Selectboard approves Police Academy memorandum of understanding
Sunderland Selectboard voted to approve a Police Academy memorandum of understanding allowing cost recovery. The 3-0 vote authorized the town to recover training costs if the new officer left before completing a specified term. The joint Selectboard-Finance Committee meeting reviewed FY27 budget
Finance Committee · Meeting of March 2, 2026
Sunderland Selectboard voted to approve a Police Academy memorandum of understanding allowing cost recovery. The 3-0 vote authorized the town to recover training costs if the new officer left before completing a specified term. The joint Selectboard-Finance Committee meeting reviewed FY27 budget requests for Sunderland Elementary and Frontier High Schools amid discussion of a likely 5 percent override.
Finance Committee member D. Korpita outlined the state's Foundation Budget calculation. Formal documents were not yet available for board review.
The boards also discussed Standish Chard Pond, where the town may jointly own a dam with a private family; the family was requesting a Phase 2 engineering study.
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Source: the Finance Committee meeting of March 2, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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