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Good evening, everyone. The time is now 7.01 PM, and today's date is August 17th, and we are here for our

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regular schedules town council meeting. Before we begin, the evening's meeting, council

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darkened and I would like to take a moment to recognize the passing of three individuals whose

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lives are deeply connected in the greater South County community. Stephen Farley was a long-time

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against it resident, devoted father, coach, friend, and familiar face throughout our community.

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Known to so many, simply as coach, Stephen gave countless hours to our young people through

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athletics, booster clubs, and community involvement. His love for Narragantza, its people, and

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its traditions was evident throughout his life, and he will be deeply missed. We also remember

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Dennis Hazard, a lifelong Narragantza in South County resident, proud U.S. Marine Corps veteran

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who served our country in Vietnam and a man with deep roots in our community.

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Dennis was a familiar presence along our coastline and a long-time member of the Nair

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Against the SurfCastors Club.

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His service to our country and his lifelong connection to Nair against it, leave a legacy

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worthy of our gratitude and respect.

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And I'll pass it off to Jim Durkin before he close on the final sentiments.

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And, uh, hobby control, though.

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Hobby control, though, was 68, married for 37 years,

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to the head singer, to the head singer of his band, The Thieves.

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I remember being stopped at a light at Burnside Avenue in one-o-8.

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I looked over, I saw a squirrel on the driver's shoulder.

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A relationship got stronger at that moment.

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You spent many years on the Haber Commission,

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and created one of the first voice of the farms we have in there against it.

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He helped many people with their political ambitions.

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He will be greatly missed by his family, and the people of Point Judith,

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and all who knew him.

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On behalf of the New York City Council,

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our entire community who extend our deepest condolences

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to the Farley, Stone, Kataldo, and Hazard families,

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for their friends and all those who knew in love.

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I ask everyone to please join us in a moment of silence as we honor their lives, their service, and their contributions to our community.

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Thank you. Please stand for the pledge allegiance.

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All

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right, first item on our agenda is the town manager's update. So I'll pass it off to Jim.

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Good evening members of the council. Folks, we're here this evening and those who are watching from home.

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A few updates for the week.

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An update on the comprehensive plan, we're asking that any residents contact community development

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directed Jill Sabo if they are interested in becoming a stakeholder for the housing and land use

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elements of the comprehensive plan update process.

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Contact information can be found on the town website under community development.

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The State Traffic Commission informed us that the crosswalk that we have been pursuing

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on Boston Tech Road, near Dominic Christopher, Christopher Park was approved and they notified

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us, they have no timeline for it, but they have approved the crosswalk that we had requested

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several times. DPW was awarded a certificate of a special recognition for the successes during

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the 2026 National Public Works Week. Congratulations to all of the great team at DPW and to

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who lead by example. The Rhode Island drought steering committee will be holding a meeting

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tomorrow, 18 in Providence, and they'll be streaming it on Zoom at 1030 in the morning.

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It's not a good picture that they're going to paint. The flyer advertising the meeting

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is posted on the table as you enter the council chambers. And along with that, the

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earlier released the statement. Mr. Jacobs from the earlier warrior stated, there was

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still not in good shape moving into the summer. They served bump, but groundwater recovery

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was short lived. Wells and the Mink Brook Aquifaya, near Wooden Pond, that supplies drinking water

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to much of near against South Kingston, of 49% below historical averages. The earlier

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issued an outdoor water ban, beginning in June 30th, people who rely on wells for their

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are already seeing an impact from long-term drought effects.

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Westerly temporarily banned all outdoor water use before scaling it back to a partial prohibition.

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The region will need several months of above-normal rain to fully recover.

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The narrow river-dredging-dredging permit, the town is waiting to hear back from U.S.

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fishing wildlife service, following a meeting that we had with them on August 4th.

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I've kept Senator Reed's office in the loop by providing all the updates in the comments

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status as latest today.

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The Bike Path, the town council, has an agenda item tonight to approve, to

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pre-engineering, to commence the design and generic of the TC approved route.

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And we have confirmed with RIDAD that the 3 million remains in the step budget for construction

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only, not for engineering.

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A couple of events just to let you know about the South County Museum will be holding music

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get the museum, which will take place this Wednesday, from 5 to 8 pm, they said bring your

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own chair or blanket. Food and beverage will be available for sale and tickets are $15. It

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benefits the South County Museum. The box of recreation department is hosting Rhode Island

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250 Float Parade on Saturday, August 22nd, 10 am to 12 pm. We currently do not have anyone

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registered as a participant, but we ask you to reach out to box and recreation. If you

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interested in doing that. You will hear a lot this evening about the

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Scarborough wastewood treatment plan. The plant continues to operate

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efficiently and optimally. I'd like to recognize the efforts of all the

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staff that have been working at the facility and monitoring and adjusting

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the processes as needed to operate so efficiently. I provide you with

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the most recent updates of what has been done at the plant.

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Wastewood and staff met with the wastewood treatment consultant throughout

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winter and summer to evaluate the recent and prior plant performance and conditions

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in coordinate corrective action to achieve satisfactory summer treatment.

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The plant maintained full compliance with all discharge permit requirements from November of 25 through July of 26 and continues to operate at high efficiency.

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One sludge transfer pump has been rebuilt and was returned to service in July. Two remaining pumps are being replaced with the first replacement pump stop-up scheduled for the next, the last week of August.

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A new belt for the gravity belt thickening was purchased and installed and placed into service in May, providing substantial improvement in the dewatering process and the overall solid handling performance.

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We seated the oxidation ditch with the waste sits for the bio nutrient enhancement products, prior to the start of the summer.

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A waste water consultant's recommendations to promote desired biomass microbes and improved biological process performance.

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Staff coordinated with our Skata Integrata, which is a computer to implement process programming,

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modifications to improve control adaptability, and evaluated equipment operation and process responses

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under various control settings throughout the spring to optimize treatment performance.

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Some target levels for the concentration dissolved oxygen, sludge waste thing rates

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would develop with the wastewater consultant based on the data and prior planned performance.

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summer target levels were implemented in June and have been maintained throughout the summer.

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Staff continue on-site monitoring and analysis for oxidation and reduction potential and

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ammonia to monitor plant conditions.

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Measure process efficiency and inform daily decisions on treatment equipment operation and control

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setting adjustments.

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As necessary to maintain peak treatment efficiency based on the current process, treatment

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plant performance reported for July 25 was 76.4% removal of biochemical oxygen demand, and

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is now up to approximately 98.2% which is optimal.

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Redality EN personnel performed an unscheduled plant inspection just on August 10th, and

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walked the entire perimeter fence to check for odis prior to assessing the site after inspecting

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plant grounds and process units, they devise that noode is observed migrating anywhere

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off the site and that only normal process odis and the immediate vicinity of the treatment

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units were observed on the site.

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Overall, Rhode Island DEM personnel were extremely satisfied with the current conditions

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of the vast improvement over the last year.

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The operating conditions and process control decisions that resulted in the poor performance

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and excessive odors during the recent summer, most notably in 2025, have been corrected.

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The dedicated effort of our wastewater staff would be assistance of our wastewater consultant

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and skated control system integrator.

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The necessary corrections have been cooperated and the standard operating procedures for the plan.

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We are confident that satisfactory performance will be maintained and moving forward.

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And again I would like to take the time to thank the staff who worked so diligently over the last year to try to correct this

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and that's it.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Jim, and to our staff, you know, the reason why there was so many updates there was because there was so many incredible work going on on the townside.

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So really appreciate all of our staff, our leadership for their hard work.

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And I hope you were able to have some or enjoy some time off somewhere in between all of those updates.

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It was well deserved.

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And the other thing I want to give a shout out to is our firefighters, our police officers,

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D.M. versus boners, to the untimely and unfortunate spill of the Colomari.

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I think it was just yesterday actually, so if anyone, when they get up to speak, has any good

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colomari puns, they're certainly welcome.

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But thank you for the hard work, and I know that was a really smoothly situation to overcome

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so really appreciate all the efforts that were put in there to clean it up.

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Also going to second the shout out to the event going on at the South County Museum, this

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Wednesday, August 19th, from 5 to 8 PM,

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you'll be able to pack a lawn share, bring a

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picnic, enjoy live music from Road to Bali, be in the boys in the beautiful setting

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of the South County Museum. If you can't make it to the concert, consider visiting the museum

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another day, making a donation or simply sharing this event with others. Every bit of support

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It helps preserve the special place for future generations.

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And really, if you can make it to this.

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This is an incredible picnic fundraiser. It sounds like it's going to be a really amazing event, and it's to support this incredible service that is provided for this town in our community.

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So if you're able to make it, please check it out. Does anyone else have any questions? I know I just dove right into council updates, but any questions for Jim or any additional updates.

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All right. Thank you.

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So we'll move on to the approval of minutes.

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Is there a motion to approve the minutes of the August 3rd, 2026 regular meeting?

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So we'll, second, any discussion, all those in favor?

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And you have posed motion passes for zero, onto open forum, the comments of citizens addressing

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the Councillor and either adopted nor endorsed by the body, but heard as requested, public

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comment will not be taken on matters involving open litigation.

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Uh, please state your name and address when you get up to speak speak only on topics

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not on the meeting agenda.

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I think that was written twice.

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Uh, three minute limit, uh, per speaker and please be orderly and respectful.

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The first speaker is Tom Callahan.

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Good evening, uh, President Menzy members of the council.

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Uh, several important questions remain unanswered in the wake of the, sorry, uh, Mr.

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I'm sorry, just take your name and address.

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I'm sorry.

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Tom Callahan, 26.

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Baltimore Avenue.

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Thank you.

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Remain on answer in the wake of former assistant solicitor

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Craven's victim blaming resignation letter.

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They require answers and they require answers from you.

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Here are just a few.

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Who are the two town counselors who discuss this matter with Mr. Craven?

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Did it occur during an active investigation for what purpose?

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who initiated the contact, was that consistent with standard

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investigatory protocol in the interest of fairness

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to these two counselors, whoever they may be,

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or, in fact, any counselor,

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similarly in contact with the contact,

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Ms. Zebo, these are just a few of the questions

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that are on the minds of residents.

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Mr. Craven has resigned, he would do well to inform the court

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of that fact, for many of the cases he presently

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listed the representing there against it and to do that soon.

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As of this morning that had not occurred.

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But tonight I'm going to use this time to focus on just one matter.

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The town's workplace violence policy is found on page 20 of the town's policies and procedures manual.

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It states explicitly that we do not tolerate any type of workplace violence committed against employees.

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It then identifies the reporting requirements and the investigation procedures.

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Finally, it says, if it is determined that inappropriate conduct has occurred, the conduct

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will take a proper reaction. Mr. Reggast was the attorney task by the town manager to

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conduct the investigation and make that determination.

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He invoiced the town just over $35,000 for $137 of work at $225 an hour for the months

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of March, April, May, June, and July.

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While the specific matters built for are redacted, it's fair to assume that investigation

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of this type and length would account for most if not all of Mr. Regasters' time during

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this period.

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The investigation is now complete, one very simple but fundamentally important question remains.

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Did Mr. Regasters' investigation determine that Mr. Craven's conduct towards Ms. Debo

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on the evening of March 17th, violate Narragansets Workplace Violence Policy, yes or no.

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This is your time or not engaging in a back and forth conversation.

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Okay, I'm going to wait for an answer for a few seconds longer with my time.

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This is an anticipated guest.

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The answer is yes.

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Otherwise Mr. Craven would be sitting where Mr. Levek is sitting this evening.

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Last week, Mr. Callahan started the sensitivity of the matter in the law

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and the law as the reason why it protects the town employee from further disclosure.

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In this instance, it's done nothing to protect Ms. Abel.

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But it's effectively shielded Mr. Craven thus far from any accountability for his actions.

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Thank you.

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Mark Brady.

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Good evening. Can you hear me? Can you folks hear me? Mark Brady. We're really thrilled. I have a couple of questions. Why on August 3 was Mr. Callahan repeatedly silenced by the chair? When you had relevant questions on this situation, he was repeatedly spoken over and quote ongoing investigation, ongoing investigation.

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When the Italian attorney had just prior to that, said that the investigation was completed in June 18th,

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and presented to the council on the 23rd.

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There was, in fact, no ongoing investigation.

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It was a silencing move.

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Why did it take this council almost two months to finalize any kind of actions?

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Even no action.

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When anybody who watched this video, the whole video, not channel 12 sanitized version,

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clearly sees Attorney Criven about to leave through those

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back doors.

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The Sabo is clearly distraught sitting down and

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chair with her hands in her face.

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Mr. Criven turns Caesar, and in her state, in return to what

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appears to be a very aggressive lead to the point where

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Miss Sabo pushes her chair away, clearly in a defensive

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wound.

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How did it take two months and not two days?

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Is it possible that coarsighting legislation,

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which

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in this room, working through with Mr. Craven's name on it, and that was not to be jeopardized

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or certainly not embarrassed. How could this counsel allow Mr. Craven to dictate the terms

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of this process? This was not a resignation by any stretch of the measures. He dictated the terms.

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How could this letter be seriously seen by any reasonable person? This is a resignation

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when he clearly states that he will allow his stipends $25,000 to be paid to attorney

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of it, love a skews. And that he will stay on as a consultant and his law partner will stay

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on as the zoning board and assistant solicitor. So what, we're now paying three attorneys.

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Okay, has Mr. Craven been removed from any and all cases that he was assigned by this town,

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or is he still representing this town in legal matters?

