[0:02] I'll meet with Sharon too. I haven't, I haven't
[0:04] met with her.
[0:05] Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the select board meeting
[0:06] of September 15th, 2026.
[0:08] The first order of business is Pledge of Allegiance.
[0:12] I pledge allegiance to the flag
[0:14] of the United States of America
[0:16] and to the Republic for which it stands,
[0:18] one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
[0:24] Yeah. I've been texting with her.
[0:28] Pursuant to Mass General Law, chapter 30A, section 20F.
[0:32] After notifying the select board chair,
[0:33] any person may record the open session
[0:35] of this select board meeting subject
[0:37] to reasonable requirements of the chair.
[0:40] This meeting is being recorded
[0:41] by Ludlow Community Television.
[0:43] If anyone else is recording, please identify yourself now.
[0:48] None. 5:30 to 5:45. We have public comment.
[0:53] You have up to, I believe it's three minutes per subject.
[0:56] Does anyone have any public comment?
[0:59] Oh, I think I know where, why everyone's here. All right.
[1:03] So what we're gonna do is we do have a visitation at 5:45.
[1:06] Since it is a public hearing, we will wait till 5:45.
[1:09] So we're gonna go right into correspondence.
[1:13] 26 dash 132. Marc
[1:15] Strange Town Administrator letter of resignation.
[1:18] I'm just gonna read something, a short snippet here.
[1:23] On Wednesday, September 2nd, the town administrator, Mr.
[1:25] Marc Strange, tendered his resignation
[1:27] as he had accepted a new position in another municipality.
[1:30] After careful consideration, Mr.
[1:32] Strange requested to amend his notice of release
[1:34] to September 11th, 2026 instead
[1:36] of the 60 days stated in his contract.
[1:38] This will be formally voted on
[1:39] by the select board under new business.
[1:41] In this session, we thank Mr.
[1:42] Strange for his close to four years of service to the town
[1:45] of Ludlow and wish him the best in his future endeavors.
[1:51] Mr. Chairman? Mr. Gennette?
[1:54] Motion to accept Mr. Marc Strange's.
[2:02] We're gonna, resignation. Resignation.
[2:03] I don't know why I got stuck there.
[2:06] Yeah. I'm gonna move right into new business for that, for
[2:09] that item too, right now.
[2:10] Since it's just to get 'em all together.
[2:12] Yeah. Okay. I'll, I'll second that.
[2:17] Motions been made and second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye.
[2:19] Motion carries four zero.
[2:21] I'm gonna jump just to keep everything kind
[2:23] of in line over into new business
[2:28] in which is, it's on the third page board to discuss
[2:32] and possibly vote to release current town administrator from
[2:34] notice provision in order
[2:36] to allow the requested early departure.
[2:38] So, just as we had just mentioned there in the contract,
[2:42] it said 60 days notice.
[2:44] Mr. Strange, after consideration, decided to
[2:49] move that up.
[2:52] So we wanna formally make a motion.
[2:58] Mr. Chairman?
[2:59] Yes. Before we,
[3:01] before we do that, was that motion for,
[3:03] for Marc, adequate enough?
[3:04] It was kind of short ended. Do we have to put a date
[3:06] or time on there or anything?
[3:08] I figured, no. Well, that's why I think you can put the
[3:10] date and time into this motion right here.
[3:12] So it was, I have it written down.
[3:14] It was basically as of, well, September 11th. September 8th.
[3:17] But he used accrued time until the 11th.
[3:20] So the 11th at 12 o'clock was his, was his final time.
[3:23] Mr. Chairman, I don't, I don't believe we need to do any
[3:26] of these since we already had a meeting
[3:28] and we did it at that executive meeting.
[3:32] So, but I guess we can still do it. It's already done.
[3:37] I thought the, I don't know.
[3:39] Did the lawyers want it for any reason?
[3:40] Did they specify? I, I mean, I'm
[3:43] just asking.
[3:44] No, I think it's just more to have it out in public that,
[3:46] that we're going through this process.
[3:47] Oh. If it's just a formality, I, yeah, I might agree with
[3:52] Manny, but I will, Mr.
[3:56] Chairman, I vote on assistant town
[3:59] administrator, HR Director
[4:01] Carrie Ribeiro. What
[4:04] was that?
[4:05] Bump up one board to discuss
[4:08] and possibly votes to release current town administrator.
[4:10] Did you already do it? Well, we
[4:11] just did that.
[4:12] Yeah, that's what we just talked.
[4:13] Do we have, we had a second, but we didn't have a vote on it.
[4:16] You, there was no second, did you second? I.
[4:18] You did, but there was no vote. No vote. Okay.
[4:21] Motion been made and second. All in favor? Aye. Aye.
[4:27] Now the next one.
[4:31] Board to discuss and possibly vote on assistant town
[4:33] administrator, HR Director.
[4:34] Carrie Ribeiro.
[4:36] New contract as interim town administrator
[4:38] until a permanent town administrator is appointed.
[4:41] Sorry, Mr. Chairman, I, I thought you had
[4:42] already done that.
[4:43] No, no, that's fine.
[4:45] Mr. Chairman? Mr. Gennette.
[4:47] I move to vote on assistant. I, sorry.
[4:50] I move to appoint assistant town administrator,
[4:53] HR director, Carrie Ribeiro.
