Town of Groton
Meeting Notice

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

Select Board Meeting

Monday, August 25 2025 at 5:30 PM
Town Hall: Second Floor Meeting Room, 173 Main Street Groton, MA


This meeting was posted Wednesday, August 13 2025 at 7:49 AM

Agenda

The following agenda was added or modified on 2025-08-19 15:28:52 by npierce@grotonma.gov.

SELECT BOARD MEETING

MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2025

AGENDA

SELECT BOARD MEETING ROOM, 2nd FLOOR, GROTON TOWN HALL

AND ZOOM, WEBINAR ID:  893 1525 4612, PASSCODE:  156011

                       

                        5:30 P.M.                          Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L. c.30A, §21(a), Clause 3 – “To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the public body and the chair so declares.”

 

                        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 Appointment of Katie Kazanjian as the Treasurer/Tax Collector for the Town of Groton
  2. Fiscal Year 2025 Fourth Quarter/Final Financial Update
  3. Consider Setting the Stormwater Fee for Fiscal Year 2026
  4. Update from the Town Manager and Department of Public Works Director on the Squannacook River Dam – Discuss Next Steps
  5. Review the First Draft of the 2025 Fall Town Meeting Warrant
  6. Consider Approving an Amendment to the Agreement Between the Town of Groton and IAFF, Local 4879 to Add a Light Duty Provision to the Agreement
  7. Proposed Select Board Meeting Schedule Through the End of the Year

 

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

 

  1. Finalize and Approve the Town Manager’s Annual Performance Evaluation
  2. Review and Vote to Accept Deed for Monarch Path
  3. Approve Intermunicipal Agreement for the Use and Expenditures of Certain Opioid Abatement Funds between the Towns of Groton, Ayer, Harvard, Bolton, Littleton, Shirley and Pepperell.
  4. Consider Approving a One Day All Alcoholic Beverages License for the Groton Business Association for GrotonFest to be held on Saturday, September 27, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

 

III.                  6:15 P.M.                          Public Hearing – Consider the Transfer of the Off-Premise All Alcohol Package Store License for the Groton Market, John Madigan, President to Shreeumiya Kuldevi, DBA Groton Market, Jaydeep Patel President, with Toralben Patel as the Manager

 

OTHER BUSINESS                           

 

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
  4. Fire Department Staffing

 

SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS

 

  1. Minutes:                         Regularly Scheduled Meeting of August 11, 2025

 

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 following agenda was added or modified on 2025-08-14 12:18:12 by fstanley@grotonma.gov.

 

SELECT BOARD MEETING

MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2025

AGENDA

SELECT BOARD MEETING ROOM, 2nd FLOOR, GROTON TOWN HALL

AND ZOOM, WEBINAR ID:  893 1525 4612, PASSCODE:  156011

 

                       

                        5:30 P.M.                          Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L. c.30A, §21(a), Clause 3 – “To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the public body and the chair so declares.”

 

                        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 Appointment of Katie Kazanjian as the Treasurer/Tax Collector for the Town of Groton
  2. Fiscal Year 2025 Fourth Quarter/Final Financial Update
  3. Consider Setting the Stormwater Fee for Fiscal Year 2026
  4. Update from the Town Manager and Department of Public Works Director on the Squannacook River Dam – Discuss Next Steps
  5. Review the First Draft of the 2025 Fall Town Meeting Warrant
  6. Consider Approving an Amendment to the Agreement Between the Town of Groton and IAFF, Local 4879 to Add a Light Duty Provision to the Agreement
  7. Proposed Select Board Meeting Schedule Through the End of the Year

 

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

 

  1. Finalize and Approve the Town Manager’s Annual Performance Evaluation
  2. Approve Intermunicipal Agreement for the Use and Expenditures of Certain Opioid Abatement Funds between the Towns of Groton, Ayer, Harvard, Bolton, Littleton, Shirley and Pepperell. (Amended 8/14/2025)
  3. Consider Approving a One Day All Alcoholic Beverages License for the Groton Business Association for GrotonFest to be held on Saturday, September 27, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

 

III.                  6:15 P.M.                          Public Hearing – Consider the Transfer of the Off-Premise All Alcohol Package Store License for the Groton Market, John Madigan, President to Shreeumiya Kuldevi, DBA Groton Market, Jaydeep Patel President, with Toralben Patel as the Manager

 

OTHER BUSINESS                           

 

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
  4. Fire Department Staffing

 

SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS

 

  1. Minutes:                         Regularly Scheduled Meeting of August 11, 2025

 

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, AUGUST 25, 2025

AGENDA

SELECT BOARD MEETING ROOM, 2nd FLOOR, GROTON TOWN HALL

AND ZOOM, WEBINAR ID:  893 1525 4612, PASSCODE:  156011

 

                   

                    5:30 P.M.                      Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L. c.30A, §21(a), Clause 3 – “To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the public body and the chair so declares.”

