2026-10-20 - Select Board
Summary
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Time on topic (from transcript timestamps; approximate):
| Topic | Minutes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Prime Air Drone Delivery | 2 | 65% |
| Procedure | 1 | 35% |
- Special remote meeting, Tuesday, October 20, 2026, called to order at 7:00 p.m. All five members (Theresa H. Flynn, Carlos A. Garcia, Michelle K. Conlin, Gregg Richards and Anand Sharma) attended remotely, with roll-call votes.
- The meeting lasted about three minutes.
Amazon Prime Air Drone Delivery
0:35-2:33
- Single agenda item: whether to sign a joint letter, brought forward by Westborough and other possibly affected communities, asking the Federal Aviation Administration for a site-specific environmental assessment before Amazon's Prime Air drone delivery operation in Westborough moves forward.
- The letter asks the FAA to consider noise, public safety, environmental impacts, emergency response and effects that cross town lines, and asks that affected communities and residents get a meaningful chance to take part.
- The chair said five communities had signed as of that evening (Westborough, Grafton, Marlborough, Hopkinton and Upton), others were in process, and none were known to be declining.
- No comments or questions. The board voted unanimously, 5-0 by roll call, to sign onto the joint letter with Westborough.
Procedure
0:00-0:35, 2:33-3:06
- Opened under the Open Meeting Law's remote-participation rules; the meeting was recorded by the local cable station. Adjourned by unanimous roll-call vote.
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Transcript
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Transcript
00:00Okay, it is 7:00 p.m.
00:04And we shall get started. So, good
00:06evening. I will call the October 20th,
00:092026 meeting of the Shrewsbury Select
00:11Board to order.
00:13This meeting is being conducted remotely
00:16in accordance with Massachusetts Open
00:18Meeting Law. The following board members
00:20are participating remotely: Carlos
00:22Garcia, Michelle Conlon, Greg Richards,
00:25Unnat Sharma, and Teresa Flynn. All
00:27votes will be taken by roll call.
00:30Uh this meeting is also being recorded
00:32by Shrewsbury Media Connection.
00:35So, we will move to our first and only
00:37agenda item, which is consideration of
00:39signing a joint letter regarding the
00:41proposed Amazon Prime Air Drone delivery
00:44operation in Westborough.
00:46The letter is being brought forward by
00:48Westborough and other potentially
00:49impacted communities and ask the FAA to
00:52conduct a site-specific environmental
00:55assessment before the operation moves
00:57forward.
00:58This includes consideration of issues
01:00such as noise, public safety,
01:01environmental impacts, emergency
01:03response, and impacts that may cross
01:05municipal boundaries.
01:07It also asks that affected communities
01:10and residents have a meaningful
01:11opportunity to participate in that
01:13process.
01:15So, as of this evening, we are aware of
01:17five communities that have signed the
01:20letter: Westborough, Grafton,
01:21Marlborough, Hopkinton, and Upton.
01:23Um and the others are in process. We're
01:26not aware of any communities that are
01:28declining to sign, but obviously until
01:30they sign, we will not know.
01:31Um so, with all that being said, board
01:34members, uh are there any comments or
01:36questions?
01:40And if not, I will entertain a motion.
01:44>> I move that the Shrewsbury Select Board
01:48sign onto the joint letter with the town
01:50of Westborough
01:52uh to the Federal Aviation
01:53Administration.
01:55>> Second.
01:57>> Okay, and we'll take roll call vote. Mr.
01:59Garcia.
02:00>> I.
02:01>> Ms. Conlon.
02:02>> I.
02:03>> Mr. Richards.
02:05>> I.
02:07>> Mr. Sharma.
02:09>> I.
02:11>> I know.
02:12>> Yep.
02:13I.
02:14>> It looks like he's frozen.
02:17>> Can you hear me?
02:19>> Yes. [clears throat]
02:20Did you say I?
02:21>> I, yeah.
02:24>> Sorry, it might be my connection.
02:27Um, and Teresa Flynn, I. The motion
02:30passes unanimously.
02:33If there is nothing No other business to
02:36come before the board, I will entertain
02:39a motion to adjourn.
02:40>> So moved.
02:42>> Second.
02:43>> Mr. Garcia.
02:46>> I.
02:47>> Ms. Conlon.
02:49>> I.
02:51>> Mr. Richards.
02:52>> I.
02:53>> Mr. Sharma.
02:55>> I.
02:56>> And myself, I.
02:58Meeting adjourned. Thanks everyone for
03:00jumping on. Appreciate it. Have a great
03:01evening.
03:03>> Have a great evening.
03:04>> Thanks everyone.
03:05>> Thank you.