Select Board @ Jun 01, 2026 4:30 PM EDT

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The following meeting has been updated:

Town(s): Barre, MA;
Board: Select Board
Time: Monday June 01 @ 4:30 PM EDT
Location: Henry Woods Building 1st Floor Selectmen Meeting Room, 1st Floor

Agenda:
Selectboard Meeting Agenda
Monday, June 1, 2026
4:30PM Executive Session
Selectboard Meeting Room
Henry Woods Building
40 West St
Barre, MA 01005

It is expected that this meeting will be broadcast live and digitally recorded, if technologically feasible.
This agenda lists all matters anticipated for discussion; some items may be passed over, and other items not listed may be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. Any member of the public planning to record the meeting must first notify the Chair.

4:30 PM Call to Order

1. Executive Session
a. MGL c.30A §21(A)(2) To conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with nonunion personnel; in this case to review an employment settlement agreement between the Town and Jayson Cole.
Return to Open Session

2. Possible vote on settlement agreement following Executive Session.
3. Public Comment (up to 15 minutes). Comment period for items not on the agenda. Each participant is asked to limit new items to two minutes.
4. Approve Meeting Minutes (Vote)
a. May 1, 2026 (Joint Emergency Select Board with Water Commission)
b. May 13, 2026 (Joint Select Board with Finance Committee Public Hearing)
c. May 18, 2026
d. May 18, 2026 Executive Session (Not For Release)
e. May 19, 2026 (ATM)
5. Reports
a. Town Administrator Updates
b. Selectboard
6. New Business
a. Consider Vote for July 4 Holiday
b. Town of Hardwick / West Brookfield Ambulance Agreement - Consideration of Stipend for Barre Ambulance coverage when West Brookfield is unavailable
c. CMRPC FY2027 Delegate/Alternate
i. Select Board Alternate:
ii. Select Board 2nd Alternate:
d. Special Events Applications
i. Barre Lions Club Car Show, Friday, Sept. 11 Set up from 3 to 5 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 12 Car Show from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
e. Personnel
i. Wage Authorization:
ii. Susan Dougherty – Assistant Accountant, Up to 20 hrs./pay period;
7. Old Business
a. Barre PD Comfort Dog Policy
b. Town Administrator request for a committee to look at the structure of Barre's governmental finances and suggest changes/restructuring
c. Ruggles Lane Lease Agreement

Adjourn

Next scheduled meeting: June 15, 2026


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