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This is the 24hour the same day or
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» I can't log in now.

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» Good Kate.
>> All right, we're back. We're in public

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session.
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Steve, will you lead us in the pledge of
allegiance?

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» Oh,
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I haven't done this in
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» All right. Uh, I pledge allegiance to
the flag of the United States of America

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and to the republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible, with

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liberty and justice for all.

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Um,
they sent me a whole flag and a pole.

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They didn't send they didn't send the
pieces. I ordered I ordered the the or

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tried to order the spread of things to
actually spread the flag out and have it

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look.
>> Yeah.

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» Yeah.
>> That is too funny.

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» Anyway,
>> all right. Uh, is there a motion for the

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non-public and public meeting minutes of
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» Do not do August 13th. So, can I'll just
explain really quick. Um, your August

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13th meeting video did not have any
sound. I made a mistake. So, I have to

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recreate it from scratch. I just haven't
been able to finish it. So, I will have

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August 13th at the next meeting.
>> So, we want to approve the

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» just the 20th.
>> Just the 20th. All right.

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» Public the non-public and public meeting
minutes for August 20th, 2026.

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» Sorry,

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» I'm having technical difficulties. There
you go. Go ahead.

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» Okay. I make a motion to approve the
non-public and public meeting minutes

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for August 20th, 2026. And do I want to
do the ceiling of uh

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second? Um is there a second?
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» Second by Scott. Uh any questions or
comments on those minutes? Hearing none.

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All those in favor, please say I.
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seal the non-public meeting that it's
August 20th, 2026

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uh because determined the developments
of this information likely would affect

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adversely the reputation of any person
other than a member of this board.

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» Is there a second?
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» Second by Scott.
>> All those in favor?

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» I those opposed extensions equals zero.
Can I make a motion to uh approve the

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consent agenda for 9326?
>> You have to read it.

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» I know. Yeah, I got it. So, uh uh for
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82526 accounts payable AC payment
manifest 82726 accounts payable payment

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manifest 8.2726 2726 accounts payable
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uh 9326 accounts payable AC payment
manifest 9326

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accounts payable special payment
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payroll payment manifest dated 82726
removal of veterans credit from map lot

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116-089
as it no longer qualifies removal of

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veterans credit from map lot 221-003
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» second. Second by Scott. Uh any
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item? Anyone wants to take off the
consent agenda?

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» All right. All those in favor please say
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» I.
>> I. Those opposed. Extensions. Four zero.

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» Thank you.

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» Oops.
>> I put it in front of you Sean too.

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Close the window.
>> Water and sewer update. Jeff,

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» I got you on camera a couple times.
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» do you?
>> Yeah. I had that camera set up for the

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conservation commission down that uh
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» Storm center by the culvert.
>> Oh, yeah.

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» Yeah.
>> Yeah. Open say water.

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I've got I've got you and your guy and
I've got a a bear, a fox, and a bobcat.

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» Oh, nice.
>> Yeah, I'd like to check that out.

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» That's funny. When I looked at the
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» it's on the Conservation Commission um
>> website Facebook page. I'm going to work

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with Kate on all that stuff on the
>> There was an animal that crossed into a

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transfer station one night, too, but I
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short, but
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daddy long legs right on right on the
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going up the tree.
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inside the storm center building and
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time. It was an emergency. We were down
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building for a while where I stood
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to make the dash to my truck or not.
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» What do we All right. What do we got
tonight? Um, we have a couple things,

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but the um I don't know if you want to
start with your updates first.

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» If you want to get the
>> Which one do you want me to do?

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» Um, probably the amendment to the
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» Okay, that's in um Yep. I'll pull it up
on the screen too. Um, so under number

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six is an engineering agreement
amendment. There are two documents

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there. One is the document that um as I
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want to look at it that way? Um I bullet
bulleted is not the right language. Um I

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set some um requested action reasons for
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financial impact is, um where the money
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motion is all on the first document. The
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it is is a breakdown actually from
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the adjustment is going to be need made
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keep going Jeff?
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the additional work that's required of
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that was taken for the uh because they
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had to do open cut. Um and then they
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engineer uh residential I call it
resident engineer

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project manager.
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the breakdown um where they are asking
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extended time to of the completion of
the project and this is for Underwood

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Engineering. This is not for the
contractor or their work. Underwood has

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done an extensive amount of extra work
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USDA funding. We have the we will have
the USDA funding but they but even

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though that funding hasn't kicked in
they have to follow Baba and time worked

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and they have to supply all of these
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» CDBG funding. So there is an extensive
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they have done but but because the
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for an adjustment to construction
administration and resident pro project

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representation. It totals $40,950.
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» to come from the sewer capital reserve
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an addition to what we did before?
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before was the project that was
sergeants cost for the project. So that

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amount of money would be coming from the
contingency split. I think it was almost

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a split not fully but half of part of
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the other part is coming from the sewer
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one more tonight that we I have um which
we might as well talk about right now.

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» The asbestous removal. No, we um the so
when going back I realized going back to

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the beginning of this project the
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right in front of me and I'm sorry but
the project was roughly 2.9 million but

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we knew $40,500
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project. We and we agreed to move
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where that money was coming from. So I
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and I have talked about it as well. So
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950. We have to decide where that
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the the amend the engineering amendment.
If we approve that one and then two

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where is that funding coming from? The
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was approved previously. We just have to
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from. So,
and I didn't I didn't want to miss this.

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So,
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ahead.
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thing at a time.
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» Well, he's giving me the look.
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» try to be good.
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$40,950
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and for them the construction oversight
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» So it's already done, right?
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that we did that meeting where we kind
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changes to go from the board to the
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» This is technically a second chain a
second change order that will be over

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the contracted amount. So we have to
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is justified 40 40,950
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have to approve the change order and if
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where the money's coming from
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» so I'm guessing if you want this project
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» the engineering firm is you know we do a
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ones had our back
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» on that and fought for us for, you know,
a reasonable contract,

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» a reasonable result uh on the on the
other projects. So,

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» what's the balance on the capital
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» It's over a million.
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number. We're waiting for a transfer to
finalize um from the check from the

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checking, but I think it is over a
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» Is that your suggestion, Jeff?
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Yeah. Just keep the project moving
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taxpayers. We set the money aside for
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» are they on track to finish before
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» November 30th. Yeah. Yeah.
>> What does the contract look like?

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» The the engineering contract is it's
that before you. So, the the

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» the T's there's no T's and C's with the
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So there and I did talk to the town's
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» so it's time and material basically job.
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» Yes. Because they their contract is
broken down by So there were six

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categories in their contract.
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» Six or seven categories and I think
they're the ones that are there. So when

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we get So each bill had a specific
amount of money. So, construction

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administration, we agreed to $190,000

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» um on our contract. So,
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the same page with everybody, okay? I'm
not saying that we should not try to

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make sure we fund appropriately because
they clearly have done extra stuff. What

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I'm trying to verify is the original
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them. How are we with that? And then
have they notified us in the time frames

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defined by the contract to make sure
that everybody's behaving appropriately?

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That's that's when we when we get into
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the last time when we were talking about
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about well this one left and this one
did this and this one did that and it

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was more just trying to like tie off,
okay, what does the contract say they're

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responsible for for us? That's that's
what's coming down. So, what the

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contract says they're responsible for
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So, that's what they're responsible for,
but um there is no time limit on when

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they can put in a change order.
>> More the time limits when we were

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talking last time was did they notify us
before they stopped doing work

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» and did they notify us that Yeah,
>> these guys are still working. They're

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they I guess what I'm getting at is so
they're adding $21,100 to construction

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administration for $190,000.
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number. So how why is construction
administration going up? Like what was

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the thing that
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We're not getting done till November.
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overseeing what they thought they were
going to be overseeing as directional

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drilling and now they're overseeing a
whole

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» horizontal day. That's part of it.
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» And we're extended the whole project.
We've extended the project twice. So

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we've extended it from
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» I'm not saying it's bad if not three.
>> I'm trying to tie off between

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» we originally said the project was this
and then and I mean bottom line they're

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not the ones running the shovel,
>> right? like they're overseeing it. So I

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just want to make sure that it's
>> so just um also just to give you the

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number the number for sewer capital
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will be just over a million.

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» What is what's resident project
representative for 20 grand?

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» We have to have somebody on site because
of the horizontal cut now. Not not the

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horizontal drill the cut the open cut.
Sorry.

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» Well, they're documenting all the work,
making sure that the contractor is doing

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as okay specified. So,

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» they do a daily report, fill out all the
information, pull ties and whatnot.

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» Oh, okay.
>> Quite a bit that they're doing on site.

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» So, those are really the two things that
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November and we have to have somebody we
don't they have to have somebody on site

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just making sure everything's done
appropriately. Um, I'll make a motion

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that we approve $40,950.
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» uh,
>> it's on the bottom.

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» Oh, the first the first sheet.

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» The, um, engineering agreement.
I look at the amendments.

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» There's two that say amendment. I should
have clarified that.

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And then it says um amendment
>> approve the amendment of the engineering

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agreement in the amount of 40,950
authorizing the use of the sewer capital

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reserve to fund and authorize the town
administrator to execute any necessary

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documents related to the project update.
>> I'll second that.

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» Okay. Motion by John, second by Scott.
Any comments or further questions?

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» All those in favor please say I.
>> I. I. Those opposed extensions 4 zero.

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» Do you just want to keep going in order,
Sean?

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» Okay.
>> We actually um we brought this to you um

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to approve the purchase order. It is
within the my authority, but we thought

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it would be good to make sure the board
understood it.

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Those are the two there.
>> Did you need me to sign this as well?

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» No. No. You just have to tell them about
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» Yeah. This is uh asbestous removal.
glass vessels was found on that property

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uh when we started uh looking started
planning on tearing that building down.

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Um that was uh that would have been a
change order to do the the

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asbestos removal. We got some local
pricing to get an idea what that's going

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to cost us. That price came in just shy
of 7 grand. Uh 6,500 actually. Um

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» um 7B and 7 C are the two quotes um that
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look at them, one is from always re and
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» Yeah, I think it's uh sergeants uh
>> Sergeant recommended them which demo

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group.
>> I think they were around 14 was it?

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» Yep. 14,000. So
>> yeah.

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» And then there's a purchase order number
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become part of the project?
>> Um it was unknown if it was going to

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actually be in there until the project
started taking place and then we did the

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we paid for the asbestous testing of the
site asbestous and lead paint and

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whatnot. I think it was $1,500 back when
it first started. And then uh

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they once they determined how much they
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uh we move forward with getting pricing.

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I think initially they could have
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but now that that that's depleted,
I think it's a way for us to we would

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have to pay for it one way or the other.
If we went through, Sergeant, it would

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be probably around that 14,000.
We just pay it out of pocket directly.

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» Okay.
>> Save us some save us some money.

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So, we just want to make sure you um
that you knew. Um I can prove this. It's

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within my the authority if you're okay
with it, but we wanted to make sure um

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that you knew. Um I've also started a
document that tracks any costs outside

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of the project that we're paying for. It
has everything in it. Legal document

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fees for the ban. Um this would be
trapped in it as well. So, I know

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exactly what we spent on the whole
project when we're done,

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» including interest.
>> Um, I did not. Thank you, John.

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» Just surprising.
>> Jesus Christ.

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» Consensus on
>> I'll fix that.

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» Signing that.
>> Yeah. Yeah.

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» And and the other 40,000 we make sure we
do that.

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» So, we have that's next. Okay.
>> Um add interest.

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So the again, this one is kind of an
after the fact. It just is something we

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realized that we never voted where that
money was coming from. We just said,

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"Yeah, go ahead with the project." So it
was $40,500.

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Um, and actually, um, here I might be
able to share my screen.

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If you if you if you're connecting back
to the Zoom, just don't connect the

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audio.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

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» All right. So, this if it show gives you
a rough idea where the funding was

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coming from. So, you can see that I'm
not making up the number totally. Um but

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the original so this is the 40,000 that
was approved. It's coming from um

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engineering.
>> That was that's not included in the

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first one that you voted. So um but this
is the what we were supposed to pay for

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but it's not budgeted anywhere. It's
over and above. So

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» and the thought is that two could come
from the capital reserve.

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» Capital reserve. So you could use the
same motion that you just made but tweak

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it a little. um if you're okay with
that. I didn't get to prepare your

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document for that.
>> That's fine.

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» And then this is the we're keeping track
of where the right now this is

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everything we've been spending on this
side. And then um the funding that we're

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getting. So and also so that you know
that we are pulling from the ban um as

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needed. Right now we've gotten funding
that equals what we've spent on the

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project. Um, so it's good news. We are
keeping back up on it, but we only have

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about 600,000 left of the ban. Um, so
but we're winding down. So

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» Okay. All right. Uh, I'll make a motion
that we uh approve the engineering fees

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uh the engineering agreement in the
amount of $40,500

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authorizing the use of the sewer capital
reserve to fund and authorize the town

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administrator to execute any necessary
documents related to this up this

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project update.
Second.

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» Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any
further discussion?

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All those in favor, please say I. I.
>> I. Those opposed. Abstensions 40 zero.

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» So you just um made me think of
something too. Kristen and Sean

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something for us.
>> You know when we have that we have this

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ban.
>> Mhm.

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» We've got we've had various tans and
whatnot. One of the things that we may

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want to make sure we know about when we
do the budget like that budget day,

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» right?
>> Overall debt to income. Well, the

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overall debt to income ratio too, like
how

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» how we line up against all because we
still have debt for public safety

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building. We still have debt for other
things like

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» So, um, debt is regulated by the DRA. We
we're only I'll get you that

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information, but we have a certain
percent that we're not allowed to go

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over.
>> I'm curious like where are we at? Yeah.

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In relation to that,
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have now that we're values are where
they're at. Our debt is much higher that

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we're allowed to have. We aren't near
there though. But I will because I think

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it was a year or so ago we said we were
getting close. That's why

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» we were till we did the reval. But that
changes things.

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» Not that I would to go into more debt.
>> I was going to say yeah. So for

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everyone's knowledge, Christina wants us
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» I do not want to.
>> Everybody knows

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» I want to finish the projects we have.
>> So Jeff is actually here for um also to

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give you water sewer update. Do you but
before do you want to talk to them about

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the Pleasant Street tank?
>> Um I have that on my list. just touch a

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little bit on
>> um so I'll start off with the um little

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bit of an update on the project. Um
couple weeks ago we did the bypass. They

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did the bypass pump and tie on tie in.
And what that did is it uh tied in down

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on uh Central Street Marramac Street
intersection and tied back in at the top

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of Marramac Street. And we're utilizing
uh HDP pipe to get around all the

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construction that's taking place. As
they do the open cut, they're ripping

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out the existing uh force mane and
replacing it with the new. Um, they've

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encountered a pretty goodized boulder.
Uh, I sent that picture along.

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» Oh, do you want me to It's in the Yeah,
you might have seen it in the but is

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probably about a third the size of their
excavator it looked like.

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» It's pretty.
>> Yeah, they actually had to dig a hole

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beside it and push it in because it was
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» is that what they're scoop?
>> What's that?

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» Is that the one you sent us?
>> I think so. Yeah. Yeah.

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» Um,
>> but uh yeah, they're up in front of the

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first house almost at Spring Street
right now. Um, they uh we did close down

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the road uh Wednesday and uh they
encountered ledge as soon as they got on

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Central Street. So now they're bringing
in a a whole ram next week. So we had to

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reschedu that uh road closure.
>> It's at the very end. Um, we'll fill in

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the details to the public
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» Oh, that's a goodie.
>> That was a good size one. So,

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» all right.
>> But I think they're averaging only about

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80 ft a day, and they're hoping to speed
that up a bit. They're they're working

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in some tight areas where between the
existing gravity feed, ripping out the

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force main, uh, the highways, storm
water,

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» um, is laid right there as well.
and passing some of those old brick

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structures that are catch basins.
They're just taking their time. So,

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we touched a little bit.
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that we're replacing,
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not connected to all the houses.
>> Correct. It's just Yeah, just no

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laterals coming off it. But they have
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passed. Well,
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they're making those repairs as they go
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» Okay.
>> Uh trying to avoid them. Uh they did hit

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the gravity feed sewer
>> and they didn't uh they plan on not

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hitting that again. We'll see how that
goes.

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» Really is nothing worse than hitting the
water stuff.

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» Yeah.
>> Well, sewer is worse.

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Like I say, this uh of course this is
pushing the whole project out to the end

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of November now. So, but that would the
end of November that uh old pump station

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will be torn down by then. Um and the
foundation will be uh buried what's left

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of that. So,
um,

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sorry, I meant to print this out, but my
printer wasn't working, so it's on my

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phone. Uh,

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all the guys, they've been working down
the treatment plant. Our buildings

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needed painting, so they've been
pressure washing, scraping, and getting

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ready to to paint those buildings.
Couple of doors needed to replacing, so

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they're working on that. just just
grounds maintenance or building

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maintenance. Um
there's some paving that we're going to

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be working with the highway. They're
doing forth Brookbrook Road. Um

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initially, um Victor felt that the
manels didn't need to be addressed

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because they were just going to grind
the pavement down. Sounds like he's

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going to have a talk with them on
Tuesday because they're talking about

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taking the frames and covers right out
and grinding the road and then going

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back and adjusting those. So he'll be
talking to them on Tuesday to find out

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what we need to do or if they're going
to take care of that themselves. So but

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along with paving we have a lot of
patches that we need to do addressing

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some of the manholes like on Hillside
Avenue is plow catches some manholes. So

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we're going to be uh working with them
um kind of feathering them out so that

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doesn't happen.
Uh we're currently uh scheduling out our

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backflow testing um throughout town with
backflow devices. Our guys are trained

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to test those. Uh so that's what they're
doing.

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Uh we're scheduled uh seasonals uh for
the middle of October hydrant flushing.

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Uh so this is taking place over the next
month and two month or two. So

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we had our last tour. We had a few of
the residents come. It was pretty

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successful.
We had a little guy, a little

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six-year-old came and he was pretty
impressed. his dad. I saw his dad. His

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dad said he's home with a lab coat on
and mixing stuff.

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So, he's filling out an application. So,
>> yeah. Good. Tell me I'll have a spot in

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uh
>> Yeah.

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» Yeah. in 12 years.
>> Yeah. Um

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we uh had to
expedite our valve service. Normally we

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have valve service done at our booster
station um in November, but this year we

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started having some problems just like
the past week or two. Uh so I'm having

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that guy come in sooner um and address
that. So we got called out there on a

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Sunday to leak. So
uh had to do a repair to the back piston

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for the thumb. Um we have a leak in
hydraulic tank. We have to get that

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repaired. We looked into a replacement
of that tank and it's $6,500 for a tank

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for that backo. So, I think we can make
the repair a lot cheaper.

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» Not that I want to volunteer them, but
do you ever talk to

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Victor about his you his um guy who does
mechanic work for him?

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» Yeah, we've utilized him to the the
welder guy. Yeah. No, no, no. They're in

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house person.
>> Oh, Jonathan.

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» Yeah.
>> Not that he could spare him right now

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with the short short crew, but it might
be something to think about.

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» Yeah, our guys are pretty good, too. I
got Jesse. That's what he came to. Yeah,

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he's a me was a mechanic.
>> Um,

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let's see. Oh, the utility truck's been
down for about two weeks now. vacuum

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pump, uh, booster pump for the brakes
and power steering failed. Um, it's over

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at Auto Trends. The order of part, uh,
they received a damaged one. Uh, they're

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expecting to get it tomorrow. Uh, this
truck is a 2017.

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It's scheduled to be replaced in next
year's budget. Uh, I just got a placeho

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holder right now of about 85,000. I know
I can get a truck a lot cheaper than

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that, but I just to start out with on
the budget because this is a utility

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body truck. So, four-wheel drive and a
diesel at that. So,

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and the oil spill down there. We're
waiting to hear back from the customer

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that's responsible for the cleanup. If
we do not hear from him, I think in the

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next I think we got one more week that
we gave him till we will do the clean up

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ourselves or or pay for it and then just
put it on to his bill.

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» I'll check the Yeah, I think it's one
more week though for the deadline. Y

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» and then uh there was the propane uh
that Christina mentioned down to

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Pleasant Street pump station. That's we
have a backup generator down there. It's

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only got about 20% left in the tank. Um,
so that's causing an issue with the

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generator running. This tank was
supposed to be topped off, but it it

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didn't pass uh a test. They have a anode
bags uh that kind of it's a sacrificial

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bag that takes the corrosion away from
the tank that has failed. They did a

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00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:08,880
couple of tests. So, they feel as though
that tank needs to be dug up and

417
00:32:05,679 --> 00:32:12,559
replaced. Dead River uh has taken
ownership of the tank and will replace

418
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:17,679
the tank. However, we're responsible for
esavation. It's a thousandgalon tank

419
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:24,559
that's in the ground. Um my concern when
I spoke initially with them is there's a

420
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:27,600
$500 450 annual fee for that tank. Um so
my thought was that we would buy the

421
00:32:26,159 --> 00:32:32,320
tank. That's what we've done with the
other uh projects that we have. We

422
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:37,120
purchase the tanks and then we don't
have a tank rental and reduce cost for

423
00:32:34,559 --> 00:32:40,720
the propane itself. But talking with
Bill Carquette, he said they wave the

424
00:32:39,279 --> 00:32:43,600
the rental fee. So
>> nice.

425
00:32:41,519 --> 00:32:47,279
» Um it would be worth probably just
having them stick the tank back in.

426
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:51,200
» But in the future when the town does go
out to propane bid is that's one of the

427
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:55,279
things that they should consider is, you
know, are they willing to wave the

428
00:32:52,559 --> 00:32:58,399
rental fee to keep that cost down.
>> Yeah.

429
00:32:56,799 --> 00:33:02,960
» We did think it might be a bigger
conversation that we probably need to

430
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:05,440
have too because we own some tanks. We
don't own some tanks. Um

431
00:33:05,039 --> 00:33:10,159
» yeah,
>> we're finding in um with Central Street,

432
00:33:07,919 --> 00:33:16,000
they contracted with Suburban. That's
not part of our the company we have in

433
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:18,880
our we have a we haven't gone out to RP
yet, but it's not the one we've been

434
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:21,760
contracted with.
>> So, we're just we can get a bigger

435
00:33:21,039 --> 00:33:25,039
discussion.
>> I think Sergeant may have been talking

436
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:29,039
with Dead River 2 today because that's
where Bill called from. Yep.

437
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:33,200
» He was at Central Street. So, I think
they're trying to work out something,

438
00:33:30,159 --> 00:33:36,159
but it it would be nice just to I'm
trying to keep a handle on what we own

439
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:41,279
and what we don't
>> cuz we did ask them to we said that

440
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:44,480
Suburban wasn't our normal provider and
at the time they thought they were

441
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:48,320
checking to see if they could
potentially change their contract

442
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:51,279
because we wanted to stay with our
current provider. They're filling all of

443
00:33:50,399 --> 00:33:56,399
our tanks.
>> Yeah, they did say if I was to purchase

444
00:33:53,840 --> 00:34:01,279
the tank, it was $5,000 for the tank,
too. But uh it does have me thinking too

445
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:06,000
the waist one at the wastewater plants
uh that was installed in 1969 a thousand

446
00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:09,599
tank right now it's at 70% and they
continue to fill it as needed but it's

447
00:34:07,919 --> 00:34:15,200
only running the generator so it was
over a year ago when it was last filled

448
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:19,599
so but that uh the one at Pleasant
Street was installed in 1998 so I don't

449
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:24,960
know you know there's no guarantees of
how long these tanks last so

450
00:34:22,639 --> 00:34:27,599
» well generally it's what it's the anode
bags that really Yeah, they're supposed

451
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:30,879
to.
>> Yeah.

452
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:34,800
» And that Yeah, that's what's happening
Pleasant Street obviously, but that has

453
00:34:32,720 --> 00:34:37,280
made it only 20 years.
>> Yeah,

454
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:44,320
» the bill of thought maybe is just the
soil conditions, the water, you know, so

455
00:34:40,399 --> 00:34:48,639
it is close to the road there.
Just something to keep in mind. Uh they

456
00:34:46,639 --> 00:34:52,879
they did agree that they would put 20%
in it and hopefully get us back so we

457
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:57,599
can at least operate that generator more
than 20 minutes. That's what happens. It

458
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:59,839
fails. 200 gallons. I think they said
they would be delivering today. Yep.

459
00:34:59,359 --> 00:35:04,079
» Yeah.
>> Okay.

460
00:35:02,240 --> 00:35:07,520
» And I think October 10th is when they
plan on

461
00:35:05,119 --> 00:35:10,720
» doing the tank replacement and we'll
we're trying to figure out which way

462
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:14,800
that path goes because I think it may go
underneath the existing pavement, but we

463
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:18,079
dug up the last one when they did
Central Street years ago. We can dig up

464
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:21,599
this one again. So,
>> okay.

465
00:35:19,119 --> 00:35:26,240
» I just checked the letter. His his time
is up. So, we'll move forward now with

466
00:35:23,839 --> 00:35:28,400
the upper ditch and we will do what we
It's

467
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:32,000
» Oh, it has. Okay. Yeah.
>> Yep.

468
00:35:29,599 --> 00:35:36,079
» What was going on at School Street
yesterday?

469
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:40,160
» Oh, uh that that was a customer's leak.
128 School Street leak. Uh it got worse.

470
00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:45,359
We actually had to shut it off which
kind of uh forced the guy to have to get

471
00:35:43,359 --> 00:35:49,359
somebody out there. And the piece of
equipment that they used was a VAT

472
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:53,040
truck. It was a hydro
>> excavation. Yeah. It's a pretty neat way

473
00:35:52,079 --> 00:35:56,800
to do it.
>> Um, there was a sewer line right in the

474
00:35:55,200 --> 00:36:02,720
way and they were able to they take a
basically a pressure washer, loosen the

475
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:06,720
ground and vacuum vacuum out.
>> It's nice cuz this guy's right down the

476
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:09,040
road. He lives right next Oh, his
business is right next to the Smith

477
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:12,640
River.
>> Yeah.

478
00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:17,599
» Um, and we could utilize him in the
future on something. could

479
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:20,240
» I actually thought of maybe the propane
tank get a price from him to see what it

480
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:23,520
would
>> Yeah.

481
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:29,960
» take just might be a cleaner way to do
that. So,

482
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,960
» all right.

483
00:36:33,119 --> 00:36:39,760
» I hit a button on the keyboard and it
turned the volume on. Sorry.

484
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:43,359
» All right. Any other questions for
>> Thank you, Jeff.

485
00:36:41,359 --> 00:36:46,359
» Thank you guys.
JR's

486
00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:50,359
like I'm out.

487
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:56,480
» It's easy when you have a million
dollars to

488
00:36:55,839 --> 00:36:58,880
» well
>> to cover that.

489
00:36:57,599 --> 00:37:02,320
» It does make it a little bit
>> makes it a little easier to

490
00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:07,119
» little straightforward.
>> Yeah.

491
00:37:04,079 --> 00:37:11,359
» Come on up, Chief.
in the

492
00:37:09,839 --> 00:37:18,240
» um
>> and nothing

493
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:22,599
in your folders. Um there is a memo from
uh chief under number nine.

494
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:30,000
If I can, I'd love to get to that last.
>> Okay.

495
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:34,640
» Okay.
>> Just because I think it'll it'll be a

496
00:37:32,079 --> 00:37:38,240
little longer conversation maybe.
Um,

497
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:45,520
so I guess I just start with the update
that um, you know, we're kind of due for

498
00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:50,880
after seeing you guys in May. Um, hit a
couple of things. So, we're at full

499
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:54,320
staff. You know, I mean, not to toot our
horns, but, you know, it's always a nice

500
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:59,200
thing to hear from the department where
they're at, but we are at full staff.

501
00:37:56,720 --> 00:38:03,760
Um, pretty much all those new hires are
are at the end or technically over the

502
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:08,480
end of their probationary period. We
just need to get reviews finalized and

503
00:38:06,079 --> 00:38:13,920
probably next meeting you'll have uh
three of the four of those. The fourth

504
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:20,800
one was hired late in December and is in
his EM is AMT class now uh which would

505
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:25,839
be the LA one of the last requirements
on his probation. So, um, his may be

506
00:38:23,839 --> 00:38:29,440
extended just because that class kind of
ends at the end of his probation and

507
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:34,079
he'll need to test and all that stuff,
but, um, that class is being held at the

508
00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:39,520
public safety building. We worked with
Becker training, uh, last year to run an

509
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:43,599
EMT class in the fall, which was super
successful, put a lot of people in the

510
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:49,040
area through. Um, and the same thing
this year. I mean, there's people from

511
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:52,640
all over the place coming to it. Um, but
another good number from the area, from

512
00:38:51,119 --> 00:38:59,200
our department and surrounding
department. So, that's exciting. Um,

513
00:38:57,359 --> 00:39:04,960
I say we're at full staff. We're at full
staff career-wise. Our PDM cadre is is

514
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:08,079
pretty good. Um, we still miss a
Saturday or a Sunday coverage period

515
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:14,960
here and there just based on
availability. Um, a few more people may

516
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:20,160
join into that uh pretty soon.
call company numbers are are still kind

517
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:25,520
of an issue. You know, we're even at the
staffing level of three and basically

518
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:29,200
five of us around during the daytime.
Um, and some of the good stuff we've

519
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:33,920
been able to do because of that, you
still need a a good active call company.

