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[0:23] good evening

[0:24] here we go we're gonna try this again

[0:28] let's see if it works can everybody here

[0:31] way up back

[0:34] put your flags out the window if you can

[0:36] hear

[0:37] thank you good all right

[0:40] that makes me feel better

[0:44] well thank you for being courageous

[0:45] enough to come out

[0:47] in this nice warm april afternoon

[0:52] now i was hoping it would be a nicer evening than this

[0:56] but at least it's not raining

[1:02] i want to thank the firemen the road

[1:04] crew

[1:06] for helping us get this set up this

[1:07] afternoon that's a big help

[1:10] because last year we had a dry run and

[1:13] this year it worked together very well i

[1:15] think

[1:17] i hope next year we can be inside

[1:19] somewhere

[1:21] but at least we've got this down pat

[1:24] i'm sure you've got your packets and all

[1:27] the information that you need

[1:29] i do have a couple of awards or

[1:32] remembrances i'd like to give out this

[1:33] evening i don't know if

[1:35] marcel is here

[1:42] he is good

[2:13] can you hear me if i stand right here

[2:17] okay we've

[2:21] wanted to do this last fall myself to

[2:23] give you a public thank you for all your

[2:25] work

[2:26] 30 years on the school board

[2:28] representing woodstock

[2:29] i think that's very commendable and we

[2:31] certainly appreciate it

[2:33] i just want to give you this certificate

[2:37] awarded to marcel in recognition

[2:39] of 30 years of dedication on the school

[2:41] board for the town of woodstock

[2:43] i want to give you that bicentennial

[2:46] coin to go with it well thank you it's

[2:48] been a pleasure

[2:48] serving the community the kids and the

[2:50] taxpayers thank you very

[3:03] is rose much

[3:06] rose freezer you haven't seen her

[3:10] okay it's joyce powell here joyce

[3:16] she's coming

[3:31] is yeah

[3:58] oh

[4:12] rose

[4:22] and this is the best chance we've had

[4:24] rose thank you for 19

[4:34] it was a lot of good things and i appreciate it

[4:39] and this one says specific

[4:41] certificate of appreciation to rose

[4:43] fraser in recognition of 20 years

[4:45] it was almost 20 of dedication as an

[4:48] administrative assistant for the town of

[4:52] woodstown

[4:55] thank you

[5:09] [Laughter]

[5:19] one more

[5:49] this one

[5:56] this spirit of america award

[5:59] is always a fun one to give out it

[6:02] recognizes people for

[6:04] doing things that are representative of

[6:06] the spirit of america

[6:08] what's that can't hear me

[6:13] does that matter

[6:33] she drove us for 30 years taking care of

[6:35] our kids

[6:36] and she's well deserving of the spirit

[6:40] of america

[6:41] she says and also she was with triton

[6:44] ambulance service from 1983-1996

[6:48] and so whereas joyce exemplifies the

[6:50] american way of life in so many ways

[6:53] be it resolved by the selectmen of the

[6:55] town of woods doctor joyce b

[6:56] howe is hereby recognized for her great

[6:58] achievements and honors

[7:00] she has brought upon the community with

[7:01] the 2021 woodstock spirit of america

[7:04] foundation tribune

[7:06] and furthermore this resolution is to go

[7:09] with it

[7:10] properly framed

[7:26] thank you

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[7:42] oh

[7:45] [Music]

[8:03] jeffrey campbell

[8:15] qualified to vote in town affairs to

[8:16] assemble the woodstock town office

[8:18] parking lot

[8:20] 261 month avenue and bryant pond on

[8:22] monday april 26 2021.

[8:38] please

[8:45] we have a nomination for steve white any

[8:48] other nominations

[8:51] are we all set for nominations to cease

[8:54] wave your flag if you want nominations

[8:55] to seats

[8:57] thank you

[9:00] all those in favor steve pike serving as

[9:03] moderator for this meeting please

[9:04] indicate by raising your flag once again

[9:07] thank you any opposed no flags

[9:12] with that elected steve mike moderator

[9:14] for the 2021

[9:15] woodstock county see

[9:48] okay

[10:02] so

[10:16] oh

[10:20] isn't this fun

[10:26] a little uh boat up here decided last

[10:29] year's weather was better

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[10:44] campbell's term expires

