All right. Good evening. Today is March Tuesday, March 34th 31st at 4 p.m. It's a meeting of the Kushniff board of selectment. Is there a motion to call the meeting to order? So move a second. All those in favor? Motion carries. As a reminder, this meeting will be audio and
video recorded. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. Pledge >> allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
>> My gentlemen, before we start the meeting, I do want to introduce uh Mr. Adam Lamontine. Uh he is our town administrator and will officially start uh tomorrow uh but is here this evening. Um his contract has been signed and he
is ready to rock and roll tomorrow. So welcome Adam and uh again thank you for accepting the appointment. look forward to working with you and um you know during my next few weeks here on the board, but I'm sure you'll find everybody in this town um extremely
accommodating and you'll feel like you've been here your whole life probably after about a month. So um congratulations and and welcome to the town of Kushman. Um with that said, uh first order of business, I'm going to call up Chief Gary Kafa um with a
recommendation for patrolman hire, Mr. Christopher Delpado. Good afternoon. Um, I'm here tonight to request that the board offer a contig offer of employment to Christopher Deltado uh to one of our
full-time police off police officer openings. Um, Christopher started his law enforcement career in 2013 as a correctional officer/deputy sheriff with the Bristol County Sheriff's Department until he joined the BCI unit, Plymouth County Sheriff's Department. While in
this role, he has obtained numerous certifications in crime scene management and evidence collection. Uh, this skill set is very rare and much needed not just the Christian Police Department, but the county as well. Uh, Chris is married and the father of two children.
Uh our background check into into him revealed that he is an exceptional officer and a solid human being. Um to be consistent with past lateral hires, I ask that the board sign anou with teams union so that Chris can be brought over
on step three. Um this is consistent. This reflects the years of service he had with Plymouth County and is consistent what we've done in the past. >> Right. Thank you. Um, gentlemen, Fox,
>> the appointment comes under the chief's recommendation. I'm good with it. >> All right. I agree. >> Is there a motion to appoint? >> So moved. >> Second. All those in favor? Carries. Chris, congratulations. If you don't mind coming to the podium and telling us about a little bit about yourself and introduce yourself to the to the
community. >> Evening gentlemen. Um, my name is Crystal Tanto, 38 years old, uh, married. I have two children, uh, 5-year-old and my daughter just turned one. Um, I started, as the chief said, I started in Bristol County. I did 11 and a half years there. Um, I worked every
position, every shift there, and then from there I moved on to Plymouth County. Um, I got out of the BCI unit. I've been with them almost two years now. With the unfortunate situation that's going on there, it was cut. Um, the chief and Jeremy reached out to me.
Uh, they laid everything out. Uh, I spoke with them. It's a smaller community. It seems to fit better with me. After talking with, uh, the chief and Jeremy, it seems like a family. I like that a lot better. It seems close-knit, and I think it's going to work for me. >> Awesome. Well, great. Well, uh, again, as I just mentioned to Adam, welcome
aboard to the >> Thank you, Aush. I think you'll find this uh >> town incredibly accommodating and and welcoming and uh you and I are part of the Aushner family and everything. >> Um and we really >> we rely on our our public safety units a
lot and our you know the our police and fire and EMS are are the backbone of this town and they're our public facing um entity. So, thank you uh for accepting this appointment. And I think what's really great is the fact that we're able to work with somebody of your
caliber um and and get you right out on the street uh ASAP. And um you know, so good good for good for you there and good for us. So, I'm extremely excited about it. Look forward to working with you. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. >> Best of luck. >> You like to be called Christopher or Chris? >> Chris is Chris Works. Either either one.
>> Either one. >> Everyone usually my wife and family call me Chris. Christopher and then everyone else calls me Chris. >> Okay. Chris. Thank you, >> Mr. Chief. Mr. Chief, can >> So, I had an opportunity to speak with the chief last week. Um, he made the
request for two officers um to be hired to backfill some positions and I I did let the chief and I wanted the board to know that I did let the chief know that I'm okay with a second going for the second position >> um to backfill some of these vacancies that we have in the department so we don't end up in the stringer hole that
we did several years back. We're trying to avoid that. The board's done a great job over the years of doing just that for the PD. I would recommend we continue that. >> Thank you very much for that. It's been so needed. Um I will be bringing >> Yeah, I'm sorry. Go ahead.
