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Select Board authorizes Cassilis housing grant application

New Marlborough Select Board backs Cassilis farm housing project with grant authorization. Town Administrator Mari Enoch was authorized unanimously to apply for up to $300,000 in Rural and Small Town Development Program grants for the Cassilis Farm renovation, which has faced cost overruns from

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Select Board signs $49,500 contract for Town Hall project manager

New Marlborough Select Board unanimously authorizes $49,500 Town Hall renovation project manager. The board unanimously approved Project Planning Professionals Inc. as Owner's Project Manager, with design-firm qualifications due June 3 and an expected design-plan completion by end of January 2027,

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New Marlborough Select Board reorganizes; White elected Chair

New Marlborough Select Board reorganizes. Tara B. White was unanimously elected Chair and Bill West unanimously elected Vice-Chair. The board then voted unanimously to enter executive session pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30A, §21(a)(1) to discuss a complaint brought against a public employee, with no

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Government · Select Board

Select Board approves regional building services agreement

Select Board approves regional building services agreement with five neighboring towns. The board unanimously approved an Intermunicipal Agreement effective July 1, 2026, involving New Marlborough, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Stockbridge, and Becket. Building Commissioner Matt Kollmer will

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Select Board meets moderator to prepare for Annual Town Meeting

New Marlborough Select Board meets ahead of spring Annual Town Meeting. The three-member board convened May 4 with Moderator Barry Shapiro to discuss procedures, including clarification of who would present motions and whether amendments would come from the board. The members — Bill West, Tara B.

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Select Board signs three contracts, approves Gould Farm signage.

Select Board approves three contracts and Gould Farm signage. Chair Beth Dean and members Tara White and Bill West unanimously ratified employment contracts for Fire Chief Charles Loring ($15,000 annual stipend), Highway Superintendent Charles Loring ($110,745, a 10 percent increase), and Town

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Select Board approves FY 27 Annual Town Meeting warrant

New Marlborough Select Board unanimously approves FY 27 warrant with no budget changes. Board members Tara B. White, Bill West, and Beth Dean backed the warrant on April 17, with no modifications to budget figures approved by the joint Finance Committee on April 13. The warrant includes an OPEB

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New Marlborough approves FY27 operating and capital budgets

New Marlborough approves 4.6 million dollar FY27 budgets and establishes retiree health fund. The Select Board unanimously backed the combined operating and capital budgets for fiscal year 2027 and voted unanimously to raise 50,000 dollars toward establishing an Other Post Employee Benefits trust

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