Select Board Meeting

Meeting will be held in the Town Hall Meeting Room as well as remotely at 12:00pm

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Call to Order 12:00pm

12:00pm: Joint meeting with the Finance Committee

1. FY24 budget. Meetings with department heads, and discussion of other budget items including, but not limited to:
   1. Southern Berkshire Ambulance’s request for funding
   2. Assessor’s consulting services for 5 year revaluation
   3. Greene Park ballfield renovation estimate

12:00pm: Meet with Police Chief, Brian Fahey

1. Further discuss FY24 budget request
2. Police Chief contract

12:30pm: Meet with Director of Operations, Jim Hunt

1. Further discuss FY24 budget request
2. Beartown Mountain Rd engineering proposal
3. Lover’s Lane, Gould Rd, Fox Hill project and old water distribution system off Sylvan

1:30pm: Meet with Human Resource director, Sophia Bletsos, for a monthly update

Old Business                                                       

1. Draft response letter to Southern Berkshire Ambulance’s request for funding
2. Discuss process for Town Administrator annual performance evaluation

New Business

1. Town Administrator items:
   1. Municipal Vulnerability Plan Grant contract amendment
   2. Revised Town Clerk job description
   3. Town Clerk Help Wanted Ad
2. Appointments to the Board of Registrars: Brian Jeffries, Kathryn Roberts, Steven Pullen

Correspondence, minutes, public comment

1. Review mail & correspondence
   1. Email from Fire Chief regarding Southern Berkshire Ambulance letter and Board’s draft response
2. Approve minutes of 1/25/23
3. Unanticipated business
4. Comments & questions from the public

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***All agendas are subject to change***

The listings of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.

Items requiring extensive discussion or prior research should be placed on a future agenda so that the issue receives the appropriate attention.  Please leave the room if you need to converse with other members of the audience. 

The Board of Selectmen shall post all meetings in compliance with Open Meeting Law and pursuant to the regulations of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office 940 CMR 29.03(4). Please visit our website for all meeting information. All approved meeting minutes of the Board are posted on the town’s website under minutes and agendas.