Wednesday, November 5th, 2025. This meeting hearing of the Air Select Board will be held in person at the location provided on this notice. Members of the public are welcome to attend this in-person meeting. Please note that while an option for remote attendance and our participation via
Zoom is being provided as a courtesy to the public, the meeting hearing will not be suspended or terminated if technological problems interrupt the virtual broadcast unless otherwise required by law. Members of the public with a particular interest in a specific item on this agenda should make plans
for in-person versus virtual attendance accordingly. This meeting will be live on Zoom and channel 8. The public may access the proceedings by joining Zoom meeting ID number 978-772-8220 or by calling 9292056099. For additional information about remote
participation, please contact Carly Anteneellis, assistant town manager at atmirair.mma. us or 9787728220 extension 100 prior to the meeting. And with that, if I could ask everyone to stand for the pledge of allegiance.
I 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. [clears throat]
>> And for announcements, congratulations to the town of Air. We're getting a senior center. [laughter] So, very nice turnout yesterday uh at the election, too. 16%. So, um, so now we will start going into the phase of
when do we put the shovel to the ground. So, um, don't know, but congratulations. This is exciting news. So, we're going to get a senior center. Okay. All right. We have a presentation.
>> Yes. Madame Chair, I'd ask Barry, can you join us out front? >> Be right there. Do you want to approve the agenda? >> Uh oh, sorry. Yes, I do. Um, are there any amendments to the agenda? [laughter]
>> I don't have any. >> I don't have any. Uh, I'll make a motion to approve the agenda as presented. >> Seconded. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Chair says I. >> All right. Agenda's approved. Thank you. Got all excited about the announcement.
>> Yeah. [laughter] >> Oh. All right. >> So, Madam Chair, I want to introduce, though I don't believe he needs any introduction, Barry Schwarzel, who was um on this year's Newton Street uh
planning committee along with Alicia Hersy and Rachel Freedellander and Chuck Schultz and am I missing anyone on the Anyway, and >> Samantha >> and Samantha Benoy and Barry was took a
lead on the entertainment ment front and had uh a great idea to have our good friends from Clear Path for Veterans uh come and participate. And for those that were there, they did a fabulous job and were wellreceived. And um Barry had
suggested and the committee unanimously agreed that u we wanted to as a token of appreciation for their um not only participation and performance but all of the important work that Clear Path does for veterans not only in air but the
whole uh North Central Mass region is truly um appreciated. So I'm going to turn it over to to Barry to just say a couple words and make the presentation. and I in in the introduction and then would like to just do a couple photos with the board if that was okay.
>> Sound good? >> Yeah, we were very very honored this year to have Clear Path Band join us uh for our Newton Street Festival. It was certainly thrilling for myself and an honor for us
to have you at our festival this year. Can't thank you enough for participating. So, um I I think everyone had it was certainly a nice day. It was a little warm, but >> I got a red face. [laughter] >> But again, we can't thank you enough for
participating. So, if you'd like to come up would like to present this check to clear that. >> I think it's worth mentioning that the um we were assisted by the leaping fleas. >> Yes. >> Banned from >> I apologize. That's right. The leaping fleas.
>> The leaping fleas. >> The leaping fleas. [laughter] So you ukulele club from pil. >> Oh, excellent. >> So on behalf of the town of air, uh went to present this check to the clear path New England veterans of New England. Uh
thanks for participating this year and giving us a little bit of extra enjoyment and and certainly thank you so much for all you veterans, what you do for us. Thank you so much. [applause] >> [applause] >> picture of the board. >> Sean in the background.
>> Yeah, put Sean in the background. [laughter] >> Gary, come on. [clears throat] >> All right. Ready? Very good. Smile at Sean. >> [laughter] >> Thank you very much.
