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You guys are beating me to the punch.

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Hold on. You all set, Eric?

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>> Excellent. Good evening, everyone.

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Welcome to the Bristol Town Council

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meeting of June 3rd. If you could all

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rise for the pledge of allegiance.

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>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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>> Thanks everyone. Welcome, Madam Clerk.

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>> Mr. Chairman and members of the council.

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The first item of business is the

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consent agenda.

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>> Motion to approve the consent agenda.

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>> Motion made by Tim, seconded by Tony as

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stated. Any discussion?

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>> Hearing none. All in favor? I.

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>> Any opposed?

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>> Thank you.

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>> The next item on the agenda is the

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submission of minutes. We have the town

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council meeting minutes of May 13th as

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well as the executive session meeting

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minutes from May 13th.

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>> Motion to approve. Second.

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>> Motion made by Tim, seconded by Tony.

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>> any opposed

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>> you.

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>> The next item agenda is ordinance uh C1.

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This is ordinance 2026-6.

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This is amendment to the chapter 16

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motor vehicles and traffic section

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16143, section 16152

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and section section 16345 and this is

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for parking regulations on Bird Street.

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>> Make a motion to approve it. Second.

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>> Motion made by Tony, seconded by Tim to

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approve. Discussion

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hearing. None. All in favor? I. Any

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>> Thank you.

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>> The next item on the agenda is C2. This

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is ordinance 2026-7.

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This is amendments to chapter 11,

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section 11-1 of the comprehensive

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schedule of fees. And this is for the

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zoning and planning related fee changes.

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>> Make a motion to approve it. Second.

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>> Motion made by Tony, seconded by Tim to

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approve these updated related fee

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charges. Any discussion? Hearing none.

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>> The next item is C3. This is ordinance

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This is amendment to chapter 16, motor

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vehicles and traffic section 16345.

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Central. Second reading.

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>> Motion to approve. Second.

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approve. Discussion. I'll take a quick

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moment just if it I always say this when

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we go through these very quickly. If it

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feels like we're going through them very

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quick, we are. Um these are all second

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readings. We've had discussion um and uh

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explanation on the first readings

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including this one which is updating

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Bradford Street. The signage and the uh

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ordinance will now coincide.

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is Nikki Tisa. This is for Bo Blue

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Boutique 433 Hope Street. This is a

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request for a sidewalk use license for a

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>> The next item on the agenda is D2. This

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is Harbor Master Marcili, chairman of

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the Harbor Festival Committee. This is a

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request for 1-day dancing and

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entertainment lessons at Rockwell Park

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for the 13th annual Harbor Festival to

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be held on August 15th from 1:00 p.m. to

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motion to combine F1? Does that

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seconded by Tim to combine F1 to this

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current item, which is D2. Any

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discussion hearing? None. All in favor?

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moving forward to say yes to this. But

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the uh Madame Clerk, if you could read

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the Harbor Festival Committee. This is a

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request to sell and you sell and serve

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alcohol at Rockwell Park on for the 13th

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annual Harbor Festival to be held on

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August 15th from 1 to 8:00 p.m.

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get a motion for both, I would say.

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should we really approve this.

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appreciate, you know, all the years that

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it's being uh held and obviously uh you

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know, it means a lot, you know, uh not

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just the uh the festival, but the

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blessing of the fleet as well. So, we we

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thank you for keep things moving along.

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>> I'll second the motion. Motion made by

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Tony, seconded by Tim to approve both F1

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Mr. Harvester, would you like to take a

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moment to share with the public what

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>> So, uh, August 15th, we'll be down at

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Rockwell Park. The blessing of the fleet

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will start at 1:00. Bring the boats

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down. They do a quick little pray

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through. Father Zena will be down to

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throw some holy water on us. And then

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we'll uh we'll have some fun festivities

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in the park as usual. stuff competition.

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Chowder, clam cakes, steaks, clam boils.

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>> If one wants to buy tickets, and one

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really should. Yes. How would they do

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office and then we'll have a bunch of uh

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posters app with some QR codes where

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they go right online and buy it or or

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offer a website.

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>> Excellent.

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>> Bristolfest.com. Don't confuse the one

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>> And I believe there's two options.

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>> Two options. You can get the clam boil,

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little necks or uh steaks. Steaks are

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awesome. Hand cut ribeye.

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>> There's always watermelon. You you

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forget watermelon one year. I mean these

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it drags on for 13. So

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>> sorry, Greg. I had to bring it down. I

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>> I made a mistake once,

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>> but you know, we won't let you live it

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>> Any other discussion from the council?

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and Greg Rain or Sean. It's August 15th,

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right? This is one nos.

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>> So, come right down. Yeah. All right.

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everybody. Thank you.

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>> Hearing no other discussion. All in

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favor? I.

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>> Any opposed? Thank you. Good luck.

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>> Good luck.

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>> Mr. Chairman and members of the council.

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The next item on the agenda is Z3. This

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Pizzeria, 9 Gooding Avenue. This is a

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request for vetering license.

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» I think Benjamin here. He is

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>> excellent. Benjamin looks very familiar

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>> Yes, that's right. Same actually.

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>> Yes. Excellent. Um before you speak, is there a motion to approve or?

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>> Is there a second?

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>> Motion made by Tony, seconded by Tim.

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Discussion. Benjamin, tell us what

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>> Sure. Uh so we're opening a sourdough

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Detroit pizzeria in the old Domino's

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location.

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>> Put the mic up if you want. You

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>> sure? Uh so it's a sourdough Detroit

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pizzeria. um opening the old Domino's

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location right next to Ricottis. We'll

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be the only one in the entire state

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doing this. Uh our goal is to sell a

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really high-end artisan product at a

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very affordable price and we can do that

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by keeping a small menu and low

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overhead. So you notice we have no

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dining room is takeout only but um we

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think it's going to be something really

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great and we're opening uh June 13th.

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>> Excellent.

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>> Typically we ask for samples, you know,

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to make sure the product is up to speed.

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I'm sure we can figure something.

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>> You have a lot of really good

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competition around town. So,

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>> yes, we we did run this pizza for about

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a year out of Ricottis every Friday. So,

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that's kind of what caused this to

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>> Great. Good.

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>> From a lot of success, so I'm sure it'll

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>> Thank you very much. I appreciate it.

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>> Any other discussion from the council?

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>> No, I just want to say thank you for

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staying in Bristol and and uh good luck.

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>> Thank you very much. We want to be there

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a long time.

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>> All in favor?

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>> Any opposed? Good luck. Good luck.

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>> Thank you very much everybody. Thank you

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for your time.

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The next item on the agenda is D4. This

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is Daniel Manchester for Bristol

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Historical Preservation Society. This is

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a request for mobile food establishment

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event permit for the annual flea and

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fair for August 8th from 9:00 a.m. to 4

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p.m.

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>> Based on the recommendations, I make a

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motion that we approve it. Second

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>> motion made by Tony, seconded by Tim to

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approve. Any discussion? Hearing none.

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>> Any opposed?

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>> Thank you.

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>> The next item on the agenda is D5. This

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is arts in common for Porchfest 2026.

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This is a request for one-day dancing

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and entertainment license and street

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closure of a six block section of High

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Street from Wall-E to Biffield Streets

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on Sunday, September 20th from 2:30 to

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>> Based on the recommendations, I make a

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motion. Do we approve it?

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>> Second.

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>> Motion made by Tony, seconded by Tim to

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approve. Any discussion?

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>> Uh, yes. just there's no one here but uh

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just making them aware of and I'm sure

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they it's never been an issue about the

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police and fire details and uh also the

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coordination with DPW about um you know

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blocking the streets you know so

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>> well said

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>> and also uh I think there's a rain date

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for September 27th so I don't know if we

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need to include that in the motion or

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not but

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>> yes

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>> okay

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>> any other discussion hearing none all in

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favor

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>> I Any opposed? Thank you.

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>> The next item on the agenda is D6. This

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is Char uh Charles Mcdana, Bristol 4th

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of July committee. This is a request for

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the mobile food truck establishment

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event permit for outdoor concert series

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at Independence Park. This is from June

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21st through July 2nd from 4 p.m. to 10

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p.m.

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>> Based in the uh positive

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recommendations, I make a motion to

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approve it.

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>> Motion made by Tony, seconded by Mary.

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Any discussion? Uh Charles Chuck is not

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here. I had a question. I was looking

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through the uh sketch there and I didn't

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see where the Porter Johns were located.

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If does did somebody else notice that or

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you know where they uh they're located

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them?

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>> I am not aware of that. Yeah, I looked

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at the uh

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>> they're typically sketch and you know I

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know because things will be modified for

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the the food trucks to go along themes

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and then you know handicap parking into

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the uh the commercial fisherman area.

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So, I was just wondering, I mean, it's

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no big deal. You know,

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>> past years it had been against the dock

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area, which is now a new dock area,

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right?

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>> Um, would you like to make the motion so

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it includes clarity on that?

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>> Not really.

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>> No. No. Okay.

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>> I'll pass up on that. Okay.

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>> I'm sure you know I'll hold off on the

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other comment I was going to make.

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>> I didn't know where you were going. So,

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>> any other discussion?

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>> No, I was just happy to see there was a

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comprehensive security plan. uh for

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this. I mean, it's a major part of the

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Fourth of July celebration. So, uh I

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think it's a even though it's down near

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Independence Park, we had some

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hesitation in the past, it seems like

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it's been well thought out and um

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definitely in support.

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>> And to speak to Tim's point, included in

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our packet is a fact sheet for food

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truck safety. And that talks about

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things like placement of the trucks,

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which of course the police chief weighed

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in on and his department weighed in on

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uh and also um where uh generators go

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and LP containers such and so forth. So

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there was to Tim's point, it was well

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thought out, comprehensive.

