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uh pursuant to governor baker it's march

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12th

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order suspending certain provisions of

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the open meeting law and the governor's

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march 15th order

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imposing strict limitations on the

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number of people that may gather in one

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place

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due to the outbreak of coven 19 this

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meeting of the town of berlin select

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board will be conducted via

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remote participation every effort will

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be made to ensure that the public can

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adequately access the proceedings as

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soon as possible

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the town of berlin will use best efforts

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to post an audio or video recording

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transcript or other comprehensive record

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of proceedings as soon as possible after

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the meeting on

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town of the town's web page the town's

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channel and approved minutes will be

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posted to mytowngovernment.org

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for this meeting members of the public

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who wish to attend the virtual meeting

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may attend via the zoom webinar platform

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with either both audio and video or by

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telephone audio only

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and we will call the meeting to order at

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703. excuse me

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chris um sutarian's in the audience and

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she has her hand up okay

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would you wanna or maybe

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sue she's just dude you did

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okay last week i had the character

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mirror

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now mayor always see mary's fingers

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all right sue your mics on so you can talk if you

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okay i'm gonna um

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okay i'm just going to lower her hand

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sorry about that

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i'll watch for the hand again okey-doke

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um we have approval of the february 8th

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meeting minutes uh comments questions

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so look for a second

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then i guess we'll take a vote keith i

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stone eye clock enzyme that's unanimous

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uh margaret do we have any

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correspondence

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uh no new correspondence

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um or i should say there is a little bit

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of uh correspondence there have been

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some concerns raised about excise

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bills um and the timing of them and the

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receipt of the excise bills

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um i have asked um i have asked dennis

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to write a letter

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to the residents that have submitted complaints or concerns to

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him

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so i'm in the process of reviewing that

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letter and i will ask him

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to send that and then on the

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poll locations from last week

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i did outline the board's conditions and

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attach those

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to the poll location orders so those

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will go to

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the utilities and that's okay what authority does the select board

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have if any over

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uh late fees for

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taxes i i believe we have none correct

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that's that is correct

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yes there is and then

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uh i i'm hoping this is true

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but i thought when we combined the

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positions together uh we also got rid of

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the uh uh

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the tax collector be able to keep some

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of the overdue fees

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because in some ways it used to be that

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if they worked the collector used to be

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able to

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right right no retention of fees anymore

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it's all general fund revenue

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yep yep i just i feel bad that

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the post office has been horrible this

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and and as an agency that i work for

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that does you know we regularly mail out

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checks

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uh we're repeats for a lot of clients we

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mail out their checks every friday we

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have for decades

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and some of them are that they used to

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almost always arrive on saturday and

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some on monday and sometimes some of

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them take

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three weeks and they're going from you

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know one side of lexington to another or

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actually one side of lynn to another

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um and so uh hopefully something can be

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in a year where mail has just been

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horrible

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we could do everything right and someone

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still could not get it their bill in

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yeah yeah that was that was i had the

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same question of dennis i didn't

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know if with with covid and everything

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going on if maybe the state had issued

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um of waiver uh you know one-time waiver

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but but no they have not so so even dennis is

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limited in what he can do

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oh yes oh yeah he's he's absolutely

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um he's restricted by the dor

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regulations

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right all these rules to make sure we

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don't play favoritism means when

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something extraordinary like this

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kind of sucks okay am i allowed to say

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that in our recording

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you did sure we'll get britney to scrub it there you

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all right then uh we'll ask the public do they have any

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public comment

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no questions um

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and we're waiting for uh

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chief clark the chief clark he must have

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training tonight

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i noticed um in his department update

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that there was only the report from the

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fire marshal that wasn't one from chief

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yeah i don't um i don't know

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the story on that though let me uh

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text him see if he's coming

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because it's a tuesday i guess the big

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question for me and i don't know if it's

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something that june can answer is where

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are we in terms of all the collectibles

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and receivables and

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outstanding and what's the next big

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chunk

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that we're gonna be asked to you know

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pass over

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well um we did get an email uh this week from uh

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coastal um asking for authorization to

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send

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some uncollect well uncollectibles as of

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over to the collections agency um so i

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am trying to set up i i've asked the

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oh she's gonna raise her here she's

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raising her hand she could speak to that

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um would you like me to promote her

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sure looks like she is promoted oh she's

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promoted okay thank you thank you mary

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june oh here she comes

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i sense a theme for the evening

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working on it we're getting further

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um i believe we just received our first

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from the outstanding stuff that we had

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turned over to first financial which is

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um i think sharon just received the

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check yesterday

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so um we're still working on there as

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a new chunk to come over to you we have

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um i did just get an updated list on the

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outstanding receivables that are

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in collections um i did not get a chance

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to open it today

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crystal

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on the new billing um the older stuff

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to we're gonna sit down as a team and

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figure out which stuff we're gonna send

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over to collections

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um and then there's a couple that we may

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choose to abate but we're not sure yet

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because we haven't talked about it yet

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so we stand

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but it has not been forgotten we are

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still actively working on

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it i know you are i appreciate that

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asked for a meeting this morning i sent

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an email and i honestly can't even

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remember what days i asked for the

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meeting for i know it was pretty soon

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i think jamie came back with thursday

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was good but okay all right so yeah we will catch up

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thank you julian thanks joan

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all right well

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do you want to give your ta report while

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for chief clark if he's coming sure um

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okay we'll start with the good news so

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berlin's percent positivity a dramatic

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decrease

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uh from 7.9 percent to 4.46 percent

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in the past two weeks so berlin is now

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green in the green category

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uh with lower um incidences uh but

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uh clinton hudson and marlborough are

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still in the reds so

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you know three of our our bordering

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towns are still in the red boylston's

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and uh bolton is in green along with us

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so we just have to keep

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uh remain vigilant so you know

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as with all my reports it seems things

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change change things change on a daily

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basis so

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um as of friday um the state has changed

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its calls

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expanded its call center hours uh from

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whatever they were before now to monday

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to thursday from 8 30 a.m to 8 p.m

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and friday saturday and sunday from 8 30

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um so residents 75 or older can call the

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toll-free number at 211

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or 877 2116

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to schedule a vaccination appointment

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individuals who accompany

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seniors 75 or older can also schedule

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their appointments for a vaccine for the

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same day and time

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at certain vaccination clinics so

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or other clinics that specifically allow

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individuals accompanying seniors to get

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to make their appointments and schedule

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their vaccines

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it's not happening at every clinic

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because there isn't vaccine availability

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to do that um the

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i don't know if any of you have

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attempted to call the toll-free number

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2-1-1 i decided to just try it this

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weekend just for the heck of it

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talk about having to push buttons to

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connect

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to certain things and

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i i didn't have the patience for it so i

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can understand the frustration

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uh with people trying to call so people

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are still encouraged

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to call our council on aging uh at

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978-838-2750 for assistance with

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appointments

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uh because it is just no fun is no fun

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using that

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um that call number and it's not fun

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using the uh

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the online appointment form either

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now there's also a new independent

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um a web developer who happens to be out

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on maternity leave

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and saw the struggles that massachusetts

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all their covid uh vaccination

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so she decided to take it on herself and

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develop a website that's much more

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streamlined

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than the state's vaccination web pages

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and i'm not promoting this in any way

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but i think it's worth checking out

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it's macovidvaccines.com

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it's a very streamlined web page that

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lists all the current vaccination sites

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eligibility requirements appointment

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requirements and things

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um and it's really it's much much easier

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to navigate than than some of the

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state's

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web pages despite the state's best

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efforts

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um i'm gonna jump all the way to

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uh don't jump yet margaret um so don't

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jump yet i just want to

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uh you know as i troll berlin neighbors

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connect there have just been

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tons of kudos to victoria that i wanted

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to get out there

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and thank her publicly for helping

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people get vaccinated whether

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they're at devon's or whether you know

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she puts them in the bus and they go

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somewhere but

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you know honestly she has just received

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accolade after accolade

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uh i know i've forked out her uh her

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phone number

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and her email address and people are

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just thrilled

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so uh you know please pass along from

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the

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i'm going to speak for the town please

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pass along from the seniors in the town

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that she's just doing a bang-up job

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absolutely absolutely i know she'll be

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happy to hear that it's just been so

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much work um now um as of the end of

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last week um

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we um you know we kind of

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decided that we're going to start trying

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to work on transportation protocols and

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figure out

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how we're going to get seniors who can't

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make it themselves

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uh to their vaccination appointment so

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that's our next that's our next

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um challenge is to try to work out the

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transportation logistics i think you

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have to go through the websites but i

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don't know that like with pharmacies now

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being able to do some vaccinations i

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know the cvs

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there's a cvs in hudson that now to get

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vaccinations as well

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so you can get them but the the limit is

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that 2-1-1

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only gives you appointments that ma

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massive as opposed to massachusetts mass

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vaccination sites and so you have to use

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the state website to get appointments at

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those sites

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um yeah yeah it's a maze you know trying to trying to

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navigate that is uh has been in is interesting and to

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the two people in town that have stepped

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up to uh volunteer to give shots margaret i

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know that you were in touch with one and

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chief was in touch with the other one

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so yeah yeah you know neighbors helping

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neighbors so that's that's kind of cool

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to see as well yeah and chief said that he's actually

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tracking um

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he's actually tracking the uh the names

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as people volunteer because um as i

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mentioned i

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i've attached to my ta report the letter

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that the legislators sent to the

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governor

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about advocating for a regional mass

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vaccination site in the neshoba valley or north central

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massachusetts

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and the town administrator the neshoba

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valley town administrator's draft letter

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to the governor

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um and uh what what we'd like to do

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is once we get a centralized site up and

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running we would like to have

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offshoots into sub-regional vaccination

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clinics to make it more convenient

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for people we first have to get the

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vaccinations here and get

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this get the devin site up and running

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we actually even have a storage location

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vaccine vaccine cold storage location

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that is on the ready and they're willing

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to help us establish this location so

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all signs point to um

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the devin's site being feasible and then

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maybe being able to provide

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additional clinics from them well

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worcester state opened today

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yeah they opened today did they

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actually postpone them because of the

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ice

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they were supposed to open today i don't

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know i saw people on the news that that

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were from local and said that they got

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them so they went to

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worcester state today well that's okay

399
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that's that's good too that's another

400
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and natick is going to be opening soon

401
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too

402
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so yeah and i think wegman's in north

403
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bro as well they have it yes yeah oh hey look who's here comes chief

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clack there he is

405
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good evening everybody hey chief

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sorry if you're being cardi for your

407
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meeting here

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um i was do you want me to finish my

409
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report or do you want do you want to

410
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meet a finisher can you remember where

411
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you were i can remember

412
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yeah where else that's the

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door ending at covid okay chief clark

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you're on

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how's everybody tonight good i have to be honest i i i don't

416
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have a copy of my report here with me

417
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tonight so it's like uh i thought i had

418
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it in my backpack when i come home all

419
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my

420
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might but i don't so it's like uh

421
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wing it yeah we'll forgive you this time

422
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i i think that you did get the fire

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marshall's uh

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report uh mine was more centered around

425
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it was kind of quiet this month there

426
00:17:07,439 --> 00:17:08,799
was no activity on

427
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our ems funding and write-offs

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uh we're in getting to

429
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establish another meaning for that to

430
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identify some more things that we can do

431
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with that

432
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there's just been so much going on with

433
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the whole ems finance team that

434
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it's been hard to get everybody together

435
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at the same time so it's like uh

436
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that's working uh the vaccinations are

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going really well

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the majority of our personnel go for

439
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their second shot tomorrow

440
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up in uh boxer at the hotel uh

441
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the uh incident runs were down

442
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slightly last month from the month

443
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before

444
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they're like in the uh i think it was 69

445
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or 70 whatever it was and we've been

446
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running up

447
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around 80 so it's slightly different

448
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they had some weather

449
00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:58,880
related activity last night especially

450
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on the highway they did a

451
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two or three car crash and out there

452
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that was like uh a little challenging

453
00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:06,640
for a little bit but they got quick

454
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control of it and uh

455
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and took care of it it was northbound

456
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just prior to 62.

