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at that point in time.
>> What I Let's see.

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Are you still seeing the spreadsheet or
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» I'm seeing the spreadsheet.
>> Okay. Let me um Yeah, because I just I'm

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so not including
um so what Ruth has on here is 54,550

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in capital projects
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» and that's going to be more if we when
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and the septic came in higher than the
15,000 that was was budgeted for that.

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» Right. Okay. Okay. So, that was my
question. That wasn't included in there.

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So, right now, um, so if not including
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spent the 41720
and the upcoming 54550 on capital

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projects, that leaves a balance of
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» Yep.

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» Okay.
That doesn't include any reimbursement

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from the um the rescue funds that come
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» And what was that last year that was on
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» Uh it was only about 32,000 last year,
but I think it's going to be more this

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year because um we had some some issue
with Medicare and and so we should be

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getting some back payments this year.
Well, that'll uh that'll pay for a well

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and septic
>> 32 well. Yeah.

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» Yeah.
>> Okay. Um All right. So, you guys okay

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leaving that 41720 coming from from
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bond?

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Hearing no objection. I'll assume so for
now. Um

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we Ruth, would we need to vote to change
our recommendation on that because we're

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changing how it's funded?
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» yeah,
>> I think we would.

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» Yeah, I'm going to mark it. Whoops,
wrong one.

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» Okay.
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» and then I also, so under the 2018 road
bond, um, I had taken 50,000 out of the

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undesated fund to cover some of that
>> and and I don't know, it might be

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» everybody okay with that?

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» Yeah, we can always come back, you know,
sometimes after we and revisit something

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if if uh something changes as we go.
Um, okay. Um, Eureka Center. So, Mark

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brought this one up. Um, this is
>> that was just an example, but

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» Yeah. Yeah. So,
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through and I don't really see anything
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» okay,
>> I'm going through the individual sheets

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here on my computer.
>> Okay, great.

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» This is the fire department budget. This
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I think we heard from Ruth uh and we
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we I think we should if if we wanted to
make a change here we should probably

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talk about that next week when he's
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did we lose Rich?
>> Did we

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You know, Rich, are you there?
>> Yes.

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» Oh, he is. Okay, good. All right.
Um, my camera screen gets wiggy when I'm

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sharing. That's why I couldn't see
everybody. So, okay. Uh, general

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assistance. I think that is what it is.
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planning board and appeals, they um
they took a a significant decrease

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versus last year's budget, but it's
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uh increased versus LY.
Now, there was um

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there was money in here
for marijuana ordinance work, right? And

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we're we're taking that or at least
that's what we haven't voted on yet, but

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that's we we the discussion last week
was we were only going to put um budget,

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you know, in the business articles um on
the warrant. Um

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» we had 7500 for projects. I'm not sure
what that that was in the budget. Was

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that was that is that what that was? I
think I think that's that was the intent

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of that was to um pay someone um to help
us with the uh writing marijuana

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ordinances. But it feels like even if we
um I don't know what do people think

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about that. I mean, of course,
because we could conceivably put the,

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you know, depending on what happened, we
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ordinance questions on the ballot in
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be spending that money in 2020.
>> Well, now I'm looking at that. Their

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budget request was 466 and we cut it to
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taken that out.
>> Did we already take it? Yeah,

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» I think so.
>> Okay.

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So, they've already spent uh $2,762
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» Oh. Oh. Oh, yeah. They've had to hire
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on um resource protection lands. Um
yeah. All right.

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I'm thinking we leave that one alone for
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again we can come back to it.
This is public works. So, this is the

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scenario with that we kind of just
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reduced um reduced maintenance paving.
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revote on that one.
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conservation, parks, and wreck.
Um, that's all that's all funded from

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undesated. But I think somebody raised I
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there's not going to be a softball and
baseball season this year, do we

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um what do we do 1500 to each
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» Uh, I think so. Yeah.
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the softball. I can't speak for
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intentions in playing this year.
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» so it's funded with undesated. So taking
the money out and taking money out isn't

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going to impact this year's taxes at
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organization.
>> 2500 to each. Okay.

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» Why?
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like. It was So I I guess Little League
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3,000. And then so this year Little
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softball asked for 3,000. And so what
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» Yeah.
>> Both of the 2500. We gave them both the

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okay. I'm just going to keep going

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unless somebody stops me. Solid waste.
Ruth, where does does this number change

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with the discussion we had with them
last week?

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» Well, it it depends. So, you could put
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probably should if you want to do the
three-year contract with them. Um, and

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so if we do that, then we would accept
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would be the same.
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keep going with that plan because like
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came up during um meetings and um uh and
oh, by the way, Milt, if if you're

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raising I can't see if anybody raises
their hand right now. So, if somebody's

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got something to say, they got to speak
up. So, um the uh um there's no benefit

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to going to a one year or a two-year or
three-year

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contract because of the way it's
structured to fluctuate with the price

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of of um recycled materials. So, I know
that was one of the questions that we

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thought, you know, that there might be
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recycling prices go down? Um the
contract accounts for that. Um

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okay.
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This is again this is all money from
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and basically spending those
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the raise pool.
So again here you can see it's it's

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right now coming out of um undesated
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but again it's what do people think? Do
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regardless we're going to we'd be voting

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on changing it? Um we want to keep that
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wage freeze for the year?
You know where I'm at.

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» Yep.
>> Yeah. I'm thinking wage freeze.

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» Hey, if we go with zero, does it remove
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if we're not proposing a spending

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amount, then yeah, that there's no um
the question doesn't go out.

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I'd at least like to see the town's
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it's up to them if they don't want to
give raises out.

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» Well, yeah, I I hear that.
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that they should be the ones to decide
in this case. I wouldn't want to remove

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it off the ballot totally off the
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but that's my opinion.

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question.
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» Yeah, Milt Milt's trying to say
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» Well, I just want to with regards to I
mean, I'm just How many questions will

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appear on this
voting warrant?

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» Um, Ruth, do you have a do you have a
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» I I have a count of about 30.
>> 30? Yeah.

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» Yeah.
>> Yeah. down.

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» For some reason, I was I I had the
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» Well, we can um so so the way that I had
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can change. There are separate questions
for two capital um issues which are the

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the fire department capital well and and
septic and the other stuff that the

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capital is going to pay for. There's a
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Um and then there's you know the big
budgets are separate the administrative

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the um fire department the public works.
Um I left what else did I leave

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separate? I may have left animal control
separate and then I had combined a bunch

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of them into one question. But what
takes up a lot of it is actually the

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business questions.
Um, you know, if we wanted to, we could

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absolutely condense the questions
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whether you want the the residents to
vote on a one lump sum budget or whether

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you want them to have a better idea of
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» It it feels like we should in terms of
the questions we ask them that that we

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should keep it as normal as possible. Um
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I don't know. I mean
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» Sorry. Go ahead Todd. Yep.
>> As much like town meeting as it could be

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possible.
>> And in you know ironically the business

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articles which I those you know that
kind of flurry that comes at the end the

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last several years there's been a motion
to consider them all together and vote

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on them all in one thing. But I don't
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actually do that on a uh
>> I asked the answer was was no.

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» Yeah, that's what I figured. Yeah. So
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going to need to provide table and
chairs.

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» Well well mil the uh there it's likely
this won't involve a polling place at

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all. It's likely to be um all absentee.
But if we do have a um polling place

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then you're right. I think we will need
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think I think that I think you're
absolutely right.

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» A quick question on the um on the fire
department well and septic. If we posed

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that question, my guess is we would
already have spent the money before it

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is posed to um to the to the to the
citizens. What happens if they reject

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it? Well, that the plan is not to uh is
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once.
>> Okay, I understood Ruth then. I

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apologize.
>> Yeah, we don't we don't um capital

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expenditures um
really except for bonds and stuff. Um

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don't don't don't have to have a warrant
article once because the town has voted

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» to put the money in capital for that
purpose. Listen, as long as you're using

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it for that purpose, then then you
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>> yeah, my fault. I I misunderstood what

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Ruth said.
>> No, Rich, you didn't misunderstand, but

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we can take them off the ballot if you
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» Well, that's on the draft.
>> Why would Why would that specifically be

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>> What's the question again, Rich? Sorry.

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» Why that would specifically be on the
draft ballot if if we're going to pay

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for something before they have the
chance to vote for it? Yeah, I think I

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think right and I think um it's been
custom to oftentimes ask for um you know

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to put some of these capital
expenditures out to vote you know on big

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things like trucks especially.
>> Sure. you know, um, but in this in this

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case, I think, you know, with a well and
septic, which is a borderline urgent

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situation and the money's in the capital
account and needs to be done, like you

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said before, people would actually
probably get the chance to vote on it

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anyway, that, um, it would be part of
it. No.

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so is there is there a motion on Well,
wait. Actually, we'll go back and um do

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you want me to It sounds like there's
right now we're at um

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moving that to zero and moving that to
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Um but again, it's not going to change
anything at the bottom line. So

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um funds for town manager search. So, um
I think we we said at our last meeting

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that I that that we were wanted to take,
you know, this question and the

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marijuana and the ordinance stuff, you
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and then um potentially
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try to work through some of those things
maybe in November if we had the

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opportunity to put um some of those
things on the ballot. But but um are

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people still feeling that they don't
want to put the town manager question

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out this year or how what are people
thinking about that?

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» I don't think we need to do it this
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» Yeah. Leave it on.
>> I I think there's I need to do it. With

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that said, because of the time frame
that when this is going to take place, I

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I I think the ship's kind of sailed by
that time. So, it'd be probably best in

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our best interest to put it towards next
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» Yeah, I I I would agree. I think it's um
the timing and the timing is just not

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right and I'm not sure we'd even be able
to get the resources to do a search and

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who even knows what the process would be
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» um I agree.
>> How will we even do it?

