Select Board approves utility pole on Barlow's Landing Road, moves FY27 budget with dispatch cost increase
Select Board · Meeting of January 27, 2026
Bourne Select Board votes on utility pole and budget with major cost spike. The board unanimously approved installation of a joint utility pole on Barlow's Landing Road for Eversource Energy and Verizon New England Inc., and voted 5-0 to transmit the FY27 budget to the Finance Committee with a County Dispatch line item revised upward to $296,798, up from the budgeted $226,674, creating a shortfall of at least $70,000. Town Administrator Marlene McCollem noted the town faces a potential additional deficit of roughly $350,000 based on a preliminary local aid proposal.
The board also unanimously renewed five aquaculture licenses for two years and submitted the Waterways and Marinas Regulations to Town Counsel for review.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of January 27, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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