457
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uh it was a uh we had a really good

458
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meeting today

459
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interesting for me being the new person

460
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and not knowing a lot of history on the

461
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riverbridge agreement

462
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no uh on that that was uh

463
00:18:25,919 --> 00:18:27,840
really good to listen to the people and

464
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the institutional knowledge that sits

465
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on that on those zoom meetings here that

466
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what those people have it's actually

467
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impressive so it's like uh

468
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i learned something i keep my mouth shut

469
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that's a good one to just uh

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get it through and listen you know what

471
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i mean so it's like in learn

472
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so uh but it's been pretty quiet at the

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station

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nothing to sink our teeth into uh

475
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like but a lot of like little things

476
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just run around so it's like uh

477
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i think the fire protection system up in

478
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scott's neighborhood is back up online

479
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they've been out for a while doing

480
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testing which is a very good thing

481
00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,039
they had some cistern issues up there

482
00:19:05,039 --> 00:19:07,039
with the fire protection system and

483
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in the uh the engineer that works

484
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lives up there uh got it got his hands

485
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on it and got it fixed finally they had

486
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a lot of

487
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trial and error they had to to fix it

488
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was kind of a really tricky fix

489
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but they uh pulled together some

490
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expertise got that fixed and it was

491
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tested

492
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i believe it was friday by the fire

493
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marshall work with them people

494
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everything past flying colors so it's

495
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they're ready to rock and roll with that

496
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again and not have that big

497
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temporary water system sitting above

498
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ground up there so that worked out well

499
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a little bit longer than they expected

500
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but that's life sometimes all the plants

501
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don't come together right away

502
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but they have an underwater assist

503
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ground sister in there that feeds a fire

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pump that if they have a sprinkler

505
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activation it feeds the sprinkler system

506
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and some yard hydrants there and uh

507
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it was out of service for a while and

508
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then a temporary

509
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fix was put in that they thought they'd

510
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have it done

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before it got cold in october and it

512
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just got down last week so it's like

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they've been

514
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they had they've been like they were

515
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tasked

516
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mother nature kind of like tested them

517
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up there with the cold and they kept

518
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everything

519
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from freezing so they did really well so

520
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we were happy with that and they kept us

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in the loop good

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there was good communications back and

523
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forth and uh i'm just trying to think of what else

524
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we've been dealing with

525
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is like uh just a normal

526
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run-of-the-mill stuff we did have a it

527
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was more on the blue team side today but

528
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we had a little roof leak

529
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uh in the public safety building that

530
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came down

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and got to it early sharon noticed it

532
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earlier when she came in we

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uh removed the damaged ceiling tile got

534
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the water into a big bucket

535
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cleaned up the floor got the uh water

536
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back on it

537
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and then put a fan on it so it would dry

538
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and not be moldy in in

539
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uh in the office there so that was kind

540
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of like one of those

541
00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:57,840
it's that time of the year kind of

542
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surprises for the public safety building

543
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today

544
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but other than that uh chiefs away

545
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hopefully we took really good care of

546
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his of his facility there so it's like

547
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uh

548
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i'm sure he'll have some questions when

549
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he comes back so we had a bucket chief

550
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that's the important thing

551
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,559
gotta get a bucket we had to get a

552
00:21:16,559 --> 00:21:18,400
bigger one today so it was like a little

553
00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:19,280
bigger bucket

554
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so it was like uh but no dave's guys did

555
00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:23,520
a fantastic job on the roof

556
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to uh clear up some ice issues and uh

557
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and get the problem it stopped the

558
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problem

559
00:21:30,559 --> 00:21:32,320
didn't probably wasn't a fix but it

560
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stopped the problem today

561
00:21:33,919 --> 00:21:35,520
so it's like those guys are right on it

562
00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:36,880
threw a ladder up we're right up there

563
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on the roof

564
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digging away and pounding away on the

565
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ice so

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[Music]

567
00:21:42,159 --> 00:21:44,880
doing that and it's like uh watching and

568
00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:45,600
they were

569
00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,760
full speed ahead on that right from the

570
00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,280
arrival on scene so it's like uh

571
00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:53,120
other than that we're just kind of like

572
00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:54,480
i think we dodged a little bit of a

573
00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:56,720
bullet last night with the ice storm

574
00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:58,480
it wasn't what they expected with the

575
00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,480
power outages and we were really low in

576
00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:01,360
our community we had

577
00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:04,159
a few but not many at all we cut you

578
00:22:04,159 --> 00:22:04,480
know

579
00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:06,080
you got to take those when you can get

580
00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:07,679
them and it's like

581
00:22:07,679 --> 00:22:10,880
the national grid municipal room was

582
00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:11,520
open

583
00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:12,720
but we didn't have to we didn't have to

584
00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:14,159
do any communication with them which is

585
00:22:14,159 --> 00:22:15,919
really good that's a good sign

586
00:22:15,919 --> 00:22:17,840
so i think it was more they had more

587
00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:19,520
issues farther i guess it would be to

588
00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,679
the north

589
00:22:21,679 --> 00:22:24,159
to north or north east they had some

590
00:22:24,159 --> 00:22:25,440
more issues that they dealt with up

591
00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:26,720
there that were

592
00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,880
that drew a lot of resources but we were

593
00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:30,880
quiet in our little neighborhood so it's

594
00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:31,679
like uh

595
00:22:31,679 --> 00:22:32,960
nope things are plugging along

596
00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:34,960
everyone's doing really good we just had

597
00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:36,320
an additional firefighter

598
00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,360
graduate from uh the call firefighter

599
00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:40,240
graduate from

600
00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:42,400
and be certified as a firefighter one

601
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,720
two at the academy now he can get rid of

602
00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,880
his orange helmet and wear a yellow one

603
00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,679
like everybody else and uh he's he's

604
00:22:49,679 --> 00:22:52,080
ready for a fire so it's like uh

605
00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,960
and another good one and she had two

606
00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:56,720
last week we had a new

607
00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:00,159
uh uh jasmine she caught two fives in a

608
00:23:00,159 --> 00:23:01,919
week vehicle fires that she was on the

609
00:23:01,919 --> 00:23:02,799
nozzle and she's

610
00:23:02,799 --> 00:23:04,720
that was her first two tests with via on

611
00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:06,400
the highway

612
00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,640
flying colors did really well set up

613
00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:09,520
well

614
00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,080
they uh she learned her lessons well at

615
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:13,039
the academy

616
00:23:13,039 --> 00:23:15,440
so she's like uh i was talking about it

617
00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:16,880
she was still excited when i was talking

618
00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,000
to her a day later

619
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,640
so it was like she gets it so it's like

620
00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:22,159
ask the right questions

621
00:23:22,159 --> 00:23:24,960
so i was happy very very happy for her

622
00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:26,799
and it's like uh to see the smile and

623
00:23:26,799 --> 00:23:28,480
see like the enthusiasm come out when

624
00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:29,360
you

625
00:23:29,360 --> 00:23:31,120
like mostly when you talk about fires

626
00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:32,799
it's kind of in the blood that you

627
00:23:32,799 --> 00:23:33,840
when you do them you want to do them

628
00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,000
really good and she has that drive

629
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,559
and it's someone's property gets damaged

630
00:23:38,559 --> 00:23:40,080
but you need to control it and take care

631
00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:41,600
of it and it's like and the people enjoy

632
00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:42,960
doing that so

633
00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,320
it's like that's life so everything's

634
00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:47,919
going really good so uh

635
00:23:47,919 --> 00:23:51,760
that's great questions for me

636
00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:53,760
um the people who are getting their

637
00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:54,799
second vaccine

638
00:23:54,799 --> 00:23:57,120
you said thursday tomorrow wednesday

639
00:23:57,120 --> 00:23:58,640
tomorrow tomorrow wednesday

640
00:23:58,640 --> 00:23:59,919
how many of them are also working

641
00:23:59,919 --> 00:24:02,320
thursday i i've

642
00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:04,159
heard an experience that the second

643
00:24:04,159 --> 00:24:08,400
vaccine can uh wear you out more than the first

644
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:09,200
one did

645
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,880
yep that's kind of yeah good point scott

646
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,600
that's like uh we're working on that and

647
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:16,559
we'll just like

648
00:24:16,559 --> 00:24:18,640
roll the punches for first if any of

649
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,320
them are scheduled to be in

650
00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,080
thursday or friday you know what i mean

651
00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:23,919
if it if they have some ill effects on

652
00:24:23,919 --> 00:24:25,039
that but

653
00:24:25,039 --> 00:24:26,960
that's like a normal thing that the

654
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:28,080
coverage is

655
00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:30,880
24 7 365 and someone just steps up to

656
00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:32,640
take care of it when you're down

657
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,880
you know it's like it's that and it's

658
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,039
good to see that because uh

659
00:24:37,039 --> 00:24:40,159
that uh a spree decor is

660
00:24:40,159 --> 00:24:43,120
like it's growing in little short steps

661
00:24:43,120 --> 00:24:44,720
a lot of days but other days we take big

662
00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:46,480
steps and it's like

663
00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,720
i really enjoy that seeing that there

664
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:50,000
you know what i mean that culture

665
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,880
is starting to come in and and when

666
00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:54,320
you're down and you put out something

667
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:55,600
that can you help us

668
00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:57,360
someone always steps up like that so

669
00:24:57,360 --> 00:24:59,120
good that makes me happy and

670
00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:01,600
hopefully it's all positive reactions to

671
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,480
it scott but yep it is what it is you don't know it's

672
00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:05,679
a roll of the dice

673
00:25:05,679 --> 00:25:09,120
it is peg

674
00:25:09,120 --> 00:25:11,200
well that kind of rolls into one of my

675
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:12,720
questions is uh

676
00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,360
like overall how's the staff doing chief

677
00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:17,120
you know how are they feeling

678
00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:18,799
i know you guys going out on a lot of

679
00:25:18,799 --> 00:25:20,720
calls you see it on your

680
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:21,919
page you're out in the middle of the

681
00:25:21,919 --> 00:25:22,960
night you're out in the middle of the

682
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:24,720
afternoon i mean how are they doing how

683
00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:25,679
are they holding up

684
00:25:25,679 --> 00:25:29,039
uh morale wise really good uh

685
00:25:29,039 --> 00:25:32,000
but worked really hard to keep everyone

686
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,390
uh

687
00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:40,159
well you know what i mean and there's a mental health component to it also not

688
00:25:40,159 --> 00:25:44,240
just like a an injury like a cut or something

689
00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,080
like that the mental health issue

690
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,320
side of it is just as important as like

691
00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:49,760
keeping them healthy like and keeping

692
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,600
them safe from injuries

693
00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,240
probably actually as i get older i think

694
00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:55,760
it's more important than the other side

695
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,320
you know what i mean it's like uh they've been doing

696
00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,000
really good the support for each

697
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,360
all of each other is good uh

698
00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:06,400
if we we have been really blessed that

699
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,559
we haven't had to like really deal with

700
00:26:08,559 --> 00:26:10,720
any serious issues but we watch it all

701
00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:11,440
the time

702
00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:14,400
deputy and i talk about it a lot and

703
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:15,760
it's like uh

704
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:16,880
it's kind of like one of those things

705
00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,760
you just kind of keep yeah pulse

706
00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,080
on it keep your eyes on them when

707
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,520
they're around make sure no one's

708
00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:29,360
acting uh like out of sorts for themselves and and then if something

709
00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:30,640
comes up we just deal with it

710
00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,720
and get them the help that they would

711
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,720
need we haven't had that yet

712
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,520
but i think everyone's kind of like me

713
00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:38,799
we're seeing some light at the end of

714
00:26:38,799 --> 00:26:39,600
the tunnel

715
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,880
so it's like a very

716
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:46,240
positive dim light

717
00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,600
yeah and so they like if they i and i

718
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:50,000
try to

719
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:51,600
like i did i try to teach him your glass

720
00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:53,120
is always three-quarters full it's not

721
00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:55,120
like a quarter empty you know so just

722
00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:56,960
let's get keep get through this together

723
00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:58,159
as a team

724
00:26:58,159 --> 00:26:59,840
and keep chugging every day and it's

725
00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:01,279
like uh

726
00:27:01,279 --> 00:27:03,039
and it's like in the whole the whole i

727
00:27:03,039 --> 00:27:06,799
think the whole building even the tas people upstairs have been

728
00:27:06,799 --> 00:27:08,000
like that you know i mean everyone's

729
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:09,440
just chugging through it and

730
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:10,960
getting the day getting one day at a

731
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:15,039
time one minute at a time and it's like uh so it's been good to

732
00:27:15,039 --> 00:27:15,840
see that and

733
00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:17,760
if something comes up we try to work as

734
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:18,880
a team to deal with it

735
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,080
and it's like uh and that's important

736
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,559
for the whole building not just the public

737
00:27:24,559 --> 00:27:29,760
safety but up to margaret's second floor too

738
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,679
you have another question peg it did it

739
00:27:31,679 --> 00:27:33,279
kind of answered uh chief you kind of

740
00:27:33,279 --> 00:27:34,480
answered it because one of my other

741
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:35,600
questions was you know

742
00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,120
kind of taking advantage of some of the

743
00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:39,120
downtime what are you doing for

