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Everybody stand
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for all.

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better.

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Um we are we are approving this review
um meeting minutes from May 26, June 1st

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and June 8th that will be posted. Um I
vote proof select word minutes for those

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dates.
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» Any questions?
>> None. All in favor

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» state of Sar W. Rabbit.
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» I the only one signing this or they
signing this or

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» I think you're the only
>> I think one area for signature.

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So we did review this. We have talked to

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we should be okay

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as well as the library. We check with
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estate.

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All in favor?

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I don't know. I don't

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» know.
Asking for closed captions to be on

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talking about.
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» Do you
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» Did you see it though?
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» You go over to
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» Go to more.
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There. That's it.
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» 385.
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» What? What's the main phone number?
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I sent you um so it's it's at the top
box the correspondence with legal in

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regards to

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We will now appoint uh we're looking to
appoint Kathy Sneltzer to the cultural

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council for the term September 8th, 2026
through June 30th, 2029. Is there

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anybody here from the cultural council?
I think Kathy might I don't know that

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» Well, she can unmute.
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» I could be wrong. Maybe it's not her.
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» No.
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» approve

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to to the um cultural council.
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dates than the rest of them.
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are one year.
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» Second.

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The only one don't bundle would be
Karina. I think she has to abstain from

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hers.

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planning
the community development coordination

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group.

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I think we can turn

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folks feel it's a real benefit. I got a
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extend

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Everyone's

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James Bland Raymond
Jennifer Gerard

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Adam Dolby
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because you still have to um appoint her
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» you have to appoint her. She just has to

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chart
to as the chair of the select as the

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community development coordination
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» and I have
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» Will these folks have to uh
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» Yes. Everybody has

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um Doris does that
once these are signed. I keep it as a

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tool for me, but I give Doris and that's
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We'll come up with a fancy signature.

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you approve for
payments with the payroll is

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that correct?
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have you guys come in and sign tomorrow
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and then we'll just make a motion next
week, next meeting.

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That's it for those types of action
items. The rest is new business. Um so

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» um
I talked to Adam earlier join us.

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All right. So, let's talk about cell
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» I know. speaking. They was talking his
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jam-packed with messages and

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» n the problem I'm having right now is
Mary said she can't hear anything.

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» I don't know.
Mary says she can't hear.

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» Mary, can you hear me?

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» Is connecting to audio. It might be a
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» How about whoever see us?
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» She said she could hear us just then.
I'm asking her. Was it enough?

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» Well, she can read the captions, right?
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Um so let's you know so from the
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» um well can I just it's not about I
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if you're going to do it we shouldn't do
it for the person we should do it for

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the position. So, if you know, if it
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have phones, which I kind of think it
does, you know, you guys should have

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your personal phones and then your
phones for business. Um, if you guys

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think that makes sense, I think you
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positions that make no sense. I mean,
I'll be the first one to tell you. I

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don't mind, right? But moving forward,
the next county administrator might want

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their own. Yeah,
that would just be my only and funding

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wise, we could write an article for
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inevitably have in the spring um for
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» right,
>> it's up to you guys to decide who to

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identify.
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think Nicole.
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is is handling any sort of maintenance
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you know if we get
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» fire department has

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» just 911 and
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» inspections it's through Adam
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comes in through
get dispatched.

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» So over the radio.
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our phones.
Have a tap in place.

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» It would make sense to have a department
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» right? The fire chief would have a
phone. Um, you know, I know police

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chief, she has a phone, but we pay
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pay to Chester.
highway water. Um, you know, like I

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said, a maintenance

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» building maintenance. You definitely do
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» Right. Right.
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carry two phones but there's others that
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their personal phone

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because what would happen like

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one of them would

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» they already do yeah handles that that
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» Maybe
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» Oh, Christina, how did I forget her?
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» board member feels they would like to
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» So again, I would I would h I would
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what roles could make sense for it.
Whoever says they want one, that's fine.

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There's it's there. If you want it, we
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want it, that's fine, too. But the next
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know, over again.
The only thing that concerns me about

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Dana is getting
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concern you about me.

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» Oh, yeah.
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» You know, like
>> it happens now. It's okay.

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» You know, you don't
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» That's okay.
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right? Like that's, you know,
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Well,
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conversation we need to have right now.
I think that the board should just

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decide it makes sense that certain
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would like, I can draft an article for
the upcoming town special town meeting

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that would reflect that.
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» And you guys can take a look at it how
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be to word it as, you know, we want this
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somebody wants the phone or not, that's
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policy that would have to go along with
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» Oh, absolutely.
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normally it organization manag

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All right. So, I agree. You know, let's
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Christina to draft an article for
special town meeting to fund phones for

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identified department heads.

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» Okay. So, let's discuss um
big heated discussion in town around the

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timing of this meeting our meetings. Um,
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feedback,

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you've received feedback,
folks that feel that the timing of this

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is not
good for them because if they work, they

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can't get here any

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decision that this was going to cause
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concern never even in my mind that it
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it frankly because disrupting
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the
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Where are we at?

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» Where folks are complaining about coming
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» You've got feedback you said, right?
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I don't know
four, five, six. I mean, we used to have

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them at seven that became way too late,
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our show. I don't know. I
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now, not too many show up because most
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feedback. And I know that we are
concerned about, you know, when we do

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have them at 6, we don't have people
show up. But if it's on the agenda and

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there's something that they want to
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them the opportunity to come here
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of work so that they can attend a 4:00
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» So I I I think think we should go back
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» and we can also like have our executive,
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to keep the peace and to
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» I'm not catching this. Sorry.
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» Yeah. But what did you say about
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» Instead of, you know, attaching that
which seems to keep us a lot later. We

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just pick a different day for executive.
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executive session first so that you can
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» I mean two days you'd have to come in
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executive session just a suggestion
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home at 9:00 at night
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» but I think six you know unless it's
like we had our department meeting of

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course that was longer we had everybody
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that was three hours but I mean a normal
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» are we going to get feedback
we vote to change now get people calling

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and saying it's a better
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at four
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» well of course but I mean the majority
want want it back at six so they can

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have the opportunity to come up or visit
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» Yeah.
>> Instead of taking time off of work.

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» I I make a motion to the meeting back to
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» Okay.
>> And the executive meetings will be at

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our discretion.
>> That way there you don't have to tie it

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in at 4:00 on Monday. You can have it on
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» What about the 700,000? Adam's supposed
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All right, we're gonna discuss uh the
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building.
Let's just talk about it for a second.

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» So, has been doing some work on this.
I've been doing some work.

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Um, and
to get back to the residents and give

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them an update as to what occurred with
the last project team that did a lot of

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work to get us to where we are right
now. We didn't get it over the finish

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line of what was needed to be done, but
we at least got to the point where

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they've done a lot of reviews of
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» So, there is something that we can

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The next step is to get to

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» you select the space and then
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this as to when we're gonna get back
where we are.

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I personally feel and I know there's
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think

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voted for

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towns people about when did we change it
from the highway firehouse to just the

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at one point but it never got

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changed by town vote.
So I think that we have to present it in

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such a way that it's still the highway
and the firehouse and let town people

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kind of
>> but um both sites that we've kind of

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landed on as possible
and accommodate both

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should we go down that
um so I'm willing to work on

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the engineering

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What do you guys think
to have a really it's anformational

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meeting? We're not going to be on
>> I no I would

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need to have in order to form
an opinion on what they how they want to

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move forward.

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just

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on meeting we're going to talk about
having both

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or one or the other. I mean
when it comes comes right down

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bigger project the more expensive it's
going to be the longer wait

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it's going to be so
>> [snorts]

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» this. It's going to have to be either
firehouse

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department.
If we do both then everyone

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knows

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you know and you're not

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» 8 to 10

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» that's what it was
>> tent type things And what's the story on

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that?
>> The tent themselves.

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» Yeah, you can cover all the equipment.
>> So you're talking anywhere from 250,000

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» but you can't that's not heated, no
electric.

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» I understand that.
>> There was no foundation,

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» right?
>> But you your concern is protecting the

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equipment.
So that would that would help us out in

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such a way that uh we could push for
just the firehouse for now or

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» that would just be storing equipment.
>> Yeah.