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>> Yes.

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>> Any other discussion?

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>> Hearing none. All in favor? Any opposed?

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>> Thank you.

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>> The next item on the agenda is F2. This

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is Lena Aml, 192nd School Street. This

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is a request for accessible parking spot

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in the vicinity of the residence.

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>> Chief, your recommendation to the

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council was to deny um and the way I

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read it was because there is a uh the

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resident has um a driveway. Could you

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expand upon it a bit? I know we have it,

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but just for the public in the record.

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>> Yes, Captain Wney worked with DPW

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Director Pller and they determined that

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there was ample off- streetet parking um

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at that residence. That's the basis for

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the denial

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» council.

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>> Actually, I took it right. I mean, I

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trust their recommendations, but just

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out of curiosity, you know, because

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we've had a couple things on the

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handicap parking and in in the area and

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I was just very curious, so I took a

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ride, but I concur that there's ample

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space off street.

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>> Okay. So based on the recommendations

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and the uh available off- streetet

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parking, I make a motion to deny.

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>> Second.

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>> Motion made by Tim, seconded by Tony as

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stated. Any discussion?

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>> Hearing none. All in favor?

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>> I.

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>> Any opposed? Thank you,

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>> Mr. Chairman and members of the council.

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The next item on the agenda is G1. This

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is the Bristol Christmas Festival. This

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is for one year expired term set to

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expire February 2026. So we have the

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recommendation from the chairwoman Tanya

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Kerrion for the Christmas festival 2026.

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>> Uh based on the recommendation of the

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chair I make a recommend I mean I

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recommend we approve it.

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>> Second motion made by Tony seconded by

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Mary as stated. Any discussion hearing?

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None. All in favor.

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>> Any opposed? Thank you.

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>> The next item on the agenda is G2. This

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is the historic district commission. And

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this is for one three-year unexpired

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member position set to expire July 2027.

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And we have Michael Olaflin with

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interest in re um resignation. And then

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we have Robert Paige who is the first

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alternate with interest in being

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elevated and Robert Chimera um who is

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the second alternate with interest in

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being elevated. I make a motion that we

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approve the uh resignation and uh I was

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reading through Melissa's notes and uh I

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think she really covers the thank you uh

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already through the the communication

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with him. Um and I also included a

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motion to elevate Robert Page.

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>> You'd be elevating both plates. I think

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there's only one position on the uh

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>> No, I mean one

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up to the alternate and the second

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alternate up to the first alternate and

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then

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>> and we advertise right

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yes

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>> you are very right.

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>> That's exactly what I said. Thank you.

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>> Is there a second?

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>> Second.

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>> All right. So the motion made by Tony,

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seconded by Mary was to um move Robert

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Page to the full position which is being

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vacated by Michael Olaflin and to then

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move Robert Camaro to the first

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alternate position. Any discussion

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>> and advertise

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>> and to advertise for

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>> and to advertise. Thank you for that.

438
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>> Thank you.

439
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>> Uh and to advertise. Any other

440
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discussion?

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>> Hearing none. All in favor? I. Any

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opposed?

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>> Thank you. And this is the end of the

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boards and commissions.

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>> It is.

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>> Is he the assumptive, Mr. Chairman?

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>> Yeah. Yes. We This council always says

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thank you to the boards and commissions.

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Um and

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there are some meetings that are

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particularly difficult. There are some

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meetings that are particularly easy. Um

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but all of those meetings means that um

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the men and women who live in this

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community take time away from their

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family and friends to serve this

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community and this council recognizes

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that. This town recognizes that by

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saying thank you. Thank you.

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>> The next item on the agenda is I1. This

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is CLA with the presentation of the

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fiscal year 2025 annual fis financial

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statements.

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>> The moment of the meeting we've all been

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waiting for. Oh boy. Yeah. No pressure

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at all though.

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>> Welcome.

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>> Thank you.

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>> Floor's yours.

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>> Um, so do you all have my slide deck or

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>> We received it from the clerk. Yes. So,

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and I think Erica, do you have that that

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we're able to put it up on the TVs?

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» Our truly capable. Uh, Eric is going to

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get that up on There it is right there.

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>> Gota love it when it works.

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>> Yes.

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every other year.

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>> That's fun when it doesn't work, right?

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So,

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>> so my name is Steve Gross. I'm a audit

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principal at CLA. I'm tasked with

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overseeing and ultimately signing off on

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the engagement. Um, I'll just do a brief

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overview. So, when we move on to the

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next slide, it's just a legal disclaimer

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so we can move on from that. So, I'm

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going to be covering four things. the

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audit scope, financial highlights,

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required communications and then some

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questions afterwards.

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Um so

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our engagement is essentially we do

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three different tasks uh for the town.

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We first report on the engagement under

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generally accepted auditing standards.

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This is your basic financial statement.

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So this is your balance sheet, the P&L

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and everything that's encompassed within

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there. For that uh for that financial

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statement, we issued a unmodified or

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clean opinion. This is the highest rated

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opinion that you can get. Um the second

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report is under generally accepted

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government auditing standards. This is

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also commonly known as your yellow

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bucket report. It provides a report on

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internal controls over financial

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reporting, compliance with laws, grants,

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and regulations.

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um we only had one finding related to

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that which was a significant deficiency

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on internal controls over that financial

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reporting. This just relates to a bunch

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of cleanup items that we had from prior

516
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year audits that me and the finance

517
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director kind of work together with to

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resolve in the current year. So I don't

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expect this finding to be carried going

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forward. So this kind of just a one-year

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finding as we just need to clean up a

522
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bunch of stuff. Um and then the third

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item is uniform guidance. This is also

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commonly known as the federal single

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audit. So this is all your federal

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grants that's received through the town.

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ARPA CWG are the are the main ones and

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we had no instances of non-compliance

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related to those grant uh compliance.

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Moving on, uh this is a highlevel view

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of your governmentwide financial

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statements. So the first column is

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essentially all the talents activities

534
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minus sore activity and your pension

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activity and then that business type is

536
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just your sore activity since you have

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no other enterprise funds. Um there was

538
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some increases in the assets and the

539
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liabilities. These increases relate to

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the issuance of the bonds in fiscal year

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25 and the incre and then the purchasing

542
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and the capitalizing of those assets.

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And then moving on to the next page.

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Uh this is your governmental fund

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balances on essentially your P&L for

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your general fund and then all of your

547
00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:00,880
other funds that aren't related to store

548
00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:03,840
fund or your pension plan pension bank.

549
00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:07,679
As you can see near the bottom, uh you

550
00:19:07,679 --> 00:19:12,799
got 219,000 in uh in excess over

551
00:19:12,799 --> 00:19:15,200
revenues over expenditures, which means

552
00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:17,760
that you had brought in more money than

553
00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:19,039
you spent. So that's always a good

554
00:19:19,039 --> 00:19:20,559
thing. So that added to your fund

555
00:19:20,559 --> 00:19:23,440
balance. Um, you could also see that

556
00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:25,919
with your other funds as well, which

557
00:19:25,919 --> 00:19:29,679
also increased $737,000,

558
00:19:29,679 --> 00:19:32,960
which in total was just shy of a million

559
00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:38,230
dollars of increase in fund balance.

560
00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,280
Moving on, this is just a representation

561
00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:42,640
of the general fund and the fund

562
00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,799
balance. This is kind of what uh a lot

563
00:19:44,799 --> 00:19:47,600
of the bond rating agencies look at is

564
00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,160
your fund balance. So, I kind of just do

565
00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,720
a little blurb on that. Um, essentially

566
00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,240
what they look at is your assigned and

567
00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,400
unassigned. Essentially, that's what is

568
00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,280
considered your rainy day fund. Um, in

569
00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:02,160
fiscal year 25 that was around $10.1

570
00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:03,840
million.

571
00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:08,080
Um usually uh rating agencies as well as

572
00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,080
the auditor general for the state around

573
00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:14,000
recommends having a percentage around 15

574
00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,120
to 20% of your fund balance should be

575
00:20:17,120 --> 00:20:20,400
reserved for rainy day just because you

576
00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:21,280
don't know what's going to happen

577
00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:23,600
tomorrow or the next day. So it's always

578
00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,280
good to have that reserve in there. And

579
00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,120
it also helps your bond rating, right?

580
00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:29,280
So when you have a higher bond rating

581
00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:31,200
that means you the cost to borrow is

582
00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:35,280
less. So um so that's what this is kind

583
00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,200
of breaking out and if you look at the

584
00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,280
last three years you can see that fund

585
00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,600
bounce gradually increasing which means

586
00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,080
you're um having a little bit more in

587
00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:48,230
that rainy day bond.

588
00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:50,080
Moving on to the next one. This is just

589
00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,159
a highle view of your shore enterprise

590
00:20:52,159 --> 00:20:55,760
fund. Um, this had a negative change in

591
00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:59,039
net position of $555,000,

592
00:20:59,039 --> 00:21:01,360
but overall since you still have $23

593
00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:04,720
million in fund balance, um, that fund

594
00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,280
still seems to be pretty healthy. So,

595
00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:08,400
Steve,

596
00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,000
>> just stopping there for a second. So, we

597
00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,039
saw a decrease there, but that was on

598
00:21:13,039 --> 00:21:15,919
council action taken so we could do uh,

599
00:21:15,919 --> 00:21:17,600
we'll call it capital improvements,

600
00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,039
>> right? Yeah, you can see that through

601
00:21:19,039 --> 00:21:22,000
the transfer thou $575,000.