744
00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:40,640
training and keeping an eye on each

745
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:44,720
other but it sounds like you're already doing it without me even

746
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:46,080
asking so you know

747
00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:49,919
hats off to you you know and your staff

748
00:27:49,919 --> 00:27:51,679
yeah it's kind of a natural thing peg

749
00:27:51,679 --> 00:27:53,120
it's like uh

750
00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:55,200
yeah you're only as good as your weakest

751
00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:56,399
link and if your people

752
00:27:56,399 --> 00:27:58,399
aren't good then your organization's not

753
00:27:58,399 --> 00:27:59,840
good and you don't perform well on the

754
00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:00,559
street

755
00:28:00,559 --> 00:28:02,880
so it's got to kind of keep them up it's

756
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:03,679
like uh

757
00:28:03,679 --> 00:28:05,279
i think one of my highlights of my day

758
00:28:05,279 --> 00:28:06,880
is just simply

759
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:08,080
having lunch with them you know what i

760
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,159
mean and we chat and it's like uh

761
00:28:10,159 --> 00:28:11,600
the simple things you know what i mean

762
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,600
and it's like uh see how everyone's

763
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:14,559
family's doing

764
00:28:14,559 --> 00:28:21,279
and that kind of like gives you like almost like a look into their lives

765
00:28:21,279 --> 00:28:23,360
and if that's going good then

766
00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:24,880
they can be good at the station too you

767
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,720
know what i mean so it's like uh

768
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,279
so things look bright that way and we

769
00:28:29,279 --> 00:28:30,960
got some people back we haven't had back

770
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:32,320
in a while

771
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,960
and doing a really good thing and we got

772
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:35,760
some

773
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:37,760
people coming in on that in their last

774
00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:39,120
sections of their pre-employment

775
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:41,279
physicals that it's like uh

776
00:28:41,279 --> 00:28:42,480
i can't wait to get them on the street

777
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:48,630
they come in with some real game so it's like uh

778
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,600
it's like things uh like you know i i i

779
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,919
feel good you know

780
00:28:53,919 --> 00:28:56,240
and then my final question uh feel good

781
00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:57,120
question

782
00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,250
show me that smile chief how's eva oh

783
00:29:00,250 --> 00:29:02,640
[Laughter]

784
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:10,950
oh she was posing

785
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:14,080
this is here with it she has one of

786
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:15,840
those twin spouts one on the top and one

787
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:17,200
in the back

788
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,679
dad hasn't got a haircut since last year

789
00:29:19,679 --> 00:29:21,360
and so they uh

790
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:22,640
he did the same thing with her and sent

791
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,559
me a picture the other day and that's

792
00:29:24,559 --> 00:29:26,720
her and her dad like hamming it

793
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:30,950
i don't know if he can

794
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,840
that's awesome that is awesome yeah and

795
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:34,159
so

796
00:29:34,159 --> 00:29:36,880
uh he's they hamming it and it's like

797
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:37,600
she's just

798
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,240
yeah just like that we saw a little bit

799
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:41,200
last night

800
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:43,200
i was helping joe on some projects it

801
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,039
he's redoing a cellar and

802
00:29:45,039 --> 00:29:46,480
right from scratch we

803
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:48,399
[Music]

804
00:29:48,399 --> 00:29:51,200
he has had some outside help but we did

805
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:52,799
a lot of work to help him and it's like

806
00:29:52,799 --> 00:29:53,200
uh

807
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,000
and so i get to see her run around or

808
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:57,120
i'll be in the cellar i can hear the

809
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:58,399
feet go from one into the house to the

810
00:29:58,399 --> 00:29:59,279
other i'm back

811
00:29:59,279 --> 00:30:02,640
so it's nice it's like yep

812
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:04,159
see as much as you keep an eye on your

813
00:30:04,159 --> 00:30:05,760
staff we keep an eye on you and we know

814
00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:07,039
that that's your trigger

815
00:30:07,039 --> 00:30:09,520
is to talk about ava so uh you know

816
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,200
again kudos to you for everything that

817
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:12,799
you do appreciate you

818
00:30:12,799 --> 00:30:14,799
i got some paperwork for scott i got to

819
00:30:14,799 --> 00:30:16,240
scan in and sent you

820
00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:23,440
we finally got that imc program yep

821
00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,640
oh it was tough it was like you know you

822
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:30,710
dig a tick out of a dog easier

823
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,360
so it was like but we got it for you and

824
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,039
it's like sitting on the desk i just got

825
00:30:35,039 --> 00:30:35,840
a like

826
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,159
i guess or drop it off or whatever it

827
00:30:38,159 --> 00:30:39,200
works i i think

828
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:41,200
scan it is the way to do it give that a

829
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:44,240
share tomorrow and send it it's probably about it's

830
00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:46,000
interesting you'll like you'll enjoy

831
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:50,480
you're a numbers guy so it's like you'll see it

832
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,200
good good because it it helps show some

833
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:54,320
of the work that we've done over the

834
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:55,360
last several years in the fire

835
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:56,159
department

836
00:30:56,159 --> 00:30:59,039
now it's improved the town yeah i think

837
00:30:59,039 --> 00:30:59,919
the investment

838
00:30:59,919 --> 00:31:01,919
with the support of the ta the support

839
00:31:01,919 --> 00:31:03,440
of the border selectmen

840
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,320
yeah i thought when we first looked at

841
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:07,760
it was under five

842
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,480
but it was under just over six minutes

843
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:11,760
contact time

844
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:15,440
from october of 19 when we started the

845
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,159
purdue program

846
00:31:18,159 --> 00:31:21,519
at 21 hours a day until

847
00:31:21,519 --> 00:31:25,440
uh now up to the end of january when we

848
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:29,679
we've been at the uh 24 7 365 since july

849
00:31:29,679 --> 00:31:31,039
one july

850
00:31:31,039 --> 00:31:34,799
yeah it's just it's either just under

851
00:31:34,799 --> 00:31:37,440
just over six minutes on the ems calls

852
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:38,880
for contact time which is

853
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:40,480
in our business beautiful units it's

854
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:44,559
huge yep it's gays and ems time you know it

855
00:31:44,559 --> 00:31:48,320
is we're happy with that and i hope you fought and you know i

856
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:49,600
need you to like

857
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,679
look at that from your expertise and

858
00:31:51,679 --> 00:31:54,080
then send me questions so that

859
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,559
uh how i can better use that you know

860
00:31:56,559 --> 00:31:57,519
what i mean

861
00:31:57,519 --> 00:32:00,080
it tells me what i i know but it doesn't

862
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:00,960
tell me what

863
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:02,799
you probably know you know what i mean

864
00:32:02,799 --> 00:32:04,880
so it's like you can

865
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,360
recon that and see what you get don't

866
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:08,320
tell my other half

867
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,080
and if anyone says quotes about this

868
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:11,919
i'll deny it but if you get it to me

869
00:32:11,919 --> 00:32:12,559
before

870
00:32:12,559 --> 00:32:15,200
thursday morning i'm on vacation

871
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:16,559
thursday through saturday and i will

872
00:32:16,559 --> 00:32:17,919
spend some of my vacation time going

873
00:32:17,919 --> 00:32:19,039
over those numbers

874
00:32:19,039 --> 00:32:25,039
okay uh see if anything stands out and and uh because i think it's

875
00:32:25,039 --> 00:32:25,440
something

876
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:26,480
it might be something that becomes

877
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,000
worthy of a story sometime too that

878
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,519
we've we made these changes and over

879
00:32:29,519 --> 00:32:31,360
time this is how it is improved the

880
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:32,640
services that we're providing our

881
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:33,600
residents yeah

882
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,120
it's actually surprising when you look

883
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,200
at it it's like and you know how good

884
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:38,399
but you don't really know how

885
00:32:38,399 --> 00:32:40,799
exactly good until you do the averages

886
00:32:40,799 --> 00:32:42,399
one of the things that we deal with that

887
00:32:42,399 --> 00:32:46,960
program is is that skews things a lot is like if the

888
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,399
police are out on an incident

889
00:32:48,399 --> 00:32:50,799
and then say 20 minutes into an incident

890
00:32:50,799 --> 00:32:52,159
they call us

891
00:32:52,159 --> 00:32:53,760
to participate in some reason something

892
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:55,440
happened whatever

893
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,919
it doesn't start a fight upon time our

894
00:32:57,919 --> 00:32:59,679
time starts with the police start time

895
00:32:59,679 --> 00:33:00,159
so

896
00:33:00,159 --> 00:33:02,399
those units are skewed that way we found

897
00:33:02,399 --> 00:33:03,200
out right

898
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:06,559
doing that report so it's like uh but

899
00:33:06,559 --> 00:33:08,960
we we work our way through it so it's

900
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:09,760
like yep

901
00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:11,519
it's not a really good program but it's

902
00:33:11,519 --> 00:33:13,200
what we got and it works okay

903
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,440
does this great awesome great thank you

904
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,159
very much you're welcome scott thank you

905
00:33:18,159 --> 00:33:21,679
chris any questions um i just wanted to

906
00:33:21,679 --> 00:33:24,000
ask if you could scan the um

907
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,120
scan your report um to us tomorrow

908
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:29,760
oh definitely it's all done i can't

909
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:30,559
believe

910
00:33:30,559 --> 00:33:32,720
that that yeah uh that i sent the fire

911
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:34,000
monster one but i don't know why i

912
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:35,120
didn't send mine

913
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:38,480
like one of those things words maybe a

914
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,440
few other things on your plate chief

915
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,080
okay that's the first one i have done i

916
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:45,679
have mine done before i get the fire

917
00:33:45,679 --> 00:33:46,320
marshals

918
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,279
always so it's like yep it's like i'll

919
00:33:49,279 --> 00:33:50,640
give you a german shepherd look for that

920
00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:53,679
one so

921
00:33:53,679 --> 00:33:56,080
all right well thank you so much thanks

922
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:57,760
chief nice to see you

923
00:33:57,760 --> 00:33:59,760
yep nice to see everybody good night

924
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,200
chief see you soon

925
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:07,039
thank you be safe

926
00:34:07,039 --> 00:34:08,560
right margaret do you know where you

927
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:12,950
left off

928
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,440
i'll just yeah i'll um i'm moving beyond

929
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:16,159
covid

930
00:34:16,159 --> 00:34:20,159
now um to community one stop

931
00:34:20,159 --> 00:34:23,200
this is that central grants portal uh

932
00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:25,440
that the state is launching

933
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,520
um we talked about it last meeting with

934
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:28,800
expressions of interest

935
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:33,119
so i had a meeting with other

936
00:34:33,119 --> 00:34:36,560
worcester regional managers and cmrpc

937
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,919
on friday cmrpc is available

938
00:34:39,919 --> 00:34:42,720
and willing to assist us and and

939
00:34:42,720 --> 00:34:44,159
starting with

940
00:34:44,159 --> 00:34:46,560
uh meeting with a stakeholders group

941
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:48,720
from berlin to talk about

942
00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:51,839
how they can help us assemble the

943
00:34:51,839 --> 00:34:53,200
summaries that we're going to need to

944
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:53,679
present

945
00:34:53,679 --> 00:34:55,280
it's not just one thing what we want to

946
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,280
do is we want to compile

947
00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:00,160
summaries for all of the ideas for grant

948
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:01,119
funding

949
00:35:01,119 --> 00:35:04,160
and this community one stop

950
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,720
will actually kind of analyze all those

951
00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:07,599
summaries

952
00:35:07,599 --> 00:35:09,599
get them to the appropriate departments

953
00:35:09,599 --> 00:35:12,079
that are that are hosting the grant

954
00:35:12,079 --> 00:35:13,440
programs

955
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,359
and get us in the mix so we don't want

956
00:35:15,359 --> 00:35:17,119
to lose this opportunity

957
00:35:17,119 --> 00:35:20,079
so what i propose is that we have um

958
00:35:20,079 --> 00:35:23,119
that we schedule a stakeholders meeting

959
00:35:23,119 --> 00:35:27,119
before gosh next week maybe

960
00:35:27,119 --> 00:35:28,640
we'll get some key stakeholders from

961
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:30,320
some of our boards and committees

962
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,560
that might want to avail themselves of

963
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:33,839
grants

964
00:35:33,839 --> 00:35:36,720
and we can have a talk with cmrpc and

965
00:35:36,720 --> 00:35:38,320
start working on our expression of

966
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:39,359
interest and get it in

967
00:35:39,359 --> 00:35:45,990
asap what do you think of that

968
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,359
okay let's do it okay let's do that

969
00:35:49,359 --> 00:35:51,680
that's going to be our best chance at um

970
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,480
at getting this thing assembled and