>> I will bring you up with the name uh fairly quickly. Um we're just finishing up the background check, so I don't want to commit to something right now. >> But as soon as that background checks are done, it's a very small thing we have to just cross our tees and dot our eyes on and then hopefully next meeting I can call you and set them up.
>> Great work. Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you, Chief. Welcome, Chris. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. >> Welcome. >> Next item is uh the recommendation uh to appoint custodian Matthew Smith. Really good background here um in this
in this uh vocation. Um comes highly recommended. He's got some HVAC experience uh forklift certifications. Really got some good good background. So with that said, Mr. Chairman, I I I don't know if Mr. Kelly's made any arrangement what step
we would bring bringing him in on in under the ASME contract. >> Uh Mr. Chairman, I sat down with Matt on this particular one. This would be at step three based on his years working with the schools >> and he's also uh he won't be able to start because he gave notice at his job
his starting date would be April 6th. >> Okay, great. Very good. Is there a motion to appoint Matthew Smith? So move second. >> All those in favor? All right. All right. Good stuff. Next item is uh a letter from Joshua Soul uh who is
looking to be appointed as an alternate to the ZBA. Um gentlemen, I don't know Mr. Soul at all. Maybe you guys do. Mr. Chairman, I actually grew up with Mr. Soul and his family. Um this actually came in front of me recently at a zoning
board meeting. I was speaking with the chairman and he said that Josh had actually sent in his letter quite some time ago, but I think it was in the mix when we were having some transition period in the office and it kind of disappeared on accident. Um, but the
chairman said that now that their two former alternates are now full-fledged members. Um, they want to maintain that they can hold a quorum. Um, and Josh is a great his family, his entire family's uh, great people. Josh is a solid dude. I concur with Mr. Inkley, Mr. Chairman.
I I called the chairman today actually to uh make sure it was under his recommendation and he he had talked about Mr. Inkley's knowing of Mr. Soul. So, >> right. >> Make a motion to appoint Joshua Soul as an alternate to the zoning board of appeals. >> I'll second. All those in favor? I.
>> Motion carries. Good, good, good. All right. It's like I feel like we're been an embarrassment of riches of people who want to serve the town. We've gone in a had a dry spell for a little bit, but now we seem to be rocking and rolling. Um, Mr. Kevin Grineer, who is an a Kushnet resident, is the building
inspector in the town of um, Eastston. Um, he's got a great great background. Um, and so he's lived here since 2022. Um Andy Babola has reached out to him and Kevin has offered to uh serve as a
local inspector but also be on call that if we you know needed him in a pinch to do some office work or to to keep that department moving um he'd be willing to do that and with pay him at the rate of what we do a local inspector. Um, so I
think it's great to have as many folks on the bench as possible and um, I don't know how you feel about gentlemen, but >> motion to appoint. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I motion carries. >> All right. Next item on the agenda is regarding uh, conservation
uh, operations. Uh, Mr. Hley asked to put this on the agenda and we had talked about this going back to last year um, where we had changed the bylaw to reduce the number from 7 to 5 we're having problems with attendance and so on and so forth. So um with that Mr. Hankley
>> Mr. Chairman thank you um after going back and forth with um you know mostly the chairman of the conservation commission but uh multiple other members um you know we were discussing like you just said and because of what was
happening uh we never got finished with the appointment process. um my recommendation on this and based on conversations I've had with most of the members um without having any other backups, some of them had said, "I don't know how much longer I want to do this."
And they're also very willing to not leave the town hanging. >> So, I figured my recommendation was everybody that is on the concom should resubmit their letters of interest if they want to, but I'd also like to open it up to the public. So this way if we
don't get the current five members to submit their letters, at least we'll have some backup. >> Um this way they don't feel like they're obligated to serve if they don't have the time and the capacity. >> Mhm. >> But knowing full well if we don't get any letters of interest, they'd still be willing to serve. >> Mhm.
