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Um,
>> we didn't.

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» So, I would like to uh I would like uh
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ask for a motion to go into executive
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» So, moved.
>> Second.

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» All in favor?

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» No.

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Welcome back everyone.

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» Um, I will take a motion to approve the
minutes of August 3, 2026. Move them.

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Second.
>> All in favor? Appointments

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and resignations. None. Consent agenda.
None. Any select board reports?

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» I have one.

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I think it's time that we took another
look at U short-term rentals. They're

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back in the news. Um, the Bar Harbor
story did a couple of good articles

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about it on August 6th about the
discussion at the Tmont Select Board and

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August 12th the similar discussion in
Southwest Harbor. There's new state

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legislation that allow will starting
next year will allow um three dwelling

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units on the lot and four dwelling units
in a designated growth area

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and towns have to be in compliance by
July 2027.

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I know that this um legislation is
intended to create more housing for more

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people, but it could backfire and it
could without an ordinance in place, it

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could result in enormous growth in
short-term rentals in all of our towns.

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I'm not against I said this when we
tried to tackle this before. I'm not

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against people renting out their own
homes or space in their home. That's an

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old tradition in our town and I think
it's one that we that should continue.

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I'm talking about the growing practice
of people using homes as investments.

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People buying up houses or building
houses and using them like hotels.

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This does nothing to promote a healthy,
vibrant year-round community which we

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all want.
It's time we address the issue.

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I think we need to begin by taking stock
of what's going on in our town. Find out

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how many short-term rentals there
actually are currently exist. Who owns

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them? Are they owned by the people who
live in the house? Are they somebody

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from out of town, out of state? That's
the first step. But we can't stop there.

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We need to put some guard rails in place
so our town doesn't turn into a ghost

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town.
>> I agree 100%.

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» Y

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» thank you.
Any comments?

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Thank you, Martha. That's very to the
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Um, I do have something. I I just want
to get out there and reiterate the the

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importance to have a plan in place for
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um for our issue with town garage.
Um and just to let people know that

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nothing's going to happen overnight. We
are working on plans, but we need to we

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need to get those plans in place and
have something for folks that we've

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overlooked because apparently there are
a lot of folks in town that don't have

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the wherewithal to get their garbage out
at the end of their private road there.

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Either there isn't a container there or
there isn't space or something like

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that. So, we need to look into getting
that done.

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» Okay,
that's all I got. Anyone else?

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directing Alex to figure it out.
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» We're still playing with some ideas as
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» yeah,
>> I will say the communication

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that we've gotten from ex outside
people, letters, different I mean some

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of them have been really good had really
good points.

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Um, so I feel like we're making progress
getting information out there that we we

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need to do something. And I will say I
if you drive by that town garage Sunday

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night [laughter]
>> I saw it's disgusting.

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» I I've made a point to do it this I no
wonder we have to do something like it

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is beyond uncontrollable.
And so we have to do something. But

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» I think one of the things and and Brian
mentioned this um and he's on the Zoom

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call by the way, but um there's a rather
enormous amount of the trash for the

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town itself that seems to be passing
through there. Much larger chunk than

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would seem
rational. Um, and so that's that's part

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of what we got to really figure out here
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» marvelous out of town trash.
>> I agree.

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» Yeah. I mean, and that's part of why if
we come up with a system, we'll we'll

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find out pretty fast. And I think
anecdotally, we all know it. We've all

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been there after hours and seen the car
pull up where you're just like, "No,

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no." [laughter]
So, yeah. Um, so we know that's out

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there. Um, but yeah, there's a lot of
work to be done on this one. This has

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definitely proven to be a stickier one
than I think initially thought.

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» I could
go ahead, Brian.

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» Go ahead. Oh, so yeah, we're still we
we're still trying to collect data and

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information and really understand what
the circumstances are so that we can

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come up with a good solution for how
we're going to move forward with this.

