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[0:00] No, no, no, no, no. I don't think there's planning to be here. So, we'll have to say, Jayny, can you hear us?
[0:09] Well, there is no video, I guess you know, and the audio was already sounded garbled, so I'm not optimistic, right? Oh geez. Well, the video, I was actually hoping the video, I just turned off because Ella does its freeze, and I wondered whether the audio might be a little better without the video.
[0:31] But we've also had a lot of different people just talking and stuff. Can you
[0:35] understand us if we're talking clearly and individually? No, even you're talking
[0:40] just now is pretty garbled. Okay. Well we had to have the meeting here in the
[0:46] library because of the front door being inaccessible at the town hall. So hopefully
[0:51] this is one of our last. Okay, that sounds good. Thanks, Dean.
[1:06] All right, I'll call this to order at 6.31 p.m. Are there any additions to the
[1:11] agenda? Recording in progress.
[1:19] I'm going to call it to order again at 6.31 p.m.
[1:23] You guys see, this is recording and any additions to the agenda? Billium? Here
[1:32] very none, move on to a highway department update.
[1:37] Jeremy,
[1:43] good evening everybody,
[1:51] good evening behind me,
[1:53] just a quick update from me, a month at the highway department.
[1:59] So trucks and equipment are all in good shape, we had the truck fixed, we got it back last
[2:04] week, it's all good, all the equipment is in good shape, so we're there.
[2:10] Second, we're fulfilling our second week of the rented mower, roadside mower that we rented
[2:15] for this year. We're roadside mowing clustering roads, as well as some of the class tools that
[2:22] grew back up. We touched some of that stuff up again just to get it back down.
[2:28] Should finish
[2:29] up tomorrow afternoon. The mower will back Friday, so I'm not going to pick it up.
[2:37] Update on
[2:37] mill trades bridge. We're still waiting on the lumber. I talked to Jason
[2:44] Larby yesterday. Sounds like it should be here mid to late week next week.
[2:51] And we've got some brackets from Robco that they've made. We're going to pick
[2:57] those up this week or next week when all that stuff gets in we'll start we're
[3:03] going to put in that bridge back together.
[3:06] And then finally, building these wise, so the overhead
[3:10] door broke. They came and assessed it, tried to fix it. Apparently the motor for putting
[3:21] it down in these lever blades.
[3:25] So they're going to come up new, open our on that. It's estimated
[3:30] because around $2,000 for that.
[3:35] We're frustrating but we're able to use the
[3:37] door very carefully and we have to help it down because the opener doesn't work
[3:42] that well. The air coming popped over a second to put the new opener on.
[3:49] That's it for me.
[3:52] All right. You guys have any questions, concerns, ideas?
[3:58] Any brief
[3:58] from me? Do you guys want me to come back and weld something on site too or is that what the...
[4:04] So they had to come back and put the crossmembers in a little welding and it's actually more
[4:11] bolting. So, yep, they've been back. That's done. That's in place.
[4:15] Everything's good to go there. Just waiting on the decking.
[4:22] Great.
[4:25] So what's the up here, Jeremy, for a sec? Oh, yeah.
[4:33] The next item is open grater beds.
[5:03] So here we have a
[5:04] A bit from United Ag. What's your name? Michael. Michael? Yeah. I'm Alfred. Hi. I speak. Likewise.
[5:12] Hi, Michael. Well, nice to meet you. Good to meet you, Michael.
[5:18] Jeremy calls me earlier.
[5:23] Let me know that there's a bit of a snack food with a caterpillar bed.
[5:31] A salesman overnight a bit. We didn't arrive.
[5:36] I guess he got like a delivery
[5:37] receive at like 3.10 p.m. but the invitation to bid
[5:45] before 2.30 p.m. in a sealed envelope he did
[5:51] I guess
[5:55] in this envelope it looks like there's a printed out emailed bid but that's not
[6:03] in a sealed envelope and without opening this bid not knowing what it is I suspect in the
[6:12] neighborhood of about half million dollars. I don't think we should be very casual with
[6:17] the process of accepting these beds.
[6:23] I
[6:28] mean, just, you know, the magnitude of the beds,
[6:31] but also the fact that, you know, it is FEMA money that's going to exist and, you know,
[6:40] there is a threshold of a million dollars that, like, triggers an automatic audit of the
[6:47] town's everything, but I still, you know, even though we're not hitting that threshold,
[6:57] I think we should be very careful, you know, with how we spend these funds, you know,
[7:03] the procurement process.
[7:12] So that's where we're at.
[7:13] You have anything you want to add, Jeremy?
[7:16] I don't.
[7:17] It's very frustrating that we didn't receive that other bid on time.
[7:20] I mean, we were waiting on two bids at Michael's here.
[7:24] He got his bid in, but being that we only have one bid,
[7:28] we have nothing to compare to.
[7:33] So, I've never had this happen myself personally.
[7:38] Where was it coming from?
[7:39] Millenkaad?
[7:40] Yeah,
[7:43] pretty sure.
[7:44] Well, so again, circumstances are whatever.
[7:48] or like, and again, I've talked to both airmen many
[7:54] weeks ago and said that this was coming
[7:57] well new.
[8:01] Again, I've looked at, I met Mike on Monday up to Derby. Derby had purchased
[8:08] a brand new 772 John Deere grater. I want to look at it. I looked at a comparable caterpillar.
[8:16] It's last year's 140. I didn't get on to a 2026-140, but similar. I like things with
[8:29] catapillar. I like some other stuff with John Deere, but it's frustrating to not have
[8:37] a catapillar bed in front of us to look at to make the comparable.
[8:51] So yeah,
[8:54] it's
[8:54] frustrating. I'm going to speculate that there's a five-figure commission for the
[8:59] salesman on a sale like this.
[9:04] Pretty close to it. Probably on their side. I don't know how they
[9:08] base their permission. Yeah. I drove an hour and a half. Tonight. Not to mention the other day.
[9:15] Yeah, to bring the things. So I'm not. I mean, we're all busy. Yeah, just it's uh,
[9:25] well, I don't know.
[9:26] I guess I can't say anything without repeating myself. I guess,
[9:32] um,
[9:35] assuming that we're back
[9:36] out there. Um,
[9:41] with the purchasing policy, we need more than one bed or do we just need
[9:47] to put it out to bed? I guess it's my question.
[9:56] We just put it out there. You know, you
[9:58] might only get you man, I get no bits. Yeah.
[10:03] And you need to pause. It can be a little
[10:05] garbled. Okay. She may not be able to hear you. And she's also. We're back already there.
[10:11] Yeah, I can barely hear you guys if you guys have a question for me.
[10:16] So when we put it out to bed doesn't need to be, does a number of beds matter I guess
[10:23] is the question?
[10:26] For a purchasing policy I don't believe we're required to get more than one sealed bed.
[10:33] However you do hold the right to post-basically do a read it if you're interested in that
[10:43] You know, you have discretion over how you handle, you know, the bid process.
[10:50] I think
[10:54] we are required to have more than one bid as far as I know.
[11:06] Andrew?
[11:07] I
[11:10] think given my
[11:14] success frustration with not having more options, I'm just wondering, like,
[11:21] do we have enough time?
[11:24] Do you think Jerry makes sense to, like, repost the request?
[11:28] Well, I think we can, whether you guys want to just ask for a rebid at the next meeting,
[11:35] which will be your first week in October, actually.
[11:39] Oh, yeah, one again is September this month.
[11:42] We have one three weeks meetings this month.
[11:44] Okay.
[11:44] Or again, you know, if you're going to ask to rebid, again, for me, it's difficult for me
[11:55] because, yes, Mike got a bit in. I've worked, you know, I've been talking about Mike. He was,
[12:02] he found a greater for us to go look at, which is great. But the money that we're going to spend,
[12:10] I want to make sure that we are getting what we want.
[12:15] And I, for, for money, again, without having
[12:19] a second bit. I mean, we can all speculate what caterpillar could be, but without knowing
[12:26] that. And again, yes, I understand this is probably not fair. And I say, bro, this
[12:33] is not fair to my key cut is bid in on time.
[12:39] But again, I do. And I told Mike this, there
[12:45] are things I don't like about the John Deere Grader. There are things I love about the
[12:50] The category right now has a different style of cab.
[12:53] I like that cab.
[12:55] John Deere can't come up with it.
[12:57] But John Deere has a steering wheel for driving down the road.
[13:02] I love that.
[13:03] The category doesn't have it.
[13:05] There's, but comparable, I mean, they're pretty eager.
[13:12] I resort back to it.
[13:14] We don't know what that category was going to come in.
[13:19] Jerry, do you think this might be a reflection of their service anyway?
[13:26] I don't think it's a reflection of their service.
[13:28] I think it's a reflection of their salesman.
[13:35] And everyone's busy, like he's busy, but he made it point,
[13:41] I think this is that salesman
[13:47] reputation.
[13:51] Again, I'm not here to crap on anybody, but I wish there was two
[13:56] bids right there. So we wouldn't be having this conversation.
[14:01] It's very frustrating.
[14:03] And it's going to be very frustrating. Whatever outcome is for Mike, you know, if we do
[14:12] You re-bid? Like he did he came in Aaron Hatt. I understand that. I get it. He drove an
[14:19] Aaron Hatt yesterday to drop his bid off. I get it.
