we're good Okay Um it being 6 o'clock I am calling to order the select board meeting of um April 14th 2025 If you would all join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic
for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all I do need to inform everyone that this meeting is being telecast live by Chelms for Teledia and being recorded for later viewing by the
public And with that the first thing that we have on our agenda is public service announcements Pat hello everybody Um okay So tonight we have join Chumsford's townwide cleanup April 19th to April 27th Pick up your
old bags at DPW on 9 Alpha Road between April 14th and April 25th Um together we can keep Chelmswood a clean and litterfree place to live work and play Questions please contact Chris Haley the sustainability manager at caley at
chelmsson mass.gov R978-250-5203 Also the Chelmsford Minute Man Company invites the public to join them on their 14th and final Patriots Day March from Chelmsford to conquered Join the Chelmsford Minutemen scouts and fellow
citizens on their 250th anniversary reliving the fateful day of April 19 1775 that thrust the colonies into the start of the American Revolution Chs of minimum men will be in full outfit complete with musketss and
accutram outfitted like our town sireers were in 1775 Scouts will receive the rare Chelmsford Trail to conquer patch when the date is Patriots Day holiday Saturday April 19th starting at 4:00 a.m
at the Chelmsford Comet at the Sund Dial It will end at Minute Man National Park the old North Bridge in conquered at 9:00 a.m All walkers are responsible for their own transportation back to Chumsford And we have a proclamation in celebration of Arbor Day April 25th
2025 Whereas in 1872 Jay Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a special day be set aside for the planting of trees And whereas this holiday called Arbor Day was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees in Nebraska
And whereas Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world And whereas trees can reduce the erosion of our precious top soil by wind and water cut heating and cooling costs moderate the temperature clean the air produce life-giving oxygen and provide habitat
for wildlife And whereas trees are renewable resource giving us paper wood for our homes fuel for our fires and beautify our community And whereas trees in our town increase property values and hence the economic vitality of business
areas and beautify our community And whereas trees wherever they are planted are sourced of joy and spiritual renewal Now therefore we the Chumsed Select Board do hereby proclaim April 25th 2025 as Arbor Day in the town of Chelms and
urge all its citizens to protect our trees and woodlands and to plant trees to gladden the heart and promote the well-being of this and future generations and to take part in programs to celebrate our day presented this 7th day of April 2025 by the select board
and the Tom Clerk and Pat I think we might have somebody here to collect the the proclamation Is that right okay thank you Hi I'm Kate Crawford from Chelmser Garden Club and this is Lisa Graasso from the the Barrett Bome House head of
the president of the historical society So this year I we'd like to invite you to our ceremony at 100 pm at the Barrett B house on the 25th of which is Friday which is Arbor Day of this month and in
coordination with the Chelmsford Historical Society and um for their anniversary which is their 100th year of their existence in Chelmsford they want to plant a um elm tree with us It's a Princeton elm
tree which is more disease resistant and they're going to build a historical garden around it So I have some flyers for you if you want Thank you You Thank you Remember the date Thank you The time if
you would be lovely And I will thanks invite the tree committee also Thank you Thank you You're welcome If you'd like I can say a few more words The uh the concept is to create a
ceremonial garden to uh celebrate the 100th anniversary of the garden club the 100th anniversary of the historical society which is upcoming and the 250th anniversary of our participation and eventually our 250th birthday next year
Thank you very much Thank you Thank you Okay moving on with uh some more announcements Um the Chelsea Historical Commission presents Meet the Ancestors Sunday April 27th at 1:30 p.m in
Forefather's Cemetery Pre-registration is required for this event The Chams Historical Commission invites you to a special family event The Historical Commission will be giving daytime guided tours for families Young children are invited Although the event is free
attendees must pre-register Check-in will be at the 1802 schoolhouse Every 15 minutes a group will begin their guided walk Attendees should be prepared to walk on uneven ground amongst headstones and footstones No pets allowed Young
children must have an adult Please be mindful that this is a final resting place and should be respected For reservations call Linda Prescott at 978-2501763 Our spring annual town meeting is coming
up on Monday April 28th 2025 at 7:30 p.m at the Senior Center on 75 Grten Road The spring annual town meeting will convene at 7:30 on Monday April 28th at the Senior Center at 75 Graten Road A copy of the spring annual town meeting
warrant is available now on the town's website Any resident of the town who is not an elected meeting town meeting member may attend sessions of the town meeting and participate in question and answer and discussion portions of the proceedings Links to the town meeting
presentation document and the finance committee's warrant book will be found on the town meeting web page at least one week prior to town meeting And our final notice tonight is the town would like to hear from you
Um help us select this year's community resilience project Votes are being collected here until April 30th The town of Chumps had listened to your priorities to improve community resilience and is ready to take action Vote now for your favorite option for this year's state funded pilot project
You can get all the information at the following website https colon/tinyurl.comward slchchelma project all one word And that's it for our announcements this evening Thank you Pat And now we have
general public input Do we have anybody for Nobody nope Okay thank you Um and next up we have committee vacancies Okay for committee vacancies as of April 14th 2025 the Agricultural Commission has one
unexpired three-year term ending 6:30 2026 The Commission on Disabilities has one unexpired three-year term ending June 30 2025 one unexpired unexpired three-year term ending June 30
2026 and two three-year terms ending on June 30 2027 Council on Aging Board has one unexpired three-year term ending June 30 2025 The conservation commission has one unexpired three-year term ending June 30
2025 The historic district commission alternate member has one three-year term ending June 30 2027 Holiday decorating committee has two unexpired one-year terms ending 1231
2025 And the parade committee all applicants are welcome one-year terms ending July 31st 2025 And finally the recycling committee has one unexpired three-year term ending June 30
2026 If you're interested in serving on a town board or committee please commute complete an online application available at the town website For for more information please contact the town manager's office at 978-250-5202 or TM office at
chtonsonmass.gov Thank you Pat Um next we have um interviews and appointments for the diversity equity and inclusion committee We have an unexpired three-year term ending June
30th 2025 and an unexpired three-year term ending June 30th 2026 And I think we have three applicants that are here to talk to us today Um I don't know if you if you'd each like
to come up to the mic and introduce yourselves and tell us a little bit about why you are interested on being on the committee We do have people here right Nobody wants to be first Sure
Go to the poll Oh Um okay Yeah I can Are you Jeff or Douglas jeff Oh you're Doug Yes Oh Jo Hi Nice to meet you Hi Jeff Hi Hi Do you want to go start with questions
or do you want me to um No I don't think we have just tell us about yourself in the committee Okay Uh I retired from Suffach University three years ago where I was for a good share of the time director of a master of public
administration program uh on two occasions I directed reacredititation and the second time that I directed reacredititation of the program uh diversity equity and inclusion was a required part of that
accredit accreditation document and so I led that reacredititation a colleague of mine surveyed our students to look at the diversity equity and inclusion climate in in in the department and then we put
that together and put it into our reacredititation packet So I had that experience of having to uh demonstrate that we in fact did have an inclusive uh master of public administration
program that complied with accreditation standards and that's when I became much more familiar with the DEI basic concept Okay Okay Is there anything else you'd like
us to know no Okay Um we have Jeff Jeff would you like to come up and tell us a little bit about yourself thanks Thanks everybody for having me I appreciate it Uh let's see I'm Jeff
Solomon Um I have lived in Chelmsford since 2000 So quarter of a century now Um and I'll talk just very briefly about uh sort of more of a personal aspect and
then more of a a professional aspect and that is um I can't think of anything more fundamentally important than making people feel welcome and included um for who they are for their identities
the way they were raised whether it's race religion religion or ethnicity or anything else for that matter and I would be honored to serve on the committee because I think that this committee is a really terrific way of
helping to ensure that the town uh is viewed as a diverse and welcoming place I think it's good in so many ways uh economically uh sort of uh what's the word culturally to be known that way Uh
and it might attract other people to the town if it's known as such Uh in terms of uh my one other personal piece is as somebody who grew up in uh a a minority community of I've always been very
sensitive to what it's like to be different uh and not fit within the majority Um so I understand that experience very well and that's part of my motivation for wanting to be part of the committee The
other thing is professionally I've devoted my life to uh performing work that is designed to match systems and
services to people's needs and concerns So for a long time I've conducted research in health care on improving relationships and conversations between doctors and patients especially when
patients are from minority groups and have worked with doctors on improving uh listening and communication skills with those patients I've also worked in uh education both um at the or including
at the elementary the middle school and the and higher education to also make programs work better for students who have traditionally been excluded or felt left out Um so my focus has been very
much on human- centered practices and even now in my current work I work as what's called a user re I do user experience research for an insurance company but the whole purpose is to make
the company's digital projects uh and products better fit the needs and concerns of co customers So I interview customers to find out what they really need listening to them very carefully and making recommendations to the
company about changes that can be made to make a better experience for them So that's it in a nutshell As I said I would I would be honored to uh to serve and happy to answer any questions you might have Okay there questions for Jeff
Sounds good Okay Okay Thank you And we have Marjorie also Is Marjgerie here no Roger's not here Okay Not on Zoom Um there was somebody on Zoom earlier No Charlene's on Zoom but that's she's for
the Okay So nobody else on Zoom Okay Um so um we have three applicants for two positions I'm not sure how the rest of the board feels I'm inclined to to
um to what take a motion I guess Take a motion unless you want to discuss it No I think that the gentleman took the time to come here and let us know what they were about Yeah that should count for something So it's just a matter of which one gets which term Yeah
So Paul what's the So the one that expires on June 30th does this it'll be reappointed at your reappoints in June So that's what will happen But they won't have to come Well it we will just reappoint and it will be automatically reappointed Okay Yeah I was wondering that I'm like that's okay A letter express requesting their interest next
month and then they say yes then they'll be reappoint Okay Before you reappoint Well of the two I mean and then one of them is expires next year Yeah So I mean I don't I don't know if it really matters who gets which role Um I
suppose and they came in around the same time It looks like Jeff Solomon's application was in a little bit earlier Um so maybe we give him the longer role if he'd like it Sure Sure Although I
