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I'd like to get started. Our first order

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of business is the pledge of allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all. Okay, like to get

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started with public speak. Um, we're

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going to get started with Jasmine.

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>> Thanks for meeting.

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>> Um, I am looking to join. I submitted my

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letter of interest to join the rec

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commission and I was told that I needed

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to attend this meeting tonight.

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>> We appreciate that you're here. Thank

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>> Eric, I'm going to skip you because

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you're going to talk later. Uh, Grace

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and I'm gonna move on. And and I realize

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participate in public speak if you have

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something else they'd like to talk about

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or if you'd like to talk about the rec

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commission, that's fine. Uh, Ben Harp.

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uh as well. Um other than all set. Okay.

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>> Uh nothing nothing for now. Thank you.

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>> Melissa Latesca.

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>> I'm just here for recommission. Thank

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>> Joanne Heert.

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that I really think that the chip seal

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road that used a different kind of

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surface that had a lot of dust and

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everything in the past, um those roads

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look spectacular. I mean, I love driving

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on them. So, kudos to that choice. I

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would love that to keep that company.

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long hill bridge update as someone

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that's affected directly by it if we

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could have a you know

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and I understand there's a lot of work

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involved so everybody has inconveniences

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in life but you know it's at least 10

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minutes added every trip and I do a lot

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of trips in and out of the house all the

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time the family everybody with gas

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prices and you know the miles we're

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putting on. So, if we could have a

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realistic, you know, end date of when

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that might, you know, something to

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target of when it might be done. I go up

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north a lot and I see bridges wash out

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and different things and I see repairs

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done a lot quicker, but I realize

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there's a lot to this that I don't know.

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Uh Sarah Zitney

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rep commission as well. Megan Lai.

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» Hey, you just here for the rec

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commission tonight.

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>> You got it. Tess Grass.

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>> all set. All right. Kimberly Persan.

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ending in 2345, which I believe is

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Dennis, but I'll let him say it.

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» Hello. Okay, Dennis, you're good. Unless

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on mute. And then um phone number 3815.

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Hutchinson. Um I don't have anything for

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now. Thanks.

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>> Okay, you got it. Did I miss anyone?

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we're going to move on. Uh, item three,

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additions and changes to the agenda.

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things I'd like to deal with.

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discussion and possible action on uh the

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appointment of someone or some company

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to uh for cleaning of the town office

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buildings. Uh

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we're going to put those under old

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possible action on the appointment of a

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uh AES and town operating uh bank

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account procedures or process

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and 11E and these won't take long

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discussion and possible action of um

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well we'll just call it discussion now

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discussion and possible action regarding

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the temporary light at the intersection

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>> Dave Gustan and seconded. Is there is

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boy scout troop about possibly

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h allowing the veterans committee to um

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it with them. So maybe that should be on

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process. 11E, discussion and possible

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figure out how to turn it off.

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presentations. Matt, I don't believe we

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presentations. Uh item five, department

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presentations. This is something new

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is providing the department heads an

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what they're doing, what's going on, and

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um what they need from us to sit there

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and and make the town more successful or

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a better place to drive around or to

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live in. And um hopefully what we can do

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public works and the town clerk to RAM

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to AES to anything else that we can sit

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public works and in our packet he has

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his screen and allow the community to

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second. Matt, I know you're operating

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two computers. So,

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>> What is everybody else looking at? Just

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Um I'm going to stop that share for now.

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There you go. You had it just

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>> I know just at the end.

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>> Okay. Well, um everybody, if you the

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residents, if you go to our packet and

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you pull up the packet, you can sit

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there and see what Eric is going to go

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over. Um

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» do it. No,

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[snorts]

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don't do it.

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>> Okay. All right. We're going to get

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better at this. So Matt, let's go and

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we'll move on. Um Eric, you can go

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ahead. Um

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>> okay. I'm just going to give a broad

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overview of it. Um as you can see, uh

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what the fund balance, what the fund

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balances are at the very top. Um what

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we've spent, uh what's left over from

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last year and what's remaining. Um I'm

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the rubber chip. Um that's something I'm

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going to really push for in this town.

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Um, as as I've told some of you,

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[snorts] um, this is how we're going to

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go about, uh, chip sealing our roads

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from here on out. It's a much better

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product. As long as the roads in good

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shape, um, we should get 7 to 12 years

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out of it. [snorts] Um, the only

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drawback to it is, like everything else,

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it's more expensive, but the end of the

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day, we can just we can put this down as

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long as we prep the road correctly and

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we can walk away from it. There's no

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dust. It looks like we paved it. There's

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minimal sweeping. And again, it's just

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it's it's a way better product. Um

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instead of chip sealing, let's say we

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chip seal six, seven roads a year, maybe

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we can only do five. But again, it

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outlasts it outlasts everything. Um this

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those roads we did Oak Farms Road, which

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is a dead end. [snorts] Um, some of the

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things initially that I uh looked into,

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they said deadends weren't a good seat

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for this, this road was like right on

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the tipping point of doing something.

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So, this is kind of an experimental road

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to see how it's going to hold up over

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time. Uh, we also did Towns and Road and

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Wales Road. Um, and again, I've heard

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nothing but good about it. Uh in the

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picture you'll see that uh Towns and

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Road is one and [snorts] the other

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picture is um uh Oak Farms. We also did

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standard chip this year. Um that was on

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Aspenol, Bailey, East Street, Hickory

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Hill, Shotty Mill from Wales to the Town

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line and Webster Lane. The reason why I

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did these roads like that is because

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they're basic they they should be

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reclaimed, but um at some point I didn't

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want I didn't feel the need to put the

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money from the rubber chip into these

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roads because we're going to have to do

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some major work to these roads down in the near future. Um we ran a

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different type of stone with these

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roads. It wasn't as dusty as it normally

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is and the emulsion sticks better to it.

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Um, we still have to we still have to

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sweep them, but not as much. Um, we're

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actually going to go out probably the

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middle end of this week and do a second

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sweeping on those roads. Um, the the

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third part is a reclaiming of Ridge

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Road. [snorts]

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That road is totally like like Oh,

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sorry,

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>> Eric. Hold on.

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>> Sorry about that.

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>> That's all right. Good job. I like it.

356
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Um, can you give us an understanding of

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how the rubber chip seal is priced out

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versus the standard chip seal? I know

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you gave us total dollars and that's

360
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great, but is it by square foot? Is it

361
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by square mile? What do you how do you

362
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how is it?

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>> Well, they they they do it a square

364
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yard. So that the rubber chip, excuse

365
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me, the rubber chip is 5 575 a square

366
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yard and the standard chip is 325 a

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square yard.

368
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>> Okay.

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>> Um and then

370
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>> there's al there there's also an

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escalation built into that as well

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because as you guys all have driven by a

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diesel pump that we're paying six and

374
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change a gallon right now. Um what you

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see at the pump is what the cost is for

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the oils that are used for any asphalt

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product or crack sealing product. So in

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their contracts they they build in if it

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goes over x amount then we have to pay more. Um

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but again the rubber the rubber chip we

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don't it it's it's a much better

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product. It lasts a lot longer and

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there's as long as we crack seal it and

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shim it correctly and the road is in

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good shape for the most part, we

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shouldn't have to touch it from anywhere

387
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from 7 to 12 years where again with the

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standard chip you're going back every 5

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to 8.

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» Wow. I I can tell you that that's not

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happened on Lake Road. Um [laughter]

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I mean I'm I'm not I'm not complaining.

393
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I mean, Dave, I know you live on it. I

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don't think Lake Road is bad. Um, but

395
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that tip seal was done

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at least seven, eight years ago. And

397
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well, what I was after more than what's

398
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a square yard get you per mile? Like, if

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you can do this next time you come,

400
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>> y the the standard chip seal at 325

401
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versus the the the rubber chip seal at

402
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575, how much it costs per square mile.

403
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So that we can sit there and understand

404
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if we sit there and request that you go

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to rubber chip seal, we're just going to

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get so many less miles because the price

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is, you know, price is almost it's, you

408
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know, 40% of, you know, you're paying

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40% more to do the rubber chip seal and

410
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it obviously better product. I mean,

411
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that's the difference between we did

412
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this back when Eric did Lakeside. He did

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lakeside in a rubber chip seal or in an

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alternative format and then he did a

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lake in the standard format. So, and

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yeah. So, okay. So, it's about dollars

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and if you could give us that the next

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time um

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>> how many miles you could get doing each

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one and how many miles you are planning

421
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on um that would be great.

422
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>> Okay.

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Um, go ahead.

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» Read's a mess.

425
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>> Yep. Um, it's never been,

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from what I can see, it's never been

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chip sealed or crack sealed. It appeared

428
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to be just put in and nobody ever did

429
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anything to it. Um, it is beyond any

430
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type of chip sealing methods. Um, it

431
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needs to be totally reclaimed and

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repaved. Um,

433
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with that said, we went in this summer,

434
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we we fix when you do a project like

435
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this, you go in and fix all the catch

436
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basins, you put in new tops, you fix

437
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anything in the catch basin, even if you

438
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think it looks bad, you replace it. Um,

439
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and that's basic we that's what we did

440
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this summer. Uh, we repaired and

441
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replaced 14 catch basins. We're

442
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actually, if you look at the photo to

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the left, that's um Bernap Brook. We're

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actually putting in a basin to the to

445
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the left of that picture. Um what that's

446
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going to do is there's there's kind of

447
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like some drainage ditches on the side

448
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there. And it was just kind of a mess

449
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over there as well. So, we're cleaning

450
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that up, adding a catch basin. So, the

451
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water coming down the road will run into

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the catch basin and then run into the other two basins that you see. and

453
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then it goes out to the right into the

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woods. Um,

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so they're going to re what they're

456
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going to do is they're going to grind

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the road up. Um, grade it out to the to

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the catch basins this time. Um, I don't

459
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know if uh anybody on the board has ever

460
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driven that road. Whoever put those

461
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catch basins in um they did not match

462
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the grade of the road. So every time we

463
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drove up there with the plow truck in

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the winter time to plow it, it really

465
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beat the plow and the driver and the

466
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truck. Um so that's going to be a plus

467
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in itself

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along with everything else. Um but

469
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anyway, it'll be ground up. It'll be

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regraded. [snorts] It'll then be 2 in of

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binder will be put down. Uh it'll then

472
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be totally uh curbed. They'll put down

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another top coat of 2 in. We're going to

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come in and back fill all the curbing

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with lom and any driveway aprons that

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need to match the new road, we will do

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that. Um um the contractor that's doing

478
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it has actually because of the weather

479
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lately keeps getting backed up. He told

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me somewhere at the end of August. I

481
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called him actually last week. He's

482
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probably looking at the end of

483
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September, beginning of October now. Um

484
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it's still not too late to do anything.

485
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Um, I've actually paved uh with my other

486
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job and personally up till the beginning

487
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of November. So, I'm not I'm not overly

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concerned about the pavement going down.

489
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Um, if this was a chip seal product, I

490
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would I would have said absolutely not

491
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cuz you need some time for that to melt

492
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in. Um, getting into the crack sealing.

493
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Um, oh, sorry.

494
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>> Estimated. I know you have up there on

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the top like final numbers a a

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guesstimate of what Ridge is going to

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cost us.

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>> So,

499
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just bear with me one minute. I do have

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some

501
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and why he's looking for that. Um,

502
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I know Wayne is on the phone. Um,

503
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this road was never put in properly by

504
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the developer that did that

505
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project.

506
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And this is one of those things that we

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discussed at our special meeting that uh

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we need to hold anyone who does a

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project in town accountable if they're

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going to build a road and to do a

511
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development and then turn it over to the

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town because this um this was not done

513
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correctly from the get-go. So

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>> this is one of the things

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>> Yeah. Go ahead. Some of the things I

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heard was the uh the catch basins were

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put in on a weekend in order for just to

518
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get get the project done that much

519
00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,840
quicker. Um the subsurface on on some of

520
00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:08,080
these places is is horrible. So grinding

521
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it up will actually give us a better uh

522
00:23:10,159 --> 00:23:14,320
base for it as well too. So, I'm um I've

523
00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:17,120
done this in other towns like this and

524
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it sometimes you have to haul stuff out

525
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when they grind it up and other times

526
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you have to bring stuff in. Um I'm

527
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hoping looking at everything the way we

528
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angled the basins in the road. I'm

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hoping that we have enough uh material

530
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when they grind the asphalt up to reuse

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it as a base to do that. Worst case

532
00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:39,760
scenario, we'll have to haul some stuff

533
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in to uh to help fill in some of the

534
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spots to get the grade we need to those

535
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basins.

536
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>> Yeah.

537
00:23:48,159 --> 00:23:50,720
>> Um I have the numbers here. Again, these

538
00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:52,480
are preliminary because these were all

539
00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:55,600
given to me before the price of oil went

540
00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,520
up. Uh to reclaim it is

541
00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:05,520
18,000. Uh 2-in binder is uh 61,000.

542
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:09,520
uh 2-in uh top coat is 48,000 and to

543
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,000
curb it is 21,000.

544
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,880
So all in all, we're looking at

545
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,200
$150,000.

546
00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:20,320
Um there's some co other costs as well.

547
00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,159
Um cuz we're going to have to buy some

548
00:24:22,159 --> 00:24:25,200
lom to back fill. Um I bought some seed

549
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,679
this spring for other projects that

550
00:24:27,679 --> 00:24:29,600
we've done around town back filling

551
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,159
curbing. So I believe I have enough of

552
00:24:32,159 --> 00:24:34,559
that. All the catch basin products

553
00:24:34,559 --> 00:24:36,400
except for the two that big ones that

554
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:37,679
you're looking at at the bottom of the

555
00:24:37,679 --> 00:24:40,320
hill. Those were all purchased I want to

556
00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,200
say either last year or the year before

557
00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:46,159
cuz again this project from what I was

558
00:24:46,159 --> 00:24:48,240
this project was was supposed to be

559
00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,720
started before I got here and I but with

560
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:52,720
the staffing changes that happened last

561
00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,640
year it never got done. [clears throat]

562
00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:55,600
Um, [snorts]

563
00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:59,440
so the only thing the only catch basin

564
00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,240
products I put into it is the is the two

565
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,559
uh double basins at the bottom. Um,

566
00:25:04,559 --> 00:25:07,279
those were the worst two that we had.

567
00:25:07,279 --> 00:25:09,919
Um, the good news is all the pipe in the

568
00:25:09,919 --> 00:25:12,880
ground is uh cement and it's all in good

569
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,840
shape. So we don't have to there was no

570
00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,240
metal piping or anything in that

571
00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:20,799
project.

572
00:25:20,799 --> 00:25:27,029
Um, does anybody have any questions?

573
00:25:27,039 --> 00:25:30,159
All right. Uh crack sealing. We did I

574
00:25:30,159 --> 00:25:32,640
crack sealed all the roads that were

575
00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:36,960
done uh outside a ridge that we um that

576
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,159
we chip sealed. Um this year uh we used

577
00:25:40,159 --> 00:25:43,279
a new vendor. Um I used the Crog. It was

578
00:25:43,279 --> 00:25:46,880
on the Crog bid which we're part of. Um

579
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,520
I actually Matt myself actually know the

580
00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,559
vendor too. So I he did a he did a

581
00:25:52,559 --> 00:25:54,480
phenomenal job. I was very happy with

582
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,039
what he did. Um and he put us first on

583
00:25:57,039 --> 00:25:59,360
the list. So we were able to get get our

584
00:25:59,360 --> 00:26:04,080
other um shimming and uh um

585
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,200
chip ceiling done earlier. Um shimming

586
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,080
of the roads. Um that's done by uh our

587
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:11,760
an outside contractor, Abby

588
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:15,200
Construction. We uh pay for the asphalt,

589
00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:17,520
they pick it up, and then they they put

590
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:20,960
it down. Um there was a lot of shimming

591
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,120
work this this year that needed to be

592
00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:26,240
done prior to the uh prior to the chip

593
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,640
seal to be done. What that does is if

594
00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,600
there's problems in the road, we can

595
00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:34,320
when we they can they have like a small

596
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:36,240
reclaim machine. [snorts] They'll

597
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,240
actually grind it up. We can explore

598
00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,240
what's going on in there. They [snorts]

599
00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,559
grade it out and then they they repave

600
00:26:42,559 --> 00:26:47,840
it. Um, we used they they used $279 tons

601
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:51,919
this year at the cost of $74,000

602
00:26:51,919 --> 00:26:54,559
alto together for all the roads for all

603
00:26:54,559 --> 00:26:56,159
the roads that we chip sealed. Uh,

604
00:26:56,159 --> 00:26:59,039
that's also includes uh all the curbon

605
00:26:59,039 --> 00:27:01,760
they did as well. Um, we I'm not going

606
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:03,200
to [snorts] lie, we tore some curbon up

607
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,039
this past winter just because it was a

608
00:27:05,039 --> 00:27:07,919
horrible winter.

609
00:27:07,919 --> 00:27:10,159
>> Um, catch

610
00:27:10,159 --> 00:27:12,240
>> facing cleaning.

611
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,159
Oh, I'm sorry, Dave. What?

612
00:27:14,159 --> 00:27:16,480
>> Also, some mailboxes.

613
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,760
>> Uh, maybe. [laughter]

614
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:21,520
Um,

615
00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,440
catch basin cleaning. This is done

616
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,840
yearly by an outside contractor. Again,

617
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:29,200
same thing. Um, I I got he came off the

618
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:33,039
Crag bid. Um, he was really cheap. Um,

619
00:27:33,039 --> 00:27:35,360
he was actually cheaper than what I uh

620
00:27:35,360 --> 00:27:37,600
what I thought it was going to be. We

621
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,240
actually saved money there. Um we did

622
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:44,320
478 catch basins. We have 200 more to

623
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,159
and we he's coming back within the next

624
00:27:46,159 --> 00:27:48,959
few weeks to do about 200 more. Um

625
00:27:48,959 --> 00:27:54,399
[snorts] we usually hold off uh doing the catch basins that we're going

626
00:27:54,399 --> 00:27:56,399
to chip seal because there's no sense in

627
00:27:56,399 --> 00:27:59,120
cleaning them out twice. Um [snorts]

628
00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:00,880
we start we started around the lake

629
00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:02,399
especially this year. I got them in

630
00:28:02,399 --> 00:28:05,120
super early because we as you guys know

631
00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:06,799
we we were running real low with the

632
00:28:06,799 --> 00:28:09,200
salt. So, I got I wanted to make sure

633
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,279
the lake got done first before all the

634
00:28:11,279 --> 00:28:15,440
sand uh got into the lake.

635
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,789
Uh

636
00:28:18,799 --> 00:28:21,760
let's see. Uh okay, guardrail

637
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:23,360
replacement.

638
00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:25,440
As you guys know, you've seen the old

639
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,840
rope guard rail around town. Half of the

640
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,559
rope's missing. A lot of the poles are

641
00:28:30,559 --> 00:28:33,520
uh are broken. So, [snorts]

642
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:36,799
um I'm doing my my predecessor slowly is

643
00:28:36,799 --> 00:28:40,080
replacing it little by little um so we

644
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,320
don't get hit all at once. It's being

645
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,120
replaced with the the metal flex beam

646
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:48,320
which is way better crash rating. Um we

647
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:51,679
replaced uh 1,237

648
00:28:51,679 --> 00:28:53,279
ft

649
00:28:53,279 --> 00:28:56,000
and we did it on we did one section on

650
00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:00,559
Lake Road and two on Bunker Hill Road.

651
00:29:00,559 --> 00:29:03,360
uh line striping. We line we did the

652
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:06,880
library parking lot. Um OSHA came

653
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:11,840
through last last year and actually um

654
00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:13,679
uh told them that they had to have a

655
00:29:13,679 --> 00:29:16,159
walkway going in the bottom of the

656
00:29:16,159 --> 00:29:18,880
library and there was uh the cement

657
00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,039
curbing that was put in there. The uh

658
00:29:21,039 --> 00:29:22,880
OSHA inspector actually tripped over

659
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:24,559
that curbing to get into the bottom of

660
00:29:24,559 --> 00:29:27,440
the uh bottom door there. So, we removed

661
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:29,840
that. But in order to have a walkway

662
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:31,840
there, we had to restripe we had to

663
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,240
restripe the whole parking lot. So we

664
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,520
took one of the uh handicap spots from

665
00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:39,760
up top and we moved it down below. So

666
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,559
there's a handicap spot there and we

667
00:29:42,559 --> 00:29:44,480
restriped the whole the rest of the

668
00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:48,960
parking lot. Um we did line removal. So

669
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,360
any chip sealed road that we had, we had

670
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:53,600
to remove the lines. If you don't do

671
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,720
that, the the mulion or the rubber chip

672
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,440
will not stick to the epoxy paint. So,

673
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,320
that has to be removed. Um, if you look

674
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:04,000
in some towns where they don't do it,

675
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,840
what'll happen is they'll run their plow

676
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:07,679
down the center and you'll see a nice

677
00:30:07,679 --> 00:30:09,919
bright yellow line on a brand new chip

678
00:30:09,919 --> 00:30:12,799
sealed road. Um, it actually happened in

679
00:30:12,799 --> 00:30:15,680
our the last town I was in as well.

680
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:16,000
>> [snorts]

681
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,200
>> Um, we're going to start putting uh I'm

682
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,200
going to start I'm going to have the uh

683
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,399
company come in and install uh stop bars

684
00:30:24,399 --> 00:30:26,799
and lines for the roads that were chip

685
00:30:26,799 --> 00:30:29,760
sealed last year. So that's uh

686
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:33,120
Skinnerill uh Gilead

687
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:37,840
Cone and I think that's it. That's what

688
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:42,000
was done. Um, we're also going to next

689
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,000
hope as long as the catch basin project

690
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,121
on uh Bernat Brook goes well next

691
00:30:47,121 --> 00:30:49,039
[snorts] week we're going to start uh

692
00:30:49,039 --> 00:30:51,520
the uh prepping the area for the

693
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,279
handicap spot down at the new park at

694
00:30:53,279 --> 00:30:55,840
the pick where the pickle ball is. Um

695
00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:57,520
we're going to have to have that lined

696
00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:00,080
as well to mark that out for the

697
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:04,080
handicap spots. Um we use a again we use

698
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,520
a high reflective uh epoxy paint. It

699
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,240
lasts it lasts two to three times longer

700
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:14,159
than the regular conventional paint. Um,

701
00:31:14,159 --> 00:31:17,039
and if it's done right, it is and put

702
00:31:17,039 --> 00:31:18,799
down the year after, it should last

703
00:31:18,799 --> 00:31:21,120
many, many years.

704
00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:25,279
Um, materials we use this year to date,

705
00:31:25,279 --> 00:31:27,731
processed stone and top soil, uh,

706
00:31:27,731 --> 00:31:30,399
[snorts] 8,600 bucks, catch basin

707
00:31:30,399 --> 00:31:33,760
products, pipes, cement, uh, uh,

708
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:38,159
fittings, etc. it was $6,000.

709
00:31:38,159 --> 00:31:41,840
Um, pending projects that we have,

710
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:45,200
again, like I mentioned, we're going to pay get we're going to

711
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,919
prep and pave the uh handicap area down

712
00:31:47,919 --> 00:31:49,440
at the new park. We're also [snorts]

713
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,600
going to run some conduit for uh

714
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,640
cameras. I've talked to Bob Downer. Um,

715
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,640
I met with him to see where the cameras

716
00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,440
will will work. So before we go uh

717
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,140
paving everything down there, we're

718
00:32:01,140 --> 00:32:03,200
[snorts] going to run the conduit to the

719
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,000
to one light pole into the pavilion.

720
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:07,600
There's already conduit coming out of

721
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,679
the shed that's down there. I had the

722
00:32:09,679 --> 00:32:13,919
contractor put that in prior to him um

723
00:32:13,919 --> 00:32:16,080
prior to him putting the shed on on top

724
00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,200
of the electrical panel down there.

725
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,440
Um as you can see our salt, we're going

726
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,919
to repair our salt shed. Uh [snorts] the

727
00:32:23,919 --> 00:32:26,399
walls are starting to come apart. Um

728
00:32:26,399 --> 00:32:29,440
over time the salt the water has gotten

729
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:32,720
in into the uh the cracks of the um

730
00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:35,519
cement and starting to pop the concrete.

731
00:32:35,519 --> 00:32:37,919
Um I didn't noticed that it was this bad

732
00:32:37,919 --> 00:32:40,880
until uh this past winter. Uh again it

733
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:42,559
was too late to do anything cuz it was

734
00:32:42,559 --> 00:32:44,367
as you guys know it was zero out.

735
00:32:44,367 --> 00:32:44,960
[snorts]

736
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:47,440
So we're we're kind of lucky that we

737
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,679
didn't fill the salt shed because now we

738
00:32:49,679 --> 00:32:51,519
can move it out. We can repair half of

739
00:32:51,519 --> 00:32:53,840
it. Move the other half over and repair

740
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:56,720
that half. Um, this is just a temporary

741
00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,200
fix. Um, that longterm we're going to

742
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:02,240
have to do something because the um, as

743
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,000
you can see in one of the pictures, the

744
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,799
um, the salt's already gotten into the

745
00:33:06,799 --> 00:33:09,279
uh, rebar. Once it gets into the rebar,

746
00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:11,679
it it rusts and it actually will pop the

747
00:33:11,679 --> 00:33:13,919
concrete and pop sections of the wall

748
00:33:13,919 --> 00:33:18,159
out. Uh,

749
00:33:18,159 --> 00:33:20,559
Chamberlain Pond, that's another project

750
00:33:20,559 --> 00:33:23,039
coming up. Um, that's that's further

751
00:33:23,039 --> 00:33:25,360
down on the agenda. in my uh monthly

752
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:29,679
report. Um you guys are gonna I I um

753
00:33:29,679 --> 00:33:33,760
cost that all out. Um you'll see that uh

754
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,039
what we're going to have what it's going

755
00:33:35,039 --> 00:33:37,200
to cost to do that job. We're not going

756
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:39,200
to get to it this we're not going to get

757
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,120
to it before winter. We just have too

758
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:42,640
much other stuff going on. We have to

759
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:44,000
start prepping for winter. We got to get

760
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,480
the salt shed done. We got to pave like

761
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,399
I was telling you the uh the parking

762
00:33:48,399 --> 00:33:49,868
area down at the new park.

763
00:33:49,868 --> 00:33:50,000
>> [snorts]

764
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,240
>> Um, if we get a warm winter, if you guys

765
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:54,799
approve this, we can uh we can start it

766
00:33:54,799 --> 00:33:58,799
this winter or we'll get it like late spring.

767
00:33:58,799 --> 00:34:01,440
Um, the fuel system um they actually

768
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:03,840
started installing that today. Uh, the

769
00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:08,320
pump is up and running. Um, they I was

770
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:11,119
uh they showed me how to enter in

771
00:34:11,119 --> 00:34:13,760
everything and how to how to retrieve

772
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,639
information out of it. there. It's still

773
00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:18,800
in the uh what we call the default mode

774
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:21,119
right now because we have to enter in

775
00:34:21,119 --> 00:34:24,000
all the keys for it and for all the

776
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,240
vehicles and then we have to everybody

777
00:34:26,240 --> 00:34:28,159
needs their own PIN number so we can

778
00:34:28,159 --> 00:34:31,040
track who's using what [snorts] who's

779
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:33,440
using what where for that for that

780
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:36,720
system. Um, so for the time being,

781
00:34:36,720 --> 00:34:38,399
probably I want to say for maybe another

782
00:34:38,399 --> 00:34:39,760
week, we're still going to have to write

783
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,720
it on paper and then once all the keys

784
00:34:42,720 --> 00:34:45,119
are handed out and everybody has a code,

785
00:34:45,119 --> 00:34:46,800
we'll just cut it off and everybody can

786
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,280
start using the pump.

787
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:53,520
Um [snorts] future projects coming up.

788
00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,960
Um the AES town hall and fire department

789
00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:00,560
parking lots. Um they've outlived their

790
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,359
uh lifespans. Uh with AES being the

791
00:35:03,359 --> 00:35:06,000
worst. Um I'm going to start getting

792
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,400
quotes on to redo all three parking

793
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:12,800
lots. The um there's the curbing shot.

794
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:14,160
They'll probably do the same thing like

795
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:15,839
we do with Ridge. have them come in,

796
00:35:15,839 --> 00:35:20,000
reclaim it, pave it, line it. There's I

797
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,720
believe in the upper AES parking lot,

798
00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:24,880
there's two or there's one one or two

799
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,359
basins that we can't do. They're just

800
00:35:27,359 --> 00:35:29,440
they're they're too deep and we don't

801
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:32,320
have the the equipment to to actually

802
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,560
fix them. [snorts] Um I want to do the

803
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:37,440
same thing again. Same same thing like

804
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,760
on Ridge. I want to repair everything.

805
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:41,920
We fix it. if it needs it, we're going

806
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,000
to put it in and then we can walk away

807
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,359
from it for 20 years. But, uh, there the

808
00:35:47,359 --> 00:35:50,880
most of the, um, basins we can do. Um,

809
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:52,720
we actually had to fix one this past

810
00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:55,760
summer. Um, we'll look at the piping.

811
00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:58,720
Um, we can back fill

812
00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:02,880
everything as well. That's another cost savings.

813
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:06,400
Um, another future project is the DPW

814
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:11,920
generator. the de the the generator is actually from the

815
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:15,440
Vietnam era. Um it's very unreliable. We

816
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:18,000
have to shut many circuits down in that

817
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,720
facility so we don't burn anything out.

818
00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:23,680
Um one of the things especially we just

819
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:26,720
spent $30,000 on a brand new pump. Our

820
00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:28,320
fire alarm system, we're going to have

821
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:31,680
to do something with that. Um, and this

822
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:34,640
generator is not, it just doesn't have

823
00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,200
the surge protecting in it or the

824
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,359
capability to even keep up on most of

825
00:36:39,359 --> 00:36:43,599
the building. Um,

826
00:36:43,599 --> 00:36:46,480
in the end, I'm going to ask for an

827
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:49,200
additional pickup truck. Um, this summer

828
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,680
really showcased. We had a lot of work.

