[0:09] I got seven. You guys all got seven.
[0:11] Okay.
[0:13] >> Good evening everyone and uh welcome and
[0:16] thank you for coming out on such a hot
[0:18] steamy evening. I'm going to break with
[0:21] tradition here just a little bit because
[0:23] I would like to uh make an introduction.
[0:27] Uh, Chief, can you come forward? And
[0:30] Officer Fontana,
[0:32] uh, this is our police chief, as you all
[0:35] know, but this lovely little lady
[0:37] walking with her is our newest police
[0:40] officer, uh, fresh out of the academy
[0:43] and
[0:47] here to uh, serve Brandon. I had the
[0:49] opportunity to meet her and and visit
[0:51] with her the other day, and I'm very, happy to have her on board.
[0:56] Um, I'll let the chief say anything
[0:59] else, but we're This is the first step
[1:02] of our rebuild. You are
[1:04] >> it
[1:09] to us from um
[1:12] and she is presently going through field
[1:15] training right now. She's attended the
[1:16] part-time academy of the police academy
[1:18] in Pittsford. And our hope is as soon as
[1:21] she's done with field training, she'll
[1:23] be on the road in a solo capacity. Um,
[1:26] and you'll be out seeing her patrolling
[1:27] the streets.
[1:30] » Thank you.
[1:32] >> Welcome.
[1:32] >> Very excited to be here.
[1:35] >> Very excited to have you.
[1:38] >> We're very excited to have you. Welcome.
[1:40] >> You want to get a picture, Steve?
[1:44] >> No. No. Steve is our uh owner and editor
[1:48] of our Brandon newspaper, and we would
[1:51] like to feature a picture of the two of
[1:53] you as our
[1:55] Good news that we get things rolling.
[2:10] Yeah, you don't want us in the history.
[2:12] >> You want to break the camera.
[2:16] » You know what? Stand just like that. We
[2:18] can see the
[2:21] All right.
[2:24] Awesome.
[2:24] >> Thank you.
[2:28] beautiful
[2:31] » and we really are happy to have you and
[2:33] I'm sure some of the other board members
[2:35] will stop in and visit with you at the
[2:37] uh office when you're around. So great.
[2:42] U now moving on. We are going to do the
[2:45] uh we've got full list of meetings here.
[2:48] So we're going to start with cannabis
[2:50] control.
[2:52] I move that we adopt the uh agenda
[2:58] first as
[3:02] » we have a motion and a second on the
[3:03] agenda. Reoccurring matter is to approve
[3:06] the minute from the May 26 cannabis
[3:08] meeting.
[3:09] >> Make a motion we approve those minutes.
[3:12] >> I'll second that.
[3:13] >> Motion and a second to approve cannabis
[3:15] minutes. All in favor?
[3:17] >> I opposed. No one. Item three, it's
[3:22] three applications for
[3:25] uh tier 2 and tier one. Uh they're all
[3:29] renewals.
[3:31] [Music]
[3:42] » That we consider items 3, A, B, and C
[3:44] under consent agenda.
[3:46] >> Second.
[3:47] >> Okay. Motion in a second to approve all
[3:50] three under consent. All in favor,
[3:52] please say I.
[3:53] >> I.
[3:54] Opposed. No one.
[3:56] >> Public comment or participation on
[3:58] cannabis.
[4:01] There's never any hurt on that.
[4:03] >> Motion to adjurnn cannabis.
[4:05] All in
[4:07] favor?
[4:08] >> I'll second that.
[4:09] >> Motion a second. All in favor?
[4:10] >> I. Okay.
[4:13] >> And we move on to liquor. cover all the
[4:16] sins in life this evening. Um the agenda
[4:21] >> I move to adopt the agenda for the
[4:24] liquor control commissioners as warned.
[4:27] >> I'll second
[4:28] >> motion in a second on the um agenda. All
[4:31] in favor say I.
[4:32] >> I.
[4:34] >> Opposed? No one. Reoccurring matters
[4:37] would be approval of the liquor minutes
[4:41] from June 23rd.
[4:44] Make a motion we approve those minutes.
[4:46] >> Second that.
[4:48] >> Motion in a second. On the minutes, all
[4:50] in favor say I.
[4:52] >> I. Oppos? No one.
[4:54] >> I move that we uh adopt a consent agenda
[4:57] for items three and four.
[5:02] » Go ahead. I'll second. We have a motion
[5:05] and a second for item three and four.
[5:08] Any discussion? None heard. All in
[5:11] favor? I
[5:13] >> I opposed. No one public comment on
[5:16] liquor.
[5:19] None.
[5:20] >> Motion to adjurnn liquor.
[5:21] >> Motion to adjurnn. Second.
[5:23] >> Second that.
[5:23] >> All in favor of joining liquor say I.
[5:26] >> I. I.
[5:27] >> Okay.
[5:28] And
[5:31] sewer commissioners report
[5:34] agenda.
[5:36] >> Come on. Someone else.
[5:38] >> I'll make a motion to adopt the agenda.
[5:41] I'll second it.
[5:42] >> Here we go. We have a motion and a
[5:44] second to adopt the agenda. All in favor
[5:46] say I.
[5:46] >> I.
[5:48] >> Reoccurring matters is the sewer
[5:50] commissioner's minutes from June 23rd.
[5:55] >> Make a motion to approve those minutes.
[5:57] >> Second.
[5:58] >> Roman.
[5:59] >> Okay. Motion and seconds to approve the
[6:01] minutes. All in favor of the minutes,
[6:03] please say I. I.
[6:04] >> I.
[6:06] And what we are here for is to consider
[6:08] purchase order for more root x root
[6:11] killer which is above the town manager's
[6:14] uh spending option and the price is
[6:16] right so we're buying it early.
[6:20] >> And this is last time too isn't it?
[6:22] Yeah.
[6:23] >> Is this a year supply?
[6:26] >> So with what we got in the previous
[6:28] fiscal year and this he believes it will
[6:30] be about about the year.
[6:35] Pleasure of the board.
[6:37] >> I move that we approve the purchase
[6:38] order uh 12405 for Routtex in the amount
[6:42] of $12,600.
[6:44] >> Second.
[6:45] >> Motion in a second. Any additional
[6:47] discussion?
[6:49] None at all. In favor of the motion to
[6:52] purchase $12,600
[6:55] of Rudex, please say I.
[6:58] No one. Public comment on sewer.
[7:05] None heard.
[7:06] >> Motion to adjurnn. Sewer. Second.
[7:08] >> Motion to adjurnn. All in favor?
[7:10] >> I I
[7:13] now we are up to the select board the
[7:16] agenda. First
[7:20] » I move to adopt the meeting agenda as
[7:29] » any addition.
[7:31] All in favor move adopt of the agenda as
[7:33] presented say I I
[7:35] >> I oppose no one collect board remarks. I
[7:39] would just remind everyone that we are
[7:41] here to do the business of the town. Um
[7:45] when speaking we need you to come
[7:47] forward and speak into the microphone so
[7:49] it can be heard and state your name and
[7:53] treat everyone with respect please and
[7:55] we will have a very happy meeting. It's
[7:57] a lengthy agenda, but I think mostly
[8:00] fairly straightforward items.
