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Educating, informing, serving. FACT TV, keeping government honest.

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You are watching a FACT TV presentation of the Town of Grafton Selectboard meeting.

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I'd like to call the meeting to order for Monday, September 23rd, 2026, at 6:00

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PM here at our town hall.

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In a motion to adopt the agenda and changes.

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Morgan, do you have something?

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I thought, are we having this? The proposed executive session is happening, or-

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If we could, that would be great.

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Oh, okay.

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Sorry, I just got off the phone with Steve and Brenda 20 minutes ago.

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So I have a little bit of an update that we can talk about in executive session.

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Okay. Is it the draft?

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Okay.

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Do I have to change proposal? Propose to just leave it?

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No.

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Just leave it then?

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Yes.

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Okay.

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I need to have a motion to adopt the agenda as

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written. All in favor?

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Mm-hmm.

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Of the motion.

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Second.

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All in favor of the agenda?

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Aye.

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Need a motion to approve minutes of our regular meeting, September 8th,

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2026. Any corrections or additions to those minutes?

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You don't set a time with them?

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All in favor of approving the minutes for September 8th?

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Do we make motion?

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Yes, we do.

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Oh, I'll make motion.

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And I'll second that.

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Okay, we have a motion and a second.

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All in favor?

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Aye.

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Any opposed?

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We had a highway report, and I'm going to start with

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opening the paving bids for Middletown

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Road and Route 121 paving bids.

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Ready?

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Middletown Road.

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I sure know.

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This is under Basian Brother.

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What would you like from me to read here?

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Use the mic.

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What's the project title? Is that on Middletown Road or-

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Middletown Road Paving Project 2027 Bid.

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Great. And then there should be a grand total

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for the bid?

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Yes, it does.

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Sorry, this is my

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rookie report.

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Total, $48,224.

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Do that again. Sorry. 2,001.

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You might turn on the mic.

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Yeah, you got to use the mic.

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You got to use the mic.

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Oh, okay.

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The grand total for the gym, top coat, and mill is

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$48,224.

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No, the total bid. I'm sorry. $68,224.

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Hmm.

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We have one on Basian, so those are the-

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Separate project, though. Two different projects.

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So let's do all of the Middletown then.

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Yeah, that sounds good.

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Okay.

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This is from Pike Industries. Pike Industries.

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And the total bid is $43,513.80.

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Where is Pike Industries from? Are they a local?

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West Long Branch.

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Okay.

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Curious.

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Northeast Paving.

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The total is $52,148. And those are the three bids.

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Middletown Road.

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Can you go back to the one on the Pikes Industries?

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It's 43,513.80.

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Correct. Go ahead.

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That seems quite low from all these, the other two.

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I'm wondering if it's-

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43,513?

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Yeah.

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That compares to

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$52,148,

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so it's not too far.

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And there-

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For Basian's it's 39.

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For the same stuff?

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68,224.

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The reason probably is they're busy.

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I don't know this, but Basian called and wanted to know if we are awarding the bid

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separately on Middletown and 121, or we awarded it together.

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Because it doesn't say in the bid thing. So nobody else asked that question.

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So it might be

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low because they couldn't do the whole thing.

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But I don't know until I see the other bids.

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Okay. All right, we'll check the other ones then. Thank you.

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Should we go on to the other project?

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Yeah.

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This is Route 121 Paving 2027.

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This is Basian Brothers.

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And the total is $231,009.11.

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Here's... Hmm.

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And this is from Pike Industries.

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And it's

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$186,028.20.

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Hmm.

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Right.

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There's a-

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This is from Northeastern Paving.

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Mm-hmm.

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And they told you this.

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And the bid is for

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$165,379.20.

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Hmm.

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Where's Northeast from?

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Yeah, she was in somewhere.

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Northfield, Massachusetts.

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Northfield? Mm-hmm.

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Hmm.

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Hmm.

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Is that it?

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Yeah, that's it.

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Interesting.

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Hmm.

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So we can discuss some of these bids further before we commit to a bid

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at our next meeting, so everybody has a chance to look at the bids.

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And Travis, you can look at them also.

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Okay. Thank you, Peter.

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Welcome.

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Any comments? You have any comments, John, on the bids? Okay.

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Approve the Grant 2102 Grant Agreement, guardrails,

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repairs,

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stop line painting, and ledge removal.

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And if you had a chance to look at the grant, I think it was 38 pages.

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This would start end of September and go to...

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Is it two-year grants?

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It's manually twice a year.

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Yeah.

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So the project is to repair five guardrails, paint six

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stop lines, and ledge removal in one location.

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Where is that?

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The ledge removal?

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Platnam Forest Road.

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Platnum Forest Road. That's for

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$48,000?

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$45,000.

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45.

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And it is fully reimbursable, so there's no town out for this project.

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So typically I would just need authority to approve the grant agreement.

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Did anybody have a chance to read the grant and look it over?

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Anybody have any questions?

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Go ahead and motion to approve this grant,

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2102 Grant Agreement.

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It's a two-year agreement. All in favor? We need a motion, sorry.

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Motion.

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Thank you, Barb.

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I'll second it.

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Okay, Mike. Time to ask the question. All in favor of approving the grant?

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I.

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Any opposed?

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So Travis, do you have the report for us today?

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Yeah. We've been studying 121

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this week. We'll get there Wednesday and Thursday, and Wednesday will be the last

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culvert replacement. We should be planning the fill and break for that.

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Then Thursday will just be some follow-up with grassy and some still lying.

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From there, we are headed to a culvert on 35 at the top of Chester Hill.

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To replace that with asphalt.

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And then we have some various others.

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There's two on State Road and another on Kidder Road.

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So we're trying to wrap up the dirt side of things before frost. Hopefully.

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And how about your equipment needs? I mean, you had some repairs on the mower.

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The grader-

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... is going to go over. That was a sink and pit loss.

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The backhoe,

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knock on wood, if that stays together, it'll be all five of it.

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The tractor did have some dashboards fall last week.

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Mm-hmm.

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And I won't have answers until it back flows into the tractor.

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That's just what's going on.

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And that's all computer-based?

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Mm-hmm.

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Is he going to go to Salem, Mass?

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Salem, New York.

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Oh, New York.

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Yeah, it's not too bad, just phase ones.

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there's no warranty on truck four left?

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There is warranty.

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Okay.

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We are getting towards the end of it.

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Off of that, our HEG

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with warranty work, if they find rust in a component, they will not cover it under

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warranty. So with the times that, being almost five years old,

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a lot of it is out of pocket. I'm turning over the warranty at this point.

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But we need to look into that because those trucks are going to have rust within a

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year because they're in salt floor.

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Mm-hmm.

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And the only thing we pay $7,000 for extended warranty, and

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all it will cover is the engine and our transmission.

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But as far as anything else, it doesn't cover it because they find rust, and I

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don't know if you make another trip down to visit with whoever you did before, it

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would do any good or not. But I think that we should get more for our warranty.

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This is the truck that has the salt that's underneath?

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They all do.

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But I know the last one, it was due to rust and we did get covered.

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Yeah, it was our oldest truck-

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... and I got a problem with that.

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Yeah, I can go down, but I just wondered if anything can be submitted to our

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insurance on any of those costs. Do you know that, Lauren?

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Are we just wearing gear?

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Unfortunately, the wear and tear-

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Mm-hmm

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... significant is just a couple thousand at a time adds up the end of the year.

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Does it actually state to us as an exception of warranty with a lease or are they

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saying they're claiming them?

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That they're claiming it. I assume it's at the text discretion of work on the

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truck.

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Yeah.

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And with this becoming a larger issue than already being one this year,

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I've had a hard time connecting with Craig.

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I didn't know if maybe the board would be willing to either visit or send a letter

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to Craig and just go, "Hey, this truck is costing us a lot of money on some

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warranty."

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When's the middle point? We need more updates, more information.

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That's on the truck.

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That's on the truck.

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Okay.

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I guess, Morgan, draft a letter. Is that okay?

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I drafted a letter today, and I can share it.

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Because the cabin chassis doesn't even get in yet, so there's no body to pull out,

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standard. There's not even a cabin chassis at this point.

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It's not very long. Do you want me to read it out loud?

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Sure.

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So it's just addressed to Craig.

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Just use the mic. Yeah.

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Did you share yours?

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So this is a letter raising regarding our truck currently at your facility for

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repairs, which is truck number four, as well as the replacement

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truck account for over the past several weeks, Travis and I have tried on it and

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made multiple attempts to obtain information regarding the status of the repair and

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the anticipated delivery date of the replacement vehicle.

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In addition, one of your account administrators has also reached out seeking an

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update. Unfortunately, these inquiries have gone unanswered.

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The timing of these vehicles and the lack of communication has made it increasingly

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difficult to plan daily operations.

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We respectfully request a detailed update regarding, number one, the current status

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of the repair being performed on our truck.

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Number two, the basis for ATD's determination that the repair is not covered under

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warranty, including any supporting documentation or explanation.

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And number three, the expected delivery date of the replacement truck that the town

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has ordered. We ask that you provide a written response as soon as possible.

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If there are delays affecting either repair or replacement vehicle delivery, we

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would appreciate your explanation of the circumstances and an updated timeline.

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We value our relationship with ATD and hope to resolve these issues promptly.

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Thank you. I look forward to your response.

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Solid letter.

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Yeah, very good.

265
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I think it's great. Yeah.

266
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We're going to follow up with a call.

267
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Yeah.

268
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So-

269
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Will that be emailed?

270
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We can email it. We can also mail a hard copy.

271
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Yep.

272
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Yeah, do both.

273
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Do both, and then

274
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get on the horn, follow up with them quick.

275
00:18:47,193 --> 00:18:47,853
Yeah. If you could

276
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just email me his number and stuff.

277
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Sure.

278
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Information.

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Could I just have him-

280
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Yeah.

281
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And then we'll put something up in the morning.

282
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Anything else you want to add to the letter or

283
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concerns

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that I can convey?

285
00:19:38,703 --> 00:19:39,153
Okay.

286
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Thank you for doing the letter.

287
00:19:42,753 --> 00:19:42,873
No.

288
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Anything else, Travis, that you have while we're...

289
00:19:50,524 --> 00:19:56,043
I wanted to mention last week how much 1.1 petitions in the summer, but I agree

290
00:19:57,274 --> 00:19:58,053
with you last week.

291
00:19:58,113 --> 00:19:58,623
Thank you.

292
00:19:59,763 --> 00:19:59,913
Hmm.

293
00:20:02,193 --> 00:20:04,293
Well, committee reports. Anything from zoning?

294
00:20:04,353 --> 00:20:05,284
No, the clerk's good.

295
00:20:05,823 --> 00:20:07,413
Oh, sorry. All right, Kim.

296
00:20:09,363 --> 00:20:10,563
I think we're way behind here.

297
00:20:11,703 --> 00:20:12,123
Go ahead.

298
00:20:15,603 --> 00:20:17,613
Everybody got their quarterly reports.

299
00:20:17,973 --> 00:20:21,573
I really didn't hear from anyone, so I'm assuming everything's okay.

300
00:20:21,633 --> 00:20:24,183
It looks to be pretty much on track.

301
00:20:25,413 --> 00:20:28,774
I gave two different reports, one with percentages and one without.

302
00:20:29,284 --> 00:20:32,823
I feel the percentage one is very helpful because they're only a quarter of the

303
00:20:32,883 --> 00:20:36,214
way. They're obviously going to be 25% or under is great.

304
00:20:37,263 --> 00:20:39,603
If it's slightly over the 25%, it's fine.

305
00:20:42,483 --> 00:20:44,553
This is just the beginning of the year.

306
00:20:44,943 --> 00:20:47,823
Some of them you'll see might be 75% to 90%.

307
00:20:47,913 --> 00:20:51,303
That's because it might be one thing every year, so of course, it's going to hit

308
00:20:51,363 --> 00:20:54,933
its almost full value within the first quarter.

309
00:20:56,913 --> 00:20:59,793
But nothing really stood out to me,

310
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and I'm assuming nothing to any of you since I didn't hear anybody.

311
00:21:08,163 --> 00:21:10,863
I've not heard from Sullivan Powers yet.

312
00:21:11,284 --> 00:21:14,823
I'm still waiting for Jenna to get back to me on audit.

313
00:21:15,933 --> 00:21:20,073
Probably next Monday, I'll email her and see how she's coming along on it, seeing

314
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as how we're coming into our budget season.

315
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Maybe give us an idea of where we're standing with it.

316
00:21:29,643 --> 00:21:35,583
Next thing, the start of setting budget dates, getting

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together. Typically, I think we've done the highway as one meeting, and

318
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then we next meeting, we move into doing general, and then we do an

319
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overall,

320
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put the two together, I put the numbers together, and then we have that final

321
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meeting and doing the briefing if we need to be.