Forett. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> All right. Well, thank you again. >> Okay. All right. Anyone here for public input? All right, then moving on. Barbara, our
finance manager, treasurer and tax collector, come on down. >> Good evening. >> So, as you are probably well verssed, but I'll just explain in case somebody here isn't. After every town meeting that includes the approval of borrow
articles, we are issued a list of legal requirements that we must fulfill from from our bond council. Um, and we have to do this before issuing a ban, a bond anticipation note or a bond. So for
every borrow article item that is covered under Mass General Law Chapter 44 section 71, if the maximum useful life of the item is expected to exceed 5 years, the useful life must be authorized by vote of the vote of the
select board. So the items on this vote are the ones that are estimated to have a estimated life at six or more years. um as noted on the vote that was in the in the packet. So, I'm respectfully
asking the board to vote to authorize the maximum useful life as noted on the vote document provided. And I did bring a copy for you um a clean copy tonight and if approved for the select board clerk to fill out the vote accordingly.
>> And that doesn't have to be done tonight. >> Any questions? >> I don't have any. No. All right. >> I was just going to say I'll give a clean copy to Carly with Sean. So, whatever you can come in if if this gets approved. >> Okay.
>> All right. >> So, um then I'll make a motion to authorize the maximum useful life items as noted on the presented document for signature by the select board clerk. >> Second. >> Okay. All those in favor? Sean?
>> I. Chris >> I >> the chair says I >> thank you. >> Thank you. >> You want it now or just copy just in case something happens. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you very much. Okay. All right. Next up, our office of community and economic development for community services update. So, we have Ray Fry Freellander and Alicia Hersy.
>> Welcome. >> Welcome. Good to see you guys. >> Yeah, nice to see you guys. >> Yes. Um uh through the town manager, thank you to the select board for having us this evening, particularly um select board member Livingston for um asking for this information to be presented
tonight. And uh we have provided you guys uh copies, color copies of the flyers that we've posted on Facebook. And if you see any place in town that doesn't have the information posted, it'd be great for you to um um use uh that opportunity or use the flyers. And
then we've also included copies um albeit they haven't been updated since last year but the extensive resources guide that the town of put together um so for more additional information and um of course for this evening um
we're going to be sharing you know by the numbers demographics and uses of social programs um here in air and the region and uh just wanted to note that of course other metrics that are could be used than what's been presented presented, but this is what um our office could come up with really quickly
um in partnership with other community organizations that gave us the data that you're going to be seeing this evening. So, next slide. Um this slide comes with a quick disclaimer um given we weren't able to access the most up-to-date US census
data um as of um October and this month. So, we've just pulled data from what we did have available and we wanted to draw your attention to a couple different points. Um firstly for air um as of 2022
uh persons aged 65 and over was about 15% of the town and per our council on aging director if we were to um include people 60 and above um that's um 25% of air and it's important to note this because according to our director a majority of elders in air are low to
moderate income. Additionally, uh the federal poverty rate in air um as of 2021 was about 8%. Our air our total disabled population as of 2021 was almost 10%. And then when it comes to household income, at least 42%
of air citizens make less than the median household income. Um that number will most likely be more um given this is a 2021 um statistic. And some something that's not featured um before you guys is uh the Commonwealth of Massachusetts released the number of
SNAP recipients that each town has. So AIRS's population 10% or 838 people uh were receiving SNAP benefits. Um next slide please. So, the air rental assistance program um
was formed by the housing trust, the affordable housing trust in 2022. Um this is a local rental assistance program comp and in the first year it was comprised of five grants for $500
per month for one year. Um, and it's been going for four years and in 2023 they extend expanded the program to 10 grants and in 24 and 25 they stabilized the program at 12 grants per year.
