Millis Select Board Promotes First Police Lieutenant
Millis Select Board created the police department's first-ever lieutenant position and approved higher ambulance fees.
Select Board · Meeting of August 17, 2026
Millis Select Board created the police department's first-ever lieutenant position and approved higher ambulance fees. The board unanimously ratified Sergeant Christopher Maxent's promotion to lieutenant after what the chief called a "seven-year" funding effort, and also ratified officer William Murray and dispatchers Sarah Mushnick and Nicholas Almeda. Fire Chief Rick Bauer secured approval for new FY27 ambulance rates, raising the base BLS rate to $1,885 and mileage to $43.
A developer offered $200,000 in lieu of building a soccer field tied to the Woodland Subdivision, continued to October 5. Abutter Len Merrill described flooding "a foot of water in the cellar" tied to the 22-unit Village Meadow Commons project, continued to September 14. The board also denied a second one-day alcohol license and set town meeting for November 9.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of August 17, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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