Selectboard Meeting

Monday, January 27, 2025, 5:30 pm
2nd Flooring Town Hall
A meeting of the Selectboard

Location: Town Hall, 2^nd 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)

5:30 PM Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program – Informational Meeting

Brian McHugh, Director of Community Development, Franklin County Regional Housing & Redevelopment Authority
- Discuss and solicit public input to the FY25 Mass CDBG application
- Review eligible activities
- Discuss application process
- Presentation of potential activities – housing rehabilitation program for residents of Gill (lead town), Shutesbury, and New Salem
- Votes: 1) Appoint an Environmental Certifying Officer, and 2) Appoint Sharon Pleasant, FCRHRA Community Development Program Manager, as the authorized official for EOHLC online reporting system

Old Business

Retirement – Gene Beaubien as Fire Chief, effective end of today
Review of Minutes: 1/13/25
Gill Digital Equity Report – final approval & submittal to Massachusetts Broadband Institute’s (MBI) Municipal Digital Equity Planning Progr
FRCOG 2025 District Local Technical Assistance (DLTA) Project Request - finalize prioritized list of requested projects

New Business

Recommendation from Gill Energy Commission to express interest to FRCOG for regional application to Mass Save’s Municipal Energy Manager grant program
Appointments
- Eve Brown-Waite reappoint to the Cultural Council through 11/22/27
- Matthew McCarthy as a Firefighter through 6/30/25
- Mitch Waldron as the Fire Department rep to the Northfield EMS Regionalization Task Force
Approve grant contract for FY25 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant ($10,500 for gloves, helmets, & SCBA facepieces)
Other business as may arise after the agenda has been posted.
Public Service Announcements, if any
- “Stop the Bleed” class (basics of stopping traumatic bleeding) – Sat., Feb. 22^nd, 6-7 PM at Fire Station training room. Sign up with Police Sgt. Richardson, jrichardson@gillmass.org
Warrants
FY25 #15 – Vendors ($40,457.73) & Payroll ($33,515.68) – reviewed/signed on 1/13/25
FY25 #16 – review & sign

Adjournment

Other Invitations/Meetings:

Date	Time	Event	Location
Mon 2/10	5:30 PM	Selectboard meeting	Town Hall
Mon 2/17		Presidents’ Day holiday
Mon 2/24	5:30 PM	Selectboard meeting	Town Hall

2025-0127 Gill Digital Equity Report final (2025-01-24 at 6:21 PM)

Gill Selectboard 2025-01-27 Agenda with files (2025-01-24 at 6:20 PM)