[14:23] Crystal.
[14:25] Looking at what we could do to resolve it,
[14:30] do we possibly re-bid to the next meeting?
[14:33] Because this is a lot of money. It would be nice to see both quotes. This is too bad.
[14:39] that it doesn't seem like you're swayable where and all they're depending on.
[14:45] The price makes a big effect on this as well, so I think that it'll be nice to have that
[14:55] out of that.
[15:05] I feel sorry for you.
[15:10] I just don't want to see us dragging more time on this. I like to see this come through while we have the opportunity.
[15:19] were you expecting any other bits but basically just these two just these two making a mess of them and I mean you we have two the other pieces of cat equipment
[15:32] this isn't a reflection instead of how it is with those two pieces of equipment so correct on your hand right I mean this isn't
[15:47] what are your thoughts Kristina?
[15:48] So you
[15:54] get the reason why I didn't get it on time.
[15:59] I said he overnighted it, and then we'll
[16:02] left on to whatever the delivery people's back.
[16:11] Yeah, I think I'd like to call for a vote on whether or not
[16:13] to accept these bids.
[16:14] And I'm going to tell you right now, I'm going to vote no,
[16:19] because, well, I mean, for the aforementioned reasons,
[16:22] this is a tremendous amount of money.
[16:24] I think I want
[16:30] to money the waters, you know, on this process personally,
[16:38] if I were trying
[16:39] to sell half a million dollar piece of equipment, I'd sell a half a million dollar piece of
[16:46] equipment.
[16:47] So that's, I'm about to vote no, that's why, but so anyway, do you have to accept the lowest
[16:56] bit?
[16:56] I mean, what if Mike's within 5,000 bucks?
[16:59] No, we don't have to accept the lowest bit.
[17:01] that we don't even have to accept this bit.
[17:04] You know, when we open it, we don't have to accept it.
[17:07] Just as a little more fairness to what Max done,
[17:10] you can I ask a question?
[17:11] Yeah.
[17:12] Can you open his bid?
[17:14] I don't think so.
[17:15] It wasn't.
[17:17] I don't know the answer.
[17:19] I was on the school board for years,
[17:21] so I don't know.
[17:21] I don't know the ready answer either.
[17:23] I'm just asking.
[17:24] Yeah, I mean, like, I don't cheer y'all see.
[17:26] It gives you information that they don't have your bid,
[17:29] so I don't think I can do that right I didn't I didn't think so but I didn't know
[17:36] You know like when we were at the town of berries loader bit opening
[17:41] We weren't and I said we as our as our dealers we weren't all there
[17:46] But they announced them all
[17:48] Many was able to make a decision at night
[17:51] Uh, they made the decision after we left yeah
[17:55] But they we did you know what they did
[18:14] question as the public, not as the slide board clerk.
[18:21] If you were to open the bid tonight
[18:24] for the process and find it unsatisfactory for whatever reason and not, could you then
[18:30] put it out to bid again, which would give this other place an opportunity to get their bid
[18:36] in and would give Mike the opportunity to adjust his bid if he felt it was necessary,
[18:43] or do
[18:43] do you still think that that's not?
[18:45] Hi, it seems like we should.
[18:47] It doesn't have to treat the purpose of starting like CO.
[18:49] It seems a little long.
[18:50] Good, but then it gives, seems like it gives the other guy
[18:55] the edge, which all of the, I mean,
[18:58] it may not have a running or running or running.
[19:00] It's curious if that process is possible.
[19:05] But how do we judge unsatisfactory or satisfactory?
[19:08] Right.
[19:08] You have one there.
[19:10] Yeah.
[19:11] That's all right.
[19:12] It didn't come in on time, so it's unsatisfactory.
[19:17] I can call a question. I don't know how to how to phrase it exactly but how
[19:27] should I phrase this because it's not really
[19:29] is it a motion?
[19:33] I guess do you move to open the bits?
[19:35] Not, right?
[19:37] Every open?
[19:38] No, true.
[19:39] If you move to open the bits or not, then if you decide not to, you would then move to read it.
[19:44] That's it.
[19:47] Alfred, you sure you don't have to like close this bit?
[19:50] one motion and then you include maybe that we will re-bend it. The clothes has been
[19:56] processed. I'm going to throw it in the clothes, that's 2.30. Yeah but you have an active
[20:02] bit, you have a bit you can open. So you've got to close this process and close this,
[20:08] getting processed before opening or not, I guess I'm not quite sure the language. Maybe
[20:12] Rebecca could help us with the language, but she can ask. Rebecca can you hear us?
[20:27] It's one motion
[20:33] to close this bid on the motor grader and then a second motion.
[20:45] Well, no, my question is, are we going to open this right now?
[20:53] The
[20:56] question is how to word it, so basically he's motioning.
[21:00] Do we hold the bed without opening it?
[21:03] Iron A or do we?
[21:05] And then you guys decide
[21:07] that we open the bed or not?
[21:12] So if you're going to, I'm sorry, Christian,
[21:14] if you're going to put it,
[21:15] if you're going to re-bid it,
[21:18] then I would leave those numbers alone.
[21:21] Because if it's not opened,
[21:24] right, Mike can just re-submit a bed.
[21:27] It could be that same one.
[21:29] And yeah, so the question is,
[21:31] It's not whether we open this, the question is whether we renew this bidding process.
[21:37] Let me pick a date for the next kind of causes.
[21:47] All right.
[21:50] I would accept the motion to
[21:56] re-bid this motor grader to put this invitation to bid back
[22:02] out with a date of, you know, sealed bid to do, you know, all the same terms on this, but
[22:09] I'm just changing the date to September 30th.
[22:13] Bids do a 230 p.m.
[22:20] So our encryption moves really in a second.
[22:22] I'll just try a little bit more before we vote though.
[22:25] Like, is that mean that it's open for discussion more?
[22:27] Yeah, we can discuss it more.
[22:28] So the question's on the table now.
[22:30] Yeah, I'm still wondering
[22:35] how, like, is this,
[22:38] sorry, I haven't done a lot of these bids.
[22:45] It's pretty important to have the comparisons, right?
[22:50] Well, they have two numbers, I mean, you know the machines.
[22:55] Right.
[22:58] It seems like there's something like this, especially something that's, yeah, town's
[23:02] going to have for hopefully 10 to 15 plus years, we want it to be something
[23:13] to compare
[23:14] to I think, it seems to me, even though the cat salesman dropped the ball.
[23:20] Well, if I like less than an hour, he had six weeks.
[23:27] Ready.
[23:33] Yeah, I'm just going to reiterate my concern about muddying up the
[23:41] process of spending
[23:42] this kind of money and the potential for enhanced scrutiny on account of it being FEMA money.
[23:50] Yeah.
[23:51] I mean,
[23:55] of course, case scenario, Jeremy hates the greater.
[23:59] Two years, swap it out, you know, take a $100,000 bath on it, but I'd sooner do that
[24:05] than get in trouble with FEMA.
[24:10] Yeah,
[24:16] I guess I can start to repeat myself.
[24:18] So, your concern is that if we don't stick to the bed, it's not going to sit well with
[24:25] FEMA, maybe possibly?
[24:26] or if we only open one one.
[24:28] With anybody.
[24:29] I mean, yeah, I think we're really kind of sticking our
[24:35] car next out there, being kind of casual.
[24:38] I mean, this one might not create our grant.
[24:41] I know the salesman might hear, but we're still
[24:42] talking a lot of money.
[24:43] And we're talking about investment for years to come.
[24:46] And granted, the salesman got the ball, but it doesn't
[24:48] add up for the years.
[24:49] That's the common one in this peaceful way.
[24:51] And
[24:56] our collective responsibility of wanting to be really mindful of this is a huge amount
[25:02] of money and we're making a decision on behalf of the collective, you know, of the town.
[25:08] So I think making sure that we're really following the processes correctly as we can, I think,
[25:18] respectful to our folks in the town that we're representing.
[25:23] All right,
[25:34] we want to vote.
[25:38] That was ready.
[25:39] Anna, can you read back the language
[25:41] on how that motion was worded?
[25:43] The name was a word.
[25:44] I'll do my best.
[25:46] I have Christian moved to read the motor grader
[25:49] to put the invitation back out.
[25:53] With sealed bin to all the same terms at 2 p.m.
[25:59] on the 730th, 26th.
[26:03] Okay, so that's that's the question. All those in favor.
[26:09] That's four. All right. All
[26:11] those opposed? No. That's one. So the eyes have it. Sorry Mike.
[26:21] It's all good. Thank you Mike. So do I have to go through the process to
[26:29] rebit it or just leave it as it is? I would assume we could probably just keep it.
[26:34] Yeah. I mean I don't want to have anything on there that's wrong where it could
[26:37] throw a loop. Yeah, well, I mean, there's a betting man, but up that up cheaper.
[26:44] And I don't, the cheaper is the wrong word, less expensive.
