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[9:39] » Do we meet on Columbus?

[9:40] >> The day after.

[9:41] >> The day. Okay.

[9:42] >> Right. The day after.

[9:45] >> Oh, Tuesday. Wait a minute.

[9:48] >> I have class that day.

[9:52] I might not be here then.

[9:53] >> Okay, I'll be here on that one. I will

[9:56] not be here the month of September.

[9:59] >> Although the whole month,

[10:01] >> Tuesday the 13th, we'll have it.

[10:04] >> Well, the days that we have select board

[10:07] meeting, I won't be able to make it. I

[10:08] have a class I have to take.

[10:10] >> I might be able to take that day and

[10:11] just make it a short class.

[10:13] >> There you go.

[10:15] >> Because

[10:16] >> No, Jason, let me rate this. I thought

[10:19] it was August he was out.

[10:21] >> I know we've had this conversation

[10:22] twice.

[10:22] >> I know we have. [clears throat]

[10:24] >> I'll take I'll take the 13th of October

[10:28] under advisement. I'll just

[10:30] >> see what my plan is that week and if

[10:32] it's something that I don't need to

[10:36] pontificate about very long.

[10:38] >> Yeah,

[10:39] >> I'll just say, "Okay, I've got another

[10:40] engagement." Sorry, guys.

[10:47] There he is. Where is Zach?

[10:52] » Oh, you're not late. You're not late.

[10:53] >> I got to

[11:08] They do any paving out in front of your

[11:09] house today?

[11:10] >> No, they did scarify the pavement in

[11:13] front of my house, but Oh,

[11:14] >> they did.

[11:15] >> We're almost there. Getting

[11:19] close. You

[11:20] >> know, I was just getting used to the

[11:21] reservoir road being semi smooth.

[11:25] >> Oh, now you have to play dodge the

[11:27] >> dodge the cones.

[11:29] >> They're in full bloom, you know.

[11:31] >> Yep.

[11:32] >> The cones.

[11:33] >> Yeah. They put them over the manholes

[11:35] and those manholes are not

[11:40] >> Half the time they're like right in the

[11:41] center of the street. Well, it's one of

[11:43] them's in the center of the street. One

[11:44] of them is in the center of your lane.

[11:46] >> Yeah.

[11:47] >> So, you can't go around. You have to go

[11:48] around it into the

[11:49] >> I went around that one today.

[11:51] >> Because you don't really have a choice.

[11:53] >> Yeah.

[11:53] >> Well,

[11:55] I mean, I went the normal I went the

[11:57] correct way. I didn't avoid the I didn't

[12:00] go around it. I went right to the right

[12:02] of it. And I It works. [laughter]

[12:06] >> It's It's a close fit on that one.

[12:08] >> Yeah, it is. Yeah. But that one that's

[12:10] up near the corner there, you can't go

[12:13] around it. You have to go on the other

[12:15] side of it.

[12:15] >> Yeah, true.

[12:16] >> It's just

[12:18] >> Yep.

[12:18] >> Your car is not that thin.

[12:22] >> Maybe if you're on a bicycle.

[12:25] >> I almost rode my bike today, but the

[12:26] weather had it's been today.

[12:28] >> Poured for a little while.

[12:29] >> I didn't want to take a chance trying to

[12:30] ride home.

[12:32] >> It didn't pour for very long, but it did

[12:33] pour. [snorts]

[12:35] [clears throat]

[12:37] » I don't have the keyboard.

[12:41] Get it.

[12:42] >> I got it.

[12:52] » Gracias.

[13:04] On or off?

[13:10] Think it's on now?

[13:31] » Is there an missing or

[13:33] >> what? Is there an agenda?

[13:36] >> I've got one.

[13:37] >> Yeah, I've got one.

[13:38] >> Did you have one?

[13:38] >> Does it look like that?

[13:40] >> Is it underneath something?

[13:42] >> It could be, but

[13:45] >> they just wanted you to have to figure

[13:47] it out.

[13:48] >> Yeah, they're testing me.

[13:53] » I didn't have a package this weekend.

[13:56] >> They emailed it to you. You didn't get

[13:57] that.

[13:57] >> Didn't receive one on Friday.

[14:00] >> They don't like you.

[14:01] >> Word on the email.

[14:03] I have I didn't get a chance to look,

[14:05] but I'll ask Lydia to make sure she's on

[14:07] there.

[14:08] >> Hey, I couldn't even open the door. So,

[14:11] >> I helped you with that.

[14:14] >> The door's changed.

[14:16] >> No, it

[14:16] >> that's my excuse. [laughter]

[14:30] » It's 5:00. Let's call the meeting to

[14:32] order.

[14:36] I pledge algiance to the flag of the

[14:38] United States of America and to the

[14:41] republic for which it stands. One nation

[14:44] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[14:47] justice for all.

[14:51] » All right, with that, I'll make a motion

[14:54] to approve the August 10th regular

[14:56] meeting minutes.

[14:59] >> Sorry. Oh, you're good.

[15:00] >> Any discussion?

[15:02] All those in favor?

[15:03] >> I I.

[15:04] >> Any opposed?

[15:07] And

[15:07] >> I'll follow it up with a motion to

[15:09] approve the August 10th non-public

[15:11] meeting minutes.

[15:12] >> Second.

[15:14] >> Any discussion? All those in favor?

[15:17] >> I. Any oppose?

[15:23] » Okay. Couple of announcements. The

[15:25] select board will meet on the following

[15:26] dates at 5:00 p.m. Monday, September

[15:29] 14th and Monday, September 28th. Uh the

[15:33] town clerk's office will be closed from

[15:35] 9 to 11:30 on Tuesday, August 25th, and

[15:40] town offices will be closed on Monday,

[15:42] September 7th in observance of Labor

[15:45] Day. Important date to remember,

[15:47] Tuesday, September 8th is primary

[15:49] election day from 8:00 a.m. to 7 pm at

[15:53] the Plymouth Elementary School in the

[15:56] gymnasium. As usual, any citizens

[15:59] wishing to be listed on the select

[16:00] board's agenda should contact town hall

[16:03] before noon the Thursday before the

[16:04] scheduled meeting. All meetings are held

[16:06] here upstairs in town hall uh and are

[16:09] available via Zoom. Uh the Zoom

[16:12] information can be found on the town's

[16:13] website, plymouthnh.

[16:15] gov.

[16:17] I don't have any comments, so we'll jump

[16:19] straight to Kevin.

[16:28] All right. Uh, [sighs]

[16:30] highway department update. Um

[16:34] they've been doing a lot of tree

[16:35] trimming, just preparation for the

[16:37] winter months coming up, getting the

[16:38] roads up to shape. Uh closing gaps in

[16:41] the roadways and more specifically

[16:44] around the sewer manholes with mastic.

[16:46] Just really making sure they get they

[16:48] don't destroy the road. Um Emerson

[16:52] Street,

[16:54] the initial lay of uh pavement has been

[16:57] put down. They're working on the

[16:58] sidewalks now. all the uh granite carbon

[17:01] has been put in. They will not be uh

[17:05] doing the top coat till the spring. So,

[17:08] just for the residents on that street,

[17:10] be aware because there's still a quite a

[17:12] few small punch list stuff that we want

[17:13] to get completed before the top coat's

[17:16] put down. So, there's no point in

[17:17] putting it down, tearing it up.

[17:20] Uh maintenance department, they've uh

[17:22] just a lot of PD cruiser stuff uh

[17:25] maintenance. Um they attended the the uh

[17:27] touch truck with the highway crew. A

[17:29] good turnout. Um

[17:33] we kind of [sighs] So we've been having

[17:35] some problem with the PD cars,

[17:36] especially the motors. Um we actually

[17:38] lost car number eight. Um you can see on

[17:41] the police side too on my report. Uh we blew the motor in it. So we are down

[17:45] a cruiser. Um the anticip

[17:48] um the chief is debating if we'll just

[17:51] take that one right out of commission

[17:53] and replace it with a new one or if we

[17:55] maintain the rotation. So we're waiting

[17:56] for an update on that.

[17:59] Uh fire and EMS uh engine 3 update. So

[18:03] technically we have taken delivery of

[18:04] engine 3, but upon final inspection and

[18:08] uh thanks to some keen firefighter eyes,

[18:11] we found that there was some significant

[18:13] paint issues on the engine. So, working

[18:16] with the dealership, um, they're

[18:18] actually they took the truck back and

[18:21] they stripped it down and are repainting

[18:23] the officer's side or the passenger side

[18:25] of the truck. It's expected to take

[18:27] three weeks, but at least it'll be done

[18:29] right. It's very unfortunate, but is

[18:32] what it is. Um, fire and we've had a, as

[18:36] we anticipated, we've had an increase in

[18:38] service. We're actually 175 emergencies

[18:40] ahead of this time last year, which is a

[18:42] pretty good number. You know, usually we

[18:44] see a sway of, you know, 20 or 30 up or

[18:47] down, but this one's 175 up. So, that's

[18:50] pretty substantial.

[18:51] >> Is that because we we, you know, took on

[18:53] like Warren Wentworth or something like

[18:54] that or

[18:55] >> uh Warren Wentworth plays a small

[18:56] percentage of that?

[18:58] >> We actually don't go up there very much,

[18:59] but um we're actually seeing a large

[19:01] increase just in the Plymouth area. So,

[19:04] that's we anticipate that was happening

[19:06] with the um the change in the

[19:10] demographic. Also, uh

[19:13] last week the fire department responded

[19:15] to three significant incidences in town.

