Agenda: | Pursuant to Governor Baker's Emergency Order modifying the State's Open Meeting Law issued March 12, 2020, this meeting of the Board of Selectmen will be held using remote participation. The public may observe and listen to the proceedings via ZOOM videoconferencing. Please follow this link to access the Zoom videoconference:
Topic: Selectmen
Time: Jan 13, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Agenda
1. Call to order
2. Approve Minutes
a. December 16, 2020
3. Announcements –
M L King Holiday, Monday, January 18.
Gathering restrictions, extended until January 24.
4. New Business
a. OML complaints.
b. Library donation.
c. Fire Department promotion.
d. Police Department promotion.
e. Vote on underride wording. (MUST BE VOTED EXACTLY AS PRINTED) The Board needs to vote on the wording for the underride ballot vote. The wording was provided by Town Counsel and needs to be exactly as follows:
''Shall the Town of Phillipston be required to reduce the amount of real estate and personal property taxes to be assessed for the fiscal year beginning July first, two thousand and twenty-one by an amount equal to $97,763?
YES ___ NO ___.”
This figure is adjusted to account for the annual 2.5% increase of Prop Two and One Half over the last two years since the override was adopted. It has been reviewed by the Assessors, by Sue Byrne and by Deb Wagner.
f. ABCC – summer population.
g. Warrant signatures.
h. FY22 Budget Cycle.
i. Employee of the Year.
j. Update on committee and position postings, bids.
k. Bid Award – elementary school water sampling.
5. Executive Session – if necessary.
6. Other business – not received 48 hours in advance of meeting time
7. Adjourn
Next Meeting:
• Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Listed agenda items 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 it is permitted by law. This agenda is subject to change. |