Archived News

What a Celebration!
A great time was had by all at Chesterfield's 61st annual Independence Day Celebration.  After a delicious pancake breakfast provided by Chesterfield's Fire Department, people enjoyed the Historical Society's “Discover Chesterfield Past & Present" display at town hall, the quilt display at the Church and the Library open house.  Then, the Parade went off without a hitch, with lots of floats, music, clowns, and animals to entertain viewers of all ages.  Thank you to all the organizers and volunteers who helped make the day possible and keep our Town's great tradition going strong.

Chesterfield Building Committee Adopts Mission Statement
The mission of the Chesterfield Building Committee is to lead the collaborative planning, design and building of Chesterfield’s Town Office, Emergency Complex and Highway Department in a thoughtful and prudent manner.  

To accomplish this, we will strive to:

• Maintain rural character of the town through our design and planning
• Be fiscally responsible in both the short and the long term
• Promote green and sustainable building practices
• Seek creative and alternative funding methods and
• Be transparent in all affairs and decision-making.    

As leaders in this effort, we will investigate all possibilities, options, and courses of action, hold public hearings to get feedback from the community, and use that input to modify our final recommendations to town meeting.
  
Committee and subcommittee meetings are generally held at the Davenport Building and are open to the public. Questions about the groups' work can be directed to the Town Administrator, Charlene Nardi, at 296-4771.

Special Town Meeting – The following articles were approved unanimously

• Article 1: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Free Cash now in the Treasury the sum of $890.00 to fund an anticipated shortfall in the appropriation for the Community Post office in West Chesterfield for Fiscal 2008 to satisfy the state’s minimum wage requirement, or take any other action relative thereto
• Article 2: To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Free cash now in the Treasury the sum of $12,750.00 to reduce the Fiscal 2009 Tax Rate; or take any other action relative thereto.

Annual Town Meeting: Chesterfield Voters met on May 12, 2008 to approve 23 articles including the 2009 Fiscal year budget of $2,557,422.In addition to voting financial articles, voters discussed and approved two new bylaws.  The amendment to the zoning bylaw for Small Wind Energy System, will allow residents to install and operate a small wind energy turbine.  The Right to Farm Bylaw, an amendment to the General By-law, is to state with emphasis the commitment and value of agriculture to the Town of Chesterfield and establishes a procedure to mediate any concerns between land owners around the work of agriculture.