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Rise for pledge of allegiance, please.
Flag is by the police officers. I pledge

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allegiance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic

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which stands one nation under God,
indivisible, liberty and justice for

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all.

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» First item on agend roll call. Five
members of the president. Second item

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approving a minute from August 12th. I'd
make a motion we approve.

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» Motion made, second by Sue. All in
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» Next item up is um we're gonna skip a
couple. Go right down aiming

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new road at Nate.
>> Thank you, Nate.

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» How are you, buddy?
>> Good. How are you, Mike?

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» Good.
So, what was yours, sir?

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» Yeah. So, as you can see, there's two
new roads. Uh one of them is Timberview

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uh Drive. Uh that's over off Alagash.
You could have something on your desk

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there that says
where that is. And the other one is uh

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Banette Way, Banette Lane, I think is
what it is. Uh over from the Belgra

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across from the Bandic Road.
Uh but that is because you've got a two

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unit on that piece of property and you
also got the storage facility there as

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well. So where there's a couple
structures for E911, we needed to put an

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address on that. So, uh, it's not
necessarily Belgrade Road, but we're

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changing this shot from 53 Belgrade
roads to a number ban lane, I think,

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where it is.
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» And then the other one is right off
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It's being developed. So, we need a
wrote that I named that road. So,

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» we picked those two names uh chief sub
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» So, there they are. I've made a motion
we accept those two recommendations for

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road names.
>> Motion is made, seconded by Sue. All in

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favor?
>> Thank you, sir.

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» Next item up is going to the chief of
police, Chief St. is going to

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» Oh, you want to do the poll next?
>> Yeah.

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» All right. Disregarding last
they've been in here all day. So,

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» Oh, kids at home.
>> Thank you.

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» Get them out of here.
>> That's me. Uh tax commitment update. We

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did do our tax commitment on Friday the
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the mill rate uh we ended up with was
$10.92 per thousand and our overlay um

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is just at $150,000
change. Um that overlay again just so we

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can talk about what it is. We're going
to it's it's used for any abatements

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that we have happening which I expect
more abatements this year than than most

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years. Um, and then also, um, for those
people that don't pay, uh, timely, it

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allows the town to function and to do
all the things they need to do because

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they need the money that was set in the
budget. So, that's what the overlay is

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there for. Uh, the maximum overlay that
we could have done was $700,000. So, we,

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you know, we stayed at $150,000
to stay conservative, but still have

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some
money there for us. Any questions about

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the tax commitment from you guys?
We are at 100% of market value. So, we

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are giving those full homestead and full
veterans exemptions as well. So,

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» thank you. No question.
>> Question. I know there's $25,000 for the

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homestead exemption. What is full?
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» Thank you so much.

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» Any no questions? have a question in the
back. Go ahead, sir.

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» How much is in the pound reserve account
today?

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» Um 1.4 million
in our insured cash sweep. So that is

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our kind of our operating. It sweeps
back and forth. Um we have one account

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that we operate daily out of. It goes
it's always set at 300,000. So checks

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clear, expenses come in, you know,
that's what we operate on. But at the

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end of the day, it's either swept out to
make it $300,000 or or money swept in to

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make it $300,000. So we we start every
day with 300,000. Then we have um some

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trust funds that are invested, the
cemetery trust, distressed person trust,

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um BB something trust.
>> Yeah. And then there's another trust. We

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can't really touch those. those kind of
operate on their owns. And then we have

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special revenues along with a little bit
of general fund money. And that's about

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1.6 million that's invested in bonds.

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» No further questions. Thank you ma'am
for coming in.

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» Thank you.
>> Next item up is Kelly introducing

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» Yes. So, we have a new police officer,
very actful staff. Um, officer Derek

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Brill comes to us from Cumberland County
Sheriff's Office where he spent the last

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20 years as a deputy. While at
Cumberland County, he was a field

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training officer and patrolled the town
of Standish. Derek also held several

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other certifications.
Dererick is from originally from

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Winslow, Maine. He attended Winsel High
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University of Southern Maine where he
received a bachelor's degree in sports

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medicine.
In a time where there's a big shortage

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of police officers, we're very fortunate
to have such qualified professional join

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our staff. So, welcome Derek.

