[0:11] I have a change to the agenda. And if I'm not at all as coming today, so I'd like to put the executive session

[0:20] that's down from the front of the agenda up to disunnerable party, and refer to the case

[0:26] I would like to be in the room.

[0:31] Not required.

[0:37] Additionally, you may want that health officer

[0:41] slash only update in executive session.

[0:43] I don't know if data.

[0:45] Does it want to be in executive session?

[0:48] You just read it.

[0:49] Yeah, that's not enough.

[0:52] Yes, I know.

[0:53] Yeah.

[0:55] Okay.

[0:55] Any other changes?

[0:57] Any other?

[1:00] All right.

[1:00] We'll go ahead and get started in the meeting.

[1:03] I adopt, we need a motion to adopt as of a bit.

[1:07] I'll make a motion.

[1:09] Start.

[1:12] All those of you?

[1:13] Thanks.

[1:14] All those both.

[1:15] Motion carried.

[1:16] Thank you.

[1:21] We'll go ahead and start with Craig.

[1:23] Come on up.

[1:25] Yeah.

[1:27] It's way.

[1:28] Joe.

[1:29] Joe.

[1:29] Come on up.

[1:30] I'll be.

[1:34] Okay, I've got a few copies here, one through to

[1:44] you, this is all the same page here, there we go now.

[1:51] Thank you.

[1:53] So then,

[1:57] what this is about is the rail trail and the Memorial Valley Rail trail.

[2:02] And up in this fair field, I think you guys have some interaction with the state or that property that was there.

[2:15] And, because I've been in contact with the state, but I really only got their side out of what is on down.

[2:24] And they were, they offered up, as you can see in this little document,

[2:30] there is what 10 or 11 different lease agreements

[2:34] through the state on that trail.

[2:38] And they had mentioned to me that they had offered out

[2:43] a similar option to Fairfield, and it was, you know,

[2:52] for life and the better word do not either.

[2:54] And you guys didn't want to do it, right?

[2:56] And you just didn't want to pursue that.

[2:58] So the maintenance and why I picked this up

[3:04] and ran when the state is, they did a lot of the heavy lifting.

[3:11] They got rid of the building.

[3:13] They got rid of all the rubbish from the building.

[3:15] They did some landscaping.

[3:18] They put in benches, they put in some historic markers.

[3:26] They, where there's the carrying maple sugar banner up there right on the trail.

[3:32] That's, you know, they put in a historic marker there.

[3:35] So, they tried to make it look pretty good,

[3:38] but as the summer went on, they weren't moving.

[3:45] And it looked like it was just not real.

[3:51] Not a real friendly look for the town as people were coming in to Fairfield, lost the trail.

[3:59] I don't know if any of you had ever used the trail.

[4:03] I mean, there's water.

[4:04] 14, 15 towns that it runs through across from the northeast over to Swanton.

[4:11] But so I took it upon myself, and I found out after the fact that I wasn't supposed to be doing that,

[4:19] but I started going and making it look half way decent.

[4:23] And it looks pretty good now.

[4:28] So I started asking the state how I could go about getting that main team on a regular basis,

[4:36] with either, with them or with the town, and because I know that you have

[4:43] knowing contracts across the town where the part probably gets moved,

[4:50] communities center, the ball field, and stuff like that.

[4:55] So, they didn't give me a little back-back history of that property, right?

[5:01] they had tried to offer up a lease agreement and it just didn't really fly but I'm here

[5:07] tonight hoping that the board might reconsider because a lot of the heavy lifting has been

[5:18] done by the state like I said that that I saw a building has gone the trash from the demo of

[5:28] only this gone. It looks pretty decent. And it looks nice coming into the town if you're

[5:36] riding from the east coming into Fairfield. That's your first view of Fairfield as you're

[5:42] coming in on the trail. And the state, it's state of which is why we're here, right? They wanted

[5:51] to the only way they can pass that on, where you guys could put it under your morning contract

[5:58] is you would have to have the LVC agreement in place

[6:04] when you would have the rights to do that right now

[6:06] of state-owned property.

[6:09] And the state, from my conversations,

[6:14] we'll then, we'll mow it.

[6:17] Now, even mow it, we black it two or three times a year.

[6:22] You know, that's quite a difference in the appearance of it.

[6:26] we'd like to get a couple of times a year versus mowing it on a regular basis.

[6:34] So that's kind of, you can see some pictures in what I've got to put here.

[6:40] Like I said, the state has done the heavy lifting, the landscaping's in place, the benches

[6:46] of their historical markers,

[6:51] I've been in volunteer that has been going yet, and the state has

[6:55] not been super happy about that because their liability would be going down there more

[7:01] than they owned the property.

[7:05] But so far, nobody has locked me up and pushed me to jail for that.

[7:08] So I continue to my way, they haven't said anything.

[7:13] So I'm just here today wondering, I could understand why

[7:20] what we will be screaming when the old building was there.

[7:24] I get that.

[7:26] Now I look at it like, is this something?

[7:30] Something that you could reconsider, of doing this lease agreement. You'll see there are upwards of 10. In fact, across, I counted, there's probably 15 different towns that the real trail touches, and out of that, there are 11 towns have groups either through the regional planning commission, or through the lease agreements.

