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Southwick Select Board Warns of Override Risk as FY27 School Gap Widens

Southwick Select Board and Finance Committee warn FY27 budget gap may force a Proposition 2½ override.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 7

Government · Select Board

Southwick Boards Target 10 Percent Budget Cut, Plan Letter to Regional School District

Southwick's Select Board and Finance Committee reached informal consensus Tuesday on a 10 percent reduction target for town-side departmental budgets in fiscal year 2027 and agreed to draft a joint letter pressing the Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District to do the same.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 7

Government · Select Board

Select Board approves lake treatment contract and health insurance withdrawal.

Southwick Select Board backs invasive species management contract and municipal health insurance exit. The board unanimously approved Solitude's three-year service contract for lake treatment at $30,000 per calendar year, with costs shared by Suffield and Citizens Restoring Congamond under the DCR

Townbrief news summary · Mar 30

Government · Select Board

Southwick Select Board Votes to Exit Hampshire County Health Insurance Trust

Southwick Select Board exits county health trust and clears a dozen action items in under an hour.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 30

Government · Select Board

Southwick Select Board holds lowest sewer tier flat, raises upper tiers 2.5 percent

Southwick Select Board approves tiered sewer rate increase and advances budget calendar toward town meeting.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 23

Government · Select Board

Southwick Boards Weigh Four New Firefighters and a $1 Million Engine Replacement

Southwick's Select Board and Finance Committee heard requests Saturday for four new firefighters, a $960,000-to-$1.2-million fire engine, and a $150,000 residential property inspection overhaul, while school officials warned of a budget gap the town cannot yet close.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 21

Government · Select Board

Select Board approves two grant applications and authorizes road work under Chapter 90 funding.

Select Board approves grant applications and road contracts. The board unanimously authorized applications for Johnson Brook Culvert replacement ($13,000 town match on $130,000 phase) and zoning bylaw Phase II updates, and approved FY26 Chapter 90 crack sealing and Ed Holcomb Road Phase II repaving

Townbrief news summary · Mar 16

Government · Select Board

Southwick Select Board Authorizes Infrastructure Grants, Assigns Road Projects to Chapter 90 Funds

Southwick Select Board receives failing road data, approves infrastructure grants.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 16

Government · Select Board

Select Board seeks voter approval on local meals tax

Southwick Select Board votes to advance local meals tax to town meeting. In a 2-1 vote, Chair Diane Gale and Clerk Russ Anderson backed the 0.75 percent meals tax question for the warrant; Vice-Chair Doug Moglin opposed. The board estimates the tax could generate approximately $120,000 annually for

Townbrief news summary · Mar 9

Government · Select Board

Southwick Select Board Votes to Put Meals Tax Before Town Meeting Voters

Southwick Select Board votes 2-1 to put a local meals tax on the town meeting warrant.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 9