[0:00] right good evening call the meeting to

[0:01] order at 7: p.m. inform the public we're

[0:03] being recorded by the rham channel for

[0:06] rebroadcast we're not able to go live

[0:08] because of our location at the senior

[0:09] center to accommodate in person early

[0:12] voting I would ask those with us tonight

[0:14] to join us in the pleas

[0:31] next up is to accept regular session

[0:34] minutes of October 22nd and executive

[0:36] session minutes of October 22nd but

[0:39] those are withheld from public release

[0:41] um what is the Bo pleasure motion to

[0:43] accept as second all in favor that is

[0:46] approve unly department heads our town

[0:49] clerk is with us she asked if she could

[0:51] uh skip the line to get back to early

[0:56] voting I just quick

[1:00] here or do of course I am oh

[1:03] thank um I am already for Halloween

[1:07] because I lost my front too so just just

[1:09] so um I'll make this quick I just wanted

[1:12] to give the board and anybody else an

[1:14] update on our um iners and uh vote by

[1:17] mail ballots as Becky knows we were just

[1:20] talking about it it's been extremely

[1:22] busy and right now it was standing room

[1:24] only at the Town Hall so it's been very

[1:26] busy and thank you for giving up the the

[1:29] room the meeting for us because it's

[1:31] been it's been very helpful and people

[1:33] are very happy about it I'll make this

[1:35] quick we had um we've mailed out

[1:38] 4,771 ballots we've received

[1:41] 3,836 ballots we've got about 1,00

[1:44] people that have voted in person Friday

[1:47] is the last day to vote in person early vote in person till 12 till 12

[1:53] tomorrow we're open from 8:30 to 4:30

[1:56] and Thursday from 8:30 to 4:30 and

[2:00] that's

[2:01] it um last day to apply for an inperson

[2:05] absentee ballot is Monday um um 11:4 by

[2:08] 12: p.m. I did check uh we had

[2:12] 8,825 ballots cast in 2020 so um I think

[2:17] we may to pass that but I don't know

[2:20] because then we also have election day

[2:22] voting so I just thought i' do the board

[2:25] an

[2:26] update thank

[2:30] just the hours for voting on Tuesday

[2:33] today it's 6 to8 so no Tuesday oh oh

[2:36] Election Day election I'm sorry I forget

[2:38] about watch 7 a. to 8: pm at the middle

[2:43] school 420 tiut Road all

[2:47] precincts questions thank you thank you

[2:49] Mas okay thank you next

[2:58] is good evening all some updates for the

[3:02] highway department for the month of

[3:03] October I'll start with projects as

[3:05] everybody can see we were able to get

[3:07] Center Street in or street milen overid

[3:10] that project is now complete uh we

[3:13] followed up with some line uh striking

[3:15] last week we had to let that road cure

[3:16] up a little bit before we could um put

[3:19] the paint on it we do have a punch list

[3:21] of a few things that they're going to

[3:22] come back and do some crosswalks and

[3:23] some stock bars um while we're talking

[3:26] about O Street we replac a 30-year-old

[3:28] fence at the Little Pond up on uh

[3:31] Orchard Street I'm not sure if that has

[3:33] a name but that was falling apart and

[3:35] not attached to anything so a structural

[3:37] Integrity is it was ready to go ready to

[3:40] be replac we replace that with black uh

[3:42] chain link so it's a little bit more

[3:44] aesthetically pleasing especially with

[3:46] the nice you know Pond View in the

[3:48] back um we did some God rail in town I

[3:53] uh replaced some stuff that was on the

[3:55] ground and again structurally

[3:57] compromised and aesthetically not

[3:59] pleasing R it up and time to go so we

[4:02] did that uh that completed today uh

[4:05] those locations were Warren Street uh

[4:07] two locations on King Philip Street and

[4:10] uh that should be again wrapped up today

[4:12] the road crws been busy uh backing up

[4:14] the burns on the C Street project and or

[4:16] Street project uh that kept them pretty

[4:19] busy throughout the month uh we also got

[4:21] all the retention funds cut this this

[4:23] month that ended today um Fox and

[4:27] grounds they assisted with the back up

[4:30] of the firms on Center Street and or

[4:32] Street and some ongoing Mowing and Le

[4:35] clean

[4:35] up uh transfer station Solid Waste

[4:39] they're working on replacing some signs

[4:40] to keep up with uh Ty and B's uh uh

[4:45] recommendations for for our inspections

[4:48] and I want to give a thanks out to Bill

[4:50] Longo he was with us for many years as a

[4:52] parttime I worked every Saturday for not

[4:55] sure the number I wish I had that but it