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Mr. Craven refers to the conversation

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with two members of this council. When was those conversations taking place? Why were they taken

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during an investigation in this type of situation? Who were they? The counselors and what was

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the discussion? Why did it go on? Have at any time any one of the accusations against Mr. Craven

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been found to be unsubstantiated? Have at any time have any one of you gone to Miss Sabo and asked her

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how she is doing because a tons of letters says to Mr. Craven, I hope you are doing well.

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Have you ever asked her how she is doing? Mr. Craven said that he acts, his actions,

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were not to create a political distraction, seemingly directed towards this council. Who

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did Mr. Craven work for? The tons of the council. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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My next question from Wade. Thank you.

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Dr. Al Alba,

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Dr. Al Alba, 24, he was in his terrace.

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So Mr. Durkin served previously as a councilman and at that time when he was serving

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the Coastal Resource Management, cited him for illegal dumping Tony Centilly, he was

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charged $500 for violations.

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He appealed it, of course, he's going to play the blanket, see how I'm seeing, but he was

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doing something which was totally inappropriate.

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time walk. So he was basically in violation of CRMC and they were very upset with him.

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Then we had Mr. Durkin in 2015, challenging David Gravenos, Iggy's.

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And his lawyers were a Patrick Dowdy and Donald Lally.

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Patrick Dowdy was up here calling people on my pages, minions.

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But he has his henchmen. You don't have your henchmen, Mr. Durkin.

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In any time, people don't see it your way, you'll take your lawyers and you'll serve some

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like me by a notice of no trespassing at all your paperwork.

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Now, how about if I went to the state police and filed paperwork for you for what you did

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to me on the outside of what your son told to me?

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That would be more credible than your frivolous statement about me butt trespassing or putting

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these trespassing on all your properties.

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Are you going to get your lawyers after me again?

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So in this document here at the link, I'm going to be serving this with all of you so you all can read it.

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It says that my cousin was working to the letter of the law, but you caused my cousin. Ten to thousands of dollars in delays. Why? Because you probably most likely, as you said, maybe I want to be part of his business, but because he denied it, you wanted to retaliate. Then we have a police report, just say the last year, 1920. Let's give Petroman, Kalino, excellent credit, and Sergeant Bassett for writing the House with you, or our control.

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OK, you were a managing for violation.

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There were eight people, eight students in there,

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only five were supposed to be in there.

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Sure, there was an eight bedroom, but when they went there

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because there was a rockist when there was a party,

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they said, you ought to be in violation.

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So the Ottawa state for $500 or whatever it might be for having

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too many people.

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How many other properties we have in there against it?

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Where people have eight, 10 people.

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If there wasn't a party in there,

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they would have got away with it.

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So Mr. Duke, how many properties do you have?

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We have people over excess because last year when I did A7A, we had to have you, it looked like there was about 27 based on what the lady's told me and I tell you some of those and you had one with three bedrooms in there, which is a violation by Tom.

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There's no disputing that. It wasn't trespassing. Okay. Oh, you just sold the property. I just saw that it was under contract. Are you going to say you want to manage just the same property and have allow eight people.

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you're going to tell the owner because he paid 1,450,000,000,000 dollars.

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He gave 8 people and then we have the building permit for 87-year warranty.

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Okay, I want to see the documentation for all the efficiency down stairs and all the

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better rooms.

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And here is the notices of trespassing.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Dr. Alba.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank

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you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Vicky Wood.

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Hello.

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Hello.

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Hello.

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Oh, Vicki Baud 155 went to Barry Road.

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I'll wait until you're looking at me, Alex,

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because this is directed at you.

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Once again, it's been six weeks,

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and here I am waiting for an answer from you,

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about the Affordable Housing Collaborative Trust

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and expired board member.

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So, that board member expired July 2nd.

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Not that that collaborative trust has met more than three times in the year, but I do believe

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that they are the ones that are going to do something with that $3 million bond.

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So what does it take to get an answer from you?

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What do I have to do now?

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To get an answer on what you're doing about that board and who are you going to appoint to it?

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There are people that are waiting that can possibly do the town a lot of benefit, but yet it's just in flux.

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So tell me, what do I need to do now to get the answer? Anything that you can give me?

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Yeah, you don't need to do anything. It's just hasn't made it so you're on the agenda.

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But he expired.

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You have my assurance, it'll be on the next meeting.

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I'll be there. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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That's all it's signed up for it. You have to go to the audience now. Anyone else

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wishes to speak for open forum who hasn't signed up? Yes.

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Hi, Heidi Patron, 34 Palm Beach House. I attended a portion of the August third town

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council meeting. The facts show that Mr. Colmes, Mr. Menzies, Mr. Menzies,

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and Mr.

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security footage on June 23rd.

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The footage showed a heated discussion

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between Mr. Craven and a town hall employee.

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The video, the security footage also shows,

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Mr. Craven, having his hand on that door

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not at the other end of the room.

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Cautiously taking his hand off of the door,

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walking all the way back to approximately where Mr. Levek is sitting and continue his discussion,

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if you will call it that. What the video footage also shows, a member of the public having to come in

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and getting in between Mr. Craven and the town hall employee so she can leave the room.

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The video security footage also shows a member of the public having to get in between Mr.

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Craven and the town hall employee. Again, Mr. Menzies, so she can leave the room.

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Mr. Menzis, Mr. Darkin, Ms. Vignelley, and Mr. Colonies who is not here.

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Saw that video. Mr. Menzis, you and home to your mother. Mr. Darkin, you and home to your daughter.

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Ms. Vignelley, you and home to your granddaughters.

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And Mr. Colonies went home to his wife, knowing you did nothing to protect a town hall employee.

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nothing.

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What have you done since then to ensure that one of your employees will not do again or behave

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again in the way that Mr. Craven has behaved.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Anyone else?

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Yes, Ms. Lawyer?

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Mr. Lawyer.

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Sarah Soda Avenue.

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I don't know how I can even begin to compete with what Heidi just did at town employee, but I

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want to start by saying my apologies to Ms. Sabo who's in this room who needs to listen repeatedly

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about being a victim in this town hall without this town council doing anything.

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I'm March 17th, the actions that you've already heard before happened in this council room right here.

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A town employee was a costed by a town solicitor. I appred the full video. I can't even compare

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might what I'm about to say. But in the full video, the part that Channel 12 didn't show,

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but turned to Craven started walking out. He recognized Miss Sabo isn't here and about ready to

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collapse. He jerked his head around in a manner and just started charging back. He ran back at her,

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fist out at her face and yelling at her, yelling at her. Had it not been from Mike to Luca coming in,

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God knows what could have happened.

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March 18, she filed a complaint and do so.

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Mr. Tierney advised the council on the 6th of April

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of the occurrence and that there was an investigation

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taking place.

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I know this is not a question and answer period,

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but did any of you ask Mr. Tierney to see the video?

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Did anybody ask what really went on?

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On June 18, he were told that the investigation was completed.

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And on June 23, a turning regasso met with you

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executive session, where you agreed to reconvene at a later date because Ryan was not there.

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How dare you?

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How dare you watch the video I saw and not have a consensus among four of you to say,

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we've had enough.

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Rhode Island is an at-wheel state.

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You did not need to do anything more than a tell or attorney-driven that he no longer works

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the town.

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You don't need to worry about being sued, you need to give no reason, but yet you chose not

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act to leave Jill Sabo out, hold.

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I just wonder what the town employees feel right now.

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From Mr. Tierney all the way down to the town employee working at the town beach, who

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had the fewest hours. Obviously, you do not have their backs. You had the back of a political

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operative from the state house. You had Mr. Craven's back. So last I'd like to say since Alex,

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you like to talk about transparency. Every single meeting we hear transparency, I don't know how

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many times. Be transparent tonight. Ask that Dan, play the full video. Let the town of

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near again to see what the four of you and the fifth of New Miss colonies all saw, but

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yet shows you do nothing. You have Jill saying, go hang in. Shame on all of you.

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Thank you. Anyone else for opening form? All right. Mr. President? Yes. Could I please chime in?

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Yes, please. Thank you. Also in the interest of transparency and

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consulting with labor counsel today.

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I can't inform the public what they already know that

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labor counsel, independent labor counsel conducted a thorough investigation and an outcome

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letter of that investigation was giving to the employee who made the allegations. The outcome

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letter is property of that employee who can choose to do what they wish. In some instance, the

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investigation validated and substantiated the complaint that was made by the employee.

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The details are contained in that letter to the employee.

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We are not free to release that to the public, but it was investigated and labor counsel

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found it to be validated and substantiated.

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I did speak with labor counsel today before announcing us.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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And to respond, again, to the many concerns that were shared this evening, again, the timeline and the order in which the investigation was dealt was shared at, I don't know if it was the last meeting of the...

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Meeting before that. Again, the uniqueness of the situation where the town solicitor is hired by the town council, and there's a member who of the town staff, who is filed a complaint.

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So there were two different parties involved and there had to be an entire process undertaken involving a human resources department, and we had to let the investigation continue.

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and you're right when June 23rd we did receive the first video and we did review it

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at that time. There was also hundreds of pages of testimony that we had to review at

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that time as well. We were not able to complete the review of the hundreds of pages of testimony

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as well. And it was also true that Mr. Torialde was not present at that time as well. We did,

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It was recommended to us that all council members be briefed on the investigation before a determination was made at the time in which all council members did review all of the materials from the investigation that is when a determination was made there was no delays I understand the frustrations this council wanted to act in a very swift manner as hard as that is to believe for some of you.

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But the video was not readily available on at March or April 6th when we were first notified.

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We were not, this was just a very brief introduction of the fact that the complaint was made.

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And then it was a few months for the investigation to occur, where many of the witnesses were interviewed.

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And again, all of these findings in the timeline, which some of those dates were shared this evening as well as the last meeting can be reviewed on YouTube as well.

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But again, my sincere apologies,

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Ms. Sabo, for the ongoing complaints that continue

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to be brought up before this council,

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I don't think it's right.

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And I understand it's deserving from this end,

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but I do want to be mindful

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that there's more than one party involved

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with investigations like this.

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So I do apologize and hope that we can move forward as a town and work together to figure out how to prevent something like this from happening again.

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And then we will be moving on to consent agenda.

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Is there a motion to approve consent agenda items?

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see one and see two.

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So moved.

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So I can any discussion?

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All those in favor?

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Aye.

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Aye.

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Any opposed?

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I'm sorry.

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Did somebody move?

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Sorry, who moved it?

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Vignally, seconded by Councillor Torrealty.

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All those in favor?

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Aye.

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Mr. Dirkon?

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Aye.

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Thank you.

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Any opposed?

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Motion passes for zero.

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Onto town council business.

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This is item D1, is a remotion to discuss and review the ongoing progress and measurable

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improvements at the town's wastewater treatment facilities.

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So moved.

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Seconded by Councilor Durkin, discussion.

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So this is an item I believe introduced by Councilor Zvignally and Durkin, or just Councilor

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Vignally.

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So you want to take it from here?

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Yeah, thank you.

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We're going to do a presentation on NERGANCE's wastewater treatment facility that we would

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like to just explain to the council what we have been doing as a subcommittee and we're

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going to do it from the floor.

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Can I just turn this a little bit at work?

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Thank you.

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Okay.

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We just put together a presentation as you guys know, we put together a subcommittee.

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The Council decided to put together a subcommittee, naming Jim and I.

448
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:29,180
As members of the subcommittee, and we've had the opportunity in the last,

449
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:34,280
I think it's just about a year now that we've been working in meeting with the staff

450
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:38,640
and the town manager and the engineer and the consultant.

451
00:44:38,940 --> 00:44:44,180
And we've had several meetings with them, and we have accumulated data.

452
00:44:44,180 --> 00:44:50,980
We have been reading reports, analyzing data, and have to say that, you know, what this staff

453
00:44:50,980 --> 00:44:57,400
and what the engineer and the manager of the plant have done is just incredible.

454
00:44:57,540 --> 00:44:59,980
And I think Mr. Tierney explains.

455
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:10,740
And a lot of that in his opening remarks for his update. We're probably going to repeat some of those same things, because I think it's important that everybody knows what an amazing job that they've been doing.

456
00:45:12,260 --> 00:45:17,880
So what we want to do is to currently, you know, tell you what's happening and what we've been able to find.

457
00:45:19,500 --> 00:45:21,000
So, you want to click this?

458
00:45:21,740 --> 00:45:21,960
Can you just

459
00:45:24,900 --> 00:45:26,960
click it?

460
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:27,960
To the right.

461
00:45:30,270 --> 00:45:31,510
We got to turn on the side.

462
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:37,400
You know how tired it is, but you can't see what you're laughing at.

463
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:52,160
What am I clicking at?

464
00:45:52,180 --> 00:45:54,100
What are you going to

465
00:45:58,040 --> 00:45:58,080
do?

466
00:45:58,160 --> 00:45:59,640
It's not moving there.

467
00:45:59,860 --> 00:46:00,340
Not working.

468
00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:01,740
Why does this exist?

469
00:46:02,700 --> 00:46:03,540
Page one.

470
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:04,140
It changes.

471
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:05,240
Yeah, we go.

472
00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:06,560
Thank you.

473
00:46:07,500 --> 00:46:07,760
OK.

474
00:46:08,460 --> 00:46:15,800
So just some of the things that it's important for you to get, for good people to know.