don't know if it really matters Okay I will make a motion to appoint Jeff Solomon for the longer portion longer serving role um on the diversity equity and inclusion committee as well as
appoint Douglas R Snow uh to the um diversity equity and inclusion committee um as uh noted I'll second it Does that work yeah So so Doug will be appointed for the term ending June 30th 25 and then Jeff for June 30th 26 That's how I
understood it Y Yep Okay Um and we're going to do a roll call vote Um Pat Wood yes Pat Maloney I Jeff yes Erin yes And I'm an I So welcome to the diversity inclusion
committee Good luck Thank you Thanks for coming in Yeah Thank you Thank you [Applause] Okay next up we have reports and presentations Yeah we have our consultant um Charlene
from Barry Dunn You can turn Oh she's already got a camera turned on Um Charlene um I have the PowerPoint in the board's packet and on the screen here You can just tell me when to turn turn the slide Um and then we have obviously Aaron here at the table and then Mike Riggnney is back in the audience as well
So good evening Charlene You want to just review present the strategic plan to the board All right Thank you Good evening everyone Thank you for having me Um my name is Charlene Pitm and I'm a manager with Barry Dunn leading the strategic
planning project for the town I'm excited to be here with you all to present the strategic plan this evening Oh if I can get the next slide please Great Thank you So I wanted to just kind of take a step back and give everyone an overview of
the strategic planning process I know we've been going at this for about a year so it's always good to kind of take a look back So we had a fourstep or four-phase process which first include doing some project planning and initiation And I believe involved Barry
Dun getting to know the town by requesting information but also developing a stakeholder list that we'll be using to identify who will need to be included and involved as part of this process From there we did addition you know some additional community
engagement planning and got into the stakeholder engagement phase which really involved getting to interview stakeholders and getting to kind of hear their thoughts and feedback about their vision for the town Then that phase culminated in what we call an environmental scan which I'll describe
in the next slide here but essentially was looking to describe and kind of synthesize all the information that we gathered through the stakeholder engagement And then phase three was looking at the strategic plan development So that was really putting all those pieces together into a draft
document that will be reviewed So those were reviewed by the strategic planning committee until we came to kind of a cleaner draft that we'll be sharing with you all tonight And then step four is really helping to make sure that we are thinking about implementation planning right because the the last thing we want
to do with the strategic plan is coming up with a pretty document that ends up sitting on the shelf So we really want wanted to make sure that that's also included as part of this process So as far as an environmental scan and what that is this is really seeking to give us an foundational understanding of the town before
embarking on the development of the strategic plan So this really lets us know what the town does really good and then what it needs to improve on So we do this through various means such as interviews with internal and external stakeholders as you can see here on the
wheel But in recognizing that people desire to engage in different ways We also use different methods such as a community online website for surveying We had an idea as well as well as conducted three in-person community forums and coordinated efforts with some
of the other planning that the town was doing to make sure that we are involving people in different ways We actually also did host a community ice cream event social which was really well attended as well So once we collected the feedback through the various means we then got
into the plan development phase as I mentioned and this involved working with different stakeholders So we had the strategic planning committee and their task was really to help us come together and identify what's the core vision what's the northstar vision for the town
right so really based on the feedback that we collected where should the town be um looking to go where should his priorities lie as well as where those uh strategic goals should be Once we did that and identified that high level vision then we met with town leadership
staff to actually start putting the pieces together by identifying what are some of those action items that need to be complete to make sure that we're moving closer to achieving the vision as well as performance measuring As I mentioned a plan is only as good as you know having key performance indicators
that you can actually use to track your progress towards it So now we're going to start getting into the actual content of the plan which is exciting But before that I just wanted to kind of ground our understanding of first what a mission vision statement is
as well as guiding principles So a mission statement is looking to describe the community's purpose Right so it's looking to define why does the town of Chsford exist This is your public statement that helps folks to kind of get to understand why do we exist as well as what what do we do
then the vision statement is more of the aspirational um item right so it's looking to define your future state and also providing a direction for where transferred as a town is going as a community so it's looking to answer the question what will transfer look and
feel 5 years from now right so that more of aspirational statement and then the guiding principles are really some of the core items that will help folks to understand how should the town behave and how should they make decision visions and also kind of engage with the community
So these are really serving as expectations for how you are conducting business So in first in looking at your mission statement so again this is the where you are currently and what you do um the town the committee through review community feedback felt strongly that
the town really excels into you know providing the core public services So they came up with Chensford is a prosperous sustainable and welcoming community rooted in history and community values We are committed to delivering excellence in education
public safety and essential services while ensuring fiscal responsibility and a high quality of life So then for its vision the committee really wanted a vision that reflected uh you know that the town should continue to do what it really is good at
right what it excels at currently but also thinking about how it can continue to be adaptable to the changing world around us So really highlighting the need to continue to be evolving So they came up with the town of Chford strives to be a livable diverse welcoming and
multigenerational community honoring our history while adapting to dynamic environment Our residents enjoy excellence in education and access to open space and vibrant sustainable quality of life So as far as those core values the committee ultimately came up with four
core values They're really here looking to indicate and you know um some of the things that the committee felt really strongly about such as dynamic right so that's being highlighted here again as it really demonstrates that desire to continue to be proactive rather than reactive Then we had inclusivity and
engagement integrity and lastly responsibility So in addition to the guiding principles we asked the committee what should the priorities be right based on the feedback that we heard from the community Um so one of the things that we heard essentially strategic
priorities were essentially developed based on key themes that came out of the community engagement process So in which we heard that traffic congestion aging infrastructure as well as some concerns over growth as well as planning you know essentially for uh financial future and
the lack of community engagement were some of the key areas from the community and the committee ultimately came up with these top five priority areas for the town to focus on for the next 5 years So those priorities included community engagement high performing
government infrastructure managing growth and lastly quality of life really reflected some of the things that we heard um from the community members So for the sake of time I won't spend too too much time here I'm happy to kind of um take any specific
questions I wanted to just kind of highlight a few key items from each priority So for the community engagement priority if we can go to the next slide please Um some of the key things that we see here is that this was really you know based on identifying action steps
that the town would be moving closer to achieving that vision right so this really highlighted having to develop um and establishing a task force to really evaluate what the town's needs are in terms of community engagement right as those needs are constantly changing and
what that could look like effectively And then the goal was that once this task force is developed they would then be providing updates to you all as a select board of some of the strides or some of the um progress that they're making towards this specific
objective And as I mentioned we also develop performance measures So what you'll see throughout is that you have performance measures that are linked to each specific objective so that people are kind of clear on our definition of success Right so once we are complete
with a specific task how do we measure that success so again on high performing government really the key focus here was looking to um continue to excel in developing and delivering those outstanding public services but doing it in a way that's
continuously efficient but also effective And this also included looking at the schools as well under the high performing government just to help to minimize any potential silos So I know there's a lot here I won't plan on reading them all but this really just seeks to highlight that the
key objectives here are focused on improving educational opportunities enhancing public safety increasing operational efficiency um in the town but also including partnerships right so how do you leverage your partnerships between the schools or vocational
institutions while strengthening your community relationships as well as supporting employee development uh operational goals highlight as well streamlining services um and doing that through investing in technology reviewing your fees and exploring revenue
diversification Really aiming to improve transparency cost efficiency as well as the resident satisfaction And then the performance measures again you'll see those were essentially tied back to the different objectives that we saw in the previous screen Next slide
So here on infrastructure we heard quite a bit about you know traffic congestion but also the aging infrastructure So ultimately the goal with these was to en ensure that as a town is you know developing um infrastructure that's supporting the wellbeing of the community but also looking to maintain
the current infrastructure as well So these were actually the performance measures that came out of these discussions So it includes things like looking at the fire stations includes things such as um you know looking at the school's physibility
study right to make sure that you know the town is looking at improving those aging infrastructures from the school So on managing growth uh you know the key item here is really looking to harmonize intentional planning to make sure that while you're developing but
you know also preserving the community character preserving the the small town look of and feel that history that the town of Cher has including its history as well So that kind of was kind of the main theme that came out of that discussion And then for its uh objectives the key
takeaway here is that there is a need for a managed growth strategy Right so we heard some conflicting viewpoints related to not wanting density while having uh affordable housing which sometimes could be in conflict with each other So the first item we the first key thing to tackle is identifying and
clarifying what does managed growth look like for the town to also in addition to that reviewing to help ensure that those zoning maps and use regulations are up to date And then last but not least we had quality of life right so who doesn't want to continue to improve their
quality of life so the committee felt really strongly to have this year as a strategic priority uh to make sure that you know you're continuously promoting a vibrant and a safe community so that people can have access to those essential services that you provide really
well And then for those priorities I wanted to highlight there was a strong recognition that mental health and substance abuse is a challenge for the town So um that really came out here as one of the objectives but also balancing this with promoting physically healthy