[4:56] was definitely over a decade so Bill

[5:00] timeing on The Saturdays and we wish

[5:01] them the best that's all I have thank

[5:04] any question just a question Mr um nor I

[5:08] know you were short staffed and you were

[5:10] interviewing some people have you been

[5:11] able to fill those positions or are you

[5:13] still looking uh actually that's a good

[5:16] question we interviewed two today one

[5:17] tomorrow and two on Thursday so we're

[5:20] optimistic that we'll find some future

[5:21] Highway employees out of this school

[5:23] good thank you and thanks for all your

[5:25] efforts call no questions look at those

[5:28] pictures of the replace an replace an

[5:31] orchard it looks awesome thank you I

[5:32] think we have somebody in the audience

[5:33] is very

[5:35] happy Street West looks awesome thank

[5:38] you thank

[5:50] you good evening uh so this is the

[5:53] activity report

[5:54] for um October uh so far this month we

[5:58] have 208 6 calls for service 438 of

[6:02] those were emergency 911 calls and 69 of

[6:06] those were emergency medical dispatch

[6:08] calls there were eight arrests and

[6:10] several criminal

[6:11] Summoners uh fortunately there's no

[6:13] significant incidents uh this month so

[6:16] far um but we do want to stress that we

[6:21] have uh had dealt with a couple more uh

[6:24] incidents of Motor Vehicles that were

[6:26] stolen lately

[6:28] and those vehicles uh the keys were left

[6:32] in the

[6:33] C want um so we'd like to remind

[6:36] everybody that lock their doors and keep

[6:39] their keys in their pockets um on

[6:42] October 2nd we had our second annual

[6:44] coffee with a cop uh which again was

[6:46] held at the reham Cena Center I want to

[6:49] acknowledge all members of the day shift

[6:51] who were there and uh

[6:53] participated I also want to thank uh the

[6:56] school resource officer Jennifer Lane

[6:58] for putting it together

[7:00] with Aon madus of the senior center um

[7:03] he did a great job I also want to

[7:06] recognize the officers who came in on

[7:07] their off time uh patrolman briyan Silva

[7:10] patrolwoman Amanda Wong patrolman James

[7:13] longan patrolman Zachary DeAndre and

[7:17] Nick P um I thank all of them I also

[7:21] want to thank Panera Bread from uh

[7:25] Rainham the loone depot and the g Real

[7:28] Estate Group for their generous donation

[7:31] um for the food and

[7:34] coffee uh on October 24th members of the

[7:38] rham police department participated in

[7:41] the rham Park and Recreation Trunk or

[7:43] Treat I want to thank uh patrolman

[7:47] Michael svali patrolman Nick Pand and um

[7:51] Heather career for volunteering

[7:55] um again that was a busy event uh on

[8:00] October 22nd Captain Peter beatus and

[8:04] SRO Jennifer Lange participated in a

[8:08] parent safety night at uh a meeting at

[8:11] the high school um held by the

[8:14] Bridgewater rham School District um it

[8:17] was a very informative meeting for all

[8:19] those that attended and I thank them for

[8:21] being there on October 26th the rhan

[8:25] police department participated in it's a

[8:27] biannual uh

[8:30] drug uh bring back U the DEA sponsors it

[8:35] um this year I think they said they had

[8:39] uh around 20 pounds of prescription

[8:42] drugs and over the course of the last

[8:44] six months it was over 100 100 pounds so

[8:47] it's prescription drugs they bring and

[8:49] drop off the police station um Sergeant

[8:52] Edward fallow and uh Patrol and car

[8:55] melow uh took care of

[8:57] that uh we currently someone to replace

[9:00] two officers who we anticipate retiring

[9:02] by the end of the year if anybody's

[9:04] interested um we currently have three

[9:07] offic IOD that's all

[9:10] iief I have no questions but love to see

[9:12] our police in the community great job

[9:15] Chief thank you and other members of

[9:16] your department thank you same no

[9:19] questions andone out this

[9:21] report five officers who weren't even

[9:23] working and volunteered and showed up

[9:25] with cop cop I think it's a direct

[9:26] reflection of or am I going to assume

[9:28] it's direct ref Mor

[9:30] department and I neglected to mention it

[9:33] but the trunk

[9:35] treat thank you thank

[9:39] you moving no appoints evening no

[9:42] hearings old business I have sir new

[9:46] business discussion on approval of

[9:48] special meeting of November 19 as a

[9:51] reminded we have the town moderator

[9:52] coming in in a few week so we are not

[9:54] going to go through every article um

[9:56] this is about approving it tonight