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You want to say anything?

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Thank you.
>> Next one up is Chief Cochell with EMS

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resolution.
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draft of the EMS resolution in your
packets. Um, we're now required by state

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law to have that. I have had legal
review it and they said it meets all the

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state requirements and I think I'll have
Dave speak a little bit more about where

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this came from and why.
So it's um it's actually main state

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statute that each town
adopts this resol a resolution which

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will tell the residents
who the transporting agency would be to

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take them to the hospital.

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So once once we accept the resolution we
have to report it to a bunch of state

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agencies
then that would become part of the

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town's book of ordinances if you will
has to be posted in the same manner as

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any other county or some of the website
easily easily found

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so this is a step in that process so
required by the state the resolution

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that that we put together was was a
plate from mains also reviewed by the

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town's council South to be.
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Pretty boilerplate.
>> I assume you recommend that we sign this

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thing, right? I make that motion. Motion
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» I'll pass this down. You can sign it.
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Um,
>> next thing up is Kelly with the talking

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about TRIO training.
>> Yes. So, as you know, our TRIO software

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that we currently use to assess and
budget and cash receing and motor

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vehicle. It does everything that makes
us function as a town. Um, that our

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version is going to be end of life in
December at the end of December. and you

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had approved us and the budget, we put
the money in the budget to go to SQL Web

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or no, Trio Web um their newest version.
And on April 8th, you approved us to

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close the office at 2:00 on October 8th.
There's been a scheduling conflict and

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we need to move that day to October 22nd
that we would close the office at 2:00

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to attend uh online training. Uh
everyone in the office that uses TRIO

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will be attending this training and that
way we don't have to pay overtime. If we

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can shut down 3 hours early, it'll give
the girls, you know, 30 minutes to cash

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up and then head to the training room.
day of the week.

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» Thursday.
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time.
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as well. So, I think TRIO only does
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» We don't close at what time?
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» I make a motion we close at 2:00 on
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» She had a question. Motion

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made. Do we have a second? Kelly may
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» Thank you.
>> We are going live on December 1st,

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so bear with us.
>> Next one up there is another one for

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Kell. It's Mission Square. Sure.
>> Um, so as you know, our retirement

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company is Mission Square Retirement. um
part of our program and and contract

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with them. You have to you become an
employee, you have to wait 6 months

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before um you can contribute like a
six-month probationary period. Then you

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can start contributing to your
retirement. Currently, the employees

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required to do one and a half% the town
does 8%. But you have to be vested for 5

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years.
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Cheryl, our finance director, was doing
some digging and speaking with um

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Mission Square and realized that we had
a forfeite account for the unvested

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employees that had left. I mean, you're
talking this goes back years. Um we did

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receive the check today. I I said that's
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50,6302.
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um
I would like to we still have four

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employees that fall under the old policy
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when they retire they're paid out a
third of their sick time if they were

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hired before 2003.
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and I would like to put the money in
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cover that and we won't have to budget
for that for a very long time.

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I'll make that motion that we put that
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for time or whatever.
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» Employee separation for all the old
people when they

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» pay out sick time. Uh if somebody
leaves, we do have to pay out vacation

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time for law.
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» Um we do a retirement plaque or
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» Most years we've had that in the budget
to do that every year, right? Year after

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year. Yeah, we've had some big
retirements. Jan

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uh and Doug Jan.
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» Eric.
>> Motion is made. Do you have a second?

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Second by Sum. All in favor question.
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» Question.
>> I understand the for this is a plan

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question. The forfeite of the employer
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» but what about unvesting personal
contributions? Are they an individual?

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Those they keep the portion that they
the 1.5% that they contributed

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» outside.
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town's portion.
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» Yep.
>> Motion to second by. So, all in favor?