[8:03] So,
[8:04] >> anyone else have any other select board?
[8:07] >> One one quick one for me. Um,
[8:10] >> summer school's out. I've seen a ton and
[8:13] of kids riding without helmets,
[8:15] especially on the sidewalk, but all over
[8:16] the place. I've had brain surgery. You
[8:19] don't want it. Please, if you have kids,
[8:20] or if you are a kid who happens to be
[8:22] watching this, put on a helmet. Might
[8:24] save your life.
[8:26] I'll get off my soap box now.
[8:28] >> And it really doesn't take much of a to
[8:31] cause a traumatic brain injur.
[8:36] » Very good point. Uh reoccurring m um
[8:40] matters. We have select boards from June
[8:43] 23rd, select July 7th and 11th.
[8:48] I hear the board.
[9:05] Um,
[9:07] I would ask a question. How is this new
[9:11] system working? Because I'm realizing we
[9:13] haven't identified ourselves at all this
[9:15] evening.
[9:16] >> So, it's okay. Um, I think that what
[9:19] we're going to end up with will be okay.
[9:21] I think as long as you're comfortable
[9:23] with um say the July 7th minutes, if you
[9:27] look at that, you have um at number one,
[9:30] you have who called the meeting to order
[9:32] and things of that nature. But when it
[9:34] gets into the discussion, it doesn't
[9:35] always attribute an individual statement
[9:38] to an individual speaker, but then when
[9:40] we get down to the motions, those were
[9:42] jotted down and so you know who made
[9:44] motions and seconds and the outcomes.
[9:46] So, if that's satisfactory to the board,
[9:48] I think it accomplishes what the open
[9:50] meeting law requires. Now,
[9:52] >> so you're jotting it down. We don't need
[9:53] to say should should we state our name
[9:55] when we're making a motion?
[9:56] >> No. Uh, I'm I'm jotting down who's
[9:59] making motions and seconds and vote
[10:00] outcomes and the machine is basically
[10:03] trying to capture the content of the
[10:05] discussion.
[10:06] >> Perfect.
[10:07] >> And
[10:08] excuse me. And if anyone needs further
[10:11] elaboration on the discussions, those
[10:13] are on volume.
[10:14] >> We have the recording. at the recording
[10:16] somewhat.
[10:16] >> Yep. Okay. So, we do have a motion and a
[10:19] second to approve the two select board
[10:22] um minutes.
[10:25] All in favor of those minutes, please
[10:26] say I.
[10:27] >> I.
[10:28] abstain on the seventh.
[10:30] >> You abstain on the seventh. You weren't
[10:31] there. Correct.
[10:34] >> Now, we get into the warrant. The reason
[10:36] there's two warrants is some are bills
[10:38] from the prior year, some are bills for
[10:40] this year.
[10:48] pleasure of the board.
[10:52] » So, I move to approve um warrant report
[10:56] 63873 in the amount of $168,911.88.
[11:04] » I'll second that one. Okay.
[11:08] Uh questions?
[11:15] None. We have a motion and a second to
[11:19] approve the first warrant. All in favor,
[11:22] please say I.
[11:23] >> I.
[11:25] >> Opposed? No one.
[11:27] Second warrant.
[11:30] >> I move that we approve warrant report
[11:32] number 6387.
[11:45] Check. Any questions on
[11:52] all of
[11:56] you please say I
[12:01] » item four, town manager report.
[12:04] >> Thank you, Mr. chair, members of the
[12:05] board, members of the public. Um, my
[12:07] report was part of the packet. I do want
[12:09] to add a couple of things to it. Uh,
[12:12] one, about twothirds of the way down the
[12:15] front page, I I submitted the report
[12:17] without finishing the sentence about the
[12:19] town clock. Apologies for that. So, the
[12:21] clock works themselves are still an open
[12:23] issue with a knowledgeable local person.
[12:25] That's the person um who with his family
[12:28] has been taking care of the clock for a
[12:29] number of years. and that person's
[12:31] working with um an outside contractor
[12:33] that is able to perhaps fabricate the
[12:36] new gear or identify a source for the
[12:38] new gear. There's a broken gear up
[12:40] there. Um I do want to call attention to
[12:43] the near completion of the town hall
[12:45] roof reslating. That project is going
[12:48] very well. They did elect, as many of
[12:50] you will have noticed, they elected not
[12:52] to put slate over the eaves at the edges
[12:56] uh because of the Boeing and so they've
[12:58] put copper there. It won't be an extra
[13:00] cost to the town and it will act like as
[13:02] a snow pan would act on on your house
[13:04] roof.
[13:06] And the work on the Sanderson covered
[13:09] bridge did start today. Uh that repair
[13:11] work should go this week. And so Pearl
[13:15] Street will not be a through street from
[13:17] 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily for the
[13:20] rest of the week while they're working
[13:22] on the bridge. Um there are three
[13:24] announcements to make about vacancies on
[13:27] town boards. If you're interested on
[13:28] serving, please submit a cover sheet and
[13:30] letter of interest to me. There's a a
[13:33] voting position on the energy committee
[13:34] that generally meets the first Monday at
[13:36] 4:30 p.m. And then there's two alternate
[13:40] positions. Alternates sit on the boards,
[13:43] they attend the meetings, they discuss,
[13:45] they contribute, they can be on
[13:46] subcommittees and working groups. They
[13:48] just only vote if one of the voting
[13:50] members is absent. So that's the only
[13:52] difference. There is an al an alternate
[13:54] position on the planning commission that
[13:56] meets the first Monday at six o'clock
[13:59] and there's an alternate on the
[14:00] development review board that meets the
[14:02] fourth Thursday at 7:00.
[14:06] Um
[14:07] you've met with officer Fontana tonight
[14:10] which is great. And I guess the other
[14:13] thing I would call a little bit of
[14:14] attention to um is
[14:18] whether you would like to consider
[14:20] exploring um combining these four
[14:23] meetings into one meeting. So the select
[14:26] board every year at reorganization
[14:29] designates itself as the board of
[14:31] cannabis control commissioners, the
[14:32] board of liquor commissioners, and the
[14:33] board of sewer commissioners. It's
[14:35] possible to just have one meeting with
[14:38] one agenda and one batch of minutes if
[14:41] you're not um opposed to that for a
[14:44] reason.
[14:46] I can investigate it some more.
[14:49] >> I mean I don't know if there would be
[14:51] any reason
[14:53] uh administratively that we would want
[14:55] to keep them.
[14:56] >> It's largely been separate so that the
[14:58] minutes could be searched separately.
[15:00] But I think now that minutes can be
[15:01] searched by computer and not just, you
[15:03] know, by opening a binder and looking
[15:06] from date to date to date, it's it's
[15:09] potentially going to streamline your
[15:11] operation.
[15:13] You don't have to decide anything. Just
[15:15] offering it out there.
[15:17] >> It's about all we have.
[15:20] I would like to add to your report as
[15:22] you printed it and I know it will be in
[15:24] the newspaper but we did introduce
[15:26] officer uh Fontana and u the we we are
[15:31] finally getting some activity on some
[15:33] additional interviews at the police
[15:35] department and have two other
[15:38] >> yes
[15:39] >> potential candidates in the works.
