Selectboard meeting

Tuesday, April 22, 5:30 pm
Gill Town Hall, 2nd Floor, 325 Main Road

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)

Old Business

  • Review of Minutes: 3/24/25, 4/7/25

New Business

  • Quintus Allen Fund request – Dr. Walter Huston, Principal, Gill Elementary School - $4,065 for admission & transportation to Look Park (Northampton) – all students, all staff end-of-year event. Current fund balance ~ $13,200
  • Mass CEC Green School Works Grant – Vicky Jenkins & Claire Chang, Energy Commission – would like to apply for up to $1 million toward costs of insulation, roof replacement, and possibly a metal roof for the Gill Elementary School. Application deadline is April 30th.
  • Appoint Board of Fire Engineers for term of May 1, 2025 – April 30, 2026.

William Borcy

Stuart Elliott

Greg Parody

Forester Menson

Aaron Budine

Andrew Howell

Kyle MacLeay

Mitchell Waldron

Edward Curtis

William Kimball

Matthew McCarthy

Jake Whitney

  • Appoint Miles Chattman, Dole Road, as a Junior Firefighter through June 30, 2025
  • Memo from Chris Demars, Veterans Services Director, re “Hero Act” and two new local option veteran property tax exemption clauses (Clause 22I and 22J of MGL c. 59, s. 5)
  • Review first draft of warrant articles for Annual Town Meeting (tentative)
  • Other business as may arise after the agenda has been posted.
  • Public Service Announcements, if any
    • Prescription Drug Take Back Day – Sat. April 26th, 10am-2pm, various locations
  • Warrants
    FY25 #21 – Vendors ($44,868.77) & Payroll ($32,201.67) – reviewed/signed on 4/7/25
    FY25 #22 – review & sign

Adjournment

Other Invitations/Meetings:

Date

Time

Event

Location

Mon 5/5

?? PM

Selectboard meeting

Town Hall

Mon 5/5

7:00 PM

Annual Town Meeting

Town Hall

Mon 5/19

10AM-6PM

Town Election

Town Hall

Tues 5/20

5:30 PM

Selectboard meeting

Town Hall

Gill Selectboard 2025-04-22 Agenda with files (2025-04-18 at 6:41 PM)