322
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We also invite rescue, the library, the fire department,

323
00:22:01,983 --> 00:22:07,203
probably during the select board meeting, so we can hear their pitch, and

324
00:22:08,433 --> 00:22:11,343
I can insert those numbers. So that can be at any time.

325
00:22:13,563 --> 00:22:18,693
Morgan and I did have a few dates. We were looking at possibly Tuesdays or

326
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Thursdays.

327
00:22:21,034 --> 00:22:25,203
Depends. I think we're thinking maybe anytime before or after.

328
00:22:25,293 --> 00:22:29,793
I think Leslie and Anna have a difficult time making it anytime during the day,

329
00:22:29,883 --> 00:22:30,753
unless you can.

330
00:22:32,373 --> 00:22:33,813
Mine really depends, but-

331
00:22:35,193 --> 00:22:38,133
Yeah, sometimes I have to. You give me a date and time.

332
00:22:38,163 --> 00:22:40,563
Yeah. Let me-

333
00:22:40,893 --> 00:22:43,353
I'm fine with before or whatever you guys decide.

334
00:22:44,284 --> 00:22:49,833
Morgan and I were looking at possible dates of October the 6th, a Tuesday,

335
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October the 8th, a Thursday,

336
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Tuesday the 13th, Thursday the 29th,

337
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Monday the 26th, because it's an odd one.

338
00:23:02,763 --> 00:23:05,524
We try not to make any Mondays since there are four of those.

339
00:23:06,843 --> 00:23:09,903
That went by fast. So Tuesday, October 6th.

340
00:23:10,593 --> 00:23:12,663
Could be one on the Thursday, October 8th.

341
00:23:12,933 --> 00:23:13,083
No.

342
00:23:13,413 --> 00:23:14,553
And then I lost you.

343
00:23:14,823 --> 00:23:15,693
The 13th.

344
00:23:15,933 --> 00:23:16,263
Okay.

345
00:23:17,103 --> 00:23:18,843
The 26th on Monday.

346
00:23:19,534 --> 00:23:19,833
Oh.

347
00:23:19,923 --> 00:23:25,293
Or the 29th on Thursday. It's whenever works for us.

348
00:23:25,833 --> 00:23:26,733
Do you have any input

349
00:23:29,553 --> 00:23:29,973
into-

350
00:23:30,063 --> 00:23:31,863
You're saying you're free at 4:00 PM?

351
00:23:33,034 --> 00:23:36,993
If we're... We kind of picked maybe if you guys can make 4:00.

352
00:23:37,173 --> 00:23:38,193
Maybe just one, yeah.

353
00:23:38,223 --> 00:23:40,413
And get her packed in, the rest can make 4:00, and-

354
00:23:41,313 --> 00:23:42,333
I can't do the 6th.

355
00:23:42,723 --> 00:23:44,613
Can't do the 8th?

356
00:23:44,673 --> 00:23:47,703
Every other day. The 8th and the 26th are the only dates that I know.

357
00:23:47,943 --> 00:23:49,263
Other than that, it's just-

358
00:23:49,833 --> 00:23:51,453
Does it work for Dave after the 8th?

359
00:23:51,513 --> 00:23:53,043
Yeah, I have school board meeting.

360
00:23:53,823 --> 00:23:53,823
Yeah.

361
00:23:53,823 --> 00:23:56,103
I have school board meeting.

362
00:23:56,163 --> 00:23:56,524
And the 13th.

363
00:23:56,613 --> 00:23:58,053
Okay, so the 8th is out of the question.

364
00:23:58,083 --> 00:24:00,034
13th is planning commission, but-

365
00:24:00,633 --> 00:24:01,653
But it would be earlier

366
00:24:01,653 --> 00:24:02,793
... I could do it at

367
00:24:04,803 --> 00:24:04,983
5:00.

368
00:24:06,784 --> 00:24:07,563
On the 13th?

369
00:24:07,983 --> 00:24:10,233
Yeah. Is that what you said? For the planning commission, yeah.

370
00:24:10,293 --> 00:24:13,353
Can you do 4:00?

371
00:24:13,443 --> 00:24:16,383
Yeah, I can probably change the meeting or 4:00.

372
00:24:20,493 --> 00:24:21,903
Planning commission's what at 7:00?

373
00:24:24,723 --> 00:24:24,784
7:00.

374
00:24:24,784 --> 00:24:25,323
7:00, right?

375
00:24:27,483 --> 00:24:27,964
Little after 7:00.

376
00:24:27,964 --> 00:24:30,363
Do you guys do it more like 5:00? Would that help you?

377
00:24:32,133 --> 00:24:33,183
5:00 would work for me.

378
00:24:34,413 --> 00:24:35,103
Around 5:00.

379
00:24:35,163 --> 00:24:36,303
Turn that on, Peter.

380
00:24:36,753 --> 00:24:38,103
Because you're running that again.

381
00:24:38,853 --> 00:24:41,493
Well, we're down to the 6th of October.

382
00:24:42,453 --> 00:24:42,693
Yep.

383
00:24:42,784 --> 00:24:44,163
The 13th of October.

384
00:24:44,223 --> 00:24:45,303
These are 4:00?

385
00:24:46,623 --> 00:24:49,052
No, we're looking at the 13th and possibly 5:00.

386
00:24:49,623 --> 00:24:51,993
Okay. But the other two first. Okay, got it.

387
00:24:52,443 --> 00:24:54,603
On the 26th is a Monday.

388
00:24:55,383 --> 00:24:56,613
That I can't do that.

389
00:24:56,642 --> 00:24:59,193
No, you can't do the 26th. Okay, so we'll cross that off.

390
00:24:59,433 --> 00:25:01,683
So now we're down to the 29th of October.

391
00:25:03,363 --> 00:25:05,524
So that would put our final one then

392
00:25:07,053 --> 00:25:08,853
into the 1st of November.

393
00:25:11,464 --> 00:25:14,163
Are we comfortable with that? Yeah.

394
00:25:16,383 --> 00:25:19,833
November is usually when I'm trying to get the town report together.

395
00:25:19,893 --> 00:25:20,223
Okay.

396
00:25:21,363 --> 00:25:23,973
The first week of November, I've got the general election-

397
00:25:23,973 --> 00:25:24,573
General election

398
00:25:24,603 --> 00:25:27,123
... so I just assume skip the whole first week of November.

399
00:25:27,813 --> 00:25:28,113
Mm-hmm.

400
00:25:30,964 --> 00:25:32,133
I think November 10th

401
00:25:33,693 --> 00:25:35,284
is the following Tuesday.

402
00:25:35,403 --> 00:25:35,763
Okay.

403
00:25:37,413 --> 00:25:37,833
I don't know.

404
00:25:37,893 --> 00:25:39,633
So we can make that our third then.

405
00:25:39,904 --> 00:25:41,464
I might be here, but we'll have to...

406
00:25:42,274 --> 00:25:45,514
Otherwise, I'd say the first one's October 2nd.

407
00:25:45,843 --> 00:25:50,163
I think that we're good with the 13th and the 29th, I think we settled on or

408
00:25:50,223 --> 00:25:50,373
whatever.

409
00:25:53,794 --> 00:25:53,823
Okay.

410
00:25:53,883 --> 00:25:58,294
And then we can work around inviting the rest of the organizations.

411
00:26:00,003 --> 00:26:00,154
Hello?

412
00:26:00,274 --> 00:26:05,794
And we can add a date to have a select board meeting on the 19th, which is a

413
00:26:05,853 --> 00:26:06,904
regular select board meeting.

414
00:26:08,373 --> 00:26:08,943
Okay.

415
00:26:09,214 --> 00:26:11,223
What are we talking about, October?

416
00:26:11,433 --> 00:26:15,063
October at 5:00, and I can do the 29th at 4:00 or 5:00.

417
00:26:15,123 --> 00:26:17,613
Okay. So 4:00 on the 29th?

418
00:26:17,823 --> 00:26:18,483
That'll work for me.

419
00:26:18,813 --> 00:26:21,633
Okay. Is everybody okay with 4:00 the 29th?

420
00:26:22,983 --> 00:26:24,214
5:00 on the 13th. Okay.

421
00:26:25,953 --> 00:26:27,303
So we can make

422
00:26:30,243 --> 00:26:32,493
Travis, which makes it be the 13th at-

423
00:26:32,703 --> 00:26:33,333
The other one.

424
00:26:34,413 --> 00:26:38,044
4:00. We're at October 6th. Was that all right, October 6th?

425
00:26:38,313 --> 00:26:38,973
Works for me.

426
00:26:39,423 --> 00:26:42,663
Was that an okay date? That way we can do all three.

427
00:26:42,693 --> 00:26:44,073
Get it all within October.

428
00:26:44,433 --> 00:26:44,673
Yeah.

429
00:26:45,753 --> 00:26:46,413
Well, October 6th.

430
00:26:46,443 --> 00:26:47,943
That's what we're trying to do.

431
00:26:48,753 --> 00:26:49,923
Well, that works for you guys?

432
00:26:51,303 --> 00:26:53,613
Yeah. What's your second one?

433
00:26:54,633 --> 00:26:56,044
4:00, October 6th.

434
00:26:57,514 --> 00:26:58,083
Works for me.

435
00:26:58,863 --> 00:27:01,923
Okay. Can you get the invites? So 4:00 on the 6th.

436
00:27:02,433 --> 00:27:03,393
Get them all in October.

437
00:27:03,753 --> 00:27:08,103
Yeah. Okay. So then we'll make Travis on the 6th, if you're okay with that.

438
00:27:10,893 --> 00:27:10,923
Mm-hmm.

439
00:27:10,983 --> 00:27:16,083
And the 13th will be the town in general at 5:00.

440
00:27:16,143 --> 00:27:17,643
Yeah.

441
00:27:17,733 --> 00:27:21,603
And then 4:00 on the 29th will be our final, hopefully

442
00:27:23,673 --> 00:27:24,633
somewhere into

443
00:27:26,553 --> 00:27:28,113
our other capital budget too.

444
00:27:28,654 --> 00:27:28,923
Mm-hmm.

445
00:27:28,983 --> 00:27:30,843
Yeah, for their public hearing. Yeah.

446
00:27:32,679 --> 00:27:33,609
Yeah. I'll make a note.

447
00:27:35,739 --> 00:27:37,029
I'll reach out.

448
00:27:37,149 --> 00:27:41,590
So what date would be the one for

449
00:27:43,269 --> 00:27:44,739
fire, rescue, and library?

450
00:27:44,889 --> 00:27:48,939
October 19th, which is a regular select board meeting.

451
00:27:49,179 --> 00:27:49,389
Oh,

452
00:27:52,299 --> 00:27:54,699
okay. Yeah, that would give them the warning on that-

453
00:27:54,909 --> 00:27:54,909
Yep

454
00:27:54,909 --> 00:27:55,629
... so they're ready.

455
00:27:55,899 --> 00:27:56,169
Yep.

456
00:27:57,639 --> 00:28:00,429
Sorry, that's four o'clock still? On the 19th?

457
00:28:01,029 --> 00:28:04,329
No, that's a regular select board meeting. No, during the meeting.

458
00:28:04,389 --> 00:28:05,290
That's difficult.

459
00:28:05,709 --> 00:28:06,069
Right.

460
00:28:11,529 --> 00:28:17,139
Just from the register there, I'm probably going to have a BCA

461
00:28:17,199 --> 00:28:17,620
meeting.

462
00:28:19,509 --> 00:28:19,779
That's just-

463
00:28:20,019 --> 00:28:25,959
I'm looking at a BCA meeting, possibly October the 5th, and it'll be held just

464
00:28:26,019 --> 00:28:30,100
before the select board meeting, so it's all probably going to be another 15-minute

465
00:28:30,159 --> 00:28:34,120
meeting. Just designate time and place of village elections and ballot votes.

466
00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:35,319
Gotcha.

467
00:28:35,889 --> 00:28:38,919
He said the 5th. I think the 5th. That's what I'm going to try.

468
00:28:38,949 --> 00:28:41,319
Well, as long as Chris can make it on the 5th.

469
00:28:42,790 --> 00:28:45,129
We'll be up at 5:45 that morning.

470
00:28:45,189 --> 00:28:49,149
Yeah, I think it's going to be 5:45, which won't take us long.

471
00:28:53,980 --> 00:28:55,179
I will be sending out,

472
00:28:57,909 --> 00:29:02,079
probably beginning of next week, I'll send out a blank version again of the budget

473
00:29:02,379 --> 00:29:03,850
with little lines on the side.

474
00:29:04,329 --> 00:29:04,509
Mm-hmm.

475
00:29:04,540 --> 00:29:09,249
And everybody can put in what they propose, and we'll come to the round table and

476
00:29:10,329 --> 00:29:12,639
fill in the blanks with what our proposals are.

