October 27, 2025

Chair Hilberg moved to appoint Andrew Tavolacci as an Alternate member to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a term to expire June 30, 2028. Seconded by Member Stemple. Vote: Approved: 3-0-0. 4.

Yes: Anderson, Hilberg, StemplePriya Sundaram arrived at 8:50pm (the minutes do not say which vote came first; shown from the first vote that names Priya Sundaram), so is not shown in this vote.

Chair Hilberg moved to approve the application of Thinking Flower Coffee Shop Inc., 629 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite C, Boxborough, MA 01719, for an On-Premises Restaurant All-Alcoholic Beverages License, as presented. Seconded by Member Stemple. Vote: Approved: 3-0-0.

Yes: Anderson, Hilberg, StemplePriya Sundaram arrived at 8:50pm (the minutes do not say which vote came first; shown from the first vote that names Priya Sundaram), so is not shown in this vote.

I, the Clerk of the Select Board of the Town of Boxborough, Massachusetts, certify that at a meeting of the Board held October 27, 2025, at which meeting all members of the Board were duly notified and at which a quorum was present, the following vote was unanimously passed, all of which appears upon the official record of the Board in my custody: So Voted, That the maximum useful life of the following equipment to be financed with the proceeds of the following authorized by the vote of the Town passed November 6, 2023, which was Article 12, is hereby determined pursuant to General Law Chapter 44, Chapter 7, 1 to be for the project the fire apparatus, the borrowing amount was $532,000. The maximum term was 17 years.

The minutes record this vote as the Clerk’s certificate read into the record (“the following vote was unanimously passed” … “So Voted”); they do not say who moved or seconded it, or whether Priya Sundaram (who arrived at 8:50 PM) was there yet. Showing the result only. Priya Sundaram arrived at 8:50pm (the minutes do not say which vote came first; shown from the first vote that names Priya Sundaram), so is not shown in this vote. The minutes record the result but no count or names.

So Voted, That the maximum useful life of each item of departmental equipment listed below to be financed with the proceeds of the borrowings authorized by the Town passed at the Annual Town Meeting held May 12, 2025, is hereby determined pursuant to General Law Chapter 44, section 7 section 1 to be as follows: For the purpose of the fire truck, $1,200,000 is the borrowing amount with a maximum useful life of 17 years. Second item: the DPW truck refurbishing, the borrowing amount was $160,000 for a maximum useful life of 10 years.

The minutes record this vote as the Clerk’s certificate read into the record (“the following vote was unanimously passed” … “So Voted”); they do not say who moved or seconded it, or whether Priya Sundaram (who arrived at 8:50 PM) was there yet. Showing the result only. Priya Sundaram arrived at 8:50pm (the minutes do not say which vote came first; shown from the first vote that names Priya Sundaram), so is not shown in this vote. The minutes record the result but no count or names.