475
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:20,880
Near again, it relies on two wastewater treatment facilities, the Scarborough and the

476
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:29,380
Moreland and the primary folks today is going to be discussion about the wastewater treatment plant facility at the Scarborough

477
00:46:29,380 --> 00:46:38,180
Some data may include or be relevant to the Westmore facility and we do plan on doing something similar for the Westmoreland facility

478
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:42,160
In later September probably early October

479
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:50,800
So that but a lot of this is going to correlate what we're going to find today is going to correlate with some of the things that happened or happening at the Westmoreland also

480
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:56,500
Things to take away today, what we're going to cover, we're going to cover that much of

481
00:46:56,500 --> 00:47:03,340
the wastewater flow volume is driven by infiltration and inflow and not seasonal tourism.

482
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:10,820
Despite the volume created by the infiltration and inflow, there's considerable capacity

483
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:14,060
at Scarborough Beach facility.

484
00:47:16,020 --> 00:47:22,420
We have technical procedures, have been implemented to help processing high volumes, but

485
00:47:22,420 --> 00:47:28,540
the infiltration and inflow needs to be dealt with to treat statistically strategically.

486
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:31,360
And that's something we're going to talk about today.

487
00:47:31,420 --> 00:47:36,840
We're going to show you the things that we've done, that the town is done, and that we've

488
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:42,400
just been part of helping them in understanding what they're doing, what the town has been

489
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:51,580
able to do and the next step strategies, the process for deciding strategic solutions is going

490
00:47:51,580 --> 00:47:54,620
to be something that's going to have to include the whole town.

491
00:47:57,420 --> 00:48:00,560
Okay, so just a little bit of a quick education.

492
00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:08,520
So this is nearer cancer, and the North End and the central area is service by the West

493
00:48:08,520 --> 00:48:09,640
Moreland facility.

494
00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:16,740
So, the Westmoreland Facility Regional Facilities located at 275 Westmoreland Street in

495
00:48:16,740 --> 00:48:24,540
Nair Against it, it's a regional partnership and the agreement date in agreement was

496
00:48:24,540 --> 00:48:29,300
set in 1972 with South King's Town, URI, and Nair Against it.

497
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:33,040
It is operated fully by South King's Town.

498
00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:35,920
They maintain it and they operate the plant.

499
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:40,680
It is physically located in near-against it, however, they oversee the plan.

500
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:50,460
Capacity was allocated between South King's sound, URI, and near-against it, based on the original investment in the facility.

501
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:57,020
So, when the facility was built, everyone put a investment part in, and they bought certain capacities.

502
00:48:57,060 --> 00:49:01,000
It was divided up by how much you put into it and how much capacity you got.

503
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:19,880
And we were given 1.4 million gallons and right now we have 1.4, I'm sorry, but when we first brought into it was 1.2 and we're currently leasing from URI, 0.2 million gallons per day.

504
00:49:20,500 --> 00:49:25,760
So we are doing that in a lease in a long state standing agreement with URI.

505
00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:30,840
And like I said, we're going to talk about that when we talk about, when we talk about the West

506
00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:35,480
Moral Infosility in September, late September, October, we'll spend more time on that.

507
00:49:35,700 --> 00:49:38,180
But for today, we're going to talk about the Scarborough.

508
00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:40,460
It's 99 Ocean Road.

509
00:49:40,780 --> 00:49:42,860
It was originally constructed in 1983.

510
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:48,720
It's run by the town of New York, and we oversee that, and we actually run that plant.

511
00:49:49,380 --> 00:49:53,600
And it only services the south end, including Galilee.

512
00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:59,960
And we have 1.4 million gallons permitted on the average monthly fee.

513
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:05,300
Hello. That's just a little back history on how it works here in here again.

514
00:50:06,780 --> 00:50:14,360
Scarborough West Water Treatment Facility re-initiated investment and improvement right reliability.

515
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:20,880
The council re-initiated investment and equipment and together with the town manager, the town engineer,

516
00:50:21,540 --> 00:50:27,160
strengthened oversight and management of the facility to better ensure operating reliability.

517
00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:31,840
So together, along with that, with the great staff, we were

518
00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:34,080
been able to make critical investment.

519
00:50:34,420 --> 00:50:38,400
We made the critical investment of $337,000.

520
00:50:38,680 --> 00:50:42,420
It was a contract that we approved, this council approved,

521
00:50:42,900 --> 00:50:45,920
to replace the sludge transfer pumps in the controllers.

522
00:50:46,500 --> 00:50:49,400
And as Jim said, the installation of both replacement pumps

523
00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:53,820
in variable frequency drives, drive motor controls is underway.

524
00:50:53,820 --> 00:50:58,920
And the first replacement pump start up is scheduled to take place in the last week of August.

525
00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:05,440
And the second pump demolition and replacement insulation is going to follow after that.

526
00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:06,920
So the equipment is here.

527
00:51:07,480 --> 00:51:08,600
The contract went out.

528
00:51:08,740 --> 00:51:12,660
The equipment is here at the facility and they are currently working on it.

529
00:51:13,140 --> 00:51:18,900
And that was a decision made a vote that was taken by this council to approve the money to,

530
00:51:18,900 --> 00:51:26,500
with the consultant and the staff right in the recommendation that this is what we really

531
00:51:26,500 --> 00:51:33,120
needed to do. A focus subcommittee was established as it was you know and to strengthen

532
00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:38,380
the accountability and maintain attention on the Scarborough wastewater treatment facility.

533
00:51:39,040 --> 00:51:44,860
A consultant was hired and the facility operating data was analyzed to implement process

534
00:51:44,860 --> 00:51:51,840
changes. So, we took the consultants suggested and looked through all the data and they were able

535
00:51:55,700 --> 00:52:04,020
to have the town change from a reactive to a proactive. Now, when they look at the data,

536
00:52:04,460 --> 00:52:10,080
they can kind of see what's going to happen and predict the outcomes based on rain,

537
00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:18,080
see the season, and now they're taking a much more proactive approach.

538
00:52:19,500 --> 00:52:25,000
All right, and just to go into it just really quickly, I just want to talk about infiltration

539
00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:32,680
and inflow and rain and groundwater increases in the sewer volumes, flow volumes, inflow

540
00:52:32,680 --> 00:52:39,260
There are enters quickly through direct connections, infiltration leaks into the sewer system,

541
00:52:39,700 --> 00:52:44,980
it defects from underground, one of the underground water is high.

542
00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:51,180
So the rain is coming down, that's inflow, and the water is coming up, we have a high water table,

543
00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:53,600
and the water is coming up from the groundwater.

544
00:52:54,200 --> 00:52:59,380
And those are the two things that we're dealing with, and that's seasonal, it's also rain events.

545
00:53:00,180 --> 00:53:06,500
So, stormwater enters through the sanitary sewer during or immediately after rain.

546
00:53:07,060 --> 00:53:14,280
And we're going to be able to show data that's going to kind of, that will, will definitely correlate with what we're saying and show that.

547
00:53:14,500 --> 00:53:20,840
What we're saying here is actually what's happening with the rain events and the underground water.

548
00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:27,520
illegal some pumps is a huge problem, not only is the rain water coming in, but people are

549
00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:32,960
some residents who are pumping out of their basements, and that's going in to the ground,

550
00:53:33,100 --> 00:53:39,240
and that's causing going into the pipes, down sprouts and foundation drains are going into the water,

551
00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:47,520
and lateral carrying, laterals underground, carrying water during rain storm is a problem going into the sewer system.

552
00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:55,080
The infiltration on the other hand is coming up, it's coming up into the pipes, cracked pipes, defective joints.

553
00:53:56,480 --> 00:54:02,220
And it's deteriorating, deteriorated services of the laterals in the structures.

554
00:54:03,200 --> 00:54:07,300
Groundwater intrusion was observed at the Galilee station.

555
00:54:07,820 --> 00:54:15,500
So just so you know all this data has come from the right and purist report, which was done in 2025.

556
00:54:15,500 --> 00:54:27,440
We spent a lot of time going through that report and taking the data from there, pump stations, and treatment plants, receive water in the flow.

557
00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:38,520
That is not sewage. So you have sewage, you have the rainwater, and you have the underground water, while adding to what's happening in the wastewater treatment plant.

558
00:54:39,280 --> 00:54:45,900
And let's proactively treat it this extra volume of water reduces operating reliability.

559
00:54:47,420 --> 00:54:51,800
And so, you know, I didn't, it was really hard for me to understand this whole thing.

560
00:54:52,300 --> 00:54:55,560
And analogy was made that is kind of like baking a cake.

561
00:54:56,040 --> 00:54:59,660
So you have a cake and you're going to bake a cake and if you have all the ingredients right.

562
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:12,200
Everything is good. The cake is going to come out perfectly. But what happens if you put too much water or too many eggs or too much of something else into it and you put that same cake into the oven, you're going to have a disaster.

563
00:55:12,920 --> 00:55:23,740
And so I think what's happening, what happens is the plant is running perfectly right now because people are being proactive and they know we have ongoing proactive management.

564
00:55:23,740 --> 00:55:39,620
But I think what has happened in the past is that the sewage is coming in, but because of the flow of the rainwater and the infiltration, it's getting mixed up into the whole process and it's throwing the process off.

565
00:55:40,220 --> 00:55:50,300
And so you have to be prepared for that and you have to look through that and this consultant and these guys who are experts down there who are running this plant have figured it out.

566
00:55:50,300 --> 00:55:54,200
And now it's working, I don't want to jinx it,

567
00:55:54,420 --> 00:55:58,400
but it's been no smells, so I don't want to jinx it.

568
00:55:58,560 --> 00:56:00,700
But all I could say is sometimes that cake

569
00:56:00,700 --> 00:56:03,600
might not come out perfect, even with all the proactive things

570
00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:08,140
we do, but for the most part, I think they've really gotten it.

571
00:56:08,820 --> 00:56:11,060
The one last thing, right?

572
00:56:12,020 --> 00:56:16,680
Yeah, the right, Paris says, much of the higher sewer flow

573
00:56:16,680 --> 00:56:23,260
and their cancer correlates with participate with precipitation and not seasonal tourism.

574
00:56:23,900 --> 00:56:30,840
So this is the report that was done that the last Council had commissioned or and it was brought to

575
00:56:30,840 --> 00:56:37,380
us and we approved accepted the report at the beginning of our term. So this is the report and they found

576
00:56:37,380 --> 00:56:45,840
in their report that correlates with the events of the rain in the water and not seasonal tourism.

577
00:56:46,680 --> 00:56:54,760
There's a lot of data to support this, I'm going to turn it over to Jim, because he's the guy who understands it all, and I'm going to let him explain it to you.

578
00:56:55,640 --> 00:56:58,560
Good job, Donna. Very good job.

579
00:56:59,940 --> 00:57:04,920
So anyway, we added this actually recently, we've been working on this for a while.

580
00:57:05,440 --> 00:57:13,680
And I think it's very important for the public to know exactly what's causing the INI.

581
00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:23,140
The ionized, the inflow, and infiltration, this is a map of a town, and it's the soil's map of our town.

582
00:57:24,060 --> 00:57:35,860
And it's a little bit hard to read, but if you look closely, the red of the town is the soil's acategory,

583
00:57:35,860 --> 00:57:43,580
Well, the orange of the map, you know that, although that map is pretty big, it's still

584
00:57:43,580 --> 00:57:50,960
hot to read, but it's definitely orange in yellow pretty much the whole town. So the orange

585
00:57:50,960 --> 00:58:03,430
actually represents water, land that, land that, I'm not too tall. I can bend that a little

586
00:58:07,750 --> 00:58:11,450
So the orange in the brown,

587
00:58:13,630 --> 00:58:20,250
the orange in the yellow pretty much take over the whole town pretty much.

588
00:58:20,450 --> 00:58:27,130
There's developed areas like the peer that are like colored, but I don't think they represent the developed areas.

589
00:58:27,130 --> 00:58:41,570
So, the orange is the water table in the spring, our lands within the water table is 18 inches below the ground.

590
00:58:42,890 --> 00:58:52,430
So, anybody that's lived here for a long time and it's dug a hole in the backyard and the springtime realizes we have a high water table.

591
00:58:52,430 --> 00:58:56,350
It's a very unusual, we have a very unusual town,

592
00:58:56,350 --> 00:58:57,570
as far as that's concerned.

593
00:58:59,310 --> 00:59:01,550
And then the B, the yellow and the brown,

594
00:59:02,390 --> 00:59:03,330
is the next level.

595
00:59:04,810 --> 00:59:07,870
But all of those levels, all of those colors

596
00:59:08,490 --> 00:59:11,550
during the spring, the water table,

597
00:59:12,270 --> 00:59:16,150
is no deeper than 36 inches.

598
00:59:16,790 --> 00:59:25,910
So, I'm not sure what the percentage is of A versus B, but that's our problem.

599
00:59:26,790 --> 00:59:31,370
We have a high-water table, we have a neighboring town that used to be part of Narraganset,

600
00:59:31,550 --> 00:59:36,850
which is all gravel, I think they got rid of us because we're all high-water table, I don't

601
00:59:36,850 --> 00:59:37,070
know.

602
00:59:38,410 --> 00:59:43,250
But it's a whole different thing when you just go over the town line, it's crazy.

603
00:59:43,790 --> 00:59:50,570
So, one of the reasons we separated was because of the sewers, and we put in sewers in the

604
00:59:50,570 --> 00:59:59,450
pier in the turn of the century, not this century, it was the last century, in 1900, the

605
00:59:59,450 --> 00:59:59,970
sewers went in.

