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Select Board approves routine elections, licenses, planner appointment and continues Bedford Street hearing
Summary
At its Dec. 16 meeting the Lakeville Select Board approved a special election warrant for Jan. 28, renewed several licenses, appointed Nancy Durfee as town planner, approved a water connection and voted to continue the 160 Bedford Street hearing to Jan. 6, 2025.
The Lakeville Select Board on Dec. 16 handled multiple routine items and a few contested details in a single meeting.
The board approved the special election warrant for Jan. 28, 2025, with polling hours 12 p.m.–8 p.m., and discussed customary posting procedures. Members approved renewal of common victualer licenses for NextDine LLC, JK Cafe and Aramark (food service for Freetown Lakeville regional schools) through Dec. 31, 2025.
The board approved one water-connection request for 3 Narrows Lane (single-family home, estimated 440 gallons per day, 1-inch line) after confirming available infrastructure and allocation capacity.
After interviews and packet review, the board appointed Nancy Durfee as Town Planner, clarifying the role’s responsibilities — including the Route 79 project, the open space plan, housing production planning, grants, and MBTA-community obligations — and confirming the position reports to the town administrator and is budgeted in FY26.
The Select Board continued the public hearing on 160 Bedford Street (unregistered/ungaraged vehicle permit) because the conservation commission is still awaiting an updated plan and potential peer review; the hearing was continued to Jan. 6, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.
On planning enforcement and site-plan signage, the board approved two parking/sign placements for Red Hand Brewing Company pending legal ratification and discussed enforcement practicality when the lot is municipal property.
Other votes included allowing restaurants with liquor licenses to extend last call to 1:30 a.m. on New Year’s Eve (patrons out by 2 a.m.), while package-store holiday closing times remain at 11 p.m. this year.
