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Town of Groton
Meeting Notice
Town Clerk
173 Main Street
Groton, MA 01450
(978) 448-1100
Select Board Meeting
Monday, March 7 2022 at 7:00 PM
Other: See Agenda, Specified in Agenda ,
This meeting was posted Thursday, March 3 2022 at 8:07 AM
Agenda
The following agenda was added or modified on 2022-03-07 13:50:47 by mbouchard@townofgroton.org.
The following agenda was added or modified on 2022-03-07 13:17:32 by mbouchard@townofgroton.org.
SELECT BOARD MEETING
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2022
AGENDA
VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM AND THE GROTON CHANNEL
PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETING LAW
ZOOM ID: 850 5301 1119
7:00 P.M. Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public
7:05 P.M. Public Comment Period
I. 7:06 P.M. Town Manager’s Report
1. Town Manager’s Explanation of Agenda Items
2. Consider Accepting the Town Manager’s Nominations for Appointment of Peter Carson to the Greenway Committee and Takashi Tada to the Conductorlab Committee and Make Said Appointments
3. Consider Ratifying the Following Union Agreements
SEIU 888 – Town and Library Employees
SEIU 888 – DPW and Water Employees
Groton Police Patrolmen’s Association
NEPBA, Local 53 – Groton Police Superior Officers Association
3/7 Note: Local 93 Supervisors removed from list of contracts to be ratified
4. Update on Fiscal Year 2023 Proposed Operating Budget
5. Update on Select Board Meeting Schedule Through Spring Town Meeting
II. 7:10 P.M. Items for Select Board Consideration and Action
1. Review the Revised/Updated ARPA Budget
2. Consider Adding Ballot Question on Town Seal to 2022 Annual Town Election
3. Consider Extending COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Deadline to March 31, 2022
4. Review and Approve Comment Letter to Mass Housing on Heritage Landing Development
III. 7:15 P.M. Liquor License Violation Hearing – Omahi Realty LLC, DBA Boston Road Market
OTHER BUSINESS
ON-GOING ISSUES – Review and Informational Purposes – Brief Comments - Items May or May Not Be Discussed
A. Water Department – Manganese Issue – PFAS Issue
B. Green Communities Application and Implementation
C. Florence Roche Elementary School Construction Project
D. Bystander Training (Feb. 8th, Feb. 24th & March 16th)
E. Electric Car Charging Stations
SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS
IV. Minutes: Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 14, 2022
Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 28, 2022
V. 8:00 P.M. Executive Sessions
(Added 3/7) Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30A, §21(a), Clause 3 – “To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining 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.” – PURPOSE – Collective Bargaining
Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L., c. 30A, §21(a), Clause 2 – “To conduct strategy sessions with non-union personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contact negotiations with non-union personnel” – Purpose – Preparation for Contract Negotiations with the Town Manager
ADJOURNMENT
Votes may be taken at any time during the meeting. The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will be discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.
If there was previous agenda for this meeting it is below
SELECT BOARD MEETING
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2022
AGENDA
VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM AND THE GROTON CHANNEL
PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETING LAW
ZOOM ID: 850 5301 1119
7:00 P.M. Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public
7:05 P.M. Public Comment Period
I. 7:06 P.M. Town Manager’s Report
1. Town Manager’s Explanation of Agenda Items
2. Consider Accepting the Town Manager’s Nominations for Appointment of Peter Carson to the Greenway Committee and Takashi Tada to the Conductorlab Committee and Make Said Appointments
3. Consider Ratifying the Following Union Agreements
SEIU 888 – Town and Library Employees
SEIU 888 – DPW and Water Employees
AFSCME, Council 93 – Town Supervisors
Groton Police Patrolmen’s Association
NEPBA, Local 53 – Groton Police Superior Officers Association
4. Update on Fiscal Year 2023 Proposed Operating Budget
5. Update on Select Board Meeting Schedule Through Spring Town Meeting
II. 7:10 P.M. Items for Select Board Consideration and Action
1. Review the Revised/Updated ARPA Budget
2. Consider Adding Ballot Question on Town Seal to 2022 Annual Town Election
3. Consider Extending COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Deadline to March 31, 2022
4. Review and Approve Comment Letter to Mass Housing on Heritage Landing Development
III. 7:15 P.M. Liquor License Violation Hearing – Omahi Realty LLC, DBA Boston Road Market
OTHER BUSINESS
ON-GOING ISSUES – Review and Informational Purposes – Brief Comments - Items May or May Not Be Discussed
A. Water Department – Manganese Issue – PFAS Issue
B. Green Communities Application and Implementation
C. Florence Roche Elementary School Construction Project
D. Bystander Training (Feb. 8th, Feb. 24th & March 16th)
E. Electric Car Charging Stations
SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS
IV. Minutes: Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 14, 2022
Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 28, 2022
V. 8:00 P.M. Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L., c. 30A, §21(a), Clause 2 – “To conduct strategy sessions with non-union personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contact negotiations with non-union personnel” – Purpose – Preparation for Contract Negotiations with the Town Manager
ADJOURNMENT
Votes may be taken at any time during the meeting. The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will be discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.