477
00:29:13,959 --> 00:29:15,579
Say that again, Kim. I'm sorry, it's not-

478
00:29:15,699 --> 00:29:17,679
I usually do a budget sheet just like this-

479
00:29:17,679 --> 00:29:18,189
Oh, budget sheet

480
00:29:18,219 --> 00:29:19,929
... but I have blank lines on the side.

481
00:29:20,350 --> 00:29:20,679
Yep.

482
00:29:20,739 --> 00:29:22,840
And you guys put down your best estimate

483
00:29:25,929 --> 00:29:26,469
and reason

484
00:29:27,939 --> 00:29:30,429
why you're going up or down. That always helps us to...

485
00:29:37,359 --> 00:29:37,719
Okay.

486
00:29:41,049 --> 00:29:43,149
How much else? I'll be done. I've not heard.

487
00:29:43,269 --> 00:29:44,290
I know that the

488
00:29:45,609 --> 00:29:50,769
ballots for the general election, they pulled the names last week, and they

489
00:29:50,829 --> 00:29:54,129
anticipate by the 1st of October, everybody should be getting their general

490
00:29:54,129 --> 00:29:55,090
election ballots.

491
00:29:57,249 --> 00:29:59,529
I have a small supply of them in my office.

492
00:30:00,279 --> 00:30:05,799
I did ask if I could write up a nice little write-up about the importance of trying

493
00:30:05,859 --> 00:30:10,600
not to mail them, but actually hand deliver them to my office or put them in the

494
00:30:10,659 --> 00:30:15,579
drop box in the front door or bring them with you on election day.

495
00:30:15,909 --> 00:30:20,559
If you can't make it here on the other than normal hours for election.

496
00:30:21,969 --> 00:30:25,809
Just, it's important people try to remember to bring that ballot.

497
00:30:25,870 --> 00:30:30,249
Don't use it to start your fire and just figure you're going to get one.

498
00:30:30,549 --> 00:30:30,549
Yeah.

499
00:30:30,579 --> 00:30:32,199
There's more paperwork involved.

500
00:30:32,259 --> 00:30:35,799
You can get one, but you're going to have to fill out more paperwork to get another

501
00:30:35,859 --> 00:30:36,159
one.

502
00:30:38,290 --> 00:30:41,139
So she's going to try and do something in the bulletins for that.

503
00:30:43,719 --> 00:30:45,129
Thursday is the

504
00:30:46,540 --> 00:30:51,189
STR election ballots are here. Seven, what is it?

505
00:30:51,609 --> 00:30:52,569
The 9th to 7.

506
00:30:54,790 --> 00:30:57,219
Michelle and I will set up on Thursday morning.

507
00:30:59,139 --> 00:31:04,719
And remember, I know Peter cannot make it for counting on Thursday,

508
00:31:06,609 --> 00:31:12,040
and Wendy's not going to be able to. But it's a yes/no ballot.

509
00:31:12,459 --> 00:31:14,169
Should be relatively quick.

510
00:31:15,850 --> 00:31:19,419
I'm hoping to be out of here by 8:00, probably 4 to 7.

511
00:31:22,929 --> 00:31:24,759
You can trust. That's all I've got.

512
00:31:30,189 --> 00:31:30,999
Thank you.

513
00:31:32,350 --> 00:31:33,129
Thank you, Kim.

514
00:31:35,199 --> 00:31:37,179
Any questions for Kim?

515
00:31:42,069 --> 00:31:46,389
Committee reports? Cemetery, any updates?

516
00:31:48,249 --> 00:31:50,620
Well, I had mentioned a while ago

517
00:31:54,309 --> 00:31:54,669
that

518
00:31:55,989 --> 00:31:59,739
we were contacting the Vermont Gold Cemetery Association.

519
00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:06,370
And when I say we, I mentioned it to the select board, but my sister Cheryl drafted

520
00:32:06,399 --> 00:32:08,739
a letter because she's interested as part of GIA.

521
00:32:10,029 --> 00:32:15,969
And they responded back. They are able to have the next year,

522
00:32:16,029 --> 00:32:16,480
or next year,

523
00:32:17,919 --> 00:32:23,739
where they would do a day of volunteer work with them leading the effort.

524
00:32:25,029 --> 00:32:26,709
We were thinking Middle Town Cemetery

525
00:32:28,059 --> 00:32:32,079
would be probably a good candidate for

526
00:32:33,370 --> 00:32:34,899
stabilization stones.

527
00:32:36,279 --> 00:32:41,739
They can clean the foundations, or they'll do epoxy on

528
00:32:41,769 --> 00:32:47,169
headstones that need it. They do have a list of materials that they recommend

529
00:32:48,249 --> 00:32:53,829
for supporting that, including chip hat,

530
00:32:54,159 --> 00:32:55,870
wheelbarrows, shovels, five-bars.

531
00:32:56,439 --> 00:33:00,909
There's a list, and most of it is fairly reasonable. Straight almost.

532
00:33:02,199 --> 00:33:08,019
A chemical called DT, I believe, that is free for you some stones.

533
00:33:08,709 --> 00:33:11,049
So, I just want to make sure that

534
00:33:12,699 --> 00:33:16,719
the select board is aware and would be okay with approving this.

535
00:33:17,559 --> 00:33:22,149
And I can get all the information with the entire list, and it might be something

536
00:33:22,209 --> 00:33:24,129
that we include in our budget review.

537
00:33:25,090 --> 00:33:30,879
And also, Kim, I know there is a separate fund, but part of

538
00:33:30,939 --> 00:33:36,429
that may be reasonably used. But we can talk about that and come up with an

539
00:33:36,819 --> 00:33:38,620
estimate for what the materials would be.

540
00:33:39,249 --> 00:33:43,749
Again, it's a volunteer organization, so for materials and know the cost.

541
00:33:44,350 --> 00:33:50,169
They do ask that the town try to have at least 15 volunteers show up, which I think

542
00:33:50,290 --> 00:33:54,009
if we publish correctly, that should be doable.

543
00:33:54,909 --> 00:34:00,340
And then we'll lock down the dates as we get closer to the top.

544
00:34:01,329 --> 00:34:02,978
Any questions?

545
00:34:04,929 --> 00:34:08,140
When did you think the date, like the month? What month?

546
00:34:09,129 --> 00:34:12,909
If you didn't mind saying month, or I'm going to write back to them

547
00:34:14,259 --> 00:34:19,509
if I got kind of general consensus tonight, because the last time it was written

548
00:34:19,540 --> 00:34:21,520
permission from the designee of the board.

549
00:34:22,419 --> 00:34:24,159
So I want to make sure everyone was on board.

550
00:34:24,669 --> 00:34:30,370
So I'll say that the support is in principle on board, and

551
00:34:30,489 --> 00:34:32,499
ask you to isolate the dates

552
00:34:34,329 --> 00:34:36,279
for us, and then I'll share that with Chris.

553
00:34:38,020 --> 00:34:38,559
That's it.

554
00:34:40,029 --> 00:34:41,709
I would think it would probably be

555
00:34:43,089 --> 00:34:43,959
summertime or-

556
00:34:44,049 --> 00:34:44,620
Oh, I see

557
00:34:44,620 --> 00:34:47,350
... spring, because if you're using materials-

558
00:34:47,829 --> 00:34:48,009
Yeah

559
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:49,299
... it can't be cold.

560
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:54,100
Yeah, but even in the summer, they're very sensitive to the rain.

561
00:34:54,159 --> 00:34:56,799
So I'm just not sure which date we would have no rain.

562
00:34:57,309 --> 00:35:01,209
And the other thing I do is probably just train people on how to do it, which I

563
00:35:01,269 --> 00:35:05,049
think is useful for online maintenance-

564
00:35:05,589 --> 00:35:05,859
Mm-hmm

565
00:35:05,859 --> 00:35:05,859
...

566
00:35:07,539 --> 00:35:09,369
and the assumption of how to do it correctly.

567
00:35:09,879 --> 00:35:10,150
Right.

568
00:35:13,179 --> 00:35:14,169
Sounds great to me.

569
00:35:14,529 --> 00:35:20,469
Great. I'll write up something asking for options on dates, and then I'll share

570
00:35:20,559 --> 00:35:23,529
that with you, and then I'll share this

571
00:35:24,879 --> 00:35:25,239
letter.

572
00:35:28,839 --> 00:35:34,029
I'll share this letter and list that they provided so that you all have it, and can

573
00:35:34,059 --> 00:35:34,719
have that as well.

574
00:35:37,989 --> 00:35:38,829
He doesn't like it.

575
00:35:39,369 --> 00:35:42,099
He doesn't like being right in front of the speaker.

576
00:35:42,339 --> 00:35:43,089
Mm-hmm.

577
00:35:43,629 --> 00:35:45,519
So it's not you, it's the speaker.

578
00:35:45,939 --> 00:35:47,529
I'm sure he'll be missing.

579
00:35:49,629 --> 00:35:51,549
Yeah, vote on the topsoil?

580
00:35:51,609 --> 00:35:56,889
Yeah. So at the last meeting, the board wanted to get a quote for the topsoil at

581
00:35:56,919 --> 00:36:00,219
the Middle Town Cemetery, and Russell did provide that.

582
00:36:01,359 --> 00:36:03,609
So it came in at $1,000

583
00:36:05,289 --> 00:36:10,389
for six yards of bank run gravel and five yards of screened topsoil.

584
00:36:13,389 --> 00:36:15,219
That was the donation amount, right?

585
00:36:15,279 --> 00:36:19,929
It was the donation amount. So what I did is I pretty much just asked him, "What

586
00:36:20,019 --> 00:36:23,409
can we get for the $1,000 donation?"

587
00:36:23,949 --> 00:36:24,339
Yep.

588
00:36:24,429 --> 00:36:26,559
And so he came up with the amount

589
00:36:27,879 --> 00:36:30,909
for what he feels we could get for the $1,000.

590
00:36:31,779 --> 00:36:32,139
Right.

591
00:36:33,501 --> 00:36:36,501
Did he have a feel for how far that would go, Lynn?

592
00:36:36,891 --> 00:36:42,081
He said he talked with you, John, too, and it's not going to go

593
00:36:42,651 --> 00:36:45,741
too far, but it's going to do a tier, he thinks.

594
00:36:45,802 --> 00:36:46,311
Sure.

595
00:36:46,731 --> 00:36:51,741
He's not going to put any type of seeding on it because the rest of the cemetery he

596
00:36:51,802 --> 00:36:53,331
said is pretty much all moss.

597
00:36:53,451 --> 00:36:53,931
Sure.

598
00:36:53,991 --> 00:36:55,161
So it'd be nice to

599
00:36:56,391 --> 00:36:59,541
have it blend with the moss, because otherwise if you put seed on it, he's going to

600
00:36:59,571 --> 00:37:03,351
have a patch of high grass growing and it's just not going to

601
00:37:04,552 --> 00:37:09,951
blend. But there are quite a few that are sunken in that he thinks he could run to

602
00:37:10,011 --> 00:37:14,961
a little bit more of a level. And right now, I'm just trying to manage mowing it.

603
00:37:15,531 --> 00:37:20,481
The mower hits down so hard that it just grinds off the blades because you're going

604
00:37:20,601 --> 00:37:21,591
in and not...

605
00:37:23,991 --> 00:37:28,881
And I do have a thing that I'd like to send to Barbara Streeter, but I also want to

606
00:37:28,911 --> 00:37:32,481
give an explanation as to what the funds are going to be used for.

607
00:37:35,751 --> 00:37:38,121
It is designated the Middletown Cemetery,

608
00:37:39,561 --> 00:37:41,631
leveling some of the ground. So, yeah.

609
00:37:42,411 --> 00:37:46,251
Then we'd have an idea of how much money we need.

610
00:37:47,601 --> 00:37:51,561
Yeah. We'll see how far that goes, and then in the future, it'll give us a better

611
00:37:51,651 --> 00:37:52,192
idea.

612
00:37:54,681 --> 00:37:58,491
And also the Trustee of Public Funds can probably help out with-- I don't think

613
00:37:58,521 --> 00:38:01,791
it's going to be very expensive for, like you said, a lot of the supplies you need

614
00:38:01,821 --> 00:38:03,321
for the volunteers next summer.

615
00:38:03,861 --> 00:38:07,942
Oh, and actually the GI may fund some of that as well.

616
00:38:08,091 --> 00:38:08,302
Okay.

617
00:38:08,361 --> 00:38:10,641
So we can figure out where that levels up.

618
00:38:10,761 --> 00:38:16,581
Okay. And when you get that idea from the organization, we'll pull

619
00:38:16,672 --> 00:38:20,031
together with the Trustee of Public Funds, we'll have a meeting and

620
00:38:21,351 --> 00:38:22,761
see what we can do, too.

621
00:38:23,031 --> 00:38:23,121
Right.