[15:41] Not going to say any more than that, but
[15:44] so that's that's good that we're working
[15:46] towards getting our police department
[15:48] back in order.
[15:50] >> U questions for the town manager from
[15:53] the board.
[15:55] Questions for the town manager on his
[15:57] report from the public? Barry.
[16:02] » Um Barry Varian. Um I live up off
[16:06] seminary. So
[16:10] » so so I get an opportunity to see the
[16:13] town hall for a bird's eye view as I
[16:16] come down at least once or twice a day.
[16:19] And I remember when we we set funds
[16:21] aside ARPA money for that roof. It was
[16:23] like a staggering amount of money.
[16:25] >> But I've been watching what those guys
[16:27] are doing and it's amazing to me they
[16:29] could even get done what they got done
[16:31] for that amount of money. I mean,
[16:33] there's a tremendous amount of labor and
[16:36] equipment and and time that goes into
[16:38] that roof. They're doing a hell of a
[16:40] job. They really are. And it looks
[16:41] great. So, um, feel good about it,
[16:45] really.
[16:46] >> Thanks.
[16:48] >> They actually put some uh some
[16:50] additional plywood down for some wood
[16:52] that was rotten and whatever. So, I
[16:53] mean, this was a big job. Ken Kulage.
[16:59] >> Ken Kulage on the roof. Thank you.
[17:03] >> Um, I did have a question. So, I know in
[17:07] the quote when it was presented, there
[17:11] was the option of doing the plywood,
[17:13] which when they did that one quarter, we
[17:16] knew that it was going to be pretty
[17:18] rotten, which
[17:20] kind of turned out to be. What other
[17:23] damage was there? How bad was it up
[17:25] there? So, um I did not see it
[17:28] firsthand, but the uh
[17:30] >> pictures online fact
[17:32] >> pictures Yeah. the pictures that were
[17:34] taken by Carl Spardella, who's the owner
[17:36] of the slate company, um he indicated it
[17:39] was it was predominantly at the eaves
[17:41] where the most rot was. Um I don't think
[17:44] they had to replace any of the joists or
[17:46] anything, but there were then spots
[17:47] around chimneys and so forth where
[17:49] natural spots where water would collect.
[17:52] They they didn't end up redecking the
[17:55] whole roof, both sides. They ended up
[17:57] redecking sections of it in plywood.
[18:00] It's
[18:00] >> good. Put all that work into it. Might
[18:02] as well make sure the
[18:03] >> underllayment is
[18:05] >> right.
[18:05] >> Good. So, where does that put us
[18:07] budgetwise for the estimate?
[18:10] >> I think it's going to fully obligate all
[18:12] that was set aside. Um the amount set
[18:15] aside was the amount that the select
[18:17] board set aside from the ARPA award.
[18:19] Then there was part of the insurance um
[18:22] claim for the chimney that was blown and
[18:24] we got the new boiler down here with
[18:26] part of that and the rest was to put
[18:28] toward rebuilding that chimney. There
[18:30] was a third source uh not getting me
[18:33] right now. So we don't have the final
[18:34] bill. We've made the initial payment
[18:36] which was about a third of the quote a
[18:38] progress payment when they switched from
[18:40] the east side to the west side of the
[18:43] roof. They got another third and so at
[18:45] this point this is when he's going to
[18:47] start. He has a little bit to do I think
[18:48] on the south facing. Um there's a small
[18:52] little roof at the base of the triangle
[18:54] that I don't know whether they're going
[18:56] to do copper or slate there. And then
[18:58] once that's all done, we'll get the
[18:59] final bill and it it's likely to be a
[19:01] third plus the add-ons.
[19:04] So, I would just make a suggestion if
[19:06] you it is over and with all those funds
[19:10] you'd already set aside to take it out
[19:13] of the um the not the grand
[19:16] >> the the 1% fund.
[19:18] >> No, I would leave that alone. I would
[19:20] take it off of the reserve if you have
[19:23] anything extra because as the reserve
[19:26] goes up,
[19:28] you want to use it. We used it a couple
[19:30] years ago to offset the tax increase,
[19:34] forgot about it the next year, that that
[19:36] increase needs to be accounted for the
[19:38] following year in the budget. So, if you
[19:40] use the reserve for some an overrun,
[19:45] it doesn't affect your taxes. It doesn't
[19:48] affect you the next year. Um, it's just
[19:51] a way to use up some of those funds for
[19:54] unplanned items while you're still
[19:56] staying above your limit.
[19:59] >> That's good advice. I think, you know,
[20:00] when it's when we get the final bill,
[20:02] I'll certainly come back to the select
[20:03] board and give them the final accounting
[20:05] of what's been laid out and what they've
[20:08] already kind of set aside and we'll see
[20:10] what's left and what what might the
[20:11] options be. just to suggest.
[20:13] >> Yes,
[20:13] >> a lot of that would depend if if I
[20:15] reserve
[20:17] is above the 15% bottom threshold. So, I
[20:20] mean, we're right at it, but I don't
[20:22] know. We haven't got last year's results
[20:24] yet.
[20:25] >> Yeah, it's 569
[20:27] report.
[20:31] » Any final questions for the town manager
[20:33] on his report?
[20:37] » None seen. Moving on to
[20:42] Hey, Doug. Uh, community development
[20:44] report for today the 14th. Uh, after
[20:47] what I assume was a tremendously
[20:48] successful chamber auction with our
[20:51] Friday. The town hall upstairs is back
[20:53] open for entertainment. July 19th, the
[20:55] town hall's wildly popular silent movie
[20:57] series resumed for Jeff's
[21:00] company screening of the 1922 comedy
[21:03] Grandma's Boy. Free donations are there
[21:06] to support the 2026 series. Um, July
[21:09] 26th, LC Jazz returns with Big Van
[21:12] Sound. A 6 PM start time with a $5
[21:15] admission gains you access to swing
[21:16] dancing fun. Proceeds are to benefit
[21:19] music theater scholarship funds.
[21:22] July the 27th, we're partnering with the
[21:24] Brandy Museum to host Howard Coffin from
[21:26] 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. upstairs. This is
[21:29] a free wall offering uh renowned
[21:32] historian's presentation of the Great
[21:34] Bennington Battle in Vermont. It's a
[21:36] great way to get geared up for Vermont's
[21:37] 250th celebration, which is next year.
[21:40] Youth dance, cheer, field hockey, and
[21:43] outdoor camps have some limited
[21:44] registration space and start this week.
[21:47] Visit brandonere.com.
[21:50] I have an error in my report. The town
[21:52] has not picked up its grantfunded BWID
[21:56] buzz on Friday. It was delivered to us
[21:58] today uh by the dealership. U we have a
[22:01] phase, again, a reminder, grant funded.
[22:04] This costs us nothing. The phase plan
[22:07] will have it as a rec support vehicle
[22:09] with some volunteer scheduled ride share
[22:12] public transit connections coming online
[22:14] in the next two months be structured
[22:16] with that site. We started with the
[22:18] right-of-way easement acquisition for
[22:20] the Union Street sidewalk project. The
[22:22] next this is the next phase to be
[22:24] completed. Um these are all temporary
[22:26] easements. We're not taking any land to
[22:28] make these to um to have the sidewalk be
[22:30] reconstructed, but it does require some
[22:32] disruption in people's lives.
