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Good

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morning, August 19, 2026. This is the Board of Select Committee for that date.

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We're starting

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with monthly reports, police and animal control is first.

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Good morning Chief.

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Good morning. I wish we have any questions on the monthly report.

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When you look at that, over the past month, I know my lieutenant was here for the last monthly meeting.

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I talked about the Milo Simulator training. We've been continuing with that,

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putting officers through, that training has been excellent, covers sort of like real-world scenarios has different, you know, so all different types of calls that officers can go on from routine, you know, so all the way up to active shooter calls was good to not only sort of see where where they're at with them, but to be able to sit and have a discussion with them afterwards.

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and if something does happen, it's not the first time that, you know, it's one of

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their books. They've walked through those things. We did first national

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night out. Obviously, as you recall, we used to do family field day. I'm going to switch

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that to national night out so that it was nighttime events, that if we daytime

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event, lucked out, perfect weather. It was great. We used to have it at

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Governor Ware Park in the town common, which was sort of put everybody in a little bit

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more of a confined area, so there's more discussion amongst people and sort of our faces

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are out there a little bit more so. I want to thank, you know, I certainly couldn't

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have done it without the fire department, the direct department, the library, and our new

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So, someone new administrative assistant, she did a great job sort of taking over and

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running that, you know, getting all the vendors there, because it's a little harder this

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year since National Night Out is everyone, so to all the communities, so some of the vendors

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that we've had in the past, you know, are committed to others, so good job getting to that.

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Yeah, it was great, like I said, it was, you know, definitely a few more people than we've

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We've had in the past, and I think that's due to the, you know, Tuesday night versus, you know, Saturday during the summer with, you know, people scattered so.

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How much is a new police cruise accosting now?

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Yeah, so we're, it's definitely something on the horizon for us.

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As you see, there's two of the cars now over 100,000 miles.

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We're sort of pushing it off because I don't think the 2027s are out just yet.

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So I don't know if once the 2027s out of the 2026s stay the same price or lower if you get a deal there.

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But certainly something that we're going to, obviously with the board's approval, hopefully

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to start looking into, I know that last year I think like all in maybe I want to say

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it was 80,000, 85,000 something like that and obviously that was two and a half years ago

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at this point so I'm not sure exactly, even if the cost of the car itself doesn't

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So they go up to obviously all the cost of the different things that go in it. Yeah, I'll think it's gonna gonna be

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That question's prompted by one the mileage that I looked at and two the

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char here

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That shows you have a hundred and fifty one thousand dollars in that account. Yes, I'm assuming we're getting ready to buy one

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Yes, yeah, it's exactly. Yeah, so that the the two accounts there

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especially that detailed account just so it keeps building it so I haven't purchased one in a while.

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Exactly.

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So yeah I'll be all in obviously to cheer up point, you know, there will be no extra requests for any additional funds.

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Scott Beaver put you up to that.

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All right.

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All right.

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Anything else to achieve?

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No.

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Mark?

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Nope.

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Now that you have a work.

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Like what?

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Yeah.

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All right.

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Great.

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Thanks.

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Hey, Bobby's back there.

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Fire ambulance and emergency management.

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Good morning.

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Good morning.

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I should have my report.

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Is there any questions on those this morning?

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Why isn't two pages?

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Because it was really busy.

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She will look at it.

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Yeah, I went tracking back in our records

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And as far as I can tell, it's tied right up there with the busiest month we've ever seen and it wasn't

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Excuse me. It wasn't weather-related or anything

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Very busy medical month

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Yeah, we still have cats and trees and now we have painters of being a painter. I can't get down the ladder

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Just an update you guys had approved the donation for the SCBA fill station that is slated for in

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install right now. They should be there any time. So if Mark disappears, it's because they've

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texted me and want my electrician to me under that direction. It's going to be fantastic

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for our program and help some locals.

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I spoke with Mr. Ed BD last month. I requested a meeting

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regarding the ALS contracts that were sort of sent out and requested just an update they

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were doing a grant and with doing that they wanted commitment letters from towns and

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that commitment letter will lock us in for five years. I see the look. Year one being

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around 15 grand by and for Hampton Falls year five was just over 95,000. Much discussion

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Amongst my guys at my department and the chairman we've decided that would better suit us to try and invest those monies in the future into our own program and

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Gold ourselves better than

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Then just throwing it elsewhere and that was just a standby fee as well. So they were still going to be charging for transports

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so it was

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200 and someone dollars or something. Yeah, it was a couple hundred dollars for the transport but the readiness fee was

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with that dollar amount.

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And I do know for sure there's other towns that are

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pulling that same trigger. It's just a lot of money to have something just in

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case. So if a lot of towns back out of that, is there a chance that they may?

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I have not got a straight answer on that question because I've asked it. And that

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question I actually asked when this all started, when extra ALS walked away,

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town A walks away because you're basing it on 18 towns, well, who's eating that?

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And nobody could ever come up with that answer because initially it was free.

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So, you know, everybody just jumped on board, it was a great program.

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And I'm not saying it's not a good program, it's just a lot for a small town like ours or

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really any town just to throw that kind of money at something for just in case readiness

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it's fees. No, not something we were willing to solve.

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Yeah, I used to do this in very high.

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Not at all. Now, we cancel them far more than they come.

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That's for sure. A lot of that has to do with proximity,

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which we knew that from the beginning,

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where they are versus where we are.

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For them to be a true intercept service,

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I would only be able to shoot to Exeter Hospital.

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That's not the case.

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We have C-Brook ER, which is affiliated with Portsmouth, and we go to Portsmouth quite often as well

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So we just don't wait for the intercept and off we go

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And we've had no issues with that this year just holding our own. We have great mutual aid partners

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North South east west of us that have well, I guess not east. Yeah, he's kind of east. Hamptons over there

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They have paramedics. We're not burning them by any means. I send a lot more mutual aid than I request. That's for sure

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We see by my numbers that I give you guys, we're busy giving, not just getting.

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So our town definitely holds its own in participation, that's for sure.

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In terms of exit or hospital dimension, it's my understanding that they were closed last

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week, the Europers, eight hours.

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So they go on divert.

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And divert is kind of an interesting thing.

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It's more of a recommendation.

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Like, hey, if you have a patient that doesn't have to come here and they can go to

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porcelain, it's a good idea.

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All hospitals right now are getting inundated with just people, I mean, we're busy, everybody

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else is busy as well.

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But in an emergency, it is against the law for any hospital to turn my ambulance away.

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I can bypass a divert.

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We use an app, it's a triage app when we're headed to any hospital and when we pull that up it gives us the status of the hospital.

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For example, we went to Portsmouth Monday for a call.

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They had recommended that we divert elsewhere.

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My patient had doctors at Portsmouth Hospital, I ignored it.

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We're going to take them where they're best suited to go regardless.

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The news is going to make a huge deal about that, everybody's going to make a big deal

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about that, but it's for us, it's nothing new, it's really not.

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We see it all the time.

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What do you attribute this large increase in calls to, I mean, whether it's good, whether

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it's great.

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I mean, we do have an agent population, we're seeing a lot of that.

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But what key it is open and fully booked, we're going there quite often, you know, when

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they're 100 percent, our town is 200 percent.

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We did a math once and we can just about fit our entire town in that campground.

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So that's a big, big ask.

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We've got festivals happening, you know, with Applecress, we're used to that.

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So those calls start to meander in, bee stings, ankles, you know, fatigue from dehydration

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and such. That's another one. The heat has been wild this year, so it's given us a lot

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of calls with older folks that are hotter than they should be, but refuse air conditioning

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that happens. But yeah, it's just everybody is just busy for whatever reason, a million

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reasons. We'll never really truly understand. That's why we just do what we do and keep staffing

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and plugging along. If we had to go in usually late for any of our goals because we put in the

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envelope. We had, you mean as far as medical? Yeah. On my report, you will see two instances because

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I actually color code them out of all of the runs we had last month. One was on 95 North. We got

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beat there. It happens a lot because whoever calls 911, they'll give a very vague description. 911 will

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They'll play it safe and send multiple times.

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It's on a zebra camp to fall in the quarter.

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We're both going.

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Well, if they're there, it's OK.

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The other one you'll see, it was a paramedic from Seabrook.

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We utilized them for a paramedic call.

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So they took that.

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Other than that, no.

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All the yellow is 100% us.

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We're doing really well.

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I come in my guys for handling that call volume

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as a call volunteer department.

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It's very commendable.

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Thank you.

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Thanks, Bobby.

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Thanks.

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Hello,

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everyone.

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Good morning.

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Just everybody's been able to read my report.

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Any questions?

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It's not a real happy report.

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No, it's not.

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I have a little update on the COVID.

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I did a full inspection on the COVID.

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Did a walkthrough took pictures of it.

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But reached out to Paige Libby and told her that I thought that the college had reached

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emergency status and told her to please move it along ASAP.

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She has filled out the second request by the Army Corps of Engineers for additional paperwork.

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So all of the paperwork that they have requested is now on their desk and she believes that

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we're waiting for them to sign off as of now that everything is complete. That's where it's at. So we're patiently waiting.

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How quickly, I mean, the next step is you want to build to do the work, right? I've reached out to the contractor that has the contract on it, and he's pretty much just said way to get all the permits before, but he said he was good to go and that the culvert existed. In other words, the material that he was going to supply is basically in the warehouse. It's not out of the norm. So he's

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He said he thought he would be able to go as soon as things could happen.

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And that was roughly a month and a half ago, that I spoke to him.

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I could reach out to him again, but he's like kind of feeling, get your permit for us,

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please.

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Good.

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And I guess that's about it.

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I guess we have to.

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I had to do anything else with Rose until we know what the culprit's story is.

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So, patiently waiting, I mean, that's where we're at.

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At least everything is on their desk now,

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and that brings me to my course services

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in my bill, I guess.

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Okay.

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So, entertain a motion to move the course services

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of $10,496.

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Some move.

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Do I see the sheet here?

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Yep.

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All those in favor?

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Okay. Thank you.

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Building Inspector,

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here's a light duty job.

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Not much going on.

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Good morning.

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So I turned two houses over for occupancy this week.

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One was a remodel from what it used to be.

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And the other is a new home that replaced the home that was torn down.

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So those two houses it.

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coming in this week for occupancy and other than that, the report is pretty

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pretty static. I have one request this week for another detached a to use so

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that will add to the list. How many does that bring us to? New ones? Yeah.

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That would make

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So he had six in place, right, six going.

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When I close one out and, one just replaced it, it's in the planning stage.

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What is the, a bill that's soldiers have been doing are they?

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So the store is open.

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The store is open.

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And operating and there at Planning Board next week before development of these, the quiet

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part of the property. So there'll be an outdoor activity area that's going to be available for customers.

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And it's really a site plan to catch up to everything that's there now.

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So the building pretty much remained the same. It's just been totally rebuilt.

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And although he's adding a small out building because he's installing a sprinkler system in the building,

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It's just tucked behind the building, but it's an update to the

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1989 site plan to bring it current to what's actually on site and then on the right-hand side

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It's going to be an outdoor activity area. That's the device you see. It's been constructed there. Do you know what the activity is?

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Are what he's planning? It's a it's a sluice, so

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So whoever youngsters or adults will be able to pan for minerals and items and it's

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so it's an activity area and part and parts of that they'll be discussing it at the

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planning board will be there might be a demonstration of how to make an arrowhead out of a stone so

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So it's kind of a multi-use area.

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There'll be some community involvement there.

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That's it?

