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Votes at a glance — Acton Select Board, June 16, 2025

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Summary

Summary of formal actions taken at the June 16 Select Board meeting, including continuances, licenses, appointments and extensions.

Key votes and formal actions from the June 16, 2025 Acton Select Board meeting (not exhaustive of all procedural motions). Items listed are from the meeting record and were approved unless otherwise noted.

- 60 Powder Mill Road site plan special permit (Suburban Glass & Mirror): Public hearing continued at applicant request to July 7, 2025 (motion carried). - Entertainment license: Acton Seafood Company, 541 Massachusetts Ave — acoustic and vocal music license approved (applicant committed to primarily acoustic solo performers and earlier end times). - Consent agenda: multiple routine consent items approved; the board later voted to retract and bring back the board/committee reappointments portion of the consent agenda (item 20) for clearer terms and liaison review. - Meeting minutes for 06/02/2025: approved as amended. - Approve FY2026 sewer rates: approved (6.5% across rate classes) — (see separate article). - Collins Center sewer governance study: presented; board directed member David to draft a responsibilities list and return in August (no structural change adopted). - Economic Development Strategic Plan: adopted as presented. - FY2026 Transfer Station fee schedule: approved (bag and some bulky-item increases; stickers unchanged) — (see separate article). - South Acton Village Complete Streets study: accepted; staff to pursue short-term controller/detection fixes and phased design and grant applications (cost estimate ~ $6.15M). - FY2026 short- and long-term Select Board goals: adopted with minor edits (manager to memorialize process for future years). - Town counsel: Nina Pickering Cook (Anderson & Krieger) reappointed as Town Counsel through 06/30/2026 (approved). - RH Adhesives, 279 High Street: Select Board approved a Notice of Intent application and consent for the proposed on-site rain garden work on town-owned access land as part of compliance work with the Conservation Commission. - Acton-Boxborough Regional School District assessment: Select Board consented to the district’s reduced assessment after the district adjusted its figures. - Appointments: Nathan Ryan appointed as alternate representative to the Boston Region MPO; other committee appointment items were held for follow-up. - Acton TV: a three-month extension of the existing memorandum of understanding was approved to allow staff and stakeholders time to renegotiate longer-term terms. - Meeting adjourned.

For details and motions, see the meeting packet and the Select Board minutes; staff will publish formal vote tallies and any implementing documents.