829
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:54,320
Um, and we were driving around for

830
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,960
transportation transportation using

831
00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:00,480
$300,000 trucks. These trucks nowadays

832
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,800
are not designed to just putt around.

833
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:04,640
They're designed to work. Um the

834
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:07,760
emission systems on these things are are

835
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:10,240
very expensive and if we're just using

836
00:37:10,240 --> 00:37:12,079
it for transportation, they're going to

837
00:37:12,079 --> 00:37:14,800
load up and create all sorts of problems

838
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,680
in the engines. Um we've had to take one

839
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:21,280
of these to training. Um

840
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,200
it's [snorts] we we we really need

841
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:26,640
another another pickup truck. Um, if we

842
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:29,599
do we if we do get one, I like to put a

843
00:37:29,599 --> 00:37:31,760
plow and sander on it. That would be the

844
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,320
truck that I would use in the winter

845
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,480
time. So, when I'm out doing parking

846
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,480
lots or if I'm doing helping somebody do

847
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:40,800
a dead end or even if I'm doing a small

848
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:42,800
road around the lake, I have material

849
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:44,720
on, I can hit it and it's less time

850
00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:48,160
somebody has to come back. Um, we do

851
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:52,079
have money in um in tar. We could get it

852
00:37:52,079 --> 00:37:54,560
out of that with your approval. I do

853
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:58,079
have some uh numbers from probably 6

854
00:37:58,079 --> 00:38:00,480
months ago that I could I could give you

855
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:03,356
guys if you would like just to see,

856
00:38:03,356 --> 00:38:05,040
[snorts] but like everything else as you

857
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:06,160
guys have seen, everything's gone

858
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:07,839
through the roof. So, it's pro those

859
00:38:07,839 --> 00:38:09,200
numbers probably aren't even real

860
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:11,359
numbers right now.

861
00:38:11,359 --> 00:38:15,280
Um the tree work, tree work, we're going

862
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,599
to have to increase that line item as

863
00:38:17,599 --> 00:38:19,760
well. The cost of the contractors are

864
00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:22,160
going up. As you guys know, again,

865
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:24,079
you've driven by a diesel pump. It was I

866
00:38:24,079 --> 00:38:26,240
saw it out on Route 6 today. It was 619

867
00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:30,640
a gallon. Um the last my my predecessor

868
00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:32,960
did a great job with removing trees and

869
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:35,520
doing canopy work. I can say since I've

870
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:38,079
been here since November, I've gotten

871
00:38:38,079 --> 00:38:41,040
two calls on trees coming down. Um the

872
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:44,560
last job I was at at least minimum twice

873
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:48,079
a week the that town was going out to to

874
00:38:48,079 --> 00:38:51,280
pick trees up off the road. So, I'm I'm

875
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:53,920
very impressed on the on just the tree

876
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:57,359
work alone that's been done here. Um, it

877
00:38:57,359 --> 00:39:00,240
keeps the public safe and it helps us,

878
00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:02,240
too. If we can do canopy work, if we can

879
00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:04,400
get the sun in there, it dries the road

880
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,119
out so you don't have a wet base. Um, we

881
00:39:07,119 --> 00:39:09,839
don't have to put as much salt down. Um,

882
00:39:09,839 --> 00:39:11,760
we don't have to plow it as much because

883
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,000
again the the sun gets in there and can

884
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,160
actually melt the snow better [snorts]

885
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:19,040
than putting the uh

886
00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:20,640
better better than putting the salt

887
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:26,870
down. Um, we have I believe

888
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,680
we have we have two payments out there

889
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,320
uh for our debt service. One's for our

890
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:35,119
24 John Deere roadside mower. There's

891
00:39:35,119 --> 00:39:38,000
two payments left on that. Um, and then

892
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,560
we have one payment left on our uh

893
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:43,040
full-size plow truck, a 2024 Freight

894
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:46,480
Liner. Um, and again, we have one

895
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:49,119
payment left on that. Once once these

896
00:39:49,119 --> 00:39:51,200
are paid off, I'm going to I'm going to

897
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:52,640
come back to the board and start

898
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,052
discussing what other piece

899
00:39:54,052 --> 00:39:55,599
[clears throat] of equipment that we

900
00:39:55,599 --> 00:39:57,359
would need. I'd like to start talking

901
00:39:57,359 --> 00:40:00,000
about getting another uh full-size dump

902
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,160
truck. Our oldest one in the fleet is a

903
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:05,280
98 Ford, and we can't even get parts for

904
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:09,680
it. So, it one step away from basically

905
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,560
being just a boat anchor, unfortunately.

906
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:17,599
Um, that's my take. [snorts]

907
00:40:17,599 --> 00:40:19,839
Do you guys have any questions?

908
00:40:19,839 --> 00:40:21,680
>> Yeah. When when do we make that last

909
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:25,680
payment for this year for the uh plow

910
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:27,280
truck?

911
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:29,040
>> I believe

912
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,280
>> October.

913
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:32,640
>> In October.

914
00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:34,079
>> That's when it gets made. I mean,

915
00:40:34,079 --> 00:40:36,000
>> that's when it comes up. Yes. The John

916
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,800
Deere is already paid. The payment for

917
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:43,599
the Freightlininer is is due now.

918
00:40:43,599 --> 00:40:45,200
>> Yeah. And then we'll have one more after

919
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:45,920
that.

920
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:46,800
>> Correct.

921
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:47,280
>> Yes.

922
00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:50,880
>> He's just doing next fiscal year. So,

923
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:53,280
it's part of it is in the report that's

924
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,520
coming up with his information. Um, one

925
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,359
thing I would sit there and tell you if

926
00:40:57,359 --> 00:40:58,960
you guys have those classes or anything

927
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,440
like that, could you please uh get with

928
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:04,319
Matt and get with um a test to sit there

929
00:41:04,319 --> 00:41:06,720
and see if there's any of the vehicles

930
00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:11,119
available from um you know the the

931
00:41:11,119 --> 00:41:13,119
fleet, the senior driving fleet that you

932
00:41:13,119 --> 00:41:14,640
might be able to use. Would have been

933
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:16,720
better for you to take a van than take

934
00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:19,119
the truck.

935
00:41:19,119 --> 00:41:21,040
>> Right.

936
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:23,680
We get that new van.

937
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:25,920
You guys could take the old one, drive

938
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:27,359
people around with that.

939
00:41:27,359 --> 00:41:29,040
>> Yeah.

940
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:30,560
>> Let's sit there and get

941
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,359
>> Let's get test engaged so we know

942
00:41:33,359 --> 00:41:35,280
>> what can and can't be done. But I mean

943
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:36,720
you guys have all the certification to

944
00:41:36,720 --> 00:41:38,160
drive any of those vehicles if you

945
00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:38,560
needed.

946
00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:40,240
>> Yes.

947
00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:45,119
>> Okay. So um you know from starting from

948
00:41:45,119 --> 00:41:48,560
page you know nine down these are all of

949
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:52,800
the July transactions for public works.

950
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:57,589
So, go ahead, Eric.

951
00:41:57,599 --> 00:41:58,880
I don't think

952
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:00,240
>> I don't think there's anything really

953
00:42:00,240 --> 00:42:02,160
need to say other than if somebody has

954
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:03,520
any questions.

955
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:06,640
>> Page page 11 and page 10 are reversed.

956
00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:08,720
Page 11 should be before page 10, but

957
00:42:08,720 --> 00:42:10,720
somehow they got switched.

958
00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:13,280
>> Um,

959
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:15,119
a couple big purchases in there. One of

960
00:42:15,119 --> 00:42:18,000
them I bought a spare loader tire for

961
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:20,400
the uh for our loader. Um [snorts] again

962
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:23,280
in my last job since our loader is the

963
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:31,520
primary piece um we as it was in my last job um we we wrecked the tire

964
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:34,160
doing moving some stuff off the road in

965
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:36,640
emergency and it took 4 days to get a

966
00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:38,880
tire for it and then another day to get

967
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:42,400
it put on. Um, this way we have it. If

968
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:44,240
something happens, we can call the tire

969
00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:46,560
service and we're probably back up in 2

970
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:49,280
or 3 hours instead of 3 or 4 days.

971
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:52,079
>> Well, that 275562

972
00:42:52,079 --> 00:42:54,800
is a spare loader tire.

973
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:55,520
>> Yes.

974
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:56,079
>> Okay.

975
00:42:56,079 --> 00:42:58,880
>> Um, what typically what happens is uh

976
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:00,560
that's through Pete's Tire Barn. We're

977
00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:02,640
on a state bid. So, if you were to go

978
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:04,400
buy that tire, it' probably be almost

979
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:06,480
$4,000.

980
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:08,800
Um, so we get government pricing for

981
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:12,480
that. Um, typically what they always

982
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:14,079
tell you, "Oh, we can get it. We can get

983
00:43:14,079 --> 00:43:15,359
it." And then when you need it, they're

984
00:43:15,359 --> 00:43:17,040
like, "Oh, yeah. We can get it in like 3

985
00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:19,280
days or something like that." And again,

986
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:22,079
in a in in a snowstorm, in any type of

987
00:43:22,079 --> 00:43:23,760
emergency, that's basically our

988
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:26,480
frontline piece. And if we need it, we

989
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:27,839
have it. And I can just call them,

990
00:43:27,839 --> 00:43:29,839
they'll come out, put it on, and like I

991
00:43:29,839 --> 00:43:31,680
said, within 2 three hours, we're we're

992
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:37,440
moving. Um, I I've I've talked to some of you guys. I'm kind of I'm not a

993
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,240
prepper, but I like to be prepared in

994
00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:43,920
case something happens. Um, another

995
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,720
thing we another thing we did was we I

996
00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:48,960
bought a uh last fiscal year I bought a

997
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:53,440
100gallon gas tank and just to have 100

998
00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:55,920
gallons of gas at our facility. This

999
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:58,800
past winter twice when we had those big

1000
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:00,560
snowstorms, we went to go fuel our

1001
00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:03,520
trucks for our gas and both gas stations

1002
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,440
were out of gas.

1003
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:08,319
Um they got it they got it in like the

1004
00:44:08,319 --> 00:44:10,319
next day, but again if we're plowing at

1005
00:44:10,319 --> 00:44:12,720
night and we need it, we have it. Power

1006
00:44:12,720 --> 00:44:14,960
goes out, it's out on Route 6, you're

1007
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:17,760
not getting gas. So I'm going to always

1008
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:20,960
have that tank. It runs off a battery so

1009
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,680
we can if again our Vietnam War

1010
00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:26,000
generator dies, we can still pump gas

1011
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:30,319
into our trucks. Um

1012
00:44:30,319 --> 00:44:32,640
the other big the other big item was too

1013
00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:34,960
on that for the vehicle maintenance um

1014
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:38,400
the tires on uh my truck need were were

1015
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:40,560
gone. So I had to buy four tires and

1016
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,680
have those mounted as well.

1017
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:45,200
>> But

1018
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:48,400
does anyone have any questions for

1019
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:50,079
uh Eric regarding any of the

1020
00:44:50,079 --> 00:44:52,480
transactions in the month I know it's a

1021
00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:57,430
small month but the month of July.

1022
00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:03,280
Okay. Um Eric, page of 12 is your the

1023
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:05,599
fund balances, the capital reserve funds

1024
00:45:05,599 --> 00:45:10,079
that you're responsible for. Um this

1025
00:45:10,079 --> 00:45:12,960
first report uh and we need to make a

1026
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:17,040
correction to it uh from the cycle of it

1027
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:19,520
shouldn't be July 30th to July 31st. So

1028
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:21,599
there's no there's very minor changes.

1029
00:45:21,599 --> 00:45:23,119
That's not the information that board

1030
00:45:23,119 --> 00:45:24,400
should look at or the public should look

1031
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:27,760
at. You should look at pages 13 and page

1032
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:30,160
13. Those are all the transactions that

1033
00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:33,200
Eric was talking to us about related to

1034
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:37,119
um Aby's and Hannes and and the

1035
00:45:37,119 --> 00:45:41,440
materials that he bought from uh for the

1036
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:43,839
chip ceiling that he put down. So that's

1037
00:45:43,839 --> 00:45:45,839
all under the road improvement fund. And

1038
00:45:45,839 --> 00:45:47,280
then Scott, you can sit there and see

1039
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:52,400
the John Deere payment was uh 47,808.

1040
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:56,560
>> And the credits are the amount that the

1041
00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:59,200
residents funded through taxation for

1042
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:03,680
these. So the equipment uh reserve fund

1043
00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:06,400
was funded $125,000,

1044
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:08,640
$47,000 for the John Deere, and then the

1045
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:12,079
other payment is related to the truck.

1046
00:46:12,079 --> 00:46:15,760
385,000 funded for road improvement and

1047
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:20,240
then $50,000 for the tree removal fund.

1048
00:46:20,240 --> 00:46:22,000
So,

1049
00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:23,599
anybody have any questions related to

1050
00:46:23,599 --> 00:46:27,750
those transactions?

1051
00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:29,599
Okay, Eric, thank you very much. It's

1052
00:46:29,599 --> 00:46:32,400
appreciated. Uh the the roads look good

1053
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:35,680
and uh thank you for uh for everything

1054
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:36,880
that you do.

1055
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:39,359
>> Yeah, it was excellent report, Eric.

1056
00:46:39,359 --> 00:46:43,359
>> Thank you. All right. Um uh we we also

1057
00:46:43,359 --> 00:46:46,079
have uh Roberta Dherty who is our town

1058
00:46:46,079 --> 00:46:49,920
clerk on. So Roberta if you can come and

1059
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:52,560
join uh the meeting.

1060
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,480
>> Yep. I'm off mute.

1061
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:57,359
>> There you go. All right, Roberta. Um

1062
00:46:57,359 --> 00:46:59,359
here you go. It's it's yours. You can go

1063
00:46:59,359 --> 00:47:01,119
through your presentation.

1064
00:47:01,119 --> 00:47:04,400
>> So I uh worked on the annual report

1065
00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:06,560
which is due anyway which gives you an

1066
00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:08,000
overview of everything that our office

1067
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:10,800
has done in the last fiscal year. Um, so

1068
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:12,560
if you have any questions about that, we

1069
00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:15,280
can go through that. I'm happy to answer

1070
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:16,560
uh [clears throat] everything that I'm

1071
00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:19,280
familiar with. Um, otherwise, I just

1072
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:20,800
have some other fun and exciting things

1073
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:22,480
to talk about that we've been working on

1074
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:25,680
since I got elected in this office.

1075
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:27,359
>> Uh, I do have a question. So,

1076
00:47:27,359 --> 00:47:27,920
>> Sure.

1077
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:30,960
>> when you're doing um your statistics for

1078
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:33,280
fiscal year 2526.

1079
00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:33,760
>> Yep.

1080
00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:36,640
>> So, that ran from July 1st to June 30th,

1081
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:40,079
correct? July 1st of 25 to June 30th of

1082
00:47:40,079 --> 00:47:41,280
2026.

1083
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:42,240
>> Correct.

1084
00:47:42,240 --> 00:47:45,920
>> And so we had seven marriages, 23

1085
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:48,480
deaths, and 18 births.

1086
00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:49,280
>> Yes.

1087
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:52,400
>> And the births are calculated or how are

1088
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:55,440
they how are they reported so we know?

1089
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:57,760
So the births come through a website

1090
00:47:57,760 --> 00:47:59,119
through the state of Connecticut for

1091
00:47:59,119 --> 00:48:02,160
anybody that was either born in the town

1092
00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:05,920
of Andover or um parents were residents

1093
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:09,200
of the town of Andover.

1094
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:13,599
>> So 18 18 births to residents who live in

1095
00:48:13,599 --> 00:48:14,640
the town of Andover

1096
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:16,400
>> or lived in the town of Andover during

1097
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:19,680
that time or use the address. So they

1098
00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:20,960
could be residing at their parents

1099
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:22,880
house. It just that's the residence they

1100
00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:26,079
put on the birth certificate when they

1101
00:48:26,079 --> 00:48:28,480
fill it out.

1102
00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:31,599
>> So, our town is contracting by five

1103
00:48:31,599 --> 00:48:33,760
residents.

1104
00:48:33,760 --> 00:48:36,400
>> I don't know whether those births, those

1105
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:38,559
new babies still live here or not. I

1106
00:48:38,559 --> 00:48:40,400
just know that they were residents of

1107
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:42,000
the town when they were born.

1108
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:43,760
>> No, no, no. I was talking the deaths

1109
00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:44,240
versus

1110
00:48:44,240 --> 00:48:46,400
>> Oh, the deaths. Yeah. But, and the

1111
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:49,119
deaths also are the same situation. It's

1112
00:48:49,119 --> 00:48:51,119
either if you've died in the town of

1113
00:48:51,119 --> 00:48:53,440
Andover or if you resided in the town of

1114
00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:55,760
Andover when you passed away. But if you

1115
00:48:55,760 --> 00:48:57,280
were like living in a nursing home and

1116
00:48:57,280 --> 00:48:59,040
not using but still owned a home in

1117
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:01,680
Andover, we might not get that death

1118
00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:03,040
certificate

1119
00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:05,359
>> because your residence isn't considered

1120
00:49:05,359 --> 00:49:06,800
Andover.

1121
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:08,640
>> Okay.

1122
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:12,079
All right. Thank you.

1123
00:49:12,079 --> 00:49:19,430
>> Any other questions about this report?

1124
00:49:19,440 --> 00:49:23,990
Okay. [gasps]

1125
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:25,599
» So, if there's no questions about this,

1126
00:49:25,599 --> 00:49:27,200
I'll talk about the other things that I

1127
00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:30,480
have going on in the office. Um, one of

1128
00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:33,280
the things that I did once I got elected

1129
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:34,800
and first of all, thank you for giving

1130
00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:36,240
me the opportunity to speak with you and

1131
00:49:36,240 --> 00:49:38,800
let you understand what the uh town

1132
00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:41,680
clerk's office does. Um, and I'm happy

1133
00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:44,800
to answer any questions while uh I put

1134
00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:47,280
out this information. Um, so one of the

1135
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:50,319
first things I did was I wanted to uh

1136
00:49:50,319 --> 00:49:52,960
get the contract for the land records

1137
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:56,559
program that we use. And uh we were just

1138
00:49:56,559 --> 00:49:58,400
recently renewed to a 5-year contract.

1139
00:49:58,400 --> 00:50:00,319
So I think I think I have three more

1140
00:50:00,319 --> 00:50:01,839
years left, three or four more years

1141
00:50:01,839 --> 00:50:04,160
left of this contract. But um our

1142
00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:07,119
contract included a cashiering system.

1143
00:50:07,119 --> 00:50:11,119
This information is not in the um

1144
00:50:11,119 --> 00:50:13,440
it's not in the you know report because

1145
00:50:13,440 --> 00:50:15,680
it happened I started working with this

1146
00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:18,160
stuff after

1147
00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:20,720
the fiscal year. So our land our

1148
00:50:20,720 --> 00:50:22,720
contract with the land record system

1149
00:50:22,720 --> 00:50:24,960
offers a cashiering system with a

1150
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:27,520
cashier drawer and a validator and a

1151
00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:30,640
receipt printer that we were not using.

1152
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:34,160
And so I have uh we had contacted the

1153
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:37,040
company and we've gotten those um

1154
00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:40,559
products into our office now and we're

1155
00:50:40,559 --> 00:50:42,640
learning how to implement them for our

1156
00:50:42,640 --> 00:50:45,785
LAN record system. Um if you come and

1157
00:50:45,785 --> 00:50:46,720
[clears throat] record a document,

1158
00:50:46,720 --> 00:50:49,680
you'll see that we have the volume and

1159
00:50:49,680 --> 00:50:52,720
page and doc number will be stamped on

1160
00:50:52,720 --> 00:50:54,319
with our validator instead of

1161
00:50:54,319 --> 00:50:57,760
handstamped like we've done before. Um,

1162
00:50:57,760 --> 00:50:59,599
it allows us, it will allow us to run

1163
00:50:59,599 --> 00:51:02,000
state reports with the system and not

1164
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:03,920
have to hand count every month like

1165
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:06,319
we've done previously.

1166
00:51:06,319 --> 00:51:08,160
It should be able to help us in the

1167
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:10,160
future with all our cashiering needs,

1168
00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:12,480
not just land records, and be able to

1169
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:16,319
run reports back to the uh treasurer's

1170
00:51:16,319 --> 00:51:20,400
office to um figure out how much money

1171
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:23,520
we brought in for different uh

1172
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:25,359
different things that we charge for in

1173
00:51:25,359 --> 00:51:26,480
the office.

1174
00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:29,760
So that was exciting for us. Um, every

1175
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:34,480
year the town clerks are offered a grant

1176
00:51:34,480 --> 00:51:37,599
um for historic preservation.

1177
00:51:37,599 --> 00:51:42,960
So this past fiscal year, we got a new

1178
00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:46,240
uh revolving fireproof vitals cabinet.

1179
00:51:46,240 --> 00:51:48,240
Our vitals cabinet that we had in the

1180
00:51:48,240 --> 00:51:50,880
vault was so packed it didn't have room

1181
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:53,920
for another book uh vitals book. So, we

1182
00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:56,480
have a brand new cabinet that locks and

1183
00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:59,599
it will um it doubled the space and then

1184
00:51:59,599 --> 00:52:03,200
also gave more space to the cabinet it

1185
00:52:03,200 --> 00:52:04,880
was in, which could be used for

1186
00:52:04,880 --> 00:52:08,240
something else in the vault. Um, public

1187
00:52:08,240 --> 00:52:11,359
works helped me and rearranged my vault

1188
00:52:11,359 --> 00:52:13,359
so we it would all fit. It gave me the

1189
00:52:13,359 --> 00:52:15,599
opportunity to clean up the vault and

1190
00:52:15,599 --> 00:52:19,040
organize the vault. Um, so that's really

1191
00:52:19,040 --> 00:52:23,760
exciting. This new uh blocking

1192
00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:27,280
revolving cabinet in my vault.

1193
00:52:27,280 --> 00:52:31,359
Um we with transfer station stickers, we

1194
00:52:31,359 --> 00:52:34,800
are now um always putting it

1195
00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:37,200
automatically on the Excel spreadsheet

1196
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:38,880
at the time of selling the sticker. So

1197
00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:41,599
we will no longer have to reenter all

1198
00:52:41,599 --> 00:52:43,839
the information from a handwritten sheet

1199
00:52:43,839 --> 00:52:47,040
at the time of sale. So, that should

1200
00:52:47,040 --> 00:52:49,760
help later be able to search more and

1201
00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:52,240
find the information regarding uh people

1202
00:52:52,240 --> 00:52:54,240
with the transportation stickers a lot

1203
00:52:54,240 --> 00:52:55,760
quicker

1204
00:52:55,760 --> 00:52:59,520
and um not have to redo the work twice.

1205
00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:03,920
Um Lauren and I have gone through and

1206
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:05,520
tried to organize all the drawers and

1207
00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:08,480
cabinets in the office and see what we

1208
00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:10,240
needed and what we had that we didn't

1209
00:53:10,240 --> 00:53:11,599
need.

1210
00:53:11,599 --> 00:53:14,960
We had uh Willie come in and paint the

1211
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:17,200
office. Um he rehung our bulletin

1212
00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:18,800
boards. He made some other repairs. He

1213
00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:22,079
painted our ceiling and all of our uh

1214
00:53:22,079 --> 00:53:25,359
door frames and window frames. So um

1215
00:53:25,359 --> 00:53:26,960
it's made a noticeable difference in the

1216
00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:28,720
office. It creates a really nice work

1217
00:53:28,720 --> 00:53:31,359
environment for Lauren and myself. And a

1218
00:53:31,359 --> 00:53:33,599
number of occasions residents have come

1219
00:53:33,599 --> 00:53:35,119
into the office and commented how

1220
00:53:35,119 --> 00:53:37,200
wonderful it looks. So that's really

1221
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:40,480
good. Um, we are constantly looking for

1222
00:53:40,480 --> 00:53:42,880
ways to improve our process. I've been

1223
00:53:42,880 --> 00:53:44,640
visiting other town clerks across the

1224
00:53:44,640 --> 00:53:46,800
state. I just had the town clerk of

1225
00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:49,839
Cromwell come in two weeks ago and help

1226
00:53:49,839 --> 00:53:52,559
me with the land record systems. Um,

1227
00:53:52,559 --> 00:53:54,079
we're also working on documenting,

1228
00:53:54,079 --> 00:53:56,240
creating manuals and checklists of all

1229
00:53:56,240 --> 00:53:58,640
the procedures in the office. So, in the

1230
00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:01,200
very far future, if we have a new town

1231
00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:04,240
clerk or a new assistant town clerk, um

1232
00:54:04,240 --> 00:54:06,400
they can take over the office without a

1233
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:08,720
lot of guidance.

1234
00:54:08,720 --> 00:54:11,599
So, those are some of the major things

1235
00:54:11,599 --> 00:54:13,520
that we've done since I've been elected

1236
00:54:13,520 --> 00:54:16,400
in November.

1237
00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:20,960
>> Okay. Um why don't we slide down? uh

1238
00:54:20,960 --> 00:54:24,640
your budget isn't that significant, but

1239
00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:26,960
is there anything that we should be

1240
00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:29,200
thinking about or you want to bring us

1241
00:54:29,200 --> 00:54:31,040
bring to our attention?

1242
00:54:31,040 --> 00:54:34,880
>> Um the only thing is that during um the

1243
00:54:34,880 --> 00:54:36,960
spring

1244
00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:39,440
June is the same month at June is the

1245
00:54:39,440 --> 00:54:42,559
dog licensing month. We've licensed 207

1246
00:54:42,559 --> 00:54:45,680
dogs in the month of June. Most of those

1247
00:54:45,680 --> 00:54:47,920
were uh people that came into the office

1248
00:54:47,920 --> 00:54:51,440
to uh get licensed, but it's also the

1249
00:54:51,440 --> 00:54:52,720
same time that people come in for

1250
00:54:52,720 --> 00:54:55,040
transfer station stickers. And it just

1251
00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:58,160
makes the office extremely busy with

1252
00:54:58,160 --> 00:55:00,000
vacations and everything like that. It's

1253
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:01,680
a time of year where we might need to

1254
00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:04,880
bring in some extra help to lessen the

1255
00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:08,000
burden on uh the office with both those

1256
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:10,640
things at the same time or talk about at

1257
00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:12,960
another time maybe changing the date of

1258
00:55:12,960 --> 00:55:15,040
the renewals of the transfer stationers.

1259
00:55:15,040 --> 00:55:17,680
But it's something I'm exploring and uh

1260
00:55:17,680 --> 00:55:19,920
when I have a better plan I will bring

1261
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:22,400
to the board of selectman.

1262
00:55:22,400 --> 00:55:23,440
Okay.

1263
00:55:23,440 --> 00:55:24,400
>> It [clears throat] would be good to

1264
00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:27,359
bring a plan to spread it out. I think

1265
00:55:27,359 --> 00:55:32,079
it would work. So

1266
00:55:32,079 --> 00:55:34,000
whether you change the date of the dog

1267
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:35,599
licensing or you change the date

1268
00:55:35,599 --> 00:55:37,760
>> the dog licensing cannot be changed. It

1269
00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:39,040
has to be the month starts the month of

1270
00:55:39,040 --> 00:55:40,640
June and there's nothing I can do about

1271
00:55:40,640 --> 00:55:42,400
that. That's state

1272
00:55:42,400 --> 00:55:43,599
>> state [clears throat] statute. Okay.

1273
00:55:43,599 --> 00:55:44,319
>> Yeah.

1274
00:55:44,319 --> 00:55:46,160
>> Let's look at our transfer station

1275
00:55:46,160 --> 00:55:47,680
stickers and see if we might be able to

1276
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:49,680
spread it out in some manner.

1277
00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:51,839
>> Right. Right.

1278
00:55:51,839 --> 00:55:54,240
>> Um any of the other members of the board

1279
00:55:54,240 --> 00:55:55,760
have any other questions for the town

1280
00:55:55,760 --> 00:55:59,589
clerk? Very

1281
00:55:59,599 --> 00:56:01,280
nice report, Roberta.

1282
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:02,720
>> Say that again, Scott.

1283
00:56:02,720 --> 00:56:04,720
>> Very nice report, Robera. Thank you very

1284
00:56:04,720 --> 00:56:05,520
much.

1285
00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:07,359
>> Thank you. Yeah, it was it was

1286
00:56:07,359 --> 00:56:08,480
interesting to look at all those numbers

1287
00:56:08,480 --> 00:56:12,079
at the end of the year um to see how

1288
00:56:12,079 --> 00:56:15,200
much we do in a year.

1289
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:18,240
>> Um Robera, the office does look very

1290
00:56:18,240 --> 00:56:22,240
nice. The new uh you know, rotating file

1291
00:56:22,240 --> 00:56:25,280
system was a nice addition to the vault.

1292
00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:28,960
Um, so thank you and it's appreciated.

1293
00:56:28,960 --> 00:56:31,040
>> I can show that off too. I can if you

1294
00:56:31,040 --> 00:56:33,359
want if you take me off shared screen, I

1295
00:56:33,359 --> 00:56:35,760
could um maybe

1296
00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:37,520
>> Well, how about we have everybody come

1297
00:56:37,520 --> 00:56:39,680
into your office and say hello?

1298
00:56:39,680 --> 00:56:42,799
>> I am hoping to do another um open house

1299
00:56:42,799 --> 00:56:44,160
like I did last year after I got

1300
00:56:44,160 --> 00:56:45,839
elected. I'm hoping the whole town hall

1301
00:56:45,839 --> 00:56:50,640
will uh work with me with this year and

1302
00:56:50,640 --> 00:56:53,680
invite all the town residents in to see

1303
00:56:53,680 --> 00:56:55,839
us and talk with us. I always say it's

1304
00:56:55,839 --> 00:56:57,280
always an open house in the town hall.

1305
00:56:57,280 --> 00:56:59,119
Just we don't always have food to share,

1306
00:56:59,119 --> 00:57:01,440
but when we do have a formal open house,

1307
00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:03,040
we do have food to share.