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Yeah, I don't know.

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That's all good.

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Great, thank you.

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Next on our agenda is financial reports.

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General fund balance as of August 11th is $4,000,000,000, $45,155, and $35,000,000, and a hamshapedip.

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pool seven-day yield is 3.71 as of August 13th, 2026. Motion to approve those as

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red. So moved. Second. All those in favor. All right. Okay. And now moving on to

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accounts payable payroll treasurer treasurer treasurer treasurer treasurer treasurer treasurer

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funds, warrants, payroll warrant number PRO 7.17.26 for $47,142.48 and payroll PRO 7.31.26 for $49,492.12

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and PRO 8.14.126.26 for $50,585.95.

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Motion to approve those as read.

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So moved.

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Second.

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Opposed in favor.

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Aye.

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Under accounts payable, the warrant number 7,

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More number 7.1726 for $13,874, warrant number 7.31.26 for $92,954 and 63 cents.

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and warrant number 8.14, 0.264, 1,182,000, and $75.91.

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Motion to approve those as red.

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So moved.

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All those in favor?

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At this point, I'd like to make a request that we round things off so that I don't have a math quiz every day here.

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Anyway, all right, I guess I got through it.

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Under all business, executive, and we've had a couple of meetings in Scotsia today for

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the party or visual upgrade that we've been talking about for more than one year here.

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That's for sure.

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Scott, would you like to update us on that?

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Sure.

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As Ed said, we had two demos here, demonstrations of AV equipment. You know, sitting

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here today, I can tell you, it's never more necessary than it is now. It's, you know,

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just sitting in the middle of the room, I could barely hear what was being said, even

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with this equipment. So I know I talk aloud, but I'm not, I'm probably not common in that

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regard. But we looked at AV equipment that will consist of microphones with speakers

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for each of the people on the days, and then speakers for the public around the room that

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will be about the size a little bit larger than that fire unit up there that will blend

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in with the room, small white speakers, and it'll be wired underneath the floor.

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Will the proposal is to have a Zoom room, which will allow people to participate in these

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meetings remotely from their homes.

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We have a fairly large elderly population, and we also have a population that doesn't like

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to attend public meetings, so between the two it'll be good to have an AV system that serves

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that. This is a generational investment. When this, I last year I got five proposals from

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different AV companies, facilitators of this type of equipment. And there's one company

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that came in significantly lower than the others. Many of them were up about $80,000 or $90,000

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dollars before some of the adjustments we made recently, and one company came in about

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$50,000, and although coming from the construction industry, I've learned not to take low bid.

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This was a highly company that had some interesting solutions, and so we started working with

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this company. They've been here three times with two demonstrations, and the original proposal

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came in around 50,000, and then we made some modifications after the first demonstration

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and a request was made by Selecman Garjulo to actually add camera tracking equipment that

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will allow people remotely to see who is speaking and what they are presenting.

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And their updated proposal with all these changes is roughly $72,000.

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dollars, and that also consists of $5,000 for on the spot service if we need it in the

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course of the year.

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It's a service plan, if you will, kind of like what you get for your automobile or whatever

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to allow us to integrate this system properly and learn how to use it.

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I can tell you, whenever you improve technology you have to make it work, technology just doesn't happen.

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You know, if you get a new computer you have to learn how to use it.

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If you get a new system here there will be a learning curve and they will help us come up to speed.

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So the total investment as it stands now looks like it's about $72,000 with the improvements that we talked about in the last demonstration.

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and that includes the higher-tech speakers that are hidden or not hidden, but subtle in

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the room, it won't change the historical value of the room, in my opinion and the opinion

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of the presenter and the sound that you have right now will be greatly improved.

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I think just from 30,000 feet, and I've been attending meetings here for 19 years, it's

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really good to be able to hear what's going on.

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There's a lot of important things said here and decided here.

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This investment also includes video equipment, so people remotely can see it, and if someone

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comes in to present something, there will be two widescreen TVs, so you can see their

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a presentation whether it's a PowerPoint or a diagram or a lot plan or whatever you'll

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be able to see it on the screen.

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This will replace the projector technology that we have here right now and that's important

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because of the ambient light in this room that kind of prevents us from being able to

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see a lot of things that are used with a projector.

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So, just summing up, I think many of us believe I sense that the board does also, if this

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is a worthwhile investment, question is how do we finance it, if we go to for $72,000.

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Do we do it through a warrant article, is there another way to go about doing it?

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And since I've collected a bunch of bids on the front end proposals, if you will, do

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we have to go out for an RFP since we already have those numbers on hand?

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So those are the remaining questions.

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I think the last point you made is probably working on in terms of how we're paying for it.

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Yeah, so I know we talked about the counter-communication involved in thought that being part of that solution, but certainly that would have went it out at 50, so now we've got 72, so we're talking about, you know, and I know we'll use that communication kind of person on the table.

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So, I

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guess the question that I would have is there, and I've noticed I haven't been through the whole thing, but your budget kind of recapped so far for you for the year.

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We're on the target, they would say, it's tight, but we need to be careful.

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It's not like there's other.

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There's not a lot of back in the budget.

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Yeah.

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I was going to ask Scott, do you think it would be something we're looking at?

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I mean, depending on how simple it would want to do this, if there's something similar in the later,

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and maybe it's willing to split the bill out of it,

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like perhaps maybe it's going to come to this year.

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Some of this year, and then some of this next year.

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The only network that we're looking for is really good.

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I was going to say, because if it's a communication,

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the money isn't.

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I know I asked this question last time, but what are we going to do? I don't know, that's a short. Yeah.

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We just got from the

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question becomes do we put it on a warrant article for a smaller amount of data we could

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set aside a certain amount of the communication problem, or maybe in your suggestion, Scott,

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this is probably a question for you, is it possible to do something where we can, you know,

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purchase at least of the lights to get started with the communication fund and then figure

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out how to do the balance after March or next year.

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So is there a place where we can make a break, so there's 53,000 in that account right now?

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Is there a place where we could make a break where this amount of money could be added

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without any interruption already, and we could get started on doing something, or is it

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kind of an all-in-nothing scenario?

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One of the questions I asked the group, the name of the company is key code media, and

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one of the questions I asked them is, is this an expandable system?

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But, you know, can you, you know, if you start with something, can you add things later

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on?

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I think, for example, the upgraded cameras that, uh, uh, Selen and Garjulos suggested we

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look at, which is a tracking camera, which is really a pair of cameras that, uh, actually

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track the speakers as they speak.

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That may be something that we hold off on, you know, maybe do the video enhancements later on, and that's 12,000 by itself.

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So that would bring it down to 60, and now we're getting closer to the 53, and I can ask them what the options are for financing or

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or working part of it this year and part of it next year.

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I haven't touched on that with him yet.

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My recollection on the cameras was that if we did it

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in two steps, we'd end up having to buy lower grade

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cameras and then we would not have a need for them

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and then have to buy higher grade cameras.

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So there would be some waste there if we did that.

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I think

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at this point the money doesn't exist to commit $70,000 or even $50,000 because

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that fund is used for other things that come out of it, that the budget will support.

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So my sense is we either do a partial this year or we look for a warrant article and get

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commitment, the problem with the warrant article is if it fails, then we can't do it any

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other way. So that's all other can of worms. Or the other one is fundraising. Maybe see

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if people in town would be willing to help support doing this because it's not something

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we have to do, but it'll provide a lot more transparency and provide a lot more transparency

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and it will help people who aren't able to come to the meetings or don't want to come to the meetings.

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And maybe there are a few benefactors who would be willing to chip some money in to help it.

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The interesting catch-22 is how do we communicate? We needed the money.

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Because people can't hear us.

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I mean, how would we get that across to them?

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You know, you can't hear me right now, so...

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The other side to it, and this is something that we can explore, and I haven't explored

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myself, is part of this package is hearing assist, because as you start developing spaces

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that could hold 50 or more people, you're required by federal law to provide hearing assistance,

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which is a loop technology that allows people with, you know, to plug in their hearing aids

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into the system through Bluetooth or cochlear implants. I'm familiar with that because my wife

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has a cochlear implant, which is electronic hearing through the inner ear. And also it has

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As headsets for people, I think there are two that are provided in this system.

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So we might be able to go to the state and see if there's any subsidy offered by the state for this kind of investment in terms of upgrading a meeting space to be compliant with ADA.

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We also look to see if there's any grants out there, general grants for anything like this.

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I think it's, you know, I didn't say for the second session with you gentlemen, so I haven't had any feedback.

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It seems to me that the selectmen are interested in doing something, just a question of being able to fund it properly and stay within our budgetary concerns.

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and of course we couldn't even be irresponsible because Andrea gave us a list of all the

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monies that we've spent so far and where we are so you know we could have been irresponsible

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for that but we weren't allowed to be so it's definitely a knee you know I hear it from

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all kinds of people that they couldn't hear it's not that they can't see they see what's

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going on. They can't hear often. And we probably should make every effort we can,

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I don't know what those efforts are, grants, whatever, maybe a partial payment to get something

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in place and add to it, whatever, whatever the options are. As soon as we can do something

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in my mind, to be a heck of a lot better than what we're dealing with, President.

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So one other question, but I think certainly grants if we can find any kind of grant that would be great.

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But you may not know this, Andrew, right off the top of your head, or in the final papers you got.

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But how much interest have we earned in the PDF this year?

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And what is that money?

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I mean, that's extra money, that's not considered in the budget.

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I can check what that treasure is, but that's when you, the key tip is, it's a variable,

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so it does that percentage, it's what.

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Right.

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Can you give me that?

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Not really.

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Is it obvious?

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Beverly's a plant, as well.

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Yes, it is.

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Anyway.

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But where is that reflected on like the current budget work that it's kind of it's unassigned

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by the way it's not thing that budgeted.

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Well, it's six I would say 6,000 a month is something like that.

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I think that's looking at numbers.

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I'll talk about that.

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Yeah, because I think curious.

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It's over the course of six months.

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That's 36 grand.

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That's 6 grand, right?

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Right.

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And that's not money that we...

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We didn't budget that.

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It wasn't necessary for us.

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Like being in our own conditions.

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Right.

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So that might be an opportunity to take advantage of that too.

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I guess that means stay tuned because if we have that I'm assuming that we would be in favor of doing something with that.

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I mean it's money that we did not raise and appropriate and it's money that's not targeted to anything.

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We just use it as a cushion because we have this opportunity to put that in the beautiful.

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So,

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the other thing in terms of splitting it, right now we've got the town hall streams for a video.

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We can do the audio maybe this year.

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It's probably, I'm thinking it's probably 70-30 as far as percentage of the investment.

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Most of the cost in terms of the individual units is in the microphones.

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That's where there were a lot of the cost.

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So if we did the audio portion on the front end, and then maybe next year do the video

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portion, if you break it up that way, because we do have a video component right now.

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So I can check to see if that's doable.

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We're back at this in two weeks, right?

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Yep.

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You want to come back in two weeks and put it on the agenda and see if we can get to a

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The solution of this both funding and what we're buying.

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Yes.

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Yep.

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Yeah.

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I thought I probably neglected to do this but I'm changing gears right now.

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I wanted to do an HVAC upgrade update for the town hall building as well.

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May I take a few moments to talk about our HVAC system.

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So we had many splits installed in half the building in January and February this year.

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And I think it's worked well where we've installed and we installed it in the Administrator's

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Office in land use and also the building inspector's office.

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We installed better heaters in the two bathrooms.