520
00:39:31,599 --> 00:39:37,520
Um, and our our call company, what we
have left is is good and solid and have

521
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:42,880
been around for a while and and know
what uh what is going on.

522
00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:48,079
What's kind of exciting is uh it's been
a lot of travel and time away, but um

523
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:53,200
I've been to a number of conferences
really this year. Um kind of partly in

524
00:39:51,359 --> 00:39:57,359
that position as the president of the
fire chief's association was at least

525
00:39:55,040 --> 00:40:01,200
helped pay for some of it. Um but the
New England division of IFC has a

526
00:39:59,359 --> 00:40:07,680
recruitment and retention safer grant
right now. It's just over $3.3 million.

527
00:40:05,119 --> 00:40:14,320
Um, a big chunk of that is the ability
for basically almost every department in

528
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:19,359
the New England area to take um and
bring on up to five, provided the

529
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:25,119
funding stays, up to five new caller
volunteer responders. They reimburse

530
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:31,359
$400 of a physical. They reimburse
$4,100 worth of gear. Uh, they'll

531
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:37,680
reimburse, I think it's like 2500 or
something like that toward those initial

532
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:40,480
trainings. fire one, fire two, EMT. Um,
we're just going to have people to take

533
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:43,760
advantage of it. So, yes, it would
still, you know, if we could bring on,

534
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:47,680
you know, two or three people and take
advantage of that or just one person

535
00:40:45,359 --> 00:40:54,960
take advantage of that grant, it would
still cost us, we'll call it 2500 or

536
00:40:50,720 --> 00:41:01,520
$3,000, but offset by, you know, 7
$8,000 worth of grant funds, which would

537
00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:08,800
be great. Um, the IAFF has a marketing
campaign supposedly designed toward uh

538
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:13,200
the generation Z crowd um called the
hustle worth having. There's not a lot

539
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:17,200
of money per se, but it's marketing
material that you can have access to and

540
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:20,720
get banners and postcards and some
social media marketing out there. So,

541
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:24,400
now that I've kind of gone through that
conference cycle and we're starting to

542
00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:27,440
put some plans together, we'll at least
start pushing it out there and if we can

543
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:31,599
capture some people, that'd be
fantastic.

544
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:36,319
Um,
so we're uh I think I said we're a

545
00:41:34,079 --> 00:41:40,960
little behind during the last update,
just statistically a few percent behind.

546
00:41:38,720 --> 00:41:45,839
Um, we're probably still a few behind,
but we just went over a thousand calls

547
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:49,920
and did a couple more today. So, um,
that keeps us back on track for our what

548
00:41:48,079 --> 00:41:56,560
we've seen the last couple years around
1500 calls for the year. Um,

549
00:41:53,680 --> 00:42:00,400
some of the recent incidents, uh, you
know, I'm obviously as the fire chief,

550
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:05,839
I'm super proud of how they've gone.
We've had a number of fires in the area,

551
00:42:02,319 --> 00:42:11,280
both outside and structural fires. Um,
obviously the the big one was the Manor

552
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:18,000
Estates one. Um,
and that was a crazy amount of fire uh

553
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:21,599
in a five six five
>> five unit

554
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:27,119
» five unit, right? Townhouse style condo.
Um, and while there was some fire damage

555
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:31,599
to one of the adjoining units and some
water damage to the other adjoining

556
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:37,920
unit, we've basically kept it to the to
the uh unit of origin, which is

557
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:42,800
» really at the end of the day almost
unheard of in the fire service. It's a

558
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:46,640
nonprotected building. Uh, a number of
of residents and past residents will

559
00:42:45,119 --> 00:42:51,440
claim that there are firewalls. there
are not firewalls uh separating those uh

560
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:54,640
occupancies.
Um wow.

561
00:42:52,560 --> 00:43:00,160
» So, you know, certainly that crew that
day and and Deputy Doll taking command

562
00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:04,400
initially cuz I was in vacation mode and
out of town and then was back off of

563
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:08,960
vacation mode and back here for it. But,
um they did a fantastic job. Uh and it

564
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:13,520
really just comes down to right having
the staffing, having the training, and

565
00:43:11,359 --> 00:43:15,920
having that mindset of, you know, we're
going to get there with a quick

566
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:22,560
response. we're going to aggressively
attack this fire. Um and and then just

567
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:26,319
the ton of training that they do. So, uh
very proud of them and the mutual aid

568
00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:31,680
partners. We had a great turnout for
mutual aid. Um which we really rely on,

569
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:34,720
right? Cuz not only for manpower and for
other pieces of equipment. We've only

570
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:40,319
got so many fire trucks at the end of
the day. Um but we needed another

571
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:44,319
ladder. Ashlin's ladder came down um and
assisted with that.

572
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:48,800
It's in the hydrant district, which is
great. But if you want to get water on

573
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:52,319
the fire fast, somebody coming in behind
you, which is usually a mutual aid

574
00:43:50,319 --> 00:43:56,319
partner, needs to get that water supply
established. And and uh it happened

575
00:43:54,400 --> 00:44:00,560
relatively quickly. Some stuff we
reviewed, but for the most part it was

576
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:03,839
fine. Um because those partners, New
Hampton, New Hampton has some hydrants,

577
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:06,880
but New Hampton, Alexandria,
Bridgewwater, companies like that, they

578
00:44:05,119 --> 00:44:10,319
don't have hydrants, but they train with
us all the time or they work with us all

579
00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:16,240
the time and and we can trust them to
get that done. So, um, that was a big

580
00:44:13,359 --> 00:44:22,240
one. Uh, obviously very visible, but it
was it was a big stop and a and a good

581
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:26,560
job for the department. Um, I also want
to point out with some of those uh

582
00:44:24,319 --> 00:44:32,160
events and and kind of thank the board
for when we replaced car one last year,

583
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:36,960
it allowed us to keep the old car one,
make it car 3. We haven't labeled it

584
00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:40,720
yet, but um to make it car 3. So, it
gives I apologize. I meant to start

585
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:46,240
here. For those of you who don't know,
this is Deputy Chief Aaron Heath.

586
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:51,280
He's been around a while, but he I keep
him in an office and don't let him out

587
00:44:47,839 --> 00:44:55,040
very often. So, um, but he's here one to
kind of get a feel for this, but two, as

588
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:58,800
we talk about engine two, we let headed
up that truck committee. So, um, even

589
00:44:57,599 --> 00:45:03,520
though I don't think we'll get too in
the weeds on that tonight, hopefully he

590
00:45:01,119 --> 00:45:09,520
can, you know, answer questions or tell
me that I'm wrong. So

591
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:12,480
up until that point, Aaron in his role
as a deputy doing a lot of fire

592
00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:16,800
prevention work, attending a lot of
meetings, um would use the utility

593
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:20,880
truck. And one of the big things that I
wanted to be able to do when we went to

594
00:45:18,319 --> 00:45:25,920
that staffing of three is to use the
utility truck, which is a smaller

595
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:29,440
vehicle, more normal for people to drive
as, you know, to chase, right? Hey, we

596
00:45:28,079 --> 00:45:34,400
need an extra set of hands versus
sending an engine like a lot of bigger

597
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:40,319
cities do or other towns do cuz it's
crazy to put a million dollar 40 50

598
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:45,200
60,000lb vehicle on the road just to go
give a hand when we have a pickup truck

599
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:49,920
that can do the same thing. Um, but when
Aaron's using the pickup truck most

600
00:45:47,599 --> 00:45:53,760
every hour of every day, it doesn't
afford to. So, you're chasing the

601
00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:58,000
ambulance or the rescue or whatever. So,
it gives him a vehicle to use routinely

602
00:45:55,760 --> 00:46:02,400
during the day. gives his gears there,
whatever. What else we've been able to

603
00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:06,640
do is like, you know, especially April
vacation, not that Aaron doesn't have

604
00:46:03,839 --> 00:46:10,240
kids, he doesn't go on vacation. Uh
myself, Deputy Dollar are usually

605
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:15,040
somewhere out of state during April
vacation. So, April vacation, he could

606
00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:18,640
take that car home, quickly respond
back. We had like two brush fire

607
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:22,640
incidents during that week, you know, in
the weekend and overnight period. That

608
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:28,560
was basically like having me still
around or or Doof in town dealing with

609
00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:33,119
it. Uh we did the same thing um when I
went to Alaska at the end of July and

610
00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:36,720
then this month most of the month on and
off he's had it uh kind of going back

611
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:41,520
and forth and deal with meetings and
call backs. Same thing we had the the

612
00:46:39,359 --> 00:46:46,480
fire on Roundtop was in that time
period. Aaron was able to quickly get

613
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:51,520
back. Um, so we're super appreciative
that we still have that and uh we'll

614
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:56,560
continue to kind of work it that way and
working toward ultimately kind of where

615
00:46:53,680 --> 00:47:00,240
everybody um where most other
departments are at and that you know

616
00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:05,119
eventually that becomes a more normal
take-home vehicle for those for those

617
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:10,480
period times. But triing it has worked
out exactly like we expected it to. Um

618
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:15,599
so more to talk about that at some
point. But

619
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:18,640
that's car 3. Budget prep. Obviously,
we're going to hit budget in another

620
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:23,040
month, but that's kind of a big one
right now with um

621
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:27,520
everybody's kind of on the schedule.
Aaron's got project areas or budget

622
00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:31,280
lines that he manages. Every officer
pretty much has a budget line or project

623
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:35,760
area and then some of the firefighters
as well. So, those meetings are

624
00:47:33,359 --> 00:47:40,560
scheduled for like the next week or two.
Um I think the early look we're in

625
00:47:38,079 --> 00:47:45,680
pretty good shape. Obviously, you know,
we presented it last year, right? That

626
00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:49,280
our budget, it's 80 plus% personnel. Not
a lot you can do about it. Out of that

627
00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:53,119
20%
uh that's left over, about half of it,

628
00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:58,880
there's really nothing we can do. It's
EMS billing. It's uh the dispatch

629
00:47:56,240 --> 00:48:02,800
contract. There's some kind of required
and statutory maintenance in there that

630
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:07,280
got to have a contract. You got to have
those expenses. So, while 10% of our

631
00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:11,760
budget is a fair amount of money, it
really only leaves 10% to kind of from

632
00:48:09,680 --> 00:48:15,760
one year to the next get projects done.
And um we've been pretty effective, I

633
00:48:14,319 --> 00:48:20,160
think, the last couple years doing that
where that 10% doesn't see much of an

634
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:23,680
increase. We can say things like, you
know, last year, the year before, there

635
00:48:22,240 --> 00:48:27,599
was some money to upfit the new
ambulance. That's a project. We've

636
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:31,599
completed it. We don't need those funds
anymore, but now it's time to repair

637
00:48:29,359 --> 00:48:36,319
pagers or we need to, you know, it's a
big year where we do hydro testing, not

638
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:40,960
hydro testing, but uh yeah, hydro
testing on on all the air pack bottles

639
00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:45,440
um and move those funds around to use
it. We did it with training last year um

640
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:49,760
largely because of that training
contract. My hope this year is not only

641
00:48:47,839 --> 00:48:54,720
to keep it funded there, but it maybe
potentially even go a little bit higher.

642
00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:58,240
Um, I tell our crew and especially the
officers all the time, we really have

643
00:48:56,480 --> 00:49:01,280
three jobs. We need to respond to
emergencies. We need to make sure

644
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:04,960
equipment's ready to respond to
emergencies and people are ready to

645
00:49:02,960 --> 00:49:09,200
respond to emergencies.
And we respond to emergencies. And

646
00:49:07,599 --> 00:49:12,480
certainly the work we've done and and
what we'll talk about with engine 2 and

647
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:15,839
the upcoming ambulance purchase, we've
set ourselves up to have, you know, at

648
00:49:14,319 --> 00:49:21,119
least good equipment and then we
maintain it on a day-to-day basis. That

649
00:49:18,559 --> 00:49:25,839
training number has never really been a
good number for a long time, but

650
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:31,040
especially now with 11 full-time guys on
the floor, Aaron, myself, and the rest

651
00:49:29,119 --> 00:49:34,480
of the staff, it just needs to be a
bigger number to ensure that they're

652
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:39,119
getting what they need training wise.
Um, so we'll talk about that during the

653
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:45,760
budget stuff, but that's kind of a big
goal for me this year.

654
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:49,119
Uh, one of the projects, so I use budget
prep time. It's a good time of year,

655
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:52,160
right? You're in that last third. You're
in the home stretch to say, "What

656
00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:55,200
haven't we got done? What do we still
need to get done? And then maybe through

657
00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:59,280
budget constraints, what do we need to
hold off on?" So, that'll be the focus

658
00:49:57,680 --> 00:50:04,000
over the next two weeks, getting
everybody aligned for the rest of the

659
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:08,800
season. Um, one of those projects that
wasn't necessarily on the radar. It it

660
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:13,200
is, you know, in the plan in the next
year or two, we would replace the

661
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:17,440
hydraulic tools, but um there's some
really good uh trade in value stuff

662
00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:21,760
right now. We started that process.
Captain Marsh started that process over

663
00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:27,680
like the last month. Uh has gotten
vendor numbers, had all the vendors in

664
00:50:24,079 --> 00:50:31,200
for product demos. Um so probably in the
next month I'll be bringing that forward

665
00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:36,079
to at least look at and and see if we
want to move forward with it this year

666
00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:40,640
or not. Um I just I'll take a chance to
or a moment to say thank you as usual to

667
00:50:38,559 --> 00:50:44,160
Steam Gilpatrick and Gilpatrick Metal
Recycling.

668
00:50:42,240 --> 00:50:48,319
anytime we call and particularly during
these demos, we've got a bunch of cars

669
00:50:46,319 --> 00:50:52,480
up, which certainly isn't a big deal to
him, but we appreciate the space and the

670
00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:56,400
ability to just go up there. And there
was even some confusion on the last one.

671
00:50:54,480 --> 00:51:02,000
He said, "I just go down there. Don't
cut my torch truck. Cut whatever else

672
00:50:58,319 --> 00:51:06,480
you want effectively, you know." So, um,
we certainly appreciate their help. Uh,

673
00:51:04,079 --> 00:51:12,240
whether it's that or safe prom exercises
or other stuff we do at the station, uh,

674
00:51:08,960 --> 00:51:16,480
they're always awesome.
So, the only other stuff to get into is

675
00:51:14,720 --> 00:51:21,599
kind of where we're at on on the
ambulance and engine replacements. And I

676
00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:27,920
bring up the ambulance uh for kind of a
reason. So, the ambulance um we had

677
00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:32,000
gotten a number last year when we took
delivery of the truck. Hey, obviously

678
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:36,960
we've we're paying the price on 3 years
ago. Where are we at now? Uh that number

679
00:51:35,280 --> 00:51:41,119
has inflated a lot more than I
anticipated.

680
00:51:38,559 --> 00:51:44,400
That said, I asked Lieutenant O'Neal
when he started looking into the

681
00:51:42,559 --> 00:51:48,400
ambulance prices and and new
specifications,

682
00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:51,920
where are we at when it comes to
remounting, right? I've talked about it

683
00:51:49,920 --> 00:51:57,359
for years. I wanted to be there. The
only issue is that we have to remount

684
00:51:53,760 --> 00:52:02,400
that ambulance onto a van chassis.
We have two four-wheel drive trucks. If

685
00:52:00,079 --> 00:52:06,400
we buy a van and it's really cruddy
weather, we can very easily switch over

686
00:52:04,559 --> 00:52:12,240
and run one of those first due during
that period. we can easily run over and

687
00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:16,000
and switch it to first due for the four
to eight however long winter is at this

688
00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:24,079
point. Three months some winters it
seems like. But um so that price is

689
00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:28,640
about half of buying a new truck
ambulance. So that's going to make a ton

690
00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:35,599
of sense. Uh it's obviously going to
give us some wiggle room in that plan.

691
00:52:32,559 --> 00:52:40,000
um that down the road, like was talking
to Scott earlier about the replacement

692
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:44,640
numbers and projecting them. I feel
pretty good about them, but we're, you

693
00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:50,160
know, a couple years out from
potentially ordering the ladder. We're

694
00:52:46,319 --> 00:52:53,839
14 years out from from engine 4.
If there's a little bit more increase

695
00:52:51,599 --> 00:52:59,040
than we anticipate, now we know there's,
you know, probably 100 to 150 grand

696
00:52:56,960 --> 00:53:04,079
total that we've we've kind of saved
here and can be used down the road,

697
00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:09,119
which would be great. So, depending on
how some of this other discussion goes

698
00:53:05,680 --> 00:53:14,319
tonight, we'll probably won't be back
until about this time next year to

699
00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:18,400
approve the remount on the ambulance.
Obviously, we're taking one of the three

700
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:22,880
ambulances that we have. It goes out
pretty frequently. we use it for detail

701
00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:27,520
coverage. Um, and so we kind of have to
time when that goes out. So roughly that

702
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:32,640
October, November time frame. If it goes
out to, I think it's Missouri. Um,

703
00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:36,480
right now, we'll see where we end up,
but if it goes out to Missouri, it's

704
00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:42,240
there for up to 6 months, probably at
least 5 months. Now it's back in May. We

705
00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:47,920
get it back ahead of summer season, swim
with a mission detail, and then football

706
00:53:44,240 --> 00:53:51,760
details in the fall. So, um,
if the money's not quite right, we'll

707
00:53:49,599 --> 00:53:58,240
have to wait another year. At least
waiting another year on the ambulance at

708
00:53:54,319 --> 00:54:05,920
a 5% increase is $10,000 more as opposed
to waiting another year on the engine,

709
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:10,480
which is $50 to $70,000 more. Um, so
that's where the ambulance is at. Just

710
00:54:08,079 --> 00:54:12,640
kind of a it's coming, but not quite
yet.

711
00:54:11,359 --> 00:54:16,480
» What do you do with that? Do you drive
that out there or do you put it on a

712
00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:20,319
truck? Well, actually, now that I say
that, the company they were talking

713
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:27,079
about was Tennessee,
and I was thinking about driving it out

714
00:54:22,319 --> 00:54:27,079
and maybe lining up a water val.

715
00:54:28,319 --> 00:54:35,200
» Yeah.
>> Um, but yeah, we'll evaluate, you know,

716
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:39,599
is it is it uh which is more cost
effective, right? You know, depending on

717
00:54:38,079 --> 00:54:42,640
sometimes you look into shipping stuff
like that and it's surprisingly cheaper

718
00:54:41,359 --> 00:54:46,800
than you think it would be. And then
sometimes you're like, "Yeah, another

719
00:54:44,720 --> 00:54:49,599
$5,000 when
>> an airline ticket or two, you know."

720
00:54:49,119 --> 00:54:56,880
» Yeah.
>> And whatever. And some fuel. Um,

721
00:54:53,839 --> 00:55:03,920
so yeah, all that'll be ironed out. Then
engine two. So, engine 2 really for the

722
00:55:00,800 --> 00:55:08,480
past two years now or better part of two
years, deputy chief uh deputy Heath and

723
00:55:06,559 --> 00:55:13,599
and the group that he put together has
been looking at um the replacement of

724
00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:17,599
engine 2. That's we've been talking
about it for a while now. That's why we

725
00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:23,280
made a bunch of moves uh at town meeting
this year and uh and it's it's time to

726
00:55:20,880 --> 00:55:29,520
move forward with it. So,
we uh as a kind of reminder or or

727
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:34,880
education, engine 2 is our first due
truck. It's our primary attack piece. It

728
00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:42,240
has 50 some odd thousand miles on it now
at this point. Um after about 20 21

729
00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:45,359
years or 21 years in service. Um
>> believe.

730
00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:47,119
» Yeah. Yeah. Cuz remember when we bought
it?

731
00:55:45,680 --> 00:55:50,640
» Cuz I had been here for a little while
before we bought it.

732
00:55:48,160 --> 00:55:52,720
» Right.
>> Yeah. Remember, we were gonna buy a

733
00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:54,799
ladder, right?
>> And then we bought an engine,

734
00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:58,160
» right?
>> And then we quickly bought a ladder,

735
00:55:56,240 --> 00:56:01,920
which of course is an issue for now,
too. But,

736
00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:06,640
» um, so engine two is the first new
truck. Engine two, it's come up a couple

737
00:56:04,240 --> 00:56:09,760
times. When this thing we sign off on it
and it gets delivered, you're going to

738
00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:14,240
look and go, did we get anything
different? Um, it'll look somewhat

739
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:18,559
different, right? Side by side, but it's
going to be largely the same. We did a

740
00:56:15,839 --> 00:56:22,079
re I think I wasn't heading it up, but I
was on that committee. We did a really

741
00:56:20,160 --> 00:56:26,640
good job designing Engine 2 when we
first got it. Now 20 years have gone by.

742
00:56:25,119 --> 00:56:30,559
The call company looks a little
different. Our mutual aid partners look

743
00:56:28,559 --> 00:56:34,160
a little different. You know, part of
that is, hey, if we could put some more

744
00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:38,720
water on it, we don't need another
tanker, but another 250 gallons of water

745
00:56:36,720 --> 00:56:44,079
is another minute and a half worth of
active firefighting for that mutual aid

746
00:56:41,839 --> 00:56:48,640
company to come and and get the hydrant
connected. or when we're out of the

747
00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:52,480
hydrant district, another tanker to show
up and somebody to start drafted out of

748
00:56:50,559 --> 00:56:59,680
the Remmit Pond or Mooney Clark or
whatever. So, um we also do a lot on our

749
00:56:56,160 --> 00:57:03,680
rear hose loads. So, that for me, not a
big deal that they're 7 ft in the air,

750
00:57:01,599 --> 00:57:09,040
but getting them down to 4 and 1 half,
5T or whatever makes a huge difference

751
00:57:06,640 --> 00:57:15,280
for for everybody else deploying those
hose loads. Um,

752
00:57:12,160 --> 00:57:19,520
and then you know obviously between LED
and low voltage stuff, we've come leaps

753
00:57:17,520 --> 00:57:23,200
and bounds in 20 years and the idea of
having another hydraulic generator that

754
00:57:21,359 --> 00:57:28,799
we're replacing the stator on every 5
years goes out the window, put an

755
00:57:25,359 --> 00:57:34,079
inverter and all 12vt light system on.
So um,

756
00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:39,359
that is kind of the high level where
we're at with engine 2. Um, I put in

757
00:57:37,280 --> 00:57:43,200
this that I sent you just kind of what
the financial picture looks like, you

758
00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:47,119
know, as I have it laid out, what we
were working on and you saw bigger

759
00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:53,040
versions of this last year as we had the
discussion on uh changing that revolving

760
00:57:49,680 --> 00:57:56,640
fund. Um,
that gives you something of a snapshot

761
00:57:55,040 --> 00:58:03,119
at least, you know, kind of through when
the ladder's potential payment will be

762
00:57:58,640 --> 00:58:07,680
done. We talked to I say we they I
didn't deal with any of it. um a number

763
00:58:05,520 --> 00:58:13,760
of companies. Uh so they're all listed
there. Four guys. Smeal, we have all

764
00:58:09,920 --> 00:58:18,960
SMEL right now. Um
I'll say it now. You know, SME's kind of

765
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:25,920
out of the running based on their price.
We've been very satisfied with SMEL. Um

766
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:30,160
and from a from a dealership standpoint,
I think overall we've been more or less

767
00:58:27,760 --> 00:58:36,079
satisfied with doing the fire equipment
apparatus. The issue is in 2005 and even

768
00:58:33,359 --> 00:58:39,520
still in 2009 when we got the ladder,
they had a great mobile service

769
00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:43,520
department. So even though they're in
Connecticut, they could come up pretty

770
00:58:41,520 --> 00:58:47,040
quickly. They were fairly fair on
pricing. They knew what they were doing.

771
00:58:45,040 --> 00:58:50,640
They were quick to resolve issues. That
just isn't the case anymore. If you take

772
00:58:48,960 --> 00:58:56,240
it down there, they still do a great job
fixing it, but taking it to Connecticut

773
00:58:52,960 --> 00:59:01,599
is a real pain in the in the butt. So,
um, when you have Lakes Region an hour

774
00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:06,240
away and and Dingy an hour that way and
a couple of better options that you can

775
00:59:03,280 --> 00:59:10,079
go to in the state, but they're
servicing other vehicles and and busy

776
00:59:08,480 --> 00:59:18,319
and not necessarily a spiel
manufacturer. So, um, Alexis Fire is

777
00:59:14,000 --> 00:59:23,119
sold by Lakes Region Fire. Uh, Sutin
Sutin we kind of knew was going to be a

778
00:59:20,160 --> 00:59:31,920
really high number and it it really was.
um uh and then Toy and Fire apparatus.

779
00:59:27,359 --> 00:59:36,559
So, we are kind of right now um down to
two of those manufacturers.

780
00:59:34,400 --> 00:59:40,880
They're super close pricing wise. Their
specs are super close. One of them got

781
00:59:38,799 --> 00:59:44,880
back a little bit late, but they are
kind of probably going to be the lower

782
00:59:42,480 --> 00:59:50,880
number. So, it's worth evaluating more.
Um just making sure that that spec

783
00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:55,119
really matches up correctly. Um, and so
probably at the next meeting, I would

784
00:59:52,720 --> 01:00:01,520
really like to be coming in here with uh
a sales agreement so that we can get

785
00:59:57,599 --> 01:00:08,559
that truck on order again.
Uh, oh, so Tuesday we will know we put

786
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:12,559
in for one of the dees grants. So we did
a highway truck, I think, through a dees

787
01:00:10,319 --> 01:00:18,319
grant or at least we had looked at it.
>> Um, we that there's still money

788
01:00:16,319 --> 01:00:21,839
available. That grant was supposed to be
completely wrapped up. I think in the

789
01:00:20,400 --> 01:00:26,000
spring they still had about a million
and a half dollars.

790
01:00:24,319 --> 01:00:30,000
Pretty sure I know all the grants that
they've given out since. So they're down

791
01:00:27,440 --> 01:00:35,520
to probably about $750,000
now. Um with the August 31st was the

792
01:00:33,599 --> 01:00:39,119
this last deadline period. That'll
probably be the end of it would be my

793
01:00:37,040 --> 01:00:44,319
guess. They'll probably find three
places to award grants to or or five for

794
01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:49,760
smaller vehicles. The max on it is
$250,000.

795
01:00:46,319 --> 01:00:53,440
Um, you know, certainly the the one
disadvantage, and I bring it up because

796
01:00:51,599 --> 01:00:58,960
a budget committee and a member and I
have had a lot of conversations about

797
01:00:55,359 --> 01:01:04,640
it. It would kill any conversation over
keeping engine two as a reserve piece,

798
01:01:00,960 --> 01:01:08,000
the old engine too, which I'm not 100%
sold when the new one comes that that

799
01:01:06,240 --> 01:01:11,440
would even be a good option. If we get
the DAS grant, it's not right. We've got

800
01:01:09,839 --> 01:01:18,160
to punch a hole in the block and cut the
frame and send it off to Steen and get a

801
01:01:13,839 --> 01:01:21,839
few bucks for it. Um, but it's 250,000.
The issue is it's a reimbursement grant.

802
01:01:20,319 --> 01:01:26,079
So,
I think it'll be an interesting

803
01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:31,040
conversation on how what funds we apply
to the purchase to make sure that we

804
01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:35,359
don't screw up the the financial plans
that we kind of developed here over the

805
01:01:32,960 --> 01:01:39,359
last year. Um, because there's really no
way to then put that money back into the

806
01:01:37,119 --> 01:01:43,040
revolving fund because it has to be EMS
billing.

807
01:01:40,960 --> 01:01:47,440
And even if it comes from the CRF, then
you've got to, you know, make that sales

808
01:01:44,960 --> 01:01:52,319
pitch on the floor to say, "Hey, we we
didn't plan on using this. We got it as

809
01:01:49,119 --> 01:01:56,400
a grant, but let's let's return it or
put it in the general fund, but then

810
01:01:53,920 --> 01:02:00,880
kind of everything gets screwed up." So,
um, the warrant's an option, but then of

811
01:01:59,119 --> 01:02:05,760
course, if it doesn't pass, no means no.
And we ordered a fire truck 6 months

812
01:02:02,960 --> 01:02:10,319
before that. So, that could be a big
issue.

