Meeting Agenda

January 23, 2024

Chair Thomas W. Theodore | Vice-Chair John J. Connolly Ɩ Clerk Michael C. Loughran I Christopher M. Albert I John R. McCourt

Town Administrator Charles E. Doody

Estimated Time

Item

Speaker

6:00 PM

Call to Order and Move to Executive Session

Chair

6:05 PM

Executive Session

Executive Session to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining (Superior Officers, IAFF) if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining

Adjourn Executive Session and resume meeting

7:00 PM

Proposal by Town Planner and Neponset River Regional Chamber for the re-use of $40,000 in ARPA funds, previously allocated for Restaurant Week.

T. Torres; T. O’Rourke

7:10 PM

Energy Aggregation Plan update on Mass DPU’s conditional order

T. Birmingham

7:20 PM

Canton Diversity Equity Inclusion Committee Update

N. Gallagher

7:30 PM

Action Items/New Business

77

1.

Open Meeting Law regarding best practices for posting agenda materials, posting of meeting minutes; public recording of meetings

C. Doody

2.

Vote to Approve: the Application to Obtain a Special License to Serve Wine and Malt Beverages at One-Day Events to be held for The Milton Players, located at 3 Randolph St., Canton, on February 2, 2024; February 3, 2024; February 9, 2024; February 10, 2024 at 8:00 PM contingent upon Building Commissioner, Police Chief and Fire Chief approval

Clerk

3.

Vote to Appoint: Crossing Guard-Bourjolly Genisca

Clerk

4.

Vote to Appoint: Library Page-Lisa Quinn, William Gong-Harjula, and Sagy Sobhy

Clerk

5.

Vote to Approve: PAF for Part‐time Board of Health Nurse-Maeve Moore

Clerk

6.

Vote to Approve: PAF for Director of Facilities and Grounds-Brian Lynch

7.

Vote to Authorize: the Paul Revere Trust Budget 142 to be used as a match for a state grant

Clerk

8.

Vote to Approve: Appointment of Sick Bank Committee member, Susan Musto

Clerk

9.

Vote to Accept and Authorize: the use of the gift in accordance with the terms there of under MGL Ch. 44 § 53A the following donations in memory of Kay Tumiski: $25.00 from Patricia Jordan; $50.00 from Philip Baimas; $100.00 from Louis and Marlene Veno; $150.00 from The O’Donnell Family; $25 from Shirley Lerner Nicholson; $50.00 from Richard J. Hagerty

Clerk

10.

Vote to Accept and Authorize: the use of the gift in accordance with the terms there of under MGL Ch. 44 § 53A the donation of $1000 to the Fire Department from Lynne and Harold March

Clerk

11.

Vote to Accept and Authorize: the use of the gift in accordance with the terms there of under MGL Ch. 44 § 53A a donation to the Department of Elder and Human Services in Memory of John Ruane from Carol Munson

Clerk

7:55 PM

Action Items/Old Business

1.

Billboard Mitigation Update

C. Doody

8:00 PM

Action Items/Other Business

1.

The Vendor Warrant total for the week of 01/12/2024: $ 2,548,739.79 The Payroll Warrant total for the week of 01/12/2024: $ 1,477,425.29 The Vendor Warrant total for the week of 01/19/2024: $2,142,589.68

The Payroll Warrant total for the week of 01/19/2024: $ 333,211.40

Clerk

2.

Vote to Approve: Cemetery Lot/Perpetual Care Deeds

Clerk

3.

Vote to Approve: Water and Sewer Commitment Final Bills in the amount of $11,545.31

Clerk

4.

Vote to Approve: Water and Sewer Commitment Residential in the amount of $5,218,417.45

Clerk

8:05 PM

Minutes

1.

Vote to Approve: Minutes from the Select Board Meetings of January 9, 2024

Clerk

8:10 PM

Announcements

1.

Town Administrator Update

C. Doody

2.

Clerk Announcements

Clerk

3.

The Select Board will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 7:00 PM in the Salah Meeting Room, Memorial Hall, 801 Washington Street

Clerk

4.

Public Comment Period (15 minutes)

Topics not anticipated by the Chair 48 hours in advance of the meeting