If there was previous agenda for this meeting it is below
The following agenda was added or modified on 2022-03-07 13:17:32 by mbouchard@townofgroton.org.
SELECT BOARD MEETING
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2022
AGENDA
VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM AND THE GROTON CHANNEL
PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETING LAW
ZOOM ID: 850 5301 1119
7:00 P.M. Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public
7:05 P.M. Public Comment Period
I. 7:06 P.M. Town Manager’s Report
1. Town Manager’s Explanation of Agenda Items
2. Consider Accepting the Town Manager’s Nominations for Appointment of Peter Carson to the Greenway Committee and Takashi Tada to the Conductorlab Committee and Make Said Appointments
3. Consider Ratifying the Following Union Agreements
SEIU 888 – Town and Library Employees
SEIU 888 – DPW and Water Employees
Groton Police Patrolmen’s Association
NEPBA, Local 53 – Groton Police Superior Officers Association
3/7 Note: Local 93 Supervisors removed from list of contracts to be ratified
4. Update on Fiscal Year 2023 Proposed Operating Budget
5. Update on Select Board Meeting Schedule Through Spring Town Meeting
II. 7:10 P.M. Items for Select Board Consideration and Action
1. Review the Revised/Updated ARPA Budget
2. Consider Adding Ballot Question on Town Seal to 2022 Annual Town Election
3. Consider Extending COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Deadline to March 31, 2022
4. Review and Approve Comment Letter to Mass Housing on Heritage Landing Development
III. 7:15 P.M. Liquor License Violation Hearing – Omahi Realty LLC, DBA Boston Road Market
OTHER BUSINESS
ON-GOING ISSUES – Review and Informational Purposes – Brief Comments - Items May or May Not Be Discussed
A. Water Department – Manganese Issue – PFAS Issue
B. Green Communities Application and Implementation
C. Florence Roche Elementary School Construction Project
D. Bystander Training (Feb. 8th, Feb. 24th & March 16th)
E. Electric Car Charging Stations
SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS
IV. Minutes: Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 14, 2022
Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 28, 2022
V. 8:00 P.M. Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L., c. 30A, §21(a), Clause 2 – “To conduct strategy sessions with non-union personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contact negotiations with non-union personnel” – Purpose – Preparation for Contract Negotiations with the Town Manager
ADJOURNMENT
Votes may be taken at any time during the meeting. The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will be discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.
If there was previous agenda for this meeting it is below
SELECT BOARD MEETING
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2022
AGENDA
VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM AND THE GROTON CHANNEL
PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETING LAW
ZOOM ID: 850 5301 1119
7:00 P.M. Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public
7:05 P.M. Public Comment Period
I. 7:06 P.M. Town Manager’s Report
1. Town Manager’s Explanation of Agenda Items
2. Consider Accepting the Town Manager’s Nominations for Appointment of Peter Carson to the Greenway Committee and Takashi Tada to the Conductorlab Committee and Make Said Appointments
3. Consider Ratifying the Following Union Agreements
SEIU 888 – Town and Library Employees
SEIU 888 – DPW and Water Employees
AFSCME, Council 93 – Town Supervisors
Groton Police Patrolmen’s Association
NEPBA, Local 53 – Groton Police Superior Officers Association
4. Update on Fiscal Year 2023 Proposed Operating Budget
5. Update on Select Board Meeting Schedule Through Spring Town Meeting
II. 7:10 P.M. Items for Select Board Consideration and Action
1. Review the Revised/Updated ARPA Budget
2. Consider Adding Ballot Question on Town Seal to 2022 Annual Town Election
3. Consider Extending COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Deadline to March 31, 2022
4. Review and Approve Comment Letter to Mass Housing on Heritage Landing Development
III. 7:15 P.M. Liquor License Violation Hearing – Omahi Realty LLC, DBA Boston Road Market
OTHER BUSINESS
ON-GOING ISSUES – Review and Informational Purposes – Brief Comments - Items May or May Not Be Discussed
A. Water Department – Manganese Issue – PFAS Issue
B. Green Communities Application and Implementation
C. Florence Roche Elementary School Construction Project
D. Bystander Training (Feb. 8th, Feb. 24th & March 16th)
E. Electric Car Charging Stations
SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS
IV. Minutes: Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 14, 2022
Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 28, 2022
V. 8:00 P.M. Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L., c. 30A, §21(a), Clause 2 – “To conduct strategy sessions with non-union personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contact negotiations with non-union personnel” – Purpose – Preparation for Contract Negotiations with the Town Manager
ADJOURNMENT
Votes may be taken at any time during the meeting. The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will be discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.
