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» How many have 20?

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>> Good evening and welcome to the select

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board meeting of September 2nd, 2026.

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I'll call this meeting to order at 6 pm.

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This meeting is being broadcast live on

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BNC TV, channel 1075 on Comcast dial and

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livereamed on YouTube. This meeting will

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be available for later viewing on

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YouTube or by following the link at the

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town of Berneston.org.

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We'll uh go with the warrants. I'll

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entertain a motion for the payroll

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warrant in the amount of $67,55249.

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» So moved. Second.

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>> All those Any discussion? All in favor?

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>> I.

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will entertain a motion for the AP

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warrant in the amount of $85,62.34.

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» So moved.

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>> Second.

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>> Any discussion?

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>> All in favor? I

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>> I'll entertain a motion for the regular

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meeting minutes of August 5th, 2026.

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>> So moved. Second.

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>> Any additions, corrections? We've all

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looked them over. All in favor?

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>> I. I'll entertain a motion for the

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executive session minutes of August 5th,

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2026.

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>> So moved.

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>> Second.

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>> All in favor?

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>> I.

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>> I'll entertain a motion for the special

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meeting minutes of August 31st, 2026.

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>> So moved and second.

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>> I will abstain from this because it

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wasn't here. I'm assuming you guys are

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good with it. All in favor? I.

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>> There we go.

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Uh calendar and announcements. Uh

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planning board uh Thursday, September

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3rd, 2026 at 4 pm at the town hall. Uh

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sorry, the planning board will meet

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Thursday, September 3rd, 2026.

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Uh the historical society museum uh will

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on Sunday, September 6, 2026 from 1 to 4

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upstairs at the Powers Institute/ Senior

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Center will be open.

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The Council on Aging uh will meet

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Tuesday, September 8th, 2026 at 9:30

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a.m. at the Senior Center.

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The planning board will meet again on

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Thursday, September 17th, 2026 at 400 PM

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at the town hall.

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The special town election will be

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Tuesday, October 6, 2026 from noon to 8

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at the town hall. two separate ballot

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questions regarding one, building of a

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new Franklin County Tech School and two,

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the proposed formation of a six or five

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town school district to be known as the

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Great River School District.

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Anybody follow that?

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>> I know it's a tough one.

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>> I know, right? Uh citizens concerns.

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Anyone with citizens concern

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hearing? None.

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Okay. uh appointment. Brad Stafford from

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the Franklin County Tech School

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Committee representative

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>> uh is here tonight. Special election is

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being held October 6th as just stated.

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Um he wanted to speak to the board and

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the public regarding some details of the

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proposed construction of the new school

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build school building for the Franklin

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County Tech School. Brad, come on up.

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Floor is yours.

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>> Right here then.

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>> Right there. Sure. Hello everybody.

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Thank you for having me.

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>> Um, all the details and stuff. I don't

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want to weigh down the whole meeting.

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Um, what it boils down to is there's due

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diligence on why the board or with the

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school and everybody involved is leaning

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towards a new school versus repairing.

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the short version is about seven or

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eight years ago we ran into a bunch of

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major repairs. It was looked at to go

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get um funding to help pay for them. The

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MSBA stepped in and says, you know, you

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got a 50-y old building. Maybe we ought

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to relook at the entire thing as a new

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school project. So, we went in that

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direction and came out at the end that's

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the way they would like us to go and we

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kept moving forward on that. Um, yes,

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repairs are possible, but the price tag

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on that

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actually the the first round would equal

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about the same to the taxpayers as

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building a new school.

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have to be paid back in a 10 to 15 year

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bond versus a longer bond for a new

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school because you just can't throw it

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out that long. Now, all the numbers and

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stuff I can crunch and throw at you. If

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you got any specifics, questions, I can

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if you did do a peace meal, if the

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building project got shot down,

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>> it would affect the students within the

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building because they couldn't be in

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that area while they were working on it.

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>> Absolutely. The school would be

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disrupted for at least

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5 years, probably even more because you

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got to do it piece by piece. And that's

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hopefully everything goes as planned

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this year. You do this section, what do

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you open up? What do you find? Lead

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paint? Who knows? You open up a floor

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that you think that the plumbing's okay

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and it's not. So now you got to rip up

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all of it comes to the roof. You take

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the roof off then it gets in. There

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hidden and you just don't know. It's a

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can it's a can of worms where new school

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would not disrupt the students. In fact,

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it'd be helpful to them because they're

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going to be involved. They're going to

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be on the site. It's been coordinated

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and acted and just like the last two um

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programs added the vet uh science

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section and the new uh aviation the kids

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were involved boost on the ground

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working as much as they could. You know

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there's all kinds of labor laws and

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stuff but they saw it happening so it'

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be more educational and less disrupted

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and that would also include the

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disruption of the evening schools for

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the adult education too.

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>> Right. Three questions. How long is it

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going to take to build the new school if

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it's approved?

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>> Uh, three plus years should go in 2030.

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hold off on this.

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>> I'm here.

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>> We know where to go. The the total cost

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>> total cost.

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So the the warrant is for

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226 million.

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>> And of that, how much is Berneston's

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slice?

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>> Bernison's slice was

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right here.

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>> You said you had all the answers.

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>> I do. I just didn't say there weren't a

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>> Just a touch over 4 million.

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>> 4 million spread out over 20 years. 30

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>> And it boils down to the quick math. I

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did less than 75 cents a day for the

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average household. About 225 bucks a

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year.

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$227.83

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» average. Those numbers are going to

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move. I can't hold to that one.

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>> You can't hold me to that one.

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>> And how much of that? Well, now my

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fourth question. How much of that is

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from the mass saving SBA whatever it is.

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>> So out of the 226 estimated, give or

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take a little bit. It's right around 66%

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So, does that reduce Bernardson slice or

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>> and we're going to vote [clears throat]

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October 6th. Correct. Hopefully in favor

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any more. Yes.

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>> What's the life expectancy of the

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building?

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>> They're shooting for another 50.

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Um they don't build things like they

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used to. the the brick and mortar steel

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probably will be, but the stuff inside,

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>> It is what it is.

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» And as far as the election goes, since

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Chris Whisk is here, the town clerk,

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it's no mail in ballots are allowed for

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the tech school vote. Correct.

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>> I believe that's right.

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>> But that will be for the sixth town,

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>> right? 510

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>> for those who have already requested

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vote by mail ballots for all elections

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this year.

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>> So that's a key difference for anybody

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that's listening out there to vote on

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the tech school. If you applied for vote

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by mail, you will not get a ballot in

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the mail for the tech school project.

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That's one you have to come to the

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building to the town hall to vote on.

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>> Just so everybody understands that to

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your point

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>> that's a little different.

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>> Yes. My question is um is there a

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projected enrollment over the next say

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10 years?

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about it's available the slots are

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increase about 15 20% if I remember

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which is six probably what the school

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again I can go look it look up said 680

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or something the school is going to be

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built for it's a little bigger than we

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the current school square footage does

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not cover the new specs for the students

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that we do that

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and the new needs that have changed over

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the last 50 years of education

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and a lot of these little nuance

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questions for all those that are

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listening. You can go to the tech school

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website. They got all the updated

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numbers and questions and stuff there.

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[cough]

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And just to uh share uh with everyone

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listening uh for sitting here uh

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attending um the under the regional

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district agreement approval of this

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project only requires a simple majority.

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So just know that

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» that was one of the questions a lot of

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us had if it was each town had to pass

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but it's not. No, it's the

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>> Simple majority.

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>> You you just lost me.

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>> All 31 towns. How many towns? 19.

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>> 19. It's the individual voters. It's not

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how many towns voted in. It's the

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individual votes.

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>> Okay. So, we don't need 19 yeses from 19

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different towns. We need a total of 51%

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or 50 what the percent of add all 19

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towns voters.

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>> Correct.

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>> Got it.

284
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>> Of those voting.

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>> Correct.

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>> Which Jane is Jane would know that was

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probably the way it was originally

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established, right? Do you remember

289
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that? You were on that committee, right?

290
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>> I was on that committee when the schools

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open,

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>> which so that's the way their bylaws

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are.

294
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>> 50 years ago.

295
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>> Yes, ma'am, sir.

296
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>> Wow. Wow.

297
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Um, I'd like to share something that

298
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I've looked up.

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Um, because we have an estimate of what

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our annual cost will be

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and I was very curious how that fit in

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with our past history.

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So, I went back through all of our

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budgets

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and I got to the additions that we did

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to PS and the additions that we did to

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PDS.

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our payment,

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the PBRS,

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was comparable to what this payment is.

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And I didn't want to say this publicly

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until I had done the change of the dollars for

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>> the economy since 2011

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I think was the year that I looked at

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payment.

316
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>> But you know everything we have we're

317
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paying a lot more for now than we were

318
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um 15 years ago. So,

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um,

320
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these payments seem high, but they're

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not anything that we can't handle. We've

322
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done it before.

323
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So, I I just want to mention that

324
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because I know that's a concern.

325
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I also just wanted to reiterate that uh

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October 6th uh that all 19 towns will

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have the same vote, same day, same time.

328
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So it's not

329
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Yeah. Nobody can read the tea leaves.

330
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>> That's right. You can't read the tea

331
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leaves.

332
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>> Yeah. It's not a town vote. It's a

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district.

334
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>> District.

335
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vote. Correct. That's a big

336
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difference.

337
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>> Yeah.

338
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>> Cool. Thank you very much.

339
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>> Yeah. Very welcome.

340
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>> Appreciate it, bro.

341
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>> Appreciate your work.

342
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>> Yeah. Thanks.

343
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>> Sure.

344
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» Okay. Mr. Brad Border, the tree warden

345
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in the Kushman Hall committee uh have

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asked to be present to discuss the tree

347
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situation in Kushman Park. The committee

348
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also has a quote for removal of the

349
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invasives along the brook which has been

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approved by the conservation commission.

351
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So Brad and uh oh did not get that.

352
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Well, thank you.

353
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>> Thank you. Thank you.

354
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>> Thanks very much.

355
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>> Come on up those that are involved. Yes.

356
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We can catch you on the microphones.

357
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» What's that?

358
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>> Oh, yeah.

359
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>> Not as problem with everybody else.

360
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>> Maybe I should hand it back. So,

361
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>> but

362
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[snorts]

363
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you guys don't have problem if Brian

364
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needs to wait.

365
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>> Absolutely.

366
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>> Okay.

367
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>> Good.

368
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All right. And you just handed me a

369
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quote for is this for the invasives? Is

370
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that what that? Okay. Gotcha. Join us.

371
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>> They quoted us for the seating. Um but

372
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Brian Ler said the highway department

373
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could do the seating.

