Agenda for the meeting
Link to video of meeting
Convened 7 pm, adjourned 7:33 pm
Full selectboard in attendance: Lee Buttala, Chair, Patrick Silk and Robert Kilmer
Key decisions (with timestamps):
0:00 — Meeting called to order; items 6, 8, and 10 removed from agenda.
0:28 — Meeting minutes approved (two sets for 5/5/26, one each for 5/14/26, 5/18/26, 5/19/26).
1:06–4:03 — Three National Grid pole hearings opened, discussed, and approved: Home Road (midspan pole between poles 35/36), South Under Mountain Road (midspan pole between poles 157/158), and Sheffield Plain Road/Route 7 (new pole to serve an ADU at 616 Sheffield Plain Road). A resident, David Klein, raised a safety concern at the S. Under Mountain Road hearing about dead trees along the road that National Grid and MassDOT have each disclaimed responsibility for; board noted the concern but took no action.
10:56 — Board accepted Lee Buttala’s resignation from the Ashley Falls Historic District Commission, with thanks for his service.
