Select Board OKs interim building, zoning chiefs

Select Board · Meeting of March 30, 2026

Groton's Select Board ratified interim building and zoning appointments and weighed a dam-funding plan meant to dodge a tax override. Town Manager Mark asked the Community Preservation Committee to put up $133,000 plus $45,000 a year toward the $812,500 Squannacook River Dam repair, saying the approach would "eliminate the need for a proposition 2 1/2 debt exclusion." The board unanimously ratified Ed Cataldo as acting building commissioner and Michelle Collette as acting zoning enforcement officer after Bob Garside's resignation. Members split 4-1 on a $100,000 Affordable Housing Trust warrant article and a tax-levy exemption article.

The Sustainability Commission reported GELD commissioners voted 2-1 to back the Specialized Stretch Energy Code, projected to save new all-electric homeowners "about $1,300 per year," ahead of a May 2 Town Meeting vote.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of March 30, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.