Um, the goal [sighs] has been to help stabilize families in unstable situations. Over 50% of the grants we give we've given were to families with incomes under $30,000 a year. Over the past four years, we've
given grants of we've given 39 grants total. Um so this coming year will be the fifth year. And then the air fuel and housing assistance emergency fund um started with donations from our two
local banks. And I think you guys remember because you were all part of um accepting those donations right after CO. Um, this program allows allowed the town to grant one-time emergency assistance of up to $500 to residents in
need. An example of the this is one of the first grants we gave was to fill an oil tank prior to temperatures dropping below zero for a new widow who could not keep up with her bills. Not having her pipes freeze was a gamecher in her
efforts to manage her new financial landscape and get her house ready to sell. Multiple times we have paid utility bills to stop them from be the utilities from being shut off. And we really like to thank the banks partners,
our bank partners who have continued to donate to this program. Okay. Thank you. Now, this is um some additional um data, just u more information um from our council on aging director um for congregate meals. This past fiscal year,
we had almost 200 adults receive over 3,000 meals. And if we compare that to the air, Shirley Regional High School um students, um almost 30% or 109 out of their uh roughly 400 students uh received free and reduced lunch. Next
slide. And um this this is some of the information that our community partners have provided. So Stone Soup Kitchen Ministries, it's a community building nonprofit which works to alleviate food insecurity and hunger. And uh if there are further questions um one of their
representatives, their main lead is here um in the audience. Um but from uh last fiscal year, they served 70 households um and 175 individuals. And it's important to note that they don't track um specific geographic demographics
data. So this isn't just contained to air. Whereas compared to Loaves and Fishes, which is a nonprofit that helps individuals and families by providing them the opportunity to receive groceries up to two times a month, this data is specific to AIR. Um over 360
households were served by the organization this past fiscal year and over 1,000 individuals. And uh something that's really important too to note from loaves and fishes is that they saw the highest increase in need from air citizens and uh the executive director
also shared that the increase in people who are participating in their services are working poor. So it's not just low income, it's moderate income. Um and in relation to this two um information that was shared with us today um they've
welcomed 56 federal employee households. That's 123 adults and 51 children um as a result of the federal shutdown. These are people who worked at the federal medical center at Devans, the reserves in Devons. Um they reside in air um and
as far as Cumberland, Rhode Island. Next slide. Community Outreach In initiative Network Coin is a ninet collaborative seeking to assist those suffering from substance misuse and or mental health disorders by
connecting them to services and treatment options. They also provide ridealong services for member communities police departments. We'd like to thank Chief Gil and Deput Dep deputy chief Bigalow for all their
efforts in bringing Coin to air and helping to support that program. Next slide. In the takeaways, I'm going to start with the first takeaway is starting at home has great value. And
after the COVID pandemic, the state and federal services had moved online. Many of these services did not even have a phone number to call. Residents came through our doors overwhelmed and looking for guidance. First steps at at
at times we are the first step in their efforts to manage problems in emergencies. And the flyers that we're handing out are things that we we help them figure out where they can go for the services that
they need if we don't have the service in house. And that's a great um segue to our um second takeaway, which is that there's different levels of need within air. Um so it's a multi-pronged approach whether it's housing stability um through the
programs that um the town of heirs put together under program manager Hersy's leadership uh we've been able to keep people in their homes versus evicting them. Um you know we've been able to feed people versus them going to bed hungry. Um so there's a lot of different
needs throughout the community. Um so when we're thinking about how to address um issues we need to take into account that it's um not a a one approach. Um it's a multi-pronged approach. And then our third takeaway is that the town of air programs have made a difference um
in the residents lives here in air and they're relatively new programs especially the housing assistance programs that the community has put together. Um five years I think yeah >> is the start and then um our our other organizations in the town um couldn't um
you know couldn't do this effort just through the town. that it takes um nonprofits and partnerships with the state and federal government. Um so we just wanted to present this information to the select board and the community and if there's any further questions um of course don't soup kitchen is here
they can um ask those too. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Questions this is this is really good. I I thank everyone. I mean, just looking at some of these numbers, like, you know, Coin with 32 interactions just in October. I
mean, that's one a day. I mean, that's that's a lot. Um, and you know, the old adage that you you think globally and you act locally. I think a lot of people want to help and sometimes just don't know how. So
putting out all this information to let people know that there's wonderful um resources in town that you know can help you or you can help them. Um you know I even see now with the school they're in lie of paying to go to athletic events
[snorts] you know bring a can for donation. Those are the kind of things that I love seeing you know because they do snowball. So, I appreciate everything that that you've spoke to, [clears throat] >> Sean. Any questions? >> No, just thank you very much.
