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BRPC - Executive Committee Meeting - Jan. 4th, 2023

When:
Thu January 4th 2024 at 04:00 PM
Where:
Virtual/Teleconference only

This will be a virtual meeting as allowed by Ch. 2 of the Acts of 2023 extending certain provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c.30 sec.20 until March 31, 2025.

To participate virtually join the Zoom meeting at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87147316378?pwd=VzdRTjlMUmEycGtHVmRqZ1A3Wit4QT09

Meeting id: 871 4731 6378, Passcode: 293665 Phone: 646.558.8656, 646 931 3860,
312.626.6799, 301 715 8592

Meeting materials are on BRPC’s website: www.berkshireplanning.org. Click the
calendar of events, then the meeting name, and follow the link to materials.

Agenda

  1. Call to Order & Open Meeting Law Statement (4:00)
  2. Roll Call of Executive Committee Members Attending the Meeting
  3. Vote to Approve Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting of (4.05)
    December 7, 2023*
  4. Financial Reports (4:10)
    1. Vote to Approve the December 1, 2023, to December 27, 2023, Expenditures Report*
    2. Report on the Accounts Receivable/ Assessments – December 2023
    3. Report on the Line of Credit
  5. Comments from Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Delegates and (4:15)
    Alternate Delegates
  6. Items Requiring Action* (4:20)
    1. Vote to Approve Changes to the BRPC Personal, Family, and Medical Leave Policy to
      Allow for a Paid Leave Option*
    2. Vote to Approve Submission of a Grant Application to the Rural Health Network
      Development Planning Program in the Health Resources and Administration (HRSA)
      Federal Office of Rural Health Policy*
    3. Vote to Approve Entering into a Contract with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council
      Related to the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation MassTrails
      Grant Program
  7. Committee Reports and Discussion (4:40)
    1. Regional Issues Committee
    2. Finance Committee
  8. Executive Director’s Report (4:45)
    1. Report on New Contracts / Agreements
    2. Berkshires Tomorrow Inc. (BTI) Update
    3. Staff Updates
    4. Rural Policy Advisory Commission (RPAC) Update
    5. Passenger Rail
    6. Farmland Action Plan
    7. Economic Development Plan
    8. Blueprint: Building the Foundation for Recovery
  9. Old Business (4:50)
    1. Comments on the Massachusetts Internet for All Plan
  10. New Business (4:50)
    1. Discussion about the January Commission Meeting
  11. Adjournment (5:00)

    Attachments:
    - Unapproved Minutes of the December 7, 2023, BRPC Executive Committee Meeting
    - December 1, 2023, to December 27, 2023, Expenditures Report
    - Accounts Receivable Report – December 2023
    - Line of Credit Report
    - Executive Director’s Memorandum
    - BRPC Personal, Family, and Medical Leave Policy draft
    - Clean Energy Transmission Working Group Draft Report Comments
    - FY2023 Summary of the Auditor’s Results,
    - FY2023 Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances
    - FY2023 Audit Management Letter
    - Unapproved Minutes of the December 14, 2023 BRPC Finance Committee Meeting
    - Jocelyn Latvalla Resume
    - Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) comments
    - November Technical Assistance Memo
    - October Technical Assistance Memo Revised
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    * Items Requiring Action