The Charlton Select Board on Jan. 14 approved a series of routine items including meeting minutes, personnel appointments, poll worker listings, pole‑location requests from utility companies, and designation of special counsel.

Actions approved at the meeting included:
- Approval of minutes from the Nov. 19 special meeting and the Dec. 10 regular meeting.
- Reaffirmation of the appointment of Kayla Dighton as a police dispatcher, with start date Feb. 3, 2025; 61 applications were received and 12 candidates interviewed.
- Appointment of Bane Booker as traffic controller through June 30, 2025.
- Appointment of a slate of poll workers to serve through Dec. 31, 2025 (a long list of names was provided by the town clerk’s office).
- Acceptance of the resignation of James Howard from the Council on Aging, effective Jan. 7, 2025; the town will advertise the vacancy and bring recommendations at a future meeting.
- Acknowledgement of the retirement notice submitted by Police Lieutenant Keith Cludier, effective July 12, 2025; no board action required at this time.
- Approval of pole‑location requests from National Grid (Massachusetts Electric Company) and Verizon New England to install one joint pole on City Depot Road and one joint pole on North Main Street to serve customer upgrades and to feed a transformer at 10 North Main Street; both requests were approved after public hearings and with police and DPW concurrence.
- Designation of the law firm (as presented) to serve as special counsel for the planning board and zoning matters; town staff said the firm requested designation as a special municipal employee to avoid a conflict while advising a master plan project.

Most routine items were approved with motions and seconded; public hearings for the two pole locations were opened, no abutter objections were recorded, and the board closed the hearings and approved the requests. The board also affirmed poll worker appointments and will follow up on the Council on Aging vacancy.

Several of these items were approved without extended discussion; the minutes and appointments passed by unanimous voice vote, and the pole requests were approved after hearings.