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that there's not a fixed answer
certainly and I'm doing some data

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collection in terms of managing the way
in which we're dumping it such that we

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can actually know total volumes coming
out of there. We're trying to pay

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attention to what's going on there, make
sure that our camera system is

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operational that we're so we're trying
to do that. I I would

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ask that if anyone does come to either,
you know, any town staff or any of the

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select board members and does talk about
their particular circumstances, by all

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means, please send them my way. I want
to hear as many people as I possibly

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can. I want to understand all the
circumstances um as much as I can and

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and really use that information to our
best ability to craft something that

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will work but does
improve the conditions at the town

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garage. But I I need to hear from
people. So please please refer people to

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me as much as possible.
I haven't heard anything personally, but

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I I think I mentioned before I have
visions of having the the place closed

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up and Monday morning come down and find
Well, if we can't get in, just drop it

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at the gate. And I I I actually see that
happening. Maybe not, but I

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» No, it does. It's well documented and
that's years. Oh,

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>> Yeah. Yeah.

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[clears throat] Um process question.
What what role does the sustainability

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committee play in this? Because to me,
this is part kind of managing the town

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garage and it's part recycling and trash
procedures, expenses.

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where does this get hashed out? Where

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does this get workshopped? I have full
faith in Brian, but I think having, you

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know, [clears throat] volunteers who
have put a lot of time and thought into

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this in the past, we just just need to
understand what their role is, if any.

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» Actually, um, I can tell you uh, none.
There's no role for them in this. This

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is this is strictly a town thing. I I
don't want to put that kind of committee

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work on that particular committee
because it really that committee was

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designed initially to to get the LED
lights installed and the fixtures

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installed and work on solar and work on
sustainability stuff. We've had very

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very little interaction other than Phil
went out to look at municipal waste hub

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at one point when it was fiberite.
Uh very little involvement in in

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municipal solid waste. Okay, that's
helpful.

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» So, the recycling a different issue, but
you know, the sustainabilities committee

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sustainability committee's uh input on
recycling will simply have to do with

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what we end up recycling, either
returnables or

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um use sports equipment or used tools,
things like that.

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Things that aren't part of our
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I just think you get yourself into
trouble when you land something like

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that because that that's going to take a
lot of uh horsepower to put you out.

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» Okay. Anything else?
>> Can I make a side note?

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» Yes.
>> When we visited Waste Hub, was that Have

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we had a meeting since then or not? I
can't I'm losing track. second.

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» Okay. The belts were running.
>> Successful visit. The belts were

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running.
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» I posted a little very very amateur
video up on our YouTube channel if

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anyone wants to look at it. It's It's
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» Yeah. No, it's that
>> for sure.

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» And the grill is still there.
>> It is. It is really impressive.

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» They didn't smell any
mistake.

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» So bad. Yeah. somewhere. [laughter]

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» That's okay.
>> Thank you for your service and going

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back. [laughter]
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watching the lady with that enormous u
backhoe try to lift a stuffed elephant

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out of the pile and perch it up
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» Oh,
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thing was the grill,
[clears throat]

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» the barbecue grill
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for people to have their lunch there.
>> Well, we never quite figured if it was

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» that might have been a a statement, a
decoration or something.

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» All right. Anything else?

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» All right. Unfinished business. None
presented. New business. Public space

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special event application. Neighborhood
House and Mount Dessert Police

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Association Community Barbecue.
September 13, 2026. Northeast Harbor

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Village Green.
Move approval.

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» Second.
>> All in favor?

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» Uh, approval of service agreement with
the town of our Harvard Police

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Department.

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Police Department

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like me to speak about this before I
make a motion or

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» I think we're make a motion first,
aren't we?

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» Yeah, make a motion first.
>> Uh, move approval.

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» Yeah. Second. Uh what this is, this is a
one-off um for a a new officer who will

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be stationed in the town of Mount Dert.
Um but instead of us hiring this person

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on as a Mount Dert employee directly,
Bar Harbor is bringing this person on

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and then will bill us for the services.
From the perspective of the residents,

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there's no change to the cost or how the
person will function. It's this was a

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more experienced person where their pay
structure is better structured for

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handling somebody like this. And this is
a great in example of where as we draw

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closer to the date at which we truly
merge, you may see us making more and

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more decisions like this. And the way I
put it is we are acting under the

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assumption that this is going to work
and that we are going to emerge because

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we've seen nothing um that would cause
us to feel otherwise in terms of the

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dealings with the po the force the way
it's working between the two towns and

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mostly just how successfully this police
force is running right now. So we really

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have two paths. We can either assume and
and make assumptions like this as if

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it's going to occur or we can go the
opposite direction. And I think going

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the opposite direction and acting as if
it's not going to work isn't really fair

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to employees to anyone. I think we need
to do that. If it something were to

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occur and we didn't cross the finish
line, we can adjust course for there.

