Erving

Town Info

Contact Info

12 East Main Street

Erving, MA 01344

PHONE: 422-2800 FAX: 422-2808

E-mail: ervingadmin@comcast.net

Hours & Days Open

Monday through Friday

9:15 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Selectboard Meetings

Mondays, 6:30 p.m.

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FRCOG work in Erving during 2008

Note: Listed below are services provided directly to Erving in 2008. The FRCOG provides many other services on a regional basis that benefit the communities in Franklin County. In addition to reviewing the service highlights below, we encourage you to look throughout our website to find out more about the other work that we do.

Community Coalition for Teens

• Staff conducted a 100-question Teen Health Survey to assess teen attitudes and behavior among middle and high school students. Staff reported to Gill-Montague Regional School administrators on results from 218 Gill-Montague students, representing 78% of the 8th, 10th, and 12th grade classes.  Survey data meets federal No Child Left Behind requirements for the school, enables the school to receive Safe and Drug Free Schools funding, and is valuable for grant-writing and program planning.
• CCT surveyed all parents of students at Great Falls Middle School and Turners Falls High School, and using findings from the survey, developed a social norms marketing campaign to promote positive parenting practices in the community. The campaign was well received and its “Look How Much We Care” logo was recognized by 83% of parents responding to a follow-up survey.
• CCT provided technical assistance to support staff at the Gill-Montague Regional School District to implement student-led social norms marketing campaigns addressing issues of social justice.  An evaluation of the program showed that students came to understand that their peers were less likely to tolerate injustice and bullying behaviors than they had believed.  Students in turn reported being more tolerant themselves.
• 19 students from Turners Falls High School attended the 17th Annual Youth Conference in May 2008 at R.C. Mahar Regional School. The day-long conference included 24 workshops, and a performance by the Franklin County Technical School's Conflict Resolution Theater Group.
• The Gill-Montague Community School Partnership (GMCSP) received extensive technical assistance from CCT throughout 2007 and 2008, through a Drug Free Communities Mentoring Grant.  As a result, the Partnership applied for and obtained its own grant of $625,000 over 5 years.  The strategic plan that resulted from the mentoring process also helped the district to secure state violence prevention funding.

Cooperative Bidding & Purchasing Program

• Erving participated in the Purchasing Program’s cooperative bids and contracts for Dog Licenses & Tags.  The total fee for participation in the bids was $33.

Energy Saving Performance Contracting

• Staff facilitated a regional procurement process and vetted template contracts to select an Energy Services Company to provide energy saving performance contract services at public facilities, increase operating efficiency and reduce taxpayer cost. This work was done on behalf of 16 Franklin County municipalities and 3 regional school districts, including Gill/Montague RSD.

Franklin County Cooperative Inspection Program

• A total of 71 building permits, including 2 dwelling units, were issued for Erving, for a total construction valuation of $2,177,322. 15 Certificates of Inspection were issued. Total fees collected were $14,364.
• A total of 41 electrical permits were issued with $4,265 in fees collected.
• A total of 37 plumbing permits were issued with $4,005 in fees collected.
• All fees collected are returned to the Town.

Franklin County Emergency Communications System

• Staff assisted the Franklin County Emergency Communications Oversight Committee in securing an additional $623,941 for emergency communications for all Franklin County Communities. The equipment upgrade was funded with Homeland Security monies.

Planning and Development Department

• Staff provided technical assistance to town officials to evaluate the Chapter 43D Expedited Permitting program and prepared a Draft grant application for $60,000 in funding for pre-development activities at the former International Paper mill in Ervingside.
• Staff provided technical assistance to the Planning Board and created a Special Permit and Site Plan Review application form.  
• Staff provided technical assistance on zoning bylaw revisions.
• Staff participated in follow-up meetings and communication related to the recommendations that were developed as part of the Metacomet–Monadnock–Mattabesett (MMM) Trail Feasibility Study.
• Staff drafted and coordinated the review of the Goals and Objectives, Vision Statement, Scenic Resources, Land Use and Zoning, Natural Resources, Recreational Resources, Historic, Tourism and Traveler Services, and Transportation Chapters of the Mohawk Trail East Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan (Athol to Greenfield) by the Byway Committee.
• Staff coordinated the execution of a multi-agency Memorandum of Understanding for the Connecticut River Scenic Farm Byway Land Protection Project which received $500,000 in funding to purchase conservation restrictions and/or agricultural preservations restrictions from willing landowners along the Byway.  
• Staff worked with the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission to complete the application to nominate the Connecticut River Scenic Farm Byway as a National Scenic Byway.
• Staff worked on approved projects along the Connecticut River Scenic Farm Byway including the design and construction of streetscape improvements in Erving on Route 63 north of Millers Falls, the Western Massachusetts Scenic Byways Marketing Project and the development of signs and a marketing website.
• Staff conducted two town-requested traffic counts.
• Staff provided updated GIS environmental and zoning data layers to the Town Assessor for use by Town.
• Staff continued to provide assistance to the Town and the Route 2 Task Force to implement Route 2 Safety Improvements.  In 2008 improvements in Athol/Philipston were completed, reconstruction of two bridges near the French King Bowling Alley were completed, construction of improvements in Ervingside commenced, improvements for Orange reached the 100% design stage, and the design of improvements in Erving Center and Farley began preliminary activities.
  

Regional Preparedness Program

• The Mohawk Area Public Health Coalition (MAPHCO) awarded Erving $810.83 to purchase Emergency Dispensing Site (EDS) supplies for Board of Health use in emergency response.
• The Regional Emergency Planning Committee, funded with grants from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), provided the town with copies of an Incident Command System (ICS) Field Operations Guide, a valuable reference work for emergency planners.  REPC staff also made available topographical and critical infrastructure maps for use in the town’s emergency operations center (EOC).
• Staff attended two Board of Health meetings.
• Staff attended twelve Emergency Dispensing Site (EDS) meetings for the Montague Regional EDS as well as Staff conducted and organizing a regional tabletop dispensing exercise.

Western Regional Homeland Security Advisory Council

• Staff provided 30 UHF pagers to the Erving Fire Department. Each was valued at$365, for a total of $10,950.
• $5,800 was awarded by the Council for the Montague EDS Drill involving the towns of Montague, Erving, Gill and Wendell.
• Montague Emergency Management was awarded $80,000.00 for a 250 KW generator to service the new Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in the new police station. The Montague EOC serves as secondary EOC for the towns of Greenfield, Gill, Erving, Wendell, Leverett, Sunderland, and Deerfield.
• $24,250 was awarded to the Town of Orange Fire-Rescue-EMS for a new computer server and software upgrade for patient data collection and call tracking. The Orange EMS service provides service to the towns of Orange, New Salem, Wendell and Erving.

Workshops & Training

• 1 Official attended the Employers Assn. of New England FRCOG Membership Briefing.
• 1 staff attended the Municipal Finance Forum.

This page was last updated on August 12, 2009 .

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