Agenda: | REGULAR SELECT BOARD MEETING
Senior Center
40 Field Street Extension
With option for remote Zoom participation:
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Meeting ID: 783 577 7404
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March 28, 2022 - 7:00 P.M.
Agenda
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1. Call to Order
2. Pledge
3. Roll Call
4. Minutes: 2/7/22 & 2/14/22
5. Public Address to the Board:
This is the time when the Public may address the Board on any item listed on the meeting agenda or on any issue or matter of the Town. If you intend on addressing the Board at this time we ask that you do the following:
Please identify yourself by name, address or the company/institution you represent.
The Public Address to the Board segment will last no longer than 30 minutes.
Please make your comments concise and try not to repeat statements made by others.
Please address your comments to the Board Chair.
Discussion or debate on any issue may not take place at this time.
The Chair or their designee may answer questions on procedural matters.
Please be cordial and respectful of others.
If anyone wishes to be recognized when the Board discusses an agenda item, please make the request at this time. The Board Chair may grant this request. Address comments to the Board Chair and be concise.
We are meeting in-person and making this meeting available via Zoom for the convenience of the public. Since we are meeting in-person, we will not be responsible for any technical difficulties, so if you would like to be sure of participating, please try to attend in-person.
6. Appointment Ratifications:
Tim Decker as permanent, part-time, seasonal Transfer Station Laborer, effective April 4, 2022
Hunter Connelly as Highway Equipment Operator, effective April 1, 2022 through April 30, 2022
7. Approve the 16th Annual Buddy Walk of the Berkshires on Saturday, September 24, 2022
8. Approve CRA Road Race on Sunday, May 1, 2022
9. Convene as Rent Control Board
Complaint regarding maintenance – Victoria Villa Mobile Home Park
Close as Rent Control Board
10. FY23 Budgets-
244 Sealer of Weights & Measures
11. Disposition of Bardin Property (continued)
12. Approve $145,000 of ARPA fund for water system engineering through the Fire and Water District as revenue replacement funds
13. Approve Town Meeting warrant – discuss “motions and explanations” document
14. Roundabout Update
15. Discussion of Town Finances: Excess Levy Capacity, average tax bill and tax rate
16. Town Manager Update
17. Future Agenda Items
18. Items not anticipated 48 hours before the meeting
19. Remarks of the Select Board
20. ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Tax Collector and Assessor’s Offices have moved from Town Hall, across the street, to the old Berkshire Bank building at 488 Main Street. You can continue to use the drop boxes located outside of Town Hall for any payments, or you can stop over to their new location.
The Spring 2022 Household Hazardous Waste Day will take place on Saturday, May 14th from 9AM-1PM at the Lee Wastewater Treatment Plant. Pre-registration for this event is required. Please visit the Dalton Town website for more details.
The Dalton Police Department is reminding the citizens of Dalton of the Winter Parking Ban, which is in effect from November 15, 2021 through April 15, 2022. There is no parking on streets between 1AM-6AM.
The following committees have vacancies and are looking for volunteers:
ADA Committee
Beautification Commission
Dalton Cable Advisory Committee
Dalton Green Committee
Finance Committee
Stormwater Management Commission
Waste Management and Recycle Committee
If interested, please reach out to the Town Manager’s Office by calling 413-684-6111 ext. 202
21. Next meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, April 11, 2022 at 7:00PM at the Senior Center with an option for Zoom participation
22. Executive Session- Not to return to Open Session---
Reason #2- To conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with nonunion personnel;
• Highway negotiations
• Police negotiations
• Sergeants negotiations
• Non-Union contracted employees’ negotiations
Reason #7- To comply with, or act under the authority of, any general or special law or federal grant-in-aid requirements;
• Consider prior Executive Session Minutes: 2/7/22 & 2/14/22
23. Adjourn |