SELECT BOARD MEETING
MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2023
AGENDA
SELECT BOARD MEETING ROOM
2nd FLOOR
GROTON TOWN HALL
 
 6:00 P.M.  Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public

 6:05 P.M.  Public Comment Period

I. 6:10 P.M.  In Joint Session with the Finance Committee – Continue Review of Fiscal Year 2024 Proposed Operating Budget

II. 7:00 P.M.  In Joint Session with the Finance Committee – Review Proposed Warrant Articles from the Community Preservation Committee

III. 7:15 P.M.  Continuation of Public Hearing from January 30, 2023 - Pursuant to M.G.L. c.54, §25B(a)(1) – Consider Opting Out of Vote by Mail for the May 23, 2023 Annual Town Election

IV. 7:30 P.M.  Public Hearing – Earth Removal Permit Extension Request – Richard Blood – 94 West Main Street, West Groton, MA

V. 7:45 P.M.  Town Manager’s Report

1. Consider Ratifying the Town Manager’s Appointment of Brian Callahan as the DPW Director-In-Training
2. Consider Accepting the Town Manager’s Nomination and Appoint Brittain McKinley to the Trails Committee
3. 2023 Spring Town Meeting Warrant Review – Including, But Not Limited To:  Consider Taking Positions on the Various Articles and Consider Opening Warrant to Add an Additional Article for Change of Funding Distribution for Middle School Track
4. Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Development Update
5. Update on Select Board Meeting Schedule Through 2023 Spring Town Meeting

VI. 8:00 P.M.  Items for Select Board Consideration and Action

1. Adopt Proclamation Declaring April 2, 2023 Groton Garden Club Day in Honor of the Club’s 100th Anniversary
2. Consider Approving a One Day Wine and Malt Beverage License for the Friends of Prescott for an Open Mic Night at the Prescott School on Friday, April 14, 2023 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
3. Consider Approving One Day Wine and Malt Beverage License for the Groton Neighbors for an Event at First Parish Church on Friday, May 5, 2023 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

OTHER BUSINESS 

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

VII. Minutes: Regularly Scheduled Meeting of March 13, 2023

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.