[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.

Select Board

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