Monday, January 27, 2025, 5:30 pm 2nd Flooring Town Hall A meeting of the Selectboard
Location: Town Hall, 2nd floor meeting room, 325 Main Road, Gill
5:30 PM Call to Order (If the meeting is being videotaped, announce that fact. If remote participation will occur, announce member & reason, & need for roll call voting)
5:30 PM Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program – Informational Meeting
Brian McHugh, Director of Community Development, Franklin County Regional Housing & Redevelopment Authority
Discuss and solicit public input to the FY25 Mass CDBG application
Review eligible activities
Discuss application process
Presentation of potential activities – housing rehabilitation program for residents of Gill (lead town), Shutesbury, and New Salem
Votes: 1) Appoint an Environmental Certifying Officer, and 2) Appoint Sharon Pleasant, FCRHRA Community Development Program Manager, as the authorized official for EOHLC online reporting system
Old Business
Retirement – Gene Beaubien as Fire Chief, effective end of today
Review of Minutes: 1/13/25
Gill Digital Equity Report – final approval & submittal to Massachusetts Broadband Institute’s (MBI) Municipal Digital Equity Planning Progr
FRCOG 2025 District Local Technical Assistance (DLTA) Project Request - finalize prioritized list of requested projects
New Business
Recommendation from Gill Energy Commission to express interest to FRCOG for regional application to Mass Save’s Municipal Energy Manager grant program
Appointments
Eve Brown-Waite reappoint to the Cultural Council through 11/22/27
Matthew McCarthy as a Firefighter through 6/30/25
Mitch Waldron as the Fire Department rep to the Northfield EMS Regionalization Task Force
Approve grant contract for FY25 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant ($10,500 for gloves, helmets, & SCBA facepieces)
Other business as may arise after the agenda has been posted.
Public Service Announcements, if any
“Stop the Bleed” class (basics of stopping traumatic bleeding) – Sat., Feb. 22nd, 6-7 PM at Fire Station training room. Sign up with Police Sgt. Richardson, jrichardson@gillmass.org