[22:35] We started uh let's see, Youth Works is
[22:37] back in town. Uh they were this church
[22:40] youth group that was really ramped up
[22:42] prior to COVID and then CO put a dent in
[22:46] their camping uh camping missions, but
[22:49] now they're back. Um for the next three
[22:51] weeks, we'll be working with this
[22:53] organization to complete many projects
[22:54] all over town. groups of 10 to 15 youth
[22:57] with counselors. We'll be helping to
[22:58] beautify public parks and other spaces
[23:01] three days a week. You'll see them
[23:02] around a couple projects that they're
[23:04] going to be working on
[23:06] decking to be painted at the gazebo
[23:09] park. Mother is clean up downtown.
[23:12] They'll soon be constants
[23:15] pay at the end.
[23:19] Um uh fall planning is underway. Uh next
[23:22] report will have the follow youth
[23:23] offerings. The reminder that the great
[23:25] Brandon Carnival is coming July 24th to
[23:28] 27th. This former collaboration is now
[23:30] exclusively a field rental following
[23:32] right events. Fun activities on tap with
[23:35] Miller music rides state trivia
[23:37] championship over open night and more.
[23:39] Um I just want to say we had successful
[23:41] I thought Independence Day celebration
[23:44] last weekend.
[23:47] I earned some coverage lease. Um I've
[23:51] been the chair on that committee for
[23:52] nine years. of stepping down as chair. I
[23:55] encourage any young pupils that are
[23:57] around in the audience. I guess
[24:01] anybody that would like to volunteer to
[24:03] help make 2026 celebration even better.
[24:06] Um cool thing about um volunteerism in a
[24:09] small town is you have the opportunity
[24:10] to make the changes you want to see by
[24:13] simply showing up at meetings and
[24:14] expressing your opinions and then
[24:16] working to make that happen. uh when I
[24:22] » like to add to Bill Moy's report that
[24:24] last year I was able to see some of the
[24:26] youth works doing some of their jobs and
[24:28] stopped to talk to them and thank them
[24:30] for being here. So if you run into a
[24:32] bunch of kids working in our parks or
[24:33] around town, it's great to thank them
[24:35] for what they're doing because they're
[24:37] coming here and they're saving us money.
[24:38] So it's really a that's certainly a a
[24:41] really nice thing. Questions for Mr.
[24:44] Moore from the board?
[24:46] questions of Mr. Moore from the public.
[24:51] Mr. Moore is off the hot seat.
[24:54] >> We'll get back on
[24:55] >> uh
[24:58] temporarily.
[25:00] >> Okay. Item six on our agenda is to award
[25:03] the uh bid for demolition of a femur
[25:07] buyout property. Um
[25:11] Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Moore, I don't know
[25:12] who's doing that. Me again.
[25:14] >> There you go. We're back on.
[25:15] >> So, I'll read the letter. I submitted as
[25:17] a part of the uh select word packet. Uh
[25:20] the town hosted a bid opening on June
[25:21] 27th 125 of demolition services of an F
[25:25] FRCF FEMA hazard mitigation program
[25:28] acquired property located at 317 North
[25:30] Street. Um there were results. We had
[25:33] quite a few biders. Um the low bid is
[25:36] current low bidder is Richard Reedson.
[25:38] They have performed this type of work in
[25:41] the past. most recently for properties
[25:42] located at 17 Burke Park and 301 Newton
[25:45] Road. Their work was excellent and met
[25:47] the requirements uh of FEMA FRCF. It's
[25:51] my recommendation the select board
[25:52] consider that to be a valid bid and
[25:53] award the demolition board Richard Reed
[25:56] and son I listed all the bids there
[26:02] of the board
[26:05] that
[26:08] second motion and a second
[26:12] the vid Mr. Ree and son I've known them
[26:16] for many many years and they have done
[26:18] other jobs very good so I agree but any
[26:22] other discussions I will
[26:51] second. All in favor? So morning to
[26:55] Richard Reed and son say I I
[26:58] >> I
[27:06] um item seven considering a revolving
[27:11] loan to Pit Factory Fitness LLC.
[27:17] >> Hey, it's me again
[27:19] LLC. So I have a letter that I uh
[27:22] prepared for the select board. Um on
[27:24] July the 10th, the Brandon revolving
[27:25] loan fund committee met with Andy Donor
[27:28] consider a loan request for Fit Factory
[27:30] Fitness LLC. Board was impressed by the
[27:33] presentation and his plan to establish a
[27:35] fitness gym facility in the building
[27:37] that was the former home of Upscale
[27:39] Resale. fitness craze that has emerged
[27:41] since Brandon's last gym closed around
[27:43] 15 years ago demonstrates that Brandon
[27:46] can support this type of business,
[27:48] addressing the retail leakage that
[27:49] occurs with the many people that live in
[27:51] our community that travel to either
[27:52] Rutland or Mbury to work out. Andy
[27:55] Donor's proven track record as an owner
[27:57] principal of multiple successful
[27:59] businesses along with his wife coupled
[28:01] with a comprehensive plan made for
[28:03] unanimous endorsement from the board
[28:05] members present and terms are listed in
[28:08] the letter. uh loan amount will be
[28:10] $59,989.
[28:12] Turns be 5.5% interest rate enterprise
[28:15] is a 120month loan. The balloon payment
[28:17] at 60 months and collateral will be
[28:19] security interest and business assets
[28:21] factory versus loan guarantee
[28:27] the board.
[28:31] Motion we approve that second.
[28:35] We have a motion and second.
[28:40] None heard. All in favor of approving
[28:43] the uh loan
[28:46] >> say
[28:48] >> I
[28:51] say I
[28:51] >> I
[28:57] found
[28:59] I can't wait for it.
[29:11] and it it really been the reason that
[29:15] we're able to do the thing in town that
[29:18] we do. So, um thank you for honoring
[29:21] that again. Um but I think it's an
[29:24] awesome opportunity for uh people that
[29:26] are trying to get going in town. So,
[29:29] thank you for having that.
[29:32] Can you say roughly when you might be
[29:34] opening and when memberships will
[29:38] » I was looking at him
[29:41] >> but in typical fashion my wife always
[29:43] answers for me too
[29:44] >> Andy when when might you open and
[29:47] memberships would be available. So,
[29:50] right now we're dealing with the the
[29:51] septic design um which we're going back
[29:54] and forth, but we're hoping to have the
[29:55] design completed for the end of next
[29:58] month and then submitted to the state
[30:00] for the permit to complete. So, we're
[30:03] hoping for like fall um late fall
[30:06] opening. And when we get everything
[30:09] ready to go, there's a big sign out
[30:11] front with the QR code you can scan
[30:14] before we're open, bring you to the
[30:15] website, memberships will be available
[30:18] and all that stuff. So
[30:20] >> fantastic.
[30:21] >> Look for the big banner.
[30:24] >> Okay. Thank you very much.
[30:26] >> Thank you guys.
[30:26] >> Happy to have another good business in
[30:28] town.
