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Good evening. Welcome to the Milford
Select Board meeting of March 9th,

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6:00 p.m. in room 3 of Town Hall. Um, we
did have an executive session

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that we held at 5:00 p.m. We will be
going back into executive session at the

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conclusion of the regularly scheduled
meeting.

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and I will announce that when we come to
the close of the regular session.

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Uh first item, gentleman, signing of the
warrant. Mr. Chair, I make a motion we

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sign the warrant, please.
>> And I would second that, Mr. Chairman.

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» That is unanimous.
Next item on the agenda is approval of

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the regular session minutes of February
26th, 2026. A motion to approve regular

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session minutes uh dated February 26th,
2026. I would second that, Mr. Chairman.

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» And that is unanimous. The next item is
the approval of the executive session

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minutes of February 26. Motion 2026.
>> Motion, Mr. Chair, to approve the

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executive session minutes of February
26, 2026.

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» And I would second that, Mr. Chairman.
>> That's unanimous.

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The first uh we have public hearings.
The first public hearing is National

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Grid in Verizon, New England concerning
a pole relocation on Birch Street. And I

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believe we have a representative on
Zoom. Right.

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» Got Thomas Carly.
>> Carley.

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» Mr. Carly.
>> Hello. Can you guys hear me?

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» Yes, we can.
>> Okay.

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» What are you trying to accomplish?
>> All right. So, this is a midspan pole.

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It's going to go east of existing pole
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pole. Uh so we can install a recloser
which is just um system improvement.

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Um it kind of it's a device that just
helps limit outages pretty much

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and they did give us all the
information. Any questions? Uh

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» I have no questions, Mr. Chair. The only
thing, you know, like I say, if you need

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a motion.
>> Yes, Michael. Any questions?

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» No questions at all, Mr. Chair.
>> Motion, please. And yeah, this is a

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public hearing and we have no
>> Oh, that's it. Is there anyone here that

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would like to speak to this particular
item? This is a public hearing. Thank

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you, Paul.
>> Thank you.

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» There's no one in the audience, anyone
online that wants to speak to this

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particular matter.
>> No one online. No one in the

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» See no one. Could I have a motion?
>> A motion, Mr. Chair, that I uh move that

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the select board approve National Grid
Verizon New England uh petition as

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presented by uh Mr. Thomas Carley and is
described in the petition uh to the

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Milford Board of Select.
>> I would second that, Mr. Chairman.

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» And that's unanimous. The next item is
Central Gas Market Inc. concern an

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amendment to the package to wine and
malt beverages. That's going to be put

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off to another meeting.
>> Oh, Mr. Collie, we are all set, sir.

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» All set. Thank you, guys. Appreciate it.
>> You're welcome.

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» And that item is going to be put off to
another meeting. Uh they're pulling

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together some paperwork uh from the
Secretary of State. Um we do not have

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any scheduled appointments. Town
Administrator's report.

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» Just one item, Mr. Chair. Um I've been
advised by Jen Ward, youth center

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director. She's been informed by Scott
Martin, senior. He's the executive

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director and of strategic initiatives of
the Hakamark area YMCA. The youth center

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is now the recipient of the Burnon
Family Branch Red Triangle Award. This

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award recognizes organizations and
individuals for their partnership and

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support of programs and activities of
the YMCA meeting the changing needs of

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our community. It is for the work
Milford and Franklin did together with

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remote learning during CO for children
in Milford to more present-day

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collaborations on tournaments and child
protection. The YMCA in Franklin is

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acknowledging the Milford Youth Center
as an organization they are proud to

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partner with and wanted this recognition
to shine on our youth center. For your

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information, the award will be presented
at the YMCA's annual meeting to be held

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on Tuesday, May 12th, beginning at 5:00
p.m. at Lake Pearl. Uh, all award

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winners received their award during the
event. All three of you gentlemen will

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be invited. And I want to congratulate
Jen and her entire staff uh for

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receiving this prestigious award. And
that's all I have tonight, Mr. Chairman.

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Thank you, Rick. Thank you, Rick.
I do not have any old business unless

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you gentlemen have something to raise.
Sher, I do not

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» have anything, Mr. Chairman. Under new
business, uh we have the Milford Council

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on Aging concerning an appointment

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and it's a email from Dino Debat
um asking us to appoint Michelle Kramer

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to the council on aging. Um she's highly
qualified. She has a master's degree in

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social work. She's also the director of
social services at Countryside for over

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30 years and she's replacing Paul
Gallagha. Uh Paul served on the council.

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I I serve on the council. Paul served on
the council for many years as and he

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made stay at the senior center. He just
having some personal difficulties

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uh healthwise.
So, if we could uh have a motion to

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appoint Michelle Kmer and to uh thank
Paul for his services. Sure. A motion,

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Mr. Chair, uh to appoint uh Michelle
Kramer as recommended by the chair of

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the uh council of aging as well as the
other committee members uh and to

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appoint u Michelle Kramer to the council
of aging and also thank you for the

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services of uh Mr. Gallagher.
>> And I will second that, Mr. Chair.