[19:17] Um due to the new staffing level and the

[19:21] new staff that we added, they were

[19:22] actually able to have resources

[19:24] immediately on scene to perfect the

[19:26] extrications acquired and provide

[19:28] life-saving measures within moments. Um

[19:30] versus before we'd have to wait for, you

[19:32] know, 5 to 10, 15 minutes for an engine

[19:35] company to respond. So, insurance

[19:38] dividends right there. Just fun fact I

[19:40] thought I'd throw out there. Health

[19:42] department.

[19:44] Uh this is really just to remind the

[19:46] public that if you have dumpsters, it is

[19:48] your responsibility to maintain them,

[19:50] keep them closed, and pick up after the

[19:52] wildlife infiltration. Bear activity is

[19:54] increasing along with other rodents. Um

[19:59] and it will get worse as we move into

[20:00] the fall. It always does. And we've seen

[20:02] an increase in complaints and activity

[20:05] in just the last few weeks. Um, I've

[20:07] been addressing them with the residents

[20:09] of those locations,

[20:11] but it is your responsibility to

[20:12] maintain the dumpsters.

[20:15] Uh, Crystal Springs tested positive for

[20:18] E.coli. It was closed and decontaminated

[20:20] last week. We're waiting on the new test

[20:22] results. Uh, thank you to Parks and

[20:24] Highway for weed whacking and cleaning

[20:26] up around the area. Um, the test results

[20:29] can be found on the fire department page

[20:30] online. A boil advisory remains in

[20:33] effect per guidance of state health

[20:35] department. That being said, we are

[20:37] quarterly testing it. Nothing's changed

[20:39] regardless of some of our residents

[20:41] beliefs. Um,

[20:44] police update, off, I'm happy to report

[20:48] officer Stratton graduated Friday from

[20:50] the 203rd Police Academy. Big

[20:52] congratulations to him. He's already

[20:54] hitting the street finishing up his FTO.

[20:57] And Officer Value started the academy

[21:00] today, actually. So, good luck to him.

[21:02] Hope he makes us all proud. I'm sure he

[21:04] will.

[21:07] Like I said earlier, car 8 is out of

[21:09] service due to a significant engine

[21:11] failure. Um,

[21:13] >> how old was car 8?

[21:15] >> Uh, I think it was eight years old

[21:18] actually.

[21:20] >> What What's the expected life on

[21:21] >> try to get nine years out of the

[21:23] rotation?

[21:23] >> Okay. So, it was semi at least seven

[21:26] years

[21:26] >> seven or eight years old. I remember

[21:28] >> Okay.

[21:28] >> conversations, but it was up there.

[21:30] >> Yeah. Um, another issue, we thought

[21:32] about replacing the motor, but the motor

[21:34] frame and all that is rotted out. So,

[21:37] >> it's like, do you put more money into a

[21:39] car that's already

[21:42] seen [clears throat] the end of its

[21:42] life?

[21:44] >> Is this the second engine we've had blow

[21:46] this year?

[21:47] >> Yep.

[21:48] >> Wow.

[21:49] >> Yep. Um, the other car

[21:54] um, respond to an emergency. Yep. So

[21:57] this one was just just blue. It wasn't

[22:00] doing anything crazy.

[22:02] >> So they actually went outside and found

[22:04] a pile of oil underneath it and they

[22:06] were like, "Uh oh." So

[22:09] um

[22:11] last was it last week we had the

[22:13] rattlesnake fires. Um Detective Arnold

[22:16] from the PD assisted Plymouth Fire and

[22:19] Rumny Fire at the Rattlesnake Fire. He

[22:22] utilized a drone which allowed us to

[22:24] access or find assess the fire, track

[22:27] it, and identify areas of concern. We

[22:29] actually were able to locate other hot

[22:31] spots and other fires where it had grown

[22:34] to that we didn't realize were there

[22:35] because of the drone. He actually helped

[22:38] um us evacuate some people on the rocks

[22:41] while we're fighting the fire. We could

[22:43] see people climbing the rocks, doing the

[22:45] rock climbing and stuff like the fire's

[22:47] coming at you. You got to get off. So he

[22:49] used the drone actually to he swayed it

[22:51] back and forth and someone got the

[22:52] message like, "Hey, I shouldn't be up

[22:54] here." It's kind of cool. So big thank

[22:56] you to um Detective Arnold for assisting

[22:59] us with that. It it proved that program

[23:01] proved to be valuable in fire

[23:03] suppression efforts and just

[23:04] reconnaissance.

[23:06] Um

[23:07] the police department chief and deputy

[23:09] are meeting with admin at PSU. They've

[23:12] been meeting with them and we're

[23:14] anticipated to bring it back up to

[23:15] regular meetings weekly to get ahead of

[23:17] this. Um it's our first year with the

[23:19] new agreement that we're actually doing

[23:21] the full season of PSU. So um a lot of

[23:25] unknowns, but we think we're pretty well

[23:27] prepared. We're just trial and error at

[23:29] this point. And then we have two

[23:32] positions that remain open

[23:33] [clears throat] for police officers.

[23:36] Uh parks department met with them this

[23:38] morning. They said the school they're

[23:40] ready for the schools to come back. They feel confident everything looks

[23:44] good and they're looking into assisting

[23:46] us with doing some light clean up, maybe

[23:48] some um brush cutting at the new public

[23:50] safety lot. Just a little planned fall

[23:52] project to help kind of spruce it up a

[23:54] little bit, get it cleaned up.

[23:56] >> Have we heard any more interest on uh

[23:59] potentially leasing that from us for for

[24:02] anybody?

[24:03] >> Yes, actually I was

[24:06] approached

[24:08] and I want to bring it up to the board

[24:10] tonight. Um

[24:12] they PSU is still

[24:15] struggling with parking passes. They've

[24:17] already run out. Um they're actually

[24:19] approached us about possibly leasing

[24:22] some spots at Fox Park again. Some

[24:25] college kids want to privately lease

[24:27] them from us or college students, not

[24:29] kids.

[24:30] talking with Chief Buffington. Um, a

[24:33] thought was that maybe we should explore

[24:36] opening up that lot for just allowing

[24:39] overflow park in there. We could lease

[24:40] out spots [laughter]

[24:42] [cough]

[24:43] from 800 to a,000 for a session. Um,

[24:46] might be a good opportunity. It would

[24:48] just be simple as maintaining plowing it

[24:50] and that's it.

[24:52] >> Um, if the board was interested in that

[24:54] while that lot sits just on the

[24:55] McDonald's side, the old McDonald side,

[24:57] um, just

[24:58] >> Yeah. where there is still

[24:59] >> it's wide open. So, it wouldn't take

[25:00] much to plow it and maintain it. And uh

[25:03] Chief Buffington thought maybe we could,

[25:05] you know, put a light and a camera up

[25:07] there, one of the towers that PSU owns.

[25:09] We could just relocated up there just to

[25:11] have some level security and lighting.

[25:12] But, uh, it would be a pretty easy lift

[25:14] and a good opportunity that he's like, I

[25:17] got at least a dozen people have

[25:18] contacted me that I don't have spots for

[25:21] them through town parking. So,

[25:24] that's something we want to entertain.

[25:26] any concerns about liability or anything

[25:28] with leasing it?

[25:29] >> Uh, well, we talked about that and I

[25:32] think it's as simple as they understand

[25:34] that the liability is just on them that

[25:37] we're we're parking it there. We'll

[25:38] maintain it and that's it. We can't

[25:40] guarantee safety of their vehicles. It's

[25:42] no different than them parking at PSU

[25:43] lots. You know, they're wide open to

[25:45] anything else.

[25:47] >> But I think if we put a camera on a

[25:48] light tower up there, it would offer

[25:51] some level of security.

[25:53] If the board's interested in that, we

[25:55] could Chief Buffington and I can pursue

[25:57] that.

[25:57] >> I think it's a good idea.

[25:58] >> Yeah, me too.

[25:59] >> Makes sense.

[26:00] >> And I know Jess duts reached out to me

[26:02] because she's been getting overwhelmed

[26:04] with parking. This PSU is already sold

[26:06] out with parking passes. So,

[26:08] >> yeah. Well, we have the space and we're

[26:10] not doing anything else with that lot

[26:11] right now. So,

[26:12] >> yeah. All right. We'll look at it and

[26:14] we'll go up and I'll have see if Steve

[26:17] can help us line it just to give a nice

[26:18] idea where we want to utilize for

[26:21] maintenance.

[26:22] Let me add that to my list.

[26:26] Um,

[26:27] >> do we do we still um like lease whatever

[26:31] parking spots at Fox Pond?

[26:34] >> So, we have traditionally leased those

[26:36] out. Um, problem is now we're competing

[26:40] with business owners who want to lease

[26:42] it and we do lose a lot of the park and

[26:43] Ann could probably know more about that

[26:45] than I do to be truthful. Um,

[26:47] >> I mean, we the last I had heard is that

[26:49] we were still leasing them out to the

[26:51] PSU students um through the police

[26:54] department.

[26:55] >> How many spots is that over there?

[26:58] >> Maybe

[26:59] >> 15 at the most. Yeah. Not many.

[27:01] >> Yeah, it's not.

[27:02] >> Yeah.

[27:03] >> So, we we have an opportunity for a lot

[27:05] of students that would especially I

[27:06] guess there's a big Vancouver hockey

[27:08] area kids that come down that they need

[27:10] a car because they're out of country.

[27:13] Um,

[27:16] So all right. Yeah, I will pursue that

[27:18] with Chief Buffington and

[27:21] just do tile. Uh the airport touch truck

[27:24] was held at the airport. It was well

[27:26] attended. Um they've been doing a lot of

[27:28] painting and rot repair on the building.

[27:31] It's going actually really good. We

[27:33] stopped in and checked Corey and I

[27:34] stopped in last week and checked on

[27:36] them. Um

[27:38] just gave him a tour and it's looking

[27:41] really good. They've actually gone old

[27:43] school and put the one P1, our

[27:44] identifier on the roof.