[30:33] » Moving on.
[30:36] Uh set terms for Bravo's door.
[30:40] >> Is that is that you?
[30:42] >> So Mr. Chair, there's a short memo in
[30:44] the packet. Uh the Bravo board uh is the
[30:47] restorative justice program in Brandon
[30:49] and the Bravo um the Bravo panelists are
[30:54] different from the Bravo board. So the
[30:55] panelists are the ones where they
[30:57] actually get a group together to meet
[30:58] with uh the victim and the offender and
[31:00] kind of sort through what the process
[31:02] would be to come to restorative justice.
[31:04] This is kind of the supervisory board,
[31:07] the advisory group. uh they're supposed
[31:09] to recruit some volunteers to sit on
[31:10] those panels, link them up with the
[31:12] police chief and the town manager, make
[31:14] sure that uh we're moving restorative
[31:16] justice along in Brandon, get them some
[31:18] training, that kind of thing. So, the
[31:19] names are of the current members are
[31:22] Mitch Pearl, he's currently the chair.
[31:25] Paula Ashley is currently the
[31:27] coordinator. Sue Gage uh has expressed
[31:30] that she will be the incoming
[31:31] coordinator. She's willing to do that.
[31:33] Paula is ready to step out of that role.
[31:36] Debbie Boyce who is a founding member.
[31:38] She started this with Art Dodie and
[31:45] can't remember right now Dick Kirby or
[31:47] somebody and then Erin Kilpek. So, uh
[31:50] they're asking for one-year terms to run
[31:52] from July 1st to June 30th. this has
[31:55] kind of been an indefinite informal
[31:57] thing and they're trying to formalize it
[31:59] just a little bit, but they don't want
[32:00] to have um what might be the customary
[32:04] rotating staggered three-year terms.
[32:06] They really all prefer to have a
[32:08] one-year appointment.
[32:11] >> Pleasure of the board.
[32:15] » Um that's what they want. Uh I will move
[32:18] that we adopt the uh term limits uh as
[32:22] set out in the memo you sent for Bravo.
[32:25] >> I'll second that.
[32:27] >> Now will they come forth with the names
[32:29] of the people on an annual basis to us
[32:32] like when we appoint everybody else or
[32:34] >> it would it would be added to the list
[32:36] um that Elaine generally calls to see if
[32:39] someone is still interested in
[32:41] continuing or not. It would be on that
[32:42] list.
[32:43] >> Okay.
[32:45] Motion and a second. Any additional
[32:47] discussion?
[32:51] None heard. All in favor of adopting the
[32:54] motion to
[32:56] uh give them one-year terms, please say
[32:58] I.
[32:59] >> I.
[33:00] >> Opposed? No one.
[33:04] Very agreeable group this evening.
[33:08] Uh board driven ordinance and repeal of
[33:13] the pool hall regulation. Okay.
[33:19] » Well, we can have a pool. It's got to
[33:21] meet these requirements.
[33:24] >> So, um I have in my in your packet, I do
[33:27] have a little letter about uh I just
[33:29] want to read a little piece of it. Um
[33:30] which is that the select board's
[33:32] influence in leading the community is
[33:34] through shaping policy, right, in this
[33:36] form of government. It's one of the
[33:38] statutory roles that the select board
[33:40] has as the elected legislative body of
[33:42] the town. So, I did bring um at Jeff's
[33:46] left hand there is the binder. So,
[33:48] that's basically about six dozen
[33:51] ordinances that the town knows that the
[33:54] select board has passed at some point
[33:56] and has been keeping track of. Many of
[33:59] them have not been reviewed in a number
[34:00] of years. Um uh Mr. Dr. Bailey as board
[34:04] chair has talked about the board's role,
[34:06] you know, kind of it would be good to
[34:07] keep refreshing these and we should make
[34:09] sure that whatever ordinances we have in
[34:12] effect actually reflect the wishes of
[34:15] the select board in terms of what
[34:16] they're trying to regulate. So, um
[34:19] there's some possibilities to have an
[34:21] outside firm do this for you. A ballpark
[34:24] figure would be like $15,000.
[34:28] it would be you'd end up with something
[34:29] like called the Brandon Municipal Code
[34:32] or something to that effect. They made
[34:34] reference uh the group that I was
[34:36] speaking with about this, they made
[34:38] reference to Rutland City. They've just
[34:39] done this for Rutland City at some point
[34:41] in the past. There's an online version
[34:43] that's kind of interactive so people can
[34:45] search around if they want it. And then
[34:47] there's a formal code book that's
[34:50] produced that can be distributed or
[34:52] whatever.
[34:53] Um, if you don't want to go that route,
[34:56] um, there's other options. I thought I
[34:58] could just bring you one or two every
[35:00] time and you could look at it, lay it
[35:02] over a meeting. If you want to consider
[35:04] altering it or whatever, you could
[35:06] appoint a working group to meet before
[35:08] the next select board meeting and report
[35:10] back to the full board. Um, others have
[35:13] thought maybe a working group could look
[35:15] at the whole thing holistically rather
[35:17] than doing it um, one at a time. So,
[35:20] there's some options before you. And I
[35:22] did pick out the pool hall ordinance
[35:24] because that for a long time has been
[35:26] kind of the the one that seems the most
[35:30] irrelevant to the way we live today.
[35:33] So if you wanted to do anything with
[35:35] that or with any of the ordinances, um
[35:38] the process is written down at the
[35:40] bottom half of my page there talks about
[35:43] um the notices that have to be posted
[35:45] and what the process is for advertising
[35:48] and entertaining public objection.
[35:51] Thank you. Um, today Cecil and I met to
[35:55] go over this whole agenda with Seth and
[35:59] I voiced my concerns that I personally
[36:01] would rather have us do this and not
[36:03] spend $15,000.
[36:06] um whether we do it peacemeal or one
[36:09] giant thing and and Cecil offered to
[36:15] kind of lead this along which I totally
[36:19] satisfied with.
[36:21] Um but what would the board what's the
[36:24] board's feelings? I mean, I I figure
[36:27] that what we could start doing, and I'm
[36:30] happy to do it, is start going through
[36:33] that binder and just looking at, oh,
[36:38] it's fairly easy to tell by looking at
[36:41] an ordinance whether, okay, there's
[36:43] something that definitely needs to be
[36:44] fixed about this or repealed or
[36:46] whatever. Um, others it may be that we
[36:49] may want to look at them in more detail
[36:52] to see whether we need to make
[36:54] amendments to them or not. But I'm, you
[36:56] know, I'm more than happy to
[36:58] make a first run through it and tag
[37:01] stuff that we can deal with in short
[37:04] order or is order and then go back to
[37:07] the stuff that may need to be dealt with
[37:10] in more depth. Um, we have no deadline.
[37:14] This isn't like the town plan where we
[37:17] have to have it done every five years or
[37:18] every years. It's it's more like, you
[37:22] know, it's better not to have
[37:24] like ordinance, which is actually pretty
[37:27] amusing. Um, you know, to just go
[37:29] through and see if there's something
[37:30] that's like really out ofd or archaic or
[37:34] um and pull those out. And so, and then
[37:39] my thought was after that, then we could
[37:41] have a working group to really kind of
[37:44] drill down into the ones that need to be
[37:46] dealt with in more detail and hopefully
[37:49] come up with something that, you know,
[37:52] may take longer than the professional
[37:55] codification would, but um I'm free and
[38:01] that's better than $15,000.
