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Select Board Mtg - 1.21.25
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Selectboard: Nancy J. Talbot, Joshua A. Kusnierz, John A. Desmond, John J. Cascio, Terrance W. Smith Town Manager: Stuart B. Beckley Selectboard Meeting Notice Agenda Ware Town Hall, 126 Main Street, Ware, MA 01082 Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 6...

Selectboard: Nancy J. Talbot, Joshua A. Kusnierz, John A. Desmond, John J. Cascio, Terrance W. Smith Town Manager: Stuart B. Beckley Selectboard Meeting Notice Agenda Ware Town Hall, 126 Main Street, Ware, MA 01082 Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 6:30 pm Instructions for Remote Participation Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7846041861?pwd=bldFR0tscStPMWhScHFwRlFWbHRRdz09 Meeting ID: 784 604 1861 Passcode: 01082 Phone: 929-205-6099 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ANNOUNCEMENTS & OPENING REMARKS FROM CHAIR COMMENTS & CONCERNS OF CITIZENS CONSENT AGENDA · Special Event Permits: o 2025-01 St. Aloysius Catholic School, 5K for Play, May 10, 2025, 10:00am to 12:00pm, Grenville Park o 2025-02 AFSP Ware Chapter, 2nd Annual Suicide Awareness Walk, May 03, 2025, 9:00am to 2:00pm, Grenville Park APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS · Resignations: o Kathy Galford from the 250th US Celebration Committee, effective immediately o Shane Millier from the Planning Board, effective immediately SCHEDULED APPEARANCES OLD BUSINESS · Request for the use of funds: o Resource Waste Donation Funds for electrical repairs to the Ware Center Meeting House · Mary Lane Property and Buildings Update NEW BUSINESS · Request to schedule a Public Hearing for a new Common Victualler and Entertainment License for Janine’s Frostee, 149 East Street, on February 18, 2025, at 6:35pm. · Authorize the Town Clerk to place the Planning Board seat availability on the Annual Town Election Ballot for a 4-year unexpired term that would end June 30, 2029 · Authorize Town Manager to cast votes on behalf of the Selectboard on Resolutions at the MMA Annual Business Meeting scheduled for January 23rd to 25th, 2025. TOWN MANAGER REPORT EXECUTIVE SESSION PER MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAW: Chapter 30A, Section 21 (a)(3) to discuss strategy with respect to litigation where an Open Meeting may have a detrimental effect on the litigating position of the public body and the Chair so declares with respect to potential litigation. The Board will discuss and deliberate as to litigation strategy. ADJOURNMENT