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Good evening and welcome

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to the April 16th, 2026 Town Council budget meeting.

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Just a reminder, exits are to the back of the room

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and to the side in emergency

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and we will start

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with the pledge Counselor Mills, will you use in the pledge please?

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I Pledge allegiance to the flag.

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Flag of the United States States, America, Republic,

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Liberty and Justice Pearl.

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Alright, we'll do a quick roll call this evening.

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Councilor Mills, good evening, Councillor Webb.

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Good evening, Councillor Flood.

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Good evening, Councillor Foot. Good evening.

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Good evening from the chair and Councilor Healy

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and Councillor Chase are unable to join us this evening

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but have said they will both catch up

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and if they have any questions for all of you,

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they'll let us know.

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Alright, I am going to turn it over to

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Mr. Fowler and we'll get things going.

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Alright, good evening.

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So welcome to night two

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of our fiscal 27 budget presentations tonight.

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We have kind of cornucopia of different departments here.

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So with no further ado, we'll start out

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with the Community development

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Department economic development.

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Bev Donovan coming to the podium.

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Good evening. Good evening. Can you hear

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Me?

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I can. I don't know if everything

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You're good.

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Okay. Hi, my name is Bev Donovan,

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dairy Economic Development for those at home.

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I always, I always do this too quick tonight.

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I'm just gonna go over a few

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of the highlights from last year

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and then talk a little bit about some of the goals

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for the year ahead.

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So starting with 2026 highlights,

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long awaited projects Underway.

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Completed include the Abbott Court redevelopment, which is

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got a big hole in the ground right now.

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If you walk down Merchants Road,

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you can take a look at the Common Man.

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Roadside is up and running.

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The Keystone Project on Rockingham Road

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is the final buildings are being completed now

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and a couple of them are already occupied.

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And Ashley Drive, which would complete the industrial park

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with the last parcel at the end of the cul-de-sac.

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Not announced yet, but there is negotiation going on there.

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Tracking status of about 150 different commercial

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properties and units.

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With the current rises in construction costs

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and access to capital,

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there are headwinds going into fiscal year 2027

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for new projects.

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Multi-agency collaboration continues

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with the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center.

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This year we held a financing workshop

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and several events

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with the Greater Dairy London Area Chamber,

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participating in the State of the Union

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legislative policy events, cyborg Cares statewide mixer.

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That's when all the, the statewide brokers come to dairy.

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It's a great event. The Regional Economic De Development

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Center said committee,

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which is our regional transportation plan

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and economic development plan.

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And we actually just hosted them here yesterday at CAS

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and Vine and did a little tour downtown.

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So it was great having all those regional

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colleagues come and find out about dairy

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and learn about some of the things that we're doing here.

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Let's see. Continue to promote dairy as live work,

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play destination through social media

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walk score partnerships

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with New Hampshire State Council on the arts in interaction

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with various media outlets and community events.

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Strengthening workforce readiness

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with the Greater Dairy London Dairy Chamber.

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This year, partnering on Business Edu,

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business Education Collaborative, we're,

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we're piloting an interview contest which wrapped up today

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and that is open to all high school students in the area.

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And then in May we'll be hosting the second

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annual teen job fair.

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Also, last year I think we had over 400 students attend that

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and this year we have more companies that are coming in

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to hire our teens for summer jobs.

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So that's a great, great thing that,

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that we get to do with the chamber.

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Let's see. Collaborated on the economic development,

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legislative and state of the state events

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and continued discussions with post-secondary

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educational outlets for opportunities for those students

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that graduate without a plan

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but still wanna get into the workforce a couple years

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after they've left Pinkerton

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or next or wherever they went to.

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Let's see, next page. Alright.

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Also in 2026, continued partnership

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with the Greater Dairy Arts Council

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to enhance the Opera House facility to grow programming

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that benefits downtown economy.

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Coordinate on several public arts committee projects

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and events to drive cultural tourism,

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including this year we hosted the statewide Poetry Out Loud

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competition, which was a fun event.

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Continuous monitoring of key economic news

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and trends relative to banking, investment,

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commercial real estate, housing, supply chain workforce

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and demographic shifts to offer practical insight

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and recommendations on local economic development issues.

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Ongoing facilitation of business growth

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through vari various programming network

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and re resource opportunities including the facade

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improvement project.

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And dairy continues to see robust change of use activity.

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Although there is a slow down this year,

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we're a little bit off and there is definitely a noticeable,

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some noticeable trepidation in startup initiatives.

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People are holding back a little bit on the startups.

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Projects on Ashley Drive and SCOBY Pond Road are, and both A

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and B streets are expected to move forward

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and results in completion of both the industrial park

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and the Commerce Park areas.

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So that's pretty exciting.

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And then focus on FY 27, we'll shift to four a

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redevelopment downtown and Route 28 and one 11.

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So the main goals for 2027, get that up there.

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Continued identification and of development

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and redevelopment potential in anticipation

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of exit four a completion water

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and sewer expansion projects, public

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and private opportunities and stakeholder interest.

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Also enhance regional outreach,

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facilitate potential new projects and growth.

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Work closely with brokers

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to identify potential opportunities

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for languishing properties.

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Assist the planning board with zoning evaluation

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and provide insight into markets, demographics

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and trends that could impact

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and influence commercial tax-based growth.

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And finally, identify and collaborate on local, regional,

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and state for federal grants

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and programs to assist businesses

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and investors in financing goals

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to help ensure pipeline momentum.

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So that's a quick snapshot if anybody has any questions?

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Any questions? Councilor?

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Sorry, just one, I noticed

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that in your budget lines you don't have any,

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and I'm not gonna be putting anything in,

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but this is more maybe for future budget.

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Any ex expenditures for marketing?

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Well, Or they elsewhere in the budget,

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We didn't discuss that.

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And typically a lot of the, all the social media is free.

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Yeah. Press releases are free. Working with Owen is free.

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We try to be pretty

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fiscally responsible.

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And then if anything does arise from marketing,

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newspapers are kind of falling by the wayside.

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Right? Just things are shifting.

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There is money in other line items

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that could potentially shift.

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Like for office expense or

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Are there national events

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or national conferences that can be targeted in the future?

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I have gone to the ICSC events.

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I've, I've gone to some of the ones

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that are closer in Boston.

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I've been down to DC

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and what I find is for the product that we have here,

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it's really probably not of value to,

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to really go to those.

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Right. And we don't have a lot of large properties left

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that we are marketing.

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Yeah. So I, I think we're fine.

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I I don't think we need to do that.

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Personal outreach seems to work just as well.

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And the last question I have,

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because I get asked this probably three times a week.

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What about the grindhouse?

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It's still in the works. That's,

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that's about all we can say about that.

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Alright. Thank you. Yep. Question.

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Seeing none, Madam Chair, I'd like to move the bottom line

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for community development in the amount

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of $185,872.

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Is there a second? Second. All right. On the motion.

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Council mills? Yes. Councilor Webb? Yes. Councilor Flood.

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Yes. Councilor Foot? Yes. And chair votes? Yes.

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Motion passes. Five zero. Okay. Thank

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You very much.

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Alright, next up we have it GIS.

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Okay. And Doug Rathburn. Are we stepping to the podium?

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It would be ironic if the screen just shut off.

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Good evening everyone. Good evening.

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I'm gonna bask in this moment for a while tonight. Okay.

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So let me move along here.

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Think I remember how to run a keyboard.

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So I'm, I'm Doug Rothman.

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I'm the ITJS manager for the Town of Dairy.

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And our two 20 2027 budget consists of,

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or our goals in this future years.

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We keep continuing to strive to provide

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enhanced customer service through online applications.

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That's an ongoing process.

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We're also looking at on our hardware end

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currently our switching, some of the switches

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in in the town are act actually at end of life.

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And we're looking at replacing those.

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I will say that we are in a fantastic spot

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here in the town of dairy.

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Over the years we have invested in our hardware

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and our infrastructure and it's, it's interesting

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because I, yesterday I went to, I go to a quarterly meeting

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of IT management up at Prix up in Concord.

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And I get to talk to my peers

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and we're in a really good spot, okay.

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When I talk to some of them.

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So we're actually not spending that much as far as

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hardware costs anymore.

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It's more in the software lines.

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One of our projects, major projects for 2027,

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we're looking at replacing cabling

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and the network infrastructure down at the

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wastewater treatment facility.

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That is, that facility is actually a hub for

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that entire network down there.

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So transfer highway, garage water, wastewater,

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public works, the highway department, everything comes

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through the wastewater facility

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and then back ends to here at the municipal center.

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And that infrastructure is just a little outdated

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and needs to be cleaned up.

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So we're looking at doing that as well.

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And once again, the big one for us is to keep, continue

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to enhance security and any resulting solutions.

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That's the big thing. I mean even once again, going back

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to my meeting I went to yesterday, that is the thing,

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keeping things safe.

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And that's what we're trying to do.

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So revenues,

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all our revenues come from intergovernmental transfers,

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from water wastewater and cable.

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There's a formula that basically takes chunks of what we do.

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Storage, office licensing, everything like that.

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And those numbers are calculated based on such

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any GS fees.

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That's sort of a placeholder number.

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I'll be honest with you. The $800,

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we probably won't see that.

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It's just a different world out there.

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There was a time when people would come in

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here and buy the tiles.

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Now they can actually get a lot

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of this data online for free.

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So, but that's there.

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As far as our operating costs

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line 3 42, there's an increase in that line.

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We're adding failover connectivity for the new HQ

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at the Dairy Fire Department.

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Our 3 41 line, we're looking at additional data plans for

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the dairy police department.

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We've got the motorcycles coming online.

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There are new cars coming online over there.

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We're also looking at lines a line for bev

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and additional lines at the DPW we're,

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we've also added SCADA data plans.

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So all our, our entire SCADA system, which is the network

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that all the pump stations operate on,

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those are all cellular now.

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And that is actually in that line as well.

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Which there's a small increase there,

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but you're actually seeing that

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'cause that's actually covered by the revenues

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that are generated from water and wastewater.

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The 3 4 2 0 0 1 line, which is basically our software line.

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We've, we're seeing an overall increase of $30,094.

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Support costs are increasing five to 7%

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pretty much across the board.

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And they're really vendor driven.

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Everything's subscription based.

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Now we do have some applications on-prem internally

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that we manage, but that's where, that's where we're going.

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That's where the future is.

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Some of the new items that we're adding,

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and I don't know if we talked about this last year,

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but, so we ran for the entire last year

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a an application, it's called Bull Wear Ransomware.

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And it's an annual subscription.

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And we purchased it last year to see how it would do.

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And it's been amazing. Okay.

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You don't wanna see it work actually

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because if it's working, you're actually dealing

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with a ransomware issue.

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But we've actually been able,

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the way it works is it actually monitors in real time your

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entire network and any anomalies that occur on the network,

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it sees it, it takes the computer, it locks the user out,

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it shuts down the computer.

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And if they're on a shared drive anywhere on the network,

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it actually drops the share.

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Okay. We had,

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and I think I mentioned this last year,

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so we had a demo done by them

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and we've actually seen it happen.

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Okay. So we've seen a proof of concept here

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where we had a detective over at the police department,

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had change, had been changing files.

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It was a, it was legit,

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but the ransomware actually,

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we got a call at like eight o'clock at night.

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Hey, I'm locked out my computer,

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I'm locked outta my account.

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I can't log on. It did exactly what it was supposed to do.

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So we have, there's, it's a growing process.

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So we actually ran it for a better part of two months.

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Just monitoring, seeing

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what the trafficker was like on the network.

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So, but other than that it's been really stable

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and it's a really incredible piece of software.

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The company that provided the software

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ran a, launched a piece of ransomware on our network

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and ransomware,

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you're always worried about the encryption of your files.

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Your files are basically useless after that.

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And they want your money in order to decrypt the files.

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They ran a piece of ransomware that,

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I wanna say dec encrypted files at a rate of,

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I wanna say it was 10,000 files a second.

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Okay. We launched it in a test environment on our network.

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And the ransomware,

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actually the bowl wall application actually shut,

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shut down the ransomware

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and knocked the computer off,

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knocked the user off the network.

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And during that time

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there were only 30 files encrypted.

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Which is amazing. 'cause normally you're talking, you're,

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you're as, as soon as that starts, you're done.

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So just the fact that we were able to actually stop it at

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that, you know, at that level was amazing.

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We're also adding additional arc GIS licensing at,

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in the Department of Public Works.

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We've got a lot of young guns in there now. Okay.

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New people. And they're bright, they're young

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and they actually use GIS, which is kind of neat.

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So there's an increase in pricing there.

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Line 44 0 0 1, which is our lease line.

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We are seeing some pretty significant

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increases in hardware costs.

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So we lease a third of our computers annually.

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We're seeing increases of about $300 per unit right now.

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So it's tariffs.

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And the big thing is actually ai,

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which is affecting everything

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'cause it's affecting the memory costs

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and your hard drive costs.

365
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So it's just, it's unavoidable. It's across the board.

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Even Chromebooks these days are crazy.

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It's hopefully in the future

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we'll see it dip down again.

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You know. But the current AI trend is actually

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causing those price jumps.

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Line 60 69 0 0 0 2.

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That is, that was our hardware line.

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You'll actually see a significant decrease in that just

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because we have updated most of our hardware.

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The next time we should see hardware

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for refreshes along those lines are probably

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five to seven years from now.

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So once again,

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overall our overall operating costs increased by 44,242

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or 4.8%.

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And I think that's pretty much it.

382
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Oh, I do have one request to make on

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that 44 0 0 1 line I would like to increase,

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there is a item in there for our 2027 computer lease.

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I would like to increase that line by $600

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because we actually have two new positions that we have

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to add a leased computer for.

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So,

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So the 88,280, you'd wanna increase it to eight 80.

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88,008 80. Yep.

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That would be a bottom line of

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1 4 4 0 8 3 2.

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Yep. Alright.

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Thank you. Any questions?

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Questions? Come on, Jack. Okay. Council cook.

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I'm gonna let Council cook first this

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Time.

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Thank you Madam Chair. Thank you Doug.

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Sure. The ai, is that any increased risk for the

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system in any way?

401
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Like, is, is there, is that an increased target for

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or complicate things further as far as

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Goes?

404
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No. Yeah, it's interesting. It's, it's actually an increased

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target for or or becoming.

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So at least through the grapevine where I heard yesterday

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for 91 a requests,

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but we also don't, as part of our AI is everywhere.

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Yeah. Any browser you fire up.

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It's interesting because the whole concept of ai,

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is it actually a finished product?

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You know, is the process process of using AI

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susceptible to a 91 a request?

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Or you would think the final document may be

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produced by that?

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Hmm. But it's interesting because it's out there.

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A few towns that I talked to had actually had 91 a requests

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and they actually did not honor those requests.

419
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There's really no, it's sort

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of a real gray area out there right now.

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Right. AI itself at some point,

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we really don't use it internally.

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At some point over the next year will actually

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be looking at developing policy was related to that.

425
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'cause it can be used for, it can be used

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for really good things and it be Right.

427
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Can be used for really bad things. So,

428
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So if I didn't a few years ago,

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didn't saw security goes in ransomware right.

430
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A few years ago. I, I can't remember exactly when.

431
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But didn't, wasn't there a significant investment into the

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security program that you had and,

433
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Oh, it's ongoing.

434
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I know it's ongoing, but I, I thought a few years ago we

435
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made like a sub very substantial one

436
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and I didn't know if that's, if that

437
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when the next anticipated like,

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big thing would be if there's,

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or is it just that the maintenance,

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the ongoing maintenance, it's the

441
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Ongoing maintenance.

442
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So in the projected three to five years is nothing,

443
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you know, magnificent that we have to

444
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Prepare for.

445
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No, I think that the, the next big one is actually in two

446
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years time and that's when our barracuda antivirus

447
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archiving the firewall that sits in front

448
00:22:52,065 --> 00:22:54,025
of our email is gonna come from renewal.

449
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And they've, that they've got new product.

450
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We actually, we actually entered a five year agreement

451
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with them the last time we renewed,

452
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just so we could save money.

453
00:23:02,255 --> 00:23:05,505
Yeah. But that'll be the next big thing. Okay.

454
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Thank You. And and I'll be honest with you, Charlie,

455
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it moves so fast now who knows

456
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what It's true.

457
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Charlie answered my question. Did he really? Exactly.

458
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You're killing me. There you go.

459
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I'm done. Councilor

460
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Mills, Madam Chair,

461
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seeing no other questions from anyone else.

462
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And I'll be the first one to tell you

463
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that I didn't understand a word that Doug said

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And At my age I'm fine with that, but I, I trusted that

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'cause nobody else jumped up and screamed anything.

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I'm gonna move the bottom line

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for information technology in the amount

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of $1,440,832

469
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Second.

470
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All right, we have a motion in a second.

471
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Any further discussion? Brought that part last time.

472
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All right. On the motion. Councilor Mills? Yes.

473
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Councilor Webb. Yes. Councilor Flood. Yes. Councilor Foot?

474
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Yes. And chair votes? Yes. Motion passes. Five zero.

475
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Thank you. I had a question,

476
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but realized it's not something to ask right now, so,

477
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And I would just like to say it

478
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Didn't have to do with the budget. I'll wait.

479
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I would just like to say that this is probably gonna be

480
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the last time I'm sitting in front of you in this capacity,

481
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so it's been a pleasure.

482
00:24:17,035 --> 00:24:21,685
Okay. And hopefully when I exit this

483
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stage, we leave you in really good hands.

484
00:24:25,105 --> 00:24:28,765
The guys that work for me are fantastic

485
00:24:29,705 --> 00:24:32,725
and it's, it's actually hard to leave, but

486
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How many years?

487
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How Many years, Doug, have you been doing this?

488
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It's that. How many years have you been sitting there?

489
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I've been sitting here for 31 years, so thank you.

490
00:24:43,165 --> 00:24:45,205
Thank you. Boy, I've seen a lot. You're only 39,

491
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Doug. What's

492
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That work?

493
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You are my man. Thank you

494
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Doug.

495
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Thank you very much. Thank you. Okay, moving on

496
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to assessing.

497
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All right. Mark Fleischer will be representing

498
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the next couple of budgets here.

499
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Okay. Good evening, mark Fleischer, CFO.

500
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Good. We're gonna start off with assessing.

501
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So an Ffy 2027 budget for assessing.

502
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We're getting into the third year

503
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of a five year contract with Whitney.

504
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Consulting for assessing duties

505
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is gonna be a minimal increase of $4,800 on that line.

506
00:25:32,505 --> 00:25:34,925
As far as revenues go, there's payment in lieu of taxes,

507
00:25:35,515 --> 00:25:38,925
also known as pilots are going to increase over FY 26

508
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with an addition of the solar power generating facility

509
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located at Transfer Lane

510
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at $20,000 per year for 25 years.

511
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Nutfield Heights continues to provide a consistent revenue

512
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as their pilot as a fixed

513
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calculation per New Hampshire statute.

514
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The printing and mailing line have increased for FY 27 due

515
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to the town wide revaluation that is expected

516
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to be completed by September, 2026.

517
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The increases due to required notices that will be sent

518
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to all taxpayers.

519
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So overall appropriations are increasing 2.26%

520
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and the appropriation total is

521
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513,473. Any questions?

522
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I just wanna thank everyone so far

523
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that every question I've had you've answered in your

524
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presentation, so I haven't had to ask it, so thank you.

525
00:26:32,485 --> 00:26:33,675
Great. Any other questions?

526
00:26:35,785 --> 00:26:38,555
Alright. It's okay. So no questions.

527
00:26:38,565 --> 00:26:40,315
Madam Chair, I move the bottom line

528
00:26:40,375 --> 00:26:41,715
for assessing in the amount

529
00:26:41,715 --> 00:26:46,045
of $513,473 second.

530
00:26:46,755 --> 00:26:48,365
Alright, any further discussion?

531
00:26:49,345 --> 00:26:51,525
All right, on the motion, councilor Mills? Yes.

532
00:26:51,525 --> 00:26:54,645
Councilor Webb? Yes. Councilor Flood? Yes. Councilor Foot?

533
00:26:54,705 --> 00:26:57,085
Yes. And chair votes? Yes. Motion passes. Five zero.

534
00:26:57,905 --> 00:26:59,925
You're in a roll. Keep going. Okay, let's how,

535
00:27:00,135 --> 00:27:02,085
Let's get over to the department now.

536
00:27:02,345 --> 00:27:05,525
So in FY 27 the budget has increased

537
00:27:06,515 --> 00:27:10,645
over FY 26 by 106,974

538
00:27:10,945 --> 00:27:12,925
or 14.3%.

539
00:27:13,395 --> 00:27:15,125
That is primarily due to personnel

540
00:27:15,125 --> 00:27:19,325
and audit expense related Total personnel services increased

541
00:27:19,415 --> 00:27:21,325
7.8%.

542
00:27:21,325 --> 00:27:25,125
However, health insurance premiums have increased 26%.

543
00:27:25,525 --> 00:27:29,045
Workers' comp also increased 36.6%.

544
00:27:30,305 --> 00:27:32,405
We have budgeted five full-time employees

545
00:27:32,425 --> 00:27:34,685
and two part-time employees who are the treasurer

546
00:27:34,685 --> 00:27:37,285
and Deputy Treasurer auditing services.

547
00:27:37,395 --> 00:27:40,605
This is the killer is increasing

548
00:27:40,655 --> 00:27:44,405
$44,700 over FY 26.

549
00:27:44,515 --> 00:27:46,285
That seems to be an industry trend.

550
00:27:46,285 --> 00:27:49,325
We went out to bid and we only received two bidders.

551
00:27:49,735 --> 00:27:52,485
There just isn't a lot of people getting into municipal

552
00:27:53,225 --> 00:27:55,305
auditing that like we do.

553
00:27:57,635 --> 00:28:00,545
We're also increasing our professional services line

554
00:28:01,295 --> 00:28:03,545
account number 3 9 0 0 0 0.

555
00:28:03,655 --> 00:28:07,585
That is because we have a valuation year on our bene

556
00:28:07,905 --> 00:28:11,225
benefits and that's gonna be $10,000 higher than last year,

557
00:28:11,225 --> 00:28:12,745
which was just a reporting year.

558
00:28:14,145 --> 00:28:18,105
Revenues are projected to be $25,600 for the year.

559
00:28:18,395 --> 00:28:21,385
We're estimating that our commercial PCard rebate will come

560
00:28:21,385 --> 00:28:23,065
in around $25,000.

561
00:28:23,765 --> 00:28:25,385
So our appropriation total is

562
00:28:25,385 --> 00:28:30,385
8 56 5 3 1. Questions?

563
00:28:30,945 --> 00:28:32,265
Questions counsel? Just

564
00:28:32,305 --> 00:28:33,505
A general one, why was there a

565
00:28:33,505 --> 00:28:36,105
36% increase in workers' comp? I'm

566
00:28:36,105 --> 00:28:38,425
Just it.

567
00:28:38,745 --> 00:28:42,025
I think what it is is that, you know, we've had claims,

568
00:28:42,025 --> 00:28:45,305
significant claims, we've been trying to, you know,

569
00:28:45,505 --> 00:28:47,945
increase our experience, improve our experience rating,

570
00:28:47,945 --> 00:28:49,025
but I think they just went ahead

571
00:28:49,025 --> 00:28:50,945
and just did it across the board for all.

572
00:28:51,255 --> 00:28:53,065
Okay. However, believe it

573
00:28:53,185 --> 00:28:54,865
or not the fire department rate came

574
00:28:54,865 --> 00:28:56,305
down compared to everybody else.

575
00:28:56,885 --> 00:28:58,625
So they originally,

576
00:28:58,655 --> 00:28:59,985
they were the ones that were the highest.

577
00:29:00,095 --> 00:29:02,385
Yeah. So they're working to get, bring theirs down.

578
00:29:03,365 --> 00:29:05,305
That's really, yeah, the reason,

579
00:29:07,055 --> 00:29:08,705
It's just weird to see a workers' comp line

580
00:29:08,705 --> 00:29:09,705
On the finance department.

581
00:29:10,705 --> 00:29:12,865
I know it's such a low rate to begin with. Yeah.

582
00:29:13,005 --> 00:29:15,025
So when it goes up five bucks then

583
00:29:16,065 --> 00:29:17,665
I guess it's a significant Yeah.

584
00:29:17,795 --> 00:29:18,795
Percentage.

585
00:29:21,685 --> 00:29:24,665
No questions. So no questions. Madam Chair.

586
00:29:24,705 --> 00:29:26,705
I move the bottom line for financing the amount

587
00:29:26,705 --> 00:29:31,465
of $856,531. Second.

588
00:29:32,125 --> 00:29:36,185
All right, motion a second. Any discussion on the motion?

589
00:29:36,185 --> 00:29:39,545
Councilor Mills? Yes. Councilor Webb? Yes. Councilor Flood?

590
00:29:39,685 --> 00:29:42,045
Yes. Councilor Foote? Yes. And chair votes? Yes.

591
00:29:42,045 --> 00:29:45,605
Motion passes. Five zero. Now we're up to tax

592
00:29:45,605 --> 00:29:46,605
Collection.

593
00:29:46,605 --> 00:29:47,685
Okay, so next is tax collection.

594
00:29:47,705 --> 00:29:50,405
I'm gonna invite Stacy Belovo up, tax collector.

595
00:29:56,155 --> 00:29:58,725
Good evening. My name's Stacy Bevo.

596
00:29:58,825 --> 00:30:00,165
I'm the tax collector

597
00:30:01,145 --> 00:30:03,405
and I'm just gonna go over some revenue highlights.

598
00:30:05,805 --> 00:30:07,925
Interest in penalty revenue has been consistent

599
00:30:07,985 --> 00:30:11,245
for the past several years, therefore no change and should.

600
00:30:11,645 --> 00:30:13,805
Interest rates are 8% current year

601
00:30:13,805 --> 00:30:15,685
and 14% for the lean year.

602
00:30:17,495 --> 00:30:21,125
Motor vehicle and boat revenue have been increased based

603
00:30:21,125 --> 00:30:22,165
on higher list prices.

604
00:30:23,265 --> 00:30:26,245
Volume of transaction and convenience of processing.

605
00:30:26,275 --> 00:30:30,125
Boat registrations here, I gotta tell you the other day,

606
00:30:30,125 --> 00:30:33,245
with boat registrations, we went through a pack

607
00:30:33,245 --> 00:30:35,725
of boat decals or 25

608
00:30:35,905 --> 00:30:39,005
and we went through two of those in one day.

609
00:30:39,065 --> 00:30:40,485
So that is increasing.

610
00:30:41,425 --> 00:30:42,485
We will see more of that

611
00:30:42,785 --> 00:30:44,925
as the weather continues to get nicer.