[7:56] And I believe 10 of those agreements are a piece of

[8:03] agreement, zero dollar of peace agreements.

[8:06] Unfortunately, fairfell isn't one of those.

[8:10] And so the state knows that they have a list of it,

[8:15] as they maintain it, but their maintenance is, like I said,

[8:20] we've lacking in a couple of times here.

[8:22] So I'm here just hoping you might reconsider your position on the zero dollar lease, so maybe we can roll that into the contract that you probably do once a summer for whoever does the talent property is moving.

[8:44] And yeah, that's pretty much my bench.

[8:47] Well, let me just say first off, as a citizen, you know, thank you for, you know, making fair few east fair few, look nice and work the work you've done.

[8:59] This is interesting and very well, easily to understand, because it's not just, you know, I need to share and then come those on you.

[9:10] Yeah, I mean, I don't know where the board will go with your, you know, your, your appeal, your ass or your suggestion, but I do know it was complicated the building.

[9:23] And I understand, yeah, it was like, it was like, I, like, could news cops or some

[9:29] rays.

[9:30] He's going to die with the ownership, we didn't, any discussion at least, it was like,

[9:35] the state was involved, right.

[9:36] And we just said, hey, until the state, so I know that's what caused us caution, because they

[9:43] denied it.

[9:44] Yeah.

[9:44] Hold on to that, because when I was talking that talk to Jackie, mostly Bill Gray, and I

[9:52] the name of Bill Rayskin was he's a technician, he worked alongside the real drill and he

[10:00] was giving me his rendition of, you know, how I play down in South Wales. I even told

[10:06] him I said, you know, honestly Bill, I get where they're coming from, because that was

[10:12] a lot of heavy lifting there. He was in the beauty, the demo of that building and the

[10:18] Well, and even even moving forward. I appreciate your money. I get that herd. I'm not a post about

[10:23] But I'm not a big fan taking a

[10:27] Me.

[10:28] Because nothing's spread.

[10:30] In the minute we moat, they're going to expect more of a very place.

[10:33] Benches at the road crews going to spend a day over there cleaning it and just

[10:37] Well, I guess I guess

[10:40] I don't, I don't, I, I'm with you. I agree. I don't like the fact they put a trail in

[10:44] And they don't bother going to maintain it.

[10:46] Right.

[10:46] But right, I don't know where they've got three technicians across the state covering the 150 miles of trails, and that does, you know, that's 150 miles on the trail, including the different, they call this posthase versus a trail, and because there's no parking there, there's parking down in the communities.

[11:09] that I think you'd like to do.

[11:11] We have worked with him.

[11:12] We have worked with him.

[11:13] You've worked on that.

[11:15] But I guess I would, you know, I would leave it at, you know, if you could reconsider it,

[11:22] and maybe even work with him where, I mean, they refer to it as a zero dollar lease agreement.

[11:30] But maybe you could make that point of look all we're going to do is move.

[11:38] That's it. We are implementing benches. We are implementing historic papers. We are implementing the carrying the whole sugar burden

[11:49] But we'll

[11:50] And maybe they would agree to that. I don't know. I didn't propose that to them, but I'm not using it. I say it's a cut one higher. It could gloss. It doesn't take long to blow some more money

[12:04] Anyway, quit boxing by anyways, that's my pitch.

[12:07] Yeah, if you guys, I would consider it.

[12:11] I have gotten that.

[12:12] I have taken a wheelchair to St.J. recently.

[12:16] And I recently drove by and I saw the new plaque on it.

[12:19] And I said, what's this?

[12:20] I didn't, I wasn't aware.

[12:21] I'm glad you've explained because I, yeah, I didn't know this.

[12:24] I didn't know the history.

[12:25] There is a pretty good plaque experience.

[12:27] There is a history of the buildings.

[12:29] And when I look at Danville, Hardwick,

[12:32] you know, some of these towns have done it real.

[12:35] What's in real money into it?

[12:37] Yeah, and our work is special.

[12:39] It's got quite a lot of work has.

[12:43] And actually a couple of the smaller towns

[12:45] that would probably be more on the scale of Fairfield

[12:48] is Wolcott and Readsboro Bet.

[12:51] They just put $0 in these agreements in place

[12:55] and, you know, they're,

[12:57] whether they're having their recreation committees,

[13:00] You know, do some of the work or, or, or they're just mowing those details, I don't know what.

[13:08] They do have a pretty nice area of what they've just, and if you do have, do you have, is it Bill Gray, is that the POC?

[13:15] Well, I think the person that you would have to talk to was his boss, and it's, I had to give you the name, it's Jackie.

[13:23] I don't care, I'm not even there.

[13:27] Well, at the minimum, in a minimum, we could reach out and say, what's the possibility?

[13:33] And then we could at least discuss, discuss, discuss, discuss, discuss, discuss, discuss, discuss, discuss.

[13:36] Yeah, we can't ourselves on what they want, what they're going to discuss.

[13:38] Yeah, on this, on this.

[13:40] Before we do anything, it'd be like this budget, budget, go around, you know, for budgeting.