[4:55] New contract as interim town administrator
[4:58] until the permanent town administrator is appointed.
[5:01] We can't technically do this
[5:03] because the contract is not finalized.
[5:07] So this is a mute point as well.
[5:11] Well, we can appoint, but we, we can, when we do,
[5:13] we're actually appointing, but when the contract's, right,
[5:16] done, then it'll be retroed back.
[5:18] So at this point we're appointed. You still gotta appoint.
[5:21] We still have to appoint. And actually both of these were
[5:24] suggested by the attorney.
[5:27] Okay. Well then, then I made the motion.
[5:30] I mean, I followed it, but it was, that's something else.
[5:33] But would you like me to redo it or no?
[5:37] No. You said yes. Okay. You said it all. Second?
[5:41] Second. Motion's been made and second.
[5:43] All in favor? Aye. Aye. Motion carries four zero.
[5:50] Back to correspondence. 26 dash 133. Brian Bylicki.
[5:54] Request to be appointed to
[5:55] the first meeting house committee. Mr.
[5:57] Mr. Chairman. The next, the next two items.
[6:00] I believe we already did this in the, at the last meeting,
[6:04] both Mr.
[6:07] Bylicki and Elaine Hodgman, we appointed them
[6:09] to the first meeting house committee last meeting.
[6:12] Was it the same people or was it?
[6:14] Yeah, I thought that was, it was different people.
[6:16] Community preservation.
[6:18] Oh, that was, might have been CTA.
[6:21] Are they, oh, this, huh? I
[6:23] think it was a different committee.
[6:25] It was a, okay. We can reappoint them.
[6:27] It's same thing, but I thought we did it.
[6:30] Okay. Mr. Chair?
[6:33] I'm not sure because one of these
[6:34] for Elaine Hodgman came in on September 1st.
[6:36] The request, and your last meeting was September 1st.
[6:39] I don't think it, it wouldn't have made the agenda.
[6:40] Yeah, I think it was a
[6:41] different committee the last time.
[6:43] Well, either way we should go through the motions. Yes.
[6:46] Alright. Mr. Chairman, I move to appoint Brian Bylicki
[6:49] to the First Meeting House Committee.
[6:51] Second.
[6:53] Motion been made and second.
[6:54] All in favor? Aye. Aye. Motion carries. Four zero. Mr.
[6:57] Chairman, hold on. No, they weren't
[6:59] on the last one. We had CPA, CPA.
[7:02] Two, two different people from
[7:04] the First Meeting House Committee.
[7:06] I just wanted to double check. So, okay, go ahead.
[7:11] Next, four zero.
[7:15] Mr. Chairman? Yes.
[7:17] I move to appoint Elaine Hodgman
[7:20] to the First Meeting House Committee.
[7:22] Second. Motion has been made and second. All in favor?
[7:25] Aye. Motion carries 4-0. 26 dash 135.
[7:30] Danella Stewart request
[7:32] to be appointed as an election worker.
[7:34] Mr. Chairman? Mr. Gennette.
[7:36] I move to approve Danella Stewart
[7:38] to be appointed as an election worker. Second.
[7:42] Motion's been made
[7:43] and second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye.
[7:44] Motion carries four zero.
[7:49] Board to appoint the following
[7:50] to the Community Preservation Act Committee.
[7:54] Bud Ellison. Oh yeah. Planning board.
[7:57] Caroline Suska Conservation Commission.
[8:00] Joel Alves, Ludlow Housing Authority.
[8:02] And Sean McBride Recreation Commission.
[8:07] Mr. Chairman? Mr. Gennette.
[8:09] I move to approve, appoint, the following
[8:12] to the community preservation, appoint.
[8:13] What? Appoint. I move to appoint the following residents
[8:19] to the Community Preservation Act Committee.
[8:21] Bud Ellison Planning Board.
[8:24] Caroline Suska Conservation Commission.
[8:26] Joel Alves, Ludlow Housing Authority. And Sean McBride.
[8:30] Recreation Committee.
[8:32] Second. Motion been made and second. All in favor? Aye.
[8:36] Aye. Aye. 26 dash 137
[8:40] Juan Rodriguez, request to use gazebo for a wedding
[8:44] ceremony on Saturday, September 19th, 2026.
[8:47] 11:45 AM to 12:30 PM.
[8:53] Mr. Chairman?
[8:54] Mr. Gennette.
[8:55] Has this been vetted out?
[8:56] Do we know that this is available?
[8:58] I know that, you know, we have planned,
[9:03] scheduled things through fall for the gazebo.
[9:07] Usually it is vetted out,
[9:09] but with the change that we're going through,
[9:11] I just kinda wanted to make sure that it is available.
[9:14] Yes, we did check into that.
[9:15] And there is another wedding there that day,
[9:17] but it's in the evening, so it does not conflict. Perfect.
[9:20] Yeah, all the department approvals are on there too.
[9:24] Like rec, police and fire and all that.
[9:27] Yeah. Most have signed already.
[9:32] Okay. Mr. Chairman?
[9:34] Mr. Gennette,
[9:36] I move to approve the request for Juan Rodriguez
[9:40] to use the gazebo for a wedding ceremony on Saturday,
[9:44] September 19th, 2026 from 11:45 AM to 12:30 PM
[9:49] and congratulations on your wedding.
[9:52] Second. Motion's been made and second. All in favor?
