Finance Committee approves February minutes, discusses fire ambulance expansion
Finance Committee · Meeting of March 10, 2026
Winchendon Finance Committee reviews fire ambulance expansion proposal. Chair Thomas J. Kane Jr. and the committee heard Fire Chief Tom Smith present a plan to hire two additional firefighters to handle ambulance calls from Clearbrook treatment center, currently covered by Templeton.
The proposal projects approximately $123,000 in new revenue from Clearbrook and in-town calls, with a net gain of $544,000 after the $172,467 cost of hiring the two firefighters. The committee also reviewed year-to-date budget reports, flagging significant discrepancies including a $350,000 overage in Snow and Ice and a 665 percent overage in the MMHS building line.
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Source: the Finance Committee meeting of March 10, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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