| Agenda: | SELECT BOARD MEETING
Senior Center
40 Field Street Extension
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Monday, January 22, 2024 – 7:00 P.M.
Agenda
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1. Call to Order
2. Pledge
3. Roll Call
4. Minutes: December 11, 2023
5. Public Address to the Board:
This is the time when the Public may address the Board on any item listed on the meeting agenda or on any issue or matter of the Town. If you intend on addressing the Board at this time we ask that you do the following:
Please identify yourself by name, address or the company/institution you represent.
The Public Address to the Board segment will last no longer than 30 minutes.
Please make your comments concise and try not to repeat statements made by others.
Please address your comments to the Board Chair.
Discussion or debate on any issue may not take place at this time.
The Chair or their designee may answer questions on procedural matters.
Please be cordial and respectful of others.
If anyone wishes to be recognized when the Board discusses an agenda item, please make that request at this time. The Board Chair may grant this request. Address comments to the Board Chair and be concise.
We are meeting in person and making this meeting available via Zoom for the convenience of the public. Since we are meeting in person, we will not be responsible for any technical difficulties, so if you would like to be sure of participating, please attend in person.
6. Appointment ratifications:
Mitchell Keil as Veteran’s Agent, effective January 9, 2024 through June 30, 2024
7. Lafayette Trail marker approval
8. Recognition of Patti Annechiarico in BRTA’s Annual Report
9. Acceptance of $2,000 grant to Dalton Free Public Library from Katharine & Winthrop Crane 3D Charitable Foundation
10. Open as Sewer Commissioners
Approve & sign Hinsdale sewer bill
Close as Sewer Commissioners
11. Traffic Commission recommendations:
Traffic study request for signage and traffic patterns around the Senior Center during voting
Change to parking at Pinegrove Park and transplanting/removing trees
12. Recommendation for Direct Local Technical Assistance funding
13. CBRSD Regional Agreement
14. FY25 Budget Presentations:
122 Select Board, 123 Town Manager, 132 Reserve Fund, 151 Town Counsel
Budgets under $20K: 114 Moderator, 131 Finance Committee, 138 Group Purchasing, 139 Financial Audit, 154 Recording Secretary, 159 Tax Title Foreclosure, 163 Registrars, 171 Conservation Commission, 195 Town Report, 197 Central Supplies, 198 Advertising, 244 Sealers of Weights & Measurers, 247 Animal Inspector, 293 Traffic Commission, 294 Forest Warden, 433 Landfill Monitoring, 522 Public Health Nurse, 591 BRPC, 691 Historical Commission, 692 Memorial Day Committee, 693 Cultural Activities, 913 Unemployment, 941 Judgements & Claims
15. Town Meeting – preliminary budget discussion:
Operating budget
List of possible money articles
16. Town Manager Update
17. Future Agenda Items
18. Items not anticipated 48 hours before the meeting
19. Remarks of the Select Board
20. ANNOUNCEMENTS
Annual car permits, bag stickers and Recycling Only car permits are available for purchase at the Transfer Station and on the Town’s website.
There are numerous committees and boards with vacancies. Please see the Town website for more information, or reach out to the Town Manager’s Office.
Is your electricity bill too high? The Town has contracted with Colonial Power to provide an electricity plan for town residents that takes advantage of joining with other communities to have a larger customer base for negotiations, which has resulted in prices lower than current Eversource prices. Please note, this may not always be the case. For more detail or to opt in or opt out, visit the Town’s website or call the Town Manager’s Office.
Dalton Housing Authority is seeking a volunteer to fill a vacant seat on its Board. Must be a resident of Dalton. Please call 413-684-1470 for more information.
The town is holding a photo contest for the cover of the 2023 Annual Town Report. Photos must be submitted to the Town Manager’s Office by February 1st. See the town website for more details.
The Dalton Police Department would like to remind residents of the Winter Parking ban, which is in effect from November 15, 2023 through April 15, 2024. There will be no parking allowed on streets between these dates and between the hours of 1AM and 6AM.
The Department of Public Works would like to remind residents to remove basketball hoops in the roadway, as well as ones that hang over the roadway between the dates of November 1, 2023 and April 15, 2024.
21. Next Meeting: The next special meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, February 5, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. at the Senior Center, with an option for remote participation.
22. Executive Session:
For Reason #7: To comply with, or act under the authority of, any general or special law or federal grant-in-aid requirements; namely, to review and approve executive session minutes (December 11, 2023)
For Reason #2: Anticipated executive session in accordance with G.L. c. 30A, s. 21(a)(2), to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel (Police Chief, DPW Superintendent & DPW Foreman).
23. Adjourn |