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A $350,000 playground earmark meets the question you were about to ask: where will it go?
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Westminster's meeting links Adams Street review, borrowing, COA van service, and a November special town meeting to everyday civic decisions.
Westminster's September 9 Select Board meeting stays close to the workaday machinery of town government, moving from the Adams Street public comment period into borrowing, staffing, and plans for a special town meeting.
Fiber, snow costs, summer counselors, skating ice, and a possible Christmas parade all come through one town meeting.
This town meeting frames local government as a run of practical choices: a minimum bid of $30,000, no-cost fiber optic connectivity for DPW and public safety, and a request to cover snow and ice deficit spending.
A procedural board meeting turns into a grounded look at the protective-packaging work behind shipments from laptops to MRI machines.
Westminster's May 6 Select Board meeting begins with familiar civic housekeeping, then opens into a useful look at a protective-packaging operation.
Westminster's board turns ARPA funds, pandemic spending, and building concerns into a cautious $350,000 playground commitment.
Westminster's November 7 Select Board meeting shows the town doing the usual work of local government while edging into choices that carry more public weight.
County government, translated into everyday Missoula life.
The July 29, 2024 Westminster Select Board meeting covers a Collins Center compensation review intended to update pay scales and job descriptions last examined in 2015.
The Westminster Select Board holds a meeting covering town clerk appointment and a new municipal podcast.
Westminster's February 10, 2025 Select Board meeting paired Josh Hall's snow-and-ice deficit-spending request with FY2026 budget hearings for the Agriculture Commission, Cultural Council, Parks and Rec, library, and fire and ambulance.
["On May 6, 2024, the Westminster Select Board reorganizes with Melissa Banks as chair, Salvatore Albert as vice chair, and Michael Cooley as clerk, then approves warrants totaling $513,813.84.", "The board also clears Parks and Rec summer staffing for Kaylee LeBlanc, Brian Moores, Haley Busserly, Brady Law, and a long list of counselors, plus a permit for Stefano's House of Pizza through December 31, 2024.", "Unified Global Packaging Group LLC asks for conceptual support on a TIF for a 48-acre Westminster Business Park site that could hold 400,000 to 450,000 square feet and generate 300 to 400 jobs.", "The board later approves several special town meeting small-project requests, holds the baseball-field and historical commission items, recommends the Azarian barn as the playground site, and schedules a May 14 site walk at 6:30 p.m.
Old Town Hall dominates the Westminster Select Board meeting when CEI's demolition estimate comes back around $450,000 and the board pivots toward reuse.
The Westminster Select Board meeting covers town administrator updates, including the opening of applications for new senior housing.
The Westminster Select Board holds a public meeting, including town administrator updates on the closure of an emergency shelter.
Westminster Select Board members on September 9, 2024 set the special town meeting for Tuesday, November 19 at 6:30 p.m.
At its November 13, 2023 meeting, the Westminster Select Board approved a $211,200 state land grant for 80 acres along Phillips Brook Road.