[9:55] Aye. Aye. Motion carries 4-0. 26 dash 138.
[10:01] Donald Longley Hercworx requesting letter of support
[10:04] for installing a sculpture at Whitney Park.
[10:09] I do have, Mr. one.
[10:17] I, I did see like a picture or a rendering.
[10:20] I, I didn't know if Whitney Park was the place
[10:22] for it though, that I was just, I didn't
[10:23] know what, what the best
[10:26] place for it would be.
[10:27] So, Mr. Chairman, if I may, sure.
[10:29] I think we had a similar request.
[10:31] I don't know if it was from the same gentleman last year.
[10:34] This was part of the, the Cultural Council Awards grants.
[10:38] I think I, what we did last year was refer it to them.
[10:41] I mean, if they're gonna approve it, I don't want to,
[10:43] I think we did approve it and they, it went, that one was
[10:45] for the Riverwalk.
[10:48] And I think we also at the time shot a note
[10:52] to the DPW to, you know,
[10:55] to see what they thought about it.
[10:57] About placement and all that. Yeah.
[10:58] So need location and make sure it's in the right spot.
[11:01] Right, right. That's just my concern
[11:03] mostly is the right spot.
[11:04] But also then, so you want
[11:07] to refer this to cultural council?
[11:08] I would refer to, to the cultural council. Yeah.
[11:10] I don't want, I mean, we have a council for a reason.
[11:13] I'm not.
[11:15] The, the other thing that I looked at it
[11:16] and I was just curious of what it's made out of.
[11:19] And it looks like could have sharp edges or not.
[11:22] If it's metal and this is, this park has a lot
[11:25] of children and you know, they're gonna climb.
[11:27] So I just would like to somebody to at least check it out
[11:31] and make sure it's not dangerous.
[11:35] So then as Mr. Alves was saying,
[11:36] I would say just refer it to cultural council.
[11:38] Have them vet it and then they, if they approve of it
[11:40] and then it comes back to us.
[11:42] Yep. And DPW for placement.
[11:46] I think that's the way to go. Okay.
[11:51] We can get in. So we'll kind of
[11:56] table. 26 139 Eversource
[12:01] notification of substation work located at
[12:03] 993 Center Street.
[12:04] Expected to begin October, 2026 and end March, 2027.
[12:10] Mr. Chairman, motion to file.
[12:11] Second. Motion's been made and second. All in favor? Aye.
[12:15] Aye. Motion carries. Passes.
[12:17] 4-0. 26 dash 140 Eversource
[12:21] liquified natural gas fact sheet.
[12:23] Mr. Chairman? Mr. Silva.
[12:26] Just let residents know if you have any issues
[12:30] with either actually of these items is
[12:33] we have the information office.
[12:34] You can come in and check the fact sheet if you are so,
[12:37] so inclined to do so. And I move to file.
[12:39] Second. Second. Motion
[12:41] has been made
[12:42] and second. All in favor? Aye. Aye.
[12:43] Motion carries four zero. So I'm gonna do,
[12:48] I'm gonna go to new business.
[12:49] I'm gonna skip unfinished business.
[12:51] I'm gonna go board to approve and sign
[12:52] minutes for meeting of September 1st, 2026.
[12:58] Mr. Chairman? Mr. Gennette.
[13:02] I move to approve the select board meeting minutes
[13:05] for September 1st, 2026 with all members present.
[13:08] Second. Yeah [inaudible] two minutes. Motion's
[13:13] been made and second. All in favor? Aye. Aye.
[13:16] I'm gonna skip down one more.
[13:17] We got a couple minutes board to discuss
[13:19] and possibly approve requests from Ludlow clock tower 5K
[13:22] to waive detail fees from Ludlow Police Department.
[13:26] Did you wanna come up for just a second?
[13:28] We got a couple minutes. I, instead
[13:30] of having you wait till after.
[13:32] Thank you. You can thank Mr. Alves for that.
[13:35] Got it. Got it.
[13:43] Did, in the past, did we waive it in the past? You did.
[13:46] Okay. We did? I just. First year
[13:47] you did. Yes. Okay. That's my
[13:50] only question. Anyone else?
[13:52] No. Mr. Chairman, it is in the details here.
[13:54] The cost that we would be waiving is a little over $500.
[13:58] Yep. So I have
[14:02] no qualms with that.
[14:06] Any other questions or a motion?
[14:12] I'd make a motion that we approve the request
[14:14] to waive the detail fees for the clock tower 5K.
[14:18] Second. Motions been made and second. All in favor? Aye. Aye.
[14:22] Aye. Motion carries. Four zero.
[14:24] Didn't even have to say anything. We're
[14:26] approved then the, the application was
[14:28] officially approved?
[14:29] We? Yeah. [inaudible] Yeah. Okay. Alright. Good. Good.
[14:33] Awesome. Thank you guys. You're welcome.
[14:35] Have a good night. Have a good night. Thanks, you too.
[14:38] Okay. By the time I finish reading this, it'll be 5:45.
[14:42] We have a visitation for 5:45 PM public hearing
[14:47] Ludlow Elks Lodge Number 2448.
[14:50] Change of officers slash directors, change of manager,
[14:53] change of corporate structure.
[14:57] Open the public hearing and it is 5:45 now.
[15:00] Mr. Chairman, I make a motion to open the public
[15:02] hearing at 5:45
[15:04] for the Elks Lodge.
