Select Board Votes to Set 4 p.m. Meeting Time

Select Board · Meeting of August 17, 2026

Blandford Select Board formalized a 4 p.m. Monday meeting time after a resident challenged an earlier unvoted announcement. Chair Jacqueline Coury had told the public at an August 6 meeting that sessions would shift to 4 p.m.; resident Mary told the board at the August 17 meeting "it's not something the chair ... can unilaterally decide," prompting a formal motion that passed without objection.

The board also reviewed post office lease figures showing the Postal Service has paid the town $13,081 a year since 2022, up from $12,458 a year from 2017 to 2022, under a lease that makes the town responsible for building maintenance. Separately, the board approved a temporary liquor license and fee waiver for Skyline Beer Company's September 4-7 Fairgrounds event, approved Eversource easements for utility guy wires, and approved a new senior work-off job description for a communications assistant.

In the full story:

• Routine Business: Minutes, Payroll, Warrant and Election Dates
• Temporary Liquor License for Skyline Beer Company
• Eversource Guy-Wire Easements
• Reverse 911 Call-List Review
• Senior Work-Off Program and New Communications Position
• Post Office Lease Renewal
• Department Updates: Fire Apparatus, MassDOT Reporting, Custodial Hours
• Bicentennial Park Trash and Dog Waste
• Open Meeting Law Reminders, Cybersecurity and Town Hall Furniture Sale
• Chapter 61A Research and Right of First Refusal
• Public Comment: Meeting Time Challenge, Recordings Policy and CDC Group Bylaws
• Unused Generator in Town Hall Gymnasium
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,493 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of August 17, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.