Board reorganizes, approves reduced employee health insurance costs
Spencer selectmen cut employee health insurance costs and reorganize board. Town Administrator Jeff Bridges presented the 40-to-30 percent reduction as a recruitment and retention effort; union contracts already incorporated the 70/30 split effective July 1. The board voted 3-0 with two
Board of Selectmen · Meeting of May 18, 2026
Spencer selectmen cut employee health insurance costs and reorganize board. Town Administrator Jeff Bridges presented the 40-to-30 percent reduction as a recruitment and retention effort; union contracts already incorporated the 70/30 split effective July 1. The board voted 3-0 with two abstentions, with Gary E Woodbury elected Chairman, Jonathan F.
Viner as Vice-Chair, and Christopher L. Woodbury as Clerk. The Police Union's contract directs 25 percent of savings to the town's OPEB trust.
The board also voted 3-0 with two abstentions to suspend a 20-year retiree cost-sharing policy.
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Source: the Board of Selectmen meeting of May 18, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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