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Thank you,

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everybody.

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I convened this meeting of the Westboro Select Board. It being 6 p.m. on Tuesday, September 8th, here in Memorial Hall, for all those were able, please join us in pledge of allegiance.

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And as a reminder, this meeting is being live streamed and recorded by Westboro TV.

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We begin each meeting with Open Forum and joining the workshop.

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Good evening.

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I want to add a working industry here as chair of the Westboro

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Affordable Housing Trust.

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I'd like to share that the trust has been working on our HB

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which is looking for starter homes and senior downsizing homes at both six-speed street and 45 high street extension.

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Last late last fall we had a community meeting and got a lot of good feedback and really coming out of that beside and rather than continuing with general designs and more feedback sessions.

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that we do something a little more efficient and interactive.

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We have contract with Jam Goldson, a consulting firm that does planning a lot of work

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in affordable housing with trusts.

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And so on Monday, September 28th at 6 p.m. across the street in the Great Hall of the Forbes

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Municipal Building, we're having a community workshop.

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We'll bring people out today on the project and we're going to have a series of interactive

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exercises where members of the community can help us look at the layout of the RAM, the potential

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style of buildings, the placement, the density, discuss things like traffic,

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and noise, and light, and sight lines, and landscaping, and things of that nature.

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Rather than following a typical process where we would put the project out to

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bid with a very general broad RFQ, and waiting for the developer to do design work and

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go to the boards for the public hearing, we're looking for community inputs, so

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their concerns and preferences can be reflected either as requirements or

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and the RFP. And so that we have the community input before we even start writing the RFP and going out to bed.

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That will give the community more of the sense that they're being heard and our plans are consistent with their needs as well as the broader needs of the community and the needs of the affordable housing project with respect to size and funding and things of that nature.

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And gives the developers more assurance of what they're going to be proposed, you know, propose would be accepted with fewer modifications in the process, so it's no guarantee.

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Once they get to the design and permanent process, but it lets us at least reflect the concerns and the priorities of the butter is the neighborhood of the overall community.

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And so there's an open invitation to the community.

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We are sending, we have an email list of the people

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interested in the project, they've been notified

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or sending letters out to the extended

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of letters list beyond the 300-feet.

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To make sure we cover the neighborhood as well.

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And we'll be posting at the Library,

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the Senior Center, here at the Clerk's Office,

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as well as on social media, for a technical illness.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thanks, yeah.

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Good evening, Members of Board.

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Kevin Barry, eight Indian pun road.

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Trust everybody at a nice,

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relaxing holiday weekend, back to school, back to work, obviously, and hopefully we'll see you

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some of the representation at the 9-11 Memorial Service of the Fire Station. That's a big one.

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I come forward to you for two quick things first, so that I didn't see an agenda item on what we've

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been requesting for the last couple meetings and prior to this, but as you are the governing body

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for the Active Transportation Safety Committee, we're still looking for a review. If you will,

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Don Bern is a member of the ATP, the Active Transportation Plant Committee.

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We've brought forth various concerns.

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Bless you.

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There's concerns about conflict of interest, and the fact that that person is the represented

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where there should be somebody else that has a more open and unbiased than objective opinion.

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The key point is with influence on new influences, as you may may not know,

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DPW has two committee members or two members on that committee.

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There's been three public or three meetings so far of the three meetings,

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both of the D.B.W. representatives have missed two of the meetings. They've only been there

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for the first one. There's obviously another one next week, and then there's a public outreach

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meeting there in lies and issue where they can't counterbalance that narrative that's being

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brought forth. So please keep that in consideration. More importantly, hopefully that Patrick

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addresses in, at the end of the meeting tonight about the planning board, and they're open

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form. Bottom line, I brought forth a point of order, if you will, about an open meeting

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a law violation or more so evaluation of their adopted planning board open form policy.

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Not sure if you caught it, but bottom line is, as you know, the adopted a open form policy

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similar to your open form policy on July 7th.

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On August 4th, the chair made a unilateral decision at that meeting at the planning board meeting

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to move the open form from the prescribed place at the beginning to the end of the meeting

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that's contrary to their existing open form policy.

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We have a copy of it, it's also on a town website.

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Basically, the Planets Board OpenPore policy, which was adopted July 7, provides that 10 minutes will be set aside at the beginning of each agenda of the purpose of OpenPore.

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Allow residents, obviously, you know the whole field.

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A bottom line is the chairperson made a unilateral decision and edict, if you will, to make movement to the end of the meeting.

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There was basically no deliberation by the board.

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It was noble.

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And the policy is posted, obviously, as I mentioned, and remains unchanged, confirming that the existing policy should be in play.

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The board cannot alter by a unilateral decision from the chair, in any modification requires proper notice, public deliberation, and a recorded vote, and none of those occur.

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They adopted that policy begrudgingly, moved it to the end of the meeting, which is just no one else does that.

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I surveyed numerous town boards, meetings, et cetera,

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other towns, no one else does it,

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and there's a reason because there's no committed time

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for people to show up.

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We ended the meeting or open form was at nine o'clock

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on Thursday when they moved the meeting.

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So again, they're at lies and issue

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that is part of your goal in your agenda

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as far as select board for 2026

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is looking at town charter

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and looking at oversight for the planning board.

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They are elected officials,

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they are fellow town residents

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and not giving opportunity

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to proper opportunity for residents to speak.

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Thank you for your time, and I'll submit these both to you.

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Thank you.

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Joanne, here at ME-7, Meta Road, this Kevin just said, we have been here multiple times over

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the past couple months without concerns about the direction of the process of that

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act of transportation plan, and the role and conflict of interest of having Don Burns sit

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on that working group.

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Don Burns sits on the Act of Transportation Safety Committee, and he represents that committee

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on this working group.

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You all oversee the active transportation safety committee.

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I don't understand why you're not doing anything about it.

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I don't understand why you're not discussing it and addressing it.

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I don't understand why you're looking the other way and you always look the other way when it deals with Don.

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I don't know what kind of hold he has on anybody up there or in this town.

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He has come up with what he calls a cross-connection document,

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which represents his idea of this grandiose bike path that he wants.

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He says he was asked to do this by the act of transportation plan, working group.

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But when you look at the minutes of the meetings, there is absolutely no action item that directs him to do this.

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And he continues to go to other towns to push his agenda of this path,

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when you guys have asked him not to do that.

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Also, when you review the group's meeting minutes, it comes across that it assumes the downtown Improvement Project,

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which is the rotary, includes the rotary redesign and the B1W projects are going to happen.

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There's absolutely no documentation that supports that anybody on that working group has brought forth the public thoughts and concerns about both of those projects.

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How does our opinion get factored into that working group?

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We can't attend the meetings.

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The public needs to be part, as Alan just said,

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the public needs to be heard and part of the process in the beginning,

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not at the end when somebody's made a decision and they're going to have some meeting

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for public input after the fact.

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Because what comes across is that it's a done deal.

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And it's going to be what it is.

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And people are just playing nice and letting the public say something,

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but nothing ever changes.

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We've repeatedly asked for prioritization of all the transportation projects.

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There are many, there are big ticket items we can't afford them all.

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We want to have a say in that. Thank you.

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Thank you very much.

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It being 611.

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Item number two is a liquor license complaint hearing.

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with Red Heat Tabern of Westboro.

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We need a motion to open the hearing.

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So moving.

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Second.

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We'll call.

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Thanks.

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Johnson, yes.

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Welch, yes.

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And Kio, yes.

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We have someone joining online.

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I'm also from.

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Okay.

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I'll just provide a little bit of background here.

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The town received a complaint regarding trivia nights at Reggie Tavern.

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The alleging that alcohol was being awarded as prizes to trivia winners.

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This falls under ABCC Regulation 204 CMR 4.3

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three, one-h, certain practices prohibited, and

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one-h of that is encourage or prohibit

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on the licensed premises, any gamer contest, which involves drinking or the awarding

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of drinks is prizes.

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So that's what brings us here today, am I missing anything?

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And it's also my understanding that this is a second violation, there's a prior violation 2022.

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For a different.

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Different matters.

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It's a different.

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It's a different.

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It's a different.

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And that was part of a.

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Police check compliance check.

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Thank you.

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And Sean, I think it also might violate 204 403, which is that.

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That number two item on her packet.

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That no license shall have license he shall advertise or promote in any way whether within or without the license premise any of the practices prohibit on under 204

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Thank you

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I don't know who we're waiting for online.

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There you go

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It's for me, so I'm Jake. Okay, can you hear us?

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We can't hear you

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I'll see you in the next one.

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Can you hear us?

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Can you hear us?

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We can't hear you.

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There

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we go, no,

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no, no, no,

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no, no, no, no, no,

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no, no. Can you hear me?

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We'll call you and try to do the sound before the fall,

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can you chat to

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you?

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Can

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you play your phone number in the chat so we can?

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We can hear you now.

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Sorry about that.

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Okay.

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If you could introduce yourselves.

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My name is Brian Wailing on the director of operations for a ready-tabbing group.

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Thank you.

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Sir, can you introduce

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yourself?

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Can you introduce yourself?

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Oh, I found this.

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Oh, I found this.

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This will come.

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Thank you.

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What's your role as right here?

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I am a partner and partner.

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And we're of the number of the old group that always did the business.

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Thanks.

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Thank you very much.

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So we sort of just give a brief overview of what we understand

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happens, I don't know if you can talk as through a little bit and then talk about what's

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resulted from that or action you've taken of course absolutely so I was unaware of the incident

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in 2022 I was not with the company at that point so I did not know that was a complaint fact

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they're also what happened recently is we have trivia on Tuesday nights could just speak

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close to the microprologist so we have trivia on Tuesday nights in the restaurant and the third

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already that we used for trivia. He was using, he has a day job as an alcohol salesman

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who's using sample products as added prizes to the prize pool, so that things weren't

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getting stale. Unfortunately, that's against the law, but the time we don't know that,

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he has stopped that immediately. None of it was for any consumption on premise. There wasn't

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even products, we carry, was random odds and end products and

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fortunate.

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But it did occur and not.

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Thank you very much. Any questions?

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Yeah, I do. So some of some of the information we received in the packet was

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there are some photos from social media and that's when a third party

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there's social media.

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There's so thank you for that clarification.

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And it looked like, I mean, you guys have a family restaurant, but it looked like,

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I mean, they were definitely children in the picture.

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I don't think anymore.

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I'm actually holding the alcohol, but are you aware of that?

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Yes, I was aware of all the photos I have received them from the ABCC as well.

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And there was some children.

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For we are family friend.

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The restaurant, it wasn't for a consolation, it wasn't for consumption on premise.

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It was for prizes and fortunately I brought some children in the photos as well.

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Yes,

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please.

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I don't have any questions.

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I'll stop a comment.

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I'll just say United certainly appreciate Redhead

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the key to doing business in the town of Westboro.

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I think you're a valuable member of our community.

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And I appreciate that.

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This is a very unfortunate event that's occurred,

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especially within the, you know, the five year window of our policy

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for look back on previous violations.

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So I'm looking forward to the discussion with the Board.

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So, thank you for being here tonight.

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did Mitch want to add anything or I just didn't want, if you wanted to have a chance to go ahead there.

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Yeah, I just had a fall question.

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So I just understand that this was a vendor.

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Is this someone that you hire as the vendor or is he doing it and charging participants?

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How does he, yes, we do pay him.

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We can pay for services.

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Okay, thank you.

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actually he's a has a different job as an alcohol salesman. Do we know if he was

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brought before the ABCC given his, although he wasn't doing it under that role?

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I don't have any knowledge of that. I was shared with the ABCC when they were

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investigating with the investigator. I do not believe they presumed any further.

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Thank

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you. Comments.

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Discussion.

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I think it's unfortunate Patrick Hardy said that within that five-year window in every time someone comes before us.

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You give sort of the speech of welcome to Westboro and we don't want to see you back before hand.

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I certainly understand that 2022 is before your time.

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Brian,

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but yeah, this is a prop, this is one, and so I understand that my understanding

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is the ABCC gave you a warning.

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I personally feel that a warning is light in this case given the five-year window, and so

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I would be in favor of a one-day suspension.

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My question may I catch on?

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Yes.

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So I'm interested in our packet. I'm just curious, was the violation of 2022 cited as a warning?

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It was a warning.

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I think for discussion purposes, and I think Shelby said this earlier, this is the first defense came through basically serving to a minor, which is something exactly as we talk about is the offense we don't want to see.

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This one, I view it as different, you know, came through vendor, but I asked my question that still is under your responsibilities in your restaurant, it falls under your liquor license, per the law, and so as I look at it, you know, a second offense for us by our policy would be a three day suspension.

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We do have, within our policy, though, kind of depending on the circumstances of the offense,

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the select board may deviate or adjust the above guidelines.

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In my view with this one, what we take this seriously and I would not want to deviate,

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I think, as board member Marshall just stated, my take would be doing it as a one day suspension,

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just noting that it is a different circumstance and I've debated myself as the three-day

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versus one-day board member. Well, she also said we appreciate you doing business in this

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town, but we do take this thing very seriously and that brings me concern. So as board member

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and based on this violation.

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Now, it's also my understanding that since this is already gone before the ABCC, that

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they are the final authority on this, and so that if this were then, I guess, sent to them

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their initial ruling would probably supersede whatever we do here today.

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Yes, so there are the authority that could be appealed to.

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Chris, just a follow-on question to that.

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I don't want to assume, do you know if they were made aware of the June 7, 2022 violation?

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They were not, my understanding is that they were not aware of that when they issued the warning.

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The other thing I would remind folks about is that this violation and resets the clock.

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So this is the second violation and the five-year clock would then start again.

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So if you were to come before us a third time, that would be unfortunate.

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Yes.

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Can I just ask, do we have an idea of how many things have been, for lack of advice, checks?

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Compliance checks are, have taken place since the last, do we have any clue how many that gone through successfully?

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I haven't looked at it specifically, it usually happens annually.

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I'm actually kind of sympathetic in the sense that I think red heat that helps kind of the tough

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deck of cards not to excuse this but they moved to town right before the movie theater closed

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and they hired this trivia guy to come in and try and get people in the doors because

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you know, they don't have that draw from the movie theater, and the guy screwed up, it's

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something really stupid, but there was no, no underage, minor, streaking alcohol on the premise,

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nobody was streaking the alcohol that he was giving out for prizes. I do look at it as a

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for that sense, serving as a leader and

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inclined to be a little

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lenient.

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That's it.

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I'll just add some time earlier comments.

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My initial thought on this looking at our policy, first of all, I'm very happy to hear that

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the board is entertaining and suspension because this is, you know, this is a very serious

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thing in regards to why the license is offered and why we as a board have the authority

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to oversee this license. In this case, when I look at it, I was saying, you know, we gave

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it warning the first offense. It's been four years, just within that five year window.

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It's appropriate for a policy to do a three day suspension. I was kind of teetering between

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the one in maybe two days suspension. I will also say that I can see how, you know, there could

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be under ABCC's terminology or what not in regards to this wasn't the giving of a drink.

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This was not an awarding of a drink. It was a closed bottle. That's a little different.

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But I think that's a slippery slope. So I don't think there's a big ability to stand on that

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So, I'm a favor of a suspension, and when I look at the deeds of when this infraction occurred, it was a Tuesday.

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And I was thinking before I even look that up, I think it's appropriate to award this suspension,

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Amanda, the duration, appropriately, on the day that they similar day of the week that they had that suspended, that violation occur.

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So I would say to the board that if the board is going to support a suspension that it should be served on the same day, which is a Tuesday.

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So now if we are in favor as a group of a one-day suspension, they have the review to the ABCC.

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We have a fair idea of what the outcome will be there.

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I guess do we need to go into details about specifics regarding this or do we wait to hear back from the ABCC?

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Yeah. So, Chris, do you have a good?

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So, I guess, so I would, for the purpose of the discussion, I would make a motion that we

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should issue a one-day suspension of the liquor license on a given Tuesday to date to be determined

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with red heat and discord, pending any further action or from the ABCC, right?

324
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So, that was a motion of a can.

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I suggest.

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Well, one second.

327
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Chris, you want to tune in.

328
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The ABCC doesn't review your decision.

329
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That would just be a process of that.

330
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Okay.

331
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One has to have a license holder.

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One have to take.

333
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So, you can issue the suspension.

334
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Okay.

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are dates or in any sort of

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So before you have amended, sorry, I was a little of a process here where I was going, though, is, if do we have an opportunity as a board to send our findings to the ABCC, justifying our decision is where I was going?

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I mean I think it's totally appropriate if they didn't look back and I don't know why they wouldn't back to 2022 and be like

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Hey, this business come across any other violations. I'll be it. We know that it's different

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Like that's a headscratcher for me. Well, that's exactly what my amendment was going to be

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Was at the letter to the ABC see is that they haven't been informed to make sure that they are informed of

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In fact that there was a previous violation and that we appreciate that these are different. I mean, I think that that that if that's

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If we have an opportunity to do that and the ready appeals, I feel like it's wholly appropriate that we would submit that letter to the EAPS.

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Sorry, so you don't have to, we can advise them of what you've done, but we're not required to, because you're the local licensing authority.

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So are you asking that we let them know what action you take in ahead of any process that requires

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to provide information?

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I guess maybe from a process perspective if we say if there's a majority vote on the motion

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and ready to feel it like who gets the next say is what I'm trying to understand.

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Okay, yeah. Right. So, so if they, if, if then ready decides to go forward without then yes, I would want, I would want them to be informed of

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Are we not inspired to speak?

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So, they, you need to assure indecision stating that you're suspending include the reasons which sound like it would point to the policy and the history.

