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Board of Selectmen Meeting

Town Hall, Veteran's Hall, 308 Main Street Sturbridge, MA 01566
Event Date: 
Monday, December 7, 2020 - 6:30pm

Board of Selectmen

Agenda

December 7, 2020

6:00 p.m.

Virtual Meeting

AMENDED

 

6:00 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6:30 p.m.

 

  1. Executive Session: Police Contract Negotiations: To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation, if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the government’s bargaining or litigating position, and the Chair so declares.

 

Motion: To convene in Executive Session under M.G.L. c.30A, Section 21, Paragraph 3 - To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining (Police Department) or litigation if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the public body and the chair so declares. We will resume the meeting in open session.

 

Approval of Minutes

  1.   November 2, 2020

 

  1. Open Session
  1. Call to Order
  2. Pledge of Allegiance
  3. Public Service Announcements
  4. Moment of Silence

 

6:35 p.m.

 

 

 

 

  1. Public Hearing - Brush it Off, LLC – On-Premise Wine & Malt License and a Location Change for the premises located at 559 Main Street, Suite 206-207, Fiskdale, MA 01518 to 559 Main Street, Suite 104, Fiskdale, MA 01518

 

  1. Presentation: Special Recognition by the Sturbridge Historical Commission to Bob Briere.

 

  1. Presentation:  Housing Plan Presentation by CMRPC and the Housing Partnership

 

  1. Department Reports
  1. Building Department
  2. Department of Public Works
  3. Town Administrator

                    

  1. Action Items
  1. Consideration and possible acceptance of the resignation of Christopher Kane from the Sturbridge Police Department.
  2. Consideration and possible acceptance of resignation of Jacqueline Becker from the Sturbridge Fire Department.
  3. Consideration and possible action on the acceptance of the following donations to the Town of Sturbridge – Council on Aging from Mr. Don Taft of the Quaboag Quacumquasit Lake Association:
  1. Five ($40.00) gift cards and four ($25.00) gift cards to Stop & Shop
  2. Two (one for $20.00 and one for $25.00) to Big Y
  3. One ($20.00) gift card to Shaw’s
  4. 25 frozen turkeys
  1. Consideration and possible action on the acceptance of the donation of 36 Thanksgiving meals donated to the Town of Sturbridge – Council on Aging by Steve Small, proprietor of Old Ville Grille and a resident, Craig Moran.
  2. Consideration and possible action on an amendment to the contract with Veolia to include repairs and improvements for ground water inflow and infiltration.
  3. Consideration and possible action on a right-of-first refusal for 44 Allen Road – Notice of Intent to Sell Pursuant to G.L. c.61A – Consideration of the Notice received by the Town to sell for residential use and remove from classification approximately ¼ acre of the property.  Votes may be taken. 
  4. Consideration and possible action on a Chaplain program with the Sturbridge Police/Fire Departments.

 

 

  1. Old Business
  1. COVID-19 Update
  2. Septage
  3. American Legion request
  4. Sewer and water rate study

 

 

 

  1. New Business
  1. Care Giver (Local Roots) curbside service
  2. Right of First Refusal – 27 Ladd Road

 

 

 

  1. Correspondence

 

 

 

  1. Approval of Minutes
    1. November 16, 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.

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