>> Thank you. I think it's also important to just say, you know, because sometimes people will be like, well, I don't know like for food items, what do I do? Well, like for example, loaves and fishes needs paper bags, uh, grocery bags. So there's always the little thing that you don't necessarily think of, but the
bottom line is is if you know if anybody needs anything and nobody knows where to go, call us and we'll get you pointed in the right direction. So Cindy Cindy,
>> I just wanted to say also that >> well just speak up. Speak up. >> I wanted to say that coin has been a real game changer for us because we go very with people. Um, we end up trying to get them resources for things other
than food and a lot of mental health things come up and it has been really an awful lot of help to have a relationship with both the police department and with with Coin specifically for um some of
our guests who you know it's it's a great jail diversion program basically. It keeps people from going down the wrong path. So, uh we're very thankful to the chief and to to our coin officers
that they have they've gotten that together. Thank you. >> Thank you. And for everything that Stone Soup Kitchen does. So, >> anything else? >> No. >> All right. Thank you very much.
>> Thank you. All right, Robert. >> Madame Chair, members of the select board, uh, good evening. In terms of the administrative update, you have in the packet the warrants that were reviewed and approved since the board last met on
October 21st. Um, just a couple of highlights. Uh on October 22nd, I attended the ribbon cutting at the Nshoa Valley Technical High School for their new cosmetology uh salon, which is state-of-the-art and is open to the
public. Um I opted to pass on the hair and nails, but they I think are in good hands if you go there. Um >> nails. >> Yes. Um so always good to be at NOVA Tech. I had a great conversation uh with Dr. pigeon about the FY27 budget as well
as more ways in which the town can use or or work with the students on various projects and they've done a fabulous job on the habitat house which is almost there. So, uh the 71 Sandy Pond working group met on October 20th. They've
narrowed it down to at that meeting we were down to three potential concepts uh for the 71 Sandy Pond. uh our next meeting on November 17th, the goal is to come up with one uh one recommendation and then from
there uh we'll be coming uh back to the select board with a report on their findings and an update for that. Um many of the town's departments participated in the October 23rd career fair up at the Air Shirley Regional uh high school
which is always a a great event. uh town meeting obviously on October 27th had a high turnout, a lot of spirited discussion and debate and I just want to thank everyone um who made the town meeting a success including all of the
uh residents that attended and did their uh civic duty and participated in those discussions. On October 28th at the request of Dr. surrender, the superintendent of schools for the a Shirley Regional School District. I did meet with him uh
regarding, and I'll get into this in a moment, regarding just some initial observations and discussions about the FY27 um budget. Uh I was joined by the finance manager, Barbara Tierney, and the chair of the finance committee, Kurt
Friscowski, and our counterparts from uh Shirley as well. So, just one of many, I'm sure, meetings to come, including many public meetings as we move through that process. October 31st, um, I understand from the chief of police, the trick-or- treat was
a success in town. It was pretty good weather. Their rain had blown, uh, away, so that that was good. On the IT manager front, um, we have nine applicants that submitted by the November 3rd uh, deadline. Uh we're going to start that
um interview and hiring process and hope to be coming before the board in the very near future um with a recommendation for that position. Yesterday, November 4th, the debt exclusion election. Um a high turnout. A
special thanks to the town clerk and her election team as always. And congratulations to the senior center building committee. and I will be meeting uh with the senior center director, finance manager and DPW um
director regarding next steps and the building committee will be meeting their next meeting is on November 20th and um we'll be talking about um next steps in this process moving forward which will uh need to include you know periodic
public updates and updates uh to the select board uh the budget and capital budget planning are underway which I'll talk about in a moment. Just a reminder that the November 8 uh November 18th at 6 PM the select board will have the tax classification hearing uh with the
assessor and board of assessors and there's also the public hearing on the solid waste uh rate recommendations. That's November 18th at 6:00 p.m. So before I have a brief presentation on on on the on the budget, are there any
questions from the select board on any matters? >> Okay. All right. [clears throat] So I wanted to take this um brief opportunity to to give a an update on
the FY uh 27 budget. And I want to stress a few key points right on the outset. Obviously, as the board knows, uh we are just in the beginning of the process. It is a process per the budget calendar.
