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Tuesday, February 10, 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

February 10, 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 Review Request to Partner with Colrain Fire District for Lower Reservoir Dam Removal

Eco One Stop Grant Application; Review Town of Colrain Application for the Fire Station Bank Stabilization; Rebecca Budd, Restoration Program Manager, Connecticut River Conservancy, Andrew Evans, RCAP Solutions, and Colrain Fire District Members

1. Consent Items

Review/Approve Warrants & Minutes

a. Approve Minutes of 1/13/26 and 1/27/26

b. Warrant AP 2631 in the amount of $36,799.88

c. Warrant AP 2632 in the amount of $859,943.87

2. Appointments and Resignations
   1. Accept Resignation from Historical Commission member Sarah Davenport

3. New Business
   1. Address Recent Increases to Colrain Municipal Electricity Aggregation
   2. Review and Discuss Proposed Change to Town Health Insurance Policy effective July 1, 2026, and Change in Current and Other Post Employment Benefit (OPEB) Liability if Implemented
   3. Review ADA WCAG IT Grant Application and Support Letter for Joint Application with 15 Franklin County Towns
   4. Clarification of Saturday Transfer Station Hours; Review Draft Website Change

4. Old Business
   1. Revisit Offer Received from Town of Heath Select Board re Purchase of Police Cruiser

5. Administrator Updates

6. Public and Board Member Comments (votes will not be taken)
   1. Update re FRCOG Quarterly Council Meeting re Assessments, etc., Katie Korby

7. Requests for Future Agenda Items
   1. Joint Meeting with Finance Committee to Review FY27 Highway, Fire and Police Budgets with Department Heads, Thursday, February 12, 6 pm at Highway Department Meeting Room
   2. Joint Meeting with Colrain Sewer District and Board of Health on March 3, 6 pm at Colrain Central School; Review Draft Presentation/Proposal including PER/ER for USDA Submittal

8. Correspondence and Select Board Informational Items (votes will not be taken)
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 2026-02-09 14:49:33).

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