This meeting is being recorded. Call of order. Roll call. >> Motion to open the meeting. >> Oh, Bob Brown. Bob Brown >> and I'm here. Andrew Gones here.
>> Approval the minutes for November 19th, 2025. >> Just one thing on that under the maintenance where it says lawn mower deck cannot be rebuilt. It was rebuilt. >> All right. So, um >> Yep.
So, we're going to change with correction. Oh, >> I wasn't present. You guys don't have time. >> Okay, perfect. All right, we can go ahead and check. >> That's it. >> So, we can get a motion to approve with
the correction of the lawnmower. Um, >> motion to approve with the correction. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I move passes. Thank you. >> Now you want to go to the minutes. >> Oh, that was the minutes for the
>> That's the one thing. That's one thing I added. >> Yep. And so now the bill submitted for 2025. >> Yep. >> Motion to approve the bill submitted. >> Second. >> All in favor? Hi,
>> communications. >> Um, nothing today. Um, just going over um what we have here. Um, so we can go to the next. >> This insurance isn't communications. >> It is, but I figured we could discuss it um under the participation agreement.
>> Okay. >> Ready? Yep. >> So, you want to go to director's report. >> So, the part of the 667 things have in the office have been going on dayto-day um office activity. We're going to be ready um getting ready to start the reertifications for the new year. Um
some will be done in December depending on um if people are ready to go forward and then the rest will continue in January and February. Um right now we have no vacancies, correct Mike? You finished the last one. Yeah. So, right now we have zero. We're at zero
vacancies and uh Mike is working on um redoing a um handicap bathroom which um it's coming out really good and I'm really happy and want to thank him because he is leaving soon and that's pretty big project he just took on in the end and everybody seems to be very happy with it.
>> There's somebody living in the unit. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. rearrange it with her as she hopefully she'll be the water will be back and showered today. Very good. >> And as far as Garfield Street, um everything's going well over there. We
really haven't had any complaints. I know we just had a problem with the um um sprinkler system. So besides that, everything is going pretty good over at Garfield Street. Also >> motion to accept the director's report. Second. >> All in favor?
>> I I >> Okay, it brings us to new business. >> So, right now I have the discussion and board vote to review and sign petition agreement. This is actually new. We have never um no housing authorities have ever had to sign this. So, um on our on
one of the housing authority boards um there is an attorney who read it and it's just a basic form for DHCD. we can go out and find our own insurance, but all the housing authorities are covered under this one blanket policy. So, it does make it incredibly cheaper. So, DHC just had this new form now stating um
that the border commissioners um agree that we go um that this blanket policy, use it. Um last year, I don't know if you remember, it went up significantly in price. This year, there's no change. So, the price is still going to be the same as last year, which was $19,856
for the blanket policy. Lucky enough here in the Richmond, we've never used it. >> Is this just liability or does this cover all the buildings? And >> this is just the buildings. This isn't the liability. This is for um like we just had um a big flood loss in Swansea. Um is $9,000, but it was a lot more than
$9,000. So, it covers something like that. a pipe should burst in the wall or any kind of damage that happens like a normal insurance. >> This is property insurance. >> Property insurance, correct? >> Yeah. >> So, um we just need to on board >> and with with the property insurance
there is no liability doesn't cover the >> HCD like that comes under like they're a different policy for them. I'm not even sure like the last time we had that it was almost like they have their own lawyers that come out they and they make all the decisions um through their own
So, um, like I said, this is the first year, but we just have to agree. >> Yeah. >> Motion to, uh, sign up for the mass state aided property insurance program. >> All in favor? >> I passes.
Okay. How about old business? >> Um, no old business. Maybe just um a heads up on this electric project. I did call DHCD the other day and um put in a little complaint on um this project has been a mess since day one and um it's
it's just every every day they something comes up that has to be changed or relooked. But I did call um Linda Cassudis up at DHCD to make her aware of all these changes and how much um this project is actually costing and how much is going into it. Mike probably can
explain it better. >> Yeah, it it's not the contract at all. It was the design. the the design it was I not I can't say it's not but it wasn't designed basically to code I guess the
wire inspector wants some stuff done I believe they designed the whole thing without being shut offs in every apartment which they are there now um you know like the underground system they had going through the buildings you know the architect said oh it's cold and
if it was cold they should have fought to do the way they drew up enough to change the whole thing. So yeah, no, there's a lot of like things that just keep coming up and they don't even know if there's enough power to support the whole project in here. So whatever source we have to put a new transformer in.
And I definitely made them aware like we have really strived like Mike and I and the people that work here have like we really make it a point to make the place look beautiful and when you drive around it's beautiful. And a lot of these changes are causing um things that don't look nice like all these panels on the
back of the buildings that we just had vinyl slided. We just had some um trash bin um cement pads replaced with new fencing. That may have to come up. And I just let them know that we weren't happy about the way that we take pride in the place and and all of this is happening happening and that they really should
come out and look and see if there can be things that can keep the beauty of the place cuz we're really not happy with it. So >> okay, >> just to let you guys know. >> How about the maintenance report?
>> Not much. We had a little bit of snow over the weekend. Took care of that. Like Lyn said, I'm redoing a bathroom in one of the apartments there. We finished up the last one there. So, besides all the maintenance, I think
everything's going pretty good. To accept the maintenance report. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I Okay. Uh tenant input. We have none. We do have a big Christmas party today.
So, I think everybody's home getting ready for the Christmas party. Um Nancy did a really good job this year. Um she has um was it Matt? Matt Soda come in. We were able to do that. Um cuz we share the resident service coordinator Grant with laundry. They came in yesterday. The tenants were so happy. The food was
amazing. Each person get a separate plate. It was enough for two meals. Um we have um a gentleman, a lady and two gentlemen coming to play. Everybody had a great time yesterday. So, I think this year it's going to be a really great party. So, >> that's today. >> That's today. Yep.
>> How many people RSVPd? >> 21. >> Wow. >> 29. Wow. >> Oh, 21. >> 21. >> Yep. >> Last year. >> Last year. 30. >> News came to play. >> Who?
>> Not this year. This year we're having um another girl. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Another Whoever came last year, they enjoyed her. And then she has two gentlemen. They come like in Jimmy Buffet Christmas shorts. >> Yeah. Music. Yeah. >> Tried to get the >> lights.
Yeah. >> Yeah. I heard they're really good this year. >> Okay. Okay. Next meeting, Wednesday, January 21st, 2026. And can I get a motion? >> Motion to close. Ajurnn. Second. All in
favor at 1117.