Select Board approves cable contract, defers liquor licenses, continues sign hearing.
Select Board approves cable programming contract and sustainable purchasing policy, defers liquor licenses. Chair Rafael McDonald, Vice Chair and Clerk Michelle Mercier-Link, and Member Gregory Cerino voted unanimously to approve a $35,000 contract with Jonathan Rivers of Holliston for fiscal year
Select Board's Office · Meeting of May 18, 2026
TOPSFIELD — Select Board approves cable programming contract and sustainable purchasing policy, defers liquor licenses. Chair Rafael McDonald, Vice Chair and Clerk Michelle Mercier-Link, and Member Gregory Cerino voted unanimously to approve a $35,000 contract with Jonathan Rivers of Holliston for fiscal year 2027 cable programming and editing, and unanimously approved a Sustainable Purchasing Policy that will increase the town's eligibility for MassDEP RDP Dividends Grant funding. Three one-day liquor license applications, for Salem Five Family Picnic, ICL Company Picnic, and Essex Agricultural Society's 11 licenses for Topsfield Fair, were deferred for later review.
The Board continued a public hearing on a non-conforming sign permit for 241 Ipswich Road to May 26 after Mercier-Link recused herself due to work she does for the applicant, Iron Ox Farm.
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Source: the Select Board's Office meeting of May 18, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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