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Tuesday, September 24, 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*

Revised Agenda**

Highway Garage

9 Jacksonville Road

September 24, 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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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.

4:35 p.m. PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE / NUISANCE DOG HEARING

Pursuant to Chapter 140, Section 157 of the Massachusetts General Laws, there will be a public hearing on the complaint of two nuisance dogs, “Biggie” and “Milo”, Sara Boisvert, Owner, located at 37 Adamsville Rd, Colrain, MA 01340 to determine what course of action is deemed necessary. The Hearing will take place on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at 4:35 p.m. in the Meeting Room at 9-11 Jacksonville Road, Colrain, MA (aka Highway Garage).

All interested persons, groups, and agencies are invited to attend and to provide testimony under oath. Written comments from the public will be accepted before and/or during this hearing.

5:00 p.m. Colrain Firefighters Association, Kevin Worden II

1. Request for Boot Drive, Sunday, October 20, 2024, from 8 am-5:30 pm (Rain date: October 27, 2024) on Jacksonville Road in front of Colrain Central School
2. Request for Lease Agreement between Town and Association for the 2018 Polaris Ranger ATV

1. Consent Items
   1. Review/Approve Warrants and Meeting Minutes as listed below:

1. Meeting Minutes of August 13 and 27, 2024
2. Warrant AP2512 in the amount of $646,212.21
3. Warrant PR2505 in the amount of $21,481.13

2. Appointments and Resignations
   1. Request for Appointment to Cultural Council, Helen Olson
   2. Request for Appointment to Cultural Council, Sarah Jarman
   3. Request for Appointment to Board of Registrars, Joseph Slowinski

3. New Business
   1. Request for Film Permit for Two Roads Film, LLC, Production Co. Agent, Krista Minto

4. Old Business:
   1. Update re: TA Proposal for COA Foot Clinic Location for October & November
   2. Update re: Colrain Community Wood Bank for 2024-2025 Heating Season

5. Administrator Updates:
   1. Remote Meeting Room Set-Up & In Testing Phase
   2. Onboarding Highway Department Employee
   3. New Police Cruiser Ordered
   4. Northern Tier Passenger Rail Study – Feedback Needed

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. 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 2024-09-24 Minutes (2024-11-13 at 1:06 PM)