[15:12] No, just a hearing. It's public. Do I have a second?
[15:16] Second. Yeah, that's what I thought.
[15:19] Motions been made and second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye.
[15:22] Motion carries. We're open.
[15:24] Gentlemen, if you'd like to come on up,
[15:26] just state your name.
[15:31] My name is Ken Rickson. I'm the treasurer. I'm Ken Charest.
[15:34] I am the secretary. Okay. Okay.
[15:40] Go ahead.
[15:41] So first of all, here is the requested checks.
[15:45] Yeah. Don't give it to us. [inaudible]
[15:48] We'll keep them. Get them. We
[15:51] get accused of enough. So.
[15:54] We were, we were here last fall for a manager change.
[15:58] And when we submitted it to the ABCC,
[16:01] they had some questions about our existence.
[16:05] It seems that when we were an unincorporated association,
[16:09] way back when the lodge was begun, simple, you didn't have
[16:13] to file anything with the Secretary of State.
[16:15] All we needed was a charter from the Grand Lodge,
[16:18] which we've had all this time.
[16:20] So to make a long story short, we had
[16:24] to incorporate in order to get the ABCC
[16:27] to approve our manager change.
[16:29] We also had a change of officers over the years.
[16:32] And so the third item is the change of structure.
[16:35] We are no longer, we will no longer be an
[16:37] unincorporated association.
[16:39] We will be a corporation.
[16:41] We will be known as Ludlow
[16:42] Lodge number 24 4, 2448 Comma Inc.
[16:48] And we will operate under that moniker going forward.
[16:52] Nothing in our operations changes,
[16:55] but the work we had to do was almost like
[16:58] starting a business from scratch.
[16:59] All new bank accounts, all new arrangements
[17:02] with regulatory authorities
[17:05] and of course with the ABCC.
[17:08] Gentlemen are gonna need
[17:09] to change your shirt. You're gonna need to
[17:11] put, you gotta put inc on that shirt.
[17:18] Mr. Chairman?
[17:19] Mr. Silva. I don't see anything that we actually
[17:23] would be in charge of,
[17:27] of deciding on some of these things
[17:31] unless we've had some serious complaints.
[17:33] Whether, whether it's police department
[17:35] building or anything.
[17:36] And I haven't heard anything. Nope.
[17:40] So I don't see that there's a, an issue at all with this.
[17:44] You, you know, basically [inadible]
[17:46] ABCC has approved and everything.
[17:49] So, right. With the licenses.
[17:51] Yeah. They're just waiting on you guys to,
[17:52] waiting on you guys, to acknowledge the whole,
[17:55] you basically acknowledge the
[17:56] existence. Yeah. The license.
[17:58] And the license. And
[17:59] agree to the manager change.
[18:00] And then, so all this, which you did in December. But we had to do it again.
[18:03] All this time that you've been there and you've
[18:04] charged people for.
[18:06] You have to give them, you weren't in existence.
[18:10] So.
[18:13] Mr.
[18:14] Chairman?
[18:15] Just one.
[18:16] Sure. One second. So change
[18:18] of officers, directors, change of manager.
[18:20] They're all the same people that we did before? Yes. Yes.
[18:22] Okay. Just say, I mean it's in there like that.
[18:24] I just wanna make sure that
[18:25] there wasn't any change in position.
[18:27] Exactly like it was in December.
[18:28] Okay. Except we're a corporation
[18:29] now.
[18:30] No. Just wanted to get it out
[18:31] so that everyone understood that.
[18:33] So, Mr. Gennette.
[18:34] Mr.
[18:35] Chairman, I move to approve the license certification
[18:40] for the Ludlow Elks Lodge number 2448 Incorporated.
[18:45] And additionally acknowledge the change of manager,
[18:48] the change of officers, directors, LLC managers
[18:50] and the change of corporate structure
[18:52] to be recognized by the town of Ludlow.
[18:54] Second. Motion's been made and
[18:56] second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Motion carries four zero.
[19:01] Thank you very much. Yeah, no
[19:02] problem.
[19:03] Let us know when you're making new shirts.
[19:05] They should just say dot inc on 'em. Everybody will know.
[19:08] While, while we're here from time to time, we have
[19:13] monies that we want to contribute to charitable purposes.
[19:17] I have two checks here.
[19:18] One for the Ludlow Police Department for the canine union
[19:22] and one for the Ludlow Fire Department of $1,000 each
[19:25] that we would like to present to the town. Oh
[19:28] wow.
[19:29] Thank you very much. We appreciate it. That's good stuff right there.
[19:30] Thank you guys. Thank you. I'll, and we get a picture with you guys
[19:34] with the Chiefs when I know Chief
[19:36] Brennan's at a conference right now.
[19:37] But thank you very much. Carrie get this out of my hands.
[19:41] Thank you for your help. Yeah,
[19:44] we don't take checks. Thank
[19:44] you guys very much. Thank you.
[19:46] Good night. Good night. I gotta get my new [inaudible]
[19:50] I was supposed to join. Yes.
[19:52] Thanks guys. Thank you guys. Have a good night. Have
[19:54] a good night.
[19:55] Mr. Chair. I make a motion to close the public hearing
[19:57] at 5:50. Second.
[20:00] Motion's been made and second. All in favor? Aye. Aye.
[20:03] Motion carries. Four zero.