813
01:02:07,119 --> 01:02:13,920
Um, so that brings me to uh the
revolving fund and I'd like to just hit

814
01:02:12,079 --> 01:02:16,960
it really quick. There's a lot here. I
wasn't planning on talking about it and

815
01:02:15,280 --> 01:02:22,079
it was kind of last minute just throwing
stuff on there. Um, because I think they

816
01:02:19,520 --> 01:02:27,920
go hand in hand. The revolving fund, the
the big concern with the revolving fund

817
01:02:23,839 --> 01:02:31,440
right now is that we I knew going into
this really the first five years was

818
01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:35,520
going to be the trickiest five years.
We've got to get engine 2 ordered and

819
01:02:33,440 --> 01:02:39,520
paid for. We've got to get A1's
replacement ordered and paid for and we

820
01:02:37,520 --> 01:02:44,880
at least got to get the ladder ordered
in that time if not delivered but

821
01:02:41,440 --> 01:02:48,799
certainly ordered and so
um that money needs to be there

822
01:02:46,640 --> 01:02:55,920
obviously. One of the issues that we're
running into which is really good is

823
01:02:51,599 --> 01:03:01,440
that um we're well down out of that four
and five years that it was taken to get

824
01:02:57,680 --> 01:03:07,119
fire trucks. So, one of the bids right
now is uh like the max on it was 800

825
01:03:05,280 --> 01:03:11,440
days. So, it will put us roughly in
November of 2028,

826
01:03:09,680 --> 01:03:15,119
you know, for like next month if we
signed it this month. So, it' be

827
01:03:12,960 --> 01:03:19,760
November of 2028.
Well, that's all fine except if we're

828
01:03:17,680 --> 01:03:24,880
not making those depos if we're
continuing to make those deposits at the

829
01:03:21,760 --> 01:03:28,079
end of the year like we've done forever,
we're probably not going to have enough

830
01:03:26,160 --> 01:03:34,079
money to pay that bill potentially,
right? So the other issue is this. The

831
01:03:32,000 --> 01:03:39,680
other one is about 600 days which would
be May of 2028. I definitely know we're

832
01:03:36,640 --> 01:03:43,839
going to be struggling at that point.
My guess one of the questions knowing

833
01:03:42,319 --> 01:03:49,599
that that it would be asked and it's a
it's an important question from a cash

834
01:03:45,520 --> 01:03:52,799
standpoint is how many uh sales in the
last I asked three, they gave me two

835
01:03:51,440 --> 01:03:59,119
because that's kind of when the window
shrunk. in the last two years have

836
01:03:57,119 --> 01:04:03,200
I didn't have to ask exceed because none
of them have exceeded that timeline from

837
01:04:01,440 --> 01:04:09,520
that manufacturer in particular. How
many have come early? Cuz if it shows up

838
01:04:06,160 --> 01:04:13,599
at 700 days and I'm we're $100,000 short
in that fund. Now we're paying interest

839
01:04:11,440 --> 01:04:18,480
because we can't pay the bill. Right.
So, and the answer was in the last two

840
01:04:15,760 --> 01:04:24,799
years about 70% they've delivered ahead
of time. So my guess is in talking to

841
01:04:21,920 --> 01:04:28,720
Aaron and and it seems like the big
issue really is the chassis and the

842
01:04:27,039 --> 01:04:32,880
chassis time frames been moving up,
moving up, moving up, right, and getting

843
01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:37,119
shorter. And so now instead of, you
know, 2 years to get a chassis, we're

844
01:04:34,880 --> 01:04:42,960
down that quotes 12 to 14 months to get
a chassis. This 600 day one's more like

845
01:04:40,319 --> 01:04:46,480
10 to 12 months to get a chassis.
They're the same chassis, which means

846
01:04:44,880 --> 01:04:50,480
this guy will get it early and instead
of 800 days, it's going to come in 600

847
01:04:48,400 --> 01:04:58,480
anyway, regardless of who we go with.
So, um, my big ask on the revolving fund

848
01:04:55,039 --> 01:05:03,920
side is the way that is written up, and
I I understand it says up to, and I

849
01:05:01,440 --> 01:05:08,559
don't I I believe the issue with the
language is it's not intended to say,

850
01:05:07,200 --> 01:05:12,079
and you're the board, you can decide
whatever you want, right? It's not

851
01:05:10,319 --> 01:05:15,760
intended to be, well, some years we
could do 400 or some years we could do

852
01:05:13,839 --> 01:05:20,799
300 and then some years we could do up
to 500. It just sets the max. You could

853
01:05:18,559 --> 01:05:25,920
only put 500 in there. That's really the
intended use of that language. The other

854
01:05:23,039 --> 01:05:30,799
side of it is it's the first monies that
come in from billing revenue.

855
01:05:28,559 --> 01:05:37,599
I don't really care, right? But what I
do care about is in two years time we

856
01:05:33,839 --> 01:05:45,839
may owe a million, you know, 1.1 maybe a
little bit more for this fire truck and

857
01:05:41,440 --> 01:05:50,960
$3 to $400,000 for the ambulance remount
all at the same time when we have if we

858
01:05:48,079 --> 01:05:57,920
continue to make the deposit $500,000 at
a time in December, we're going to have

859
01:05:53,599 --> 01:06:01,200
about $1.1 million. So we can push the
ambulance and that's fine. and it'll get

860
01:05:59,599 --> 01:06:04,480
more expensive, not as more, you know,
much expensive. The other side of it is

861
01:06:03,039 --> 01:06:07,760
the more that that money is in that
fund, the more if it's in the general

862
01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:10,640
fund, it's getting bank interest. It's
in that fund. The trustees have it and

863
01:06:09,440 --> 01:06:16,079
they're doing a good job earning
interest on it. So, I would I would

864
01:06:14,079 --> 01:06:20,640
really like to see us say, you know,
whatever the procedure needs to be, but

865
01:06:18,720 --> 01:06:25,280
um Christina and I talked about it a
lot. You do it quarterly. Quarterly

866
01:06:23,359 --> 01:06:30,640
still puts you kind of in a bind for the
first few years. um maybe at some point

867
01:06:28,720 --> 01:06:36,319
you change it to quarterly so it's not
cumbers as cumbersome on on finance and

868
01:06:33,039 --> 01:06:41,520
the treasurer but if you go to monthly
um and you just oh we took this in last

869
01:06:39,280 --> 01:06:45,839
month and now by the second meeting of
February we're depositing that money in

870
01:06:43,839 --> 01:06:51,039
June and you can't necessarily say like
I wrote it up as $41,666

871
01:06:49,599 --> 01:06:55,119
right that's
>> an arbitrary number

872
01:06:52,240 --> 01:06:59,839
» well it's 500 divided by 12 right but
you you obviously can't do that cuz in

873
01:06:57,039 --> 01:07:03,039
January our receipts might be $23,000
and then we get to February and ski

874
01:07:01,680 --> 01:07:08,559
season picks up and we get a lot of
ragged checks and it's $65,000.

875
01:07:06,079 --> 01:07:12,720
Just take it and then once we hit 500,
which we're at now, it doesn't

876
01:07:10,559 --> 01:07:17,520
necessarily reflect in the books, but
we're over $500,000 now. So everything

877
01:07:15,680 --> 01:07:21,039
we collect now for the rest of the year
is good money that can go into the

878
01:07:19,280 --> 01:07:24,960
general fund and help offset the tax
rate. Um, and then we just stop doing

879
01:07:23,920 --> 01:07:27,760
it. And that's great.
>> Okay. You know, and it paints to me a

880
01:07:26,640 --> 01:07:33,200
little bit bigger picture because if
you're just doing 416, you come really

881
01:07:29,920 --> 01:07:37,359
close. But I know most of that 500,000
is going to be in there by May when

882
01:07:35,280 --> 01:07:46,920
those bills are due, which means there's
no real big issue. So that's that's the

883
01:07:42,000 --> 01:07:46,920
high level and we can get into it.

884
01:07:47,200 --> 01:07:53,599
» We don't have to keep the structure.
>> Okay. Um,

885
01:07:51,760 --> 01:07:57,920
so I guess here's the most intriguing
thing that you just said, which I think

886
01:07:54,880 --> 01:08:02,400
is awesome. So we've already hit the 500
for the year, right?

887
01:07:59,920 --> 01:08:05,359
» Um, so then that puts us in a positive
position.

888
01:08:03,200 --> 01:08:09,359
» Yes, we have. But if you're motioning to
move that tonight, you can't because

889
01:08:07,359 --> 01:08:14,559
» I'm not suggesting to do that. All I'm
suggesting is is I think we have to do a

890
01:08:11,680 --> 01:08:18,239
better job of reporting. It's this many
calls. It's produced this much. Like we

891
01:08:16,799 --> 01:08:23,520
just have to have a better way to be
able to take a look at that because I

892
01:08:20,239 --> 01:08:30,480
agree with you monthly if you collected
$24,682.79

893
01:08:26,480 --> 01:08:37,120
last month in in whatever my perspective
it should just move and sit over there

894
01:08:33,359 --> 01:08:40,960
and then it's just there. Um
the things that do come to mind though

895
01:08:39,040 --> 01:08:44,120
like just generically particularly about
the ambulance.

896
01:08:44,159 --> 01:08:49,520
I'm not saying we shouldn't have
ambulances, right? So it's this it's the

897
01:08:48,000 --> 01:08:52,000
same argument I've had before. At no
point am I telling you you shouldn't

898
01:08:50,719 --> 01:08:55,279
have the equipment you need to do the
job we need to do.

899
01:08:53,120 --> 01:09:00,799
» But I do think we have to be articulate
in each vehicle we expected to do

900
01:08:58,000 --> 01:09:05,520
roughly x number of calls. It's it we're
we have that load to maintain three

901
01:09:04,000 --> 01:09:09,839
vehicles. Mhm.
>> Right. Um,

902
01:09:07,920 --> 01:09:14,480
we I don't think we should just talk
about the aggregate of we've got a

903
01:09:12,640 --> 01:09:19,040
thousand calls or whatever whatever the
number is. Right. I'm not trying to say

904
01:09:16,960 --> 01:09:22,880
that because I'm I'm devaluing the
things that you guys do because that's

905
01:09:20,319 --> 01:09:26,319
not the case at all. It's more of we've
got three ambulances. We we've set it up

906
01:09:25,040 --> 01:09:30,560
that way to go in three different
directions. And you know, even your

907
01:09:28,719 --> 01:09:34,560
explanation of the pickup truck earlier
is a great one, right? because I cited

908
01:09:33,120 --> 01:09:39,199
it the other day when we were talking
about uh the backho for the highway

909
01:09:36,640 --> 01:09:43,120
department, right? Hey, it's not quite
dead yet. You know, it's almost like the

910
01:09:40,880 --> 01:09:48,159
Monty Python thing. I'm not dead yet,
right? Like that's the thing that I keep

911
01:09:44,880 --> 01:09:52,480
hearing, right? But like, all right, we
still have use, but but to have use

912
01:09:50,319 --> 01:09:57,920
means there is a maintenance fee, there
is fuel, there is there is just stuff

913
01:09:54,880 --> 01:10:01,679
that goes along with the thing.
I think it behooves us to make sure that

914
01:09:59,840 --> 01:10:04,400
we're justifying that we keep the
things,

915
01:10:03,040 --> 01:10:09,600
» right? So, I just want to make sure that
as we kind of go through all this, we we

916
01:10:07,600 --> 01:10:12,800
evaluate. So, we look at ambulance one
and we go, "Okay, now we have three

917
01:10:11,040 --> 01:10:17,280
vehicles.
Here's the call rate. Here's how we look

918
01:10:15,199 --> 01:10:22,239
at it. They're going out this many
times. They're responding this many

919
01:10:19,040 --> 01:10:27,040
miles." What whatever whatever the good
>> criterion is. And I say good because

920
01:10:25,199 --> 01:10:32,320
sometimes what I would do is I would try
to compare us to similar types of

921
01:10:29,679 --> 01:10:37,120
communities. Okay, they do these things,
they have this many things, but but now

922
01:10:34,800 --> 01:10:42,960
we also provide contract services to
these other towns, right? Like it

923
01:10:39,199 --> 01:10:47,440
doesn't have to be perfect comparisons,
but but that way that's how we bring

924
01:10:45,360 --> 01:10:51,760
along people that aren't experts or
professionals in the field.

925
01:10:49,840 --> 01:10:55,440
» So like that that's the things that I
keep like ring in my head. So, like when

926
01:10:54,080 --> 01:10:59,280
you talk about the the pickup in
particular, I'm like, "Okay, when you

927
01:10:58,080 --> 01:11:04,000
because when you came in last year and
we talked about it, I think I asked this

928
01:11:01,040 --> 01:11:06,640
question last time
because I think one of the explanations

929
01:11:05,440 --> 01:11:10,560
was, hey, we don't have to send the
engine when there's an ambulatory call.

930
01:11:09,440 --> 01:11:13,520
We can send the pickup."
>> Mhm.

931
01:11:11,120 --> 01:11:17,440
» Did we do that? How successful was it?
We did it x number of times, which then

932
01:11:15,360 --> 01:11:19,840
saved us and puts us in a better
position for the engine. You know what I

933
01:11:18,719 --> 01:11:23,280
mean? Like that kind of stuff.
>> Yeah.

934
01:11:20,719 --> 01:11:27,360
» So, there you go. But I I like, by the
way, thank you for the table, right?

935
01:11:24,800 --> 01:11:31,920
Because I think that demonstrates what
we talked about last year because one

936
01:11:29,760 --> 01:11:34,719
way or another to hit that $2 million
number that you've got in the bottom

937
01:11:33,440 --> 01:11:37,520
there at 2032,
>> right?

938
01:11:35,360 --> 01:11:40,800
» We were either
keeping it in the general fund and sort

939
01:11:39,199 --> 01:11:45,280
of squishing it around, not really
seeing it, per se,

940
01:11:42,560 --> 01:11:53,520
» and then going, we still need $2 million
or here's how we're going to cash flow

941
01:11:49,520 --> 01:11:58,719
effectively. Right? So anyway,
that's that's my spiel.

942
01:11:55,280 --> 01:12:04,320
» Christina, how's the overall the general
fund? What would the impact to you be if

943
01:12:02,400 --> 01:12:09,760
this was done monthly?
>> I think monthly is better. Um well,

944
01:12:07,199 --> 01:12:13,120
monthly or
>> we'll start with monthly, but

945
01:12:11,040 --> 01:12:18,239
» I think monthly is better. Um because
you're you're spreading out the impact

946
01:12:15,600 --> 01:12:24,719
over the 12 months instead of we wait
till May. We haven't got taxes in. No.

947
01:12:20,719 --> 01:12:29,600
So, we have to give 400,000 or whatever
at that time. It hits us harder if we

948
01:12:27,920 --> 01:12:32,800
But monthly we're spreading it out and
we can plan it.

949
01:12:30,640 --> 01:12:37,280
» But but the thing is it's it's coming in
anyways, right? Like it's sitting there.

950
01:12:34,719 --> 01:12:42,159
It means we're not borrowing against it
is really what it comes out. Correct.

951
01:12:40,640 --> 01:12:46,960
Cash for things is kind of what I'm
getting at.

952
01:12:43,040 --> 01:12:51,920
» So, right now we're using his money.
His money not. we're using the money to

953
01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:56,159
pay bills potentially, right?
>> Um where we have we aren't we haven't

954
01:12:54,000 --> 01:12:59,040
taken a tan if we don't have to take
tan.

955
01:12:57,120 --> 01:13:03,760
» But I get where he's coming from though
because he's planning on that interest

956
01:13:01,760 --> 01:13:09,360
in those accounts to be able to continue
to pay those buy those vehicles.

957
01:13:06,480 --> 01:13:16,560
» So I just want and I brought it up to
you Scott earlier but and I I've said it

958
01:13:12,159 --> 01:13:21,679
to a few people. So the issue is
I would never I I wouldn't sit here

959
01:13:18,880 --> 01:13:25,280
tonight and say hey starting now we
should do this monthly and get you to do

960
01:13:23,440 --> 01:13:29,440
it. The big reason is right because
everybody knows you set tax rate last

961
01:13:27,360 --> 01:13:35,840
November and last November you
anticipated that $500,000 in re or

962
01:13:32,560 --> 01:13:40,800
$450,000 in revenue being there
>> and that's what the tax rate was set on.

963
01:13:38,000 --> 01:13:45,280
So, not like it's a huge influx or or I
mean it's going to I talked about it's

964
01:13:42,480 --> 01:13:49,040
roughly the 30 potentially 30. But now
when you set the tax rate at the end of

965
01:13:47,040 --> 01:13:54,000
this year, you're not going to be
calculating that 500,000 in revenue. So

966
01:13:51,600 --> 01:13:56,880
that tax rate should be set a little bit
more appropriately.

967
01:13:55,280 --> 01:14:01,520
» Yeah. you know, and you combine that
with, you know, like I said to Christina

968
01:13:58,960 --> 01:14:06,719
earlier next month or later this month,
there's whatever the number is, $250,

969
01:14:04,560 --> 01:14:10,159
$300,000 coming in from the second half
of the EMS contracts. And, you know,

970
01:14:08,719 --> 01:14:15,520
splitting that between April and
September helps some cash flow. So, um I

971
01:14:13,600 --> 01:14:20,159
certainly again I would never have
recommended to do it this year because

972
01:14:18,640 --> 01:14:25,120
» cash flow issues. we would had bigger
cash flow issues. But moving forward and

973
01:14:23,280 --> 01:14:28,400
at least through that tricky period and
then maybe you know we reevaluate in a

974
01:14:27,040 --> 01:14:32,800
few years and say we could go to
quarterly because the the purchases are

975
01:14:31,040 --> 01:14:38,880
spread out more. But to get us through
the next couple of years a system like

976
01:14:35,199 --> 01:14:41,920
that is going to make a ton of sense.
>> So I think monthly is better though

977
01:14:40,719 --> 01:14:46,400
because it does spread
>> eventually. I mean, but but I I agree,

978
01:14:44,320 --> 01:14:50,400
right? Cuz like the whole point isn't
like, oh my god, it's a light switch. We

979
01:14:48,080 --> 01:14:54,480
got we're either on or off. It needs to
be how do we get there effectively? And

980
01:14:52,640 --> 01:14:58,040
it does come back to cash flow. So, it's
not going to

981
01:14:58,880 --> 01:15:06,640
» But we do have to decide what we're
moving now.

982
01:15:03,840 --> 01:15:10,159
Um, if we're going to move something now
and

983
01:15:08,719 --> 01:15:13,440
» I think it'd be a good thing to move
something sooner than the end of the

984
01:15:11,679 --> 01:15:17,199
year because if nothing else, you got a
few extra months that you're you're

985
01:15:14,960 --> 01:15:21,280
earning interest on it and and earning
interest on

986
01:15:18,960 --> 01:15:25,600
400,000 or whatever, whatever might get
moved is a pretty significant number.

987
01:15:23,760 --> 01:15:32,000
Um,
yeah. I guess to to John's point too is,

988
01:15:29,360 --> 01:15:36,480
you know, even if we said, "Well, let's
start this in July of next year or a

989
01:15:34,480 --> 01:15:41,360
little bit later." The real big one is
those that first five months of 2028,

990
01:15:39,840 --> 01:15:44,800
making sure that that all of that's
there because the rest of it is the rest

991
01:15:42,800 --> 01:15:49,040
of it. I don't have it I haven't
factored in earning on a an annual

992
01:15:46,800 --> 01:15:54,880
basis, right? So,
>> anything I figured out interest on that

993
01:15:51,280 --> 01:16:00,159
fund is is annual anyway. It's just that
last 5 to 6 months before those bills

994
01:15:57,280 --> 01:16:05,400
come due, we need that half, so to
speak, um, of that year's deposit.

995
01:16:05,440 --> 01:16:11,120
So, you know, if it doesn't happen until
another, you know, if it takes another

996
01:16:08,960 --> 01:16:14,800
month or two or we wait till we know
there's 500 and then we're just doing it

997
01:16:13,199 --> 01:16:18,080
once for this year,
>> I think I'm happy with it. still there's

998
01:16:16,719 --> 01:16:21,520
a good plan.
>> Since we're in September and we've

999
01:16:19,440 --> 01:16:26,640
already got the 500,
>> do we know roughly I mean projection

1000
01:16:24,320 --> 01:16:31,520
wise what do we think is coming in
between the rest of September, October

1001
01:16:29,120 --> 01:16:35,520
and November and December? Like is it
another 100,000?

1002
01:16:33,440 --> 01:16:40,159
» You mean for just ambulance patient? I
think

1003
01:16:37,679 --> 01:16:44,320
» 100,000 is is would be a conservative
number. I think it'll be a little bit

1004
01:16:41,600 --> 01:16:49,520
more than that. Um, and we've got a
pretty decent way of at least, you know,

1005
01:16:46,480 --> 01:16:53,600
taking the previous year's numbers and
projecting it out against what we've

1006
01:16:51,040 --> 01:16:57,760
seen for increases. So, um, we're at
like it's like 530 540, but again,

1007
01:16:56,080 --> 01:17:03,040
that's the number that Ingret gave me
for up to the end of August yesterday.

1008
01:17:00,800 --> 01:17:05,360
So, not all of that's been booked,
right?

1009
01:17:03,440 --> 01:17:09,520
» The reason I asked the question is is
okay, let's just for argument sake, it's

1010
01:17:07,120 --> 01:17:13,040
conservative. It's $100,000, right? So
that means it's $635,000

1011
01:17:12,000 --> 01:17:17,280
for the year.
>> So we know if there's another hundred

1012
01:17:14,640 --> 01:17:21,840
coming depending on how we move. We we
you know we can make a conservative

1013
01:17:19,040 --> 01:17:26,640
estimate and use that in our cash flow
calculation.

1014
01:17:22,719 --> 01:17:34,719
» Yeah. my my guess and this is just my
two cents like um we maybe do some math

1015
01:17:32,000 --> 01:17:41,280
with what's where with either Deb or
with with Ruby and we do the whatever we

1016
01:17:38,560 --> 01:17:44,000
want to move on the 17th
like actually do the calculations

1017
01:17:42,719 --> 01:17:46,080
because between now and a couple of
weeks I'm not sure it necessarily

1018
01:17:45,360 --> 01:17:49,440
matters
>> right

1019
01:17:47,120 --> 01:17:52,000
» but at least you know that way we don't
just sort of like pick a number out out

1020
01:17:51,199 --> 01:17:54,880
of the air.
>> Yeah.

1021
01:17:53,199 --> 01:18:00,239
Yeah, because if I looked at the system
right now, it's only 470,000 booked

1022
01:17:58,000 --> 01:18:05,040
does, but I can see that there are some
unooked deposits in the system. So,

1023
01:18:03,360 --> 01:18:09,199
» and again, if we're planning on just
using the number for now, 100,000 and

1024
01:18:07,760 --> 01:18:14,159
you know, obviously that's conservative.
are great. Then we can sort of back into

1025
01:18:12,480 --> 01:18:18,560
it to figure out what's a good number to
move between now and

1026
01:18:16,800 --> 01:18:25,040
» probably by then too I will also come
back to you to talk to you about

1027
01:18:21,840 --> 01:18:30,159
um because we only have a million of the
tan that we're allowed to take if we

1028
01:18:26,719 --> 01:18:34,719
need to. And um
my I'm thinking we should close this tan

1029
01:18:32,880 --> 01:18:38,640
out and open a new one. It's going to
cost us $500 in document fees and a

1030
01:18:37,280 --> 01:18:44,080
little bit of legal, but I think it
would be better to have the full 1.7

1031
01:18:41,600 --> 01:18:48,400
potentially that we can have than to
only have a million if we needed more

1032
01:18:46,480 --> 01:18:52,400
than a million. I don't want to put us
in a spot that we have no money. So,

1033
01:18:50,719 --> 01:18:57,840
» yeah,
>> but I should know more by the 17th. So,

1034
01:18:55,600 --> 01:19:01,600
» all right.
>> Anyways, that's just my two cents on you

1035
01:19:00,000 --> 01:19:06,000
may want to pick a number, but I I'd
rather do the math. No, I think we we

1036
01:19:03,679 --> 01:19:11,360
have we'll have the information and we
can we can make that decision.

1037
01:19:08,320 --> 01:19:13,520
» I do think the monthly is the way to go.
>> Yep.

1038
01:19:12,159 --> 01:19:18,239
» Well, you could. So,
>> yeah. one thing. How do you uh how how

1039
01:19:16,320 --> 01:19:25,040
do you feel about making that motion to
approve that for starting January 1st?

1040
01:19:20,800 --> 01:19:30,080
We would um issue monthly payments to
the cap to the ambulance fund so that

1041
01:19:28,159 --> 01:19:35,120
it's all set for next year or do you
feel that we have to make that vote

1042
01:19:31,920 --> 01:19:39,199
every year?
>> That'd be monthly until you hit

1043
01:19:36,719 --> 01:19:42,480
basically everything until you hit
>> right.

1044
01:19:40,960 --> 01:19:46,800
And if we had to revisit it, you can
always revisit it. But I don't know how

1045
01:19:44,159 --> 01:19:50,960
you feel about I I if you're comfortable
with the monthly, which I am

1046
01:19:48,320 --> 01:19:54,560
comfortable. I think it's a good plan.
Um

1047
01:19:52,560 --> 01:19:57,600
then then we know starting June 1st
we're all set. We don't have to talk

1048
01:19:55,679 --> 01:20:02,480
about it again. We just have to figure
out what we're doing this year. But next

1049
01:19:59,920 --> 01:20:06,880
year we just start normal. So or do you
want to wait and have that discussion

1050
01:20:04,000 --> 01:20:10,560
next week too? Next meeting too.
>> Personally, I think we just do them

1051
01:20:08,880 --> 01:20:14,560
together. That way we that way we just
have one discussion of the the process

1052
01:20:12,560 --> 01:20:19,840
and the number and how we get between
now and the end of the year.

1053
01:20:17,120 --> 01:20:22,880
» Not avoiding it. Just I want to
>> just kind of think think a little

1054
01:20:22,320 --> 01:20:28,239
cleaner.
>> Yeah. Yeah.

1055
01:20:26,000 --> 01:20:33,840
» Chief, as always, thank you. It's a it's
a a lot of information

1056
01:20:31,920 --> 01:20:41,440
talking about uh drinking from a fire
hose.

1057
01:20:35,679 --> 01:20:48,239
All right. Uh but um it's it's well
worth it and well needed. You know, I

1058
01:20:46,000 --> 01:20:53,679
like you said, we you know, we bought
the we were looking at buying a an

1059
01:20:50,560 --> 01:20:57,920
engine u a ladder and we had a committee
put together and they decided to

1060
01:20:56,159 --> 01:21:01,600
» and I and I voted for it at the time,
but but you're right. It's like, okay,

1061
01:20:59,920 --> 01:21:07,840
well, all of a sudden you have to make a
decision. Right. Right. And uh this is I

1062
01:21:05,679 --> 01:21:13,280
think better for us to have long-term
planning, long range planning and and

1063
01:21:10,800 --> 01:21:16,560
all of you guys' work on that is is much
appreciated.

1064
01:21:14,080 --> 01:21:19,840
» Yeah. Thank you.
>> Um

1065
01:21:18,080 --> 01:21:26,320
so I I will just say the only other
thing I have is is

1066
01:21:22,480 --> 01:21:29,920
next week uh not next week, next meeting
the plan is to come forward with that

1067
01:21:28,239 --> 01:21:33,280
sales agreement once we've you know
hashed through all those. They did a ton

1068
01:21:31,679 --> 01:21:37,120
of it today. So, they're probably at
that point, but I haven't heard any of

1069
01:21:34,960 --> 01:21:41,840
it yet. So, the, you know, the next
meeting, um, we'll have some stuff,

1070
01:21:40,159 --> 01:21:45,360
right? If you're going to spend 1.1
million or whatever that number is, you

1071
01:21:43,679 --> 01:21:47,840
should at least see a picture or drawing
of it. So, we'll bring some of that

1072
01:21:47,199 --> 01:21:50,640
stuff.
>> Well, hold on. I I brought a picture for

1073
01:21:49,600 --> 01:21:54,080
you today.
>> Yeah, there you go.

1074
01:21:51,679 --> 01:21:58,719
» That's it.
>> Yeah, that might be our old truck.

1075
01:21:56,639 --> 01:22:02,159
» That's from the guys in River. I was
down at Uber today and they were serving

1076
01:22:00,320 --> 01:22:05,520
lunch right out of the pizza. The pizza
on right in the back. That's awesome.

1077
01:22:04,320 --> 01:22:07,600
» So,
>> literally big fire.

1078
01:22:06,960 --> 01:22:12,159
» Yeah.
>> I asked uh one of the manufacturers, you

1079
01:22:10,400 --> 01:22:15,120
know, a bunch of specific questions that
I that I think would be interesting. A

1080
01:22:13,840 --> 01:22:20,880
lot of that stuff was around the
delivery time stuff.

1081
01:22:16,880 --> 01:22:25,280
» Um particularly around overrun stuff,
which we had started hearing was a

1082
01:22:22,639 --> 01:22:30,639
thing. They're claiming it's really not.
They have no increases over contract

1083
01:22:28,000 --> 01:22:34,159
price outside of change orders. Right.
We really want to see a rolling tray in

1084
01:22:32,880 --> 01:22:40,239
that compartment. It's going to be an
extra $2,000. Um, so I have that and

1085
01:22:38,639 --> 01:22:45,520
I'll have it ready in case it gets
asked. I certainly whether it's sitting

1086
01:22:42,639 --> 01:22:49,440
here tonight or between now and then, if
there's something specific about the

1087
01:22:47,840 --> 01:22:54,639
engine or whatever that you'd like to
know, um, that we can have some prep

1088
01:22:52,960 --> 01:22:59,920
time for, that'd be great. But,
>> okay. Otherwise, we'll it'll mostly be

1089
01:22:57,679 --> 01:23:01,679
him talking about the engine next in two
weeks.

1090
01:23:00,719 --> 01:23:03,600
» Awesome.
>> Time to shine.

