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Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 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*

Revised Agenda**

Highway Garage

9 Jacksonville Road

September 9, 2025

4:00 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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4:00 p.m. Call to Order

4:00 p.m. Follow Up from 7/8/25 Meeting re: Police Department Staffing, Chief Chris Lannon

5:00 p.m. Request for Declaration of Surplus, 2001 International Fire Truck; Discussion of Disposal Process, Chief Nicholas Anzuoni and Deputy Chief Kevin Worden I

5:15 p.m. Vote on Request for Town Endorsement of Study and Support for Deerfield River and its tributaries to be Designated as a National Wild and Scenic River; Receive Responses re Questions - Tabled from 8/12 meeting, Chris Curtiss, Chair, Deerfield River Watershed Committee

1. Consent Items

Review/Approve Warrants & Minutes

1. Minutes of 6/10/2025 and 6/24/25
2. Warrant AP2610 in the amount of $26,703.60

2. Appointments and Resignations

a. Accept Resignation of Derek Worden, F/T Police Officer effective September 6, 2025

3. New Business
   1. Request from Colrain Fire Association Date and Location of Semi-Annual Boot Drive; Sunday, October 19 from 8 am to 5:30 pm, with a rain date of October 26, same time, to be held in front of Colrain Central School
   2. Approve and Sign FY26 Professional Services Agreement between the Town of Colrain and the Franklin Regional Council of Governments for the Cooperative Public Health Service
   3. Approve and Sign MOU with CMRK for Textile Recycling Bin at the Colrain Transfer Station
   4. Open Special Town Meeting Warrant for Tuesday, November 4, 2025; Review List of Proposed Articles
   5. Schedule Joint Meeting with Council on Aging re: Updated COA Bylaw for Special Town Meeting
   6. Schedule Joint Meeting with Board of Health/Health Agent to Address Proposed System for Colrain Sewer District; Announce Public Meeting on October 7, 2025, CCS at 6 pm
   7. Set Schedule for Select Board Monthly Office Hours for FY26

4. Old Business
   1. Vote to Adopt Social Equity Plan and Host Agreement Policy re: Marijuana Establishments
   2. Review FY25 Performance Appraisal for Town Administrator; Adopt FY26 TA Goals & Objectives
   3. Review Colrain Wood Bank Update; Discuss Next Steps re Fence and Gate

5. Administrator Updates
   1. Kick-off Meeting re NRD Grant for Lower Reservoir Dam Removal with Town, Fire District, CRC, RCAP & Stantec
   2. Extension for Green Communities Designation Grant until 9/30/26; Update on Projects
   3. Site Visits Conducted at Requests of Residents re: Stormwater Infrastructure
   4. August Update on Mohawk Trail/Hawlemont Regional School District Sustainability Study

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

7. Requests for Future Agenda Items
   1. Meeting with 2D8T Study Committee re Colrain Central School Reuse, 9/23
   2. Joint Meeting with Fin Com re: Special Town Meeting (as necessary)
   3. Joint Meeting with Planning Board; Long Range Planning as discussed in FY25

8. Correspondence and Select Board Informational Items (votes will not be taken)
1. 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.

Select Board 2025-09-09 Minutes (2025-10-15 at 12:49 PM)

Posted to: Select Board on 2025-06-30 11:12:57 (updated 2026-03-05 15:40:19).

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