lifestyles and promoting activities that bring people together in the community and really speaks to that community belonging in the feel that um we get from the town of Transfford So and just to wrap up uh few next steps here The goal now that we've
gotten to this point is to get the select board's blessing on the strategic plan and then Barry Dun is working with our designer as well as we'll be working with the committee tomorrow to finalize the actual design of the plan In addition to that we'll also be working to develop tools for performance
monitoring And what that looks like is essentially implementation plan that will seek to identify who the key resources are what the timeline for reporting is just to make sure that the strategic plan is broken down into pieces that will be easily implemented and then the plan will be to start the
implementation at the start of fiscal year 2026 So that's all I have this evening Happy to take any questions you where would we go from here as Charlene mentioned is uh the board adapts adopts the plan this evening the
goal the next step would as is noted would be tomorrow night the um strategic plan steering committee would finalize the uh design document of the plan at town meeting in two weeks from tonight we would under town article one uh town reports we would just provide a very
brief you know a few slide summary letting the community know that the report has been completed strategic plan is in place and you know and obviously provide a link for how they could have um accessed the document electronically and then as noted the the focus and
pivots to its implementation uh integrating the strategic plan uh into the town's uh activities uh starting with the new fiscal year uh and obviously some of those would pertain to this board and and as John noted some other boards and and officials in the
community because the key is as she noted in her presentation is you know we don't want a document that's accepted and put on a shelf We want to basically utilize this as part of you know some of the core things that you know are underway in the community such as the school projects and so forth to advance
us and and give people a clear direction of where we're going in the you know years ahead So I don't know if you have any questions I said Mike Raybeck is is here I Yeah Yeah Mike Raybeck I I get it wrong the first time Sorry Mike And uh and and Aaron here is from the committee
and uh you know and like I said the the committee's met for over a year and and uh you know we're sort of at the end of our process and uh I think we've been well served by Barry Dunn in this process and for reference sake the town of Westford was sort of a few months ahead of us in the process and and uh
and I've looked at their document and I think you know we've we fared really well Yeah I guess if there's if there's one suggestion I would make um it's under uh strategic priorities It's on slide um it's on page 17 I don't know what slide
slide Okay Under high performing government performance measures It suggest the select board manager meeting with the school committee and superintendent on a semiannual basis Um remember many years ago we used to have what we call leadership um meetings
where there'd be like two members of the select board two members of the school committee the superintendent and the town manager and maybe somebody from the finance committee that would meet periodically to kind of review things And I I kind of think a committee like that would would would do this more effectively rather than having the
entire select board the entire school committee and others because sometimes when you get a group that large it can become unwieldy and I don't know just a suggestion that maybe for the those first two the both of the school ones this sounds an off remember a couple of
years ago we had the conversation about like an round table like once a year where like a representative from all of committee committee chair that was different Yeah that's but right I mean with with Nishobate we basically felt we would meet with the superintendent of
Nishobate and the the three chumps reps because obviously we're not going to meet with the entire Nisho Techch school committee Yeah And then I think you know and I that sort of that group that you described Pat right I think with the just the school committee and select board in the room it it would be a little more intimate and smaller than
than the tri board meeting where it's it is unwieldy right um so something the board can consider as we the intent here is really to not just get to get together to have general discussion It's really to align and make sure that we're
aligning the various strategic plans This being the overarching plan um for the town And it's again I'm I'm speaking because it was definitely something that I was advocating for early on to just see something a little bit more formal um where we've got a lot of strategic
plan the library I guess has a strategic plan the senior centers and and I think having these alignments especially with the amount of money that those the the two boards particularly spend in a year to um have a have a formal goal setting and I I think that's what's important
about this entire strategic plan is first of all it's a living document we've come up with something it's a starting place it's going to grow and evolve it's going to get you know adapted over the as the the three to five year cycle moves along But what's really important is all these
goals are filtering down to like real action item things that are going to go to the folks that do the day-to-day in town Um so so a lot of work went into these We this list could have been 300 pages long but we needed to start somewhere and keep it um keep it
manageable So some of these are are kind of block and tackle we should be doing anyways but we need people to to start to understand how this strategic plan is going to turn into real action um for themselves uh for the town um for the next three to five years And again
I'd like to be able to come back and join the committee and redo it in five years from now Just putting that plug out there So um I understand what you're saying Pat but I I think our intention is to be more strategic with that discussion And I wasn't a part of the prior ones so maybe they were right And
I I just kind of suggested that because I think with a a smaller group you can sometimes you can get more more candid uh reactions um than having you know 12 people around around a table if there's five or six but just a suggestion and you know
whatever works That's a good suggestion It is Well like the sign up above my mother's kitchen always said God so loved the world he didn't send a committee Yeah Okay And as far as the implementation uh
committee will um how how will that be um assigned yeah I mean I we'll we'll bring it back here in terms of the formal designation of a committee um you know we expect Aaron as the liaison you know would sort of be the person you know
select board rep on that committee and then and then I think we'll sort of just populate it and some of it goes to staff um and and then some of it we want some you know members of the community volunteer you know board members and such to be part of that So that hasn't been finalized yet Will the existing
committee still exist no they're done Oh so maybe it'll kind of transition into the implementation committee actually Some Yeah some some may want to some may not Yeah Kind of like the the master plan It goes into an implementation masteration committee Y Okay I mean
other than that I think it's you know very comprehensive and and very well done I agree Does anybody else have anything s do you want to have a motion just like So we need a motion to vote to approve or vote to adopt to adopt the plan Y Okay Okay
I'll make a motion that the select board uh accept and adopt the strategic plan as prepared and presented by Barry Dunn I'll second Okay we have a motion and a second and we'll take a roll call vote Pat Wis yes
Pat Maloney I Jeff yes Aaron yes And I'm an I So the motion passes Five in favor zero opposed Thank you Charlene Thank you Charlene See you tomorrow night The final meeting Thanks everyone Have a
good rest of your evening Thank you Okay Um next up we have approval of proposed collective bargaining agreements Yeah Thank you members of the board Um I'm bringing to you for for approval formal approval this evening collective bargaining agreements with
the town's three uh police unions Uh the commanding officers association which is the lieutenants union the superior officers association which is the sergeants union and the patrol officers union Um sort of just a little bit of background for the board and and those
watching Um this start this uh uh process started just about nine months or so ago at the time that the lieutenants in the community um voted to collectively uh form an association i.e union and then and then initiate a
collective bargaining agreement with the town governing the working conditions And so that obviously we're starting with this um you know a blank sheet of paper but how we started this process is is in other communities similar to Chelmsford um this but what you'd see
the ranks of sergeants lieutenants are are generally tend to be in the same union but that's not the case here in Chelmswood but why I mention that we use that as context is is we use these Chsford sergeants or superior officers union as sort of the template for how to form the collective bargaining agreement
Yeah which as you know extends on for you know 25 pages with the um superior officers the commanding officers union So with that as a template we spent um initial part of the process um months ago um going through the
language you know and a lot of it was you know standard but then you also have recognized you were taking employees who were part of the town's non-union personnel plan uh and they were receiving certain benefits under there that were that differed when they were unionized as sergeants So the end of the
day we we came up with an agreement which has been ratified by the union and is here for your approval this evening Uh and then the final step will be town meeting approval of the funding for the first year in two weeks Um and what we try to do as the town's negotiating team
um you know working with Chief Spence who manages the department um is is to sort of have some kind of u consistency within within the three units um because again it is it is a um filter In other words you you you appoint new officers
as patrol officers some rise to the rank of sergeant and then some rise to the rank of lieutenant uh and so there ought to be some synchronicity amongst those processes Um so that was what we worked upon Um and obviously the lieutenants you know forming the union they had some
original thoughts and and we discussed that and so forth So once we achieved that framework um with the um lieutenants union the commanding officers union um we then pivoted to uh
negotiations with the sergeants union and then ultimately the patrol union And I'm pleased as I said earlier that we have all three for you um in advance of the expiration of the current collective bargaining agreements with the sergeants and the patrol officers which expire uh
in a couple months at on June 30th Um which is notable um because oftentimes like we still are with a couple other groups it sometimes they lapse and you're doing retroactive agreements Um so just in terms I'm not going to obviously go through all the pages of the of the commanding officers union uh
document because it is original which is why it's all presented in its entirety but I think the key the key components are in there um obviously it governs all the lieutenants um obviously they had an existing pay level um and then in our
discussions um we looked at our our peer communities uh as established by who neighbors us that's similar to us as well as under the state's process of the joint management labor committee um in past uh mediations and arbitrations they
identify who are the comparable communities and and they're very similar you know so the town of Barick is a comparable the town of Tuksbury is a comparable town of Drakets are comparable Wilmington um and and and the thought is is that they're similar in population similar in government
structure um similar in size of the department uh and also similar in terms of labor market because obviously if an officer you know wants to come work in Chelmsford you know they they have a choice now under the modified civil service they can they can also be hired in in in neighboring towns Um so we went
through that process and then we also looked at well what are communities settling for in terms of what are the agreements being reached in other communities uh in in and similar to us again in real times and the thing that's unique and is and we've seen by the
mediation arbitration and settlement process for police officers The big change since the last agreement was this police certification or the post certification Police officers police officers you know training um requirement uh and arbitration awards
