Finance Committee reviews departmental budgets ahead of town meeting
Upton Finance Committee reviews departmental budgets and capital improvement requests ahead of town meeting. The committee heard presentations from Police, Fire and EMS, Recreation, and Public Works departments during a joint meeting with the Select Board on March 17. Police Chief Nick Palmieri
Finance Committee · Meeting of March 17, 2026
Upton Finance Committee reviews departmental budgets and capital improvement requests ahead of town meeting. The committee heard presentations from Police, Fire and EMS, Recreation, and Public Works departments during a joint meeting with the Select Board on March 17. Police Chief Nick Palmieri requested a 7.7 percent wage increase as the third year of the collective bargaining agreement.
Fire Chief Mike Marchand and former Police Chief Mike Bradley proposed a $117,000 budget increase including an additional paramedic-firefighter position. The Department of Public Works requested a $17 million debt exclusion for capital improvements, representing the construction phase of a $2.5 million design and engineering effort approved in Fall 2025.
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Source: the Finance Committee meeting of March 17, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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