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2026-11-10 - Select Board

Summary

Built from the posted base agenda (packet not read); no minutes or video yet, so outcomes are not known. Select Board minutes for early November are not yet posted.

  • 6:00 PM FY2027 Tax Classification Hearing, held with the Board of Assessors (G.L. c.40 s.56); the classification vote is scheduled for November 18. See FY2027 Tax Classification.
  • Contract award of $516,350 to Aalanco Services Corp for the Coolidge Corner Library chiller replacement: Coolidge Corner Library chiller replacement.
  • Payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreement with Jewish Health Organization Inc: Jewish Health Organization PILOT.
  • Possible reconsideration of Special Town Meeting Articles 6 (Legislative Privilege), 9 (Transportation Board home rule petition, see Parking Fines Special Act), 12 (Outdoor Lighting, Part 8, see Outdoor Lighting By-Law and Zoning Articles) and 20 (Vision Zero Resolution), and a motion to move Articles 5 and/or 6 to the end of the warrant. See November 2026 Special Town Meeting warrant and 2026-11-17 - Special Town Meeting.
  • Gifts and grants: Brookline Community Foundation donations of $750, $1,500, $200 and $566.31; Fire Department grants of $5,673.19 (S.A.F.E.) and $2,166.13 (Senior SAFE); $4,803.71 from the D. Blakely Hoar Trust for trees; a $15,000 DOER Municipal Technical Assistance Grant; $54,000 in MassDEP Recycling Dividends; a $32,783.08 Municipal Road Safety grant.
  • Also: join the Albertsons opioid settlement; Small Business Saturday proclamation; easements on Bridgton Road; First Light on December 3; six DPW hires; appointment of a hearing officer for a police complaint hearing (IA No. 2026-09); update to the fraudulent-conduct policy; minutes of October 20 and 27.
  • Appointments: interview for a Solid Waste Advisory Committee seat; appointment of Velda Shaby to the Age-Friendly Cities Committee (2026-11-10 - Age-Friendly Cities Committee).

Agenda

  1. Approval of minutes, October 20 and 27
  2. Gifts and grants: Brookline Community Foundation donations ($750, $1,500, $200, $566.31); Fire grants ($5,673.19 S.A.F.E., $2,166.13 Senior SAFE); D. Blakely Hoar Trust ($4,803.71, trees); DOER Municipal Technical Assistance Grant ($15,000); MassDEP Recycling Dividends ($54,000); Municipal Road Safety grant ($32,783.08)
  3. Contract award: $516,350 to Aalanco Services Corp, Coolidge Corner Library chiller replacement
  4. Join the Albertsons opioid settlement
  5. Small Business Saturday proclamation
  6. Easements on Bridgton Road
  7. First Light, December 3
  8. Six DPW hires
  9. Hearing officer for a police complaint hearing (IA No. 2026-09)
  10. 6:00 PM FY2027 Tax Classification Hearing (G.L. c.40 s.56), with the Board of Assessors; vote scheduled November 18
  11. PILOT agreement with Jewish Health Organization Inc
  12. Appointments: Solid Waste Advisory Committee interview; Age-Friendly Cities Committee
  13. Special Town Meeting: possible reconsideration of Articles 6, 9, 12 and 20; motion to move Articles 5 and/or 6 to the end
  14. Fraudulent-conduct policy update

Items may be taken out of order.

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