and settlements have provided uh compensation for that the new requirements for the officers and and superior officers under that law So that wrapped into the settlement agreements Um and and then again then the other part is the other end of the market
because as I mentioned earlier at the entry level with with a shortage of labor the um declining interest in terms of lack of lists for civil service you know quantity that we had in the past for to
become police officers in this current world Um and also the civil service reform where now you a community like Chsford who is civil service can hire 50% of your employees non off the civil service list with a fair process and you
have communities like Tukbury who have exited civil service So now long-winded way of saying it's a very competitive labor market Um and and therefore you have to meet the market if you're going to either recruit new officers or retain your existing officers And as the board
knows um in in recent times we've actually had two transfer of officers One which was still in its field training from the uh coming out of the police academy for greater compensation uh in in another community and then a more of a little longer tenure officer
who went you know so basically the money matters as well and to be competitive So a long woodwind way of saying that is is the agreements um as you can see and and when you start looking at the amendments the agreements tended to provide over the over the three-year period going forward for
the sergeants and the patrol and and for the lieutenants because they unionized last July It's actually a four-year duration the year that we're in right now which will go a little bit mostly retro and then the three years ahead Um what we saw is under under the max
three-year um uh commitments uh of agreements the the awards out there in the settlements were were 2% per year for the postcertification We then what you see in these agreements is generally a 2% cost of living adjustment Um and then
there were some issues that were um particular to the different groups in terms of longevity um in terms of pay scales What we saw is all of our other comparable communities have have longevity as a percentage uh in their pay schedules and ours was a fixed
dollar amount And obviously you can see that how that matters because one's static and one's active So if you obviously your percentage as your pay scale increases your your longevity percentage you know moves with the change in pay scale as opposed to a fixed dollar amount Um and then uh and
then the the other agreement was sort of again some some uniformity amongst the um the contract So for example in the patrol contract we had some tweaks because when when we had a educational incentive
um originally under the state funded Quinn bill that that was done away with a dozen years ago there was a there was a bachelor's degree uh sorry associates degree a bachelor's degree and a master's law degree Um when the state no longer funded it we we basically
reinstated for the patrol level a ba an associate and a bachelor's degree at the time thinking gee the masters and the law degree would tend to be for for more you know for superior officers sergeants or lieutenants Now we're seeing in the competitive world we have officers and
our communities are hiring officers who have the advanced degrees And again if you're not paying that additional percentage uh which is an extra 5% you're not going to be able to retain or recruit those officers at the patrol level So we we basically added back to to be consistent with the market the
master's degree on the patrol agreement So that's why that that went into effect And then the other thing is we also revisited the uh wage schedule at the patrol officers because we found our our our entry wage was lower than the market So we ended up doing is we wrapped the
postcertification into a new stop step of 6% and then dropped the initial step So therefore our entry wage was meeting the market Um and then there was language regarding details um and the patrol to match that that had been in
the other contracts Um so that's that's sort of a summary of the um of the the other thing I will note the final one is emergency medical technician incentive Um up until now with this contract it was it was the current contract was
required that all entry police officers u obtain their emergency medical technician requirement Um again today's market that's not seen as a you know it's it's an incentive because you get you'll get paid for it but the mandate
sort of again puts us at a disadvantage to other communities that don't have that mandate Um so we relaxed that and and still maintained the incentive but eliminated the mandate requirement Um so that in a nutshell is is the bargaining And I guess what you hopefully you're
hearing from my long-winded discussion is we're very mindful of the market um and and of what's out there Um because just like every other industry and in other parts of the town you have to pay a competitive wage and be competitive to market or again you're going to have
issues of of recruitment and retention not to mention morale Um so that's where we're at So again um I I seek your confirmation of this agreement and then the final step would be at town meeting in two weeks Again what town meeting does is town meeting funds the dollar
amount which we'll get to in the next article Um when we talk about the town meeting recommendations I don't know if the board has any questions If not um again you know we would look for your formal adoption uh which again is the necessary pre prerequisite to get to town meeting
for presentation Does anyone have questions comments no Pat are you still with us i'll take a mo I'll take a motion if you don't have any questions or I don't have any questions Um can I do this all three at once or Yes you can do all three at
once Yeah Okay Um I'll make a motion that the select board approve and accept the proposed collective bargaining agreements as follows The police commanding officers association of the New England PVA local 6
Second is the police superior officers assoc association New England PVA local 20 and police patrol officers association FOP Lodge 110 as presented
I'll second it Okay we have a motion and a second We'll do a roll call vote And Pat Wes yes Pat Maloney I Jeff yes Aaron yes And I'm an I The motion passes Five in favor zero opposed
Thank you Paul Okay that that brings us to the next item which is the recommendations at Springtown meeting As I mentioned earlier um and when we were here last week there were two articles that were up in the air Um one was the current adjustments to the current operating budget um which we'll we'll go
with first That's article two Um basically uh working with the town accountant and finance director we reach out to the department heads project what they need to finish the remainder of this fiscal year uh and to make us whole So that you know as we mentioned earlier um we will
finish this year in the black Um but where we adopted this budget prepared this budget over a year ago and adopted it a year ago Um obviously things you know happen like any other you know financial plan which caused some adjustments So what we're seeking this
evening is a transfer of $347,500 which we're drawing from the $400,000 finance committee reserve fund um to the four budget line items that are voted by town meeting last spring as presented Municipal administration
expenses 1245 public safety personnel 21,000 public safety expenses 200,000 and community services expenses 2,000 a little more detail uh on the municipal administration expenses Um the big item there you can see is legal services town
council services This has been an extraordinary year um for legal services which I think is the first time that I can recall that we've exceeded our budget Um couple factors One is the rates are higher because of inflation Two is it's been a very busy year not
only with the labor negotiations that we talked about earlier but in terms of 40b projects um speech you know town meetings and and so forth And it really has been a a hefty period um and so you know we're we're seeking the adjustment
to the legal services budget um to get us through the you know the fi the final billing months because again we'll we'll we'll have um the billing month with include town meeting which could be three sessions Um again town meeting town council's there every hour we're there Uh and then obviously the the
number of contracts uh and items Um and obviously part of that was related to the transition of council in terms of council's new council Each council as you can imagine like any other attorney has their own contract form their own process their own expertise and um and
obviously that that was a transition and and I think we're we're we're smoothing that out now um in terms of the legal form uh and under human services professional development the 135 obviously we had a watermark change you know we our long-standing 30 plus year
HR director retired we we brought in our new HR director and basically we we had to obviously invest in professional development you know for the certifications and training that go with the position as well as you know memberships and so forth um and then the other one is conservation reservation management
$11,000 Um the most notable one was wasn't on the new parcels They really had some work to do on some tree removal and other areas on long some long-standing um conservation lands that uh were really for public safety purposes which were bit extraordinary um
under the public safety personnel services the seal of weights and measures the 21,000 you may recall as we talked at an earlier meeting when we when we did theou last meeting we transition from a revolving fund to a um personnel position um but also we we you
know we we are we sort of took on that whole aspect so this is actually you know we're going to eliminate we've eliminated the revolving fund but obviously we didn't have in the budget the fact that we would be employing and being the lead community for the seal of weights and measures for a portion of
the fiscal year So that's the 21,000 And then in public safety expenses in the police department the replacement of equipment and police vehicles not only the price of the vehicles go up um but the equipment that goes into them um so that that was overdrawn Uh contracted
services Um we've had to we had to do some unex unanticipated contractual um professional service work um that wasn't foreseen when the budget was developed and pro and hopefully won't won't reoccur in the future Um and then
recruitment supplies again goes to the fact of the the extraordinary number of turnover we had in officers basically due to retirements uh and promotions and so forth And so that really is you know the whole equipping and everything for for new officers Uh and then dues and
subscriptions were you know above the budgeted mark on the fire side Um you know the utilities which is obviously your heat and light of the facilities but the biggest ones there were vehicle maintenance Uh again mostly a contracted service for for sophisticated repairs of
fire apparatus And then obviously equipment needs for in terms of Scott air packs hoses and nozzles and radio repair Uh and then then a slight overage in building maintenance And then the last one was a minor one was this community services for the senior center utilities That was an electricity cost
Um we the senior center is is powered by solar panels and um and by you know the traditional grid under our contract Um and again it's slightly over on 2000 and really was be we really were doing pretty good We wouldn't have done it except that the sun didn't come out in
February And I think that kind of threw us because again $2,000 is not much of an overage So that's the summary of the uh article two in terms of the um adjustments to the current year's operating budget And as I mentioned at the outset similar to prior years we
draw upon the reserve fund You know so we're again we're running $162 million budget we set aside $400,000 for these unforeseen issu occurrences that arise during the course of a year Um and you know this is typical what happens at
Springtown meeting you know sort of you know um addressing the deficiencies Okay Does anyone have any questions comments oh Um I guess I'll take a motion
Okay Um I'll make a motion that um the select board recommend approval of article two I got a second Second We have a motion and a second And we'll do a roll call vote And Pat Wess yes Pat Maloney I Jeff
yes Aaron yes And I'm an I Article two thank you Approved Thank you And then the final article is article six the collective bargaining agreements that we spoke of earlier this evening Again working with Chief Spence and Town Accountant Darling Lucia we've come up with the dollar amounts um to fund these
agreements You can see they they just exceed over half million dollars on again on the police commanders which is lieutenants We've got the retro for the current year of 37,931 and then the first year of the 3-year period of 80,767 and then you can see for the
