1 00:00:28,960 --> 00:11:35,430 e e 2 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:36,680 yeah I was I was wondering I thought 3 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:37,839 people might have gotting it on our 4 00:11:37,839 --> 00:11:42,190 system here yeah they thought that 5 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:46,750 was anything 6 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:48,959 netive and when I forget you're going to 7 00:11:48,959 --> 00:11:50,680 say hey tell them not to pick up the 8 00:11:50,680 --> 00:11:54,629 chairs 9 00:11:54,639 --> 00:12:06,389 okay why is there an exra seit here 10 00:12:06,399 --> 00:12:10,910 do you want 11 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,440 of I thought that could stay down here 12 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:20,020 so I can 13 00:12:20,030 --> 00:12:24,150 [Music] 14 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,199 pass got it I'll leave on the side of 15 00:12:26,199 --> 00:12:28,839 the table CU yeah I'm at this time I 16 00:12:28,839 --> 00:12:34,870 really want questions with the budget 17 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:38,880 [Music] 18 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:44,230 stuff I think if you 19 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,199 just it's a present from my heart Tony 20 00:12:47,199 --> 00:12:51,269 thank 21 00:12:51,279 --> 00:12:55,629 you Tony's ready 22 00:12:55,639 --> 00:12:59,839 one yeah right you done a million 23 00:12:59,839 --> 00:13:01,639 yeah 24 00:13:01,639 --> 00:13:05,440 right level funded many years everything 25 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:06,959 was level 26 00:13:06,959 --> 00:13:08,760 funded start 27 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,360 studying and i' go I go to Tim H Brook 28 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:14,519 he' go everything L funder I go so that 29 00:13:14,519 --> 00:13:18,279 means we're behind you know like 3% oh 30 00:13:18,279 --> 00:13:20,480 yeah where am I supposed to find that 31 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:23,519 money was that was that sa 32 00:13:23,519 --> 00:13:26,360 for 33 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:29,399 Paula Paula's over there she insisted 34 00:13:29,399 --> 00:13:36,949 she's hiding 35 00:13:36,959 --> 00:13:46,949 no 36 00:13:46,959 --> 00:13:50,000 okay temperature have I had 5° at the 37 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:54,749 house this morning be cold yeah 38 00:13:54,759 --> 00:13:57,639 I you know what's amazing for my house 39 00:13:57,639 --> 00:13:59,480 I'm about 2 miles maybe not leav from 40 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,720 the top of my house to Tel Hill uh and 41 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:03,560 it'll be like 5 or 6° colder at the 42 00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:06,680 bottom of Hill cold air Falls in there 43 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:10,279 yeah both valleys are really tough yeah 44 00:14:10,279 --> 00:14:15,920 that water yeah we have on two 45 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:23,910 sides all right I feel 46 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:27,680 very which one is this 47 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:37,030 one a 48 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:39,560 all these gold people 49 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:43,590 Jesus good evening ladies and 50 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,440 gentlemen first if anybody um hasn't 51 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,600 checked in yet if you could go back and 52 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,399 check in with with uh marleene it would 53 00:14:51,399 --> 00:14:55,550 be 54 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:58,199 appreciated my name is Tom Dy I'm your 55 00:14:58,199 --> 00:14:59,700 moderator 56 00:14:59,700 --> 00:15:01,079 [Music] 57 00:15:01,079 --> 00:15:14,670 want to welcome you all to the 58 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,920 meeting and if you would rise for the 59 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:22,350 Pledge of Allegiance 60 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:26,920 please where's the flag uhoh no 61 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:36,550 flag uhoh you can 62 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:40,790 run it's a behind the 63 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:42,720 curtain there it 64 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,240 is 65 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,040 hiding we 66 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:52,069 go 67 00:15:52,079 --> 00:15:54,319 Sal sorry about 68 00:15:54,319 --> 00:15:57,720 that Old Glory is flying nice and high 69 00:15:57,720 --> 00:15:59,839 yeah I play 70 00:15:59,839 --> 00:16:02,600 to the flag FL of the United States of 71 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,519 America and to the Republic for stands 72 00:16:06,519 --> 00:16:11,120 one nation God indivisible with liberty 73 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:12,560 and justice for 74 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:18,230 all thank you please be 75 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:24,800 seated okay uh fire exits up here right there and out the back where 76 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:25,839 you came 77 00:16:25,839 --> 00:16:29,600 in um if there are any non-residents 78 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:33,360 sitting out amongst you can't vote um 79 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,480 you can't speak or anything like that 80 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:42,000 unless the assembly votes to allow you 81 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,319 um and actually I want to uh one of the 82 00:16:45,319 --> 00:16:47,720 people that that um is going to give a 83 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:49,759 very short short report and I'll make 84 00:16:49,759 --> 00:16:52,519 sure it's short is uh our County Senator 85 00:16:52,519 --> 00:16:54,800 Seth bongards but Seth is not a 86 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,279 residence of the town of chasbury and 87 00:16:57,279 --> 00:17:00,880 I'm wondering if um it would be uh the 88 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:03,079 will of the assembly that he be allowed 89 00:17:03,079 --> 00:17:05,720 to speak when when his time 90 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:09,280 comes yes you okay with that without a 91 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:10,880 formal 92 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,079 vote okay 93 00:17:13,079 --> 00:17:16,760 um and then I always say 94 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:20,360 that the residents of the Town who are 95 00:17:20,360 --> 00:17:22,480 sitting next to 96 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,160 non-residents um uh it's upon you that 97 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,480 if they start to speak or vote something 98 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:29,840 like that that you give them a sharp 99 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:32,640 elbow in the ribs and that will make 100 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:34,960 sure that they understand they're not 101 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,750 supposed to 102 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:41,390 talk okay 103 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,120 um uh quite often in all the years of 104 00:17:44,120 --> 00:17:45,600 doing this after the Pledge of 105 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:47,400 Allegiance I would ask for some kind of 106 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,280 a moment of silence for various reasons 107 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,000 and various things he what I'd like to 108 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:56,440 do um in Le of the moment of silence 109 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:59,720 there are uh a lot of people people that 110 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,400 are responsible for keeping our town 111 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,400 running the way that it runs um I 112 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,880 believe it to be a model uh that many 113 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,440 other towns can follow it is at least as 114 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:12,960 good as any other town in its 115 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,679 Administration this is your select 116 00:18:15,679 --> 00:18:18,679 board I'd also like to ask anybody 117 00:18:18,679 --> 00:18:20,799 that's out there that's a justice of the 118 00:18:20,799 --> 00:18:23,880 peace that serves on a board that 119 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:28,200 advises that works for the town that is 120 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,200 Works in in our school here I'd like to 121 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,360 have you stand up for a round of 122 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:49,870 applause who we got here come on I know 123 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,840 there thank you and and we all thank you 124 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:57,039 for your work and and keeping uh keeping 125 00:18:57,039 --> 00:18:59,440 our town going 126 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:03,830 uh let's 127 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,280 see I need a 128 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:09,440 motion a motion to dispense with reading 129 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:10,640 the 130 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,720 warning I make a motion moderator that 131 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:17,000 we W the reading of the War uh how about 132 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,640 a 133 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,679 second and before we vote on it the 134 00:19:21,679 --> 00:19:23,919 reason that I would ask for it is the 135 00:19:23,919 --> 00:19:27,120 warning is in your town 136 00:19:27,120 --> 00:19:36,320 report and it goes over 1 two 3 four pages uh I guarantee 137 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,720 you uh many of you will probably be 138 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,280 asleep by the time I got done with it so 139 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:44,320 um it's available for everybody to look 140 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:47,440 at so all those in favor of the motion 141 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:49,280 to wave the reading please signify by 142 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:54,080 saying I I I any opposed guys have 143 00:19:54,080 --> 00:20:01,870 it okay 144 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:06,280 Naomi you're the chairman of the M could 145 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,679 you introduce the board for me please 146 00:20:08,679 --> 00:20:10,679 sure 147 00:20:10,679 --> 00:20:16,600 Tom Martha Cornwell the vice chair Tony 148 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:20,559 Krakowski Brad peacock and Mike 149 00:20:20,559 --> 00:20:22,840 chanowski thanks to all of 150 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:30,390 you thank you thank you um 151 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:34,120 okay what I'm going to do is is 152 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:37,400 uh we our articles tonight are to hear 153 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,799 the reports of the Town Offices officers 154 00:20:39,799 --> 00:20:41,480 how much are we going to pay some folks 155 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:43,080 when do we collect taxes what about the 156 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:46,400 budget and then uh the last article is 157 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,120 to discuss any other non-binding 158 00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:54,200 business um the way that we do it is and 159 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:55,799 I know many of you know this you've been 160 00:20:55,799 --> 00:20:59,440 here before but um I'll ask for a motion 161 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,000 I'll State the article then I'll ask for 162 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,320 a motion from the floor I'll ask for a 163 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,000 second and once I have a motion in a 164 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,320 second then I'll open up the floor for 165 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,840 discussion debate questions things like 166 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:16,039 that um you can amend if you wish to 167 00:21:16,039 --> 00:21:18,400 change the article you can amend it that 168 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:22,360 takes a second um if we get to a point 169 00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:24,559 where that happens then we go backwards 170 00:21:24,559 --> 00:21:26,559 we vote on the amendment if that passes 171 00:21:26,559 --> 00:21:29,480 we come back to the main article and uh 172 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:31,159 when you're ready to vote on that we 173 00:21:31,159 --> 00:21:34,320 would vote on that um if something does 174 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:36,000 not seem to be going the way that you 175 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,000 want it to or if you have questions on 176 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,000 procedure or something like that please 177 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,320 raise your hand um and question me uh 178 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,039 sometimes I'm not real clear on what 179 00:21:46,039 --> 00:21:48,240 we're doing and how we should be doing 180 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,400 it I've been doing this for too many 181 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,880 years 38 years or 39 years something 182 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:56,240 like that and I get rusty about a lot of 183 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:57,240 things 184 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:01,279 cuz un like the rest of you I'm getting 185 00:22:01,279 --> 00:22:05,520 older um so what I'd like to do is the 186 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,120 first article is to hear the reports of 187 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:10,279 the Town officers and to take action 188 00:22:10,279 --> 00:22:12,400 thereon could I have a motion to that 189 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:13,880 effect 190 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,430 please do I have a 191 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,559 second okay and I have a second all 192 00:22:19,559 --> 00:22:22,400 right um I'm going to do something a 193 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:26,279 little bit different the 194 00:22:26,279 --> 00:22:29,279 uh the town report 195 00:22:29,279 --> 00:22:33,600 has uh many pages of reports on various 196 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,080 committees in town um and the different 197 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:39,559 town officers and such there are some 198 00:22:39,559 --> 00:22:42,279 items that are of particular importance 199 00:22:42,279 --> 00:22:46,360 that uh we want to highlight uh and so 200 00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:50,159 instead of the written reports we're going to take a minute and get uh 201 00:22:50,159 --> 00:22:54,830 some verbal reports 202 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,679 um and this this part's not that unusual 203 00:22:57,679 --> 00:23:00,520 I'd like to ask uh Dave dery to come on 204 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:04,400 up to the mic Dave is our uh 205 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,880 representative to the house yeah come up 206 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,720 here no come up here F rather than have 207 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,559 your back every go 208 00:23:13,559 --> 00:23:16,799 ahead thanks yeah uh so this is the one 209 00:23:16,799 --> 00:23:19,640 that um is going to project out to uh 210 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,320 the crowd and that one is to C okay can 211 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,480 everybody hear me okay 212 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:29,360 um do you want to have a yeah you might be 213 00:23:29,360 --> 00:23:31,760 easier but you might get feedback if you 214 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,039 get close there you go 215 00:23:34,039 --> 00:23:38,159 okay uh so yes I'm Dave dery I'm the 216 00:23:38,159 --> 00:23:39,799 state representative elected 217 00:23:39,799 --> 00:23:42,760 representative for shaur um as well as 218 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,960 sundan and glenbury as you see everybody 219 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:50,400 this evening um the I know that uh Tom 220 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:51,880 already mentioned that we have Senator 221 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,960 bonart here I'm glad that we approved 222 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:56,679 giving him a minute or two to St too I 223 00:23:56,679 --> 00:23:59,400 think it's first time the 25 years I've 224 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:00,720 been coming to town meeting that the 225 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:04,440 senator has shown up so nice you we'll 226 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:07,000 be able to hear briefly from him um I 227 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,440 I'll keep my remarks pretty brief as 228 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,559 well there's a report in the C report 229 00:24:12,559 --> 00:24:13,960 that I wrote that talks a little bit 230 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,559 about what the legislature did last year 231 00:24:16,559 --> 00:24:21,400 last fiscal year that is um and I'll mention a couple of updates for 232 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:23,320 what's been happening this year we we 233 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,480 went back in January for the current 234 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:27,480 legislative term and we're at sort of 235 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,480 the halfway point of about that um we've 236 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:34,159 been focusing on education reform and if 237 00:24:34,159 --> 00:24:35,640 you picked up my report I think they 238 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:39,320 were all taken um you can read my take 239 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,120 on education reform in Vermont uh I 240 00:24:42,120 --> 00:24:45,679 think Seth will speak to that as well uh 241 00:24:45,679 --> 00:24:47,360 if you didn't get a report and you're 242 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:49,039 interested find me after the meeting and 243 00:24:49,039 --> 00:24:51,000 I can email you a copy or you know make 244 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,600 sure that you get a copy the governor uh 245 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:56,200 before the session even started said 246 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,080 that this was His Highest priority for 247 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,480 the for the upcoming uh 248 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:03,600 legislature there in many parts of the 249 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,720 state were dramatic increases in 250 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,159 property taxes over the last couple of 251 00:25:08,159 --> 00:25:09,679 years and we didn't see that so much in 252 00:25:09,679 --> 00:25:13,480 shapy shapur has had Fairly consistent 253 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,039 tax rates over the last decade while in 254 00:25:16,039 --> 00:25:18,120 other parts of the state they've seen 255 00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:21,520 double the year after year for uh going 256 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,399 back quite a ways now so there's there's 257 00:25:24,399 --> 00:25:27,000 a a consensus both in the administration 258 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,520 and I think in the legisl that we need 259 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:30,200 