Everybody, welcome to the select board meeting the of June 17, 2025. Um, Ghana, would you start us with the pledge of allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. Thank you, Gina. Okay, at this time, can I have approval of the minutes of June 3rd, 2025? So
moved. Second. Any discussions? All in favor? I I All opposed. Okay. Um at this time, we'll do some new public business. Please go up to the podium, introduce yourself, and we're going to increase it to three minutes or fewer.
Um the clerk does have a timer, but if you need more time, just let us know. Anybody? Mr. Brad, Mr. Brad, come on, Bill. Get up there. Come on. You got to get up there and say something.
Who knows you, Bill? There's three minutes. And the time starts now again. Again, Bill Bradreet, uh, town meeting member, precinct one. How we doing? Are we working on it? We're working on it. Okay, that's all I ask. Thank you. Thank
you, Bill. Anybody else? All right. So, I think what we'll do if it's okay, I think we'll move maybe item um five up because we'll wait for the
appointments for D to be if everybody's okay with that. Y that's fine. Okay. So, let's um the board will vote to accept gifts in accordance with MGL chapter 4453A. And let's see. Is Chris here? Is Chris
here? Chris Sandborn here. I just talked to him. I said he was coming. I guess we go right to the police chief. Okay. Should we do that? Yeah, I guess we'll move things around a little bit. Yeah. No, that's fine. Chief, would you like to uh go up? We're going to move. Let's see. So, we'll move number six. The
board will hear a quarterly update on activities in the Danvas Police Department. And we have the chief here. Thank you, chief, for stepping up. Yeah. Yeah. Good evening. Hopefully this uh works a little better than last time. We're
going to try the uh new screen here. Uh we'll start off by discussing some of our recent promotions that occurred uh effective May 4th. Uh we had a long process. They took the civil service test last September. We had an assessment center back in December. Uh the grades were released in February and
we were able to make promotions effective May 4th of 2025. Uh Sergeant Derek Kell was moved to the rank of lieutenant. Uh after the end of the school year, Lieutenant Kell will transition to the role of the officer in charge of the dayshift and also serve as the accreditation manager for Kalia.
Detective Michael Moch was promoted to the rank of sergeant. Detective Sergeant Mo will assume the role of the the criminal investigation division as a division commander and will run our CI division. Officer Michael Lima was moved to the rank of sergeant. Sergeant Lima has been assigned to the evening shift
as patrol supervisor under the direction of Lieutenant Sullivan who's here tonight. There we go. Um, Officer Jeff Smith, one of our school resource officers, was promoted to rank of sergeant. Um, again at the end of the school year, Sergeant Smith will transition to the role of the
community services division commander. and officer Ryan Shallow was promoted to the rank of sergeant as well. Uh Sergeant Shallow has been signed to the split shift as patrol supervisor and will work under the direction of Lieutenant Pauly. Uh we are currently still trying to schedule a time for swearing in. We have one promotion kind
of pending right now. So as soon as we have a date and time, we'll make sure the invitations go out to the select board in case they want to attend. Oops. current staffing levels. I know this is always a topic of discussion. Uh
currently, student officer Honen is doing well at the NCC Academy. Uh he expects to graduate on August 15, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. After graduation, he will participate in an 8week field training program. Uh one officer remains on extended leave due to a job related
injury. Uh we're hoping to have him back maybe by mid July or hopefully August. Uh we currently have one vacancy due to retirement this past year. Uh effective July 1st, we'll have an additional patrol officer thanks to the vote by the
select board finance committee and town meeting which will increase our staffing by one. Um then we got news the other day that we may have an additional retirement after the first year possibly in February. Um, so we will begin the recruitment process for up to three
offices in the upcoming weeks with uh HR and our goal is to enroll these officers in the October 14th academy in Haveril. Uh they expect to graduate in April of 2026. Want to talk a little bit about community engagement um through social
media. After our last meeting in March, um, Captain Sam, myself, and Doug McCauley, our crime analyst, worked on creating some of these little snapshots. So, these have gone out every month for March, April, and May. And just gives the community a little idea of what's
going on in the community. Um, it's not inclusive of everything going on, but just a snapshot of some key uh, information. Uh, we've gotten some pretty decent um, feedback from this, from recommendations that we're trying to incorporate as well. Um, so this usually goes out in the middle of the
month. Oh, sorry. Um, 9:00 p.m. routine. Um, also in April, uh, we started a new campaign. Um, go back one.