>> Um so I would I would I make that a motion that all city members of Concom resubmit their letters of interest, but also open this up to the public. So, anybody in the public can submit a letter of interest as well. >> Um, >> do you want to do that for like 30 days?
>> I would say 30 days is probably a good good bet. >> All right, Mr. Gasper. >> No, I I concur. >> All right, so I'll second that motion. >> All those in favor? >> Motion carries. All right. >> All right. This is a hold over from the
last time we met. Uh we've got surplus property and uh the appropriate paperwork has been filled out um with the the ranking. Uh what is the pleasure of the board with this stuff here?
>> Is the is the filing cabinets going as scrap salvage? >> Yes. >> It looks like >> sure you don't want anything for the house. >> No, they're flat files. >> You might want them. is listed as salvage.
>> So motion to declare all items as presented as salvage to be disposed of by the DPW at the the earliest time frame within the deliver it to a salvage recycle center. >> I'll second. All those in favor? >> Motion carries. Great. Next item on the
agenda, gentlemen, I put on the agenda, we got a number of calls uh regarding West Island beach passes and what we're going to do with that this year. I think the last couple year, last year in particular, I think I think it was a huge success uh based on the feedback
that I got. The only really point of, you know, whether we should do it or not is we had purchased um a couple passes that would be like floating passes and that would be day passes that somebody who didn't get the lottery or didn't wasn't there on the
first day um you know was able to come in on a predium basis. In talking to Sydney and sort of monitoring that over the summer, there really wasn't a lot of a lot of activity there. So I don't know that the juice is worth that squeeze. So I would say that if the board wants to continue with this relationship with
Fair Haven. Um just we can approach it with them. I'm more than happy to get that to re-engage those conversations before I leave the board or you know some one of you want to take it over. But I do for whatever it's worth I do think it's a goodwill gesture to our
residents um and worth continuing. >> Mr. Jim, and I would love for you to continue that dialogue with FA and train um our new administrative assistant, Margaret, um on how everything went, how you conducted it last year so that she's familiar with it and we can try to
continue moving forward. >> And Mr. Chairman, um after you start the process, I'd be more than happy to jump in and take over. >> Okay. >> So this way you're not hanging around. >> Yeah. I think by the time we actually execute these things cuz you know I think I'm trying to remember last year
when we did it was probably like in May. >> Yeah, we started everything in May and you know I think the beach season officially opens in >> July. It was July. So we got some time. >> We got some time to work it out. Well, >> I'll engage with the Favven uh Department of Public Works and I'm I'm going to see if we can get that the
allotment either uh increased or, you know, they can do away with the the quota. Um because I think, you know, we've been able to demonstrate that there's been a number of FA residents taking advantage of the golf course. And, you know, I think the more we go on with this, the less uh concerned people
are about, you know, who's who's getting the better end of things. So, um all right. So if there's a motion to continue to at least explore continuing the program. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> All right. Motion passes. I'll keep working on that.
>> All right. Next item. This comes from the our town planner. Um it looks like there are uh um the planning board would like to
establish a gift fund for land management. been speaking with Victoria. Um I guess it's a for donation of trees and other things of that nature. Um it's just a a bookkeeping situation. We got Jamie V. I don't know if you want to
explain any more about the mechanics of that, but it seems pretty harmless. It's just a setting up a mechanism that if people want to donate either land or trees or something or other or money for >> So this one is um I think it's in in lie of
some sort of conservation restriction they're donating like a certain amount of dollars to towards the town as a gift fund to be utilized by town staff for plantings and you know landscaping. >> Got it.
