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  Stay well.  Feel joy.  Find peace.      

Coming up– view the movie “2040”
Jan. 31 Tuesday 7pm at United Church of Christ 496 Main Street
Feb. 5 Sunday 1pm at the Medfield Public Library
bring a friend!


Roger Ebert writes:
An Australian dad (writer/director Damon Gameau) imagines what life could be like for his four-year-old daughter 20 years from now with a brief but very clear depiction of the precariousness of our current carbon overload and its consequences… The biggest risk in fighting climate change is an overwhelming sense of helplessness. “2040” points a practical, achievable path toward solutions, but its most important contribution is a sense that change is possible. Gameau says that he wants “to create a vision of a different future” with “an exercise in fact-based dreaming.” This film does not scold us; it is hopeful.       Looking for a “natural high”?  Donate to MEA! 
Get your endorphins flowing!
Click here       The next MEA meeting is Jan. 4, 2023 at 7:30pm by Zoom.  Email meamedfield@gmail.com for the link. 
All are welcome!
  Our Mission Medfield Environment Action (MEA) is a grassroots organization of residents.  We share information about the accelerating environmental destruction and climate emergency to empower local action.  We seek to build a movement of informed citizens, dedicated to the preservation of a living environment in Medfield and beyond. Our goal is that those informed citizens support each other and work together for solutions.
 
MEA will work to: initiate and support measures by our town and state governments that will positively impact our environment; help reduce energy consumption and render the consumed energy renewable/sustainable reduce other environmental impacts in our community.  
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SJC says no right to physician assisted suicide

This morning the Supreme Judicial Court issued its decision in the case of KLIGLER v. ATTORNEY GENERAL in which the court held that:

“Although we recognize the paramount importance and profound
significance of all end-of-life decisions, after careful
consideration, we conclude that the Massachusetts Declaration of
Rights does not reach so far as to protect physician-assisted
suicide. We conclude as well that the law of manslaughter may
prohibit physician-assisted suicide, and does so, without
offending constitutional protections.”

