Good evening everyone. Welcome to our October 7th select board meeting. A few changes tonight and Mr. D's right here on time. Thank you sir. Perfect. We're just starting without you. >> Um the chair Moren is not with us
tonight. Her daughter is in labor and Moren is with her. So, we wish the family good luck. De Oh, you sat down. I was going to say you lead us in the pledge, please. >> Sounds good. >> All right. >> I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Given that Moren is not here, when we get to items number
seven and 10, I'll ask for a motion to table. And with that, can I have approval of the minutes of September 23rd? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? I. >> I. And also a motion for the minutes of
September 25. So move. Oh, no. I wasn't here. I can't move that. >> I'll move. So moved. >> So moved. >> Thank you, Gardner. Is there a second? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I opposed. Abstain. >> Abstain. >> Thank you very much. At this time, new
public business. Is there anyone with any new public business? Mr. Saludo, please go to the microphone. Introduce yourself to the folks at home. >> Good evening. This subject is the restoration of swamp park. I'm George Saludo
and swamp park is currently unavailable for public use. I'm here tonight to ask your approval to restore and reopen this highly used and extraordinary public recreational venue.
Swamp Rock is located at the northern end of the Damas rail trail. It's about a third of a mile long and it's an elevated walkway through a swamp. It's a nature trail with amazing vistas,
beaver dams and lodges, observation platforms, picnic spots, and sweet flowering bushes you can only see and smell in a swamp. I was surprised recently to learn that
it's utilized by a hands-on as as a hands-on teaching site by the natural and environmental sciences structure for students at the Essex Northshore Agricultural and Technical School.
Swamp Walk was built by 200 volunteers and about $40,000 in donations during a few weekends in the spring and fall about 15 years ago. No taxpayer funds were used.
It now has a few walkway plants planks that are missing or broken. There is a small section that needs additional bracing. The entire workway is still in sound shape. It simply needs renewed attention
to be o reopened for the safe use by folks in our community. We have a plan for restoration. Our funding goal is only 15,000. That's for materials, landscaping, and maintenance.
Volunteers have already raised their hands to help with the restoration as well as requests as to where to send donations. Additionally, a social media vehicle is ready for launch which provides a
destination for donations and a person to contact in order to volunteer, namely me. Fundraising will begin immediately and continue through this fall and winter.
Restoring will start and end in early spring. The restoration project will be managed by the original swamp walk lead person of 15 years ago. He's the regional property manager of the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary in
Toppsfield. He designed and built the extensive elevated elevated walkway through their sanctuary right at this century. It's at least a quarter century old as well as similar projects elsewhere in
New England. He and I will be responsible for the successful restoration of our community swamp walk, including enthusiastic volunteers and full funding. and without taxpayer dollars.
May I have your approval to launch? >> George, um, your fundraising, where is that where the funds going? >> They're going to town hall. There is a special account set up labeled swamp walk and it is part of the rail trail
committee's fund. So, it's um already set up. It simply needs to be publicly announced. Madame manager, do we need to vote to accept those funds as they come after they come in? >> When they um >> Yes, when they come in, you'll have to
accept the donations. >> I'm working with Aaron and Rodney to get everything in place. So, >> Wonderful. Thank you. >> For clarity, is it a town account or a friends of account? I believe it's I believe it sits here with us account but
I will confirm that >> it's really an attachment to an existing town account. >> Yeah. >> Sort of a subset of the rail trail account. >> Okay. >> Any other questions for board members? >> None.
to the well I guess I do a cl a functional one to the extent that collecting the money obviously we talk about but do we have to give any permission to be on the it's public land isn't it or is it damas managed public land >> dams managed public land so I don't
think it's a vote by the board okay >> we just need to give them the okay on on from the top >> that was the process that was utilized last time and by the way swamp walk and the top end of the so-c calledled Damas rail trail is actually in Winnham. So
I'm going before the Winnham board mostly as a courtesy to say that hopefully Danvas has approved and that I'd appreciate your approval to launch and it's really to request of
both towns permission to go ahead and do this. George, this is not an agenda item. So, we cannot take a vote at this particular meeting. We can have it on the agenda next meeting for a vote of the select
board unless there's somebody that would object. >> I would not object to voting on this this evening >> unless it's not it's not on the agenda. >> I know unless it flies in the face of open meeting. I have no problem with this. >> We can take a vote the next time. I just want to know if anybody's objects to it.
No, >> no objection, Mr. Chairman, but uh it didn't sound like we needed a vote. It sounded more like the town manager had the authority to give him the okay to proceed and once everything is done and we get the funds, then we will vote to
accept the funds. So if there's >> I think what George is asking is for our support which verbally >> yes. Uh it isn't like there is a today we start and tomorrow we end collecting funds. The funds are going to keep coming in. Volunteers are going to keep
this is a happening. This is a community happening. And we're not sort of we're not building the Mystic River Bridge here. >> So, I think D's I I think D's right. It as far as the accounting purposes that
can happen. A void of a voice a vote of support by this board. It we don't have the authority to say yes or no, you can't do this, I believe. So, I don't think we have to say yes, you can do this. I think it would be beneficial when he goes to Winnham and when you go, let me know. I'll go again with you. Um
to say Danver is the select board of Danvers and the town administration is supportive of us restoring this nature walk. >> That's a fair statement to make. >> So whether you want that to be do we vote or straw vote or just say yes, we all agree, I'm fine.
>> If we all agree, that's fine. But I'm not going to call for a vote or something that's not on the agenda. >> Okay. Okay. But you can all express your wishes >> and I express that I'm in support of him carrying that message to whomever he needs it. >> I think it's a simple yes.
>> Mike, >> I support it, too. >> Thank you. >> I'll support it as well. >> We support it. George, you know, I was there the first day. >> I might be there the last day. And you and another fellow were the first two people to walk down >> what was called the rail trail later
>> because there was still railroad tracks there >> and it was necessary to clear some of the limbs of the tree covering the railroad tracks. And when we started this product project in order to deliver a third of a mile down the site, we had a little flatbed dolly with railroad
wheels on it that we pushed the lumber down. This was long before the rail trail. The last time we went through this process, it was elegant and easy. The board simply said, "Sure, you're not using tax money, taxpayer money. Go ahead and do it." So, we did it. I
thought we were asking for the same process. Once again, >> we're all in agreement that you should do it. >> Yep. >> Thank you. I'll go do it. >> Do it. Thank you. >> Thank you, George. Bill Brad Street.
>> Bill Brad Street town meeting member precinct one. Uh he's did a nice presentation. I probably will do a presentation. I always asked that you tell me you're working on it. And what comes to mind to
me after listening to George was in the past I had asked for proper signage to be placed in town honoring the indigenous people who were stewards of the property that we now occupy.
I think they deserve recognition too. I know I asked are you working on it? Are you still working on it? Well, I think the town moderator agreed to read something at each town meeting. I don't think we discussed a
sign as such. If I I think I asked for for a sign. My memory >> you may have. >> I'm older than you. My memory uh is that I asked for some signage placed someplace conspicuously so people when
they come to our nice town to see what we have to offer will see that we were nice enough to honor the people who were here before we came along. >> And manager can we we can't just pick a
spot to say let's put a sign up. We kind of need to do a little study. have to figure out where >> can I suggest it's probably a combination of the human rights and inclusion committee and the historical societ historical group that would come up with the wording the location
presentation make a a uh make a uh >> yeah the historic society already has a a a declaration a statement >> yes I it was right at the town meeting >> right they changed that a little bit human right >> if we're going to formalize with a sign I would think those two committees would want to get together >> they should
>> so my point is you're working Will you come to our next historical society board meeting and speak to it? >> Uh, I will try my best. >> 5:30 on the 25th, Tapley Hall. If you tell me you're
going, I'll ask Mr. George to put you on the agenda. >> Okay. And I'll say I'll say yes. Now, >> it's important to me. I I I think the >> No, I think the historic Society will support it, but you can't just ask one person. And we got to ask the whole
trust board of trustees. >> We'll all work on it. Then >> you want to check. Do you want to check in with me later on that? >> Yes. I have to ask my boss. >> I know. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mark. >> Thank you. Uh Mr. Bennett. Uh,
I have a shorter memory than Bill, but uh, what I want to do is remind the board about the petition that was placed before you last meeting in regard to the
planning board actions and master plan consideration. And I am just uh wondering I have not heard anything from the planning board or from the town manager and I am very concerned that I hope it
doesn't just get into the round wastist bag. >> No, it's it's still on the top of my chair where I keep important documents. I reviewed it earlier today. Uh, we'll ask the chair if she wants to put something on the agenda with the manager for discussion
prior to the next special town meeting. >> Mr. Chairman, I've got it right here. If I might, this is the action of the planning committee. They they they they go through this process. I'm Please wait. They go through the process. They'll certainly invite Mr. Zubric to come and speak to his his concerns and
thoughts and considerations. But the process is to work through them for their recommendation to us. So asking for us to take action, I think is not the appropriate step in this point. I think it's to ask we may ask the planning board to take it up, but we're
not going to be active participants till they come to us with their full research thoughts and and revisions. >> Okay, Mark. And I totally agree with your statement, Gardner. And uh the thing is I just didn't want this thing
to disappear. And uh not to be heard again like a lot of items do happen. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, >> Tony. No, you all set. >> Okay. Okay. Thanks. Anyone else? New public business.