[10:52] so your papers are all

[10:58] okay so we need to

[11:01] nominations are open for select with the

[11:04] assessor and overseer of the poor

[11:21] [Music]

[11:26] wait a second all right we have a

[11:30] nomination

[11:31] we have a second any other nominations

[11:39] saying done

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[11:52] all those in favor of jeff campbell as

[11:55] selectment over the senior of the poor

[11:57] and

[11:58] all those other things

[12:02] okay thank you all opposed

[12:22] oh

[12:27] [Music]

[12:36] a little thing sir okay article three

[12:40] we're elected two equipment memorial

[12:43] library trustees

[12:44] for a three-year term alice deagan's

[12:47] term expires

[12:50] alice are you voting again

[12:54] alex is ready okay she's the only one

[12:58] do you want somebody else

[13:18] the learning nominations for second

[13:21] trustee

[13:27] saying none nomination for cease

[13:31] all those in favor of alan stegen his

[13:34] library trustee please grace flag

[13:41] okay thank you all opposed and alice

[13:46] one again

[13:52] an ordinance entitled the town of

[13:53] woodstock medical marijuana caregiver

[13:56] retail store ordinance let me just do

[13:59] this article

[14:04] you need a motion

[14:13] over here

[14:41] okay thank you

[14:53] accepting the article passing the

[14:57] other article excuse me okay there's

[15:00] some out here too

[15:04] so we have questions i'm sorry we're

[15:06] going back to uh

[15:08] discussion and questions

[15:16] okay yeah put your flag out if you want

[15:18] to ask a question and somebody will come

[15:20] with the

[15:25] didn't radio anybody okay

[15:29] all right all all those in favor of

[15:32] article four

[15:50] gets the article passes

[15:56] article five so the town boats will

[15:58] raise an appropriate 75

[16:00] 000 for a portion of the replacement

[16:03] cost

[16:04] of the so-called vacant bridge on the

[16:07] old county road

[16:08] we must agree with this article

[16:28] the discussion on the article

[16:36] yeah if anybody wants any explanation or

[16:39] if you have any discussion on the

[16:40] article

[16:46] saying none follow us in favor of

[16:49] article 5 to reach

[16:52] 75 000 for the bacon bridge

[16:55] county road all in favor

[17:01] and closed

[17:04] i like this it's fun thank you the

[17:07] article passes

[17:09] article six so we can't vote to

[17:12] authorize the town to pursue

[17:14] the purchase of 640 acre property known

[17:16] as buck sledge

[17:18] for a community forest and to expend

[17:21] funds for the town's dedicated land

[17:23] conservation account

[17:24] to support said purchase

[17:44] okay

[18:06] i just wanted to take this moment to

[18:08] take and recognize

[18:09] all the people the conservation

[18:12] commission the many volunteers who've

[18:14] worked on

[18:15] bucksled for the last 12 years building

[18:18] the trails

[18:18] maintaining the trails marking the

[18:20] trails the town for the parking lot

[18:23] when more and more people kept showing

[18:25] up and

[18:26] because it's the access to buck's ledge

[18:29] to

[18:30] up on the ledges and those views being

[18:33] out of nature

[18:34] that has really made buck sledge what it

[18:37] is and how has brought

[18:38] everyone in the community and from the

[18:40] surrounding communities

[18:42] to get involved with it so this is a

[18:45] very important

[18:46] time for us it's kind of key critical

[18:50] one of the things that we're looking at

[18:52] last year

[18:53] we asked for have a committee to explore

[18:57] the possibility of acquiring luxely

[19:02] and what we learned early on through the

[19:06] meeting with the owners

[19:07] as well as our conservation partners is

[19:10] that

[19:11] it was a mutual desire that bucksley

[19:13] should be criminally conserved

[19:16] and from that uh we decided to take the

[19:19] move forward

[19:20] and to get an appraisal at least an

[19:22] initial appraisal which is completed in

[19:24] february

[19:25] at that point we realized we've gone as

[19:27] far as what you authorized us to do

[19:31] and so in order to move forward and

[19:34] start

[19:34] to negotiate with the owner

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[19:49] as well as authorization to access some

