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Tuesday, November 26, 2024, 4:30 pm until 6:30 pm
Highway Garage, 9 Jacksonville Rd, Colrain, MA
A meeting of the Select Board

**Update 11/26/2024 @ 4:35pm - Due to technical difficulties, the hybrid option will not be available**

SELECT BOARD/MLP BOARD

HYBRID MEETING*

Agenda**

Highway Garage

9 Jacksonville Road

November 26, 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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4:30 p.m. Call to Order

5. Remarks Regarding Completion of Jacksonille Road, Rte. 112 Slope Stabilization Project & Road Reconstruction – Select Board

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

1. Approve Minutes of October 8. 2024
2. Warrant AP2520 in the amount of $28,777.54
3. Warrant PR2510
4. Warrant AP2521

2. Appointments and Resignations
   1. Request for Appointment to the Woodlands Partnership Board as Colrain Representative, Jonathan Lagreze, Resident

3. New Business
   1. Extension to the MOU for the Springfield Municipal Recycling Facility (MRF), Agreement Expires December 31, 2024
   2. Request for Paint Stewardship Bill Support Letter from Thomas Irwin, Advocate
   3. Review MVP 2.0 Application & Vote Support Letter, Due December 4, 2024
   4. Transfer Station Recommendations – First Review

4. Old Business
   1. Joint Petition for Pole Locations on West Leyden Rd, N Green River Rd and Avery Hill Rd.; Tabled from November 12, 2024; Updates re: poles close to road; attaching Broadband cables and Broadband licenses

5. Administrator Updates
   1. Heath Road Culvert Replacement Project Updates
   2. Tax Rate Set & Tax Bills in Process
   3. Application to North River Damages Fund Grant – Submitted on 11/15/24

6. Public and Board Member Comments (votes will not be taken)
   1. Updates from FRTA Meeting, 11/21/24

7. Requests for Future Agenda Items
   1. Address December 24^th Meeting Date – Cancel?
   2. Annual Select Board Licensing – December 10
   3. Address TM Vote re Greenfield/Main Rd. Safety Issues
   4. Address Bylaws/Votes re ATM and Election Dates

8. Correspondence and Select Board Informational Items (votes will not be taken)

• Letter from MTRSD re: Emergency Repair/Capital Item in FY26 Budget
• Letter from Opioid Task Force Acknowledging Pooled Funds

1. Executive Session: None
2. 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 2024-11-26 Minutes (2025-01-15 at 12:14 PM)