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» You know, everything we have in town is
sitting outside and it's all getting

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weathered.

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» That would solve that. But then again,
we have a building at the highway

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department. Having Jason come in two
years ago now when Jen came in when we

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had the the building inspector check it
out.

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» We have cracks on the wall. The the
actual cinder blocks are crumbling on

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the foundation.
It it's it is in disarray. We already

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replaced the whole front of the building
uh before I started. So that must have

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been six or seven years ago. Am I right
on the

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» 2015
>> 2015 we had to take the front of the

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building apart and put the new structure
on it.

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» I was going to say is that I think you
should do theformational session if you

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decide to do anything other than joint
fire and highway. My suggestion would be

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and I think legal would agree that you
have to do another vote.

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» Yes.
>> Because the original vote was for both.

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So to move forward at all You need to
know what the how the town wants the

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money spent.
>> I could we could do could do like a

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presentation of it combined and then
separate.

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» We'd have to have
>> we do

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» we never really got to final because we
never got to the design phase. Well,

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that's thing is we we have to have
something to present people and they're

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gonna they're want to know

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the people to get us to where we need to
go.

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» Yeah.

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» And we're either going to have to and I
I'm looking at, you know, possible

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part of that. But
what the project was supposed to get to

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the point of here's what we found to be
your options for putting this thing and

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the second part of the project that town
has already paid for and here's what

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that's going to cost based on the design
that we have created and then there was

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going to be a vote. We got to the point
of

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determined these are the spots that it
could go to and we took out the highway

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without informing them all that we did
that. That's at least that's what I'm

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hearing. That's what people are saying.
Some people, you know, it's like it's I

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can't say it's everybody,
>> but but the thing is is that the

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firehouse is going to be far more
injured than the highway garage. Okay.

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So,
what what we need to do is uh if we're

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we're going to do a presentation,
we have we have to have a location for

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both
putting it out where the salt ship that

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would work fine for the highway
department.

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But in the center of town, you want the
fire department because everything's

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spread out. Okay, we got a fire up
by Otis. We got a fire over on Eagle

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Hill Road.
>> I didn't mean to interrupt you, but Ray

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and I were actually just talking about
this. If you want to

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» That was a concern about the center of
town and

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» having it up at the salt shed. That's
where the plans I seen I seen design

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plans. I dug the pits for the engineer
so they could end up putting a building

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up there for the share joint fire
highway.

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» What? Yes, that was the last I heard at
that point. I seen plans for it. It

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looked good.
We could end up having the station also

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in town. That was a big thing. I
remember everyone saying the the

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highway, the fire department's going to
be way too far out there. You go to

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Russell, they got multiple stations. You
go to Chester, they got multiple

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stations. We can keep the majority of
our apparatus in town and have storage

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for let's say tanker that you don't use
every single time there's a call

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» in the facility. Let's say if we did put
a salt yard, we can still go with those

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plans and still have a building that
would be jointly shared between the

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highway and fire.
>> And didn't you you were talking about

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response times?
>> Yes. So on top of that, no one ever said

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to the town, "Hey, hop on a bus and
let's show you something and actually

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show them, okay, the response time from
CH from 58 Chester Road to the center of

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town versus coming here to this station,
having to squeeze less than 2 feet in

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between two trucks, put your boots on,
put your gear on, open up the doors

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manually, and creep out the door.
Otherwise, you're taking the mirrors off

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the truck and one of the trucks, not
just the mirrors, but you can rip the

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whole side of the truck and take the
front of the the, you know,

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» the whole pump. Yeah.
>> Which has happened before. And to prove

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it to the people so they can end up
seeing, wait, this does make sense.

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We've had two open

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fire department.
I don't

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people actually went
All right. So, to get their a bus like

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you said and bring them to the different
locations,

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I don't know. Yeah. I I I don't know if
that would work or not to get them to

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come look.
>> When you have that town meeting and you

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have all those people that are there to
say yay or nay for what they're voting

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for, that's the crowd that you need to
end upating on. The point is the leaders

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of the the people who are doing the
work, right? The people who are there,

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right? You have right, he's on the fire
department and he's the highway

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superintendent. He's saying that he
thinks and he's a resident. He's saying

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that he thinks that that's a positive
thing. I think that's that's what people

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need to hear to make their own
decisions. Not something they think you

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want to hear, but
>> he does both jobs, right? And he's

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saying
>> it's doable. It's feasible. I think they

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that people need to hear it from the
people in leadership in the community

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» because if we start throwing numbers out
and they hear different numbers that

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we're saying it might scare them when we
have the facts right out right that's

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when we end up saying okay these are the
solid numbers that we have here's the

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designs
yeah

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have to put the numbers together real

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is it's been so long talked about it's
like beating a dead horse. The horse is

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dead already from
2016 all the way up to 23. the residents

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don't want to hear it anymore because
yes, you have some that want to go for

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it, some that don't, and then obviously
people in between that just create

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chaos. So, having someone that's can
speak to the residents and actually show

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them the differences and have something
set up. I know you're saying open houses

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cuz I remember when Dave had an open
house at the highway garage when he was

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here. Very few, maybe a handful of
people showed up, but I didn't see him

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talking to the residents. I didn't see
him actually interacting with him and

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saying, "Come up to check out the
garage." You know, that that is one

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thing that
myself I could say I could probably pull

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in a good crowd in this town to have
them come up and check out. No,

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honestly, and the department
>> I never even heard about the open

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houses.
>> I didn't

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mean
>> Mary putting in the paper like we could

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definitely have a a barbecue up there
and we could probably pull most of the

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taxpayers in town there.

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» Yeah.

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Not everybody get
right out there saying open house.

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» I'm out of
>> Can I call you back?

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» You know people when they go by the
firehouse they see the number one in the

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bay or out front. [snorts] Maybe if you
took videos and watch it coming out with

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inches of spare. Same thing. go around,
take pictures inside and put it on the

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YouTube so the town residents have no
reason why they say they can't see it.

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» Yes.

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» So, I understand that you're you're
getting all of this information and then

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you're going to take it to the town and
everything like that. Could you just do

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like anformational session?
>> Okay.

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» Yeah.
>> Oh, no. Absolutely. No, but you know

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what I mean? And then that way people
can bring up their grievances and all of

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their points of well, you know, and if
they want to, they be like, "Okay, next

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week we're going to have an open house.
If you have any questions or if you have

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any anything, come down and take a look
for yourself. See how little bit of

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space you've got to squeak these trucks
out of, you know? Come and see the walls

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that are literally falling down.
Obviously people who are coming to

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thatformational session are interested
and then they will come to the following

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open house and
you know get to see it firsthand.

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» I think that um
my my take is that most people that I've

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spoken with agree with having a new
firehouse. Okay, they do.

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» There's no doubt about it. People are
concerned with how much money it's going

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to cost. What's it going to do to their
taxes?

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» It's only going to go up.
>> Is what it is.

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» But the thing is is that if we don't
take care of it now, eventually it's not

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going to be a question.
>> I understand.

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» But I know. So it's like it's either you
spend the money now

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» or you wait till yours until it's even
more of a problem. possibly an emergency

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problem because we have no apparatus
because the building has literally

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crumbled and then you have to replace
all that apparatus.

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» Like a firehouse isn't a regular house.
Like it's a whole different kind of

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building and unfortunately it comes with
a price tag.

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» True. But in a town, you need a fire
department. And I get that like most of

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the time, we kind of get put to the back
of your mind like you don't think about

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us necessarily until you need us. And
then when you need us, you need us,

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» you know,
>> questions about it.

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» So it there's no way around the price
tag.

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» I'm opening this up to the
>> I also think that um people still don't

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know what the location options are.
>> No, I know we haven't, right? That's

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part of the communication that I mean
assault threat is one of them. Then was

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it behind the highway garage? Is it down
here on Russell Road? That is a lot of

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what people were concerned about partly
from what Ray was saying about the

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response time, but also where is it
going to be and what's what would the

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the price difference be once we get
there? But I think lots of people just

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say we don't even know what the options
are.