There we go. Um, after we had three separate carb breaks involving unlocked vehicles in April, uh, we decided we were going to try to participate in the 9:00 p.m. routine, uh, public service campaign. Uh, the 9:00 p.m. routine is created in 2017 by
a sheriff office in Florida. It's a night reminder to residents to remove valuables from their vehicles, lock the vehicle doors and their residences, and keep lights, exterior lights on if possible, and alarm security systems. Um on April 7, 2025,
we posted our first post about this. This is a sampling of the different posts that we had put out over about a week's period. If you want to go to the next slide. Um then on May 18th, uh we had a in uh
numerous instance on the early morning hours of the 18th where 13 vehicles were unlocked vehicles were entered. Um, that's probably a conservative number. Um, because there was no actually breaking into the vehicles, just opening unlocked doors. I'm sure some people didn't report it to us. Um, so 13 is
probably a conservative number. Um, in addition to those 13 vehicles being entered, we had two vehicles stolen. Uh, one vehicle was recovered a few streets away from the residents. We think that they were hiding that out in case they got chased, they could have a second vehicle to get to. and one vehicle was recovered days later and was believed to
be used in a series of car brakes in Stoneham. A also was actually recovered from Lexington that was stolen early in that evening up on 95 in the area of where the car brakes were. So in these brakes, all vehicles entered
were unlocked and the stone vehicles were unlocked and either the key fob or the keys were left inside that vehicle. Um, thus the 9:00 p.m. routine about locking your vehicles, taking your keys, leaving lights on. Uh, between May 16th and May 28th, several communities saw an increase in motor vehicle related
crimes. There's close to 100 unlocked vehicles entered and 16 plus vehicles stolen over that twoe period. Uh, involved communities included Danverse, Belmont, Waltham, Lexington, North Reading, Lincoln, Weston, Reading, and Welsie. And we believe they're all
somewhat connected loosely. Um, right around May 28th, uh, four juveniles aged 13 to 16 from Lynn were arrested in Wakefield after they rammed a Welssley police cruiser and, uh, fled and were finally stopped by the state police um,
in Wakefield. That vehicle was done on a wall. Some crime statistics. So for March 14th was our last period of time till uh last Friday, we've had 62 arrests, 35 summones, seven hearings, 13 warrant
applications, and three people placed in protective custody for a total of 113 arrests for the year to date, 83 summones, 16 hearings, 21 warrant applications, and six protective custodies. Uh year to date from January 1st to June
13th last Friday, uh we've had 11,970 calls for service. Again, some of our top locations are Target with 140 incidents. Um 78 were were shoplifting incidents. Others were followup investigations, E91 E91 follow-ups. Um
RCA up on Lindle Street, again, a lot of medical aids, court orders, and the clients walking away from the facility. Uh Walmart with 83 incidents, uh numerous 911 follow-ups, medical aids, and accidents on the parking lot. Uh Costco, Costco with 63 with mostly motor
vehicle accidents, 91 follow-ups in medical aids, and then Liberty Tree Mall 57 calls, mostly youth disorders, follow-up investigations in medical aids. Um some crash data from the first uh first like three months and then last
three months. Um, from March 14th to June 13th, we've had 252 accidents reported to us and we've completed 81 accident reports. The reason why there's a difference there is a lot of the accidents we respond to are in parking lots, which we do not write accident reports in private property unless
there's a fatality. Um, and um, other ones are very minor accidents where this doesn't meet the threshold requiring an accident report to be completed by the officer. Um, so to date we've had 471 accidents reported and 148 accident reports submitted.
