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Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 4:30 pm until 6:30 pm
Highway Garage, 9 Jacksonville Rd, Colrain, MA and Microsoft Teams
A meeting of the Select Board

SELECT BOARD/MLP BOARD

HYBRID MEETING*

Agenda**

Highway Garage

9 Jacksonville Road

October 14, 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

Joint Meeting with Council on Aging Members re: Bylaw Language; Accept Disclosures Per MGL c268A, sec 19, Misc Updates., etc.

1. Consent Items

Review/Approve Warrants & Minutes

a. Minutes of 7/22/25

b. Warrant PR 2606 in the amount of $21,289.88

c. Warrant AP 2615 in the amount of $14,760.76

2. Appointments and Resignations

3. New Business
   1. Reschedule Select Board November and December Meeting Dates to November 18, December 2 and December 19 Due to Holidays
   2. Accept Donation, per M.G.L. c 44, 53A 1/2, from Matt Slowinski; Chain Link Fence, Posts & Misc Hardware for the Purpose of Securing Area currently used as the Colrain Wood Bank.
   3. Notice of FEMA Flood Maps Update and 90-day Appeal Period; FRCOG Meeting Scheduled for Review (Thursday, November 13^th at 6 pm in the downstairs meeting room at JWO Transit Center)
   4. Ratify Vote Taken 10/7 re: STM Warrant; Quick Reference Guide & Review Letters Sent to Fire Department Members & Chief pursuant to Chapter 415 of the Acts of 1987 and MGL c 32, s. 1

4. Old Business
   1. Review and Vote Special Town Meeting Warrant; Sign Warrant

5. Administrator Updates
   1. Letter Sent to MassDOT re: Request for Snow Removal Support on Route 112; Follow up to Meeting with District 1 Director and staff; Received Support Letter from Legislators
   2. MVP 2.0 and Community Liaison Update
   3. Colrain Sewer District Public Meeting, Date to Be Determined
   4. Update on Highway Superintendent and Equipment/Laborer Operator Hiring
   5. Finance Committee Meeting Scheduled for 10/16 at 6 pm re: Recommendations for STM Warrant

6. Public and Board Member Comments (votes will not be taken)
   1. Update re: Colrain Wood Bank, Emily Thurber, Chair
   2. Update re: SB October Office Hours, Katie Korby, Member

7. Requests for Future Agenda Items
   1. Joint Meeting with Heath Select Board re: Shared Services for Police & Fire, Special Meeting Scheduled for 10/21 at 5 pm, 18 Jacobs Road, Heath MA

8. Correspondence and Select Board Informational Items (votes will not be taken)
   1. Opioid Abatement Collaborative Progress Report
   2. Welcome and Celebrate Colrain’s new Library Director, Val Finkel, Friday October 24, 4-6 PM at Griswold Memorial Library
1. Executive Session
   Vote to Enter into Executive Session pursuant to M.G.L. c.30A, Sec. 21(a), paragraph 2 for the following:
   1. To conduct contract negotiations with nonunion personnel, Interim Highway Superintendent; and
   2. To conduct contract negotiations with nonunion personnel, Town Administrator.

The Board will not return to Open Session.

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 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.

Select Board 2025-10-14 Minutes (2025-11-20 at 11:46 AM)

Posted to: Select Board on 2025-06-30 11:12:57 (updated 2025-12-11 17:27:39).

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