374
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>> Okay.

375
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» Gotcha.

376
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>> And this is one you're going to use the

377
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Kushman Hall funds to pay for this as

378
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well.

379
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>> Yep.

380
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Did you put in the the permission from

381
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>> I guess my

382
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>> already had that

383
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>> that had to this what I I I don't know

384
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enough about this stuff to say what's to

385
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ask the question what's invasive I don't

386
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what is that

387
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>> there's um

388
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>> I mean I know there's invasive plants

389
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and all kinds of things but what's there

390
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that's invasive is

391
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>> okay

392
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>> specific question

393
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>> um it just flew out of my mind that's

394
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plant that looks like yes

395
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not

396
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» [laughter]

397
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>> Everybody knows everybody

398
00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,480
>> notweed is there and there's a lot of um

399
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briars and and other things. There's

400
00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,800
>> some bittersweet over there as well.

401
00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:09,920
>> A lot of bittersweet

402
00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:11,920
>> and it gets bigger every year.

403
00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:13,040
>> Gotcha.

404
00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:14,880
>> So this is for a licensed applicator to

405
00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:16,480
come in. Snow and suns gave you this

406
00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:17,759
quote.

407
00:16:17,759 --> 00:16:18,880
>> It's all been approved by the

408
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conservation commission which was a big

409
00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:24,550
>> hurdle. Yeah.

410
00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:26,000
So, do we have to have a separate vote

411
00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:27,199
on this one?

412
00:16:27,199 --> 00:16:28,320
>> No,

413
00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,800
>> just just for information.

414
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>> If it makes the board feel better, you

415
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can move it and vote on it. But the

416
00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:37,680
committee has received that quote and

417
00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:38,880
it's for work approved by the

418
00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:40,480
conservation commission. So,

419
00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:41,600
>> they've done the footwork.

420
00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:42,800
>> Yeah.

421
00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:47,110
>> Who gets to sign this document?

422
00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,629
» Probably move.

423
00:16:50,639 --> 00:16:51,040
» Yes.

424
00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:53,040
>> As a purchasing agent.

425
00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:58,399
>> Yes. I would move that we authorize Lou

426
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to

427
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sign

428
00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,799
the quote from Snow and Suns Tree and

429
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Landscaping in the amount of $2,11

430
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for removal of invasives at Kushman

431
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Park.

432
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>> I'll second that.

433
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>> Any other questions? Does this uh that

434
00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:20,720
this number 2001R1

435
00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:22,799
um does that include taking away the

436
00:17:22,799 --> 00:17:24,480
seating? Okay. All right. Good. That's

437
00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:24,799
all

438
00:17:24,799 --> 00:17:25,839
>> disposal.

439
00:17:25,839 --> 00:17:26,240
>> Yeah.

440
00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:27,760
>> So,

441
00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:31,830
thank you. [laughter]

442
00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:33,440
» Disposal. Sorry.

443
00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:35,200
>> Uh, okay. All in favor? I

444
00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:39,190
>> I Perfect.

445
00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:46,390
» Okay.

446
00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:51,750
» All right. Let's talk about trees.

447
00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,000
Brad's favorite subject. trees.

448
00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,520
>> Yes.

449
00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:56,880
>> So, this first document here, the

450
00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:58,720
Kushman Park tree and vegetation scope

451
00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:00,640
of work, who wrote this one?

452
00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:02,400
>> Me.

453
00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:03,840
>> Have you seen it?

454
00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:06,559
>> We have. We've been waiting for that

455
00:18:06,559 --> 00:18:08,960
since May.

456
00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:20,150
>> That's

457
00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,000
So, give us the Reader Digest version.

458
00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,320
Brad, what are you proposing here?

459
00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:29,120
>> Uh the the proposal here is to prune the

460
00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:30,640
trees in the park.

461
00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:32,000
>> The deadwood mainly is what we're

462
00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:32,320
looking

463
00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:33,840
>> mainly the deadwood just to kind of make

464
00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,000
it safer for all the events and folks

465
00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,039
going through the park.

466
00:18:39,039 --> 00:18:42,160
>> I'd like to say that there's some pretty

467
00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,720
big branches that have come down and

468
00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,360
there's at least one very large branch

469
00:18:47,360 --> 00:18:50,640
dangling from one of the trees. So, I

470
00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,960
really hope this can get done.

471
00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:54,880
>> We've had kids walking through the park

472
00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:57,120
for the summer wreck program going to

473
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the library

474
00:18:58,559 --> 00:19:00,400
>> and people walk through there all the

475
00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:02,000
time. There's people playing shuffle

476
00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,559
board

477
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and we waited really since May to get uh

478
00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,120
some estimates on this work and we never

479
00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:14,080
got it. So as you know we went ahead and

480
00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,520
hired somebody ourself which Lou told us

481
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that we could do and um his work was

482
00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,960
stopped and midstream and

483
00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:27,440
one of the workmen came down and he said

484
00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,919
it's very dangerous what is hanging out

485
00:19:29,919 --> 00:19:32,160
of that tree. So it's just a matter of

486
00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:33,520
time.

487
00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:35,200
>> Yeah, I agree.

488
00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,520
So, what

489
00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,440
>> you're proposing that you go out and

490
00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:41,520
quote somebody, not go by the quotes

491
00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:43,120
that we already have in hand?

492
00:19:43,120 --> 00:19:44,640
>> I haven't seen the quotes we have in

493
00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:46,559
hand, but yes, my plan was to hand that

494
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to multiple vendors, including

495
00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,000
potentially the ones that have been

496
00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,640
quoted before, but that way we get the

497
00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,480
same quote from everybody. So, you're

498
00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,080
kind of comparing apples to apples

499
00:19:58,080 --> 00:19:58,799
versus

500
00:19:58,799 --> 00:20:00,400
>> And I'd just like to put one thing out

501
00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:02,160
there and I put Lou on the spot. I know

502
00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,640
Lou did reach out for legal counsel.

503
00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,840
because it's such a odd situation here.

504
00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,000
Would you be okay regurgitating what

505
00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,640
Donna said to you in regards to

506
00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:14,720
>> Yeah. The uh the letter of the law in

507
00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,679
the Commonwealth refers specifically to

508
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park commissioners.

509
00:20:19,919 --> 00:20:22,080
We do not have specific park

510
00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,160
commissioners. certainly appreciate all

511
00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:25,840
the work that the Kushman Hall Committee

512
00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,240
does for Kushman Park, but in the

513
00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,960
absence of quote unquote park

514
00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:34,240
commissioners, the select board oversees

515
00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,280
any tree operation that goes on in a

516
00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,240
public park, which would include Kushman

517
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:41,440
Park.

518
00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:43,600
>> But according to the will, that's not

519
00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:45,360
how the wills read.

520
00:20:45,360 --> 00:20:47,360
>> Well, I don't think they had commissions

521
00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:49,754
back in 18 whatever.

522
00:20:49,754 --> 00:20:50,159
>> [laughter]

523
00:20:50,159 --> 00:20:52,080
>> I'm sure that's Adam,

524
00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:55,200
>> but I think it does give us an option

525
00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,280
if Brad's that busy that he couldn't get

526
00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,600
back to you in that time frame. This

527
00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,039
board could tell you give you the go

528
00:21:01,039 --> 00:21:02,720
ahead to go ahead and do what you did.

529
00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,600
>> I would love to do that because

530
00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,400
>> the the guy the tree man disagree with

531
00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,960
that and that's fine, but we're we've

532
00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:12,240
got a lot of projects that are starting

533
00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,400
to back up a little bit. I did respond

534
00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:19,360
on June or January, I'm sorry, 7:15,

535
00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:20,720
>> which I thought was pretty reasonable.

536
00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:24,789
It was within a week of our meeting.

537
00:21:24,799 --> 00:21:26,159
» It's been a while since then

538
00:21:26,159 --> 00:21:27,520
>> with estimates. You had estimates.

539
00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,600
>> The scope of work. The idea was that

540
00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,120
everybody would approve the scope of

541
00:21:31,120 --> 00:21:32,400
work and then I would go out for

542
00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:33,679
estimates.

543
00:21:33,679 --> 00:21:35,440
>> So, who's seen the estimates that you

544
00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:36,080
got?

545
00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,000
>> I That hasn't been approved yet. So, I

546
00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:39,600
haven't got any estimates. I've been

547
00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,280
waiting for that to be approved. It

548
00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:42,720
seems like we're going in a circle here,

549
00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:44,080
at least from this guy's opinion.

550
00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:45,440
>> Exactly.

551
00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,200
>> I I would like to propose tonight,

552
00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,600
knowing that that's the law, I'd make a

553
00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,000
motion for this board to approve the

554
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,240
quote that they had started with to

555
00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,480
finish the pruning that they're doing.

556
00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,720
Table this to a time when we can have a

557
00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,039
longer discussion. We have a pretty big

558
00:22:01,039 --> 00:22:03,200
event coming up this fall in the park,

559
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,440
scarecrow in the park. There are some

560
00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,679
rather large limbs over there to get

561
00:22:07,679 --> 00:22:10,720
those taken care of sooner than later.

562
00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:12,720
and deal with this later. But I just

563
00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:14,240
hate to keep pushing this down the road,

564
00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:15,760
Brad. It seems like that's what we're

565
00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:16,320
doing.

566
00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:18,000
>> Is there any reason not to use that to

567
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:18,960
get quotes right now?

568
00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:20,720
>> We have quotes that we've acted on our

569
00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:22,159
We have quote

570
00:22:22,159 --> 00:22:24,080
>> and it's well below the limit to have to

571
00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,000
go out and get quotes.

572
00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:26,799
>> Yes.

573
00:22:26,799 --> 00:22:28,960
>> Well below it. And it's Kushman Hall

574
00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,280
trusts money. It's not town's money.

575
00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,760
>> Why do we have a tree?

576
00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:35,600
>> And again, did you hear what Lou said

577
00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,799
that our um legal department stated?

578
00:22:38,799 --> 00:22:41,840
Lou, would you follow up on if the

579
00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,880
select board isn't

580
00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:48,480
available? Who is the next in line to

581
00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:50,720
authorize this work?

582
00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:52,640
>> I would have to check with council on

583
00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:53,120
that.

584
00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:56,159
>> Council said to me in a phone call that

585
00:22:56,159 --> 00:22:59,039
it would be the tree warden next in

586
00:22:59,039 --> 00:22:59,520
line.

587
00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:00,320
>> Okay. Well,

588
00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:04,240
>> and after the tree warden would be the

589
00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:05,440
>> W highway department.

