Woodlands Partnership of Northwest Massachusetts - Finance & Budgeting Committee - Apr. 26th, 2024
- When:
- Fri April 26th 2024 - From 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
- Where:
- Windsor Town Offices
-
1890 MA-9
WIndsor MA, 01270 Directions
The Finance & Budgeting Committee of the Woodlands Partnership of Northwest Massachusetts (established as Mohawk Trail Woodlands Partnership)*
will meet on Friday April 26, 2024 at 4:00-5:30 p.m.
This is a hybrid meeting. Members of the public are welcome to attend.
In-person: Windsor Town Offices, 1890 MA-9, Windsor, MA
Virtually: please RSVP to Kate Conlin to request a Zoom link: kconlin@newenglandforestry.org
Agenda
- Call to order and welcome
- Approval of minutes from January 12, 2024
- Follow up on April 16, 2024 joint Executive Committee/Committee Chairs meeting
- Discussion of funding overarching priorities: over next 18 months, how best to bridge transition through end of Agent contract with targeted grants or additional staff capacity
- Strategy to operationalize the Partnership Fund and Trust Fund
- Legislative strategy development regarding sustainable funding, follow up with Joe Nowak’s communication with Neal’s Office
- Agent updates: Annual Summer Meeting in June; EOEEA Woodlands Partnership Implementation Grants; Agent bid task update
- Scheduling next meeting(s)
- Any item(s) not anticipated within 48 hours
- Public comment
- Adjourn
Finance & Budgeting Committee members: Joe Nowak – Adams (chair); Dicken Crane – Windsor (board chair); Chris Cozzaglio – Berkshire Regional Planning Commission; Robert O’Connor – Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs; Keith Ross – Society of American Foresters, Massachusetts Chapter