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Government · Selectboard

Selectboard calls $500,000 override vote for schools and town services

Selectboard approves $500,000 tax override for fiscal 2027 schools and town services. The board voted unanimously to place the override question on an April 11 special election ballot. Selectboard Chair Susan Bronstein and members Jennifer Milikowsky and Scott Johndrow stated that the structural

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Government · Selectboard

Selectboard approves three-year ambulance services contract

Westhampton Selectboard approves ambulance services contract through 2029. Susan Bronstein, Chair, and Jennifer Milikowsky voted unanimously (Scott Johndrow absent) to approve a three-year contract with the city of Easthampton at $60,000 annually, with increases of $5,000 each year through fiscal

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Government · Selectboard

Westhampton approves solar contract for elementary school facility

Westhampton Selectboard approves school solar contract, three other major votes. The board unanimously approved a photovoltaic installation contract for Westhampton Elementary School with Chair Susan Bronstein authorized to execute via DocuSign, alongside a joint Community Development Block Grant

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Government · misc

Westhampton Selectboard Hosts Proposition 2-1/2 Override Information Session

Westhampton Selectboard and Finance Committee host Proposition 2-1/2 override briefing. The joint meeting drew approximately 65 residents to hear presentations from Meaghan Schwelm, Library Director; John Shaw, Cemetery; and Vito Perrone, School Superintendent. The boards accepted written questions

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Government · misc

Finance Committee approves prior minutes, discusses $40K midyear student placement.

Finance Committee approves prior minutes and takes up $40K out-of-district student placement. Superintendent Vito Perrone and Central Office Business Manager Dawn Scaparotti said the midyear cost, not budgeted in FY26, will be covered through Extraordinary Relief funds; no additional FY27 spending

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Government · Finance Committee

Finance Committee hosts public override information session

Westhampton Finance Committee and Selectboard host override informational session. The meeting, held March 31 at Town Hall, drew approximately 85 residents and featured remarks from School Superintendent Vito Perrone, Library Director Meaghan Schelwm, Council on Aging Director Julia Lennen, and

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Government · Finance Committee

Finance Committee approves prior minutes, reviews override strategy

Westhampton Finance Committee reviews midyear student placement and override strategy. The Selectboard authorized a 40,000 dollar midyear out-of-district placement covered through Extraordinary Relief, with no FY27 impact when the student moves to Hampshire Regional High School. The committee

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