Egremont Historical Commission approves prior minutes and advances preservation bylaw review through three boards. Co-Chairs Francis Nestor and Beth Wood, Treasurer Rebecca Turner, and member Alex Langshure discussed potential Community Preservation Act funding for historic signage, cemetery
Egremont Board of Health reduces landfill well-monitoring funding request. Chairman Charles Ogden, Dr. William Rose, and Ellen Maggio unanimously approved prior minutes and revised the funding request for landfill monitoring wells and annual testing to $12,500, down from the original $18,000, after
Housing Trust and Planning Board present competing short-term rental proposals. Chair Mary McGurn outlined a zoning bylaw permitting short-term rentals by right in village and rural districts with site-based parking and access standards; Vice-Chair Doug Mishkin presented a general bylaw capping
Select Board finalizes FY27 budget and seeks school budget deferral. Chair Lucinda Fenn-Vermeulen's board unanimously approved $3,200 in cemetery budget amendments--$4,000 increase for maintenance and $2,000 for projects--and cut landfill PFAS monitoring from $17,000 to $12,500 following successful
Water Commission approves $7,676 analyzer replacement, projects revenue shortfall. Chair Mary Brazie and fellow commissioners unanimously endorsed the Colorimetric Chlorine Analyzer purchase from the repairs and updates account and flagged a deficit in water revenues and expenses likely to require
Select Board approves liquor extension and dog park gate at March meeting. Chair Lucinda Fenn-Vermeulen and members Mary Brazie and Judi Goodman unanimously appointed Emily Eyre to the French Park Dog Park Committee and confirmed $2,880 in donations to fund a sally port gate system to prevent small
Egremont Housing Trust Board advances short-term rental bylaw toward June town meeting. The board voted unanimously to recommend the bylaw, as amended, to the Select Board for placement on the June 10th special town meeting agenda, after debating whether to modify the previously adopted 50-unit cap
Select Board approves highway hire, police and fire vehicle purchases totaling over $300,000. The board voted unanimously to hire Patrick Nilson as a CDL equipment operator at $30.52 per hour for the Highway Department, to send a police officer to the academy, and to place a warrant article
Egremont Select Board approves fiscal 2027 wage structure with performance tiers. Employees rated 3.5 to 4.0 on evaluations will receive 1.5 percent raises atop a 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment; those rated 3.0 to 3.49 receive 1 percent. Chair Lucinda Fenn-Vermeulen and Finance Committee
Planning Board advanced a Short-Term Rental Zoning Bylaw draft for public input at an April 8 informational session without a formal vote. Chair Mary McGurn directed staff to post the draft with introductory context notes, laying out three current Conditions of Use covering parking, circulation,