Royalston Special Town Meeting will decide on funds for new police account

ROYALSTON – Voters will face an 11-article warrant when they gather for a Special Town Meeting this Thursday, with all but one related to the town’s free cash account. The Royalston STM will be held on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. at Royalston Town Hall. Article 2 calls for a transfer of $15,000 from the town’s free cash account to cover legal bills. Articles 1 and 4 ask voters to approve the transfer of funds from free cash to pay unpaid bills from FY26 totaling just over $6,300. Article 3 seeks $7,500 to cover FY27 costs related to “the collective bargaining agreement between the Town of Royalston and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Council 93, Local 1887,” from July 1 of this year through June 30, 2029. That contract covers the Public Works Department employees. Voters are also asked, in Article 5, to vote on taking $2,188 out of free cash to pay for improvements to Pete & Henry’s Park in the South Village.

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