[38:05] >> Mr. hand.
[38:06] >> So, one one of my goals um with this
[38:09] even coming up is something that I had
[38:10] as a goal even when I was on the select
[38:12] board. It was basically to organize them
[38:15] that I'm not saying that they are
[38:17] disheveled in any way like they're kept,
[38:19] they're careful, but there's no theme
[38:22] like this is public safety, this is
[38:24] public works. There's there's no
[38:25] compartments or departments of the of
[38:28] Brandon's book. It's more or less
[38:29] alphabetical order, which is not how you
[38:32] store chemicals and not how you plow
[38:34] streets in the winter, right? Um, it
[38:36] should be organized in some way. So, if
[38:38] while we're organizing it, we decide
[38:41] some stuff should be kind of called out
[38:43] of it, that's probably the right time to
[38:44] do it.
[38:46] My feelings are if you know our one of
[38:50] the the major thing for a brand or for a
[38:52] Vermont select board is to set policy
[38:54] and procedure which this is right up the
[38:57] line. If we fail, we can always go back
[39:00] to hiring someone in a year from now.
[39:02] If we are successful, we save $15,000
[39:07] and
[39:09] always with our eye on the budget, I
[39:11] think it would be move us to uh give it
[39:14] a serious look and work our way through
[39:16] it slowly.
[39:19] >> Am I correct that many of these are not
[39:21] digitized? I would say the vast majority
[39:24] are not digitized
[39:25] >> because that's something else we could
[39:27] probably take a swing at or we can get
[39:28] some volunteers to take a swing at that
[39:30] would at least get a rudimentary
[39:32] >> list of them online or something.
[39:34] >> Okay.
[39:37] Yep. I saw you walking. I assumed you
[39:40] were going to raise your hand.
[39:45] Vicki Disorda,
[39:47] I think I just heard you say that it's
[39:49] the select board's responsibility to set
[39:53] policies.
[39:54] >> Yes.
[39:55] >> And uh my question tonight that I came
[39:59] here for is uh I guess now is a good
[40:02] time as any to ask about the select
[40:04] board's responsibility as far as
[40:06] following policy
[40:08] >> for which policy
[40:10] >> for following policies.
[40:15] I would think that we
[40:17] >> Is there a particular policy in mind?
[40:20] >> Yes, there is. Uh I think it was the
[40:22] June 23rd
[40:25] select board meeting.
[40:27] There were eight seats
[40:30] presented to the board all three-year
[40:33] terms for vacancies on different
[40:37] volunteer boards.
[40:39] And our town policy states that when a
[40:43] vacancy occurs in an office, board or
[40:45] commission, which the select board is
[40:48] the appointing authority, one, the board
[40:50] will announce the vacancy at the first
[40:52] regular select board meeting following
[40:54] notification of the vacancy
[40:57] and um require letters of interest from
[41:02] those wishing to serve. And that the
[41:04] town will post the vacancies in the town
[41:07] clerk's office. two bulletin boards,
[41:09] front porch forum and the newspaper, and
[41:12] that the board will make appointments no
[41:14] earlier than the second regular board
[41:16] meeting after the announcements of the
[41:18] vacancy, none of which occurred prior to
[41:22] those appointments. And as I watched
[41:25] what was happening, all I could think of
[41:28] is a nominating committee on a church in
[41:32] a church.
[41:34] And that's the way I feel those
[41:36] vacancies were handled.
[41:38] um uh equal opportunity begins with
[41:42] opportunity and so it is going to be 3
[41:45] years before anyone else in town has an
[41:48] opportunity to serve in those positions.
[41:52] So, I'm wondering if you can explain to me
[41:58] how this entire panel is not was not in
[42:02] violation of the town policy. And please
[42:05] explain to me how this failure to follow
[42:08] a documented policy is any different
[42:10] than the trouble we just had with the
[42:12] former elected board of public trustees.
[42:17] >> Okay.
[42:18] >> And this is not a new problem. I just
[42:20] want to say because in May of 2023,
[42:26] I expressed an interest on being on a
[42:28] committee in town and um to the town
[42:32] manager. I again expressed an interest
[42:34] on July 26. I emailed the entire select
[42:38] board and no one responded to me until
[42:42] April of 2024. That's 11 months later
[42:46] when it was to let me know that someone
[42:50] else was being appointed to a position
[42:52] that was never posted. And then um just
[42:57] last week on a one commission I finally
[43:01] got on to because no one else applied
[43:03] for it for months. Um a gentleman showed
[43:07] up and said that the town manager had
[43:09] asked him to be on the board. So again,
[43:12] explain to me how this municipal body is
[43:15] functioning any different than uh 501c3
[43:20] religious organization. Thank you.
[43:23] >> Um I'm happy to take a stab at answering
[43:25] that. Um I I think that um I can
[43:30] understand your concern
[43:33] but
[43:35] uh from the point of view of the board
[43:38] and this has been in the past there were
[43:40] not vacancies on any of those boards.
[43:43] All those boards had filled seats and
[43:47] the procedure has always been that they
[43:51] first look to see if the people in those
[43:53] seats want to continue on. And so the
[43:58] policy regarding vacancies is if within
[44:00] a term a seat becomes vacant because
[44:03] someone decides not to do it anymore or
[44:06] has a conflict or moves or any number of
[44:11] reasons that seats have become open. And
[44:14] for example, when I was on the planning
[44:16] commission, we had openings. One, two,
[44:19] there were three different seats that
[44:22] became vacant in the two years that I
[44:24] was on the planning committee commission
[44:27] that were filled. Um, I think the same
[44:30] has happened with a lot of others. And
[44:32] so I understand your concern. I think I
[44:36] respectfully disagree with your
[44:38] interpretation of the select board's
[44:40] actions. Can you explain to me what the
[44:43] purpose of term limits is then if
[44:45] whoever's serving on a board can stay on
[44:48] it indefinitely as long as they want to
[44:51] once they're in the position. We have a
[44:53] town of 4,000 people
[44:57] and the same individuals serve on
[45:00] multiple boards.
[45:03] How does that give any other residents,
[45:06] registered voters, taxpaying citizens an
[45:09] opportunity to do their civic duty?
[45:13] So, we don't have term limit. We have
[45:17] terms that can be reuped. And so,
[45:20] someone gets appointed for a set term,
[45:23] they can choose to re-up or they can
[45:26] resign at the end of that term. but it's
[45:28] not term limited in the sense of that
[45:31] legal term of art. Um, I would also say
[45:35] that we've had openings on some boards
[45:38] that we've been begging people to apply
[45:40] for. So, it's not so much that there is
[45:46] a ground I I would love it if we had a
[45:48] ground swell of volunteers wanting to be
[45:50] on these boards,
[45:52] but to be honest, that hasn't really
[45:54] happened. Well, what you're telling me
[45:57] may be technically and legally correct,
[46:00] but I feel like it's a spiritual
[46:03] violation of the purpose of having
[46:07] terms.