Select Board 12/20/22

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TOWN OF MEDFIELD
MEETING
NOTICE
Posted in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 30A, §§18-25
This meeting will be held in a hybrid format. The Board of Selectmen will attend in person and
members of the public may attend in person. In addition, members of the public who wish to
participate via Zoom may do so by joining by one of the following options:
1. To join online, use this link:
https://medfield-net.zoom.us/j/88530366678?pwd=clhLODVKcnlDN3dFTDJWQjBCVzJ5Zz09
a. Webinar ID: 885 3036 6678
b. Password: 637025
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or 301-715-8592 or 346-248-7799 or 669-900-6833
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The packet with meeting materials for this meeting is available at this link:
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Board of Selectmen
Board or Committee
PLACE OF MEETING DAY, DATE, AND TIME
Chenery Hall, Medfield Town House
Remote participation available through Zoom Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 7:00 pm
Agenda (Subject to Change)
Call to Order
Disclosure of video recording
We want to take a moment of appreciation for our Troops serving around the globe in defense of
our country
Appointments
1. Council on Aging update by Roberta Lynch, COA director
2. Electric Vehicle charging station cost discussion led by Hilli Passas of the Medfield
Energy Committee and possible vote on cost proposal
Discussion Items (Potential Votes)
3. Update of ARPA funding and spending plan
4. Townwide Goals
Action Items
5. Vote to sign the annual contract with E.L. Harvey & Sons, Inc., for trucking and hauling
collected recycling from the Transfer Station as needed by the Town
6. Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Advisory Committee appointments:
a. Gabriele Harrison
b. Shane Medeiros
c. Marie Davis
d. Phil Jennings
7. Vote to approve alcohol, common victualler, amusement, and motor vehicle sales
renewals for CY 2023 as listed in the attached spreadsheet
8. Vote to accept the Community Compact Cabinet’s Information Technology grant program
for $80,000
9. Vote to authorize the Chair to sign the Tree City USA application
Citizen Comment
Consent Agenda
Meeting Minutes
October 25, 2022
Town Administrator Updates
Next Meeting Dates
January 10, 2022 (Town Meeting Warrant Closes)
January 24, 2022
Selectmen Reports
Informational
● Letter from Norfolk County Mosquito Control Commissioners
Alcohol License Renewals
Restaurant - All Alcoholic Beverages Business Address
Avenue Restaurant LLC dba Avenue 445 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Tom McGue Inc dba Basil 43 Frairy Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Grand Mandarin Inc dba Jings Garden II 16 North Meadows Road, Medfield, MA 02052
Kingsbury Club Medfield Inc 2 Ice House Road, Medfield, MA 02052
Noon Hill Partners LLC dba Noon Hill Grill 530 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Zebras Restaurant Group Ltd dba Nosh &
Grog Provisions 21 North Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Takara Group Inc dba Takara 1 Green Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Package Store - All Alcoholic Beverages Business Address
Bullards Market and Package Store Inc 1 Green Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Medfield Package Store Inc 20 North Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Vet Package Store Inc 547 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Package Store - Wines and Malt Business Address
Gulf Resources Inc dba Medfield
Commons 270 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
M Carroll Inc dba Medfield Wine Shoppe 258 Main Street E Medfield, MA 02052
Farmer Series Pouring Permit Business Address
Seventh Wave Brewing Inc 120 N Meadows Road Medfield, MA 02052
Farthest Star LLC dba Farthest Star Sake 120 North Meadows Road Ste 2, Medfield MA 02052
Common Victualler License Renewals
Licensee Business Address
Avenue Restaurant LLC dba Avenue 445 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Tom McGue Inc dba Basil Restaurant and
Catering 43 Frairy Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Rock Haven Ventures II LLC dba Blue
Moon Bagel Cafe 236 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
CasaBella Pizza Inc. 454 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Jiang FA 68 Restaurant Inc dba China Sky 24 North Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Cutlets LLC 14 North Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Taeko Sweeney Sole Prop dba Donut
Express & Custom Cakes 258 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Parafa, LLC dba Italian Groceria & Deli 258 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Grand Mandarin Inc dba Jings Garden II 16 North Meadows Road, Medfield, MA 02052
Kingsbury Club Medfield, Inc 2 Ice House Road, Medfield, MA 02052
Gulf Resources, Inc. dba Medfield
Commons 270 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Medfield Donuts II Inc dba Dunkin Donuts 563 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Go Fresh Foods, Inc dba Medfield House
of Pizza 10 North Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Dina Corp dba Medfield Subway 547 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Noon Hill Partners LLC dba Noon Hill Grill 530 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Zebras Restaurant Group LTD dba Nosh &
Grog Provisions 21 North Street, Medfield, MA 02052
New England Authentic Eats LLC dba
Papa Gino’s 10-C North Meadows Road, Medfield, MA 02052
Royal Pizza II 483 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Seventh Wave Brewing 120 North Meadows Road, Medfield, MA 02052
Starbucks Coffee Company #19830 467 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Takara Group Inc dba Takara 1 Green Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Medfield Village Griddle Inc 18 North Meadows Road, Medfield, MA 02052
Farthest Star LLC dba Farthest Star Sake 120 N. Meadows Road Ste #2, Medfield, MA 02052
Amusement License Renewals
Licensee Business Address
Tom McGue Inc dba Basil Restaurant and
Catering 43 Frairy Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Grand Mandarin Inc dba Jing's Garden II 16 North Meadows Road, Medfield, MA 02052
Kingsbury Club Medfield, Inc 2 Ice House Road, Medfield, MA 02052
Noon Hill Partners LLC dba Noon Hill Grill 530 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Rock Haven Ventures II LLC dba Blue
Moon Bagel Cafe 236 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Medfield Donuts II Inc dba Dunkin Donuts 563 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Avenue Restaurant LLC dba Avenue 445 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Farthest Star LLC dba Farthest Star Sake 120 N. Meadows Road Ste #2, Medfield, MA 02052
Zebras Restaurant Group LTD dba Nosh &
Grog Provisions 21 North Street, Medfield, MA 02052
New England Authentic Eats LLC dba
Papa Gino’s 10-C North Meadows Road, Medfield, MA 02052
Dina Corp dba Medfield Subway 547 Main Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Takara Group Inc dba Takara 1 Green Street, Medfield, MA 02052
Seventh Wave Brewing 120 North Meadows Road, Medfield, MA 02052
Class II Motor Vehicles Sales License Renewals
Licensee Business Address
Keegan’s Auto Sales, LLC 27 Brook Street, Medfield, MA 02052

Angel Run

Thank you Medfield Foundation! Lots of families had lots of fun.