to make some fundamental changes to the 260 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,200 way that we deliver education how we 261 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:34,720 govern 262 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:40,679 education and how we pay for it and that could mean some big changes there 263 00:25:40,679 --> 00:25:49,389 is a a piece of paper on the back 264 00:25:49,399 --> 00:25:52,240 table I thought I had a copy 265 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,360 of I mixed it up sorry it looks like 266 00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:58,919 this there's a a QR code with a survey 267 00:25:58,919 --> 00:26:01,039 and I didn't produce this it came from I 268 00:26:01,039 --> 00:26:03,360 guess from the speaker's office uh I 269 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:04,880 would encourage you if you want to 270 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:08,200 walking by uh take a picture of that or 271 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,720 get uh get to that page and share your 272 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:13,440 input uh and again you're welcome to 273 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:15,039 share it with me too directly if you'd 274 00:26:15,039 --> 00:26:17,840 like to um I I would like to hear that 275 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:20,159 um just the other broad broad sort of 276 00:26:20,159 --> 00:26:21,919 high Lev topic I guess that I'll mention 277 00:26:21,919 --> 00:26:24,000 the legislature is is thinking a lot 278 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:28,480 about is the impact on state funding of 279 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:33,559 the possible loss of federal funds we I didn't actually realize this until 280 00:26:33,559 --> 00:26:36,320 this this year but U about a third of 281 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,200 the state budget comes not from the 282 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,320 income taxes that we pay or the property 283 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:42,840 taxes that we pay but comes from the 284 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:46,120 federal government and that includes a 285 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:48,840 couple of big categories Medicaid Health 286 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:52,559 Insurance um for many vermonter is 287 00:26:52,559 --> 00:26:55,120 largely funded by the federal government 288 00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:58,840 Transportation Aid the highway Bridge 289 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,080 repair work maintenance that's done even 290 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:02,760 the money that comes to every town that 291 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,799 comes to sh uh heavily Federal funded 292 00:27:05,799 --> 00:27:07,399 there and education would be the 293 00:27:07,399 --> 00:27:09,240 category plus lots of other smaller 294 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,919 things uh so we're talking about $9 295 00:27:11,919 --> 00:27:14,360 billion budget a third or more of that 296 00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:18,559 is from federal funding there's a lot at stake there so we're thinking as we 297 00:27:18,559 --> 00:27:20,000 build our budget for next year what 298 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,000 would it mean if we lost any of that 299 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,399 funding and would we where would be able 300 00:27:24,399 --> 00:27:27,399 to make it up so um I think I'll stop 301 00:27:27,399 --> 00:27:33,240 there uh uh and invite Senator Bard to step in here I'll be around so please 302 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,200 feel free to find me afterwards if you 303 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:39,310 like to chat 304 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,880 more D thank you thank you thanks 305 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:43,600 everybody for allowing me to speak it's 306 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:45,720 nice to be here 307 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:49,559 um I when you're in the Senate you serve 308 00:27:49,559 --> 00:27:51,880 on two committees to just come closer to 309 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:54,039 this because 310 00:27:54,039 --> 00:27:57,080 it's so you have two two microphones 311 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:58,640 when you're in the Senate you serve on 312 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:00,279 two committees I serve on the natural 313 00:28:00,279 --> 00:28:02,039 resources Committee in the morning my 314 00:28:02,039 --> 00:28:04,120 so-called morning committee and in the 315 00:28:04,120 --> 00:28:06,720 afternoon I chair the Senate education 316 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,360 committee um relevant position for this 317 00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:13,279 year as Dave to which Dave alluded um 318 00:28:13,279 --> 00:28:15,600 what I want to say is 319 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:20,120 that the governor's proposal um has two 320 00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:22,640 really behind it two big 321 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:26,159 Concepts one is to shrink the number or 322 00:28:26,159 --> 00:28:28,200 collapse the number of suus and 323 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:32,200 districts from 52 suus in 119 districts 324 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,240 to a lot smaller than that in fact he's 325 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,080 proposed five districts but that by the 326 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:39,000 way is not going to happen um there's a 327 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,600 lot of re they're they're they're two 328 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,159 bank that don't fit the landscape in 329 00:28:42,159 --> 00:28:45,480 Vermont um and the other is to shift 330 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,279 from what I think everybody would agree 331 00:28:47,279 --> 00:28:50,720 is a pretty Byzantine funding formula 332 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:52,760 that my guess is that nobody in this 333 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,039 room and I'm including myself fully 334 00:28:55,039 --> 00:28:58,240 understands how it actually works um to 335 00:28:58,240 --> 00:28:59,919 something that's more understandable to 336 00:28:59,919 --> 00:29:02,640 ver moners as as they go into vote and 337 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,399 make the decisions so switching to a 338 00:29:04,399 --> 00:29:10,919 foundation system that is effectively a per we to pupil block R uh back to the 339 00:29:10,919 --> 00:29:13,799 districts and that's kind of the 340 00:29:13,799 --> 00:29:15,559 framework that we're working with I 341 00:29:15,559 --> 00:29:17,279 think of the language and some of the 342 00:29:17,279 --> 00:29:19,640 things that the governor talked about 343 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,760 the secretary talked about for instance 344 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,320 you know mandating class sizes and 345 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:25,200 school sizes I think that's not likely 346 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:28,880 to happen um we are uh but we are 347 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,799 looking at those that big uh structure 348 00:29:31,799 --> 00:29:33,720 over the top and what I want to say is 349 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:37,360 that we're being very very careful and 350 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,000 deliberate this is going to be a 351 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,519 multi-year process um and I just want 352 00:29:42,519 --> 00:29:45,279 you to know that even though something 353 00:29:45,279 --> 00:29:48,120 pretty radical and in some ways we have 354 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,799 to be thinking that way on one level but 355 00:29:50,799 --> 00:29:53,320 the other way we have to think is very 356 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,760 carefully and not rushing because the 357 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:57,679 only thing worse than doing nothing is 358 00:29:57,679 --> 00:30:00,720 to get wrong so that's that's the Mantra 359 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:01,919 that's all I want to say for tonight 360 00:30:01,919 --> 00:30:03,200 there's a lot of other things we can 361 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,679 talk about but daate mentioned the other 362 00:30:05,679 --> 00:30:08,360 couple of other big things but um thank 363 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,480 you for having me um I'm going to leave 364 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:11,960 not because I'm not interested but 365 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:13,159 because I do have to go to another town 366 00:30:13,159 --> 00:30:14,880 meeting tonight it's one of the jobs of 367 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:16,519 being a St centers to move move around 368 00:30:16,519 --> 00:30:18,519 so I have to be in Pennington uh in a 369 00:30:18,519 --> 00:30:20,360 few minutes but I really really 370 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,320 appreciate uh getting to meet up number 371 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,559 of you beforehand your board and uh I've 372 00:30:25,559 --> 00:30:28,399 known Tom for a long time um and to meet 373 00:30:28,399 --> 00:30:29,840 a lot of you tonight and thank you again 374 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:34,950 for letting me 375 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:38,509 speak thank you 376 00:30:38,519 --> 00:30:42,640 Senator uh let's see Tim Scoggins 377 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:49,950 Tim um Tim is on a Statewide 378 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:53,000 board sorry Tim is on a Statewide board 379 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,039 that uh has to do with making sure that 380 00:30:55,039 --> 00:30:59,200 we all have um internet 381 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,240 and he's going to give us do you would 382 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,399 you prefer this kind I prefer not can 383 00:31:04,399 --> 00:31:06,120 everybody hear 384 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:09,679 me okay um yeah I'm Tim scin and I am 385 00:31:09,679 --> 00:31:12,679 shastry's representative to the southern 386 00:31:12,679 --> 00:31:15,720 Vermont communication unions district 387 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,080 and I'm wondering if anybody in the room 388 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:19,840 besides me knows that we're a member of 389 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,919 a communication Union district anybody 390 00:31:22,919 --> 00:31:25,559 knew that yes handful of people well 391 00:31:25,559 --> 00:31:28,120 that's good that's good uh maybe maybe 392 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,039 more of you remember the 393 00:31:31,039 --> 00:31:34,279 pandemic and you remember uh trying to 394 00:31:34,279 --> 00:31:37,440 work remotely without having internet 395 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:40,919 service um that was a problem and you 396 00:31:40,919 --> 00:31:42,600 may have noticed that that's not a 397 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,240 problem anymore uh the communication 398 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:48,360 Union district was formed uh as a result 399 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:51,320 of the Broadband bill that passed in 400 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:55,240 2019 and it encouraged the for Union 401 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:56,760 districts because at that time it looked 402 00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:00,080 like we really had to do it ourselves we 403 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,399 weren't going to get internet service 404 00:32:02,399 --> 00:32:05,880 from the state or from uh 405 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:09,039 Statewide Statewide as a as a blanket or 406 00:32:09,039 --> 00:32:11,559 from the federal government so um the 407 00:32:11,559 --> 00:32:15,200 model we had at that time was uh one 408 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:16,919 communication Union district the first 409 00:32:16,919 --> 00:32:21,080 one EC fiber which formed uh maybe a 410 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:25,840 decade before that uh had put together 411 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,840 the model the idea of local 412 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:32,639 communities coming together and figuring out how to get communic how to 413 00:32:32,639 --> 00:32:35,399 get uh internet service to them well 414 00:32:35,399 --> 00:32:37,480 based on that model and pushing that 415 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,240 model the 2019 Bill 416 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,919 encourag areas all across the state to 417 00:32:42,919 --> 00:32:46,720 do that and uh we did that here we 418 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:48,360 started up a communication Union 419 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:51,600 district in 2019 not in time to finish 420 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,240 the job for the pandemic so we all kind 421 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:57,840 of suffered through that but we did 422 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:01,039 charge ahead and uh the southern Vermont 423 00:33:01,039 --> 00:33:03,000 communication District went on to be the 424 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,919 first one to achieve Universal coverage 425 00:33:05,919 --> 00:33:08,240 meaning everybody in our area now has 426 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:10,639 internet and we did that through a 427 00:33:10,639 --> 00:33:13,279 public private partnership with 428 00:33:13,279 --> 00:33:14,919 Consolidated 429 00:33:14,919 --> 00:33:17,000 Communications now that's not the model 430 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:18,880 that all the cuds are following but 431 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:20,559 that's the one that we thought made 432 00:33:20,559 --> 00:33:23,240 sense for us and it did get us down the 433 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,960 road a lot quicker and uh you may recall 434 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,840 we f phased out the the new network from 435 00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:33,919 Consolidated in two phases and by the 436 00:33:33,919 --> 00:33:36,639 end of 2023 we were pretty much complete 437 00:33:36,639 --> 00:33:39,039 and at that time 438 00:33:39,039 --> 00:33:42,760 95% of the homes and businesses in this 439 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:46,559 area had high-speed internet service in 440 00:33:46,559 --> 00:33:50,159 the form of of fiber optical cable which 441 00:33:50,159 --> 00:33:52,000 is the best you can get and that put us 442 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,120 on par with anywhere in the country I 443 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,639 was bragging at that time that uh 444 00:33:56,639 --> 00:33:58,639 Bennington County was more connected 445 00:33:58,639 --> 00:34:00,960 than San Francisco at that time because 446 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,200 our internet service was that good and 447 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:06,240 the way that happened was the cud was 448 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,440 able to act as a conduit for federal 449 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:12,119 money that came out of the uh arpa act 450 00:34:12,119 --> 00:34:15,000 the American rescue rescue plan act that 451 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,879 was uh uh came out of the pandemic that 452 00:34:17,879 --> 00:34:20,440 allowed a lot of uh rebuilding of 453 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,119 infrastructure or building of 454 00:34:22,119 --> 00:34:24,240 infrastructure so we were able to act as 455 00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:25,320 a 456 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:28,040 conduit uh for that money to 457 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:31,119 Consolidated Communications and allow 458 00:34:31,119 --> 00:34:35,159 them to run fiber optic cable to places 459 00:34:35,159 --> 00:34:37,399 that didn't make sense for them to run 460 00:34:37,399 --> 00:34:40,919 it from a business point of view and 461 00:34:40,919 --> 00:34:44,320 Achieve Universal coverage and so we did 462 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:48,639 that uh that's the kind of the history 463 00:34:48,639 --> 00:34:50,800 the uh the the recent update that I 464 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:52,919 wanted to draw your attention to is that 465 00:34:52,919 --> 00:34:55,679 the cud is now an entity that owns a 466 00:34:55,679 --> 00:34:58,680 network because C that money 467 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:01,880 uh that we funnel through the 468 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,839 Consolidated they did not want to own 469 00:35:04,839 --> 00:35:06,560 the network so the communication 470 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,680 District owns those parts of the network 471 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,079 that were funded by that uh we're in a 472 00:35:11,079 --> 00:35:14,560 20-year agreement with Consolidated to 473 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,560 operate that Network for 474 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:19,280 us uh but it requires that there be a 475 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:23,599 cud around for 20 years to do that and 476 00:35:23,599 --> 00:35:25,520 one of the recent accomplishments of the 477 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:28,200 Southern Vermont cud was 478 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:32,320 a uh sustainability plan that guarantees 479 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,520 the cuds viability in terms of 480 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,680 governance and finances through 481 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,480 2037 so we've gone a long way toward 482 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:44,000 making sure that we're around to to to 483 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,200 own that Network to govern it to to work 484 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:48,359 with Consolidated to make sure things 485 00:35:48,359 --> 00:35:51,599 keep happening the way they are the uh 486 00:35:51,599 --> 00:35:54,920 the thing to note about that is as I 487 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,040 said not every cud that's working on 488 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,280 this problem is doing it the way we did 489 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,680 it a lot of them are starting their own 490 00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:03,359 companies essentially and building 491 00:36:03,359 --> 00:36:06,000 networks themselves in our area it made 492 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:09,599 more sense to partner with Consolidated 493 00:36:09,599 --> 00:36:11,680 in that regard and there are a couple 494 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:13,960 other cuds that are doing it that way 495 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:18,440 also the Otter Creek cud which is around 496 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:22,839 Rutland and the Lao cud which is around 497 00:36:22,839 --> 00:36:25,560 Stow also have partnered with 498 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,440 Consolidated four building out their 499 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:32,680 networks and in order to guarantee that 500 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:35,119 collectively we are around to manage 501 00:36:35,119 --> 00:36:37,160 these networks into the future the three 502 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,720 of us have essentially put together a 503 00:36:39,720 --> 00:36:43,680 joint sustainability plan and it's uses 504 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,400 some of the leftover arpa money to fund 505 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:50,280 the cuds for the next couple of years 506 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:51,880 and then we were able to strike an 507 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:53,560 