Town of Bolton Agricultural Commission
Meeting Minutes
Date: 21 February, 2012
AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION
63 Main Street
978 779-2297 or 779-3308
A meeting of the Bolton Agricultural Commission was held on 21 February, 2012 at Town Hall. The meeting was called to order at 7:38 pm. Commission members in attendance: Betsy Taylor-Kennedy, Barbara Parente, Richard Pelletier, Robyn Roberts. Absent: Eric Schartner
The January 2012 minutes were approved and submitted.
Reports from liaisons to Town Boards/Commissions
- Board of Health (Roberts) No Report
- Planning Board (Schartner) Absent
- Board of Selectmen (Parente): No Report
- Conservation Commission (Pelletier): No Report
- Conservation Trust (Taylor-Kennedy): The Town has received a grant of $96K from the State Division of Conservation Resources toward the purchase of the Weatherbee property.
Complaints/Requests for Site Visits
- Coolidge/Kashuba: No formal complaint letter has been received yet.
Appointments
New Business
- Annual Report: Barbara prepared and submitted the AgCom’s Annual Report to the town.
- The Neighborhood: Barbara attended a planning meeting for a new BATCO TV program initiated by Bolton Local. Called “The Neighborhood,” it could be a good venue for promoting Ag businesses.
Old Business
- Membership Farm Bureau Federation: Robyn still has not received any information regarding the status of our membership.
- Spring Agricultural Sale: Possible dates are April 1 or the last weekend in April. Barbara has contacted all of last year’s participants. Possibility to extend invitation to Berlin Ag businesses.
- Annual Farmers Meeting: Rich reported that Bolton Spring Farms cannot host the event; it may be held at the Winery. Rich will contact Brad Mitchell to be that speaker and put together a date and an agenda for the meeting.
- Emergency Management: Robyn and Sue plan to meet in the Spring.
- Wayfinding Grant: Rich will contact the Town Planner about the status of the signs.
- AgCom Website: Rich reported that he has obtained administrative access to the website from Joe Kovacs. Barbara has some agricultural themed photos left over from the brochure that she will share. The Commission approved reimbursement to Joe Kovacs for three years of website hosting.
Future Meetings/Events
- Next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 7:30 pm at Town Hall
- Bolton Farmers’ Meeting: TBD
- Spring Ag Sale: TBD
- Taste of Bolton: TBD 2012
The meeting was adjourned at 8:05 pm.
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