SOUTHWICK — While it’s been nearly three months since the Select Board said it might call a Special Town Meeting to have residents decide if the town can pay more than 50% for town employees health insurance, or even publicly discuss the issue at all, Chief Administrative Officer Nicole Parker confirmed to Finance Committee Tuesday the meeting would be held.

“Is there going to be a Special Town Meeting?” Finance Committee Chair Joseph Deedy asked Parker during the committee meeting. “I’m hearing everything under the sun.”

“There is going to be a Special Town Meeting. Yes, there is,” Parker responded.

“We have to bring this insurance question to the townspeople … we’re looking at mid-January,” she said, adding the Select Board must “formally make the decision,” which it has yet to do or

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