Select Board Meeting

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Tuesday, May 13, 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

May 13, 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

1. Consent Items

Review/Approve Warrants & Minutes

2. Appointments and Resignations
   1. None

3. New Business
   1. Renew Lease with MTRSD for Colrain Central School; Martha Thurber, Chair, MTRSD School Committee and Sheryl Stanton, Superintendent, MTRSD
   2. Vote to Sign Support Letter for Connecticut River Conservancy (CRC) (in partnership with Deerfield River Watershed Association (DRWA)) for application for a Woodlands Partnership Grant for their initiative to continue working toward a National Wild and Scenic River designation for the Deerfield River.
   3. Review and Accept MDAR notice re Scranton APR; Memo to ZBA re: Conditions of Special Permit to Operate Quarry
   4. Notice of Substantial Completion – Colrain Heath Road Culvert Replacement
   5. Vote to Adopt the Town of Colrain website as the Official Method of Posting Meeting Notices effective July 1, 2025

4. Old Business
   1. Review Town Meeting Results; Discuss Take-Aways and Suggestions for Future Meetings

5. Administrator Updates

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

7. Requests for Future Agenda Items
   • • Personnel Policy Changes re: O/T Calculation & Reimbursement for Call-In, Other Misc.
     • Review Highway Superintendent Job Description & Advertisement
     • Updates re: Colrain Sewer District Treatment Options
     • End of Year Transfers

8. Correspondence and Select Board Informational Items (votes will not be taken)
1. 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 March 28, 2025, Governor Healey, 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 June 30, 2027 – 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.