So, there is a lot to work to be done. Um, but this is a unique year, I think, and I titled it weathering the perfect storm because the MMA, and we'll put this up on the budget web page, just recently issued a report titled a
perfect storm. Cities and towns face historic fiscal pressures. So, the good news, there's always strength in numbers, I guess, is none of this is just unique to air. We'll talk about a couple things unique to air, but it
really is an unprecedented time. And why we'll call it the perfect storm is we have factors on the federal level of government, the state level, and local that form this storm. But like the image of the hurricane in the eye of the storm
where it's calm, that's going to be air. And every storm passes and we'll be in the sun. [snorts] So next slide. So I just wanted to share a couple of initial observations that we're seeing on this what I mean by this perfect storm. So on
the federal level there's unprecedented and ongoing volatility on the federal level. Everybody knows that you just have to turn on the news or turn on your computer. Specifically the federal government shutdown now the longest in history. the ongoing political
instability, um economic impacts of tariffs, we're just starting to see on some material invoices and so forth. For example, tariff sir charge um lingering inflation, the costs of things and the
unknown status of federal grants. So there is all of this uh volatility on the federal level which obviously trickles down to the state and local level. On the state level, we're seeing also rising costs in a sluggish state
aid on the state level. uh loss of federal grants and aid uh to the states which you've seen in the news and particularly um you know Massachusetts in lawsuits and so forth on the issue of federal grants and aid decreased state
aid in in the report what was interesting um Massachusetts in terms of state aid local aid to communities is actually interesting one of the lowest compared to other other states so there's the issue of decreased state aid
and there's an ongoing statewide healthc care crisis which we unfortunately have experienced firsthand here in air but across the state where the hospitals consolidating closing the costs of health care health insurance on the
state level all trickles down. So on the local level where this perfect storm is forming specifically to air one of our challenges is the sustainability of the omnibus budget. So the budget as the
note has here has increased on average by 5.2% over the last 10 years or about $8 million over the last 10 years. the town. We have made enormous progress thanks to the town on all fronts,
infrastructure, public safety, public services, schools, you name it. Um, but the issue, the challenge becomes of sustainability over the long term, you know, if it you keeps going up, and we'll talk about this in a minute, one
of our challenges, especially when there's a storm on the horizon, is to to to manage that. The second thing which has raised um a flag not just an air is the health insurance increases. We're being told that there are projections as
high as 20% or more for FY27 and we'll talk about that um in a moment. Um the debt service on capital projects, we'll talk about that as well. um the closure of the Nshoba Valley Medical Center. Um there is a projected
impact of up to a loss of 250,000 in tax revenue because as the board can appreciate when the hospital was a functioning hospital, it was assessed at approximately $18 million. Uh we are preparing hoping for the best but
preparing for the worst that that mon amount could be cut in half from 18 million to 9 million with the vacant building. Um ongoing stress on the emergency response system uh as the board is aware the uh chiefs of the
entire Nshoba region calculated that they would need $9 million over the next two fiscal years to maintain the emergency response system. The state did authorize five million which we are anticipating to get on in January and
that's for you know all of the towns not just air. Um but again there is another factor on the stress there in terms of costs with longer travel. Um everything that the board and I think the public is well aware of is that's an ongoing
issue. And then last but very not least and very important is there is a lot of taxpayer and voter uh fatigue specifically taxpayer fatigue. I think all of this is hitting everybody everybody around this table on some
level there's a lot of anxiety um concerns of making bills. So, we're seeing that. I think it ties into the the presentation that was just given earlier about an increased need for social services and so forth. But
despite this perfect storm, our challenge and opportunity is to continue to provide the highest level of quality municipal services to the residents, businesses, and students of air with a responsible and sustainable budget. And
we are always up to the challenge. Next. So, just this is a preliminary overview as of November 5th. As the note says on the bottom, it's based on some financial assumptions and budgetary estimates as of today. It's obviously subject to
change and the budget is a moving process. So, last year the FY26 omnibus budget was actually 20,24,45. But for the sake of um this um model, we'll say it was 20 million. That was a
5.9 increase over FY 2025 was one of the higher ones. Um we had the safer grant and some other things uh that uh drove that up. So if we take the $20 million
FY26 omnibus as the foundation and we were to raise the budget FY27 by 5% that would be a million. So the FY2027 on the Mus budget would be $21 million.