If there was previous agenda for this meeting it is belowThe following agenda was added or modified on 2022-03-07 13:50:47 by mbouchard@townofgroton.org.
The following agenda was added or modified on 2022-03-07 13:17:32 by mbouchard@townofgroton.org.
SELECT BOARD MEETING
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2022
AGENDA
VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM AND THE GROTON CHANNEL
PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETING LAW
ZOOM ID: 850 5301 1119
7:00 P.M. Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public
7:05 P.M. Public Comment Period
I. 7:06 P.M. Town Manager’s Report
1. Town Manager’s Explanation of Agenda Items
2. Consider Accepting the Town Manager’s Nominations for Appointment of Peter Carson to the Greenway Committee and Takashi Tada to the Conductorlab Committee and Make Said Appointments
3. Consider Ratifying the Following Union Agreements
SEIU 888 – Town and Library Employees
SEIU 888 – DPW and Water Employees
Groton Police Patrolmen’s Association
NEPBA, Local 53 – Groton Police Superior Officers Association
3/7 Note: Local 93 Supervisors removed from list of contracts to be ratified
4. Update on Fiscal Year 2023 Proposed Operating Budget
5. Update on Select Board Meeting Schedule Through Spring Town Meeting
II. 7:10 P.M. Items for Select Board Consideration and Action
1. Review the Revised/Updated ARPA Budget
2. Consider Adding Ballot Question on Town Seal to 2022 Annual Town Election
3. Consider Extending COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Deadline to March 31, 2022
4. Review and Approve Comment Letter to Mass Housing on Heritage Landing Development
III. 7:15 P.M. Liquor License Violation Hearing – Omahi Realty LLC, DBA Boston Road Market
OTHER BUSINESS
ON-GOING ISSUES – Review and Informational Purposes – Brief Comments - Items May or May Not Be Discussed
A. Water Department – Manganese Issue – PFAS Issue
B. Green Communities Application and Implementation
C. Florence Roche Elementary School Construction Project
D. Bystander Training (Feb. 8th, Feb. 24th & March 16th)
E. Electric Car Charging Stations
SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS
IV. Minutes: Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 14, 2022
Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 28, 2022
V. 8:00 P.M. Executive Sessions
(Added 3/7) Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30A, §21(a), Clause 3 – “To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining 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.” – PURPOSE – Collective Bargaining
Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L., c. 30A, §21(a), Clause 2 – “To conduct strategy sessions with non-union personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contact negotiations with non-union personnel” – Purpose – Preparation for Contract Negotiations with the Town Manager
ADJOURNMENT
Votes may be taken at any time during the meeting. The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will be discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.
If there was previous agenda for this meeting it is below
SELECT BOARD MEETING
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2022
AGENDA
VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM AND THE GROTON CHANNEL
PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETING LAW
ZOOM ID: 850 5301 1119
7:00 P.M. Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public
7:05 P.M. Public Comment Period
I. 7:06 P.M. Town Manager’s Report
1. Town Manager’s Explanation of Agenda Items
2. Consider Accepting the Town Manager’s Nominations for Appointment of Peter Carson to the Greenway Committee and Takashi Tada to the Conductorlab Committee and Make Said Appointments
3. Consider Ratifying the Following Union Agreements
SEIU 888 – Town and Library Employees
SEIU 888 – DPW and Water Employees
AFSCME, Council 93 – Town Supervisors
Groton Police Patrolmen’s Association
NEPBA, Local 53 – Groton Police Superior Officers Association
4. Update on Fiscal Year 2023 Proposed Operating Budget
5. Update on Select Board Meeting Schedule Through Spring Town Meeting
II. 7:10 P.M. Items for Select Board Consideration and Action
1. Review the Revised/Updated ARPA Budget
2. Consider Adding Ballot Question on Town Seal to 2022 Annual Town Election
3. Consider Extending COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Deadline to March 31, 2022
4. Review and Approve Comment Letter to Mass Housing on Heritage Landing Development
III. 7:15 P.M. Liquor License Violation Hearing – Omahi Realty LLC, DBA Boston Road Market
OTHER BUSINESS
ON-GOING ISSUES – Review and Informational Purposes – Brief Comments - Items May or May Not Be Discussed
A. Water Department – Manganese Issue – PFAS Issue
B. Green Communities Application and Implementation
C. Florence Roche Elementary School Construction Project
D. Bystander Training (Feb. 8th, Feb. 24th & March 16th)
E. Electric Car Charging Stations
SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS
IV. Minutes: Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 14, 2022
Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 28, 2022
V. 8:00 P.M. Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L., c. 30A, §21(a), Clause 2 – “To conduct strategy sessions with non-union personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contact negotiations with non-union personnel” – Purpose – Preparation for Contract Negotiations with the Town Manager
ADJOURNMENT
Votes may be taken at any time during the meeting. The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will be discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.
