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Select Board, Finance Committee approve free cash transfers; budget vote delayed to April 15

Middlefield Select Board and Finance Committee approved $120,000 in free cash transfers to stabilization accounts on April 1. Ann Marie Visconti, Chair, and Finance Committee Chair Brent LeBeau oversaw transfer of $15,000 to the School Stabilization account and $45,000 each to Highway, Fire, and

Middlefield Special Town Meeting approves $31,000 in free cash transfers.

Middlefield Special Town Meeting approves $31,000 in free cash transfers for operations. Thirty-seven voters unanimously backed a $10,000 transfer to fund Patriot Software setup and data conversion for the Assessor's Office and authorized the Selectboard to award a contract for the system lasting

All Boards meeting hears department updates, discusses equipment needs and training.

All Boards Meeting updates on senior center and bridge projects, equipment costs. Middlefield's 19 attending town officials and department chairs reported on fiscal year 2025 work across multiple committees, with Fire Chief Cody Paschal flagging approximately $289,000 needed for new radios when the

Selectboard advances fiscal 2027 budget, schedules follow-up meeting.

The Middlefield Select Board and Finance Committee advanced work on fiscal 2027 budget during a joint meeting Wednesday. Town Administrator Evan Kenney presented a revised budget showing a $60,642 decrease from the prior year and said a final version would be ready by April 15, 2026. The boards

Select Board approves $25,000 for town hall surveillance system.

Middlefield Select Board and Finance Committee jointly approved five articles for a March 28 Special Town Meeting totaling $56,000 in free cash. The largest allocation, $25,000, funds installation of cameras and a surveillance system at Town Hall, backed by Chair Ann Marie Visconti on police safety