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All right. Well, welcome everyone. We

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we'll start the uh call to order the

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town council meeting for Thursday,

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September 3rd, 2026. We could all stand

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for the pledge of allegiance.

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pledge to the flag of the United States

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of America and to the republic for which

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it stands. One nation under God,

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indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all.

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» All right. So, next we have any

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>> Don't have any.

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>> Anybody from the town council?

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>> All right. So, that'll move us into our

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first public comment. This section of

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the agenda is reserved for persons in

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attendance who wish to briefly address

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the town council. Council requests that

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a person's comments be limited to a

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single period lasting three minutes or

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less. While the council respects the

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right of the public to provide comment,

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this time is not intended for open

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discussion or council response.

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Residents who wish to request a dialogue

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should make arrangements to do so

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through the town manager's office or the

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council chair. Persons wishing to

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name in the chat box and you will be

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recognized. So, first of all, is there

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any public comment here tonight? Yes,

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ma'am. You step forward, just state your

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name and your address. You can stand

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right right at the end of the table.

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>> Thank you.

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>> Sandy Waldo. My address is 33 Mil

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and I am I wanted to introduce myself

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and I also would like to read our our

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mission statement which is I'm on the

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commission on aging and so that that's

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why I'm here tonight. Uh the commission

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on aging promotes a and supports a

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livable caring community for hein's

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aging population focusing on their

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well-being and supports the senior

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center through active engagement.

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And that last phrase is why I'm here for

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support her.

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>> Thank you.

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>> Any other public comment?

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that brings us to good to know. Special

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>> Okay. And appointments and resignations.

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>> Nothing. Right. So, that brings us to

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the town manager report. Donna.

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>> All right. So, I think the first thing I

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would like to reach for is that we have

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an audit. The audit was issued today.

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This is a 20 324 fiscal year audit. Um I

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it has been forwarded to you all and the

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board of finance and we will have hard

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copies before too long that we'll share

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So it's been a long time coming and it's

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good to have it done.

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interviews for the town manager. They

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went quite well. our decisions and an

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announcement will be made soon.

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Um, we're continuing to prepare the

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office for the new town manager cleaning

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and painting. Our assistant revenue

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collector

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well next week and the assistant

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assessor started this week. So, it's

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good to have those people in place. We

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and public works truck driver and we are

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reviewing resumeumés now for the parks

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accounting specialist. Those interviews

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Gilead Hill School.

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finally been finalized. Um we are we

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that will close within the next couple

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of weeks. We're working on RFPs for on

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call architects, firet truck lease, and

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for the library um Mr. Howard and the

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dog case with from Miss Connelly.

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next week. It's already time. Um we'll

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be holding a staff meeting, in-person

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staff meeting next week to kick off the

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accreditation b visit from post a couple

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of weeks ago and we did pass that.

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reertification requirements.

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>> Hebrin fair is next week

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going to enter into a temporary

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agreement with the town of Chester for

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police coverage. They our police

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department and the and the state police

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need some supplemental coverage. So it

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will just be a temporary agreement just

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for the fair.

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our resident state trooper Justin

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have some training before he came back

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to us, but he is here and we'll get him

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in front of you before too long.

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received the notification, but RAM is

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holding a special meeting on September

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10th at 6 PM in the middle school

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library to discuss capital funding and

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bonding.

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started this week and should finish up

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have a couple of things. one letter from

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the center for housing opportunities

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regarding um affordable housing

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and then the state police July activity

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report

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and that's it unless you have any

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questions. I just had one followup

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question on release accreditation.

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good for one year.

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looking at training files. So they came

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in and looked at two of our Hebrin

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personnel or training files to make sure

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that everything is done. So I do think

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it's probably on a rotational basis on

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what they're looking for for

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accreditation. We have that lease up.

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Officer Rhodess who is our accreditation

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officer works very closely with Mark

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speed on everything to maintain our

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accreditation and that's separate from

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anything pertaining to state trooper.

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>> Thank you, Don. As always, we appreciate

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>> Um, okay. So, that brings us to old

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business. First thing on the agenda is

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department operational reviews. And we

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have senior services tonight. So, want

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to welcome Sharon Gerard Hoffman, a

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senior services director. She's going to

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provide a presentation of the

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department's operational review. and we

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have attached materials for the town

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council to review. So, thanks so much

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for coming tonight. We appreciate it.

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» So, again, there's myself, our program

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coordinator, Ruth Reinwald, and our

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social worker, Dennis Bar.

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from senior housing. A lot of people

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think that we're connected with senior

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housing. senior housing is through the

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housing authority and they have a

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management company merit properties um

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many people live there so again we are separate um there is an arrangement

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that I just want to mention probably

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dated about 25 years ago whereby um

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public works takes care of plowing the

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uh lot at senior housing along with our

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lot. Um, and then their landscape

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contractor takes care of shoveling our

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walks. Um, so sometime sometime there's

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a bit of a disconnect there because it's

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their contractor. So sometime we come in the morning, the walks aren't

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shoveled. We know that Sean would be

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more than willing to help us, but he's

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got his own

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uh assignments of where he's shoveling.

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so that as I said that arrangement

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sometime works sometime doesn't uh and

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then uh parks of Rex takes care of all

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of our grass.

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every municipality has to have a

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municipal agent for the elderly. Uh and

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then that uh that state statute

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specifies that the person is supposed to

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be able to provide information,

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referrals,

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uh be able to um assess the needs of the

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community, etc. That's overseen by the

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liaison um to the commission on aging.

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regarding uh those who are responsible

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for reporting any uh neglect, abuse,

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exploitation of seniors. And again,

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myself and our social worker are

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mandated reporters.

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Our mission um as part of a

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comprehensive community strategy to meet

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the diverse needs, interest, and

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abilities of older adults. U Senior

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evolving broad range of services,

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activities, and supports along with

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providing information, assistance, and

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referral to link individuals with

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resources. Sandy shared with you their mission mission on aging.

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month doing this presentation because

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September is National Senior Center

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Months. So it's when senior centers have

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an opportunity to try to explain what it is we do.

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Um, nationally, uh, 10 to 30% of a

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community's older adults attend their

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local senior center. Uh, currently we

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have 1,231 registered members, uh, with

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686 active members, so me members who

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are repetitively coming senior center,

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uh, which represents 26.37%.

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So again, we're on target for what the

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Um we're a designated multi-purpose

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community focal point senior center.

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That's a designation through the area

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agency on aging. And again, it

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represents that we have services

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colllocated within our facility. uh we

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uh I'll touch upon it in a bit but we

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have the activities piece, the social

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services piece and the transportation

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piece. So those services are all

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collocated where again we can coordinate

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services and be able to assess people

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from different perspectives.

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So again we have the three primary roles

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our uh our social our uh activity piece

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social services piece and then it our

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transportation is what's called on

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demand doortodoor

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uh so again people are calling making a

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request to uh be transported somewhere

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and then our services doortodoor

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some services are door through door,

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which means they kind of can go into

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someone's home and help them. Our

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service does not provide that. It's just

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doortodoor.

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If somebody needs help um beyond that,

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then they're responsible for

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uh securing somebody to help them. We

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also too have an arrangement with uh

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Iliad helping hands whereby if we have

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someone who needs help but they do not

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have someone to help them, Iliad helping

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hands will work with us to find somebody

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who will um volunteer to assist the

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individual. The other thing I just want

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to mention with transportation is we

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don't transport someone if they've uh

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had anesthesia because again that person

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on discharge needs to um

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have somebody with them and have

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somebody with them for a certain number

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of hours later because we do get a lot

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of people who may be going for

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colonoscopy and wants us to provide

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transportation. So it's not something

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that we could do. you could get them

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there but then they need to make other

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arrangements for securing somebody to

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get them home. Um so again research

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shows that older adult adults who

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participate in senior center programs uh

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can manage uh issues that they are

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dealing with aging delay the onset of

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chronic disease and experience

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measurable improvements in physical,

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social, spiritual, emotional and mental

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and economic well-being and quality of

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life.

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um population information. So Hein's

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current 60 plus population is 2,61

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which is 29.58%

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of the town's total population. And of

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that 2,601

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410 are 80 and up. Um so the older adult

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population here in Hebrin is expected to

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peak between [clears throat] 2030 and

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2035

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um with approximately 2,612 individuals

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age 60 and during that time period and

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between 469 and 559 people aged 80 plus.

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Um I will touch upon it in a minute but

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60 plus is the age set by the uh federal

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older Americans act. for older Americans

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act last year turned 60.

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So again, the size of the older adult

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population. Um,

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I began here in 2005, but kind of went

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back to

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2004, which were the figures that we had

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when I started here, that there was a

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total of 804

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60 plus individuals back in 2004.

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And now it is 2,6001.

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So there's been quite an increase in the

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senior population in the time that I've

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been here. Um and again with the uh 80

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plus population again 103 back in 204

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and uh in 2025 410

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and those are the individuals that often

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are needing you know more concentrated

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uh services.

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So while the population has increased as

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you can see the budgetarily there hasn't

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been an increase. I went back 15 years

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ago from 2010 to 2011 and what the size

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of the population was it was 16% of the

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total population versus now when it's

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29.58%.

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Um so we have more seniors and again the

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budget is relatively flat. It actually

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is $456

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less than it was 15 years ago. Um, and

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as far as uh grant revenue, there is

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more grant revenue now than there was

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back in 2010 2011. Uh, so the net budget

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is less now than it was back 15 years

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ago.

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Um

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the

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bunch of the uh expenses that have uh

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taken a hit uh have been program

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development and meetings and

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conferences. Um

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that's

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helped to off those um those reductions

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have helped to offset the fact that our

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utilities have gone up, office supply

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costs have gone up. Um so those are

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increases telephone so things that we

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don't have control over and so

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consequently those other line items have

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uh suffered

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is small. We don't have a way to bring

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it make it bigger

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and then I lose I lose a little bit of

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it on the side. Sorry, I just didn't

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know if you can make it bubble screen.

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Um, so we have um in our budget, which

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you know, I know you saw uh at budget

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time, I every year prepare a budget

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descriptor

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the way I've I've done it all along. And

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so it shows

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what is contained in a particular line

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item and where there have been increases

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and where there have been decreases.

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Um so for the senior services budget and

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we have fitness instructors.

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Um

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a little bit sorry

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um and then as you can see um program

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development

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uh there was a $500 reduction

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this year in that line item. I want to

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point out that that total line item is

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now $2,000.

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Um,

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of that line item, there are licensing

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fees that we have to pay. Um, there is a

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music license. So, when we have fitness

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classes and there's music associated

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with it, we have an entertainer come um

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any we have our coral group, uh, there

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is a music license that needs to be

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retained. And also too, if we're showing

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any TED talks or a movie, we need to

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also have a U motion picture uh license.

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So those two licenses alone are $800.

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When we subtract that from the 2,000, it

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leaves us very little for uh

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programming. There is another music

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license that

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we have to retain and as a cost-saving

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measure we um parks and Rex covers that

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license. So, ours um our BMI license

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covers the town with that $459.

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And then the license that Parks and Rex

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carries um covers uh remember the the

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letters for the other music license. Um

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but that covers the town also. So, we

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have one in one budget, one in the other

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budget.

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um meetings and conferences. Uh again,

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there was a reduction in in that line

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item um with all of the changes

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uh especially to at the federal level

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with uh health insurance,

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uh SNAP benefits, um eating assistance,

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uh etc.

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It's important that we're keeping up to

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date with those conferences.

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But there's any this is pretty

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straightforward. So I don't know if you

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have any questions in regards to that.

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uh with contractual services. Again, we

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were using Comcast

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uh for our internet provider and we now

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as as just as of last week are connected

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to the uh Connecticut education network.

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So now we are able to sever with Comcast

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and and can save on that expense.

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something about the machine

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like the next page or something.

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Okay. Okay. So um

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in the bureau veritus report there was

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indicated for 2025

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repair to an exterior door. We have a

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door that is kind of corroding at the

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bottom. It's difficult to open or close.

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>> So we're not even using that as a means

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of egress at the moment because of the

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condition of that tour. So I had notated

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it as something that needed to be put in

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the maintenance budget would be

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not my budget maintenance budget. So I

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just notated that. Um,

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and then again, our copier is pretty

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much on its last leg, and so I had um

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just gotten some pricing in regards to

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uh replacement of the copier.

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We think we're going to maybe be able to

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switch with another department.

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regular size. So on our social,

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recreational, and educational uh side,

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again, we have a plethora of events. Um

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you know, your kind of routine, what you

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would think of as uh senior center fair

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with uh special events, celebrations,

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volunteers, volunteer recognition,

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musical events, discussion groups, etc., day trips, um art groups, uh tech

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assistants. Uh our new

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uh program coordinator is young and so

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very techsavvy, so she's been able to

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assist a lot of the seniors with

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technical issues that they might be

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having with their phones or laptops. Um

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we have we work with AARP for them to

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provide the AP smart driver course and

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also to the tax aid program. Um our

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fitness classes, our fitness room, we

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work with Chattam Health District and

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provide the vaccination clinic um health um presentations um file of life.

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I don't know if any of you have ever

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seen the file of life.

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So, it's a red plastic pouch that

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uh has a magnetic strip and can go on

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somebody's fridge and in that is a card

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that somebody would fill out with all of

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their pertinent information so that if

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emergency responders came to the home,

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that's right there. So, if the person

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couldn't convey the information, that's

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right there. And there's also a wallet

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version.

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>> So, uh we have those at the senior

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center. Um and also too, we work with

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RAM. their special needs program because

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they have students who are trying to uh

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have a work transition

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experiences and so we we work with them

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too.

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Um

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and just uh this reiterates what I had

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just said about the uh program line item

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and the fact that 800 of it is consumed

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by the licensing fees. Um, and we spend

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our program development

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line item on such things as

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entertainers, speakers, instructors,

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supplies,

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um, refreshments, handouts, etc.

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Um,

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we've always been very fortunate that we

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have a lot of seniors themselves making

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donations. seniors who were continuously

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bringing in coffee, bringing in um paper

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goods, um

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uh decorations uh for us to, you know,

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make the senior center look welcoming

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and and uh pleasant to to be there,

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refreshments, etc. And and staff

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routinely

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makes personal contributions uh to to

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the senior center. Um,

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we've also had different organizations

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who have sponsored some of our events.

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Uh, it's usually part of their marketing efforts. Uh, but we take

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00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:28,080
advantage of that to again be able to

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stretch our budget. Um, this has allowed

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us for various years to not expend all

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of our program line item

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and as I mentioned, not because it's not

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needed.

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It's because we've had a fortunate year.

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Um things are getting tighter and so

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we're not seeing the donations as they

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have been in the past and I expect that

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to continue for a while now as uh things

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are things are tighter and tighter with

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people's budgets. Um, one of the things

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is I I've always been very very well

553
00:28:07,679 --> 00:28:11,200
aware of the fact that if I don't spend

554
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:13,440
all of a line item that then that

555
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:16,159
jeopardizes the next year that that line

556
00:28:16,159 --> 00:28:19,760
item might get get

557
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,399
I've just never been able to say I'm

558
00:28:22,399 --> 00:28:25,279
going to spend it just to spend it. So,

559
00:28:25,279 --> 00:28:28,240
and I don't expect to do that in the

560
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,039
future. It's just

561
00:28:31,039 --> 00:28:33,520
been a frugal person at home and I try

562
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:36,480
to be frugal with the senior center too.

563
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:40,399
Um, so as I said, if if money is not

564
00:28:40,399 --> 00:28:44,880
spent, it's it's not because it's not

565
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,080
needed, it's because we were able to.

566
00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:53,200
Thank you. Because we were able to uh

567
00:28:53,200 --> 00:29:01,510
get donations elsewhere.

568
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:04,000
Um we have volunteers uh we have

569
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,640
volunteers who

570
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:10,480
um share their talents to lead programs.

571
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:13,679
We have right now we have uh two

572
00:29:13,679 --> 00:29:16,960
volunteers who one one day a week one

573
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,000
two days a week in the morning the whole

574
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:24,080
day are helping to answer the phone.

575
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:27,360
um volunteers who deliver home delivered

576
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,080
meals. Uh that is getting harder and

577
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:32,000
harder. I think as gas prices are going

578
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,880
up, it's harder for us to get uh

579
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:36,960
volunteers who are delivering meals. And

580
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,200
then when volunteers are not available,

581
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,919
that means staff as the delivery

582
00:29:41,919 --> 00:29:45,679
delivered of the meals um and volunteers

583
00:29:45,679 --> 00:29:47,760
helping with special events, decorating,

584
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,320
etc. Just want to mention with the with

585
00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:55,200
the delivery meals um meals are provided

586
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,480
by community renewal team in Hartford.

587
00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,120
So the meals are then brought to us and

588
00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:03,600
then we are responsible for then

589
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,640
delivering the meals.

590
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:10,320
um social services. Um we're providing

591
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:12,159
information and assistance regarding

592
00:30:12,159 --> 00:30:15,360
state, federal, local, private, etc.

593
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:19,520
programs, veterans benefits. Um

594
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,240
information regarding inhome assistance,

595
00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:26,080
long-term care supports. Um we we right

596
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,880
now will be soon beginning Medicare open

597
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:30,559
enrollment

598
00:30:30,559 --> 00:30:33,600
um and winter heating assistance. Right

599
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,000
now we're finishing up renters rebates.

600
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:42,240
Uh that program ends September 30th. Um

601
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,039
we also work with AHM with their youth

602
00:30:45,039 --> 00:30:48,240
chore program. We're the intake site for

603
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,720
uh seniors who want to partake in the

604
00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:52,799
youth chore program. As I mentioned

605
00:30:52,799 --> 00:30:54,880
before, we work with Gilead helping

606
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:59,440
hands, not just in regards to them uh

607
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:01,919
helping with someone who needs help with

608
00:31:01,919 --> 00:31:05,600
transportation, but um I help Helping

609
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,360
Hands

610
00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:11,039
will provide somebody who might need

611
00:31:11,039 --> 00:31:12,559
assistance maybe in putting an air

612
00:31:12,559 --> 00:31:15,840
conditioner in or out or, you know, some

613
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,960
something small. I mean not not a large

614
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:22,159
although they have um been able to do a

615
00:31:22,159 --> 00:31:23,679
ramp.

616
00:31:23,679 --> 00:31:28,000
It depends on the skills of of their um

617
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,399
their individuals. Just go back make

618
00:31:30,399 --> 00:31:32,399
sure I touched upon it.

619
00:31:32,399 --> 00:31:35,279
>> Sorry.

620
00:31:35,279 --> 00:31:39,190
Um

621
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,039
caregiver guidance and support. I just

622
00:31:41,039 --> 00:31:43,120
want to mention that that

623
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:44,880
with

624
00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,919
caregivers um

625
00:31:47,919 --> 00:31:50,799
we have you in town especially too when

626
00:31:50,799 --> 00:31:53,600
we look at 60 and up. We have a lot of

627
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,960
individuals who are maybe in their 60s

628
00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:01,360
who are caring for older

629
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,960
residents here in town. Um and so again

630
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,960
we're providing supports for both the

631
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:13,200
older individual and the younger older

632
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:18,320
individual. Um and then also too we have

633
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:24,080
caregivers who are um caring for someone

634
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,960
that the caregiver lives here in town

635
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:28,399
but they're caring for somebody who

636
00:32:28,399 --> 00:32:30,480
lives out of town. And again they're

637
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,480
looking to us for supports. And then

638
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:35,360
conversely, we have caregivers who live

639
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,600
out of town caring for someone here in

640
00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:39,120
town and so they're looking for our

641
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:42,640
support. So again, it kind of broadens

642
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:46,080
who who we're serving. Um we also too

643
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:50,320
have some funds that we try to make be

644
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,120
the payer of last resort.

645
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,440
um where we can help somebody with a

646
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:59,120
utility expense or with um a medical

647
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:03,519
bill or some other special needs. So, we

648
00:33:03,519 --> 00:33:07,590
have those at our disposal.

649
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,559
Um and as I mentioned before, staying up

650
00:33:10,559 --> 00:33:14,720
to date is um vitally important.

