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BRPC - Executive Committee Meeting - Sept. 4th, 2025

When:
Thu September 4th 2025 at 04:00 PM
Where:
Virtual/Teleconference only

This will be a virtual meeting as allowed by An Act relative to extending certain measures adopted during the COVID-19 emergency which extended certain provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c.30A sec.20, until June 30, 2027.

To participate virtually, join the Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3926128831?omn=84514926323

Meeting ID: 392 612 8831
Dial by location, 646 931 3860, 646 558 8656, 305 224 1968

Meeting materials are on BRPC’s website: www.berkshireplanning.org. Click the calendar of events, then the meeting name, and follow the link to the 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 August 7, 2025*
  4. Financial Reports and Discussion (4:05)
    1. Vote to Approve the July 24, 2025 – August 27, 2025 Expenditures Report*
    2. Report on Accounts Receivable – August 2025
    3. Report on the Line of Credit – August 2025
    4. Report on Federally Funded Contracts
  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 Submission of a Grant Application (after the fact) to the Justice
      Community Overdose Innovation Network (JCOIN) for a Rapid Innovation Grant (JRIG)*
    2. Vote to Approve the Submission of a Grant Application to the United States
      Department of Agriculture’s Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) Program*
    3. Vote to Approve the Submission of a Grant Application to TD Banks’s Charitable
      Foundation’s Regional Grant Program*
    4. Vote to Approve BRPC’s Updated Sick Leave Policy*
    5. Vote to Approve BRPC’s Updated Vacation Leave Usage and Accrual Policy*
    6. Vote to Approve BRPC’s Updated Continuation of Medical Benefits After Retirement
      Policy*
    7. Vote to Approve BRPC’s Updated Family and Medical Leave Policy*
    8. Vote to Approve the Submission of Comments to the United States Environmental
      Protection Act (EPA) on Proposed Changes to EPA’s Endangerment Finding*
      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.
    9. Vote to Approve the Submission of Comments to the Massachusetts Cannabis Contral
      Commission on Draft Social Consumption Regulations*
    10. Vote to Approve the Disposal of Surplus BRPC Property, including 2 servers, 15
      laptops, 2 Switches, 2 docking stations, and 2 printers*
  7. Committee Updates, Reports, and Discussion (4:30)
    1. Commission Development Committee
    2. Environmental Review Committee
    3. Finance Committee
    4. Regional Issues Committee
    5. Berkshire Brownfields Committee
    6. Berkshire Metropolitan Planning Organization
    7. Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Committee
    8. Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC)
  8. Executive Director’s Report and Discussion (4:35)
    1. Report on New Contracts / Agreements
    2. Berkshires Tomorrow Inc. (BTI) Update
    3. Staff Updates
    4. Seasonal Communities Advisory Council Update
    5. Passenger Rail
    6. Commission on Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) for State-Owned Land
    7. MassTrails 10 Campaign
    8. MARPA & DLS Conference
    9. Energy Facilities Siting Regulations
    10. Rural Planning Workshop
    11. Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Proposed Land Acquisition
    12. Citizen Planner Training Collaborative (CPTC) Western MA Conference
    13. Support for An Act Creating a Municipal and Public Safety Building Authority
  9. Old Business and Discussion (4:45)
    1. Discussion about the Town of Concord vs. Rasmussen & others Case before 
      the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
    2. BRPC Annual Meeting on October 16th
  10. New Business and Discussion (4:50)
    1. Vote to Approve the Executive Director’s FY 25 Performance Review and FY 26 Salary
      Adjustment*
    2. Discussion about Topics for the September 18th Commission Meeting
  11. Adjournment* (5:00)