622
00:38:23,181 --> 00:38:24,261
We can fund the funds.

623
00:38:24,681 --> 00:38:25,192
Sounds good.

624
00:38:27,111 --> 00:38:30,891
I wonder if something like five times that amount

625
00:38:32,271 --> 00:38:38,181
would have a much more serious impact and how that might be judged, so that

626
00:38:38,871 --> 00:38:43,581
this is the first installment of a $5,000 endeavor

627
00:38:46,192 --> 00:38:51,981
on our farm. If 1,000 bucks is going to do something like six loads, how

628
00:38:52,011 --> 00:38:53,931
much of an impact would that-

629
00:38:55,192 --> 00:38:55,341
Sure

630
00:38:55,371 --> 00:38:59,811
... have on the cemetery? Right. I think that's what we're saying is if we do the

631
00:38:59,841 --> 00:39:01,672
1,000 and then say, "Okay, it did

632
00:39:03,321 --> 00:39:03,922
a quarter."

633
00:39:04,041 --> 00:39:04,401
Yeah.

634
00:39:04,701 --> 00:39:08,181
Then we'd know. So we don't know, there's no way to predict that.

635
00:39:08,692 --> 00:39:11,871
This is what I think if I started with what the six loads doesn't-

636
00:39:12,201 --> 00:39:12,411
Yeah

637
00:39:12,621 --> 00:39:14,331
... work in there. I think so.

638
00:39:18,501 --> 00:39:22,131
So we just need to be okay whether or not Russell can move forward and do this

639
00:39:22,192 --> 00:39:23,511
before the winter time.

640
00:39:25,341 --> 00:39:25,581
Yeah.

641
00:39:26,001 --> 00:39:26,181
Okay.

642
00:39:27,172 --> 00:39:32,541
Have a motion or any discussion before we can make a motion to accept-

643
00:39:35,361 --> 00:39:35,511
Sure

644
00:39:35,811 --> 00:39:37,371
... the recommendations here.

645
00:39:39,651 --> 00:39:44,631
I'll make a motion that we have Russell Record move forward with the topsoil for

646
00:39:44,871 --> 00:39:49,881
$1,000 and the amounts that are stated. I can't remember the exact amount.

647
00:39:51,081 --> 00:39:51,501
Second.

648
00:39:53,451 --> 00:39:54,831
Okay. Any other discussion?

649
00:39:56,302 --> 00:39:56,991
All in favor?

650
00:39:57,861 --> 00:39:58,251
Aye.

651
00:39:58,401 --> 00:39:59,151
Aye.

652
00:39:59,211 --> 00:40:01,341
Any opposed? Okay.

653
00:40:03,802 --> 00:40:05,841
One other item on cemetery, very briefly.

654
00:40:05,871 --> 00:40:06,231
Yeah.

655
00:40:06,711 --> 00:40:12,442
This has to do with the parcel on Chester Road that was

656
00:40:12,501 --> 00:40:14,451
looked at by the forester

657
00:40:16,791 --> 00:40:22,131
several weeks ago, and I thought that he had said that he expected to have some

658
00:40:22,221 --> 00:40:28,131
kind of reportable information, whether it's written or just show up and have

659
00:40:28,192 --> 00:40:33,381
a verbal conversation with the select board sometime this month, which is almost

660
00:40:33,501 --> 00:40:35,481
over. I asked him

661
00:40:37,011 --> 00:40:38,061
this past week

662
00:40:39,442 --> 00:40:43,491
when he thought that might actually occur, and he said, basically,

663
00:40:44,811 --> 00:40:49,641
things have gotten very busy. It probably isn't going to be until into the winter.

664
00:40:51,591 --> 00:40:54,442
But that should be okay because you're not going to do anything

665
00:40:55,701 --> 00:41:01,491
in the meantime. And by the way, I'm retiring next

666
00:41:01,552 --> 00:41:01,971
spring.

667
00:41:02,302 --> 00:41:02,871
Oh, okay.

668
00:41:04,731 --> 00:41:05,211
Joke.

669
00:41:06,591 --> 00:41:12,561
Yes, that report. But he has the two sites, the site and

670
00:41:12,591 --> 00:41:14,361
the one near the town garage-

671
00:41:14,391 --> 00:41:16,251
Mm-hmm

672
00:41:16,251 --> 00:41:17,481
... are both in play.

673
00:41:20,211 --> 00:41:21,981
He did send something to us.

674
00:41:24,351 --> 00:41:28,371
I think you got it too, Morgan, from the forester recently.

675
00:41:28,911 --> 00:41:30,981
I saw something that was sent.

676
00:41:34,311 --> 00:41:39,861
It was a kind of a brief outline of where they walked and what he

677
00:41:39,951 --> 00:41:40,461
saw.

678
00:41:40,881 --> 00:41:41,451
That might have been-

679
00:41:41,571 --> 00:41:43,552
Potential-- Oh, okay.

680
00:41:43,611 --> 00:41:47,422
Yeah, I got this from Ian. That's why it was brief and not that interesting.

681
00:41:49,911 --> 00:41:51,172
Beautiful. But-

682
00:41:51,741 --> 00:41:52,491
Raptor parks.

683
00:41:52,552 --> 00:41:55,521
Maybe I thought it was from-- Oh, sorry.

684
00:41:58,192 --> 00:42:00,651
I have a question or two on the cemetery as well.

685
00:42:00,711 --> 00:42:05,631
Has there been any more talk about any increase in the fee for the cemetery lots or

686
00:42:05,692 --> 00:42:07,461
not when going through?

687
00:42:08,031 --> 00:42:13,011
We haven't actually followed up on that. We've kind of done some research on it.

688
00:42:13,611 --> 00:42:14,721
Okay.

689
00:42:14,751 --> 00:42:18,951
Yeah. And now we need to, I think, actually put on paper as a recommendation.

690
00:42:19,881 --> 00:42:23,121
Have there been any inquiries? Has anybody-

691
00:42:23,181 --> 00:42:24,231
For purchasing?

692
00:42:24,591 --> 00:42:24,861
Yeah.

693
00:42:24,951 --> 00:42:27,621
I've had several people, yes. Recently, yeah.

694
00:42:27,741 --> 00:42:29,271
Okay. So there's activity.

695
00:42:29,751 --> 00:42:33,261
Yeah. I had two or three inquiries.

696
00:42:34,672 --> 00:42:36,351
They're not finalized yet.

697
00:42:36,771 --> 00:42:37,071
Sure.

698
00:42:37,911 --> 00:42:42,291
But I'm just kind of curious. I know we've talked about it for a little while.

699
00:42:43,011 --> 00:42:45,591
Do we fall right in the middle, or are we on the low end?

700
00:42:46,251 --> 00:42:50,391
It's hard to get lower than 150 bucks. We're way on the low end.

701
00:42:51,021 --> 00:42:53,361
Well, that's an increase. We used to be 75.

702
00:42:53,721 --> 00:42:53,721
Yeah.

703
00:42:56,811 --> 00:43:02,692
Like I said, my experience has been that the elasticity of demand for plots

704
00:43:03,141 --> 00:43:07,371
doesn't indicate that there's going to be a ceiling that people won't want to go

705
00:43:07,431 --> 00:43:08,061
beyond.

706
00:43:08,631 --> 00:43:08,661
Okay.

707
00:43:08,661 --> 00:43:14,481
In other words, if you raise them suddenly to $800, multiplied by four or five of

708
00:43:14,511 --> 00:43:19,101
what they are today, that's probably not going to have any effect, is my guess.

709
00:43:19,371 --> 00:43:20,031
Okay.

710
00:43:20,061 --> 00:43:21,172
But that's untested.

711
00:43:23,571 --> 00:43:28,942
And I've got to go back and look, but it was like Burlington would be around

712
00:43:29,361 --> 00:43:34,731
900, $1,000 in other towns, smaller towns that are like 4 to 500,

713
00:43:36,861 --> 00:43:41,692
or in-town residents. Some of them anyone else would be a premium.

714
00:43:42,291 --> 00:43:48,172
Some of them have very complex fee structures based on what

715
00:43:48,291 --> 00:43:50,241
you're doing it with, what is on there,

716
00:43:51,922 --> 00:43:56,061
so it can get complicated. Burrillville's postcremation, I think how many-

717
00:43:57,141 --> 00:44:03,021
Yeah. It's one set that you buy it for 150, and you can put three remains

718
00:44:03,172 --> 00:44:03,651
in one-

719
00:44:04,161 --> 00:44:04,431
Right.

720
00:44:04,581 --> 00:44:06,771
Yeah, so that's even cheaper.

721
00:44:10,281 --> 00:44:14,961
So I think we definitely think it should be increased, and then the funds go to

722
00:44:15,021 --> 00:44:17,181
maintaining the cemetery.

723
00:44:18,531 --> 00:44:23,721
So maybe, Peter, I can before the next meeting, try to get something on paper.

724
00:44:24,861 --> 00:44:25,192
Okay.

725
00:44:26,061 --> 00:44:27,651
Maybe check with area towns.

726
00:44:28,311 --> 00:44:30,681
We did some of that, yeah.

727
00:44:31,552 --> 00:44:32,751
I think Weston is

728
00:44:34,011 --> 00:44:39,741
3 or 350 for one plot. You can put two in, like a cremation and a

729
00:44:39,802 --> 00:44:40,461
body or something.

730
00:44:40,521 --> 00:44:46,491
That seems to be the-- I think 400 was kind of median for smaller towns

731
00:44:46,552 --> 00:44:48,591
as I recall. Yeah.

732
00:44:51,771 --> 00:44:52,161
Okay.

733
00:44:54,021 --> 00:44:55,041
Well, thank you both.

734
00:44:56,841 --> 00:44:58,761
Anything on parks, any updates?

735
00:44:59,211 --> 00:45:00,052
I don't have anything.

736
00:45:02,151 --> 00:45:06,981
Highway committee meeting went through. Personnel, I don't have anything.

737
00:45:07,192 --> 00:45:09,321
Waiting on

738
00:45:10,821 --> 00:45:11,541
the auditors.

739
00:45:11,871 --> 00:45:12,172
Mm-hmm.

740
00:45:13,431 --> 00:45:16,581
And select updates, we're all set. Nothing there.

741
00:45:18,052 --> 00:45:22,431
Outstanding capital project document reminder.

742
00:45:25,251 --> 00:45:27,741
Morgan, when I was with John,

743
00:45:31,011 --> 00:45:32,481
had several projects

744
00:45:34,491 --> 00:45:35,451
that we put together,

745
00:45:36,681 --> 00:45:37,041
and

746
00:45:38,271 --> 00:45:39,711
let me kind of review where we're at.

747
00:45:40,281 --> 00:45:42,471
So we can go through each one or-

748
00:45:44,043 --> 00:45:45,513
How do you want to start that, Morgan?

749
00:45:47,493 --> 00:45:52,893
I distributed this to this whiteboard over a year ago, and that was a list of 13

750
00:45:53,013 --> 00:45:58,773
items that we should be discussing to see how we were going to finance it.

751
00:45:59,643 --> 00:46:02,043
So this date today,

752
00:46:03,843 --> 00:46:06,243
there's not a lot been done.

753
00:46:07,923 --> 00:46:08,193
And

754
00:46:09,783 --> 00:46:15,663
some of them, if we have a major storm or rain, it's going to take out roads,

755
00:46:15,843 --> 00:46:16,383
whatever.

756
00:46:17,883 --> 00:46:23,133
Money should be somehow come up with to take care of it.

757
00:46:24,154 --> 00:46:29,074
The other ones are kind of small. After the bids of the paving,

758
00:46:30,663 --> 00:46:36,513
it looks to me like we might be able to pay more than what the bid's

759
00:46:36,633 --> 00:46:41,013
at, because I think it got close to $500,000.

760
00:46:41,883 --> 00:46:45,873
So it's all broken out, additional paving,

761
00:46:47,163 --> 00:46:52,324
so we could pick up some of that. But the other items, we'd have to do something on

762
00:46:52,683 --> 00:46:53,613
and not leave it.

763
00:46:55,983 --> 00:46:58,233
Well, certainly some of them are in process.

764
00:46:59,763 --> 00:47:01,443
Well, the fire escape-

765
00:47:01,563 --> 00:47:02,613
The fire escape is a process

766
00:47:02,613 --> 00:47:06,753
... all that stuff. The state forest are several .

767
00:47:06,873 --> 00:47:10,713
And we've had lots of dialogue on the Fisher Hill overtimes.

768
00:47:11,703 --> 00:47:13,443
They are big money items-

769
00:47:13,473 --> 00:47:13,473
Yeah

770
00:47:13,473 --> 00:47:15,904
... but the smaller ones in there, like a street light.

771
00:47:16,473 --> 00:47:16,713
Mm-hmm.