651
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:19,200
um just had an update webinar earlier

652
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,279
this week about some of the changes that

653
00:33:21,279 --> 00:33:24,399
are coming to Medicare and there's going

654
00:33:24,399 --> 00:33:26,960
to be some significant uh changes. So

655
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:29,840
again, we need to be keeping a breast of

656
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:33,669
all of those changes.

657
00:33:33,679 --> 00:33:35,760
Uh transportation.

658
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:39,519
So um oh

659
00:33:39,519 --> 00:33:41,279
I apologize. I just want to go back for

660
00:33:41,279 --> 00:33:45,279
a second to the social services. Um

661
00:33:45,279 --> 00:33:48,640
I had in my narrative mentioned you

662
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:50,559
don't have to go back to the slide.

663
00:33:50,559 --> 00:33:53,519
>> In my narrative I had mentioned how our

664
00:33:53,519 --> 00:33:58,480
social services is for 18 and up. So

665
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,039
Hein Interfaith Human Services their

666
00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:03,600
executive director had been a social

667
00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,960
worker and she retired in 2010. when she

668
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:12,879
retired they replaced her with a very competent individual but not

669
00:34:12,879 --> 00:34:16,320
somebody with social work background and

670
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:19,119
um as it became apparent that that was

671
00:34:19,119 --> 00:34:21,919
not the direction that [clears throat]

672
00:34:21,919 --> 00:34:27,440
uh HIS's board was going in um

673
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,639
AHM takes care of the needs of families

674
00:34:30,639 --> 00:34:33,440
but there really was nobody for that 18

675
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:38,159
plus population and so I felt uh the

676
00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:40,159
town had a responsibility to provide

677
00:34:40,159 --> 00:34:43,280
social services for those individuals

678
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:46,720
also. And at that time our social work

679
00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:49,119
position was part-time and so

680
00:34:49,119 --> 00:34:50,879
incrementally

681
00:34:50,879 --> 00:34:54,079
uh that position was increased because

682
00:34:54,079 --> 00:34:55,839
of the increase in the senior population

683
00:34:55,839 --> 00:35:00,720
and because of the um the taking care of

684
00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:03,680
18 plus individuals also. So that became

685
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:05,920
a full-time position.

686
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:07,280
I just wanted to mention that before I

687
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,359
forgot.

688
00:35:09,359 --> 00:35:13,119
Um transportation again we're providing

689
00:35:13,119 --> 00:35:15,760
transportation to 60 and up and disabled

690
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:19,040
individuals 18 and up. Um we have our

691
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:20,800
three multi-passenger handicapped

692
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,599
accessible buses six passenger the 10

693
00:35:23,599 --> 00:35:26,240
pass and the 20 passenger which we are

694
00:35:26,240 --> 00:35:29,359
in the process of again having the 20

695
00:35:29,359 --> 00:35:31,920
passenger for the auction. And we have

696
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,400
our one car for medical appointments,

697
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:38,160
grocery and we provide transportation

698
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:39,440
for medical appointments, grocery

699
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,079
shopping, our mobile food share to the

700
00:35:42,079 --> 00:35:44,640
food bank, um to and from the senior

701
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,280
center, personal leads, social day

702
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:50,880
trips, etc., etc. Um at present we're

703
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,520
providing approximately 2,000 rides

704
00:35:53,520 --> 00:36:02,480
annually and surfing 78 individuals on a frequent basis about 52 I call

705
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:05,599
regulars and then about about another

706
00:36:05,599 --> 00:36:08,960
130 when needed. Uh

707
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:10,720
again we have people who kind of come

708
00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:12,800
and go on the program. So, somebody

709
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,680
might be needing transportation for

710
00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:17,440
physical therapy, but now their physical

711
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:20,560
therapy is over and they're they're not

712
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:25,670
needing our services.

713
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:28,079
We I just will mention one other thing

714
00:36:28,079 --> 00:36:32,000
in regards to transportation. Um,

715
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,320
one of our transportation positions, our

716
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:37,839
dial right positions was a full-time uh

717
00:36:37,839 --> 00:36:41,119
individual, so full-time benefited

718
00:36:41,119 --> 00:36:44,720
um who also took care of

719
00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:48,640
um dispatch scheduling of seniors rides

720
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:52,000
and scheduling of the uh other dial ride

721
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,760
drivers.

722
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:57,760
She retired in April of 2025

723
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:00,640
and we filled that position with a

724
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:04,880
part-time driver unbenefited position um

725
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:09,839
who just drives. So again we um we lost

726
00:37:09,839 --> 00:37:14,640
that position of providing the dispatch

727
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:18,240
and the scheduling etc.

728
00:37:18,240 --> 00:37:21,520
So staff is has taken on that

729
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:24,560
responsibility. Also

730
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:28,079
um transportation costs um you can see

731
00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:30,800
that transportation costs have gone down

732
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:34,560
also. Um,

733
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:38,400
a much of that is, and I me I mentioned

734
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,599
this in the narrative, is really because

735
00:37:41,599 --> 00:37:45,030
of

736
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:48,079
the availability of drivers. It is very

737
00:37:48,079 --> 00:37:52,480
hard to get drivers. They have to have a

738
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:54,800
passenger endorsement, which takes

739
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,440
months for them to get. It's they're

740
00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:59,520
getting fingerprinted. They're having a

741
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:01,200
written test. they're going through a

742
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,079
physical, you know, so for a driver who

743
00:38:04,079 --> 00:38:06,880
just says, "Oh, I'll drive seniors," you

744
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:10,960
know, and then they realize all of that they have to go through. Sometime

745
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:14,079
it discourages them. So, um it is a a

746
00:38:14,079 --> 00:38:16,880
process for us to get drivers and all of

747
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:19,920
our drivers are retirees, so they want

748
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:22,160
retirement time, too. So, a lot of times

749
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:24,720
they are taking extended vacations and

750
00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:28,320
we're scrambling to coverage.

751
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:31,200
So, a lot of why that line item went

752
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:34,880
down was because of the fact that

753
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:38,480
I really don't have the drivers that I

754
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:42,480
need to have and so to have some fill-in

755
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:47,910
drivers would be extremely helpful.

756
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:50,240
Um, that's our service area of where we

757
00:38:50,240 --> 00:38:52,320
provide transportation.

758
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:53,839
Um

759
00:38:53,839 --> 00:38:57,680
that's my rudimentary map that developed

760
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:01,680
over time. Um so you can see we have a a

761
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:05,040
35 uh town radius that we are providing

762
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:10,230
transportation in.

763
00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:14,160
So, transportation is supported through

764
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:19,280
the federal older Americans act um as is

765
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:22,079
our outreach program and as is our

766
00:39:22,079 --> 00:39:24,400
physical activity programs. But the

767
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:28,400
Older Americans Act stipulates that

768
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:33,119
um we can have suggested donations

769
00:39:33,119 --> 00:39:37,280
but we cannot impose charges.

770
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:40,560
uh and that if somebody is

771
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:43,200
not donating that we cannot deny

772
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:46,160
services and we also too can't means

773
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,920
test. So again I can't decide I'm going

774
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,400
to give scholarship to somebody because

775
00:39:52,400 --> 00:40:01,910
we can't we can't means test.

776
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:04,880
You can see that our suggested donations

777
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:09,760
are extremely low. Those were set by the

778
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:12,560
then commission on aging

779
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:18,640
um back in remember when it was it was

780
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:20,640
20

781
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:21,359
cut off there.

782
00:40:21,359 --> 00:40:25,920
>> Yeah. So again it's quite some time ago.

783
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:29,109
Um

784
00:40:29,119 --> 00:40:32,000
those have have not been revised since

785
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:33,839
then. As I said, you can see that

786
00:40:33,839 --> 00:40:37,119
they're they're quite low. We don't want

787
00:40:37,119 --> 00:40:38,800
to discourage people from using our

788
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:42,160
service. And so, again, having them that

789
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:44,320
load, I think it helps to encourage

790
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:49,119
people also to um transportation is one

791
00:40:49,119 --> 00:40:51,040
of the major things that takes burden

792
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,920
off of caregivers.

793
00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:56,720
Um transportation budget. I don't think

794
00:40:56,720 --> 00:40:58,640
there was any really remarkable in the

795
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:01,440
transportation budget.

796
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:03,920
Just again I do the descriptor so it

797
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:09,990
shows you line by line

798
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:13,599
vehicle replacement. So, as you know,

799
00:41:13,599 --> 00:41:17,040
the town uh plans to divest itself of

800
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:22,000
the 2017 20 passenger bus.

801
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,079
Um

802
00:41:24,079 --> 00:41:28,800
has 42,000 plus miles on it and I did

803
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:31,200
get it appraised and it was appraised at

804
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,760
uh 33,757.

805
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:35,920
I don't know exactly

806
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:37,680
we're at

807
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:40,640
and that was the the value. Um, we also

808
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:45,599
have a 2014 Ford CMX energy hybrid car.

809
00:41:45,599 --> 00:41:49,520
You can see the mileage on that is high.

810
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:53,040
Um, the useful life of that vehicle is 8

811
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:57,119
to 15 years and is 100,000 to 200,000

812
00:41:57,119 --> 00:41:59,280
miles. So again, it's reaching the end

813
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:02,240
of its useful life.

814
00:42:02,240 --> 00:42:04,560
Um, my recommendation would be to

815
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:06,800
replace this vehicle with a handicap

816
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,880
accessible minivan.

817
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,440
uh that would make our entire fleet

818
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:16,240
handicapped accessible. Um and

819
00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:18,720
that would be through the utilization of

820
00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:22,079
what's called a 5310 federal grant where

821
00:42:22,079 --> 00:42:25,839
the town incurs 20% share of the cost

822
00:42:25,839 --> 00:42:40,000
and the grant 80% of the cost. Um so the turnaround time for that grant

823
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,960
is about a year and a half. So I would

824
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:46,000
recommend when the RFPs come out

825
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,280
probably the beginning of 2027

826
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:53,440
that you consider applying for a 5310

827
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:57,520
grant or a minivan.

828
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,560
My best estimate is that uh the town

829
00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:06,960
share would be approximately $15,000 for that that would be in the 2027 2028

830
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:10,240
budget. Also wanted to remark that in

831
00:43:10,240 --> 00:43:11,839
the

832
00:43:11,839 --> 00:43:15,119
um 5-year capital improvement plan,

833
00:43:15,119 --> 00:43:18,880
there is a line for uh senior center

834
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:25,190
replacement of that vehicle for 75,000.

835
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:29,200
the 5310 grants were not covering the

836
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:33,680
expense of a minivan and so we had had a

837
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:38,160
placeholder in the CIP budget but now

838
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:41,760
they are allowing minivans. So again I

839
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:47,200
think we can take that out of there and look instead to utilize the 5310

840
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:50,950
grant.

841
00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:53,520
Um, all multi-passenger handicapped

842
00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:55,599
accessible buses have a useful life

843
00:43:55,599 --> 00:43:59,040
expectancy of 5 years or 150,000 miles.

844
00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:01,920
So, we also have the the 10 passenger

845
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:08,319
bus um with 91,000 miles plus. So, it

846
00:44:08,319 --> 00:44:11,680
would be on track uh to be replaced in

847
00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:13,280
six years.

848
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:17,109
Um

849
00:44:17,119 --> 00:44:20,960
my recommendation would be if we are um

850
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,119
divesting ourselves of the 20 passenger

851
00:44:23,119 --> 00:44:26,480
bus to replace that 10 passenger with a

852
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:30,240
14 passenger when the time comes.

853
00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:32,880
Um

854
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:37,280
a 16 or up requires a CDL license. So,

855
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:40,960
if we keep it at a 14 passenger, the

856
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:43,280
driver would not have to have a CDL

857
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:44,960
license in order to drive it. They would

858
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:51,349
just have to have the passenger.

859
00:44:51,359 --> 00:44:55,680
Um, and then we have our uh 2024

860
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:59,280
six passenger bus. Um, that was a long

861
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:04,000
time coming. Um, I was

862
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:08,319
writing that grant back when COVID hit.

863
00:45:08,319 --> 00:45:10,640
And so it because of all of the

864
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:14,880
worldwide um difficulty with parts, it

865
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:18,079
took from 2020

866
00:45:18,079 --> 00:45:20,800
uh to 2024 for us to finally get that

867
00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:23,040
bus.

868
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:24,960
So that bus would be on track for

869
00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:29,599
replacement in 15 to 16 years.

870
00:45:29,599 --> 00:45:32,000
is the smallest

871
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:36,560
bus that uh is covered under the uh the

872
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:45,030
uh 5310 grant.

873
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:48,400
So in summary regarding the vehicles

874
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:51,760
um that my recommendation would be using

875
00:45:51,760 --> 00:46:02,079
the 5310 grant to on the replacement of those vehicles. Um,

876
00:46:02,079 --> 00:46:06,160
I think I had expounded a little bit on

877
00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:11,200
the uh origin of us getting the the

878
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:16,000
hybrid car. So, the hybrid car uh grant

879
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:17,520
had been written through the town

880
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:19,599
manager's office.

881
00:46:19,599 --> 00:46:24,880
um was not a grant that we

882
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:26,560
were

883
00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:31,119
focused on uh being a benefactor, you

884
00:46:31,119 --> 00:46:33,920
know, from uh by the senior center. Um

885
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:36,000
and then the we were told that the car

886
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:39,920
was going to be assigned to us. So

887
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:43,440
again, it caused us to then have a fleet

888
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:47,599
of four and uh

889
00:46:47,599 --> 00:46:50,319
fleet of three does meet our needs

890
00:46:50,319 --> 00:46:58,550
especially too with the difficulty with drivers.

891
00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:03,359
Um the building so the one-story ADA

892
00:47:03,359 --> 00:47:08,800
compliant 650 square foot building um

893
00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:13,599
was built in 1990 with some addition and

894
00:47:13,599 --> 00:47:19,440
renovations in 20 uh two. Um and then

895
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:22,000
again according to the facilities

896
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,880
condition assessment by bureau veritas

897
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:26,640
the interior and exterior finishes are

898
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:28,960
in good fair condition and will require

899
00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:33,990
only life cycle replacement.

900
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:35,280
There's something else I want to mention

901
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:38,000
about. Let me just refresh my memory

902
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:43,510
here for a sec.

903
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:45,040
Oh I know. I was just going to mention

904
00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:49,040
that the senior center serves as a

905
00:47:49,040 --> 00:47:53,040
cooling and warming center but we cannot

906
00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:55,280
uh serve as a shelter. We don't have a

907
00:47:55,280 --> 00:47:59,280
generator. Um and uh again we don't have

908
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:04,470
uh bathing facilities

909
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:08,720
from the bureau veratas uh study and

910
00:48:08,720 --> 00:48:10,560
there was the recommendation as I

911
00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:13,359
mentioned before about the the door and

912
00:48:13,359 --> 00:48:15,920
some exterior lighting that we're uh

913
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:18,400
targeting for 2025.

914
00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:20,079
Um,

915
00:48:20,079 --> 00:48:21,680
building projects for the next five

916
00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:24,480
years according to them would total

917
00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:26,960
almost $280,000.

918
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:28,800
Building pro building projects for the

919
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:32,000
following five years would

920
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:35,750
about $212,000.

921
00:48:35,760 --> 00:48:37,839
Again, that would be if taking into

922
00:48:37,839 --> 00:48:40,640
account and and this is way too small,

923
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:44,319
but I had again listed all of the items

924
00:48:44,319 --> 00:48:47,599
that they had recommended

925
00:48:47,599 --> 00:48:49,680
during the during the five-year period

926
00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:53,440
and then the uh next five-year period.

927
00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:55,359
I know you have a copy of the PowerPoint

928
00:48:55,359 --> 00:48:57,040
presentation, so maybe you could see it

929
00:48:57,040 --> 00:49:00,319
there because I can't see it that far.

930
00:49:00,319 --> 00:49:03,520
um no singular project meets the CIP

931
00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:06,960
threshold uh for the next 10 fiscal

932
00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:09,760
years. Uh during the five fiscal years,

933
00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:12,319
there's eight projects that meet the

934
00:49:12,319 --> 00:49:15,839
10,000 to 74,999

935
00:49:15,839 --> 00:49:19,040
capital outlay threshold. Um and during

936
00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:20,960
the following five fiscal years, there's

937
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:23,680
five projects that meet that uh capital

938
00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:27,359
outlay threshold. The only project uh

939
00:49:27,359 --> 00:49:31,839
that Euro Veritas had uh recommended uh

940
00:49:31,839 --> 00:49:36,800
that does meet the CIP threshold is

941
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:39,599
uh for 2044

942
00:49:39,599 --> 00:49:43,200
is uh replacement of the uh brick stone

943
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:49,190
retaining wall.

944
00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:52,400
The town council can help. So, um,

945
00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:54,960
mindfulness of the, uh, demographics of

946
00:49:54,960 --> 00:49:58,079
the town, um,

947
00:49:58,079 --> 00:50:00,559
awareness, as I mentioned, that $800 of

948
00:50:00,559 --> 00:50:02,480
our program development line item bid

949
00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:04,960
budget is consumed by those licensing

950
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:07,760
fees, and support for a

951
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:12,319
multi-disciplinary team. So

952
00:50:12,319 --> 00:50:15,040
um

953
00:50:15,040 --> 00:50:18,079
going back 2018

954
00:50:18,079 --> 00:50:23,680
um I had been uh starting to um advocate

955
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:26,559
for us to have a multid-disciplinary

956
00:50:26,559 --> 00:50:30,880
team and that's a team of different

957
00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:37,040
um department heads uh professionals uh

958
00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:39,440
who serve the community.

959
00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:41,920
um organizations again who serve the

960
00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:46,240
community home care agencies um uh

961
00:50:46,240 --> 00:50:49,359
medical providers etc who can get

962
00:50:49,359 --> 00:50:52,000
together together periodically

963
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:55,440
and try to try try to troubleshoot and

964
00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:58,800
to identify

965
00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:02,559
gaps in services how we can maybe solve

966
00:51:02,559 --> 00:51:06,559
some of the uh those gaps in services be

967
00:51:06,559 --> 00:51:09,040
able to tap into one another's skills to

968
00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:11,040
avoid duplication.

969
00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:15,680
Um so I felt at that time that there

970
00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:21,440
needed to really be some um direction

971
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:24,800
from the town manager's office to the

972
00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:27,359
other department heads in order for them

973
00:51:27,359 --> 00:51:30,960
to get buy in because if I just was

974
00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:34,160
saying please come to a meeting

975
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:38,160
everybody's busy. Um so

976
00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:40,240
finally

977
00:51:40,240 --> 00:51:42,880
just postco

978
00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:45,839
um I'm Dr. green light to kind of go

979
00:51:45,839 --> 00:51:49,839
ahead with a M team. We convened an M

980
00:51:49,839 --> 00:51:53,680
team meeting and unfortunately there was

981
00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:57,359
very little attendance from the town's

982
00:51:57,359 --> 00:51:58,800
departments. There was good attendance

983
00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:01,359
from outside entities but not from the

984
00:52:01,359 --> 00:52:04,640
town departments. So

985
00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:08,000
it really at that point is not going

986
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:12,079
anywhere. I really need a more hearty

987
00:52:12,079 --> 00:52:13,760
um

988
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:18,240
buy in from administration in order for

989
00:52:18,240 --> 00:52:21,280
us to get department heads

990
00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:24,319
avidly involved in in you know this

991
00:52:24,319 --> 00:52:27,200
endeavor. Again

992
00:52:27,200 --> 00:52:29,119
you see the virtue in that I would ask

993
00:52:29,119 --> 00:52:32,240
for your support in

994
00:52:32,240 --> 00:52:35,040
helping to get a multi-disiplinary team

995
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:39,349
off the ground.

996
00:52:39,359 --> 00:52:41,280
questions.

