e e e e e e e e e everybody to our March 18th select
Board hearing and would you please join me on the pledge All Rise i al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for it stands one nation under God
indivisible with liy and justice for all thank you can I have a motion to approve the minutes of March 4th approval of the minutes of March 4th there a second second discussion hearing none all in favor I I I oppos None and
also March 12th approval of the minutes of March 12th 2025 is there a second second discussion hearing none all in favor I I oppose none thank you the board will vote on
chairman sir I may ask a question please point of information certainly go to the microphone thank my point of information is in regards to the public business comment uh we have moved it from a
position of you know being uh held in the beginning of the meeting and now you have moved it to number nine I believe the public deserves to have their comments heard early in this meeting thank you and I think when you on the
select board they were last and I know when Ellen was on the select board they were last as well so it it's it's there's no set format but thank you anyways all I'm asking for is uh you know to follow the um the directive that
we have set in the past so we should really continue who's we the town community thank you if I may the board will vote on hiring one of the two candidates interviewed on March 12th
2025 David do you have any comments um it is an honor to be able to nominate or invite either of these people who put themselves out there with excellent credentials and um the um we're
fortunate to have uh a town that can attract people of this quality and so I'm prepared to vote when we get to that thank you do you have a candidate in mind I do okay you want to share it yes shall I make a a formal nomination no just
mention who you're interested in yes uh Mrs kahill from GLA thank you D comments uh I want to uh thank both candidates um for their time and efforts throughout this
process um thanks to the dedic to their dedication to public service uh and their willingness to serve our town uh both candidates demonstrated a strong commitment to our town and I'm grateful uh for the for their interest in the
position uh as we move forward with one of the candidate uh I'm excited about the next chapter for our community and I know we will continue to work together to make this place uh a
welcoming town and continue to make everyone Thrive uh would you like to make a suggestion of who you're going to vote for or would like to see um I mean I would like to hear what other board member will have
to say uh but I'm leaning toward uh Mrs Kill from gluster thank you Michael thank you Dan um I'd like to say to the public that we did a lot of research um have a lot of
conversations looked into a lot of areas um there's only one direction I'm not going to say much more um and my vote would be for Jill Moren thank you Mr chairman thank you residents of damis
for coming tonight and let let us remember it's all about the town that we love it is an honor for me to sit on this board too I think this is this is exciting uh but both candidates um were were finalist um I'd like to thank all the
boards the volunteers the residents the employees for what they do daytoday for our town um we need to remember that when Steve baa gave his notice everyone knew about it it spread like wildfire with that being said uh so many people found
the opportunity to apply for his position after numerous uh meetings um we did have a subcommittee which this board did vote for the subcommittee um and I will say that uh the names of those subcommittee people
were chosen and we were very happy to see five other well qualified and professional members on that committee after so many meetings three meetings many resumés and applicants as um Bernie Lynch had mentioned before
there were total of 31 we went through them we analyzed them we debated we picked a picked them a hot um so it's with great pleasure um that I would like to make a motion to nominate chill kill
as the next town manager pending um contract negotiations thank you and reviewing all the candidates all 31 and narrowing it down to 11 then 7 then 5 and then three
to bring before this board for interviews it was a long process it was research was done thoroughly by Mr Lynch we have three pages of reference comments from both communities of both of the
candidates that stayed but reading some of the comments for uh Jill Cahill she has the faith and respect of everyone that works for the city she does a great job of balancing different interests listening to people
and trying to build Bridges her role was her in this role was her ability to build relationships and actively listen to people with respect that's a common theme in these comments and I think that's why I at the end of
the day I chose Jill kahill Hill um to be our next town manager and there's a specific uh motion to be made and I gave it to David I'll let you second it that's okay yeah that's fine and I just wanted to say that you know she did that
does demonstrate um you know the the strong skills and expertise strategic planning Economic Development Capital Improvements in public safety operating a budget for our town um she has the required education um that we feel is necessary
Master's in public administration and a bachelor uh in political science she illustrates a desire to work well with residents community and Boards as you heard her during the interview the other night her leadership and management team she really wants to work with um she
wants transparency that we all want we've all been saying that time and time again and she has a passion it to me it feels like to help others and remember she and when we asked her the question if she makes a mistake do you want it and she said yes she does she shows honesty integrity and and uh is someone
I feel we want for our town her commitment and passion to GLA I feel that her commitment and passion will be here in Damas too um I feel Joe will take Damas to the next level is what we need and her experience with working with grants state and federal government
is a benefit to the Damas and her involvement with the schools implementing policies and programs is another asset for our town her leadership will showcase Damas as a place to live work learn and play thank you David you have the legal motion the
form of legal motion uh I move that we appoint Mrs Jill Cahill as Town manager subject to successful contract negotiations and a further Bank background check thank you Morin second any further
discussion board members just want to thank the member uh you Mr chairman and uh Morin select board member Morin who was the chair of the subcommittee uh for leading the way uh in this process this is one of the the most important
decisions that we have to make at board as board members and as a freshman uh it was pretty heavy and I also want to thank the resident volunteers who participate Wally we say um Eric arur Caroline and um Steven
so just want to thank all of them for for the time they put into into this process thank you D we have a motion we have a second all in favor I I oppose none thank you board members um D is
heavy lifting for you as a first year let me tell you 18 years didn't make it any easier D would you work with me um to negotiate the contract when we go forwards sure okay so we we'll do the background check first um legal council
will help us draft a a uh contract and we'll hopefully get this done in a a month okay okay thank you thank you all um we Mr Town manager would you send a smoke signal to Mr Lynch in case he's not watching I thought I could go home now I'm
[Laughter] staying we will confirm the we will confirm with the consultant thank you thank you all for your patience in this long process a public hearing will be held under chapter 138 of the general laws on the application of packaging center Inc
TBA Super Stop and Shop 9 301 Newberry Street Dan Cog attorney for change of Officer directors at that location good evening welcome good evening uh Dan sensah on behalf of the applicant uh packaging center Inc uh doing business
at Stop and Shop I here uh to request that the select board approve uh stop and Shop's application for a change of officers and directors I just want to let you know at the beginning that uh you won't notice any difference at the store level none of these folks uh work at the store level so customers
shouldn't notice any differ in the store um the application seeks approval changes as follows uh Roger J wheeler uh to be the new president uh replacing Gordon Reed Mr Wheeler is also a director uh Mary Lyn Phillips is replacing Jeff theel as treasur and
director Susan sanville replacing Mr Delle as secretary Karen Lyn Mitchell replacing Dean Wilkinson as director and lastly Roger joerger is uh remaining as a director each of these folks cories have been provided to the board as part
of the application and the licensees in compliance with all citizenship requirements for these individuals um accordingly uh pending any questions uh we respectfully request that the board approve stop and shops application for the change of offices and directors thank you very much Madam clerk is all the paperwork in order it
is okay thank you any questions from the board members d uh not a question but a quick comment on my way here I got an email from a resident uh KY that spoke spoke very highly of the management at stoping shop there so we just want to
make sure that whoever is coming on board keeps the same level of service uh they participate a lot with police uh the food for food pantry and and things like that and it's also the store where I shop so yes and the store management
is not going to change okay thank you I I got the same comment too and uh thank you and it's very nice of you to continue it would be nice to continue to do those donations to the food pantry thank you so what the email said was that we have a partnership with Stop and
