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Votes at a glance: Select Board actions on March 31, 2025

April 01, 2025 | Town of Millis, Norfolk County, Massachusetts


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Votes at a glance: Select Board actions on March 31, 2025
The Select Board took the following formal actions during the March 31 meeting. Items are summarized with motion purpose and outcome.

Appointments and committee actions
- Appointed Al Vautour to the Permanent Building Committee (term to 06/30/2027) and to the School Building Committee for the duration of the school project. Outcome: approved, unanimous.
- Appointed Nina Jean Jacques (listed as Nina Jean Jacques / cultural council listing in packet) to the Millis Cultural Council (term to 06/30/2028). Outcome: approved, unanimous.

Operational approvals
- Approved Friends of the Millis Public Library request to place an 8-by-16-foot clothing-donation shed in the library parking lot for an initial two-year term; Friends to manage vendor contract and site maintenance. Outcome: approved, unanimous.
- Approved request by the Millis Public Schools athletic director to install a fence and windscreens at the town softball field; approved plaque honoring a donor family. Outcome: approved, unanimous.
- Approved placement of Millis Beautification Day yard signs at specified town locations. Outcome: approved, unanimous.

Contracts and capital
- Authorized the Town Administrator to sign a contract with Beta Group, Inc. for design and construction of Complete Streets improvements at three locations — Village Street at Himmelfarb Street, Middlesex Street at Ridge Street, and Main Street (Route 109) at Exchange Street — for an amount not to exceed $30,400. Outcome: approved, unanimous.
- Edited the draft capital warrant by removing the Building DepartmentChevy Blazer inspection vehicle from Article 8. Outcome: approved, unanimous.

Warrant and personnel
- Opened the 05/05/2025 Annual Town Meeting warrant. Outcome: approved, unanimous.
- Removed duplicate or unnecessary items from the draft warrant (Articles 13 and 16) and closed the warrant for the May 5 meeting. Outcome: approved, unanimous.
- Approved personnel-plan language changes to align municipal plan steps, longevity and bereavement leave with recently negotiated collective bargaining agreements and to add a $5,200 annual stipend for the mandated public records officer position; added a 2.5% FY26 COLA for listed positions. Outcome: approved, unanimous.

Charter/ballot language
- Approved ballot language to place a question on the May 12, 2025 town election ballot asking whether the town should change the Town Clerk from an elected to an appointed position (home-rule charter amendment). Outcome: approved, unanimous.

Labor agreements
- Ratified successor collective bargaining or employment agreements effective 07/01/2025 with multiple bargaining units and an employment agreement for the police chief: Millis Professional Firefighters Local 4704, Mass Coalition of Police Local 171 (police association), Millis Police Dispatchers, DPW AFSCME Council 93, SEIU Local 888 and the Police Chief employment contract. Outcome: approved, unanimous.

Executive session
- The board voted to enter executive session to discuss collective bargaining strategy with instructions not to return to open session except to adjourn. Outcome: approved, unanimous.

Notes on voting: Most motions passed by unanimous voice vote; the meeting transcript records "Aye. Unanimous" for the listed motions. For motions without an explicitly recorded mover or second in the transcript, the meeting minutes will carry the formal names and vote tallies for the clerk's record.

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