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[0:06] You are watching a Fact TV presentation of the Village of Saxton's

[0:10] River trustees meeting.

[0:15] So this is Amy Hewlett calling the meeting to order.

[0:18] This is the Village of Saxton's River meeting March 16th,

[0:22] 2026 at 7:00 PM at

[0:26] 24 Main Community Building.

[0:28] That's the call to order, and my name is Amy Hewlett.

[0:33] And are there any adjustments to the agenda?

[0:37] New items to be ratified at a later meeting?

[0:40] Oops.

[0:41] I don't think so.

[0:42] I would suggest that since Inesa was here, we move

[0:46] discussing the auditor's report to follow immediately

[0:51] bills. Is that okay with everybody?

[0:54] Yeah.

[0:54] I think annual meeting will take a little bit.

[0:58] We have a bunch of executive sessions at the end,

[1:02] and I've marked those for my assumption about whether action will be

[1:06] required. I don't know, of course, but there'll be that when we get to it.

[1:11] And it sounds like Kristen. It is.

[1:15] All right. Public comment.

[1:18] Anybody on Zoom with public comment?

[1:20] None.

[1:21] And we got that TV that he says.

[1:23] Yes.

[1:24] Okay.

[1:25] We do have

[1:26] Stan is here, Stan Telstra.

[1:28] Hey, Stan.

[1:31] He's unmuted.

[1:32] So do we have bills to approve?

[1:34] Yes.

[1:34] We're on to that.

[1:35] They will start around.

[1:36] Yes.

[1:38] We'll give Inesa a beat to do that.

[1:41] Different things.

[1:42] Mm-hmm.

[1:43] It looked to me like wastewater treatment was making up for lost time.

[1:49] Yes.

[1:54] So Amy, you've got

[1:55] $7,289.70.

[1:58] The warrant, which is online for everybody to-

[2:01] To view

[2:02] ... view is 20 items, $7,289

[2:06] and 78 cents. I'll make the motion that we approve the warrant

[2:10] for tonight in that amount. Is there a second to that?

[2:13] Second.

[2:14] It's been moved and seconded to approve the warrant of

[2:16] $7,289 and 78 cents.

[2:20] I looked it over.

[2:22] I didn't see anything surprising.

[2:25] Inesa, anything you wanna draw attention to?

[2:28] No, the OCT is a little bit late. I'm glad we caught that.

[2:32] I'm glad you caught that.

[2:35] I do not have a printout for, I just got an email

[2:39] from Norwich for

[2:42] wastewater treatment electric. So it's

[2:45] $843.

[2:48] Is this our solar?

[2:49] But it's in a total. Yeah.

[2:50] Yeah.

[2:50] Yeah. So I don't have a printout.

[2:52] Does it sometimes say Norwich Solar and sometimes Green Day?

[2:56] Yeah.

[2:57] Okay.

[2:57] Green Day is financials. It's their

[3:00] financial system.

[3:02] Okay.

[3:02] But it comes from Norwich as a company.

[3:04] Yeah.

[3:06] So electrical installations, I think the plant

[3:10] also had some kind of emergency things you mentioned.

[3:13] Yes. I don't remember the specifics, just that-

[3:17] Troubleshoot

[3:18] ... it took a lot of people working long hours over the weekend to get it

[3:21] fixed.

[3:22] So looks like-

[3:23] What was it?

[3:25] I don't remember, Matt.

[3:26] Looks like troubleshoot

[3:29] issues with the plant.

[3:32] So it was kind of extraordinary expense-

[3:34] Mm-hmm

[3:34] ... I'd say.

[3:35] Yeah.

[3:36] And where are they coming from?

[3:38] So that is the floor we're looking for, from New Hampshire somewhere.

[3:41] Yeah.

[3:42] That's about it. The rest is... So I'm passing on also

[3:46] closure of our community national bank.

[3:50] So they already issued $169.

[3:53] I deposit it in our-

[3:54] Great

[3:55] ... operating. Yeah.

[3:58] So that's that. And just for those in attendance, what

[4:01] we're doing right now is we all take a look at the bills,

[4:06] and then we sign off on them.

[4:09] Are you ready for the vote, or would you like to wait for the bills to come

[4:12] around?

[4:13] I'm ready.

[4:14] No, you can vote.

[4:15] All right. The motion on the floor is to approve the warrant of

[4:19] $7,289 and 78 cents. All in

[4:23] favor, please say aye.

[4:24] Aye.

[4:25] Aye. Opposed?

[4:26] The ayes carry the motion. All right, discuss the auditor's

[4:30] report and recommendations.

[4:33] So I went to the auditor's meeting, and

[4:36] they were thrilled to see me, which was a nice

[4:40] reaction.

[4:41] The main thing they're concerned, this was my take, and I know you've worked

[4:45] with them, so if you have a different one, please interrupt me.

[4:48] I think the main thing they would like to see from us is a

[4:52] step-by-step procedure that talks about what we actually

[4:56] do.

[4:57] So they were surprised to find out that Ellen Clark Lawrence was no

[5:01] longer opening the mailbox and approving the mails and putting together- ...

[5:04] a warrant.

[5:05] Are you serious?

[5:06] Yes, I am serious. So these are not things that we have written

[5:10] down, Matt, and they would like a written procedure from us.

[5:15] So this can be the business of the new

[5:19] board if you want, when we have new people

[5:23] on board. But I think the main thing is Inesa should not

[5:27] be opening the mailbox and taking the envelopes out and

[5:31] looking in them. We are too small for that to be good.

[5:35] I believe completely that Inesa is honest, but

[5:39] it allows a person to look at the mail,

[5:43] substitute something, put it on the warrant, and have us

[5:47] approve it, which is

[5:50] something that happens all over Vermont in very small

[5:53] towns.

[5:54] So as I had said in the past,

[5:58] years ago when I was on the board, the mail came,

[6:02] and it was opened

[6:04] And we

[6:05] went through it all, three-

[6:08] Open at the meeting.

[6:09] Yeah. At the meeting.

[6:11] Oh.

[6:13] So

[6:15] that would take care of it, right?

[6:17] That would.

[6:18] Right.

[6:18] So I can go-

[6:19] So someone can get the mail, just don't open it

[6:21] ... and bring it to the meeting.

[6:23] But then we need to establish-

[6:26] No, somebody else should actually take it out.

[6:30] And that's my feeling.

[6:31] Okay. All right.

[6:31] To get it on the fourth

[6:32] But then-

[6:33] Leave it here.

[6:33] Yep.

