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Monday, October 20, 2025, 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm
Town Hall
A meeting of the Select Board

Meeting of Select Board

Members: (Quorum)

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

Also Present:

• George Forcier
• Ted Harvey
• Veronique Blanchard and Adam Reed

See original Agenda Final Minutes

Meeting opened: 6:00 PM

Meeting closed: 6:31 PM

0. Meeting Preliminaries

   • Meeting Opened / Attendance Taken (see above).

   • Minutes Approved: Mon, Oct 6 - Select Board

   • Minutes Approved: Thu, Oct 16 - Select Board

1. Meetings Attended by Select Board Members

   • General Discussion...
     Elaine had a school committee meeting mainly discussing health insurance. Erica had a meeting with Hampshire Insurance Trust.

2. Public Comments. None

   • Public

3. Unfinished Business

   • 6:00: Board of Assessors - Tax Rate Classification hearing.

     General Discussion...
     The decision to have a split tax rate was discussed. Conway has a small amount of business in town and so it doesn't make sense to have a split rate. Extra money that would come from the town's few businesses would hurt the owners and not bring in a substantial amount of revenue.

     MOTION, moved by Erica Goleman, seconded by Elaine Campbell: To vote in accordance with M.G.I., Ch. 40, Sec. 56, as amended, the percentage of local tax levy which will be borne by each class of real and personal property, relative to setting the Fiscal Year 2026 tax rates and set the Residential Factor at 1.0, with a corresponding CIP shift of 1.0, pending approval of the Town's annual tax recap by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue.

     Pass: Aye: Erica Goleman, Elaine Campbell. Not Present: Christopher Waldo.

4. New Business

   • 6:15: - Update on Green Communities streetlights grant application; Ted Harvey, FRCOG.

     General Discussion...
     The grant for new streetlights will be resubmitted. For this attempt, the wattage will be lowered to 17 and 22. $38,445 is the amount asked for in the grant application, which was slightly reduced from the previous amount asked for at the first attempt. These new parameters should increase the chances of Conway receiving the grant.

   • 6:45: - Discussion and vote on Sourcepass invoice.

     MOTION, moved by Elaine Campbell, seconded by Erica Goleman: To endorse the cost increase with Sourcepass of $40,897.66 primarily for new equipment. .

     Pass: Aye: Erica Goleman, Elaine Campbell. Not Present: Christopher Waldo.

   • 6:50: - Discussion and vote on public parking signs.

     MOTION, moved by Erica Goleman, seconded by Elaine Campbell: To approve 6 parking signs at a cost of $300 for the town.

     Pass: Aye: Erica Goleman, Elaine Campbell. Not Present: Christopher Waldo.

   • 6:55: - Discussion and vote to sign the MVP FY26 action grant contrats with the FRCOG and GZA.

     MOTION, moved by Elaine Campbell, seconded by Erica Goleman: To sign the GZA portion of the MVP FY26.

     Pass: Aye: Erica Goleman, Elaine Campbell. Not Present: Christopher Waldo.

   • 7:00: - Vote to open the warrant for Special Town Meeting, 12/6/25.

     MOTION, moved by Erica Goleman, seconded by Elaine Campbell: .

     Pass: Aye: Erica Goleman, Elaine Campbell. Not Present: Christopher Waldo.

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

   • - Discussion and vote to sign regional agreement with Ashfield for a Clinician Co-Responder.

     MOTION, moved by Erica Goleman, seconded by Elaine Campbell: .

     Pass: Aye: Erica Goleman, Elaine Campbell. Not Present: Christopher Waldo.

6. Town Administrator update

7. Selectboard member comments/concerns

8. Mail

9. Announcements

11. Meeting Wrap-up

    • Next Meetings:
      1. Mon, Nov 3, at 6:00 PM "Select Board" -- Town Hall
      2. Thu, Nov 6, at 5:30 PM "Select Board Excecutive Session" -- Town Hall
      3. Mon, Nov 17, at 5:30 PM "Select Board" -- Town Hall

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, Nov 4, 2025