Select Board Meeting
Highway Garage, 9 Jacksonville Rd, Colrain, MA and Microsoft Teams
A meeting of the Select Board
HYBRID MEETING*
Agenda**
Highway Garage
9 Jacksonville Road
November 18, 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
Tax Classification Public Hearing
The Select Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, November 18, 2025,
at 4:30 p.m. at the Town of Colrain Highway Garage, 9 Jacksonville Road,
Colrain MA to determine the percentages of tax levy to be borne by each class
of real and personal property, for the Town of Colrain and the Colrain Fire
District, Fiscal Year 2026, per MGL C. 40, s.56, as amended. Colrain residents
are welcome to attend this hearing and to present any oral or written comments
on the matter. In the event a taxpayer is unable to attend, written comments
may be submitted directly to the Select Board office.
- Consent Items
Review/Approve Warrants & Minutes
a. Approve Minutes of 10/14/25 and 10/21/25
b. Warrant PR 2608 in the amount of $21,781.79
c. Warrant PR 2609 in the amount of $21,779.41
d. Warrant AP 2620 in the amount of $20,416.45
e. Warrant AP 2621 in the amount of $424,049.55
- Appointments and Resignations
- New Business
- Execute Easement for 15 Main Road as Voted at Special Town Meeting
- Old Business
- Next Steps re: Council on Aging Appointments & Outreach; Conflict of Interest Disclosures per MGL 268A
- Administrator Updates
- Laborer/Equipment Operator Hiring
- Announcement of CSD Rural Development Fund Grant ($72K) and USDA Earmark ($1 mil)
- MVP 2.0 Community Liaison Selection
- Regional EMS Kick-Off Meeting
- FEMA FIRM Mapping Meeting at FRCOG
- Letter re: Legislative Act Request
- Public and Board Member Comments (votes will not be taken)
- Update from Ben Eastman re Office Hours on 11/5
- Requests for Future Agenda Items
- Public Meeting for Colrain Sewer District Next Steps (postponed from October)
- Schedule Office Hours for Chair Emily Thurber
- Correspondence and Select Board Informational Items (votes will not be taken)
- Update re: Colrain Community Meeting on 11/17 at Griswold Memorial Library
- 2D8T Update Meeting, Thursday, December 4, 6:30-7:45 at Colrain Central School
- Franklin Regional Housing Authority Annual Report
- Holiday Tree Lighting
- Executive Session
None - 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.
Posted to: Select Board on 2025-06-30 11:12:57 (updated 2025-11-13 17:06:43).
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