Select Board approves hazard mitigation plan, ethics hotline, and alcohol licenses
Select Board · Meeting of January 7, 2026
Mansfield Select Board approves hazard mitigation and ethics hotline. The board unanimously backed the Hazard Mitigation Plan, a long-term natural disaster mitigation effort eligible for FEMA funding, and unanimously created an ethics hotline monitored by Town Counsel. Acting Town Manager Josh Reinke presented a FY2027 budget with a $5.1 million shortfall; the Tri-Board directed preparation of both a $3 million override scenario and a balanced budget requiring $5.1 million in cuts, with health insurance increases of 18 percent for active employees representing a key unknown.
The board unanimously approved a 10 a.m. early Sunday alcohol license for Burton's Grill and Bar and unanimously appointed John McGarry as a full voting member of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of January 7, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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