Seekonk town officials intend to establish an economic development subcommittee which will be under the guidance of the Board of Selectmen. The board plans to review the town’s Master Plan, which will take effect in the next fiscal year.

‘This is a very important piece of our future as a town,” Chairman Justin Sullivan said at the board’s August 31 meeting. “Economic development (for Seekonk) is very important. The economic development committee has been largely inactive for the past couple of years. There are currently five vacancies.

The new subcommittee would include two selectmen, either Town Administrator Shawn Cadime or an assistant town administrator, with representatives from the business community.

Selectman Michael Healy said a new approach was in order to attract businesses to town. “Instead of being standoffish to people, let’s sit down and actually have good conservations (with business owners),” Healy noted. “Let’s work with them and see if we can make some things happen.”