[1:44] I'll call to order this August 24th, 2026 meeting of the Chancellor's Select

[1:48] Board. And if you would join me in the pledge of

[1:50] » allegiance

[1:55] to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it

[2:00] stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice

[2:05] for all.

[2:10] » Thank you. Thank you. And I just want to remind everyone that this meeting is

[2:14] being broadcast live by Chancellor Tele Media and will be uh recorded for later

[2:18] uh rebroadcast and viewing by the public. The first thing on our agenda

[2:22] this morning is a I mean this evening is a um an exciting um celebration for uh

[2:29] the kids from Cal Ripken um 12 and under, right?

[2:33] » 10 >> 10 and under. 10 and under. They're not

[2:36] they're not that old yet. [laughter] um for their uh trip to Virginia for the

[2:41] World Series. Um and we're going to read a certificate and then I'll read off the

[2:45] names of all the students, all the um players and coaches. And we do have one

[2:50] copy of the certificate right here which I'll give to the head coach. And we will

[2:55] have individual uh certificates for all the kids which we'll get to you somehow

[2:59] maybe through Mike Donahue. And we want to thank Mike for alerting us of this

[3:03] wonderful event for you guys. So if you want to read the certificate

[3:07] » certificate [clears throat] of recognition is hereby presented to

[3:10] the Chsford 10 and under Cal Ripken team in honor of qualifying for the Cal

[3:15] Ripton 10 and under World Series. Your strong work ethic and commitment to

[3:18] teamwork brings great credit upon you your families and the town of Chsford

[3:23] awarded this 24th day of August 2026. >> And the the players that we have I don't

[3:30] I know what they're not all here but look we have nine out of the 12 and I

[3:33] hope I get the names right. Dage Patel, Maddox Belo, Bennett Mutanski, Thomas

[3:39] Darcier, Julian Norales, Ryan Sha, Alistister Mosher, Ethan Clark, Brand

[3:46] Brandon Kamir, Michael Johnson, Caleb Yin, and Ethan Henry, head coach William

[3:52] Dsier, assistant coaches Edward Duke, Kerry Henry, and Michael Morales.

[3:59] So, Mr. head coach if you want to take this and if you want to tell us a little

[4:05] bit about your adventure. >> Sure. Where would I at the mic?

[4:16] » Well, uh I'd first like to say thank you very much to the board selectman. We

[4:20] really appreciate the support. Uh and also once again to Mike Donahghue and

[4:25] Jump Street Baseball. Um, you know, it started with our um, you know, we had a

[4:33] a trip to uh, we won our districts here that was um, hosted in Chelmsford and

[4:39] then we went on to the state tournament that was in oh my gosh it seems so long

[4:43] ago uh, Frit was in Free Lake, Massachusetts and it was the first time

[4:48] we uh, uh, we had won uh, the 10-year-old division I believe in uh,

[4:53] for for Chumsard and then um, then we went on to the regional

[4:57] in uh New Milford, Connecticut, where we played the final game against uh New

[5:03] Town, Connecticut, and won that. And that was our birth to the uh first time

[5:08] ever for the uh World Series for the 10-year-old division for um for Cal

[5:12] Ripken. So, really exciting. The boys did a tremendous job being good

[5:16] teammates, caring about caring about the right stuff, caring about each other,

[5:20] and it really showed up uh in the play. So, we're really supportive. Uh we're

[5:24] really happy with the support and thankful for the support we got from the

[5:27] town and we really appreciate this. This is a nice honor for the kids and a good

[5:31] celebration of a lot of hard work um and good teamwork which

[5:36] » uh were were highlights of our season. So

[5:40] » yeah, very good representatives for the town of Chumswood. Absolutely. So

[5:43] » yeah, >> we're we're glad they could be here and

[5:45] we will get you those certificates and congratulations guys. You did a good

[5:50] job. >> Yeah, thank you very much.

[5:51] » Thanks for coming in. Congratulations. Yeah. And we have I think we have Can

[5:54] you have we have something for you folks?

[6:02] » So [clears throat] part of part of the journey at the World Series that we

[6:05] found out and part of our led to part of our expenses as well. But we had a big

[6:10] thing there were 28 teams there at the World Series and we trade pens um

[6:15] through like internationally. There were you know there were came from both like

[6:19] international and around the country. So, we made up pins for the tournament

[6:23] that we traded. So, these are the ones we traded. We brought one for each of

[6:26] the select men. You know, it's a token of our appreciation. There you go. Oh my

[6:30] goodness. >> This is the one

[6:33] for all. >> Yeah, we'll we'll make sure they get

[6:36] him. >> Thank you very much.