[9:59] um commentary on this uh there are 24

[10:03] articles uh which there will be

[10:06] Financial transactions of

[10:10] 7,526

[10:14] 88

[10:17] 86 thank you and the rest of the stuff I

[10:19] would consider to beekeeping what

[10:23] would uh most of it is uh common to the

[10:28] to um uh warrant uh we do have one

[10:31] article endorsing the special

[10:33] legislation over the public safety

[10:35] building uh we also have an article that

[10:39] will increase the exemption for uh

[10:43] certain low income seniors in terms of

[10:48] taxes question um Mr bar the warrant

[10:52] will be available on the website through

[10:55] the email list yes I actually was to

[10:59] mentioned something in my report but um

[11:02] as you have mentioned the warrant will

[11:04] not be mailed this year it'll be

[11:06] available on the website sent to those

[11:09] on the town email list copies will be

[11:12] available in the library COA and Town

[11:15] Hall uh will be provided to town Focus

[11:19] Facebook sites in town also we're going

[11:21] to put it on the school list Ser uh if

[11:24] someone cannot access through website or is unable to come to uh Library COA

[11:31] or town hall we will mail it to them so

[11:34] they should let us know and we'll we'll

[11:36] put it in the for them excellent thank

[11:42] you motion to

[11:44] approve all in favor that is approved

[11:47] unanimously and we will sign those

[11:49] copies and get

[11:51] posted next up on new business here

[11:55] alcohol Package Store license 676

[11:58] Broadway ch ship and the date we have

[12:02] with the app is November

[12:14] 26 talk about taking that off as we did

[12:18] last

[12:19] year that's Thanksgiving

[12:22] week okay so is there an objection from

[12:26] them to do it the week for

[12:30] uh the week prior is on the day ofe okay

[12:35] what about the first uh Tuesday December

[12:38] I think that would be a better dat do

[12:39] you have that

[12:43] date December thank you right I a motion

[12:47] to set that for December

[12:49] 3 all in favor approved we have to set

[12:53] the hearing date for tmlp and Verizon

[12:55] New England for a joint poll location

[12:57] el2

[12:59] located 35 ft on Mill Street um I don't

[13:03] have an objection here putting this one

[13:05] on our the 19th the board wants to or

[13:08] the 12 the 12 yeah okay make a motion to

[13:13] set that 12 the

[13:16] 12 all in favor is approved uh and then

[13:20] the final item under new business

[13:22] discussion and vote on awarding a

[13:23] threeyear contract uh with years two and

[13:26] three uh options at the Town discretion

[13:28] with clock and Associates for

[13:30] independent auditing services this comes

[13:32] with the recommendation of our town

[13:34] Treasurer collector Finance director and

[13:36] Town Ministry Mr bounds anything you

[13:38] want to add to that you did a very good

[13:41] job there we think we're going to save

[13:44] money from our former auditor and this

[13:47] auditor comes highly

[13:52] recommended motion to approve all in

[13:55] favor that is approved unanimously any

[13:57] other new business

[13:59] Mr coll all right next up Town

[14:02] Administrator report Mr bar uh yes uh

[14:05] again stressing that the warrant will

[14:09] not be mailed and but go to the town

[14:11] website and uh everything I mentioned

[14:14] before uh secondly the library will be

[14:18] closed to the public on Tuesday November

[14:21] 5th and Wednesday November 6 they're

[14:23] doing some maintenance and repairs on

[14:26] that day so the libr apologizes for the

[14:30] inconvenience uh if you uh wish to use

[14:34] the library uh those days you can visit

[14:37] the

[14:38] 247 Library Online at Rainham Public

[14:42] Library all all one

[14:47] word.org um secondly um this is to U

[14:52] indicate has been mentioned in the prior

[14:54] meeting the town of Rainham has citizen

[14:58] vacancies the following volunteer

[15:00] committees Capital planning committee

[15:03] there's an opening for One finance

[15:05] committee opening for two and permanent

[15:08] building committee and opening for One

[15:11] candidates may be a register must be a

[15:13] registered voter in town and have an

[15:15] interest in contributing their time and

[15:17] expertise for the benefit of the town

[15:19] and its residents interested candidates

[15:22] should provide a cover letter and resume

[15:25] to the office of the board of Selectmen

[15:27] by by 8 South Main Street Ram mass

[15:32] 02767 or email to D Dooney and that's d o o NE y town.