[26:48] Yeah,
[26:53] we use the right, that it's sole discretion to reject any, you know, it's
[26:57] totally earned in part or to waive informalities or any irregularities there in, meaning if there's
[27:06] an undotted eye, like we can, you know, no, yeah, yeah, we can look over, look, you know,
[27:11] over looked that so like my supervisor checked it and I had the expiration day wrong and he goes
[27:17] change the expiration date to a different number to a different date because he knew what because it
[27:24] was today yeah he goes if they say we didn't make the decision on the 16th you could come back and say
[27:33] Michael have expired so I changed it but I can easily change that again
[27:39] Well, at least resuppended or whatever you tell me to do, I can take that back,
[27:43] re-change, re-submit it, whatever the board, I mean, as long as you're comfortable with
[27:49] the number, I mean, that's what we're concerned with, you know, the specs, yeah, the specs
[27:55] are exactly what we're doing, you know, so I mean, if you're comfortable with this bed
[27:59] then I'm sure I can sit.
[28:01] When is, when we're, are you gonna vote again?
[28:03] Two weeks hence.
[28:05] 30th. 30th. I think that's what I used to do the expiration date. I think it's a wonderful
[28:10] check.
[28:14] It's probably going to be in this building. We're not sure. It might be up at the
[28:18] town hall. It'll be on the agenda or you can reach out to any of us and find out if you
[29:05] I
[29:27] don't know if these are redundant, oh wait, you know, these maybe, I think these are probably different facts.
[29:37] So, fundamentally five.
[29:39] Matt,
[29:53] send the person who joined at 802-477-2950.
[29:58] Please identify yourself.
[31:56] So no worries, just wanted to make sure I knew who it was for the minutes. Thank you.
[32:05] So the three
[32:09] three figures I got from Champlain Valley Equipment, one of them's for a smaller tractor,
[32:15] and M5 which isn't in the bid or in the invitation to bid so I'm gonna send
[32:23] around the two six series figures that we got.
[32:34] This one says quote with 50 inch
[32:37] flailed head to her Alfred D request. Other, there are two numbers there? Yeah yeah
[32:43] I guess I have some options there.
[34:08] Did these come from the same salesman? No.
[34:43] Can you keep the envelope? Oh, yeah, let's just keep the envelopes with the bins just
[36:38] Okay, I think that's a good idea.
[36:40] That's a good idea.
[36:42] Right.
[36:42] So play it.
[36:47] Get it up.
[36:48] You can access them.
[36:53] Yeah,
[37:01] I think that's a little bit.
[37:12] Yeah, that's a little bit.
[37:12] Press the sign.
[37:18] I don't know.
[37:19] The law words are wrong.
[37:20] Are all these people in the law?
[37:26] No, it should be rotary.
[37:28] Both rotary?
[37:29] Yeah.
[37:29] It sounds like an optional flail.
[37:31] Yeah.
[37:31] I just want to help.
[37:32] Did
[37:43] you check that out at a 60-inch?
[37:44] Yeah.
[37:47] I think it's
[38:04] a water bottle.
[38:05] I'm ready.
[38:06] I'll wash it.
[38:07] Okay.
[38:13] My tires are purchased.
[38:14] No.
[38:14] No.
[38:15] Yeah, right.
[38:16] I'm very proud of you.
[38:17] He's very proud.
[38:18] He's been an artist for me.
[38:21] Oh no, man.
[38:23] Oh no, something was worth it.
[38:26] Oh no, something was worth it.
[38:27] I'm not going to bother him.
[38:30] Oh no, man.
[38:32] Oh, all right.
[38:32] We can go to here.
[38:35] I'm very glad.
[38:36] It's not his thing.
[38:39] Oh, God.
[38:58] Look at the bottom.
[39:02] Everything in blue at the bottom there.
[39:04] gets it up to get.
[39:08] Are you able to stomp out.
[39:10] Get the horses back.
[39:10] With is.
[39:11] Aye.
[39:12] Go over.
[39:28] Are you able to?
[39:29] Do you want to go over here?
[39:31] Yeah.
[39:33] Can you?
[39:35] Yeah.
[39:37] Uh-huh.
[39:38] Quite a TON, wasn't it?
[39:45] I mean, no.
[40:17] We have a door in there.
[40:20] We'll try to...
[40:21] I never see anything...
[40:23] What else we did?
[40:23] It was the first one.
[40:24] It's on the other side.
[40:27] And
[40:32] then we'll find with the...
[40:34] The end of it.
[40:37] With question...
[40:38] I'm not saying J.
[40:40] I don't know.
[40:41] It's huge.
[40:42] We just...
[40:43] I'm thinking we're just...
[40:43] It's tracking...
[40:45] ... just region-concentration.
[40:46] Let's see that with the...
[40:47] ... timeline.
[40:48] So it's a little bit of fine movement.
[40:49] They have 415 photographs,
[40:52] like the price of all, that's it.
[40:54] Now I'll say five, yeah, yeah, that's it.
[40:58] That's it, that's it, that's it, that's it.
[41:00] We took the exact amount, that's it.
[41:04] Just go like on, it's for, you know,
[41:07] I mean, we really do that.
[41:09] Yeah, and we, in the early, you know,
[41:11] yeah, it's
[41:15] a flash year, it's been 299.
[41:17] I know.
[41:19] Yeah, yeah.
[41:19] We got it in the 222 in that line,
[41:28] the earth is just all over it, and
[41:36] it's troubled by it, it's doubled, it's doubled, it's doubled, it's doubled, it's doubled.
[43:42] Is that the intention
[44:52] for the, like, oldest one kind of a dedicated, it looks like I may be getting this all wrong.
[44:58] So the intention for the tractor piece.
[45:00] So, does purchase to be used for other things too, or is it just basically dedicated to money?
[45:13] I have seen a couple of towns with a big blower on it. I don't know if it
[45:21] would ever be used to blow leaves off or out of the jizzies. I mean, in the fall, you see big piles that you're going to push off, gradient.
[45:40] I think they're all like a center building metal
[46:12] we've
[47:39] seen
[47:39] gets everybody's had a chance to look at all the the different options there
[47:46] Yes, there are eight envelopes, I
[47:53] have that right, yeah,
[47:58] five beds. Got two figures from
[48:02] Champlain Valley, one on a new haul and one on a Kubota. Yeah, all right. The Kubota, the
[48:11] one on the Kubota is only a 21 foot more.
[48:18] Wait, two foot was specified in the bed. No, 21
[48:26] So from United, United AG,
[48:34] the deer 61-20m or something,
[48:41] oh 61-05-E,
[48:49] or the 22 foot diamond
[48:51] and a 6
[49:03] inch rotary motor,
[49:12] so that is $174,418.80, they have units on the ground that could
[49:23] have been delivered in two weeks
[49:27] from Tri-County, what is that? Tri-County contractor supply,
[49:34] They sent kind of a confusing quote, but to me, our specs of a six series tractor,
[49:47] you know, to be comparable to the other numbers we're getting.
[49:53] So down here, you know, they add up everything.
[49:57] Everything shakes out to $201,503.7 with a 3-7-month lead time for the equipment as
[50:08] we expect.
[50:10] He does have smaller tractors, but
[50:16] that's not what we requested.
[50:21] We got a quote from Mower Mats, which is kind of a specialized piece of equipment.
[50:29] It's not really, you know, it's not an Apple's to Apple's situation here, but it's a specialized
[50:38] piece of equipment for roadside mowing, but I think it's probably heavier and has more
[50:44] power.
[50:45] It's like 175 horsepower or something than these six series tractors that is $256,220.66
[50:56] six sets.
[51:00] Townline equipment provided a bed, not a cabota, M611 with a 21-foot mower.
[51:12] That's a terrain king mower. Trainking is like a subsidiary of Alamo.
[51:25] We all have stock.
[51:29] So, Townline M6111 with the Terrain King boom mower and actually he priced this, I'm
[51:39] pretty sure if I read that correctly, he priced that with both a rotary mowing head and
[51:45] a flail mowing head.
[51:47] And
[51:50] that's for $277, $200, $770, he did include sales tax in his quote, but I think we don't need to pay sales tax.
[52:04] In a lead time on that machine is two weeks,
[52:10] and then Champlain Valley provided two numbers, one for
[52:22] Kubota comes with a terrain king, well, New Holland comes with an Alamo Samurai mid-mount
[52:32] 22 foot boom with a 60 inch severe duty rotary head.
[52:39] So the
[52:46] Champlain Valley Kubota quote is 182,641 dollars 23 cents with a 45 to 90 daily
[52:58] time, so this is the same machine,
[53:04] this is the same machine that how in line, in the
[53:12] town line quote is that a 21 foot motor or a 22 foot boom, so I guess that would be the
[53:19] only difference.
[53:20] Train King KB 2200, but
[53:27] also yeah
[53:33] it seems like the KB 21 which is that 21 foot boom, most
[53:38] cranking's most cost-effective boom. It's a little lighter duty, I would imagine.
[53:45] So,
[53:49] Champlain Valley with a Kubota. Specs the same tractor, slightly shorter, slightly
[53:55] lighter-duty boom, just with a rotary head on it, a pound-line, slightly heavier-duty boom.
[54:06] Can you read that? Make sure I'm reading that correctly. Let's see if that does.
[54:12] include both the flail and the rotary. It's been a while since I read it.
[54:19] You see inch rotary head, 48 inch flail hammerhead?
[54:24] Yeah, yeah. That's what I'm seeing.
[54:28] Then the second quote from Champlain Valley is on a new Holland TS6110.
[54:35] So same size tractor with an Alamo Samurai mid-mount 22-foot boom with a 60 inch severe duty rotary head. That's
[54:46] 207,781 dollars 48 cents with a 30-day lead time.
