2026-09-14 - Select Board

Summary

Built from the official minutes. No video is posted, so there is no transcript or timing.

Four members present (Chair Abramson, Golden, Masterpolo, Miller); Sandberg excused. Adjourned 7:29 PM. No public comment.
Consent agenda approved without objection: Suicide Prevention Awareness Month proclamation, a Clean Water Trust loan and interim note, a $150,000 MassDOT FY2026 transportation earmark, and the updated Select Board Liaison Policy.
Eversource pole hearing on Route 6 approved, 4-0.
$50,000 grant agreement for the Fishermen's Memorial approved, 4-0.
Winter boat storage oversight transferred, 4-0; speed bump policy adopted, 4-0.
Housing data presented with no vote; August 24 minutes not approved because of a quorum issue.

Included Select Board Liaison Policy, adopted as presented, and acceptance of a $150,000 MassDOT FY2026 Transportation Earmark with authority for the Town Manager to execute grant documents.

Jackson (for Eversource Energy) joined remotely to request one new fiber optic pole near 263 Route 6 (Grand Army of the Republic Highway) for the new satellite treatment facility, per Plan 24777250 dated March 20, 2026. Clerk Miller asked about pole sets and the applicant promised more information. Motion Miller, second Golden, 4-0.

Update on shared water resources with Truro (Truro Water Supply Monitoring), introduction of Senior Project Manager Brady, and an update on sewer capacity and gallonage for upcoming projects.

Policy 2026-09-14 on requests for speed bumps and other traffic-calming devices adopted 4-0.

Miller asked that the Tax Rate Classification section of the August 24 minutes be expanded with more detailed resident comments (Property Tax Rate Classification). Because members present on September 14 did not make up a quorum of those who attended August 24, no votes on minutes were taken.

The minutes give the pole location as 263 Route 6 under the Grand Army of the Republic Highway; the quorum remark about the August 24 minutes is ambiguous.