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And then the licensee has five days to appeal to the ABCC and that your written decision goes to the ABCC.

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So upon appeal, they have knowledge of what was the basis for your decision.

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That's all I need to say.

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I mean, I would just say that we would include in our information to the ABCC, the prior violation.

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Exactly that motion if it's amended.

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Right.

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Because that's how your policy is established.

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Okay.

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Mark, you know, I don't want to waffle on this, I just, you know, when I think about it, like, even I know, and I haven't worked in the restaurant for over 30 years, but even I know that you're not supposed to give out free alcohol. So I, I guess it what I'm saying is I'm, I'm kind of leaning it, but I think a one day suspension is, is kind of lean.

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00:32:47,590 --> 00:32:50,990
Okay, okay, so that's the much say you're in support of the motion.

361
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Well, I haven't voted yet, but I guess I am solicited statements as you're in support of the motion.

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Do you want a second to vote?

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I might not.

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I already did time.

365
00:33:00,990 --> 00:33:02,430
Okay, you're already seconded.

366
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We have questions.

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Quick question.

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Back to thing.

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Do we know if the ABC's ABC reached out to the town,

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asking if they're a prior violations?

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I believe that they did.

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Good afternoon, the police department.

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I'm sorry, was that in advance of their finding?

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They're hearing.

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They're hearing?

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That was in our pack and I missed it.

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Yeah, so they did reach out to the basic department.

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I believe it was an advance of their decision.

379
00:33:51,820 --> 00:33:53,400
Well, my motion was still standing.

380
00:33:53,400 --> 00:34:03,180
Yeah, I'm not saying that. Anyway before we vote, if you want the motion again, do you

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see the date you should pick a date?

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00:34:09,710 --> 00:34:13,050
Oh, I think this suggestion in my mind would be a couple

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weeks out of the group of pair. 20 seconds. 20 seconds. 20 seconds. 20 seconds. That

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You've mentioned your motion for. Yeah for the 22nd. So I would one one more thing in the motion should include that they physically turn in the license

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That's okay, so let me try this again. So I would move to issue a one day liquor suspension. Let me make sure you go back to you. Sorry. Good to meet you document.

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So I moved to find that ready to have are violated 204 CMR 4.031H by permitting trivia

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contest in which alcoholic beverages were awarded as prizes and based upon this violation

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and the establishment's prior liquor license violation in 2022 impose the suspension of

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liquor license for one day to be on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026, and that Red Heat

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Tever will physically turn in its liquor license on that day and pick it up the next day.

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On that day prior to opening.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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Where would you go for that?

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the board's discussion and our decision be captured in the notice to the ABCC.

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Seconded.

398
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Okay.

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Any other comment?

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All those in favor?

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Five to zero.

402
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Five being President.

403
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Thank you very much for talking.

404
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It is.

405
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Thank you for being here.

406
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I'm sorry you're caught in the crosshairs of this one, but thank you for having me.

407
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Thanks.

408
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Thank you sir.

409
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Thank you.

410
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Thank you.

411
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Thank you.

412
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I'm going to close the meeting.

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Some of it.

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Second.

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We'll call both.

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Marshall.

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Yes.

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Johnson.

419
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Yes.

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Silver.

421
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Yes.

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The hearing is closed.

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Okay.

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Item number three.

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Change of polling location to Westboro Community Center 1500 Union Streets Suite 101, the lower level.

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Hello.

427
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Hi. Good evening.

428
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My stand before you tonight.

429
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Like you just said with a request to consider changing the town's official polling location from Westboro High School to the Community Center located at 1500 Union Street.

430
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This is only a change for election day.

431
00:36:59,490 --> 00:37:02,630
It does not change early voting that would stay at Town Hall

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in Memorial Hall.

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The reasons to consider moving elections

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to the Community Center,

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I believe our parking accessibility and school safety.

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I had the state come out early of the share

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to survey the Community Center for Compliance,

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regarding polling place accessibility.

439
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The location passed.

440
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I just need to add three temporary handicap parking spots

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on the day of an election.

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I toured the community center again last week and I'm 100% confident that it will house all six precincts on election day and it will be plenty of parking and it will be much more accessible for our residents.

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I propose elections move to the community center starting with the state election on November 3rd.

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I spoke with Library Director Kate Karachio and she's confident the temporary library location will be vacant in plenty of time.

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If the change of polling location is voted tonight, the notice of the change of location will

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be mailed to every registered voter in Westboro, and that's in accordance with the

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Massachusetts General Laws.

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We'll also put notice on the town website, it'll be published in the Community Advocate

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newspaper.

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It'll also be posted in various locations around town, and it will go out on social media.

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and we'll keep putting the blast out more as we get closer to the election.

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So I'm here tonight to propose that change and I'm happy to answer any questions.

453
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Thank you very much.

454
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Good question.

455
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So is this proposal for this election and going forward?

456
00:38:45,340 --> 00:38:48,400
So is this election and moving forward?

457
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I am going to, you know, make sure Westboro High School knows that at some point we need to find a temporary location that we can accommodate any renovations that might occur in the community center in which

458
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2027, in example, we have one one election in March the next year we have more, but I'm certainly want to keep Westboro High School in the loop.

459
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:19,180
Yeah. Okay. Yeah. So keep that as keep them in communication early voting. Obviously for obvious

460
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reasons is here as you already discussed. But yeah, no, I think it's a I think it's a great

461
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use of glad. Thank you for doing the leg work. Thank you for coordinating with K. Caracho,

462
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our director of library. And I'm certainly in support. Thank you. Any other questions? Yes.

463
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Thank you. The motion can be. Okay. Yeah. No, I was going to say thank you very much for bringing

464
00:39:42,140 --> 00:39:48,240
forward and doing the work here at going Shelby. My question is, just this is a little bit different.

465
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:53,320
I'm supportive of this. My question is really just on public safety in regards to the parking lot.

466
00:39:53,820 --> 00:40:00,900
It's a commercial space with businesses in the area. There's, as you know, and you can tell me more

467
00:40:00,900 --> 00:40:06,020
about it, I'm sure that I know requirements in regards to distance from the polling area for

468
00:40:06,020 --> 00:40:11,220
protesters and campaigners and whatnot. Has that been thought out yet or has that plans still

469
00:40:11,220 --> 00:40:14,320
progress is to how that will be handled within the space.

470
00:40:14,860 --> 00:40:19,680
Well as far as people, you mean the pro polling outside the polling location?

471
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:25,000
Yes. So that will remain 150 feet from the entrance of the polling location.

472
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,120
As it is up at the high school, that will be measured.

473
00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:29,480
It will be marked on the day of an election.

474
00:40:30,340 --> 00:40:32,100
We did go over with the state the parking.

475
00:40:32,140 --> 00:40:37,280
The most of the parking is the parking right outside of where the library is right now.

476
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:41,280
And it spills over, if you're looking at the library, the spots to the left.

477
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:45,140
We currently have, I believe, two handicapped spots there.

478
00:40:46,260 --> 00:40:50,280
So, it's the spots immediately in front of the building at this point.

479
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:50,740
Okay.

480
00:40:51,620 --> 00:40:51,820
Yeah.

481
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:53,180
And then a question on Christy.

482
00:40:53,380 --> 00:40:58,280
Christy, should we just make these additional handicapped spots permanent at this point

483
00:40:58,280 --> 00:40:59,340
or is that?

484
00:40:59,340 --> 00:40:59,520
Okay.

485
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:06,780
I only saw just delivery. So the renovation has indicated additional handicapped parking.

486
00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:12,020
So I think that we should wait for that to see sort of how that project might move forward.

487
00:41:12,500 --> 00:41:17,580
Temporary handicapped parking spots for elections is very common across the state to just add temporary.

488
00:41:17,820 --> 00:41:23,620
I think you add them actually currently, right? Or maybe not? We did this past yet action.

489
00:41:23,940 --> 00:41:27,300
Yeah, so that's perfectly acceptable to the state and

490
00:41:27,300 --> 00:41:32,300
And I think that we just want to wait to see kind of what's happening with the project.

491
00:41:34,510 --> 00:41:36,510
Any other quick and actual motion?

492
00:41:36,730 --> 00:41:49,530
So your motion could just be to move the polling location on election day from the Westboro High School to the Community Center at 1500 Union Street at lower level.

493
00:41:49,530 --> 00:41:53,910
First, I went to MGL Chapter 54, Section 24.

494
00:41:54,330 --> 00:41:54,810
So moved.

495
00:41:54,890 --> 00:41:55,210
Second.

496
00:41:56,330 --> 00:41:56,590
Okay.

497
00:41:56,630 --> 00:41:56,990
Great.

498
00:41:57,010 --> 00:41:57,890
Any other comments?

499
00:41:58,450 --> 00:41:59,450
All those in favor?

500
00:42:01,110 --> 00:42:01,930
Thank you very much.

501
00:42:01,930 --> 00:42:02,390
Thank you.

502
00:42:02,850 --> 00:42:03,390
Thank you.

503
00:42:03,390 --> 00:42:03,750
Go ahead.

504
00:42:04,630 --> 00:42:05,210
Thank you.

505
00:42:05,210 --> 00:42:05,450
Thank you.

506
00:42:06,930 --> 00:42:08,050
Thank you.

507
00:42:08,050 --> 00:42:11,010
Thank you.

508
00:42:13,010 --> 00:42:14,010
Thank you.

509
00:42:17,750 --> 00:42:17,850
Thank you.

510
00:42:17,850 --> 00:42:18,190
Thank you.

511
00:42:18,630 --> 00:42:19,350
Thank you.

512
00:42:19,350 --> 00:42:22,490
in Turkprike Road in 299 turnpike Road.

513
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:28,460
So these are all easements that the DFW is

514
00:42:28,460 --> 00:42:30,780
working with tank council and the property owners

515
00:42:30,780 --> 00:42:32,420
for the root in water.

516
00:42:32,820 --> 00:42:36,340
I mean, improvement project, as you'll see in your packet,

517
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:40,640
they were approved or they can be approved by you

518
00:42:41,860 --> 00:42:46,240
pursuant to 2024 time meeting vote,

519
00:42:47,060 --> 00:42:48,720
where you approved the funding for the project,

520
00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:51,440
as well as your ability to execute any instruments.

521
00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:53,680
That's sorry to move it forward.

522
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:59,440
I would move pursuant to article 12V of the 2024 annual Tom meeting

523
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:02,940
to accept and execute the grants of temporary easement

524
00:43:02,940 --> 00:43:08,280
for the properties at 260 term pipe road, 261 to 271 term pipe road,

525
00:43:08,340 --> 00:43:13,820
273 term pipe road, 291 term pipe road and 299 term pipe road.

526
00:43:14,220 --> 00:43:15,720
Before you're coming, do we have a second?

527
00:43:18,720 --> 00:43:20,800
This is just some of the easements.

528
00:43:21,980 --> 00:43:24,920
These are the easements that have been prepared at this point.

529
00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:26,580
Okay.

530
00:43:26,860 --> 00:43:27,880
So there will be more.

531
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:28,600
I'm not aware.

532
00:43:28,740 --> 00:43:29,260
There's more.

533
00:43:29,380 --> 00:43:30,920
All I know is that these are.

534
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:32,540
These are what's needed at this point.

535
00:43:32,580 --> 00:43:34,720
Memo from Lisa says.

536
00:43:35,980 --> 00:43:39,740
The DPW is the court of secure proportion of the property easements.

537
00:43:40,020 --> 00:43:40,060
Okay.

538
00:43:40,740 --> 00:43:42,780
So it's there'll be more.

539
00:43:42,780 --> 00:43:48,920
Can I zoom that or was it maybe that memo was done before they secured all five?

540
00:43:50,100 --> 00:43:53,360
That's fine. We're just moving forward with these five now.

541
00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:54,840
Okay. Sorry.

542
00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:58,580
Okay. All those in favor.

543
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:01,960
Five to zero. Five being present.

544
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:05,000
Okay.

545
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:09,080
Number five.

546
00:44:09,100 --> 00:44:09,940
Miss fails.

547
00:44:09,980 --> 00:44:13,560
School Massachusetts School Building Authority budget revision.

548
00:44:16,220 --> 00:44:23,880
So, the board was probably on the email from MSBA identifying the need to amend the budget.

549
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:28,760
There was an overage in one line, so there was an ability to move funding from a different line.

550
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:34,560
So, it's really kind of a paperwork necessity.

551
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:38,940
This board authorized Sean to sign that back in May.

552
00:44:38,940 --> 00:44:44,680
And so you would just need to authorize him to agree with that provision, as presented.

553
00:44:47,720 --> 00:44:47,780
Yeah.

554
00:44:47,780 --> 00:44:48,860
And I may leave others.

555
00:44:49,500 --> 00:44:50,920
I mean, you want to say.

556
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:54,080
No, it's just going to say that there's no impact on the town here.

557
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:56,580
This is really an accounting on paper.

558
00:44:58,360 --> 00:44:59,980
Very complex MSBA.

559
00:45:04,460 --> 00:45:17,940
So, my understanding, we're still within the budget, it was identified for the project. But is this an additional request for money? Is this just between line items?

560
00:45:17,980 --> 00:45:19,080
It's within line items.

561
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:30,440
And just for the public benefit, it's, I mean, I think it's probably make sense to read what it is.

562
00:45:31,060 --> 00:45:44,480
It's identified that line number one on BRR number seven, the transfer of $72,319 from division one general requirements to GMP contingency,

563
00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:50,620
resulted in the GMP contingency being overdrawn by 144,984.

564
00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:57,120
So the MSB-18 met with our own project manager, John Lemue, from Bertex,

565
00:45:57,460 --> 00:46:02,180
and Mary Cuppins to discuss a feasible resolution. During the meeting, it was agreed that

566
00:46:02,180 --> 00:46:10,660
line 1 should be amended from $73,000 to $217,3003 to address the overdrawn value in the GMP

567
00:46:10,660 --> 00:46:14,180
contingency and bringing that value to zero.

568
00:46:16,190 --> 00:46:19,890
So I'll move to prove the MSBA budget revision has presented.

569
00:46:20,030 --> 00:46:26,530
Authorize the chair to sign and authorize the chair to sign any documents that are required.

570
00:46:27,150 --> 00:46:27,310
Second.

571
00:46:27,910 --> 00:46:28,190
Okay.

572
00:46:28,330 --> 00:46:29,630
Any further comments?

573
00:46:29,770 --> 00:46:30,110
Questions?

574
00:46:30,110 --> 00:46:30,930
All those in favor?

575
00:46:32,110 --> 00:46:32,270
All right.

576
00:46:32,550 --> 00:46:33,290
I have to zero.

577
00:46:33,450 --> 00:46:34,770
Thank you.

578
00:46:35,850 --> 00:46:37,670
Item number six.

579
00:46:39,170 --> 00:46:45,210
So, we have

580
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:52,620
a presentation tonight. As the board is aware, we change the service delivery

581
00:46:52,620 --> 00:47:00,420
model of youth and family services clinical services back in 2024. So, it's very youth and

582
00:47:00,420 --> 00:47:07,160
family services, which is not a department of shoes, but is a nonprofit that we contract with

583
00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:10,640
has been providing these clinical services to us.

584
00:47:11,580 --> 00:47:12,780
So it was a three-year agreement.

585
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:14,980
So we are currently in our third year.

586
00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:16,960
At Christmas 27 is our third year.

587
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:20,800
So we wanted to provide the board with an update related

588
00:47:22,100 --> 00:47:26,620
to sort of the financial around this contract versus our previous

589
00:47:26,620 --> 00:47:27,600
service delivery model.

590
00:47:27,780 --> 00:47:31,180
And then also with just an update related to the programs

591
00:47:31,180 --> 00:47:33,380
and the services that SISS has provided.

592
00:47:34,340 --> 00:47:42,160
And then what we're looking for is agreement from the board to negotiate a successor agreement with SYFS.

593
00:47:47,610 --> 00:47:49,670
Just a point of order for my part.

594
00:47:49,850 --> 00:47:55,910
I'm not sure whether I definitely can listen to this, but my wife is a member of the board of SYFS,

595
00:47:56,270 --> 00:47:58,410
so contract discussions or anything.

596
00:47:58,670 --> 00:48:01,410
Should I recuse myself from discussion?

597
00:48:01,510 --> 00:48:01,830
Probably.

598
00:48:02,310 --> 00:48:06,430
So I am recusing myself from discussion, but let's assume I can sit here and listen.

599
00:48:12,290 --> 00:48:19,250
And I did previously ask Tom Anagir whether I was appropriate for me to recuse, my wife was formerly a member of the SYFS.

600
00:48:19,470 --> 00:48:21,870
Excuse me of what Westeros you to family services.

601
00:48:22,430 --> 00:48:27,210
She falls at a different part of the budget underneath the senior center and is under the senior interest direction now.

602
00:48:27,390 --> 00:48:28,550
So that's not applicable.

603
00:48:29,210 --> 00:48:30,090
Okay. Thank you.

604
00:48:30,090 --> 00:48:30,130
Thank you.

605
00:48:31,250 --> 00:48:38,970
Okay, all right, I had a few slides I intended to be very brief and I think that can be even more so because

606
00:48:38,970 --> 00:48:46,750
Kristi touched up on a few things. No, that's fine. I just wanted to remind board that this model that we currently have,

607
00:48:46,770 --> 00:48:53,150
where we contract for counseling and clinical services has been in place since July 1st of 2024.

608
00:48:53,150 --> 00:48:59,310
It is a three-year contract, so with the start of this fiscal year, we're now in the final year.

609
00:48:59,810 --> 00:49:10,090
Fred Kalin, the executive director of Shrewsbury Youth and Family Services is here to give you an overview of the second year of the contract.