997
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:42,880
>> Thanks so much for that presentation. It

998
00:52:42,880 --> 00:52:45,280
was really informative. We really

999
00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:46,640
appreciate it

1000
00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:49,440
>> and we appreciate all you do with

1001
00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:51,359
limited funding you have. It's obvious

1002
00:52:51,359 --> 00:52:53,839
that beyond decades here with no

1003
00:52:53,839 --> 00:52:56,160
increase in funding and it's a tall

1004
00:52:56,160 --> 00:52:58,880
order and uh I know this this year's

1005
00:52:58,880 --> 00:53:00,720
been very difficult but uh we appreciate

1006
00:53:00,720 --> 00:53:04,400
all you do. Yeah, absolutely. Um anybody

1007
00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:06,960
have any questions?

1008
00:53:06,960 --> 00:53:09,839
I do I have a couple questions. So with

1009
00:53:09,839 --> 00:53:12,000
respect to um when you talk about the

1010
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:14,240
multi-disiplinary team and other

1011
00:53:14,240 --> 00:53:16,880
agencies that exist in town,

1012
00:53:16,880 --> 00:53:19,119
>> I'm specifically thinking about in my

1013
00:53:19,119 --> 00:53:20,720
mind ahm

1014
00:53:20,720 --> 00:53:22,720
>> and their incredible resources, their

1015
00:53:22,720 --> 00:53:26,079
expertise, their professionals.

1016
00:53:26,079 --> 00:53:29,760
Um how do you uh cooperate with them in

1017
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:32,160
order to provide so badly needed

1018
00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:34,480
supports in your department?

1019
00:53:34,480 --> 00:53:37,359
So um

1020
00:53:37,359 --> 00:53:41,920
AHN has in the past when we have had

1021
00:53:41,920 --> 00:53:45,680
um social workers who have a bachelor's

1022
00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:49,359
degree, they've been able to provide the

1023
00:53:49,359 --> 00:53:53,760
um expertise with a master's social

1024
00:53:53,760 --> 00:53:56,720
worker um providing some oversight and

1025
00:53:56,720 --> 00:54:01,040
guidance. also too uh they house the

1026
00:54:01,040 --> 00:54:03,440
youth chore program and again as I

1027
00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:05,280
mentioned earlier we're the intake site

1028
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:08,640
for the youth chore program

1029
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:11,680
um they're serving they're serving

1030
00:54:11,680 --> 00:54:13,200
families so again it's a different

1031
00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:16,160
population that we're we're serving um

1032
00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:17,680
but

1033
00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:19,760
when we

1034
00:54:19,760 --> 00:54:22,960
did have our first multid-disiplinary

1035
00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:24,880
team meeting they were part of it and I

1036
00:54:24,880 --> 00:54:27,200
would plan for them to be part of it

1037
00:54:27,200 --> 00:54:29,359
moving forward So what you're saying is

1038
00:54:29,359 --> 00:54:32,559
AHM's mission doesn't necessarily apply

1039
00:54:32,559 --> 00:54:36,079
to the senior population in town.

1040
00:54:36,079 --> 00:54:38,319
>> I don't know what their mission is.

1041
00:54:38,319 --> 00:54:41,040
They're they cover, as Sharon said,

1042
00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:45,760
families, youth, and now they go up to

1043
00:54:45,760 --> 00:54:48,720
26 year olds. They'll provide social

1044
00:54:48,720 --> 00:54:51,760
services, counseling and support for

1045
00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:55,680
individuals up to 26 years old,

1046
00:54:55,680 --> 00:54:59,119
>> but not not the senior public, not

1047
00:54:59,119 --> 00:55:00,400
adults,

1048
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:01,920
>> only up to 26.

1049
00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:04,319
>> So, but they're they'll always come to

1050
00:55:04,319 --> 00:55:05,040
the table.

1051
00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:08,640
>> Yeah. And again, their service is more D

1052
00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:11,119
mentioned counseling. So when we're

1053
00:55:11,119 --> 00:55:15,440
seeing somebody 18 to 59,

1054
00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:18,559
it's usually somebody who's experiencing

1055
00:55:18,559 --> 00:55:21,119
financial insecurity

1056
00:55:21,119 --> 00:55:25,280
um or uh underinsurability.

1057
00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:27,440
So we're typically dealing with them in

1058
00:55:27,440 --> 00:55:31,200
those respects, not counseling, so to

1059
00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:33,040
speak.

1060
00:55:33,040 --> 00:55:35,119
>> Gotcha. Understood. I had a question

1061
00:55:35,119 --> 00:55:37,440
also on meals on wheels. You mentioned

1062
00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:39,839
that uh community renewal team provides

1063
00:55:39,839 --> 00:55:42,319
the actual meals, but they only drop off

1064
00:55:42,319 --> 00:55:44,880
the meals to the senior center. Senior

1065
00:55:44,880 --> 00:55:46,720
center staff is responsible for making

1066
00:55:46,720 --> 00:55:48,720
sure that meals are distributed to

1067
00:55:48,720 --> 00:55:50,400
individual residences.

1068
00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:51,680
>> Yes.

1069
00:55:51,680 --> 00:55:54,799
>> Um is there any way that CRT could do

1070
00:55:54,799 --> 00:55:56,559
that part

1071
00:55:56,559 --> 00:55:58,000
or they don't do it? Because I know they

1072
00:55:58,000 --> 00:55:59,280
do it in Herford. Why don't they do it

1073
00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:00,880
in Hebrin?

1074
00:56:00,880 --> 00:56:04,480
>> They don't have the the staff. Um and

1075
00:56:04,480 --> 00:56:07,599
also too, as you know, geographically,

1076
00:56:07,599 --> 00:56:11,599
we have a broad area. Um we have

1077
00:56:11,599 --> 00:56:13,119
clients, you know, kind of from one end

1078
00:56:13,119 --> 00:56:15,119
of town to the other.

1079
00:56:15,119 --> 00:56:18,799
>> Um and so it would be

1080
00:56:18,799 --> 00:56:22,079
timeconuming for their staff and they just they just don't have the

1081
00:56:22,079 --> 00:56:24,720
staff.

1082
00:56:24,720 --> 00:56:27,119
>> So we so we rely on volunteers.

1083
00:56:27,119 --> 00:56:30,880
>> Right. Right. Um also I mean when I say

1084
00:56:30,880 --> 00:56:32,559
they don't have the staff they also too

1085
00:56:32,559 --> 00:56:35,040
don't have the funds. Um in my narrative

1086
00:56:35,040 --> 00:56:38,240
I had mentioned that they get federal

1087
00:56:38,240 --> 00:56:39,839
funding

1088
00:56:39,839 --> 00:56:43,599
and so typically home deliver meal

1089
00:56:43,599 --> 00:56:46,640
clientele gets a hot lunch and a cold

1090
00:56:46,640 --> 00:56:49,119
pack dinner and they can get those up to

1091
00:56:49,119 --> 00:56:52,799
seven days a week. At present because of

1092
00:56:52,799 --> 00:56:55,359
limited funding they're getting just

1093
00:56:55,359 --> 00:56:59,040
lunch and only Monday through Friday.

1094
00:56:59,040 --> 00:57:04,000
So they have a you know funding issue

1095
00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:05,599
themselves.

1096
00:57:05,599 --> 00:57:07,680
So that that's as a result of federal

1097
00:57:07,680 --> 00:57:09,359
cuts

1098
00:57:09,359 --> 00:57:12,799
that Yes. Yeah.

1099
00:57:12,799 --> 00:57:14,160
>> Uh I had another question about

1100
00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:16,480
transportation. So, you did mention

1101
00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:18,640
that, you know, we have in-house

1102
00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:20,960
transportation, actual vehicles and

1103
00:57:20,960 --> 00:57:22,960
drivers, etc.

1104
00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:26,319
Um, has there ever been like a pilot

1105
00:57:26,319 --> 00:57:28,720
program where we you could use like an

1106
00:57:28,720 --> 00:57:32,079
Uber type of service for the seniors

1107
00:57:32,079 --> 00:57:34,799
here in town

1108
00:57:34,799 --> 00:57:38,640
>> with us helping to fund the

1109
00:57:38,640 --> 00:57:42,400
>> necessarily, but is there are there

1110
00:57:42,400 --> 00:57:47,040
um I guess a dialer ride like Uber type

1111
00:57:47,040 --> 00:57:49,920
service?

1112
00:57:49,920 --> 00:57:51,680
>> That is not something we've looked at. I

1113
00:57:51,680 --> 00:57:55,040
mean I think Uber

1114
00:57:55,040 --> 00:57:57,680
and Lyft coming to Hein is relatively

1115
00:57:57,680 --> 00:57:58,640
new. Um

1116
00:57:58,640 --> 00:57:59,359
>> right

1117
00:57:59,359 --> 00:58:01,839
>> so it isn't something that we've you

1118
00:58:01,839 --> 00:58:03,839
know investigated

1119
00:58:03,839 --> 00:58:07,760
um if someone is unable to be

1120
00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:10,160
accommodated by our service. First of

1121
00:58:10,160 --> 00:58:14,880
all we really make an effort to um allow

1122
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:16,480
them to be accommodated by our service.

1123
00:58:16,480 --> 00:58:19,040
A lot of times what will happen is if if

1124
00:58:19,040 --> 00:58:21,920
we can't accommodate a certain ride, we

1125
00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:25,359
often will contact the provider and try

1126
00:58:25,359 --> 00:58:27,200
to

1127
00:58:27,200 --> 00:58:30,240
meet a mutually convenient time when we

1128
00:58:30,240 --> 00:58:32,319
can transport the individual and they

1129
00:58:32,319 --> 00:58:35,440
can uh they they can see the individual.

1130
00:58:35,440 --> 00:58:37,280
So, you know, we kind of take that extra

1131
00:58:37,280 --> 00:58:42,160
step. Um when we we can't we have a

1132
00:58:42,160 --> 00:58:46,960
list. uh some of it is contingent upon

1133
00:58:46,960 --> 00:58:50,000
the person's

1134
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:52,400
condition. So there might be American

1135
00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:55,280
Cancer Society might have a service that

1136
00:58:55,280 --> 00:58:57,280
they provide to people who might be

1137
00:58:57,280 --> 00:58:59,520
going for chemotherapy or radiation

1138
00:58:59,520 --> 00:59:01,520
therapy. Uh there's something for

1139
00:59:01,520 --> 00:59:04,319
veterans. So So

1140
00:59:04,319 --> 00:59:07,280
it doesn't fit the needs of everybody

1141
00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:10,079
those those uh ancillary services.

1142
00:59:10,079 --> 00:59:11,440
>> Right.

1143
00:59:11,440 --> 00:59:15,589
>> Okay. That's only

1144
00:59:15,599 --> 00:59:18,880
here real quick on um so the the 5310

1145
00:59:18,880 --> 00:59:19,760
grant

1146
00:59:19,760 --> 00:59:22,160
>> the change sounds wonderful very much

1147
00:59:22,160 --> 00:59:24,720
within our needs as a town that it does

1148
00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:28,160
apply toward transportation grants

1149
00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:30,079
>> when

1150
00:59:30,079 --> 00:59:32,640
just so we you you'll find we're very

1151
00:59:32,640 --> 00:59:35,359
receptive to grant money like as a c

1152
00:59:35,359 --> 00:59:37,359
whatever the makeup of this council this

1153
00:59:37,359 --> 00:59:38,799
council is going to be receptive to

1154
00:59:38,799 --> 00:59:39,440
grant money

1155
00:59:39,440 --> 00:59:41,680
>> all of the buses have been bought in the

1156
00:59:41,680 --> 00:59:43,280
pass with people.

1157
00:59:43,280 --> 00:59:46,799
>> So, so when I know you said for 2027,

1158
00:59:46,799 --> 00:59:49,280
but just so it's in the back of our

1159
00:59:49,280 --> 00:59:50,960
minds, hopefully forefront of yours,

1160
00:59:50,960 --> 00:59:54,240
when are you coming up to us with this

1161
00:59:54,240 --> 00:59:55,920
grant application?

1162
00:59:55,920 --> 00:59:59,119
>> So, you're not always consistent with

1163
00:59:59,119 --> 01:00:01,520
when they come up come out with the RFP.

1164
01:00:01,520 --> 01:00:03,760
It's usually at the beginning of the

1165
01:00:03,760 --> 01:00:06,000
year. Okay? So, you know, the first

1166
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:07,839
couple months of the year is when I

1167
01:00:07,839 --> 01:00:13,280
would expect the uh RFP to come out and

1168
01:00:13,280 --> 01:00:16,000
then, you know, naturally there would be

1169
01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:19,440
period of time the grant would need

1170
01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:21,359
submission which I would come before you

1171
01:00:21,359 --> 01:00:23,839
before the grant was submitted.

1172
01:00:23,839 --> 01:00:26,559
>> Okay. I would certainly just urge you

1173
01:00:26,559 --> 01:00:28,559
early and often is with those grants

1174
01:00:28,559 --> 01:00:31,119
because that's

1175
01:00:31,119 --> 01:00:32,240
>> we all remember March

1176
01:00:32,240 --> 01:00:34,240
>> and it's 8020, right? That's how that

1177
01:00:34,240 --> 01:00:34,559
works.

1178
01:00:34,559 --> 01:00:34,880
>> Yeah.

1179
01:00:34,880 --> 01:00:37,680
>> I had I had shared with Donna that my

1180
01:00:37,680 --> 01:00:40,400
goal was to never write another 5310

1181
01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:43,151
grant in your life.

1182
01:00:43,151 --> 01:00:43,599
[laughter]

1183
01:00:43,599 --> 01:00:46,720
>> They're a lot of fun, right?

1184
01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:49,440
We appreciate we know so many uh of our

1185
01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:52,319
departments do this and of course this

1186
01:00:52,319 --> 01:00:55,200
is how we you know can maintain all

1187
01:00:55,200 --> 01:00:57,680
these vehicles and services for for you

1188
01:00:57,680 --> 01:00:59,760
know our citizens a lot through these

1189
01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:01,440
grants. So we we appreciate the efforts

1190
01:01:01,440 --> 01:01:02,720
you you make on that.

1191
01:01:02,720 --> 01:01:04,559
>> Yeah. And I'm and I'm happy that now

1192
01:01:04,559 --> 01:01:07,280
they will

1193
01:01:07,280 --> 01:01:08,880
fund minivans.

1194
01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:09,839
>> Yeah, for sure.

1195
01:01:09,839 --> 01:01:10,559
>> That will be helpful.

1196
01:01:10,559 --> 01:01:14,150
>> That's huge.

1197
01:01:14,160 --> 01:01:16,319
» Any other questions? Okay.

1198
01:01:16,319 --> 01:01:16,720
>> Thank you.

1199
01:01:16,720 --> 01:01:17,440
>> All right.

1200
01:01:17,440 --> 01:01:19,119
>> Thanks so much. We really appreciate the

1201
01:01:19,119 --> 01:01:20,240
presentation tonight.

1202
01:01:20,240 --> 01:01:21,359
>> Thank you.

1203
01:01:21,359 --> 01:01:22,319
>> Appreciate the effort.

1204
01:01:22,319 --> 01:01:23,440
>> Thank you.

1205
01:01:23,440 --> 01:01:25,680
>> It's another extremely thorough

1206
01:01:25,680 --> 01:01:26,720
>> Yes. Again,

1207
01:01:26,720 --> 01:01:28,240
>> I mean, those volunteering ahead of

1208
01:01:28,240 --> 01:01:29,920
time, it made it very difficult for the

1209
01:01:29,920 --> 01:01:31,839
larger departments coming later. That's

1210
01:01:31,839 --> 01:01:33,200
right. You're you're setting the

1211
01:01:33,200 --> 01:01:34,480
standard for presentation.

1212
01:01:34,480 --> 01:01:35,200
>> Yeah,

1213
01:01:35,200 --> 01:01:36,079
>> it's two in a row.

1214
01:01:36,079 --> 01:01:37,200
>> Those who volunteer.

1215
01:01:37,200 --> 01:01:38,880
>> I just was gonna mention I know you

1216
01:01:38,880 --> 01:01:41,280
don't have the housing authority

1217
01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:46,309
before you. So I don't know that's

1218
01:01:46,319 --> 01:01:50,390
they're another entities.

1219
01:01:50,400 --> 01:01:53,280
We are right now we're doing the

1220
01:01:53,280 --> 01:01:56,480
departments that have budget

1221
01:01:56,480 --> 01:01:58,880
requests or budget demands of us but

1222
01:01:58,880 --> 01:02:02,079
hopefully in the future we will be doing

1223
01:02:02,079 --> 01:02:05,280
reviews of all the appointed and elected

1224
01:02:05,280 --> 01:02:07,839
boards and commissions their charges

1225
01:02:07,839 --> 01:02:11,119
their composition and just

1226
01:02:11,119 --> 01:02:13,200
>> to get to know what some of them are

1227
01:02:13,200 --> 01:02:14,079
doing. So,

1228
01:02:14,079 --> 01:02:16,640
>> so it it benefits us as a town council,

1229
01:02:16,640 --> 01:02:19,280
but all of course all Hebrin citizens as

1230
01:02:19,280 --> 01:02:20,880
well. We want, you know, all of this

1231
01:02:20,880 --> 01:02:22,640
information to be out there so you guys

1232
01:02:22,640 --> 01:02:24,880
are making a case for your different

1233
01:02:24,880 --> 01:02:26,720
needs, right? It's important that you do

1234
01:02:26,720 --> 01:02:29,040
that. People know what you all are

1235
01:02:29,040 --> 01:02:30,559
doing. So, we appreciate it. We

1236
01:02:30,559 --> 01:02:32,400
appreciate the effort you made this very

1237
01:02:32,400 --> 01:02:38,230
thorough presentation. So, thank you.

1238
01:02:38,240 --> 01:02:40,640
» Okay. Have a good evening. Thank you.

1239
01:02:40,640 --> 01:02:41,119
>> Thank you.

1240
01:02:41,119 --> 01:02:43,760
>> All right. All right. That brings us to

1241
01:02:43,760 --> 01:02:48,079
ARPA funds update. Anything there?

1242
01:02:48,079 --> 01:02:51,599
Okay. And then that brings us to DPW

1243
01:02:51,599 --> 01:02:54,799
action committee update.

1244
01:02:54,799 --> 01:02:56,559
>> There's anything this second

1245
01:02:56,559 --> 01:02:59,200
>> they're off, right? This is this is the

1246
01:02:59,200 --> 01:03:02,319
off week. And that brings us to Mr.

1247
01:03:02,319 --> 01:03:04,160
Pettit with his revisions to the

1248
01:03:04,160 --> 01:03:06,319
employee handbook of personnel policies

1249
01:03:06,319 --> 01:03:09,119
and procedures. Yeah, Tiffany was

1250
01:03:09,119 --> 01:03:11,359
instrumental in in getting this second

1251
01:03:11,359 --> 01:03:14,880
half done across the finish line. Um, I

1252
01:03:14,880 --> 01:03:18,240
reviewed those um notations that she had

1253
01:03:18,240 --> 01:03:21,440
made, made a couple of adjustments and

1254
01:03:21,440 --> 01:03:23,760
additional notations. Those were all

1255
01:03:23,760 --> 01:03:26,319
sent out. I know we haven't really had a

1256
01:03:26,319 --> 01:03:28,480
chance to look over them fully as the

1257
01:03:28,480 --> 01:03:31,359
council and um I don't know if we want

1258
01:03:31,359 --> 01:03:33,599
to go through them necessarily tonight

1259
01:03:33,599 --> 01:03:37,760
or wait until um Tiffany gets back. Um,

1260
01:03:37,760 --> 01:03:39,359
maybe that'll give you a chance to kind

1261
01:03:39,359 --> 01:03:43,359
of digest on your own before we have a

1262
01:03:43,359 --> 01:03:45,760
full kind of run through of it. I know

1263
01:03:45,760 --> 01:03:47,280
this is like the first time it's getting

1264
01:03:47,280 --> 01:03:49,280
out there, especially, you know, it's

1265
01:03:49,280 --> 01:03:51,440
the first time we're kind of seeing all

1266
01:03:51,440 --> 01:03:54,160
the revisions from the public as well.