[13:46] But if it's fair for the board, it's appropriate for us to say why don't we follow up with what's possible, what it would entail, right?

[13:57] Or are there any, what have these other towns done that would be put?

[14:02] Because there are, like a, of course, there are on my glasses.

[14:06] I think it's like 10, there's 10 Lisa agreements.

[14:09] They were able to play these zero-dollar lease agreements with

[14:13] 10 other towns that are listed here, from St. Jane's Swant.

[14:17] I'd be concerned about the liability.

[14:20] That's all.

[14:22] Yeah.

[14:23] Well, the state's taking all the liability right now.

[14:26] So, yeah.

[14:27] Okay.

[14:28] So, I mean,

[14:29] So, I'm sorry, because we know this.

[14:31] You would like to know the parameters for the least agreement,

[14:35] what the liability, what liability the state would own.

[14:38] And if there is a way to only focus on the moment of keeping none of the plaque, or fences, or building upkeep, that was there anything else?

[14:50] Yeah, so back to where you multiply exactly the second gear.

[14:54] Well, it's that section, and then I mold the sides going down to that carry maybe.

[15:01] And then I've actually been going to just because I just thought it would better give us a rail trial, users, is that there's a little piece of land between group 36, the rail trail and new street. It's just a little plot of land, maybe on the west side of 36 on the west side, so nice to go west on the north side.

[15:27] Yes, and North, you got it.

[15:29] Going west though.

[15:30] Yeah, and the north side.

[15:32] Yes.

[15:32] OK.

[15:32] So I've been knowing that, probably stayed

[15:35] all in there too, because it's right off from Maine.

[15:39] It's probably, say, in town, because it's adjacent to New

[15:43] Street.

[15:44] It's adjacent to the rail trail, which is

[15:47] state owns.

[15:48] And it's adjacent to a state, which is supposed to be

[15:51] because they have a wide third of them.

[15:55] It's all from Route 36, exactly.

[15:57] We have a little bit of a booster from the right ball.

[16:00] They will probably take it out.

[16:02] They will probably own seven-eighths of it,

[16:05] because they own the trail and they own Route 36, right?

[16:10] So I'm on that.

[16:11] I've moved the size, and then the main piece is,

[16:17] I think they will fit your body.

[16:18] You're where the plaques are, and the landscape over there.

[16:23] See, yeah.

[16:24] So I just thought it looked better, coming in, there's a lot of people that use the trail.

[16:31] And just coming into our town, I just thought it looked better.

[16:36] And I know the town or not the town of the state.

[16:41] The state really doesn't want to be doing that, but I, you know, I'm willing to take a liking from them here.

[16:48] And I just keep doing it because it looks good in it's a better and my opinion, a better image and more inviting coming into the town.

[17:03] So that's all I've got.

[17:05] If you guys think about it, maybe reach out to them and maybe there's with any of these agreement right, there can be conditions.

[17:14] and doesn't mean you have to accept everything that they've thrown it out there.

[17:22] All right, gentlemen, thank you all very much.

[17:25] Thank you.

[17:26] Yes, nice to meet you all.

[17:28] Yeah.

[17:29] Do I?

[17:29] You just leave like this, right?

[17:31] Yeah.

[17:32] She just doesn't even give me water.

[17:34] She just doesn't give me water.

[17:35] She just doesn't give me water.

[17:36] She just doesn't give me water.

[17:37] Thank you all.

[17:38] Thank you.

[17:39] Nice seeing you.

[17:40] Thank you.

[17:40] Take care.

[17:43] Mo, come on up, please.

[17:48] Or what about?

[17:49] Okay, here.

[17:50] Mo and then our town park.

[17:52] We'll meet you soon.

[18:01] Nice hat.

[18:02] Thank you.

[18:04] How's it going, Mo?

[18:06] Good.

[18:10] Nice.

[18:15] I'm trying so hard to talk to you here.

[18:19] I'm trying so hard to talk to you here.

[18:23] I'm trying so hard to

[18:28] talk to you here.

[18:29] Now of course,

[18:34] James, he's already a dick smut, and he's doing there.

[18:42] He's waiting for a windshield for my jacket.

[18:46] I still have a couple years to come off a trucking.

[18:50] But I can't expect him to run one chair as well.

[18:53] He just took it around on us.

[18:58] He did want to bring them off.

[19:01] Just keep on switching.

[19:02] James, bring another one off.

[19:04] I've got one back.

[19:04] Yeah, sometimes you can bring them back, come and get them, it's up to you for us.

[19:22] Anything else?

[19:23] Go there, go there.

[19:26] I'd like to go this way.

[19:28] You came back with you.

[19:29] I'd like to go there.

[19:30] I'd like to know that.

[19:33] Good.

[19:33] Good to hear.

[19:37] As a flow right here.

[19:38] Hold them.

[19:39] Good.

[19:39] We've got just another load here.

[19:43] Yeah.

[19:44] Really telly about me.

[19:46] We pulled the sides in, so we got started and mixed in with a couple of days ago, back up on Judo.

[19:53] Go back and rebate it and act as a client.

[19:58] We'll all come off, I don't understand.