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» Exact. Yeah. Well, so um

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um and I had already zeroed the funds
for severance because because of the

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timing that was never going to be paid
in 2020 anyway. And really the the way

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for us to address this as a board is um
via a severance policy um to be adopted.

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We we should adopt a policy that kind of
guides us and how what the town's um

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position is when you know if we run into
a situation where there's a separation

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um because of an organizational
structural change or something like that

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through no fault of the uh employee but
that'll be a separate discussion for um

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for later. So,
uh, transfer emergency fund. Um, again,

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this one was being funded from
undesated. Um,

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I would personally like to leave this
one in. Um, because again, there's no

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impact to the tax rate this year. All it
simply does is make another $10,000 more

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accessible via the emergency fund should
something come up. So if we if we need

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to spend emergency fund money, it has to
be approved by the budget committee and

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the selectman um in order to spend it.
But if if there's if there's no funds in

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this account, which I think I think
there's less than 10,000 in it now,

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» um then we we couldn't we wouldn't have
it to spend. we would literally have to

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go call a special town meeting to um to
get undesated funds to cover whatever

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the emergency was that we were talking
about. So, um my feeling is to leave

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this one on on there.

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My recommendation
>> Go ahead, Mil. What do you got? Yeah,

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just um if you do leave it on, if if one
of you could participate in our budget

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committee meeting next week to give, you
know, your point of view because the the

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the when the budget committee last met,
there was there was there were questions

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that were left unanswered, which is why
the budget committee voted against this

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line. So, I think it would help if if
they heard it from, you know, one of you

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why it's, you know, why we would benefit
from it.

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» I'm checking my calendar now. When are
you meeting?

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» The 11th, I believe. Is that right,
Ruth?

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» Yeah, this Monday.
>> Yeah, I can probably do that, Mel.

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» Okay. I mean, yeah, and you know, I'd be
welcome to be there, too. But I think

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just being in the situation that we're
all currently in and just I think

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there's time to recognize that that that
needs to be funded and have funds

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available. Um, if if now's not a good
indication of why, then I don't know

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what would spark someone's interest into
ever participating in it.

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» Yeah. And again, it's just a shifting of
money. It's taking money that's not

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» not liquid and making it more liquid for
us if we need it really is what it is.

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» It from
>> from undesated.

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» Okay. Yeah. All right. I was going to
suggest that.

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» Yeah, that that's the plan. Yep.
>> Okay.

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» Um
Okay. And so that takes us through uh

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the operational stuff.
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any and then in capital
the only thing because this is there's

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some difference between selectment and
budget committee. So budget committee

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will have to have their own discussions
but right now we were um spending uh

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54,550

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uh for fire capital and that was all
coming out of uh fire department capital

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reserves and um 188,600
uh for a plow truck and that was also

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all coming out of public works reserves.
So cutting anything here is like some of

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the other stuff we've talked about um is
not going to impact this year's um tax

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rate.
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» So Kevin, if you're not going to put the
capital expenses for the fire department

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on the warrant, then you know, you don't
really have to vote on them. At least

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not tonight.
>> Well, I was just Well, I think

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Yeah, actually we can cut we can
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» we can take get a few we can get a few
questions off the warrant by

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» Right.

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» Yep. Um
I don't know how do people feel. How do

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people feel about that?
basically not putting basically just um

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well but if we don't if if we well
what if

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and now I'm I'm I might go back on
myself here but how do we then deal with

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um
showing a selectman in a budget

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committee recommendation?
>> Well, if your recommendation is zero,

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then you don't have to put it on the
>> right. No, I get that. But here our

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recommendation isn't zero. It's 54,550.
>> You could just take it off the budget. I

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mean, it would be included.
>> That's true. We We only have to provide

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a
It's only if it's on the warrant.

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» Right.
>> Right.

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Yeah.
>> This is money we've partially already

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spent. Right.
>> Most of it. Yeah.

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» Screw.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

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» Yeah. All right.

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I
>> mean, it's out of capital, so

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» Yeah. Do people feel the same way about
the truck?

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» Nope.
>> I didn't think so.

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» I think that should be on the ballot. I
think we'll get

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up against
>> Yeah, I definitely think it should be on

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the ballot.
>> Yeah. Yeah.

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But I I think the um
Ruth, you had an opinion and and I don't

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know if Calvin is is still here, but
that that was a pretty amazing price and

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that um unlike feeling was unlikely to
get that price next year or who knows

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could be better if things go really in
the crapper. But

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» yeah, you don't really know.
>> I think I think there is a good chance

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he might be better. I mean, they're
pretty aggressive right now on vehicles.

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Yeah. Also, we spent a lot of money on
the two older trucks that we've only got

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a couple years out of a lot of money
spent on them.

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» Yeah. But I I I hear that. But at that
kind of a

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how money spent on two other trucks
doesn't really

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» Oh, I know.
>> play into whether a third truck is

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reached the end of its life or not,
>> right?

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» Yeah. I have no problem putting the
truck on the ballot, just to to clarify.

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I just don't feel comfortable spending
that amount of money in capital if we

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had the the right to do so as a board
without the people's

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» Yeah. No, on this one I I would agree. I
I wouldn't I wouldn't buy a truck

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without putting it before the town.
>> Yeah.

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» If it was an e situation where something
was expired like the breathing apparatus

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that the fire department needed, I can
at least kind of make a rational

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argument with that, an easy argument
with that of why we had to do so. Can't

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do that with this truck.
>> Yep.

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» Yeah. I say leave it on.
>> Okay. So leave it on. Leave our

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recommendation as is.
>> I would. Yes. Be my vote.

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» All right. So
then going down through this, we didn't

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really
we didn't really change anything that

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hadn't already been done like that that
affected the tax rate. I mean, we pulled

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out the town manager fund um and
severance had already been pulled out.

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We pulled out the um assessing capital.
Was that being raised? No. Uh, yeah, it

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was being raised.
>> That was gonna be raised.

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» Yeah. Um, so that one actually Well, if
it's going to be zero, we don't have to

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we don't need to vote to we haven't
voted to put the article on the warrant

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yet. So, we don't have to vote to take
it off. So,

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» right.
>> Um,

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» maybe we see what the budget committee
comes up with.

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» Not if we're not going to put it on.
That's our decision that we put on.

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» That's right. That's right.
Um.

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Uh. Okay. So,
>> so what did was how much do we take off

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that was coming out of undesated funds
that we eliminated?

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» Oh, geez. That was um
let's see. Um well, from our original

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recommendation,
>> um 80 8,600 there.

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» Uh 8,000 there.
So that So that's 166.

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I think that was it.
>> That was it.

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» I'm looking.
>> Yeah, that was And

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um
>> so where does this get us next impact?

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» Yeah. Uh so net if we go to the bottom
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» on the municipal. Yeah. because we
didn't, like I said, everything we

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changed was und designated fund stuff,
so it didn't impact me. But it has us,

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it we're bringing a municipal budget
>> that's 2% less than last year.

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» Yeah.
>> Um, school right now is estimated at

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1.7, but like I said, I think that might
come down.

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» Um, county is county. Uh, overlay is
that's a pretty small overlay. Um and

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then which gives us this 0.5% total. But
like I said, if I think the school

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reduction alone may get us um to flat at
for a total rate, but uh if the um town

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assessed total assessed value that we
base taxes off, you know, goes up, it it

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only had it's literally it's it's a
percentage percentage thing the way the

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math works. So if valuation goes up 0.5%
then this will go down 0.5% and we'll be

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at flat. So I'm I'm pretty confident
that this these numbers right here are

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going to have us um
>> much flat

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» flat and probably actually down a little
bit.

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» Would you agree with that Ruth? You
>> I got my fingers crossed.

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» Yeah. I mean it does depend on the
valuation. um and what the school does.

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» Yeah, I think the valuation will go up.
I don't know what percentage. Um and the

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other thing too is is um people who have
a homestead exemption will see a bigger

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exemption this year. Um although it
won't be the full 25% because we're at

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87 25,000 because we're at 87%. Um it'll
still be more than last year. So if they

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have the That's right.
>> their tax bill will actually go down

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simply because of the homestead
exemption.

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» Yep. Yep. So
>> hey Kevin. Yeah.

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» Um that doesn't mean if we're we're
holding the rate at zero, but that

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doesn't mean the tax bill will be no
increase, right? Because if the even if

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if we hold the rate, but valuation goes
up, they'd still do see a slight

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increase in their taxes.
>> No. No. So the to the towns Well, if

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their individual valuation went up, yes.
But the town valuation that I'm talking

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about that comes from the state, that's
a different that's a different deal.

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That that often goes up where the and
then that's the issue why we need a

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reassessment. That's that total number
has been going up what the state

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estimates the total value of the
property is and the um but our

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individual assessments have not been
keeping up with that. So, um,

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» okay.
>> Unless unless somebody's individual

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property gets a different assessed
value, um, then if if the tax rate was

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the same, they'd have the same tax bill.
>> Okay. Thank you.

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» And no whispering on the set, Rich.
>> My wife's upset because my kids were

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home all day, obviously, and they
drained her computer dead, and this is

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her office, and she had to get her cord.
Ah.

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All right.

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» Uh, hey Ruth, is there any concerns on
the revenue side?