[20:08] Okay, we're gonna go back to, I skipped over one
[20:11] because I, I didn't know if there was any, gonna be any
[20:13] long lengthy discussion.
[20:15] Unfinished business board to discuss
[20:17] and possibly adopt a fuel efficient vehicle policy
[20:20] tabled from September 1st.
[20:21] Mr. Chairman? Mr. Gennette. We
[20:23] tabled this last time because I don't think anybody had
[20:26] really had an opportunity to kinda
[20:27] review what was put forth.
[20:29] This is part of the green community's designation steps.
[20:33] It's the last one actually.
[20:36] It has to go before the school committee.
[20:37] It has to go before us to get approved.
[20:40] Right now, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission has all
[20:44] of the paperwork put together
[20:46] and they're waiting for this to be able to submit it
[20:49] to the DOER. From me
[20:54] to everybody listening,
[20:55] this fuel efficiency vehicle policy
[20:58] isn't a stretch for us.
[20:59] We already do the things in this policy.
[21:04] Mr. Chairman? Mr. Alves.
[21:07] Mr.
[21:08] Gennette, I, correct my memory.
[21:11] I thought we tabled it last time to wait
[21:15] to see what the school said.
[21:16] I thought we were okay,
[21:18] but we were waiting for them if they had any opinions.
[21:21] We don't. No? It really doesn't. Because
[21:23] if they, if they need to.
[21:26] Well, they could do the same to us.
[21:28] So somebody's gotta go. We both need to be approval.
[21:31] I'm just saying, I thought that's the
[21:32] whole reason why we didn't vote last time.
[21:34] Oh, oh no. I, I thought it was, we were tabling it
[21:36] just 'cause this board needed an opportunity
[21:38] to get their heads wrapped around it.
[21:42] I'm, I'm fine. Has the
[21:45] school committee done it? They haven't?
[21:46] They're doing it at their next meeting.
[21:48] It's already there. Okay.
[21:49] And they're getting visited by Pioneer
[21:51] Valley Planning Commission.
[21:53] Anan, who is the
[21:56] person who's putting it all together is going to go to
[21:58] that school board meeting.
[22:00] Okay. Is that tonight, is school board meeting tonight
[22:02] or tomorrow?
[22:03] I think it's tomorrow. I think
[22:05] it's on Tuesdays.
[22:06] I thought they were opposite weeks
[22:08] from us. I could be wrong.
[22:10] I don't know. But I was talking to the superintendent.
[22:14] She knows it's coming. Sue Santos has it on their agenda.
[22:19] Okay. And they will be attended.
[22:23] Okay. Mr.
[22:25] Chairman, I move to approve, adopt
[22:29] the fuel efficiency vehicle policy
[22:31] tabled from September 1st.
[22:34] Second. Motions been made and second. All in favor?
[22:36] Aye. Aye. Aye. Motion carries. Four zero.
[22:39] Thank you gentlemen. New business board to discuss
[22:44] and possibly approve requests from the public safety
[22:47] complex for $5,448
[22:49] and 90 cents from building infrastructure funds
[22:52] for telephone system upgrade.
[22:58] Mr. Chairman? Mr. Gennette.
[23:01] This doesn't fall under capital.
[23:04] It's not enough. Right. But it is building.
[23:07] I, I believe we've considered
[23:09] telephone systems building infrastructure since
[23:12] the school moved over.
[23:13] And I think the town is on the same, same system, right?
[23:16] Yes. Yes. Do we know if this is the same system
[23:21] that the public safety complex is gonna be at? Different,
[23:24] it's gonna be a different system because it's public safety.
[23:27] Yes. It's different. Thank you.
[23:37] Did you? I was just asking a question. Oh,
[23:39] I thought you. No, I didn't make the motion.
[23:41] Oh, I was, I mean I can make the motion if everybody's,
[23:44] if no, there's no other questions. I'm good.
[23:45] Good. Mr. Chairman, I move to approve the request
[23:49] for the public safety complex for $5,448
[23:52] and 90 cents from the building infrastructure funds
[23:56] for the telephone system upgrade.
[23:57] Second.
[23:59] Motion's been made
[24:00] and second. All in favor? Aye. Aye.
[24:02] Motion carries four zero.
[24:08] Board to approve and sign the application for license
[24:10] to conduct a one day game commonly known as Beano
[24:14] for the Ludlow Fire Department Social Club purse bingo at the
[24:17] Polish American Club on Friday,
[24:19] September 18th from 6:00 PM to 12:00 PM
[24:22] Mr. Chairman?
[24:24] Mr. Alves.
[24:25] Make a motion that we approve
[24:25] and sign the application for the one day game,
[24:29] commonly known as Beano.
[24:31] Is that the same as bingo? I don't know.
[24:33] For the Ludlow Fire Department Social Club purse bingo
[24:37] at the Polish American Club.
[24:40] September 18th from six to 12.
[24:45] Second. Motion has been made and second. All in favor? Aye.
[24:49] Aye. Aye. Board to close special town meeting warrant.
[25:00] Are we good on this? It's just, they, it's just,
[25:04] there was a couple things on the motions that they need to fix
[25:06] and then insert 'em. Just
[25:07] the, the background, right?
[25:08] Yeah, the background. But there was some small minor,
[25:11] just grammatical changes that Amy made today.
