Selectboard Meeting

Monday, February 9, 2026, 5:30 pm
2nd Floor 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)

Old Business

  • Review of Minutes: 2025: 3/24, 4/7, 4/22, 5/5, 5/20, 6/2, 6/16, 6/30, 8/11, 8/18, 9/8, 9/17, 10/6, 10/16, 10/20, 11/3, 11/17, 12/15, 12/29; 2026: 1/12, 1/26
  • CDBG Housing Rehab Grant Project – Brian McHugh, FCRHRA
    • Letter to EOHLC with “Response to Special Conditions”
    • Professional Services Contract between Gill and FCRHRA
    • Budget Revision from $900,000 to $966,020.42 to add Program Income funds from Gill & New Salem to the Housing Rehab budget
  • Board of Assessors – update on staffing search & alternate approach

New Business

  • Rate Change/Amendment to Town’s Municipal Electricity Aggregation Program to adjust for unanticipated increases in DASI (Day-Ahead Ancillary Services Initiative) fees charged to the program supplier (First Point Power) by ISO-New England
  • Housing Choice Initiative Designation application – program is offered through Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities; Gill might be eligible; the 5-year designation could provide access or bonus points on certain grants/loans
  • Selectboard letter to Mass Legislature in support of Senate Bill S314 “An Act to Provide a Sustainable Future for Rural Schools”
  • Other business as may arise after the agenda has been posted.
  • Public Service Announcements, if any
  • Warrants
    FY26 #16 – Vendors ($132,657.40) & Payroll ($46,355.66) – reviewed/signed on 01/26/26
    FY26 #17 – review & sign

Adjournment

Other Invitations/Meetings:

Date

Time

Event

Location

Wed 2/11

5:30 PM

MVP Community Input Session #2

Town Hall

Mon 2/16

Presidents’ Day holiday

Mon 2/23

5:30 PM

Selectboard meeting

Town Hall

Mon 3/9

MVP Public Listening Session – as part of Selectboard meeting

Town Hall

Gill Selectboard 2026-02-09 Agenda with files (2026-02-06 at 4:53 PM)