Select Board amended the Annual Town Meeting warrant to add out-of-district tuition and transportation expenses. Vice-Chair Joseph Chenevert and Clerk Michael McQueston voted unanimously on May 15 for the warrant article providing these expenses.
Board approved fire truck financing unanimously. Vice-Chair Joseph Chenevert and Clerk Michael McQueston, with Chair Dennis Letendre, Jr. absent, signed financing documents for a 2025 Rosenbauer tanker fire truck, securing approximately $2,500 in interest savings.
New Braintree Select Board set a town referendum on a proposed cell tower lease for town property. Harmoni Towers proposed leasing 100-foot-by-100-foot of land behind the Highway Barn for a 150-foot monopole at $1,250 monthly with 1.5 percent annual increases over 50 years.
Select Board met with resident to discuss Bridge Road improvements ahead of Barr Road closure. Chair Dennis Letendre, Jr said MassDOT is at 20 percent design stage; a survey found the Cronin family's well is on town property, which the town will not take responsibility for.
The Select Board discussed a revised Quabbin Regional School District agreement and considered leasing part of the elementary school to JP McCarthy at $1,100 per month, with a meeting scheduled after April 15.
The New Braintree Historical Commission approved an extension through April 30 for its National Register of Historic Places consultant, Jessie Ravage, who requested additional time after underestimating her timeline.
New Braintree Select Board voted unanimously to eliminate early voting and approved $780,000 fire truck financing.
The Select Board discussed serious Highway Barn rebuild defects on February 10.
New Braintree Select Board unanimously approved an intermunicipal agreement with Hardwick for shared police services. Present members Joseph Chenevert and Michael McQueston voted to accept the accord.
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