[25:15] And I have a call, I'm gonna have a call
[25:16] with Brian tomorrow. Okay.
[25:18] To discuss [inaudible] but this, this is final. Yes.
[25:23] Need to vote on the articles as well, right?
[25:25] Yep, yep. Yep.
[25:45] So, okay, so the first article, article one,
[25:49] anybody wanna read this?
[25:52] Appropriate funds for unpaid bills
[25:54] from previous fiscal years.
[26:00] Yeah the, Mr. Chairman, this,
[26:01] I don't think we normally go through the whole line items.
[26:04] It's just to pay the bills. Those are
[26:06] okay.
[26:07] Yeah, no, these are okay.
[26:07] Yep.
[26:20] Two. The board of health request.
[26:22] Yeah. See if the town vote to transfer
[26:24] and appropriate certain sum of money.
[26:26] Estimated $5,250 from the health department
[26:29] to fund membership in the Pioneer Valley mosquito controlled
[26:32] district pursuant to Mass General Law.
[26:34] Chapter 252, section 5A
[26:36] and other applicable sections of said law.
[26:41] Okay with that. Yeah.
[26:45] We don't need to make motions to include 'em one by one.
[26:47] I thought that's? No, I think we, how it's traditionally
[26:48] done.
[26:49] just go through and then we can approve it.
[26:50] Yeah, just approve it as a whole,
[26:51] as the whole, whole packet to go.
[26:54] Unless you want to, I don't, unless you decide
[26:57] nix, you wanna nix one. I
[26:58] don't think that's how it's been done in the past
[26:59] is, is what I'm saying.
[27:03] I think you should make motions
[27:04] to include each one one by one.
[27:09] Manny, is that typical? Hmm? Is that typical? Do you
[27:13] normally? We've, we've done it both ways,
[27:14] but we certainly can approve each article as you go through.
[27:17] Unless there's one specific article that
[27:21] anyone has an issue with
[27:23] or something, then you can discuss that one. But.
[27:25] Well, I think that was kind of how we did it.
[27:27] If there was one out there that was kind of contentious,
[27:30] we would do an individual vote and vote for that.
[27:32] But if there wasn't one and this is mild. We would go
[27:34] through and see if we were okay and then like once
[27:35] before we did it with the dog, dog with leash.
[27:38] We did. We just pulled it. We [inaudible]
[27:40] Yeah. But I believe, I believe we discussed
[27:41] a lot of this stuff already.
[27:42] Yeah. Previously.
[27:43] And this is the final draft
[27:45] of what's going to the town meeting.
[27:47] If there's, only if there's an issue with it,
[27:48] do we really discuss it.
[27:50] But I, I don't see any issue with it. So.
[27:52] I, I currently don't have any issues
[27:53] with any of the articles in here.
[27:54] Nope. So I, I mean if, if anybody does
[27:58] and would like to discuss them then, then obviously
[28:01] we'll, and we're just closing the meeting anyway.
[28:03] Yeah. Can always open it.
[28:06] Yeah. That's the other, that's true. Alright.
[28:08] If we gotta go back at it.
[28:12] Anthony, well if you want we can,
[28:13] we, we can do 'em individually if you want.
[28:15] Go ahead. So article one, article
[28:17] one [inaudible]
[28:19] Make a motion.
[28:22] Make a motion to include article
[28:24] one on the warrant. Second.
[28:26] Motion's been made and second. All in favor? Aye.
[28:28] Aye. Article two.
[28:30] That's the transfer and appropriate a certain sum of money.
[28:33] $5,250 in the health department
[28:36] to fund membership in the Pioneer Valley Mosquito
[28:38] Control District.
[28:42] Mr. Chairman.
[28:43] I make a motion to include Article two on the warrant.
[28:45] Second. Motion has been made and second. All in favor? Aye.
[28:48] Aye.
[28:51] Article three, read this one.
[28:56] To see if the town will vote to amend the general bylaws
[28:58] of the town of Ludlow by adding a new departmental revolving
[29:01] fund pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 44
[29:04] Section 53E
[29:06] and a half to be known
[29:08] as the Mills, Mill Towns vaccine revolving fund.
[29:11] Pursuant to the mill town shared Public Health Services
[29:14] Intermunicipal agreement into which shall be deposit fees,
[29:19] charges, insurance reimbursements,
[29:21] vaccine administration reimbursements,
[29:23] and other receipts received by the town
[29:25] of Ludlow in, in connection with vaccine programs
[29:29] and clinics conducted by the town, including programs
[29:32] and clinics conducted by Ludlow in its capacity
[29:34] as lead municipality under the mill town Shared Public
[29:38] Health Services intermunicipal agreement
[29:41] to authorize expenders from the fund for vaccine purchases
[29:44] and other costs associated with the operation
[29:46] of such programs and clinics.
[29:48] And to amend section two dash 42
[29:52] of the general bylaws entitled Departmental Revolving Funds
[29:55] table revolving funds to establish one,
[29:58] the Department, board, committee, agency
[30:00] or other authorized to spend from fund. Two,
[30:04] the fees, charges, or other receipts created
[30:06] are credited to the fund.
[30:08] Three, the program
[30:10] or activity expenses payable from fund. Four,
[30:14] the restrictions or conditions on expenses, if any,
[30:16] payable from fund. Five,
[30:19] any other requirements, reports. Six, applicable fiscal years.