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» That's a great question.
>> So,

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so the way that the town of Durham does
our our budget is we balance base it off

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of last year's uh revenue.
So, take excise tax. We have about

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$950,000 worth of excise tax last year.
So that's what we put toward this year's

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budget. So when we come to the end of
the year, depending on what the excise

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tax collected this year is, there would
either be a surplus to the undesated

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fund or a negative to the un designated
fund. So say we come to December, we've

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collected $900,000 worth of revenue for
excise tax. That would mean that our

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undesated fund would take a hit of
$50,000. So, I had sent you guys um some

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dire predictions
and I did try and make them pretty

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pretty um you know, sad um hoping that
that they would be happier when we get

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the actual figures. Um but yeah, so so
our undesated fund would take will take

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a hit in December depending on what the
revenue ends up being this year. And um

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I think I know both Ruth and I have been
sitting in on a lot of um Greater

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Portland Council of Government and MMA
meetings with other you know managers

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and uh chairs and mayors and things of
that sort talking about a lot of these

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issues. And at least right now, the
state is holding firm saying that in

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2020, what what they've estimated that
school districts and towns will get in

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terms of school aid and local revenue
sharing um is um is holding that they're

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that that's going to come in. Um the the
other big theme we talk about is like

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the big challenges and the big pain is
probably next year's budget. Um because

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that's when we're going to see um the
impacts of real revenue decreases. And

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um it's also one of the reasons why I
don't want to um I don't want to go too

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far
uh cutting this year because if we cut

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too much this year, we know that we just
know because of the challenges coming

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next year, it would just the
year-over-year increase would be that

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much more magnified. Um it would be like
um be a real shocker I think to people

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because I think um I think next year is
going to be a very challenging budget

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year because of the revenue side

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» okay thanks

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» any other questions

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so um
our board members is

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uh comfortable with amending our
um

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uh budget recommendation to align with
this scenario that we've just been going

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through.
If if so, we can go back to the handful

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of items that we need to take votes on
to adjust our recommendation. Um if not,

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we can uh keep talking.

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Is there anybody that's not comfortable
with this at this point?

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Okay, then I'm gonna
>> Okay, I'm going to zip down through and

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we're going to uh take votes to uh
adjust our recommendations

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um and then we'll um kind of have that
on the record for um for the budget

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committee when they meet uh next week.
So, I'm going to move that

419
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:39,599
we adjust our um budget recommendation
for administration

420
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:42,919
to
uh $390,544

421
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:48,520
with 106,347

422
00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:54,119
uh transferred and $284,187

423
00:34:54,399 --> 00:34:57,399
raised.

424
00:34:57,839 --> 00:35:04,800
Second.
>> Rob seconds. Any discussion?

425
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:10,079
And we got to do the roll call votes.
So, we got we got a handful of these.

426
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:13,359
So, if you're in favor of that, say yes.
If not, say no. Rich,

427
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:15,520
» yes.
>> Rob,

428
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:17,359
» yes.
>> Todd,

429
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,200
» yes.
>> Mark,

430
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:24,320
» yes.
>> And I'm a yes.

431
00:35:21,359 --> 00:35:29,200
Okay. Um,
I'm going to move that we alter our

432
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:35,440
recommendation for the payment of the
ambulance bond and that we transfer

433
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:39,920
$41,720
and raise zero.

434
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:45,520
Is there a second to that?
>> I'll second it.

435
00:35:41,119 --> 00:35:50,720
» Todd seconds. Any discussion?
All right. If you're in favor, yes. Uh,

436
00:35:49,599 --> 00:35:53,599
» Rich,
>> yes. Rob,

437
00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:55,119
» yes.
>> Todd,

438
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:58,320
» yes.
>> Mark,

439
00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:02,040
» yes.
>> And I'm a yes.

440
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:13,520
I'm going to move that we change our
recommendation for uh payment on the

441
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:23,400
2018 road bond uh for the the same
amount but that we uh transfer $50,000

442
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:23,400
and raise 197,460.

443
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:33,839
» I'll second it.
>> Todd seconds. Any discussion?

444
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:36,079
In favor, say yes. Rich,
>> yes.

445
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,839
» Rob,
>> yes.

446
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:39,920
» Todd,
>> yes.

447
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:45,560
» Mark,
>> yes.

448
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:45,560
» And myself, I'm a yes.

449
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:56,839
I'm going to move that we reduce our
recommendation on the public works

450
00:36:52,079 --> 00:36:56,839
budget to 1,38,693.

451
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:02,520
with 1,6763

452
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:11,000
uh transferred and $31,930
raised.

453
00:37:12,079 --> 00:37:17,560
» Second.
>> Rob seconds. Any discussion?

454
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:23,119
If in favor say yes. Rich,
>> yes.

455
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,119
» Rob,
>> yes.

456
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:27,440
» Todd,
>> yes.

457
00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:32,200
Mark.
>> Yes.

458
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:32,200
» And I'm a yes.

459
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,320
Okay.

460
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:47,079
Um I'm going to move that we uh change
the selection's recommendation for the

461
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:47,079
raise pool um to zero.

462
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:55,839
» Second. Is
>> there a second? Rich. Second. Second.

463
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:59,440
Yes. Um okay.
If you're in favor, say yes.

464
00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:00,800
» Rich,
>> yes.

465
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:05,680
» Yes.
>> Rob, no.

466
00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:08,079
Todd,
>> yes.

467
00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:13,839
» Mark,
>> yes.

468
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:20,160
» And Kevin is a yes.
So, four to one on that one.

469
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:24,240
But we will is we will um Is there
anybody opposed to still putting that

470
00:38:21,839 --> 00:38:28,320
question on the warrant?
Although, you know what, Rob? If if it's

471
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:32,160
a secret, well, I guess the
>> if it's zero, then they can only vote it

472
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:35,040
up or down. They can't change it,
>> right? And if it's Yeah. There's no

473
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:39,640
amendment. It's not like a normal town
meeting where somebody could amend it

474
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:39,640
from the floor.

475
00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:46,440
» That's why I want to make sure we get it
on the ballot.

476
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:55,839
» So, I'm confused. But but but
if they vote it well I guess if I guess

477
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:59,520
if the budget committee had a different
recommendation

478
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:03,280
they could because what they're going to
have is they're going to be able to

479
00:39:01,119 --> 00:39:08,480
choose um between the selectman or the
budget committee recommendation.

480
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:11,599
Um it's unclear what happens if there's
if we have to put like none of the above

481
00:39:10,079 --> 00:39:14,320
or something like that on there. What
happens? Um

482
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:17,760
» I'm confused as to how the budget
committee would have a recommendation if

483
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:21,119
we're not putting that on the ballot for
making it zero. What are they

484
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:27,359
recommending on?
>> Yeah, I think normally we wouldn't. Um,

485
00:39:25,119 --> 00:39:32,000
you know, Rob expressed an interest in
having the question go before the town,

486
00:39:30,079 --> 00:39:38,560
which in a normal town meeting year, I
guess I would get, but if it's a secret

487
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:42,160
ballot, then there's no opportunity to
amend it, like, you know, have a

488
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:47,960
discussion on the floor and somebody,
you know, raise it, you know, to 8,600

489
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,960
or whatever.

490
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:57,760
We can come back to that. We don't have
to decide tonight whether that um goes

491
00:39:55,760 --> 00:40:02,960
on the ballot. We can think about that
one some more

492
00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:07,680
because even if the
um even if the budget committee for the

493
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:13,839
sake of argument came back and they
wanted to fund the 2% say if the board

494
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:18,560
was at zero
that we can still we still don't have to

495
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:23,440
put the question out there um because we
are in effect not it's not a money

496
00:40:21,599 --> 00:40:28,400
spending article at that point because
we're not proposing any money be spent.

497
00:40:26,720 --> 00:40:35,280
Right. I guess you could could you could
you word it as in terms of the um

498
00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:41,280
you you pose the question the do you
recommend do you um

499
00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:47,680
would you like the um to have a raise
pool of up to 3% and the selectman's uh

500
00:40:45,359 --> 00:40:50,880
recommendation is no. Is that
>> Yeah, I think we could do something. I

501
00:40:49,599 --> 00:40:56,880
was just thinking I think we could do
something. I don't think we're limited

502
00:40:53,200 --> 00:41:03,440
to um number of choices. Like for
instance, we could say we could put the

503
00:40:59,359 --> 00:41:08,240
question on there uh to see what some
the town wants to you know raise for

504
00:41:05,599 --> 00:41:13,599
raise pool. Um
A could be selectman recommends zero. B

505
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:20,079
could be budget committee recommends
zero.

506
00:41:15,119 --> 00:41:25,599
C could be 2% which equals $8,600.
and D could be, you know, something

507
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:30,480
else. I think we could do a multiple
choice um question like that. Would you

508
00:41:29,119 --> 00:41:35,040
agree with that, Ruth, based on what
you've learned so far?

509
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:40,400
» Uh it's not the suggestion of MMA. So
MMA's suggestion is that um it's a

510
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:44,079
closedended article so that
>> Oh, okay.

511
00:41:41,359 --> 00:41:47,440
» Uh so it's a yes or no, basically. But
>> how do you do a closedended article with

512
00:41:45,839 --> 00:41:49,920
a selectman and a budget committee's
recommendation? Well, I'm still working

513
00:41:49,119 --> 00:41:55,599
on that.
>> Okay.

514
00:41:52,480 --> 00:42:00,880
» So, there are some towns uh that do, you
know, put down the as as the options,

515
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:04,160
the selectman's recommendation, the
budget committee recommendation, and

516
00:42:02,240 --> 00:42:11,040
then basically none of the above. There
has to be an option on the ballot that

517
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:15,599
that to vote it down, unfortunately.
>> Yeah. So we we need to find out what

518
00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:17,200
happens if they do vote it down because
does that mean

519
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:20,560
» well
>> oh we talked about the article about

520
00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:23,520
putting at the beginning like to revert
to Ly right

521
00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:26,160
» and and there's no guarantee that would
pass either but

522
00:42:24,319 --> 00:42:30,720
» I know right okay
>> you would need to take another vote to

523
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:34,079
get a um like if the school budgets
voted down they would have to to go back

524
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:38,839
and another vote.
>> Oh that'll be fun. Okay.