[19:52] money into the conservation fund

[19:56] and one of the things that

[19:59] we'll be looking at is for legal fees

[20:02] earnest money if we secure

[20:07] a sales option so

[20:10] that's what this rt6 is all about

[20:13] and i hope that you will all support

[20:16] thank you

[20:24] anyone else would like to speak to the

[20:32] article

[20:34] okay seeing all those in favor of

[20:39] authorizing the conifers

[20:40] to pursue the purchase of the buck

[20:43] slaves property

[20:45] this is razor flag

[20:49] okay thank you all opposed

[20:54] and that passes great thank you

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[21:06] in this little this little note that

[21:08] says no additional funds from county

[21:10] woodstock would be required for the

[21:11] acquisition

[21:14] problem article seven

[21:17] until the time vote to raise and

[21:18] appropriate four thousand dollars

[21:21] to fund a simple ira retirement plan for

[21:24] its employees as a contribution

[21:26] at a contribution rate of two percent of

[21:28] the employees

[21:38] all right we have the motion for a

[21:40] second

[21:41] right yes

[21:55] ask a question

[22:07] up in the back

[22:38] is

[22:48] up until now the only retirement money

[22:51] that's being paid out is in the manager

[22:53] town manager's contract

[22:55] the other employees have never had any

[22:58] and we really thought it was time to

[22:59] start considering that

[23:04] for that

[23:17] that's what we thought thank you bill

[23:34] is

[24:02] thank you

[24:15] employees retirement system as a

[24:18] participating local district protected

[24:20] june

[24:21] 1st 2021 and we offer a regular plan hc

[24:26] to its full-time employees 40 hours a

[24:30] week

[24:33] and he the authorized foreign mexican

[24:35] town manager to sign

[24:37] the agreement between the town and the

[24:40] news for

[24:41] the main public employees retirement

[24:44] system

[24:51] to exclude all other employees including

[24:53] its elected and employed officials

[24:56] and its election workers from

[24:58] participating in the main piers

[25:01] deep to allow us eligible employees who

[25:03] are currently employed by the town on

[25:05] june 24th june 1st

[25:07] 2021 to elect to join maintenance

[25:10] to purchase prior service upon the

[25:14] employee's full

[25:15] payment of all associated costs tommy

[25:18] woodstock will not participate in the

[25:20] purchase of prior service

[25:22] so employees are responsible for paying

[25:25] full liability associated with this

[25:27] service

[25:28] i didn't know what that meant prior

[25:31] service but

[25:33] explained but if someone worked for

[25:36] another town

[25:40] left there the woodstock was much

[25:43] lighter

[25:50] and the key is to raise and appropriate

[25:52] the four thousand dollars which we've

[25:54] already

[26:02] so any discussions

[26:13] the reason for the two articles and the

[26:15] two different retirement plans is

[26:17] because we have

[26:18] one employee that's already in the main

[26:20] state retirement system

[26:22] in order for us to contribute to that we

[26:24] have to be in the program

[26:26] the other employees can have the option

[26:28] of doing a simple ira

[26:30] which is actually less money for them to

[26:33] fund it

[26:34] and i think more easy for them to get

[26:36] started so that's the reason for the two

[26:38] articles

[26:44] thank you very much explain that

[26:48] hey for the discussion any questions any

[26:51] more questions

[26:54] okay follow us in favor of article

[26:57] 17.

[27:03] thank you

[27:19] the capital project consisting of

[27:21] culverts and bridges

[27:22] repair work including transaction costs

[27:25] and other expenses recently related

[27:27] there too

[27:29] and appropriate the sun report

[27:33] dollars to fund the project and

[27:36] authorize the town treasurer and the

[27:38] chair of the

[27:38] select board mr general obligation

[27:41] securities of the town

[27:43] including temporary notes in

[27:44] anticipation of the center

[27:48] [Music]

[27:55] and to delegate to the treasurer

[27:58] and chair the select board the authority

[28:00] for discretion to fix debates and

[28:02] charities

[28:03] interest rates denominations calls for

[28:05] redemption with or without creating them

[28:08] and other details of such securities

[28:11] including authority

[28:12] to execute and deliver the securities

[28:25] [Music]