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feedback because remember the only time
this board gets to talk together is in

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this room in this meeting and you know
>> it's hard to do things like this. This

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is our only opportunity, right? Um, I'm
hearing a whole bunch of things that I

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take into put this presentation together
and

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probably October
sometime

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to have a session informational session
or even beginning in November

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and we would have to come back and have
sessions on, you know, we may have other

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information.

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I would like

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it's hard. So we're going to have
I think we have

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people are wearing the dog. People are
doing stuff they can't do during the

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week. What about a I know you you
earlier. What about 7 o'clock when

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people are back? They
>> easily

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have a session.

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» I challenged how

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execute

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what you just said, right? Where is that
space going to come from? How are they,

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you know, are they going to be open to
discussion? They feel like we dropped

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the ball.
>> We did

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» dropped the ball.
>> Multiple multiple generations of people.

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It wasn't just one board. It was many,
many, many. Right. If it's 2016, first

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time we start talking about it, that's
years.

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» Decisions were made. You just kept
beating around the bush. Not you.

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» I said no decisions were made. You guys
just kept beating around the bush. And I

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know it wasn't this board. I'm just
>> Yeah. Well, I I was on four different

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committees to to discuss this. And the
second committee, we actually came up

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with [snorts] plans because Steve Zak
was on it. He's an architect

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» and he drew up the building and
everything. We presented it to the board

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and the chair of the board accepted the
plans and put them in the basket.

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That was it.
So, you know, it gets very discourage

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discouraging. And I was on four of them.
I was on this last one, but I conceded

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my chair to another uh selectman because
I was out of town a lot

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» and uh it went to hell.
Well, and if you don't, you have to have

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the number one thing on a big project
like this is you have to have a leader

451
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:18,880
that has passion for making sure that
the project comes to an end.

452
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:22,400
» You can hire a project manager, which we
have to legally. You can hire an

453
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:27,280
engineering team,
>> but you really need a leader that they

454
00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:32,880
are just constantly pounding people to
get things done on the project every

455
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:37,119
way. looking at budget, looking at, you
know, everything. And that's something

456
00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:41,680
that we're going to have to figure out
who is that leader.

457
00:44:39,839 --> 00:44:47,119
And it can't be somebody, you know, I
mean, Adam is a great guy, but Adam is

458
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:52,800
working full time.
>> This is a full-time

459
00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:57,280
focused person. So, that would be
something that we as a board should be

460
00:44:54,560 --> 00:45:00,640
looking figuring out who that should be.
>> It ain't going to be me. I'm too old.

461
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:03,200
» It [clears throat] could be me. should
also be somebody that has construction

462
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:07,200
experience.
>> Correct.

463
00:45:04,319 --> 00:45:12,880
» Correct. Right. Because they could be
looking out for the town in different

464
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:16,800
ways. So, okay. So, but we're all game
to have anformational session.

465
00:45:15,119 --> 00:45:22,319
» Here's something that we haven't
considered.

466
00:45:18,319 --> 00:45:30,640
you have these um like the Butler
buildings and and that and

467
00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:36,720
I remember talking with the uh OPM
column way back when and after they

468
00:45:34,319 --> 00:45:42,880
built the building and that and they
actually used the architect at the steel

469
00:45:39,359 --> 00:45:48,880
building that they went with and they
they gave you know the shell. what do

470
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:55,680
you want in the shelf and everything?
They came up with a price like that just

471
00:45:51,359 --> 00:46:00,720
just to get, you know, people at, okay,
this is what it's going to cost us. What

472
00:45:58,079 --> 00:46:04,786
do we add? What do we subtract? to get a
number for the

473
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:07,359
» to get a number
[clears throat]

474
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:12,920
» and they're all licensed architects and
engineers

475
00:46:09,119 --> 00:46:12,920
» and then you add on

476
00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:21,280
» at the very latest the second week of
November.

477
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:25,319
» Second [clears throat]
got a number on that date.

478
00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:36,937
Friday the 13th. Oh god. [laughter]

479
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:46,839
» No. Election was Tuesday the 3.

480
00:46:48,672 --> 00:46:50,692
[clears throat]

481
00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:55,240
» Friday.

482
00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:03,880
I'm good.

483
00:47:08,720 --> 00:47:17,760
» There are so many options that it's it's
insane that so many options

484
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:22,400
building like TJ was saying that these
these companies will in you buy the

485
00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:26,160
building and they will construct it for
you. They'll put the plans out,

486
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:28,079
everything, right? And they'll deliver
it.

487
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:33,040
» Yeah.
>> I deliver it right to you. I remember

488
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:35,920
and you were going to go.
>> Yeah.

489
00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:40,680
» But I
Yeah.

490
00:47:36,319 --> 00:47:40,680
» When when the project was going

491
00:47:41,359 --> 00:47:45,880
» I asked him I said, "How did you know

492
00:47:46,240 --> 00:47:51,440
and stuff like that?" He goes, "Well,
budget was out of control."

493
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:58,359
» Yeah. So they
>> Oh, absolutely.

494
00:47:54,319 --> 00:47:58,359
» But we can learn from there.

495
00:47:59,359 --> 00:48:05,480
» I mean, they even have, believe it or
not, firehouses that you

496
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:12,920
» Yeah.

497
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:20,880
All right. Last thing.

498
00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:24,200
is that

499
00:48:30,079 --> 00:48:33,640
we are going to have

500
00:48:33,760 --> 00:48:37,000
school administration.

501
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:43,480
Um

502
00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:47,240
TJ and I

503
00:48:48,160 --> 00:49:00,720
um she represents the western dark side
of the state. Um and she's coming in

504
00:48:56,160 --> 00:49:04,960
here with a team from a climate
climate background I think from the

505
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:11,599
state level and she's coming to hear
about how our residents it's a talk it's

506
00:49:07,599 --> 00:49:16,000
a feedback session on best
>> and solar

507
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:21,440
» and solar so it's to get feedback from
the residents about their feeling about

508
00:49:19,359 --> 00:49:27,680
best
um it's on the 19th

509
00:49:24,720 --> 00:49:30,680
Yeah. At 5:00.
Um

510
00:49:33,839 --> 00:49:37,240
this will be

511
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:48,040
for the res.

512
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:57,599
Um we may want to actually talk to Adam
to see

513
00:49:54,559 --> 00:50:03,040
fire department side as well as Jen
Gerard from Florida.

514
00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:08,520
Anybody else that we would want to
definitely have

515
00:50:05,119 --> 00:50:08,520
water department

516
00:50:14,160 --> 00:50:17,559
» should be there.

517
00:50:22,319 --> 00:50:25,640
Yeah, absolutely.

518
00:50:28,319 --> 00:50:31,400
» All right.

519
00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:35,400
» What's the date on that?

520
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:43,440
» It is.
So, I suspect we will not have a select

521
00:50:42,240 --> 00:50:48,240
meeting.
>> Well, um I was trying to schedule it. I

522
00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:52,720
thought the select board meeting would
be at 4. This would be from 5 to 6

523
00:50:51,280 --> 00:50:56,119
because it was before it was changed
back. So

524
00:50:58,160 --> 00:51:06,359
» would you be willing to do on Tuesday
on Monday?

525
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:06,359
» Yeah. Okay.

526
00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:16,040
» I will not be here for that. Not that I
need to be. I'm just letting you know.

527
00:51:13,040 --> 00:51:16,040
» Yeah.

528
00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:26,480
Sorry, Jackie. What time did you say?

529
00:51:32,559 --> 00:51:36,599
Monday morning at 5.

530
00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:49,400
» Yes, that is for anything that Yeah.

531
00:51:51,599 --> 00:51:54,760
I'm good.

532
00:51:56,240 --> 00:52:06,960
» So, I have um we've been working a while
on getting

533
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:13,200
contracts for the post office chimney
repair

534
00:52:09,119 --> 00:52:19,119
» and we were talking to
we were talking to Greenwood. They are

535
00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:27,040
on state contract. Um here are two
contracts signed off by accounting and

536
00:52:22,480 --> 00:52:32,240
by legal. One is for the um repairs to
the roof for this building and the other

537
00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:38,640
is for the chimney flashing repair at
the town at the post office. Both have

538
00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:43,599
their age
sheets attached there and they're good

539
00:52:40,559 --> 00:52:49,200
to go. um funding is there and so once
we get these signed I can send them back

540
00:52:45,359 --> 00:52:52,079
over to our contact at Greenwood and
hopefully get that all squared away

541
00:52:50,720 --> 00:52:55,559
before winter.
>> Adam's here.

