[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