1091
01:23:03,199 --> 01:23:09,199
» Yeah.
>> Time to do something.

1092
01:23:05,679 --> 01:23:11,679
Time to use all that sick time
>> that I throw away every year.

1093
01:23:11,040 --> 01:23:13,600
» Yeah.
>> All right.

1094
01:23:13,199 --> 01:23:18,159
» Good stuff.
>> Cool. Y Thank you guys.

1095
01:23:15,199 --> 01:23:23,840
» Before they leave, sorry.
Um, I did want to um I did,

1096
01:23:21,440 --> 01:23:28,239
this is a request that had come in for
weeks ago, but I actually will tell

1097
01:23:26,239 --> 01:23:34,239
everybody I dropped the ball, but I did
talk to Chris and Chief today, Chief

1098
01:23:30,960 --> 01:23:39,120
Bean and Chief Lurish um about um John
Miller had requested going back to a

1099
01:23:36,800 --> 01:23:42,480
quarterly uh quarterly session, a
discussion about the public safety

1100
01:23:40,400 --> 01:23:47,760
building and any of the outstanding
issues on the building. So, I had

1101
01:23:44,960 --> 01:23:53,120
reached out to Chris and Ben today um
and um go we've got a list, but

1102
01:23:51,440 --> 01:23:58,320
apparently there are some new things
that we just found out today about

1103
01:23:55,760 --> 01:24:02,960
during our tour, a new item. But I just
wanted to touch base on some of the

1104
01:23:59,760 --> 01:24:07,120
stuff that had come up in the
quarterly session and then we can let

1105
01:24:05,280 --> 01:24:12,960
Ben know the new item in case he didn't
know. But um

1106
01:24:10,080 --> 01:24:20,000
the bathroom um there had been brought
up in the quarterly session that the

1107
01:24:16,239 --> 01:24:24,719
pitch was not correct pitch so it was
clogging. Um what I told you at the

1108
01:24:23,120 --> 01:24:29,360
quarterly session was that they had
changed out the toilet to a powerful

1109
01:24:26,320 --> 01:24:34,000
flush. So I have found out today that
that is there's as far as we know there

1110
01:24:32,560 --> 01:24:38,800
have not been any additional issues
since that one time shortly after they

1111
01:24:35,840 --> 01:24:43,760
moved in. Oh, okay.
>> Yep. So,

1112
01:24:40,159 --> 01:24:49,440
» for the record, I use it frequently.
>> Well, it's gonna be all right. Well,

1113
01:24:45,679 --> 01:24:52,800
yeah. Go.
>> Whatever it takes.

1114
01:24:50,800 --> 01:24:56,239
» Listen, at the end of the day, it's like
obviously, and you guys know this, we

1115
01:24:54,320 --> 01:25:00,800
want you to have the right stuff
>> and there's a lot of lot of stuff

1116
01:24:58,239 --> 01:25:06,560
invested in there, right? You know, the
sort of the the the biggest

1117
01:25:04,960 --> 01:25:10,719
biggest thing that sends me sort of
sideways is when we start the

1118
01:25:08,080 --> 01:25:14,320
conversation with nobody's at fault. At
the end of the day, the taxpayers over

1119
01:25:12,239 --> 01:25:17,920
the building no matter what we do,
right? So, I'm just trying to make sure

1120
01:25:16,159 --> 01:25:22,960
like we've spent a lot of money on the
building. It needs to be a certain way.

1121
01:25:20,400 --> 01:25:27,199
We shouldn't be
accepting of a Yeah, that's that's still

1122
01:25:25,280 --> 01:25:30,719
a thing. Like, you know, we should make
sure it's right. That's

1123
01:25:28,880 --> 01:25:34,239
» Are you guys in for the tax?
>> There's some There's some issues, right?

1124
01:25:32,239 --> 01:25:37,440
There's a few things that kind of are on
the list, aren't on the list or or

1125
01:25:35,840 --> 01:25:41,520
things that we've talked about. There's
there's phone issues that continue.

1126
01:25:39,199 --> 01:25:45,360
That's outside of the building project.
The, you know, maybe the granite curving

1127
01:25:44,000 --> 01:25:48,800
was never the right way. I think it
looks great, but um

1128
01:25:47,600 --> 01:25:52,000
» that's a separate issue.
>> Yeah. So, there's some granite. You

1129
01:25:50,639 --> 01:25:56,000
might have noticed it today. That's
that's out of place. That was

1130
01:25:54,480 --> 01:25:59,920
» Victor had a lot of new people last
year. They didn't really start out with

1131
01:25:57,679 --> 01:26:03,440
the same plan as we had the year
previous.

1132
01:26:01,040 --> 01:26:06,880
» Couple of pieces got dislodged and we'll
continue to to work with Victor and

1133
01:26:05,040 --> 01:26:11,360
figure out getting those replaced. Not
rep, but re,

1134
01:26:08,480 --> 01:26:17,760
» you know, fixed up. Um, really the the
the three big issues that we've had with

1135
01:26:14,080 --> 01:26:23,040
that building were those ceiling units,
the the heater units, um, which was a

1136
01:26:20,800 --> 01:26:27,360
failure of the HVAC company that Grew
and took care of.

1137
01:26:24,080 --> 01:26:31,199
» All set. Um, so they're all all three of
them are brand new and they've been

1138
01:26:29,280 --> 01:26:34,159
converted for propane use.
>> Were those through the whole building?

1139
01:26:33,199 --> 01:26:37,600
» Yeah, cuz
>> So there's

1140
01:26:35,440 --> 01:26:42,080
» people didn't want to follow my plan as
far as how we how we were going to heat

1141
01:26:40,000 --> 01:26:48,159
the apparatus bay and they got fired up
and so it smoked those ones too in in

1142
01:26:44,960 --> 01:26:54,080
our side which very rarely run with that
radiant heating. Um, so those got

1143
01:26:50,960 --> 01:26:59,199
replaced, grew took care of it. um the
floor pit the floor the drainage pitch

1144
01:26:56,320 --> 01:27:03,199
issue there which it had to be somewhere
along the lines because myself and Earl

1145
01:27:01,679 --> 01:27:07,679
metal miss from the state did all the
plumbing inspections and everything was

1146
01:27:05,760 --> 01:27:12,080
was in the right spot at the time
whatever during installation

1147
01:27:09,920 --> 01:27:16,320
» um and to your point it's somebody's
fault but who knows what fault it was we

1148
01:27:14,320 --> 01:27:23,600
did we did you know that was the first
and I will say right and Gwin may or may

1149
01:27:19,280 --> 01:27:28,560
not be in business anymore but uh They
that was the plan. Hey, let's try this,

1150
01:27:26,560 --> 01:27:33,600
right? Cuz obviously if we, you know,
buy a new $500 toilet, that's much

1151
01:27:31,120 --> 01:27:37,520
better than ripping this whole thing up.
>> But they were ready. If if it didn't

1152
01:27:35,920 --> 01:27:41,520
work, they were going to rip that whole
thing up and figure it out. And I think

1153
01:27:39,600 --> 01:27:48,159
it worked fine. We haven't had any
issues with it. Um, and then the one

1154
01:27:44,960 --> 01:27:53,120
kind of outstanding one that that Tim
has started to slash has a plan to

1155
01:27:50,400 --> 01:27:59,440
address at the PD is the drainage out of
the Sallyport. Um, I was never super in

1156
01:27:56,639 --> 01:28:03,199
love with how we designed that, but the
police chief at the time, who was my

1157
01:28:01,360 --> 01:28:07,520
cohort and figuring this out with the
building background and the whole nine

1158
01:28:04,800 --> 01:28:11,360
yards, said, "Oh, this will be fine."
>> It probably was never going to be fine,

1159
01:28:09,199 --> 01:28:15,520
but that's how we moved forward.
um it probably didn't get done even to

1160
01:28:13,920 --> 01:28:19,520
the way he envisioned it, but at that
point he wasn't here anymore. So I was

1161
01:28:17,280 --> 01:28:25,360
like, there's a pitch to it. I guess
it's fine. Um so I do think using you

1162
01:28:22,880 --> 01:28:30,159
know those those I still can't think of
the word that I'm thinking of. But um

1163
01:28:28,159 --> 01:28:34,320
you know just better materials for a wet
environment I guess is the best thing

1164
01:28:32,000 --> 01:28:38,000
you know that the plan that Tim has. I
think we'll satisfy it. And I said to

1165
01:28:36,080 --> 01:28:41,840
Christine, I said, "At some point down
the road,

1166
01:28:39,760 --> 01:28:47,040
we should probably evaluate what it
looks like to put a drain in that floor.

1167
01:28:44,800 --> 01:28:50,960
It It's not as simple as it sounds,
right? Like, you know, even certainly

1168
01:28:49,440 --> 01:28:54,800
pulling up a bunch of concrete doesn't
sound simple at all, but you've got to

1169
01:28:52,719 --> 01:28:59,360
then get the water separator in and then
you've got to get uh it out to where the

1170
01:28:57,199 --> 01:29:05,440
sewer tie is, which is basically outside
of that first apparatus bay on our side.

1171
01:29:01,760 --> 01:29:09,600
So, um, but if we do ever move forward
with top coating it, before that, we

1172
01:29:08,000 --> 01:29:15,360
will at least get a price on it because
that's the time to do it obviously, um,

1173
01:29:12,159 --> 01:29:17,760
is before you throw another $200,000 in
pavement on top of

1174
01:29:16,239 --> 01:29:21,199
» when it comes to the Sally board in
particular, right? So, like the things

1175
01:29:19,600 --> 01:29:26,000
that come to mind for me
>> when it comes to the PD, the

1176
01:29:22,719 --> 01:29:30,320
justification when when I was voting for
that building was like looking at the PD

1177
01:29:28,080 --> 01:29:31,920
going, they're taking prisoners in
through this area.

1178
01:29:31,520 --> 01:29:34,639
» Mhm.
>> Down into a bank, you know, all kinds of

1179
01:29:34,239 --> 01:29:37,600
trouble.
>> Yeah. Yeah.

1180
01:29:35,280 --> 01:29:43,040
» Now we're in an area significantly
better for sure. But like if there's

1181
01:29:40,159 --> 01:29:45,040
water everywhere, there's a chance to to
slip and fall. Like there's

1182
01:29:44,639 --> 01:29:49,199
» Sure.
>> We shouldn't allow that. And and from a

1183
01:29:47,280 --> 01:29:55,440
taxpayer perspective, we should expect
that, hey, we spent almost $5 million

1184
01:29:51,199 --> 01:29:58,400
for a building, it should be
>> yeah,

1185
01:29:56,159 --> 01:30:03,679
» well, you know, well situated.
>> Yeah. Like I some of that started with

1186
01:30:00,560 --> 01:30:07,520
with the previous fella and you like Jim
and he had a lot of great ideas and a

1187
01:30:05,199 --> 01:30:12,080
lot of good input to it. I just I I
think he was thinking more from a

1188
01:30:09,600 --> 01:30:17,760
residential usage and that thing is not
a residential garage. It's it's they're

1189
01:30:14,880 --> 01:30:21,360
in and out and the winter's the winter
and those vehicles they're running and

1190
01:30:19,679 --> 01:30:26,800
the tires they're running, they come in
with three yards of snow attached to the

1191
01:30:24,320 --> 01:30:31,360
underside of them and it just all goes,
you know.

1192
01:30:27,840 --> 01:30:35,440
» So, I think at least short term the plan
to to correct some of it will be good

1193
01:30:33,679 --> 01:30:39,520
and then, you know, long term we'll
we'll figure out if we have any options

1194
01:30:37,840 --> 01:30:43,280
to fix it. But that's really the one
outstanding thing. You know, there's

1195
01:30:41,199 --> 01:30:48,639
sometimes you walk through there and I
hate to say it, but at the end of the

1196
01:30:44,880 --> 01:30:52,800
day, we only built a $5.3 million
building, not the 10. You know,

1197
01:30:51,120 --> 01:30:56,000
Northampton did theirs at the same time
frame and they spent almost 10,000 on

1198
01:30:54,639 --> 01:30:59,600
it. And sure, you walk through there and
go, "Yeah, some of the fit and finish is

1199
01:30:57,600 --> 01:31:02,960
a little bit nicer,
but it's still a very functional

1200
01:31:01,120 --> 01:31:06,960
building and and that's what we needed,
right? was a functional building with

1201
01:31:05,040 --> 01:31:12,159
the good meeting room space with good
training space and and space to kind of

1202
01:31:10,159 --> 01:31:16,080
maybe not expand but at least continue
to do our job and train in the apparatus

1203
01:31:14,400 --> 01:31:18,719
bay like we can now. So
>> yeah,

1204
01:31:17,040 --> 01:31:24,480
» um the only thing that came up today
during the tour was that the CO

1205
01:31:21,760 --> 01:31:29,920
detection unit in the Sally port isn't
working right correctly either. So

1206
01:31:28,320 --> 01:31:35,440
that wasn't one of the things that's
even on the list I got back from chief

1207
01:31:32,480 --> 01:31:42,159
theme that came up during a tour. So
>> yeah, we just dealt with um yeah,

1208
01:31:39,679 --> 01:31:46,159
» is there any company and it's got to be
calibrated again and

1209
01:31:43,840 --> 01:31:48,719
» we'll probably do I'll talk to null
about that. Okay.

1210
01:31:47,040 --> 01:31:52,880
» He had a plan and and went, you know,
they did like a train the trainer deal

1211
01:31:50,480 --> 01:31:58,480
with him on how to calibrate those. So
it's probably just due for it. Yep.

1212
01:31:56,639 --> 01:32:01,440
No, Captain Normandon kind of deals with
all the building stuff. So,

1213
01:31:59,600 --> 01:32:04,880
» listen, if the from my perspective
anyways, if these guys saying they're

1214
01:32:03,040 --> 01:32:10,080
fine and the thing we need to figure out
is the sally port effectively like you

1215
01:32:07,920 --> 01:32:13,440
know cuz like again a non-functioning
toilet like was making my head want to

1216
01:32:11,920 --> 01:32:18,320
explore because I'm like that is just
silly to me. Um

1217
01:32:16,560 --> 01:32:23,280
then we just need to look at building
maintenance and go okay you know the

1218
01:32:21,120 --> 01:32:27,840
only other thing I come back to is then
also okay how did we tell the

1219
01:32:25,360 --> 01:32:32,239
contractors now we're way outside of it
but like from the contractor perspective

1220
01:32:29,679 --> 01:32:36,960
that okay guys we
you helped us put this thing in if if

1221
01:32:34,719 --> 01:32:41,600
it's pitching all over like it's
pitching based on what we found today

1222
01:32:39,280 --> 01:32:45,360
it's pitching all over the place not
incorrectly say in one direction Because

1223
01:32:44,080 --> 01:32:49,760
if it's incorrectly in one direction,
you go, "All right, well,

1224
01:32:47,840 --> 01:32:53,199
it's just in the wrong direction." It
was a communication. It's pitching all

1225
01:32:51,600 --> 01:32:58,080
over the place. And that's a I think
that's a different discussion.

1226
01:32:56,000 --> 01:33:01,199
» But so it sounds like that's the only
real issue.

1227
01:32:59,920 --> 01:33:05,199
» Yeah.
>> Yeah. And at least to to keep the

1228
01:33:02,880 --> 01:33:10,639
building functional and and whatnot and
not damaging it and safe. That I think

1229
01:33:07,920 --> 01:33:15,600
the short-term plan is good. potentially
long term it's a bigger thing and we'll

1230
01:33:12,639 --> 01:33:20,719
we'll cross that bridge and
>> three and a half years.

1231
01:33:18,000 --> 01:33:27,520
» Sean's gonna give um me a contact name
too. Um there's a that does um

1232
01:33:25,280 --> 01:33:32,400
» flooring. Thank you. Epoxy flooring that
might be able they might be able to do

1233
01:33:29,280 --> 01:33:38,400
some type of crown with the
>> help with the drainage

1234
01:33:35,440 --> 01:33:42,560
» the pitch if they can build it up and
>> Yeah.

1235
01:33:38,880 --> 01:33:47,600
» Yeah. that was the cheaper long-term you
got to do this now to figure it out and

1236
01:33:45,040 --> 01:33:52,159
then do we look at that or you know do
we look at tearing the not the whole

1237
01:33:49,679 --> 01:33:56,560
thing up but doing something with a with
a better drain cuz I still think long

1238
01:33:54,320 --> 01:34:00,880
term that's best because that initial
plan of well let's have it drain out the

1239
01:33:58,719 --> 01:34:04,400
front door really works at your house
when you're backing into your garage and

1240
01:34:02,960 --> 01:34:06,639
going through the main door into the
house

1241
01:34:05,040 --> 01:34:09,520
» the door still freezes shut though
>> it well the door freezes shut and now

1242
01:34:08,480 --> 01:34:14,080
you've got
basically a swimming pool ice rink in

1243
01:34:11,679 --> 01:34:19,360
February outside of the bay cuz if you
know two cars were in there and you know

1244
01:34:16,159 --> 01:34:22,400
six yards of of snow and dirt cut off of
them. So

1245
01:34:20,880 --> 01:34:26,320
» yeah.
No, it's good. We were glad to have you

1246
01:34:24,800 --> 01:34:30,880
guys back again. It doesn't feel like
it's been that long, but um

1247
01:34:30,000 --> 01:34:32,960
» Yeah.
>> Great.

1248
01:34:32,000 --> 01:34:36,239
» Thanks for putting that together,
Christina.

1249
01:34:34,000 --> 01:34:41,639
» All right. I I mean it. I mean it this
time. Thank you. Have a good night.

1250
01:34:38,400 --> 01:34:41,639
Thank you.

1251
01:34:42,560 --> 01:34:45,520
» I won't I won't let Christina keep you
here

1252
01:34:44,560 --> 01:34:47,520
» any longer.
>> Yeah.

1253
01:34:46,000 --> 01:34:51,239
» I won't see you tomorrow. Have a good
day. Have a good weekend.

1254
01:34:52,719 --> 01:35:02,480
» Um All righty. Cleaning RFP.
>> Um so

1255
01:34:59,440 --> 01:35:06,239
we didn't get uh we got three and what I
did was it's under number

1256
01:35:04,639 --> 01:35:11,960
» How'd you put that together?
>> What? How'd you put that together?

1257
01:35:08,560 --> 01:35:11,960
» How do you think?

1258
01:35:13,520 --> 01:35:20,320
I was like, "Do this." And they're like,
"No, that's wrong. Do it. Fix this." And

1259
01:35:18,239 --> 01:35:22,880
I end up talking back and forth with it.
>> Yeah.

1260
01:35:20,800 --> 01:35:24,400
» So, but it came out. So, I really like
what I did, though.

1261
01:35:23,920 --> 01:35:28,960
» Absolutely.
>> Um, so 11 A is where you see the

1262
01:35:26,880 --> 01:35:36,000
breakdown of the three you and the the
ones under it. Um, B, C, and D are the

1263
01:35:31,840 --> 01:35:42,400
quotes that we got in. Um,
we were I've got to be very careful. Um,

1264
01:35:40,800 --> 01:35:49,440
we
were hoping to come back with um more

1265
01:35:47,440 --> 01:35:55,120
options,
but we can't um if you look at the

1266
01:35:52,480 --> 01:36:00,000
annual base price, I mean granted this
is going to change a little um too. Let

1267
01:35:57,199 --> 01:36:05,760
me start over. So, water and sewer. Um,
I had put into this quote cleaning twice

1268
01:36:02,400 --> 01:36:09,199
a week their bathrooms and and when we
realized they didn't they only wanted it

1269
01:36:07,679 --> 01:36:14,480
done twice a month, I'm like, "Okay,
great. I that will adjust this price a

1270
01:36:11,679 --> 01:36:17,360
little bit." Um, and but they wanted now
want to add the conference room, which

1271
01:36:16,000 --> 01:36:21,760
makes sense because the guys are
cleaning it. So, um, so we will adjust.

1272
01:36:20,639 --> 01:36:26,880
So, there are going to be some
adjustments, but this gives you a

1273
01:36:23,760 --> 01:36:34,159
breakdown about annual costs. So number
one is obviously the least the annual

1274
01:36:31,520 --> 01:36:38,880
cost for all of the buildings that we've
included. So the buildings that were

1275
01:36:35,679 --> 01:36:44,320
included in this RFP is this building um
this building um twice a week they'll

1276
01:36:41,040 --> 01:36:47,760
clean it. We were also looking at um how
much it would cost for carpet cleaning

1277
01:36:46,080 --> 01:36:54,000
twice a year because we haven't been
doing that um and the floors are

1278
01:36:49,920 --> 01:36:59,360
starting to look rough. Um we uh the
other building is the historic town

1279
01:36:55,600 --> 01:37:04,639
hall. We added that in because um we are
cleaning it after or before events in

1280
01:37:01,679 --> 01:37:09,040
order to prep for them. Um bathrooms and
mainly we usually hire a different

1281
01:37:06,880 --> 01:37:13,199
company to do the flooring. We are
overdue if we are supposed to be doing

1282
01:37:11,280 --> 01:37:17,119
that flooring every 3 years and we
haven't done it but it still looked

1283
01:37:14,800 --> 01:37:21,840
good. So I was trying to style a little
bit. Um,

1284
01:37:19,600 --> 01:37:27,119
so that included the cleaning for events
while the historic town hall is open.

1285
01:37:24,000 --> 01:37:29,920
Um, it also included Kelly Park. Um, we
have them clean the bathroom. We have

1286
01:37:28,800 --> 01:37:34,159
them do a full cleaning of the
concession building when we open it and

1287
01:37:31,920 --> 01:37:38,480
we have them clean the bathrooms every
Thursday during concerts July and

1288
01:37:36,080 --> 01:37:43,040
August. Um, just because we have quite a
few people go to concerts and we don't

1289
01:37:40,159 --> 01:37:48,239
the bathrooms need to be clean. Um,
especially when you have camp using the

1290
01:37:44,719 --> 01:37:52,560
bathrooms um during the summer. So, and
then um a full cleaning usually after

1291
01:37:50,639 --> 01:37:56,960
old home day because it is quite a mess
usually after hold home day and then

1292
01:37:54,239 --> 01:38:02,320
we'll close the building down. And then
um so water and sewer I told you about

1293
01:37:59,119 --> 01:38:06,239
his highway is also um doing cleaning
right now and it's mainly their two

1294
01:38:04,639 --> 01:38:12,960
bathrooms. The one thing I talked them
into doing was cleaning their break

1295
01:38:07,840 --> 01:38:21,679
room. So that's been added. So um so the
costs are there. So number one um is the

1296
01:38:16,960 --> 01:38:26,480
least. Um it is the the current.
Number two is the next highest and then

1297
01:38:23,920 --> 01:38:30,320
number three is totally out of I'm not
wouldn't they don't even have anybody

1298
01:38:28,080 --> 01:38:35,520
hired in the area. So they would hire
only if they got this contract. So um so

1299
01:38:33,520 --> 01:38:39,600
I wouldn't recommend the third one at
all. So um

1300
01:38:37,119 --> 01:38:45,119
» the qu
what's the what's the number of cleaning

1301
01:38:42,400 --> 01:38:51,280
differences between the first and second
one cuz the first one is basically per

1302
01:38:48,960 --> 01:38:56,560
like I see like you know you get the
chart of number two where you're saying

1303
01:38:53,280 --> 01:38:58,400
okay it's 104 times.
>> So

1304
01:38:57,679 --> 01:39:00,719
» so if you look
>> so it's like so it's twice a week at the

1305
01:39:00,000 --> 01:39:05,119
town offices.
>> Oh yeah I did say it's twice a week.

1306
01:39:02,960 --> 01:39:12,239
Yeah. Yeah, that's because it says 104,
but like but CB annual

1307
01:39:09,119 --> 01:39:15,280
or Yeah. No. Or or virtuosity annual,
right? Like how many times are they

1308
01:39:13,520 --> 01:39:18,639
coming? Are they coming in for the same
number of times?

1309
01:39:16,320 --> 01:39:22,320
» Yes. They have to they were when they
were bidding, it's the exact same thing

1310
01:39:20,159 --> 01:39:28,480
that I just told you was for the number
of cleanings. But Virtuosity, I can

1311
01:39:24,560 --> 01:39:32,080
break it down, too. They gave a per
a per everybody gave a price per

1312
01:39:30,320 --> 01:39:37,679
cleaning, but I figured if I showed you
the annual that was probably better.

1313
01:39:34,480 --> 01:39:42,800
» Um, so they would have to do exactly the
same

1314
01:39:39,280 --> 01:39:49,600
num cleanings as the number one. So
>> So

1315
01:39:45,119 --> 01:39:55,320
I'll I'll read between the lines and and
say something appropriately hopefully.

1316
01:39:52,320 --> 01:39:55,320
Um

1317
01:39:57,280 --> 01:40:05,480
what is um let me think about how to say
this or ask this. Um

1318
01:40:07,360 --> 01:40:11,400
there's there's a

1319
01:40:12,159 --> 01:40:19,040
what would be accomplished or achieved
that isn't being achieved by going with

1320
01:40:17,040 --> 01:40:22,040
the second
bid?

1321
01:40:23,440 --> 01:40:30,560
» Um
I don't know for sure I will because I

1322
01:40:28,719 --> 01:40:34,719
don't know how this second bid person is
going to be. I did check their I did

1323
01:40:33,199 --> 01:40:37,920
Google them and check some of their
comments. They have a different another

1324
01:40:36,400 --> 01:40:42,880
they've only been in business three
years. That's the only thing on the

1325
01:40:39,520 --> 01:40:50,440
second one. Um but they had no bad
comments about them anywhere that I

1326
01:40:44,639 --> 01:40:50,440
could see. Um I believe you're

1327
01:40:52,159 --> 01:41:00,719
I believe that um by
taking a different a potentially a new

1328
01:40:58,800 --> 01:41:02,159
company, you may see some different
changes,

1329
01:41:01,600 --> 01:41:07,400
» right?
>> In versus and

1330
01:41:08,480 --> 01:41:16,239
» you may see some different changes. Does
sorry does the um

1331
01:41:13,520 --> 01:41:20,320
» I'm sorry. Do these bids represent a
different price than does that bid

1332
01:41:19,280 --> 01:41:24,880
represent a different price?
>> It is. Yes. So number one is higher than

1333
01:41:23,119 --> 01:41:28,800
what we're paying now. So there would be
an increase in the budget because we did

1334
01:41:26,560 --> 01:41:33,639
add but some of that would be booked
from we did so right now we're paying

1335
01:41:34,000 --> 01:41:40,800
» no that don't. So, it is higher, but
it's probably

1336
01:41:38,000 --> 01:41:43,520
» $3 to $4,000 higher than what we're
paying now. But some of that will come

1337
01:41:42,239 --> 01:41:46,400
out of the water and sewer budget
because

1338
01:41:43,920 --> 01:41:49,440
» is there currently a contract or do we
just have Okay, so this would have a

1339
01:41:48,560 --> 01:41:52,320
contract saying
>> this would be a contract.

1340
01:41:50,639 --> 01:41:57,520
» This is what you need to meet
>> and what we try we and it doesn't mean

1341
01:41:56,000 --> 01:42:03,280
Yes, this would be there would be a
contract that says this is what we need

1342
01:41:59,119 --> 01:42:06,400
to meet. Um, and we have done, it
doesn't mean we have to do this, but

1343
01:42:04,719 --> 01:42:12,320
we've offered the possibility of a
three-year contract. Um, because then we

1344
01:42:09,280 --> 01:42:17,440
would hold the pricing for three years.
Um, except for slight market adjustments

1345
01:42:14,880 --> 01:42:21,360
is what we put into it. So,
>> do we have a copy of what their typical

1346
01:42:20,000 --> 01:42:24,880
contract is?
>> We're going to create the contract.

1347
01:42:23,280 --> 01:42:32,080
» Good. Oh,
>> I would say that given

1348
01:42:28,719 --> 01:42:37,520
given what we're trying to accomplish, I
we might spend a few dollars more, but

1349
01:42:35,360 --> 01:42:39,840
I'd rather do a year and see how that
works.

1350
01:42:37,840 --> 01:42:42,800
» See how it works. Yeah.
>> There's because there's not there's no

1351
01:42:41,119 --> 01:42:47,840
real So, generally when you get to a
three-year contract, there's generally

1352
01:42:45,280 --> 01:42:51,520
probably a 10 or 15%
sort of benefit. Yeah.

1353
01:42:49,040 --> 01:42:55,119
» Now, there are certain things like um
cleaning supplies and certain things

1354
01:42:53,119 --> 01:43:00,960
that are going up over time, right?
>> We're paying for we are paying for some

1355
01:42:57,920 --> 01:43:06,000
of that stuff. Part of So, the reason
that I put it in for us to stock some of

1356
01:43:03,280 --> 01:43:11,280
that stuff is because um we've had an
issue with um smelly bags and people

1357
01:43:08,880 --> 01:43:13,280
can't I will be honest, I bag I couldn't
figure out why I kept smelling smoke.

1358
01:43:13,040 --> 01:43:18,080
Yeah,
>> I have a sensitive nose apparently. But

1359
01:43:15,760 --> 01:43:21,199
so other people in their offices, it was
the bags.