971
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:55,119
quickly and

972
00:35:55,119 --> 00:35:58,640
into the state quickly okay now

973
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:00,800
i said that i would uh verbally report

974
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,280
on a few updates from department head

975
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:04,960
from our department heads meeting last

976
00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:06,800
week i'll just pick a few

977
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:08,480
um it's not comprehensive just some of

978
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,160
the highlights uh

979
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,960
chief was just here he reported um that

980
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,359
he's pleased with a cooperative effort

981
00:36:15,359 --> 00:36:17,839
between multiple towns to set up a

982
00:36:17,839 --> 00:36:20,000
regional site for vaccines

983
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:23,520
uh june reported um and and stated that

984
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:25,599
she is going to close the books on time

985
00:36:25,599 --> 00:36:26,880
this year

986
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,200
she has been very uh gracious and

987
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,440
patient at the end of every fiscal year

988
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:33,119
with departments boards and committees

989
00:36:33,119 --> 00:36:34,400
who are late

990
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:37,520
um in their in their final um i don't

991
00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:38,880
want to say reports but they're

992
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:41,359
yeah it is their final reports uh to

993
00:36:41,359 --> 00:36:43,040
june on carryovers

994
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:46,480
on the the balances um between

995
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:48,480
their expense reports and the

996
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:49,520
accountants

997
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:51,599
uh but she is going to close the books

998
00:36:51,599 --> 00:36:53,599
on time this year

999
00:36:53,599 --> 00:36:55,680
and if departments boards and committees

1000
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,079
can't comply myself included if any of

1001
00:36:58,079 --> 00:36:59,920
us cannot comply

1002
00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:02,320
um they we run the risk of having to

1003
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:03,520
bring articles

1004
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:06,000
um uh to special town meeting for

1005
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,079
funding articles from a prior year to be

1006
00:37:08,079 --> 00:37:09,760
funded at town meetings so

1007
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:11,359
it's it's essential that she closed the

1008
00:37:11,359 --> 00:37:13,440
books on time and and she really needs

1009
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:14,800
to do this so

1010
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,560
we need to support we need to support

1011
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:18,079
her on that

1012
00:37:18,079 --> 00:37:20,800
um dennis reported that the actuarial

1013
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,960
study that was discussed with the board

1014
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:24,560
a few weeks ago

1015
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:27,040
is in process and nearing completion so

1016
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:28,720
as soon as we get that well we'll

1017
00:37:28,720 --> 00:37:30,960
certainly share that with the board

1018
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,359
bob hodge reported that the library has

1019
00:37:33,359 --> 00:37:36,160
received its fy 21 certification

1020
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:37,839
and the town has already received its

1021
00:37:37,839 --> 00:37:43,760
first half payment on library state aid

1022
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:47,040
molly reported that the board of

1023
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:48,240
assessors finished up

1024
00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:50,800
la i want to say last week on all

1025
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:53,200
abatement applications they were denied

1026
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:54,880
all of them were denied

1027
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,599
um uh applicants now have 30 days or

1028
00:37:57,599 --> 00:37:59,440
from the date of the

1029
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:02,480
assessor's meeting to file with the um

1030
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,560
appellate tax board do we have a sense

1031
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:06,000
of like what percentage of those are

1032
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:07,599
commercial versus residential

1033
00:38:07,599 --> 00:38:09,760
i did not get that scott but i can

1034
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:11,119
follow up with her and ask her

1035
00:38:11,119 --> 00:38:12,880
what that i think historically almost

1036
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:14,800
all of them are commercial but yeah i

1037
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:16,320
think this there it's going to be heavy

1038
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:18,320
on commercial i think so but i can

1039
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:19,440
follow up with molly on

1040
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:22,480
those details richard building

1041
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:24,400
commissioner richard hanks reported that

1042
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,079
he is looking at different

1043
00:38:26,079 --> 00:38:30,079
permit software that would provide

1044
00:38:30,079 --> 00:38:32,960
as much benefit to the town if not more

1045
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:35,359
uh for less money so we are looking at

1046
00:38:35,359 --> 00:38:36,240
demos now

1047
00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:38,400
of this permitting software that would

1048
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,760
replace the current permitting software

1049
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:43,119
um and those are just a few of the

1050
00:38:43,119 --> 00:38:45,119
highlights from our department heads

1051
00:38:45,119 --> 00:38:46,880
meeting

1052
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,839
um special legislation updates uh so

1053
00:38:49,839 --> 00:38:51,680
i've i've talked with um representative

1054
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:53,440
kilcoin twice in the past

1055
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:56,400
week um she has contacted the governor's

1056
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:57,839
office on the fire chief

1057
00:38:57,839 --> 00:39:01,760
uh on on refiling the fire chief

1058
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:05,200
legislation uh the governor's office was

1059
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:05,839
hinting

1060
00:39:05,839 --> 00:39:07,680
that the town might have to resubmit a

1061
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:09,920
letter so things are not moving well

1062
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:13,040
uh at the state level as far as

1063
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:15,839
special legislation goes i told her that

1064
00:39:15,839 --> 00:39:17,599
we'd be willing to resubmit the letter

1065
00:39:17,599 --> 00:39:19,680
the board initially submitted

1066
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:21,440
with that request so that the governor

1067
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:23,520
could promptly file that with the

1068
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:25,520
file the petition with the legislature

1069
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:27,760
that would be a filing under home rule

1070
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:30,960
she also reported that while the

1071
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:31,680
governor

1072
00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:34,640
himself felt that the initial or the

1073
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:35,760
petition

1074
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:38,640
for the school committee's special

1075
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:40,400
election was not a home rule matter

1076
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,480
because it involved multiple towns

1077
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:44,160
her office has asked the governor's

1078
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:46,320
office to check on that again

1079
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:48,640
because they feel that it is um that it

1080
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:49,920
is home rule

1081
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:51,839
um and she is actively working on it i

1082
00:39:51,839 --> 00:39:53,440
just talked with her today

1083
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:55,680
and she understands the time sensitivity

1084
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:57,200
of both of those

1085
00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:59,359
pieces of special legislation so they

1086
00:39:59,359 --> 00:40:01,599
are trying to really stay on it and get

1087
00:40:01,599 --> 00:40:03,200
it moving

1088
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:04,400
and the last thing i'll report on

1089
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,240
tonight oh well actually uh

1090
00:40:06,240 --> 00:40:08,240
chief mentioned the river bridge group

1091
00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:10,160
so the river bridge uh

1092
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,880
working group that we had assembled with

1093
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:14,160
town officials

1094
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,400
did me was it this morning it was this

1095
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:17,440
morning

1096
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:20,800
and um we kind of designated

1097
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,920
a subgroup of of our larger group

1098
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:27,040
comprised of chris mary porter

1099
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:30,480
both public safety chiefs and me to have

1100
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:32,640
um to schedule a meeting and meet with

1101
00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:33,839
the proponents

1102
00:40:33,839 --> 00:40:37,280
of those of those river bridge citizen

1103
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:38,640
petitioned articles

1104
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,160
and we actually have a meeting scheduled

1105
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:41,760
with them tomorrow at three

1106
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,800
o'clock at three o'clock is that right

1107
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:45,119
chris

1108
00:40:45,119 --> 00:40:48,160
three o'clock yes okay three o'clock i

1109
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:49,839
have another meeting at two

1110
00:40:49,839 --> 00:40:54,240
all right so um and then finally um

1111
00:40:54,240 --> 00:40:56,400
the assabet regional housing consortium

1112
00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:58,720
met last week and unanimously approved

1113
00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:01,520
berlin's petition to join the consortium

1114
00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:04,160
part effective july 1st so the planning

1115
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:05,839
board is working on submitting a budget

1116
00:41:05,839 --> 00:41:06,400
request

1117
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:09,119
for that assessment for fy 22 that would

1118
00:41:09,119 --> 00:41:10,400
be funded in year one from the

1119
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:11,839
affordable town's affordable housing

1120
00:41:11,839 --> 00:41:12,240
funds

1121
00:41:12,240 --> 00:41:13,839
that's it that's all i have for now

1122
00:41:13,839 --> 00:41:15,760
thank you

1123
00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:21,280
check mark say that check back that's a big goal thing that we got done

1124
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:21,599
yes

1125
00:41:21,599 --> 00:41:26,069
yeah yeah so

1126
00:41:26,079 --> 00:41:29,440
okay that's all i have thank you i have

1127
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,440
questions

1128
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:34,720
that's it for now okay for now um

1129
00:41:34,720 --> 00:41:36,240
margaret where are we on the highway

1130
00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:38,000
vacancies

1131
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,839
do you know yeah um when dave catches a

1132
00:41:41,839 --> 00:41:42,800
breather hopefully

1133
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:44,480
tomorrow i'll talk with him about

1134
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,480
scheduling interviews in the next week

1135
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:48,560
for at least a couple of the applicants

1136
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:50,319
see if we can get uh get them in here

1137
00:41:50,319 --> 00:41:53,680
and talk to them um frankly i also need

1138
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:54,400
to talk

1139
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:56,880
uh i'd also like to talk with dave about

1140
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:59,040
the positions themselves uh because we

1141
00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:00,480
have a mix of applicants some of them

1142
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:02,480
don't have licenses but

1143
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:04,400
well some of whom don't have heavy

1144
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:06,000
equipment operator licenses

1145
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:09,200
but who might qualify for a lower grade

1146
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:11,359
position um and then be able to work

1147
00:42:11,359 --> 00:42:13,440
into that that might be an opportunity

1148
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:15,520
so i'll talk to dave tomorrow on that

1149
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:18,240
okay cool um and this one is not urgent

1150
00:42:18,240 --> 00:42:20,000
at all this one is for the grant

1151
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:21,599
tracking spreadsheet

1152
00:42:21,599 --> 00:42:24,000
oh yes if you could whiz those contracts

1153
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,520
over then i can fill it out

1154
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:29,030
okay um

1155
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:30,800
a couple weeks back the gentleman from

1156
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:32,480
highland commons wanted to come and have

1157
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:34,400
a chat with us about potentially

1158
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,839
selling nips has that ever scheduled

1159
00:42:37,839 --> 00:42:40,960
24th it's scheduled oh what is it

1160
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:45,440
i think it's like 22nd 22nd yeah okay

1161
00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:47,119
we were i was hoping that you could get

1162
00:42:47,119 --> 00:42:49,839
some kind of word out to people so that

1163
00:42:49,839 --> 00:42:52,960
we could get some feed

1164
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:56,560
oh there goes chris again nip okay

1165
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:58,590
all right

1166
00:42:58,590 --> 00:43:04,630
[Music]

1167
00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:06,800
could you whip up something to just put

1168
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:09,839
up online and on our facebook page

1169
00:43:09,839 --> 00:43:12,880
um to ask for feedback on

1170
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:15,440
that particular okay and i'll push it

1171
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:16,720
all right um

1172
00:43:16,720 --> 00:43:19,359
next question you mentioned river bridge

1173
00:43:19,359 --> 00:43:23,270
where are we with their overdue bill

1174
00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:25,359
we are nowhere new with their overdue

1175
00:43:25,359 --> 00:43:26,640
bill

1176
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:30,160
okay and then solomon pond i know that

1177
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:32,000
you've given them until the 28th so we

1178
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:34,000
wait until we figure out next steps

1179
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:37,760
until the end of the month waiting yeah and i had a i had a conversation

1180
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:40,400
with our town council the other day on

1181
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:43,520
these two issues and um so

1182
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:45,119
you know we have a possible next step

1183
00:43:45,119 --> 00:43:46,640
and

1184
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:48,319
we'll we'll discuss it and we're going

1185
00:43:48,319 --> 00:43:49,599
to have to discuss it with the seniors

1186
00:43:49,599 --> 00:43:50,400
tomorrow

1187
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:55,910
okay all right i'm done

1188
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:58,000
uh would you like to move on to old

1189
00:43:58,000 --> 00:43:59,760
business

1190
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:02,000
review and vote to include annual town

1191
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:05,990
meeting warrant articles

1192
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:08,960
um i don't have any uh i've i've started

1193
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:10,640
the annual town meeting warrant just

1194
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:12,319
starting with the articles

1195
00:44:12,319 --> 00:44:14,480
that would be presented for the current

1196
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:15,680
fiscal year

1197
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:19,280
um they're all in draft form um

1198
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:21,440
i don't have recommendations on them at

1199
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:23,040
this time so i don't know if the board

1200
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:24,400
would like to just

1201
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,640
uh review them um and i'll just keep

1202
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:28,400
adding to them

1203
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:33,119
well or could we could we possibly

