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Date: 7/13/2022
HUNTINGTON – On July 6, the Board of Selectmen, currently composed of Edward Renauld and Roger Booth, met at 5 p.m., the new time for meetings in the summer, which are scheduled every other week. The next meeting is July 22 at 5 p.m.
A special town election on Sept. 6 to fill the empty seat on both the Board of Selectmen and School Committee will coincide with the state primary election, as announced by the town clerk on July 5. The deadline to obtain nomination papers was July 11, after the Pennysaver’s deadline. If no one takes out papers, write-in candidates will be elected.
Renauld said he hoped that eligible residents would run for the School Committee.
“It’s more than half our budget. That one is just as important,” he said, noting that education costs, including the Gateway Regional School District, represent close to 70 percent of the town’s budget.
Also discussed at the meeting was American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. Huntington has $485,000 remaining in its allocation, and until December 2024 to spend it.
Booth said among the items they are looking to spend the money on are LED lights for town buildings and streetlights, new boilers for the highway garage, and radios for the Fire Department. He said they are looking to save money in the long term with their purchases.
Infrastructure is one of the categories eligible for ARPA funding.
John Bergeron, administrative assistant for the Board of Health, came before the board with a prior bill spanning three years for Title V services. He said the department just received the bill. Renauld said it must be paid because the contractor did the work, but he must be told to submit the bills in a timely fashion. The board voted to establish a revolving account to pay for Title V services.
Bergeron said he completed one session of cybersecurity training and received a notice for a second. All town employees must complete four sessions of the training by the end of the year.