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And the way we made this decision, initially, the Energy Committee came to this group to

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talk about doing the whole building.

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We decided to give it a shot and see if we could use the old equipment to run the half

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the building.

445
00:41:28,870 --> 00:41:33,910
And the problem side of the building, which is the north side, and also the administrative

446
00:41:33,910 --> 00:41:38,850
office with a high seal, and those are the ones that we addressed with the new mini-split

447
00:41:38,850 --> 00:41:50,770
equipment, we solved half a problem and we still have issues with the old system.

448
00:41:51,390 --> 00:41:56,670
And the main reason for that, and that's for the clerk's office, bookkeepers office,

449
00:41:56,970 --> 00:41:59,650
the hallway, and the vestibule up front.

450
00:42:00,230 --> 00:42:08,050
The main reason for that is the existing equipment, while it may be decent equipment as a mechanical

451
00:42:08,050 --> 00:42:14,610
unit itself, the system as a whole of ducting in this building was never done properly,

452
00:42:15,190 --> 00:42:22,850
it was never zoned and so we're playing whack-a-mole right now trying to keep the offices comfortable.

453
00:42:23,910 --> 00:42:30,790
I think the clerk called it sweater on sweater off, every 15 minutes they've got to change

454
00:42:30,790 --> 00:42:37,610
their clothes to accommodate the fact that the hallway air conditioner came on and it

455
00:42:37,610 --> 00:42:43,990
blew out everyone including the building inspector's office when it came on and some of

456
00:42:43,990 --> 00:42:51,410
the offices in the front are properly cooled and some of them get very hot. So when we first

457
00:42:51,410 --> 00:42:57,710
proposed it we proposed doing the whole building. It's the Energy Committee's recommendation and I

458
00:42:57,710 --> 00:43:04,870
speak as a whole for our committee to finish the job and to do the other offices. Basically what

459
00:43:04,870 --> 00:43:09,330
you needed, you needed zone for each office, a zone for the hallway and a zone for the

460
00:43:09,330 --> 00:43:10,090
best to be able to.

461
00:43:10,810 --> 00:43:18,610
I think, so we spent, I think we spent about $25,000 doing half the building, which included

462
00:43:18,610 --> 00:43:19,350
two bathrooms.

463
00:43:20,290 --> 00:43:24,730
I think it would probably not be more than that to finish the job.

464
00:43:25,250 --> 00:43:28,770
It's our recommendation that we do the other offices.

465
00:43:28,950 --> 00:43:34,850
So that's the three offices on the southeast side of the building, the hallway, and

466
00:43:34,850 --> 00:43:41,590
the vestibule. Each one would have its own zone, so no one would be, no one's comfort

467
00:43:41,590 --> 00:43:46,510
would be compromised if another one, you know, that cool or heat.

468
00:43:48,730 --> 00:43:52,850
Scott, how much was that? Did you say 2000? I'm sorry, how much did you say that was

469
00:43:52,850 --> 00:43:53,110
again?

470
00:43:55,170 --> 00:44:04,830
I'm working on getting a formal estimate. The first half was 25,000. I don't believe

471
00:44:04,830 --> 00:44:07,450
I believe that the second half would be any more than that.

472
00:44:07,850 --> 00:44:11,750
And I'm verifying that with the contractor that did the first half of the building.

473
00:44:12,150 --> 00:44:15,410
And that's something we can do again through an RFP if necessary.

474
00:44:16,210 --> 00:44:20,550
It might make sense to use the same contractor to finish the job, which was McKenzie.

475
00:44:21,530 --> 00:44:23,470
But it's been fun.

476
00:44:24,570 --> 00:44:26,290
Bobby and I have been up in the attic.

477
00:44:26,710 --> 00:44:31,350
We've opened and closed different ducts and dampers.

478
00:44:31,350 --> 00:44:38,730
And the real issue is that each office needs its own control and it doesn't have it.

479
00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:47,260
Again, I think there's a financial issue with that and I'm not sure where the money's going to come from.

480
00:44:47,700 --> 00:44:53,420
Unless we go for a war article or put it on the budget and a lot of people, I think at this point,

481
00:44:53,900 --> 00:44:55,980
and I'm looking to see their tax rate go up.

482
00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:58,840
That's the biggest issue out there.

483
00:44:58,840 --> 00:44:59,880
And I

484
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:05,080
I think that we have to be conscious of that, and this may not be the time to do it.

485
00:45:07,340 --> 00:45:15,600
I fully understand that. I just, I wanted to bring to the attention of this group that we've solved half a problem.

486
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:22,860
But it's much better than it ever was. Yes. It's, it's, it's better.

487
00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:25,480
100 percent, yeah.

488
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:25,980
Yeah.

489
00:45:27,500 --> 00:45:31,840
Well, if we were paying the energy committee, we would have given you bonuses over the other

490
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:33,500
building and what you've done so far.

491
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:36,320
But since we're not, we won't.

492
00:45:36,540 --> 00:45:39,480
But the reality is, thank you for all the help and work.

493
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:41,180
Where do you go?

494
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:45,600
I want to mention the community, the whole community electric thing.

495
00:45:46,900 --> 00:45:47,920
You're involved in that, correct?

496
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:54,000
Our committee is I'm not specifically involved with that carol is and she wasn't able to be here.

497
00:45:54,120 --> 00:46:12,560
There's a wide push along the seat coast for communities to pull out of it because it's failed based upon what the rates are, continues to fail and a lot of communities are saying enough and they're voting to remove themselves from it.

498
00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:13,820
What are your thoughts about that?

499
00:46:13,820 --> 00:46:20,640
So, I'm aware that there have been changes in the rates and people aren't happy.

500
00:46:21,580 --> 00:46:26,460
You're talking about getting out of community power and going back to the standard utility or a unitil and so forth.

501
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:31,920
We're on top of it, we're exploring it.

502
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:38,860
Again, that's not my specific focus, but I'd like to report on that in a later meeting.

503
00:46:38,860 --> 00:46:46,340
But I think that there's an argument for going away from community power, if that's what you're suggesting.

504
00:46:46,980 --> 00:46:51,320
And if there are people out there watching this, they can do it on their own.

505
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:52,120
Yes.

506
00:46:52,260 --> 00:46:54,040
They can still online and withdraw from it.

507
00:46:54,520 --> 00:47:07,920
But given the fact that we, the Board of Selectmen decided to go in the direction, we have an obligation, I think, to give some guidance or make a decision, one way or the other for the town.

508
00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:14,740
So some of its centers around the delivery and some of its centers around when the rates

509
00:47:14,740 --> 00:47:17,540
are posted and what way they're buying out of the pool.

510
00:47:18,340 --> 00:47:26,360
And so Unitil tried to defer all of their rates to a further date and to have the PUC pick

511
00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:30,380
up the cost of some of the stuff that was initially in their in their rate.

512
00:47:30,380 --> 00:47:36,700
And that led, you know, to have a lower rate by a penny or so, I think.

513
00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:44,020
And now the rates are coming back up for renewal.

514
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:49,160
And I think that's what's causing where this is going to be, what the projection is on those rates.

515
00:47:49,580 --> 00:47:52,740
So I know that there were two different dates that were being given.

516
00:47:53,900 --> 00:47:55,920
I thought one was August, but it might be September.

517
00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:59,840
Yeah, we're going to get back with you and make a recommendation on that.

518
00:48:00,540 --> 00:48:06,140
I know Carol's been researching it pretty thoroughly, and we're not done yet, but we're going

519
00:48:06,140 --> 00:48:11,640
to come back and make a recommendation, but it's a really good question, and obviously

520
00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:17,220
what started out as a really good deal doesn't appear to be a good deal anymore, so we want

521
00:48:17,220 --> 00:48:24,100
to find out what we can do about it, and if we should recommend, you know, as a board

522
00:48:24,100 --> 00:48:26,700
to go in another direction.

523
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:29,740
Thank you.

524
00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:30,280
Thank you.

525
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:43,780
Next on the agenda is the Stad Road Electric Electronics

526
00:48:43,780 --> 00:48:49,800
Signup date, which is pretty much in the same place

527
00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:56,460
it was the last time we met, except that there have been lots

528
00:48:56,460 --> 00:49:07,380
of 4 years and 91 days asked of both the Department of Transportation and the town of Seabrook.

529
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:16,960
I think some of that stuff would probably better serve than not public at this point, but I certainly did that update, but from what I've heard,

530
00:49:19,060 --> 00:49:27,000
I've also heard from Kodell who's the planning board attorney who initially indicated

531
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:33,600
that he thought there was something unsavory about this whole event based on what he'd

532
00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:33,880
seen.

533
00:49:34,740 --> 00:49:41,600
And he's been updated as well with some of the same information and emails that went

534
00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:51,420
back and forth, things are settling on whether or not this is truly a government function

535
00:49:51,420 --> 00:49:54,800
and entity and whether or not it's a commercial project.

536
00:49:56,400 --> 00:50:05,840
So it might just take a court to figure that out, but that's where it's sitting as a, well,

537
00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:11,360
I got off the phone last night with some people, so that's where it is and we'll give updates

538
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:20,620
It's as necessary as we go along, but that's not really all I can say at this point since I have some other stuff to tell both of you in one public.

539
00:50:27,090 --> 00:50:29,010
Any other selections old business?

540
00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:37,340
Any comment on old business from the public?

541
00:50:37,340 --> 00:50:38,380
Okay.

542
00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:43,880
Is there

543
00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:55,460
any update on the two wells that were being built by C-Work on

544
00:50:55,460 --> 00:51:00,380
start road and wear road as far as how it's affecting the apple forest during this

545
00:51:00,380 --> 00:51:00,600
drought?

546
00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:09,220
The last I know, the last I knew about it, they were having to re-submit

547
00:51:09,780 --> 00:51:14,580
ownership of certain properties because they had the initial owners of those

548
00:51:14,580 --> 00:51:21,340
property so they did not identify a but is properly on the front end where that's gone

549
00:51:21,340 --> 00:51:29,120
from there don't know. I don't think they've started them. I think they did the initial

550
00:51:29,660 --> 00:51:31,380
testing but I don't think they've started.

551
00:51:34,020 --> 00:51:35,700
They did, they've been in one.

552
00:51:40,940 --> 00:51:41,620
I'm trying

553
00:51:41,620 --> 00:51:48,140
to be careful but what I say here but the reality of, and I wasn't all that careful when

554
00:51:48,140 --> 00:51:53,680
we had a public meeting, but I'm more cap will now, because I think one of the things

555
00:51:53,680 --> 00:52:01,980
that we're facing here is a cultural shift, Scott, where everything is top down now.

556
00:52:04,030 --> 00:52:07,870
Local control is being widely eliminated.

557
00:52:08,650 --> 00:52:13,510
It's being eliminated in zoning and planning level.

558
00:52:13,510 --> 00:52:36,350
It's being eliminated in construction, approval, and the legislature has seen fit to put in any number of new laws that basically mandate certain things to happen rather than with the approval of the local ordinance.

559
00:52:37,250 --> 00:52:40,890
So they wiped out a lot of local control.

560
00:52:41,750 --> 00:52:44,630
That's the overreaching problem.

561
00:52:45,590 --> 00:52:47,590
And then when you get to the specifics of water,

562
00:52:49,390 --> 00:52:55,550
I was told by an activist involved in this before across the state said they never denied one.

563
00:52:58,110 --> 00:53:01,990
So when they came here we figured they probably not going to deny this one either.

564
00:53:02,710 --> 00:53:04,070
But it has been delayed.