590
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:06,799
>> Bring up a couple things here. I'm

591
00:23:06,799 --> 00:23:08,400
concerned about you being having a

592
00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:09,600
conflict of interest here.

593
00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,200
>> Absolutely. You can pull that chain all

594
00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:11,919
you want.

595
00:23:11,919 --> 00:23:14,799
>> So just I've said it in public. It's on

596
00:23:14,799 --> 00:23:16,240
TV.

597
00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,640
>> If I was you, I'd stop talking.

598
00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:19,200
>> You're not me.

599
00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:20,000
>> That's just me.

600
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,559
>> The conflict of interest is I can't

601
00:23:22,559 --> 00:23:23,200
vote.

602
00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:24,080
>> That's fair.

603
00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:25,600
>> This is the United States. I can still

604
00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:26,960
voice an opinion. I'm going to make a

605
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,039
motion that we continue down the path we

606
00:23:29,039 --> 00:23:31,200
have

607
00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:32,880
with the Kushman Hall Committee with the

608
00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,120
quote that they have in hand as a select

609
00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:36,880
board to get the dangerous trees which

610
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,120
is a public safety

611
00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:42,720
issue taken care of sooner than later.

612
00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:44,320
Brian Kier's opinion. We've been talking

613
00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,440
about this way too long

614
00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:49,120
and we're at this standstill at this

615
00:23:49,120 --> 00:23:51,200
point and we'll see if we get a second

616
00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,520
and a vote.

617
00:23:53,520 --> 00:24:01,350
>> I'll second it.

618
00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:05,280
Any other anybody got anything else to

619
00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,280
say? Now's the time.

620
00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:08,720
>> And I'm not saying throw this document

621
00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:10,880
away. I'm saying you've effectively done

622
00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:12,640
that. Well, that's the way it is. We've

623
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,640
been talking about it since May. My

624
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,440
opinion, it's a little too long to ask a

625
00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:18,960
question. Sure.

626
00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,200
>> Why did no one respond to my email

627
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,039
regarding that so that I could go to get

628
00:24:23,039 --> 00:24:31,590
quotes? I may respond to that email.

629
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,600
» I have it on paper here somewhere, but

630
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:34,480
you did respond

631
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,360
>> as in I've been waiting for anyone to

632
00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:39,360
respond approving that so that I could

633
00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:42,880
get quotes and keep the process moving.

634
00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:44,559
>> I didn't get a response from anyone.

635
00:24:44,559 --> 00:24:46,000
>> Well, we'll have to look at that then, I

636
00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,159
guess. But I think at this point you

637
00:24:48,159 --> 00:24:50,799
>> kind we're into September. Let's get

638
00:24:50,799 --> 00:24:52,400
this taken care of and work on this

639
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:53,919
after.

640
00:24:53,919 --> 00:24:55,840
I mean, we have to keep things going in

641
00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:57,039
the park. We don't want to put yellow

642
00:24:57,039 --> 00:24:58,799
ribbon around the park and tell sorry,

643
00:24:58,799 --> 00:25:01,360
you can't do these carrot this year.

644
00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:03,200
>> I didn't propose that at all. I'm just

645
00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,360
curious why

646
00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:06,880
>> if we want to go out and get 15

647
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,600
different quotes for a $3,000 job.

648
00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,919
>> Seems a little ridiculous to me

649
00:25:11,919 --> 00:25:13,919
>> when we already have quotes in hand.

650
00:25:13,919 --> 00:25:15,840
>> That's just my opinion. Again, I haven't

651
00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,240
seen the quote as the tree warden. So, I

652
00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:20,000
have no reference as to what you're

653
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:20,640
referring to.

654
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,000
>> And again, it doesn't have to go to the

655
00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:26,230
tree warden.

656
00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,240
» And besides those two trees, there were

657
00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,640
a couple other trees that limbs have

658
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,159
come down also on the other side of the

659
00:25:32,159 --> 00:25:33,039
brook.

660
00:25:33,039 --> 00:25:35,039
>> So, by the vets memorial.

661
00:25:35,039 --> 00:25:35,600
>> Pardon?

662
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,520
>> By the vets memorial. Yes.

663
00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:38,320
>> Yes.

664
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,720
>> So, technically we have estimates for

665
00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,600
all four trees there now to have them

666
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,360
trimmed.

667
00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:48,240
So, we've added those other two that

668
00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:50,000
>> Well, we haven't seen any of those. I'm

669
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,679
talking about the initial one we were

670
00:25:51,679 --> 00:25:53,840
>> Okay. Work on.

671
00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:56,640
>> That's That's with the revision of the

672
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,640
extra trees. He charged us another

673
00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:13,990
$1,000.

674
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,799
What's that?

675
00:26:16,799 --> 00:26:31,430
Oh, dry something.

676
00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:35,120
» He also has the the W9 forms that you

677
00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:35,600
need.

678
00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:36,640
>> Mhm.

679
00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:38,240
>> Would you like that now?

680
00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,960
>> Yes. It's the only way you can get paid.

681
00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:46,390
>> Yes. That's what I told him.

682
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:46,960
» Thank you.

683
00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:48,320
>> Just need the top page.

684
00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:49,600
>> Great.

685
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,240
>> Would you like a copy of the estimate?

686
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:53,520
>> Yes, please.

687
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:54,960
>> Thank you, sir.

688
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:56,960
>> Well, we have a motion in a second on

689
00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:58,880
the floor. We'll give it one last time

690
00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:00,400
for anyone that's got anything else to

691
00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,360
say.

692
00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:06,000
>> Hearing none. All in favor? I.

693
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,440
>> Any opposed?

694
00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,320
>> Yes. I [clears throat]

695
00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:15,750
Nate, whatever you want.

696
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:20,070
I would say the motion carries

697
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:20,480
to work.

698
00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:22,480
>> Okay, so we're all set. I can call him

699
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:24,640
again and hopefully he can put us back

700
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,799
on his schedule. That's the problem.

701
00:27:26,799 --> 00:27:29,679
He's already moved us once for Scarecrow

702
00:27:29,679 --> 00:27:31,200
in the park. So,

703
00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:32,880
>> who's on the original distribution list

704
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:34,480
for this, Brad? Do you remember?

705
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,480
>> You're on the email.

706
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:37,840
>> I just remember seeing it. That's why I

707
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:39,600
say it.

708
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,799
>> Uh, Mrs. Eddie, Karen Fitzpatrick, Lou

709
00:27:42,799 --> 00:27:45,120
Bordeaux,

710
00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:48,880
uh, my father, Brian Herbio, Brian Kier,

711
00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:50,559
and Brian Miner.

712
00:27:50,559 --> 00:27:52,640
>> Gotcha.

713
00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:54,880
>> I'd be happy to resend the email.

714
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:58,000
>> Please do. Thank you.

715
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,600
>> I don't know why I can only see back to

716
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,399
you said 7:15. I can only see back to

717
00:28:04,399 --> 00:28:05,760
85. I have no idea why.

718
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:07,440
>> Probably should have Justin. Yeah, you

719
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:08,159
need to

720
00:28:08,159 --> 00:28:11,760
>> Justin. Sure.

721
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:13,039
>> What's your email?

722
00:28:13,039 --> 00:28:13,679
>> Um,

723
00:28:13,679 --> 00:28:14,720
>> maybe he'd feel better.

724
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:16,000
>> I think it's Justin Lawrence at

725
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,440
Bernston.

726
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,480
>> I'm in the town. So,

727
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,279
>> yeah.

728
00:28:23,279 --> 00:28:24,320
J Lawrence at

729
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:27,039
>> Maybe it's J. Sorry. Jaw Bernston.

730
00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:28,799
>> You can look up the website. Should be

731
00:28:28,799 --> 00:28:32,149
on the website.

732
00:28:32,159 --> 00:28:35,600
» J Lawrence at town.

733
00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:36,720
first.

734
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:39,120
>> Sure.

735
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:42,799
>> I had it at one time. I wonder

736
00:28:42,799 --> 00:28:45,120
when I called up Mr. Mayad, I mean, the

737
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,840
poor man's been told yes, no, yes, no.

738
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,080
Could we have some kind of a letter that

739
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,320
we can give him that he really knows

740
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:56,159
that he's hired and he's not going to be

741
00:28:56,159 --> 00:28:58,480
stopped from doing his work?

742
00:28:58,480 --> 00:28:59,360
>> I'll take care of that.

743
00:28:59,360 --> 00:28:59,840
>> Thank you.

744
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:03,440
>> I will take care of that.

745
00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:05,600
>> That's my email. Oh, thank you. Okay.

746
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:06,640
>> Yeah.

747
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:07,120
>> Okay.

748
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,279
>> Uh I'm also going to stick around for

749
00:29:09,279 --> 00:29:10,640
new business because I've got an update

750
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:12,720
about the uh director search at the

751
00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:14,080
library. So,

752
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:14,399
>> okay.

753
00:29:14,399 --> 00:29:15,600
>> I'll stick around.

754
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,600
>> All right.

755
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,880
>> Thank you.

756
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:23,840
>> Okay. On to new business. Uh town hall

757
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:27,120
engineering report in late July.

758
00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:29,200
>> We'll wait till the clutter settles down

759
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:29,520
here.

760
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:30,559
>> Otis can hear it.

761
00:29:30,559 --> 00:29:36,950
>> Sorry, Otis.

762
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:41,200
Um, in late July, engineer Jeff Bolino,

763
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:42,320
is that how you say that?

764
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:42,559
>> Yes.

765
00:29:42,559 --> 00:29:43,440
>> Sounds good.

766
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,760
>> Uh, inspected and assessed the condition

767
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,799
of town hall. His assessment calls for

768
00:29:48,799 --> 00:29:51,200
repairs that could cost nearly $1.5

769
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:57,750
million, which you have your

770
00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:00,000
in your packet

771
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,880
everything that he identified. It's not

772
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,039
good,

773
00:30:05,039 --> 00:30:06,480
>> unfortunately.

774
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,159
>> So, Mr. Chairman, I asked Lou if he

775
00:30:08,159 --> 00:30:09,600
could put this one on there so we could

776
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:10,480
talk about it.

777
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:11,120
>> Yep.

778
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,760
>> And I'd like to recommend that this

779
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,640
board create a committee

780
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,200
to look at the feasibility of making

781
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,559
repairs to this building andor

782
00:30:22,559 --> 00:30:24,240
building a new town hall, as much as

783
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,880
nobody would want to hear that.

784
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,480
Um

785
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,080
Brian Miner had the pleasure to meet

786
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:31,679
with a couple of different engineers to

787
00:30:31,679 --> 00:30:33,360
show him around different areas. So he

788
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,360
has a lot of boots on the ground

789
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:39,279
information of it. We did have a Mr.

