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Select Board roundup: minutes, appointments, procurement, utility poles and land‑use votes
Summary
At its Nov. 18 meeting the Charlton Select Board approved routine minutes and appointments, awarded a winter wash sand bid, approved two utility‑pole permits, and voted not to exercise its right of first refusal on two Chapter 61A removal requests.
The Charlton Select Board approved a series of routine items and permits at its Nov. 18 meeting.
Minutes and appointments: The board approved the minutes of Oct. 14, 2025, and appointed Danica Marcotte as the Dudley‑Charlton Regional School District non‑voting student representative for the 2025–26 school year; her first meeting is scheduled for Dec. 9, 2025.
Events and permits: The board approved a request from the Charlton Permanent Firefighters Association Local 4023 and the Muscular Dystrophy Association to host a boot drive near Main Street and Masonic Home Road in December 2025 (hours listed in the record: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.), contingent on police‑recommended safety measures.
Procurement and contracts: The Winter Wash Sand bid was awarded to Rawson Materials (identified in the record as formerly Hilka Construction Co., Inc.) at $23.50 per ton delivered; last year’s unit price was $21.45 per ton. The Board of Health recommended awarding the Flint Road landfill closure contract to AF Amarillo & Son at a total contract price of $1,800,000 (contract award noted as recommended by the Board of Health in staff remarks).
Utility work: Public hearings for utility work from National Grid and Verizon were held and closed with approvals. The board approved National Grid and Verizon requests to install jointly owned poles at the intersections on Hill Road and on Dresser Hill Road to provide new residential services; police and DPW recommended approval and no abutter objections were recorded.
Chapter 61A removals: The board held two Chapter 61A public hearings and voted not to exercise the town’s right of first refusal on the properties under review: a ~7.11‑acre parcel on North Sullivan Road (petitioner: Peter Haag Jr., manager of PMZ Development LLC) and a ~6.55‑acre parcel on Sampson Road (petition filed by Montague & DeSantis on behalf of the estate of Forest A. McKinsey). The planning board, board of assessors, conservation commission and water/sewer commission had reviewed both requests and reported no objection to the town declining first refusal.
Adjournment: The board adjourned after completing scheduled business; the next regular meeting is Dec. 9, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. in the Town Hall meeting room.
