Select Board Meeting / May 4, 2026

Select Board of the Town of Northborough · May 5, 2026

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Call to order and executive session

Announcement

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Chair Julianne Hirsch called the meeting to order at 6:32 p.m. and moved the board into executive session under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 30A, Section 21(a)(3) to discuss approval of prior meeting minutes, strategy for collective bargaining with Northborough Firefighters Local 3057 (IAFF) and an open meeting law complaint filed by attorney Leah Marie Baralt on behalf of the firefighters. The board voted to enter executive session by roll call.

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The Town of Northborough Select Board met May 4, 2026. The board voted unanimously to appoint Griffin Petrucci as a full-time police officer (contingent on academy completion) and spent much of the meeting reviewing the recent annual town meeting and discussing possible reforms—consent agendas, childcare, remote participation—and creating an economic development committee; several public commenters urged clearer processes and better outreach.

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