traditional three-year period going forward for the superiors or sergeants it's 45786 and then obviously the patrol office association which is much larger the the number is much larger which is 337780 Um and again these these are just the
summaries as I described earlier So I'm not going to repeat what I said in a few moments ago And where will these funds come from they they will they will be raised and appropriated because they're FY you know they'll be they'll be raised and appropriated um for the upcoming fiscal
year Um so that's so they'll come from the tax levy like everything else That's how they that's always like that right even if it's in a even if it's in a re Yeah If it was in a rears for a prior fiscal year we would we would withdraw from the stabilization fund Um but again right now we don't we're not
doing that And you know and so that we're just moving forward um and appropriate for the upcoming year Okay Any questions comments oh I'll take a motion Okay Okay I'll make a motion
that the select board uh recommend approval of article six the collective bargaining agreements as presented I'll second it Thank you Motion in a second Pat Wis Yes Paloney I Jeff I Erin Yes I'm also an I
Article six passes Thank you Yes Okay And that's it Right For warrant articles That's for warrant articles So now we have earmark requests for the state senate's proposed 26 state operating budget Yeah Just to put it into context I think tomorrow will be
the release of the House of Representatives proposed fiscal year 26 state operating budget Just over a month ago you this the second memo you can see that dated March 6 2025 the board approved my submitt of earmark requests
to the three state reps um for inclusion in the um state budget on on the house side One being the $25,000 for senior center food and nutrition programs $80,000 for Freeman Lake management and then 50,000 for canopy tree restoration
and invasive species management Um so we'll we expect those will be put on the table by the our reps um our three reps Um because what happens is the budget gets released and then they have till Friday to submit their amendments and everybody throws everything in and then
they break for school vacation week and then they come back and they adopt the budget at the end of at the end of the month um traditionally by the end of April Um and um we you know and then it gets sent on to the Senate What we don't know
is because of the tenuous financial uncertainty with the federal funding and and so forth is what level of extent of earmarks will be provided in the budget at this time Um so we submit it We'll see where it goes Now come to the Senate side which is the purpose of tonight's
agenda The Senate will then take up the budget um beginning of May and a similar process They'll adopt the budget by the end of May and then there'll be a conference committee formed and ideally although it never meets the deadline ideally they get the budget done timely in June and the governor signs it and
then you start the fiscal year with a new budget What we see what really happens is they don't get it done till late July under most circumstances They do a interim budget and then you see what comes out of the wash with the conference committee What happens here and why the request is tonight is a community doesn't want to
submit the same items on both sides because you know you're sort of doubling down your efforts unnecessarily because again the reps are going to submit on the near side and once if it makes it on the house side you don't need the approval on the senate side to get the same thing generally come what's comes out of the wash so that's why what we
have here are two different earmark suggestions of which I suggest the board submit one um to Senator Barrett on behalf of the town Obviously the Senates have larger districts Um and so working with our public works director Christine
Clancy the two items that we have for your consideration this evening is a re are real much like the other ones are what we see in real and immediate in the future One is is to conduct a watershed assessment of the Route 110 Chsford Street area near Fletcher and Wilson
Street Many of you have been in the community for some time has know that when we get heavy severe sudden rainfalls that area floods out Um how many how many times was Hank Hamlin flooded out there Jeff at at the corner when he was running his business and it still happens by the gas station Um and
as the board may may be aware the state is scheduled to improve that road in the next couple of years Um and we're working with with with the town in order to properly design that roadway And so what we want to do is really get a better understanding of the storm water
drainage needs Um because we we're sort of taking on the town design of the roadway as opposed to the state the state directed ones which would have these unpopular wide bicycle lanes and so forth So anyway long story short is
we want to do a drainage study in this um Fletcher Wilson Street area to make sure that everything is designed properly because you know as great as you can resurface the road if you don't have the drainage right you're going to undermine the road in terms of flooding and and and so forth And then the other one for consideration is very similar to
what's happened at Freeman Lake and has been discussed and announced here about information sessions and so forth is it would be to conduct a comprehensive aquatic assessment um for Freeman for Heart Pond uh which again would mirror what was just completed at Freeman Lake
again to address the issues of of nuisance species uh invasive species improving the water quality you know and obviously for fish and wildlife and and and usage of of of the lake So those are the two that we have uh for your
consideration Um again you could submit both of them but I think it that would be seen as excessive uh in in the current climate And so I I defer to the board which one you'd you know I think at some point they're they're going to get done one way or another Um it's more
of a question of of you know prioritization of the two And I guess my thought would be the priority that they're listed would be my priority Uh and and and I think public works priority is um the 110 uh watershed
assessment is probably the more pressing and compelling in terms of timely uh of the two but again we'll defer to the board in terms of what you'd you'd like me to submit on behalf of the town C can I ask what's the what's the
risk in just submitting both of them do you think that they'll just pick one yeah And not the other So then we just don't have any control over which one gets Right Because think about it He he represents like eight towns And if if we then submit requests of $200,000 Yeah You know he's got a B Yeah I'm not
saying he wouldn't fund that But I'm just saying is what we've seen in the past He might just pick one He just pick one and then because again he's if he's doing air marks for Chrys he's got to do an air mark for Waltham He's got to do air mark for conquered He's got to do an air mark for you know the other communities and it just he's just not going to have the means to do that And
you can imagine how you'd be upset if if if he gave a huge you know consistently large earmarks to some communities and not others Yeah So if we don't if if these were kind of equally important to us there might be no risk in just submitting them both and just seeing where it goes But we want to prioritize
one over the other And I can tell you in in years of budget austerity there have been no air marks I mean we I mean it was about a I think 2012 or so when they cut the Quinn bill funding all the other stuff There were no air marks I mean they basically said this is the and we don't know and this is what's as you
hear they don't want to raise taxes Um but they're struggling with the cost of governance So um I think the airmarks will be lighter than it would be on a typical year because this big uncertainty of what's going to happen with the federal funding as well as the state's own cost issues with with um
health health care Medicare and so forth um in terms of um you know the the assistance that they're providing So um you can submit both but if if you do submit both they what'll likely happen is I'll get a phone call from the state rep's office saying which one of these
two is is a priority would you prefer that we submit a as a priority will they do that will they call you and ask they'll call me Yeah So I mean you can do that You can ask me to submit them both but I kind of need I will I will need to answer that question if it's asked like well which one is more important to the community if they can't
get both I think I would rather we submit just the most expensive one and and hope they fund that Okay Other otherwise if if we let them choose they're probably going to choose the lesser one That's true Will they do will they do that without asking you yeah they could do that too Yeah Oh see when you said they were going to call and ask you I was like well that might be
depends on how they want to handle because if you don't ask for it you're not going to get it right So I'm kind of inclined to say submit both but I see what you mean That's it Depends how they handle it They some of some years they handle things different ways Yeah M So Paul you feel we'll ultimately get them both done we're going to have to Yeah
Yeah I think ultimately we'll have to at some point Um it it's Yeah And again we'll continue to look at other grant and other sources of of funding for these projects I think again the easier one to you more likely to get a grant for would be the the the water quality
the hard pond one There isn't much as much grant opportunities for storm water drainage assessments out there So it's because they don't drive down the road Exactly Exactly So I I again that's why I would tend to lean towards the watershed assessment and that's also got a more certain and more immediate future
with the aquatic uh assessment at Heart Pond like at Freeman Lake If it isn't done this year maybe done next year if not the following year We're going to have to get going on Chelsea Street sooner than later So we if we chose one to submit the the idea is that we're going to if we submit
the the the the route 110 and harp pond to Senator Barrett he's going to pick one No No If we No If Yeah We we submit and he accepts it They both go in Yeah If they chose to I mean you know but more likely they're going to they're going to choose one and then the question is is we're not guaranteed with
certainty that that we'll have the choice of which one they would do words If you submit one that's what they'll look at They could just choose I'd agree with the big Okay Sorry And I think in this case I'd agree
with Pat that um we um just single out Senator um Senator Barrett's um potential airmark requests and just choose one of them to send or send both no send both
Oh that's not what I said I I thought I thought we should just concentrate on the one because if we let them choose choose the cheaper one they're going to choose the the $50,000 less one And if we and if we have to do this then I'd rather send spend $70,000 and $120,000
Yeah that's my logic for that And and you know from what we're hearing I don't think they're going to be overly generous with earmarks this year quite frankly So well people might be asking for a lot though too because the towns are struggling too So they might kind of be overloaded with requests more so than
in the past I'd imagine Yeah Like they they they just adopted the last week you may have read that they they the supplemental budget which was the balance of the fair share tax for education and transportation purposes We didn't get any outreach from the reps
and the senator the reps so far in terms of the house version of that which again leads my thinking is that they're not they're not really reaching out for for local air marks as as you would have more seen in a more traditional time They're not pulling waiting for Exactly Yeah I mean
I think I'm inclined that the the 110 is I put that into a a safety and a longevity right we don't want that stuff to be underwater and get undermined but it's a it's a safety issue too Um I'm thinking some of these other ones are
there Well is there important the second page has already been submitted Yeah Yeah The second page has already been submitted on the house side Oh I thought so That's what I'm saying I thought you were trying to tell us we had to pick from one of the No I'm saying No I'm saying on the House side the numbers were less There were smaller numbers and
we had three reps right and basically you know the each each rep gets their you know earmark allocation I was totally confused We only have one choose Yeah No Which one which group of two or three yeah When we did the House ones we submitted all three Okay What I'm saying
is on the Senate side I'm giving you two but I'm recommending that you only submit one Yeah Yeah And probably the more expensive one I think the urgency is more on the 110 because that's the troublesome area Yeah I mean because you got so many businesses down there that'll get affected that did get
