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All right. So, with that, let's start
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Uh, we'll do roll call.
Uh, Tim Rhodess,

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do you first?

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» I can see your list. Move him, but I
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» Can't hear it.
>> And you were you unmuted yourself, it

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says.
>> Yep. Can you hear?

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» Gotcha.
>> There I go. [laughter] I have to turn on

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the microphone.
>> Oh, you know, technicality.

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[laughter]
>> All right. Uh Paul Varga

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» here,
>> Pam Summers

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» here,
>> Keith Lipker

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>> Um myself, Kale Plaggy. Um and then Judy

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Austin is not here. And for alternates,
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» here
>> and Bill Becker.

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» Bill
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» Okay.
Uh so since everyone's here, we're not

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going to see any alternates. Uh we'll
start with communications. So um well as

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everybody knows now we now have more
controls over Zoom so we can monitor

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that because of last week we had a
little incident. So um we're going to do

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that for moving forward. Um
also I distributed an email that we

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received from a town's person about the
fire department. I'm sure you've all

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read it about how there was some
misinterpreted language about the budget

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and how those funds for the chief
position were going to be used. Um, I

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looked it up and so it seems like since
obviously the budget is already passed,

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the funds are done that it's now a board
of selectman issue and so they obviously

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have been notified and um it's in their
hands now. So if we want to have a

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discussion on it, um, the only thing
that I would say is we can have a

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discussion on how this is going to be an
impact for this coming year.

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Um and then um we can just go from
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Uh and then the next thing would just be
approve the minutes.

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So we have the regular meeting minutes
from last week,

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August 13th or last two weeks last
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Uh, do you need me to bring it up on the
screen or can we get um a motion?

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» I'll make the motion to accept the
minutes from August 13th.

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» Second.
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All in favor?
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» I just abstain.
>> Any extensions? [laughter]

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» I
so Tim Paul abstain.

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Okay. So then um
did you guys vote because you or I guess

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they're not seated so they can't vote.
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» Okay, we're three. Okay, so we're good.
It passes.

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» Mhm.
>> Okay. So then next is just public

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comment
which I don't see anybody. Okay. So then

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after that will be the update on the
annual report. So there are 10

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departments left outstanding for the
report. Um that includes the board of

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finance. So I was wondering if I could
possibly get a volunteer of somebody who

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could write that up
for me. Um so it's for the 2425 annual

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report. So, it's just um I mean you
could look at last I guess the only year

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that's on there. Yeah. To to bring it
up. It's just accomplishments uh

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descriptions of what happened throughout
the year, that kind of thing. Um if

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someone would be willing, I think most
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minutes from that year that are online
as well. Um

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» a good sources right up in the Ashford
citizen about the budget even though

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that's
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» because again some historic background
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budget and then if there was anything so
back then it was what the school roof

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maybe that um
wasn't it like a new school bus or

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something too. I was gonna say I mean if
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too you an idea what people it really is
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» really it's a yeah summation the
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» I had all I could really get get yours
the other one to you so I'm not

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voluntary [laughter]
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still working on the next one
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it I mean you know I'm still gonna be
working on it compiling but um you know

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if someone but it's just throwing it out
there if they want anybody wanted to try

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and do it, have at it. Um,
but yeah, besides that, the only other

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thing would just be um this coming
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try and get the 25 26, so this last
year's, I'll try and get those in as

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well to kind of do the same catch up for
the annual reports.

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Um, so then the next new business would
just be to discuss the auditor's

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questions here. I just realized I
probably should sign up and share it.

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so I wasn't sure if everybody took a
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to look at them.
>> Oh, we're question.

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» Yes.
>> Yes, there's something. Uh

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» that's me.

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» Is there something behind this or is you
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is there some rumor going around that
[laughter] there's something going on or

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or what?
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» No. So I was going to say like prior to
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» you've never seen them.
>> The board itself has never seen

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generally handled by the chair and
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» Well, I'm not complaining. I'm just
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Keith's reaction was like, "What's going
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» No, these are standard questions that
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» Exactly.
>> But other chairs,

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» you put them on the internet.
>> I emailed them to you.

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» I missed it. So, what date do you know?
>> Uh, the 11th.

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» Oh, I'm sorry. The 18th.
>> 18th of August. explain that.

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» Um, so yeah, every year the auditor send
or yeah, every year the auditor sends a

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list of questions. Some of them change
based on what's happened. Like there may

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be a question um
that if there was a a finding that

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required mediation or whatever or
response that that question may have in

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there, but we didn't have any. So these
are just standard questions.