525
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:43,680
All right. All right. So, we can come
back to whether um like I said, we don't

526
00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:47,920
have to decide tonight. So, we've
already here and

527
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:52,800
um
this one

528
00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:58,480
I think we just take this one off the
town manager search.

529
00:42:54,640 --> 00:43:01,839
» Is that people good with that one?
>> Taking it off. Yes.

530
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:06,960
» The budget committee recommended zero on
this one anyway. So, um I think we don't

531
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:10,960
put we don't have this we're not putting
the town manager question on the ballot.

532
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:14,640
So, we don't need this, you know, on the
on the article. So, I don't and I don't

533
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:20,560
think we need to vote to take it off
because we never voted to put it on. So,

534
00:43:18,240 --> 00:43:22,960
okay. So, I think that I think that
takes care of the necessary votes that

535
00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:27,760
we
>> actually the only change, Kevin, is the

536
00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:31,200
the truck is a lower amount because uh
it came

537
00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:37,040
» Oh, yes. Thank you. Yeah. Okay. Um, so
I'm going to move we change our

538
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:43,000
recommendation on the um,
uh, public works capital expense to

539
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:43,000
$188,600

540
00:43:43,599 --> 00:43:54,000
um, to be all be uh, transferred from
public works capital.

541
00:43:50,400 --> 00:44:01,680
There a second on that.
>> Second.

542
00:43:55,119 --> 00:44:01,680
» Okay, Rob. Second. Um, any discussion?

543
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:13,440
So if you if if just so for procedure,
if you were thinking that

544
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:19,359
voting this down would bring it to zero,
that's not what would happen. It would

545
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:23,119
actually leave it at 216202.
If you

546
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:26,720
» are thinking you want to recommend zero,
then we would that would have to be a

547
00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:35,440
separate motion and we would vote on
that. So the the motion right now is to

548
00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:41,760
change the recommendation from 216202
to 188600, but the board would still be

549
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:46,119
um recommending the purchase of the
truck. Okay.

550
00:44:46,240 --> 00:44:54,640
Any other discussion or questions on
that?

551
00:44:50,800 --> 00:45:00,960
Okay. So, if you're in favor of changing
the truck recommendation from 216202 to

552
00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:05,079
188600,
uh, say yes. Rich,

553
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:09,319
» um, could just for clarific,

554
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:23,119
» right? So, my my only question is, is
that is that wise to do? Should we leave

555
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:27,000
a little cushion in there like 192 or is
this okay to roll with that?

556
00:45:27,839 --> 00:45:34,640
» Last year, uh, the only thing that
we ended up having to spend extra on is

557
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:40,319
getting the truck lettered town of
Durham and that was an extra cost was

558
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:44,319
under $1,000,000
that wouldn't hurt my feelings.

559
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:47,359
» That could just come out of regular
budget though, right?

560
00:45:45,359 --> 00:45:49,839
» Right. Right. Right.
>> Yeah.

561
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:53,200
I'm in favor. Yes.
>> Because this this is a contracted price,

562
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:56,200
right, Calvin? If approved at town
meeting.

563
00:45:56,400 --> 00:46:02,640
» Yes. Uh what I would have is
>> That wasn't a resounding yet.

564
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:09,760
» That wasn't a very good yet.
>> The only hesitation I have is I think I

565
00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:13,040
think that those bids are good for a
certain amount of time and we haven't.

566
00:46:11,599 --> 00:46:17,040
So, I'm wondering if that was only good
for 30 days and where we didn't accept

567
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:19,839
it, I suppose someone could could could
back out on the deal. I mean, I don't

568
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:24,160
know how that I'm not I've never had
this happen, so I'm not sure. Any

569
00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:29,200
suggestion, Rob?
>> Well, get something in writing from them

570
00:46:26,640 --> 00:46:32,319
that says they'll hold their bid until a
referendum in July.

571
00:46:31,359 --> 00:46:35,599
» Okay.
>> And if that's the number, then that's

572
00:46:34,079 --> 00:46:39,680
what we'll use.
>> Yeah. Okay.

573
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:44,000
» I I would think for um for tonight, I
would think we could still

574
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:49,040
change our recommendation
um and and basically get that task done.

575
00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:54,400
And if for some reason something
changes, we can always vote to change

576
00:46:51,280 --> 00:47:00,720
our recommendation again.
>> Good.

577
00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:05,599
Any other discussions or questions?
Okay. So, if you're in favor of changing

578
00:47:02,319 --> 00:47:09,040
the recommendation to uh the 188600
number, uh say yes. If you're not, say

579
00:47:08,240 --> 00:47:12,640
no.
>> Rich? Yes,

580
00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:14,960
» Rob.
>> Yes,

581
00:47:13,839 --> 00:47:17,280
» Todd.
>> Yes,

582
00:47:16,240 --> 00:47:23,400
» Mark.
>> Yes.

583
00:47:18,240 --> 00:47:23,400
» And I am also a yes. Okay.

584
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:29,400
Anything else, Ruth?
On on this subject?

585
00:47:29,839 --> 00:47:38,000
» Not that I can think of. So I if you
look at the draft warrant um what I did

586
00:47:35,119 --> 00:47:41,359
is I I uh
because it's quite confusing in the way

587
00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:45,760
we do it with the transfer and the
appropriations and everything. I I left

588
00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:49,760
everything raise and appropriate and at
the very end uh there's a warrant

589
00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:56,480
article and many towns do this that
actually just um transfers a certain

590
00:47:52,720 --> 00:48:00,319
number of dollars from the uh revenue
fund.

591
00:47:58,480 --> 00:48:04,720
» Yeah, I saw some articles like that too.
It just it's kind of uh

592
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:12,400
» they don't worry about it article by
article. They just do like a lump sum

593
00:48:09,599 --> 00:48:15,680
» and and that's really it. It's
>> like

594
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:20,800
» it's the same end result. But
>> yeah, I I hope it doesn't confuse people

595
00:48:18,319 --> 00:48:24,640
too much, but um doing it the other way
would be very confusing. The only thing

596
00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:31,119
with that though is that we've kind of
trained people if they see raise that

597
00:48:28,240 --> 00:48:37,280
means tax money. Whereas if they see
transfer they say okay that's not coming

598
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:43,520
out of taxes. So I I don't know. I again
I hesitate to change things up too much

599
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:47,599
when we're um when we're having such a
big change in

600
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:52,400
format and process.
>> I can I can try and write it the other

601
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:58,000
direction. Um, and we'll we'll look at
it both ways. Okay, you

602
00:48:53,520 --> 00:49:04,240
» guys. That's good.
>> Okay, I think that takes care of um 5C,

603
00:49:02,319 --> 00:49:12,079
discussion of the budget to be presented
at town meeting. So, um,

604
00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:17,960
next is 5D, a discussion of the tax
anticipation note. I'm going to stop

605
00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:17,960
sharing this screen here.

606
00:49:19,839 --> 00:49:27,839
Okay. And at least I'm back to regular
view now. All right. Ruth, what what

607
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:31,359
would you brief us on with the regard to
the tan?

608
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:36,079
» So, um I think we can wait till next
week to take a vote on it. Uh the reason

609
00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:41,119
I did up two new cash forecasts, well
not two but a new cash forecast for it

610
00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:47,040
was to show you the difference uh in the
tan uh if we commit taxes the end of

611
00:49:44,240 --> 00:49:50,240
July or if for some reason and I don't
know what the reason would be we had to

612
00:49:48,319 --> 00:49:54,119
commit taxes later in the year. So the
tan just goes up.

613
00:49:54,960 --> 00:50:00,079
» So I guess
>> I'm sorry. Oh, July Oh, July versus

614
00:49:58,319 --> 00:50:02,960
October commitment. Okay, I got you.
Yeah.

615
00:50:01,599 --> 00:50:08,559
Hey, I don't know if I asked this
before. If I did, I apologize, but why

616
00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:14,079
is the outflow number in August double
what it is in the other months?

617
00:50:11,359 --> 00:50:18,079
» Uh, that's the month that we pay our uh
county tax.

618
00:50:16,319 --> 00:50:22,920
» Okay, there you go.
>> I went I went in and I'm like,

619
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:32,079
» "All right. Is there any any possibility
of talking to the county about their

620
00:50:29,839 --> 00:50:35,520
attacks?
Um, doubtful.

621
00:50:34,559 --> 00:50:37,280
» Yeah.
>> Well,

622
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:39,359
» nominate you for that committee. They
asked for somebody to participate.

623
00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:42,319
» They're looking for somebody. They're
still looking for somebody to be on that

624
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:49,800
budget committee.
>> I vote zero.

625
00:50:45,680 --> 00:50:49,800
» You're the man for the job, Todd.

626
00:50:50,079 --> 00:50:57,040
So, okay. So, um,
yeah. And that's hopefully by next uh

627
00:50:55,200 --> 00:51:01,040
week again, we'll have a more we'll be
able to I'm hoping next week if we have

628
00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:07,920
firm direction from the governor, we'll
be able to actually set dates of um

629
00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:16,319
meetings and votes and such. So,
okay, we are on to uh department um

630
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:19,440
uh department head reports. The fire
chief is not here tonight. So, Calvin,

631
00:51:18,319 --> 00:51:24,800
you're up.
>> Okay, that's about all I've got. So,

632
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:27,119
Great report.
>> Good.

633
00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:32,400
» Fair enough.
>> Yeah. Um, so everything's going fine so

634
00:51:31,040 --> 00:51:36,720
far with what the state's doing with
Route 9. No issues there so far.

635
00:51:34,559 --> 00:51:41,119
» Yep. Been down, checked on that. It all
It's all going as planned.