1267
01:03:54,160 --> 01:03:57,520
Um, so I I leave it up to the rest of

1268
01:03:57,520 --> 01:03:59,760
the council if you want to go through it

1269
01:03:59,760 --> 01:04:02,319
now or wait until Tiffany's back and we

1270
01:04:02,319 --> 01:04:04,640
all go through it together. being that

1271
01:04:04,640 --> 01:04:07,200
she made some of the updates, uh, many

1272
01:04:07,200 --> 01:04:09,680
of them probably be good for her to be

1273
01:04:09,680 --> 01:04:12,160
able to add some additional

1274
01:04:12,160 --> 01:04:14,720
justification and overview of why she

1275
01:04:14,720 --> 01:04:16,400
made the certain changes.

1276
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:17,920
>> And I don't, you know, I know a lot of

1277
01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:20,079
it was just language and gender specific

1278
01:04:20,079 --> 01:04:21,440
language.

1279
01:04:21,440 --> 01:04:23,359
>> Some was and and the other thing is is

1280
01:04:23,359 --> 01:04:25,440
like, you know, again,

1281
01:04:25,440 --> 01:04:28,720
>> we're not HR professionals per se. Um, I

1282
01:04:28,720 --> 01:04:30,559
know I'm definitely not and there are

1283
01:04:30,559 --> 01:04:33,200
some sections of the the policies and

1284
01:04:33,200 --> 01:04:34,960
procedures that, you know, we're not

1285
01:04:34,960 --> 01:04:38,720
necessarily experts in. So, it gives the other counselors a chance to

1286
01:04:38,720 --> 01:04:39,920
take a look at it. Great.

1287
01:04:39,920 --> 01:04:42,000
>> Um, because I know one of the important

1288
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:45,520
parts in this last section is related to

1289
01:04:45,520 --> 01:04:46,559
it.

1290
01:04:46,559 --> 01:04:49,520
>> So, you're definitely much more Okay.

1291
01:04:49,520 --> 01:04:51,280
>> You know, wellversed in that subject

1292
01:04:51,280 --> 01:04:52,240
matter than we are.

1293
01:04:52,240 --> 01:04:52,640
>> Sure.

1294
01:04:52,640 --> 01:04:54,000
>> U,

1295
01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:56,319
>> especially because it it looks like that

1296
01:04:56,319 --> 01:04:58,160
portion was written

1297
01:04:58,160 --> 01:05:01,599
you know, 10 plus years ago and yeah,

1298
01:05:01,599 --> 01:05:05,359
technology is is changing very quickly.

1299
01:05:05,359 --> 01:05:05,680
So,

1300
01:05:05,680 --> 01:05:07,680
>> okay. So, I'll make sure I make a good

1301
01:05:07,680 --> 01:05:09,520
effort there to review that section. I

1302
01:05:09,520 --> 01:05:11,760
appreciate pointing that out. I did

1303
01:05:11,760 --> 01:05:13,520
briefly go through it, but again, it's

1304
01:05:13,520 --> 01:05:16,000
been crazy week. So, I I think it's good

1305
01:05:16,000 --> 01:05:18,240
for us to take some time to to review

1306
01:05:18,240 --> 01:05:20,400
this, give it the due

1307
01:05:20,400 --> 01:05:23,359
>> attention it should have. So, no, I

1308
01:05:23,359 --> 01:05:25,599
appreciate what you've done, what uh

1309
01:05:25,599 --> 01:05:30,960
chair um has done as well. So, that's my

1310
01:05:30,960 --> 01:05:34,079
>> suggestion, but I'm open to your guys

1311
01:05:34,079 --> 01:05:36,720
>> opinions as well.

1312
01:05:36,720 --> 01:05:38,319
The only change this month is we lost

1313
01:05:38,319 --> 01:05:40,960
the three stars.

1314
01:05:40,960 --> 01:05:44,000
Yeah, I fall for those three stars.

1315
01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:45,599
meaning no update at this

1316
01:05:45,599 --> 01:05:47,920
time. So, yeah, a future meeting.

1317
01:05:47,920 --> 01:05:49,680
>> Okay, very good. So, we'll we'll shove

1318
01:05:49,680 --> 01:05:51,200
this for the the next meeting. keeping

1319
01:05:51,200 --> 01:05:53,359
this in our hand is definitely

1320
01:05:53,359 --> 01:05:55,359
>> that's a huge accomplishment. So, thank

1321
01:05:55,359 --> 01:05:57,520
you. Thank you to you and Tiffany and

1322
01:05:57,520 --> 01:05:59,119
Absent for doing that

1323
01:05:59,119 --> 01:05:59,920
>> agenda.

1324
01:05:59,920 --> 01:06:04,160
>> That's huge and I know it's been a huge gargantuan task for you both. So,

1325
01:06:04,160 --> 01:06:06,319
thank you both for doing it and we'll

1326
01:06:06,319 --> 01:06:08,799
give it the proper attention it deserves

1327
01:06:08,799 --> 01:06:10,160
because of all the attention you guys

1328
01:06:10,160 --> 01:06:12,000
gave it. So, that's the least we can do.

1329
01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:12,559
>> Sounds good.

1330
01:06:12,559 --> 01:06:14,880
>> All right. Thank you, sir. All right.

1331
01:06:14,880 --> 01:06:16,640
That brings us to the Homestead

1332
01:06:16,640 --> 01:06:18,240
Exemption Ordinance. That's really I

1333
01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:20,079
believe Tiffany's

1334
01:06:20,079 --> 01:06:23,200
uh kind of area. So, we'll we'll table

1335
01:06:23,200 --> 01:06:26,079
that one when she comes back. And then

1336
01:06:26,079 --> 01:06:27,760
that brings us to the Town Center

1337
01:06:27,760 --> 01:06:30,079
Project America 250 update.

1338
01:06:30,079 --> 01:06:32,400
>> I think that's me because Holly was had

1339
01:06:32,400 --> 01:06:35,280
a conflict tonight. Just a couple quick

1340
01:06:35,280 --> 01:06:35,680
things.

1341
01:06:35,680 --> 01:06:36,240
>> Great.

1342
01:06:36,240 --> 01:06:40,720
>> Um the next 250 meeting is on the 19th

1343
01:06:40,720 --> 01:06:44,240
here in this room on um 9:00 in the

1344
01:06:44,240 --> 01:06:46,880
morning if anybody wants to join. And

1345
01:06:46,880 --> 01:06:50,480
then the next big event is the night at

1346
01:06:50,480 --> 01:06:53,680
Black Ledge Tavern, September 25th, 6

1347
01:06:53,680 --> 01:06:56,799
PM. It's a dinner theater. The Hein

1348
01:06:56,799 --> 01:06:59,839
Community Theater will be performing.

1349
01:06:59,839 --> 01:07:02,720
Um there will be a buffet dinner and the

1350
01:07:02,720 --> 01:07:06,240
tickets are on sale. It should be a very

1351
01:07:06,240 --> 01:07:09,280
enjoyable evening.

1352
01:07:09,280 --> 01:07:11,359
>> I plan on going. Good. Um

1353
01:07:11,359 --> 01:07:12,480
>> should be a good time.

1354
01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:14,000
>> You know, one of our counselors is going

1355
01:07:14,000 --> 01:07:14,960
to be acting in it.

1356
01:07:14,960 --> 01:07:16,799
>> Definitely. someone who's not here at

1357
01:07:16,799 --> 01:07:17,039
the moment.

1358
01:07:17,039 --> 01:07:18,960
>> They had a preview of the script and

1359
01:07:18,960 --> 01:07:20,559
it's it's gonna be good.

1360
01:07:20,559 --> 01:07:22,160
>> Awesome. Okay.

1361
01:07:22,160 --> 01:07:24,799
>> So, buy your tickets now.

1362
01:07:24,799 --> 01:07:26,640
I think they they said uh they can run

1363
01:07:26,640 --> 01:07:28,559
out of tickets, so make sure you buy

1364
01:07:28,559 --> 01:07:31,760
early, right? Okay. Excellent. Anything

1365
01:07:31,760 --> 01:07:32,960
else?

1366
01:07:32,960 --> 01:07:33,680
>> That's it.

1367
01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:36,559
>> Okay. Thank you, Donna. All right. That

1368
01:07:36,559 --> 01:07:39,440
brings us to that Hein Cell phone towers

1369
01:07:39,440 --> 01:07:41,200
advisory group.

1370
01:07:41,200 --> 01:07:44,480
>> I could report out on that. Did Craig

1371
01:07:44,480 --> 01:07:46,240
give you you all a record?

1372
01:07:46,240 --> 01:07:48,400
>> He gave me a little update. Okay. But if

1373
01:07:48,400 --> 01:07:50,400
you want to do yours and then I'll add

1374
01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:51,520
if Yep.

1375
01:07:51,520 --> 01:07:54,160
>> Um, as part of the committee, we we met

1376
01:07:54,160 --> 01:07:57,839
last week. Um, we talked about the

1377
01:07:57,839 --> 01:08:00,720
continued contract negotiations, if you

1378
01:08:00,720 --> 01:08:04,480
will, with SGA

1379
01:08:04,480 --> 01:08:07,680
SBA Communications. Um, they came back

1380
01:08:07,680 --> 01:08:11,039
with another offer. Um,

1381
01:08:11,039 --> 01:08:13,920
and

1382
01:08:13,920 --> 01:08:16,960
It looks good, but the devil is in the

1383
01:08:16,960 --> 01:08:20,400
details. So, we did review the contract.

1384
01:08:20,400 --> 01:08:25,120
We had some hesitations about it. Um,

1385
01:08:25,120 --> 01:08:26,960
and so we're going back to them and

1386
01:08:26,960 --> 01:08:31,920
asking them to provide sort of like u

1387
01:08:31,920 --> 01:08:34,319
the little Miss Muffet or whoever the

1388
01:08:34,319 --> 01:08:35,759
that you know the nursery rhyme where

1389
01:08:35,759 --> 01:08:38,640
it's too hot, too cold, and just right.

1390
01:08:38,640 --> 01:08:39,920
So, we're going to ask them to go back

1391
01:08:39,920 --> 01:08:41,359
one more time and we're going to look at

1392
01:08:41,359 --> 01:08:44,080
three versions that are going to be

1393
01:08:44,080 --> 01:08:46,080
presented to us, which we would like the

1394
01:08:46,080 --> 01:08:48,080
three versions to be presented to town

1395
01:08:48,080 --> 01:08:51,839
council that we can show that we really

1396
01:08:51,839 --> 01:08:53,440
did all our due diligence, that we

1397
01:08:53,440 --> 01:08:55,679
vetted, that we asked questions, that we

1398
01:08:55,679 --> 01:08:58,239
can make the best decision for the town,

1399
01:08:58,239 --> 01:09:00,640
particularly from a financial

1400
01:09:00,640 --> 01:09:02,880
perspective and also just protecting our

1401
01:09:02,880 --> 01:09:07,920
assets um as well. Uh, also Chief

1402
01:09:07,920 --> 01:09:11,199
Starkell has also spoken to the folks

1403
01:09:11,199 --> 01:09:13,199
that provide communication towers for

1404
01:09:13,199 --> 01:09:15,759
emergency services. And so there's going

1405
01:09:15,759 --> 01:09:18,319
to be um some more conversations about

1406
01:09:18,319 --> 01:09:22,080
actual locations for these either actual

1407
01:09:22,080 --> 01:09:26,719
towers or um apparatus that amplify

1408
01:09:26,719 --> 01:09:29,279
signals in areas that are considered

1409
01:09:29,279 --> 01:09:32,960
dead or low signals. So progress is

1410
01:09:32,960 --> 01:09:35,759
being made and so more to come on those

1411
01:09:35,759 --> 01:09:38,480
on that the larger contract for sure in

1412
01:09:38,480 --> 01:09:41,120
the in the coming weeks. And was there

1413
01:09:41,120 --> 01:09:42,239
anything I missed?

1414
01:09:42,239 --> 01:09:43,359
>> I think we got it. Okay.

1415
01:09:43,359 --> 01:09:45,279
>> Yeah, we're waiting for the third option

1416
01:09:45,279 --> 01:09:48,239
which Craig said is going to be tailored

1417
01:09:48,239 --> 01:09:52,560
more as the one that Marboro. So there

1418
01:09:52,560 --> 01:09:55,910
will be

1419
01:09:55,920 --> 01:09:58,000
» and I know there was a misspelit who was

1420
01:09:58,000 --> 01:10:02,320
the who was the uh goldilocks

1421
01:10:02,320 --> 01:10:04,159
>> yes call us goldilocks we're looking for

1422
01:10:04,159 --> 01:10:04,560
that

1423
01:10:04,560 --> 01:10:05,280
>> and then there would

1424
01:10:05,280 --> 01:10:06,080
>> happy medium

1425
01:10:06,080 --> 01:10:08,960
>> you know alongside of doing something

1426
01:10:08,960 --> 01:10:12,800
you know a new contract for the existing

1427
01:10:12,800 --> 01:10:16,800
tower there would probably be an RFP

1428
01:10:16,800 --> 01:10:21,350
done for an additional tower

1429
01:10:21,360 --> 01:10:22,480
to be continued.

1430
01:10:22,480 --> 01:10:24,400
>> All right. Very good. That's good

1431
01:10:24,400 --> 01:10:25,840
development there. I appreciate all the

1432
01:10:25,840 --> 01:10:26,880
efforts there.

1433
01:10:26,880 --> 01:10:28,159
>> I think that's going to bring some

1434
01:10:28,159 --> 01:10:30,159
needed cell service to town and some

1435
01:10:30,159 --> 01:10:32,080
additional income that we could use

1436
01:10:32,080 --> 01:10:33,840
additional revenues, right?

1437
01:10:33,840 --> 01:10:36,719
>> It's a it's a multiaceted challenge to

1438
01:10:36,719 --> 01:10:38,320
bring more revenue to town. That's one

1439
01:10:38,320 --> 01:10:39,440
of it.

1440
01:10:39,440 --> 01:10:41,280
>> Great. So, that brings us to the town

1441
01:10:41,280 --> 01:10:44,800
website project update. Um, so I

1442
01:10:44,800 --> 01:10:47,120
understand, Donna, the town manager's

1443
01:10:47,120 --> 01:10:48,800
office has reviewed the computer

1444
01:10:48,800 --> 01:10:51,440
services account and has determined that

1445
01:10:51,440 --> 01:10:54,880
there is a shortfall of about 5 to8,000

1446
01:10:54,880 --> 01:10:58,560
in the 2026 2027 budget to accommodate

1447
01:10:58,560 --> 01:11:01,199
the full amount of this project and

1448
01:11:01,199 --> 01:11:02,719
we're going to provide some details on

1449
01:11:02,719 --> 01:11:03,199
that.

1450
01:11:03,199 --> 01:11:06,560
>> Sure. So the amount we need to get this

1451
01:11:06,560 --> 01:11:09,280
project started in this fiscal year is

1452
01:11:09,280 --> 01:11:12,310
$14,750.

1453
01:11:12,320 --> 01:11:15,199
So within the existing IT budget, we

1454
01:11:15,199 --> 01:11:18,239
have a little bit of funding that we can

1455
01:11:18,239 --> 01:11:20,480
assign to that project, but we are going

1456
01:11:20,480 --> 01:11:22,880
to be short and that's a range because

1457
01:11:22,880 --> 01:11:25,840
we don't know exactly how much we'll be

1458
01:11:25,840 --> 01:11:28,480
paying to revise during the course of

1459
01:11:28,480 --> 01:11:31,520
the rest of the year. And we have a few

1460
01:11:31,520 --> 01:11:35,520
projects that we are hoping to do

1461
01:11:35,520 --> 01:11:37,840
that we had planned to do this year for

1462
01:11:37,840 --> 01:11:43,199
it. um mostly securitybased projects. Um

1463
01:11:43,199 --> 01:11:46,480
and those are also we don't know what

1464
01:11:46,480 --> 01:11:48,640
the final amount of those projects will

1465
01:11:48,640 --> 01:11:51,040
be, but we anticipate we'll need 5 to

1466
01:11:51,040 --> 01:11:53,679
$8,000. That number we can't tell you

1467
01:11:53,679 --> 01:11:56,239
what it is today. So what we would like

1468
01:11:56,239 --> 01:11:59,840
to do is move ahead with the contract

1469
01:11:59,840 --> 01:12:05,270
with revis

1470
01:12:05,280 --> 01:12:07,360
with the firm number of what we need.

1471
01:12:07,360 --> 01:12:11,120
And our proposal would be to use or

1472
01:12:11,120 --> 01:12:13,760
whatever the amount is that we need

1473
01:12:13,760 --> 01:12:16,719
additional in our IT budget would be to

1474
01:12:16,719 --> 01:12:20,480
use um existing

1475
01:12:20,480 --> 01:12:24,080
ARPA interest. So there is interest in

1476
01:12:24,080 --> 01:12:26,640
ARPA that acrewed that we have not

1477
01:12:26,640 --> 01:12:29,280
allocated right now. We believe it's

1478
01:12:29,280 --> 01:12:32,159
about $15,000.

1479
01:12:32,159 --> 01:12:34,080
Um but there it may be a little bit more

1480
01:12:34,080 --> 01:12:36,080
than that because we haven't updated

1481
01:12:36,080 --> 01:12:38,640
that number since the last time we

1482
01:12:38,640 --> 01:12:41,920
looked at ARPA really. Um and we can use

1483
01:12:41,920 --> 01:12:44,239
ARP but interest

1484
01:12:44,239 --> 01:12:46,719
for anything.

1485
01:12:46,719 --> 01:12:49,520
So that's where we're proposing because

1486
01:12:49,520 --> 01:12:52,239
that way we don't have to do a transfer

1487
01:12:52,239 --> 01:12:54,480
from another line item. We don't have to

1488
01:12:54,480 --> 01:12:56,880
seek a special or supplemental

1489
01:12:56,880 --> 01:12:58,640
appropriation.

1490
01:12:58,640 --> 01:13:01,280
Um it would still leave a little bit of

1491
01:13:01,280 --> 01:13:04,239
a cushion in ARPA

1492
01:13:04,239 --> 01:13:06,719
if we needed it for the you know last

1493
01:13:06,719 --> 01:13:08,880
couple of projects that we're doing. So,

1494
01:13:08,880 --> 01:13:10,880
we'd like to move ahead so we can get

1495
01:13:10,880 --> 01:13:13,840
this project started knowing that we do

1496
01:13:13,840 --> 01:13:18,080
have a source for the funding.

1497
01:13:18,080 --> 01:13:18,719
>> Very good.

1498
01:13:18,719 --> 01:13:21,040
>> Love that idea.

1499
01:13:21,040 --> 01:13:24,640
>> So, is this like a one time? Is this

1500
01:13:24,640 --> 01:13:26,239
going to be like a higher amount the

1501
01:13:26,239 --> 01:13:28,320
first year? Is there implement?

1502
01:13:28,320 --> 01:13:31,360
>> No. So, next year, so for the first

1503
01:13:31,360 --> 01:13:33,360
three years, they're spreading the

1504
01:13:33,360 --> 01:13:35,840
implementation or the new website.

1505
01:13:35,840 --> 01:13:37,520
They're spreading that over the first

1506
01:13:37,520 --> 01:13:40,320
three years. In the fourth year, the

1507
01:13:40,320 --> 01:13:42,480
amount, and I think this is in your

1508
01:13:42,480 --> 01:13:43,040
package,

1509
01:13:43,040 --> 01:13:43,679
>> it is

1510
01:13:43,679 --> 01:13:45,920
>> the fourth year, it is going to be a

1511
01:13:45,920 --> 01:13:50,239
$9500 a year fee going forward. So, in

1512
01:13:50,239 --> 01:13:52,960
next year's budget, there will be an

1513
01:13:52,960 --> 01:13:56,320
increase in the IT budget of probably

1514
01:13:56,320 --> 01:13:58,880
around $8,000

1515
01:13:58,880 --> 01:14:03,920
to cover the the second year of the

1516
01:14:03,920 --> 01:14:05,600
three-year

1517
01:14:05,600 --> 01:14:07,440
basin.