 

                    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 Appointment of Katie Kazanjian as the Treasurer/Tax Collector for the Town of Groton
  2. Fiscal Year 2025 Fourth Quarter/Final Financial Update
  3. Consider Setting the Stormwater Fee for Fiscal Year 2026
  4. Update from the Town Manager and Department of Public Works Director on the Squannacook River Dam – Discuss Next Steps
  5. Review the First Draft of the 2025 Fall Town Meeting Warrant
  6. Consider Approving an Amendment to the Agreement Between the Town of Groton and IAFF, Local 4879 to Add a Light Duty Provision to the Agreement
  7. Proposed Select Board Meeting Schedule Through the End of the Year

 

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

 

  1. Finalize and Approve the Town Manager’s Annual Performance Evaluation
  2. Consider Approving a One Day All Alcoholic Beverages License for the Groton Business Association for GrotonFest to be held on Saturday, September 27, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

 

III.               6:15 P.M.                      Public Hearing – Consider the Transfer of the Off-Premise All Alcohol Package Store License for the Groton Market, John Madigan, President to Shreeumiya Kuldevi, DBA Groton Market, Jaydeep Patel President, with Toralben Patel as the Manager

 

OTHER BUSINESS                       

 

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
  4. Fire Department Staffing

 

SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS

 

  1. Minutes:                     Regularly Scheduled Meeting of August 11, 2025

 

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 2025-08-14 12:18:12 by fstanley@grotonma.gov.

SELECT BOARD MEETING

MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2025

AGENDA

SELECT BOARD MEETING ROOM, 2nd FLOOR, GROTON TOWN HALL

AND ZOOM, WEBINAR ID:  893 1525 4612, PASSCODE:  156011

 

                       

                        5:30 P.M.                          Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L. c.30A, §21(a), Clause 3 – “To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the public body and the chair so declares.”

 

                        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 Appointment of Katie Kazanjian as the Treasurer/Tax Collector for the Town of Groton
  2. Fiscal Year 2025 Fourth Quarter/Final Financial Update
  3. Consider Setting the Stormwater Fee for Fiscal Year 2026
  4. Update from the Town Manager and Department of Public Works Director on the Squannacook River Dam – Discuss Next Steps
  5. Review the First Draft of the 2025 Fall Town Meeting Warrant
  6. Consider Approving an Amendment to the Agreement Between the Town of Groton and IAFF, Local 4879 to Add a Light Duty Provision to the Agreement
  7. Proposed Select Board Meeting Schedule Through the End of the Year

 

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

 

  1. Finalize and Approve the Town Manager’s Annual Performance Evaluation
  2. Approve Intermunicipal Agreement for the Use and Expenditures of Certain Opioid Abatement Funds between the Towns of Groton, Ayer, Harvard, Bolton, Littleton, Shirley and Pepperell. (Amended 8/14/2025)
  3. Consider Approving a One Day All Alcoholic Beverages License for the Groton Business Association for GrotonFest to be held on Saturday, September 27, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

 

III.                  6:15 P.M.                          Public Hearing – Consider the Transfer of the Off-Premise All Alcohol Package Store License for the Groton Market, John Madigan, President to Shreeumiya Kuldevi, DBA Groton Market, Jaydeep Patel President, with Toralben Patel as the Manager

 

OTHER BUSINESS                           

 

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
  4. Fire Department Staffing

 

SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS

 

  1. Minutes:                         Regularly Scheduled Meeting of August 11, 2025

 

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, AUGUST 25, 2025

AGENDA

SELECT BOARD MEETING ROOM, 2nd FLOOR, GROTON TOWN HALL

AND ZOOM, WEBINAR ID:  893 1525 4612, PASSCODE:  156011

 

                   

                    5:30 P.M.                      Executive Session – Pursuant to M.G.L. c.30A, §21(a), Clause 3 – “To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the public body and the chair so declares.”

 

                    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 Appointment of Katie Kazanjian as the Treasurer/Tax Collector for the Town of Groton
  2. Fiscal Year 2025 Fourth Quarter/Final Financial Update
  3. Consider Setting the Stormwater Fee for Fiscal Year 2026
  4. Update from the Town Manager and Department of Public Works Director on the Squannacook River Dam – Discuss Next Steps
  5. Review the First Draft of the 2025 Fall Town Meeting Warrant
  6. Consider Approving an Amendment to the Agreement Between the Town of Groton and IAFF, Local 4879 to Add a Light Duty Provision to the Agreement
  7. Proposed Select Board Meeting Schedule Through the End of the Year

 

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

 

  1. Finalize and Approve the Town Manager’s Annual Performance Evaluation
  2. Consider Approving a One Day All Alcoholic Beverages License for the Groton Business Association for GrotonFest to be held on Saturday, September 27, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

 

III.               6:15 P.M.                      Public Hearing – Consider the Transfer of the Off-Premise All Alcohol Package Store License for the Groton Market, John Madigan, President to Shreeumiya Kuldevi, DBA Groton Market, Jaydeep Patel President, with Toralben Patel as the Manager

 

OTHER BUSINESS                       

 

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
  4. Fire Department Staffing

 

SELECT BOARD LIAISON REPORTS

 

  1. Minutes:                     Regularly Scheduled Meeting of August 11, 2025

 

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.