Freetown Finance Committee backs $71,000 Fire Department increase and $16.9 million school budget. Chair Margaret M. French and six members unanimously approved the firefighter position and three budget transfers totaling $4,300 while voting 6-0 to advance the full Freetown-Lakeville Regional
Freetown Finance Committee approves $225,316 in transfers and grants Chair signature authority. Members unanimously authorized Margaret M. French to sign approved transfer paperwork without additional committee steps, then voted to approve a $90,000 reserve fund transfer for Town Properties and
Finance Committee backs fiscal 2027 budget and warrant articles ahead of June town meeting. The committee voted 5-1-0 to recommend the Town Administrator's proposed $45,000 salary increase after Deb Pettey detailed her dual roles as HR Director and Grant Manager, noting she secures over $1,000,000
Freetown Finance Committee endorses 20-year declining debt service for $7.5M library/COA building. The committee unanimously backed the borrowing option, which projects first-year household costs of about $136 annually, declining over time and saving approximately $1.2 million in interest compared
Finance Committee appoints four members to town committees. The Freetown Finance Committee voted to place Craig Cabral on the Library/COA Building Committee, Christopher J. Dudley on the Building Committee, and Kara Lees on the Cable Advisory Committee, all unanimously. John Viarella was elected as
Finance Committee reaffirms French as Chair, Lees as Vice Chair. The committee, with five of seven members present, voted four to zero with one abstention to retain Margaret M. French as Chair and unanimously approved Kara Lees as Vice Chair. Lisa A. Pacheco made a formal statement recommending
Finance Committee appoints Craig Cabral to a one-year term in 7-1 vote. The joint Finance Committee-Board of Selectmen meeting approved Cabral's appointment on April 14, with Finance Committee member Lisa Pacheco as the sole dissenter. The committee also reviewed fiscal 2027 budgets, with Police
Freetown Finance Committee postpones reorganization, schedules board selectmen meeting for seventh member appointment. Four members attended the April 8 meeting: Chair Margaret French, Vice Chair Kara Lees, and members Lisa Pacheco and John Viarella. The committee decided to postpone its
Finance Committee advances infrastructure warrant articles for January meeting. The five-member committee voted Monday to recommend 16 of 28 warrant articles for the January 26 Special Town Meeting, declining support for an elementary school fence and a land sale. Fire Chief Harrie Ashley presented
Freetown and Lakeville Finance Committees launch a coordinated push for school district budget transparency.
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