agreement with 508 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:56,319 Consolidated to get them to help fund 509 00:36:56,319 --> 00:36:59,440 just Administration of the cud for the 510 00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:03,520 next 10 years after that through 2037 so 511 00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:07,160 uh our plan is solid we're in place and 512 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:10,079 um the three cuds are looking at how 513 00:37:10,079 --> 00:37:11,839 that's all going to work and it may come 514 00:37:11,839 --> 00:37:15,160 to a point uh one thing that's being 515 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,599 considered is that the three cuds might 516 00:37:17,599 --> 00:37:20,480 merge into one because as time goes by 517 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:22,119 there's less and less governance that 518 00:37:22,119 --> 00:37:25,440 really has to happen we just have to um 519 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:27,280 you know be around be responsible for 520 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:29,760 the Network communicate with with 521 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,880 Consolidated and uh that sort of thing 522 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:35,319 uh so at some point there could be a 523 00:37:35,319 --> 00:37:39,400 merger of the three ucds uh it may not 524 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,760 be it may just be that we we share 525 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,920 resources and one of the and we're kind 526 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:46,280 of doing that now when we have to do 527 00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:48,760 things like uh a single federal audit 528 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:50,920 which is a special kind of audit uh 529 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:52,760 we're kind of working together to to 530 00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:54,720 line that up and maybe find somebody 531 00:37:54,720 --> 00:37:57,160 that can do it for all three UC cuds at 532 00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:58,440 the time 533 00:37:58,440 --> 00:37:59,880 so that's what I wanted to draw your 534 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:03,079 attention to you uh draw your attention 535 00:38:03,079 --> 00:38:05,520 to was the fact that there is a cud and 536 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:09,200 it is functioning and it is uh in a 537 00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:11,680 position to be governing the network 538 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:17,560 that it built well into the 539 00:38:17,570 --> 00:38:22,069 [Applause] 540 00:38:22,079 --> 00:38:26,400 future Dave Manz II are you're the tree 541 00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:34,630 warden for the town right I am 542 00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:38,680 okay thanks Tom and thanks for uh giving 543 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:42,160 me a few minutes to uh just talk about 544 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,000 the emerald ashore you all dutifully 545 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,240 read your report and I'm sure you've all 546 00:38:47,240 --> 00:38:49,760 been paying attention to this insect but 547 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:52,079 I came with some pictures tonight we put 548 00:38:52,079 --> 00:38:54,079 them up to just kind of reinforce what 549 00:38:54,079 --> 00:39:02,990 we're what we're in for 550 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,319 FP to that all right so there's the 551 00:39:06,319 --> 00:39:10,760 insect um actually on the front table uh 552 00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:12,839 there's there's one in alcohol if you 553 00:39:12,839 --> 00:39:14,240 want 554 00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:18,040 to would it be easier to have okay just 555 00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:19,960 so that you're not leaning over thank 556 00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:24,240 you yeah um the the larvae on the the 557 00:39:24,240 --> 00:39:27,040 top left that's what does the gallery I 558 00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:29,000 was talking to Matthew Perry about this 559 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,359 he said the galleries look like drunk 560 00:39:31,359 --> 00:39:34,359 drivers um that's why they do so much 561 00:39:34,359 --> 00:39:36,520 damage that's what we're up against but 562 00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:37,720 the next 563 00:39:37,720 --> 00:39:40,480 slide that's the this is the important 564 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:42,880 one that I just want everybody to 565 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:46,200 absorb on the tree those marks are made 566 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,520 by woodpeckers that are pecking at the 567 00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:52,319 larvae and we really need to to notice 568 00:39:52,319 --> 00:39:55,000 this you need to notice it in your yards 569 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,079 and you need to notice it tomorrow on 570 00:39:57,079 --> 00:40:00,400 your way to work driving down the road 571 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:02,680 cuz this is what the town is going to be 572 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:04,200 up 573 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:05,920 against 574 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:09,280 um this is a part of Maple Hill Road the 575 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:12,720 town has a 50 foot RightWay you can 576 00:40:12,720 --> 00:40:16,040 assume it's 25 ft from the center line 577 00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:18,119 the figure at the bottom right the 578 00:40:18,119 --> 00:40:23,000 person um is 25 ft off so you can see 579 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,359 that all of those trees are in the town 580 00:40:25,359 --> 00:40:27,960 right away and in that particular shot 581 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:30,200 about 90% of those trees are 582 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:36,000 ash probably in in five years rough guas 583 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:39,319 maybe less maybe more but they're all 584 00:40:39,319 --> 00:40:42,720 going to die at the same time now you 585 00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:44,400 know factor that through the whole town 586 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:45,839 and you can kind of see what we're all 587 00:40:45,839 --> 00:40:47,720 going to be up against it's going to be 588 00:40:47,720 --> 00:40:51,359 real hairy driving to and from our 589 00:40:51,359 --> 00:40:56,400 homes when the ash fails it it you know 590 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:58,640 it often fails spectacularly this is a 591 00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:01,359 picture my brother took down uh in 592 00:41:01,359 --> 00:41:03,200 Pennsylvania where it's already come 593 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:05,119 through you can see the bark is still on 594 00:41:05,119 --> 00:41:05,960 those 595 00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:08,920 trees um you know they they don't die 596 00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:11,319 politely you know piece by piece you 597 00:41:11,319 --> 00:41:13,800 know Elm it just loses its bark and it 598 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:15,480 kind of sits there forever and maybe 599 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:18,079 drops a limb here and there but a lot of 600 00:41:18,079 --> 00:41:19,680 reports from people who have dealt with 601 00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:21,560 this are saying that the ash comes down 602 00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:24,240 quick I was talking to uh you know 603 00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:25,680 somebody who works for Greater Heights 604 00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:27,640 the other day and they were the word he 605 00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:30,990 described was 606 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,440 spooky uh this another part on Maple 607 00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:36,200 Hill Road those are those are all 608 00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:39,349 asteres 609 00:41:39,359 --> 00:41:42,560 um this is the those of you who burn 610 00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:44,720 wood you can kind of see this is a a 611 00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:46,960 stock shop from Oklahoma where it's also 612 00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:48,520 gone through you can see that it's kind 613 00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:50,280 of like a Punky piece of firewood you 614 00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:53,400 can see this tree failed low low down on 615 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:55,160 the tree you can see the bark still on 616 00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:59,079 the the bowl behind it 617 00:41:59,079 --> 00:42:01,440 um the back roads are going to be the 618 00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:06,240 real problem but you know this is 7A 619 00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:08,680 just north of the shaft Center 620 00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:12,680 shaftsberry Cemetery every tree in that 621 00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:16,520 shot is is an ash tree um this is a good 622 00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:18,160 spot for those of you who just drive the 623 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:20,240 road who aren't haven't seen the bird 624 00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:23,079 peack and and kind of seen the damage 625 00:42:23,079 --> 00:42:24,880 that the trees are already starting to 626 00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:27,359 exhibit this is a a perfect spot to 627 00:42:27,359 --> 00:42:29,440 start seeing 628 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:32,079 that and then of course that's the 629 00:42:32,079 --> 00:42:36,079 municipal part of this then the the road 630 00:42:36,079 --> 00:42:39,119 rways but there's also just homeowners 631 00:42:39,119 --> 00:42:40,559 have got to be aware of this this is 632 00:42:40,559 --> 00:42:43,200 Holiday Drive this is a declining ash 633 00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:44,960 tree in somebody's yard that's going to 634 00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:47,680 be a real hard tree to deal with and 635 00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:48,760 it's probably going to be dead in a 636 00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:50,599 couple years so if you haven't made your 637 00:42:50,599 --> 00:42:52,800 plans Now's the Time to do 638 00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:55,760 it uh that's another one on on Cleveland 639 00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:59,440 Avenue that's that's there and so that's 640 00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:02,160 all for the slideshow the the big point 641 00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:05,319 of of me getting up here is to really 642 00:43:05,319 --> 00:43:07,480 ask for both to bring awareness to the 643 00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:10,319 community but also to ask for your help 644 00:43:10,319 --> 00:43:12,079 um we're going to we're forming a 645 00:43:12,079 --> 00:43:14,359 committee uh the work is going to get 646 00:43:14,359 --> 00:43:16,040 into the granular details of how we're 647 00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:17,400 going to deal with this it's going to 648 00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:19,839 unfold over the next couple years but 649 00:43:19,839 --> 00:43:22,640 before the trees leavea out this year I 650 00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:24,359 would love to get help from the 651 00:43:24,359 --> 00:43:27,119 community get out there on the roads and 652 00:43:27,119 --> 00:43:29,160 start identifying the trees you know if 653 00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:31,119 we split up the work it's not that big a 654 00:43:31,119 --> 00:43:32,800 deal if you can just volunteer if you 655 00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:35,280 can identify an ash tree you know 656 00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:39,000 volunteer on your road let's look um 657 00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:40,480 somebody from the state has offered a 658 00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:42,960 training that will come down and and can 659 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:44,920 kind of set us up with the technology we 660 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:47,200 need if there's cell reception to just 661 00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:49,520 interface right through your phone um 662 00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:51,599 there's also we have some old fashion 663 00:43:51,599 --> 00:43:54,000 paper forms we could just do it that way 664 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,599 but if we can inventory and get a sense 665 00:43:56,599 --> 00:44:00,000 of where the real trouble spots are then 666 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:01,559 the town is going to be able to use that 667 00:44:01,559 --> 00:44:04,160 information to plan and I'd love to do 668 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:06,480 that before the leaves come out so I 669 00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:08,720 will be in the back here for a little 670 00:44:08,720 --> 00:44:11,200 while um tonight you can also get in 671 00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:13,760 touch with me through the town website 672 00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:17,240 um and I would obviously people who know 673 00:44:17,240 --> 00:44:20,440 their trees um there there's no reason 674 00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:23,200 not to participate in this and if you're 675 00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:26,040 a little fuzzy on your tree ID then but 676 00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:27,720 you want to help you know we can train 677 00:44:27,720 --> 00:44:29,720 you up and we can especially with the 678 00:44:29,720 --> 00:44:32,359 bird PEC it's uh you can learn how to 679 00:44:32,359 --> 00:44:34,400 identify an ash pretty quickly so thank 680 00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:39,230 you very 681 00:44:39,240 --> 00:44:42,920 much thank you Dave thank you very 682 00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:45,480 much okay the chair of the Planning 683 00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:47,680 Commission would like to have a few 684 00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:57,950 moments Nancy Burns you find up 685 00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:01,760 this um sure I think I'm okay can 686 00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:05,880 everybody hear me good um so last year 687 00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:07,920 the Planning Commission was a little 688 00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:13,160 busy um we had I I I would like to um 689 00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:15,599 make comment uh about the departures 690 00:45:15,599 --> 00:45:17,400 that we had and welcome the people that 691 00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:19,800 came to the Planning Commission uh Chris 692 00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:21,640 Williams was with the Planning 693 00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:25,960 Commission for a very long time and uh 694 00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:27,520 he 695 00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:31,680 retire as did Martha and Naomi and we 696 00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:36,400 welcomed Zoe and Emily and Michael um to 697 00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:38,440 the Planning Commission uh which has 698 00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:42,079 been great we uh did some work regarding 699 00:45:42,079 --> 00:45:44,040 a little thing called the freepoint 700 00:45:44,040 --> 00:45:45,359 solar 701 00:45:45,359 --> 00:45:47,040 proposal 702 00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:50,240 um which was my first meeting uh which 703 00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:52,520 was uh 704 00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:55,960 pretty Awakening um we took a lot of 705 00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:57,520 public comment 706 00:45:57,520 --> 00:45:59,680 uh during uh the time that it was 707 00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:03,599 presented to us um we tried to listen to 708 00:46:03,599 --> 00:46:06,599 what people had to say um in a lot of 709 00:46:06,599 --> 00:46:09,280 ways our hands were tied because of 710 00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:12,599 our at the time our current energy 711 00:46:12,599 --> 00:46:15,160 policy um but we did in the end make 712 00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:18,480 some suggestions uh to 713 00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:25,599 the um PC well actually you guys yes um 714 00:46:25,599 --> 00:46:28,920 to the select board uh and then they had 715 00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:30,839 a chance to uh make those 716 00:46:30,839 --> 00:46:32,440 recommendations to the 717 00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:37,440 Pu um once we made our way through that 718 00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:39,319 we decided that it was really important 719 00:46:39,319 --> 00:46:42,760 for us to have an enhanced energy policy 720 00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:46,200 which we worked diligently on over uh a 721 00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:48,160 number of months we had a few public 722 00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:50,640 meetings people were uh giving feedback 723 00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:53,319 as to what they wanted to see um and 724 00:46:53,319 --> 00:46:55,400 then we crafted that policy sent it 725 00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:57,800 along to the suck board and uh 726 00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:00,440 eventually we have an enhanced energy 727 00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:03,000 plan there's some really good pieces to 728 00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:05,760 having an Advanced Energy plan uh it 729 00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:09,559 gave us a little space to decide what we 730 00:47:09,559 --> 00:47:12,640 wanted to see as far as uh energy 731 00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:16,319 production in the town and what we and 732 00:47:16,319 --> 00:47:19,480 how we wanted to see it um there goals 733 00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:22,760 that the state wanted us to think about 734 00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:24,319 not necessarily meet but to think about 735 00:47:24,319 --> 00:47:27,599 over the next 20 30 years um um but it 736 00:47:27,599 --> 00:47:30,599 also allowed us to take a look at the 737 00:47:30,599 --> 00:47:32,200 type of power that we could create in 738 00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,599 our town uh including solar and solar 739 00:47:35,599 --> 00:47:40,040 arrays and windmills and so we 740 00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:44,200 made uh a few little uh I don't want to 741 00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:47,599 say concessions but we kind of reeled in 742 00:47:47,599 --> 00:47:51,480 uh the amount of uh size of solar arrays 743 00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:55,400 uh for the town to um 5 744 00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:59,960 acres and we also talked about the size 745 00:47:59,960 --> 00:48:02,079 and the deciel level of any windmills 746 00:48:02,079 --> 00:48:05,160 and where they would be placed um and so 747 00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:07,280 I felt like we had some very good work 748 00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:09,839 with that Advanced Energy plan along 749 00:48:09,839 --> 00:48:12,040 with that energy plan if anything ever 750 00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:15,480 did go back up to the Pu we would have a 751 00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:18,280 