1518
01:14:07,440 --> 01:14:09,600
>> And so, it's covering the migration of

1519
01:14:09,600 --> 01:14:11,520
all the content to and establishing

1520
01:14:11,520 --> 01:14:13,120
these sites. So, that what they're

1521
01:14:13,120 --> 01:14:15,760
taking is that about 25 grand I think it

1522
01:14:15,760 --> 01:14:16,400
was.

1523
01:14:16,400 --> 01:14:19,199
>> Yeah. instead of us having to up the

1524
01:14:19,199 --> 01:14:20,800
full amount spreading it out over three

1525
01:14:20,800 --> 01:14:22,320
years and then the fourth year then

1526
01:14:22,320 --> 01:14:25,199
we're down to what the normal yearly fee

1527
01:14:25,199 --> 01:14:27,040
>> the annual.

1528
01:14:27,040 --> 01:14:28,080
>> Yeah.

1529
01:14:28,080 --> 01:14:31,040
>> I mean but on on the other hand and I

1530
01:14:31,040 --> 01:14:34,239
know I'm glad that the audit is done and

1531
01:14:34,239 --> 01:14:35,920
I know we still have two more ahead of

1532
01:14:35,920 --> 01:14:36,400
us.

1533
01:14:36,400 --> 01:14:40,239
>> Yes, we do. But um you know as we as we

1534
01:14:40,239 --> 01:14:42,719
start to look at our unassigned fund

1535
01:14:42,719 --> 01:14:45,920
balance numbers like these these are the

1536
01:14:45,920 --> 01:14:48,560
kind of things you know we we've had

1537
01:14:48,560 --> 01:14:50,640
these budget conversations in the past

1538
01:14:50,640 --> 01:14:54,640
and I don't want to get into that

1539
01:14:54,640 --> 01:14:57,199
situation during budget season like we

1540
01:14:57,199 --> 01:14:59,120
have in the past where we're trying to

1541
01:14:59,120 --> 01:15:03,280
use it to supplement operations because

1542
01:15:03,280 --> 01:15:05,520
that's going to get us into an issue

1543
01:15:05,520 --> 01:15:06,880
with the accountants.

1544
01:15:06,880 --> 01:15:10,159
But this kind of of you know

1545
01:15:10,159 --> 01:15:11,760
implementation

1546
01:15:11,760 --> 01:15:15,040
expense is the perfect way to use a

1547
01:15:15,040 --> 01:15:17,920
small amount of unassigned fund balance

1548
01:15:17,920 --> 01:15:21,280
so we can you know slowly tweak that

1549
01:15:21,280 --> 01:15:26,320
number into what our target value is

1550
01:15:26,320 --> 01:15:31,600
and also not have these you know higher

1551
01:15:31,600 --> 01:15:33,440
taxes for two years and then we drop

1552
01:15:33,440 --> 01:15:35,520
back down to normal. I mean, don't get

1553
01:15:35,520 --> 01:15:37,360
me wrong, I appreciate them being open

1554
01:15:37,360 --> 01:15:39,920
to being able to spread that out,

1555
01:15:39,920 --> 01:15:43,040
>> but on the other hand, like these these

1556
01:15:43,040 --> 01:15:46,880
kinds of one-time fixed spikes

1557
01:15:46,880 --> 01:15:49,440
>> is what that unassigned fund balance is

1558
01:15:49,440 --> 01:15:51,600
designed to smooth out. Okay? And so

1559
01:15:51,600 --> 01:15:54,000
like from an accounting perspective,

1560
01:15:54,000 --> 01:15:56,640
this is the perfect opportunity to use

1561
01:15:56,640 --> 01:15:59,520
as a as a minor tweak

1562
01:15:59,520 --> 01:16:03,360
>> if we see that this dollar amount is is

1563
01:16:03,360 --> 01:16:04,640
what we want to use.

1564
01:16:04,640 --> 01:16:04,960
>> Yeah.

1565
01:16:04,960 --> 01:16:07,120
>> Well, that

1566
01:16:07,120 --> 01:16:10,080
>> if if we say, okay, we our target is

1567
01:16:10,080 --> 01:16:13,040
$100,000 less. you know, if there's 24

1568
01:16:13,040 --> 01:16:15,679
of it is this, that helps us get close

1569
01:16:15,679 --> 01:16:18,880
without having a gigantic swing where

1570
01:16:18,880 --> 01:16:20,640
we're above our target, below our

1571
01:16:20,640 --> 01:16:23,440
target, all over the place. You know, I

1572
01:16:23,440 --> 01:16:26,080
kind of like these little increments

1573
01:16:26,080 --> 01:16:28,560
because then we're not we're not making

1574
01:16:28,560 --> 01:16:30,560
huge adjustments that might put us in

1575
01:16:30,560 --> 01:16:32,640
danger of anything. So, just something

1576
01:16:32,640 --> 01:16:34,239
to keep in mind for when [clears throat]

1577
01:16:34,239 --> 01:16:36,159
we when as we get closer to budget

1578
01:16:36,159 --> 01:16:36,960
season.

1579
01:16:36,960 --> 01:16:40,719
>> Um because these kinds of implementation

1580
01:16:40,719 --> 01:16:44,159
>> um expenses are perfect for that

1581
01:16:44,159 --> 01:16:45,760
>> because that's really I mean that's

1582
01:16:45,760 --> 01:16:47,280
really what it's designed for is it's

1583
01:16:47,280 --> 01:16:51,280
you know one-time capital injections or

1584
01:16:51,280 --> 01:16:55,760
you know implementation costs that we're smoothing out but not

1585
01:16:55,760 --> 01:17:00,149
supplementing operations.

1586
01:17:00,159 --> 01:17:01,760
I appreciate that background.

1587
01:17:01,760 --> 01:17:03,440
>> Yeah, absolutely. Thanks for that,

1588
01:17:03,440 --> 01:17:03,760
Keith.

1589
01:17:03,760 --> 01:17:05,199
>> Something I would have never thought of,

1590
01:17:05,199 --> 01:17:05,840
>> right?

1591
01:17:05,840 --> 01:17:06,800
>> Thank you.

1592
01:17:06,800 --> 01:17:09,040
>> Count of the group.

1593
01:17:09,040 --> 01:17:14,310
>> Good. Um, so any any other comments?

1594
01:17:14,320 --> 01:17:16,880
» Okay. Um, so we do have a proposed

1595
01:17:16,880 --> 01:17:18,080
motion.

1596
01:17:18,080 --> 01:17:19,760
>> Uh, Claudia, sure. You like to read

1597
01:17:19,760 --> 01:17:22,400
that? Move that the Hebrin Town Council

1598
01:17:22,400 --> 01:17:24,239
approve moving forward with the attached

1599
01:17:24,239 --> 01:17:26,640
web services sales agreement with Revise

1600
01:17:26,640 --> 01:17:29,199
LLC to implement a new website the town

1601
01:17:29,199 --> 01:17:31,440
of Hebrin and authorized Donna Lanza

1602
01:17:31,440 --> 01:17:33,360
interim town manager to sign the

1603
01:17:33,360 --> 01:17:36,159
agreement and to effectuate the project.

1604
01:17:36,159 --> 01:17:38,400
>> Okay. So all those in favor indicate by

1605
01:17:38,400 --> 01:17:41,600
saying I oppose. Nay or abstain. Lia

1606
01:17:41,600 --> 01:17:42,320
Riley.

1607
01:17:42,320 --> 01:17:43,600
>> Claudia Riley I.

1608
01:17:43,600 --> 01:17:44,159
>> Keith Pettit.

1609
01:17:44,159 --> 01:17:45,040
I.

1610
01:17:45,040 --> 01:17:46,239
>> Sean Fitzgerald.

1611
01:17:46,239 --> 01:17:47,360
I.

1612
01:17:47,360 --> 01:17:49,760
>> Dan Lawrence I. Motion passes. Thank

1613
01:17:49,760 --> 01:17:51,600
you. Fantastic.

1614
01:17:51,600 --> 01:17:53,199
>> That's a long time coming. Thanks so

1615
01:17:53,199 --> 01:17:55,199
much. Appreciate all your work, Jory,

1616
01:17:55,199 --> 01:17:56,239
Donna,

1617
01:17:56,239 --> 01:17:58,640
>> Mallerie, and Absentia. You guys all

1618
01:17:58,640 --> 01:18:00,640
spent a lot of time in, you know,

1619
01:18:00,640 --> 01:18:02,719
different uh interviews with these

1620
01:18:02,719 --> 01:18:05,120
different companies. So glad to finally

1621
01:18:05,120 --> 01:18:06,640
settle on this company. I think they're

1622
01:18:06,640 --> 01:18:08,320
going to be great. So looking forward to

1623
01:18:08,320 --> 01:18:10,159
this, guys. Thank you all.

1624
01:18:10,159 --> 01:18:12,159
>> Thank you.

1625
01:18:12,159 --> 01:18:14,080
>> All right, there's the whole agreement.

1626
01:18:14,080 --> 01:18:15,440
You scroll through if you haven't

1627
01:18:15,440 --> 01:18:18,480
already. Um, okay. And so that brings us

1628
01:18:18,480 --> 01:18:24,239
to town manager executive search update.

1629
01:18:24,239 --> 01:18:24,800
So

1630
01:18:24,800 --> 01:18:25,840
>> you want to do it?

1631
01:18:25,840 --> 01:18:31,199
>> I can I can. So um we had our final

1632
01:18:31,199 --> 01:18:33,120
interviews

1633
01:18:33,120 --> 01:18:36,400
um and we've settled on a a candidate,

1634
01:18:36,400 --> 01:18:38,800
but we're not in a position to announce

1635
01:18:38,800 --> 01:18:41,360
that person yet. Uh we're very close to

1636
01:18:41,360 --> 01:18:44,159
signing the agreement. Um, but we are

1637
01:18:44,159 --> 01:18:46,640
looking forward to doing a press release

1638
01:18:46,640 --> 01:18:49,360
hopefully next week. Um, we're really

1639
01:18:49,360 --> 01:18:51,760
excited about our choice. I think that

1640
01:18:51,760 --> 01:18:53,360
person is going to bring a tremendous

1641
01:18:53,360 --> 01:18:55,360
amount of experience

1642
01:18:55,360 --> 01:19:00,480
>> and know how um and um just just

1643
01:19:00,480 --> 01:19:05,840
background in running a town uh and uh

1644
01:19:05,840 --> 01:19:08,480
developing a town and supporting

1645
01:19:08,480 --> 01:19:12,560
businesses in town. Um, so yeah, I'm I'm

1646
01:19:12,560 --> 01:19:15,520
super excited about our decision and and

1647
01:19:15,520 --> 01:19:17,840
the whole team uh came, you know, to

1648
01:19:17,840 --> 01:19:19,679
this to this point and we're in

1649
01:19:19,679 --> 01:19:22,640
agreement with our choice. So, um, I

1650
01:19:22,640 --> 01:19:25,760
think it was a a tre gargantuan effort

1651
01:19:25,760 --> 01:19:27,440
for everyone here. There was a lot of

1652
01:19:27,440 --> 01:19:30,320
meetings on it, a lot of interviews, a

1653
01:19:30,320 --> 01:19:31,920
lot of pouring through resumes,

1654
01:19:31,920 --> 01:19:34,320
researching about these candidates. Uh,

1655
01:19:34,320 --> 01:19:36,320
all of I just want the town to know all

1656
01:19:36,320 --> 01:19:39,280
of the town council people here tonight

1657
01:19:39,280 --> 01:19:41,840
spent an enormous amount of their time

1658
01:19:41,840 --> 01:19:45,199
to find the best person to help run our

1659
01:19:45,199 --> 01:19:47,440
town. And I want to thank Donna again.

1660
01:19:47,440 --> 01:19:49,679
You were instrumental as well helping us

1661
01:19:49,679 --> 01:19:53,040
work with SGR. SG and Bill were

1662
01:19:53,040 --> 01:19:56,000
tremendous uh partners in this. uh they

1663
01:19:56,000 --> 01:19:59,280
were extremely professional and um you

1664
01:19:59,280 --> 01:20:01,199
know they really gave us a tremendous

1665
01:20:01,199 --> 01:20:04,560
amount of candidates to choose from uh

1666
01:20:04,560 --> 01:20:06,159
and they did a tremendous amount of

1667
01:20:06,159 --> 01:20:08,400
their own research and assessment to

1668
01:20:08,400 --> 01:20:11,679
help us make informed decisions as well.

1669
01:20:11,679 --> 01:20:13,040
So I just want to open it up to the team

1670
01:20:13,040 --> 01:20:14,400
if there's anything else you guys want

1671
01:20:14,400 --> 01:20:17,760
to say about the process or candidate at

1672
01:20:17,760 --> 01:20:22,719
this time. Okay. The only other thing is

1673
01:20:22,719 --> 01:20:25,199
that the formal appointment will be made

1674
01:20:25,199 --> 01:20:26,880
at the next meeting on September

1675
01:20:26,880 --> 01:20:28,640
>> 7. Thank you. Thanks, K. Yeah, that's

1676
01:20:28,640 --> 01:20:30,960
right. So, we'll have the chair back and

1677
01:20:30,960 --> 01:20:33,440
so uh looking forward to making that uh

1678
01:20:33,440 --> 01:20:35,040
official appointment then the next

1679
01:20:35,040 --> 01:20:37,520
meeting in two weeks.

1680
01:20:37,520 --> 01:20:41,679
Very good. Okay, that's that big one. Um

1681
01:20:41,679 --> 01:20:44,435
so, well, in the meantime,

1682
01:20:44,435 --> 01:20:45,040
[laughter]

1683
01:20:45,040 --> 01:20:47,199
we have to reappoint the interim town

1684
01:20:47,199 --> 01:20:49,760
manager. So we uh by charter would do

1685
01:20:49,760 --> 01:20:53,440
that for another month. Um so I think we

1686
01:20:53,440 --> 01:20:55,920
would need a motion on that. So Keith

1687
01:20:55,920 --> 01:20:58,719
Pocket, could you read that motion?

1688
01:20:58,719 --> 01:21:01,840
>> Be it resolved, pursuant to section 601B

1689
01:21:01,840 --> 01:21:03,760
of the town charter, the Heintown

1690
01:21:03,760 --> 01:21:06,159
Council reappoints Donna Lanza to

1691
01:21:06,159 --> 01:21:08,880
continue as interim town manager for an

1692
01:21:08,880 --> 01:21:11,600
additional 30 days from September 5th,

1693
01:21:11,600 --> 01:21:17,199
2026 through October 5th, 2026.

1694
01:21:17,199 --> 01:21:20,640
All right. Any discussion?

1695
01:21:20,640 --> 01:21:22,880
Hearing none. All those in favor say I.

1696
01:21:22,880 --> 01:21:25,120
Oppose. Nay or abstain.

1697
01:21:25,120 --> 01:21:26,080
>> Vlatty Riley.

1698
01:21:26,080 --> 01:21:27,120
>> Vlad Riley. I.

1699
01:21:27,120 --> 01:21:27,760
>> Keith Pettit.

1700
01:21:27,760 --> 01:21:28,719
I.

1701
01:21:28,719 --> 01:21:29,600
>> Sean Fitzgerald.

1702
01:21:29,600 --> 01:21:30,719
I

1703
01:21:30,719 --> 01:21:35,189
>> Jam Lawrence I. Motion passes.

1704
01:21:35,199 --> 01:21:36,880
All right. Thank you. So that brings us

1705
01:21:36,880 --> 01:21:40,640
then to the Hein Solar One project

1706
01:21:40,640 --> 01:21:44,640
discussion. Um so um at a special

1707
01:21:44,640 --> 01:21:47,199
meeting on August 27th, 2026, the

1708
01:21:47,199 --> 01:21:49,679
Heintown Council voted to request party

1709
01:21:49,679 --> 01:21:52,880
status and the Hein Solar One project.

1710
01:21:52,880 --> 01:21:54,800
The town attorney will be filing the

1711
01:21:54,800 --> 01:21:57,040
request on behalf of the town and an

1712
01:21:57,040 --> 01:22:00,719
update is to be provided.

1713
01:22:00,719 --> 01:22:04,719
So, we distributed for you tonight um

1714
01:22:04,719 --> 01:22:08,880
the draft of the attorney's submission

1715
01:22:08,880 --> 01:22:12,880
that will be sent tomorrow. Um and then

1716
01:22:12,880 --> 01:22:16,239
attached to that is the summary that we

1717
01:22:16,239 --> 01:22:20,159
gave him to to work from the items that

1718
01:22:20,159 --> 01:22:22,639
the council pointed out at the last

1719
01:22:22,639 --> 01:22:27,440
meeting. Um, I think the only decision

1720
01:22:27,440 --> 01:22:30,880
tonight would be whether or not the

1721
01:22:30,880 --> 01:22:34,080
council wants to request as part of this

1722
01:22:34,080 --> 01:22:35,679
submission

1723
01:22:35,679 --> 01:22:39,040
a public hearing.

1724
01:22:39,040 --> 01:22:42,159
It's not necessary. The town attorney

1725
01:22:42,159 --> 01:22:44,239
said at this point there is no public

1726
01:22:44,239 --> 01:22:47,280
hearing scheduled. Um, they do not have

1727
01:22:47,280 --> 01:22:50,480
to hold a public hearing. If we request

1728
01:22:50,480 --> 01:22:53,440
one, they still don't have to hold it.

1729
01:22:53,440 --> 01:22:56,400
They can if if they want to. On the

1730
01:22:56,400 --> 01:23:00,639
public hearing would allow us to

1731
01:23:00,639 --> 01:23:07,520
um submit evidence, ask um questions,

1732
01:23:07,520 --> 01:23:09,120
interview

1733
01:23:09,120 --> 01:23:12,239
if there is, you know, any

1734
01:23:12,239 --> 01:23:15,280
public hearing. So, it's not necessary

1735
01:23:15,280 --> 01:23:17,920
and it's not something that you were

1736
01:23:17,920 --> 01:23:20,320
requesting. But he just wanted you to

1737
01:23:20,320 --> 01:23:25,440
know it is an option. So tomorrow we can

1738
01:23:25,440 --> 01:23:28,560
um ask him to submit it as it is or we

1739
01:23:28,560 --> 01:23:30,960
can remove the public hearing request

1740
01:23:30,960 --> 01:23:34,159
and submit it just for the party status

1741
01:23:34,159 --> 01:23:36,560
request.

1742
01:23:36,560 --> 01:23:38,719
>> The planning and zoning commission has

1743
01:23:38,719 --> 01:23:41,600
already submitted their letter that is

1744
01:23:41,600 --> 01:23:45,600
already on the sighting council website.

1745
01:23:45,600 --> 01:23:47,920
I mean, I would say personally as as one

1746
01:23:47,920 --> 01:23:50,800
of the ones who voted I to the narrowly

1747
01:23:50,800 --> 01:23:54,639
passing of becoming party status, I

1748
01:23:54,639 --> 01:23:56,000
would say the public hearing would

1749
01:23:56,000 --> 01:23:59,199
overstep what I was voting I for. This

1750
01:23:59,199 --> 01:24:02,159
is purelyformational. We want to remain

1751
01:24:02,159 --> 01:24:03,840
a businessfriendly town.

1752
01:24:03,840 --> 01:24:04,800
>> Yeah.

1753
01:24:04,800 --> 01:24:06,320
>> And

1754
01:24:06,320 --> 01:24:09,199
a public hearing tips into business

1755
01:24:09,199 --> 01:24:10,639
unfriendly.

1756
01:24:10,639 --> 01:24:11,679
>> I concur.

1757
01:24:11,679 --> 01:24:13,520
>> So, yeah. So, no.

1758
01:24:13,520 --> 01:24:17,520
>> Yeah. I I already had talked uh to Don

1759
01:24:17,520 --> 01:24:19,760
about it and felt the same way. That was

1760
01:24:19,760 --> 01:24:21,760
not the spirit of our original request.