>> All right. Thank you. Number three. The board will vote to accept gifts to the town in accordance with mass general laws chapter 44 section 53A. First is a mass government infosystems association.
This manager somebody to speak to this. >> I Kobe Cousins IT department. >> Hello Kobe. Thank you uh to your help today with your staff to get my emails up and running again. >> Oh, excellent. You're welcome. Um
so what uh what you have before you in your packets today is a donation to the IT department um of a little over $12,000 from the Massachusetts Government Information Systems Association.
So that association was a regional IT organization for a number of years, many years. um and they've recently uh dissolved. They had some leftover funds and they were looking for someone uh
doing something that supports their mission of regional IT work. So they saw um our work with the Northshore IT Collaborative uh which we founded in Danvers now has eight member
communities. Um we work on cyber security. We have a regional data center. We have a regional fiber optic network. Um, and they thought that Danvers would be a good location to deliver their funds uh and continue that
uh mission that it was intended for. >> Thank you. Questions? D. >> Oh, no questions. Thank you. This is This is going >> uh Thank you. Were the Were we the only town that got this monies? >> Yes, we were. >> Very nice. Is this going to help me pay
my electric bill online? Still can't get on. >> Thank you, >> Gardner. >> I have no questions. Very good. >> Is there a motion? >> I move we accept the gift as presented and to the extent that there's a organization send a vote a note of
thanks. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I oppose? None. Thank you. Thank you, Colobe. >> Thank you. >> Next. Memorial bench at Ender Park. [Applause] I may Mr. Chair um I told Chris he
didn't need to be here because this is one that you're used to doing. Um these are included in your packet are is a me a memo from Chris Samborn, director of natural resources um asking to request the acceptance of a donation in the amount of $3,800 to fund
the installation of two memorial benches at Endicott Park. These benches will be dedicated in memory of Jim and Florence Mullen, Tony and Edith Navaro and Ron and Mim Baldock. Sorry if I didn't get the names correct. That's correct. >> Um and your packet goes on to tell a bit
about their deep roots in Danvers and their ties to Endicott Park and we hope you'll accept the donation. >> Very good. Questions? Gardner? >> No questions. >> Mike, >> no questions. >> D, >> no questions. >> What's the will of the board? Although it's a two bundled as one. I move we
accept the uh the donations and send individual letters of thanks. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I oppose. None. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. That's great. Board, can I ask your indulgence to take
number six out of order? We hear from the application of Northshore before we get into our other updates. >> Yes, please. >> Fine. >> Fine. Fine. Fine. We'll go to number six. The board in receipt of an application by Essex Northshore Agricultural Technical
School, 565 Maple Street Alumni Hall, Jill Sawyer, event coordinator for a one-day wine and malt license for musical bingo, Friday, October 17th at 7 to 10. You must be Jill. >> Good evening. Yes, I am.
>> Evening here with Ryan Monks as well representing Essex Tech. >> How are you? Good. Welcome. tell us a little bit about your musical bingo event. >> Yes, so musical bingo is a fundraising event for our DECA um co-curricular club. Um it is going to be Friday,
October 17th. It is a Delt 21 plus only event. Um and we're really just trying to be creative in our fundraising efforts because we have three co-curricular clubs that tend to be very expensive as far as competitions um through state competitions, national um
traveling. So, we're seeking a one-day liquor license for this event. >> Questions? Go ahead. No. >> No, I have no questions. Thank you. Oh, I'm sorry. One and to the clerk through you, Mr. Chair. How many uh one day liquor licenses have they has the school
used this year in 2025? And if you don't have the answer, I don't need you tonight. I'm just curious. >> Less than 30. Oh, >> is 30 the limit? >> 30, I believe, is the limit. >> Oh, never mind. Okay. I thought it was something much smaller. >> Hold on. Um, this is the second one liqu
>> from the town. >> Oh, we did one in the special meeting two weeks ago. >> Yes, exactly. >> Oh, that was only the second. Okay, thank you. >> Yep, >> Michael. >> Um, no, no questions at this time. Thank you, D.
>> No questions. Thank you. >> Okay, I have none either. This is not a public hearing. So, what's the will of the board, >> Mr. Mr. Chairman, I move we accept the application as presented. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? I
>> I. >> Good luck. >> Thank you. >> So, I assume for the other two groups, you'll be back again. >> Um, no. So, we have other um we are trying to kind of streamline any other one-day liquor license we would need so that we can kind of come together um to one meeting and kind of list out those
activities. But we do not anticipate another fundraiser that would involve a liquor license at this time. >> Good idea. Thank you. Good luck. >> Thank you. >> Okay. The board will hear a Casper update from fire, police, and public health. All right.
>> Good evening. Jamie Shaffron, Deputy Fire Chief. Uh Chief Barry couldn't be here tonight, so thanks for having me. Um >> welcome. >> We're here to present our focus area of the town's Casper plan. Um so in looking at future and potential climate related
challenges to the town and how we could prepare public safety, we focused on two key areas. Um our first area is uh is really about making sure that our public safety systems remain operational during climate related emergencies or any
emergencies for that matter. Um and making sure that our communication systems are redundant and resilient are are um incredibly important for that. So, we've broken it down into some short-term goals and some long-term goals. Um, our short terms a period of less than three years, and our long-term
is 3 to 10. So, what we're kind of looking at is um making sure that when a widespread event happens that we still have communication systems to operate our all of our first responder systems, including and communicate with multiple agencies and be able to coordinate response to any issues that are going on
uh in the region. So, our short-term goals are to map our communication nodes. Um, make sure that our obviously we know our dispatch centers, but our entire system is GIS mapped and make sure it's up to date um with who owns what and how the roles they play in that system. Um, so we're working on that
now. Installing battery backup systems uh into our dispatch centers, our communication nodes, our repeaters. Um, we already have most of those things are generator backups, especially their dispatch center. But we're ensuring that in that lull between losing power and a generator kicking on that everything's
battery backup, so communication is flawless. Our systems never go down um and that everything runs smoothly. We're also focusing on um our repeater system and our working with cell phone vendors. So, a big part of uh major events that
happen and it's kind of made famous of local events like the Boston bombing um and the marathon is that everyone starts using their cell phones, the network gets swamped, goes down, no one can make phone calls. Um so, we want to make sure the communication is still possible with that. And one solution is signing uh
work with telecom providers and have partnership agreements that they can bring on what's known as cows, the cellular on wheels. So, they can actually bring in repeater towers. A lot of communities do this for pre-planned events. If you drive around Salem, you might see them now to make sure that cell phone network is um given
additional power to make sure that they can handle the volume of calls. But so if we have a widespread event here, um not only is infrastructure likely damaged um but there'll be more usage of people needing help and we've seen that in national level events. So kind of planning ahead and having those
agreements in place on who we can call the contacts, making sure their uh deployment method and timelines are are laid out. Um so we're already chipping away working on that. Uh and our last short-term goal is to uh we have pretty
strong mutual aid agreements and protocols, but to enhance that and grow that uh beyond the region and for larger scope events, weather related events and things like wildfires kind of came into play last summer as everybody knows and we've been building off of those. Um
actually you can go back one jump. >> No worries. Uh our long-term goals too is uh building a redundant fire fiber wireless network which Colby has been working very hard on doing. Um we've been in touch with him making sure that it's multi-directional so that much like a
water line if a water mane breaks things can flow around it. It's not a one unidirectional communication. So obviously if we have a a widespread infrastructure problem that communication can still get where it needs to go. We're also ensuring that uh we have 48 to 72 hours of backup at all
of our nodes. So, not just the ones we own, but the ones that we use and lease through um other companies and vendors and ensuring that they're keeping up with our standards of backup power supplies. We're also exploring the options of renewable energy and solar, things like that to store energy uh um
store electricity for when there is outages and downs. Um so, that's going to be a long-term goal that we're working on and really taking a look at our secondary dispatch and emergency operations center. So, we have our primary communication center, but of course, we plan for if there's an issue in that in that area that that building
cannot be used that we have other operation centers um that will be functional to the full capacity that we need. We have a lot of those things set up, but with technology growing so rapidly in the past few years, we want to make sure that our our backup capabilities are keeping up with that
growth. Um, and of course with that comes funding in technology and equipment. So, that'll take some time, but we're working on it. and uh public alert systems. Um, in the same theme of technology increasing rapidly, um, you know, the old radio alert system,
there's a lot more out there now and we're going to make we're actually working on we work with MIMA a lot in Massachusetts emergency management agency to see their capabilities of notifying the public of an event and we're working with it to um, explore vendors that we could do that here within town and not have to go through