[27:47] >> So, uh, kind of neat stuff. Uh,

[27:50] facilities downtown is the big one. Um,

[27:55] we went ahead and did some street light

[27:57] maintenance, contract with a company,

[27:59] and they also are doing cleaning of the

[28:01] lights with hope that'll increase the

[28:02] lightage downtown. Um, it's long

[28:04] overdue. They're doing it. We've already

[28:06] got one day under our belts. We're doing

[28:08] another one, I believe, starting

[28:09] tomorrow. So you'll see coned parking

[28:12] lots off the community will um just be

[28:14] patient because that's for us to access

[28:16] for maintenance.

[28:19] Free parking at Plymouth State at Silver

[28:22] Lots has ended as of yesterday. So there

[28:24] is no more free parking uh at the Silver

[28:27] Lots. It'll be back to the normal um

[28:30] university students move in this

[28:32] weekend.

[28:33] One thing that will be different is that

[28:36] move in is no longer Friday, Saturday,

[28:38] Sunday. It's just Saturday and Sunday.

[28:40] They're crushing it all in one weekend.

[28:42] So, anticipate a lot of traffic back up

[28:45] in [clears throat] the normal, but it is

[28:47] just Saturday and Sunday. This Saturday

[28:48] and Sunday, the 29th and 30th.

[28:52] All right, the big update. Recycling

[28:54] center. We lost a compactor over the

[28:56] weekend. um it had a catastrophic

[28:59] mechanical failure and due to the

[29:02] compactor being out uh Jim and his staff

[29:05] continued to receive refues over the

[29:08] weekend, but it filled the Bay Area

[29:09] completely. We weren't so we the

[29:12] decision was made late Sunday night to

[29:14] shut down the transfer facility Monday

[29:16] to allow us to bring in containers to

[29:18] remove it all. Um that being said, they did a stroke of business. They

[29:24] spent the whole day there just filling

[29:25] containers and crushing them in. Um we

[29:28] will be open tomorrow at the transfer

[29:30] station.

[29:31] Moving forward. Um

[29:34] we're just we're bringing in containers

[29:37] three at a time from uh waste management

[29:40] and just filling them. We're exploring

[29:42] other options right now. We had the

[29:45] compactor

[29:46] uh the company that installed it come

[29:48] and look at it today and

[29:51] it's not good. So basically the entire

[29:55] um

[29:57] the entire support structure, the steel

[29:59] I beams, everything that levies against

[30:01] the uh

[30:05] the hydraulic system failed. It blew

[30:08] right out. All this it bent it right

[30:10] out. Um the I- beams failed. It broke in

[30:12] half. All the welds broke on it. It

[30:15] actually pushed the whole hydraulic

[30:17] system out against the wall. So moved it

[30:20] about 2 feet. Um talking with a guy

[30:22] today that came up to look at it. He's

[30:24] like, "I've never seen one do this. It's

[30:26] actually it reversed." So usually when

[30:28] they fail, they push in and stop. This

[30:30] one pushed out and stopped. He goes, "It

[30:32] makes no sense. It actually pushed the

[30:34] piston back." There was nothing, no

[30:36] debris wedged in between

[30:39] um the piston wall and the piston to the

[30:42] back frame. There's nothing in there. We

[30:44] thought maybe like a board gut or some

[30:46] concrete or something, but there's

[30:47] nothing. So, we're really not sure why.

[30:50] Uh we have the company can inspect it.

[30:52] They're going to give us a price if it's

[30:55] salvageable to rebuild it. Essentially,

[30:56] we're rebuilding the whole support

[30:58] structure and unit. Um anticipating that

[31:01] the piston would still be good. Um he's

[31:04] going to give us a price for that and

[31:05] he's going to get us a place a price for

[31:08] a complete replacement unit. Um in the

[31:11] meantime, we're also exploring

[31:13] potentially getting a mobile compactor

[31:15] unit kind of similar to what we see

[31:16] around PSU. They have several of those

[31:19] around. um to just from waste management

[31:21] to put on site so we can move more

[31:24] refues that way. Just pack it into those

[31:26] containers, simply move them off versus

[31:28] just use the machines to fill up the

[31:30] regular dumpsters.

[31:32] >> Um so it's a lot of what is right now. I

[31:34] don't have a solid answer. We we spent a

[31:36] lot of time today researching it. Jim's

[31:38] working on getting the final numbers,

[31:39] but it's it's a catastrophic problem.

[31:42] It's

[31:43] >> How old was that compactor?

[31:44] >> Five years old.

[31:45] >> Wow. Not even that old. Really?

[31:48] I asked the gentleman that inspected it.

[31:50] I said, "Uh, [sighs] any idea why I done

[31:53] that?" He reported, he goes, "I've never

[31:54] seen one do this. I have no idea why."

[31:56] Because my thought was, "Well, maybe it

[31:58] was bad welds or maybe it was misused or

[32:00] anything." And he goes, "None of that

[32:02] would happen like this."

[32:04] >> Um,

[32:05] >> so I guess there's no like warranty or

[32:08] guarantee of work from the company or

[32:10] they

[32:11] >> warranty for the first I don't know if

[32:12] it's six months or a year when they put

[32:14] it in and that's it

[32:15] >> because they get so abused.

[32:17] Do we pay a lot more to have waste

[32:19] management haul it away or?

[32:21] >> Uh yeah, it's it's going to be a

[32:23] financial impact. Unfortunately, at this

[32:24] time, I don't have the numbers for you

[32:26] because we're still in emergency mode

[32:27] trying to get it open for tomorrow.

[32:29] >> Um

[32:31] tomorrow, I'll meet with Jim and Annual

[32:33] and we'll have we'll start running

[32:35] numbers hopefully. Really, the big thing

[32:37] is finding out if the unit's repairable.

[32:40] That's really what we're banking on from

[32:42] a financial standpoint.

[32:43] >> Yeah.

[32:44] >> And how soon. If it's not repairable,

[32:46] then we're going to plan B, C, and D.

[32:49] Looking at evaluating those,

[32:52] but that was a hard hit over the

[32:54] weekend.

[32:57] » Well, good job on communications. I I

[33:00] thought it was really clear and

[33:03] >> yeah, it's uh still quite a few people

[33:06] showed up the refuge center today in a

[33:07] transfer station and weren't happy.

[33:10] Received a few phone calls, but they

[33:11] understood once we explained the

[33:13] situation, they understood. So, it'll be

[33:15] open tomorrow. And gymnast crew worked

[33:17] hard today to get everything moved and

[33:20] emptied up to free up some space. So,

[33:22] props to them.

[33:25] Um,

[33:29] and the big one that everybody in the

[33:31] community wants to know,

[33:34] Highland Street construction update.

[33:37] This is it. Paving this week, folks. uh

[33:40] Russell Highland and Reservoir. Monday,

[33:43] as a lot of the community saw, they were

[33:45] grinding, finishing up the last few

[33:46] steps of grinding.

[33:48] Tomorrow, they're going to start paving

[33:50] at Old Route 25 up Highland Street to

[33:52] Reservoir Road. So, essentially where

[33:54] the Blueberry Hill condos are, that is

[33:56] Old Route 25, that patch up the

[33:58] Reservoir Road, they're going to pave.

[34:01] And then Wednesday will be Highland

[34:04] Street starting at Main Street to

[34:06] Broadway. One thing we want to remind

[34:08] the community is that due to the large

[34:12] um section of road right there and how

[34:14] busy Main Street is first thing in the

[34:15] morning, they are going to be starting

[34:17] at 6:00 a.m. with prepping in the road

[34:20] by 7 a.m. They hope to be planning and

[34:22] unfortunately we have to do it early to

[34:24] get ahead of the traffic unless we're to

[34:25] do it through the night, but the

[34:27] community wouldn't want that because

[34:28] it'd be noisy. So, starting at 6:00 a.m.

[34:32] Wednesday, they will be out there

[34:34] working, preparing to pave for 7 a.m.

[34:37] Thursday, Broadway to Reservoir Road.

[34:40] They're going to be paving. They're It's

[34:42] one lane at a time. We're going to try

[34:44] to maintain traffic one lane at a time.

[34:46] And then Friday will be Russell Street.

[34:48] And then hopefully we're done.

[34:50] >> I don't I don't see Reservoir Road

[34:53] >> specifically mentioned. So,

[34:54] >> Oh, Reservoir Road. Yes. Uh, Reservoir

[34:57] Road is going to be, I think Steve said,

[35:00] Thursday.

[35:02] >> Broadway to Reservoir and they're gonna

[35:04] go right up Reservoir, I believe, is

[35:05] what he said.

[35:06] >> Okay. So, don't go home on Thursday for

[35:08] lunch.

[35:08] >> Yeah. If there's any change, I'll I'll

[35:10] email the board to let them know and

[35:12] we'll post it online. But that is very

[35:15] exciting because the treacherous

[35:17] Highland Street project will be done.

[35:19] >> That's it for my update.

[35:23] Sorry, it was a long one. There's a lot

[35:24] going on. Lot going on. Good.

[35:28] >> Any questions for [clears throat]

[35:29] >> running a town would be so much.

[35:32] >> And we'll be dealing with the speeding

[35:33] complaints.

[35:35] >> Yep.

[35:38] All right. We have an appointment for

[35:40] Todd Chapel to the planning board uh to

[35:44] fill the open position. Uh

[35:49] all right. We have a

[35:53] we have an actual message from Todd.

[35:57] Just uh just want to confirm my interest

[35:59] in serving with the planning board as a

[36:00] member. Please contact me with any

[36:02] questions. Uh and Joseph asking us uh

[36:07] saying the planning board voted to

[36:08] recommend Todd to serve as full member.

