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TOWN OF WINCHESTER SELECT BOARD'S MEETING
SELECT BOARD MEETING ROOM
A.
6:30P.M.

OPENING

Executive Session (closed to public)                                                                                 6:30 PM

  1. Washington/Swanton St, Waterfield Lot, Winchester Hospital Pilot Agreement, The Vale Land Transfer, 160 Forest St, 955 Main St, - MGL Ch. 30 §21(a) 6 - To consider the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property.
  2. Asa Fletcher Fund - MGL Ch. 30A §21(a) 1 - To discuss the reputation, character, physical condition, or mental health rather than the professional competence of an individual. 

 

Notification of Meetings and Hearings (open to public)                                                7:30 PM

  • Tuesday, September 26, 2023 – Regular Session
B.

ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS

  1. Accept a donation of $600 from Gail & Stephen Mulloy to the Recreation Department, $500 for a memorial bench and other supplies at the Parker Ellis Tennis Courts; and $100 to the Recreation Department Gift Account.
  2. Accept the FY24 State 911 Department Support & Incentive Grant of $65,826 from the State of Massachusetts to the Police Department.
  3. Accept the FY24 State 911 Department Training Grant of $16,390.80 from the State of Massachusetts to the Police Department
C.

TOWN MANAGER REPORT AND COMMENTS

  1. Staff Appointments:  DPW Water/Sewer Heavy Equipment Operator – Timothy Bigelow; Fire Department promotion – Peter Gove to Fire Captain
  2. General Topics
D.

COMPTROLLER'S REPORT

Comptroller’s FY23 Final Financial Reports and PERAC Actuarial Letter

E.

LICENSES

F.
7:45P.M.

HEARINGS

  1. Verizon Grant of Location – Wainwright Road: to install approximately 3-feet of conduit within the public right-of-way to provide Verizon service to the development at 3 Wainwright Road.
  2. Eversource Grant of Location – Wellington Road: to install approximately 14-feet of conduit within the public right-of-way to provide electrical service to 3 Wellington Road
G.

BUSINESS

  1. Committees & Commissions Appointments:
    1. Climate Action Advisory Committee – 2 Positions 1 Student Position; 1 Incumbent,  4 New Applicants, 1 Student Applicant 

Josh Bers – Reappoint, new term to expire August 31, 2026

Rachael Chidsey, Caroline Staudt, new applicants, interview (term to expire August 31, 2026)

Vita Bialiauskaya, Madeleine Kolberg, Malia Soderland, new applicants, interview student position (term expires August 31, 2024) 

  1. Minuteman Household Hazardous Waste Intermunicipal Agreement
  2. Eversource 345kV Update
  3. Review 20 Glenwood RFP responses
  4. Fall Town Meeting Warrant Articles
  5. Washington/Swanton Project - Due Diligence Extension
  6. CPA Working Group Update
  7. Lynch Solar Update
  8. Housing Production Plan Update
  9. Lynch School Proprietary Specification Vote
  10. Town Manager Goals/Evaluation Process
H.

CONSENT AGENDA

  1. One Day Liquor Licenses: Diana Kenosian for Boston’s Best Bartending – September 23 & 24, 2023 – Griffin Museum; Michelle Mackenzie for Superior Servers – September 23 & October 28, 2023 – Wright-Locke Farm; Mark Gallager for The Jenks Senior Center – September 29, 2023 – The Jenks Senior Center; Gail Ockerbloom for Studio on the Common – September 14, 2023 – Studio on the Common, 22 Church St; Nan Shanahan for Better Homes & Garden – September 22, 2023 – Better Homes & Garden, 522 Main St; Hilda Wong-Doo for Winchester Cultural District – October 15, 2023 – Griffin Museum;  Maria Tilkens for Bubble Bar Boston – November 18, 2023 – Town Hall Auditorium; Kathleen Costello for The Hive – September 13, 2023 – The Hive 553 Main Street; Lauren Tiedemann for Book Ends – September 20, 26 & 28,2023 – Book Ends 559 Main Street.
  2. Approve the First Congregational Church request to use the Town Common for their Blessing of the Animals on Sunday, October 22, 2023 from 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. 
  3. Approve Sidewalk Permit for commercial purposes for Studio on the Common, 22 Church Street, permit to expire December 31, 2023.
  4. Approve Meeting Minutes for June 5 & 26, 2023
I.

COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING GROUP REPORTS