[6:34] Not open it.

[6:35] Yep.

[6:35] But then it has to be, um-

[6:37] But then it has to be added up.

[6:39] Added up.

[6:39] Yeah. So Louise Lauren was doing that task when I took over the chair

[6:43] from her.

[6:44] Right. Yeah.

[6:44] I took it on for the first year, and then it felt like too

[6:48] much for me, and Ellen took it on for a year.

[6:51] So I would suggest that you have this discussion at the reorganization

[6:55] meeting, or the one following the reorganization meeting, and see what makes

[6:59] sense.

[6:59] So someone else get the mail, open it up, tally it up-

[7:03] Yep

[7:04] ... and bring the warrant.

[7:05] Yep.

[7:05] Whatever has been received at the

[7:09] mailbox-

[7:10] Right

[7:10] ... prior to the meeting.

[7:11] Yep.

[7:11] And

[7:12] enter the warrant.

[7:14] Right.

[7:14] Mm-hmm.

[7:14] Okay.

[7:14] And enter into the list. Right?

[7:16] Enter it?

[7:17] Yes. Ideally.

[7:18] Yeah.

[7:19] Yeah. Because-

[7:19] Right, because there's others that are...

[7:21] Right.

[7:22] That was what I had been doing.

[7:25] I was the one that made that

[7:29] electronic warrant for everybody-

[7:31] Mm-hmm

[7:31] ... and giving everybody access to it.

[7:33] Right.

[7:34] But then you had wanted to change it and get rid of all the-

[7:37] I think this is...

[7:41] I just feel this is the way to do it. People can look at it, and I know

[7:45] in the past,

[7:48] board members, trustees have looked through it and say, "Well, didn't

[7:52] we already pay this?" Or, "What is this for?" Instead of just

[7:57] a line item-

[7:58] Mm-hmm

[7:58] ... and approve it.

[7:59] The

[8:02] spreadsheet that I had done made it very simple to search on.

[8:06] Fabulous.

[8:08] Yeah.

[8:09] To prevent that from happening. So typically-

[8:11] Oh, I have a question

[8:12] ... Right. But we're-

[8:12] As you point out, like at the meeting, somebody says, "Wait, didn't we pay

[8:16] this?"

[8:17] Right.

[8:17] And then you say, "Well, that would've been in July.

[8:20] Let's go back and look."

[8:22] Right. It's pretty easy to look at this.

[8:24] We don't carry those notes anywhere in the meeting.

[8:27] Right.

[8:27] So.

[8:28] So it's pretty easy to look at a spreadsheet and go, "It's the same stuff,

[8:32] and okay."

[8:33] Yeah.

[8:33] But if you look at it here-

[8:35] As a new member, the spreadsheet was something

[8:39] I didn't have time to decimate and look at.

[8:41] I just kind of relied on everyone else.

[8:44] Okay.

[8:44] And this is more tangible, but I'm sure everyone's different.

[8:48] Mm-hmm.

[8:48] And I actually do have a question.

[8:50] Mm-hmm.

[8:51] These seem like three different bills, but you only signed the first one?

[8:55] The amounts are different at the bottom.

[8:57] You should add them all.

[8:59] Yep.

[8:59] So-

[9:00] Thank you

[9:01] ... my assumption is that the

[9:05] charges from the wastewater treatment plant to the Village of

[9:09] Saxton's River were held up for a period, and then they caught up

[9:13] and sent us a bunch.

[9:14] Mm-hmm.

[9:16] From who?

[9:17] Wastewater treatment plant.

[9:18] Bill.

[9:19] Our contract with Bell is involved.

[9:22] Really?

[9:23] Hmm.

[9:24] So you'll see, for example, there are a couple for sludge removal.

[9:28] Mm-hmm.

[9:29] We don't do that every week. I mean, that's not-

[9:33] Right. That's monthly.

[9:36] It's periodic.

[9:38] Yeah.

[9:40] Are these different, or just three different $30?

[9:43] I think those are the sloughs for these. Are they not?

[9:47] No, the amounts are different.

[9:48] When they-

[9:50] Well, this isn't a bill.

[9:51] Right. It's a sloughs.

[9:54] They put them at

[9:56] the monthly in the bill. I can find an example.

[10:00] What's

[10:02] the name for them? Do you have something?

[10:04] Four Point?

[10:07] Yeah. Four Point.

[10:09] Okay.

[10:12] Well, this doesn't look like a bill.

[10:16] It is-

[10:16] It looks like a receipt.

[10:17] It isn't a bill. It is on monthly bill.

[10:20] Come on. Let me just

[10:23] have

[10:29] a... Look natural.

[10:32] Mm-hmm.

[10:37] Here. 30 and 30.

[10:40] Yeah.

[10:40] So it's a statement.

[10:41] Okay.

[10:41] And those that's signed their tickets.

[10:45] Right. So it's not on here?

[10:47] 30. Nope. That is just the total.

[10:51] Well, that

[10:52] seems ridiculous.

[10:54] This is February.

[10:59] That's why they send those yellow things.

[11:04] It's part of the process.

[11:06] So we have separate bills-

[11:09] Mm-hmm

[11:10] ... for these.

[11:11] Nope.

[11:13] Well, it's in a statement.

[11:14] Okay.

[11:14] It's not a bill like this.

[11:16] Right. So we should be signing the statement.

[11:18] That's the bill. Right.

[11:20] And not...

[11:22] I mean, we should be signing this and not

[11:25] these. If this-

[11:27] Sure

[11:28] ... and

[11:29] this

[11:32] is on there-

[11:32] Right

[11:33] ... that's what we need to be approving.

[11:34] This eventually will be like this. Yes.

[11:37] So this is February, compilation of February tickets.

[11:41] Mm-hmm.

[11:42] And then March would be compilation of all March.

[11:45] So these three that we just approved, are they on there?

[11:49] They're February.

[11:51] 297.

[11:54] 297. 297 was prior, actually, in February.

[11:58] So this isn't what we should be signing.

[12:02] That's what we need to be signing, because you're going to take that off and pay

[12:05] it.

[12:06] Right.

[12:07] Yeah.

[12:09] Yeah.

[12:09] Sure.

[12:10] Yeah. So I'll make sure I'll have-

[12:12] All right. So you want these

[12:14] signed? Okay.

[12:18] I'll make sure I will have a statement with all the tickets.

[12:22] Yeah. Right. This is what we're approving to sign.

[12:28] I wondered if the auditors had issues with our portal, but they

[12:32] didn't. They said, "No, we're used to electronic

[12:34] payments." That's what they said.