606
01:00:02,340 --> 01:00:13,760
And that was the only Suez we had in town. Previous to that, everything just went into the ocean. And when the Suez went in, it's still went into the ocean, it's not treated.

607
01:00:15,320 --> 01:00:23,840
So, the inflow, like Donna said, an infiltration, our problem,

608
01:00:25,960 --> 01:00:27,920
and the soils are the reason

609
01:00:27,920 --> 01:00:28,920
for that problem.

610
01:00:29,720 --> 01:00:39,220
So if you can imagine the sewers going in during the summer and they, you know, dig in

611
01:00:39,220 --> 01:00:46,340
trench to put the pipe in and then covering it up and then when it rains in the fall that trench

612
01:00:46,340 --> 01:00:55,540
actually attracts the water table. So now the water just sits along the pipe in that trench and

613
01:00:55,540 --> 01:01:09,200
if those pipes are not properly installed or if they're too old or if they're cracked or if

614
01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:20,460
not what we want. So the next slide we have is a lot of data, a lot of numbers.

615
01:01:23,720 --> 01:01:31,800
And the select spring storms add about 1.13 million gallons a day of rainwater in groundwater.

616
01:01:33,080 --> 01:01:44,780
Now, just so you know, the plan at Scarborough was built as a capacity of 1.4 million gallons per day.

617
01:01:45,980 --> 01:01:58,400
So, all these numbers, when I'm making any of these numbers up, they all come from the town requested right pierce sewer report.

618
01:01:58,400 --> 01:02:13,820
But if you add the orange, the orange square box is the average sewer flow, so 0.64 million gallons

619
01:02:13,820 --> 01:02:16,520
a day, that's not a percentage, that's a number.

620
01:02:16,520 --> 01:02:27,140
So if that represents 640,000 gallons per day, like it's a percentage of the million.

621
01:02:29,100 --> 01:02:37,540
So that's with no rain events because November somehow really doesn't get a lot of rain.

622
01:02:37,540 --> 01:02:53,340
Um, if you add up the two blue columns below, during the high rain periods, so you have

623
01:02:53,340 --> 01:03:01,980
the ground water, which is the infiltration from, say, um, downspouts and some pumps and,

624
01:03:01,980 --> 01:03:05,820
and just like a hole is going into the pipe,

625
01:03:06,080 --> 01:03:07,580
that type of water flow.

626
01:03:08,360 --> 01:03:13,120
And then you do the inflow of the rain events

627
01:03:13,120 --> 01:03:19,060
you come up with the 1.13 million gallons a day.

628
01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:27,200
So that's what's going into our plan when in March in April.

629
01:03:27,680 --> 01:03:31,480
So that's like, that makes our plan have,

630
01:03:33,210 --> 01:03:45,150
It goes over the capacity actually of the plant at certain times, so it's a real problem, and these are all facts, and this is all science that was figured out.

631
01:03:45,830 --> 01:03:59,970
So the actual, just so everybody knows the actual flow of just sewage is 0.64, which is 640,000 gallons.

632
01:03:59,970 --> 01:04:09,190
But so it's less than half, the flow is less than half of the design flow.

633
01:04:11,860 --> 01:04:20,620
This is a pretty picture here, it kind of reminds me of a mountain range.

634
01:04:22,600 --> 01:04:30,000
The top red dotted line is the permitted capacity, 1.5 million gallons per day.

635
01:04:31,600 --> 01:04:40,020
Those are out, these are monthly averages for the people who can't see the little numbers but those are, that's a five-year period right there.

636
01:04:41,900 --> 01:04:51,420
And I think of the blue, the blue is actually the rainwater, the precipitation, but it's like the volcano, you know, pushing up through the mountains.

637
01:04:51,420 --> 01:04:59,960
So, you can see the peaks and flows and the correlation between the rain.

638
01:05:01,280 --> 01:05:26,260
And, you know, weather events may be snow. And if you notice, most of the heavy precipitation and peaks are during the, you know, the December through January, February. That's when they really get predominantly high.

639
01:05:30,430 --> 01:05:32,050
Hopefully I'm explaining this all right.

640
01:05:32,050 --> 01:05:36,290
And I know it's very confusing, but we tried to do the best with these charts so people

641
01:05:36,290 --> 01:05:40,910
could really see, and I'm sure you'll see them in the future.

642
01:05:43,040 --> 01:05:46,900
So here we took out the rain,

643
01:05:49,060 --> 01:05:52,980
the volcano say, and we just have the mountains.

644
01:05:52,980 --> 01:06:06,540
But this includes, this chart includes all of the rain events, inflow infiltration,

645
01:06:09,860 --> 01:06:09,860
and

646
01:06:09,860 --> 01:06:18,440
it's put on a monthly basis for a five-year period, and that shows that the capacity

647
01:06:18,440 --> 01:06:28,940
of the plant is, I would say, you know, maybe 40% still available on average for whatever,

648
01:06:30,200 --> 01:06:40,420
but not, it's not designed to process just rainwater, and that's one of the biggest problems

649
01:06:40,420 --> 01:06:41,360
we have here.

650
01:06:41,360 --> 01:06:50,460
So, this is page 9, next one is page 10, again, this is a very colorful shot.

651
01:06:51,080 --> 01:07:01,140
It focuses on 25 and 26, so we can actually remember a little bit more clearly because sometimes

652
01:07:01,140 --> 01:07:03,820
you forget about weather events,

653
01:07:05,860 --> 01:07:10,420
but we certainly won't forget the summer of 25, but that

654
01:07:10,420 --> 01:07:12,420
summer of summer of 25,

655
01:07:14,480 --> 01:07:21,120
and the rain event in May, and what it did.

656
01:07:21,880 --> 01:07:34,480
And if you see on May the amount of rain, that was like May 22, it was before Memorial Day,

657
01:07:34,480 --> 01:07:47,760
It was after, you know, a lot of our winters, leave, and that brain event created a mess

658
01:07:47,760 --> 01:07:48,680
for us.

659
01:07:48,960 --> 01:08:00,140
It was so severe and short-lived that it messed up the ingredients for the cake,

660
01:08:04,460 --> 01:08:04,460
like

661
01:08:04,460 --> 01:08:15,900
took us a long time to recover from that, and if you look to see how well the efforts have

662
01:08:15,900 --> 01:08:22,560
been from the town staff, you'll see the last volcano,

663
01:08:24,860 --> 01:08:28,820
which is higher than the May 22nd

664
01:08:28,820 --> 01:08:32,580
that caused the problems that caused the stink,

665
01:08:34,780 --> 01:08:36,200
is even a higher volcano.

666
01:08:37,580 --> 01:08:44,660
So that was just in July, which we all remember, this July.

667
01:08:45,840 --> 01:08:52,640
And we have no older problems as of today,

668
01:08:52,900 --> 01:08:58,200
in point to you, to accept for maybe the calamari dump.

669
01:08:58,300 --> 01:08:59,780
I don't know what's going to happen with that.

670
01:08:59,780 --> 01:09:02,140
but I think they clean that up.

671
01:09:02,700 --> 01:09:11,400
So, and then again, the gray area up top represents the unused capacity of the plant.

672
01:09:22,220 --> 01:09:30,000
So, this shot, even with the infiltration, the inflow and the report indicates, and

673
01:09:30,000 --> 01:09:36,440
is the peer support, it's not anybody else's report, it's the report that we have that we paid for.

674
01:09:36,440 --> 01:09:43,260
indicates that only 12 instances were the average monthly rate of 1.4 gallons per day,

675
01:09:43,520 --> 01:09:53,020
it was exceeded. So in December of 20, there was four times in that month that we got

676
01:09:53,020 --> 01:09:59,860
more than seven inches of rain, August 22.

677
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:14,540
Two, there was two times that we got six or more inches of rain and so on. So we're having less,

678
01:10:27,100 --> 01:10:28,960
it seems

679
01:10:28,960 --> 01:10:30,540
That's a good thing.

680
01:10:33,080 --> 01:10:41,860
So this is another shot right here that shows a three-month period because people talk about

681
01:10:41,860 --> 01:10:46,240
the summer and they talk about the reasons for the plant and stuff like that.

682
01:10:47,340 --> 01:10:54,220
So the gold is June, the orange is July and the dock red is August.

683
01:10:54,220 --> 01:11:04,880
And actually the unused facility capacity of the plant is actually increasing because

684
01:11:08,050 --> 01:11:08,570
the

685
01:11:11,270 --> 01:11:17,150
average monthly flow is actually going down.

686
01:11:17,150 --> 01:11:31,490
Now, I don't have, the town did give us the town staff, did give us the 26 numbers, but they

687
01:11:32,710 --> 01:11:38,630
didn't, I don't know, the computer-wise they didn't relate to the right pierce reports

688
01:11:38,630 --> 01:11:40,090
so we didn't put them in there.

689
01:11:40,090 --> 01:11:53,020
But you can see that the dotted line and it shows the sewer flow trend and again, that's a good thing.

690
01:11:53,660 --> 01:12:05,880
So either it's raining less or somehow we're taking care of our infiltration better or inflow.

691
01:12:06,220 --> 01:12:08,300
I'm not sure what the reason is for it.

692
01:12:08,300 --> 01:12:14,460
It could be lack of, I don't know, sometimes you just can't imagine it's lack of people in town

693
01:12:15,340 --> 01:12:23,460
Because you see a lot of people in town, so maybe it's more day visitors that we see the traffic and stuff than the

694
01:12:23,460 --> 01:12:31,490
The rental population because it seems like the rental population is down to so the next slide

695
01:12:33,670 --> 01:12:43,340
And this shows the the five-year period again and it shows the relation to

696
01:12:43,960 --> 01:12:46,500
You know, the flow to the permitted capacity.

697
01:12:48,540 --> 01:12:54,580
And it's interesting how it is going down.

698
01:12:56,120 --> 01:12:57,880
So, and

699
01:13:01,120 --> 01:13:03,200
that's where I was six year period.

700
01:13:04,560 --> 01:13:08,780
And I'm just going to give it back to Donna to show up.

701
01:13:10,760 --> 01:13:11,540
So,

702
01:13:19,420 --> 01:13:24,360
just some takeaway points and just some things that I think,

703
01:13:24,360 --> 01:13:32,560
just to recap, but exactly what our findings were and I think it was very interesting what

704
01:13:32,560 --> 01:13:40,140
our findings were and so much of the wastewater flow volume is driven by infiltration and

705
01:13:40,140 --> 01:13:47,040
inflow and that seasonal tourism which was stated in the report and we were able to find the data

706
01:13:47,040 --> 01:13:52,820
that supported that statement and that's what that when they analyzed all the data that's what

707
01:13:52,820 --> 01:14:00,700
came up with. And so we wanted to show you that the data does support that. Despite the volume

708
01:14:00,700 --> 01:14:06,080
created by infiltration in inflow, there's a considerable amount of capacity at the Scarborough

709
01:14:06,080 --> 01:14:10,860
plant. And I think that you hear all around, oh my god, oh my god, we don't have any capacity,

710
01:14:11,240 --> 01:14:16,340
we're over capacity. But I think the data shows that everything is going down and that there's

711
01:14:16,340 --> 01:14:22,800
still as much sufficient capacity. I mean the plant was built to take into account into account

712
01:14:22,800 --> 01:14:31,900
tourism. It was also built to take in, I guess, Harbor Island and Great Island and neither one

713
01:14:31,900 --> 01:14:38,040
of them are hooked to up to the sewer system. So we do have, we do have still have sufficient

714
01:14:38,780 --> 01:14:45,340
capacity in our plant. I think, you know, we're dealing with the tactical, tactical part of it.

715
01:14:45,360 --> 01:14:50,640
We're trying to look at the equipment. We're trying to make sure that we provide that the wastewater treatment

716
01:14:50,640 --> 01:14:57,400
plant with what they need to be able to do what they need to do and I just have to condemn

717
01:14:57,400 --> 01:14:59,980
them for doing such an excellent job.

718
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:10,120
For what they've done so far this year, I'm extremely, extremely happy. I think under Jim's management, he's made this a priority.

719
01:15:10,800 --> 01:15:18,800
And I think that that's really where we want to be. And I think that it's really important that people know that this is a priority.

720
01:15:19,140 --> 01:15:26,420
And that we are, this council is committed to continuing to look at the waste treatment center and the infrastructure.

721
01:15:26,420 --> 01:15:38,120
And I think all this has really, all that has happened has made us as a town look at our infrastructure and realize how important it is that we do deal with it.

722
01:15:38,240 --> 01:15:42,840
I mean, that's odor back in May of last year.

723
01:15:43,140 --> 01:15:45,400
It was tough and it was tough for the residents.

724
01:15:45,540 --> 01:15:47,620
It was tough for the people who lived near the plant.

725
01:15:47,660 --> 01:15:52,040
It was hard for the staff, the town manager, and for this council.

726
01:15:52,040 --> 01:15:59,120
But we took it and we decided that we wanted to find out not to just bandate it and figure out how we could just cover it up

727
01:15:59,120 --> 01:16:05,160
But figure out what we can possibly do to try to correct it. I mean, I think we have some options coming down the pike

728
01:16:06,020 --> 01:16:15,080
There's some things that we want, you know, that we're talking to the town about and the town's talking to us about and there's some ways that we're gonna look to deal with some of this stuff

729
01:16:15,080 --> 01:16:18,900
But it's gonna have to be strategically planned out. And so

730
01:16:18,900 --> 01:16:24,780
I'm just going to continue to the West Moreland Facility is also highly impacted by infiltration

731
01:16:24,780 --> 01:16:29,180
and inflow, and that's being addressed in a partnership with them.