1360
01:43:19,119 --> 01:43:24,560
» Yeah. I guess all I'm saying is
>> So we refused, we told

1361
01:43:22,560 --> 01:43:28,480
» I agree with Sean a one-year contract.
Number one, to sort of test it out.

1362
01:43:26,159 --> 01:43:31,199
Number two, to
>> unless there's a good financial

1363
01:43:30,239 --> 01:43:34,560
incentive.
>> Yeah.

1364
01:43:32,880 --> 01:43:39,760
» And this number is going to come down
some because I I have to do I do have to

1365
01:43:37,119 --> 01:43:43,760
change the water and sewer because that
was in here incorrectly. It wasn't it.

1366
01:43:42,159 --> 01:43:48,159
We put it in for twice a week. We're
going to adjust it to twice a month and

1367
01:43:45,920 --> 01:43:52,239
be cleaning the so the conference room.
So that will change, but we might be

1368
01:43:50,719 --> 01:43:56,480
able to fine-tune the numbers a little
bit better, too, because we estimated

1369
01:43:54,560 --> 01:44:00,800
how many cleanings at the historic town
hall based on event usage. We may not

1370
01:43:59,199 --> 01:44:07,280
need that many cleanings.
>> Yeah.

1371
01:44:01,440 --> 01:44:12,159
» Um same thing with um Kelly Park. So
>> I think we should look at them for their

1372
01:44:10,400 --> 01:44:15,600
background. Yeah,
>> your website doesn't give you that comp.

1373
01:44:13,679 --> 01:44:19,840
» It doesn't give you much. It's three
years, but but he has three other

1374
01:44:17,600 --> 01:44:22,320
businesses.
>> That was my other concern.

1375
01:44:21,440 --> 01:44:23,840
» Virtuosity.
>> Yeah,

1376
01:44:22,719 --> 01:44:28,800
» Virtuosity.
>> The owner of Virtuosity has um

1377
01:44:26,880 --> 01:44:34,639
» three other businesses from what I
found. So, that was my own those are my

1378
01:44:32,000 --> 01:44:40,080
concerns about that one. Um my concerns
about number one is I think we just need

1379
01:44:37,600 --> 01:44:43,600
to set some if we chose that really
specific ground rules because

1380
01:44:41,920 --> 01:44:47,040
» Yeah, absolutely. And I would I would
even build it in that there would be

1381
01:44:45,040 --> 01:44:49,840
like a
threemon

1382
01:44:48,560 --> 01:44:56,560
» probationary period.
>> Yeah. Basically an opt out clause

1383
01:44:54,400 --> 01:45:00,880
» performance. And I wonder if that value
might change too because if that price

1384
01:44:58,960 --> 01:45:03,440
is estimated on what's currently being
done, it's not acceptable.

1385
01:45:02,960 --> 01:45:04,480
» Right.
>> So,

1386
01:45:04,000 --> 01:45:08,480
» right,
>> that's potential. The espe during the

1387
01:45:07,040 --> 01:45:10,960
week, it's not acceptable.
>> Yeah,

1388
01:45:08,880 --> 01:45:14,800
» the weekend one is great, but
>> So,

1389
01:45:12,800 --> 01:45:20,159
» so that price might also change
slightly. So, maybe my best bet is to

1390
01:45:17,679 --> 01:45:23,520
talk with the parties and see how their
price would change. Not the number

1391
01:45:21,840 --> 01:45:27,280
three. I don't think I would do
anything, but

1392
01:45:24,880 --> 01:45:31,040
» um talk with one and two and give them
the adjustments and see what their price

1393
01:45:29,040 --> 01:45:34,719
changes to and bring it back to you on
the 17th. Tell them it would be a

1394
01:45:32,960 --> 01:45:37,440
one-year
contract and how would that affect their

1395
01:45:36,800 --> 01:45:41,840
» right?
>> Yep. Does that sound good to you?

1396
01:45:41,520 --> 01:45:44,840
» Yes.
>> Okay.

1397
01:45:51,199 --> 01:46:00,280
All right. Uh, welfare guidelines.
>> I did send them out ahead.

1398
01:45:57,280 --> 01:46:00,280
» Um,

1399
01:46:00,400 --> 01:46:06,639
under number.
So, we did have them reviewed by the

1400
01:46:04,719 --> 01:46:11,040
town's attorney and we've incorporated
the slight changes that he made, which

1401
01:46:08,480 --> 01:46:16,320
were minor changes. Um, one of the
things that we didn't take out that he

1402
01:46:14,080 --> 01:46:20,560
recommended to take out was there was a
definition of residence and there was a

1403
01:46:19,119 --> 01:46:25,280
we were going to require proof of
residence. So,

1404
01:46:22,480 --> 01:46:32,320
» he recommended to take that out because
they he that you there is a requirement

1405
01:46:28,400 --> 01:46:37,360
on emergency services that you have to
provide. However, there is a new statute

1406
01:46:34,800 --> 01:46:42,400
and I read through the statute with tea
um the other day and I feel that we

1407
01:46:40,480 --> 01:46:48,960
based on the statute we can put that
leave that language in there um if about

1408
01:46:46,880 --> 01:46:53,199
residency. So that's why we've left it
in again that was the only thing that we

1409
01:46:51,520 --> 01:46:59,119
didn't take out that the attorney
recommended to take out. So,

1410
01:46:56,480 --> 01:47:06,239
but everything else very um it was just
minor um correct of correction of an RSA

1411
01:47:02,960 --> 01:47:12,960
um minor changes. So, I don't know how
if you had a chance to go through it um

1412
01:47:09,119 --> 01:47:16,800
when I sent you but um we've cleaned up
the copy that's in there. There's two

1413
01:47:14,560 --> 01:47:24,400
copies in there. There's a word copy
with some comments on it. Um

1414
01:47:20,719 --> 01:47:30,639
» and then number
12B is the clean copy.

1415
01:47:29,119 --> 01:47:33,119
» The application is pretty
straightforward.

1416
01:47:31,520 --> 01:47:37,360
» Yeah,
>> she that was definitely a major

1417
01:47:35,199 --> 01:47:40,800
improvement because it went from a he
like a 20 something page application. So

1418
01:47:40,320 --> 01:47:45,280
» yeah,
>> so if you are comfortable with moving

1419
01:47:43,440 --> 01:47:51,920
forward with this, it has been reviewed
by the attorney. It has been re it has

1420
01:47:48,000 --> 01:47:57,040
been incorporated sorry has been it has
incorporated the changes from NHMA and

1421
01:47:54,639 --> 01:48:00,960
the new law changes and the attorney has
reviewed it. So

1422
01:47:59,600 --> 01:48:02,320
» I thought we could but I had a quick
question for it.

1423
01:48:01,840 --> 01:48:04,480
» Yep.
>> Under um

1424
01:48:03,600 --> 01:48:09,280
» that there
>> I thought it was interesting. So uh

1425
01:48:07,119 --> 01:48:13,280
under section four roles of local
governing body it basically says it's

1426
01:48:11,520 --> 01:48:18,159
the select board
>> repeat that I was facing section four

1427
01:48:16,400 --> 01:48:20,080
» section four roles of local governing
body which is us.

1428
01:48:19,520 --> 01:48:26,080
» Yep.
>> So it basically says unless the select

1429
01:48:22,000 --> 01:48:29,199
board uh pro you know uh appoints
somebody.

1430
01:48:27,119 --> 01:48:32,560
» So I'm assuming is that going to be t
like how how

1431
01:48:30,239 --> 01:48:39,040
» she's hired as a welfare officer by you.
So yes she so um What was interesting

1432
01:48:36,560 --> 01:48:43,520
was it also talks about how you know
that last paragraph there must be access

1433
01:48:41,520 --> 01:48:46,880
to the program 5 days a week in an
emergency a person has to receive

1434
01:48:45,119 --> 01:48:51,600
response within 72 hours. Yes.
>> So I just I'm just

1435
01:48:49,119 --> 01:48:53,679
curious. We've got so process-wise we're
all good with meeting all of that

1436
01:48:53,280 --> 01:48:59,199
requirements.
>> Yes. Yeah. Um we've uh we've made we've

1437
01:48:57,280 --> 01:49:05,520
always been responsive to emergencies
within 72 hours, but we do have a

1438
01:49:01,600 --> 01:49:08,960
welfare phone um cell phone that um we
also have. One thing we're working on

1439
01:49:07,440 --> 01:49:15,280
changing with the current phone company
is that the calls right now the calls

1440
01:49:11,440 --> 01:49:19,600
will not go straight through um to to
Tila during the week because we say by

1441
01:49:17,280 --> 01:49:22,800
appointment only. But she feels that she
should be able to answer those calls

1442
01:49:21,040 --> 01:49:25,679
Monday through Friday during the day. So
we're changing that and she will be

1443
01:49:24,400 --> 01:49:28,560
answering the calls Monday through
Friday during the day. So

1444
01:49:27,040 --> 01:49:31,119
» Okay,
>> cool.

1445
01:49:29,199 --> 01:49:35,280
» So yes, we are we are meeting them.
>> All right, cool. That's it. Just the way

1446
01:49:33,520 --> 01:49:37,679
it called up the RSA for the select
board. I was like, okay, how are we

1447
01:49:36,560 --> 01:49:40,960
making sure that we're
>> doing that? Right.

1448
01:49:39,760 --> 01:49:44,320
» All right.
>> So good. I need a motion and you need to

1449
01:49:43,440 --> 01:49:49,199
sign. So
>> Okay. Uh what to just approve it?

1450
01:49:47,679 --> 01:49:51,440
guidelines and the application.
>> Yeah.

1451
01:49:49,679 --> 01:49:56,159
» Okay. I'll make a motion that we approve
the guidelines and the application for

1452
01:49:54,000 --> 01:49:57,760
the welfare process for the town of
personal

1453
01:49:56,800 --> 01:50:00,400
» effective
>> effective

1454
01:49:59,360 --> 01:50:05,280
» today.
>> Okay. Uh what's

1455
01:50:02,320 --> 01:50:07,600
» September 3rd se effective September 3rd
2026.

1456
01:50:06,320 --> 01:50:13,280
» All right. Second.
>> Second. Okay. Thank you. Uh any further

1457
01:50:10,639 --> 01:50:16,080
questions or comments?
Hearing none. All those in favor please

1458
01:50:15,199 --> 01:50:22,280
say I.
>> I. I those opposed abstensions that's 4.

1459
01:50:22,480 --> 01:50:28,560
» Um
>> TA report

1460
01:50:25,280 --> 01:50:34,400
» number 13 is the info only report which
has just three things on there. Um

1461
01:50:32,880 --> 01:50:38,040
I'll let you take a look at those and
see if you have any questions.

1462
01:50:54,239 --> 01:51:02,239
All right. Under the discussion items,
um,

1463
01:50:59,199 --> 01:51:08,639
number one is employee appreciation. And
we do that. Oh, it's funny. She told me

1464
01:51:04,639 --> 01:51:13,280
Sean's here on the document.
>> We opened it. Why is it telling me Sean

1465
01:51:11,199 --> 01:51:18,639
is here?
Um, so under we do every the first of

1466
01:51:16,639 --> 01:51:23,119
every month we do employee recognition
for celebrating anniversaries. So

1467
01:51:21,360 --> 01:51:28,159
congratulations on another year with the
town of Bristol. Um, we are grateful for

1468
01:51:26,400 --> 01:51:31,840
your continued dedication, positive
attitude, and the quality of work you

1469
01:51:29,600 --> 01:51:37,360
bring. Executive Department, we have
Ruby Hill, one year. Um, I'm going to

1470
01:51:35,040 --> 01:51:44,400
skip to the next one. Fire department,
Ingred Heiden Reich, seven years. Um

1471
01:51:40,960 --> 01:51:49,679
Nicholas Marsh six years
and um police department Harold Bulmer

1472
01:51:47,040 --> 01:51:57,599
has been with the crossing guards for 24
years. So yeah

1473
01:51:52,639 --> 01:52:02,880
um TA number two there are pictures of
I just it's really funny. Sorry, I just

1474
01:51:59,840 --> 01:52:07,360
got notified. Everybody's here.
Uh, number two, the Kelly Park sidewalk.

1475
01:52:05,440 --> 01:52:12,880
Um, second phase of the Kelly Park
sidewalk has been cut in and brought to

1476
01:52:09,440 --> 01:52:17,040
subgrade for asphalt. Um, the p there
are three pictures in there showing

1477
01:52:14,320 --> 01:52:22,560
that. Victor is contacting GMI this week
to confirm the paving when the paving

1478
01:52:19,280 --> 01:52:26,239
will be scheduled. Um, we did find out
um yesterday GMI was here marking down

1479
01:52:25,360 --> 01:52:29,520
for Brook Road.
>> Saw that. Yeah.

1480
01:52:27,119 --> 01:52:33,679
» So, we anticipate um the start date for
both of them to be within I we think

1481
01:52:31,920 --> 01:52:34,560
next week, but I'm saying two to be
safe.

1482
01:52:34,159 --> 01:52:39,679
» Okay.
>> Um but

1483
01:52:36,480 --> 01:52:45,520
» number three, um there is a volunteer
appreciation agenda in your folders.

1484
01:52:42,320 --> 01:52:50,960
I've sent you your invites. I've invited
um I've sent all the committees their

1485
01:52:47,679 --> 01:52:56,800
invites. Um arrangements have been made
for this year's recipient to attend and

1486
01:52:53,199 --> 01:53:01,440
with some family members. Um, and then,
um, I just need to confirm numbers from

1487
01:52:59,440 --> 01:53:05,520
the board. And who's the chef going to
be?

1488
01:53:02,480 --> 01:53:10,480
» I I'll be there, right? What day is it?
>> Um, I se Friday, September. And Dawn

1489
01:53:08,560 --> 01:53:14,719
can't be there. I already know that. But
Friday, September 18th. We have it. Um,

1490
01:53:13,280 --> 01:53:19,599
I did say
>> no. So, 6:00 to 8, but I said select

1491
01:53:17,920 --> 01:53:22,560
board members who are available to cook
should plan on starting to cook at

1492
01:53:21,199 --> 01:53:24,400
around 5 or 5:30.
>> Right. Yeah.

1493
01:53:23,760 --> 01:53:27,280
» So,
>> back by popular demand, Scott and I will

1494
01:53:26,639 --> 01:53:31,199
be.
>> Okay. So, music has been scheduled.

1495
01:53:29,119 --> 01:53:38,719
They'll play from 5:30 to 8 because we
have people arriving at between 5:30 and

1496
01:53:33,599 --> 01:53:44,800
6. Um, we are doing kind of mirroring
mirror. We're kind of copying

1497
01:53:42,480 --> 01:53:49,679
the um
the mandatory training barbecue. We

1498
01:53:46,639 --> 01:53:54,480
decided to we use the similar theme.
>> Okay. Um, and we are going to play some

1499
01:53:52,480 --> 01:53:55,920
games with this group.
>> All righty.

1500
01:53:55,440 --> 01:53:58,800
» So,
>> that'll be fun.

1501
01:53:57,040 --> 01:54:04,719
» Yeah. So, um, we're going to do the
table challenge, the shout out wall. Um,

1502
01:54:01,599 --> 01:54:08,320
the, uh, we're putting out some guessing
games for them. Um, I thought we'd do a

1503
01:54:07,119 --> 01:54:14,480
little bit something different in the
building. And, um, I can't tell you

1504
01:54:12,320 --> 01:54:18,080
about the bingo game during public
because I can't ruin it, but I will let

1505
01:54:16,320 --> 01:54:23,599
you know that we're doing that. We'll do
the recognition. And I still need raffle

1506
01:54:20,719 --> 01:54:27,520
prizes. I've gotten some more, but I
only have like five or six. And I

1507
01:54:25,920 --> 01:54:33,520
» I've got a couple.
>> I reached out to some vendor. I reached

1508
01:54:30,080 --> 01:54:36,880
out specifically to Stay Rooted. I
reached out to the fire department and

1509
01:54:35,199 --> 01:54:41,199
police department asking for them to
donate because they have t-shirts and

1510
01:54:39,040 --> 01:54:46,400
sweatshirts or coins. So, I asked them
to donate. Um I can't remember who else.

1511
01:54:43,760 --> 01:54:53,280
I've reached out to four or five other
people I've emailed and asked if they

1512
01:54:48,560 --> 01:54:58,480
would donate. So, um, we may have a
potential to, which I I'll know by the

1513
01:54:56,159 --> 01:55:04,800
17th and I'll let you know, but we may
have some funding to h to pay for some

1514
01:55:01,599 --> 01:55:09,520
of the food. So, if that hopefully that
will go through. If it does, I'll let

1515
01:55:06,639 --> 01:55:13,119
you know that. Um, but that's pretty
much it. And we don't have to clean up

1516
01:55:11,280 --> 01:55:16,400
that night. We just have to put the food
in in the fridge and we can clean it up

1517
01:55:15,280 --> 01:55:20,639
on Monday. So,
>> all right.

1518
01:55:18,080 --> 01:55:24,480
» Other than that, are you all I think
Scott responded he was coming, but are

1519
01:55:23,040 --> 01:55:28,400
you coming?
>> Uh, I got to see. Okay.

1520
01:55:26,960 --> 01:55:31,360
» I'm traveling again. I think I'm
traveling that day. We'll find out.

1521
01:55:30,000 --> 01:55:35,119
» Okay.
>> That's the day after court.

1522
01:55:33,440 --> 01:55:40,080
» Yeah, it's the day after court.
>> Yeah, it's also the end of our quarter.

1523
01:55:37,360 --> 01:55:41,760
So, I got end of the month. So,
>> um

1524
01:55:40,400 --> 01:55:48,320
» maybe in Boston
>> transfer station stickers is next. So,

1525
01:55:44,880 --> 01:55:52,560
not saying that this is pretty or not,
but um in the folder there are some

1526
01:55:50,480 --> 01:55:58,159
samples from other towns that I found.
Um it's hard, nobody puts their stickers

1527
01:55:55,360 --> 01:56:01,599
publicly apparently, but very few do.
So, and they are not nicel lookinging

1528
01:55:59,840 --> 01:56:06,960
stickers, but you can look in the first
folder which says samples found under

1529
01:56:05,599 --> 01:56:12,960
» um
>> under TA4. It's the ACT folder transfer

1530
01:56:09,599 --> 01:56:15,199
station stickers.
>> Yeah,

1531
01:56:13,679 --> 01:56:19,360
» there's about So, those are the only
ones I could find. Those are types of

1532
01:56:16,800 --> 01:56:25,440
samples um that I found. So, you're
welcome to look at those. And um I also

1533
01:56:23,040 --> 01:56:30,719
can um found two things that I think
were good ideas. Um so, if you look

1534
01:56:28,239 --> 01:56:39,239
under that folder, that folder is sample
flyers and signs. So, I'm going to I can

1535
01:56:34,400 --> 01:56:39,239
post it up on the screen. Um,

1536
01:56:41,040 --> 01:56:48,159
I think we should put this at the So, I
absent of having a sticker that scans

1537
01:56:45,599 --> 01:56:53,440
and says that you need to do that you
need to have can't go through a gate.

1538
01:56:50,639 --> 01:56:58,719
Um, I saw this and I thought we should
put this up before they go through

1539
01:56:56,000 --> 01:57:03,360
» the entrance. Not the same wording, but
similar. So, you would say transfer

1540
01:57:01,440 --> 01:57:05,920
station permits are required.
>> Does that say thank you? You're a smug

1541
01:57:05,040 --> 01:57:09,840
selector.
>> Yes.

1542
01:57:06,880 --> 01:57:15,000
» Is that what it says?
>> I can't see here. She's a pro.

1543
01:57:16,159 --> 01:57:22,080
» Oh, John. H Oh, thank you for your
cooperation.

1544
01:57:20,880 --> 01:57:28,560
» Put my picture there, too.
>> We should just just profile. Just a

1545
01:57:26,239 --> 01:57:33,119
sketch profile. Yeah. But the my
thoughts are the colors that are valid

1546
01:57:31,280 --> 01:57:37,040
would instead of this it would there
would be whatever colors are valid that

1547
01:57:35,280 --> 01:57:40,800
if you don't have one of those stickers
on your car don't come through or you're

1548
01:57:39,199 --> 01:57:42,960
not going to be allowed to
>> you know potentially. But

1549
01:57:42,239 --> 01:57:47,440
» yeah,
>> so that's I I wanted to show you that.

1550
01:57:45,119 --> 01:57:53,119
But I also thought what's the other
thing? Wrong mouse. Sorry. I also saw

1551
01:57:51,280 --> 01:57:58,159
this which I thought was interesting. I
haven't talked to Chuck yet. Um, but is

1552
01:57:56,159 --> 01:58:02,280
it going to show?
No. Stop. Share.

1553
01:58:04,719 --> 01:58:12,080
I saw this in another town. Um, that
shows where the sticker should be

1554
01:58:10,320 --> 01:58:16,480
placed.
So, and I think the side sticker going

1555
01:58:14,480 --> 01:58:20,000
into the transfer station is probably a
better place to put it than on the front

1556
01:58:18,159 --> 01:58:22,719
windshield. But I don't know what truck
or or the people at the transfer station

1557
01:58:22,000 --> 01:58:27,920
think. But
>> I don't want a sticker on my window.

1558
01:58:26,639 --> 01:58:31,199
» You be quiet.
>> If it's a window that goes up and down,

1559
01:58:30,480 --> 01:58:34,800
» you may have a problem.
>> Oh, it might pull off. So, we are

1560
01:58:33,199 --> 01:58:36,960
telling them they have to fix it to
their front windshield, though.

1561
01:58:36,400 --> 01:58:40,400
» Yeah.
>> So,

1562
01:58:38,880 --> 01:58:42,400
» I don't mind where it's at. I think What
has Chuck complained about where it's

1563
01:58:41,920 --> 01:58:45,719
at?
>> People are

1564
01:58:47,040 --> 01:58:54,560
people that
going out the whole window.

1565
01:58:52,560 --> 01:58:57,360
We don't have a better place to suggest
though

1566
01:58:56,800 --> 01:59:01,119
stickers.
>> But I thought if so if we stick to the

1567
01:58:59,280 --> 01:59:04,960
front then we should do a picture like
this too showing placement on the front.

1568
01:59:03,520 --> 01:59:10,560
» I think it might be reasonable to let
them put it up like a top corner also.

1569
01:59:08,480 --> 01:59:13,360
» So we could give them alternatives. If
we're going to stick to the front, we

1570
01:59:12,159 --> 01:59:17,280
show them placement
>> like the right side, bottom corner or

1571
01:59:15,280 --> 01:59:18,400
top corner. The passenger side top or
bottom corner.

1572
01:59:18,000 --> 01:59:23,760
» Okay.
>> Yep. Some have a fixed window like the

1573
01:59:21,679 --> 01:59:29,040
little triangle fillet window something
like that with LDS.

1574
01:59:26,800 --> 01:59:32,800
» So I'm also here cuz we have to get
ready to order them to ask you to look

1575
01:59:31,280 --> 01:59:36,960
at
>> Did any of them say they produce them

1576
01:59:34,719 --> 01:59:40,400
themselves or are they purchasing them
all

1577
01:59:38,000 --> 01:59:42,000
» cuz we talked about printing them right
to print them?

1578
01:59:40,880 --> 01:59:44,960
» Yeah. Anything on that?
>> Um

1579
01:59:42,719 --> 01:59:48,960
» a lot of they have
>> Was that the 13th video that I can't

1580
01:59:47,599 --> 01:59:50,400
listen to?
Yeah,

1581
01:59:49,520 --> 01:59:54,159
» sorry.
>> It looks like a lot of your samples have

1582
01:59:52,400 --> 01:59:56,320
like license plate number space.
>> Well, so

1583
01:59:54,800 --> 01:59:59,520
» and how are they putting that there? I
can't believe they're all peeling it off

1584
01:59:57,679 --> 02:00:01,679
and writing on it and then giving it to
you.

1585
02:00:00,560 --> 02:00:10,679
» I was going to say that's what we're
doing with ours. But um so I did

1586
02:00:06,639 --> 02:00:10,679
Where's my share button?

1587
02:00:16,480 --> 02:00:27,360
So, I didn't make it perfect, obviously,
but um I added the town of Bristol

1588
02:00:24,000 --> 02:00:31,280
emblem and this would be a hein. The 12
would be handwritten and the license

1589
02:00:29,040 --> 02:00:34,560
plate would be handwritten,
but I wanted to reach back out because I

1590
02:00:32,960 --> 02:00:37,840
know you thought it should be more
should be different, should be more

1591
02:00:36,000 --> 02:00:42,080
professional, but I and then this would
be the Bristol one. So you can clearly

1592
02:00:40,159 --> 02:00:47,040
see the his Heburn and Bristol as they
come in, which could if you're tallying

1593
02:00:43,920 --> 02:00:49,679
them, you could tally them. Um, and you
can clearly see the 12th month it

1594
02:00:49,040 --> 02:00:54,400
expires.
>> And Hebrew doesn't have a month that

1595
02:00:51,040 --> 02:00:57,840
expires, right? It's all 12.
>> Yeah. So they'd all be 12. We actually

1596
02:00:56,080 --> 02:00:59,040
might be able to print all theirs age 12
then.

1597
02:00:58,400 --> 02:01:03,920
» Yeah.
>> So, and but ours we would have to handw

1598
02:01:01,280 --> 02:01:07,679
write the month in.
>> And the year

1599
02:01:06,239 --> 02:01:10,960
you want the year to be it would be
colored. It would be colored.

1600
02:01:09,280 --> 02:01:15,840
» Okay. The whole thing would be colored.
>> Mhm. I just couldn't

1601
02:01:12,960 --> 02:01:18,159
» I'm not a I just did it in Word real
quick to to show you what it would look

1602
02:01:17,679 --> 02:01:21,679
like.
>> Chad would be do color.

1603
02:01:20,400 --> 02:01:27,280
» I could have done that.
>> Imagine if I wonder about the crystal

1604
02:01:25,840 --> 02:01:30,800
colors there. And then if the whole
thing is like orange or green or pink or

1605
02:01:29,360 --> 02:01:34,320
whatever color.
>> I put the color seal in, but the thing

1606
02:01:32,639 --> 02:01:36,880
could be I could just that we also have
black and white.

1607
02:01:34,960 --> 02:01:38,800
» Yeah, that might be better. Yeah, I can
show you what the black and white looks

1608
02:01:38,320 --> 02:01:41,599
like.
>> If you're going to keep the color seal

1609
02:01:40,159 --> 02:01:46,080
and color this sticker, you're probably
going to have to block out like a square

1610
02:01:44,159 --> 02:01:48,080
on the seal so it doesn't blend in with
the color.

1611
02:01:46,719 --> 02:01:50,400
» Yeah, something like that.
>> I can show

1612
02:01:48,639 --> 02:01:52,560
» or maybe just a color stripe across the
bottom.

1613
02:01:51,599 --> 02:01:58,960
» I don't know
>> what. So, I know it was Scott Sever that

1614
02:01:56,960 --> 02:02:03,360
was concerned about the other drawing
that we had done. Is there something

1615
02:02:00,400 --> 02:02:08,080
else you were thinking or just
>> No, I think this was a I like this

1616
02:02:06,400 --> 02:02:14,400
direction.
>> Where? Sorry, I got lost. Where is it?

1617
02:02:11,920 --> 02:02:18,880
Desktop. I was going to show you the
other the We have different So, here's

1618
02:02:16,719 --> 02:02:22,800
another thing. We have word mock
markups, too, or mockups or whatever

1619
02:02:21,199 --> 02:02:29,639
they call them that are part of our
guidelines for design. Um, let's see. I

1620
02:02:25,840 --> 02:02:29,639
can show you all of them

1621
02:02:32,000 --> 02:02:35,000
here.

1622
02:02:36,560 --> 02:02:42,679
I have to stop sharing. It's blocking my
screen. Hang on a second.

1623
02:02:58,639 --> 02:03:02,119
They're going somewhere.

1624
02:03:03,760 --> 02:03:08,040
All right, we have

1625
02:03:08,080 --> 02:03:11,800
see if it'll open.

1626
02:03:13,040 --> 02:03:19,679
I may just leave it on the side because
when I open them, it makes me stop

1627
02:03:17,199 --> 02:03:24,159
share. But so there's these are called
cabin and mill icons. They're part of

1628
02:03:21,679 --> 02:03:30,560
our the design for the town, too. Um
they have the black and white. They have

1629
02:03:26,800 --> 02:03:38,679
the Well, that one's white on white, but
um they have the green seal.

1630
02:03:34,080 --> 02:03:38,679
We have the black seal.

1631
02:03:38,719 --> 02:03:47,119
» I think the seal might be not look good
in that small image. I think we lose all

1632
02:03:44,960 --> 02:03:54,560
the detail in the wires and things.
>> Well, so what's really funny, um he this

1633
02:03:50,960 --> 02:03:58,159
is the prison catalog.
So, we looked at their decal, their what

1634
02:03:57,040 --> 02:04:03,040
they offer.
>> So, Bristol's one of the ones they

1635
02:04:00,320 --> 02:04:08,320
advertise in their their flyers, our
seal. So, so they can do it. We do it on

1636
02:04:05,920 --> 02:04:10,400
the letter head, too. The envelopes,
too. Yep.