1308
00:57:03,040 --> 00:57:05,680
>> Okay. All right. Any uh any other

1309
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:08,720
questions from anyone else?

1310
00:57:08,720 --> 00:57:10,079
>> All right, Robera, thank you very much.

1311
00:57:10,079 --> 00:57:10,960
I appreciate it.

1312
00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:12,400
>> Yeah, reach out to me anytime if anybody

1313
00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:14,880
has any questions. Thank you. Got it.

1314
00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:15,680
>> All right.

1315
00:57:15,680 --> 00:57:18,000
Um, we're going to move on to

1316
00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:20,160
item six, resignations. Matt, I don't

1317
00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:22,480
believe we have any.

1318
00:57:22,480 --> 00:57:24,319
And if you can stop sharing, that would

1319
00:57:24,319 --> 00:57:25,920
be great.

1320
00:57:25,920 --> 00:57:27,839
Um,

1321
00:57:27,839 --> 00:57:30,640
okay. Um, I don't believe we have any

1322
00:57:30,640 --> 00:57:33,520
rec uh resignations at this month. Uh,

1323
00:57:33,520 --> 00:57:35,680
item seven, appointments. Uh, I know we

1324
00:57:35,680 --> 00:57:38,079
have the rec commission.

1325
00:57:38,079 --> 00:57:41,349
Um

1326
00:57:41,359 --> 00:57:43,839
I I would sit there and and this is to

1327
00:57:43,839 --> 00:57:46,319
the board members first and then we will

1328
00:57:46,319 --> 00:57:49,520
sit there and and hear from the members

1329
00:57:49,520 --> 00:57:51,680
uh or the residents that are applicants

1330
00:57:51,680 --> 00:57:54,559
for the rec commission. Um there are 11

1331
00:57:54,559 --> 00:57:56,640
applicants for the rec commission and

1332
00:57:56,640 --> 00:57:58,240
I'm just going to read them because we

1333
00:57:58,240 --> 00:58:00,160
had gotten their their information.

1334
00:58:00,160 --> 00:58:02,160
There's Ben Harp. There's Grace

1335
00:58:02,160 --> 00:58:04,400
Gustanian. There's Jacob Gdamsky.

1336
00:58:04,400 --> 00:58:07,200
There's Megan Lai. There's Jasmine

1337
00:58:07,200 --> 00:58:09,839
Baralt, Linda Armstrong, Melissa

1338
00:58:09,839 --> 00:58:13,200
Latesca, Haley Proto, Tori Goldberg, and

1339
00:58:13,200 --> 00:58:15,839
Sarah Zitney. Um,

1340
00:58:15,839 --> 00:58:17,359
>> that's 10, Jeff.

1341
00:58:17,359 --> 00:58:19,839
>> That's 10. Did I miss Did I Did I miss

1342
00:58:19,839 --> 00:58:22,240
anyone?

1343
00:58:22,240 --> 00:58:26,150
>> Nope. Not so

1344
00:58:26,160 --> 00:58:28,400
I thought I had an email that's at 11.

1345
00:58:28,400 --> 00:58:30,960
Um, all right. As long as I didn't miss

1346
00:58:30,960 --> 00:58:34,319
anybody, um, what I would recommend is

1347
00:58:34,319 --> 00:58:36,880
that we appoint everyone to the WCK

1348
00:58:36,880 --> 00:58:41,440
commission. Yeah, that would be me. Um,

1349
00:58:41,440 --> 00:58:45,200
the WEC Commission is um an organization

1350
00:58:45,200 --> 00:58:54,160
that always needs volunteers and um I'm ecstatic that we had that many

1351
00:58:54,160 --> 00:58:57,440
people put their names forth for the WCK

1352
00:58:57,440 --> 00:59:00,160
commission. Um

1353
00:59:00,160 --> 00:59:02,160
the way I see the reccomission moving

1354
00:59:02,160 --> 00:59:03,920
forward

1355
00:59:03,920 --> 00:59:07,520
its primary function will be to sit and

1356
00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:10,079
[clears throat] deal with as youth

1357
00:59:10,079 --> 00:59:13,200
recreational sports and then to assist

1358
00:59:13,200 --> 00:59:16,559
with uh direct involvement from the

1359
00:59:16,559 --> 00:59:20,319
community center director to do

1360
00:59:20,319 --> 00:59:23,359
functional uh activities such as

1361
00:59:23,359 --> 00:59:27,680
concerts and the uh the veterans

1362
00:59:27,680 --> 00:59:28,559
memorial. Memorial

1363
00:59:28,559 --> 00:59:30,000
>> Veterans Memorial Day,

1364
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:33,599
>> you know. So, um, having as many

1365
00:59:33,599 --> 00:59:36,640
volunteers as possible would be, I

1366
00:59:36,640 --> 00:59:38,240
think, a valuable thing for the

1367
00:59:38,240 --> 00:59:39,680
community.

1368
00:59:39,680 --> 00:59:41,760
>> So, um, but

1369
00:59:41,760 --> 00:59:42,960
>> how many

1370
00:59:42,960 --> 00:59:43,839
>> Go ahead.

1371
00:59:43,839 --> 00:59:47,200
>> How many of these the 10 are directly

1372
00:59:47,200 --> 00:59:50,480
aided related to the youth

1373
00:59:50,480 --> 00:59:52,000
sports?

1374
00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:54,640
Are they all? Well, everybody would be,

1375
00:59:54,640 --> 00:59:57,839
but I mean, um, why don't we

1376
00:59:57,839 --> 01:00:02,640
>> why don't we ask and and you know, we

1377
01:00:02,640 --> 01:00:05,920
don't need um uh since we want to

1378
01:00:05,920 --> 01:00:08,079
appoint everybody, we don't need to sit

1379
01:00:08,079 --> 01:00:14,480
there and and go and have a significant long

1380
01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:16,880
uh conversation, but why don't we go

1381
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:19,520
through and let the individuals say a

1382
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:21,760
quick hello and what they're interested

1383
01:00:21,760 --> 01:00:23,839
in and we'll go from Right. Is that okay

1384
01:00:23,839 --> 01:00:25,200
with the breast of the members?

1385
01:00:25,200 --> 01:00:26,559
>> Yeah, sounds good.

1386
01:00:26,559 --> 01:00:28,000
>> All right, we'll start with Ben Harp

1387
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:31,839
because he was first on our list.

1388
01:00:31,839 --> 01:00:34,079
>> Hey, just want to say hi to everybody.

1389
01:00:34,079 --> 01:00:37,839
Um, yes, my I have a daughter in the

1390
01:00:37,839 --> 01:00:40,480
youth basketball program. Um, but I'm

1391
01:00:40,480 --> 01:00:42,000
also

1392
01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:44,160
interested in just recreation in general

1393
01:00:44,160 --> 01:00:46,720
for the town. Um, I would like to

1394
01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:48,240
potentially

1395
01:00:48,240 --> 01:00:51,440
in the future start a far farmers market

1396
01:00:51,440 --> 01:00:54,960
again and I do like the um the concerts

1397
01:00:54,960 --> 01:00:58,000
and stuff. Um, just get the town

1398
01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:01,760
recreating. Uh, that's all for me.

1399
01:01:01,760 --> 01:01:06,069
>> Uh, Grace Gustinian.

1400
01:01:06,079 --> 01:01:08,960
» Hi everyone. Um, I think I know many of

1401
01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:10,880
you who are on this meeting right now.

1402
01:01:10,880 --> 01:01:13,920
Um, so I, you know, I'm all for the

1403
01:01:13,920 --> 01:01:15,280
kids. I think it's really important that

1404
01:01:15,280 --> 01:01:18,079
we support youth sports, but I also want

1405
01:01:18,079 --> 01:01:19,920
to represent the adult community as

1406
01:01:19,920 --> 01:01:23,119
well. Um, many of you know that I play

1407
01:01:23,119 --> 01:01:25,359
pickle ball quite often and have been

1408
01:01:25,359 --> 01:01:27,760
very active in the program in Andover.

1409
01:01:27,760 --> 01:01:31,040
So, I'd like to see more activities for

1410
01:01:31,040 --> 01:01:35,680
our, you know, older adults perhaps.

1411
01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:39,760
>> Thank you. Right. Um, I noticed I just

1412
01:01:39,760 --> 01:01:42,480
let in Jacob Gdowski, so I'll let Jacob

1413
01:01:42,480 --> 01:01:48,950
speak.

1414
01:01:48,960 --> 01:01:53,510
Welcome back to Jake. Megan Lai.

1415
01:01:53,520 --> 01:01:56,400
» Hi everyone. Yep. I'm Megan Lai. Um I've

1416
01:01:56,400 --> 01:01:58,160
lived in and over I think 15 years now.

1417
01:01:58,160 --> 01:01:59,920
I have uh two kids in the elementary

1418
01:01:59,920 --> 01:02:02,000
school. So I am, you know, definitely

1419
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:03,520
interested in elementary school stuff

1420
01:02:03,520 --> 01:02:05,760
and I've been coordinating u basketball

1421
01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:07,520
over the the last month to keep things

1422
01:02:07,520 --> 01:02:09,839
moving along. But I kind of echo Grace's

1423
01:02:09,839 --> 01:02:12,079
thoughts at the same time too as um I

1424
01:02:12,079 --> 01:02:13,200
don't know if I'm going to classify

1425
01:02:13,200 --> 01:02:15,760
myself as an older adult, but maybe a

1426
01:02:15,760 --> 01:02:17,920
younger adult. [laughter] Um you know, I

1427
01:02:17,920 --> 01:02:20,559
think the town we have some great things

1428
01:02:20,559 --> 01:02:21,920
going on, but I think we could certainly

1429
01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:23,839
do more for um you know, our adult

1430
01:02:23,839 --> 01:02:26,000
community as well. So I'd love to, you

1431
01:02:26,000 --> 01:02:27,440
know, help try to come up with ideas

1432
01:02:27,440 --> 01:02:29,599
along those lines as well. Um happy to

1433
01:02:29,599 --> 01:02:31,280
answer any questions anyone has. I did

1434
01:02:31,280 --> 01:02:32,480
just want to point out, Jeeoff, that

1435
01:02:32,480 --> 01:02:34,640
there's technically five regular member

1436
01:02:34,640 --> 01:02:36,480
seats. So, if you appoint everyone, you

1437
01:02:36,480 --> 01:02:39,520
may wish to decide who the five regular

1438
01:02:39,520 --> 01:02:41,359
members are so there isn't confusion

1439
01:02:41,359 --> 01:02:43,200
there. And I know Linda Armstrong, who

1440
01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:44,799
is the one person left on the

1441
01:02:44,799 --> 01:02:46,559
commission, was interested in moving

1442
01:02:46,559 --> 01:02:48,640
from an alternate to a regular member. I

1443
01:02:48,640 --> 01:02:49,839
don't think she's on the call. So, I

1444
01:02:49,839 --> 01:02:52,000
just wanted to mention that.

1445
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:55,359
>> Is uh is that in the charter?

1446
01:02:55,359 --> 01:02:58,240
>> It is.

1447
01:02:58,240 --> 01:03:03,190
>> Okay.

1448
01:03:03,200 --> 01:03:05,680
» All right. Um,

1449
01:03:05,680 --> 01:03:08,319
Jasmine Burl.

1450
01:03:08,319 --> 01:03:14,240
>> Hi. Um, I agree with uh Megan and Grace.

1451
01:03:14,240 --> 01:03:17,280
Um, I have children in the community,

1452
01:03:17,280 --> 01:03:20,880
but I also would like to offer other

1453
01:03:20,880 --> 01:03:24,640
programs for families or the adults. Um,

1454
01:03:24,640 --> 01:03:28,640
I do have um I am interested in the

1455
01:03:28,640 --> 01:03:31,599
sports aspect as well, but I'm just

1456
01:03:31,599 --> 01:03:37,599
looking to make this town even more

1457
01:03:37,599 --> 01:03:41,039
um more activities for them.

1458
01:03:41,039 --> 01:03:42,160
>> That is all.

1459
01:03:42,160 --> 01:03:49,589
>> All right. Thank you, Linda Armstrong.

1460
01:03:49,599 --> 01:03:52,480
» She might not be here. Uh me uh Melissa

1461
01:03:52,480 --> 01:03:54,720
Lesca.

1462
01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:57,039
>> Hi Melissa Lesca. Um for anyone who

1463
01:03:57,039 --> 01:03:58,240
doesn't know me, I have been a teacher

1464
01:03:58,240 --> 01:04:01,920
at AAS for almost 20 years. So um I have

1465
01:04:01,920 --> 01:04:03,760
been directly involved with the youth of

1466
01:04:03,760 --> 01:04:06,240
this community for a long time. Um now

1467
01:04:06,240 --> 01:04:09,440
as uh my children have also um been

1468
01:04:09,440 --> 01:04:11,520
involved with basketball since they were

1469
01:04:11,520 --> 01:04:14,480
in preschool. So I have directly been a

1470
01:04:14,480 --> 01:04:18,640
part of the um youth sports as well. Um,

1471
01:04:18,640 --> 01:04:21,119
I'm looking to bridge the gap between

1472
01:04:21,119 --> 01:04:22,960
the collaboration between the community

1473
01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:26,079
and the recck department. Um, and have

1474
01:04:26,079 --> 01:04:28,960
our rec department become cohesive with

1475
01:04:28,960 --> 01:04:32,960
the community in the community center.

1476
01:04:32,960 --> 01:04:38,549
>> Uh, Haley Proto.

1477
01:04:38,559 --> 01:04:42,319
» Hi, thank you so much. Um, yes,

1478
01:04:42,319 --> 01:04:44,559
definitely interested in youth sports.

1479
01:04:44,559 --> 01:04:48,799
My son participates in the basketball

1480
01:04:48,799 --> 01:04:51,680
and also interested just as everybody

1481
01:04:51,680 --> 01:04:53,760
else has been saying in the community

1482
01:04:53,760 --> 01:04:56,559
events. I really enjoy being in the

1483
01:04:56,559 --> 01:04:58,799
community and think that these events

1484
01:04:58,799 --> 01:05:02,240
give a lot of opportunity for people to

1485
01:05:02,240 --> 01:05:04,880
mingle, meet one another, and it just

1486
01:05:04,880 --> 01:05:08,960
makes Andover stronger overall.

1487
01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:11,920
>> Okay, thank you. Um, is Tori Goldberg on

1488
01:05:11,920 --> 01:05:15,589
with us?

1489
01:05:15,599 --> 01:05:21,910
Okay. And I know we have Sarah Zitney.

1490
01:05:21,920 --> 01:05:29,990
At least I thought we did.

1491
01:05:30,000 --> 01:05:35,190
Okay. Um,

1492
01:05:35,200 --> 01:05:37,680
so I I actually [clears throat] have

1493
01:05:37,680 --> 01:05:40,000
asked the town attorney to look at the

1494
01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:41,599
charter, but Megan, I'm going to sit

1495
01:05:41,599 --> 01:05:45,119
there and and say you're right. Okay.

1496
01:05:45,119 --> 01:05:45,839
So,

1497
01:05:45,839 --> 01:05:47,200
>> I didn't mean to come off that way. I

1498
01:05:47,200 --> 01:05:49,040
just

1499
01:05:49,040 --> 01:05:50,480
[laughter]

1500
01:05:50,480 --> 01:05:53,920
>> my memory. I think I think the committee

1501
01:05:53,920 --> 01:05:57,599
should uh embrace all of the the

1502
01:05:57,599 --> 01:06:01,440
individuals and um

1503
01:06:01,440 --> 01:06:06,400
you know I'm not a big believer in in

1504
01:06:06,400 --> 01:06:09,280
limiting you know a volunteer group. So,

1505
01:06:09,280 --> 01:06:12,720
I hope they all can have uh votes, but

1506
01:06:12,720 --> 01:06:17,920
um I'd like to um

1507
01:06:17,920 --> 01:06:19,520
well, I like to open it up to the other

1508
01:06:19,520 --> 01:06:22,400
members who who I mean, I could tell you

1509
01:06:22,400 --> 01:06:24,720
who I would sit there and and put on if

1510
01:06:24,720 --> 01:06:28,880
there was just five members that were uh

1511
01:06:28,880 --> 01:06:31,039
and then I would leave everyone else as

1512
01:06:31,039 --> 01:06:32,559
an alternate at a point. Everyone else

1513
01:06:32,559 --> 01:06:34,640
is an alternate.

1514
01:06:34,640 --> 01:06:36,880
But anybody

1515
01:06:36,880 --> 01:06:38,960
How about I go through my people? I I

1516
01:06:38,960 --> 01:06:43,440
would sit there and um I would put I

1517
01:06:43,440 --> 01:06:46,720
would put um Megan Lai, Melissa Latesca,

1518
01:06:46,720 --> 01:06:49,760
Haley Proto, Grace Castanian, and Ben

1519
01:06:49,760 --> 01:06:52,720
Harp because I think it fills out the

1520
01:06:52,720 --> 01:06:56,079
group of people that are there's a lot

1521
01:06:56,079 --> 01:06:57,920
of people there that are related to

1522
01:06:57,920 --> 01:07:00,000
youth sports and athletics and and I

1523
01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:02,240
know we also have Jacob Gdamsky. I know

1524
01:07:02,240 --> 01:07:10,880
he he his son is in uh uh AES and is in the basketball

1525
01:07:10,880 --> 01:07:14,000
program, but I think that would fill out

1526
01:07:14,000 --> 01:07:18,079
rounding it out to allow people to

1527
01:07:18,079 --> 01:07:19,760
uh have different interests like Ben

1528
01:07:19,760 --> 01:07:21,119
having an interest in the farmers

1529
01:07:21,119 --> 01:07:24,160
market, Grace having an interest more in

1530
01:07:24,160 --> 01:07:28,319
pickle ball, Megan, Melissa and focusing

1531
01:07:28,319 --> 01:07:30,960
on the youth sports aspect, and Haley

1532
01:07:30,960 --> 01:07:34,720
having previously worked at the uh

1533
01:07:34,720 --> 01:07:39,670
community center.

1534
01:07:39,680 --> 01:07:43,670
Anybody else?

1535
01:07:43,680 --> 01:07:46,079
An go ahead.

1536
01:07:46,079 --> 01:07:48,480
>> A pretty good start. I almost think that

1537
01:07:48,480 --> 01:07:50,880
we might want to let the whole group

1538
01:07:50,880 --> 01:07:54,319
meet and then sort of see who's got

1539
01:07:54,319 --> 01:07:57,280
strengths among the group instead of

1540
01:07:57,280 --> 01:08:00,160
just us looking at it. and they might

1541
01:08:00,160 --> 01:08:02,960
feel like they want to shift that by one

1542
01:08:02,960 --> 01:08:05,599
or two people. [snorts]

1543
01:08:05,599 --> 01:08:07,680
>> Well, if any of the five members didn't

1544
01:08:07,680 --> 01:08:09,359
want to sit there and continue, they

1545
01:08:09,359 --> 01:08:13,039
could sit there and resign or turn over

1546
01:08:13,039 --> 01:08:15,520
their

1547
01:08:15,520 --> 01:08:17,839
seated position to an alternate,

1548
01:08:17,839 --> 01:08:18,640
>> right?

1549
01:08:18,640 --> 01:08:20,080
>> Yeah, that's what I think. We should

1550
01:08:20,080 --> 01:08:22,000
leave it sort of open to being able to

1551
01:08:22,000 --> 01:08:24,560
do that and not just say, "Well, this is

1552
01:08:24,560 --> 01:08:26,719
the five."

1553
01:08:26,719 --> 01:08:31,759
Well, if our if if our role I mean

1554
01:08:31,759 --> 01:08:33,920
our role is to appoint the best group of

1555
01:08:33,920 --> 01:08:37,199
people, I I would like all 11 or all 10

1556
01:08:37,199 --> 01:08:40,640
to be full members. If by charter, which

1557
01:08:40,640 --> 01:08:42,719
Dennis is telling me,

1558
01:08:42,719 --> 01:08:44,719
>> well, I had already told Megan she was

1559
01:08:44,719 --> 01:08:46,239
right. Right. So, I have I don't have

1560
01:08:46,239 --> 01:08:47,520
the charter in front of me, but I asked

1561
01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:49,120
Dennis to look at it. Dennis said that's

1562
01:08:49,120 --> 01:08:51,440
accurate. There's only five needed

1563
01:08:51,440 --> 01:08:52,880
members of

1564
01:08:52,880 --> 01:08:54,480
>> the rec commission. We need to appoint

1565
01:08:54,480 --> 01:08:56,560
five members. How many alternates?

1566
01:08:56,560 --> 01:08:56,960
>> Two.

1567
01:08:56,960 --> 01:09:00,400
>> We can we can appoint I I I don't I will

1568
01:09:00,400 --> 01:09:02,239
violate the charter to appoint all the

1569
01:09:02,239 --> 01:09:04,080
alternates.

1570
01:09:04,080 --> 01:09:04,480
>> Yeah,

1571
01:09:04,480 --> 01:09:05,839
>> that'd be good.

1572
01:09:05,839 --> 01:09:10,560
>> Um I also I mean in in part I do agree

1573
01:09:10,560 --> 01:09:14,319
with Ann in that um that I I thought

1574
01:09:14,319 --> 01:09:17,359
maybe I misinterpreted Megan. um she had

1575
01:09:17,359 --> 01:09:19,440
said that Linda Armstrong wasn't on the

1576
01:09:19,440 --> 01:09:22,000
call, but she was interested and she was

1577
01:09:22,000 --> 01:09:23,440
one of the only people left on the

1578
01:09:23,440 --> 01:09:24,880
commission when the rest of the

1579
01:09:24,880 --> 01:09:26,400
commission had resigned. I didn't know

1580
01:09:26,400 --> 01:09:28,080
if she was interested in holding one of

1581
01:09:28,080 --> 01:09:30,719
those roles. So, I I didn't want to

1582
01:09:30,719 --> 01:09:33,679
leave her out. But that but then again,

1583
01:09:33,679 --> 01:09:36,080
maybe based on everybody's time and what

1584
01:09:36,080 --> 01:09:38,159
they have to put in it, maybe they want

1585
01:09:38,159 --> 01:09:42,159
to tweak the, you know, maybe one or two

1586
01:09:42,159 --> 01:09:45,359
standing members.

1587
01:09:45,359 --> 01:09:49,520
Uh while I understand that and I do I do

1588
01:09:49,520 --> 01:09:54,159
understand that Christine I I'm just

1589
01:09:54,159 --> 01:09:56,320
looking at the overall group and trying

1590
01:09:56,320 --> 01:09:59,040
to find the right people to fit

1591
01:09:59,040 --> 01:10:01,679
>> and to at least have a voice for

1592
01:10:01,679 --> 01:10:06,159
different segments of um

1593
01:10:06,159 --> 01:10:09,600
different segments of the community.

1594
01:10:09,600 --> 01:10:14,709
So, um,

1595
01:10:14,719 --> 01:10:17,040
Ashley, if you can put your hand down

1596
01:10:17,040 --> 01:10:22,790
for one second. Um, uh,

1597
01:10:22,800 --> 01:10:24,800
okay.

1598
01:10:24,800 --> 01:10:27,040
So, five members who shall serve

1599
01:10:27,040 --> 01:10:31,520
two-year terms. Okay. Um, thank you,

1600
01:10:31,520 --> 01:10:36,159
>> Matt. You can No.

1601
01:10:36,159 --> 01:10:38,080
>> Okay.

1602
01:10:38,080 --> 01:10:40,080
I mean, Matt, I'm assuming you're doing

1603
01:10:40,080 --> 01:10:41,760
that.

1604
01:10:41,760 --> 01:10:43,199
>> I am. Yes.

1605
01:10:43,199 --> 01:10:44,480
>> Okay. [clears throat] All right. You can

1606
01:10:44,480 --> 01:10:47,280
put that down now.

1607
01:10:47,280 --> 01:10:49,040
Thank you.

1608
01:10:49,040 --> 01:10:57,990
All right. So, um

1609
01:10:58,000 --> 01:11:01,840
yeah. So, um we're not going to wait.

1610
01:11:01,840 --> 01:11:03,440
Um,

1611
01:11:03,440 --> 01:11:05,520
I think we need to appoint the five

1612
01:11:05,520 --> 01:11:08,080
members and then we appoint all the rest

1613
01:11:08,080 --> 01:11:09,920
as alternates

1614
01:11:09,920 --> 01:11:14,880
and hope that they all participate. So

1615
01:11:14,880 --> 01:11:18,239
Ashley, I'm not supposed to Well, I'm

1616
01:11:18,239 --> 01:11:19,920
going to let it go. Ashley, what would

1617
01:11:19,920 --> 01:11:23,510
you like to say?

1618
01:11:23,520 --> 01:11:26,719
» Okay, so I just have a quick question.

1619
01:11:26,719 --> 01:11:29,040
Um, is there a reason that we have to

1620
01:11:29,040 --> 01:11:33,199
appoint the five today right now versus

1621
01:11:33,199 --> 01:11:36,800
allowing time for all 10 people to get

1622
01:11:36,800 --> 01:11:39,440
together and maybe present themselves to

1623
01:11:39,440 --> 01:11:41,760
you guys as who they would

1624
01:11:41,760 --> 01:11:46,709
>> rather be.

1625
01:11:46,719 --> 01:11:50,400
So, so, um, just as a point of order,

1626
01:11:50,400 --> 01:11:53,199
I'm not I don't, you know,

1627
01:11:53,199 --> 01:11:54,560
it's only supposed to be the board of

1628
01:11:54,560 --> 01:11:56,000
selected members, but I'll answer your

1629
01:11:56,000 --> 01:11:58,400
question. So, right now, we have a

1630
01:11:58,400 --> 01:12:01,280
Veterans Day program that has to get

1631
01:12:01,280 --> 01:12:03,840
rolling and we have Halloween coming up.

1632
01:12:03,840 --> 01:12:05,760
So, it's in every and the and the

1633
01:12:05,760 --> 01:12:08,239
basketball program starts in October.

1634
01:12:08,239 --> 01:12:10,719
So, it's really in our interest and the

1635
01:12:10,719 --> 01:12:12,400
committee's interest to get this started

1636
01:12:12,400 --> 01:12:13,760
because they're going to have to appoint

1637
01:12:13,760 --> 01:12:15,840
a chairperson and they're going to have

1638
01:12:15,840 --> 01:12:18,159
to make sure that all of the the

1639
01:12:18,159 --> 01:12:20,800
functions and the

1640
01:12:20,800 --> 01:12:22,480
I mean, I'm sure Megan, you're also

1641
01:12:22,480 --> 01:12:24,400
taking you're taking applications now.

1642
01:12:24,400 --> 01:12:25,920
There's a lot of issues going on with

1643
01:12:25,920 --> 01:12:28,320
basketball as I well know, but you know,

1644
01:12:28,320 --> 01:12:30,239
we do need to appoint this and

1645
01:12:30,239 --> 01:12:31,760
>> this has to be moving.

1646
01:12:31,760 --> 01:12:34,159
>> Yeah. Listen, we may not

1647
01:12:34,159 --> 01:12:35,920
>> you might have you might have someone

1648
01:12:35,920 --> 01:12:38,719
that doesn't want to be a regular member

1649
01:12:38,719 --> 01:12:40,640
and then it's going to be the

1650
01:12:40,640 --> 01:12:43,360
committee's job to to come to us and say

1651
01:12:43,360 --> 01:12:46,560
we're going to change this. So, um

1652
01:12:46,560 --> 01:12:48,320
again,

1653
01:12:48,320 --> 01:12:50,400
I I just want to know I I understand

1654
01:12:50,400 --> 01:12:52,640
Linda Armstrong, Christine, she is the

1655
01:12:52,640 --> 01:12:54,880
one that I sat there when I looked at

1656
01:12:54,880 --> 01:12:56,480
the list. I and I and I'll tell you

1657
01:12:56,480 --> 01:12:59,760
exactly why it was like Grace Grace's is

1658
01:12:59,760 --> 01:13:01,280
more

1659
01:13:01,280 --> 01:13:03,440
pickle ball which we really need to

1660
01:13:03,440 --> 01:13:08,080
focus on getting more uh I mean that pickle ball court is probably the

1661
01:13:08,080 --> 01:13:09,679
most used thing in the community right

1662
01:13:09,679 --> 01:13:12,960
now. So, uh it would be good to have her

1663
01:13:12,960 --> 01:13:14,880
because of the list. She's the one that

1664
01:13:14,880 --> 01:13:16,960
I know there and like I said, Megan has

1665
01:13:16,960 --> 01:13:18,960
been involved in basketball forever.

1666
01:13:18,960 --> 01:13:21,199
Melissa is a direct link to the school

1667
01:13:21,199 --> 01:13:22,400
which we need to improve our

1668
01:13:22,400 --> 01:13:24,480
relationships with and and she has young

1669
01:13:24,480 --> 01:13:28,400
children and she's she's a very positive

1670
01:13:28,400 --> 01:13:30,960
person to put on that board. Haley had

1671
01:13:30,960 --> 01:13:32,640
has worked at the community center, so

1672
01:13:32,640 --> 01:13:35,120
she has a direct link to Tess, who I

1673
01:13:35,120 --> 01:13:43,600
expect to be highly engaged in this. And Ben, um Ben, I mean, I'm not going

1674
01:13:43,600 --> 01:13:45,280
to I mean, I need a male on the

1675
01:13:45,280 --> 01:13:48,080
committee and and not Ben, it's not a

1676
01:13:48,080 --> 01:13:49,520
bad thing. I could put we could put

1677
01:13:49,520 --> 01:13:51,360
Jacob on that committee, but I do think

1678
01:13:51,360 --> 01:13:53,520
Ben has asked to participate in other

1679
01:13:53,520 --> 01:13:55,760
things and it's about time that we give

1680
01:13:55,760 --> 01:13:57,920
him an opportunity to participate in

1681
01:13:57,920 --> 01:14:00,800
something. That's my take. That's how I

1682
01:14:00,800 --> 01:14:03,520
look at it. So, those are the five

1683
01:14:03,520 --> 01:14:06,560
people that I would put on to the rec

1684
01:14:06,560 --> 01:14:08,239
commission.

1685
01:14:08,239 --> 01:14:10,239
>> Second that, Jeff.

