Notes for Tue, Sep 23 2025

6:00 p.m. Call Meeting to Order , Review Agenda, Review Minutes: 9/16/2025
Public Comment - Resident expressed concern about mold downstairs in the Community Hall.
6:10 p.m. Discuss Terms of Hilltown Youth Performing Arts Lease

• 6 month lease as a time to see if it works out for both entities. 6 months gives HYPA time to find a new location.
• Mandatory check-in (in 3 months?) meeting with the SB  to discuss a longer term lease
• SB feels that the program is not just about Heath but about the whole Hilltown Community, but this tenant requires a lot of overhead.  
• SB member is not sure there will ever be a compatible use of the space
• All members believe in the program
• HYPA, a large dynamic group,  may not be a good fit for this building.

Other Business
ATM 2025, Art. 21 (zoning bylaw changes)—determination of corrective action—vote possible

• Robyn still has a question for legal so no vote was taken.

Town Coordinator Transition Plan update

• Committee was well selected
• Has a 2 hour meeting which was very productive
• They have determined the questions to be asked
• Reviewed 6 applications and divided them into 2 groups, selected 3 whose qualifications best matched our needs who will be interviewed on Oct 9.

7:00 p.m. MTRSD: 2D8T Update, Plans for Revised Regional Agreement & Closure of Schools

• Martha Thurber, Sheryl Stanton, Budge Litchfield
• SBA (School Building Authority)  was impressed with the work done to date.
•  The members  went over the bullet points of the 5 year plan of school consolidation.
• One of the most repeated issues at community meetings  was transportation—how long kids will be on the bus.
• Hope to have a vote by 2026 on the whole plan at a Special Town Meeting.
• One of the big questions will be what can they do with their building. Committee would like to have other towns reach out to Heath for ideas and help about using closed buildings. 
• Acronym used in the charts SOI(Statement of Interest)
• Hope to have field trips to schools that have a single campus. 

Mail

• Complaint about speeding  in the Center, chief has been informed. He will have some presence in the Center of Town.  Does the chief ticket for violations? Not sure.
• Letter about HYPA lease.
• September recycling rates