Town of Groton
Meeting Notice

Town Clerk
173 Main Street
Groton, MA 01450
(978) 448-1100

Select Board Meeting

Monday, March 4 2024 at 6:00 PM
Other: See Agenda, Specified in Agenda ,


This meeting was posted Wednesday, February 28 2024 at 3:46 PM

Agenda

The following agenda was added or modified on 2024-03-04 11:27:34 by npierce@grotonma.gov.

The following agenda was added or modified on 2024-03-01 08:08:19 by fstanley@grotonma.gov.

 

SELECT BOARD MEETING

MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2024

AGENDA

VIRTUAL MEETING

BROADCAST ON ZOOM AND THE GROTON CHANNEL

PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETING LAW

ZOOM MEETING ID:  858 2362 2837

PASSCODE:  802754  (3/1/24 revised to update Zoom link)

                6:00 P.M.                 Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public – Announce Groton Reads 2024

 

                6:35 P.M.                 Public Comment Period #1

 

  1. 6:36 P.M. Town Manager’s Report

 

  1. Consider Ratifying the Agreement with the IPBO Local #522 Concerning Terminating the Current Agreement on June 30, 2024
  2. FY 2025 Budget Update
  3. Update on Select Board Schedule through the 2024 Spring Town Meeting

 

  1. 6:40 P.M. Items for Select Board Consideration and Action

 

  1. Consider Expanding the Commemorations and Celebration Committee and Appoint Connie Sartini and Karen Tuomi and Maureen Heard to the Committee
  2. Consider Approving a Letter to the MRPC Requesting Planning Assistance for the Destination Groton Committee
  3. Consider Approving a One Day Wine and Malt Beverage License for the Prescott Community Center – Friends of Prescott, Inc. for Open Mic Night to be held on Friday, March 8, 2024 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
  4. Approve and Issue the Warrant for the 2024 Spring Town Meeting

 

III.            6:15 P.M.                 Public Hearing – Request for On-Premise Retail Liquor License to Craft Beer Armory Brewing, LLC, located at 195C Main Street, Groton, MA, Edward C. Shaffer, Manager

 

  1. 6:30 P.M. Continuation of Public Hearing on the Various Articles Contained in the Warrant for the 2024 Spring Town Meeting – Consider Opening the Warrant to Add One Additional Article to Address Minuteman Nashoba Health Group Runout Expenses

 

OTHER BUSINESS                      

 

ON-GOING ISSUES – Review and Informational Purposes – Brief Comments - Items May or May Not Be Discussed

 

  1. PFAS Issue
  2. Green Communities Application and Implementation
  3. Florence Roche Elementary School Construction Project

 

SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS

 

  1. Public Comment Period #2

 

  1. Minutes: Special Budget Meeting with Finance Committee on January 27, 2024

                                                Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 26, 2024

 

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 2024-03-01 07:39:46 by ddunbar@grotonma.gov.

 

SELECT BOARD MEETING

MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2024

AGENDA

VIRTUAL MEETING

BROADCAST ON ZOOM AND THE GROTON CHANNEL

PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETING LAW

ZOOM MEETING ID:  814 5896 6690

PASSCODE:  802754

 

                6:00 P.M.                 Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public – Announce Groton Reads 2024

 

                6:35 P.M.                 Public Comment Period #1

 

  1. 6:36 P.M. Town Manager’s Report

 

  1. Consider Ratifying the Agreement with the IPBO Local #522 Concerning Terminating the Current Agreement on June 30, 2024
  2. FY 2025 Budget Update
  3. Update on Select Board Schedule through the 2024 Spring Town Meeting

 

  1. 6:40 P.M. Items for Select Board Consideration and Action

 

  1. Consider Expanding the Commemorations and Celebration Committee and Appoint Connie Sartini and Karen Tuomi to the Committee
  2. Consider Approving a Letter to the MRPC Requesting Planning Assistance for the Destination Groton Committee
  3. Consider Approving a One Day Wine and Malt Beverage License for the Prescott Community Center – Friends of Prescott, Inc. for Open Mic Night to be held on Friday, March 8, 2024 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
  4. Approve and Issue the Warrant for the 2024 Spring Town Meeting

 

III.            6:15 P.M.                 Public Hearing – Request for On-Premise Retail Liquor License to Craft Beer Armory Brewing, LLC, located at 195C Main Street, Groton, MA, Edward C. Shaffer, Manager

 

  1. 6:30 P.M. Continuation of Public Hearing on the Various Articles Contained in the Warrant for the 2024 Spring Town Meeting – Consider Opening the Warrant to Add One Additional Article to Address Minuteman Nashoba Health Group Runout Expenses

 

OTHER BUSINESS                      

 

ON-GOING ISSUES – Review and Informational Purposes – Brief Comments - Items May or May Not Be Discussed