[36:12] Uh and that's all we have for

[36:14] documentation.

[36:15] >> All right. I'll make a motion to appoint

[36:18] Todd Chapel. uh as a full member to the

[36:20] Plymouth uh planning board to fill a

[36:23] position position that was recently

[36:25] vacant.

[36:26] >> I'll second.

[36:28] >> Any discussion? All those in favor?

[36:30] >> I Any opposed?

[36:35] » That was the easiest one of the day. Uh

[36:38] and then oh, I guess we got a pretty

[36:40] simple one here. So, we've got uh some

[36:44] funds we've received from Nwood Energy

[36:47] of Massachusetts uh for solar array

[36:50] credits.

[36:52] >> All right. I'll make a motion to accept

[36:54] and expend the funds in the amount of

[36:56] $1998

[36:58] uh received from Nullwood Energy uh of

[37:02] Massachusetts for solar credits.

[37:05] >> Second. Zach, will you grab me one, too?

[37:10] Ted,

[37:11] >> could you extend that where you're

[37:12] actually going to accept those funds and

[37:15] spend it back against the bond or the loan that we have for that?

[37:21] >> And I'll I'll amend that uh motion to

[37:25] expend those dollars back towards the

[37:28] bond that we took out.

[37:31] >> I will second that amendment.

[37:34] >> Any discussion? All those in favor? I

[37:37] >> I any opposed?

[37:44] » Next up,

[37:47] we have the 2026 fiscal year budget and

[37:50] revenue review.

[37:56] [clears throat and cough] So, starting

[37:57] with revenues

[38:00] because that's much more exciting than

[38:02] the budget when you get to look at this

[38:04] right now.

[38:06] Uh so looking down through uh these are

[38:08] all the revenues from property taxes to

[38:12] uh state revenues, charges, income um

[38:15] from departments

[38:17] um and any interfering in and out um

[38:21] [clears throat] of the budgets.

[38:25] I'm not going to go through each line,

[38:26] but I will ask you to go to page three

[38:29] of three.

[38:34] I'm sorry. Pitch three of three.

[38:35] >> We have three. You're looking at

[38:37] revenues.

[38:38] >> The last page.

[38:38] >> My bad. Thank you.

[38:41] >> The other revenues.

[38:45] » But just looking down through all the

[38:47] numbers, uh we are right now we're

[38:49] showing a uh additional revenues that

[38:52] came in of $279,193.

[38:57] Uh and again, this number is unuded. How

[39:00] it can change is if the uh revenues that

[39:03] we anticipated

[39:06] to come in by say August 31st, they

[39:10] don't arrive until October,

[39:12] then

[39:14] we'll take those back out and put them

[39:16] into this year's revenues versus last

[39:18] year's.

[39:20] Uh if everything stays the same,

[39:22] anything in between that 279,

[39:25] 193, and zero, okay, we'll go back to

[39:28] the unfunded

[39:30] >> and reserve fund balance.

[39:32] >> That's right. Thank you.

[39:36] The

[39:37] >> this

[39:39] additional revenue is is there a

[39:41] particular area where we did better than

[39:43] we expected or is it just sort of little

[39:46] bits and bobs all over the place? it. If

[39:48] as you look down through Zach on the

[39:51] last page where it says CY uncollected,

[39:53] that's current year uncollected on page

[39:56] uh one of three.

[39:59] >> Um so you can see as you look down

[40:01] through uh interest on delinquent taxes,

[40:04] we received another 10,500 than we

[40:07] expected. Interest on tax lean, another

[40:10] 39,000.

[40:12] Um yet motor vehicle registrations we

[40:15] were um down 55,000 from what we uh it

[40:19] it's really um there's no real science

[40:24] to this.

[40:25] >> Um we do the best that we can to

[40:27] estimate those revenues when we set our

[40:29] tax rate.

[40:31] Looks like land use [clears throat]

[40:32] permits. We had a lot more than

[40:33] >> land use permits was huge, but you also

[40:35] changed your uh rates if you recall in

[40:39] the last

[40:40] >> year year and a half. Um so that's a

[40:44] reason that that changed.

[40:46] Um

[40:46] >> what about building permits? Am I

[40:48] reading that?

[40:49] >> That's that's Yeah, that's the one he's

[40:51] talking about. We changed our rates. We

[40:53] had some significant buildings that went

[40:55] in. um the hotel, you know, could have

[40:59] already paid for theirs. It could be um

[41:02] planning and zoning. It could be, you

[41:05] know, just about. And again, you changed

[41:06] all your rates.

[41:08] >> Yeah.

[41:08] >> Um

[41:09] >> looks like we did a little better on the

[41:10] ambulance, too.

[41:11] >> We did.

[41:15] And that number that you're seeing there

[41:17] actually includes the refunds that we

[41:19] gave back to the department, uh the

[41:22] individual towns. So, we did better

[41:24] there.

[41:27] Well, what month is the ambulance?

[41:29] >> Uh, we are looking at

[41:30] >> 3401

[41:32] >> 341 100 to 110.

[41:35] >> Thank you.

[41:47] We did sell a piece of taxdeed property

[41:51] which was another 55,000 in there that

[41:53] we didn't anticipate in hopes we

[41:56] wouldn't take um a taxdeed property.

[41:59] [clears throat]

[41:59] So again we come back down to the broad

[42:01] the bottom 279,193

[42:05] uh is what we're anticipating right now

[42:07] for revenues

[42:09] additional

[42:10] >> additional

[42:14] The budgets aren't um as glorious. Um we

[42:19] stayed within the bottom line of the

[42:20] budget, which is what we want to do. Um

[42:23] you'll look through there are several

[42:24] departments that really overexpended

[42:27] their budgets.

[42:29] However, when you look at the big

[42:31] picture on the very bottom and we are

[42:33] bottom line budget

[42:35] looking at page 18 of 18

[42:43] year end balance was 1,370,990

[42:49] incumbrances. [clears throat] When we

[42:51] originally requested incumbrances, we

[42:53] requested 1.3 but we actually put some

[42:56] of those expenses already back against

[42:58] this budget. So those incumbrances came

[43:00] down to 1.1

[43:03] leaving an unexpended balance at this

[43:05] time at 205,787

[43:08] which is very very tight. I have not

[43:13] seen a budget so tight in Plymouth for

[43:16] many many years.

[43:19] >> So that's just a good forecast. It it's

[43:22] a huge and it's the department everybody

[43:24] working their tail off to try to stay

[43:27] you know where they need to stay and

[43:30] trying not to spend and having to

[43:32] overspend lines as you look down through

[43:35] you know even the executive

[43:38] uh the selectman's budget on the very

[43:40] first page that went over um but then

[43:44] you have um election and registrations

[43:47] that helped you finance that helped um

[43:52] revaluation of property. You know, a lot

[43:54] of these we did encumber from as well.

[43:58] Um

[44:00] we did very well on page three of

[44:04] [clears throat] three of 18

[44:07] personnel administration.

[44:11] Our health insurance rates, you know, we

[44:13] did really well with our rates in the

[44:16] prior year. um we anticipated I think 7

[44:19] to 8% we only came in at like two two or

[44:24] three so but we know in the future year

[44:27] those rates are going to increase as

[44:30] well but so just you know if you have

[44:33] any specific questions I don't have the

[44:36] detail with me um but if there's

[44:38] anything specific as you start to look

[44:40] down through here um one of the reasons

[44:43] that the budget could change from here

[44:45] what we're actually anticip ipating

[44:47] collection is how the PSU police

[44:52] department

[44:54] um funds

[44:58] will come into the town and we're still

[45:02] waiting for those funds to come in. We

[45:04] have build them at the end of June for

[45:07] the first quarter or first half of the

[45:10] year. Um and they had some questions

[45:13] about that, but we still have not

[45:15] received those funds. So, we may have to

[45:17] do some understanding of what's going on

[45:21] uh with that. Where I mean, I I bug him

[45:25] every couple weeks and say, "Where's the

[45:28] money?" Um I did reach out to President

[45:31] Burke Burks this afternoon um and sent

[45:34] him an email and said, "What's going on

[45:36] with this?" Um can you look into it for

[45:38] me? Um so, I'm waiting to hear back from

[45:41] him.

[45:43] >> And approximately how much money is

[45:45] that?

[45:47] And

[45:55] [clears throat] 147,000.

[46:00] » That'll be counted against last year's

[46:03] or this year's.

[46:05] >> Last year's

[46:06] >> now.

[46:07] >> It's included now.

[46:08] >> Yep. So if it gets adjusted on one side,

[46:12] then the actual revenue will get

[46:14] adjusted as well. So, it'll just bring

[46:16] both numbers, both sides down.

[46:20] So, I'm we're pushing. Um

[46:27] » I mean, overall, this looks like really

[46:28] great work.

[46:29] >> Yeah.

[46:30] >> Okay. Yeah,

[46:31] >> we're we're in the plus more than

[46:33] $400,000.

[46:34] >> We are. Um,

[46:37] I'm a little nervous as Kevin is working

[46:41] with the recycling center and trying to

[46:43] figure out what's going to go on there.

[46:46] Um, for this year's budget um there is

[46:51] no money in capital reserve for the

[46:52] recycling center. I mean, there's

[46:54] $1,100.

[46:56] It's not a huge amount.

[46:57] >> Yeah, not a meaningful amount. And as we

[46:59] look down through the recycling budget

[47:01] for this year, that the one that I we

[47:04] just talked about, they're actually

[47:05] overexpended last year as well.

[47:07] >> Yeah.

[47:07] >> So there's really no additional money.