1204
00:44:33,119 --> 00:44:35,680
ask the board uh whether there's any

1205
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:36,640
that you would like

1206
00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:40,160
to um omit

1207
00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:41,920
i i didn't see anything that i would

1208
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:44,160
omit at this point

1209
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:46,160
no i don't say anything we closed the

1210
00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:47,760
warrant next week right

1211
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:53,030
yeah the 22nd yeah

1212
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:55,599
the only change go ahead sorry margaret

1213
00:44:55,599 --> 00:44:56,240
no as

1214
00:44:56,240 --> 00:44:58,319
far as i can recall i worked on this on

1215
00:44:58,319 --> 00:45:00,319
friday and i think

1216
00:45:00,319 --> 00:45:04,160
um these were all articles that i i felt

1217
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:06,880
would be needed the only thing would be

1218
00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:09,359
the capital you know the fy 21

1219
00:45:09,359 --> 00:45:11,520
capital budget because that's still a

1220
00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:12,720
little bit uncertain

1221
00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:14,079
capital planning committee is meeting

1222
00:45:14,079 --> 00:45:16,480
this week on the hvac

1223
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:18,400
and roof and i know that the board had

1224
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:19,680
previously said

1225
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:22,079
that might be one the hvac might be one

1226
00:45:22,079 --> 00:45:24,800
we want to vote on and have it effective

1227
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:26,720
immediately rather than july first so we

1228
00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:28,640
could move on a procurement for that but

1229
00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:29,520
um

1230
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:31,200
capital planning will discuss that this

1231
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:33,280
thursday if so

1232
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:35,280
couldn't we put it on the special town

1233
00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:36,400
meeting

1234
00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:38,079
if we have a special town meeting right

1235
00:45:38,079 --> 00:45:39,839
before

1236
00:45:39,839 --> 00:45:41,040
you could if you have a special town

1237
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:43,119
meeting right before or you could put it

1238
00:45:43,119 --> 00:45:46,319
right on this warrant um to be effective

1239
00:45:46,319 --> 00:45:47,839
this fiscal year

1240
00:45:47,839 --> 00:45:51,119
okay all right

1241
00:45:51,119 --> 00:45:53,119
margaret the only change that i saw if

1242
00:45:53,119 --> 00:45:54,960
you and i know it's still in draft form

1243
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:56,960
but if you whiz down to the very bottom

1244
00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:57,839
it still says

1245
00:45:57,839 --> 00:46:00,079
berlin board of selectmen not selected

1246
00:46:00,079 --> 00:46:01,440
oh yeah i didn't change

1247
00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:05,119
that it's got chris lisa and i so

1248
00:46:05,119 --> 00:46:08,160
okay so that is yeah that's the only one

1249
00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:09,200
that i saw

1250
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:12,560
okay okay i will um

1251
00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:15,280
i'll fix that um and i'm going to start

1252
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:16,480
adding articles

1253
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:20,160
that would be um that would be on the

1254
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:22,000
annual you know on the annual town

1255
00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:23,520
meeting warrant for f white

1256
00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:26,640
effective fy 22. um i did also

1257
00:46:26,640 --> 00:46:28,880
i oh gosh i hope i uploaded it to the

1258
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:29,839
drive

1259
00:46:29,839 --> 00:46:32,160
um the bulleted list that i had prepared

1260
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:33,200
before

1261
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:35,359
um there were just a couple of additions

1262
00:46:35,359 --> 00:46:37,280
to that one was to

1263
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:40,240
two well two were today um and it's one

1264
00:46:40,240 --> 00:46:41,920
of them is a routine article on the town

1265
00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:43,599
election the election of officer

1266
00:46:43,599 --> 00:46:48,079
annually okay the other one is a request

1267
00:46:48,079 --> 00:46:51,520
um that i that i got today on

1268
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:54,400
um contributing some funding toward the

1269
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:55,040
purchase

1270
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:57,520
of welcome to the town of berlin

1271
00:46:57,520 --> 00:46:58,880
roadside signs

1272
00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:01,119
um the economic development committee

1273
00:47:01,119 --> 00:47:02,480
would be interested

1274
00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:06,160
um in in sponsoring this article

1275
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:07,760
and i think that they'd also be

1276
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:10,560
committed to um to seeking out

1277
00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:11,680
additional funds

1278
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:14,560
outside of of local funds uh so

1279
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:17,359
donations from businesses toward this

1280
00:47:17,359 --> 00:47:20,079
so i added that as a bulleted as a new

1281
00:47:20,079 --> 00:47:21,680
bulleted

1282
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:25,599
thing today

1283
00:47:25,599 --> 00:47:27,680
all right so i'll uh i'll add to the

1284
00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:31,200
list i'll add to the actual warrant

1285
00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:35,040
okay all right and you want to

1286
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:38,640
move on to fy 22 the budget updates

1287
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:41,920
yes so i did have three i did have three

1288
00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:42,880
budget lines

1289
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:45,040
um penciled in for possible

1290
00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:46,640
recommendations tonight i'm not going to

1291
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:48,640
make recommendations on those rather i'm

1292
00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:49,920
going to

1293
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:52,400
i'll i'll do it next week um you know

1294
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:56,480
with hopefully some additional ones um but a couple of

1295
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:57,839
things that i wanted to discuss with the

1296
00:47:57,839 --> 00:47:59,839
board first of all the contingency line

1297
00:47:59,839 --> 00:48:02,720
item that we voted in fy 21

1298
00:48:02,720 --> 00:48:05,839
meant to be a temporary line item to

1299
00:48:05,839 --> 00:48:08,480
cover some very specific costs

1300
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:10,640
and only with the approval the joint

1301
00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:12,559
approval of the select board and finance

1302
00:48:12,559 --> 00:48:13,920
committee

1303
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:16,240
so the administrative finance team met

1304
00:48:16,240 --> 00:48:17,760
last week and we're meeting again

1305
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:20,880
this week to talk about um

1306
00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:24,000
things that we might need

1307
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:26,559
to keep a contingency line item for

1308
00:48:26,559 --> 00:48:28,240
first of all would be that this is a

1309
00:48:28,240 --> 00:48:29,520
negotiations here

1310
00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:32,000
collect for collective bargaining and to

1311
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:33,520
have some place

1312
00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:37,520
to put funds that would

1313
00:48:37,520 --> 00:48:40,640
fund any contract adjustments the second

1314
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:43,200
is that covet expenditures as you know

1315
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:44,559
we're allowed to

1316
00:48:44,559 --> 00:48:47,839
continue spending from our coveted funds

1317
00:48:47,839 --> 00:48:49,839
on covet related expenditures until

1318
00:48:49,839 --> 00:48:52,079
december 31st of this year

1319
00:48:52,079 --> 00:48:54,000
and in this year's contingency fund we

1320
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:56,160
did have coveted related expenses

1321
00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:58,640
i mean i think it would be advisable to

1322
00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:00,880
actually have a sum of money in that

1323
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:02,720
line to cover

1324
00:49:02,720 --> 00:49:05,040
covet related costs that will not be

1325
00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:05,760
covered by

1326
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:08,400
fema or coronavirus relief funds we

1327
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:10,000
don't know what those are yet because

1328
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:11,839
they haven't even reviewed

1329
00:49:11,839 --> 00:49:13,760
the several reports that we've already

1330
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:15,359
submitted to them

1331
00:49:15,359 --> 00:49:18,319
and given us feedback but in order for

1332
00:49:18,319 --> 00:49:20,480
us to cover any of those costs that they

1333
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:21,599
may reject

1334
00:49:21,599 --> 00:49:24,079
um we've been very very conservative too

1335
00:49:24,079 --> 00:49:25,119
um

1336
00:49:25,119 --> 00:49:27,839
it might be uh it might be advisable to

1337
00:49:27,839 --> 00:49:30,400
retain the contingency line in some form

1338
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:31,839
not to the hundred and forty thousand

1339
00:49:31,839 --> 00:49:33,680
dollars that it was last year

1340
00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:36,720
but in some form to try to um

1341
00:49:36,720 --> 00:49:39,760
cover some of these costs and remind me

1342
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:40,559
again the dis

1343
00:49:40,559 --> 00:49:42,319
difference between a reserve fund line

1344
00:49:42,319 --> 00:49:44,160
that needs finn come and select

1345
00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:45,920
approval contingency line that needs the

1346
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:47,200
same approvals

1347
00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:48,960
no all right so the reserve fund

1348
00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:50,880
specifically under statute a reserve

1349
00:49:50,880 --> 00:49:53,119
fund is for extraordinary and unforeseen

1350
00:49:53,119 --> 00:49:54,480
expenditures

1351
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:58,240
so i don't know i mean while the town

1352
00:49:58,240 --> 00:50:00,640
could treat contract adjustments as

1353
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:04,000
extraordinary unforeseen i wouldn't typically think of those as

1354
00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:06,160
extraordinary and unforeseen

1355
00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:09,520
expenditures coveted expenses certainly

1356
00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:13,040
would be however we have funding

1357
00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:14,720
through our coronavirus relief funds

1358
00:50:14,720 --> 00:50:16,640
that are planned to cover those expenses

1359
00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:18,160
this would only be if those aren't

1360
00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:20,240
covered so reserve fund could

1361
00:50:20,240 --> 00:50:21,839
potentially be used

1362
00:50:21,839 --> 00:50:26,800
for either i mean historically when we were getting ready to hire a

1363
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:28,319
town administrator hiring our last

1364
00:50:28,319 --> 00:50:30,000
police and fire chiefs and we've had

1365
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:31,839
previous contract negotiations we've

1366
00:50:31,839 --> 00:50:34,240
used the reserve fund for those

1367
00:50:34,240 --> 00:50:41,200
oh so only okay okay because the the idea being that not all of those

1368
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:42,559
are gonna just like for the contingency

1369
00:50:42,559 --> 00:50:43,920
line not all of them are gonna come out

1370
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:46,400
hopefully at the bad end of things

1371
00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:49,200
and and so you you hedge that some will

1372
00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:51,200
be worse and some will be better and

1373
00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:53,920
you you use the the reserve fund for

1374
00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:54,559
that

1375
00:50:54,559 --> 00:50:55,599
i just wanted to make sure that the

1376
00:50:55,599 --> 00:50:56,800
contingency line doesn't have other

1377
00:50:56,800 --> 00:50:59,920
restrictions or less restrictions on it

1378
00:50:59,920 --> 00:51:02,079
so the contingency line would actually

1379
00:51:02,079 --> 00:51:02,960
have

1380
00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:04,880
additional restrictions because it's

1381
00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:06,559
going to it would require the approval

1382
00:51:06,559 --> 00:51:07,200
of the board

1383
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:10,400
and fincom as opposed to just fincom

1384
00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:12,880
however if it's been passed practice

1385
00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:13,760
here

1386
00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:15,839
to have these types of costs paid from

1387
00:51:15,839 --> 00:51:17,920
the reserve fund

1388
00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:20,720
um and i thought all the reserve fund

1389
00:51:20,720 --> 00:51:22,720
transfers also are approved by the board

1390
00:51:22,720 --> 00:51:25,760
yeah i think they were oh they were

1391
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:28,079
oh maybe maybe it's better than the the

1392
00:51:28,079 --> 00:51:30,240
law only requires the finance committee

1393
00:51:30,240 --> 00:51:31,280
to approve it

1394
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:33,680
in berlin and in this town both the

1395
00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:35,760
select board and fincom approved okay

1396
00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:37,280
reserved for transfers

1397
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:49,430
okay oh june has her hand

1398
00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:52,960
can you up me okay um i'm sorry

1399
00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:57,750
just

1400
00:51:57,760 --> 00:51:59,839
oh mary's giving mary's giving us the

1401
00:51:59,839 --> 00:52:03,109
finger

1402
00:52:03,119 --> 00:52:06,400
am i there yep okay so um

1403
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:08,800
in the past the reserve fund only needed

1404
00:52:08,800 --> 00:52:09,520
to have

1405
00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:11,920
the finance committee but we had always

1406
00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:14,079
had it as best practice just to have the

1407
00:52:14,079 --> 00:52:15,839
selectmen be aware of it

1408
00:52:15,839 --> 00:52:17,520
the only time that it was actually

1409
00:52:17,520 --> 00:52:19,839
required to have both signatures was

1410
00:52:19,839 --> 00:52:21,520
in the last two months of the year when

1411
00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:23,839
we were doing line item transfers

1412
00:52:23,839 --> 00:52:25,440
yeah those are the end of end of year

1413
00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:27,760
appropriation transfers

1414
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:34,800
okay okay um and we can i mean i'm not opposed uh to that um

1415
00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:38,800
so uh we can we can talk about that