So technically with the way I read this, it is in lie of cutting trees for a solar farm that they can't do their own planting somewhere else on their property when they clear the trees. So they're looking to pay make an aotment of money. I think this one was 7,500
bucks for the town to be able to establish a gift fund. However, if you read the bylaw, that cannot be waved. So I think that bylaw needs to be amended. Um, and there's some discussion in here about they have purview over the funds. That's fine, but they don't have purview
of town owned properties. The board of selecting do. So, it would have to be some kind of a written agreement and establishing a gift fund. Draw up some written agreement that defines what the funds can be used for, how the money comes into a gift fund, how it can be used for. And again, they can't, the
planning board, I don't believe at this time, can wave that section of the bylaw because a bylaw cannot be waved. And I don't think they have the right to wave the tree cutting aspect of that bylaw, the new solar bylaw. So that would might need that bylaw may need to be amended if they want to do something like that
for this particular case. So I would defer to a later date to establish >> running this through town council and all that stuff. So all right, a motion to table. >> So move second. All those in favor? Motion carries. >> Mr. Lontaine, that's one thing that you can start looking at figuring out.
>> Very good. um getting this straightened out and moving forward in the right direction. >> All right, cool. Um all right, gentlemen. The next item is uh to establish a beautifification committee gift fund uh some time ago. Uh Nancy was
before the board and she had uh you know was requested that. I think we had talked about it but we never really got around to doing it. Um, so one thing I would ask the board to consider doing is to establish the beautifification gift fund that that would allow the
beautifification committee to go do fundraising. Um, we could set up a GoFundMe page or, you know, whatever. Um, for that, I think it would be a great idea. And if the board's amendable to creating the gift fund, I would like to start to make the first contribution
um by waving by um my last month's salary stipened as a member of the board. I would ask that not get paid for the last month and deposit that money into the gift fund and I plan to make a supplemental contribution to get that up and running. But I would ask that the board uh establish the beautifification
committee gift funding. >> Again, Mr. Chairman, I think all gift funds need to have some I agree to establish this. We did discuss this to do it, but I think we have to have something in writing on there's definitions of when you create a gift fund, what the money can be expended for. as specific uses for when people
donate to a gift fund. So that's all we need to have something on file that's there in place. >> Okay. So can you get a motion to establish a beautifification with the appropriate guidelines as established by town administrator town
>> also with the the use of the funds should be under the approval of the board of selection. >> That's why I'm saying >> a vote of the board. There's got to be something in writing on how you how you govern that gift fund, right? It can't just be willy-nilly where I'm going to
go take 500 bucks and buy mulch to do X Y and Z and the next thing we know people are putting mulch where it doesn't belong and we're in the board of selectment are responsible. >> Well, if you just have that all expenditures are by in the motion all expenditures are by vote of the board of selectment that restricts it.
>> Correct. That's fine. >> But I'll make a motion to establish a beautifification gift fund. >> Second. All those in favor >> with uh with the expenditure of all funds must be by a vote of the board of selection. >> That would be the motion. So moved. >> All those in favor? Motion carries. I
guess gentlemen, when it comes to my uh stipen, I don't know if you need a reser a nine item transfer after May or whatever. So you guys can work that out, but I I have directed um staff to not pay you this for this month. So um
that's squared away there. Next item is uh town clerk Pam. We got some uh questions about election hours as well as the town election warrant. >> Hello and let me welcome you. I am happy
to to see you here and I'm sure that Jamie is very happy as well. >> Okay. So, >> and he has to see you tomorrow. >> He has to see me tomorrow. Yes. Um I'll need the appointment slips. Okay,
perfect. Okay, so starting with the election, you do have the town meeting um the town election warrant um in your packet or is that that was one of the documents
that I'm seeing you? Okay. So, um that is um you don't have it. No. >> Do you have a copy of it? >> The one that I g Yeah. Yeah. One of them
was to go to >> Did you get one, Bob? >> No, I didn't get this. >> Oh, okay. >> They all So, they all sign. You give them the whole packet. >> Yeah. >> All right. So, this is >> I'm not signing this for you.