Shop and the managers um for the food pantry when they buy their fresh vegetables and fruit on a weekly basis and they and discounts that they you provide to the food pantry so it's much appreciated in the community okay I I'll make sure I remind my client of that
Valu partnership AB thank you Mike uh no I shop there too thank you David no comments and you're a good great citizen thank you what's the will of the board move oh this excuse me it's a
public hearing my apology anyone in the public comments motion to close the public hearing please motion to close second all in favor I I posos uh what's the will of the board move to approve as
presented thank you so second second all in favor I I on thank you for coming thank you very much thank you for your time a public hearing will be held under chapter 138 of the general laws on the application of a Costco Atlantic liquor
Inc DBA Costco lickers Le Newberry Street David Burns manager for a change of manager of an all alcoholic license at that location evening sir please introduce yourself good evening uh my name is David Burns I'm the current general manager at Costco Wholesale down
the street in uh daners now is this the whole store or just the this is the whole store the okay thank you um so I just want to thank the clerk's office uh Stephanie and Katherine for assisting me with the application and getting it here
presented for the board uh the previous general manager Greg Santano uh moved to the store in Dam under the same position and I'm coming here as the new general manager uh and the information presented
is for a change of name as permit thank you questions d uh no questions thank you Morin uh no questions Mike I shop there also and I'm glad we're not talking about the liquor store and I'm glad you
didn't say hi Mike no no no questions thank you David thank you Dan I really respect the longevity of so many employees at Costco um my classes have been coming
from deian at the optical counter for 31 or 32 years I think and the way you have some people there that have been there from day one you must really treat your people nicely and so love to have you here and the managers have always been great thank you thank you I appreciate
and Madam clerk I assume the paperwork is in order it is and you have a check I do okay very good what's is the public hearing anyone the public hearing none motion to close public hearing please make a motion to close public hearing is there a second second all in favor I I
what's the will of the board move to approve as presented is there a second second all in favor I I oppose none thank you for coming good luck thank you good evening welcome to Damas the board will issue a proclamation and recognition of
Motorcycle Awareness Month town of damis proclamation um whereas the motorcycle is a popular means of transportation for commuting for touring and for recreational purposes and whereas there is an everpresent need for cooperation among
drivers of automobiles trucks motorcycles bicycles pedestrians who use our streets and highways in order to reduce accidents injuries and fatalities and whereas it is crucial for all Massachusetts citizens and visitors to
our area to increase their knowledge of the rules of the road and the rights and responsibility of all roadway users and where are there are hundreds of motorcycles owned and operated by our fellow citizen bikers homeowners and residents of Damas and 10 of thousands
more visiting in toring our town from neighboring um communities and states and whereas numerous departments and organizations are committed to make our streets and highways safe for all vehicle related transportation urging
and reminding drivers to check twice Save a Life motorcycles are everywhere now therefore we the select Board of the town of damis Massachusetts join with the governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and all agencies and
organizations to Proclaim May 2025 as motorcycle safety Awareness Month in the town of Damas and wish all who ride an enjoyable and safe riding season is there a second second thank you would you care to go up you came a little late
want to go up and just say hello introduce yourself Mr chairman I got a TR I was asked to help uh get this back on the agenda this year and and uh Paul Co who usually is here before you sent a just a brief statement to remind the board that uh there are more than 1500
motorcyclists coming out of their winter Dums the spring is here and they're ready to ride and they want to remind remind people that um there over last year in 2024 over 70 motorcyclists lost their lives and one passenger as well and in over 330 crashes occurred in
Massachusetts as reported by the mass do um we uh and so they asked because this is a motorcycle aw month they have to spread the other members to other communities and for the presentation for the same Proclamation we thank you for
it uh there are 637 registered iders in danvas who appreciate your attention to this matter and we just want to thank you we have representatives from the American Legion Riders here today um I don't know if you want to say anything sure um my husband and I are American
Legion writers my husband's a Vietnam era veteran and this means so much to us um especially us we do a lot of business in Danvers here um I we do a lot with operation T support dick Moody we're always in town helping some of the uh
funeral homes when a veteran is laid to rest we escort from the funeral home to the cemetery but not just there we're always just coming through as you know people that are spending money enjoying things in Danvers and we just want to make sure everyone is safe and aware
pretty much in every town and city that we can in Massachusetts while we're out there riding well thank you very much you well thank you and thank you for your service sir we have a a motion and a second all in favor I I oppose none thank you we'll
get this I don't think we have the proclamation right now not yet not yet okay we'll get it to to the approprate Paul and the appropriate uh members of committee very good thank you for your attention thank you for coming very much thank
you the board will issue a proclamation and recognition of ab Mr D would you read that motion uh sure Proclamation AB when Massachusetts bay colony was settled in
1630 the town of Boston had no trees although there were thick forest in the area around the settlement on the Harbor Islands and when the first settlers arrived on
the great plant in the 1800s they found mild of large rolling grasslands but few any trees and the planting maintenance care and removal of
shade trees is a service purely public in its nature undertaken for the common good and the general law of the commonwealth state I quote the governor should annually issue a proclamation
setting apart the last Friday in April as Harbor and birthday recommending it its observance by the public in the planting of trees shrub and Vines particularly those attractive
to birds in the promotion of forest growth and culture and whereas I wasn't reading whereas uh we realize the benefit uh derived from trees they help beautify the landscape
cleans and purify the air moderate temperatures reduce noise pollution provide wind breaks reduce runoff and erosion provide habitat for wild lives increase property
values and are part of our social fabric whereas we the select board do here Proclaim Friday the 25th day of April 2025 as I did in the town of denas is there a
second second discussion all those in favor I I oppose none thank you anybody here representing trees to accept this no there's not thank you d uh uh board members with your permission
I'd like to take uh the uh next item as the update from resilient danvas any objections it's fine fine yep we'll moveing yep move it to seven move it to seven y we'll just switch me a couple minutes to reshuffle
my slide deck oh I'm sorry no worry thank you hi I'm Tanya Jenkins the safety and sustainability coordinator for the town of Danvers welcome thank you um we've been asked to represent Casper which is
the climate action sustainability preservation and resiliency plan which is why we call it Casper so um tonight we're going to have Renee Hunter who is a civil engineer with the town of Denver and she's going to speak to us about the natural
resources Focus area and specifically trees which works well with the Arbor Day so I'll let her take over we GNA wait for No I think he's got it yep wait for the TV okay hi good evening welcome R thank you um I want to thank the board
for having us here tonight uh my name is Renee Hunter like T said I am a civil engineer in the engineering division of the Department of Public Works um I want to thank you also on your leadership in undertaking this program um to combat
climate change and greenhouse gas uh effects um I think we all agree Danver is a great Community or we all wouldn't be here tonight um you wouldn't be volunteering your time I wouldn't be here for the last 30 years of my career congratulations so and aror today that
Proclamation fits perfectly with what we're going to talk about so um we uh so you go back to yeah the Casper plan um climate action sustainability preservation and
resiliency plan uh the goals of the plan are to reduce Greenhouse emissions and adapt to climate change impacts as well as promote sustainable practices um in several Focus areas uh tonight we're talking about natural
resources um and there are six Focus areas in the Casper plan this is being one so there's energy buildings natural resources public health and safety transportation and land use and solid waste each of these areas has an action
plan with specific goals uh the goals of the natural resource Focus area are as you can see all residents have equal and equ uh equable access to the protected and enhanced Parks forests and Open Spaces
