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Leverett, MA 01054
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Select Board

Tuesday, June 4, 7:00 pm until 8:30 pm
Town Hall/remote
A meeting of the Selectboard

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Meeting Agenda:

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Meeting of Selectboard

Members: (Quorum)

  • Present: Tom Hankinson, Chair, at 7:00 PM
  • Present: Jed Proujansky, at 7:00 PM
  • Present: Patricia Duffy, at 7:00 PM

Also Present:

  • Tom H. and Pat D. from the Selectboard. Also attending were Margie M.
  • Ben Eddy
  • Silas Ball
  • George Brace
  • Phil Carter
  • Carol Heim
  • and Eva Gibavic. No one attended remotely.

See original Agenda Final Minutes

Meeting opened: 7:00 PM

Meeting closed: 8:35 PM

  1. Meeting Preliminaries

  2. Appointments (open to the public after initial conversation)

    • 7-7:15: Public comment

      General Discussion...
      Tom issued a warm welcome to anyone who wanted to speak during the public comment period with no takers. The Board moved on to business.

    • 7:15: Maureen Ippolito: Parade details

      General Discussion...
      The Board met with Maureen Ippolito who gave them an update on the parade. Maureen also requested permission to use the Town Hall bathrooms on parade day, which was granted. The Committee has planned the parade well, with shuttles and parking planned. Montague Road will be closed for the parade and one-lane for the rest of the day. The Board signed the one day beer license for July 6.

    • 7:30: Field Building Ad Hoc Committee

      General Discussion...
      The Board met with Richard, Don Robinson, Silas, and Maureen Ippolito. The Field Building passed a perc test, although no one has received the report to date. The perc test allows further development of the boiling on the site. Tom asked if the Committee’s work is complete and received the response that the Committee would like to complete the building conditions report with the $19,000 remaining in their CPA account. Next would be public meetings to see if the public supports investing in the building and if there is a use for the building and if yes, there could be a fall CPC application for funds to restore it. They agreed to do the assessment in the next 30 days and to come back to the selectboard to discuss it.

    • 8:00: Track at the regional high school

      General Discussion...
      The Board met with Tilman Wolf of the School Committee who showed slides of the three options being considered for the school’s track and inside-the-track field. The 1st option is estimated to cost $1.8 million and will leave the track in its current east-west location and will redo the surface of the field but not dig the field completely up to rebuild the underlying drainage. The 2nd option, at $3.3 million, also leaves the track where it is but excavates the field so that its drainage can be rebuilt. The 3rd option, coming in at $4.2 million, will move the track and field to a north-south orientation, make them larger according to modern standards, and builds them from scratch. None of the options consider an artificial turf. The School Committee has the funds to complete Option 1 and has several other sources of funds with different conditions on them. If those conditions can be removed, then they have $3.4 million available. Tilman explained that they don’t want to wait because they feel the students have not had an operable track for years and that waiting will just increase construction costs. They want to have the project complete by Fall 2025. Leverett has already voted $126,750. Timing does not work for CPA funds to be added unless the CPC is willing to consider an expedited schedule.

  3. Business (public participation is at the discretion of the chair)

    • Approve May 21 minutes

      General Discussion...
      May 21 minutes were not approved because a correction was made.

    • Margie: update on grants

      General Discussion...
      Margie asked the Board to sign support letters for the two One Stop grants she is working on, one for Dudleyville Road drainage repairs and one for a Town Center revisioning. The Board signed the letters. The Fire Department also has received approx. $10,000 in a joint SAFE grant with Shutesbury and Tom signed the contracts for that and another Fire Department grant extension. The final close out invoice for the current Dudleyville Study grant was signed by Tom.

    • Margie: update on grants

    • Painting from Barbara Alfange

      General Discussion...
      Barbara Alfange has lived in the Town Center for many years and is moving to an elder community so she offered the Town a painting she commissioned of a historic photograph of the Town Center Area. The painting was painted by William Rathbun and is gorgeous.

      MOTION, moved by Patricia Duffy, seconded by Tom Hankinson: . Motion made to accept the painting and to send Barbara a thank you. Voted :2-0 in favor. .

      Pass: Aye: Patricia Duffy, Tom Hankinson, Jed Proujansky.

    • Sign Chapter 90 documents

      General Discussion...
      Tom signed Chapter 90 contracting documents.

    • Sign one-day alcohol permit for 250th

  4. Mail (mail is not read or discussed during meetings. Copies are available by request.

    • No mail

      General Discussion...
      Signed.

  5. Meeting Wrap-up

The listing of matters is those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.

Minutes approved on Monday, Jul 8, 2024