Select Board approves elevator modernization project and food pantry renaming.
Select Board · Meeting of February 9, 2026
CHELMSFORD — Select Board approves three liquor licenses and elevator project in single session. The Board unanimously awarded the $897,210 elevator modernization contract to Enterprise Equipment Company and approved restaurant and package-store alcohol licenses for two establishments, contingent on final departmental sign-offs in one case. The Board also unanimously renamed the Chelmsford Food Pantry in honor of founder and director Sandy Donovan, who led the facility for twenty-seven years.
Town Manager Paul Cohen presented the FY27 budget, noting that health insurance premium increases were held to 8 percent after the town eliminated GLP-1 drugs for non-diabetic patients, and reported that Police Chief Spence will retire effective June 1, 2026.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of February 9, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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