in Danvers infrastructure and landscapes in Danvers support a healthy and diverse local ecosystem and the water infrastructure and resources are reliable safe and resilient to climate change so this is the action plan for
natural resources it's we're not going to talk about it all tonight I've highlighted just so you can see just one little piece that we're I I'll be talking about tonight um it is uh a goal goal 1.2 um to protect existing tree cover
and encourage tree planting um and create an inventory and planting and management plan for all Town trees so we can see why the Arbor Day Proclamation really fit in well tonight um so we'll talk about the importance of trees first
um and how it helps reduce Greenhouse emissions and adapt to climate change so the benefit of trees are I think everybody understands the benefit of trees but to go through the list um carbon sequestration that's when the
trees capture and store the carb carbon dioxide um and to help climate change you know help mitigate the effects of climate change uh improved air quality Urban heat reduction which I had to look that one up that's when there's a lot of
concrete pavement area if you plant more trees it reduces that heat effect of just pavement and just you know hard surfaces so uh stor Water Management the trees absorb rainwater and help uh minimize runoff and flooding uh
biodiversity support um the trees provide a big habitat for various various uh species an aesthetic value I mean everybody loves trees the look of trees right um helps our neighborhoods and
enhance property values and the quality of life um Community Health if you have more green spaces people tend to get out and be more active so that helps physically in with mental health and noise reduction they act as sound
barriers for some uh traffic and urban activities so how would a management program of the trees and mapping help us achieve these goals so if we can inventory our trees and assess their condition you know we can come up with
strategies to keep them healthy and keep them vibrant um we can also allocate our resources better like most departments um in town there's a lot more work than people so um I think it would be an
efficient way for the Forestry Department to allocate their resources um and you know prioritize what they need to do um public engagement uh datadriven decision-making so if you can look at a map and see you know where
you might need trees um you know which trees are healthy maybe why maybe they're next to something that you can see that is obvious looking at a visual rather than just a list uh ecosystem Services valuation so
you can quantify what you're doing um emergency preparedness we can identify trees that are at risk to you know um people when there's storms you know we can limb those trees before a big storm
you know so nothing comes down to hurt anybody or property and Regulatory Compliance um the forestry division can stay within the state and local regulations um so that's the benefits so the time frame for the implementation
implementation of the map and the the the uh Management program uh we have to set up a blueprint um um as to the steps that it's going to take to create this program and mapping um we have to get
together Travis Reen is the uh forestry supervisor he and I will get together and discuss you know what attributes we want to collect for all the trees such as size type you know a maintenance history um newly planted trees have warranties so we can add that to you
know a a list of attributes for a specific tree um um a maintenance program you know maybe it could Flash and say you know this one needs watering or you know needs to be visited regularly um I would say we're about 10%
complete just because we started to talk about it and have a bit of a plan going forward um so the next slide I've done a quick map and it's hard to see from where you are but there
are Green Dots and black black dots so the green dots are public trees and the black ones are private and this was built using existing layers that we already have in our geographic information system or GIS system so it hasn't cost us anything to create this
at this point um now it's more filling in the blanks size um type of tree height you know warranty information maintenance photos you could attach photos or documents to the point for the
so um let's see and then we'll go yeah some specific information about what we do now already um funding for the Forestry Department they have an operating budget um which they get to plant about 25 to 30 trees a year uh
they also get money through the chapter 90 Paving reimbursement program on newly paved streets they are allowed I think a certain number of of trees depending on the length of the street uh GR we got a grant back in
2022 for $5,000 from keep um America beautiful to plant trees and that was specifically um targeting greenhouse gas emissions um I believe they used that even to plant next to a couple of schools to shade them to reduce heating
uh cooling costs um and also in near the library for storm water runoff um so yeah that was in 2022 and donations some people donate money just specifically to plant
trees uh talking to Travis rean um their maintenance they they it's the last resort to cut down a tree for them you know they don't want to cut down any trees um but they'll remove some Deadwood to lighten the tree um trim the
limbs and then while they're there if there's any cavities in the tree they check that and all that can be linked to the point in the mapping um they do have to cut a tree uh they do like to plant another one either in the same spot or in some somewhere else um and danamas is
a long-standing member of Tree City USA 35 years by the Arbor Day Foundation so that is where we're at with the mapping portion of the natural resources part of Casper so do you guys have any
questions questions Morin great presentation than yeah I love it and uh thank you for would you say 30 years of service yeah wow good keep it going that's great thank you yeah ders is great I love it thank you good presentation H thank you I'm just
curious this is not in response to me asking to cut the Tre side I don't know about that but no it's already on the agenda don't worry you just didn't do this now you know why we can't do it pure coincidence I swear okay um no great great presentation and
and and thanks for all you do um I'm just curious so this is something that the town is doing or this is an act to the residents and ask from the residents no to the resident like is this a program
that we doing in town all yeah it start out yes it's for the staffing of the forestry division so that they can you know keep track and maintain the trees in a better way more organized and efficient way I'm sure we could create maps that could be used on the town's
website or um you know for any kind of community um group so it could go both ways but to start out it would be used by the town staff okay and if there was one act to the residents to participate or
helped this what will it be if someone was watching and wanted to do something about it um oh um I'd have to think about that um I'm not sure I we probably need some tree collection I don't know if we could get a you know like a a community group like the boy scouts or
something like that to maybe help collect the trees you go up to the tree it see the size and the diameter and get information like that so I don't know I'd have to think about it food for that I mean it's good that we're doing it in town hall but it's always better when we
can have the the Buy in from the resident as well and 100% I'm sure there's a lot of people that will want to participate yeah thank you thank thank you aome Mike thank you dear um the trees that you're focused on are
Town property trees yes okay so I'm not going I mean that mapping showed um private trees but that's only because I had them in my layer so I just wanted to distinguish between I'm not going to get a ticket for having a bad tree we don't have any kind of power like like I might have a bad
tree no not at all all right no that was all thank you David thank you Dan I'm very impressed impressed with the sophistication of your beautiful presentation because I remember when there was one interest and that was the shade tree department and that's what we
were calling our um Kurt King I think was the superintendent for many years that's before my time and we have yes I know and we have um I remember when howdy Duty first came on I could still sing the song um lovely job I'm so happy
for danver's paying this much attention and I'm I'm glad to see resilient danvas because I hadn't really paid much attention to our resilient danvas until tonight now with you and so that's a great reminder that we are in the
process of trying to stay quite resilient thank you very much great thank you yes each month I think you'll get a new one of the focus groups you saw Jeff elely I think was here last month so I think you have um four more to go thank you Rene appreciate it thank
you thanks for coming tonight uh Mr manager do we know where the trees being planted on ABA day I do not but I can find out thank you all right okay thank you uh the board will get a quarterly
update from the police chief Mr Chief Lovel I don't know if it's working so I might have to do it for you good um I apologize this is a tough room for PowerPoint with everyone facing that way um presenting stuff too cuz I'm looking at the board and I'm looking
behind me at this so um hopefully at some point maybe we can transition to that screen at least have people in the right direction but um happy to be here tonight uh I'm not sure if I got their remote or not I guess I get
nothing hit twice that' be great D if we could turn some of the ceiling lights off might it be easier to view yeah too [Music] many that's good
