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Select Board

Monday, July 29, 2024, 6:00 pm until 7:30 pm
Town Hall
A meeting of the Select Board

Meeting of Select Board

Members: (Quorum)

  • Present: Christopher Waldo, Chair, at 6:00 PM
  • Present: Elaine Campbell, at 6:00 PM
  • Present: Erica Goleman, Vice Chair, at 6:00 PM

Also Present:

  • Bob Baker
  • Sue MacDonald
  • Kathy Llamas
  • Hazel Goleman
  • Camiel Bilesfoi
  • Veronique Blanchard and Adam Reed

See original Agenda Final Minutes

Meeting opened: 6:00 PM

Meeting closed: 6:56 PM

  1. Meeting Preliminaries

  2. Warrants

    • - Vote to approve the Accounts Payable Warrant W24-30 in the amount of $1,240.41 and W25-04 in the amount of $152,331.58, the Payroll Warrant PW25-04 in the amount of $118,612.72, and the Payroll Deduction Warrant PDW25-04 in the amount of $28,910.73.

      MOTION, moved by Christopher Waldo, seconded by Elaine Campbell: .

      Pass: Aye: Christopher Waldo, Erica Goleman, Elaine Campbell.

  3. Meetings Attended by Select Board Members

  4. Public Comments. None

    • Public

  5. Unfinished Business.

  6. New Business

    • - Discussion and vote on assigning the BOH to be in charge of recommendations on the usage of opioid funds.

      MOTION, moved by Christopher Waldo, seconded by Erica Goleman: To allow BOH to make decisions regarding the use of opioid funds.

      Pass: Aye: Christopher Waldo, Erica Goleman, Elaine Campbell.

    • - Discussion and vote on joining FRCOG opioid program.

      MOTION, moved by Christopher Waldo, seconded by Erica Goleman: To join the FRCOG opioid program for FY25 and FY26.

      Pass: Aye: Christopher Waldo, Erica Goleman, Elaine Campbell.

    • - Discussion on N. Poland bridge and vote on approval letter to MassDOT about potential minor delay which will extend the road closure.

      General Discussion...
      Agenda item dismissed; town administrator will email DOT concerning the potential delay of one month which would extend into the FY26 school year.

    • - Fire Department update.

      General Discussion...
      The Fire Department is down from 30 to 18 members with 10 that are active. Daytime coverage is basically Bob Baker. All small towns are having issues with volunteers. Some suggestions were looking into grant money to expand staffing, talking to Frontier about recruiting junior members and seeing if people outside of town are able to work in Conway.

    • - Discussion with Kathy Llamas about the Conway Mall.

      General Discussion...
      The Conway Mall is currently closed. Some issues to resolve are more volunteers needed, educating citizens regarding chemicals that are being left that should not be left there and bringing non seasonal items that the mall does not have space to store. An overall clean up will need to take place as well as repairs to the building.

    • - Discussion and vote on FY25 Mass in Motion contract. Suggested motion: Move that the Selectboard sign the FY25 contract with the FRCOG for state Mass in Motion funds of $4,230.

      MOTION, moved by Christopher Waldo, seconded by Elaine Campbell: Move that the Selectboard sign the FY25 contract with the FRCOG for state Mass in Motion funds of $4,230. .

      Pass: Aye: Christopher Waldo, Erica Goleman, Elaine Campbell.

    • - Discussion and vote to sign support letter for Paint Stewardship bill H.823.

      MOTION, moved by Erica Goleman, seconded by Elaine Campbell: To sign support letter for Paint Stewardship bill H.823.

      Pass: Aye: Christopher Waldo, Erica Goleman, Elaine Campbell.

    • - Discussion on alternate parking options for the Festival of the Hills.

      General Discussion...
      The Festival Committee will ask Open Space and the Conservation Commission about using the South Meadow land for parking. They are also looking into Pumpkin Hallow as an option.

  7. Items Not Anticipated 48 Hours in Advance of the Meeting

    • None

  8. Town Administrator update

  9. Selectboard member comments/concerns

    • General Discussion...
      The board needs to pick a Monday to meet with Rep. Natalie Blais and Sen. Paul Mark.

  10. Mail

  11. Announcements

  12. Meeting Wrap-up

The listing of matters is 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.

Minutes approved on Tuesday, Aug 13, 2024

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