[12:37] And I do have the feeling that that's helped us out immensely with-

[12:41] Mm-hmm

[12:41] ... some of our routines.

[12:42] Right. And we eliminated their billing because it was

[12:45] all confusing.

[12:48] Oh, goodness. It is.

[12:49] Mm-hmm.

[12:52] Just like this.

[12:53] Back to the auditor's report. Anything else that caught your eye, Inesa?

[12:56] Well,

[12:58] I emailed you all about going back to the write-ups and policies.

[13:03] I grabbed some examples from the VLCT, and we can adapt them,

[13:07] make them simple, and I already start working on that.

[13:10] I wonder if when I'm done, I can email you all.

[13:13] We can have it on agenda, and then just go over them and nail

[13:17] them maybe if you can.

[13:18] That sounds good. We have a meeting scheduled for April 6th.

[13:22] Does that sound-

[13:23] Yeah

[13:24] ... appropriate?

[13:25] Yeah.

[13:25] Okay. So let's do that on April 6th.

[13:28] I'm sorry, what are we doing on April 6th?

[13:30] Inesa's going to send us a week ahead of time.

[13:33] Right.

[13:33] Is that possible?

[13:34] Just-

[13:34] A proposed procedure memo.

[13:37] Take a look at them, yeah.

[13:38] For us to review and adopt or adjust or reject.

[13:42] I'll just follow what they're saying.

[13:44] Somewhere there is a list, the line up, so

[13:48] those will be the policies.

[13:50] Sounds good to me.

[13:51] And then we go above and beyond.

[13:52] No.

[13:54] I mean, we can adopt them later.

[13:57] And I would recommend going forward that we continue to name a trustee who

[14:00] approves expenses that come up out of the blue,

[14:05] if it's a while towards the meeting.

[14:07] The situation, it didn't happen with the wastewater treatment plant,

[14:10] but it is often the wastewater treatment plant.

[14:13] Right.

[14:13] Something has to be approved right away.

[14:15] We get a phone call, discussion of what it costs, and we

[14:19] make, I make-

[14:20] Mm-hmm

[14:20] ... or when Ellen was the person, we make that decision right at the point and

[14:24] approve it. So that would be another recommendation to make sure

[14:28] is included in the-

[14:29] Yep

[14:29] ... procedures.

[14:31] Any other questions or discussion on the auditor's report

[14:35] or the business of approving bills as we go

[14:38] along?

[14:39] No.

[14:41] Okay. Thank you, Inesa.

[14:42] Thank you for the auditors. The audit is approved.

[14:46] Oh, they do a great job.

[14:47] Amy, I brought this also was in a mail, random things that Faith

[14:51] again mailed us. I'm not sure if you had a chance to deal with

[14:55] them.

[14:55] I dealt with them, and I referred them to Sean,

[14:59] and-

[15:00] Okay

[15:01] ...

[15:02] now they're our account is F2.

[15:05] Because Faith sold us the

[15:08] original rescue cab, they assume we still own it

[15:12] in spite of phone calls, emails, et cetera.

[15:16] Yep.

[15:16] Maybe I have to go in in person.

[15:19] Okay.

[15:19] And there's also mail. I don't know if you want to hold onto it.

[15:22] Just like information.

[15:23] I'll look at it and make decisions. Okay.

[15:27] Are we ready to move to the annual meeting?

[15:30] Sure.

[15:31] All right. I put down review of open seats, annual

[15:35] report, and dedication, and

[15:38] if there's anything else related to the open meeting,

[15:43] I thought this would be the time, and it looks like Carl has it.

[15:45] I have.

[15:48] Like I've done in the past, the script or

[15:51] motion. So just pass this around,

[15:56] and if you could look it over before next meeting.

[15:59] Any suggestions,

[16:02] additions, changes,

[16:04] typos, of which there will probably be many.

[16:08] I like how you do it.

[16:09] And-

[16:12] I don't think typos are a problem.

[16:13] Yeah.

[16:14] If you want-

[16:14] I think they're fine.

[16:15] Yeah. They're not doing it phonetically.

[16:16] For this, yes.

[16:19] Here's an extra one.

[16:20] Yeah. I made an extra copy. If-

[16:24] So for the audience, this is a script, so we get through

[16:28] the nominations and votes for the

[16:32] openings

[16:33] with a

[16:35] relatively smooth

[16:38] train of events.

[16:40] So several of these have blanks. I nominate blank for the position.

[16:45] So that will include the moderator because Ben's not going to be

[16:49] available.

[16:49] Mm-hmm.

[16:51] And two trustees who are

[16:55] retiring and not running for re-election. That'd be Amy and I.

[16:59] Mm-hmm.

[17:02] And I believe everyone else is up for re-election except for

[17:06] Matt.

[17:07] Yeah. Matt's the only one who's not.

[17:08] So Ellen and Kristin-

[17:10] Do you plan to re-up?

[17:12] Yes.

[17:15] And

[17:16] Kristin, there now are two

[17:19] two-year terms open.

[17:21] Oh.

[17:21] Oh, yeah.

[17:21] If you are interested in two year-

[17:23] Put her in

[17:24] ... instead of one year-

[17:24] Put her on that

[17:25] ... let me know.

[17:26] You can put me on a two-year.

[17:28] Okay. I'll put you on a four-year actually.

[17:30] I do have a question about Ben, and I will

[17:34] double-check with him unless you guys have...

[17:36] I thought he just was out for this particular meeting.

[17:40] I didn't get the impression that he didn't want to serve.

[17:42] No, just this meeting.

[17:43] Yeah.

[17:44] Right.

[17:44] Just this meeting.

[17:45] But we have to elect somebody for the year for the meeting.

[17:49] Oh.

[17:50] Yes.

[17:50] It's a one-year position.

[17:51] It's a one-year position.

[17:52] And I thought his position went through this meeting, and then next year it would

[17:56] be the other person-

[17:56] Nope

[17:56] ... so it's reversed.

[17:58] No.

[17:58] Okay. Got it.

[17:59] Yeah.

[17:59] Okay.

[18:00] So what's your pleasure? I can put it on Facebook, Front

[18:03] Porch Forum.

[18:05] I think we found Ben through your-

[18:09] Mm-hmm

[18:09] ... activity, but we certainly have plenty of good people in town.

[18:13] So the people who are serving for one year, they're basically saying,

[18:17] "I'll do it for the meeting we're presently voting them in for."

[18:20] Mm-hmm. Interesting.

