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Hampden Planning Board elects Curtis Marsh chair, names Jacob Boyer vice chair
Summary
At its first 2026 meeting the Hampden Planning Board confirmed Curtis Marsh as chair and Jacob Boyer as vice chair in roll-call votes; members also approved routine minutes and moved on to public hearings on subdivisions and code amendments.
Curtis Marsh was confirmed as chair of the Hampden Planning Board at the board’s first meeting of 2026, and Jacob Boyer was selected as vice chair, members announced during a roll-call vote.
The nominations took place at the start of the meeting, with a committee member moving to nominate Marsh for chair and another member later nominating Boyer for vice chair. The board completed a formal roll-call for each position and declared both nominations carried; one abstention was recorded for the vice-chair vote.
Why it matters: Leadership changes determine who presides over hearings and motions; the newly seated chair presided for the remainder of the meeting, which included public hearings on development proposals and proposed changes to the zoning and subdivision ordinances.
The board then approved minutes from Nov. 19 and the Dec. 10 workshop without substantive discussion before opening several public hearings that produced approvals and ordinance amendments.