[20:02] And the health is helping all of that client.

[20:11] Yes, we personally, the charter, the more charter,

[20:17] you guys do we end up?

[20:20] We're going to point us.

[20:21] The untonged sign of the contract last

[20:24] was last week, a couple of weeks ago.

[20:27] And we're going to talk about financing

[20:29] or not financing, but how we're going to pay for that

[20:32] in this meeting.

[20:35] So the payment should be issued today.

[20:40] Is it a rage bet?

[20:44] I think it's coming up, get the charter, we bring.

[20:48] I don't have a talk to her because I'm going to wait

[20:50] we think forward and see $1,000 cheaper than it would be.

[20:53] I think we're going to mention that and he got to look at it for the contract, it was some

[21:02] extra incentive there.

[21:06] I'm this last set of four and that's going to attract us.

[21:11] That seems like carry on.

[21:13] That's good.

[21:13] One, 53.

[21:15] Yeah.

[21:18] That's good.

[21:22] You can.

[21:23] You're just going to get our two by and we take out our optimal two and ready on that

[21:28] or target together.

[21:30] Yeah.

[21:31] We're going to wait for a while for the wait for a radio.

[21:35] But that's in.

[21:37] Okay.

[21:37] Should be there just waiting for a check.

[21:41] So let's say we're going to take the note.

[21:42] It was that what we're going to do with how we, if we don't not down in the car and not back, you're coming.

[21:48] Thank you, whoever.

[21:50] Yeah.

[21:50] That's the same thing.

[21:51] Yeah, that's all we got.

[21:52] Was that, yeah.

[21:53] You see, looking back and over.

[21:56] Just let me know.

[21:57] On the timing on that so that I can get under our insurance.

[22:02] Great.

[22:04] Mo, when you know the timing on that, could you just let me know so that I can get the insurance.

[22:10] to take one off and put the other on and give them the information.

[22:21] The check will be issued tonight, I mean there's going to be a discussion about where the money is coming from,

[22:27] but the check should be approved and signed.

[22:30] That's tomorrow. So whenever you're ready, I mean, I just know who's going to go down and get it or arrange that.

[22:37] Who was that Tom or mum or.

[22:51] Just when it shows up.

[22:54] Yeah, just give me a thought.

[22:55] That's it, if you hold it, you put your hands on it.

[23:00] Do you have any other excitement?

[23:01] What else do you have?

[23:02] What else do you have?

[23:04] I think I'm going to do it.

[23:08] You've been asked where I'm going to do it.

[23:12] I don't know.

[23:15] Did you have an executive session?

[23:17] I did.

[23:18] But I just wanted to let you also know that the salt bid estimate for this year came in from

[23:24] at 7% higher. The last year, so last year, it was $103.50 per ton this year. It's 111.25 and I did make some

[23:38] phone calls around to look at other options and the groups, all of the groups that are providing

[23:45] salt to this district are no longer taking new clients this year. So if we wanted to look into something

[23:53] and you'd have to look at it for next year.

[23:58] I also, oh, so I just wanted to make sure you know

[24:01] and if that sounds okay to you,

[24:03] I'll sign that bit and send it into that as a contract with you.

[24:09] Yeah, I think that was a good one.

[24:11] I know, I know, it was a contract with you.

[24:14] WOKO or SMART, and I'd be WOKO.

[24:17] It's a place in nice and expensive.

[24:19] Yeah, I just bought it.

[24:20] They said they sold commercial and fired it up, right?

[24:26] Yeah, it's not a per business.

[24:28] Yeah, but they didn't say with the first person.

[24:30] No, no.

[24:31] I don't remember the name either.

[24:33] Oh, I'll listen to Eric the same thing.

[24:37] I mean, it would just be interesting.

[24:40] No, they looked at the business.

[24:41] Yes.

[24:42] And it turns the call.

[24:44] Cardinals might set the district.

[24:46] And we need salt.

[24:47] We need that.

[24:47] It's not a matter of.

[24:48] Can some new guy keep up with us?

[24:52] I keep up with everybody.

[24:54] I'll see Kate.

[24:55] So maybe they can.

[24:56] Horace has come from.

[24:58] Yeah.

[24:59] From the car.

[25:00] Yeah.

[25:02] Good evening.

[25:03] Also the safety grant that we had been talking about came in just

[25:09] for the guard rail replacements on North Road.

[25:13] And it's $8,666.

[25:19] There's a zero match requirement and the required.

[25:24] There's one piece of that that you have to go with an AOT

[25:28] approved distributor for the guardrails.

[25:32] So if you're comfortable with that grant,

[25:34] except in that grant, I can sign that as well as send it in.

[25:38] Eight thousand six hundred and sixty dollars.

[25:41] And if you're interested, I did have the locations here of where those are going to go.

[25:47] Those were identified by the road crew.

[25:50] There are two cable guard rails being replaced that really needed to be replaced.

[25:56] Formant bushing.

[25:59] Formant bushing.

[26:00] Located in ethics, junction, offering salt and winter sands in.

[26:05] Because that sounds like a good job to do.

[26:07] So if you're interested, I do have five copies of that.

