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SELECT BOARD MEETING

MONDAY, JULY 14, 2025

AGENDA

SELECT BOARD MEETING ROOM

2nd FLOOR

GROTON TOWN HALL

                       

  

                        6:00 P.M.                          Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public

 

                        6:01 P.M.                          Public Comment Period

 

1. 6:05 P.M                         Town Manager’s Report

 

1. Consider Ratifying the Town Manager’s Appointments of Trevor Bettencourt, Anthony Yafrate, Joshua Consolo, Brody Duffy, Trevor Haggerty, Brecan Novak, Colin Werth and Colin O’Brien to the Groton Country Club Golf Staff and Layla Barie, Sarah Pudans and Grace Slocum as Groton Country Club Lifeguards
2. Select Board Meeting Schedule Through Labor Day

 

1. 6:10 P.M.                         Items for Select Board Consideration and Action

 

1. Call for and Open the Warrant for the 2025 Fall Town Meeting
2. Consider Approving a One Day All Alcoholic Beverage License for the Friends of Prescott for an invite-only party for its supporters to be held on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 p.m.

 

III.                  6:15 P.M.                          Fire Chief Arthur Cheeks – Discussion on Services/Staffing Issues at Groton Fire Department

 

1. 7:00 P.M. In Joint Session with the Finance Committee – Review and Approve FY 2025 Line Item Transfers

 

OTHER BUSINESS                            -Authorize the Town Manager and One Member of the Select Board to Sign Warrants for the Next Thirty Days

 

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

 

1. PFAS Issue
2. UMass Satellite Emergency Facility
3. PILOTs

 

SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS

 

1. Minutes:                         Regularly Scheduled Meeting of June 30, 2025

 

1. Executive Session #1 – Pursuant to M.G.L. c.30A, §21(a), Clause 7 – “To comply with, or act under the authority of, any general or special law and federal grant-in-aid requirements” – Purpose – Review Executive Session Minutes

 

                        Executive Session #2 – Pursuant to M.G.L. c.30A, §21(a), Clause 2 – “To conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with Non-Union Personnel or conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with Non-Union Personnel” – Purpose - Fire Chief’s Contract

 

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.

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SELECT BOARD MEETING

MONDAY, JULY 14, 2025

AGENDA

SELECT BOARD MEETING ROOM

2nd FLOOR

GROTON TOWN HALL

                   

 

 

                    6:00 P.M.                      Announcements and Review Agenda for the Public

 

                    6:01 P.M.                      Public Comment Period

 

1. 6:05 P.M                     Town Manager’s Report

 

1. Consider Ratifying the Town Manager’s Appointments of Trevor Bettencourt, Anthony Yafrate, Joshua Consolo, Brody Duffy, Trevor Haggerty, Brecan Novak, Colin Werth and Colin O’Brien to the Groton Country Club Golf Staff and Layla Barie, Sarah Pudans and Grace Slocum as Groton Country Club Lifeguards
2. Select Board Meeting Schedule Through Labor Day

 

1. 6:10 P.M.                     Items for Select Board Consideration and Action

 

1. Call for and Open the Warrant for the 2025 Fall Town Meeting
2. Consider Approving a One Day All Alcoholic Beverage License for the Friends of Prescott for an invite-only party for its supporters to be held on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 p.m.

 

III.               6:15 P.M.                      Fire Chief Arthur Cheeks – Discussion on Services/Staffing Issues at Groton Fire Department

 

1. 7:00 P.M. In Joint Session with the Finance Committee – Review and Approve FY 2025 Line Item Transfers

 

OTHER BUSINESS                        -Authorize the Town Manager and One Member of the Select Board to Sign Warrants for the Next Thirty Days

 

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

 

1. PFAS Issue
2. UMass Satellite Emergency Facility
3. PILOTs

 

SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS

 

1. Minutes:                     Regularly Scheduled Meeting of June 30, 2025

 

1. Executive Session #1 – Pursuant to M.G.L. c.30A, §21(a), Clause 7 – “To comply with, or act under the authority of, any general or special law and federal grant-in-aid requirements”

 

                    Executive Session #2 – Pursuant to M.G.L. c.30A, §21(a), Clause 2 – “To conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with Non-Union Personnel or conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with Non-Union Personnel”

 

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.