[55:10] So I was chatting with Peter Craig actually the other day. He called me up a little hot under the
[55:16] are running while we're spending all this money, and after I explain to him why, I wanted
[55:25] to kind of opine on the mowers, and it sounds like he's run Danville's deer the bit and
[55:33] Casey Carson, you know Casey Carson's run that a bit, and they don't like it.
[55:42] I guess it's
[55:43] real slow in the joystick especially like lifting the boom so it's like always bumping
[55:51] into stuff because you just can't even there's like a significant delay when you raise the
[56:00] boom so I mean that's that's that's Peter's you know opinion on that I guess the echoes are
[56:07] sent to post sentiments are echoed by Casey who's done like like nine years
[56:14] a roadside moment is that he was working for that contractor up in Lindenville
[56:18] right? I think he worked for many roads I didn't want to conquer. Yeah, I used to
[56:23] for a while and I didn't know you want. So so it's the mower that's on the deer
[56:29] than mostly. Yeah, it's a diamond mower. They don't much care for it. I just don't have any
[56:37] firsthand experience. I don't have any perspective on that. That's just some input there.
[56:46] Yeah,
[56:53] so that's that.
[56:57] I have
[57:02] zero perspective on that tiger bangle mower from that tri-county
[57:16] I think it's the same tractor, different mower, significantly done, mower max again, it's
[57:24] that super specialized piece of equipment, 256 significantly higher, about 50 grand
[57:32] higher than the next bed,
[57:37] town lawn, Kubota,
[57:46] I don't know what you think about the reputation
[57:48] on Kubota tractors on those bigger, on the bigger ag tractors, I don't really, you have
[57:55] a perspective on that William.
[57:58] Not, not really. I haven't spent much time in the Kubota.
[58:17] I mean, personally I go with the John Deere, but I'm guessing both the Tri-County and United
[58:23] We didn't have the, uh, that same more.
[58:28] Well, Tri-County has a different one, Bangle.
[58:31] I guess it's the Make,
[58:33] but it got tiger or something like that.
[58:36] Um,
[58:49] I think they quoted, oh no way, Tri-County.
[58:52] I don't know if that's what they called it.
[58:57] Yeah, it is a rotor.
[59:03] Here, 5-row, 59-5-m.
[59:07] He quoted two, or you're going to do the upgrade
[59:10] to get it up to 201 and change on that one yeah he he submitted like
[59:21] a pretty low number
[59:22] yeah exactly so to upgrade it to the the tractor that was back to six series tractor
[59:32] and
[59:36] just kind of like upfitting the the mower itself to be kind of on par you know like a joystick
[59:44] set on a cable control.
[59:49] Yeah, that all brings it up to 201.
[1:00:09] Let me look at a couple of them in terms of their warranty. Is that pretty standard, like, industry-wide, two years? One year on equipment? Do they vary greatly between them? Part of the thing for tractors, that's basically
[1:00:29] a...
[1:03:16] Yeah, I think it was the
[1:03:53] closest tiger dealer is that one Springfield mouth.
[1:04:07] And where's the expect,
[1:04:10] you know, describe the tires, it's my pink, like our one, like
[1:04:18] ag tires, or the, I don't think they're the choice.
[1:04:27] Yeah, I'd assume that all the tractors outside would have them, but I'm pretty sure it's
[1:04:38] specified a
[1:04:59] search bar under a website. Tyler Kudier sent
[1:05:08] me a link to the
[1:05:13] the machines they have on the ground.
[1:05:19] I think he said it
[1:05:31] has like like highway
[1:05:32] tires or those ones you have on the loaders forget what that tread battery is.
[1:05:41] more of a not turf tread but it's a little longer. You
[1:05:53] said this one is a diamond
[1:05:54] that you're using.
[1:06:58] Yeah this one has a
[1:07:24] quite a few miles to wear any of those tires out.
[1:07:34] People's biggest thing, it's better than snow too.
[1:07:40] There's a lot of mullying in the sun. Yeah snowmen. This is what townlines. Yeah.
[1:07:51] Yeah, same tractor, I don't know about the tire trim pattern of the shampoom balloon,
[1:07:58] but yeah,
[1:08:04] I don't know how we want to go about this, you know, let me see, time for discussion.
[1:08:11] I'm personally inclined to go with the townline, big for $200,770,
[1:08:20] because it's
[1:08:24] quoted with
[1:08:25] the flail in the rotary mower. Maybe Jeremy doesn't have any interest in two heads, but I think
[1:08:33] some utility might be, might come in handy in ways that there's a flail more for this grass.
[1:08:42] It must be rather than brush or stuff. It has hammers on it, and I think it can eat some like two,
[1:08:49] three inch pieces. I'm personally intrigued by it because I was a little narrower but it's also
[1:08:59] shorter. I think it would make contour the you know the steep base. It comes into the narrower
[1:09:06] roads quite a bit better. I think it would yeah
[1:09:15] I think it has the best mounts on to the boom. Yeah
[1:09:20] Or it goes on the back of the tractor.
[1:09:22] No, the boom.
[1:09:23] Just swap out the heads.
[1:09:28] How
[1:09:30] much about the flail more?
[1:09:32] I know Barnett bought one for their first tractor
[1:09:35] or for their tractor, and they hated it
[1:09:37] and put it in the bushes and bought it over the red boom more.
[1:09:40] Yeah, really?
[1:09:41] So that was behind the tractor.
[1:09:44] Well, yeah, just one of the sticks out there, yeah.
[1:09:47] Not at all.
[1:09:51] Other than that, I don't know if you got it.
[1:09:57] Yeah, anyway, that's my true sense right there and that's where I'm in some time to go, but definitely welcome input from anybody out at your office and everybody else.
[1:10:07] That figure's $200,770, which is like 25 grand more than the United Ags price.
[1:10:22] And that's on a Kubota track.
[1:10:23] That's on a Kubota in Unite Tag is on a deer from 105 William.
[1:10:35] I don't know. I
[1:10:39] like the green tractors. I
[1:10:44] mean one thing is Cap Comfort reliability. I'd like
[1:10:50] to say they're more reliable but that's up for discussion. I guess
[1:10:59] Jason's been
[1:11:00] using the same mower that's on this quote from United and Jeremy hasn't heard any complaints.
[1:11:10] A
[1:11:15] handful of dealerships within an hour's drive. I know there's a few similar number of
[1:11:22] Kubota dealerships as well so it's not really a thing but this is my thought. Andrea?
[1:11:30] Yeah.
[1:11:37] Different, too.
[1:11:39] Folks, you just know more.
[1:11:42] Kristen?
[1:11:46] Personally, I...
[1:11:48] So, do you know what more is what kind of thing you're going to require?
[1:11:53] That's a diamond.
[1:11:54] No, that's a diamond.
[1:11:55] No wonder.
[1:11:55] Is that the one that you see when you pull out and walk up?
[1:11:58] Peter was telling me that it's slow in the joystick.
[1:12:02] So that's the problem with that.
[1:12:03] Right.
[1:12:04] But that's also the one that Jason's...
[1:12:05] That's on the track for the renting.
[1:12:07] Jesus.
[1:12:07] I have an issue.
[1:12:08] Because personally, I'm thinking needed to be a good option because serviceability close by
[1:12:17] relationship with the United is good.
[1:12:28] When it comes to other things to do with the mallards and talk about the other things
[1:12:35] to do with it.
[1:12:37] With that boom, can you really open up intersections and clear things out and reach in like
[1:12:42] like we never did in the past, like things like that Jeremy.
[1:12:46] Yeah, because I'm just thinking of other things,
[1:12:48] like to go around all the sides of the road
[1:12:51] and then it's kind of like just thinking of all the things
[1:12:52] we've been doing for, especially like, you know,
[1:12:55] first, you know, season that will be on full swing.
[1:12:58] Well, again, like that, the boom mowers,
[1:13:02] like you don't take it, put it on and off.
[1:13:06] No, it's there, just like, yeah.
[1:13:07] Yes, I do think we could get it lower for the back
[1:13:11] the tractor from 3.8 to that would work there. Other than that, the tractor is going to
[1:13:17] be mainly for roadside miles.
[1:13:32] If the United's quote includes the delivery,
[1:13:42] maybe it doesn't
[1:13:43] understand. Seen it.
[1:13:51] The townlines did specify that this price is with the delivery.
[1:13:57] Typically they wouldn't charge for delivery if there's only a new piece of equipment, but-
[1:14:08] That's coming from the other system.
[1:14:10] What is that?
[1:14:11] That is a good question.
[1:14:14] For a?
[1:14:14] Oh.
[1:14:15] Yeah.
[1:14:16] That would be a sense, then.
[1:14:19] Let's get that one.
[1:14:20] No words.
[1:14:21] Yeah.
[1:14:22] You're going to get a snowball for it.
[1:14:26] I spoke to that gentleman, and that was his big sale,
[1:14:29] especially like there's 40 or 50 other attachments
[1:14:32] you can get for it, but.
[1:14:36] Looking at the diamond mowers,
[1:14:37] She right here is seeing IDC joystick, all controls will pull up, built in custom
[1:14:44] armrest, but with the rocker switch allows for quick adjustment of the boom speed.
[1:14:54] That
[1:14:58] might be...