Uh, this is a little heat map of locations of accidents. Um, green being lighter. When you see the red, that's mean the more concentration of accidents. Again, we see Andover Street in the area of Route One and 95. Again, all those accidents are people come off
the ramp, car stops, car behind stops, first car goes, it stops, second car doesn't stop and hits the rear ends them. It's a very common accident we have there all the time. Usually do it in attention. Um same area on Walmart on 114 is a busy area. A lot of cars coming
out of Walmart trying to beat the light. That's an area we see accidents. And then the bottom of the screen is down by um Silven and Ender Street. Some of our traffic enforcement activity for the past few months. Uh from March 14th to June 13th, uh 460 stops during a
during selectives. So, selectives are assigned to offices at a uh predetermined area, usually about a half hour to 45 minutes. Um, usually based a lot of times on either traffic complaints or resident complaints. Um, we had 317 citations through either DDAX
or through grants. So, the grants are through the uh highway safety and they are dedicated to doing traffic enforcement for a period of time. Uh, each month we have a different um kind of topic. Uh, this month is speeding. Last month was crosswalk. So every month
they give us um what they want to see us do enforcement on and we'll work with the offices do those um grant hours. Uh DDAX is called datadriven approach to crime and traffic control. So the idea of DDAX is is you locate areas such as 114 Andover Street that have both high
accidents and some high crime. And you almost do like a saturation patrol. We'll have two or three cruisers out there, sometimes four, for about a half hour to 45 minutes to an hour. And basically the idea is to stop as many cars as you can just to show a lot of police activity and the idea is
hopefully to deter crime and reduce accidents. Um then 335 traffic stops. Those are just officers driving around who see someone run a stop sign uh see someone on their mobile device. Uh those are officer initiated. Um so the total
from March 14th to the to June 13th was 1,112 traffic stops. Year to date, 1,761 traffic stops. Top violations again are speeding at 331 citations, uh crosswalk violations 119,
and use of electronic devices at 83. Uh youth complaints since March 14th to last Friday, we've had 46 youth complaints. Obviously, the weather's been getting nicer and the kids are out and around more. Um the
year-to- date totals uh 19 with the Liberty Tree Mall and or Endicott Street. Endicott Street is consisting of Ender Street towards the Market Basket Plaza. Um 11 when the downtown area I look at the downtown area from pretty much High Street at 128 down to Maple
Street, Maple and Locust and then surrounding streets. So if like Cherry Street, Cottage A, Alden Street, I consider that downtown for these statistics. Um 10 were at McDonald's at 77 High Street. Um nine were at rand locations around town. Again, you know,
one was up on Center Street. Next one was up um by Conifer Hill. So they were kind of really spread out. Uh we've had four at 20 Locus Street, which is the corner grocery. And then four at an undisclosed residence. I'm not going to mention the location. Uh this was an
incident where a uh resident was having um youth in the neighborhood doing ding-dong ditch on a regular basis at like 10:30 11:00 at night. Uh Sergeant Smith from the school resource officers um worked with the homeowner, got some video surveillance, was able to identify
the use involved, had a meeting with the parents and the students, and that problem has ended. So that was uh a good outcome. Um, some other responses that we've done as well, uh, members of the community service division, which is Sergeant Lieutenant Kala and Sergeant Smith right now, have a meet with management from
McDonald's on numerous occasions on High Street, again on CVS, and most recently at the corner grocery store. Um, during these conversations, we're encouraging the the management to call us when there are problems, help us identify the problem individual so that we can work
with them to identify them, speak to the parents, speak to the children. Um, for example, the corner grocery store, we've had four complaints and speaking with the management, he he says essentially it's one person causing the problems. So, we're trying to work with him now to get that identif identify that
individual so we can have a discussion with him and his family. Um, officers performed directed patrols. Um, also also performed walk-in talks and community policing initiatives in the downtown area. And again, officers continue to address concerning behavior when youth identified. Um so from March