1686
01:14:10,239 --> 01:14:11,520
>> Okay. [clears throat]

1687
01:14:11,520 --> 01:14:13,520
>> I just have a question.

1688
01:14:13,520 --> 01:14:14,239
>> Sure.

1689
01:14:14,239 --> 01:14:16,159
>> With this I'm not really familiar with

1690
01:14:16,159 --> 01:14:19,360
how this committee works if we have five

1691
01:14:19,360 --> 01:14:22,800
people on the committee, but the other

1692
01:14:22,800 --> 01:14:25,440
five who are alternates can still be

1693
01:14:25,440 --> 01:14:27,840
very active. Isn't that correct?

1694
01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:29,600
>> Correct. if somebody doesn't attend the

1695
01:14:29,600 --> 01:14:31,120
meeting, they that one of the

1696
01:14:31,120 --> 01:14:32,960
individuals would be pointed to the seat

1697
01:14:32,960 --> 01:14:37,120
and have a vote. Um, listen, this um I

1698
01:14:37,120 --> 01:14:40,320
have said to Tess many times that that

1699
01:14:40,320 --> 01:14:43,280
her job is a volunteer coordinator. And

1700
01:14:43,280 --> 01:14:44,800
to be really honest, if the rec

1701
01:14:44,800 --> 01:14:46,480
commission can have as many people

1702
01:14:46,480 --> 01:14:49,120
participating as possible, it's a

1703
01:14:49,120 --> 01:14:52,719
volunteer function. And

1704
01:14:52,719 --> 01:14:54,400
>> we need people to volunteer in this

1705
01:14:54,400 --> 01:14:56,400
town. We need people to continue to move

1706
01:14:56,400 --> 01:14:59,920
into different positions so that we uh

1707
01:14:59,920 --> 01:15:01,440
you might grow from the rec commission

1708
01:15:01,440 --> 01:15:03,760
into, you know, planning and zoning and

1709
01:15:03,760 --> 01:15:05,199
from planning and zoning into the board

1710
01:15:05,199 --> 01:15:08,719
of selectman. Who knows? But

1711
01:15:08,719 --> 01:15:11,120
I think all of the people that I named,

1712
01:15:11,120 --> 01:15:13,440
there's reasons why I would put them on

1713
01:15:13,440 --> 01:15:18,870
the board on the right commission.

1714
01:15:18,880 --> 01:15:21,280
» Decision got to do. Let's vote.

1715
01:15:21,280 --> 01:15:25,280
>> Anything else? Okay. So, um, I'm going

1716
01:15:25,280 --> 01:15:26,960
to just state it for the record, Scott,

1717
01:15:26,960 --> 01:15:29,040
and I know. So, I'm going to make a a

1718
01:15:29,040 --> 01:15:31,600
motion to appoint as regular members to

1719
01:15:31,600 --> 01:15:33,600
the recreation commission, Ben Harp,

1720
01:15:33,600 --> 01:15:36,480
Grace Gustinian, Megan Lai, Melissa

1721
01:15:36,480 --> 01:15:39,280
Latesca, and Haley Proto.

1722
01:15:39,280 --> 01:15:44,560
And then in addition, I would make I

1723
01:15:44,560 --> 01:15:47,840
would add as alternates Jacob Gdamsky,

1724
01:15:47,840 --> 01:15:51,600
uh, Jasmine Baral, Linda Armstrong, Tori

1725
01:15:51,600 --> 01:15:55,280
Goldberg, and Sarah Zitney.

1726
01:15:55,280 --> 01:15:56,800
>> I'll second that, chair.

1727
01:15:56,800 --> 01:16:00,159
>> Okay, further discussion.

1728
01:16:00,159 --> 01:16:04,239
All right. Uh, Ann, how do you vote?

1729
01:16:04,239 --> 01:16:08,159
Ann votes yes. Dave Gastanian. Hi. Scott

1730
01:16:08,159 --> 01:16:09,280
Person.

1731
01:16:09,280 --> 01:16:10,400
>> Hi.

1732
01:16:10,400 --> 01:16:12,159
>> Uh Christine Rendazo.

1733
01:16:12,159 --> 01:16:13,040
>> Hi.

1734
01:16:13,040 --> 01:16:15,440
>> And Jeff Magcguire. Hi.

1735
01:16:15,440 --> 01:16:18,400
>> Okay. Um

1736
01:16:18,400 --> 01:16:20,400
and now we're going to move to item uh

1737
01:16:20,400 --> 01:16:22,480
eight of town administrators report.

1738
01:16:22,480 --> 01:16:25,120
That was a second dairy packet that was

1739
01:16:25,120 --> 01:16:27,600
posted up on the line. So Matt, all

1740
01:16:27,600 --> 01:16:29,199
yours.

1741
01:16:29,199 --> 01:16:31,760
>> All right. Uh do you mind if I put that

1742
01:16:31,760 --> 01:16:39,270
on the screen? Go ahead. Okay.

1743
01:16:39,280 --> 01:16:42,800
All right. Hopefully it came up.

1744
01:16:42,800 --> 01:16:47,760
Uh so uh good evening everyone. Uh

1745
01:16:47,760 --> 01:16:50,640
so the first thing uh was that this past

1746
01:16:50,640 --> 01:16:54,000
week uh there was a meeting at the uh

1747
01:16:54,000 --> 01:16:56,640
the Ram Regional School Board and uh

1748
01:16:56,640 --> 01:17:00,080
they put rolled out a capital projects

1749
01:17:00,080 --> 01:17:04,239
plan for the next 10 years and uh it

1750
01:17:04,239 --> 01:17:07,840
basically is uh there's $28.8 8 million

1751
01:17:07,840 --> 01:17:10,320
in high priority items and another 13

1752
01:17:10,320 --> 01:17:12,880
million. But it was really just uh as I

1753
01:17:12,880 --> 01:17:14,480
probably explained it to the first

1754
01:17:14,480 --> 01:17:16,000
segment, they're just throwing a lot of

1755
01:17:16,000 --> 01:17:17,360
spaghetti against the wall. These are

1756
01:17:17,360 --> 01:17:19,760
all the things that they're uh

1757
01:17:19,760 --> 01:17:21,760
considering. Uh they obviously have to

1758
01:17:21,760 --> 01:17:24,000
whittle this down and they're probably

1759
01:17:24,000 --> 01:17:26,080
going to be looking at about $30 million

1760
01:17:26,080 --> 01:17:29,840
or so of projects. Um

1761
01:17:29,840 --> 01:17:33,600
the uh superintendent Colin McNamera is

1762
01:17:33,600 --> 01:17:37,360
interested in uh doing outreach to the

1763
01:17:37,360 --> 01:17:38,800
different communities because obviously

1764
01:17:38,800 --> 01:17:40,239
there's going to need to be stakeholder

1765
01:17:40,239 --> 01:17:41,760
buyin

1766
01:17:41,760 --> 01:17:44,000
and uh we would like to try and get him

1767
01:17:44,000 --> 01:17:46,560
in here. I think that uh perhaps the day

1768
01:17:46,560 --> 01:17:48,719
after Columbus Day we don't meet that

1769
01:17:48,719 --> 01:17:51,760
Monday we do the Tuesday or if we at at

1770
01:17:51,760 --> 01:17:53,600
the worst maybe in November. But I think

1771
01:17:53,600 --> 01:17:55,679
that it's important that you know there

1772
01:17:55,679 --> 01:17:58,080
we're meeting tonight uh to talk about

1773
01:17:58,080 --> 01:18:00,239
some of the items. So I I'm sure it's a

1774
01:18:00,239 --> 01:18:03,760
fluid situation with which projects uh

1775
01:18:03,760 --> 01:18:07,679
at the end of my uh uh packet there are

1776
01:18:07,679 --> 01:18:09,520
a lot of information all the information

1777
01:18:09,520 --> 01:18:12,080
that was provided to the from the board

1778
01:18:12,080 --> 01:18:14,480
of education. It's in the I mean I'm

1779
01:18:14,480 --> 01:18:16,800
looking at page 53 now which is a

1780
01:18:16,800 --> 01:18:19,199
spreadsheet of them. So, it's it's high

1781
01:18:19,199 --> 01:18:21,360
up there, but if we're not going to go

1782
01:18:21,360 --> 01:18:23,199
into the weeds tonight, it's just to let

1783
01:18:23,199 --> 01:18:24,960
you know that this is something that was

1784
01:18:24,960 --> 01:18:26,480
there. Rob England was at the same

1785
01:18:26,480 --> 01:18:29,440
meeting. Uh, and they're talking about

1786
01:18:29,440 --> 01:18:32,080
possibly uh going out to a target

1787
01:18:32,080 --> 01:18:35,440
referendum date either in November of 27

1788
01:18:35,440 --> 01:18:38,159
or May of 28. Now, they do have some

1789
01:18:38,159 --> 01:18:40,400
items that are on there that uh I I

1790
01:18:40,400 --> 01:18:42,320
don't think that they're they're urgent

1791
01:18:42,320 --> 01:18:45,120
items that probably don't won't wait two

1792
01:18:45,120 --> 01:18:47,600
uh calendar years, basically school

1793
01:18:47,600 --> 01:18:49,600
years. Uh some of it has to do with the

1794
01:18:49,600 --> 01:18:52,400
uh their Wi-Fi at the at the school

1795
01:18:52,400 --> 01:18:55,760
campus and uh uh and then there's also

1796
01:18:55,760 --> 01:18:58,719
in the gymnasium there's a a a partition

1797
01:18:58,719 --> 01:19:01,360
that's uh giving them trouble. So those

1798
01:19:01,360 --> 01:19:03,679
are a couple things that are on the uh

1799
01:19:03,679 --> 01:19:06,080
capital projects list, but they may have

1800
01:19:06,080 --> 01:19:08,880
to come back and do those uh through

1801
01:19:08,880 --> 01:19:12,080
their regular annual capital projects.

1802
01:19:12,080 --> 01:19:14,159
Um

1803
01:19:14,159 --> 01:19:17,440
>> so one Matt, if you could break page 53

1804
01:19:17,440 --> 01:19:18,960
out and put that up on the town's

1805
01:19:18,960 --> 01:19:21,199
website, that would be appreciated.

1806
01:19:21,199 --> 01:19:23,840
>> $43 million, Jeff.

1807
01:19:23,840 --> 01:19:26,880
>> Yeah, I know. But what it doesn't what

1808
01:19:26,880 --> 01:19:28,640
it doesn't tell you though is it doesn't

1809
01:19:28,640 --> 01:19:31,760
tell you any potential state funding.

1810
01:19:31,760 --> 01:19:33,760
Doesn't tell you how our representatives

1811
01:19:33,760 --> 01:19:35,679
are going to work together to sit there

1812
01:19:35,679 --> 01:19:39,440
and get this paid for. Um

1813
01:19:39,440 --> 01:19:41,760
it's a capital projects plan. This is

1814
01:19:41,760 --> 01:19:44,480
what we as a town should be preparing.

1815
01:19:44,480 --> 01:19:45,920
This is what the schools should be

1816
01:19:45,920 --> 01:19:49,199
preparing. This is this is a start. It

1817
01:19:49,199 --> 01:19:50,480
doesn't mean you're going to get all the

1818
01:19:50,480 --> 01:19:54,159
money, but it also doesn't tell me

1819
01:19:54,159 --> 01:19:56,719
how they're planning to pay for it. So,

1820
01:19:56,719 --> 01:19:58,719
yeah. So I I think that you know in the

1821
01:19:58,719 --> 01:20:00,560
a lot of the details there's projects

1822
01:20:00,560 --> 01:20:04,960
that are are have uh some anticipated

1823
01:20:04,960 --> 01:20:06,960
reimbursement and there's others that

1824
01:20:06,960 --> 01:20:09,120
aren't. Basically that number that uh

1825
01:20:09,120 --> 01:20:11,600
Scott was talking about that 41 million

1826
01:20:11,600 --> 01:20:14,719
for all projects in 2026 because we know

1827
01:20:14,719 --> 01:20:17,120
that there's they're planning you know

1828
01:20:17,120 --> 01:20:20,080
they're they've basically did a 4.5% per

1829
01:20:20,080 --> 01:20:23,199
year increase over time. uh if none of

1830
01:20:23,199 --> 01:20:24,560
these projects get done, they're looking

1831
01:20:24,560 --> 01:20:28,400
at like $63 million in 2036. But in that

1832
01:20:28,400 --> 01:20:31,760
$41 million, 16 million of that would be

1833
01:20:31,760 --> 01:20:34,080
anticipated reimbursement. So the

1834
01:20:34,080 --> 01:20:37,760
district cost for those would be $24.9

1835
01:20:37,760 --> 01:20:42,000
million. Um basically anything that said

1836
01:20:42,000 --> 01:20:46,640
is re like uh a replacement or

1837
01:20:46,640 --> 01:20:48,159
renovation.

1838
01:20:48,159 --> 01:20:51,600
uh anything that's not new is uh

1839
01:20:51,600 --> 01:20:53,120
something that it will not have

1840
01:20:53,120 --> 01:20:55,440
reimbursement. But there are items like

1841
01:20:55,440 --> 01:20:59,280
uh uh some of the roofing costs uh some

1842
01:20:59,280 --> 01:21:01,760
of the safety systems uh they have a

1843
01:21:01,760 --> 01:21:03,679
that some of the items even have the the

1844
01:21:03,679 --> 01:21:05,840
tennis court needs some replacement. I

1845
01:21:05,840 --> 01:21:08,239
think that actually may have some

1846
01:21:08,239 --> 01:21:12,800
reimbursement, but the HVAC pro uh

1847
01:21:12,800 --> 01:21:14,640
projects

1848
01:21:14,640 --> 01:21:17,040
there's too many to go in and I I could

1849
01:21:17,040 --> 01:21:19,920
bore you, but uh it it I'm not prepared

1850
01:21:19,920 --> 01:21:22,000
to really go through line by line, but

1851
01:21:22,000 --> 01:21:23,679
uh Jeff makes a good point that, you

1852
01:21:23,679 --> 01:21:26,080
know, there's a a lot that still has to

1853
01:21:26,080 --> 01:21:28,239
take place, especially if they should

1854
01:21:28,239 --> 01:21:30,400
really concentrate on the items that do

1855
01:21:30,400 --> 01:21:33,120
get uh the maximum reimbursement from

1856
01:21:33,120 --> 01:21:36,400
the state. Is that a list of in

1857
01:21:36,400 --> 01:21:38,719
priority?

1858
01:21:38,719 --> 01:21:41,120
>> Uh they have certain ones that the high

1859
01:21:41,120 --> 01:21:44,719
priority if if you were on the page 53 I

1860
01:21:44,719 --> 01:21:46,400
could I don't want to jump too far

1861
01:21:46,400 --> 01:21:49,600
ahead. I guess I could

1862
01:21:49,600 --> 01:21:53,040
>> some of are high priority and and then

1863
01:21:53,040 --> 01:21:55,199
broken out into lower priorities.

1864
01:21:55,199 --> 01:21:56,560
>> Yeah. So if you can see there they have

1865
01:21:56,560 --> 01:21:58,960
the high priority items and then there's

1866
01:21:58,960 --> 01:22:00,159
like they're talking about a middle

1867
01:22:00,159 --> 01:22:02,239
school generator. They're talking about

1868
01:22:02,239 --> 01:22:04,880
uh sidewalks and stairwells and they're

1869
01:22:04,880 --> 01:22:07,280
placing be uh bleachers at the high

1870
01:22:07,280 --> 01:22:11,920
school. Um the so I think that you can

1871
01:22:11,920 --> 01:22:13,920
see that that you know this is a so even

1872
01:22:13,920 --> 01:22:16,400
if they went to uh went out to

1873
01:22:16,400 --> 01:22:19,120
referendum and say

1874
01:22:19,120 --> 01:22:21,520
>> fiscal 28 you're talking that you know

1875
01:22:21,520 --> 01:22:23,679
the pro the projects are just going to

1876
01:22:23,679 --> 01:22:25,040
continue to escalate.

1877
01:22:25,040 --> 01:22:27,280
>> Don't don't don't get let's not get

1878
01:22:27,280 --> 01:22:28,880
stuck in the weeds on the individual

1879
01:22:28,880 --> 01:22:31,520
projects. to me. I mean, what you what

1880
01:22:31,520 --> 01:22:33,600
the town should get

1881
01:22:33,600 --> 01:22:36,800
>> kind of in their heads is we represent

1882
01:22:36,800 --> 01:22:40,400
about 15% of RAM. So, the total if it

1883
01:22:40,400 --> 01:22:44,000
all came through to fruition is is, you

1884
01:22:44,000 --> 01:22:48,320
know, at the and I think I did it at the

1885
01:22:48,320 --> 01:22:51,920
projected district cost is $3.75

1886
01:22:51,920 --> 01:22:54,880
million. So, it's not a small and it

1887
01:22:54,880 --> 01:22:57,199
will never happen once. It will never

1888
01:22:57,199 --> 01:23:01,600
happen all at one shot. So,

1889
01:23:01,600 --> 01:23:03,679
it's a it's a it's a guide. It's

1890
01:23:03,679 --> 01:23:05,199
something that we should be aware of. We

1891
01:23:05,199 --> 01:23:06,960
should let the community know this is

1892
01:23:06,960 --> 01:23:09,679
being discussed and so we can go from

1893
01:23:09,679 --> 01:23:10,560
there.

1894
01:23:10,560 --> 01:23:11,600
>> Okay.

1895
01:23:11,600 --> 01:23:14,239
>> So, uh the next item was that we did

1896
01:23:14,239 --> 01:23:16,960
have a a member of uh the finance

1897
01:23:16,960 --> 01:23:20,159
committee uh ask to attend uh well, they

1898
01:23:20,159 --> 01:23:22,880
were asking if there was funds uh to for

1899
01:23:22,880 --> 01:23:25,360
train uh to go to this FOI convention.

1900
01:23:25,360 --> 01:23:27,199
It's $90.

1901
01:23:27,199 --> 01:23:28,400
Uh

1902
01:23:28,400 --> 01:23:30,880
>> I'll pay for it. They can go.

1903
01:23:30,880 --> 01:23:32,719
>> Okay. But I also want to say if anybody

1904
01:23:32,719 --> 01:23:36,080
else was interested, it's uh Friday,

1905
01:23:36,080 --> 01:23:39,120
September 25th. Uh it might be something

1906
01:23:39,120 --> 01:23:41,600
worthwhile. Uh but if you people want to

1907
01:23:41,600 --> 01:23:43,679
think about it and uh let us know. I'm

1908
01:23:43,679 --> 01:23:46,560
sure that [snorts] uh we can find $90

1909
01:23:46,560 --> 01:23:50,000
for a few other people to go.

1910
01:23:50,000 --> 01:23:52,560
Um,

1911
01:23:52,560 --> 01:23:54,320
this past week I had Jim Cole from the

1912
01:23:54,320 --> 01:23:56,719
Conservation Commission come in. I I I

1913
01:23:56,719 --> 01:23:58,320
obviously I've only started here a few

1914
01:23:58,320 --> 01:24:00,639
months ago. Uh, they wanted to bring me

1915
01:24:00,639 --> 01:24:02,480
up to speed that there was a project

1916
01:24:02,480 --> 01:24:06,639
called uh the Joshua's Trust uh uh path

1917
01:24:06,639 --> 01:24:09,199
plan which is on some town open space

1918
01:24:09,199 --> 01:24:11,840
that was t uh originally uh land that

1919
01:24:11,840 --> 01:24:15,360
was taken for Route 6. Uh it it was a

1920
01:24:15,360 --> 01:24:17,120
few years ago. It sort of was placed on

1921
01:24:17,120 --> 01:24:20,400
the table, I guess. Um, but he was

1922
01:24:20,400 --> 01:24:22,480
interested at least to let me know about

1923
01:24:22,480 --> 01:24:24,480
it and if there was still any interest

1924
01:24:24,480 --> 01:24:27,040
from the select board. I do not know all

1925
01:24:27,040 --> 01:24:30,880
the history to this, but uh uh there was

1926
01:24:30,880 --> 01:24:34,239
about 11 uh letters of recommendation

1927
01:24:34,239 --> 01:24:36,400
and there was uh one letter that was

1928
01:24:36,400 --> 01:24:40,239
opposed to it, but uh uh I'd be happy

1929
01:24:40,239 --> 01:24:42,159
for if somebody wanted to at some point

1930
01:24:42,159 --> 01:24:44,639
give me an update, but uh it they

1931
01:24:44,639 --> 01:24:46,960
basically uh basically want permission

1932
01:24:46,960 --> 01:24:51,360
to build a uh a path on that abuts their

1933
01:24:51,360 --> 01:24:56,880
property on some town open space. So,

1934
01:24:56,880 --> 01:24:58,560
I don't know if anybody wants to talk at

1935
01:24:58,560 --> 01:25:01,760
that. Speaking of uh some space, uh

1936
01:25:01,760 --> 01:25:04,719
Stephen King come in uh couple weeks

1937
01:25:04,719 --> 01:25:08,560
ago. Now that the parcel swap between us

1938
01:25:08,560 --> 01:25:11,600
uh meeting the town of Andover and

1939
01:25:11,600 --> 01:25:13,920
himself have been completed. He thought

1940
01:25:13,920 --> 01:25:15,760
it might be a good idea to put some out

1941
01:25:15,760 --> 01:25:17,040
some sort of announcement or press

1942
01:25:17,040 --> 01:25:18,560
release to let the people know that

1943
01:25:18,560 --> 01:25:21,920
there's that 1acre parcel that uh could

1944
01:25:21,920 --> 01:25:24,400
be used for parking alongside the Hop

1945
01:25:24,400 --> 01:25:27,120
River Trail.

1946
01:25:27,120 --> 01:25:28,960
Um

1947
01:25:28,960 --> 01:25:30,480
just I know that you know obviously

1948
01:25:30,480 --> 01:25:32,000
we've already appointed people to the

1949
01:25:32,000 --> 01:25:33,679
rec commission. I just want to remember

1950
01:25:33,679 --> 01:25:35,280
people that Veterans Day is fast

1951
01:25:35,280 --> 01:25:37,040
approaching. So hopefully they will uh

1952
01:25:37,040 --> 01:25:39,120
get together and roll up their sleeves

1953
01:25:39,120 --> 01:25:41,360
and but I just didn't know if there were

1954
01:25:41,360 --> 01:25:43,840
without that if we had anybody that was

1955
01:25:43,840 --> 01:25:45,440
interested in uh trying to help

1956
01:25:45,440 --> 01:25:47,840
spearhead that coordination to pull that

1957
01:25:47,840 --> 01:25:50,639
ceremony together. Uh it sounds like

1958
01:25:50,639 --> 01:25:52,400
they'll have the they'll be able to do

1959
01:25:52,400 --> 01:25:55,840
that. Uh I was asked by multiple members

1960
01:25:55,840 --> 01:25:57,760
of the fire department uh that you know

1961
01:25:57,760 --> 01:25:59,920
public works to move the they got their

1962
01:25:59,920 --> 01:26:01,760
new

1963
01:26:01,760 --> 01:26:03,440
uh

1964
01:26:03,440 --> 01:26:07,040
air tank the compressor system and they

1965
01:26:07,040 --> 01:26:09,440
wanted the the inquiring whether the

1966
01:26:09,440 --> 01:26:11,600
money could uh come back to them.

1967
01:26:11,600 --> 01:26:13,199
Typically if we sell a piece of like

1968
01:26:13,199 --> 01:26:15,679
apparatus an old firet truck the monies

1969
01:26:15,679 --> 01:26:17,760
the proceeds from that we put back into

1970
01:26:17,760 --> 01:26:20,080
you know their fund. uh this happened to

1971
01:26:20,080 --> 01:26:23,440
be a capital projects uh paid. So at the

1972
01:26:23,440 --> 01:26:26,320
time I was didn't want to speak for the

1973
01:26:26,320 --> 01:26:28,960
select board to say that those funds uh

1974
01:26:28,960 --> 01:26:31,520
the public works brought it today to for

1975
01:26:31,520 --> 01:26:34,159
scrap and from what Eric tells me was

1976
01:26:34,159 --> 01:26:36,159
about $250.

1977
01:26:36,159 --> 01:26:38,719
Uh typically when we bring in scrap

1978
01:26:38,719 --> 01:26:40,480
metal those funds just go into the

1979
01:26:40,480 --> 01:26:44,480
general fund miscellaneous receipts. Um

1980
01:26:44,480 --> 01:26:46,960
but then again it's $250. I don't know

1981
01:26:46,960 --> 01:26:48,719
if the will of the select board is to

1982
01:26:48,719 --> 01:26:51,040
have that go to the the fire

1983
01:26:51,040 --> 01:26:53,679
commissioners or not, but I will leave

1984
01:26:53,679 --> 01:26:56,639
that with you.

1985
01:26:56,639 --> 01:27:00,800
Uh let's see here. The Longill uh River

1986
01:27:00,800 --> 01:27:02,480
Bridge project, we did have a member of

1987
01:27:02,480 --> 01:27:06,639
the public ask about uh for some detail.

1988
01:27:06,639 --> 01:27:08,719
the uh they are sort of uh running

1989
01:27:08,719 --> 01:27:11,520
behind a little bit only because uh

1990
01:27:11,520 --> 01:27:13,760
they've had some trouble with the the

1991
01:27:13,760 --> 01:27:18,480
pilot uh micro piles uh on one side of

1992
01:27:18,480 --> 01:27:22,880
the bridge on the east side. Uh

1993
01:27:22,880 --> 01:27:24,880
but they uh from what they understand is

1994
01:27:24,880 --> 01:27:27,199
that they're going to you know they they

1995
01:27:27,199 --> 01:27:30,800
try to see where the they said here

1996
01:27:30,800 --> 01:27:33,040
uh the update on the schedule. Uh the

1997
01:27:33,040 --> 01:27:35,840
project is slightly behind schedule uh

1998
01:27:35,840 --> 01:27:37,199
based on what they had originally

1999
01:27:37,199 --> 01:27:39,600
submitted. They did get a little behind

2000
01:27:39,600 --> 01:27:42,320
earlier with the utilities but they for

2001
01:27:42,320 --> 01:27:44,639
the most part had caught up. Uh the

2002
01:27:44,639 --> 01:27:46,880
issue with the micro piles has slowed

2003
01:27:46,880 --> 01:27:49,199
things down, but uh they still plan to

2004
01:27:49,199 --> 01:27:51,280
complete most of the work this year. The

2005
01:27:51,280 --> 01:27:53,600
only problem they anticipate is if they

2006
01:27:53,600 --> 01:27:56,000
run into any weather issues. So uh it'll

2007
01:27:56,000 --> 01:27:57,679
they'll just have some minor work. So

2008
01:27:57,679 --> 01:28:00,960
all anticipate uh what I've told from uh

2009
01:28:00,960 --> 01:28:04,800
SLR is that uh middle of December

2010
01:28:04,800 --> 01:28:06,719
they're still planning for the bridge to

2011
01:28:06,719 --> 01:28:08,719
open. So I know that

2012
01:28:08,719 --> 01:28:10,800
>> I talked to Matt and I talked I talked

2013
01:28:10,800 --> 01:28:13,280
to Allan this afternoon. He said that

2014
01:28:13,280 --> 01:28:15,280
the west side and I went down and looked

2015
01:28:15,280 --> 01:28:17,440
the west side abutman is all done.

2016
01:28:17,440 --> 01:28:21,360
They're warming up the east side micro

2017
01:28:21,360 --> 01:28:25,600
piles are done. Um and he wants that to

2018
01:28:25,600 --> 01:28:28,239
be done in the beginning of December.

2019
01:28:28,239 --> 01:28:30,800
>> That's why I said the middle of December

2020
01:28:30,800 --> 01:28:34,880
>> on Bunker Hill last year. We we paved

2021
01:28:34,880 --> 01:28:37,920
at the beginning of December to get the

2022
01:28:37,920 --> 01:28:40,560
road open for the winter. And that's

2023
01:28:40,560 --> 01:28:42,639
what he's hoping for for the same thing

2024
01:28:42,639 --> 01:28:44,639
to happen down there this year. They're

2025
01:28:44,639 --> 01:28:46,960
gathering days, you know, as they're

2026
01:28:46,960 --> 01:28:48,560
working through this quicker and quicker

2027
01:28:48,560 --> 01:28:51,840
to try to get everything done. And he's gathering he's already gathered two

2028
01:28:51,840 --> 01:28:53,920
or three days

2029
01:28:53,920 --> 01:28:55,679
to to push this ahead. They're starting

2030
01:28:55,679 --> 01:28:58,000
to work on Saturdays also.

2031
01:28:58,000 --> 01:29:00,159
>> Yeah. So, this was the picture from

2032
01:29:00,159 --> 01:29:02,080
Friday. You can see this side, you know,

2033
01:29:02,080 --> 01:29:03,760
they pretty much get they're working on

2034
01:29:03,760 --> 01:29:05,600
the the far side.

2035
01:29:05,600 --> 01:29:08,239
>> So, you you you need uh we need Scott

2036
01:29:08,239 --> 01:29:10,960
and Matt. We need to push them because,

2037
01:29:10,960 --> 01:29:13,440
you know, they don't if they go farther

2038
01:29:13,440 --> 01:29:14,320
than that, they're going to have a

2039
01:29:14,320 --> 01:29:17,199
problem paving. So,

2040
01:29:17,199 --> 01:29:18,159
we can't have that [clears throat]

2041
01:29:18,159 --> 01:29:20,639
bridge closed all winter.

2042
01:29:20,639 --> 01:29:21,920
>> They want it open, Jeff.

2043
01:29:21,920 --> 01:29:22,960
>> No, they want it.

2044
01:29:22,960 --> 01:29:25,040
>> They want it open. Trademark wants it

2045
01:29:25,040 --> 01:29:26,560
open. They want to be gone. Just come

2046
01:29:26,560 --> 01:29:29,040
back in the spring and finish up some

2047
01:29:29,040 --> 01:29:30,400
light stuff.

2048
01:29:30,400 --> 01:29:31,679
>> Okay.

