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Select Board discusses police staffing shortage in closed session

Select Board sets follow-up meeting to address police department staffing gap. At a seven-minute closed executive session on March 6, Police Sergeant Hans Carlson and Officers Max Kolb and Joe Koslowski presented concerns about the Police Department's current personnel levels and advocated for a

Water Commission approves February minutes, addresses past-due accounts.

Water Commission addresses three past-due accounts totaling $4,673. Vice-Chair Lucinda Fenn-Vermuelen presided in the absence of Chair Mary Brazie. The commission reviewed delinquent accounts including one that received a shutoff notice and another whose payments were returned; commissioners agreed

Select Board approves Sustainable Purchasing Policy, town hall request.

Egremont Select Board unanimously approves Sustainable Purchasing Policy and town hall request. The board voted to adopt the environmental procurement policy, required for continued DEP Sustainable Materials Recovery Program participation, which has generated approximately $60,000 in grant funding

Planning Board, Housing Trust align on short-term rental bylaw review steps

Egremont Planning Board and Municipal Housing Trust jointly refined short-term rental regulation strategy. Planning Board Chair Mary McGurn outlined removal of site plan review from the zoning draft, replacing it with use standards on parking, circulation, access, and lighting. The boards

Housing Trust, Planning Board align on short-term rental bylaw coordination.

Egremont Housing Trust and Planning Board coordinate short-term rental bylaw approval. Vice-Chairman Doug Mishkin, Chairman Richard Stanley, Planning Board Chair Mary McGurn, and Select Board Chair Lucinda Vermeulen joined the joint session to align definitions and concerns across the zoning and