Warwick, MA

2025-12-29 Selectboard Minutes

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Town of Warwick
Minutes of Hybrid Meeting of the Warwick Selectboard
Warwick Community School
Monday, December 29th, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.

Selectboard Members Present: Brian Snell, Chair; Alan Genovese, Vice-Chair; Keith Ross, Clerk

Others Present: David Young, Town Coordinator; Diana Noble, Assistant to the Town Coordinator; David Shoemaker, Police Chief

Others Present via Zoom: Andrea Woods; Claudia Lewis

  1. Call To Order – Snell called the meeting to order at 6:03pm
  2. Appearances
    1. David Shoemaker, Police Chief – Chief Shoemaker requested, and the Board agreed to organize a formal ceremony to honor four former members of the police department, potentially at the May 4th Town Meeting: Sergeant Brian Gale, Bruce Kilhart, Chief Brian Peters, and James (Jim) Erviti.
      • Board reached Consensus to hold a formal ceremony honoring former members of the Warwick Police Department.
    2. Woods and Young discussed setting the first meeting for the Meeting House Committee in order to apply for grants for the project. Young will set the first meeting.
  3. Chapter 268 Section 20C and 20D Ethics disclosures or exemptions – none
  4. Minutes of previous meeting – The Board approved the September 23rd meeting minutes with a correction and decided to send a thank-you letter to Amanda, who has supported the Board for many years.
    • Genovese MOVED to approve the minutes from September 23rd, 2025, as amended. Snell SECONDED. Motion CARRIED. 3-0-0.
  5. Citizens’ concerns and suggestions for future agenda items – Genovese asks that the Six Town Regional Planning Board updates be added as a reoccurring agenda item.
  6. Discussions and reports
    1. Coordinator Report
      1. The Board raised concerns about National Grid’s modernization projects including: a) smart meter deployment potentially interfering with Warwick Broadband services, and b) an upcoming meeting about National Grid’s stanchion (poles) construction project. The Board agreed to follow up on these issues.
    2. Assistant Coordinator Report
      1. Noble invited various individuals to join the Town Coordinator Search Committee, and awaits their response.
      2. Noble and Woods compiled and shared with legal counsel a summary and list of noncompliance regarding the legal dispute with Northeast Paving over unpaid invoices for the STRAP grant project. The town’s contentions with Northeast Paving include improper invoicing and not following town contracts. Noble recommended a joint Selectboard and Highway Commission meeting to discuss upcoming projects, as well as ongoing invoicing and accounting procedures. The Board discussed that Young may continue to be the contract signatory for a transitional year following his retirement.
        • Snell MOVED that Noble send a request to the Highway Commission for a joint meeting with the Selectboard. Ross SECONDED. Motion CARRIED. 3-0-0.
    3. Selectboard Reports
      1. Six Town Regionalization Planning Board Update – Genovese reports that the Planning Board has almost completed the long-range plan, and continues work on a warrant article. Genovese is developing a list of potential changes to a potential Five Town agreement. The Board also discussed a recent press article that disappointed Genovese with various errors.
      2. Ross talked with a reporter about “what’s happening in Warwick” in the coming year, and expects the article in the December 30th newspaper.
  7. Actions – none

Ross MOVED to adjourn the meeting at 6:55pm. Genovese SECONDED. Motion CARRIED. 3-0-0.

The next meetings will be Monday, January 12th and Jan 26th, 2026 at 6:00pm. 

Respectfully submitted by Heather Berlin, Town Secretary

Documents consulted at this meeting:

*Meeting agenda dated Dec. 15, 2025
*Assistant Coordinator Report Dec. 26, 2025
*Draft Minutes 9-23-2025

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