602
00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,080
That's kind of what that council action

603
00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:25,840
is. So essentially you're just eating

604
00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,000
into some of that that position. So

605
00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,799
>> thank you. Please.

606
00:21:30,799 --> 00:21:33,120
>> All right. Moving on to the next slide.

607
00:21:33,120 --> 00:21:35,440
This is just your fund deficits. Uh

608
00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:37,520
essentially all these are those

609
00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,520
aggregate remaining funds that aren't

610
00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,840
part of the general fund. Um it

611
00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,559
accumulates to around $1 million. This

612
00:21:44,559 --> 00:21:46,640
could just be timing issues. So, if you

613
00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:48,080
have a grant that's outstanding that

614
00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,000
hasn't been collected yet, you might be

615
00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,559
showing a negative fund balance until

616
00:21:52,559 --> 00:21:54,720
that grant gets collected in the in the

617
00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,120
following fiscal year, or you're waiting

618
00:21:57,120 --> 00:21:59,440
for bond money to come through to

619
00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:04,080
essentially offset that uh that uh

620
00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:09,430
excess expenditure.

621
00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,799
Moving on, this is a highle view of all

622
00:22:12,799 --> 00:22:15,200
of your debt. So on the top section,

623
00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:18,320
it's your governmental activities. Um

624
00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:21,120
there was the addition of the $2.8

625
00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:25,200
million bond in fiscal year 25, but that

626
00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:26,799
was pretty much offset by the debt

627
00:22:26,799 --> 00:22:28,880
service. So overall the debt service

628
00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:31,360
decreased. Your net pension liability,

629
00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:34,000
which is all those state plans that uh

630
00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,919
the town holds since uh as well as your

631
00:22:37,919 --> 00:22:40,640
police pension plan that showed a

632
00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:44,000
decrease. So that went from $13 million

633
00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:48,000
to $10.7 million. So that's just driven

634
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,880
by actuarial assumptions as well as how

635
00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,200
your performance did on your investments

636
00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,200
held in the pension

637
00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,840
uh plans. And then for the business type

638
00:22:57,840 --> 00:22:59,840
activities, there was that $2 million

639
00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,000
loan that was issued through the Rhode

640
00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,159
Island Infrastructure Bank. And then

641
00:23:04,159 --> 00:23:05,679
that was just offset by current year

642
00:23:05,679 --> 00:23:07,120
debt service on the remaining

643
00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:11,750
outstanding debt that year.

644
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:15,360
Moving on, this is just a highle view of

645
00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:18,960
your budget to actual. Um, as you can

646
00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,520
see near the bottom, there was 800,000

647
00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:23,360
that was appropriated for fund balance,

648
00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:25,600
which wasn't needed this year as you

649
00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,880
still had a uh a surplus during the year

650
00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,919
of $376,000.

651
00:23:31,919 --> 00:23:35,679
So just means that uh each department is

652
00:23:35,679 --> 00:23:38,799
moning monitoring their expenditures and

653
00:23:38,799 --> 00:23:41,440
not going over uh what they were

654
00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:43,280
budgeted and allocated for by the town

655
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:49,190
council.

656
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:50,880
Now going back to the federal single

657
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,280
audit, this is the uniform guidance. Um

658
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:56,000
so we tested two programs. It was ARPA

659
00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,919
and CDBG

660
00:23:57,919 --> 00:24:01,440
uh that represented around 2.25 25

661
00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:05,120
million. So essentially we tested about

662
00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:09,760
66% of uh the total federal awards of

663
00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:11,440
3.84%

664
00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,360
and like I mentioned before there was no

665
00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:15,440
compliance findings and we're going to

666
00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,679
look to issue a unmodified opinion on

667
00:24:17,679 --> 00:24:19,919
those uh on grant compliance.

668
00:24:19,919 --> 00:24:23,360
>> Yes, if I may on the ARPA there are okay

669
00:24:23,360 --> 00:24:26,159
is that that is is there a balance at

670
00:24:26,159 --> 00:24:32,320
this point or is we cleaned out? So we we do have a small balance left. We

671
00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,039
need to spend the money by December 26

672
00:24:35,039 --> 00:24:37,279
in order if we don't forfeit the funds,

673
00:24:37,279 --> 00:24:40,480
but trust me, we can use the money in

674
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,159
our projects we have all over the town.

675
00:24:42,159 --> 00:24:43,679
>> So I took that as we'll spend the money.

676
00:24:43,679 --> 00:24:44,720
>> We would.

677
00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:46,400
>> So there's a small amount.

678
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:47,919
>> Oh, okay.

679
00:24:47,919 --> 00:24:49,520
>> My recommendation would be to spend the

680
00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:50,720
money by 12:30.

681
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:52,799
>> Yeah,

682
00:24:52,799 --> 00:24:55,120
>> we'll follow that.

683
00:24:55,120 --> 00:24:57,120
>> And then uh required communications.

684
00:24:57,120 --> 00:24:59,679
This is uh communications by us your

685
00:24:59,679 --> 00:25:01,919
auditors to you the council who's in

686
00:25:01,919 --> 00:25:04,880
charge of governance. Uh there was only

687
00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:09,520
one uh Gazby that we implemented during

688
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,440
fiscal year 25 which relates to

689
00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,320
compensated absences. Uh there was two

690
00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,000
significant estimates that were part of

691
00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,440
our audit. Both the net pension

692
00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,440
liability and the net oped liability

693
00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,360
which in your case is actually a net op

694
00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:24,400
asset. um there's a lot of actuarial

695
00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:26,799
assumptions that underly those numbers

696
00:25:26,799 --> 00:25:29,840
that s that relate to you know making

697
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,960
projections of mort mortality as well as

698
00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,200
investment return on your uh pension

699
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,400
plan and OKA plans. So based on those

700
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,240
estimates they can shift a little bit

701
00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:42,720
and those balances can obviously

702
00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,640
fluctuate a lot because of those

703
00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:46,480
assumptions.

704
00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,960
uh we considered none of our the

705
00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,120
disclosures sensitive to the financial

706
00:25:51,120 --> 00:25:54,159
statements. We had no we encountered no

707
00:25:54,159 --> 00:25:58,000
difficulties in performing the audit.

708
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,080
Moving on to the next page. There was no

709
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,400
uncorrected misstatements.

710
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,159
We did have some restatements that I

711
00:26:04,159 --> 00:26:05,840
mentioned earlier. These were all a

712
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,600
bunch of cleanup items that occurred

713
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,679
this year which we won't expect going

714
00:26:09,679 --> 00:26:13,039
forward. Um, one was related to the

715
00:26:13,039 --> 00:26:15,679
Gatsby 87 leases which were there was a

716
00:26:15,679 --> 00:26:17,600
bunch of less sour transactions that

717
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,120
needed to be reported to the general

718
00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:21,360
fund which they have since been

719
00:26:21,360 --> 00:26:24,159
reported. Um, this applied both to the

720
00:26:24,159 --> 00:26:25,840
governmental activities as well as the

721
00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,159
general fund. There was also a

722
00:26:28,159 --> 00:26:30,320
correction of the capital assets just to

723
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,200
agree to the underlying uh schedules

724
00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,039
that were provided by the finance

725
00:26:35,039 --> 00:26:37,600
director. uh there was the removal of

726
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:41,039
the sore portion of the net OPEC asset

727
00:26:41,039 --> 00:26:42,799
that was being double counted on both

728
00:26:42,799 --> 00:26:45,039
the governmental and the business type

729
00:26:45,039 --> 00:26:47,039
activity financial statements. So we

730
00:26:47,039 --> 00:26:49,039
essentially just pulled that activity

731
00:26:49,039 --> 00:26:51,039
out and now it's just standing on the

732
00:26:51,039 --> 00:26:55,360
sore fund. Um then we removed the double

733
00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:58,159
counting of bond funds. So essentially

734
00:26:58,159 --> 00:26:59,760
there was some adjustments made by the

735
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,480
previous auditor where they essentially

736
00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,159
just double counted the money that was

737
00:27:04,159 --> 00:27:06,320
being held by Round Infrastructure Bank.

738
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:07,919
So all we did was just remove that

739
00:27:07,919 --> 00:27:10,320
double counting on the governmentwide on

740
00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,159
the fund level which is what the town

741
00:27:12,159 --> 00:27:14,559
manages. There was no double counting.

742
00:27:14,559 --> 00:27:17,440
So this was just storing the 34 entries

743
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,919
to the governmentwide financials. And

744
00:27:19,919 --> 00:27:22,159
then we adjusted the bond premiums as

745
00:27:22,159 --> 00:27:24,240
well, which is also one of those 34

746
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,279
entries that the previous auditor uh is

747
00:27:27,279 --> 00:27:28,960
responsible for plugging at the end of

748
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,360
the day. For the business type, we only

749
00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:33,600
had two corrections which was also

750
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,159
related to the capital assets. Uh they

751
00:27:36,159 --> 00:27:38,080
didn't agree to the underlying ledgers

752
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:39,840
provided by the town. So we just

753
00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:42,400
adjusted those balances to what the town

754
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,880
had on record. And then there was a

755
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,000
capital fund that it was held that's on

756
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,080
the books for the town which wasn't

757
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:52,640
included in previous audits. So we added

758
00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:54,640
that fund. It's related to the sore

759
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:56,720
enterprise capital.

760
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:58,799
>> Did any of those corrections have any

761
00:27:58,799 --> 00:28:01,279
impact on the budget?

762
00:28:01,279 --> 00:28:04,240
It it would not no adjustments need to

763
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,320
be made to the budget though. Right.

764
00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,480
>> There was no adjustments to the budget

765
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,480
related to any of these restatements.

