Posted onNovember 23, 2020|Comments Off on MFi’s first annual appeal
Exciting news! Check your mail for the first ever MFi annual appeal letter! A dozen of our neighbors have already responded. You can also donate on-line here – https://www.medfieldfoundation.org/give
Posted onNovember 20, 2020|Comments Off on CPA base state match at 28.6%
The Division of Local Services (DLS) newsletter had the following article about the Massachusetts Community Preservation Act (CPA) base state matching monies coming in this year at 28.6% for the 3% CPA communities.
Medfield residents continue to pay in to fund the state payments to other towns, because Medfield has not adopted the CPA – i.e Medfield is leaving free state monies on the table. See https://www.communitypreservation.org/ for information.
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The map below shows all the communities that have adopted the Community Preservation Act, including those recently adopted.
FY2021 Community Preservation State Match Distributed Donnette Benvenuto and Lisa Krzywicki – Data Analytics and Resources Bureau
On November 13th, the Data Analytics and Resources Bureau (DARB) distributed the FY2021 state match of Community Preservation (CPA) funds. The CPA trust fund receives revenues from surcharges on documents filed at the Registry of Deeds. Effective January 1, 2020 the registry of deeds increased fees on most documents from $20 to $50 and on municipal lien certificates from $10 to $25. In FY2021, there are 176 communities eligible for the CPA state match and as of November, the CPA state trust fund recorded revenues totaling $61.1 million.
Of the 176 communities eligible, 76 have adopted the surcharge at the maximum 3% making them eligible for base distribution match of 28.6% of the local CPA surcharge committed. They are also eligible for the 2nd round distribution (equity) and 3rd round distribution (surplus), which can result in an increased percentage match, up to 100%. The remaining 100 communities that did not adopt the CPA at 3% are only eligible for the first-round match of 28.6% of the local CPA surcharge committed.
Number of communities eligible for the FY2021 state match by percentage adopted:
The full distribution breakdown and decile ranking by community can be found here on the DLS website.
On the November 3rd ballot an additional 9 communities voted and approved the CPA and West Stockbridge adopted it earlier in the year. Municipal Clerks in these communities are reminded to send in the Specimen ballot, results and notification of acceptance form to DARB at databank@dor.state.ma.us as soon as possible.
List of additional communities and percentage adopted eligible for the FY2022 CPA state match in November of 2022:
For questions about the distribution or to notify us of local adoption, please email databank@dor.state.ma.us.
Posted onNovember 20, 2020|Comments Off on 35 cases in last two weeks
LATEST UPDATE:
November 20, 2020 9:50 AM
Medfield’s COVID-19 Data Dashboard has been updated with case and testing data as of 11/19. Medfield remains in the yellow category and has a case count of 35 cases over the last 14 days.
Posted onNovember 14, 2020|Comments Off on COVID-19 Data Dashboard on Town’s website
The Town of Medfield and the Medfield Board of Health has announced that a new COVID-19 Data Dashboard is now available on the Town’s website. The dashboard was created utilizing the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s weekly COVID-19 data and will be released every Friday. The new dashboard will also provide a breakdown of cases by age group as well as regional COVID-19 information.
November 13, 2020 12:32 PM The Town of Medfield and the Medfield Board of Health has announced that a new COVID-19 Data Dashboard is now available on the Town’s website. The dashboard was… Read on Click here to open the dashboard
November 6, 2020 9:18 AM
The Board of Health has announced the following case numbers of COVID-19 in Medfield: 78 confirmed, 12 active
Posted onNovember 14, 2020|Comments Off on MEA – MEDFIELD DECARBONIZERS – 7:30PM Monday
MEA was founded in June and has quickly gained momentum. We are committed to helping Medfield and Medfield residents learn how to reduce their impact on the environment. We plan to hold at least one educational program a month.
We have some great ideas and plans for the future and would welcome more. Please get involved in a small or big (or medium) way. Feel free to reach out to meamedfield@gmail.com and/or consider attending the Steering Committee meeting in December. Details below.
Monday, November 16th Learn from Your NeighborsMonday November 16th 7:30 – 8:30 pm on Zoom MEDFIELD DECARBONIZERS
Are you thinking of installing solar panels or heat pumps but don’t know where to start? Are you curious about the logistics of driving an electric car? We thought it would be great to have a session about these carbon-reducing products where you can talk to other Medfield residents who have already adopted them.
Hear from these Medfield residents about their experiences: Jim James will talk about his solar panels. Kirsten & Glen D’Abate will discuss their electric vehicles. Jim Nail will tell us about how he installed a heat pump system for his home.
Also, we will share how to calculate your own carbon footprint. There will be plenty of time for questions. Register in advance for this webinar: https://tinyurl.com/meamedfield-Nov16 Have you taken our survey? Please do! We hope to learn what you and other Medfield residents think about environmental issues. Please take our survey and then share the link with your friends and family. If you include your email, you will be registered for a raffle to win a $50 gift certificate to a Medfield store. Find the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J7NFCHW
The next meeting of the Medfield Environment Action Steering Committee will be Wednesday December 2nd at 7:30pm via Zoom. Please join us at a meeting– we welcome everyone and anyone — and see what we’re about.
Meeting ID: 850 1726 6125 Passcode: 388020 It’s Easy to Calculate Your Household Carbon Footprint! • Use the EPA Carbon Footprint Calculator • Fill in just these two sections: Home Energy (electricity, gas/oil), and Transportation (your vehicles). • Save your work and bring in the number– your household carbon footprint in lbs of annual CO2 emissions– to the Nov. 16 forum. • This is a starter approach to carbon-footprint; we can always go deeper later. Please contact Fred Davis with any questions at fred@freddaviscorp.com.
The Zero Carbon Home forum from last month was terrific. Lots of good information about how to get started on insulating your home, installing solar panels, choosing replacement windows and considering heat pumps. The recording is now on the MEA website, meamedfield.org. Check it out! Want to save money? Want to know more about home energy assessments, rebates, incentives, and more? Go toMass Saveand check out the possibilities.
Our MissionMedfield 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/sustainablereduce other environmental impacts in our community. Adopted July 9, 2020
TOWN OF MEDFIELD MEETING NOTICE Posted in accordance with the provisions of MGL Chapter 39 Section 23A, as amended Due to the COVID-19 emergency, this meeting will take place remotely. Members of the public who wish to view or listen to the meeting may do so by joining via the web, or a conference call.
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: 820 9536 3190 b. Enter the password: 171914
Remote Meeting held on Zoom Tuesday, November 17, 2020 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
Annual Tax Classification Public Hearing, Board of Assessors
2. Holiday Light Display Request at MSH, Brett Poirier and Jean Mineo
Discussion (potential votes)
3. Update on COVID-19 status/operations and CARES Funding
4. Private Party Request at Medfield State Hospital in December
Action Items
5. Vote to sign the Police Contract: July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020.
6. Vote to authorize Town Administrator to sign retiree health insurance rates
7. Annual Committee Appointments
8. Lease Agreements for the Mt. Nebo Water Tower a. New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC (AT&T)
9. Authorize Town Administrator to sign extension of the competitive electricity supply agreement for Town and School facilities for one additional year through December 2023 at a rate not to exceed $0.0887
Posted onNovember 7, 2020|Comments Off on 90.5% election turn out
Assistant Town Clerk, Marion Bonoldi, reports that Medfield has 9,369 registered voters, and that this election 90.5 percent of the voters cast a ballot.
Congratulations both to the 90.5% for voting and to the Town Clerk’s office for making our election work so well in such difficult circumstances.
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