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Bylaw Committee approves prior minutes, reviews board-structure proposals.

Rutland Bylaw Committee approved prior minutes and reviewed two ongoing bylaw proposals. Chair Barbara Ruchala and members Kumara Govardhan, Michael Pantos, and Lionel Carbonneau, joined by Finance Committee member Darren Ross, discussed a Finance Committee bylaw-clarification proposal aimed at

Planning Board approves ANR plans and reduces subdivision sureties.

Planning Board endorses two ANR plans and approves multiple surety reductions. The Board unanimously endorsed an ANR plan for Matthew Erskine's Peters Avenue parcel and another for Roger Wykes at 33 Wheeler Road, while approving surety reductions across five subdivisions totaling $790,494.84. In a

Library board approves decertification policy, budgets $44,795 in town funds.

Rutland Library Board of Trustees approves decertification policy and allocates nearly $45,000 in town-released warrant funds. The board voted unanimously on the decertification policy and approved the children's director's report, with Director Kerry Remington submitting the director's report with

Historical Commission approves prior minutes, plans Prison Camp info sessions.

Rutland Historical Commission approves prior minutes and advances Prison Camp preservation. Chair Peter Pasierb's commission scheduled two "Save our Structures" informational sessions for January 24 and 27 at the Blair Room, with Lindsay Maus preparing photographs and delivering presentations on

Select Board backs tiered property-tax override to close $3M budget gap.

Rutland Select Board votes 4–1 to pursue a tiered property-tax override to close a $3 million structural budget deficit in FY2027. Town Administrator Heather Butler and former Acting Town Administrator Seth Knipe presented a $32 million budget in which the Wachusett Regional School District will