| Agenda: | I. CALL MEETING TO ORDER: (These proceedings are being aired and recorded by AOTV – Public WIFI Available)
• Emergency Exits Announcement
• Pledge of Allegiance
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: July 18, 2018, July 25, 2018
III. ANNOUNCEMENTS:
A. Board & Committee Vacancies: Finance Committee – 1 opening; Conservation Commission – 3 openings; ZBA – 2 openings: 1 member and 1 alternate member; Master Plan Committee – 4 openings, Disability Commission – 3 openings, Rent Control Board – 1 opening, Capital Improvement Planning Committee – 2 openings: 1 member and 1 alternate member; Historical Commission – 5 openings, Planning Board – 2 openings: 1 member and 1 alternate member, EDIC – 2 openings, By Law Review Committee – 5 openings
B. Selectmen’s Office Hours: (One hour prior to scheduled regular meetings) – August 8, 2018 – Jim Cornwell
C. Congressman James P. McGovern’s Local Office Hours – Every 3rd Friday from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at North Quabbin Community Coalition, 251 Exchange Street, Athol
D. Soup and Social at the senior center every Tuesday and Thursday for seniors 55 and over and their caretakers. $3.00 per lunch
E. 3rd Thursday Summer Street Fairs – August 16 from 6 – 8 p.m. Downtown
F. Farmer’s Market – Thursdays Now Through October 19th from 3 – 6 p.m. at the Orange Armory Parking Lot.
G. Regionalization Planning Meeting (Orange, Petersham, New Salem & Wendell) August 2, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. at R. C. Mahar Library
H. Open Meeting Law Training – September 24, 2018 at 5:30 at the Armory
I. Celebration Christian Festival – September 22, 2018 beginning at 9:00 a.m. at 60 Chestnut Hill, Orange
IV. PUBLIC HEARING 6:00 p.m. - M.G.L. Ch. 138, §15A & §16B to review an application filed by Honest Weight Artisan Beer, LLC for Alteration of Premises at 131 West Main Street, Orange, MA.
V. SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS:
1. Request to Vote to Accept Fire Grants – James Young, Fire Chief
2. Request to Close Street for 3rd Thursday Street Fair August 16, 2018 – Brenda Anderson
3. Release of Chapter 61 – Fred Heyes
4. Request to Hold Annual Homecoming Parade October 5, 2018 – Pam & Pennie Smith
5. Appeal for Restoration of Curtain – Maureen Riendeau
6. Sign Waste Management Contracts – Robert Smith, RC/TS
7. Solar Agreements for Signature – Harald Scheid
8. Presentation of Mass Historical Commission – Jim Cornwell
VI. OPEN TIME FOR THE PUBLIC:
VII. GENERAL BUSINESS:
1. Accept Donations to Replace Lamps and Lightbulbs
2. Nomination of Jami Kolosowicz as Animal Inspector
3. Vote Orange Armory to National Register of Historic Places
4. MOU for Green Communities Assistance
5. Discussion of Fire Station Roof
6. Discussion of Marijuana Application Process
7. Schedule Date/Time for Special Town Meeting and Vote to Sign Warrant
8. Ice Cream Social for Town Employees and All Volunteers – August 8, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Ruth B. Smith Auditorium
VIII. TOWN ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT:
IX. BOARD OF SELECTMEN’S REPORT:
X. NEXT MEETING: August 8, 2018 @ 6:30 p.m. – Town Hall Meeting Room
XI. ADJOURNMENT:
*The listing of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair, which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items may in fact be discussed, and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.
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