>> Stand so the camera can pick it up. appreciate it. So, I will need um you to review it, but this right here is to a request to change the hours to 10 to 2 for election day. Um, as you may know,
we have no contested races uh for this particular election. And I went back to um the last time um we had no contested races um which
actually was last year and we had the only reason I did not request um a reduction in hours was um due to the debt exclusion for um the schools. So,
um that brought out that day 1,043 voters and that's between the vote by mail and the um inperson. So, um I went back further um to June of
2021, I believe it was. Um and we had reduced the hours to 10 to two. Very similar situation. We had no contested races. We had no candidates that were stepping forward saying that they were going to be, you know, a write in for
select men. Um, and quite honestly, it it's we as of right now for vote by mail application requests, we have approximately 700. Um, which is great. But the issue with
that is when people see that the ballot is uncontested, they don't end up sending the ballot back. And I'm not saying everyone, I'm saying the majority. Um, which is a little disheartening because it's so expensive for us to go that
course. Um but again uh having us go to the schools set up and be there for the 16-hour day which is usually what it ends up being for us. Um is really I don't see that
it's really beneficial to anyone. Um it's entirely the board's pleasure, but um I would request that that we reduce the hours to the um 10 to two as we have done in the past.
>> Mr. Chairman, >> so people at home that are going to watch this and think, well, I'm working. I can't make it. We do have and you I'll let you fill in the blanks. early voting, mail and voting as well for this for the local elections for April 28th.
Can you talk about that? >> Absolutely. So, we do have the vote by mail. We don't have early inperson voting, but we do have vote by mail. So, um which is very similar to absentee um
voting. So, with the vote by mail, you don't need any excuses. You don't have to be out of town. You don't have to be in a um a medical facility. Um it's it's strictly if I don't want to go to the polls on election day, I can request my
ballot by mail. Um, so yes, that would be available to everyone until, let's see, until I believe it's the 18th. Until April 18th, they can request a ballot
>> and they can come in and vote absentee in the office um up until noon time on the 27th. But that >> So you you do have the option to come in and vote in person absentee. It's just
not called early voting. >> That's correct. >> Yes. >> So we're going to call that absentee voting. >> Yeah. >> But they can do that in person. >> Yes, they can. >> In the office, >> of course. Um just for some clarification, Pam, you had mentioned that vote by mail, you don't need a reason. >> Yes.
>> Is the capacity of not being able to leave work an acceptable reason for absentee? No. >> Okay. >> No. >> So, in that case, I would say it's the vote by mail. Okay. Not the absentee. >> Yeah.
>> What? You need me to lie to you about an absentee vote? >> You're not going to lie to me. >> If I can't make it on election day, >> I can't just tell you I can't make it and not give you a reason why and just do absentee. I have to tell you that I have a doctor's.
>> No. No. You You absolutely can. But when you're signing that envelope, you're signing under penalties the application you're signing the application under penalties of perjury that you fulfill the requirements for an absentee ballot.
The vote by mail, you don't need any excuse at all. This reminds me of like Wala Vata, a letter from Epstein's mother. >> Remember that one? >> Yeah. I don't think Epstein carries the same weight as yours do. >> Oh, shack.
>> Yeah, sorry. >> Um, well, I don't know. It's immaterial to me. I mean, I wouldn't say if you're going to reduce the hours started at 8, but I think you know best what the volume is and sounds like you get mechanisms in place. It's unfortunate that we have a slate of
uncontested races. you know, to be honest with you, when I announced in October was the hopes of, you know, getting a a spirited race, um that didn't materialize. And, you know, typically if you get a selectman's race, then that, you know, might motivate people down ballot, but um either way,
it is what it is. So, um you know, I don't have an issue with it. >> Kevin, gentlemen, is uh how do we want to move forward? set the hours from 10 to 2 and then >> Yeah, Pam, I think 10 to 2, the reason why you do that is because you do give
people afford people the opportunity, which kind of sucks for some people, is take your lunch break, go vote, and that's why it's 10 to two, right? >> Exactly. >> Yeah. >> Um, right. >> Again, uncontested races. I'm fine with 10 to two. >> All right. Is there a motion to set the election hours at 10 to two?
