Blandford Select Board Approves Planning Contract and Springfield Water Agreement
Blandford Select Board approved two contracts and took up a range of property and funding questions at its August 8 meeting.
BLANDFORD -- August 8, 2023, Blandford Select Board approved two contracts and took up a range of property and funding questions at its August 8 meeting. The board unanimously approved the fiscal year 2024 professional planning services contract with Pioneer Valley Planning Commission and an amended intergovernmental agreement with the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission, the latter contingent on sign-off from special town counsel. Town Administrator Christopher Dumont briefed the board on $20,000 in ARPA funds that became available after a Town of Washington grant paid for a municipal light plant backhaul project the town had already funded, and floated using a portion for a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan update quoted at roughly $5,000. The board also discussed a 0.78-acre foreclosed parcel on Russell Stage Road, assessed at $40,000, with members favoring a structured sale to the abutter at a reduced price rather than carrying the liability. The Blandford Agricultural Society presented a proposal to demolish a small barn at the Shepherd Farm property at no town cost, in exchange for receiving a newer engineered-truss barn to relocate to the fairgrounds in memory of the Shepherd family.
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