790
00:30:39,279 --> 00:30:42,240
Stuart Scanel reach out to me after the

791
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,159
town meeting we had this year where we

792
00:30:44,159 --> 00:30:46,559
approved some money for the Bolino

793
00:30:46,559 --> 00:30:48,720
engineering report.

794
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,440
And I forget his title, but he works at

795
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,360
UMass and does this type of work for

796
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,640
UMass on a regular basis. So, he has a

797
00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:58,640
lot of history with these type of

798
00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:01,440
buildings and finding grants and

799
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:02,799
thinking a little differently outside

800
00:31:02,799 --> 00:31:05,840
the box on repairs andor replacement.

801
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:08,399
And John Shaw, he's a local contractor,

802
00:31:08,399 --> 00:31:10,720
one of Jane's neighbors, also reached

803
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,120
out to me after that town meeting

804
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,200
offering to be a citizen on the

805
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,120
committee and he's a carpenter, has been

806
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,840
his whole life, understands the building

807
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:23,440
trades to a degree as well. But I think

808
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:26,720
if we had a few a couple three town

809
00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:28,080
residents, maybe somebody from the

810
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:30,000
finance committee, somebody from the

811
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,600
select board on a committee, Brian Miner

812
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,600
has offered to meet with that if we do

813
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:37,840
that to bring them up to speed on the

814
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:40,559
two reports and types of questions they

815
00:31:40,559 --> 00:31:43,200
were asking him about different systems

816
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,600
we've seen to give a little more

817
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:47,519
background and indepth to what the

818
00:31:47,519 --> 00:31:50,000
reports read because some of them are

819
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,760
written by an engineer and it's like

820
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,399
writing it from a lawyer.

821
00:31:54,399 --> 00:31:57,679
You read it this way, I read it that way

822
00:31:57,679 --> 00:31:59,760
to try to make heads or tails with Brian

823
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:02,159
on some of that. Just curious as to what

824
00:32:02,159 --> 00:32:04,399
people's thoughts were of doing that to

825
00:32:04,399 --> 00:32:06,640
keep this moving forward on the town

826
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,279
hall because we do know we have some

827
00:32:09,279 --> 00:32:13,039
structural issues here.

828
00:32:13,039 --> 00:32:16,799
>> Okay, I like the idea.

829
00:32:16,799 --> 00:32:19,120
So, anyone out there listening, [sighs]

830
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:21,679
we'll we'll decide who's one of us.

831
00:32:21,679 --> 00:32:23,120
>> Does it seem fair to you, Jane, if you

832
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:24,559
did that as a finance committee chair?

833
00:32:24,559 --> 00:32:26,320
>> An excellent idea.

834
00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:28,480
>> And you have some volunteers that are

835
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,799
good for

836
00:32:30,799 --> 00:32:32,399
>> Yeah. And they stepped up right away

837
00:32:32,399 --> 00:32:37,669
after the town meeting

838
00:32:37,679 --> 00:32:40,399
um when we had the mold problem here.

839
00:32:40,399 --> 00:32:42,640
>> Yep. Yep.

840
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:44,880
>> And he's built stuff for me. I mean,

841
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,519
some of your past in building stuff, you

842
00:32:47,519 --> 00:32:48,880
could be a valuable person on a

843
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:51,760
committee like that, too.

844
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:53,760
Think about it. I mean, we have to

845
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:55,440
decide the makeup of a committee, but

846
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:56,320
>> right.

847
00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,000
>> Sure. When the committee gets started

848
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,519
and what you need and what you think and

849
00:32:59,519 --> 00:33:01,919
you got enough certain type of people in

850
00:33:01,919 --> 00:33:05,600
there, I put my name.

851
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:05,760
You

852
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,200
>> got to find a grant here.

853
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,919
>> Yeah. that this Stuart has done quite a

854
00:33:09,919 --> 00:33:11,760
lot of that through UMass. So, he knows

855
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,080
some of the different ways to

856
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,320
potentially find money and we did Lou

857
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,200
and I had a meeting at the fire station

858
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,919
when Congressman McGovern was there. The

859
00:33:21,919 --> 00:33:24,640
USDA chief was there as well, Chris, and

860
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:26,240
I forget his last name,

861
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:27,919
>> Lion Lo.

862
00:33:27,919 --> 00:33:31,279
>> He runs the USDA for Mass, Rhode Island,

863
00:33:31,279 --> 00:33:33,760
and Connecticut.

864
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,919
And he said, we mentioned the town hall

865
00:33:35,919 --> 00:33:38,159
talking about this. He said, "Call me

866
00:33:38,159 --> 00:33:40,559
personally

867
00:33:40,559 --> 00:33:42,799
when you get to a point where you have a

868
00:33:42,799 --> 00:33:45,279
good question and we'll see what we can

869
00:33:45,279 --> 00:33:49,200
do to try to find some funding

870
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,279
both through the federal government and

871
00:33:51,279 --> 00:33:53,600
the USDA who's a quasi federal

872
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:54,960
government agency,

873
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:56,799
>> but they get a lot of extra funds in a

874
00:33:56,799 --> 00:33:58,159
lot of different ways except for

875
00:33:58,159 --> 00:33:59,519
highway. They don't get any highway

876
00:33:59,519 --> 00:34:01,919
money. We tried that too.

877
00:34:01,919 --> 00:34:04,000
>> Police and fire is the big one for them,

878
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,880
>> right? Yeah. But so we do have a couple

879
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:08,879
of

880
00:34:08,879 --> 00:34:10,639
I felt encouraged when he talked to us.

881
00:34:10,639 --> 00:34:12,560
Of course, I don't know.

882
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,040
>> Yeah. And I'll jump in here. I mean, I

883
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:16,879
was going to include that in my report

884
00:34:16,879 --> 00:34:19,679
later on, but absolutely it was uh a

885
00:34:19,679 --> 00:34:21,760
great day over at the fire station.

886
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,240
>> Uh and

887
00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:26,879
it it was primarily done to thank

888
00:34:26,879 --> 00:34:29,599
Congressman McGovern for getting that

889
00:34:29,599 --> 00:34:31,200
phantom million dollars. It's been

890
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,599
kicking around for almost 10 years. So

891
00:34:33,599 --> 00:34:36,079
he came through, he delivered on that.

892
00:34:36,079 --> 00:34:38,480
But as Brian just said, further than

893
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,280
that, uh, without knowing we were going

894
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:44,000
to do this, I took Congressman McGovern

895
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,159
aside and had a nice conversation. Brian

896
00:34:46,159 --> 00:34:48,320
took Chris Lion aside, had a

897
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,480
conversation, and then we put our heads

898
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,520
together afterward. And uh if it comes

899
00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:55,679
to that, if a committee finds that

900
00:34:55,679 --> 00:34:58,320
building a new town hall is in our best

901
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:01,520
interest, uh Congressman McGovern is all

902
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:04,560
ears to wanting to help. Uh as is

903
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:08,160
Director Lion. So uh the groundwork is

904
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:10,160
there and

905
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,640
once a committee forms it would be my

906
00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:16,320
intention to get regular meeting minute

907
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:19,040
information to both of their offices so

908
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,920
that uh it's not out of sight out of

909
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:23,119
mind for them

910
00:35:23,119 --> 00:35:25,119
>> which is what they said. They said you

911
00:35:25,119 --> 00:35:26,880
move along keep us in the loop right

912
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:27,839
away

913
00:35:27,839 --> 00:35:29,440
>> so we can start thinking of different

914
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,440
things to try to help you out. So

915
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:35,920
>> I mean I felt that was encouraging. They offered it up before we begged for

916
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:36,480
it.

917
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:37,760
>> Well, a lot of times you start a

918
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,119
conversation like that, somebody just

919
00:35:39,119 --> 00:35:40,960
walks away. So, and they didn't.

920
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:42,800
>> It was It was two good conversations.

921
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:45,040
>> We talked to the USDA for 45 minutes.

922
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:46,160
And he

923
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:49,680
>> had no lack of information for us.

924
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:50,880
>> Yeah. So, we'll have to figure out a

925
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:52,000
makeup of a committee.

926
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:52,400
>> Yep.

927
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:53,680
>> Jane, I'll give you a call. We'll think

928
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:55,520
of what how many people would be too

929
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:57,280
many

930
00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:58,560
because sometimes you can get too many

931
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:02,870
on a committee like that.

932
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:04,880
That's it for me on that. Okay.

933
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:06,880
>> I'm happy to get the ball rolling with

934
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:07,760
them.

935
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,359
>> Yeah. And that's awesome.

936
00:36:11,359 --> 00:36:13,599
>> Inter interpreting this.

937
00:36:13,599 --> 00:36:14,320
>> Yes.

938
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:14,960
>> Kind of talk

939
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:16,800
>> in particular this building.

940
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:17,200
>> Right.

941
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:19,520
>> There's a lot that you need to see here.

942
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:21,839
Understand what's on those.

943
00:36:21,839 --> 00:36:23,680
>> There is a few pictures in that, but

944
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:25,839
doesn't do it justice from actually

945
00:36:25,839 --> 00:36:28,320
>> seeing what is literally under here.

946
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:29,680
You'll shake your head a little bit when

947
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:30,960
you read through that engineering port

948
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:32,000
on this building light.

949
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:33,440
>> So, you need to do it before.

950
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:36,400
>> Why is it still here?

951
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,960
>> So, a lot of it needs to be in the crawl

952
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:40,400
space under here. So, it doesn't matter

953
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,560
whether it's noon time or 10:00 at

954
00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:48,390
night, unfortunately.

955
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,960
» All right. Anything further?

956
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,160
We'll uh anybody listening out there uh

957
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:57,119
if you're interested reach out to Lou uh

958
00:36:57,119 --> 00:36:59,200
and he can direct that to to our

959
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:03,359
attention and we'll go from there.

960
00:37:03,359 --> 00:37:06,400
All right. Uh going up to useful life of

961
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,640
new vehicles. The treasurer has provided

962
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:15,040
a document uh somewhere here right here

963
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:18,400
uh that states what the useful life of

964
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,160
new vehicles could be. This includes the

965
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:21,920
newest fire engine and the highway

966
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,480
truck, both of which were approved by

967
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:27,520
this year's town meeting votes.

968
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,760
So, you want me to read this or should

969
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:33,990
we

970
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:35,200
» I don't know. You think you need to read

971
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:36,560
the whole thing or just the two bullet

972
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:37,119
points?

973
00:37:37,119 --> 00:37:38,640
>> Uh, I would just Yeah, the two bullet

974
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,440
points voted further voted.