542
00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:01,800
» Hey guys. Yeah, I can hear you
perfectly.

543
00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:09,240
» All right. So, this is for the roof and
the chimney.

544
00:53:05,839 --> 00:53:09,240
» Yes. Right.

545
00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:28,960
How much is uh shoot? Yeah, go ahead and
review them and then we'll vote.

546
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:33,200
» I was looking for right here. 6,500
>> and that's for

547
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:37,920
» that's for the post office
>> and 9,500 for the repairs to the town

548
00:53:36,240 --> 00:53:42,599
hall.
That thing that's been leaking forever.

549
00:53:53,920 --> 00:53:56,920
» Yeah.

550
00:54:13,839 --> 00:54:20,319
Yes, this is just a repair.
>> Yes, it's on a full new roof. I wish.

551
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:24,920
» What's the date today?
>> Today is the 8th. September 8th.

552
00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:33,920
» The drainage.
>> It was quite expensive. Yeah. It was um

553
00:54:31,359 --> 00:54:38,720
but they but that they were supposed to
these are the things that they do that

554
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:43,920
are covered under state contract. Their
services that allow them to do the

555
00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:48,800
drainage work is not covered under state
contract.

556
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:54,200
» Yes.
Senator, right?

557
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:54,200
» They they would bid on the project.

558
00:54:54,800 --> 00:55:00,200
» What we're talking about here is that if
you go back

559
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:13,599
in the room and the guy showed me, you
know,

560
00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:20,599
one um and the cement back there is all
cracked and unsafe.

561
00:55:16,319 --> 00:55:20,599
Um It smells bad.

562
00:55:46,160 --> 00:55:52,680
two. Where's the other one? Where's the
other one?

563
00:55:49,440 --> 00:55:52,680
» This copy.

564
00:55:56,160 --> 00:56:00,760
Yeah.
Okay.

565
00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:31,960
Second
>> questions. All in favor?

566
00:56:28,960 --> 00:56:31,960
» I

567
00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:38,839
» we will scan those and give him a notice
to proceed.

568
00:56:43,040 --> 00:56:50,559
» Okay.
>> Received an email from Paul Dersk. Just

569
00:56:48,720 --> 00:56:55,440
a note to say the highway department
dressed Bula Land Road. Seems like it

570
00:56:54,240 --> 00:57:01,040
must have been done Wednesday and
eliminated the Oh, I think he meant

571
00:56:57,920 --> 00:57:04,960
addressed Bula Land Road and eliminated
the growing array of potholes that has

572
00:57:03,359 --> 00:57:08,799
developed in the last few months. It's
been well over a year since the road

573
00:57:06,640 --> 00:57:12,240
circus was last addressed and has held
up very nicely since then. Please convey

574
00:57:10,880 --> 00:57:17,520
our appreciation to the highway
department for their proactive efforts.

575
00:57:15,040 --> 00:57:20,520
Thank you.
Um

576
00:57:20,754 --> 00:57:27,280
[clears throat]
just we had discussed that something had

577
00:57:23,599 --> 00:57:31,599
come up last meetings um in relation
some questions about um voter

578
00:57:30,079 --> 00:57:38,559
registration.
Um we had looked into it. I put together

579
00:57:34,640 --> 00:57:43,200
just some information regarding
what you know filling out our strength

580
00:57:40,240 --> 00:57:47,680
census what that does you know where
certain notifications come from and what

581
00:57:46,240 --> 00:57:53,680
means what
>> um I think that it's important that we

582
00:57:51,359 --> 00:57:59,760
obviously address it looked into it
there was no ballot cast in the names of

583
00:57:57,359 --> 00:58:04,000
the people who were concerned um that
there may have been what it was was they

584
00:58:01,440 --> 00:58:07,680
were on the voter
um they've since been taken off the

585
00:58:06,079 --> 00:58:12,160
voter list because they verbally
requested to be taken off the voter

586
00:58:09,359 --> 00:58:19,599
list. Um and that's sort of where we're
at. I think um maybe Doris could pen a

587
00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:24,799
letter perhaps documenting that this was
our findings. Um

588
00:58:22,799 --> 00:58:30,480
and I do think that it deserves, you
know, a response to um Mr. and Mrs. I

589
00:58:27,680 --> 00:58:35,440
agree on some level um just to let them
know that that's not not the case.

590
00:58:33,520 --> 00:58:39,359
Definitely did look into it. Cath clerk
has not done

591
00:58:38,720 --> 00:58:42,079
anything
>> done a lot over

592
00:58:40,640 --> 00:58:46,799
» Well, I mean, you haven't done anything
wrong is what I'm saying. Not that you

593
00:58:43,680 --> 00:58:50,680
haven't done anything that it wasn't um
an error in

594
00:58:51,839 --> 00:58:54,839
um

595
00:58:55,920 --> 00:59:05,119
» Mr. Mrs.
The only

596
00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:09,200
was the information about the local
election.

597
00:59:07,599 --> 00:59:12,839
Actually, we didn't even send that to
her. We sent that

598
00:59:14,480 --> 00:59:17,480
as

599
00:59:20,799 --> 00:59:29,480
I contacted right. We were when she said
something I contacted her and said

600
00:59:30,480 --> 00:59:35,720
you
feel

601
00:59:41,920 --> 00:59:44,920
com

602
00:59:52,559 --> 00:59:58,400
So this clarifies that what you have
here, Christina. Do you think I should

603
00:59:56,960 --> 01:00:04,000
read this or do you think this is
something that

604
01:00:00,880 --> 01:00:08,640
» So um I don't know. So I I haven't
spoken with um Miss Gregory, but I I

605
01:00:07,119 --> 01:00:13,676
believe what she may have gotten was the
mailin vote thing that people get. Those

606
01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:18,160
don't come from town hall. They come
[clears throat] from the state. Um it

607
01:00:16,400 --> 01:00:21,040
doesn't, you know, and I can understand
why you would see that. And you know, if

608
01:00:19,760 --> 01:00:24,319
you're if you're registered somewhere
else, you have a question. I I

609
01:00:22,559 --> 01:00:28,319
completely understand. I do just don't I
I don't want it to go unanswered or

610
01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:31,680
unressed. I don't want the question
lingering in anybody's mind. You know,

611
01:00:30,559 --> 01:00:35,040
was there an issue?
>> Right.

612
01:00:32,079 --> 01:00:39,520
» Um so I appreciate and welcome any
questions, but I, you know, there was no

613
01:00:37,359 --> 01:00:43,040
issue on our end and I want to make that
make sure that that's clear. I don't

614
01:00:41,200 --> 01:00:47,200
want to step on any toes. I have no
problem putting a letter together for

615
01:00:45,119 --> 01:00:51,040
them. Um, I just wasn't sure what the
board wanted to do, what the town

616
01:00:48,640 --> 01:00:57,040
clerk's office wanted to do.
>> There was just a little bit of misp,

617
01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:57,040
» right?

618
01:01:05,119 --> 01:01:08,119
comction.

619
01:01:16,240 --> 01:01:19,240
Yeah.

620
01:01:29,920 --> 01:01:34,960
and said, "Okay, the list

621
01:01:49,307 --> 01:01:51,327
» [laughter]

622
01:01:53,359 --> 01:01:59,160
» We can talk about it, but sure that she
gets an answer back.

623
01:02:00,720 --> 01:02:08,720
» So, where did we land on that? Should I
I don't mind. I just want to know for

624
01:02:05,920 --> 01:02:11,720
sure because I don't
>> Yeah,

625
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:21,599
» are you I can send it to town clerk
first.

626
01:02:19,040 --> 01:02:23,680
» Sure. I would if you want some extra
information, we'd be happy to provide

627
01:02:23,359 --> 01:02:26,920
it.
>> Thank you, M.