affected Yeah So that's I'd lean that way Yeah Okay Okay Nobody has anything else I'll take a motion Okay Uh I'll make a motion that the select board approve the airmark request for the state's proposed FY26
operating budget as follows um the Route 110 Chelsea Street water assessment watershed assessment at a cost of $120,000 as presented I'll second it
Okay Pat Rogers Yes Pat Maloney Hi Jeff Yes Aaron Yes And I'm also an I Even though I don't know if we needed a That's okay I can say that the board full You have full approval There you go You even got a vote that you might need
Okay next up we have um temporary removal of the stop sign at Westford Street in Dalton Road during the I495 Westward Street bridge bridge replacement project Yeah I just want to explain as the board and the committee may know that the state is going to
replace the bridges at Westford Street and at Gorm Street uh this starting this summer In fact you'll start seeing some stuff as soon as signed up there again with April Vacation coming on Um and obviously why this is here is on at the Westford Street Bridge when you close
the bridge uh you're changing the route of traffic because it you know and therefore you know I kind of highlighted this area with the circle but more importantly as you look at the intersection here at Dalton let's see if I can blow this up um Dalton and and Westford Street you're no one gonna need
the stop sign temporarily because this is going to be cordoned off because nobody's going down to um to the bridge to go across the highway And so what mass dot recommended and the product engineers and our DPW supports is temporarily remove the stop sign because
otherwise what happens is if you don't want to create bad bad behavior by drivers and as soon as the drivers realize because this is going to go on for a year and a half that there's no need to stop there They're not going to stop there So that's why they would they would they would remove the you know put signage up appropriately but temporarily
remove the stop sign so that way as you're traveling down Dalton and and at Westford where you would normally stop today there's no need for you to stop because there's no traffic coming in from Westford Street because that's going to confuse people that are used to stopping there though actually there will be other signs or no there'll be
signage let them know of the traffic change just like and and and they'll do the striping and everything else and so forth Um this is recommended by MASDOT by the project engineers uh and by our DPW and police department that basically So now you just because that's the
aggravating part is people going to stop there's and there's only one way to look when you stop to your left and if the bridge is closed people are going to get pretty aggravated Why why am I stopping when there's no traffic coming in so that's the that's the reason to do the temporary closure and that's the that's going to be the detour route So we we
are not going to need delays Exactly Yeah It'll keep traffic flowing Exactly But but but you are the traffic commissioners of the town in terms of have the authority to place and temporarily remove and remove stop signs and do not enters and all that other stuff So that's why it's here for your
formal uh vote this evening So does the I mean I can't imagine the cost to remove it is very expensive but no Unscrew the screws The cost to the out Paul's going to go remove a high school kid to do it Um we can when when this goes back right when these when Oh yeah
Let me sign it when it goes back with all the flags and all the extra just to remind people that we're back in business Their idea is safety believe it or not They Yeah Sorry Pat wanted to jump into this Yeah Um so um this makes sense because you know a lot of the well
all the traffic that comes up Westford Street is now going to go up Dalton Road most likely to Westford Street And so there'll be much you know much more traffic going up Dalton Road at this point What concerns me is um the traffic coming down Westford
Street turning onto Dalton Road Um the way um many people tend to cut corners um these days and so on Um I wonder if there's not like could we put some some
small uh temporary plastic post to like right at the end of the um the double uh yellow line there or something to drive traffic out so that the as they come down Westford Street in many cases
speeding um you know such that we can uh put a couple of post there to drive the traffic out um and not have them cutting into the lane um that's um coming up Dalton Road onto Westford Street Um so it's my concern is
kind of the other way um just because I you know you can witness the speeds that as they come down Westwood Street and especially if um they're not used to it I know the town will get used to it as we get a month or two down the road But initially um I think it would be
important to uh have not necessarily a bar barrier but some kind of visual to make sure that the traffic does not cut into the oncoming lane up Dalton Road if you will Yeah Yeah Yeah I I I'll pass that on My guess is they're probably
going to restripe and go right straight through the intersection with this double yellow line Uh but I'll make sure and and again I'll pass the suggestion about putting up those temporary uh barriers like like we have over off of conquered road and yeah the ones that people don't go through But there are a
couple houses between the bridge and D Yeah they'll they'll be right They'll be able to access an exit like they have a stop sign but it's Yeah but it's but it'd be no different than somebody turning into a driveway It's not meant to be an inter an intersection So they'll have and that's an island there
So they'd be able to go left before entering onto Westwood Street to enter that portion of this of Westmin Street I believe Well this map it looks like there's at least like three or four down there between and then what they'll probably do is they may put it you know probably what they'll end up doing is
putting us you know they will have they'll have a stop sign stop sign there so they don't come out Yeah I think Yeah that's my concern They they need some sort of Exactly valid I mean there's only four three or four houses but but it' be more almost more like a common drive coming out onto a road than a than
a than an intersection Yeah Okay Well to follow up on Patch Point I see it all the time over here on Summer Street like every time I'm coming back Yeah Somebody's cutting like cutting across the uh the lanes Yeah Cutting the corner So I always stop like three car lengths
back before I ease up Yeah Because they're they're taking that that sharp left Okay Okay And we need a vote for this right yes Okay Does anybody have anything else you're good Good All right I'll take a a motion All right I'll make a motion that
the select board adopt and approve the temporary removal of the stop sign at Westford Street and Dalton Road during the Interstate 495 Westford Street bridge replacement project as presented I'll second it Okay We have a motion in
a second Pat Wis Yes Pat Maloney I Jeff I Aaron yes and I'm an I passes Thank you Okay Next we have liaison assignments So we have an updated
liaison thing Thank you Paul and James Um and this incorporated almost all of the changes I think all the changes that we talked about last week The only thing that I hadn't really that we didn't really
completely finalize was the legislative delegates But actually yeah this is what I talked about This is what I mentioned briefly So I think if everybody's okay with everything on here I haven't heard from any of you after last week saying that you had
any other suggestions or anything So if this looks good to everybody I think we're good Right Mhm Are we good okay And we don't need to vote on this or anything This is just Okay Great
Thank you Okay And uh we have town manager bit warts Yeah madam chair Um I have in your packet a memo and and uh some background information regarding the owners project manager for the Parker Middle School building project I guess I'll pause here
Pat do you want to just discuss the building committee and where they're at and how they chose left field and so forth that you know cuz you're the chair of that committee Sure Um so we have a 13 member um school building committee for the um for a new Parker uh middle
school uh new or renovated Parker Middle School based on the um different uh options that we may uh pursue And uh so we received um 13 proposals Um we did form a subcommittee um
um of seven pe of uh Dr Lang Paul Cohen myself Christine Clancy Brian Curley Joanna Johnson Collins and Brandon Kelly who's our resident um our citizen uh member So um anyway through the uh
subcommittee work we received um I believe 13 proposals and you can see the scoring um as um as it was um as it was done by uh each member of that um seven member committee So um at the end left
field um kind of rose to the top There was four uh interviews completed um with Leftfield SCA CHA and Hanser Um and Leftfield rose to the top We had a um committee meeting a full committee
meeting of all 13 members this past Wednesday evening and got a unanimous vote to move ahead with Left Field LLC out of Boston as our um owners project manager for the uh feasibility study for
the for the new Parker Middle School So where this goes from here is the board accepts this um proposal then we'll submit it to the MSBA and then assume once MSBA approves it then we're good to go with left field So so sort of your your proposal allows us to submit
it uh you know to the Massachusett School Building Authority So that way you know we're adhering to their guidelines um going forward So they actually formally approve the contract again as part of their template and form Um and then that will happen on May 12th
Thanks And and I think the thing to note is we you know as we discussed at the permanent building committee where it was unanimous selection of left field from both the selection committee and the permanent building committee and they have an excellent track record in this region successfully doing the Bara
High School project as well as the Tinsboro um middle school project Um and this is what they do This is what the company spe specializes in and they're they're really excited to come on board on this project Do we need a minute to look over this
stuff or does anybody just need a motion anything So just real quick that the funding for this Pat is everything we spend kind of here on out is the split between us and the state Yeah we will get the reimbursement for this and we
can start submitting um you know for reimbursement They have a minimum threshold but basically you can submit um I think you have to exceed $50,000 per minimum per request So answer so we have a $1.8 8 million appropriation for
the feasibility study Um we would be reimbured reimbursed approximately 54% by the Massachusetts School Building Authority Um uh towards that $1.8 million Um this portion for the owner's
project manager I believe Paul came in at $440 or $444,000 if you have that figure Yeah it's 445 445 445 so with the remainder going to uh design services etc So um
which we will embark on once we have the owner's project manager on board So um so at this point um um that's the overall budget That's their portion for the owner's project manager And at this point I would make a motion that um the select board accept and approve the
owners project manager of um Leftfield LLC out of Boston for the Parker Middle School building project as presented I'll second it Okay we have a motion a second Pat Wess yes Pat Maloney I Jeeoff
yes Aaron yes And I'm an I Approved Okay thanks Uh next up town manager reports Yeah real briefly this evening one thing I first want to note is our town website has been updated A new release since our last meeting It looks good We're getting positive feedback and
I want to thank Christina Bruce and James Gity and my office who sort of you know took on this project and and uh and and and really um did a great job And so again it is much cleaner and more you know inviting So hopefully you know it will serve the town well Christina and
James did it Yeah Oh really yeah Looks good Yeah Nice work guys Work And then the next thing I have is a firefighter safety grant award Since our last meeting um the U Healey Driscoll Administration Executive Office of
Public Safety released its fire safety awards and and in the town of Chsford we were rewarded $12,150 Um you know for for and actually we're going to use that for firefighter boots you know safety gear So that's you know that's a a good award Uh and again
you know it helps improve the safety of the fire department Well we did get a little bit more than than other communities Yeah And I get and I credit Gary Chief Ryan for that because you know he kind of knew what tends to be supported and not supported and uh and and he chose an item that we could get
more funding So you're right we received significantly more even than the city of LOL in this grant round Um I also have for you the monthly double poll report from April Um the good news is the number of to of u double polls or open
