FinCom weighs charter rewrite, tree bylaw

From Billerica News

• FinCom debates charter rewrite, tree bylaw, dog fee hike. The Finance Committee took up a sweeping charter rewrite, drafted over 36 meetings, that would bar individual Select Board, Planning Board or School Committee members from filing warrant articles alone, plus a new tree bylaw and the town's first dog fee increase since 2009.Billerica News
• FinCom debates fire contract, police renovation funding. The Finance Committee weighed a multiyear fire union contract that could push minimum engine staffing toward a goal firefighters called decades overdue, while also considering funding to begin renovating the police station.Billerica News
• FinCom weighs pump station fixes, sidewalk dispute. The Finance Committee considered funding to rehabilitate two sewer pump stations under a 2010 state consent order, while a separate article to legitimize decades-old sidewalk encroachments on private property divided members over eminent domain concerns.Billerica News

Coming up

• Mon, Oct 5, 10:30 a.m.: Mobile career center makes final stop Monday. The Masshire Lowell Mobile Career Center holds its last scheduled Billerica session at the public library on Monday, October 5, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., offering residents job search help.Billerica Public Library
• Mon, Oct 5, 6:00 p.m.: Select Board holds regular meeting Monday. The Select Board meets Monday, October 5, at 6 p.m. in the Thomas Conway Hearing Room, Room 205, at Town Hall.Town of Billerica
• Mon, Oct 5, 6:00 p.m.: School Committee meets Monday at Town Hall. The Billerica School Committee meets Monday, October 5, at 6 p.m. in the Town Hall auditorium.Billerica Public Schools
• Mon, Oct 5, 6:00 p.m.: Parker Elementary site council meets Monday. Parker Elementary School's Site Council meets Monday, October 5, at 6 p.m. at the school, 52 River Street.Billerica Public Schools
• Mon, Oct 5, 7:00 p.m.: Board of Health meets Monday evening. The Board of Health meets Monday, October 5, at 7 p.m. in Room 210 at Town Hall, with a Zoom option available.Town of Billerica
• Wed, Oct 7, 7:00 p.m.: Historic Districts Commission meets Wednesday. The Historic Districts Commission meets Wednesday, October 7, at 7 p.m. in Room 210 at Town Hall.Town of Billerica

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