other people's protocols to get information out and of course making sure it's accessible to everyone uh, meaning it's multilingual. um and everyone can get the messages they need to get. Uh our second area of focus is uh training. So making sure that our
responders are trained um and educated on potential issues. And again, our short-term and long-term goals uh short-term 0 to3 is make sure hazard specific training modules. We're already into this. Everyone knows last summer uh the the widespread brush fires across the state was a pretty unprecedented
response and we identified, hey, we really need to be training on this more. But we're going to build on that into uh floods, heat, cold emergencies and and just long-term power outages. What are the implications of, you know, not just a couple hours of long of power, but uh maybe even multiple days out. With that
comes with semiannual full-scale drills including communications failure, working with other agencies within town and around um and staying on top and including annual climate hazard briefings. Uh MIMA does a pretty good job at doing this for us already, but kind of growing that in
the bigger scale and including Noah and educating all of our frontline personnel on what that means and staying on top of those mutual aid protocols. We've um you know again back to the brush fire things they've already revised a lot of mutual aid pro protocols and strike teams and task forces kind of statewide um efforts
at responding to and with MIMA preparing for these types of events and keep growing that out into other climate related emergencies. So the long-term goals come as bannual refreshers making sure that we're on top of that specialized response units. Uh we're actually working right now with um
NARAK, which is a local homeland security council to outfit. They um own a truck that is stored in our fire headquarters and we're kind of working with them to make that a specialized uh wildfire response unit for uh a local regional response. But we can work with
other departments and other towns and cities to build more of those specialized response teams, kind of that regional um capability for unusual events. And we're going to keep forming more partnerships with volunteer organizations, the Red Cross in particular. We're actually um we created
a shelter for the long-term power outage in the Rice Street region um Rice Street area not too long ago, which opened up an opportunity. The Red Cross saw kind of our facilities and how we plan to set up shelters and they were impressed and have approached us about forming a more permanent partnership, which is great
for the town and relationships and we're going to keep building off of those things. And of course with anything um after any response or any incident we all get together as department heads responders do massive afteraction reports gather all the data and and come
back and see how we can learn to do this better. Um so how do we measure these things? Our metrics are for our first action is uh 90% of our communication sites with 48 hour backups by 2027 which is a realistic goal. And we're going to make sure we have less than two hours of
downtime during events. For training, we're just going to make sure that 100% of our personnel are trained annually and that we have at least two multi- agency drills per year. Make sure we're including our IT, our DPW, um, of course, police, fire, public health, and
any other partners in uh, who we could be working with and make sure that we're uh, consistently less than 30 minute deployment for all climate incidents, whether locally or regionally. And on that, I'll pass it off to Frank. Any questions on the public safety before I
move on to public health? >> All set, everybody? Thank Thank you, Jamie. >> All right. Thank you. >> Good evening, everyone. Uh Frank Jacalone, director of public health for the town of Danvers. Here to present our
um public health part of uh the Casper plan. And our first action is to pilot a neighborhood resilience hub that provides daily needed so uh resources and emergency response services to
enhance community resilience. So, um, our hub that we developed is actually online and it's on our, uh, public health web page. And the purpose of this is to get, um, much needed
resources out to the residents of Danvers um, for those matters listed there on the right that I'll go down. Um, oftentimes these services are hard to uh, hard to find. So, we had an intern actually that reached out to each
um section here and the uh the hub itself, the website has listed contact information, hospitals, urgent care, um me uh mental health resources. So places
that you can actually go call um and the website itself has a lot of toolkits um how to prepare for climate change events and even general preparedness um what you should be what you should
have in your home uh what you need during these events. So it's a very useful uh useful site and the areas that um we have concentrated on. So we have uh mental health resources
um medical resources as well uh housing resources, people get displaced, people who need help uh with hoarding issues. Um and often times housing actually can be very challenging especially for people who don't have uh
can't get to senior care. So you have that younger population and what do you do with them? So there's actually uh places out there that we have listed that can help rental assistance and um housing assistance too if you get displaced from your home. Uh we have
food resources and storage information. So we have our food pantries there and where people can get um um needed food and uh evacuation transportation resources as well. Uh people who need to
um transportation to get to where they're going. Um senior center is listed there. They have their program there by appointment where you can call up and uh schedule transportation from where uh where you need to go. and stay
informed is um we're going to try to keep that updated as much as possible for any you know new or upcoming events. Next slide. This is a brochure that um we developed
and it basically um summarizes um the areas of the hub. So just to get people thinking again um mental health uh crisis lines uh list the Beth Israel
Lehey mobile crisis Boston medical center. So those are all listed and can be easily accessible to the public. um how to prepare yourself for an emergency as well is listed there. And
it also gives some uh data information on um how climate change has affected Danvers on how many uh hot days over 90 degrees and uh frequency of long droughts like we're in right now and
this hot summer we had also. So um this is a basic guide and with this it can steer people onto the hub that we have established on the um on our website. Next our second point is to partner with local health and wellness service
providers to promote these um these services and that we did do. uh our intern worked hard to actually contact everyone listed here just to let them know that uh we wanted to use their services um and they all said yes we
will be there for you. So anything listed here um is available. So some of them uh obviously the uh my department department of public health is available for anything and we're also a member of the Northshore Cape and emergency
preparedness coalition where um we develop our emergency plan which is a subp part of the town's emergency response plan and that's how we set up all our flu clinics, vaccine clinics for COVID and any type of
dispensing site that we may need to have. Um we also have inspectors uh regionally we have inspectors too that we can utilize um uh for um housing inspections and things like that as well as food.
Uh MIMA is available also when we uh I know we had that large event here a few years ago. So between MIMA and fire department of police um I wasn't here so I just saw it on the news but uh um
that's a type of uh um website we had built and again uh who we partnered up with um to give a service to our residents of Danvers. And that's just a list of the housing
and shelter providers that we uh have and reached out to. As you can see, rental assistance. Uh the uh section 8 the housing voucher program. We have our local nonprofit housing developers as well listed there. One on
the bottom there. Age span. That's one that I've used a lot uh for people in need of uh services in their homes. food security partners, our people of food pantry here and there was other um
open doors another big one. There's one in Newbury Port as well um that provides services and uh we just listed the um population that are at risk. So, older
adults, children, children and families, people with disabilities, unhoused individuals, low-income uh individuals with mental illnesses, and pregnant women and caregivers. So, those are the uh populations that we um
have targeted or trying to service with this with this hub. >> I think that's it. >> That's it. Any questions, De? >> I'm not at a moment. Thank you, >> Mike. >> Um, not a question, just a statement. A
friend, uh, reached out looking for help for our older men, uh, male friend. >> I can't really hear. I'm sorry. >> A friend, uh, reached out for some help and, uh, he I had him call over to the, uh, office at the senior center and they lined him right up perfectly with all
the different agencies that could help him, and uh, it was it was pretty nice. So it does it does work. So yeah. So thank you >> to Hill. >> The reason why we did the hub too is um again well limited with space where
we're going to put this or start an office like this. Uh but my staff is uh um uh between Judith and myself and uh our staff that we're going to uh educate more on this as we move forward. But it's just like you said, it's a one stop
and again it just lists any type of um um service you may need and it's right there at the f fingertips. >> But go ahead, >> I'm just I I don't know if you would want to put the Davis Housing Authority on here. The Davis Housing Authority
lists them as an as a >> DARE. Are they on here but in a different terminology? >> Um I believe we do have DARE on the on the website. >> No, not DAR. not dare Davis >> uh the Davis the state program the Davis Housing Authority
>> also the Davis Housing Authority Trust I didn't know if you wanted to list them as resources as well >> I think the housing authority is on the website but I'll check on that >> very good I'm I'm looking at the slideshow thank you >> those are my only questions thank you >> thank you thank you Frank very well done
Jamie appreciate the update I know a lot of work has gone on this happy to see that you have a three-year plan and a 10year Yeah, I am. It's good. Very good. Thank you, Bill. >> Comment. >> Oh, sorry, Mr. Chairman. I thought
>> I just called on Bill, but Bill, >> I'll >> Oh, thank you, D. >> Well, I I thought uh the police because I had a comment, but for all >> Jamie is next on the agenda. >> Oh, so he's got a separate one. >> He's separate. Yeah.