628
01:02:29,280 --> 01:02:41,440
» Oh, I'm sorry. if I can still make.
>> So, we had uh Paige Dolinsky has reached

629
01:02:37,280 --> 01:02:46,079
out to us a few times from um Senator
Paul's office uh after receiving a

630
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:52,000
constituent inquiry about swimming at
Blair Pond. Um our master plan, our 2021

631
01:02:50,480 --> 01:02:56,000
open space and recreation plan
recognizes that there was residential

632
01:02:54,000 --> 01:03:01,520
interest and calls for continued
discussion with Springfield. uh it did

633
01:02:59,040 --> 01:03:06,319
not establish, you know, a process or
funding or anything. It's just that the

634
01:03:03,440 --> 01:03:11,760
conversation needs it interested in
having the conversation take place. Um

635
01:03:09,440 --> 01:03:17,680
I've been in correspondence with Paige
and Paige is saying that she is going to

636
01:03:15,359 --> 01:03:22,319
reach out to uh Springfield Water Sewer
Commission to see um if they're

637
01:03:20,559 --> 01:03:25,960
interested in having conversations about
this moving forward.

638
01:03:37,200 --> 01:03:46,119
the resilient master plan.
It it was for 2021 to 2027,

639
01:03:46,400 --> 01:03:53,839
that whole thing. And so what it is
typically um all cities and

640
01:03:51,359 --> 01:03:58,640
municipalities have them and it's like a
a wish list but it also has priorities

641
01:03:56,559 --> 01:04:02,559
in it. It also has you know if we could
do everything it's right here but also

642
01:04:01,039 --> 01:04:06,559
here's like where we should be paying
attention to this is what residents want

643
01:04:04,559 --> 01:04:12,319
this is what you know so it's a good
road map when board or whomever you know

644
01:04:09,839 --> 01:04:17,200
isn't sure what direction the town was
headed in four or five years ago. it's a

645
01:04:15,760 --> 01:04:21,440
good road mapap to go back and look at
it. Um, and when I did, yep, there was

646
01:04:19,680 --> 01:04:26,160
definitely information in on the open
space and recreation part of it and it

647
01:04:24,480 --> 01:04:31,680
was about, you know, there's interest in
having the conversation. So, somebody I

648
01:04:29,440 --> 01:04:36,799
don't know who reached out to uh Senator
Paul Mark's office and so they been in

649
01:04:34,079 --> 01:04:41,280
touch with me about it and so I've
followed up with them and that's kind of

650
01:04:38,480 --> 01:04:45,280
where we're at.
>> Absolutely.

651
01:04:42,960 --> 01:04:52,799
And there was a tradeoff
and uh the conservation

652
01:04:49,280 --> 01:04:59,119
board and the recreation committee we're
talking about putting a beach up on

653
01:04:55,200 --> 01:05:04,480
Blair Pond. [clears throat] And uh then
the offer came for uh Springfield Water

654
01:05:02,400 --> 01:05:13,599
to turn over
um Shepherd Farm to the town and uh

655
01:05:11,440 --> 01:05:19,839
conservation at the time thought that
was a better deal than beach at Blair

656
01:05:16,319 --> 01:05:25,520
Pond. So we bought Shepherd Pond and
when all said was done is all we got was

657
01:05:22,880 --> 01:05:32,640
all sprinkled water got was relief from
tax burden and uh can't really use the

658
01:05:29,440 --> 01:05:40,079
property because they put so many uh
conservation restrictions on it and that

659
01:05:35,760 --> 01:05:43,760
was uh I think Rosemary Arnold was uh
chair of the conservation committee at

660
01:05:42,960 --> 01:05:46,760
the time.
>> Oh.

661
01:05:48,400 --> 01:05:53,119
That that was a long time ago.
[laughter]

662
01:05:49,760 --> 01:05:57,680
» Okay. Well, maybe they would be open to
I don't know. But uh Paige uh Dolinsky

663
01:05:55,839 --> 01:06:01,440
from Senator Mark's office said that she
will reach out to see if they're open

664
01:05:59,839 --> 01:06:07,079
for consultation about it. We don't own
it. So there's you know we can only do

665
01:06:03,839 --> 01:06:07,079
so much.

666
01:06:07,119 --> 01:06:10,520
long time ago

667
01:06:14,559 --> 01:06:21,760
about because do we feel that the towns
the residents still feel strongly about

668
01:06:19,599 --> 01:06:25,839
it
get very involved in it or not and

669
01:06:24,079 --> 01:06:31,359
there's an expense associated with it
I'm sure it's not free

670
01:06:28,799 --> 01:06:37,599
» there going to be a big expense
>> so what would be the next logical step

671
01:06:35,359 --> 01:06:37,599
with

672
01:06:37,680 --> 01:06:43,520
I'm going to wait to hear back from
Paige. She said the current status on

673
01:06:41,280 --> 01:06:46,880
public swimming act um
>> she's going to clarify the current

674
01:06:44,880 --> 01:06:51,200
status on public swimming access and if
there is interest to continue the

675
01:06:48,720 --> 01:06:54,079
conversation with the town. So she's
going to reach out to the water

676
01:06:52,079 --> 01:06:56,319
commission. She said more to come. Enjoy
your read. So I'm waiting for a response

677
01:06:56,079 --> 01:06:59,319
from
>> coach.

678
01:07:03,119 --> 01:07:11,599
Well, I mean, I don't think they I think
they I think I made it clear. I know we

679
01:07:08,640 --> 01:07:17,319
don't have a plan,
>> but the convers for us to have a plan,

680
01:07:13,680 --> 01:07:17,319
you have to have the conversation.

681
01:07:21,680 --> 01:07:29,359
» Let's see what she says.
>> What else?

682
01:07:27,599 --> 01:07:34,079
» Greenwood.
Oh, was there seems to be an issue with

683
01:07:31,599 --> 01:07:40,400
uh gateway farm and pet the way the
invoicing had been submitted. They were

684
01:07:37,200 --> 01:07:43,039
putting all departments on one invoice.
It's getting cleared up, but I just

685
01:07:41,760 --> 01:07:48,640
wanted anybody to know. I think it
affects highway, COA,

686
01:07:46,240 --> 01:07:52,240
» cemetery, board of health, maybe not
COA, I can't it was it was

687
01:07:52,000 --> 01:07:54,640
um
>> because they're not

688
01:07:53,440 --> 01:07:59,280
» because they're not billing separately.
So there will be I believe we'll we will

689
01:07:57,760 --> 01:08:02,880
have
either two or three bills of prior year

690
01:08:01,119 --> 01:08:06,799
that we'll have on the special town
meeting from gateway and then two on the

691
01:08:04,799 --> 01:08:12,200
upcoming warrant that are of this fiscal
year.

692
01:08:09,200 --> 01:08:12,200
Um,

693
01:08:14,160 --> 01:08:23,600
there was
an AFLAC payroll deduction issue with a

694
01:08:20,080 --> 01:08:29,199
former employee, but um I believe
there's corrective action that was on

695
01:08:26,719 --> 01:08:36,400
the warrant through Kelly. Kelly cleaned
it up. So, um, Matt Perry from Highway,

696
01:08:34,560 --> 01:08:40,159
it looks like there was a year-end
reconciliation identified by Affleck

697
01:08:38,480 --> 01:08:46,560
payroll deduction that remained an
outstanding variance. So, I believe

698
01:08:42,560 --> 01:08:49,560
Kelly's got that all taken care of
and

699
01:08:50,480 --> 01:08:58,239
that was it. there were I know that
we're going to re try and review the um

700
01:08:55,040 --> 01:09:01,040
Burkhog versus Encore, but we need a
little bit more information on that. But

701
01:08:59,520 --> 01:09:04,159
Adam's here, maybe he can
>> chime in. And I know that I don't want

702
01:09:02,560 --> 01:09:07,400
to take up too much time, so if Adam
wants to

703
01:09:07,759 --> 01:09:11,480
» we'll do here

704
01:09:16,239 --> 01:09:21,679
on that.
So, let's talk about the fire engine

705
01:09:20,000 --> 01:09:26,560
because we talked about it before, but
we never really got to any kind of

706
01:09:23,920 --> 01:09:31,000
resolution. What are we going to do?
>> Um, and it's really,000

707
01:09:34,880 --> 01:09:43,440
just to keep it going until we get the
new one. Is that right?