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But we sort of need to plan for what I
think we all agree is the most likely of

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the outcomes here. Um, and that has a
lot to do with just the fact that um,

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it's going awfully well. [clears throat]
Um, so yeah. Yeah,

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» I was under the assumption that it was
already not merged, but you were already

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doing that. Do we have to go through
this like if with everyone that is hired

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until we merge or even after?
>> Uh, not after we merge, they'd all be

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uh, Bar Harbor employees straight
forward. The tricky part for us is

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moving the employees from Mount Dert to
Bar Harbor, moving assets over and

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really getting the um governing language
for this so that we have a voice, maybe

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not too much of a voice, not too little
of a voice, but there's a lot of

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nuances, I guess, that we just need to
get in writing and get just right um in

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order to do this. But there's absolutely
no indication from anyone that any of

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this is going to be problematic. Um
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That's what we're working on in a series
of meetings right now. Figuring it out,

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figuring out the assets, figuring how to
bring over audited.

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» Yeah. I I think it's a good move.
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for the residents of both towns,
nobody's going to notice any difference

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at all. Like none whatsoever. Um the
only take cakes where you'd see a huge

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difference is if we reversed course and
say the town of Mount Dessert chose to

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try to stand alone again. Then we'd see
massive changes to budgets, massive

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changes to staffing. Um and none of it
in a direction that I think our

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residents would be happy with. So
>> there's that.

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» Good.
Vote.

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» Nope. All in favor?

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Authorized the use of $120,997.30

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from public works road reserve account
$45100-24573

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with an approximate unencumbered balance
of $153,8306

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to pay outstanding costs on contracts
for the Jordan Pond Road sewer line

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replacement project.

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Move authorization.
>> Second.

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» Second. Oh, you're second again.
[laughter]

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» Um, any discussion?
>> Yeah. Um, Brian, what what's that for?

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They haven't even done it yet, have
they? What is the 153,000 from

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» the the two contracts that we did at the
last select board meeting? When we were

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initially putting those together, we
were looking at the account balance for

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where we've moved those pulled bond
funds, which is in excess of what we

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needed for those two contracts. But then
thankfully Nancy went back and looked at

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what was authorized at the last annual
town meeting, which was short of the

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total amount for those two contracts. So
the town meeting had a specific amount

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that was authorized. It's not just
everything that was available. It was

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1.8 million. uh one point it's like 1834
I think something like that. Um and so

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there is a shortage relative to what was
authorized at that previous annual town

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meeting but there's not a shortage in
the total funds that have been pulled

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together. So what we're doing is going
to use a reserve account to cover the

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difference just so we have everything
allocated such that we can pay those

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contracts when they do the work.
>> Okay. I misunderstood it that that when

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when you're just having securing the
funds so we can pay

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» securing the funds. This is yeah this is
the this is the step to secure the funds

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and then
>> potentially for repayment of those funds

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we might be looking towards another
authorization at annual town meeting to

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then pay back that reserve account where
we're using money out of it.

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» Yeah. if if the reserve accounts, that's
a pretty big hit in a reserve account

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and you'd want to have a plan for how
you'd pay that back and we'll we'll be

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working on that and potentially bringing
that forward for um a warrant article or

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your review later.
>> Ryan, will that reserve account be

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sufficient for the rest of the year?
>> It's a rarely used reserve account. Um

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it's the roads reserve. We have a budget
line for paving which we typically do

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the road work out of. Uh so we'll raise
manholes and we'll do paving on that. So

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there's it's a pretty limited use. It's
it's just been a handful of times since

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I've been here. So I don't foresee there
being an issue with that particular

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reserve account and this use.
>> Nancy, did you want to weigh in?

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» No, I I agree with what he's saying.
We're able to use so I think we'll be

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fine.
Thanks.

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» Thank you, Brian.
>> Thanks, Brian.

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» Thank you.
>> Uh, one more process question. So, so

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using a road reserve account to do sewer
line replacement,

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is that a slippery slope, Brian? Is that
a precedent that we have to be careful

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about?
you know, the the history of the sewer

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lines in the road have actually they've
been a roads project.