2049
01:29:31,679 --> 01:29:34,719
Uh, two other items I have is that uh

2050
01:29:34,719 --> 01:29:37,840
they uh our opening burning official

2051
01:29:37,840 --> 01:29:40,880
Scott Yman's got reertified, but he uh

2052
01:29:40,880 --> 01:29:42,880
also informed me that he's looking to

2053
01:29:42,880 --> 01:29:45,199
step down from that position by the end

2054
01:29:45,199 --> 01:29:47,199
of the year. So that would be something

2055
01:29:47,199 --> 01:29:49,840
that we uh would want to look into.

2056
01:29:49,840 --> 01:29:52,480
Perhaps the, you know, select board has

2057
01:29:52,480 --> 01:29:54,400
an idea. that we can talk to the fire

2058
01:29:54,400 --> 01:29:55,840
marshall, the fire chief about, you

2059
01:29:55,840 --> 01:29:58,320
know, anybody that may be either with

2060
01:29:58,320 --> 01:30:04,239
the town or maybe from another town to cover that uh that position.

2061
01:30:04,239 --> 01:30:07,679
And uh I had also submitted uh our tree

2062
01:30:07,679 --> 01:30:09,679
warden had asked about a vegetative

2063
01:30:09,679 --> 01:30:12,982
management plan. We had uh he had uh

2064
01:30:12,982 --> 01:30:13,840
[clears throat]

2065
01:30:13,840 --> 01:30:16,400
drafted one back in I believe it was

2066
01:30:16,400 --> 01:30:19,920
July. I think I have to look back here,

2067
01:30:19,920 --> 01:30:22,080
but we've uh banged it around a little

2068
01:30:22,080 --> 01:30:24,239
bit and uh I think he's got it final. He

2069
01:30:24,239 --> 01:30:26,400
just wants the final blessing prior to

2070
01:30:26,400 --> 01:30:29,040
implementation. So, that's attached for

2071
01:30:29,040 --> 01:30:32,239
your uh perusal. If you Let's see here.

2072
01:30:32,239 --> 01:30:35,440
I got uh Yeah. So, all the backup

2073
01:30:35,440 --> 01:30:38,400
paperwork for the next pages are all the

2074
01:30:38,400 --> 01:30:41,520
uh dealing [snorts] with

2075
01:30:41,520 --> 01:30:43,679
items from the report here. So, I can

2076
01:30:43,679 --> 01:30:46,080
just scoop through here. If there was

2077
01:30:46,080 --> 01:30:50,159
some pictures that I that was the open

2078
01:30:50,159 --> 01:30:52,320
space plan. This was okay. Was this is a

2079
01:30:52,320 --> 01:30:55,040
me the when I went back to January about

2080
01:30:55,040 --> 01:30:57,840
going back to the uh Joshua trees on the

2081
01:30:57,840 --> 01:31:02,229
Skinner Hill Road property.

2082
01:31:02,239 --> 01:31:05,120
Let me just go.

2083
01:31:05,120 --> 01:31:06,639
>> Sorry. If everybody could take the time

2084
01:31:06,639 --> 01:31:08,400
to read the vegetation plan, we could

2085
01:31:08,400 --> 01:31:10,159
put that on for next meeting.

2086
01:31:10,159 --> 01:31:10,960
>> Yep.

2087
01:31:10,960 --> 01:31:13,120
>> Right. And then then there's a lot of

2088
01:31:13,120 --> 01:31:16,159
information as far as the open burning.

2089
01:31:16,159 --> 01:31:19,840
So, uh, with that, I know, uh, I'm here

2090
01:31:19,840 --> 01:31:21,360
to answer any questions that you may

2091
01:31:21,360 --> 01:31:23,760
have.

2092
01:31:23,760 --> 01:31:26,400
All right. Any, uh, members have

2093
01:31:26,400 --> 01:31:32,070
anything for Matt?

2094
01:31:32,080 --> 01:31:33,679
Okay,

2095
01:31:33,679 --> 01:31:36,000
let's move on to item nine, treasurer's

2096
01:31:36,000 --> 01:31:39,280
report. Um,

2097
01:31:39,280 --> 01:31:42,320
Lisa is here. Hi, Lisa. Sorry.

2098
01:31:42,320 --> 01:31:43,600
>> Taking this long, but

2099
01:31:43,600 --> 01:31:46,480
>> that's okay.

2100
01:31:46,480 --> 01:31:51,040
>> All right. Um, starting on uh page 21 of

2101
01:31:51,040 --> 01:31:53,040
the packet starts the treasurer's

2102
01:31:53,040 --> 01:31:55,040
report. So, Lisa, go ahead.

2103
01:31:55,040 --> 01:31:57,520
>> Yeah, your budget to actual. Um, this is

2104
01:31:57,520 --> 01:31:59,280
for July.

2105
01:31:59,280 --> 01:32:03,760
Um, we are still finishing up July. Um,

2106
01:32:03,760 --> 01:32:05,360
nothing more can be purchased, but we

2107
01:32:05,360 --> 01:32:06,320
just want to make sure we have

2108
01:32:06,320 --> 01:32:07,600
everything in there

2109
01:32:07,600 --> 01:32:10,719
>> that that's August.

2110
01:32:10,719 --> 01:32:13,440
We're finishing up August. So, listen,

2111
01:32:13,440 --> 01:32:16,000
the the reason the way the way that this

2112
01:32:16,000 --> 01:32:18,400
is going to work, it's when I was at the

2113
01:32:18,400 --> 01:32:21,364
last board of finance meeting

2114
01:32:21,364 --> 01:32:22,639
[clears throat] is the board of finance

2115
01:32:22,639 --> 01:32:25,120
meets at the end of the month, they're

2116
01:32:25,120 --> 01:32:26,880
going to get the information first from

2117
01:32:26,880 --> 01:32:29,040
a financial perspective. So at their

2118
01:32:29,040 --> 01:32:30,560
meeting in September, they will get the

2119
01:32:30,560 --> 01:32:32,239
August information and then we as a

2120
01:32:32,239 --> 01:32:35,280
board will get our August information at

2121
01:32:35,280 --> 01:32:38,880
our October meeting so that the finance

2122
01:32:38,880 --> 01:32:40,239
department can stay on top of

2123
01:32:40,239 --> 01:32:42,400
reconciling and have everything ready.

2124
01:32:42,400 --> 01:32:44,320
So

2125
01:32:44,320 --> 01:32:44,960
>> yep,

2126
01:32:44,960 --> 01:32:48,000
>> this is July.

2127
01:32:48,000 --> 01:32:53,750
Any questions on the budget to actual

2128
01:32:53,760 --> 01:32:55,600
not a lot spent yet because we're early

2129
01:32:55,600 --> 01:32:58,320
into the budget.

2130
01:32:58,320 --> 01:32:59,920
You see, you have a real number in the

2131
01:32:59,920 --> 01:33:03,760
open space fund now.

2132
01:33:03,760 --> 01:33:06,480
>> Yeah. You're talking about on the budget

2133
01:33:06,480 --> 01:33:08,400
dash or these other reports that we have

2134
01:33:08,400 --> 01:33:09,920
that I'm going to get to

2135
01:33:09,920 --> 01:33:10,400
>> report.

2136
01:33:10,400 --> 01:33:11,280
>> Yeah.

2137
01:33:11,280 --> 01:33:13,840
Um Yeah. As far as the cash

2138
01:33:13,840 --> 01:33:16,480
balances, I'll just go go to the cash

2139
01:33:16,480 --> 01:33:20,960
balances. Um we have 8.7 million, but

2140
01:33:20,960 --> 01:33:23,520
that is that's you know, a lot of that

2141
01:33:23,520 --> 01:33:25,920
is earmarked. So it's not like it's um

2142
01:33:25,920 --> 01:33:28,800
just to spend. We have the stiff account

2143
01:33:28,800 --> 01:33:31,199
um that's getting 3.76%

2144
01:33:31,199 --> 01:33:33,760
interest. The Mnt investment account

2145
01:33:33,760 --> 01:33:36,800
which transfers over from the operating

2146
01:33:36,800 --> 01:33:39,600
account is 2 and a half%. So we're

2147
01:33:39,600 --> 01:33:41,840
getting interest on that.

2148
01:33:41,840 --> 01:33:44,080
Um

2149
01:33:44,080 --> 01:33:45,600
>> what was the interest for the month of

2150
01:33:45,600 --> 01:33:48,400
July?

2151
01:33:48,400 --> 01:33:50,159
>> Um

2152
01:33:50,159 --> 01:33:53,760
hold on. I have August right here. I

2153
01:33:53,760 --> 01:33:56,790
didn't

2154
01:33:56,800 --> 01:33:58,960
Hold on. I'd have to look in here. Hold

2155
01:33:58,960 --> 01:33:59,600
on.

2156
01:33:59,600 --> 01:34:02,400
>> So, $15,81

2157
01:34:02,400 --> 01:34:04,639
and interest earned between the two

2158
01:34:04,639 --> 01:34:06,639
accounts for the month of July.

2159
01:34:06,639 --> 01:34:09,840
>> Yes, but there's more for August. So, I

2160
01:34:09,840 --> 01:34:11,440
didn't know if you wanted for August

2161
01:34:11,440 --> 01:34:15,199
also. Yes, there's almost 21,000 in

2162
01:34:15,199 --> 01:34:17,199
August, but we'll get to that next

2163
01:34:17,199 --> 01:34:18,639
month.

2164
01:34:18,639 --> 01:34:21,440
And that makes sense because, you know,

2165
01:34:21,440 --> 01:34:24,159
not only do we is our bank balance X,

2166
01:34:24,159 --> 01:34:27,520
it's X because we've collected in

2167
01:34:27,520 --> 01:34:30,480
advance the taxes

2168
01:34:30,480 --> 01:34:33,600
for our first cycle. So July is always

2169
01:34:33,600 --> 01:34:37,199
the biggest month for collections,

2170
01:34:37,199 --> 01:34:40,880
right? Okay, let's go.

2171
01:34:40,880 --> 01:34:43,040
>> Check register. Are there any questions

2172
01:34:43,040 --> 01:34:48,790
on the cash balances?

2173
01:34:48,800 --> 01:34:51,120
that check register.

2174
01:34:51,120 --> 01:34:53,120
Any questions on the checks for the

2175
01:34:53,120 --> 01:35:01,430
month

2176
01:35:01,440 --> 01:35:03,600
and then we get to capital reserve funds

2177
01:35:03,600 --> 01:35:06,800
that everybody's been wanting to see. Um

2178
01:35:06,800 --> 01:35:08,480
Scott, is that what you were speaking

2179
01:35:08,480 --> 01:35:10,960
of?

2180
01:35:10,960 --> 01:35:16,950
Page 35.

2181
01:35:16,960 --> 01:35:19,360
Is anybody there?

2182
01:35:19,360 --> 01:35:21,679
>> Scott Scott's open space fund comes

2183
01:35:21,679 --> 01:35:22,719
later.

2184
01:35:22,719 --> 01:35:24,239
>> Oh, okay. All right.

2185
01:35:24,239 --> 01:35:25,840
>> So, this is just the capital reserve

2186
01:35:25,840 --> 01:35:26,400
funds,

2187
01:35:26,400 --> 01:35:28,000
>> right? And everybody was interested in

2188
01:35:28,000 --> 01:35:31,360
seeing the capital um balances. Um so,

2189
01:35:31,360 --> 01:35:34,239
we worked on that and the change in it.

2190
01:35:34,239 --> 01:35:36,400
Um several of those are what we've

2191
01:35:36,400 --> 01:35:38,639
allotted for this year's this year's

2192
01:35:38,639 --> 01:35:40,560
budget. So, those were added into that

2193
01:35:40,560 --> 01:35:44,400
the amount for July 31st 26. So, if

2194
01:35:44,400 --> 01:35:46,320
we're on page 35,

2195
01:35:46,320 --> 01:35:47,120
>> y

2196
01:35:47,120 --> 01:35:48,960
>> all of the positive numbers in the

2197
01:35:48,960 --> 01:35:51,360
change are what was added from the

2198
01:35:51,360 --> 01:35:53,760
budget.

2199
01:35:53,760 --> 01:35:56,400
And the only one that

2200
01:35:56,400 --> 01:35:58,000
>> the only two that have had a decrease

2201
01:35:58,000 --> 01:35:59,679
are the equipment reserve fund because

2202
01:35:59,679 --> 01:36:03,199
we paid for the John Deere tractor and

2203
01:36:03,199 --> 01:36:05,600
the AES capital fund has decreased

2204
01:36:05,600 --> 01:36:13,030
because we've paid for the bathroom.

2205
01:36:13,040 --> 01:36:17,910
Yeah.

2206
01:36:17,920 --> 01:36:20,639
» And then um everybody was curious during

2207
01:36:20,639 --> 01:36:22,000
budget season about the bridge and

2208
01:36:22,000 --> 01:36:26,400
coverts. Um that next page 36, the non-

2209
01:36:26,400 --> 01:36:29,679
major capital projects funds. Um, I want

2210
01:36:29,679 --> 01:36:32,080
to point out that the Bunker Hill bridge

2211
01:36:32,080 --> 01:36:33,760
fund really should be changed to the

2212
01:36:33,760 --> 01:36:35,440
bridge front because that also includes

2213
01:36:35,440 --> 01:36:44,950
Long Hill.

2214
01:36:44,960 --> 01:36:48,400
And what everybody was wanting also in

2215
01:36:48,400 --> 01:36:50,560
budget season was the breakdown of all

2216
01:36:50,560 --> 01:36:53,199
the smaller funds that we were holding.

2217
01:36:53,199 --> 01:36:57,679
And that page 37 that you have

2218
01:36:57,679 --> 01:37:00,400
um that is your non- major special

2219
01:37:00,400 --> 01:37:02,000
revenue funds. Those are the special

2220
01:37:02,000 --> 01:37:04,639
funds.

2221
01:37:04,639 --> 01:37:06,320
>> They used to be called liability

2222
01:37:06,320 --> 01:37:07,199
accounts,

2223
01:37:07,199 --> 01:37:08,960
>> right? The L accounts is what everybody

2224
01:37:08,960 --> 01:37:11,760
called them.

2225
01:37:11,760 --> 01:37:14,880
>> So Scott, here's your open space fund

2226
01:37:14,880 --> 01:37:20,149
>> right in the middle there. Scott

2227
01:37:20,159 --> 01:37:23,679
or something? uh 311 31

2228
01:37:23,679 --> 01:37:24,719
>> to 364.

2229
01:37:24,719 --> 01:37:26,159
>> That's the same thing as in the TAR

2230
01:37:26,159 --> 01:37:27,679
account.

2231
01:37:27,679 --> 01:37:31,280
>> Uh TAR account is 333141,

2232
01:37:31,280 --> 01:37:34,239
>> right?

2233
01:37:34,239 --> 01:37:35,760
>> Yep.

2234
01:37:35,760 --> 01:37:38,080
>> And we haven't received any town aid

2235
01:37:38,080 --> 01:37:40,239
road funding in July. So that'll

2236
01:37:40,239 --> 01:37:43,360
increase as we get our state money in.

2237
01:37:43,360 --> 01:37:45,600
>> And the veteran veterans field fund

2238
01:37:45,600 --> 01:37:48,800
includes like play the playground.

2239
01:37:48,800 --> 01:37:49,600
So that's

2240
01:37:49,600 --> 01:37:53,920
>> uh that needs to go to uh that that that

2241
01:37:53,920 --> 01:37:57,040
$10,000 was the grant that was received

2242
01:37:57,040 --> 01:37:59,520
from Hartford for um

2243
01:37:59,520 --> 01:38:00,400
>> foundation.

2244
01:38:00,400 --> 01:38:02,719
>> Oh yeah, Harford Foundation for giving

2245
01:38:02,719 --> 01:38:05,760
um and that was that's going to be moved

2246
01:38:05,760 --> 01:38:08,960
to offset the cost of the pickle ball

2247
01:38:08,960 --> 01:38:11,280
court and the playground

2248
01:38:11,280 --> 01:38:15,360
um project.

2249
01:38:15,360 --> 01:38:17,360
And some of these need to move, you

2250
01:38:17,360 --> 01:38:21,600
know, we need to sit there and see what we can

2251
01:38:21,600 --> 01:38:24,080
do with some of these dollars. So, now

2252
01:38:24,080 --> 01:38:26,800
that we actually see them like the these

2253
01:38:26,800 --> 01:38:29,520
are coming off of the audit and a lot of

2254
01:38:29,520 --> 01:38:31,520
these don't change like we have we still

2255
01:38:31,520 --> 01:38:35,760
have a farmers market fund for $1,000.

2256
01:38:35,760 --> 01:38:38,159
Not. And so there's there's a lot of

2257
01:38:38,159 --> 01:38:41,679
these that need to be adjusted and uh we

2258
01:38:41,679 --> 01:38:42,880
need to decide what we're going to do

2259
01:38:42,880 --> 01:38:45,280
with them and closed out. Like the ARPA

2260
01:38:45,280 --> 01:38:46,960
things need to come off of our financial

2261
01:38:46,960 --> 01:38:50,000
statements for those small amounts and

2262
01:38:50,000 --> 01:38:51,760
we just don't need to see them. So

2263
01:38:51,760 --> 01:38:53,679
there's some transactions that I'm going

2264
01:38:53,679 --> 01:38:54,880
to sit there and recommend that the

2265
01:38:54,880 --> 01:38:57,520
treasurer gets done. So we clean this up

2266
01:38:57,520 --> 01:39:03,189
a little bit.

2267
01:39:03,199 --> 01:39:06,639
And then we have page 38, non- major

2268
01:39:06,639 --> 01:39:10,629
permanent funds.

2269
01:39:10,639 --> 01:39:12,560
These are the basically the Norton funds

2270
01:39:12,560 --> 01:39:19,270
and a breakdown of the Norton funds.

2271
01:39:19,280 --> 01:39:20,239
» And one of [clears throat] the things

2272
01:39:20,239 --> 01:39:22,320
that needs to happen for July is these

2273
01:39:22,320 --> 01:39:27,440
are the funds that um are going to get

2274
01:39:27,440 --> 01:39:30,320
credited for interest income.

2275
01:39:30,320 --> 01:39:34,719
So, um, the Brown and Brown, the Dian

2276
01:39:34,719 --> 01:39:36,719
Grineer scholarship, the Irene Mooney,

2277
01:39:36,719 --> 01:39:38,639
the Norton Children's Library, the

2278
01:39:38,639 --> 01:39:40,800
school fund, and the library fund. Well,

2279
01:39:40,800 --> 01:39:43,520
I'll break the school down separately.

2280
01:39:43,520 --> 01:39:46,320
>> All need to get credited with interest.

2281
01:39:46,320 --> 01:39:48,639
So, the only one that had a transaction

2282
01:39:48,639 --> 01:39:53,119
was the Norton Children's Fund and the

2283
01:39:53,119 --> 01:39:54,719
school fund. Just so everybody aware,

2284
01:39:54,719 --> 01:39:56,960
there's $80,000 in the school fund, but

2285
01:39:56,960 --> 01:39:59,360
$65,000 or somewhere in that ballpark is

2286
01:39:59,360 --> 01:40:01,679
related to the value of the stock that

2287
01:40:01,679 --> 01:40:04,080
is held by that fund. So there's Bank of

2288
01:40:04,080 --> 01:40:07,679
America stock held. And the reason why

2289
01:40:07,679 --> 01:40:09,760
there's $372

2290
01:40:09,760 --> 01:40:18,629
added to that fund is the dividends.

2291
01:40:18,639 --> 01:40:24,870
Right.

2292
01:40:24,880 --> 01:40:27,119
All right, let's go. Next one. Oh,

2293
01:40:27,119 --> 01:40:29,280
that's it. Anybody have any It's for

2294
01:40:29,280 --> 01:40:32,470
Lisa.

2295
01:40:32,480 --> 01:40:34,000
» Lisa, thank you very much. Appreciate

2296
01:40:34,000 --> 01:40:36,000
it. You can

2297
01:40:36,000 --> 01:40:37,679
go enjoy your rest of your evening.

2298
01:40:37,679 --> 01:40:39,600
>> I can have my apple dumpling now.

2299
01:40:39,600 --> 01:40:40,800
>> There you go. Good luck.

2300
01:40:40,800 --> 01:40:41,199
>> Thank you.

2301
01:40:41,199 --> 01:40:42,480
Lisa.

2302
01:40:42,480 --> 01:40:44,239
>> You're welcome.

2303
01:40:44,239 --> 01:40:52,550
>> So, we're going to move on to

2304
01:40:52,560 --> 01:40:55,840
All right. Item 10, old business.

2305
01:40:55,840 --> 01:40:59,520
Discuss and act upon the following. So,

2306
01:40:59,520 --> 01:41:01,119
um,

2307
01:41:01,119 --> 01:41:02,880
review of the senior transportation

2308
01:41:02,880 --> 01:41:05,440
garage status. It's still open. It needs

2309
01:41:05,440 --> 01:41:09,119
to get worked. Needs to get done. Uh

2310
01:41:09,119 --> 01:41:11,520
Scott, we need to get that pushed

2311
01:41:11,520 --> 01:41:14,320
through with Matt and we need to have

2312
01:41:14,320 --> 01:41:19,600
that get done before the end of uh

2313
01:41:19,600 --> 01:41:21,440
I would like to get it done before the

2314
01:41:21,440 --> 01:41:22,960
end of next fiscal year, but that's

2315
01:41:22,960 --> 01:41:24,159
going to be tough, but we need to do

2316
01:41:24,159 --> 01:41:26,960
that. Um

2317
01:41:26,960 --> 01:41:31,750
anybody have anything on that?

2318
01:41:31,760 --> 01:41:32,639
» Nope.

2319
01:41:32,639 --> 01:41:35,360
>> Okay. Uh 10B, the status of the Longill

2320
01:41:35,360 --> 01:41:36,719
Bridge project. We've had that

2321
01:41:36,719 --> 01:41:40,080
discussion from Matt and Scott. So, I

2322
01:41:40,080 --> 01:41:41,040
don't think there's anything else

2323
01:41:41,040 --> 01:41:43,760
related to that. 10C, the status of the

2324
01:41:43,760 --> 01:41:46,719
Percy Cook Trail preliminary plan, but

2325
01:41:46,719 --> 01:41:49,600
just the status of the Percy Cook plan.

2326
01:41:49,600 --> 01:41:52,239
So, everybody understands, we paid for

2327
01:41:52,239 --> 01:41:55,520
the engineering um related to this.

2328
01:41:55,520 --> 01:41:58,480
There's a program that if we apply for

2329
01:41:58,480 --> 01:42:01,040
the next grant, we will get that funded.

2330
01:42:01,040 --> 01:42:02,960
Um

2331
01:42:02,960 --> 01:42:04,800
I believe that's correct, Scott. Is that

2332
01:42:04,800 --> 01:42:06,239
accurate? You already paid for the

2333
01:42:06,239 --> 01:42:08,080
engineering again.

2334
01:42:08,080 --> 01:42:10,000
>> No, no, no, no, not again. It's been

2335
01:42:10,000 --> 01:42:12,239
paid for.

2336
01:42:12,239 --> 01:42:14,880
>> We actually have the plan.

2337
01:42:14,880 --> 01:42:17,040
We just need to sit there and go to the

2338
01:42:17,040 --> 01:42:21,920
next step and get that built. So,

2339
01:42:21,920 --> 01:42:25,199
>> I mean that that plan would connect the

2340
01:42:25,199 --> 01:42:29,040
rail trail up to the fire department uh

2341
01:42:29,040 --> 01:42:31,440
and the town complex.

2342
01:42:31,440 --> 01:42:33,280
So, it is something that we should do.

2343
01:42:33,280 --> 01:42:36,159
it would be beneficial to the community.

2344
01:42:36,159 --> 01:42:39,360
That has to be followed through on. So,

2345
01:42:39,360 --> 01:42:41,520
we have to sit there and get that done.

2346
01:42:41,520 --> 01:42:43,119
Um

2347
01:42:43,119 --> 01:42:45,520
there's not not much else to sit there

2348
01:42:45,520 --> 01:42:47,199
and talk about that. These are

2349
01:42:47,199 --> 01:42:50,560
>> the grant is is the uh engineering all

2350
01:42:50,560 --> 01:42:52,639
done now then?

2351
01:42:52,639 --> 01:42:55,040
Um, I don't believe they finalized it

2352
01:42:55,040 --> 01:42:56,320
because I don't think we've actually

2353
01:42:56,320 --> 01:42:59,199
told them that we agree with exactly the

2354
01:42:59,199 --> 01:43:01,760
layout of where it's proposed to go,

2355
01:43:01,760 --> 01:43:03,760
which I'm good with.

2356
01:43:03,760 --> 01:43:06,080
>> Good with it, too.

2357
01:43:06,080 --> 01:43:10,229
>> Okay. Um,

2358
01:43:10,239 --> 01:43:11,280
so

2359
01:43:11,280 --> 01:43:13,600
>> who's the point person on this? I called

2360
01:43:13,600 --> 01:43:15,920
the lady in Maine one time to talk to

2361
01:43:15,920 --> 01:43:18,480
her, the engineer. Said we owed her some

2362
01:43:18,480 --> 01:43:21,119
money.

2363
01:43:21,119 --> 01:43:22,719
Um,

2364
01:43:22,719 --> 01:43:24,560
I'm not aware of that, but Matt should

2365
01:43:24,560 --> 01:43:26,560
be the point person on it. So, we need

2366
01:43:26,560 --> 01:43:29,280
to push that through. So,

2367
01:43:29,280 --> 01:43:32,639
>> I uh I got an email from Ana Chandler

2368
01:43:32,639 --> 01:43:34,239
actually today. We're setting up a

2369
01:43:34,239 --> 01:43:36,320
meeting in the next week or so just to

2370
01:43:36,320 --> 01:43:38,960
go, you know, bring see where we are.

2371
01:43:38,960 --> 01:43:40,639
So,

2372
01:43:40,639 --> 01:43:41,280
>> that's good.

2373
01:43:41,280 --> 01:43:45,440
>> She's with that uh guidance in Barton.

2374
01:43:45,440 --> 01:43:47,520
>> Yeah. I I don't know of anything that's

2375
01:43:47,520 --> 01:43:50,159
outstanding, Scott, but that's good

2376
01:43:50,159 --> 01:43:52,000
question for the treasurer when we see

2377
01:43:52,000 --> 01:43:54,239
her.

2378
01:43:54,239 --> 01:43:56,960
Uh 10D update on the AES bathroom

2379
01:43:56,960 --> 01:44:00,149
renovation.

2380
01:44:00,159 --> 01:44:02,000
Is it completed? We all good?

2381
01:44:02,000 --> 01:44:04,159
>> I heard is it'll be completed in a day

2382
01:44:04,159 --> 01:44:07,199
or two. There's just like one or two

2383
01:44:07,199 --> 01:44:09,199
tiny things left and it'll be done.

2384
01:44:09,199 --> 01:44:10,719
>> There was just a couple punch list, a

2385
01:44:10,719 --> 01:44:12,400
few crack tiles and things like that.

2386
01:44:12,400 --> 01:44:15,600
All cosmetic stuff. Everything done. I

2387
01:44:15,600 --> 01:44:17,119
had asked for some pictures, but they

2388
01:44:17,119 --> 01:44:19,119
didn't come in time to get on the I

2389
01:44:19,119 --> 01:44:20,880
still don't have them, so I want to

2390
01:44:20,880 --> 01:44:23,360
include them in the report.

2391
01:44:23,360 --> 01:44:26,080
>> Okay. Um

2392
01:44:26,080 --> 01:44:28,159
10 discussion and possible action on a

2393
01:44:28,159 --> 01:44:34,629
Hop River Homes contract. Um

2394
01:44:34,639 --> 01:44:36,480
I believe somebody asked to for a

2395
01:44:36,480 --> 01:44:38,080
meeting. Is that accurate? I don't know

2396
01:44:38,080 --> 01:44:42,550
if that was from Matt or from Scott.

2397
01:44:42,560 --> 01:44:44,239
Yeah, they asked to have another meeting

2398
01:44:44,239 --> 01:44:45,520
with us.

2399
01:44:45,520 --> 01:44:47,520
>> Okay, let's get that scheduled so that

2400
01:44:47,520 --> 01:44:48,960
we can sit there and decide what we're

2401
01:44:48,960 --> 01:44:50,960
going to do related to that.

2402
01:44:50,960 --> 01:44:53,119
>> Yeah, Marie Hullman was in my uh came to

2403
01:44:53,119 --> 01:44:54,880
my office about a week ago. She would

2404
01:44:54,880 --> 01:44:57,840
like to urge that we try and get

2405
01:44:57,840 --> 01:44:59,520
together.

2406
01:44:59,520 --> 01:45:01,920
>> Okay. So that if you get that scheduled

2407
01:45:01,920 --> 01:45:04,159
and do it at your convenience so that

2408
01:45:04,159 --> 01:45:07,119
one of us can sit there and uh

2409
01:45:07,119 --> 01:45:09,360
participate with that and you know

2410
01:45:09,360 --> 01:45:12,880
that's a little tricky thing but let's

2411
01:45:12,880 --> 01:45:14,080
sit there and decide what we're going to

2412
01:45:14,080 --> 01:45:15,760
do as a board once we have the

2413
01:45:15,760 --> 01:45:17,840
documentation in front of us and we all

2414
01:45:17,840 --> 01:45:20,639
can

2415
01:45:20,639 --> 01:45:24,400
get some information. Um

2416
01:45:24,400 --> 01:45:26,560
10 F discussion of possible action on a

2417
01:45:26,560 --> 01:45:30,400
town administrator's contract. Um,

2418
01:45:30,400 --> 01:45:31,920
does everyone have a copy of the

2419
01:45:31,920 --> 01:45:34,480
contract?

2420
01:45:34,480 --> 01:45:41,360
Okay. All right. Um,

2421
01:45:41,360 --> 01:45:44,719
>> you finalize it this weekend.

2422
01:45:44,719 --> 01:45:46,560
>> We can finalize it. Is everybody okay

2423
01:45:46,560 --> 01:45:48,560
with most of the docuation? Any

2424
01:45:48,560 --> 01:45:49,440
problems?

