Select Board — November 12, 2024
Hopkinton Select Board announced joint Transfer Station fee hearing off the published agenda at Nov 12 budget session.
Standard budget work session with zero public comment, no contested items, unanimous or near-unanimous votes, and early adjournment.
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At its November 12 budget work session, the Hopkinton Select Board announced that a Transfer Station discussion and public hearing on fees with the Webster Select Board would occur the week after next. The item was not on the published agenda for the meeting. The board also ended the session early at 6:47 p.m. without entering the Nonpublic Session listed on the agenda. The consent agenda, including a $2,138,000.68 AP manifest and other routine items, passed 4-0. Approval of the October 28 meeting minutes passed 3-0 with one abstention.
Topics discussed
Chair Dunlap opened the budget work session at 5:33 p.m.; board and staff introductions followed by thanks for election operations and Veterans Day ceremony.
Review and approval of consent agenda items including warrants, abatements, exemptions, and personnel actions; approval of October 28 public and nonpublic meeting minutes.
Mr. Cass presented 2025 budget overview noting no new staffing, 3% merit pool, and benefit rate changes; department heads reviewed line items for Planning, Town Clerk, Finance, Recreation, Economic Development, Library, and Executive functions.
Announcement that Police/Fire/Public Works budgets will be reviewed next week; Transfer Station discussion and fee hearing scheduled for the following week with Webster Select Board.
Meeting adjourned at 6:47 p.m. after motion and second.
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Agenda items not discussed
Topics discussed — not on agenda
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