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It used to be they were discussed with
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normally sort of preuncterary accounting
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» right?
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did find the email from last year that
Christina provided, right? And they're,

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you know, obviously they're like no
across the boards, but I thought it

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would be good, not like necessarily
exposure, but at least to have everybody

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agree on it first just so that way cuz I
don't want it well technically too. I

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don't want it to all just be on me if I
respond no when it's a yes. You know

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what I mean? Like if we know that
there's a subsequent event.

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» Um, so I figure collectively we can talk
about it. And then also too with some of

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these we might have to wait you know for
after Sherry presents all the year end

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adjustments maybe you know because they
could have come up with a subsequent

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event or something
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» I guess if you will financial there's no
dollar questions in here you know like

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are you aware of an actual or suspected
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affecting this entity
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» You know, it's also too like when
there's a change in personnel, anybody

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that has any
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finances, is there's a exit audit or
something like that.

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» So, there is a checks and balance there.
>> You know, do you communicate

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for a board or commission? You
communicate with employees and others

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within the entity their views on
business practices and ethical behavior.

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» The only time we can technically talk
amongst ourselves is in this meeting.

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Yeah. Right. So
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» And these are like standard review
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» Exactly.
>> So the number number 11 though strikes

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me as funny.
>> Let's let's go in order. All right.

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[laughter]
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so I guess I'll just do aware of any
fraud. No. Um, are you aware of any

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allegations of fraud? No.
Um, do you identify and assess the risk

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that the financial statements may be
materially misstated due to fraud? No.

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Wait. Do you identify and assess the
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I guess no
reason?

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You identify and assess the risk
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individual statements in the disclosures
may be materially misstated due to

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fraud. And how and how often do you make
that identification and assessment?

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» So we do review the statements, right?

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» Now that's a generalized question. So
that like if the treasur does standard,

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you know, purchase order, receiver
match, you know, stuff like that, you

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know, if they do that kind of thing,
that answers that they're normally doing

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the right thing.
>> Yeah. But this is for this board.

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» The questions directed to generally if I
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» Are the questions directed to us, Kayla?
>> Yes.

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» Yeah. The board.
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see everything. Well, I I know like for
example the board of select then when

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their invoices come through that they
look at them and they initial them. So

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that's you know they all look you know
so if somebody's

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finagling something you know chances are
they're going to get you know

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» and some of these basically do not apply
to be honest with you.

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» Trying to find what she said last year
>> doesn't matter

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» this one. No, I mean it doesn't
necessarily matter, but just in case,

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you know, try and see what was written
last year.

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» Okay, so it was a no. So, um,
do you have a process for identifying

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and responding to the risk of fraud and
determining which count balances,

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classes, or transactions are susceptible
to those risks? So, I'm assuming yes,

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» you communicate That's an interesting
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what you call classification error and
sometimes that's deliberate. Someone

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will classify an expense to a wrong
account code to cover up a budget

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anomalies.
So you hope that's not happening.

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» Well, we wouldn't know.
>> That'd be upstairs.

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» You would know if you looked at
invoices, right?

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» We don't. We don't.
>> Yeah. Do you communicate with employees

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and others within the entity your views
on business practices and ethical

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behavior? Yes.
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» Has the entity entered into any
significant unusual transactions?

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» No.
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» Are you aware of any inappropriate or
unusual activities related to processing

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of journal entries?
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Have you received any tips or complaints
regarding the entity's financial

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reporting process used to prepare the
entity's financial statements?

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No.
Okay. Do you report to those charged

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with governance and other appropriate
personnel on how the entity system of

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internal control serve to prevent,
deter, detect material misstatements due

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to fraud?

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I mean should be yes

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» do we
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» you could put answer
>> I guess we report to the selectman

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» no we don't or
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or other appropriate personnel on how
the entity system internal

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» we're a senior board in town we don't
report to anybody except the

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actually true.

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» It's just a statement. So either way,
it's a yes. Okay. Are you aware of any

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transactions entered into with related
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Are you aware of any cyber security
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» Yes. either intentional events or
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parties affecting the entity.
>> Yep.

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» Yeah.
>> Pumpkin head [laughter] pumpkin head.

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» Glad I missed it.
>> I don't even know where I was last.