772
00:47:18,033 --> 00:47:19,503
13s. Yeah, but-

773
00:47:20,253 --> 00:47:23,824
The fire pond dredging. Yep. Fire pond dredging.

774
00:47:23,913 --> 00:47:24,213
Yeah.

775
00:47:24,243 --> 00:47:25,413
We talked about that.

776
00:47:25,473 --> 00:47:27,093
Hopefully budget searching.

777
00:47:27,183 --> 00:47:27,603
Yeah, that...

778
00:47:29,673 --> 00:47:30,333
And chair.

779
00:47:31,863 --> 00:47:32,283
Suzanne?

780
00:47:34,203 --> 00:47:39,663
I did not see a copy of a list of projects for the materials.

781
00:47:39,933 --> 00:47:45,753
Could I please have copies of it with this maybe for the 22nd?

782
00:47:53,253 --> 00:47:56,163
That's the update. Is that the update or original?

783
00:47:57,154 --> 00:47:57,904
That's the update.

784
00:47:58,143 --> 00:47:58,803
The original?

785
00:47:58,863 --> 00:47:59,703
That's the update.

786
00:47:59,763 --> 00:48:00,904
The update's in red, right?

787
00:48:00,933 --> 00:48:03,423
That's my copy. So it's right in front of all the updates.

788
00:48:03,483 --> 00:48:03,873
Yes.

789
00:48:03,933 --> 00:48:05,193
In red.

790
00:48:05,253 --> 00:48:06,243
It's in red.

791
00:48:06,933 --> 00:48:08,193
What is it not?

792
00:48:18,303 --> 00:48:21,123
Well, this is a great document for budget time.

793
00:48:21,213 --> 00:48:25,563
Well, I know it's nice to level fund, but if you level funding every year, you

794
00:48:25,623 --> 00:48:28,293
don't get two ways in projects, and

795
00:48:29,733 --> 00:48:32,103
we going to decide which ones do we want to start with.

796
00:48:32,404 --> 00:48:33,633
Even if you just move one,

797
00:48:34,983 --> 00:48:36,904
$40,000, it's a help.

798
00:48:39,513 --> 00:48:44,793
But I know we've talked about this in the capital budget, and a lot of these items,

799
00:48:44,853 --> 00:48:45,693
not all of them, but

800
00:48:47,193 --> 00:48:51,243
how do you go about, because I'm not on the capital budget committee.

801
00:48:52,203 --> 00:48:53,253
Is it the committee?

802
00:48:54,603 --> 00:48:59,552
The committee should recommend to the majority that we want to do something.

803
00:49:00,423 --> 00:49:00,603
Yeah.

804
00:49:00,663 --> 00:49:02,163
Yeah.

805
00:49:02,223 --> 00:49:04,233
Does the whole capital budget have one of those

806
00:49:05,793 --> 00:49:09,603
schedules? Does the whole capital budget have a schedule like this?

807
00:49:10,654 --> 00:49:12,333
I think so. I'm not sure.

808
00:49:13,023 --> 00:49:13,293
I don't know.

809
00:49:13,324 --> 00:49:16,113
Yeah. We created it last year around this time.

810
00:49:16,233 --> 00:49:18,783
I think they do, but they don't have the updated one.

811
00:49:18,873 --> 00:49:19,113
Yeah.

812
00:49:19,503 --> 00:49:19,743
Right.

813
00:49:19,773 --> 00:49:21,183
So I can say like that.

814
00:49:21,273 --> 00:49:21,904
Yeah.

815
00:49:22,953 --> 00:49:23,133
Hmm.

816
00:49:26,733 --> 00:49:28,893
Hmm. So it's not that we haven't done anything.

817
00:49:31,053 --> 00:49:33,033
We have been doing stuff, but not-

818
00:49:33,603 --> 00:49:34,353
There's a

819
00:49:43,623 --> 00:49:45,813
but it's not so much for engineering.

820
00:49:45,873 --> 00:49:46,053
Mm-hmm.

821
00:49:47,433 --> 00:49:47,613
Right?

822
00:49:49,833 --> 00:49:50,163
Mm-hmm.

823
00:49:50,824 --> 00:49:53,733
If you have a storm, you're going to lose some roads.

824
00:49:54,423 --> 00:49:56,463
Hopefully people have sat in, but they

825
00:49:56,493 --> 00:50:27,183
don't...

826
00:50:27,303 --> 00:50:30,993
That's going to help free up some funds from the general,

827
00:50:34,533 --> 00:50:40,263
and that's a $55,000 payment that we make every year, and then the

828
00:50:40,324 --> 00:50:40,803
interest...

829
00:50:47,133 --> 00:50:47,253
Oof.

830
00:50:54,303 --> 00:50:56,193
That's the update. This is it.

831
00:50:57,933 --> 00:51:02,703
It's an independent. It's an update.

832
00:51:02,793 --> 00:51:08,193
There's a lot of work on this, so I'd find from Massachusetts, it'll be a help of

833
00:51:08,373 --> 00:51:09,603
other people who could do.

834
00:51:10,623 --> 00:51:10,893
Yeah.

835
00:51:12,963 --> 00:51:13,683
Some ideas.

836
00:51:15,304 --> 00:51:20,133
Well, I know Harry has done a lot of work when they do the highway equipment,

837
00:51:22,084 --> 00:51:24,813
for the town and for the fire truck.

838
00:51:26,793 --> 00:51:27,903
Has it scheduled

839
00:51:29,163 --> 00:51:31,263
down the road four to five years?

840
00:51:33,213 --> 00:51:35,824
So something like that, we could plug this into.

841
00:51:37,503 --> 00:51:42,873
Well, what happens to capital budget is, we save a level of fund that every year at

842
00:51:43,383 --> 00:51:45,723
200,000, and we don't put any extra in.

843
00:51:45,783 --> 00:51:50,643
And sometimes you're going to have to do it. The price of everything goes up.

844
00:51:50,704 --> 00:51:52,773
You just can't keep it at that price.

845
00:51:53,103 --> 00:51:53,283
Mm-hmm.

846
00:51:53,554 --> 00:52:02,493
Mm-hmm.

847
00:52:02,523 --> 00:52:06,123
Dual custody. I don't know you call it a fire chief.

848
00:52:08,074 --> 00:52:08,522
Okay.

849
00:52:10,022 --> 00:52:10,173
Hmm?

850
00:52:14,074 --> 00:52:15,454
Oh, yes, Suzanne, thank you.

851
00:52:16,713 --> 00:52:18,574
This is just an excellent report.

852
00:52:20,043 --> 00:52:22,173
I have two questions. First of all,

853
00:52:23,463 --> 00:52:27,243
to what extent is the planning commission aware of this report?

854
00:52:27,574 --> 00:52:31,864
It seems like some of these projects could be incorporated in the town plan.

855
00:52:33,183 --> 00:52:33,574
Hmm.

856
00:52:34,954 --> 00:52:36,723
It'd be okay to share with them?

857
00:52:37,023 --> 00:52:41,193
Yeah. We can share. I don't think we've looked at it specifically.

858
00:52:42,183 --> 00:52:44,313
Okay. I wanted to go chapter by chapter.

859
00:52:44,584 --> 00:52:44,733
Mm-hmm.

860
00:52:44,793 --> 00:52:50,403
Some of these would apply. And also, I have a specific question about the

861
00:52:50,523 --> 00:52:56,343
culverts on Fisher Hill Road. I remember vaguely she had

862
00:52:56,433 --> 00:52:58,923
me say that they have to replace some culverts.

863
00:52:59,673 --> 00:52:59,883
Who?

864
00:53:00,364 --> 00:53:00,513
Me.

865
00:53:00,574 --> 00:53:04,293
Samantha. Okay.

866
00:53:04,353 --> 00:53:05,313
The smaller culvert-

867
00:53:05,433 --> 00:53:06,993
Smaller culverts

868
00:53:07,353 --> 00:53:12,753
... put in the underground, like if they destroy a set of culverts, they replace

869
00:53:12,843 --> 00:53:15,993
that, but they're not going to replace those big ones.

870
00:53:16,054 --> 00:53:19,503
Only other thing, once they go up and onto the capital areas.

871
00:53:20,223 --> 00:53:23,584
Okay. They don't want to do that. Okay. Got it.

872
00:53:23,673 --> 00:53:24,574
So it's how it is.

873
00:53:25,623 --> 00:53:26,793
Okay. I'm just reaching with him.

874
00:53:28,383 --> 00:53:32,373
Yeah, and unfortunately, the culverts that have to be replaced-

875
00:53:33,123 --> 00:53:33,753
I know

876
00:53:33,753 --> 00:53:37,143
... they, every year, they go up and up and up.

877
00:53:37,623 --> 00:53:40,473
And the state standards

878
00:53:42,063 --> 00:53:44,584
go up and up, so it increases costs.

879
00:53:46,864 --> 00:53:47,253
Thank you.

880
00:53:51,364 --> 00:53:53,283
All right. Let's not put this on the back burner.

881
00:53:53,343 --> 00:53:55,293
Let's be vigilant of it,

882
00:53:55,864 --> 00:54:01,683
and hopefully we can move

883
00:54:01,743 --> 00:54:02,193
ahead and

884
00:54:03,513 --> 00:54:04,623
make some progress with it.

885
00:54:05,853 --> 00:54:07,653
Any other comments from the board?

886
00:54:12,843 --> 00:54:16,383
And if there's any more updates, Morgan, you put them in. Yes.

887
00:54:21,213 --> 00:54:26,043
Town hall, each field, and fire escape staircase update.

888
00:54:27,153 --> 00:54:33,033
I don't have any update. Do you? Well, you had asked me to get price, like

889
00:54:33,123 --> 00:54:37,023
a ballpark number for if we were to replace the H field.

890
00:54:37,834 --> 00:54:40,804
And I called a couple of local contractors.

891
00:54:41,493 --> 00:54:45,723
They said it's hard to give an idea without a design done. Mm-hmm.

892
00:54:45,993 --> 00:54:51,723
But they said we could be looking at anywhere between 20 and $60,000, and

893
00:54:52,473 --> 00:54:55,204
the price is going to vary a lot based on the designs.

894
00:54:55,743 --> 00:55:01,023
That's still in the ballpark, so I think that's still somewhat helpful, for sure.

895
00:55:01,084 --> 00:55:05,043
When we go through permitting with the engineer- Mm-hmm ...

896
00:55:05,074 --> 00:55:09,574
they'll also be able to give us a better update when the time comes.

897
00:55:13,668 --> 00:55:15,618
Another example of follow-up projects.

898
00:55:15,739 --> 00:55:16,308
There you go.

899
00:55:16,668 --> 00:55:16,908
Yeah.

900
00:55:17,568 --> 00:55:18,468
Another page.

901
00:55:19,908 --> 00:55:24,079
Question I have on that, in the meantime, why can't the tank just keep getting

902
00:55:24,168 --> 00:55:25,998
pumped while we're looking at it?

903
00:55:26,118 --> 00:55:27,199
It's not that it's-

904
00:55:27,438 --> 00:55:28,188
It's not different

905
00:55:28,459 --> 00:55:31,608
I understand, but there's not a lot of use that goes-

906
00:55:31,878 --> 00:55:32,088
Right

907
00:55:32,148 --> 00:55:34,429
... right here out into the leach field.

908
00:55:35,688 --> 00:55:38,838
You could pump it. It'd be like essentially a holding tank versus-

909
00:55:38,868 --> 00:55:39,378
That's right

910
00:55:39,378 --> 00:55:41,148
... an active field. So yeah.

911
00:55:42,348 --> 00:55:44,568
That would sort of help buy you time.

912
00:55:44,628 --> 00:55:48,498
Yeah. And I've had personal experience on that where the leach field never failed,

913
00:55:48,679 --> 00:55:52,908
not like this apparently, but it was imperfectly operating.

914
00:55:53,838 --> 00:55:55,758
And so once a year,

915
00:55:57,199 --> 00:56:02,808
in other words, for a house that had things like dishwasher, washing machine,

916
00:56:02,929 --> 00:56:06,709
probably like three, four months a year we definitely had that value sometime.

917
00:56:07,699 --> 00:56:09,739
Although you'd have to do budget and

918
00:56:11,239 --> 00:56:12,348
significantly fail.

919
00:56:12,709 --> 00:56:14,838
It's 10,000 gallon?

920
00:56:15,768 --> 00:56:16,158
Okay.

921
00:56:17,508 --> 00:56:17,778
500.

922
00:56:20,538 --> 00:56:25,848
I think the clarification is it's, I had not heard the language

923
00:56:25,908 --> 00:56:31,848
significantly failing before. I had heard the language more

924
00:56:32,058 --> 00:56:37,128
the way Peter just described his experience sort of imperfectly operating.

925
00:56:37,728 --> 00:56:40,489
While I don't, I mean, we're not seeing

926
00:56:41,748 --> 00:56:45,318
overflow, there's no odor. There are things like that.

