BRPC - Executive Committee Meeting - Apr. 4th, 2024
- When:
- Thu April 4th 2024 at 04:00 PM
- Where:
- Virtual/Teleconference only
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.
To participate virtually join the Zoom meeting at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3926128831?omn=85431200863
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
- Call to Order & Open Meeting Law Statement (4:00)
- Roll Call of Executive Committee Members Attending the Meeting
- Vote to Approve Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting of March 7, 2024* (4.05)
- Financial Reports (4:10)
- Vote to Approve the March 1 2024 to March 28, 2024, Expenditures Report*
- Report on the Accounts Receivable/ Assessments – February 2024
- Report on the Line of Credit
- Suggestions from Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Delegates and Alternates
about Items or Topics for Future Meetings (4:15) - Items Requiring Action* (4:20)
- Vote to Approve the Salary Merit Increase Range and Personnel Pay Plan for FY 25*
- Vote to Approve the Submission of a Grant Application to MassCEC’s EMPower
Innovation and Capacity Building Program* - Vote to Approve the Submission of a Grant Application to MassCEC’s EMPower
Implementation Grant Program*
- Committee Reports and Discussion (4:35)
- Berkshire Brownfields Committee
- Commission Development Committee
- Transportation Advisory Committee
- Municipal Planning Organization (MPO)
- Executive Director’s Report (4:40)
- Report on New Contracts / Agreements
- Berkshires Tomorrow Inc. (BTI) Update
- Staff Updates
- Rural Policy Advisory Commission (RPAC) Update
- Passenger Rail
- MassDOT Transportation Innovation Conference 2024
- MMA Western and Rural Mass Conference
- 5th Thursday Dinner
- Consent to Reduce the 120-day Notification Requirement for Two APR
Applications
- Old Business (4:45)
- No Old Business
- New Business (4:45)
- Discussion About a More Focused Approach Related to Proposed Legislation
- May Commission Meeting
- Adjournment (5:00)
Attachments:
- Unapproved Minutes of the March 7, 2024, BRPC Executive Committee Meeting
- March 1, 2024 to March 28, 2024 Expenditures Report
- Accounts Receivable Report – March 2024
- Line of Credit Report
- Executive Director’s Memorandum
- Proposed FY 25 Personnel Pay Plan
- Unapproved Minutes of the March 14, 2024 Commission Development Committee
Meeting
- Unapproved Minutes of the March 19, 2024 Transportation Advisory Committee Meeting
- Unapproved Minutes of the March 26, 2024 Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
- Resume – Liana Rice
- Resume – Sophie Carnes Jannen
- Proposed APR maps - Sheffield
* Items Requiring Action