Select Board Meeting
Repeats until Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 4:30 pm until 6:30 pm
Highway Garage, 9 Jacksonville Rd, Colrain, MA and Microsoft Teams
A meeting of the Select Board
HYBRID MEETING*
Revised Agenda**
Highway Garage
9 Jacksonville Road
July 8, 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
Meeting ID: 226 091 830 08
Passcode: DyF84U
4:30 p.m. Call to Order
- Consent Items
Review/Approve Warrants & Minutes
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- Warrant AP #2552 in the amount of $43,642.62
- Warrant PR #2525 in the amount of $41,795.52
- Warrant PR #2553 in the amount of $19,158.87
- Warrant AP #2602 in the amount of $4,803.70
- Appointments and Resignations
- Request for Appointment to Cultural Council, Anna Turkle, 278 Ed Clark Road
- Request for Appointment to the Historic Commission, Cynthia Herbert, 12 Heath Road
- Appointment of MLP Manager (2 yr term to expire June 30, 2027), Michael Slowinski, 28 Adamsville Road
- New Business
- Fiscal Year-End Transfers per MGL Ch. 44 s33B
- Request for One-Day Liquor License for Friends of the Griswold Memorial Library for July 31st event (see Administrator Updates)
- Request for Compensation for Police Admin Detail Billing Process Setup and Maintenance
- Request to Increase Planning Board Special Permit Application and Site Plan Review Fees from $250 to $500; Request to Increase ZBA Variance, Special Permit Fees and Appeal of Building Commissioner from $250 to $500 (No Change in Fee Schedule since January 2017), Effective July 1, 2025
- Adopt Select Board Special Permit Form
- Old Business
- Review and Adopt Revised Building Permit Fee Schedule effective July 1, 2025
- Review Proposed Personnel Policy Changes re: Vacation Accrual, Tobacco Products
- Final Review of Highway Superintendent Job Description; Hiring Committee Formation, Process and Timing, Review Draft Ad
- Finalize and Adopt Performance Appraisal Tool
- Administrator Updates
- MVP 2.0 RFP for Planning Vendor Available Now
- FY26 Highway and Fuel Contracts Signed
c. Farewell Celebration for Chelsea Jordan-Makely, Library Director, Thursday, July 31, 2025, 4 pm-7 pm at Griswold Memorial Library
- Scheduled Meeting: 5:30 pm
Department Operational & Staff Updates for FY26, Chris Lannon, Police Chief
- Public and Board Member Comments (votes will not be taken)
- Requests for Future Agenda Items
- FY25 Performance Review Town Administrator
- Set Goals & Objectives for FY26
- Address General Bylaws Enforcement w/ Non-Criminal Disposition
- Correspondence and Select Board Informational Items (votes will not be taken)
- 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.