>> So move. I'll second. All those in favor? Motion carries. And then I guess subsequently to approve the uh town election warrant and sign those which we are doing. Is there a motion? >> So move. >> Second. >> All those in favor? Motion carries. Thanks Pam. Good luck. >> Excellent. I think you still need me.
>> Okay. >> I think next again. Yes. >> Pam. Um, I'm going to put these dates on social tonight and really reinforce so anybody that does, you know, hopefully pay attention knows that they have a
couple of options if they can't make it. >> That would be great. >> So, um, if you have any if I have any questions that they ask that I don't know. Yeah. >> Um, I'll have them reach out to you. >> Absolutely. Absolutely. And we will utilize the signs um to make people
aware. It will be updated on the website as well. Uh, as most of you, as all of you know, today is the final day of dog licensing. Um, Mr. Gaspa. Um, >> well, it's done.
>> It is done. I'm proud of you. Um, so we've had the signs going for about for about 3 weeks and I will tell you, um, before I left the office, we had licensed 130 dogs just today alone.
>> Wow. >> So, question for you on that, Pa. Is it by like Massachusetts statute >> that March 31st is the date to get dog licenses or >> No, that's our bylaw. our bylaw. >> Yes. Yes.
>> Just does it make I'm just asking the question like >> Yeah. No. No. >> Does it makes Would it be better off if we just had a rolling time like you know or is it you want to have a deadline to get people to do it like that's that's the >> Yeah. One of the reasons um and Becky would be able to speak to this better,
but my understanding was in years past with it being rolling, >> the person could have a tag from the year before and still be valid and she didn't know which one was valid, which one was not. >> Okay. Just that I asked the question,
you are on the agenda for I guess for the citizens petition. Yes, >> we can talk about that now. This way you you could >> That would be great because Eric's there alone. >> More dog licenses is the issue, right? >> Yes. Exactly. >> Well, maybe I'll go do it again. >> More revenue to the town.
>> All right. >> Or you could have waited and then paid a $20 late. >> Happens all the time with me. >> My water bill. >> Okay. So, um, last time we met, uh, Alex Knox, resident had, uh, presented you
with a citizen's petition, and I had to certify the signatures, and I just wanted to let you know, um, that both of the petitions uh, have been certified. So, they are eligible for uh, to be
placed on the town meeting warrant. you all you all caught up certifying signatures for ballots for people's that are running for office >> if you're referring to an accretion resident. Yes, I have one page that um
we did. Yes. >> Okay, good. Just want to make sure. >> Uh Mr. Chairman, >> yes. Uh just uh from the town clerk uh the citizens petitions
>> are submitted and they have to be in the warrant as submitted. >> Yes. >> That means even if there's a mistake, a grammatical error or any spelling mistake, we can't correct them. They
have to be submitted as the petitioner submitted them, >> right? We can make a motion on the floor to make the adjustment. >> Um, but we cannot change. So everything that you saw on this petition literally
was a copy and paste from the PDF file that he had given to me because it does have to of course be on our specified forms. Okay. >> Very good. Thanks. Whose campaign papers are you holding? A&M? >> This is the citizens petition.
>> Uh Mr. chairman. Uh just for the board setification, I met with the town clerk today on the town meeting scheduling and uh we we'll be looking to
uh have the board vote to close the uh warrant as far as articles go on the 14th. Okay. I'll make a motion to close the warrant for articles April 14th deadline. >> Second. All
>> those in favor? I >> motion carries. >> Were we going to make an exclusion >> excluding planning board in case they want to do something with public hearings and things of the like? >> So I I'll amend my motion um to be the the deadline for town meeting articles,
the warrant for town meeting articles excluding planning board if they need time to do it, April 14th. >> Second. All those in favor? I thank you, madam clerk. >> You're very welcome. >> Thank you. Thank you, Madame Clerk.