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Thank you.
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» Next one up is an MMA annual conference.
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this year. Um, last year was Portland, I
believe. We didn't go. TRIO is doing a

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lot of sessions. Um, so Cheryl and I are
going to attend. It's a two-day

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conference right in Augusta,
uh, 8 to 4 both days. So, letting you

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know that
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» uh, we do this every year. the Daughters
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Halifax chapter um like us to sign a
proclamation

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um this week this year. It's uh
September 17th to the 23rd. Patricia

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Gorman has asked us again this year that
the town of Oakland signed the

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proclamation and asked our citizens to
affirm the ideals and framers of the

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constitution had in 1787 by protecting
the freedoms guaranteed to us through

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this guardian of out liberties
remembering that lost rights may never

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be regained. So um they just need the
chair to sign it. So, I've kind of

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filled it in. Want to sign and copy and
attest and seal that

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and mail that back to her.
Next, I'm going into old business

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couple weeks ago. We talked about our
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uh school board starting the the term
and day decision that was done back in

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2009.
I happen to be the chair that time. We

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tabled that last week and you had some
information you want to put out.

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» Uh yes. So since
uh when SAD became RSU8,

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SAD 47 became RSU8, the school board
starting term date has been July 1 for

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the town of Oakland for its existence.
Um I did speak to the superintendent.

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They have nothing in their bylaws
regarding any towns when towns can

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appoint their their board members. Each
town does it differently. China starts

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at a certain time, Belgrade, Rome,
Sydney. Um

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I checked with our lawyer just to make
sure and he agreed that it's a pretty

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much a town's decision. Um, the town did
have a special had it on a warrant

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article in the 2012
May town meeting that had it for July

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1st start date. So,
um, so I I tabled that myself because I

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want I remember that we had quite a
conversation on it at a time. So I would

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and I called the superintendent, talked
to superintendent, talked to the

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assistant superintendent, talked to the
chair of the board, the current chair,

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and I talked to the old chair, the the
one that just got done. All of them

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agreed and and they all gave some very
valid points saying that at the

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beginning of July,
committees are assigned to all members

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to all members. So I just give you a
hypothetical situation. Dana is all in

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sports and I'm all into academics. Well,
Dana would be in a committee of sports

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and I'd be in academics. Well, if I'm
termed out, not termed out, if I'm voted

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out come January, my replacement would
naturally go into my seat and would take

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over as the, you know, into academics
and might not even want to do anything

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with academics. And so, it disrupts the
whole program in the in the school

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committ. Um, so that would be one thing.
Another thing, they start their budget

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is what they said. They start their
budget and I remember this very clearly.

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They start their budget as of July 1
already thinking of numbers for the next

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year already thinking of how many people
and if somebody comes in halfway through

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then again they take in they're halfway
through the process and it's kind of

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like you know they're playing catchup
for the rest of the year. So there's a

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number of very valid points. Um each one
of not each one of them only a couple

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said sounds like you're trying to fix a
problem that doesn't exist and and and

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so for as far as I'm concerned we should
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» comments.
I would agree with that um for for two

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reasons. Because I think that the voters
that voted the the current school board

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member in deserve to have that person
complete their term as did the person

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that ran and was um and was elected. And
additionally, I know there was comments

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that this town does, this town does it.
I don't really think that she was just a

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precedent to change anything just based
on what another town does because people

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want Oakland to be Oakland, not another
town. And each one of the chairs and and

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and the superintendent, assistant
superintendent said, even though they

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have been elected to the school board,
they can attend all those meetings and

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try to be caught up to, you know, to
where they should be come the first part

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of July. And the other and and I said
all of them agreed very much unlike the

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town of Oakland, we start our budget
season in

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January. So it it's not catchup. I
started last week.

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» Yeah. Yeah, you do. But we we don't get
it until but you all your your

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department heads get it and all that. So
I I my recommendation just leave it

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alone and move on. Boom.
>> Ch a question. Um so the the the newly

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um elected um school board member is
able to attend the meetings and observe

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so that they can be up to speed January
July one if they like. I think that's

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that's
>> that works. Ma'am, how are you?