1637
02:04:09,760 --> 02:04:13,440
» I just lost
>> How large are those?

1638
02:04:11,520 --> 02:04:18,960
» Um,
this is popular custom sizes. 2 and 12

1639
02:04:15,599 --> 02:04:25,599
in, three in, four, six, eight. So, they
can do all of them. I just lost

1640
02:04:20,719 --> 02:04:29,679
something though. It must have fell out.
Yeah, the other one is not pulling up.

1641
02:04:27,520 --> 02:04:34,520
Hang on a second. It's cuz I have my
blackground. My background is black.

1642
02:04:37,280 --> 02:04:42,599
» Um, here I can show you this one.

1643
02:04:42,880 --> 02:04:49,520
I think I'm going to vote against the
seal because I think it at the size it's

1644
02:04:47,040 --> 02:04:55,840
not going to look good. But I think one
of the icon iconic kind of images Yeah.

1645
02:04:53,599 --> 02:04:59,119
» So that this is the black seal. Sorry,
it took me it wouldn't show.

1646
02:04:58,080 --> 02:05:02,440
» Will be great.
>> Is it all?

1647
02:05:03,840 --> 02:05:09,840
» Okay. So you do you think the markup
words would be better?

1648
02:05:07,119 --> 02:05:17,520
» I think no seal. I think one of the
other images like the what the

1649
02:05:15,360 --> 02:05:20,159
» because it does say Bristol down below.
>> Yeah.

1650
02:05:18,080 --> 02:05:23,599
» So maybe just the Oh, here's word
markup. I didn't show you those yet.

1651
02:05:21,760 --> 02:05:28,000
Hang on a second.
>> I just put it in co-pilot.

1652
02:05:25,360 --> 02:05:31,520
» Go away.
>> Did it design something different?

1653
02:05:29,840 --> 02:05:34,800
» Well, of course it did. Same concept.
Same concept.

1654
02:05:32,000 --> 02:05:39,000
» So, this one, this one I like actually.
So, this might be what you're thinking.

1655
02:05:42,480 --> 02:05:48,639
Come on.
So there. Yeah, you don't even need

1656
02:05:46,960 --> 02:05:54,239
» So you could take the Bristol out of the
below and just say 2027 transfer station

1657
02:05:52,000 --> 02:05:56,960
permit and put that Bristol markup.
>> Yeah,

1658
02:05:55,040 --> 02:05:58,239
» if you're good with that.
>> I think so.

1659
02:05:57,840 --> 02:06:04,560
» Okay.
>> I think that's it. It just Yeah,

1660
02:06:02,480 --> 02:06:07,119
it uses our brand
>> and some of our vehicles have this on

1661
02:06:06,719 --> 02:06:10,000
them
>> on the side of them.

1662
02:06:07,920 --> 02:06:14,400
» On the side of them instead of the seal.
Yeah.

1663
02:06:10,400 --> 02:06:19,199
» So Okay. Are you good with So if we
design I'll design I will put that in

1664
02:06:16,560 --> 02:06:24,320
and show you what it looks like and then
um they'll send us a proof when and once

1665
02:06:22,639 --> 02:06:28,080
I get the proof I'll just make sure that
you see what it looks like

1666
02:06:25,440 --> 02:06:34,520
» and then ask them about a printer.
>> Oh yeah, I got to ask Tom about a

1667
02:06:30,000 --> 02:06:34,520
printer. Let me write that down.

1668
02:06:35,119 --> 02:06:39,239
Yeah, there's got to be a print,

1669
02:06:39,599 --> 02:06:46,079
» you know.
>> Worst case, do a label maker. At least

1670
02:06:44,079 --> 02:06:53,679
that would be printed on there. Stick
the label on it. It would be legible

1671
02:06:49,199 --> 02:06:58,639
font like consistent
white on white or clear. You get the

1672
02:06:56,400 --> 02:07:03,360
clear black lettering with clear
background. So, it just goes right over

1673
02:07:00,079 --> 02:07:08,239
that white sticker.
>> So,

1674
02:07:05,040 --> 02:07:12,639
breathe. There's a fly in here.
Um, all right. I'll ask Belly. Maybe

1675
02:07:11,040 --> 02:07:17,840
what I'll do is bring try to get that
information at your next meeting. We do

1676
02:07:14,800 --> 02:07:21,280
have to try and order these
right right by your next meeting if we

1677
02:07:19,760 --> 02:07:26,400
are going to order them from the prison
or not, but um and go from here.

1678
02:07:26,159 --> 02:07:29,199
» Okay.
>> Yeah. It might be too late to do the

1679
02:07:27,920 --> 02:07:32,719
permit thing for this year,
>> but if we get the numbers, we'll we can

1680
02:07:31,199 --> 02:07:35,199
put it in the budget.
>> Yeah.

1681
02:07:33,280 --> 02:07:38,199
» Yeah.
um

1682
02:07:43,199 --> 02:07:51,119
inside scoop.
Um she's doing some really re really

1683
02:07:49,360 --> 02:07:55,920
she's doing some really good work with
it. I'm going to pull it up on the

1684
02:07:52,639 --> 02:08:00,320
screen. Um we
there's some really interesting things

1685
02:07:57,679 --> 02:08:06,560
in here. Um, we're doing some other
extra things with it as well, but um,

1686
02:08:04,880 --> 02:08:10,360
computer,
we'll pull it up eventually.

1687
02:08:12,000 --> 02:08:20,320
» So, I like the she's done a really nice
job with the inside scoop, the colors on

1688
02:08:17,040 --> 02:08:25,360
it, the the September theme. These are
the our messages this month were much

1689
02:08:22,800 --> 02:08:31,440
larger than they have been, so they're
in there. I'll email these out to you

1690
02:08:27,920 --> 02:08:36,639
too. But um highway department, the
library, they've submitted stuff in

1691
02:08:33,360 --> 02:08:42,400
here. We pictures have been in um town
clerk, tax collector. One thing I will

1692
02:08:39,040 --> 02:08:47,760
announce publicly too is next week um
for mainly for it's for employees. Um

1693
02:08:46,000 --> 02:08:52,320
which is a nice touch from the cemetery
trustees, but the select board could go

1694
02:08:49,440 --> 02:08:57,599
if they're available. September 10th um
at 10 a.m. at Worthing Cemetery, the

1695
02:08:54,960 --> 02:09:02,960
cemetery trustees are doing a walk and
talk event for town employees. Um they

1696
02:09:01,040 --> 02:09:07,199
will it's about an hour long
introduction of the trustees, explain

1697
02:09:04,800 --> 02:09:12,239
the responsibilities of the trustees and
um take a tour of the cemetery and show

1698
02:09:09,520 --> 02:09:17,679
how they clean the stones. So it's a
nice touch from the trustees. Um beaches

1699
02:09:15,520 --> 02:09:24,960
issued their thank you. We will be doing
the beach closeout on September 17th. I

1700
02:09:21,040 --> 02:09:30,320
have um Chief Bean, uh Cheryl Harper,
and Deb Tivy coming to discuss with the

1701
02:09:27,440 --> 02:09:35,199
board. Um they're concerned about
another board member's conversation at

1702
02:09:32,320 --> 02:09:40,159
Corly Postcheck about day passes. Um so
we'll have all those conversations

1703
02:09:36,880 --> 02:09:46,800
together. Um transfer station did hold
their household hazardous waste tonight.

1704
02:09:42,880 --> 02:09:50,719
Um it was 2 to 6 tonight. Um, so well we
he comes in in October, so we'll hold

1705
02:09:48,880 --> 02:09:53,840
and have give a report on how that went
in October.

1706
02:09:52,159 --> 02:09:55,599
» Sean and I did attend.
>> Yeah,

1707
02:09:54,880 --> 02:09:58,560
» it was
>> busy. It usually is.

1708
02:09:57,119 --> 02:10:01,199
» You said when you first opened the line
was all the way out to 104.

1709
02:09:59,840 --> 02:10:03,119
» Yeah.
>> Yeah.

1710
02:10:01,679 --> 02:10:06,239
» Listen, that's good, right? Because it's
just it keeps you from keeping it at

1711
02:10:04,639 --> 02:10:09,280
home and getting it done places it
shouldn't be.

1712
02:10:07,360 --> 02:10:13,440
» Um, the fire department, it does
introduce the um I'll show you the

1713
02:10:11,199 --> 02:10:18,400
picture. Um, these are our three
interns. There's a little information

1714
02:10:15,280 --> 02:10:23,440
about them. Um, Cole Emanuel, Kaden
Doherty, and Cole Mobley. Um, the

1715
02:10:21,679 --> 02:10:28,480
interesting thing is they are all from
fire families. So, they're um, one is

1716
02:10:26,239 --> 02:10:33,840
the his father is the chief of the
Durham Fire Department. Another one um,

1717
02:10:31,679 --> 02:10:39,119
his father is a firefighter paramedic at
Windham Fire Department and another one

1718
02:10:36,800 --> 02:10:42,079
is his father is serving as a Nasha
firefighter. So, it's kind of

1719
02:10:41,119 --> 02:10:48,480
» that's kind of cool that they're coming
from communities pretty far away.

1720
02:10:44,800 --> 02:10:55,040
» Yep. So, um we are going to be there's a
wellness article in here. So, see if you

1721
02:10:51,119 --> 02:10:59,800
guys are getting some meat in your days.
Non exercise activity thermogenesis

1722
02:11:00,079 --> 02:11:07,679
it's called. So,
um water and sewer put um have put some

1723
02:11:05,760 --> 02:11:14,560
information in. It was neat to see the
boulder, but I also thought, let me skip

1724
02:11:10,960 --> 02:11:21,520
down. This was actually neat. So, in
theirs, they said, um, where is it? Fun

1725
02:11:19,679 --> 02:11:25,599
fact, look at the rates that used to be
under the Bristol Aqueduct Company in

1726
02:11:24,000 --> 02:11:29,040
1894.
>> Wow.

1727
02:11:26,639 --> 02:11:34,079
» So, this is what Jeff put in. They were
kind of cool to see. So, um, we tried to

1728
02:11:31,840 --> 02:11:42,159
make the page bigger, but so you could
see the rates, but it's kind of hard.

1729
02:11:37,440 --> 02:11:46,480
Um like $6 $5 for a water closet. They
called them water closet.

1730
02:11:44,639 --> 02:11:52,400
» So
>> um private stables you $5.

1731
02:11:51,119 --> 02:11:57,679
» That was a lot of money.
>> Yeah. Apothecary was $10. So it's kind

1732
02:11:56,000 --> 02:12:01,119
of neat to see that. Some of this I'm
going to try to share out now, too. Um,

1733
02:11:59,920 --> 02:12:04,880
we're going to change the town
administrator's corner to the inside

1734
02:12:02,960 --> 02:12:08,960
scoop, but we there's certain things we
won't share out, but we'll put that on

1735
02:12:07,280 --> 02:12:12,480
the website.
>> That's right.

1736
02:12:09,679 --> 02:12:17,920
» And then these are the next month's
challenge. Can you figure out which baby

1737
02:12:14,960 --> 02:12:21,520
I am? But you can't say it. Oh,
actually, you can say it because it's

1738
02:12:19,280 --> 02:12:27,719
not really competition. So, there were
only six that got submitted. So, can you

1739
02:12:23,520 --> 02:12:27,719
figure out which baby I am?

1740
02:12:28,560 --> 02:12:37,119
No. Number two. Two.
>> I'm going to say three.

1741
02:12:34,639 --> 02:12:41,119
» Any other guesses?
>> Nope. I'm number five.

1742
02:12:40,079 --> 02:12:44,960
» I'm number five.
>> Wow, you're old.

1743
02:12:42,239 --> 02:12:49,840
» Hey,
they No, my mother's pictures are

1744
02:12:47,360 --> 02:12:52,400
fading.
My They used to style my hair like my

1745
02:12:51,679 --> 02:12:55,679
dad.
>> Yeah.

1746
02:12:53,119 --> 02:12:57,679
» With the cowlick. All those awful
dresses, too.

1747
02:12:57,119 --> 02:13:01,360
» Oh, I know.
>> Yeah.

1748
02:12:59,280 --> 02:13:07,280
» Um, but do you remember the last time
the throwback challenge? So, now they

1749
02:13:03,679 --> 02:13:11,920
tell you who's who. So, Vic, so Richard
Press, row two, the fourth picture is

1750
02:13:10,079 --> 02:13:16,320
Richard Pitress.
Um, Victor is row four, the second

1751
02:13:15,440 --> 02:13:21,599
picture.
>> I thought Jeff was up in the top row.

1752
02:13:18,239 --> 02:13:26,480
» Nope. Jeff is row six, third picture.
Let me see if I can make it bigger.

1753
02:13:23,840 --> 02:13:32,239
Oops. Sorry.
>> I don't think you can see it any better.

1754
02:13:28,239 --> 02:13:40,320
But so Jeff is row six. One, two, three,
four, five, six. One, two, three,

1755
02:13:37,040 --> 02:13:46,320
» three. So that's Jeff. And now if you
look it up close, it is Jeff. You can

1756
02:13:43,199 --> 02:13:52,159
see it now. You know, but so we thought
that was cute. And then the last piece

1757
02:13:48,880 --> 02:13:57,360
to remind you um so we did do some um
added some executive um based it off of

1758
02:13:54,800 --> 02:14:04,800
the theme. So Ruby's our chief corn
counter. Um Tila is the keeper of the

1759
02:14:00,159 --> 02:14:10,960
pumpkin patch. Um uh Deb is the hay bale
coordinator extraordinaire

1760
02:14:07,280 --> 02:14:15,360
and I am an honorary scarecrow and head
scarecrow

1761
02:14:12,560 --> 02:14:21,599
and chief crow chaser.
So, but um and then just a reminder if

1762
02:14:19,440 --> 02:14:26,239
you are participating in the flu clinic
um check with us. If you haven't

1763
02:14:23,520 --> 02:14:30,719
registered, register because if you
we're if we don't get 20,

1764
02:14:29,040 --> 02:14:32,639
» we they're going to cancel on us. So,
we're only

1765
02:14:31,360 --> 02:14:36,800
» register for that.
>> There's I can there's a code here.

1766
02:14:34,560 --> 02:14:38,480
» There's a QR code. It's it's on actually
it's

1767
02:14:37,360 --> 02:14:39,920
» scroll down here. Right there.
>> Right there.

1768
02:14:39,040 --> 02:14:45,360
» All right.
>> So, September 9th, 10 to 1 at the public

1769
02:14:42,719 --> 02:14:50,560
safety building. um if you can where
that's where they'll be. You can get um

1770
02:14:48,000 --> 02:14:55,119
flu shot, you can get pneumonia or and
you can get um COVID if that if you want

1771
02:14:53,119 --> 02:14:59,199
to. Those are the three you can get.
>> Note though, if you've not gotten

1772
02:14:56,560 --> 02:15:03,119
pneumonia before, no pneumonia requires
two shots. Yeah, you have to get the

1773
02:15:00,800 --> 02:15:06,800
second one six months later on your own.
So,

1774
02:15:04,880 --> 02:15:12,000
» it was in that email also, but it's a
link down at the bottom.

1775
02:15:10,000 --> 02:15:17,880
I can send the scoop up to you guys,
too, so you can look at it better. All

1776
02:15:14,000 --> 02:15:17,880
right, let me go on.

1777
02:15:19,360 --> 02:15:26,800
Um, fireworks committee is having a
closeout meeting on September 9th at

1778
02:15:23,520 --> 02:15:32,800
8:30 here. Um, I've got the small group
coming in to close out the event. So, on

1779
02:15:29,280 --> 02:15:36,719
September 17th, I'll bring in um info
about financials

1780
02:15:34,880 --> 02:15:42,560
um and anything that came out of that
closeout meeting. Um, Pemath update. So,

1781
02:15:40,719 --> 02:15:47,199
we received from Army Corps. They're
beginning to do the final edit of the

1782
02:15:44,560 --> 02:15:52,159
draft partnership agreement this month.
They were been apologize that they've

1783
02:15:49,440 --> 02:15:57,920
been very busy with the um summer
duties. So, the archaeologist is working

1784
02:15:54,880 --> 02:16:03,280
on the on the NEPA report and has
informed us um that they are currently

1785
02:16:00,320 --> 02:16:07,520
in the comment period. uh they've
>> I got a comment for

1786
02:16:04,880 --> 02:16:11,520
» the com
the comment period goes through

1787
02:16:09,199 --> 02:16:17,599
September 21st. Once that's done, they
will be ready to finalize the NEPA cate

1788
02:16:14,560 --> 02:16:22,639
categorical exclusion. And they've also
told us um they've received concurrence

1789
02:16:19,840 --> 02:16:29,440
with Shipo already and do not anticipate
any any more issues, but we'll keep us

1790
02:16:26,320 --> 02:16:35,080
posted. So,
one's

1791
02:16:30,719 --> 02:16:35,080
» great. And then elections.

1792
02:16:35,120 --> 02:16:40,880
I need to make sure that I have three of
you there. Next Tuesday.

1793
02:16:40,080 --> 02:16:43,359
» Next Tuesday.
>> Yeah,

1794
02:16:41,200 --> 02:16:44,559
» next Tuesday. I said
>> the eth.

1795
02:16:44,000 --> 02:16:48,479
» The eth.
>> Yep.

1796
02:16:46,639 --> 02:16:53,120
» No, you can stagger it as long as
there's three there.

1797
02:16:50,960 --> 02:16:57,280
» Um, but you will have to be there at the
the prefer everybody should be there at

1798
02:16:55,599 --> 02:17:01,359
the end of the day for the counting and
signing off. So,

1799
02:16:59,760 --> 02:17:04,000
» I wish I had known that sooner.
>> Yeah,

1800
02:17:02,800 --> 02:17:07,040
» I can do after.
>> I'm so sorry. I told I mentioned it at

1801
02:17:06,160 --> 02:17:10,960
the last meeting.
>> I'll be that.

1802
02:17:07,760 --> 02:17:15,599
» But Don can't be there till until 10:00.
So, he will be there from 10:00 on. I

1803
02:17:14,160 --> 02:17:18,399
think this is going to be
>> Oh, you know, I could probably go What

1804
02:17:17,200 --> 02:17:20,960
time is the polls open?
>> 8. They're 8.

1805
02:17:19,439 --> 02:17:26,399
» So, I can probably do I can probably do
8 to 9:45 run from my 10 o'clock or I'll

1806
02:17:24,960 --> 02:17:29,519
do my 10 o'clock in the parking lot
>> or do it from here. Oh yeah. Is it here?

1807
02:17:29,280 --> 02:17:34,080
No,
>> the voting is here because we couldn't

1808
02:17:32,399 --> 02:17:39,359
get the high school. So voting is here
in the historic town hall for September.

1809
02:17:36,639 --> 02:17:41,439
» Um this parking lot is no parking for
us.

1810
02:17:39,760 --> 02:17:45,519
» Yeah. So I'll work upstairs.
>> So you can come work upstairs

1811
02:17:44,319 --> 02:17:47,439
and I'll go back and forth with you.
Okay.

1812
02:17:46,000 --> 02:17:50,519
» I'll book the room for you.
>> All right.

1813
02:17:50,880 --> 02:17:57,200
» Okay. Cuz I have a 10 to 12.
>> All right.

1814
02:17:55,200 --> 02:18:02,559
» And then two. So, even if you can't be
there the whole day, just if you So, we

1815
02:18:00,160 --> 02:18:07,359
um Cheryl is gonna um take care of the
coffee and breakfast. Um we're ordering

1816
02:18:06,000 --> 02:18:11,599
sandwich platter.
>> Oh, well then I'll be there then

1817
02:18:08,639 --> 02:18:14,639
» for lunch. Um we just we're So, Deb's
going to order it tomorrow and we'll

1818
02:18:12,880 --> 02:18:18,399
pick it up Tuesday and then we're
ordering

1819
02:18:16,719 --> 02:18:21,519
» it's probably going to be a Hannerford
sandwich platter.

1820
02:18:20,319 --> 02:18:30,240
» So,
>> and then we'll be ordering pizza.

1821
02:18:25,439 --> 02:18:33,599
vouchers for the vouchers for the shot.
>> No, you don't. You won't need it because

1822
02:18:31,599 --> 02:18:35,840
the town is
>> No, you need your insurance card.

1823
02:18:35,439 --> 02:18:41,160
» Okay.
>> You guys would need your insurance card

1824
02:18:37,599 --> 02:18:41,160
usually, but

1825
02:18:41,679 --> 02:18:51,080
» the town it's covered under our stuff.
So, but I Well, that's a question in the

1826
02:18:47,040 --> 02:18:51,080
future. Do we want to

1827
02:18:52,559 --> 02:18:58,399
do we should find out how much they are
and if that's something we want

1828
02:18:57,439 --> 02:19:05,280
» covering.
>> Um so I just need um any preference on

1829
02:19:02,080 --> 02:19:10,639
where we order the pizza from. Um we are
not none of our staff will be parked

1830
02:19:06,880 --> 02:19:15,840
here. Do you feel there's a need for a
driver to drive people anywhere? Okay. I

1831
02:19:13,679 --> 02:19:19,120
just want to make sure. Um, the only
thing that will be parked here will be

1832
02:19:17,280 --> 02:19:24,240
the town car. We're going to leave that
there, but we will all be parked either

1833
02:19:21,120 --> 02:19:30,479
at the church or other places in town.
Um, I've already sent that info out to

1834
02:19:26,800 --> 02:19:34,160
the department and to our building. Um,
and then

1835
02:19:32,639 --> 02:19:39,479
I don't know what else. I think that
covers it because we don't need to do

1836
02:19:35,679 --> 02:19:39,479
anything else. Just

1837
02:19:39,519 --> 02:19:46,719
» this will be the this will be the first
election in

1838
02:19:44,080 --> 02:19:49,920
20 or 30
>> without years

1839
02:19:48,880 --> 02:19:55,120
» with a new
>> Yep. Rob

1840
02:19:51,840 --> 02:19:59,040
» Rob was here today testing the ballot.
>> So Rob was testing the ballot machine

1841
02:19:57,680 --> 02:20:03,760
today because that's one of the
requirements saying hazing event.

1842
02:20:02,080 --> 02:20:08,160
» Yeah.
>> Yeah.

1843
02:20:06,160 --> 02:20:12,800
So yeah, um they've already set up the
highway's already set up um the building

1844
02:20:10,880 --> 02:20:18,080
because especially with the long
weekend, so they've set it up already.

1845
02:20:14,960 --> 02:20:24,479
» Um I've actually given some of the
drinks from the be if I have to I'll

1846
02:20:22,080 --> 02:20:27,200
I've given them all the chips and so
you'll have all the chips and I've given

1847
02:20:25,840 --> 02:20:31,200
them some of the drinks from the
donations for that event. Whatever's

1848
02:20:29,280 --> 02:20:35,680
left, they'll leave for the volunteer
appreciation.

1849
02:20:31,920 --> 02:20:40,960
» Fire department has some left. Ah,
I have I actually have plenty left. I

1850
02:20:37,680 --> 02:20:46,080
was surprised. So, all right. Um, on my
other list real quick.

1851
02:20:44,319 --> 02:20:51,120
» Oh, going back to transfer station
stickers.

1852
02:20:48,880 --> 02:20:56,479
Um, John, I'm throwing you under the bus
a lot. So, sorry. But John had

1853
02:20:53,680 --> 02:21:00,880
previously talked about not charging for
stickers. I needed I need and I think

1854
02:20:58,960 --> 02:21:06,240
that we need to have that quick
discussion tonight um to decide if we're

1855
02:21:03,840 --> 02:21:09,920
leaving everything status quo or not
because um

1856
02:21:08,479 --> 02:21:11,520
» otherwise we got to change policy,
right?

1857
02:21:10,160 --> 02:21:16,479
» We've got to change policy.
>> So listen, I'm not saying right now all

1858
02:21:14,560 --> 02:21:22,240
my only point was is why poke people in
the eye twice mainly because it's like

1859
02:21:19,680 --> 02:21:27,600
we're doing that. I'm totally fine we
leave it be for for now and we kind of

1860
02:21:24,000 --> 02:21:30,800
look at that next year. Good. Like that.
>> I mean, how much do we spend on

1861
02:21:29,040 --> 02:21:36,240
stickers?
>> Um, Hein pays for their own. Um, and

1862
02:21:34,080 --> 02:21:41,359
they actually, what Cheryl told me today
is they have order 800 stickers. Hein,

1863
02:21:39,680 --> 02:21:45,760
» what we pay for stickers?
>> Um, I have to look, but last bill I

1864
02:21:44,000 --> 02:21:50,640
thought it was $1,200.
>> Well, we collect basically like my point

1865
02:21:47,920 --> 02:21:54,640
was we collect basically like $12,000 or
$15,000,

1866
02:21:52,160 --> 02:21:58,960
but it's a $400,000 budget line item. We
don't, it's not like we we do cost

1867
02:21:57,200 --> 02:22:04,319
recovery and stickers. That's that was
my point. Like I feel like because the

1868
02:22:02,000 --> 02:22:08,080
entire bill is then distributed against
all of Bristol,

1869
02:22:06,319 --> 02:22:13,880
everybody should get a sticker. You want
a second sticker, then I'm totally fine.

1870
02:22:10,080 --> 02:22:13,880
Like have

1871
02:22:14,240 --> 02:22:19,680
» So he runs a different story, right?
Like like that's that's different

1872
02:22:18,080 --> 02:22:23,760
because that allows us to to
>> No, I I I get where you're going. That's

1873
02:22:21,600 --> 02:22:28,160
all that other than that because we do
charge for solid waste to get rid of

1874
02:22:25,920 --> 02:22:30,880
that.
>> But you'd be eliminating that from

1875
02:22:29,680 --> 02:22:33,359
income.
>> Yeah.

1876
02:22:31,520 --> 02:22:35,359
» Correct.
>> But

1877
02:22:33,680 --> 02:22:38,080
» it would be another thing you'd take out
of revenue

1878
02:22:36,560 --> 02:22:44,160
» because if we did cost recovery for
stickers, it would be like $160 a

1879
02:22:40,800 --> 02:22:48,000
sticker. That's what you'd pay,
>> right? So, so for that matter, let's

1880
02:22:46,640 --> 02:22:52,720
just, you know, you just start doing the
math. So, anyway, it's all good. I'm

1881
02:22:49,760 --> 02:22:56,080
selecting the mill ones to charge 160,
>> right? Let's

1882
02:22:54,800 --> 02:22:59,600
» let's make it 175.
>> Let's keep thinking about it for next

1883
02:22:57,439 --> 02:23:04,479
year and because it might be a really
fun message people a good message. Any

1884
02:23:02,560 --> 02:23:10,560
there's no cost to get your sticker.
It's easy. It's quick.

1885
02:23:07,520 --> 02:23:14,800
» You're still paying for it.
>> Yeah, you're going to make up that in

1886
02:23:13,200 --> 02:23:18,720
the tax, right? Yeah. So, so anyway, so
the bottom line is I'm totally good, but

1887
02:23:16,960 --> 02:23:22,479
it's I'm just trying to like it's like
everything else the budget discussion,

1888
02:23:20,880 --> 02:23:25,120
right? Like it's it's what's the
process? How do we decide? What's the

1889
02:23:24,000 --> 02:23:29,120
budget?
>> That's all.

1890
02:23:27,280 --> 02:23:32,240
» I think we didn't tell Cheryl that the
account numbers changed. So, I think

1891
02:23:30,640 --> 02:23:36,840
we've been booking them wrong all this
time. I'll fix that.

1892
02:23:38,479 --> 02:23:44,960
Maybe we do it at the same time we'll
put up a new song or we have a new

1893
02:23:43,200 --> 02:23:48,399
what a reinvention of the
>> We don't we don't need to complicate to

1894
02:23:47,200 --> 02:23:52,080
complicate matters.
>> Okay, I'm going to put that on hold

1895
02:23:50,160 --> 02:23:57,680
then. Um
I'm going to put it I just got an email

1896
02:23:55,760 --> 02:24:01,840
from Lakes Region Planning Commission
asking they're going to host a

1897
02:23:59,120 --> 02:24:06,720
Brownsfield meeting on October 6. So
Brownsfield grant they have money. Do we

1898
02:24:04,800 --> 02:24:12,080
have any So my question would be do we
have any properties that we

1899
02:24:09,520 --> 02:24:17,040
I know that when we did the mil when we
did the Eagle Scout Park that was a

1900
02:24:14,319 --> 02:24:18,960
Brownsfield issue at the time.
>> Steve, did you have something that you

1901
02:24:18,479 --> 02:24:22,960
wanted?
>> Sorry.

1902
02:24:20,080 --> 02:24:26,960
» Oh no. Yeah. Go.
>> I can stop and you can

1903
02:24:24,720 --> 02:24:33,200
» Yeah. Yeah. Actually well Well, thank
you. I appreciate that. Um, uh, I was

1904
02:24:30,319 --> 02:24:39,600
going to ask the going way back to the
beginning of the meeting about the, uh,

1905
02:24:35,359 --> 02:24:43,280
Steve Moore. Thank you.
>> I was going to go back to the beginning

1906
02:24:41,040 --> 02:24:48,000
meeting about the the choice of the
asbestous remediation. I was trying to

1907
02:24:46,080 --> 02:24:52,319
follow that discussion.
>> Did, but did you go with the $7,500 bid?

