Board of Selectmen Meeting

Town Hall, Veteran's Hall, 308 Main Street Sturbridge, MA 01566
Event Date: 
Monday, October 5, 2020 - 6:30pm

 

6:30 p.m.

 

  1. Open Session
  1. Call to Order
  2. Pledge of Allegiance
  3. Public Service Announcements
  4. Moment of Silence
  5. Recognition of Employees – Barbara Boiteu – 30 Years of Service

 

6:35 p.m.

 

 

6:45 p.m.

 

  1. Public Hearing- Propane Tank- Sail Energy, LLC- 59 Technology Park Road, Sturbridge MA

 

  1. Public Hearing- Propane Tank- Porchlight III, LLC- 420 Main Street Sturbridge MA

 

  1. Presentation:  Pine Lake Resort

 

  1. Department Reports
  1. Facilities
  2. Town Administrator

                    

  1. Action Items
  1. Consideration and possible acceptance of the resignation of Robert Barrows from the Sturbridge Department of Public Works.
  2. Consideration and possible action on the concurrence of the appointment of Erin Carson as the Administrative Assistant for Conservation.
  3. Consideration and possible action on the concurrence of the appointment of Terence Masterson as the Economic Development and Tourism Coordinator.
  4. Consideration and possible action on the acceptance of the warrant for the 2020 State Election and authorize the signing and to post thereof.
  5. Consideration and possible action on salt vendors for winter of 2020 – 2021.
  6. Consideration and possible action on the selection of delegates and alternates from the Board of Selectmen to the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission.
  7. Consideration and review of the authorization of $1,000 of Project Funds from the Town Administrator Budget for the purpose of conducting a background investigation on the finalist for Police Chief.
  8. Consideration and possible action on a Memorandum of Agreement (amended) among the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the Town of Sturbridge and the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division for the Design and Engineering Services for the Grand Trunk Trail Project.

 

 

  1. Old Business
  1. COVID-19 Update
  2. Board of Selectmen participation in the Municipal Vulnerability Program stakeholders meetings.

 

 

 

 

  1. New Business

 

 

 

 

  1. Correspondence

 

 

 

  1.    Approval of Minutes
    1. September 21, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Citizen’s Forum

 

  1. Adjourn

 

 

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

 

Pursuant to Governor Baker’s March 12, 2020 Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting law, G.L. c. 30A Section 18, and the Governor’s March 15, 2020 Order imposing strict limitations on the number people that may gather in one place, this meeting of the Sturbridge Board of Selectmen will be conducted via remote participation to the greatest extent possible.  Specific information and the general guidelines for remote participation can be found on the Town’s website at https://www.sturbridge.gov/town-administrator/pages/how-access-virtual-meeting.  For this meeting, members of the public who wish to listen and or watch the meeting either online via the Town’s on demand video broadcast, on cable television on channel 191, or dial into the meeting at 774-304-1455, enter 1428# for the meeting number and 12345 for the access code.  (This phone number is only active for the public during public meetings).  No in-person attendance of members of the public will be permitted, but every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access the proceedings in real time, via technological means.  In the event that we are unable to do so, despite best efforts, we will post on the Town’s website an audio or video recording, transcript, or other comprehensive record of the proceedings as soon as possible after the meeting.