Now I'm oversimplifying this for illustration purposes. So, we basically there'd be a million dollar um increase. However, if we assume a 20% increase on health insurance, we've calculated that
that would be a $500,000 impact to the budget. And what has added to this concern in the note is the retirees that their assessment comes to the town first for January 1st. they did come in
at 20%. And the active plans will know in February. So health insurance not just air everywhere is a concern especially with the air regional school district because they have the same health insurance we do. The next item is
the net debt service. So this is the debt service was actually um more around 500,000 higher but it the good news is debt um rolled off retired. So the the debt service um for
capital projects in FY27 is $283,255. That is estimate using a 4% interest with different lengths. Um, I do want to note that this does not include the senior center, but I also want to note
and we'll have more specifics, but based on we do not anticipate any borrowing per se for the senior center in FY27, but we'll have more um on that. Then the union contractual obligations, these are
existing contracts, we estimate to be about 200,000 and the only union contract up for negotiations is a clerical contract. Then the non-UN contractual obligations of about 125,000. There are three personal
service contracts up. Um, and then I also put question the issue of of of the cola. Last year was the large year for all contracts. That's some good news on that front. If you add just those four red
warning signs, that totals over about just over 1.1 million. So remember back if we raise the budget by 5% that's a million. So we're over then the fixed operating costs which are we're actively
working on utilities, insurance, materials, supplies, etc. I put fixed in quotes because I've yet to find a fixed cost that's fixed. But those um we're actively working uh to get more information. And then the two biggest
pieces of the overall budget is the FY27 school assessment and their estimated reductions um in entitlement grants, the health insurance increases, transportation increases. Um there there's concern there. And then on the
Nshoba Valley Tech assessment, they are estimating a slight increase in student enrollment. And as the board is aware, the student enrollment each year is what drives the assessment. Last year, we actually had lost some students. So that was it was down. They're estimating
approximately it's going to be certified shortly about four student increase. Next slide. Here's the good news. The good news is that we are going to successfully weather this storm because we have very
strong reserves and a lot of fiscal strength. In fact, if you look at all of the towns of the Nshoba Valley last year in FY26, only air, Littleton, and Shirley didn't require some kind of override action.
Um, so we are in good shape. The first item is the unused tax levy capacity is estimated right now at uh over 4.2 million. Um meaning that if we had to tax to the max and I'm not advocating
that but there we we have capacity within the tax levy but we're sensitive to that. the stabilization fund just over five million capital stabilization at 6.1 million that includes the transfer of the 2 million um based on
town meeting for the senior center UDAG is at 2.1 million that includes the 1 million that was transferred um free cash um the department of revenue is currently reviewing ours and going to certify it uh this is a
conservative estimate we're We're estimating between 1 to 1.5 million in free cash. As soon as we [snorts] get that certification, uh we'll let the board and the fincom and the public know. I do note that the 10-year average
has been 1.7 uh million. The reserve fund uh for FY26 has 150,000 in it and has not been accessed to date. Our bond rating is the second highest that you can get. That's significant in terms of
borrowing and our overall third party fiscal barometer showing that we're in good shape. And then I just put on the last two items. I don't have a specific dollar amount, but grants. The town currently and historically has a strong
track record of strategically using grants. For example, coin was brought up uh the coin through Chief Gil's uh leadership. coin is completely grant funded. That's the good news. Our concern is on um that grant, but
one day at a time. And then the CPC funds, we have a very robust uh CPC program. Um there's strong CPC funds for applicable and eligible projects. A lot of communities either don't have CPC or
they're at one or or 2% with applicable projects. We can respond there. Next slide. So in terms of next steps for November, the capital planning committee is going to begin its