Select Board’s Eileen Murphy and her Select Dog Rooney. One of the best hats and smiles of the day.

Holiday Stroll

Thank you Bellforge Arts Center.

Parade postponed to next Saturday

PARADE POSTPONED A WEEK

Email from Alison Brown –

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We are rescheduling for next Saturday – same time.  Hoping all can participate then – and giving town, police and fire dept notice.

UGHH – tough decision but too many little ones involved   Band also cannot play in rain. 

HO HO HO – Please confirm you received this notice.

Thank you !

Alison

Alison Brown, CRS, SRES, ABR

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Frank Gervasio and Brittney Franklin mentioned in the MMA’s The Beacon this month

The Beacon is the Massachusetts Municipal Association’s monthly magazine, and this month in its section on People, it recognizing Medfield’s new Assistant Town Administrator, Frank Gervasio and Assistant to the Town Administrator, Brittney Franklin’s new role as public information coordinator.

Medfield resident and long time town government volunteer, Jeremy Marsette is also noted to be the new Sherborn Town Administrator.

Frank Gervasio
became the new
assistant town
administrator in
Medfield on Nov.
14.
For the past six
years, Gervasio
worked for the
state in numerous
roles. He had
served as director of special initiatives
for the Division of Local Services since
September 2019, and previously spent
more than a year as a senior project
manager and nearly three years as a
project manager, both in the Executive
Office for Administration and Finance.
He also spent a year working as a
portfolio operations analyst for GMO,
and three years as a financial control
analyst for J.P. Morgan. He has a
bachelor’s degree in political science and
history from The George Washington
University.
In Medfield, Gervasio takes the place of
Nicholas Milano, who left in August
to become the town administrator in
Milton.
Also in Medfield, Brittney Franklin,
the assistant to the town administrator,
recently added another title: public
information coordinator. Franklin spent
more than three years at the MMA
as a senior legislative analyst before
she began working for Medfield in
November 2021.

Jeremy Marsette
became the new
town administrator
in Sherborn on
Nov. 28.
Marsette had
been the public
works director
in Natick for the
past eight years.
Previously, he spent
six years working in Framingham, as
engineer and then as assistant public
works director. He also spent more
than a decade in civil engineering and
project management roles, in both
the public and private sectors. He has
served on a number of boards and
committees, including the Medfield
Warrant Committee, the executive
board of the Association of Town
Finance Committees, and the MMA’s
Policy Committee on Public Works,
Transportation and Public Utilities.
Marsette has a bachelor’s degree in civil
engineering from the University of New
Hampshire and a master’s degree in
business administration from Southern
New Hampshire University. He also
completed the MMA-Suffolk University
Certificate in Local Government
Leadership and Management program.
In Sherborn, Marsettte replaces David
Williams, who left in early 2022 after
nine years in the role and now serves
as the chief financial officer for the
Brockton Housing Authority. Diane
Moores had been serving as Sherborn’s
interim administrator.

