Sterling Town Board Approves Phone Switch, Building Repairs, New Highway Hire
Sterling Town Board votes to ditch Frontier phones, approve major town hall repairs, and hire a highway worker.
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Finance Committee defers DPW building vote pending full warrant review.
Finance Committee defers vote on $25 million DPW facility. Committee Chair Joseph King and members, meeting jointly with the Select Board and Capital Budget Committee on March 19, discussed a streamlined building proposal following a March 4 facility tour but declined to formally approve or reject
Council on Aging approves $20,000 CD investment from donation account.
Sterling Council on Aging votes to invest $20,000 in interest-bearing account. The board unanimously approved a motion by Peter MacDonald, seconded by Treasurer Dave Cosgrove, directing Director Sheila Beane to arrange with the town to move $20,000 from the COA donations account into a certificate
Sterling committees weigh $25M DPW building and school budget savings
Sterling Finance and Capital Budget committees reviewed a streamlined $25 million DPW building proposal slated for May Town Meeting, while approving a $2 million school-district budget decrease that reduces the overall town budget increase to 1.5 percent. A $315,000 Capital Investment Fund
Open Space panel reviews grant prospects, plans park dedication.
Open Space Implementation Committee advances park dedication and mapping strategy. Chuck Plaisted reported the updated Open Space and Recreation Plan is now valid for 10 years and that the committee is pursuing state grants through the Montachusett Regional Planning Commission; members discussed