Select Board approves accounting contract with Winchendon to save roughly $8,000 annually

Interim Town Administrator Tim (S4) reviewed a written intermunicipal agreement with the Town of Winchendon to provide accounting services beginning Oct. 1. Tim said the arrangement would cost $3,500 per month — about $8,000 less than the appropriation for an in-house hire — and would provide staff backup so the town would not be left without accounting coverage if one person were unavailable.

Board members asked about overlap and transition; Tim said Winchendon staff will spend at least one in-person day weekly and otherwise provide remote coverage with planned overlap between current staff and the new provider to ensure a clean handoff. The board moved and approved the intermunicipal agreement.