612
00:30:46,235 --> 00:30:50,325
Sale of DA tax deeded property is the same as FY 26,

613
00:30:50,595 --> 00:30:52,805
however we expect to sell one property

614
00:30:52,805 --> 00:30:57,525
during fiscal year 27 based on current town deeded property

615
00:30:57,525 --> 00:31:02,365
inventory expenditure highlights,

616
00:31:03,145 --> 00:31:05,845
tax collection staff, five full-time employees.

617
00:31:05,995 --> 00:31:08,885
However, we have another full-time employee

618
00:31:09,645 --> 00:31:11,605
starting this Monday, which will bring us to six

619
00:31:12,735 --> 00:31:14,365
using historical data.

620
00:31:14,725 --> 00:31:17,205
Overtime has increased due to staff scheduling

621
00:31:17,205 --> 00:31:18,205
during vacations.

622
00:31:19,075 --> 00:31:20,885
Postage expenditure increased due

623
00:31:20,885 --> 00:31:22,685
to the increased daily cost in volume

624
00:31:22,705 --> 00:31:25,805
of mail being processed in the tax collector's office,

625
00:31:25,935 --> 00:31:28,965
especially due to online transaction volume

626
00:31:30,245 --> 00:31:33,965
appropriation total is 972,950.

627
00:31:35,635 --> 00:31:37,965
Just some customer service items.

628
00:31:38,265 --> 00:31:39,565
Credit cards accepted

629
00:31:39,745 --> 00:31:42,285
for all transactions at the customer service window

630
00:31:42,955 --> 00:31:45,445
with multiple payment options available.

631
00:31:45,445 --> 00:31:48,605
Payment tenders, acceptance of a CH

632
00:31:48,605 --> 00:31:49,765
and credit card payments

633
00:31:49,765 --> 00:31:52,045
through the customer self-service module.

634
00:31:52,185 --> 00:31:56,085
On our website we have an ATM available in the lobby,

635
00:31:56,955 --> 00:31:58,685
real time visibility of tax

636
00:31:58,785 --> 00:32:01,205
and utility balances on Tom website.

637
00:32:01,785 --> 00:32:04,645
You can go on the website, you can reprint your tax bill

638
00:32:05,265 --> 00:32:06,645
and you can also go online

639
00:32:06,665 --> 00:32:11,165
and do motor vehicle registrations as well as get estimates

640
00:32:11,345 --> 00:32:13,765
for a renewal or a new registration.

641
00:32:14,895 --> 00:32:15,895
Any questions?

642
00:32:17,805 --> 00:32:20,735
Council? Thank you Madam Chair. Just for those at home.

643
00:32:20,835 --> 00:32:24,135
So boats yes can be registered here that they can,

644
00:32:24,135 --> 00:32:25,215
doesn't have to be the,

645
00:32:25,215 --> 00:32:27,055
the town they live in just for anyone home.

646
00:32:27,055 --> 00:32:29,055
They can register the boats here at any

647
00:32:29,055 --> 00:32:30,295
time regardless of where they live,

648
00:32:30,295 --> 00:32:31,295
Correct?

649
00:32:31,295 --> 00:32:32,975
That's correct, yes. They don't have to be a dairy resident.

650
00:32:33,825 --> 00:32:34,935
Thank you. You're welcome.

651
00:32:37,095 --> 00:32:38,335
I would just like to, I don't have a question,

652
00:32:38,355 --> 00:32:41,525
but just on this customer service topic, thank everybody

653
00:32:41,545 --> 00:32:43,005
who has worked on this because I,

654
00:32:43,165 --> 00:32:45,485
I can say I've used the online registrations

655
00:32:45,585 --> 00:32:47,925
for a motor vehicle for my dog license

656
00:32:48,025 --> 00:32:49,445
except when I was late.

657
00:32:49,625 --> 00:32:54,365
But I think I, it's just, I think we do a really good job

658
00:32:54,705 --> 00:32:57,005
of focusing on our, our,

659
00:32:59,185 --> 00:33:00,605
our residents and trying

660
00:33:00,605 --> 00:33:01,885
to make things as easy as possible for them.

661
00:33:01,945 --> 00:33:04,445
So thank you to everybody that does. That may not

662
00:33:06,305 --> 00:33:07,305
To that point.

663
00:33:07,305 --> 00:33:08,765
So do we have the breakdown, the percentage,

664
00:33:08,765 --> 00:33:10,045
how many people actually utilize the

665
00:33:10,045 --> 00:33:11,805
online versus come in person? Is that,

666
00:33:12,645 --> 00:33:14,885
I don't have that with me this evening,

667
00:33:15,145 --> 00:33:16,405
but I can get back to you that. Okay. Is

668
00:33:16,405 --> 00:33:18,285
That something that easily attainable just to Yes to?

669
00:33:18,345 --> 00:33:20,565
Yep. Okay. Just curiosity. It's not So how

670
00:33:20,565 --> 00:33:22,485
Many online versus Coming? Yeah. Okay.

671
00:33:23,165 --> 00:33:25,045
I can get back to you. Sure. Thank you. You're welcome.

672
00:33:26,595 --> 00:33:28,885
Counselor. What, just going back to customer service.

673
00:33:29,045 --> 00:33:30,205
I wanna thank you and your staff

674
00:33:30,205 --> 00:33:31,685
because they really are helpful.

675
00:33:32,325 --> 00:33:34,205
I see it when I walk through town

676
00:33:34,345 --> 00:33:39,005
and also, you know, encompassing it,

677
00:33:40,005 --> 00:33:41,805
a weird title problem with myself.

678
00:33:42,155 --> 00:33:44,765
They didn't know who I was and just how helpful

679
00:33:44,865 --> 00:33:45,885
and knowledgeable they were.

680
00:33:46,025 --> 00:33:49,645
So it, it's greatly appreciated.

681
00:33:50,215 --> 00:33:51,685
Thank you very much. I appreciate that.

682
00:33:51,685 --> 00:33:53,245
That's nice to hear. Thank you.

683
00:33:55,385 --> 00:33:57,365
Any other Questions? So you, no further questions.

684
00:33:57,415 --> 00:33:59,605
Madam Chair, I move the bottom line

685
00:33:59,625 --> 00:34:01,125
for tax collection in the amount

686
00:34:01,125 --> 00:34:05,325
of $972,950.

687
00:34:05,705 --> 00:34:06,705
Second.

688
00:34:07,225 --> 00:34:11,405
Any other discussion on the motion? Councilor Mills? Yes.

689
00:34:11,595 --> 00:34:14,845
Councilor Webb? Yes. Councilor Flood? Yes. Councilor Foot?

690
00:34:14,905 --> 00:34:17,805
Yes. And chair votes? Yes. Motion passes. Five zero. Thank

691
00:34:17,805 --> 00:34:18,805
You.

692
00:34:18,805 --> 00:34:19,005
Thank you very much. Good evening.

693
00:34:20,025 --> 00:34:22,685
All right, looks like cable is up next.

694
00:34:23,025 --> 00:34:26,165
Do we know where Owen went?

695
00:34:28,965 --> 00:34:30,445
I think on the side.

696
00:34:31,475 --> 00:34:32,925
Okay, we'll while we're waiting

697
00:34:32,925 --> 00:34:34,685
For that, we'll go with, we'll

698
00:34:34,685 --> 00:34:36,405
Go with the town clerk and elections.

699
00:34:36,435 --> 00:34:40,165
Okay. You may have to slide through

700
00:34:40,705 --> 00:34:41,765
in the order of the but

701
00:34:49,105 --> 00:34:50,105
Good evening.

702
00:34:50,625 --> 00:34:55,155
Good evening. So town clerk's office is responsible for

703
00:34:56,935 --> 00:35:00,635
all the records and the management of vital records,

704
00:35:00,635 --> 00:35:04,115
meeting minutes, dog licensing and of course elections.

705
00:35:07,015 --> 00:35:11,715
We tend to be where everyone in town calls to see

706
00:35:12,975 --> 00:35:14,675
and ask all sorts of questions.

707
00:35:15,455 --> 00:35:16,795
We get all sorts of mail.

708
00:35:18,675 --> 00:35:22,475
I got a request today about someone who obviously

709
00:35:23,055 --> 00:35:25,955
has a neighbor that has an out-of-state license plate

710
00:35:26,015 --> 00:35:30,195
and that I need to inform them that they need

711
00:35:30,195 --> 00:35:31,275
to register their vehicle.

712
00:35:32,215 --> 00:35:36,275
So we have two full-time employees.

713
00:35:37,785 --> 00:35:42,285
One part-time. She's full-time, part-time.

714
00:35:42,285 --> 00:35:44,445
She's got partial benefits, 30 hours.

715
00:35:45,675 --> 00:35:48,325
Most of my increase is personnel related.

716
00:35:50,195 --> 00:35:52,365
This slide was done on the 10th.

717
00:35:53,305 --> 00:35:56,325
We are now up to, as of this evening,

718
00:35:56,875 --> 00:35:59,445
4,290 dogs licensed

719
00:36:00,955 --> 00:36:03,485
with 2,417.

720
00:36:03,695 --> 00:36:07,645
Unlicensed licenses are due on April 30th

721
00:36:08,885 --> 00:36:11,405
'cause the dog year runs May one, April 30th.

722
00:36:13,105 --> 00:36:16,525
Two counselor foot's question.

723
00:36:17,415 --> 00:36:21,205
68% of our dog licenses are renewed online.

724
00:36:22,005 --> 00:36:23,845
I checked that number today.

725
00:36:24,755 --> 00:36:26,565
Most people automatically renew them.

726
00:36:27,315 --> 00:36:28,805
Some people set up for hour renewal.

727
00:36:29,985 --> 00:36:33,125
You can renew online as long as your rabies is current.

728
00:36:33,235 --> 00:36:36,165
Otherwise they email us their rabies certificate,

729
00:36:36,185 --> 00:36:38,365
we update it and they make their payment online.

730
00:36:39,425 --> 00:36:42,725
We mail out their registration

731
00:36:44,145 --> 00:36:45,245
on the revenue side.

732
00:36:46,435 --> 00:36:51,245
Back in late May last year, council

733
00:36:51,845 --> 00:36:56,525
approved a fee for ceremonies as

734
00:36:56,745 --> 00:36:58,485
of last Friday.

735
00:36:58,625 --> 00:37:02,725
We had done 52 ceremonies since the end of September.

736
00:37:03,185 --> 00:37:05,165
It did take time for all of my staff

737
00:37:05,165 --> 00:37:06,565
to get their justices of the piece.

738
00:37:07,425 --> 00:37:11,485
So, and we get lots of phone calls every day.

739
00:37:11,485 --> 00:37:13,965
People are coming in, they're

740
00:37:13,965 --> 00:37:15,405
what they call a courthouse wedding.

741
00:37:16,245 --> 00:37:18,045
'cause you know, our courthouse doesn't have it.

742
00:37:19,105 --> 00:37:21,205
We actually had another one yesterday.

743
00:37:21,305 --> 00:37:22,805
So the number's now 53.

744
00:37:24,715 --> 00:37:26,525
They come in, they come in all dressed up.

745
00:37:28,345 --> 00:37:31,645
We recently had one that not only did we marry them,

746
00:37:32,575 --> 00:37:34,605
their dogs also became family.

747
00:37:35,785 --> 00:37:39,605
The dogs came in all dressed up in dresses in tuxedos

748
00:37:40,105 --> 00:37:43,205
and we pronounced them a family once we had married them.

749
00:37:44,065 --> 00:37:47,925
So it is interesting times at town hall,

750
00:37:48,625 --> 00:37:52,405
but it's great to see our,

751
00:37:53,715 --> 00:37:56,925
most of our revenue is set by state statute.

752
00:37:57,575 --> 00:38:00,125
We're not really money making department.

753
00:38:00,945 --> 00:38:04,325
So this is nice that we're offering a service to

754
00:38:05,305 --> 00:38:09,605
any New Hampshire resident, but mostly our dairy residents.

755
00:38:10,145 --> 00:38:13,805
And you know, getting married is expensive nowadays.

756
00:38:14,145 --> 00:38:17,765
So they can get it done, get it done quick,

757
00:38:17,905 --> 00:38:21,085
get it done relatively inexpensively and move on

758
00:38:21,085 --> 00:38:22,205
and have their party later

759
00:38:22,225 --> 00:38:24,685
and not actually call it a wedding and pay less for it.

760
00:38:25,945 --> 00:38:30,845
So if you guys have any questions on that Budget Council.

761
00:38:31,175 --> 00:38:34,125
Thank you Madam Chair. Two quick questions on the

762
00:38:35,555 --> 00:38:37,165
same question for the tax.

763
00:38:37,635 --> 00:38:40,365
Non-residents can get married here, correct? Yep. Okay.

764
00:38:40,425 --> 00:38:43,405
And secondly, is there any kind of, for the service,

765
00:38:43,545 --> 00:38:45,565
do any kind of backdrop for like pictures for them?

766
00:38:45,585 --> 00:38:47,645
Is that, and if that's something that if we don't have that,

767
00:38:48,265 --> 00:38:50,005
is that something to worthwhile getting? So that

768
00:38:50,005 --> 00:38:53,845
Is something I've been thinking about

769
00:38:54,785 --> 00:38:59,605
myself and some other people downstairs on the first floor,

770
00:39:00,275 --> 00:39:02,845
that little side room, if you go in there now,

771
00:39:03,165 --> 00:39:04,525
there's a bunch of plants in there.

772
00:39:05,615 --> 00:39:07,245
We're trying to make it a little bit prettier

773
00:39:07,245 --> 00:39:11,645
and a little bit nicer and fact, I put up a Norman Rockwell

774
00:39:12,325 --> 00:39:17,285
marriage license painting that was hiding in the basement.

775
00:39:18,145 --> 00:39:20,165
So I've been trying to kind of do little things.

776
00:39:21,885 --> 00:39:24,365
A backdrop would probably be something really nice,

777
00:39:25,065 --> 00:39:29,285
but you know, it's something we'll figure out as we go.

778
00:39:30,425 --> 00:39:33,165
I'm looking forward to seeing an, you know,

779
00:39:33,485 --> 00:39:36,405
a whole year's worth of marriages and how many we're doing

780
00:39:36,625 --> 00:39:38,805
and, and what that maths out to.

781
00:39:39,785 --> 00:39:42,165
Any little enhancement might be a little more

782
00:39:42,165 --> 00:39:43,445
of an attraction versus coming

783
00:39:43,445 --> 00:39:45,285
here versus another town hall. If it's a

784
00:39:45,285 --> 00:39:48,445
Little, well not every town hall offers, right?

785
00:39:48,925 --> 00:39:51,885
Marriage services. You can get a marriage license at any

786
00:39:51,885 --> 00:39:53,205
city or town clerk in the state.

787
00:39:53,385 --> 00:39:56,645
But you know, it's us, it's Manchester,

788
00:39:56,755 --> 00:39:58,325
it's just a couple others that actually

789
00:39:58,325 --> 00:39:59,645
offer the ceremony piece.

790
00:40:00,675 --> 00:40:02,645
It's only $135 for

791
00:40:02,645 --> 00:40:03,645
The ceremony piece.

792
00:40:03,645 --> 00:40:05,325
Yep. And your marriage license is $50.

793
00:40:05,785 --> 00:40:09,525
And then we, we put in a marriage certificate for $15.

794
00:40:09,625 --> 00:40:11,205
So the whole package is $200.

795
00:40:11,475 --> 00:40:13,925
Have to keep that in mind for the next ex Mrs. Mills,

796
00:40:13,925 --> 00:40:16,445
you know, next future ex Mrs. Mills.

797
00:40:16,725 --> 00:40:17,885
I was gonna give $200,

798
00:40:18,255 --> 00:40:19,605
53 full couples.

799
00:40:22,145 --> 00:40:23,845
Any other actual questions?

800
00:40:26,395 --> 00:40:27,605
That was a legit question.

801
00:40:29,235 --> 00:40:30,645
Does your wife watch the meetings?

802
00:40:30,795 --> 00:40:33,245
Yeah, I hope not. Oh, I'll tell her all about it.

803
00:40:33,245 --> 00:40:34,325
Don't worry either

804
00:40:34,325 --> 00:40:36,125
That I'll have to, I'll have to give you cash.

805
00:40:38,865 --> 00:40:43,765
That's a Vegas divorce. Madam Clerk. Madam Clerk.

806
00:40:43,855 --> 00:40:46,085
Madam Chair. I move the bottom line

807
00:40:46,085 --> 00:40:47,445
for the town clerk in the amount

808
00:40:47,445 --> 00:40:51,965
of $246,345 second.

809
00:40:52,715 --> 00:40:55,285
Alright, motion to second. Any further discussion?

810
00:40:56,905 --> 00:40:59,405
Mrs. Mills will find out. Don't worry. On the motion.

811
00:41:00,105 --> 00:41:01,525
Yes. Council Mills

812
00:41:02,485 --> 00:41:03,645
$135.

813
00:41:03,905 --> 00:41:04,905
Yes.

814
00:41:05,475 --> 00:41:07,605
Councilor Weather? Yes. Councilor Flood?

815
00:41:07,705 --> 00:41:08,845
Yes. Councilor Foot?

816
00:41:08,945 --> 00:41:12,645
Yes. And she already knows. And chair votes? Yes.

817
00:41:12,985 --> 00:41:15,725
Motion carries by zero. And elections.

818
00:41:16,185 --> 00:41:17,685
All right. And we'll move on to elections.

819
00:41:18,195 --> 00:41:23,005
Okay, so the next fiscal year we're going from one

820
00:41:23,245 --> 00:41:25,445
election to three elections in the fiscal year.

821
00:41:25,905 --> 00:41:28,525
So that's why the personnel line jumps

822
00:41:28,905 --> 00:41:31,965
so much postage.

823
00:41:32,485 --> 00:41:35,765
There's an increase in the postage line due

824
00:41:35,765 --> 00:41:38,605
to legislation at the state level requiring an annual annual

825
00:41:38,645 --> 00:41:41,045
verification of the checklist at the local level.

826
00:41:41,825 --> 00:41:43,605
So they passed

827
00:41:44,145 --> 00:41:47,165
Senate Bill 2 21 last year.

828
00:41:47,185 --> 00:41:48,405
It goes into effect this year.

829
00:41:49,325 --> 00:41:50,765
It was after budget season,

830
00:41:51,905 --> 00:41:54,245
so we're figuring it out for this year.

831
00:41:54,745 --> 00:41:57,165
But they'll be having a supervised checklist.

832
00:41:57,215 --> 00:42:01,405
We'll be having a session next week, which is the start

833
00:42:01,405 --> 00:42:03,165
of the annual verification process.

834
00:42:03,775 --> 00:42:07,165
There are, I believe it's 2064 voters

835
00:42:07,275 --> 00:42:08,765
that they're gonna need to look at

836
00:42:09,245 --> 00:42:13,485
'cause they haven't voted within so many years of the date.

837
00:42:14,545 --> 00:42:18,325
So we are required to mail them letters informing them

838
00:42:18,635 --> 00:42:20,165
that if they don't respond

839
00:42:20,825 --> 00:42:23,885
and come in, they will be removed from the checklist.

840
00:42:27,025 --> 00:42:28,605
We used to do it once every 10 years

841
00:42:28,705 --> 00:42:30,045
and now we're doing it every year.

842
00:42:33,745 --> 00:42:36,205
So not in the budget,

843
00:42:36,625 --> 00:42:40,205
but I wanted to make the council aware there's a bill

844
00:42:40,205 --> 00:42:42,805
pending in Concord is House Bill 1300.

845
00:42:44,235 --> 00:42:48,605
This legislation will require a local ballot to be produced

846
00:42:48,905 --> 00:42:50,805
for the November elections.

847
00:42:52,825 --> 00:42:55,725
So that means we'd have to print 20,000 ballots

848
00:42:55,745 --> 00:42:58,125
to put two questions on it for our voters.

849
00:42:58,795 --> 00:43:00,325
We'd have to pay for the programming

850
00:43:00,325 --> 00:43:01,405
for the accessible voting.

851
00:43:01,915 --> 00:43:05,405
When the amendment to that bill was originally introduced,

852
00:43:05,865 --> 00:43:09,605
it was, it was in the legislation to add it

853
00:43:09,605 --> 00:43:13,005
to the November ballot, which is provided by the state.

854
00:43:13,145 --> 00:43:14,525
And it doesn't cost the town.

855
00:43:15,485 --> 00:43:19,405
However, floor amendment made it so that the town

856
00:43:19,405 --> 00:43:21,805
and city clerks will need to provide that.

857
00:43:22,305 --> 00:43:23,605
So 20,000 ballots

858
00:43:23,625 --> 00:43:25,645
and some programming is probably gonna be

859
00:43:25,645 --> 00:43:27,125
between seven to $8,000.

860
00:43:28,025 --> 00:43:29,405
So if that bill passes

861
00:43:29,665 --> 00:43:32,165
and we'll need to do that, then I will need to come back

862
00:43:32,165 --> 00:43:33,925
to the council for that money.

863
00:43:35,275 --> 00:43:37,205
Also, I just wanna put it on your radar.

864
00:43:37,765 --> 00:43:39,445
I know it says House bill four 18.

865
00:43:39,445 --> 00:43:41,205
It's actually House Bill 4 81,

866
00:43:41,735 --> 00:43:45,445
which moves the primary date from September to June.

867
00:43:45,835 --> 00:43:47,725
It's awaiting signature from the governor

868
00:43:48,425 --> 00:43:52,885
and a Senate bill 1 0 3 will require us

869
00:43:52,905 --> 00:43:56,325
to submit a plan in order to keep our one polling place

870
00:43:56,345 --> 00:43:57,565
for presidential elections.

871
00:43:58,145 --> 00:44:01,605
So based on when

872
00:44:01,605 --> 00:44:03,885
that information comes out from Secretary of State

873
00:44:03,885 --> 00:44:06,805
and what they're going to need, I will come to the council

874
00:44:07,585 --> 00:44:11,445
to have, we'll probably need to have some sort of discussion

875
00:44:12,045 --> 00:44:14,645
publicly about polling locations, polling places.

876
00:44:16,065 --> 00:44:19,405
And once Senate Bill 4 81 is signed by the governor,

877
00:44:19,405 --> 00:44:21,285
we'll need to reach out to Pinkerton.

878
00:44:22,585 --> 00:44:25,365
The second Tuesdays in June is usually

879
00:44:25,495 --> 00:44:26,845
graduation day for them.

880
00:44:27,305 --> 00:44:28,765
So I'm not sure

881
00:44:29,025 --> 00:44:31,365
how comfortable they're gonna be about us voting

882
00:44:32,185 --> 00:44:33,205
at Pinkerton then,

883
00:44:33,305 --> 00:44:36,205
or if they're gonna be able to adjust that for 2028.

884
00:44:37,065 --> 00:44:40,085
So we'll need to have those conversations obviously.

885
00:44:40,105 --> 00:44:41,805
But I wanted to put them on your radar

886
00:44:45,965 --> 00:44:46,965
Questions.

887
00:44:48,565 --> 00:44:52,645
I had one question. You mentioned on the verification

888
00:44:52,795 --> 00:44:55,605
that they, the those 2000 whatever

889
00:44:55,605 --> 00:44:56,805
people would need to come in.

890
00:44:57,345 --> 00:45:00,565
Is there accommodation for someone that's house bound

891
00:45:00,565 --> 00:45:02,525
or something like that to be able to still,

892
00:45:03,065 --> 00:45:04,065
Yes.

893
00:45:04,065 --> 00:45:07,325
So if they are a registered voter who receives this letter,

894
00:45:07,395 --> 00:45:08,725
they would just need to call.

895
00:45:09,505 --> 00:45:12,285
The number will be on there and we will talk to them

896
00:45:12,345 --> 00:45:14,525
and make arrangements for what they need to do.

897
00:45:16,425 --> 00:45:19,285
But most of these people have not voted in four

898
00:45:19,285 --> 00:45:22,125
or five years, so they may not even be here.

899
00:45:22,625 --> 00:45:25,765
We do have a transient population in some

900
00:45:25,765 --> 00:45:27,205
of the apartment complexes

901
00:45:27,985 --> 00:45:30,485
and a lot of them only vote in presidentials.

902
00:45:30,545 --> 00:45:33,845
So if they didn't vote in 2024, they're most likely

903
00:45:34,385 --> 00:45:35,805
not living in town anymore.

904
00:45:36,475 --> 00:45:37,765
Okay. Thank you. I just wanted

905
00:45:37,765 --> 00:45:39,405
to make sure there was that accommodation.

906
00:45:39,405 --> 00:45:40,645
Yeah. Any other questions?

907
00:45:42,145 --> 00:45:43,885
See no other questions. Madam Chair,

908
00:45:44,005 --> 00:45:46,925
I move the bottom line for elections in the amount

909
00:45:46,925 --> 00:45:50,485
of $152,087

910
00:45:52,465 --> 00:45:53,465
Second.

911
00:45:53,465 --> 00:45:54,925
Alright, any further discussion?

912
00:45:55,975 --> 00:45:58,795
All right, on the motion, council mills? Yes. Council Webb?

913
00:45:58,975 --> 00:46:01,355
Yes. Councilor Flood? Yes. Councilor Foot? Yes.

914
00:46:01,455 --> 00:46:03,595
And chair votes? Yes. Motion passes by zero.

915
00:46:03,765 --> 00:46:06,395
Thank you very much. Alright,

916
00:46:06,775 --> 00:46:09,835
we can go back up to cable. Owen, are you ready?

917
00:46:10,655 --> 00:46:11,275
Oh sure.

918
00:46:48,055 --> 00:46:49,785
Good evening. Counselors matter, chair,

919
00:46:50,445 --> 00:46:54,745
county Administrator, Fowler, staff in attendance, members

920
00:46:54,745 --> 00:46:55,745
of the public here

921
00:46:55,885 --> 00:46:59,665
and those watching at home, my pleasure to present to you.

922
00:47:00,295 --> 00:47:04,705
Summary, overview of FY 27 for the cable division.

923
00:47:05,105 --> 00:47:06,505
AKA dairy cam.

924
00:47:12,135 --> 00:47:13,785
Certainly gonna keep this very brief.

925
00:47:14,035 --> 00:47:14,945
Leave plenty of room for

926
00:47:15,145 --> 00:47:17,105
questions, I'm sure we'll have some.

927
00:47:20,425 --> 00:47:22,965
We are Dairy Kim. We believe that a better world starts

928
00:47:22,965 --> 00:47:24,125
with a connected community.

929
00:47:24,665 --> 00:47:28,385
We strive every day to live,

930
00:47:29,795 --> 00:47:30,845
work it, show it.