708
01:09:39,679 --> 01:09:49,839
» Yeah. Um, by the way, the audio, oddly
from the select board cuts in and out

709
01:09:46,239 --> 01:09:55,840
really, really bad, but I could hear
Mary and Christina uh, unbelievably

710
01:09:53,040 --> 01:09:58,719
clearly. So, um, I'm not exactly sure
what that is. I don't know if that's the

711
01:09:57,360 --> 01:10:07,360
speaker in the middle picking it up or
if your mics aren't on or whatever. Uh

712
01:10:01,440 --> 01:10:14,400
anyway, um yes, the the sort of uh
uh cognitive uh load for us is

713
01:10:11,600 --> 01:10:19,440
we have to I I believe we should fix
engine one uh because it's going to be a

714
01:10:16,960 --> 01:10:23,199
minimum of two about two years before we
can get a new truck and get it in

715
01:10:21,840 --> 01:10:30,480
service.
Um, so it's about 15 grand to fix uh

716
01:10:27,760 --> 01:10:38,320
engine one's transmission uh to have it
completely rebuilt. Um, and then we that

717
01:10:34,880 --> 01:10:45,040
would give us some time to not have to
scramble and make uh a a rushed decision

718
01:10:42,880 --> 01:10:50,880
in terms of which type of truck
manufacturer

719
01:10:46,800 --> 01:10:56,080
options uh for a new one. uh as well as
potentially buy us a little bit of time

720
01:10:52,560 --> 01:11:00,719
if we have some clarity on direction for
station that kind of stuff. Uh so my

721
01:10:59,120 --> 01:11:07,199
suggestion at this point is we should
probably spend the money now to have the

722
01:11:04,719 --> 01:11:13,840
transmission rebuilt and then you know
with the assumption of we could take a

723
01:11:09,679 --> 01:11:18,800
few months maybe six or so to evaluate
options on the truck, figure out a

724
01:11:16,239 --> 01:11:24,159
long-term replacement strategy or
overall appar apparatus in the

725
01:11:21,440 --> 01:11:28,080
department in general. uh and then you
know give us some time to to move

726
01:11:25,760 --> 01:11:32,880
forward more diligently than quick
scramble make a $700,000 purchase and

727
01:11:31,280 --> 01:11:37,360
wait a year and a half for it to show
up.

728
01:11:35,600 --> 01:11:43,560
» You know the reason I want to bring it
up is I think you discussed that new

729
01:11:40,560 --> 01:11:43,560
engine

730
01:11:43,920 --> 01:11:50,600
capital.
>> Yep.

731
01:11:47,600 --> 01:11:50,600
So

732
01:11:51,600 --> 01:11:57,960
in the capital plan for next year make
sure that we're

733
01:11:59,360 --> 01:12:02,920
never got in there.

734
01:12:15,199 --> 01:12:21,280
I think I have enough but I my assump
nod your head because I won't be able to

735
01:12:19,760 --> 01:12:24,320
hear it particularly well. I'm assuming
you asked if I have the 15 in the

736
01:12:23,120 --> 01:12:30,880
budget.
>> Good nod. Okay. Um yes. Uh I I have it

737
01:12:28,400 --> 01:12:37,280
in budget but it's going to put me right
at the uh absolute threshold for the

738
01:12:34,400 --> 01:12:41,280
year. So, we'll have to either, you
know, do something with special town

739
01:12:39,360 --> 01:12:46,159
meeting whenever we do it or I just want
you guys aware that I'll obviously

740
01:12:43,600 --> 01:12:50,040
overrun the budget, uh, which I don't
normally do. So,

741
01:12:50,640 --> 01:12:57,800
» couple things. One is
when are we planning special meeting

742
01:13:04,560 --> 01:13:11,120
unless there's a pressing issue that
needs to take place before free cash is

743
01:13:08,320 --> 01:13:15,679
certified but I believe the assessors
are working to set the tax rate as early

744
01:13:13,440 --> 01:13:20,080
as possible.
So, she's got to

745
01:13:18,560 --> 01:13:22,960
» I think she already set the meeting date
for the tax rate. I think it was I don't

746
01:13:22,640 --> 01:13:27,199
remember.
>> I thought Yeah, I think she mentioned it

747
01:13:24,400 --> 01:13:28,320
last time, right? Yep. Last week.
>> Yeah.

748
01:13:27,600 --> 01:13:30,719
» Wow.
>> Um Michaela.

749
01:13:30,080 --> 01:13:35,360
» Michaela.
>> Yep. That's who would do it. The

750
01:13:32,480 --> 01:13:38,239
assessors have a meeting to set the
proposed tax rate.

751
01:13:36,800 --> 01:13:41,120
» Don't they have to wait for a lot of
other things to occur before they can

752
01:13:39,760 --> 01:13:44,800
set that tax rate?
>> No, it's preliminary taxes.

753
01:13:43,040 --> 01:13:48,480
» It's preliminary tax rate. And she had
mentioned trying to get it out so that

754
01:13:46,320 --> 01:13:53,360
it was in people's hands before
Christmas, I believe, was her line of

755
01:13:51,360 --> 01:13:57,080
thinking, but I might be remembering
incorrectly. Yeah.

756
01:14:01,600 --> 01:14:05,800
» Yes, correct.

757
01:14:08,400 --> 01:14:14,199
» Yeah, we hope that it's not. That's
always the the hope, but

758
01:14:17,040 --> 01:14:21,320
It was last year.

759
01:14:25,440 --> 01:14:32,520
» Um well, so those were different things
we were scrambling with at the end of

760
01:14:28,880 --> 01:14:32,520
the year last year.

761
01:14:33,360 --> 01:14:37,960
» It would have impacted the tax rate.
Yes.

762
01:14:41,360 --> 01:14:48,480
Um,
>> just to close out on on mine, sorry. Um,

763
01:14:45,840 --> 01:14:53,840
are we is are you guys in agreement that
we should spend the 15 and we're okay

764
01:14:51,679 --> 01:14:58,440
with me bumping up against the threshold
there or what do you want me to do?

765
01:14:58,719 --> 01:15:04,000
» I'm not getting you at all.
>> Talk about right now, Adam.

766
01:15:02,560 --> 01:15:07,440
» Perfect. Okay, thanks. Yeah, you don't
have to yell. I hear you perfectly

767
01:15:05,520 --> 01:15:10,440
clear, actually. So,
>> okay.

768
01:15:17,360 --> 01:15:23,600
» Uh, well, Adam said he has it in his
budget, although it would put him right

769
01:15:21,280 --> 01:15:29,120
up like, you know, there goes the rest
of his budget. So, where are you going

770
01:15:26,159 --> 01:15:32,480
to get it? That is a decision that needs
to be Well,

771
01:15:30,080 --> 01:15:37,679
» would this qualify?
>> Uh, that's that's up to the finance

772
01:15:34,800 --> 01:15:41,719
committee. You can absolutely ask, but
it's ultimately their decision.

773
01:15:53,040 --> 01:16:00,159
Oh. Uh, Jackie made a motion to approve
the repair of engine one.

774
01:15:59,040 --> 01:16:05,080
» Second.
>> Sorry, I couldn't hear it.

775
01:16:02,080 --> 01:16:05,080
» Yeah.

776
01:16:05,520 --> 01:16:07,840
» Is she voting?
>> Did you?

777
01:16:07,199 --> 01:16:10,960
» Yeah.
>> Did you vote?

778
01:16:09,120 --> 01:16:12,080
» Oh, she just asked if we had any
questions.

779
01:16:11,440 --> 01:16:15,600
» Oh, sorry.
>> That's okay. We

780
01:16:13,199 --> 01:16:22,000
» agree. I
>> They're all in favor.

781
01:16:17,840 --> 01:16:26,239
» Lovely. Thank you. I will keep the cost
as low as humanly possible while making

782
01:16:24,480 --> 01:16:28,880
sure we get the correct work done.
>> Procurement law.

783
01:16:28,000 --> 01:16:33,120
» What's that?
>> And you'll follow procurement law.

784
01:16:31,440 --> 01:16:35,920
» Do we have to for repairs? Does that
mean I have to go out and get multiple

785
01:16:34,960 --> 01:16:41,199
quotes?
>> Anything? Oh, yes. Adam, you know the

786
01:16:38,320 --> 01:16:45,280
answer to that.
>> Okay.