610
00:49:10,250 --> 00:49:12,910
Get into a little more detail about that.

611
00:49:13,130 --> 00:49:17,670
But at a high level, we now contract for the counseling services.

612
00:49:17,670 --> 00:49:47,010
And we have the contract managed under the senior and social services director and the one position that we retained as a town employee are outreach and resource coordinator is also supervised by the senior and social services director and is now physically located at the senior center as well as having office hours at both the community center and here in town all during the week.

613
00:49:47,850 --> 00:49:51,470
So, we do have through the contract.

614
00:49:52,370 --> 00:49:55,130
We believe that two full-time clinicians

615
00:49:55,670 --> 00:49:57,510
would likely meet the needs.

616
00:49:58,250 --> 00:50:01,690
We also anticipated having some other counseling

617
00:50:01,690 --> 00:50:05,530
and clinical services available through other staff

618
00:50:05,530 --> 00:50:07,770
at shoes very youth and family services

619
00:50:07,770 --> 00:50:10,030
as well as their model,

620
00:50:10,210 --> 00:50:12,110
which you'll hear a little bit more about this,

621
00:50:12,750 --> 00:50:15,190
relies on graduate interns also being able

622
00:50:15,190 --> 00:50:17,210
to provide support to this model.

623
00:50:18,630 --> 00:50:21,190
So just the other point I will make, we continue

624
00:50:21,190 --> 00:50:23,690
while the shoes very youth and family.

625
00:50:24,830 --> 00:50:29,650
They still provide the services here in Westboro

626
00:50:29,650 --> 00:50:34,050
in the same space that our previous program

627
00:50:34,050 --> 00:50:37,550
in service delivery model operated out of across the street.

628
00:50:38,530 --> 00:50:41,710
And the other piece that has been somewhat attached

629
00:50:41,710 --> 00:50:43,630
to youth and family historically

630
00:50:43,630 --> 00:50:50,730
as the youth commission that continues to exist, that is supported by the outreach and resource

631
00:50:50,730 --> 00:50:56,950
coordinator by the Senior and Social Services Director and then as needed representatives

632
00:50:56,950 --> 00:50:59,750
from SYFS will also be involved.

633
00:51:04,260 --> 00:51:08,100
So I just wanted to bring up this slide because this is actually

634
00:51:08,100 --> 00:51:15,340
a slide that was presented when we introduced the idea of moving to this model. So it's at the

635
00:51:15,340 --> 00:51:20,340
hand-spental health services to the community while maintaining low barriers to accessing these

636
00:51:20,340 --> 00:51:27,080
services. And I think when you hear Fred talk tonight, I think we've achieved that goal and

637
00:51:27,080 --> 00:51:36,660
continue to use that as our guiding principle. My last slide, I did just want to show on the financial

638
00:51:36,660 --> 00:51:44,760
side. We looked at the current cost of the contracted largely the clinical aspect of the

639
00:51:44,760 --> 00:51:51,420
delivery model. We looked at each of the three years of the contract. So again, it started

640
00:51:51,420 --> 00:51:59,620
on July 1st, 2024. So that was fiscal year 25 through the contract costs for the current fiscal

641
00:51:59,620 --> 00:52:07,200
year. That is that middle column. And then we estimated what the costs for the service would have

642
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:13,380
been had we maintained the prior service delivery model. And again, this isn't all about numbers.

643
00:52:13,380 --> 00:52:20,340
This is just really to demonstrate that we've been able to, we believe, enhance services in a very cost-effective manner.

644
00:52:21,940 --> 00:52:26,200
So I think with that, do you want me to open up or do you want to switch?

645
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:33,000
So with that, I was going to turn it over to Fred Kailin.

646
00:52:47,070 --> 00:52:49,170
Presentation won, can we just...

647
00:53:07,890 --> 00:53:09,310
Just a little bit of Zoom.

648
00:53:09,430 --> 00:53:11,150
Now I see it.

649
00:53:11,150 --> 00:53:11,790
You click on that?

650
00:53:12,170 --> 00:53:13,550
It doesn't

651
00:53:16,240 --> 00:53:17,440
work, that's fine.

652
00:53:18,860 --> 00:53:19,640
Don't worry about

653
00:53:25,110 --> 00:53:25,110
it.

654
00:53:25,790 --> 00:53:25,850
I'm sorry.

655
00:53:26,550 --> 00:53:26,590
Sorry, sorry.

656
00:53:26,590 --> 00:53:26,990
Sorry, sorry.

657
00:53:26,990 --> 00:53:27,150
Sorry, sorry.

658
00:53:27,530 --> 00:53:29,410
I'm sorry.

659
00:53:32,790 --> 00:53:33,270
I'm sorry.

660
00:53:33,890 --> 00:53:34,290
I'm sorry.

661
00:53:36,790 --> 00:53:37,210
I'm sorry.

662
00:53:37,210 --> 00:53:38,170
It's not your good one.

663
00:53:38,170 --> 00:53:39,290
Well, it's the minute.

664
00:53:39,490 --> 00:53:40,130
All right.

665
00:53:40,250 --> 00:53:41,130
It's on Chris, good one.

666
00:53:41,270 --> 00:53:42,110
Hey, you're here.

667
00:53:42,190 --> 00:53:42,570
Thank you.

668
00:53:42,570 --> 00:53:43,110
You're cute.

669
00:53:43,890 --> 00:53:44,830
You're not allowed to talk.

670
00:53:46,370 --> 00:53:46,530
No.

671
00:53:46,910 --> 00:53:47,910
This is my technology.

672
00:53:48,510 --> 00:53:49,110
It's not necessary.

673
00:53:50,230 --> 00:53:51,290
We see how that went.

674
00:53:55,420 --> 00:53:57,140
We understand why they're free.

675
00:53:58,580 --> 00:53:59,420
There we go.

676
00:53:59,640 --> 00:54:00,280
There we go.

677
00:54:00,360 --> 00:54:00,460
There we go.

678
00:54:00,460 --> 00:54:03,020
The good news is that I don't have any audio in the presentation.

679
00:54:03,160 --> 00:54:04,780
So maybe I'll pay you that.

680
00:54:06,040 --> 00:54:06,720
Thank you.

681
00:54:06,860 --> 00:54:09,820
Thank you.

682
00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:15,240
As Kim said, I'm Fred Kalin, I'm the executive director of Shrewsbury Youth and Family Services

683
00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:21,020
with me as well. It's my colleague, Allison Ekelston, who is our director of clinical operations.

684
00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:26,640
I'm going to go over the introduction slide. As Kim said, it's a three-year agreement.

685
00:54:27,060 --> 00:54:31,180
We recently finished year two. We've just sort of got underway with the year three.

686
00:54:36,200 --> 00:54:40,340
Just to give you an idea of who we serve when we talk about youth and family.

687
00:54:41,180 --> 00:54:54,320
This past year, we saw as clients in the Westboro Youth and Family Services Clinic, we're 17 and under.

688
00:54:54,680 --> 00:55:01,420
So we see a lot of young people, and that's true also where we have our clinic intrusberry.

689
00:55:02,240 --> 00:55:07,700
So very typically we're working with about two thirds of our population as young people.

690
00:55:07,700 --> 00:55:14,140
And I just want to mention that there are peer-reviewed studies that every dollar spending

691
00:55:14,140 --> 00:55:20,480
community youth mental health saves $9 to $10 down the road, okay, for things like emergency

692
00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:21,960
services, et cetera.

693
00:55:25,360 --> 00:55:32,520
But we serve, you can see the gender breakdown, 51% female, 39% male, and then 2% other

694
00:55:32,520 --> 00:55:34,440
in 8% no data.

695
00:55:35,620 --> 00:55:42,700
So I believe that's generally parallels the general population, given that we have no data on

696
00:55:42,700 --> 00:55:44,160
those 8%.

697
00:55:46,660 --> 00:55:52,540
This is just a racial and ethnic breakdown as well as who we served in this past year.

698
00:55:53,220 --> 00:56:00,340
So about half the residents who we served are white and in 15% Hispanic Latino, 7% Asian,

699
00:56:00,340 --> 00:56:07,680
4% black African American, 4% other, and then 17% either preferred not to answer or we don't have data.

700
00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:20,860
These are the eight languages spoken at home that we saw in the last year, so English Spanish, Portuguese, French, Bengali, Hindi, Farsi, and Tenil.

701
00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:37,580
And so one of the things I just wanted to touch on that is something that in terms of the town partnering with a nonprofit like ourselves who does these services,

702
00:56:37,580 --> 00:56:43,320
is that the additional impact beyond just the very important clinical services of seeing clients

703
00:56:43,320 --> 00:56:47,700
every day are also a number of other things that we bring to the table, you know, sometimes

704
00:56:47,700 --> 00:56:51,200
supported by other grants and other other dollars that we raised for.

705
00:56:52,300 --> 00:56:58,340
So, you know, in the past year we did amount to health 101 training for the boroughs, YMC, CITs,

706
00:56:58,460 --> 00:57:05,280
counselors in training. We have a first response program that started actually after this contract

707
00:57:05,280 --> 00:57:11,860
started that the DA's office and some under funders support that's open to all Westboro first

708
00:57:11,860 --> 00:57:16,820
responders and we have seen Westboro first responders take advantage of that. We have offered

709
00:57:16,820 --> 00:57:23,300
a number of groups, as discussed, group attendance has been tricky, which is true across the board

710
00:57:23,300 --> 00:57:29,960
with a lot of different entities and departments, but we have offered a number of groups. We provided

711
00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:33,620
A QPR, which is question per suede, refer.

712
00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:40,140
I got it right. Question per suede, refer suicide prevention training to the senior center.

713
00:57:40,900 --> 00:57:46,460
And this past year we also had a graduate intern at the senior center who also ran a social connections group.

714
00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:48,860
Social connections group for the seniors.

715
00:57:53,360 --> 00:57:56,280
We also have a federal grant to do youth mental health first aid trainings.

716
00:57:56,640 --> 00:58:02,080
And we've done that for staff at the Burroughs YMCA, also the Westboro Fire Department,

717
00:58:02,080 --> 00:58:12,340
And in year one, so this, you know, the caveat, but in year one, also the Westboro police department, those are eight hour trainings, if you are participated in, they're very extensive and in debt.

718
00:58:13,600 --> 00:58:26,400
And then just in terms of collaborations and community events, we were able to get a private grant this past year to have a part time license clinician actually in the Westboro public schools at no cost of the schools.

719
00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:29,840
just funded by a third party, a private grant.

720
00:58:30,780 --> 00:58:33,860
We collaborate a lot with Westboro Connects with Square One.

721
00:58:34,500 --> 00:58:36,420
We've participated in the fall for wellness.

722
00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:40,420
We will again, this fall participated in the main street trick or treat.

723
00:58:40,620 --> 00:58:42,660
I know these seem like ancillary things,

724
00:58:42,920 --> 00:58:46,280
but we want to be as involved in the community as we can be.

725
00:58:49,930 --> 00:58:51,970
And we will, do you want to talk a little bit about this?

726
00:58:52,030 --> 00:58:55,550
We will be establishing having a graduate intern here,

727
00:58:55,910 --> 00:58:56,830
based in Chuzur.

728
00:58:58,210 --> 00:59:07,670
Hi everybody, so we will be having a graduate, so for intern, based in Westboro, this fall, who is also bilingual, Portuguese, speaking.

729
00:59:08,390 --> 00:59:15,510
That's going to be happening hopefully some time in the next few weeks, and that's someone who is able to stay in Westboro for roughly a year.

730
00:59:15,710 --> 00:59:18,610
As it just started their internship, so that'll continue through August.

731
00:59:18,610 --> 00:59:22,530
And so they'll have their own case load as well there.

732
00:59:23,350 --> 00:59:26,050
We're all set up to participate in fall for wellness.

733
00:59:26,190 --> 00:59:29,330
We have one of our clinicians that's going to be attending there.

734
00:59:30,190 --> 00:59:35,290
We have a group at the Senior Center that will be starting in October.

735
00:59:35,830 --> 00:59:38,670
We had just created the Fires of Round Social Connectingness

736
00:59:38,670 --> 00:59:42,450
and that's going to be run by one of the clinicians in addition to the support of an intern.

737
00:59:42,790 --> 00:59:46,530
We also have another virtual support group for parents that's coming up.

738
00:59:46,530 --> 00:59:48,690
that's called big feelings, but are support.

739
00:59:48,790 --> 00:59:50,970
That's a really around supporting parents

740
00:59:50,970 --> 00:59:54,030
with managing children's behaviors,

741
00:59:54,270 --> 00:59:55,650
especially at the elementary level.

742
00:59:57,350 --> 00:59:59,970
And we will be...

743
01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:02,580
Is there any other things we are doing?

744
01:00:04,140 --> 01:00:07,980
That's probably a good question. Thank you.

745
01:00:08,820 --> 01:00:16,040
So, you know, one thing I wanted to add, obviously, you heard already that we did add in the past year to our Board of Directors.

746
01:00:16,300 --> 01:00:20,180
Our Board of Directors is 10 people, so when we say Board of Directors, it's not a huge number of people.

747
01:00:20,820 --> 01:00:29,280
But we did add more in Johnson from Westboro and in our nomination process. Currently, there's another resident from Westboro who's in our nomination process.

748
01:00:29,280 --> 01:00:39,200
You know, once you have people on the board, you know, you're going to get more integrated and make sure that you're hearing all perspectives, now that we, you know, are truly across two towns.

749
01:00:40,060 --> 01:00:46,400
So for us for S.Y.FS, the two years has been really good and we've really learned how to do this really well.

750
01:00:47,100 --> 01:00:54,900
and Westboro, and we're expect year three to serve even more people than we have in the past

751
01:00:54,900 --> 01:00:58,600
two years and hope that we can continue to work together.

752
01:01:00,200 --> 01:01:01,160
So I'm happy to take any questions.

753
01:01:01,280 --> 01:01:02,220
Thank you very much.

754
01:01:02,600 --> 01:01:07,760
I just wanted to add one thing, because I think Kim obviously should outline our goal of the program,

755
01:01:07,940 --> 01:01:13,500
but another benefit I think that we saw with this program is their robust internship program

756
01:01:13,500 --> 01:01:16,500
and what that means in terms of having a pipeline.

757
01:01:17,480 --> 01:01:20,080
And I believe that you actually did hire

758
01:01:20,080 --> 01:01:22,340
one of your interns' working in Westboro.

759
01:01:22,820 --> 01:01:25,820
So that, as you know, was something we were really challenged with

760
01:01:25,820 --> 01:01:29,900
when we were trying to replace folks in the counselor's face

761
01:01:29,900 --> 01:01:31,840
when we weren't playing them directly.

762
01:01:31,980 --> 01:01:34,520
So that's something that we're also benefiting from.

763
01:01:34,800 --> 01:01:36,260
Thank you. Thank you.

764
01:01:36,460 --> 01:01:40,240
You've very much questions from the board.

765
01:01:41,620 --> 01:01:50,580
do you have any statistics on I know can share the financials on actual number of

766
01:01:50,580 --> 01:01:59,900
individuals service year over year I think was this year two data that you provided

767
01:01:59,900 --> 01:02:05,000
or is this a combined I guess is it question so the this the 56 individuals we serve

768
01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:14,980
this past year, or year two, and 30, I haven't on year, but 38 or 37 or 38 in year one.

769
01:02:15,180 --> 01:02:18,720
In year one, the first couple of months we only had one clinician. We were wrapping up.

770
01:02:20,760 --> 01:02:24,860
Great, thank you. Thank you, thank you.

771
01:02:24,920 --> 01:02:32,180
Thank you. Well, yeah, just a follow on. So beyond the 56, do you have capacity given your current

772
01:02:32,180 --> 01:02:38,800
I'm going to have an intern coming on or graduate students, excuse me, is there additional capacity

773
01:02:38,800 --> 01:02:40,620
on the 56 and how much?

774
01:02:41,320 --> 01:02:41,980
Yes, absolutely.

775
01:02:42,800 --> 01:02:49,280
Yes, so right now, we have approximately 17 people on our week list, and one of our

776
01:02:49,280 --> 01:02:54,220
clinicians is currently in the process of reaching out and calling, so we highly anticipate

777
01:02:54,220 --> 01:02:58,540
that I'll slowly start to get chipped away in addition to the intern starting in the weeks as

778
01:02:58,540 --> 01:02:59,160
well.

779
01:02:59,160 --> 01:03:07,420
Okay. And could you remind me just when you say on your waitlist, is there a parallel process

780
01:03:07,420 --> 01:03:13,660
where those individuals, if they have means through their own health insurance, they're sort of being

781
01:03:13,660 --> 01:03:21,600
duly tracked or is that done upstream or individuals needing mental services to determine kind of

782
01:03:21,600 --> 01:03:25,700
this is the best path for those say 17 individuals.

783
01:03:27,180 --> 01:03:35,760
Yeah, so I think part of what we do at least with the referral process, anyways, is we do start by asking what their health insurance is.

784
01:03:35,880 --> 01:03:50,600
And that for us is primarily like data information, but also if we do want to refer them out for longer term services, we have that information ahead of time so that we can start looking ahead about what would be the best avenues for those individuals.

785
01:03:51,100 --> 01:03:58,980
So in terms of that clinical sort of case management, we're again, it would be appropriate for the therapist to make the referral connect them with the where they need to be

786
01:03:58,980 --> 01:04:04,960
That's something that we tried actively collect and then assess sort of as time goes on when they're ready for that transition

787
01:04:04,960 --> 01:04:11,160
Okay, but those in the again just using a 17 that are in waiting for a clinician, right?

