Lee Select Board elects new chairman, OKs police chief deal
Select Board · Meeting of May 19, 2026
Lee Select Board reorganizes, clears police chief contract for Stephanie Burdick. Members unanimously elected Bob Jones chairman and Gordon D. Bailey clerk before voting to authorize the town administrator to sign Burdick's contract, which she had "already signed" by the meeting.
The board also approved an updated non-union salary classification schedule, last revised for fiscal 2025, adding titles such as conservation agent. Town Administrator Chris announced a $250,000 Massachusetts Department of Transportation bike-share grant that must be spent by December 31, 2027, separate from path-design grants tied to a 2030 construction target on the region's Metropolitan Planning Organization schedule. The board also approved a sign permit and fee waiver for the Lee Farmers Market and adopted an environmentally preferable purchasing policy to meet a grant deadline.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of May 19, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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