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» Yeah, I'm
a teacher district president. Um, so I

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have a lot to do with the district and I
have no problem with them starting in

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July. The problem that I and other
people in the district have is that

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they're not they're voted in November
and they don't start till the following

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July. So you have someone voted out last
November, served until just kept it

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voting and doing everything until the
following July when the the new person

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that was voted in in November start was
able to start. Um the consideration that

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I would like you to make is that why
can't we have the voting in June when

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you did the school board elections?
Vote them in in June then they start the

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next month. every other district,
four of the three of them start the the

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day like right away. Um, and one of
them, Belgrade's the only one that has

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the election in March and they start in
June, so it's within a couple months.

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Ours, so I don't mind I I mean, we're
fine with it starting July. Your logic

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is great. It's spot on, but we would
like them to be elected closer to the

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date they start. So that the people of
Oakland have vote that have voted people

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in, you know, and voted somebody else
out don't have the person they voted out

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in for months and months.
>> Exactly.

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» I understand that and I I don't and I
and each one of them had said the same

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thing. We could do a June vote, but I
think our June vote is we might get 500

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people sometimes. You know, I know a
couple years ago we had 228 people

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voted. uh like our town meeting held in
May uh last year I count them every time

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when we're sitting there we had 98
people representing 6,432

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people and and I just think me
personally and this is we can talk about

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it more but me personally I think that's
a very poor representation when you get

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100 or 228 people voting for school
board you know that

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» you had the town was Say it again, sir.
>> I think we haven't listened to that at

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our town meetings and we're spending a
lot more money.

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» So,
they voted in their own.

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» Yep. So, sir
>> agree with 110%. I just think it's the

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right thing to do. Why keep someone
hanging on for till 6 months? You know,

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seven months and you know they're
getting kicked out that just creates

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poor vibes all the way through. You know
what I'm saying? At the same time, each

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one of the people I talked to at the
school said they think that is the best

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way we're doing it and they said that
they wish the other towns would do it

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also.

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» They said I asked them on purpose. So,
you know, that's what we

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» I mean, we could move it to June, but
>> we get more voter participation in

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November.
>> Vote participation is is big in

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November.
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» um I I would like to see us move to them
being elected closer to the time that

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they serve.
>> Absolutely.

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» Um I I think it makes perfect sense to
do it that way and relying on whether we

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have a big vote in November or not. I
don't think that's a a valid thing

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because we can do absentee ballot for
the school board. So people can still

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vote and not come on that day. And maybe
we'll generate more people showing up

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through our school board uh
voting. I I to me it makes more sense to

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have them serve closer to when they are
elected.

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I'm involved.

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I I believe that
when it was set for beginning in July 1,

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the people had a good reason. very good
reasons here on both sides.

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» Okay.
>> Um but but the difference between a

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couple hundred voters and couple
thousand voters is is important, I

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think. So I don't see that we need to
change.

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» I I agree. We've have been criticized
before for doing major things on

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offtime elections or whatever you want
to call it that we should do major

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things during our November elections
when we get a lot of people. We get a

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pretty big turnout for November
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Sir,
>> you change that. Instead of July, you

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have a change to December.
Change the time that you

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» start in November.
>> Yeah.

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» Again, it goes back to what the school
board told me, right?

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» You know, and they said you're halfway
through the year.

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» Committee start, you know, so people
playing catchup halfway through and and

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I understand, you know what is and I
understand both sides. I I I truly do.

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And I do understand both sides of so
that's why I'm saying if you vote in

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November December you get put in you
start fresh beginning of the year

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» but it's the middle of the school middle
of the budget

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» but it's the middle of the budget it's
middle committees it's the middle and

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and they gave me a ton of good reasons.
So with that being said

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» yeah no the Sydney and Ran elections and
take office in March China elections and

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take office in November.
Belgrade election in March and take

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place in June. Those are all in the
middle. Those are not anything to do

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with budget season which does not start
July. Really we are negotiating right

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now for the sports staff at RSU8
because they don't start their budgets

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until November December.
>> So would be a great time.