[1:15:01] Speed when it's, when you're moving it, not a reaction speed deer. So no, there are skid steers with the electronic over hydraulic controls that some of them have a noticeable lag time between when you want to do something and it actually does it.
[1:15:25] And my opinion is just on the tractors. I, I don't know anything about these more. So.
[1:15:35] All right. So sounds like Christians leaning
[1:15:43] towards a John Deere.
[1:15:44] here in the United States.
[1:15:45] John here.
[1:15:46] Great.
[1:15:51] You also don't really know much about the equipment.
[1:15:54] You're really weighing on that piece of it.
[1:16:00] Just been scrambling to try and compare all the different pieces.
[1:16:03] Yeah, there's a lot of pieces.
[1:16:06] Just in my mind, I'd like to make a spreadsheet.
[1:16:14] Who has the United Act quote in front of them?
[1:16:17] Just
[1:16:20] Jeremy.
[1:16:22] Do you have a preference?
[1:16:26] I don't.
[1:16:27] I've never run a John Beater tractor.
[1:16:31] I've never run a Kubota tractor or a new home.
[1:16:36] Wow.
[1:16:37] The two of them are the cars.
[1:16:41] Again, I honestly have a problem with the diving
[1:16:44] models.
[1:16:45] That's what I've run.
[1:16:46] I've never had a problem with this one's a messy.
[1:16:51] This isn't it.
[1:16:52] And this is a different size.
[1:16:54] It's a smaller tractor.
[1:16:55] but, again, that's my run, the Massey Ferguson, or I ran a Challenger Example, and that's similar size, the smaller size, what the two are,
[1:17:08] and how to die tomorrow, and that one is something.
[1:17:11] Luckily, the cat is not an option anymore.
[1:17:15] It's a Reese.
[1:17:17] Yeah?
[1:17:17] And try to put their oceans on lots of bits.
[1:17:20] Yeah.
[1:17:20] Let's start with the construction.
[1:17:30] United Ag as units on the ground availability within two weeks
[1:17:35] They got support as you guys have articulated
[1:17:39] This is a key thing right here the factory warranty on the tractors two years to two thousand hours
[1:17:44] But he does back a five-year admissions warranty and I think that's real key because if the sink fails when it fails
[1:17:51] It's gonna be the admissions system
[1:17:53] Yeah, that's just that's gonna be the same thing on all of them. That's their missions. It's gonna be the first thing
[1:17:59] Actually, if I bid, it's going to be the air conditioner.
[1:18:05] Damn, hold down there, it's for a less than a year.
[1:18:07] The air conditioner's gone.
[1:18:09] Yeah, really?
[1:18:10] Yeah, I did some sweating in the summer.
[1:18:14] It's working now.
[1:18:22] Alright, so I'm here in two solid United Ags.
[1:18:30] Two pretty assertive mists.
[1:18:33] I
[1:18:38] was leaning toward the Kubota, although after revisiting the Emissions Ward D, it's
[1:18:54] going to happen up to your six, but still, it sounds like maybe the flail more.
[1:19:01] They probably just complicate things, having two mower heads around.
[1:19:08] You got an extra foot and a half, two feet.
[1:19:11] just one foot I guess on the rotary.
[1:19:18] Oh, so is that sound about right here in three
[1:19:23] affirmatives for John Deere from United Ag into man
[1:19:31] can't confirm all right side
[1:19:37] except the motion to
[1:19:41] go with the United there was a second bit there so we probably
[1:19:45] want to specify. Oh yeah, he did include a 50 inch flow head bed which was like
[1:19:53] three grand more,
[1:19:56] three and a half thousand dollars more.
[1:20:01] Yeah, he was saying
[1:20:02] too. He likes rotary head. It seems like that's just kind of, they're just
[1:20:08] durable. I guess it's actually up at Rusty's today. Swapping out knives on his
[1:20:13] this flail mower, and that was time consuming,
[1:20:18] took like two hours for a couple,
[1:20:21] like a dozen knives or 15 knives.
[1:20:25] All right, so I'd accept a motion
[1:20:28] to accept quote number 2516170 from United Ag and turf
[1:20:33] on a new John Deere, a new 2026 John Deere 6105E cab tractor,
[1:20:39] with a 22-foot diamond mower and a 60-inch rotary boom head on it for $174,000, $174,418
[1:20:55] $18.80.
[1:21:02] Christian moves. Second, wait a second, it's almost in favor. Alright, I'll just
[1:21:09] let that catch up.
[1:21:13] So wait, we have four eyes and Christian moves. Alright, alright,
[1:21:20] so five eyes, unanimously accepted, accepted this, John Boosman.
[1:21:31] Alright, that's pretty
[1:21:32] Good meeting, huh?
[1:21:34] I'm just going to start looking.
[1:21:36] It's just getting real or two.
[1:21:41] All the things.
[1:21:55] Or my agenda is?
[1:21:57] Right on the back of the head.
[1:21:58] Oh yeah, we're here.
[1:22:01] Here.
[1:22:26] Item number six.
[1:22:28] How far could treasure or update?
[1:22:31] Just two times.
[1:22:33] The thing was not working at all.
[1:22:35] I could not hear anything you guys are saying.
[1:22:40] I won't take up too much of your time.
[1:22:44] I had three short things, one of which, let me find my thing.
[1:22:51] Tom Barair, who's a resident of Peachum and on the Energy Committee,
[1:22:55] has offered to fix the window at the transfer station.
[1:23:02] It's been broken for a few years.
[1:23:04] So he'd like to fix it. He's not going to charge for his labor. The only cost would be the cost
[1:23:11] of the glass itself. He got a rough estimate from Granite State Glass for $72. We already have a
[1:23:16] tax exempt account with Granite State Glass, so they would just invoice us. He also offered to put
[1:23:23] window inserts. He works closely with... Yes, window dressers. Momentarily blanked. He works with
[1:23:32] window dressers? That's not. She's got the one in there. Oh, so many floating around.
[1:23:43] Sorry. No, it's okay. He works closely with window dressers in his capacity on the
[1:23:48] Energy Committee and so he is offered to get some window inserts for that as well, free of charge.
[1:23:54] So the only cost would be to $72. I just wanted to run it by you. Make sure that's okay with you.
[1:24:00] my one suggestion would be to have him sign the volunteer waiver. Basically, so if anything
[1:24:05] happened, he can't, you know, sue the town or anything. But it's a pretty boilerplate
[1:24:10] volunteer waiver that the LCT has us have a volunteer sign. So any thoughts?
[1:24:18] Sounds good to me. Sure. Yeah, I thought so too. Okay, I'll let him know.
[1:24:27] Another request
[1:24:28] came in from the library. They are putting together a survey for kind of planning for the library.
[1:24:35] They want to know if they can shoot it out on the town website blog so it reaches our mailing list.
[1:24:46] Okay. Third. This is quick. Third. Somewhere in here are two special events. Permits. You don't have to
[1:24:56] do anything about it. I just wanted to let you know that I approve them. One is for
[1:25:02] Falfondo and one is for the great pumpkin fest. So you guys can look at them if you want.
[1:25:11] That's it. Yeah. Speed? Yeah. Yeah.
[1:25:16] I don't know. I don't like that scene or what. What?
[1:25:21] You guys have a lot of hair already, I'm just like trying to move it a lot.
[1:25:24] I didn't want to stay there.
[1:25:26] All right, well, almost like two quick.
[1:25:32] I mean, should I come, I have more in here?
[1:25:34] No.
[1:25:34] You can have like the afternoon eating.
[1:25:36] Yeah, for the juice, is that?
[1:25:38] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[1:25:39] If I have number seven,
[1:25:40] teach them school building transfer with Mark Kluff.
[1:25:45] Right?
[1:25:45] That's why you're here?
[1:25:46] Or just as a concerned citizen?
[1:25:48] And the board asked me to come just in case you had any questions.
[1:25:51] I don't have much in them.
[1:25:53] You know the deal.
[1:25:55] What we had just barely, our lawyers are duking it out right now, correct?
[1:26:02] I guess, yeah.
[1:26:03] Yeah, so they're currently the lawyers.
[1:26:10] Mark sent me like a draft lease for what the, yeah,
[1:26:17] Yeah, what that arrangement would look like in terms of leasing the school facility back
[1:26:22] to the school district forwarded that to, I would just add that this new lease sat in
[1:26:30] the denim around the red first refusal as the last item that was approved with the town
[1:26:38] vote for me.
[1:26:42] And so it's really just on on you to get a quote on the insurance of the LCT.
[1:26:48] I sent her a premium, which is not a premium, but are they viewed properly or are they
[1:26:55] out?
[1:26:57] And Vicki Abert is my point of contact on this at BLCT and she's on vacation this
[1:27:05] week.
[1:27:06] She wanted to see the lease just to get an understanding of what was going on.
[1:27:14] I sent her the draft lease that you gave to me. I sent that lease to Ed Adrian for a review and
[1:27:24] Ed Adrian has worked with...
[1:27:26] Mark would have done it.
[1:27:28] Yep, with him a lot. So I guess they're...
[1:27:32] Just do whatever it is that they do. That's $250 an hour or whatever.
[1:27:40] So yeah, I'll hear back from Vicki.