565
00:53:04,930 --> 00:53:10,410
I don't know where it is as far as I haven't seen a piece of paper or writing or anything

566
00:53:10,410 --> 00:53:17,950
regarding it since the initial fluff up about what are you doing to our water and whizz

567
00:53:17,950 --> 00:53:22,790
the water coming from and all the other questions that were prompted by the decision to go ahead

568
00:53:22,790 --> 00:53:23,410
and do this.

569
00:53:23,410 --> 00:53:34,670
But some of that has to do with sea brick and water and building and overextending water

570
00:53:34,670 --> 00:53:35,250
resources.

571
00:53:36,330 --> 00:53:40,030
So there are all kinds of things floating around here.

572
00:53:40,650 --> 00:53:41,110
And I don't know.

573
00:53:41,490 --> 00:53:45,850
I couldn't predict how this is going to went out because there's so many different pots

574
00:53:45,850 --> 00:53:46,250
to it.

575
00:53:46,390 --> 00:53:47,170
It's a jigsaw puzzle.

576
00:53:47,710 --> 00:53:49,610
And the state has put a heavy hand on.

577
00:53:49,610 --> 00:53:56,690
And the planning board talks about it all the time, regularly, that, you know, local control has been hit hard.

578
00:53:58,590 --> 00:54:12,210
A past legislature did not protect a lot of what maybe in Hampton Falls, we would significantly say, help us keep the rural character of our community what it is.

579
00:54:13,590 --> 00:54:15,070
There's a lot of that to go away.

580
00:54:16,590 --> 00:54:19,210
ADU is a part of it, but that's not the biggest part.

581
00:54:19,790 --> 00:54:22,350
There are other stuff in waters of big part of it.

582
00:54:22,710 --> 00:54:23,850
You can't do anything about water.

583
00:54:24,490 --> 00:54:26,090
You don't have to go to Arizona to prove that.

584
00:54:28,370 --> 00:54:29,710
So restaurants, everything.

585
00:54:30,870 --> 00:54:38,800
So if you take a look at one in Seabour, you see the water consumption level, what it's like.

586
00:54:40,280 --> 00:54:45,560
If you also take a look at the amount of housing being built along the Seacoast in all areas,

587
00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:54,380
it's insane, and the issue is that nobody is considering the infrastructure as part of it.

588
00:54:54,940 --> 00:55:04,380
So, you hear of water restrictions in places like Exeter, but they continue to build hundreds and hundreds of units every year.

589
00:55:04,380 --> 00:55:10,180
And the water restrictions are part of why they say they don't have enough water.

590
00:55:10,900 --> 00:55:12,280
And that's happening everywhere.

591
00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:19,880
So I think we have to be very sensitive to it because here we rely on wells and it's

592
00:55:19,880 --> 00:55:25,660
each individual homeowner's responsibility to provide their own water resource where

593
00:55:25,660 --> 00:55:27,800
other communities have community water.

594
00:55:27,800 --> 00:55:34,060
And then you have a boy to select men that are counselors who are responsible.

595
00:55:34,620 --> 00:55:40,160
But here every person who lives here, it's really on them what's going to happen if they

596
00:55:40,160 --> 00:55:40,920
lose their water.

597
00:55:41,100 --> 00:55:47,960
So I think that we're fortunate the overdevelopment has it hit us yet, but it could because of

598
00:55:47,960 --> 00:55:55,140
the what it's talking about, the sheer lack of local control and not considering all of the

599
00:55:55,140 --> 00:55:56,420
variables that exist.

600
00:55:56,420 --> 00:56:03,000
And I'm all for development, but the governor and the state talks about affordable housing.

601
00:56:03,660 --> 00:56:08,980
Somebody who's involved in that arena, nothing being built as affordable, so that alone

602
00:56:08,980 --> 00:56:09,560
is a joke.

603
00:56:10,180 --> 00:56:16,480
And nobody is talking about what do we do with the additional people and the resources

604
00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:17,560
they're going to need.

605
00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:24,240
So I think there is a significant conversation that needs to be had and people need to rise

606
00:56:24,240 --> 00:56:26,140
up before it's too late.

607
00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:33,300
In the case of seed growth, you know, the concern was they were not an individual, but

608
00:56:33,300 --> 00:56:33,820
at the town.

609
00:56:34,580 --> 00:56:39,860
They were willing to grow up on the water supply without breaking the deficiencies in their

610
00:56:39,860 --> 00:56:40,180
infrastructure.

611
00:56:40,780 --> 00:56:44,880
So they, it was determined they were wasting some water because of the old equipment,

612
00:56:45,140 --> 00:56:46,420
the old pipes and everything else.

613
00:56:46,960 --> 00:56:51,420
They didn't just be, you know, growing up on the resources there.

614
00:56:51,420 --> 00:56:55,940
They were put in these two wells, and you know they could fix the other ones, so they were

615
00:56:55,940 --> 00:56:56,960
going to double in.

616
00:56:57,360 --> 00:57:01,820
They were going to do stuff, not fix the old, uh, with it.

617
00:57:02,700 --> 00:57:07,360
And, and you could see what Lewis was talking about, as far as the building goes, I was coming

618
00:57:07,360 --> 00:57:11,780
down route one, I, I had been up in Port Smith, the dinner, and I was coming down through one

619
00:57:11,780 --> 00:57:17,320
with my wife, and I look over the right, and I see what used to be the cochlear landfill.

620
00:57:17,320 --> 00:57:25,280
bill. And they've got multiple condos in there. Now, you know, you can talk about water and

621
00:57:25,280 --> 00:57:30,480
you can talk about, you know, a super site, EPA super site, talk about all those things

622
00:57:30,480 --> 00:57:36,260
when I first came to the Seacodes, right? Who's in the top six, I think. And now they've

623
00:57:36,260 --> 00:57:41,340
got houses built there. And the other thing that struck me because I've been traveling

624
00:57:41,340 --> 00:57:47,040
around is that there's no money being put aside in all this building infrastructure for

625
00:57:47,040 --> 00:57:51,280
the roads. So take a look at your roads. Take a look at your state roads. They're not being,

626
00:57:52,280 --> 00:57:56,400
I hope they're going to be cloudless winter, but they're not being, they're not being mowed.

627
00:57:57,340 --> 00:58:01,640
They didn't mow them last year. Am I right, Russ? And they're not mowing them this year. You go down 84.

628
00:58:02,140 --> 00:58:08,360
It's like you're in Ireland, okay? And you know, I can go to Ireland and get that in my face and my

629
00:58:08,360 --> 00:58:17,560
and we're getting it here and so this is a lack of money and more demand and nobody addressing

630
00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:23,880
the concern that really is there, the affordable housing is a concern and certainly it's

631
00:58:23,880 --> 00:58:24,380
a real one.

632
00:58:25,680 --> 00:58:27,120
Affordable housing, the sea coast,

633
00:58:29,280 --> 00:58:32,080
I mean it's an oxymoron, isn't it?

634
00:58:32,480 --> 00:58:36,280
Yeah, I mean you can't have that because we're too close to the ocean.

635
00:58:36,280 --> 00:58:43,360
So, you know, these are all impacting decisions that are being made that are way beyond the local control.

636
00:58:43,540 --> 00:58:48,600
That's the concern I have and I think they're expressed by both of us here.

637
00:58:48,900 --> 00:58:59,260
Is that we don't have as much control as we wish we did to eliminate what we pictured Hampton Falls should look like in 2040, let's say.

638
00:59:00,720 --> 00:59:02,860
We may not have any control over it.

639
00:59:02,860 --> 00:59:04,700
They may just be whatever it is

640
00:59:05,520 --> 00:59:06,100
So

641
00:59:07,100 --> 00:59:10,530
It's a concern and it's part it's as part of the makeup here

642
00:59:11,300 --> 00:59:12,460
Including billboards.

643
00:59:18,930 --> 00:59:23,690
Okay under the executive we have trustee the trust funds approval requests

644
00:59:23,690 --> 00:59:25,310
then these are

645
00:59:26,790 --> 00:59:28,110
The first one is

646
00:59:29,810 --> 00:59:30,990
They're all for

647
00:59:31,910 --> 00:59:37,730
They drink water road culvert which comes out of the highway capital reserve fund. There's six there, so

648
00:59:38,810 --> 00:59:39,110
All right.

649
00:59:40,970 --> 00:59:43,470
We have to identify all of them and go through it up.

650
00:59:44,030 --> 00:59:45,710
You could probably just go through it.

651
00:59:45,710 --> 00:59:46,750
I'm sure he voted on this, didn't he?

652
00:59:47,030 --> 00:59:48,530
On these ones, I don't think you have,

653
00:59:48,670 --> 00:59:51,230
because the trustees want the backup, which is fine.

654
00:59:51,370 --> 00:59:53,890
They want the board to vote on what they get reversed.

655
00:59:54,130 --> 00:59:54,690
Yeah, yeah.

656
00:59:56,630 --> 00:59:59,370
We don't necessarily have to vote on this, but we will.

657
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:10,560
I think they'd show better. Yes, please. So we have a highway capital reserve fund of $306.25.

658
01:00:12,200 --> 01:00:25,280
We have a, that relative to the Jones and Beach thing, it must be, huh? Yeah, all 70 drink water covered. Yep. And then we have a capital reserve fund of $156.25.

659
01:00:25,280 --> 01:00:41,000
cents and we have a amount of $437.50 and for what's raw, these are all part of Jones

660
01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:46,980
and Beech's work on this. $131.25 and

661
01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:54,380
we've killed how many trees doing this. $175.00

662
01:00:54,380 --> 01:01:04,960
even in the capital reserve fund highway, and then we have $1,944.5 for

663
01:01:04,960 --> 01:01:12,700
culvert work at 70 drink water road in Jones and Beach, and that's it.

664
01:01:23,760 --> 01:01:24,560
So

665
01:01:24,560 --> 01:01:53,500
We have a wage, we have a wage pay plan that's been upgraded from an initial one that was done and Andrea has identified the 20 steps whether or not somebody involved in the town here as an hourly employee or an annual employee.

666
01:01:57,000 --> 01:02:03,020
And I suppose we would want, we want to have some time to look at this, but we'll

667
01:02:03,020 --> 01:02:05,520
table it for the next meeting.

668
01:02:05,840 --> 01:02:09,220
The next meeting will have discussion about the specifics of it.

669
01:02:09,420 --> 01:02:11,420
Let me know if there's any changes you want.

670
01:02:11,620 --> 01:02:12,600
I know I've looked at it.

671
01:02:13,280 --> 01:02:14,380
It looks pretty good.

672
01:02:14,560 --> 01:02:15,740
It's a 20-step plan.

673
01:02:16,280 --> 01:02:17,820
Somebody served 20 years.

674
01:02:18,560 --> 01:02:20,180
They're at the end of the Alicia.

675
01:02:20,180 --> 01:02:29,020
here, so that they'd be relying on just, of course, the living adjustment beyond that.

676
01:02:32,260 --> 01:02:38,220
So I think it's pretty symmetrical and appropriate and I've looked at a lot of them in my

677
01:02:38,220 --> 01:02:40,040
life and it looks pretty good.

678
01:02:40,300 --> 01:02:44,280
So I'll let anybody, any initial comments on the go?

679
01:02:44,900 --> 01:02:46,900
And also I'll bring it to the next meeting.

680
01:02:46,900 --> 01:02:50,460
I did a chart of where people fell on in the chart.

681
01:02:50,560 --> 01:02:52,580
You had asked me for that, so I'll bring that to the next meeting.