14th to June 13th uh little reduction in directed patrols but you see a huge increase in community policing initiatives. Um the officers are encouraged to go downtown spend time after school in the morning and the evening. Um a lot of the time the officers go together and they'll walk the square together and often businesses
grab a coffee. Um so I think you've hopefully seen them downtown a little bit more. Uh next topic is um scams in the community. Um over the past year, we've seen a large increase in cryptocurrency scams. Uh victims are usually pressured into making large withdrawals of cash
and deposit this money, these funds into a crypto wallet through a crypto ATM. Uh currently we have numerous crypto ATMs in the community. Most are at gas stations and convenience stores. Uh victims have deposited thousands to tens of thousands of dollars into these machines. Um, and our ability to
successfully investigate these incidents is based upon timely notification. Typically, a 12 to 24-hour delay in reporting this to us. Um, significantly impacts our ability to investigate these crimes. Uh, in the last 6 months, six scams have been reported to us totaling $141,98
$890. Uh, to date, our detectives have seized $73,190 uh via search warrants to these ATM uh machines. Uh on the lefth hand side, uh this is what a a crypto ATM looks like. Again, typically they're at some of the gas
stations in the community, some uh convenience stores. Um and then on the right hand side is a is a copy of a fraud alert. So we were proactively went out to all these machines and we post this information next to every machine that basically says the US government doesn't take cryptocurrency. Um you
know, be careful who you're sending this to. Once you send this money, it's gone. Typically gone. Um, again, it's scary um the amount of money these people are putting into these machines and um typically praying on the elderly to do so.
Um, a few success stories. Uh, this is an example of a crypto ATM that we seized. Um, you can see it wrapped up in tape and you can see the um quote the order next to it. Uh, basically saying that uh this machine has been temporarily seized. It contains evidence
of a crime and so for the notice it is unlawful to access this Bitcoin ATM attempt to access a criminal offense and how to contact us. Couple of success stories we've had this year so far. U in November of 2024 a
senior woman fell victim to a law enforcement scam. Um she with withdrew $42,000 from various ATMs around the Northshore and then deposited that money into the crypto ATM. Detective Sergeant Mo and detective Gaffne worked with the Essis County District Attorney's Office
to freeze the funds and contacted an analyst from the NESPIN which is the New England State Police Information Network for assistance in creating a blockchain analysis. These blockchain analysis try to identify how the money went into the ATM and then how it spreads out. And
it's amazing how fast and how quickly these cryptocurrency wallets transfer money into more and more wallets. Um so that assists us in locating where the money went to. Um over the course several months of Sergeant Mo wrote and
executed five search warrants with the assistance of district attorney uh Pedalano. As a result investigation district attorney's office was able to seize a sizable amount of Bitcoin currency and then ADA Pedalano filed a motion on May in May of 2025 at S
district court to return the funds to the victim. Um later that month, we were able to get that victim a check back for $41,900. So she only lost $100 out of what she originally lost. Um this is the exception, not the norm. Um these are very difficult cases to prove and
they're very difficult to get the money back. Um a lot of the banks that they're dealing with are um across the country, across the world. So, um, this is again the exception, not the norm, but this is a great case that Detective Gaffne and
Sergeant Moch worked on. Contractor scams. Uh, back in our January meeting here, we learned about a in the community where a resident was the victim of a contractor scam. Uh, again, Detective Sergeant Mo contacted the victim and initiated an investigation. Um over two months,
Detective Moch worked with closely with ADA Melo from the district attorney's office, uh writing three search warrants and numerous administrative subpoenas. Uh ultimately, Detective Moch worked directly with the Fairbolt County Sheriff's Department in Minnesota. Um which again was difficult because uh
Minnesota would not honor our search warrants. So, he worked with the sheriff department out there to give them the information so they could write a search warrant to investigate the incident. um based on detective Moch's hard work and ADML's hard work and diligence um the bank returned at least $60,000 to the
victim. So again, another success story. Uh my last section is on accreditation. U back on June 2nd, we had our annual um accreditation site review. Um Chief Mark Brooks retive is an assessor with Kala.