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» That is unanimous. Thank you to Mr.
Gallagher.

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» And that is unanimous.
Um invitation to speak.

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» I know we have there. Yeah.

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» Good afternoon.
>> Say your name just for the record,

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please.
>> Uh my name is Cairo Barlo.

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» Welcome.
>> I am a student who lives in Milford and

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this is a part of my civics project on
local government. I'm here to share a

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proposal on reforms to the MWRTA's Route
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central, commercial, and residential
areas of our town, well, it lacks

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coverage to many essential parts in our
town. The route also leaves many gaps

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and stops within walking distance,
resulting in a lack of transit use by

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students, elderly, and those without
cars. I put together a short proposal,

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which I'll hand out now.

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Thank you.
>> Thank you very much. Thank you.

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This proposal suggests new targeted
stops in highdensity residential and

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commercial areas while simultaneously
closing gaps between stops and

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connecting more residents to other parts
of town. These stops should increase

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accessibility to Milford's public
transit system drastically, giving a

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reliable source of transit throughout
town to those in need. These are

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designed to only minimally tweak the
current route and avoid fair increases.

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I request this proposal be forwarded to
the proper channels and considered by

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the town of Milford and MWRTA staff for
review. Are there any questions?

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I have forwarded the proposal to the
Metro West Regional Transit Authority.

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Have you met with them yet? They did
offer to meet. Uh did they set something

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up or not?
>> Uh we are in the midst of setting.

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» Okay. So, they're more than willing to
meet. Uh go through the proposal. I read

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the proposal. It's obviously very well
prepared, very well researched. You

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should be commended for that.
Absolutely.

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» So, um but it is in their hands.
>> Hopefully, you can get a one-on-one

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meeting officer.
>> Yeah. Just a couple of things, please.

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Well, thank you. Uh anyway, thank you so
much for this. Again, it's a pretty darn

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uh good project that you're doing for uh
civics, I'll tell you. Uh and and I

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congratulate you on that. Like Rick
said, again, the proposal focuses on

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enhancing the mobility of residents who,
you know, don't have a vehicle, who um

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handicapped some way, shape, or form.
and and and again that gives an

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opportunity to make um this whole route
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» to some of the people who won't be able
to have it and um again I really

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appreciate this this is very thoughtful
of you and um uh pretty good for a

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military high senior right thank you
>> thank you so much

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» thank you Mr. Chairman Tyro, I just want
you to know that I'm actually the board

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representative on the MW
RTA. So, I'll work closely with Mr.

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Balani and the MWRTA
to follow through, make sure that they

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do in fact have this and, you know,
we'll report back on, you know, where

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they are and where we are with working
on this. But greatly appreciate you

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putting this and bringing this to our
attention and I I promise you that I

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will work on it.
>> Thank you so much.

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» Okay. Thank you. It's a lot of work in a
two-page manual.

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» No question.
>> Thank you very much.

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» To know that you should be within a
quarter of a mile

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um 5 minute walk. It take me a lot more
than 5 minutes nowadays. But um for the

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average person, uh I think you're
correct that it's what's reasonable. And

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also if we better serve the public
that's why we brought the uh service

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here to Milford to begin with uh wasn't
mandated on the on this town. So um then

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can we send a copy of that Rick to plan
still Brian has a copy also.

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» He does. Yes. Okay. Yeah. I copied him
in he still is doing uh great work and

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and also being a liazison to the MWR.
Brian's a liaison and he's also the town

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committee that works with MWRTA. So, um
I'm sure that he'll be president.

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Michael
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» he he was more than willing to attend
also. Yeah.

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» Yep.
>> And is that something Rick that they

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would come out here and
>> I believe she the name is escaping me

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but yes they would come out here. We
could have a room this room or some

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other room where they could meet. Yes.
No problem. I can coordinate that.

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» Okay. Good. So, very similar to when we
put the um the bus stop, you know, at

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the grocery store,
right? Great jobs.

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» Yeah.
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» Thank you very much.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you very much for coming in.
>> Thank you.

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» Have a good one.
>> You too.

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» You too.
>> Have any correspondence, gentlemen?

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» No, Mr. Chair. I do not
>> I do not, Mr. Chairman.

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» And with that, we will be going back
into executive session. The executive

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session uh for the record uh as far as
this meeting being taped is Maguire

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versus the town of Milford was the
superior court civil action number 2285

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CV 0114D

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to receive attorney client
communications of legal advice regarding

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reasonably anticipated litigation or
legal issues the disclosure of which

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would compromise the town's position. Do
I have a motion? A motion to chair.

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» I have a second that, Mr. Chairman.
>> That unanimous roll call.

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» I
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» And I We're into executive session.
Thank you very much for tuning in this

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evening. And if you have any questions,
please reach out to the town

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administrator.
Gentlemen, thank you. Goodbye.