>> So, I can make my comment to the fire chief and the >> You can Okay. Well, apologies. I thought they were all together. Uh, well, I just want to say thank you to um the fire department and to Frank.
Uh, obviously, I'm a little biased as a former member of the board of health. Uh, what what our local board of health does for this town is incredible. Uh, well, we go to restaurants, we eat, we don't even think twice about it. There's
a lot of work that goes on behind the scene to making sure that we all stay safe. And they touch every aspect of our lives from air to noise to food to road
heat everything. So, and and Frank and his office does that with what three four people is Frank is Briana. Now you have uh Giana as an intern and Alicia Wu keeps you out of trouble and Judith
Ryan. They they do amazing work. As a matter of fact, my own sister who is a Denver resident got a visit from Judith Ryan after she had her newborn. Yes, that's one of the problem. >> And she had like a postpartum visit
where she came and talked to her about making sure she was okay, making sure she had food. Uh she actually bought her some diapers and that were donated. So, I I just think it's a jewel for our community to be able for them to do what
they do with so little. Um and for the fire department, same thing. Uh I I do think when I look at the plan like this, it's a lot of numbers, a lot of big words, but what always comes down to me
is at the end of all these, there's a person, there's someone, there's there's there there's a family that we are trying to help. And as long as we continue to not lose sight of that, I I couldn't be prouder to be in a community that's so proactive. So, thank you.
>> Thank you. Appreciate that. >> Thank you, Dean. Okay, thank you. Before we go on, um, just one moment folks that came late, we're not doing the town meeting review tonight, just so you know. Thank you.
I'm sorry, Bill, you wanted to say something >> again, Bill Brad. Uh solar power I thought was mentioned for storing energy in case emergency with the Casper plant. My question is we're building a solar
farm, aren't we? Still, will that be of assistance to the fire department in their efforts to have enough power backup? Jamie, >> it's a great question. We're exploring that as well. uh we work regularly with
electric light and their engineers. So that'll be part of the talks. So I'll get back to you on that answer. town meeting member precinct one. Uh I'm just curious for anyone since this hub is just a virtual hub and there's not an office. If someone is not a senior, is
there a place that they can go to navigate all of this if they need to? Like can they go to the library and get help or the police? Like if this is it could be overwhelming I imagine all of this stuff and if they aren't a senior
where do they go for help? Great question. Um, with de uh this being developed and currently on our public health web page, um, I do agree because even with our general applications, renewals, we have
people who have difficulty going online. So, I think that's a great point that I will look at how we can make this accessible, let's say, at the senior center or at the library and make sure that um you know
staff at least knows how to navigate and to get um the public online. So, that's a great point. Great point. I know Frank in the resources a lot of phone numbers for individuals mental health
urgent care emergency rooms and I think I saw the town's phone number somewhere within extension but certainly yeah it's on the back uh extension 3022 the public health
>> but that's not main mann 247 No. >> So that somebody could call and leave. Would they leave a message? >> They'll leave a message with me. Yeah, that's my extension. >> So there is a phone number anyways, but >> you know, we're always going to be working on updating this. It's not just
going to be a one-time thing. So, we'll again with suggestions that were made here tonight now, you know, we can um keep this as a living document and just make sure it's it it's it's up to date and more accessible to to everyone.
>> Okay, great. Thank you very much. >> If I may, Mr. Chair, please. >> Um, one of the parts of the Casper plan that I've been so impressed with since I've started here is that they um the team meets like quarterly or so. One's coming up in November and I hope everyone will join us. There's a public
summit piece of that event as well. Um when I have the remember the date, I'll put it in my report. Um but the team meets regularly so they get trained kind of cross-trained on what the other departments are doing. And so um I feel confident that we can work with Frank to
make sure if people access whether it's through the police, through the schools, through the library, through veteran services, through the fire department. I mean we as you know we touch um people in all different ways. So to make sure that everybody across trains across department to know that this hub is
available for the resources um and if they don't have the answer themselves they know who and who in town government to call. >> Okay. Very good. Thank you. >> Now the number five the board will hear a quarterly update from the police
chief. Welcome Chief Levelville. Good evening. >> No pressure. >> No pressure. >> It's only a PowerPoint, not power. >> We'll just wait here. >> All right. Look. Here we go.
>> Police Department. All right, >> perfect. >> Um Jamie and Frank just did a great job in that presentation, so I can let them handle that tonight. And if you have any questions, I can happy any questions about that plan as well. Um as far as our presentation tonight, uh go to the
first slide, please. Uh we'll start off with our current staffing levels. Uh so currently we have two vacancies. Uh one is due to retirement. development is created by the FY26 increase by one officer for the budget season which we're very appreciative of. Um hope to have an
additional officer uh to make three officer Jason Scaines retiring in February of 2026 and we're working towards hopefully filling all three positions now. That way when he retires, we already have someone in the pipeline and the academy getting trained. Uh back on September 9th, we held the candidate
orientation meeting for all eligible recruit applicants. Uh that was at the police station held by Captain Samborn. Um during that time we went over the expectations and the process that the off the U candidate should be going through. Um each candidate was assigned a certified background investigator. Um
each background takes about 40 to 60 hours to complete. Um candidates who are recommended to move forward in the process will participate in integrity interviews the week of October 13th. Um that's about a two-hour interview that is held um in front of our command staff and they discuss um integrity questions
that we have standardized questions and also they go over any background questions they have in the background investigations. Uh the top four candidates will be scheduled for meeting the town manager on October 23rd and our goal is to have all three candidates attend the Lynfield
Police Academy which begins on January 2nd. Second or fifth? I might be the fifth. um with an expect expected graduation date of late May, early June. Um I'm happy to announce we have our
final sergeants promotion. Um effective Sunday, October 12th, Detective Chris Gaffne will be more the rank of sergeant. Sergeant Gaffne will be assigned to the day shift as a patrol supervisor and work under the direction of Lieutenant Derek Kella. This promotion uh will fill all supervised
positions in the department. It's the first time in probably four years that we've actually had all of our supervisory roles filled. So, we're excited about that. Um, as result of his promotion, there'll be an opening in our criminal investigation division, our detectives. Uh, so also October 12th, Nick Cus will be assigned to the
detective division and detective Cus will work under the supervision of Detective Michael Moch. Um, and the goals have a swearing in at the hope end of the month for all the promotions from the past few months. >> How many detectives will I give you? uh two detectives and one supervisor. So it'll be three in the office.
>> Thank you. >> Uh we continue to post our monthly uh information infographics on our activity. Um so that's on our Facebook and our social media accounts through um Instagram. About a month or so ago, we also added
the weekly dispatch logs. So anyone can go into our website, go to the records division, record portion, and there's a drop-own menu for week weekly dispatch logs. It's a PDF that they can select and they can view all of our calls of service um during the week. So again,
just trying to get information out there of what we're doing on a daily basis and on a regular basis. um some of our crime stats for the uh since from June 14th to September 26. Uh there have been 87 arrests, 44 summones,
16 hearings applied for, um 11 warrant applications, and seven people placed in protective custody. And that can either be for drugs or alcohol. So far this year or as of September 26, we've had 20,236 calls for service. Um
some of our top locations can continue to be recovery center of America with 268 calls for service. Those are medical aids um court order issues and clients who walk away from the facility. Um Target is number two with 249 calls for service. Um 135 of those for shoplifting
incidents. Uh they also include follow-up investigations and 911 calls. Uh Walmart has 138 mostly uh 911 calls, medical aids, check well-beings, and shoplifting. Uh Costco surprisingly has 119. A lot of these are minor accidents
in the parking lot, 911 calls, a lot of pocket dials in the store, and some medical aids. And then Liberty Mall had 97 calls for service, mostly useless disorders, accidents, and medical aids. um some crash data from June 14th to
September 26th. Uh we had 340 reported accidents for 815 year to date and we had 105 accident reports submitted in that time period for a total of 256 accident reports submitted. Um those
those accident reports are significant damage, personal injury accidents. A lot of the minor injur minor accidents, minor property damage in private lots aren't um reports aren't completed on those. Here's a heat map of some of the action
locations. Um as you can see um Andover at Garden Street is a heavy location. Um Silvin and Adams second one and then there's one up by Maple by Burley. So you can see the red
spots is the is locations with higher incidence of accidents. Um traffic enforcement activity uh from June 14th to September 26 there were 273 selective enforcements. There were 192 either DDAC patrols or grant enforcement
actions. um 296 traffic stops for a total of 761 traffic stops for that time period. Um year to date we're up to 2556 traffic stops in the community. Again tops violations are speeding with 521 uh
crosswalk violations with 136 and use of electronic device with 104 citations. Uh yesterday afternoon received uh email from the executive office of public safety stating that James Pomman had been awarded $41,348.70
in National Highway Safety Administration funds. Uh this is for both equipment enforcement and for programming. Um so traffic enforcement will include distracted driving, speeding and impaired drivers. Pedestrian bike bicycle enforcement will
be crosswalk enforcement and bicycle safety equipment. traffic equipment will allow us to purchase a polemounted radar speed sign and a hand handheld radar unit. And for community awareness and outreach, um it allow us to fund a bike rodeo for the summertime.
