Five Things Town Meeting Spent Money On Last Night

 Town Meeting's first session was last night at the Senior Center. It will continue Thursday night at the same place at 7:30 p.m. Here are five things Town Meeting spent money on last night.

1. The recall election. The town voted to pay $21,214 for the selectmen on Aug. 2.

2. The South Chelmsford fire station. The town approved more than $100,000 to re-open and staff the . It will be open by Nov. 1.

3. Contract agreements. The town approved $49,046 to pay for employee contract agreements for the clerical union, dispatchers, and cemetery and highway workers.

4. The South Row playground. Town Meeting voted to appropriate $52,801 in insurance money to the facilities account, which will help rebuild the playground Town Manager Paul Cohen said according to state law, any insurance recovery money more than $20,000 requires a Town Meeting vote to appropriate that money into the facilities budget.

5. Changes in the town clerk’s office. The town voted to add $3,050 to the administration personnel services line item to pay for the change after and new town clerk Onorina Maloney was hired. Town Manager Paul Cohen said the two worked together for a while during the transition. The town also owed Delaney some money for accrued paid time off. The net difference was $3,050.