1908
02:24:50,640 --> 02:24:56,319
Was that what I heard?
>> 6500.

1909
02:24:53,359 --> 02:24:58,800
» 6,500. Have you done due diligence on
the people who are doing that when

1910
02:24:57,840 --> 02:25:01,840
you're getting rid of them?
>> Yeah, they they're a local they're a

1911
02:25:00,479 --> 02:25:04,640
local contractor. They're out of
Bristol. They do a ton of demolition

1912
02:25:03,920 --> 02:25:07,920
work
>> and asbestous.

1913
02:25:05,920 --> 02:25:10,560
» Yes. That's not stuff you just want
done.

1914
02:25:08,479 --> 02:25:14,319
» No, that's that's part of their their
>> That's great. That's

1915
02:25:11,680 --> 02:25:18,640
» the name of the It's always wrecking.
So, they do do this as

1916
02:25:16,160 --> 02:25:21,760
» Okay. As long as you Yeah, because low
bids and that sort of thing could be a

1917
02:25:20,399 --> 02:25:25,439
huge mistake. Yeah.
>> Um, second is the concern people may

1918
02:25:23,920 --> 02:25:28,800
have about the thumb stickers. They're
too large. You might want to consider

1919
02:25:27,200 --> 02:25:31,920
going with something smaller that might
get less push back. I don't know.

1920
02:25:30,800 --> 02:25:34,080
» That's fair.
>> Thanks.

1921
02:25:32,479 --> 02:25:39,040
» That is a good comment. The reason we
went with the larger was at the request

1922
02:25:36,560 --> 02:25:45,680
of the employees because it was really
>> it was really hard to read the

1923
02:25:41,920 --> 02:25:50,240
expiration or and if they and they have
to get right up on the

1924
02:25:47,520 --> 02:25:51,680
» We might be able to go smaller though if
font.

1925
02:25:50,800 --> 02:25:54,960
» Yeah.
>> Right. And if

1926
02:25:53,200 --> 02:25:59,120
» if it's going to be a you can't get in
without the sticker because there's some

1927
02:25:57,200 --> 02:26:03,120
sort of
>> gate situation. It doesn't matter

1928
02:26:01,200 --> 02:26:06,880
anymore being able to see it.
>> So, this is the size now.

1929
02:26:05,439 --> 02:26:08,960
» I was going to say maybe we have some
better eyes there, but we probably

1930
02:26:08,640 --> 02:26:11,520
don't.
>> You might just want to think about that.

1931
02:26:10,240 --> 02:26:14,720
I mean, you guys are working.
>> I think this size is probably We

1932
02:26:13,280 --> 02:26:17,760
probably can't go much smaller than
this.

1933
02:26:15,040 --> 02:26:21,040
» Well, I wouldn't go larger, though.
>> I wouldn't go larger either.

1934
02:26:19,120 --> 02:26:25,200
» No, that looked larger in the picture,
but I think it was just cuz I was

1935
02:26:22,720 --> 02:26:30,479
drawing it in word. I think this size
the transfer station really wanted to

1936
02:26:26,960 --> 02:26:33,200
stay with this size. But but I wonder
>> it is a good question.

1937
02:26:31,439 --> 02:26:35,520
» We'll take we'll take it under.
>> Yep.

1938
02:26:33,680 --> 02:26:37,040
» Well, just that probably is the push
back you're getting.

1939
02:26:36,479 --> 02:26:43,920
» Yeah,
>> they're too big. But um

1940
02:26:40,800 --> 02:26:49,200
uh I wanted to tell you the town square
is really spiffy this summer. You guys

1941
02:26:46,399 --> 02:26:54,160
have done great work there. Taking down
that place and opening it up is a huge

1942
02:26:52,399 --> 02:26:57,920
benefit. It's a much better grade. Also,
it's a nice little advantage. I just

1943
02:26:55,439 --> 02:27:04,880
wanted to mention that.
Um, and I can't think of anything else.

1944
02:27:01,760 --> 02:27:09,040
I thank the chief for quick work on the
roundtop fire, which was great.

1945
02:27:07,280 --> 02:27:10,960
» Um,
that's it.

1946
02:27:10,000 --> 02:27:13,120
» Thank you.
>> No, thank you very much for your

1947
02:27:12,479 --> 02:27:15,439
flexibility.
>> No, thank you.

1948
02:27:14,240 --> 02:27:17,520
» Take care. Have a good night.
>> We don't want to discourage

1949
02:27:16,399 --> 02:27:19,359
participation.
>> Okay.

1950
02:27:18,560 --> 02:27:22,800
» Have a good night.
>> You too.

1951
02:27:22,000 --> 02:27:26,720
» Yeah, he took it.
>> Maybe some of us

1952
02:27:24,080 --> 02:27:30,800
» here. I know that we do nonpublic
sometimes at the beginning of the night

1953
02:27:28,240 --> 02:27:35,920
is because we want to make sure that
employees can get home too, but do we

1954
02:27:33,120 --> 02:27:40,080
want to reconsider that at some point or
just keep and move it to the end of the

1955
02:27:38,399 --> 02:27:43,359
night so that people can get them
public?

1956
02:27:40,640 --> 02:27:45,200
» Maybe we add a we add a general public
comment

1957
02:27:44,000 --> 02:27:54,560
» at the earlier.
>> Yeah. Um probably I would think um

1958
02:27:50,319 --> 02:27:58,560
maybe after the idea
>> after any of the normal stuff like what

1959
02:27:56,640 --> 02:28:04,200
would that be? Sent agenda
>> or minutes after we take care of that

1960
02:28:01,200 --> 02:28:04,200
stuff.

1961
02:28:04,240 --> 02:28:13,040
» So after do the pledge the non-public
the consent agenda the regular agenda

1962
02:28:10,000 --> 02:28:17,439
items before the TA or before the
regular agenda items? I think before the

1963
02:28:15,200 --> 02:28:21,520
regular end because someone just
>> wants to come and say their piece about

1964
02:28:19,200 --> 02:28:25,760
something else and then we can have one
at the end too with a you know someone

1965
02:28:24,319 --> 02:28:28,800
sat through the meeting and they want to
talk about something.

1966
02:28:28,319 --> 02:28:35,840
» Yeah.
>> Okay.

1967
02:28:31,439 --> 02:28:41,359
Um, so this is a grant that we can apply
for. Um, and they they are hosting a

1968
02:28:38,479 --> 02:28:45,120
meeting to talk about virtually that I
can go attend, but I didn't know if you

1969
02:28:43,359 --> 02:28:48,800
still had any. So, it just said
Bronzefields are vacant, abandoned,

1970
02:28:46,880 --> 02:28:52,960
underutilized properties where presence
or potential presence of hazardous

1971
02:28:50,800 --> 02:28:57,840
substance pollution or contaminant makes
redevelopment challenging and costly.

1972
02:28:55,760 --> 02:29:03,040
» So, do they have to be town owned
properties? I don't think so because I

1973
02:28:59,920 --> 02:29:09,280
think we've talked about
um let's see says that um the per this

1974
02:29:07,600 --> 02:29:12,800
meeting will update everyone on the
status of current grant. We still have

1975
02:29:11,120 --> 02:29:16,960
money left to spend and what type of
work is available. We will work on

1976
02:29:14,960 --> 02:29:22,399
brainstorming and identify potential
Brownsfield sites with your communities.

1977
02:29:20,080 --> 02:29:29,439
LRPC is in the process of developing an
application and then the

1978
02:29:26,240 --> 02:29:32,560
manage distribute. So, I think they they
would manage and distribute the funds,

1979
02:29:30,960 --> 02:29:36,160
but it doesn't sound like it has to be a
town. So, I can attend the meeting and

1980
02:29:34,399 --> 02:29:40,720
then come back if if because it doesn't
say when the grants would be due, but

1981
02:29:38,479 --> 02:29:49,600
» I think it's really easy to go on to the
dees website and do a uh onetop query.

1982
02:29:44,880 --> 02:29:54,560
» Let me see. uh in the for the town and
you know I I was actually just looking

1983
02:29:51,359 --> 02:29:58,640
at some stuff yesterday
um

1984
02:29:56,240 --> 02:30:00,880
» cuz I know that the post office parking
lot was a brownfield scale site but if

1985
02:30:00,399 --> 02:30:07,760
we're not doing
>> anything along the Yeah. Instead of the

1986
02:30:04,319 --> 02:30:14,160
» um but maybe if we're going to do some
redevelopment of um our

1987
02:30:11,680 --> 02:30:18,160
» Oh yeah.
>> Yeah. Yeah, that' be a good

1988
02:30:14,880 --> 02:30:21,680
» or the or along the bike path by just
north of the park.

1989
02:30:19,600 --> 02:30:26,319
» Yep.
>> Okay. And the bike path just north of

1990
02:30:25,040 --> 02:30:27,920
Oh, that's right. Because we talked
about there, too. Okay.

1991
02:30:27,359 --> 02:30:30,920
» Yep.
>> Okay.

1992
02:30:31,120 --> 02:30:38,240
» You know, cuz I was just I just did a
quick search. R&D paving has got some of

1993
02:30:36,319 --> 02:30:39,600
this like in Franklin.
>> Yeah.

1994
02:30:38,479 --> 02:30:43,680
» It's kind of interesting.
>> Yeah. There's quite a few places

1995
02:30:41,760 --> 02:30:47,680
throughout the state still that haven't
had anything done with them. I mean, our

1996
02:30:45,680 --> 02:30:53,600
biggest one was the Micro building where
the Micro building was the park was, but

1997
02:30:50,880 --> 02:30:57,120
okay, that's that one. Um,
>> basically any place that ever had dry

1998
02:30:55,760 --> 02:31:01,760
cleaning
>> or or an old

1999
02:30:59,120 --> 02:31:06,880
» or a gas station like the library
property was because we had that old gas

2000
02:31:04,720 --> 02:31:10,800
station and then window place before it
went away.

2001
02:31:08,479 --> 02:31:14,240
where the library parking lot is used to
be a gas station. Yeah.

2002
02:31:12,560 --> 02:31:18,960
» And then a window.
>> They got rid of the gas station and then

2003
02:31:16,000 --> 02:31:24,080
it was a window something but and then
that got torn down. But um I've gotten

2004
02:31:22,479 --> 02:31:29,680
um feedback from the attorney on
short-term rental finally. Um he

2005
02:31:26,399 --> 02:31:35,439
apologized profusely. I will have that
um not until your October 1 meeting

2006
02:31:32,319 --> 02:31:39,520
because I have Jo Joann's scheduled for
October 1st. Let me make sure I have

2007
02:31:38,479 --> 02:31:43,040
that right.
>> One of the things that actually uh I

2008
02:31:41,280 --> 02:31:47,040
don't have that right on that subject
and actually was brought up by a by a

2009
02:31:45,120 --> 02:31:50,640
town resident that your next meeting.
Sorry.

2010
02:31:47,520 --> 02:31:55,840
» Okay. To redtown resident to me was
okay. If you don't do licensing fees

2011
02:31:53,200 --> 02:32:00,120
then you could do an inspection fee for
the for the fire department.

2012
02:32:02,399 --> 02:32:09,439
Um he he said that um
he's got some comments and suggestions

2013
02:32:07,760 --> 02:32:12,800
concerning the most recent draft which
was the last thing that we talked about

2014
02:32:11,280 --> 02:32:15,760
what we wanted to do.
>> Okay.

2015
02:32:13,280 --> 02:32:20,240
» But as discussed many times before, the
town must be very careful to narrowly

2016
02:32:18,319 --> 02:32:22,800
tailor this process to only addressing
life safety issues rather than trying to

2017
02:32:22,160 --> 02:32:26,000
incorporate.
>> What I was told was Meredith has a whole

2018
02:32:24,800 --> 02:32:28,880
process in place.
>> Yeah, I'll look we'll look at that.

2019
02:32:28,399 --> 02:32:32,800
Yeah,
>> but we should be able to bring this back

2020
02:32:31,200 --> 02:32:35,359
and we'll check Meredith before we come
back.

2021
02:32:33,280 --> 02:32:41,840
» Did Did you have a chance to speak with
that other res or resident

2022
02:32:39,520 --> 02:32:46,640
» that I mentioned to you
>> about this that has a place in Florida

2023
02:32:44,960 --> 02:32:49,680
that would be willing to talk to?
>> No.

2024
02:32:47,200 --> 02:32:52,640
» Tell you or tell us like what they do in
Florida.

2025
02:32:50,640 --> 02:32:55,200
» Did you give me a number to call?
>> I give you a name. I'll tell you when.

2026
02:32:54,399 --> 02:32:59,280
» I don't Okay,
>> I'll tell you after. I'll

2027
02:32:56,399 --> 02:33:01,520
» after. Yep. if it was August 13th. No
kidding.

2028
02:32:59,680 --> 02:33:02,960
» And now's probably a good time. Now that
summer's ended, it's probably a good

2029
02:33:02,640 --> 02:33:06,000
time.
>> Okay, perfect.

2030
02:33:03,920 --> 02:33:13,359
» The other thing that we got to try to
talk to land use and ultimately probably

2031
02:33:09,120 --> 02:33:18,080
the planning board for is uh ADU
definitions

2032
02:33:15,359 --> 02:33:26,560
and short-term rentals because I don't
believe that our intention is to try to

2033
02:33:22,399 --> 02:33:32,880
have ADUs that are short-term rentals.
ADU is fine. All good. Like like we need

2034
02:33:30,160 --> 02:33:38,240
housing for family members. Even if you
intend to have an ADU and rent it out.

2035
02:33:35,280 --> 02:33:42,399
» Do you remember Scott if anything was
being addressed with ADUs and it wasn't

2036
02:33:40,800 --> 02:33:44,160
this year, right?
>> Cuz I think we got to get something on

2037
02:33:43,840 --> 02:33:46,319
the
>> Oh, no. Which Scott is on the planning

2038
02:33:46,000 --> 02:33:48,080
board.
>> I am.

2039
02:33:46,800 --> 02:33:53,040
» Thank you.
>> So, we're

2040
02:33:51,040 --> 02:33:55,200
we decided not to do anything about that
new yurt thing.

2041
02:33:54,319 --> 02:33:58,640
» Yep.
>> Right. just pronounced the town the

2042
02:33:56,880 --> 02:34:01,760
state now allows us to
>> yurts are allowed as residents I think.

2043
02:34:00,720 --> 02:34:05,920
Yep. Okay.
>> And so we're just punting on that. No

2044
02:34:04,160 --> 02:34:09,120
one's we can you know we can decide
something to make that change. We don't

2045
02:34:07,920 --> 02:34:14,800
have to.
>> And then we're look I believe we're

2046
02:34:11,680 --> 02:34:17,680
proposing to reduce the minimum square
footage required for an edu.

2047
02:34:17,280 --> 02:34:21,840
» Yes.
>> I I guess I guess I'm I'm thinking about

2048
02:34:20,000 --> 02:34:24,160
the not about short-term rentals
specifically.

2049
02:34:22,479 --> 02:34:27,280
» No, but I mean think about the chart for
a second. We basically say these are the

2050
02:34:25,920 --> 02:34:32,960
zones that short-term rentals are
allowed in when that was all concocted

2051
02:34:29,920 --> 02:34:39,600
and worked out. ADUs weren't a thing,
>> but ADUs are on the chart now.

2052
02:34:36,240 --> 02:34:44,960
» Right. So, my point is is do ADUs have
>> So, ADUs were a thing, but we didn't

2053
02:34:42,720 --> 02:34:49,520
allow them and except for specific
rules. What what I'm saying is is should

2054
02:34:47,200 --> 02:34:56,160
the chart be
uh amended to say ADU short-term rentals

2055
02:34:53,600 --> 02:34:59,200
like like a category? So that way you
don't have to get into the square

2056
02:34:57,439 --> 02:35:03,920
footage and the this and the right
because I think when we get into oh it's

2057
02:35:01,439 --> 02:35:07,840
a year it's not a year it's a this.
we're gonna drive ourselves nuts

2058
02:35:06,160 --> 02:35:13,600
» versus going, you know what, you can
have ADUs all day long, but ADUs have

2059
02:35:11,760 --> 02:35:17,760
» just add a category because then you
could say they can exist category

2060
02:35:16,080 --> 02:35:21,520
because those are uses. So, you would
have to have a zoning amendment and

2061
02:35:19,920 --> 02:35:26,080
you'd have to pick what districts you're
allowing it if you're changing it. So,

2062
02:35:23,600 --> 02:35:30,560
anyways, that's that to me is the
>> that's the thing because I I you know,

2063
02:35:28,240 --> 02:35:34,560
in in the spirit of all the law changes,
it's all about addressing long-term

2064
02:35:33,040 --> 02:35:39,520
housing,
>> but it isn't well, the spirit is

2065
02:35:37,439 --> 02:35:43,359
addressing long-term housing, but it
really doesn't address long-term

2066
02:35:41,520 --> 02:35:45,200
housing.
>> Sorry,

2067
02:35:43,760 --> 02:35:50,319
» I'm not going to argue that point one
way or the other. I'm saying the spirit

2068
02:35:46,560 --> 02:35:55,840
of it is that if again sort of you go
back to the all of the pieces from like

2069
02:35:53,120 --> 02:36:00,399
all the budget discussions we end up
short-term rentals have just become

2070
02:35:58,319 --> 02:36:04,960
harder I think for us. It doesn't allow
us to build our base and when you look

2071
02:36:03,040 --> 02:36:08,880
at the population changes in town over
the last 10 years that would just make

2072
02:36:07,040 --> 02:36:13,680
it more complicated. Hang on.
>> So, um,

2073
02:36:11,680 --> 02:36:17,439
yeah, accessory dwelling unit isn't even
on here, which is problem.

2074
02:36:16,399 --> 02:36:20,240
» Isn't on where?
>> It isn't on the chart.

2075
02:36:19,600 --> 02:36:23,200
» Yeah,
>> should be.

2076
02:36:21,120 --> 02:36:27,280
» I think it's being added, isn't it?
>> Is it Is it being added?

2077
02:36:25,359 --> 02:36:31,359
» Okay.
>> Um, we'll double check, but it should

2078
02:36:29,120 --> 02:36:35,840
because it's not on the chart currently.
>> I don't think,

2079
02:36:32,000 --> 02:36:40,560
» but it was now the the code. We're We're
definitely modifying the language. Yes.

2080
02:36:38,479 --> 02:36:42,800
» To match what the state requires and you
have to basically if you're allowed to

2081
02:36:41,760 --> 02:36:44,880
have a house, you're allowed to have an
EQ.

2082
02:36:43,120 --> 02:36:48,000
» Yeah, that's correct. So, so there's no
I mean from my perspective, I'm not

2083
02:36:46,720 --> 02:36:53,439
trying to fight that.
>> I'm trying to I'm trying I'm trying to

2084
02:36:50,560 --> 02:36:59,040
enable what they're asking for which is
housing so that we can have folks that

2085
02:36:56,560 --> 02:37:03,600
want to move into town in a reasonable
manner versus

2086
02:37:01,120 --> 02:37:06,720
just about short-term rentals. Yep.
>> Can I clarify that though? You say

2087
02:37:05,120 --> 02:37:10,720
you're trying to get people who want to
move into town for housing. You don't

2088
02:37:08,800 --> 02:37:11,600
want them to be used for short-term
rentals.

2089
02:37:11,200 --> 02:37:17,800
» Correct.
>> Okay. Can Can you legally restrict them

2090
02:37:14,800 --> 02:37:17,800
though?

2091
02:37:18,560 --> 02:37:23,520
» That's I guess that's a question we
would have to check on.

2092
02:37:22,319 --> 02:37:27,920
Um
>> I guess I guess if we had a mechanism

2093
02:37:25,760 --> 02:37:31,680
that we were saying ADUs are allowed
here and here, whatever whatever we

2094
02:37:29,840 --> 02:37:35,280
would have them before,
>> I was thinking the same. They're not

2095
02:37:33,359 --> 02:37:40,240
they're not listed as unall allowable
uses cuz they're now with the new law.

2096
02:37:38,000 --> 02:37:44,640
They're pretty much allowed everywhere.
Um but we do have a section regulating

2097
02:37:43,200 --> 02:37:47,760
what size they are.
>> Okay. Anyways, that's it. That's what I

2098
02:37:46,960 --> 02:37:50,880
was thinking about.
>> Okay. Sorry.

2099
02:37:48,720 --> 02:37:55,280
» I I was just hoping we could get them to
add that to their list of things to

2100
02:37:53,359 --> 02:38:00,160
consider,
>> you know, and how does that work in the

2101
02:37:57,040 --> 02:38:04,720
master plan? Anyways,
>> um

2102
02:38:02,000 --> 02:38:09,520
Joe Julian actually is coming next the
next meeting September 17th. So I will

2103
02:38:06,960 --> 02:38:16,120
do the bring the short-term
stuff back then and hopefully we will

2104
02:38:11,280 --> 02:38:16,120
also have an MS1 at that meeting.

2105
02:38:16,399 --> 02:38:24,399
Um
>> looks like we are allowed to regulate

2106
02:38:21,600 --> 02:38:26,479
shortterm rentals via zoning and via
permits.

2107
02:38:25,200 --> 02:38:29,760
» Yes.
>> And even

2108
02:38:28,399 --> 02:38:34,399
caps it looks like. So yeah, there's all
kinds of stuff we can do.

2109
02:38:32,800 --> 02:38:39,680
» That's interesting. We can cap the
number the number of nights an owner can

2110
02:38:37,680 --> 02:38:42,680
rent a year.
>> Interesting.

2111
02:38:45,680 --> 02:38:52,880
» I mean, the point is is short-term
rentals drive investment decisions. Like

2112
02:38:50,640 --> 02:38:56,000
I'm I'm buying the investment property
>> versus a family who's trying to move.

2113
02:38:54,880 --> 02:39:01,840
That's all I'm saying.
>> Yeah. No, it's there's a balancing act

2114
02:38:59,200 --> 02:39:07,439
for us being the an economy that's
driven by the lake and and the

2115
02:39:04,880 --> 02:39:13,280
environment. That's all.
>> Not trying to shut anybody out.

2116
02:39:09,280 --> 02:39:18,160
» I also received um a notice to vacate
documents from the attorney for the

2117
02:39:15,840 --> 02:39:20,800
property. Um I'm having it served, but I
haven't talked to the police chief yet.

2118
02:39:19,520 --> 02:39:26,560
So, I'm having the police department
serve it hopefully next week. Um we do

2119
02:39:24,319 --> 02:39:32,640
have to first step is to do the notice
to vacate and have it served which would

2120
02:39:28,399 --> 02:39:36,240
show official record of service. Um so I
will get the letter signed.

2121
02:39:34,000 --> 02:39:38,640
» Does that does that have a time frame on
the

2122
02:39:36,880 --> 02:39:43,439
» Yeah, it says once the letter is fully
complete with all the necessary

2123
02:39:40,000 --> 02:39:50,560
information. Um it goes on. Sorry, fil
by the letter. It would be

2124
02:39:46,080 --> 02:39:56,319
if um if the occupants do not vacate, I
have to notify the attorney after the

2125
02:39:52,399 --> 02:40:01,200
deadline has passed in the notice. So, I
think he is recommending

2126
02:39:59,439 --> 02:40:06,479
I think last I checked this it was a
30-day

2127
02:40:03,840 --> 02:40:09,680
Yeah, it's 30 days. So, so if we serve
it next week, it won't be until

2128
02:40:09,120 --> 02:40:15,200
» October.
>> October. But at least that we're now

2129
02:40:12,640 --> 02:40:20,240
we're moving forward. Um he did
apologize profusely that this fell

2130
02:40:17,120 --> 02:40:26,319
through the cracks for him. Um so but he
got me three things that were overdue

2131
02:40:22,160 --> 02:40:32,080
this week. So good news. Um
his there was a question that came from

2132
02:40:29,359 --> 02:40:35,520
our
H&H

2133
02:40:33,680 --> 02:40:39,760
were the people for the bridges, right?
So, um, this says, "In our meeting, I

2134
02:40:38,000 --> 02:40:44,240
believe Sean mentioned that the town has
historical documentation. Could you

2135
02:40:41,760 --> 02:40:48,880
please connect this? They've introduced
me to a person named Carly. Um, to get

2136
02:40:46,960 --> 02:40:54,560
access to this information." Was it the
historical society or was it

2137
02:40:52,000 --> 02:40:58,399
» Which bridge were we talking about?
>> Um,

2138
02:40:56,479 --> 02:41:03,760
it doesn't say. Well, it says Bristol
43429 project. That doesn't

2139
02:41:01,040 --> 02:41:07,760
» It's the It's the South M. The South
Main. It's the South Main version.

2140
02:41:05,600 --> 02:41:10,920
» Yeah. Okay. I was just referring to what
was in

2141
02:41:11,120 --> 02:41:17,600
um Muskro's history.
>> Okay.

2142
02:41:14,720 --> 02:41:23,120
» The different generations of which is
available on internet archive

2143
02:41:21,600 --> 02:41:27,080
and surgery.
>> I'll send that to her.

2144
02:41:29,840 --> 02:41:39,680
» And then I think that
just went out. I think that's it. Let me

2145
02:41:37,040 --> 02:41:45,280
just double check one thing.
I sorted them by select board here. Um

2146
02:41:43,600 --> 02:41:49,280
I did think it was nice to share this
comment. Um old home day was this

2147
02:41:47,040 --> 02:41:54,000
weekend. It looked great. And let me
that mural when you came down from the

2148
02:41:52,720 --> 02:41:57,680
elementary. I went through the
elementary school cuz the parking was so

2149
02:41:55,760 --> 02:42:03,760
full. I parked over here and walked
down. when you came across and saw the

2150
02:42:01,280 --> 02:42:09,280
park and saw that mural, it was like,
"Holy cow."

2151
02:42:06,399 --> 02:42:14,080
But so this person was a vendor and um
said um they just wanted to take a

2152
02:42:11,439 --> 02:42:18,880
moment to say a huge thank you to it's
to Les and everyone who helped at the

2153
02:42:15,920 --> 02:42:22,560
first Old Home Day. Um everyone involved
in putting together such a wonderful

2154
02:42:20,399 --> 02:42:27,040
event. We had an absolutely fantastic
time being part of Bristol Home Day. The

2155
02:42:24,960 --> 02:42:31,120
event was so well organized. The
community was amazing and we truly

2156
02:42:28,880 --> 02:42:36,080
appreciated being welcomed as a vendor.
It was such a great day for for them and

2157
02:42:33,840 --> 02:42:38,800
we incredibly grateful for all the hard
work that went into making it such

2158
02:42:37,680 --> 02:42:41,200
success. So
>> nice.

2159
02:42:39,359 --> 02:42:46,720
» So it was really nice. Um they would
love to come back. Um and we may

2160
02:42:43,760 --> 02:42:51,439
consider them for the fireworks. So but
>> pictures looked awesome.

2161
02:42:48,160 --> 02:42:53,840
» Yeah, they it was nice. So
>> looked like there was a low turnout for

2162
02:42:53,040 --> 02:42:58,080
uh the car
>> cars. I thought so too. the car, but I

2163
02:42:56,000 --> 02:43:01,520
met three cars headed to Plymouth. So, I
was wondering if there was something

2164
02:42:59,359 --> 02:43:07,520
going on that direction
>> because on my way down, I met them all

2165
02:43:04,000 --> 02:43:10,720
headed that way. So, but
um I that's it.

2166
02:43:08,960 --> 02:43:17,040
» How do the golf carts work out?
>> I reserved I don't know.

2167
02:43:14,240 --> 02:43:21,439
» I reserved um to call it Columbbo, but I
don't have the golf cart. Um they only

2168
02:43:18,640 --> 02:43:25,600
had one. We only sent one down um
because Dan had a different golf cart

2169
02:43:23,439 --> 02:43:28,720
that he was using, too. So, as far as I
know, they worked well. So,

2170
02:43:27,120 --> 02:43:31,720
» I did see it buzzing around.
>> Yeah.

2171
02:43:31,920 --> 02:43:37,520
» What
>> was that? You're on your list.

2172
02:43:34,960 --> 02:43:42,000
» No. No.
>> You sound

2173
02:43:39,840 --> 02:43:45,840
I just know they've been a sore spot for
a couple for a couple of folks. I didn't

2174
02:43:44,560 --> 02:43:47,760
I didn't know if you were poking the
bear.

2175
02:43:46,240 --> 02:43:49,920
» No, I did not. I was not aware of the
sore spot.

2176
02:43:48,560 --> 02:43:51,680
» Yeah.
>> Wow.

2177
02:43:50,479 --> 02:43:54,640
» You're going to have to tell me that
after.

2178
02:43:53,120 --> 02:43:58,880
No, it's no secret.
>> Sorry.

2179
02:43:55,600 --> 02:44:02,880
» Oh, for for the story. Oh,
>> no. Just that we bought them.

2180
02:44:00,479 --> 02:44:08,720
» Oh, we do need to talk about Right now
it's booked to contingency.

