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Select board notes confusion over pilot agreement and agrees to re-examine contract extension
Summary
Board members said they believed they were approving a pilot agreement but instead signed an extension of a prior agreement; they agreed to revisit the contract to consider missing parcels and shared benefits.
The Select Board discussed a municipal agreement that board members said they had intended to be a pilot but which, they learned at the meeting, functioned as an extension of a prior agreement.
A select board member summarized the timeline: the town began discussions with a person named Michael on a project intended to transition to a pilot program; when Michael left and Alex took over and another staffer named Cordell became involved, the document that was ultimately signed was, in the board's words, an extension rather than a new pilot agreement. "We thought we were signing a pilot agreement. We thought we were signing a pilot agreement, but what we did actually sign is what Laurie said, which was an extension of their previous agreement," the member said.
Members said some parcels that "should have been included or at least considered" were missing from the signed paperwork and that revisiting the agreement would benefit both parties. The board directed staff to relook at the agreement; no new motion or vote on the contract was recorded at the meeting.
Board members indicated the issue arose from a change in town negotiators and timing; they emphasized that revisiting the agreement could correct omissions and clarify the intended pilot scope.