[47:11] Um unless the board says

[47:15] we're going to take funds from multiple

[47:18] places within the budget. Um and as you

[47:21] can see, the budget is so tight right

[47:23] now, that's going to be difficult to do.

[47:28] Just wanted so as you start to look down

[47:30] through this, if you can give yourself

[47:31] some more time, if there's any detailed

[47:34] lines that you want detailed out, hey,

[47:36] this doesn't look right. Why is this

[47:37] like this? You know, let me know. Reach

[47:40] out.

[47:41] >> Okay.

[47:42] >> All right.

[47:45] And just a beginning balance for um

[47:49] unreserved fund balance at the end of

[47:54] June 30th, 2025. So that would be July

[47:58] 1st 25. This current year that we just

[48:01] finished, the fund balance was

[48:03] 2,325,853.

[48:10] So potentially if we can add these two

[48:12] numbers to it, then that will be that'll

[48:15] assist us and we'll be able to maybe

[48:17] offset uh some at the tax rate setting.

[48:21] But [clears throat] we're waiting.

[48:28] All right.

[48:33] Any questions for Ann on any of that?

[48:38] >> Nope. Haven't had a chance to review the

[48:40] numbers yet. So,

[48:40] >> not not in detail.

[48:42] >> And it's it with the new program that we

[48:45] have, um, it's much more convenient for

[48:47] the departments because they can

[48:48] actually go into the program and look at

[48:51] their budgets [clears throat] every day

[48:52] if they wanted to. um which is

[48:56] significant. They can go in and run

[48:57] details. They can say, "Hey, Ann, you

[48:59] posted something wrong. Oh, I told you

[49:00] to put something wrong. Oh, what is

[49:02] this? It's really not mine. It belongs

[49:04] to highway or it belongs to BD or so

[49:07] that's something good that it helps us

[49:09] all do that in advance."

[49:11] >> Is that avatar?

[49:12] >> Hvatar or what software?

[49:14] >> No, we have MTS, which is an MRI uh

[49:18] municipal accounting program. Now, we

[49:20] used to have BMSI.

[49:21] >> Okay. We don't have BMSI any longer. Um,

[49:24] Avatar we use for tax billing and

[49:26] assessing.

[49:34] » Okay. Well, if we're set with that,

[49:36] we'll move to signature file review.

[49:38] >> Okay. Um so the first item on the

[49:40] signature u file review is um there's

[49:44] been some recent changes to chapter 7910

[49:48] uh for timber and who can sign the

[49:51] notice of intent to cut. Um the

[49:54] assessing clerk Terry is requesting that

[49:57] the board extend this also to gravel. Um

[50:01] these are intent to excavate.

[50:05] So she is requesting the board sign off

[50:07] that in accordance with this the

[50:10] assessors are allowed to sign the intent

[50:12] to cut and excavate intents. We have a

[50:16] 15-day turnaround period that we have to

[50:18] have these signed by and sometimes we

[50:20] don't have selections meetings in

[50:21] between. So in that event um she's

[50:24] requesting

[50:27] that authority be extended to the

[50:29] assessor. So, I'll make a motion to

[50:32] extend the authority to sign for was it

[50:34] gravel? You said

[50:35] >> gravel excavations to the assessor.

[50:39] >> Thank you.

[50:40] >> Second.

[50:42] >> Any discussion around that?

[50:45] All those in favor?

[50:46] >> I. Anybody opposed?

[50:49] [clears throat]

[50:51] » So, not sure if the board was going to

[50:54] approve that. We did bring a notice to

[50:56] of intent to excavate. This is for

[50:59] property on Beach Hill Road. Um

[51:02] [clears throat] it has been assigned by

[51:03] the assess signed by the assessor. Um

[51:08] board is being asked to sign that.

[51:16] So we have two additional uh abatements

[51:20] that are coming through. These are both

[51:23] BTA PTLA settlement agreements. The

[51:27] first one is for property at

[51:30] 58 Main Street here in Plymouth.

[51:34] This is for the years 24, 25, and 26.

[51:38] The assessor is recommending,

[51:43] let's see, based on the terms of the

[51:44] negotiated settlement agreement, I

[51:46] recommend granting the abatements for

[51:48] the years 24 and 25, including

[51:51] applicable interest. No abatement is

[51:53] required for the tax year 26 as the

[51:56] assessment has been reviewed in the

[51:58] assessing software to reflect the agreed

[52:00] upon adjustment. So no funding is going

[52:03] back to them for that year.

[52:06] Total amount that we are refunding them

[52:09] uh for year 2024, $4,929

[52:13] and 2025, $5,17.

[52:23] Next one is property 307 Main Street

[52:26] here in Plymouth.

[52:41] Uh in preparation for the settlement

[52:44] meeting, the subject property was

[52:45] inspected with the owners following the

[52:47] inspection revisions were made to the

[52:49] assessment cards. Uh no correct uh

[52:53] discrepancies identified during the

[52:55] interior or exterior inspection. At the

[52:58] assessor's request, the taxpayer also

[53:00] submitted an appeal of the property that

[53:02] estimated the tax the market value at

[53:05] 1.35.

[53:07] The owners purchased the property at

[53:09] 1.2.

[53:11] As a result of the set settlement

[53:13] negotiations, the parties agreed upon

[53:16] the revised assessment of 1.273

[53:20] and you are issuing an abatement $8,544.

[53:32] Next item we have is a land use change

[53:35] tax. This is for property

[53:38] um

[53:40] Beach Hill Road,

[53:43] 75 Beach Hill Road. This tax is for

[53:47] $2,080

[53:48] and this is for property that was taken

[53:50] out of current use.

[53:58] Next, land use change tax,

[54:02] 784 Texas Hill Road.

[54:06] Property that was taken out of current

[54:07] use. Uh, and the land use change tax is

[54:11] $4,100.

[54:21] Signing in two spots there.

[54:32] You missed the second signature.

[54:34] >> A second page sign.

[54:37] >> That's all I had. Sorry.

[54:50] [clears throat]

[55:19] I missed the second page on that would

[55:21] too. [laughter]

[55:23] >> I even had her put them on the right

[55:25] side. Usually she puts them on the left.

[55:27] >> All right,

[55:28] >> that was my bad. I will freely admit to

[55:30] that one.

[55:46] I got both of those ones.

[55:56] Okay. Uh on to committee reports. Uh

[55:59] Jason, you're up first with Home

[56:00] Village, Water Sewer.

[56:02] >> Nothing to report. We haven't met since

[56:03] our last meeting.

[56:06] >> No report. And we don't have Phil here

[56:09] this evening. So we have no report on

[56:11] planning board.

[56:13] [clears throat]

[56:14] Uh on to TED Plymouth School after you

[56:18] finished signing. I

[56:19] >> think I got all the signatures. Um

[56:22] Plymouth Elementary School met during

[56:24] our last meeting and they did not record

[56:27] the session so I can't report out on

[56:31] that.

[56:33] Uh Plymouth Regional High School met on

[56:36] the 18th and I'll give you some

[56:39] highlights. It was a pretty quick

[56:40] meeting. Um

[56:44] there was no student report, principal

[56:45] report. They had um some discussions

[56:48] about uh attendance practices, tiered uh

[56:51] tiered interventions

[56:53] and a 45 delay 45 delay uh

[56:57] implementation. So, you know, there's

[56:59] going to be a new attendance policy

[57:01] partially driven by um I think it was

[57:04] state rules and so they're going to ease into it a little

[57:10] bit over the next 45 days. Um they're

[57:14] going to send letters out at least the

[57:16] plan is if they have seven unexcused and

[57:19] then at 14 unexcused there's going to be

[57:22] an intervention of some sort.

[57:25] Uh they reported out that they had uh

[57:27] some new safety training and and again

[57:31] this was fast rapid fire. So, uh, Raptor

[57:35] new, I think it's a new app that they're

[57:37] using to, uh, train on. And so, all

[57:42] district employees got that training and

[57:44] the app.

[57:48] They're going to, they talked about an

[57:49] AI policy and they're going to integrate

[57:52] that into their academic integrity

[57:54] policy to not necessarily have a new

[57:56] policy, but include it in something that

[57:59] already exists.

[58:01] Was there any questions about instructor

[58:04] usage of AI in that policy?

[58:06] >> I they didn't detail it.

[58:09] >> So, there could have been, but since

[58:12] they didn't detail, I can't tell you

[58:13] that tell you more than that.

[58:16] Uh they did talk about some new minimum

[58:20] standards for

[58:22] um freshmen to have seven credits.

[58:27] And so this has forced them to make some

[58:29] adjustments

[58:31] in some of the upper division classes

[58:34] that basically sophomores will go to 6.5

[58:37] credits, juniors six and seniors 5.5.

[58:42] Uh they did also talk about some

[58:44] graduate graduation pathways. I guess

[58:47] right now um

[58:50] when they only account for graduation

[58:53] the actual ceremony people who

[58:56] complete all the degree requirements

[58:58] there and so they're talking about

[59:00] including that also for people who do

[59:05] you know the take the state test

[59:09] and uh some of the I think some of the

[59:11] homeschooled options as well so they can

[59:14] actually participate in an official

[59:16] graduation ceremony.

[59:20] Uh first day of school is next Monday

[59:23] just like Plymouth,

[59:25] you know, state. Uh the third will be

[59:28] picture day.

[59:31] Uh let's see.

[59:34] They did have a legislative update. Tax

[59:36] cap went through and will be voted on in

[59:39] November.

