Select Board Approves 10 Gravel Pit Licenses
North Brookfield Select Board licenses 10 gravel pits over grandfather-clause pushback.
Select Board · Meeting of June 16, 2026
North Brookfield Select Board licenses 10 gravel pits over grandfather-clause pushback. The board unanimously approved new operating licenses for pit owners Richard Boulay, Laurie Drasek, Evan Birkin, William Farmer, David and Kim Birkin, Karen Huback, CNS Sand and Gravel, Eric Charpentier, Amy Vindel and Fred Smith under a 2023 town-meeting bylaw enforced for the first time this year. Resident John Kaminski objected, calling it a "99.1 percent rule" that punishes compliant operators for one bad actor, while a board member countered the license only confirms a pit is "running your business properly." The board also signed a three-year, $38,239.44-a-year town office lease, tabled two fiscal 2027 fuel contracts to June 30, and fielded a resident's complaint that Mount Pleasant Street repairs, tied to a federally funded project idle since fiscal 2021, still have no completion date.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of June 16, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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