788
01:04:11,160 --> 01:04:15,100
So they've been assessed to determine they're just waiting for a slot. Is that correct?

789
01:04:15,100 --> 01:04:25,540
So, yeah, so what they do is they have called and made a referral and our referral process entails that we sort of ask them like what it is that they're looking for and then we go through a series of risk assessment questions.

790
01:04:26,380 --> 01:04:35,720
And based on the information that they give, you know, we either say, you know, again, you know, right now this is where you're on the wheat list, you know, we'll periodically call in a check to see how you're doing.

791
01:04:35,720 --> 01:04:41,720
If there are some immediate clinical needs that don't require hospitalization, we can offer them

792
01:04:41,720 --> 01:04:46,460
our weightless support services, and sometimes what that looks like is additional referrals and

793
01:04:46,460 --> 01:04:51,580
resources to help them out. In addition to that, you know, once we do the intake and we have a

794
01:04:51,580 --> 01:04:58,580
better idea of what their true clinical needs are. Again, we assess based on diagnosis, access,

795
01:04:58,820 --> 01:05:03,460
what this family can reach was available in the state of Massachusetts and try to connect them

796
01:05:03,460 --> 01:05:08,280
accordingly. So again, so as far as we know, again, we periodically will call everybody

797
01:05:08,280 --> 01:05:11,640
in the wait list to just check in how they're doing, have you been connected, do you need

798
01:05:11,640 --> 01:05:15,500
additional support while you're waiting for us? Or even like are you all set at this time,

799
01:05:15,640 --> 01:05:23,180
which periodically happens? And so as part of the wait list process, are you helping people to connect

800
01:05:23,180 --> 01:05:29,300
with other counseling available resources outside of your offering? Yes, if they're interested in

801
01:05:29,300 --> 01:05:32,520
that. If they're interested. Okay, thank you. Some people say they're they're comfortable

802
01:05:32,520 --> 01:05:37,260
continued to wait. Some people say, you know, that we actually, we found X, Y, and Z were all set,

803
01:05:37,320 --> 01:05:42,480
but we will offer that if people are interested in it. Okay, thank you. The only other thing

804
01:05:42,480 --> 01:05:47,280
Chris, I would just say, just take a look at the town. I was just going out there because I was

805
01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:53,080
looking for some information. Looks like we've got to just update our new clinical directors and

806
01:05:53,080 --> 01:06:01,400
information that's out there that's old. Okay. Yeah. I don't really have a question to just

807
01:06:01,400 --> 01:06:08,800
what comments as the husband of a grief counselor and somebody who knows personally. I know

808
01:06:08,800 --> 01:06:15,140
personally somebody who's user services. I play tremendous value in those and I I'm really

809
01:06:15,140 --> 01:06:20,500
impressed so far with the presentation and what you guys have done. I guess the only question I

810
01:06:20,500 --> 01:06:25,660
would have and I don't even know what's a question as we look forward to negotiate a successor contract.

811
01:06:26,340 --> 01:06:31,200
I would have liked to have heard from the youth commission just some type of support for that.

812
01:06:31,980 --> 01:06:51,100
And I don't know if that was just kind of taking for granted because they think you're doing a good job or not, so I guess I guess as the towns representative that probably interacts with you the most, I would have liked it have heard from them.

813
01:06:51,100 --> 01:06:59,560
So, yeah, I think so the youth commission sort of, you know, they're joined sometimes

814
01:06:59,560 --> 01:07:05,880
and meetings are joined sometimes by some of you from S.Y.FS, but they don't S.Y.FS

815
01:07:05,880 --> 01:07:10,920
doesn't report to them, like you could hear from Kenjram, maybe, would be appropriate as

816
01:07:10,920 --> 01:07:12,480
to see your services director.

817
01:07:14,560 --> 01:07:21,360
Okay, fair enough, yeah, that would be great if you think that's a better person to hear

818
01:07:21,360 --> 01:07:21,640
from.

819
01:07:21,640 --> 01:07:26,640
I believe so. I don't know if anybody disagrees with that but.

820
01:07:27,480 --> 01:07:28,400
I could. I could. I could. I could.

821
01:07:29,120 --> 01:07:29,360
Okay.

822
01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:32,600
Okay, and she is here.

823
01:07:32,600 --> 01:07:34,060
Thank you

824
01:07:36,330 --> 01:07:38,550
for all her support being born up.

825
01:07:44,450 --> 01:07:45,010
Hi, Kendra.

826
01:07:45,130 --> 01:07:50,070
Again, I was just looking for feedback from a town representative, whether it be you

827
01:07:50,070 --> 01:07:57,990
or the youth commission, as to, you know, the advocacy of this transition.

828
01:07:58,670 --> 01:08:04,150
I can't speak totally to the model that was in place before I started, because when I started,

829
01:08:04,150 --> 01:08:07,850
She's very youth and family was already in place for about six months.

830
01:08:09,150 --> 01:08:13,870
But as far as the feedback that I've heard and when I understand was happening was that

831
01:08:13,870 --> 01:08:19,450
clients were coming in and being served by the prior Westboro Youth and Family Services

832
01:08:20,070 --> 01:08:23,910
and they were sort of staying on for a very long periods of time.

833
01:08:23,970 --> 01:08:26,690
So there was really no movement in those lists.

834
01:08:27,050 --> 01:08:31,850
So you could be on the wait list for a very long time before there was an upturn over for you

835
01:08:31,850 --> 01:08:32,670
to be seen.

836
01:08:32,670 --> 01:08:48,790
So something that I've noticed, we had a couple of hiccups, but I think that we've really worked through a lot of those, and the feedback that I've gotten was that people are starting to move up, and they're getting calls back about where they're falling on the wait list, they have a better understanding of exactly why there is a wait list.

837
01:08:49,410 --> 01:08:56,090
And I think, you know, as far as the Sears Center goes, the biggest success has been that communication group.

838
01:08:57,030 --> 01:08:58,870
I can't remember the exact title of it.

839
01:08:58,870 --> 01:09:05,590
But that was run with the intern that has now been hired by Shrewsbury Youth and Family Services.

840
01:09:06,090 --> 01:09:09,990
So she will be on board to run that support group for us.

841
01:09:10,130 --> 01:09:11,750
It's not exactly a support group.

842
01:09:11,890 --> 01:09:17,030
But that conversation group for us on a permanent basis because she's now an employee, not just an intern who's there.

843
01:09:17,030 --> 01:09:23,250
sort of a flexible schedule. So we're really looking forward to that. We had a lot of really positive feedback about that.

844
01:09:24,170 --> 01:09:34,050
I think generally this has been a really great partnership. I am very much so in support of the continuing to work with Shrewsbury Youth and Family Services

845
01:09:35,290 --> 01:09:38,670
and making this partnership even stronger.

846
01:09:41,470 --> 01:09:44,010
Thank you very much.

847
01:09:45,690 --> 01:09:51,450
Thank you, Sean. Thank you for being here tonight. Very appreciative of all the work

848
01:09:51,450 --> 01:09:58,470
that you do for the town of Westboro. And, you know, it's a service that I don't think

849
01:09:58,470 --> 01:10:03,830
a lot of people in town are aware of, but it is incredibly vital service to the community

850
01:10:03,830 --> 01:10:08,410
for all the reasons that you mentioned. So, thank you for the work that you do. My questions are

851
01:10:08,410 --> 01:10:12,430
and I apologize if you might have said this, I was kind of taking notes and trying to jostle

852
01:10:12,430 --> 01:10:16,670
some thoughts at the same time, but can you talk a little bit about your bandwidth capability?

853
01:10:17,290 --> 01:10:21,230
Yeah, you talked about, you know, the age groups that you serve, et cetera, what is your

854
01:10:21,230 --> 01:10:26,170
what is your bandwidth that you have now and how much expansion do you think based on your

855
01:10:26,170 --> 01:10:32,950
staff that you have now, or do you think that there's going to be a need to growing that in the next

856
01:10:32,950 --> 01:10:34,030
contract time period?

857
01:10:37,960 --> 01:10:43,020
That's a great question. I think that we're at the capacity maximum. That's

858
01:10:43,020 --> 01:10:44,860
why we have the wait list right now.

859
01:10:45,040 --> 01:10:48,600
That said, having a small wait list is a fairly

860
01:10:48,600 --> 01:10:50,600
happy thing for these kinds of services

861
01:10:50,600 --> 01:10:52,700
so that we never end up with clinicians

862
01:10:52,700 --> 01:10:55,920
waiting around with no one at the door, right?

863
01:10:56,460 --> 01:10:56,980
Metaphorically.

864
01:10:58,420 --> 01:11:02,920
And so I think that we'll learn a lot in this year, three,

865
01:11:03,080 --> 01:11:06,360
is if the need keeps growing, then to talk

866
01:11:06,360 --> 01:11:09,020
about that expansion of services potentially,

867
01:11:09,020 --> 01:11:28,290
having the graduate intern here will help mitigate that a little bit, and so that'll give us a really good idea at Trika on how, you know, where that, where that high capacity level sort of normally like averages out.

868
01:11:29,190 --> 01:11:36,870
Thank you. And then also just noting that you know the vast majority 63% of the residents that you serve are youth.

869
01:11:36,870 --> 01:11:40,950
Can you talk a little bit about your interactions and partnership with the schools and how

870
01:11:41,410 --> 01:11:45,810
how does that work and are there opportunities there that you all see in that relationship?

871
01:11:47,170 --> 01:11:51,890
So I'll just say in general that the superintendent and I have been talking about increasing the

872
01:11:51,890 --> 01:11:59,850
relationship even more, but in terms of that 63% in our first two years, the entity that is referred

873
01:11:59,850 --> 01:12:03,850
the most clients are way, is the must for a public school's?

874
01:12:06,790 --> 01:12:10,930
Yeah, I would even say, like, I think the collaboration

875
01:12:10,930 --> 01:12:12,710
between the school's has been great.

876
01:12:12,990 --> 01:12:16,390
So, again, what it's having, so many kiddos that we work with

877
01:12:16,390 --> 01:12:19,390
on our caseloads, must for a public school's has been great

878
01:12:19,390 --> 01:12:22,330
in terms of communicating with clinicians, trying to work

879
01:12:22,330 --> 01:12:25,190
really collaborative to make sure we're addressing the same needs.

880
01:12:25,670 --> 01:12:27,770
So, we've been really happy with that.

881
01:12:27,770 --> 01:12:31,530
we have nothing but positive things to say and we hope that that continues.

882
01:12:33,650 --> 01:12:34,690
Thank you.

883
01:12:34,710 --> 01:12:35,870
Thank you.

884
01:12:36,290 --> 01:12:41,430
Yeah, and I guess just sort of one comment to me for the folks who may be listening.

885
01:12:42,230 --> 01:12:45,270
So this contract runs to next June.

886
01:12:46,030 --> 01:12:48,330
So there is still 10 months left in the contract.

887
01:12:48,930 --> 01:12:56,210
We are here today because it won the thank you and for everyone to hear the great work you're doing.

888
01:12:56,210 --> 01:13:00,550
But also then, as we look backwards from that date,

889
01:13:01,070 --> 01:13:05,970
really, we have a budget process here, town meeting is in March.

890
01:13:06,430 --> 01:13:10,510
We really try to produce the first version of our budget in December.

891
01:13:11,790 --> 01:13:18,810
So, this being the second contract, both parties may want to make some minor changes to it.

892
01:13:19,090 --> 01:13:23,830
So, that's why we come back here to September to try and start this process.

893
01:13:23,830 --> 01:13:33,390
So we can try and meet all those dates, so in, with that, is anybody have a motion?

894
01:13:35,310 --> 01:13:35,530
Sure.

895
01:13:36,850 --> 01:13:46,030
I'll move to authorize the top manager to negotiate a successor agreement with SYFS for clinical services, subject to final review and approval by the board at a future date.

896
01:13:46,290 --> 01:13:46,450
Second.

897
01:13:48,050 --> 01:13:49,670
Any further comments or questions?

898
01:13:51,530 --> 01:13:52,310
All those in favor.

899
01:13:53,470 --> 01:14:00,270
We're at zero one abstaining. Thank you both for being here. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your work for Westboro. Thank you.

900
01:14:03,760 --> 01:14:04,720
Ian, welcome back.

901
01:14:10,640 --> 01:14:17,100
Okay. Item number seven, training requirements for liquor license holders and employees policy update.

902
01:14:19,520 --> 01:14:29,460
I'm going to refuse myself is I'm on a local business that holds liquor license. I should not weigh in.

903
01:14:29,460 --> 01:14:31,780
Okay, great to thank you so much.

904
01:14:35,400 --> 01:14:40,040
So as you're aware, this was on your agenda at the August 18th meeting, Amanda presented

905
01:14:40,040 --> 01:14:40,820
it at the time.

906
01:14:41,000 --> 01:14:49,920
She had identified that this policy was outdated based on her overseeing the liquor licensing.

907
01:14:51,300 --> 01:14:57,320
So she did take your feedback, and it's the updated policy as in your packet, just so

908
01:14:57,320 --> 01:14:59,900
clear in the first policy that you see.

909
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:12,580
The current policy and then it's on page 87 of your packet is the updated policy with your feedback included.

910
01:15:14,560 --> 01:15:18,420
Thank you. Any questions or comments?

911
01:15:24,040 --> 01:15:27,820
Yeah, thank you, Sean. So yeah, thank you, Christy and Amanda.

912
01:15:28,880 --> 01:15:46,140
For working on this, I have provided a lot of feedback at our last discussion, in regards to this, and I'm happy to see the changes, I think they correctly reflect my thoughts on how to work clearly, succinctly, right this policy, so thank you for doing that work.

913
01:15:46,480 --> 01:15:48,640
Yeah? Then would you care to make the motion?

914
01:15:48,640 --> 01:15:52,840
that there's no other discussion, I guess, so sure.

915
01:15:53,300 --> 01:15:54,660
Yeah, I agree with that.

916
01:15:54,660 --> 01:15:55,460
I agree with that.

917
01:15:57,680 --> 01:15:59,160
I moved to move.

918
01:15:59,320 --> 01:16:00,700
I moved to approve.

919
01:16:00,700 --> 01:16:02,860
The amended policy on training requirements for the

920
01:16:02,860 --> 01:16:05,480
girl license holders and employees has presented.

921
01:16:06,260 --> 01:16:06,460
Second.

922
01:16:07,860 --> 01:16:08,360
Okay.

923
01:16:09,000 --> 01:16:10,460
All those in favor?

924
01:16:11,520 --> 01:16:12,900
Where does your appointment present?

925
01:16:13,100 --> 01:16:13,920
Just one real quick question.

926
01:16:14,440 --> 01:16:16,960
We update the, uh, the revised data on this as well.

927
01:16:16,960 --> 01:16:19,060
Yeah, we just didn't know where you were going to approve it.

928
01:16:19,280 --> 01:16:19,320
Okay.

929
01:16:19,660 --> 01:16:19,740
Yep.

930
01:16:19,980 --> 01:16:20,320
Thank you.

931
01:16:21,200 --> 01:16:21,440
Okay.

932
01:16:21,680 --> 01:16:22,600
That's number eight.

933
01:16:24,640 --> 01:16:25,180
Okay.

934
01:16:26,840 --> 01:16:27,440
All right.

935
01:16:27,980 --> 01:16:28,780
Welcome back.

936
01:16:31,050 --> 01:16:31,090
Okay.

937
01:16:31,090 --> 01:16:32,870
Item number eight

938
01:16:35,430 --> 01:16:41,570
is the proposed amendment to section 2-8 of the town charter.

939
01:16:42,970 --> 01:16:48,850
So this is on your agenda last time, but I think the board wants additional time to consider how you would move forward.

940
01:16:48,850 --> 01:17:12,930
So again in October last year the town meeting approved worn article to change charter language to require 50 signatures for a petition article to be submitted for annual town meeting and so that they would both be 50 signatures when we submitted it to the general court there was a question

941
01:17:12,930 --> 01:17:26,610
Just about clarifying question that was asked, but when that was asked, it was identified that there were some unintended consequences of the new language that changed kind of more than that 50 signature requirements.

942
01:17:27,470 --> 01:17:34,130
It removed the board's ability to really set the warrant, which is one of the things that you have the authority to do under general laws.

943
01:17:34,770 --> 01:17:42,170
So, there is a memo in here that gives, sort of, the history and then what your options were at the time,

944
01:17:42,370 --> 01:17:48,350
because at the time you could have submitted, you could have submitted to the General Court,

945
01:17:48,350 --> 01:17:55,350
an amendment to the Board decided to just bring it back to time meetings that you could be really clear about what the language should be,

946
01:17:55,350 --> 01:17:57,730
and be there with the voters about how it was going to move forward.

947
01:17:58,450 --> 01:18:03,650
I would just add that I don't think you need to wordsmith the article tonight.

948
01:18:03,790 --> 01:18:08,130
I think if you just want to tell me what your intent is, I can work with Council to put

949
01:18:08,130 --> 01:18:12,050
an article together, what you would review before you close the warrant on the 22nd.

950
01:18:14,350 --> 01:18:18,730
Thank you, Kristi. Any comments? Yes.

951
01:18:18,730 --> 01:18:21,810
It not words for the book was in our package.

952
01:18:23,850 --> 01:18:33,570
I'm actually okay with allowing what was kind of proposed at the time, which is really

953
01:18:33,570 --> 01:18:39,830
elected town board elected officials and then the 50 signatures.

954
01:18:40,850 --> 01:18:45,770
Reason for that is, yes, we have authority over that, but I think that if an elected

955
01:18:45,770 --> 01:18:51,010
town board, say it school committee planning board library trustees.

