Board dispute boils over after Chichester town meeting
Published: 5/15/2021 4:48:29 PM
Officials in Chichester breathed a sigh of relief on Saturday, thankful that their annual town meeting, full of potential for fireworks because of recent infighting on the select board, wrapped up after two-hours of civil discourse.
Then, minutes after the meeting had ended, a heated, demonstrative face-off occurred between Select Board members Richard Bouchard and Jason Weir, causing the issue over Weir’s eligibility to serve on the board to resurface.
Most of the residents had filed out of Chichester Elementary School by the time the two board members revisited an old feud that’s been bubbling for months. The scene overshadowed the $2.78 million budget that had just been approved, with some spirited yet reasonable debates over taxes and their connection to capital reserve funds, highway and rescue equipment, and a purchase and sales agreement.