Uh came in on Sunday, June 1st for the department sitebased assessment. Um, we choose what areas we want them to look at. Uh, we chose uh school-based officers and juvenile offenders, multi- agency partnerships, agency training, and then internal affairs, including the
post commission. Um, over the three and a half days, uh, Chief Brooks met with superintendents and principles both at DMS High School in Essex Tech. He met with Tommy Andrew, Joe Cahill. Uh, he had opportunity to tour the MPTC Lynfield Academy. He
interviewed the executive director of NEML, interviewed the fire chief and deputy chief and toward the fire headquarters. Um, interviewed a diverse selection of community members, met with district attorney Paul Tucker and his staff. Uh, met with a met interviewed a compliance agent from the post
commission and participated in multiple roll calls and a ride along with the department. Uh some prior areas of review we've done over the past four year cycle include response to active threats, uh traffic engineering and enforcement, property
and evidence operations, response to mental health, crime analysis, communications, detaining management, and recruitment selection. So each year we choose uh usually three or four areas of them to examine when they're doing our review.
Uh prior to his departure, Chief Brooks held an exit interview with Miss Cahill, Captain Samboy, Lieutenant Kuller, and myself. Uh we should be receiving Chief Brook's final report any day now, as well as his recommendations on whether the DS police department should receive their 12th Kala award. Uh we will appear
before the Kala Commission in the fall for review of our final in a final vote for the commission about our accreditation status. Uh the M police department is one of three municipal agencies in Massachusetts who was accredited by Kala and we maintain compliance with 326 mandatory standards and additional 55 optical standards for
381 standards total. Um these standards recognize nationally accepted best practices in law enforcement. And that's all I have. That's great, Chief. Wow. All right, we'll take some questions. Um
Dan, any questions for the chief? Um, yes. I'm glad you mentioned the te the kids on bikes. I guess basically um just looking at the Salem news, the police reports one particular week towards the end of May seemed every night there was
a report of kids on bikes, various locations, downtown, Colin Street, etc. Is that still going on these complaints? Yes. Um, you know, again, it's tomorrow's going be a busy day. Um it's last day of school so we'll have a large
presence in the square because middle school gets let out probably at two of two. So we'll see a large group in the square. Um they continue and we continue to address the issues the best we can. Um we've identified kids. We talked to the kids. Um there was incident at the mall um about a week or two ago. We
seized four bikes um from the mall. Um made the parents come to the station to pick them up and have speak with the children. So we are continuing to address the issue. um as we go. And a lot of times they're gone by the time the patrol car shows up. Yeah,
typically um you know, again, the times that they're out are the times we start getting busy. Usually around 2:00 in the afternoon, we start getting really busy with shoplifting accidents. So, we're kind of drawn to different directions. Um but, you know, well, this particular week it seemed to be like after 700 p.m.
Yeah. 7 to 9:30 or so. Yeah. Uh the mall has been a busy area as well with kids going down there. All right. Well, keep after it. Thank you. Thank you, Morin. You're welcome. D, you have any questions for the chief? Thank you, Madame Chair, and apologies for being late. I was on father duty. The daughter
had a flat. So, uh thank you, chief, for the update. Uh speaking of the kids on bike, did I read somewhere that there were actually some kids that got their bike taken away? Yes, that was the mall. Uh we took four bikes from the mall. I think it was like
a Friday afternoon. Um they were acting up in the mall parking lot. Our officers went down there, spoke to them, gave them a warning saying, "Guys, enough's enough. Knock it off." Um that same group, we got called back like an hour later. The ones who were spoken to the first time, their bikes were taken. Okay. And the the conversation with the
parents went well. They went well. Um you know, three came down that night, retrieved bikes, and had a conversation with the responding officers. Uh one had a work and came in the next day, retrieved the bike and had a conversation with the officers. But um so far we've had some positive interactions with the families. Okay.
