Votes at a glance: Millis Select Board approvals on Nov. 24
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Summary
At its Nov. 24 meeting the Millis Select Board unanimously approved multiple appointments, procurement contracts, water/sewer commitments, a Complete Streets contract amendment, a haying license pending a written agreement, and agreed to enter executive session on labor negotiations.
The Millis Select Board took multiple formal actions Nov. 24. All recorded motions carried unanimously during the open session.
Appointments and personnel - Ratified appointment of Hadley McPhee and Matthew Berio as on-call firefighter recruits, pending successful physical examinations (motion carried unanimously). - Appointed Shailene Volpe to the school building committee through project completion (motion carried unanimously). - Appointed Steven Bianchi as an election worker for the upcoming election (motion carried unanimously).
Contracts and procurement - Approved an amendment to the roadway-management contract to add $300,000 for the Complete Streets Exchange Street project (motion carried unanimously). - Authorized the town administrator to sign a contract with Liberty Chevrolet for a 2025 Chevrolet Silverado with plow and accessories, not to exceed $90,370 (motion carried unanimously). - Awarded interior plaster-repair work at 64 Exchange Street (Lansing Mills Building) to Born Plastering Inc., not to exceed $29,455, funded by the Lansing Millis gift fund (motion carried unanimously).
Land use and operations - Approved a license request for John McCarthy to hay town-owned properties under the Select Board's jurisdiction (Cassidy Field, Island Road Field, and the Braun property) pending a license agreement with restrictions and time frame (motion carried unanimously). - Approved closure of non-emergency municipal departments on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025 (motion carried unanimously).
Finance - Approved water and sewer commitments: Oct. 2025 total $7,274.48 and FY26 total $1,246,257.13 (motions carried unanimously).
Governance - Approved draft minutes of the Nov. 18, 2025 select board meeting as written (motion carried unanimously). - Moved to enter executive session to discuss strategy for contract negotiations with union and nonunion personnel and returned only to adjourn the meeting.
Where the meeting record included a named mover, it is noted in the minutes; several motions were introduced by the town administrator or board members and confirmed by board consensus.