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» Okay.
>> So, I've I've mixed things a little bit

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differently than what Tony's past p
practice was.

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» So, the sewer the wastewater collection
line system typically had been kind of

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in the the highways division and
primarily within the public works

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superintendent. I kind of have put both
of the superintendent into the mix in

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terms of understanding what we have for
both uh storm water collection and sewer

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collection. I just feel it's better to
have that institutional knowledge spread

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across a couple of people and that
they're both out there understanding

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what our systems look like. So roads is
a pretty typical in the past of where

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wastewater collection systems come from.
The sewer reserve, which is a separate

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reserve account, is typically the
pumping stations and wastewater

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treatment plants.
>> That's helpful. Okay. Thank you.

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» Anything else? All in favor?

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» Okay. Review and adopt the municipal
resolution for emergency medical

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services transport plan for the town of
Mount Desert Fire Department.

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» Approved.
That's right. A second.

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» Okay. So,
all this is about posting

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» this plan that we already have in place.
>> Correct.

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» Right.
>> So, Santa Maine formed a blue ribbon

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committee. Um, and really what they're
looking at is EMS coverage across the

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state.
>> Trying to get an official tally because

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some agencies with the new DEA changes
and everything else are giving up their

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paramedic license. Um, and so they're
really trying to get a grasp on who's

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doing what officially so that they can
make recommendations to the state on how

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to approach EMS moving forward. So
really, we formed this resolution in

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2022
in the town and we're just basically

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translating it to the verbiage the state
is requiring for posting to meet the

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terms of the blue ribbon committee.

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We have a motion, a second. Correct.
Okay. Any more discussion?

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» All in favor?
>> I.

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» Great. Thanks, K.

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Informational. A letter from resident
Alan Kimberly regarding proposed

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elimination of public dumpsters at
public works garage

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» and warrant giving public notice of
commissioner district caucus for

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election of budget advisory committee
members.

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» I'd like to explain that one if we' be
great.

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» Yeah. Um so this is an interesting one.
We have a caucus at 2 PM next Monday

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um
for the budget advisory committee. I was

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able to track down a couple of people at
the county uh this afternoon to get the

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answer as to what that entails. So at
this caucus, this is the point in time

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which at which any elected official
within the town of Mount Desert would

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like to put in their name to be on the
budget advisory committee for Hancock

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County and serve on that. That would be
their time to come in and for members of

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the public to come in and to essentially
affirm that caucus and vote for them at

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that moment in time. Unfortunately, it
is elected officials only, not appointed

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officials like say a town manager or a
finance director. So, um for somebody to

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come forward for that caucus, it would
need to be one of our elected officials.

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Um and that would be at 2 o'clock next
Monday. So,

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» I was looking forward to serving on it
and I'm sad. But,

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» how many people are on that committee?
the budget advisory committee. I believe

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it is a nineperson committee, but I
could be wrong on that.

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» So, they're not from all the towns.
They're just

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» not all the towns. No,
>> we would get one if we put someone forth

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because we represent such a large share
of county taxes.

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» Rodney wants to do it. How often do they
meet? [laughter]

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» Thinking about electing to
>> It would probably be I think every

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couple of weeks through the winter
months. Again, I don't have a lot of

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visibility into exactly how this works.
Um it is something we are the largest

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taxpayer in Cumberland County or I
haven't done that one in a while

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county. Um I was hanging out with
Cumberland County folks a lot this week.

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Um um so it's I think it is an important
thing for Panama Dessert. Um but it's

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certainly something for us to discuss as
to how we want to approach this moving

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forward.
>> Um

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» where do they meet? Do you know
>> the caucus or the actual meetings? the

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actual meeting
>> I believe they occur at the um

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administrative building for Hancock
County

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» which is where
>> uh in Trenton

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» it's in Trenton. Okay.
>> And it's in Ellsworth

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» County building the courthouse.
>> Oh it's at the courthouse I think. Okay.

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Yes.
>> Give them a lot of money.

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» Yep.
>> Is this caucus uh specific to the town

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of Mount Dert or is this
>> Yes,

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» it is. Okay.
>> Yep. So it is a 2pm caucus. Commissioner

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Neella will be here to organize it.
We're essentially just giving them the

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use of the room for them to hold the
caucus here.