okay thank you technology very proud I actually got a movie into the PowerPoint which I was actually really proud about um so uh just a quick update in the CVS robbery that occurred on January 8 2025 um this AR armed robbery me remains a
very active investigation by the dam police department and again it's with the assistance of the mass State Police and the FBI violent fugitive task force um back on February 18 there was a decision between myself and the FBI uh field office to release the video from
the um from the robbery uh I think people concerned a little bit asking like why it took so long to release the video um reason behind that is is typically when we have video surveillance like this we tried to distribute it within law enforcement first to see if we can identify suspects
um and then we get to a point where we're not getting any leads law enforcement wise we'll do the releas to the public um the FBI was very helpful um they were able to blur out all the witnesses and the victims of the crime which would taken us about 3 years to figure out um so they're very helpful
and also um working with the FBI was helpful because when this first happened there was no media attention to this call uh we did a press release no one picked up on it it was a lck going on the media at the time um it didn't make the news uh the FBI has a lot more reach than we do sometimes with the media Outlets so
partnering with them helped us get the message in the word out a bit further um but the case was not taken over the by the FBI it is still investigated by the dam Police Department with the assistance of the FBI so here's some updated U crime stats from January 1st till March 13th which
was last Thursday um just based on our crime analyst's ability to kind of pull information together uh during this Liv we time uh we've had 51 arrests 47 summonses uh nine criminal hearings were requested nine one applications were completed and
we had two protective custodies in the same time period we had 4755 calls for service again our top locations uh Recovery Center of America with 66 calls for service um that's medical AIDS serving court orders and then clients walk away from the facility
typically against against medical advice uh next would be Target of the 66 calls 58 involve shoplifting liby Tree Mall H 58 calls for service again those youth disorders I want to ask and medical AIDS W I'm up
with 26 calls for service mostly 911 follow-ups medical AIDS and accidents in the parking lot and the market basket with 26 calls for service again a lot of medical AIDS accidents within the parking lot uh some traffic related information um in the same time period we had 92
accidents reported and 67 accident reports submitted by police officers again officers submit reports based on the severity of the crime the sorry severity of the accident damage was on a public way versus private property so some factors on why certain um accidents
are reported by offices and some aren't um end of the month we have our CPR training uh during our CPR training all officers will be tra uh trained on the E citation software so March 25th we'll be trained on the Statewide uh e
citation software called Max which is motor vehicle automated citation and craft systems U this will allow the officers to transition to issuing e citations versus handwritten citations uh each Cruiser was equipped with a thermal printer through a state Grant about a year ago uh this will help improve efficiency accuracy and offset
safety um it's a quicker way of doing citations it's more accurate uh basically all the information on the driver in the vehicle is exported from the laptop to a state software program they hit print and they print the ticket out hand to the operator uh
so it be uh again more efficient more accurate and increases off the safety less time off the um looking up and writing stuff in on citations it will also reduce time spent on data entry uh right now all citations are hand entered by a clerk so it takes a long time to
sit there and enter into all the different boxes in the citation uh from January 1st to the March 13th again uh there were 295 sect enforcement activities uh 549 traffic stops 309 citations issued and again the
top violations were 102 citations for speeding violations 72 citations for crosswalk violations and 41 for uh stop sign of traffic light violations youth complaints the first 11 weeks of the year uh we received 12
youth complaints um six at the Lou Tree Mall um this is either inside the mall or the stores inside the mall typically um it's sometimes kids from out of out of town we have a bus stop at at the mall so we have kids coming and going through the bus stop and sometimes they
bounce back and forth between the Northshore Mall and liby Tree Mall um we had six at oce shap Job Lots which seems like a very odd store to have complaints but apparently that's a location some the kids have been causing some uh problems at running through the store knocking things over uh two at
McDonald's on High Street uh one was at the mil Pond where someone called about uh you being on the ice and no concern for them and we had one that was related to um a school incident at the Essex Tech some information about school resource offices um officer SK is now
teaching the de curriculum to all fifth graders in the five elementary schools as well as St Mary's um the de bowling program began on February 1st at science side bowling approximately 40 plus students have participated over the five in the 5we program that's a free cost to the
students um all they need is a ride to get there and they get free bowling and they have pizza potty at the end at the end of the uh session uh we attempted to schedule a rad program for DS High School seniors um that's a uh self-defense program unfortunately we didn't get enough interest to run the
program this year so we'll have to put that off till next year uh we've also accepted four DS High School seniors to complete their senior internship with the D Police Department so from April 28th to the end of May they'll be with us for about 15 to 20 hours a week uh we work at the Beverly Police Department a
little bit to do some cross training uh we try to bring them to court uh we try to you know take them on a couple ride alongs put them in our Dispatch Center for a while let expose them to uh what they like to do for a future job hopefully um speaking of school resource
offices and programming um again I want to say thank da Tucker for being here last meeting last time I spoke in January um very informative excellent speaker and a great partner with the police Department I also want to recognize that he had sponsored a uh
4-day flag football camp during February vacation that was free um it was at the middle school they partners with the James Public Schools uh they had about 80 kids um I think they were like those had 75 to 80% were from damis and they had pretty much four days of flag football uh we went by it was organized
chaos but they did a great job with the kids um keeping them occupied and uh it was a great program and uh that was funded by the district attorney's office so we're very thankful to him um during our budget meeting we talked about uh Cent Staffing levels um
so in case you miss that uh we currently have one vacant position in the police department uh we have a second position hopefully if the budget passes and we get approv for a second additional officer uh we have one office attending the northern ex6 Community College Academy he's estimated to graduate in Late July uh we have three offices
participating in field training they should be completing end of April uh again we have three offices on long-term medical leave one officer long-term uh injury we still have one officer deployed to the Middle East hopefully she'll be coming back um next month and we hopefully see her back on the street
by June hopefully and then as of the 29th of the month we'll have one vacant dispatch position this is a great picture from the February 28th Lindfield Police Academy graduation that's the graduating class poort director stuck in the middle
you can see kind of squished in there uh these are our three new officers um I'm at the end here officer Sean CIS officer Matthew Taylor officer Sam Vero at the end is Officer Haley purn she's been for about a year now uh daughter of uh former fire chief pyburn
um so the three graduated on was it April February 28th and they're doing the field training process then on March 3rd um student officer John Honan started the NECC Academy so we're excited to have him there uh he made it to the first two weeks which is
always the hottest um so we're we're happy to have him on board and look forward to him graduating this summer on March 6th we had the swearing in for three new officers actually um Stephanie did the honors of swearing them
in and then it was nice to actually have the evening shift who came in to uh you know celebrate the night and with their families and friends back on February 13th uh D Bartman hosted a neighborhood meeting with residents of Hyde Street so it's pretty much the end of Hyde by Pine Street some
of the Neighbors in that neighborhood uh representing the town was uh acting Tom man Rodney Conley Aaron Henry Sullivan and myself we had approximately dozen residents attend and discuss traffic issues in the area including speeding vehicles and cars uh we had a great exchange of information sharing data
collected by our speed signs and discuss ongoing enforcement efforts in the area to include both speed enforcement and parking enforcement um it was actually a great conversation uh we had a lot of positive feedback um so uh definitely well worth our time and energy to put that together for the for the residents
