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VOL. VI NO. 19 09/15/2025

Notes from the Select Board (SB), September 4, 2025, Hybrid meeting

The newest SB member was welcomed. Toward the end of the meeting she suggested:

Consideration of the fate of a the Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program which she noted has been inactive and has just two members

Funding possibilities for the Community Preservation Committee

Digitizing town records

The five-member SB — an idea floated during the election

Chair Jamie Minacci suggested the discussion of Public Comment being added to the September 18 meeting agenda.

Neil Weber was approved as newest member to the Green Committee

A one-day wine and Beer licence was granted the Lenox Fire Company at Tanglewood for the Josh Billings Post Race Party on September 14 21pm to 5pm Also for the Stockbridge Library and The Brewery at the Botanical Garden

Town Administrator Updates

Chime Tower work is anticipated to be complete before winter

Second bridge on Averic Road is moving more slowly due to a change in the engineering company and the desire for a new review

Smaller projects included Town Offices roof repair, the new pickle ball court adjacent to Town Offices, a new dumpster at Transfer station, and the many decisions made by the Revolutionary War memorial committee Including the names of Stockbridge Munsee tribal members as well as the Stockbridge Munsee Mohican Nation flag.

New installations include radar signs to be installed on Massachusetts Route 183 at Train Hill Road and a new flagpole at Town Offices

A hybrid police cruiser and a hybrid truck for the Water and Sewer Department have been ordered.

Roof work on the cemetery mausoleum has begun.

Council on Aging Director Katie Szwyd, planning for Stockbridge’s 250th anniversary celebration is underway. Adding to the committee may be Norman Rockwell, Chesterwood, Naumkeag, Stockbridge Library representative. A committee to coordinate the anniversary program is being formed, and those interested can contact the Select Board or Canales.

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