Select Board Votes 2-1 To Expand COA Hours
Berlin's Select Board voted 2-1 to expand Council on Aging hours despite data concerns. The board set full-time director wages at $65,000 and part-time van-driver wages at $20,000, raising the director's hours to roughly 32 a week, short of the 36 hours town meeting had funded.
Select Board · Meeting of March 16, 2026
Berlin's Select Board voted 2-1 to expand Council on Aging hours despite data concerns. The board set full-time director wages at $65,000 and part-time van-driver wages at $20,000, raising the director's hours to roughly 32 a week, short of the 36 hours town meeting had funded. A board member identified only as Scott cast the dissenting vote, saying "I think I am more easily convinced that it's worth the over 36 hour a week position than I am convinced about the van." Director Melissa said "outreach is number one" among her priorities.
The board separately voted unanimously to regionalize building inspection services with three neighboring towns for $73,750 a year and adopted an updated Hazard Mitigation Plan.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of March 16, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.
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