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Tuesday, August 13, 4:30 pm until 6:30 pm
Repeats until Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 4:30 pm until 6:30 pm
Highway Garage, 9 Jacksonville Rd, Colrain, MA
A meeting of the Select Board

SELECT BOARD/MLP BOARD

Meeting Agenda

REGULAR MEETING*

Highway Garage

9 Jacksonville Road

August 13, 2024

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.

Call to order: 4:30 p.m.

1. Consent Items
   1. Review/Approve Warrants and Meeting Minutes as listed below:

1. Warrant AP2505 in the amount of $14,679.97
2. Warrant PR2501 in the amount of $19,888.36
3. Warrant AP2506 in the amount of $15,270.41
4. Warrant AP2507
5. Meeting Minutes of July 23, 2024

2. Appointments and Resignations

3. New Business
   1. Sign Election Warrant for 2024 State Primary
   2. Award Contract for Colrain Jacksonville Road Slope Stabilization Project to ET&L Corporation, Stow MA, in the amount of $723,035
   3. Review and Vote Amended Host Community Agreement (HCA) for Atlantic Farms, LLC.
   4. Review and Approve Funding for Remote Meeting Room Configuration for 11 Jacksonville Road from MLP FY25 Budget
   5. Receive Award of FFY 2024 Community Development Fund grant (regional) of $1,375,000 from the Massachusetts Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program for Housing Rehabilitation in Colrain
   6. Address Location of Council on Aging (COA) Foot Clinic; Discuss COA Facilities, Operations & Budget
   7. Update from KP Law re: Lindke vs. Freed re: Social Media Use by Elected and Appointed Officials
   8. Certify EECBG Grant Application in the amount of $50,000 for HVAC Engineering and Design Work at the Colrain Central School
   9. Address Implementation of Colrain Wood Bank

4. Old Business
   1. Offer for Interim Highway Superintendent
   2. Veterans Memorial Care, Pollinator Garden Area Identified; Update from MIIA re: Stone Stairs

5. Administrator Updates

1. Administrative Office Reconfiguration Update
2. Highway Department Staff Hiring
3. Broadband Claim Received for Incident on 7/22/24 West Leyden Road
4. Signed Release for Waste Management Claim to be Processed for $13,496
5. Misc. Communication Updates – Board of Health Chair, FC Solid Waste Management District

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

7. Requests for Future Agenda Items

1. August 27^th Select Board Meeting re: Diana’s Vacation
2. Notice of Intent for Right of First Refusal on Van Nuys Road (Convert 10 acres to Residential Use)

8. Correspondence and Select Board Informational Items (votes will not be taken)

1. Notice of Inspection – Griswold Memorial Library from July 10, 2024 Inspection
2. Annual Report from HRA re Activity for Colrain’s Housing Rehabilitation Revolving Loan Fund (HRRLF) for Jan-Jun 2024
3. Invitation to Colrain Central School First Day Celebration, August 28, 8:30 am-10 am
4. Colrain Fix-It Day, Saturday, September 7, 2024, 11 am-2 pm. FRTA Shuttle Available at Colrain Central School beginning at 10:30 am.
5. Crafts of Colrain Open Studio Tour, November 9-10, 2024, 10 am-4 pm

1. Executive Session: None
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 July 16, 2022, Lt. Governor Polito, as Acting Governor, 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 March 31, 2025 – 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 2024-08-13 Minutes (2024-09-26 at 9:42 AM)