682
01:02:52,660 --> 01:02:55,420
Craig, which allows us to track exactly where they are.

683
01:02:55,560 --> 01:02:56,140
This is going to be great.

684
01:02:56,700 --> 01:02:56,720
Yep.

685
01:02:56,980 --> 01:02:57,720
So that's great.

686
01:03:00,600 --> 01:03:04,720
And then we have the budget proposed.

687
01:03:04,840 --> 01:03:10,980
We're covering this so that we couldn't be irresponsible by the system this morning and

688
01:03:10,980 --> 01:03:13,260
showing exactly how tight the budget really is.

689
01:03:14,780 --> 01:03:21,320
And this is a new form that Andrew had put together.

690
01:03:23,100 --> 01:03:26,180
But it has all the important parts

691
01:03:26,180 --> 01:03:27,980
that I think he'd have.

692
01:03:28,140 --> 01:03:33,060
What was it last year, how are we spending in real time?

693
01:03:34,100 --> 01:03:38,320
The percentage that it is, and obviously

694
01:03:38,320 --> 01:03:44,160
on the right, beyond the approved budgets and the cuts that we've made, the comments

695
01:03:44,160 --> 01:03:48,560
for, necessary for justification for the budget season.

696
01:03:55,160 --> 01:03:57,120
Any questions of the end-of-the-earth bulk list?

697
01:04:00,360 --> 01:04:00,960
Okay.

698
01:04:03,500 --> 01:04:10,720
It is clean and it's only one, it's not like three or four budgets in a day.

699
01:04:14,360 --> 01:04:21,320
I couldn't resist anyway, and then we have a calendar for, so I guess we can break

700
01:04:21,320 --> 01:04:24,760
out our phones, our computers, you can, this one works.

701
01:04:24,760 --> 01:04:28,520
You have a calendar's in front of you, so you don't have to break out your phone, I don't

702
01:04:28,520 --> 01:04:34,120
know when you want to start, you don't have a budget committee which is great, so I don't.

703
01:04:34,120 --> 01:04:38,660
Based on start preceding you, it looks like we should have started a while ago, anyway,

704
01:04:38,660 --> 01:04:43,760
So we're looking at the budget, budget dates, everybody want to get there.

705
01:04:44,420 --> 01:04:50,880
Do you do meet outside of regular meeting times, have you done both?

706
01:04:51,860 --> 01:04:59,680
We've done, we've done on the back end of the meeting, a budgetary meeting.

707
01:04:59,700 --> 01:05:05,220
We've also had a hearing or a review with a particular department.

708
01:05:05,220 --> 01:05:14,380
We've got to be a budget for similar times, so it's really been kind of all over the map based on people's schedules.

709
01:05:17,310 --> 01:05:18,770
I didn't know if you do want to see.

710
01:05:18,850 --> 01:05:20,870
Do you have a day anyway there? It's actually open?

711
01:05:21,290 --> 01:05:23,790
Not really, but I'll make it work.

712
01:05:24,650 --> 01:05:24,710
Okay.

713
01:05:35,600 --> 01:05:36,900
Our next meeting is the first.

714
01:05:37,300 --> 01:05:38,120
The second.

715
01:05:38,740 --> 01:05:40,340
And we're meeting at four o'clock.

716
01:05:41,580 --> 01:05:42,100
Second.

717
01:05:42,500 --> 01:05:43,740
Yes. At four.

718
01:05:44,400 --> 01:05:45,260
Four o'clock.

719
01:05:49,960 --> 01:05:58,480
Yes, blue has something going on that evening. I sent the email. Yeah, so we're gonna meet

720
01:05:58,480 --> 01:05:59,320
a little earlier.

721
01:06:13,100 --> 01:06:17,920
Put your pleasure, gentlemen. You want to have something starting then?

722
01:06:18,880 --> 01:06:25,980
On the second or anytime. I want to send out the department as their budget. I'd like

723
01:06:25,980 --> 01:06:30,320
to get them out tomorrow to them so they have time to work on them. So maybe the second

724
01:06:30,320 --> 01:06:33,260
meeting of September, we start, that works for you.

725
01:06:33,920 --> 01:06:35,200
That's the 16th.

726
01:06:35,200 --> 01:06:35,880
The 16th?

727
01:06:36,000 --> 01:06:36,020
Yeah.

728
01:06:36,400 --> 01:06:37,960
Yeah, that's fine.

729
01:06:38,200 --> 01:06:38,460
Okay.

730
01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:41,520
About after a regular meeting on the 16th.

731
01:06:43,370 --> 01:06:44,430
Yeah, we do have regular.

732
01:06:44,930 --> 01:06:45,770
That's your morning.

733
01:06:45,910 --> 01:06:46,930
That's a six o'clock meeting.

734
01:06:47,250 --> 01:06:48,570
That's a more, that's an eight.

735
01:06:48,690 --> 01:06:50,190
Yeah, your second meeting is the eight.

736
01:06:50,830 --> 01:06:51,090
So,

737
01:06:53,640 --> 01:06:55,140
that all right for you, Mark?

738
01:06:55,540 --> 01:06:56,260
Yeah, excellent.

739
01:07:04,460 --> 01:07:08,880
You're going to be going to the Arctic? I mean, where did I call you last time?

740
01:07:25,440 --> 01:07:29,220
I can't update you on one of those dates.

741
01:07:29,380 --> 01:07:29,540
Okay.

742
01:07:32,340 --> 01:07:34,980
The first of the time is September 11th.

743
01:07:35,260 --> 01:07:40,180
The sixteenth, so the department heads have time to reach out to their vendors, so let's

744
01:07:40,180 --> 01:07:41,040
give some about a month.

745
01:07:42,860 --> 01:07:45,740
Okay, so after our regular meeting, you're up there.

746
01:07:45,740 --> 01:07:45,860
Sure.

747
01:07:46,160 --> 01:07:48,500
Okay, assuming, say, 10 o'clock.

748
01:07:48,780 --> 01:07:48,920
Yeah.

749
01:07:49,300 --> 01:07:49,480
Okay.

750
01:07:49,940 --> 01:07:51,880
It might be earlier than that.

751
01:07:52,000 --> 01:07:52,180
Right.

752
01:07:52,420 --> 01:07:54,540
Good after the regular business.

753
01:07:55,160 --> 01:07:59,060
There's such a happy crowd that wants to get together so often that you want to.

754
01:07:59,800 --> 01:08:00,760
Well, I start at one point.

755
01:08:00,860 --> 01:08:05,520
There was like, I looked at last year's schedule and there was like two meetings in one day, one in the morning, one in the evening.

756
01:08:05,720 --> 01:08:05,880
Yes.

757
01:08:06,080 --> 01:08:06,940
That's, I don't know.

758
01:08:08,260 --> 01:08:12,760
If you really want to do something like that, it's probably not.

759
01:08:13,020 --> 01:08:17,720
Is anybody interested in doing anything else in September since we had the extra Wednesday

760
01:08:17,720 --> 01:08:18,540
and September?

761
01:08:20,700 --> 01:08:21,780
Is that the 30th?

762
01:08:22,380 --> 01:08:22,500
Yeah.

763
01:08:24,080 --> 01:08:24,600
Okay.

764
01:08:26,100 --> 01:08:27,140
The 30th?

765
01:08:29,960 --> 01:08:32,380
What time would you like to meet on the 30th?

766
01:08:32,640 --> 01:08:33,360
You're admitting that.

767
01:08:35,100 --> 01:08:37,740
What time do you want to meet on the 30th?

768
01:08:41,570 --> 01:08:44,130
Okay. Same with you?

769
01:08:44,410 --> 01:08:45,530
Eight o'clock? Okay.

770
01:08:47,970 --> 01:08:49,590
Do you want that to strictly be budget?

771
01:08:51,800 --> 01:08:55,120
But just because you're adding an extra budget.

772
01:08:56,500 --> 01:08:59,020
I guess it will depend upon what we have.

773
01:08:59,540 --> 01:09:01,620
Right. Ready for us if we can't even do it.

774
01:09:03,100 --> 01:09:04,200
Maybe two early.

775
01:09:05,340 --> 01:09:08,620
I think we'll know better after the first one.

776
01:09:08,940 --> 01:09:09,420
They should be.

777
01:09:09,640 --> 01:09:10,140
Yeah, I think.

778
01:09:10,400 --> 01:09:10,640
I think.

779
01:09:10,960 --> 01:09:11,140
I think.

780
01:09:12,140 --> 01:09:12,540
Yeah.

781
01:09:12,860 --> 01:09:13,140
Yeah.

782
01:09:14,540 --> 01:09:14,940
Right.

783
01:09:15,360 --> 01:09:15,460
No.

784
01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:16,040
I think it will.

785
01:09:16,140 --> 01:09:17,200
The coffee's not that good here.

786
01:09:17,460 --> 01:09:17,540
Yeah.

787
01:09:19,840 --> 01:09:20,580
More coffee.

788
01:09:21,400 --> 01:09:22,140
All right.

789
01:09:22,300 --> 01:09:22,460
So.

790
01:09:22,800 --> 01:09:23,540
I put October.

791
01:09:23,540 --> 01:09:23,860
What?

792
01:09:24,260 --> 01:09:24,920
I don't know if you want to.

793
01:09:25,200 --> 01:09:27,580
I mean, we meet on the 7th.

794
01:09:27,700 --> 01:09:28,720
7th is your night meeting.

795
01:09:29,760 --> 01:09:30,700
7th is your night meeting.

796
01:09:31,400 --> 01:09:31,800
7th is your night meeting.

797
01:09:31,800 --> 01:09:32,300
What was that?

798
01:09:32,300 --> 01:09:36,380
The seventh is your first meeting of the month in October.

799
01:09:38,000 --> 01:09:38,680
You wait, okay.

800
01:09:39,680 --> 01:09:40,640
Do you want to switch it?

801
01:09:43,460 --> 01:09:43,840
Yeah.

802
01:09:44,520 --> 01:09:49,040
Do you want to do like the second and fourth or...

803
01:09:57,200 --> 01:09:57,780
Okay.

804
01:09:59,300 --> 01:09:59,840
Okay.

805
01:10:11,460 --> 01:10:11,840
Okay.

806
01:10:13,960 --> 01:10:14,120
Okay.

807
01:10:16,120 --> 01:10:17,200
What's up?

808
01:10:19,900 --> 01:10:21,060
I am flexible.

809
01:10:23,740 --> 01:10:34,580
All right, so the 6th we'll do 6th, I don't want to make the decision, but I'm going to, all right, so the 6th, we can switch to the 14th, that's 6pm,

810
01:10:37,290 --> 01:10:40,710
the 14th, the 14th, the 14th, the 14th, the 14th of October at 6pm.

811
01:10:41,130 --> 01:10:41,790
Does that work?

812
01:10:43,510 --> 01:10:43,870
Okay,

813
01:10:47,100 --> 01:10:53,480
and then do we want to do the 21st or the 28th?

814
01:11:01,150 --> 01:11:01,510
Okay,

815
01:11:05,280 --> 01:11:06,180
they'll be back-to-back.

816
01:11:07,320 --> 01:11:10,760
Yeah, it would be back-to-back meeting, so if you want to bump it out to the...

817
01:11:10,760 --> 01:11:12,480
So the 28th and 8th.

818
01:11:12,760 --> 01:11:12,880
Yeah.

819
01:11:13,720 --> 01:11:18,240
I'm going to hold on on any other budget decisions until we know what we're getting.