927
00:56:45,528 --> 00:56:45,798
Am I-

928
00:56:46,668 --> 00:56:50,297
There's some leeway. Your timeline is solely-

929
00:56:50,718 --> 00:56:52,788
We do understand that, but I do not want-

930
00:56:53,058 --> 00:56:55,278
Your strategy. I would go three, four.

931
00:56:55,998 --> 00:56:56,959
This is what's actually-

932
00:56:57,438 --> 00:56:57,739
Okay

933
00:56:57,768 --> 00:56:58,218
... in each.

934
00:56:58,848 --> 00:56:59,118
Okay.

935
00:56:59,239 --> 00:57:02,838
Three, four. You can go away from that budget.

936
00:57:03,558 --> 00:57:04,278
Not that long.

937
00:57:04,908 --> 00:57:09,798
Right. I didn't want anyone to get the impression that we have a failed leach field

938
00:57:09,858 --> 00:57:14,568
out here. That would be a bad thing. I think we need to be continually be clear.

939
00:57:15,408 --> 00:57:21,108
I connected to that. What is the risk to the groundwater while the

940
00:57:21,168 --> 00:57:22,848
leach field is in this situation?

941
00:57:24,079 --> 00:57:25,429
Where are the closest wells?

942
00:57:27,918 --> 00:57:28,158
If it

943
00:57:29,748 --> 00:57:34,098
fails and backs up at this point, it's going to surface in the building, not

944
00:57:34,188 --> 00:57:34,818
outside.

945
00:57:37,429 --> 00:57:38,058
That's pretty

946
00:57:44,538 --> 00:57:44,959
soon.

947
00:57:45,048 --> 00:57:45,949
There you go.

948
00:57:47,568 --> 00:57:49,398
I think we did have our water tested.

949
00:57:50,088 --> 00:57:51,978
Oh, yes, we did. Everything's fine.

950
00:57:52,338 --> 00:57:55,368
Where are the wells, really? Just out of curiosity.

951
00:57:55,699 --> 00:57:56,778
You got a map I know.

952
00:57:56,838 --> 00:57:58,848
There's a map in the office downstairs.

953
00:57:58,908 --> 00:58:00,079
I know the Alexander's is-

954
00:58:00,528 --> 00:58:05,538
Yeah. Right next to their bulkhead, but in, like right on the other cellar

955
00:58:05,748 --> 00:58:09,378
And then I don't know where the well is for the Wilson building.

956
00:58:10,068 --> 00:58:15,798
It's on a map we could look at. Thank you. I'm glad everyone's looking into this.

957
00:58:16,638 --> 00:58:18,978
Yeah. No, this is active pursuit.

958
00:58:20,538 --> 00:58:21,798
Thank you for getting those numbers.

959
00:58:21,978 --> 00:58:22,068
Yeah.

960
00:58:22,098 --> 00:58:26,418
I think the numbers are somewhat helpful and certainly will be helpful for budget

961
00:58:26,477 --> 00:58:27,468
meetings. I think we

962
00:58:28,699 --> 00:58:33,318
had been talking, generally talking, it would...

963
00:58:33,739 --> 00:58:39,558
I mean, if we could do it next year, make it through next year, we could probably

964
00:58:39,618 --> 00:58:45,288
benefit from getting estimates on more frequent pumping if it, I don't know

965
00:58:45,378 --> 00:58:47,568
exactly when the last pump was, and

966
00:58:48,949 --> 00:58:53,538
well, I mean, you say do it once a year. Or is it once every six months?

967
00:58:53,598 --> 00:58:56,148
We'd rather err on the side of caution.

968
00:58:56,929 --> 00:58:57,108
You think-

969
00:58:57,168 --> 00:59:00,739
There's such few users in this building

970
00:59:01,038 --> 00:59:05,118
... I think it was last year, maybe year before.

971
00:59:05,179 --> 00:59:07,308
It wasn't that long ago we were pumping.

972
00:59:07,459 --> 00:59:07,608
Okay.

973
00:59:07,668 --> 00:59:09,138
It got a while without-

974
00:59:10,068 --> 00:59:10,338
Okay

975
00:59:10,368 --> 00:59:11,628
... well, off the schedule.

976
00:59:12,138 --> 00:59:12,468
I see.

977
00:59:12,558 --> 00:59:15,018
I think it's employing that right now.

978
00:59:16,398 --> 00:59:17,358
350 a pop.

979
00:59:17,449 --> 00:59:17,688
It's-

980
00:59:17,838 --> 00:59:19,188
To get you through a long-

981
00:59:19,908 --> 00:59:20,298
I know

982
00:59:20,358 --> 00:59:20,898
... one year.

983
00:59:21,438 --> 00:59:23,748
It last done in 2023.

984
00:59:26,478 --> 00:59:28,158
Well, I think we should do that.

985
00:59:30,949 --> 00:59:35,628
Technically it's due according to our new ordinance anyways.

986
00:59:35,808 --> 00:59:37,068
Yeah, I was going to say, that's-

987
00:59:39,378 --> 00:59:40,548
We can probably go ahead then.

988
00:59:40,608 --> 00:59:41,929
Always pre-orders over.

989
00:59:41,959 --> 00:59:46,728
Get it pumped. We need a motion for that? To have it pumped this year?

990
00:59:47,959 --> 00:59:49,188
I think the motion's old now.

991
00:59:50,838 --> 00:59:56,298
I'd like to make a motion that with all due haste we get the septic tank

992
00:59:56,418 --> 01:00:01,218
pumped in light of our concerns and in light of the fact that it's due.

993
01:00:02,748 --> 01:00:03,498
I second it.

994
01:00:06,258 --> 01:00:07,908
All those in favor of that motion?

995
01:00:08,298 --> 01:00:08,598
Aye.

996
01:00:09,228 --> 01:00:10,008
Any opposed?

997
01:00:12,739 --> 01:00:12,978
Okay.

998
01:00:14,298 --> 01:00:15,618
Okay.

999
01:00:15,679 --> 01:00:18,408
Other business? Any other business?

1000
01:00:20,538 --> 01:00:21,258
Public comment?

1001
01:00:24,468 --> 01:00:24,858
Okay.

1002
01:00:26,568 --> 01:00:27,048
Looks like-

1003
01:00:29,268 --> 01:00:32,148
I'm going to ask a question of you, so you go right ahead.

1004
01:00:32,478 --> 01:00:32,808
Oh, okay.

1005
01:00:34,459 --> 01:00:38,718
Sure. Hi, everyone. I wanted to touch on three things tonight.

1006
01:00:39,468 --> 01:00:44,478
The first of which is a week ago we had 20 youth graduates from UVM's Historical

1007
01:00:44,538 --> 01:00:48,739
Press program, who to the function together a year ago.

1008
01:00:48,798 --> 01:00:51,829
They come down and they look at crafting, they learn about some historic press

1009
01:00:51,858 --> 01:00:54,018
things. They also learn a lot about small towns in Vermont.

1010
01:00:54,648 --> 01:00:58,668
What I wanted to mention was a particular thanking to Morgan McKim for talking with

1011
01:00:58,699 --> 01:01:03,648
the group. They went to Burke Meeting House, then they came here, Eagle Brook, the

1012
01:01:03,709 --> 01:01:08,418
old fire station. They got them some lunch, and then, the Turner Interpret Center,

1013
01:01:08,478 --> 01:01:10,998
then the Burrillville Camp. But they really enjoyed being here.

1014
01:01:11,088 --> 01:01:14,028
Thank you both very much for taking time out of your table to talk to them.

1015
01:01:14,568 --> 01:01:14,718
Of course.

1016
01:01:14,748 --> 01:01:19,308
Just by way, very quick way of background, we've done this for two years now, and

1017
01:01:19,338 --> 01:01:22,489
because it happens a lot of times, the students are brand new.

1018
01:01:22,518 --> 01:01:24,199
They've been students for two and a half weeks.

1019
01:01:25,038 --> 01:01:28,728
Almost none of them are from Vermont. They really know absolutely nothing.

1020
01:01:28,788 --> 01:01:32,628
They're beginning, they think, the career of historic press, they've just learned

1021
01:01:32,688 --> 01:01:36,498
it, you know, and they know nothing about Vermont, or about small towns, Vermont

1022
01:01:36,558 --> 01:01:41,297
certainly not their home. So to bring them here, it's fun to do, but it's also

1023
01:01:41,329 --> 01:01:46,158
really eye-opening, and it kind of puts Grafton, Vermont before a group of people

1024
01:01:46,187 --> 01:01:49,608
who might not otherwise even know it was here, much less all the wonderful history

1025
01:01:49,848 --> 01:01:53,898
that it has. And, given that we were just talking about septic and municipal and

1026
01:01:53,989 --> 01:01:57,498
things, part of that day is focused on water and septic.

1027
01:01:57,739 --> 01:01:57,949
Mm-hmm.

1028
01:01:58,038 --> 01:02:01,128
And all the challenges that we have in this town, which I know are replicated in

1029
01:02:01,218 --> 01:02:02,118
other towns, too.

1030
01:02:03,438 --> 01:02:05,179
So again, thank you both for doing that.

1031
01:02:05,778 --> 01:02:06,048
Yeah.

1032
01:02:06,108 --> 01:02:10,068
The second thing is Act 250, which I believe the town was notified on.

1033
01:02:10,128 --> 01:02:14,058
So here again, this is another statement of gratitude. Thank you. I was grateful.

1034
01:02:14,088 --> 01:02:17,449
Thank you so much for supporting our application for that.

1035
01:02:17,478 --> 01:02:19,518
The Women Foundation did get its permit.

1036
01:02:20,088 --> 01:02:25,098
It took 14 months and a lot of money to make that happen, and it's

1037
01:02:26,418 --> 01:02:29,748
been a journey that has not always been enjoyable.

1038
01:02:30,408 --> 01:02:35,358
But I appreciate the support of the town in lettering our application and in

1039
01:02:35,838 --> 01:02:38,929
speaking. Cathy, thank you for speaking at the hearing, and in favor of this as

1040
01:02:38,989 --> 01:02:43,128
well. I believe you have a copy of the actual permit.

1041
01:02:43,158 --> 01:02:44,209
I've got it in the computer.

1042
01:02:44,959 --> 01:02:47,538
It goes on and on in great detail. There are 27 points.

1043
01:02:47,568 --> 01:02:47,688
Yeah.

1044
01:02:48,288 --> 01:02:51,048
There are just a couple I thought might be worth surfacing here today.

1045
01:02:51,558 --> 01:02:51,918
Mm-hmm.

1046
01:02:52,548 --> 01:02:58,459
We asked the Act 250 Commission to approve up to 24 events a year, and to do

1047
01:02:58,518 --> 01:03:02,239
that with categories rather than individual named events.

1048
01:03:02,298 --> 01:03:05,239
We gave examples of some events, like a brunch, for example.

1049
01:03:05,929 --> 01:03:08,898
But the request was, could you approve by category?

1050
01:03:08,959 --> 01:03:13,938
Their advice to us was, "Group the categories by size." Which we did.

1051
01:03:14,748 --> 01:03:20,568
And so they've approved four small, 18 medium, and two large events in any given

1052
01:03:20,598 --> 01:03:26,209
year. And of course, we'll be in contact with the town community about any of those

1053
01:03:26,268 --> 01:03:30,709
things as they come along. There's a couple of boundaries on that.

1054
01:03:31,308 --> 01:03:36,318
No events on Sundays, unless the VSO, which is already permitted, happens to land

1055
01:03:36,378 --> 01:03:38,929
July 3 on Sunday, in which case that's fine.

1056
01:03:40,518 --> 01:03:44,298
Anytime there's an event though that has any kind of sound amplification of any

1057
01:03:44,358 --> 01:03:44,538
kind-

1058
01:03:44,718 --> 01:03:45,018
Mm-hmm

1059
01:03:45,018 --> 01:03:50,538
... we need to have an employee of ours on site, and recording sound, and they want

1060
01:03:50,568 --> 01:03:52,548
reports on that for two years.

1061
01:03:54,048 --> 01:03:57,949
So we'll be doing that. Any event that has amplification.

1062
01:03:58,008 --> 01:03:59,118
There's no amplification on-

1063
01:03:59,862 --> 01:04:00,552
Not necessarily.

1064
01:04:01,873 --> 01:04:06,582
For anything that's done at nighttime, other than the PSO, which is already

1065
01:04:06,612 --> 01:04:11,172
permitted, they want us to monitor noise levels and report on those as well, and

1066
01:04:11,172 --> 01:04:13,633
they have specific ways they want us to report.

1067
01:04:14,142 --> 01:04:19,242
I'm not an audio engineer, but I'm learning slowly how complex some of that is.