of the Pine Street area Pine and High Street area uh next we discuss the Communication Center this has been kind of a talk that's come up a few times recently about you know what it what what benefits we have to having our own Center um this is the picture of the new
building the Communication Center is in this area here on the second floor the first floor is a training room and this is a photo of our carent Dispatch Center uh there's currently four stations here uh the new Center opened in August
of 11 2017 uh the Cent has nine employees eight dispatches and one dispatch supervisor um dispatch supervisor is a working supervisor so he works the day shift and he also is a supervisor of the uh the the division uh the staff by two dispatches 24 hours a
day 7 days a week 365 days a year the fy2 annual budget was $829,000 state 911 grant funding to offset costs that can be used for um combination of equipment training and uh actual Staffing
hours uh they provide both emergency service both dams fire and police and they also uh provides after hour service for contact service for electric light Division Street Department and Water Department so anytime after the hours of say 7 to 3 8 to 4 Monday through Friday
weekends holidays um if you call Electric Light street department or water department it rings to our Dispatch Center and then they make the contacts so they actually do that as well um we have one dispatch who was bilingual and speaks fluent Spanish which is extremely helpful and we also
coordinate the ambulance response with Northeast ambulance some key performance indicators that were requested um so essis County right now this is 2023 data this is the most recent data they have published um in their in their on their
website they total 91 call for service was 12,507 in damis alone we had 12,124 in that same year answer 91 calls they had 11,862 we had 11,349 uh we had
115 text 911 calls uh they had nothing reported for that they had 645 abandoned calls we had 660s for CAD calls they had 10 14,940 for all six communities DS loan had
2,266 the answer time the average answer time for 911 there States 90% within 15 seconds our time is 3.4 seconds for answering 911 call some other considerations to think
about um between 2019 2023 the average turnover rate in the regional C was 22% uh DMS Peace Department Communication Center has little turnover with more than half the employees having 25 years 25 plus years of service in the town of Damas um according to the report uh
again they have six communities they serve ansbury Essex Manchester by the Sea Middleton toss field and winham uh these are all significally smaller communities with much smaller populations and low cost for service um we basically would almost double their
cost for service if we were able to move over there um and then also moving to a regional center means we lose control local control over um our center right now we have complete control over our sou Center if the F Chief wants to implement a new policy or procedure we sit down with the
supervisor we discuss it we implement it um same with the police department if we have a disci issue we deal with it if we have anything that we want to change we deal with it going to a regional we become one of six seven eight members on Advisory board that votes on changes um
so we lose a lot local local control which isn't I don't think beneficial uh some clarification on some comments made in the past um one I one thought was that state already gets all the originated 911 calls through cell phones
so any landline or 911 call made to on a cell phone in dvis comes to the D Police Department's Communication Center the only ones that do not come to us possibly are on Route 128 Route 1 and 95 they typically do go to the regional
center and they transfer them to us um with with that said it's not uncommon for us to actually get those calls on those highways depending where the call is the car is depending where the shell Tower is um so that's not 100% true but we do receive all the cell phone and
landline and text 91 calls in Damas uh there was a question about um familiarization with the towns and that the the regional center would actually you know do some familiarization with the communities um from our standing they typically ride between two or three hours with a community while they're
hired um doesn't give them a lot of time to get to know the community especially someone as big as we are as a town with the amount of um residential commercial areas in town which is constantly changing um our dispatches know the offices the FI and the community members
and the community geography which is extremely important um our dispatch are well vers in our policies and ourstanding operating procedures governing the D department and the fire department and they attend specific training to ensure their knowledge is up to date specific to our community needs
um you know our dispatches are our Lifeline to the community their strong leadership with us off officers the fighters and the community members are crucial to Our Success uh replicating this local understanding and commitment in a large Regional Center would be a huge Challenge and I don't think be
beneficial to the town or the residents uh we talked a little bit about at the uh budget meeting too far oh okay I'll go into the next section um recently we had some discussion about grants and what grants uh the police
department um receives so we write our own grants at this point in time so in the last fiscal three three fiscal years FY 23 24 and 25 uh we receive uh the ability to purchase equipment uh Lieutenant Selvin just purchased a new speed sign that can be put in the
community and also allows us to do enforcement efforts um usually month by month they have a different enforcement effort they'll go from crosswalks to bicycle safety to distractor driving so uh each month they give us a um itinerary of what we can do and we try
to fill we use that that time to uh send officers out through initial traffic enforcement um the state 91 Grant we mentioned earlier can be used for training uh salaries and equipment and then we have the jail diversion Grant which pays for
our Clin at the police department another question that came up during the uh budget hearing was what type of training the police department receives so each year the nptc which the municipal police training Council uh outlines the training curriculum for the
for the year so for training year 25 which we're completing by July 1st um officers attended a three-hour training on freedom of speech 3 hours on freedom and hate speech crimes and groups 3 hours on use of force 3 hours on Freedom Assembly and crowd management
6 hours of legal update 3 hours of load your back backpack what that was it's an offic of wellness and teaching officers how to deal with distress of the job in a healthy Manner and not let it weigh you down and and take over your life and so it's very helpful for the officer
safety and officer Wellness uh three hours of freedom to communicate uh death and heart of hearing and victims of human trafficking six hours of CPR and first responder four hours of tra taser training two hours of autism and law enforcement education training eight
hours of fire and 8 hours of firearm training so right there are 44 hours of mandated training that every officer must attend in addition to training bulletins and policy updates throughout the year can I ask something can we ask question what about um Mental Health Training is there anything so it goes
year by year so last year we had a lot of Mental Health Training uh this year there's a lot of freedom freedom of speech crowd controls with the election coming I think they really want to push out if we see problems how do we deal with them properly so every year um a survey is sent out to the chiefs of
police we all fill the survey and they dictate the training from that um and then on top of this training if you're in a specialty whether you're in detectives if you're a school resource officer there's a Jal training on top of this 44 44 hours of training
but this is the uh the bare minimum each officer attends each year next I have our future proposed dates for June 17th and September 16th and question I think we changed that six September one
okay so check the calendar with an if you have any questions be happy to try to answer them Mike any questions uh yes please thanks Chief there's a lot of good information there um can you tell me about the four
injured officers um how did they get their injuries uh we have three who are on sick so that's outside of work uh we have one officer who was injured on duty um he was responding to a residence um a dog came out of the house uh
attacked him while trying to retreat he had fell down and injured himself and the other three did you say were just they're outside medical person medical issues that they're dealing with outside of work so okay um and it leads me into the next thing I I said it the
other day at the budget meeting and I'd like to start the conversation that we you have a lot of training but I think a little bit more training would be good in in uh self-defense and and the way the reason why I say that is because um
we're going to get a better um end result uh it's still a physical job and um people is still going to be confrontational and um I could see there's a lot of um training on how to diffuse situations and a lot of
knowledge there that's excellent I just think that um we should promote it as a board uh maybe um you know get in some Brazilian jiu-jitsu Muay Thai and and I say it out loud
because it's not happening across the board not just here and when it happens these fights take place it's like that so if you have uh people that are confident in their hand toand com by nobody gets hurt public doesn't get
hurt officers don't get hurt we don't have people out injured um because everybody's even that much more trained so I'm just hoping that we can have more conversation about that and maybe it's something we can Implement