[46:16] » Yes. I do want to clarify that um just
[46:19] because somebody has been on a
[46:21] commission or a board, filled a term,
[46:24] and been asked if they want to be
[46:25] considered to continue, that doesn't
[46:27] mean that they get to stay on that
[46:28] committee as long as they want, as was
[46:30] just said, right? The select board still
[46:33] chooses whether to appoint, reappoint,
[46:36] or not every member of the commission
[46:39] when the terms come due.
[46:42] So, it's not like you get appointed once
[46:44] and you're you're in for good behavior.
[46:45] like you get appointed once and then if
[46:47] the select board determines that that
[46:49] board needs to be rebalanced or there
[46:51] needs to be other voices represented
[46:53] they they can thank you for serving and
[46:55] they can choose someone else.
[46:58] >> I could let me I want to add to that and
[47:00] then I'll let you talk again. I I know
[47:02] last year when we did the budget
[47:03] committee, we had everyone reapply and
[47:05] we did actually make changes and we did
[47:09] have
[47:11] people who had been on the budget
[47:12] committee who
[47:15] had agreed that they would stay on. We
[47:20] wanted to add a different voices and we
[47:23] added new and different people last year
[47:25] and and did not renew everyone. So, it's I guess each time it might be a
[47:30] little different, but
[47:30] >> Mr. chair, the reason you were able to
[47:34] create a more diverse board is because
[47:37] that was posted and you had a bigger
[47:39] group. But if positions are never
[47:42] posted, how can you ever see if there's
[47:44] an opportunity for more diversity,
[47:47] equity, or inclusivity?
[47:51] » Okay, good point, Jan Kulage.
[47:56] >> To me, it's like you change your mind
[47:58] depending on the board.
[48:01] One year it's this way, one year it's
[48:03] this way. Where's your consistency?
[48:06] Where some boards, like you said, you
[48:09] see if they want to continue and you
[48:10] leave them on. Like for the budget
[48:13] committee for years, every once we were
[48:15] elected, once you guys elected us, you
[48:19] know, we had to submit our letter and
[48:20] that we were on that every year we got
[48:23] asked, do you want to continue? Yes. If
[48:26] not, then they may post for one person
[48:28] because they left. They posted for a
[48:31] position. Then two years ago, just out
[48:33] of the blue, you told us, "Oh, you have
[48:36] to apply."
[48:38] So, where's your consistency? So, now
[48:40] we're hearing it on different boards.
[48:42] Then I look back to how you did the
[48:45] budget committee. So, where was your
[48:47] consistency? all of a sudden you decided
[48:49] you're going to follow the rules that policy says where it you didn't
[48:54] follow it before that then. So I'm just
[48:57] wondering what changed that we were
[49:01] asked did we want to continue and then
[49:04] the last two years we had to apply. So
[49:07] I'm just wondering
[49:09] what changed on that committee not just
[49:13] on that committee you know other
[49:15] committees you have different reasons
[49:17] but it's like consistency so everyone
[49:20] has the same expectation
[49:23] you know townwide
[49:25] >> Vicki one more time
[49:26] >> I I would just like to make a
[49:29] observation and answer to Miss Kulage's
[49:31] question um that change occurred
[49:34] following the very contentious
[49:38] budget season where the previous board
[49:41] stood up and said that the select board
[49:42] did not listen to them and then the
[49:45] positions were put on posted for people
[49:48] to apply.
[49:49] >> As part of the budget committee, I would
[49:51] say that um like Jan, I was on the
[49:55] budget committee prior and then when the
[49:58] email came out and said we all had to
[50:00] reapply, maybe like Jan, I was almost a
[50:02] little offended saying, "I've been doing
[50:04] this for a number of years. now I have
[50:05] to apply for it. And I was on vacation
[50:07] in Maine and I almost didn't want to
[50:09] apply for it, but my wife talked me down
[50:11] off the ceiling and said, "Don't be an
[50:13] idiot. Apply." And last year
[50:17] as the board chair, I wanted to open it
[50:19] up for a whole, you know, relook. And
[50:22] I'm sure that's what we're going to do
[50:23] again this year is have every, you know,
[50:26] let everyone know that's on the
[50:27] committee that uh,
[50:29] >> you know, we want to know their interest
[50:31] and we're going to look at it. On some
[50:34] boards certainly there's a learning
[50:36] curve and um, sort of we'll say start
[50:40] with a whole new board in some fields
[50:42] would be probably a very difficult
[50:44] thing. But I'd say that should be maybe
[50:46] one of the first policies that we look
[50:48] at is how we do that and and follow it.
[50:51] So I think that would be a plus as far
[50:52] as looking at what our policies.
[50:56] >> Okay.
[50:59] » Well, we will try to attack that.
[51:04] >> Okay.
[51:11] » Pardon?
[51:11] >> I think we're still in the pool.
[51:12] >> We're still in the pool. All
[51:14] >> I would just
[51:18] as uh Mr. Hopkins noted there are three
[51:22] committee
[51:23] uh seats that are open for people who
[51:27] are interested. There's the voting
[51:29] position on the energy committee and
[51:31] then there's the alternate position on
[51:34] the DRB and the planning commission. I
[51:36] know from experience that uh at least on
[51:39] the planning commission, people that
[51:41] were originally appointed as alternates
[51:45] uh ended up getting voting seats. um
[51:48] when vacancies occurred, they put in
[51:50] their names for the voting seats that
[51:52] got them. So, you know, it's a way to
[51:54] get your foot in the door. Even if you
[51:55] don't have a voting seat for every
[51:57] single meeting, you do have the
[51:59] opportunity to participate and to vote
[52:02] if they don't otherwise have a quorum.
[52:05] There's that.
[52:08] So, do we want to do anything on the
[52:10] pool hall regulation or do we want to
[52:12] have that that was just an example or do
[52:15] we want to act on it tonight and we we
[52:18] want to review it?
[52:22] >> Pleasure to the board. Well, given that
[52:24] we have no bowling alleys or footballs
[52:26] in town at the moment,
[52:30] um, and given that
[52:34] um,
[52:36] the
[52:37] reasonable requirements for the
[52:39] protection of the public morals are not
[52:42] um, in keeping with today's standards. I
[52:45] would move to repeal this particular
[52:48] policy since it's in front of us.
[52:51] >> I'll second that.
[52:53] Okay, we have a motion and a second to
[52:58] uh get rid of our pool hall and bowling
[53:01] alley policy.
[53:04] Any other dis discussion from the board?
[53:08] Motion in a second. All in favor of
[53:11] doing away with this policy say I.
[53:14] >> I.
[53:15] >> Opposed? No one.
[53:18] Bools and bowling alleys.
[53:21] And and any of you who manages to leave
[53:23] this room without the music man stuff
[53:25] like that?
[53:26] >> I played the music man in middle school.
[53:29] >> Okay.
[53:29] >> I played for
[53:32] >> uh right in line with the discussion the
[53:35] uh FY27 budget process. Uh
[53:43] » all right, Mr. Chair. I was hoping I I
[53:45] >> I just noticed a question up here that
[53:47] answer something I was
[53:49] >> Okay.
