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Tuesday, February 11, 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

February 11, 2025

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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4:30 p.m. Call to Order

4:30 p.m. Public Hearing – Joint Petitions for Pole Locations

The Select Board will hold three public hearings (a.k.a. Pole Hearings) pursuant to M.G.L. c166, §22 and any additions thereto or amendments thereof, at Colrain Highway Garage, 9 Jacksonville Road, Colrain, MA on the three petitions as attached.

1. Consent Items
   1. Review/Approve Warrants & Minutes

1. Approve Minutes of January 14, 2025
2. Warrant AP2530 in the amount of $427,726.32
3. Warrant AP2531 in the amount of $43,953.89
4. Warrant PR2515 in the amount of $35,140.78

2. Appointments and Resignations

None

3. New Business
   1. Request for Colrain Firefighters’ Association Boot Drive, Sunday, February 23, 2025, from 8 am-5:30 pm (Rain date: March 2, 2025) on Jacksonville Road in front of Colrain Central School
   2. Tri-State Fire Mutual Aid Agreement Renewal
   3. Request for One-Day License (Beer/Wine), for Colrain Central School PTO for Paint & Sip Event
   4. Cyber Seniors/MBI Regional Digital Equity Grant Submission
   5. Colrain Broadband Budget Presentation & Misc. Updates, Michael Slowinski, MLP Manager
   6. FY26 Draft GL Budget Overview w Projected Revenues; Review of Capital Plan
4. Old Business
   1. Updates regarding Highway Department Staffing; Hiring & Discussion re: Personnel Policy Proposed Amendment & Effects
   2. SSES Report re: Collection System Update and Next Steps

5. Administrator Updates
   1. FRCOG Annual Meeting and FY26 Budget Vote
   2. FEMA GO Submittal of SOI for Hazard Mitigation Plan Funding

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

7. Requests for Future Agenda Items
   1. Amended Building Department Fee Schedule
   2. General Bylaws Changes for Annual Town Meeting

8. Correspondence and Select Board Informational Items (votes will not be taken)
   1. Inquiry on Pole Attachments and Conduit Access on Public Rights of Way
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.

Pole Hearing Packet 021125 (2025-02-06 at 7:26 PM)

Select Board 2025-02-11 Minutes (2025-04-28 at 12:11 PM)