[59:40] um they're not 100% sure how this is

[59:43] going to in impact them because

[59:47] you know

[59:48] >> multi-town district

[59:49] >> it's yeah a multitown district and we're

[59:51] not typical in that regard

[59:53] >> so

[59:54] >> uh so they're going to play play it by

[59:56] year

[59:57] >> and uh

[1:00:00] you know because they actually say most

[1:00:02] districts are not like us

[1:00:05] >> are we going to get some guidance on

[1:00:07] that

[1:00:07] >> they're hoping for some But,

[1:00:11] you know, it's it's so new that they

[1:00:15] don't really have anything to go on.

[1:00:16] [laughter] So,

[1:00:18] >> we'll blame Bill.

[1:00:19] >> That's right. That was

[1:00:20] >> I would have guessed it.

[1:00:22] [laughter]

[1:00:23] Um and so there is always

[1:00:28] um so they say 60% of the voters need to

[1:00:32] approve a tax cap

[1:00:36] you know and to override said tax cap um

[1:00:40] an equal percentage have to do the

[1:00:43] override

[1:00:46] >> but they said you know it's complicated

[1:00:48] but they'll have to work through it and

[1:00:49] it'll come up for a vote again in 2028.

[1:00:54] And that

[1:00:58] nope, I still have another page.

[1:01:07] They did report out that the higher

[1:01:09] courts did make a decision to allow um

[1:01:14] biological males participate in specific

[1:01:18] female sports. Um, you know, if it's

[1:01:21] co-ed, it's different. However, they did

[1:01:24] note that if you were a biological

[1:01:26] female, you could theoretically play on

[1:01:28] the football team if you were so

[1:01:30] inclined.

[1:01:32] Uh, enrollment steady at 648. And they

[1:01:35] did talk about a snow plowing

[1:01:39] um

[1:01:41] contract that they're awarding to Piper.

[1:01:45] Um, one of the big things that Piper

[1:01:47] does is they leave the the equipment

[1:01:49] right there so it's readily available

[1:01:52] and they've done a great job over

[1:01:54] previous years.

[1:01:56] And

[1:01:59] the next meeting is, oh, not the next

[1:02:02] meeting, but the November meeting

[1:02:03] because of election activities will be

[1:02:06] moved from the 3rd to the 17th.

[1:02:10] >> September meeting, right?

[1:02:11] >> November.

[1:02:14] Oh,

[1:02:15] >> this is the high school. So, normally

[1:02:17] they would they're

[1:02:19] >> Can you just say that? I'm sorry, I

[1:02:20] missed that.

[1:02:20] >> It was November 3rd to the 17th.

[1:02:23] >> To the 17th. Thank you.

[1:02:36] » That's it for the schools.

[1:02:39] >> Conservation.

[1:02:40] >> Any questions for Ted on schools? If

[1:02:42] not, we'll move to conservation.

[1:02:44] Commission. Um first half

[1:02:47] an hour or so was talking about um a

[1:02:52] proposal to get an appraisal of the Roby

[1:02:55] Farms property to see if it would be

[1:02:59] fundable

[1:03:01] for possible conservation by, you know,

[1:03:05] a getting private donations and um some

[1:03:11] of the conservation commission's funds

[1:03:13] to buy it. Um, so this at this point in

[1:03:16] time they were really interested in

[1:03:19] looking to get an appraisal.

[1:03:22] So they voted to authorize Grace to have

[1:03:26] a conversation with uh TNT

[1:03:29] to see if they would be okay with an

[1:03:32] appro appraisal being done. Um

[1:03:37] that was followed by

[1:03:39] uh a decision to solicit

[1:03:43] three appraisal firms telling us what it

[1:03:46] would cost so they could be brought back

[1:03:49] to the conservation commission to do

[1:03:51] that appraisal. Uh the appraisal is kind

[1:03:54] of like the first step they would need

[1:03:55] to take if they were seeking external

[1:03:59] funding opportunities to purchase

[1:04:03] the property for conservation purposes.

[1:04:06] Uh I do know that right now that

[1:04:08] property is

[1:04:11] fairly expensive. It's mostly based on

[1:04:14] the front

[1:04:15] I think four acres that are road front

[1:04:18] edge. the rest of it is lowlying and in

[1:04:21] flood plane. Uh, ironically, the flood

[1:04:24] plane is what they're interested in

[1:04:26] preserving. And so, um, Grace this past

[1:04:30] this week or last week, last week, uh,

[1:04:34] had an initial conversation with TNT and

[1:04:39] basically they said, "We're not opposed

[1:04:41] to you doing an appraisal as long as we

[1:04:43] don't have to pay for it."

[1:04:46] So, um, that's where that is. Uh, the

[1:04:49] NRI, uh, they did a visit with

[1:04:51] Moosewood. They went over the notations

[1:04:54] in the narrative, and Moosewood's going

[1:04:55] to incorporate the changes, and they

[1:04:58] also answered some of the questions that

[1:05:00] they had on hand.

[1:05:03] On the trails committee, they are

[1:05:05] putting up tree cookies. Those are the

[1:05:07] little cutouts where they put them on

[1:05:10] the tree. They're instead of a piece of

[1:05:12] plastic or aluminum or something like

[1:05:13] that, it's a it's actual piece of wood

[1:05:15] that they spray paint yellow or blue or

[1:05:18] whatever and they put them on the tree

[1:05:20] instead.

[1:05:22] It's a little more

[1:05:24] conservationoriented

[1:05:25] than plastic things. I will and I I c

[1:05:30] called Greg out at the meeting for this

[1:05:33] because Marcy and I decided to take a

[1:05:35] walk on the Glove Hollow Brook Trail and

[1:05:37] there was a giant tree across it. took a

[1:05:39] picture and like, "All right, I'll let

[1:05:40] somebody know when we're done." Well, we

[1:05:42] walked down there. We walked on the way

[1:05:44] back, it was gone [laughter]

[1:05:47] 30 minutes later. So, uh, big shout out

[1:05:50] to Greg for his trail magic that

[1:05:52] occurred on the Glove Hollow Brook

[1:05:54] Trail.

[1:05:56] Um,

[1:05:59] see what else

[1:06:01] talking about which one which trails are

[1:06:04] bike and no bike. Uh they also

[1:06:08] talked about

[1:06:10] contacting

[1:06:12] town hall about getting some information

[1:06:16] uh about the NRI in the newsletter once

[1:06:18] it's been finalized

[1:06:21] and they swore in a they well no they

[1:06:24] actually

[1:06:26] that was previous never mind

[1:06:28] >> they are bringing that NRI to the board

[1:06:31] either in October or November not quite

[1:06:34] sure yet which month they're

[1:06:35] >> yeah they have to have finalized first

[1:06:38] and that concludes when I can tell you

[1:06:41] about the conservation commission.

[1:06:44] >> All right. No update on capital

[1:06:46] improvement

[1:06:48] uh lakes region planning commission.

[1:06:50] >> I was unable to go to the meeting but I

[1:06:52] tried to zoom in and unfortunately I

[1:06:54] couldn't get anyone to give me a Zoom

[1:06:56] address but um I followed up afterwards

[1:06:59] and found out that there were a couple

[1:07:00] of uh Oh, it was called a special

[1:07:02] meeting.

[1:07:04] >> Yep. And um uh it was the executive

[1:07:06] committee and they met on the 18th and

[1:07:09] uh what was being discussed was uh the

[1:07:14] [clears throat]

[1:07:14] uh laser all in fact more than one I

[1:07:17] think I think several RPCs are going to

[1:07:20] 501c3 status because they didn't get any

[1:07:24] money from the state last year or this

[1:07:25] year and um they feel that they're going

[1:07:28] to be more successful getting funds by

[1:07:30] going 501c3

[1:07:32] and that's probably the

[1:07:35] Um anyway, there was a very good

[1:07:36] discussion on on moving uh to 50163, but

[1:07:39] it's not finalized yet and there's still

[1:07:42] a lot of questions that um were on the

[1:07:45] table. And there was also a discussion

[1:07:47] of the strategic plan um that we're trying to initiate

[1:07:53] and

[1:07:55] um

[1:07:57] that's pretty much it. Um, there's a

[1:07:59] very narrow focus on water and I'm not

[1:08:02] certain what that means. Maybe they're

[1:08:04] going to get rid of uh Pearl. Who knows?

[1:08:06] I kind of don't think so, but

[1:08:09] And um that was pretty much it.

[1:08:14] » Thank you. Any questions for Bill? Parks

[1:08:17] and Rec. Ted. Bill attended that one.

[1:08:20] >> Oh, that's right.

[1:08:23] >> Oh, yeah. Right. [laughter] Yeah. So, it

[1:08:26] was a special meeting because it was at

[1:08:28] uh it was offsite and it was the home of

[1:08:31] Kabie and he prepared a meal. The

[1:08:34] chicken was delish. Uh also a potato

[1:08:38] salad and a a macaroni salad.

[1:08:41] >> No wonder he wants to go to the meetings

[1:08:43] and leave you out.

[1:08:46] >> It was kind of

[1:08:47] >> Seven Up Chicken.

[1:08:48] >> Was that Seven Up?

[1:08:49] >> How do you know that?

[1:08:51] >> Used to be on that one.

[1:08:52] >> Oh, wow.

[1:08:53] >> Seven Up Chicken. Yeah, like it's like

[1:08:55] tenderized, something like that. Seven

[1:08:57] Up or something.

[1:09:00] >> But there's a lot of people actually in

[1:09:02] the committee.

[1:09:04] >> Um and so yeah, it was kind of

[1:09:06] surprising how many were there.

[1:09:08] >> Well, old time familiar people.

[1:09:10] >> Food. Come on.

[1:09:11] >> It was food. That's right.

[1:09:12] >> Food. Yeah. Um anyway, there was a

[1:09:15] report from uh Robert, is it Cormier or

[1:09:17] something like that? And um there was a

[1:09:20] new a new mower that was purchased and

[1:09:24] the last the question was like uh how

[1:09:26] long ago was a a mower replaced? It was

[1:09:29] 11 years. So we got 11 years out of this

[1:09:32] mower. Um and they're not doing quite as

[1:09:35] much mowing as uh they have in the past

[1:09:37] because it's been so freaking dry.

