Select Board approves prior minutes, hears emergency preparedness and service updates
Alford Select Board approved prior minutes and heard emergency preparedness and service updates. Board of Health reported tabletop exercise progress; Highway reported salt delivery delays; Southern Berkshire Ambulance Service presented assessment of $74,757 operating and $8,624 capital for ordered
Select Board · Meeting of February 23, 2026
Alford Select Board approved prior minutes and heard emergency preparedness and service updates. Board of Health reported tabletop exercise progress; Highway reported salt delivery delays; Southern Berkshire Ambulance Service presented assessment of $74,757 operating and $8,624 capital for ordered ambulances. Select Board member Bruce Schreiber objected to the service's use of equalized property valuation as sole assessment driver, stating smaller towns are disadvantaged; Patrick White agreed to explore alternative models after budget season.
Planning Board will shift Stream and Pond and Flood Plain Overlay authority to the Conservation Commission, which the board endorsed.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of February 23, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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