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Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 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

January 13, 2026

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

Review of FY27 Broadband Budget, Michael Slowinski, MLP Manager

1. Consent Items

Review/Approve Warrants & Minutes

a. Approve Minutes of December 16, 2025

b. Warrant AP 2626 in the amount of $129,941.71

c. Warrant PR 2612 in the amount of $30,767.49

d. Warrant AP 2627 in the amount of $15,326.80

2. Appointments and Resignations
   1. Request for Appointment of Val Finkel, Library Director, to Colrain Mass in Motion Committee

3. New Business
   1. Request for Letter of Support for Division of Fish and Game Purchase of 277± Acres of Land in Colrain for Use as Passive Open Space and Recreation; Sign Letter of Support
   2. Adopt Sustainability Purchasing Policy effective 1/13/26 to Replace Buy Recycled Policy
   3. Unregistered Motor Vehicle Enforcement Program for 2026; Sign Ben Eastman Permit Previously Issued

4. Old Business
   1. Revisit Offer Received from Town of Heath Select Board re Purchase of Police Cruiser; Update from Fire Chief re Use of Colrain Fire Rescue Vehicle
   2. Ratify Fire Department Fees Voted 12/16/25; Set Administrative Fee at 10%

5. Administrator Updates

• Update on Police Department Hiring
• Update on Fire Truck Acquisition and Disposition; New Truck in Process, Signed Contract for Commission for Auction Site
• Colrain Sewer District Internal Update Meeting
• MA DOT Grant Central Submitted for Grader and Designs of Charlemont Road Culvert (over Holden Brook) and Small Bridge (over Meadow Brook)

6. Public and Board Member Comments (votes will not be taken)

7. Requests for Future Agenda Items
   1. Colrain Sewer District Public Meeting, March 3, 2026, 6 pm at Colrain Central School
   2. FY27 Budget Kickoff; Review Process and Schedule; ATM scheduled for May 5, 2026

8. Correspondence and Select Board Informational Items (votes will not be taken)
   1. Select Board Office Hours for January
   2. Reports from FCSWMD Program and Executive Director from November
   3. Transfer Station 3^rd Party Inspection Report received from FCSWMD with no negative findings reported
1. Executive 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.

Posted to: Select Board on 2025-06-30 11:12:57 (updated 2026-01-14 11:42:12).

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