956
01:18:53,030 --> 01:18:53,990
That's great.

957
01:18:53,990 --> 01:18:54,750
I don't know if I'm a moderator.

958
01:18:55,430 --> 01:18:56,750
I'm moderated, town clerk.

959
01:18:57,850 --> 01:19:03,070
But in front of us, I think, as an elected official, like us, we should place those on there.

960
01:19:03,130 --> 01:19:12,750
I think if we have questions or disagreements or whatever that we should have that with that elected board or elected official,

961
01:19:12,750 --> 01:19:20,470
I think what we were really trying to get at was the A was the citizens petition and raising

962
01:19:20,470 --> 01:19:26,450
that from 10 to 50, but also as we've seen before the ability for us to set warrants of

963
01:19:26,450 --> 01:19:33,370
something comes to us from a committee that we appoint that we think is being covered someplace else

964
01:19:33,370 --> 01:19:42,730
as happened last time. So I am fine with kind of that type of proposal, but I think the way it

965
01:19:42,730 --> 01:19:44,750
was presented the last time at Tom Enoway.

966
01:19:44,870 --> 01:19:48,310
We thought it was being presented, all we were changing was 10 to 50.

967
01:19:49,930 --> 01:19:52,590
Because I understood it was when we set a cordons with the law.

968
01:19:52,850 --> 01:19:55,950
That was where it kind of got caught up in the general court.

969
01:19:57,650 --> 01:20:06,290
But for me, if we change it to allow in for kind of elected boards and officials,

970
01:20:07,350 --> 01:20:12,770
that we have basically take those out and then everything else still stays on our control

971
01:20:12,770 --> 01:20:14,930
that we raise the services position up to 50.

972
01:20:16,700 --> 01:20:17,980
So the housing authority?

973
01:20:19,220 --> 01:20:20,300
But it's elected.

974
01:20:22,280 --> 01:20:23,240
State wrote.

975
01:20:24,580 --> 01:20:26,040
Not an elected town official.

976
01:20:26,840 --> 01:20:27,060
I'm sorry.

977
01:20:27,460 --> 01:20:29,640
I don't know how much we have to do playing like that.

978
01:20:29,800 --> 01:20:30,940
It's elected town official.

979
01:20:32,160 --> 01:20:32,800
That's very accurate.

980
01:20:33,320 --> 01:20:33,520
Yeah.

981
01:20:33,580 --> 01:20:37,420
I appreciate that comment and I think this does clean it up a bit.

982
01:20:37,420 --> 01:20:39,320
but just for the sake of the community,

983
01:20:39,700 --> 01:20:43,040
the way that it's written in the proposed statement in our packet,

984
01:20:43,180 --> 01:20:44,760
is the select board shop place on the warrant

985
01:20:44,760 --> 01:20:45,800
for annual town meeting.

986
01:20:46,320 --> 01:20:49,640
Any article requested in writing by one evoative,

987
01:20:49,640 --> 01:20:51,640
any elected or appointed town board

988
01:20:51,640 --> 01:20:55,320
to any elected town officer or the free by not less

989
01:20:55,320 --> 01:20:57,120
than 50 registered voters of the town.

990
01:20:57,540 --> 01:21:00,620
I think this does clarify and certainly my expectation

991
01:21:00,620 --> 01:21:02,760
and it's the way we've operated in the past

992
01:21:02,760 --> 01:21:06,840
is that any appointed board or elected official,

993
01:21:06,840 --> 01:21:11,100
anybody who puts on something on the warrant does come and talk to us if we request them to talk

994
01:21:11,100 --> 01:21:16,460
to us before the warrant is closed. So we have an opportunity to voice our concerns, our

995
01:21:16,460 --> 01:21:23,400
questions, etc. when placing that article in the warrant. Yeah, my take was that was one of

996
01:21:23,400 --> 01:21:31,680
him proposed by the General Court and I think why we brought this back is for me it was elected

997
01:21:31,680 --> 01:21:34,900
board is removing the appointed town boards.

998
01:21:35,100 --> 01:21:36,180
It's a little bit a little bit a little bit.

999
01:21:36,240 --> 01:21:37,680
So just the section says,

1000
01:21:37,780 --> 01:21:39,880
So what I had was a select board to place on the

1001
01:21:39,880 --> 01:21:41,020
Warren for annual time meeting.

1002
01:21:41,180 --> 01:21:44,540
Any article requested in writing by one,

1003
01:21:44,840 --> 01:21:47,980
a vote of any elected town board to an elected town officer

1004
01:21:47,980 --> 01:21:51,840
or three by not less than 50 registered voters of the town.

1005
01:21:54,750 --> 01:21:56,290
So Sean, again, I agree.

1006
01:21:56,290 --> 01:21:58,130
We don't need to work Smith this now,

1007
01:21:58,290 --> 01:22:01,670
but I agree with Ian's point about,

1008
01:22:01,670 --> 01:22:17,590
I think elected boards and officials should be able to put a worn article on, but any other boards should be required to submit it to the select board for approval, or I guess they're governing boards.

1009
01:22:17,690 --> 01:22:24,810
So if it's a school committee, subcommittee that wants to propose an article, it would have to go through school committee or so.

1010
01:22:27,190 --> 01:22:29,910
I guess I'm okay with that as well, I mean.

1011
01:22:30,000 --> 01:22:42,720
The appointed piece of it, yeah, would expect a board appointed, committee appointed by us with bring it forward through us, and I would think that they would be less inclined to make a request of something on the warrant if this board wasn't supportive of it.

1012
01:22:43,360 --> 01:22:48,740
So I think it forms a conversation there, but I'm okay with, you know, making it even supportive.

1013
01:22:48,740 --> 01:22:54,960
Yeah, well I think with that one is, if you went with what had come back from the general court,

1014
01:22:55,180 --> 01:22:59,420
that would basically take our authority away from basically everything would get on,

1015
01:23:02,180 --> 01:23:05,600
citizen position would get on with 50 more signatures,

1016
01:23:07,960 --> 01:23:11,320
elected or appointed town boards, or committees would basically,

1017
01:23:12,980 --> 01:23:17,860
everything would, so we would basically have no authority to not allow anything on the war.

1018
01:23:17,860 --> 01:23:23,680
if they're past. We're just really striking me up. We accept that language. No, I get

1019
01:23:23,680 --> 01:23:26,820
I get where it's coming from. I'm okay with what you're suggesting. I mean, the original

1020
01:23:26,820 --> 01:23:32,760
intent here was really all around the 50. No, I'm on the right thing. So yeah, we cost a little

1021
01:23:33,380 --> 01:23:40,600
bit of a mix up there, but that's fine. Can I just ask the, I just don't remember, unelected

1022
01:23:40,600 --> 01:23:46,220
down officer. So is that intended to be like a part of the moderator? Okay. Okay. Okay.

1023
01:23:49,120 --> 01:23:56,860
So I'm fine just to echo the language that Ian read as a modification of the, you know,

1024
01:23:56,860 --> 01:23:59,760
what came back is a recommendation from the Senate.

1025
01:24:00,720 --> 01:24:06,740
Well, again, we're just recognizing that we're not voting on anything. Okay.

1026
01:24:06,740 --> 01:24:17,640
So, reminder, at our next meeting, we are most likely closing so, unless we have some sort of...

1027
01:24:17,640 --> 01:24:21,660
We don't get it done and we have to fit in another meeting shortly after that.

1028
01:24:22,680 --> 01:24:29,380
So, if you use one of these options, it's simple to put it into the more nautical.

1029
01:24:30,320 --> 01:24:35,500
The current version actually has the old more nautical but just has deleted the change.

1030
01:24:35,500 --> 01:24:39,740
So we would just sort of plug in the change with what's here.

1031
01:24:40,820 --> 01:24:44,960
Just to clarify, the general court sent it back because they wanted it.

1032
01:24:45,080 --> 01:24:48,820
I think they wanted to say any town elected or appointed board,

1033
01:24:49,060 --> 01:24:51,980
which then raised the flag with us and town council,

1034
01:24:52,620 --> 01:24:54,600
that it was took out being in accordance with the law.

1035
01:24:54,740 --> 01:24:58,620
So I don't think that the general court is trying to direct or advise the town.

1036
01:24:58,780 --> 01:25:04,120
It was just at that time they were offering what they would be willing to accept

1037
01:25:04,120 --> 01:25:07,380
if you were making the change without going back to time meeting.

1038
01:25:08,600 --> 01:25:15,200
Yeah, I think the clarification, I mean, the vagueness of in accordance with a lot.

1039
01:25:15,960 --> 01:25:18,320
I don't know, it requires someone to go look somewhere else.

1040
01:25:18,580 --> 01:25:21,240
I think this language is very clear.

1041
01:25:22,000 --> 01:25:24,040
And I think that the language is in red.

1042
01:25:25,020 --> 01:25:30,140
So this doesn't require a vote or I think we'll be voting on it at our next meeting when we finalize the warrant.

1043
01:25:30,140 --> 01:25:35,140
So, but every time I go to a general language update,

1044
01:25:35,800 --> 01:25:36,740
I'm not in my head.

1045
01:25:37,780 --> 01:25:38,140
All right.

1046
01:25:38,220 --> 01:25:38,600
Excellent.

1047
01:25:41,940 --> 01:25:44,420
Item number nine, financial update

1048
01:25:44,420 --> 01:25:46,060
from our finance director.

1049
01:25:50,180 --> 01:25:50,600
Good evening.

1050
01:25:51,300 --> 01:25:52,140
Good evening, all.

1051
01:26:15,600 --> 01:26:17,000
John Steinberg, Finance Director.

1052
01:26:17,600 --> 01:26:19,100
Thank you for having me tonight.

1053
01:26:19,600 --> 01:26:23,200
Our business night is sort of to bring you up to date on the fiscal 25

1054
01:26:23,200 --> 01:26:24,840
wallet, which recently closed.

1055
01:26:25,420 --> 01:26:35,560
I know you've all had an in front of you and I just want to review some of the results from the audit and how that will go forward into October time meeting.

1056
01:26:36,020 --> 01:26:44,060
Some items of no adults, there was a variance between the treasures records in the accountants ledger with missing documentation.

1057
01:26:44,440 --> 01:26:51,100
Some of the receivables did not reconcile relative to ledger balances where revenues weren't posted to proper accounts.

1058
01:26:51,100 --> 01:26:57,380
And the year-end ledger and conferences did not match departmental submissions and missing carrying over items.

1059
01:26:57,800 --> 01:27:00,720
One of the things I'll emphasize just with this, a couple of things.

1060
01:27:00,860 --> 01:27:03,200
Versus is the fiscal 25 audit.

1061
01:27:03,380 --> 01:27:10,000
So it's year-end in June 30th of that date is wrong of 25.

1062
01:27:10,340 --> 01:27:19,220
So it doesn't include, it doesn't include fiscal 26, which is July 1st of 25 to June 30th of 26.

1063
01:27:19,220 --> 01:27:27,540
So we're just getting this now, which obviously won't apply to what is 2026, which we have not closed out yet.

1064
01:27:27,900 --> 01:27:30,940
Okay, so this again is fiscal 25.

1065
01:27:31,300 --> 01:27:35,540
It took some time to get done because of some of these issues.

1066
01:27:36,460 --> 01:27:41,280
Nothing was found to be questionable relative to our fundamentals in our finance.

1067
01:27:41,780 --> 01:27:46,440
This is not a qualified audit relative to what our fundamental finances are,

1068
01:27:46,440 --> 01:27:54,060
and how it's stable, the accounting and stability of the financial situation within the town.

1069
01:27:56,000 --> 01:28:00,260
So we've taken many actions right away to respond to this.

1070
01:28:01,060 --> 01:28:05,340
One of the things that the Board has acted on already that you're aware of is the reinstatement

1071
01:28:05,340 --> 01:28:08,180
of the part-time administrative position that collectors office.

1072
01:28:09,000 --> 01:28:12,840
You've recently facilitated the restructuring of the positions and responsibilities

1073
01:28:12,840 --> 01:28:14,940
within the accounting office.

1074
01:28:15,360 --> 01:28:17,720
We have new staff in the accounting office.

1075
01:28:17,740 --> 01:28:20,960
I think one of the true cause and a lot of this

1076
01:28:20,960 --> 01:28:24,860
was the turnover during the course of fiscal 25.

1077
01:28:25,160 --> 01:28:27,840
We were without an accountant in the beginning of it.

1078
01:28:27,980 --> 01:28:30,320
So some of this was carry over from 24.

1079
01:28:30,960 --> 01:28:33,240
We also went through a period in 24

1080
01:28:33,240 --> 01:28:35,180
where we were without a treasure collector

1081
01:28:35,180 --> 01:28:37,240
when we were still carrying some of that.

1082
01:28:37,580 --> 01:28:40,520
So a lot of this is sort of continuing

1083
01:28:40,520 --> 01:28:47,560
that hopefully was some stability in the Dr. Clerk's office and now we will be bringing a new staff into the town of

1084
01:28:47,560 --> 01:29:10,500
Countins office. We look forward to an opportunity to rebuild that office and and go forward in a more stable environment. I would welcome the opportunity to have some more

1085
01:29:10,500 --> 01:29:13,120
to facilitate the monthly reconciliation

1086
01:29:13,120 --> 01:29:16,120
between the treasure collector and the town account.

1087
01:29:16,620 --> 01:29:18,700
The new process for the turnover of funds,

1088
01:29:18,720 --> 01:29:20,240
any funds that come into departments,

1089
01:29:20,800 --> 01:29:22,740
get turned over to the treasure collector.

1090
01:29:23,220 --> 01:29:24,920
We've streamlined that process,

1091
01:29:25,580 --> 01:29:28,500
so we've removed a big step between the treasure collector

1092
01:29:28,500 --> 01:29:29,460
in the accounting office,

1093
01:29:29,660 --> 01:29:31,920
where it goes right into the treasure collector's office,

1094
01:29:32,460 --> 01:29:33,560
into the general ledger work,

1095
01:29:33,680 --> 01:29:35,580
and then be reconciled at the end of the month.

1096
01:29:35,720 --> 01:29:38,040
The goal of streamlining this process

1097
01:29:38,040 --> 01:29:42,980
of removing some of the paper that has been in place in the town for a long time.

1098
01:29:44,320 --> 01:29:48,460
We've put in place a new procedure for the timely entrance of the in conferences.

1099
01:29:49,200 --> 01:29:53,760
So at the end of the fiscal year this really ties to our after town meeting when those are entered

1100
01:29:53,760 --> 01:29:59,520
into the general ledger as well as into a gateway so that those will be done in a more timely

1101
01:29:59,520 --> 01:29:59,980
fashion.

1102
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:25,880
Which will help with the close-out of the fiscal year. That was one of the challenges when we closed out of fiscal 25. It was those in conferences from 25 to 26. That was June of 2025. Those in conferences that weren't entered and carried over. Same thing with the articles. It was the articles from that period. Again, over a year ago, that weren't in converting carried over.

1103
01:30:27,420 --> 01:30:41,720
We've pursued a digital education for existing staff, and we've identified opportunities to bring in a consultant to support both the fiscal 2026 close-out and further process improvement.

1104
01:30:41,720 --> 01:30:51,320
I think one of the things that I'll emphasize in the next slide is we really want to make sure that as we go to close out 2026, we catch all this stuff.

1105
01:30:51,540 --> 01:30:57,420
It's done before we do that close out and now is the opportunity that we have time to do that.

1106
01:30:57,880 --> 01:31:07,780
And so we've identified a scope of work, a contractor who can assist with this, and going to walk through the process with patients, perseverance and attention to detail.

1107
01:31:08,820 --> 01:31:14,200
So, this will take two phases. The first is, as I just mentioned, the assisting of the fiscal

1108
01:31:14,200 --> 01:31:19,760
26 clothes up. We really want to be very deliberate in this process. We have a good

1109
01:31:19,760 --> 01:31:24,920
staff now. We have opportunity to recognize some of this stuff. I want to, we can really

1110
01:31:24,920 --> 01:31:29,920
thank our auditors and how many people I would thank auditors, right? They did a great job

1111
01:31:29,920 --> 01:31:34,820
of working with us. I mean, the task was find everything you can so we can fix it and they

1112
01:31:34,820 --> 01:31:38,500
good job of that, and they've agreed to continue to work closely with us.

1113
01:31:38,720 --> 01:31:43,260
This is not on from the town is used for many years, so they're familiar with the

1114
01:31:43,260 --> 01:31:48,140
ins and outs of Westford, okay, and so we're very fortunate that they'll continue to work

1115
01:31:48,140 --> 01:31:53,740
with us and help us to make sure that when the close-out fiscal 26, we can avoid these things

1116
01:31:53,740 --> 01:31:57,960
recognize them and make sure that they are addressed before the year and close-out.

1117
01:31:58,420 --> 01:32:03,340
And then the second phase of this is to review all of the existing policies, practices, and procedures,

1118
01:32:03,340 --> 01:32:07,700
and internal controls and things have been in place in town for a very long time.

1119
01:32:09,300 --> 01:32:13,900
There's really opportunity here to bring things to a place as you know with our

1120
01:32:13,900 --> 01:32:17,540
chart of accounts, we're going forward with our chart of account revision we've already

1121
01:32:17,540 --> 01:32:23,220
had to kick off meeting. This will tie right into that. To have it can help come in, help

1122
01:32:23,220 --> 01:32:29,580
identify where the tough weaknesses are in the accountability in the process, in the manuals

1123
01:32:29,580 --> 01:32:36,100
and procedures in our protocols and bring in put into place best practices in line with what the

1124
01:32:36,100 --> 01:32:42,440
current norms are and how that stability going forward. So this consult will not only examine

1125
01:32:42,440 --> 01:32:47,700
where we're at and where we're come from, but where we should go to and then assist in implementing

1126
01:32:47,700 --> 01:32:55,280
that, not just give us a manual and say, here you go, there I expect to provide tools to better

1127
01:32:55,280 --> 01:33:10,780
to operate with greater efficiency and more accuracy between the departments and that's one of the greatest challenges as you have to have your checks and balances between the accounting office and the treasury collectors office and we want to make sure that we maintain that.