975
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:44,320
uh voted the maximum useful life of the

976
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:46,079
fire engine to be financed with the

977
00:37:46,079 --> 00:37:50,560
proceeds of the $1,80,000

978
00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:53,359
borrowing authorized by the vote of the

979
00:37:53,359 --> 00:37:56,560
town passed on April 29, 2026

980
00:37:56,560 --> 00:38:00,160
is hereby determined uh uh pursuant to

981
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:04,079
Mass General Law chapter 44 subsection 7

982
00:38:04,079 --> 00:38:08,000
parenthesy 1 to be 20 years. So that's

983
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,640
the useful life of that 20 years. Uh,

984
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:12,880
further voted, the maximum useful life

985
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,280
of the highway truck, I'll shorten it

986
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:20,550
up, uh, would be 15 years.

987
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:23,680
I won't read the whole paragraph, but

988
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:26,281
there's a lot of legal talk in there.

989
00:38:26,281 --> 00:38:27,359
[laughter]

990
00:38:27,359 --> 00:38:28,960
So, this whole page would be the motion,

991
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:29,839
right?

992
00:38:29,839 --> 00:38:33,430
>> Yeah.

993
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:38,630
» Certified yet.

994
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,960
I'll make a motion to that. Can we

995
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:42,079
>> go ahead?

996
00:38:42,079 --> 00:38:45,200
>> I'll make a motion to

997
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,119
recommend the maximum useful life of the

998
00:38:47,119 --> 00:38:49,680
fire truck at 20 years and the useful

999
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,640
life of the highway truck to be 15 years

1000
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:57,030
as stated in this document.

1001
00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:58,160
» Second.

1002
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:01,040
question.

1003
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:04,240
>> Yes. Does that mean that you have just

1004
00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:06,960
put a new fire truck on the budget for

1005
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:09,200
20 years from today?

1006
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:12,240
>> No. My understanding is that this just

1007
00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:14,240
gives the lean holder. Is that the

1008
00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:16,320
correct word, Sue?

1009
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:22,079
>> It allows the town to um borrow for

1010
00:39:22,079 --> 00:39:25,280
more than 10 years. If if you have a

1011
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:28,720
life at five years, you can only borrow

1012
00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:31,359
>> for five years So

1013
00:39:31,359 --> 00:39:32,800
>> they just wanted that in writing before

1014
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:34,960
they offer up a loan of 10 years.

1015
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:37,599
>> So this would be any fire truck and any

1016
00:39:37,599 --> 00:39:38,880
highway truck.

1017
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:39,599
>> Yes.

1018
00:39:39,599 --> 00:39:42,160
>> Regardless of the size of the truck

1019
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:44,480
>> if we want to carry it to that 10-year

1020
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:45,520
repayment period.

1021
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:47,520
>> I think it's very specifically this fire

1022
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:50,720
truck and this new hybrid truck because

1023
00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:53,359
I I recall having to look at something

1024
00:39:53,359 --> 00:39:55,760
like this before as well. Okay.

1025
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:57,760
>> So anytime you run a borrow, they want

1026
00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:00,480
to know that the useful life is

1027
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:04,079
longer than the length of the loan.

1028
00:40:04,079 --> 00:40:05,680
>> We did it for my last break.

1029
00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:08,079
>> I think so.

1030
00:40:08,079 --> 00:40:10,560
>> Yeah.

1031
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:14,240
>> Thanks. So, you're welcome.

1032
00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:16,400
>> All right. Any further discussion? All

1033
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:18,400
in favor?

1034
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:20,560
>> Any opposed?

1035
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:24,150
Perfect.

1036
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:27,200
Okay. Uh we have a planning board

1037
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:30,240
appointment. Julia Scanel

1038
00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:32,240
related.

1039
00:40:32,240 --> 00:40:33,520
>> Oh, I don't know. Could be.

1040
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:35,280
>> We were just talking about Steuart.

1041
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:36,880
>> Could be a voice. Yeah.

1042
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:38,880
>> Applied to uh volunteer for the town.

1043
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:40,240
She's attended a couple of planning

1044
00:40:40,240 --> 00:40:42,640
board meetings and is a good fit. She's

1045
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:44,079
been recommended by the planning board

1046
00:40:44,079 --> 00:40:46,320
to become a member. If appoint if

1047
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:47,920
appointed, this term will last until

1048
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:51,040
March 30th, 2029.

1049
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:54,400
I'll entertain a motion to

1050
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,319
appoint her as a member of the planning

1051
00:40:56,319 --> 00:40:59,920
board. So moved. Second. Uh any further

1052
00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:00,880
discussion?

1053
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:03,200
>> When does this become effective?

1054
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:04,960
>> Oh, it doesn't say that on here. Good

1055
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:05,760
question.

1056
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:07,440
>> Effective upon the vote.

1057
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:08,720
>> Effect. Okay, there we go.

1058
00:41:08,720 --> 00:41:09,920
>> Because we have a meeting there

1059
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:10,720
tomorrow.

1060
00:41:10,720 --> 00:41:11,839
>> Yes.

1061
00:41:11,839 --> 00:41:13,200
>> So she would have to come in and be

1062
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:14,800
sworn in.

1063
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:17,200
>> But this way Chris can reach out to her

1064
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:19,359
in advance of the meeting

1065
00:41:19,359 --> 00:41:19,760
>> and

1066
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:20,720
>> if she can come in.

1067
00:41:20,720 --> 00:41:21,599
>> Yeah.

1068
00:41:21,599 --> 00:41:23,839
>> Obviously if if she doesn't Yeah. If she

1069
00:41:23,839 --> 00:41:26,000
doesn't, then she can't legally

1070
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,839
participate in the meeting.

1071
00:41:27,839 --> 00:41:29,200
>> Gotcha.

1072
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:30,640
>> Participate. She just can't vote on

1073
00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:31,040
anything.

1074
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:32,000
>> She can observe.

1075
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:33,520
>> Yes.

1076
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:35,680
>> All right. Uh, all in favor?

1077
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:37,680
>> Hi.

1078
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:39,200
>> Excuse me. Council on Aging

1079
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:42,400
Appointments, Gloria Fryenhagen. Did I

1080
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:43,440
say it right?

1081
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:46,079
>> And Sydney Snow. Uh, they are currently

1082
00:41:46,079 --> 00:41:48,720
there are currently two vacancies on the

1083
00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:50,480
Council on Aging Board. Gloria and

1084
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,240
Sydney have volunteered to serve on the

1085
00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:54,720
board. If appointed, the term for Gloria

1086
00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:58,240
would expire on June 30th, 2028,

1087
00:41:58,240 --> 00:42:00,319
and Sydney's term would expire on June

1088
00:42:00,319 --> 00:42:04,240
30th, 2029. So, I'll entertain a motion

1089
00:42:04,240 --> 00:42:07,119
to uh

1090
00:42:07,119 --> 00:42:08,640
what's the word I was looking for here?

1091
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:09,119
>> Appoint.

1092
00:42:09,119 --> 00:42:11,440
Thank you. I am I draw a blank

1093
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:13,200
on that.

1094
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:16,240
Uh to appoint Gloria and Sydney to the

1095
00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:18,240
uh Council on Aging Board.

1096
00:42:18,240 --> 00:42:21,119
>> So moved. I'll second that. also

1097
00:42:21,119 --> 00:42:23,920
effective upon this vote. Is that okay?

1098
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:26,000
Perfect. Any other questions, comments?

1099
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:27,359
No. All in favor?

1100
00:42:27,359 --> 00:42:29,119
>> I

1101
00:42:29,119 --> 00:42:31,200
>> uh the fire department is asking for a

1102
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,520
one-day malt beverage permit to serve at

1103
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:35,680
Scarecrow in the Park on Friday, October

1104
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:38,560
16th, 2026

1105
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:41,040
between the hours of 300 p.m. and 1000

1106
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:44,240
p.m. I'll entertain a motion to approve

1107
00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:49,359
their ask. So moved. Second. Any further

1108
00:42:49,359 --> 00:42:52,000
discussion? This happens every year. All

1109
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:52,960
in favor?

1110
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:55,040
>> I.

1111
00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,760
>> The senior center is asking for a

1112
00:42:57,760 --> 00:43:00,640
one-day alcohol permit to serve wine at

1113
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,400
an art show for the senior center

1114
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:07,119
patrons on November 16th, 2026.

1115
00:43:07,119 --> 00:43:08,720
They will only have wine with

1116
00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:12,720
availability uh at 4 to 7 p.m. Uh so

1117
00:43:12,720 --> 00:43:16,000
I'll entertain a motion to approve their

1118
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:18,319
uh permit. So moved.

1119
00:43:18,319 --> 00:43:19,280
>> I'll second that.

1120
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:22,079
>> Any further discussion? All in favor?

1121
00:43:22,079 --> 00:43:25,589
>> I

1122
00:43:25,599 --> 00:43:27,599
uh we don't have any old business uh to

1123
00:43:27,599 --> 00:43:29,200
attend to, but we do have some other

1124
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:31,119
business uh unknown at the time of

1125
00:43:31,119 --> 00:43:32,800
posting. The election warrant for

1126
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:36,880
Sixtown uh great river school district

1127
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:41,359
voting uh needs a motion.

1128
00:43:41,359 --> 00:43:44,560
Um that is where did I put that? Right

1129
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:46,160
here.

1130
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:50,309
This isn't what we approved.

1131
00:43:50,319 --> 00:43:51,520
» No, this is the actual the actual

1132
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:53,599
election warrant. This is the warrant

1133
00:43:53,599 --> 00:43:54,079
wording.

1134
00:43:54,079 --> 00:43:55,599
>> Yeah.

1135
00:43:55,599 --> 00:43:56,800
>> So moved.

1136
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:58,000
>> Second.

1137
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:00,560
>> Uh any further discussion? All in favor?

1138
00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:02,880
>> I make a comment.

1139
00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:07,119
>> Yes. on I believe September 23rd the

1140
00:44:07,119 --> 00:44:10,240
senior center there'll be um listening

1141
00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:14,319
session question and answer

1142
00:44:14,319 --> 00:44:16,240
prior to that vote for any information

1143
00:44:16,240 --> 00:44:18,880
that you need can also go on the website

1144
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:20,800
anytime or call any member of the

1145
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:23,200
committee and ask we don't know the

1146
00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:24,480
answer we'll get it for you

1147
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:28,240
>> so again the location of that is

1148
00:44:28,240 --> 00:44:29,280
>> for the 23rd

1149
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:33,599
>> center senior center got a tie

1150
00:44:33,599 --> 00:44:36,640
I think it's six. You get you will have

1151
00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:39,910
to.

