Following Open Meeting Law complaint, Pioneer to hold Budget Subcommittee meeting again
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NORTHFIELD After meeting in executive session to discuss an Open Meeting Law complaint, members of the Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee determined there was an error posting last month’s Budget Subcommittee meeting, and the meeting will be re-held on Tuesday, March 9.
Warwick Finance Committee Chair Diana Noble filed the complaint that the Feb. 4 Budget Subcommittee meeting was “not posted or held in a manner that allowed the public to attend.”
“The topics and deliberations of these meetings is of keen importance to the financial well-being of our towns and residents,” Noble wrote in her complaint. “The intent of the Open Meeting Law is to allow the community to understand the topics at hand and governing decisions being made.”
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Pioneer’s proposed FY22 budget fails in tied School Committee votes
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NORTHFIELD A motion to pass the proposed fiscal year 2022 budget for the Pioneer Valley Regional School District hit a road block last week, failing twice in consecutive 6-6 votes from the School Committee.
The four-hour meeting on Thursday saw over two hours of discussion on the budget and a 7-5 December vote to move sixth-graders to Pioneer Valley Regional School for the coming fall. During an earlier public hearing on the proposed $14,851,290 budget, School Committee member David Young of Warwick had urged fellow members not to vote in favor of the budget which requires a two-thirds majority to be approved in an effort to delay the sixth-grade move.