636
00:51:39,040 --> 00:51:46,000
» Okay.
>> Very good. We've got some potholes that

637
00:51:43,599 --> 00:51:50,160
we keep reporting to do that some people
have been complaining about on Route 9

638
00:51:47,839 --> 00:51:55,280
at Cerosis Corner and a couple other
places and we keep calling them and we

639
00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:58,880
get no response. I don't know whether to
just go do it myself or I mean I don't

640
00:51:56,880 --> 00:52:02,000
know if I want to start that
>> I don't know if that's a

641
00:52:00,240 --> 00:52:07,599
» I wouldn't establish that precedent.
>> I know that's I wouldn't do that either.

642
00:52:04,880 --> 00:52:10,960
» That one rose corner it's getting bad.
>> Yeah. It just makes us look bad when it

643
00:52:10,079 --> 00:52:14,559
doesn't happen because it looks like
we're not doing it. They most people

644
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:20,000
don't realize the DOT does one thing and
we do another. So, I'll have to put

645
00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:23,680
something out there.
>> What's the Do we have that speed

646
00:52:21,839 --> 00:52:30,079
enforcement sign yet?
>> We do and we're working on that. Uh um I

647
00:52:28,240 --> 00:52:34,079
don't know if we we'll be getting that
out hopefully completed for giving an

648
00:52:32,559 --> 00:52:39,119
update on that to the next meeting, but
we have it and we've we've had to go buy

649
00:52:36,319 --> 00:52:43,640
a small trailer and retrofit it to meet
what we're going to do. So

650
00:52:40,640 --> 00:52:43,640
» Okay.

651
00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:51,280
» All right. Great. Thank you,
Ruth. Town administrator report.

652
00:52:49,599 --> 00:52:55,280
» Uh
we've we've been through everything. Um

653
00:52:53,200 --> 00:53:00,720
the only thing I I just wanted to talk
about was uh you know the town office is

654
00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:05,040
looking at the possibility of of um
opening uh for appointment only. Um I

655
00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:09,599
don't know whether it'll be next week or
the week after. It depends on when we

656
00:53:06,559 --> 00:53:17,440
get um everything uh in place and and
that will be for uh necessary um or what

657
00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:23,119
people want to be necessary uh
transactions and also for the higher

658
00:53:20,079 --> 00:53:28,559
risk uh population who may wish to come
into the office uh when there's not a

659
00:53:25,599 --> 00:53:33,680
line. Um, and then right around June
1st, which is this the the date that

660
00:53:31,599 --> 00:53:39,760
most of the other town offices are are
beginning to open completely, we'll have

661
00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:46,200
protocol in place um for uh social
distancing and uh and we will have to

662
00:53:42,640 --> 00:53:46,200
reopen the office.

663
00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:55,520
» I don't know. I I don't understand why
we need to wait so long.

664
00:53:51,920 --> 00:54:01,520
» I don't either. Um, we
why like on the soft opening,

665
00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:06,880
why wouldn't we like have a sign on the
door says that limits, you know, two

666
00:54:03,839 --> 00:54:15,200
people at a time in the lobby and put
some cones or something outside for six

667
00:54:09,119 --> 00:54:19,920
foot distancing for the line um and um
just let people queue up.

668
00:54:17,440 --> 00:54:24,720
» There's there's a couple of issues. Um,
you know, one is that that Becky didn't

669
00:54:21,839 --> 00:54:29,040
get a ton of counterwork yet. Um, and so
Pam's going to be helping her a lot. And

670
00:54:27,200 --> 00:54:34,000
so it would be very difficult to have
two windows going right away. I could

671
00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:38,000
help, but that would mean that I would
spend most of my day at the window with

672
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:40,640
Becky making sure that that everything
went fine.

673
00:54:38,640 --> 00:54:45,839
» Okay, that's legit. Then just do one one
customer at a time. one. Yeah. One open.

674
00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:49,359
» And people can queue up outside and then
people

675
00:54:47,440 --> 00:54:51,760
uh can make when people drive by and
they see the line, they can make their

676
00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:54,079
own decision on whether they want to
wait in that line or not.

677
00:54:53,359 --> 00:54:57,200
» Yeah.
>> Yeah. I would agree. But the only thing

678
00:54:55,599 --> 00:55:01,040
I would add maybe have them exit out the
back door.

679
00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:03,599
» You go through the front and you go out
the back and then that way nobody's ever

680
00:55:03,200 --> 00:55:06,000
crossed
>> through the AV room.

681
00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:09,920
» Through the AV room.
>> Looking at the other direction, but uh

682
00:55:08,240 --> 00:55:14,400
we're we're still working that out.
coming in the back door and going out

683
00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:18,640
the front door. And that being because
then um we don't need somebody to direct

684
00:55:17,200 --> 00:55:23,119
traffic out of the front door because
you can see when you come in the back

685
00:55:20,720 --> 00:55:27,440
door where the mana man's bathroom is,
you'd be able to see the windows and

686
00:55:24,720 --> 00:55:30,640
still be a sixoot distance and then you
>> and then you'd have people conjugating

687
00:55:28,880 --> 00:55:35,920
in the back room.
>> Not conjugating. They would be lined up

688
00:55:32,720 --> 00:55:38,640
like the the Hannerford lines.
>> Why wouldn't you just keep the majority

689
00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:40,640
of them outside and have them exit out
the back? I don't I don't get that at

690
00:55:40,240 --> 00:55:43,200
all.
>> Yeah, I kind

691
00:55:41,599 --> 00:55:46,400
» because you'd need somebody out front
directing traffic and allowing people in

692
00:55:45,200 --> 00:55:49,920
when there was
>> I don't think so. Not just one person

693
00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:54,400
only,
>> right? And why do why would you need

694
00:55:51,520 --> 00:55:56,960
that in the front but not in the back?
>> I think you need it more in the back.

695
00:55:55,680 --> 00:56:01,440
» I would I do too
>> because from the back you can see the

696
00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:05,599
people standing at the windows. So you
know when those people

697
00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:08,160
» only if you're in the building, but you
can keep everybody out of the building

698
00:56:06,880 --> 00:56:12,400
and they can see through the front door
if you do it from the front door.

699
00:56:10,240 --> 00:56:17,680
» Yeah. The next step would be in the c in
the uh al cove, right?

700
00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:21,040
» No, just Yeah, you can have one person
in the alco, but there's only one person

701
00:56:19,280 --> 00:56:23,760
allowed at the town office at the
windows. And then once they're done,

702
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:25,680
they'll exit and the next person can
walk in.

703
00:56:24,240 --> 00:56:28,240
» I would Yeah, I would keep them back.
Actually, I would keep them out of the

704
00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:30,240
alcohol because then you've got two
people that have to get pretty close to

705
00:56:29,599 --> 00:56:34,000
each other to
>> Yeah. No, not in the al cove.

706
00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:38,559
» So, I think you you draw your line, you
know, you know, back like if you're

707
00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:45,280
doing a straight shot right out the the
doors straight ahead, your your first

708
00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:48,880
person in line is probably to the left,
just to the left of that as you're

709
00:56:46,720 --> 00:56:52,079
coming out. And you there's a line there
and don't cross that line until it's

710
00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:57,200
your time to go in. And then that gives
plenty of space for the person exiting

711
00:56:54,720 --> 00:57:01,599
to get out. And you just do one at a
time. Oh, to go out the same door.

712
00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:05,599
» You could go.
>> That's what I mean. Go in and out the

713
00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:07,599
same door in the front and just set it
up so that that's

714
00:57:06,480 --> 00:57:10,480
» out the back door.
>> Well, that Well, I mean, we could do

715
00:57:08,720 --> 00:57:13,880
that, too. But, um, you could you could
still do that.

716
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:17,839
» Yeah.
>> I didn't know there was back door.

717
00:57:16,319 --> 00:57:22,640
» Yeah, Rob's got his Rob's got his hand
up. Sorry.

718
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:27,920
» Yeah. Sorry. I just like we're trying to
solve this uh complex problem here, but

719
00:57:25,520 --> 00:57:33,440
is it really that big a deal like to
open next week versus just wait till

720
00:57:30,799 --> 00:57:37,760
June 1st and when the when there's
further restrictions limited and I mean

721
00:57:35,839 --> 00:57:41,119
is there a big public outcry to open
town office? We don't have to register

722
00:57:39,520 --> 00:57:45,119
anything still
>> and we won't have any support from the

723
00:57:42,720 --> 00:57:48,480
state because the state's still not
working.

724
00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:52,799
» Yeah. So why not just wait till June 1st
and then we'll solve all these issues

725
00:57:50,079 --> 00:57:57,119
then?
>> I don't know. All I hear I I hear I keep

726
00:57:55,119 --> 00:58:01,200
hearing anecdotally like the phone's
ringing off the hook. We have so many

727
00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:03,920
people calling you. So I think I think
there is

728
00:58:02,079 --> 00:58:08,799
» but all of those those people we can
take care of over the phone,

729
00:58:05,920 --> 00:58:15,040
» right? It's just direction as to how to
do this or how to do that or you know

730
00:58:12,319 --> 00:58:20,400
that the governor has has allowed people
to drive their vehicles without plates

731
00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:25,520
or on temp plates for 30 days after the
emergencies lifted. So there's no

732
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:30,240
emergency for everybody to come in um
from May 15th until June 15th. And what

733
00:58:28,079 --> 00:58:34,160
we're trying to eliminate is the rush on
town hall. I don't want to have these

734
00:58:31,839 --> 00:58:38,240
huge lines where everybody's waiting to
get in and everybody's frustrated

735
00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:40,960
because there's this huge line.
>> You're still going to You don't think

736
00:58:39,359 --> 00:58:43,520
you're still going to have that June
1st?