meetings. Date uh to be determined. Uh contract negotiations with the town hall clerical union will commence. Uh the town manager finance manager were actively meeting with town departments uh reg that have capital. uh town. We're also meeting with all
departments preparing for the FY27 budget. That's going to be ongoing. On November 12th, I have a mandatory meeting with all town departments about preparing for the budget. November 18th, the board is going to conduct the tax classification and the transfer station
public hearing rates. As I mentioned, I am going to go to the finance committee on November 20th to meet um with them uh and to discuss the initial overview and next steps. December 1st, the budget
directive will go out and unlike in previous years, we're finalizing this in previous years where we've asked departments just to simply submit a level funded I mean a level service budget. Um, in addition to that scenario, we're going to have to look at
a couple of of of funding scenarios and we will keep the board updated on that. Budgets will be due back December 29th and then in January, but by um I forgot to put the date there. January
5th, January 16th is when draft one of the budget will be transmitted to the select board, the fincom and available uh to the public. So just a snapshot at the beginning of this process, uh we are
in we are in good shape. We have a lot of work to do um as we always do, but I just wanted to share that snapshot uh with the select board. Um, of course we'll have ongoing budget updates. So I think with that that was the last slide.
If there any questions from the board at this point, >> any questions, Sean? Okay, Chris. >> No. All right. Well, thank you very much. >> Thank you. And Madam Chair, that concludes my report.
>> Okay, great. Um, so we didn't have anything uh listed for new business select board member questions. Either one of you have anything? >> Okay. No. >> Uh, actually, if I could ask could circle back uh a little bit. Um, Carly, could you go in the packet and go to
page uh I think it should be page 11. Yes, that's what Yeah. So, my bad. Um, what I wanted to make sure is that people that might not be able to see this on social media, can you expand
that a little so that it's bigger? Um, oh, you can't. Your window is as big as it'll go. Okay. Um, >> yeah, >> but I wanted to make sure that people who might not see this on social media,
um, to know where you could go and how to contact anybody as far as if you wanted to be able to donate funds, foods, um, or just need to know what's up with each one of these. Um, here's
the information on how to get a hold of Stone Soup Kitchen Ministries, uh, Loaves and Fishes and some other, um, like United Way, uh, where some of the drop off locations are. And on Thanksgiving morning, um, you can drop
off food at the Air Fire Department's annual 5K race. Um, so as they say, it takes a village. And then if you could go to the next one. The next page. Yeah.
And this is also a good one that I wanted to make sure was on the screen is that if you need help or you know someone who needs help here is some information as far as who you can
contact. And the bottom line, if you feel like, you know, this isn't uh, you know, giving you any what you're looking for, you're feeling like it's not, just call call the town hall and we will make sure that we find somebody to point you
in the correct direction. Again, it takes a village. We're all in this together. So, if we can do anything to assist, um, that'd be great. So, if you could just scroll down that a little bit and uh just so that they can get the
last part. And so, you know, hopefully hopefully no one will need anything, but again, you know, it's okay to reach out and say you need help. That's that's the biggest thing sometimes um that I think that
there's such a stigma is because people will see a picture of somebody with their hand out. Expand the picture a little bit. What you're seeing is that person is kind of tripped and they have their hand out because they're reaching for the person who has reached out to
help them. So remember that sometimes when you see a picture you might somebody might have cropped it a little bit and if you look at the whole picture you might get a different story. Um so again if you need something just contact
somebody. Okay any comments questions? Okay. Thank you. All right. And with that, meeting minutes. I didn't see anything. >> I didn't have any. >> No, I have no comments.
>> Okay. >> Uh I'll make a motion to approve the meeting minutes from October 21st, 2025 as presented. >> Seconded. >> All those in favor? Sean? >> I. >> Chris. >> I. >> The chair says I. The meeting minutes
are approved. And if there's nothing else, >> I'll make a motion to adjourn. >> Seconded. >> All those in favor? Sean >> I. >> Chris I. >> Chair says I. Good night everybody.