[1:27:43] really the attorneys don't have to do much legal works done Mark
[1:27:47] McDermott's going to draw the D it's really getting that quote on your
[1:27:51] insurance and then you can tell me it turns out we're ready to call here okay
[1:27:54] chief let's go all right yeah push her all right yeah she's on vacation I
[1:28:00] think I could probably paddle out to whatever I lynch she's on and so
[1:28:04] believe the premiums would be the same as what we had for covering the whole
[1:28:15] Yeah, I'll let you know as soon as I know probably send her a follow-up email.
[1:28:19] She did say it's just like staycationing or something like her phone is hit nearby.
[1:28:24] Where's she live?
[1:28:28] Go try her now.
[1:28:29] Go try her now.
[1:28:30] I mean the leader is trying to try her.
[1:28:33] Yeah.
[1:28:35] I'll be in touch.
[1:28:37] Okay.
[1:28:37] Sue.
[1:28:38] Okay.
[1:28:39] Okay.
[1:28:39] I might push those attorneys, I'm just going to swim, or anything, two weeks, yeah.
[1:28:45] Our turn is awful, but I just said a question hard, yeah,
[1:28:52] cool, okay, yeah, our turn
[1:28:54] is awesome, it makes Joe and I like the responses, but I wonder if he's getting frustrated too
[1:29:00] with it, Mark.
[1:29:01] Oh,
[1:29:04] we'll see, we'll see, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
[1:29:11] Oh, I appreciate it.
[1:29:13] Thank you.
[1:29:14] Yeah, thank you.
[1:29:16] Rusty's not here.
[1:29:17] Got the standing town hall renovation update.
[1:29:20] I don't know.
[1:29:21] Do you guys think they'll be out only copying in that?
[1:29:26] Which, HVAC company's getting funny.
[1:29:41] AI overview of this email thread.
[1:29:44] Adam sent Change Order PCO 0020 adding ERV to supply
[1:29:50] office cassette heat pump units requesting review and signature. Scott explained
[1:29:57] and E.R.U. need it because...
[1:30:00] Those cassette units, lack internal fans required to pull fresh air directly from outdoors.
[1:30:07] Rusty rejected
[1:30:09] change order as unnecessary due to low office usage and constant natural ventilation. It's
[1:30:15] got us to respond.
[1:30:19] It's basically got this change order adding this ERV energy recovering
[1:30:26] ventilator because maybe they they I think they realized after the fact that the the cassettes
[1:30:34] that were put in high
[1:30:38] rusty the cassette units we designed with the fresh air being
[1:30:41] ducted directly outdoors during the air balancing we found the units were not getting the required
[1:30:46] air further investigation we found these cell units need to force feed the fresh air through an
[1:30:53] E-R-U, I don't know what that is because the internal fans are not designed to pull air into
[1:30:58] themselves. This E-R-U I have quoted in this change order was never estimated into the original
[1:31:04] project. This change order is like eight grand. That seems like these messed up to begin with.
[1:31:12] Yeah. It's called an energy recovery unit. Energy recovery unit. So anyway like I think that's still
[1:31:19] Well, outstanding. It doesn't require any action from us.
[1:31:22] I don't think right now, just, yeah, just be aware of that.
[1:31:30] If you have not did a time one and when people can start using the front door again,
[1:31:33] it's going to be Monday.
[1:31:35] That's going to be their top priority is getting some way for people to get in the front door of the building.
[1:31:40] I'm going to hit it.
[1:31:42] You get many people in your window?
[1:31:44] Yeah.
[1:31:45] Do you like to scare me up on the nose?
[1:31:48] Not naming name.
[1:31:51] Not naming name.
[1:31:52] Not naming.
[1:31:54] Not naming.
[1:31:56] This coming month or just amemday.
[1:32:00] The form came out.
[1:32:02] The form came out from the bulls eye.
[1:32:03] This month or the bulls eye.
[1:32:04] This month is an amemday.
[1:32:06] Is it amemday?
[1:32:06] Is it going to be accessible on the nose?
[1:32:09] That's the plan I believe.
[1:32:12] Yeah, I figured out a meeting in that new room. I wasn't at the one right?
[1:32:16] Oh, yeah.
[1:32:17] This is always also a problem.
[1:32:20] It's another accessibility problem.
[1:32:22] Yeah.
[1:32:22] I think if we were able to get into this next meeting, we should.
[1:32:26] We did get the new computer for that meeting room because we had been monitoring Jens.
[1:32:30] We got that yesterday.
[1:32:31] So we should be all set up as long as people can get in the building.
[1:32:37] people would be able to get their mail. Yeah they go around the back into the back door or they knock on the X-series post office door where Will drops off the mail in the morning. They just knock on the door and Todd reads it to them.
[1:32:51] Yeah, I'm not happy about it. I wouldn't think so. I wouldn't be either.
[1:32:55] All right, a transfer station price and sign discussion.
[1:33:06] It sounds like Christina volunteered
[1:33:14] to handle this thing, but I started like a year and
[1:33:18] a half ago.
[1:33:19] Oh my God, for help.
[1:33:23] You're about to do some help, aren't you?
[1:33:29] Rebecca afforded.
[1:33:30] Oh yeah, here we go.
[1:33:31] Yep. That's something that Amber's actually been trying to get for a little while now.
[1:33:37] It was the updated price list. And I guess that price list updates quarterly.
[1:33:44] So they just got a fresh one?
[1:33:55] An inspection follow-up.
[1:34:05] Yeah, there's a little bit of report there.
[1:34:07] Come back.
[1:34:09] There was an inspection microphone again.
[1:34:11] A and R.
[1:34:14] Inspection at the stomp dump.
[1:34:16] Well, that was separate.
[1:34:17] Yeah, that was a separate one.
[1:34:18] That's a separate updating sign verbage.
[1:34:20] Yeah, there's an update needed on those signs as well as the price list. So
[1:34:41] new leaves and grass clippings.
[1:34:46] Yeah.
[1:34:50] Yeah, she sent the inspector some rest there pretty well in the body of the email what we needed to change on the sign.
[1:35:01] So we need new signs for the stomp dump. We need to update the sign with the price list.
[1:35:07] We need to update the price list or install or whatever you do on to a website.
[1:35:17] What if that's what you do?
[1:35:20] I'm just installing it.
[1:35:22] Just installing it onto the website.
[1:35:28] I think you're in charge of installing it.
[1:35:30] Yeah, I got my toolbox in the garage, it shouldn't take me long.
[1:35:42] Fundamentals on the price list is on our sign, we can make something where it's easier
[1:35:47] to change to the numbers, so because like now if we look like for the mattress prices
[1:35:51] they put this like a piece of tape and just the updated which kind of doesn't look great.
[1:35:56] But if there was a way the signs would be just to adjust the price because they've changed
[1:36:00] quarterly, you know, there's a big blackboard in recycling centers seems like that would
[1:36:08] be just right.
[1:36:14] Actually, everybody can definitely understand what they're doing.
[1:36:18] What's going on?
[1:36:19] Are those words?
[1:36:20] Where?
[1:36:20] Are these words racing right now?
[1:36:24] What's going on?
[1:36:25] Emma, Emma, race words.
[1:36:29] Um.
[1:36:30] So I have you back.
[1:36:31] Thank you.
[1:36:32] All right.
[1:36:35] All right.
[1:36:37] Stomptom signs.
[1:36:39] Okay.
[1:36:40] This is your list.
[1:36:47] Here's a blank one.
[1:36:48] Thanks.
[1:36:50] Stomptom signs.
[1:36:52] Change according to this.
[1:36:54] update, uh, price sheet, price sign, one way or the other, and I think we should update
[1:37:05] the signs out by the road, stipulating no cash. No cash. You can trust that, too.
[1:37:11] Man, no cash passing, no cash. No idle banter, can we prohibit that as well?
[1:37:18] Well, I guess there was a couple of times when someone was in the metal dumpster, like taking
[1:37:22] scrap out like while it's closed because they just around the gate just go
[1:37:26] and say I don't that's not cool so I think we should at least post it. No,
[1:37:33] I'm not
[1:37:33] doing it on paper. To lie in there. To lie in there. I did that once. That's how many
[1:37:45] I am. What did you do? That was you get all the call.
[1:37:52] I think that's it for the
[1:37:56] Signs? Can you think of forgetting?
[1:37:57] What's the sign list shared with you guys?
[1:38:01] Like, I haven't seen it. I just don't know. Like the price list, I mean.
[1:38:04] So, this is from Kassala.
[1:38:06] Are we currently using Kassala?
[1:38:10] As a pickup, yes.
[1:38:12] We're not necessarily using their prices.
[1:38:14] The sled board has determined peach and prices.
[1:38:18] Yeah, we set the prices and use Kassala's prices.
[1:38:22] As a guy, exactly.
[1:38:23] Yeah, because Sanjay and the Montpillier ones are different.
[1:38:28] Yeah, those are both of them.
[1:38:29] And they are run by Kassala, they're not run by the town.
[1:38:35] That's interesting, they're both run by Kassala, but they're pricing is different.
[1:38:39] I mean, I don't know about the Montpillier one, I know the Sanjay one is run by Kassala.
[1:38:42] And maybe the how far they have to track it.
[1:38:45] Yeah, that's a charge for recycling.
[1:38:48] Yeah, because it's zero sort.
[1:38:50] Yeah, see, we don't use Kassala for recycling.