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» I'll make a motion we take a vote. We
can go for a vote. We'll go from there.

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At this time, I'd like to make a motion
that we vote on uh leaving it the way it

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is. Uh they they come to uh voting in
November and there's pros and cons on

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it, but there's voting in November.
Schoolboard member starts on the July

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one is that that's my motion. Second,
seconded by Dana. All in favor and

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opposed.
There you go. Next thing up is the

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I'm sorry. You guys stick together like
please do one vote something to pass.

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That's it for one person.
>> I think it's time for you to move

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forward.
>> You got that choice in November.

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» Yeah.
>> At this time, we're going to move on. Uh

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the next motion, the next item up is the
RV camper discussion. Kelly.

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» Yep. So, I understand we had a citizen
complaint regarding someone living in a

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camper right next door to their house.
Um, the complaint was brought to you and

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me.
[clears throat]

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I spoke to our code enforcement officer
about it and that's not the process to

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take. Um, I'm going to call the citizen
tomorrow, have them come speak with

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Nate,
do a formal complaint, and then Nate can

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then go and start his process with the
property owners.

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Um, since it's sitting on the property
owner's property. So,

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and by doing that, it strikes up a
conversation with the owners of the

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property and we can find out how long
it's going to be there because we do

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have a they can be there for six months.
Um but I really don't want to talk about

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it yet because I don't want the citizen
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I want the citizen to have a
conversation with our code enforcement

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officer first.
>> Okay.

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» Next item up is the manager's update.
>> Excuse me. Uh we did the tax commitment

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update on our open positions. Um,
we hired a wreck coordinator position.

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Um, it's part-time. It's 25 hours a
week. We hired a Liberty Olivia Budro.

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Um, she's been working with our summer
wreck program since 2022.

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She lives in Oakland. She graduated from
Mealonsky. She's very familiar with our

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Oakland WCK program, the kids. Um,
so she started a week or so ago.

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» [cough]
>> um the transfer station attendant. Um as

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a the full-time position, we hired
Dawson Puland. He started last week.

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He's from Sydney, graduated from ESO in
2017

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or 18. So young, strong kid, so he'll do
well up there. Um and we still have a

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CDL
public works truck driver position

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available. I have three applicants, one
has a CDL.

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So, it's Jeff Jeff's been so busy with
the boat landing in the parking lot that

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I haven't had a chance to connect with
him. So,

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» question
>> public works CDL the class.

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» I have CDL
>> want

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call sand.
>> What's the pay? $25 an hour.

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» Now we're talking.

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» I can't bring you in above that.

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» Um so yeah, that's that update. Um
hopefully we'll get that filled. We got

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to start pulling sand here in a few
weeks. So

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yeah,

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[clears throat]
>> Waterfront Park,

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you've been down. Beautiful. They did
such a good job.

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Yeah. Um,
uh, Manter did all the inwater work and

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then our guys, our crew did,
excuse me, everything outside of the

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water. Um, boy did the design work. I
mean, they saved us thousands of dollars

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by us doing it ourselves. Um, we did
were able to get a state of Maine grant.

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Uh, the state's been over and looked at
it. They're they're like, "Wow." They're

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very impressed. So, um, we are replacing
some signs.

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Um, the friends of Masalotsky is having
Leon signs make a new sign down by the

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water that talks about the lake and the
invasive plants and all that. It's

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really nice. So, I think when those
get put up and the rest of it gets

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paved, I want to talk with the chamber
and maybe do like a little ribbon

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cutting just to thank everybody for
pitching in.

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It was It's a good job. And the um
Midmain Marine and Hamlins

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absolutely love it because they're
pulling boats in and out all day long.

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» Sure. I think they do a fantastic job.
Thank you. And it's not going to be all

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clogged up anymore as one way traffic.
It's going to be excellent.

