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2026-09-08 - Select Board

Summary

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Built from the town's approved minutes, read in full.

  • Amended Town Administrator goal 5 (a working group of department heads to develop a plan to raise the commercial tax base about 10 percent), 5-0; an alternative motion died for lack of a second. See Commercial Tax Base Goal.
  • Declined the Town's right of first refusal on a Wareham Street Chapter 61A parcel with a solar proposal, 5-0. See Chapter 61A Land Conversions.
  • Approved 5-0, contingent on Town Meeting, a 20-year solar credit purchase for Carver schools (about $50,000 a year in savings, from an array in Harvard, MA). See Solar and Battery Storage Projects.
  • Appointed a new member to the Capital Funding Committee, 5-0. See Capital Funding Committee.
  • The Town Administrator reported on restarting the North Carver water system, a rate study and the Middleborough water agreement. See North Carver Water System.
  • Approved a revised contract for Fire Chief Eric Germaine, 5-0.
  • Appointed a new Cultural Council member (term to June 30, 2029), 5-0.
  • Approved the August 24 minutes, 3-0 with two abstentions.
  • Select Board members: Mark Townsend (Chair), Dan Ryan (Vice Chair), John Cotter, Sarah Hewins, Jim Elliman; Town Administrator Glenn Cannon. Attendance is recorded only where stated above.

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