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Select Board Meeting

Tuesday, June 9, 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

June 9, 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 and Approve Job Description and Adopt Assistant Treasurer/Collector Job Description, Review Request for Amendment to Personnel Policy re: Holidays; Paula Harrison, Treasurer/Collector

4:50 pm Broadband Updates; Michael Slowinski, MLP Manager

5:05 pm Request for New Host Community Agreement (HCA) for NE Craft Cultivators; Wes Ritchie, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Tree House Craft Cannabis and Matt Allen, VP of Cannabis Operations, New England Craft Cultivators

  1. Consent Items

a. Approve Minutes – April 21, 2026

b. Warrant AP2646 in the amount of $20,873.11

c. Warrant AP2647 in the amount of $72,954.13

d. Warrant PR2623 in the amount of $29,772.76

  1. Appointments and Resignations
    Annual Reappointments – Town Officials, Boards & Committees

  1. New Business
    1. Review Newly Adopted Council on Aging Bylaw and Appointment Guidance
    2. Review Job Description for Proposed Executive Assistant Position

  1. Old Business
    1. Review Special Town Meeting Motions
    2. Review Response from Town Counsel re: Colrain Sewer District Collection System; Address Request by Colrain Health Agent, Randy Crochier (FRCOG)
    3. Discussion re: Town Administrator Responsibilities and Ongoing Projects

  1. Administrator Updates
    1. Submitted One Stop for Growth Grant; Comprehensive Planning
    2. Submitted FY27 Service Incentive Grant; Expansion to COA Nutrition Program

  1. Public and Board Member Comments (votes will not be taken)
    1. Foundry Village 5K CCS 5th & 6th grade Fundraiser – Sept 2026; Katie

  1. Requests for Future Agenda Items
    1. Joint Meeting with Colrain Council on Aging, TBD
    2. Appointment of Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee
    3. Listening Session at Colrain Central School June 23 at 5:00 pm re: CCS closure & MTRSD Consolidation
    4. Joint Meeting with Library Trustees for Appointment of Member Per C. 41, s11
    5. Town Administrator Review & FY27 Goals & Objectives

  1. Correspondence and Select Board Informational Items (votes will not be taken)
    1. Concerns from Taxpayer re: Demand Fees & Tax Collector Response

  1. Executive Session

In accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 30A, §21(a)(3), the Select Board will enter Executive Session for the following purpose:

To discuss strategy with respect to litigation if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the public body and the chair so declares.

The Board does not intend to return to open session.

  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.

Posted to: Select Board on 2025-06-30 11:12:57 (updated 2026-06-04 14:39:04).

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