Carver Select Board Ratifies Police Chief Contract, Approves Two Business Licenses

CARVER -- January 6, 2026, Carver Select Board opens 2026 with police chief contract ratification and a 4-1 vote to hold the school-town revenue split steady. The board unanimously ratified a contract for incoming Police Chief Matthew Rainer, who was absent due to a family bereavement, then reaffirmed the budget revenue split at 68.4 percent for the school district and 31.6 percent for the town, the same figures used for at least three consecutive years, over the lone dissent of member John Carter, who argued the split methodology has been "skewed" since a 2021 accounting change. Town Administrator Glenn Cannon disclosed that the state has denied Carver's request for an extension on its expired MBTA Communities Act zoning compliance and warned that some future state grant applications now require that compliance as a condition of eligibility. Comcast Government Affairs Manager Mike Galla told the board the company has roughly 15 poles in its transfer queue in Carver, with a 45-to-90-day completion window once notified through the utility coordination system Engines; Verizon, invited to the same meeting, declined to appear. The board also granted a Class 2 used-car dealer license to Carver Gas Corp owner Jessica Nassif at 249 Tremont Street, approved a common victualer license for Giorgio's House of Pizza under new ownership, and postponed a second restaurant license application pending building commissioner review.