Dighton Select Board Reorganizes, Clears Most FY27 Warrant Articles in Marathon Session

Select Board · Meeting of April 22, 2026

Dighton's Select Board reorganized its leadership and cleared most FY27 Annual Town Meeting warrant articles in a lengthy joint session with the Finance Committee on April 22. Mark Pacheco was voted in as chair, with Glenn Cabbage — attending his first meeting — named clerk. The two bodies worked through the town's budget line by line before voting to recommend $360,000 from free cash to cover the FY26 snow and ice deficit, $25,000 to the stabilization fund, and $145,310.41 to correct a health insurance check-reconciliation error, among other items.

The Finance Committee voted to not recommend two police administrative vehicles totaling roughly $128,500, citing thin free cash, and the Select Board tabled the police chief's $66,000 vehicle request to its May 13 meeting — the final meeting before the warrant must be posted — directing the chief to provide a full fleet inventory and explore creative funding options. A single highway plow truck at $295,854.45 was approved on a split Finance Committee vote of three to two.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of April 22, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.