1128
01:33:10,840 --> 01:33:23,360
And as I said, one of the, if I could say comforting things about this I'll say is that it was a lot of it was about procedure it was about accurate post thing of things.

1129
01:33:23,360 --> 01:33:27,100
It wasn't about things not being there.

1130
01:33:27,320 --> 01:33:28,880
It was about them being in the right place.

1131
01:33:29,660 --> 01:33:32,280
And unfortunately, they weren't, and they weren't fixed

1132
01:33:32,280 --> 01:33:33,360
before the close-up.

1133
01:33:33,780 --> 01:33:35,560
We can identify something that happens

1134
01:33:35,560 --> 01:33:37,400
to get posted through a wrong account

1135
01:33:37,400 --> 01:33:40,000
and make that adjustment before the close-up.

1136
01:33:40,380 --> 01:33:41,780
Once we've closed out the air,

1137
01:33:41,900 --> 01:33:43,000
we can't make those changes.

1138
01:33:43,660 --> 01:33:44,040
It's done.

1139
01:33:45,040 --> 01:33:48,600
And so we're in capital that, and in order to complete

1140
01:33:48,600 --> 01:33:51,760
this action, as I mentioned, we want to do it right.

1141
01:33:52,300 --> 01:34:01,660
We've committed to have our clothes out done by December 1st so that we've incorporated into our fiscal planning for our fiscal 2028 budget.

1142
01:34:02,620 --> 01:34:08,780
So that we can have accurate free cash and retained earnings at least a bit to the state and we'll know where our numbers are.

1143
01:34:09,000 --> 01:34:13,460
Given the time of year, we've met with the state there where what's going on with us.

1144
01:34:13,680 --> 01:34:20,680
It's a difficult time of year for them because of course they're doing tax classification hearings for 351 communities at that time.

1145
01:34:20,680 --> 01:34:32,960
But, we have a very good relationship with our do our representatives, they've been working with us there in the loop and very supportive and we'll be so on the way.

1146
01:34:34,040 --> 01:34:36,780
There were some articles that were being brought forward.

1147
01:34:37,380 --> 01:34:42,660
There will be impacted by this because we will not have retained earnings or free cash for October time meeting.

1148
01:34:43,240 --> 01:34:44,860
One of them is the permanent software.

1149
01:34:44,860 --> 01:34:51,880
As I think has been mentioned, Permit Pro, the online permitting that we have built and developed is no longer going to be supported.

1150
01:34:52,920 --> 01:34:57,760
So they've been in the process of finalizing a company that we will transition to.

1151
01:34:58,460 --> 01:35:05,000
This is going to be funded through various department budgets looking at budgets that use the permitting software.

1152
01:35:05,320 --> 01:35:12,500
We will support part of this to make the implementation and conversion over to it as well as through the IT department.

1153
01:35:12,500 --> 01:35:17,800
where typically you'd find software licenses and everything going forward.

1154
01:35:18,600 --> 01:35:24,200
So that will come through those processes through the budgeting versus anything that would

1155
01:35:24,200 --> 01:35:25,320
be free cash otherwise.

1156
01:35:26,160 --> 01:35:30,100
The electrical vehicle charging stations that were previous on there, those will be deferred

1157
01:35:30,100 --> 01:35:33,520
to a future town meeting as well as the water system improvements.

1158
01:35:33,720 --> 01:35:40,980
We've met with the department heads that were bringing those forward there in agreement

1159
01:35:40,980 --> 01:35:45,640
and they're understanding and have said that pushing those off for a future

1160
01:35:45,640 --> 01:35:50,260
commuting is not a problem. I'm happy to answer any questions.

1161
01:35:53,150 --> 01:35:53,690
Yes, yes.

1162
01:35:53,830 --> 01:35:54,610
So just be clear.

1163
01:35:57,110 --> 01:35:59,550
It's basically what we're saying here is the free cat because we don't have the

1164
01:35:59,550 --> 01:36:03,490
clothes that we won't have free cash and retained earnings, but it's not like we don't have

1165
01:36:03,490 --> 01:36:06,370
free cash and retained earnings. It's just a delay and when that gets certified.

1166
01:36:06,630 --> 01:36:06,950
Correct.

1167
01:36:07,270 --> 01:36:09,430
So it's certified. We can't spend it.

1168
01:36:09,710 --> 01:36:12,550
Right. So that we should get it certified sometime after December 1st.

1169
01:36:12,770 --> 01:36:12,910
Yes.

1170
01:36:13,950 --> 01:36:19,410
We'd like to get it certified before December 1st, it's just about timing in their availability.

1171
01:36:20,170 --> 01:36:24,830
So we've routinely closed out prior to the transition that John talked about.

1172
01:36:24,910 --> 01:36:29,810
We routinely closed out in by August last year.

1173
01:36:29,990 --> 01:36:32,530
As you might remember, we actually didn't close until February.

1174
01:36:33,870 --> 01:36:39,850
And so the funds that we had available to us in October was not free cash or retained earnings at that time.

1175
01:36:39,850 --> 01:36:42,510
was overly surplus that we were able to use.

1176
01:36:42,770 --> 01:36:46,830
But to your point, we have to re-certify our free cash every year.

1177
01:36:47,330 --> 01:36:49,670
So there's always a period where it's not

1178
01:36:49,670 --> 01:36:53,210
available for appropriation until you close out.

1179
01:36:53,690 --> 01:36:54,430
Thank you.

1180
01:36:56,860 --> 01:37:00,620
John, what's the budget for the consultant phase one and two?

1181
01:37:00,860 --> 01:37:02,720
And where are those funds coming from in the fund?

1182
01:37:02,720 --> 01:37:04,040
So it's a good question.

1183
01:37:04,600 --> 01:37:08,500
So the expected budget for those can be $75,000.

1184
01:37:08,500 --> 01:37:16,100
we're going to fund 10,000 through our Finance Department of Professional Services and we'll

1185
01:37:16,100 --> 01:37:20,960
on Thursday be going to the Advisory Finance Committee's request to transfer for those.

1186
01:37:21,480 --> 01:37:25,560
So 65 from the Reserve Fund?

1187
01:37:25,560 --> 01:37:25,780
Yes.

1188
01:37:28,700 --> 01:37:29,720
And that will fund.

1189
01:37:30,000 --> 01:37:33,880
On phase 1 and 2. Correct. And who's the consultant? We're working with the question.

1190
01:37:33,880 --> 01:37:34,880
That's put in Larsson.

1191
01:37:34,980 --> 01:37:35,940
Oh, good. Larsson.

1192
01:37:36,800 --> 01:37:37,180
Thanks.

1193
01:37:45,930 --> 01:37:48,810
John, you mentioned. I think it was on your previous slide. You mentioned.

1194
01:37:51,600 --> 01:37:52,600
Maybe one more slide back, sir.

1195
01:37:54,500 --> 01:37:58,980
The second bullet down the restructuring the positions and responsibilities within the county department.

1196
01:38:00,200 --> 01:38:08,440
Am I correct in thinking that we will go through around when I hear restructure and responsibility changes that will be going through around of

1197
01:38:08,440 --> 01:38:13,000
job description updates. You've already done that for the first specifically for that

1198
01:38:13,000 --> 01:38:16,980
department. We had the two assistant town accountants and now we have the assistant

1199
01:38:16,980 --> 01:38:21,020
town account and the finance assistant. Those have been posted and we're currently

1200
01:38:21,020 --> 01:38:25,300
in the process of interviewing. So those were the consideration of these are things

1201
01:38:25,300 --> 01:38:26,480
that we've already done. Yeah.

1202
01:38:30,320 --> 01:38:34,180
And then I assume the auditor would take some review

1203
01:38:34,180 --> 01:38:36,920
of this plan and it has approved the plan that you've put forward here.

1204
01:38:36,920 --> 01:38:46,920
Yeah, so what happens is when this comes out, we file responses to it and we've reviewed all that with the honor and there's in very much in support of it.

1205
01:38:49,260 --> 01:38:57,620
Christie, do you have any idea of the impact that John mentioned on his last slide? What are system improvements would be impacted? What those improvements were I don't remember?

1206
01:38:59,320 --> 01:39:15,940
So, they have a project going now where they're looking at fire hydrants and so it was really a contingency for if they identified issues that they needed to fix this funding would be available for that, but they'll defer that to March.

1207
01:39:16,880 --> 01:39:17,040
Thank you.

1208
01:39:17,280 --> 01:39:17,780
Anybody else?

1209
01:39:18,400 --> 01:39:24,320
No, this is a working on the study, so it was really about timing there, but Chris is very comfortable with this timing.

1210
01:39:25,280 --> 01:39:25,800
Thank

1211
01:39:27,880 --> 01:39:53,320
you. I don't really have a question. I just, John, you know, I think you're pretty capable, very capable, and I know that this is a strong area for both Kim and Christie, so I just expect you guys to get this sort of out cleaned up, because I think it's probably frustrating you more than it's frustrating me, so I appreciate that. I'm sure it is.

1212
01:39:56,020 --> 01:40:03,380
So when they go back into the review, is there any chance that fiscal year 2025 cash changes?

1213
01:40:05,900 --> 01:40:06,080
All right.

1214
01:40:06,100 --> 01:40:07,820
Thank you.

1215
01:40:07,840 --> 01:40:08,040
Okay.

1216
01:40:08,400 --> 01:40:09,720
Any other questions?

1217
01:40:11,920 --> 01:40:12,800
I'll get done.

1218
01:40:14,020 --> 01:40:14,280
Thank you.

1219
01:40:14,600 --> 01:40:14,720
Thank you.

1220
01:40:15,380 --> 01:40:15,680
Thank you.

1221
01:40:15,680 --> 01:40:15,720
Thank you.

1222
01:40:22,400 --> 01:40:25,720
Item 10, the October town meeting draft warrant.

1223
01:40:27,440 --> 01:40:35,780
So you have in your packet the version 2, the October 10 meeting warrant, we just completed

1224
01:40:35,780 --> 01:40:40,780
that right before the meeting. So that will get on the website tomorrow morning. But

1225
01:40:40,780 --> 01:40:44,620
we are looking at 8 potential articles.

1226
01:41:09,390 --> 01:41:10,670
Thank you.

1227
01:41:11,490 --> 01:41:18,630
Yeah, so the first article is the revolving fund for the police firearms and training facility,

1228
01:41:18,790 --> 01:41:20,690
which we talked about last time.

1229
01:41:22,310 --> 01:41:25,910
The second article is obviously your budget adjustments.

1230
01:41:26,910 --> 01:41:32,770
So you'll see here this might change a little bit, but essentially we have an additional student going to

1231
01:41:32,770 --> 01:41:39,410
our folk taggy. So there's additional cost of about $44,000. The information technology

1232
01:41:39,410 --> 01:41:45,970
expenses, that's the intent to fund permit probe. But we actually, because we're going to

1233
01:41:45,970 --> 01:41:50,570
be pulling for mother-departmental budgets, we expect this to go down to just under $50,000.

1234
01:41:50,790 --> 01:41:59,330
That number. And then Westboro, TV, because in several contracts, after the town meeting and

1235
01:41:59,330 --> 01:42:02,850
is actually receiving more franchise fees than they anticipated.

1236
01:42:03,570 --> 01:42:08,190
There's going to be a reduction there. That number again is being refined and then the

1237
01:42:08,190 --> 01:42:13,650
waste management enterprise fund because of the use of that program has changed from what we

1238
01:42:13,650 --> 01:42:19,490
had anticipated. We're going to see a reduction in cost there. Specifically, with Westboro TV

1239
01:42:19,490 --> 01:42:25,550
and the waste management enterprise funds. As you know, we fund that partially with fees and then we

1240
01:42:25,550 --> 01:42:34,010
it partially with through taxes. So this actually might have to separate into a different article

1241
01:42:34,010 --> 01:42:39,650
just to be really clear about the fees we're expecting, if they're changing, and then what we're

1242
01:42:39,650 --> 01:42:47,610
expecting to impact the tax base. But we do, they will be reductions. We just have to clarify how that

1243
01:42:47,610 --> 01:42:52,690
will work within the article with Town Council. But this is a good table to show that we expect

1244
01:42:52,690 --> 01:42:58,870
this is sort of a minimum of a $6,000 decrease in the budget. Again, because we know the

1245
01:42:58,870 --> 01:43:03,050
information technology is going to, it's going to go down, which should be closer to $25,000

1246
01:43:03,610 --> 01:43:04,570
a decrease.

1247
01:43:07,360 --> 01:43:07,840
Oh, yes.

1248
01:43:08,400 --> 01:43:08,540
Nice.

1249
01:43:08,540 --> 01:43:09,180
That's a question.

1250
01:43:09,640 --> 01:43:10,680
And that's so.

1251
01:43:11,860 --> 01:43:16,100
Because this was originally, if this was like a one time expanse, is that correct?

1252
01:43:16,280 --> 01:43:17,080
So therefore.

1253
01:43:17,640 --> 01:43:18,820
The permanent row.

1254
01:43:19,400 --> 01:43:26,400
So while we're putting it in through the budget, we should expect that we would come out next year.

1255
01:43:27,800 --> 01:43:28,760
So we'll keep our eye on that.

1256
01:43:28,760 --> 01:43:29,160
That's right.

1257
01:43:29,860 --> 01:43:30,160
Thank you.

1258
01:43:33,160 --> 01:43:36,160
Article 3 is also has an impact on the budget.

1259
01:43:36,260 --> 01:43:39,020
This is because the fire union contract was amended.

1260
01:43:40,380 --> 01:43:43,240
We kept pulled out of the separate articles to be really clear about what that's about.

1261
01:43:43,540 --> 01:43:47,220
And to just identify that that's we're funding that first year.

1262
01:43:47,220 --> 01:43:59,940
So it's about just under, or just over $180,000 increase to the fair department budget for the first year of the contract. Again, that was settled after town meetings. That's why it wasn't included in the budget.

1263
01:44:02,100 --> 01:44:13,900
There's 250th anniversary committee. This is a transfer to the block party of just over $3,000. That's what is remaining in the gift account. So that would be closed out after this town meeting.

1264
01:44:15,040 --> 01:44:21,840
That transferred to the Affordable Housing Trust is funds that we've received through the mitigation stabilization fund.

1265
01:44:22,040 --> 01:44:27,260
This is a pretty routine article that we've seen over the years as we've received money from

1266
01:44:27,960 --> 01:44:30,600
Hulti related to the Delo Abtanti Lake property.

1267
01:44:31,700 --> 01:44:39,380
And then again, this money is specific to the waiver that was granted by the planning board.

1268
01:44:40,240 --> 01:44:45,100
for a related to a portable housing and it doesn't go directly to the trust at the time

1269
01:44:45,100 --> 01:44:47,100
that trust wasn't set up.

1270
01:44:48,120 --> 01:44:51,540
This article six is, again, this is that homeworld petition we were talking about earlier

1271
01:44:51,540 --> 01:44:52,080
tonight.

1272
01:44:52,800 --> 01:44:55,460
This is exactly what we had in here last year.

1273
01:44:55,600 --> 01:44:59,960
This is really just for a placeholder, but if you look at the first paragraph on the second

1274
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:09,720
Page with that dash line, that's where we'll fit in the new language that's being proposed, so we can look more closely at this article next time.

1275
01:45:12,220 --> 01:45:24,540
And then article 7 is the downtown business district zoning, the planning word voted last week to places back on the warrant, because they had a procedural defect in the posting last time.

1276
01:45:24,540 --> 01:45:28,500
So that's here and I will go through several pages.

1277
01:45:28,960 --> 01:45:33,060
This is all the downtown improvement zoning.

1278
01:45:34,940 --> 01:45:36,940
Oh, sorry, that's my packet.

1279
01:45:38,100 --> 01:45:46,120
The last article is article eight and it is a placeholder for roadway acceptance,

1280
01:45:47,060 --> 01:45:49,900
which we're waiting to confirm whether or not that's needed.

1281
01:45:50,420 --> 01:45:52,540
So that would potentially come off.

1282
01:45:54,980 --> 01:46:00,980
So, I guess my question for you this evening would be, are there any articles that you would

1283
01:46:00,980 --> 01:46:04,000
want to have folks come and present to you?

1284
01:46:04,120 --> 01:46:11,040
We can talk a little more about the budget adjustment article as that changes, but if there's

1285
01:46:11,040 --> 01:46:17,920
anyone that you would be looking to have come before you, so the public works, potentially

1286
01:46:17,920 --> 01:46:19,100
at the planning board.

1287
01:46:19,100 --> 01:46:23,140
you know the planning board article planning board. Okay. Just understand and

1288
01:46:23,140 --> 01:46:27,780
give the public more time that's fair about it. Okay. And then we can also have IT

1289
01:46:27,780 --> 01:46:33,020
come and talk about the permitting software. And not to be too picky but to be consistent

1290
01:46:33,020 --> 01:46:37,240
at the end of all of our names. It says Slackman of Westboro should say select

1291
01:46:40,050 --> 01:46:41,390
board. Okay.

1292
01:46:42,310 --> 01:46:46,950
And I would say if you mentioned DPW that would be if we have that last hour to play.

