The Lakeville Select Board on Nov. 25 approved a series of host community agreements (HCAs) with cannabis businesses and ratified a medical cannabis agreement, and the board voted to hire a seasonal snowplow operator.

Town counsel's representative summarized three adult-use HCAs and one medical agreement. The HCA with Northeast Alternatives Inc covers adult-use product manufacturing and indoor cultivation at 310 Kenneth Welch Drive (5-year term, reporting and nuisance-mitigation provisions including odor controls and lighting requirements); Nicole Costanza (town counsel representation) said there were no substantive changes from prior drafts. The board moved and voted unanimously to approve the Northeast Alternatives HCA.

The board then considered a proposed transfer of an earlier HCA to Twisted Growers Retail LLC to operate an adult-use retail establishment at 8 Harding Street. That agreement carries a five-year term and includes a 16-month operative/sunset clause requiring the company to return for modification if it does not commence operation within 16 months; it also specifies hours of operation (proposed 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday), odor mitigation, manager approval and dark-sky lighting. The board voted to approve the Twisted Growers Retail HCA.

Separately, the board approved the Twisted Growers LLC HCA for 415 Millennium Drive (indoor cultivation and product manufacturing), noting the company had obtained state licenses and commenced operations in 2024. The board voted to approve that agreement as well.

The board ratified a previously approved host-community agreement for Bountiful Farms Inc (medical marijuana treatment center at 200 Kenneth Welch Drive) so that the record reflects the agreement in open session; that ratification also passed by unanimous roll call.

On personnel, the board voted to hire Arthur Wright as a seasonal emergency highway operator / snowplow operator at step 6, $27.25 per hour, citing his prior experience and possession of a heavy motor equipment operator CDL. The motion to hire was seconded and approved by roll call.

All motions listed above passed by unanimous roll call of the members present.

The board concluded its agenda and adjourned shortly after 6:45 p.m.