Select Board approves new utility pole on Lumber Lane

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What happened

The board dropped a plan to rank the 10 surveillance committee applicants and agreed to interview all of them in sessions of five before regular meetings, with no vote taken. It approved a National Grid pole at 3 Lumber Lane 4-0 with four Department of Public Works conditions, and renewed several license categories 4-0 each. No vote or date was set on Sandra Poole's request for a data center moratorium.

Key decisions

• 👤 Interviews for all 10 surveillance committee applicants. No motion was made and no vote was taken. Members agreed to interview all 10 applicants in two sessions of five, 10 minutes each, before regular meetings, instead of ranking them first. (Vote no vote; Next: Nov. 17, 6 p.m.). Read case details
• 📋 License renewals for several categories. The board renewed common victualler, entertainment, liquor (three licenses), retail marijuana (one license), automatic amusement (four applicants) and Class (10) licenses. Farmer's market renewals were not taken up in the transcript. (Vote 4-0 each, by roll call). Read case details
• 📋 National Grid jointly owned pole petition, 3 Lumber Lane. The board closed the public hearing 4-0 and approved the pole petition 4-0 with four Department of Public Works requirements. No one spoke on the petition. (Vote 4-0). Read case details
• 📜 Resident request for a data center moratorium. No vote or date was set. Chair Ryder said he received the materials and will discuss the request with the town manager and fellow board members. (Vote no vote). Read case details
• 📝 Town Counsel invoice, Sept. 16 through Sept. 30. The board approved the Haley and Brown invoice totaling $3,952.50 after taking it out of order. (Vote 4-0). Read case details

Next dates

• Nov. 11: Veterans Day service on the town common, 11 a.m.
• Nov. 12: MassDOT virtual meeting on North Street Bridge design, 6 p.m.
• Nov. 17: Surveillance applicant interviews may begin

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