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» Yeah.
>> And there

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where Heroes parked kind of toward at
the Music Series concerts. Um it's going

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to be like angled parking. So that'll be
one way out as well.

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» Yeah. Awesome.
>> Yeah.

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» Excuse

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I'm good.

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» It's called Golden Rod.
>> Oh, I hear you there.

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» Um,
I know we had talked a couple meetings

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ago about having two meetings in
November,

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doing the first and the third week. And
then after looking at the schedule,

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Kathy and I were like,
that's the day after elections. I mean,

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Kathy works like what, a 17-hour day, 18
hour day. And I don't not sure how

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productive we we're shutting the office
down. Everybody's working elections. Um,

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it's going to be a big one, I think. So,
so could we maybe not do the meeting the

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council meeting on the 4th and if we
need to meet do a special meeting the

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following week.
I'm just not sure how coherent we'll be

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at 6:00 that night. I know I won't be.
>> Good idea.

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» Yeah. Can we vote on that?
>> Yeah.

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I'll make a motion that on November 4th
meeting is now

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cancelled unless we have a special
problem that comes up

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second the following week.
>> Yeah, we can call me

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» and then the third week we're going to
have the auditor will do his

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presentation too. So
>> um

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that's all I had.
>> Kelly, do you have any Sue? Did you have

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any problem?
>> I do not.

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» One minor thing. Um every year at budget
time, we talk about our recreation areas

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and whether what kind of troubles we've
had during the summer. We need gates and

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people attending the gates and stuff
like that. So, I would like to have

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Aaron and our police department get
together before one of our next come

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upcoming meetings. And
>> usually we discuss this during budget

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season when we're busy and don't have
much time to really

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» work on it. So, if they could get to us
one of our next schedule meetings and

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give us um their opinion of how things
went.

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I know the cameras at Pleasant Point
Park have helped,

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but they're still leaving a lot of trash
down in the trails where there's no

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cameras. So,
>> yeah, we can do that.

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» The only I have is the the road next to
the corner store and up high street is

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horrible and it's getting worse by the
day.

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» That's true. right beside the corner
store and it's all rippled out of the

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state.
>> Yep.

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» And I asked I talked to Dave Allen and I
said, "Can we dig it up?" This was end

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of July. I'm like, "Can we dig it up?
Put a good base just in that one

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section."
>> Yeah.

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» And repave it. And he goes, "Well,
that's slated to get all redone in

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2028." I go,
>> Dave, I go, "It's really bad right now."

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Um, he goes, "Well, let me send my
experts out." And I haven't heard a

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word, so I will follow up.
>> You can tell when you're going through

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there if you're following a native. The
native has moved all the way over. So,

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» and the outer state is don't know about
that straight.

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» Yeah.
>> Riding a snowmobile.

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» Yeah. It's awful.
>> It is.

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» If that's it, I'd like to enter into
executive session at this time under one

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Yes. Um put together anything at all to
observe um Friday the 25th anniversary

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of 911.
>> I mean we're going to fly maybe flags at

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half mass or we do something to
recognize the day.

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00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:44,079
Don't flags have to come from the
governor.

417
00:34:42,639 --> 00:34:45,839
Yeah. Flag has to be set by the
governor.

418
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:48,320
» Well, I mean you pretty much are the
governor of the town, right? I mean you

419
00:34:47,119 --> 00:34:51,720
guys right here, right? you get the
governing body.

420
00:34:55,599 --> 00:35:01,880
» Even if even if town buildings we don't
have say over that

421
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:10,240
» been made supposed to be half staff
made by

422
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:15,440
» okay but we will be flying half staff.
>> Awesome.

423
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:18,560
» AJ gets all those notifications.
All good.

424
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:25,520
» At this time, I'd like to enter into
executive session 1 MRSA 456 now. Thank

425
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:30,400
you folks. Time now is 6:36. I have a
motion seconded by by Dana. All in

426
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:33,720
favor? Thank you folks. Good night.
Thank you for coming.

427
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:37,480
Okay.