Select Board/MLP Board Meeting -- SCHEDULED

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Tuesday, August 11, 2026, 4:30 pm until 7:30 pm
Highway Garage, 9 Jacksonville Road & MS Teams
A meeting of the Select Board

SELECT BOARD/MLP BOARD

HYBRID MEETING*

Agenda**

Highway Garage

9 Jacksonville Road

August 11, 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

4:30 pm Introduction to Franklin County Sheriffs’ Office Co-Responder Initiative, Regional Behavioral Health Program, Sheriff Lori Streeter, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office

5:15 pm Update re: Development of West County Regional Ambulance Service, Gary Ponce, Director, Colrain Volunteer Ambulance Association

1. Consent Items
   1. Approve Meeting Minutes for June 9, June 16 and June 23, 2026
   2. Approve Warrant AP2653 FY26 in the amount of $28,959.15
   3. Approve Warrant AP2654 FY26 in the amount of $6,101.55
   4. Approve Warrant PR2626 FY26 in the amount of $44,788.26
   5. Approve Warrant AP2702 FY27 in the amount of $222,526.73
   6. Approve Warrant AP2703 FY27 in the amount of $491,626.32
   7. Approve Warrant AP2704 FY27 in the amount of $51,262.99
   8. Approve Warrant AP2705 FY27 in the amount of $24,113.84
   1. Approve Warrant PR2701 FY27 in the amount of $25,645.36
   10. Approve Warrant PR2702 FY27 in the amount of $28,929.62
2. Appointments and Resignations
   1. Request for Appointment to Personnel Committee, Shannon Reade
   2. Recommendation for Appointment Received from COA, Michael Slowinski
3. New Business
   1. Accept Departmental Donations per MGL Chapter 44, Sec 53A
   2. Vote to Execute and Sign MOUs for Franklin County Solid Waste Management District; Household Hazardous Waste Event, Third Party Inspection of Transfer Station, and Hauling
4. Old Business
   1. Vote to Execute and Chair to Sign MOU with FRCOG for Planning & Technical Services for Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
5. Administrator Updates
   1. Meeting and Emails re: Small Bridge Program (SBP) for Adamsville Road over Sanders Brook
   2. Meeting with Division of Fish & Wildlife and Senator Mark’s Office re: South Green River Rd.
   3. Colrain 9/11 Memorial Flag Lighting Event Plan for Friday, September 11, 2026
   4. Contracts Signed for Unpaved Rural Roads Grant for Grader Purchase
   5. RFP re MVP 2.0 Seed Project Implementation
   6. Green Communities Grant Update
   7. CCS Fire Alarm Panel Replacement
   8. Tree Removal on Franklin Hill Rd.
   1. Research re: Dissolve vs Adjourn for Board/Committee Meetings
6. Public and Board Member Comments (votes will not be taken)
7. Requests for Future Agenda Items
   1. Meeting re: FCTS Vote for Building Construction, 8/19, 6 pm, Buckland Town Hall, upstairs
   2. Town Administrator Review & FY27 Goals & Objectives, 8/25
   3. MTRSD Request for Meeting to Update 2D8T
8. Correspondence and Select Board Informational Items (votes will not be taken)
   1. Communications to/from Council on Aging
   2. Notification of Covenant for Woodslawn Farm, 152 Wilson Hill Road, 209 Acres Land Protected in MDAR Farm Viability Enhancement Program (FVEP)
   3. 2D8T, July/August 2026 Update
   4. MMA’s Ongoing Activities on Colrain Behalf
   5. PILOT Listening Session, Information and Input
   6. Governor & LT Governor Letter to Local Officials
9. Adjourn 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 2026-08-06 11:50:00 (updated 2026-08-06 11:50:00).

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