 

  1. PFAS Issue
  2. Green Communities Application and Implementation
  3. Florence Roche Elementary School Construction Project

 

SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS

 

  1. Public Comment Period #2

 

  1. Minutes: Special Budget Meeting with Finance Committee on January 27, 2024

                                                Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 26, 2024

 

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 4, 2024

AGENDA

VIRTUAL MEETING

BROADCAST ON ZOOM AND THE GROTON CHANNEL

PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETING LAW

ZOOM MEETING ID:  814 5896 6690

PASSCODE:  802754

 

                6:00 P.M.                 Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public – Announce Groton Reads 2024

 

                6:35 P.M.                 Public Comment Period #1

 

  1. 6:36 P.M. Town Manager’s Report

 

  1. Consider Ratifying the Town Manager’s Appointment of John Kamaras as a Custodian for the Groton Department of Public Works
  2. Consider Ratifying the Agreement with the IPBO Local #522 Concerning Terminating the Current Agreement on June 30, 2024
  3. FY 2025 Budget Update
  4. Update on Select Board Schedule through the 2024 Spring Town Meeting

 

  1. 6:40 P.M. Items for Select Board Consideration and Action

 

  1. Consider Expanding the Commemorations and Celebration Committee and Appoint Connie Sartini and Karen Tuomi to the Committee
  2. Consider Approving a Letter to the MRPC Requesting Planning Assistance for the Destination Groton Committee
  3. Consider Approving a One Day Wine and Malt Beverage License for the Prescott Community Center – Friends of Prescott, Inc. for Open Mic Night to be held on Friday, March 8, 2024 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
  4. Approve and Issue the Warrant for the 2024 Spring Town Meeting

 

III.            6:15 P.M.                 Public Hearing – Request for On-Premise Retail Liquor License to Craft Beer Armory Brewing, LLC, located at 195C Main Street, Groton, MA, Edward C. Shaffer, Manager

 

  1. 6:30 P.M. Continuation of Public Hearing on the Various Articles Contained in the Warrant for the 2024 Spring Town Meeting – Consider Opening the Warrant to Add One Additional Article to Address Minuteman Nashoba Health Group Runout Expenses

 

OTHER BUSINESS                      

 

ON-GOING ISSUES – Review and Informational Purposes – Brief Comments - Items May or May Not Be Discussed

 

  1. PFAS Issue
  2. Green Communities Application and Implementation
  3. Florence Roche Elementary School Construction Project

 

SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS

 

  1. Public Comment Period #2

 

  1. Minutes: Special Budget Meeting with Finance Committee on January 27, 2024

                                                Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 26, 2024

 

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 2024-03-01 08:08:19 by fstanley@grotonma.gov.

SELECT BOARD MEETING

MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2024

AGENDA

VIRTUAL MEETING

BROADCAST ON ZOOM AND THE GROTON CHANNEL

PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETING LAW

ZOOM MEETING ID:  858 2362 2837

PASSCODE:  802754  (3/1/24 revised to update Zoom link)

                6:00 P.M.                 Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public – Announce Groton Reads 2024

 

                6:35 P.M.                 Public Comment Period #1

 

  1. 6:36 P.M. Town Manager’s Report

 

  1. Consider Ratifying the Agreement with the IPBO Local #522 Concerning Terminating the Current Agreement on June 30, 2024
  2. FY 2025 Budget Update
  3. Update on Select Board Schedule through the 2024 Spring Town Meeting

 

  1. 6:40 P.M. Items for Select Board Consideration and Action

 

  1. Consider Expanding the Commemorations and Celebration Committee and Appoint Connie Sartini and Karen Tuomi to the Committee
  2. Consider Approving a Letter to the MRPC Requesting Planning Assistance for the Destination Groton Committee
  3. Consider Approving a One Day Wine and Malt Beverage License for the Prescott Community Center – Friends of Prescott, Inc. for Open Mic Night to be held on Friday, March 8, 2024 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
  4. Approve and Issue the Warrant for the 2024 Spring Town Meeting

 

III.            6:15 P.M.                 Public Hearing – Request for On-Premise Retail Liquor License to Craft Beer Armory Brewing, LLC, located at 195C Main Street, Groton, MA, Edward C. Shaffer, Manager

 

  1. 6:30 P.M. Continuation of Public Hearing on the Various Articles Contained in the Warrant for the 2024 Spring Town Meeting – Consider Opening the Warrant to Add One Additional Article to Address Minuteman Nashoba Health Group Runout Expenses

 

OTHER BUSINESS                      

 

ON-GOING ISSUES – Review and Informational Purposes – Brief Comments - Items May or May Not Be Discussed

 

  1. PFAS Issue
  2. Green Communities Application and Implementation
  3. Florence Roche Elementary School Construction Project

 

SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS

 

  1. Public Comment Period #2

 

  1. Minutes: Special Budget Meeting with Finance Committee on January 27, 2024

                                                Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 26, 2024

 

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 2024-03-01 07:39:46 by ddunbar@grotonma.gov.