1068
01:04:20,592 --> 01:04:24,282
And then anything that we might do at night, they want us to provide at least a

1069
01:04:24,312 --> 01:04:26,532
one-month notice, any neighbors can request that with us.

1070
01:04:27,282 --> 01:04:31,512
There's more in there, there's some listings, statements about weapons, recurring

1071
01:04:31,572 --> 01:04:35,652
zones, and all of that, and respecting all that, which of course, we do.

1072
01:04:36,612 --> 01:04:41,172
And again, the permit, of course, is closely down with the park, and we have to

1073
01:04:41,232 --> 01:04:44,082
credit that with something up here or anywhere else in the city.

1074
01:04:44,142 --> 01:04:48,282
We'll make sure to get there with us. But it was a long road to get that done.

1075
01:04:48,342 --> 01:04:52,032
We're really optimistic, and we're going to try some new events there that the

1076
01:04:52,092 --> 01:04:57,342
community will enjoy, and we're looking forward to doing that in the coming year.

1077
01:04:57,402 --> 01:05:01,152
Dan, could you illustrate for us a little bit about the definition of small,

1078
01:05:01,302 --> 01:05:02,383
medium, and large?

1079
01:05:02,652 --> 01:05:05,172
Yeah. They have a basic numerical headcount.

1080
01:05:05,232 --> 01:05:07,812
So a small event is anything that's up to 50 people,

1081
01:05:09,042 --> 01:05:14,202
and medium is up to 250, and large is 650.

1082
01:05:14,292 --> 01:05:19,032
How does that compare to some things that have been going on for the past month in

1083
01:05:19,062 --> 01:05:20,262
terms of point activity?

1084
01:05:21,103 --> 01:05:25,123
There was a cross-country race on Saturday that came together on very, very, very

1085
01:05:25,212 --> 01:05:27,402
short notice. Some of you may know about this.

1086
01:05:27,642 --> 01:05:29,142
Bill Saltin, high school,

1087
01:05:30,402 --> 01:05:34,212
called our facilities folks on Wednesday and said, "We have a problem.

1088
01:05:34,302 --> 01:05:38,802
Can you help us out?" They were planning to host a cross-country meet on Saturday,

1089
01:05:38,892 --> 01:05:42,582
but there was a rabid coyote sighted on the property, and so they couldn't do the

1090
01:05:42,612 --> 01:05:47,442
event. And they asked on very little notice, "Can we do it there?" And so

1091
01:05:48,342 --> 01:05:53,232
Russ, obviously, pulled out the permit and ran down that, and they assured us note

1092
01:05:53,292 --> 01:05:57,192
that they did not have any device on it and all that, and we marked off the records

1093
01:05:57,432 --> 01:05:59,623
and all that to guide the park and did all of those things.

1094
01:06:00,012 --> 01:06:00,972
And that was,

1095
01:06:02,442 --> 01:06:04,663
I just got the notice just a moment. I'm sorry to interrupt.

1096
01:06:04,663 --> 01:06:08,922
It qualifies as medium. It was more than 50, but less than 250. Yeah.

1097
01:06:09,432 --> 01:06:15,103
Is there any process by which you would notify the town when things are planned

1098
01:06:15,942 --> 01:06:17,592
and underway?

1099
01:06:17,952 --> 01:06:20,742
Yeah. Yes, absolutely. Can you clarify?

1100
01:06:20,862 --> 01:06:24,672
If you say notify the town, do you mean literally the select board, or do you mean

1101
01:06:25,542 --> 01:06:27,522
notify the community, not hold the town at large?

1102
01:06:28,062 --> 01:06:30,702
I think others should maybe pitch in on that issue,

1103
01:06:32,442 --> 01:06:35,413
certainly for our purpose on board here.

1104
01:06:39,732 --> 01:06:41,472
Yeah, especially if we get phone calls.

1105
01:06:42,012 --> 01:06:43,003
Okay.

1106
01:06:43,032 --> 01:06:45,972
The complaints, and we don't know if an event is happening.

1107
01:06:46,062 --> 01:06:47,202
I don't think that would be a problem.

1108
01:06:47,292 --> 01:06:51,373
I mean, when you have a wedding out there, we don't get notified.

1109
01:06:51,432 --> 01:06:53,503
That's the difference. Or do we?

1110
01:06:53,562 --> 01:06:57,342
These events are that the permit is for above and beyond, so it's regular normal

1111
01:06:57,432 --> 01:06:57,762
use.

1112
01:06:57,913 --> 01:06:58,512
Oh, okay.

1113
01:06:58,902 --> 01:06:59,292
So.

1114
01:07:00,702 --> 01:07:01,182
Go ahead.

1115
01:07:02,383 --> 01:07:04,542
Kim gets notified by liquor licensing.

1116
01:07:04,603 --> 01:07:06,972
Yes, because they usually hold outside catering.

1117
01:07:07,212 --> 01:07:07,633
Right.

1118
01:07:07,753 --> 01:07:12,551
I usually okay those and by notification on a regular basis for those who are with

1119
01:07:12,612 --> 01:07:12,792
you.

1120
01:07:15,192 --> 01:07:19,932
Yeah. So the third thing, of course, is the Grafton Inn,

1121
01:07:21,103 --> 01:07:25,753
and I sent the letter to the select board last week and also to a half a dozen

1122
01:07:26,292 --> 01:07:29,292
organizations in town saying what. You all got the similar letter.

1123
01:07:29,682 --> 01:07:33,282
Letting you know what you know, which is we learned earlier this month, right

1124
01:07:33,312 --> 01:07:37,962
around Labor Day, that Angela Thompsock, who's going to leave the Grafton Inn, is

1125
01:07:38,022 --> 01:07:41,322
taking a new opportunity at Farnum Estate over in West Dover.

1126
01:07:42,312 --> 01:07:46,422
And she lets know that her intended departure date is actually this Monday, which

1127
01:07:46,452 --> 01:07:50,532
is Friday. There's a little celebration for her. I was there for a thing over here.

1128
01:07:51,702 --> 01:07:55,753
And her husband, Kirk, who's also been with me for many, many years will be with us

1129
01:07:55,812 --> 01:07:59,592
through the end of November, and then he, too, will be moving on.

1130
01:08:01,272 --> 01:08:06,702
This was news that was a surprise to all of us, and it's been a lot to digest.

1131
01:08:06,792 --> 01:08:09,913
I've spent most of my time in the last two to three weeks,

1132
01:08:11,353 --> 01:08:14,922
I think, on exactly this, on how we do a few different things.

1133
01:08:14,982 --> 01:08:20,802
How we say goodbye to someone, eventually two someones, but really put

1134
01:08:20,862 --> 01:08:23,712
their mark on the Grafton Inn in very profound ways.

1135
01:08:24,312 --> 01:08:30,042
Angela has been a model of really outstanding leadership, a person who has

1136
01:08:30,312 --> 01:08:35,322
very, very strong skills when it comes to operations and financial management, as

1137
01:08:35,442 --> 01:08:39,762
well as remarkable vision for things that haven't happened yet but could happen.

1138
01:08:39,822 --> 01:08:43,452
And the Tufts Farm transformation from years ago, as I mentioned that in my letter,

1139
01:08:43,753 --> 01:08:47,052
is a very good example of that, but there are many, many other examples of the

1140
01:08:48,612 --> 01:08:53,623
brave chiefs brought. Kirk, his official title is bar and beverage manager.

1141
01:08:53,712 --> 01:08:56,232
He does do that job. He does a lot more than that.

1142
01:08:56,262 --> 01:09:00,163
He's also a very talented carpenter and has done quite a bit of work.

1143
01:09:00,192 --> 01:09:03,642
He built the wine dark some years ago and many other projects, so we're going to

1144
01:09:03,672 --> 01:09:08,503
miss them terribly. So that does bring us to what comes next.

1145
01:09:09,373 --> 01:09:14,262
Since I feel my tendency to say, "Well, it's my first reaction, so we should go

1146
01:09:14,322 --> 01:09:15,762
ahead with what we said."

1147
01:09:17,202 --> 01:09:23,083
And we did have a lot of lead time to adjust to that change, so about

1148
01:09:23,292 --> 01:09:25,962
three weeks. It's gone by very quickly.

1149
01:09:26,022 --> 01:09:31,542
So I worked with input from Angela to put together an interim plan to take us

1150
01:09:31,572 --> 01:09:34,722
through the full day of season, which is the busiest time at the inn.

1151
01:09:36,103 --> 01:09:41,353
There are four of us who are taking on expanded duties. I'm one of those people.

1152
01:09:41,472 --> 01:09:44,922
I'll be working directly with the sales and events team, which I'll go over some of

1153
01:09:44,922 --> 01:09:45,163
these.

1154
01:09:47,593 --> 01:09:50,472
I'll be working directly with the maintenance team, which is something that Angela

1155
01:09:50,503 --> 01:09:54,762
had done. She had her second half, so not just as general manager, but associate

1156
01:09:54,792 --> 01:09:57,853
director of foundation, and most of that work was maintenance team.

1157
01:09:57,912 --> 01:10:01,812
I'll take that on in a variety of tasks for me.

1158
01:10:02,232 --> 01:10:06,133
Bill Kunert, who you may or may not know, if you know Bill, Bill is our part-time

1159
01:10:06,162 --> 01:10:11,472
director of finance. Bill is going to take on expanded duties around the world of

1160
01:10:11,532 --> 01:10:14,712
cash and finance that Angela had personal managed for many, many years, and he'll

1161
01:10:14,742 --> 01:10:17,082
be working on all of those many pieces.

1162
01:10:17,562 --> 01:10:23,442
And then inside the inn, I've asked Kirk, who again, we have until November, to

1163
01:10:23,502 --> 01:10:27,042
take on some expanded duties and pull together the different departments that form

1164
01:10:27,101 --> 01:10:32,112
up everything related to food and beverage and dining and kitchen and all of that,

1165
01:10:32,562 --> 01:10:36,642
and Kirk's agreed to do that. Similarly, Shawn Goldsmith has agreed to do

1166
01:10:36,702 --> 01:10:39,072
essentially the same thing on the logic side of the house.

1167
01:10:39,103 --> 01:10:43,332
So everything that relates to housekeeping, the front desk, and guest services, and

1168
01:10:43,422 --> 01:10:46,633
all that, he's taking on some expanded duties there.

1169
01:10:47,202 --> 01:10:51,042
So that's intended to sort of help us get through the busiest time of the year.

1170
01:10:52,122 --> 01:10:56,982
I'll be here in town more than I normally am. My normal schedule is on site.

1171
01:10:57,042 --> 01:10:58,362
It's Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

1172
01:10:59,292 --> 01:11:02,532
I'll be here four days, sometimes more, depending on what's going on.

1173
01:11:03,672 --> 01:11:07,062
As we get through the next couple of months, I'll be present more and trying to

1174
01:11:07,093 --> 01:11:11,082
help provide some supports to the inn and the maintenance teams and other things as

1175
01:11:11,142 --> 01:11:17,052
well. Unfortunately, we realized that it's a tough moment to

1176
01:11:17,082 --> 01:11:21,972
throw a gala, which we really had wanted to do to celebrate turning 25 years again.

1177
01:11:22,752 --> 01:11:25,332
And we've been working on that for quite some time.

1178
01:11:25,362 --> 01:11:28,332
But given all of the change and all of the things that we're doing right now, we

1179
01:11:28,422 --> 01:11:30,343
just decided we needed to postpone that.

1180
01:11:30,402 --> 01:11:33,853
So we're pushing that off into next year, but then future date.

1181
01:11:33,942 --> 01:11:38,322
So everything I've described to you in the last two minutes is how we plan to get

1182
01:11:38,383 --> 01:11:40,152
through the next couple of months.

1183
01:11:40,932 --> 01:11:45,432
At the same time that we're doing that, we need to search for a new general manager

1184
01:11:45,462 --> 01:11:48,972
of the Grafton Inn, and that person will have very big shoes to fill.

1185
01:11:50,112 --> 01:11:51,912
As Angela's done such a wonderful job.

1186
01:11:52,062 --> 01:11:58,032
So working with the board to put together a search that will, in

1187
01:11:58,062 --> 01:11:59,712
the end, bring us a new general manager.

1188
01:12:00,312 --> 01:12:04,032
I've had many conversations with the managers at the inn now.

1189
01:12:04,272 --> 01:12:07,242
They know everything that you're getting today, they know all of this.

1190
01:12:08,022 --> 01:12:11,742
I've encouraged all of them to express an interest in that role.

1191
01:12:11,862 --> 01:12:15,343
If they want to express an interest in that role, we would love to consider them.

1192
01:12:15,582 --> 01:12:18,042
We'll also consider some candidates as well.

1193
01:12:19,093 --> 01:12:24,042
So we have busy time ahead of us in the next couple of months, and with the

1194
01:12:24,072 --> 01:12:29,232
exception, again, being postponed, everything that was already scheduled is on.