1761
01:24:21,760 --> 01:24:24,400
I know it was a tight vote. I I do

1762
01:24:24,400 --> 01:24:26,159
think, you know, the spirit of it was to

1763
01:24:26,159 --> 01:24:30,400
be informed and and we want to inform uh

1764
01:24:30,400 --> 01:24:32,480
the Hein citizens as much as we possibly

1765
01:24:32,480 --> 01:24:35,280
can about the project uh so that they

1766
01:24:35,280 --> 01:24:37,199
understand what is being done and that

1767
01:24:37,199 --> 01:24:39,520
was the intent

1768
01:24:39,520 --> 01:24:41,040
and the other two council members voted

1769
01:24:41,040 --> 01:24:42,080
against doing it in the first place.

1770
01:24:42,080 --> 01:24:44,239
>> Right. That's all right. So, so no

1771
01:24:44,239 --> 01:24:44,880
additions.

1772
01:24:44,880 --> 01:24:46,159
>> Okay, that is

1773
01:24:46,159 --> 01:24:49,280
>> you that. Okay. Okay. Very good. So,

1774
01:24:49,280 --> 01:24:51,120
we'll just take that out.

1775
01:24:51,120 --> 01:24:52,560
>> Thank you. Thank you, Don. Appreciate

1776
01:24:52,560 --> 01:24:54,800
that. Thanks, everybody.

1777
01:24:54,800 --> 01:24:56,639
>> Any other old business before the

1778
01:24:56,639 --> 01:24:58,080
council?

1779
01:24:58,080 --> 01:25:00,800
>> Any other old business?

1780
01:25:00,800 --> 01:25:02,560
>> Hearing none, that brings us to new

1781
01:25:02,560 --> 01:25:06,159
business. Um, first item is a requested

1782
01:25:06,159 --> 01:25:07,360
waiver for winter.

1783
01:25:07,360 --> 01:25:09,679
>> Are you still supply? Are you still

1784
01:25:09,679 --> 01:25:11,280
awake over there, Paul? All

1785
01:25:11,280 --> 01:25:13,199
right.

1786
01:25:13,199 --> 01:25:14,639
>> You you absorbing all this today?

1787
01:25:14,639 --> 01:25:18,550
>> Exactly. [laughter]

1788
01:25:18,560 --> 01:25:19,600
» Um,

1789
01:25:19,600 --> 01:25:21,040
>> good evening.

1790
01:25:21,040 --> 01:25:23,120
>> Um, yeah, I'm mentioning the word salt.

1791
01:25:23,120 --> 01:25:25,120
You guys are about to have some burgers

1792
01:25:25,120 --> 01:25:27,040
on the grill this weekend. So,

1793
01:25:27,040 --> 01:25:28,800
>> salt burgers are good.

1794
01:25:28,800 --> 01:25:30,239
>> Yeah, a little add a little extra salt.

1795
01:25:30,239 --> 01:25:32,719
Good for blood pressure. [laughter]

1796
01:25:32,719 --> 01:25:34,719
Basically what I'm coming here to you

1797
01:25:34,719 --> 01:25:37,199
guys to say to get is a bid waiver

1798
01:25:37,199 --> 01:25:40,880
because of the prod is a Morton salt

1799
01:25:40,880 --> 01:25:44,159
which I had lead last year and I had

1800
01:25:44,159 --> 01:25:46,239
supply of salt for almost the whole

1801
01:25:46,239 --> 01:25:48,880
winter and Morton

1802
01:25:48,880 --> 01:25:50,719
um from the communities I talked to

1803
01:25:50,719 --> 01:25:52,800
other public work directors they had run

1804
01:25:52,800 --> 01:25:55,280
out and the quality of the salt was just

1805
01:25:55,280 --> 01:25:57,840
they're scraping basically the bottom of

1806
01:25:57,840 --> 01:25:59,840
the barrel to give them some salt to

1807
01:25:59,840 --> 01:26:03,040
give them the storms And when lead ran

1808
01:26:03,040 --> 01:26:05,760
out of uh treated salt, they offered me

1809
01:26:05,760 --> 01:26:08,800
regular salt if I needed it in place of

1810
01:26:08,800 --> 01:26:11,199
uh the treated salt so they can keep me

1811
01:26:11,199 --> 01:26:13,120
sort of afloat and which was a great

1812
01:26:13,120 --> 01:26:15,520
thing. So then also this year Morton

1813
01:26:15,520 --> 01:26:17,600
salt I believe is a little better for

1814
01:26:17,600 --> 01:26:19,679
the state of Connecticut also. So a lot

1815
01:26:19,679 --> 01:26:22,080
more uh communities are going to be

1816
01:26:22,080 --> 01:26:24,080
getting out going with Morton this year.

1817
01:26:24,080 --> 01:26:27,120
So, I just want to step aside so we

1818
01:26:27,120 --> 01:26:29,360
speak and go with the next bit up. And

1819
01:26:29,360 --> 01:26:31,760
uh it's a dollar more a ton. And you can

1820
01:26:31,760 --> 01:26:33,840
see on the sheet here, last year we went

1821
01:26:33,840 --> 01:26:37,679
to 1,475 tons and the year before that

1822
01:26:37,679 --> 01:26:40,639
we did like 600. So around,000

1823
01:26:40,639 --> 01:26:43,280
more than it cost us this year if we

1824
01:26:43,280 --> 01:26:47,040
were to go this route if on average. So,

1825
01:26:47,040 --> 01:26:50,000
>> and you repented trying to run uh avoid

1826
01:26:50,000 --> 01:26:51,840
the situation of maybe running out or

1827
01:26:51,840 --> 01:26:53,920
running into supply issues.

1828
01:26:53,920 --> 01:26:55,600
>> I mean, you need for basic snow for

1829
01:26:55,600 --> 01:26:57,280
media obviously employees, you need

1830
01:26:57,280 --> 01:26:59,920
equipment, you need salt and then, you

1831
01:26:59,920 --> 01:27:05,440
know, so if we don't have materials and obviously fuel you need too. So,

1832
01:27:05,440 --> 01:27:06,080
>> right.

1833
01:27:06,080 --> 01:27:07,760
>> So, I don't want to run I don't run

1834
01:27:07,760 --> 01:27:10,239
around salt and I do something different

1835
01:27:10,239 --> 01:27:12,400
than other municipalities. I don't wait

1836
01:27:12,400 --> 01:27:14,480
to get down low in salt. I order every

1837
01:27:14,480 --> 01:27:16,719
storm. So every storm if we use up 75

1838
01:27:16,719 --> 01:27:19,280
pound tons, boom, ordered next day. So

1839
01:27:19,280 --> 01:27:20,880
>> well, you guys always do a fantastic

1840
01:27:20,880 --> 01:27:23,600
job. I really appreciate it. Absolutely.

1841
01:27:23,600 --> 01:27:25,600
Back at my my guys, my team.

1842
01:27:25,600 --> 01:27:27,760
>> Always. I mean, uh I I that was one of

1843
01:27:27,760 --> 01:27:28,960
the first things I noticed moving to

1844
01:27:28,960 --> 01:27:30,800
town was my god, these guys, they clean

1845
01:27:30,800 --> 01:27:32,719
the road so quick. It's it's amazing,

1846
01:27:32,719 --> 01:27:34,719
right? So just kudos to your whole team.

1847
01:27:34,719 --> 01:27:36,320
>> We try we try hard, you know.

1848
01:27:36,320 --> 01:27:37,840
>> Yeah, we appreciate it. It's it's it's

1849
01:27:37,840 --> 01:27:39,280
obvious. Yeah, we appreciate it.

1850
01:27:39,280 --> 01:27:40,800
>> Thank you.

1851
01:27:40,800 --> 01:27:42,320
>> Any

1852
01:27:42,320 --> 01:27:44,719
questions? I just hope that the bridge

1853
01:27:44,719 --> 01:27:47,199
gets done before winter because I I like

1854
01:27:47,199 --> 01:27:48,800
being on old Colchester because it

1855
01:27:48,800 --> 01:27:50,880
always gets plowed first.

1856
01:27:50,880 --> 01:27:52,639
>> Yes, it will. Right.

1857
01:27:52,639 --> 01:27:53,760
>> They're actually supposed to be pouring

1858
01:27:53,760 --> 01:27:55,360
concrete tomorrow that one of the things

1859
01:27:55,360 --> 01:27:56,639
came in late today. So, they're going to

1860
01:27:56,639 --> 01:27:58,400
wait till Tuesday to pour more concrete,

1861
01:27:58,400 --> 01:28:01,520
but it should be done by uh Turkey Day.

1862
01:28:01,520 --> 01:28:01,920
>> Perfect.

1863
01:28:01,920 --> 01:28:02,880
>> They're on schedule.

1864
01:28:02,880 --> 01:28:03,280
>> Okay.

1865
01:28:03,280 --> 01:28:04,960
>> And right, you know, all the all the

1866
01:28:04,960 --> 01:28:06,000
money. They're right on right on

1867
01:28:06,000 --> 01:28:07,120
schedule of everything. So,

1868
01:28:07,120 --> 01:28:09,360
>> fastest bridge in history. My goodness.

1869
01:28:09,360 --> 01:28:10,880
Right. before you know it.

1870
01:28:10,880 --> 01:28:13,760
>> Producing Colchester took 10 years.

1871
01:28:13,760 --> 01:28:15,760
>> Nice work.

1872
01:28:15,760 --> 01:28:18,159
>> Fantastic. All right. So, thanks for

1873
01:28:18,159 --> 01:28:19,199
that, Paul. All right. And I think

1874
01:28:19,199 --> 01:28:20,639
you're gonna have another one, but we'll

1875
01:28:20,639 --> 01:28:23,760
vote on this one first. So, I think that

1876
01:28:23,760 --> 01:28:27,360
>> uh I'll ask Sean to leave this one.

1877
01:28:27,360 --> 01:28:28,560
Sure.

1878
01:28:28,560 --> 01:28:29,280
>> You're next.

1879
01:28:29,280 --> 01:28:32,400
>> I can next on the

1880
01:28:32,400 --> 01:28:34,000
>> Thank you for the zoom. I'm not that

1881
01:28:34,000 --> 01:28:35,386
old.

1882
01:28:35,386 --> 01:28:36,639
>> [laughter]

1883
01:28:36,639 --> 01:28:38,639
>> I move that the Hebrin Town Council in

1884
01:28:38,639 --> 01:28:40,000
accordance with the town of Hebrin

1885
01:28:40,000 --> 01:28:42,080
purchasing policies and procedures

1886
01:28:42,080 --> 01:28:43,840
approve a bid waiver and award the

1887
01:28:43,840 --> 01:28:46,080
contract for winter salt supply to lead

1888
01:28:46,080 --> 01:28:46,800
salt.

1889
01:28:46,800 --> 01:28:49,280
>> All right. Have any I have to say that

1890
01:28:49,280 --> 01:28:51,920
correctly or else I would have

1891
01:28:51,920 --> 01:28:53,920
>> All right. Any other discussion on the

1892
01:28:53,920 --> 01:28:57,040
salt hearing? None. All those in favor

1893
01:28:57,040 --> 01:29:00,239
say I. Oppose. Nay or abstain. Claudia

1894
01:29:00,239 --> 01:29:00,719
Riley.

1895
01:29:00,719 --> 01:29:01,760
>> Claudia Riley. I

1896
01:29:01,760 --> 01:29:02,400
>> Keith Pettit.

1897
01:29:02,400 --> 01:29:03,280
>> Keith Pett. I

1898
01:29:03,280 --> 01:29:04,159
>> Sean Fitzgerald.

1899
01:29:04,159 --> 01:29:06,639
Jan Lawrence I motion

1900
01:29:06,639 --> 01:29:09,040
passes. You got your salt.

1901
01:29:09,040 --> 01:29:09,600
>> Thank you.

1902
01:29:09,600 --> 01:29:10,719
>> All right.

1903
01:29:10,719 --> 01:29:13,376
>> We didn't want salt.

1904
01:29:13,376 --> 01:29:14,639
[laughter]

1905
01:29:14,639 --> 01:29:16,320
>> That's right. That's right. It's going

1906
01:29:16,320 --> 01:29:17,600
to get a little punchy now. It's getting

1907
01:29:17,600 --> 01:29:19,280
late in there meeting.

1908
01:29:19,280 --> 01:29:21,040
>> All right. So now we also have a

1909
01:29:21,040 --> 01:29:24,239
requested waiver for street markings. So

1910
01:29:24,239 --> 01:29:25,840
apology you

1911
01:29:25,840 --> 01:29:27,440
>> Yeah, we've been using the Atlantic

1912
01:29:27,440 --> 01:29:29,120
pavement marking for the last little

1913
01:29:29,120 --> 01:29:31,760
since I've been here three years. And uh

1914
01:29:31,760 --> 01:29:35,360
I use them in my prior job also and they

1915
01:29:35,360 --> 01:29:38,080
do an overall decent job, but they they

1916
01:29:38,080 --> 01:29:40,719
just to me they don't seem to be up to

1917
01:29:40,719 --> 01:29:42,800
my where I want to see it. I drive

1918
01:29:42,800 --> 01:29:45,920
around, I notice I put like 12,000 miles

1919
01:29:45,920 --> 01:29:48,000
just in this town blowing my vehicle

1920
01:29:48,000 --> 01:29:50,000
every year. So I notice every little

1921
01:29:50,000 --> 01:29:52,080
thing and I notice every year that they

1922
01:29:52,080 --> 01:29:53,840
vary left and right of the lines and

1923
01:29:53,840 --> 01:29:55,040
stuff like I'm not sure if it's because

1924
01:29:55,040 --> 01:29:56,639
of a car coming at them. I I don't

1925
01:29:56,639 --> 01:29:59,120
really know. So the other company that

1926
01:29:59,120 --> 01:30:01,199
we're looking at going through, they

1927
01:30:01,199 --> 01:30:02,960
safety markings, they actually mark at

1928
01:30:02,960 --> 01:30:04,080
night time. They'll actually come in

1929
01:30:04,080 --> 01:30:05,280
here at like 10 o'clock at night and

1930
01:30:05,280 --> 01:30:06,480
mark it off. So when you wake up in the

1931
01:30:06,480 --> 01:30:08,800
morning, your lines are fresh.

1932
01:30:08,800 --> 01:30:12,239
>> So we spend about $20,000 a year on line

1933
01:30:12,239 --> 01:30:14,239
street markings, some in the fall

1934
01:30:14,239 --> 01:30:15,760
because like Burrows Hill, we like to

1935
01:30:15,760 --> 01:30:18,000
get it before the snow flies here

1936
01:30:18,000 --> 01:30:20,239
because it tends to be darker out. Those

1937
01:30:20,239 --> 01:30:22,080
are the windy roads and stuff like that.

1938
01:30:22,080 --> 01:30:24,239
Then in the springtime, we just hit the

1939
01:30:24,239 --> 01:30:25,520
rest of the road so it's nice and fresh

1940
01:30:25,520 --> 01:30:28,320
all summer long. So, but I'd like to go

1941
01:30:28,320 --> 01:30:31,199
with the next uh on the next on the

1942
01:30:31,199 --> 01:30:33,840
prime bid uh the safety markings.

1943
01:30:33,840 --> 01:30:36,800
>> Okay. Any any questions on that one?

1944
01:30:36,800 --> 01:30:39,280
>> It's not the same. It's a quality issue.

1945
01:30:39,280 --> 01:30:41,280
>> Yeah. I mean, when you have the squirrel

1946
01:30:41,280 --> 01:30:42,880
carcass in the middle of the road and

1947
01:30:42,880 --> 01:30:46,400
the two live, [laughter]

1948
01:30:46,400 --> 01:30:49,360
>> we got a few of those, I'm afraid. All

1949
01:30:49,360 --> 01:30:51,920
right. Very good. Uh any other

1950
01:30:51,920 --> 01:30:54,480
questions, comments? All right. So,

1951
01:30:54,480 --> 01:30:57,920
let's see it real quick, please. So,

1952
01:30:57,920 --> 01:30:59,840
you've already done the math. What would

1953
01:30:59,840 --> 01:31:01,679
be the difference?

1954
01:31:01,679 --> 01:31:04,800
>> I see the the 1.4 cents per foot.

1955
01:31:04,800 --> 01:31:06,159
>> I'm going to be putting some of the line

1956
01:31:06,159 --> 01:31:08,320
marking like uh the ones we the roads we

1957
01:31:08,320 --> 01:31:09,760
do this year. They're going to be coming

1958
01:31:09,760 --> 01:31:12,080
out of our road improvement budget. So,

1959
01:31:12,080 --> 01:31:14,080
I don't have the exact cost, but you can

1960
01:31:14,080 --> 01:31:17,840
see the breakdown um in the write up of

1961
01:31:17,840 --> 01:31:19,679
what what's the difference is

1962
01:31:19,679 --> 01:31:21,760
>> 30. You have to add the two together. So

1963
01:31:21,760 --> 01:31:24,639
it's 30 cents or something like that per

1964
01:31:24,639 --> 01:31:27,520
mile. And then he gives you the

1965
01:31:27,520 --> 01:31:29,280
estimated the estimated miles.

1966
01:31:29,280 --> 01:31:30,880
>> So the difference would be three cents a

1967
01:31:30,880 --> 01:31:32,960
mile. Just again just just because I've

1968
01:31:32,960 --> 01:31:35,199
got a calculator here. Let me just

1969
01:31:35,199 --> 01:31:37,040
>> Yeah. Thanks. So that I know what I'm

1970
01:31:37,040 --> 01:31:39,760
getting myself into here

1971
01:31:39,760 --> 01:31:40,239
times.

1972
01:31:40,239 --> 01:31:41,840
>> And not every road gets painted every

1973
01:31:41,840 --> 01:31:43,120
year. Some of the side streets will hold

1974
01:31:43,120 --> 01:31:44,800
off and when it starts to fade we'll hit

1975
01:31:44,800 --> 01:31:47,520
it then.

1976
01:31:47,520 --> 01:31:49,600
>> And perfect road. All the roads get paid

1977
01:31:49,600 --> 01:31:51,040
painted every year.

1978
01:31:51,040 --> 01:31:52,639
I don't think we need to do that.

1979
01:31:52,639 --> 01:31:54,320
>> We have a four low forest here.

1980
01:31:54,320 --> 01:31:55,440
>> Okay.

1981
01:31:55,440 --> 01:31:57,360
>> Yeah. Thanks for the question, Sean.

1982
01:31:57,360 --> 01:31:59,199
>> Which would be Yeah. I mean, so less

1983
01:31:59,199 --> 01:32:01,199
than less than a 10% increase for

1984
01:32:01,199 --> 01:32:02,239
significant quality.

1985
01:32:02,239 --> 01:32:05,120
>> Mhm.

1986
01:32:05,120 --> 01:32:06,560
>> The contractor did tell me it may take

1987
01:32:06,560 --> 01:32:09,199
two years for it to get up to his liking

1988
01:32:09,199 --> 01:32:11,199
also. But I said, "Listen, we we'll try

1989
01:32:11,199 --> 01:32:13,280
it out one year, and if it's the same

1990
01:32:13,280 --> 01:32:15,520
sort of quality, then I'm just gonna go

1991
01:32:15,520 --> 01:32:18,320
back to the the other company." But I

1992
01:32:18,320 --> 01:32:21,120
got a big favor in this company. Okay.

1993
01:32:21,120 --> 01:32:22,800
>> Very good. Buddy, you want to read this

1994
01:32:22,800 --> 01:32:23,120
one?

1995
01:32:23,120 --> 01:32:25,760
>> Sure. Move that the Hein Town Council in

1996
01:32:25,760 --> 01:32:27,280
accordance with town of Hebrin

1997
01:32:27,280 --> 01:32:29,120
purchasing policies and procedures

1998
01:32:29,120 --> 01:32:31,120
approve a bid waiver and award the

1999
01:32:31,120 --> 01:32:33,600
contract for street markings to safety

2000
01:32:33,600 --> 01:32:34,560
markings.