732
01:16:29,540 --> 01:16:33,660
That's something that we are working with and they'll tell you right out that that's one

733
01:16:33,660 --> 01:16:39,140
of our problems there, and that's one of the things they want us to look at, and we have high

734
01:16:39,140 --> 01:16:39,700
water tables.

735
01:16:40,020 --> 01:16:40,940
We have old pipes.

736
01:16:41,240 --> 01:16:46,380
We need to figure out how we can deal with that situation.

737
01:16:47,540 --> 01:16:53,680
And I think we just have to have more strategic discussions and to see how we're going to do this.

738
01:16:53,680 --> 01:16:56,360
And I think it's going to be an entire town.

739
01:16:56,480 --> 01:16:59,120
The entire town is going to have to be involved in it.

740
01:16:59,280 --> 01:17:04,740
And I think it's something that we've been able to identify and trust me.

741
01:17:04,880 --> 01:17:06,920
I'm sure there's a lot more going on there.

742
01:17:07,300 --> 01:17:11,380
Also, I mean, I never thought I would know as much about wastewater treatment plants.

743
01:17:11,380 --> 01:17:24,720
I mean, this was never really one of my top priorities growing up or in my career, but I've learned so much of our wastewater treatment plants, and I know this is hard to digest, because it took me such a really long time to do so.

744
01:17:25,020 --> 01:17:31,860
But I know that there's so much going on there, and I know that there are on top of it, and we're just really grateful for that.

745
01:17:32,140 --> 01:17:37,500
But I think this is something that we really need to look at, and we need to continue to work at it.

746
01:17:37,520 --> 01:17:38,520
Any closing comments?

747
01:17:38,520 --> 01:17:41,420
Thank you.

748
01:17:45,470 --> 01:17:48,070
Before you get up here, can you just fix that?

749
01:17:49,710 --> 01:17:51,890
Now, you can come up here and we'll discuss with you.

750
01:17:51,990 --> 01:17:53,130
I know this was the intention.

751
01:17:54,150 --> 01:17:59,230
Thank you, Jim and Donna, for putting this informative presentation together.

752
01:18:00,010 --> 01:18:05,690
It's a very dry topic, and there's a lot of information in here,

753
01:18:05,690 --> 01:18:14,830
So I highly recommend everyone kind of read through it, digest it, don't flush it.

754
01:18:17,310 --> 01:18:26,310
I would just ask John, with a thumbs up or a nod of approval was the information shared

755
01:18:26,310 --> 01:18:35,050
this evening sound and accurate and were the graphs provided directly from towns, resources

756
01:18:35,050 --> 01:18:35,670
in studies,

757
01:18:40,440 --> 01:18:44,280
if he is there to get a microphone, I can, I can be that inside, but he didn't

758
01:18:44,280 --> 01:18:48,540
have an opportunity to review this or there'd be like grading a science project. We spoke

759
01:18:48,540 --> 01:18:53,180
about that today. John didn't have an opportunity to go through it line by line and evaluate

760
01:18:54,200 --> 01:19:00,280
it. Okay. But we did provide it to him. So just, I just wanted to make a clear that.

761
01:19:00,280 --> 01:19:04,880
We did provide the information to him and he did say that he thought it was the information.

762
01:19:04,880 --> 01:19:09,840
The information was from, I don't really know.

763
01:19:09,840 --> 01:19:12,660
I sure, somebody included me on the email in the response,

764
01:19:12,740 --> 01:19:14,900
and I did see that when I came back, thank you.

765
01:19:16,800 --> 01:19:17,660
Okay, and thank you.

766
01:19:17,960 --> 01:19:22,280
And to also reiterate some of the important key findings

767
01:19:22,280 --> 01:19:25,400
that came out of your subcommittee and review.

768
01:19:26,700 --> 01:19:31,500
And important piece to call out is that while there's capacity

769
01:19:31,500 --> 01:19:40,540
that's been addressed and recognized and available, it's incredibly important for this council

770
01:19:40,540 --> 01:19:47,700
and any future council to invest in our infrastructure. This isn't a can that should be kicked

771
01:19:47,700 --> 01:19:53,360
down the road to another council or another council after that just because we have capacity or

772
01:19:53,360 --> 01:19:56,360
have a stable infrastructure.

773
01:19:57,240 --> 01:19:59,960
This has been in the 20-year plan to my-

774
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:07,080
My surprise, I was very surprised to learn that the improvements to our sewer and wastewater infrastructure

775
01:20:07,770 --> 01:20:14,660
were always in our 20-year plan. And it was just a matter of prioritizing and reprioritizing, which

776
01:20:14,660 --> 01:20:21,120
is what we inherited as a council. But we didn't think it was right to have another council

777
01:20:21,120 --> 01:20:25,360
have to inherit this same issue.

778
01:20:25,880 --> 01:20:29,300
I think it's important that we face this head on.

779
01:20:29,780 --> 01:20:34,420
The longer we put it off, the more expensive it gets,

780
01:20:34,700 --> 01:20:37,780
that's the reality here folks, is that the greater

781
01:20:37,780 --> 01:20:40,260
than neglect, the more expensive the fix.

782
01:20:41,200 --> 01:20:48,280
And I'm happy and supportive of the $337,000 contract.

783
01:20:48,280 --> 01:21:02,440
It was in May of 2026 to pair equipment replacement with focused management and evidence-based decisions not waiting for a sewer treatment facility failure to take action.

784
01:21:02,660 --> 01:21:03,780
It's a proactive approach.

785
01:21:04,680 --> 01:21:13,340
But also, you know, this talks about creating a brand new facility and the great expenses that would occur with building a whole new facility.

786
01:21:13,340 --> 01:21:24,220
These are very real and workable solutions, and I applaud this council and for council's

787
01:21:24,220 --> 01:21:24,820
bignallion.

788
01:21:25,000 --> 01:21:28,740
Dirk and for bringing this to our attention, because again there's a lot of information

789
01:21:28,740 --> 01:21:33,040
in here, but it's good to know that we're in a good place.

790
01:21:33,920 --> 01:21:40,460
I would actually encourage as an action to come out of this discussion for the town council

791
01:21:40,460 --> 01:21:46,480
is a consideration for a work session with the public,

792
01:21:46,580 --> 01:21:49,680
so that the public can come and ask questions,

793
01:21:49,740 --> 01:21:51,400
engage in a back and forth dialogue,

794
01:21:51,660 --> 01:21:54,400
and then we figure out a plan with the town engineer.

795
01:21:54,980 --> 01:21:56,740
Maybe the superintendent, we get representation.

796
01:21:58,460 --> 01:22:02,320
Maybe it can be a double, a evening of wastewater,

797
01:22:02,760 --> 01:22:04,060
sewer and wastewater.

798
01:22:06,520 --> 01:22:09,460
And get maybe, actually no, I'm now inviting off.

799
01:22:09,460 --> 01:22:12,340
Now, yeah, water and wastewater, but now I'm

800
01:22:12,340 --> 01:22:14,860
biting off more than I can shoot because water is a

801
01:22:14,860 --> 01:22:17,980
whole other, whole another, whole another headache.

802
01:22:18,800 --> 01:22:21,140
Um, but thank you for putting this together.

803
01:22:21,820 --> 01:22:23,380
Uh, Councillor Toryality, do you have any questions for

804
01:22:23,380 --> 01:22:25,080
Councillor Starkin and Vignale?

805
01:22:25,600 --> 01:22:28,280
No, no questions at present, but thank you for taking on the

806
01:22:28,280 --> 01:22:30,080
subcommittee. Thank you for the presentation tonight.

807
01:22:31,040 --> 01:22:34,800
Thank you. So, I would hope to see a work session

808
01:22:34,800 --> 01:22:38,460
scheduled at an upcoming meeting. Since

809
01:22:38,460 --> 01:22:43,740
no action or vote will be taken on this and we will move on to the rest of the agenda.

810
01:22:44,900 --> 01:22:51,140
So for the fire department portion of this evening is item E1. Is there a motion to approve

811
01:22:51,140 --> 01:22:56,580
the memorandum of understanding and appointment of the fire department's EMS medical director?

812
01:22:57,340 --> 01:23:05,620
So, whoa, second. Any discussion? All those, oh, any comment from the public on this item?

813
01:23:05,620 --> 01:23:06,280
Yes,

814
01:23:11,100 --> 01:23:25,880
during a future work session this was just meant to be informative for the council and the council members to discuss and review on going issues if there's any on going questions I encourage you to reach out to us directly by email

815
01:23:25,880 --> 01:23:34,520
but we will have an up I encourage the work session to be scheduled which would be appropriate for a back and forth conversation questions and answers

816
01:23:36,020 --> 01:23:41,200
For this particular item, E1, is there any one that has any comments on the EMS director?

817
01:23:42,340 --> 01:23:47,800
Seeing none, all those in favor, I, any opposed motion passes for zero.

818
01:23:48,500 --> 01:23:51,860
On to the police department, is there a motion to approve the purchase of three new,

819
01:23:52,380 --> 01:24:01,400
2026 Dodge Police Utility AWD vehicles from Colonial Municipal Group in the amount of $125,342.

820
01:24:01,400 --> 01:24:06,060
And 40 cents utilizing the common wealth of Massachusetts contract.

821
01:24:08,200 --> 01:24:08,760
Second.

822
01:24:09,520 --> 01:24:09,980
Discussion.

823
01:24:10,480 --> 01:24:13,240
Have a question. Are these patrol cars?

824
01:24:14,480 --> 01:24:16,460
Yes. These are patrol vehicles.

825
01:24:17,440 --> 01:24:21,760
And I just curious, like I know some of them have white lettering and some of them have black lettering.

826
01:24:21,840 --> 01:24:25,120
Are they going to all be white, black or mix or?

827
01:24:25,720 --> 01:24:27,520
I believe these are the black ones, chief.

828
01:24:28,780 --> 01:24:31,420
Do the black with a subdued lettering on them.

829
01:24:31,420 --> 01:24:34,640
Okay, I was just curious. Okay, thank you.

830
01:24:35,440 --> 01:24:36,200
Any other questions?

831
01:24:37,260 --> 01:24:38,000
Any comments?

832
01:24:38,960 --> 01:24:40,140
Seeing none, all those in favor?

833
01:24:40,760 --> 01:24:40,940
Aye.

834
01:24:41,260 --> 01:24:42,000
Any opposed?

835
01:24:42,520 --> 01:24:44,360
Motion passes for a zero.

836
01:24:44,740 --> 01:24:46,040
On to the Parks and Rec Department,

837
01:24:46,240 --> 01:24:48,320
Is there a motion to award the bid for the purchase of

838
01:24:48,320 --> 01:24:52,080
Total Trash Vags for the Parks and Rec and Public Works

839
01:24:52,080 --> 01:24:53,860
Apartments to the lowest bidder?

840
01:24:54,000 --> 01:24:56,620
Central Polybag Core at the unit cost of

841
01:24:56,620 --> 01:24:59,980
$21.77 per case.

842
01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:08,460
Compliance of 64-gallon, clear bags, and $16.31 per case of 64-gallon, black bags for one-year period.

843
01:25:09,520 --> 01:25:10,260
So, almost.

844
01:25:12,840 --> 01:25:14,360
Second, thank you.

845
01:25:14,820 --> 01:25:15,140
Discussion?

846
01:25:15,820 --> 01:25:17,540
I mean, I hate to be a paing, but I have a question.

847
01:25:18,360 --> 01:25:21,260
So when we get these vids in, I'm just curious, Jim.

848
01:25:21,640 --> 01:25:26,680
When these come in, are they bidding on the exact same product or is it?

849
01:25:26,680 --> 01:25:28,080
Is it?

850
01:25:28,080 --> 01:25:35,140
We're asked the people like the department, like those bags are really good, are they sturdy enough?

851
01:25:35,760 --> 01:25:38,820
Or when vids come in or they're just proposing, they're just proposing.

852
01:25:39,300 --> 01:25:42,840
They certify that they meet the respect that they meet.

853
01:25:43,220 --> 01:25:51,220
They agree that they meet that spec, that wherever the thickness of the bag is of the size of the bag, they have to meet that.

854
01:25:51,880 --> 01:25:56,560
Okay, because I'm just, you know, I was just wondering, like, sometimes if it slows bitter it might not be the same quality.

855
01:25:56,560 --> 01:26:01,240
and you take the bag out and it rips and you have a problem so I just want to make sure

856
01:26:01,240 --> 01:26:03,040
that that's okay. Thank you.

857
01:26:05,990 --> 01:26:11,270
Any other questions or comments from the council? Anyone from the public? Seeing none

858
01:26:11,270 --> 01:26:18,150
all those in favor? I, any opposed motion passes for zero. On to item G2, is there a motion

859
01:26:18,150 --> 01:26:22,410
to approve the request to fill the position of a cleric and a parks and recreation department

860
01:26:22,410 --> 01:26:27,550
and any subsequent vacancies that may arise from the filling of this position?

861
01:26:27,550 --> 01:26:29,290
So we'll

862
01:26:31,600 --> 01:26:36,840
discussion Mr. Tierney, would you mind

863
01:26:36,840 --> 01:26:39,840
just clarifying subsequent vacancies like

864
01:26:39,840 --> 01:26:41,980
a re-expecting of the high turnover?

865
01:26:43,300 --> 01:26:45,440
No, when a candidate moves up from within the department,

866
01:26:46,220 --> 01:26:47,620
then their position becomes vacant.