1195
01:12:29,922 --> 01:12:34,843
All of the weddings, dinners, dining for the public, house guests, all of that.

1196
01:12:35,622 --> 01:12:39,072
Next week, we will welcome our first bus load. It is a bus load.

1197
01:12:39,372 --> 01:12:44,862
We call them road scholars. They're folks who go around from time to time to town,

1198
01:12:44,982 --> 01:12:47,472
traveling and visiting and learning about the places they go.

1199
01:12:47,532 --> 01:12:51,642
So we'll send that first 86 buses of the week, and we have that for five weeks in a

1200
01:12:51,672 --> 01:12:55,872
row. We have weddings scheduled for all of one weekend in October.

1201
01:12:57,312 --> 01:13:00,612
The board will be here at the end of October for a meeting.

1202
01:13:01,572 --> 01:13:05,593
Olivia just booked the Vermont House and Conservation Board for an overnight

1203
01:13:05,652 --> 01:13:07,032
retreat also at the end of October.

1204
01:13:07,093 --> 01:13:12,594
So all of those things continue, and- I'm really blessed to have

1205
01:13:13,074 --> 01:13:17,394
a really talented group of people working over there that's going to help us get

1206
01:13:17,424 --> 01:13:21,745
through a challenging time. So you mentioned you had a question, and others might

1207
01:13:21,804 --> 01:13:24,504
as well, and we're happy to try to answer them.

1208
01:13:24,684 --> 01:13:25,914
I yield to the board first.

1209
01:13:28,404 --> 01:13:28,644
Well,

1210
01:13:29,934 --> 01:13:31,134
I just wanted to comment.

1211
01:13:33,774 --> 01:13:35,364
So you have your hands full right now.

1212
01:13:35,604 --> 01:13:35,995
I do.

1213
01:13:37,314 --> 01:13:38,574
And I wish you well.

1214
01:13:40,344 --> 01:13:40,764
I know there

1215
01:13:43,194 --> 01:13:46,854
was a couple meetings I hadn't attended that you've had for the community.

1216
01:13:47,035 --> 01:13:47,424
Yeah.

1217
01:13:48,294 --> 01:13:50,844
One of which you discussed the five-year plan.

1218
01:13:51,774 --> 01:13:53,724
Can you go into any detail about that?

1219
01:13:53,964 --> 01:13:54,054
Yeah.

1220
01:13:54,144 --> 01:13:55,464
And we don't have any information on it.

1221
01:13:55,495 --> 01:13:58,674
No, that's fine. Yeah, I think you're referring to the strategic plan-

1222
01:13:58,914 --> 01:13:59,064
Right

1223
01:13:59,064 --> 01:14:02,995
... we completed in February and shared in May, in order to suddenly give you

1224
01:14:03,054 --> 01:14:06,624
actually two board apologies. Looking for that, I'll send you a copy of it.

1225
01:14:06,654 --> 01:14:08,544
But I can provide a description briefly.

1226
01:14:08,904 --> 01:14:09,024
Yeah.

1227
01:14:09,564 --> 01:14:12,114
One for Madam Chair, if I may.

1228
01:14:14,245 --> 01:14:14,394
And

1229
01:14:15,745 --> 01:14:20,124
I really want to respectfully say what I'm about to say.

1230
01:14:21,054 --> 01:14:26,664
In the minutes last time, the board discussed the possibility of inviting

1231
01:14:26,754 --> 01:14:32,424
Dan to a select board meeting, and also it was mentioned that he might be

1232
01:14:32,484 --> 01:14:34,495
invited to a planning commission meeting.

1233
01:14:36,144 --> 01:14:41,484
And if that had been the case, his presence would've been warned, and then members

1234
01:14:41,544 --> 01:14:47,003
of the public who are interested in hearing about these activities with Dan, and

1235
01:14:47,124 --> 01:14:51,144
specifically the five-year strategy, which is pointed out in the minutes,

1236
01:14:51,804 --> 01:14:57,684
this would have been discussed in a public

1237
01:14:57,774 --> 01:15:03,054
warned meeting. This is all extremely valuable and interesting

1238
01:15:03,114 --> 01:15:08,995
information. But because it's being made in the public comment section, it's not

1239
01:15:09,054 --> 01:15:14,334
part of a warned agenda. And I think before we go into the deeply, the topic of the

1240
01:15:14,424 --> 01:15:20,364
five-year strategy, it would be really helpful to say we're going

1241
01:15:20,394 --> 01:15:22,674
to conduct this session publicly.

1242
01:15:27,084 --> 01:15:29,334
For what it's worth, I'm willing to conduct

1243
01:15:31,104 --> 01:15:31,404
any meeting-

1244
01:15:31,464 --> 01:15:31,614
Yeah

1245
01:15:32,124 --> 01:15:32,844
... we did originally

1246
01:15:34,224 --> 01:15:36,804
book. Maybe we're not even going to schedule the meeting.

1247
01:15:37,224 --> 01:15:37,344
Right.

1248
01:15:37,434 --> 01:15:38,634
I'm happy to do that.

1249
01:15:39,954 --> 01:15:42,294
And if you don't wish to get into it now, that's fine.

1250
01:15:42,324 --> 01:15:44,664
But let me just say it is actually a three-year plan, not a five-year.

1251
01:15:45,324 --> 01:15:45,324
Oh.

1252
01:15:45,354 --> 01:15:46,254
We can start that.

1253
01:15:46,554 --> 01:15:46,824
Okay.

1254
01:15:47,904 --> 01:15:51,684
But whatever your preference is, I'm happy to do it.

1255
01:15:52,554 --> 01:15:57,354
I'll speak to that. I was one that did speak up and said it would be great to have

1256
01:15:57,414 --> 01:16:01,134
Dan come to a meeting. I did not mean it as a

1257
01:16:03,204 --> 01:16:06,564
just welcoming people to a meeting. Happy to see them here.

1258
01:16:07,854 --> 01:16:13,074
Your point is taken. If this should be an agenda item, I would certainly think

1259
01:16:13,134 --> 01:16:13,914
that's fine.

1260
01:16:16,285 --> 01:16:17,184
I don't think there was any

1261
01:16:18,684 --> 01:16:20,124
intention behind our-

1262
01:16:20,574 --> 01:16:20,694
Right

1263
01:16:20,694 --> 01:16:24,654
... welcome last week. And we're glad to see you.

1264
01:16:26,453 --> 01:16:27,264
So maybe-

1265
01:16:28,344 --> 01:16:29,724
In a formal written item

1266
01:16:29,754 --> 01:16:33,594
... we'll put it in an agenda item next week. That would be fine too.

1267
01:16:35,724 --> 01:16:37,134
Maybe that's the best move.

1268
01:16:37,734 --> 01:16:38,544
Whatever you'd like.

1269
01:16:38,604 --> 01:16:38,724
Yeah.

1270
01:16:38,754 --> 01:16:39,024
Yeah.

1271
01:16:39,804 --> 01:16:41,995
Again, I did speak up, and my intention was-

1272
01:16:42,024 --> 01:16:43,104
And I did send you an email

1273
01:16:43,104 --> 01:16:44,785
... simply to be cordial.

1274
01:16:45,324 --> 01:16:50,934
When it was mentioned at our last meeting, sent a personal email to you that

1275
01:16:52,164 --> 01:16:57,144
it's in our best interest that our communication is open and transparent.

1276
01:16:58,285 --> 01:17:00,234
I have no disagreement with that.

1277
01:17:00,234 --> 01:17:04,344
Yeah. But I just wanted to make sure you know where we were coming from.

1278
01:17:04,554 --> 01:17:05,184
Sure.

1279
01:17:05,245 --> 01:17:06,804
Personally, where I was coming from.

1280
01:17:08,245 --> 01:17:08,304
Okay.

1281
01:17:08,334 --> 01:17:10,854
But we can put it on the agenda for next time, Morgan.

1282
01:17:11,964 --> 01:17:11,964
Yeah.

1283
01:17:12,024 --> 01:17:15,264
And if you're available to come in for a meeting, then great.

1284
01:17:15,834 --> 01:17:16,074
Okay. Great.

1285
01:17:16,134 --> 01:17:16,944
And let's plan it all.

1286
01:17:17,394 --> 01:17:18,474
Great.

1287
01:17:18,594 --> 01:17:24,144
And a little bit on that score, it would be useful probably for us to actually see

1288
01:17:24,444 --> 01:17:25,224
the documents.

1289
01:17:25,285 --> 01:17:27,774
Yes. Next time, let me bring something that's more up.

1290
01:17:28,344 --> 01:17:33,024
You had asked me about a few months ago, and we didn't have any graphic design, it

1291
01:17:33,084 --> 01:17:37,614
was just PowerPoint. And I still got it, so I'll give you the PowerPoint version,

1292
01:17:37,944 --> 01:17:40,344
but I wanted to give you a nice polished one for you to have.

1293
01:17:40,584 --> 01:17:42,234
So I'll give you what we have.

1294
01:17:44,454 --> 01:17:45,564
Thank you. Happy to.

1295
01:17:45,624 --> 01:17:48,144
Yeah. Any other public comment?

1296
01:17:50,814 --> 01:17:55,495
So our next, let's see, informational hearing,

1297
01:17:56,874 --> 01:17:59,334
meeting is Tuesday, September 22nd,

1298
01:18:00,894 --> 01:18:06,204
6:00 PM at the Grafton Elementary School, and that's a hearing to,

1299
01:18:07,404 --> 01:18:12,984
on the STR that the vote would be the next two days on the 24th.

1300
01:18:15,354 --> 01:18:16,794
Any questions on that?

1301
01:18:19,074 --> 01:18:24,834
And our next regular meeting is Monday, October 5th, 2026 at 6:00 PM.

1302
01:18:26,995 --> 01:18:31,644
And I need a motion to go into executive session

1303
01:18:32,394 --> 01:18:33,384
1BSA

1304
01:18:34,884 --> 01:18:40,584
31314 to discuss stormwater drain

1305
01:18:40,674 --> 01:18:41,424
matters.

1306
01:18:43,434 --> 01:18:44,004
So moved.

1307
01:18:44,364 --> 01:18:44,754
Sure.

1308
01:18:45,444 --> 01:18:46,734
All in favor of that?

1309
01:18:47,304 --> 01:18:47,514
Aye.

1310
01:18:47,574 --> 01:18:47,995
Second.

1311
01:18:49,104 --> 01:18:53,844
So we will move to adjourn to executive session.

1312
01:18:56,814 --> 01:18:58,044
And then a motion

1313
01:18:59,454 --> 01:19:00,894
after the executive session?

1314
01:19:02,634 --> 01:19:03,804
The action item?

1315
01:19:03,864 --> 01:19:04,434
Yes.

1316
01:19:05,424 --> 01:19:06,324
Is to,

1317
01:19:07,674 --> 01:19:11,004
Morgan, to reconvene my thing, I think?

1318
01:19:11,064 --> 01:19:11,245
Yeah.

1319
01:19:11,334 --> 01:19:12,384
Yeah, the motion.

1320
01:19:12,474 --> 01:19:18,264
Oh, making a motion that we continue dialogue with the attorney regarding

1321
01:19:18,414 --> 01:19:19,854
the stormwater drain,

1322
01:19:22,134 --> 01:19:24,054
and we'll respond and

1323
01:19:26,184 --> 01:19:30,924
to fine-tune the draft, et cetera.

1324
01:19:31,014 --> 01:19:31,285
Mm-hmm.

1325
01:19:33,564 --> 01:19:33,564
Okay.

1326
01:19:33,594 --> 01:19:34,584
Do I have a second?

1327
01:19:34,704 --> 01:19:36,683
Second.

1328
01:19:36,804 --> 01:19:39,144
Okay. All in favor of that motion?

1329
01:19:39,444 --> 01:19:39,654
Aye.

1330
01:19:39,714 --> 01:19:40,194
Sure.

1331
01:19:40,285 --> 01:19:42,294
Any opposed? Okay.

1332
01:19:43,464 --> 01:19:45,114
Now we need a motion to adjourn.

1333
01:19:46,914 --> 01:19:47,664
Motion moved.

1334
01:19:48,264 --> 01:19:48,894
Second.

1335
01:19:49,644 --> 01:19:50,424
All in favor?

1336
01:19:50,544 --> 01:19:50,874
Yeah.

1337
01:19:50,995 --> 01:19:51,324
Aye.

1338
01:19:51,324 --> 01:19:51,324
Aye.

1339
01:19:51,354 --> 01:19:51,684
Second.

1340
01:19:53,274 --> 01:19:53,604
Thanks, everyone.

1341
01:19:53,634 --> 01:19:56,245
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1342
01:19:56,544 --> 01:20:01,374
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1343
01:20:01,434 --> 01:20:07,074
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1344
01:20:07,374 --> 01:20:10,495
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1345
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