2001
01:32:34,560 --> 01:32:36,080
>> Very good. All right. So, all those in

2002
01:32:36,080 --> 01:32:39,600
favor say I. Oppose. Nay or abstain. Ly

2003
01:32:39,600 --> 01:32:40,239
Riley.

2004
01:32:40,239 --> 01:32:41,440
>> Ly Riley. I

2005
01:32:41,440 --> 01:32:42,080
>> Keith Pett.

2006
01:32:42,080 --> 01:32:42,960
>> Keith Pettit. I.

2007
01:32:42,960 --> 01:32:43,920
>> Sean Fitzgerald.

2008
01:32:43,920 --> 01:32:44,960
I

2009
01:32:44,960 --> 01:32:48,000
>> Jan Lawrence I. Motion passes.

2010
01:32:48,000 --> 01:32:50,320
>> You got your lines.

2011
01:32:50,320 --> 01:32:52,800
your soul

2012
01:32:52,800 --> 01:32:54,080
priority. That's all I got to say.

2013
01:32:54,080 --> 01:32:55,199
>> That's it.

2014
01:32:55,199 --> 01:32:57,280
>> Thanks for spending time with us. Thanks

2015
01:32:57,280 --> 01:32:59,679
for waiting for us. I appreciate it.

2016
01:32:59,679 --> 01:33:00,320
>> See you guys.

2017
01:33:00,320 --> 01:33:00,800
>> Good night.

2018
01:33:00,800 --> 01:33:02,080
>> Less than a month from now. My

2019
01:33:02,080 --> 01:33:02,719
presentation.

2020
01:33:02,719 --> 01:33:03,920
>> That's right. That's right. Looking

2021
01:33:03,920 --> 01:33:04,560
forward to it.

2022
01:33:04,560 --> 01:33:05,920
>> Sharon put a good presentation up

2023
01:33:05,920 --> 01:33:06,560
tonight. So

2024
01:33:06,560 --> 01:33:06,960
>> she did.

2025
01:33:06,960 --> 01:33:08,000
>> I got to kick it up.

2026
01:33:08,000 --> 01:33:09,199
>> I'm telling you, these guys are setting

2027
01:33:09,199 --> 01:33:11,280
the bar high.

2028
01:33:11,280 --> 01:33:14,080
>> All right. Take care. Thanks, Paul.

2029
01:33:14,080 --> 01:33:16,480
>> All right. So, let's see. That brings us

2030
01:33:16,480 --> 01:33:20,000
to discussion of a potential noise noise

2031
01:33:20,000 --> 01:33:22,960
ordinance.

2032
01:33:22,960 --> 01:33:24,800
>> I'm going to hand it over to Keith

2033
01:33:24,800 --> 01:33:26,159
Pettit.

2034
01:33:26,159 --> 01:33:27,280
>> I mean, I just

2035
01:33:27,280 --> 01:33:28,800
>> I didn't know what this was about. I'm

2036
01:33:28,800 --> 01:33:29,760
sorry. I forget.

2037
01:33:29,760 --> 01:33:31,120
>> Well, this is something that we're going

2038
01:33:31,120 --> 01:33:33,040
to have to do some some research on.

2039
01:33:33,040 --> 01:33:36,800
Okay. Um because you know one of the one

2040
01:33:36,800 --> 01:33:39,920
of the major things with

2041
01:33:39,920 --> 01:33:43,040
the potential issue from the solar one

2042
01:33:43,040 --> 01:33:45,120
>> is that um

2043
01:33:45,120 --> 01:33:47,840
>> you know obviously it's private land. We

2044
01:33:47,840 --> 01:33:48,880
can't

2045
01:33:48,880 --> 01:33:50,960
>> get involved. The sighting council is

2046
01:33:50,960 --> 01:33:52,080
going to

2047
01:33:52,080 --> 01:33:54,239
>> you know make the decision on what can

2048
01:33:54,239 --> 01:33:56,880
and can't go in. However, as a

2049
01:33:56,880 --> 01:34:00,800
community, we can um enforce certain

2050
01:34:00,800 --> 01:34:04,159
ordinances related to the the number one

2051
01:34:04,159 --> 01:34:08,000
issue with facilities like this is the

2052
01:34:08,000 --> 01:34:10,239
you know abundance of noise that's

2053
01:34:10,239 --> 01:34:13,360
caused by the large power inverters. And

2054
01:34:13,360 --> 01:34:17,040
so what we can look into is having some

2055
01:34:17,040 --> 01:34:19,120
sort of townwide ordinance that is not

2056
01:34:19,120 --> 01:34:22,000
specific to any one company or land

2057
01:34:22,000 --> 01:34:25,840
owner, but that addresses the problem

2058
01:34:25,840 --> 01:34:29,360
imposed by, you know, large inverters or

2059
01:34:29,360 --> 01:34:31,360
other large electrical equipment that

2060
01:34:31,360 --> 01:34:35,920
have a continuous high decibel hum and

2061
01:34:35,920 --> 01:34:39,440
how that affects, you know,

2062
01:34:39,440 --> 01:34:41,199
>> abuing land owners, right?

2063
01:34:41,199 --> 01:34:43,600
>> Yeah. So, um, it's just something that I

2064
01:34:43,600 --> 01:34:44,880
wanted to kind of bring to our

2065
01:34:44,880 --> 01:34:47,199
attention. We can look around to see if

2066
01:34:47,199 --> 01:34:49,440
there's other communities that have, you

2067
01:34:49,440 --> 01:34:52,000
know, similar ordinances. I know a lot

2068
01:34:52,000 --> 01:34:54,239
of communities have noise ordinances

2069
01:34:54,239 --> 01:34:56,400
pertaining to before a certain hour,

2070
01:34:56,400 --> 01:34:59,679
after a certain hour, but I think this

2071
01:34:59,679 --> 01:35:03,520
should be more tailored specifically to,

2072
01:35:03,520 --> 01:35:06,239
you know, because it's a it's the

2073
01:35:06,239 --> 01:35:08,880
persistent loud humming of electrical

2074
01:35:08,880 --> 01:35:10,159
equipment

2075
01:35:10,159 --> 01:35:12,080
>> that yeah, you might not notice it if

2076
01:35:12,080 --> 01:35:14,639
you're driving by it because it hums and

2077
01:35:14,639 --> 01:35:16,560
then it goes away. But if you're an

2078
01:35:16,560 --> 01:35:18,400
abuing land owner and every time you

2079
01:35:18,400 --> 01:35:20,320
walk out your front door, it sounds like

2080
01:35:20,320 --> 01:35:23,840
there's this like swarm of bees five

2081
01:35:23,840 --> 01:35:26,639
feet behind you, that can get annoying

2082
01:35:26,639 --> 01:35:29,760
after six months. No doubt. you know, so

2083
01:35:29,760 --> 01:35:31,760
um I think that that's something, you

2084
01:35:31,760 --> 01:35:35,280
know, a simple good neighbor ordinance,

2085
01:35:35,280 --> 01:35:37,600
um having some sort of soundproofing or

2086
01:35:37,600 --> 01:35:40,639
other things that prevent that kind of

2087
01:35:40,639 --> 01:35:44,639
persistent noise from crossing um you

2088
01:35:44,639 --> 01:35:45,840
know, landlines.

2089
01:35:45,840 --> 01:35:48,639
>> Yeah. No, I think it's a great idea. Um,

2090
01:35:48,639 --> 01:35:51,600
you know, we we were researching uh

2091
01:35:51,600 --> 01:35:53,280
these other projects this company

2092
01:35:53,280 --> 01:35:55,040
carried out and that was one of the

2093
01:35:55,040 --> 01:35:56,239
issues

2094
01:35:56,239 --> 01:35:58,159
>> that was brought up in one of the towns.

2095
01:35:58,159 --> 01:36:01,360
And um and you know, again, it's better

2096
01:36:01,360 --> 01:36:03,760
to preempt this and and have them, you

2097
01:36:03,760 --> 01:36:05,840
know, require them to have the proper

2098
01:36:05,840 --> 01:36:09,280
sound deadening equipment uh to prevent

2099
01:36:09,280 --> 01:36:11,440
that from happening because now these

2100
01:36:11,440 --> 01:36:13,600
towns is is having an issue with trying

2101
01:36:13,600 --> 01:36:15,840
to get them to put up some kind of sound

2102
01:36:15,840 --> 01:36:17,280
barrier.

2103
01:36:17,280 --> 01:36:19,280
So, we want to avoid that.

2104
01:36:19,280 --> 01:36:21,520
>> Yeah. And it's and and I, you know, I

2105
01:36:21,520 --> 01:36:24,000
don't want to be seen, again, you know,

2106
01:36:24,000 --> 01:36:25,440
we talked about the business friendly

2107
01:36:25,440 --> 01:36:27,679
environment. Sure. Um, I don't want to

2108
01:36:27,679 --> 01:36:30,000
be seen as like picking on one

2109
01:36:30,000 --> 01:36:32,960
particular property owner or business.

2110
01:36:32,960 --> 01:36:34,080
This would be something that would be

2111
01:36:34,080 --> 01:36:35,280
townwide. Sure.

2112
01:36:35,280 --> 01:36:38,159
>> It would be something known that before

2113
01:36:38,159 --> 01:36:40,159
a company even comes in, they know,

2114
01:36:40,159 --> 01:36:42,320
look, I have to be a good neighbor. I

2115
01:36:42,320 --> 01:36:44,719
have to abide by these rules. And it's

2116
01:36:44,719 --> 01:36:47,440
not something where we're picking and

2117
01:36:47,440 --> 01:36:50,080
choosing who we're going to be

2118
01:36:50,080 --> 01:36:53,600
>> allowing. It's it's a more standard

2119
01:36:53,600 --> 01:36:55,520
businessfriendly environment because,

2120
01:36:55,520 --> 01:36:57,040
you know, a lot of people think that

2121
01:36:57,040 --> 01:37:00,639
businesses, you know, hate towns that

2122
01:37:00,639 --> 01:37:02,960
have these inordinate expectations or

2123
01:37:02,960 --> 01:37:04,960
whatever. It's it's not that. If a

2124
01:37:04,960 --> 01:37:07,119
business knows what it's going what it's

2125
01:37:07,119 --> 01:37:09,119
getting into from the beginning, they

2126
01:37:09,119 --> 01:37:11,360
can plan and either say that's for me or

2127
01:37:11,360 --> 01:37:13,840
that's not for me. Um, but it's when

2128
01:37:13,840 --> 01:37:17,040
businesses come in and they are abiding

2129
01:37:17,040 --> 01:37:20,000
by the rules and then as soon as they

2130
01:37:20,000 --> 01:37:22,239
show interest, they start getting above

2131
01:37:22,239 --> 01:37:24,159
and beyond push back, right?

2132
01:37:24,159 --> 01:37:25,840
>> That's when we become a business

2133
01:37:25,840 --> 01:37:27,280
unfriendly environment.

2134
01:37:27,280 --> 01:37:28,800
>> You don't want to make it be a moving

2135
01:37:28,800 --> 01:37:30,719
target, right? You don't want them to

2136
01:37:30,719 --> 01:37:32,560
have to, oh, well, we did that now, but

2137
01:37:32,560 --> 01:37:34,560
we want that. Oh, no, but now we want

2138
01:37:34,560 --> 01:37:36,159
this. Yeah, we want to avoid that. We

2139
01:37:36,159 --> 01:37:38,239
want to be upfront. Hey, this is what

2140
01:37:38,239 --> 01:37:42,239
we're expecting. We don't think it it's overreaching

2141
01:37:42,239 --> 01:37:44,400
>> and this is what we expect of everybody

2142
01:37:44,400 --> 01:37:44,960
just you.

2143
01:37:44,960 --> 01:37:48,159
>> Yes. Exactly. Exactly. Right. Um because

2144
01:37:48,159 --> 01:37:50,639
you know again we will see in the future

2145
01:37:50,639 --> 01:37:52,320
what other businesses come to town but

2146
01:37:52,320 --> 01:37:55,840
again we want to protect u residents as

2147
01:37:55,840 --> 01:37:58,080
well and but at the same time be

2148
01:37:58,080 --> 01:37:59,760
business friendly. So I think it's it

2149
01:37:59,760 --> 01:38:01,760
makes a lot of sense.

2150
01:38:01,760 --> 01:38:04,960
>> Yeah. I do think just with noise

2151
01:38:04,960 --> 01:38:08,400
ordinances we would have to understand

2152
01:38:08,400 --> 01:38:10,800
how that would be enforced

2153
01:38:10,800 --> 01:38:12,880
>> and that has been the you know one of

2154
01:38:12,880 --> 01:38:16,239
the main issues when noise ordinance has

2155
01:38:16,239 --> 01:38:18,320
that issue has come up a few times over

2156
01:38:18,320 --> 01:38:20,080
the last many years

2157
01:38:20,080 --> 01:38:22,639
>> is how how you enforce it. Do you have

2158
01:38:22,639 --> 01:38:25,119
someone who can enforce it

2159
01:38:25,119 --> 01:38:28,400
>> and you need a decibel meter it has to

2160
01:38:28,400 --> 01:38:30,560
be calibrated you have to be able to

2161
01:38:30,560 --> 01:38:33,119
respond. So we would have to understand

2162
01:38:33,119 --> 01:38:34,719
how all of that works.

2163
01:38:34,719 --> 01:38:35,280
>> That's right.

2164
01:38:35,280 --> 01:38:38,159
>> And I I understand that this would be

2165
01:38:38,159 --> 01:38:42,480
specific to the electronic noise. It not

2166
01:38:42,480 --> 01:38:45,119
just a in general noise ordinance

2167
01:38:45,119 --> 01:38:47,840
because the couple of times that that

2168
01:38:47,840 --> 01:38:52,320
has come up over the years. It has been

2169
01:38:52,320 --> 01:38:54,960
um not well received.

2170
01:38:54,960 --> 01:38:56,880
Let's just put it that way. We've had

2171
01:38:56,880 --> 01:39:00,800
it. We've had um the most recent time we

2172
01:39:00,800 --> 01:39:02,880
went as far as public hearing because we

2173
01:39:02,880 --> 01:39:04,880
had a proposed ordinance. We were moving

2174
01:39:04,880 --> 01:39:06,080
ahead with it.

2175
01:39:06,080 --> 01:39:08,639
>> Public hearing. There was a huge

2176
01:39:08,639 --> 01:39:11,280
outpouring against

2177
01:39:11,280 --> 01:39:13,600
implementing a noise ordinance. So,

2178
01:39:13,600 --> 01:39:15,840
>> do you remember what they were uh what

2179
01:39:15,840 --> 01:39:20,239
were the issues? Um it was back in 2006

2180
01:39:20,239 --> 01:39:22,000
2007

2181
01:39:22,000 --> 01:39:24,560
and I think the reason we were pursuing

2182
01:39:24,560 --> 01:39:27,280
a noise ordinance at that time was a lot

2183
01:39:27,280 --> 01:39:31,679
of um ATVs and motor bikes and you know

2184
01:39:31,679 --> 01:39:33,199
very disruptive in certain

2185
01:39:33,199 --> 01:39:37,199
neighborhoods. We did the public hearing

2186
01:39:37,199 --> 01:39:39,119
um but

2187
01:39:39,119 --> 01:39:43,040
too many people came out against it just

2188
01:39:43,040 --> 01:39:44,960
you know

2189
01:39:44,960 --> 01:39:47,360
taking away their their right to enjoy

2190
01:39:47,360 --> 01:39:53,360
their own property and at that time it was determined that

2191
01:39:53,360 --> 01:39:55,840
we backed off a little bit with the

2192
01:39:55,840 --> 01:39:57,600
understanding that we would just fall

2193
01:39:57,600 --> 01:40:01,440
back on the state statutes that do cover

2194
01:40:01,440 --> 01:40:02,239
noise.

2195
01:40:02,239 --> 01:40:04,080
>> I see.

2196
01:40:04,080 --> 01:40:06,239
and the time before that it was pretty

2197
01:40:06,239 --> 01:40:09,440
much the same. It didn't get that far.

2198
01:40:09,440 --> 01:40:11,440
Um but when they started talking about

2199
01:40:11,440 --> 01:40:14,560
it was more with construction noise they

2200
01:40:14,560 --> 01:40:16,480
decided, you know, let's just deal with

2201
01:40:16,480 --> 01:40:19,600
it administratively. So

2202
01:40:19,600 --> 01:40:21,040
>> yeah, and I think that is something that

2203
01:40:21,040 --> 01:40:22,800
we're going to have to address because

2204
01:40:22,800 --> 01:40:24,719
again, this is not this is not meant

2205
01:40:24,719 --> 01:40:27,360
for, you know,

2206
01:40:27,360 --> 01:40:29,679
residential use as far as like a

2207
01:40:29,679 --> 01:40:32,400
homeowner with an outside generator.

2208
01:40:32,400 --> 01:40:34,960
like that's this is meant for ongoing

2209
01:40:34,960 --> 01:40:37,840
persistent operations. I I think that

2210
01:40:37,840 --> 01:40:39,840
when we do start looking at the specific

2211
01:40:39,840 --> 01:40:41,119
language, it's going to have to be

2212
01:40:41,119 --> 01:40:43,520
specific to either commercial or

2213
01:40:43,520 --> 01:40:46,400
industrial continue

2214
01:40:46,400 --> 01:40:51,760
or right, you know, like persistent use of equipment.

2215
01:40:51,760 --> 01:40:53,280
>> Um,

2216
01:40:53,280 --> 01:40:54,880
>> and you know, that's that's something

2217
01:40:54,880 --> 01:40:57,040
that we can get into with that. But

2218
01:40:57,040 --> 01:40:58,960
yeah, I I agree with Donna. Like

2219
01:40:58,960 --> 01:41:00,800
especially the enforcement side of it

2220
01:41:00,800 --> 01:41:03,280
when you're dealing with what we might

2221
01:41:03,280 --> 01:41:06,400
consider the normal nuisance reporting.

2222
01:41:06,400 --> 01:41:08,560
Oh, this person was doing something.

2223
01:41:08,560 --> 01:41:13,119
Yeah. For a couple of hours, but that's very different from I don't think

2224
01:41:13,119 --> 01:41:14,960
anybody would have an issue with an

2225
01:41:14,960 --> 01:41:16,960
electrical transformer that only hummed

2226
01:41:16,960 --> 01:41:18,960
for an hour a day.

2227
01:41:18,960 --> 01:41:21,040
>> They probably wouldn't even notice. But

2228
01:41:21,040 --> 01:41:24,560
when you're talking, you know, 247

2229
01:41:24,560 --> 01:41:27,679
>> uh persistent like then that that starts

2230
01:41:27,679 --> 01:41:29,040
to become an issue.

2231
01:41:29,040 --> 01:41:31,520
>> Um so, you know, that's

2232
01:41:31,520 --> 01:41:33,760
>> that's something that again it has to

2233
01:41:33,760 --> 01:41:35,920
we'll have to look at how the language

2234
01:41:35,920 --> 01:41:37,920
looks as we get further down the road.

2235
01:41:37,920 --> 01:41:40,400
>> Sure. But um it'll be very much tailored

2236
01:41:40,400 --> 01:41:43,600
so that we're not kind of chasing this,

2237
01:41:43,600 --> 01:41:44,480
you know,

2238
01:41:44,480 --> 01:41:46,880
>> the normal residential

2239
01:41:46,880 --> 01:41:50,719
spikes in things related to, you know,

2240
01:41:50,719 --> 01:41:53,040
an outside generator or

2241
01:41:53,040 --> 01:41:56,239
>> enjoying, you know, a gasoline motor

2242
01:41:56,239 --> 01:41:58,560
vehicle or whatever it happens to be,

2243
01:41:58,560 --> 01:42:00,800
lawn mower, you know, that's that's not

2244
01:42:00,800 --> 01:42:01,920
what this is, right?

2245
01:42:01,920 --> 01:42:03,920
>> This is for persistent

2246
01:42:03,920 --> 01:42:06,639
>> noises. Leave blowing's coming.

