Board defers tax rate vote to November 4

Select Board · Meeting of October 29, 2026

Hadley Select Board deferred a tax rate decision to November 4 after members flagged unanswered assessor questions. Meeting with only three of five members, Chair Amy Parsons, member Jason Kostek and remote member Randall Izer approved five employee appointments, including new hires Haley Moriarty and Kayla Warwick, and accepted sewer operator Joseph Holmes's resignation, all by 3-0 roll call votes. Kostek said "there was a lot of questions from the Finance Committee and not a similar amount of answers from the assessor," and later said being "rushed to make a vote" the same night an assessor presents is "not a great look." Parsons said the board hopes to vote on tax rates November 4 but may need an added meeting if questions remain unresolved before the town's year-end tax recap deadline.

In the full story:

• Call to Order and Procedural Notes
• Consent Agenda
• Public Comment
• Employee Appointments
• Resignation: Sewer Operator Joseph Holmes
• Tax Classification Hearing Preparation
• Town Administrator's Report
• Liaison Reports and Adjournment
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,871 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of October 29, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.