Select Board approves $152,300 Whitney Park contract

Select Board · Meeting of September 29, 2026

Ludlow's Select Board approved a $152,300 Whitney Park playground installation contract on a 5-0 vote. Members also voted 5-0 to sign a $38,200 Al's Fuels contract for supplemental heating at the Ludlow Safety Complex, to name DPW Business Administrator Rhonda Burell chief procurement officer, and to raise snowplow rates for hired contractors at the request of Director of Public Works Jamie Thomas. A staff member said Burell's MCPPO certification runs through February 2027.

The board also approved a $5,987 COPS Office grant extension. A proposal to cut Treasurer-Collector hours to 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Thursday, was withdrawn after members asked for a later day, with hours left to the town administrator.

In the full story:

• Contracts: Whitney Park playground and Safety Complex heating
• COPS Office Anti-Heroin Task Force grant extension
• Chief Procurement Officer appointment
• Snowplow rates for hired contractors
• Temporary Treasurer-Collector office hours
• DPW update and adjournment
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,520 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of September 29, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.