2181
02:44:04,960 --> 02:44:13,279
» Um but I looked at I um
>> there might be some money in the

2182
02:44:10,080 --> 02:44:18,640
fireworks fund after, but no money left
out of the Warren article. So, um so we

2183
02:44:17,279 --> 02:44:28,160
can decide if we're going to leave it
under contingency fund or not. Um, even

2184
02:44:22,479 --> 02:44:32,240
if we did leave it, we still have um,
we don't have to make that decision

2185
02:44:29,359 --> 02:44:35,240
tonight, but we still have
contingency.

2186
02:44:35,680 --> 02:44:42,800
I have one thing to finish paying, which
is the downtown plaque. He's It's

2187
02:44:40,240 --> 02:44:47,439
supposed to be um, installed short soon.
Once it is, I'll let you know. But based

2188
02:44:45,120 --> 02:44:51,520
on that payment, I still have to pay um,
we still have $13,250.

2189
02:44:51,040 --> 02:44:54,880
Okay.
>> Um I had to book all of the golf cart

2190
02:44:53,680 --> 02:44:57,840
maintenance to it.
>> Yep.

2191
02:44:55,520 --> 02:45:03,680
» Um and the downtown plaque and then we
approved the Z monitor and then the

2192
02:45:00,240 --> 02:45:06,160
purchase of the golf carts. So, but
Okay.

2193
02:45:04,240 --> 02:45:10,160
» All right,
Scott.

2194
02:45:07,680 --> 02:45:16,319
Uh the other thing I have is what's
going on at Kelly Park behind the

2195
02:45:11,600 --> 02:45:18,800
softball field. There's no fence up
the project.

2196
02:45:17,120 --> 02:45:22,479
» No, they were redoing the the hill.
>> Oh, receding the hill. Yeah, the hill

2197
02:45:20,720 --> 02:45:24,479
took a beating during the soft fall
season. So,

2198
02:45:23,760 --> 02:45:28,240
» okay.
>> Yeah,

2199
02:45:27,040 --> 02:45:30,319
» now's a good time of year.
>> Yeah,

2200
02:45:28,640 --> 02:45:36,000
» some grass.
>> Okay, I think that's it.

2201
02:45:33,359 --> 02:45:42,720
All right. Um,
>> I think we're going to also go out to

2202
02:45:38,960 --> 02:45:47,200
RFP on the lawn care provider.
>> Thank you. I was going to bring that up.

2203
02:45:44,560 --> 02:45:50,160
» Um, we did have a conversation. I did
tell him that I didn't believe he was

2204
02:45:48,640 --> 02:45:54,000
doing the work.
and that he needed to put signs out

2205
02:45:52,160 --> 02:45:58,000
because he hasn't been putting signs out
and he's been sick. So,

2206
02:45:56,080 --> 02:46:01,439
» well, and some other Yeah.
>> So, yeah. Um, that was on my list. So,

2207
02:46:00,880 --> 02:46:02,560
thank you.
>> Yeah.

2208
02:46:01,760 --> 02:46:05,600
» Yep.
>> It was brought someone else in town

2209
02:46:04,640 --> 02:46:09,279
mentioned
>> that did look so great.

2210
02:46:07,200 --> 02:46:13,439
» Um, it does it looks better than last
year, but um last year everything was

2211
02:46:12,240 --> 02:46:18,000
burnt brown, but
>> No, not Yeah. Like are they also doing

2212
02:46:16,720 --> 02:46:20,160
the square
>> like with the treatments and stuff?

2213
02:46:19,840 --> 02:46:23,279
» Yes.
>> Yeah, that needs

2214
02:46:21,120 --> 02:46:27,760
» and this build so they do this building
the Eagle Scout Park

2215
02:46:25,279 --> 02:46:34,279
» the square historic town hall supposed
to be being done.

2216
02:46:28,880 --> 02:46:34,279
» Yeah. So I I agree that should go up.

2217
02:46:34,800 --> 02:46:39,920
» Excuse me.
>> Did we discuss Are we going to do we

2218
02:46:38,560 --> 02:46:44,080
have any projects for more? Is there
anything that we're going to propose?

2219
02:46:41,760 --> 02:46:47,520
Um, I think there's a there's a couple
that I have in mind, but we haven't

2220
02:46:46,080 --> 02:46:50,800
discussed anything.
>> Not yet. We we usually do that right

2221
02:46:49,840 --> 02:46:55,279
after budget.
>> Yeah. Okay.

2222
02:46:52,160 --> 02:46:59,200
» But, um, I am I don't have anything
specific coming from department heads

2223
02:46:57,120 --> 02:47:03,040
yet, except for the normal capital
reserve stuff. Um,

2224
02:47:01,200 --> 02:47:06,560
» but this building, depending on what you
want to do, is one of them. So,

2225
02:47:05,359 --> 02:47:13,840
» um,
>> and then if we do go out to if we get

2226
02:47:09,760 --> 02:47:17,439
the RFPs done, um, we're also
>> kind of cross my feet at the

2227
02:47:15,920 --> 02:47:22,000
» I did.
>> Um, if I do, we are talking about RFPs

2228
02:47:20,080 --> 02:47:26,000
on the phone system because we continue
to have some issues.

2229
02:47:23,359 --> 02:47:31,760
» Um, and that will require an upfront
cost. So, um, to do phones, last time it

2230
02:47:30,240 --> 02:47:37,200
cost us, if I remember correctly,
$10,000 upfront and we only paid $280 a

2231
02:47:35,760 --> 02:47:40,720
month. But,
>> okay.

2232
02:47:37,520 --> 02:47:44,319
» But it's time because we did this. It we
talk about doing some of these things

2233
02:47:42,319 --> 02:47:52,160
five to six. It's been longer than that.
We did that phone system in 200.

2234
02:47:48,720 --> 02:47:55,680
» Yes, we moved in here in 19. So, we did
it in 2018.

2235
02:47:53,279 --> 02:47:59,359
» All right. So we can
>> 2018 we bought these phones.

2236
02:47:57,600 --> 02:48:03,920
» We talked about that a bunch but like
there's a hundred ways to to skin that

2237
02:48:03,680 --> 02:48:06,720
right.
>> Yeah,

2238
02:48:05,359 --> 02:48:10,640
» especially when we talk about all the
issues that the police have fire like

2239
02:48:09,120 --> 02:48:13,359
still have a phone issue like that makes
zero sense.

2240
02:48:11,120 --> 02:48:19,800
» They um they've resolved most of it
except for two things. So, the delay and

2241
02:48:16,800 --> 02:48:19,800
the

2242
02:48:20,000 --> 02:48:24,560
the delay and the captain's phone isn't
working again for some reason. So,

2243
02:48:24,000 --> 02:48:30,000
» huh,
>> those are the two things that we've got

2244
02:48:26,000 --> 02:48:34,319
it resolved to down there. Um, but they
seem they're the only ones not the only

2245
02:48:32,800 --> 02:48:37,680
Let me rephrase that. They're the ones
that seem to be having the biggest

2246
02:48:35,600 --> 02:48:42,560
issues. So, but
>> Okay.

2247
02:48:40,399 --> 02:48:46,960
» Okay. Um, I got I got three things, but
I'll try to make it fast. One of them is

2248
02:48:45,120 --> 02:48:54,240
um
when Victor comes in, I would like us to

2249
02:48:49,359 --> 02:48:59,279
if we can maybe think about the
what questions because we said that

2250
02:48:56,640 --> 02:49:04,720
during the vote of the over the backho
we said we re you know it would be

2251
02:49:01,359 --> 02:49:08,479
revisited in a year. How do we what are
the things that we want to make sure

2252
02:49:07,359 --> 02:49:12,479
what what are the questions that we're
going to revisit is I guess the question

2253
02:49:10,160 --> 02:49:15,120
right. So, I'd like to make sure that we
sort of at least give them a heads up

2254
02:49:13,920 --> 02:49:19,200
and say, "Hey, let's have that
discussion." What is what does success

2255
02:49:17,120 --> 02:49:23,760
look like if you if it then stays? So,
that's one. Um to Christina, I don't

2256
02:49:21,920 --> 02:49:25,600
know if you can quickly share it or
>> Oh, yeah.

2257
02:49:24,319 --> 02:49:30,720
» that there's a
>> I did drop it in the file. So, I think

2258
02:49:27,760 --> 02:49:33,120
it's Let me look. So, there's I I sent
Christina

2259
02:49:32,399 --> 02:49:37,040
um
>> it was in it was in last week's meeting,

2260
02:49:35,120 --> 02:49:40,640
but we never got to because not last
week's meeting, the last meeting because

2261
02:49:39,200 --> 02:49:44,479
it was a long night.
>> So, so um basically it's about the lake

2262
02:49:43,600 --> 02:49:48,479
level,
>> right? So, in talking to Greg and

2263
02:49:46,560 --> 02:49:53,600
talking to some other folks, they're
definitely seeing some of the uh tourist

2264
02:49:51,200 --> 02:49:57,040
stuff sort of tail, you know, fall off a
little bit, right? It's anecdotal at

2265
02:49:55,439 --> 02:50:01,040
best right now. There's not like there's
hard data, but

2266
02:49:59,120 --> 02:50:04,080
I mean, all you have to do is look at
community and you you see a whole bunch

2267
02:50:02,880 --> 02:50:06,160
of people complaining about a hole in
their boats.

2268
02:50:04,960 --> 02:50:08,720
» Well, when the boats come out of the
water, they're not buying gas. They're

2269
02:50:07,520 --> 02:50:14,319
not going to the stores. There's a bunch
of stuff that they're not doing. So,

2270
02:50:11,840 --> 02:50:19,040
basically what that report shows is Dees
has said that they use what's called the

2271
02:50:16,000 --> 02:50:24,080
1982 curve to manage the lake level.
>> Okay? And we've been below the curve all

2272
02:50:21,200 --> 02:50:28,000
summer and it and it started really in
June. What I'd like to do is this is not

2273
02:50:26,319 --> 02:50:31,840
about telling dees that they did
something wrong because I do believe

2274
02:50:29,520 --> 02:50:36,479
honestly that when you look at all the
information that's there. They're

2275
02:50:33,439 --> 02:50:41,279
definitely trying to maintain a level.
But basically early in the season a lot

2276
02:50:38,800 --> 02:50:44,240
of water was let out and then we we
didn't haven't gotten any rain to make

2277
02:50:42,800 --> 02:50:48,720
up the difference.
>> Okay. Right.

2278
02:50:45,279 --> 02:50:53,279
» So if we're managing to that curve, how
do you recognize it sooner on the front

2279
02:50:51,200 --> 02:50:57,200
end? Because as the as the season goes
on, you have more headroom to manage it.

2280
02:50:55,359 --> 02:51:00,319
You you have more ability to let stuff
up. You have no ability to to bring more

2281
02:50:59,680 --> 02:51:04,720
in.
>> It's in your folders now under number 13

2282
02:51:03,040 --> 02:51:08,960
select board item.
>> So, um

2283
02:51:06,399 --> 02:51:13,279
» anyways, all it is is a report that
shows you uh rainfall. I tried to do

2284
02:51:11,760 --> 02:51:19,120
rainfall
um the curve compared to the height by

2285
02:51:16,160 --> 02:51:23,680
middle of the month. Um, so anyways, I I
would like us if it's at all possible to

2286
02:51:21,200 --> 02:51:29,120
figure out how do we communicate with
with dees. I'm not sure I'm not sure the

2287
02:51:26,800 --> 02:51:34,479
best mechanism to do that to be honest.
>> Um, Greg Wagner did say to me today he

2288
02:51:32,720 --> 02:51:40,479
said you guys should also reach out to
NLA. So I'm happy to do that because um

2289
02:51:38,000 --> 02:51:44,880
he said between NLR fishing game and
everybody there was they have had a lot

2290
02:51:42,720 --> 02:51:48,640
of discussions around the lake levels
too. So they may have some good input.

2291
02:51:47,200 --> 02:51:52,240
Again, this is not about putting the
state on their heels or telling them

2292
02:51:51,120 --> 02:51:58,080
that they need to pick a new
methodology.

2293
02:51:54,160 --> 02:52:02,960
However, it is evidence of two years in
a row that the methodology that you said

2294
02:52:01,040 --> 02:52:05,040
you're using, we're not really tracking
to,

2295
02:52:03,680 --> 02:52:09,439
» right? They haven't met.
>> So, so, so how do we how do we find

2296
02:52:07,120 --> 02:52:12,880
middle ground? Because one of the
primary questions, you'll see it on the

2297
02:52:10,880 --> 02:52:17,680
front page, is if you take a look at the
current lake level, we're basically

2298
02:52:14,640 --> 02:52:22,080
almost 5 weeks ahead of schedule.
That's taking an entire month out of a

2299
02:52:19,680 --> 02:52:23,840
boating season that isn't very long to
begin with.

2300
02:52:22,720 --> 02:52:28,000
» Right.
>> So anyway,

2301
02:52:26,640 --> 02:52:32,399
how long ago did they have that
discussion? They I remember they had a

2302
02:52:29,600 --> 02:52:38,640
form I think wasn't it in Bridgewater?
>> Yeah, it was the town.

2303
02:52:35,359 --> 02:52:43,520
They actually they took they did that me
they wrote a report they sent it in the

2304
02:52:40,800 --> 02:52:47,920
US reviewed it sent them back a denial
about changing it

2305
02:52:44,960 --> 02:52:52,800
» it got appealed and then I think they
got a second denial

2306
02:52:50,640 --> 02:52:56,000
» which I shared those documents with John
when he was doing this

2307
02:52:54,080 --> 02:52:59,520
» I'm not suggesting
>> but the state change it

2308
02:52:57,359 --> 02:53:05,120
» the state itself had a had like a
two-year period where they said we're

2309
02:53:02,560 --> 02:53:11,279
you know we're changing the way we
manage it to see if it works. And then

2310
02:53:09,040 --> 02:53:13,439
at the end of that, they went back to
the

2311
02:53:11,760 --> 02:53:16,960
» to the 1980s way,
>> right? Yeah. Yeah. So again, I'm not

2312
02:53:15,359 --> 02:53:21,520
looking for something different. I'm
looking for that to

2313
02:53:18,399 --> 02:53:24,240
» I also think as probably as good as it,
you know, it used to be the guy came to

2314
02:53:23,439 --> 02:53:26,720
the dam.
>> Yeah.

2315
02:53:24,960 --> 02:53:30,880
» And made an adjustment
>> and and left and then he came back a

2316
02:53:28,880 --> 02:53:35,520
couple days later and now everything is
automatic. So no one is there,

2317
02:53:32,880 --> 02:53:38,240
» right? They don't see the lake. Y they
>> they just see

2318
02:53:36,880 --> 02:53:44,720
» I just I given
>> dial on a on a screen.

2319
02:53:40,160 --> 02:53:49,279
» Given our dependence locally,
>> we need to figure out how to be engaged

2320
02:53:47,600 --> 02:53:54,000
in a different way. That's all that's
really all I'm saying.

2321
02:53:51,520 --> 02:53:56,160
Um
yeah,

2322
02:53:55,200 --> 02:54:00,080
» number one.
>> No, that was two cuz the first one was

2323
02:53:58,240 --> 02:54:03,200
highway. The second one was
>> Yeah, those two.

2324
02:54:01,840 --> 02:54:07,120
» Uh
on the highway. Can I um would the

2325
02:54:05,120 --> 02:54:09,840
requirements document be something that
you would potentially have?

2326
02:54:08,720 --> 02:54:12,880
» I mean, we could we could use that to
flush out. Look at the end of the day.

2327
02:54:11,600 --> 02:54:14,880
All I'm saying is is like
>> what are our metrics that we're trying

2328
02:54:14,399 --> 02:54:20,160
to
>> That's it. Is it number of hours? Is it

2329
02:54:16,720 --> 02:54:23,359
number of job? I I'm looking for us if
we're saying we're going to evaluate

2330
02:54:21,600 --> 02:54:26,640
something at a at a future date, we're
going to try this out and see what it

2331
02:54:24,800 --> 02:54:29,680
is, then we should
>> How much more did we get done versus

2332
02:54:28,319 --> 02:54:33,040
what we spent?
>> Right.

2333
02:54:30,160 --> 02:54:36,640
» Right. Or did and or did the budget go
up because of gas or fuel or whatever?

2334
02:54:36,000 --> 02:54:40,640
Yeah.
>> Whatever the appropriate criteria.

2335
02:54:38,640 --> 02:54:44,399
» If the budget goes up
>> if you overspend

2336
02:54:42,000 --> 02:54:46,000
» 20% not the whole budget but the budget
for that machine.

2337
02:54:45,359 --> 02:54:49,760
» Right.
>> But we got twice as much done

2338
02:54:48,080 --> 02:54:52,240
» then.
Yeah. Exactly.

2339
02:54:51,279 --> 02:54:57,520
» Yeah.
>> Right. But if it's 60% and 10% right

2340
02:54:56,479 --> 02:55:01,040
» that it doesn't work
>> right. Because if you take today's hours

2341
02:54:59,680 --> 02:55:02,319
and then okay, we think we're going to
use it this much.

2342
02:55:02,080 --> 02:55:04,800
» Yeah.
>> And then tomorrow's hours is really only

2343
02:55:04,080 --> 02:55:07,279
10 more,
>> right?

2344
02:55:05,760 --> 02:55:08,640
» What was the operating cost,
>> right?

2345
02:55:08,000 --> 02:55:15,200
» By hour.
>> Yeah.

2346
02:55:10,479 --> 02:55:20,000
» Something to that effect. Um
>> Oh, EDC was the last one. So Christine

2347
02:55:17,680 --> 02:55:24,800
and I went back and forth
>> um last week about a potential grant and

2348
02:55:22,720 --> 02:55:28,560
we ultimately decided to not
>> I thought it was that note. I couldn't

2349
02:55:26,319 --> 02:55:33,120
figure out what that note was. Sorry.
>> Okay. So, we ultimately decided to not

2350
02:55:31,120 --> 02:55:37,600
push it. And it was really because it
was like, okay, how sort of back to the

2351
02:55:35,600 --> 02:55:42,560
budget discussion, how does how does
this help us downtown do development?

2352
02:55:40,240 --> 02:55:46,319
How does it fit into the master plan?
Because there's already the um what was

2353
02:55:44,560 --> 02:55:51,680
it the 73? What?
>> So, we are downtown. We already have the

2354
02:55:48,160 --> 02:55:56,160
79E revitalization district. So what
this was is an opportunity zone which

2355
02:55:54,160 --> 02:56:00,560
would bring investors in.
>> But when we started looking at it, we're

2356
02:55:57,920 --> 02:56:02,880
like, well, where where do we have that
we could bring in

2357
02:56:01,359 --> 02:56:07,120
» where the investors, right?
>> Which of the properties

2358
02:56:04,800 --> 02:56:10,960
» like there was a lot of stuff and it was
like

2359
02:56:09,279 --> 02:56:15,680
it the juice didn't seem worth the
squeeze, right? So So ultimately we we

2360
02:56:12,880 --> 02:56:19,840
we passed. But um I just wanted to bring
it up so you guys a knew the EDC is

2361
02:56:18,080 --> 02:56:24,800
trying to like figure out way to do some
of those things but then you know we're

2362
02:56:22,240 --> 02:56:29,600
also trying to apply pressure to go okay
just because we can doesn't mean we

2363
02:56:26,640 --> 02:56:36,240
should. So like whether it's a piece of
equipment or a a grant like same rules

2364
02:56:34,000 --> 02:56:39,520
apply like how does it fit? So anyways
there you go there's my three things. Go

2365
02:56:38,479 --> 02:56:46,240
ahead.
>> Did Bruce Dunner was asking about the

2366
02:56:43,760 --> 02:56:49,920
d the second draft discussion that he
made changes to.

2367
02:56:47,760 --> 02:56:52,319
» Were we supposed to bring that here or
wait until

2368
02:56:51,120 --> 02:56:55,840
» uh he didn't tell me. I haven't
>> heard it on the email.

2369
02:56:53,520 --> 02:57:00,319
» Okay. I he he sent me a text. He wants
to get a a drink and talk, but I'll I'll

2370
02:56:59,439 --> 02:57:02,880
talk.
>> Okay.

2371
02:57:01,200 --> 02:57:06,240
» And because we can bring it to the next
meeting.

2372
02:57:03,279 --> 02:57:09,279
» Y sounds good.
>> Got nothing.

2373
02:57:06,880 --> 02:57:15,120
» No. Okay. Just a couple quick things.
Um, out of the blue, a couple of kudos.

2374
02:57:11,840 --> 02:57:19,680
Out of the blue, got a text from a non
resident taxpayer.

2375
02:57:17,680 --> 02:57:24,800
Hey, just some positive info. Just went
to the Bristol. I'm going to say dump,

2376
02:57:22,080 --> 02:57:29,520
but it's the transfer station. Every one
of those guys were helping everybody.

2377
02:57:26,960 --> 02:57:35,600
Incredibly clean. Best I've ever seen.
The dump work and cleanliness. You

2378
02:57:32,560 --> 02:57:42,800
should be pleased. So, please pass that
along. Um, also, uh, I heard from a

2379
02:57:40,319 --> 02:57:50,319
couple of different folks. Just kudos to
land use office. Um, and I'll single

2380
02:57:46,080 --> 02:57:56,560
I'll single her I'll single her out. Uh,
uh, special kudos to Ashley who is just,

2381
02:57:53,840 --> 02:58:01,680
uh, doing a great job being being the
face of the town uh, for folks that are

2382
02:58:00,000 --> 02:58:08,640
that are coming there trying to do
things. So again, just, you know,

2383
02:58:07,279 --> 02:58:12,479
they always hear the negative, but they
don't always hear the positive. So,

2384
02:58:10,560 --> 02:58:16,000
» I want to pass that along.
>> Um,

2385
02:58:14,479 --> 02:58:20,399
I don't know if anything's going to come
of it. Um,

2386
02:58:18,160 --> 02:58:26,000
I won't go into the whole story, but I
found out I did find out that the dam

2387
02:58:22,800 --> 02:58:29,760
bureau is looking at
which properties they should continue to

2388
02:58:27,840 --> 02:58:36,080
own and which properties they shouldn't.
So, I did send them a email as a member

2389
02:58:34,160 --> 02:58:40,560
of the select board and the conservation
commission about properties along the

2390
02:58:37,760 --> 02:58:45,439
river. I have not received a reply yet,
but I'm going to follow up a phone call.

2391
02:58:43,520 --> 02:58:51,920
Um,
who asked was it? Somebody asked Oh, no.

2392
02:58:48,479 --> 02:58:55,920
It's Donna about the, you know, the dam.
It's um Fenberg that owns that. So, I'll

2393
02:58:54,640 --> 02:58:58,920
I'll talk to her. Yeah.
>> Right.

2394
02:58:59,120 --> 02:59:07,200
I'll keep everyone updated on that.
Hopefully, something does, but

2395
02:59:04,880 --> 02:59:12,640
» I think they should just give it to us.
>> Yeah.

2396
02:59:09,520 --> 02:59:16,880
I did speaking of the comments um I did
speak with someone who didn't have a

2397
02:59:14,960 --> 02:59:21,760
good comment but one of my comments back
to them was assessing and land use is a

2398
02:59:19,040 --> 02:59:25,920
thankful thankless position. I said
they're not often that the you're ever

2399
02:59:24,240 --> 02:59:29,760
going to hear anything good come from
that. I said I'm not trying to make

2400
02:59:27,600 --> 02:59:32,800
excuses for them but you have to and
this person agreed. though. But

2401
02:59:31,840 --> 02:59:36,240
» yeah, but
>> yeah, it's a it's a tough position to be

2402
02:59:34,640 --> 02:59:42,399
in, but
>> um I think given everything

2403
02:59:39,760 --> 02:59:47,600
» that we expect of them, I I think the
office does a does a great job. Donna,

2404
02:59:45,840 --> 02:59:52,000
Joanne,
everyone in that office, Mike, everyone

2405
02:59:49,760 --> 02:59:58,560
does a great job.
>> So, just wanted to pass that along.

2406
02:59:56,000 --> 03:00:03,200
» I think that's what I have. Can I have
two se uh two seconds at the end for a

2407
03:00:00,800 --> 03:00:04,479
non-public comment? You just remind me.
>> Sure.

2408
03:00:03,600 --> 03:00:06,240
» Okay.
>> Sure.

2409
03:00:04,880 --> 03:00:09,920
» Other than that,
>> public comment.

2410
03:00:08,479 --> 03:00:14,319
» Okay.
>> Okay. But is this I I actually speaking

2411
03:00:12,560 --> 03:00:19,920
of the setup, I don't think this is good
either because my screen is if I'm

2412
03:00:17,840 --> 03:00:24,560
looking at something
>> everyone can see, then I'm like, okay,

2413
03:00:22,399 --> 03:00:28,800
that's not going to work. So, I will
have to set something different. But

2414
03:00:26,640 --> 03:00:31,760
» yeah, I mean, oh, whatever. Yeah,
thanks.

2415
03:00:29,279 --> 03:00:36,000
» We we we still the reason we keep and so
everybody knows who might be watching.

2416
03:00:33,600 --> 03:00:40,000
Um, we're trying to set this up for the
potential improvements that we've got to

2417
03:00:37,600 --> 03:00:43,760
do this run before the end of the year.
So, we've got the sound improvements

2418
03:00:41,920 --> 03:00:48,000
that we approved to encumber the money
from last year.

2419
03:00:45,279 --> 03:00:53,760
So, in order to we have to find what
works safetywise, which um and what

2420
03:00:50,880 --> 03:00:58,160
works for people to be able to talk and
watch the screen because we're not

2421
03:00:54,960 --> 03:01:03,520
putting another TV in and for us to be
able to be heard for CAD stuff to also

2422
03:01:01,680 --> 03:01:06,240
be heard on Zoom because that's been our
biggest complaint has been people can't

2423
03:01:05,680 --> 03:01:12,000
hear.
>> Yeah. Um, so that's why I keep shifting

2424
03:01:09,680 --> 03:01:16,160
a little, trying to test other spots.
But, um, today I was like, hm, he's

2425
03:01:14,560 --> 03:01:21,520
sitting right behind me. I'm not looking
at anything non-public, but

2426
03:01:20,160 --> 03:01:25,040
» camera's right behind you, too.
>> Yeah. So, that's my con. I was like,

2427
03:01:23,359 --> 03:01:29,680
that was too far away. I couldn't run
the screen that far away with this

2428
03:01:27,439 --> 03:01:32,319
setup. With the new setup, I was going
to switch that, but they're still behind

2429
03:01:31,279 --> 03:01:38,240
me.
>> Unless, but then I'm backwards to the

2430
03:01:34,960 --> 03:01:42,640
TV. Oh man.
>> Until we get the new

2431
03:01:40,800 --> 03:01:46,399
» mirror. Yeah. I'll have it sticking out
from here.

2432
03:01:44,720 --> 03:01:48,720
» You guys were arguing with the two TVs
in here, but that's a different thing.

2433
03:01:48,000 --> 03:01:50,640
» Yeah.
>> So

2434
03:01:49,040 --> 03:01:53,680
» So if you're presenting from your
laptop, you shouldn't need to see the

2435
03:01:52,319 --> 03:01:58,080
screen that well.
>> Well, if so, I have to check and make

2436
03:01:56,399 --> 03:02:00,479
sure it shares. That's the pro.
Sometimes it doesn't.

2437
03:01:58,800 --> 03:02:04,000
» You need to be really close to it to see
that it shares.

2438
03:02:01,359 --> 03:02:06,399
» Yeah. So, I could turn I could keep my
back to the TV and just look at my

2439
03:02:05,840 --> 03:02:11,120
computer
>> over here facing that way.

2440
03:02:07,760 --> 03:02:15,279
» Oh, I can't run the m when I need to run
up here. I can't run the mouse for

2441
03:02:13,120 --> 03:02:20,720
anything on that computer up front if I
need to. So, sometime I have to

2442
03:02:18,240 --> 03:02:25,920
hopefully I don't have to use it hardly
at all during the meeting, but

2443
03:02:24,800 --> 03:02:28,960
» we'll deal with that later.
>> I have to allow myself to be able to

2444
03:02:27,680 --> 03:02:33,760
share
>> um start the meeting. But if I do that

2445
03:02:31,920 --> 03:02:38,399
all before the meeting and then allow
myself to share, we could go back here.

2446
03:02:36,640 --> 03:02:41,920
» But
>> my whole side panel I was like, "God,

2447
03:02:40,640 --> 03:02:46,399
I'm going to have to sit like this the
whole time.

2448
03:02:44,720 --> 03:02:50,319
» We can put you in the hall. I'm sure we
can get you a long range wireless

2449
03:02:48,240 --> 03:02:53,279
mouse."
>> PC.

2450
03:02:52,479 --> 03:02:58,720
All right.
>> Okay. Motion motion to adjourn.

2451
03:02:55,439 --> 03:03:03,760
» No motion nonpublic
>> uh pursuant to 91A, A, B, and C.

2452
03:03:01,760 --> 03:03:08,880
» Second.
>> Uh just for clarification, it's 91 A3 2

2453
03:03:08,080 --> 03:03:11,359
A B and C.
>> Oh, I'm sorry. Yes.

2454
03:03:10,720 --> 03:03:14,319
» Uh
>> at 9:10 p.m.

2455
03:03:12,640 --> 03:03:19,560
» Call
I. Okay. See you.