tickets as they call them decreased to 47 which was a decrease of 13 from last month Um and 21 tickets were closed since the last monthly report Again coming out of the winter there really isn't a lot of work they can do on double polls But the reason we had the
decline there was a project that was completed Um and then the the the um the what we look for just the board new members are aware how the double pole process works is you know there's a double pole database believe it or not that exists
out there for the utilities to use Comcast Verizon National Grid and so forth and then what they do is it's almost like a next to go system and basically they go on how they're promoted on the line So National Grid is the top of the lines the electrical lines particularly for the three-phase power and so forth And then Verizon is
usually the bottom of the line Um so what we look at is not only how many double poles we have but where they are in the process because if they're at the very top of National Grid we've got to get National Grid moving because no one else can move until the person above them moves the double pole on the pole Um and then the exciting ones is when
you're down at Verizon it means you're just about done Um so what what you look at as a town staff is you look at what's the age of the double pole and who's next to go Uh and then you can see on my memo there were two long-standing double polls that we've been chasing national grid for One goes back to it was two
several years on Long Metal Road Um that we we really can't find any reason why that P double pole work hasn't been done Uh and then there's one at Rivenneck Road where that is is over Route Three That one is more understandable anytime you're dealing with pole utility work
spanning across Route 3 and that one was by a third party um which is why you see the DOT mentioned um for the transfer Um so again that's where we're at and again with the lack of storms uh and the now the better weather in March and April
We're hoping that when we get our double pole report for May in a couple weeks that we'll see these continue to decline Um that's also assuming that all the double polls are what's on that list and that the list is accurate and that's a different discussion but again we've we've made significant progress as a
community um and particularly trying to address the long-standing double poles And then the last one which is not the least one I I want to just take a few moments and provide you with an update regarding the South School roof replacement project That's for a portion
of the South Row School uh elementary school roof Um we went to town meeting you got a preliminary design funding working through the accelerated repair program through Mass School building authority We were assigned um again a
design uh project manager um on this project What you see in the packet is is you have they've calculated the MSBA has calculated a reimbursement rate for the for the South Row School reimbursement project and you see in that case it's
52.26% Uh and you can see you have this base and then you have your income factor and your property wealth factor Um so again you know we'll accept this because quite frankly you can't change it but again that's the process But more importantly what I want to take a moment
on is to look at the timeline Um and here's we Dr Lang and I and Christine Clancy our public works director were on a a virtual call with the um project manager on this project And
the cons the concern is is we want to we want to do this work in the school roof in the summertime And the goal and the vision was always to do the work in the summer of 2026 So obviously not this summer but next summer And that was why we appropriated money six months ago at
the fall town meeting where we're at now And as you can see this is the Gant chart of the of the project timeline Um here we are at the near the end of April Um we we are scheduled to receive in two
weeks the cost estimate to do this project So in other words they've already gone out and they've done the core borings in the um in the roof Um and what we've been informed of is because of
the fact that the original roof in the building is still there and there's been a replacement roof we now have to go back and remove you know you can only add so much roof to a building We now have to go back and remove the roofing that's there prior to installation of
the new roof What we don't know at this point but we'll know within two weeks is the original colar roof from back in the 60s Is it is it a hazardous material because was there asbestous or other materials in that product for disposal
if so that's going to raise the construction cost Um the end of the day we're probably we could be looking at a $3 million partial roof replacement project cost As I mentioned earlier the goal is to do
the roof next summer of summer 26 but the goal is also to bid at an opportune opportune time to to um get the best bid pricing Um and so if you look through this this Gant chart um the construction
period at the very bottom you can see is you know fourth quarter 26 construction you see the bold letters at the very bottom on the right But you want to be doing um bid award next December 15th Um but in order to get there you've got to
do all the other you know construction documents and design development and drawings and design funding The key and what what my long-winded way of saying is they want design funding secured by the end of
June meaning the end of next month The problem we have tonight is normally we like to roll special town meetings into the annual town meeting And yes we could go a third night or we could ask for a special town meeting on a third night of spring annual town meeting So
as you know we're going to start um on April 28th and then we'll recess and and continue on that following Thursday um which will bring us to May 1st And then ideally you could say "Oh we could call a special town meeting on May 5th." The
reason I'm not recommending that and and I think that's a practical reason is we wouldn't have the cost estimate till a week before a town meeting And it's not fair to the community It's not fair to the finance comm It's not fair to you to basically turn around a vote for the
town meeting approval um within a week I mean that's just not that's not how anybody should do business But again they want the funding secured by the end of June which is a polite way of saying we we would need to hold the
special town meeting in June to ask voters you know for this money to do the project at 52% as we noted earlier Um and we know one questions that the the roof has to be done So I spoke to the town moderator and also spoke to the
senior center When could we do a town meeting in June well you're not going to do it on June 30th a Monday night because that goes into the July 4th week So the question is and the question I have for the board is we could either do it the 23rd of June or the 16th of June
Basically the third or the you know the the you know fourth Monday The difference is if we meet on the 16th school is still in session If we meet on the 23rd school is completed at session I don't know if that matters terms of people's schedules or people's
availability and so forth Um so that's that's what I asked the board this evening is is what is your preference because whatever that is I will come back um and have a warrant for you to sign you know for this town meeting
um you know in May for the June town meeting Um so that's you know um in terms of your schedule your schedule to meet because of town meeting you know expect expectations um we we wouldn't we would be meeting on
the um we're not meeting on the 30th of June either um I'm sorry we're meeting we're meeting on the 30th we're meeting on the 30th of June we're not meeting on the 23rd of June but we are scheduled to meet on the 16th of June so the question is do you want to do you want to replace
your meeting on 16th with this or do you want to add of this in between your two scheduled meetings in June be the 9th right no it would be this the 16th We're scheduled to meet the 16th and the 23rd and the second So we got
three meetings in June The June 2nd the 16th and the and the 30th Um and so again the thought is do you want to do the town meeting on the 23rd which would be your off Monday night the problem is if you do it on the 16th then you're going four weeks
between meetings again because you would meet from the 2nd to the 30th of June Well we could change that one until to the 23rd You know move that that Yeah you can do that but then I have to see how that spills into July because you don't want to be meeting the Monday after the 4th of July either because you
know there's nothing you know you'd be putting packets out on Thursday July 3rd Um and we're not scheduled to meet till July 14th So again if you meet Well that would be three weeks 3 weeks and 3 weeks Yeah that's what you want to do So let me know what but you know what what your
preference is We don't need to decide tonight right no but I will need to know what to come in with a warrant at your next meeting So okay I mean I can come in with two I can come in with two versions of the warrant but but we will need to decide when the It also helps that that we can then notify the voters
in the finance committee So your a vote tonight would be better than not notifying them till four weeks from tonight This has already been This has already voted at town meeting right we're just No no no All we funed was the prelim All we funded was the preliminary design
This would fund the total project cost of $3 million which would be borrowed Um and then we get 50% reimbursement from the state on this project Again it's probably going to be a very quick town meeting uh and and it's unfortunately you got to go through all that effort and it would could probably take like 15
minutes because but you have to do it And again I it just isn't possible to do it within our annual time meeting because it's you just don't have the numbers soon enough sadly Yeah it's just not that You're not going to do that We're not going to do that with a week drop drop something of $3 million you
know in a week's notice It isn't fair We we And it also doesn't allow the FINCON to re-release its report in a timely manner which would be at least seven days before the meeting But it doesn't have to be on a Monday I mean we could do it on one of those Thursdays and that way it wouldn't interfere with any of our our schedules our our meeting
schedules but then it also just it throws people off though because people traditionally associate town meeting beginning on Mondays So well I mean we've done we've done specials on Thursdays before So I don't know I think we should just go with the 23rd and not upset our the select board meeting
schedule just stick with the um just move to the 23rd which um is still timely and I think works all the way around Um that's my two cents It's fine Yeah that's fine Okay All
right So we'll target June 23rd Well can I ask a question um so um we're we're awaiting the cost estimate right now for that Y did you say the overall cost is 3 million or it's going up by 3 million no it's we anticipated it'll come in around three million uh which which was
significantly higher than we originally envisioned uh when this project was brought forward uh at the preliminary stage Um so no we we anticipate the total cost will be around $3 million for the for So the appropriation we'd be looking for at a special town meeting
would be 52.26% of that Yeah Well we got to fund the full amount and then to borrow and then Yeah get it back Um okay And again we wouldn't really borrow this money significantly till next summer So it's not going to add to next year's tax bill but you've got to in order to be able to
work with the MSBA's schedule You've got to they want and it works fine if you're a city and has a city council that can meet any other Tuesday and do this It's just for town meeting for towns It It's a bit more cumbersome which is why we need to call a special town meeting and and
the and we won't know until after this is done if there's an asbestous issue or Well no we'll know that in two weeks We'll know that when they come back with they've done all the cores So it could be 4 million No no What we were originally hoping was around 2 million
Now we're thinking it could be three plus because of the because of because of the materials and then and then like everything else who knows what the bid climate's going to be for next winter Um prices prices are all over the place Wasn't that updated years ago what's
that was that Wasn't that school updated a few years ago yeah this is the portion of the roof that wasn't done The rest of the roof is fine So you know we're not you know so it's it's only I'm just like you mentioned that you know the original roof's from the 60s I'm thinking well didn't we just get rid of that no but the problem is is the you can you know
that the when they did the previous not the portion that we're doing that they just went over what was there previously but you can't you they won't allow you to go over it twice right that's the issue So we got to go back and remove which cause a cost And then you said if if it is a hazardous material it can be
