North Brookfield Annual Town Meeting to be held June 25

By Ruth M. Lyon

Turley Publications Reporter

NORTH BROOKFIELD – The annual town meeting will be held on Friday, June 25 at the elementary school auditorium at 7:30 p.m., to vote on money articles passed over at the May meeting; budget figures were not then available.

The five-article warrant seeks (article 4) to fix the salaries of all elected and appointed officials of the town, and determine what sums of money will be raised, appropriated, borrowed or transferred in the treasury to defray the charges and expenses of the town for the coming fiscal year, including a reserve fund.

The following three articles seek funds for the operation of the water and sewer departments and the town emergency squad.

The final article seeks to replace the highway superintendent’s 1995 Ford F250 truck with a new 2011 Ford F250 truck, for a sum of $40,735.

No further budget figures were available at press time. “We’re still working on them,” Finance committee chairman Robert Smith said.

The board of selectmen and finance committee remind voters that these budget articles fund the operation of the town, and voter attendance and participation is essential.