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Town of Groton
Meeting Notice
Town Clerk
173 Main Street
Groton, MA 01450
(978) 448-1100
Select Board Meeting
Monday, October 30 2023 at 7:00 PM
Town Hall: Second Floor Meeting Room, 173 Main Street Groton, MA
This meeting was posted Wednesday, October 25 2023 at 8:10 AM
Agenda
SELECT BOARD MEETING
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2023
AGENDA
SELECT BOARD MEETING ROOM
2nd FLOOR
GROTON TOWN HALL
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. Consider Ratifying the Town Manager’s Appointment of Robert Dixon as a Custodian for the Department of
Public Works Maintenance Division
2. Fiscal Year 2024 First Quarter Financial Review
3. Update On Fiscal Year 2024 Goals and Objectives
4. 2023 Fall Town Meeting Follow-up
5. Update on Select Board Meeting Schedule Through the End of the Year
II. 7:10 P.M. Items for Select Board Consideration and Action
1. Vote to Create Gift Fund for the Park Commission (Donations in the Name of Former Cable Advisory Committee
Chair Robert Piche)
2. Consider Approving a One Day All Alcoholic Beverages License for the Prescott Community Center/Friends of
Prescott for Holiday Spirits to be held on Friday, December 15, 2023 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
3. Consider Approving a One Day All Alcoholic Beverages License for the Prescott Community Center/Friends of
Prescott for the Wonders of Rum on Friday, November 3, 2023 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
4. Consider Approving a One Day Wine and Malt Beverage License the Prescott Community Center/Friends of
Prescott for Open Mic Night to be held on Friday, November 10, 2023 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
5. Consider Approving a One Day Wine and Malt Beverage License the Groton Neighbors for Social Gathering of
New Neighbors to be held at First Parish Church on Friday, December 1, 2023 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
III. 7:15 P.M. In Joint Session with the Finance Committee – Pursuant to the Groton Charter – Provide Guidance to the Town
Manager for the Development of the Fiscal Year 2025 Proposed Operating Budget
OTHER BUSINESS - Consider Sending Letter to ZBA in Support of Variance Request for 25 Station Avenue
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. Town Manager’s Tri-Comm Working Group
SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS
IV. Minutes: Regularly Scheduled Meeting of October 16, 2023
Special Joint Budget Meeting of October 25, 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.
SELECT BOARD MEETING
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2023
AGENDA
SELECT BOARD MEETING ROOM
2nd FLOOR
GROTON TOWN HALL
7:00 P.M. Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public
7:05 P.M. Public Comment Period
- 7:06 P.M. Town Manager’s Report
- Consider Ratifying the Town Manager’s Appointment of Robert Dixon as a Custodian for the Department of Public Works Maintenance Division
- Fiscal Year 2024 Goals and Objectives
- Update On Fiscal Year 2024 Goals and Objectives
- 2023 Fall Town Meeting Follow-up
- Update on Select Board Meeting Schedule Through the End of the Year
- 7:10 P.M. Items for Select Board Consideration and Action
- Vote to Create Gift Fund for the Park Commission (Donations in the Name of Former Cable Advisory Committee Chair Robert Piche)
- Consider Approving a One Day All Alcoholic Beverages License for the Prescott Community Center/Friends of Prescott for Holiday Spirits to be held on Friday, December 15, 2023 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Consider Approving a One Day All Alcoholic Beverages License for the Prescott Community Center/Friends of Prescott for the Wonders of Rum on Friday, November 3, 2023 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Consider Approving a One Day Wine and Malt Beverage License the Prescott Community Center/Friends of Prescott for Open Mic Night to be held on Friday, November 10, 2023 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
- Consider Approving a One Day Wine and Malt Beverage License the Groton Neighbors for Social Gathering of New Neighbors to be held at First Parish Church on Friday, December 1, 2023 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
III. 7:15 P.M. In Joint Session with the Finance Committee – Pursuant to the Groton Charter – Provide Guidance to the Town Manager for the Development of the Fiscal Year 2025 Proposed Operating Budget
OTHER BUSINESS
ON-GOING ISSUES – Review and Informational Purposes – Brief Comments - Items May or May Not Be Discussed
- Water Department – Manganese Issue
- PFAS Issue
- Green Communities Application and Implementation
- Florence Roche Elementary School Construction Project
- Town Manager’s Tri-Comm Working Group
SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS
- Minutes: Regularly Scheduled Meeting of October 16, 2023
Special Joint Budget Meeting of October 25, 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.