[26:12] Is that good?

[26:13] Yeah.

[26:14] I would otherwise just sign that.

[26:17] Great.

[26:19] And regarding the lower purchase.

[26:23] Actually, that might be a different agenda item.

[26:25] But I can't say that Amanda gave a,

[26:27] Oh, let's go.

[26:28] Recommendation on that.

[26:29] I think we're,

[26:32] Did you know that?

[26:33] Oh, I think you're going to finish this week.

[26:36] a row and that it was this is okay.

[26:39] But play up where...

[26:41] Fairfield joins Swan.

[26:45] We'll last maybe through the winter.

[26:49] The mesh, like they did, Fairfield one day.

[26:52] And they did Swan in the next day.

[26:54] And where the join is.

[26:57] If it lasts through the winter, I'll be surprised.

[27:00] It's pretty crappy.

[27:01] They did a pretty good job there, I still wait.

[27:04] Right where the joint is, it is.

[27:06] We actually came under budget.

[27:08] There in voice came under budget.

[27:10] So I think you think that we should give them a call

[27:12] and just have them go there.

[27:14] Don't mind what it's meant to be.

[27:16] I was, what they're talking about.

[27:17] So look at it.

[27:20] You got that?

[27:20] Well, you wanted to just take a look at it.

[27:23] I'm not.

[27:23] I just have them come look at it.

[27:26] So you're sure they're going to just have a look.

[27:28] I know it's fine.

[27:29] Okay.

[27:30] Have you looked at it so?

[27:31] I don't know what I'm talking about, so I don't know what I'm talking about, so I don't know what I'm talking about.

[27:38] Okay, let's address the, let's address the, it is on the agenda.

[27:44] Let's address the more, and you're the discussion with Amanda with a recommendation.

[27:50] Oh yeah, so she recommended that we pay for the more completely out of the summary equipment budget line,

[27:57] which is in the general fund, and she wants to just remind the select board that the

[28:05] town will need to completely expand this year's budget and overspend is the amount of that

[28:13] in order to access the surplus from previous years. So the way you access surplus is you spend

[28:19] your complete budget and then you overspend and then that line or that surplus from previous

[28:26] is automatically decreased to cover the expenses.

[28:32] So, so I based on her recommendation and we can absolutely change this.

[28:38] I did put that in this evening's AP as an expense out of the summer equipment budget line,

[28:46] which means that we wouldn't have to transfer any money or anything.

[28:49] If you, if you have any.

[28:50] So I want you to hear a motion from the treasure that we would offer rise in expenditure, utilizing the summer equipment budget line.

[29:03] The summer equipment budget line.

[29:10] In the full amount of the more.

[29:11] In the full amount of the more.

[29:15] And that's further, the treasure is recommendation.

[29:17] That's correct.

[29:19] Is there a second?

[29:22] Is there a discussion?

[29:26] Get all those favorite policing of five by saying hi?

[29:29] Hi.

[29:30] All those opposed?

[29:31] Any guys have it?

[29:33] Anything else?

[29:35] Just the executive session that should be put?

[29:40] And well, if you could stay for just a second,

[29:42] I would be happy for this.

[29:43] So, would that be personnel or is that for a second?

[29:47] I'd make a motion go to executive for personal issues.

[29:51] Discussion. Is there a second?

[29:54] All those of favour? All right. All those of pose?

[29:59] We'll have you, Mr.

[30:01] Okay, take

[30:05] a motion.

[30:07] Who's in the exit executive?

[30:09] So I got all those favor, all those opposed.

[30:13] I don't think we'll necessarily take action in public.

[30:16] There's no discussion on that.

[30:19] And please, okay.

[30:21] All right, we'll take it very much, ma'am.

[30:23] Thanks for everything you do.

[30:25] Thank you, your team.

[30:26] Thank you.

[30:28] You're welcome.

[30:28] What's with all the green?

[30:30] Great.

[30:31] We call them cows and they need to form the cows.

[30:32] Two of these.

[30:34] There you go.

[30:35] Play brown, isn't it?

[30:36] No, no.

[30:36] Yeah, I think Louis is the same.

[30:38] That's the condition there.

[30:39] She saw it.

[30:40] But she's not the expert.

[30:41] So if you, if there's a problem.

[30:43] Yeah.

[30:44] And they know it.

[30:45] It's all right.

[30:46] That's all right.

[30:49] But you should look at this one.

[30:50] Go on.

[30:52] Sure.

[30:52] Yeah.

[30:52] Check out.

[31:01] It's just lumpy and lumpy and not smooth like the rest, where the joint is.

[31:09] Okay, see about some.

[31:11] Ventures.

[31:13] Don't think it's something you want to do.

[31:17] What do you think?

[31:19] Just a little bit.

[31:22] So, the tax bills have been out a couple weeks now, so if I'm going to start it to make its way in.

[31:30] So, if this is a reminder, taxes are due the first Friday of November, which is the 6th.

[31:37] So, keep telling that as we proceed.

[31:43] The 21st of September, the state of Vermont will begin mailing ballots to all registered

[31:51] voters in an active status for the general election, and they anticipate being done

[31:58] by October 1st, so a 10-day window that those ballots will be going out in the mail.

