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Access easily searchable meeting agendas and minutes for various boards, commissions, and committees.
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Agricultural Commission
The Agricultural Commission shall have the primary responsibility of assisting in maintaining agriculture in Lunenburg. Check out more details about the Agricultural Commission on this page.
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Americans with Disabilities Committee
This Committee is composed of five members serving three-year terms appointed by the Town Manager and ratified by the Select Board.
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Architectural Preservation District Commission
The 2015 Lunenburg Town Meeting established the Architectural Preservation District ("District") Bylaw ("Bylaw") to regulate the construction, demolition, or renovation of existing "Contributing Property" structures as defined by the bylaw within an established bounded District ("District").
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Board of Assessors
The Assessors' primary responsibility is to value all real estate and personal property subject to taxation. Assessed valuations are based on "full and fair cash value" of as of the January 1st preceding each fiscal year.
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Board Of Health
The board of health shall be responsible for the formulation and enforcement of local rules and regulations affecting the environment and the public health and for the enforcement within the town of all state statutes and the provisions of the code of Massachusetts regulations affecting the public health.
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Board of Registrars
Explore information about the Registrars of Voters.
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Budget Task Force
The Budget Task Force shall be charged with recommending scenarios for a three to five-year sustainable fiscal plan for the Town of Lunenburg.
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By-Law Review Committee
The By-Law Review Committee shall consist of the town clerk who shall serve by virtue of office, 2 persons appointed by the town moderator, and 2 persons appointed by the select board. The committee in its final, or in interim report, shall include recommendations for such substantive change in town by-laws as it deems necessary or advisable.
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Capital Planning Committee
The goal of the Capital Planning Committee is to provide a means of planning for necessary expenditures for maintenance, equipment, and/ or improvements of the capital assets and infrastructure of the Town of Lunenburg. The Capital Planning Committee shall research, study and advise the Selectmen and Finance Committee of the requests for short and long-range capital purchases for the Town.
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Cemetery Commission
The board of cemetery commissioners have the responsibility to make regulations governing the care, superintendence, and management of all public burial grounds in Lunenburg and to lay out existing public burial grounds and may lot out in lots or other suitable subdivision with proper paths, lanes, and ways appropriate for burial use any other land acquired by the town for burial purposes.
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Charter Review Committee
At least once every ten years a special committee consisting of nine members shall be established for the purpose of reviewing the Town Charter and making a report, with recommendations, to the Town Meeting concerning proposed amendments which said committee may determine to be necessary or desirable.
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Conservation Commission
The Conservation Commission enforces the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act and the Lunenburg Wetlands Protection By-law. The Commission also has care and custody of over 24 publicly accessible properties that are permanently protected for conservation and passive recreation.
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Council On Aging
The Council on Aging is an eleven-member volunteer board that is appointed by the Board of Selectmen. "The Mission of the Lunenburg Council on Aging is to advocate for improved quality of life for all seniors through supportive services, programs, and education". (Adopted 1998).
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Cultural Council
The Lunenburg Cultural Council is responsible for disbursing funds received from the Massachusetts Cultural Council for local cultural and artistic activities. The mission of the Lunenburg Cultural Council is to nurture and promote a diverse range of artistic and cultural programs for the benefit of Lunenburg and surrounding communities.
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Economic Development Committee
The Lunenburg Economic Development Committee is committed to promoting business development that will enhance the character, culture, and commerce in Lunenburg.
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Finance Committee
The Finance Committee shall have the primary responsibility to report to the Town Meeting on the proposed budget of the Town Manager and all warrant articles having a fiscal impact on the Town, as more particularly detailed in the Charter, Town Bylaws, and the laws of the Commonwealth.
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Green Communities Committee
The Lunenburg Green Communities Committee will focus on improving and promoting energy efficiency in town and school facilities, infrastructure, and vehicles.
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Historical Commission
The Historical Commission shall act for the preservation, protection, and development of the historical or archeological assets of the Town.
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Library Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees shall act as an agent of the public trust governing the library. The library shall create the general operating and administrative policies relating to budget, personnel, and contracts as specified by state law and local ordinances.
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Lunenburg 300th Anniversary Committee
The year 2028 will mark the 300th Anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of Lunenburg. In order to recognize and celebrate Lunenburg's Tricentennial, the residents of Lunenburg, by Town Meeting vote of May 7, 2022, authorized and established a steering committee, subsequently designated the "Lunenburg 300th Anniversary Committee".
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Lunenburg Housing Authority
The Lunenburg Housing Authority has five members on its Board of Commissioners, four members are selected through a town general election and one member is the state appointment through the Governor. The Executive Director reports directly to the Board of Commissioners and is responsible for the management and operation of the agency and its personnel.