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» And we have taken the appropriate stuff.
>> That's it. [laughter]

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» Yeah, exactly. Are you aware of any such
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I feel like though that's more of
hacking. It's not like hacking the

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meetings. It's more hacking and then
getting money.

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» But but that still is considered cyber
security because you could get

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information
back

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and stuff.
>> Yeah.

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» Let's see if we can come back with that.
It guy might not like it. Are you aware

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of
>> Well, I mean, if the answer, if they

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come back with a followup, is we took
steps to mitigate it, right?

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» Yeah.
>> I think we we we took appropriate

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actions as soon as we knew that.
>> Yeah. It wasn't financials. It was just

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the meetings. Maybe I'll put that I'll
just say yes. Uh

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» that's right. I don't even know what
they call

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» meeting. Zoom meeting.
>> Sex bomb. [laughter]

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» I'm not going to put that.
wouldn't be the only town. Trust me,

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» we'll stop asking questions.
[laughter]

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» Hopefully, they still have the unedited
version of the meeting. Just kidding.

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Are you aware of laws or regulations
that may be expected to have a

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fundamental effect on the operations of
the entity?

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» Not at this time.

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Are you aware of any non-compliance with
laws and regulations?

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No. Okay. Are you aware of any events
subsequent of June 30th that may be

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disclosed?
I'm going to go with no.

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Are these is this document going to be
the caption minutes?

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Sure. I don't see why not. I mean, I'm
happy to take out and

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» No, I just have right here. I can just
send it to you.

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» Figure out what

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All right.
Painless. So that's all I had um for

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this meeting. So agenda items for the
next meeting. Let's just see

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what we got. So, it should be September

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September 10th is the next meeting.
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I will say that
I'll probably follow up with Sherry to

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see when we'll have the year-end
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can start that process. Um, so I'm not
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meeting or not. Um, but besides that, I
think the only thing really outstanding

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and anybody can add anything
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just kind of me compiling everything and
just getting it together. So

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» I ask besides the board of finance,
what's the other what are the other

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departments? Do you know?
>> Oh, that have to be good or missing.

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we're missing board of selectman, zoning
board, transportation,

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economic development,
uh, municipal agent for the elderly,

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senior center, housing authority,
planning and zoning, and fire marshall.

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Municipal for the elderly, elderly,
senior center, housing authority.

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» Those are some planning and zoning
>> going to be in the minutes.

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» Pretty big.
>> That's the zoning board of appeals. Is

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it?
>> Yes.

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» Can I make sure I have everything?
>> Planning. Oh, wait. Was it planning and

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zoning or zoning?
>> Planning and planning and zoning and the

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zoning board of appeals.
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» Planning and zoning transfer
>> last November. I did

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» development.
>> Are you on?

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» I'm not on it.
>> Okay. I'm I am going to see um I got the

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contact information from Sher who she
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just been following up so I don't know
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» Yeah. One of the problems is and keep
this to and Kayla contacted me about the

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2425 because
>> people change but really the previous

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person should be responsible. Even the
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was still in charge until July 1. So
like there is a transition period and

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not everybody just walks away. Some
people do.

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» Yeah.
But uh and also the new person should be

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able to go back and look and say, "Hey,
what do we do?" Right? Any any

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department worth its weight would have a
list of what they had, what they were

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working on anyway. And if you go back to
the previous year's thing, it lists like

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your goals. They're supposed to be
listed there.

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» So, do we meet those goals? I mean, it's
pretty simple.

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» So, here's the thing, too, is for the
zoning board of appeals. They forget

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who's in Yeah. the fair now reach out to
me. But the zoning board of appeals is

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probably one of the least in least
active boards in town.

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» Don't only meet like once a year or
something.

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» Well, that's because we don't have any
new business.

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» They got new business after I left. They
get that where they had to

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CEO's zone enforcement guys decision was
appealed which is very rare,

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» right? But um all the results.
>> Okay.

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» But um yeah, I could you know because
what I did is just go back through and

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we had you know I don't even know if we
had but maybe one or two meetings that

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year and that's that's it. And then we
there's the whole thing about online

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training because as far as I know the
state still requires that anybody's

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dealing with land use uh complete so
many hours of you know the continuing ed

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which is online.
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» yeah, cuz I think what's going to happen
is if I don't get them, I'm just going

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to have to write
>> and I don't really want to do that or do

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a description. We'll just do the
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» Kayla, actually, it's easy. You don't
have to do anything.