787
01:16:43,120 --> 01:16:49,600
» Now he can't hear me. [laughter]
>> Yeah. Sorry, you broke up. You were

788
01:16:47,199 --> 01:16:55,280
driving through a tunnel. Yeah. Okay.
I'll make sure I get multiple quotes.

789
01:16:52,480 --> 01:17:00,080
» You could just use a contract on state.
Never mind. Yep. Thank you.

790
01:16:57,120 --> 01:17:05,199
» Got it. Yeah, I got you.
>> Let folks know that we'll address this

791
01:17:03,679 --> 01:17:09,199
again.
We're have to do

792
01:17:07,440 --> 01:17:13,760
» uh the audio.
>> Jackie just wants everybody to listening

793
01:17:10,880 --> 01:17:17,280
at home to know that if you cannot if
you are one of the ones who are unable

794
01:17:15,280 --> 01:17:21,760
to hear her or hear any member of the
select board, we are aware of it. and we

795
01:17:20,000 --> 01:17:24,760
will continue to address it. We
apologize.

796
01:17:27,280 --> 01:17:32,400
» I can't dissect it.
>> Okay.

797
01:17:30,719 --> 01:17:37,120
» It actually works great if everything
you say Christina just relays. So, it

798
01:17:35,199 --> 01:17:42,960
might not speed up the meeting at all,
but you know, she can just keep doing

799
01:17:39,520 --> 01:17:46,400
all the talking. [clears throat]
>> Sign language works fine though.

800
01:17:45,618 --> 01:17:49,040
» [laughter]
>> You want to try moving the turtle

801
01:17:48,239 --> 01:17:52,640
closer?
>> Not the turtle.

802
01:17:50,560 --> 01:17:53,679
» Not the turtle.
>> Okay.

803
01:17:53,120 --> 01:17:58,000
» The turtle.
>> I wouldn't mess with it during a

804
01:17:54,960 --> 01:18:03,480
meeting. I would try it afterwards.
And do you guys need me for anything

805
01:17:59,360 --> 01:18:03,480
else other than tech support?

806
01:18:05,199 --> 01:18:13,280
» Oh, Jackie said she's You're in big
trouble. [laughter]

807
01:18:10,719 --> 01:18:17,280
» That's always implied actually. Yeah.
We're going to reach out regarding the

808
01:18:15,040 --> 01:18:22,400
difference between Encore and this uh
for COG bid for the Boston fire

809
01:18:20,800 --> 01:18:26,000
inspection thing
>> during the meeting today or you

810
01:18:24,640 --> 01:18:29,120
» No, I we'll reach out.
>> Okay. Well, all right. Perfect. Okay.

811
01:18:28,719 --> 01:18:33,320
» Thanks.
>> Thanks everyone.

812
01:18:30,320 --> 01:18:33,320
» Yeah.

813
01:18:33,760 --> 01:18:38,480
» Okay.
>> How you doing?

814
01:18:36,400 --> 01:18:46,239
» Uh short thing. I don't have much to go
over. Uh we had a holiday uh yesterday.

815
01:18:42,880 --> 01:18:53,280
So today I got all the uh accepted all
the bid tribulations for coco for our

816
01:18:49,760 --> 01:18:57,440
winter salt and or the winter sand and
horse sand. So we're all set on

817
01:18:55,600 --> 01:19:04,400
basically our winter materials that we
need for uh this coming winter.

818
01:19:02,640 --> 01:19:05,840
» We have much left from last year. I'm
just curious.

819
01:19:04,960 --> 01:19:10,400
» What do you mean?
>> Any sand left? You always stockpile it

820
01:19:08,320 --> 01:19:17,440
before the end of the year because
material goes up. You always have your

821
01:19:13,920 --> 01:19:20,400
your shed full.
>> So you're starting the year with a full

822
01:19:19,120 --> 01:19:25,800
sh.
>> Yeah. Start a year with a full shed.

823
01:19:22,800 --> 01:19:25,800
» Okay.

824
01:19:27,360 --> 01:19:36,920
» And it's already like purchase it. Yep.
>> It's all taken care of for last year.

825
01:19:33,920 --> 01:19:36,920
Okay.

826
01:19:37,360 --> 01:19:47,520
I ended up having a conversation
following up with our roller

827
01:19:43,520 --> 01:19:53,040
to see where the notice proceeded is
from the state so that we can end up

828
01:19:50,239 --> 01:19:58,000
issuing that to Woods so we can end up
getting the ball rolling on that.

829
01:19:55,360 --> 01:20:03,120
There's still nothing yet, but she said
by the end of the week or next week we

830
01:20:00,400 --> 01:20:08,960
should hear something. So, our roller
that we're renting went back to CN Wood.

831
01:20:07,360 --> 01:20:13,360
I ended up having a conversation with
them today. They're trying to charge us

832
01:20:10,880 --> 01:20:17,840
for a full month. Got that straightened
out because we turned it back in on the

833
01:20:15,520 --> 01:20:21,520
third. So,
>> the price should reflect what we

834
01:20:19,520 --> 01:20:26,080
actually used, you know, our time having
it, not

835
01:20:23,040 --> 01:20:32,159
» the excess. So, she was good with me on
that. Uh, the next thing that I ended up

836
01:20:29,679 --> 01:20:36,640
speaking with
Kristen on Friday was about this warp

837
01:20:35,520 --> 01:20:39,280
program.
>> Um, program

838
01:20:38,159 --> 01:20:42,000
» rap.
>> No, no, but I was talking with her about

839
01:20:41,600 --> 01:20:44,400
that.
>> What program?

840
01:20:42,560 --> 01:20:46,159
» Rap. W
>> W R A.

841
01:20:45,520 --> 01:20:51,280
» Yep.
>> Yes.

842
01:20:47,120 --> 01:20:56,640
» Okay. Um, and in talks about that, how
we had the funding for the 161,000 I

843
01:20:54,640 --> 01:21:00,400
believe that Kelly were all talking
about, we got back.

844
01:20:58,560 --> 01:21:04,800
» So that's in our account right now on
our chapter 90 account. We're going to

845
01:21:02,320 --> 01:21:09,120
utilize it for the next upcoming year.
We're not going to chase going back

846
01:21:07,040 --> 01:21:14,239
previously. Let's just keep going
forward and not stepping back. So

847
01:21:12,080 --> 01:21:21,040
» decided that was the best uh course of
action for that. Then she asked if there

848
01:21:17,040 --> 01:21:27,280
was any projects or anything with um
with a winter recovery if we were

849
01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:35,840
interested in submitting anything. And
one thing that came to mind was the uh

850
01:21:33,920 --> 01:21:41,679
was that canopy.
>> Mhm. [clears throat]

851
01:21:37,199 --> 01:21:45,199
because chapter 90 covers the canopy
to end up having

852
01:21:44,041 --> 01:21:50,080
[clears throat]
the span building.

853
01:21:47,679 --> 01:21:55,040
» Now, this wouldn't be a heated garage.
Obviously, this isn't going to have a

854
01:21:51,920 --> 01:21:58,480
bathroom and running water or even
electric.

855
01:21:56,400 --> 01:22:04,960
» Protect the equipment.
>> This one's going to be a 67 by 80.

856
01:22:01,360 --> 01:22:08,639
» Okay. So I ended up speaking with her
and she ended up saying that it actually

857
01:22:06,880 --> 01:22:12,719
qualifies
for that program. So there's

858
01:22:11,552 --> 01:22:19,840
[clears throat] no commitment of the
town. There's no money that we have to

859
01:22:15,840 --> 01:22:24,560
put up front. So I Friday I just
answered the questionnaire and submitted

860
01:22:22,239 --> 01:22:30,960
the paperwork for this canopy.
>> So I already had all the quotes from

861
01:22:26,960 --> 01:22:35,280
source well from the three quotes. I had
all my paperwork sitting in this file

862
01:22:32,800 --> 01:22:40,280
ready to go as soon as I had time to end
up submitting this for chapter 90.

863
01:22:40,400 --> 01:22:46,080
Um
it's the total cost with the block

864
01:22:44,480 --> 01:22:50,360
foundation
is going to be $259,90.