867
01:26:47,880 --> 01:26:49,380
That way we don't have to come back to you again

868
01:26:49,380 --> 01:26:52,060
for that one position that's being created

869
01:26:52,060 --> 01:26:53,260
in this one motion.

870
01:26:53,900 --> 01:26:56,820
And that salary for that person who would come in

871
01:26:56,820 --> 01:27:02,340
I feel that it would just be the same as it was before or they start from like square one.

872
01:27:02,360 --> 01:27:04,180
Do you would vary on their loan gapity?

873
01:27:05,980 --> 01:27:06,900
Thank you.

874
01:27:07,100 --> 01:27:08,320
Councilor Taryl, do you have a question?

875
01:27:09,760 --> 01:27:09,780
No?

876
01:27:10,280 --> 01:27:10,380
No?

877
01:27:10,380 --> 01:27:10,520
Okay.

878
01:27:11,000 --> 01:27:11,160
Sorry.

879
01:27:11,400 --> 01:27:11,900
I'm sorry I might go.

880
01:27:12,500 --> 01:27:13,440
Anyone from the public?

881
01:27:14,400 --> 01:27:15,660
Seeing none, all those in favour?

882
01:27:16,080 --> 01:27:16,540
Hi.

883
01:27:16,960 --> 01:27:16,980
Hi.

884
01:27:16,980 --> 01:27:17,600
Any opposed?

885
01:27:18,140 --> 01:27:18,720
Motion passes.

886
01:27:19,020 --> 01:27:19,300
40.

887
01:27:20,060 --> 01:27:21,400
Under the public works department.

888
01:27:21,460 --> 01:27:25,880
Is there a motion to approve, ratifying, confirm, change order number seven with

889
01:27:25,880 --> 01:27:27,600
our Tone Service Company Inc.

890
01:27:28,020 --> 01:27:30,700
For the town hall front entrance or for every shipment project

891
01:27:30,700 --> 01:27:35,400
in the amount of $15,226 in 89 cents.

892
01:27:36,920 --> 01:27:37,320
That's okay.

893
01:27:38,180 --> 01:27:38,580
Discussion?

894
01:27:39,520 --> 01:27:42,040
Anyone have any questions or comments on this?

895
01:27:43,020 --> 01:27:45,720
Jim, if I'm reading the proposal right,

896
01:27:45,860 --> 01:27:48,640
they're saying Carpenters is this 20 hours,

897
01:27:49,000 --> 01:27:51,660
for six Carpenters resulting in 120 hours.

898
01:27:55,570 --> 01:27:58,810
We read from, I'm on the change order request itself.

899
01:27:59,450 --> 01:28:04,210
Just under labor, this carpenter, 20 times 6 equals 120.

900
01:28:04,810 --> 01:28:09,770
I'm assuming that's 20 hours, 6, 6 carpenter.

901
01:28:34,370 --> 01:28:34,650
Okay.

902
01:28:38,130 --> 01:28:39,790
It's like a lot of hours.

903
01:28:45,260 --> 01:28:49,320
It might be in just in totality, or for the entire duration of the project.

904
01:28:50,060 --> 01:28:52,100
I mean, I would, given that it's on a change order.

905
01:28:52,300 --> 01:28:56,820
I'd take it to mean that it's this part of the, it's an additional 120.

906
01:28:57,780 --> 01:28:58,980
not the totality.

907
01:29:01,830 --> 01:29:03,710
Oh no, I know. That's why I'm reading at least.

908
01:29:06,420 --> 01:29:07,260
Was your question answered?

909
01:29:08,200 --> 01:29:12,580
Yeah. From here? Okay. Anyone else on the council? Anyone from the public?

910
01:29:13,460 --> 01:29:17,180
Seeing none, all those in favour? Aye. Any opposed?

911
01:29:17,180 --> 01:29:43,920
And a motion passes 3-1 onto item I1 from community development is their motion to approve a contract with the pre-engineering to provide design and engineering services for the creation of the town council approved bike path from the community center to Kingston Road and Caswell Street in the amount of $153,500 in zero cents.

912
01:29:43,920 --> 01:29:44,240
Let's go.

913
01:29:45,680 --> 01:29:45,980
Second.

914
01:29:46,840 --> 01:29:47,280
Discussion?

915
01:29:49,060 --> 01:29:49,860
Yeah, I have a question.

916
01:29:51,260 --> 01:29:53,920
It's this map that's before us.

917
01:29:54,460 --> 01:29:55,800
It's rather thick.

918
01:29:56,060 --> 01:29:57,340
The line is rather thick.

919
01:29:57,960 --> 01:29:59,760
So I'm having our time understanding.

920
01:30:01,580 --> 01:30:29,760
Exactly where it's coming out to, I thought, and I may be wrong, but I thought, I want to get left to community center, and we were going through the park that we were going to end up near the Indian somewhere, and then cross over to go over. I thought we talked about putting the kit, yes, there. That's the Indian right there. Okay. All right. Okay, that's all I wanted to know. So it's coming this way, then across. All right, perfect. Thank you.

921
01:30:31,490 --> 01:30:33,150
And I have

922
01:30:36,600 --> 01:30:43,200
a question, Jim, you know that little when we're in your office and we're talking about the

923
01:30:43,920 --> 01:30:46,200
That something that we'll talk about

924
01:30:47,320 --> 01:30:49,080
When we sit with DePreet this is

925
01:30:50,280 --> 01:31:00,560
This line is basically driven on the map written on the map based on the town council's approval and the emails back and forth to verify it

926
01:31:00,560 --> 01:31:07,460
we'll be more fine-tuned when depreet takes a look at it, but yes, the pushing that forward is I'll

927
01:31:07,460 --> 01:31:12,420
bring that to their attention as well. Yeah, just so the console, I think is it's clear what I'm

928
01:31:12,420 --> 01:31:21,620
saying is that that that creep that goes through that park, you know, I wanted to hopefully,

929
01:31:22,200 --> 01:31:29,940
I wanted to make sure that they actually, I know it was expensive to go through the back end of

930
01:31:29,940 --> 01:31:36,520
park but it gets narrower as the outflow from the street goes into that

931
01:31:36,520 --> 01:31:41,800
creek and I was thinking it'd be nice to be able to go over that creek in a

932
01:31:41,800 --> 01:31:46,620
short at the short it's distance instead of you said this is a general drawing

933
01:31:47,160 --> 01:31:53,120
yeah it's a possibility that a good portion is one hour I get it I just want to

934
01:31:53,120 --> 01:31:56,400
make sure that the next time it comes up, I'm still here.

935
01:31:58,540 --> 01:32:07,180
So my questions come from, you know, with the possibility that there might be some

936
01:32:07,180 --> 01:32:12,160
of this proposed route that doesn't work, what would happen in that situation and just so

937
01:32:12,160 --> 01:32:18,120
that we're managing expectations from the town side and as well as our own, I understand

938
01:32:18,120 --> 01:32:25,300
that this is a contract for, you know, design engineering services, what can we expect to see

939
01:32:25,300 --> 01:32:27,400
from a reporting side?

940
01:32:27,580 --> 01:32:32,600
Are they going to provide us with a full report for the full complete design?

941
01:32:33,580 --> 01:32:37,720
And at that time, does it get presented to the town before it gets presented to the state?

942
01:32:37,860 --> 01:32:42,600
Just trying to, yeah, they're going to go back and forth with us through the whole thing.

943
01:32:42,600 --> 01:32:44,500
and we'll do updates with you.

944
01:32:44,540 --> 01:32:49,900
They may find wetland areas that we can't navigate through.

945
01:32:50,260 --> 01:32:51,080
They bring that to our attention.

946
01:32:51,280 --> 01:32:53,100
They may say, what do you want to do next?

947
01:32:53,420 --> 01:32:55,180
It goes back and forth during the whole process,

948
01:32:55,260 --> 01:32:59,340
and we go to the council, and public would let you know it was going on.

949
01:33:00,740 --> 01:33:03,360
We wouldn't go to the state until it was completed and approved

950
01:33:04,400 --> 01:33:08,320
because the council would, because the construction funding

951
01:33:08,320 --> 01:33:10,040
would be coming from the step.

952
01:33:10,040 --> 01:33:19,680
So the root's been approved, but then again, the council would have to approve the final design before it gets presented to the state.

953
01:33:20,120 --> 01:33:23,480
Yeah, the town council approved root.

954
01:33:24,000 --> 01:33:26,120
The root, the council wants, is pointed there.

955
01:33:27,380 --> 01:33:30,140
Depret will determine whether that's possible and how it's possible.

956
01:33:31,380 --> 01:33:37,820
Yep, and do you have an approximate timeline as to, I know everyone's got different things going on,

957
01:33:37,960 --> 01:33:44,760
but just so that we can manage expectations approximately how long it would take to put this report together?

958
01:33:45,300 --> 01:33:45,880
I do not.

959
01:33:46,900 --> 01:33:53,000
Maybe that's something that we can possibly follow up on just separately offline just to figure out.

960
01:33:53,120 --> 01:33:55,780
I usually do that once it's awarded, I ask that question.

961
01:33:56,060 --> 01:33:56,680
It's not awarded.

962
01:33:56,980 --> 01:33:57,680
How long will it take?

963
01:33:58,460 --> 01:33:59,120
Thank you.

964
01:33:59,780 --> 01:34:04,140
would they provide an alternate route if they find that Kingston Road is not feasible?

965
01:34:06,020 --> 01:34:11,660
I think they did it in the past and others who they modified their route to move it around a little bit.

966
01:34:12,040 --> 01:34:15,800
But again, we will keep you posted on any changes they make.

967
01:34:16,460 --> 01:34:17,000
Thanks. You're welcome.

968
01:34:19,990 --> 01:34:23,230
Any other questions for Jim? Anyone from the public?

969
01:34:26,070 --> 01:34:26,410
Yes.

970
01:34:39,480 --> 01:34:47,920
Thank you. I'm Tara Flarety, 59, Knotch Way. I kind of had the same reaction that the town council had.

971
01:34:48,560 --> 01:34:59,820
I agree with the town council stated tonight that the route approved the language and the verbiage is correct, but I disagree with the map.

972
01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:25,680
Replacing the root. It's very hard to say, south or on the ocean side of the spring on the Indian side. The park has the root going very north-east, all the way to the head of Wanda to straff more and then back to Kingston at the Indian.

973
01:35:25,680 --> 01:35:44,580
I'm curious where did that come from, because it's underpreets map, and it's on the town's map that it crosses the creek at Kingston goes all the way north east to the head of Wanda and then back to the Indian.

974
01:35:45,140 --> 01:35:54,740
None of that makes sense visually, functionally, and I'm curious how that came because I'm fine with the language, but I object to the two maps.

975
01:36:00,340 --> 01:36:03,140
Any other comment while we look at this?

976
01:36:03,440 --> 01:36:13,400
Not at all, and it is very confusing, but I just am pointing out that the verbiage and the maps, you know, how did we get from A to B?

977
01:36:13,760 --> 01:36:22,880
They don't line up, and I'm wondering who was, you know, given that task and how it came to be that we're going to take that route.

978
01:36:22,880 --> 01:36:30,040
cross green space that we have very precious little green space left and rip it through the

979
01:36:30,040 --> 01:36:38,310
park to the head of Wanda. It functionally doesn't make sense. And I don't want to pre,

980
01:36:39,130 --> 01:36:44,570
which in their contract says this is what the town council is giving us, I don't want

981
01:36:44,570 --> 01:36:50,850
them to think this is what we want it because the one thing that we agreed upon is this

982
01:36:50,850 --> 01:36:53,050
be it, not this map.

983
01:36:57,330 --> 01:37:02,530
Thank you. Okay, but can we look at this before it gets approved or?

984
01:37:03,730 --> 01:37:06,630
Yep, we'll be able to respond to that. Thank you.

985
01:37:06,790 --> 01:37:11,890
Thank you. Anyone else have anything I'd like to add before we answer questions? Yep.

986
01:37:21,800 --> 01:37:29,120
I didn't use Manzie 49, could not you wait. I would just like to piggyback what Tara just touched upon.

987
01:37:29,120 --> 01:37:37,760
I know from personal experience the section on the map that is being presented, the very short

988
01:37:37,760 --> 01:37:43,500
section of the bike path that is being drawn on Strathmore.

989
01:37:44,380 --> 01:37:50,760
That is the narrowest part of that road that extends all the way to the museum.

990
01:37:51,520 --> 01:37:57,580
I myself have had a couple of close calls just a few days ago.

991
01:37:57,580 --> 01:38:01,580
There was a family coming into the neighborhood on bikes.

992
01:38:02,320 --> 01:38:04,080
They were entering from Kingston.

993
01:38:04,940 --> 01:38:06,600
They took a left at the Indian.

994
01:38:07,420 --> 01:38:09,040
And they were on Strathmore.

995
01:38:10,200 --> 01:38:11,920
Mom, dad, set of grandparents,

996
01:38:12,760 --> 01:38:16,600
and a small boy, possibly eight, seven years old.

997
01:38:17,560 --> 01:38:21,100
The parents and the grandparents were hugging the fence.

998
01:38:21,800 --> 01:38:24,060
There was another vehicle ahead of me.

999
01:38:24,060 --> 01:38:35,240
I was about 20, 30 feet behind that vehicle and I was only doing 15 miles an hour, and that limit there I believe is 25.