[1:09:40] >> Um contrary to the rain that we just

[1:09:42] got. Um,

[1:09:45] and one of the projects that they're

[1:09:48] looking at is um there's an Eagle Scout that's

[1:09:52] bringing forward a project uh to have uh

[1:09:56] some trails uh like snowshoeing trails

[1:09:59] on Blake Street and also to build some

[1:10:02] kiosks.

[1:10:04] Um

[1:10:07] all sports have started. Mhm.

[1:10:10] >> Um and there was a concern about they we

[1:10:12] need like walking trails because there

[1:10:14] are uh looking forward into the winter.

[1:10:17] Uh they're going to be maintaining

[1:10:18] trails for skiers um to practice and

[1:10:22] there was concern that like normal

[1:10:24] people are walking on the I mean there's

[1:10:26] nothing really you can do. Um but yeah,

[1:10:29] they're walking on the groom trails.

[1:10:31] I used to be one of those people.

[1:10:34] Um

[1:10:37] oh what else?

[1:10:39] Um,

[1:10:42] oh, that's kind of interesting actually

[1:10:44] that they're um, you know, getting a

[1:10:47] budget to build a [clears throat] ski

[1:10:48] building beneath the the jump, the ski

[1:10:52] jump

[1:10:54] and uh, it will be primarily for um,

[1:10:58] cross-country ski um, like more um,

[1:11:02] places to I mean it's kind of like

[1:11:04] they're populating too many skis at um,

[1:11:08] parks. and wreck and what they want to

[1:11:10] do is like store some skis there for

[1:11:12] cross country students and also it'll be

[1:11:16] heated.

[1:11:19] » Um

[1:11:20] >> where's the funding for that coming

[1:11:21] from?

[1:11:22] >> I'm not certain. It just said um

[1:11:26] yeah it didn't you didn't

[1:11:27] [clears throat] indicate the the funding

[1:11:29] but

[1:11:31] >> maybe in the next budget.

[1:11:33] >> Yeah. Well, sound like it's, you know,

[1:11:35] kind of a done deal or something like

[1:11:36] that. That

[1:11:37] >> Oh,

[1:11:38] >> that they're going to be like building

[1:11:39] this. So,

[1:11:42] >> through the school. Did they say through

[1:11:43] the school or through the town?

[1:11:46] >> Um, actually,

[1:11:49] >> it's got to be through the school.

[1:11:50] >> Yeah, it's it's got to be the high

[1:11:52] school.

[1:11:53] >> Maybe that's where it's coming from.

[1:11:56] >> Well, we know that they like to use

[1:11:58] their fund balance to pay for

[1:12:01] >> special projects rather than going back

[1:12:02] to the taxpayers.

[1:12:04] Unless their budget gets cut down to

[1:12:06] this 3% then

[1:12:10] >> they'll just increase their budget by 3%

[1:12:11] every year and they'll still have a

[1:12:13] surplus.

[1:12:16] » So Lisa then um described the all the

[1:12:19] programs that she's bringing forward and

[1:12:22] numbers are low now but they'll be

[1:12:24] increased as soon as school starts.

[1:12:27] um PS PES they're talking about the

[1:12:30] littles that are at school and I guess

[1:12:33] primarily it's Penny youth uh

[1:12:35] empowerment program and it it's just

[1:12:38] building up its names it'll it'll uh

[1:12:41] fill positions when um school starts and

[1:12:44] it's going to be $60 per month.

[1:12:47] Um and also she's talked about theater

[1:12:49] camp. There's uh over 200 campers

[1:12:53] which sounds kind of amazing to me.

[1:12:56] Um PSU is no longer supporting theater

[1:13:01] camp. Um so it's kind of deferring to um

[1:13:05] Wreck.

[1:13:08] » Um

[1:13:09] >> where are they doing the performances?

[1:13:11] >> The monkey.

[1:13:13] >> Yes.

[1:13:13] >> Oh yeah, it is a monkey. Yeah.

[1:13:16] >> And you know I guess it's still on. And

[1:13:18] I I asked about you know the change of

[1:13:21] >> uh owners. Yeah. Yeah. And it's not

[1:13:23] mattering.

[1:13:24] >> Good. [clears throat] H.

[1:13:29] Oh, we're talking about uh perhaps uh

[1:13:32] not doing a parade in May or not have a

[1:13:36] parade period.

[1:13:38] um

[1:13:40] >> parade when

[1:13:41] >> for either uh you know November or May

[1:13:45] for you know celebrate either Memorial

[1:13:47] Day or Veterans Day

[1:13:50] and you know I guess that's a parks or

[1:13:54] wreck u wreck event. Yeah.

[1:13:57] >> Yeah.

[1:14:00] >> It's the only steps I do a year. though.

[1:14:02] >> Yeah.

[1:14:05] >> What's the was just because attendance

[1:14:07] has been low?

[1:14:08] >> Well, I think in fact I kind of agree. I

[1:14:10] mean we generally like start out and

[1:14:12] then you know it's all fun to start and

[1:14:15] then there's like nobody for a while and

[1:14:18] then or basically until we get to for

[1:14:22] the town hall. Yeah.

[1:14:23] >> Yeah.

[1:14:24] >> So I kind of think that that makes

[1:14:26] sense.

[1:14:27] But I did make a comment. What the hell?

[1:14:31] But um you know um I I think pretty much

[1:14:35] and I think maybe attendance might be

[1:14:37] kind of going down.

[1:14:39] It used to be I don't know more people

[1:14:41] standing in the front of us but

[1:14:44] um and basically they're there for the event. Um so anyway they're

[1:14:51] considering not not having a parade.

[1:14:55] Um,

[1:15:00] oh, and Robert said, uh, which everyone,

[1:15:03] they're keeping old McDonald's, uh,

[1:15:05] property mode looking nice because, um,

[1:15:09] they just want to make sure people can

[1:15:11] see a nice area knowing that it's now a

[1:15:13] Plymouth area. So,

[1:15:16] that was pretty much it. And I dove in

[1:15:18] the chicken and everything was good. Any

[1:15:22] questions for Bill

[1:15:24] Energy Commission? We don't have Phil.

[1:15:26] No report.

[1:15:29] Uh, no report from advisory budget

[1:15:33] chamber. No Phil.

[1:15:36] Anything from Pearl Bill?

[1:15:38] >> VRAP. Um, actually VRAP is done. We had

[1:15:41] our last day um a couple weeks ago and

[1:15:44] our last day for um well tomorrow is our

[1:15:49] last day for just going out and sampling

[1:15:51] water and not bringing up the dees. Um

[1:15:55] and we're having our next meeting

[1:15:58] tomorrow as well.

[1:16:00] Um I think I missed the last meeting

[1:16:04] so not much.

[1:16:07] I don't have anything from police and

[1:16:09] fire building.

[1:16:10] >> Uh we're scheduling a meeting uh in

[1:16:13] either next week or the week after kind

[1:16:15] of [snorts] aiming for the first week if

[1:16:18] we can of September to review all the

[1:16:20] RFPs. We received them all in. We have a

[1:16:23] large stack of them.

[1:16:24] >> Okay.

[1:16:28] Sounds good. Uh and economic

[1:16:33] development.

[1:16:34] >> Nothing to report. We haven't met since

[1:16:35] the last meeting.

[1:16:38] Okay.

[1:16:43] Oh, we had somebody from the public on,

[1:16:45] but they must have

[1:16:46] >> they jumped on and jumped off.

[1:16:47] >> Okay. So, no public in any of our

[1:16:50] locations. Anything else from the board?

[1:16:53] >> No.

[1:16:55] >> Oh, can I be I'll be brief.

[1:16:57] >> Of course.

[1:16:59] [clears throat] So, you know, I've been

[1:17:01] like, you know, trying to like get this

[1:17:02] uh bus service going for the past five

[1:17:04] years

[1:17:05] [clears throat]

[1:17:06] >> and um it seems like it's pretty much

[1:17:08] almost there. I I I I re, you know, I

[1:17:12] really don't want to like uh say, oh,

[1:17:13] okay, we're going to start next month,

[1:17:14] but in reality, November 1st is when uh

[1:17:18] we are going to be starting. Don't put

[1:17:21] it down and waste ink. So, um, you know,

[1:17:24] it's it seems like it's likely going to

[1:17:26] be November 1st. We're still working

[1:17:28] with the, uh, Department of

[1:17:30] Transportation. Are we going to mention

[1:17:32] that, by the way, the meeting with, uh,

[1:17:36] >> No, I forgot about that.

[1:17:38] >> Okay. And then, um, so DOT has been

[1:17:42] dragging their heels. And then also, um,

[1:17:44] Tri County Cap um, they're in the

[1:17:47] process of hiring two drivers. We're

[1:17:49] going to have to get them trained. they

[1:17:51] have in-house training so we can turn it

[1:17:53] around um after like two weeks. So they

[1:17:58] seem confident that it'll be November

[1:18:00] 1st as a startup and I've never really

[1:18:03] kind of like bought their estimates um

[1:18:07] and never communicated it because I

[1:18:10] think the the fallback is like maybe

[1:18:12] spring, you know, and I don't think I

[1:18:14] want to start up something when we're

[1:18:16] going to be dealing with snow and ice

[1:18:17] for, you know, like several months. But

[1:18:20] in any

[1:18:21] >> also when people could use the bus the

[1:18:22] most

[1:18:23] >> said that's yeah that would have be an

[1:18:24] optimal time to use the bus.