931
00:47:30,945 --> 00:47:34,125
And dairy. Our strategy is fully aligned

932
00:47:34,125 --> 00:47:35,325
with dairy's master plan.

933
00:47:35,605 --> 00:47:37,445
I think it's important to, to note that

934
00:47:37,465 --> 00:47:40,285
and I think you'll see parts of that peeking through

935
00:47:40,285 --> 00:47:42,445
as you see our strategy here.

936
00:47:42,445 --> 00:47:47,325
Moving forward every day

937
00:47:47,465 --> 00:47:49,885
we strive to keep dairy connected

938
00:47:50,305 --> 00:47:52,205
and bring the best in hyper-local

939
00:47:53,035 --> 00:47:54,685
programming to the dairy residents.

940
00:47:54,685 --> 00:47:56,725
And provide opportunities to create, capture

941
00:47:56,825 --> 00:47:59,005
and share the stories that shape our lives.

942
00:47:59,275 --> 00:48:02,085
Stories that are meaningful, relevant, useful, entertaining

943
00:48:02,845 --> 00:48:04,485
ultimately and enhance the culture

944
00:48:05,145 --> 00:48:07,485
and quality of life for the residents

945
00:48:07,485 --> 00:48:09,485
and visitors of Dairy New Hampshire.

946
00:48:12,345 --> 00:48:16,245
How do we do that? Or

947
00:48:16,315 --> 00:48:17,845
what, what are we?

948
00:48:17,845 --> 00:48:19,485
We're an information distribution hub,

949
00:48:20,325 --> 00:48:22,685
basically emanating from dairy cam.org.

950
00:48:23,225 --> 00:48:25,925
We promote dairy as a destination spotlight, arts

951
00:48:25,945 --> 00:48:29,365
and creative culture, of course like this one,

952
00:48:29,935 --> 00:48:34,725
allow folks access to live meeting coverage,

953
00:48:35,255 --> 00:48:37,605
which promotes civic engagement and participation.

954
00:48:38,585 --> 00:48:41,765
We reflect and enhance cultural identity for those

955
00:48:41,765 --> 00:48:45,885
who live in dairy and those who have the diaspora,

956
00:48:45,885 --> 00:48:48,005
if you will have since moved away.

957
00:48:48,225 --> 00:48:50,605
But want to stay connected to their hometown roots.

958
00:48:52,785 --> 00:48:54,645
We provide local and regional nonprofit

959
00:48:54,645 --> 00:48:55,965
visibility and outreach.

960
00:48:56,145 --> 00:49:00,125
Now more than ever, nonprofits are leaned on for support

961
00:49:00,865 --> 00:49:03,965
and we get plenty of feedback from our community partners

962
00:49:03,965 --> 00:49:06,525
that we do provide a valuable service for them.

963
00:49:08,725 --> 00:49:10,785
In a way we preserve dairy's historic record.

964
00:49:11,315 --> 00:49:16,145
We've had experienced plenty of milestones lately.

965
00:49:16,335 --> 00:49:18,305
Some, some big moves. Dairy is making.

966
00:49:18,555 --> 00:49:20,065
We're happy that we can capture those

967
00:49:20,565 --> 00:49:23,585
and generations to come can see the transformation

968
00:49:24,125 --> 00:49:25,625
as we can right before our eyes.

969
00:49:26,645 --> 00:49:29,865
We also, hopefully we never have to use it,

970
00:49:30,285 --> 00:49:33,345
but we provide resilience during emergency in the form

971
00:49:33,345 --> 00:49:35,065
of communications and outreach to the public.

972
00:49:36,015 --> 00:49:39,545
Primarily leaning on when all else fails, radio waves

973
00:49:40,365 --> 00:49:45,185
and our FM radio station will provide, will likely be there

974
00:49:45,445 --> 00:49:48,345
to provide information to folks as needed in the event

975
00:49:48,345 --> 00:49:50,345
of natural disasters, et cetera.

976
00:49:52,445 --> 00:49:53,905
And we're keeping dairy recognized

977
00:49:53,905 --> 00:49:55,265
as a leader in community media.

978
00:49:55,315 --> 00:49:57,065
We'll get to that in a little bit.

979
00:50:00,805 --> 00:50:03,135
This is a taste of what a connected dairy looks like.

980
00:50:03,985 --> 00:50:05,135
These are partners we work

981
00:50:05,135 --> 00:50:09,455
with every day, year after year.

982
00:50:09,745 --> 00:50:11,855
We're very proud to do so.

983
00:50:12,725 --> 00:50:14,255
This is only a sample, as I say,

984
00:50:14,955 --> 00:50:16,655
and many projects are underway right now.

985
00:50:17,035 --> 00:50:18,855
And we've got new alliances,

986
00:50:18,915 --> 00:50:21,695
new partners forming all the time.

987
00:50:22,825 --> 00:50:26,095
We've got some fun and interesting

988
00:50:26,315 --> 00:50:28,765
and educational topics on the docket

989
00:50:28,865 --> 00:50:33,765
for the year coming ahead, which I'm excited to have

990
00:50:33,865 --> 00:50:35,405
to collaborate with those partners.

991
00:50:35,405 --> 00:50:38,205
With that, How do we do all this?

992
00:50:38,815 --> 00:50:39,925
We're the dairies,

993
00:50:39,925 --> 00:50:42,965
municipal cable division serving 34,000 residents,

994
00:50:43,245 --> 00:50:48,165
14,000 households, albeit funded by

995
00:50:49,285 --> 00:50:51,785
a fraction of that population.

996
00:50:52,195 --> 00:50:54,545
Cable subscribers. We are not taxpayer funded.

997
00:50:57,285 --> 00:50:59,785
It should be no surprise to anyone that cable funds,

998
00:51:00,075 --> 00:51:02,465
we've talked about this before in presentations

999
00:51:03,565 --> 00:51:08,225
in the past years, but we're, we've, we've reached

1000
00:51:08,765 --> 00:51:11,785
the cliff again, we'll allude to that in a, in a little bit.

1001
00:51:12,165 --> 00:51:14,065
Our platforms that we distribute on

1002
00:51:14,645 --> 00:51:16,825
are Comcast channels 16 and 22.

1003
00:51:16,845 --> 00:51:19,265
We distribute channel six, which is the educational channel

1004
00:51:19,485 --> 00:51:20,785
for the school district.

1005
00:51:22,065 --> 00:51:24,945
Distribute meeting. The school district takes care

1006
00:51:24,945 --> 00:51:26,225
of the programming for the most part.

1007
00:51:26,655 --> 00:51:30,585
Save school board meetings

1008
00:51:30,605 --> 00:51:32,185
and other special meetings that we,

1009
00:51:32,375 --> 00:51:35,505
that we capture here in-house at the municipal center.

1010
00:51:37,045 --> 00:51:41,065
But that feed comes through our hub downstairs

1011
00:51:41,525 --> 00:51:45,905
and then is distributed out to Comcast subscribers streaming

1012
00:51:45,905 --> 00:51:47,265
and OTT over the top.

1013
00:51:47,405 --> 00:51:49,865
That's your Roku, apple tv, fire tv,

1014
00:51:49,885 --> 00:51:52,145
if you have those apps at home, search, dairy TV,

1015
00:51:53,065 --> 00:51:54,385
anywhere worldwide.

1016
00:51:54,685 --> 00:51:56,665
And you can check in on what's going on at home.

1017
00:51:57,695 --> 00:52:01,285
YouTube channel, that's sort of

1018
00:52:02,085 --> 00:52:03,165
a backup, backup, backup.

1019
00:52:03,585 --> 00:52:06,325
We don't put a lot of faith in in in YouTube as

1020
00:52:06,425 --> 00:52:07,645
as a delivery source.

1021
00:52:07,865 --> 00:52:09,165
But we do have that capability

1022
00:52:09,185 --> 00:52:12,765
and a lot of people are find us on YouTube largest

1023
00:52:13,535 --> 00:52:14,965
video search engine out there.

1024
00:52:15,345 --> 00:52:17,085
So it behooves us to be on there

1025
00:52:17,085 --> 00:52:19,885
and we, we do get some views, actually a lot of views.

1026
00:52:20,405 --> 00:52:22,965
Government meetings in particular on that

1027
00:52:23,465 --> 00:52:24,525
as we live stream there.

1028
00:52:25,225 --> 00:52:28,845
And then playback, recorded videos

1029
00:52:31,255 --> 00:52:35,075
as I mentioned, 95.1 there is evolution

1030
00:52:38,135 --> 00:52:39,435
and dairy cam.org.

1031
00:52:39,535 --> 00:52:42,995
So dairy cam serves as the hub from there.

1032
00:52:43,245 --> 00:52:47,235
Folks can tune in live from anywhere as long

1033
00:52:47,235 --> 00:52:48,555
as you have a computer and the internet.

1034
00:52:49,155 --> 00:52:51,075
You can listen to WEVX,

1035
00:52:51,535 --> 00:52:54,875
you can watch all three channels.

1036
00:52:57,975 --> 00:53:02,515
And we have an expanding social media presence,

1037
00:53:02,905 --> 00:53:07,395
primarily Facebook and Instagram right now.

1038
00:53:07,655 --> 00:53:11,795
As we sort of, as I mentioned last year, we've last year

1039
00:53:11,795 --> 00:53:14,035
and the sort of year

1040
00:53:14,035 --> 00:53:16,835
before we transitioned from a lot of the projects and,

1041
00:53:17,255 --> 00:53:21,395
and investments that we've made in the large transition

1042
00:53:21,535 --> 00:53:24,915
of dairy cam and focus more on training, development

1043
00:53:25,345 --> 00:53:27,845
and optimizing our operations, right?

1044
00:53:28,205 --> 00:53:30,125
Protocols, processes, building all those out.

1045
00:53:30,395 --> 00:53:34,685
Part of that came, part of that

1046
00:53:35,475 --> 00:53:37,805
plan involves increased social media,

1047
00:53:37,805 --> 00:53:39,125
particularly with multimedia.

1048
00:53:39,185 --> 00:53:42,725
So video. So you'll see a lot more of that coming

1049
00:53:42,725 --> 00:53:45,205
because let's face it, that's where people are.

1050
00:53:45,435 --> 00:53:48,285
They're on their devices, they're on social media.

1051
00:53:49,135 --> 00:53:50,845
We've got to reach out to them

1052
00:53:51,385 --> 00:53:55,525
and grab them back hopefully right to the hub dairy cam.org

1053
00:53:55,615 --> 00:53:58,005
where they can then stay connected, stay informed.

1054
00:53:58,225 --> 00:54:01,995
But what's happening here in the municipality town offices

1055
00:54:02,895 --> 00:54:04,795
around town with our community partners

1056
00:54:05,175 --> 00:54:09,595
and amongst each other in the community provide coverage

1057
00:54:09,595 --> 00:54:11,315
of government meetings, local news,

1058
00:54:11,315 --> 00:54:13,595
community events and youth programming.

1059
00:54:22,255 --> 00:54:26,245
Let's get right to the numbers. Picture says it all.

1060
00:54:26,595 --> 00:54:30,085
What you're seeing there is from the budget book,

1061
00:54:30,435 --> 00:54:35,085
this is the last four years represented sequentially there.

1062
00:54:36,905 --> 00:54:39,445
Up on the top graph, those are requests.

1063
00:54:39,625 --> 00:54:40,685
So these were the, the,

1064
00:54:41,545 --> 00:54:45,205
the actual requested budgets over the past four years in

1065
00:54:45,205 --> 00:54:46,325
the respective categories.

1066
00:54:46,325 --> 00:54:48,765
Personnel, operations, capital and transfers.

1067
00:54:49,105 --> 00:54:53,605
You'll see a bump there for that capital there.

1068
00:54:53,605 --> 00:54:55,885
And going back to 24, let's see

1069
00:54:55,885 --> 00:54:59,885
where we required our mobile capability with our new truck

1070
00:55:00,565 --> 00:55:03,605
F three 50, which we just entered phase two.

1071
00:55:03,795 --> 00:55:07,045
This this fiscal year where we upfitted that with our

1072
00:55:07,885 --> 00:55:10,605
enclosed service body.

1073
00:55:10,745 --> 00:55:13,405
So that's a game changer. That's gonna save a lot of time,

1074
00:55:13,645 --> 00:55:15,405
a lot of energy loading

1075
00:55:15,405 --> 00:55:18,805
and unloading for all the, we call 'em gigs.

1076
00:55:19,145 --> 00:55:21,445
All of the events that we cover around town

1077
00:55:21,545 --> 00:55:22,685
and we're able to dispatch

1078
00:55:22,785 --> 00:55:27,645
and deploy a lot, much more nimbly and quick.

1079
00:55:28,685 --> 00:55:31,365
And then down below you see the request compared

1080
00:55:31,365 --> 00:55:35,495
to last year, You'll see a drastic

1081
00:55:36,295 --> 00:55:40,735
reduction in certainly personnel.

1082
00:55:41,145 --> 00:55:44,055
We've eliminated a few open positions that we have,

1083
00:55:44,465 --> 00:55:46,855
which is going to create some challenge

1084
00:55:46,855 --> 00:55:47,935
frankly moving forward.

1085
00:55:49,985 --> 00:55:51,895
Those were specialist positions.

1086
00:55:52,855 --> 00:55:54,855
Intermediate, if you will, folks

1087
00:55:54,855 --> 00:55:59,215
that might have experience editing or in pre principle

1088
00:55:59,215 --> 00:56:02,175
or post-production that might find their way to dairy cam

1089
00:56:02,175 --> 00:56:04,495
or we might find our way to them and recruit.

1090
00:56:05,955 --> 00:56:08,375
So post-production is really one

1091
00:56:08,375 --> 00:56:09,535
of our biggest challenges right now.

1092
00:56:10,595 --> 00:56:13,135
We can go out and we can capture all the

1093
00:56:13,135 --> 00:56:14,865
events all day long.

1094
00:56:15,535 --> 00:56:18,065
It's very difficult but it's the easy part.

1095
00:56:19,165 --> 00:56:21,545
The hard part is creatively

1096
00:56:26,085 --> 00:56:28,765
bringing all of what we capture together and making

1097
00:56:29,065 --> 00:56:30,445
and enhancing it in such a way

1098
00:56:30,445 --> 00:56:32,965
that it will captivate an audience and

1099
00:56:32,965 --> 00:56:34,605
therefore be relevant and watched.

1100
00:56:35,345 --> 00:56:37,005
So it becomes a vicious cycle

1101
00:56:37,705 --> 00:56:39,085
if we go out and capture events.

1102
00:56:39,745 --> 00:56:42,325
And then we've gotta a backlog of projects that

1103
00:56:42,325 --> 00:56:44,325
where they're stuck on the conveyor belt, if you will.

1104
00:56:45,025 --> 00:56:46,925
So at this time,

1105
00:56:48,505 --> 00:56:50,385
I wouldn't say we're doing minimum viable output,

1106
00:56:50,805 --> 00:56:52,145
but we can do a lot more.

1107
00:56:52,145 --> 00:56:53,745
There's a lot more opportunity there,

1108
00:56:53,845 --> 00:56:57,385
but we just need to, you know, we need more hands

1109
00:56:57,965 --> 00:56:59,025
on deck, which is a challenge.

1110
00:57:00,715 --> 00:57:04,755
And this is the, the big challenge, Again,

1111
00:57:04,755 --> 00:57:07,355
you've heard me mention this the past recent

1112
00:57:07,385 --> 00:57:08,595
year budget presentation.

1113
00:57:09,225 --> 00:57:12,505
Here it is in blue and red.

1114
00:57:14,995 --> 00:57:19,635
These are revenues the past

1115
00:57:19,775 --> 00:57:22,605
few years what you're seeing is

1116
00:57:25,095 --> 00:57:28,335
a decline in folks subscribing to cable.

1117
00:57:29,315 --> 00:57:33,455
So when we talk about a franchise fee that is given

1118
00:57:33,475 --> 00:57:36,975
to Comcast in, in dairy happens to be Comcast subscribers,

1119
00:57:37,925 --> 00:57:41,615
that fee is, is assessed only on the video portion

1120
00:57:42,075 --> 00:57:43,735
or television, cable television.

1121
00:57:43,875 --> 00:57:46,335
So as you know, you can bundle a Comcast bill,

1122
00:57:46,335 --> 00:57:49,415
you can get home security, you can get telephone,

1123
00:57:50,275 --> 00:57:52,655
you can get internet, you can get tv.

1124
00:57:55,825 --> 00:57:59,485
The way the law is written at this current time,

1125
00:58:00,875 --> 00:58:02,685
only the TV portion can be assessed.

1126
00:58:03,585 --> 00:58:06,725
So if folks get internet only then no cable tv

1127
00:58:07,245 --> 00:58:10,005
'cause they don't use it, we lose.

1128
00:58:10,025 --> 00:58:11,085
And that's what's happening here.

1129
00:58:12,625 --> 00:58:17,055
So It's real. We've gotta do something about it.

1130
00:58:17,555 --> 00:58:21,055
And I would consider this a, Mike and I have talked

1131
00:58:21,195 --> 00:58:23,255
and agreed that we really need

1132
00:58:23,255 --> 00:58:24,335
to take a deep dive this year.

1133
00:58:25,075 --> 00:58:29,895
So consider this a prelude to a deeper dive will come

1134
00:58:29,895 --> 00:58:32,455
before you having done some more.

1135
00:58:33,185 --> 00:58:36,135
We've done plenty of research and, and looking at options.

1136
00:58:36,235 --> 00:58:38,935
But we're gonna do some more fine tuning based on current

1137
00:58:39,335 --> 00:58:41,855
situation and what we know now 'cause it's changing.

1138
00:58:43,195 --> 00:58:45,375
And we're gonna label for you some options,

1139
00:58:45,645 --> 00:58:47,735
some suggestions, some considerations.

1140
00:58:47,735 --> 00:58:49,615
And we really want your input as

1141
00:58:49,615 --> 00:58:52,055
to the direction you'd like the division to go.

1142
00:58:56,585 --> 00:59:01,475
What do we do now? Earlier this week we're,

1143
00:59:01,475 --> 00:59:04,245
we're certainly not gonna lay down

1144
00:59:04,265 --> 00:59:07,045
or standby, we're not gonna think of the only option

1145
00:59:07,065 --> 00:59:11,085
as dairy needs to kind of pick up the tab for this.

1146
00:59:11,575 --> 00:59:13,245
We're gonna look, explore all options

1147
00:59:13,515 --> 00:59:14,725
including right to the top.

1148
00:59:15,105 --> 00:59:17,805
So earlier this week, did some advocacy work,

1149
00:59:20,075 --> 00:59:23,725
Met with Commissioner Gomez, met with the offices of

1150
00:59:24,965 --> 00:59:27,145
our full federal delegation in their

1151
00:59:27,805 --> 00:59:29,185
senate and house offices.

1152
00:59:31,255 --> 00:59:34,025
Basically in support of some, in support of one piece

1153
00:59:34,025 --> 00:59:38,105
of legislation and asking them to, you know,

1154
00:59:38,125 --> 00:59:41,465
strike down another p another bill that's on its way up

1155
00:59:41,465 --> 00:59:45,545
that will take that really squelches local control

1156
00:59:47,135 --> 00:59:50,275
has to do with ba basically if we did that cable industry,

1157
00:59:50,495 --> 00:59:52,955
if, if that bill went forward, cable industry would be able

1158
00:59:52,955 --> 00:59:54,395
to kind of write their own,

1159
00:59:54,445 --> 00:59:56,115
write their own rules moving forward.

1160
00:59:56,935 --> 00:59:58,745
And we know we don't want that in New Hampshire.

1161
00:59:59,005 --> 01:00:00,385
We certainly don't want it in dairy.

1162
01:00:01,085 --> 01:00:02,745
So we're gonna do everything we can to mobilize.

1163
01:00:03,295 --> 01:00:05,865
Take action on that again.

1164
01:00:05,865 --> 01:00:08,545
The next, what are we gonna do more

1165
01:00:08,545 --> 01:00:11,225
to come we'll all have a community and a,

1166
01:00:11,225 --> 01:00:14,185
and a leadership discussion on where we are.

1167
01:00:14,555 --> 01:00:17,905
Clear picture and some considerations moving forward.

1168
01:00:18,435 --> 01:00:21,105
Dairy will have a seat at the table on my watch.

1169
01:00:21,245 --> 01:00:25,345
That's just how we're gonna roll. We're working hard.

1170
01:00:25,345 --> 01:00:30,225
What you see on the right is our board.

1171
01:00:30,725 --> 01:00:32,425
I'm a member of the Alliance for Community Media.

1172
01:00:32,875 --> 01:00:34,985
While we were in DC we took the opportunity

1173
01:00:34,985 --> 01:00:38,745
to meet in person and strategize moving forward.

1174
01:00:40,485 --> 01:00:44,025
As I said, this is, this is not a new phenomenon, it's just

1175
01:00:44,865 --> 01:00:45,865
becoming more and more real.

1176
01:00:45,865 --> 01:00:47,465
This is the time we need to take action.

1177
01:00:47,605 --> 01:00:50,745
So it's kind of a, a compressed sort of timeline here.

1178
01:00:51,215 --> 01:00:55,345
Certainly continue to work with federal delegation, work

1179
01:00:55,425 --> 01:00:56,745
with New Hampshire legislature.

1180
01:00:56,745 --> 01:00:58,305
There are things states can do.

1181
01:00:59,795 --> 01:01:02,745
There are things that our neighboring states have done that

1182
01:01:04,315 --> 01:01:06,995
I think we would all agree would not favor well in

1183
01:01:06,995 --> 01:01:10,195
New Hampshire include the T word taxation.

1184
01:01:11,415 --> 01:01:15,835
But you know, Maine looked for a little bit at,

1185
01:01:16,375 --> 01:01:20,845
at actually taxing the big companies, YouTube and,

1186
01:01:20,905 --> 01:01:23,245
and the folks that are streaming over that infrastructure,

1187
01:01:23,385 --> 01:01:26,085
the public property that is the right of way

1188
01:01:26,475 --> 01:01:29,005
that the public deserves compensation for the use

1189
01:01:29,555 --> 01:01:30,685
from these corporations.

1190
01:01:30,955 --> 01:01:34,285
Monthly, millions of dollars are made on our property

1191
01:01:34,385 --> 01:01:35,965
and there should be a fair exchange for that.

1192
01:01:36,785 --> 01:01:38,005
So I'll keep fighting for that.

1193
01:01:38,335 --> 01:01:40,645
We'll continue to explore practical revenue models

1194
01:01:40,645 --> 01:01:43,325
that we can work on in house that it will include.

1195
01:01:43,325 --> 01:01:46,365
We've mentioned before Councillor Webb, of course you,

1196
01:01:46,605 --> 01:01:49,085
I recall you mentioning sponsorship, things like that.

1197
01:01:49,085 --> 01:01:51,085
That's part of our diversification of the,

1198
01:01:51,265 --> 01:01:53,925
of the media footprint we have with the radio station.

1199
01:01:54,795 --> 01:01:58,405
Believe it or not, it's even with higher sort

1200
01:01:58,405 --> 01:02:00,045
of regulation over the radio station.

1201
01:02:01,615 --> 01:02:05,725
We're more open to sponsorship on the, on the station.

1202
01:02:05,785 --> 01:02:08,605
So we're really building that out when developing program

1203
01:02:09,755 --> 01:02:11,605
that that our local community's gonna love.

1204
01:02:11,865 --> 01:02:15,965
I'm sure we can look at service model options.

1205
01:02:16,305 --> 01:02:18,685
We can look at how we can just the ser adjust the services

1206
01:02:18,825 --> 01:02:21,925
we provide make primarily we've gotta

1207
01:02:21,925 --> 01:02:23,005
meet the needs of the community.

1208
01:02:23,105 --> 01:02:24,605
That's what we're always looking to do.

1209
01:02:26,585 --> 01:02:28,605
But how can we do that in a sustainable way?

1210
01:02:29,595 --> 01:02:31,005
This we have a great investment here.

1211
01:02:31,005 --> 01:02:33,005
We have a great tool here.

1212
01:02:33,605 --> 01:02:36,925
People long before my time, we're forward thinking

1213
01:02:37,345 --> 01:02:40,405
and establish this cable division when not every community

1214
01:02:40,505 --> 01:02:44,125
has, we're very lucky to have the infrastructure,

1215
01:02:44,785 --> 01:02:46,165
and I use that word intentionally.

1216
01:02:47,715 --> 01:02:49,085
Community media in this day

1217
01:02:49,085 --> 01:02:51,085
and age is more important than ever.

1218
01:02:52,475 --> 01:02:54,765
When we all go home and we swipe

1219
01:02:56,935 --> 01:02:59,295
is becoming harder and harder to tell what's real anymore.

1220
01:03:01,055 --> 01:03:04,675
But what happens in dairy is real and we can capture that

1221
01:03:05,095 --> 01:03:07,795
and we can own our own media here in dairy.

1222
01:03:11,085 --> 01:03:12,435
We're gonna continue also

1223
01:03:12,435 --> 01:03:14,395
to provide the best service possible on

1224
01:03:14,455 --> 01:03:15,595
the current constraints.

1225
01:03:16,135 --> 01:03:18,435
And we're gonna lean on our culture of innovation

1226
01:03:18,775 --> 01:03:20,995
and creativity to find the solutions we need

1227
01:03:21,855 --> 01:03:23,275
to survive to thrive.

1228
01:03:25,865 --> 01:03:29,015
So that's a good note to end on.

1229
01:03:30,905 --> 01:03:34,095
Happy to take any questions, counts the foot.

1230
01:03:34,345 --> 01:03:36,815
Thank you Madam Chair. Well first of all, thank you

1231
01:03:36,815 --> 01:03:37,935
for all you guys do.

1232
01:03:37,935 --> 01:03:40,335
Your crew, for those who don't know, they're everywhere.

1233
01:03:41,505 --> 01:03:43,375
Every, pretty much every event that goes on in dairy,

1234
01:03:43,905 --> 01:03:45,255
dairy camp crew is always there.

1235
01:03:45,355 --> 01:03:46,975
So, so thank you for that.

1236
01:03:48,135 --> 01:03:51,815
I I know the, the income's, the income's a little tight,

1237
01:03:51,835 --> 01:03:55,655
but do you have any capital improvement plans projected in

1238
01:03:55,655 --> 01:03:56,775
the next couple of years?

1239
01:03:58,835 --> 01:04:02,295
We do and we always in, in light of these declining

1240
01:04:02,295 --> 01:04:04,295
that chart that you saw, we, we try

1241
01:04:04,295 --> 01:04:05,495
to stay as fluid as possible.

