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Selectboard Minutes Archive

Discussion about continuing education courses for the road crew, expansion of work on Ashfield Road (and repair of surface of the road), minor Town Clerk update, a question about Environmental…

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Approval of holding Cider Days at Headwater Cider in early November; acceptance of the Town Clerk’s resignation; approval of interim Town Clerk; discussion of the Town Clerk’s responsibilities and pay;…

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Signing of Notice of Intent for King Corner project; update on common-driveway issues on Middle Road and East Road; internet woes around town with the GONETSPEED system; Ashfield Road update,…

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Discussion about Town Clerk’s budget for conference attendance; worries about internet around town; concerns about health dangers from construction dust on Ashfield Road; setting agenda for the next meeting; garage…

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Neighbors’ disagreement about trash disposal on West Hawley Road; discussion about how to help the Mahasiddha Nyingmapa Meditation Center get a building  permit; questions about two current bills; appointment of…

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Figuring out the budget for cemetery mowing; allaying concerns about construction on Ashfield Road; the possibility of expanding work on Ashfield Road; plans for garage-bank stabilization; rethinking methods of working…

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Conclusion of opening fuel bids; decision to give opioid funds to Charlemont.

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Discussion with nurse Meg Ryan about elder- and dementia-friendly initiative; worries about warrants especially in regard to paying for cemetery mowing; quick road update; discussion of new firearms legislation and…

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Decision to re-issue solicitation for most fuel bids; update on road work, especially Ashfield Road; overview of cyber security; discussion of possibly joining the Small Town Administrators of Massachusetts; new…

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Board of Health hearing resumed to approved small changes to septic regulations; opening of fuel bids, the decisions about some of which had to be postponed because of strange wording;…

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Board of Health hearing about slight changes to septic regulations; signing of change order for Ashfield Road work; discussion of King Corner project; consideration of letter of support for paint-disposal…

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Update on road work; quick debriefing on Dugway listening session; appointments for FY 25; fuel bid deadine set; designation of MBI point of contact; worries about the roll call in…

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Discussion with Randy Crochier about board of health training and setting up a hearing to review slight changes to septic regulations; update on road-work applications; discussion of an event at…

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Query about rules for cellular-phone towers; debriefing on Annual Town Meeting; update on road projects; cemetery issues, including vandalism; questions about the town’s share of opioid settlements; proposal to have…

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Discussion about schools and more with Anne Gobi, the governor’s director of rural affairs; concerns about school budgets; slight lightening of the budget for the following year; board reorganization; preview…

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In this special, off-week meeting, the Selectmen accepted the bids that had come in for surplus equipment, totaling $24,751. Also discussed were new paving issues on Route 8A, the listening…

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Update on road work; discussion of applying for Green Communities help with the fire station; getting ready to have a new water heater and mini-split, signing of a FRCOG letter…

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Meeting with Rep. Natalie Blais; discussion of emergency work on West Hawley Road; COLA decision for FY25; setting a date to talk with Randy Crochier of FRCOG; appointment of Benjamin…

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Brief pole hearing with National Grid; conversation with Bob Ide, new community relations person at National Grid; discussion with Lloyd Crawford and Virginia Gabert about the FY25 budget; questions about…

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Conversation with officials from the Mohawk Trail Regional School/Hawlemont Sustainability Study; initial discussion about mini-split problems; update on the new hot-water heater; a possible variance request for the future; update…

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Resolution of ZBA and Conservation Commission hearing about the Thorsson/Bourns driveway permit; report from local education council members about school budgets and activities for the following year; support for John…

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Joint hearing with Conservation Commission about Middle Road joint driveway, eventually suspended until February 26; signing of MassWorks contract for Ashfield Road; discussion of how to juggle grant administration in…

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Signing of letter of support for a shared conservation agent; discussion with Town Clerk about election protocols; identification of town priorities to send to the governor’s rural-affairs director; submission of…

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Decision to purchase a new loader for the Highway Department; discussion with the Town Clerk about new election requirements; concerns about the abrupt suspension of Adams Ambulance’s license by the…

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Deciding on an additional continuance for the Middle Road driveway hearing; discussion of the need for a new bucket loader for the highway department; no real broadband news; renewal of…

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Report about probably steep increase in vocational-school transportation in the fall; meeting with GZA representative about plans for King Corner; continuing discussion of replacing the hot-water heater; discussion of needed…

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Adding Juneteenth to the list of the road crew’s holidays; brief discussion of the status of the town’s trucks; approval of Town Clerk conference expenses; preliminary look at designs for…

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Decision to hold off on applying for broadband funding as a municipality; clarifying the Town’s policy on flying private flags on Hawley flagpoles.