Uh for youth complaints, again, for that same time period, June 14th to the 26th of September, we had 53 youth complaints. Um, not bad considering it was the summertime months and we were at 46 during the early spring. Um, again,
locations for complaints, uh, nine Liberty Mall or Endot Street, eight were in the downtown area and eight were on High Street in the area of McDonald's. Um, in the past probably three or four weeks, we've actually impounded five bicycles um, from
individuals in the community. um some community policing initiatives. So between June 14th and again the September 26th, there were 148 uh community policing initiatives. Um officers conducted directive patrols, uh engaging in walk-in talks and community policing activities, uh policing
initiatives that are active in the downtown area and officers addressing uh concerning behaviors observed among youth. Uh, bicycle safety continues to be a concern for the community and the police department. Um, after the start of the school year, we started to see increase
in disruptive bicycle activity. Um, I think it was the kids being back in school and then being out around the square after school. Um, so we collaborated with the principles of elementary school and the middle school as well as superintendent to share some important bike safety. Uh this information was communicated through the principal's weekly emails
and including the superintendent's weekly email. Um our goal is to encourage parents to actively teach and reinforce bicycle safety with their children and we provided parents with some resources and some key talking points to facilitate discussions about uh bike safety at home. So on the next
slide you'll see the infographic that we put together for to go out by the principles again talked about you know that this is the shared responsibility that we need parents to have an active involvement in this um active role in bike safety. Uh we talked
about some uh did you know about helmets can reduce injuries um you know that the required is 16 and older and that bikes can be impounded. Then we also had some talking points about again helmet first. Uh ride right, so stay on the right hand side of the road. Be visible while
they're riding their bikes. No tricks in traffic. Safe wheelies and stunts for safe areas. Never in the street. Look and listen. Watch for cars and driveways, intersections, and crosswalks. And respect others. So this was sent out to all the parents at the elementary and middle school age and by
the superintendent's office. Uh October is school safety month. Uh we've been working with uh superintendent BA for the last three I think three years now on this topic. Um so our school resource officers have been conducting u their first enhanced lockdown drills at all the elementary,
middle, and high schools. They're also um leading bus evacuation drills at the elementary school level. And we are in the process of scheduling annual meetings with the each school in town including St. Mary's, St. John's Prep, and Essex Tech. Uh these meetings focus on how we can support the school
teachers and staff better. Uh these ongoing conversations continue to strengthen our relationships with these schools and our school community. Um we started doing these I think three years ago. Uh we've included the fire department now. We meet with the schools. We have coffee. Uh we discuss
what's going on, what they're seeing at the beginning of the school year, how the drills went, any thing they need from us, and again how we can support them the best we can. Uh we also made it very important to include St. Mary, St. John's Prep and the Tech because they are in our community. Um we need them as partners. Um and they've been very
receptive to meeting with us. So it's been actually a great little project we've been doing. Uh two years ago we started doing an annual safety presentation. Uh we had it at the H Hotton Richard Middle School. I think our first year we had it, we had maybe five people show up, u five
residents, um and then the second year we had maybe 15 to 20. Um this year we tried to take a different approach to it. Um even though they were recorded at the presentations were recorded. Um it was in the auditorium. It was hard to hear. Um so we decided that we were
going to produce our own um presentation. So we reached out to Decat and Miss O'Neal from the DMS High School and we partnered with them to create a presentation where the high school students actually assist us with all the filming, all the sound, all the editing
of the project. Um, Superintendent Bowie has shared the video link with parents and the staff in the community and it's also available on YouTube under DMS public school safety presentation 2025. On the next slide, you'll see oh that's
the uh the YouTube uh heading if you go on to the YouTube site. Uh here's some photos from that day. Uh as you can see uh we have some gentlemen working the cameras. Uh we had um some some students also doing all the sound
inside the sound room. Um they got a couple hours out of school for the day. Got to hang out with us a little bit, work with us on the presentation. Um very experienced them to get some active experience doing this. Uh here's a photo of the group. Um
Miss O'Neal was very helpful in coordinating all this. Uh from left to right we have Chris, then we have Milan, Vivian, uh Sergeant Jeff Smith, Rodrik, Antonio, Landon, Shaher, Miss O'Neal,
and Bed Thomas from Dcat. Uh Bitcoin ATMs, we had a discussion last meeting that we presented at about some success stories with the uh Bitcoin ATMs. Uh we continue to have issues in the community where people are putting large amounts of money into Bitcoin
machines. Uh we had one about two weeks ago where the store actually called us. Our detectives responded and um we were able to stop the individual from putting the money in. Um the person on the other side of the phone was telling the person to not listen to the police. Go outside.
Don't let the hear what we're talking about. Do what I'm telling you to do. Luckily, we're able to stop that. Um so we are seeing additional scams. Um some recent court rulings have not been so favorable for law enforcement um as far as recovering the funds. So
that's a concern. Um so some communities have begun um implementing bylaws to prohibit virtual currency kiosks within the community. So one of the projects right now I'm working on with the town manager is to work with her and uh legal council to draft up a town bylaw that
would prohibit these uh bitcoin ATMs in the community. Right now we have two active ones. Uh one may be coming back online. I think the business is moving so they might come back online at some point. Um so that's a photo of the Gloucester uh bylaw. Uh so we'll use
that information, work with legal counsel hopefully to draft up a town bylaw and present to the board for hopefully their support. uh commissioner on law enforce uh November 11th uh Captain Samborn Lieutenant Sullivan and I will be traveling to Jacksonville, Florida to
attend the fall conference on Friday, November 14th uh will be uh before the review board and committee B chaired by Clea Commissioner Sheriff John Sam Negro of the Shelby County Alabama Sheriff's Office. Um during the session they'll
review our final assessment report which summarizes our four year accreditation cycle and ask questions about our department. Um a final vote from the commission is scheduled for Saturday morning and we anticipate reving our 12th accreditation award that evening at the annual award dinner
coming soon hopefully up and running within the next week or two. Um we work with it to create an encrypted form so that data could be submitted safely to our website. Um it's called the safeatch program and this is initiative where we
can proactively gather pertinent information on at risk individuals. This information will assist offices in conducting a well-informed search deploying resources effectively if a person goes missing. Uh the program is designed for individuals with autism spec on with autism spectrum disorder,
dementia, Alzheimer's, down syndrome, acquired or traumatic brain injuries, and other conditions. So what this does, it's a form that they can fill on out online that will be sent to us and we can input this into our our system, our record management system, including photos, um descriptions, contact
information, um notes on how to best approach people if we come in contact with them. Um, so this will be a um great program for a lot of people in the community that have um loved ones who suffer from these illnesses or uh conditions. Um hopefully again by the
end of the week, early next week, we'll have this up and running and we'll put this out on social media to inform the public that that it is available. Um some upcoming events. Um October 9th, I'll be joining Superintendent Bower at the Holton Rich Middle School for a community coffee to discuss school
safety. Um since we weren't in p in person for the presentation. Uh superintendent Bower has scheduled two coffees where uh parents can come down and speak to us about any concerns they might have. Um on October 11th from 8 to noon, uh we'll host a food drive at the
DMS uh and shop up at the DMS Plaza. This is part of the National Faith and Blue Weekend. Um October 23rd from 4:00 to 6 PM we'll hold our annual uh third annual pumpkin painting with the police event. So we allow uh the community to come down the police station. We have
tables set up. We have free pumpkins and they come down and paint pumpkins with us. We have music. We have some snacks and uh it's a nice little evening. And then on November 15th, we'll have a second food drive up at Market Basket. And again, this is to
assist the people-to-people food pantry in anticipation of Thanksgiving week. And December 6, we'll have our annual food uh toy drive at uh Target, which supports our Christmas program for dance families. >> I think that's all I have.
>> Thank you. Very good. Very detailed. Jamie, are there regulations regarding two on a bike? >> Um I think unless it's it's designed for two people, it should not be happening. >> No. a a single bike, >> one seat, two people sitting on the
handlebars, sitting behind, whatever. >> That's not safe operation. No, >> no, but is there any regulations? >> Um, I'd have to double check, but I would assume there's something about safety reasons for that. Yes. >> I mean, I see a number of kids, two on a bike, and it's it's dangerous. It's a
safety issue for both kids. >> Correct. >> Is that something we can >> Yep. We look into that. >> Force. Um, we've been trying to address any type of risky behavior in general. So, yeah, we can put out the offices and have them um have some conversations with the individuals.