Select Board 12/6/2022

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    b. Password: 637025
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    The packet with meeting materials for this meeting is available at this link:
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TOWN OF MEDFIELD
MEETING
NOTICE
Posted in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 30A, §§18-25
This meeting will be held in a hybrid format. The Board of Selectmen will attend in person and
members of the public may attend in person. In addition, members of the public who wish to
participate via Zoom may do so by joining by one of the following options:
1. To join online, use this link:
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a. Webinar ID: 885 3036 6678
b. Password: 637025
2. To join through a conference call, dial 929-436-2866 or 312-626-6799 or 253-215-8782
or 301-715-8592 or 346-248-7799 or 669-900-6833
a. Enter the Webinar ID: 885 3036 6678
b. Enter the password: 637025
The packet with meeting materials for this meeting is available at this link:
https://www.town.medfield.net/DocumentCenter/View/6671/BOS-Meeting-Packet-12062022
Board of Selectmen
Board or Committee
PLACE OF MEETING DAY, DATE, AND TIME
Chenery Hall, Medfield Town House
Remote participation available through Zoom Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 7:00 pm
Agenda (Subject to Change)
Call to Order
Disclosure of video recording
We want to take a moment of appreciation for our Troops serving around the globe in defense of
our country
Public Hearing Verizon Contract 7:00
Public Hearing Tax Classification 7:30 - Principal Assessor, Yvonne Remillard
Appointments
1. Chief Guerette to request the Board of Selectmen appoint John Plant as a full time police
officer and to request the Board of Selectmen sign two grant applications:
a. FY23 State 911 Department Training Grant
b. FY23 Bridge Academy Training Municipal Reimbursement Grant
Discussion Items (Potential Votes)
Action Items
2. Accept the resignation of George Darrell from the Conservation Commission
3. Vote to sign the contract with Environmental Partners for Annual Landfill Monitoring
and Reporting for $38,200
4. Vote to sign the two (2) roof solar array leases at the Kingsbury Club as the Town of
Medfield as the ground Lessor
5. Vote to sign letter of support for the Cultural Alliance of Medfield grant application to
Save America’s Treasures for preservation funding
6. Vote to sign the Notice of Consent to Assignment of Interconnection Service Agreement
and Assignment and Assumption Agreement for the DPW Solar Project
7. Vote to accept the quote from ENE Systems for security card access for the Town House
for $25,598
8. Vote to accept the quote from ENE Systems to upgrade the security system at the Public
Safety Building for $49,980
Citizen Comment
Consent Agenda
9. Medfield Lions request for a one-day all liquor license for their Senior Holiday Luncheon
to be held on Sunday, December 11 from 12PM-2PM
10. Medfield Lions request to place sandwich boards in the usual locations advertising the
Lions Club Christmas Tree Sales beginning November 26th
11. Boy Scout Troop 89 request to place signs announcing the annual Christmas Tree Pick-up
and Recycling Program at intersection of North/Main Street and Northeast Corner of
Route 27 and South Street
12. Memorial School requests to place a sign on Main St from January 3 to January 17
advertising the opening of kindergarten registration
Meeting Minutes
October 25, 2022
Town Administrator Updates
Next Meeting Dates
January 10, 2023
January 24, 2023
Selectmen Reports
Informational
● Comcast price change information
● Verizon Fios TV Programming Change notice - CEEN and Afrotainment and African
Box Office
● Board of Appeals on Zoning, Notice of Decision
● Letter to Medfield Town Clerk re districtwide election for the Tri-County Regional
Vocational Technical High School

Nomination Papers for Annual Town Election now available

From a town alert this afternoon –

Posted on: November 30, 2022

Nomination Papers for Annual Town Election now available

The following positions are open for nomination:

One Selectman for a term of three years

A Moderator for a term of one year

One Assessor for a term of three years

Two School Committee members for a term of three years

Two Library Trustees for a term of three years

One Planning Board member for a term of five years

Two Park Commissioners for a term of three years

One Housing Authority member for a term of five years

Two Trust Fund Commissioner for a term of three years

One Selectman for a term of three years

A Moderator for a term of one year

One Assessor for a term of three years

Nomination papers require 50 signatures of Medfield registered voters per candidate.  Nomination papers are available at the Town Clerk’s Office and are due back by February 6, 2023 at 5:00 pm.

Click here for a listing of open positions.

Help the Angel Run

Help out Medfield’s Most Family Friendly Event!

From Meg Foley –

We still need bananas and apples for the day of the race. The more we get donated the less money we have to spend! 🙂 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090844a8ad28a3f85-angel1

Feel free to share the link w/ friends, post it, text it! 🙂