BRPC - Executive Committee Meeting - Aug. 1st, 2024

This will be a virtual meeting as allowed by Ch. 2 of the Acts of 2023 extending certain provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c.30 sec.20 until March 31, 2025.

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Meeting id: 392 612 8831, Phone: 646.558.8656, 646 931 3860, 312.626.6799, 301 715 8592

Meeting materials are on BRPC’s website: www.berkshireplanning.org. Click the calendar of events, then the meeting name, and follow the link to materials.

Agenda

1. Call to Order & Open Meeting Law Statement (4:00)
2. Roll Call of Executive Committee Members Attending the Meeting
3. Vote to Approve Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting of July 2, 2024* (4.05)
4. Financial Reports (4:10)
   A. Vote to Approve the June 28 – July 25, 2024, Expenditures Report*
   B. Report on the Aged Receivables / Assessments – July 2024
   C. Report on the Line of Credit
5. Comments from Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Delegates and (4:15)
   Alternate Delegates
6. Items Requiring Action* (4:20)
   A. Vote to Authorize the Executive Director to Enter into Intergovernmental Agreements
   and Contracts with Municipalities*
   B. Vote to Approve the Submission of a Grant Application to the Massachusetts Interlocal
   Insurance Association Wellness Program. The application is for various wellness items
   for BRPC staff*.
   C. Vote to Approve Changes to the BRPC Personnel Pay Plan to Remove an Offsite Senior
   Planner Position and Add 3 Offsite Positions; a Public Health Subject Matter Expert,
   Public Health Community Coordinator, and Group Purchasing Coordinator*.
7. Committee Reports and Discussion (4:30)
   A. Commission Development Committee – postponed to September 12, 2024
   B. Berkshire Brownfields Committee
   C. Metropolitan Planning Organization
8. Executive Director’s Report (4:35)
   A. Report on New Contracts / Agreements
   B. Berkshires Tomorrow Inc. (BTI) Update
   C. Staff Updates
   D. Rural Policy Advisory Commission (RPAC) Update
   E. Passenger Rail
   F. Economic Development Administration (EDA) Success Story – Berkshire
   Innovation Center (BIC)
   G. Conference Committee FY 2025 State Budget
9. Old Business (4:45)
   A. Discussion and Vote to Select the Kusik Award Winner for 2024*
   B. Discussion about the Annual Meeting
   C. Update of the Proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC)
10. New Business (4:55)
    A. No new business
11. Adjournment* (4:55)
    BRPC has adopted the BRPC website www.berkshireplanning.org as its official posting
    method as allowed by 940 CMR29.00 section 29.03 (3) (b) since November 2010. The
    Meeting Notice, Agenda and meeting materials are on BRPC’s website:
    www.berkshireplanning.org. Click the calendar of events, then the meeting name, and
    follow the link to materials.
    * Items Requiring Action