[6:38] » Yeah. Thank you. >> Thanks a lot.

[6:41] » Yeah. Congratulations. >> Thank you so much.

[6:43] » Thank you.

[6:47] » All right. And you you're welcome to stay for the rest of our exciting

[6:51] meeting, [laughter]

[6:55] » but but you you're also welcome to quietly file out if you'd prefer to do

[6:59] that. >> I think that I think that's best. But

[7:01] [laughter] >> thanks again. Congratulations, guys.

[7:07] [clears throat]

[7:09] » So, John, if you want to continue with the public service announcement.

[7:12] » Sure. Uh the schedule for early voting in person uh for Saturday and Sunday,

[7:18] August 22nd and 23rd, it's 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the town hall gym. Uh

[7:24] Monday through Friday, August 24th through the uh 28th from 8:30 a.m. to

[7:30] 4:00 p.m. at the town hall gym. Uh the special deadlines, the last day to

[7:35] register to vote is Saturday, August 22nd in person at 5:00 p. a.m. or online

[7:40] at 11:59 p.m. The last day to apply for vote by mail, Tuesday, August 25th, in

[7:47] person and online, 5:00 p.m. And the last day to vote absentee in person is

[7:53] Monday, August 31st, in person at 12:00 p.m.

[7:58] On Monday, August 31st at 6:30 p.m. at the Chsford Town Common, there will be a

[8:03] candlelight vigil for remembrance and hope. Uh it will include signing and

[8:08] reading of names, keynote speaker as Charity Edwards, uh words of uh from

[8:12] Chief uh Police Chief Hanigan. Uh candle lighting and special musical tribute. Uh

[8:18] uh beautiful portrayal of Hallelujah. Together we remember, together we heal.

[8:24] sponsored by the Chumsford Public Health and uh one community stronger together

[8:29] and the Dolan Funeral Home [cough] [clears throat] and the

[8:36] uh Town of Chsford Housing Advisory Board presents Housing for All Resource

[8:41] Sum Summit and Tabling event. It's free, open to the public. No registration is

[8:46] required. Uh it will be on Thursday, September 10th between 11:00 a.m. and

[8:52] 2:00 p.m. at the Chumsford uh Senior Center. Get answers to your housing

[8:56] questions, meet local, regional, and state organizations offering housing

[9:00] resources, support services, financial counseling, rental assistance,

[9:04] homeownership guidance, and community connections. Um, people [clears throat]

[9:09] who should attend include renters uh looking for housing assistance,

[9:13] firsttime home buyers, seniors asking uh housing resources, families facing

[9:18] housing challenges, caregivers supporting family members, anyone

[9:22] interested in affordable housing options and community resources. Um,

[9:28] [clears throat] so that's that's pretty much it.

[9:32] » Okay. and Jeff will come in and take over

[9:37] from your for the next one. >> I apologize. I didn't did get an agenda

[9:42] from Jan. >> Oh,

[9:44] » okay. Yeah. I mean, I I I get it. But okay, we'll check on that.

[9:51] » I've been traveling for two weeks, so >> All right. Okay. Next up is a general

[9:55] public input. If there's anybody here that would uh like to address the board

[9:59] on any topic right now. Now it's your opportunity to do that.

[10:04] Doesn't look like anybody's getting up. Do we have anybody on on Zoom?

[10:07] » Nobody in the Zoom room. >> Okay, we will go to committee vacancies

[10:11] then. You're just in time, Jeff, for committee vacancies.

[10:15] » Fantastic.

[10:21] [clears throat] >> Okay. committee vacancies as of August

[10:26] 24th, 2026. Today, um the CCA town hall advisory committee has one unexpired

[10:34] term and the Commission on Disabilities has five terms available. The Council on

[10:40] Aging has one term available. The Cultural Council has two terms

[10:44] available. The Historical Commission has two historical two terms available. The

[10:51] historic district commission has two three-year terms available and the

[10:57] holiday holiday decorating committee has five unexpired terms. The military

[11:03] community covenant covenant task force has two three-year terms and the north

[11:09] town hall advisory committee has one term available and the parade committee

[11:14] as always welcomes all applicants.