better chance of stating our case and 752 00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:21,359 having them listen to our case so um it 753 00:48:21,359 --> 00:48:25,240 was great to get that done um and then 754 00:48:25,240 --> 00:48:29,200 since then um um we've been working on 755 00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:31,440 uh subdivision regulations and that's 756 00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:33,079 kind of where we are at 757 00:48:33,079 --> 00:48:36,760 now Paula ien and our 758 00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:40,000 latest uh person is our new zoning 759 00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:42,480 administrator Carlin 760 00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:50,950 mckl thank you to all of 761 00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:56,799 them I also want to thank with sadness 762 00:48:56,799 --> 00:48:59,640 artha Cornwell oh my goodness for her 763 00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:02,760 three stupendous transformative 764 00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:06,040 energetic brilliant years serving on our 765 00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:09,230 planning thank you very much thank 766 00:49:09,230 --> 00:49:15,720 [Applause] 767 00:49:15,720 --> 00:49:18,280 you um this has been a really busy year 768 00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:21,920 for the for the select board so bear 769 00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:23,440 with me I'm just going to try to 770 00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:25,920 summarize as quickly as I can making 771 00:49:25,920 --> 00:49:28,160 sense 772 00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:33,200 um as art Whitman noted a year ago here 773 00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:35,640 we began the spring really the late 774 00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:41,200 winter of 24 with David kieran's 775 00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:45,079 retirement and um that was kind of 776 00:49:45,079 --> 00:49:51,760 traumatic for the town it was sudden and then we found Paula Iken um who came 777 00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:54,599 on board as it turned out in at the 778 00:49:54,599 --> 00:49:58,079 beginning of May 779 00:49:58,079 --> 00:50:01,960 her her presence has been um absolutely 780 00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:03,160 wonderful 781 00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:06,559 grounding her her intelligence and her 782 00:50:06,559 --> 00:50:10,240 warmth and her Common Sense are are 783 00:50:10,240 --> 00:50:13,520 palpable and um and I think make the 784 00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:17,280 town function in a in a very vibrant and 785 00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:19,480 grounded 786 00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:21,079 way 787 00:50:21,079 --> 00:50:24,440 um just before David left Joan Vargo 788 00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:27,559 retired to our bookkeeper ER and we 789 00:50:27,559 --> 00:50:30,799 brought on a new bookkeeper Tiffany Mays 790 00:50:30,799 --> 00:50:34,520 whose skills are in a whole different 791 00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:38,599 realm than um than we had really 792 00:50:38,599 --> 00:50:41,440 expected and they they allowed us first 793 00:50:41,440 --> 00:50:43,960 of all to bring payroll inhouse which 794 00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:46,640 saves the town a lot and also makes life 795 00:50:46,640 --> 00:50:49,559 easier for the employees the other 796 00:50:49,559 --> 00:50:52,599 employees um and she also kind of 797 00:50:52,599 --> 00:50:55,119 catapulted us into the 21st century with 798 00:50:55,119 --> 00:50:57,359 a bang a big bang 799 00:50:57,359 --> 00:51:01,520 um she has a lot of uh she has a lot of 800 00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:05,280 knowledge about U systems State systems 801 00:51:05,280 --> 00:51:07,880 and computer systems and 802 00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:09,559 money 803 00:51:09,559 --> 00:51:12,359 um and then the latest person to join us 804 00:51:12,359 --> 00:51:14,160 I'm going to say it again is our new 805 00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:16,400 zoning administrator and I think she's 806 00:51:16,400 --> 00:51:19,200 in the back right Carin 807 00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:23,680 mckl no oh no that was I was 808 00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:28,839 misunderstanding oh okay car's not here 809 00:51:28,839 --> 00:51:34,319 but Carlin is currently training with uh 810 00:51:34,319 --> 00:51:37,280 shell Styles who who we all miss but 811 00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:41,119 Carlin is is a great replacement and is 812 00:51:41,119 --> 00:51:44,240 apparently you know kind of 813 00:51:44,240 --> 00:51:47,680 um picking it up like like a magnet you 814 00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:50,599 know to a hearing aid or something um 815 00:51:50,599 --> 00:51:53,079 and one last Personnel thing to report 816 00:51:53,079 --> 00:51:55,960 during the summer we converted Jen 817 00:51:55,960 --> 00:52:00,920 Holly's multiple roles into one larger 818 00:52:00,920 --> 00:52:06,240 role um we now call her operations 819 00:52:06,240 --> 00:52:10,040 coordinator this allows us to vastly 820 00:52:10,040 --> 00:52:12,880 expand the already large degree to which 821 00:52:12,880 --> 00:52:18,040 we take great advantage of her um of her 822 00:52:18,040 --> 00:52:20,240 talents and her dedication and her 823 00:52:20,240 --> 00:52:22,599 generosity and we can now take advantage 824 00:52:22,599 --> 00:52:26,599 of her seven days a week and we do um as 825 00:52:26,599 --> 00:52:28,000 operations 826 00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:31,280 coordinator she continuously makes the 827 00:52:31,280 --> 00:52:34,240 functioning more efficient um in a in a 828 00:52:34,240 --> 00:52:37,079 whole lot of different ways saving lots 829 00:52:37,079 --> 00:52:41,640 of money um for the town one recent 830 00:52:41,640 --> 00:52:44,040 example is her renegotiation of our 831 00:52:44,040 --> 00:52:46,280 three-year contact with 832 00:52:46,280 --> 00:52:48,760 Comcast in each of the three buildings 833 00:52:48,760 --> 00:52:51,440 we own the two firehouses and coal Hall 834 00:52:51,440 --> 00:52:56,640 well was but um we have Comcast 835 00:52:56,640 --> 00:52:59,520 contracts and she just renegotiated them 836 00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:01,280 saving us 837 00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:04,119 $426 a month which over the course of 838 00:53:04,119 --> 00:53:09,240 the three years comes to $115,000 go Jen 839 00:53:09,240 --> 00:53:13,589 right and that's just her kind of 840 00:53:13,599 --> 00:53:16,119 M she's also been at the heart of 841 00:53:16,119 --> 00:53:19,480 Transforming Our Digital Life so the 842 00:53:19,480 --> 00:53:21,520 website has been vastly improved if you 843 00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:25,040 haven't been on it I urge you to go 844 00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:26,960 um she 845 00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:29,799 created an e newsletter and made an 846 00:53:29,799 --> 00:53:31,599 active presence for us on Facebook and 847 00:53:31,599 --> 00:53:32,920 friend porch 848 00:53:32,920 --> 00:53:35,960 Forum she's facilitated our compliance 849 00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:38,680 with the new state laws about Zoom 850 00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:41,559 access to all public meetings which is a 851 00:53:41,559 --> 00:53:45,119 very difficult thing to arrange and Jen 852 00:53:45,119 --> 00:53:48,119 has um nursed us all through it 853 00:53:48,119 --> 00:53:50,240 including all the 854 00:53:50,240 --> 00:53:52,799 Committees um and she's helped the town 855 00:53:52,799 --> 00:53:54,520 understand and implement the new 856 00:53:54,520 --> 00:53:57,000 requirements for cyber security 857 00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:59,400 which are probably only just beginning 858 00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:03,400 right um but she's she's been right on 859 00:54:03,400 --> 00:54:07,079 that in general I want to note that 860 00:54:07,079 --> 00:54:10,240 Vermont government is becoming more 861 00:54:10,240 --> 00:54:12,079 formalized every 862 00:54:12,079 --> 00:54:15,960 day and this puts um an increasing 863 00:54:15,960 --> 00:54:17,559 burden on 864 00:54:17,559 --> 00:54:20,040 municipalities to do things in a more 865 00:54:20,040 --> 00:54:21,559 formalized 866 00:54:21,559 --> 00:54:25,280 way so I'm not going to um bore you 867 00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:27,000 anymore with listening 868 00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:29,240 but I just want to draw your attention 869 00:54:29,240 --> 00:54:31,520 to the fact that this is happening and 870 00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:32,920 it's likely to 871 00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:36,559 increase and it means that if your town 872 00:54:36,559 --> 00:54:38,480 government seems to be getting 873 00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:41,319 less uh flexible and more worried about 874 00:54:41,319 --> 00:54:43,839 protocol just a little understand that 875 00:54:43,839 --> 00:54:45,520 it's being done to comply with new 876 00:54:45,520 --> 00:54:48,720 regulations and rules I don't expect us 877 00:54:48,720 --> 00:54:51,680 to get really rigid wouldn't happen with 878 00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:54,799 the people we have here but just so you 879 00:54:54,799 --> 00:54:56,960 know um Paul 880 00:54:56,960 --> 00:54:59,160 has spearheaded a much needed updating 881 00:54:59,160 --> 00:55:01,079 of our Personnel 882 00:55:01,079 --> 00:55:04,160 policy and we're making our way through 883 00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:07,520 all our forms and bringing them too into 884 00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:12,280 the 21st century wording and 885 00:55:12,280 --> 00:55:17,040 all and speaking of the 21st century I'm 886 00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:18,920 not sure exactly what dirt roads are 887 00:55:18,920 --> 00:55:20,520 supposed to look like in the 21st 888 00:55:20,520 --> 00:55:23,240 century but whatever it is Mike is on 889 00:55:23,240 --> 00:55:27,480 his way and I mean they really they have 890 00:55:27,480 --> 00:55:30,640 been continuing diligently grading 891 00:55:30,640 --> 00:55:33,440 crowning ditching and bit by bit you 892 00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:36,359 know the water leaves the roads B 893 00:55:36,359 --> 00:55:38,799 and it's a beautiful 894 00:55:38,799 --> 00:55:42,039 thing um at the transfer station this 895 00:55:42,039 --> 00:55:45,079 year a new shed has gone in which 896 00:55:45,079 --> 00:55:48,480 anybody who goes there is aware 897 00:55:48,480 --> 00:55:52,920 of and a new compressor has been 898 00:55:52,920 --> 00:55:56,760 acquired at some cost um 899 00:55:56,760 --> 00:56:00,839 and new payment policies were 900 00:56:00,839 --> 00:56:04,079 implemented and those created a little 901 00:56:04,079 --> 00:56:07,760 bit of furor and distress and the 902 00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:12,079 intervention of a constable was required 903 00:56:12,079 --> 00:56:17,079 and Shelly and um Greg were really very 904 00:56:17,079 --> 00:56:20,799 patient and and loving and it seems to 905 00:56:20,799 --> 00:56:22,400 have resolved 906 00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:25,960 itself thanks greatly to Constable Fran 907 00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:27,160 buck 908 00:56:27,160 --> 00:56:29,640 and who was who was there doing doing 909 00:56:29,640 --> 00:56:30,760 his 910 00:56:30,760 --> 00:56:33,359 thing this year the energy committee 911 00:56:33,359 --> 00:56:35,799 that was formed last spring has gotten 912 00:56:35,799 --> 00:56:37,640 up and running and is getting ready to 913 00:56:37,640 --> 00:56:40,079 advise us on energy efficient retrofits 914 00:56:40,079 --> 00:56:42,039 in the new 915 00:56:42,039 --> 00:56:45,799 building that's the happy news about new 916 00:56:45,799 --> 00:56:49,480 committees and the sad news is what um 917 00:56:49,480 --> 00:56:53,359 we heard from Dave Manz and that's going 918 00:56:53,359 --> 00:56:55,039 to be an 919 00:56:55,039 --> 00:56:58,640 ongoing and and in fact very um 920 00:56:58,640 --> 00:57:02,200 expensive as well as dreadfully sad 921 00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:05,960 event in our town and really I I just 922 00:57:05,960 --> 00:57:09,440 want to Second again what what he said 923 00:57:09,440 --> 00:57:11,680 you know it's really if you have a 924 00:57:11,680 --> 00:57:14,880 moment to spare you should volunteer CU 925 00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:16,599 because we really need to identify all 926 00:57:16,599 --> 00:57:20,200 the ash trees along the whole 68 miles 927 00:57:20,200 --> 00:57:22,319 or whatever of roads and we have to do 928 00:57:22,319 --> 00:57:25,760 it very fast it has to be done by April 929 00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:26,720 so 930 00:57:26,720 --> 00:57:29,440 um and then there's going to be a a 931 00:57:29,440 --> 00:57:32,359 committee a an advisory committee for 932 00:57:32,359 --> 00:57:35,400 that process going forward 933 00:57:35,400 --> 00:57:38,119 forming there will be an announcement 934 00:57:38,119 --> 00:57:41,319 about it on the website soon so anybody 935 00:57:41,319 --> 00:57:42,839 who's interested in serving on the 936 00:57:42,839 --> 00:57:44,920 longer term committee should keep your 937 00:57:44,920 --> 00:57:46,720 eyes 938 00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:49,950 out 939 00:57:49,960 --> 00:57:53,839 um in December we joined a lot of other 940 00:57:53,839 --> 00:57:56,520 towns around the state and the country 941 00:57:56,520 --> 00:57:59,520 in Saving the remains of our American 942 00:57:59,520 --> 00:58:02,720 Rescue plan arpa 943 00:58:02,720 --> 00:58:05,680 money to get a little time to decide 944 00:58:05,680 --> 00:58:07,400 where and how to commit the money before 945 00:58:07,400 --> 00:58:08,160 it 946 00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:10,960 disappeared back to the government of 947 00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:15,359 Washington and then uh this past Friday 948 00:58:15,359 --> 00:58:20,240 at 100 p.m we closed on the building at 949 00:58:20,240 --> 00:58:22,160 677 route 950 00:58:22,160 --> 00:58:31,230 7A and congratulations 951 00:58:31,240 --> 00:58:35,319 so uh lastly I have an update about that 952 00:58:35,319 --> 00:58:38,359 since our last meeting and I think this 953 00:58:38,359 --> 00:58:43,160 is very exciting um it's still something 954 00:58:43,160 --> 00:58:45,280 that the select Board needs a chance to 955 00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:50,000 meet and take a formal vote on because 956 00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:52,920 we haven't had a chance to have a 957 00:58:52,920 --> 00:58:58,309 meeting since we learned this but 958 00:58:58,319 --> 00:59:02,720 um we we did get a 959 00:59:02,720 --> 00:59:07,799 solid uh bid on the cost of the Vault 960 00:59:07,799 --> 00:59:10,640 for that building so when we had our 961 00:59:10,640 --> 00:59:12,920 vote meeting about the building a couple 962 00:59:12,920 --> 00:59:15,839 weeks ago there was a lot of concern and 963 00:59:15,839 --> 00:59:18,680 that was a good thing about how are we 964 00:59:18,680 --> 00:59:21,280 going to pay for the 965 00:59:21,280 --> 00:59:24,559 vault and the at that point we thought 966 00:59:24,559 --> 00:59:27,039 it might be $150 967 00:59:27,039 --> 00:59:30,760 ,000 uh it we the bid came in at 968 00:59:30,760 --> 00:59:34,680 110,000 but still we do not 969 00:59:34,680 --> 00:59:37,960 have um plans within the remainder of 970 00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:40,200 the arpa money for 971 00:59:40,200 --> 00:59:43,799 that so Paula has been working on the 972 00:59:43,799 --> 00:59:47,400 problem and has suggested to the select 973 00:59:47,400 --> 00:59:52,720 board um that we fund it completely with 974 00:59:52,720 --> 00:59:54,559 a combination of withdrawals from 975 00:59:54,559 --> 00:59:57,039 existing funds she sort of poured 976 00:59:57,039 --> 00:59:59,119 through them and figured 977 00:59:59,119 --> 01:00:01,400 out which of the 978 01:00:01,400 --> 01:00:04,880 funds um have how much in them and how 979 01:00:04,880 --> 01:00:08,119 much can be taken and what their uh 980 01:00:08,119 --> 01:00:12,680 mandates were for their use and so she 981 01:00:12,680 --> 01:00:14,480 is 982 01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:17,359 suggesting 983 01:00:17,359 --> 01:00:22,150 that we 984 01:00:22,160 --> 01:00:23,760 draw 985 01:00:23,760 --> 01:00:28,160 okay 67,000 from the George Hawkins 986 01:00:28,160 --> 01:00:31,400 fund which would leave 880,000 of the 987 01:00:31,400 --> 01:00:34,720 principal in place which is how the 988 01:00:34,720 --> 01:00:38,400 board has treated that fund 989 01:00:38,400 --> 01:00:41,930 historically 990 01:00:41,940 --> 01:00:43,240 [Music] 991 01:00:43,240 --> 01:00:46,000 um lost 992 01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:48,520 my place 993 01:00:48,520 --> 01:00:51,400 here oh yes 994 01:00:51,400 --> 01:00:56,000 30,000 from the host Town tax fund which 995 01:00:56,000 --> 01:00:58,480 currently has 996 01:00:58,480 --> 01:01:00,559 52591 in 997 01:01:00,559 --> 01:01:05,440 it that's the uh the landfill post Town 998 01:01:05,440 --> 01:01:08,680 agreement with Tam created that fund am 999 01:01:08,680 --> 01:01:10,440 I right about 1000 01:01:10,440 --> 01:01:12,200 that and 1001 01:01:12,200 --> 01:01:15,000 17,000 From the Vault restoration fund 1002 01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:17,000 which is part of 1003 01:01:17,000 --> 01:01:19,720 Marlene's um town clerk funds it doesn't 1004 01:01:19,720 --> 01:01:22,480 appear on the town budget so that comes 1005 01:01:22,480 --> 01:01:23,720 to 1006 01:01:23,720 --> 01:01:26,760 114,000 which will cover us for the 1007 01:01:26,760 --> 01:01:29,680 vault plus 1008 01:01:29,680 --> 01:01:31,960 4,000 1009 01:01:31,960 --> 01:01:35,680 so this is um I think very good news 1010 01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:37,839 that that we got 1011 01:01:37,839 --> 01:01:40,200 right I mean it's sort of so good I 1012 01:01:40,200 --> 01:01:42,119 can't believe 1013 01:01:42,119 --> 01:01:48,990 it 1014 01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:51,839 yeah okay and that's that's our our year 1015 01:01:51,839 --> 01:01:54,630 to 1016 01:01:54,640 --> 01:01:58,039 date okay okay 1017 01:01:58,039 --> 01:02:00,160 um 1018 01:02:00,160 --> 01:02:03,000 or was the first 1019 01:02:03,000 --> 01:02:06,720 article hear the reports of the Town 1020 01:02:06,720 --> 01:02:08,920 officers and take action there 1021 01:02:08,920 --> 01:02:11,880 on um you've got the verbal reports that 1022 01:02:11,880 --> 01:02:13,960 we just had as well as in here the bulk 1023 01:02:13,960 --> 01:02:17,119 of this the bulk of your town report has 1024 01:02:17,119 --> 01:02:19,319 the reports written reports from the 1025 01:02:19,319 --> 01:02:23,160 other um key committees and 1026 01:02:23,160 --> 01:02:25,240 Personnel it's always a question whether 1027 01:02:25,240 --> 01:02:27,279 or not we need a vote on it the 1028 01:02:27,279 --> 01:02:28,760 authorities are split on whether you 1029 01:02:28,760 --> 01:02:30,839 need to vote on hearing the reports and 1030 01:02:30,839 --> 01:02:32,680 taking action there on and the action 1031 01:02:32,680 --> 01:02:35,039 there on would be I guess that we just 1032 01:02:35,039 --> 01:02:39,880 accept them um approve of them you ready 1033 01:02:39,880 --> 01:02:44,400 to vote on that y all those in favor of 1034 01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:46,160 hearing the reports of the Town officers 1035 01:02:46,160 --> 01:02:48,319 and taking action there on signify by 1036 01:02:48,319 --> 01:02:52,640 saying I any opposed guys have 1037 01:02:52,640 --> 01:02:56,400 it next article to determine a shall 1038 01:02:56,400 --> 01:02:58,000 select board members each receive an 1039 01:02:58,000 --> 01:02:59,799 annual stipend of 1040 01:02:59,799 --> 01:03:03,200 $1,000 B shall a board of Auditors be 1041 01:03:03,200 --> 01:03:06,559 paid a wage at the rate of $15 per hour 1042 01:03:06,559 --> 01:03:09,960 C shall a first and second cable be paid 1043 01:03:09,960 --> 01:03:13,240 a wage at the rate of $15 per 1044 01:03:13,240 --> 01:03:16,440 hour I would entertain a 1045 01:03:16,440 --> 01:03:18,599 motion do I have a 1046 01:03:18,599 --> 01:03:23,200 second okay um any questions or 1047 01:03:23,200 --> 01:03:27,430 discussion 1048 01:03:27,440 --> 01:03:28,880 you ready to 1049 01:03:28,880 --> 01:03:32,799 vote all those in favor of Select board 1050 01:03:32,799 --> 01:03:34,880 members each receiving annual cend of 1051 01:03:34,880 --> 01:03:37,160 $1,000 the board of Auditors being paid 1052 01:03:37,160 --> 01:03:39,240 a wage at the rate of $15 an hour and 1053 01:03:39,240 --> 01:03:41,079 the first and second cable paid a wage 1054 01:03:41,079 --> 01:03:43,319 