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Select Board Approves Consent Agenda, Previews Warrant

Ashland's Select Board approved a consent agenda with staff appointments, grants, and donations, and set a timeline for the town manager search.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 21

Government · Select Board

Select Board declines to back meals tax split plan

The Ashland Select Board declined to back former member Steve Mitchell's plan to split the town's local meals tax revenue evenly between economic development and a new "resident services" fund.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 16

Government · Select Board

Select Board Leans Toward Town Manager Consultant

Ashland's Select Board leaned toward hiring a search consultant, estimated at $16,000 to $17,000, to help find the town's next permanent town manager.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 2

Government · Select Board

Select Board Taps Byrd as Interim Town Manager

Ashland's Select Board unanimously named Assistant Town Manager Catherine Byrd as interim town manager, filling the vacancy left by outgoing Town Manager Michael, whose resignation took effect September 1.

Townbrief reporting · Aug 26

Government · Select Board

Select Board Approves Town Manager's Exit Deal

The Ashland Select Board approved an addendum ending Town Manager Michael Herbert's nearly 14-year tenure and voted 5-0 on a mutual aid conflict waiver and a Telechron clock fund transfer.

Townbrief reporting · Aug 5

Government · Select Board

Board presses Agilitas over disputed Ashland land

The Ashland Select Board pressed the Conservation Commission's case against Agilitas Energy over a disputed open-space parcel at 0 Cross Street.

Townbrief reporting · Jul 15

Government · Select Board

Select Board Reappoints Town Counsel Despite Low Scores

Ashland's Select Board voted unanimously to reappoint its town counsel despite a rocky performance review. Members kept Lisa Mead's firm, Mead, Tallerman and Costa, under contract through June 30, 2027, even after an internal evaluation averaged 2.84 out of 5 across ten criteria.

Townbrief reporting · Jun 17

Government · Select Board

Select Board reviews disputed 40B permit process

Ashland Select Board scrutinized the town's handling of three pending 40B housing applications.

Townbrief reporting · Jun 3

Government · Select Board

Select Board approves patronage appointment, delays decisions on stabilization fund strategy.

Ashland Select Board approves Light Equipment Operator appointment, sets July 15 meeting date. Chair Brandi Kinsman and members Makeda Keegan, Yolanda Greaves, and Joseph Magnani voted unanimously to accept Town Manager Patrick Rose's appointment and the prior session's minutes. Town Counsel Brian

Townbrief news summary · Jun 3

Government · Select Board

Ashland Select Board reorganizes leadership after May election override passage.

Ashland Select Board restructures after voters back override. Brandi Kinsman was unanimously elected Chair, Claudia Bennett Vice Chair, and Makeda Keegan Clerk following the May 19 election that approved a $2.75 million operational override for the Ashland Public Schools by 1,778 to 1,128 votes.

Townbrief news summary · May 20