820
01:11:18,300 --> 01:11:19,080
Yeah, yeah.

821
01:11:19,600 --> 01:11:21,940
I would think you have most of your budgets by then.

822
01:11:21,940 --> 01:11:29,700
The things that you're going to be waiting for, it's usually like, prime X is usually one that comes in a little later.

823
01:11:30,380 --> 01:11:35,540
Health trust usually comes in a little later, so it's those ones. But you should have most of your numbers.

824
01:11:44,340 --> 01:11:44,700
Absolutely.

825
01:11:45,440 --> 01:11:45,440
Yeah.

826
01:11:48,680 --> 01:11:49,240
Yeah.

827
01:11:51,720 --> 01:11:52,460
Yeah. Yeah.

828
01:11:56,180 --> 01:11:57,860
Yep. Sure.

829
01:12:00,420 --> 01:12:06,400
Yep. Okay. Okay. All right. All right. Then I just put November

830
01:12:06,400 --> 01:12:11,240
and December in there. But we can. That's that's too much. Yeah. Well, I'll trust that later.

831
01:12:11,620 --> 01:12:17,460
Where am I supposed to be this afternoon? All right. Good.

832
01:12:21,860 --> 01:12:28,100
These are the RFQs and the next item. Do you know when the CIP have you heard?

833
01:12:28,780 --> 01:12:33,120
I've only, I'll be honest, I've only gotten one worksheet back, so.

834
01:12:33,500 --> 01:12:36,260
Okay, so Todd hasn't scheduled a...

835
01:12:36,260 --> 01:12:40,340
We haven't scheduled with me now. I have to get together with Todd on that and decide.

836
01:12:43,420 --> 01:12:49,040
All right. It looks like they sat in September. I think the deadline for the worksheets is...

837
01:12:49,040 --> 01:12:58,840
So, it's like August 26th or 7th, so I'll get in touch with him and then I guess you have a, do you, you have a CIP committee?

838
01:12:59,540 --> 01:13:03,500
Can I have a committee? Yeah, we usually get to get there at least twice.

839
01:13:03,900 --> 01:13:07,240
Yeah, we kind of see what's going to affect the budget and what you want to put forward.

840
01:13:07,480 --> 01:13:12,500
Yeah, okay. Do you still, are you still interested as like being a liaison for that?

841
01:13:13,520 --> 01:13:16,920
I used to be interested in attending those, like, at the CIP.

842
01:13:17,880 --> 01:13:20,600
Unless anyone here, I mean, I always feel so.

843
01:13:20,600 --> 01:13:20,900
All right.

844
01:13:21,160 --> 01:13:21,680
It doesn't matter.

845
01:13:22,020 --> 01:13:22,620
All right, that's fine.

846
01:13:23,240 --> 01:13:23,640
All right.

847
01:13:23,740 --> 01:13:25,200
I will lose the right way you want.

848
01:13:25,340 --> 01:13:25,580
Okay.

849
01:13:25,680 --> 01:13:28,400
I'll lose the one when I get more info from Todd.

850
01:13:28,860 --> 01:13:30,460
All right.

851
01:13:32,260 --> 01:13:33,400
Yeah, these are just that, yep.

852
01:13:33,820 --> 01:13:34,000
Okay.

853
01:13:34,260 --> 01:13:34,640
Yep. Go ahead.

854
01:13:34,760 --> 01:13:35,100
You can move on.

855
01:13:35,180 --> 01:13:36,020
We have a world set.

856
01:13:36,500 --> 01:13:37,000
Yeah.

857
01:13:39,220 --> 01:13:41,460
The RFQs for legal and IT.

858
01:13:42,200 --> 01:13:46,100
Figured you probably just want to review these at this point, but you know, do you have

859
01:13:46,100 --> 01:13:46,780
this information?

860
01:13:47,060 --> 01:13:49,880
I did do a breakdown of the, aren't some worksheets.

861
01:13:50,680 --> 01:13:55,220
The IT, the legal is pretty straightforward.

862
01:13:56,040 --> 01:13:58,040
It looks like none have a retainer.

863
01:13:58,200 --> 01:14:04,460
Right now we have a retainer, so we're paying $2300 a month, whether we use our legal services

864
01:14:04,460 --> 01:14:04,880
or not.

865
01:14:04,880 --> 01:14:13,460
So none of these, no they have a retainer, yes that's it, that's it, this is the we use it and not.

866
01:14:13,940 --> 01:14:14,260
Correct.

867
01:14:17,510 --> 01:14:19,970
In your legal budgets, it's overspent, so.

868
01:14:20,050 --> 01:14:20,630
Let's see.

869
01:14:22,410 --> 01:14:26,350
So yeah, take a look at these. They're all reputable.

870
01:14:28,430 --> 01:14:34,430
Every time you turn a corner here you think the road's going to open up and then it gets dark again.

871
01:14:34,430 --> 01:14:42,870
And that, that's just, that's just, that's a crazy, I know, I know, so we're showing

872
01:14:42,870 --> 01:14:43,150
out.

873
01:14:45,710 --> 01:14:52,010
So we're paying for the next four months and that, the legal line is, what we spent.

874
01:14:52,710 --> 01:14:57,470
And we could go, the interesting things, exactly how much you actually,

875
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:28,640
We're doing a couple of cases. We certainly got our money's worth out of that retainer. Right. Exactly. You're going to be months that we didn't do anything. Yeah. No, it happened that it happens in Japan. Okay. Well, yeah. I don't know about you, gentlemen, but I'd be looking for something without a retainer, no matter what the. So what we're trying to do is just reach out to like Prynex or NHMA. The small stuff if there's any questions.

876
01:15:32,450 --> 01:15:37,350
But yeah, so none of these three firms appear to have a retainer, so it's just a matter

877
01:15:37,350 --> 01:15:41,190
of what we want to pay hourly. They're all reputable firms, they'll have this full cell.

878
01:15:42,130 --> 01:15:44,570
And then the IT, there's four there.

879
01:15:47,410 --> 01:15:50,750
There is one that didn't really, it was like Alacot

880
01:15:50,750 --> 01:15:55,830
There wasn't a yearly amount, so it's stellar.

881
01:15:56,790 --> 01:15:57,330
Stellar, yeah.

882
01:15:57,790 --> 01:16:02,450
So it looks like Block 5 is about 75.

883
01:16:02,730 --> 01:16:05,770
You can look at the RFPs, but just a real quick overview.

884
01:16:06,390 --> 01:16:08,850
Block 5 is 74 to 10.

885
01:16:09,910 --> 01:16:12,570
Again, Stellar was like Alacot.

886
01:16:12,570 --> 01:16:19,370
But, um, um, um, um, um, on bail is 29,276, and then our, our

887
01:16:19,370 --> 01:16:21,950
my is, uh, 47,905.

888
01:16:22,170 --> 01:16:23,110
So, yeah.

889
01:16:24,690 --> 01:16:25,670
is our mine?

890
01:16:25,930 --> 01:16:26,310
Yeah.

891
01:16:26,490 --> 01:16:26,710
Okay.

892
01:16:27,330 --> 01:16:27,470
Yeah.

893
01:16:27,790 --> 01:16:28,350
I'm going to have to fit.

894
01:16:28,910 --> 01:16:29,010
One.

895
01:16:29,450 --> 01:16:29,670
One.

896
01:16:29,810 --> 01:16:30,390
One, one, one, one.

897
01:16:30,390 --> 01:16:30,590
Where?

898
01:16:30,790 --> 01:16:31,770
Is it remote?

899
01:16:32,190 --> 01:16:32,990
Our MLA?

900
01:16:33,290 --> 01:16:33,710
Is that how?

901
01:16:33,770 --> 01:16:34,410
Did I say it around?

902
01:16:34,830 --> 01:16:34,990
Yeah.

903
01:16:35,990 --> 01:16:38,050
I might have Yeah, I've mispronounced it, too.

904
01:16:38,150 --> 01:16:38,650
But, um.

905
01:16:39,030 --> 01:16:39,090
Yeah.

906
01:16:39,090 --> 01:16:51,090
So you may want to pull some of these people, some of these firms and companies in for questions and you can email me with any questions too.

907
01:16:51,570 --> 01:16:52,550
Do you agree with these?

908
01:16:53,670 --> 01:17:03,630
Comparable size towns that I've already using some of these pre-sources and I know it does mention how many places some of these are involved.

909
01:17:03,630 --> 01:17:13,750
I think Stella is they have all mean cut all mean clients except for this one like in New Hampshire

910
01:17:13,750 --> 01:17:22,340
so that's the one that's Alokat so I don't know but again review them and let me know

911
01:17:22,340 --> 01:17:28,500
if you have any questions and let me know if you want me to invite anyone in so I actually think

912
01:17:28,500 --> 01:17:39,260
that's a really good thought, you know, I'd be real curious what Kensington or, or yeah, see who they use, you know, some of those

913
01:17:39,260 --> 01:17:51,500
companies, who they use and what they, what they are, some of these seem really high. Yeah, we said Kensington, what was the other time?

914
01:17:51,500 --> 01:18:03,330
Not new fields, it's kind of similar in size, I mean those are the two that come similar in size to us.

915
01:18:03,690 --> 01:18:04,910
I'll reach out to them.

916
01:18:07,250 --> 01:18:13,290
Just to see, maybe it's based on population as well.

917
01:18:13,290 --> 01:18:14,210
Sure.

918
01:18:14,390 --> 01:18:15,150
Yeah.

919
01:18:15,470 --> 01:18:16,230
Right.

920
01:18:16,950 --> 01:18:18,030
The numbers.

921
01:18:18,170 --> 01:18:18,470
Yeah.

922
01:18:19,390 --> 01:18:20,030
Okay.

923
01:18:22,270 --> 01:18:23,030
Okay.

924
01:18:23,950 --> 01:18:25,930
Any else on legal or IT?

925
01:18:26,890 --> 01:18:27,830
Everybody's got this stuff.

926
01:18:29,490 --> 01:18:30,510
Happy reading.

927
01:18:34,130 --> 01:18:35,950
September 8th, primary.

928
01:18:40,220 --> 01:18:44,500
Stephanie Simmons, an email.

929
01:18:44,500 --> 01:18:56,220
The tape and JP regarding the possibility of the trailer and the set up scenario for the September 8th primary.

930
01:18:59,970 --> 01:19:05,690
I saw Lou responded and I responded as well that I thought we could.

931
01:19:07,570 --> 01:19:13,070
Bobby was going to be away, but I guess he's back in the fold maybe on that now.

932
01:19:13,070 --> 01:19:28,210
Well, somebody is, so we'll run it as usual in other words, we'll get the trailer over there and September 8th is...

933
01:19:29,970 --> 01:19:30,390
Prime act.

934
01:19:30,570 --> 01:19:31,210
First day of school?

935
01:19:32,170 --> 01:19:33,590
No, I don't think not.

936
01:19:33,650 --> 01:19:35,610
No, it's not in him to fall.

937
01:19:35,850 --> 01:19:36,010
That's right.

938
01:19:38,950 --> 01:19:40,070
Yeah, I think they have the eight-off.

939
01:19:41,030 --> 01:19:41,930
So they're already in schools.

940
01:19:41,930 --> 01:19:45,230
was the will. So it's just the same as we've always done then.

941
01:19:45,550 --> 01:19:45,750
Yeah,

942
01:19:48,550 --> 01:19:49,910
that's right for you.

943
01:19:58,880 --> 01:20:00,400
Okay, great. Thank you, Bobby.