2425
01:45:49,440 --> 01:45:50,480
>> Yeah.

2426
01:45:50,480 --> 01:45:52,880
>> All right. Um,

2427
01:45:52,880 --> 01:45:54,639
I know that what I'll sit there and

2428
01:45:54,639 --> 01:45:57,199
recommend is that we agree to get it

2429
01:45:57,199 --> 01:46:00,639
done and we make sure that u it has a

2430
01:46:00,639 --> 01:46:03,520
onceover review again from Matt and from

2431
01:46:03,520 --> 01:46:05,440
Attorney O'Brien so that we can sit

2432
01:46:05,440 --> 01:46:08,639
there and get it signed.

2433
01:46:08,639 --> 01:46:09,440
>> All right.

2434
01:46:09,440 --> 01:46:11,440
>> To approve that tonight so we can get

2435
01:46:11,440 --> 01:46:12,480
that going.

2436
01:46:12,480 --> 01:46:14,560
>> Sure, let's do it.

2437
01:46:14,560 --> 01:46:16,639
>> Ann, why don't you make the motion? I I

2438
01:46:16,639 --> 01:46:21,600
move that we approve and finalize the

2439
01:46:21,600 --> 01:46:25,600
contract for Matt Strereer as the town

2440
01:46:25,600 --> 01:46:30,229
administrator.

2441
01:46:30,239 --> 01:46:31,520
» I second.

2442
01:46:31,520 --> 01:46:34,159
>> Christine seconded. Okay. Uh further

2443
01:46:34,159 --> 01:46:36,719
discussion.

2444
01:46:36,719 --> 01:46:40,719
All right. And K. How do you vote? Hi.

2445
01:46:40,719 --> 01:46:46,320
>> Dave Gustinian. Hi. Scott Person.

2446
01:46:46,320 --> 01:46:48,880
>> Hi, Christine Randazo.

2447
01:46:48,880 --> 01:46:49,520
>> I

2448
01:46:49,520 --> 01:46:51,679
>> and Jeff Magcguire I. So, five nothing.

2449
01:46:51,679 --> 01:46:56,159
So, let's get that off our list. Um 10G,

2450
01:46:56,159 --> 01:46:58,000
a discussion and possible action on the

2451
01:46:58,000 --> 01:47:01,360
Bazula Road culvert.

2452
01:47:01,360 --> 01:47:05,920
So, um I know we've gotten uh

2453
01:47:05,920 --> 01:47:09,360
information from uh

2454
01:47:09,360 --> 01:47:11,920
Howard, I forgot the engineering firm.

2455
01:47:11,920 --> 01:47:15,520
Matt, you got it in front of you.

2456
01:47:15,520 --> 01:47:17,760
>> Jacobson. Uh, Nathan Jacobson.

2457
01:47:17,760 --> 01:47:19,920
>> Nathan Jacobson. Howard

2458
01:47:19,920 --> 01:47:21,840
>> on mute. Nathan Jacobson. Yes.

2459
01:47:21,840 --> 01:47:24,320
>> Yeah. So,

2460
01:47:24,320 --> 01:47:27,760
>> he um he and I had discussions this week

2461
01:47:27,760 --> 01:47:29,679
as well. He's he shared some emails and

2462
01:47:29,679 --> 01:47:32,320
I shared some emails with him. Um, we

2463
01:47:32,320 --> 01:47:34,159
have to get with the town attorney and

2464
01:47:34,159 --> 01:47:38,159
get the uh the biggest problem that we

2465
01:47:38,159 --> 01:47:39,920
have right now to sit there and and just

2466
01:47:39,920 --> 01:47:41,280
get this moving forward in an

2467
01:47:41,280 --> 01:47:43,360
appropriate way is to get all of the ver

2468
01:47:43,360 --> 01:47:48,480
the easements uh signed. So,

2469
01:47:48,480 --> 01:47:52,560
um Howard sent us an email with some preliminary or some draft

2470
01:47:52,560 --> 01:47:54,480
easements, easements from other projects

2471
01:47:54,480 --> 01:47:57,679
that he's worked on. So, uh I'll get

2472
01:47:57,679 --> 01:47:59,360
with attorney O'Brien, Matt, get with

2473
01:47:59,360 --> 01:48:01,040
attorney O'Brien. We need to push these

2474
01:48:01,040 --> 01:48:03,119
through. I would recommend that we go

2475
01:48:03,119 --> 01:48:06,239
after the the easier ones to get done.

2476
01:48:06,239 --> 01:48:10,400
And um I'm sitting there trying to get a

2477
01:48:10,400 --> 01:48:13,040
meeting with uh one of the residents who

2478
01:48:13,040 --> 01:48:15,679
has a more significant easement. and

2479
01:48:15,679 --> 01:48:18,719
>> get over this weekend over there.

2480
01:48:18,719 --> 01:48:22,960
>> Uh, no. She um her and her husband were

2481
01:48:22,960 --> 01:48:25,280
ill and sick and so they pushed it back

2482
01:48:25,280 --> 01:48:27,920
and trying to just get a face to face

2483
01:48:27,920 --> 01:48:30,159
just to say hello and let them know that

2484
01:48:30,159 --> 01:48:34,320
we're going to do our best to um make

2485
01:48:34,320 --> 01:48:36,239
this as easy as possible and to get

2486
01:48:36,239 --> 01:48:38,159
their property back to the shape it was

2487
01:48:38,159 --> 01:48:40,400
in before we sit there and do this

2488
01:48:40,400 --> 01:48:42,000
project because it's beneficial for the

2489
01:48:42,000 --> 01:48:44,800
community to have that road done. And

2490
01:48:44,800 --> 01:48:46,800
what I would like to tell them or let

2491
01:48:46,800 --> 01:48:49,040
everybody know is that ease that that

2492
01:48:49,040 --> 01:48:51,600
covert is not in the best of shape and

2493
01:48:51,600 --> 01:48:54,000
if it does collapse, we have bigger

2494
01:48:54,000 --> 01:48:57,600
problems and there won't be

2495
01:48:57,600 --> 01:49:00,320
a lot of options at that point in time.

2496
01:49:00,320 --> 01:49:02,159
>> Talk to that guy Howard. He said that

2497
01:49:02,159 --> 01:49:04,159
he's going to get the surveyors out this

2498
01:49:04,159 --> 01:49:09,360
week to start mapping out on the ground

2499
01:49:09,360 --> 01:49:12,159
with stakes where the actual easement is

2500
01:49:12,159 --> 01:49:17,199
going to lay out. Then we'll know better

2501
01:49:17,199 --> 01:49:20,400
who we need to talk to and what and what

2502
01:49:20,400 --> 01:49:23,280
trees and things are in actually in the

2503
01:49:23,280 --> 01:49:25,520
easement and out of the easement or on

2504
01:49:25,520 --> 01:49:28,000
town property. [snorts]

2505
01:49:28,000 --> 01:49:30,000
>> Okay. Well, that is something that I

2506
01:49:30,000 --> 01:49:32,960
need to Matt that needs to be

2507
01:49:32,960 --> 01:49:34,960
communicated to the residents there. So,

2508
01:49:34,960 --> 01:49:37,280
you might want to take a ride out to

2509
01:49:37,280 --> 01:49:40,400
primarily the two residents that are on

2510
01:49:40,400 --> 01:49:41,920
the

2511
01:49:41,920 --> 01:49:44,080
if you're going up Bazora Road on the

2512
01:49:44,080 --> 01:49:46,320
right hand side, there's two residents

2513
01:49:46,320 --> 01:49:51,440
that would have um a temporary uh

2514
01:49:51,440 --> 01:49:53,119
road going through a portion of their

2515
01:49:53,119 --> 01:49:55,520
yard. And

2516
01:49:55,520 --> 01:49:57,520
>> I think it's McNeels is the biggest

2517
01:49:57,520 --> 01:49:58,719
impact one,

2518
01:49:58,719 --> 01:49:59,600
>> correct?

2519
01:49:59,600 --> 01:50:01,040
>> McNeel

2520
01:50:01,040 --> 01:50:03,679
>> here. Hold on. I'll tell you. Uh, and

2521
01:50:03,679 --> 01:50:04,960
Christine, this would be something

2522
01:50:04,960 --> 01:50:08,400
really positive for you to help us with

2523
01:50:08,400 --> 01:50:10,159
because if you can, it's going to be a

2524
01:50:10,159 --> 01:50:13,520
lot of um not just engineering, but a

2525
01:50:13,520 --> 01:50:17,510
lot of u

2526
01:50:17,520 --> 01:50:19,679
uh landscaping work that needs to get

2527
01:50:19,679 --> 01:50:22,239
done once this is.

2528
01:50:22,239 --> 01:50:26,239
>> So, the other uh I'm sorry, this thing

2529
01:50:26,239 --> 01:50:30,239
is a little smaller than me.

2530
01:50:30,239 --> 01:50:32,480
I can't read it. I I have to blow it up

2531
01:50:32,480 --> 01:50:34,480
on my computer, but yes, it is the

2532
01:50:34,480 --> 01:50:37,760
McNeels. I know it's the McNeels and I

2533
01:50:37,760 --> 01:50:39,119
can't read the name of the other

2534
01:50:39,119 --> 01:50:42,239
resident that has a small sliver taken

2535
01:50:42,239 --> 01:50:44,480
related or not taken. I shouldn't say

2536
01:50:44,480 --> 01:50:47,360
that. A small easement needed to sit

2537
01:50:47,360 --> 01:50:50,400
there and get through the project. Um

2538
01:50:50,400 --> 01:50:51,760
>> temporary easement.

2539
01:50:51,760 --> 01:50:54,560
Okay. So, we'll get

2540
01:50:54,560 --> 01:50:57,360
that done. Uh 10H, a discussion and

2541
01:50:57,360 --> 01:50:59,199
possible action on the Dorsy Chamberlain

2542
01:50:59,199 --> 01:51:04,159
pond signage. that is uh uh it'll be in

2543
01:51:04,159 --> 01:51:06,320
the packet from public works for his

2544
01:51:06,320 --> 01:51:08,800
monthly report. He showed us pictures of

2545
01:51:08,800 --> 01:51:12,320
the the the

2546
01:51:12,320 --> 01:51:15,440
parking lot for the Doris E Chamberlain.

2547
01:51:15,440 --> 01:51:18,320
Um so that'll be in his thing, but the

2548
01:51:18,320 --> 01:51:20,320
signage is something that we have to

2549
01:51:20,320 --> 01:51:22,159
decide. We talked about this last month.

2550
01:51:22,159 --> 01:51:24,880
Did we did we pick a side?

2551
01:51:24,880 --> 01:51:26,239
>> I had to decide where you're going to

2552
01:51:26,239 --> 01:51:28,239
get the money from.

2553
01:51:28,239 --> 01:51:29,280
>> Right.

2554
01:51:29,280 --> 01:51:30,880
>> Yeah. And Jeff and I were going to talk.

2555
01:51:30,880 --> 01:51:32,880
We'll find the money somewhere.

2556
01:51:32,880 --> 01:51:35,119
>> Okay. So, um, uh, did

2557
01:51:35,119 --> 01:51:36,400
>> we haven't done that yet.

2558
01:51:36,400 --> 01:51:38,080
>> Did we pick a sign?

2559
01:51:38,080 --> 01:51:40,080
>> Yeah, we picked number two.

2560
01:51:40,080 --> 01:51:43,040
>> Okay, Matt. So, sign number two. Let's

2561
01:51:43,040 --> 01:51:45,280
get a quote on it and let's there and

2562
01:51:45,280 --> 01:51:49,760
figure out where we're going to um find

2563
01:51:49,760 --> 01:51:52,239
and utilize the money from to get that

2564
01:51:52,239 --> 01:51:53,040
done.

2565
01:51:53,040 --> 01:51:56,080
>> Okay. Um, 10 I discussion and possible

2566
01:51:56,080 --> 01:51:58,000
action on the town attorney contract. I

2567
01:51:58,000 --> 01:51:59,679
know we talked about this last meeting.

2568
01:51:59,679 --> 01:52:01,599
I looked at the minutes and it appears

2569
01:52:01,599 --> 01:52:03,760
that we did not vote to approve the

2570
01:52:03,760 --> 01:52:06,800
contract that was presented for the town

2571
01:52:06,800 --> 01:52:10,320
uh attorney. He does have the same

2572
01:52:10,320 --> 01:52:13,760
um fee as is budgeted for, which I

2573
01:52:13,760 --> 01:52:16,880
believe was $13,500

2574
01:52:16,880 --> 01:52:19,199
or somewhere in that range. Um

2575
01:52:19,199 --> 01:52:20,639
>> I'll make a motion we approve his

2576
01:52:20,639 --> 01:52:23,760
contract before he changes his mind.

2577
01:52:23,760 --> 01:52:29,280
>> Okay. Um I'll second that. Um, further

2578
01:52:29,280 --> 01:52:31,920
discussion on his contract?

2579
01:52:31,920 --> 01:52:36,159
No. Okay. And Crema, how do you vote?

2580
01:52:36,159 --> 01:52:37,840
>> Dating.

2581
01:52:37,840 --> 01:52:38,960
>> Excuse me.

2582
01:52:38,960 --> 01:52:41,199
>> I'm going to abstain.

2583
01:52:41,199 --> 01:52:42,480
>> Abstain. Okay.

2584
01:52:42,480 --> 01:52:42,960
>> Yes.

2585
01:52:42,960 --> 01:52:44,800
>> Uh, Dave Gustanium.

2586
01:52:44,800 --> 01:52:46,080
>> Hi.

2587
01:52:46,080 --> 01:52:48,320
>> Scott. Um, Scott Person.

2588
01:52:48,320 --> 01:52:49,599
>> Hi.

2589
01:52:49,599 --> 01:52:51,920
>> Christine Rendazo.

2590
01:52:51,920 --> 01:52:52,960
>> Hi.

2591
01:52:52,960 --> 01:52:57,119
>> And Jeff Magcguire. I. So that is 401

2592
01:52:57,119 --> 01:53:01,360
with an creme abstaining. Okay. [gasps]

2593
01:53:01,360 --> 01:53:04,719
All right. Uh

2594
01:53:04,719 --> 01:53:07,119
10J discussion and possible action on

2595
01:53:07,119 --> 01:53:09,808
hybrid meetings is on our agenda.

2596
01:53:09,808 --> 01:53:10,400
[gasps]

2597
01:53:10,400 --> 01:53:13,840
So, um,

2598
01:53:13,840 --> 01:53:15,360
I would tell you, Matt, if we're really

2599
01:53:15,360 --> 01:53:17,440
going to have discussions on that on

2600
01:53:17,440 --> 01:53:19,440
this issue, you have to sit there and

2601
01:53:19,440 --> 01:53:21,440
find out technically what would happen,

2602
01:53:21,440 --> 01:53:23,520
where we would ho host them, and what's

2603
01:53:23,520 --> 01:53:25,840
the technical needs required to sit

2604
01:53:25,840 --> 01:53:28,159
there and get that done. I know uh I

2605
01:53:28,159 --> 01:53:29,920
would recommend you go to the school

2606
01:53:29,920 --> 01:53:31,599
because the school does it and make sure

2607
01:53:31,599 --> 01:53:33,040
that we have all the equipment

2608
01:53:33,040 --> 01:53:35,520
necessary. So if we were ever intending

2609
01:53:35,520 --> 01:53:37,920
to go and do hybrid meetings that we

2610
01:53:37,920 --> 01:53:40,239
actually have the proper technology to

2611
01:53:40,239 --> 01:53:42,320
get it accomplished

2612
01:53:42,320 --> 01:53:44,560
>> and zoning does hybrid already and they

2613
01:53:44,560 --> 01:53:46,880
do that in town hall.

2614
01:53:46,880 --> 01:53:48,480
>> Um

2615
01:53:48,480 --> 01:53:50,560
what are you using?

2616
01:53:50,560 --> 01:53:52,639
>> I believe they use the owl the same as

2617
01:53:52,639 --> 01:53:54,159
the school does.

2618
01:53:54,159 --> 01:53:57,920
>> Okay. I can talk to the zoning

2619
01:53:57,920 --> 01:53:59,280
>> zoning that's been working.

2620
01:53:59,280 --> 01:54:00,800
>> Zoning is more advanced than the board

2621
01:54:00,800 --> 01:54:02,400
of selectman. So, let's make sure that

2622
01:54:02,400 --> 01:54:05,599
we get it lined up.

2623
01:54:05,599 --> 01:54:08,560
>> All right. Um

2624
01:54:08,560 --> 01:54:10,159
10K

2625
01:54:10,159 --> 01:54:12,639
um the status and discussion on the the

2626
01:54:12,639 --> 01:54:14,719
town office cleaning contract. Matt,

2627
01:54:14,719 --> 01:54:17,440
where are we?

2628
01:54:17,440 --> 01:54:21,679
>> Well, uh we have had uh a we're trying

2629
01:54:21,679 --> 01:54:26,080
out a person that uh we've KT Cleaning,

2630
01:54:26,080 --> 01:54:28,960
uh, who's done it, uh, twice so far.

2631
01:54:28,960 --> 01:54:31,119
They were brought in the middle of

2632
01:54:31,119 --> 01:54:34,080
August. Um,

2633
01:54:34,080 --> 01:54:36,400
we initially had them come in uh every

2634
01:54:36,400 --> 01:54:38,560
other week, so that's why it's only been

2635
01:54:38,560 --> 01:54:41,360
a couple times. But, uh,

2636
01:54:41,360 --> 01:54:42,960
>> I think that there's, you know, some

2637
01:54:42,960 --> 01:54:44,320
things we still have to work out if

2638
01:54:44,320 --> 01:54:45,920
that's going to be I think that we have

2639
01:54:45,920 --> 01:54:49,040
we may have to just rehivot

2640
01:54:49,040 --> 01:54:50,560
and figure out if we want to do this

2641
01:54:50,560 --> 01:54:52,080
weekly, if we want to have them do it,

2642
01:54:52,080 --> 01:54:54,719
if we want to, you know, the other check

2643
01:54:54,719 --> 01:54:56,239
on another person that might be

2644
01:54:56,239 --> 01:54:59,440
interested in doing that. So, uh,

2645
01:54:59,440 --> 01:55:01,119
you know, I've had mixed reviews. Some

2646
01:55:01,119 --> 01:55:03,520
people are, you know, the whether the

2647
01:55:03,520 --> 01:55:05,760
town halls is clean, but it's not

2648
01:55:05,760 --> 01:55:09,040
sparkling. Uh yeah, I I agree that, you

2649
01:55:09,040 --> 01:55:10,320
know, probably needs to be a little bit

2650
01:55:10,320 --> 01:55:12,719
more uh more done there. So,

2651
01:55:12,719 --> 01:55:15,119
>> Susan and Willie were there twice a

2652
01:55:15,119 --> 01:55:17,199
week.

2653
01:55:17,199 --> 01:55:20,880
>> Why? What What is the change?

2654
01:55:20,880 --> 01:55:22,960
>> I don't I don't understand why you're

2655
01:55:22,960 --> 01:55:26,239
you've changed that.

2656
01:55:26,239 --> 01:55:28,880
Uh they were only at the town hall one

2657
01:55:28,880 --> 01:55:31,440
day a week when I was here and then they

2658
01:55:31,440 --> 01:55:34,480
were over the community center and they

2659
01:55:34,480 --> 01:55:36,320
charged you know there was one and a

2660
01:55:36,320 --> 01:55:39,040
half people that they charged us. So we

2661
01:55:39,040 --> 01:55:42,000
did get a little bit of a deal.

2662
01:55:42,000 --> 01:55:45,360
>> Well listen this is something that I'm

2663
01:55:45,360 --> 01:55:46,639
just going to sit there and say Matt you

2664
01:55:46,639 --> 01:55:48,000
got to sit there and get organized and

2665
01:55:48,000 --> 01:55:50,719
you got to get it done so that we have

2666
01:55:50,719 --> 01:55:53,440
the appropriate level of service being

2667
01:55:53,440 --> 01:55:55,840
provided for what has been budgeted. We

2668
01:55:55,840 --> 01:55:59,119
are not going to get what we got from

2669
01:55:59,119 --> 01:56:04,080
the prior group. It's just I mean but

2670
01:56:04,080 --> 01:56:05,280
that doesn't mean that we shouldn't

2671
01:56:05,280 --> 01:56:07,199
strive to get that and it doesn't mean

2672
01:56:07,199 --> 01:56:09,920
that if we have to be creative, we need

2673
01:56:09,920 --> 01:56:11,920
to be creative. We can't not just do

2674
01:56:11,920 --> 01:56:15,760
something. So um we have KT if that's

2675
01:56:15,760 --> 01:56:18,639
not enough find other alternatives and

2676
01:56:18,639 --> 01:56:22,239
bring them to us and get them executed.

2677
01:56:22,239 --> 01:56:24,080
>> Excellent. We'll do it.

2678
01:56:24,080 --> 01:56:28,000
>> Thanks. Get get those stairs clean.

2679
01:56:28,000 --> 01:56:31,040
>> He did a great job on the stairs.

2680
01:56:31,040 --> 01:56:33,199
>> Yeah. Discussion of possible action on a

2681
01:56:33,199 --> 01:56:34,719
maintenance person because I know we

2682
01:56:34,719 --> 01:56:36,719
talked about breaking this project into

2683
01:56:36,719 --> 01:56:38,400
two things cuz

2684
01:56:38,400 --> 01:56:40,159
>> um

2685
01:56:40,159 --> 01:56:42,480
the prior group also did maintenance for

2686
01:56:42,480 --> 01:56:46,000
the library. So, we had talked about

2687
01:56:46,000 --> 01:56:49,440
getting a uh handyman in place. Matt,

2688
01:56:49,440 --> 01:56:51,040
where are we?

2689
01:56:51,040 --> 01:56:52,320
>> Well, I have a gentleman that is

2690
01:56:52,320 --> 01:56:54,080
interested in doing it. uh we just have

2691
01:56:54,080 --> 01:56:56,880
not connected yet. So, but I have not

2692
01:56:56,880 --> 01:56:59,440
heard of anything that we're uh that's

2693
01:56:59,440 --> 01:57:01,440
not being done in the meantime, but uh

2694
01:57:01,440 --> 01:57:03,840
we will uh I will get you some answers

2695
01:57:03,840 --> 01:57:05,360
before the next meeting.

2696
01:57:05,360 --> 01:57:07,040
>> Okay.

2697
01:57:07,040 --> 01:57:09,360
All right. Um

2698
01:57:09,360 --> 01:57:12,960
item 11, new business. Uh discussion uh

2699
01:57:12,960 --> 01:57:15,520
discussion and possible action. A

2700
01:57:15,520 --> 01:57:16,960
discussion and possible action on the

2701
01:57:16,960 --> 01:57:20,400
establish of New Town Bank accounts. Um,

2702
01:57:20,400 --> 01:57:25,119
I had requested Matt to get with um, Mnt

2703
01:57:25,119 --> 01:57:29,119
Bank to potentially set up uh, town

2704
01:57:29,119 --> 01:57:33,599
accounts related to uh, the library, the

2705
01:57:33,599 --> 01:57:35,199
fire department, and the board of

2706
01:57:35,199 --> 01:57:38,639
education. And um I just wanted to let

2707
01:57:38,639 --> 01:57:40,800
everybody know that that planning was in

2708
01:57:40,800 --> 01:57:44,960
place to potentially uh

2709
01:57:44,960 --> 01:57:48,000
do a better job shephering and looking

2710
01:57:48,000 --> 01:57:52,000
at and overseeing the town cash and the

2711
01:57:52,000 --> 01:57:54,880
town bank accounts. So there's nothing

2712
01:57:54,880 --> 01:57:56,480
really other than I wanted to make sure

2713
01:57:56,480 --> 01:57:59,040
that everybody was aware that this was

2714
01:57:59,040 --> 01:58:01,599
happening. uh the accounts may or may

2715
01:58:01,599 --> 01:58:03,440
not be used, but I don't want to waste

2716
01:58:03,440 --> 01:58:06,000
any time if there possibly is an

2717
01:58:06,000 --> 01:58:11,679
opportunity to do this better. So, um I

2718
01:58:11,679 --> 01:58:14,400
have a potential I'm trying to get I

2719
01:58:14,400 --> 01:58:15,760
talked to Wally Barton who's the

2720
01:58:15,760 --> 01:58:18,719
chairperson of the fire department. I

2721
01:58:18,719 --> 01:58:20,880
asked him to schedule a meeting with uh

2722
01:58:20,880 --> 01:58:23,760
Sean Kovville who is the treasurer for

2723
01:58:23,760 --> 01:58:26,960
the fire department. And uh I do believe

2724
01:58:26,960 --> 01:58:28,880
Diane Grener was on this. I need to get

2725
01:58:28,880 --> 01:58:30,639
with Diane and make sure that I get with

2726
01:58:30,639 --> 01:58:34,159
the library board chairperson and with

2727
01:58:34,159 --> 01:58:36,239
Amy Ormolowski so that I can sit there

2728
01:58:36,239 --> 01:58:39,440
and make sure that uh we're all good

2729
01:58:39,440 --> 01:58:42,000
related to that and related to the bank

2730
01:58:42,000 --> 01:58:45,199
accounts. Um

2731
01:58:45,199 --> 01:58:47,199
well, I actually put this on the other

2732
01:58:47,199 --> 01:58:48,719
agenda, so we'll talk about it at a

2733
01:58:48,719 --> 01:58:53,440
different uh

2734
01:58:53,440 --> 01:58:56,400
yeah, we'll talk about 11D.

2735
01:58:56,400 --> 01:58:59,750
Um

2736
01:58:59,760 --> 01:59:03,920
so 11 uh B discussion and possible

2737
01:59:03,920 --> 01:59:06,880
action on the land use application fee

2738
01:59:06,880 --> 01:59:09,280
and cost charges. Uh this is what we had

2739
01:59:09,280 --> 01:59:13,119
at our special meeting on the 3rd. Um

2740
01:59:13,119 --> 01:59:14,960
I don't necessarily Did everyone read

2741
01:59:14,960 --> 01:59:17,840
this? Everybody read it. We're all good.

2742
01:59:17,840 --> 01:59:19,679
Matt, did you get this posted at the

2743
01:59:19,679 --> 01:59:21,199
town hall just so the residents could

2744
01:59:21,199 --> 01:59:23,360
see this in advance?

2745
01:59:23,360 --> 01:59:25,280
>> It was posted at the town hall.

2746
01:59:25,280 --> 01:59:27,520
>> Okay. Okay. Yes, we did. And

2747
01:59:27,520 --> 01:59:29,040
>> I have a motion, Jeff.

2748
01:59:29,040 --> 01:59:30,480
>> Go ahead. Let's go.

2749
01:59:30,480 --> 01:59:33,040
>> Motion to approve the town of Andover

2750
01:59:33,040 --> 01:59:36,719
land use application

2751
01:59:36,719 --> 01:59:40,880
fee and cost charges ordinance as

2752
01:59:40,880 --> 01:59:42,880
written.

2753
01:59:42,880 --> 01:59:44,960
>> I second.

2754
01:59:44,960 --> 01:59:46,320
>> Go ahead. [clears throat] Uh, further

2755
01:59:46,320 --> 01:59:49,040
discussion. Han,

2756
01:59:49,040 --> 01:59:51,119
or were you just trying to second?

2757
01:59:51,119 --> 01:59:52,400
>> Was trying to second.

2758
01:59:52,400 --> 01:59:54,320
>> Okay, that's good. All right. Uh,

2759
01:59:54,320 --> 01:59:57,679
further discussion? No. Uh, Ann, how do

2760
01:59:57,679 --> 01:59:58,880
you vote?

2761
01:59:58,880 --> 02:00:00,000
>> Hi.

2762
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:02,000
>> Okay. Dave Ganian,

2763
02:00:02,000 --> 02:00:03,280
>> hi.

2764
02:00:03,280 --> 02:00:06,000
>> Uh, Scott Person,

2765
02:00:06,000 --> 02:00:07,679
>> Christine Randazzo,

2766
02:00:07,679 --> 02:00:08,480
>> hi.

2767
02:00:08,480 --> 02:00:11,119
>> Jeff Magcguire. I So, Wayne, thank you

2768
02:00:11,119 --> 02:00:12,400
very much for all the work you did on

2769
02:00:12,400 --> 02:00:13,760
that. It's greatly appreciated and

2770
02:00:13,760 --> 02:00:15,119
hopefully

2771
02:00:15,119 --> 02:00:17,440
>> make sure that we don't get uh the town

2772
02:00:17,440 --> 02:00:20,320
doesn't have any costs related to any of

2773
02:00:20,320 --> 02:00:23,280
these projects that potentially come up.

2774
02:00:23,280 --> 02:00:24,320
Thank you.

2775
02:00:24,320 --> 02:00:27,040
>> All right, got it.