766
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,960
Essentially what would happens is how

767
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:14,640
you budget it, we would just adjust it

768
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:16,399
through the budget to gap

769
00:28:16,399 --> 00:28:19,200
reconciliation. So it had no effect on

770
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:20,880
the budget as a whole.

771
00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:21,600
>> Gotcha.

772
00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:26,000
>> It's just essentially gap cleanup.

773
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,039
>> Um lastly, we had no disagreements with

774
00:28:29,039 --> 00:28:32,000
management.

775
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,320
Uh we were not aware of management

776
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,640
consulting any other independent

777
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,600
accountants during our audit.

778
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,039
uh there was no significant issues

779
00:28:41,039 --> 00:28:42,720
discussed with management prior to the

780
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:44,799
engagement. There was no significant

781
00:28:44,799 --> 00:28:46,720
findings or issues that were discussed

782
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:49,120
for the subject of correspondence with

783
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,279
management there on other than was

784
00:28:51,279 --> 00:28:53,600
already mentioned before. uh there was

785
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,159
no other audit findings or issues and

786
00:28:56,159 --> 00:28:57,919
then there was two other things that

787
00:28:57,919 --> 00:28:59,840
were added to the audit financial

788
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:01,760
statements that of the RSI which

789
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,080
includes your budget pension and OKAP

790
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,320
schedules and then the stat information

791
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:10,000
which is your tax collector schedule

792
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,399
and with that is there any questions

793
00:29:12,399 --> 00:29:14,880
that the town answered

794
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,960
>> yeah um I call and team I want to thank

795
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,200
you you know obviously the town's on

796
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,240
good financial footing and we appreciate

797
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,799
you keeping an eye on everything. Um, I

798
00:29:26,799 --> 00:29:29,600
had a question on the Gatsby 101. If you

799
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:31,360
could just sort of explain what that

800
00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:32,799
means. I didn't I don't really

801
00:29:32,799 --> 00:29:33,600
understand it.

802
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:34,080
>> Sure.

803
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:37,039
>> And um, two, the uh, fund deficit that

804
00:29:37,039 --> 00:29:38,559
you mentioned that was a million plus.

805
00:29:38,559 --> 00:29:41,039
It's due to timing of some kind of

806
00:29:41,039 --> 00:29:43,360
something coming in if that is that

807
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:44,880
going to be addressed.

808
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,919
>> Okay. So, I'll handle question one. So,

809
00:29:47,919 --> 00:29:50,880
question one is Gatsby 101. So that

810
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,120
relates to compensated absence. So in

811
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,919
the past uh compensated absences was

812
00:29:55,919 --> 00:29:57,919
calculated as an approval. So it's like

813
00:29:57,919 --> 00:29:59,919
all right if the town was ceased

814
00:29:59,919 --> 00:30:02,399
operations as of 6:30, how much would

815
00:30:02,399 --> 00:30:05,360
the town owe all of its employees? And

816
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:06,720
essentially that's how the calculation

817
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:10,159
was until this year. And what changed

818
00:30:10,159 --> 00:30:13,440
was is what isn't paid anymore. So what

819
00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:16,240
is acred by the employee but isn't paid

820
00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,640
out by by the town at the time of

821
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,840
termination. So let's look at sick time

822
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:25,120
for example. Say that sick time is only

823
00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:28,399
paid out 50% when you terminate from the

824
00:30:28,399 --> 00:30:30,960
city either through retirement or the

825
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:32,799
employee leaves. Right?

826
00:30:32,799 --> 00:30:35,520
>> Um on the old way you just say all right

827
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:39,279
they had 20 hours they get 50 50% of it.

828
00:30:39,279 --> 00:30:41,520
They get paid out 10 hours. Now we're

829
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,679
looking at the other 50% which is what

830
00:30:43,679 --> 00:30:46,159
doesn't get paid out. And what we do is

831
00:30:46,159 --> 00:30:48,480
we look at historical information and

832
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,640
see how much of that time we expect that

833
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:52,799
employee to use prior to their ter

834
00:30:52,799 --> 00:30:55,279
termination. So all we're doing is

835
00:30:55,279 --> 00:30:58,000
trying to figure out of the 10 of the 10

836
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,399
hours they're not going to get anymore.

837
00:31:00,399 --> 00:31:03,039
Um how much do we expect them to use by

838
00:31:03,039 --> 00:31:05,120
the time they they leave either through

839
00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:08,159
termination or through retirement. So if

840
00:31:08,159 --> 00:31:10,640
we expect them to use 20% of their time,

841
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,279
we now acrew two more additional days on

842
00:31:13,279 --> 00:31:15,279
top of the 10 days that you're already

843
00:31:15,279 --> 00:31:18,799
going to pay out via cash and that's

844
00:31:18,799 --> 00:31:20,399
what we now acrew.

845
00:31:20,399 --> 00:31:21,919
>> Okay. So it's a projection.

846
00:31:21,919 --> 00:31:23,679
>> It's essentially a it's an estimate.

847
00:31:23,679 --> 00:31:23,919
Yeah.

848
00:31:23,919 --> 00:31:24,960
>> An estimate. Yeah.

849
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:25,279
>> Yes.

850
00:31:25,279 --> 00:31:26,960
>> Okay. Thank you.

851
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:28,559
>> And then the second item, I don't know

852
00:31:28,559 --> 00:31:31,279
if Carl wants to touch on that subject.

853
00:31:31,279 --> 00:31:33,679
>> Sure. I can address that. So the

854
00:31:33,679 --> 00:31:35,440
negative fund balances in some of the

855
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,799
accounts are reimbursements and trans

856
00:31:38,799 --> 00:31:41,519
for instance we get reimbursed as you

857
00:31:41,519 --> 00:31:43,279
notice as you know we're doing a lot of

858
00:31:43,279 --> 00:31:46,799
RIP financing now and the difference

859
00:31:46,799 --> 00:31:49,679
between a ribbon and a go bond the go

860
00:31:49,679 --> 00:31:52,080
bond we get the money all up front and

861
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:56,640
RIP financing it's it's draw down so we

862
00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,279
expend the money out of the general fund

863
00:31:59,279 --> 00:32:01,360
then we have to get reimbursed by RIP

864
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,679
for the money. So that's that's

865
00:32:03,679 --> 00:32:06,240
basically how it works. And some of the

866
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:08,880
funds we wait we're waiting for the

867
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,519
money back from RIP such as the grants,

868
00:32:11,519 --> 00:32:14,159
all the all the RIP financing grants. I

869
00:32:14,159 --> 00:32:15,760
know Ed does a lot of them with the

870
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:19,039
trees in uh Independence Park where they

871
00:32:19,039 --> 00:32:22,799
do a yearly report. They they we upload

872
00:32:22,799 --> 00:32:25,760
it to RIB. RIB reimbures us for all of

873
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,880
those all of those funds. And a lot of

874
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,559
the other funds that are showing

875
00:32:30,559 --> 00:32:32,799
negative are reimbursed by the state as

876
00:32:32,799 --> 00:32:36,480
well, which some come came back in FY26.

877
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,360
We saw that clear up 25's negatives.

878
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,519
What I did was and I want to send to the

879
00:32:41,519 --> 00:32:44,240
council tomorrow. I have it prepared is

880
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,000
every single one of the negatives.

881
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,240
You're going to see how it's going to be

882
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:50,240
resolved as far as if it was resolved

883
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,640
already reimbured by 26 and how we're

884
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:54,399
going to resolve. There's still some

885
00:32:54,399 --> 00:32:56,720
small ones out there which could be

886
00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,679
clean up from years ago wheelchair

887
00:32:59,679 --> 00:33:01,760
grants for is one of them. It's small

888
00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:04,159
amount of money that probably the amount

889
00:33:04,159 --> 00:33:05,360
should come from to make up the

890
00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:06,799
difference could come from the general

891
00:33:06,799 --> 00:33:09,039
fund. You're thinking like $800 or

892
00:33:09,039 --> 00:33:10,960
something to that effect. So any of the

893
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,600
big ones it's accounted for basically by

894
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,240
reimbursement from different sources uh

895
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:19,919
state RIP and other and other agencies.

896
00:33:19,919 --> 00:33:22,000
So, um there's a few of them that we

897
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,240
need clean up on and research on because

898
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,080
some of them are carried over from like

899
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:29,039
21 22. They just continue to roll over

900
00:33:29,039 --> 00:33:31,200
because of the funds just continue to

901
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:35,840
roll year after year. So, um yeah, that

902
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:37,360
just needs some we need to be clear.

903
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,360
>> That deficit money keeps rolling over

904
00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:41,679
from year after year or is that at some

905
00:33:41,679 --> 00:33:44,640
point we just we just just close it out?

906
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:46,320
>> Okay, we just close it out.

907
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:48,000
>> Close it out. Got it.

908
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,640
>> Thanks, Cole. Yeah, Mr. Chairman, I'll

909
00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:52,240
just say um

910
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:54,559
>> thanks Carl. I think that what we've

911
00:33:54,559 --> 00:33:56,799
heard today demonstrates that this

912
00:33:56,799 --> 00:33:59,840
council and the administration and the

913
00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:03,120
staff that we have behind all of this,

914
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,600
we're good stewards of taxpayer money

915
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:09,200
and that like even when we did use that

916
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:11,280
fund balance, what was it? $2 million. I

917
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:12,639
think Mr. Chairman, you just said that

918
00:34:12,639 --> 00:34:14,720
while he was uh talking about that,

919
00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:16,639
that's for a major capital project. We

920
00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:19,839
weren't using $2 million on a one-time

921
00:34:19,839 --> 00:34:21,679
expenditure or anything like that. It

922
00:34:21,679 --> 00:34:24,000
was a $2 million expenditure for

923
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,520
something that was going to last about

924
00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:27,919
15 to 25 years, and that was road

925
00:34:27,919 --> 00:34:30,240
maintenance. So, it's something that

926
00:34:30,240 --> 00:34:32,560
when we're spending today, it's going to

927
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:36,800
benefit future future taxpayers.