SELECT BOARD MEETING

MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2024

AGENDA

VIRTUAL MEETING

BROADCAST ON ZOOM AND THE GROTON CHANNEL

PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETING LAW

ZOOM MEETING ID:  814 5896 6690

PASSCODE:  802754

 

                6:00 P.M.                 Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public – Announce Groton Reads 2024

 

                6:35 P.M.                 Public Comment Period #1

 

  1. 6:36 P.M. Town Manager’s Report

 

  1. Consider Ratifying the Agreement with the IPBO Local #522 Concerning Terminating the Current Agreement on June 30, 2024
  2. FY 2025 Budget Update
  3. Update on Select Board Schedule through the 2024 Spring Town Meeting

 

  1. 6:40 P.M. Items for Select Board Consideration and Action

 

  1. Consider Expanding the Commemorations and Celebration Committee and Appoint Connie Sartini and Karen Tuomi to the Committee
  2. Consider Approving a Letter to the MRPC Requesting Planning Assistance for the Destination Groton Committee
  3. Consider Approving a One Day Wine and Malt Beverage License for the Prescott Community Center – Friends of Prescott, Inc. for Open Mic Night to be held on Friday, March 8, 2024 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
  4. Approve and Issue the Warrant for the 2024 Spring Town Meeting

 

III.            6:15 P.M.                 Public Hearing – Request for On-Premise Retail Liquor License to Craft Beer Armory Brewing, LLC, located at 195C Main Street, Groton, MA, Edward C. Shaffer, Manager

 

  1. 6:30 P.M. Continuation of Public Hearing on the Various Articles Contained in the Warrant for the 2024 Spring Town Meeting – Consider Opening the Warrant to Add One Additional Article to Address Minuteman Nashoba Health Group Runout Expenses

 

OTHER BUSINESS                      

 

ON-GOING ISSUES – Review and Informational Purposes – Brief Comments - Items May or May Not Be Discussed

 

  1. PFAS Issue
  2. Green Communities Application and Implementation
  3. Florence Roche Elementary School Construction Project

 

SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS

 

  1. Public Comment Period #2

 

  1. Minutes: Special Budget Meeting with Finance Committee on January 27, 2024

                                                Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 26, 2024

 

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 4, 2024

AGENDA

VIRTUAL MEETING

BROADCAST ON ZOOM AND THE GROTON CHANNEL

PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETING LAW

ZOOM MEETING ID:  814 5896 6690

PASSCODE:  802754

 

                6:00 P.M.                 Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public – Announce Groton Reads 2024

 

                6:35 P.M.                 Public Comment Period #1

 

  1. 6:36 P.M. Town Manager’s Report

 

  1. Consider Ratifying the Town Manager’s Appointment of John Kamaras as a Custodian for the Groton Department of Public Works
  2. Consider Ratifying the Agreement with the IPBO Local #522 Concerning Terminating the Current Agreement on June 30, 2024
  3. FY 2025 Budget Update
  4. Update on Select Board Schedule through the 2024 Spring Town Meeting

 

  1. 6:40 P.M. Items for Select Board Consideration and Action

 

  1. Consider Expanding the Commemorations and Celebration Committee and Appoint Connie Sartini and Karen Tuomi to the Committee
  2. Consider Approving a Letter to the MRPC Requesting Planning Assistance for the Destination Groton Committee
  3. Consider Approving a One Day Wine and Malt Beverage License for the Prescott Community Center – Friends of Prescott, Inc. for Open Mic Night to be held on Friday, March 8, 2024 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
  4. Approve and Issue the Warrant for the 2024 Spring Town Meeting

 

III.            6:15 P.M.                 Public Hearing – Request for On-Premise Retail Liquor License to Craft Beer Armory Brewing, LLC, located at 195C Main Street, Groton, MA, Edward C. Shaffer, Manager

 

  1. 6:30 P.M. Continuation of Public Hearing on the Various Articles Contained in the Warrant for the 2024 Spring Town Meeting – Consider Opening the Warrant to Add One Additional Article to Address Minuteman Nashoba Health Group Runout Expenses

 

OTHER BUSINESS                      

 

ON-GOING ISSUES – Review and Informational Purposes – Brief Comments - Items May or May Not Be Discussed

 

  1. PFAS Issue
  2. Green Communities Application and Implementation
  3. Florence Roche Elementary School Construction Project

 

SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS

 

  1. Public Comment Period #2

 

  1. Minutes: Special Budget Meeting with Finance Committee on January 27, 2024

                                                Regularly Scheduled Meeting of February 26, 2024

 

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.