at the rate of $15 an hour please 1055 01:03:43,319 --> 01:03:47,359 signify by saying I I any oppos the eyes 1056 01:03:47,359 --> 01:03:50,400 have it so 1057 01:03:50,400 --> 01:03:53,000 ordered okay next one shall the town 1058 01:03:53,000 --> 01:03:55,799 authorize collection of taxes on real or 1059 01:03:55,799 --> 01:03:58,119 personal property by its Treasurer which 1060 01:03:58,119 --> 01:04:01,200 are due in hand on or before Monday 1061 01:04:01,200 --> 01:04:04,799 November 10th at 5:00 p.m. or likewise 1062 01:04:04,799 --> 01:04:08,400 postmarked no later than November 1063 01:04:08,400 --> 01:04:11,960 10th I'd entertain a motion to that 1064 01:04:11,960 --> 01:04:14,640 effect and how about a 1065 01:04:14,640 --> 01:04:18,720 second okay any questions or this is a 1066 01:04:18,720 --> 01:04:22,319 fairly routine article that we do um 1067 01:04:22,319 --> 01:04:25,160 simply saying that taxes have got to be 1068 01:04:25,160 --> 01:04:28,240 in hand or postmarked in Hand by 5:00 1069 01:04:28,240 --> 01:04:30,680 p.m. on the 10th or postmarked on 1070 01:04:30,680 --> 01:04:35,160 November 10th any questions about 1071 01:04:35,160 --> 01:04:37,799 that all in favor please signify by 1072 01:04:37,799 --> 01:04:42,319 saying I I any opposed guys have it so 1073 01:04:42,319 --> 01:04:44,559 ordered now the reason one of the main 1074 01:04:44,559 --> 01:04:46,520 reasons that we're all here is the next 1075 01:04:46,520 --> 01:04:50,589 article 1076 01:04:50,599 --> 01:04:53,480 uh shall the town appropriate the sum of 1077 01:04:53,480 --> 01:04:56,400 2,972 1078 01:04:56,400 --> 01:04:59,640 4493 to defay the town's General and 1079 01:04:59,640 --> 01:05:02,839 Highway expenses for fiscal year 1080 01:05:02,839 --> 01:05:05,640 2026 the amount of such sum to be raised 1081 01:05:05,640 --> 01:05:08,200 by property taxes and to be reduced by 1082 01:05:08,200 --> 01:05:11,760 non-t tax revenues and Reserve funds I 1083 01:05:11,760 --> 01:05:14,480 would entertain a 1084 01:05:14,480 --> 01:05:17,960 motion how about a second second all 1085 01:05:17,960 --> 01:05:20,480 right the budget it's in your town 1086 01:05:20,480 --> 01:05:29,510 report from Pages 24 to 36 1087 01:05:29,520 --> 01:05:32,160 you want make yeah okay I want to 1088 01:05:32,160 --> 01:05:34,960 recognize Naomi to for chair to make a 1089 01:05:34,960 --> 01:05:40,230 short presentation on that very 1090 01:05:40,240 --> 01:05:51,069 short you got you got a slide 1091 01:05:51,079 --> 01:05:56,440 Jen well that very very visible but I 1092 01:05:56,440 --> 01:05:58,720 bet the people on Zoom can see it really 1093 01:05:58,720 --> 01:06:00,720 well and on 1094 01:06:00,720 --> 01:06:05,680 C here we go okay great 1095 01:06:05,680 --> 01:06:09,400 um so the the total of 1096 01:06:09,400 --> 01:06:16,000 2,938 41 is up 5.8% since last 1097 01:06:16,000 --> 01:06:20,680 year most of that is a lot of that is 1098 01:06:20,680 --> 01:06:24,079 due to the fact that the DPW which you 1099 01:06:24,079 --> 01:06:27,319 can see is 43% % of the budget just a 1100 01:06:27,319 --> 01:06:30,359 little more than it was um a percent of 1101 01:06:30,359 --> 01:06:32,160 the budget last 1102 01:06:32,160 --> 01:06:36,109 year that is up 1103 01:06:36,119 --> 01:06:40,960 3% uh what's what's also D and we can go 1104 01:06:40,960 --> 01:06:43,960 back to the DPW budget in a moment but 1105 01:06:43,960 --> 01:06:46,880 what's also driving the increase this 1106 01:06:46,880 --> 01:06:51,680 year um is a number of other things 1107 01:06:51,680 --> 01:06:55,559 so we uh are maintaining the increase 1108 01:06:55,559 --> 01:06:58,000 inre in Sheriff's hours which we 1109 01:06:58,000 --> 01:07:01,000 implemented last year because a lot of 1110 01:07:01,000 --> 01:07:03,400 people have been wanting us to do that 1111 01:07:03,400 --> 01:07:07,000 the sheriff's the cost of sheriff um 1112 01:07:07,000 --> 01:07:09,200 time is going up by 1113 01:07:09,200 --> 01:07:13,160 10% but we're maintaining the 1114 01:07:13,160 --> 01:07:19,039 hours we have um suggested giving a 5% 1115 01:07:19,039 --> 01:07:23,240 increase in salary to all the Municipal 1116 01:07:23,240 --> 01:07:25,960 Employees and officials who get paid by 1117 01:07:25,960 --> 01:07:29,559 the town that just about almost covers 1118 01:07:29,559 --> 01:07:32,240 cost of living increase and we think 1119 01:07:32,240 --> 01:07:36,200 it's really fair and 1120 01:07:36,200 --> 01:07:38,319 necessary um and then the health 1121 01:07:38,319 --> 01:07:40,599 insurance premiums I think it's no 1122 01:07:40,599 --> 01:07:42,920 surprise to anybody probably have gone 1123 01:07:42,920 --> 01:07:47,160 way up they if we had stayed with Blue 1124 01:07:47,160 --> 01:07:49,599 Cross which we did not the health 1125 01:07:49,599 --> 01:07:54,079 insurance premiums would have gone up 1126 01:07:54,079 --> 01:08:00,910 24% we switched instead to um 1127 01:08:00,920 --> 01:08:03,319 MVP which has a very 1128 01:08:03,319 --> 01:08:05,319 comparable 1129 01:08:05,319 --> 01:08:08,920 program uh by that we're managing to 1130 01:08:08,920 --> 01:08:13,400 only have a 10% increase only 1131 01:08:13,400 --> 01:08:16,480 so those are the kind of highlights of 1132 01:08:16,480 --> 01:08:18,279 the budget you all have it in your book 1133 01:08:18,279 --> 01:08:21,799 so I know we can we can discuss it at 1134 01:08:21,799 --> 01:08:24,600 length if you would like if we could do 1135 01:08:24,600 --> 01:08:40,789 the second slide just about the 1136 01:08:40,799 --> 01:08:45,520 gpw so we bought two new 1137 01:08:45,520 --> 01:08:47,799 trucks there's not a lot to say about 1138 01:08:47,799 --> 01:08:50,159 this really we bought two new trucks 1139 01:08:50,159 --> 01:08:52,920 which were absolutely necessary and 1140 01:08:52,920 --> 01:08:55,159 which cost a fortune they cost about 1141 01:08:55,159 --> 01:08:56,600 twice tce as much as they would have 1142 01:08:56,600 --> 01:09:01,679 cost five years ago and also um there's 1143 01:09:01,679 --> 01:09:04,799 a big increase in the cost of gravel and 1144 01:09:04,799 --> 01:09:08,880 Diesel and metal and wire and all the 1145 01:09:08,880 --> 01:09:11,759 things that make the Department of 1146 01:09:11,759 --> 01:09:15,480 Public Works move forward make our roads 1147 01:09:15,480 --> 01:09:18,839 um as good as they are so I'm going to 1148 01:09:18,839 --> 01:09:20,199 leave it at that because I know we've 1149 01:09:20,199 --> 01:09:22,440 been talking a long time and people can 1150 01:09:22,440 --> 01:09:26,080 raise whatever questions you want as we 1151 01:09:26,080 --> 01:09:31,749 Move 1152 01:09:31,759 --> 01:09:35,120 Along okay so what's on the floor is our 1153 01:09:35,120 --> 01:09:37,120 annual budget of 1154 01:09:37,120 --> 01:09:39,040 $2,972 1155 01:09:39,040 --> 01:09:41,839 493 do you have some questions or 1156 01:09:41,839 --> 01:09:44,040 comments 1157 01:09:44,040 --> 01:09:49,159 concerns Karen could you come up to 1158 01:09:49,159 --> 01:09:53,480 that I just have a quick question um 1159 01:09:53,480 --> 01:09:56,760 you're being asked for 29 1160 01:09:56,760 --> 01:10:00,040 7293 but when I look in the budget on 1161 01:10:00,040 --> 01:10:01,320 page 1162 01:10:01,320 --> 01:10:05,960 35 it's looking like the total number is 1163 01:10:05,960 --> 01:10:09,480 2,9 uh 1164 01:10:09,480 --> 01:10:11,199 3,841 1165 01:10:11,199 --> 01:10:15,510 so why that's a 1166 01:10:15,520 --> 01:10:18,679 6862 difference between what we're being 1167 01:10:18,679 --> 01:10:22,320 asked to vote on and what I see in the 1168 01:10:22,320 --> 01:10:27,990 budget so maybe I'm missing something 1169 01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:33,430 oh 1170 01:10:33,440 --> 01:10:36,960 goodness um I think I have to pass this 1171 01:10:36,960 --> 01:10:39,239 question to Paul depends on where you 1172 01:10:39,239 --> 01:11:09,110 got where you got that number 1173 01:11:09,120 --> 01:11:11,360 and then there's the 1174 01:11:11,360 --> 01:11:17,430 warrant it's on the 1175 01:11:17,440 --> 01:11:23,310 [Music] 1176 01:11:23,320 --> 01:11:42,229 warrant we wrote the warant 1177 01:11:42,239 --> 01:11:43,719 over here is 1178 01:11:43,719 --> 01:11:46,880 different we all yes I'm sorry I meant 1179 01:11:46,880 --> 01:11:48,520 to 1180 01:11:48,520 --> 01:11:51,440 be M where 1181 01:11:51,440 --> 01:11:53,560 people you know I'm going to say 1182 01:11:53,560 --> 01:11:56,400 something about this I'm just I I'll say 1183 01:11:56,400 --> 01:12:06,199 something practical which is that um the select board chair and the Town 1184 01:12:06,199 --> 01:12:09,480 Administrator became new at the same 1185 01:12:09,480 --> 01:12:12,920 time with nobody to tell us how to do 1186 01:12:12,920 --> 01:12:14,000 basic 1187 01:12:14,000 --> 01:12:17,520 things I mean people helped us a lot but 1188 01:12:17,520 --> 01:12:19,199 they didn't know what we didn't know and 1189 01:12:19,199 --> 01:12:21,440 we didn't know what we didn't know to 1190 01:12:21,440 --> 01:12:25,480 ask so there have been things that fell 1191 01:12:25,480 --> 01:12:27,679 through the cracks and all I can say is 1192 01:12:27,679 --> 01:12:29,480 it will be a lot better next year but it 1193 01:12:29,480 --> 01:12:32,000 sounds like we need an amendment it was 1194 01:12:32,000 --> 01:12:36,639 somehow um a mistake in the warning not 1195 01:12:36,639 --> 01:12:40,000 in the budget warant so we are asking 1196 01:12:40,000 --> 01:12:43,480 you to approve the amount in which is in 1197 01:12:43,480 --> 01:12:45,960 the budget what's the correct amount the 1198 01:12:45,960 --> 01:12:53,750 correct amount is 2 million 1199 01:12:53,760 --> 01:12:57,520 93,94 okay got a motion how about a 1200 01:12:57,520 --> 01:13:02,669 second 1201 01:13:02,679 --> 01:13:06,950 oops yes it 1202 01:13:06,960 --> 01:13:12,679 is um Tim may I speak yes uh I just want 1203 01:13:12,679 --> 01:13:15,159 to check I can't tell on the 1204 01:13:15,159 --> 01:13:19,840 fly if the number in the budget 1205 01:13:19,840 --> 01:13:22,480 includes the community appropriation 1206 01:13:22,480 --> 01:13:24,760 which it looks like it does yeah that 1207 01:13:24,760 --> 01:13:27,960 may be yes and the budget we approv 1208 01:13:27,960 --> 01:13:30,760 tonight should not approve should not 1209 01:13:30,760 --> 01:13:33,080 include the community Appropriations 1210 01:13:33,080 --> 01:13:34,639 voted on 1211 01:13:34,639 --> 01:13:36,679 tomorrow that could 1212 01:13:36,679 --> 01:13:39,840 be no that's not right isn't that right 1213 01:13:39,840 --> 01:13:43,800 no l could could you please explain that 1214 01:13:43,800 --> 01:13:47,360 I'd appreciate it I'm I'm sorry Tim um 1215 01:13:47,360 --> 01:13:50,639 the Appropriations are all part of the 1216 01:13:50,639 --> 01:13:51,760 total 1217 01:13:51,760 --> 01:13:56,199 budget if the town votes down a number 1218 01:13:56,199 --> 01:13:59,360 then no money has to be raised for that 1219 01:13:59,360 --> 01:14:02,470 particular 1220 01:14:02,480 --> 01:14:06,600 appropriation so so we have to raise 1221 01:14:06,600 --> 01:14:10,440 enough Revenue to meet all the 1222 01:14:10,440 --> 01:14:12,199 Appropriations because they're going to 1223 01:14:12,199 --> 01:14:15,960 be paid with tax dollars if a particular 1224 01:14:15,960 --> 01:14:19,120 appropriation is not approved by the 1225 01:14:19,120 --> 01:14:22,840 voters then when they set the tax rate 1226 01:14:22,840 --> 01:14:24,719 they're going to reduce the tax rate a 1227 01:14:24,719 --> 01:14:27,080 little bit because they're not going to 1228 01:14:27,080 --> 01:14:29,800 have to pay the appropriation that was 1229 01:14:29,800 --> 01:14:30,639 not 1230 01:14:30,639 --> 01:14:34,000 approved if we don't set this the tax 1231 01:14:34,000 --> 01:14:36,199 rate I mean if we don't set the budget 1232 01:14:36,199 --> 01:14:39,080 based on this and an appropriation is 1233 01:14:39,080 --> 01:14:41,040 approved we're not going to have enough 1234 01:14:41,040 --> 01:14:44,360 money to pay all the 1235 01:14:44,360 --> 01:14:49,920 Appropriations well the tax rate is not set enough no but you 1236 01:14:49,920 --> 01:14:53,199 have to approve a budget that allows you 1237 01:14:53,199 --> 01:14:56,719 to cover all the appro ations and you 1238 01:14:56,719 --> 01:14:59,080 will adjust the tax rate if any 1239 01:14:59,080 --> 01:15:01,480 appropriation is not approved it gets 1240 01:15:01,480 --> 01:15:03,520 adjusted downward I think that's one way 1241 01:15:03,520 --> 01:15:04,960 of doing it I don't think that's the way 1242 01:15:04,960 --> 01:15:07,520 we agreed that we should do it back when 1243 01:15:07,520 --> 01:15:09,679 I was on the chair on the board that you 1244 01:15:09,679 --> 01:15:11,800 approve the 1245 01:15:11,800 --> 01:15:12,820 budget 1246 01:15:12,820 --> 01:15:18,430 [Music] 1247 01:15:18,440 --> 01:15:20,239 am 1248 01:15:20,239 --> 01:15:23,120 this and a clarification if you look on 1249 01:15:23,120 --> 01:15:25,480 page 34 and 35 1250 01:15:25,480 --> 01:15:29,600 um those items uh Appropriations are 1251 01:15:29,600 --> 01:15:32,639 listed and total and then included in 1252 01:15:32,639 --> 01:15:41,629 the 2.9 Million 1253 01:15:41,639 --> 01:15:45,950 figure 1254 01:15:45,960 --> 01:15:47,800 what to 1255 01:15:47,800 --> 01:15:52,600 beed's non tax revenue or it already 1256 01:15:52,600 --> 01:15:56,920 say but addresses Appropriations if 1257 01:15:56,920 --> 01:15:59,520 there is anything that is not approved 1258 01:15:59,520 --> 01:16:02,280 by the voters that it would be less that 1259 01:16:02,280 --> 01:16:05,560 we we don't need that because the 1260 01:16:05,560 --> 01:16:09,520 warning already says that this is the 1261 01:16:09,520 --> 01:16:12,760 amount we're going to spent 1262 01:16:12,760 --> 01:16:15,600 maximum 1263 01:16:15,600 --> 01:16:19,400 and and uh the tax rate will be the 1264 01:16:19,400 --> 01:16:22,000 difference between the 1265 01:16:22,000 --> 01:16:25,679 revenues and um what's what's needed to 1266 01:16:25,679 --> 01:16:28,320 meet the obligations if an appropriation 1267 01:16:28,320 --> 01:16:31,280 is not approved it's no longer an 1268 01:16:31,280 --> 01:16:33,880 obligation that has to be the the 1269 01:16:33,880 --> 01:16:36,480 warning says that this amount that we're 1270 01:16:36,480 --> 01:16:38,520 voting on tonight is for Town General 1271 01:16:38,520 --> 01:16:39,760 and Highway 1272 01:16:39,760 --> 01:16:42,199 expenses and I believe that Community 1273 01:16:42,199 --> 01:16:44,560 Appropriations are a separate amount 1274 01:16:44,560 --> 01:16:46,719 that is voted on tomorrow and added to 1275 01:16:46,719 --> 01:16:49,480 that those numbers are combined to set 1276 01:16:49,480 --> 01:16:52,560 the tax rate we can do it either way 1277 01:16:52,560 --> 01:16:54,560 that that's not how this budget has been 1278 01:16:54,560 --> 01:16:56,920 presented presented um and proposed in 1279 01:16:56,920 --> 01:17:00,159 the town report if you take a look at uh 1280 01:17:00,159 --> 01:17:04,280 page 34 the bottom of page 34 on over to 1281 01:17:04,280 --> 01:17:07,080 page 35 that's the list of each one of 1282 01:17:07,080 --> 01:17:08,920 the Appropriations and they're included 1283 01:17:08,920 --> 01:17:12,040 in the total figure the 2.9 I I see that 1284 01:17:12,040 --> 01:17:13,920 and it and it can work that way but I 1285 01:17:13,920 --> 01:17:17,199 contend that the way that should be done 1286 01:17:17,199 --> 01:17:20,520 is you vote tonight for Town General and 1287 01:17:20,520 --> 01:17:22,920 Highway expenses and then tomorrow you 1288 01:17:22,920 --> 01:17:25,719 vote for charities and then you add 1289 01:17:25,719 --> 01:17:27,280 those two numbers together just at the 1290 01:17:27,280 --> 01:17:29,520 TA but I'll leave it at 1291 01:17:29,520 --> 01:17:32,040 that thank you so which number is 1292 01:17:32,040 --> 01:17:36,280 correct this one no we have a an 1293 01:17:36,280 --> 01:17:38,320 amendment on the 1294 01:17:38,320 --> 01:17:40,440 floor um 1295 01:17:40,440 --> 01:17:43,880 to change the amount that's in the 1296 01:17:43,880 --> 01:17:45,159 warned 1297 01:17:45,159 --> 01:17:48,080 article from 1298 01:17:48,080 --> 01:17:52,639 2,972 493 to 1299 01:17:52,639 --> 01:17:55,920 2,9 3,800 1300 01:17:55,920 --> 01:17:59,560 $41 we'd vote on the amendment first 1301 01:17:59,560 --> 01:18:01,760 before voting on the actual budget are 1302 01:18:01,760 --> 01:18:03,400 you ready to vote on the 1303 01:18:03,400 --> 01:18:05,480 amendment all those in favor please 1304 01:18:05,480 --> 01:18:08,600 signify by saying I I any 1305 01:18:08,600 --> 01:18:11,679 opposed the ice have it it is so ordered 1306 01:18:11,679 --> 01:18:13,760 so now we're back to the main motion 1307 01:18:13,760 --> 01:18:16,840 that's on the floor which 1308 01:18:16,840 --> 01:18:22,480 is uh shall the the uh Town appropriate 1309 01:18:22,480 --> 01:18:23,760 the sum 1310 01:18:23,760 --> 01:18:53,709 of 1311 01:18:53,719 --> 01:18:57,719 93,471 ol he just no I didn't I said I 1312 01:18:57,719 --> 01:18:59,600 called it t voted on the 1313 01:18:59,600 --> 01:19:04,750 amendment yeah we voted the amendment 1314 01:19:04,760 --> 01:19:09,000 yep so the main motion has been amended 1315 01:19:09,000 --> 01:19:15,470 to the new 1316 01:19:15,480 --> 01:19:19,600 number then no this is good we we need 1317 01:19:19,600 --> 01:19:23,510 to have 1318 01:19:23,520 --> 01:19:26,920 it so so if if we vote the motion that 1319 01:19:26,920 --> 01:19:29,040 we would be voting on would be that the 1320 01:19:29,040 --> 01:19:31,480 budget would be the 1321 01:19:31,480 --> 01:19:33,719 2,938 1322 01:19:33,719 --> 01:19:35,880 41 1323 01:19:35,880 --> 01:19:40,310 okay yes 1324 01:19:40,320 --> 01:19:42,760 sir can you you want to come on up to 1325 01:19:42,760 --> 01:19:45,520 the mic please and give us your 1326 01:19:45,520 --> 01:19:55,149 name for the record 1327 01:19:55,159 --> 01:19:56,520 I'm 1328 01:19:56,520 --> 01:19:59,920 like and it seems to me that if we V 1329 01:19:59,920 --> 01:20:02,159 to 1330 01:20:02,159 --> 01:20:04,360 authorize collect the taxes for that 1331 01:20:04,360 --> 01:20:07,040 smaller number and then we vote for more 1332 01:20:07,040 --> 01:20:09,440 Appropriations tomorrow by Australian 1333 01:20:09,440 --> 01:20:12,120 ballot we're not authorizing tax 1334 01:20:12,120 --> 01:20:14,440 collector to collect that so I think we 1335 01:20:14,440 --> 01:20:17,560 should be voting on the larger 1336 01:20:17,560 --> 01:20:21,229 number you 1337 01:20:21,239 --> 01:20:24,880 can so Michael the the number that we 1338 01:20:24,880 --> 01:20:28,910 put out that we just amended the 1339 01:20:28,920 --> 01:20:33,199 2,938 41 includes all of those Community 1340 01:20:33,199 --> 01:20:35,199 Appropriations so there won't be an 1341 01:20:35,199 --> 01:20:39,830 issue like what you just 1342 01:20:39,840 --> 01:20:43,440 said the smaller number that I just said 1343 01:20:43,440 --> 01:20:45,639 includes all of those Community 1344 01:20:45,639 --> 01:20:47,560 Appropriations whether or not they get 1345 01:20:47,560 --> 01:20:50,280 voted up or down tomorrow will be a 1346 01:20:50,280 --> 01:20:53,440 thing for the town's people but the 1347 01:20:53,440 --> 01:20:55,480 number is included all of the 1348 01:20:55,480 --> 01:20:58,400 obligations that we will have to run our 1349 01:20:58,400 --> 01:21:01,760 town expenses and highly expenses in 1350 01:21:01,760 --> 01:21:05,600 that number was the original number um a 1351 01:21:05,600 --> 01:21:08,040 mistake the the original number that it 1352 01:21:08,040 --> 01:21:10,040 was published in the warrant is a 1353 01:21:10,040 --> 01:21:12,639 mistake it might have a previous number 1354 01:21:12,639 --> 01:21:15,120 that maybe we work very hard to keep 1355 01:21:15,120 --> 01:21:17,080 this budget to 1356 01:21:17,080 --> 01:21:20,679 5.6% increase and there were many many 1357 01:21:20,679 --> 01:21:23,400 working documents that happened over 1358 01:21:23,400 --> 01:21:25,320 many many weeks of trying to keep the 1359 01:21:25,320 --> 01:21:28,199 numbers as low as possible and you've 1360 01:21:28,199 --> 01:21:31,000 seen some of the other Town's budgets um 1361 01:21:31,000 --> 01:21:33,760 and how high they went this year because 1362 01:21:33,760 --> 01:21:36,760 costs as as our chair has said have gone 1363 01:21:36,760 --> 01:21:40,040 up significantly and so it's it's the 1364 01:21:40,040 --> 01:21:42,960 real work of uh many folks um in our 1365 01:21:42,960 --> 01:21:45,400 town that have kind of worked Financial 1366 01:21:45,400 --> 01:21:48,719 magic to create this kind of 1367 01:21:48,719 --> 01:21:52,239 5.6% uh increase and uh the number that 1368 01:21:52,239 --> 01:21:53,840 is kind of the bottom line that we're 1369 01:21:53,840 --> 01:21:57,430 talking about 1370 01:21:57,440 --> 01:22:08,510 yes 1371 01:22:08,520 --> 01:22:14,520 sir Mike day um question on the 1372 01:22:14,520 --> 01:22:19,719 uh uh items listed under Community 1373 01:22:19,719 --> 01:22:25,270 appropriations of the total 42725 1374 01:22:25,280 --> 01:22:30,600 there are a number of items that are 1375 01:22:30,600 --> 01:22:37,950 uh I assume uh not designated any funds 1376 01:22:37,960 --> 01:22:40,800 toward including some of the 1377 01:22:40,800 --> 01:22:43,520 libraries and a few others those that 1378 01:22:43,520 --> 01:22:47,159 are designated na so one of the um what 1379 01:22:47,159 --> 01:22:49,760 was the reasoning behind all yeah 1380 01:22:49,760 --> 01:22:52,880 changes that we um created with our 1381 01:22:52,880 --> 01:22:55,920 board this year was to to move all of 1382 01:22:55,920 --> 01:22:58,960 our funding for all three town libraries 1383 01:22:58,960 --> 01:23:02,440 that we support here in chasbury to line 1384 01:23:02,440 --> 01:23:05,120 items in the budget because we feel that 1385 01:23:05,120 --> 01:23:07,040 libraries are a really important part of 1386 01:23:07,040 --> 01:23:10,639 our Civic