um is is there any data on the regional dispatch as far as errors with all the yeah I know with all the uh communities that they're uh uh dealing with are they sending people off
different places or um there's there's not a lot of data as far there is some data in some of the information they share as far as like complaints from departments and and that information but nothing as far as efficiency know that I'm aware of I hope we wouldn't lose our Dispatch Center I I think it's it's a
it's a huge part of our community and it really um makes a difference for the offices the firi is in the community as well um you know um let's see what else did I have um you answered the monthly tickets uh
did you end up finding out any kind of a ticket Revenue number I did not I can look into that for you um that would probably be through Ron's office cuz I don't think we see the the conclusion after traffic appeals I think it's just deposit to the town but
we can look into that oh okay I think that's all I have at the moment thank you thank you Mike Morin yeah good presentation Chief um did I count six positions were down is that right technically One open we have uh three in field training one in the academy that's
four who are in training one one vacancy and then hopefully that additional spot come July 1st if it's approved by the budget process yeah hopefully you you'll get that extra it's needed with um board member um bean I think if we could I
think mental health is very important if we could I'm surprised they don't all do it every year you know like you said the Chiefs well right the unpack your unpack your backpack it is a mental health training more so for the offices than the community um all of our offices um
it's by contract attend a 40 hour CIT training um so all our officers I think I'm the only person in the department who's not CIT trained is me and when I was on patrol it just wasn't available um but it's a 40-hour class that is Crisis Intervention training it teaches
about the escalation it teaches about um medication so if you go on a call you say oh they're on X Y and Z they might have these issues going on um it's an excellent training um three new officers are going to a class in Beverly I believe in uh miday so are three new
recruits we go through that 40 hours of mental health training on that on that date well that's good a lot of is they put in it's good um good good news on the grants who who writes or tries who applies for the grants um so again our Dispatch Center Brian Pratt our dispatch
supervisor he does all the 91 grants okay um Sergeant kalala who's in charge of the juvenile usit he does the um traffic grants and Lieutenant balls he does the Mental Health Grants okay um right now there's actually a big concern in Massachusetts uh SX Chiefs is really trying to get the world Tri legislators
we had a breakfast in ESS County last early this month um there's proposal to cut that mental health funding um in the in the budget this year um significantly uh which would affect our ability to maintain having a clinician um with us three to three days a week um so that
there that is a concern and um let's see that was nice about the district attorney sponsoring that flag football that's really great again the kids had yeah and I like I love the fact that uh reaching out to the neighbors in the neighborhoods I
think that's good um I've seen driven by a lot of uh police I see more presence with traffic stops which is really good I think that's great and um how we doing with the present in the Square you know good you know again
there's a war where that gets going I know last week this last couple days would been nice we'll see more and more people down the town with that and then during early release times as well you'll see more offices downtown and I don't know if it's appropriate to ask but how are the the bike group how how's that going it's been quiet um has it
been it's been quiet they not it's winter time so most of them are hibernate for the winter but I'm sure they'll be out next couple weeks okay and um you know we'll be out make having conversations and interacting with them and okay good yeah we don't want anything else to happen again thank you that's it thank you D yes thank you
Chief uh great presentation and lot of information crudos to the department yourself and all the officers for for all they do day in and day out um I like the training uh I like the de program and
the r i I believe um the more you're seeing in a less threatening way the better it is uh I'm reminded of uh uh liutenant Carlton
retire who who told me once we are all programmed to fear police you know he said his nightmare was when he will be at at the mall and a child will be misbehaving and the parent will see him
and say I'll have the police come get you and and we programming that child to be fearful of police growing up and that's why it's so important to train people on deescalation cuz where most
people come from that is how they grew up that's how they were programmed so it's not their fault that's just the the way we all did it at some point I have done it to my kids and and Lieutenant Caron will
always tell me that's the worst thing you can do because that child should be trained to go toward police if he's in trouble or she's in trouble then to fear police uh so kudos for the training I I
hope we continue um I participated a few years back in we call for the police accreditation for our town uh very extensive process and kind of saw fand all of the things that
you do day in and day out uh I can't just stress enough how important it is at least from my perspective to be out in the community in a non-threatening way so that we can build those connections and then when the fight
comes it will come at some point but how do we minimize that and make it less likely to happen a quick question about the bike kids at the square have we thought of like a
campaign I don't know on Tik Tok or Instagram I don't know something to kind of start to raise awareness with the school and the families on the behavior as the weather gets nicer yep um we haven't thought doing Tik toks yet which
few officers outside that might be good to doing something like that um but we have been working with uh superintendent Bower with mot we're hoping to bring back in a program this spring at the schools talking about bike safety talking about crosswalk safety and doing
programs at elementary and middle school age because that's the fifth grade to middle school is what our target audience is U so we have discussed that with um superintendent in mot so that's kind of the process um we're hoping to do a um bike walk to school day
um with the superintendent the schools so we'd work with the schools to kind of do like a walk to school day uh my wife's a teacher in Beverly they do it very often when they meet at a park down the street and all the teachers and students walked to school that day U that was something we would do with the school as the police department walking with the students um so there ideas like
that are out there we're working on those types of things um and like I said I agree with making connections you know the deer bowling the deer program the school resource offices they interact with the kids day in and day out and that's their goal is to build positive
relationships with them they still have you know they still have to set the rules sometimes and enforce the rules uh but that's their main goal is to be a connection um they do a lot of talk about talks about um a trusted adult trusted adult program like you know who do you have as a trusted adult that you
can go to if you have a problem so they have those conversations with the kids and some school resource officers have been actually been named by students as their person that if I needed something I know I can go to offic of SK the middle school and talk to him about a problem um so again that's one of our big goals is to really enforce that
connection no thank you very much and and for the kids on the bik acting I mean it's a good thing to start to plan and do those things I haven't seen anything personally but the the kids now are in the digital space love it or hate it that's the way they communicate
that's the way they hear things that's the way they see things so I think really thinking of sending some of those short it could be 10 seconds 20 information out to the kids as the weather get nice good and and just raise awareness and that can come from other
kids too uh talking to their peers as to what a good behavior looks like when you're biking down the Square thank you thanks for all you do chief I assume the offic out there AR under cover no they're not there can you bring them and
introduce them sure so the public knows them so uh first in is Officer Cory T he's one of our evening shift officers and then uh officer da Telly is also assigned to the evening shift uh they're both how many years about two and a half
three years three fourth fourth year okay uh Cory and they do they do a great job um happy to be here I'm sure I used to know everybody on the force not not any longer it's it's crazy the turnover we've had um I keep a chart of my office
it's color coded by you know 0 to 9 years you know do the and it's the zero to n years is it it's a it's a big group and all right well you need young officers we do good thank you for being doing the job David any questions um
just a little if I may Dan um my ears aren't working my eyes aren't working good evening Jamie number one I think that um you did an excellent presentation and I think the presentation like this is very healthy
for the community to be in touch with their police department and so nice job tonight um then I have my own little program of called wave a hello um for the past five or 10 years anytime I've