1242
01:04:05,905 --> 01:04:08,055
We've got projects that are on the burner

1243
01:04:08,635 --> 01:04:11,535
and as we see quarter by quarter we get indicate,

1244
01:04:11,695 --> 01:04:13,215
we get direct feedback on

1245
01:04:13,365 --> 01:04:15,375
what we've got coming in and what we can use.

1246
01:04:16,455 --> 01:04:19,135
I try to stay cautious and conservative throughout the year.

1247
01:04:19,595 --> 01:04:22,175
You'll see a lot of my capital expenditures

1248
01:04:22,245 --> 01:04:23,575
towards the end of the year.

1249
01:04:24,485 --> 01:04:26,895
Finance loves that, but they, they tolerate it.

1250
01:04:27,125 --> 01:04:29,295
They're a great team and I love working with them.

1251
01:04:29,965 --> 01:04:32,455
They, I couldn't do a lot without their support.

1252
01:04:32,575 --> 01:04:35,455
I really appreciate them. But that's,

1253
01:04:35,455 --> 01:04:36,735
that's the reason why there's a,

1254
01:04:36,735 --> 01:04:38,255
there's a strategy behind that. So answer

1255
01:04:38,925 --> 01:04:43,015
Your question in jeopardy, any of these programs or

1256
01:04:43,015 --> 01:04:44,015
Projects?

1257
01:04:44,015 --> 01:04:44,695
I mean we're reducing, again,

1258
01:04:44,925 --> 01:04:46,935
just staying fluid counselor foot

1259
01:04:46,955 --> 01:04:50,175
and just if, if I've got a smaller scale project,

1260
01:04:50,645 --> 01:04:53,975
like maybe the next phase in opera house connectivity,

1261
01:04:55,905 --> 01:04:58,255
we'll we'll kind of try to address that.

1262
01:04:58,255 --> 01:05:01,935
Something we know we can complete at least a phase of so

1263
01:05:01,935 --> 01:05:03,775
that if we don't receive what we expect,

1264
01:05:05,555 --> 01:05:07,055
we can at least complete something

1265
01:05:07,055 --> 01:05:08,215
and, and keep moving forward.

1266
01:05:08,555 --> 01:05:10,975
But to answer your question, I'm really looking forward

1267
01:05:11,035 --> 01:05:14,775
to getting to finalizing termination points,

1268
01:05:15,125 --> 01:05:17,965
including cameras in the opera house so that

1269
01:05:17,965 --> 01:05:22,165
as events happen there, like candidate forums,

1270
01:05:22,795 --> 01:05:27,245
town forums, more a diverse offering

1271
01:05:27,245 --> 01:05:29,125
of entertainment comes there.

1272
01:05:29,945 --> 01:05:32,085
We can capture that with that connectivity

1273
01:05:32,755 --> 01:05:34,765
down into the master control suite

1274
01:05:35,265 --> 01:05:36,725
and the control room downstairs.

1275
01:05:37,075 --> 01:05:38,075
Okay,

1276
01:05:38,385 --> 01:05:39,385
One more.

1277
01:05:39,585 --> 01:05:42,165
And, and so to that point actually, so the,

1278
01:05:42,235 --> 01:05:45,405
with the Opera House for example, so I know they rent out

1279
01:05:45,405 --> 01:05:47,005
to a lot of other organizations,

1280
01:05:47,005 --> 01:05:48,125
private organizations to that.

1281
01:05:48,545 --> 01:05:51,365
Is there ever any intertwined between Dairy CAM

1282
01:05:51,365 --> 01:05:52,485
and those private organizations?

1283
01:05:52,565 --> 01:05:54,485
Broadcasting for them specifically?

1284
01:05:54,665 --> 01:05:57,565
Yes. Mostly non-profit entities that come in.

1285
01:05:57,865 --> 01:06:01,885
And again, it's very valuable to them to capture something

1286
01:06:02,195 --> 01:06:03,885
that they can then share far and wide.

1287
01:06:04,345 --> 01:06:06,485
It increases the legs on that content

1288
01:06:06,785 --> 01:06:08,805
and their messaging, whatever their priorities may be.

1289
01:06:10,985 --> 01:06:13,885
So we partnered with community caregivers

1290
01:06:14,925 --> 01:06:16,865
and they had a theater project come through

1291
01:06:16,865 --> 01:06:18,305
with very meaningful topics.

1292
01:06:18,725 --> 01:06:19,945
You can watch it on dairy tv

1293
01:06:20,925 --> 01:06:24,105
and we had worked actually with those organizations

1294
01:06:24,105 --> 01:06:25,785
during COVID when there were no other

1295
01:06:25,785 --> 01:06:27,025
options for these performances.

1296
01:06:27,135 --> 01:06:29,465
They did a, they produced a virtual performance.

1297
01:06:29,765 --> 01:06:31,345
We were able to get that out

1298
01:06:31,345 --> 01:06:34,825
for them statewide. So

1299
01:06:35,815 --> 01:06:38,705
What about the, the private organizations

1300
01:06:38,885 --> 01:06:40,225
as far as like a nonprofit?

1301
01:06:40,485 --> 01:06:45,305
Is there any kind ability to do that, to, to air those

1302
01:06:45,565 --> 01:06:49,505
or is that against if you had any kind of franchise rules

1303
01:06:49,685 --> 01:06:52,105
or I'm sorry, is it against any kind of franchise rules

1304
01:06:52,125 --> 01:06:54,825
or anything like that to to, to air

1305
01:06:55,755 --> 01:06:57,345
those other organizations? It

1306
01:06:57,345 --> 01:07:00,865
Would be a case by case basis in terms of what's if,

1307
01:07:00,865 --> 01:07:04,185
if somebody were up there pitching some sort of project.

1308
01:07:04,185 --> 01:07:05,865
Certainly the big, the big thing is no

1309
01:07:06,245 --> 01:07:07,585
non-commercial, right?

1310
01:07:07,725 --> 01:07:10,745
So if there were direct calls to action for a sale,

1311
01:07:11,635 --> 01:07:13,985
which typically wouldn't find in a venue like that,

1312
01:07:13,985 --> 01:07:17,265
but you never know, you know, that would be the only thing.

1313
01:07:17,265 --> 01:07:18,865
We'd have to keep an eye out for that.

1314
01:07:18,925 --> 01:07:21,105
And if there, if it was a performance of any kind,

1315
01:07:21,105 --> 01:07:23,105
we wanna make sure we understand who holds the rights

1316
01:07:23,105 --> 01:07:25,425
to those, the performance and the material

1317
01:07:25,645 --> 01:07:26,905
and make sure we get clearance for

1318
01:07:27,025 --> 01:07:28,065
that and make sure it's okay.

1319
01:07:28,475 --> 01:07:30,745
Other than that, that, you know,

1320
01:07:32,115 --> 01:07:34,175
I'd say whatever we could think up.

1321
01:07:34,405 --> 01:07:35,775
Okay, thank You. We could do,

1322
01:07:38,775 --> 01:07:39,775
I had a question.

1323
01:07:39,775 --> 01:07:40,815
I think you kind of started to answer it.

1324
01:07:40,815 --> 01:07:43,055
I was going to ask that when is their ability to work

1325
01:07:43,055 --> 01:07:45,135
with like the streaming services and stuff to,

1326
01:07:45,135 --> 01:07:47,735
and it sounds like there is some already some kind

1327
01:07:47,735 --> 01:07:50,215
of thought of how to capture revenue through that.

1328
01:07:52,155 --> 01:07:53,605
I'll just say, you know, we can,

1329
01:07:53,625 --> 01:07:55,645
we can talk about this later in the year when we,

1330
01:07:55,645 --> 01:07:58,485
when we need up, but there's just a lot of pushback

1331
01:07:59,155 --> 01:08:04,005
from the industry and they've got everything they need

1332
01:08:04,005 --> 01:08:07,005
to push back really hard. Lots of money.

1333
01:08:07,755 --> 01:08:10,605
Yeah. Council Mills.

1334
01:08:11,135 --> 01:08:14,645
Thank you Madam Chair. I have a question regarding WEVX.

1335
01:08:14,675 --> 01:08:17,285
That is a, that's our streaming radio service

1336
01:08:18,395 --> 01:08:20,565
That is an over the air broadcast station.

1337
01:08:20,565 --> 01:08:22,965
It's a low power FM 95.1.

1338
01:08:23,545 --> 01:08:25,485
Do we have, and I think you said this

1339
01:08:25,485 --> 01:08:26,845
but I just wanna make sure I understood.

1340
01:08:26,985 --> 01:08:30,045
Do we have the ability to override it in case

1341
01:08:30,045 --> 01:08:31,685
of an emergency if we wanted to use it

1342
01:08:31,685 --> 01:08:33,205
for emergency broadcasting? That

1343
01:08:33,205 --> 01:08:34,725
Is exactly the plan counselor.

1344
01:08:35,305 --> 01:08:38,325
We are actually, we have on the, on the books to, to speak

1345
01:08:38,325 --> 01:08:40,405
with the communications team over at both fire

1346
01:08:40,505 --> 01:08:41,925
and police so

1347
01:08:41,925 --> 01:08:45,405
that we've got the messaging prepared in any likely event.

1348
01:08:45,425 --> 01:08:46,485
We actually have it in house.

1349
01:08:46,505 --> 01:08:49,485
We have messaging prepared for any likely event so

1350
01:08:49,485 --> 01:08:52,845
that it can be deployed up upon collaboration, you know,

1351
01:08:52,845 --> 01:08:53,925
with emergency services.

1352
01:08:54,265 --> 01:08:57,205
And we keep an eye on things like the reverse 9 1 1 and,

1353
01:08:57,505 --> 01:08:59,565
and any messaging going out of a social media.

1354
01:08:59,665 --> 01:09:01,845
And we relay that over all of our channels.

1355
01:09:02,585 --> 01:09:05,245
But in the, in, in the event of a, let's say an EO ceva

1356
01:09:06,895 --> 01:09:10,485
activation, we're, we're right there in the room

1357
01:09:11,185 --> 01:09:15,525
and we're working with the team to determine what to deploy

1358
01:09:15,545 --> 01:09:16,925
and what messaging to send out.

1359
01:09:17,345 --> 01:09:20,565
And as best we can, we'll have it ready now.

1360
01:09:21,695 --> 01:09:23,645
Thank you. Yes, sir. Council clerk,

1361
01:09:24,075 --> 01:09:25,445
This isn't as much of a question

1362
01:09:25,465 --> 01:09:27,925
as is a preach in the sense in this day

1363
01:09:27,925 --> 01:09:32,125
and age where we're losing control of all our local news

1364
01:09:32,305 --> 01:09:35,405
and, and input where everything's national news,

1365
01:09:35,845 --> 01:09:39,565
national radio, national newspapers, it'd be nice

1366
01:09:39,625 --> 01:09:42,445
for the public to support this kind

1367
01:09:42,445 --> 01:09:43,965
of programming a little more.

1368
01:09:43,965 --> 01:09:48,445
See better numbers. Because this is where,

1369
01:09:48,825 --> 01:09:51,045
you know, all the information they claim they can't get

1370
01:09:51,185 --> 01:09:52,245
is it's all here.

1371
01:09:53,675 --> 01:09:56,325
They, they should, you know, focus more on local.

1372
01:09:57,605 --> 01:10:00,805
I mean, this is our community. We have our own TV show.

1373
01:10:00,805 --> 01:10:03,525
We have our own news outlets.

1374
01:10:03,545 --> 01:10:06,245
If you, you know, like they say newspapers are dying, its

1375
01:10:06,245 --> 01:10:09,925
because newspapers are owned by 20 communities

1376
01:10:10,225 --> 01:10:13,645
and none of them focus on dairy like you guys do.

1377
01:10:14,465 --> 01:10:17,685
You just need to, people just need to, you know,

1378
01:10:17,715 --> 01:10:20,085
know the resources there and start using it.

1379
01:10:21,585 --> 01:10:22,895
Thank you council. Using it better.

1380
01:10:23,255 --> 01:10:26,295
I appreciate the, the, the comment, if I may, you know,

1381
01:10:26,415 --> 01:10:28,615
I agree with you now more than ever, we have a news desert

1382
01:10:28,875 --> 01:10:31,095
that's increasing all departments.

1383
01:10:31,535 --> 01:10:34,735
I talk with Bev and economic development weekly,

1384
01:10:34,735 --> 01:10:36,615
monthly on how do we get in.

1385
01:10:36,615 --> 01:10:37,855
There's a huge disconnect.

1386
01:10:37,855 --> 01:10:39,575
Everybody seems like they're on Facebook,

1387
01:10:41,435 --> 01:10:43,855
but then they didn't realize it was election day.

1388
01:10:43,855 --> 01:10:46,055
Right? Yeah. We, we are hearing that feedback.

1389
01:10:46,595 --> 01:10:49,175
So how that's, that's our mission, that we're taking

1390
01:10:49,175 --> 01:10:51,455
that very seriously and we're looking at ways we can fill

1391
01:10:51,455 --> 01:10:52,695
these gaps and solve these problems.

1392
01:10:52,695 --> 01:10:54,855
Working with the departments, working with administration

1393
01:10:55,435 --> 01:10:58,415
and anybody to make sure that we can have,

1394
01:10:58,415 --> 01:11:01,695
and that's the idea behind, I invite anybody here

1395
01:11:01,755 --> 01:11:04,615
or at home who hasn't go to dairy cam.org,

1396
01:11:05,115 --> 01:11:07,095
not only check out the tune in page, which is

1397
01:11:07,095 --> 01:11:08,095
that QR code there,

1398
01:11:08,395 --> 01:11:10,015
but look at the dairy happenings calendar.

1399
01:11:10,085 --> 01:11:12,575
That came out of a, a request that was pre COVID.

1400
01:11:13,425 --> 01:11:17,445
And we had two nonprofit organizations that sch, that had,

1401
01:11:17,715 --> 01:11:19,645
some of us may have, may have attended there,

1402
01:11:19,705 --> 01:11:24,365
but both of their gala fundraising events on the same day.

1403
01:11:25,225 --> 01:11:26,365
It was, there was a disconnect.

1404
01:11:27,105 --> 01:11:30,645
So we heard the call to create a single calendar

1405
01:11:31,035 --> 01:11:32,045
that folks can use.

1406
01:11:32,045 --> 01:11:34,045
So not only, we're not just putting stuff on there,

1407
01:11:34,105 --> 01:11:36,405
we invite everybody and there's a little helpful video.

1408
01:11:36,985 --> 01:11:40,885
Any organization can enter their events there.

1409
01:11:41,025 --> 01:11:43,965
So folks can just go to hopefully one calendar.

1410
01:11:45,685 --> 01:11:46,685
Ultimately that's what we'd like to see.

1411
01:11:46,685 --> 01:11:48,005
So we wanna see more use out of that.

1412
01:11:48,625 --> 01:11:51,605
We have blog pages that perhaps

1413
01:11:52,675 --> 01:11:55,765
that we can promote that end up saying maybe

1414
01:11:56,145 --> 01:11:57,685
for example, election information.

1415
01:11:58,195 --> 01:11:59,405
Well, people may find that,

1416
01:11:59,425 --> 01:12:01,245
but they may not find the election information.

1417
01:12:01,245 --> 01:12:03,325
That's all that's here on the town website.

1418
01:12:03,945 --> 01:12:05,365
We guide right to the town website.

1419
01:12:05,385 --> 01:12:07,005
We always go to source information.

1420
01:12:07,135 --> 01:12:08,605
We're not gonna recreate anything

1421
01:12:08,605 --> 01:12:10,405
and have that opportunity for, for

1422
01:12:10,405 --> 01:12:12,205
that disinformation or misinformation.

1423
01:12:12,625 --> 01:12:15,045
We want to guide people right to directly to the source.

1424
01:12:16,465 --> 01:12:21,245
So between the news deserts across the country, you know,

1425
01:12:21,425 --> 01:12:24,085
we just don't want to, we want to, resilient is a word

1426
01:12:24,085 --> 01:12:27,005
that's used in, in, in, in public safety.

1427
01:12:28,125 --> 01:12:30,565
I think. I think we're, we've got a little bit

1428
01:12:30,565 --> 01:12:31,565
of a crisis when it comes

1429
01:12:31,585 --> 01:12:33,245
to information and getting that out.

1430
01:12:33,245 --> 01:12:37,285
And I think our goal is to keep dairy resilient.

1431
01:12:37,505 --> 01:12:40,405
We take our, our sort of slogan very seriously.

1432
01:12:40,985 --> 01:12:45,045
The more connected dairy is, the more resilient we are

1433
01:12:45,865 --> 01:12:47,325
and the stronger we're gonna be.

1434
01:12:50,315 --> 01:12:52,605
Council what, Just a couple things.

1435
01:12:52,725 --> 01:12:56,885
I really wanna re reiterate what Councilor Flood had said

1436
01:12:57,725 --> 01:13:00,965
because it's one of my significant frustrations, you know,

1437
01:13:00,965 --> 01:13:03,325
looking over at a blank wall over there that used to have

1438
01:13:04,135 --> 01:13:05,845
dairy news, Nutfield news

1439
01:13:05,945 --> 01:13:09,765
and Union leader reporter, they don't report on anything

1440
01:13:09,765 --> 01:13:11,445
that's occurring right now.

1441
01:13:11,545 --> 01:13:15,085
And it's getting to the point that yes, we are a news desert

1442
01:13:15,665 --> 01:13:16,965
now not becoming one.

1443
01:13:16,965 --> 01:13:19,325
We have to, we are, we are that news desert.

1444
01:13:19,905 --> 01:13:23,605
And I think that if we want to have true

1445
01:13:24,195 --> 01:13:28,925
open government, we need to have an information service.

1446
01:13:29,665 --> 01:13:33,405
We can no longer rely on the union leader for,

1447
01:13:33,405 --> 01:13:35,725
because they're failing dairy news.

1448
01:13:36,685 --> 01:13:39,765
I have haven't seen a hard news article in them in ages.

1449
01:13:41,185 --> 01:13:42,445
So I think it's important.

1450
01:13:42,625 --> 01:13:45,605
And with that, it sounds like you need

1451
01:13:45,605 --> 01:13:47,685
to look at developing almost like a five

1452
01:13:47,685 --> 01:13:49,405
year strategic plan. Yeah, and I

1453
01:13:49,405 --> 01:13:52,805
Was, And going with that

1454
01:13:55,075 --> 01:13:56,765
because we've been talking like news.

1455
01:13:56,905 --> 01:13:58,405
The other valuable resource you have

1456
01:13:58,405 --> 01:13:59,485
to the town is the opportunity

1457
01:13:59,485 --> 01:14:01,645
that you give pretty much anybody to come

1458
01:14:01,645 --> 01:14:02,845
and learn about how to produce

1459
01:14:05,345 --> 01:14:09,805
and you know, it's a, a live way for in essence

1460
01:14:10,805 --> 01:14:12,725
somebody to learn, earn college credits.

1461
01:14:13,375 --> 01:14:14,405
Might not be a college,

1462
01:14:15,105 --> 01:14:17,165
but to earn that experience that they can apply.

1463
01:14:18,345 --> 01:14:19,345
So

1464
01:14:20,325 --> 01:14:21,325
Absolutely.

1465
01:14:21,325 --> 01:14:23,405
On that, on that note, if I may, I can't be at the mic,

1466
01:14:23,565 --> 01:14:26,885
I would be remiss if I didn't shout out my dream team Dairy

1467
01:14:26,885 --> 01:14:28,365
camp Dream team, loud and proud.

1468
01:14:28,595 --> 01:14:30,685
It's because of them we can do,

1469
01:14:31,265 --> 01:14:32,525
that's why you see us everywhere.

1470
01:14:32,525 --> 01:14:34,445
Yeah. They are dedicated, they're willing,

1471
01:14:34,515 --> 01:14:38,765
they get the mission, they understand what's going on.

1472
01:14:38,765 --> 01:14:41,565
That's Catherine Mamo, Ben Morris, Brady Miller,

1473
01:14:41,675 --> 01:14:43,485
Kyle Schreiber, Jeremy Tremaine.

1474
01:14:44,025 --> 01:14:47,515
I'd also like to mention

1475
01:14:47,735 --> 01:14:49,915
and shout out our brand new interns.

1476
01:14:50,255 --> 01:14:52,995
We take school to work very seriously.

1477
01:14:53,855 --> 01:14:57,635
We have, since my time

1478
01:14:58,485 --> 01:15:02,555
about eight, nine years now, we've had a continuous feed

1479
01:15:02,555 --> 01:15:04,355
of interns both locally from the high schools,

1480
01:15:05,125 --> 01:15:06,635
regionally from colleges.

1481
01:15:06,635 --> 01:15:08,955
They're finding out about us, knocking on our door

1482
01:15:10,175 --> 01:15:12,195
and they're getting that credit, they're getting

1483
01:15:12,195 --> 01:15:15,475
that experience and some of 'em are going off

1484
01:15:15,575 --> 01:15:20,475
and working at news outlets in, in in the area.

1485
01:15:20,505 --> 01:15:22,955
Some of them are because due to the work that they've done

1486
01:15:23,095 --> 01:15:25,995
and that the body of work they've created, they've gone off

1487
01:15:26,055 --> 01:15:29,075
and gotten scholarships at prestigious film schools.

1488
01:15:29,615 --> 01:15:34,115
So there's, there's a lot going on there as well in the,

1489
01:15:34,115 --> 01:15:35,835
in the, in the young team that we've got.

1490
01:15:35,895 --> 01:15:38,955
And this, this year's we interns

1491
01:15:38,955 --> 01:15:41,315
that we've recently welcomed in our Aaron Hagman,

1492
01:15:41,625 --> 01:15:43,515
he's attending next charter school

1493
01:15:43,935 --> 01:15:47,195
and Gavin McDough who's actually coming in from out of town

1494
01:15:47,215 --> 01:15:50,955
and volunteering alongside, he's actually here tonight,

1495
01:15:50,955 --> 01:15:52,075
downstairs doing a little bit

1496
01:15:52,075 --> 01:15:54,035
of post-production editing

1497
01:15:54,235 --> 01:15:55,395
training 'cause that's where we need him.

1498
01:15:56,295 --> 01:15:58,995
So excited to have them on board and watch them grow.

1499
01:16:01,295 --> 01:16:03,395
One last thing, man. Yes. Thank you mania.

1500
01:16:03,835 --> 01:16:06,235
For those at home who don't know it's dairy cam,

1501
01:16:06,435 --> 01:16:07,595
a woodwind dairy cam.

1502
01:16:08,395 --> 01:16:10,595
I bless you. Yeah, if you just, can you highlight it then?

1503
01:16:10,675 --> 01:16:12,755
I know you did it a couple meetings ago, but it's, thank

1504
01:16:12,755 --> 01:16:13,795
You very much.

1505
01:16:13,795 --> 01:16:14,795
Free Press is good press. Right?

1506
01:16:15,235 --> 01:16:17,675
I appreciate you doing that without taking too much more

1507
01:16:17,815 --> 01:16:18,915
of everybody's time.

1508
01:16:20,025 --> 01:16:22,835
Very proud of the team in this respect as well.

1509
01:16:22,975 --> 01:16:25,675
We placed once again, so we've got a continuous streak

1510
01:16:27,435 --> 01:16:28,635
showing our proof of concept

1511
01:16:28,695 --> 01:16:31,155
and what we can do in categories,

1512
01:16:31,445 --> 01:16:34,795
three categories this last time around one,

1513
01:16:36,495 --> 01:16:38,875
one for independent programming and,

1514
01:16:38,895 --> 01:16:43,515
and that was for our All Things recovery program.

1515
01:16:44,015 --> 01:16:48,795
And we had a youth placement, which that was

1516
01:16:49,505 --> 01:16:51,915
over a tour by some, a couple of

1517
01:16:53,025 --> 01:16:55,955
fine young ladies giving us a tour of Jan F Farms,

1518
01:16:56,205 --> 01:16:57,555
which is timely for this year.

1519
01:16:57,695 --> 01:16:59,515
And we'll be replaying that for a while.

1520
01:17:00,215 --> 01:17:02,995
And then the overall excellence we placed in overall

1521
01:17:02,995 --> 01:17:05,795
excellence, which we've continuously done over the

1522
01:17:05,795 --> 01:17:07,155
past eight years or so.

1523
01:17:07,295 --> 01:17:10,205
So very proud of that. Mostly proud of the team.

1524
01:17:10,825 --> 01:17:14,325
And I will say that it's really when we, when we go

1525
01:17:14,325 --> 01:17:15,365
and show these pieces

1526
01:17:17,105 --> 01:17:19,645
and we have a number of entries throughout the region,

1527
01:17:19,825 --> 01:17:21,285
not only New England, New York state,

1528
01:17:21,395 --> 01:17:22,845
including the big city.

1529
01:17:24,305 --> 01:17:25,325
People are impressed.

1530
01:17:25,345 --> 01:17:26,725
And what they're impressed with is,

1531
01:17:26,725 --> 01:17:28,765
I've actually heard the comment more than once,

1532
01:17:29,525 --> 01:17:30,685
I would like to go visit dairy.

1533
01:17:31,905 --> 01:17:33,645
Not even kidding. They said,

1534
01:17:33,645 --> 01:17:36,925
that looks like a great community and it really is.

1535
01:17:37,545 --> 01:17:41,885
And that's makes my job a little easier when we just aim,

1536
01:17:41,885 --> 01:17:43,645
point the camera and show the world

1537
01:17:44,385 --> 01:17:45,685
who Dairy New Hampshire is.

1538
01:17:47,355 --> 01:17:49,105
Wrong work. Thank

1539
01:17:49,105 --> 01:17:49,945
You. Thank you

1540
01:17:50,915 --> 01:17:51,915
Madam Chair.

1541
01:17:51,915 --> 01:17:53,705
Seeing no further questions, I'd like

1542
01:17:53,705 --> 01:17:56,265
to move the bottom line for cable TV in the amount

1543
01:17:56,265 --> 01:17:59,825
of $535,900.

1544
01:18:00,285 --> 01:18:04,345
Second. Any further discussion on the motion?

1545
01:18:04,345 --> 01:18:07,945
Councilor Mills? Yes. Council Webb? Yes. Councilor Flood.

1546
01:18:08,085 --> 01:18:10,305
Yes. Councilor Foot? Yes. And chair votes? Yes.

1547
01:18:10,305 --> 01:18:12,225
Motion passes. Five zero. Thank you.

1548
01:18:12,475 --> 01:18:15,825
Thank you. Alright, next up we'll move

1549
01:18:15,825 --> 01:18:16,865
to our libraries.

1550
01:18:16,865 --> 01:18:18,105
We'll start with Dairy Public Library.

