On the agenda: Mansfield Select Board — ALPR (Oct 7)

TOWN OF MANSFIELD

MEETING
NOTICE

POSTED
Received by Town Clerk’s Office
10/02/2026 @ 11:55 AM
By Sandra Mandile

POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF MGL CHAPTER 30A §20

BOARD OR COMMITTEE: Select Board
PLACE OF MEETING: Town Hall–Meeting Room 3AB and Virtually via GoToWebinar
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, October 7, 2026 at 6:30 PM

TOWN CLERK

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE: Carrie Champagne

THIS MEETING WILL BE IN PERSON, VIRTUAL
AND ON MANSFIELD CABLE
Please note that while an option for remote attendance and/or participation is being provided as
a courtesy to the public, applicants, and board members, the meeting and hearings will not be
suspended or terminated if technological problems interrupt the virtual broadcast, unless
required by law.
Please see following two pages for the agenda.

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Select Board Agenda
October 7, 2026
1. Call to Order Select Board Meeting - Pledge of Allegiance
2. Mansfield Food Pantry to Recognize and Thank the Non-Profit Gift Fund Committee and Select
Board for the Grant to Paint their Building
3. Discussion and Possible Vote to Approve the November 2026 Election Warrant, Town Clerk Jen
Davis
4. Discussion and Possible Vote to Approve Revised Sewer and Drainlayer Regulations, DPW
Director Josh Reinke and Rick Alves, Town Engineer/Assistant DPW Director
5. Discussion and Possible Vote to Appoint Josh Reinke, Attleboro, MA to the Mansfield Foxboro
Norton Wastewater District
6. Consideration and Possible Vote to Appoint Kathleen Lawson, Bridgewater, MA to replace
Marcie Jones on the Insurance Advisory Committee as the Mansfield Association of Food
Service Workers Representative
7. Town Manager’s Report
➢ Review Draft of the Special Town Meeting Warrant
➢ September 2026 Monthly Report
➢ Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Site Visit
➢ Community Housing Forum – Wednesday, October 14th at 7PM
➢ Miscellaneous Items
➢ Select Board Members Questions and Comments
8. Public Comment
(Per the Select Board Operating Procedures: The Chair may give visitors who are not listed on
the agenda an opportunity to speak to the Board during the Public Comments session;
however, the Chair may limit their speaking time at the discretion of the Chair.)
9. Discussion and Possible Vote to Engage the Healthcare Plan Design Changes Under
Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 32B, Section 19
10. Discussion and Possible Vote to Revitalize the Town and School Needs Assessment Committee
11. Discussion with Police Chief Ron Sellon About Changes Made to the Automatic License Plate
Recognition (ALPR) Systems Policy
12. Discussion and Possible Vote to Send a Letter of Support the Determination of Need (DON)
Process and Associated Commonwealth Actions Required to Reopen Norwood Hospital
13. General Budget Discussion – Including Budget Subcommittee Update
The general budget discussion agenda item is a regular Select Board agenda item that will
include discussion on any fiscal year budgets and may include discussions of past fiscal years or
future fiscal years.
14. Select Board Member Committee and Liaison Updates
15. Public Comments

(Per the Select Board Operating Procedures: The Chair may give visitors who are not listed on the
agenda an opportunity to speak to the Board during the Public Comments session; however, the
Chair may limit their speaking time at the discretion of the Chair.)
16. Review and Vote to Approve Consent Agenda
All items on the Consent Agenda may be adopted with a single motion. Any member of the Select
Board may request that an item be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda for separate
consideration in which case that item will be voted on separately from the remainder of the
Consent Agenda. All licenses and events have been routed through Town Hall Departments and
any conditions have been noted below.
A. Vote to Approve Meeting Minutes:

➢
➢

September 16, 2026
September 29, 2026
B. Vote to Approve Warrants:
➢
Town Vendor Warrant No. 2713T in the amount of $18,859,823.84
➢
Electric Vendor Warrant No. 2713E in the amount of $215,682.62
➢
School Vendor Warrant No. 2713S in the amount of $559,509.80
➢
Town Vendor Warrant No. 2715T in the amount of $5,739,421.09
➢
Electric Vendor Warrant No. 2715E in the amount of $2,199,581.92
➢
School Vendor Warrant No. 2715S in the amount of $428,235.80
C. Consideration of Permits and Licenses:
➢
Consideration of Special Events Application for Troop 17 Tree Lot and
Waiver
➢
Consideration of Garden Club Request to Plant Daffodils
➢
Consideration of Special Events Application from Esposito Group
➢
Consideration of Water Installer License for Grant Brothers Associates
➢
Consideration of Special Events Application for St. Mary’s Church
➢
Consideration of Drainlayer’s License for Dova Properties, Inc.
D. Proclamations:
➢
none
17. Potential Vote to Approve Town Payroll Warrants:
➢ Town Payroll/Town Medicaid Payroll 2711PT in the amount of $1,208,822.56
➢ Town Deductions Vendor Payroll 2711TV in the amount of $370,679.95
➢ School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 2711PS in the amount of $1,935,516.54
➢ School Deductions Vendor Payroll 2711SV in the amount of $544,082.68
➢ Town Payroll/Town Medicaid Payroll 2713PT in the amount of $1,149,697.33
➢ Town Deductions Vendor Payroll 2713TV in the amount of $362,163.43
➢ School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 2712MS & 2713PS in the amount of
$2,016,818.84
➢ School Deductions Vendor Payroll 2713SV in the amount of $560,946.26
18. Correspondence
➢ Email from Chair of the Non-Profit Gift Fund Michael Healey
➢ Email from Melinda Tarsi-Goldfien
➢ Invitation from Parks and Recreation
19. Select Board Member’s Comments and Questions
20. Any items not anticipated by the Chair 48 hours prior to this meeting

21. Enter into Executive Session and Not Return to Open Session for the following:
➢ Pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 30A, Section 21(a), Exemption 4 to discuss the deployment of
security personnel or devices, or strategies with respect thereto.
➢ Pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 30A, Section 21(a), Exemption 3 to discuss strategy with
respect to collective bargaining if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the
bargaining position of the public body and the chair so declares with the following unions:
▪ Mansfield Permanent Firefighters Local 1820, International Association of
Firefighters
▪ United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial
and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC, Local Union 9517, Unit 2,
Non-Supervisory Unit
▪ United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial
and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC, Local Union 9517, Unit 3,
Supervisory Unit
➢ Discussion and Possible Vote to Approve the Executive Session Meeting Minutes of
September 2, 2026