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Middleborough Select Board votes to withhold manager certification on MBTA 3A action plan
Summary
After discussing state direction on MBTA 3A zoning, the Select Board voted unanimously on Feb. 3 to instruct Town Manager James McGrail not to sign the state‑requested certification for a 3A compliance action plan; the board said the town lacks authority to make the personal certification the state is requesting.
The Select Board of the Town of Middleborough voted unanimously on Feb. 3 to instruct Town Manager James McGrail not to sign a state‑requested certification tied to an MBTA 3A compliance action plan.
At issue is a state notice asking the town manager to certify that he intends to bring zoning changes to town meeting and to submit a district compliance action plan to the state by set deadlines. McGrail told the board he was “extremely uncomfortable certifying personally to that statement” because the town’s voters and representatives must decide zoning changes.
The board discussed the…
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