[11:19] If you are interested in serving on a town board or committee, please complete

[11:23] an online application available on the town website. For more information,

[11:29] please contact the town manager's office at 978-250-5202

[11:35] or TM officem.gov.

[11:41] » Thank you. All right. Uh this evening we have one license. It's a transfer of a

[11:46] class one auto dealer license. Uh, is anybody here to represent? If you want

[11:51] to come up to the microphone, sir.

[11:59] My name is Tim Lurchinfeld and I'm the director of planning and acquisitions

[12:02] for Icon Motor Group and we are in the process of uh purchasing the assets and

[12:08] running the business uh where Mirramac Valley Nissan is right now.

[12:15] Okay. Do we have any questions from board members about this application?

[12:21] Seems to pretty much be in order. I understand that you you own several of

[12:25] these or or manage several of these. So, >> yes. Uh we have uh four dealerships

[12:31] currently in Massachusetts, one in Connecticut, and coincidentally that

[12:35] used to be my dealership many many years ago when it was in Tukesbury. I

[12:38] personally owned it, so I'm familiar with it.

[12:41] » Okay. Yeah. >> And and you know all the pro the process

[12:44] that you have to go through to do all these transfers.

[12:47] » All right. >> Yeah. We've worked with James the

[12:50] assistant and he's been great and got us through the process.

[12:53] » Okay. >> Nice to hear.

[12:55] » All right. >> So I'll make a motion that we transfer

[12:57] the license to Icon Motor Groups Chancellor LLC.

[13:03] » Second the motion. >> Okay. We have a motion and a second. Any

[13:07] further discussion? Not we have to a roll call vote. Dave

[13:12] » I >> Aaron

[13:13] » yes >> yes I

[13:15] » and I'm an I 5-0 okay good luck >> thank you very much

[13:20] » thank you >> all right next up is Tom manager bid

[13:25] awards >> thank you madam chair so under bid

[13:29] awards we have one for the department of public works this evening um public

[13:33] works issued an invitation for bids for um the debris disposal from street

[13:39] sweepings and catch basin cleaning operations and they the bid opening

[13:43] occurred on August 18th and they received two bids and I'm seeking the

[13:48] board's confirmation of my award this evening for the contract to the lowest

[13:52] responsive and responsible bidder WL French Excavating Corporation of North

[13:57] Bill Rucker Mass for the amount of $141,720.

[14:04] » Okay. Are there any questions for the town acting town manager about this bid

[14:09] award? No.

[14:11] » No. >> Okay, we'll take a motion then.

[14:15] » I got to find it. >> Okay.

[14:19] » Under SH six. Okay.

[14:24] I'll make a motion that we accept the uh town manager's recommendation for the

[14:30] 2026 street sweeping and catch basin cleaning

[14:36] debris disposal to WL French Company out of bill.

[14:42] » Second the motion. >> Okay, we have a motion and a second. So

[14:46] do a roll call vote. Dave >> I.

[14:49] » Aaron, >> yes.

[14:50] » Jeff, >> I.

[14:51] » John, >> I

[14:52] » and I'm 5. Thank you. Okay, we're [clears throat] all all ready to town

[14:57] manager report. >> We're on a roll.

[14:59] » So, we have a few town manager reports this evening. So, the first one uh just

[15:04] I included in the board's packet a summary memo just summarizing there's

[15:08] been a few changes to the second draft of the fall 2026 town meeting warrant. I

[15:13] just wanted to review those with the board this evening. So, we have four new

[15:17] articles and just to go through those, um, article nine is a proposed transfer

[15:23] of free cash to fund some ADA walkway improvements on the town common.

[15:28] Article 10 is a proposed transfer free cash to fund the second phase of the

[15:34] Department of Public Works front yard tree planting program.

[15:38] Article 12 actually involves the storm water enterprise fund. This is a

[15:42] proposed transfer from storm water enterprise fund uh retained earnings to

[15:47] fund engineering design services to repair a valve at the Freeman Lake Dam.