[18:21] There will be some other things that the moderator needs to

[18:25] doThey're rare, but they're...

[18:28] Swearing somebody in, for example, if we appoint somebody in mid-

[18:32] Okay

[18:32] ... in mid-year.

[18:35] I think the main things are, if it turns into a

[18:39] contentious meeting, you have those Robert's Rules things

[18:43] at your disposal. So for example,

[18:47] if you make a motion and the crowd disagrees with you, you have

[18:51] to know how to handle that.

[18:52] Right. But it's for that-

[18:54] That being-

[18:54] ... we're electing the person to do it right on the spot, right there at that

[18:56] meeting.

[18:56] That's correct. Yeah.

[18:58] Yeah.

[18:58] So I'm also happy to make phone calls.

[19:02] I don't know if we have extra people here. Any of you interested?

[19:06] It's best if you have-

[19:10] What about-

[19:10] ... Robert's Rules experience.

[19:11] What about Guy Ping? He's not-

[19:14] Possible.

[19:15] Yeah.

[19:15] I also thought of Pete Stickney. I have a feeling he did it for a while.

[19:19] Anybody?

[19:19] Pete would be a good one.

[19:20] I think he has done it, yes.

[19:22] Yeah.

[19:23] It does seem like if you need to know Robert's Rules-

[19:25] Yeah

[19:25] ... that's a lot to take on to be voted on right then and there.

[19:28] It is, yeah. It's a big help if you're running meetings.

[19:32] I can contact Pete if you'd like.

[19:36] Or I can. I live right across the street.

[19:39] All right. You do it.

[19:40] Oh, I will talk to Pete.

[19:41] Okay.

[19:42] I'd love to have some women considered also, and I'm wondering if Anne Mann or

[19:46] McLarty might be interested.

[19:48] Oh, okay.

[19:48] It tends to be a one-shot slot. So it's

[19:52] a great way to step in and get the feeling, and I've always thought it was kind

[19:56] of fun.

[19:58] I have a question. So I know that Laura's interested

[20:03] in being on the board, and so is Andrew Dunbar.

[20:07] I mean, on the trustees.

[20:08] Are we jumping around here, or are we still on-

[20:11] No, we're still on the annual meeting.

[20:12] Yeah, we're still on the annual meeting.

[20:14] So if they're interested, do we fill these in?

[20:18] It's an open election from the floor.

[20:20] Okay.

[20:21] Those are the people that members of the board will nominate.

[20:24] Okay.

[20:24] But anybody else can be nominated from the floor.

[20:27] Yes. And that's healthy.

[20:29] Okay.

[20:29] Hey, don't feel too cocky about your slot.

[20:33] Oh, yeah, yeah. That's right. Oh, Ellen's out of here.

[20:38] Sorry. Please run again.

[20:43] Okay. So we'll put it-

[20:47] Let me just ask-

[20:48] ... out to the general.

[20:49] Are you interested?

[20:51] Mm-hmm.

[20:52] Okay.

[20:53] One year or two?

[20:56] I can go two.

[20:58] I can go one.

[21:02] Rick Holloway, I discussed with him about running,

[21:05] and he's interested also.

[21:07] When was that?

[21:09] What?

[21:09] When was that?

[21:12] When was that?

[21:13] Yeah.

[21:13] Well, I think you know because you made a comment about it, that I wanted him on

[21:17] the board for the wrong reason.

[21:20] I don't know about that.

[21:21] Okay.

[21:23] But I talked to him.

[21:25] Yeah, but that's what I'm saying is how recently, because I talk to him at work,

[21:27] too.

[21:28] Okay.

[21:29] And we're talking about board members. We're not talking about moderator.

[21:33] Right.

[21:33] That's correct.

[21:33] Clear? Okay.

[21:39] Okay. Well, it's great to

[21:42] know ahead of time that there are people who are interested.

[21:46] That's terrific.

[21:49] And then once the board is elected, reorganization

[21:52] happens soon after, and you fight over who gets to be

[21:56] chair, who gets to be clerk. Although it's all appointed now.

[21:59] No, the clerk is elected separately.

[22:01] Oh, so the clerk doesn't run.

[22:01] Has nothing to do with the board.

[22:04] But that happens at annual meeting.

[22:06] It happens at annual meeting.

[22:08] So somebody could be clerk.

[22:10] And not on the board.

[22:13] Oh, that would be great.

[22:14] That would be huge.

[22:15] Great.

[22:15] Mm-hmm.

[22:15] It means coming to every meeting.

[22:17] Yeah.

[22:17] Doing the agendas, doing the minutes.

[22:20] But it'd be wonderful if someone wanted to do that.

[22:21] Oh, my God.

[22:22] Oh, yeah. Absolutely.

[22:24] So, and I wasn't sure-

[22:25] I would recommend-

[22:27] Mm-hmm

[22:27] ... based on my experience, that you don't take on both jobs

[22:31] of clerk and trustee.

[22:33] Mm-hmm.

[22:34] I think it's hard-

[22:36] Overwhelming

[22:37] ... it's hard to do both because I don't really participate much as

[22:41] a trustee because I'm busy doing clerkish stuff.

[22:44] Mm-hmm.

[22:45] So I think it's best to be two separate people.

[22:48] Yeah. I have to-

[22:48] Now, in the

[22:50] longest time, it's been the same person.

[22:53] Right.

[22:53] First me and then Celia Gordon. But-

[22:56] Mm-hmm

[22:57] ... I think it's not-

[22:58] Mm-hmm

[22:59] ... the wisest thing.

[23:00] So if the clerk is not a trustee, the clerk has no vote?

[23:04] That's correct.

[23:04] The clerk has no vote.

[23:06] The clerk has a lot of other authority, but no vote in the trustee business.

[23:10] Mm-hmm.

[23:10] And our use of you to do

[23:14] the budget and the-

[23:17] I do that as a trustee.

[23:19] As a trustee.

[23:19] Not as a clerk.

[23:20] Not as the clerk.

[23:21] So I inherited those jobs,

[23:24] at least one of them from Ben. I think both of them from Ben,

[23:29] who was not the clerk at the time.

[23:30] Mm-hmm.

[23:32] Okay.

[23:32] So we could vote you in as clerk and not trustee.

[23:36] Yeah, but I will decline.

[23:39] So it sounds to me like we should put the word out about that one as well.

[23:42] Yeah. Clerk, yep.

[23:43] And that we get that cleaned up.

[23:44] Yeah.

[23:45] And did you say the clerk gets a nominal-

[23:48] They get $325 stipend.

[23:51] Perfect.

