New Protocols For Setting Town Manager Goals Would Remove Specific Mandates for Action On Climate, Solid Waste, CRESS, And Racial Equity
Report On The Joint Meeting Of the Government, Organization and Legislation Committee, on November 30,...
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Letter: The Jones Library Has A Plan B. Now What?
The following letter also appeared in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. The Jones Library in Amherst...
Council Denies Funding For Artificial Turf At High School
Report On The Meeting Of The Amherst Town Council, November 21, 2022 This meeting was...
Opinion: Jennifer Shiao’s School Committee Blog: The School Committee Failed To Discuss The Issue Of PFAS In Artificial Turf
Editor’s note: . Jennifer Shiao is a member of the Amherst School Committee. Her original posts...
Letter: It’s Time To Fund Town’s Climate Action Goals
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council, Finance Committee, and Town Manager...
Questions Surround Planned Building Project Tax Override
How Much And Which Project(s) Require Additional Property Tax Funding Still To Be DeterminedFor more...
Opinion: Minimize Financial Pain To Residents In Order To Maximize The Chance Of Success Of The School Building Project
How would you use the $23 million in savings (“reserves”) the town has built up?...
Letter: The Point Of Financial Models Is To Answer “What If” Questions. That’s Not What We’re Getting
Finance Director Sean Mangano’s modeling of the town’s “four major capital projects” has been presented multiple...
Assumptions About Major Building Projects Need To Be Revisited, Say Town Councilors
“The world has changed a lot since the last time we made projections on the...
Town Manager Report For October 3, 2022
Source: amherstma.gov Editor’s note: Town Manager Paul Bockelman submits a comprehensive report to the Town...
Opinion: A Plan B For The Jones Library
Does anyone really think that the 35% of voters in the 2021 Amherst election who...
Council Votes To Forge Ahead With Library Project Despite Escalating Costs
Report On The Meeting Of The Amherst Town Council, September 19, 2022, Part 1 This...