[28:28] all right your second son

[28:33] vern wants to explain this

[28:45] how's everybody doing it's cold isn't it

[28:49] um so what this article is is uh the

[28:52] bacon bridge

[28:53] or the bacon culvert is actually

[28:55] following

[28:58] the state has posted it and they've

[29:01] wanted us to

[29:02] they want us to fix it so we're looking

[29:05] at avenues

[29:08] we did receive some bids which were kind

[29:11] of

[29:11] out there a little unacceptable um

[29:15] so the 500 000 we have an excellent

[29:18] interest rate

[29:20] i would i would say to you a vote to

[29:23] approve the 500 000

[29:26] i think that would be the most that we

[29:27] would need to fix that and that's just

[29:29] due to material

[29:31] i foresee it coming in less than that

[29:35] but we need that money to make that

[29:36] repair and get that taken care of

[29:39] right now it's posted at a 10 ton limit

[29:42] i believe it's 10 tons

[29:44] and they inspect it periodically so that

[29:46] could reduce

[29:48] and the bottom of that is fairly rusty

[29:50] so it's just new it's been in since the

[29:52] 50s

[29:53] and this is a good way for us to take

[29:55] care of that repair at this time

[30:19] my question is

[30:35] this the state per se is not

[30:37] contributing to this job but

[30:39] we do have a grant from inland fisheries

[30:42] and wildlife stream protection

[30:44] of 125 000

[30:48] so that is they aren't available

[31:07] good question um we're anticipating

[31:11] paying it off at a hundred thousand

[31:13] dollars per year

[31:14] and the interest is looking to be around

[31:17] thirty seven thousand dollars

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[31:29] i think that's a pretty close estimate

[31:31] yes

[31:33] okay thank you

[31:42] any other questions

[31:47] what was your favorite

[32:02] okay the article passes

[32:09] article 8a

[32:26] is

[32:40] questions

[32:47] you've done all those in favor

[32:55] all opposed

[33:00] change passes

[33:12] amendment sanctuary town was described

[33:14] in the following paragraph

[33:16] this will provide sanctuary from the law

[33:19] enforcement attempts to enforce

[33:21] any and all federal and state mandates

[33:24] and restrictive laws enacted violate the

[33:27] original infinitive

[33:29] protections given the individual in the

[33:32] united states constitution

[33:34] as well as under the state of maine

[33:35] constitution in the states

[33:50] discussion

[33:53] do you have anybody who wants to speak

[33:54] for the article

[34:05] seeing none all in favor of the article

[34:15] thank you opposed

[34:32] appropriate 197 828.94

[34:38] for the following general administration

[34:40] expenses

[34:42] we have those listed there as well as

[34:44] the

[34:45] amounts for the last two years

[34:49] there's an emotion on this article okay

[34:52] the emotions are second coming right out

[34:55] of the same car

[34:58] clear discussion

[35:02] seeing that all in favor

[35:11] thank you all posts

[35:20] these the next few articles just does

[35:23] that one

[35:25] there are a lot of a lot of different

[35:26] numbers and if there's something you

[35:28] want to particularly

[35:30] speak to one one part or another of the

[35:34] article

[35:38] but if if no one has a problem with

[35:41] any particular part of the article

[35:45] we'll take it in each case and take it

[35:48] as a

[35:48] agreement so moving on now to article

[35:52] 11.

[35:53] so the time votes are raising

[35:54] appropriate this summer 582

[35:57] dollars for the following town road

[35:58] maintenance costs

[36:05] the money would come 542

[36:08] 000 from property taxes and 40 000 from

[36:11] the

[36:11] mldc local road assistance program

[36:15] there's a pc state dollars at work

[36:18] it's very close okay

[36:22] yep thank you any discussion

[36:30] see none all those in favor

[36:37] thank you

[36:41] and that passes

[36:46] article 12 silvertown vote to raise an

[36:49] appropriate 25

[36:50] 000 to go forward go toward the purchase

[36:53] of

[36:54] the bobcat or skid steer or other

[36:56] sidewalks

[36:58] still removable maintenance machine

[37:02] motion on this article they have a

[37:04] motion second

[37:06] yep

[37:20] there

[37:35] go oh

[37:47] wondering if this sidewalk

[37:58] the sidewalks are going to be totally

[38:00] rebuilt in this rehabilitation project

[38:02] that's

[38:03] [Music]

