Town of Groton
Meeting Notice

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

Montachusett Regional Planning Commission Meeting

Thursday, December 4 2025 at 7:00 PM
Other: See Agenda, Specified in Agenda ,


This meeting was posted Wednesday, December 3 2025 at 8:26 AM

Agenda

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MONTACHUSETT REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION (MRPC)
REMOTE MEETING ONLY
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2025, 7:00 PM
MEETING REGISTRATION LINK:

https://www.mrpc.org/home/events/93426


MRPC MEETING MATERIALS:
December 4, 2025 Meeting Documents can be found here:

https://www.mrpc.org/home/events/93426

 

AGENDA


7:00 PM 1. Open Meeting, Introductions and Announcements
7:05 PM 2. MRPC Minutes – November 6, 2025 – Approval of Commissioners Requested
7:10 PM 3. Cash Schedule – November 2025 – Acceptance of Commissioners Requested
7:15 PM 4. Guest Speaker – Danielle Marini-King, Manager of Environmental Planning, Central Mass. Regional Planning Commission (CMRPC)

Topic of Discussion - Worcester-CT MSA CPRG Updates and Next Steps for MRPC – Information Only
7:45 PM 5. Guest Announcements and Questions
7:50 PM 6. Administrative Matters
6.1 Federal Government Impacts on MRPC – Information Only
6.2 Recommendation to Adjust Salary of Tracy Murphy, MRPC’s New Fiscal Director – Action Requested
6.3 Transition in the Planning and Development Department
6.3.1 Hiring a new Planning and Development Director – Action Requested
6.3.2 Proposed Planner Promotion – Action Requested
6.3.3 Hiring a Planner – Action Requested
6.4 Proposed FY26 Budget Amendment – Action Requested
6.5 Executive Director Transition – Information Only
6.6 Next Lunch and Learn #8, December 17, 2025, 12:00 p.m. – Information Only
8:10 PM 7. Department Updates
Status of all ongoing projects can be found by clicking on the link, below: https://mrmapper.mrpc.org/webapps/v2.27/CurrentProjects/
MRPC staff are prepared to answer questions about any contract with any local, state, and federal entity. Commissioners are welcome to ask questions about projects in their respective communities
7.1 Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
7.2 Planning & Development
7.3 Transit & Transportation
8:25 PM 8. New Business
Open session - This time is reserved for topics that the chair did not reasonably anticipate would be discussed.
8:30 PM 9. Adjournment - The date of the next MRPC meeting – Thursday, January 8, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
This meeting will be recorded by the Zoom app and will be made available for viewing at https://www.youtube.com/user/MontachusettRegion/videos.
This notice is subject to change with reasonable notice provided to all.
The Montachusett Regional Planning Commission (MRPC) is located at 464 Abbott Ave., Leominster, MA and is accessible to people with disabilities. MRPC provides reasonable accommodations and/or language assistance free of charge upon request (including but not limited to interpreters in American Sign Language and languages other than English, open or closed captioning for videos, assistive listening devices and alternate material formats, such as audio tapes, Braille and large print), as available. For accommodation or language assistance, please contact MRPC by phone (978- 345-7376), fax (978-348-2490) or by email mrpc@mrpc.org. All requests should be made as soon as possible prior to the meeting. Sign-language, CART or language translation or interpretation, requests should be made at least ten business days before the meeting.
The MRPC fully complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. The MRPC operates without regard to race, color, national origin, English Proficiency, ancestry, creed, income, gender, age and/or disability. Any person who believes they or any specific class of persons, to be subject to discrimination prohibited by Title VI may by themselves or by representative file a written complaint with the MRPC. Complaints are to be filed no later than 180 days from the date of the alleged discrimination. Please contact Glenn Eaton, Executive Director at 978-345-7376 ext. 310 for more information.
Anyone in need of translation services for any MRPC meeting or document should contact the MRPC directly in advance in order to arrange applicable services. Please contact the MRPC at mrpc@mrpc.org or (978) 345-7376 ext. 300 with questions, concerns or assistance needs regarding accessibility and/or language services.
Cualquier persona en necesidad de servicios de traducción para cualquier reunión o MRPC documento pueden dirigirse a la MRPC directamente con antelación para organizar los servicios correspondientes.

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.