737
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:46,319
» June 1st, we're still going to have all
the social distancing things. You're

738
00:58:44,960 --> 00:58:50,960
still going to have to have all the
precautions in the in the lobby that

739
00:58:48,960 --> 00:58:55,839
we're talking about now. People will
probably still have to wear masks. So,

740
00:58:53,440 --> 00:59:00,799
that that that aspect of it is not going
to change June 1. But if we take the

741
00:58:58,799 --> 00:59:06,640
most complicated
uh transactions as appointment only then

742
00:59:03,520 --> 00:59:10,559
we can control things a little better
and that would hopefully alleviate the

743
00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:14,799
the the most complicated and time
consuming um transactions are new

744
00:59:13,440 --> 00:59:18,400
registrations.
>> Yep.

745
00:59:15,839 --> 00:59:22,640
» And so if we took them by appointment
only and we got rid of a number of them

746
00:59:20,720 --> 00:59:28,079
before the June 1 opening then that
would decrease our lines. And then also,

747
00:59:25,680 --> 00:59:31,440
you know, with the trash tags, we're
we're looking towards probably setting

748
00:59:29,839 --> 00:59:34,240
up somebody outside at least for the
first couple days.

749
00:59:32,880 --> 00:59:36,960
» Well, that was part of my thing with
the, you know, with the 30 minute

750
00:59:35,599 --> 00:59:40,000
appointment windows, like there's a lot
of things people do that don't take

751
00:59:38,240 --> 00:59:44,000
anywhere near 30 minutes. So, in terms
of the, you know, your productivity and

752
00:59:42,960 --> 00:59:48,000
the number of people that you could
conceivably help, it's re you're really

753
00:59:46,240 --> 00:59:52,839
limiting yourself if you go to, you
know, 30 minute uh intervals.

754
00:59:54,160 --> 01:00:04,160
I think that's more to to give everybody
a time to do the most complicated

755
01:00:02,160 --> 01:00:07,720
transactions so that people don't back
up on each other.

756
01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:25,599
» Todd, did you have something?
Well, I mean, is this something that we

757
01:00:23,520 --> 01:00:29,280
have to vote on?
>> Well,

758
01:00:27,920 --> 01:00:33,839
depends on what you want to do. I mean,
you can vote on it and decide what to do

759
01:00:31,599 --> 01:00:37,440
or you can leave it up to me.
>> Well, I I think it's six and one half

760
01:00:35,599 --> 01:00:42,799
dozen of the other. I mean, I I don't
you're not going to resolve the problem

761
01:00:40,079 --> 01:00:45,839
on I if if people feel comfortable
enough. I mean, this is working in

762
01:00:44,319 --> 01:00:50,720
supermarkets where there are much higher
risk. This is working in restaurants.

763
01:00:48,079 --> 01:00:54,480
This is why is the town hall so
different? If the argument is because we

764
01:00:52,480 --> 01:00:58,960
need to get training for an individual,
that's fine. We'll limit our we'll limit

765
01:00:56,880 --> 01:01:03,359
it to that one person at a time so we
can you know make sure she's properly

766
01:01:00,960 --> 01:01:07,839
trained and also obviously limit the
exposure inside at one particular time.

767
01:01:05,440 --> 01:01:14,559
But it I don't understand why we would
wait till June 1st. I I just

768
01:01:12,079 --> 01:01:20,160
» I think we should go to May 11th.
I would I would even I would throw out I

769
01:01:16,799 --> 01:01:25,200
would even be okay if
you went to um if you're worried about

770
01:01:23,119 --> 01:01:32,400
being overwhelmed.
Uh I would be okay with not not having

771
01:01:29,280 --> 01:01:37,280
all of the hours that the office is open
be accessible to the public. Like maybe

772
01:01:34,240 --> 01:01:42,880
you start off with say, you know, we're
um the town office will be open to the

773
01:01:40,000 --> 01:01:48,799
public from, I don't know, 10 to 2, you
know, or whatever or or noon to 4 or or

774
01:01:46,319 --> 01:01:53,680
whatever, you know, just as a, you know,
as a kind of ramping up strategy. So it

775
01:01:52,079 --> 01:02:00,520
would still give you some time to kind
of um caught up on other stuff.

776
01:01:57,040 --> 01:02:00,520
» That's a good point.

777
01:02:01,040 --> 01:02:05,440
» Um
I don't know. What do you think? Well,

778
01:02:03,680 --> 01:02:12,400
so we are meeting again on Tuesday,
which is the 12th. Um,

779
01:02:10,640 --> 01:02:17,359
» Mill has his hand up, too.
>> Oh, sorry. Yeah, Mill, sorry. Go ahead.

780
01:02:15,119 --> 01:02:24,480
» My two sense I mean, if if they're only
allowing one person into the office at a

781
01:02:19,920 --> 01:02:28,240
time, I I I don't understand why the
women behind the window will feel

782
01:02:26,000 --> 01:02:32,160
overwhelmed. I mean, yes. I mean, one
transaction might take 20, 25 minutes.

783
01:02:30,480 --> 01:02:37,680
And people who are outside standing in
line can choose whether or not they want

784
01:02:34,319 --> 01:02:41,440
to remain in line. Um, you know, other
transactions will only take maybe 15

785
01:02:39,520 --> 01:02:45,680
minutes. And but the the people at the
window won't be overwhelmed because it's

786
01:02:43,119 --> 01:02:48,640
only going to be one customer at a time,
right? I think the I think where I was

787
01:02:47,440 --> 01:02:54,559
coming from with that, what was in my
head was that the um the line might

788
01:02:52,319 --> 01:02:57,599
never stop like that. It might just, you
know, in a normal course of business

789
01:02:55,920 --> 01:03:02,960
when you've got a couple of windows open
and um you're in normal periods, you

790
01:03:01,440 --> 01:03:06,880
have gaps during the day where there's
nobody at the window. But I think at

791
01:03:05,040 --> 01:03:10,640
least for a time when we first open,
there's likely to be a lot of people

792
01:03:09,440 --> 01:03:16,960
coming in for a lot of different
reasons. And it might just be a constant

793
01:03:13,839 --> 01:03:21,839
line all day. And if with it with one
window open um it might make it tough

794
01:03:19,839 --> 01:03:26,240
for them to get some of the other work
they need to get done done. So

795
01:03:23,839 --> 01:03:30,240
» yeah that that makes sense to me. I also
think you know whenever you that that

796
01:03:28,720 --> 01:03:34,640
office I think that they're going to
face that scenario whatever the date is

797
01:03:33,440 --> 01:03:39,119
when the office opens.
>> I agree which is why I agree why I think

798
01:03:37,280 --> 01:03:43,119
it's good to open earlier and start
working through some of that pent up

799
01:03:40,720 --> 01:03:47,760
demand. Yep.
>> Or we just open two days a week out of

800
01:03:45,359 --> 01:03:49,440
the four that were open,
>> you know.

801
01:03:48,079 --> 01:03:53,280
» Yeah, that's another option.
>> You know, just a Monday and a and a a

802
01:03:51,680 --> 01:03:55,920
Friday or something just so people can
get some maybe not Friday because that

803
01:03:54,640 --> 01:04:01,119
tends to be a busier day. Maybe a Monday
and a Thursday just to give some people,

804
01:03:59,440 --> 01:04:03,520
you know, I I just had a text yesterday
and I can I'll be more than happy to

805
01:04:02,400 --> 01:04:05,760
share it with anybody on the phone
asking when the town office is going to

806
01:04:05,039 --> 01:04:09,200
open.
>> Yeah. Um

807
01:04:07,599 --> 01:04:15,319
» so I do think there are people looking
for the town office to open.

808
01:04:11,680 --> 01:04:15,319
Yep, I agree.

809
01:04:18,880 --> 01:04:26,240
So, um I don't know where what do we
think next steps are. Do we need maybe

810
01:04:24,079 --> 01:04:31,599
like does Ruth come back to us with an
amended plan um on a for our meeting on

811
01:04:29,280 --> 01:04:37,839
Tuesday with and that we want the plan
to be um well, if we meet on Tuesday, we

812
01:04:35,680 --> 01:04:40,640
could say, you know, doesn't have to
start on a Monday. we could put out

813
01:04:39,440 --> 01:04:46,000
there, you know, for a really soft
opening, say communicated as best we can

814
01:04:43,440 --> 01:04:51,440
that, you know, town office will open
for limited hours starting, you know, on

815
01:04:48,640 --> 01:04:55,000
on Thursday
of next week.

816
01:04:56,079 --> 01:05:05,720
I think we can say now that we could
start on May 11th.

817
01:05:00,799 --> 01:05:05,720
As long as we get everything in place,

818
01:05:06,160 --> 01:05:10,480
» we'll have everything in place. So that
would be that would be Monday. So we

819
01:05:09,039 --> 01:05:14,000
wouldn't meet again before that. We
would just

820
01:05:11,440 --> 01:05:18,760
» have Ruth come up with a plan to um open
responsibly on May 11th.

821
01:05:15,760 --> 01:05:18,760
» Yeah.

822
01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:24,720
» Monday's May 11th,
>> I think. Calendar in front of me.

823
01:05:23,440 --> 01:05:28,160
» Yeah, because that's the day the budget
committee is meeting, right? Yeah.

824
01:05:26,799 --> 01:05:33,119
» Well, why don't why don't we have a
meeting on Tuesday and have a plan to

825
01:05:30,880 --> 01:05:37,039
reopen on the 14th? That way we can have
a discussion on it before we do do that.

826
01:05:34,880 --> 01:05:39,839
» Yeah, that's what I was suggesting, too.
was it?