[38:15] any other questions

[38:44] attention

[38:49] [Music]

[38:54] from the entrance

[39:26] okay

[39:40] appropriate 62 thousand dollars for the

[39:43] municipal utilities account

[39:47] motion yep second yep

[39:52] any discussion

[40:16] article 15 so the town hall to raise an

[40:18] appropriate 85 000

[40:21] for the operating and payroll expenses

[40:23] in the woodstock fire department for

[40:25] these serving years

[40:27] is in motion

[40:34] any discussion

[40:48] okay thank you and all the polls

[40:53] great thank you very much

[41:00] article 16 shall the town vault the race

[41:02] appropriate a thousand dollars

[41:23] we have a recommendation here that we

[41:25] take articles 16

[41:26] 17 18 and 19

[41:31] as one quote the reason for that is that

[41:35] their

[41:36] money is all the same as we raised last

[41:38] year

[41:39] if anybody wants to take one of those

[41:42] in particular to talk about you're

[41:45] welcome to

[41:46] otherwise

[41:55] and is there any discussion or questions

[42:15] it great thanks article 20

[42:19] so tom vote to raise an appropriate 145

[42:22] 840 for insurance

[42:25] legal and audit expenses plus dividends

[42:28] and rebates specific for those accounts

[42:32] of the accounts along with the

[42:35] announcement previous years

[43:08] appropriate 12 000 for the recreation

[43:11] department's operations

[43:20] any discussions

[43:27] [Applause]

[43:35] okay thank you opposed

[43:52] maintenance expenses

[43:59] themselves full of the cemeteries and

[44:02] ground lines the spring

[44:06] things like

[44:13] any discussions

[44:35] thousand one hundred and forty one

[44:36] dollars as requested by the following

[44:38] provider agencies

[44:41] and you have the list this is one of a

[44:44] furnace modeling a new design the

[44:48] woodstock his name right on it

[44:58] so hard for 23 is there any discussion

[45:04] can you run all those in favor

[45:11] thank you our post

[45:14] that passes

[45:20] appropriate fifteen thousand eight

[45:22] hundred ninety one dollars and six cents

[45:25] for planning and business expenses

[45:28] i'm planning an appeals court number

[45:29] thirty five dollars

[45:44] discussion

[45:46] all right all in favor

[45:52] great thank you all opposed

[46:04] apart from 25. so we found about to

[46:07] raise an appropriate 150 000

[46:09] for woodstock share of the operational

[46:11] expenses of the

[46:13] gnw transfer station

[46:17] motion second

[46:21] in your discussion

[46:38] [Music]

