Responsibilities of Delegates and Alternates
The Delegate, or Alternate Delegate in the absence of the Delegate, represents one of our 32 Berkshire municipalities, and as such, is presented by the mission of the Planning Commission with perspectives to balance and decisions to make, sometimes affecting his or her city or town and often the Region as a whole. Below is a list of some of the duties which a Delegate or Alternate should be prepared to fulfill.
- Attend six full Commissions meetings a year;
- Choose at least one of the Commission committees on which to serve actively, if possible, or on which to act in a non-active resource capacity;
- Participate in the making of long range policy for the Commission;
- Participate in the making of decisions which affect the Region;
- Act as a conduit for communicating information of value to your city , town or to the Commission, calling items of import to the attention of your Selectboard or Mayor, pertinent city or Town boards, or the Commission itself; and
- Ensure that your municipality always has representation at the Commission.
Current BRPC Membership
updated April 2010
The name of the community's delegate (elected from amongst its members by the local Planning /Community Development Board) is listed first, the alternate (appointed by the Board of Selectmen/Mayor/Town Manager) is second. Where a community has only one current member, ("D") or ("A") follows the name to indicate status.
| Community | Name |
| Adams | Sandra Moderski Michael Ouellette |
| Alford | Mary Poole Billie Best |
| Becket | Gale LaBelle Stephen LaBelle Sr. |
| Cheshire | Francis Griswold Daniel Delorey |
| Clarksburg | Donald Boudreau Michael Canales |
| Dalton | Richard Ladd Zack McCain |
| Egremont | Helen Krancer Charles Ogden |
| Florida | Timothy Zelazo Glenn Burdick |
| Great Barrington | Stephen Dietmann Kevin O'Donnell |
| Hancock | Jeff Jordan (D) |
| Hinsdale | Dan Brown John Krutiak |
| Lanesborough | Aimee Thayer John Hickey |
| Lee | Tom Wichman (D) |
| Lenox | Gary Schiff Joseph Kellogg |
| Monterey | Alan Salamon Wayne Burkhart |
| Mount Washington | Robert Bott James Lovejoy |
| New Ashford | Kevin Flicker (A) |
| New Marlborough | James Mullen Patricia Hardyman |
| North Adams | David Babcock Gailanne Cariddi |
| Otis | Gail Palmer Andrew Pyenson |
| Peru | Samuel Haupt Edward Richards |
| Pittsfield | Sheila Irvin Deanna Ruffer |
| Richmond | Paula Patterson Michael Kelly |
| Sandisfield | Chris Rines (D) |
| Savoy | Karen Dobe-Coste (D) |
| Sheffield | David Smith Rene Wood |
| Stockbridge | Robert Bujalski Maire Raftery |
| Tyringham | Garard Miller |
| Washington | Marilyn Wiley Gordon Davis |
| West Stockbridge | Dana Bixby Earl Moffatt |
| Williamstown | Pat Dunlavey Roger Bolton |
| Windsor | Arthur Needham (A) |