Select Board approves EMS regionalization study inclusion, votes on wages and elections.
Select Board unanimously approves EMS regionalization study with no immediate budget impact. The board voted to include Egremont in the Southern Berkshire EMS Task Force feasibility analysis by January 31st, authorizing snow and ice removal expenditures over the current appropriation, and approving
Select Board · Meeting of January 20, 2026
EGREMONT — Select Board unanimously approves EMS regionalization study with no immediate budget impact. The board voted to include Egremont in the Southern Berkshire EMS Task Force feasibility analysis by January 31st, authorizing snow and ice removal expenditures over the current appropriation, and approving a wage increase for Freddie Richards from $26 to $27 per hour effective immediately. Town Clerk Juliette Haas reported that elections will move from the Fire House to a bay there after personnel changes, with future locations determined by the outcome of the May primary.
The board accepted Lauren Nelson's Police Department resignation effective January 27, 2026.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of January 20, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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