>> Okay. Thank you. Uh, and happy to hear that you're trying to come up with a bylaw to eliminate the Bitcoin machines. Thank you, Mike. Any questions for the chief? >> Uh, yeah. I was trying to look that law up that you just asked about. I have a copy of the uh bylaws. >> You want a minute?
>> No, no, no. We we can figure it out. Um, Chief, is there any do you need uh us or or the traffic board to help you? Is there any bylaws that you need that would help with the bicycle situation?
And and has it calmed down for the time being that the kids riding down the middle of the street and stuff? >> It got better, but then when the school year started, it got it's up a little bit. Um, that's why, as you saw, we had I think five sees in a matter of I think three or four days. Um, and again, it's difficult. Um, you know, when we try to
engage some of these kids, they take off on us. Obviously, we can't chase them because that's really safe either. Um, luckily the officers did some um little digging and they were able to identify these kids and take action. So, you know, it's it's getting better. I think it's not perfect by any means, but it's
getting better. Um, you know, I think the fact the officers are taking the bites that we're having more meaningful conversations with the parents, um, having parents come down, pick up their children, it's no longer just, hey, get out of here and no one knows about it. Uh parents are being contacted on a higher level now and I think there's
most more accountability on the kids from the parents they hope. >> Is there any citations issued when the bikes are taken? >> Um it depends us on citations because their age, but we'll seize the bikes. Um I know there's an instant the other day where we had a teen on a motorized
bicycle who tried a helmet. Uh he didn't have one. Our officers parked the bike. We took the bike to the station. They drove to his house to get his helmet and then brought him back to the station to get his bike and then spoke to the parents. So, we're trying to do as much as we can to educate them and um get
them to do the right thing. >> What kind of um um feedback are you getting from the parents? >> Typically good good feedback. Most of them pretty good feedback so far. >> Um >> are we getting a traffic car
>> someday? Um I'd love to see it. Right now, our staffing levels doesn't really allow for a dedicated traffic car. Uh, for many, many years, we had a car that said traffic on it, but it wasn't really a dedicated traffic car. Um, at some point, I'd love to see a traffic car. That'll be part of our discussion when
we do our staffing study is, you know, what it would take to staff that ve that that position and how we can get to that position. >> Yeah, I think that would be a big help. Again, you know, get somebody out there. the more blue lights, the more crime goes away, right?
>> Um >> and that would uh amp up our traffic stops, too. It would just, you know, more more insight with people seeing that. >> Uh the Bitcoin machines, are you able to tell us where those are located so people wouldn't uh
>> um there's I think they're up on Route One at the gas stations up on Route One by the off North Street. >> And I give them credit like they did call us the other day when they saw someone. So, I think they're understanding as well and they're trying to be a little more proactive as well by calling us and saying, "Hey, this isn't looking right. Can you come down and
talk to them?" Which we truly appreciate. So, um, that has been better, but again, I don't really see many legitimate purposes for these machines. So, >> a bylaw could be very helpful. >> Is um on a different one, is is there
still active uh shooter training going on like with the school buildings and public buildings and whatnot? >> Yeah, we do. We said we have firearms this week. So, we're doing some um low-level firearms training with some of those activities. Um we are looking at trying to do like a regional training um
under some of the new protocols. Uh Sergeant Balisari is scheduled as trained as a instructor. Uh we learned um on yesterday Monday that swamps is hosting a class by the held by the FBI and they've offered us a few spots. So,
we're gonna try to get two more offices into that training. being to have three certified offices to teach the most recent um training um curriculum to our offices. >> And is is the protocol still the first officer heads right in? >> Yep. Absolutely.
>> Okay. I don't know if that like CPR changes every 10 minutes, you know? >> Nope. That's still the same. You know, back in Coline it was, you know, wait, gather team, get the SWAT team there first. Now it's as soon as it comes in, you go you go in first car there goes in. >> Okay, good. All right. Thank you.
Thank you, Godner. >> Thank you, Chief. Um, I actually have a question which may or may not be for both chiefs or deputy chief. Can someone refresh my memory? Do we have a bylaw that uh related to
the number of incidences or alarms at a specific business? Um, and could I get a reminder to that because I live near a facility that has a very high call volume. Uh I live up near the RCA and they have
patients who on a regular basis crash through the door and set off the alarms and have responses. Do we what do we do when we have a business either through a uh police enforcement or a fire >> Yeah. >> professional. >> There is a town bylaw for alarm billing
for alarm as far as like nuisance alarms. Um, unfortunately right now our RMS system is a few versions behind and we need to update that system which we're in the process of doing with it. And once that's back up and running, we can hopefully get back into some alarm billing for false alarms. Um, I think
the ones at RCA are they coming in as are they internal alarms or they actual >> and I don't mean to pick on them. They were a they were just a opportunity to discuss the subject. >> Of course. No, there is a bylaw. Uh we do have the ability to find people for re reoccurring false alarms. We have a
couple times in the past, but we try to use it as a last resort. Sure. >> Uh most people take care of their businesses, take care of their systems. Um we typically use as a tool when people are resistant to make the fixes and repairs that they need to. >> Um but anything that is a reoccurring problem with crews that respond, even if
it's a couple shifts in a row, they notify us and our fire prevention division. Um us or them follow up on it. And if it's a if it is a behavioral thing, we'll educate. Um but we do have that ability if we need to. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh for chief um a
couple of questions and again these are just stream of conscious through your >> I appreciate the quarterto quarter analysis. This many from March to June, June to so but I'm a data guy and I would want to see trends. There's variables in those quarters whether it's good weather, whether school's in
session, things of that nature. In the next time we have this presentation, could you offer the year to date from the previous year for the whatever the same quarters are? It just helps us understand and it doesn't tell a full story, but if all of a sudden something
doubled, that would be a good discussion point. Sometimes the doubling is crime is increased. Sometimes the doubling is enforcement and and observation is increased, >> right? um they you know you can't you can't just infer but it would be nice to know
if you had this many traffic stops in these first two quarters of last year and you had them again this year just be helpful. Um I know that the town has very robust statistician person who takes care of this especially around circling around
traffic. Uh those is that information traffic studies uh accident studies things of that nature. You pointed out some hot spots >> online and available for people because often we hear anecdotal conversations. >> If there's two or three accidents in a
location in a small time period, people tend to overestimate the numbers of accidents at that uh location. And it would be nice to be able to say, you know, the yes, it appears because you've had three, but the reality is it's not
or and I don't do know that the state measures and quantifies >> y >> the dangerousness level of and I'm probably not using the right terminology of a is that stuff available online >> uh mass dot does host a lot of the information online where you can search community and stuff like that and find
locations of accidents um you know something we could put on our website we can try to do some more um maps on our website as far as some of the traffic data like we had there um that's pretty easy to do it's a lot of software now developed that for us we don't need to make that map ourselves else. Um, so we could look at posting some more
information on action locations and >> and I'm not trying to add workload. I'm thinking that if the data is available and someone has, you know, whether you get an intern who might be able to help on some of this stuff or whatever, it might be good to have self-service because I do point people to the to the
statisticians say when they say, "Oh, we've got a you know, all these all these accidents at this location, right?" Isn't >> I want to know the reality, not the anecdotal observation. >> Okay. Thanks. Um, I like the Safewatch stuff.
Um, when you talked about the Safe Watch program, is that for local residents? Is is it a is it or is it more statewide? >> It'll be for local residents. >> Okay. >> Um, other communities have started doing this program as well. We kind of copied some of our stuff from I think it was Melrose or Malden. Um, so we're kind of
copying some of their information. Um, and um, again, it's just to give us more information in our in our system. Um, you know, the more information we have, the more up-to-date photos we have, the better. Um, so we're just trying to >> No, absolutely. I'm encouraging and I wish it was actually broader
>> in this as much as like Maryland has the uh blue butter that has the butterfly for hidden disabilities on licenses >> that clues law enforcement when that's an issue or the blue envelope program. >> And it just seems and I appreciate that we're going at it at a local level. I'm
my I would like to see it broadened so it's statewide. So if someone was pulled over, if a local resident was pulled over in SUS, >> right, >> they would have access to the same important information but supportive of it. And finally, is there a um uh a
category for the um for electronic fraud for like skimmers? We off again anecdotally someone has been saying that a particular site in Dangerous has had a lot of problems with gas pump skimmers taking your credit card information.
To what extent can the local police participate in enforcement? Is there enforcement? Is there you know >> um >> what can you do? >> I'm not aware of a lot of instance that been reported to us. I'm not saying hasn't been said on social media totally. Um, right.
