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On tonight’s Select Board agenda is follow up on a staffing request made by the Chief of Southboough Police earlier this month.
Police Chief Kenneth Paulhus described to the Board and Advisory Committee an urgent need for increasing the full time Dispatcher staff. He is looking to up the number from 4 to 5.
The request, on the heels of a Special Town Meeting and learning about a projected increase in residents’ property taxes, was met with dismay and frustration. Select Board members were upset to not have an earlier heads up on a purportedly dire need. They had believed that adding two officers over 2020-2021 satisfied the departments’ needs long term staffing needs…