1551
01:18:18,735 --> 01:18:21,505
Okay. And while we're setting up for that, I just wanted

1552
01:18:21,505 --> 01:18:24,625
to make one comment that just I think is relevant here

1553
01:18:24,645 --> 01:18:25,945
to the cable television.

1554
01:18:28,405 --> 01:18:30,105
The budget that was submitted

1555
01:18:30,775 --> 01:18:34,225
from Owen was about $636,000.

1556
01:18:35,045 --> 01:18:36,345
We went through a process

1557
01:18:36,415 --> 01:18:40,105
because of the declining balance, to reduce that

1558
01:18:40,205 --> 01:18:41,625
by about a hundred thousand dollars.

1559
01:18:41,725 --> 01:18:44,545
We just couldn't make it based on the lack

1560
01:18:44,545 --> 01:18:45,705
of the franchise fees.

1561
01:18:46,245 --> 01:18:47,505
So when we come back,

1562
01:18:47,635 --> 01:18:50,865
we've talked at length about having a workshop

1563
01:18:50,865 --> 01:18:53,225
with the council and one of the philosophies

1564
01:18:53,255 --> 01:18:54,425
that the council

1565
01:18:54,565 --> 01:18:57,545
and the public should be thinking about is this has always

1566
01:18:57,575 --> 01:19:01,385
been a, almost like a self-sustaining enterprise fund.

1567
01:19:01,495 --> 01:19:05,385
It's not. But now that you have, you're chasing lower

1568
01:19:05,405 --> 01:19:06,465
and lower revenues.

1569
01:19:06,845 --> 01:19:09,145
It may be time to start to think of this more

1570
01:19:09,205 --> 01:19:12,625
as the general Government general fund has some

1571
01:19:12,625 --> 01:19:13,705
role in supporting this.

1572
01:19:13,705 --> 01:19:16,305
Because obviously you have all of these programs

1573
01:19:16,305 --> 01:19:18,865
that really didn't exist 15 years ago.

1574
01:19:19,165 --> 01:19:22,225
And the fact that every single governmental meeting is

1575
01:19:22,225 --> 01:19:25,545
covered and covered well and people rely on that service.

1576
01:19:25,685 --> 01:19:28,025
So I just wanted to put that framework out there to say

1577
01:19:28,025 --> 01:19:31,305
that, you know, we took some drastic steps this year to get

1578
01:19:31,305 --> 01:19:34,225
through, but we do need to, you know, we will be back

1579
01:19:34,225 --> 01:19:36,745
with a, a sustainability plan Jack that you talked about.

1580
01:19:36,745 --> 01:19:38,785
That's a five year looking ahead plan.

1581
01:19:40,515 --> 01:19:40,985
Thank you.

1582
01:19:53,785 --> 01:19:56,265
Good evening. Good evening. I'm Kathleen Neek

1583
01:19:56,465 --> 01:19:57,665
from the Dairy Public Library.

1584
01:19:57,925 --> 01:19:58,945
I'm the library director,

1585
01:19:59,685 --> 01:20:01,705
so I'm just gonna give you a little information

1586
01:20:01,705 --> 01:20:03,425
about what we've been up to.

1587
01:20:05,285 --> 01:20:08,605
So all of the, all the numbers in my presentation

1588
01:20:09,305 --> 01:20:12,285
all come from fiscal year 25.

1589
01:20:13,345 --> 01:20:16,605
So we recently submitted our annual report to the state.

1590
01:20:16,825 --> 01:20:19,685
So these are numbers taken from that report.

1591
01:20:20,645 --> 01:20:25,525
So in an average week, we welcome a little over 2,500

1592
01:20:26,315 --> 01:20:27,925
patrons to, to the library.

1593
01:20:30,025 --> 01:20:34,765
We pull 365 physical items from our shelves

1594
01:20:34,905 --> 01:20:38,485
to fulfill patron requests, both for our library

1595
01:20:38,705 --> 01:20:39,765
and also the libraries.

1596
01:20:39,765 --> 01:20:42,045
In the G Milks network,

1597
01:20:43,205 --> 01:20:45,405
we have an average weekly circulation

1598
01:20:45,965 --> 01:20:48,885
of both our physical items and our downloadable items.

1599
01:20:49,725 --> 01:20:51,165
A little over 3,500 items.

1600
01:20:52,305 --> 01:20:56,165
Our public PCs are used about 177 times per week.

1601
01:20:56,625 --> 01:20:59,445
And we answer a little over 200 reference

1602
01:20:59,725 --> 01:21:01,165
questions each week.

1603
01:21:03,425 --> 01:21:06,605
So I know this by now, it's almost become a little bit of a,

1604
01:21:07,085 --> 01:21:09,925
a cliche, but libraries are not just books.

1605
01:21:10,505 --> 01:21:14,245
We do host a wide variety of events at the library.

1606
01:21:15,555 --> 01:21:17,605
Some of the, the pictures here are from

1607
01:21:18,625 --> 01:21:20,765
the Fan con event that we do.

1608
01:21:22,045 --> 01:21:23,965
I think typically it happens in June.

1609
01:21:24,805 --> 01:21:26,685
We have the McGregor Poetry Contest

1610
01:21:27,625 --> 01:21:29,845
and the Annual Author Fest event.

1611
01:21:30,465 --> 01:21:34,165
We also circulate a number of what we call unusual items.

1612
01:21:35,185 --> 01:21:38,325
So we have games, outdoor sporting equipment,

1613
01:21:38,805 --> 01:21:41,645
different electronics that patrons are able

1614
01:21:41,645 --> 01:21:43,205
to borrow free of charge.

1615
01:21:45,965 --> 01:21:49,445
We host a lot of programming for all age groups.

1616
01:21:50,145 --> 01:21:52,405
So starting with the services

1617
01:21:52,425 --> 01:21:54,285
and programs that we provide for adults,

1618
01:21:55,135 --> 01:21:59,845
we've hosted 201 programs in FY 25.

1619
01:22:00,545 --> 01:22:02,885
And these are programs that take place at,

1620
01:22:03,115 --> 01:22:07,125
primarily at the library, but also some offsite

1621
01:22:07,345 --> 01:22:08,805
and also online.

1622
01:22:09,585 --> 01:22:10,925
And in FY 25,

1623
01:22:11,065 --> 01:22:13,885
we had over 2000 people participate in our programs.

1624
01:22:15,045 --> 01:22:18,165
So in addition to just sort of one-off events that we have,

1625
01:22:18,585 --> 01:22:21,285
we also have a wide variety of book groups,

1626
01:22:22,045 --> 01:22:23,485
a film discussion group.

1627
01:22:24,245 --> 01:22:26,965
We recently started a graphic novel discussion group

1628
01:22:28,025 --> 01:22:30,405
and we have a knitting and crochet meetup group.

1629
01:22:30,985 --> 01:22:32,565
So there, there's really, there's something

1630
01:22:32,565 --> 01:22:34,925
for just about everybody at the library.

1631
01:22:36,505 --> 01:22:38,965
And then we have our children's programming,

1632
01:22:38,965 --> 01:22:40,445
which is always very, very popular.

1633
01:22:41,265 --> 01:22:44,005
The photo here is from our, the library field day

1634
01:22:44,005 --> 01:22:46,685
that we had in June of last year.

1635
01:22:47,915 --> 01:22:51,965
Last year we had a total of 444 programs for children

1636
01:22:52,705 --> 01:22:54,405
aid from birth to 11.

1637
01:22:55,265 --> 01:22:56,445
And again, most of

1638
01:22:56,445 --> 01:22:58,965
that programming is primarily at the library,

1639
01:22:59,705 --> 01:23:02,325
but the librarians also do go out into the community

1640
01:23:02,345 --> 01:23:07,125
and do programming like at the schools and Don Ballpark.

1641
01:23:08,305 --> 01:23:13,205
So in FY 25 we had 12,779 children

1642
01:23:14,005 --> 01:23:15,165
attending our programs.

1643
01:23:17,065 --> 01:23:18,605
And just like for the adults,

1644
01:23:18,625 --> 01:23:21,725
we do have some special programs throughout the year that,

1645
01:23:22,125 --> 01:23:23,485
that are always super popular.

1646
01:23:24,485 --> 01:23:27,365
We have our New Year's Eve program where kids get

1647
01:23:27,365 --> 01:23:29,165
to celebrate the new year at noon

1648
01:23:30,065 --> 01:23:32,565
we have our annual one Spooky night program.

1649
01:23:33,305 --> 01:23:36,165
And last year over 250 children

1650
01:23:36,225 --> 01:23:37,925
and adults attended that one.

1651
01:23:39,385 --> 01:23:43,285
Summer reading is a very, very busy time for the library.

1652
01:23:44,235 --> 01:23:48,325
Last year we had 3,200 children attending the

1653
01:23:48,325 --> 01:23:49,685
summer reading programs.

1654
01:23:50,625 --> 01:23:52,525
We had 71 story times

1655
01:23:52,625 --> 01:23:55,605
and events that were held just in that eight week period.

1656
01:23:56,425 --> 01:23:58,485
And 587 children

1657
01:23:59,705 --> 01:24:01,765
did begin at least one reading log.

1658
01:24:02,105 --> 01:24:03,925
And a lot of those did come back and,

1659
01:24:03,985 --> 01:24:05,805
and kids picked up another one that,

1660
01:24:05,805 --> 01:24:08,605
that's a really valuable thing that we do.

1661
01:24:10,585 --> 01:24:14,085
And here I, I provided some information about our network.

1662
01:24:15,065 --> 01:24:16,885
We are part of the Gmails network

1663
01:24:17,545 --> 01:24:18,685
and we're kind of fortunate

1664
01:24:18,885 --> 01:24:20,725
'cause a lot of libraries in New Hampshire are

1665
01:24:20,725 --> 01:24:21,765
not part of a consortium.

1666
01:24:22,625 --> 01:24:27,285
So we, this network is 12 public libraries,

1667
01:24:27,305 --> 01:24:31,605
one academic library, and we all share our materials

1668
01:24:31,605 --> 01:24:32,685
and, and cataloging.

1669
01:24:34,665 --> 01:24:37,125
We we're a, a net lender

1670
01:24:38,005 --> 01:24:39,965
'cause our collection is very popular in the network.

1671
01:24:40,625 --> 01:24:45,285
So we sent 4,670 items just from our

1672
01:24:45,285 --> 01:24:47,085
library to our partners.

1673
01:24:47,725 --> 01:24:50,445
And in exchange, they, they send materials our way as well.

1674
01:24:51,385 --> 01:24:54,925
And membership in G Milks does just provide us

1675
01:24:55,555 --> 01:24:59,365
with access to just a lot more physical

1676
01:24:59,385 --> 01:25:01,485
and downloadable items than we

1677
01:25:01,485 --> 01:25:03,605
otherwise would be able to do ourselves.

1678
01:25:06,105 --> 01:25:09,845
So this year our proposed budget for FY 27

1679
01:25:10,505 --> 01:25:13,045
is $1,000,567

1680
01:25:14,305 --> 01:25:17,805
1,000,567 $202,000.

1681
01:25:19,025 --> 01:25:22,645
In FY 26 it was 1,000,519

1682
01:25:22,735 --> 01:25:24,285
$797.

1683
01:25:24,945 --> 01:25:29,045
So that is an increase of 3.01%.

1684
01:25:30,795 --> 01:25:32,365
Like everybody else, we were affected

1685
01:25:32,365 --> 01:25:34,325
by rising health insurance costs.

1686
01:25:34,705 --> 01:25:39,445
So that increased our personnel line and it hardware

1687
01:25:39,625 --> 01:25:41,045
and software costs.

1688
01:25:41,115 --> 01:25:42,925
Were also a big contributor to that.

1689
01:25:44,185 --> 01:25:46,565
And that includes our, our computers,

1690
01:25:46,565 --> 01:25:50,605
our G milks membership, our website on just all

1691
01:25:50,605 --> 01:25:52,445
of the technology that we run on.

1692
01:25:53,915 --> 01:25:56,565
That was it for me. Thank you. Questions.

1693
01:25:58,205 --> 01:26:01,095
Council whip. Just a, a couple

1694
01:26:01,115 --> 01:26:02,815
of them you mentioned gimmicks

1695
01:26:02,875 --> 01:26:05,245
and being New England College.

1696
01:26:05,515 --> 01:26:10,485
Just outta curiosity, why, why is the university,

1697
01:26:10,745 --> 01:26:12,125
do you know why the university system

1698
01:26:12,125 --> 01:26:14,445
of New Hampshire is not involved

1699
01:26:14,625 --> 01:26:15,625
In a library?

1700
01:26:15,625 --> 01:26:17,885
That, I don't know. I, the consortium's been

1701
01:26:17,885 --> 01:26:19,005
around for quite a while.

1702
01:26:19,005 --> 01:26:20,565
Right. And because

1703
01:26:20,565 --> 01:26:22,125
You've mentioned it before, I'm like,

1704
01:26:22,675 --> 01:26:24,805
Yeah, so I, I'm not sure actually.

1705
01:26:24,845 --> 01:26:27,685
I, I had a meeting with, with the Gmails board today

1706
01:26:27,685 --> 01:26:30,045
and I I was kind of wondering that myself, like

1707
01:26:30,075 --> 01:26:31,285
what are they getting outta this?

1708
01:26:32,305 --> 01:26:34,925
But, but they they are, they are one of our members.

1709
01:26:35,185 --> 01:26:37,325
But it predates my time by Yeah, a lot

1710
01:26:41,695 --> 01:26:42,695
Years ago.

1711
01:26:42,695 --> 01:26:46,885
I remember it was a service called ebsco, which was to help

1712
01:26:46,885 --> 01:26:47,965
with research, particularly

1713
01:26:47,965 --> 01:26:49,405
with scholarly journals and so forth.

1714
01:26:49,785 --> 01:26:51,765
Is that still something that the public can access

1715
01:26:51,765 --> 01:26:52,925
if they have the library card?

1716
01:26:54,265 --> 01:26:56,925
We, It might be a different name now, but Well,

1717
01:26:56,925 --> 01:26:58,405
We do, it's still around. Yeah.

1718
01:26:58,955 --> 01:27:01,805
Yeah. EBSCO is still around and we do have some services.

1719
01:27:02,325 --> 01:27:04,605
They, they're, they, they provide a number

1720
01:27:04,605 --> 01:27:06,405
of different databases for libraries.

1721
01:27:06,865 --> 01:27:08,645
So we do subscribe to some of them.

1722
01:27:09,445 --> 01:27:11,965
Unfortunately, we're across the board,

1723
01:27:11,985 --> 01:27:13,565
all libraries are noticing that

1724
01:27:14,185 --> 01:27:15,685
our online resources don't really

1725
01:27:15,685 --> 01:27:17,005
get a heck of a lot of use.

1726
01:27:17,865 --> 01:27:20,525
So, so we're kind of paring back on some of those.

1727
01:27:21,235 --> 01:27:23,685
Yeah, I was a I've been a heavy user

1728
01:27:23,705 --> 01:27:25,525
of those in past wives.

1729
01:27:25,635 --> 01:27:26,765
Yeah. I I think

1730
01:27:26,765 --> 01:27:28,165
that many people just might not be

1731
01:27:28,275 --> 01:27:29,605
necessarily aware of that.

1732
01:27:31,585 --> 01:27:34,805
The last question I have is more on AI

1733
01:27:35,305 --> 01:27:37,125
and it has to, again, do with research.

1734
01:27:37,505 --> 01:27:39,165
Do you see AI coming into

1735
01:27:41,435 --> 01:27:44,165
libraries in library functions at all, or

1736
01:27:45,255 --> 01:27:49,525
We're, we're not really using it to, to do our work.

1737
01:27:49,655 --> 01:27:52,365
Right. And, and librarians in general are just

1738
01:27:52,445 --> 01:27:53,565
a little leery of ai.

1739
01:27:54,555 --> 01:27:56,725
It's something that we're, we're really trying

1740
01:27:56,725 --> 01:28:00,485
to keep on top of just, you know, just for patron education,

1741
01:28:00,545 --> 01:28:03,725
if nothing else, one area that

1742
01:28:03,725 --> 01:28:06,085
where AI is really affecting us is in

1743
01:28:06,085 --> 01:28:07,165
our collection development.

1744
01:28:08,615 --> 01:28:10,485
There are, there are certainly

1745
01:28:11,105 --> 01:28:13,925
entire books are being generated by ai.

1746
01:28:13,925 --> 01:28:18,725
Right. And that it, it's not always clearly disclosed.

1747
01:28:19,105 --> 01:28:21,085
So some librarians have ordered books

1748
01:28:21,225 --> 01:28:25,205
and found that, that they're providing wildly incorrect

1749
01:28:25,235 --> 01:28:27,925
information or just the same AI generated

1750
01:28:28,095 --> 01:28:29,845
image page after page.

1751
01:28:30,745 --> 01:28:32,045
So we're working to kind

1752
01:28:32,045 --> 01:28:34,445
of address those concerns in our policies

1753
01:28:34,545 --> 01:28:36,845
and just our own awareness Yeah.

1754
01:28:36,845 --> 01:28:37,845
Of things to look out for.

1755
01:28:44,055 --> 01:28:45,265
Okay. Sorry. Any other questions?

1756
01:28:46,075 --> 01:28:47,305
We're just checking your,

1757
01:28:47,455 --> 01:28:49,545
your number on your slide doesn't match the number we had on

1758
01:28:49,545 --> 01:28:51,585
our paper, so we're just making sure we have the right

1759
01:28:51,585 --> 01:28:52,985
number when we vote the bottom line.

1760
01:28:53,185 --> 01:28:54,745
Okay. So hold please.

1761
01:28:59,805 --> 01:29:00,805
All right. Yeah. So the number

1762
01:29:00,805 --> 01:29:03,485
That we're referring to is correct on the sheet

1763
01:29:03,485 --> 01:29:04,565
that the counselors have.

1764
01:29:04,585 --> 01:29:07,445
So page 1 44, the bottom line

1765
01:29:07,625 --> 01:29:08,965
for DPL is

1766
01:29:08,985 --> 01:29:13,285
$1,569,140.

1767
01:29:13,345 --> 01:29:15,205
So that's the correct number that you have on your sheets.

1768
01:29:15,475 --> 01:29:16,805
Okay. So we'll give you a little more money

1769
01:29:18,625 --> 01:29:19,965
If there are no other questions.

1770
01:29:20,015 --> 01:29:22,325
Madam Chair, I would like to move the bottom line

1771
01:29:22,345 --> 01:29:24,805
for the dairy public library in the amount

1772
01:29:24,805 --> 01:29:29,165
of $1,569,140.

1773
01:29:30,385 --> 01:29:32,765
Second. All right. Any other discussion?

1774
01:29:33,695 --> 01:29:37,285
Let's go down this way on the motion. Council flood? Yes.

1775
01:29:37,595 --> 01:29:41,645
Councilor foot? Yes. Council Mills? Yes. Councilor Webb?

1776
01:29:41,705 --> 01:29:44,445
Yes. And chair votes? Yes. Motion passes. Five zero.

1777
01:29:44,575 --> 01:29:45,965
Thank you. Thank you very much.

1778
01:29:45,965 --> 01:29:47,205
Thank you. Have a great night. Good night.

1779
01:29:47,305 --> 01:29:48,925
You switch it up just to make sure we're all

1780
01:29:48,925 --> 01:29:49,925
The work.

1781
01:29:49,925 --> 01:29:50,365
Yeah, I figured we're about halfway through

1782
01:29:50,385 --> 01:29:52,005
so I'd start going the other end now.

1783
01:29:52,585 --> 01:29:53,965
All right. Taylor Library.

1784
01:29:58,945 --> 01:30:01,725
All right. Good evening, counselors. My name is Jen Ker.

1785
01:30:01,745 --> 01:30:03,645
I'm the director over at the Taylor Library

1786
01:30:04,665 --> 01:30:07,845
and I have with me Angel Fontaine, who is our

1787
01:30:09,525 --> 01:30:11,005
secretary of, of the trustee board.

1788
01:30:11,015 --> 01:30:12,885
Sorry I, a couple of roll changes lately,

1789
01:30:13,825 --> 01:30:16,005
but I am here to talk to you about

1790
01:30:17,305 --> 01:30:18,525
the little library on the hill.

1791
01:30:19,345 --> 01:30:21,565
So I'd like to start with talking about some

1792
01:30:21,565 --> 01:30:23,765
of our fiscal year 2026 highlights.

1793
01:30:24,985 --> 01:30:29,045
The biggest one is the increase to our middle grade

1794
01:30:29,045 --> 01:30:31,365
to adult participation in our library programmings.

1795
01:30:31,365 --> 01:30:34,285
This has always been an area that we have struggled with.

1796
01:30:34,635 --> 01:30:39,365
Usually the early education we do very,

1797
01:30:39,365 --> 01:30:43,325
very well, but have kind of lost whole generations

1798
01:30:43,325 --> 01:30:47,845
of people once they've entered third grade or around then.

1799
01:30:48,185 --> 01:30:51,085
But we have seen a huge increase in participation

1800
01:30:51,745 --> 01:30:53,605
and kids coming back to the library

1801
01:30:53,865 --> 01:30:55,645
and sticking around for a bit.

1802
01:30:55,785 --> 01:30:59,005
So part of that is the start

1803
01:30:59,025 --> 01:31:03,285
of our junior librarian program, which has helped with

1804
01:31:03,845 --> 01:31:06,805
youth participation and interest in literacy.

1805
01:31:07,155 --> 01:31:10,685
Typically, if kids see a book that a friend recommended,

1806
01:31:10,685 --> 01:31:12,125
they're more likely to read it.

1807
01:31:13,585 --> 01:31:17,405
We have been rethinking how we do our story times,

1808
01:31:18,715 --> 01:31:21,125
providing a hands-on activity

1809
01:31:21,135 --> 01:31:24,605
after every single one of them to connect

1810
01:31:25,115 --> 01:31:29,085
what we do in story time with learning and tactile play.

1811
01:31:29,505 --> 01:31:33,485
And then a, we saw a 6.89% increase in the amount

1812
01:31:33,485 --> 01:31:36,965
of books checked out compared to the previous year.

1813
01:31:37,555 --> 01:31:41,085
That should say 2024. Sorry. All right.

1814
01:31:42,225 --> 01:31:45,725
So here are those numbers in some pretty graphs.

1815
01:31:46,305 --> 01:31:49,685
As you can see, the book checkouts have increased every

1816
01:31:49,685 --> 01:31:53,485
single year for the last five years by a large portion.

1817
01:31:55,005 --> 01:31:58,285
I don't, I think eventually we'll hit critical mass

1818
01:31:58,345 --> 01:31:59,365
and that will plateau,

1819
01:31:59,385 --> 01:32:01,165
but we haven't figured out what that limit is yet.

1820
01:32:01,185 --> 01:32:03,885
So I'm gonna just keep on keeping on.

1821
01:32:05,385 --> 01:32:10,125
On the bottom left hand side, you see the teen

1822
01:32:10,125 --> 01:32:13,405
and adult growth in both programs offered and participation.

1823
01:32:13,405 --> 01:32:18,045
So on the left side you have the amount

1824
01:32:18,045 --> 01:32:19,085
of programs offered.

1825
01:32:19,145 --> 01:32:22,165
So we're offering more adult programs, more teen programs.

1826
01:32:22,265 --> 01:32:24,845
And then the partici participation of those has

1827
01:32:25,365 --> 01:32:27,685
absolutely skyrocketed, particularly with the teens.

1828
01:32:29,505 --> 01:32:33,005
So teens we qualify as 12 plus for your certification.

1829
01:32:34,185 --> 01:32:37,165
We have offered slightly less programs this last year.

1830
01:32:37,165 --> 01:32:38,485
We got rained out a couple of times

1831
01:32:39,505 --> 01:32:41,205
and then a couple of staffing issues.

1832
01:32:41,225 --> 01:32:44,765
But we are seeing more participants per program offered.

1833
01:32:44,945 --> 01:32:46,045
So more bang for our buck.

1834
01:32:48,315 --> 01:32:49,925
Okay, so here we have,

1835
01:32:50,785 --> 01:32:53,445
we now have a little free library in the back of the library

1836
01:32:53,745 --> 01:32:56,725
for books that we might not be able

1837
01:32:56,725 --> 01:33:00,685
to use in our collection due to their age or quality.

1838
01:33:01,215 --> 01:33:03,965
Might end up in the, the little free library for people

1839
01:33:04,025 --> 01:33:05,245
to take at any point.

1840
01:33:06,225 --> 01:33:08,965
We have our adult tea party here.

1841
01:33:08,985 --> 01:33:12,605
You can see some of those hands-on activities

1842
01:33:12,815 --> 01:33:16,125
where like we talked about bird feeders

1843
01:33:16,305 --> 01:33:18,005
and then made bird feeders.

1844
01:33:19,825 --> 01:33:24,685
We had escape rooms for kids, candy,

1845
01:33:24,755 --> 01:33:28,605
fine art, as well as presentations from

1846
01:33:29,325 --> 01:33:30,525
the Audubon Society

1847
01:33:31,345 --> 01:33:34,165
and our annual bubble party, which is loved by all.

1848
01:33:35,785 --> 01:33:37,605
So what that means in numbers,

1849
01:33:38,265 --> 01:33:41,565
we are requesting a larger budget for our programming

1850
01:33:41,565 --> 01:33:43,325
to accommodate the larger sizes.

1851
01:33:44,865 --> 01:33:49,645
On average, we're getting about 30, 35 0.7 participants per

1852
01:33:49,885 --> 01:33:52,485
program hosted, which is better than national average

1853
01:33:53,625 --> 01:33:54,765
for a library our size.

1854
01:33:54,865 --> 01:33:56,165
That's fantastic.

1855
01:33:57,265 --> 01:34:01,685
We have, are looking to increase our book budget to deal

1856
01:34:01,715 --> 01:34:03,605
with an aging collection.

1857
01:34:03,735 --> 01:34:05,485
We've made some strides on that.

1858
01:34:05,485 --> 01:34:08,285
But the biggest area of concern is our

1859
01:34:09,495 --> 01:34:10,765
nonfiction section.

1860
01:34:12,445 --> 01:34:17,405
A healthy library has an age of 10 to 15 years old

1861
01:34:17,465 --> 01:34:19,925
for the average collection copyright date.

1862
01:34:20,115 --> 01:34:21,565
Ours is currently 20 years old.

1863
01:34:22,025 --> 01:34:23,845
So building that up a little bit.

1864
01:34:23,865 --> 01:34:27,325
And unfortunately nonfiction books are expensive.

1865
01:34:27,915 --> 01:34:29,565
They cost about $40 a piece.