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Lunenburg Municipal Building Design Committee
he Lunenburg Municipal Building Design Committee (formerly the TC Passios Building Design Committee) will continue to work with any contracted architectural and engineering firms, as they become available, to review space needs for town offices, school uses and community space at the building and/or land known as the TC Passios.
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Master Plan Steering Committee
The Planning Board has designated updating the Master Plan as a priority. The new Master Plan will be used as a guide for the Town of Lunenburg in the areas of land use, economic development, housing, transportation, community services, and capital/facilities planning among others. The development of the Master Plan is a primary statutory function of the Planning Board.
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Open Space Committee
This new Open Space and Recreation Plan update covers a seven-year window, 2019 to 2026, as prescribed by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. The Plan provides both a planning and action framework to address current and future needs of conservation and recreation land, agricultural land, corridors and parks, and greenways.
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Parks Commission
The Park Commissioners may layout and improve public parks, make rules for their use and government, and appoint all necessary engineers, surveyors, clerks, and other officers, including a police force to act in such parks.
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Personnel Committee
It is the mission of the Personnel Committee to promote and maintain consistent and equitable standards in the administration of the Town's Personnel Bylaw, called the Salary Administration Plan, in conjunction with the Town Manager, and to represent the interests of both taxpayers and town employees.
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Planning Board
The Planning Board shall make careful studies of the resources, possibilities, and needs of the town and shall make plans for the development of the town. The Board shall make a comprehensive or master plan, setting forth in graphic and textual form policies to govern the future growth and development of the entire town. The Board shall have the power to regulate the subdivision of land within the town by the adoption of rules and regulations governing such development and the administration of such rules and regulations. The Planning Board shall make recommendations to the town meeting on all matters affecting land use and development, including the zoning by-laws of the town.
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Public Access Cable Committee (PACC)
The mission of Public Access Cable Committee (PACC) is to serve the community through the creation of broadcast media programming that is by, about, and for, the Lunenburg community.
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Select Board
As the Chief Elected and Executive Officers of the Town, the Select Board members are vested with all the municipal authority not specifically retained by the Town's legislative body, Town Meeting. The Select Board appoints a Town Manager, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Town, whose powers are specified in the Town's Home Rule Charter. The Select Board issues the warrants for Town Meetings and makes recommendations on the warrant articles; initiates legislative policy by inserting articles in Town Meeting Warrants and then implements the votes subsequently adopted. They are the chief policy-making agency of the Town.
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Sewer Commission
The Sewer Commission is a five-member elected board. The Sewer Commission works in concert with the DPW and DPW Director to plan and implement changes, upgrades, and maintenance. Note: the Town's public water supply is administered by the Lunenburg Water District and is a separate entity from the Town.
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Stormwater Task Force
The Stormwater Task Force is charged with the development of a comprehensive stormwater management plan that complies with state and federal regulations, provides a storm and surface water system that controls damage from storms, protects surface water quality and the environment. The plan shall determine which local agency or agencies will be responsible for implementation, establish the estimated cost of the program, as well as provide for the creation of an ongoing funding source to enable its success.
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Town Manager Screening Committee
The Town Manager shall be appointed by the Select Board from names submitted to it by a Town Manager Screening Committee which shall consist of 1 member of the Select Board, designated by it, 1 member of the School Committee, designated by it, 1 member of the planning board, designated by it, 1 member of the Finance Committee designated by it and the Town Moderator, who shall serve as the chair and call all meetings of the Town Manager Screening Committee. Whenever the position of Town Manager shall be vacant, the Town Manager Screening Committee shall be convened and shall solicit candidates, review applications, interview and rate candidates and submit the names of qualified candidates to the Select Board who shall appoint a Town Manager only from the names so prepared and submitted to it.
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Tri-Board
The Tri-Board Meetings bring together the Select Board, Finance Committee, and School Committee to collaborate in the development of the FY 2027 operating budget and a three-year financial forecast. These meetings aim to provide transparency, collaboration, mutual understanding, and consensus across these stakeholder public bodies.
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Trust Fund Commission
The Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds shall have the management of all trust funds given or bequeathed for the benefit of the Town or the residents, unless the donor, in making the gift or bequest, shall make some other provision for the management of the fund. The Board shall, consistent with the terms of the trusts, manage and control said trusts, and distribute the income in accordance with the trusts.
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Zoning Board of Appeals
The Zoning Board of Appeals shall hear and decide appeals, hear and decide applications for special permits upon which the Board is empowered to act, hear and decide petitions for variances.
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DRAFT Board of Assessors
The Assessors' primary responsibility is to value all real estate and personal property subject to taxation. Assessed valuations are based on "full and fair cash value" of as of the January 1st preceding each fiscal year.