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SELECT BOARD APPROVES WATER DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND DEBT ITEMS

Select Board · Meeting of March 10, 2026

EGREMONT — Select Board approves water department budget and debt items unanimously. The board finalized 14 fiscal 2027 budget line items totaling over $547,000 in debt, interest, and water system expenses, with water operating costs rising to $35,000 from $32,150. Chairwoman Lucinda Fenn-Vermeulen and the board heard pitches from Police Chief Jason LaForest for a fifth officer position, the Board of Health on replacing departing Director Juliette Haas, and the Conservation Commission on a new $4,000 stewardship budget line, with final decisions deferred pending additional information and presentations scheduled for March 17 and March 24.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of March 10, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

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