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Setting a single tax rate; talking to candidates for broadband and issuing a generic letter of support for them; culvert update; ambulance situation still uncertain; no word on hot-water heaters;…

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Discussion with representatives from WiValley and Charter Communications about broadband possibilities; getting to know small-business person from the state; road and culvert update; decision against calling a special town meeting…

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Update on culvert repairs; preliminary conversation with Brian Foucher of WiValley about broadband; appointment of election workers; more discussion of what to do with the property of the late Bob…

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Water/building woes on West Hawley Road, concerns about road work getting done before winter, questions about signs at the entrance to the State Forest, the launch of Hawley’s new website.

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Culvert and dam woes, surplus equipment, remote-meeting discussion, question from former citizen about FRCOG.

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Update on culvert projects, discussion with Courtney Bourns about progress on her Middle Road property, estimating the cost of a new plow truck, problems with another truck used for plowing,…

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Discussion about replacing the red plow truck and scheduling a Special Town Meeting to pay for the replacement, issues with the Sears Road culvert work, decision to extend contract with…

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Discussion with the building inspector and health inspector about Thorsson property on Middle Road, discussion about a shared conservation agent, discussion of proposed letter from the school board about a…

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Discussion about common driveway permit application at Berkshire East, Mohawk Trail School Committee report, road crises, discussion with Courtney Bourns about the Thorsson/Bourns/Sheldrick property.

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Discussion of problems on Route 8A at Savoy Road, ZBA discussion with Magnus Thorsson about problems with his driveway on Middle Road, report on website progress, issues with trash bags.

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ZBA hearing on East Road common driveway and Middle Road Driveway. Selectboard discussion of bridge on Route 8A at Savoy Road; discussion of the woes of the one-ton truck; a…

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Discussion of surplus property, allocation of responsibilities for personnel evaluation, report from the Mohawk Trail Regional School Committee, decision to remove trees behind the Town Office, brief discussion of the…

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Decision about fuel bids, speculation about the future of the Franklin Technical School, discussion about the roads in the State Forest, decision about Sears Road easement, decision to try new…

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Pole hearing, discussion of roads in the State Forest, conversation with the Velazquez family about the property across the road, adoption of special-permit review with the Planning Board, discussion of…

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Discussion of needed highway materials, preparation for fuel bids, executive session.

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Signing of contract for website redesign, discussion of easement for Sears Road construction, hiring of mediators for the road crew, appointments for the coming year, questions about properties on Pudding…

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Election of chair for the coming year, recommendation from the Communications Committee to hire Tuman Design, Personnel Committee’s proposal to hire a mediator for the road crew, discussion of possible…

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Discussion about USDA’s National Resources Conservation Service about designating farmland in Hawley, discussion of Franklin Land Trust bike ride in August, scheduling of meeting with the Planning Board about site-plan…

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Discussion about changes in public-health network, preview of JAM charity bike ride in July, road work discussion, signing of opioid settlement agreement, tabling of discussion of private well regulations, questions…

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Presentation from Meg Ryan about age-and-dementia-friendly communities; draft of budget for FY24; brief discussion of snowstorm expenses; approval of dedication for Town Report; discussion with a representative from the DCR…

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Formal adoption of Hazard Mitigation/Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness plan; discussion of a site-plan review rule by the Planning Board; narrowing down of designer for new website; discussion with Chris Tirone about…

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Discussion of using Harrison Diesel Solutions for fire-department repairs; signing of four-town broadband agreement; allocation of ARPA funds for website design; discussion of the Town Report.

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Letter in support of rural schools; visit from State Rep. Natalie Blais; discussion of an accident at the Town Garage; preliminary discussion of the idea of a shared conservation agent;…

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Discussion of changing Labelle Road snow route; preliminary ideas about redesigning Hawley’s website; update about the budget for the following year; identification of issues needing state assistance; problems with the…

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Interim Town Clerk resignation, DLTA priorities, issues with the red plow truck, update on Sears Road culvert situation.

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Culvert questions, stored road materials, tree work on Ashfield Road, discussion of special municipal employees, website woes, description of Town Clerk’s duties.

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Report from Charlemont school committee, website redesign presentation from Revize, road crew job opening, King Corner culvert design grant.

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Hawlemont School Committee & Assessor vacancies, Pond Road culvert, Charlemont Ambulance, security cameras for town buildings, FRCOG/CoMIRS radio selection, Biomass Alternative Energy Credits.

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Appoint special municipal employee; explore town website redesign; consider adding pole on Borden Mountain in Savoy for broadband; payment for town positions and snow plowing.

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Regulations on driveways, Adams Ambulance Service, road projects on King Corner and Sears Road, exploration of website redesign, road crew turnover.

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2022 and Earlier

Meeting minutes that predate the 2023 website redesign have been imported from the previous TownOfHawley.com website with minimal modifications. If you have trouble with any of these old links or documents, please let us know at info@townofhawley.com.

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