[15:52] And then the fourth one is to accept the provisions of Mass General Laws uh

[15:57] chapter 59 section 5 clause 22G. And what this section of law does is it

[16:02] allows a veteran to remain eligible for certain property tax exemptions should

[16:07] their home ever become owned by a trust. And I I know many of you are aware

[16:12] that's a common thing uh nowadays because you know that allows veterans to

[16:17] um and many other people to protect their assets should they ever need you

[16:21] know long-term nursing home care or other similar care. And um the and then

[16:28] the other change is just you see at the bottom of the memo, the cemetery

[16:31] commissioned uh plans to resubmit um their community preservation request for

[16:37] historic gravestone preservation for three cemeteries at the coming spring

[16:41] 2027 annual town meeting. So they are not looking to proceed forward at this

[16:47] time for fall town meeting, but they will be back. And then the list that I

[16:52] provided the board, there's basically 25 articles in total. Um, we're not

[16:58] expecting a lot of changes at this point, but this gives you a good sum

[17:02] overall summary of what you know what's coming. And hopefully this week at

[17:08] Wednesday on the planning board meeting, we'll get a little more um hopefully I

[17:11] know the planning board may be planning to vote on some of those articles. So

[17:14] that would allow us to update some of the language in the in the next warrant

[17:18] that the board will receive in September.

[17:20] » Okay. Um so I I wonder I know sometimes um you know PCON when he had like a

[17:26] citizen petition or one submitted by other committees he would he I know he

[17:31] he would not put them at the very end because that you know especially if they

[17:34] somebody would have to sit through however many half a dozen zoning

[17:38] articles. Um could we move them like um either right before or right after the

[17:45] community preservation ones just so maybe we could try to get you know get

[17:51] those done and then save all the zoning ones for either the second night or

[17:55] towards the end and >> yeah we could so would you want to move

[17:58] the um the the both the black plastic um ban and the citizen petition where we

[18:04] could >> 24 and 25 yeah put them like on you know

[18:08] either after or after 16. I think they would probably appreciate

[18:14] that too if you know because not everybody that might come to talk about

[18:18] those is going to want to stay to the very end of the town meeting.

[18:21] » Right. Okay. We can do that. >> All right. And um I had a call yesterday

[18:27] from uh the chair of the clean energy and sustainability committee and

[18:30] reminded me that um that committee has been in existence now for five years. um

[18:36] and he'd like to give a a brief update during the the uh article one week the

[18:41] reports. So if you could just leave some time there for him and I mentioned that

[18:46] he should get with the town manager to you know talk about

[18:50] » you know where he would be in in the sequence. I don't know how many reports

[18:53] we're going to have there. >> Yeah. Generally at this point I mean

[18:56] we'll work together with incoming town manager McGee but we'll make sure that

[19:00] there's a spot there for them. Um generally what we planned on is um

[19:05] given the size of the project we could expect a report on the a status update

[19:09] from the Parker School Building Committee.

[19:12] » Um there most likely will be a report on capital projects that have been

[19:17] completed from DPW Director Clansancy and then there'll be the um five-year

[19:22] operational budget forecast. That's kind of a tradition over the years that we we

[19:27] presented at that time. So sounds like at this point we'll have roughly four

[19:30] reports. Okay, >> sounds good. Anybody else have any

[19:34] questions about the upcoming town town meeting?

[19:39] » Those are good. Those are the reports I would want to hear too though. So,

[19:43] » right. Okay. Very good. >> And then our next um next item is just I

[19:52] wanted to share with the board um late last week we received from the dire the

[19:56] executive director of Middle Sex County Retirement System.

[20:00] We received an actuarial update report and so the importance of this is as many

[20:06] of you know Middle Sex conducts an actuarial update of um their liabilities

[20:11] for all the member units and it's calculated for each um member community.

[20:18] And so just to kind of boil it down for the board, I provided I did provide you

[20:22] a link with the full report if you do want to read it. And but I included this

[20:27] the sheet the page for that summarizes the information for the town of

[20:30] Chumsford. And the importance of this is this actuarial study is done as of

[20:36] January 1st, 2026. But this is what guides the numbers the actual the cost

[20:42] that the town will pay for the next for the coming two fiscal years. So this

[20:46] will this is what allows us to get some predictability on our fiscal year 28

[20:51] assessment and then fiscal year 29. So that's that helps us as we try to make a

[20:57] a uh budget forecast for the coming year and even the next year instead of us

[21:02] trying to estimate it. It's a very big number. So it gives us a little bit of

[21:05] predictability. And the um little bit of good news is that um over the years,

[21:10] Middle Sex has always given us guidance that we should plan on a 6.5%

[21:16] um you know increase to our assessment because you probably remember former

