Select Board approves note sale, firefighter talks

Select Board · Meeting of October 6, 2026

Townsend Select Board approved a $2,082,353 note sale and authorized firefighter contract talks. The board approved general obligation bond anticipation notes sold to Oppenheimer and Company Incorporated, dated Oct. 14, 2026, and payable Oct. 14, 2027, with a premium of $13,077.18. Clerk Sarah Logan read the certified votes.

The board authorized the town administrator to negotiate with the career firefighters, whose contract expires this summer, and tabled a citizens petition until counsel can brief members. A police official said four of the department's 15 positions were vacant while the board took up a hiring freeze exemption for a probationary officer. Town Administrator Kieran Meehan reported a $275,000 grant to study the Route 13 pedestrian bridge.

In the full story:

• TOWNSEND — October 6, 2026 —
• Opening business
• Building inspector appointment (item 5.1)
• Hiring freeze exemption for a police officer (item 5.2)
• Meeting Hall Gallery Committee (item 5.3)
• Conservation agent position (item 6.1)
• Bond anticipation notes (item 7.1)
• Retiree health trust renewal (item 7.2)
• Mass Save impact award (item 7.3)
• Citizens petition on a charter amendment (item 7.4)
• December 8 special election warrant (item 7.5)
• Firefighters' contract (item 7.6)
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,889 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of October 6, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.