[1:18:25] >> Yeah. So but we are um we've you know

[1:18:29] created this uh the route and we're

[1:18:33] going to you know at least try to get um

[1:18:37] workers on board initially. Start early

[1:18:40] and make come around the long way down

[1:18:44] to town, back the other way, then do

[1:18:46] that loop like two or three times a day.

[1:18:51] We'll see.

[1:18:53] Close.

[1:18:54] >> Close. I just got to bring up Thank you

[1:18:57] for reminding me, Bill. Uh, last what

[1:19:00] was it? Monday, Tuesday.

[1:19:01] >> Yeah.

[1:19:02] >> Uh, Bill, myself, Steve, St. Pierre,

[1:19:05] Joseph met with

[1:19:08] the assistant commissioner of DOT and

[1:19:12] Karen

[1:19:13] >> Leo Hill.

[1:19:14] >> Lean Hill.

[1:19:15] >> Leo Hill. Yeah,

[1:19:16] >> Leo Hill. Uh who is our executive

[1:19:18] council rep [clears throat] for this

[1:19:19] area. We met over at the Green Bridge on

[1:19:22] Route 3 to discuss its condition. She

[1:19:25] was Karen was not aware um that it was

[1:19:29] this bad of a situation how it really we

[1:19:31] made it very clear to her how much it

[1:19:32] really impedes the town of Plymouth um

[1:19:35] Plymouth emergency services and even the

[1:19:38] interstate commerce where we have to use

[1:19:39] as an alternate route.

[1:19:42] uh

[1:19:45] the 10-year plan that got nixed and then

[1:19:48] put back on did have it in there. Um but

[1:19:52] it was only for a mild rehab. Even the

[1:19:55] money that they put back in there isn't

[1:19:57] enough to fix the actual issue. So

[1:20:00] they're they understand that this needs

[1:20:02] to be bumped up on the important

[1:20:04] level importance, but still no answers.

[1:20:07] Just they're researching it. Um, I miss

[1:20:10] anything?

[1:20:11] >> Well, they're going to have a follow-up

[1:20:12] meeting, a physical meeting with with uh

[1:20:15] us again. Um, and um, yeah, it was very

[1:20:20] discouraging, you know, essentially that

[1:20:22] we we are we have to allow u vehicles

[1:20:26] that exceed the limits. Um, I guess we

[1:20:30] don't have to, but the alternative is to

[1:20:32] shut it down. Oh,

[1:20:35] >> or one way with a light or, you know,

[1:20:38] some accommodation, but it was, you

[1:20:42] know, a horrible outcome.

[1:20:43] >> They Yeah, that was one of the meth uh

[1:20:46] options they looked at was shutting it

[1:20:48] down. We made it clear that isn't an

[1:20:49] option. Um, they also talked about

[1:20:52] making it one-way traffic only, which is

[1:20:54] like last case reserve or shut it down.

[1:20:56] So, that is the last case if it degrades

[1:20:59] more. While we were sitting there

[1:21:01] talking, a couple tractor trailers drove

[1:21:03] right over it. So, kind of had a chuckle

[1:21:06] with that. Um, we made it clear that

[1:21:08] Plymouth Police Department or it's not

[1:21:10] the responsibility of town of Plymouth

[1:21:12] to police that bridge. We don't have the

[1:21:14] resources commit. Um,

[1:21:17] so they I don't know it was quick meet

[1:21:21] and greet like everything with executive

[1:21:23] council. It's rushed. So, but we got the

[1:21:27] point across and we'll see where that

[1:21:29] goes.

[1:21:33] » Is there a point at which we should be

[1:21:35] policing the traffic across that bridge

[1:21:37] such that we don't see it further

[1:21:39] degrade from?

[1:21:41] >> We discussed that without setting a

[1:21:43] dedicated unit there to stop them.

[1:21:48] >> That was that's what it would take. I

[1:21:49] mean, it's so spontaneous. They just

[1:21:52] >> show up out of nowhere. It's not like

[1:21:53] you can anticipate commercial traffic,

[1:21:55] [clears throat]

[1:21:55] >> right?

[1:21:56] >> And there was a big box truck that was

[1:21:59] delivered to the common man while we

[1:22:01] were standing there, you know, and

[1:22:02] that's not supposed to go over it.

[1:22:04] >> Well, and also the plow trucks, the DOT

[1:22:06] plow trucks

[1:22:07] >> brought up the DOT plow trucks loaded

[1:22:08] with salt go over it all winter and

[1:22:12] they're not changing their routes as

[1:22:14] well as our highway crews aren't

[1:22:16] changing their routes. if we had to

[1:22:18] change it, it would add like an

[1:22:19] additional 30 minutes onto the roof to avoid that.

[1:22:24] >> It's definitely a liability issue. And

[1:22:26] maybe um maybe we can get like a a

[1:22:30] senator to like, you know, give us a

[1:22:33] some federal money or, you know, tap

[1:22:36] into the National Guard, you know, if

[1:22:38] that they want to continue to use that.

[1:22:41] >> And they weren't even aware that the

[1:22:43] National Guard was rebuilding. Who's

[1:22:45] liable if that bridge collapses with a

[1:22:47] vehicle on

[1:22:48] >> must well

[1:22:50] >> especially if they're negligent and not

[1:22:52] stop is it the state's fault if uh

[1:22:55] >> even though they recognized that there

[1:22:56] was an issue

[1:22:57] >> they recognized it they've put signage

[1:22:58] up is it still their problem or is it

[1:23:01] ours

[1:23:03] >> would be the town yeah we don't know the

[1:23:05] >> unless it's

[1:23:07] we have the responsibility of enforcing

[1:23:08] laws in our town

[1:23:12] » I mean essentially you'd have to put a

[1:23:15] car out there to monitor traffic and

[1:23:17] stop the trucks before they get within

[1:23:19] range

[1:23:24] just because it's so spontaneous. Yeah.

[1:23:28] The other option is they lower the level

[1:23:29] of the bridge, put a bar across it so

[1:23:32] that way it just can't

[1:23:34] >> until someone hits it because they

[1:23:36] didn't read the sign that says bridge is

[1:23:38] low ahead.

[1:23:38] >> Then their insurance of that vehicle

[1:23:40] could replace the bridge,

[1:23:42] >> right? I mean, look at the covered

[1:23:43] bridge in Campton. How many trucks take

[1:23:44] that out every year?

[1:23:46] >> Yeah,

[1:23:46] >> you just put a bar before the bar. Yeah.

[1:23:48] >> Yeah. Um, we also brought up the

[1:23:52] intersection on Tiny Mountain Highway

[1:23:53] with Smith Bridge Road at that meeting.

[1:23:57] That was more brief than the bridge was,

[1:23:59] but uh,

[1:24:02] you know, they're like, "Yeah, it's on

[1:24:04] the 10-year plan. What do we know what

[1:24:05] to do with that?" Um, you know, so an

[1:24:08] option, an actual option that was

[1:24:11] brought up that is easily salvageable

[1:24:13] until they come up with a more solid

[1:24:14] plan for the intersection is required to

[1:24:17] be a right-hand turn only.

[1:24:19] >> And that's a simple signage. Um,

[1:24:22] >> they asked the DOT commissioner asked if

[1:24:25] that's something that we'd be willing to

[1:24:27] enforce

[1:24:28] >> and I said that's that's an easy lift

[1:24:30] for us as a community. Um, that being

[1:24:33] said, all the businesses along there can

[1:24:35] still do left-hand turns unless we get

[1:24:38] some sort of major change in traffic

[1:24:40] patterns, but I think that's the safest

[1:24:43] option that we should probably pursue

[1:24:44] until we come up with a better plan for

[1:24:46] that intersection is right-hand turn

[1:24:49] only.

[1:24:50] >> My recommendation and uh I have the

[1:24:53] contact to meet out with them. We also

[1:24:56] uh discussed realigning Smith Bridge and

[1:25:01] I'm sorry, not Smith Bridge, Fairgrounds

[1:25:03] Road and Lower Beach Hill Road. That

[1:25:05] intersection, how it's all weird, funky.

[1:25:08] >> Yeah, because of the pole in the center.

[1:25:09] >> Yeah, talked with Steve and

[1:25:11] Commissioner. They gave me a contact.

[1:25:13] We're looking Steve and I are looking at

[1:25:15] realigning that to move the pole and get

[1:25:19] that squared up a because I personally

[1:25:21] have had many close calls, never mind

[1:25:23] other people. um and just square that

[1:25:26] intersection off and it would be easier

[1:25:28] for us to maintain with plow trucks and

[1:25:30] stuff.

[1:25:31] >> So, those are quick hot topics.

[1:25:36] » Do you know where we're at with the school roundabout? Have we made any

[1:25:41] progress on that?

[1:25:43] >> I thought that that started next year.

[1:25:46] >> We'll get some um additional funding in

[1:25:49] from the state. We're still waiting for

[1:25:52] um some further funding. um from the

[1:25:54] feds. Um

[1:25:57] they are moving forward with their

[1:25:59] review and the board advised that they

[1:26:04] would take that property by eminent

[1:26:06] domain if need be. Still being

[1:26:10] pushed forward.

[1:26:18] » Sounds good.

[1:26:19] >> Okay.

[1:26:20] >> All right. I'll make a motion to go into

[1:26:22] non-public in accordance to RSA 91- A3

[1:26:25] number two uh A personnel C reputation E

[1:26:29] lawsuits

[1:26:31] >> second

[1:26:32] Jason your vote

[1:26:34] >> I

[1:26:34] >> Bill

[1:26:35] >> I

[1:26:35] >> Zack I Ted

[1:26:37] >> I

[1:26:39] that's that

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Plymouth Select Board - August 24th, 2026

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