[0:15] All right. Uh, good afternoon. Today is
[0:17] Friday, November 7th. It's a meeting of
[0:19] the accrishnet board of selectmen. Is
[0:21] there a motion to call the meeting to
[0:22] order?
[0:23] » So moved.
[0:23] » Second. All those in favor? Motion
[0:25] carries. Please rise for the pledge of
[0:27] allegiance.
[0:29] I aliance to the flag of the United
[0:32] States of America to the republic for
[0:34] which it stands. One nation under God,
[0:37] indivisible, with liberty and justice
[0:39] for all.
[0:40] » All right, gentlemen. Uh today's uh
[0:43] subject matters are really town
[0:46] operations and dealing with vacancies.
[0:48] Uh to start that off, we've got two
[0:51] letters of resignation. Uh really
[0:53] excited for these two employees. Uh
[0:56] Brady Baldwin, who's been our custodian.
[0:59] um and Sydney Beveres uh who's been our
[1:01] executive administrative assistant both
[1:03] have really great career opportunities
[1:06] to further themselves and would never
[1:09] want to get in the way of that. So with
[1:11] the with that said is a motion to accept
[1:13] uh Mr. Baldwin and Ms. Mveris's uh
[1:16] letter of resignation with regret.
[1:18] » So moved.
[1:19] » Second.
[1:20] » All those in favor?
[1:21] » Motion carries. As you know it's listed
[1:22] here. We've got a number of vacant
[1:24] positions, but we'll go into executive
[1:26] session to discuss all of that and how
[1:28] we want to move forward with these. Um,
[1:30] but I think um, you know, we're making a
[1:33] concerted effort to fill in some of the
[1:35] gaps. Just this morning, had a chance to
[1:37] see Julia Gonzalz, who's the
[1:39] conservation agent. She was out in the
[1:41] field already today with chamber of the
[1:43] concom
[1:45] uh, Chance from New Bedford is helping
[1:47] out uh, as well. So excited about that
[1:50] and seeing some energy over there and um
[1:53] so we'll we'll we'll get through all of
[1:55] this stuff. Uh so with that said, we've
[1:57] got two executive sessions and we will
[1:59] not be returning. But before that, I
[2:02] just want to announce we have some
[2:03] future business coming up. We got a
[2:05] pretty big lot going on. We have Monday,
[2:08] November 10th at 400 p.m. at the Council
[2:10] on Aging. Um another joint meeting of
[2:13] the board of selectmen in the finance
[2:15] committee with Old Colony. And for those
[2:17] of you who don't know, if you don't know
[2:20] by now, on November 18th, there's an
[2:22] important vote to consider uh con
[2:25] reconstru
[2:27] colony. With that said, this is another
[2:29] opportunity to learn more about the
[2:31] facts and and why decisions were made
[2:33] and why that's going before the voters.
[2:35] Uh but there's also great deal of
[2:37] information out there um at the old
[2:40] colony web page that is but if you want
[2:42] to be there in person to ask questions
[2:44] that is Monday November 10th at the
[2:46] Council on Aging 4 p.m. Then on November
[2:48] 13th we have a tax classification
[2:50] hearing at noon and by all accounts uh
[2:53] once we get through that we will we
[2:55] should be ahead of schedule. Um so
[2:58] that's exciting as well. So, we'll
[2:59] continue to keep pressing and moving uh
[3:03] uh to keep town government running.
[3:05] » Selections, announcements, what we do.
[3:07] » You have any announcements? Yes, sir.
[3:08] » Yeah. So, tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. if it's
[3:12] not raining, the Veterans Day parade
[3:14] will be taking off from town hall down
[3:16] to P Park to the Veterans Memorial um
[3:19] park. If it is raining, we will be at
[3:22] the VFW in the town of Aushin.
[3:25] » Okay. All right. Nothing.
[3:27] » Sounds good. So with that said, uh,
[3:30] executive session number one under Mass
[3:31] General Law, chapter 3A, section 21A,
[3:35] subsection two, to conduct strategy
[3:37] sessions in preparation for negotiations
[3:39] with non-UN personnel with to conduct
[3:42] collective bargaining sessions or
[3:44] contract negotiations with non-UN
[3:46] personnel, staffing and vacancies. And
[3:48] the chair so declares and the board will
[3:51] not return to public session at the
[3:53] conclusion of the executive session. Is
[3:55] there a motion?
[3:56] » So moved.
[3:56] » Second. Uh, roll call vote. Mr. Gasper,
[3:59] » Yes.
[3:59] » Mr. England, yes. Yes. All right.
[4:03] Executive session two under Mass General
[4:05] Law, Chapter 3A, Subsection 21 A3 to
[4:09] discuss strategy with respect to
[4:11] collective bargaining, staffing, and
[4:12] vacancies. If an open meeting may have a
[4:15] detrimental effect on the bargaining
[4:16] position of the public body, and the
[4:19] chair so declares, and the board will
[4:20] not return to public session at the
[4:22] conclusion of the executive session. Is
[4:25] there a motion to go into executive
[4:27] session two?
[4:27] » So moved.
[4:28] » Second.
[4:29] » Roll call vote. Mr. Gasper.
[4:31] » Yes.
[4:31] » Mr. Hankley.
[4:32] » Yes.
[4:32] » And I am a yes. We are now in executive
[4:34] session two.