1866
01:34:30,105 --> 01:34:33,645
So we will be, we're slowly

1867
01:34:34,645 --> 01:34:36,405
leasing new computers.

1868
01:34:36,585 --> 01:34:38,405
So this is, we're adding a second one this year

1869
01:34:38,985 --> 01:34:40,005
for the lease program so

1870
01:34:40,005 --> 01:34:41,485
that we can stay current on technology

1871
01:34:41,705 --> 01:34:45,285
and then a slight adjustment across the board for

1872
01:34:45,905 --> 01:34:47,285
the true cost of supplies.

1873
01:34:51,105 --> 01:34:52,325
All right, we have a couple

1874
01:34:52,345 --> 01:34:54,925
of capital projects in mind for this next year.

1875
01:34:55,775 --> 01:34:58,845
There is a crack down the center of the parking lot,

1876
01:34:59,215 --> 01:35:01,885
which is susceptible to frost teves and other issues.

1877
01:35:01,995 --> 01:35:04,125
We'd like to address that before it becomes a

1878
01:35:04,805 --> 01:35:05,885
catastrophic problem.

1879
01:35:07,465 --> 01:35:10,725
The air vents are long overdue for a little bit of love,

1880
01:35:11,415 --> 01:35:15,805
clean out repair, and just an inspection for safety.

1881
01:35:16,625 --> 01:35:21,605
And then we would like to put in

1882
01:35:22,445 --> 01:35:26,165
a request for engineered drafts on a pavilion project

1883
01:35:26,235 --> 01:35:29,125
that would come out about in fiscal year 2028.

1884
01:35:31,545 --> 01:35:34,445
So bottom line, we'd like to request

1885
01:35:35,065 --> 01:35:38,925
$249,009 for use in 2027.

1886
01:35:39,105 --> 01:35:41,405
That's a 3.58% increase.

1887
01:35:42,955 --> 01:35:47,565
That number is slightly off 7 1 5 0 in capital reserve funds

1888
01:35:47,825 --> 01:35:52,805
of which we currently have $390,877

1889
01:35:52,825 --> 01:35:55,325
and 31 cents in that fund.

1890
01:35:57,575 --> 01:35:58,765
Thank you. Any questions?

1891
01:36:02,805 --> 01:36:05,975
Same, same. Same issue as last library first don't match.

1892
01:36:06,115 --> 01:36:08,135
So we just wanna make sure that's that Madam,

1893
01:36:08,135 --> 01:36:10,815
Madam chair we have 2 56, 1 59. That's correct.

1894
01:36:10,815 --> 01:36:11,855
Madam, Madam chair. I've taken

1895
01:36:11,855 --> 01:36:13,095
care of that already. Oh, look

1896
01:36:13,095 --> 01:36:15,255
At you Little

1897
01:36:15,255 --> 01:36:15,895
Side. You were

1898
01:36:15,895 --> 01:36:16,895
Way ahead of me.

1899
01:36:16,895 --> 01:36:18,295
Thank you. Alright, questions before we go to

1900
01:36:18,295 --> 01:36:19,735
That, I would like to move the bottom line

1901
01:36:19,755 --> 01:36:21,295
for the Taylor Library in the amount

1902
01:36:21,295 --> 01:36:25,135
of $256,159

1903
01:36:25,555 --> 01:36:26,555
Second.

1904
01:36:26,555 --> 01:36:30,855
Alright, any discussion on the motion flood? Yes.

1905
01:36:30,855 --> 01:36:34,295
Council put yes. Council mills? Yes. Council Webb? Yes.

1906
01:36:34,395 --> 01:36:36,135
And chair votes? Yes. Motion passes by

1907
01:36:36,135 --> 01:36:37,095
Zero. Thank you. Thank

1908
01:36:37,095 --> 01:36:38,095
You.

1909
01:36:38,095 --> 01:36:38,735
Thank you very much. Have a good night.

1910
01:36:40,485 --> 01:36:44,335
Okay, now we are up to OMO, other municipal obligations.

1911
01:36:53,605 --> 01:36:57,575
Okay, I've returned Welcome back.

1912
01:36:57,665 --> 01:36:59,215
Other municipal obligations.

1913
01:37:00,555 --> 01:37:01,975
I'm not sure if everyone knows what that means,

1914
01:37:02,155 --> 01:37:05,695
but other municipal obligations is also known as OMO.

1915
01:37:06,045 --> 01:37:07,975
It's an activity center within finance.

1916
01:37:08,835 --> 01:37:10,455
We budget general fund revenues

1917
01:37:10,455 --> 01:37:12,175
and expenses that are not allocated

1918
01:37:12,195 --> 01:37:13,815
to any given activity center.

1919
01:37:14,395 --> 01:37:16,535
New Hampshire rooms and meals, revenue sharing,

1920
01:37:16,645 --> 01:37:20,175
general fund interest revenue bond and lease payments

1921
01:37:20,315 --> 01:37:22,015
and property and liability insurance.

1922
01:37:22,015 --> 01:37:25,775
Premium payments are examples of line items budgeted there.

1923
01:37:29,635 --> 01:37:34,055
So in OMO budgeted revenues include New Hampshire meals

1924
01:37:34,055 --> 01:37:36,735
and rooms tax at $3.43 million.

1925
01:37:36,925 --> 01:37:39,535
It's based on what we received in FY 26.

1926
01:37:40,585 --> 01:37:44,495
We're using 444,000 of COVID-19 funds.

1927
01:37:45,155 --> 01:37:48,575
1.2 million from the collective bargaining expendable trust

1928
01:37:48,755 --> 01:37:52,135
in $400,000 from the unallocated

1929
01:37:52,645 --> 01:37:55,135
fund balance towards the CBA settlements.

1930
01:37:56,245 --> 01:37:58,485
Interest revenue we're budgeting 1.1 million

1931
01:37:58,585 --> 01:38:01,725
and that's based on a three year historical trend.

1932
01:38:03,415 --> 01:38:07,005
We're using fund balance the FY 25 surplus

1933
01:38:07,005 --> 01:38:09,285
of 675,000 at transfer

1934
01:38:09,285 --> 01:38:11,925
to the general fund compensated absence, expendable trust.

1935
01:38:12,735 --> 01:38:15,605
We're also using $78,800

1936
01:38:16,265 --> 01:38:19,565
of unallocated fund balance to transfer to capital reserves

1937
01:38:19,565 --> 01:38:20,805
for capital purchases.

1938
01:38:20,825 --> 01:38:24,885
That's a 2.5% inflator allocated

1939
01:38:24,905 --> 01:38:27,525
for FY 27 versus FY 26.

1940
01:38:28,425 --> 01:38:32,885
We also are using $90,500 of unallocated fund balance

1941
01:38:33,025 --> 01:38:35,685
for property and liability insurance increases

1942
01:38:37,105 --> 01:38:40,525
1.385 million is being transferred from the fire facility

1943
01:38:40,525 --> 01:38:42,045
and equipment capital reserve fund

1944
01:38:42,065 --> 01:38:45,525
to cover the FY 27 debt service payment on the fire

1945
01:38:45,525 --> 01:38:47,085
station and culvert bond.

1946
01:38:47,825 --> 01:38:49,685
And we're using capital reserve funds

1947
01:38:50,145 --> 01:38:53,165
to offset general fund capital lease debt payments.

1948
01:38:53,805 --> 01:38:56,725
A lot of this is just stuff that we've been doing year

1949
01:38:56,725 --> 01:38:58,925
after year and the numbers are just changing.

1950
01:39:00,995 --> 01:39:05,605
Some of the appropriations in located now OMO are estimated

1951
01:39:05,605 --> 01:39:09,445
earn time bio payments related to CBAs with roll-ups.

1952
01:39:09,555 --> 01:39:14,485
This amount decreased 16.8% but that is subject to change.

1953
01:39:14,805 --> 01:39:18,045
'cause the trend is people kind of wait till the last minute

1954
01:39:18,145 --> 01:39:19,325
to say, Hey, I'm retiring.

1955
01:39:20,715 --> 01:39:24,685
Retiree health insurance premiums have increased $26,400.

1956
01:39:25,905 --> 01:39:28,285
And then we're also expecting that to keep increasing

1957
01:39:28,565 --> 01:39:30,125
'cause there's gonna still be a wave

1958
01:39:30,125 --> 01:39:31,765
of retirements over the next few years.

1959
01:39:33,055 --> 01:39:35,165
Legal expenses, there is no increase.

1960
01:39:35,885 --> 01:39:37,885
Property and liability insurance as indicated

1961
01:39:37,905 --> 01:39:40,565
before, increased 32.6%

1962
01:39:40,905 --> 01:39:43,885
and that is being funded by unallocated fund.

1963
01:39:43,885 --> 01:39:48,285
Balance funding for the capital reserve funds for additional

1964
01:39:48,795 --> 01:39:52,485
capital purchases is $728,800.

1965
01:39:53,975 --> 01:39:55,005
We've increased the fees

1966
01:39:55,025 --> 01:39:59,165
for the original car transportation program to $123,000.

1967
01:40:00,395 --> 01:40:03,325
Also budgeted here are our general fund bond

1968
01:40:03,325 --> 01:40:08,205
and capital lease payments and we're taking $750,000

1969
01:40:08,265 --> 01:40:11,285
and transferring it into the fire FAC facility

1970
01:40:11,305 --> 01:40:12,805
and equipment capital reserve fund

1971
01:40:12,805 --> 01:40:15,805
for future fire station bond debt payments.

1972
01:40:16,345 --> 01:40:19,005
So the total appropriation is 7 million

1973
01:40:19,185 --> 01:40:21,445
161 9 1 5.

1974
01:40:24,105 --> 01:40:25,245
And that's what I have

1975
01:40:26,325 --> 01:40:27,325
Questions?

1976
01:40:28,035 --> 01:40:30,325
Nope. Council, what? Just one on revenues

1977
01:40:30,505 --> 01:40:32,205
and it's on the room

1978
01:40:32,205 --> 01:40:35,565
and meals tax as we're looking to,

1979
01:40:37,075 --> 01:40:41,085
this is probably a, you know, a swag guess for you.

1980
01:40:41,085 --> 01:40:42,325
Scientific wild ask guests.

1981
01:40:42,385 --> 01:40:44,565
But generally when we see,

1982
01:40:44,575 --> 01:40:46,405
let's say like a business like the Grindhouse

1983
01:40:46,625 --> 01:40:50,925
or Starbucks come in, do we,

1984
01:40:51,625 --> 01:40:54,485
do you see a noticeable increase in the room

1985
01:40:54,485 --> 01:40:57,485
and meals tax revenue so that he could say,

1986
01:40:57,545 --> 01:41:00,605
and so like to Bev says that you bring in this business,

1987
01:41:00,615 --> 01:41:03,285
we'll see on the room tax revenues an increase of roughly

1988
01:41:03,765 --> 01:41:04,765
X.

1989
01:41:04,765 --> 01:41:09,205
So for FY 26 there was about a $60,000

1990
01:41:09,725 --> 01:41:11,845
increase versus FY 25.

1991
01:41:12,505 --> 01:41:14,325
And we, unfortunately, we don't know what

1992
01:41:14,325 --> 01:41:15,925
that number's gonna be until

1993
01:41:15,925 --> 01:41:18,245
around the time we set the tax rate Correct

1994
01:41:18,745 --> 01:41:19,965
and that there's a delay.

1995
01:41:20,025 --> 01:41:21,605
So it's almost like you don't know,

1996
01:41:21,665 --> 01:41:24,445
but based on what you see for the restaurants around here

1997
01:41:24,445 --> 01:41:26,685
and certainly Starbucks, they get a lot for a coffee.

1998
01:41:26,685 --> 01:41:29,925
There's gotta be some, there's gotta be some decent

1999
01:41:30,005 --> 01:41:31,045
money going in there.

2000
01:41:31,045 --> 01:41:33,965
Yeah. So I, I feel it's just gonna keep going up.

2001
01:41:33,965 --> 01:41:36,125
There were a number of years there that

2002
01:41:36,295 --> 01:41:40,645
where the state just wasn't increasing the amounts properly.

2003
01:41:40,645 --> 01:41:41,685
They were keeping all the money.

2004
01:41:41,705 --> 01:41:43,205
But then a few years back, I don't know,

2005
01:41:43,205 --> 01:41:44,645
within the last five years, I think they

2006
01:41:44,755 --> 01:41:46,045
legislation changed that.

2007
01:41:46,145 --> 01:41:49,885
So now we're getting much steadier income from

2008
01:41:49,885 --> 01:41:52,845
This because as we see growth driven by other areas,

2009
01:41:53,065 --> 01:41:56,405
that's a lot of people just thinking, oh,

2010
01:41:56,775 --> 01:41:58,045
extra property tax revenue.

2011
01:41:58,145 --> 01:41:59,445
But it's gonna be revenue

2012
01:41:59,515 --> 01:42:02,445
that we may see in other areas like the room and meals tax.

2013
01:42:02,735 --> 01:42:04,885
Right. I mean this is, we're really dependent on this.

2014
01:42:05,435 --> 01:42:06,435
This is important.

2015
01:42:11,485 --> 01:42:13,355
Madam Chair. Seeing no further questions.

2016
01:42:13,995 --> 01:42:17,195
I move the bottom line for OMO in the amount

2017
01:42:17,335 --> 01:42:17,555
of

2018
01:42:18,005 --> 01:42:22,755
$7,161,915.

2019
01:42:23,415 --> 01:42:28,155
Second. Any further discussion on the motion?

2020
01:42:28,155 --> 01:42:31,275
Council Webb? Yes. Council Foot? Yes. Council Mills?

2021
01:42:31,495 --> 01:42:32,635
Yes. Council Webb?

2022
01:42:33,255 --> 01:42:36,315
Yes. And chair votes? Yes. Motion passes by zero

2023
01:42:37,135 --> 01:42:38,075
You. Thank you so much.

2024
01:42:38,485 --> 01:42:40,555
Looks like we have administration next.

2025
01:42:45,825 --> 01:42:46,115
Okay.

2026
01:43:01,945 --> 01:43:05,555
Okay. Now we're into a couple of departments that

2027
01:43:06,225 --> 01:43:09,675
fall under the town administrators jurisdiction.

2028
01:43:09,775 --> 01:43:12,515
So starting with our administration,

2029
01:43:13,235 --> 01:43:14,835
staffing levels are unchanged.

2030
01:43:14,835 --> 01:43:16,795
There's four full-time employees

2031
01:43:18,615 --> 01:43:19,955
and total appropriations.

2032
01:43:20,005 --> 01:43:23,275
720,000 5 38.

2033
01:43:23,995 --> 01:43:25,235
A small amount of revenue,

2034
01:43:25,495 --> 01:43:27,675
mainly copy charges, things of that nature.

2035
01:43:29,075 --> 01:43:31,395
Increase in this budget is simply due to cost of living

2036
01:43:31,415 --> 01:43:34,035
and health insurance increases for personnel.

2037
01:43:35,135 --> 01:43:38,315
And that is, that is it pretty much for this Department

2038
01:43:40,185 --> 01:43:41,185
Council web.

2039
01:43:41,575 --> 01:43:43,955
All right. I have an addition that I want to make to

2040
01:43:43,955 --> 01:43:48,395
that line and ask the counselors to please go

2041
01:43:48,395 --> 01:43:50,315
to page 56 of your budget book

2042
01:43:53,225 --> 01:43:57,885
and you'll see second from the bottom a dollar amount

2043
01:43:57,885 --> 01:43:59,805
of $13,302.

2044
01:43:59,835 --> 01:44:01,485
This is in the human services budget.

2045
01:44:03,125 --> 01:44:06,405
I actually asked for that thir that item to be put in

2046
01:44:06,745 --> 01:44:11,685
and it was to be half of a housing voucher essence

2047
01:44:12,105 --> 01:44:14,405
for the Dairy Housing Redevelopment authority.

2048
01:44:15,795 --> 01:44:17,165
They would fund the other half.

2049
01:44:19,445 --> 01:44:21,925
Subsequently, they have looked at their finances

2050
01:44:21,925 --> 01:44:24,485
and felt that they could not necessarily fund the other half

2051
01:44:24,485 --> 01:44:27,125
of that voucher at here was,

2052
01:44:29,315 --> 01:44:31,005
yeah, it would be a small drop in the budget,

2053
01:44:31,265 --> 01:44:33,645
but to one family that housing voucher would mean a lot.

2054
01:44:35,225 --> 01:44:36,885
But they can't fully fund the other half.

2055
01:44:38,585 --> 01:44:41,965
So I want, when we get to it, I would be reducing that

2056
01:44:42,625 --> 01:44:44,645
to a placeholder value of $1.

2057
01:44:45,025 --> 01:44:48,925
But what I'd like to do is on the administrative line,

2058
01:44:50,105 --> 01:44:51,965
if we just look at page 28,

2059
01:44:52,785 --> 01:44:56,965
or actually, sorry, page 30

2060
01:44:57,705 --> 01:45:02,525
we go down into the three 90 section, is to add some money

2061
01:45:03,255 --> 01:45:07,045
under administrative line for marketing,

2062
01:45:07,765 --> 01:45:11,645
specifically marketing of vacant positions.

2063
01:45:12,075 --> 01:45:16,525
This allow human resources to,

2064
01:45:19,085 --> 01:45:20,565
particularly in the fire, the police,

2065
01:45:20,565 --> 01:45:23,125
or any other part of the town, to market the positions at

2066
01:45:23,165 --> 01:45:24,245
a national level.

2067
01:45:24,545 --> 01:45:25,565
So I'd like to add that,

2068
01:45:25,565 --> 01:45:27,405
and I imagine would be in the three 90 line,

2069
01:45:27,425 --> 01:45:30,965
but Mark would be the better person of that,

2070
01:45:31,105 --> 01:45:33,405
of $13,301

2071
01:45:34,515 --> 01:45:37,725
that would bring the administrative bottom line

2072
01:45:38,265 --> 01:45:41,645
to 7 33 8 39.

2073
01:45:44,945 --> 01:45:48,125
And I think that's a, a reasonable trade.

2074
01:45:48,145 --> 01:45:49,845
And then obviously there'll be an offsetting

2075
01:45:50,565 --> 01:45:52,885
reduction in the human services budget when we get to that.

2076
01:45:52,885 --> 01:45:54,845
Yeah. So your new bottom line would be

2077
01:45:54,845 --> 01:45:58,085
$733,839.

2078
01:45:59,865 --> 01:46:02,645
Any questions, comments, concerns with

2079
01:46:02,645 --> 01:46:04,405
that change or any other questions?

2080
01:46:06,525 --> 01:46:08,105
All right. I'd like to make a motion then

2081
01:46:08,105 --> 01:46:11,305
that we adapt the bottom line of the executive department

2082
01:46:11,305 --> 01:46:11,505
of

2083
01:46:11,505 --> 01:46:13,825
seven hundred thirty three, eight hundred and thirty

2084
01:46:13,825 --> 01:46:15,145
$9,000. Don't,

2085
01:46:15,145 --> 01:46:16,145
This is just the administration.

2086
01:46:16,195 --> 01:46:18,025
Don't we have to make a motion to transfer that money?

2087
01:46:19,345 --> 01:46:23,105
I don't think we do. And we can. Yeah.

2088
01:46:23,465 --> 01:46:25,305
'cause we haven't, we're still able to

2089
01:46:25,305 --> 01:46:26,305
Adjust.

2090
01:46:26,305 --> 01:46:28,585
Right. You're in the process of establishing that budget.

2091
01:46:28,685 --> 01:46:32,385
So by virtue of doing this, you are capturing

2092
01:46:32,385 --> 01:46:33,945
what your individual, and then we

2093
01:46:33,975 --> 01:46:35,265
vote formally on the budget.

2094
01:46:35,335 --> 01:46:37,385
Once that's done, if you had any other changes,

2095
01:46:37,535 --> 01:46:39,385
that constitutes a transfer.

2096
01:46:39,445 --> 01:46:41,345
But for now you just, bottom lines are fine.

2097
01:46:41,565 --> 01:46:43,385
We can bottom line and it's just to clarify,

2098
01:46:43,535 --> 01:46:45,945
it's the administration portion of the executive budget.

2099
01:46:46,225 --> 01:46:48,305
'cause there are two divisions in there. Okay.

2100
01:46:48,465 --> 01:46:49,685
I will second that motion then.

2101
01:46:50,145 --> 01:46:52,485
All right. So we have a motion to accept the bottom line

2102
01:46:52,485 --> 01:46:55,205
of 7 33 8 39 for the administration

2103
01:46:56,205 --> 01:46:58,605
budget on the motion.

2104
01:46:58,605 --> 01:47:02,765
Council mills? Yes. Council Webb? Yes. Councillor Flood?

2105
01:47:02,985 --> 01:47:05,085
Yes. Councillor Foot? Yes. And Chair Votes? Yes.

2106
01:47:05,085 --> 01:47:07,365
Motion passes. Five zero. Okay. Alright.

2107
01:47:07,575 --> 01:47:09,445
Thank you. Now we'll go to Human Services.

2108
01:47:09,595 --> 01:47:13,685
Yeah, human Services. I would say one of the areas

2109
01:47:13,755 --> 01:47:16,965
that coming into this position that I really didn't have

2110
01:47:17,765 --> 01:47:21,125
a lot of, you know, firsthand contact

2111
01:47:21,315 --> 01:47:23,245
with was our human services department.

2112
01:47:23,245 --> 01:47:24,525
And over the course of the last year,

2113
01:47:24,525 --> 01:47:27,565
I've had an opportunity to reach out to almost all

2114
01:47:27,565 --> 01:47:28,885
of those groups and,

2115
01:47:28,885 --> 01:47:31,045
and have had a wonderful opportunity to learn

2116
01:47:31,105 --> 01:47:34,005
and to, to understand what they do for the community.

2117
01:47:34,005 --> 01:47:35,725
And, and I think one of the things that

2118
01:47:36,265 --> 01:47:38,845
is really illuminating is there's a lot of people who,

2119
01:47:38,905 --> 01:47:42,205
who care and stretch the dollars that are available through

2120
01:47:43,065 --> 01:47:45,685
the town funds and items that are passed down

2121
01:47:45,685 --> 01:47:47,685
to the various nonprofit organizations.

2122
01:47:47,685 --> 01:47:50,125
We're very fortunate here in town, as I think all

2123
01:47:50,125 --> 01:47:53,845
of you can attest that our nonprofits do a wonderful job at

2124
01:47:54,695 --> 01:47:56,445
maximizing the funds that they get.

2125
01:47:56,585 --> 01:47:59,325
And it, it's a great impact on the community.

2126
01:48:00,305 --> 01:48:01,805
So some of the highlights,

2127
01:48:01,875 --> 01:48:05,005
obviously the three major objectives, we need

2128
01:48:05,005 --> 01:48:07,565
to just make sure that all of our citizens' needs are met

2129
01:48:07,565 --> 01:48:09,205
to the extent that they can when they're in,

2130
01:48:09,205 --> 01:48:10,725
in an emergency circumstance.

2131
01:48:11,585 --> 01:48:14,005
We do leverage our local assistance funds

2132
01:48:14,005 --> 01:48:15,285
with other agency funds

2133
01:48:15,865 --> 01:48:19,285
and then obviously within our contract with CHS,

2134
01:48:19,885 --> 01:48:23,485
continue case management services to assist residents

2135
01:48:23,485 --> 01:48:25,125
to return to self-sufficiency.

2136
01:48:25,715 --> 01:48:30,205
Just for everybody's knowledge, the town migrated from

2137
01:48:31,165 --> 01:48:35,485
a, an in-house welfare model to a contracted model

2138
01:48:36,275 --> 01:48:38,925
back in the fiscal 27 model.

2139
01:48:39,145 --> 01:48:41,525
And so, I'm sorry, 2017.

2140
01:48:41,865 --> 01:48:44,685
So we've been at this for about nine budget cycles now

2141
01:48:45,065 --> 01:48:47,165
and it's been a very good partnership

2142
01:48:47,355 --> 01:48:48,765
with Community Health Services.

2143
01:48:49,735 --> 01:48:52,965
Their portion, or they've requested a 5% increase.

2144
01:48:53,025 --> 01:48:55,845
The town council just voted on that on April 7th.

2145
01:48:56,185 --> 01:49:00,085
So that'll increase from 120,000

2146
01:49:00,145 --> 01:49:04,485
to 126,780 for a fiscal 27.

2147
01:49:05,545 --> 01:49:07,565
We also fund nine agencies.

2148
01:49:08,005 --> 01:49:10,445
They're designed to strengthen the social services net.

2149
01:49:11,205 --> 01:49:14,485
I had the slide in there indicating the 13,302,

2150
01:49:14,485 --> 01:49:15,965
which has been since reduced.

2151
01:49:16,625 --> 01:49:19,245
And then our general assistant budget is

2152
01:49:19,995 --> 01:49:22,285
remaining stable at $80,000.

2153
01:49:22,345 --> 01:49:25,285
That's your catchall for if there's fuel assistance,

2154
01:49:25,285 --> 01:49:26,445
housing assistance,

2155
01:49:26,665 --> 01:49:29,165
and it's been determined to meet the criteria.

2156
01:49:29,625 --> 01:49:33,565
That's the fund that is utilized to make sure that our,

2157
01:49:33,705 --> 01:49:37,485
our folks are protected and, and sheltered as needed.

2158
01:49:38,505 --> 01:49:42,365
And with that, the bottom line would then be adjusted based

2159
01:49:42,465 --> 01:49:45,365
on Councilor Webb's suggestion

2160
01:49:45,385 --> 01:49:49,725
to $308,681. Is that correct?

2161
01:49:50,105 --> 01:49:51,325
That's correct. That's Correct.

2162
01:49:51,675 --> 01:49:54,445
Alright. And so just to look here, these are,

2163
01:49:54,445 --> 01:49:59,365
these are the lists of the agencies that we support,

2164
01:50:00,545 --> 01:50:02,685
you know, all the way down in the various amounts.

2165
01:50:02,785 --> 01:50:05,365
So those have remained unchanged.

2166
01:50:05,385 --> 01:50:08,205
We do take in each year

2167
01:50:09,265 --> 01:50:10,805
the request for each agency.

2168
01:50:10,805 --> 01:50:14,485
They provide backup for the services that we provide.

2169
01:50:15,105 --> 01:50:17,525
And so again, good partners with us and,

2170
01:50:17,525 --> 01:50:19,405
and we'll continue to support those partners

2171
01:50:19,405 --> 01:50:22,045
because it's important for the community.

2172
01:50:22,405 --> 01:50:25,805
So with that, I think that's it for Human services.

2173
01:50:27,705 --> 01:50:28,925
Mad of Chair, Oh, hold on.

