Select Board Meeting
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
December 16, 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
4:30 p.m. Update re: Frankin County Technical School Building Project: Proposed Design, Projected Costs and Funding Timeline along with Q&A, Dr. Richard Martin, FCTS Superintendent
- Consent Items
Review/Approve Warrants & Minutes
a. Approve Minutes of 11/18/25 and 12/2/25
b. Warrant AP 2624 in the amount of $35,969.54
c. Warrant PR 2611 in the amount of $29,203.68
d. Warrant AP 2625 in the amount of $67,847.88
- Appointments and Resignations
- Request for Appointment of Chief Lannon to Colrain Mass in Motion Committee
- New Business
- Meet with Highway Department Staff; Updates from Superintendent, Revisit Discussion re: Shoveling Town Facilities
- Set 2026 Annual Town Meeting Date, Second Tuesday in May, 5/5/26 with Election Date of 5/12/26
- Offer Received from Town of Heath Select Board re Purchase of Police Cruiser
- Accept FY26 Municipal ADA Improvement Grant Award in the amount of $9,975 from Mass Office on Disability for an Update to the Town’s American with Disabilities (ADA) Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan; Sign MOU with FRCOG for Project Scope
- Old Business
- Vote to Ratify Promotion of Lee Wheeler to Highway Foreman effective 12/15/25; Final Job Description and Employee Status Change Form for Review
- Administrator Updates
- Colrain Sewer District Internal Update Meeting (Not public meeting); Thursday, December 18, 9 am – Katie scheduled to attend
- Colrain Sewer District Public Meeting, March 3, 2026, 6 pm at Colrain Central School
- Correspondence Received from MSBA re: Application of MTRSD
- Correspondence Received from Sheryl Stanton, Superintendent re: MSBA Letter
- Public and Board Member Comments (votes will not be taken)
- Update re: December SB Office Hours, Chair Emily Thurber
- Requests for Future Agenda Items
- Correspondence and Select Board Informational Items (votes will not be taken)
- Police Department Update from Chief Lannon
- Thank You re: Stuff the Cruiser 2025
- Executive Session
- 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.
DUE TO HOLIDAYS, THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE COLRAIN SELECT BOARD WILL BE JANUARY 13, 2026.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL! SEE YOU IN 2026!
Select Board 2025-12-16 Minutes (2026-01-14 at 11:42 AM)
Posted to: Select Board on 2025-06-30 11:12:57 (updated 2026-01-14 11:42:12).
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