928
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:38,960
>> See, there's a reason why you don't need

929
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:40,240
to worry about when I make those

930
00:34:40,240 --> 00:34:43,679
motions, you know.

931
00:34:43,679 --> 00:34:45,760
Not

932
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,800
no but in all truth uh you know really I

933
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,399
have to concur with the uh our my

934
00:34:52,399 --> 00:34:54,879
colleagues you know that uh we are we

935
00:34:54,879 --> 00:34:56,720
are in a very good position you know

936
00:34:56,720 --> 00:34:59,680
when we hear the news about Krenston

937
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:02,240
well other municipalities let's not

938
00:35:02,240 --> 00:35:04,400
mention too many of those even in

939
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,560
Massachusetts you know you sit there and

940
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:10,480
you go hm we're not too bad after all

941
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:12,880
for as much as people sometimes complain

942
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:15,040
you know we are doing a very good job

943
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:17,119
overall. We being good stewards all

944
00:35:17,119 --> 00:35:19,280
around, you know, not just the council,

945
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:21,839
but uh obviously the staff. You folks do

946
00:35:21,839 --> 00:35:23,920
a good job keeping the books, you know,

947
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:26,640
for the town and obviously the oversight

948
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:30,320
by the administrator as well.

949
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:31,359
>> Mary,

950
00:35:31,359 --> 00:35:33,119
>> no interest. I think it's like we're

951
00:35:33,119 --> 00:35:36,560
always in very good shape and um I thank

952
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:38,480
everyone that keeps a good eye on

953
00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:42,640
everything, it makes it so much easier, I I've worked in a

954
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:44,880
community that can't keep track of their

955
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,200
accounting for the last three years and

956
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:50,079
it's a disaster. So, it's very wonderful

957
00:35:50,079 --> 00:35:52,079
to see that we are not anywhere near

958
00:35:52,079 --> 00:35:55,599
that situation and that we have a good

959
00:35:55,599 --> 00:35:58,400
handle on our financial situation and

960
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,720
that we're able to take advantage of of

961
00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:02,720
situations that come up that may require

962
00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:04,880
funding because we have, you know, our

963
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:06,480
fund balances, we have money in the

964
00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:09,200
bank, so to speak. And um I'm very proud

965
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,440
of like our community and that we're

966
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:14,720
able to for many many years have a very

967
00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:17,040
good financial report and that we're

968
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,280
financially sound. So thank I think

969
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:22,720
everyone that is involved that

970
00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:25,520
>> I will finish by saying wanted to add

971
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:25,920
something.

972
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,480
>> Yes. If I may just you know from one of

973
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,480
the colleagues for 40 years here with

974
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,040
the town government uh that means a lot

975
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:34,880
you know on that statement.

976
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,320
>> Agreed. Agreed. So I my colleagues

977
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,880
covered it real quick.

978
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:43,520
We had no management letter. No

979
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:45,839
management letter is an outstanding

980
00:36:45,839 --> 00:36:48,240
achievement. And I'll take a moment to

981
00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:50,960
again say thank you Carl your department

982
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:53,520
Lan the efforts and energies that go

983
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:57,359
into this. Um Carl and the

984
00:36:57,359 --> 00:36:59,119
administrator, in fact, I should have

985
00:36:59,119 --> 00:37:01,440
said that earlier and the clerk did

986
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:02,720
remind me at the beginning of the

987
00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:05,280
meeting that um Steve Contenti is not

988
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,280
here this evening because he's at the

989
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:09,040
high school giving out awards on behalf

990
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:10,240
of the town.

991
00:37:10,240 --> 00:37:13,359
>> Um so he is there doing important work

992
00:37:13,359 --> 00:37:15,200
as we're doing important work here.

993
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:18,240
Steve, thank you for your um run through

994
00:37:18,240 --> 00:37:21,119
of the work that you did. Um so the no

995
00:37:21,119 --> 00:37:22,800
management letter I keep coming back to

996
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,040
that because that is that is clearly

997
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:26,640
saying that good work is being done

998
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:31,760
here. Um and um you our new auditing

999
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,160
firm did an outstanding job. We had a

1000
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:36,400
lot of changes over the last year

1001
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,560
including new accounting software which

1002
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:41,680
is a tremendous change. If anybody's

1003
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:43,520
gone through any kind of software change

1004
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:46,400
at their employer we all know how

1005
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,680
difficult it is. It is not fun. So that

1006
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:52,000
in and of itself is an outstanding um

1007
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,800
the change from uh the improvements that

1008
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,040
we're seeing with your firm we very much

1009
00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:57,839
appreciate.

1010
00:37:57,839 --> 00:37:58,800
>> Thank you so much.

1011
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:02,800
>> Um the fund balance going up is is is a

1012
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,760
phenomenal uh next step and it's always

1013
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:07,680
we're doing a good job with that which

1014
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,000
speaks to no structural deficit here.

1015
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,400
We're not building uh to

1016
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,960
>> to bring it down. So so many good things

1017
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,520
here. Um I just wanted to say again

1018
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:20,240
thank you. Um I know my colleagues and I

1019
00:38:20,240 --> 00:38:22,240
work very hard on this. We are

1020
00:38:22,240 --> 00:38:24,800
ultimately responsible for it but like

1021
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:26,480
we talked about there's nothing that

1022
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:28,720
anyone can do alone. So outstanding job

1023
00:38:28,720 --> 00:38:29,920
to all of you.

1024
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,880
>> Um help me with uh are we accepting this

1025
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:34,720
report? It I don't know the motion

1026
00:38:34,720 --> 00:38:35,440
necessary.

1027
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:36,960
>> It would be to accept the financial

1028
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:38,480
statements as presented.

1029
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:39,760
>> So moved. Second.

1030
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,320
>> Motion made by Tim, seconded by Tony as

1031
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,720
stated. Is there any other discussion

1032
00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:46,800
hearing? None. All in favor? I. Any

1033
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:47,760
opposed?

1034
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:49,200
>> Thank you.

1035
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:50,079
so much.

1036
00:38:50,079 --> 00:38:52,160
>> Yep.

1037
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:53,599
>> Mr. Chairman, members of the council,

1038
00:38:53,599 --> 00:38:55,760
the next item on the agenda is I2. This

1039
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:57,520
is tax assessum and this is the

1040
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:00,079
resolution for 2026 of the town of

1041
00:39:00,079 --> 00:39:01,920
Bristol authorizing the assessment of

1042
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:04,240
valuations and levy of taxes, sewer

1043
00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:06,320
service fees, and sewer assessments.

1044
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:07,359
>> Hi, Chris.

1045
00:39:07,359 --> 00:39:08,800
>> Good evening.

1046
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,040
>> Quick uh rundown as we do this every

1047
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:12,240
year, please.

1048
00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:14,079
>> Okay. So I think this is more just a a

1049
00:39:14,079 --> 00:39:15,920
rubber stamp on the budget that was

1050
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:19,359
already approved. Um nothing not much

1051
00:39:19,359 --> 00:39:22,720
has changed since then. Um so the the

1052
00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:24,720
levy is basically you know staying

1053
00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:28,560
intact to what you approved in the uh 53

1054
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,960
624 724.

1055
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:34,720
Um the tax rate for our homestead tax

1056
00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:39,200
rate is projected at 9.939

1057
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:44,960
or or $9 uh 94 per thousand and our

1058
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:50,320
nonhomestead rate will be at 10.986

1059
00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,880
roughly you know $10.99

1060
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,359
per thousand. Right. Right in line with

1061
00:39:55,359 --> 00:39:56,160
what was

1062
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:57,839
>> It's a little bit less than what we had

1063
00:39:57,839 --> 00:39:58,640
figured.

1064
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:00,000
>> About a penny less on each,

1065
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,599
>> but it is less than Chris. Can you say

1066
00:40:01,599 --> 00:40:05,430
it out loud for me?

1067
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:09,680
» That's the question. Is it less?

1068
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,240
>> It's the little things, Chris.

1069
00:40:12,240 --> 00:40:13,040
>> Take what you can get.

1070
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:13,839
>> It really is.

1071
00:40:13,839 --> 00:40:15,359
>> Any questions from the council?

1072
00:40:15,359 --> 00:40:17,280
>> Uh, can you repeat those numbers again,

1073
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:19,760
please? Was 9.39.

1074
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:23,920
>> Yeah. So, the homestead is um 9.939.

1075
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:26,160
>> Oh, 939. Okay.

1076
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:30,079
>> And the nonhomestead and commercial is

1077
00:40:30,079 --> 00:40:32,160
10.986.

1078
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:34,560
>> Thank you.

1079
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:35,839
>> Going in the right direction.

1080
00:40:35,839 --> 00:40:37,119
>> So, if there's no questions from the

1081
00:40:37,119 --> 00:40:38,720
council, we just need a motion to adopt

1082
00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:39,520
the resolution.

1083
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:40,560
>> So, move.

1084
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:42,480
>> Yeah. Move to adopt the resolution.

1085
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:43,760
>> All right. So, I

1086
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:44,640
>> second.

1087
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:46,720
>> Motion made by Tony, seconded by Tim as

1088
00:40:46,720 --> 00:40:49,359
stated. Any discussion? Hearing none.

1089
00:40:49,359 --> 00:40:50,560
All in favor? I.

1090
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:51,680
>> Any opposed?

1091
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:52,720
>> Thank you. Thank you, Chris.