[21:21] town manager Cohen would talked about for years that you know the the

[21:24] retirement system is trying to work and pay off this liability that's accured

[21:29] over all these years. And so the system will be fully funded if all of these

[21:33] projections hold through by fiscal year 2036. So the bit of good news for the

[21:38] town at this point is that for the for fiscal year 28 our assessment will

[21:43] increase about 5.4% which is a little over a percentage point lower which

[21:48] doesn't sound like much but you're talking millions of dollars. Um for so

[21:53] it would be 14.7 million I'm rounding. And then for the year after that in 29

[21:59] it would increase about 6.6%. So just a shade over that 6 and a half%. But

[22:05] things can affect the actual projections. In some towns you'll often

[22:08] hear a small change can create this very large number. So

[22:13] » when the town manager retires, [laughter]

[22:15] » yeah, I don't know if that affected it, but we can

[22:20] we can joke with Paul if we see him that >> so just a little bit of good news for

[22:25] the budget horizon as we look forward to fiscal year 28.

[22:29] » Okay. >> And then we have um let's see

[22:37] and then the next item is um just >> Sorry, John. Just

[22:41] » once >> just just remind me and I think I know

[22:44] the answer. What you know assuming this you know 14 15 million gets paid in it

[22:50] wraps up in 20 >> 36 or

[22:52] » that would mean this would be a a drop off at that point. It would be in theory

[22:56] fully funded. >> In theory there to to answer your

[23:00] questions, there is some discussion at the retirement board as to um you know

[23:04] with with a number [clears throat] this large that they'd have to probably seek

[23:08] legislative change, but would they want member communities to fund just slightly

[23:12] more so you wouldn't have a I mean I know we're several years out, but they

[23:16] wouldn't we wouldn't want to have a situation where they allow all the towns

[23:20] to stop funding. Then if things went down the market value of assets, you

[23:24] might have a situation where you just drop below. So there was a little talk,

[23:27] but one of the long-term things um to be to be aware of is this theoretically

[23:34] would free up some money and then the the plan always was that that would

[23:38] allow the town to devote more assets possibly in the future of retiring our

[23:42] oped liability. Not all at once, but >> but this isn't a 15 million forever is

[23:48] the point. in at some point. It may not drop to zero, but it's gonna it should

[23:52] materially drop. >> Yes. And if you look on that summary of

[23:56] data that I gave the board, there's something called the um there's a lot of

[24:00] retirement system speak here. So normal cost usually means the amount of money

[24:05] that you're the system has to pay out. So for this case, so in this case,

[24:11] the system is paying out roughly $1.8 8 million for actual benefits to Trump's

[24:18] retirees. So to your point, the the 15 million may

[24:23] go down at some point and not we're not sure the number, but we may have to pay

[24:26] a normal cost, but the big number in this whole assessment every year um is

[24:31] the the payment on the unfunded actual aerial liability. So that should go down

[24:36] at some point >> and that would be welcome news when it

[24:39] happens. >> Absolutely. I mean, I know it's in the

[24:41] future, but it's important for people to keep in mind.

[24:44] » And this is this by paying this, this is one of the reasons that we keep the AAA

[24:48] bond rating, correct? I mean, because our communities that aren't covering

[24:52] this like we >> actually Yes. This Well, actually, we're

[24:54] required to pay this, but it's OPED and OPED is the area where that deals more

[24:59] with retirey health insurance. And even though the state of Massachusetts

[25:02] doesn't require us to pay that, that is helping definitely our bond rating

[25:06] because we're trying to we've done a lot since

[25:09] » I want to say 2012, 2013 to try to address that.

[25:13] » Okay. All right. Thank you.

[25:18] And then the next item under town manager reports

[25:22] um is actually a um you recall at the last meeting we spoke about um the

[25:28] possibility of sending a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee in

[25:31] support of um House Bill 5429 um in support of firefighter Nicholas

[25:37] Spanelli. And so after that meeting and we received all the board's comments, um

[25:42] a letter was produced and signed by Chair Wis and that was sent to the House

[25:47] Ways and Means Committee and a copy of that was included in

[25:52] everyone's packet. >> So I have a question. So has the Senate

[25:56] voted on that? Is is that what this means that the Senate has voted or

[26:00] neither neither the House nor the Senate has voted on it? Do you know? No, I No,

[26:04] neither house neither the house or the senate has voted on at this point.

