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Chester Selectboard approves audit and commitments policies.

Chester Selectboard approves revised audit and commitments policies. The Board unanimously backed a revised Independent Audit Policy allowing audits to be conducted "at the discretion of the Board" and approved the Town Commitments Policy without opposition. Discussion of a Finance Committee

Finance Committee approves town, board budgets with selectman stipend reduced

Chester Finance Committee unanimously approves FY27 town and Board of Selectmen budgets. Members Sr. Judith Dalesandro, Florence Bolduc, Mary Ann Pease, Bob Daley, Joe Ryan, Jon Williams, and Nick Chisuano voted to reduce each selectman's stipend to $3,250 while maintaining the Town Administrator

Council on Aging approves prior minutes, discusses equipment and fundraising.

The Chester Council on Aging approved prior minutes and discussed programming, equipment, and budget matters at its March 4 meeting. Dave Orcutt and Mary Ann Pease, among four board members present, reviewed a Hair Day program expanding to house calls, revisited a "pod idea" pending selectmen

Finance Committee accepts prior minutes, reviews Water, Health, and Planning budgets.

Chester Finance Committee unanimously approved prior minutes and heard departmental budgets. The Water Department, which operates as an enterprise fund, reported five consecutive quarters of clean inspections and seeks committee support at annual town meeting; its fiscal 2027 budget reflects an

Board approves demand fee increase and three administrative policies.

Chester Select Board approves demand fee hike and three administrative policies. Tax Collector Terry Donovan secured unanimous Board approval to raise the delinquent tax demand fee from $5 to $15, citing widespread non-compliance; the Board also unanimously abated $9,658.74 in uncollectable real