[1:38:52] I don't want to use any KWM digs.
[1:38:55] Yeah, well, we don't use the cellophilsis.
[1:38:58] Oh, yeah, we're going to explore that because any KWMD,
[1:39:04] it's just a terrible acronym.
[1:39:07] I know you're on standards.
[1:39:10] That's Amber.
[1:39:13] Can you hear me?
[1:39:14] Yes, yep, we got you now.
[1:39:19] Yeah, they can hear you, Amber.
[1:39:21] I know the sound is terrible.
[1:39:23] Did you have a question?
[1:39:23] Well, I just had a little input. I noticed a couple things that are looking at the price
[1:39:35] of their bags,
[1:39:40] which we do have mainly, and
[1:39:48] each bag, but I wanted to point out there
[1:39:54] that their Q and P yard price, if you're talking,
[1:40:02] there's a huge deficit there
[1:40:03] that you might want to think about changing and just making it so it's a break-even process.
[1:40:09] I think I got to be able to attach their formula on
[1:40:17] our online transportation, our online
[1:40:21] transportation prices are also there
[1:40:27] because we might want to really do it overall.
[1:40:39] So I guess we can't shun bother with the rest of the signs until we adopt a new pricing schedule.
[1:40:49] So maybe we should, I don't know what it is now.
[1:40:51] Yeah, I don't go there because of the idle banter, so if we had to sell it, there
[1:41:01] would be two lines and I don't banter line and I'm just here to get rid of my garbage line.
[1:41:09] Leave me alone.
[1:41:10] Yeah, leave me alone.
[1:41:13] I mean, we can get like porcupines.
[1:41:15] I hate them up at the gate and get those on.
[1:41:23] On the agenda for the next meeting, we'll adopt a new price schedule.
[1:41:29] and I think it's
[1:41:35] somebody but we do need to update the stumps on yeah it's as possible but you know
[1:41:43] that check the data on that email it might start with a one nine I'm not sure
[1:41:54] But if we, uh, yeah, if we, how
[1:41:59] do we want to core this apple in terms of who's going
[1:42:09] to do the actual work of figuring out what we should, we should be charging for stuff
[1:42:14] within the next two weeks.
[1:42:18] I mean, do we have
[1:42:24] a budget?
[1:42:28] Do we have a signed budget?
[1:42:29] I guess my question was probably no way to answer as maybe we're back at an actual answer.
[1:42:34] I'm
[1:42:38] assuming, so the prices on the email were if they're delivered to this place.
[1:42:45] So we, even if our prices are the same, we're still going to lose because we get charged
[1:42:50] to get it picked up, correct?
[1:42:53] Can you say I'm calling Pete because?
[1:42:57] So even if we went by the prices, their price rest, we really need to charge more than that
[1:43:04] to even break even.
[1:43:08] Yeah, hauling and then covering the cost of labor and yeah all the things associated with running it
[1:43:14] ourselves rather than can sell or running it for us.
[1:43:17] Yeah, that's right.
[1:43:20] Yeah, so just kind of a bigger task.
[1:43:22] It's just quite a bit of like looking at budgets.
[1:43:26] Yeah.
[1:43:27] I'm happy to meet with one of my next week if we want to go over that in detail.
[1:43:33] I'd also like to add, in the last 20 Kingdom Race Management meeting, we discussed there's
[1:43:41] going to be a new protocol for things with free-on that go in our mental dumpsters will be
[1:43:46] in additional charts.
[1:43:48] So, if you, once they get the minutes for the last month's meeting, you may also want to
[1:43:53] scan over those for prizes or things like humidifiers, air conditioners, refrigerators,
[1:43:59] things with free-on.
[1:44:03] I heard at the meeting right now it sounds like we're
[1:44:07] charging the appropriate amount however if they're adding at the
[1:44:10] disposal speed or the free-on that will cut us short. Once they add that and
[1:44:16] they should they say they'll charge the station and build that once free-ons are
[1:44:22] We're opening up.
[1:44:34] Yeah.
[1:44:44] It's starting up.
[1:44:47] I'll take it back.
[1:44:50] It's all recording.
[1:44:51] All right.
[1:44:53] All right.
[1:44:54] All right.
[1:44:54] So, Kristen, you want to work with Raka in the next two weeks to come up with a new price.
[1:45:00] We'll have a price schedule. And we'll be ready to order some signs. Cool. This is a point of reference. Last year we operated a loss of over $14,000, $14,000, $17,000. So there is some making up we need to do in our prices. Yeah, we'll plan the day next week. Cool. Sounds good. Sounds like green up.
[1:45:29] and we're busy.
[1:45:31] Yeah.
[1:45:31] You're really good.
[1:45:33] Jeremy's going to be calling.
[1:45:35] Man, just a little bit.
[1:45:36] Yeah, better.
[1:45:37] There we go.
[1:45:39] Wait a minute.
[1:45:39] I'm going to close.
[1:45:40] We'll rip her right there.
[1:45:42] The guy in stocked up should, and I wish we just planned to get that.
[1:45:46] Do we have a sign person that we use?
[1:45:49] Uh, the sign people.
[1:45:51] I think the people in Linninville with the signs.
[1:45:54] All the signs?
[1:45:55] Yeah.
[1:45:56] The deco that has the sign.
[1:45:57] Um, they advertise their services on signs, but like political signs, but they have them all over, like the log cabin repair, people too, who like bolt them, and I just, I think there's no more despicable, detestable form of advertising, and I personally, that you see them.
[1:46:22] And it's kind of worth it.
[1:46:23] Yeah, exactly.
[1:46:24] Yeah.
[1:46:25] Um, we fixed lock items.
[1:46:27] Yeah, that can be.
[1:46:28] And you go fence?
[1:46:29] Yeah.
[1:46:29] And him too.
[1:46:31] And him too.
[1:46:32] Oh.
[1:46:33] Yeah.
[1:46:34] I'll never patronize.
[1:46:35] Personally.
[1:46:36] I'll never patronize.
[1:46:37] So anyway, if anybody wants to join this sign deep book boycott.
[1:46:42] No, that sounds good.
[1:46:45] Well, it is fine to take care of it.
[1:46:47] But I just feel like, you know, they're just...
[1:46:50] doing their job. It's really the people that are just, like, advertising themselves everywhere
[1:46:56] on taxpayer land without any permits or paying anything. Those are the problems.
[1:47:02] Well, like the signed depot. Well, the signed depot people are doing the same thing. They're like here.
[1:47:11] Yeah, they put them out. That's what the roadside moors for.
[1:47:15] What about the sea turtles, you know, they're just like this far from the river, so the signs are going to end up in the river.
[1:47:24] Where's this going?
[1:47:26] It's crazy to see turtle.
[1:47:27] No, anyway.
[1:47:30] You get this one.
[1:47:35] Oh, Jesus.
[1:47:36] It's getting more turtles.
[1:47:38] I'm sorry, this is totally derailing things.
[1:47:40] It's so late.
[1:48:05] But, um...
[1:48:06] That's what calls back.
[1:48:07] So, they made it, and they all, like,
[1:48:10] I made it across the road and off into the pond.
[1:48:15] Yeah, I would say they had the ball.
[1:48:16] Can you put down a watchware turtle?
[1:48:18] They were like, I love you.
[1:48:20] You know, maybe some turtle brothers.
[1:48:22] Did you help yourself?
[1:48:24] I did.
[1:48:25] I don't hate them so much.
[1:48:27] I hate them, like, ran them all.
[1:48:30] Oh my goodness.
[1:48:31] It's a turtle.
[1:48:32] It's a turtle.
[1:48:32] Oh, he ran the turtle.
[1:48:33] So it sounds like an incredible feat.
[1:48:36] You know, I was like, one little boy.
[1:48:43] I don't know, just a testament to the quality of the road work and that like no turtles were hard.
[1:48:52] But he hasn't been up there.
[1:49:09] Yeah.
[1:49:11] Is that as the clerk or is the public, because we're just getting into the public comment
[1:49:15] section right now.
[1:49:17] It's been a minute.
[1:49:18] It's been a minute, so I'm just going to make a comment.
[1:49:21] Is there any public comment?
[1:49:23] We had one.
[1:49:24] Oh my god.
[1:49:24] Uttered.
[1:49:25] Oh.
[1:49:27] No, it was just Rebecca saying she was going to be back in 10 minutes.
[1:49:30] It's going to be a real long way back.
[1:49:31] It's like you can't hear a thing.
[1:49:33] Alright, so now we're going to prove some minutes.
[1:49:35] There's going to be a lot of work to do.
[1:49:37] You guys are all here.
[1:49:39] Yeah.
[1:49:40] Before skipping anything, so we're left and right.
[1:49:42] Now,
[1:49:48] let's see who was that what? September 2nd, Alfordedum, Christian, Andrea were in attendance.
[1:50:02] I'll make a motion to approve the meetings from, approve the minutes of August 5th, meaning 2026.
[1:50:08] All right, September 2nd. That's one I'm looking at right now.
[1:50:12] September 2nd, 2026, I'm sorry.
[1:50:14] Okay, start the bottom.
[1:50:16] It's not just that's where we're going, yeah.
[1:50:17] All right, Christian moves, Andrea, do you second?
[1:50:23] I do.
[1:50:23] All those in favor?
[1:50:25] I do.