1293
01:46:48,470 --> 01:46:48,950
Okay.

1294
01:46:51,420 --> 01:46:54,800
Do you need to see the police department related to the revolving account?

1295
01:47:02,040 --> 01:47:03,080
I mean, I...

1296
01:47:04,100 --> 01:47:06,880
I'm familiar with what it is, and it's a revolving account.

1297
01:47:08,340 --> 01:47:08,400
Okay.

1298
01:47:13,720 --> 01:47:14,100
Back through.

1299
01:47:17,100 --> 01:47:18,020
Boardable housing trusts.

1300
01:47:18,280 --> 01:47:20,420
I assume you don't need to see.

1301
01:47:21,360 --> 01:47:23,120
So then I can look at the rest of them or yours.

1302
01:47:23,980 --> 01:47:24,460
So...

1303
01:47:24,460 --> 01:47:25,340
Okay. Great.

1304
01:47:27,440 --> 01:47:27,640
Okay.

1305
01:47:28,180 --> 01:47:28,660
Thank you.

1306
01:47:29,540 --> 01:47:29,880
Thanks.

1307
01:47:29,880 --> 01:47:33,140
All right. Item 11.

1308
01:47:37,240 --> 01:47:42,560
So we have two appointments to consider here. One on the council of

1309
01:47:42,560 --> 01:47:52,420
aging where there is one candidate. And then my understanding is currently one or the economic

1310
01:47:52,420 --> 01:47:56,780
development committee with potentially a second.

1311
01:47:58,000 --> 01:48:00,500
Yes, there is a second. There is a second.

1312
01:48:01,080 --> 01:48:07,220
So, so we did I did update your packet just this afternoon that there's three vacancies

1313
01:48:07,220 --> 01:48:11,800
currently on the EDC. One of them is specifically the director of planning so that would

1314
01:48:11,800 --> 01:48:16,880
not get filled until someone is hired for that position. So, there are two select board

1315
01:48:16,880 --> 01:48:25,740
position available. Okay. And so we have three candidates for those two positions.

1316
01:48:27,980 --> 01:48:34,960
I think George Bannon had been before us previously. We considered him at that time,

1317
01:48:34,960 --> 01:48:44,460
head sort of not considered him for the slot, but now there are two available positions

1318
01:48:44,460 --> 01:48:52,600
and along with him, we have Amy Mosher Berry and Christine Pittman who have put themselves

1319
01:48:52,600 --> 01:48:57,000
forward for the economic development committee as well.

1320
01:48:59,260 --> 01:49:03,340
I guess first, if we want to consider

1321
01:49:03,340 --> 01:49:05,060
Mr. Whales for the Council.

1322
01:49:07,020 --> 01:49:11,490
I would move to a point Doug Whales to the Council on Aging.

1323
01:49:19,540 --> 01:49:32,620
I would just say I've had several conversations with Mr. Whales over the years about his interest in the Council on Aging is interest in the community center as an intergenerational space.

1324
01:49:32,620 --> 01:49:40,640
these involved with many activities that are at senior center and just in the community

1325
01:49:40,640 --> 01:49:42,340
and I think it'll be a great addition.

1326
01:49:42,620 --> 01:49:44,720
There's a lot of organizational experience.

1327
01:49:44,720 --> 01:49:48,760
I think it'll be real asset to that report.

1328
01:49:49,480 --> 01:49:50,340
Thank you very much.

1329
01:49:51,140 --> 01:49:51,420
Okay.

1330
01:49:51,440 --> 01:49:53,960
So motion and second all those in favor.

1331
01:49:55,320 --> 01:49:56,080
5 to 0.

1332
01:49:57,260 --> 01:49:58,560
Thank you, Mr. Wales.

1333
01:50:00,400 --> 01:50:00,560
Okay.

1334
01:50:00,560 --> 01:50:05,940
Now, three individuals for the Economic Development Committee,

1335
01:50:10,600 --> 01:50:34,340
so can I just, just, in general, before we kind of take about one of the things that I've seen in particular, and I'm closest to the EDC right now is the board's representative there is, it's interesting to me that none of the individuals according to their application and according to my knowledge of the past handful of meetings.

1336
01:50:34,340 --> 01:50:38,060
None of them have actually attended an EDC meeting.

1337
01:50:39,340 --> 01:50:43,180
We don't make that a requirement to my knowledge of other boards and committees,

1338
01:50:45,580 --> 01:50:47,040
but I feel

1339
01:50:47,040 --> 01:50:53,200
like going forward I think this board should really think about is that a minimum requirement

1340
01:50:53,200 --> 01:51:00,900
or someone who is applying to be part of this that they can speak to, yes, I did, this is

1341
01:51:00,900 --> 01:51:08,880
of interest. The in particular, you know, it's one of our goals as a board to look at the

1342
01:51:08,880 --> 01:51:15,800
economic development kind of committee and, you know, approach. And, and what is its mission?

1343
01:51:16,680 --> 01:51:25,320
Can it be, this is a committee that's, that has struggled over the past several years and just,

1344
01:51:25,480 --> 01:51:30,520
I feel like it doesn't have its way. So I'm not opposed to adding new members at this point.

1345
01:51:30,520 --> 01:51:41,350
we sort of needed in some ways as a quorum or to achieve that, but my hesitation is sort of

1346
01:51:43,240 --> 01:51:47,360
this, you know, people that are submitting interest in particular to this committee who have

1347
01:51:47,360 --> 01:51:54,200
never attended and one individual who, at least according to the fact that I saw it, you know,

1348
01:51:54,200 --> 01:51:55,820
C.V., gave us a paragraph.

1349
01:51:58,140 --> 01:51:59,280
So, you know,

1350
01:52:02,470 --> 01:52:08,390
I'm always grateful for individuals who want to step up and participate,

1351
01:52:08,730 --> 01:52:10,210
I think we all are.

1352
01:52:11,570 --> 01:52:16,750
And I don't mean to place this committee with some sort of different level of importance,

1353
01:52:17,610 --> 01:52:23,270
but knowing what is or isn't being discussed at the committee level, I just have concerns

1354
01:52:23,270 --> 01:52:28,670
kind of about where we're out with that committee and kind of in its future.

1355
01:52:32,580 --> 01:53:02,380
Thanks, Shelby. Yep. Are there thoughts from the board? Well, I just related to that. I, I understand your point, but I'm not sure that, you know, the question doesn't say have you watched any meetings. So, you know, I would say that's not necessarily fair to the applicants to say, well, the question says have you attended and they answered, no, but I would hope that they're doing some homework and, you know, but to that effect,

1356
01:53:02,380 --> 01:53:07,640
I'm disappointed that no one's here to kind of address us and comment.

1357
01:53:08,560 --> 01:53:13,860
My leaning on this is, you know, I thought all three were good candidates.

1358
01:53:15,000 --> 01:53:18,260
I, you know, based upon the information I have here.

1359
01:53:18,680 --> 01:53:24,040
I'm leaning towards the two residents, but, but I would like more information.

1360
01:53:25,760 --> 01:53:31,320
So, I guess I would, um, so I, again, want to be clear.

1361
01:53:31,320 --> 01:53:33,320
we're not going to change the rules midway.

1362
01:53:33,700 --> 01:53:36,860
So I'm just saying I think that the words you think about maybe even to end your

1363
01:53:36,860 --> 01:53:42,320
point mark with Westport TV obviously we should however we want to freeze that but really

1364
01:53:42,320 --> 01:53:49,160
kind of like what's your real interest here? Sometimes I just don't get a sense and I do

1365
01:53:49,160 --> 01:53:55,920
think that this particular committee has some nuances to it that are different than I'm interested

1366
01:53:55,920 --> 01:54:02,420
than being the cultural council and again not prioritizing one over the other, just the complexities

1367
01:54:02,420 --> 01:54:09,800
of the EEC sometimes. I think our maybe not appreciated in the application. That said, I was

1368
01:54:09,800 --> 01:54:19,400
previously not in favor of Mr. Beth, is it Bonan or Benan? Bonan, thank you. Okay, well, we'll

1369
01:54:19,400 --> 01:54:28,820
that I said that right and if not you can use it at wrong note. I do think that his role

1370
01:54:29,560 --> 01:54:36,420
and his experience in economic development at a much higher level than sort of small business

1371
01:54:36,420 --> 01:54:43,980
downtown which right now our committee has a lot of focus on that like and I look small business owner

1372
01:54:43,980 --> 01:55:09,540
like I get it, right. I think could be a healthy addition to that committee. So that is a change in my position from prior that I want to share with the board and then in terms of the other two individuals. Again, I just I don't have enough information about one of them. So it would make it difficult for me to recommend that person going forward.

1373
01:55:12,000 --> 01:55:17,090
So, I can be brief because I have the exact same thing.

1374
01:55:18,490 --> 01:55:23,750
We had one which was basically wrote a paragraph and just experienced, but I'm not sure

1375
01:55:23,750 --> 01:55:26,330
what it actually is.

1376
01:55:26,450 --> 01:55:32,490
Not I'm not going to, I just don't, we put out a CV, I don't know what the roles are versus

1377
01:55:32,490 --> 01:55:37,890
just putting down that this was there and then as I read through it, I wanted to see more.

1378
01:55:38,710 --> 01:55:54,590
But without seeing that, I just compare to what we received in the others, I feel the two that I think, for my side at least, was in a Mosher Berry and George Bond.

1379
01:55:55,790 --> 01:55:56,510
Little similar.

1380
01:55:57,010 --> 01:55:58,130
Thank you.

1381
01:56:02,740 --> 01:56:02,960
Okay.

1382
01:56:04,840 --> 01:56:04,940
Okay.

1383
01:56:07,600 --> 01:56:09,100
Would you then like put forward motion?

1384
01:56:10,640 --> 01:56:10,780
Sure.

1385
01:56:10,780 --> 01:56:26,840
So, I would move to a point Amy Mosher Berry and George Bannon for a term to expire, sorry, I'm looking for it.

1386
01:56:27,000 --> 01:56:27,340
Someone help me.

1387
01:56:27,340 --> 01:56:29,200
Thank you.

1388
01:56:29,240 --> 01:56:31,180
There it is June 30, 2029.

1389
01:56:31,400 --> 01:56:32,040
Sorry.

1390
01:56:32,440 --> 01:56:33,760
Economic development committee.

1391
01:56:34,300 --> 01:56:40,820
So these are rolling the appointments. Are they both through 20.29?

1392
01:56:41,980 --> 01:56:46,460
Still, thank you. Good catch, Sean. I didn't

1393
01:56:51,060 --> 01:56:51,140
like it.

1394
01:56:51,340 --> 01:56:58,740
The current. So the most recent vacancy is actually through June. There is 20.27.

1395
01:56:59,800 --> 01:57:07,500
Okay. So when I have to say so, I would I would move to a point a George Bonan to the

1396
01:57:07,500 --> 01:57:13,060
on economic development committee for term to expire June 30, 20, 20, 20,

1397
01:57:13,280 --> 01:57:13,300
seven.

1398
01:57:13,540 --> 01:57:13,740
Second.

1399
01:57:14,640 --> 01:57:14,800
Okay.

1400
01:57:15,220 --> 01:57:16,000
Do you want any time?

1401
01:57:16,120 --> 01:57:16,320
Yeah.

1402
01:57:16,540 --> 01:57:16,820
All right.

1403
01:57:17,560 --> 01:57:18,320
All those in favor?

1404
01:57:20,140 --> 01:57:20,280
Right.

1405
01:57:20,380 --> 01:57:20,880
To zero.

1406
01:57:21,760 --> 01:57:27,440
And then I would move to a point, Amy Mozier Berry, to the economic development committee

1407
01:57:27,440 --> 01:57:30,220
for term to expire June 30, 20, 29.

1408
01:57:30,740 --> 01:57:31,100
Second.

1409
01:57:31,940 --> 01:57:32,500
comments.

1410
01:57:32,880 --> 01:57:34,340
All those in favor?

1411
01:57:35,420 --> 01:57:36,220
To zero.

1412
01:57:36,740 --> 01:57:36,800
Okay.

1413
01:57:38,020 --> 01:57:41,320
Thank you, all three candidates are reaching out.

1414
01:57:41,820 --> 01:57:46,980
And I would ask that the other applicant, Ms. Pittman, if she's interested, I would love

1415
01:57:46,980 --> 01:57:47,960
to have a conversation.

1416
01:57:48,280 --> 01:57:49,380
I have a contact information.

1417
01:57:49,440 --> 01:57:50,180
I will reach out.

1418
01:57:50,560 --> 01:57:55,640
Just explore what she's interested, but she can feel free to do that for anyone of us.

1419
01:57:55,960 --> 01:57:56,520
Okay.

1420
01:57:56,520 --> 01:57:56,900
Thank you, Shelby.

1421
01:57:59,560 --> 01:57:59,880
Okay.

1422
01:57:59,880 --> 01:58:06,980
Item number 12, request to approve the meeting minutes of August 18th and August 26th, 2026.

1423
01:58:08,040 --> 01:58:09,040
Some of them.

1424
01:58:09,240 --> 01:58:09,480
Second.

1425
01:58:11,140 --> 01:58:12,100
Any comments?

1426
01:58:13,380 --> 01:58:14,220
Thank you for getting them out.

1427
01:58:14,720 --> 01:58:14,800
Yep.

1428
01:58:14,820 --> 01:58:15,680
All those in favor?

1429
01:58:17,520 --> 01:58:20,060
So, I was not present, so I'll abstain, though.

1430
01:58:20,120 --> 01:58:20,940
I did watch the meeting.

1431
01:58:21,400 --> 01:58:21,600
Okay.

1432
01:58:22,060 --> 01:58:23,100
Where is your one abstention?

1433
01:58:25,760 --> 01:58:26,500
All right.

1434
01:58:27,880 --> 01:58:28,800
Item number 13,

1435
01:58:28,800 --> 01:58:30,740
our town manager report.

1436
01:58:33,460 --> 01:58:38,600
We held our first formal public engagement meeting at this senior center for the Community

1437
01:58:38,600 --> 01:58:39,220
Center.

1438
01:58:40,120 --> 01:58:44,940
It was myself, our assistant time manager, our senior social services director, our

1439
01:58:44,940 --> 01:58:47,360
recreation director, and design team hosted this.

1440
01:58:47,480 --> 01:58:48,480
We had several attendees.

1441
01:58:49,240 --> 01:58:53,320
I was for a TV, this present to film the meeting, so you can see that on what's for a

1442
01:58:53,320 --> 01:58:53,800
TV.

1443
01:58:54,560 --> 01:59:09,680
There was, I would say there was broad support from the majority of attendees not all, but the majority, because one, one, attendee actually asked folks to raise their hands if they were in favor of the second elevator in the lower level.

1444
01:59:09,820 --> 01:59:16,160
And it was suggested that that be included in the base project bid rather than held out as an alternative. So that just came out of that meeting.

1445
01:59:17,680 --> 01:59:27,640
The Metro West Regional Communication Center met last week, the board met last week and we voted to move forward with the borrow of $2.5 million to fund the renovation project.

1446
01:59:28,180 --> 01:59:43,780
Those net service costs as a reminder are reimbursable by the C&O 1 grant. C&O 1 is under, representatives have continued to participate in these meetings and are aware of this strategy and we expect the project to be going out in the coming weeks.

1447
01:59:43,780 --> 01:59:48,080
And then the Planning Director of Search Committee met last week to review applications.

1448
01:59:49,380 --> 01:59:52,940
We're meeting tomorrow evening to hold the initial round of interviews.

1449
01:59:53,420 --> 01:59:56,440
So, could you remind us who's part of that search committee, please?

1450
01:59:57,920 --> 01:59:59,300
So, it's myself.

1451
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:17,900
Mark, as your representative, Hazel Nurse and John Galsuch from the Planning Board, Todd Alexander and Bill Linne, as members of the public, appointed by the Planning Board, Chris Pant, public or instructor.

1452
02:00:17,900 --> 02:00:19,260
I'm Fred Leonard.

1453
02:00:19,820 --> 02:00:19,960
Okay.

1454
02:00:20,440 --> 02:00:20,800
Thank you.

1455
02:00:21,260 --> 02:00:23,300
Thank you.

1456
02:00:23,300 --> 02:00:23,700
Um.

1457
02:00:25,200 --> 02:00:29,600
For department update, uh, I think we mentioned last time about the school backpack

1458
02:00:29,600 --> 02:00:29,920
drive.

1459
02:00:30,060 --> 02:00:30,980
It was a great success.

1460
02:00:31,820 --> 02:00:35,820
Additionally, John Klingensstein, who's our program engagement coordinator and Kendra

1461
02:00:35,820 --> 02:00:40,540
Falthada, who's our director, hosted a district meeting with Westboro counterparts, from

1462
02:00:40,540 --> 02:00:44,220
surrounding communities to discuss best practices and strength and collaboration.

1463
02:00:45,260 --> 02:00:52,800
The senior center is hosting a flukin clinic on September 22nd from 10 to 12, but the greater

1464
02:00:52,800 --> 02:00:57,700
boroughs public health nurse registration is required, so there's a link on the my time

1465
02:00:57,700 --> 02:01:02,960
measure report which will go out and then there's also a flyer attached which has a QR code,

1466
02:01:02,980 --> 02:01:09,500
so people can register a couple different ways. Under recreation the golf course has had a

1467
02:01:09,500 --> 02:01:17,860
year in fiscal 27. July was a good month in August. The courses up 10% in green fees revenue

1468
02:01:17,860 --> 02:01:27,900
compared to the previous year. The Board of Health in May of 26, they voted to ban the sale of

1469
02:01:27,900 --> 02:01:34,120
Cretem throughout West Farrow. Cretem has a growing concern about potential health and safety risks,

1470
02:01:34,580 --> 02:01:39,340
including reports of overdoses and other serious adverse effects. There's actually a fact sheet

1471
02:01:39,340 --> 02:01:44,020
It's also attached to the Tom Manager report in August,

1472
02:01:44,500 --> 02:01:45,840
the Mass Department of Public Health

1473
02:01:45,840 --> 02:01:47,300
took statewide action regarding

1474
02:01:47,300 --> 02:01:49,100
CREEDOM temporarily placing it in

1475
02:01:49,100 --> 02:01:50,940
one, so restricting it and sail

1476
02:01:50,940 --> 02:01:51,720
throughout Massachusetts.

