Great Barrington — The Selectboard is scheduled to hold an executive session at the beginning of its meeting on Monday, March 11, at 5 p.m.
According to the meeting’s agenda, the executive session is scheduled with respect to litigation threatened against the town concerning Host Community Agreements for marijuana establishments Theory Wellness and Community Growth Partners, which owns Rebelle dispensary.
Thomas Winstanley, chief marketing officer for Theory Wellness, forwarded a letter to The Berkshire Edge sent to the town by David Rich, an attorney with Todd & Weld LLP of Boston and is the legal counsel for both companies.
In the letter, which was sent to Town Manager Mark Pruhenski on February 27, Rich wrote that Theory Wellness signed its Host Community Agreement with the town on October 17, 2016, and another one on June 18, 2018. Community Growth Partners signed its Host Community Agreement with the town on March 20, 2019.
“During the term of the parties’ respective HCA, both Theory Wellness and CGP have been forced to tender to the town millions of dollars in unlawful Community Impact Fees, legal fees and additional costs, payments, and reimbursements,” Rich wrote. “It further appears that the town is unjustifiably refusing