[1:50:26] Let me just have it.
[1:50:34] All right, August 19th.
[1:50:36] In attendance, William Kempton.
[1:50:38] Christian Snow, Andrea Otto.
[1:50:42] Almost to approve the minutes from August 19th's meeting.
[1:50:47] All those in favor?
[1:50:51] Yeah, let's have
[1:50:55] Wednesday, August 5th, out for
[1:50:58] Deedham, William Compton, Christian Snow, Christina Rumory,
[1:51:02] we're all on attendance. So Andrea, not worried.
[1:51:11] Make motion through improvement,
[1:51:13] minutes for August 5th, 20th, 26th.
[1:51:15] Second, a million seconds.
[1:51:18] All those in favor.
[1:51:19] Yeah, let's have it.
[1:51:23] Yeah, let's have it.
[1:51:24] Remember, it's a rumor.
[1:51:25] A rumor?
[1:51:26] A rumor.
[1:51:28] A rumor.
[1:51:28] You wanna get it right?
[1:51:29] That's the rumor.
[1:51:30] The rumor ain't sell fruits.
[1:51:32] Put your finger last in.
[1:51:34] You love it anymore.
[1:51:35] I love it first.
[1:51:37] No, the rumor.
[1:51:39] Oh yeah, it's just a rumor.
[1:51:40] It's just a rumor.
[1:51:41] No, you know what that makes sense.
[1:51:45] It's just a rumor.
[1:51:58] Alright, so we can review and prove some stuff
[1:52:10] first of us here in
[1:52:22] Rumory, in Rumory.
[1:52:26] Oh, none of you.
[1:52:54] Is this $404 charge for sampling indoor systems in your office window?
[1:53:06] There's still a sample there.
[1:53:17] They've been up twice to fix one of our doors and haven't fixed it yet.
[1:53:21] Good luck.
[1:53:23] Oh, we're going to fix it.
[1:53:24] There's a possibility of fixing your new one with a fire station.
[1:53:34] Has anybody seen the sheriff from town?
[1:53:36] Yeah.
[1:53:37] You guys saw this whole video, were you?
[1:53:38] Perfect, yeah.
[1:53:41] They've issued two tickets.
[1:53:43] Wow.
[1:53:44] There's a list on the...
[1:53:45] Oh listen, it's not anybody's name.
[1:53:47] It's like mail 58.
[1:53:50] You feel your stuff.
[1:53:51] But not anybody's name.
[1:53:55] I guess you're on air in the book.
[1:54:14] I'm one of the first names of the basicities in London.
[1:54:18] How about it?
[1:54:18] Yeah, that's what he has not done.
[1:54:21] You guys know what I mean?
[1:54:21] It goes to deal.
[1:54:22] Mm-hmm.
[1:54:23] Mm-hmm.
[1:54:24] Yeah.
[1:54:28] Don't you worry about this crap running up through my expires or make a chance at it.
[1:54:35] I make a real criminal.
[1:54:38] I make a motion to approve bills.
[1:54:40] I'm going to do this by the soundtrack.
[1:54:43] Kristen makes a somber motion to approve the bill if that's presented.
[1:54:55] with the respectful second. All those in favor?
[1:55:01] Hi. Hi.
[1:55:03] The eyes were locked in, they have it.
[1:55:07] So just give it a little bit.
[1:55:13] You wanna autographs that one?
[1:55:15] Yeah, I guess so.
[1:55:19] Is that you in the middle?
[1:55:21] No, no, no, no, no, I don't know.
[1:55:31] Similar?
[1:55:33] Similar.
[1:55:34] Well, it's also the fancy pen.
[1:55:40] I can't roll like that.
[1:55:42] It makes me anxious hearing that.
[1:55:48] All right, so moving on to item number 13 for review correspondence at 330.
[1:55:54] This afternoon, I got another email from Bruce Westcott regarding Churchill dogs 30 minutes ago
[1:56:00] I was again attacked by the free roaming Churchill dogs at the base of Academy Hill
[1:56:04] Again, I was not a bit and but they're intensely loud barking violent and wild-eyed
[1:56:09] Ruth Marcel is his witness
[1:56:13] She
[1:56:16] said she wanted to make sure he'd be all right.
[1:56:25] Yeah
[1:56:27] It's just yeah further complaint about the dogs won't read the entire thing because it's lengthy
[1:56:32] I guess if anybody wants to see it they can but also Nathan the animal control
[1:56:39] officer is copied in that.
[1:56:56] I did briefly run to Neil the other day walking
[1:56:59] in town hall he said he was going to be able to go back and provide an
[1:57:04] envelope with some right-terry trees and things. I told him it was important. He
[1:57:12] said he
[1:57:19] John Reese, Reese, Reese. You cannot take action on additions to the agenda. Unless it is an emergency, you must post it on an agenda before you take action, which gives the public the right.
[1:57:33] spelled with the W to respond.
[1:57:38] Now these are capital next, capital U, capital can not
[1:57:46] next. You cannot keep not approved minutes of the four former meetings. They need to be approved,
[1:57:55] modified if necessary each month. Please respond that you are in receipt of this message.
[1:58:02] I said thanks John. I'm wondering if the addition of the agenda is
[1:58:07] talking about was a off-scranting permission for the highway department to cooperate with them
[1:58:16] the touch truck that must be it um
[1:58:31] on September 21 there's a another town forest
[1:58:37] thing with
[1:58:41] the NBDA indicate town forest convening i went to a meeting sometime i think there was
[1:58:50] So on the ground, up in Burke,
[1:58:56] exploring opportunities
[1:58:57] for how towns can leverage their town forests and stuff.
[1:59:03] It's happening on September 21st,
[1:59:09] is that what you said?
[1:59:10] Yeah, she will walk us through the 12 steps
[1:59:13] in managing for climate resilience on forests
[1:59:15] and we'll discuss what these management activities could look
[1:59:18] like in practice on Pumpkin Hill.
[1:59:20] This will be our in-peeled tour.
[1:59:22] So appropriate shoes and clothes are required.
[1:59:30] I mean, some people picnic on the Monday, I don't know what that...incredulous...
[1:59:38] Well, actually Monday is actually...I've been like every other event like that has been...well, I've been working.
[1:59:50] Yeah, I've been forwarding to these to Andrea.
[1:59:53] Yeah, I'm forwarding it to you right now.
[2:00:00] That's her involvement on the Conservation Commission. Be good opportunity for the Conservation Commission to take some action on her forest.
[2:00:22] Email from Rusty Barber. Also on the 21st, Timber Frame should be available for pickup by the 21st.
[2:00:30] Can
[2:00:35] you get that Andrew?
[2:00:39] She's picking on the 21st.
[2:00:43] I'm not puking her.
[2:00:46] I'm puking her.
[2:00:48] Sorry, what was the other?
[2:00:50] I told her I actually told you so.
[2:00:52] No, a temper frame is available for pickup and grotton on the 21st.
[2:00:56] Oh.
[2:00:57] You're putting on a roof like that.
[2:01:00] Yeah, just toss it on the marijuana.
[2:01:03] It's a strategy bar.
[2:01:06] Let's do it.
[2:01:29] I'm assuming that's from the wreath making last fall and I probably got snowed on and
[2:01:36] and forgot them out by the time the snowmelted.
[2:01:39] Yeah.
[2:01:41] What happens if I can get a...
[2:01:43] I see some eyes over there, let's go.
[2:01:48] You have one job.
[2:01:51] You have 30 jobs.
[2:01:53] Yeah, one job may.
[2:01:56] Too many can't breathe in the stump dumb.
[2:02:00] What if I can talk Larry into loading me with his excavator?
[2:02:08] She's like three branches, now they're making a look, there's probably more than that.
[2:02:13] Yeah, they've been out of sighting out of mining, yeah, okay, cool, noted.
[2:02:19] Any other correspondence?
[2:02:21] You thinking about that?
[2:02:23] Those idle banter, no idle banter, signs.
[2:02:26] I am.
[2:02:27] Get those in triplicate.
[2:02:29] I'll remove the triplicate.
[2:02:30] Is that the only one?
[2:02:32] I'll move to adjourn.
[2:02:33] I'll second.
[2:02:34] Oh, oh.
[2:02:35] Oh no.
[2:02:36] What do you got?
[2:02:38] Did you see John Peele resigned from the committee?
[2:02:43] I haven't seen a recommendation from any current committee members yet.
[2:02:48] I don't know if you guys have seen that.
[2:02:50] We're accepting his record.
[2:02:52] I don't know if he can accept it or not.
[2:02:53] But he's the type of choice.
[2:02:56] I'm just kind of keeping...
[2:02:59] Keep thinking about who we get.
[2:03:02] That way, yeah.
[2:03:03] I'm fighting you, but.
[2:03:06] A remove to a drone.
[2:03:09] And a move.
[2:03:09] Re-second?
[2:03:11] Sorry.
[2:03:11] So was that like a third or is that a fourth?
[2:03:14] It's like a cube.
[2:03:14] Fourth, I think.
[2:03:16] Yes.
[2:03:16] It's a square.
[2:03:17] A Christian second squares.
[2:03:22] It's a paper.
[2:03:24] Hi.
[2:03:30] I'm meeting a drone at whatever time.
[2:03:32] Hey, 33.
[2:03:33] Hey, 33.
[2:03:34] You