827
01:05:38,720 --> 01:05:42,400
» Sorry if I missed that.
>> I just don't know what's going to

828
01:05:40,960 --> 01:05:47,440
change.
>> Well, I think it's it's it's a matter of

829
01:05:45,520 --> 01:05:50,799
of Ruth being able to go back to the
staff and say, "Okay, this is the goal.

830
01:05:49,200 --> 01:05:56,720
We need to" and we've talked about
various ways it could happen. um uh to

831
01:05:55,119 --> 01:06:02,960
send it back to them and say, "Okay, we
want to we want a plan that uh opens

832
01:06:00,400 --> 01:06:09,200
town office at least for, you know, at
least for starting half days um on

833
01:06:06,000 --> 01:06:12,359
Thursday the 14th." Um and see what that
looks like.

834
01:06:15,599 --> 01:06:19,880
Other thoughts on that?

835
01:06:22,240 --> 01:06:27,839
No.
>> Ruth, do you feel you could get started

836
01:06:24,960 --> 01:06:33,599
on the 11th?
>> Um, I I wouldn't mind a couple extra

837
01:06:30,160 --> 01:06:38,760
days to make sure we have everything
um you know, all the signs and

838
01:06:35,440 --> 01:06:38,760
everything up.

839
01:06:40,559 --> 01:06:47,480
» Yeah, because there's nobody in the
office tomorrow, right? So,

840
01:06:43,520 --> 01:06:47,480
» no, we're not in the office tomorrow.

841
01:06:50,160 --> 01:06:55,200
What I mean what signs do we have to
have other than one person in at a time

842
01:06:53,520 --> 01:07:00,359
and putting some cones out that we
already have a sign up says mask on if

843
01:06:56,960 --> 01:07:00,359
you're in the office

844
01:07:01,680 --> 01:07:06,240
» just going through the checklist again
and making sure that we have everything

845
01:07:04,880 --> 01:07:10,400
in order. I mean we were only planning
on doing it for by appointment only. So,

846
01:07:09,119 --> 01:07:15,520
um, you know, we're going to have to go
back and

847
01:07:13,039 --> 01:07:19,799
just make a plan, make sure that we go
through the checklist that the governor

848
01:07:16,799 --> 01:07:19,799
has.

849
01:07:20,799 --> 01:07:28,079
Is there is there anything we've we've
talked about here that you are concerned

850
01:07:25,280 --> 01:07:31,960
violates or or goes against what the
that checklist is?

851
01:07:32,160 --> 01:07:37,160
» No.
>> Okay.

852
01:07:43,920 --> 01:07:55,559
So, where are we? Do we need to have a a
a vote to reopen the town office on on

853
01:07:51,280 --> 01:07:55,559
Monday to the public?

854
01:07:57,520 --> 01:08:06,559
» I move we uh I put it there.
I I move we uh open the town office May

855
01:08:04,480 --> 01:08:13,440
11th
um with with Ruth doing her best with

856
01:08:10,720 --> 01:08:18,719
her
working with the state

857
01:08:16,000 --> 01:08:24,319
recommendations.
Um are you are you moving for um full

858
01:08:21,520 --> 01:08:35,359
operational hours or are you um moving
for uh continued uh limited hours?

859
01:08:30,480 --> 01:08:43,719
» Uh limited hours maybe two days a week
>> the starting point

860
01:08:37,839 --> 01:08:43,719
and go to go to a full week on the 18th.

861
01:08:46,400 --> 01:08:49,759
» Is there a second to that?

862
01:08:51,839 --> 01:08:59,040
I'll second it for discussion. I think
we already had a lot of discussion, but

863
01:08:55,279 --> 01:09:06,400
I'll second it. Yeah,
I think I'm gonna vote no on this simply

864
01:09:01,759 --> 01:09:13,679
because um I I would like to give them
the opportunity to um go back and have

865
01:09:10,880 --> 01:09:17,839
the rest of this week to okay to
actually, you know, lay out what they

866
01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:25,920
want their plan to be, bring it to us on
Tuesday, and we can approve or

867
01:09:20,960 --> 01:09:30,640
disapprove it and um open on Thursday
And if we were going to do limited time

868
01:09:27,759 --> 01:09:34,319
anyway, we we're really not
we're really not costing ourselves any

869
01:09:32,560 --> 01:09:40,159
time. But it I think it it's a little
bit more of a deliberative process than

870
01:09:36,640 --> 01:09:46,319
just saying, "Hey, okay, we want the
office open. Figure it out."

871
01:09:43,839 --> 01:09:49,719
So that's that's I'll be voting though
on this one.

872
01:09:50,480 --> 01:09:55,760
» Any other discussion?
>> Would you just out of curiosity is that

873
01:09:54,159 --> 01:10:00,640
a is
Are you voting I understand you're

874
01:09:57,199 --> 01:10:04,880
voting no, but um is there a chance that
maybe it sounds like you're willing to

875
01:10:02,560 --> 01:10:08,560
amend Todd's because Todd wasn't really
necessarily setting a specific.

876
01:10:06,960 --> 01:10:12,560
» You just said limited hours. I didn't
know if you were amending Todd's or if

877
01:10:11,360 --> 01:10:16,000
that was possible.
>> No, I wasn't amending but you know I was

878
01:10:14,560 --> 01:10:20,760
just going to I was going to do a
separate motion um okay afterwards.

879
01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:27,280
» Any other discussion?
Well, I will withdraw mine.

880
01:10:26,719 --> 01:10:30,400
» Okay,
>> let's get on with it.

881
01:10:28,640 --> 01:10:35,600
» Okay,
>> we've talked about it.

882
01:10:32,000 --> 01:10:42,239
» All right, I'm going to move that um
that the board um

883
01:10:38,400 --> 01:10:48,880
have Ruth bring a uh opening plan to the
board at our next meeting on uh May 12th

884
01:10:46,080 --> 01:10:55,440
uh with the goal of
opening the town office at least for

885
01:10:50,800 --> 01:11:01,199
limited hours by Thursday, May 14th.
I'll second that.

886
01:10:57,600 --> 01:11:05,920
» Any further discussion?
>> All right. If you're in favor, say yes.

887
01:11:03,520 --> 01:11:08,400
If not, say no. Rich,
>> yes.

888
01:11:07,040 --> 01:11:11,360
» Rob,
>> no.

889
01:11:10,080 --> 01:11:13,840
» Todd,
>> yes.

890
01:11:12,800 --> 01:11:17,760
» Mark,
>> yes.

891
01:11:14,719 --> 01:11:23,040
» And I'm a yes. So, four to one on that
one. Okay.

892
01:11:20,960 --> 01:11:26,719
All right. So, Ruth, I think that was
that was all you had uh that we hadn't

893
01:11:24,800 --> 01:11:28,880
already talked about was the reopening
uh plan.

894
01:11:27,440 --> 01:11:31,760
» That's fine. Yeah.
>> Well, I thought that's what you said. If

895
01:11:30,239 --> 01:11:36,159
you have something else, that's fine.
>> No, no, no. I think that's enough.

896
01:11:34,239 --> 01:11:43,120
» Okay.
All right. Uh I'm going to uh move we

897
01:11:40,400 --> 01:11:47,960
accept the consent agenda as presented.
It only has the minutes for last week on

898
01:11:44,960 --> 01:11:47,960
it.

899
01:11:48,000 --> 01:11:54,239
» Second.
I any Oh, we don't have discussion on

900
01:11:52,239 --> 01:11:57,520
that. Um,
if you're in favor, say yes. Rich,

901
01:11:56,719 --> 01:12:00,520
» yes.
>> Rob,

902
01:12:01,440 --> 01:12:05,199
» yes.
>> Todd,

903
01:12:04,400 --> 01:12:06,640
» yes.
>> Mark,

904
01:12:06,000 --> 01:12:11,600
» yes.
>> And I'm a yes. Okay.

905
01:12:09,520 --> 01:12:19,600
Okay. Okay. So, our next meeting, uh,
regular meet is, uh, Tuesday, May 12th

906
01:12:14,800 --> 01:12:22,880
at 6:30, uh, p.m., uh, same format,
Zoom. Oh, Milt's got something you want

907
01:12:21,440 --> 01:12:27,920
to say, Mel. Milt.
>> Yes, thank you. Just a couple of

908
01:12:24,320 --> 01:12:33,600
questions. Um, either to you or to Ruth.
Um, just in case I'm asked this at next

909
01:12:30,560 --> 01:12:38,800
week's meeting. So the way the questions
will appear on the secret ballot

910
01:12:36,880 --> 01:12:44,080
so it could so the the question will be
asked and then it'll be selectman's

911
01:12:42,480 --> 01:12:48,480
recommendation
is so and so budget committee's

912
01:12:46,320 --> 01:12:54,239
recommendation is so and so should we
have different different recommendations

913
01:12:51,040 --> 01:13:00,239
will there always be a third option
meeting neither or just the two options

914
01:12:58,320 --> 01:13:03,679
» I believe it's required that you have a
neither Yeah, we don't know for sure

915
01:13:02,320 --> 01:13:09,600
yet, Mill. We're still actually
investigating um and trying to find out

916
01:13:06,159 --> 01:13:14,560
for sure how those questions have to be
um structured. So, we don't know with

917
01:13:11,760 --> 01:13:20,400
certainty yet. Along that same line, if
the budget committee and the selectman's

918
01:13:17,600 --> 01:13:26,640
recommendation are both the same, will
there be a second?