[32:06] Not election, just the general election, the third of November, the first Tuesday, I have seen

[32:15] I have a request with your approval that justices of the piece beyond that, though, and I have the Secretary of State's office, the little we asked on that.

[32:34] I have to kind of do the winter licenses now.

[32:38] Two applications, one for the Democratic Party of Franklin County doing a fundraiser

[32:44] as a community center on the 26th and then one here at the Berksville, across the street,

[32:52] on the 28th of October.

[32:55] What is it?

[32:56] Good times of October.

[32:58] Thank you.

[32:59] I think single-of-a-tion, type of that,

[33:07] see any issues with that, that's a question.

[33:11] It's called communities that are inside or outside.

[33:18] What's going on?

[33:19] I have a big school in Keshav, would you say?

[33:22] It's a Franklin County Democrat party.

[33:24] No, that's a fundraiser.

[33:25] Oh, it's a brick store?

[33:27] I have a brick store.

[33:30] It's a...

[33:31] Like a bunch of local hand crafters and artisans come, and it's like a night time.

[33:40] They sell a whole bunch of stuff. There was last year there was food, and candles, and like all kinds of stuff.

[33:51] Crafters.

[33:51] So they made all of the garments to each of them.

[33:55] It was lovely.

[33:56] You're going to take my time, but would like for that brick house for like a blanket for the year? Do we like?

[34:13] Well, we do it for stones, or for the fairfield market, because there are three-tailed solutions.

[34:22] A variety of licenses that an entity could pursue.

[34:27] Okay, because he chose that one day.

[34:29] It's better to do it on the internet.

[34:31] Yes.

[34:32] It doesn't go out there.

[34:33] It's not actually the store that does it, right?

[34:36] It's the vendor that is sell.

[34:38] Okay.

[34:39] Okay.

[34:39] Good. It's probably reduced.

[34:41] We need a motion.

[34:44] We probably need a motion for us.

[34:46] Yeah. So we'll.

[34:47] Second. Second.

[34:49] All those of favor.

[34:50] All those opposed.

[34:53] Thank you.

[34:55] Any questions?

[34:56] Good luck.

[34:57] Good question for you.

[35:02] We had talked a little bit about the capital improvement.

[35:06] we need for the building, we don't have, we have a $10,000 amount that we put in under this

[35:16] building's capital improvements each year. Right now we believe we've spent 2,000, so I

[35:22] will just curious if it's like where Hasnade is about about a capital improvement option.

[35:29] What about the budget? Would you do it on the generate? Well that's the generator. The expense

[35:35] that we've spent on just looking at it and then, you know, doing the maintenance and stuff.

[35:42] So, did the motion detector thing from downstairs get fixed?

[35:47] But security doesn't tell me any more that I have to buy past the, I can do that, I didn't know

[35:52] that we could, I can, we can talk about doing that.

[35:55] It doesn't necessarily mean that we have to, for a reason, for a year it was, I had to,

[36:00] I had to bypass the fact that the motion detector downstairs wasn't working.

[36:08] That was a fix. We did fix that.

[36:10] The last time I did it, it didn't tell me that, so I thought we had to go off it.

[36:15] No, I fixed it. There was some.

[36:17] It was easy.

[36:18] Actually, what was your question? You were asking me.

[36:20] So, for example, if we had $6,400 left in this line,

[36:25] would we want to research the parking lot, would we want to put a carpet into my room,

[36:31] would we want to hire somebody to power wash the outside of the building, would we want to do something?

[36:39] Do you have any ideas that you would suggest that I look into for using that money?

[36:46] With the idea that we want to spend all of it.

[36:48] Well first of all, I think budget is fine, but I would ask you for the next meeting unless anyone else has any idea.

[36:57] That's about money's meant for stuff like the carpets, the flooring that we can say last year in the year before.

[37:03] I think we use it now.

[37:06] Yeah, give it a go.

[37:07] Yeah, you guys are in here and more.

[37:09] Yeah, the next year we suggested that, and it didn't fly, but I can absolutely look into it again.

[37:16] That's why I come to you.

[37:17] Sir, yeah, sure. Yeah. And any other, yeah, before next meeting, look at the

[37:23] guards, see, see, see, see, see, you know, for. Yeah, there's things that you

[37:28] think we should do. And then we got to budget.

[37:30] But let's not spy if we don't act up. No, it's upkeep and maintenance, not. Yeah.

[37:37] Fair trims. So the other, the maintenance line is, is in there as a different budget line.

[37:43] But you're saying that this should also be upkeep and maintenance.

[37:47] Well, yeah, if you have suggest, if you, I don't have anything not to add to that. So if you have ideas, bring it to the board.

[37:54] Okay.

[37:57] That's good.

[37:57] We'll do it.

[38:00] Thank you.

[38:01] Thank you.

[38:02] Thank you.

[38:04] Thank you.

[38:05] Thank you.

[38:07] About minutes.

[38:10] We'll take a moment.

[38:11] Okay.

[38:12] Is there a second.

[38:13] Oh, second.

[38:16] Any comments or corrections?

[38:18] 24 August.