2174
01:50:29,345 --> 01:50:31,125
I'm sorry. Question a question.

2175
01:50:31,285 --> 01:50:34,485
'cause I, I don't see it in this budget.

2176
01:50:34,645 --> 01:50:36,205
I don't know if it's elsewhere

2177
01:50:36,225 --> 01:50:37,245
or if it's funded differently.

2178
01:50:37,465 --> 01:50:38,465
And that's cart.

2179
01:50:39,425 --> 01:50:43,965
Yes. So CART was in other municipal obligations.

2180
01:50:44,195 --> 01:50:46,485
Okay. So I think the question you're gonna ask me, I'll,

2181
01:50:46,485 --> 01:50:47,525
I'll anticipate this.

2182
01:50:47,525 --> 01:50:49,885
Yeah. So we had, if you recall, we sat

2183
01:50:50,115 --> 01:50:51,325
amongst this group here

2184
01:50:51,465 --> 01:50:53,925
and looked at some of the, the financial constraints

2185
01:50:53,925 --> 01:50:55,645
because they're losing grand funding

2186
01:50:56,025 --> 01:50:58,325
and also their cost of operation have increased.

2187
01:50:58,425 --> 01:51:02,125
So we were carrying a baseline for enhanced service

2188
01:51:03,305 --> 01:51:07,085
of 60 i, I could be off here by a few dollars,

2189
01:51:07,185 --> 01:51:10,365
but basically within the OMO budget, we increased it

2190
01:51:10,365 --> 01:51:12,125
by about $60,000 right?

2191
01:51:12,185 --> 01:51:14,165
To $123,000.

2192
01:51:14,185 --> 01:51:16,165
So that is it within the OMO budget,

2193
01:51:16,545 --> 01:51:18,085
we will continue that service.

2194
01:51:18,535 --> 01:51:20,165
We're still exploring ways

2195
01:51:20,385 --> 01:51:23,405
by which we can capitalize on other options,

2196
01:51:23,825 --> 01:51:27,965
but to keep the service going as of July 1st, 2026,

2197
01:51:28,625 --> 01:51:31,205
we are increasing the funding that's being asked

2198
01:51:31,225 --> 01:51:32,965
by Manchester Transit Authority.

2199
01:51:36,105 --> 01:51:39,745
A question, Madam Chair, I would move the bottom line

2200
01:51:39,745 --> 01:51:41,745
for human services in the amount

2201
01:51:41,745 --> 01:51:45,665
of $308,681.

2202
01:51:46,695 --> 01:51:48,425
I'll second that. All right.

2203
01:51:48,565 --> 01:51:52,305
Any discussion on the motion? Council mills? Yes.

2204
01:51:52,305 --> 01:51:55,505
Council Webb? Yes. Councilor Flood? Yes. Councilor Foot?

2205
01:51:55,605 --> 01:51:59,345
Yes. And chair votes? Yes. Motion passes. Five zero. Okay.

2206
01:52:00,575 --> 01:52:02,505
Alright. Onto the TIF district.

2207
01:52:02,645 --> 01:52:06,585
So as Bev had mentioned, there's a lot of great activity

2208
01:52:06,585 --> 01:52:09,585
that's been going on in both of our TIF districts.

2209
01:52:09,585 --> 01:52:12,105
And so just for the public's information,

2210
01:52:12,925 --> 01:52:16,305
we have two TIF districts that are currently in effect.

2211
01:52:16,785 --> 01:52:20,385
The Gateway district, which is the Ash Street, Folsom Road,

2212
01:52:20,645 --> 01:52:21,705
Madden North High,

2213
01:52:21,705 --> 01:52:24,465
which is basically in the exit four a quarter

2214
01:52:25,045 --> 01:52:26,145
police station area.

2215
01:52:27,455 --> 01:52:31,105
That area, obviously there's been a lot of work done to try

2216
01:52:31,105 --> 01:52:33,105
to, you know, tune up the zoning

2217
01:52:33,125 --> 01:52:36,745
and make sure that we're ready to go when that area is,

2218
01:52:36,965 --> 01:52:39,585
is mature and ready for traffic

2219
01:52:39,645 --> 01:52:41,225
to utilize the four A corridor.

2220
01:52:41,845 --> 01:52:45,605
The dairy commerce corridor started in the Manchester Road

2221
01:52:45,605 --> 01:52:48,325
area with the widening back in 2013.

2222
01:52:48,985 --> 01:52:53,325
It has since been grown to the Crystal Ave

2223
01:52:54,245 --> 01:52:58,765
Broadway downtown area, which has perpetuated our ability to

2224
01:52:59,355 --> 01:53:01,805
take on the garage project at Abbott Court.

2225
01:53:02,505 --> 01:53:06,205
So essentially these are self-balancing funds using the

2226
01:53:06,205 --> 01:53:08,885
portion of the assessment base known as captured,

2227
01:53:09,245 --> 01:53:12,885
assessed value to cover the expenses within those districts.

2228
01:53:13,395 --> 01:53:17,285
Okay. So the idea is that there's a retained value

2229
01:53:17,305 --> 01:53:20,605
of $102 million within the DCC tiff.

2230
01:53:20,665 --> 01:53:22,645
And so those tax proceeds

2231
01:53:22,645 --> 01:53:26,965
of just under $2 million are utilized to cover bond costs,

2232
01:53:27,235 --> 01:53:31,605
maintenance within the corridor and other relevant expenses.

2233
01:53:31,745 --> 01:53:35,525
And there is some marketing in both of the TIF districts

2234
01:53:35,525 --> 01:53:38,925
that we could utilize as needed to bring in growth

2235
01:53:39,065 --> 01:53:42,605
and bring in new opportunities for the gateway district.

2236
01:53:42,625 --> 01:53:45,805
The retain value is, is smaller, it's $41 million,

2237
01:53:45,905 --> 01:53:47,445
but there's tax proceeds of

2238
01:53:48,075 --> 01:53:50,125
just over three quarters of a million dollars.

2239
01:53:50,305 --> 01:53:54,485
So again, that supports items within that TIF district

2240
01:53:54,985 --> 01:53:58,125
and then whatever is not utilized goes into

2241
01:54:00,315 --> 01:54:03,005
fund and that's utilized for future growth as needed.

2242
01:54:04,555 --> 01:54:07,685
This is just a kind of an idea of

2243
01:54:07,685 --> 01:54:09,165
where the corridor is located.

2244
01:54:09,785 --> 01:54:11,205
You can see that in the green.

2245
01:54:11,305 --> 01:54:13,285
So there's the area to the north

2246
01:54:13,505 --> 01:54:16,685
and then obviously coming back into downtown for the,

2247
01:54:17,825 --> 01:54:19,805
for the TIF district, the DCC

2248
01:54:19,865 --> 01:54:22,325
and then the gateway is primarily out

2249
01:54:22,325 --> 01:54:23,525
towards the four A area.

2250
01:54:25,385 --> 01:54:27,125
So let's talk about the dairy

2251
01:54:27,525 --> 01:54:29,485
commerce corridor TIF district.

2252
01:54:29,705 --> 01:54:31,045
So we do have employees

2253
01:54:31,045 --> 01:54:32,885
that are embedded within that district.

2254
01:54:32,905 --> 01:54:34,525
So some of the costs that come out

2255
01:54:34,525 --> 01:54:38,965
of there are 1.5 full-time equivalent of DPW employee costs

2256
01:54:39,645 --> 01:54:43,445
0.13 FTE of economic development coordinator.

2257
01:54:43,865 --> 01:54:45,925
But obviously there's maintenance expenses,

2258
01:54:46,005 --> 01:54:47,885
seasonal activities that are supported

2259
01:54:47,885 --> 01:54:49,365
that bring business to downtown.

2260
01:54:50,045 --> 01:54:53,205
Sidewalk maintenance, trash removal, economic development,

2261
01:54:53,205 --> 01:54:57,125
marketing, street like expenses, street sweeping banners,

2262
01:54:57,155 --> 01:54:58,485
signage, trees.

2263
01:54:58,785 --> 01:55:00,365
And then we do have an allocation

2264
01:55:00,425 --> 01:55:02,405
to repave streets within the district

2265
01:55:02,945 --> 01:55:04,405
as they are, as they're needed.

2266
01:55:07,265 --> 01:55:10,205
One question that I think gets asked a lot is about the debt

2267
01:55:10,485 --> 01:55:11,685
structure within the TIF district.

2268
01:55:11,745 --> 01:55:14,485
So we have two bonds

2269
01:55:14,635 --> 01:55:18,205
that are currently being paid with principal and interest.

2270
01:55:18,305 --> 01:55:22,445
So the Route 28 North, which is Manchester Road up

2271
01:55:22,445 --> 01:55:24,925
by the Walmart, we're in year five of 10.

2272
01:55:25,365 --> 01:55:27,645
You have principal payment of 210 K

2273
01:55:27,865 --> 01:55:31,845
and the interest payments are at $19,058.

2274
01:55:32,745 --> 01:55:36,285
The Abbott Court bond we sold roughly nine months ago.

2275
01:55:36,465 --> 01:55:38,685
And so first principle

2276
01:55:38,685 --> 01:55:42,085
and interest payment will be due in 2020, fiscal 27.

2277
01:55:42,625 --> 01:55:47,485
And so again, $976,000 in the principal

2278
01:55:47,485 --> 01:55:50,125
and the interest amount is 961,000.

2279
01:55:50,145 --> 01:55:53,525
So the idea would be that the captured tax values,

2280
01:55:53,665 --> 01:55:56,645
the proceeds are utilized to cover both the expenses

2281
01:55:56,705 --> 01:55:59,925
and the principal and interest in within the district.

2282
01:56:02,095 --> 01:56:04,765
Again, gateway TIFF district, this just gives you an idea

2283
01:56:04,785 --> 01:56:07,205
of, of the properties within that district.

2284
01:56:09,855 --> 01:56:13,605
Again, district operations, we have a marketing ability.

2285
01:56:13,745 --> 01:56:15,605
We also have our economic development

2286
01:56:15,605 --> 01:56:16,845
office partially funded by that.

2287
01:56:17,405 --> 01:56:20,165
There's one full-time DPW employee

2288
01:56:20,385 --> 01:56:23,805
and equipment that's there to maintain the four a quarter,

2289
01:56:24,395 --> 01:56:25,685
obviously current

2290
01:56:25,825 --> 01:56:30,205
and future obviously it's balanced for redevelopment

2291
01:56:30,385 --> 01:56:33,045
and infrastructure trust for implementation

2292
01:56:33,045 --> 01:56:35,205
of master plan activities, investment

2293
01:56:35,345 --> 01:56:36,685
for alternate transportation,

2294
01:56:36,685 --> 01:56:38,805
including the rail trail heading north.

2295
01:56:39,465 --> 01:56:42,845
And then obviously the main goal we're looking to do is

2296
01:56:43,465 --> 01:56:46,125
access and redevelopment of the north side of Folsom Road

2297
01:56:46,135 --> 01:56:48,765
after the F four a quarter is completed.

2298
01:56:49,745 --> 01:56:51,165
So those are the major goals.

2299
01:56:52,625 --> 01:56:54,525
Bottom line within the TIF district,

2300
01:56:54,625 --> 01:56:58,525
you have revenues matching up with expenditures.

2301
01:56:58,975 --> 01:57:02,845
$3,310,276.

2302
01:57:04,845 --> 01:57:07,365
Questions. Counsel

2303
01:57:11,415 --> 01:57:13,845
Asked me if several times

2304
01:57:14,885 --> 01:57:17,605
any update on the rail trail construction

2305
01:57:18,145 --> 01:57:21,445
and somebody asked me, I know it's not us,

2306
01:57:22,065 --> 01:57:24,365
but are you aware of any plans to

2307
01:57:25,265 --> 01:57:27,405
how it's the rail trail's going across 28

2308
01:57:27,405 --> 01:57:28,765
and interconnect with one and dairy?

2309
01:57:29,025 --> 01:57:30,525
How? Although I know that crossing is,

2310
01:57:30,525 --> 01:57:31,805
would be in one and dairy.

2311
01:57:31,975 --> 01:57:34,725
Right. Okay, so we'll, we'll start from,

2312
01:57:35,495 --> 01:57:37,885
let's just say we start from Hood Park

2313
01:57:37,885 --> 01:57:38,885
and work our way north, right?

2314
01:57:38,885 --> 01:57:41,405
So obviously the first group would be,

2315
01:57:41,405 --> 01:57:44,845
or the first phase is the completion of the four A tunnel.

2316
01:57:44,995 --> 01:57:47,845
Okay? Correct. So we are still waiting from the state

2317
01:57:47,875 --> 01:57:49,485
despite numerous inquiries with them,

2318
01:57:49,995 --> 01:57:53,205
what the technical part of that's going to look like.

2319
01:57:53,205 --> 01:57:56,685
Meaning how high is it, where does it connect

2320
01:57:56,705 --> 01:57:58,205
to our existing infrastructure?

2321
01:57:58,905 --> 01:58:02,325
But we've been assured that that is going to be a component

2322
01:58:02,505 --> 01:58:04,485
of the finished exit four a project.

2323
01:58:04,765 --> 01:58:06,405
I think the construction crew is the one

2324
01:58:06,405 --> 01:58:08,885
that's really waiting for how tall, you know,

2325
01:58:08,885 --> 01:58:10,885
how much fill do I bring in or how much do I not?

2326
01:58:11,105 --> 01:58:14,085
But that issue, they've at least assured us

2327
01:58:14,085 --> 01:58:16,725
that there is going to be a tunnel pursuant to that court

2328
01:58:17,365 --> 01:58:20,845
agreement that they made with the petitioners to have that

2329
01:58:20,865 --> 01:58:24,285
as a straight through so that we'd expect to be done with,

2330
01:58:24,345 --> 01:58:26,365
you know, by 2028 is,

2331
01:58:26,365 --> 01:58:28,325
and that's in their process of putting

2332
01:58:28,325 --> 01:58:30,805
that all together going north of there.

2333
01:58:31,105 --> 01:58:33,685
The town has been awarded

2334
01:58:34,845 --> 01:58:36,605
a New Hampshire DOT grant.

2335
01:58:37,245 --> 01:58:39,565
I think it's just over $900,000.

2336
01:58:39,745 --> 01:58:42,805
So design work we're soliciting currently

2337
01:58:42,865 --> 01:58:43,925
for the design work,

2338
01:58:44,655 --> 01:58:47,325
Tom's DPW group is soliciting engineering

2339
01:58:47,585 --> 01:58:49,445
and that will set up a design

2340
01:58:49,465 --> 01:58:51,165
to take us from basically north

2341
01:58:51,165 --> 01:58:53,725
of the exit four a culvert going under the,

2342
01:58:53,745 --> 01:58:56,725
the new road all the way to the London dairy town line.

2343
01:58:56,865 --> 01:58:58,485
So the design will be done

2344
01:58:58,585 --> 01:59:02,365
and then shortly thereafter we'll be looking to bid

2345
01:59:02,585 --> 01:59:07,365
for construction using an 80 20 split on the cost

2346
01:59:07,375 --> 01:59:09,685
share that the state is going to kick in.

2347
01:59:09,985 --> 01:59:12,365
I'd anticipate that probably will not happen

2348
01:59:12,495 --> 01:59:13,925
until the construction won't happen

2349
01:59:13,925 --> 01:59:16,845
until we get into the completion of the four A project.

2350
01:59:16,845 --> 01:59:20,125
Right? 28 29, somewhere in that timeframe.

2351
01:59:20,665 --> 01:59:25,405
And then in London I had heard rumors about them doing some

2352
01:59:25,635 --> 01:59:29,045
work to complete that last link between Route 28

2353
01:59:29,045 --> 01:59:31,685
and London Dairy and the Dairy London dairy town line.

2354
01:59:32,025 --> 01:59:34,565
But I don't, I don't have any further information as to

2355
01:59:34,565 --> 01:59:36,445
where their project timeline is on that.

2356
01:59:36,625 --> 01:59:39,165
So I I I don't know the discussion.

2357
01:59:39,485 --> 01:59:41,365
I have not heard that there was any alternate

2358
01:59:41,465 --> 01:59:42,645
design of that.

2359
01:59:43,105 --> 01:59:45,525
In other words, it would remain an at grade crossing

2360
01:59:46,105 --> 01:59:47,765
at Route 28 in London dairy.

2361
01:59:49,905 --> 01:59:51,365
The other question, it's more of a,

2362
01:59:51,635 --> 01:59:54,205
it's really nice when you come through the Dairy Commerce

2363
01:59:54,725 --> 01:59:55,885
district, particularly in the winter time

2364
01:59:55,885 --> 01:59:57,365
and stuff like that with all the signage

2365
01:59:57,825 --> 01:59:59,045
and banners that you put up,

2366
01:59:59,045 --> 02:00:03,085
and then I know it's too early for

2367
02:00:03,625 --> 02:00:04,885
the Gateway Tiff district,

2368
02:00:04,905 --> 02:00:07,205
but is there a plan to do something similar as people enter

2369
02:00:08,195 --> 02:00:10,765
into town once that whole project is completed?

2370
02:00:10,785 --> 02:00:12,005
As far as signs and banners?

2371
02:00:12,445 --> 02:00:14,685
I, I think we would be open to something like that.

2372
02:00:14,925 --> 02:00:17,125
I think, you know, this would be something I think

2373
02:00:17,125 --> 02:00:19,885
that would fall within the economic development office and,

2374
02:00:19,885 --> 02:00:22,165
and looking at some of the, the opportunities right.

2375
02:00:22,165 --> 02:00:24,165
It's gonna be a vastly different Yeah.

2376
02:00:24,485 --> 02:00:26,205
Visual when you come into town, I mean,

2377
02:00:26,205 --> 02:00:29,125
you've got residences on your south side

2378
02:00:29,125 --> 02:00:31,085
and now you've got kind of a wide open area,

2379
02:00:31,105 --> 02:00:34,485
but once, once used to be a 24 foot wide road is going

2380
02:00:34,485 --> 02:00:36,925
to now be multiple lanes on both sides.

2381
02:00:36,945 --> 02:00:38,605
So the pole lines will be set back,

2382
02:00:38,865 --> 02:00:41,965
but I do think there'll be some opportunities for, you know,

2383
02:00:41,965 --> 02:00:45,165
having some banners or some signage that commemorates.

2384
02:00:45,165 --> 02:00:46,165
Welcome to Dairy

2385
02:00:49,615 --> 02:00:51,685
Madam Chair signal further questions.

2386
02:00:52,405 --> 02:00:55,485
I move the bottom line for the TIF districts in the amount

2387
02:00:55,505 --> 02:01:00,245
of $3,310,276

2388
02:01:01,625 --> 02:01:02,625
Second.

2389
02:01:02,785 --> 02:01:05,245
All right, we have motion and a second.

2390
02:01:05,265 --> 02:01:08,965
Any discussion on the motion? Councilor Mills? Yes.

2391
02:01:09,115 --> 02:01:12,405
Councilor Webb? Yes. Councilor Flood. Yes. Councilor Foot?

2392
02:01:13,065 --> 02:01:15,805
Yes. And chair votes? Yes. Motion passes by chair.

2393
02:01:16,085 --> 02:01:17,085
I just thought of it, it,

2394
02:01:17,195 --> 02:01:18,285
it's not gonna have any effect on this

2395
02:01:18,305 --> 02:01:20,125
but flags downtown this year.

2396
02:01:20,125 --> 02:01:21,405
It's not a problem. We still have those.

2397
02:01:21,595 --> 02:01:24,245
Yeah, we, we would be basically, I think between now

2398
02:01:24,345 --> 02:01:26,645
and Memorial Day we'll get those put back up.

2399
02:01:26,705 --> 02:01:30,605
As you can tell, they, they do take a lot of abuse with wind

2400
02:01:30,745 --> 02:01:32,405
and thunderstorms and things like that.

2401
02:01:32,585 --> 02:01:34,245
So usually they come down in the winter,

2402
02:01:34,305 --> 02:01:36,805
but as soon as we can before the memorial day we, you know,

2403
02:01:36,805 --> 02:01:38,245
clean everything up and downtown

2404
02:01:38,385 --> 02:01:40,725
and there'll be some flags back up. Right.

2405
02:01:40,725 --> 02:01:43,045
I i I know it's not gonna be a big thing, but between now

2406
02:01:43,045 --> 02:01:44,765
and the time we vote on the final budget,

2407
02:01:44,785 --> 02:01:46,765
if we need anything extra for that, then yeah,

2408
02:01:46,765 --> 02:01:48,885
I, I I think we'll be fine as far as that's concerned.

2409
02:01:48,885 --> 02:01:50,005
I mean again, the cost to

2410
02:01:50,185 --> 02:01:52,645
to buy a new flag is not tremendous.

2411
02:01:53,095 --> 02:01:57,245
Thank you. Thank you. Alright. Planning department.

2412
02:02:09,235 --> 02:02:10,725
Good evening counselors. Good evening.

2413
02:02:11,355 --> 02:02:14,245
Okay. So the planning department is comprised

2414
02:02:14,245 --> 02:02:15,605
of two employees myself

2415
02:02:15,665 --> 02:02:17,485
and the fabulous Caroline

2416
02:02:17,665 --> 02:02:19,805
who helps keep things running in the department.

2417
02:02:20,625 --> 02:02:23,125
We also have one temporary employee.

2418
02:02:24,025 --> 02:02:25,805
We are in the process

2419
02:02:25,865 --> 02:02:27,765
of hiring another intern for this summer.

2420
02:02:28,605 --> 02:02:30,085
It was very successful last year.

2421
02:02:30,085 --> 02:02:32,245
We had a great candidate who really helped to move some

2422
02:02:33,225 --> 02:02:35,765
zoning projects and things along for us.

2423
02:02:35,865 --> 02:02:39,325
So we hope to have another good candidate this year.

2424
02:02:40,265 --> 02:02:44,765
Our projected division cost is $388,912.

2425
02:02:44,995 --> 02:02:46,485
Most of that is personnel.

2426
02:02:47,945 --> 02:02:50,085
Our revenue projections for the next year.

2427
02:02:50,695 --> 02:02:55,005
Right now our year to date application revenues, well as

2428
02:02:55,005 --> 02:02:59,445
of the end of March we were 137% over

2429
02:02:59,475 --> 02:03:00,805
what we had anticipated.

2430
02:03:01,665 --> 02:03:04,485
We don't expect that trend to keep continuing.

2431
02:03:04,805 --> 02:03:07,805
We're starting to see a little bit of a decline in

2432
02:03:09,005 --> 02:03:10,085
TRC applications,

2433
02:03:10,085 --> 02:03:12,405
which usually means things are gonna drop off a little bit.

2434
02:03:13,745 --> 02:03:17,005
So we do expect our revenues will drop off just a little bit

2435
02:03:17,435 --> 02:03:19,565
heading into fiscal 27.

2436
02:03:19,985 --> 02:03:22,645
But there shouldn't be a detrimental impact

2437
02:03:22,645 --> 02:03:26,365
because we do have, dairy does continue

2438
02:03:26,365 --> 02:03:27,485
to be a favorable market.

2439
02:03:28,245 --> 02:03:31,965
We are in deep discussion with developers for new commercial

2440
02:03:31,985 --> 02:03:33,285
and industrial projects

2441
02:03:33,425 --> 02:03:35,805
and projects that will add housing to the town.

2442
02:03:37,005 --> 02:03:39,165
Although we're not a revenue producing department,

2443
02:03:39,445 --> 02:03:43,525
you do get to see the results of our work in the permit fees

2444
02:03:43,525 --> 02:03:45,165
and things that come in through other departments.

2445
02:03:45,625 --> 02:03:47,045
So I'm happy to answer any questions.

2446
02:03:48,765 --> 02:03:52,725
Questions You already took care of my question Madam

2447
02:03:52,725 --> 02:03:54,165
Chair. I've got a new figure

2448
02:03:54,825 --> 02:03:56,765
You do For the planning department.

2449
02:03:56,885 --> 02:03:59,005
I move the bottom line for planning in the amount

2450
02:03:59,005 --> 02:04:03,445
of $343,662.

2451
02:04:03,705 --> 02:04:05,205
Oh 'cause I can't math. Thank you.

2452
02:04:06,925 --> 02:04:08,845
I do a lot of things well but not math.

2453
02:04:09,755 --> 02:04:12,805
Alright, any further discussion? All right.

2454
02:04:12,805 --> 02:04:16,125
On the motion Council mills? Yes. Councilor Webb? Yes.

2455
02:04:16,195 --> 02:04:19,205
Councilor Flood. Yes. Councilor Foot? Yes. And chair Votes?

2456
02:04:19,225 --> 02:04:20,685
Yes. Motion passes. Five zero.

2457
02:04:20,855 --> 02:04:24,645
Thank you counselors. All that

2458
02:04:24,645 --> 02:04:26,045
Waited two hours just for that.

2459
02:04:26,925 --> 02:04:31,485
I know right now we have

2460
02:04:31,555 --> 02:04:32,685
capital improvement program.

2461
02:04:32,845 --> 02:04:33,845
I know. Yeah. Poor Liz.

2462
02:04:33,865 --> 02:04:37,485
We had had her stay for 92nd for us to

2463
02:04:37,485 --> 02:04:38,485
Be like That's great.

2464
02:04:38,485 --> 02:04:39,485
Yeah.

2465
02:04:39,835 --> 02:04:43,925
Alright, so let's move on to, so

2466
02:04:44,875 --> 02:04:48,725
there's two items remaining as far as bottom line.

2467
02:04:48,825 --> 02:04:51,965
So you have the expendable maintenance trust, which is

2468
02:04:52,485 --> 02:04:54,365
$205,000.

2469
02:04:55,145 --> 02:04:57,645
And those are just miscellaneous projects

2470
02:04:57,645 --> 02:04:59,965
that are spread out throughout.

2471
02:05:00,285 --> 02:05:02,605
They're primarily existing buildings

2472
02:05:02,605 --> 02:05:06,005
where we've identified a small capital need.

2473
02:05:06,005 --> 02:05:09,925
Like for example, many of them this year are upgrades

2474
02:05:09,945 --> 02:05:13,965
to station two, three, and four, not headquarters

2475
02:05:14,195 --> 02:05:16,565
because obviously we spent a lot of time, effort,

2476
02:05:16,585 --> 02:05:18,685
and energy to get the headquarters built.

2477
02:05:18,705 --> 02:05:21,325
But some of the other stations still age on.

2478
02:05:21,465 --> 02:05:23,485
So bathroom projects,

2479
02:05:24,585 --> 02:05:26,685
garage doors seem to be another theme.

2480
02:05:27,105 --> 02:05:28,965
So those projects are covered under

2481
02:05:28,965 --> 02:05:30,165
the expendable maintenance trust.