1416
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:42,150
further um

1417
00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:45,040
i mean it doesn't count approaches you

1418
00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:47,359
know

1419
00:52:47,359 --> 00:52:52,079
i'm sorry what is that chris i said it i don't it doesn't matter

1420
00:52:52,079 --> 00:52:55,119
to me okay okay

1421
00:52:55,119 --> 00:52:57,520
um so i can discuss that tomorrow night

1422
00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:00,480
i know janet's here too and uh

1423
00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:01,410
you could rely

1424
00:53:01,410 --> 00:53:03,760
[Music]

1425
00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:06,880
no idea what she just said i

1426
00:53:06,880 --> 00:53:09,599
you broke up i know chris i don't know

1427
00:53:09,599 --> 00:53:12,880
what you guys are saying either

1428
00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:15,040
well tomorrow night is a fincom meeting

1429
00:53:15,040 --> 00:53:16,800
so i can certainly go over this with

1430
00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:20,880
fincon too and just kind of relay what the board uh what the

1431
00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:22,319
board's discussion was

1432
00:53:22,319 --> 00:53:24,480
and talk about you know talk about this

1433
00:53:24,480 --> 00:53:26,319
just from reserve fund

1434
00:53:26,319 --> 00:53:28,720
so and i know janet's here too so janet

1435
00:53:28,720 --> 00:53:29,520
if i forget

1436
00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:33,599
jenna will remind me i won't forget

1437
00:53:33,599 --> 00:53:36,240
um so just a couple more things on on

1438
00:53:36,240 --> 00:53:36,720
budget

1439
00:53:36,720 --> 00:53:40,000
the we did receive new rates um

1440
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:42,800
for fy 22 for medical and dental they

1441
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:44,400
are going to be lower

1442
00:53:44,400 --> 00:53:46,319
than what dennis has budgeted so he is

1443
00:53:46,319 --> 00:53:47,440
revising

1444
00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:49,839
uh he's revising his budget request

1445
00:53:49,839 --> 00:53:52,549
accordingly

1446
00:53:52,559 --> 00:53:56,800
um and then finally on um

1447
00:53:56,800 --> 00:54:02,480
on revenues um and i do our the team is working on our revenue

1448
00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:03,680
projections and really

1449
00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:06,800
um getting them into some sort of final

1450
00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:08,079
form

1451
00:54:08,079 --> 00:54:10,400
based on actuals or percent of percent

1452
00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:12,720
of actuals i should not say actuals

1453
00:54:12,720 --> 00:54:15,920
um it does look like state aid

1454
00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:22,480
at this point um is going to be an area that we

1455
00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:26,319
can actually level fund from fy21

1456
00:54:26,319 --> 00:54:27,119
actuals

1457
00:54:27,119 --> 00:54:30,160
the governor has committed to a 3.5

1458
00:54:30,160 --> 00:54:31,440
increase in unrestricted general

1459
00:54:31,440 --> 00:54:33,920
government aid and

1460
00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:36,720
the legislature is highly unlikely to

1461
00:54:36,720 --> 00:54:38,000
counter that in light of everything

1462
00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:39,680
municipalities have been through so i

1463
00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:41,119
think for this year

1464
00:54:41,119 --> 00:54:42,880
and the team again the team we're still

1465
00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:44,160
talking about it

1466
00:54:44,160 --> 00:54:46,880
um but i think that's one area and

1467
00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:47,599
there'll be other

1468
00:54:47,599 --> 00:54:48,960
adjustments that have to be made and

1469
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:51,680
we'll walk the board uh through those

1470
00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:53,040
at either your next meeting with the

1471
00:54:53,040 --> 00:54:54,880
following meeting so we can really

1472
00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:58,960
finish finish our revenue-based budget

1473
00:54:58,960 --> 00:55:00,640
um so if there are no other questions on

1474
00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:02,559
that that's all i have on on budget for

1475
00:55:02,559 --> 00:55:04,839
tonight

1476
00:55:04,839 --> 00:55:06,960
okay uh

1477
00:55:06,960 --> 00:55:09,140
then we'll move on to um

1478
00:55:09,140 --> 00:55:10,880
[Music]

1479
00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:12,880
the draft select board liaison

1480
00:55:12,880 --> 00:55:16,630
guidelines

1481
00:55:16,640 --> 00:55:18,240
did everybody have a chance to look at

1482
00:55:18,240 --> 00:55:20,240
the actual guidelines

1483
00:55:20,240 --> 00:55:23,680
were they like everything looked

1484
00:55:23,680 --> 00:55:26,950
good

1485
00:55:26,960 --> 00:55:29,280
yes yes yeah i thought they were fairly

1486
00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:30,559
clear

1487
00:55:30,559 --> 00:55:34,079
okay do we do we have finals

1488
00:55:34,079 --> 00:55:38,309
on who's going to who

1489
00:55:38,319 --> 00:55:43,109
was it no yeah

1490
00:55:43,119 --> 00:55:46,839
anybody wanted anything that i picked

1491
00:55:46,839 --> 00:55:50,309
um

1492
00:55:50,319 --> 00:55:51,839
yeah i apparently was more ambitious

1493
00:55:51,839 --> 00:55:53,200
because my list apparently was longer

1494
00:55:53,200 --> 00:55:54,880
than any other list but i also

1495
00:55:54,880 --> 00:55:56,480
i ranked mine between those i really

1496
00:55:56,480 --> 00:55:58,640
wanted those that i like you know

1497
00:55:58,640 --> 00:56:00,720
and then i felt bad just because you

1498
00:56:00,720 --> 00:56:02,240
know after looking at the list there

1499
00:56:02,240 --> 00:56:03,920
were some committees that

1500
00:56:03,920 --> 00:56:07,200
didn't get anybody yeah

1501
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:09,440
okay where was it going well you have

1502
00:56:09,440 --> 00:56:13,520
some definite you have some definite definite choices

1503
00:56:13,520 --> 00:56:14,480
um

1504
00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:17,760
scott has agricultural commission scott

1505
00:56:17,760 --> 00:56:19,440
cho's agricultural commission

1506
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:22,480
um chris chose council on aging

1507
00:56:22,480 --> 00:56:25,280
peg shows energy committee scott shows

1508
00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:26,880
historical commission scott joe's

1509
00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:28,240
housing partnership

1510
00:56:28,240 --> 00:56:31,040
one of the committees that hasn't met

1511
00:56:31,040 --> 00:56:31,760
since i

1512
00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:33,520
since i've arrived but very very

1513
00:56:33,520 --> 00:56:35,839
infrequently so far

1514
00:56:35,839 --> 00:56:38,960
um and peg has recreation

1515
00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:41,280
and chris has zoning board of appeals

1516
00:56:41,280 --> 00:56:46,789
the others are up for grabs

1517
00:56:46,799 --> 00:56:50,319
so is everybody happy with those

1518
00:56:50,319 --> 00:56:52,799
that they have yeah i i i'm trying to

1519
00:56:52,799 --> 00:56:54,640
find the list where it was it was email

1520
00:56:54,640 --> 00:56:56,480
this was sent and not in today's agenda

1521
00:56:56,480 --> 00:56:57,119
right

1522
00:56:57,119 --> 00:56:59,440
it's in today's agenda but not in one of

1523
00:56:59,440 --> 00:57:01,359
the subfolders

1524
00:57:01,359 --> 00:57:03,200
ah see i keep trying to figure the

1525
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:05,520
folders oh there it is yep

1526
00:57:05,520 --> 00:57:08,000
it's at the bottom of your uh yep yep

1527
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:09,760
policy

1528
00:57:09,760 --> 00:57:13,680
um uh

1529
00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:16,240
i think it's fine so i'm fine with

1530
00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:17,760
community preservation act

1531
00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:21,680
okay okay i i am fine with

1532
00:57:21,680 --> 00:57:25,599
peg being conservation commission

1533
00:57:25,599 --> 00:57:29,119
okay and i think that gives me the cable

1534
00:57:29,119 --> 00:57:30,480
access committee and cable access

1535
00:57:30,480 --> 00:57:31,680
advisory committee

1536
00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:34,960
and the advice which is great because

1537
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:36,720
i don't i don't have cable i cut the

1538
00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:43,839
cord like 10 years ago so is that a non-biased time bias

1539
00:57:43,839 --> 00:57:46,960
all right so scott that's a lot for you

1540
00:57:46,960 --> 00:57:50,079
um i know and so i feel it's like i see

1541
00:57:50,079 --> 00:57:53,040
these others but i already i'm already feeling anxious

1542
00:57:53,040 --> 00:57:54,319
about the number of meetings i have to

1543
00:57:54,319 --> 00:57:55,440
attend

1544
00:57:55,440 --> 00:57:57,440
or actually not have to want to attend

1545
00:57:57,440 --> 00:58:00,880
because i want to do more so

1546
00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:05,670
i can take earth work okay

1547
00:58:05,680 --> 00:58:09,520
janet warned mike

1548
00:58:09,520 --> 00:58:11,680
um all right so chris then you'll have

1549
00:58:11,680 --> 00:58:14,240
insurance advisory committee too

1550
00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:17,359
yep okay good all right we're getting

1551
00:58:17,359 --> 00:58:18,640
there

1552
00:58:18,640 --> 00:58:20,000
and then does that put chris on the

1553
00:58:20,000 --> 00:58:21,359
traffic safety advisory committee as

1554
00:58:21,359 --> 00:58:22,480
well

1555
00:58:22,480 --> 00:58:24,319
yes and that could be an elective

1556
00:58:24,319 --> 00:58:26,240
because i am a non-voting member and i

1557
00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:27,599
have to attend them all anyway

1558
00:58:27,599 --> 00:58:30,640
so we can put

1559
00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:34,390
chris there i'm so elected

1560
00:58:34,400 --> 00:58:40,870
um the only one left is cultural council

1561
00:58:40,880 --> 00:58:43,520
well i mean it in the uh guidelines i

1562
00:58:43,520 --> 00:58:45,280
think it does say that you need to just

1563
00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:47,520
make yourself available to the committee

1564
00:58:47,520 --> 00:58:48,319
too

1565
00:58:48,319 --> 00:58:50,960
so that you may not have to attend every

1566
00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:52,559
single meeting no

1567
00:58:52,559 --> 00:58:54,240
i i i was thinking it was attending

1568
00:58:54,240 --> 00:58:55,760
those that that uh

1569
00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:57,200
are relevant especially things that are

1570
00:58:57,200 --> 00:58:58,240
supposed to go back to the board and

1571
00:58:58,240 --> 00:58:59,520
have a relationship enough with the

1572
00:58:59,520 --> 00:59:00,319
chair

1573
00:59:00,319 --> 00:59:01,760
you know to read their minutes and

1574
00:59:01,760 --> 00:59:03,920
agendas so that you can make sure the

1575
00:59:03,920 --> 00:59:08,319
communications are working well yep and how are you

1576
00:59:08,319 --> 00:59:10,799
doing peg with the uh

1577
00:59:10,799 --> 00:59:13,920
or or or have you did

1578
00:59:13,920 --> 00:59:16,880
we talk about this uh the minutes making

1579
00:59:16,880 --> 00:59:18,079
sure there are minutes

1580
00:59:18,079 --> 00:59:20,000
yeah i had sent and i can forward it to

1581
00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:22,160
you and scott i had uh

1582
00:59:22,160 --> 00:59:25,520
gone through and uh when committee by

1583
00:59:25,520 --> 00:59:26,799
committee enlisted

1584
00:59:26,799 --> 00:59:28,880
you know their most two recent meetings

1585
00:59:28,880 --> 00:59:30,400
and their notes

1586
00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:32,160
if they were there or not and

1587
00:59:32,160 --> 00:59:34,240
unfortunately i have to say that there's

1588
00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:35,359
quite a few

1589
00:59:35,359 --> 00:59:39,520
not meetings uh minute meetings that are

1590
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:42,319
just not there i mean what about what

1591
00:59:42,319 --> 00:59:44,319
about letting us know

1592
00:59:44,319 --> 00:59:47,359
well if you have this chart yes

1593
00:59:47,359 --> 00:59:50,799
and then we could actually um

1594
00:59:50,799 --> 00:59:53,920
mention it when we contact our own

1595
00:59:53,920 --> 00:59:54,880
committees

1596
00:59:54,880 --> 00:59:56,799
yeah no absolutely i will uh that's on

1597
00:59:56,799 --> 00:59:59,440
my other computer so i will get that

1598
00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:02,559
out to you both tonight um you know