[26:09] » But it is before ways and means and the house ways and means. So we thought that

[26:13] was a good place to start. >> Yeah. Okay.

[26:16] All right. Any questions about that for for John? All right. Let's see what's

[26:23] next. Town manager appointments. >> Town man. Okay. So under town manager

[26:27] appointments tonight I'm seeking the board's confirmation for three

[26:30] appointments. The first is um a three-year appointment

[26:36] for Dena Morrison to the Capital Planning Committee.

[26:41] Next is an the appointment of John Christensen

[26:45] to the Conservation Commission for a three-year term.

[26:49] And then finally, a the appointment of Paige Gillette to the parade committee

[26:54] for a one-year term.

[26:58] Okay. >> Any questions on these appointments?

[27:03] I know Dina pretty well, so she'll be a good addition to that.

[27:06] » Okay. And we know Paige is good. She's a

[27:10] really good man. So glad that she's coming back.

[27:14] » Yeah. >> Okay. So, we'll take a motion.

[27:17] » So, can I make a motion for all three? >> Yes.

[27:20] » I'll make a motion that we approve the town manager's recommendations for

[27:24] committees and commissions.

[27:27] » Second motion. >> Okay. Have a motion and a second. So,

[27:31] we'll do a roll call vote. Dave, >> I

[27:34] » Aaron, >> yes.

[27:36] » Jeff, >> yes.

[27:36] » John, >> hi.

[27:37] » And I'm an I. 51. Those appointments. >> Madam Chair, there's one other item I

[27:43] wanted to mention, and I meant to mention the reports. Just kind of some

[27:46] news that just came in this afternoon. So, I just wanted to share with the

[27:49] board that um last Friday the ABCC approved the liquor

[27:54] license or granted it for the house of Chiron um Udamsuk Thai Kitchen and Bar

[28:00] located at 313 Littleton Road and the town manager's office staff. Um James

[28:06] actually issued the license today. So, I just wanted to update the board on that.

[28:09] » Very good. Thanks. That was one that you guys remember we

[28:13] did fairly recently. >> Yep.

[28:17] Okay. Um, we don't have any any meetings any minutes for approval this evening,

[28:23] but we do have some announcements on determination for releasability of

[28:27] executive session minutes. Uh, July 20, 2026, segment 2 is is released. Uh,

[28:34] minutes not for release are May 4th, 2026, May 18th, 2026, segments 1, 2, and

[28:40] three, and um June 1st, 2026. And with that, we are on to select board

[28:49] reports and referrals. So, we'll start with Dave.

[28:54] » Hi there. Good evening all. Um, the one thing I did over the last uh couple

[28:59] weeks right before I left on vacation was attend the first committee meeting

[29:02] for the parade group. Uh it was a very good meeting re viewing all of the

[29:07] things that occurred over the last year, pros, cons, what they should do in the

[29:12] future and also the big the big message to all is and Jeff has been reporting on

[29:19] this regularly is we need some more people. There's been a number of people

[29:23] working on that board for years and years and years and delivering great

[29:27] parades for the whole entire community. We need some more new people to step up.

[29:32] So that would be the big big message. Uh overall a great event that we had this

[29:36] year. We want to continue to make sure that happens in the following years.

[29:41] » Okay. Thank you, Aaron. >> Um yeah, I just uh last week I was away

[29:47] so um any meetings that occurred last week I unfortunately missed. But I I

[29:51] will say because there's a meeting coming up this week um as John knows

[29:55] that it's I think it's really important that um that folks in town, especially

[30:00] town meeting reps are following along where they can with the planning board

[30:04] because there's so many articles in there. Um it's going to be hard to

[30:07] digest even with the pre-town meeting. Um I sit in those meetings every two

[30:12] weeks with those guys and um I'm definitely learning um a lot and

[30:17] understanding um uh how and why they're presenting these articles. It's just

[30:21] really important that you dig in ahead of time. So that's my my uh my PSA

[30:26] there. And then just uh just on a on a little bit of a personal note, um again

[30:31] I was away last week. This weekend um my daughter and I were were up at the

[30:36] annual uh races in Lowden. And on Saturday um our local guy John McKenny

[30:43] after chasing a long long time. Um finally won the NASCAR wheel and

[30:49] modified tour race at Laconia. He's a former champion. Um Chris Ferrer um