1477
02:01:54,020 --> 02:01:57,760
And then finally, the library has provided

1478
02:01:59,680 --> 02:02:01,800
their transition plan from their

1479
02:02:01,800 --> 02:02:03,580
temporary space to their new space.

1480
02:02:04,080 --> 02:02:05,520
So there's a lot of information in here,

1481
02:02:05,600 --> 02:02:07,300
which I would encourage both to read,

1482
02:02:07,300 --> 02:02:10,960
but essentially from September 9th to the 23rd,

1483
02:02:11,000 --> 02:02:13,180
there's gonna be limited services at the temporary space

1484
02:02:13,180 --> 02:02:14,740
because they're beginning to move things back

1485
02:02:14,740 --> 02:02:15,720
into the new library.

1486
02:02:16,400 --> 02:02:18,480
The last day in the temporary space

1487
02:02:18,480 --> 02:02:20,240
is gonna be September 23rd,

1488
02:02:20,240 --> 02:02:22,000
when they close up five o'clock.

1489
02:02:22,420 --> 02:02:24,400
And then they're gonna be closed until early November.

1490
02:02:25,400 --> 02:02:26,500
So the first week in November

1491
02:02:26,500 --> 02:02:29,040
is when they're playing to reopen at 55 West Main.

1492
02:02:29,920 --> 02:02:31,460
And that will give them time to move back

1493
02:02:31,460 --> 02:02:32,200
into the building,

1494
02:02:32,800 --> 02:02:33,960
become familiar with new systems

1495
02:02:33,960 --> 02:02:36,960
and do training with staff to prepare for that reopening.

1496
02:02:37,300 --> 02:02:42,100
But there's also information on here about how you can stay engaged with the library, other opportunities.

1497
02:02:43,420 --> 02:02:45,540
How you can access library services.

1498
02:02:48,000 --> 02:02:48,400
That's it.

1499
02:02:51,530 --> 02:02:51,830
All right.

1500
02:02:52,010 --> 02:02:54,390
Thank you, Christy.

1501
02:02:56,750 --> 02:02:57,890
You can just say the first one.

1502
02:02:59,090 --> 02:02:59,930
It's a question.

1503
02:03:00,510 --> 02:03:00,930
Oh, sorry.

1504
02:03:02,710 --> 02:03:05,750
Issues in correspondence of the board. Who would like to begin?

1505
02:03:07,030 --> 02:03:07,690
Oh, yes.

1506
02:03:07,690 --> 02:03:10,690
I actually have stuff to add to that, so that's all right.

1507
02:03:11,850 --> 02:03:17,730
I just want to, we're upcoming events echo what came before us at open forum,

1508
02:03:17,890 --> 02:03:23,330
but to remind folks of the 911 event occurring at the fire station at the 911 Memorial,

1509
02:03:23,570 --> 02:03:25,150
845 AM.

1510
02:03:26,250 --> 02:03:30,590
I hope people do attend that event on the 25th.

1511
02:03:32,250 --> 02:03:32,830
945.

1512
02:03:32,950 --> 02:03:33,530
945.

1513
02:03:33,970 --> 02:03:34,230
945.

1514
02:03:34,230 --> 02:03:34,750
945.

1515
02:03:38,430 --> 02:03:42,730
I think he added it, it was a correction.

1516
02:03:43,270 --> 02:03:44,230
Sorry, 1945.

1517
02:03:46,310 --> 02:03:47,430
Thank you.

1518
02:03:49,010 --> 02:03:53,750
Along with that, I did want to thank the Fire Foundation, the folks who've gone by.

1519
02:03:54,090 --> 02:04:00,510
They have basically done a number of plantings and kind of refurbishment of that.

1520
02:04:00,510 --> 02:04:06,470
more of us if we get a chance to go and look by from the foundation, which has funded that and

1521
02:04:06,470 --> 02:04:15,190
also provided all of the work along with other residents who help with pouring concrete, putting

1522
02:04:15,190 --> 02:04:29,170
benches in, et cetera. So, be great for those that turn out, but it really looks nice and

1523
02:04:29,170 --> 02:04:34,970
for our retired fire chief Pat Purcell and tickets for that can be purchased.

1524
02:04:35,250 --> 02:04:54,730
That's on a Sunday, ticks on that can be purchased on the Fire Foundation website and then the last one is on October 13th is the police foundation as their annual golf tournament at Hopkins and Country Club and you can register for that on the police foundation website.

1525
02:04:54,950 --> 02:04:56,490
That's what I had.

1526
02:04:56,490 --> 02:04:57,950
All right. Thank you,

1527
02:04:59,980 --> 02:05:00,080
Ian.

1528
02:05:00,400 --> 02:05:03,060
Go ahead there, Mark.

1529
02:05:03,920 --> 02:05:04,960
I'm sure you want me to go next.

1530
02:05:05,500 --> 02:05:06,740
Sure. Okay.

1531
02:05:08,600 --> 02:05:09,880
Well, my first thing was an issue.

1532
02:05:10,560 --> 02:05:12,500
We had changed the parking

1533
02:05:16,340 --> 02:05:20,240
restrictions on West Street to accommodate school pickup at Armstrong.

1534
02:05:21,000 --> 02:05:23,160
And there's this open that maybe at a future meeting,

1535
02:05:23,340 --> 02:05:27,440
we could get an update from either the principal or somebody

1536
02:05:27,440 --> 02:05:34,140
the school departments whether those are working. I've been by there a few

1537
02:05:34,140 --> 02:05:40,240
times. One of the science does not seem to be placed appropriately. It's all

1538
02:05:40,240 --> 02:05:43,620
the way at the end of the tennis court and I thought the restriction was only

1539
02:05:43,620 --> 02:05:49,240
to the crosswalk. So that was one of my concerns with how that was

1540
02:05:49,240 --> 02:05:56,260
implemented but I guess mainly I'm just concerned that it's it's working. And it's

1541
02:05:56,260 --> 02:06:02,140
obviously too early in the school year to know, but I don't want it to get it to January

1542
02:06:02,140 --> 02:06:04,260
and find out there's a problem.

1543
02:06:06,940 --> 02:06:13,180
We have a bunch of good events coming up that I wanted to highlight Saturday, September 12th,

1544
02:06:13,380 --> 02:06:21,120
is National Battery Take Back Day at Harvey, so you can return all your batteries and get

1545
02:06:21,120 --> 02:06:26,900
those recycled, which also leads me to the hazardous house. Unlike Ian, I don't usually

1546
02:06:26,900 --> 02:06:33,620
announce events that I can announce in our future meetings, but the hazardous house.

1547
02:06:33,840 --> 02:06:38,580
The household hazardous waste aid does require some advanced preparation, and that's

1548
02:06:38,580 --> 02:06:47,800
on Tuesday, September 29th, from 4 to 8 PM at DPW. So, start collecting all your hazardous

1549
02:06:47,800 --> 02:06:53,880
waste Friday. There's live music at nurse farm. That's free to the public.

1550
02:06:56,000 --> 02:06:57,560
In addition,

1551
02:06:57,880 --> 02:07:06,900
if that's not enough music on September 19th is porch fest, which I'm extremely excited about.

1552
02:07:06,900 --> 02:07:17,720
cultural council activity that will have live music at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 different locations

1553
02:07:19,120 --> 02:07:29,460
from 1 o'clock to 4 o'clock. I would encourage you to go to the cultural council website to determine which band you want to see.

1554
02:07:30,000 --> 02:07:36,580
That coincides with one of the locations is the food pantry, and they're having an open house from 2 to 5.

1555
02:07:37,820 --> 02:07:44,400
So I would say no matter what band you go see, see if you can stop by the open house and drop off some donations.

1556
02:07:46,000 --> 02:07:51,700
A check, whatever you are inclined to do to support our food pantry.

1557
02:07:52,420 --> 02:07:57,780
And I think last, is that the last one?

1558
02:07:57,780 --> 02:08:04,020
Oh yeah. I don't know who's here from Westboro TV is Aden and Aden's in the room.

1559
02:08:05,600 --> 02:08:08,080
That's too bad. Tim in the room?

1560
02:08:08,320 --> 02:08:10,380
No, we should bring them before us actually.

1561
02:08:10,640 --> 02:08:13,020
Well, we should because they won for the second year,

1562
02:08:13,020 --> 02:08:19,780
second and consecutive year won the hometown media award for overall excellence in public access.

1563
02:08:20,820 --> 02:08:27,400
We should be very proud of the job that our TV station does on a limited budget.

1564
02:08:28,600 --> 02:08:33,360
for as a service to this town and they took home several other words so it would be great

1565
02:08:33,360 --> 02:08:38,780
to bring them in the acknowledge that. Yeah, all right that's all I had.

1566
02:08:38,960 --> 02:08:49,980
All right, thank you, thank you. Sure, I'd like to share with the community that the EVU

1567
02:08:49,980 --> 02:08:56,820
Expo is Sunday, September 20th. The green date is Sunday, September 27th. It's true to

1568
02:08:56,820 --> 02:09:02,840
PM at the Amazon Robotics parking lot at 50 Otis Street. We hope to see folks there. I believe

1569
02:09:02,840 --> 02:09:07,220
a couple of dozen different vehicles there, so it would be great to see some of the newest

1570
02:09:07,220 --> 02:09:12,900
EV vehicles out there and the different technologies. Then I just wanted to comment since my name

1571
02:09:12,900 --> 02:09:17,800
was brought up in open meeting by Mr. Barrier. I think it's just a comment that I don't feel

1572
02:09:17,800 --> 02:09:23,320
it's appropriate that myself is a select board member and this board does not have oversight

1573
02:09:23,320 --> 02:09:28,500
over the planning board to set their policy for me to make any comments. Other than one

1574
02:09:28,500 --> 02:09:35,280
thing is that I did sit in the meeting last week and I was surprised that the planning board

1575
02:09:36,020 --> 02:09:42,420
had altered their opening cadence. I'll call it in a policy they just established.

1576
02:09:42,760 --> 02:09:47,160
So it was a little bit surprised there, especially considering the topics that were before them.

1577
02:09:47,160 --> 02:09:50,260
So that's all of that.

1578
02:09:50,880 --> 02:09:51,600
Thank you.

1579
02:09:56,100 --> 02:10:03,000
So my one question sort of to the board just the cadence, and I actually had reached out to

1580
02:10:03,000 --> 02:10:14,460
Sean beforehand, but I want to bring it forward tonight, is just that we do need to as

1581
02:10:14,460 --> 02:10:22,460
And we got an update from our DPW director on the amazing tip project on East Main Street.

1582
02:10:23,040 --> 02:10:28,140
And then the comments that were in the packet by a member of the ATSC that being dumped.

1583
02:10:28,660 --> 02:10:38,180
So that matter does need to be addressed by this board and I want to do so in a way that

1584
02:10:38,180 --> 02:10:44,740
is, you know, appropriate and thoughtful, but I don't want to lose sight of that.

1585
02:10:45,980 --> 02:10:53,220
So, through you, Mr. Chair, working with Christie about the timing, I think I'm hearing

1586
02:10:53,220 --> 02:10:54,040
MC nods.

1587
02:10:54,160 --> 02:10:55,340
We've got to address that.

1588
02:11:00,150 --> 02:11:08,910
This one I might just need a reminder of the downtown improvement plan, final plan that we

1589
02:11:10,350 --> 02:11:16,590
receives from the consultants, and then the, go, maybe you have an update.

1590
02:11:16,650 --> 02:11:19,070
Well, I don't know if Christy has an update, but I can certainly give one question.

1591
02:11:19,070 --> 02:11:23,110
Well, where is going was, where is that in the next iteration?

1592
02:11:23,210 --> 02:11:26,690
Because I understood that the planning board were, they were going to review it.

1593
02:11:26,690 --> 02:11:30,050
I know we don't know a planning directory now, and then there was going to be,

1594
02:11:30,430 --> 02:11:34,010
I thought some further conversation, because as, I'm sure this board is aware,

1595
02:11:34,010 --> 02:11:41,510
The, I continue to get questions about when is this board going to make a decision about the peanut out the peanut itself?

1596
02:11:41,870 --> 02:11:46,290
Sure. So I'll just give you my interpretation of the discussion that the planning board had last week.

1597
02:11:47,630 --> 02:11:54,050
They had a good conversation around, around what items each one of those board members thought were important in the report.

1598
02:11:54,870 --> 02:12:03,970
And their action item was to take that back, actually provide a list back to Kristen, so that the planning board can have a full discussion on what they think the priority is.

1599
02:12:03,970 --> 02:12:08,310
are coming out of that report so that they can make a recommendation to us.

1600
02:12:08,870 --> 02:12:11,190
That's my understanding of their next step.

1601
02:12:11,970 --> 02:12:12,010
Okay.

1602
02:12:14,050 --> 02:12:14,290
Okay.

1603
02:12:14,990 --> 02:12:15,150
Yes.

1604
02:12:15,710 --> 02:12:19,050
I mean, that was the process that the board agreed to.

1605
02:12:19,070 --> 02:12:25,970
Yeah, the joint meeting, so they received it in my understanding is that that meeting last week was the first time that they had talked about it.

1606
02:12:26,030 --> 02:12:26,210
Okay.

1607
02:12:26,430 --> 02:12:26,710
Okay.

1608
02:12:26,810 --> 02:12:29,030
We'll just track that then.

1609
02:12:29,910 --> 02:12:31,470
That those are my two items.

1610
02:12:31,770 --> 02:12:32,950
Thank you.

1611
02:12:33,030 --> 02:12:33,450
All right.

1612
02:12:33,450 --> 02:12:42,090
Thank you Shelby. I would just I guess the only thing I have is that if you were here for our discussion about

1613
02:12:43,930 --> 02:12:51,290
Amazon and potentially using drones from their facility in Westboro, they are doing a community meeting

1614
02:12:51,290 --> 02:12:54,530
September 23rd at the double tree

1615
02:12:55,470 --> 02:12:57,250
it begins at

1616
02:12:57,250 --> 02:12:59,510
five p.m.

1617
02:12:59,510 --> 02:13:10,410
And I believe you can reach out under my mayor community meeting to get further details and potentially RSVP.

1618
02:13:11,530 --> 02:13:13,950
Can I just, I'm sorry, one thing.

1619
02:13:14,530 --> 02:13:16,110
There was a comment made at a meeting.

1620
02:13:16,290 --> 02:13:18,930
I was not, it was on the 18th.

1621
02:13:19,110 --> 02:13:25,530
I just want to be clear that the school community has longstanding use of open form.

1622
02:13:25,530 --> 02:13:30,970
They don't call it that it's community. I think it's community comments or whatever

1623
02:13:30,970 --> 02:13:35,770
You may feedback, but that's always been part of their meetings. It used to be sort of in the middle

1624
02:13:35,770 --> 02:13:40,010
It looks like since I've looked at some recent agendas. It's now at the forefront of their meeting.

1625
02:13:40,470 --> 02:13:46,370
I think the concern was around they have had subcommittee meetings recently, which

1626
02:13:46,370 --> 02:13:48,190
Oh, I've not had

1627
02:13:48,190 --> 02:13:55,490
Okay, yeah, that I'm not aware, but I just I wanted to be clear because I've been to many of those and they've been some pretty lively ones

1628
02:13:55,490 --> 02:13:59,270
over the past couple years, okay, that's great, all right.

1629
02:14:00,010 --> 02:14:05,190
So for executive session, just the first one.

1630
02:14:05,230 --> 02:14:06,710
Just I didn't want more.

1631
02:14:09,480 --> 02:14:14,540
Okay, I would like to move the board

1632
02:14:14,540 --> 02:14:17,260
into executive session under a master general launch

1633
02:14:17,260 --> 02:14:21,480
after 38, section 21, A2 to conduct strategy sessions

1634
02:14:21,480 --> 02:14:23,080
and preparation of negotiations

1635
02:14:23,680 --> 02:14:26,420
and contract negotiations with non-union personnel

1636
02:14:26,420 --> 02:14:32,020
Daniel there, Patrick Purcell and Christie Williams, if the chair determines an open meeting

1637
02:14:32,020 --> 02:14:35,860
but have a detrimental effect on the towns negotiating position.

1638
02:14:38,650 --> 02:14:39,690
Pardon me.

1639
02:14:40,130 --> 02:14:40,150
Yes.

1640
02:14:40,490 --> 02:14:46,190
I believe that this would have a detrimental effect on the town's negotiating position.

1641
02:14:47,390 --> 02:14:51,610
We will not be returning to open session after executive session, can I get a second?

1642
02:14:53,330 --> 02:14:54,270
We'll call vote.

1643
02:14:54,270 --> 02:14:55,550
partially yes

1644
02:14:55,550 --> 02:14:57,610
johnson yes

1645
02:14:57,610 --> 02:14:58,790
that well chance

1646
02:14:58,790 --> 02:14:59,970
still the biggest in

1647
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:03,040
Thank you, yes. Thank you, Westboro TV and congratulations.