>> But, you know, if if a skimmer was found, we're going to work with the gas station or the store >> through video surveillance and so you can identify who placed it there. Um, we have a pretty robust email system called CrimeNet where we can send out photos of
a suspect and it goes to hundreds or thousands of police officers across Massachusetts and New England. Um, so if we get a report of something, we identify a skimmer, we're going to work with the financial institution, the company, and our partners to to identify
who put it there and go forward with it. >> And I agree, social media is a double-edged sword. >> Y >> So, but thank you very much. Those are my questions. >> Thank you, Governor De. >> Yeah. Thank you, Chief, for the update. A lot of um enforcement there. Uh I and
I I like the fact that although there was a lot of enforcement, there's also a lot of focus on prevention. >> Um I always look at a police department the same as a public health, which is prevent, promote,
um and protect and and I think the department does a very good job of that. >> Thank you. >> Um full disclosure, I'm on the advisory board for RCA. Mhm. >> Um I I do think that if there's issues
there, the the administration is really committed to working with the town and the department and and I'm I'm pretty optimistic that they will work as hard as they can to address um those alarms
issues. So if if there's I knew they were issue, I didn't know how bad they were. >> And please, that wasn't a knock on RCA. consider them a very good neighbor. I literally can see the I can see the Hunt emergency room from my house. So I I'm right there in every alarm I hear. I'm
They were used as an example, not as a not as a complaint. >> Okay. Okay. Yeah. No, I I I do think that uh if there's ever anything, the administration will really be willing to work with the department and the town to address it. Um Bitcoin machines or ATM.
>> Yes. the bylaw that we talking about and and just so I understand do we does the town get any revenue from those not that it should matter but they do not how how beneficial is it for a business to have one of those
>> I I've heard rumors and again these are tricky rumors that you know they might get a small nominal fee for having it there but it's not a huge impact I don't believe >> okay for the towns that have implemented the bylaw do We know how the businesses
reacted or like are we are we trying to take some of their revenue away in which case can we work with them? It it sounds like there was a really good business there that did something to prevent something bad from happening cuz
it doesn't only happen with the Bitcoin. I think it could happen with any ATM uh where there could be fraud. So, do we want to just think of having a bylaw to suppress it all together or to see if
it's beneficial to the business? >> Mhm. >> How do we work with the businesses >> to make sure that the fraud >> that's something we can do when we pres when we do our research on the bylaw and we present to you on that bylaw. um we
can do some research and speak to some of the owners and find out like okay how is this g impact your business is this really you know that does it help you does it hurt you and we can get the information and make that part of our presentation >> yeah I think that'll be helpful to see that risk benefit and not just take uh
the business away from the businesses um and you may or may not know for the kids on the bike do you not are there repeated offenders there >> are And do we ratchet up the >> Yes, we do
>> the talk with the family or the kids or do we impound the bike for a longer period of time or >> Yes, sometimes the bike is taken and come down to your parent and you can retrieve your bike. Other times it's being held for up to 15 days. So there is, you know, some
um options for the officers to some judgment the officers to use on how long they want to hold it for and how they want to follow through with things. >> Perfect. Thank you. Uh the safe watch program, is it the same? I remember when my kids were little, they had their
picture taken by the police and you had something where you could have some of the kids pictures. >> Yeah, this is a little bit different. This would be more a little more modernized. So, it would be a a form that fill online um and we take that information and we create either we call
it a master card. So anyone that we come in contact with, whether it's a traffic stop, an accident, a victim, a masterard's created. It's their name, their demographics, you know, where they live, contact information. So this would just um allow us to fill more of those
blocks in in those master cards, including photos, contact information, um anything that maybe cues that would be helpful for us that either, you know, how to approach them or don't approach them this way. So it's more just notes that we can have and then if we run
someone's name through you put James levelvel in there it would pop up on the top with a either like a announcement saying safe watch program then we know to dig deeper into those that report to see what information is in there. >> Okay. Okay. And um on the on the numbers
there was something about um I think it was a 104 stop for use of electronic device. >> Yes. Is that people using their cell phone? >> Cell phone texting while driving, watching Netflix while driving, um, stuff like that.
>> So, I I was under the impression that someone couldn't be stopped for that. They had to be stopped for something else. And >> no, that's it's a primary offense. >> Oh, okay. >> Yes. No more. No, no more. over.
>> Did the law change on that or has it always? >> Pretty sure it was always the same. I'll double check, but I was pretty sure it was always that way >> cuz I thought you could be stopped for something else and then >> seat belt. >> Seat belt used to be that seat belt was a secondary phone. >> Seatelt if they're under a certain age,
it was a primary violation, but over like 15 or something like that, but over a certain age, it was a secondary. So if you were stopped for speeding, didn't have a seatelt on, you had the option to say, I'll give you a break on the speeding, hit you with the seat belt. But it was that was a secondary enforcement.
>> Okay, perfect. Thank you. And the last thing or one of the things that and I don't know if this is a data that could be available in the future like on all those um and I don't know if this is necessary but all the stops uh if they are Denver's
resident or just people driving through town. I'll be curious just to know. I think we in Denver are pretty good. >> Um you might not want to know. >> Back when I was on patrol, my number one
stop was probably a minivan with a mom driving the kids to school or um so yeah, it's it's 50/50. Um we probably could pull that data down as far as resident versus non-resident. Um you know, being a busy community with Route 1, 114, 95, 128, the malls, all the
shopping plazas, hotels, motel, we do have a lot of transient population. Um, we could probably figure that out if you really want to know. >> Thanks for all you do. Thank you. >> Yep. >> Okay. All set. Very good. Thank you, Chief. Appreciate it. See you when
when's the next time. >> It's the last time, right? Am I done? >> by one year. >> We'll discuss. >> It'll be next next year. >> Yep. Say the first of next year. Thank you, members. Um,
number seven, the board will continue discussion of recommendations by the town meeting manager act review committee. Can I have a motion to table? >> So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Mr. Chairman, I was going to bring this as I'm sorry, I'll wait for a second. >> Second.
>> Mr. Chairman, I was going to bring up the subject on new business, but if you think it's more appropriate now. Um, I had sent an email to the board understanding that the board can't all answer because it's an open meeting violation. And I expressed a concern or question I had. Do you want to take that concern or question now or later
>> about the town meeting review? >> No. Are we on town meeting review or town manager? >> Town meeting. >> Town. >> Oh, Tom meeting review. I'm sorry. You're ahead of me. >> No, you're you're ahead of us. >> Yeah, I'm ahead of you. >> Can we have a motion? We have >> a motion to motion to table. Town manager.
>> All in favor? >> I. >> Thank you. The board will consider commendations for organiz organiz organizers of the president's cup international tyon roll event in Danver Mass the first ever in
the US. Somebody here to speak to this >> you think um through you Mr. Chair, I think the clerk has the commendations and the um >> the verbiage was provided by member Dejoko. So, if he wants to speak to it, you have I think you have them, right?
>> I do. I have a for the board to sign off. >> Yeah. So, if you want to read one, >> this is not in our packet. >> Okay. I will I'm happy to read it. >> Or Dave, if you want to read it. >> Oh, no. >> Do you want to read it? >> No, go for it. >> Okay.
The members of the Danvas select board are pleased to commend and recognize King Duckwo of the Department of Sports Industry and professor at Sing Jong University as an organizer of the 2025 Sing Jong University President's Cup
Taekwondo Championship for his outstanding efforts in helping organize and bring this international event to our community. This first ever US edition of the President's Cup is scheduled to take place in Danverse, Mass on October 11, 2025, and represents
a significant achievement in global sports diplomacy and cultural exchange. Through his dedication, he has not only promoted the physical and emotional benefits of taekwondo, including improved fitness, flexibility, balance, self-confidence, and
self-defense, but also has created meaningful opportunities for international cooperation and goodwill. This championship contributes meaningfully to the worldwide spread of growth of Taekwondo. Moreover, by fostering network among taekwond do practitioners
across the Americas, this event enriches our town with the spirit of unity and shared passion. On behalf of the citizens of Danverse, we extend our sincere appreciation and warmest congratulations to King Duck Mo for his vision, leadership, and dedication in
making this historic event a reality. >> Is that your motion? >> Uh, yes. I move that we send them a Thank you. letter of commendation. that right I think you have two there's five different people so >> the five organizers of >> right to the five organizers >> competition
>> that's a motion is there a second >> second the motion >> and de you want to speak to the motion >> well uh as I said during our last meeting it's the first time that we're having the St. John University International President's Cup Taekwondo
competition in the United States and um and that's happening in Danvers uh led by Master Hong which is right on Maple Street right next to is it Rebel Coffee uh and Calfman do like next door there.
Yes. Um, and I just thought it was uh it's good for our town uh to be the first one to host in the US and uh it's good for the youth, the adult. Um, and I would ask that the board support it.