1000
01:38:36,500 --> 01:38:44,580
Well, the young boy decided he was not going to stay in the path between parents and grandparents,

1001
01:38:44,580 --> 01:38:54,280
And he decided to turn 90 degrees and was placing himself between myself and the car ahead of me.

1002
01:38:54,920 --> 01:38:57,140
I did have to slam on my brakes.

1003
01:38:57,820 --> 01:39:06,700
I was still nowhere near him, but again, that is not the first time that I have personally experienced that.

1004
01:39:07,020 --> 01:39:11,600
I will not be able to live with myself if I hurt someone.

1005
01:39:11,600 --> 01:39:20,880
So, I am begging you to please take another look at that before we spend money on this plan.

1006
01:39:21,780 --> 01:39:23,860
Let's please change that section.

1007
01:39:24,440 --> 01:39:29,460
If we're going to the Indian, then let's cut a cross Kingston, please.

1008
01:39:30,360 --> 01:39:32,060
We don't want anybody getting hurt.

1009
01:39:32,820 --> 01:39:36,220
Sorry, can you just specify where specifically on Kingston?

1010
01:39:36,820 --> 01:39:38,580
Do you have a map that you can place up here?

1011
01:39:38,580 --> 01:39:42,560
have a map, you don't have access. Oh, you do. Can you just pull that up, please?

1012
01:39:45,260 --> 01:39:52,660
It's right, it's just a fence. Yeah. Yeah, he's working on it. Because it's hard to tell

1013
01:39:52,660 --> 01:39:57,500
because it does come across, oh, I see where you're saying. And in your defense,

1014
01:39:57,840 --> 01:39:59,880
you're not driving that road every day.

1015
01:40:00,000 --> 01:40:03,260
Like we are, so you wouldn't have knowledge of this.

1016
01:41:10,560 --> 01:41:14,420
We can come across right here, oh, thank you.

1017
01:41:14,840 --> 01:41:17,620
I probably didn't need that, but thank you.

1018
01:41:18,240 --> 01:41:24,000
So there is a very nice area, and if I'm not mistaken, I think Mr.

1019
01:41:24,040 --> 01:41:29,720
Mrs. Smith at one point had proposed that, and my correct, and that was a wonderful.

1020
01:41:29,760 --> 01:41:30,780
That was a great idea.

1021
01:41:30,780 --> 01:41:53,620
So, we would love to see it come here, and then one of my neighbors, Don Frederick, has even suggested that we can put in for a grant for a crossing, much like we have further back the name of the street, is it a voice that crosses, and I think that would be much safer for everybody.

1022
01:41:54,540 --> 01:41:57,720
We don't need to worry about children on tricycles.

1023
01:41:58,280 --> 01:42:00,360
They're not going to be on the bike path.

1024
01:42:00,660 --> 01:42:03,140
They'll be riding around the school parking lot or their neighborhoods.

1025
01:42:03,900 --> 01:42:04,580
But, okay, I'm sorry.

1026
01:42:04,740 --> 01:42:07,260
I've taken enough time, but that's the teacher in me.

1027
01:42:07,540 --> 01:42:12,880
I appreciate the illustrative reference.

1028
01:42:13,220 --> 01:42:14,140
Did you have any other questions?

1029
01:42:14,340 --> 01:42:15,580
No, I appreciate that.

1030
01:42:15,700 --> 01:42:22,000
Unfortunately, there was a discussion on a general proposed path.

1031
01:42:22,000 --> 01:42:46,000
I do agree with, so like some of the propositions that you've brought up, you know, we've had at great length discussion and debate. Unfortunately, that part of the path was not part of the proposal, but I do agree with your assessment on the section that you highlighted going around and cutting through that green space.

1032
01:42:46,800 --> 01:42:53,080
That's not the that's not the impression that I was given either I didn't vote on this

1033
01:42:53,080 --> 01:42:58,700
path in general but I just want to make sure that when it is being proposed that it

1034
01:42:58,700 --> 01:43:05,260
it's an accurate map that we're voting on so but I also I know that I've we've gone way

1035
01:43:05,260 --> 01:43:09,820
over three minutes so but I do I do appreciate you like I said I had my team you weren't

1036
01:43:09,820 --> 01:43:19,840
me, so thank you. Thank you. Anyone else have comments? I do, yes, sorry. I forget who's

1037
01:43:19,840 --> 01:43:29,120
who speaks and you're good. Thank you. Anne Nucke's 46th Cononchit Way. And I do agree with

1038
01:43:29,120 --> 01:43:35,380
my two previous neighbors on their points, particularly that intersection. I just wanted

1039
01:43:37,260 --> 01:43:43,780
I'm hearing a lot of talk about the possibility of going through with this design spending

1040
01:43:43,780 --> 01:43:49,120
$153,000, but at the end of a day, people are thinking, oh, the bike path is just going

1041
01:43:49,120 --> 01:43:54,620
to end at the Indian, wherever that is, and not continuing down King's Del Road.

1042
01:43:55,320 --> 01:43:56,680
I hope you won't be offended.

1043
01:43:56,760 --> 01:44:01,780
I went to the meet and greet of your, some of the candidates for town council, I would

1044
01:44:01,780 --> 01:44:08,560
two-thirds of them talk about just ending the bike path at the Indian. And so I just hope that

1045
01:44:08,560 --> 01:44:17,120
there's real intention behind a path that actually makes its way to hopefully the other bike path,

1046
01:44:17,280 --> 01:44:21,020
which is what right ought, I believe, is going to want to approve as to see a connection.

1047
01:44:22,380 --> 01:44:27,860
And so I encourage us to continue on what was voted on, like you said, a subcommittee worked on

1048
01:44:27,860 --> 01:44:30,820
And I hope that we explore the Kingstown route.

1049
01:44:31,440 --> 01:44:34,580
I personally actually think that the route going through

1050
01:44:34,580 --> 01:44:36,760
a sprayed park is the more contentious one.

1051
01:44:37,000 --> 01:44:39,020
Not only that end that we've been discussing,

1052
01:44:39,760 --> 01:44:41,520
but going behind the batting cages,

1053
01:44:41,800 --> 01:44:44,500
I don't know how you're going to fit a 10-foot wide path

1054
01:44:44,500 --> 01:44:46,700
behind there without landfill.

1055
01:44:46,880 --> 01:44:48,220
And then you're going to have to get an approval

1056
01:44:48,220 --> 01:44:50,660
from the DM and CRMC.

1057
01:44:51,100 --> 01:44:51,380
Excuse me.

1058
01:44:51,880 --> 01:44:54,580
So it seems like a very difficult path to me.

1059
01:44:54,580 --> 01:44:56,720
I just walked it with my husband on Saturday,

1060
01:44:56,720 --> 01:44:59,960
very busy too, lots of baseball league.

1061
01:45:01,060 --> 01:45:10,860
So, I actually agree with Smith's paths that goes along the tennis court, which seems to make a lot more sense. Thank you.

1062
01:45:11,040 --> 01:45:12,700
Thank you.

1063
01:45:13,180 --> 01:45:15,560
Let me thank you.

1064
01:45:18,620 --> 01:45:20,140
Anyone else?

1065
01:45:20,640 --> 01:45:23,100
All right, to respond, I agree.

1066
01:45:24,920 --> 01:45:26,240
I think it's...

1067
01:45:26,240 --> 01:45:39,340
Can I just say, I'm shocked to actually hear that anyone's even talking about, ending the bike path at the Indian.

1068
01:45:40,040 --> 01:45:46,020
That's never been any discussion at a town council meeting, especially not one that's been proposed by this council.

1069
01:45:46,820 --> 01:45:52,920
100% believe that in the spirit of completing the bike path, I agree.

1070
01:45:52,920 --> 01:46:01,460
And we need to get it as close and to the actual state's bike route, that's why I wanted it originally to end at the beach.

1071
01:46:01,940 --> 01:46:03,700
But that was a different proposal.

1072
01:46:05,280 --> 01:46:11,680
But this is a good start towards getting this bike path over the finish line.

1073
01:46:12,020 --> 01:46:13,220
Mr. Duncan, did you have a comment?

1074
01:46:13,420 --> 01:46:16,740
Yeah, I just remember the night that we talked about it.

1075
01:46:16,740 --> 01:46:42,000
obviously it wasn't unanimous, but we did vote on the going behind the batting cages for the same reason that lady just said that it's a busy area because if you went on the other side of the batting cages should be going through valuable parking spots for the families and stuff.

1076
01:46:42,000 --> 01:47:00,760
I think when it all got started, bike path through, the batting cages were there, but from the plan, I saw the wetland was far enough away, there might be some grading that has to be done, but it was possible to get done.

1077
01:47:00,760 --> 01:47:10,680
And then we said that we wanted it to go across the, across the, across the wetland, if possible.

1078
01:47:12,240 --> 01:47:21,100
And since then I've talked to different people and it's almost impossible to do that.

1079
01:47:21,100 --> 01:47:44,500
So I had mentioned in my motion that night to make it as the bridge, if possible, as close to the outflow of that pipe, from Kingstown Road as close as possible, just so you got that nice effect going across the water, but it wasn't 10 million dollars, you know.

1080
01:47:45,500 --> 01:47:53,800
And then continuing to the Indian, I remember that and I know we're going to have to talk

1081
01:47:53,800 --> 01:48:04,120
to our Native American people, but I do picture in my mind some type of a kiosk in that

1082
01:48:04,120 --> 01:48:10,380
area, sitting area, a rest area, a waiting area to cross over Kingstown Road.

1083
01:48:11,620 --> 01:48:21,380
So when this little map came out, I really didn't understand it because who wants so many squiggles, you know?

1084
01:48:23,920 --> 01:48:27,420
So thanks bring that up.

1085
01:48:28,940 --> 01:48:34,540
And I think that that's what I actually brought up with Jim and Jim says we don't need to have to deal with that tonight,

1086
01:48:34,540 --> 01:48:44,180
but I'm actually sure that Jim knows kind of what our thoughts are and thank you for bringing

1087
01:48:44,180 --> 01:48:52,380
it up and I actually think that this orange line actually passes by the intersection of

1088
01:48:52,380 --> 01:49:01,120
casual and kinks town but that might be good in a way but I also wanted to bring up that

1089
01:49:01,120 --> 01:49:08,120
Since we are negotiating with the library to make them people aware of what we pick, that

1090
01:49:08,120 --> 01:49:15,320
we would like to kind of coordinate that into their landscape design that corner there.

1091
01:49:17,040 --> 01:49:21,640
So it could be a resting spot or a meeting spot or whatever.

1092
01:49:22,940 --> 01:49:30,000
I just want to say that, I know we debated in that committee group if I am correct that we talked

1093
01:49:30,000 --> 01:49:33,400
about coming out where she just did the alternate plan.

1094
01:49:33,600 --> 01:49:36,460
And I think we did talk about Jim's right.

1095
01:49:36,600 --> 01:49:38,120
We talked about the park in situation

1096
01:49:38,120 --> 01:49:41,440
and not being able to take those park in spaces.

1097
01:49:42,540 --> 01:49:43,860
But I also agree with Tara.

1098
01:49:44,100 --> 01:49:48,340
I was under the impression that it was going to come

1099
01:49:48,340 --> 01:49:51,280
and run across right down the side of the park.

1100
01:49:51,440 --> 01:49:54,260
I didn't expect to see that hump either.

1101
01:49:54,840 --> 01:49:58,920
So I agree with Tara, that was my surprise.

1102
01:49:58,920 --> 01:49:59,980
I just thought it was because...

1103
01:50:00,000 --> 01:50:11,340
The line was so thick that, you know, the smaller line would bring it a little closer, but I think that that's something we should look at and talk about, will we send it to the precarious.

1104
01:50:13,480 --> 01:50:21,340
So is your proposal to continue this to revise the map before it gets sent? That's what I would propose.

1105
01:50:21,740 --> 01:50:27,980
I think part of what was struggle about this getting approved. The first time was we didn't have a map.

1106
01:50:27,980 --> 01:50:33,520
But I know that we had to provide a lot of direction in order for a map to be created.

1107
01:50:34,120 --> 01:50:38,600
I just don't think that this is an accurate map based on it's mostly accurate.

1108
01:50:39,000 --> 01:50:49,860
I just don't think it's 100% a reflection of what the majority on the council had agreed to.

1109
01:50:53,800 --> 01:51:04,780
Right, so with that, I think some greater clarity is needed and one map to be determined and I mean, again, it's been shared

1110
01:51:04,780 --> 01:51:15,860
$153,000 on a design. We want to make sure that our map is sound, that there's one map that's being considered in the design.

1111
01:51:15,860 --> 01:51:20,000
So I just asked that we continue this to the next meeting.

1112
01:51:21,540 --> 01:51:27,440
Ideally, if the group gets figured out is clearly defined in the scope of what was approved by the council.

1113
01:51:27,960 --> 01:51:30,980
The map is just a rough draft, that's all it is.

1114
01:51:31,220 --> 01:51:39,520
That's not an engineered design map, it's just a rough draft of what was approved in the council agenda, just to lay you know.

1115
01:51:42,320 --> 01:51:44,620
So who drew the yellow line, Jim?

