On the agenda: Mansfield meeting — Data Center (May 20)

TOWN OF MANSFIELD

MEETING
NOTICE

POSTED
Received by Town Clerk’s Office
on 5/18/2026 @ 1:05 PM by
Sandra Mandile

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

BOARD OR COMMITTEE: Select Board

TOWN CLERK

PLACE OF MEETING: Town Hall–Meeting Room 3AB and Virtually via GoToWebinar
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR VIRTUAL MEETING
Registration URL
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/14706423342120796
Webinar ID: 663-328-027
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the webinar.
Listen ONLY Via Phone
Dial: 1 (415) 655-0052
Access Code: 896-991-115
Watch Via Mansfield Local Cable Access
Comcast Channel: 96
Verizon Channel: 27
CANCELLATION DATE & TIME:______________________________________________________
AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE:__________________________________________________________

Select Board REVISED Agenda
May 20, 2026
1. Call to Order Select Board Meeting - Pledge of Allegiance
2. Reorganization of the Select Board and Light Commissioners
3. Discussion and Consideration or Vote of Town Right of First Refusal – 52 Willow Street
Condominium Resale
4. Interview and Consideration to Appoint Sally Fehervari, Mansfield, MA to the Bicycle and
Pedestrian Network Plan Steering Committee (1 vacancy)
5. Interview and Consideration to Appoint Members to the Non-Profit Gift Fund Committee (2
vacancies)
➢ Terry Blanchard, Mansfield, MA
➢ Maureen R. Doherty, Mansfield, MA
➢ Steve Schoonveld, Mansfield, MA
6. Town Manager’s Report
➢ Data Centers By-Law Making the News
➢ Cobb Street Acceptance
➢ SEMRECC Assessment Update
➢ Health Insurance Advisory Committee Update
➢ Miscellaneous Items
➢ Select Board Members Questions and Comments
7. 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.)
8. Discussion and Consideration of Fee Changes
➢ Building Department
➢ Conservation Commission
➢ DPW – Mansfield Green
➢ Fire Department
➢ Planning Board
➢ Water Department
➢ Zoning Board of Appeals
9. Discussion and Consideration of Revised Flag Policy
10. Discussion and Consideration to Appoint a Member of the Select Board to serve on the
Mansfield Foxboro Norton Wastewater District to a term that expires on June 30, 2027
11. Discussion and Consideration to Appoint a Select Board member to the Southeastern
Massachusetts Metropolitan Planning Organization (SMMPO) and to Document that the
Members Appointee will be Mallory Aronstein, Easton

12. 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.
13. Select Board Member Committee and Liaison Updates
14. 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.)
15. Review and 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:

➢

May 5, 2026
B. Vote to Approve Warrants:
➢
Town Vendor Warrant No. 2647T in the amount of $1,428,128.41
➢
Electric Vendor Warrant No. 2647E in the amount of $2,174,401.01
➢
School Vendor Warrant No. 2647S in the amount of $703,580.22
C. Consideration of Permits and Licenses:
➢
Consideration of Drainlayer’s License for Moore Brothers, Inc.
➢
Fee Waiver Request for Mansfield High School senior class BBQ
D. Proclamations:
➢
Proclamation for Mary Kate Flynn
➢
Proclamation for Maureen R. Doherty
16. Consideration and Approval of Town Payroll Warrants:
➢ Town Payroll/Town Medicaid Payroll 2645PT in the amount of $1,027,815.04
➢ Town Deductions Vendor Payroll 2645TV in the amount of $335,737.76
➢ School Payroll/School Medicaid Payroll 2645PS in the amount of $1,951,714.68
➢ School Deductions Vendor Payroll 2645SV in the amount of $576,027.52
17. Correspondence
➢ Email from Em Burke
➢ Emails from Eric Houston
➢ Email from Leah Sawyer
➢ Invitation from Bristol County Agricultural High School
➢ Email and Letter from Donald Capen
➢ Email from Adria McPherson
➢ Letter from Michael Trowbridge, Sr. – Resignation from Mansfield Foxboro Norton
Wastewater District
➢ Letter from Mark Corsillo – Resignation from Planning Board

18. Select Board Member’s Comments and Questions
19. Any items not anticipated by the Chair 48 hours prior to this meeting
20. Enter into Executive Session and Not Return to Open Session:
➢ Pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 30A, Section 21, Exemption 3 to discuss strategy with
respect to litigation if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the litigating
position of the public body for ongoing Conservation violations located at 120 Forbes
Blvd, 130 Forbes Blvd, 505 West Street, 509 West Street, 493 West Street and O’Reilly
Tree Service and the chair so declares.
➢ Pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 30A, Section 21, Exemption 4 to discuss the deployment of
or strategy regarding security personnel or devices
➢ Pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 30A, Section 21, 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 American
Federation State County and Municipal Employees Council 93, AFL-CIO, Local 1702
Department of Public Works Union, Units A and B