If there was previous agenda for this meeting it is belowThe following agenda was added or modified on 2022-03-07 13:17:32 by mbouchard@townofgroton.org.
SELECT BOARD MEETING
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2022
AGENDA
VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM AND THE GROTON CHANNEL
PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETING LAW
ZOOM ID: 850 5301 1119
7:00 P.M. Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public
7:05 P.M. Public Comment Period
I. 7:06 P.M. Town Manager’s Report
1. Town Manager’s Explanation of Agenda Items
2. Consider Accepting the Town Manager’s Nominations for Appointment of Peter Carson to the Greenway Committee and Takashi Tada to the Conductorlab Committee and Make Said Appointments
3. Consider Ratifying the Following Union Agreements
SEIU 888 – Town and Library Employees
SEIU 888 – DPW and Water Employees
Groton Police Patrolmen’s Association
NEPBA, Local 53 – Groton Police Superior Officers Association
3/7 Note: Local 93 Supervisors removed from list of contracts to be ratified
4. Update on Fiscal Year 2023 Proposed Operating Budget
5. Update on Select Board Meeting Schedule Through Spring Town Meeting
II. 7:10 P.M. Items for Select Board Consideration and Action
1. Review the Revised/Updated ARPA Budget
2. Consider Adding Ballot Question on Town Seal to 2022 Annual Town Election
3. Consider Extending COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Deadline to March 31, 2022
4. Review and Approve Comment Letter to Mass Housing on Heritage Landing Development
III. 7:15 P.M. Liquor License Violation Hearing – Omahi Realty LLC, DBA Boston Road Market
OTHER BUSINESS
ON-GOING ISSUES – Review and Informational Purposes – Brief Comments - Items May or May Not Be Discussed
A. Water Department – Manganese Issue – PFAS Issue
B. Green Communities Application and Implementation
C. Florence Roche Elementary School Construction Project
D. Bystander Training (Feb. 8th, Feb. 24th & March 16th)
E. Electric Car Charging Stations
SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS
IV. Minutes: Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 14, 2022
Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 28, 2022
V. 8:00 P.M. Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L., c. 30A, §21(a), Clause 2 – “To conduct strategy sessions with non-union personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contact negotiations with non-union personnel” – Purpose – Preparation for Contract Negotiations with the Town Manager
ADJOURNMENT
Votes may be taken at any time during the meeting. The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will be discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.
If there was previous agenda for this meeting it is below
SELECT BOARD MEETING
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2022
AGENDA
VIRTUALLY ON ZOOM AND THE GROTON CHANNEL
PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETING LAW
ZOOM ID: 850 5301 1119
7:00 P.M. Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public
7:05 P.M. Public Comment Period
I. 7:06 P.M. Town Manager’s Report
1. Town Manager’s Explanation of Agenda Items
2. Consider Accepting the Town Manager’s Nominations for Appointment of Peter Carson to the Greenway Committee and Takashi Tada to the Conductorlab Committee and Make Said Appointments
3. Consider Ratifying the Following Union Agreements
SEIU 888 – Town and Library Employees
SEIU 888 – DPW and Water Employees
AFSCME, Council 93 – Town Supervisors
Groton Police Patrolmen’s Association
NEPBA, Local 53 – Groton Police Superior Officers Association
4. Update on Fiscal Year 2023 Proposed Operating Budget
5. Update on Select Board Meeting Schedule Through Spring Town Meeting
II. 7:10 P.M. Items for Select Board Consideration and Action
1. Review the Revised/Updated ARPA Budget
2. Consider Adding Ballot Question on Town Seal to 2022 Annual Town Election
3. Consider Extending COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Deadline to March 31, 2022
4. Review and Approve Comment Letter to Mass Housing on Heritage Landing Development
III. 7:15 P.M. Liquor License Violation Hearing – Omahi Realty LLC, DBA Boston Road Market
OTHER BUSINESS
ON-GOING ISSUES – Review and Informational Purposes – Brief Comments - Items May or May Not Be Discussed
A. Water Department – Manganese Issue – PFAS Issue
B. Green Communities Application and Implementation
C. Florence Roche Elementary School Construction Project
D. Bystander Training (Feb. 8th, Feb. 24th & March 16th)
E. Electric Car Charging Stations
SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS
IV. Minutes: Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 14, 2022
Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 28, 2022
V. 8:00 P.M. Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L., c. 30A, §21(a), Clause 2 – “To conduct strategy sessions with non-union personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contact negotiations with non-union personnel” – Purpose – Preparation for Contract Negotiations with the Town Manager
ADJOURNMENT
Votes may be taken at any time during the meeting. The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will be discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.
The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will have been discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.