SELECT BOARD MEETING
MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2022
AGENDA
SELECT BOARD MEETING ROOM
2nd FLOOR
GROTON TOWN HALL
  
 6:15 P.M.  Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L., c. 30A, §21(a), Clause 2 – “To conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with non-union personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with non-union personnel” – Purpose – Fire Chief Contract Negotiations

 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. Update from Finance Team on New Growth and Its Impact on the Operating Budget
2. Consider Accepting the Nomination by the Town Manager and Appointing Chris Furcolo to the Williams Barn Committee
3. Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Development Update
4. Consider Proposed Meeting Schedule Through 2023 Spring Town Meeting

II. 7:10 P.M.  Items for Select Board Consideration and Action

1. Consider Increasing the Maximum Abatement for Individuals Participating in the Senior Work Off Program from $750 to $1,000
2. Consider Amending Charge of the Capital Planning Advisory Committee (CPAC) to Limit the Number of Members Serving on Both the CPAC and Finance Committee

III. 7:15 P.M. In Joint Session with the Finance Committee – Discuss Guidance Issued to Town Manager on Fiscal Year 2024 Proposed Operating Budget

OTHER BUSINESS -Consider Issuing Letter of Support to the Community Preservation Committee for the Application by Squannacook Greenways (#2024-09) for a Grant for the Completion of the Squannacook River Rail Trail

ON-GOING ISSUES – Review and Informational Purposes – Brief Comments - Items May or May Not Be Discussed
 
A. Water Department – Manganese Issue
B. PFAS Issue
C. Green Communities Application and Implementation
D. Florence Roche Elementary School Construction Project
E. ARPA Funding

SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS

IV. Minutes: Regularly Scheduled Meeting of December 12, 2022

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.