community and they provide um 1387 01:23:10,639 --> 01:23:12,920 services that are needed by all of our 1388 01:23:12,920 --> 01:23:15,239 community similar to how our rescue 1389 01:23:15,239 --> 01:23:17,800 squads are run we support two rescue 1390 01:23:17,800 --> 01:23:21,159 squads so in this budget we have just 1391 01:23:21,159 --> 01:23:23,400 like a few years ago we had moved the 1392 01:23:23,400 --> 01:23:25,320 rescue squads out of community 1393 01:23:25,320 --> 01:23:27,800 Appropriations we've also moved the 1394 01:23:27,800 --> 01:23:31,320 libraries out of those um things just in 1395 01:23:31,320 --> 01:23:34,719 case they ever got um voted down um 1396 01:23:34,719 --> 01:23:37,600 those libraries really depend on our um 1397 01:23:37,600 --> 01:23:40,760 contributions and it's kind of a zero 1398 01:23:40,760 --> 01:23:43,040 sum game you either get it or you don't 1399 01:23:43,040 --> 01:23:45,600 in these um Community Appropriations and 1400 01:23:45,600 --> 01:23:47,120 it was getting to be kind of a high 1401 01:23:47,120 --> 01:23:50,080 stinks game um and so they've been moved 1402 01:23:50,080 --> 01:23:55,760 and there is a item page 22 27 um you 1403 01:23:55,760 --> 01:23:58,120 can see where all of our three libraries 1404 01:23:58,120 --> 01:24:00,320 are the other um Community 1405 01:24:00,320 --> 01:24:03,400 Appropriations that have na every year 1406 01:24:03,400 --> 01:24:06,280 we send out um a letter to all of the 1407 01:24:06,280 --> 01:24:08,639 kind of nonprofits giving them an 1408 01:24:08,639 --> 01:24:11,719 opportunity to send in um a letter to 1409 01:24:11,719 --> 01:24:14,360 publish something in our town report and 1410 01:24:14,360 --> 01:24:17,560 to offer um what they would like to ask 1411 01:24:17,560 --> 01:24:21,440 the voters of chasbury to have and um 1412 01:24:21,440 --> 01:24:23,639 sometimes those organizations either 1413 01:24:23,639 --> 01:24:26,639 fold into others and or they don't 1414 01:24:26,639 --> 01:24:29,400 respond to our um request and so 1415 01:24:29,400 --> 01:24:31,960 therefore they're written as na for 1416 01:24:31,960 --> 01:24:34,960 whatever year you're looking at thank 1417 01:24:34,960 --> 01:24:40,990 you thank you I had a question over 1418 01:24:41,000 --> 01:24:46,000 here yep I um I had that very same 1419 01:24:46,000 --> 01:24:47,679 question and I want to thank you so much 1420 01:24:47,679 --> 01:24:50,800 for continuing to support the library 1421 01:24:50,800 --> 01:24:53,719 because I'm from CH but I'm on the board 1422 01:24:53,719 --> 01:24:57,199 of field library in Arlington and I just 1423 01:24:57,199 --> 01:24:58,719 want to thank you because I was having a 1424 01:24:58,719 --> 01:24:59,560 heart 1425 01:24:59,560 --> 01:25:09,189 attack sorry it didn't mean 1426 01:25:09,199 --> 01:25:16,390 that other questions or 1427 01:25:16,400 --> 01:25:19,830 concerns your 1428 01:25:19,840 --> 01:25:24,639 honor too big to get up there uh so one 1429 01:25:24,639 --> 01:25:26,679 thing I'd like you to to ask you to do 1430 01:25:26,679 --> 01:25:32,400 about this budget is that I'm uh anxious 1431 01:25:32,400 --> 01:25:35,760 to put it mildly about the the money 1432 01:25:35,760 --> 01:25:38,719 that would come from the feds through 1433 01:25:38,719 --> 01:25:43,239 transportation to the state to the town 1434 01:25:43,239 --> 01:25:46,199 and one of the things the board ran into 1435 01:25:46,199 --> 01:25:51,199 12 years ago was um because of Katrina 1436 01:25:51,199 --> 01:25:55,480 you know uh a big loss of save funds for 1437 01:25:55,480 --> 01:25:57,840 highways and those sorts of things and 1438 01:25:57,840 --> 01:25:59,920 we formed a committee to come up with 1439 01:25:59,920 --> 01:26:02,600 some contingency plans if we didn't get 1440 01:26:02,600 --> 01:26:05,719 like Highway funds we were counting on 1441 01:26:05,719 --> 01:26:07,520 and because you may be faced with the 1442 01:26:07,520 --> 01:26:10,560 same type of circumstance now would be a 1443 01:26:10,560 --> 01:26:12,639 good time to start asking yourself what 1444 01:26:12,639 --> 01:26:15,320 are we going to do in construction 1445 01:26:15,320 --> 01:26:16,840 season where you're doing a lot of the 1446 01:26:16,840 --> 01:26:19,840 road maintenance and projects going into 1447 01:26:19,840 --> 01:26:23,679 the fall if those funds don't arrive as 1448 01:26:23,679 --> 01:26:25,480 expected 1449 01:26:25,480 --> 01:26:27,880 because if you don't get those funds 1450 01:26:27,880 --> 01:26:30,360 that you were counting on that's a big 1451 01:26:30,360 --> 01:26:32,600 hit and how do you make that up mid year 1452 01:26:32,600 --> 01:26:34,760 when you've already set the tax rate and 1453 01:26:34,760 --> 01:26:36,880 started collecting taxes and it's not 1454 01:26:36,880 --> 01:26:39,040 going to be enough so I don't know 1455 01:26:39,040 --> 01:26:41,320 there's going to be a problem but I'm 1456 01:26:41,320 --> 01:26:42,800 just anxious enough that I would 1457 01:26:42,800 --> 01:26:45,400 encourage you to start planning for that 1458 01:26:45,400 --> 01:26:49,310 if the state funds don't 1459 01:26:49,320 --> 01:26:52,629 appear thank 1460 01:26:52,639 --> 01:27:03,709 you thank you thank you you ready to 1461 01:27:03,719 --> 01:27:06,080 vote the article is shall the town 1462 01:27:06,080 --> 01:27:09,000 appropriate the sum of 1463 01:27:09,000 --> 01:27:12,520 2,938 41 to defay the town's General and 1464 01:27:12,520 --> 01:27:15,040 Highway expenses for fiscal year 1465 01:27:15,040 --> 01:27:17,639 2026 the amount of such sum to be raised 1466 01:27:17,639 --> 01:27:19,760 by property taxes and to be reduced by 1467 01:27:19,760 --> 01:27:22,800 non-t tax revenues and Reserve funds all 1468 01:27:22,800 --> 01:27:26,320 those in favor please signify saying I I 1469 01:27:26,320 --> 01:27:27,639 are there any 1470 01:27:27,639 --> 01:27:30,440 opposed the eyes have it and it is so 1471 01:27:30,440 --> 01:27:34,600 ordered thank you the next article is uh 1472 01:27:34,600 --> 01:27:37,199 the our traditional non-binding other 1473 01:27:37,199 --> 01:27:42,000 business um as May legally come before 1474 01:27:42,000 --> 01:27:45,480 uh this meeting um it's mainly 1475 01:27:45,480 --> 01:27:47,520 informational can't take any binding 1476 01:27:47,520 --> 01:27:50,119 action uh any votes if we took any would 1477 01:27:50,119 --> 01:27:56,590 be advisory I know that uh 1478 01:27:56,600 --> 01:28:00,520 there were some folks that uh wanted to 1479 01:28:00,520 --> 01:28:03,360 speak on 1480 01:28:03,360 --> 01:28:06,480 the on their Appropriations 1481 01:28:06,480 --> 01:28:09,560 tomorrow didn't write your names down 1482 01:28:09,560 --> 01:28:11,960 let's take you first 1483 01:28:11,960 --> 01:28:14,400 please I stand facing the other way can 1484 01:28:14,400 --> 01:28:16,520 I use your microphone 1485 01:28:16,520 --> 01:28:19,280 May and just maybe stand close enough to 1486 01:28:19,280 --> 01:28:21,080 that other microphone just so that it 1487 01:28:21,080 --> 01:28:24,560 can pick up for um Cat TV can everybody 1488 01:28:24,560 --> 01:28:28,040 hear me okay my name is Karen Rose and 1489 01:28:28,040 --> 01:28:30,360 I'm live in chury and I run Monty's 1490 01:28:30,360 --> 01:28:34,159 house wildlife rehab right on 7A um this 1491 01:28:34,159 --> 01:28:35,760 would be the time of part of the program 1492 01:28:35,760 --> 01:28:37,639 where I tell you to look at page 66 in 1493 01:28:37,639 --> 01:28:41,080 your annual report we are listed there 1494 01:28:41,080 --> 01:28:43,480 but erroneously the numbers from last 1495 01:28:43,480 --> 01:28:45,440 year were published in this year's 1496 01:28:45,440 --> 01:28:47,119 report I'd like to think that they did 1497 01:28:47,119 --> 01:28:48,719 they thought I did such a great job last 1498 01:28:48,719 --> 01:28:51,080 year they published it again but there 1499 01:28:51,080 --> 01:28:53,000 are printouts at the table that give you 1500 01:28:53,000 --> 01:28:56,040 the updated number um for 2024 if you 1501 01:28:56,040 --> 01:28:57,360 want to insert them in and have the 1502 01:28:57,360 --> 01:28:59,719 appropriate data um before I get going I 1503 01:28:59,719 --> 01:29:01,159 want to thank everybody last year was 1504 01:29:01,159 --> 01:29:02,600 our first year on the ballot for 1505 01:29:02,600 --> 01:29:04,800 Appropriations and you kind folks all 1506 01:29:04,800 --> 01:29:07,560 voted to give um My Little rehab $1,000 1507 01:29:07,560 --> 01:29:09,000 in support so I want to thank you first 1508 01:29:09,000 --> 01:29:10,880 and foremost for that we're on the 1509 01:29:10,880 --> 01:29:13,280 ballot again this year for the same 1510 01:29:13,280 --> 01:29:17,760 thing um for those who didn't get the report last year or may not know 1511 01:29:17,760 --> 01:29:19,320 about me I've been licensed for wildlife 1512 01:29:19,320 --> 01:29:22,719 rehab since 2018 my original permit is 1513 01:29:22,719 --> 01:29:25,360 for non rabes Vector small mammals so I 1514 01:29:25,360 --> 01:29:26,880 taken all the little guys squirrels 1515 01:29:26,880 --> 01:29:29,960 bunnies um woodchucks a lots of aasum 1516 01:29:29,960 --> 01:29:32,480 and the largeest I go to his porcupine 1517 01:29:32,480 --> 01:29:33,920 and the thing that I stood here last 1518 01:29:33,920 --> 01:29:35,880 year that I said I was going to do in 24 1519 01:29:35,880 --> 01:29:38,320 is to get licensed for ferally permitted 1520 01:29:38,320 --> 01:29:42,880 for song and in March of uh 24 I did use 1521 01:29:42,880 --> 01:29:46,080 that um so those are we have lots of 1522 01:29:46,080 --> 01:29:47,840 categories for Birds but I only take in 1523 01:29:47,840 --> 01:29:49,920 the little guys the song birds cuz the 1524 01:29:49,920 --> 01:29:51,560 if the mammals keep me busy enough and 1525 01:29:51,560 --> 01:29:53,360 adding the song birds if you look at the 1526 01:29:53,360 --> 01:29:55,440 numbers if you picked up your sheet you 1527 01:29:55,440 --> 01:29:58,159 will see that my intake um incident 1528 01:29:58,159 --> 01:30:01,440 numbers almost doubled last year from 23 1529 01:30:01,440 --> 01:30:04,159 I had 73 intake incidents and in 24 I 1530 01:30:04,159 --> 01:30:08,159 had 142 which means that 142 times folks 1531 01:30:08,159 --> 01:30:10,719 came to my house cuz I run it out of my 1532 01:30:10,719 --> 01:30:13,080 house um and delivered Critters to me 1533 01:30:13,080 --> 01:30:15,199 and within each intake incident there's 1534 01:30:15,199 --> 01:30:19,920 usually more than one Critter um so and 1535 01:30:19,920 --> 01:30:22,760 the release numbers for 2024 obviously 1536 01:30:22,760 --> 01:30:25,159 with 142 intake incidents and all those 1537 01:30:25,159 --> 01:30:27,360 Critters anytime any Critter comes into 1538 01:30:27,360 --> 01:30:28,480 the rehab they're already in a 1539 01:30:28,480 --> 01:30:29,920 compromised State whether they are 1540 01:30:29,920 --> 01:30:31,600 orphan not having their mom or they're 1541 01:30:31,600 --> 01:30:34,199 injured either by CAU by domestic animal 1542 01:30:34,199 --> 01:30:36,440 another wild animal or a victim of the 1543 01:30:36,440 --> 01:30:39,239 road they are in a compromised state so 1544 01:30:39,239 --> 01:30:41,360 a lot of times many of them don't make 1545 01:30:41,360 --> 01:30:44,239 it but the release numbers for 24 um are 1546 01:30:44,239 --> 01:30:46,320 listed on this sheet um you can take a 1547 01:30:46,320 --> 01:30:49,560 peek at those the 20 2425 over Winters 1548 01:30:49,560 --> 01:30:51,159 that I currently have with me at the 1549 01:30:51,159 --> 01:30:53,159 time of the writing I have a very 1550 01:30:53,159 --> 01:30:55,000 interesting crit if you don't follow on 1551 01:30:55,000 --> 01:30:57,280 social media I'm on uh Facebook and 1552 01:30:57,280 --> 01:30:59,119 Instagram under Monas you want to take a 1553 01:30:59,119 --> 01:31:02,159 peek at her I have a Lucys or an albino 1554 01:31:02,159 --> 01:31:04,400 porcupine so she's white she's a pretty 1555 01:31:04,400 --> 01:31:06,280 cool and statistics will say that 1556 01:31:06,280 --> 01:31:09,440 they're about a one in 10,000 birth rate 1557 01:31:09,440 --> 01:31:10,840 so she's a pretty cool Critter she came 1558 01:31:10,840 --> 01:31:13,199 in in mid November with a bad casea Mage 1559 01:31:13,199 --> 01:31:14,600 so she's hanging out with me until the 1560 01:31:14,600 --> 01:31:17,600 spring till all of her her grows back um 1561 01:31:17,600 --> 01:31:20,199 I have I had two Apostles at the time of 1562 01:31:20,199 --> 01:31:22,520 the writing I have three now um and then 1563 01:31:22,520 --> 01:31:24,840 I had m wintering American Tree Sparrow 1564 01:31:24,840 --> 01:31:28,280 and a male cardinal along with my um 1565 01:31:28,280 --> 01:31:29,800 non-releasable 1566 01:31:29,800 --> 01:31:32,000 neurological Monty's house mouse 1567 01:31:32,000 --> 01:31:34,520 ambassador he's a little deer mouse who 1568 01:31:34,520 --> 01:31:36,800 got caught by a family dog released got 1569 01:31:36,800 --> 01:31:38,520 caught by the same family cat released 1570 01:31:38,520 --> 01:31:41,600 and liveed to tell the tale so he walks 1571 01:31:41,600 --> 01:31:43,480 around like a bit of a drunken sailor at 1572 01:31:43,480 --> 01:31:45,040 night through his cage so he's hanging 1573 01:31:45,040 --> 01:31:48,440 out with me um the other thing I did in 1574 01:31:48,440 --> 01:31:50,440 2024 which may seem like a very 1575 01:31:50,440 --> 01:31:53,280 pedestrian uh accomplishment we put a 1576 01:31:53,280 --> 01:31:55,560 sink in the Rehab Room which has been 1577 01:31:55,560 --> 01:31:58,119 fantastic instead of taking litters of 1578 01:31:58,119 --> 01:32:00,199 Critters into one of the bathrooms to 1579 01:32:00,199 --> 01:32:01,880 take care of their feeding and toileting 1580 01:32:01,880 --> 01:32:03,159 and cleaning and all that stuff so the 1581 01:32:03,159 --> 01:32:04,560 sink was put in so that was one of the 1582 01:32:04,560 --> 01:32:07,600 things we did this year um or in 24 and 1583 01:32:07,600 --> 01:32:09,679 again we're asking for $1,000 most of 1584 01:32:09,679 --> 01:32:11,560 that money goes for the support 1585 01:32:11,560 --> 01:32:13,159 obviously with that many Critters 1586 01:32:13,159 --> 01:32:15,239 hanging out in rehab over the baby 1587 01:32:15,239 --> 01:32:17,080 season which is will start pretty soon 1588 01:32:17,080 --> 01:32:19,400 here my baby season typically runs from 1589 01:32:19,400 --> 01:32:21,360 the end of March beginning of April all 1590 01:32:21,360 --> 01:32:24,679 the way through October um the Thousand 1591 01:32:24,679 --> 01:32:26,199 we ask for is to offset a lot of the 1592 01:32:26,199 --> 01:32:27,920 food because they are expensive those 1593 01:32:27,920 --> 01:32:29,159 little bunkers when they get going 1594 01:32:29,159 --> 01:32:31,560 between the meal worms for the birds now 1595 01:32:31,560 --> 01:32:33,239 and all the fresh fruits and vegetables 1596 01:32:33,239 --> 01:32:35,520 for the rest of the crew but I certainly 1597 01:32:35,520 --> 01:32:37,600 appreciate your consideration tomorrow 1598 01:32:37,600 --> 01:32:39,320 uh and a vote for gas our Mountain's 1599 01:32:39,320 --> 01:32:41,920 house and again check us out onday 1600 01:32:41,920 --> 01:32:43,440 social media you'll get to see some cool 1601 01:32:43,440 --> 01:32:49,270 Critters thank 1602 01:32:49,280 --> 01:32:54,040 you yes you're welcome yes come on up do 1603 01:32:54,040 --> 01:32:55,800 you do you want that one to this is so 1604 01:32:55,800 --> 01:32:58,360 much easier and you need to stay kind of 1605 01:32:58,360 --> 01:33:01,239 close to to one of those 1606 01:33:01,239 --> 01:33:04,960 mics hi I'm Cindy loose I am also a 1607 01:33:04,960 --> 01:33:07,800 chasbury resident and I'm the executive 1608 01:33:07,800 --> 01:33:10,600 director of benon County Habitat for 1609 01:33:10,600 --> 01:33:13,840 Humanity which the town and has been 1610 01:33:13,840 --> 01:33:17,159 very generous to us for years and years 1611 01:33:17,159 --> 01:33:19,159 and I thank you very much for that we 1612 01:33:19,159 --> 01:33:21,800 are on the ballot again um tomorrow 1613 01:33:21,800 --> 01:33:27,600 asking for, 50 again and I am excited to 1614 01:33:27,600 --> 01:33:29,920 say we're doing a lot in the town of 1615 01:33:29,920 --> 01:33:32,239 Bennington but chasbury we have a couple 1616 01:33:32,239 --> 01:33:34,600 of towns I mean a couple of houses that 1617 01:33:34,600 --> 01:33:37,719 we've built but I would ask if anybody 1618 01:33:37,719 --> 01:33:41,480 knows of land that is available in the 1619 01:33:41,480 --> 01:33:44,760 town of chasbury come see me email me 1620 01:33:44,760 --> 01:33:46,560 whatever cuz I'm looking for land in the 1621 01:33:46,560 --> 01:33:48,719 southern part of the county because this 1622 01:33:48,719 --> 01:33:51,400 is where a lot of our applications come 1623 01:33:51,400 --> 01:33:54,560 from we sent out about 1624 01:33:54,560 --> 01:33:58,679 some OD applications last year and had 1625 01:33:58,679 --> 01:34:02,000 eight families who actually submitted 1626 01:34:02,000 --> 01:34:05,400 and qualified and out of those eight 1627 01:34:05,400 --> 01:34:08,199 families seven wanted to be in the 1628 01:34:08,199 --> 01:34:10,760 southern part benington that's where we 1629 01:34:10,760 --> 01:34:12,560 had land but if we were had land in 1630 01:34:12,560 --> 01:34:13,679 chasper I'm sure they would have 1631 01:34:13,679 --> 01:34:17,239 considered it so we are always looking 1632 01:34:17,239 --> 01:34:19,560 for land I've committed all of the land 1633 01:34:19,560 --> 01:34:21,239 that we have in the town of Bennington 1634 01:34:21,239 --> 01:34:26,639 at the moment to partner families so we out of those eight qualified families 1635 01:34:26,639 --> 01:34:29,920 we selected four which is twice as many 1636 01:34:29,920 --> 01:34:32,840 as we usually do CU we realize we need 1637 01:34:32,840 --> 01:34:35,159 to be part of the solution we can't do 1638 01:34:35,159 --> 01:34:37,040 it all but we're trying to make it you 1639 01:34:37,040 --> 01:34:39,400 know more of an impact on that housing 1640 01:34:39,400 --> 01:34:42,440 crisis so always looking for land so 1641 01:34:42,440 --> 01:34:44,719 anybody has any ideas please see me and 1642 01:34:44,719 --> 01:34:47,440 I encourage you to join us and volunteer 1643 01:34:47,440 --> 01:34:49,239 because in the town of 1644 01:34:49,239 --> 01:34:52,400 shacksbury uh we have about 15 of us 1645 01:34:52,400 --> 01:34:54,320 that volunteer 1646 01:34:54,320 --> 01:34:56,679 at the building site which currently our 1647 01:34:56,679 --> 01:34:59,520 building sites are on green View Drive 1648 01:34:59,520 --> 01:35:01,280 in Bennington which is in the Jefferson 1649 01:35:01,280 --> 01:35:05,880 Heights area um so we have four houses 1650 01:35:05,880 --> 01:35:07,760 we're doing there and one up on 1651 01:35:07,760 --> 01:35:09,800 Presswood we'll be doing then we'll be 1652 01:35:09,800 --> 01:35:12,159 going back up to Manchester to Jennifer 1653 01:35:12,159 --> 01:35:14,800 Lane to build one as well always looking 1654 01:35:14,800 --> 01:35:17,400 for volunteers always welcome you can 1655 01:35:17,400 --> 01:35:20,560 also join us at the restore V to our 1656 01:35:20,560 --> 01:35:22,920 restore I highly suggest you go do our 1657 01:35:22,920 --> 01:35:26,480 restore it's a cool store um it's 1658 01:35:26,480 --> 01:35:30,159 on Memorial Avenue in Manchester and 1659 01:35:30,159 --> 01:35:32,119 it's open Wednesday through Saturday so 1660 01:35:32,119 --> 01:35:33,880 if you're looking for furniture come 1661 01:35:33,880 --> 01:35:36,199 check us out and if you have furniture 1662 01:35:36,199 --> 01:35:38,440 you're looking to get rid of uh reach 1663 01:35:38,440 --> 01:35:41,199 out to us at restore at Bennington 1664 01:35:41,199 --> 01:35:44,320 County habitat.org and Tiffany our 1665 01:35:44,320 --> 01:35:46,360 manager will respond to your your 1666 01:35:46,360 --> 01:35:48,960 inquiry because that's how we you know 1667 01:35:48,960 --> 01:35:51,159 really operate so through your 1668 01:35:51,159 --> 01:35:54,159 generosity um a couple other I really 1669 01:35:54,159 --> 01:35:56,960 want to invite you all to is when we are 1670 01:35:56,960 --> 01:35:59,719 ready to sell a house cuz that's the big 1671 01:35:59,719 --> 01:36:01,119 point I want to make sure everybody 1672 01:36:01,119 --> 01:36:02,440 understands we don't give our houses 1673 01:36:02,440 --> 01:36:05,239 away we sell our houses to our partner 1674 01:36:05,239 --> 01:36:07,760 families so they all have mortgages they 1675 01:36:07,760 --> 01:36:11,520 pay taxes and they pay insurance just 1676 01:36:11,520 --> 01:36:13,880 like we all do so we are about ready to 1677 01:36:13,880 --> 01:36:18,040 sell our house um at 5 Drive which is a 1678 01:36:18,040 --> 01:36:20,760 four bedroom house going to a family of 1679 01:36:20,760 --> 01:36:24,040 six they are moving out of a two bedroom 1680 01:36:24,040 --> 01:36:26,880 mobile home into our house that they're 1681 01:36:26,880 --> 01:36:30,040 buying um and so on the 15th Saturday 1682 01:36:30,040 --> 01:36:33,360 the 15th we at 1:00 we are doing our 1683 01:36:33,360 --> 01:36:35,639 what we call home dedication and so 1684 01:36:35,639 --> 01:36:38,280 that's open to the uh to the public and 1685 01:36:38,280 --> 01:36:39,520 I encourage you to come see it because 1686 01:36:39,520 --> 01:36:41,920 it's really cool to see the kids get all 1687 01:36:41,920 --> 01:36:43,040 excited because they know that they're 1688 01:36:43,040 --> 01:36:47,719 moving in soon so if it all goes well 1689 01:36:47,719 --> 01:36:51,199 closings which we know can be not easy 1690 01:36:51,199 --> 01:36:52,800 we hoping that closing happens on the 1691 01:36:52,800 --> 01:36:54,159 18th 1692 01:36:54,159 --> 01:36:57,679 and then also we are doing a one of our 1693 01:36:57,679 --> 01:37:01,119 big fundraisers that we do is um a model 1694 01:37:01,119 --> 01:37:04,239 home competition