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» And do they do a similar thing in all
other towns?

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» Not all other towns, but
>> question as needed.

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» As needed. Okay. So, this caucus will
involve anyone everyone that's

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interested in having that spot
>> who is an elected official of the town

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of Messer. So,
>> who wants to support

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» of the five of us plus the school
boards? be considered.

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» I don't think the school well the
elementary school board could count

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because it would be specific to
map dessert. Yes.

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Well, that could potentially be a group
of people who could fit in on it. Yes.

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» Yeah.
>> Um it's the the elected piece is the

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tricky piece.
>> And I understand the rationale behind

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it. It just is very limiting of course.
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» so [clears throat]
that's our explanation on this one.

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I was able to tease out this afternoon.
>> So,

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like I said, I was actually looking
forward to serving.

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» You I got that impression.
>> Yeah.

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» So,
there's my information on that one.

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[snorts]
>> So, you don't know like you said twice a

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month, but you don't know like what day
of the week or

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» timing or anything like that?
>> Because I I I only sort of learned about

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this, but I can certainly learn more in
the next couple of days. Yeah.

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» Because that would make a difference for
>> Yes. Yep.

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if you did it because you get a lot of
that number. Yeah. I mean, I just I do a

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lot of budgets, so I feel like it makes
sense, but I

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» I know. I know. I know.
>> It can't be 2 o'clock on a Monday

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afternoon, so
>> Okay.

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» I wonder if it'd be possible also to
zoom in.

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» Oh, yeah.
>> And we'll ask these questions.

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» Yeah.
>> Okay.

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All right. Um,
any public comment? Any general comment

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about something?
>> Um, Alex, what was the award that Derlin

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didn't Derland just get another award at
your meeting that you went to?

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» You did.
>> I just feel like that's a nice public

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thing to say.
>> Um, yeah. Thank you. Um so yes, last

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week I was at the main town and city
managers association annual conference.

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Um uh and joining me there as an
ambassador um uh you know no longer our

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town manager but for um very
distinguished town managers and city

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managers who had a good career. They end
up going up there as ambassadors

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um to help mentor new managers to serve
up advice as best as possible. Um, and

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Derlin won the Lifetime Achievement
Award, which actually basically gives

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him a membership running through the
next bunch of years automatically at

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MTCMA.
And just as a side note, they just love

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him up there. Uh, it's pretty cool to
watch. It's really interesting to watch

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how well known and respected he is. Um,
you know, here it's a year later, but to

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them it's just um, yes,
>> that's really nice. I just thanks for

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sharing that. Yes.
>> Yeah.

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» No, definitely. I should have jumped in
on that, but no, it was it was a cool

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thing to see.
>> Yeah.

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» All right. Any more public comments
or comments?

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I have any comments?
>> Okay. Treasures warrants approval and

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signature town invoice AP 2712 and
DD2705

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uh for the grand total of $3,47,560.68.

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Move approval and signature.
>> Second.

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» All in favor.
>> I have a a quick question. I I am in

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favor of it. Um this had some big
numbers in it. So for um Nancy and Alex

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just confirmed for me the the 1.6
million plus or minus to Hancock County

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Treasurer is
>> county taxes.

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» Thank you. That that was my assumption.
Uh, and the $776,000

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to Kataden Trust Company, is that moving
funds from one account to another or is

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that a payment for services?
>> That is the bond payment for the school

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bond that was taken out last year, but I
want to double check that one.

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» Excellent. Okay.
>> I'm pretty I'm

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99% sure on that one, but I'll check
with N.

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» But it's a it's a bond payment.
>> Yes. Yes. Okay. Thank you.

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» The $6 million bond.
>> Yes. Yeah.

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» Okay. Um,
good. All in favor?

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» I
>> approval uh approval and signature

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state fees and payroll benefits AP 2710
DD 2704

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AP 2711 town payroll PR2705
uh for a grand total of $342,837.16.

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I move authorization.
>> All in favor?

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» One abstension, please.
>> Acknowledgement. School invoice MDESP3.

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School payroll MDESP4
uh for grand total of $196,5539.

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» Approval.
>> Second.

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» All in favor?
I will entertain a motion to adjurnn.

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» So move second.
>> All in favor? Great.