>> All right. These are uh the next few communications are really just FYIs and um thought it would be with Mr. Lontain being here. um put these on everybody's radar, but sounds like first communications from Blue Cross Blue
Shield that there's some grant opportunities for fitness uh fitness uh stuff and you know if it's worth talking to Chad from the park department or the schools to see if there's any interest in pursuing
pursuing this um could be some free programs to encourage physical fitness which we So, no action really required by the board here unless you know you say not to do it. We'll forward it off to the appropriate folks and maybe uh
Adam can bird dog that. Um and then next item again is just from Senator Marky's office opportunity potentially for congressional earmarks. I don't know if the town would fit in this, if there's anything here uh that would make sense
for the town, but didn't want to just file it without providing some visibility. >> The deadline, the deadline's >> April 3rd, >> like Friday. >> Yeah. So, so kind of >> we got it last week, you know, so >> right >> um it is what it is, but maybe there is
something uh there. So, >> yeah. Who knows? Uh right here, that is that for those two items. Next item is finalize the town administrator emmeritus agreement with Mr. Kelly. He's
been doing work for us in the month of March and we have an expectation to do something moving forward. We've reviewed this a number of times I guess with some additional revisions uh today. Um I don't know what's the board want to do here. The only the only thing that we
did was change the 20 to 15 hours on moving forward term. That's all we did. >> Okay. >> So the month of March still has to stand because Mr. Kelly needs to be paid for his time that he spent here in March. >> So we could not take that out even though it's pass
>> tense, but he needs to be paid. So it needs to be in the agreement. >> Okay. >> So that's that's pretty much it. So motion to approve. >> I'll second all those >> as presented. I. >> Motion to execute. >> Motion to execute Mr. Mr. Kelly's contract.
>> Motion with a second. >> All right. All those in favor? >> Thank you, Chairman Kelly, for that motion. >> All right. Next item, adjust updates on the trash RFP. Um Jamie, if you could do that for the board and for the general
public. Um where are we with this stuff? Mr. Key's the other Jamie there. Okay. I wasn't sure which one you were talking. Um, so the waste disposal contract, although bid is out, it's posted and
we're anticipating those back the 14th and then we will get the trash bid, the curbside pickup out. Um, and you know, in the within that bid, I talked to Cass, uh, Kevin today and Jamie about including a solid waste option in the
curbside to kind of be part of like a, you know, instead of having multiple contracts, have one contract with, you know, one one group that will do curbside pickup and disposal. Okay. >> Is there I don't have it in front. Is it
here? I assume we have language in there to deal with gas prices and fuel prices, right? because I would the last thing I'd want to see now is >> a somebody who's responding taking advantage of the current situation, right, for inflated rate and andor would
we have the ability to revert just to extend this the current terms for a year if >> we have um we have for the current contracts that we have we have received um DPW's received letters stating I think both of them could be extended for
one year at a 5% increase H. >> Okay. >> So, which you know, people I've talked to said they can probably do it less than that. So, >> okay. >> So, what Jamie Lyn and I discussed, she she showed me and I thought it was pretty neat um that somebody had shared
with her. We went out for disposal. That means where our craps that trash is going to go to. You have to do that process first, right? And Dan, we I talked to Mr. Menard today and he said something about recycling shouldn't be in there. So, we might have to strike
something out of the bid specs. I can have that conversation with Jamie Lynn tomorrow and and Adam tomorrow or what we really need to do with the way those bid specs, but the the spec she showed me today was pretty neat. We're going to keep that bid spec for disposal out there. We get them back in. We don't really need to do too much with it. We
just hang on to it. We put it out for hauling. The bid spec that she showed me allows us to put that in the bid spec when it goes out. >> They have the ability, the haulers would have the ability to to strike off a line item and say we'll dispose of it at this
fee. So if they say 50 bucks a ton, we get bids in at 60 bucks a ton. We don't really need to accept those. We can just say you have hauling and disposal because it's a better rate. We save money. So, it's kind of a neat little feature that we can put into a bid spec
and let it go with our hauling bids >> um and let it go out. I'll give the ability for them to price out hauling and disposal in the hauling bid. Is that fair to say? >> Yes. >> All right. Great. All right. Thank you for that update. Um, I have no doubt
that uh the board um and staff will will do what's in the best interest of the the taxpayer on this on trash uh on trash and waste disposal. Um all right, so next item is
as at the last meeting um while my term as chairman technically runs through the end of the month. Um, I thought it was in the best interest of the town and the board uh to to sync up the reorganization of the board rather than wait until the 28th, but to do it with
Mr. Lamontine's on boarding. So, to give you some consistency, the last thing I would want is that, you know, you and I are working together just for a short period of time. Then you've got to get used to working with another chairman. So, just to make things as smooth and um
as possible, um I've agreed to uh to remove myself as chairman. Mr. Gasper would be the incoming chairman. Uh so, I'd like to expedite that. So, with that said, um I'd like to initiate a motion to appoint Mr. Kevin Gasper as the chairman uh for the remainder of my
term, but for the 2026 2027 season, as they say. >> So, moves. All those in favor? >> I I Mr. Chairman. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. >> So, we got selectment announcements and we got two executive sessions we have to
go into. So, I will let you execute those. >> All right. All right. I just had to throw a little thing in there after all those appointments last meeting. >> Thank you. I was going to appoint you as chairman just to bust the butt. So, uh, select men's announcements. Mr. Inkley, you got anything?
