What: Employment and union agreements for police and dispatch staff, plus recent promotions.
Where it stands: June 29: employment agreement for Lieutenant Waugh approved; no action on amending the Massachusetts Coalition of Police Local 175 agreement. July 27: Board accepted the amended Local 175 and MCOA 17A Spencer Telecommunicators Unit agreements, all five yes.
Next: Police chief contract appears on the October 26 agenda (not covered by these minutes).
Possibly stale: the latest information is from July 2026; no newer Select Board minutes are posted.
The Police Chief introduced the newest officer, Paul Soojian, who has begun field training. After a lieutenant retired and an officer resigned, two vacancies were filled internally: Sergeant Waugh became Lieutenant effective July 5, 2026, and Todd Laporte became Sergeant. Both were sworn in by the Town Clerk.
After executive session, motion to accept the amended collective bargaining agreements for Massachusetts Coalition of Police Local 175 and MCOA 17A Spencer Telecommunicators Unit (Selectman Grigg/Selectman Letendre): all five members voted yes.
The Board entered executive session at 7:46pm (roll call, all five yes) to discuss nonunion negotiations for the Police Lieutenant and Chief and strategy on Local 175 bargaining; it returned to open session at 8:49pm.
Motion to approve the employment agreement with Patrick Waugh, Police Lieutenant (Selectman Grigg/Selectman Letendre): all five yes. No action on amending the Local 175 agreement.