The event is going to be on the 11 and we are all invited to attend if you can. >> October. >> What time? 11:30 at the Dane's indoor sports. The the opening event is
at 11:30. I know the chairwoman have said she will be in attendance as well as the town manager and our state rep uh Sally Kar as well. Uh Joan Lley, Mike B, and uh
and maybe the lieutenant governor that has not been confirmed yet. Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any comments, Gardner? >> No comments, >> Michael? >> Uh, no. No comments. >> All in favor?
>> I oppose? None. Thank you, D. Very good. >> Thank you. >> Sounds interesting. October 11th at 11:30, the manager will report to the board on various items of interest. Jill. >> Um, thank you. I want to start by Anna's worked very hard on these uh
accommodations and doesn't want them wrinkled, so please be careful in your handling of them. We have strict instructions. Um, also, as a random aside, uh, assistant town manager and I were walking to get lunch when, um, the police approached the
youth on the, um, electric bike with no helmet. And it was good to see our team in action. um they knew and it would it was really um and heartwarming to see that they interacted with the kid in a positive way and it had a positive outcome. Um other things for you to
know, uh Stephen King, town engineer, worked with Sharon Clement and we recently submitted a grant application to the EPA for regional water interconnections and resiliency. Um this was something that was discussed at the
regional task force. uh they did not take action at that time to pursue it. So we as Danvers um took the lead uh and it'll be looking at our interconnections with our surrounding communities and building in resiliency and um making
sure that we will be able to use those interconnections if necessary in an emergency. Uh so some recent meetings and events that I attended uh the Minnesota lightboard u meeting last week and the public power open house which is a great event. Uh I
want to thank the electric division for putting that on. Uh the entire team linemen from linemen to the uh utility director are all um part of the event and it was great to see the community come out and support the electric department. Uh I was also at the water
and sewer commission meeting. I had a meeting with the board of the the chair of the board of health, Dr. Mclofflin, the chair of HRC, Johan Hunter. Um, so I'm working my way now that summer is over through making sure I connect with uh all of our boards, committees, and
commissions. Uh, I want to thank the principal at the Danvers High School and the superintendent for the unified sports basketball game. If uh I know some of us were there, I know the chairwoman was there. Um, and so was Rep. Sally Karns. It was an incredible event. Uh the all of the other teams,
the fall teams were there to support them, the cheerleaders, the marching band, and um I heard on school committee last night, they think there were about 800 people in attendance for the unified basketball game. It was um it was incredible. And the celebration on Saturday night, thank you to the HIC for
organizing. I was able to attend. I did miss the salsa dancing, which is apparently the highlight, so I know next year to get there a bit earlier. um events that are coming up that are important. Flu Clinic at the senior center on Thursday, o October 16th from
9 to noon. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged but not required. Um you heard about the pumpkin painting with the police department on October 23rd. And we are excited to celebrate America Recycles
um week with a America Recycles Day with a zero waste recycling weekend. Saturday, October 25th and Sunday, October 26th from 9:00 to 1:00 at the Danver High School in the parking lot. Um more information on what what and how um you can recycle things at that event,
but it does include electronics. Um there is a fee so for some of the electronics. So we have some partners in that event. So, if you have some things kicking around, it's a great time to dispose of them properly. Um, as a reminder to the board, um, any
questions or changes to the traffic rules and orders as presented by Aaron Henry two meetings ago, um, please get those to Aaron and myself um, as soon as possible. We expecting the public hearing to be October 21st with the kind
of change in our schedule after tonight. We will see. It's part of the reason my report's late tonight is I thought we were going to have a much busier agenda. Um, and as a reminder, town offices will be closed on this Monday, the 13th. An acknowledgement of Indigenous People's
Day and Columbus Day, and trash and recycling will be delayed for one day next week as a result. >> Any questions from the town manager? >> Okay. Thank you, Joel. Uh number 10, the board will discuss town manager goals for the remainder of
the fiscal year 2026. A motion to table, please. >> So move. >> Is there a second? >> Second. And then the question about whether we do it now or >> we have a motion. There's a second. Is there a discussion? >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. I have a discussion on this.
>> Go ahead. Uh and that is um this is a deviation from the way we had previously been doing the town manager's goals is obviously nothing to do with the town manager herself. Um in the past we had all thrown on the table both goals we thought were uh what would
happen. This year it went to a subcommittee um to kind of uh call that list down. And I'm I I guess I'm wondering when that subcommittee was formed. wasn't discussed when we talked about subcommittees in the be in at the
beginning of the year. And I'm concerned that three of us not participating because of the majority of a subcommittee may not may all agree on a certain goal or task that didn't make the cut. Um, I'm just wondering and I
I'm assuming last year when I was not on the board that there was a deviation because Rodney was the acting top manager and but when did this become a subcommittee and we deviate from that past practice? I thought that past practice was more democratic.
As I recall, and I could be wrong and we may have to refer to the minutes of a particular meeting, it was discussed in public of the chair appointed a subcommittee, myself and uh select board bean. >> Mhm.
>> And each member was asked to send in their thoughts, their goals for consideration. And in the two meetings that we had with the town manager, all those input from all five members was
considered and attached to the various goals that the town manager discussed and we narrowed it down to a document for review which is going to be tonight but will be at the next
meeting. But it was done in public. Each member had a chance to put in their recommendations for goals. >> Oh, and I did. >> Yeah. >> It's just it was a deviation from past practice and >> Okay.
>> And and so when I see get to see that I may bring up some of my other other comments, but understanding that yes, the town manager should also participate in in >> we worked with her to help set goals, especially being this given her first year. Um, and we weren't looking for
easy goals that check off as in the past. And that's >> some of them are hard, some of them is about water, >> you know, things of that nature. So, all right. I just I was I was caught short in understanding that this was a new
subcommittee and that was a deviation from past practice. But thank you. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Uh, the board will consider consent calendar items, please. >> Mr. Chair, I don't think we've voted to table. Oh, thank you. We got we did we had a motion and a second and comment. All in favor? >> I
>> I oppose. None. Thank you, Dean. >> Uh the board would consider the consent calendar. >> So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Okay. Uh make note >> favor. Um, make note that on the select
board me minutes or notes, which is not part of the consent calendar, we have a change of date for the November 18th meeting to the 17th. I just want to point that out to the public. All in favor of the consent calendar,
>> I >> I >> I >> thank you. Correspondence, new business, previous business update, select board closing comments. Mike, >> um just a comment. Um I believe the select board, I'm sorry, the uh school
board voted last night to let parents uh opt out of a a book that's um controversial in the junior high. Does that sound correct? >> There was not a vote. >> What's that? >> It was not a vote. >> It was not a vote. But uh were they in
support of giving parents the chance to opt out? Uh I don't feel comfortable speaking on behalf of the superintendent. >> Yeah. Okay. All right. Well, I was just supporting that uh if they were behind uh giving the parents that choice uh I was in support of that. That's all.
Thank you. >> Reach out to Dan so he can walk through. >> All right, >> that's it. >> That's it. >> Okay, D. >> Thank you. Uh no, no comment. And I mean since Mike brought it up, I it's not under the preview of the select board,
but as a parent winning the school, um I did watch part of the meeting. I did not watch the whole thing. I don't think there was a vote per se. Uh but I also do believe that parents always have the option. Uh I I don't think there's ever
at at this I I I've I've never felt that I didn't have the option to I mean I choose to send my kids to school. If I say stay home, they will stay home. Uh so I I think they they always have that option. Um not based on the vote, but as
as a parent, I think they do. Thank you. >> All set. >> All set. >> Thank you. Go ahead. No, >> no, no. No new correspondence or new information. Thank you. >> Thank you. I did get a correspondence regarding our favorite airport
and I'd take the liberty to read from my phone if it's acceptable. So the email said N264CE, I don't know what that is, went in and out of the Beverly airport five times.
It is back for the night and leaving at 7:10 a.m. Tuesday for Iceland. The same plan just took off from Beverly for the third time today with no destination. Registered to fly Invest, Inc. trustee.
So, I guess the complaint is there's a jet in and out of the Beverly airport five times in one day. It said here that it left for an hour and came back with no destination. Can we reach out to the um the folks at the airport commissioner
see if we can get some update or clarification on that? >> Yeah, they were actually supposed to be here. I think it was it was one one month, but so they're rescheduling right now. So, we can share that. >> Add that to them. let them know that there's a complaint about um
>> and I know Mr. Betton Court is waiting for that date. So, uh, Ann is working on that scheduling. So, >> okay. Thank you. >> They will be on a >> That was that was the correspondence that I received regarding that. Thank you. >> Um, I have no updates other than that. Um,
look forward to getting started on the town meeting and town manager review. It's like we take two steps forwards and three backwards. But anyways, I look forward to getting um to work on that. And with
that, if there other input or comments from the board, if you see a veteran, please say thank you for their service, his or her, and good night, Danvas.