Select Board Notes Tue June 18 2024

AGENDA
6:00 p.m. Call Meeting to Order, Review Agenda, Review Minutes: 6/4/2024
6:05 p.m. Franklin County Regional Housing & Redevelopment Authority: Brian McHugh--
FY20 HHR Grant Closeout reporting, future opportunities with CDBG, ( COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM through HUD). 

• The CDBG requested that the leftover grant amount of $7658 be turned back to the state.
• 99% of funds were expensed between Heath and Hawley ($786,667), 15 units in Heath were worked on for $676,065 as requested (12 elderly, 6 accessibility, 12 energy star, 3 full de-leading).
• The SB approved the return of the remainder of $7658 to the state to cover administrative costs of the program.

Public Comment - 2 
Select Board Appointments: offices, representatives, boards & committees—votes anticipated
Other Business

• ATM Continuation review
  • Went well, we had a quorum, and amendment was voted down.
  • Appreciative of all the voters that attended, how well the meeting went, and how respectful everyone was.
  • There was praise for Budge Litchfield, our MTRSD School Committee rep, for how he handled a very difficulty position.
  • There was a special thanks to Ken Rocke for all his work on understanding and then presenting the data to residents. It was more than a year long effort.
• Boards Clerk job description—vote anticipated
  • SB voted to approve the job description
• Building Facilities Committee charge—review
  • ​SB to have Tim review the report done by the committee
  • SB then to inspect buildings
  • Report is to become a living document
• Community Hall Windows Fundraising—update & review of charge—vote anticipated
  • While the fundraising must end by August 1, the committee will stay engaged  to allow for wrap up efforts and some means to communicate progress to donors.
  • Total raised and documented to date is $20,283.
  • Press release for fund raising concert was reviewed and approved with a minor wording change. Release is to go to Recorder, Hampshire Gazette, Berkshire Eagle.
• Community Hall Update
  • Sanitizer in the kitchen needs repair.
  • Everything was sanitized and wrapped before the damage and should be fine for use when the sanitizer is repaired.
  • SB voted to reopen Community Hall for meetings, no kitchen use at this time.
• Salt Shed--Update
  • Quote requests have sent out for two different size sheds—current and one 10 feet longer.
  • Highway crew has done a lot of clearing behind the current shed.

Mail

• ​Colrain Ambulance to increase their staffing and extend to 7 day coverage.
• Jeff Johnston has resigned from the highway department.  SB to meet with him on Thursday.
• Request for a License to Pour at the Heath Fair. Needs revision, SB will waive the fee, the license will be approved with revisions.