2482
02:05:30,165 --> 02:05:33,205
We've tried to target somewhere between 200

2483
02:05:33,225 --> 02:05:35,605
and $265,000 per year,

2484
02:05:35,625 --> 02:05:37,925
but these are needs that have been identified

2485
02:05:38,025 --> 02:05:39,205
by the department heads.

2486
02:05:39,945 --> 02:05:42,365
And then finally there's a provision

2487
02:05:42,365 --> 02:05:46,085
for some sidewalk paving at $50,000 out of the EMT.

2488
02:05:46,105 --> 02:05:48,965
So this is just a revolving fund put in place

2489
02:05:49,565 --> 02:05:51,685
probably about 10 years ago just to make sure

2490
02:05:51,685 --> 02:05:53,645
that we have a pot of money to address.

2491
02:05:53,655 --> 02:05:55,885
We've done air conditioning units before.

2492
02:05:56,175 --> 02:05:59,605
We've done some repairs at police station.

2493
02:05:59,655 --> 02:06:01,685
We've done some repairs at Adams Memorial.

2494
02:06:01,785 --> 02:06:05,445
So the bottom line on that is $205,000

2495
02:06:05,445 --> 02:06:07,165
unless you have any questions regarding that.

2496
02:06:07,165 --> 02:06:08,605
And then I can go into the Capitol

2497
02:06:10,805 --> 02:06:13,085
Questions on the expendable trust.

2498
02:06:13,555 --> 02:06:16,205
Okay. Seeing those no questions Madam Chair,

2499
02:06:16,325 --> 02:06:17,725
I move the bottom line

2500
02:06:17,785 --> 02:06:20,605
for the expendable Maintenance trust in the amount

2501
02:06:20,605 --> 02:06:23,045
of $205,000. Second.

2502
02:06:23,795 --> 02:06:27,445
Alright, any discussion on the motion? Councillor Mills?

2503
02:06:27,585 --> 02:06:30,805
Yes. Councilor Webb? Yes. Councilor Flood? Yes.

2504
02:06:30,805 --> 02:06:33,285
Councilor Foot? Yes. And chair votes? Yes.

2505
02:06:33,285 --> 02:06:34,485
The motion passes five zero.

2506
02:06:35,115 --> 02:06:37,805
Okay. And lastly we have capital.

2507
02:06:38,065 --> 02:06:41,725
So just gonna run through these slides just

2508
02:06:41,725 --> 02:06:43,725
to give a snapshot of what's being supported.

2509
02:06:44,105 --> 02:06:48,125
The fiscal six year CIP is a product that,

2510
02:06:48,785 --> 02:06:51,405
as I had said in our meeting on April 7th,

2511
02:06:52,145 --> 02:06:56,605
is a year round process we go through, we look at a number

2512
02:06:56,625 --> 02:07:00,525
of different items to replace right time them, make sure

2513
02:07:00,525 --> 02:07:02,965
that we were able to meet the needs of each one

2514
02:07:02,965 --> 02:07:04,845
of the towns departments.

2515
02:07:05,425 --> 02:07:08,085
And obviously we also incorporate items such

2516
02:07:08,085 --> 02:07:10,685
as ongoing maintenance for roads, bonds

2517
02:07:10,945 --> 02:07:13,125
for grant funded utility expansions

2518
02:07:13,125 --> 02:07:14,165
and things of that nature.

2519
02:07:14,305 --> 02:07:18,565
So you'll see all those projects within the six year CIP

2520
02:07:18,565 --> 02:07:21,245
projection, but then year by year you have

2521
02:07:22,925 --> 02:07:25,885
a payment that has to be taken out of the general fund

2522
02:07:26,395 --> 02:07:28,885
once you go ahead and you split all those projects.

2523
02:07:28,885 --> 02:07:32,205
Some are paid in year one because they're smaller projects.

2524
02:07:32,475 --> 02:07:34,765
Some are put through spread financing, five

2525
02:07:34,765 --> 02:07:36,650
or seven years, particularly the vehicles.

2526
02:07:36,745 --> 02:07:38,845
And then others are bonded over a 20 year

2527
02:07:39,185 --> 02:07:41,605
or 30 year period depending on the size of the project.

2528
02:07:42,915 --> 02:07:45,805
Talking about the capital improvement plan process, again,

2529
02:07:46,255 --> 02:07:47,685
we're gonna work through this today.

2530
02:07:47,685 --> 02:07:51,085
We'll have the public hearing on the 23rd

2531
02:07:51,905 --> 02:07:55,885
and then on May 5th the council will vote on the CIP

2532
02:07:55,905 --> 02:07:57,565
and the fiscal 27 budget.

2533
02:07:59,145 --> 02:08:02,525
In CIP plan, it's about $62.5 million.

2534
02:08:02,595 --> 02:08:05,845
General funds, 30 million water funds, 12.9

2535
02:08:05,865 --> 02:08:08,485
and the wastewater fund is 19.9 million.

2536
02:08:10,315 --> 02:08:15,045
Talking about some of this, the FY 27 CIP requests,

2537
02:08:16,025 --> 02:08:18,925
it is 26.6 million for all projects.

2538
02:08:18,925 --> 02:08:23,285
The general fund is 7.4 million, water fund 11.6 million

2539
02:08:23,625 --> 02:08:26,605
and the wastewater fund is at 7.6 million.

2540
02:08:27,345 --> 02:08:30,765
Now with that said, those numbers look pretty daunting, but

2541
02:08:31,155 --> 02:08:33,565
because of the way we bring in revenues

2542
02:08:33,625 --> 02:08:35,925
and the spread financing that I was talking about,

2543
02:08:36,145 --> 02:08:39,325
we are able to spread these payments out

2544
02:08:39,625 --> 02:08:42,965
and Mark does a really good job at keeping a scorecard as to

2545
02:08:42,965 --> 02:08:45,325
where we stand because there's some trailing year

2546
02:08:45,325 --> 02:08:46,325
obligations as well.

2547
02:08:46,325 --> 02:08:49,565
If we bought a a fire truck seven years ago,

2548
02:08:49,585 --> 02:08:52,525
we may still have payments on that that have to be captured

2549
02:08:53,065 --> 02:08:54,085
in this year's budget.

2550
02:08:54,265 --> 02:08:56,725
So that is a very intricate process.

2551
02:08:57,305 --> 02:09:00,365
But we have a blend of, of spread financing

2552
02:09:00,425 --> 02:09:03,765
and grants that we take in from state and federal sources.

2553
02:09:04,795 --> 02:09:06,685
This is probably too small to to share,

2554
02:09:06,745 --> 02:09:09,965
but this is in our budget books just showing all the

2555
02:09:09,965 --> 02:09:14,445
departments for, for the request this year, each one

2556
02:09:14,445 --> 02:09:16,445
of the departments DPW, fire

2557
02:09:16,985 --> 02:09:20,405
and Police each have a capital reserve balance

2558
02:09:20,745 --> 02:09:22,565
and that is a mechanism that they are able

2559
02:09:22,565 --> 02:09:26,525
to fund their particular projects over the six year period.

2560
02:09:26,525 --> 02:09:28,525
In the exercise that we do is we look at

2561
02:09:28,755 --> 02:09:31,005
what we project based on fund balance.

2562
02:09:31,005 --> 02:09:33,405
There's a formula that passes down funds

2563
02:09:33,425 --> 02:09:35,085
to each capital reserve fund

2564
02:09:35,425 --> 02:09:38,365
and then we look at what the projected payments are based on

2565
02:09:38,365 --> 02:09:39,565
what the requests are

2566
02:09:39,905 --> 02:09:43,725
and we try to project out where that fund would be

2567
02:09:43,785 --> 02:09:47,885
and we want to obviously keep that in a good situation so

2568
02:09:47,885 --> 02:09:49,565
that we are not dipping below zero

2569
02:09:49,625 --> 02:09:52,965
and in, in most cases we're able to do that.

2570
02:09:53,755 --> 02:09:56,085
Alright, just to run through the projects real quick.

2571
02:09:56,145 --> 02:09:59,885
For fiscal 27, the police departments identified

2572
02:10:00,705 --> 02:10:03,405
six hybrid police intercept interceptors,

2573
02:10:03,405 --> 02:10:06,245
$341,312.

2574
02:10:06,245 --> 02:10:09,005
There's a couple of photos of the old and,

2575
02:10:09,105 --> 02:10:11,365
and a picture of what it's gonna look like new.

2576
02:10:11,365 --> 02:10:13,605
They've gone to kind of the SUV version.

2577
02:10:13,745 --> 02:10:17,885
Now as a, as a backup, there's a Motorola contract

2578
02:10:17,885 --> 02:10:21,245
for communications at 90 3003 58.

2579
02:10:21,715 --> 02:10:24,485
There's also gonna be the Canine Cruiser replacement

2580
02:10:24,765 --> 02:10:26,445
with a hybrid police interceptor.

2581
02:10:26,445 --> 02:10:31,125
And that's 59,957 in DPW.

2582
02:10:31,355 --> 02:10:34,325
I'll run through these really quick sidewalk machine,

2583
02:10:34,345 --> 02:10:39,285
$200,000 plow truck, $165,000,

2584
02:10:40,995 --> 02:10:42,645
chipper, 75,000,

2585
02:10:43,925 --> 02:10:46,005
a smaller pickup truck with plow.

2586
02:10:46,005 --> 02:10:47,445
There's three of them throughout various

2587
02:10:48,285 --> 02:10:50,885
divisions at 65,000 each.

2588
02:10:52,105 --> 02:10:55,955
Code enforcement we had talked about in the DPW budget is

2589
02:10:55,955 --> 02:10:58,835
seeking to add a position of an inspector.

2590
02:10:58,895 --> 02:11:00,755
So we obviously have to support that with a vehicle

2591
02:11:00,815 --> 02:11:05,115
that's a $60,000 endeavor, ballpark ball field groomer,

2592
02:11:05,115 --> 02:11:09,955
45,000 storage trailer for the public works,

2593
02:11:10,125 --> 02:11:13,955
trash trailers, $300,000 roadway maintenance.

2594
02:11:13,955 --> 02:11:16,315
We've reduced that as a result of some

2595
02:11:16,315 --> 02:11:17,315
of the budget realities.

2596
02:11:17,315 --> 02:11:20,355
But obviously we talked about our ability

2597
02:11:20,375 --> 02:11:22,755
to stay very high on the PCI rating

2598
02:11:22,755 --> 02:11:24,995
because of all the other projects that are going on

2599
02:11:25,345 --> 02:11:28,595
through DOT and other state agencies.

2600
02:11:29,695 --> 02:11:32,715
On the fire side, two major projects.

2601
02:11:33,425 --> 02:11:38,195
Fire engine two replacement, that's a $1.3 million endeavor.

2602
02:11:38,305 --> 02:11:40,275
Obviously those payments are gonna be spread

2603
02:11:40,275 --> 02:11:41,875
over multiple years.

2604
02:11:42,695 --> 02:11:44,995
And then we also have an ambulance replacement

2605
02:11:45,785 --> 02:11:50,675
estimated at 446,500 water.

2606
02:11:51,425 --> 02:11:54,755
Obviously there's a number of regional water projects

2607
02:11:54,755 --> 02:11:57,875
that are going on that we were able to just take in

2608
02:11:58,665 --> 02:11:59,675
some grant funds.

2609
02:11:59,975 --> 02:12:01,955
And so those projects are going

2610
02:12:01,955 --> 02:12:04,995
to be accelerating over the next two years.

2611
02:12:05,705 --> 02:12:08,715
Council voted to accept a hundred percent grant funds

2612
02:12:09,095 --> 02:12:12,995
for phase two A projects, and that's at $11.3 million.

2613
02:12:13,135 --> 02:12:16,235
So none of those projects are costing the town of dairy

2614
02:12:16,255 --> 02:12:19,275
or the town of dairy water department rate payers,

2615
02:12:20,035 --> 02:12:22,155
anything in wastewater.

2616
02:12:22,855 --> 02:12:24,235
We do have a couple of projects

2617
02:12:24,355 --> 02:12:28,075
that will hit against their rates replacement of 1500 feet

2618
02:12:28,215 --> 02:12:29,675
of Effluent Force Maine.

2619
02:12:30,125 --> 02:12:33,675
We're obviously in the process of starting the design work

2620
02:12:33,735 --> 02:12:37,475
for the Route 28 South sewer going towards Ryan's Hill.

2621
02:12:38,015 --> 02:12:41,515
And obviously that's got an estimated cost of 6.18 million

2622
02:12:42,835 --> 02:12:44,835
EPA grant's gonna cover 80%

2623
02:12:44,835 --> 02:12:47,315
of a lower number at $3.2 million.

2624
02:12:47,415 --> 02:12:49,235
So again, we have revenue sources

2625
02:12:49,455 --> 02:12:51,355
to offset most of those costs.

2626
02:12:52,655 --> 02:12:55,595
And with that, when you blend this all together,

2627
02:12:55,815 --> 02:12:58,155
all the capital, all the spread payments, all the grants,

2628
02:12:59,455 --> 02:13:01,115
the bottom line for the capital

2629
02:13:01,415 --> 02:13:03,635
for fiscal 27 is

2630
02:13:03,665 --> 02:13:07,555
$4,092,207.

2631
02:13:09,985 --> 02:13:13,915
Council, I just have a question and it, we'll go back.

2632
02:13:13,915 --> 02:13:15,755
I'll use the fire vehicles as an example

2633
02:13:16,125 --> 02:13:18,675
where we're looking at some of them being two

2634
02:13:18,675 --> 02:13:19,835
to four years out.

2635
02:13:20,615 --> 02:13:23,715
So yeah, we may be setting aside in the capital plan this

2636
02:13:23,715 --> 02:13:28,155
year, but they're looking at a date of maybe 2030 to 2031.

2637
02:13:28,855 --> 02:13:30,435
Now we're encumbering that money.

2638
02:13:30,615 --> 02:13:34,465
Now does, do we,

2639
02:13:34,905 --> 02:13:38,185
I know there'll be some payments, you know, you pay

2640
02:13:38,185 --> 02:13:39,785
for the plans, you, you know, you pay

2641
02:13:39,785 --> 02:13:40,865
for deposits, stuff like this.

2642
02:13:40,865 --> 02:13:44,785
Yeah. But the bulk of the payment isn't paid at the end is

2643
02:13:46,255 --> 02:13:48,225
will we be collecting interest on those

2644
02:13:48,245 --> 02:13:51,385
and encumbered funds for ourselves? I

2645
02:13:51,385 --> 02:13:52,385
Believe we do.

2646
02:13:52,385 --> 02:13:53,145
And I'll have Mark come up and,

2647
02:13:53,145 --> 02:13:56,105
and clarify how that works on the shorter term borrowing.

2648
02:13:56,145 --> 02:13:57,425
I know how it works generally

2649
02:13:57,425 --> 02:13:59,585
for the longer term borrowing, but Yeah,

2650
02:13:59,725 --> 02:14:03,625
So when we go ahead and we approach a leasing company

2651
02:14:03,645 --> 02:14:07,145
and give them our needs, we,

2652
02:14:07,165 --> 02:14:09,185
we categorize each piece of equipment

2653
02:14:09,185 --> 02:14:12,145
or a vehicle depending on how long we wanna finance it.

2654
02:14:12,145 --> 02:14:13,985
So like the police cruisers, we go three years.

2655
02:14:14,055 --> 02:14:17,505
Most of the vehicles are five to seven fire apparatus.

2656
02:14:17,505 --> 02:14:18,905
We go out probably 10,

2657
02:14:19,805 --> 02:14:21,865
not necessarily ambulances, that would be like seven.

2658
02:14:23,565 --> 02:14:27,105
But whatever we decide during that year, we,

2659
02:14:27,245 --> 02:14:28,905
we are, it's not encumbered.

2660
02:14:28,905 --> 02:14:33,025
We end up basically issuing a PO and we start paying on it

2661
02:14:33,025 --> 02:14:34,305
before we even receive it.

2662
02:14:34,315 --> 02:14:36,625
Especially the way the lead times are these days.

2663
02:14:37,285 --> 02:14:40,465
So, you know, a piece of fire apparatus,

2664
02:14:40,645 --> 02:14:42,745
we have one out there that's been out there

2665
02:14:42,745 --> 02:14:46,745
for about seven years now and still paying on it.

2666
02:14:47,535 --> 02:14:49,225
Does that answer your question? I'm not sure if it does.

2667
02:14:49,245 --> 02:14:50,265
So I, I think it does.

2668
02:14:50,285 --> 02:14:51,865
So that in essence we're buying

2669
02:14:51,865 --> 02:14:55,665
that lease now we're paying on that lease before we even get

2670
02:14:55,665 --> 02:14:56,745
The vehicle, the, the first payment.

2671
02:14:56,805 --> 02:15:00,065
So whatever we take out in FY 17, I mean FY 27,

2672
02:15:00,405 --> 02:15:02,745
the first payment will be in FY 28

2673
02:15:03,605 --> 02:15:04,905
and then that's when it starts.

2674
02:15:05,215 --> 02:15:08,345
Yeah. And we might not even physically have possession

2675
02:15:08,345 --> 02:15:10,385
of the vehicle when we're paying on the lease.

2676
02:15:10,645 --> 02:15:15,415
That's correct. So it's getting so expensive with,

2677
02:15:15,565 --> 02:15:18,895
with these vehicles and the lead times is incredible.

2678
02:15:19,835 --> 02:15:23,055
We do have to try to figure out some different type

2679
02:15:23,055 --> 02:15:24,135
of financing, I think.

2680
02:15:24,135 --> 02:15:25,495
Yeah, because I'm wondering if,

2681
02:15:26,575 --> 02:15:29,495
I remember when we switched to the sing system from

2682
02:15:30,205 --> 02:15:32,975
basically directly purchasing the vehicles, which was

2683
02:15:32,975 --> 02:15:34,735
what, probably 10 years ago.

2684
02:15:35,325 --> 02:15:36,815
Yeah, I think that was about right. Yes.

2685
02:15:38,715 --> 02:15:41,815
So that when we, you know, again,

2686
02:15:42,285 --> 02:15:44,095
because the fire trucks are the ones,

2687
02:15:44,095 --> 02:15:45,935
and sometimes with the dump trucks and stuff like that,

2688
02:15:46,085 --> 02:15:49,495
because they're, we may encumber the money now,

2689
02:15:49,495 --> 02:15:51,695
but we may not actually physically receive the vehicle

2690
02:15:51,755 --> 02:15:53,055
for three to four years from now.

2691
02:15:53,055 --> 02:15:55,735
Correct. If we weren't leasing them

2692
02:15:55,995 --> 02:15:57,775
and we were doing the direct purchase of them,

2693
02:15:59,465 --> 02:16:02,055
would we be banking that money that we encumbered now

2694
02:16:02,055 --> 02:16:03,335
for the purchase of this budget

2695
02:16:03,595 --> 02:16:05,215
and generating interest on it?

2696
02:16:07,285 --> 02:16:09,945
You see where I might, yeah,

2697
02:16:10,525 --> 02:16:11,945
I'm, I'm not sure.

2698
02:16:12,145 --> 02:16:14,545
I mean, the way with the leasing company Yeah.

2699
02:16:14,765 --> 02:16:17,225
It, they take our, when once the lease is closed,

2700
02:16:17,365 --> 02:16:19,505
I'm talking about if we don't do, if we don't do a lease.

2701
02:16:19,755 --> 02:16:22,385
Right. I'm just, So let's say if we had to purchase

2702
02:16:22,385 --> 02:16:24,105
that $1.3 million firetruck,

2703
02:16:25,075 --> 02:16:28,025
which we would receive in 2031.

2704
02:16:28,355 --> 02:16:30,525
Right. We encumber

2705
02:16:30,525 --> 02:16:34,045
that funds in this capital, in this budget.

2706
02:16:34,145 --> 02:16:37,805
So that would be that $1.3 million in 2027, correct.

2707
02:16:37,815 --> 02:16:40,125
Right. And that money would, would carry on

2708
02:16:40,125 --> 02:16:42,525
to the next year as an encumbrance. Right.

2709
02:16:42,825 --> 02:16:44,565
Do we, It'll keep going until it turns,

2710
02:16:44,635 --> 02:16:45,925
till we actually pay for it.

2711
02:16:46,135 --> 02:16:48,285
Right. Does that encumbrance generate

2712
02:16:48,505 --> 02:16:49,965
any interest as of revenue?

2713
02:16:51,015 --> 02:16:52,275
It would generate interest.

2714
02:16:52,435 --> 02:16:53,795
'cause you haven't spent the cash. Yeah.

2715
02:16:53,795 --> 02:16:55,355
You haven't written a check yet for it.

2716
02:16:55,355 --> 02:16:57,755
You still have the cash, you just, it's just spoken for,

2717
02:16:58,135 --> 02:17:00,435
but they still, it's still gonna be

2718
02:17:00,825 --> 02:17:02,035
earning interest for you.

2719
02:17:03,935 --> 02:17:05,745
Does that make sense? Yeah. Okay.

2720
02:17:06,005 --> 02:17:08,225
And that's what I'm wondering if it makes sense to

2721
02:17:09,515 --> 02:17:11,945
where the we time is so great, if it still makes sense

2722
02:17:11,945 --> 02:17:16,795
to do the lease purchasing versus banking,

2723
02:17:16,935 --> 02:17:18,715
you know, encumbering banking the money now.

2724
02:17:19,615 --> 02:17:23,075
So with the lease, once we, once we close on the lease,

2725
02:17:23,075 --> 02:17:24,155
they take the whole lease

2726
02:17:24,375 --> 02:17:26,195
and they put it into an escrow account

2727
02:17:26,255 --> 02:17:29,235
and it collects interest until we draw on it.

2728
02:17:29,305 --> 02:17:31,155
Okay. When the vehicles are delivered.

2729
02:17:31,735 --> 02:17:33,955
So it could be sitting out there for years

2730
02:17:35,535 --> 02:17:37,875
as an open escrow account basically.

2731
02:17:37,875 --> 02:17:38,835
Yeah. All right.

2732
02:17:40,705 --> 02:17:43,265
Okay. We good? Yep.

2733
02:17:43,845 --> 02:17:46,265
Any other questions? Alright,

2734
02:17:46,765 --> 02:17:49,745
So, you know, for the questions Madam Chair, I would like

2735
02:17:49,745 --> 02:17:53,305
to move the bottom line for the, for the capital account

2736
02:17:54,005 --> 02:17:58,865
in the amount of $4,092,207

2737
02:17:59,485 --> 02:18:00,485
Second.

2738
02:18:00,895 --> 02:18:05,265
Alright, any discussion on the motion Council mills? Yes.

2739
02:18:05,495 --> 02:18:08,865
Councilor Webb? Yes. Councilor Flood? Yes. Council Foot?

2740
02:18:08,925 --> 02:18:11,665
Yes. And chair votes? Yes. Motion passes. Five zero.

2741
02:18:12,765 --> 02:18:13,945
Mr. Fowler, anything else

2742
02:18:13,945 --> 02:18:14,945
This evening?

2743
02:18:14,945 --> 02:18:17,545
Yeah, so in closing, so we've mapped out

2744
02:18:18,085 --> 02:18:21,505
the two budget workshops tonight

2745
02:18:22,165 --> 02:18:23,865
and on last Thursday,

2746
02:18:23,965 --> 02:18:26,185
so appreciate all the staff's help on that.

2747
02:18:27,085 --> 02:18:31,225
Now I have a handful of questions more from the

2748
02:18:32,075 --> 02:18:36,025
first session, which I will bring back to the council

2749
02:18:37,125 --> 02:18:38,705
and I can do that on the 21st.

2750
02:18:38,725 --> 02:18:40,625
So we have something on our agenda

2751
02:18:41,035 --> 02:18:44,425
where if anybody has any questions or any concerns

2752
02:18:45,005 --> 02:18:46,545
before we go to the public hearing,

2753
02:18:46,545 --> 02:18:48,665
that'll be an opportunity to do so.

2754
02:18:49,085 --> 02:18:52,425
But I will also provide for the 21st

2755
02:18:53,005 --> 02:18:54,425
the answers to some of the questions.

2756
02:18:54,425 --> 02:18:57,305
We had some questions about how vehicles are inspected.

2757
02:18:57,305 --> 02:18:59,985
There was question tonight about what the balance

2758
02:19:00,015 --> 02:19:02,625
between online registrations versus that.

2759
02:19:02,645 --> 02:19:04,905
So they're, they're relatively minor questions

2760
02:19:04,905 --> 02:19:06,825
and most of them the department heads

2761
02:19:06,825 --> 02:19:07,985
have already answered for me.

2762
02:19:08,085 --> 02:19:10,345
So I'll provide that on the 21st.

2763
02:19:10,595 --> 02:19:14,425
We'll march into the public hearing for both the CIP

2764
02:19:14,425 --> 02:19:17,945
and FY 27 budget on the 23rd,

2765
02:19:18,245 --> 02:19:22,785
and then we're lined up for an official vote on May 5th.

2766
02:19:22,965 --> 02:19:24,265
So I think we're all in good shape.

2767
02:19:24,325 --> 02:19:27,605
The only other loose end is water and sewer rates.

2768
02:19:27,775 --> 02:19:29,805
Those are gonna go on the consent agenda.

2769
02:19:29,935 --> 02:19:34,165
Those are gonna be on the April 21st consent agenda.

2770
02:19:34,305 --> 02:19:37,805
You'll vote on both of those rate increases

2771
02:19:38,585 --> 02:19:39,765
on May 5th as well.

2772
02:19:40,355 --> 02:19:42,525
Okay. So I think we've got everything stitched up.

2773
02:19:42,705 --> 02:19:46,005
If there are any other questions, please let me know.

2774
02:19:46,035 --> 02:19:48,605
I'll try to have those available for the 21st.

2775
02:19:48,865 --> 02:19:50,845
And for the public, all this information

2776
02:19:51,195 --> 02:19:53,965
that we've talked about is on the town's website

2777
02:19:54,585 --> 02:19:57,485
and can be extracted any way.

2778
02:19:57,545 --> 02:19:59,685
You know, if you wanted to look at individual budgets.

2779
02:19:59,705 --> 02:20:01,645
And if there's any questions, feel free to reach out

2780
02:20:01,645 --> 02:20:02,805
to the town administrator's office.

2781
02:20:03,735 --> 02:20:07,165
Thank you. Anything else? All right.

2782
02:20:08,225 --> 02:20:09,685
Motion to adjourn. Second.

2783
02:20:10,225 --> 02:20:12,645
All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Opposed?

2784
02:20:13,235 --> 02:20:15,045
Have a good night everyone. Thank you. Okay.