[30:55] recognized myself and my daughter in the crowd and actually um brought us into

[31:01] Victory Lane with John and we got to be there uh to support him and take Victory

[31:07] Lane photos which is in all my years of auto racing I've never actually been in

[31:12] Victory Lane for a photo. Um so that was really great. So congratulations to

[31:16] Chris and the team and and uh and John on that. And again, I just to thank both

[31:20] of them for recognizing that we were there and letting us share in a little

[31:24] bit of their celebration because that that's a big thing for for a driver at

[31:28] that level. So, um, so again, thanks to them and that's all I have for this

[31:32] week. >> So, there is at least one benefit to

[31:34] being on the select board. Is that it? [laughter]

[31:37] » You get recognized? >> Yeah.

[31:41] » So, as I mentioned, I've been out of town the past two weeks and I apologize.

[31:44] I have not been able to catch up with any of the other committees. I know

[31:49] conservation's been pretty quiet at this point. And to Erin's point, planning

[31:54] board seems to be the most busiest Yeah. people working right now in town.

[32:00] And I encourage everybody to go online and check those meetings up because

[32:04] there's so much to digest.

[32:08] » Okay, John. >> Yeah, the uh CPC meeting that was

[32:12] scheduled for last week has been um uh was cancelled. So, [clears throat] my

[32:17] only announcements are uh for the um uh Chsford Center for the Arts uh on August

[32:26] 29th at 7:30, Carrie Marshall, uh Southern uh uh Shade of Blue Music from

[32:32] the 60s and 70s. It is a fundraiser for the Joe Andrew Foundation for Cancer

[32:38] Families. Uh the admission is $45 at the door, $40 online. And on September 18th

[32:45] at 7, uh Skard's Hatchet, Southern Rock of Leonard Skinnard and Molly Hatchet,

[32:52] $20 and 25 um $25. Tickets are available uh on the CCA website. That's all there

[32:59] is. >> Okay. Um I just have a couple of things

[33:03] myself. Um, first of all, the school building committee, the Parker School

[33:07] building committee voted last week. Um, the uh big uh item on that agenda was

[33:13] the HVAC system that will be installed in that new school and it was voted to

[33:18] go with a full geothermal uh system. So, that that should work really well. In

[33:24] fact, it turns out that that was the if you would apply all the potential

[33:29] rebates and grants, um the least expensive one of the of the three that

[33:34] were evaluated. So, that was a good thing. Um Johnson Military Community

[33:39] Covenant uh will be having a um 911 remembrance ceremony on Saturday,

[33:45] September 12th out here at the uh 911 memorial at 9:00 a.m. Saturday,

[33:50] September 12th. Uh we encourage everybody to come for that. Uh it's 25

[33:55] years since that happened which is amazing that it seems like it was just

[34:00] yesterday. And lastly um this is the last meeting for our acting

[34:08] town manager John Souza and uh want to thank you for the excellent job that you

[34:13] have um you know uh fulfilled in this past months that you've been here. And I

[34:20] was telling somebody, it seems like every day I see more and more smiles on

[34:24] your face as as we come closer to the new town manager coming in. So, if you'd

[34:28] like to make any any last words to the community, this is your opportunity.

[34:32] » Yeah. No, thank you. I am smiling, but not because the time is winding down.

[34:36] Um, no, it's been a it's been a um challenging, but it's been a great

[34:40] experience. I've really enjoyed serving in this capacity since Paul retired on

[34:44] May 25th. So, I want to thank the board for this opportunity and I've been

[34:49] speaking regularly with our incoming town manager, Alex McGee,

[34:53] » and um I will be very ready to hand the reigns over to him on August 31st, but

[34:58] been giving him a lot of updates and um I will be looking forward to working for

[35:02] him and supporting him in his new role. So,

[35:05] » okay, >> appreciate that.

[35:07] » All right. So, unless anybody else has anything anything else, we just have one

[35:13] more motion. I'll make a motion we adjourn.

[35:16] » Second the motion. >> Okay, a motion and a second. Uh Dave

[35:22] » I. >> Aaron?

[35:24] » Yes. >> Jeff?

[35:25] » Yes. >> Yes.

[35:26] » And I am Yes. We are ajourned. Thank you very much. That was a

[35:30] » very good meeting. >> Bring your pit next meeting.

Select Board: August 24, 2026

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