A 30-year veteran of municipal finance experience will fill the vacant position of Bedford’s finance director/accountant, beginning June 7.
David Castellarin, the current…
Read MorePlanning Begins for Fiscal Year 2022
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As town officials begin planning for next fiscal year’s municipal budget, much of the financial landscape is hazy.
Town Finance Director Victor Garofalo…
Read MoreLocal Receipts Decline During Pandemic
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If you want to see a snapshot of the pandemic’s impact on everyday life, compare categories of local receipts between the first…
Read MoreOn April 15 the Select Board voted to extend the deadlines on several Town of Bedford bills.…
Read MoreDue Date Extension for Tax Bills, Water/Sewer Bills, Tax Exemption and Tax Deferral Applications
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Bedford's Select Board voted on April 15, 2020, to accept the following local option provisions of Massachusetts State Law recently enacted to…
Read MoreThe Fire, Police, and IT/Finance Departments presented their capital requests for Fiscal Year 2021 during the October 2 Capital Expenditure Committee meeting.…
Read MoreThe Capital Expenditures Committee got a first look at the capital requests for the 2021-2026 fiscal years from Town Manager Sarah Stanton…
Read MoreBy Julie McCay Turner
An important step in preparing for Annual Town Meeting was accomplished on January 31 when Bedford's Finance Committee heard…
Read MoreBy Peter Manning
The Finance Committee met on December 13 to discuss Springs Brook Park’s recent audit. The roughly 35-page document was recently…
Read MoreBy Ben Oleksinski
The Finance Committee is starting to adjust funds within the Public Works budget to brace for inevitable price increases in…
Read MoreEditor's Note: The Bedford Citizen thanks the Finance Committee for sharing their rationale for each of the Articles in the Warrant for…
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After an extended process, Bedford's Assessors are in…
Read MoreFiscal Year 2018 Tax Rates
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There will be a public hearing at the February 12, 2018, meeting of the Bedford Selectmen pending…
Read MoreAssessors Settle Tax Dispute with Verizon
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By Lizzie Seibert
At its May 25 meeting, the Finance Committee heard from the Board of Assessors that Bedford has settled its dispute…
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Bedford School Superintendent Jon Sills presented details about the School Department’s recently negotiated contract with Bedford’s Educators Association at the…
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At its meeting on March 16, the Finance Committee deferred its recommendation decision on the Davis School parking lot expansion,…
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At its March 9 meeting, the Finance Committee voted to approve a bond authorization of $3 million for preservation of…
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At its February 16 meeting, the Finance Committee heard a presentation from Bedford’s Council on Aging’s (COA) Allen Morgan (Chair),…
Read MoreBy Lizzie Seibert
At Monday night’s meeting, the Finance Committee voted, with noted reservations, to approve each of the Bedford town department’s budgets…
Read MoreBy Elizabeth Hacala
January 31 the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) met to review their six-year plan and 2018 recommendations for Annual Town Meeting.…
Read MoreBy Lizzie Seibert
To close out January, the Finance Committee heard a budget proposal from Antonio Battaglia, the chair of the Capital Expenditures…
Read MoreBy Lizzie Seibert
At its meeting on January 19, the Finance Committee heard budget proposals for Fiscal Year 2018 from the Bedford…
Read MoreBy Meredith McCulloch The Finance Committee voted to recommend to the Annual Town Meeting approval for funding a two-year local transportation pilot…
Read MoreBy Meredith McCulloch The Finance Committee appears to be in agreement that an addition to Lane School is necessary, but there is…
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