and that's open to all 1695 01:37:04,239 --> 01:37:07,440 of the kids and students that 1696 01:37:07,440 --> 01:37:09,960 live in lton 1697 01:37:09,960 --> 01:37:13,639 County live in Bennington County or they 1698 01:37:13,639 --> 01:37:16,119 go to school in Bennington County and so 1699 01:37:16,119 --> 01:37:19,199 that's on March 22nd is going to be held 1700 01:37:19,199 --> 01:37:22,639 at the hilding Lincoln Hall they are SP 1701 01:37:22,639 --> 01:37:24,560 helping sponsor us which is awesome it's 1702 01:37:24,560 --> 01:37:26,880 a gorgeous Place have come come to see 1703 01:37:26,880 --> 01:37:29,400 the space it's really cool but if you 1704 01:37:29,400 --> 01:37:33,080 know of any students who are kind of 1705 01:37:33,080 --> 01:37:35,280 interested in you know building models 1706 01:37:35,280 --> 01:37:38,960 of homes or sustainability or might be 1707 01:37:38,960 --> 01:37:41,920 interested in winning a $1,000 prize 1708 01:37:41,920 --> 01:37:44,199 have them check us out at Bennington 1709 01:37:44,199 --> 01:37:47,199 County habitat.org and it's right here 1710 01:37:47,199 --> 01:37:49,679 on the top of our website it's different 1711 01:37:49,679 --> 01:37:52,679 age groups kindergarten to fourth fifth 1712 01:37:52,679 --> 01:37:56,119 to8 and then the high school 9 to 12 so 1713 01:37:56,119 --> 01:37:58,480 I encourage you to spread help us spread 1714 01:37:58,480 --> 01:38:01,199 that word and also if you want to come 1715 01:38:01,199 --> 01:38:03,000 join us and check out what the kids are 1716 01:38:03,000 --> 01:38:07,520 doing um the event is on the 22nd from 1717 01:38:07,520 --> 01:38:10,320 1: to 4: so it's a Saturday again at the 1718 01:38:10,320 --> 01:38:13,480 Phil and so I thank you for listening 1719 01:38:13,480 --> 01:38:15,880 and let me share and I thank you all for 1720 01:38:15,880 --> 01:38:18,159 considering to vote for us tomorrow the 1721 01:38:18,159 --> 01:38:21,750 Appropriations thank you very much 1722 01:38:21,750 --> 01:38:23,280 [Applause] 1723 01:38:23,280 --> 01:38:24,340 [Music] 1724 01:38:24,340 --> 01:38:28,199 [Applause] 1725 01:38:28,199 --> 01:38:30,679 Sarah I I feel like you should all just 1726 01:38:30,679 --> 01:38:32,920 hand it off to the next person I feel 1727 01:38:32,920 --> 01:38:35,920 like that would make it easier yeah do a 1728 01:38:35,920 --> 01:38:37,639 Baton 1729 01:38:37,639 --> 01:38:40,119 Pass hi everybody my name is Sarah 1730 01:38:40,119 --> 01:38:42,080 Wilson and I am a resident of chury 1731 01:38:42,080 --> 01:38:44,679 Vermont I'm here today to talk on behalf 1732 01:38:44,679 --> 01:38:46,880 of the Bennington free clinic don't let 1733 01:38:46,880 --> 01:38:49,280 the name fool you it also serves members 1734 01:38:49,280 --> 01:38:49,960 of 1735 01:38:49,960 --> 01:38:52,440 chury first I want to thank all of you 1736 01:38:52,440 --> 01:38:55,000 out there in the that have volunteered 1737 01:38:55,000 --> 01:38:57,719 uh for the venon pre Clinic uh last year 1738 01:38:57,719 --> 01:39:00,760 we had over 300 visits uh about 20 of 1739 01:39:00,760 --> 01:39:03,119 those are from chur residents we want to 1740 01:39:03,119 --> 01:39:04,599 thank you for your appropriation last 1741 01:39:04,599 --> 01:39:05,400 year of 1742 01:39:05,400 --> 01:39:07,960 $11,000 we are asking for the same this 1743 01:39:07,960 --> 01:39:10,199 year for those of you unfamiliar with 1744 01:39:10,199 --> 01:39:12,960 the Bennington 3 Clinic it is a fully 1745 01:39:12,960 --> 01:39:15,920 volunteer physician nurses and health 1746 01:39:15,920 --> 01:39:18,920 professionals uh site at Depot Street in 1747 01:39:18,920 --> 01:39:21,599 Bennington um and there are free health 1748 01:39:21,599 --> 01:39:24,000 services for anyone who comes in 1749 01:39:24,000 --> 01:39:26,719 uh typically we serve the people with no 1750 01:39:26,719 --> 01:39:28,119 insurance or the 1751 01:39:28,119 --> 01:39:30,679 underinsured um but we will keep people 1752 01:39:30,679 --> 01:39:33,040 uh to do any kind of Health referrals uh 1753 01:39:33,040 --> 01:39:34,639 in the community so we thank you very 1754 01:39:34,639 --> 01:39:36,719 much we ask you again for your support 1755 01:39:36,719 --> 01:39:38,840 this year for $1,000 for our 1756 01:39:38,840 --> 01:39:40,320 appropriation and again that's the 1757 01:39:40,320 --> 01:39:53,910 Bennington free clinic thank you 1758 01:39:53,920 --> 01:39:55,440 thank 1759 01:39:55,440 --> 01:39:59,040 you my name is Ed Conley I live on H 1760 01:39:59,040 --> 01:40:02,280 Harvest Hills I have two things one I 1761 01:40:02,280 --> 01:40:04,560 don't see Habitat for Humanity in the 1762 01:40:04,560 --> 01:40:06,719 listing for 1763 01:40:06,719 --> 01:40:08,560 Appropriations you know I don't know if 1764 01:40:08,560 --> 01:40:10,880 it's on the ballot itself I see it's 1765 01:40:10,880 --> 01:40:14,080 Bennington County Habitat for Humanity 1766 01:40:14,080 --> 01:40:19,159 it's the third line on the item four y 1767 01:40:19,159 --> 01:40:24,440 page on page 16 okay yep it's not okay I 1768 01:40:24,440 --> 01:40:28,320 didn't see it on the list here y on page 1769 01:40:28,320 --> 01:40:32,280 34 so the second thing is just a an 1770 01:40:32,280 --> 01:40:35,360 inquiry and it's probably may not be 1771 01:40:35,360 --> 01:40:37,239 appropriate for here but I'd like to 1772 01:40:37,239 --> 01:40:40,159 talk about the speed limit on Lamb Road 1773 01:40:40,159 --> 01:40:44,080 the speed limit is posted on Lamb Road 1774 01:40:44,080 --> 01:40:48,440 eastbound is 35 and Westbound is 25 I'm 1775 01:40:48,440 --> 01:40:58,070 just select 1776 01:40:58,080 --> 01:40:59,080 it's 1777 01:40:59,080 --> 01:41:01,560 not it's not in the 1778 01:41:01,560 --> 01:41:04,840 budget we intended to confuse people on 1779 01:41:04,840 --> 01:41:09,159 lamb Ro so glad we managed to do it um 1780 01:41:09,159 --> 01:41:11,199 thanks for telling us there was a lot of 1781 01:41:11,199 --> 01:41:13,400 those around town and and I think we 1782 01:41:13,400 --> 01:41:15,560 thought we've got on them all but 1783 01:41:15,560 --> 01:41:19,239 we'll check that one out very confusing 1784 01:41:19,239 --> 01:41:24,280 yeah yes yes thank you no I to clarify 1785 01:41:24,280 --> 01:41:38,189 his question in our budget we don't 1786 01:41:38,199 --> 01:41:42,440 have so our budget might be off just to 1787 01:41:42,440 --> 01:41:44,920 clarify that because it's 1788 01:41:44,920 --> 01:41:47,280 not she's got the 1789 01:41:47,280 --> 01:41:50,199 mic we're just uh taking yeah hold on 1790 01:41:50,199 --> 01:41:52,360 for just a minute on one second we got 1791 01:41:52,360 --> 01:41:55,480 one more clar ific 1792 01:41:55,480 --> 01:41:57,880 um because I understand what the 1793 01:41:57,880 --> 01:42:01,520 gentleman just was talking about um here 1794 01:42:01,520 --> 01:42:03,760 and so can you go down the list and just 1795 01:42:03,760 --> 01:42:05,560 make sure that I am 1796 01:42:05,560 --> 01:42:09,000 correct you're right it is not listed so 1797 01:42:09,000 --> 01:42:11,280 our the point that he just you are 1798 01:42:11,280 --> 01:42:15,520 correct for we need to am amend I need 1799 01:42:15,520 --> 01:42:17,679 uh what we have to do is we need a 1800 01:42:17,679 --> 01:42:21,040 motion to reconsider the vote on the 1801 01:42:21,040 --> 01:42:24,639 budget the purpose of which would be to 1802 01:42:24,639 --> 01:42:26,000 uh make another 1803 01:42:26,000 --> 01:42:28,639 correction uh as was just pointed out 1804 01:42:28,639 --> 01:42:32,280 the um uh Habitat for Humanity is not 1805 01:42:32,280 --> 01:42:36,800 included in that um the budget in that 1806 01:42:36,800 --> 01:42:38,400 uh 1807 01:42:38,400 --> 01:42:41,280 2,938 1808 01:42:41,280 --> 01:42:43,880 41 so 1809 01:42:43,880 --> 01:42:47,480 just to straighten it out if you so 1810 01:42:47,480 --> 01:42:51,159 desire I would entertain a motion to 1811 01:42:51,159 --> 01:42:53,639 reconsider it means we'll go backward 1812 01:42:53,639 --> 01:42:55,520 we can do that because we haven't 1813 01:42:55,520 --> 01:42:58,800 adjourned our meeting yet motion to 1814 01:42:58,800 --> 01:43:01,960 reconsider the uh budget 1815 01:43:01,960 --> 01:43:04,719 article okay I have a motion how about a 1816 01:43:04,719 --> 01:43:07,840 second I've got a 1817 01:43:07,840 --> 01:43:10,719 second all those in favor of 1818 01:43:10,719 --> 01:43:13,639 reconsideration to uh reopen the budget 1819 01:43:13,639 --> 01:43:17,679 please signify by saying I I any opposed 1820 01:43:17,679 --> 01:43:23,229 the eyes have it so let's go back 1821 01:43:23,239 --> 01:43:24,800 I'm just looking to make sure that there 1822 01:43:24,800 --> 01:43:27,000 aren't any others we have just a minute 1823 01:43:27,000 --> 01:43:27,800 because we're 1824 01:43:27,800 --> 01:43:31,159 gonna check off some of the other ones 1825 01:43:31,159 --> 01:44:14,910 get across 1826 01:44:14,920 --> 01:44:23,550 so it was so no 1850 1850 1827 01:44:23,560 --> 01:44:26,679 yes it's a level funding yes and it's 1828 01:44:26,679 --> 01:44:29,639 not included in that final budget number 1829 01:44:29,639 --> 01:44:34,350 in the final number yes of that 2 1830 01:44:34,360 --> 01:44:36,760 milon can I make a comment and I don't 1831 01:44:36,760 --> 01:44:38,159 know the answer to this but I think it's 1832 01:44:38,159 --> 01:44:41,119 worth considering uh there's a reason I 1833 01:44:41,119 --> 01:44:44,119 believe that we vote for Community 1834 01:44:44,119 --> 01:44:47,080 Appropriations by Australian ballot and 1835 01:44:47,080 --> 01:44:49,400 now what we're proposing to do is insert 1836 01:44:49,400 --> 01:44:52,159 a line item into the budget for a 1837 01:44:52,159 --> 01:44:53,920 particular 1838 01:44:53,920 --> 01:44:56,080 Community appropriation and I'm not sure 1839 01:44:56,080 --> 01:44:57,480 that we can do that 1840 01:44:57,480 --> 01:44:59,840 legally well let's get a motion on the 1841 01:44:59,840 --> 01:45:11,910 floor first okay 1842 01:45:11,920 --> 01:45:15,080 please do I have a 1843 01:45:15,080 --> 01:45:18,440 second okay now I'll open the floor for 1844 01:45:18,440 --> 01:45:24,040 discussion your honor judge so um 1845 01:45:24,040 --> 01:45:27,599 what we decide tonight is how much money 1846 01:45:27,599 --> 01:45:29,360 we're going to raise by 1847 01:45:29,360 --> 01:45:32,639 taxes no 1848 01:45:32,639 --> 01:45:36,560 yes that's what we're voting on and then 1849 01:45:36,560 --> 01:45:38,840 the measure says to the extent we have 1850 01:45:38,840 --> 01:45:42,239 other income it can offset the amount we 1851 01:45:42,239 --> 01:45:45,679 raised by taxes so if we increase the 1852 01:45:45,679 --> 01:45:48,159 budget by 1853 01:45:48,159 --> 01:45:51,440 $1,850 we're allowing them to raise tax 1854 01:45:51,440 --> 01:45:55,430 money to meet 1855 01:45:55,440 --> 01:45:59,310 2,9 approximately 1856 01:45:59,320 --> 01:46:03,239 $5,000 and so we we can do that but the 1857 01:46:03,239 --> 01:46:04,199 select 1858 01:46:04,199 --> 01:46:06,520 board grants the 1859 01:46:06,520 --> 01:46:09,560 money without it being a voted on 1860 01:46:09,560 --> 01:46:11,880 appropriation or whether it's on the 1861 01:46:11,880 --> 01:46:15,159 ballot tomorrow you know that's a 1862 01:46:15,159 --> 01:46:17,840 different issue the only question is 1863 01:46:17,840 --> 01:46:21,639 will we allow the town to raise up to 1864 01:46:21,639 --> 01:46:24,709 2,900 1865 01:46:24,719 --> 01:46:27,360 approximately 5,000 yada yada yada 1866 01:46:27,360 --> 01:46:32,830 dollars in taxes to be offset by other 1867 01:46:32,840 --> 01:46:35,560 Rees so what we're really trying to do 1868 01:46:35,560 --> 01:46:41,189 is again correct another error an 1869 01:46:41,199 --> 01:46:44,800 Omission that would 1870 01:46:44,800 --> 01:46:48,910 include the the 1871 01:46:48,920 --> 01:46:53,520 uh it would include it uh 1872 01:46:53,520 --> 01:46:56,199 in the final budget figure but do not 1873 01:46:56,199 --> 01:46:58,000 approving it because tomorrow is when 1874 01:46:58,000 --> 01:47:00,159 it'll be voted on to be approved right 1875 01:47:00,159 --> 01:47:02,599 if it's on valot to be approved but what 1876 01:47:02,599 --> 01:47:06,960 we have to do tonight is set the maximum 1877 01:47:06,960 --> 01:47:09,320 obligation of the 1878 01:47:09,320 --> 01:47:13,040 community for tax dollars and the town 1879 01:47:13,040 --> 01:47:15,760 is saying this is the most you can tax 1880 01:47:15,760 --> 01:47:19,960 us this year we know our taxes will 1881 01:47:19,960 --> 01:47:21,440 actually be less than that because 1882 01:47:21,440 --> 01:47:23,520 they're very good with other bringing in 1883 01:47:23,520 --> 01:47:25,920 other revenues through the state and 1884 01:47:25,920 --> 01:47:29,639 grants and everything else that will pay 1885 01:47:29,639 --> 01:47:32,639 some of those obligations that the taxes 1886 01:47:32,639 --> 01:47:36,119 would have to pay and so the the amount 1887 01:47:36,119 --> 01:47:38,320 of tax money we'll actually need is 1888 01:47:38,320 --> 01:47:41,159 going to be less than that 2,9 1889 01:47:41,159 --> 01:47:45,550 approximately 1890 01:47:45,560 --> 01:47:49,239 $5,000 yes St 1891 01:47:49,239 --> 01:47:52,560 to I don't want to throw any more sand 1892 01:47:52,560 --> 01:47:53,960 in the works I think we should get 1893 01:47:53,960 --> 01:47:56,520 through this and and go on but I do want 1894 01:47:56,520 --> 01:47:59,199 to make the point that we went through 1895 01:47:59,199 --> 01:48:01,679 this a few years back when I was on the 1896 01:48:01,679 --> 01:48:03,679 select board and this is not the way 1897 01:48:03,679 --> 01:48:05,440 that it's supposed to be done we're 1898 01:48:05,440 --> 01:48:09,080 double voting on the community 1899 01:48:09,080 --> 01:48:10,880 Appropriations the way it's supposed to 1900 01:48:10,880 --> 01:48:13,560 be done is you put the number forward in 1901 01:48:13,560 --> 01:48:16,960 the budget that is the total Town budget 1902 01:48:16,960 --> 01:48:18,719 minus the community 1903 01:48:18,719 --> 01:48:21,400 Appropriations and then you vote on the 1904 01:48:21,400 --> 01:48:23,760 community community Appropriations 1905 01:48:23,760 --> 01:48:26,480 tomorrow because what would happen if uh 1906 01:48:26,480 --> 01:48:29,080 I Rose tonight and said uh I don't want 1907 01:48:29,080 --> 01:48:32,400 to pay for Habitat Humanity and we 1908 01:48:32,400 --> 01:48:34,480 passed a budget that subtracted habitat 1909 01:48:34,480 --> 01:48:36,960 from Humanity from that boat and then 1910 01:48:36,960 --> 01:48:39,320 tomorrow this the citizens voted to 1911 01:48:39,320 --> 01:48:41,480 include Habitat for Humanity where would 1912 01:48:41,480 --> 01:48:43,320 we be your motion would be out called 1913 01:48:43,320 --> 01:48:45,199 out of order because it's a ballot 1914 01:48:45,199 --> 01:48:46,840 article for tomorrow it's not a floor 1915 01:48:46,840 --> 01:48:48,360 article for 1916 01:48:48,360 --> 01:48:51,000 tonight no no it wouldn't we would be 1917 01:48:51,000 --> 01:48:56,679 able to reduce the amount in the the the budget amount is Up For 1918 01:48:56,679 --> 01:48:59,719 Debate a person can stand up and say I 1919 01:48:59,719 --> 01:49:02,040 don't think we should pay for Habitat 1920 01:49:02,040 --> 01:49:04,280 for Humanity let's reduce the budget by 1921 01:49:04,280 --> 01:49:07,440 $1,000 that could pass and the 1922 01:49:07,440 --> 01:49:09,639 instructions to the to the select board 1923 01:49:09,639 --> 01:49:11,480 would be that we don't give money to 1924 01:49:11,480 --> 01:49:13,719 Habitat Humanity and then tomorrow we 1925 01:49:13,719 --> 01:49:15,920 could go and vote for it again so my 1926 01:49:15,920 --> 01:49:19,520 point is this in future years we should 1927 01:49:19,520 --> 01:49:21,400 go back the way we figured it out before 1928 01:49:21,400 --> 01:49:23,440 we looked at this up it's called double 1929 01:49:23,440 --> 01:49:25,400 voting it's not the right way to do it 1930 01:49:25,400 --> 01:49:27,360 you pass the budget less Community 1931 01:49:27,360 --> 01:49:29,400 Appropriations you pass Community 1932 01:49:29,400 --> 01:49:31,560 Appropriations tomorrow and you add them 1933 01:49:31,560 --> 01:49:32,719 to that 1934 01:49:32,719 --> 01:49:36,520 number tonight whatever it takes to get 1935 01:49:36,520 --> 01:49:40,920 through thank you Karen I just to not 1936 01:49:40,920 --> 01:49:43,520 leaving anybody else out I I did go 1937 01:49:43,520 --> 01:49:46,440 through I just did that so I I went 1938 01:49:46,440 --> 01:49:49,400 through Appropriations for tomorrow Y 1939 01:49:49,400 --> 01:50:01,149 and I've got 27 in the budget 1940 01:50:01,159 --> 01:50:05,109 Library there 1941 01:50:05,119 --> 01:50:08,119 else 1942 01:50:08,119 --> 01:50:12,400 moreci I have 20 I have 22 listed that 1943 01:50:12,400 --> 01:50:17,440 are not na on the budget lines for page 1944 01:50:17,440 --> 01:50:21,080 34 and 35 I have 1945 01:50:21,080 --> 01:50:28,520 22 lines so you are correct 22 I have 22 1946 01:50:28,520 --> 01:50:32,360 lines um cuz we just kind of went 1947 01:50:32,360 --> 01:50:35,599 through but we compared them we compared 1948 01:50:35,599 --> 01:50:39,520 them to what was in the Australian 1949 01:50:39,520 --> 01:50:44,800 ballot to what was in the um the pages 1950 01:50:44,800 --> 01:50:52,159 34 35 22 right the other one 22 right I think I counted but I'm going to count 1951 01:50:52,159 --> 01:50:54,639 again Karen could could I ask you to 1952 01:50:54,639 --> 01:51:00,750 come up here 1953 01:51:00,760 --> 01:51:04,040 and shers for kids or something what is 1954 01:51:04,040 --> 01:51:05,960 that2 the 1955 01:51:05,960 --> 01:51:14,560 shers that's Noe that's zero doubt okay so then that makes all sense 22 yes yes 1956 01:51:14,560 --> 01:51:17,280 okay I just want to be sure we're not 1957 01:51:17,280 --> 01:51:19,520 can I can I just you good with that you 1958 01:51:19,520 --> 01:51:21,000 good with the way the numbers are now 1959 01:51:21,000 --> 01:51:24,800 they they line up okay I would just like to briefly 1960 01:51:24,800 --> 01:51:27,599 respond to Tim's concern and say what 1961 01:51:27,599 --> 01:51:30,199 we'll do is we'll check with the vlct 1962 01:51:30,199 --> 01:51:32,840 Tim and see what they recommend as 1963 01:51:32,840 --> 01:51:34,760 practice for this thank you for bringing 1964 01:51:34,760 --> 01:51:37,109 me 1965 01:51:37,119 --> 01:51:41,719 up now we can bring we can bring this 1966 01:51:41,719 --> 01:51:46,790 to 1967 01:51:46,800 --> 01:51:49,560 sorry are you talking on this the the 1968 01:51:49,560 --> 01:51:53,000 floor article no no okay no you I'll 1969 01:51:53,000 --> 01:51:54,520 call on you in a minute we need the 1970 01:51:54,520 --> 01:51:55,840 let's have the we need the microphone 1971 01:51:55,840 --> 01:51:59,599 back here we're we have another 1972 01:51:59,599 --> 01:52:01,440 one we 1973 01:52:01,440 --> 01:52:05,480 getting meeting so uh yeah magic It's 1974 01:52:05,480 --> 01:52:09,480 Magic this is democracy at work here we 1975 01:52:09,480 --> 01:52:10,760 know we're governing ourselves because 1976 01:52:10,760 --> 01:52:12,880 we do it very poorly we're 1977 01:52:12,880 --> 01:52:15,199 amateurs 1978 01:52:15,199 --> 01:52:19,800 um so volunteers if my math is 1979 01:52:19,800 --> 01:52:24,510 correct um 1980 01:52:24,520 --> 01:52:26,800 the motion that on the floor was would 1981 01:52:26,800 --> 01:52:29,840 be shall the town appropriate the sum of 1982 01:52:29,840 --> 01:52:35,040 that's the ma if you did it correct y 1983 01:52:35,040 --> 01:52:36,760 2,956 1984 01:52:36,760 --> 01:52:39,159 N1 to defray the town's General and 1985 01:52:39,159 --> 01:52:41,560 Highway expenses for fiscal year 2026 1986 01:52:41,560 --> 01:52:43,119 the amount of such sum to be raised by 1987 01:52:43,119 --> 01:52:45,960 property taxes and to be reduced by non- 1988 01:52:45,960 --> 01:52:49,000 tax revenues and Reserve funds if we 1989 01:52:49,000 --> 01:52:51,480 vote this uh vote for this it corrects 1990 01:52:51,480 --> 01:52:55,760 that error uh where one uh one item was 1991 01:52:55,760 --> 01:52:58,199 omitted uh that shows up 1992 01:52:58,199 --> 01:53:00,520 tomorrow any 1993 01:53:00,520 --> 01:53:02,719 questions ready to vote on 1994 01:53:02,719 --> 01:53:05,560 it please all those in favor please 1995 01:53:05,560 --> 01:53:09,480 signify by saying I I any 1996 01:53:09,480 --> 01:53:11,960 opposed the eyes have it and it is so 1997 01:53:11,960 --> 01:53:13,800 ordered 1998 01:53:13,800 --> 01:53:16,520 again okay now now we're back we're back 1999 01:53:16,520 --> 01:53:19,880 under the article thank you folks to 2000 01:53:19,880 --> 01:53:22,639 yeah thank yes thank you to transact 2001 01:53:22,639 --> 01:53:24,560 other non-binding business so we had 2002 01:53:24,560 --> 01:53:26,520 Aaron I think 2003 01:53:26,520 --> 01:53:29,880 uh come up here please back to the mic 2004 01:53:29,880 --> 01:53:32,440 again but you're gonna come up here okay 2005 01:53:32,440 --> 01:53:36,069 makes it 2006 01:53:36,079 --> 01:53:38,360 easier make sure you're talking into 2007 01:53:38,360 --> 01:53:41,589 this 2008 01:53:41,599 --> 01:53:43,800 okay okay so I haven't given a speech in 2009 01:53:43,800 --> 01:53:46,079 a long time I'm a little nervous but um 2010 01:53:46,079 --> 01:53:48,400 good evening my name is Aaron labovitz 2011 01:53:48,400 --> 01:53:50,639 and I'm a very content Resident of 2012 01:53:50,639 --> 01:53:52,280 shaftsberry for about three and a half 2013 01:53:52,280 --> 01:53:54,719 years years now I'm also the americore 2014 01:53:54,719 --> 01:53:57,760 Vista at Lake parin and I'll be moving 2015 01:53:57,760 --> 01:53:59,760 into the executive director position 2016 01:53:59,760 --> 01:54:01,639 when my Vista term ends at the beginning 2017 01:54:01,639 --> 01:54:04,920 of April the citizens of shastry have 2018 01:54:04,920 --> 01:54:07,040 generously supported par and Recreations 2019 01:54:07,040 --> 01:54:09,040 and we're really grateful