1152
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:42,160
They usually do those at 6:00. So,

1153
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:44,079
>> tomorrow night's in Gil is at 6. So,

1154
00:44:44,079 --> 00:44:44,640
>> yeah.

1155
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:46,720
>> Give us an agenda. We can put it on the

1156
00:44:46,720 --> 00:44:49,359
website on calendar.

1157
00:44:49,359 --> 00:44:52,000
I just welcome that. But that's a

1158
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:54,240
Wednesday and I it does not conflict

1159
00:44:54,240 --> 00:45:00,069
with your regular schedule of meeting

1160
00:45:00,079 --> 00:45:02,240
» but they need you guys to unlock and

1161
00:45:02,240 --> 00:45:04,960
help that out.

1162
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:07,200
>> Gotcha.

1163
00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:09,520
All right. I will entertain a motion uh

1164
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:12,400
for early voting uh for the November

1165
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:14,240
election.

1166
00:45:14,240 --> 00:45:15,599
>> Just to clarify.

1167
00:45:15,599 --> 00:45:18,079
>> Yes. it because of the six town versus

1168
00:45:18,079 --> 00:45:20,480
five town. Does this wording

1169
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:23,839
>> that wording covers?

1170
00:45:23,839 --> 00:45:24,319
>> Yes.

1171
00:45:24,319 --> 00:45:26,800
>> You don't know how many different boers

1172
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:29,920
have their hands. Okay.

1173
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:32,720
>> And it's been approved by the state and

1174
00:45:32,720 --> 00:45:34,640
>> beautiful. Okay.

1175
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:38,400
>> Perfect. Um, I I'm trying I haven't done

1176
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,400
anything about it yet, but I'm planning

1177
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:42,960
on the little synopsis to be available

1178
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:45,119
for everybody that says if you vote yes,

1179
00:45:45,119 --> 00:45:46,720
this is what it means. If you vote no,

1180
00:45:46,720 --> 00:45:49,440
this is what it means. So they don't

1181
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:51,599
have to try to,

1182
00:45:51,599 --> 00:45:54,319
you know, read that three times to get

1183
00:45:54,319 --> 00:45:59,270
to the

1184
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:04,319
» Okay. Uh, yes. So, entertain a motion to

1185
00:46:04,319 --> 00:46:06,319
uh for early voting in the November

1186
00:46:06,319 --> 00:46:07,040
election.

1187
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:10,480
>> Did we vote on the other one?

1188
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:12,480
>> The first one now.

1189
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:14,000
>> Yeah. Yeah, we did.

1190
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:18,550
>> Okay.

1191
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:22,400
» Make a motion to approve early voting

1192
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:24,240
for the November election.

1193
00:46:24,240 --> 00:46:25,520
>> Second.

1194
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:27,280
>> Any discussion?

1195
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:29,680
>> Would you like us to have a pop,

1196
00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:30,319
>> please?

1197
00:46:30,319 --> 00:46:33,589
>> Yes.

1198
00:46:33,599 --> 00:46:35,520
Then they can hear you.

1199
00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:36,000
>> This one.

1200
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:37,040
>> That's the microphone. Yeah,

1201
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:37,920
>> this one. Okay.

1202
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:39,599
>> Either one. Either one.

1203
00:46:39,599 --> 00:46:41,440
>> Okay. I'm Sarah Brown and I'm the

1204
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:45,200
assistant town clerk currently. Um

1205
00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:49,200
so this we sent a memo asking for the

1206
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:52,400
select board's approval on um having

1207
00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:57,440
early inperson voting for half of the um

1208
00:46:57,440 --> 00:46:59,920
hours that we're open to the public. Uh

1209
00:46:59,920 --> 00:47:03,440
it worked out pretty well. Um we did

1210
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:05,839
half of the hours we were open to the

1211
00:47:05,839 --> 00:47:07,760
public for the September 1st state

1212
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:11,680
primary. Um we had between one and two

1213
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:14,240
people come per hour, so it wasn't very

1214
00:47:14,240 --> 00:47:17,680
heavy. U voters seem to be preferring

1215
00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:20,160
vote by mail. Um which will also be

1216
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:24,560
available for the November election. Um,

1217
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:27,040
so yeah, we are requesting the select

1218
00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:29,440
board's approval of these hours.

1219
00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:32,079
>> Awesome.

1220
00:47:32,079 --> 00:47:34,480
>> And you might as well say next time.

1221
00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:36,400
>> Oh, sure.

1222
00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:38,880
>> Uh, any further discussion, questions?

1223
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:40,079
All in favor? I

1224
00:47:40,079 --> 00:47:42,400
>> I

1225
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:46,960
>> Okay. Uh, Sarah. Um, uh, we I will

1226
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:50,000
entertain a motion to appoint Sarah

1227
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:52,480
Brown Anson as town clerk. effective

1228
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:57,440
September 28th, 2026.

1229
00:47:57,440 --> 00:47:59,839
Enthusiastically,

1230
00:47:59,839 --> 00:48:02,000
>> September 28th starts the new pay

1231
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:04,240
period.

1232
00:48:04,240 --> 00:48:04,800
>> Yes.

1233
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:06,240
>> You have to retire a couple of days

1234
00:48:06,240 --> 00:48:06,800
early.

1235
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:08,400
>> Yes, I still do. [laughter]

1236
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:08,800
>> Yeah.

1237
00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:11,359
>> Force you out the door.

1238
00:48:11,359 --> 00:48:14,560
>> I I did clarify that with Lou um because

1239
00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:16,400
I I was confused about that. My

1240
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:18,000
understanding was that I would actually

1241
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:20,960
become town clerk on October 1st. So

1242
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:22,720
that would be great if you could make

1243
00:48:22,720 --> 00:48:26,480
that motion. I think that the you can

1244
00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:26,880
speak

1245
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:28,960
>> for the efficiency of the pay period.

1246
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:29,359
>> Okay.

1247
00:48:29,359 --> 00:48:32,160
>> So that you're not paid a split wage

1248
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:34,960
>> for 2 days. Chris will still get paid

1249
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:37,839
the same will be town clerk. That that

1250
00:48:37,839 --> 00:48:39,599
the plan is that Chris will be town

1251
00:48:39,599 --> 00:48:42,400
clerk until October 1st. Um because

1252
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:44,559
there may be things we don't want any

1253
00:48:44,559 --> 00:48:46,960
ambiguity about who is town clerk at any

1254
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:50,000
time for paperwork reasons. So

1255
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:51,520
>> yeah,

1256
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:53,920
>> clear as butt. [laughter]

1257
00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:56,240
Something like that. You make that

1258
00:48:56,240 --> 00:48:57,119
motion.

1259
00:48:57,119 --> 00:48:59,119
>> I make a motion to appoint Sarah Brown

1260
00:48:59,119 --> 00:49:02,640
Hansen as town clerk.

1261
00:49:02,640 --> 00:49:04,160
Effective

1262
00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:06,480
>> October 1st.

1263
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:07,920
>> Uh but I think

1264
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:11,359
>> for pay purposes it will be effective

1265
00:49:11,359 --> 00:49:13,440
September 28th.

1266
00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:15,359
>> I'll second that motion.

1267
00:49:15,359 --> 00:49:16,880
>> Splendish.

1268
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:19,359
>> That works out. blue that works for you.

1269
00:49:19,359 --> 00:49:20,480
>> Everybody's happy.

1270
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:21,040
>> All right.

1271
00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:21,920
>> Okay.

1272
00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:24,000
>> Any further discussion?

1273
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:25,280
>> All in favor?

1274
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:26,240
>> I.

1275
00:49:26,240 --> 00:49:28,880
>> Welcome aboard.

1276
00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:29,520
>> Thank you.

1277
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:31,040
>> Very excited.

1278
00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:35,270
>> Yeah. [applause and cheering]

1279
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:37,280
» And that recommendation comes after a

1280
00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:39,629
grueling 45minut interview. So,

1281
00:49:39,629 --> 00:49:40,640
[laughter]

1282
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:42,400
>> but just the fact that just the fact

1283
00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:44,720
that she endured that [laughter]

1284
00:49:44,720 --> 00:49:48,160
probably deserves hazard pay.

1285
00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:48,800
Uh,

1286
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:50,800
>> which is why the two extra days,

1287
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:51,760
>> right?

1288
00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:53,599
>> Good call. Good call, Mr. Chairman. Good

1289
00:49:53,599 --> 00:49:57,510
call.

1290
00:49:57,520 --> 00:49:59,920
» All right. Uh, I will entertain. Thank

1291
00:49:59,920 --> 00:50:03,359
you, sir. I will entertain a motion to

1292
00:50:03,359 --> 00:50:08,559
appoint Deborah Delan Brewer. Da Breer.

1293
00:50:08,559 --> 00:50:11,119
>> Oh, darn. I'm so name like her.

1294
00:50:11,119 --> 00:50:12,480
>> To the board of health.

1295
00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:14,079
>> That

1296
00:50:14,079 --> 00:50:17,200
exactly to the board of health. uh until

1297
00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:21,440
the next town election.

1298
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:24,319
>> So moved. Sort of. Does she serve in

1299
00:50:24,319 --> 00:50:26,000
another capacity? Because we know the

1300
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:26,480
name.

1301
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:27,839
>> She she was on the board of health.

1302
00:50:27,839 --> 00:50:29,760
>> She was on. She was off. She was on. She

1303
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:31,599
was off. I was surprised to see her walk

1304
00:50:31,599 --> 00:50:32,720
in today, but

1305
00:50:32,720 --> 00:50:33,839
>> now she's on again.

1306
00:50:33,839 --> 00:50:36,640
>> Two remaining board members moved to

1307
00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:38,880
reappoint her. So because it's an

1308
00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:40,400
elected position, she can only be

1309
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:44,480
appointed until the next town election.

1310
00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:47,680
>> Okay. Any further discussion? Uh, all in

1311
00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:48,400
favor?

1312
00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:51,359
>> I.

1313
00:50:51,359 --> 00:50:55,359
>> Okay. Uh, let's set up some meetings.

1314
00:50:55,359 --> 00:50:56,880
Justin had an update, too.

1315
00:50:56,880 --> 00:50:59,520
>> I'm sorry. Go ahead, Justin. Yeah.

1316
00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:00,480
>> Of course.