1599
01:00:02,559 --> 01:00:04,160
definitely take a look double check my

1600
01:00:04,160 --> 01:00:04,960
work

1601
01:00:04,960 --> 01:00:08,079
on that but as i say there are quite a

1602
01:00:08,079 --> 01:00:10,480
few that don't have

1603
01:00:10,480 --> 01:00:12,400
minutes uh you know and i'm not talking

1604
01:00:12,400 --> 01:00:14,160
about you had a meeting last week and

1605
01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:15,520
you don't have minutes i don't count

1606
01:00:15,520 --> 01:00:16,160
those

1607
01:00:16,160 --> 01:00:17,520
because obviously you need the next

1608
01:00:17,520 --> 01:00:20,000
meeting to uh approve them

1609
01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:22,319
i'm talking about you know two months

1610
01:00:22,319 --> 01:00:23,359
three four

1611
01:00:23,359 --> 01:00:26,799
five six going back that there are

1612
01:00:26,799 --> 01:00:30,400
no notes none okay

1613
01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:34,319
and and if they have minutes maybe

1614
01:00:34,319 --> 01:00:36,240
they just aren't posting them on my town

1615
01:00:36,240 --> 01:00:38,160
government that's i think what's

1616
01:00:38,160 --> 01:00:40,160
probably happening they're not posting

1617
01:00:40,160 --> 01:00:40,960
them

1618
01:00:40,960 --> 01:00:44,400
the law says and and they should be

1619
01:00:44,400 --> 01:00:46,160
posted as a best practice they should be

1620
01:00:46,160 --> 01:00:47,040
posted

1621
01:00:47,040 --> 01:00:49,359
um the law only requires that the

1622
01:00:49,359 --> 01:00:50,720
minutes be produced

1623
01:00:50,720 --> 01:00:52,799
upon request whether they're in draft or

1624
01:00:52,799 --> 01:00:54,240
final form

1625
01:00:54,240 --> 01:00:57,440
um so it's not like uh

1626
01:00:57,440 --> 01:01:00,640
not posting is um uh is

1627
01:01:00,640 --> 01:01:03,040
not compliant with the law it's just

1628
01:01:03,040 --> 01:01:03,920
that

1629
01:01:03,920 --> 01:01:06,400
it's also not a best practice it's they

1630
01:01:06,400 --> 01:01:07,440
should be easy

1631
01:01:07,440 --> 01:01:09,760
to find that's fine i think it's just

1632
01:01:09,760 --> 01:01:10,799
that

1633
01:01:10,799 --> 01:01:12,960
if we're going to be a lisa liaison to

1634
01:01:12,960 --> 01:01:14,720
this to these committees and we don't

1635
01:01:14,720 --> 01:01:16,319
aren't able to make the meeting it would

1636
01:01:16,319 --> 01:01:18,079
be nice to see

1637
01:01:18,079 --> 01:01:20,960
the minutes of the meeting that we miss

1638
01:01:20,960 --> 01:01:22,880
i i think part of our role as liaison is

1639
01:01:22,880 --> 01:01:24,480
to understand what the barriers are for

1640
01:01:24,480 --> 01:01:25,680
that community get that done

1641
01:01:25,680 --> 01:01:29,040
and help help in some manner shape or

1642
01:01:29,040 --> 01:01:29,760
form

1643
01:01:29,760 --> 01:01:31,440
sort of resolve some of those barriers

1644
01:01:31,440 --> 01:01:33,119
whether it be finding someone who

1645
01:01:33,119 --> 01:01:34,480
actually takes the minutes whether or

1646
01:01:34,480 --> 01:01:36,720
not it's actually getting them uploaded

1647
01:01:36,720 --> 01:01:38,480
you know it will i'm sure vary by

1648
01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:39,920
committee about why it could be the

1649
01:01:39,920 --> 01:01:41,119
committee actually hasn't met

1650
01:01:41,119 --> 01:01:44,480
and that's why there's no minutes right

1651
01:01:44,480 --> 01:01:47,839
okay all right

1652
01:01:47,839 --> 01:01:52,319
um are we all set on that one any other

1653
01:01:52,319 --> 01:01:54,559
questions

1654
01:01:54,559 --> 01:01:56,720
i can finalize the list and get it out

1655
01:01:56,720 --> 01:01:59,039
to you uh in final form or the policy or

1656
01:01:59,039 --> 01:01:59,680
the whatever

1657
01:01:59,680 --> 01:02:02,000
guidelines and the list and get it out

1658
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:03,440
to you in final form if you'd like to

1659
01:02:03,440 --> 01:02:06,480
vote it

1660
01:02:06,480 --> 01:02:12,549
sure okay sounds good

1661
01:02:12,559 --> 01:02:15,760
and um i think

1662
01:02:15,760 --> 01:02:18,319
margaret you had said you weren't sure

1663
01:02:18,319 --> 01:02:20,640
you were going to be able to address the

1664
01:02:20,640 --> 01:02:24,079
library project the contract

1665
01:02:24,079 --> 01:02:26,400
no um would the board like to vote these

1666
01:02:26,400 --> 01:02:28,079
tonight or do you want to wait till next

1667
01:02:28,079 --> 01:02:29,599
week

1668
01:02:29,599 --> 01:02:32,839
the i'm sorry i'm showing you it and you

1669
01:02:32,839 --> 01:02:34,000
can't

1670
01:02:34,000 --> 01:02:35,920
the liaison guidelines it's like you

1671
01:02:35,920 --> 01:02:38,000
want to vote this okay

1672
01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:40,960
well if everybody's fine with the um the

1673
01:02:40,960 --> 01:02:44,240
policy itself and you're happy with the

1674
01:02:44,240 --> 01:02:48,319
uh groups you have that's fine

1675
01:02:48,319 --> 01:02:50,400
i would take a motion well quick

1676
01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:52,000
question before that so what about some

1677
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:53,440
of the other groups um

1678
01:02:53,440 --> 01:02:55,280
you know like cemetery and margaret that

1679
01:02:55,280 --> 01:02:57,039
didn't make the list

1680
01:02:57,039 --> 01:03:00,559
i mean are they on the list do we just

1681
01:03:00,559 --> 01:03:03,760
watch them as we can um i want to make

1682
01:03:03,760 --> 01:03:05,520
sure that everyone feels that they are

1683
01:03:05,520 --> 01:03:09,200
supported with one of us

1684
01:03:09,200 --> 01:03:12,559
well it's it's got to do with um

1685
01:03:12,559 --> 01:03:15,680
whether we appoint them or not okay

1686
01:03:15,680 --> 01:03:18,720
but if oh go ahead go ahead

1687
01:03:18,720 --> 01:03:20,720
now all the others can be all the others

1688
01:03:20,720 --> 01:03:22,640
can be elective and could be

1689
01:03:22,640 --> 01:03:24,319
you know the board could that's what i'm

1690
01:03:24,319 --> 01:03:27,200
going to say okay

1691
01:03:27,200 --> 01:03:28,400
all right i just wanted to make sure

1692
01:03:28,400 --> 01:03:31,039
that we were good

1693
01:03:31,039 --> 01:03:34,710
thank you

1694
01:03:34,720 --> 01:03:37,680
and i make a motion just to approve

1695
01:03:37,680 --> 01:03:40,000
margaret's

1696
01:03:40,000 --> 01:03:44,400
liaison guidelines

1697
01:03:44,400 --> 01:03:49,359
second okay we'll take a vote

1698
01:03:49,359 --> 01:03:55,589
uh keith i stone eye hawkins i

1699
01:03:55,599 --> 01:04:00,549
thank you

1700
01:04:00,559 --> 01:04:02,319
all right i'll polish these up and get

1701
01:04:02,319 --> 01:04:04,319
them out to you

1702
01:04:04,319 --> 01:04:08,710
cool

1703
01:04:08,720 --> 01:04:10,839
i'm sorry that is also the assignments

1704
01:04:10,839 --> 01:04:12,640
themselves it's the assignments

1705
01:04:12,640 --> 01:04:15,700
themselves as well yes

1706
01:04:15,710 --> 01:04:18,870
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1707
01:04:18,880 --> 01:04:25,839
all right library septic project okay um i have a

1708
01:04:25,839 --> 01:04:27,680
draft contract in the works but i don't

1709
01:04:27,680 --> 01:04:29,280
have it here to present to the board

1710
01:04:29,280 --> 01:04:31,200
tonight so next week i'm going to ask

1711
01:04:31,200 --> 01:04:34,160
that um i'm going to present the draft

1712
01:04:34,160 --> 01:04:35,920
and ask that the board

1713
01:04:35,920 --> 01:04:38,799
vote um to authorize the chair to sign

1714
01:04:38,799 --> 01:04:40,559
subject to

1715
01:04:40,559 --> 01:04:44,710
a legal review as to forum

1716
01:04:44,720 --> 01:04:52,240
okay okay we will move on to new business and

1717
01:04:52,240 --> 01:04:53,200
the

1718
01:04:53,200 --> 01:04:55,599
cemetery commission special municipal

1719
01:04:55,599 --> 01:04:58,400
employee designation

1720
01:04:58,400 --> 01:05:01,599
okay i sent a bulleted list uh

1721
01:05:01,599 --> 01:05:05,359
to um to barry today and to the board

1722
01:05:05,359 --> 01:05:07,440
explaining that i would i'm going to i

1723
01:05:07,440 --> 01:05:08,400
was going to present

1724
01:05:08,400 --> 01:05:10,319
um the steps required to the board

1725
01:05:10,319 --> 01:05:12,240
tonight um you should have the bulleted

1726
01:05:12,240 --> 01:05:14,799
list in that subfolder

1727
01:05:14,799 --> 01:05:21,359
um so an outline of what what we've had and uh where we could be

1728
01:05:21,359 --> 01:05:22,400
going with the board's

1729
01:05:22,400 --> 01:05:24,720
approval um the vendor relationship

1730
01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:26,480
between the cemetery commission

1731
01:05:26,480 --> 01:05:29,440
and uh one of its commissioners ended or

1732
01:05:29,440 --> 01:05:32,640
terminated december 31st 2020.

1733
01:05:32,640 --> 01:05:36,319
um an rfq was issued to four vendors

1734
01:05:36,319 --> 01:05:37,760
for cemetery groundskeeping and

1735
01:05:37,760 --> 01:05:39,760
maintenance services

1736
01:05:39,760 --> 01:05:41,920
i received responses from two vendors

1737
01:05:41,920 --> 01:05:43,920
that they declined due to the short-term

1738
01:05:43,920 --> 01:05:45,920
nature of the contract

1739
01:05:45,920 --> 01:05:48,400
and another didn't respond at all and

1740
01:05:48,400 --> 01:05:50,079
the only quote i received was

1741
01:05:50,079 --> 01:05:53,119
from um was from robert geild

1742
01:05:53,119 --> 01:05:55,440
who also serves as a commissioner and

1743
01:05:55,440 --> 01:05:57,680
who formerly provided the uh the vendor

1744
01:05:57,680 --> 01:06:00,319
services to the commission

1745
01:06:00,319 --> 01:06:04,480
um i would ask and i have asked barry

1746
01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:06,000
i've suggested to barry that the

