Board Approves Permits, Election Warrant Routinely

Select Board · Meeting of October 13, 2026

Groveland's Select Board heard a housing trust primer and debated a field-group outreach plan, taking no vote on either. North Shore Realtors' Patrick McGuire told the board affordable housing trusts are "much more closed door" than Community Preservation Act spending and cited Salem's trust, which he said has "never had it funded," as a model listening body. Vice Chair Steven Baker raised whether the board needs a formal agenda-setting policy after researching the question with the state's open meeting law office, which he said confirmed "it doesn't" cover who controls the agenda; member Edward Watson said he saw no need for one.

The board also discussed, but did not vote on, a proposed twice-yearly and once-yearly check-in schedule with groups like the Garden Club, Historical Society and local youth sports leagues. Routine 4-0 votes approved permits for a Pines Pavilion birthday party, Pumpkin Fest on October 21, and posting the warrant for the November 3 state election; member Kathleen Kastrinelis was absent.

In the full story:

• Executive Session: Fire Chief Contract Negotiations
• Affordable Housing Trust: An Education Session
• Routine Permits: Pines Pavilion Birthday Party and Pumpkin Fest
• Warrant Posted for November Election
• Town Moderator Presentation Not Held
• Select Board Agenda-Setting Policy Debate
• Town Property Stewardship and Community Field Partnership
• Old Business, Town Administrator Updates, Member Reports
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,383 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of October 13, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

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