Capsule reports on what residents will be asked to decide in meetings from Monday, May 2, through Saturday, May 7, in Dalton, Egremont, Hancock, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Marlborough,
The Community Recreation Association will be holding a food drive from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, Feb. 13, at the Community House, 400 Main St., rain or shine.
The lightly attended town meeting was held in the gym of Nessacus Regional Middle School, where voters passed a fiscal 2022 town operating budget of $8,091,026 and an appropriation of $8,130,864 for the town s share of the Central Berkshire Regional School District budget. The entire school district operating budget increased by $306,451 from this fiscal year. The FY22 total is $28,364,392, an increase of 1.09 percent. Dalton s share of the district s capital budget of $1,366,667 and the town s portion of the transportation budget of $453,885, were also adopted. There was a faint no when the vote was called for the capital budget, so it was not unanimous. Per Monday s vote, the maximum amount that may be spent during fiscal 2022 beginning on July 1 for the revolving funds is as follows: