PITTSFIELD - Berkshire Health Systems announces the appointment of three respected members of the civic and business communities to the BHS Board of Trustees, to serve three-year terms.
The new trustees, formally appointed at the Berkshire Health Systems annual meeting are Bronly S. Boyd, President of Boyd Converting Company, Inc. in South Lee, Carole Siegel, a psychotherapist and former longtime school adjustment counselor and Angelo C. Stracuzzi, President and Chief Executive Officer of Greylock Federal Credit Union.
Bronly Boyd is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Boyd Converting Company, Inc., of South Lee, Massachusetts. After founding the company in 1979, he successfully raised equity capital to fund the startup of manufacturing operations. Prior to starting Boyd Converting, he was Executive Vice President of Berkshire Paper Company, Inc. of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, a paper converting company he helped start in 1969 when he moved to the Berkshires with his wife, Sarah. Boyd Converting, a global business, has 120 employees. In 2002 stock held by outside interests was redeemed.
The Company operates as a privately held family business with two sons currently working at Boyd Converting. Boyd, who previously served on the BHS Board of Trustees from 1992 to 1997, also served on the Fairview Hospital Board of Trustees from 1986 to 1997, acting as its Chair from 1994 to 1996. He is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Berkshire Hills Fund for Excellence, serves on the Board of the Trustees of Reservations, Western Division and is a member of the Board of Governors for the Stockbridge Golf Club, serving as its vice president since 2004. Previously, Boyd served on the Boards of Directors of Berkshire Paper Company and Berkshire County Development Commission, where he was Chair from 1981 to 1982.
He was a member of the Berkshire Hills Regional School District School Committee for nearly ten years, where he chaired the teacher negotiating committee. Boyd has been a Corporator of Berkshire Health Systems, Lee Savings Bank and Berkshire Bank, chaired the Finance Committee of the First Congregational Church of Stockbridge and was a Trustee for the Stockbridge Land Trust and Stockbridge Library. Boyd served in the United States Army in Vietnam. He has a bachelor's degree from American University.
Carole Siegel served for thirty years in the Pittsfield Public Schools as a school adjustment counselor, retiring in 2003. During the final ten years of her tenure with the school system, she was the unit leader for school adjustment counselors and school psychologists. She currently provides consulting and training for school systems on enhancing the classroom social-emotional learning environment, as well as team-building for school staff, and works as a psychotherapist. Siegel serves on the Boards of Directors of HospiceCare in the Berkshires, Elder Services, Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Knesset Israel Synagogue and Jewish Federation of the Berkshires.
She serves on the Pittsfield Human Services Advisory Council, the Steering Committee of Friends of Pontoosuc Lake and is a Corporator of the Berkshire Museum. Siegel is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Robert K. Agar Volunteerism Award from the Berkshire United Way, Massachusetts School Adjustment Counselor of the Year for 1994 and others. She has a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts, a masters degree from North Adams State College and an undergraduate degree from Syracuse University.
Angelo Stracuzzi has served as President and CEO of Greylock Federal Credit Union since 2002. Previously he was the Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President/Senior Lender and Vice President of Administration and Lending at Greylock. His career in banking dates back thirty years, and included senior positions with Fleet Bank, Bank of New England and the Berkshire Bank and Trust Company. Very active in community affairs, Stracuzzi is a former longtime Pittsfield City Councilor, serving from 1974 to 1999, and was President of the City Council for twelve years.
He is on the Board of Directors of the Berkshire United Way, Downtown, Inc., the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce and Success By Six, where he is also chairman of the Board. Previously, he has served on the Job Development Coordinating Council, the Pittsfield Capital Outlay Committee and with other community organizations. A graduate of Pittsfield High School, Stracuzzi holds an associates degree from Berkshire Community College, a bachelors degree in business administration from Southern Vermont College and is a graduate of the New England School of Banking at Williams College.
Departing the BHS Board of Trustees are Thomas Andrews and Walter Pickwell, who have both served since 1996 and Mark Pettus, M.D., who has served since 2004.
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Lanesborough Town Meeting to Vote Budget, Bylaws & Vehicle Purchases
By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Tuesday's annual town meeting includes a $14 million operating budget, new short-term rentals, accessory dwelling units and sign bylaws, and free cash article appropriations.
Voters will gather at Lanesborough Elementary School on June 9 at 6 p.m. to decide on 20 warrant articles.
The fiscal 2027 budget is up a little over 10 percent. Some of the main increases are the Mount Greylock Regional School District and McCann Technical School: the McCann assessment is up more than 30 percent based on factors including enrollment and the school renovation project, and Mount Greylock's is up 11 percent.
Article 11 is for the town to vote to approve from free cash the sum of $16,298.48 for the McCann Technical School roof and window replacement project so as not to impact the budget. Article 3 is appropriate $7,586,284 for Mount Greylock Regional School assessment.
Another notable increase was in life and health insurance, showing an increase of about 26 percent.
Ambulance Director Jen Weber is planning 24-hour coverage, which means more staff and a hike in her budget. One of the articles asks the town to appropriate $234,100 to operate the Ambulance Enterprise Fund for salaries and expenses.
Many town departments are looking for new vehicles. The Fire Department is looking to replace its outdated 1996 fire engine. There are two articles related to the truck at a total of $813,366. Article 12 would transfer $225,000 from free cash into the Fire Truck Stabilization Fund; Article 13 would transfer $605,000 from the fund and authorize the borrowing of $208,366.08.
The total includes a $100,000 contingency cost to cover any additional costs if a 2026 model-year chassis cannot be secured before new emissions standards go into effect in 2027.
The board at its last meeting moved the $225,000 transfer to come before the borrowing article, changing the stabilization number. If the $225,000 is not voted on, then they will amend the next article's number on the floor, subtracting the $225,000. This shows the borrowing number significantly lower.
Article 17 asks for the transfer of $80,000 from free cash to replace a police cruiser.
Police Chief Rob Derksen's aim is to replace one vehicle every other year, meaning the oldest vehicle gets replaced about every 10 years.
He stressed that if delayed this year, the town may have to double up in a future year to get back on schedule, and that paying later usually costs more. The article will ask for $80,000 from free cash, the vehicles used to be funded by the BHRD.
Lastly, the Highway Department is looking to replace a 2014 International dump truck that will be a total of $330,000 and will take two to three years to receive.
Money will be used from last year's approval of $250,000 from free cash for the replacement of a 2012 highway front-end loader that was underspent $49,261. Town meeting is being asked to approve a transfer of $53,274.85 from free cash and the use of $227,464 from funds from the Sale of Town Real Estate to fund the balance.
Other free cash proposals include $1,200 to purchase software to support tracking and ongoing maintenance schedules of town-owned vehicles; $42,000 for the replacement of the Highway Department's storage shed roof, $200,000 to reduce the tax levy.
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