[23:52] You should put that out there. You never know.

[23:55] Well-

[23:55] But that's for the whole year, right?

[23:56] Yeah.

[23:57] Yeah.

[23:58] Right.

[23:58] No, it's not per meeting, no.

[24:01] Well, there's a-

[24:02] There you go.

[24:02] I understand.

[24:03] Right.

[24:03] There we go.

[24:04] I understand that. I do understand that, but...

[24:07] Maybe Anne would like to do it.

[24:09] No.

[24:13] And it's a one-year term.

[24:14] It's a one-year term.

[24:15] Okay. Like moderator.

[24:19] Okay. I see it here.

[24:21] It depends on how good you are at minutes.

[24:26] As to how-

[24:27] Well, and how good you have to be at minutes, right?

[24:30] As you said, you

[24:32] put a lot more into the minutes than

[24:36] Yes, but you need to make-

[24:37] Is legally required

[24:38] ... right, but you need to be sure that you catch everything that's legally

[24:41] required.

[24:42] Yeah. Right.

[24:43] And a few things that aren't legally required, but are absolutely essential to

[24:47] put in. You don't need to put in as much as I do, but you should do more than the

[24:50] bare minimum-

[24:51] Mm-hmm

[24:51] ... or the minutes won't mean anything to anybody who reads them.

[24:54] Mm-hmm.

[24:54] Yeah. I think you have been doing an amazing job.

[24:57] Mm-hmm.

[24:58] You have been. I hear that from everybody. Yeah.

[25:01] They're really good.

[25:02] I'm really worried what's going to happen when you guys go before the board.

[25:05] Public acclaim will not bring me back.

[25:09] Ditto.

[25:09] What if we make it $500?

[25:17] So tell me the statement again.

[25:17] Well, if you come and clean my stables twice a week...

[25:21] You said 325, right?

[25:23] Yeah, I think.

[25:29] Okay. Oh, I'm sorry, one more thing.

[25:31] And so how many hours a week you think it is,

[25:35] would you say on average, for the work that you've put in?

[25:39] Well,

[25:41] when I do these minutes, I listen to the entire meeting a second time.

[25:45] Wow.

[25:46] And it takes a little bit of time to jump back and forth.

[25:49] Yeah.

[25:51] But

[25:53] I like to put everything in.

[25:54] Mm-hmm. True.

[25:56] And if someone is doing, like they have a clerk at many meetings, school board

[26:00] meetings, they have a separate person who takes the minutes.

[26:03] So if the person is only taking the minutes, it might be

[26:07] easier. You have to go back and listen.

[26:08] It's a

[26:10] lot easier, yes, if you're not trying to-

[26:12] Trying to do-

[26:13] ... both

[26:13] ... participate and take minutes at the same time.

[26:19] Yeah. Now, I will say too that Zoom has got an AI

[26:22] companion.

[26:23] Mm-hmm.

[26:24] And

[26:27] my feeling about the AI companion is it's worthless for minutes.

[26:31] But

[26:32] somebody who's more adept at AI might be able to tweak it so that it worked.

[26:36] Yeah. It's trainable, I think. But you would have to

[26:39] really want to work with it. So

[26:43] for example, I think it produces seven or eight pages.

[26:46] I have it turned on, because why not?

[26:49] It's extremely laborious to even read through it.

[26:53] So you would have to say to it, "This is what good minutes look like.

[26:57] At most two double-sided things. Must

[27:01] have every motion, must have the person who makes the motion."

[27:04] Mm-hmm.

[27:04] "Must include a list of everyone who's present.

[27:07] Use a decent vocabulary." And you'd have to work at it until

[27:12] it understood that's what it would produce. I don't know.

[27:15] I hear different things from people, but I understand it can be done.

[27:21] Any more discussion about annual meeting?

[27:24] I did not bring it with me, but the report is almost done and

[27:28] should be out within the coming week.

[27:30] As we discussed, there is a tribute to the fire

[27:34] department and rescue squad on the front.

[27:37] The only picture I've been able to get is

[27:41] a great picture of Art and two or three other

[27:45] firemen.

[27:45] Mm-hmm.

[27:46] And then I have the list of everybody who served.

[27:49] Nice.

[27:49] And then inside the cover, I have a great

[27:53] picture of Louise Loring in flapper regalia-

[27:57] Oh, no

[27:57] ... for an event at Main Street Arts, and three or four quotes from

[28:01] people.

[28:01] Great.

[28:02] Just a one-page summary. And you had mentioned doing it in

[28:06] color.

[28:07] Mm-hmm.

[28:07] And so I thought we'd have that-

[28:09] Yeah

[28:09] ... to liven up the-

[28:11] Yeah, just I need the...

[28:13] When do you want to have it printed by?

[28:15] Well, I'm almost there. I thought I was there, and then I realized

[28:19] that

[28:21] the table of contents was a page ahead of itself.

[28:25] So these are just little formatting things.

[28:29] If I get stuck, I have a couple of people I can-

[28:32] Mm-hmm

[28:32] ... but

[28:33] it's a matter of pride at this point.

[28:35] Mm-hmm.

[28:36] I have a question.

[28:37] Yes.

[28:38] Are all three of the auditors willing to be renominated?

[28:41] Yes. Yeah. I believe I asked that

[28:45] question, that's what they said.

[28:47] Okay.

[28:47] Maybe I should double-check. I'll

[28:50] see.

[28:57] I could ask them too. I just didn't want to

[29:00] bug them if you'd already talked to them.

[29:05] Well, I was there, but there was a lot going on that morning.

[29:08] And I believe we have to have two, and

[29:12] the third is

[29:16] somewhat arbitrary.

[29:17] Mm-hmm.

[29:18] Okay.

[29:19] All right.

[29:20] I think we're up to number seven.

[29:24] Ooh.

[29:24] Municipal energy

[29:27] resilience project for the fire station, and you wanted

[29:31] us to talk about what projects were the highest

[29:34] priority.

[29:35] I had thought we had done that

[29:39] last meeting, which were the entryway to

[29:43] the door.

[29:44] Mm-hmm.

[29:44] Windows, if possible.

[29:46] Mm-hmm.

[29:47] I did talk to the, or I didn't speak to, but I

[29:50] email communicated with Windham Regional Commission, and they said

[29:54] once we have

[29:57] a bottom line of what's left, they thought it would be worthwhile

[30:01] amending the grant and thought it would be doable to include windows.

[30:05] Okay.

[30:07] But it can be an ongoing... We're not really at the

[30:11] point to make a decision because we still have other work that has to be done.