[46:39] you may know but the increase is due to

[46:42] the fact that

[46:47] need for recyclables is way down

[46:50] the market for recyclables is way down

[46:52] and they're not being able to sell as

[46:54] many

[46:55] and due to the times that we're living

[46:58] in people

[46:58] are throwing away a lot more stuff

[47:01] cleaning up

[47:01] and taking care of some things they

[47:03] probably wanted to for a long time

[47:06] so the cost has been a lot more this

[47:08] year

[47:12] this amount

[47:38] of thousand dollars

[47:41] thank you and opposed

[47:45] to passes article 26 for the council to

[47:49] raise inappropriate

[47:50] two thousand dollars for the woodstock

[47:52] student scholarship fund

[47:54] each woodstock student graduating from

[47:56] high school and going on to college

[47:58] is qualified to apply for a 600

[48:01] scholarship promotion

[48:18] i'll post

[48:21] and that passes article 27

[48:25] so a town vote to raise an appropriate

[48:27] 22 thousand dollars for the

[48:29] standard of assessing and mapping work

[48:33] emotion look second

[48:36] yeah any discussion

[48:41] um yep we got discussion

[49:00] uh

[49:15] any change of property ownership or any

[49:17] homes

[49:18] is done in the year that occurs but otherwise it's

[49:25] the re revaluations

[49:42] here

[49:44] oh yeah well the assessing and mapping

[49:47] work is

[49:48] the assessors come around every year to

[49:50] pick up

[49:51] new properties as well as any additions

[49:55] to properties and

[49:56] build a garage or anything like that

[49:58] they have to

[50:00] reassess just the precipice

[50:17] i don't know is there anything else you

[50:18] need for that

[50:22] okay so this is article 27 race 22 000

[50:26] for the annual assessing and wrapping

[50:28] work from

[50:30] for japan is there there's no

[50:33] discussions in emotion

[50:37] all in favor

[50:51] article 28 so the time votes

[50:55] raise an appropriate 3 500 for property

[50:58] tax abatement

[51:02] motion second is the discussion or

[51:05] questions on that

[51:10] so you're done all in favor

[51:16] we thank you all opposed

[51:20] and that passes

[51:25] article 29 until the time go to

[51:27] appropriate funds for the capital

[51:28] reserve accounts as follows

[51:31] 55 000 for a major highway reserve

[51:33] account

[51:35] that's 35 000 from taxes and 20 000 from

[51:38] the tree growth

[51:38] reserve and 55 000 for the fire truck

[51:42] reserve account

[51:44] the same thing 35 000 from taxes and 20

[51:47] 000 people

[51:48] the tree growth observed through motion

[51:53] second any discussion

[51:59] seen that all in favor

[52:05] thank you roll opposed

[52:10] and that worked for passes

[52:13] so the town vote to raise and

[52:14] appropriate for

[52:16] six 4 dollars for the following

[52:18] community organizations

[52:20] again you have the list there's the

[52:21] lakes association the friends of sag

[52:23] pond

[52:24] green stock stewardville flood memorial

[52:26] day

[52:27] festivities definitely overcomes

[52:30] the

[52:34] [Music]

[52:44] discussion

[53:00] article 30 so the town vote to charge

[53:03] the rate of six percent interest on

[53:05] unpaid taxes after december 1st

[53:08] 2021 and the state that taxes are due in

[53:12] payroll

[53:24] yes thank you your discussion

[53:30] saying none all in favor

[53:35] thank you

[53:43] article 32 shall the time vote to accept

[53:46] payment of taxes prior to the annual tax

[53:48] commission

[53:50] so emotionally enough second

[53:55] any discussion anybody have questions

[54:12] not available

[54:24] ten thousand dollars or less on such

[54:26] terms as they gain advisor

[54:30] secondly well we do a great discussion

[54:34] on that

[54:44] thank you

[54:56] [Music]

[55:05] after the good process would go better

[55:07] and by reasonable offering

[55:09] in such terms as they being advisable to

[55:11] execute completely

[55:13] needs for such property except that the

[55:15] municipal officers shall use a special

[55:17] sale process required by final 36 mls

[55:22] such paragraph design 433c

[55:26] the qualifying homestead property

[56:15] follow us in favor

[56:26] article 36 show the time bought to

[56:28] contribute

[56:30] our 2020 stipend for charter

[56:32] communications

[56:33] we monitor 4 925 and 22 cents to

[56:38] western hills access television

[56:42] channel vehicle access station

[56:45] promotion yep second yep any discussion

[56:49] picture for channel 11.

[57:11] particle uh so tom voted to authorize

[57:13] municipal officers

[57:14] to spend an amount not to exceed one

[57:17] quarter of the budgeted amount in each

[57:19] category

[57:20] except for weird roads and liability

[57:22] responses

[57:23] during the period from january 1st

[57:36] wrong favorite

[57:40] thank you all folks

[57:47] article 38 so tom called to authorize

[57:51] some useful officers

[57:52] to

[58:07] king george's right motion

[58:10] yep second yep

[58:14] any discussion all in favor

[58:27] the article we've been looking for

[58:28] article 39

[58:30] so a town called to appropriate funds

[58:32] from the following accounts

[58:34] up to the amounts listed below help

[58:36] reduce the stack of tax commitments

[58:39] for 2021. and we

[58:43] have various sundry incomes

[58:46] interest income license fees

[58:49] unbalanced surplus state workers sharing

[58:52] exercise taxes vehicles

[58:57] motion second thank you

[59:01] any discussion on that

[59:15] net passes

[59:25] all right well that concludes our

[59:32] just want to say thank you everybody for

[59:34] coming helping us get this meeting done

[59:37] really appreciate it and i love seeing

[59:38] the flag

[59:46] i thought the balcony was particularly

[59:58] great

Woodstock Town Meeting 4/26/2021

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