Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Votes Roundup topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Votes at a glance: Millis Select Board meeting, June 30, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal motions and results from the Millis Select Board meeting on June 30, 2025, including reappointments, appointment ratifications, schedule votes, and FY26 utility rate adoption.
This is a concise list of the formal motions the Millis Select Board considered and the outcomes recorded at its June 30, 2025 meeting.
- Reappointments to boards and committees: Motion to reappoint the individuals listed on the committee contact sheet dated 06/30/2025 with one clerical exception (removal of Ellen Rosenfeld from the permanent building committee liaison). Motion carried unanimously.
- Set fall town meeting and election schedule: Motion to set the date of the fall annual town meeting on November 10 and the election on December 8 with early voting starting December 1 (board had discussed November 10 and election on December 8). Motion carried unanimously.
- Open and close FY26 utility rates hearing: Board voted to open the public hearing on FY26 water, sewer and stormwater rates and later voted to close the hearing; both motions carried unanimously.
- Adopt FY26 utility rates: Motion to adopt FY26 rates (Water +12%, Sewer +2%, Stormwater +4%) carried unanimously.
- Ratify town administrator appointments: Motions to ratify Kathleen Smith as town clerk; Susan Vara as assistant town clerk; Victoria Schindler as municipal HR generalist; Chad Hartman as DPW heavy equipment operator (pending DOT physical and drug screen); Wayne Carlson to the Zoning Board of Appeals; and Kathleen Smith to the Board of Registrars — all motions carried unanimously.
- Revoke retail all-alcohol license for SNS Enterprise LLC DBA Avalinas due to business closure: Motion to revoke carried unanimously.
- Approve draft minutes: Motion to approve draft minutes for meetings on 04/28, 05/19 and 06/09 as written; motion carried unanimously.
- Executive session: Motion to enter executive session for contract negotiations with union and non-union personnel; motion carried, board entered executive session and adjourned from executive session only to adjourn the meeting.
Details (movers/second): Several motions were moved and seconded at the meeting; the formal meeting record shows unanimous votes for motions listed above. For motions where the transcript did not name both mover and seconder, the vote is recorded as unanimous among members present.
If staff formally receives a completed sewer-extension application for 1280 Main Street, the board will consider that application at a special Zoom meeting on July 9, 2025; no allocation vote occurred on June 30 for that project.