[30:14] But if people have other ideas other than

[30:18] those two,

[30:22] just bring them to the meeting, and we can add them to the list, and then make a

[30:26] decision later.

[30:27] Art mentioned the gap under the small door that's to the right

[30:31] of the major entrance.

[30:35] Yeah.As far as what?

[30:38] Air. Air coming in under the door.

[30:40] It's spring here.

[30:40] You mean

[30:42] one of the doors that faces the street?

[30:44] Yes.

[30:45] So instead of the door that goes into the community room, it's the

[30:49] door that goes into going up the steps?

[30:51] Mm-hmm.

[30:51] Okay.

[30:53] And I think the overhead doors would be too much, but one of them has

[30:57] a poor seal on the bottom. He pointed that out.

[31:00] Okay.

[31:01] But I think that would be a major expenditure.

[31:04] Okay.

[31:10] Well.

[31:11] Thank you.

[31:12] All right.

[31:14] Question about the upstairs.

[31:16] I stopped in with another drywall

[31:20] contractor.

[31:22] Is there areas that still need to be insulated?

[31:25] Seemed like down towards the roadside, at the bottom of the

[31:29] wall, there wasn't any insulation.

[31:33] I will double-check-

[31:35] Okay

[31:36] ... on that. I know they were blowing down insulation-

[31:39] Right

[31:40] ... in those spaces, and then they're still going to do blown in on the

[31:44] first floor at some point.

[31:46] Right.

[31:47] But I'll check.

[31:48] Yeah, because there's foam in there now, but there's-

[31:52] Yep, I know exactly where you're talking

[31:53] ... there's an area-

[31:55] And I think-

[31:55] ... 10 inches or something

[31:56] ... remember he left that to blow down-

[31:58] Okay

[31:58] ... to the other floor. Okay.

[32:00] Okay.

[32:00] Yep.

[32:06] You say the gap was under or above the door?

[32:08] Under.

[32:09] Thank you.

[32:14] We ready for group updates?

[32:15] Sure.

[32:16] Okay. Wastewater treatment plant, I have nothing. Anybody else?

[32:21] Nope.

[32:21] Recreation area?

[32:22] Yeah. We had a meeting

[32:25] the other night on Thursday, and

[32:29] we had lots of participants.

[32:32] We have new members.

[32:35] Anna has joined the committee,

[32:37] and also Juno Waite, and she

[32:41] is 10 years old.

[32:43] Oh, so Juno Waite and Anna Guile?

[32:47] No, Anna Clark.

[32:48] See? You have to say these things.

[32:50] Yeah.

[32:50] Otherwise...

[32:51] Sorry, I looked at Kristen.

[32:52] Oh, missed that.

[32:55] And

[32:56] Anne McClarty was there as well. So was Jared James.

[33:00] Oh, great. The new recreation area.

[33:03] Yep. I'll have the minutes all done probably by tomorrow, I hope.

[33:07] And it was a great meeting. We got a lot of great ideas.

[33:12] Juno did a presentation. She presented, and she did

[33:16] the legwork, and her mom was right there. Do you know Rhea Waite?

[33:19] Yeah.

[33:21] With her. And

[33:23] she

[33:25] came to the board to make one presentation on two different topics.

[33:29] The first topic was how to treat the water in the

[33:32] pond. She had done all the research about getting these

[33:36] organic options. She even had the

[33:39] pricing for them. And then the second one

[33:43] was planting flowers all along the bank to

[33:47] reduce the amount of mowing that has to be done.

[33:50] Nobody ever thought of that before.

[33:53] So that was really a popular idea.

[33:55] Yeah.

[33:56] Yeah. So it was great.

[33:58] That's wonderful.

[34:00] Mm-hmm.

[34:00] And Matt, to answer your question about the gates, I already did talk to Glenn.

[34:04] Mm-hmm.

[34:04] He's going to do it when the weather gets better.

[34:06] Mm-hmm.

[34:07] And you saw my email that we got the $2,000 from-

[34:11] Yep. And I relayed that message as well.

[34:13] Yeah. Mm-hmm. Cool.

[34:14] Yeah.

[34:15] Good. Sounds like the rec area is off and running.

[34:18] Yeah. Anne McClarty did a great presentation as well,

[34:22] because she wanted to help us with coming up, for

[34:26] lack of a better term, a business plan, like how we should be

[34:29] operating. She's volunteering her time to do this.

[34:33] Great.

[34:33] Yes. It really is. There was a discussion about possibly dogs

[34:37] again at the rec area, but building an enclosed area

[34:41] for them. So Anne's going to do a bunch of research, and the

[34:45] committee was all on board to get the research, get the information, and then we'll

[34:49] decide from there.

[34:51] Great. Nashville is full of it.

[34:53] What?

[34:53] Nashville is full of it.

[34:55] Oh, yeah.

[34:55] It's a normal thing.

[34:56] Yeah.

[34:57] They even have dogs at the

[35:00] apartment complexes.

[35:03] Oh.

[35:04] Sectioned out dogs,

[35:06] clean, whatever.

[35:07] Yeah. And so she's willing to do all the legwork on it and just come back to us the

[35:11] next meeting. Well, she's hoping to get back to us at this meeting regarding that.

[35:15] Great.

[35:15] Mm-hmm.

[35:17] Question.

[35:17] Yeah.

[35:17] Are these warned meetings?

[35:20] Yes. No, let me rephrase that. I make the agenda, and I send

[35:24] it out, but I have not posted them, so I haven't done that for the last one.

[35:27] Yeah.

[35:28] Yep.

[35:28] Yeah.

[35:29] So if you can send me those,

[35:32] or the clerk when-

[35:33] Yep

[35:33] ... when I'm gone-

[35:34] Mm-hmm

[35:35] ...

[35:36] they go on the list of agendas and minutes for

[35:40] all of the-

[35:42] Yeah

[35:42] ... village meetings. So.

[35:43] Yeah. And that's my fault, because I had done it before, like when we were having

[35:47] more frequent meetings. I did post some at the fire department

[35:51] and the

[35:54] village market. So now,

[35:58] yes, I will be more diligent.

[36:01] Yeah.

[36:01] We haven't had a meeting since last summer anyway, so

[36:04] I would say.

[36:06] So what usually happens is there's a mailing list of people who get agendas-

[36:11] Mm-hmm

[36:11] ... and I would send it to them, and I would put it up on the

[36:14] website-

[36:15] Thank you

[36:15] ... in the list on the website.

[36:16] Mm-hmm.

