Public Meeting Notice  Recreational Tramway Board Meeting - 12.23.25

Virtual Meeting Held via Microsoft Teams, December 23, 2025, @ 9:30 a.m.

At 9:31 a.m., the Chair, Jeff Crowley, called the open meeting to order. 

Board members present: 

• Jeff Crowley, Chair, Owner of a rope tow 
• Dan Kilburn, Designee of the Commissioner 
• Paul Maloney, Owner of a Tramway 
• Thomas Gilbert - Representative of Ski Clubs or Others Who Patronize Recreational Tramways

Board members absent:

• Vacant Seat - Rep. of Tramway Liability Insurance Company

DOL Staff present:

• Yolanda Cole, Executive Director 
• Cesar Lastra, Technical Code Coordinator 
• Richard Holtz, Board Legal Counsel
• Jeff Williams, Office Support Specialist II 

Approval of previous Meeting Minutes

N/A

Executive Director Report

N/A 

Legal Report – 

N/A

Documents and exhibits

• Agenda 
• Application for Annual License - Wachusett Mountain (Polar Express, Polar Kids 

Carpet, and Vickery Triple Chair)

Discussion

Review/Discuss/Vote

1. Application for Annual License (Chair lift)- Blue Hills Ski Area

   No Discussion – Cesar Lastra confirmed that this application was approved pending payment confirmation during the Board’s 12-19-2025 meeting. 

2. Application for Annual License - Wachusett Mountain (Polar Express, Polar Kids 

   Carpet, and Vickery Triple Chair)

Jeff Crowley recused himself from this portion of the meeting and did not participate.   Thomas Gilbert acted as  Chair for this portion of the meeting. Cesar Lastra noted that the agenda item referenced three lifts, that two of the lifts were already approved, and that the Board was addressing the Polar Express lift at this meeting. He  displayed the application and supporting documents on the screen and reviewed them for the Board Members. Paul Maloney made a motion to approve the Application for Annual License for the Polar Express lift; seconded by Daniel Kilburn.

A roll call vote was conducted and the motion was approved as follows:

Matters not reasonably anticipated by the chair 48 hours in advance of the meeting 

N/A

Adjournment

Paul Maloney made a motion to adjourn the meeting; seconded by Daniel Kilburn.   

A roll call vote was conducted and the motion was approved as follows: