What: The Town is taking over ambulance service from the rescue squad, with policies, agreements and billing to settle.
Where it stands: June 29: ambulance operating and write-off policies adopted as corrected; UMass affiliation agreement assigned to the Town; five employee vacation agreements approved. July 27: the ambulance debt collections contract was tabled.
Next: Debt collections contract returns to the Board.
Possibly stale: the latest information is from July 2026; no newer Select Board minutes are posted.
Second reading of the Ambulance Standard Operating Policies and Write-Off Policy: a correction on page 61 changed "360" to "100" under Item I-1. Motion to adopt as corrected (Selectman Grigg/Clerk C. Woodbury): all five yes.
UMass affiliation agreement: Town Administrator Bridges said UMass agreed to assign the rescue squad's agreement to the Town as part of the asset transfer. It expires June 30, 2026 and renewal was underway; the Town inherits both, and future renewals will be in the Town's name. No vote needed.
Vacation allocation agreements credit employees' prior rescue squad service so they get the vacation they would have earned as Town employees. Motion to approve five agreements (Selectman Grigg/Selectman Letendre): all five yes.