919
01:13:24,000 --> 01:13:31,840
Do they then the the the the vote is
whether to to approve or or not to

920
01:13:29,840 --> 01:13:35,760
approve the recommendation. Is that
correct? If I've understood what Ruth

921
01:13:33,199 --> 01:13:40,560
said is is right, if that proves correct
that even if the selectman and budget

922
01:13:38,480 --> 01:13:44,880
committee agree,
there's still some other option where

923
01:13:42,560 --> 01:13:51,520
they could just say no or none of the
above. Um but what we're what we plan to

924
01:13:47,920 --> 01:13:57,679
do if that's the case is put an article
um early in the warrant that would

925
01:13:54,719 --> 01:14:03,600
basically say something like you know uh
are you in favor in the event that uh on

926
01:14:00,960 --> 01:14:07,520
a budget article um neither the
selectman or the budget committee's

927
01:14:05,920 --> 01:14:13,920
recommendation
uh passes that the budget for that

928
01:14:11,120 --> 01:14:19,280
article will revert to last year's
figure. you know, something like that.

929
01:14:15,840 --> 01:14:25,679
Um, and if they say yes, then that kind
of covers us. If they say no to that and

930
01:14:21,840 --> 01:14:30,800
then say no to a particular article,
then uh, as I understand it, we would

931
01:14:28,320 --> 01:14:36,239
actually have to go through a
rebudgeting process for that article and

932
01:14:33,199 --> 01:14:40,320
put it out to vote again. So,
>> okay, that well explained. I hope I can

933
01:14:39,040 --> 01:14:43,199
do just as well.
>> Okay,

934
01:14:41,360 --> 01:14:47,920
» last question to Ruth. Are you going to
be sending out an invite and be hosting

935
01:14:46,159 --> 01:14:50,560
the budget committee's meeting next
Monday?

936
01:14:48,640 --> 01:14:54,800
» Yeah. Uh Thursday, I'll send out an
invite and I'll I'll host it and I'll

937
01:14:52,400 --> 01:14:59,040
also send out um the information or a
number of the information that I sent to

938
01:14:56,640 --> 01:15:02,560
the board. So you guys will have um a
spreadsheet to work with and see what

939
01:15:00,560 --> 01:15:08,320
the board recommended.
>> That would be very helpful. And um do do

940
01:15:06,000 --> 01:15:14,239
we need to know in advance that we have
a quorum or like any meeting we six will

941
01:15:12,000 --> 01:15:17,520
come along and if there's five people
there we're good to go and if there's

942
01:15:15,840 --> 01:15:21,440
not why not.
>> I think it's like any other meeting.

943
01:15:19,199 --> 01:15:23,520
» Yep. That's that's exactly it. Yeah.
Yeah. Either

944
01:15:22,000 --> 01:15:27,199
» there's a quorum or there's not. You
still hold the meeting meeting.

945
01:15:26,800 --> 01:15:30,320
» All right.
>> Oh, we still hold the meeting even if

946
01:15:28,800 --> 01:15:34,000
there's not a quorum.
>> Well, you hold the meeting. You just

947
01:15:32,080 --> 01:15:35,280
can't do anything. you might immediately
adjourn,

948
01:15:34,719 --> 01:15:40,400
» right? Yeah.
>> Because you can't because you can't vote

949
01:15:37,280 --> 01:15:45,120
on anything. Might be a short one. Um
but yeah, you technically call the

950
01:15:41,920 --> 01:15:49,120
meeting to order and recognize that you
don't have a quorum. And you can still

951
01:15:47,440 --> 01:15:52,719
have discussions without a quorum. You
just can't vote on anything.

952
01:15:50,960 --> 01:15:57,679
» Is it possible, Ruth, that when you send
out the invite that you could request

953
01:15:55,120 --> 01:15:59,840
that people reply whether or not they'll
be participating?

954
01:15:59,040 --> 01:16:04,719
» Sure.
>> Thank you. And it might it might be

955
01:16:02,159 --> 01:16:11,040
worth calling out too for those um
members that um may have think thought

956
01:16:07,840 --> 01:16:15,679
that their term expired that that to let
them know that under the state of

957
01:16:12,480 --> 01:16:18,960
emergency that their terms are still in
progress.

958
01:16:16,159 --> 01:16:24,400
» It still stuck with us.
>> That's a that's a valid point, Kevin. So

959
01:16:21,199 --> 01:16:28,320
Ruth, if you could uh you know, if
there's a way to word put that wording

960
01:16:26,159 --> 01:16:31,440
in your email, I think that would be
helpful. I think I think there's

961
01:16:30,159 --> 01:16:36,800
probably at least a couple of members
who, you know, mentally have tuned out

962
01:16:33,679 --> 01:16:39,440
of their participation in the budget
committee.

963
01:16:37,520 --> 01:16:41,600
» Yeah.
>> Okay,

964
01:16:40,159 --> 01:16:46,080
» Rich.
>> Um, just real quick, and I apologize. I

965
01:16:43,360 --> 01:16:49,920
didn't see it. Um, and it just as I was
scrolling through my text and talking

966
01:16:47,280 --> 01:16:53,920
about the town office, um, I sent an
email asking for a quick discussion, and

967
01:16:52,239 --> 01:16:58,400
I mean really quick, in regards to
softball. Um, and I guess I'd wrap it up

968
01:16:56,800 --> 01:17:04,960
or to keep it brief, I would just say,
is the town going to impose any further

969
01:17:00,880 --> 01:17:08,640
sanctions on the public that the above
and beyond what the governor has already

970
01:17:06,400 --> 01:17:13,440
imposed? And I asked that simply because
softball, if given the chance by the

971
01:17:11,040 --> 01:17:18,159
governor and the state, they would
eventually like to you to utilize the

972
01:17:16,000 --> 01:17:24,080
field that they lease from us to hold
some softball games, but they wanted to

973
01:17:21,040 --> 01:17:27,679
make sure that it was um kosher with the
town before even committing to anything

974
01:17:26,320 --> 01:17:34,560
like that, irregardless of what the
governor said.

975
01:17:30,239 --> 01:17:39,199
» Yeah. I um any thoughts for members on
on Rich's question?

976
01:17:37,120 --> 01:17:43,360
I don't think we po impose any other
restrictions.

977
01:17:40,640 --> 01:17:45,280
» Yeah, I wouldn't restrictive enough.
>> Yeah.

978
01:17:43,920 --> 01:17:48,960
» Yeah, that was my thought too, but I
just wanted to get the boards.

979
01:17:47,520 --> 01:17:55,679
» But that actually I'm glad you brought
that up because when you when you shared

980
01:17:50,880 --> 01:17:59,280
that uh text I um it also triggered my a
question for Calvin. Calvin, are we

981
01:17:57,520 --> 01:18:01,520
still locking the outhouse at Runaround
Pond?

982
01:18:00,320 --> 01:18:05,600
» Yes.
>> I think I think we need to consider

983
01:18:03,360 --> 01:18:08,480
opening that back up.
Okay.

984
01:18:06,320 --> 01:18:13,600
» And um what I mean that's just my
opinion. I mean because we are at the

985
01:18:10,480 --> 01:18:19,120
» people are you know using that facility
more and more you know and as the

986
01:18:15,840 --> 01:18:22,719
weather gets nicer and um I think when
we shut it down before we were it was

987
01:18:21,040 --> 01:18:29,199
largely because people were stealing the
toilet paper. Um and so I think you know

988
01:18:25,760 --> 01:18:32,560
we're somewhat past that. So um my
feeling is we should open that back up

989
01:18:30,719 --> 01:18:36,400
again.
>> I would agree.

990
01:18:34,719 --> 01:18:40,880
Yeah. Yeah.
>> Can you go ahead and and take the lock

991
01:18:38,640 --> 01:18:43,520
off that, please, Calvin, and just go do
what you did last year as far as

992
01:18:42,159 --> 01:18:45,360
maintenance and whatever and
>> Yep.

993
01:18:44,080 --> 01:18:51,840
» Um Okay.
>> Thanks.

994
01:18:47,280 --> 01:18:54,840
» All right. Any other uh final business
items?

995
01:18:55,199 --> 01:19:01,840
Okay. So, um actually, I'll throw in a
plug. The budget committee will meet on

996
01:18:59,520 --> 01:19:05,719
Tuesday, I'm sorry, Monday, May 11th. Is
that at 6:30? Bill.

997
01:19:06,400 --> 01:19:13,040
» Yes, that's I'm planning on it for 6:30.
>> 6:30. Okay. Yep. And that'll be a Zoom

998
01:19:10,480 --> 01:19:16,640
meeting and that'll be uh how you can
watch that will be publicized just like

999
01:19:14,800 --> 01:19:20,719
it has been for these uh selectman
meetings. Uh Ruth, please send that Zoom

1000
01:19:18,880 --> 01:19:28,239
invite to all the board of selectmen as
well. Okay. Um and then uh and then May

1001
01:19:25,679 --> 01:19:33,679
12th and May 26 are our next regularly
scheduled uh board meetings.

1002
01:19:31,760 --> 01:19:36,560
All right. At this point, I'm going to
move that we adjourn.

1003
01:19:36,159 --> 01:19:40,159
Is there a
>> second?

1004
01:19:37,679 --> 01:19:42,080
» Rich seconds. In favor of adjournment,
Rich.

1005
01:19:41,199 --> 01:19:43,920
» Yes.
>> Rob,

1006
01:19:43,280 --> 01:19:45,760
» yes.
>> Todd,

1007
01:19:45,040 --> 01:19:47,280
» yes.
>> Mark,

1008
01:19:46,800 --> 01:19:52,320
» yes.
>> And I am also a yes. We are adjourned.

1009
01:19:50,800 --> 01:19:56,320
Thank you everybody. And Milt, thank you
for joining us tonight.

1010
01:19:54,159 --> 01:19:58,400
» Happy to see you all looking healthy.
>> Yeah.

1011
01:19:57,360 --> 01:20:00,239
» Good to see you, Mil.
>> Stay safe.

1012
01:19:58,960 --> 01:20:02,800
» All right. Take care everybody.
>> Take care.