[38:22] Come on.

[38:22] Those are favour please.

[38:23] Sing a five.

[38:24] I say no.

[38:26] All those opposed.

[38:28] They're nice.

[38:29] Haven't most you carry.

[38:32] I return the 50,000 influx from the capital fund back to the CD.

[38:41] The generator is fixed, Tom Ryan is in the voices in our AP.

[38:49] This friend of things, the septic has been pumped from Chester's and this town and this office.

[38:55] I mean the building for the year and they jetted the mount system today.

[39:04] And the only other thing is I wanted to just bring you all back to Piction Voice to sign find out wherever we are with.

[39:14] I gave you an update by email but then got some different responses so I just wanted to follow up with letting you all talk about it in the session.

[39:29] this is the estimated project cost or part audit this year.

[39:38] We did.

[39:39] We didn't understand what it's going to cost.

[39:41] I just want to see this.

[39:43] So the difference between the last meeting and the meeting

[39:46] is the amount that has given her recommendation

[39:50] that we paid for the things that already been paid

[39:54] that they've already completed, which is the current invoice and that's not the amount of their contract.

[40:04] This goes up to the onsite audit fieldwork and then they're providing a talk to Chris and he said that they're issuing the trial balance this Wednesday to us.

[40:21] So based on those, I just wanted to make sure that we bring it back to you.

[40:27] Okay, so we were talking offline, and our treasure of Amanda was brought into this, and she had a recommendation.

[40:37] And the board did take a meeting, had a motion and a pass, last meeting, we're going to hold off.

[40:44] We can revisit it again.

[40:46] So let me just understand so that the ones with the red checks are tasks that have been completed to date.

[40:52] That's correct.

[40:53] Okay, so Lionel and we've paid them $7,000.

[40:58] They are requesting the of $17.

[41:03] The invoice is $17,000.

[41:08] The work to date is $22,000.

[41:13] But you know, all together,

[41:15] we would all then based on the work that I've seen they've done like 15,324 dollars based on these numbers.

[41:26] But then after Thursday there's going to be another $1,600.

[41:32] So we're not going to break it down then that's we're not here to judge how much they're working for.

[41:37] of them.

[41:38] They were contracts to do our audits in the industry.

[41:41] All I'm trying to push for is to get the audit back before the middle of our budget

[41:46] season.

[41:48] Because I just want some time to work with it and have it,

[41:55] and we're not going to have a peace

[41:56] meal in it.

[41:57] I agree with what they did, and it didn't work.

[41:59] This would like to push product.

[42:05] They said that they will be issuing us the trial balance this week, and that means that

[42:10] And I will look at their trial balance, and do the reconciliation with our trial balance.

[42:20] So they account things differently.

[42:22] So we just have to make sure that we get together.

[42:23] Okay, just I'm going to clear the evidence.

[42:26] So the evidence of the file.

[42:26] Just second.

[42:27] That's why before they can give us.

[42:29] Well here's, here's, I don't like these.

[42:32] We had this discussion with the architect.

[42:36] So it's my understanding that we have a contract that says we're going to

[42:40] pay for work that's been completed? Is that true?

[42:45] Yeah, so what I'm saying? So we honor our contracts.

[42:54] So in our contract we've said when we will pay for work.

[43:00] Can you explain to me? Yeah, so in the, this is from their contracts.

[43:04] Right. And it shows how much money they are.

[43:08] they can invoice to us based on the work that they've done.

[43:13] Okay, so here's, I'm fully sympathetic with,

[43:18] if wanting to contract, I didn't realize, does not.

[43:20] So that's what this is.

[43:22] I pulled it out of their contracts.

[43:25] Yeah, okay, so that, so I'm fully sympathetic with what Dave is saying

[43:28] for the future.

[43:30] This is the last time that they're no longer going to do this function.

[43:34] So I would just say, per the contract, I would like that emotion that would pay for the work

[43:42] that has been completed to date, payment, payment for whatever that is.

[43:48] Today it would be $15,300,000, $24,000.

[43:54] But no total, but by Thursday.

[43:57] No, no, I don't hear about Thursday.

[43:59] I don't hear about Thursday.

[44:00] It's coming right in the right key check.

[44:02] I would just, you're only $16,000, $16,000.

[44:05] I would make it all the way.

[44:06] I'm just going to.

[44:07] And I could fold the check until they get up to almost.

[44:10] Okay.

[44:11] I think you better get a voice from that.

[44:13] It's in a little bit.

[44:14] It's in AP as easy.

[44:15] You want me to take it?

[44:16] It will be about $17,000.

[44:18] But did I just hear we paid them $7,000 to date?

[44:22] Yeah, 20.

[44:23] So the total amount of care will just fold.

[44:29] So the services,

[44:30] This weathered in connection with preparation to date was 24,000.

[44:35] The $7,000 is what we paid them already.

[44:38] So there's a balance of $17,000 that they're invoicing us now.

[44:44] And then there will be one more invoice for those last bits of the contract that I showed you later

[44:52] once everything is in hand, which is usually October.

[44:57] We get it in October.

[44:58] Okay.

[44:59] Well...

