BRPC - Executive Committee Meeting - Dec. 5th, 2023

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 the Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting of November 7, 2024*
4. Financial Reports (4:05)
   
   1. Vote to Approve the November 2 – November 27, 2024, Expenditures Report*
   2. Report on the Aged Receivables – November 2024
   3. Report on the Line of Credit – November 2024
5. Open Comments from Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Delegates and Alternate
   Delegates, not to be further discussed at this meeting by the Executive Committee (4:10)
6. Items Requiring Action* (4:15)
   
   1. Vote to Approve the BRPC Use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) Policy*
   2. Vote to Approve BRPC Entering into the North Berkshire Inter-municipal Agreement
      Regarding Use and Expenditure of Opioid Abatement Funds*
   3. Vote to Approve the Submission of a Grant Application to the Massachusetts Executive
      Office of Technology Services and Security’s Office of Municipal & School Technology’s
      Cybersecurity Awareness Grant Program*
   4. Vote to Enter into an Agreement with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council on behalf
      of the Western Region Homeland Security Council*
   5. Vote to Approve the Submission of a Grant Application to the National Association of
      County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Reimagining Health and Public Safety
      Overdose Initiatives Project (RHAPSODI)*
   6. Vote to Conditionally Approve Berkshire Regional Planning Commission’s Fiscal Year 26
      Assessment Subject to Ratification at the Next Commission Meeting. Options Include
      No Increase from FY25, a 1% Increase from FY25 or a 2.5% Increase from FY25.
7. Committee Reports and Discussion (4:25)
   
   1. Berkshire Municipal Planning Organization
   2. BRPC Finance Committee
8. Executive Director’s Report and Discussion (4:30)
   
   1. Report on New Contracts / Agreements
   2. Berkshires Tomorrow Inc. (BTI) Update
   3. Staff Updates
   4. Rural Policy Advisory Commission (RPAC) Update
   5. Seasonal Communities Advisory Council Update
   6. Passenger Rail
   7. Citizen Planner Training Collaborative (CPTC) Fall / Winter Training Sessions
9. Old Business (4:35)
   
   1. None
10. New Business (4:50)
    
    1. Discussion about Planning for the Incoming Federal Administration
    2. Discussion of Topics for the January Commission Meeting
11. Adjournment* (5:00)

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