Littleton Select Board Approves Staff Promotions, Fire Alarm Upgrade, Town Meeting Articles

LITTLETON — April 24, 2023 — Littleton Select Board approves fire alarm upgrade, promotes finance staff, and flags concerns over Boxborough water deal. The board voted 4-0 on six personnel and operational matters at its April 24 meeting, including a fire alarm system transition to Eastern Electronics' WARN cloud platform at an annual cost of $4,200, paid from a $54,500 revolving account, and temporary pay increases for Local Inspector Michael Kenny (from $35.12 to $39.74 per hour) and former Building Commissioner Ed Mullen ($950 per month) following the building commissioner's April 14 resignation. The board also appointed Robin Healy as Treasurer/Collector at Grade 16, Step 3 starting May 15 and promoted Michelle Reynolds to Town Accountant at Grade 15, Step 5 effective May 8, both moves designed to stabilize a Finance Department facing the departure of Finance Director Patty Leavitt. In a lengthy joint session with the Finance Committee, both boards recommended an amended sewer borrowing authorization of $4.438 million for the Annual Town Meeting and declined to vote on a $19.2 million water infrastructure project combining a new Taylor Street well with a Boxborough water extension, citing the absence of enforceable payment guarantees in the draft Intermunicipal Agreement — with Finance Committee member Steve Venuti stating flatly, "Boxborough is taking absolutely no responsibilities in this agreement."