[36:17] The other place that increasingly we can use is that e-newsletter

[36:21] that comes out from the town.

[36:23] Right.

[36:23] There's a new person producing it, but it's the same

[36:28] address to

[36:30] email things you want included on the agenda.

[36:32] It goes out about every two weeks.

[36:35] Who does that?

[36:36] Her name is Melissa.

[36:37] Oh, she-

[36:37] Used to be Megan O'Connor.

[36:38] Yeah.

[36:39] Yeah.

[36:39] Okay.

[36:40] And I think her email is something like executive assistant. I can...

[36:44] It's easy to get for you.

[36:46] Yeah.

[36:47] The webpage, though, is on our list of official places where one

[36:51] things are-

[36:51] Mm-hmm

[36:52] ... posted. So-

[36:53] Mm-hmm

[36:56] Are we going to add that at the newsletter?

[36:59] This is not official-

[37:01] We haven't

[37:01] ... dissemination.

[37:02] We haven't. It's just-

[37:04] Okay

[37:04] ... another way to get the news out.

[37:07] Just wondering if it's something more I needed to do.

[37:09] Yeah.

[37:11] It's so easy to sign up if people want it.

[37:14] I think the original intent was that if you were somebody who

[37:18] went to the town of Rockingham website, Saxons River,

[37:22] for whatever, you were interrupted by that pop-up that said,

[37:25] "Hey, sign up for the newsletters." They're waiting if you try.

[37:29] If you've already signed up.

[37:30] Yeah.

[37:30] And even if you signed up, it consistently doesn't sign you in.

[37:32] Oh, yeah. It doesn't recognize you. Yeah.

[37:35] It's just...

[37:38] Okay. Fire department.

[37:41] I have no updates. I ran into Art, who reminded me

[37:45] that I did know where the key to the second floor was, so that was

[37:48] good.

[37:51] And I think at this point, our concern is more with the building

[37:54] now that the fire department is part of the

[37:58] municipal fire and rescue.

[38:00] You asked me for an update on the town manager search, and I can give you

[38:04] that.

[38:06] The applications were due at the end of February.

[38:09] We got 44.

[38:11] Wow.

[38:13] A mix.

[38:16] So this is the three board chairs. We met to work

[38:20] with Bill Frazier, who is our League of Cities and Towns

[38:24] consultant, and if the name sounds familiar, he's the 30-year

[38:28] town manager in Montpelier-

[38:30] Mm-hmm

[38:30] ... who resigned recently. But he does a lot of these searches and has been

[38:34] very helpful. So he had scored all of the

[38:37] 44

[38:39] resumes and cover letters

[38:42] and then sent them all to us in batches so that we could go through

[38:46] them, and from those,

[38:50] we selected five that we thought looked good,

[38:54] and we interviewed. In the end, it turned out to be four people,

[38:58] one person withdrew,

[39:00] including people who want to move up to be town

[39:04] managers and people who are already serving as town managers.

[39:08] So we narrowed the field to two. It was a

[39:12] unanimous decision. We all felt very strongly that two people

[39:16] were great. They will have more interviews next week,

[39:20] one with all of the department heads, all of the internal department

[39:24] heads, and one with the two boards

[39:27] that employ the town manager, so the Rockingham

[39:31] board and the Bellows Falls board.

[39:35] And after those, it's up to the board to

[39:39] either make a decision or schedule another interview or

[39:43] go back to the drawing board.

[39:44] Mm-hmm.

[39:45] So...

[39:47] And what is the timeframe where you think that the person-

[39:50] Hoping that it will happen fairly soon.

[39:53] There will be contract negotiations,

[39:57] so one of the things is how long the person needs

[40:01] to withdraw from their current

[40:05] employment and-

[40:06] Mm-hmm

[40:07] ... begin new. Everything is confidential because-

[40:10] Mm-hmm

[40:10] ... all of these people are working.

[40:12] Right.

[40:13] But are you thinking summer, fall?

[40:15] Oh, no.

[40:17] Sooner than that?

[40:18] Yeah.

[40:18] Okay.

[40:19] The days are a blur,

[40:23] but we met on a Monday, and we

[40:26] were able to line up everybody to meet with us, either in person or

[40:30] in Zoom, on that Wednesday.

[40:32] So-

[40:33] Okay. Great

[40:33] ... that's the pace we're trying to work at.

[40:36] Great.

[40:36] Nice.

[40:37] Question?

[40:37] No.

[40:37] Okay.

[40:39] So I hope we'll have good news out possibly by the

[40:43] tri-board meeting on the 31st.

[40:47] It would be nice to announce it at least.

[40:49] Mm-hmm.

[40:49] But contract negotiations may take a

[40:52] while. We'll see.

[40:54] Mm-hmm.

[40:55] And the two boards are employing

[40:58] Bill to do those contract negotiations,

[41:02] informed by our feedback.

[41:04] Mm-hmm.

[41:08] Okay. So I'm sorry for the error. The number nine says

[41:12] approve the minutes of the February 16th meeting.

[41:14] Of course, we approve those. It is the March 2nd.

[41:18] Can I hear a motion?

[41:20] Motion to-

[41:21] I move to-

[41:21] Go ahead.

[41:22] I move we approve the minutes of the March 2nd meeting.

[41:25] Second.

[41:26] It's been moved and seconded to approve the minutes of the March 2nd,

[41:30] 2026 meeting. Is there any discussion?

[41:33] They're good to me, Carl.

[41:36] Anybody else?

[41:37] Mm-mm.

[41:38] Ready for the vote?

[41:39] Yes.

[41:39] Yeah.

[41:39] All in favor

[41:41] of approving the minutes for March

[41:45] 2nd, signify by saying aye.

[41:47] Aye.

[41:47] Opposed? The motion carries.

[41:51] Thank you.

[41:52] Okay. Thanks, Vanessa.

[41:55] Thank you.

[41:59] Oh, thank you. Other business from the trustees.

[42:01] Polly, the tree warden who came and presented to us the night we

[42:05] met at Vermont Academy, let me know that they will

[42:09] not be planting trees in Saxons River this year.

[42:13] A number of things have happened. They are short both on

[42:17] trees and budget, but they are working with the town of Rockingham

[42:21] to create their own tree nursery by the community garden,

[42:25] and she hopes to be reaching out to us with a schedule for the fall.

[42:29] Mm-hmm.

[42:30] But just so you know.

[42:35] Are there other business? Ellen?

[42:37] I don't think so.

[42:38] Kristen?

[42:39] Mm-mm.

