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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: ....
Police Chief Deanna Strout outlined the issues underlying the department s insufficient radio reception, which leaves officers out of contact in numerous locations throughout town.
Even when I was a sergeant on patrol, our radio service was atrocious, to say the least, Strout told the Select Board this week, describing several areas of town where reception is absent.
If the officers are on a call and something goes terribly wrong, they have no radio communication, said Strout. I lose sleep over this. It s terrifying to me that our guys have no communication.
Strout said one recent issue causing loss of all service in the south end had been corrected by removing a failing repeater from a vacant building in Pittsfield to a spot at Craneville School. The chief credited the school department with moving mountains over April vacation week to make that installation possible. ....
DALTON, Mass. Select Board members continue to weigh whether or not to continue its Green Committee, a volunteer body that has recently provoked frustration from multiple town employees. At its Monday session, Chair Robert Bishop updated the board on an investigation he has been conducting this month into complaints brought to light in January. These complaints includes a petition requesting the committee be curtailed that was brought forward by Town Planner Rebecca Slick and signed by seven other top town employees, including interim Town Manager Sandra Albano. I think this whole thing is just a huge misunderstanding and miscommunication problem, expressed Bishop, who proposed that Dalton look into having Berkshire Regional Planning Commission administer the grant funding that the Green Committee is currently involved in administering. Rather than disband the committee, he suggested that they wait for their next town manager to be installed and assess the committee ....
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