944
01:20:03,890 --> 01:20:07,550
Lick a license. Cathedral ledge, just still a read.

945
01:20:07,710 --> 01:20:09,010
We dealt with them before. Yeah.

946
01:20:09,830 --> 01:20:11,050
And where is this one?

947
01:20:12,030 --> 01:20:17,250
One is for the live freely fast. That one is on Sunday, the 23rd.

948
01:20:17,650 --> 01:20:22,730
And then the other request was for the 18th annual Hampton Falls

949
01:20:22,730 --> 01:20:30,010
Craft Festival. That is on the 19th and the 20th of September. So I guess they just need

950
01:20:30,010 --> 01:20:33,490
their approval of the board. And I need you to sign it.

951
01:20:34,930 --> 01:20:43,150
Is there a motion to approve those as requested?

952
01:20:43,410 --> 01:20:44,010
So moved.

953
01:20:44,830 --> 01:20:44,990
Second.

954
01:20:45,690 --> 01:20:46,410
All those in favor?

955
01:20:46,890 --> 01:20:47,170
Thank you.

956
01:20:50,580 --> 01:20:50,960
Okay.

957
01:20:53,060 --> 01:21:01,160
House Bill 1300, which I'm trying to get an answer to.

958
01:21:01,340 --> 01:21:05,960
House Bill 1300 is one of the more interesting things going on.

959
01:21:05,960 --> 01:21:14,600
But what it does involve, but it is a request from the legislature to be put on every ballot in

960
01:21:15,840 --> 01:21:17,240
26 and 28.

961
01:21:22,360 --> 01:21:22,960
That

962
01:21:26,380 --> 01:21:33,340
there be a tax cap of a percentage and I'm still unclear about exactly who it applies to.

963
01:21:33,340 --> 01:21:39,200
It looks like they want to level fund the prior year's budget.

964
01:21:40,140 --> 01:21:43,080
Yeah, the question is, who's funds are they leveling?

965
01:21:44,100 --> 01:21:46,000
That would be the...

966
01:21:46,000 --> 01:21:49,140
Again, it is convoluted. I'm assuming it's the...

967
01:21:49,140 --> 01:21:55,400
I keep reading it. I keep trying to figure out exactly what their point is.

968
01:21:55,960 --> 01:21:58,240
And there's two things. You've written on two things.

969
01:21:58,240 --> 01:22:00,340
It's not just the level funding in the budget.

970
01:22:00,340 --> 01:22:03,380
but it's also the 6% for the administrative staff.

971
01:22:03,560 --> 01:22:05,140
So there's two things going on there.

972
01:22:05,340 --> 01:22:06,300
So this is not clear.

973
01:22:07,060 --> 01:22:09,340
The second paragraph is what throws me off of that.

974
01:22:09,880 --> 01:22:12,720
But so we need to find out more about that,

975
01:22:12,960 --> 01:22:20,880
but House Bill 1300, I think the municipal association

976
01:22:20,880 --> 01:22:23,380
is against House Bill 1300, yep.

977
01:22:25,840 --> 01:22:29,780
I can tell you just for my own clarification,

978
01:22:29,780 --> 01:22:40,180
I have a call on the MAT at the SAU and I was going to today send a note to

979
01:22:40,180 --> 01:22:45,600
Gisella as well just to get their opinion because I'm sure they've been

980
01:22:45,600 --> 01:22:46,900
talking about it.

981
01:22:47,720 --> 01:22:53,360
They're going to address it, I think, on the 25th, it's a school board meeting on the 25th.

982
01:22:53,540 --> 01:22:53,740
Okay.

983
01:22:54,040 --> 01:22:54,720
So coming up.

984
01:22:54,920 --> 01:22:55,060
Yeah.

985
01:22:55,780 --> 01:22:57,020
And I know they're going to address it.

986
01:22:57,020 --> 01:23:02,840
I mean, if I knew what I was voting for or against, I'd be able to have a position.

987
01:23:04,060 --> 01:23:10,980
I'm inclined to not be in favor of anything that, first off, I mean, maybe it's an appropriate

988
01:23:10,980 --> 01:23:13,180
thing someplace in the state, I don't know.

989
01:23:14,960 --> 01:23:21,520
But our budget was down and so was the schools budget was under last year, so I don't know

990
01:23:21,520 --> 01:23:30,840
what they'll, you know, how that applies to us that much. But I did note that there's

991
01:23:30,840 --> 01:23:35,780
11 more students that Lincoln Ackerman this year wanting kindergarten 10th throughout

992
01:23:35,780 --> 01:23:46,000
the grade. So that in itself, we know if they're local or we shouldn't. No, I think he's

993
01:23:46,000 --> 01:23:47,620
of people who have moved into town.

994
01:23:47,960 --> 01:23:49,280
Yeah, I think they're local.

995
01:23:49,640 --> 01:23:50,180
Yeah, they're local.

996
01:23:50,900 --> 01:23:55,600
So which is another issue down on our agenda.

997
01:23:58,640 --> 01:24:03,460
So I suppose as a board, once we know what it is,

998
01:24:03,540 --> 01:24:05,800
we can actually take a position on it.

999
01:24:05,860 --> 01:24:06,120
Yeah.

1000
01:24:09,570 --> 01:24:12,250
And when you research it, and then you

1001
01:24:12,250 --> 01:24:13,970
research it in those two sides to it.

1002
01:24:14,350 --> 01:24:17,030
So you've got to be careful which articles you're pulling

1003
01:24:17,030 --> 01:24:20,270
because they're biased on either side.

1004
01:24:22,350 --> 01:24:28,210
Well, I think the thing that's unclear to me

1005
01:24:28,210 --> 01:24:31,010
is whether or not they're just talking about the SAU budget,

1006
01:24:31,790 --> 01:24:33,830
or whether they're talking about the school budget.

1007
01:24:34,990 --> 01:24:35,170
Right.

1008
01:24:36,370 --> 01:24:41,610
And obviously teachers are on the contract, so you can't...

1009
01:24:41,610 --> 01:24:44,230
Yeah, they can't, that doesn't impact contracts

1010
01:24:44,230 --> 01:24:50,490
And any bonded projects my gut tells me and I don't necessarily trust my gut all the time

1011
01:24:50,490 --> 01:24:58,130
So my gut tells me it's an essay you budget. I think you're right, which would be all yeah, yeah

1012
01:24:58,130 --> 01:25:04,830
It would be what it's no if Hampton all three of us have been to meetings where

1013
01:25:07,550 --> 01:25:09,490
Mark we participated and that was

1014
01:25:10,230 --> 01:25:14,030
probably on the other side and I know news going to meetings up at the high school

1015
01:25:14,030 --> 01:25:21,870
where, you know, the SAU budget is unscathed every year. I mean, they come in, you know, a lot of

1016
01:25:21,870 --> 01:25:30,230
testing. A lot of people said that the teachers got 2.5 and the SAU budget went out to 7.9 and it

1017
01:25:30,230 --> 01:25:37,050
just passes the joint board on a voice board half the time and it goes, it goes, it can't get

1018
01:25:37,050 --> 01:25:41,970
stopped so maybe this is what they are attacking yeah don't know they probably

1019
01:25:41,970 --> 01:25:46,390
find a lot of teachers you need in favor of that as well but because because it

1020
01:25:46,390 --> 01:25:51,650
does seem to kind of go on its own but if it involves the whole school I'd be

1021
01:25:51,650 --> 01:25:55,830
on a different right I don't think it does no I don't think yeah I have the problem

1022
01:25:55,830 --> 01:26:01,390
with it was they've done like this new job marketing it and nobody really knows

1023
01:26:01,390 --> 01:26:05,390
was exactly what it contains and how it's applied.

1024
01:26:05,970 --> 01:26:10,310
And then there's the two dates in 26 and 2028.

1025
01:26:10,510 --> 01:26:10,670
Yeah.

1026
01:26:10,930 --> 01:26:12,190
And what's that?

1027
01:26:12,390 --> 01:26:12,510
Yeah.

1028
01:26:13,050 --> 01:26:15,170
I think voting again for the same thing.

1029
01:26:15,550 --> 01:26:16,030
Yeah.

1030
01:26:16,470 --> 01:26:17,570
That's the way it, yeah.

1031
01:26:18,050 --> 01:26:19,870
I mean, if you were going to do this,

1032
01:26:20,050 --> 01:26:22,650
then there would be a cat unless you saw.

1033
01:26:22,750 --> 01:26:23,530
And as a sunset.

1034
01:26:23,930 --> 01:26:24,070
Right.

1035
01:26:24,670 --> 01:26:24,850
Right.

1036
01:26:25,070 --> 01:26:28,290
So there's a whole load of things that have not

1037
01:26:28,290 --> 01:26:30,330
been well articulated.

1038
01:26:30,330 --> 01:26:40,730
And I think that the municipal association, I know they're against it, but they should at least articulate because they don't know what mechanics of this thing are.

1039
01:26:41,430 --> 01:26:47,210
Because parts of it, I think, are good in terms of having a camp in administrative cost.

1040
01:26:47,610 --> 01:26:49,190
But I'm not sure what it does.

1041
01:26:49,470 --> 01:26:51,610
Right. And it's really going to make an impact.

1042
01:26:51,970 --> 01:26:53,070
Right. Right.

1043
01:26:53,170 --> 01:26:55,190
And I'm not sure when it goes into work back.

1044
01:26:55,290 --> 01:26:55,530
Right.

1045
01:26:55,530 --> 01:27:00,850
I mean, there's all kinds of post-it things that I think it's so complicated for anybody.

1046
01:27:00,930 --> 01:27:01,810
It is convoluted.

1047
01:27:02,230 --> 01:27:07,710
I don't think you can make a recommendation one way or the other as an elected board.

1048
01:27:08,810 --> 01:27:09,550
Well, probably not.

1049
01:27:10,010 --> 01:27:10,650
I don't know.

1050
01:27:11,970 --> 01:27:13,930
I think that legally, is that correct?

1051
01:27:14,930 --> 01:27:15,350
What's up?

1052
01:27:15,570 --> 01:27:18,030
I don't think we can make recommendations about it.

1053
01:27:18,950 --> 01:27:19,390
No.

1054
01:27:20,010 --> 01:27:20,150
No?

1055
01:27:20,530 --> 01:27:20,790
You know?

1056
01:27:21,030 --> 01:27:23,330
It's not individually how I feel about it.

1057
01:27:23,350 --> 01:27:23,570
Right.

1058
01:27:23,570 --> 01:27:23,950
Right.

1059
01:27:24,050 --> 01:27:25,190
It's not the town.

1060
01:27:25,390 --> 01:27:25,530
Yeah.

1061
01:27:25,670 --> 01:27:27,530
It's not, and it's not going on the town ballot.

1062
01:27:28,250 --> 01:27:33,010
It's a, maybe we could get a readout, Andrew, if you could ask the municipal association.

1063
01:27:33,110 --> 01:27:33,270
Yeah.

1064
01:27:33,970 --> 01:27:36,050
What, what, if they can give us something?

1065
01:27:36,670 --> 01:27:39,510
The provisions of this, of House Bill 1300.

1066
01:27:40,910 --> 01:27:47,290
And why they are not in favor of it as municipal associations, as we belong.

1067
01:27:48,330 --> 01:27:51,610
And then that might give us at least some answers to the stuff of the next meeting.

1068
01:27:51,950 --> 01:27:52,170
Right.