2776
02:00:27,040 --> 02:00:30,960
Okay. Um,

2777
02:00:30,960 --> 02:00:32,960
I might have put the initials out of

2778
02:00:32,960 --> 02:00:34,800
order, so I'm going to go as I did the

2779
02:00:34,800 --> 02:00:38,000
motion 11D discussion and possible

2780
02:00:38,000 --> 02:00:39,840
action, but it's mostly discussion uh

2781
02:00:39,840 --> 02:00:42,480
regarding the prior AES town operating

2782
02:00:42,480 --> 02:00:45,599
account processes. So at our special

2783
02:00:45,599 --> 02:00:48,560
meeting, uh

2784
02:00:48,560 --> 02:00:52,639
an had sat there and made a comment that

2785
02:00:52,639 --> 02:00:55,840
my understanding of what was done in

2786
02:00:55,840 --> 02:00:58,159
prior years related to the AES in the

2787
02:00:58,159 --> 02:01:00,080
town having a combined operating account

2788
02:01:00,080 --> 02:01:01,920
was inaccurate. So I just wanted to make

2789
02:01:01,920 --> 02:01:03,360
sure that everybody had gotten the

2790
02:01:03,360 --> 02:01:08,790
information that I sent over today. Um

2791
02:01:08,800 --> 02:01:12,480
going back as far as 2014 where the

2792
02:01:12,480 --> 02:01:16,800
records that I had uh through 2019 the

2793
02:01:16,800 --> 02:01:21,199
town and the AEES accounts were

2794
02:01:21,199 --> 02:01:23,840
uh transactions were all run out of the

2795
02:01:23,840 --> 02:01:25,199
same operating account which is the

2796
02:01:25,199 --> 02:01:26,719
current operating account we still have

2797
02:01:26,719 --> 02:01:28,320
which is still the same account number

2798
02:01:28,320 --> 02:01:30,880
5111 which is the operating account that

2799
02:01:30,880 --> 02:01:33,119
we currently have in Mnt. you know, at

2800
02:01:33,119 --> 02:01:34,960
the time and the information that I sent

2801
02:01:34,960 --> 02:01:37,280
to the board, it was Farmington Bank,

2802
02:01:37,280 --> 02:01:39,520
but it's changed multiple times from

2803
02:01:39,520 --> 02:01:43,760
bank consolidations over. So, um, I

2804
02:01:43,760 --> 02:01:45,760
provided everybody with the work that I

2805
02:01:45,760 --> 02:01:47,840
had done when I first got on the board,

2806
02:01:47,840 --> 02:01:50,080
which was to reconcile the bank account,

2807
02:01:50,080 --> 02:01:52,719
that bank account from 2014 through

2808
02:01:52,719 --> 02:01:56,320
2017. I provided the transactions. Uh

2809
02:01:56,320 --> 02:01:57,920
and the biggest issue for you to really

2810
02:01:57,920 --> 02:02:00,560
look at is the bank account to sit there

2811
02:02:00,560 --> 02:02:02,880
and see that the checks that were

2812
02:02:02,880 --> 02:02:04,560
clearing through [snorts] that account

2813
02:02:04,560 --> 02:02:07,520
were both town and board of education

2814
02:02:07,520 --> 02:02:10,159
account. So that's how it had been done

2815
02:02:10,159 --> 02:02:12,639
all the way up in 2019 where I ended up

2816
02:02:12,639 --> 02:02:15,520
becoming first selectman and because we

2817
02:02:15,520 --> 02:02:17,280
were having trouble reconciling the bank

2818
02:02:17,280 --> 02:02:19,520
account because

2819
02:02:19,520 --> 02:02:22,159
uh we were operating on two different

2820
02:02:22,159 --> 02:02:25,199
accounting systems it was uh difficult.

2821
02:02:25,199 --> 02:02:26,880
So, the decision was made at that point

2822
02:02:26,880 --> 02:02:29,520
in time uh between myself, Eric

2823
02:02:29,520 --> 02:02:32,080
Anderson, and the superintendent to sit

2824
02:02:32,080 --> 02:02:34,480
there and separate the accounts. And I

2825
02:02:34,480 --> 02:02:36,000
also provided you with the bank account

2826
02:02:36,000 --> 02:02:38,239
that the superintendent set up that you

2827
02:02:38,239 --> 02:02:41,840
can sit there and see um

2828
02:02:41,840 --> 02:02:43,520
it was from March of this year and you

2829
02:02:43,520 --> 02:02:44,800
can sit there and see the balance that

2830
02:02:44,800 --> 02:02:46,639
was in that account, which is really the

2831
02:02:46,639 --> 02:02:48,480
whole issue that I have related to all

2832
02:02:48,480 --> 02:02:52,960
this. So, um anyway, I didn't put that

2833
02:02:52,960 --> 02:02:54,560
out in the packet. I'm just letting

2834
02:02:54,560 --> 02:02:55,840
everybody know that because I didn't

2835
02:02:55,840 --> 02:02:59,440
want to share bank information. U

2836
02:02:59,440 --> 02:03:01,440
I'd be happy to go over with anybody who

2837
02:03:01,440 --> 02:03:03,119
sits there and would like to learn a

2838
02:03:03,119 --> 02:03:07,199
little bit more about it though. Um

2839
02:03:07,199 --> 02:03:08,639
but anybody else have any other

2840
02:03:08,639 --> 02:03:10,560
questions related to you know the

2841
02:03:10,560 --> 02:03:12,800
transactions and how they happened. But

2842
02:03:12,800 --> 02:03:14,719
what you said the last meeting was very

2843
02:03:14,719 --> 02:03:18,470
accurate that

2844
02:03:18,480 --> 02:03:22,149
I'm an accountant.

2845
02:03:22,159 --> 02:03:24,320
» You know, I know nobody I not I know not

2846
02:03:24,320 --> 02:03:25,920
everybody on our board likes that I'm an

2847
02:03:25,920 --> 02:03:27,360
accountant or that I understand these

2848
02:03:27,360 --> 02:03:29,199
things, but it's just the reality of

2849
02:03:29,199 --> 02:03:30,800
life. [gasps]

2850
02:03:30,800 --> 02:03:33,119
Just like I don't understand, Christine,

2851
02:03:33,119 --> 02:03:34,639
all of the issues that you deal with

2852
02:03:34,639 --> 02:03:35,840
when you have to go out and do a

2853
02:03:35,840 --> 02:03:38,800
project. So,

2854
02:03:38,800 --> 02:03:41,920
okay. Anybody else?

2855
02:03:41,920 --> 02:03:45,599
No. Okay. Um,

2856
02:03:45,599 --> 02:03:49,040
oh uh before I leave that one, I think

2857
02:03:49,040 --> 02:03:52,239
everybody saw the uh also the emails

2858
02:03:52,239 --> 02:03:55,440
today that we got. Uh we had gotten the

2859
02:03:55,440 --> 02:03:58,080
uh revised complaint from the board of

2860
02:03:58,080 --> 02:03:59,440
education to the department of

2861
02:03:59,440 --> 02:04:03,360
education. Um that complaint was

2862
02:04:03,360 --> 02:04:05,599
answered this morning by attorney

2863
02:04:05,599 --> 02:04:09,119
O'Brien. Um the request from attorney

2864
02:04:09,119 --> 02:04:11,599
O'Brien and myself was that we actually

2865
02:04:11,599 --> 02:04:14,960
have the board state board of education

2866
02:04:14,960 --> 02:04:17,040
schedule a meeting so that we could

2867
02:04:17,040 --> 02:04:21,199
potentially work together. Um

2868
02:04:21,199 --> 02:04:24,080
that was granted in one day within

2869
02:04:24,080 --> 02:04:26,320
probably about 3 hours because I think

2870
02:04:26,320 --> 02:04:28,960
it's appropriate that we work together

2871
02:04:28,960 --> 02:04:33,440
and not have this uh adversarial issue

2872
02:04:33,440 --> 02:04:35,840
that's going on currently. So the

2873
02:04:35,840 --> 02:04:38,080
request from the letter was to explain

2874
02:04:38,080 --> 02:04:40,080
our position but also to ask for a

2875
02:04:40,080 --> 02:04:42,800
meeting and the Department of Education

2876
02:04:42,800 --> 02:04:50,080
has granted that meeting. So uh Ashley, I'm not going to call on you.

2877
02:04:50,080 --> 02:04:52,080
can wait till public speak so you

2878
02:04:52,080 --> 02:04:56,159
can put the hand up. Okay. Um

2879
02:04:56,159 --> 02:04:58,320
Attorney O'Brien, if you'd like to sit

2880
02:04:58,320 --> 02:05:00,159
there and say anything, now is your

2881
02:05:00,159 --> 02:05:01,920
time.

2882
02:05:01,920 --> 02:05:02,960
Hello.

2883
02:05:02,960 --> 02:05:05,119
>> Yep, you're good.

2884
02:05:05,119 --> 02:05:07,760
Okay. Well, yeah. Uh

2885
02:05:07,760 --> 02:05:10,239
I I wrote a letter with to Jeff's help

2886
02:05:10,239 --> 02:05:12,480
and a lot of information from Jeff to

2887
02:05:12,480 --> 02:05:16,000
the uh state board of education because

2888
02:05:16,000 --> 02:05:20,080
uh they had uh they had filed some

2889
02:05:20,080 --> 02:05:23,440
information and uh Jeff and I uh worked

2890
02:05:23,440 --> 02:05:25,119
together and we agreed that the best

2891
02:05:25,119 --> 02:05:28,159
thing to do would be to ask the state

2892
02:05:28,159 --> 02:05:31,199
board of education to have us uh the two

2893
02:05:31,199 --> 02:05:33,040
of us go down and meet with two people

2894
02:05:33,040 --> 02:05:35,440
from the board of ed and maybe one

2895
02:05:35,440 --> 02:05:37,280
person or whatever they want to do from

2896
02:05:37,280 --> 02:05:40,080
state board and try to work out an

2897
02:05:40,080 --> 02:05:42,639
arrangement that uh you know resolves

2898
02:05:42,639 --> 02:05:45,040
whatever issues we have between us in

2899
02:05:45,040 --> 02:05:47,280
this matter. Uh I think it's important

2900
02:05:47,280 --> 02:05:49,360
for us to work together. Jeff feels the

2901
02:05:49,360 --> 02:05:51,920
same way and uh I'm looking forward to

2902
02:05:51,920 --> 02:05:54,719
the meeting.

2903
02:05:54,719 --> 02:05:56,000
>> Uh anybody else have any

2904
02:05:56,000 --> 02:05:57,599
>> if anybody has any questions at all

2905
02:05:57,599 --> 02:06:00,719
about the details. Uh it's probably all

2906
02:06:00,719 --> 02:06:03,520
in the letter but uh I would be happy to

2907
02:06:03,520 --> 02:06:06,000
answer any questions.

2908
02:06:06,000 --> 02:06:07,920
Uh, anybody on the board want to sit

2909
02:06:07,920 --> 02:06:10,480
there and have any discussion right now

2910
02:06:10,480 --> 02:06:12,719
in public? No.

2911
02:06:12,719 --> 02:06:15,280
All good. All right.

2912
02:06:15,280 --> 02:06:16,472
Uh, [sighs and gasps]

2913
02:06:16,472 --> 02:06:17,360
[snorts]

2914
02:06:17,360 --> 02:06:18,480
>> thank you.

2915
02:06:18,480 --> 02:06:23,199
>> Yep. Uh, 11E discussion and possible

2916
02:06:23,199 --> 02:06:26,560
action regarding a temporary the

2917
02:06:26,560 --> 02:06:28,480
temporary light at the intersection of

2918
02:06:28,480 --> 02:06:30,960
Route 6 and Hendy Road. The reason I

2919
02:06:30,960 --> 02:06:32,480
brought this up and it was supposed to

2920
02:06:32,480 --> 02:06:35,119
be on the agenda and that's my bad.

2921
02:06:35,119 --> 02:06:37,440
Um,

2922
02:06:37,440 --> 02:06:40,880
I honestly think that we as the local

2923
02:06:40,880 --> 02:06:43,520
traffic authority need to make a request

2924
02:06:43,520 --> 02:06:46,079
to the state of Connecticut to make that

2925
02:06:46,079 --> 02:06:50,159
a permanent light. The state department

2926
02:06:50,159 --> 02:06:53,599
of transportation has has been reluctant

2927
02:06:53,599 --> 02:06:56,239
to make that a permanent light [gasps]

2928
02:06:56,239 --> 02:06:58,239
because there's been no deaths at that

2929
02:06:58,239 --> 02:07:01,360
intersection, which I think is totally

2930
02:07:01,360 --> 02:07:03,119
incorrect

2931
02:07:03,119 --> 02:07:06,400
thought process. But from driving

2932
02:07:06,400 --> 02:07:08,719
through town since that light has been

2933
02:07:08,719 --> 02:07:11,760
up, it seems as if the traffic flow has

2934
02:07:11,760 --> 02:07:13,920
been better and that the people coming

2935
02:07:13,920 --> 02:07:16,079
out of Hendi can turn in a more

2936
02:07:16,079 --> 02:07:18,719
appropriate manner without trying to run

2937
02:07:18,719 --> 02:07:22,719
the gambit of making it through. So, I

2938
02:07:22,719 --> 02:07:24,800
just wanted to put it out there that I

2939
02:07:24,800 --> 02:07:27,119
would like to I' I'd like to make a

2940
02:07:27,119 --> 02:07:31,760
motion that we request that we uh that

2941
02:07:31,760 --> 02:07:34,320
we ask the town administrator to write a

2942
02:07:34,320 --> 02:07:35,599
letter to the Department of

2943
02:07:35,599 --> 02:07:37,199
Transportation requesting that that

2944
02:07:37,199 --> 02:07:39,119
light be made permanent.

2945
02:07:39,119 --> 02:07:40,639
>> Second, Jeff.

2946
02:07:40,639 --> 02:07:42,960
>> Okay. Uh further discussion because this

2947
02:07:42,960 --> 02:07:46,159
is just an issue that I I

2948
02:07:46,159 --> 02:07:47,679
in favor of it all. So, it's a good

2949
02:07:47,679 --> 02:07:51,440
idea, Christine.

2950
02:07:51,440 --> 02:07:53,679
Oh, Dan, do you want to go first?

2951
02:07:53,679 --> 02:07:56,880
>> All right, thanks. Um, my only comment

2952
02:07:56,880 --> 02:07:59,920
would be possibly instead of having a

2953
02:07:59,920 --> 02:08:03,679
red left turn arrow and having to wait

2954
02:08:03,679 --> 02:08:06,239
for that that maybe it could be like a

2955
02:08:06,239 --> 02:08:08,639
blinking yellow so that you know you

2956
02:08:08,639 --> 02:08:11,520
have to watch out to make the left.

2957
02:08:11,520 --> 02:08:14,800
Making people always wait for that green

2958
02:08:14,800 --> 02:08:18,560
arrow has been a bit of a problem. And

2959
02:08:18,560 --> 02:08:20,639
the biggest problem from that recently

2960
02:08:20,639 --> 02:08:24,639
is they somebody painted in a stop line

2961
02:08:24,639 --> 02:08:27,360
in the last week and they put it so far

2962
02:08:27,360 --> 02:08:30,800
back that if you stop at that line that

2963
02:08:30,800 --> 02:08:33,440
line you don't trip the light and you

2964
02:08:33,440 --> 02:08:35,599
can sit and wait through many cycles and

2965
02:08:35,599 --> 02:08:38,079
never get your green arrow.

2966
02:08:38,079 --> 02:08:40,639
So you have to go up beyond the line.

2967
02:08:40,639 --> 02:08:42,560
the one on route,

2968
02:08:42,560 --> 02:08:44,800
>> but the one coming out of Hendi is the

2969
02:08:44,800 --> 02:08:47,679
quickest light I've ever seen in my

2970
02:08:47,679 --> 02:08:48,000
life.

2971
02:08:48,000 --> 02:08:51,119
>> That's sometimes you wait a long time.

2972
02:08:51,119 --> 02:08:53,840
Depends on the traffic on Route Six.

2973
02:08:53,840 --> 02:08:55,840
>> But the one on Route Six coming out of

2974
02:08:55,840 --> 02:08:58,239
Bolton to Willamunic, you have to go a

2975
02:08:58,239 --> 02:09:00,079
car length past the

2976
02:09:00,079 --> 02:09:01,280
>> Yeah.

2977
02:09:01,280 --> 02:09:03,920
>> the thing they they should repaint that.

2978
02:09:03,920 --> 02:09:06,800
>> Yeah. Or adjust the signal of one or the

2979
02:09:06,800 --> 02:09:07,920
other.

2980
02:09:07,920 --> 02:09:09,599
>> Well, those are issues that we can get

2981
02:09:09,599 --> 02:09:11,840
to. Yeah, it's more

2982
02:09:11,840 --> 02:09:13,520
>> Does everybody believe that it's a good

2983
02:09:13,520 --> 02:09:15,679
idea to make that a permanent line?

2984
02:09:15,679 --> 02:09:16,560
>> I do.

2985
02:09:16,560 --> 02:09:18,000
>> Christine, go ahead.

2986
02:09:18,000 --> 02:09:21,199
>> Yeah, I I do I do think it's been

2987
02:09:21,199 --> 02:09:24,000
helpful to be able to turn left out of

2988
02:09:24,000 --> 02:09:27,920
Hendi onto Route 6. Um I do know that

2989
02:09:27,920 --> 02:09:29,760
when the bridge is open, there will be a

2990
02:09:29,760 --> 02:09:31,679
lot the traffic counts will have

2991
02:09:31,679 --> 02:09:33,599
decreased substantially from all the

2992
02:09:33,599 --> 02:09:37,520
cars traveling back on Long Hill. But as

2993
02:09:37,520 --> 02:09:41,199
Ann said, um, they put the the stop bar

2994
02:09:41,199 --> 02:09:43,040
way too far back. You don't get over the

2995
02:09:43,040 --> 02:09:45,040
leaf detector to be able to take a left.

2996
02:09:45,040 --> 02:09:46,639
So you sit through three cycles of

2997
02:09:46,639 --> 02:09:48,639
lights when you're trying when you're

2998
02:09:48,639 --> 02:09:51,280
sitting on Route 6 trying to turn on to

2999
02:09:51,280 --> 02:09:53,520
Hendi that a lot of people just will end

3000
02:09:53,520 --> 02:09:56,239
up driving through the red light or go

3001
02:09:56,239 --> 02:09:59,199
past and turn into where the hot dog

3002
02:09:59,199 --> 02:10:01,840
stand is so they can take a left because

3003
02:10:01,840 --> 02:10:04,000
the timing is off or the loop detector

3004
02:10:04,000 --> 02:10:05,599
isn't being tripped because of where the

3005
02:10:05,599 --> 02:10:09,199
stop bar is. So, so there is there is a

3006
02:10:09,199 --> 02:10:13,199
problem and it is it's yeah it's and

3007
02:10:13,199 --> 02:10:15,360
it's usually during rush hour that you

3008
02:10:15,360 --> 02:10:17,119
just get stuck there and then there's no

3009
02:10:17,119 --> 02:10:20,400
traffic coming at you where you could be

3010
02:10:20,400 --> 02:10:23,119
taking a left. It's wide open and clear

3011
02:10:23,119 --> 02:10:25,040
but you're waiting for the signal to

3012
02:10:25,040 --> 02:10:26,320
change.

3013
02:10:26,320 --> 02:10:30,639
>> Okay. So, so I I guess the issue ends up

3014
02:10:30,639 --> 02:10:33,280
being is it still a good idea to have

3015
02:10:33,280 --> 02:10:34,880
the light because you guys live over

3016
02:10:34,880 --> 02:10:38,000
there. I I My trans my traffic is this

3017
02:10:38,000 --> 02:10:40,800
way going down six and I just know the

3018
02:10:40,800 --> 02:10:42,639
flow of traffic. It almost feels like

3019
02:10:42,639 --> 02:10:44,560
the speed is different because of that

3020
02:10:44,560 --> 02:10:45,840
light.

3021
02:10:45,840 --> 02:10:46,639
>> Yeah.

3022
02:10:46,639 --> 02:10:47,679
>> So

3023
02:10:47,679 --> 02:10:50,000
>> I I think it holds some cars back

3024
02:10:50,000 --> 02:10:51,280
because I think they were all

3025
02:10:51,280 --> 02:10:53,920
bottlenecking as you approach the

3026
02:10:53,920 --> 02:10:58,560
library and 316. So I think having a set

3027
02:10:58,560 --> 02:11:00,320
of lights, you know, a couple miles

3028
02:11:00,320 --> 02:11:02,400
prior to that, it kind of breaks down

3029
02:11:02,400 --> 02:11:05,599
the groupings of traffic. Um because now

3030
02:11:05,599 --> 02:11:07,920
I I do see a lot of traffic, you know,

3031
02:11:07,920 --> 02:11:09,840
in front of Andover Landscaping where I

3032
02:11:09,840 --> 02:11:11,920
had never seen that before. It's just

3033
02:11:11,920 --> 02:11:13,920
kind of pushing the bottleneck, you

3034
02:11:13,920 --> 02:11:16,400
know, dispersing it maybe a little bit

3035
02:11:16,400 --> 02:11:19,280
more uniformly. Um I don't I think that

3036
02:11:19,280 --> 02:11:21,920
the state um doesn't only look at deaths

3037
02:11:21,920 --> 02:11:23,840
when they're doing a traffic analysis. I

3038
02:11:23,840 --> 02:11:26,159
think they're also looking at the travel

3039
02:11:26,159 --> 02:11:28,719
counts. How many people are using the

3040
02:11:28,719 --> 02:11:30,560
collector road coming out to Route Six?

3041
02:11:30,560 --> 02:11:32,639
And maybe we're under the threshold, but

3042
02:11:32,639 --> 02:11:39,119
it is it is dangerous for the kids and for myself when I'm driving a truck

3043
02:11:39,119 --> 02:11:40,960
and a trailer trying to take a left on

3044
02:11:40,960 --> 02:11:44,880
to Route 6 from Hendee. But um like

3045
02:11:44,880 --> 02:11:48,239
myself and my family do

3046
02:11:48,239 --> 02:11:51,599
um if there if we do have to take a left

3047
02:11:51,599 --> 02:11:53,360
oftentimes if it's during rush hour,

3048
02:11:53,360 --> 02:11:55,440
we'll just go down Long Hill instead so

3049
02:11:55,440 --> 02:11:57,840
we can go to the right.

3050
02:11:57,840 --> 02:12:00,960
>> So I I think it's a 50/50. personally.

3051
02:12:00,960 --> 02:12:02,560
Um

3052
02:12:02,560 --> 02:12:04,480
>> well, it might not get approved. This is

3053
02:12:04,480 --> 02:12:07,440
just like a request. But the issue for

3054
02:12:07,440 --> 02:12:10,239
the board has to be is it a legitimate

3055
02:12:10,239 --> 02:12:13,040
request or not? If it's not, that's

3056
02:12:13,040 --> 02:12:15,119
okay. We we don't we are the traffic

3057
02:12:15,119 --> 02:12:16,800
authority in town. If we don't put forth

3058
02:12:16,800 --> 02:12:20,079
the request, it can it won't get

3059
02:12:20,079 --> 02:12:21,679
approved. If we put it forth, it might

3060
02:12:21,679 --> 02:12:23,360
get approved or it might get rejected.

3061
02:12:23,360 --> 02:12:26,880
So, um I I [clears throat] my personal

3062
02:12:26,880 --> 02:12:28,480
opinion is it just seems like the flow

3063
02:12:28,480 --> 02:12:31,760
of traffic down Route 6 has been better

3064
02:12:31,760 --> 02:12:35,040
since that light went in.

3065
02:12:35,040 --> 02:12:36,880
So,

3066
02:12:36,880 --> 02:12:40,159
um All right. So, I do Scott, you did

3067
02:12:40,159 --> 02:12:41,440
second that, correct?

3068
02:12:41,440 --> 02:12:42,639
>> Yes.

3069
02:12:42,639 --> 02:12:45,040
>> Okay. Um

3070
02:12:45,040 --> 02:12:46,880
so, we'll we'll go around. Ann, how do

3071
02:12:46,880 --> 02:12:48,880
you vote?

3072
02:12:48,880 --> 02:12:52,800
>> Okay. Um Dave Castanian. Hi

3073
02:12:52,800 --> 02:12:55,119
>> Scott Person.

3074
02:12:55,119 --> 02:12:57,679
>> Hi. So that's three. Uh Christine

3075
02:12:57,679 --> 02:12:58,719
Rendazzo.

3076
02:12:58,719 --> 02:12:59,520
>> Hi.

3077
02:12:59,520 --> 02:13:02,960
>> Okay. And Jeff Magguire. I 5 nothing. So

3078
02:13:02,960 --> 02:13:05,440
uh Matt, if you could have drafted a

3079
02:13:05,440 --> 02:13:07,760
letter to the department. Uh and you can

3080
02:13:07,760 --> 02:13:10,159
look in previous [snorts] correspondence

3081
02:13:10,159 --> 02:13:12,159
from Eric because he has requested this

3082
02:13:12,159 --> 02:13:14,800
in in before. Um so

3083
02:13:14,800 --> 02:13:16,639
>> we'll take care of that. I'll get that

3084
02:13:16,639 --> 02:13:17,679
right away.

3085
02:13:17,679 --> 02:13:20,880
>> Thank you. Um,

3086
02:13:20,880 --> 02:13:23,360
all right. Uh, 11F, a discussion

3087
02:13:23,360 --> 02:13:26,239
regarding uh the Boy Scouts and the

3088
02:13:26,239 --> 02:13:29,840
Veterans Committee email. Um, and Ann,

3089
02:13:29,840 --> 02:13:30,960
I'm going to let you take this one

3090
02:13:30,960 --> 02:13:35,589
because I haven't seen that email.

3091
02:13:35,599 --> 02:13:39,520
» Let's see. It came yesterday.

3092
02:13:39,520 --> 02:13:43,199
And what it is is the

3093
02:13:43,199 --> 02:13:46,400
scout troop here in Andover had been

3094
02:13:46,400 --> 02:13:49,599
sponsored by the Andover Congregational

3095
02:13:49,599 --> 02:13:52,800
Church. They're not doing that anymore.

3096
02:13:52,800 --> 02:13:57,760
So now um Michelle Loren and the troop

3097
02:13:57,760 --> 02:14:00,159
leader have approached the veterans

3098
02:14:00,159 --> 02:14:02,182
municipal veterans committee

3099
02:14:02,182 --> 02:14:03,679
[clears throat] and asked if they would

3100
02:14:03,679 --> 02:14:08,079
perform that duty. So, um, they have

3101
02:14:08,079 --> 02:14:12,960
agreed to that. I guess we have to vote

3102
02:14:12,960 --> 02:14:16,000
to allow the veterans committee to do

3103
02:14:16,000 --> 02:14:18,000
that.

3104
02:14:18,000 --> 02:14:23,119
So, um, they had sent us yesterday three

3105
02:14:23,119 --> 02:14:25,199
attachments.

3106
02:14:25,199 --> 02:14:27,280
Um,

3107
02:14:27,280 --> 02:14:29,280
there's a memo

3108
02:14:29,280 --> 02:14:32,719
to for the board of selecting

3109
02:14:32,719 --> 02:14:35,440
this to open it.

3110
02:14:35,440 --> 02:14:37,520
Yeah. Um

3111
02:14:37,520 --> 02:14:39,280
requesting

3112
02:14:39,280 --> 02:14:42,000
uh Susan Camaroda and John Body are

3113
02:14:42,000 --> 02:14:44,079
requesting permission to engage in an

3114
02:14:44,079 --> 02:14:47,520
agreement with Scout Troop or Scout Pack

3115
02:14:47,520 --> 02:14:50,560
and Troop 124 and the Connecticut Rivers

3116
02:14:50,560 --> 02:14:54,629
Council of Scouting America

3117
02:14:54,639 --> 02:14:57,199
that would designate the Veterans

3118
02:14:57,199 --> 02:14:58,560
Representative Committee as the

3119
02:14:58,560 --> 02:15:01,679
chartered organization for Scout Pack

3120
02:15:01,679 --> 02:15:08,149
and Troop 124.

3121
02:15:08,159 --> 02:15:10,880
So that is their question.

3122
02:15:10,880 --> 02:15:13,199
>> So I I don't I mean basically after just

3123
02:15:13,199 --> 02:15:14,960
reading it quickly, I don't really have

3124
02:15:14,960 --> 02:15:17,440
a problem with it. What I I would like

3125
02:15:17,440 --> 02:15:19,599
to sit there and do is just make sure

3126
02:15:19,599 --> 02:15:21,440
it's contingent upon the town attorney

3127
02:15:21,440 --> 02:15:25,040
taking a quick look at the agreement. Um

3128
02:15:25,040 --> 02:15:26,159
>> Okay.

3129
02:15:26,159 --> 02:15:27,760
So,

3130
02:15:27,760 --> 02:15:29,360
if you want to make a motion to get it

3131
02:15:29,360 --> 02:15:33,440
approved contingent upon um the review

3132
02:15:33,440 --> 02:15:35,679
of the town attorney and his approval,

3133
02:15:35,679 --> 02:15:38,000
that would be great.

3134
02:15:38,000 --> 02:15:40,400
>> I make that motion.

3135
02:15:40,400 --> 02:15:43,280
>> Okay. So Ann is making a motion to

3136
02:15:43,280 --> 02:15:48,079
approve the uh memorandum requesting

3137
02:15:48,079 --> 02:15:49,920
permission for the Andover Municipal

3138
02:15:49,920 --> 02:15:52,400
Veterans Committee to be the charter

3139
02:15:52,400 --> 02:15:55,119
organization for the Andover Scout Troop

3140
02:15:55,119 --> 02:15:58,880
and Pack 124.

3141
02:15:58,880 --> 02:16:02,000
That was Ann's motion.

3142
02:16:02,000 --> 02:16:03,840
>> I second that.

3143
02:16:03,840 --> 02:16:05,840
>> Dave Gustadian second that

3144
02:16:05,840 --> 02:16:09,760
>> did that that come from Susan Camaroda?

3145
02:16:09,760 --> 02:16:12,239
Uh, it came from Veterans Affairs. I do

3146
02:16:12,239 --> 02:16:14,159
believe it came from Susan. Yes,

3147
02:16:14,159 --> 02:16:16,800
>> Susan and John Woody was signed by both

3148
02:16:16,800 --> 02:16:19,440
of them.

3149
02:16:19,440 --> 02:16:22,880
>> Okay. Uh, further discussion.

3150
02:16:22,880 --> 02:16:25,440
All right. Uh, Ann, how do you vote?

3151
02:16:25,440 --> 02:16:26,159
>> I.

3152
02:16:26,159 --> 02:16:28,400
>> Dave Gustanian, how do you vote?

3153
02:16:28,400 --> 02:16:29,920
>> Hi.

3154
02:16:29,920 --> 02:16:32,160
>> Scott Person,

3155
02:16:32,160 --> 02:16:35,280
>> Scott says yes. Uh, Christine Randazo,

3156
02:16:35,280 --> 02:16:36,080
>> hi.

3157
02:16:36,080 --> 02:16:38,559
>> Jeff Magcguire, yes. Okay, that's the

3158
02:16:38,559 --> 02:16:40,880
fastest uh one day turnaround on

3159
02:16:40,880 --> 02:16:42,479
something like that we've done in a long

3160
02:16:42,479 --> 02:16:43,280
time.