1317
00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:02,640
>> Uh, so

1318
00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:05,280
the, um, you're in the headlights look

1319
00:51:05,280 --> 00:51:07,040
that I had earlier tonight when we were

1320
00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:09,359
talking about trees in the park is, uh,

1321
00:51:09,359 --> 00:51:11,119
something I'll apologize for. I've not

1322
00:51:11,119 --> 00:51:13,680
been, uh, terribly active, as active as

1323
00:51:13,680 --> 00:51:15,280
I should. So Karen, I'm sorry. And to

1324
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:17,839
the other board members, uh I'm sorry.

1325
00:51:17,839 --> 00:51:20,800
Uh my only excuse is that uh we have

1326
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:23,920
been busy interviewing a new library

1327
00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:26,480
director and I'm really excited to share

1328
00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:28,000
for some of our board members. It'll be

1329
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:30,880
the first time that they hear that. Um

1330
00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:33,520
late yesterday, we got a signed offer

1331
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:35,200
letter from a very nice woman named

1332
00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:39,200
Katherine Bass, who is uh the prior

1333
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:41,040
library director of the Jericho Town

1334
00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:43,440
Library in Jericho, Vermont. uh because

1335
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:45,119
of her husband's work, she's moved to

1336
00:51:45,119 --> 00:51:48,240
Florence and is looking to uh be the

1337
00:51:48,240 --> 00:51:50,559
director of another small part-time

1338
00:51:50,559 --> 00:51:56,720
rural library and uh has been really inspiring uh for us. So, big

1339
00:51:56,720 --> 00:51:58,880
thanks to Susan and Doo for their help

1340
00:51:58,880 --> 00:52:00,640
as we work through that process. I think

1341
00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:02,720
there's a few more things that we got to

1342
00:52:02,720 --> 00:52:04,559
do to get her on boarded and and get her

1343
00:52:04,559 --> 00:52:07,119
oriented and ready to start, but um she

1344
00:52:07,119 --> 00:52:09,920
is available as early as September 9th,

1345
00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:12,400
which is uh really a weight off our

1346
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:14,640
shoulders. She's got a lot of experience

1347
00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:22,800
with uh budgets and town processes and open meeting laws, and we're really confident in her ability. And so

1348
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:25,200
we we thank you for all of your support

1349
00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:27,599
of the library for the last, you know,

1350
00:52:27,599 --> 00:52:31,119
few years. and um Lor's exit left really

1351
00:52:31,119 --> 00:52:35,200
big shoes to fill and we're really excited uh to have somebody that

1352
00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:37,440
we think can can fill that and I wanted

1353
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:38,559
to share it with you and I'm going to

1354
00:52:38,559 --> 00:52:41,040
race home and send an email out to the

1355
00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:43,040
trustees. So if there's any trustees

1356
00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:45,119
watching um you're going to get word of

1357
00:52:45,119 --> 00:52:46,480
this very very soon. You're hearing it

1358
00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:49,680
before they are. Uh so I I appreciate

1359
00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:51,119
>> the support. Absolutely. Thank Thank

1360
00:52:51,119 --> 00:52:54,000
you. Great. Nice job. And I'll just do a

1361
00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:56,480
shameless plug if you got my email about

1362
00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:58,960
the chili cookoff at Scarecrow in the

1363
00:52:58,960 --> 00:52:59,280
Park.

1364
00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:00,240
>> I did get that.

1365
00:53:00,240 --> 00:53:02,559
>> Okay. Let us know. And if you are not

1366
00:53:02,559 --> 00:53:04,640
available, maybe somebody uh on your

1367
00:53:04,640 --> 00:53:05,520
board would be.

1368
00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:06,079
>> Okay.

1369
00:53:06,079 --> 00:53:06,559
>> Awesome.

1370
00:53:06,559 --> 00:53:07,280
>> All right.

1371
00:53:07,280 --> 00:53:07,920
>> Thank you so much.

1372
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:09,040
>> Thank you, Justin.

1373
00:53:09,040 --> 00:53:10,079
>> Yeah. Thank you.

1374
00:53:10,079 --> 00:53:13,510
>> Uh all right.

1375
00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:16,960
We uh

1376
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:20,000
>> we have no regular meetings um set up

1377
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:23,760
for September for the rest of September.

1378
00:53:23,760 --> 00:53:25,839
Uh the next regular meeting we have

1379
00:53:25,839 --> 00:53:28,559
scheduled uh would be Wednesday, October

1380
00:53:28,559 --> 00:53:30,640
14th.

1381
00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:34,000
Um do we need

1382
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:36,720
do we see a need to have any prior to

1383
00:53:36,720 --> 00:53:39,920
that? First of all, I know everybody's

1384
00:53:39,920 --> 00:53:40,800
checking their calendar.

1385
00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:42,720
>> Yes.

1386
00:53:42,720 --> 00:53:44,640
So it would mean cancelling the

1387
00:53:44,640 --> 00:53:48,720
September 16th meeting and the September

1388
00:53:48,720 --> 00:53:50,319
30th 30th meeting.

1389
00:53:50,319 --> 00:53:51,520
>> Correct.

1390
00:53:51,520 --> 00:53:53,839
>> If it so pleases the board.

1391
00:53:53,839 --> 00:53:56,800
>> And what that allows us to do is as if

1392
00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:58,400
necessary

1393
00:53:58,400 --> 00:54:00,400
call us a select board meeting. It

1394
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:02,800
doesn't remove that opportunity if if

1395
00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:03,520
need be.

1396
00:54:03,520 --> 00:54:03,760
>> Right.

1397
00:54:03,760 --> 00:54:04,880
>> Yep.

1398
00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:08,640
>> And signing the warrants and all of that

1399
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:10,240
>> seems to have gone well this summer.

1400
00:54:10,240 --> 00:54:13,040
>> Mhm. Okay.

1401
00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:15,839
I know that uh on the 16th, just so

1402
00:54:15,839 --> 00:54:17,520
you're aware, I will not be around to

1403
00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:20,720
sign warrants. I will be in Oklahoma.

1404
00:54:20,720 --> 00:54:21,760
See the grandkids

1405
00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:23,440
>> where the wind comes whipping off the

1406
00:54:23,440 --> 00:54:24,240
plane.

1407
00:54:24,240 --> 00:54:25,599
>> That's right. That's right.

1408
00:54:25,599 --> 00:54:26,640
>> It's going to break into song.

1409
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:31,440
>> It'll it'll be a balmy 97.

1410
00:54:31,440 --> 00:54:33,599
>> 110 like it had been.

1411
00:54:33,599 --> 00:54:35,520
>> Yeah, I was going to say it won't be

1412
00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:38,800
110. It'll be a nice 97.

1413
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:40,640
I'm going to see your 97 and I'm going

1414
00:54:40,640 --> 00:54:42,400
to raise you a tornado warning in

1415
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:43,200
Indiana.

1416
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:45,520
>> Said no one ever, but whatever. It is

1417
00:54:45,520 --> 00:54:47,280
what it is. I'm at the mercy of the

1418
00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:48,640
United States military when

1419
00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:52,000
>> I would make a motion to cancel the

1420
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:54,559
meetings on September 16th and September

1421
00:54:54,559 --> 00:54:57,599
30th, thus making the next select board

1422
00:54:57,599 --> 00:55:01,680
meeting October 14th. Unless

1423
00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:03,760
something comes up and we need to

1424
00:55:03,760 --> 00:55:04,400
schedule

1425
00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:05,359
>> urgent business.

1426
00:55:05,359 --> 00:55:07,920
I'll schedule schedule.

1427
00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:10,160
I'll second that motion.

1428
00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:12,880
Any further discussion?

1429
00:55:12,880 --> 00:55:15,119
All in favor? I.

1430
00:55:15,119 --> 00:55:18,630
>> Perfect.

1431
00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:21,760
And town administrators report. I'm

1432
00:55:21,760 --> 00:55:23,359
sorry, I skipped over it before, but I

1433
00:55:23,359 --> 00:55:24,079
did the

1434
00:55:24,079 --> 00:55:25,760
>> I I thought you did that, Mr. Chairman,

1435
00:55:25,760 --> 00:55:27,760
because I had chimed in on the meeting

1436
00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:28,480
at the fire station.

1437
00:55:28,480 --> 00:55:29,920
>> No, I skipped over it before because I

1438
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:31,599
wanted to hear your voice right at the

1439
00:55:31,599 --> 00:55:31,920
end.

1440
00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:34,720
>> Ah, what a way to go home. [laughter] Uh

1441
00:55:34,720 --> 00:55:37,440
well, in addition to that uh big meeting

1442
00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:38,880
over at the fire station, the ribbon

1443
00:55:38,880 --> 00:55:41,440
cutting, which got us actually some

1444
00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:42,960
really good publicity both in the

1445
00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:45,359
recorder, uh Congressman McGovern's

1446
00:55:45,359 --> 00:55:47,760
website live streamed the event and if

1447
00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:49,440
you're watching at home, you can go on

1448
00:55:49,440 --> 00:55:52,480
to Congressman McGovern's website and

1449
00:55:52,480 --> 00:55:55,520
find his Facebook page and the mighty

1450
00:55:55,520 --> 00:55:58,480
11minute video is there. Uh he gave some

1451
00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:02,480
really good remarks. He is aware of us

1452
00:56:02,480 --> 00:56:05,839
here in Berneston, which

1453
00:56:05,839 --> 00:56:08,319
is uh

1454
00:56:08,319 --> 00:56:10,319
a lot more than Richie Neil used to do,

1455
00:56:10,319 --> 00:56:12,720
but I'm not going to get into that at

1456
00:56:12,720 --> 00:56:16,160
all. Um, so

1457
00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:17,599
ever since that day, I was sitting at

1458
00:56:17,599 --> 00:56:19,280
the end of the table at a fire station

1459
00:56:19,280 --> 00:56:21,440
meeting and he looked me right in the

1460
00:56:21,440 --> 00:56:23,680
eye and said, "You're going to get your

1461
00:56:23,680 --> 00:56:25,760
fire station."