[15:43] ram. m. us and that's on our website um

[15:48] you can it's the first thing in the

[15:50] bulletin positions will remain open

[15:53] until fil

[16:00] I have a couple things con first of all

[16:01] congratulations to the park and

[16:03] recreation department for their very

[16:05] successful Trunk or Treat EV event

[16:07] hundreds of costumed children including

[16:09] some with some very impressive costumes

[16:12] and accompanied by parents some of whom

[16:14] were also in costume uh were treated to

[16:17] well over 25 decorated trunks filled

[16:19] with treats handed out by some costumed

[16:22] characters as well including Our Town

[16:24] Administrator who was very impressive I

[16:25] must say it was a great event you were

[16:28] impress

[16:29] thank you also Bridgewater ran Regional

[16:32] High School teacher Angela Kendall is

[16:35] again running a holiday shop for high

[16:37] school students in December in addition

[16:40] any job from preschool age to grade 8 in

[16:43] the BR Community is invited to shop at

[16:46] this Christmas shop on youth shopping

[16:48] day which will be held on Saturday

[16:51] December 14th from 9 a.m. to 300 p.m. at

[16:54] the high school this project however

[16:56] cannot happen without donated items

[16:59] um to stop the holiday shop please

[17:01] consider donating items this Saturday

[17:04] November 2nd from 8: a.m. to 12 noon at

[17:06] the high school volunteers will be on

[17:09] handh help to accept your donations

[17:11] suggested items are coffee cups candles

[17:14] unopened Beauty care items Sports

[17:17] memorability knickknacks vases blankets

[17:20] that are in light new condition um small

[17:22] electric items toys stuffed animals

[17:25] anything else that you can think of that

[17:27] a student could select give holiday gift

[17:29] to a family member it's a great project

[17:31] and hopefully it will be successful

[17:34] again this year one other thing V

[17:37] Veterans Day is quickly approaching our

[17:39] R volunteers will be decorating our town

[17:41] with the small American flabs this

[17:43] Friday afternoon and holding their

[17:45] annual Veterans Day assemblies in

[17:48] Iranian schools on Friday November 8th

[17:50] American Legion Post 405 will hold their

[17:53] annual Veterans Day ceremony on Saturday

[17:56] November 9th beginning at 10 A.M at the

[17:59] post on Mill Street public is Cally

[18:01] invited to attend since we are not

[18:04] meeting next week our next meeting will

[18:07] be November 12th which is the day after

[18:09] Veterans Day so I just want to take the

[18:11] opportunity to thank all of our veterans

[18:13] and current members of the military and

[18:15] wish them a happy and safe Veterans Day

[18:17] thank you Mr Mr

[18:19] call uh just one item for me and we left

[18:22] the cat out of the bag a little bit a

[18:23] few minutes ago but last year we had a

[18:26] closed Town Hall the evening of November

[18:28] 26th for Thanksgiving and the board

[18:29] didn't meet and I would offer that to

[18:31] the board again if it's something we

[18:32] want to do this year Absolutely I'll

[18:34] make that

[18:36] motion

[18:40] favor will and that includes any hours

[18:44] correct

[18:46] yes all right uh no correspondence this

[18:50] evening no press time this

[18:53] evening no emergency business

[18:59] all right Citizen and Community

[19:01] input all right Miss Riley performance

[19:04] of the administrative duties yes I them

[19:07] and sign them dated today State October

[19:10] 29th

[19:11] 2024 and I will entertain a motion to go

[19:14] into executive session returning to

[19:16] public session for the sole purposes of

[19:18] adjournment and for the executive

[19:20] session under master and Law chapter 38

[19:22] section 21 A2 and three to connect

[19:24] strategy sessions in preparation for

[19:26] negotiations with non-un personel or to

[19:29] collect collective bargaining sessions

[19:30] of contract negotiations with non-union

[19:33] personnel and to discuss strategy with

[19:35] respect to collective bargaining or

[19:36] litigation if an open meeting may have a

[19:38] detrimental effect on the bargaining or

[19:40] litigating position of the public body

[19:42] and the Chance declares and that's on

[19:43] opu

[19:45] and make a motion to ex session

[19:52] STS and the chair votes I we will go

[19:56] into executive session thank you all

Board of Selectmen 10/29//2024

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