1747
01:06:06,000 --> 01:06:07,920
cemetery commission of the other two

1748
01:06:07,920 --> 01:06:08,799
members

1749
01:06:08,799 --> 01:06:11,760
recommend to the board an award of the

1750
01:06:11,760 --> 01:06:12,880
contract to

1751
01:06:12,880 --> 01:06:16,240
robert geild for vendor services through

1752
01:06:16,240 --> 01:06:18,640
june 30th 2021

1753
01:06:18,640 --> 01:06:20,000
and there are two things that have to

1754
01:06:20,000 --> 01:06:22,160
happen with this

1755
01:06:22,160 --> 01:06:24,319
first the select board will have to give

1756
01:06:24,319 --> 01:06:25,839
the cemetery commission a special

1757
01:06:25,839 --> 01:06:28,240
municipal employee designation

1758
01:06:28,240 --> 01:06:30,400
because mr guild would both be a member

1759
01:06:30,400 --> 01:06:31,839
of the commission

1760
01:06:31,839 --> 01:06:35,039
and a a contracted vendor for his

1761
01:06:35,039 --> 01:06:37,599
municipal agency

1762
01:06:37,599 --> 01:06:40,640
um and the the entire desert the entire

1763
01:06:40,640 --> 01:06:42,319
commission would have to be designated

1764
01:06:42,319 --> 01:06:44,480
as special municipal employees

1765
01:06:44,480 --> 01:06:47,280
a special municipal employee designation

1766
01:06:47,280 --> 01:06:48,400
um

1767
01:06:48,400 --> 01:06:52,000
could be withdrawn in the future

1768
01:06:52,000 --> 01:06:54,240
but it has to be in place while one of

1769
01:06:54,240 --> 01:06:55,119
the commissioners

1770
01:06:55,119 --> 01:06:57,119
is serving as a contract vendor for his

1771
01:06:57,119 --> 01:06:58,720
municipal agency

1772
01:06:58,720 --> 01:07:01,119
the second thing is that um when the

1773
01:07:01,119 --> 01:07:03,280
select board or upon the select board's

1774
01:07:03,280 --> 01:07:05,200
special municipal employee designation

1775
01:07:05,200 --> 01:07:07,599
um mr guile is going to have to file

1776
01:07:07,599 --> 01:07:12,319
a disclosure under 268 a section 20d

1777
01:07:12,319 --> 01:07:14,240
regarding his financial interest in a

1778
01:07:14,240 --> 01:07:16,400
contract in a new in a new municipal

1779
01:07:16,400 --> 01:07:18,079
contract with the commission

1780
01:07:18,079 --> 01:07:20,799
um he had previously filed a um a

1781
01:07:20,799 --> 01:07:21,839
disclosure

1782
01:07:21,839 --> 01:07:24,079
um but it was under the um it was under

1783
01:07:24,079 --> 01:07:26,559
a section that that didn't apply

1784
01:07:26,559 --> 01:07:30,640
um to um to his providing these services

1785
01:07:30,640 --> 01:07:32,240
both of those things could be done at

1786
01:07:32,240 --> 01:07:34,319
the same meeting by the select board

1787
01:07:34,319 --> 01:07:35,680
and i don't know chris and peg you may

1788
01:07:35,680 --> 01:07:37,440
recall you did something similar with

1789
01:07:37,440 --> 01:07:38,160
the cable

1790
01:07:38,160 --> 01:07:40,319
advice cable advisory or not cable

1791
01:07:40,319 --> 01:07:43,200
advisory cable access commission

1792
01:07:43,200 --> 01:07:45,920
with a commissioner who is also an

1793
01:07:45,920 --> 01:07:47,280
employee

1794
01:07:47,280 --> 01:07:51,520
um and then lastly excuse me

1795
01:07:51,520 --> 01:07:54,829
i was just gonna say

1796
01:07:54,839 --> 01:08:03,430
oh

1797
01:08:03,440 --> 01:08:07,200
am i frozen okay you're back i said

1798
01:08:07,200 --> 01:08:09,599
okay does it have to be every one of the

1799
01:08:09,599 --> 01:08:10,880
commission members

1800
01:08:10,880 --> 01:08:13,119
yes it has to be the entire commission

1801
01:08:13,119 --> 01:08:14,720
anybody with a similar role

1802
01:08:14,720 --> 01:08:16,400
must be designated special municipal

1803
01:08:16,400 --> 01:08:17,839
employee so it has to be

1804
01:08:17,839 --> 01:08:20,400
the entire commission so they all have

1805
01:08:20,400 --> 01:08:22,080
to be special

1806
01:08:22,080 --> 01:08:24,319
you would yes they all are they all have

1807
01:08:24,319 --> 01:08:25,120
to be special

1808
01:08:25,120 --> 01:08:28,719
yes okay so um this is the these are the

1809
01:08:28,719 --> 01:08:29,920
steps that would need to be

1810
01:08:29,920 --> 01:08:32,159
um that would need to be taken in order

1811
01:08:32,159 --> 01:08:33,120
to continue

1812
01:08:33,120 --> 01:08:37,040
the um the vendor uh relationship

1813
01:08:37,040 --> 01:08:38,640
margaret there's a ton of questions that

1814
01:08:38,640 --> 01:08:40,000
i have that i don't know if they're

1815
01:08:40,000 --> 01:08:41,759
appropriate to bring up now or if you

1816
01:08:41,759 --> 01:08:43,440
want them in email

1817
01:08:43,440 --> 01:08:47,520
um so you let me know what you want

1818
01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:49,359
um i guess if they're specific to this

1819
01:08:49,359 --> 01:08:51,279
if you want to email me i could i could

1820
01:08:51,279 --> 01:08:52,400
follow up and then

1821
01:08:52,400 --> 01:08:54,080
at your next meeting we could do a

1822
01:08:54,080 --> 01:08:56,000
follow-up report on this

1823
01:08:56,000 --> 01:08:58,319
okay um i have not heard from i have not

1824
01:08:58,319 --> 01:09:00,000
heard back from barry yet so

1825
01:09:00,000 --> 01:09:02,960
i i know the commission's not they they

1826
01:09:02,960 --> 01:09:03,520
haven't

1827
01:09:03,520 --> 01:09:06,640
taken action to recommend this yet so

1828
01:09:06,640 --> 01:09:08,000
and that was one of my questions i know

1829
01:09:08,000 --> 01:09:10,000
that there was a meeting scheduled today

1830
01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:10,480
but no

1831
01:09:10,480 --> 01:09:13,359
zoom uh access so the question was going

1832
01:09:13,359 --> 01:09:15,359
to be how are you meeting if the town

1833
01:09:15,359 --> 01:09:16,799
offices are closed

1834
01:09:16,799 --> 01:09:18,960
and you can't meet this has happened a

1835
01:09:18,960 --> 01:09:20,000
number of times and

1836
01:09:20,000 --> 01:09:21,920
every time um the meeting has been

1837
01:09:21,920 --> 01:09:24,080
canceled and um they have

1838
01:09:24,080 --> 01:09:25,839
just neglected to cancel it on the

1839
01:09:25,839 --> 01:09:27,359
website but uh again

1840
01:09:27,359 --> 01:09:28,719
this i think this will be my third time

1841
01:09:28,719 --> 01:09:30,480
i will follow up with the commission to

1842
01:09:30,480 --> 01:09:31,600
find out the status

1843
01:09:31,600 --> 01:09:33,199
of the meeting all right i'll um i'll

1844
01:09:33,199 --> 01:09:34,400
wish you the questions and then

1845
01:09:34,400 --> 01:09:35,759
obviously i'll um

1846
01:09:35,759 --> 01:09:38,960
include um scott and

1847
01:09:38,960 --> 01:09:41,279
chris in them so in interest of

1848
01:09:41,279 --> 01:09:43,120
disclosure you can all see where i'm

1849
01:09:43,120 --> 01:09:44,719
coming from for questions

1850
01:09:44,719 --> 01:09:47,040
okay and and any replies can come

1851
01:09:47,040 --> 01:09:48,239
directly to me

1852
01:09:48,239 --> 01:09:52,709
cool okay

1853
01:09:52,719 --> 01:09:53,839
all right i'll follow up with the

1854
01:09:53,839 --> 01:09:56,000
commission on today's meeting okay

1855
01:09:56,000 --> 01:09:59,040
good any other questions on that so

1856
01:09:59,040 --> 01:10:00,560
we'll skip

1857
01:10:00,560 --> 01:10:02,800
voting on anything until we hear back

1858
01:10:02,800 --> 01:10:03,760
from cemetery

1859
01:10:03,760 --> 01:10:05,920
and or you oh yeah i would definitely

1860
01:10:05,920 --> 01:10:07,760
say you you should have a recommendation

1861
01:10:07,760 --> 01:10:08,880
in hand first

1862
01:10:08,880 --> 01:10:11,920
all righty okay

1863
01:10:11,920 --> 01:10:14,480
all right did you want to talk a little

1864
01:10:14,480 --> 01:10:16,880
bit about the baker administration draft

1865
01:10:16,880 --> 01:10:17,440
the

1866
01:10:17,440 --> 01:10:20,960
2030 clean energy and climate plan

1867
01:10:20,960 --> 01:10:23,360
yes so the state is developing a clean

1868
01:10:23,360 --> 01:10:24,880
energy and climate plan

1869
01:10:24,880 --> 01:10:27,600
and this this plan includes long-term

1870
01:10:27,600 --> 01:10:28,159
goals

1871
01:10:28,159 --> 01:10:31,199
a state long-term statewide goals

1872
01:10:31,199 --> 01:10:34,239
for improving our energy infrastructure

1873
01:10:34,239 --> 01:10:35,600
using renewable energy

1874
01:10:35,600 --> 01:10:40,159
and reducing our carbon footprint

1875
01:10:40,159 --> 01:10:44,000
they sent they sent a request

1876
01:10:44,000 --> 01:10:46,880
for community feedback to every

1877
01:10:46,880 --> 01:10:48,560
municipality and

1878
01:10:48,560 --> 01:10:51,760
um on mary sent an email

1879
01:10:51,760 --> 01:10:55,840
to all departments oh gosh

1880
01:10:55,840 --> 01:10:58,640
it was at the at the end of january she

1881
01:10:58,640 --> 01:11:00,560
sent an email to all departments asking

1882
01:11:00,560 --> 01:11:00,960
for

1883
01:11:00,960 --> 01:11:02,320
uh departments boards and committees

1884
01:11:02,320 --> 01:11:05,040
asking for feedback on this plan because

1885
01:11:05,040 --> 01:11:06,880
we have an opportunity here

1886
01:11:06,880 --> 01:11:09,520
to kind of wrap up comments from various

1887
01:11:09,520 --> 01:11:10,880
boards and committees similar to what we

1888
01:11:10,880 --> 01:11:12,239
did on mvp

1889
01:11:12,239 --> 01:11:14,000
um we could wrap them up and get them to

1890
01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:16,000
the state by the um by the public

1891
01:11:16,000 --> 01:11:17,600
comment deadline

1892
01:11:17,600 --> 01:11:21,120
i also see this as a way to put berlin

1893
01:11:21,120 --> 01:11:24,480
on the map so to speak by by submitting

1894
01:11:24,480 --> 01:11:25,280
comments

1895
01:11:25,280 --> 01:11:29,520
on berlin's commitment to clean energy

1896
01:11:29,520 --> 01:11:33,199
and um and reducing our carbon footprint

1897
01:11:33,199 --> 01:11:35,679
we have gotten responses i think only

1898
01:11:35,679 --> 01:11:37,520
from agricultural commission at this

1899
01:11:37,520 --> 01:11:38,560
point

1900
01:11:38,560 --> 01:11:41,199
um i'm willing to i'm willing to walk

1901
01:11:41,199 --> 01:11:41,600
through

1902
01:11:41,600 --> 01:11:43,840
the um the plan a little bit and go back

1903
01:11:43,840 --> 01:11:46,000
to our mvp plan and pull out some of the

1904
01:11:46,000 --> 01:11:47,920
things from that as far as comments from

1905
01:11:47,920 --> 01:11:48,800
the town

1906
01:11:48,800 --> 01:11:50,560
uh but if any board members have

1907
01:11:50,560 --> 01:11:52,480
anything you want to add

1908
01:11:52,480 --> 01:11:53,920
i know the energy committee is meeting

1909
01:11:53,920 --> 01:11:55,520
tomorrow night it would be wonderful to

1910
01:11:55,520 --> 01:11:57,360
get something from the energy committee

1911
01:11:57,360 --> 01:11:58,239
as well

1912
01:11:58,239 --> 01:12:02,719
um but we have until the 22nd monday

1913
01:12:02,719 --> 01:12:05,120
to get our comments in so let's see what

1914
01:12:05,120 --> 01:12:07,600
we can compile and get into the

1915
01:12:07,600 --> 01:12:09,520
state it doesn't have to be anything

1916
01:12:09,520 --> 01:12:10,640
formal

1917
01:12:10,640 --> 01:12:13,120
we can just kind of like i said i can go

1918
01:12:13,120 --> 01:12:14,880
back to we can go back to mvp and take a

1919
01:12:14,880 --> 01:12:16,000
look at the uh

1920
01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:18,320
the letters of support we got for that a

1921
01:12:18,320 --> 01:12:25,750
lot of that touched on climate so okay

1922
01:12:25,760 --> 01:12:28,960
all righty we are moving on to

1923
01:12:28,960 --> 01:12:34,790
board questions and comments

1924
01:12:34,800 --> 01:12:38,239
no margaret answered all of mine so

1925
01:12:38,239 --> 01:12:40,239
i know i had a page and a half so

1926
01:12:40,239 --> 01:12:42,159
between her and chief

1927
01:12:42,159 --> 01:12:44,800
um i'm good and the email that's

1928
01:12:44,800 --> 01:12:45,760
forthcoming so

1929
01:12:45,760 --> 01:12:48,880
i'm all set all right

1930
01:12:48,880 --> 01:12:53,970
scott you got anything i'm good

1931
01:12:53,980 --> 01:12:57,510
[Music]

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01:12:57,520 --> 01:13:01,189
um no

1933
01:13:01,199 --> 01:13:03,840
do we need we are going to have an

1934
01:13:03,840 --> 01:13:11,520
executive session