Government

Government · Select Board

Board Renews Senior Center Deal, Vows Tighter Oversight

Hardwick Select Board renewed its senior center contract and moved toward tighter warrant oversight.

Townbrief reporting · Jun 8

Government · Select Board

Select Board Tables Barry Senior Deal

Hardwick Select Board clashed with its town administrator over unauthorized legal spending and advanced a sale of the town's historic schoolhouse.

Townbrief reporting · May 26

Government · Finance Committee

Select Board Adopts Budget Using One-Time Funds

Hardwick's Select Board voted 2-1 to adopt a $7.3 million fiscal 2027 budget that relies on $200,000 in one-time revenue from a gravel sale and a solar payment.

Townbrief reporting · May 21

Government · Select Board

Board Tables RFP For Gilbertville School Building

Hardwick's Select Board clashed over whether to speed up payoff of the town's fire truck debt during a lengthy budget-review session. Clerk Zachary E.

Townbrief reporting · May 11

Government · Select Board

Select Board Elects Schaaf Chair in 2-1 Vote

Hardwick Select Board elected Jeffrey Schaaf chair in a 2-1 vote after a tense reorganizational meeting.

Townbrief reporting · May 4

Government · Select Board

Select Board Signs Warrant, Cuts Two Articles

Hardwick's Select Board signed the annual town meeting warrant, dropping two articles and leaning on $200,000 in uncertain revenue to balance next year's budget.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 30

Government · Select Board

Select Board Sets June 6 Town Meeting Date

Hardwick Select Board set its annual town meeting for June 6 and opened a 22-article warrant, including a new 6 percent short-term rental tax and a school roof feasibility study.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 27

Government · Select Board

Select Board Narrows Budget Gap to $26,796

Hardwick's Select Board and Finance Committee trimmed the projected fiscal 2027 deficit from $46,756 to $26,796 during a joint budget workshop.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 22

Government · Select Board

Boiler earmark averts special town meeting

The Hardwick Select Board tabled a planned special town meeting after a $120,000 state earmark emerged to fund two school boilers instead of one.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 13

Government · Select Board

Hardwick Weighs Faster Fire Truck Payoff

Hardwick's Finance Committee and Select Board worked through a $119,711 projected fiscal 2027 deficit and weighed paying down fire truck debt faster. Highway Superintendent Marty said diesel is averaging $3.19 a gallon and pushed to raise the highway fuel line to $55,000 from $48,000.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 6