3161
02:16:43,280 --> 02:16:44,960
>> Um, I just have to say something and I

3162
02:16:44,960 --> 02:16:46,240
can't raise my hand. This is Michelle

3163
02:16:46,240 --> 02:16:49,040
Lorent. I am the pack leader and I am so

3164
02:16:49,040 --> 02:16:51,120
the cub master and the scout master of

3165
02:16:51,120 --> 02:16:53,840
Andover. I just I want you guys to know

3166
02:16:53,840 --> 02:16:56,719
I we need it done before October 31st.

3167
02:16:56,719 --> 02:16:58,319
There's a deadline. It wasn't written in

3168
02:16:58,319 --> 02:17:00,800
the letter by Susan um just because

3169
02:17:00,800 --> 02:17:04,160
that's when our recharter is and so all

3170
02:17:04,160 --> 02:17:05,439
right. I just wanted to let you know

3171
02:17:05,439 --> 02:17:07,519
thank you so much for considering us.

3172
02:17:07,519 --> 02:17:09,599
>> Thank you.

3173
02:17:09,599 --> 02:17:12,000
Right. Um

3174
02:17:12,000 --> 02:17:15,920
so now we're going to move on

3175
02:17:15,920 --> 02:17:17,519
to

3176
02:17:17,519 --> 02:17:21,359
item 12, approval of minute meetings. Uh

3177
02:17:21,359 --> 02:17:22,880
12A,

3178
02:17:22,880 --> 02:17:27,920
the August 10th meeting, and 12B, the 93

3179
02:17:27,920 --> 02:17:30,160
special meeting.

3180
02:17:30,160 --> 02:17:32,160
Anybody have any issues with either set

3181
02:17:32,160 --> 02:17:35,040
of minutes?

3182
02:17:35,040 --> 02:17:36,719
Okay. Then I make a motion that we

3183
02:17:36,719 --> 02:17:40,000
approve both the August 10th regular

3184
02:17:40,000 --> 02:17:42,559
minute meetings and the uh September

3185
02:17:42,559 --> 02:17:47,439
3rd, 2026 special minute meetings.

3186
02:17:47,439 --> 02:17:48,719
>> Second,

3187
02:17:48,719 --> 02:17:51,760
>> Scott Persona seconded. Uh further

3188
02:17:51,760 --> 02:17:54,960
discussion and how do you vote?

3189
02:17:54,960 --> 02:17:56,399
>> Dave Gustanian, how do you vote?

3190
02:17:56,399 --> 02:17:58,160
>> Hi.

3191
02:17:58,160 --> 02:17:59,760
>> Uh Scott Persona,

3192
02:17:59,760 --> 02:18:01,359
>> yes.

3193
02:18:01,359 --> 02:18:02,880
Christine Randazo

3194
02:18:02,880 --> 02:18:03,599
>> I

3195
02:18:03,599 --> 02:18:05,760
>> and Jeff Magcguire I that's five nothing

3196
02:18:05,760 --> 02:18:08,479
vote. Um

3197
02:18:08,479 --> 02:18:10,639
in our packet there was information from

3198
02:18:10,639 --> 02:18:12,719
the tax collector.

3199
02:18:12,719 --> 02:18:15,830
Um

3200
02:18:15,840 --> 02:18:18,290
oh I got to find my packet. Here it is.

3201
02:18:18,290 --> 02:18:22,549
[sighs]

3202
02:18:22,559 --> 02:18:25,599
So the tax collector was talking to us

3203
02:18:25,599 --> 02:18:28,160
about um

3204
02:18:28,160 --> 02:18:29,679
various things. So, you can sit there

3205
02:18:29,679 --> 02:18:31,679
and go in through and sit there and see

3206
02:18:31,679 --> 02:18:34,240
on page 58 what the tax collectors paid

3207
02:18:34,240 --> 02:18:36,000
in her pie charts and how much is

3208
02:18:36,000 --> 02:18:40,080
uncollected and collected. Um,

3209
02:18:40,080 --> 02:18:42,160
you can she she put in the information

3210
02:18:42,160 --> 02:18:45,120
for July and August. So, July there was

3211
02:18:45,120 --> 02:18:47,439
$3,38,000

3212
02:18:47,439 --> 02:18:49,439
collected. As I was saying before, it's

3213
02:18:49,439 --> 02:18:52,399
uh July is our largest collection month.

3214
02:18:52,399 --> 02:18:56,559
uh August uh which is on page 61. We

3215
02:18:56,559 --> 02:18:59,359
collected $467,000

3216
02:18:59,359 --> 02:19:02,719
during this month and it will drop off

3217
02:19:02,719 --> 02:19:06,000
again in September and then pick back up

3218
02:19:06,000 --> 02:19:08,479
again in October as the next quarterly

3219
02:19:08,479 --> 02:19:10,719
payment comes too. [gasps]

3220
02:19:10,719 --> 02:19:14,960
Um any other questions related to or

3221
02:19:14,960 --> 02:19:17,359
thoughts related to

3222
02:19:17,359 --> 02:19:22,549
the tax collector's presentation?

3223
02:19:22,559 --> 02:19:27,439
Okay. On page 64, there's uh um

3224
02:19:27,439 --> 02:19:29,920
$813.54

3225
02:19:29,920 --> 02:19:32,960
in total tax refunds being requested.

3226
02:19:32,960 --> 02:19:35,760
So, I'll make a motion that we approve

3227
02:19:35,760 --> 02:19:39,760
um the tax refunds requested in the

3228
02:19:39,760 --> 02:19:47,110
amount of $813.54.

3229
02:19:47,120 --> 02:19:50,000
Who second that?

3230
02:19:50,000 --> 02:19:52,560
>> Ann seconded it first. I heard it.

3231
02:19:52,560 --> 02:19:55,600
Chirp. Um so um further discussion.

3232
02:19:55,600 --> 02:19:58,080
Nope. An how do you vote?

3233
02:19:58,080 --> 02:19:58,800
>> Hi.

3234
02:19:58,800 --> 02:20:00,479
>> Dave.

3235
02:20:00,479 --> 02:20:01,680
>> Scott Persson.

3236
02:20:01,680 --> 02:20:02,399
>> Hi.

3237
02:20:02,399 --> 02:20:04,960
>> Christine Renazo.

3238
02:20:04,960 --> 02:20:09,200
Jeff Magcguire. I 5 nothing. Okay.

3239
02:20:09,200 --> 02:20:11,359
Uh then you get into your departmental

3240
02:20:11,359 --> 02:20:14,960
reports. Um, we had the community

3241
02:20:14,960 --> 02:20:18,240
center. Um,

3242
02:20:18,240 --> 02:20:19,840
there's a lot of stuff going on in the

3243
02:20:19,840 --> 02:20:22,640
community center. Uh, I know that, uh,

3244
02:20:22,640 --> 02:20:25,200
Tess wasn't feeling well today, but the

3245
02:20:25,200 --> 02:20:27,520
system is, uh, up and running. And if

3246
02:20:27,520 --> 02:20:29,600
you as a resident haven't stopped in to

3247
02:20:29,600 --> 02:20:34,319
get your, uh, your your

3248
02:20:34,319 --> 02:20:37,200
barcode, key tag, whatever for uh,

3249
02:20:37,200 --> 02:20:39,040
participation at the community center,

3250
02:20:39,040 --> 02:20:41,359
you should. I have mine. I scanned it

3251
02:20:41,359 --> 02:20:43,840
onto my phone so I can use a picture.

3252
02:20:43,840 --> 02:20:46,800
You go in, you sign up, you pick the

3253
02:20:46,800 --> 02:20:48,720
events and activities that you want to

3254
02:20:48,720 --> 02:20:52,800
go to. And um as the community center

3255
02:20:52,800 --> 02:20:54,800
and the director get more familiar with

3256
02:20:54,800 --> 02:20:57,040
it, they'll be able to provide us with

3257
02:20:57,040 --> 02:21:00,080
actual uh

3258
02:21:00,080 --> 02:21:02,640
information as to how many participants

3259
02:21:02,640 --> 02:21:04,640
are going and using the community center

3260
02:21:04,640 --> 02:21:06,399
and what we need to do to sit there and

3261
02:21:06,399 --> 02:21:10,319
improve participation. But, um, I'm very

3262
02:21:10,319 --> 02:21:12,800
happy that that Tess and her team have

3263
02:21:12,800 --> 02:21:16,160
gotten that up and running and, uh, I

3264
02:21:16,160 --> 02:21:19,200
think it's going to help out a lot.

3265
02:21:19,200 --> 02:21:21,200
So,

3266
02:21:21,200 --> 02:21:24,160
>> place going really well.

3267
02:21:24,160 --> 02:21:27,200
Yeah, I was at the um

3268
02:21:27,200 --> 02:21:29,439
they had an ice cream social to end

3269
02:21:29,439 --> 02:21:34,640
their um they had done an ice cream tour

3270
02:21:34,640 --> 02:21:38,880
uh with some of the seniors and uh

3271
02:21:38,880 --> 02:21:42,960
and it was very nice and we do have a

3272
02:21:42,960 --> 02:21:44,880
lot of participation and we even have

3273
02:21:44,880 --> 02:21:46,800
our oldest resident who I believe is our

3274
02:21:46,800 --> 02:21:48,720
oldest resident gets to the community

3275
02:21:48,720 --> 02:21:50,880
center on a regular basis. She's 102

3276
02:21:50,880 --> 02:21:54,720
years old and uh she was there for the

3277
02:21:54,720 --> 02:21:55,600
ice cream social.

3278
02:21:55,600 --> 02:21:57,920
>> Well, she's there every week.

3279
02:21:57,920 --> 02:22:03,439
>> Yeah, she I I was amaz I'm I can only

3280
02:22:03,439 --> 02:22:05,680
hope I'm that active cuz she's still

3281
02:22:05,680 --> 02:22:07,520
getting around. Um

3282
02:22:07,520 --> 02:22:10,000
>> she wasn't in a wheelchair. She was

3283
02:22:10,000 --> 02:22:11,680
getting herself around.

3284
02:22:11,680 --> 02:22:15,680
>> So, um anyway, I I believe Tess and her

3285
02:22:15,680 --> 02:22:17,200
team are doing a really good job and

3286
02:22:17,200 --> 02:22:18,880
it's it's growing. So, we want to

3287
02:22:18,880 --> 02:22:23,359
continue to move it in that direction.

3288
02:22:23,359 --> 02:22:26,960
Okay. Um,

3289
02:22:26,960 --> 02:22:30,640
we have the assessor's office has a

3290
02:22:30,640 --> 02:22:32,479
packet in there. Anybody have anything

3291
02:22:32,479 --> 02:22:34,080
that they want to talk about related to

3292
02:22:34,080 --> 02:22:36,160
that?

3293
02:22:36,160 --> 02:22:38,080
Then the building department is in

3294
02:22:38,080 --> 02:22:40,960
there. So, all of the the collections

3295
02:22:40,960 --> 02:22:43,840
for the month of of this actually might

3296
02:22:43,840 --> 02:22:46,160
be August. Uh, she did she put the month

3297
02:22:46,160 --> 02:22:48,240
of August in there. So, the total

3298
02:22:48,240 --> 02:22:49,680
permits and bonds for the month of

3299
02:22:49,680 --> 02:22:53,349
August were $5,187.80.

3300
02:22:53,359 --> 02:22:55,680
Um,

3301
02:22:55,680 --> 02:22:57,760
we need to keep looking at that and keep

3302
02:22:57,760 --> 02:22:58,640
looking at how to

3303
02:22:58,640 --> 02:23:00,399
>> I did I looked through them all.

3304
02:23:00,399 --> 02:23:00,640
>> Yeah,

3305
02:23:00,640 --> 02:23:02,240
>> they look good.

3306
02:23:02,240 --> 02:23:04,399
>> Okay.

3307
02:23:04,399 --> 02:23:09,590
Um,

3308
02:23:09,600 --> 02:23:13,840
she has a lot of information in here.

3309
02:23:13,840 --> 02:23:18,800
And then the DPW starts on a 90 page 94

3310
02:23:18,800 --> 02:23:21,359
and you can sit there and see where they

3311
02:23:21,359 --> 02:23:24,560
were showing he was showing us the uh

3312
02:23:24,560 --> 02:23:26,960
Chamberlain Pond parking lot on a rainy

3313
02:23:26,960 --> 02:23:31,680
day. So I believe Scott that the that uh

3314
02:23:31,680 --> 02:23:33,600
all of the appropriate permits were

3315
02:23:33,600 --> 02:23:35,200
filed so that we could get this done and

3316
02:23:35,200 --> 02:23:38,960
put down millings and put down stone.

3317
02:23:38,960 --> 02:23:40,399
It still drains out into the road

3318
02:23:40,399 --> 02:23:44,240
though. You know, all that water,

3319
02:23:44,240 --> 02:23:46,640
>> believe it or not, doesn't drain back

3320
02:23:46,640 --> 02:23:48,720
towards the pond. Drains right out on

3321
02:23:48,720 --> 02:23:51,359
316.

3322
02:23:51,359 --> 02:23:53,600
>> Okay.

3323
02:23:53,600 --> 02:23:55,920
Um

3324
02:23:55,920 --> 02:23:59,040
he put in uh this is Eric Johansson on

3325
02:23:59,040 --> 02:24:01,920
page 100. He put in a projected cost on

3326
02:24:01,920 --> 02:24:06,000
that project of $24,000.

3327
02:24:06,000 --> 02:24:09,200
So, um, Matt, you probably should work

3328
02:24:09,200 --> 02:24:10,800
with him to sit there and see if that's

3329
02:24:10,800 --> 02:24:12,880
appropriate number or if there's

3330
02:24:12,880 --> 02:24:15,120
something that we should do to make that

3331
02:24:15,120 --> 02:24:19,920
a little bit, uh, uh, less expensive.

3332
02:24:19,920 --> 02:24:20,800
So,

3333
02:24:20,800 --> 02:24:22,720
>> yeah, we'll uh we'll go over the

3334
02:24:22,720 --> 02:24:23,680
numbers.

3335
02:24:23,680 --> 02:24:30,389
>> Okay. [gasps]

3336
02:24:30,399 --> 02:24:33,040
And then I think the last one we have is

3337
02:24:33,040 --> 02:24:36,160
Andover Public Library.

3338
02:24:36,160 --> 02:24:37,920
Well, the Landover Public Library and

3339
02:24:37,920 --> 02:24:40,080
the Register of Voters. So, the Andover

3340
02:24:40,080 --> 02:24:42,479
Public Library is on page 106. The

3341
02:24:42,479 --> 02:24:48,399
register of voters is in 107. And um

3342
02:24:48,399 --> 02:24:51,040
just so everybody understands

3343
02:24:51,040 --> 02:24:53,040
um

3344
02:24:53,040 --> 02:24:55,600
the register of voter voters conducted

3345
02:24:55,600 --> 02:24:58,479
seven days of early voting

3346
02:24:58,479 --> 02:25:00,000
um

3347
02:25:00,000 --> 02:25:02,960
for the primary

3348
02:25:02,960 --> 02:25:04,560
which is something that the state has

3349
02:25:04,560 --> 02:25:08,880
forced us to do. And uh I think

3350
02:25:08,880 --> 02:25:10,720
>> how many voters?

3351
02:25:10,720 --> 02:25:14,880
>> Uh I I knew I read it. I thought it was

3352
02:25:14,880 --> 02:25:18,640
17, but I might it might have been uh

3353
02:25:18,640 --> 02:25:22,735
>> voters. No, it was 52 voters that came

3354
02:25:22,735 --> 02:25:23,520
[clears throat]

3355
02:25:23,520 --> 02:25:28,720
>> out of 190 196 voted on the the primary

3356
02:25:28,720 --> 02:25:31,680
day and 52 voters voted over the 7-day

3357
02:25:31,680 --> 02:25:34,720
period. So, in effect, seven voters a

3358
02:25:34,720 --> 02:25:37,040
day. Um,

3359
02:25:37,040 --> 02:25:40,960
it's not a lot of voters for uh $4,000

3360
02:25:40,960 --> 02:25:43,120
in total expenditure for the town. Now,

3361
02:25:43,120 --> 02:25:45,840
the town did get a grant, but the

3362
02:25:45,840 --> 02:25:47,760
question that I have for Wall-E is, is

3363
02:25:47,760 --> 02:25:49,840
that the grant for the entire year for

3364
02:25:49,840 --> 02:25:51,439
early voting? Because we have more than

3365
02:25:51,439 --> 02:25:54,800
one election. Um, will we get another

3366
02:25:54,800 --> 02:25:59,520
$5,000 for the um election in November

3367
02:25:59,520 --> 02:26:02,720
or how are we how does that work? But it

3368
02:26:02,720 --> 02:26:05,359
is an extra cost that the town has to

3369
02:26:05,359 --> 02:26:09,680
pick up for early voting. So

3370
02:26:09,680 --> 02:26:12,720
anyway, that's it. That gets us down to

3371
02:26:12,720 --> 02:26:14,720
correspondence, which I don't believe we

3372
02:26:14,720 --> 02:26:17,280
have any. Matt, is that accurate?

3373
02:26:17,280 --> 02:26:18,479
>> That is correct.

3374
02:26:18,479 --> 02:26:22,080
>> Okay. Um, if nobody has anything else to

3375
02:26:22,080 --> 02:26:23,760
discuss or anything that we need to do,

3376
02:26:23,760 --> 02:26:24,880
I'm going to sit there and move to

3377
02:26:24,880 --> 02:26:27,280
public speak.

3378
02:26:27,280 --> 02:26:31,439
We good? Okay. Ashley Johnson, you're up

3379
02:26:31,439 --> 02:26:36,070
first.

3380
02:26:36,080 --> 02:26:41,200
» Hey. Okay. So, uh, quick question about

3381
02:26:41,200 --> 02:26:44,640
the school and the budgets and all of

3382
02:26:44,640 --> 02:26:48,800
that. I'm just kind of wondering

3383
02:26:48,800 --> 02:26:51,680
why you,

3384
02:26:51,680 --> 02:26:55,200
how do I say this?

3385
02:26:55,200 --> 02:26:58,160
Why does the town and the school not get

3386
02:26:58,160 --> 02:26:59,840
along?

3387
02:26:59,840 --> 02:27:03,680
Like I know I'm new, but I mean you

3388
02:27:03,680 --> 02:27:06,640
would think that y'all would work

3389
02:27:06,640 --> 02:27:09,920
together way better. I mean you guys use

3390
02:27:09,920 --> 02:27:14,560
the school for the meetings and you know

3391
02:27:14,560 --> 02:27:16,080
part of the whole reason that we even

3392
02:27:16,080 --> 02:27:18,560
moved here is because the education is

3393
02:27:18,560 --> 02:27:20,240
excellent.

3394
02:27:20,240 --> 02:27:23,120
Um, so I'm just wondering why this seems

3395
02:27:23,120 --> 02:27:27,680
to be a thing year after year that it

3396
02:27:27,680 --> 02:27:29,680
seems like y'all are just always butting

3397
02:27:29,680 --> 02:27:33,040
heads and it doesn't make sense.

3398
02:27:33,040 --> 02:27:35,200
>> We try not to. We got to keep working on

3399
02:27:35,200 --> 02:27:37,439
it. Ashley,

3400
02:27:37,439 --> 02:27:38,560
>> right?

3401
02:27:38,560 --> 02:27:40,880
>> I mean, try and do.

3402
02:27:40,880 --> 02:27:42,560
>> Do let's do.

3403
02:27:42,560 --> 02:27:43,520
>> Yeah.

3404
02:27:43,520 --> 02:27:48,640
>> Okay. Um Diane Grineer.

3405
02:27:48,640 --> 02:27:51,520
>> Hi there. Um another great meeting full

3406
02:27:51,520 --> 02:27:53,840
of meat and uh good stuff. You guys work

3407
02:27:53,840 --> 02:27:56,399
really hard on lots of things. Um I'm

3408
02:27:56,399 --> 02:27:58,160
particularly delighted with the reports

3409
02:27:58,160 --> 02:28:01,920
from um um the new presentations tonight

3410
02:28:01,920 --> 02:28:03,840
from the town clerk and the public

3411
02:28:03,840 --> 02:28:05,760
works. I think that's a good idea and I

3412
02:28:05,760 --> 02:28:08,319
encourage you to continue that. I also

3413
02:28:08,319 --> 02:28:12,080
support the idea of um the veterans uh

3414
02:28:12,080 --> 02:28:13,680
sponsoring the scout troop. I think

3415
02:28:13,680 --> 02:28:16,479
that's a good plan and the light at

3416
02:28:16,479 --> 02:28:19,120
Hendi I think well needed welldeserved

3417
02:28:19,120 --> 02:28:21,600
that people want it. I know that the DOT

3418
02:28:21,600 --> 02:28:25,600
has multiple times um done their traffic

3419
02:28:25,600 --> 02:28:28,479
survey and decided that we don't we

3420
02:28:28,479 --> 02:28:30,640
don't need it. We don't meet the counts.

3421
02:28:30,640 --> 02:28:32,560
Um but I think it's good that you

3422
02:28:32,560 --> 02:28:35,280
continue to request it and people really

3423
02:28:35,280 --> 02:28:38,240
want that light. So anyways, good job to

3424
02:28:38,240 --> 02:28:40,319
all. Thank you very much for all you do.

3425
02:28:40,319 --> 02:28:42,513
Have a good day. Right, Jasmine.

3426
02:28:42,513 --> 02:28:50,630
[clears throat]

3427
02:28:50,640 --> 02:28:54,960
» Okay, I'll come back to you, Liz Loatch.

3428
02:28:54,960 --> 02:28:58,080
>> Hi. Um, great meeting tonight. Uh, very

3429
02:28:58,080 --> 02:29:01,520
productive. I'm I was always 5050 on

3430
02:29:01,520 --> 02:29:03,920
keeping the light, but I don't have a

3431
02:29:03,920 --> 02:29:05,760
problem with keeping it, but I think um

3432
02:29:05,760 --> 02:29:08,080
definitely somebody

3433
02:29:08,080 --> 02:29:10,720
should evaluate um how well it's

3434
02:29:10,720 --> 02:29:12,720
functioning just because of what I've

3435
02:29:12,720 --> 02:29:13,920
heard, all the complaints I've heard

3436
02:29:13,920 --> 02:29:16,080
online about it. But other than that,

3437
02:29:16,080 --> 02:29:18,399
I'm good. Good job, guys.

3438
02:29:18,399 --> 02:29:21,200
>> All right, [snorts] Ben Harp.

3439
02:29:21,200 --> 02:29:23,120
>> Yeah, I'm all set. Thank you.

3440
02:29:23,120 --> 02:29:26,160
>> Right, Wayne Cass. Wayne, how do I say

3441
02:29:26,160 --> 02:29:28,560
your last name accurately?

3442
02:29:28,560 --> 02:29:29,760
>> Versace.

3443
02:29:29,760 --> 02:29:32,479
I got it next time.

3444
02:29:32,479 --> 02:29:37,600
>> Unlike my cousin Corey

3445
02:29:37,600 --> 02:29:40,800
>> or former cousin um anyway on the light

3446
02:29:40,800 --> 02:29:46,399
at uh Hendy and and uh Route 6, I I I

3447
02:29:46,399 --> 02:29:53,520
would wholeheartedly uh support keeping the light. Uh, being

3448
02:29:53,520 --> 02:29:55,280
a resident of Bear Swamp and now having

3449
02:29:55,280 --> 02:29:58,319
go down Hendy Hendy, I I really do like

3450
02:29:58,319 --> 02:30:00,319
the light.

3451
02:30:00,319 --> 02:30:02,399
Okay.

3452
02:30:02,399 --> 02:30:05,040
Uh, Eric Johansson, if you're still

3453
02:30:05,040 --> 02:30:08,160
available, if you want to say anything.

3454
02:30:08,160 --> 02:30:09,760
>> I just like to thank the board for

3455
02:30:09,760 --> 02:30:12,399
having me on and if anybody has any

3456
02:30:12,399 --> 02:30:14,000
questions, please feel free to contact

3457
02:30:14,000 --> 02:30:15,600
me. Thank you. Right,

3458
02:30:15,600 --> 02:30:19,910
>> Joanne Heert.

3459
02:30:19,920 --> 02:30:21,920
Yeah, just two quick comments. As

3460
02:30:21,920 --> 02:30:23,840
someone that has to use the Hendy Road

3461
02:30:23,840 --> 02:30:28,080
light too, I'd probably be in the

3462
02:30:28,080 --> 02:30:32,560
negative of keeping it only because it's

3463
02:30:32,560 --> 02:30:34,479
so scary when you are sitting on the

3464
02:30:34,479 --> 02:30:36,800
Route 6 coming from the Manchester

3465
02:30:36,800 --> 02:30:39,760
location and you're backed up. And as

3466
02:30:39,760 --> 02:30:41,840
someone who has been rearended at a

3467
02:30:41,840 --> 02:30:44,640
stoplight before and suffered from it,

3468
02:30:44,640 --> 02:30:46,800
when I see those cars whizzing by, it's

3469
02:30:46,800 --> 02:30:49,920
just a very scary place to park to to be

3470
02:30:49,920 --> 02:30:52,160
sitting. Um I've got that in the back of

3471
02:30:52,160 --> 02:30:54,000
my head. Are they paying attention? Do

3472
02:30:54,000 --> 02:30:55,600
they see us because we're lining up?

3473
02:30:55,600 --> 02:30:57,840
Lights are going. I'm

3474
02:30:57,840 --> 02:30:59,280
like, what is going on? There's been

3475
02:30:59,280 --> 02:31:00,800
like four cycles. So, thank you,

3476
02:31:00,800 --> 02:31:03,040
Christine, for bringing that up so that

3477
02:31:03,040 --> 02:31:04,640
I can understand it because I don't want

3478
02:31:04,640 --> 02:31:06,240
to break the law, but I don't want to

3479
02:31:06,240 --> 02:31:08,560
get rearended. Um, so there's that

3480
02:31:08,560 --> 02:31:11,359
problem. Um, the other thing is thank

3481
02:31:11,359 --> 02:31:14,240
you for the long hill update. Although

3482
02:31:14,240 --> 02:31:16,720
I'm sad to hear about it, I appreciate

3483
02:31:16,720 --> 02:31:20,800
the honesty. Um, again, as someone that

3484
02:31:20,800 --> 02:31:24,720
is very active, it adds and time is the

3485
02:31:24,720 --> 02:31:27,760
essence in my day. It's 20 minutes added

3486
02:31:27,760 --> 02:31:29,920
to each trip that I take in and out of

3487
02:31:29,920 --> 02:31:32,240
my house, you know, from where I go if

3488
02:31:32,240 --> 02:31:34,240
I'm traveling the whole way around. and

3489
02:31:34,240 --> 02:31:36,319
then if I have to backtrack like you

3490
02:31:36,319 --> 02:31:39,200
said the two miles that I'm making up,

3491
02:31:39,200 --> 02:31:41,760
you know, once I get on Route 6. So that

3492
02:31:41,760 --> 02:31:43,359
coupled with all the gas and all of

3493
02:31:43,359 --> 02:31:45,200
that, listen, I'm not going to complain

3494
02:31:45,200 --> 02:31:47,439
about that. There's a lot worse things

3495
02:31:47,439 --> 02:31:49,359
going on in the world than me suffering

3496
02:31:49,359 --> 02:31:51,520
a little bit with time management, but

3497
02:31:51,520 --> 02:31:53,439
hoping that we can get that done and

3498
02:31:53,439 --> 02:31:55,359
completed, you know, by December as

3499
02:31:55,359 --> 02:31:58,399
you've all said. So, thank you for that.

3500
02:31:58,399 --> 02:32:06,710
Any test graphs?

3501
02:32:06,720 --> 02:32:09,359
Dennis O'Brien.

3502
02:32:09,359 --> 02:32:11,120
>> Yes. I just want to thank the board of

3503
02:32:11,120 --> 02:32:14,720
selectmen for voting to uh continue me

3504
02:32:14,720 --> 02:32:16,399
as the town attorney under a new

3505
02:32:16,399 --> 02:32:19,760
contract which uh it's uh actually it's

3506
02:32:19,760 --> 02:32:21,760
for $12,500

3507
02:32:21,760 --> 02:32:24,640
a year. I love working for the town.

3508
02:32:24,640 --> 02:32:27,600
I've been with the town for oh 23 years

3509
02:32:27,600 --> 02:32:30,319
or so and the people here are wonderful.

3510
02:32:30,319 --> 02:32:32,560
The public officials are great and the

3511
02:32:32,560 --> 02:32:35,120
board of selectman is doing a fine job

3512
02:32:35,120 --> 02:32:37,760
and I was really pleased by the uh as

3513
02:32:37,760 --> 02:32:40,399
Diane Grener was by the uh the meeting

3514
02:32:40,399 --> 02:32:42,080
and all the good information that came

3515
02:32:42,080 --> 02:32:44,960
forward. Thank you.

3516
02:32:44,960 --> 02:32:48,960
>> Okay. Uh test I know she's probably not

3517
02:32:48,960 --> 02:32:51,359
still listening but

3518
02:32:51,359 --> 02:32:56,160
okay. Um item 17 um I'll make a motion

3519
02:32:56,160 --> 02:32:58,560
to adjurnn.

3520
02:32:58,560 --> 02:32:59,439
and

3521
02:32:59,439 --> 02:33:03,200
>> and second. Um, Ann, how do you vote?

3522
02:33:03,200 --> 02:33:04,240
>> I,

3523
02:33:04,240 --> 02:33:06,560
>> Dave Gustadian, how do you vote? I,

3524
02:33:06,560 --> 02:33:08,960
>> Christina Rendazo. Oh, I went out of

3525
02:33:08,960 --> 02:33:11,680
order. I'm sorry. Scott Pers,

3526
02:33:11,680 --> 02:33:13,680
I Jeff Magcguire, I 5 nothing.

3527
02:33:13,680 --> 02:33:14,880
Everybody, thank you very much. I

3528
02:33:14,880 --> 02:33:16,560
appreciate it. And, uh, we'll see you

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02:33:16,560 --> 02:33:19,600
guys later.