865
01:22:50,639 --> 01:22:57,040
When she heard that number, she said,
"Go for it." Because all the

866
01:22:54,480 --> 01:23:01,920
applications that she's seeing that
people are putting in for projects are

867
01:22:59,199 --> 01:23:07,199
close to a million or higher. Um,
there's $20 million

868
01:23:04,159 --> 01:23:12,400
that's up for grabs. So, even if we get
a slice of that pie, knowing that I can

869
01:23:10,000 --> 01:23:17,120
end up combining this with chapter 90 so
that we can still have that funding in

870
01:23:14,320 --> 01:23:24,719
the chapter 90 instead of utilizing all
of it, it would be good. So,

871
01:23:21,600 --> 01:23:29,000
we'll end up seeing what happens.
What's your thoughts on I seen you?

872
01:23:31,840 --> 01:23:39,840
» Well,
>> this this would be you mean using that

873
01:23:37,120 --> 01:23:44,639
for the highway.
>> Okay.

874
01:23:42,400 --> 01:23:50,080
» When you said it, there's 20 million
that's sitting there that people can

875
01:23:46,639 --> 01:23:56,560
possibly get. It has to be directly for
like sand and salt

876
01:23:54,719 --> 01:24:01,760
stuff. Yeah. It cannot be
>> to build us a highway department.

877
01:23:58,239 --> 01:24:07,600
» It wouldn't happen. Um so that's this is
a sand and salt shed. That's what this

878
01:24:04,560 --> 01:24:10,719
is for cuz we had issues with ours. We
had Jason go up there. The back wall is

879
01:24:09,679 --> 01:24:15,360
starting to fall.
>> Yeah. Um, we put the blocks in there

880
01:24:13,360 --> 01:24:19,360
just so that we're not pushing on the
building so it collapses on the guys

881
01:24:17,360 --> 01:24:24,159
from when we get our loads of sand and
salt delivered. Right now, we have a

882
01:24:21,600 --> 01:24:28,480
buffer of about 15 ft on the back side
of the building that we cleaned all the

883
01:24:25,760 --> 01:24:32,800
way back to the post and then set mafia
blocks all the way. So, it's hollow

884
01:24:30,560 --> 01:24:36,480
behind it and we have the support so
we're not kicking the building out on

885
01:24:34,400 --> 01:24:43,360
the back cuz right now we had a
disconnect of what 4 in almost half a

886
01:24:39,760 --> 01:24:47,000
foot of the of the 12x 12s are rolling
back right now.

887
01:24:53,760 --> 01:25:02,159
different spot. I left that that spot
where they perk tested and where they

888
01:24:59,280 --> 01:25:08,159
did the site plans where the actual
>> safety complex would be. I chose a

889
01:25:05,920 --> 01:25:12,159
different location that's not being
utilized for anything on those plans.

890
01:25:10,239 --> 01:25:15,920
even the the fuel depot that they were
planning to put in up there were

891
01:25:14,239 --> 01:25:20,239
completely out of the space where they
ended up designating the fuel depot to

892
01:25:18,080 --> 01:25:25,280
be. So, okay,
>> I got all the quotes in or the paperwork

893
01:25:22,560 --> 01:25:34,600
in they requested. I ended up doing the
the uh 454 form that they requested and

894
01:25:30,400 --> 01:25:34,600
for some reason uh

895
01:25:34,880 --> 01:25:41,760
I don't know yet. She said, "No, no, she
she said actually it's going to I don't

896
01:25:39,600 --> 01:25:46,080
know an exact date, but she said it's
going to be towards the end of October."

897
01:25:44,320 --> 01:25:53,000
So, that's that's the turnaround, but
there's no exact date when they're

898
01:25:48,239 --> 01:25:53,000
actually going to send a letter. Um,

899
01:25:53,120 --> 01:25:57,080
what's the other part of this?

900
01:25:57,360 --> 01:26:05,679
» Any clue on how long it takes them to
something like that? Uh when I end up

901
01:26:02,960 --> 01:26:10,480
when I ended up uh having a conversation
with Brad Williams from Clearband, which

902
01:26:07,920 --> 01:26:14,320
has been working with me on the design,
they would come in with their crew. They

903
01:26:12,239 --> 01:26:18,159
build it once we end up setting up the
block. So

904
01:26:16,320 --> 01:26:22,560
we would I would end up working with
Jason. We' pull the proper permits that

905
01:26:20,320 --> 01:26:28,639
are needed. We would end up leveling the
surface, compacting the ground, setting

906
01:26:24,800 --> 01:26:35,440
the uh the mafia blocks, the 2x twox
blocks for the foundation. He comes up,

907
01:26:32,400 --> 01:26:39,600
okay it once he says that it's good to
their specs. They have everything

908
01:26:37,520 --> 01:26:43,199
delivered. They come up, put it up. It
takes two days for them to put the whole

909
01:26:41,199 --> 01:26:48,400
system up. I couldn't believe.
>> So they they got a good crew and that's

910
01:26:45,280 --> 01:26:51,520
all with the prevailing wage uh pay
already. All

911
01:26:48,960 --> 01:26:56,080
» included. All those blocks are all
cemented together and

912
01:26:53,280 --> 01:27:00,320
» nope. They come as 2 by 2x6. Yeah. And
then they lock in and then on the actual

913
01:26:58,800 --> 01:27:06,560
quote
they have the uh

914
01:27:02,960 --> 01:27:13,360
this is the quote for the whole thing.
They have the brackets for bracing each

915
01:27:10,080 --> 01:27:18,480
block together. So to lock it together,
that's basically uh would be part of it.

916
01:27:16,400 --> 01:27:23,760
He did have an estimate number for the
blocks, but at the same time, I called

917
01:27:21,520 --> 01:27:28,320
our local distributor that we end up
getting the blocks through, and I got a

918
01:27:26,159 --> 01:27:33,679
pretty good price on the amount that we
needed, and I add that into this packet

919
01:27:31,199 --> 01:27:39,159
that I submitted on Friday. So, we'll
see if we can actually come out on top

920
01:27:35,920 --> 01:27:39,159
with that.

921
01:27:40,320 --> 01:27:46,560
It's pretty much a
>> It's not really This week was a busy

922
01:27:44,639 --> 01:27:53,120
week. guys are working up on Shephard
Road on Lloyd's cleaning out the

923
01:27:48,960 --> 01:28:01,280
drainage on that hill.
Oh, and chap uh the Grand Central site.

924
01:27:56,480 --> 01:28:06,880
I had a conversation with Chester and um
Chester's secretary at the fair and

925
01:28:03,199 --> 01:28:11,760
middlefield secretary and they are also
having the same issue I'm having. So the

926
01:28:09,040 --> 01:28:17,440
packets that I end up putting together
for mass dot with the 454 and the

927
01:28:14,159 --> 01:28:22,719
preliminary estimate sheets, I scan it,
I put it, I try uploading it or dropping

928
01:28:20,000 --> 01:28:26,639
it on my computer and it doesn't upload.
So just like conversation with Dave

929
01:28:24,639 --> 01:28:32,000
Stokes, I end up making sure that I
submit it to him directly to his email

930
01:28:29,600 --> 01:28:36,159
» as the single PDF of everything. But
it's not just us that are having the

931
01:28:34,000 --> 01:28:41,000
problem. It's on the state end that's
actually having that issue. So Any

932
01:28:42,560 --> 01:28:46,120
questions for me?

933
01:28:56,480 --> 01:29:01,800
» Did you decide about the hours for the
meeting?

934
01:29:02,896 --> 01:29:10,920
[clears throat]
>> It's called Thank you.

935
01:29:06,880 --> 01:29:10,920
And we will have

936
01:29:11,120 --> 01:29:14,120
discussion.

937
01:29:25,840 --> 01:29:28,840
» Yes.

938
01:29:29,760 --> 01:29:36,159
» Do you want to do a roll call vote to
enter into executive session under the

939
01:29:34,000 --> 01:29:39,719
description on there? So you have the
description right

940
01:29:55,679 --> 01:29:59,880
yes not to reconvene

941
01:30:02,000 --> 01:30:04,480
trans says

942
01:30:10,480 --> 01:30:13,800
Thank you everybody.