>> I do. I have another birthday. Um, my daughter Philippa turned nine today, so I actually get to say happy birthday on her birthday on on camera. So, happy birthday, Philippa. That's it. >> All right. I uh my announcement is again, I just want to thank you two
gentlemen for the last year serving as chairman. It's uh it's been an interesting year to say the least. Uh we've had a lot of transition, a lot of turnover, um some ins and outs, but we managed to get through it. And obviously I appreciate the the work that you guys have done. And you know, the role of the
chair is really to just to try to facilitate the best we can, but it's the work of the the full board um that gets things done. So uh but just want to thank both of you guys for for all your work and all your help this year. So that's all I got. >> Thank you. >> We got one more meeting with you, right? >> Yeah, I know. But
>> okay. So I can say my kudos to you. >> Yeah. I like to do things. >> Yeah, I got it. I'm going to leave it at that and just let people resonate on that and in the next meeting we can have that discussion. Mr. >> Mr. Kelly, you got anything? I don't have anything on the selectman's announcements other than I want to make
sure the openings, job openings that we have, if the ads have run out, replenish them. And I know I was in with the board of health if we could put that job description and job posting that was on MMA on the town's website. I don't know what the issue is there. um there was
some kind of an issue about >> we're not doing it and I said I'll have a I'll have a conversation with my office of it should be on the town's website as well. So I said it's out there in the public on MMA. Why wouldn't it be posted? But again, I don't get into those kind of what we call peeing
contest with people just for the simple fact that you listen to one person say things and you go talk to the other person, it's a totally different story. So I just said I'll figure it out or we'll do our best to get it posted on the website. Um, so again, we we'll be working with a new town administrator.
Mr. Kelly's on board for a little while. So, don't think you're off the hook. Yeah, Mr. Kelly. Um, >> don't think you're off. >> We have a >> We've got we've got some work to do. >> We do have we do have a lot of work to do. Um, so with with that said,
gentlemen, I don't have anything else other than happy birthday to Bob's daughter. Um, and we do have two executive sessions. The first one is a motion for convening executive session mass general law chapter 38 subsection 21A3 to discuss strategy with respect to
the collective body or litigation board of health inspection if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the public body and the chair so declares. Is there a motion Mr. WA? >> Yes. >> Well, we do a regular motion.
>> Yes. Uh make a motion. Yes. I'm Rusty. I haven't done this a second. You were right about the rust on me, right? >> Second. >> Okay. Roll call vote. Mr. Mona, >> yes. >> Mr. Hinckley, >> yes. >> And I am a yes. In the second executive session is a motion for convening
executive session mass general law chapter 38 subsection 21 A3 to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation zoning board of appeals. If an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining of the litigated position of the public body and the chair so declares the board
will not return to open session at the conclusion of the executive session. Is there a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor. >> I roll call vote. Mr. Warren. >> Yes. >> Mr. Yes. Yes. We are now in executive session.
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