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Tuesday, October 8, 2024, 4:30 pm until 6:30 pm
Highway Garage, 9 Jacksonville Rd, Colrain, MA
A meeting of the Select Board

SELECT BOARD/MLP BOARD

HYBRID MEETING*

Agenda**

Highway Garage

9 Jacksonville Road

October 8, 2024

4:30 p.m.

Public Comments – The Colrain Select Board encourages citizens to attend its meetings and welcomes their views on pertinent subjects. Anyone may comment for up to two minutes during the Public Comment portion of the agenda regarding an issue that is not on the agenda. However, given that no public notice of the topic has been provided, the Select Board will not engage in discussion. The Select Board will give your issue appropriate consideration. Additional comments during agenda items may be allowed at the discretion of the Chair.

*THIS MEETING WILL BE HYBRID, WITH BOTH AN IN-PERSON AND REMOTE PARTICIPATION OPTION.¹

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Meeting ID: 226 091 830 08

Passcode: DyF84U

FOR BOARD MEMBERS APPEARING REMOTELY: In accordance with open meeting law, when members attend remotely, the Chair SHALL acknowledge the members of the Board who are appearing via remote access and inform the full Board that all votes will be taken by roll call. Members attending remotely are encouraged to have their video on at times when they are speaking and voting.

Call to order: 4:30 p.m.

1. Consent Items
   1. Review/Approve Warrants and Meeting Minutes as listed below:
2. Meeting Minutes of September 10, 2024
3. Warrant AP2514 in the amount of $20,243.97
4. Warrant PR2506 in the amount of $22,935,.31
5. Warrant AP2515

2. Appointments and Resignations
   1. Request for Appointment to Board of Registrars, Joseph Slowinski

3. New Business
   1. Request for Fee Schedule Increase from Electrical/Wiring Inspector, James Slowinski
   2. Northern Tier Passenger Rail Study – Vote Letter of Support

4. Old Business:
   1. Update Date for Colrain Firefighters Association Boot Drive from Oct 27 to Oct 20, with a November 3 rain date (due to conflict with CCS Trunk or Treat)

5. Administrator Updates:
   1. Update COA Foot Clinic Location for November and December
   2. Jacksonville Road Slope Stabilization Project
   3. Green Communities Weatherization Project at Fire Station – Notice to Proceed Issued
   4. Permit Pro Updates Affecting Building/Electrical/Wiring Permits Issued

6. Public and Board Member Comments (votes will not be taken)

7. Requests for Future Agenda Items:

1. Joint Meeting with Health Select Board to Receive 2D8T Update (District Consolidation), 10/22/24 at 4:30 pm

8. Correspondence and Select Board Informational Items (votes will not be taken)
   1. Colrain Firefighters Association (CFA) Fall Pancake Breakfast & Auction, at Colrain Central School, October 12, 7 am-11 am
   2. CFA Boot Drive, in front of Colrain Central School, October 20, 2024, Rain date on November 3, 2024
   3. Crafts of Colrain Open Studio Tour, November 9-10, 2024, 10 am-4 pm
1. Executive Session: None
10. Dissolve Meeting

**Please note the Select Board agenda may be subject to change and items not anticipated may be discussed and all listed agenda items may be subject to a vote.

1 On July 16, 2022, Lt. Governor Polito, as Acting Governor, signed into law An Act Extending Certain COVID-19 Measures Adopted During the State of Emergency. Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2023 authorized a further extension – until March 31, 2025 – of the remote meeting provisions established by the initial March 12, 2020 Executive Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law. Section (1) of the executive order allowing public access through adequate, alternative means is independent from Section (2), which allows members of the public body to participate remotely. The public body may conduct its proceedings under the relief provided in section (1) or (2) or both.

Select Board 2024-10-08 Minutes (2024-11-27 at 9:17 AM)