[53:50] 20 minutes ago.
[53:51] >> Zoe
[53:54] saying, "No, late, but I know I'm late
[53:56] on this, but why? Can someone comment on why they're
[53:59] demolishing a property?" Just curious
[54:04] mitigation.
[54:27] Hello. Hello.
[54:31] » We bought it because it's in the
[54:32] floodway.
[54:34] Reach out to me if you have any other
[54:36] questions.
[54:40] was a long uh mosquito district
[54:44] >> and the batteries have been completely
[54:47] recharged.
[54:52] » Did you get that question answered?
[54:56] >> LOL. Okay.
[54:57] >> Okay. Um so next on the agenda is the uh
[55:02] budget process. Um, I would like to
[55:06] say that we're going to send an email to
[55:09] the people who are on last year's budget
[55:12] um committee, ask them for their
[55:15] interest in retaining and to apply again
[55:20] and anyone in the public have Mr.
[55:23] Hopkins put an ad out or anyone else who
[55:25] would like to join the budget committee
[55:28] and then we will interview
[55:31] um those people early in August.
[55:36] >> I'm assuming only people that haven't
[55:39] served before because we we know the
[55:40] people
[55:41] >> we know the people who have served. So
[55:44] uh we will
[55:46] uh test the waters there and come up
[55:48] with it. It's our intent to start uh the
[55:52] budget process once again very early
[55:55] which would be um in the tail end of
[55:59] August and we would have budget meetings
[56:01] on opposite Monday nights of select
[56:04] board meetings. So select board is the
[56:07] second and fourth and the budget will be
[56:10] first third Mondays. I hope that our
[56:14] procedure may be a little easier now
[56:16] that we've been through it once this
[56:18] way. But um um clearly the time and the
[56:25] effort we put in last year was important
[56:28] and we want to do that again. Um
[56:32] and I think we'll be prepared for it. So
[56:34] is there more on that subject than my
[56:36] announcing that?
[56:39] So, watch for the announcement. And for
[56:41] those who were on the committee, you
[56:43] will be receiving a email from Elaine
[56:46] asking if you're still interested in
[56:48] being on. And for others, we will um be
[56:53] taking applications.
[56:57] No comments on that. Good. We are now up
[57:00] to item 11, public comment and
[57:04] participation. First, any comments from
[57:06] any board members?
[57:09] None. Any other? Yes, I see two hands.
[57:12] Uh, we're going to go with Brent first.
[57:14] Bear, you spoke once already.
[57:18] >> Yes, Brent Buler. Um, I do like the idea
[57:21] of you all combining the commission with
[57:24] the select board meetings because I came
[57:27] illprepared tonight for the sewer
[57:28] commission meeting and the uh submitt by
[57:33] the town manager Seth Hopkins for
[57:35] Rootex. I think that's a perfect thing
[57:38] once the board of trustees for the
[57:41] Shirley Far fund get up and running.
[57:43] That's a perfect expense to submit to
[57:46] them for payment. $12,600.
[57:51] So, thank you. That's it.
[57:54] >> Thank you, Mr. Beer. Now, Barry,
[57:58] >> just aformational question. I came down
[58:01] for the Fourth of July fireworks um and
[58:05] sat on the the town hall steps with a
[58:07] gang of people. Thoroughly enjoyed it as
[58:10] did everyone around me. But the the big
[58:13] question that came up from any everyone
[58:14] I had no answers for where exactly do
[58:18] they shoot up from
[58:22] » this secret location uh everyone was
[58:26] trying to guess
[58:29] uh at the end of Mill Lane uh just below
[58:33] Hannerford and above the river a high
[58:36] spot. It's an amazing spot and we have a
[58:39] couple land owners that are really cool
[58:41] about letting us set it off right there
[58:42] because it's safe. Um, and it's awesome.
[58:45] Yeah, it was awesome.
[58:49] » Any other questions or comments
[58:52] participation from the audience?
[58:59] None heard.
[59:01] Uh we will then take a 10-minute recess
[59:05] before the board goes into executive
[59:07] session.
[59:09] Thank you very much for coming everyone.
[59:24] » You guys all ready?
[59:26] >> Yep.
[59:31] Um, I move that we enter executive
[59:33] session per 1BSA section 313A2
[59:37] regarding negotiating or securing real
[59:38] estate purchase or lease options uh to
[59:40] include the town management team.
[59:42] >> Second.
[59:44] >> All in favor say I.
[59:46] >> I. I.
[59:47] >> Mike.
[59:52] » I move to exit executive session. Second
[59:56] motion
[59:57] out of executive session. All in favor?
[1:00:00] I close. No one.
[1:00:07] » Oh, I was just going to move to come
[1:00:08] out.
[1:00:10] Um,
[1:00:12] I move that we
[1:00:20] refund to Julie Delelfi the $750 that
[1:00:23] she paid to purchase swamp land from the
[1:00:28] town that appears not to have been the
[1:00:31] town's to sell.
[1:00:32] >> I'll second that.
[1:00:35] >> We have a motion in a second.
[1:00:38] refund the 750. All in favor say I.
[1:00:42] >> I
[1:00:44] unanimous.
[1:00:45] >> Maybe also a motion to accept her quick
[1:00:47] deed.
[1:00:50] >> Okay.
[1:00:52] >> And
[1:00:56] » so did she prepare this or our attorney?
[1:00:59] >> Um
[1:01:01] it hasn't been executed yet. So do we
[1:01:05] accept it until it's executed?
[1:01:09] I don't
[1:01:10] >> to authorize me to accept it.
[1:01:12] >> Yeah.
[1:01:14] >> Um I move to authorize uh Seth Hopkins,
[1:01:19] town manager, to accept a fully executed
[1:01:22] quit claim deed from Barry and Julie
[1:01:24] Delia in exchange for the payment of
[1:01:28] $750
[1:01:30] once that deed is fully executed.
[1:01:34] >> Second. We have a motion, a second to
[1:01:37] have Seth Hopkins
[1:01:39] finish this after receiving the executed
[1:01:42] deed. All in favor?
[1:01:47] » No one
[1:01:52] need a
[1:01:54] item 13, executive session.
[1:02:02] I move that we enter executive session
[1:02:04] pursuant to 1BSA section 313 sub A sub3
[1:02:08] regarding the appointment or employment
[1:02:10] of a public officer or employee. Uh and
[1:02:14] this is in regard to police department
[1:02:15] applicant status to include the town
[1:02:18] management team.
[1:02:19] >> I will second.
[1:02:21] >> All in favor of entering executive
[1:02:23] session say I. I. I.
[1:02:28] » No one but we're good.
[1:02:32] I move to exit executive session.
[1:02:38] » Second motion in a second to come out of
[1:02:39] executive session. All in favor say I.
[1:02:41] >> I.
[1:02:45] » Um we are out of executive session at
[1:02:49] 8:31. No action taken. Moving on to the
[1:02:53] last
[1:02:54] >> motion to adjurnn.
[1:02:55] >> Second. All
[1:02:56] >> in favor of adjourning say I. I.
[1:02:58] >> I.
[1:03:02] So
[1:03:04] same thing here we had
[1:03:07] when we were at the board meeting way.