driven by a danas police officer in any kind of Duty or stopped at a traffic I always wave and I don't do it to get a wave back but more and more through the years I get a wave back and I have always sensed and I know I'm old and I
he he gives me the Dickens every time I say that um but there has always been a tension between police and citizens and why not the citizen and the police usually come in contact unfortunately in an uncomfortable situation like a
traffic stop and um it's changing and it's changing I think from a very good attitude especially in our Department which you lead and you do a wonderful job with that I also just are we ever going to
have computer citations I recently saw one of my friends got a citation in the mail it was from Pennsylvania highway department with our $100 fee with a computer print out of his speeding when
he was going 70 and a 50 mph and a picture of his license plate pretty hard to contest and I just thought it was really interesting and I suppose that's something that when happens in Massachusetts it'll begin with a state of federal funding program yeah there's
there's nothing that I'm aware of now as far as like red light cameras or speed cameras um but opening can of worms there have some to um trying out the bus cameras um that's probably the closest we've come to it is
having the cameras on the buses that do uh bus bus violation so you know going past the bus while the stop signs out Salem and pbd a piloting programs right now A good friend of mine works for Salem he's in charge of the program it's not
perfect by any means um the law was not written very well there's a lot of lot to it um and there's a lot of expense to it so that's the closest Massachusetts has come to electronic surveillance for doing like stop signs or speeding that's the closest they've come to and that's a
program now finally I have known uh our police Chiefs personally in this town for the last 60 years and I think that you do a wonderful job of a very very difficult job and thank you for your efforts thank you Dan thank you David
anyone in the audience questions or comments young yes ma'am hello go to the microphone introduce yourself please hi my name is Catherine from precinct
1 I would like to know um if it's a possibility to bring back the auxiliary police and if not why would that be a bad idea thank
you uh basically um when post and police reform came into effect um they changed the training so before if you want wanted to be reserve and auxiliary I started auxilary in wam um you go to The Reserve Academy and you could work as a
part-time Reserve officer um with the police reform they changed that now every officer has to be full-time Academy trained so there's no more um Reserve eies there's no more Reserve off well this there's no more new Reserve
offices unless you were grandfathered through the bridge program um so former officer cannot be anary they could as long as they maintain their certification so right now uh we actually worked through the last contract with the police the police
Union to allow retirees to work details so if you retire from the D stre Department in good standing you maintain your post certification you can do details work work Road jobs and details possibility D could utilize some more of that we can do for details for retirees
but we we couldn't do auxiliaries that doesn't work anymore um if we were to take a 22-year- old old young man or woman and say we're going to spend $35 $40,000 to send you the academy they're going to graduate and they're going to go oh I'm going to go over to Salem
Topps field it's it's tough to keep them um so okay anyone else Kevin so I I have asked I think probably the most question Inu yourself for the folks at home excuse me Dan thank you Kevin bar 34 popular Street precinct
four but barely just hanging on the edge um so I I think I've asked more questions than anyone about the about the Dispatch Center and and definitely asked for that data that we saw tonight and and
I believe the the quantitative data was uh about even with a with a slight Edge for for local uh I think the qualitative uh analysis um certainly points towards local so I and and I believe the the chief and others in their professional
judgment that it is uh quantitatively and qualitatively better um I think the challenge we're going to come to I think we've had a number of we're we're going to hopefully get a new officer this year through this budget process I think there's a general feeling on the board
that we need uh even more officers than that uh at least from from some members um where you know I think $100,000 away from uh from Levy right with our proposed budget so um it's
going to be a real challenge I believe that it's better I think the board has some tough decisions when the study's done to see how many more officers we need if we need more officers uh to then figure out how to pay for that and so we're we're right up
against Le Levy if you want to pay for something new it means cutting somewhere I think as as the board knows so um tough tough decisions ahead but I really do say thank you for addressing my uh persistent questions over the last uh
couple of years and uh no no doubt in my mind that it's uh that that it's better I think we all wish communities had joined us uh in a regional approach and we had been the uh the regional service provider that's that's certainly why we built the center that way um but that
that did not come to pass so thank you thank you anyone else all right Chief thank you very much for coming we'll see you in June sounds good all right thank you all good night Renee good night
Stephen okay now we'll have new public business anyone new public business Mark now I know why we have the public business in the
beginning because I learned something tonight so I thank you for uh making me stick it out all this time but I uh don't want to thank you too
much my issue when I brought it up earlier is that the current agenda that was distributed had a lot of uh proclamations resolutions querly
reports and as you know the residents of danvas through my efforts have been asking for a resolution by the board of Selectmen in regards to the constant
expansion at the Beverly airport specifically on the west side of the airport itself now today I spent uh 3 or 4 hours at the high school and it's constant
traffic right now with these new hangers that are coming on board we're going to experience more the resolution as you remember was requested
on December 17th 2020 4 3 months ago and I've been constantly reminding the board that this is something that we need well we do need it and what I like to report to the board is that the mass
Environmental Protection Agency has uh sent us a letter basically stating that our appeal in regard to to the contested conditions at the airport
have been denied so I urge the board of selectman to get this Proclamation or resolution whatever you want to call it I put one together and I submitted it and I think we need that
immediately so thank you Mark if I may I asked my fellow board members to come up with their thoughts and pass them on to the manager's office I think we only got one response to date is that correct Ronnie or did you get more I received
one at this point one at this point well one is more than what we have right now and that's the reason I'm bringing this up every single meeting okay and I'll continue that because it is impacting our
residents the other item that I want to bring up as a result of the chief's uh presentation is that we have extended our efforts very well and it's working but I want to
remind everyone that we've had community policing forever and I wonder what has happened to the community policing efforts because we used to have a policeman down
in the Square they used to stop at every uh shift Shi change or middle of the shift change and they would communicate with the residents and like you said we used to know them right now we don't and
I was when I came in I looked at the uh the door and I said what is this the protective agency here no it's not but we do have many new officers and they are welcome but the
thing is they need to get to know the residents as well because the residents reflect the culture of this town so that's that's my only comment but I strongly urge that this board get the proclamation or resolution
whatever you want out on the street because residents are suffering with the expansion that's going on with the town thank you Mr zubar anyone else do public business yes ma'am oh oh wait a minute hold it I
have one more thing we'll get back to you oh she's going to defer to you got my shadow over here uh on tomorrow evening at Riverside School there'll be a presentation by
tomorrow or Thursday Thursday sorry I'm I'm the day ahead uh C and cook uh Tannery site will be discussed as how the superf fund site is going to be handled this was done about three
years ago and they ran out of money now they seem to have money I don't know how long that's going to last but that's something that's going on so residents should be aware of that because it's going to affect both ends of that c and
cook Tannery site Thursday 6:30 Riverside School correct correct that is correct thank you anyone else get my manager up yes [Music]
ma'am hi Catherine again Precinct one I think the person I need the answer from may have left but as far as the tree mapping in town um is this already included in our budget it was something
they had already had on file she just showed it as an example of where the public versus private trees currently uh it's from the gis map okay so my question I guess is will it cost
taxpayers more money or could it in the future we have a tree wooden I think they're just trying to develop a program for him to implement okay I just wanted to know if it would affect yeah I don't know if he's going to ask for more help