[42:39] I just can't believe how quickly this has gone.

[42:42] Well, we haven't gotten to the exceptions yet.

[42:45] Carl?

[42:46] No.

[42:49] Okay.

[42:52] Items for the next meeting and the tri-board meeting.

[42:55] Last chance for the tri-board meeting.

[42:57] I think we're going to be discussing the Hotel Wyndham and a

[43:01] marketing effortFor that,

[43:04] been kind of hovering in the background, and probably

[43:07] a municipal fire and rescue update.

[43:11] Is there anything else you want to see considered appropriate for the

[43:15] three boards?

[43:17] Can't think of anything right now, but we are...

[43:20] Yeah.

[43:21] Possibly one thing, but I want to mull it over first, about the recreation

[43:25] committee.

[43:26] So I think the recreation committee is on the agenda-

[43:29] It is

[43:29] ... for the Rockingham meeting tomorrow night.

[43:31] Yeah.

[43:31] For board members to weigh.

[43:32] Yeah.

[43:32] Okay. Good.

[43:35] One question, I guess if you can't answer it, maybe at

[43:39] that meeting, what's the latest on the

[43:43] refurbishing of 121?

[43:50] It's a great question. I'll try and come back to you for dates.

[43:53] I didn't look at that-

[43:54] Okay

[43:54] ... for now.

[43:59] I'm not sure whether it's

[44:01] officially set yet.

[44:04] Mm-hmm.

[44:05] But the discussion was

[44:07] how not to do it completely, but to do a

[44:11] five-year

[44:12] fixing project.

[44:14] Ugh.

[44:15] Yep.

[44:16] But I don't think it's on the agenda-

[44:18] Good

[44:19] ... for tomorrow night.

[44:20] Okay.

[44:20] Tomorrow night is the discussion of the Depot Street Bridge, which has been

[44:24] put off-

[44:26] Mm-hmm

[44:26] ... a lot. So,

[44:29] they might be trying to break the new people in

[44:32] involved.

[44:35] It's a good question.

[44:39] Anything else?

[44:40] Mm-mm.

[44:41] Okay.

[44:43] Folks, it's fine with us if you want to wait outside,

[44:47] but we will be in executive session.

[44:49] You could also go home and Zoom-

[44:51] Yeah

[44:51] ... if you wanted to. I mean, we'll turn it off and turn it on again.

[44:55] But it is executive session, so.

[44:58] All right. So,

[45:00] I move that we leave executive session, where we've been

[45:04] discussing

[45:06] matters appropriate according to Vermont statutes.

[45:10] Is there a second to that motion?

[45:12] Second.

[45:13] All in favor, please say aye.

[45:15] Aye.

[45:16] Opposed? All right. The

[45:18] vote is unanimous to leave executive session.

[45:21] So first, we will look at number 12, a village property contract

[45:25] review for 7 Maple Street.

[45:29] We are going to take action on this.

[45:32] I remind everybody that we have already voted to

[45:35] sign this contract once our corrections

[45:38] were made.

[45:41] We are still waiting for a vote at annual meeting, either

[45:44] approving this sale or not approving it.

[45:48] That is by Vermont statute, and then we will proceed

[45:52] to the deed at closing. So I think what I'm

[45:56] looking for is not a motion, but just an agreement by consensus

[45:59] that I will sign this contract tonight for the

[46:03] village, and that everything will proceed to the

[46:07] annual meeting. Is that your understanding, Kristen?

[46:10] That is my understanding.

[46:12] Okay.

[46:12] But we can

[46:14] also move that you sign the contract

[46:19] as it contains the revisions-

[46:20] Okay

[46:21] ... made by our attorneys.

[46:23] So moved.

[46:23] I'll make that motion right now.

[46:25] Okay. So Kristen moves-

[46:26] Yeah

[46:26] ... that we have the chair sign the revised contract-

[46:30] Yeah

[46:30] ... with the changes approved by our attorney. Is that correct?

[46:34] Right.

[46:34] Is there a second to that motion?

[46:37] I second that, yeah.

[46:39] Okay. All in favor of the motion to have the chair sign the contract

[46:42] tonight, the revised contract, signify by saying aye.

[46:46] Aye.

[46:47] Aye.

[46:48] Opposed?

[46:49] Nay.

[46:50] Nay.

[46:50] Okay. I will sign the contract, and we go on to

[46:54] bids for heat pumps and drywall.

[46:58] I will make a motion that we

[47:02] accept the bid for the heat pump

[47:05] work for the fire station portion of the building,

[47:09] submitted to us by DeCamp Plumbing & Heating,

[47:14] in the amount of

[47:14] $14,626.88.

[47:18] Say it again, please. $14,000-

[47:20] Mm-hmm

[47:21] ... $626.88.

[47:25] Is there a second to that motion?

[47:27] I second it.

[47:29] Still-

[47:30] No

[47:31] ... yeah?

[47:33] Oh, you're welcome to come back.

[47:37] We are voting on a...

[47:41] It was seconded, correct?

[47:42] Mm-hmm.

[47:42] We are voting to award the heat pump contract to

[47:46] DeCamp Plumbing & Heating in the amount of

[47:49] $14,626.88,

[47:53] and this is for the work at 44 Main Street, the community

[47:57] building fire station. Are you ready for the vote?

[48:00] Yes.

[48:01] All in favor, please say aye.

[48:02] Aye.

[48:03] Aye.

[48:03] Opposed?

[48:05] And that one passes, as did the previous one,

[48:09] although I don't think I

[48:11] said, and let me say now, that that one was a three

[48:15] to two vote for the contract signature.

[48:20] Is there a further bid to consider tonight for drywall?

[48:25] Drywall

[48:27] bid for

[48:29] $3,814

[48:33] from Chris Thomas, drywall contractor, for the

[48:37] second floor of the fire station.

[48:40] This is drywall for the second floor of the fire station.

[48:46] Is there a second to that motion?

[48:48] Second.

[48:49] It's been moved and seconded that we award the bid

[48:53] to Chris Thomas, drywall contractor, in the amount of

[48:56] $3,814

[48:59] for the second floor of the fire station.

[49:02] All in favor, please say aye.

[49:04] Aye.

[49:05] Opposed? Motion passes.

[49:09] Okay, there is no action on the personnel matter, and

[49:13] I'm ready for a move to adjourn.

[49:16] Motion to adjourn.

[49:17] All in favor?

[49:18] Aye.

[49:20] Aye.

[49:20] Opposed?

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Saxtons River Village Trustees: March 16, 2026

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