CHESHIRE, Mass. — Longtime Selectwoman Carol Francesconi will not run for re-election this May.

 

Francesconi said announced on Tuesday that she's done after 30 years serving on the Board of Selectmen.

 

"I really loved the job but there comes a time when it is time to let someone else take over," she said.

 

First elected in 1989, the veteran public servant was returned for a 10th term in 2016 against one of the few challengers she's faced over the past three decades. She's served as chairman of the board numerous times and currently also serves on the Conservation Commission.

 

Other seats up for election include the moderator, one selectman for a one-year term (to complete the three-year term of Edmund St. John IV who resigned), one seat on the Board of Assessors, one seat on the Board of Health, one water commissioner, two cemetery commissioners, a Planning Board member, both an Adams and a Cheshire representative on Adams-Cheshire Regional School Committee, a Northern Berkshire Vocational School District Committee (McCann) Cheshire representative, and three constables.

 

Nomination papers will be available Jan. 29 and the election is Monday, May 6.

 

In other business, the Selectmen approved a host community agreement with marijuana cultivators Stafford Green Inc. that plans to operate an outdoor grow facility on Stafford Hill. 

 

The board made some minor tweaks to the language of the agreement and made clear the contract would be renegotiated after five years. 

 

"There you are," Francesconi said. "Welcome aboard."

 

The agreement reads that Stafford Green shall pay the town a community impact fee of 3 percent of its annual gross income. This annual fee will never be less than $5,000.

 

• Highway Superintendent Blair Crane said he believes the roads are in good condition after a week of cold and snowy weather. 

 

"We have had a mixed bag of everything over the past week and considering the rate the snow was coming down and the manpower we had we got it done," he said. 

 

He said the salt shed is still 75 percent full because typically with more snow there is more plowing and less salting.

 

• The selectmen approved a new wire inspector fee for solar panels. There will now be a flat $50 per kilowatt fee.