1092
00:40:52,720 --> 00:40:54,720
>> Thank you, Chris.

1093
00:40:54,720 --> 00:40:56,960
>> The next item on the agenda is I3. This

1094
00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:58,880
is Chris Rooney, forestry manager with

1095
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:00,720
Rhode Island Energy, requesting the

1096
00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:02,480
council's consideration for Rhode Island

1097
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:04,319
Energy to administer tree growth

1098
00:41:04,319 --> 00:41:06,560
regulators on specific trees throughout

1099
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:07,760
the town of Bristol.

1100
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:08,640
>> Welcome, Chris.

1101
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:09,440
>> Good evening.

1102
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:12,880
Um so Rhode Island Energy

1103
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:15,920
with um approval and awareness of the

1104
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:18,319
PUC is starting to use tree growth

1105
00:41:18,319 --> 00:41:20,800
regulators. And what a tree growth

1106
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:23,920
regulator does is it directs growth

1107
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:25,839
instead of growing back into the wire

1108
00:41:25,839 --> 00:41:27,839
zone. It takes some of that energy and

1109
00:41:27,839 --> 00:41:29,760
stores it into the tree into the trunk

1110
00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:32,000
of the tree and helps the root system.

1111
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:35,359
So, what it does is for us as a utility

1112
00:41:35,359 --> 00:41:37,440
when when we prune a tree, it wants to

1113
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:39,200
grow back into the space that we just

1114
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:42,480
trimmed out. This slows that growth down

1115
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:44,720
and then makes the next trip into town

1116
00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:46,079
where we have to we don't have to take

1117
00:41:46,079 --> 00:41:48,319
as much of the tree out and we don't

1118
00:41:48,319 --> 00:41:50,480
have to use as many police details, lock

1119
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,319
up the road for a lot of work, that type

1120
00:41:52,319 --> 00:41:54,160
of stuff. So, it's essentially an effort

1121
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:57,200
to reduce future work. The plus about

1122
00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:58,960
the tree growth regulators is that it

1123
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:00,800
provides some beneficial uh health

1124
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:03,040
characteristics to the tree. So the tree

1125
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:05,200
becomes more insect and disease

1126
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:07,920
resistant and um just provides it a

1127
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:09,520
little bit more strength to handle the

1128
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:11,119
day-to-day. You know, it's not a

1129
00:42:11,119 --> 00:42:14,720
vitamin, but it it's close and it's um

1130
00:42:14,720 --> 00:42:16,720
it's been pretty well established over

1131
00:42:16,720 --> 00:42:19,200
the years and used in various areas in

1132
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:20,880
Rhode Island. We've used it uh Rhode

1133
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:23,119
Island Energy has used it in Newport,

1134
00:42:23,119 --> 00:42:24,960
Providence. We just did the uh east

1135
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:28,160
side. We've done it on DOT owned trees.

1136
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,720
So before we went and explored using it

1137
00:42:30,720 --> 00:42:32,960
in Bristol, we approached the uh town

1138
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:35,200
administrator about a month ago, had a

1139
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:36,800
nice meeting with them, informed them of

1140
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,839
what we were thinking about. Um he uh

1141
00:42:39,839 --> 00:42:41,359
also gave it to the conservation

1142
00:42:41,359 --> 00:42:44,079
commission to look over and and study

1143
00:42:44,079 --> 00:42:46,079
and um both of them I think provided

1144
00:42:46,079 --> 00:42:48,880
findings to you all and and the the

1145
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:50,160
biggest part with this is the

1146
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:52,319
transparency. Rhode Island Energy is not

1147
00:42:52,319 --> 00:42:54,079
trying to pull anything over. We're just

1148
00:42:54,079 --> 00:42:55,520
trying to be, you know, this is what the

1149
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:57,680
benefits are to this program. It is a

1150
00:42:57,680 --> 00:42:59,920
new uh effort that we are doing compared

1151
00:42:59,920 --> 00:43:02,000
to National Grid. We tried it with

1152
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:04,400
National Grid. I was um I've been in

1153
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:06,400
this position 20 years. So, I've trimmed

1154
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:09,119
Bristol multiple times um as the

1155
00:43:09,119 --> 00:43:10,880
forestry manager and this is a this is a

1156
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:13,119
tool in our toolbox to help help the

1157
00:43:13,119 --> 00:43:14,480
situation get better.

1158
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:16,400
>> Chris, I don't want to end I I don't

1159
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:18,319
want to go negative, but you talked

1160
00:43:18,319 --> 00:43:20,480
about the positive. Is there what are

1161
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:22,319
the negatives? Are there negatives?

1162
00:43:22,319 --> 00:43:24,400
They're at cost.

1163
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:26,800
>> So, this won't hurt the tree.

1164
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:27,119
>> No.

1165
00:43:27,119 --> 00:43:28,240
>> Um, it's not going to hurt the

1166
00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:30,480
surrounding ground. It's not going to

1167
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:32,480
affect, for example, like a well or

1168
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:33,520
something like that.

1169
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:34,240
>> Nope.

1170
00:43:34,240 --> 00:43:36,160
>> Wildlife. I was going to ask the same

1171
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:37,359
question. Wildlife.

1172
00:43:37,359 --> 00:43:39,040
>> The The only thing it would affect is if

1173
00:43:39,040 --> 00:43:41,440
somebody put flowers around the tree

1174
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:43,040
that we were going to treat where that

1175
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:45,119
those flowers would would uptake that

1176
00:43:45,119 --> 00:43:47,359
stuff and slow the growth of the the

1177
00:43:47,359 --> 00:43:49,760
>> So, they'd be stronger flowers. Well,

1178
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:54,319
they they would be significantly small.

1179
00:43:54,319 --> 00:43:57,839
>> So that's So and it since you've brought

1180
00:43:57,839 --> 00:44:00,160
that up, is there a radius that it

1181
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:01,440
affects?

1182
00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:03,280
>> Um it all depends on the strength of the

1183
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:04,960
tree. So there's certain trees in

1184
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:07,119
Bristol that are uh lynen trees. Yeah.

1185
00:44:07,119 --> 00:44:09,359
>> So right now we have crews on ferry

1186
00:44:09,359 --> 00:44:12,880
road. Um unfortunately

1187
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,040
lynen trees want to become a hedge. So

1188
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:17,119
for every cut you make, another sprout

1189
00:44:17,119 --> 00:44:20,560
comes back and it is a very difficult um

1190
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:22,880
place to trim. This would hopefully help

1191
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:24,800
our workers four years from now not have

1192
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:26,240
to take as much and they can stay

1193
00:44:26,240 --> 00:44:27,920
further back from the wires and also

1194
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:30,560
prevent um you know help us prevent

1195
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:34,480
outages better. Okay. Council,

1196
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:36,160
>> I was looking through the pictures that

1197
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:38,400
were provided to us and one of them to

1198
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:41,359
your point about the the tree, it sort

1199
00:44:41,359 --> 00:44:43,920
of redirects the energy of the tree to

1200
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:46,000
the roots. And it was interesting

1201
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:48,480
because to your point, you know, storms

1202
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:50,240
and all of that, if the trees are

1203
00:44:50,240 --> 00:44:52,880
growing stronger, well, there it is. The

1204
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:55,520
reduction in damage and uh, you know,

1205
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:57,119
all the things that we have to deal with

1206
00:44:57,119 --> 00:45:00,240
currently presently. So, yeah. Thank

1207
00:45:00,240 --> 00:45:00,720
you. For

1208
00:45:00,720 --> 00:45:03,040
>> for full transparency, what we intend to

1209
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:04,960
do is provide a list to the tree warden

1210
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:06,800
so he knows where we're going to be. So

1211
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:08,400
if there's any questions, comments, he

1212
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:09,920
has any concerns, he'll know exactly

1213
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:12,480
before we treat those trees. Um the

1214
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:15,280
trees on Hope Street and uh High Street,

1215
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:16,640
which are state, it will be the same

1216
00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:18,160
thing. We will provide a list to the

1217
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:19,839
state of the trees we intend to treat.

1218
00:45:19,839 --> 00:45:21,440
We'll get a permit from them so there's

1219
00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:23,040
full transparency and there's there's no

1220
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:23,760
surprises.

1221
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:27,440
>> So what is the um information? So this

1222
00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:30,000
is completely non-toxic to the

1223
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:30,800
environment.

1224
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:33,680
>> It it's there is a little bit just like

1225
00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:35,839
fertilizer is or a tide pod. It's very

1226
00:45:35,839 --> 00:45:37,760
low impact.

1227
00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:39,680
>> So what is it that it would potentially

1228
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:40,960
hurt like no

1229
00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:42,240
>> insects, bees,

1230
00:45:42,240 --> 00:45:46,480
>> it wouldn't have it wouldn't affect any um environmental like insects or

1231
00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:48,000
bees or anything like that. It's not a

1232
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,079
pesticide. It falls into a weird

1233
00:45:50,079 --> 00:45:52,480
category as a tree growth regulator. So,

1234
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:54,319
it's not a it's not a fertilizer, but

1235
00:45:54,319 --> 00:45:56,560
it's also not a a a herbicide or an

1236
00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:58,240
insecttoide. So, it's not it's not

1237
00:45:58,240 --> 00:45:59,760
stopping anything from growing. It's

1238
00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:02,000
just making the tree grow smaller.

1239
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:05,680
>> So, is it um that will it in any way

1240
00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:06,720
weaken the trees?

1241
00:46:06,720 --> 00:46:08,160
>> No.