[30:24] And seven, the spending limit from such fund.
[30:39] Mr. Chairman I make a motion to include
[30:40] Article three on the warrant. Second.
[30:42] Motion's been made and second. All in favor?
[30:44] Aye. Aye. Aye. Article four
[30:47] to see if the town will vote to amend the existing zoning
[30:49] bylaws of the town of Ludlow by making certain
[30:52] recodifications, revisions, amendments,
[30:54] and restructuring is shown on the proposed version on file
[30:58] with the town clerk entitled Reorganize Ludlow Zoning Bylaws
[31:02] or take any action relative thereto.
[31:14] Mr. Chairman, I move that we approve Article four since
[31:17] it's a zoning articles
[31:18] and it's planning board's article.
[31:23] Second. Motions been made and
[31:26] second. All in favor? Aye. Aye.
[31:27] Article five zoning bylaw amendment data centers.
[31:31] See if the town will vote to amend the zoning bylaws
[31:33] of the town of Ludlow by one inserting into the table
[31:37] of principle uses a new row under the category
[31:39] of industrial uses, which row shall correspond to the use
[31:43] of large scale data centers.
[31:45] And to insert the letter n
[31:47] in each resulting column to signify that the use of
[31:51] large scale data centers is prohibited in every zoning
[31:54] district within the town of Ludlow.
[31:56] And two, inserting the following definitions of data centers
[31:59] and large scale data centers into the definitions article
[32:02] of the zoning bylaws
[32:03] to be inserted alphabetically by the town clerk.
[32:42] Mr. Chairman? Mr.
[32:44] Alves. So we just got this what,
[32:48] like half hour ago?
[32:50] Literally. Yes. I, I'm not saying I'm for
[32:54] or against this, but I'm going
[32:58] to abstain from whatever decision we make
[33:00] because this is pretty in depth
[33:01] and I just got this 20 minutes ago,
[33:04] so I can't make a sound decision on this.
[33:07] Mr. Chairman? Anthony, we,
[33:10] we, we're not voting on these articles.
[33:12] We're voting just to send them. No,
[33:14] that, that's understood. That's
[33:15] understood.
[33:16] We're not, I mean, you can still not vote for it.
[33:18] I, I fully appreciate that. Yeah.
[33:21] But even to put something forward
[33:22] that I haven't seen, I'm not.
[33:24] Okay, I'm just saying
[33:26] 'cause it's not our article. It's a planning board article.
[33:28] I, I understand that completely.
[33:29] Okay. Alright.
[33:35] Mr.
[33:35] Chairman, I move to approve the article,
[33:37] article five to, in the warrant.
[33:39] Second. Motions been made
[33:41] and second. All in favor? Aye.
[33:43] Aye. Aye. Three, abstain, zero, abstain.
[33:45] One abstain.
[33:49] Article six. Zoning bylaw amendment accessory dwelling
[33:52] units to see if the town will vote to amend zoning bylaws
[33:55] of the town of Ludlow as follows, deleting the text marked
[33:58] with a strike through and adding the boulder text.
[34:03] One off street parking space must be
[34:05] provided for all ADUs, which is accessory dwelling units
[34:09] unless any portion
[34:10] of the lot is located within a 0.5 mile radius
[34:14] of a transit station as specified in 760
[34:17] CMR 71.00
[34:21] ET sequence.
[34:23] I think that's what that means. In which case,
[34:25] no additional on street or off street parking is required.
[34:27] Parking when required may be in a driveway or a garage.
[34:36] [inaudible] that you're gonna do the same with this.
[34:39] This one's pretty straightforward.
[34:41] Alright, make
[34:45] a motion to include article six.
[34:48] Second. Motions been made and second.
[34:50] All in favor? Aye. Aye. Motion carries four zero.
[34:53] Article seven to see if the town will vote pursuant
[34:55] to general law chapter 59, section 38H and
[34:59] or any other applicable statute
[35:02] to authorize the select board to negotiate
[35:03] and enter into a personal property tax agreement
[35:06] with the owner currently known
[35:09] as Ludlow Mass West Street Solar, LLC
[35:12] of the 2.7 megawatt solar photovoltaic
[35:17] energy generating facility located,
[35:19] located at 155 West Street.
[35:21] Ludlow Map 2D parcel one Massachusetts, upon such terms
[35:26] and conditions, as the select board shall deem
[35:28] to be in the best interest of the town
[35:29] and to authorize the select board
[35:30] to take all actions necessary or appropriate to administer
[35:34] and implement such agreement, including
[35:38] but not limited to passing any vote
[35:40] or taking any other action relative thereto.
[35:44] Mr. Chairman, I move that we approve Article seven
[35:47] in the special town meeting.
[35:51] Second. Motions been made and second. All in favor? Aye.
[35:56] Aye. Aye.
[36:02] I am kind of sick of land being slapped
[36:04] with solar panels though.
[36:07] No choice. Yeah, I know. And that would be it.
[36:11] So can I have a motion
[36:15] to close the special town meeting warrant?
[36:19] Mr. Chairman motion to close the special town meeting warrant.
[36:21] Second. Motions been made
[36:24] and second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye.
[36:27] Chairman to approve and sign all bills, warrants
[36:29] and abatements, a record of all
[36:30] warrants is in the select board's office for
[36:32] perusal until provided to the town accountant's office.