for that 2020 01:54:09,040 --> 01:54:11,360 support I'm here tonight to share with 2021 01:54:11,360 --> 01:54:14,040 you some information about the long road 2022 01:54:14,040 --> 01:54:16,760 of healing repair change and Improvement 2023 01:54:16,760 --> 01:54:18,719 that we are on at Lake 2024 01:54:18,719 --> 01:54:22,520 parin as you may know June Cooper a 2025 01:54:22,520 --> 01:54:24,639 9-year-old camp at the lake drown on 2026 01:54:24,639 --> 01:54:25,520 July 2027 01:54:25,520 --> 01:54:28,719 19th this tragedy has had a profound 2028 01:54:28,719 --> 01:54:31,320 effect on those connected with the lake 2029 01:54:31,320 --> 01:54:32,719 in our wider 2030 01:54:32,719 --> 01:54:35,000 Community this however pales in 2031 01:54:35,000 --> 01:54:37,119 comparison to the devastating impact 2032 01:54:37,119 --> 01:54:38,800 that it had on the Cooper family and 2033 01:54:38,800 --> 01:54:41,639 their friends our hearts go out to them 2034 01:54:41,639 --> 01:54:44,679 each and every day and we're very very 2035 01:54:44,679 --> 01:54:46,960 deeply sorry for this terrible 2036 01:54:46,960 --> 01:54:49,040 accident we're committed to doing 2037 01:54:49,040 --> 01:54:50,920 everything in our power to try and make 2038 01:54:50,920 --> 01:54:53,040 amends with to them 2039 01:54:53,040 --> 01:54:55,280 and to work to repair our trust with our 2040 01:54:55,280 --> 01:54:57,560 larger 2041 01:54:57,560 --> 01:54:59,719 Community although we've expressed 2042 01:54:59,719 --> 01:55:01,920 apologies and condolences privately we 2043 01:55:01,920 --> 01:55:04,119 haven't made any public statements since 2044 01:55:04,119 --> 01:55:06,960 our initial acknowledgement of this 2045 01:55:06,960 --> 01:55:09,480 accident we've remain quiet out of an 2046 01:55:09,480 --> 01:55:12,679 abundance of concern to avoid any impact 2047 01:55:12,679 --> 01:55:14,760 or perceived impact on the formal 2048 01:55:14,760 --> 01:55:16,840 investigations by the Bennington Police 2049 01:55:16,840 --> 01:55:19,400 Department the division of CH children 2050 01:55:19,400 --> 01:55:21,679 and families with which we cooperated 2051 01:55:21,679 --> 01:55:24,719 fully in actively these investigations 2052 01:55:24,719 --> 01:55:26,760 were lengthy and took a great deal of 2053 01:55:26,760 --> 01:55:29,280 time and for your information the 2054 01:55:29,280 --> 01:55:31,079 Bennington police department and the 2055 01:55:31,079 --> 01:55:33,199 division of Children and Family 2056 01:55:33,199 --> 01:55:35,800 Services have not provided copies of the 2057 01:55:35,800 --> 01:55:37,800 report to Lake paren as there are many 2058 01:55:37,800 --> 01:55:40,960 juveniles involved and there were also 2059 01:55:40,960 --> 01:55:43,199 no charges brought against Lake parin 2060 01:55:43,199 --> 01:55:45,800 and DCF did not issue any findings 2061 01:55:45,800 --> 01:55:47,440 against Lake 2062 01:55:47,440 --> 01:55:50,320 parent in addition out of respect for 2063 01:55:50,320 --> 01:55:53,719 the Cooper family we did not want the 2064 01:55:53,719 --> 01:55:56,520 work we are doing here to impact the 2065 01:55:56,520 --> 01:55:58,639 difficult and delicate processes that 2066 01:55:58,639 --> 01:56:00,440 are ongoing 2067 01:56:00,440 --> 01:56:02,840 legally we felt it was better to work 2068 01:56:02,840 --> 01:56:04,760 quietly behind the scenes than to appear 2069 01:56:04,760 --> 01:56:06,719 in any way to be trying to minimize the 2070 01:56:06,719 --> 01:56:09,079 harm of this tragedy or influence any of 2071 01:56:09,079 --> 01:56:10,280 these 2072 01:56:10,280 --> 01:56:13,239 processes that said after addressing the 2073 01:56:13,239 --> 01:56:16,520 immediate needs of the lake of those at 2074 01:56:16,520 --> 01:56:19,320 the lake on July 19th our campers our 2075 01:56:19,320 --> 01:56:22,040 famili staff and the community members 2076 01:56:22,040 --> 01:56:24,320 we we've been taking time to assess our 2077 01:56:24,320 --> 01:56:26,719 processes identifying areas for 2078 01:56:26,719 --> 01:56:28,320 improvement in health safety and 2079 01:56:28,320 --> 01:56:30,840 Emergency Management policies and 2080 01:56:30,840 --> 01:56:33,760 programs part of this process of 2081 01:56:33,760 --> 01:56:36,159 evaluation is understanding to the best 2082 01:56:36,159 --> 01:56:37,280 of our 2083 01:56:37,280 --> 01:56:40,239 ability what happened that day and to 2084 01:56:40,239 --> 01:56:42,480 make sure that such an incident doesn't 2085 01:56:42,480 --> 01:56:44,960 happen again although none of the 2086 01:56:44,960 --> 01:56:47,159 investigations resulted in any finding 2087 01:56:47,159 --> 01:56:50,960 of fault we know that we must make 2088 01:56:50,960 --> 01:56:53,719 changes to to that end we wanted to 2089 01:56:53,719 --> 01:56:55,239 share with you a list of some of the 2090 01:56:55,239 --> 01:56:56,960 work that we're in process of completing 2091 01:56:56,960 --> 01:56:59,639 and plan to implement while we've always 2092 01:56:59,639 --> 01:57:02,480 taken safety very seriously in the past 2093 01:57:02,480 --> 01:57:03,920 we know that these improvements will 2094 01:57:03,920 --> 01:57:07,400 help us to continue to create a safer 2095 01:57:07,400 --> 01:57:09,360 environment in recent months we've 2096 01:57:09,360 --> 01:57:11,040 engaged with safety professionals from 2097 01:57:11,040 --> 01:57:12,679 the community which include trained 2098 01:57:12,679 --> 01:57:14,760 Waterfront and boating safety experts 2099 01:57:14,760 --> 01:57:16,840 fire and general safety professionals 2100 01:57:16,840 --> 01:57:20,440 Park managers and accessibility advisers 2101 01:57:20,440 --> 01:57:22,360 the safety advisory Council has Been 2102 01:57:22,360 --> 01:57:23,880 instrumental in guiding us through our 2103 01:57:23,880 --> 01:57:26,760 safety review moving forward we will 2104 01:57:26,760 --> 01:57:28,400 continue to collaborate with these 2105 01:57:28,400 --> 01:57:30,960 experts and others to ensure that we 2106 01:57:30,960 --> 01:57:33,360 stay upto-date and proactive in our 2107 01:57:33,360 --> 01:57:36,079 approach we're also facilitating open 2108 01:57:36,079 --> 01:57:38,239 conversations with community members to 2109 01:57:38,239 --> 01:57:41,520 reconnect address concerns and answer 2110 01:57:41,520 --> 01:57:43,760 questions to the best of our ability we 2111 01:57:43,760 --> 01:57:45,520 share our plans and we're working 2112 01:57:45,520 --> 01:57:47,599 towards rebuilding 2113 01:57:47,599 --> 01:57:50,159 trust we're reviewing and updating our 2114 01:57:50,159 --> 01:57:51,679 policies and procedures that will be 2115 01:57:51,679 --> 01:57:54,199 developed after practices and drills to 2116 01:57:54,199 --> 01:57:56,239 improve preparedness and confidence in 2117 01:57:56,239 --> 01:57:58,119 handling real life 2118 01:57:58,119 --> 01:58:00,760 scenarios our designated swimming area 2119 01:58:00,760 --> 01:58:03,480 is going to be resized to improve safety 2120 01:58:03,480 --> 01:58:06,440 including splitting our swimming area 2121 01:58:06,440 --> 01:58:09,199 into a youth swimming area and 2122 01:58:09,199 --> 01:58:11,159 redefining our shallow 2123 01:58:11,159 --> 01:58:15,040 areas using our weo boat we will PR 2124 01:58:15,040 --> 01:58:17,679 prioritize re removal from the swimming 2125 01:58:17,679 --> 01:58:20,199 area to improve health and safety of the 2126 01:58:20,199 --> 01:58:22,880 lake and our Patron 2127 01:58:22,880 --> 01:58:25,079 further we will continue to remove weeds 2128 01:58:25,079 --> 01:58:27,079 from the rest of the lake to improve the 2129 01:58:27,079 --> 01:58:28,840 health of the lake and the safety of our 2130 01:58:28,840 --> 01:58:31,000 boers and people fishing and 2131 01:58:31,000 --> 01:58:33,400 swimming we'll continue to review and 2132 01:58:33,400 --> 01:58:35,480 update our emergency action plan to 2133 01:58:35,480 --> 01:58:37,560 ensure Clarity and Effectiveness based 2134 01:58:37,560 --> 01:58:39,280 on recommendations from our safety 2135 01:58:39,280 --> 01:58:41,800 advisory Council we're also 2136 01:58:41,800 --> 01:58:44,360 participating in Red Cross trainings are 2137 01:58:44,360 --> 01:58:46,800 working towards being certified to cont 2138 01:58:46,800 --> 01:58:49,760 conduct trainings locally our goal is to 2139 01:58:49,760 --> 01:58:52,119 certify three individuals as American 2140 01:58:52,119 --> 01:58:54,320 and red cross trainers for staff and for 2141 01:58:54,320 --> 01:58:57,400 the community all Waterfront staff will 2142 01:58:57,400 --> 01:59:00,400 be certified lifu guards with natural 2143 01:59:00,400 --> 01:59:03,159 water training our lifeguard training 2144 01:59:03,159 --> 01:59:05,320 will be ongoing while the staff while 2145 01:59:05,320 --> 01:59:08,480 staff is at the lake our director will 2146 01:59:08,480 --> 01:59:12,560 be an Arc Trainer certified in lifeguard 2147 01:59:12,560 --> 01:59:15,000 management by the American Red Cross 2148 01:59:15,000 --> 01:59:16,560 which I've already completed and I'm 2149 01:59:16,560 --> 01:59:18,280 already completed the paddle boort 2150 01:59:18,280 --> 01:59:21,199 safety course from the American Cano 2151 01:59:21,199 --> 01:59:23,159 Association 2152 01:59:23,159 --> 01:59:25,239 all of our staff will be CPR and first 2153 01:59:25,239 --> 01:59:27,880 aid certified as well as ret receive 2154 01:59:27,880 --> 01:59:29,560 training in Waterfront paddle sport 2155 01:59:29,560 --> 01:59:33,320 safety through Precision paddling in the 2156 01:59:33,320 --> 01:59:36,400 ACA we're pausing our camp 2157 01:59:36,400 --> 01:59:38,679 programming we'll use this time to 2158 01:59:38,679 --> 01:59:40,920 conduct comprehensive evaluations 2159 01:59:40,920 --> 01:59:42,800 continue research and collaborate with 2160 01:59:42,800 --> 01:59:45,360 experts and advisers our goal is to 2161 01:59:45,360 --> 01:59:47,239 ensure well informed and thoughtful 2162 01:59:47,239 --> 01:59:49,400 approach to safety operations for both 2163 01:59:49,400 --> 01:59:52,520 camps renting the lake fa facility and 2164 01:59:52,520 --> 01:59:54,560 any future programs hosted at Lake par 2165 01:59:54,560 --> 01:59:55,920 and 2166 01:59:55,920 --> 01:59:57,800 Recreations if you're interested in 2167 01:59:57,800 --> 01:59:59,520 attending one of our future listening 2168 01:59:59,520 --> 02:00:01,880 sessions or to stay informed about 2169 02:00:01,880 --> 02:00:03,320 what's happening at the lake I'll have a 2170 02:00:03,320 --> 02:00:05,360 sign up sheet in the back and you can 2171 02:00:05,360 --> 02:00:08,480 come up to me after the meeting um or 2172 02:00:08,480 --> 02:00:11,639 you can always email me at a Aaron 2173 02:00:11,639 --> 02:00:15,639 lakaren vt.org or you can always find me 2174 02:00:15,639 --> 02:00:17,400 at Lake paring because I'm there a lot 2175 02:00:17,400 --> 02:00:19,679 so thank you so much for your generosity 2176 02:00:19,679 --> 02:00:21,360 and I hope that you continue to support 2177 02:00:21,360 --> 02:00:36,069 us as we move move forward thank 2178 02:00:36,079 --> 02:00:40,800 you thank you Aon somebody else yes sir 2179 02:00:40,800 --> 02:00:57,310 Michael 2180 02:00:57,320 --> 02:01:00,159 sure you just have to turn it on it's a 2181 02:01:00,159 --> 02:01:02,040 switch on the 2182 02:01:02,040 --> 02:01:04,079 side I'm not sure if this is out of 2183 02:01:04,079 --> 02:01:08,520 order but I I want to offer a a proposed 2184 02:01:08,520 --> 02:01:10,920 resolution um of the sense of the 2185 02:01:10,920 --> 02:01:13,679 Gathering here in in regards to an 2186 02:01:13,679 --> 02:01:17,719 international and National 2187 02:01:17,719 --> 02:01:21,599 um can I speak to CI about that yes uh 2188 02:01:21,599 --> 02:01:24,639 we no binding action but um other 2189 02:01:24,639 --> 02:01:27,119 business it breaks my heart see what's 2190 02:01:27,119 --> 02:01:30,440 happening in Middle East our tax dollars 2191 02:01:30,440 --> 02:01:33,560 at work supporting a genocide of the 2192 02:01:33,560 --> 02:01:36,239 Palestinian people and I just want to 2193 02:01:36,239 --> 02:01:38,040 propose a 2194 02:01:38,040 --> 02:01:40,719 resolution uh a sense of The Gather 2195 02:01:40,719 --> 02:01:43,840 citizens of our community the resolution 2196 02:01:43,840 --> 02:01:47,360 is it's the sense of The Gather citizens 2197 02:01:47,360 --> 02:01:49,840 of sh Vermont at our town floor meeting 2198 02:01:49,840 --> 02:01:53,079 this March 3rd 2025 2199 02:01:53,079 --> 02:01:55,760 could all Supply Andor funding by the US 2200 02:01:55,760 --> 02:01:58,800 government of weapons and 2201 02:01:58,800 --> 02:02:01,440 Military and logistical assistance to 2202 02:02:01,440 --> 02:02:05,079 the regime of Israel must cease as long 2203 02:02:05,079 --> 02:02:07,920 as Israel is engaged in the genocide of 2204 02:02:07,920 --> 02:02:10,920 the Palestinian people especially in the 2205 02:02:10,920 --> 02:02:13,040 Palestinian rightful 2206 02:02:13,040 --> 02:02:19,990 Homeland that's it 2207 02:02:20,000 --> 02:02:22,520 [Music] 2208 02:02:22,520 --> 02:02:24,800 we have a second thank you there a 2209 02:02:24,800 --> 02:02:29,760 second yes okay the point of this is 2210 02:02:29,760 --> 02:02:33,000 uh advisory 2211 02:02:33,000 --> 02:02:38,589 only not 2212 02:02:38,599 --> 02:02:42,119 binding all those in favor of that 2213 02:02:42,119 --> 02:02:46,040 advisory motion signify by saying I I 2214 02:02:46,040 --> 02:02:47,960 and those 2215 02:02:47,960 --> 02:02:50,719 opposed okay the eyes have it thank you 2216 02:02:50,719 --> 02:02:52,719 Michael 2217 02:02:52,719 --> 02:02:57,470 who else have we got yes 2218 02:02:57,480 --> 02:02:59,679 sir you 2219 02:02:59,679 --> 02:03:03,679 want like you can you can move or you 2220 02:03:03,679 --> 02:03:06,400 can I don't know whichever you'd like or 2221 02:03:06,400 --> 02:03:09,320 that whatever is easiest for you here 2222 02:03:09,320 --> 02:03:11,950 you go it's on I'm Alan 2223 02:03:11,950 --> 02:03:15,550 [Music] 2224 02:03:15,560 --> 02:03:18,079 Baker I want to thank the Committees 2225 02:03:18,079 --> 02:03:21,199 that worked so hard on figuring what to 2226 02:03:21,199 --> 02:03:22,760 do a call 2227 02:03:22,760 --> 02:03:24,960 I went to a meeting when they had a 2228 02:03:24,960 --> 02:03:27,280 special a special meeting like why are 2229 02:03:27,280 --> 02:03:29,639 we having a special meeting they go go 2230 02:03:29,639 --> 02:03:31,159 back to the minutes we went back through 2231 02:03:31,159 --> 02:03:32,239 all the 2232 02:03:32,239 --> 02:03:34,920 minutes and they CED themselves in 2233 02:03:34,920 --> 02:03:37,280 pretzels trying to figure out what to 2234 02:03:37,280 --> 02:03:38,800 do 2235 02:03:38,800 --> 02:03:40,960 and I just thought it was pretty 2236 02:03:40,960 --> 02:03:43,679 impressive like it worked out the way it 2237 02:03:43,679 --> 02:03:45,440 did I like to have another special 2238 02:03:45,440 --> 02:03:46,880 meeting so we can decide what to do a 2239 02:03:46,880 --> 02:03:49,639 call Hall who can't keep both 2240 02:03:49,639 --> 02:03:52,440 buildings so and now I'm going to talk 2241 02:03:52,440 --> 02:03:53,480 about 2242 02:03:53,480 --> 02:03:56,199 wbtn we're on the 2243 02:03:56,199 --> 02:03:58,719 Appropriations anyone who wants to have 2244 02:03:58,719 --> 02:04:00,480 a radio show you want to come play your 2245 02:04:00,480 --> 02:04:02,559 bongos you can come play your 2246 02:04:02,559 --> 02:04:05,119 B anyone can come and do anything they 2247 02:04:05,119 --> 02:04:07,719 want within 2248 02:04:07,719 --> 02:04:11,040 re and 2249 02:04:11,040 --> 02:04:13,280 uh in light 2250 02:04:13,280 --> 02:04:16,079 of some of the world issues at the 2251 02:04:16,079 --> 02:04:19,040 moment everyone lives on their cell 2252 02:04:19,040 --> 02:04:22,840 phone and we know at least I 2253 02:04:22,840 --> 02:04:24,760 believe many 2254 02:04:24,760 --> 02:04:27,040 countries have a way of turning them all 2255 02:04:27,040 --> 02:04:29,119 off immediately including our 2256 02:04:29,119 --> 02:04:31,199 own and if you didn't have your phone 2257 02:04:31,199 --> 02:04:32,360 where you going to get 2258 02:04:32,360 --> 02:04:35,280 information wbtn is a 2259 02:04:35,280 --> 02:04:37,800 generator and everyone has a radio in 2260 02:04:37,800 --> 02:04:40,880 their car so we can get 2261 02:04:40,880 --> 02:04:43,480 information and not go crazy because 2262 02:04:43,480 --> 02:04:48,189 this thing isn't working that's what I 2263 02:04:48,199 --> 02:04:53,149 us so 2264 02:04:53,159 --> 02:04:55,719 for you wbtn is for everyone to do 2265 02:04:55,719 --> 02:04:58,239 whatever they want any show talk about 2266 02:04:58,239 --> 02:05:01,880 tipra come in and talk about cracking 2267 02:05:01,880 --> 02:05:04,400 bones and it's called you have a live 2268 02:05:04,400 --> 02:05:07,920 call and people can call you in call up and ask you 2269 02:05:07,920 --> 02:05:10,000 questions 2270 02:05:10,000 --> 02:05:15,079 and just as a resiliency thing to have 2271 02:05:15,079 --> 02:05:18,639 that available if the Fe metal hits the 2272 02:05:18,639 --> 02:05:21,760 Blazing uh fan 2273 02:05:21,760 --> 02:05:24,040 we have some way 2274 02:05:24,040 --> 02:05:26,559 of 2275 02:05:26,559 --> 02:05:29,520 communicating it's not 2276 02:05:29,520 --> 02:05:32,400 uh I've seen when people seen things on 2277 02:05:32,400 --> 02:05:34,000 the news where people go through the 2278 02:05:34,000 --> 02:05:35,079 tunnels in New York City and their 2279 02:05:35,079 --> 02:05:37,119 phones don't work as soon as they come 2280 02:05:37,119 --> 02:05:38,639 out everyone's going like this is your 2281 02:05:38,639 --> 02:05:41,360 paranoid it's only been 60 seconds 2282 02:05:41,360 --> 02:05:43,599 imagine that goes on for 2283 02:05:43,599 --> 02:05:45,119 days 2284 02:05:45,119 --> 02:05:48,119 so come do your own show and support 2285 02:05:48,119 --> 02:05:51,160 being resilient in the future thanks 2286 02:05:51,160 --> 02:06:01,109 [Applause] 2287 02:06:01,119 --> 02:06:10,629 thanks now's your chance your 2288 02:06:10,639 --> 02:06:13,760 opportunity thank you prep to be wildly 2289 02:06:13,760 --> 02:06:16,199 unpopular my name is Tim 2290 02:06:16,199 --> 02:06:18,800 White could you go over next to that 2291 02:06:18,800 --> 02:06:20,599 also I think we want to double check the 2292 02:06:20,599 --> 02:06:23,520 budget numbers oh 2293 02:06:23,520 --> 02:06:26,639 uhoh I believe BNA and hospice is double 2294 02:06:26,639 --> 02:06:31,719 counted so the 5225 is double counted oh 2295 02:06:31,719 --> 02:06:34,320 dear and the 2296 02:06:34,320 --> 02:06:43,709 1850 from Habitat for Humanity so the actual sum on page 35 should be 2297 02:06:43,719 --> 02:06:47,950 39350 2298 02:06:47,960 --> 02:06:56,910 okay 5 is 2299 02:06:56,920 --> 02:07:01,199 it's Bennington BNA and then Bennington 2300 02:07:01,199 --> 02:07:10,629 BNA uh VNA 2301 02:07:10,639 --> 02:07:14,199 hospice it's under two different names 2302 02:07:14,199 --> 02:07:19,199 it's under um Bennington area VNA and 2303 02:07:19,199 --> 02:07:24,960 then on page 35 VNA and hospice s 2304 02:07:24,960 --> 02:07:31,589 VHC both under for $ 2305 02:07:31,599 --> 02:07:33,480 5,225 good 2306 02:07:33,480 --> 02:07:35,760 Lord this inconvenience brought you by 2307 02:07:35,760 --> 02:07:38,940 shury Elementary School 2308 02:07:38,950 --> 02:07:45,360 [Applause] 2309 02:07:45,360 --> 02:07:50,280 my this is turning into okay um we're 2310 02:07:50,280 --> 02:07:52,960 going to repeat that same 2311 02:07:52,960 --> 02:07:55,599 exercise wait we got to do the math 2312 02:07:55,599 --> 02:07:57,040 first we're going to do some math while 2313 02:07:57,040 --> 02:07:59,199 I'm Ying about which way direction we're 2314 02:07:59,199 --> 02:08:02,360 going to go we can do this if we had 2315 02:08:02,360 --> 02:08:03,760 closed the meeting we wouldn't be able 2316 02:08:03,760 --> 02:08:04,480 to 2317 02:08:04,480 --> 02:08:07,599 reconsider uh so it would have been very 2318 02:08:07,599 --> 02:08:15,390 interesting U what would happen 2319 02:08:15,400 --> 02:08:19,400 um I need a motion to um reconsider the 2320 02:08:19,400 --> 02:08:22,549 budget 2321 02:08:22,559 --> 02:08:25,360 um so if we didn't do it we'd end up 2322 02:08:25,360 --> 02:08:27,679 with a surplus of 2323 02:08:27,679 --> 02:08:30,920 5275 is that right 2324 02:08:30,920 --> 02:08:35,520 or uh yeah uh uh well wait a minute 2325 02:08:35,520 --> 02:08:39,040 um we just end up with a surplus 2326 02:08:39,040 --> 02:08:42,440 $5,000 yes yeah that's correct yes I I I 2327 02:08:42,440 --> 02:08:43,600 vote for 2328 02:08:43,600 --> 02:08:46,040 [Laughter] 2329 02:08:46,040 --> 02:08:50,000 that okay so 2330 02:08:50,000 --> 02:08:53,159 um uh let's see see uh so I guess I'd 2331 02:08:53,159 --> 02:08:54,800 say do 2332 02:08:54,800 --> 02:08:57,000 uh uh does 2333 02:08:57,000 --> 02:08:59,440 anybody disagree with that does anybody 2334 02:08:59,440 --> 02:09:01,840 want to bring a motion to reconsider and 2335 02:09:01,840 --> 02:09:05,639 go back and fix things no you kind of 2336 02:09:05,639 --> 02:09:08,599 had enough no okay well I think we've 2337 02:09:08,599 --> 02:09:11,040 got a budget surplus this year they've 2338 02:09:11,040 --> 02:09:13,199 done a good 2339 02:09:13,199 --> 02:09:15,920 job I have a motion to adjourn it's been 2340 02:09:15,920 --> 02:09:18,440 seconded it's not debatable all those in 2341 02:09:18,440 --> 02:09:21,559 favor please signify by saying I I and 2342 02:09:21,559 --> 02:09:24,320 oppos the eyes have it thank you all for 2343 02:09:24,320 --> 02:09:27,440 coming please um leave the chairs uh 2344 02:09:27,440 --> 02:09:28,920 they want they are going to take the 2345 02:09:28,920 --> 02:09:30,679 custodians will take care of it um 2346 02:09:30,679 --> 02:09:33,599 themselves and a note tomorrow voting is 2347 02:09:33,599 --> 02:09:37,480 at the Town garage 7 a.m. to 700 p.m. 2348 02:09:37,480 --> 02:09:52,270 we'll see you there 2349 02:09:52,280 --> 02:10:20,310 go to 2350 02:10:20,320 --> 02:10:24,320 page e