2247
01:42:06,639 --> 01:42:08,560
>> Yeah. So, yeah, I'm afraid that's

2248
01:42:08,560 --> 01:42:11,440
coming. Uh, very good. No, I appreciate

2249
01:42:11,440 --> 01:42:13,520
you bringing that up. I think it's

2250
01:42:13,520 --> 01:42:16,080
definitely worthwhile looking into. I'm

2251
01:42:16,080 --> 01:42:18,080
curious what state statutes are out

2252
01:42:18,080 --> 01:42:21,840
there, too, you know, but probably no

2253
01:42:21,840 --> 01:42:24,560
probably nothing specific to that type

2254
01:42:24,560 --> 01:42:26,239
of industrial

2255
01:42:26,239 --> 01:42:29,760
noise because um of the experience that

2256
01:42:29,760 --> 01:42:32,159
has happened in the past. But yeah, no,

2257
01:42:32,159 --> 01:42:34,239
I think it's it's important uh that we

2258
01:42:34,239 --> 01:42:37,360
look into that for sure. Yeah.

2259
01:42:37,360 --> 01:42:38,320
Good.

2260
01:42:38,320 --> 01:42:42,080
>> Put out a new town manager's list.

2261
01:42:42,080 --> 01:42:42,719
>> Perfect. Well,

2262
01:42:42,719 --> 01:42:45,280
>> we'll build a list for that person. I'm

2263
01:42:45,280 --> 01:42:47,760
sure we'll have some ideas. Um, very

2264
01:42:47,760 --> 01:42:50,639
good. Um, excellent. Thanks for that.

2265
01:42:50,639 --> 01:42:53,760
All right. Um, so that brings us to the

2266
01:42:53,760 --> 01:42:57,679
draft agenda for the September 17th

2267
01:42:57,679 --> 01:43:00,639
regular meeting. I can scroll down to

2268
01:43:00,639 --> 01:43:05,430
that. Um

2269
01:43:05,440 --> 01:43:06,960
and

2270
01:43:06,960 --> 01:43:12,159
looks at that. Um yeah, I think we're seeing an appointment there.

2271
01:43:12,159 --> 01:43:16,629
Number six.

2272
01:43:16,639 --> 01:43:19,920
Any comments, additions to that right

2273
01:43:19,920 --> 01:43:21,119
now?

2274
01:43:21,119 --> 01:43:23,040
>> If anybody has anything they'd like us

2275
01:43:23,040 --> 01:43:25,920
to add just right, we got

2276
01:43:25,920 --> 01:43:27,840
>> next week. You just need to know what is

2277
01:43:27,840 --> 01:43:30,639
it the Friday by the Friday before

2278
01:43:30,639 --> 01:43:33,679
>> earlier as

2279
01:43:33,679 --> 01:43:35,840
early as possible. Friday we're sending

2280
01:43:35,840 --> 01:43:38,639
out the agenda so before Friday.

2281
01:43:38,639 --> 01:43:40,880
>> Got it. Very good.

2282
01:43:40,880 --> 01:43:41,600
>> All right.

2283
01:43:41,600 --> 01:43:42,400
>> Thank you.

2284
01:43:42,400 --> 01:43:44,480
>> Thanks for that. Any other new business

2285
01:43:44,480 --> 01:43:46,960
before the council?

2286
01:43:46,960 --> 01:43:50,400
We have new business.

2287
01:43:50,400 --> 01:43:52,320
>> All right. Hearing none, we come to the

2288
01:43:52,320 --> 01:43:54,960
consent agenda. Consent agenda items are

2289
01:43:54,960 --> 01:43:57,520
considered to be routine in nature which

2290
01:43:57,520 --> 01:43:59,360
the council may not need to discuss

2291
01:43:59,360 --> 01:44:01,520
individually and may be voted on as a

2292
01:44:01,520 --> 01:44:04,480
group. Any council member who wishes to

2293
01:44:04,480 --> 01:44:06,159
discuss a particular item in this

2294
01:44:06,159 --> 01:44:08,400
section may request the chair to remove

2295
01:44:08,400 --> 01:44:11,199
it for later discussion and a separate

2296
01:44:11,199 --> 01:44:14,159
vote if necessary. So first of all we

2297
01:44:14,159 --> 01:44:16,159
had the we need we have the approval of

2298
01:44:16,159 --> 01:44:19,520
minutes for the August 20th 2026 regular

2299
01:44:19,520 --> 01:44:23,280
meeting. Um, were there any issues with

2300
01:44:23,280 --> 01:44:29,270
the minutes of the last meeting?

2301
01:44:29,280 --> 01:44:31,040
» We're hearing none. Do we just approve

2302
01:44:31,040 --> 01:44:32,719
those by consensus or do we have to vote

2303
01:44:32,719 --> 01:44:34,320
on those individually?

2304
01:44:34,320 --> 01:44:36,080
>> You can vote on the whole thing. So,

2305
01:44:36,080 --> 01:44:38,400
that motion

2306
01:44:38,400 --> 01:44:40,639
>> proposed motion. Does the minutes handle

2307
01:44:40,639 --> 01:44:41,600
all the tax refund?

2308
01:44:41,600 --> 01:44:43,600
>> Very good. And so, I signed all those

2309
01:44:43,600 --> 01:44:47,600
tax refunds. So, um, if we can just, uh,

2310
01:44:47,600 --> 01:44:49,679
I'll make a motion to approve the

2311
01:44:49,679 --> 01:44:52,239
minutes for the August 2026 regular

2312
01:44:52,239 --> 01:44:55,520
meeting and the tax refunds.

2313
01:44:55,520 --> 01:44:57,600
Um,

2314
01:44:57,600 --> 01:45:01,520
so I'll put that to a vote. Uh, Claudia

2315
01:45:01,520 --> 01:45:02,560
Riley,

2316
01:45:02,560 --> 01:45:03,679
>> Riley, I,

2317
01:45:03,679 --> 01:45:05,520
>> Keith Pett, I,

2318
01:45:05,520 --> 01:45:06,400
>> John Fitzgerald,

2319
01:45:06,400 --> 01:45:07,520
>> Sean Fitzgerald, I,

2320
01:45:07,520 --> 01:45:09,920
>> and Jan Lawrence, I

2321
01:45:09,920 --> 01:45:12,800
that passes. That takes us to liaison

2322
01:45:12,800 --> 01:45:16,400
reports. John Fitzgerald of AHM Youth

2323
01:45:16,400 --> 01:45:17,360
Services.

2324
01:45:17,360 --> 01:45:19,440
>> I do I do this meeting. It'll be quick.

2325
01:45:19,440 --> 01:45:22,639
Kim uh HM has their well it's it's not

2326
01:45:22,639 --> 01:45:24,560
annual. It's new. Hopefully annual

2327
01:45:24,560 --> 01:45:26,719
Dancing with the Stars fundraiser. Oh,

2328
01:45:26,719 --> 01:45:27,040
cool.

2329
01:45:27,040 --> 01:45:31,360
>> held at RAM on September 19th 6 PM. Uh

2330
01:45:31,360 --> 01:45:32,960
working with a number of local dance

2331
01:45:32,960 --> 01:45:35,520
studios. So, should be a lot of fun. Um

2332
01:45:35,520 --> 01:45:38,159
tickets are $12 in advance, 15 at the

2333
01:45:38,159 --> 01:45:40,560
door. And you can learn more at ahm

2334
01:45:40,560 --> 01:45:42,080
youth.org.

2335
01:45:42,080 --> 01:45:44,400
>> Fantastic. All

2336
01:45:44,400 --> 01:45:47,280
right, thanks Sean. Um, we have Hein

2337
01:45:47,280 --> 01:45:49,119
board of ed, but of course Tiffany is

2338
01:45:49,119 --> 01:45:50,320
not here.

2339
01:45:50,320 --> 01:45:53,360
>> Um, I don't know of any updates on board

2340
01:45:53,360 --> 01:45:56,239
event, so we'll just move on.

2341
01:45:56,239 --> 01:45:58,480
>> Keith start to the school year.

2342
01:45:58,480 --> 01:46:00,719
>> That Okay, there you go. It's like they

2343
01:46:00,719 --> 01:46:02,400
got they got new roofs.

2344
01:46:02,400 --> 01:46:04,159
>> They got new roofs, right? They got new

2345
01:46:04,159 --> 01:46:06,239
roofs. So, we know that's definite.

2346
01:46:06,239 --> 01:46:08,480
>> And they got a new fire panel, too, that

2347
01:46:08,480 --> 01:46:11,440
he would help, right? That's good stuff.

2348
01:46:11,440 --> 01:46:12,960
>> Excellent. All right. Uh, Board of

2349
01:46:12,960 --> 01:46:14,159
Finance, Keith Pett,

2350
01:46:14,159 --> 01:46:15,360
>> they have not met.

2351
01:46:15,360 --> 01:46:19,520
>> Okay. Uh, open space has not met. WPCA

2352
01:46:19,520 --> 01:46:21,600
is meeting next week. So, I'll be at

2353
01:46:21,600 --> 01:46:23,119
that meeting next week. So, I'll have

2354
01:46:23,119 --> 01:46:24,719
something to report at the next meeting

2355
01:46:24,719 --> 01:46:26,880
for the town council. So, that takes us

2356
01:46:26,880 --> 01:46:29,199
to RAM board of ed for Claudia.

2357
01:46:29,199 --> 01:46:31,600
>> Yes. So, I do have something to report.

2358
01:46:31,600 --> 01:46:34,320
Uh, the RAM board of education met uh

2359
01:46:34,320 --> 01:46:37,119
for their first meeting. Welcome back,

2360
01:46:37,119 --> 01:46:40,880
school year, etc. Um, as you all know,

2361
01:46:40,880 --> 01:46:42,800
um, Donna did mention that there is a

2362
01:46:42,800 --> 01:46:46,159
special meeting on September 10th, uh,

2363
01:46:46,159 --> 01:46:48,400
that the superintendent did send out a

2364
01:46:48,400 --> 01:46:51,280
letter, uh, explaining the reason for

2365
01:46:51,280 --> 01:46:55,040
the meeting and all of the various, um,

2366
01:46:55,040 --> 01:46:57,360
where, when, etc. So, the public

2367
01:46:57,360 --> 01:46:59,600
obviously is invited to listen to that

2368
01:46:59,600 --> 01:47:01,360
important announcement. on September

2369
01:47:01,360 --> 01:47:04,639
10th uh at the policy and programming

2370
01:47:04,639 --> 01:47:08,639
subcommittee meeting uh the there was a

2371
01:47:08,639 --> 01:47:12,880
approved policy passed around AI

2372
01:47:12,880 --> 01:47:14,880
artificial intelligence

2373
01:47:14,880 --> 01:47:17,520
>> which is a hot topic clearly

2374
01:47:17,520 --> 01:47:20,239
>> it needs to be for staff and students

2375
01:47:20,239 --> 01:47:23,679
and approving so that was one policy uh

2376
01:47:23,679 --> 01:47:26,239
also they approved granting the Colombia

2377
01:47:26,239 --> 01:47:29,040
students credits for art foundation and

2378
01:47:29,040 --> 01:47:30,960
algebra 1 if they pass the course and

2379
01:47:30,960 --> 01:47:34,639
choose to attend RAMP. Um the credit

2380
01:47:34,639 --> 01:47:36,480
would not go to other schools of choice

2381
01:47:36,480 --> 01:47:39,119
but they will at RAM. Hopefully it makes

2382
01:47:39,119 --> 01:47:42,320
RAM more enticing choice for the open

2383
01:47:42,320 --> 01:47:44,719
choice program or the surrounding towns

2384
01:47:44,719 --> 01:47:46,480
that participate.

2385
01:47:46,480 --> 01:47:49,440
Uh they also approved reducing nonprofit

2386
01:47:49,440 --> 01:47:53,360
costs to rent space at RAM for

2387
01:47:53,360 --> 01:47:55,440
um approved Hebrin Andover and Marbor

2388
01:47:55,440 --> 01:47:56,960
nonprofits. So, they're going to reduce

2389
01:47:56,960 --> 01:48:00,320
the rate from 175 to $100 an hour with a

2390
01:48:00,320 --> 01:48:03,600
minimum of a 4hour minimum. This came up

2391
01:48:03,600 --> 01:48:05,840
at the pre-me

2392
01:48:05,840 --> 01:48:09,040
um with the chair and the superintendent

2393
01:48:09,040 --> 01:48:10,800
with three people attending before the

2394
01:48:10,800 --> 01:48:12,159
last board of education meeting. So,

2395
01:48:12,159 --> 01:48:14,239
they were responsive to those requests

2396
01:48:14,239 --> 01:48:18,000
for assistance there. $100 an hour fee

2397
01:48:18,000 --> 01:48:20,159
will cover the cost of custodians,

2398
01:48:20,159 --> 01:48:22,480
water, electricity, etc. So they're not

2399
01:48:22,480 --> 01:48:24,800
paying for them

2400
01:48:24,800 --> 01:48:26,960
uh to use the space and the subcommittee

2401
01:48:26,960 --> 01:48:29,520
felt it makes us a good partner with the

2402
01:48:29,520 --> 01:48:31,840
regional communities to reduce the price

2403
01:48:31,840 --> 01:48:35,040
and lessen the burden on the nonprofits.

2404
01:48:35,040 --> 01:48:37,440
Um and so those subcommittee

2405
01:48:37,440 --> 01:48:39,199
recommendations will be brought to the

2406
01:48:39,199 --> 01:48:41,679
full board of ed

2407
01:48:41,679 --> 01:48:44,159
on for a vote a final vote and final

2408
01:48:44,159 --> 01:48:46,560
approval on the next general meeting on

2409
01:48:46,560 --> 01:48:50,159
September 14th. And that's it.

2410
01:48:50,159 --> 01:48:51,840
>> Very good. a lot going on.

2411
01:48:51,840 --> 01:48:52,480
>> I know.

2412
01:48:52,480 --> 01:48:55,199
>> And I'm sorry, I misspoke earlier. They

2413
01:48:55,199 --> 01:48:58,400
have met. It's just we have met three

2414
01:48:58,400 --> 01:48:59,600
times since then.

2415
01:48:59,600 --> 01:49:00,800
>> Oh, so

2416
01:49:00,800 --> 01:49:03,199
>> it's all I was thinking to myself. I'm

2417
01:49:03,199 --> 01:49:06,159
like, no, they they have met since our

2418
01:49:06,159 --> 01:49:10,000
last business meeting. Um, so the last

2419
01:49:10,000 --> 01:49:13,199
time they met, it was early last week.

2420
01:49:13,199 --> 01:49:14,719
>> Okay. And um

2421
01:49:14,719 --> 01:49:16,000
>> That's right.

2422
01:49:16,000 --> 01:49:18,960
>> Or the It was since our last visit.

2423
01:49:18,960 --> 01:49:20,960
>> Yeah. because we had a meeting

2424
01:49:20,960 --> 01:49:22,960
>> when we were here and I saw them coming

2425
01:49:22,960 --> 01:49:24,000
in. That's right.

2426
01:49:24,000 --> 01:49:26,239
>> We had all of the con the contract

2427
01:49:26,239 --> 01:49:28,400
meetings in between. So, yes,

2428
01:49:28,400 --> 01:49:30,000
>> we met several times which is throwing

2429
01:49:30,000 --> 01:49:30,480
me off.

2430
01:49:30,480 --> 01:49:30,960
>> Understood.

2431
01:49:30,960 --> 01:49:31,920
>> We're meeting all the time.

2432
01:49:31,920 --> 01:49:35,679
>> That's understood. Um so the two the two

2433
01:49:35,679 --> 01:49:39,600
things from their last meeting um they

2434
01:49:39,600 --> 01:49:44,080
went over um some of the items coming up

2435
01:49:44,080 --> 01:49:46,560
and as far as like projects and

2436
01:49:46,560 --> 01:49:49,280
everything. And so they wanted to have a

2437
01:49:49,280 --> 01:49:51,040
representative from our bond council

2438
01:49:51,040 --> 01:49:54,719
come in to speak to them about

2439
01:49:54,719 --> 01:49:57,040
things that they can do to make sure

2440
01:49:57,040 --> 01:50:00,400
that when we get our audits done that we

2441
01:50:00,400 --> 01:50:02,880
land in a good spot to have a good bond

2442
01:50:02,880 --> 01:50:05,040
rating. And they wanted to understand

2443
01:50:05,040 --> 01:50:08,080
some of the the intricacies of what goes

2444
01:50:08,080 --> 01:50:10,159
into the bond rating process.

2445
01:50:10,159 --> 01:50:10,719
>> Okay.

2446
01:50:10,719 --> 01:50:12,560
>> So they're going to go ahead and

2447
01:50:12,560 --> 01:50:14,880
schedule a meeting with our bond council

2448
01:50:14,880 --> 01:50:16,400
at one of their future meetings.

2449
01:50:16,400 --> 01:50:20,880
>> Okay. And they also um elected to create

2450
01:50:20,880 --> 01:50:25,679
a working group. So um

2451
01:50:25,679 --> 01:50:30,880
Brian O'Reilly and Adam Oman will be

2452
01:50:30,880 --> 01:50:33,679
working on the side updating some of the

2453
01:50:33,679 --> 01:50:36,480
policies to bring that language back to

2454
01:50:36,480 --> 01:50:39,360
the full board um for updating some of

2455
01:50:39,360 --> 01:50:41,679
the the financial policies. I believe

2456
01:50:41,679 --> 01:50:43,199
the first one they're going to work on

2457
01:50:43,199 --> 01:50:46,000
is the um

2458
01:50:46,000 --> 01:50:49,600
the financial fund uh policy or the fund

2459
01:50:49,600 --> 01:50:52,320
balance policy. So, they're going to

2460
01:50:52,320 --> 01:50:53,600
have a working group. They're going to

2461
01:50:53,600 --> 01:50:55,119
meet with bond commission. They're also

2462
01:50:55,119 --> 01:50:57,040
going to call in some other, you know,

2463
01:50:57,040 --> 01:50:58,960
experts to help them make some of these

2464
01:50:58,960 --> 01:51:00,080
decisions

2465
01:51:00,080 --> 01:51:02,880
>> and um hopefully we'll we'll see some

2466
01:51:02,880 --> 01:51:05,760
improvement. And hopefully soon we will

2467
01:51:05,760 --> 01:51:09,119
have a fully staffed finance department.

2468
01:51:09,119 --> 01:51:10,480
>> That would be nice. They're all looking

2469
01:51:10,480 --> 01:51:11,280
forward to that.

2470
01:51:11,280 --> 01:51:13,600
>> Fantastic initiatives.

2471
01:51:13,600 --> 01:51:16,320
>> Absolutely. Lot lot of opportunity

2472
01:51:16,320 --> 01:51:17,040
there.

2473
01:51:17,040 --> 01:51:18,320
>> Thanks, Keith.

2474
01:51:18,320 --> 01:51:19,920
>> All right. So, that brings us to our

2475
01:51:19,920 --> 01:51:21,920
second public comment. There's nobody

2476
01:51:21,920 --> 01:51:26,480
here. Uh, so is there anybody online?

2477
01:51:26,480 --> 01:51:27,760
>> We cleared the house.

2478
01:51:27,760 --> 01:51:28,080
>> Yes.

2479
01:51:28,080 --> 01:51:30,719
>> Yeah.

2480
01:51:30,719 --> 01:51:32,560
>> All right.

2481
01:51:32,560 --> 01:51:35,520
>> So, I think that will take us to an

2482
01:51:35,520 --> 01:51:38,639
executive session. So, we'll have to log

2483
01:51:38,639 --> 01:51:42,400
out of here and come back into adjourn.

2484
01:51:42,400 --> 01:51:42,960
>> Yeah.

2485
01:51:42,960 --> 01:51:47,119
>> All right. So, if we can get

2486
01:51:47,119 --> 01:51:51,830
>> We can.

2487
01:51:51,840 --> 01:51:54,239
» So, uh I move that the town council

2488
01:51:54,239 --> 01:51:58,480
enter executive session at 8:51

2489
01:51:58,480 --> 01:52:01,679
and invite in Donna Lanza, town manager

2490
01:52:01,679 --> 01:52:04,679
and