done and obviously there'll be nobody in the school It just costs a lot more money to dispose of the material you're taking off the roof What it sounds like here is that the original roof is still on that portion of the building That original roof was likely a tar and gravel roof where they
removed the gravel and then went over it a couple more times but that original tar likely had asbestous fibers in it which is what likely drove the cost of the $3 million So um so it's that bottom
original layer that um is likely driving cost here is my guess Okay All right Thank you Thank you And then like I said also when we're at the end of town meeting this year we'll let people know when we finish springtime meeting that we'll you know we'll be expected to see them on June 23rd So
it's helpful Thank you And then I do have one appointment for you this evening Um it's for the Vinyl Square Action Plan Committee and that would be Mike Walsh who just recently completed his service on the planning board Much like Virginia he's
he's seeking to remain as a in activity as a member of the Vinyl Square strategic action plan committee for a term ending June 30th 2028 Okay nobody has any questions or comments I'll take a motion I'll make a motion that the select board approved
Mike Walsh for the uh Vinyl Square strategic action plan committee for a three-year term ending June 30th 2028 Is this is this a select board appointment or town manager that's a town manager appointment Binal square is we still vote Okay Yeah Town manager You
confirm Yeah Okay I have a motion and a second Patous Yes Pat Maloney Hi Yes Aaron Yes Okay And I'm a yes So appointed Thank you Thank
you Okay Next we have um liaison reports and referrals Um Patton would you like to go first sure Um I have I'm just going in a circle here We have we haven't really
established a rotation yet This is just Thank you Okay So I have um uh several things uh this evening Uh last week um the police uh Chelsea Police Foundation um made several awards to current um
members of the police force for meritorious service award for life saving They awarded patrol officer Christopher Chipchack patrol officer Jake Hartan dispatcher Andrew Hummiller patrol officer Christopher Robinson patrol officer Matthew Setch Detective
Brian Yubily patrol officer Derek Tyros and there was a special surprise um award to Chief Colin Spence So congratulations to them for mearious service award of outstanding performance of duty Awards were given to patrol
officer Matthew Kil Martin and patrol officer Nicholas there and for meritorious service award for valor patrol officer Craig me and patrol officer Nicholas there Congratulations to all of those folks Uh last Friday there was a graduation at the fire
academy We have two new firefighters in Chamsford Brandon Higgins and Jack Shky Congratulations to both of them and they will be they've already I believe started their shifts Um couple of weeks ago there was a ribbon cutting at Key
Moments Tattoo Parlor at 170 Conquered Road This is the first uh tattoo shop in town So um if you have a need for a tattoo that's the place to go 170 Conquered Road It's the first one ever I think So I think so Yeah
Uh Cher Friends of the Library thank everybody for coming to the used book sale uh last weekend last Friday and Saturday they were able to uh they sold books valued at $22,000 Um so that really you know adds
to the the funding that the the council friends of the library are able to to provide to the library for programs and other um other amenities And they and the Chancellor friends ask "We're sure that you have many books that you want to donate back for the next used book
sale and probably some that you just picked up this past weekend." They asked that you wait two weeks because the people that um that sort those books want a couple of weeks off to recover from this past this past used book sale Um a reminder that this Thursday Elon
Woo who was the author of Master Slave Husband Wife which was the council one book for this year will be at the library uh Thursday at 6 p.m Uh the library asked that you register if you plan to attend Last time I looked there were four seats left So hurry for that
Um and on a sad note um before this meeting I went over to the funeral home where um Linda Harrington uh Linda Harrington services were being held Um she is the matriarch of the the her the Harrington family in town And as we all
know John Harrington is a is a friend of this board for sure We see him in the audience very often And uh and I've known um Linda to drive around town in in her Corvette She was she was always had a smile on her face when she did that and you you wouldn't have believed
it but she was she was really good at that And the esteem of this community I think was shown tonight Um the town manager and I were both over at the services and we were in line for a good hour and a half and I think they were going to be going another hour and a
half after you left I got over there early and the the uh back room which they had kind of roped off to get like getting on a Disney ride I mean Paul and Jenna have to occasionally do that for a large waste right and um I get there at quarter 4 and the room was already
full So they had the clergy in before us and then they gave the family a couple minutes of private time Then they let the rest of us in You guys must have come after that She is uh definitely going to be missed So that's all I have Thank you Pat And Pat Maloney do you
have anything yeah Um I'll echo what Pat said about the the passing of Linda Harrington and uh thoughts go out to John Harrington and the rest of the family Um for my um for my uh report tonight Um I already mentioned earlier
that the full school building committee met last week to approve the OPM for the Parker Middle School project um that um OPM Leftfield LLC will be coming in for a meeting um on April 24th Um so that'll
be a full board meeting um on April 24th with our new OPM um there to present um um how they work and and how we're going to move through the rest of the process So that'll be um should be interesting um to follow for that So you'll see how
the rest of the process will go uh with designer selection and so on Um and then further to that um we have a meeting uh final meeting with the Mass School Building Authority on May 12th to get the final approval for Left Field LLC So
once we have those folks on board uh officially and finally then uh we move on to the designer selection process We hope to complete that um by summer's end maybe a little bit earlier but I think that's you know maybe pushing it Um but
we hope to complete that by summer's end And then the real work begins um with um you know looking at um the three different um um thoughts of um what the educ educational program may be and then on to um you know looking at sighting
and and and locations of potential new building and sizes etc and the design So anyway that's the um um what I have uh for for this evening Thank you Thanks Pat and Jeeoff A couple
quick things Um I know the cemetery commission met the beginning of the month to do a reorg meeting and S Nancy Soua is now the chairman of the cemetery commission be working with Candy Chase and Kirk Marshall and that's about all they got going right now as far as I
know Okay Um the parade committee met Tuesday and we've we've decided to make a little change into July 3rd program which is kind of the third rail I think I don't know I love the idea but as you know we tried to do a series of Saturday
concerts last year We didn't get the turnout we hoped and it cost us a lot of money We were not going to continue to spend that type of money without getting the participation So we thought you know what why don't we do it July 3rd Everybody's there anyway So we reached out to the community band and asked them
if they could move to a little bit earlier time They pushed back saying "Well they all have jobs and they couldn't make get there earlier." So we said "All right we'll do it before you." So we decided we're going to do a concert We bring a band up from Nashville and uh who was suggested by JC
Dawn as you know is was a longtime Chumsford resident is now moved to Nashville and she has quite a few contacts in the music industry down there So we're confident this is going to be a really fun act So they're going to play from 5 to 7 probably take a
break and allow the um suburbanets to do their thing in between sets and that way they'll they'll go right right to the uh parade the parade comm the uh chunks of community band right after that So the timing of them will stay pretty much the
same but we decided to mix it up We just want to build up to next year And we're working on a bunch of different ideas of stuff we could do to kind of make it a bigger event Um and everybody anybody has any suggestions please reach out to
the parade committee Go on the website You can find the the uh email It's changed so many times I can't remember what it is Um but you can contact us through the email and all of our phone numbers are on there as well So if anybody has any
suggestions for 2026 we we're all ears That's about it Thanks Steph Erin Um thank you Erin So a little light tonight Um I'll just give you kind of my uh plan here with these assignments is to
connect with the the leaders of the boards or the chairs um and to to make sure if I can't attend that I've got some sort of update so that they're being um represented here I did um join the planning board meeting um last week which uh Paul had sent us all something
on as well um with a couple of presentations and I felt like that was definitely important to attend in person Um we have uh we have two projects in front of the board that were they were just moreformational to get the board's feeling um for what was going on one
down on uh a lot down on Riverneck Road and the other one involving the uh the new owner of the the Chumford Mall Um and obviously those are going to become more visible based on the the feedback of the the board They gave the applicants um you know some some
feedback that it might be it would be worth pursuing Um one of those projects in particular is um of interest to me as somebody that's spoken a lot about uh and I know the rest of you are too sources of new revenue for town Um and
anybody that's already a business owner or a building owner that's willing to invest more in the town is uh is somebody I think we should definitely continue to have conversations And so I encourage uh the rest of the board and and anybody else listening and watching to continue to follow those planning
board meetings um to to keep updated on those two particular projects And um I would like to congratulate the uh for you for you for those of you that don't know Crystal Valley is now the new chair of the board Um so he took the reigns of
the meeting that night and uh he and I met afterwards as I got to witness the signing of the myars which I didn't know was a thing but that's I think pretty cool because that kind of makes everything final So um uh Chris wanted to let me know and the rest of the board
know that if we ever need a spot on their agenda just let them know and we have a standing invitation to um get up and and be able to speak to the board So I look forward to working with them and uh thank Chris for that and uh look forward to getting together with the
rest of these committees I've already heard from the vinyl square folks so definitely interested in getting involved with them That's it Okay Um I just have a couple quick ones from the board of appeals They've had a couple of kind of high-profile um things in front
of them lately Um for those that don't already know you probably all do the Morose A project was approved last week Um and they also um in regard to Ledge Road they moved the hearing for Ledge Road till June 5th I believe Um so
anybody who has been following that and wanted to participate in that hearing that's moved to June 5th And I think they're looking for another a different location Yeah the police station was the last They are having it at the police station Yep So anybody who's following that I just wanted to let them know that
um and I wanted to echo um everyone else's condolences for the Harrington family and um the passing of Linda Harrington And that's it Um so we do have an executive session Um
we have an executive session for a strategy with respect to litigation regarding North Chsford Water District regarding PAS contamination And the meeting is being held in executive session because an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the town
And I would take a motion to go to executive session Pat you're muted Pat you're muted Pat you're muted Muted Sorry folks Uh I'll make a motion that um the select board um uh adjourn to
executive session to discuss strategy with respect to the litigation regarding North Water District regarding PAS contamination not to return I'll second that Okay We have a motion a second Pat Wis Yes Pat Maloney I Jeff
yes Aaron yes And I'm also a yes That we're adjourned All right Pat we'll see you on the other Zoom link