Selectboard Meeting
2nd Floor Gill 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, 2/9
- Board of Assessors – hiring recommendation for Assistant to the Assessors position
- Rural & Small Town Housing Choice Community Designation – application submitted on 2/25
New Business
- Highway Department
- PO request for back-up camera & radio for new Kubota tractor. $3,026.81 from Procom Services (Adams, MA)
- Notice of anticipated shortfall in FY26 Snow & Ice budget & request for approval to deficit spend (deficit may be closed by year end budget transfers or raising within FY27 tax rate)
- List of equipment to be declared as surplus & recommended disposal method(s)
- MassDOT – email notification that North Cross Road bridge over Dry Brook – bridge has been selected for first round of FAIR (Funding for Accelerated Infrastructure Repair). MassDOT will design, procure, and administer a bridge preservation project, no cost to Town, with a goal of advertising for construction this year.
- Renewal of Seasonal Restaurant Liquor License for 2026 – Turners Falls Schuetzen Verein
- Mass Dept. of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) – “Notice of Proposed Acquisition”
- MDAR proposes to acquire an agricultural preservation restriction (APR) on approx. 7.2 acres located on Boyle Road and owned by Susan Kramer, Trustee of Kramer Investment Trust
- MDAR is requesting Town’s consent to reduce 120-day notice period to not less than 60 days
- MDAR is requesting Town’s assistance with a local contribution of $14,250 (5% of the APR value of $285K). Any funds not contributed by Town are taken as bargain sale by landowner
- Memo from Historical Commission re unknown status of presence of asbestos at Riverside Municipal Building
- Appointment – Holly Grosvenor, 10 Cross Road, to the Cultural Council through 3/9/2029
- FY27 Diesel Fuel buy order to lock in pricing for 5,100 gallons
- FY27 Heating Oil buy order to lock in pricing for 2,400 gallons
- Planning Board update – public hearing for proposed changes/additions to Zoning Bylaws
- Other business as may arise after the agenda has been posted.
- Public Service Announcements, if any
- Warrants
FY26 #18 – Vendors ($60,383.22) & Payroll ($38,110.22) – reviewed/signed by Chair on 2/24
FY26 #19 – review & sign
Adjournment
Other Invitations/Meetings:
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Date |
Time |
Event |
Location |
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Mon 3/23 |
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MVP Public Listening Session – as part of Selectboard meeting |
Town Hall |
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Mon 3/23 |
5:30 PM |
Selectboard meeting |
Town Hall |
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Mon 4/6 |
5:30 PM |
Selectboard meeting |
Town Hall |
Gill Selectboard 2026-03-09 Agenda with files (2026-03-06 at 5:58 PM)