Government

Opening remarks: Select Board Goal Setting Listening Session: The Select Board renews its annual goals list after the Town election, and invites public suggestions for those goals. Letters to the Select Board, made available in the meeting materials, expanded on issues that were mentioned in person at the meeting. Suggestions were made in two broad areas: environment and finances. Environmental suggestions: Fiscal/financial suggestions: Three members of the Finance Committee, each speaking as residents, cautioned the Board: “… draconian cost reductions … that storm is coming”; “build a sustainable future … in a much more proactive manner in the mid and…