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All right. Uh, good afternoon. Today is

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Friday, November 7th. It's a meeting of

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the accrishnet board of selectmen. Is

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there a motion to call the meeting to

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order?

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» So moved.

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» Second. All those in favor? Motion

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carries. Please rise for the pledge of

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allegiance.

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I aliance to the flag of the United

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States of America to the republic for

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which it stands. One nation under God,

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indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all.

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» All right, gentlemen. Uh today's uh

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subject matters are really town

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operations and dealing with vacancies.

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Uh to start that off, we've got two

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letters of resignation. Uh really

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excited for these two employees. Uh

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Brady Baldwin, who's been our custodian.

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um and Sydney Beveres uh who's been our

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executive administrative assistant both

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have really great career opportunities

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to further themselves and would never

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want to get in the way of that. So with

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the with that said is a motion to accept

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uh Mr. Baldwin and Ms. Mveris's uh

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letter of resignation with regret.

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» So moved.

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» Second.

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» All those in favor?

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» Motion carries. As you know it's listed

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here. We've got a number of vacant

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positions, but we'll go into executive

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session to discuss all of that and how

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we want to move forward with these. Um,

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but I think um, you know, we're making a

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concerted effort to fill in some of the

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gaps. Just this morning, had a chance to

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see Julia Gonzalz, who's the

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conservation agent. She was out in the

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field already today with chamber of the

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concom

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uh, Chance from New Bedford is helping

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out uh, as well. So excited about that

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and seeing some energy over there and um

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so we'll we'll we'll get through all of

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this stuff. Uh so with that said, we've

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got two executive sessions and we will

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not be returning. But before that, I

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just want to announce we have some

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future business coming up. We got a

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pretty big lot going on. We have Monday,

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November 10th at 400 p.m. at the Council

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on Aging. Um another joint meeting of

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the board of selectmen in the finance

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committee with Old Colony. And for those

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of you who don't know, if you don't know

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by now, on November 18th, there's an

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important vote to consider uh con

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reconstru

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colony. With that said, this is another

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opportunity to learn more about the

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facts and and why decisions were made

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and why that's going before the voters.

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Uh but there's also great deal of

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information out there um at the old

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colony web page that is but if you want

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to be there in person to ask questions

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that is Monday November 10th at the

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Council on Aging 4 p.m. Then on November

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13th we have a tax classification

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hearing at noon and by all accounts uh

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once we get through that we will we

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should be ahead of schedule. Um so

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that's exciting as well. So, we'll

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continue to keep pressing and moving uh

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uh to keep town government running.

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» Selections, announcements, what we do.

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» You have any announcements? Yes, sir.

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» Yeah. So, tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. if it's

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not raining, the Veterans Day parade

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will be taking off from town hall down

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to P Park to the Veterans Memorial um

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park. If it is raining, we will be at

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the VFW in the town of Aushin.

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» Okay. All right. Nothing.

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» Sounds good. So with that said, uh,

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executive session number one under Mass

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General Law, chapter 3A, section 21A,

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subsection two, to conduct strategy

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sessions in preparation for negotiations

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with non-UN personnel with to conduct

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collective bargaining sessions or

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contract negotiations with non-UN

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personnel, staffing and vacancies. And

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the chair so declares and the board will

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not return to public session at the

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conclusion of the executive session. Is

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there a motion?

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» So moved.

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» Second. Uh, roll call vote. Mr. Gasper,

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» Yes.

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» Mr. England, yes. Yes. All right.

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Executive session two under Mass General

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Law, Chapter 3A, Subsection 21 A3 to

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discuss strategy with respect to

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collective bargaining, staffing, and

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vacancies. If an open meeting may have a

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detrimental effect on the bargaining

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position of the public body, and the

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chair so declares, and the board will

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not return to public session at the

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conclusion of the executive session. Is

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there a motion to go into executive

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session two?

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» So moved.

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» Second.

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» Roll call vote. Mr. Gasper.

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» Yes.

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» Mr. Hankley.

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» Yes.

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» And I am a yes. We are now in executive

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session two.