2026-09-22 - Board of Selectmen Meeting
Summary
Built from the posted agenda only; no minutes or video recorded yet. The agenda was read from a scanned document, so some names and amounts may be misread.
- 7:00 PM public hearing under MGL c.140 s.157 on an incident involving dogs, to hear evidence, deliberate and possibly vote: Dog incident hearing under MGL c.140 s.157.
- Discussion and possible vote to reduce in-person early voting hours during the first week of early voting.
- Vote to approve the police chief's evaluation document and corresponding goals.
- Order of taking for drainage access easements at McKinstry Pond (spelling as read from the scan).
- Vote to approve the warrant for the October 7, 2026 Special Town Meeting (Special Town Meeting Scheduling), and a request to sign the State Election Warrant from the Town Clerk.
- Bandstand use request for Indigenous Peoples Day on October 10, 2026, and acceptance of a donation to the Oxford Community Center (about $989.02 as read).
- Executive session under M.G.L. c. 30A, s. 21(a)(3); the Board is not to reconvene in open session.
Issues discussed: Dog incident hearing under MGL c.140 s.157
Agenda
Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 7:00 PM, Oxford Memorial Town Hall, Second Floor Meeting Room, 325 Main Street.
- A) Call to order
- B) Pledge of Allegiance
- C) Public comment
- D) Approval of minutes of 9/8/26
- E) Public hearing at 7:00 PM under Chapter 140, Section 157 regarding dogs owned by a resident of Old Webster Road, to hear evidence, deliberate and possibly vote on an incident involving the dogs
- F) Discussion and possible vote to reduce in-person early voting hours during the first week of early voting
- G) Vote to approve the evaluation document for the police chief and corresponding goals
- H) Request for use of the Bandstand for Indigenous Peoples Day on October 10, 2026, submitted by Tanya Williams for the Nipmuc Council of Chabunagungamaug
- I) Order of taking: vote on drainage access easements at McKinstry Pond
- J) Acceptance of a donation to the Oxford Community Center of $989.02
- K) Request to sign the State Election Warrant, submitted by Town Clerk Michelle A. Jenkins
- L) Vote to approve the warrant for the October 7, 2026 Special Town Meeting
- M) Town Manager's report (updates and announcements; no votes)
- N) Selectmen community announcements
- O) Vote to enter executive session under M.G.L. c. 30A, s. 21(a)(3), strategy regarding collective bargaining or litigation
- P) The Board will not reconvene in open session
- Q) Adjournment