Fireworks event funding gap
Town of South HadleyMassachusetts- Detected
- Oct 20, 2026
- 8 days ago
- Sector
- Recreation & Community Services
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From the meeting
In an Oct. 14, 2026 memo and supporting police memo, the town said the annual fireworks celebration faced a funding gap. Recreation said it would need at least $7,500 more than budgeted, and Police estimated about $5,175 in staffing costs for the July 2026 event; the current show contract was the last year of a three-year bid and would need to go back out to bid for 2027.
The signal is a future event sponsorship and rebid problem, not a current award.
- Meeting date
- October 20, 2026
- Agency
- Town of South Hadley
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