MONTAGUE — The Finance Committee and Selectboard discussed consultant Rob Addelson’s draft financial management and operations policies for the town on Wednesday. The discussion was merely a hearing, with no policies adopted.
“Policies serve as a guide for decision-making,” Addelson said, while also making clear that “there are always unanticipated circumstances that arise that call for deviating from a policy.”
Although the town has made progress, Montague doesn’t have a comprehensive multi-year capital improvement plan in place. The Finance Committee and Selectboard agreed to review new policy suggestions in Addelson’s draft before adopting them.
The next Finance Committee meeting will take place remotely at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 21.
MONTAGUE — Just weeks after being elected to the Gill-Montague Regional School District School Committee, Finance Committee member Jennifer Waryas was unanimously chosen to serve as clerk for the committee.
MONTAGUE — The Board of Health welcomed new member Melanie Ames Zamojski at the beginning of its meeting Wednesday. Her term ends in June 2024.
MONTAGUE — The Board of Health unanimously voted to reappoint Daniel Wasiuk as director of public health during its meeting Wednesday.
MONTAGUE — The Board of Health approved progress toward shared COVID-19 contact tracing services between Montague, Greenfield, Deerfield and Sunderland during its meeting Wednesday. The Board of Health will speak with the Selectboard next week to discuss further plans.
The Board of Health also discussed Montague’s COVID-19 vaccination statistics, including data that shows the town’s access to vaccines falls short of standard availability.
ERVING — Evelyn (Smith) Bogue of Erving was recently installed as the worthy grand matron of the Grand Chapter of Massachusetts, Order of the Eastern Star.
According to a notice from Bogue, one of her service projects is to help with the restoration of the American chestnut tree in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, providing funding for scientific research, planting of seedlings and care of those seedlings.
“Trees are beneficial to our health and enjoyment,” Bogue said in the notice.