1069
01:28:16,000 --> 01:28:22,680
I'm going to defer that. I need to talk to Jay about it. It looks like it's an amendment

1070
01:28:22,680 --> 01:28:27,140
to a date on it. So I want to even see if you wouldn't even know if Jay had a...

1071
01:28:30,440 --> 01:28:33,720
Do you know if you get this in 2024? Well, if it was awarded in 2024?

1072
01:28:34,480 --> 01:28:36,200
All right, I'd like to talk to Jay.

1073
01:28:37,120 --> 01:28:37,980
It looks like there's...

1074
01:28:39,700 --> 01:28:40,460
Okay, so...

1075
01:28:42,860 --> 01:28:43,700
It's a next meeting.

1076
01:28:44,600 --> 01:28:45,360
I'll have...

1077
01:28:45,360 --> 01:28:45,800
Or not.

1078
01:28:46,540 --> 01:28:47,700
And so we have a new buyer?

1079
01:28:48,320 --> 01:28:48,360
Yes.

1080
01:29:00,140 --> 01:29:03,920
Young man from Hampton, Sean Carter was a UNH graduate.

1081
01:29:03,920 --> 01:29:09,380
He has interest in somehow joining the fire service.

1082
01:29:09,560 --> 01:29:12,080
Is it going to be strictly volunteer call?

1083
01:29:12,400 --> 01:29:14,000
Is he going to move on to a full-time department?

1084
01:29:14,080 --> 01:29:14,880
He's not sure yet.

1085
01:29:15,600 --> 01:29:19,100
But in order to get him started on that path, I have to hire him.

1086
01:29:20,300 --> 01:29:22,300
And I've had conversations with Andrea.

1087
01:29:23,360 --> 01:29:26,800
The process used to be not followed.

1088
01:29:27,860 --> 01:29:29,380
And I will be following it.

1089
01:29:30,780 --> 01:29:33,180
One of the things I learned in retail is how not to get sued.

1090
01:29:33,860 --> 01:29:37,500
And in order to have these folks covered by insurance, they need to be employees.

1091
01:29:37,900 --> 01:29:41,860
So in order to have them training with us, that's the process that needs to happen.

1092
01:29:42,700 --> 01:29:46,440
I mean, their employees at Wales, they decide they don't want to hang out, they want to leave, then that's great.

1093
01:29:46,700 --> 01:29:53,220
Move on and go do something else, but yeah, I would like to onboard him with your permission and just start that process.

1094
01:29:53,260 --> 01:29:59,160
And then I have five more in the wind that are working their way through the process to be interested.

1095
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:07,040
I see if they went on board as well. Just pretty good for call department to have that kind of interest. We have a pretty good program.

1096
01:30:10,180 --> 01:30:14,920
Motion to approve this higher on Sean Carter to the fire.

1097
01:30:17,040 --> 01:30:31,420
Second, I just have a quick question. So he's being hired as a volunteer. So yeah, it used to be a different process. And with Andrea, I've worked on changing that. They used to get sworn in immediately and all this stuff.

1098
01:30:31,420 --> 01:30:35,300
He's going to be hired as what is a member that's it

1099
01:30:35,300 --> 01:30:41,680
He's a member of the call department once he's certified and either fire EMS. We'll get him down here

1100
01:30:41,680 --> 01:30:47,000
He'll get sworn in as an actual active member either firefighter EMT

1101
01:30:47,000 --> 01:30:50,420
But in order to onboard him that I have to

1102
01:30:50,420 --> 01:30:51,820
Gotta start somewhere

1103
01:30:53,000 --> 01:30:56,980
Yeah, yeah, it used to be they were onboarded and it was oh there they're fire EMS

1104
01:30:56,980 --> 01:31:00,000
But they're really not they're they're starting is nothing

1105
01:31:00,000 --> 01:31:05,800
I do have a couple that are coming to us with qualifications so when I get around to that it'll be so you know

1106
01:31:06,240 --> 01:31:09,340
He's not trained as a firefighter anything. No

1107
01:31:09,960 --> 01:31:18,000
Okay, and that happens quite often folks will come this is kind of the start of their career. I am very cautious and try to be vetting

1108
01:31:18,780 --> 01:31:21,360
What I think folks are going to stay around for a little while

1109
01:31:22,440 --> 01:31:27,580
We do have a process that I can have them sign a sheet that says they'll give a two-year commitment to the town

1110
01:31:27,580 --> 01:31:32,160
because for me to get them in fire school, I have to have them in gear that cost me 4 grand.

1111
01:31:32,960 --> 01:31:37,980
And if they're not going to give anything back to the town that's doing that for them, then, you know,

1112
01:31:38,300 --> 01:31:40,160
it's not somebody that you want on board.

1113
01:31:40,460 --> 01:31:42,600
How many of the volunteers are out of town?

1114
01:31:43,320 --> 01:31:46,580
Oh gosh, at least half the department is out of town.

1115
01:31:47,560 --> 01:31:52,900
Yeah, we have folks, Sebra, Kensington, Hampton Falls, and Hampton.

1116
01:31:56,480 --> 01:32:05,720
but we try to stay within a 10-minute response, you know, wherever you live, that you can actually come to the station in 10 minutes.

1117
01:32:06,340 --> 01:32:13,680
Yeah, and that's a long time. Those folks typically aren't making a whole lot of calls, but they'll come to trainings.

1118
01:32:13,680 --> 01:32:20,700
You know, they'll they'll learn they'll start their careers on the right path, but most of our folks are under five

1119
01:32:21,760 --> 01:32:23,820
Minutes to the station

1120
01:32:30,760 --> 01:32:31,880
Thank you

1121
01:32:39,940 --> 01:32:41,780
any new business public comment

1122
01:32:48,450 --> 01:32:53,230
And I'm sorry. I do have two more things to add. I apologize apple crest

1123
01:32:53,230 --> 01:32:56,670
I thought you about that yesterday they're expanding out into there

1124
01:32:56,670 --> 01:33:01,370
They just need approval. Yes, go into the patio, but they want to sort of look out there

1125
01:33:01,370 --> 01:33:05,170
And I need to send a letter to the liquor commission. They are having an event this weekend

1126
01:33:05,170 --> 01:33:07,190
I'd like it done before the event this weekend

1127
01:33:14,090 --> 01:33:16,730
Oh, it's the rest of our correct, right?

1128
01:33:26,730 --> 01:33:31,490
Okay, and I'll send a letter to them this weekend and then

1129
01:33:32,210 --> 01:33:39,810
Thank you. I have one more. I had a, um, she is one of our firefighters. She was driving

1130
01:33:39,810 --> 01:33:45,850
down Brown Road last week and someone crossed over and almost hit her head on. She had us

1131
01:33:45,850 --> 01:33:51,350
to work out of the way. Uh, she came to me and asked, uh, if the town would stripe the

1132
01:33:51,350 --> 01:33:57,630
road. Um, here, I meant to talk to you about this yesterday. I don't know if the town does

1133
01:33:57,630 --> 01:34:03,130
road stripping I apparently brown road has been an issue I'm

1134
01:34:06,010 --> 01:34:06,870
just don't know I'm

1135
01:34:06,870 --> 01:34:11,990
just saying yeah okay it

1136
01:34:16,890 --> 01:34:19,690
was not yes it was it was it was it was yeah

1137
01:34:25,350 --> 01:34:38,290
it's a

1138
01:34:42,950 --> 01:34:50,930
I'm not in favor of it, I was involved once with some striping, the B-A-4, I'll put that in there.

1139
01:34:52,430 --> 01:34:53,690
Okay, yeah.

1140
01:34:59,260 --> 01:35:00,120
And airport.

1141
01:35:17,150 --> 01:35:17,710
Yeah.

1142
01:35:18,130 --> 01:35:20,330
I'm not going to prevent it from crossing.

1143
01:35:20,850 --> 01:35:25,970
Because people generally like live away from the backside.

1144
01:35:26,290 --> 01:35:27,750
They don't want the trees in their face.

1145
01:35:28,050 --> 01:35:30,290
Or they're far from the back.

1146
01:35:31,770 --> 01:35:34,470
But I don't know if this is lying in the middle.

1147
01:35:34,470 --> 01:35:41,970
Well, I think I remember, I think it was back in the day when they did your road.

1148
01:35:42,370 --> 01:35:45,830
But part of the reasoning, part

1149
01:35:48,330 --> 01:35:52,010
of the argument against it, I should say, was, and I remember

1150
01:35:52,010 --> 01:35:58,690
this from the previous chief, was when you stripe a road, cars tend to go faster because

1151
01:36:00,050 --> 01:36:06,750
they feel, well, they feel like it's safer and a stripe road is, I don't know, just usually

1152
01:36:06,750 --> 01:36:15,810
on faster roads I think it's like so that was another strike against it I know that

1153
01:36:34,940 --> 01:36:42,480
would a sign help like maybe like like when they had the curb signs sometimes like you

1154
01:36:42,480 --> 01:36:43,760
There's a shop curve coming on.

1155
01:36:44,540 --> 01:36:45,300
Just about.

1156
01:36:47,880 --> 01:36:51,200
That's part of the problem is that people are just going way too fast.

1157
01:36:51,680 --> 01:36:51,820
Right.

1158
01:36:56,460 --> 01:36:57,540
That's no one follows.

1159
01:36:58,840 --> 01:37:01,900
Every day I go through Ainsbury, I'm swearing at them.

1160
01:37:02,180 --> 01:37:04,180
Because it's hard to go 25.

1161
01:37:07,010 --> 01:37:11,390
By the way, Chief, was that you going up next to the road last night at seven o'clock?

1162
01:37:11,850 --> 01:37:12,570
And that way?

1163
01:37:13,490 --> 01:37:13,970
No?

1164
01:37:13,970 --> 01:37:19,230
All good. Find out who it was. I'd love to know who it was.

1165
01:37:21,490 --> 01:37:23,550
It just came to my head about

1166
01:37:23,550 --> 01:37:31,410
going along. Anyway. Okay. So I don't think that's in the car. It's in, I'm, I'm, I'm,

1167
01:37:31,410 --> 01:37:37,870
okay. That I asked. Russ is very quiet over there, which is good. I'm not going to get in

1168
01:37:37,870 --> 01:37:38,490
Who will that one?

1169
01:37:39,550 --> 01:37:43,210
All right, now can we move?

1170
01:37:43,570 --> 01:37:44,810
Yes, we're good, thank you.

1171
01:37:45,150 --> 01:37:47,570
So review and approval of previous meeting minutes,

1172
01:37:49,610 --> 01:37:53,430
715 and public and 715 non-public.

1173
01:37:54,250 --> 01:37:55,290
We're good to be.

1174
01:37:55,890 --> 01:37:56,490
Same.

1175
01:37:56,710 --> 01:37:57,450
All set, OK?

1176
01:37:58,130 --> 01:38:00,470
Motion will prove those minutes as red.

1177
01:38:01,170 --> 01:38:01,810
Second.

1178
01:38:02,330 --> 01:38:03,050
All in favor?

1179
01:38:03,470 --> 01:38:03,910
Aye.

1180
01:38:04,610 --> 01:38:04,890
Non

1181
01:38:08,570 --> 01:38:09,070
-public.

1182
01:38:13,420 --> 01:38:13,740
Second.

1183
01:38:13,740 --> 01:38:21,520
Two C, primarily possibility of some other stuff there as well, but two C works, second in all those in favor.

1184
01:38:21,820 --> 01:38:23,700
Thank you all for coming.

1185
01:38:23,900 --> 01:38:24,320
Thank you.