Select Board unanimously backs Conservation Commission's $20,000 flood-risk grant application. John Schreiber reported the Municipal Vulnerability Program Action Grant will fund flood-risk assessment and adaptation planning along New Marlborough's river corridors in partnership with the Housatonic
New Marlborough Select Board approves $88,150 culvert replacement design. The board voted unanimously to accept grant agreements with The Nature Conservancy and Foresight, Land Services, Inc for design and permitting of culvert replacement on Canaan Southfield Road near Foley Hill Road. The board
Planning Board endorses bylaw recodification with contested piggery classification. Chair Bob Hartt and the board voted four to one (with one abstention by Jordan Archey) to retain language classifying piggeries as a by-right agricultural use, citing the Right to Farm bylaw's inclusion of swine and
New Marlborough Conservation Commission unanimously issues enforcement order on Knight Road unpermitted wetlands fill. The property owner at 186 Knight Road did not respond to two certified letters requesting attendance, with Conservation Agent Mary Summers reporting no returned calls. The
Transfer Station Working Group approves engineering proposal and container layout for station redesign. The group unanimously endorsed a Berkshire Engineering proposal at $9,800 for site planning and DEP permit preparation, with an estimated three-week approval timeline, and unanimously favored
Board of Health approves level-funded FY 27 budget with targeted increases. The board held most accounts flat while approving a 3 percent increase for the Selectboard Public Health Collaborative's public nursing services and recommending a boost to BOH Officers from $1,250 to $1,550--the first
Select Board approves electricity rate increase and vocational training funding. The board unanimously amended its electricity supply contract with First Point Power, raising rates to $0.15000 per kilowatt hour, according to Town Administrator Mari Enoch, who cited unprecedented winter cold and
Planning Board votes down Historic Commission proposal for village construction review. The four-member board present, Chair Bob Hartt, Jordan Archey, Christian Stovall, and Becky Wilkinson, rejected the measure on grounds that mandatory Historic Commission input could worsen affordable housing
Transfer Station Working Group advances full redesign over staged alternative. Chair Freddy Friedman and member Gardiner Morse supported proceeding with the complete project as previously voted, rejecting member Tara White's proposal to begin with the back road only. Marc Trachtenberg's motion to
New Marlborough Historical Commission unanimously approved a proposed new construction pause bylaw for the town's historic villages. Chair Dr. John Schreiber reported the draft, similar to the town's existing demolition bylaw, would require a comment period from abutters and neighbors but would not
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