1462
00:56:25,760 --> 00:56:28,960
He's a politician who delivers. So, it

1463
00:56:28,960 --> 00:56:31,599
was a great meeting, great for the town,

1464
00:56:31,599 --> 00:56:34,559
uh, got us out in the public eye, and we

1465
00:56:34,559 --> 00:56:37,440
really, uh, we were able to shine that

1466
00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:40,559
day. So, it was really good. And as

1467
00:56:40,559 --> 00:56:43,920
Brian said, the conversation with Chris

1468
00:56:43,920 --> 00:56:46,160
Lion from USDA,

1469
00:56:46,160 --> 00:56:50,640
uh, his his excitement both about the

1470
00:56:50,640 --> 00:56:52,960
fire station project

1471
00:56:52,960 --> 00:56:56,400
and the potential for possibly being

1472
00:56:56,400 --> 00:56:59,920
involved with a town hall project. uh he

1473
00:56:59,920 --> 00:57:01,599
was excited because both he and the

1474
00:57:01,599 --> 00:57:06,000
congressman separately commented on

1475
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:09,760
how Bernardston did such a valuable job

1476
00:57:09,760 --> 00:57:13,040
with federal money that uh congressman

1477
00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:15,200
told me that he had one town in his

1478
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:18,319
district ask for $19 million for a new

1479
00:57:18,319 --> 00:57:22,000
fire station and he said I can't get

1480
00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:24,880
that kind of money. Uh he did mention in

1481
00:57:24,880 --> 00:57:27,280
his remarks

1482
00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:30,079
uh the hard work of finance chair Jane

1483
00:57:30,079 --> 00:57:33,200
Dutcher which I thought was a nice

1484
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:36,000
cherry on top because

1485
00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:38,559
uh without Jane's hard work a lot of the

1486
00:57:38,559 --> 00:57:41,119
things that we almost take for granted

1487
00:57:41,119 --> 00:57:43,280
here simply don't happen. So while

1488
00:57:43,280 --> 00:57:45,040
you're here Jane thank you very much.

1489
00:57:45,040 --> 00:57:45,920
>> Yes thank you.

1490
00:57:45,920 --> 00:57:48,319
>> Um anyways

1491
00:57:48,319 --> 00:57:50,000
so it was a great day and I can't say

1492
00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:51,440
enough good things about it but I better

1493
00:57:51,440 --> 00:57:54,240
move along. So today we had a department

1494
00:57:54,240 --> 00:57:57,280
heads meeting that Deb Williams from

1495
00:57:57,280 --> 00:58:00,559
Maya came and Sarah and Chris were here.

1496
00:58:00,559 --> 00:58:03,760
Brian Miner was here. Um Deb wanted to

1497
00:58:03,760 --> 00:58:06,319
come in after she did our annual review

1498
00:58:06,319 --> 00:58:09,839
to discuss the Meer rewards programs and

1499
00:58:09,839 --> 00:58:11,359
uh an annual grant that they have

1500
00:58:11,359 --> 00:58:12,960
available.

1501
00:58:12,960 --> 00:58:15,280
So, I felt it was important to get the

1502
00:58:15,280 --> 00:58:17,599
whole team together because there's

1503
00:58:17,599 --> 00:58:20,559
opportunities for us to save on our

1504
00:58:20,559 --> 00:58:23,599
liability premium for next fiscal year

1505
00:58:23,599 --> 00:58:26,240
uh based on classes we take, workshops,

1506
00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:28,880
things of that nature. But also, a town

1507
00:58:28,880 --> 00:58:31,599
can qualify if they get their grant

1508
00:58:31,599 --> 00:58:34,480
application in in a timely manner for up

1509
00:58:34,480 --> 00:58:39,599
to $10,000 in Maya funding. So, uh, Deb

1510
00:58:39,599 --> 00:58:41,440
was very

1511
00:58:41,440 --> 00:58:44,079
interested in helping us out and she

1512
00:58:44,079 --> 00:58:45,680
said she'll come back in December. We're

1513
00:58:45,680 --> 00:58:46,640
going to have another meeting in

1514
00:58:46,640 --> 00:58:48,880
December with her. So, that worked out

1515
00:58:48,880 --> 00:58:51,200
well. Uh, last but not least, and it was

1516
00:58:51,200 --> 00:58:53,520
a follow-up to the Maya meeting, uh,

1517
00:58:53,520 --> 00:58:55,440
Chris and Sarah put together a great

1518
00:58:55,440 --> 00:58:58,240
document regarding election evacuation

1519
00:58:58,240 --> 00:59:00,400
plans. I know this was something that

1520
00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:04,000
had been discussed maybe four years ago.

1521
00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:08,000
Um, but Chris really made sure that

1522
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:10,240
everything was accounted for. We didn't

1523
00:59:10,240 --> 00:59:12,000
necessarily get to the goal line with

1524
00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:14,480
this because we're kind of concerned

1525
00:59:14,480 --> 00:59:17,359
about potentially having a generator

1526
00:59:17,359 --> 00:59:19,599
maybe at the senior center. Uh, I had

1527
00:59:19,599 --> 00:59:21,599
asked somebody from the church because

1528
00:59:21,599 --> 00:59:24,480
the pastor over there has volunteered

1529
00:59:24,480 --> 00:59:27,280
the church for other community functions

1530
00:59:27,280 --> 00:59:29,040
and I asked if they have a generator.

1531
00:59:29,040 --> 00:59:31,599
They don't have one now. So, uh, I think

1532
00:59:31,599 --> 00:59:33,359
for all intents and purposes, we would

1533
00:59:33,359 --> 00:59:36,480
keep the senior center as our evacuation

1534
00:59:36,480 --> 00:59:38,480
location. But again, this is a living

1535
00:59:38,480 --> 00:59:40,079
document. This is something that we're

1536
00:59:40,079 --> 00:59:42,400
going to have to continue to work on.

1537
00:59:42,400 --> 00:59:45,200
And I know there's a couple of big

1538
00:59:45,200 --> 00:59:46,799
elections coming up, but Sarah's going

1539
00:59:46,799 --> 00:59:48,480
to have her hands full. So, that's a

1540
00:59:48,480 --> 00:59:49,359
good thing.

1541
00:59:49,359 --> 00:59:51,119
>> Uh, and that's really all I've got, Mr.

1542
00:59:51,119 --> 00:59:52,559
Chairman. Thank you for the time.

1543
00:59:52,559 --> 00:59:53,520
>> Yes. Thank you.

1544
00:59:53,520 --> 00:59:55,200
>> If I can just add one thing, a thanks to

1545
00:59:55,200 --> 00:59:57,359
Chris and Sarah for yesterday, the

1546
00:59:57,359 --> 00:59:58,960
election. A lot of work.

1547
00:59:58,960 --> 01:00:00,400
>> Knocked it out of the park.

1548
01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:01,920
>> And Ken and I on Monday threw another

1549
01:00:01,920 --> 01:00:04,160
election at you for the

1550
01:00:04,160 --> 01:00:06,640
>> 6,000. 54 voters.

1551
01:00:06,640 --> 01:00:07,839
>> Really? How many?

1552
01:00:07,839 --> 01:00:09,280
>> 454.

1553
01:00:09,280 --> 01:00:11,119
>> That's great. That's pretty good.

1554
01:00:11,119 --> 01:00:13,040
>> Not bad.

1555
01:00:13,040 --> 01:00:14,400
>> For an off year for a

1556
01:00:14,400 --> 01:00:15,119
>> Oh, yeah.

1557
01:00:15,119 --> 01:00:18,240
>> Yeah. They kept coming steadily, so it

1558
01:00:18,240 --> 01:00:18,880
was good.

1559
01:00:18,880 --> 01:00:22,240
>> Good. Good. Nice job.

1560
01:00:22,240 --> 01:00:23,680
>> Couldn't do it without our pole workers

1561
01:00:23,680 --> 01:00:24,160
either.

1562
01:00:24,160 --> 01:00:25,760
>> How many more do you have left?

1563
01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:28,720
>> Of what? Elections.

1564
01:00:28,720 --> 01:00:30,880
>> Technically none. [laughter] I told

1565
01:00:30,880 --> 01:00:33,280
Sarah I'm around. I will certainly come

1566
01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:35,040
in and help if she doesn't have any

1567
01:00:35,040 --> 01:00:37,760
other help in the office by then. So

1568
01:00:37,760 --> 01:00:40,640
that's right. On October 6th, we'll have

1569
01:00:40,640 --> 01:00:44,400
uh a dual election with two ballots, two

1570
01:00:44,400 --> 01:00:48,319
questions. One will be the Franklin

1571
01:00:48,319 --> 01:00:50,240
Regional Tech School Building Project.

1572
01:00:50,240 --> 01:00:52,640
The other one will be the uh

1573
01:00:52,640 --> 01:00:54,400
regionalization question.

1574
01:00:54,400 --> 01:00:54,880
>> Gotcha.

1575
01:00:54,880 --> 01:00:57,520
>> So, both of those will be yes. No. We've

1576
01:00:57,520 --> 01:01:00,559
been scrambling with our vendors to send

1577
01:01:00,559 --> 01:01:02,559
back the media cards that they had

1578
01:01:02,559 --> 01:01:04,400
already programmed for just the tech

1579
01:01:04,400 --> 01:01:07,760
school ballot so that they could

1580
01:01:07,760 --> 01:01:10,079
reprogram it for both of the ballots so

1581
01:01:10,079 --> 01:01:11,599
both of them can go through the same

1582
01:01:11,599 --> 01:01:12,880
machine.

1583
01:01:12,880 --> 01:01:13,760
>> Gotcha.

1584
01:01:13,760 --> 01:01:16,000
>> So that election will happen before the

1585
01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:17,760
next board meeting. That's

1586
01:01:17,760 --> 01:01:18,319
>> right.

1587
01:01:18,319 --> 01:01:19,839
>> And then Yes.

1588
01:01:19,839 --> 01:01:21,119
>> as needed.

1589
01:01:21,119 --> 01:01:24,160
>> Um then there will be the November 3rd

1590
01:01:24,160 --> 01:01:27,359
state election.

1591
01:01:27,359 --> 01:01:31,040
on the third

1592
01:01:31,040 --> 01:01:32,000
be here before we know

1593
01:01:32,000 --> 01:01:34,000
>> close together.

1594
01:01:34,000 --> 01:01:35,599
>> I don't know where the sun went.

1595
01:01:35,599 --> 01:01:36,160
>> It's gone.

1596
01:01:36,160 --> 01:01:37,280
>> It's September.

1597
01:01:37,280 --> 01:01:39,760
>> It's gone. Playing hockey already.

1598
01:01:39,760 --> 01:01:41,839
>> It's in Oklahoma. I heard it. 110

1599
01:01:41,839 --> 01:01:45,990
degrees last week. [laughter]

1600
01:01:46,000 --> 01:01:47,760
» All right, that's all we got. Gentlemen,

1601
01:01:47,760 --> 01:01:50,240
>> make a motion to close the meeting.

1602
01:01:50,240 --> 01:01:51,520
>> I'll second that.

1603
01:01:51,520 --> 01:01:52,720
>> All in favor?

1604
01:01:52,720 --> 01:01:53,440
>> I.

1605
01:01:53,440 --> 01:01:54,880
>> Good night, everyone. Thank you. Good

1606
01:01:54,880 --> 01:01:57,040
night. here.

1607
01:01:57,040 --> 01:02:00,040
>> No.