[45:00] For the last three years. Notwithstanding day for its terror.

[45:07] They can invoice up to $627,000, but it depends on the mileage and other weird incidentals.

[45:15] So we stay out, we have a bill for $10,000. If they impose that much, we don't have to.

[45:26] So this is, if you want to take a look at the English,

[45:35] can I?

[45:37] Yeah,

[45:44] you're going forward next time.

[45:46] We're going to make this a little more clear, so there's no, you know.

[45:51] So, the 17, that is, that's including this, the 7th grade.

[45:56] That would include issuing the trial balance.

[45:59] to 24,000 out of the 27, right?

[46:02] The only thing that they haven't done out of all of the,

[46:07] those one, two, three, four pieces that I checked off on,

[46:11] on their contract list is the trial balance,

[46:15] which is coming this week.

[46:18] So next things that they will do is the audit completion

[46:22] and then a draft of that comes to us

[46:25] and then we provide the issue of final report.

[46:34] No, I do.

[46:35] It's just a lame-duke situation.

[46:37] That's a matter.

[46:39] Okay.

[46:42] What do you make a motion?

[46:43] Yeah, I'll make a motion.

[46:44] I'll make a motion.

[46:44] Let's do it.

[46:46] Is there a second?

[46:49] Calm.

[46:50] Any discussion?

[46:53] All those are favor.

[46:54] Please sing a five by saying aye.

[46:57] All those are opposed.

[46:59] Motion curious.

[47:00] I'd like to thank our treasurer for her.

[47:04] I did have chance to communicate with her,

[47:07] and she was grateful that the board sent her the flowers

[47:10] and sent a note and we were grateful that she's helping you

[47:17] with these discussions that we're looking for guidance on.

[47:20] And I want to just clarify that I've heard from all of you,

[47:25] all of you, but which are already you about this audit question and everybody had it to

[47:33] connect you in which is why it's not my decision, it's not my decision, it's not my

[47:39] thing, yeah that's why it's trying that, that's why it's trying that, that's why it's trying

[47:42] to appreciate that you are. No, we want you to present things and then these are our decisions

[47:47] to make, that's the way we work. And the other thing is we don't exist outside of this meeting,

[47:54] Right.

[47:55] Our chair is, but, you know, we're, we just, what's that?

[48:02] What do you want?

[48:02] Well, because you're a chair.

[48:04] You're a chair.

[48:07] Okay.

[48:08] You're right here for that motion.

[48:10] Anything?

[48:10] Anything else?

[48:12] I'll let you just grab this.

[48:14] I'll just grab this.

[48:15] I'll just grab this.

[48:17] No, that's it for me.

[48:19] And then I've been on the mission for a few days.

[48:22] You know, we've over the current course last three weeks, so I don't have any big updates for the

[48:32] Capment that is on the table, I'm sorry, that hasn't been a gaseous plan.

[48:37] But we talked about that offline too, your expectation is you're going to give us a date and one of our

[48:43] October meetings.

[48:44] So that we get that cleaned off.

[48:47] It's done and before budget.

[48:50] Yeah, because we got to have that.

[48:51] Yeah, we've got, we're going to have that done.

[48:54] Christian.

[48:56] Okay, good.

[48:57] Thank you.

[49:00] Uh, hey, we're down to zoning up there.

[49:05] Which day does this thing should be in the executive session?

[49:13] About, uh, about warrants.

[49:16] I have, I haven't heard it tonight, but I think.

[49:18] Why not?

[49:20] Just send it.

[49:21] Just follow the wrong terms in the mail.

[49:23] Okay.

[49:24] Do you want to get it?

[49:26] Do you want to get it?

[49:27] Do you want to get it?

[49:27] Just do it.

[49:27] Just put your in the switch.

[49:28] Just put your in the switch.

[49:29] Okay.

[49:32] We'll make a motion, or prove the words.

[49:35] Second.

[49:36] All right.

[49:37] Any discussion?

[49:40] Okay.

[49:41] All those were favor?

[49:42] All those were opposed?

[49:44] Oh, should be time.

[49:51] Do you have to zoom in, okay?

[49:53] 30 seconds.

[49:54] Oh.

[49:55] Okay,

[50:00] so I thought, so you think there's another executive that should issue this should be

[50:07] there.

[50:09] Okay.

[50:10] Why don't we make that motion?

[50:12] No, I don't make no.

[50:12] It doesn't.

[50:13] That could say.

[50:14] Oh, sorry.

[50:16] All those in favor?

[50:17] All right.

[50:18] Please think of five by saying aye.

[50:19] All those opposed, motion is carried.

[50:22] Executive.

[50:23] Second.

[50:24] All those in favor?

[50:25] Aye.

[50:26] All those opposed, motion is carried.

[50:27] I think that completes our business for tonight.

[50:32] Thank you very much.

[50:34] We're going to be a administrator.

[50:40] Thank you, Kathy.

[50:43] And make a motion to adjourn.

[50:45] Is there a second?

[50:46] I got it.

[50:46] All those are favourable.

[50:47] Please think about what I say tonight.

[50:50] The motion is carried.

Fairfield Selectboard | 09/14/2026

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