1116
01:51:46,580 --> 01:51:54,640
Okay, so can we just draw it along the Kingstone Road to the Indian and then just don't even have another meeting as possible

1117
01:51:59,180 --> 01:52:02,580
I guess you could you could probably amend it if you want to

1118
01:52:02,580 --> 01:52:08,920
Yeah, but I have to really know exactly what it is perhaps I could bring one up to you with a sharpie markup. I

1119
01:52:08,920 --> 01:52:10,960
I drew it

1120
01:52:10,960 --> 01:52:12,720
Yeah, that's a squiggle line

1121
01:52:12,720 --> 01:52:15,220
All right, I

1122
01:52:15,760 --> 01:52:18,200
Would you mind one of

1123
01:52:18,200 --> 01:52:20,000
I don't want to have you get up

1124
01:52:20,000 --> 01:52:25,200
But yeah, I'll shoot. I'll get up there and indicate where it is that you would like it amended to

1125
01:52:30,960 --> 01:52:38,020
I disagree with the map in so much as it goes down Kingstown Road, which I believe is a dangerous route and we should not be approving this as such

1126
01:52:39,720 --> 01:52:42,440
Sorry, and what was last thing you said?

1127
01:52:43,020 --> 01:52:50,120
I disagree with the map in so far as it goes down Kingstown Road, which I believe to be a dangerous route, and we shouldn't approve it

1128
01:52:50,120 --> 01:52:50,700
Okay

1129
01:52:59,840 --> 01:53:08,880
I believe we wrote it on was, when it came to this point right here, I think we wanted

1130
01:53:08,880 --> 01:53:11,000
it to go down to the Indian from there.

1131
01:53:15,680 --> 01:53:18,760
Yeah, so we wanted it to go this way.

1132
01:53:23,280 --> 01:53:23,800
Okay.

1133
01:53:24,980 --> 01:53:28,400
And then if it doesn't work, then we have to read whatever.

1134
01:53:29,380 --> 01:53:29,660
But those.

1135
01:53:33,400 --> 01:53:33,720
Yes.

1136
01:53:33,720 --> 01:53:36,020
And that's what would be provided, yep.

1137
01:53:58,140 --> 01:53:59,700
Yep. Okay. Thank you.

1138
01:54:00,720 --> 01:54:04,360
So we'll make sure that a correct version.

1139
01:54:04,880 --> 01:54:08,920
We want one version of a map to be presented for consideration.

1140
01:54:10,420 --> 01:54:11,280
I didn't see that.

1141
01:54:11,820 --> 01:54:13,120
Thank you.

1142
01:54:17,080 --> 01:54:23,060
So with that, we will amend the version for consideration.

1143
01:54:24,880 --> 01:54:32,400
While I agree, like I don't agree on the proposed path, I believe the council made it clear.

1144
01:54:33,420 --> 01:54:44,280
What the majority on the council wants to see in the proposed route, so I'm not going to hold up the design portion with the now amended version.

1145
01:54:44,280 --> 01:54:53,820
I do know that there are other other maps that have already undergone extensive studies and design.

1146
01:54:57,080 --> 01:54:59,700
But now with your amended route.

1147
01:55:00,050 --> 01:55:06,870
To go down across Kingstown Road in front of the Indian,

1148
01:55:08,960 --> 01:55:16,020
I think, I think, Mr. Beck, make a motion to amend the map.

1149
01:55:16,200 --> 01:55:23,080
Do we need to make, how do you do that? Do we just vote on the new proposed map or do we just, just to be clear?

1150
01:55:23,080 --> 01:55:33,220
Yeah, the survey figure that is utilized in the de-preet response. Is that one accurate? Is that the one you're referring to?

1151
01:55:33,720 --> 01:55:38,960
Not not not this one. But the de-preet map one is is.

1152
01:55:42,150 --> 01:55:47,850
Okay, because of the de-preet one clearly actually both of them clearly go by the Indians statue.

1153
01:55:52,300 --> 01:56:01,540
So I make a amendment to make a motion to amend the map prior to sending it to debris.

1154
01:56:03,780 --> 01:56:04,620
Is that, is that ordinary?

1155
01:56:04,680 --> 01:56:07,200
Yeah, but we need to give the language so.

1156
01:56:07,200 --> 01:56:07,760
Okay.

1157
01:56:09,040 --> 01:56:20,040
It would be, so once it reaches the so-called creek, that it would go along Kingston Road to the Indian area.

1158
01:56:20,040 --> 01:56:30,100
and then they're going to develop some kind of crossing area there and not go to the

1159
01:56:30,560 --> 01:56:40,300
north after either crossing the creek or going around the creek.

1160
01:56:40,600 --> 01:56:43,100
And that the paths continue down.

1161
01:56:43,100 --> 01:56:44,500
Along Kingston Road.

1162
01:56:44,520 --> 01:56:44,800
Right.

1163
01:56:44,800 --> 01:56:50,200
to where it is is mapped out and it's not to stop. It's to continue.

1164
01:56:50,460 --> 01:56:55,320
It's council. OK. Yeah. Oh, and then to yeah, and then obviously to continue to

1165
01:56:55,320 --> 01:56:55,620
casual.

1166
01:57:03,390 --> 01:57:06,490
You can't you can't talk to the public as being the head.

1167
01:57:08,380 --> 01:57:12,620
We're we're in the middle of a mending emotion. So it's

1168
01:57:12,620 --> 01:57:16,120
Mr. President, if I can chime in, there's no agenda item for a

1169
01:57:16,120 --> 01:57:20,080
mending a map on the agenda for this evening. This is mainly to approve an

1170
01:57:20,080 --> 01:57:28,640
You can direct staff to make those changes and vote on a different map later, but the item is not listed as voting on a map amendment.

1171
01:57:29,080 --> 01:57:34,420
Okay, so the actual route itself is not being determined at this juncture.

1172
01:57:34,640 --> 01:57:41,580
We're just voting on the actual design services and then we can influence the final decision later on.

1173
01:57:41,980 --> 01:57:44,840
Okay. Well, that's that's nice. Thank you.

1174
01:57:44,840 --> 01:57:53,460
Um, and with that, um, I guess more to come with that, so thank you for that clarity.

1175
01:57:53,880 --> 01:57:59,920
So this is for the design services, this is not for the actual final route, uh, feedback

1176
01:57:59,920 --> 01:58:03,720
will be able to be provided from the council in the public as well.

1177
01:58:05,220 --> 01:58:07,680
With that, any last questions from the council?

1178
01:58:09,560 --> 01:58:09,840
All right.

1179
01:58:10,680 --> 01:58:12,060
Uh, all those in favor?

1180
01:58:12,520 --> 01:58:13,080
Aye.

1181
01:58:13,480 --> 01:58:13,580
Aye.

1182
01:58:13,580 --> 01:58:19,120
Post, motion passes 3-1, onto the engineering department,

1183
01:58:19,560 --> 01:58:26,360
a zero motion to approve the purchase of the 1-new 2026 Chevrolet 2500,

1184
01:58:26,740 --> 01:58:34,860
regular cab work truck from colonial municipal group in the amount of 48,893 dollars in 20 cents,

1185
01:58:35,060 --> 01:58:40,440
utilizing the greater boss and police contract and approve the purchase of one,

1186
01:58:41,300 --> 01:58:50,360
NAPHIDE service body model 696 equipment package from day genre truck and utility equipment

1187
01:58:50,360 --> 01:58:57,560
a division of Douglas Dynamics LLC in the amount of 24,980 dollars in zero cents,

1188
01:58:57,860 --> 01:59:00,400
utilizing the Rhode Island Master Pricing Agreement.

1189
01:59:00,900 --> 01:59:05,790
So a second discussion.

1190
01:59:07,230 --> 01:59:09,770
Any questions or comments from the council on this item?

1191
01:59:12,000 --> 01:59:12,620
Anyone from the public?

1192
01:59:12,620 --> 01:59:14,720
Well, that clear out quick.

1193
01:59:16,340 --> 01:59:17,180
All those in favor?

1194
01:59:17,780 --> 01:59:17,900
Hi.

1195
01:59:18,500 --> 01:59:19,120
Any opposed?

1196
01:59:20,020 --> 01:59:21,720
Motion passes for zero.

1197
01:59:22,180 --> 01:59:24,700
Onto the IT department is zero motion to award the bid

1198
01:59:24,700 --> 01:59:29,720
for electronic security system upgrade to convergent

1199
01:59:29,720 --> 01:59:34,240
technologies LLC in the amount of $71,000, $90,000 in zero

1200
01:59:34,240 --> 01:59:34,940
sense.

1201
01:59:36,340 --> 01:59:36,940
Second.

1202
01:59:38,260 --> 01:59:38,700
Discussion?

1203
01:59:39,300 --> 01:59:41,220
Anyone from the Council of any questions or comments

1204
01:59:41,220 --> 01:59:41,720
on this?

1205
01:59:41,720 --> 01:59:43,780
anyone from the public.

1206
01:59:44,440 --> 01:59:45,640
Seeing none, all was in favor.

1207
01:59:46,440 --> 01:59:46,460
Hi.

1208
01:59:46,460 --> 01:59:46,780
Hi.

1209
01:59:47,080 --> 01:59:47,800
Any opposed?

1210
01:59:48,340 --> 01:59:49,800
Motion passes 4-0.

1211
01:59:50,640 --> 01:59:54,620
On to the town clerk, is there a motion to approve an application for a special event permit

1212
01:59:54,620 --> 01:59:58,220
and wave the fee associated for an arrogance of parks and recreation?

1213
01:59:59,240 --> 01:59:59,980
For the annual...

1214
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:10,720
Local enlist summer event, which includes the annual columnary festival that is being held on Saturday, September 19th, 2026 at Veterans Memorial Park in Gazebo.

1215
02:00:12,280 --> 02:00:14,260
Park subject to state and local regulations.

1216
02:00:17,500 --> 02:00:19,900
Is there any columnary left?

1217
02:00:24,420 --> 02:00:30,520
I hope there's still going to be enough Kalamari after the event that we just said.

1218
02:00:31,580 --> 02:00:36,160
Galilee is the number one exporter of Kalamari on the entire Eastern Sea board.

1219
02:00:36,460 --> 02:00:36,620
I have it.

1220
02:00:36,740 --> 02:00:37,640
I'm pretty good authority though.

1221
02:00:37,900 --> 02:00:38,020
As well.

1222
02:00:38,820 --> 02:00:39,560
Thank you.

1223
02:00:39,620 --> 02:00:40,060
Thank you.

1224
02:00:40,240 --> 02:00:41,060
Councilor Tory Alde.

1225
02:00:41,200 --> 02:00:42,700
That's a really nice shout out.

1226
02:00:43,060 --> 02:00:48,880
Also, I should have said this earlier, but there is a big sand octopus squid down in Galilee

1227
02:00:48,880 --> 02:00:55,620
over by Jimmy's a port site, I think is go check it out, that was put up by the Galilee advisory

1228
02:00:56,480 --> 02:00:56,920
committee.

1229
02:00:57,780 --> 02:01:00,520
Oh, is there a sculptor on the Galilee advisory committee?

1230
02:01:01,500 --> 02:01:04,400
Not a sculptor on the committee, but we're covering somebody else.

1231
02:01:04,540 --> 02:01:04,700
Awesome.

1232
02:01:06,280 --> 02:01:13,380
And the Port director actually wants a big bronze octopus, Colomari, Squid Statue.

1233
02:01:14,680 --> 02:01:14,860
Wow.

1234
02:01:15,320 --> 02:01:15,960
Down at the port.

1235
02:01:16,720 --> 02:01:21,260
Well, maybe we can put it at the former White House, and now, just kidding.

1236
02:01:23,020 --> 02:01:23,220
Excellent.

1237
02:01:23,700 --> 02:01:25,960
Any questions or comments in this?

1238
02:01:26,660 --> 02:01:28,080
And this is a fantastic event.

1239
02:01:28,600 --> 02:01:30,900
We went to it last year.

1240
02:01:31,340 --> 02:01:31,660
Amazing.

1241
02:01:32,480 --> 02:01:37,340
And there's a number of vendors that have also chimed in and won a volunteer to join this as well.

1242
02:01:37,940 --> 02:01:38,820
With that, all those in favour?

1243
02:01:39,460 --> 02:01:39,640
Hi.

1244
02:01:39,860 --> 02:01:40,120
Hi.

1245
02:01:40,380 --> 02:01:41,000
Any opposed?

1246
02:01:41,420 --> 02:01:41,740
Oops.

1247
02:01:41,880 --> 02:01:43,220
Motion passes for zero.

1248
02:01:43,220 --> 02:01:51,640
Now we have a disclosure of executive session, votes taken on July 6, 2026 during that executive

1249
02:01:51,640 --> 02:01:52,320
session.

1250
02:01:52,780 --> 02:01:57,880
It was a motion to approve the town manager's contract with the following terms, three

1251
02:01:57,880 --> 02:02:02,520
or contract, two-week vacation, language was updated.

1252
02:02:03,480 --> 02:02:10,760
There was some salary, changes, 3% increase annual for years two and three, and one additional

1253
02:02:10,760 --> 02:02:18,800
week vacation. And again, on behalf of the Narrigans Town Council, we commend and appreciate

1254
02:02:18,800 --> 02:02:26,460
Jim Tierney's service to the Town of Narriganset. It's certainly not an easy job. It's

1255
02:02:26,460 --> 02:02:32,500
a thankless job in many ways, but your continuity and your leadership in this town do not

1256
02:02:32,500 --> 02:02:38,600
go unnoticed and we really appreciate your service to this town. Thank you.

1257
02:02:38,600 --> 02:02:45,780
So thank you. And with that is our motion of prevent 902 PM. So woo. Okay. All those in favor.

1258
02:02:46,520 --> 02:02:50,920
Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes for zero. Have a great night.