The Amherst Select Board and Town Manager encourage
civic minded members of the Amherst community to apply for voluntary service
on one of the Town of Amherst’s boards, commissions or committees.
One of the jobs of the Select Board and the Town
Manager is to fill in vacancies on committees. These committees are the life
blood of our Town and do an impressive amount of work for our community.
At this time, the committees listed below have vacancies:
Amherst Cultural Council
Board of Assessors
Cherry Hill Advisory
Committee
Community Development
Committee
Conservation Commission
Hampshire Regional
Emergency Committee
Human Rights Commission
(two students of high school and/or
college/university level to serve for one (1) academic school year).
Kanegasaki Sister City
Committee
Kendrick Park Committee
La Paz Centro, Nicaragua
Sister City Committee
Leisure Services &
Supplemental Education Commission
Nyeri, Kenya Sister City
Committee
Planning Board
Public Art Commission
Public Transportation
Public Works Committee
Recycling & Refuse
Management Committee
Town/Commercial
Relations Committee
Select Board member, Diana Stein said, "We encourage all the citizens of Amherst
to consider volunteering to serve on one of our many boards, commissions and
committees. Amherst depends on the
commitment of our great volunteers."
If you have interest in applying to join any of the above,
please fill out a Citizen Activity Form for the Committee/Board/Commission of
your choice on line at http://www.amherstma.gov/forms.asp.
If you do not have access to a computer you may stop by the Town
Manager/Select Board Office at Town Hall, Town of Amherst, 4 Boltwood Avenue
(Mezzanine Floor), Amherst, MA 01002, or you may call 413-259-3001 to request
for one to be mailed to you.
Any questions about this press release may be answered by Laurence
Shaffer, Town Manager at 413-259-3002 or Diana Stein, Member of the Amherst
Select Board at 413-253-9572.