AGENDA
Gill Historical Commission
Tuesday, April 15, 2025, RMB
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. work time; 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. meeting time
Call to order: ______
Notes: The meeting is being recorded to help clarify the minutes.
1. Approve the minutes of the March 18 meeting.
2. Treasurer’s Report and Business
Budget account as of 3/18/25 = $872.34 Donation account as of 3/18/25 = $3,484.67
No expenses this month. Donations: 3 books @ $50.00 = 150.00
Budget account as of 4/15/25 = $872.34. (2 Riverside, 1 Jennie) $3,634.67
Expenses: Mailing costs - $23.00
(2x $7 + $9) $3,611.67
10 reprints of Riverside - 489.48
Donation account as of 4/15/25 = $3,122.19
3. Old and continuing business
A. Annual reports, update: Years 2015, 2016 and 2017 have been turned in. Nona has asked that we include the members and the chair of GHC for each fiscal year’s report. Thanks, Lynda, for looking these up for us.
B. Cider winery on Cross Rd.: We have completed our favorable review (see email) and it was sent to the ZBA, who will compile all the feedback and make a decision soon. (TBA.)
C. New sign for RMB update: Becky has drafted four versions of a new sign which we have all seen and commented on. Today we will finalize plans and design a new wooden structure to hold the sign. Thanks to Bob, the Grayheads, Becky, Lynda and all others for their parts in a complex task. We will decide how to pay for the sign and may bring a draft to the SelectBoard on
April 22nd to show them our progress in expanding GHC space.
D. Archiving Montague Reporter materials related to Gill: Bev and Sherry have been working on this. (discussion on what to keep; how to preserve and display)
4. New business
A. Message from Mass. Historical Commission: Amherst College geology student making a paleontology study of riverbank fossils (discussion)
B. Meeting times this spring and summer (work time schedule?)
C. New space: Blackboards in the second room, part II (Lynda)
D. Planning:
1. Pieces to remove from museum room and how to move them
2. Freeing up office space (discussion)
3. Moving GHC materials from Water Room
4. Begin to plan additional needs e.g. shelving for documents and archival collections.
5. Other topics not listed at time of posting
Adjournment: _____________
Next meeting: Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m., RMB
