Ayer Residents Needed for Senior Center Site Selection and Building Committee
Application Deadline: September 28, 2023
The Ayer Select Board has formed a public Senior Center Site Selection and Building Committee charged with identifying and recommending to the Select Board a viable site in the Town of Ayer for the development of a Senior Center. In addition to identifying and recommending a viable site for the Senior Center, the Committee will oversee and administer the necessary due diligence and conceptual design for the purposes of recommending the site to the Select Board for consideration by Town Meeting for the acquisition of the recommended site. The Committee will oversee and conduct the necessary public outreach and participation with the site selection process and conceptual design; identify and secure funding for the land acquisition and design for the project to include Town Meeting approval; oversee the final design of the project; develop, oversee, and administer a construction budget for the project to include Town Meeting approval; and oversee the construction of the project. The Committee will conduct all meeting in accordance with the provisions of the Open Meeting Law (publicly posted meetings) and in accordance with the provisions of the Public Records Law (maintain and public post meeting minutes).
The composition of the Committee will be nine (9) members appointed by the Select Board to include one member of the Council on Aging; the COA/Senior Center Director; one member of the Planning Board; the DPW Director; and five (5) Ayer Residents.
Ayer Residents that are interested in serving on this public Committee should submit a letter of intent to the Assistant Town Manager at atm@ayer.ma.us or to 1 Main Street, Ayer, MA 01432 by the deadline of September 28, 2023. Applicants will be interviewed and appointed by the Select Board at a Select Board Meeting on October 3, 2023 at 6pm. For more information, please contact the Town Manager’s Office at 978-772-8220 x100 or by e-mail at atm@ayer.ma.us