or not but okay thank you you're welcome anyone else no all right thank you all for staying tonight uh let's see the town manager will report to the oh what's that you have to close the public this it was
public business business okay y thank you the manager will report to the board on various items of interest Mr Carley through you Mr chairman there'll be a public meeting Thursday night at 6:30 at the Riverside School or lated the C thank you Mark so yeah we encourage everyone to
attend I believe there's some type of hybrid option but I've yet to find that so again I would assume to be there at the Riverside but keep checking the website in case there's some type of Zoom option as well we encourage everyone to attend that thank you for everyone who attended or watched the budget hearing on Saturday we had a long
robust day it was very productive um the next step in that process will be the select board warrant review that'll take place at the Tuesday April 1st select board meeting and it'll continue Thursday April 3rd if necessary um that'll be the select board warrant review from there we'll move on
to the finance committee hearings those will take place Monday April 14th Wednesday April 16th and Thursday April 17th uh again in this room 7:00 and then following that it will be finance committee warrant review April 28th and Wednesday April 30th uh again 7:00 in
this room all leading up to T town meeting in May um and then my last update is actually to turn it over to our assistant town clerk Stephanie D who has some information on the ongoing election process thank you um so just a reminder that the annual Town election
is Tuesday May 6 um there are currently still a few seats open in precinct 1 3 4 5 and 8 uh nomination papers are due back by March 25th by 5:00 P pm
um to date we have received 43 vote by mail applications um if you are looking to vote by mail we have those applications in the town clerk's office or online at our on our website um for those interested in early voting in
person early voting will be held April 26th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. um this is also the last day to register to vote for the annual Town election um and I'm happy to answer any questions any questions for the court hearing none
no thank you Stephanie of course all right is that your report Mr manager that is Mr chairman uh the next item the board will vote to close the warrant for 2025 annual town meeting on March 21 at
noon that's this Friday get the calendar out any questions board members I would need a motion I'll make a motion um as presented the motion is to close the warrant for the 2025 annual
meeting on Friday March 21 at noon is there a second second second no you made the motion oh yeah sorry I'm tired second s he killed me is there a second I think David second it David did thank you uh point of clarification Mr
chairman um does that mean are we going to meet for that does that require us to have a meeting or no no we'll we're making the motion so it's closed and then we'll hear the warrant at our first meeting in April okay but that's the last date
anything can be presented for town meeting consideration okay so positive vote tonight would be helpful we had a motion and we had a second all in favor I I oppose none thank you board will consider the consent
calendar through a motion [Applause] I move that we accept the consent calendar has presented is there a second second discussion hearing none all in favor I I thank
you uh select when's closing comments new business um D oh thank you Mr chairman um I will start by thanking everyone who uh emailed and spoke to me or call within the past uh few weeks uh thanks
for your input uh I really appreciate uh our town I believe is stronger uh because of the residents like you who get involved in the process and I would just encourage you all to uh continue to be
engaged um something that I wanted to say when the motorcycle safety awareness um members were here uh I I was reminded as we were reading that proclamation of
a quote for from uh Elena ett that said uh safety is not a gadget but a state of mind uh is so important as we go through the the the better weather to remind us in a proclamation like the one we did
today is really about that uh to stay safe on the road um and have that mindset uh that we have to adopt um and and and and I just hope that you know all the Riders of daners and people
going through daners have an enjoyable and and safe uh spring and summer so thank you all set all set thank you David thank you Dan back to the motorcycles it's been 12 years that I
have supported Mr tras my dear friend um as he has supported the motorcycle people and for 12 years I've said couldn't you put some cotton baton or Steel wo into the pipes and I say the same thing when the poor neighbors talk about the loud noise from those stupid
planes taking off why can't they be quiet because I know people with motorcycles you can't even hear so I vote because I don't want to be okay for the motorcycle people but I really wish you wouldn't make so much
noise thanks that's all thank you Michael uh thank you Dan um I wanted to bring up the Beverly airport since Mark is here um our new seat um Todd um I spoke to him after he went to the meeting and uh I think he's going to work out really well I feel confident
he's got a lot of energy um he's smart and uh if we are able to form a committee on this side that will support our seats over there um uh people that will do the research and and and and find out what uh we can do to make
Beverly the best neighbor uh they can be um I think that uh we can gain some ground and with the new town manager she won't have to deal with those uh grumpy fishermen anymore she can be focused on the airport Pilots yeah the pilots so I I
think we can uh on that I think we can move forward I feel confident about that Dan Dan may I just say one more thing please about the airport um no one likes to hear this and I don't like to say it but as far as I concerned about the
airport we are up against a multi-trillion dollar industry that is running trillions of planes Across the Nation and the world every single day and I think that Gardner says it best and recently said it
again any excuse me he can speak for himself any thought that we have any control whatsoever has to begin with the Congress of the United States and um I just I don't like it because I come out
of the YMCA in the morning and I'm hearing those stupid ples but I don't think that local government has any power whatsoever to help the situation and I won't and I'll never speak about it again thank you were you done uh let
me just wrap it up here if you don't mind Dan I I think that the the new director over there the young guy is um I think we can work with him yeah I think we can work with him and I think he wants us to communicate with him um so I don't feel like I think we have
some room there to to make improvements well I hope so um that's all I have to say thank you thank you Morin and I I'll just go piggy back on that too I mean um we want to help the residents with Beverly airport that was one of the questions we asked the new town manager maybe with some
pull and some help from her that we can get some you know some guidance on how we can like uh judge Mills does say you know it is a big big nut but let's let's tackle it if we can all work together um we need to stop you know the expansion
if we can and uh the noise the pollution everything um I know Tony's neighborhood's right there too and uh you know thank you Mark and the group for giving giving it all um and I think what select board member Bean says about
the subcommittee is good and um tackle it all together and then we'll try to see if we can get some good results from that um with regards to the budget hearing that went well on Saturday it's about 7 hours
which we did we did well thank you for everybody that came and attended that um also I go to the Damas KS which is a great group Dan I'm glad I got that group I really enjoy that that's uh that's on Monday afternoons um once a
month at the dams high school and if anybody wants to come it really opens up some with kids with anxiety you know and and ways and services that we can help the people and I want to say thank you to uh the presenters um the chief and the engineer
and uh looking forward thank you Rodney for what you've been doing too um I think it'll be hopefully a nice transition to a new new town manager and thank you for my colleagues I think we we voted the right decision thank you thank you so B back on danas cares I'm
part of a group right now that that's formulating plans for a light the night purple Event in May um good good group of people working on it the the date the the issue now is trying to pick a date so I'm backing off whatever date they
pick that's we're but it' be the first or second week in May so we look forward to that it's always a well attended event with us Community can come out and help support people at earning recovery if you see a veteran please say
thank you for their service and if there's no other business to come before the board the meeting is adjourned Point order yes sir I believe you have a piece of correspondence from me that I asked to be read at this meeting I'm not aware of that in your inbox okay well you want
to read it let see if I can pull it up on my phone give a minute did you sign it chief I'll weend it to thank you I wasn't aware that you wanted it read the title
of it said correspondence for next elect [Music] I'll look for it for the next meeting is that all right Coy I wish it were tonight but I understand because it's a timely was a
timely email about yeah all these emails say no apply Civics plus I don't see one with your name necessarily at the um I'll have to look at each one see which one it is no other business to come before the board meeting is adjourned thank you all
for coming thank you