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» Then what am I doing now?
>> If they don't submit it and you come to

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a deadline, the report
>> I don't know the deadline. That's the

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thing. Nobody said anything.
>> That's part of the problem is that we've

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tried multiple ways to get back in. The
report is required by but it

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» but the the the other stuff isn't
required. The department reports are not

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required. It's all the financial
>> financial report.

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» Yeah. So, so you if if someone doesn't
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» List report not
>> honestly that's a good way to put

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pressure on that.
>> No kidding.

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» board right or that entity because if
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time come time for budget season and
somebody asks a question you can say

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well I don't know because for the last
three years they haven't submitted

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anything for their annual report. So
what are we doing? Why do you all of a

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sudden need to come to the board of
finance and ask for money when you

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couldn't spend the time to write down
>> so what happened

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» like
>> you know and again guilty I I delayed I

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actually had it on my calendar and then
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» by the wayside with other things but it
didn't take that long to actually dig

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through it and get it done.
>> Well that's why too I want to be more

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current because of the turnovers and
stuff. You know what I mean? Because if

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you know
>> allows you to catch up.

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» Yeah. They don't you get that report
done with then you

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this one should be done by the end of
the year.

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» Yeah. Exactly. Theoretically,
>> there were we at one time

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the treasurer's office had asked for the
annual report to be submitted with the

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budget and that forced you to do the
annual report with the budget because if

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you submitted it without the annual
report then she would kick it back and

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say where's your annual report?
But then we went away from that because

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» because you know there was a lot of
stuff going on and the budgets are hard

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and yeah well every budgets are hard but
>> how hard is it? It's a good time for the

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entity to do the their annual report too
because now you should be looking at

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that. Hey did we meet our financial
goals from last year?

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» Exactly.
>> Right. [clears throat] Or do we need to

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adjust this plan? That's just my
opinion.

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» No it makes sense. So maybe we can try
and realign it. Um

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» yeah,

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» but yeah. So, um the other thing too
would be the dedication. I don't know

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how we're going to how I'm going to do
that. Um cuz last last um meeting we

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were thinking of Linda Gagney cuz she
was the tax collector then but I don't I

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mean I don't personally know her or
anything so I don't know how I would

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write a dedication um
honor but uh if we do that

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» there's enough people at town that you
>> I'll have to interview people

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» or Katherine could help you do it
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» Yeah. Or I was gonna see about um
Sherry, the town the clerk Sherry. Maybe

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she could help.
>> Uh Chuck Funk would be a good person.

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» He was board of finance chair for a
while. So he would know her.

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» Okay.
>> She was tax collector when I was chair.

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» He was tax collector for a long time.
>> Okay. Um so yeah. So the only thing I

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had that's the only thing for next
meeting. Um so we may or may not have

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next meeting just if there's no updates.
Uh and then I'll follow up with Sherry

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to see when we can expect that. And then
if anybody else has anything to we want

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to discuss. Um
>> just let me know too.

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» Somebody asked me in town to draw up
like a flowchart of the administrative

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process.
of, you know, all the boards and

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commissions, departments, board of
finance, how that whole thing. So, I

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think I'll try to get that done. I got
very frustrated using the paint

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software.
>> God, [laughter]

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you know, I'm used to You ever use Mac
Flow? Ever hear that?

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» No.
>> That's a real nice flowcharting

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software.
>> Oh, yeah. Don't use that too much.

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» There's not something somewhere. use
Excel and just outline the boxes as you

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go.
>> But there's not

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» Yeah, because you could do arrows and
stuff like that with

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» there's none of them out there already
printed.

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» There's got to be something somewhere.
No, no, thank you. That's that's an

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excellent tip. [laughter]
>> You could just get a chalkboard.

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» Yeah, really take a picture of it.
[laughter]

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» I actually thought of that. Seriously,
just draw it. Take a picture. [laughter]

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» It's very convoluted sometimes. There's
not wrong about that part.

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» Yeah.
[laughter]

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» It's like a stairc
um remarks for the good of the board.

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Thanks for everybody's help. If anybody
wants to volunteer for the board of

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finance section, let me know to write
that up. Um and we

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are done. Should I make a motion to
adjurnn?

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» If you'd like to.
>> I would love to.

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» Second.
>> Paul. All in favor?

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» I mean close. 7:30. Thanks, Tim.
>> Yeah, I want to make sure that I have

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those outstanding.

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Yeah, cat does not
>> she say she wasn't vering