Littleton Select Board Approves FIFA Officer Details, Defers Bond Policy Vote

LITTLETON -- April 6, 2026, Littleton Select Board clears FIFA officer details, defers votes on new position and bond policy. The four-member board voted 4 to 0 Monday to authorize Littleton police officers to work off-duty paid details at Gillette Stadium during the FIFA World Cup series throughout June, with language allowing Police Chief Matthew Pinard to revoke the authorization if staffing falls short. Town Administrator James Duggan presented a cost-neutral proposal to create a Project Manager/Communications position at Grade 13 on Compensation Plan Schedule A, funded by restructuring the IT department from two full-time employees to one and expanding use of existing vendor THRIVE at no added cost, with a formal vote deferred to April 21. The board spent the meeting's longest stretch debating a draft Policy on Use of Bond-Financed Municipal Facilities, prepared with bond counsel Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, that would require review of any private-use agreement at eight town properties, including the library, senior center, and PRCE/School building, before the Select Board could approve it; members agreed no vote should be taken until a simplified compliance matrix is developed for department heads. James Barthel, founder of Littleton mushroom company Soil & Spore, was appointed to the Agricultural Commission for a term expiring June 30, 2028.