1242
00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:10,000
cuz I just I just personally found out

1243
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:14,000
that a hurricane like um you know like

1244
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:16,400
the the deductible is like 40ome

1245
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:19,520
thousand you know on my house if a town

1246
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:23,440
tree if a tree fell on it but um I am a

1247
00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:25,680
little concerned about the toxicity or

1248
00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:28,319
anything like that because I am also

1249
00:46:28,319 --> 00:46:30,000
concerned I I have to say it I know

1250
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,400
there's probably not any options but the

1251
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:35,520
V-shaped trees do not really look like a

1252
00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:37,280
tree canopy you know that we're well

1253
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:40,079
known for. Um, and people come through

1254
00:46:40,079 --> 00:46:43,520
and see like a, you know, a place that

1255
00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:46,480
gets awards for its treeline streets. I

1256
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:47,760
mean, it's constantly I don't know if

1257
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:49,359
there's any other way to make them less

1258
00:46:49,359 --> 00:46:51,680
obvious of a wishbone or not. But

1259
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:53,520
>> so, and that's the bright spot is that

1260
00:46:53,520 --> 00:46:55,599
hopefully if this works, I'm taking half

1261
00:46:55,599 --> 00:46:57,760
of the V out compared to the full V

1262
00:46:57,760 --> 00:46:59,920
where it would be four years from now.

1263
00:46:59,920 --> 00:47:01,839
So, the the tree wants to grow back and

1264
00:47:01,839 --> 00:47:04,400
fill in exactly where we pruned. So our

1265
00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:06,240
cycle in Bristol, we're not we've never

1266
00:47:06,240 --> 00:47:08,480
really gone back further than we've

1267
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:10,480
traditionally gone back. So the cuts

1268
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:12,000
that you're seeing now are where we've

1269
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:13,680
cut to in the past. So it's just like

1270
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:15,280
mowing the lawn. You got to go back

1271
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:18,560
every four years. Um this hopes to

1272
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:20,000
reduce the amount that we have to take

1273
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:22,079
out every year, every time we come back.

1274
00:47:22,079 --> 00:47:23,680
So that that's the hopes and dreams of

1275
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:25,119
this.

1276
00:47:25,119 --> 00:47:26,240
>> All right. Thank you.

1277
00:47:26,240 --> 00:47:27,839
>> And the tree boarding would have a list

1278
00:47:27,839 --> 00:47:30,960
of what trees oversee. So we would have

1279
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:32,960
a record of what trees were treated and

1280
00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:34,720
versus what ones were not.

1281
00:47:34,720 --> 00:47:36,160
>> Yes, sir. Okay. As a matter of fact, in

1282
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:38,000
the city of Providence and Newport, we

1283
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:39,520
put this into their tree inventory

1284
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:41,200
system so they know what trees we

1285
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:43,520
treated and on what date. So we want

1286
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:45,760
full transparency.

1287
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:47,280
>> I must tell you the way that you

1288
00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:49,440
explained it and how you're explaining

1289
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:52,560
it, how you uh want to make sure that

1290
00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:56,000
you keep saying full transparency and I

1291
00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:59,680
love it. I it's I'm I'm I don't mind

1292
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:01,920
saying I'm a little concerned because

1293
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:04,240
this is new and different and slowing

1294
00:48:04,240 --> 00:48:06,560
down natural growth does make you kind

1295
00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:10,000
of question but um you have a Purdue

1296
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:12,560
University study in front of us. We have

1297
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:15,839
our um conservation commission giving it

1298
00:48:15,839 --> 00:48:18,240
a thumbs up. Um everything that we would

1299
00:48:18,240 --> 00:48:20,960
normally go to, not Purdue but studies

1300
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:23,440
and we could go to Purdue I guess,

1301
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:25,680
right? Um but our conservation

1302
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:27,520
commission on a on a a situation like

1303
00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:29,440
we're getting thumbs up and your

1304
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:31,680
explanation and what seems to be a great

1305
00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:34,400
benefit makes sense. So um m

1306
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:37,119
>> Mr. Chairman, I I'll just reinforce a

1307
00:48:37,119 --> 00:48:39,440
lot of what you were saying here is that

1308
00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:41,760
>> just having the support for the from the

1309
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:44,000
conservation commission on this was very

1310
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:46,960
important for me and uh the these

1311
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:48,720
resources I think were provided by the

1312
00:48:48,720 --> 00:48:50,559
conservation commission. I think that

1313
00:48:50,559 --> 00:48:52,160
they actually went through all of these

1314
00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:55,599
resources and read them, summarized

1315
00:48:55,599 --> 00:48:58,240
them, interpreted them, and made some

1316
00:48:58,240 --> 00:49:00,240
sort of decision on the basis of that

1317
00:49:00,240 --> 00:49:03,119
and knowing about who we know serves on

1318
00:49:03,119 --> 00:49:05,440
that conservation commission. I have a

1319
00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:07,839
lot of confidence in the report or in

1320
00:49:07,839 --> 00:49:10,319
their recommendation here.

1321
00:49:10,319 --> 00:49:14,400
So, we need in my uh and please disagree

1322
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:18,800
u but we need a motion to approve the

1323
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:21,599
plan in front of us from the forestry

1324
00:49:21,599 --> 00:49:23,839
manager of Rhode Island Energy.

1325
00:49:23,839 --> 00:49:25,200
>> So, move.

1326
00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:26,559
>> I'll second based on the

1327
00:49:26,559 --> 00:49:27,440
recommendations.

1328
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:29,839
>> Motion made by Tony, seconded by Tim as

1329
00:49:29,839 --> 00:49:32,000
stated. Any discussion?

1330
00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:34,720
>> Hearing none. All in favor? Any opposed?

1331
00:49:34,720 --> 00:49:36,160
Thank you. Thank you, Chris. Thank you

1332
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:36,480
very much.

1333
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:39,520
>> Thank you,

1334
00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:41,119
>> Mr. Chairman and members of the council.

1335
00:49:41,119 --> 00:49:42,880
The next item on the agenda are the

1336
00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:46,960
bids. The first bid is J1. This is bid

1337
00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:49,359
1087. This is for the townwide heating

1338
00:49:49,359 --> 00:49:51,520
ventilation air conditioning repair

1339
00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:53,040
maintenance contract. We had the bid

1340
00:49:53,040 --> 00:49:55,440
openings today at noon. We received two

1341
00:49:55,440 --> 00:49:58,000
bids for that. We have the um automatic

1342
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:02,160
temperature control incount of 51,880

1343
00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:04,079
and we also have the Ardent Engineering

1344
00:50:04,079 --> 00:50:07,520
in the amount of 58,676.

1345
00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:09,520
>> I make a motion we refer to the town

1346
00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:11,200
administrator to act in the best

1347
00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:13,599
interest of the DO. Second motion made

1348
00:50:13,599 --> 00:50:15,920
by Tony, seconded by Tim as stated. Any

1349
00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:18,319
discussion hearing? None. All in favor?

1350
00:50:18,319 --> 00:50:20,960
>> I. Any opposed? Thank you.

1351
00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:23,680
>> The next item on the agenda is bid 1088.

1352
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:25,359
This is for the townwide landscaping

1353
00:50:25,359 --> 00:50:27,760
contract. We also had the bid today at

1354
00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:30,160
12:00. We received one bid opening for

1355
00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:31,599
that and that's from Dave Pont's

1356
00:50:31,599 --> 00:50:34,480
Landscaping Services and it was um a

1357
00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:36,720
three-year contract with year 1 at

1358
00:50:36,720 --> 00:50:39,750
334,730,

1359
00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:43,670
year 2 at 346,445

1360
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:48,150
in year 3 at 358,751.

1361
00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:50,079
» I make a motion to refer to the D

1362
00:50:50,079 --> 00:50:51,599
administrator to act in the best

1363
00:50:51,599 --> 00:50:53,680
interest of the DO. Second.

1364
00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:55,839
>> Motion made by Tony, seconded by Mary.

1365
00:50:55,839 --> 00:50:57,440
Any discussion?

1366
00:50:57,440 --> 00:50:59,280
>> Hearing none. All in favor? I. Any

1367
00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:00,079
opposed?

1368
00:51:00,079 --> 00:51:01,440
>> Thank you.

1369
00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:03,680
>> The next item on the agenda is I3. This

1370
00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:06,000
is bid number 1089. This is the curbside

1371
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:08,400
collection of residential yard waste. We

1372
00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:10,800
did also have the uh bid opening today

1373
00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:15,280
at noon. We received one um bid from

1374
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:18,559
Mega MTG disposal

1375
00:51:18,559 --> 00:51:20,960
and it's broken down in a three-year

1376
00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:22,800
contract and a 5-year contract. The

1377
00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:25,440
three-year base bid service only was a

1378
00:51:25,440 --> 00:51:27,839
total bid amount of 100 I'm sorry,

1379
00:51:27,839 --> 00:51:31,349
1,841,400.

1380
00:51:31,359 --> 00:51:32,880
And you'll see it broken back into

1381
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:35,920
three-year segments. each um indicates

1382
00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:38,559
the um disposal at the Rhode Island

1383
00:51:38,559 --> 00:51:40,319
Resource Recovery Center and the other

1384
00:51:40,319 --> 00:51:42,400
one at the town compost facility and

1385
00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:44,000
they both mimic each other for each

1386
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:46,240
year. And then we also had the 5-year

1387
00:51:46,240 --> 00:51:50,000
base bid for service only with the total

1388
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:54,630
base bid of the 5-year at 2,737500,000.

1389
00:51:54,640 --> 00:51:57,440
And this also has the one toy year five

1390
00:51:57,440 --> 00:52:00,160
um disposals at the RIRC and the town

1391
00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:02,960
facility both mimicking each other.

