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Votes at a glance: Charlton Select Board, Sept. 9, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal votes and motions taken by the Charlton Select Board on Sept. 9, including personnel reaffirmations, appointments and administrative actions.
The Charlton Select Board recorded the following formal actions during its Sept. 9 meeting. This roundup lists each motion, its subject, and the meeting outcome as recorded in the minutes.
- Approval of minutes (Aug. 12, 2025): Motion to approve passed with majority — reported as "Aye, Aye and 1 abstention." (No individual names were recorded in the minutes for the tally.)
- Reaffirmation, appointment: Michael Fournier, police officer — motion to reaffirm appointment passed unanimously.
- Reaffirmation, appointment: John Holbrook, Cemetery Labor — motion passed unanimously.
- Appointment: Sue Crockett to Community Center Feasibility Committee (from talent bank form) — motion passed unanimously.
- Appointment: Brad Howard to WRTA Advisory Board (full member through 06/30/2026) — motion passed unanimously.
- Approval: Pursue regional dispatch with Central Mass Regional Communication Center (contingent on Finance Committee approval) — Select Board voted to proceed; motion passed unanimously, with contingency recorded.
- Approval: Updated Open Space and Recreation Plan and authorization of letter of support for submission to the state Division of Conservation Services — motion passed unanimously.
- Acceptance recommendation: Planning Board request to accept Hyde Road and Downey Lane as public ways — motion to support the layout and file with Town Clerk passed unanimously.
- Continued nuisance-dog hearing (Chip and Dinah) — Select Board continued the hearing 90 days and directed Animal Control to monitor for further verified incidents; continuation passed unanimously.
- Special Town Meeting warrant: Select Board closed the warrant for distribution. Motion to close the warrant carried unanimously.
- Street-numbering public hearing: Motion to schedule a public hearing on Oct. 14, 2025, for proposed address changes at 77 E. Berries Road and 98 Old Worcester Road — motion passed unanimously.
Ending: Several housekeeping and personnel votes were unanimous; the most significant policy votes were the regional dispatch contingent approval and the OSRP approval. The proposed $50,000 appropriation for due diligence on the former Charlton Furniture property was discussed at length but no appropriation vote was taken Sept. 9.