[36:35] Board updates, miscellaneous,
[36:38] statements, grievances.
[36:44] Mr. Chairman? Mr. Gennette
[36:47] I'm sure, I'm sure that you have received the letter from
[36:53] Chief Brennan regarding that email
[36:58] for recognizing the people that helped out.
[37:01] Yes. Did you want to address that?
[37:06] Well, you, do you wanna read it
[37:08] or do you want me?
[37:09] I, I can read it if you'd like, if it's. Yeah,
[37:10] no, go ahead.
[37:11] That's fine. You can read it.
[37:12] I, I will say this though, is that we, we did,
[37:14] I did discuss this with the chief at,
[37:17] on the ceremony on 9/11, is that it'll be at their
[37:21] discretion as to when we do this.
[37:24] So do you want to hold off for now? I,
[37:26] I would. Yeah.
[37:27] I, yeah, I would just
[37:29] because I know that [inaudible] so.
[37:34] We'll hold off then, that's why I was asking.
[37:35] We'll hold on that until it comes time. Perfect.
[37:38] Thank you. Mr.
[37:42] Chairman, Public Safety Facilities Committee met.
[37:47] I think that I gave you this update already,
[37:49] but the board is doing pretty good work.
[37:52] They've started drafting some,
[37:56] some forward looking plans.
[37:58] They have obviously a long road ahead of 'em,
[38:00] but they're doing, they're doing good work,
[38:02] getting established and starting to get rolling.
[38:04] So just give you an update on that one.
[38:09] What else did I have? I think
[38:10] that's about it for me for tonight.
[38:11] Mr. Chairman. Thank you.
[38:13] Thank you Mr. Gennette. Mr. Silva?
[38:17] Oh, the only thing, the only thing I really have is that
[38:22] by now you have heard
[38:25] that we've lost our executive secretary
[38:28] or director, whatever.
[38:31] There's, there's like 60 different names for administrator.
[38:37] So that, I just want people to realize this.
[38:41] And we do have an interim,
[38:44] which is Carrie Ribeiro sitting over here with us.
[38:47] And I just want you to be patient with a lot of requests,
[38:50] a lot of things that you might be calling in.
[38:53] And because we are very short staffed now, so
[38:58] be patient, put your requests in and, and sit back
[39:01] and I'm sure you'll get a reply.
[39:04] It's gonna be a couple tough months.
[39:06] I would say three, four months. I, it's gonna be tough.
[39:11] Our department's still gotta function.
[39:16] We still gotta do a lot, a lot of work before we close
[39:20] and the books and also
[39:23] before we come through with a new tax rate and,
[39:28] and it's gonna be a little hectic.
[39:29] So be patient. That's all. Thank you.
[39:33] Thank you Mr. Silva. Mr. Alves?
[39:37] Yeah, just a couple announcements. A couple of events.
[39:43] September 19th at the Elks
[39:45] Lodge, Inc.
[39:49] Right? Is that what I'm supposed to? Elks Lodge 4228 Inc.
[39:55] From 10 to four there is the Northeastern Avian Summit.
[40:02] Looks like all things birds here, raffles, kids
[40:08] activities, $3 per person or $5 per family.
[40:12] Also on September 19th is the softball field opening
[40:17] ceremony at the Randall's Boys
[40:19] and Girls Club at 11:30 AM.
[40:23] Rain date, September 21st.
[40:26] Also for the Ludlow Boys and Girls Club.
[40:29] September 24th at Ludlow Country Club.
[40:33] Dinner, Boys and Girls Club
[40:36] annual meeting from 5:30 to 8:00.
[40:41] And those are the announcements.
[40:42] I do not have anything additional.
[40:47] Thank you Mr. Alves.
[40:50] Well, just, just to go along with that, the,
[40:53] the pre-meeting, the question answer meeting, is
[40:55] that gonna be still scheduled or are we gonna?
[40:59] I believe so.
[41:00] I, I did speak to planning
[41:01] and they do still want to have the pre town meeting.
[41:05] So that would be the 28th? The
[41:08] 28th at 6:00 PM in the high school auditorium?
[41:11] Yes. Oh,
[41:12] that's, so I'll, I'll, I guess thank you.
[41:14] I was, we will be having a pre special town meeting meeting
[41:19] to go over the articles on September 28th,
[41:22] which is a Monday at 6:00 PM in the high school auditorium.
[41:25] Anyone that has any questions on the articles, generally,
[41:29] this is a very light town warrant,
[41:31] but if anyone has any questions, feel free to come that day
[41:34] with your questions and I'm sure the appropriate departments
[41:39] will be able to give you some answers.
[41:43] I guess that was my statement, sorry. No, that's okay.
[41:50] No, otherwise yes, please.
[41:52] You know, we're, we're going through a transition period
[41:54] right now and there's a lot of things,
[41:58] a lot of moving parts right now.
[41:59] So if people could be patient
[42:02] and we're in very capable hands
[42:06] with our interim town administrator slash HR director, so
[42:13] little changing of the guard.
[42:14] So until we have a permanent replacement.
[42:17] That is all I have.
[42:21] I believe that's it. Anyone? Good?
[42:26] Mr Chairman. Motion to close the meeting at 6:12.
[42:30] Second. Motions been made and second. All in favor? Aye. Aye.
[42:34] Aye. Good night. Thanks everybody. Have a good night.
[42:36] Thank you.