1392
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:05,440
Um I have a question. Does this come

1393
00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:08,079
close to what we had anticipated or had

1394
00:52:08,079 --> 00:52:11,599
projected uh when we received the the uh

1395
00:52:11,599 --> 00:52:13,280
the proposal through the budget?

1396
00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:14,880
>> I believe it's a lot. It's a little bit

1397
00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:15,359
higher.

1398
00:52:15,359 --> 00:52:16,720
>> It's a little higher than expect that

1399
00:52:16,720 --> 00:52:19,280
would been happening in our header room.

1400
00:52:19,280 --> 00:52:23,119
>> Okay. Based on I make a recommend I mean

1401
00:52:23,119 --> 00:52:25,920
uh yes recommendation to refer to the D

1402
00:52:25,920 --> 00:52:27,920
administrator to act in the best

1403
00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:30,240
interest of the D.

1404
00:52:30,240 --> 00:52:30,800
>> Second.

1405
00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:32,800
>> Motion made by Tony. Seconded by Tim as

1406
00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:35,040
stated. Any discussion? Hearing none.

1407
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:36,160
All in favor? I.

1408
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:38,319
>> Any opposed? You.

1409
00:52:38,319 --> 00:52:40,559
>> And the next item on the agenda is J4.

1410
00:52:40,559 --> 00:52:42,720
This is bid number 1090. This is the

1411
00:52:42,720 --> 00:52:45,839
2627 Tree Planting Landscaping Service.

1412
00:52:45,839 --> 00:52:48,079
We had the bid opening today at noon and

1413
00:52:48,079 --> 00:52:49,760
we had

1414
00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:52,319
six bids for that one. The first bid was

1415
00:52:52,319 --> 00:52:55,200
from HG Landscaping Services LLC in the

1416
00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:58,240
amount of $380 per tree. We have the

1417
00:52:58,240 --> 00:53:01,200
Coastal Companies with the bid amount of

1418
00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:03,440
$53,542

1419
00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:06,319
per tree. We had Landscaping Services,

1420
00:53:06,319 --> 00:53:10,319
Inc. in the amount of $387 per tree. We

1421
00:53:10,319 --> 00:53:12,880
had M Landscaping Inc. in the amount of

1422
00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:16,640
$350 per tree. We had Regal Tree and

1423
00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:19,119
Shrub Experts LLC and this was in the

1424
00:53:19,119 --> 00:53:21,920
amount of $660 per tree. And the last

1425
00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:24,079
one was from Northeastern Tree Services

1426
00:53:24,079 --> 00:53:27,359
in the amount of 520 per tree.

1427
00:53:27,359 --> 00:53:29,920
I make a motion to refer to the town

1428
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:31,440
administrator to act in the best

1429
00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:33,359
interest of the town.

1430
00:53:33,359 --> 00:53:33,839
>> Second

1431
00:53:33,839 --> 00:53:35,760
>> motion made by Tony, seconded by Tim as

1432
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:37,200
stated. Any discussion?

1433
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:39,599
>> Just how it varies the amounts, you

1434
00:53:39,599 --> 00:53:42,319
know, from uh the lowest to the highest,

1435
00:53:42,319 --> 00:53:45,040
you know, but the administrator will

1436
00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:46,960
read through that.

1437
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:48,960
>> Any other discussion? Hearing none. All

1438
00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:50,000
in favor?

1439
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:54,800
>> Any opposed? Andy, can I Oh, I'm sorry.

1440
00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:56,960
Can I add that? And now that agenda

1441
00:53:56,960 --> 00:53:57,599
item.

1442
00:53:57,599 --> 00:53:58,160
>> Yeah.

1443
00:53:58,160 --> 00:54:00,960
>> Okay. Um I'd like to just place an

1444
00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:03,920
agenda item. Uh just uh extending our

1445
00:54:03,920 --> 00:54:05,920
sympathies to Joan Doyle Roth. If I

1446
00:54:05,920 --> 00:54:08,000
could add that to the agenda.

1447
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:08,960
>> Is there a second?

1448
00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:09,839
>> Second.

1449
00:54:09,839 --> 00:54:12,319
>> Motion made by Mary, seconded by Tim.

1450
00:54:12,319 --> 00:54:13,200
All in favor?

1451
00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:13,839
>> I.

1452
00:54:13,839 --> 00:54:15,440
>> Any opposed? Mary?

1453
00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:17,119
>> Um yes. I just wanted to take a moment

1454
00:54:17,119 --> 00:54:20,079
to extend um our sympathies on behalf of

1455
00:54:20,079 --> 00:54:23,200
the town and our our my colleagues here.

1456
00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:24,880
Um, for those of you, many of you know

1457
00:54:24,880 --> 00:54:27,119
Joan Joan Doyle Roth. She passed away on

1458
00:54:27,119 --> 00:54:29,359
Memorial Day, I believe it was. And she

1459
00:54:29,359 --> 00:54:32,079
was 99, close to 100. Her birthday would

1460
00:54:32,079 --> 00:54:35,200
be in October. And for those of us who

1461
00:54:35,200 --> 00:54:36,960
knew knew Joan, she's an absolute

1462
00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:39,359
treasure of our community. And if you

1463
00:54:39,359 --> 00:54:41,440
didn't know Joan, she's a treasure, an

1464
00:54:41,440 --> 00:54:44,400
icon, an enthusiastic supporter of all

1465
00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:47,040
things of her of her beloved Bristol.

1466
00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:49,520
Um, she was very involved with so many

1467
00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:51,520
things like she was a music teacher. she

1468
00:54:51,520 --> 00:54:53,280
if you've ever been to the many moves of

1469
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:54,880
Christmas concert or the concerts on the

1470
00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:57,200
common which she helped start um

1471
00:54:57,200 --> 00:54:59,599
anything like that Joan would have been

1472
00:54:59,599 --> 00:55:02,240
you know right in the middle of it and

1473
00:55:02,240 --> 00:55:04,079
um she also was on the original

1474
00:55:04,079 --> 00:55:06,000
committee I won't go through her whole

1475
00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:08,400
list because there's a lot um very very

1476
00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:11,200
involved the Rotary um club in Bristol

1477
00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:15,280
as was her aunt who played the um piano

1478
00:55:15,280 --> 00:55:18,960
there every week um and uh one of the

1479
00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:21,040
original um committee members first to

1480
00:55:21,040 --> 00:55:24,160
save Lynen Place in the late 1980s. She

1481
00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:26,880
was just an absolute jewel and knew

1482
00:55:26,880 --> 00:55:28,480
everything about Bristol and Bristol

1483
00:55:28,480 --> 00:55:30,960
history and loved sharing it. Often

1484
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:33,119
called on to be like a little tour guide

1485
00:55:33,119 --> 00:55:35,200
if there's a bus tour in Bristol. Kind

1486
00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:37,280
of got brought into that, knew

1487
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:38,960
everything about it and she certainly

1488
00:55:38,960 --> 00:55:40,960
will be be missed. And I just wanted to

1489
00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:44,319
extend our sincere um condolences to her

1490
00:55:44,319 --> 00:55:47,760
daughters uh Joanna and to Kathy uh um

1491
00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:49,680
Katie.

1492
00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:52,559
>> If I may, if I may add to that, um when

1493
00:55:52,559 --> 00:55:54,640
I became administrator in Little Compton

1494
00:55:54,640 --> 00:55:56,319
and they found out I was from Bristol,

1495
00:55:56,319 --> 00:55:58,000
one of the things people would ask is,

1496
00:55:58,000 --> 00:55:59,599
"Do you know John Roth?"

1497
00:55:59,599 --> 00:56:00,079
>> Yes.

1498
00:56:00,079 --> 00:56:03,680
>> I go, "Do I know Joan Roth?" Oh, yes. Uh

1499
00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:05,359
she was a teacher actually in Little

1500
00:56:05,359 --> 00:56:07,359
Compton, a music teacher in Little

1501
00:56:07,359 --> 00:56:09,359
Compton for quite a few years as well.

1502
00:56:09,359 --> 00:56:10,960
She left quite an impact in the

1503
00:56:10,960 --> 00:56:13,119
community. I can tell you that.

1504
00:56:13,119 --> 00:56:13,920
>> Yeah.

1505
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:16,400
>> Mary Tony, well said. I love the the

1506
00:56:16,400 --> 00:56:18,000
word treasure. I think that was well

1507
00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:18,400
said.

1508
00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:19,040
>> Thank you.

1509
00:56:19,040 --> 00:56:20,319
Mr. Chairman, for letting me

1510
00:56:20,319 --> 00:56:20,880
bring that up.

1511
00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:23,599
>> Of course, Andy.

1512
00:56:23,599 --> 00:56:26,000
>> Yes. I would ask for a motion to go into

1513
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:28,559
executive session under Rhode Island

1514
00:56:28,559 --> 00:56:33,589
General Laws section 42-46-5A2

1515
00:56:33,599 --> 00:56:36,160
pertaining to litigation.

1516
00:56:36,160 --> 00:56:42,319
um regarding the case 1 col 26-

1517
00:56:42,319 --> 00:56:49,030
CV-0000150-MS-PAS

1518
00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:51,040
town of Bristol versus Transportation

1519
00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:55,359
Security Administration at all.

1520
00:56:55,359 --> 00:56:57,440
>> Council move second.

1521
00:56:57,440 --> 00:57:00,559
>> Motion made by Tony, seconded by Mary.

1522
00:57:00,559 --> 00:57:03,040
Any discussion? We were going into

1523
00:57:03,040 --> 00:57:05,599
executive session now. We will end our

1524
00:57:05,599 --> 00:57:08,079
meeting in public but the video will

1525
00:57:08,079 --> 00:57:12,839
stop now. So good night. Thank you.