Thank you. Well, thanks for all you do. This is uh amazing. So, thank you. Great. U Mike. Yes. Uh Chief, um I want to tell you uh thank you for the information and the your detectives. Uh it's just two, right? Is that correct? There is two
right now with the promotion of um Sergeant Moch creates an opening in there. Uh we have two officers actually attending a two-eek detective school right now at Lynfield Police Academy. So uh this is I think this is the first full week. Um it's a 10-day MPTC
training class where they learn a little bit about everything. They do fingerprinting, they learn about search warrants, they do go to the um the morg and do an autopsy. They do the whole gamut. It doesn't make them an expert in all these areas, but it introduced them to all the areas. So we have two offices
at that school this week. So depending on how promotions go, we'll have people available in somewhat train somewhat trained to go into those jobs. So you'd be increasing the detective division. Well, there should be a supervisor plus two detectives for now. So that would be
three. So it be one more. Okay. Well, I can't help but tell I I really want to give you a round of applause. Those two cases, that's that's that's incredible. So thank you. Thank your detectives and I hope they keep doing work like that. And if you train some more people like
that, that would be that's awesome. Um, yeah, I do have a few questions. Um, foot patrols, how long do they hang out down the square? Um, it can be 25 to 45 minutes depending on call volume, what's going on? Yeah. Yeah. Um,
we're trying to do that daily or couple times a day. Okay, good. Good. Thank you. Um, do you guys are you working on do you have or are you thinking about some kind of a plan to to deal with the bikes because it's probably going to increase uh and
then the dirt bikes and the four-wheelers and all that garbage. Um, like I see the cities are dealing with it. It's pretty difficult and then they swarm. I don't know if there's anything that you're talking with on the Northshore to combat that kind of activity. Yeah. So,
luckily we're knock on wood, we do see the bicycles. We haven't seen the motorized um ATVs and dirt bikes and stuff like that. I know Lyn has had some issues with that. Um when they have, they've actually reached out to the state police for some assistance. Um
whether it's um getting in um the CAT team, which is the community action team, to help with enforcement. Um, I know sometimes they've used the Airwing to help track them because again, it's very dangerous. The same way it's dangerous to chase kids on bikes, chasing teens on ATVs is very dangerous. So, they've using some other techniques
to kind of try to track and see where they're going and stuff. Um, but we haven't really seen the large scale motorized dirt bikes, ATV issues yet. There's a couple of uh ebikes that we've had some conversations with, but luckily we have not seen that extreme yet.
Right. Right. And the the bikes are scary because they don't make a sound. Correct. And they're fast. They Yeah, they're fast. Um the the numbers have gone way up on um traffic stops. Uh that's awesome. I hope you can keep doing that. And uh I'm sure that must
have boosted the arrest number as well, right? Correct. Yeah. So that's awesome. Awesome to hear. I think e citations have also helped a lot too because now we have the e citations it's a lot easier to do the citations where before you know you're sitting out filling out like 20 boxes at 3 in the morning it's
pitch black you're trying to write legibly the new ecitations we pull them out the laptop we transfer the data we print them out a lot quicker um another topic that has come up recently with Mr. debates was the tinted windows. Um we were able to purchase um they came in
the other day. We now have three tint meters that will be deployed probably this week sometime. Um two of the standard ones that will do just the window where it kind of cut it's like a it's like a box that goes over the window and gives you the percentage of tint. Uh the third one we purchased is a
it's a box but it's magnetic so it can go in the front and back of a windshield to do the tint of a windshield. um our 5 to1 sorry a 4 to2 shift uh requested those um they're pretty active doing the DDAX and doing traffic enforcement so they requested those so we able to purchase those uh this year and we have
three uh on my desk that will go out this weekend next and and the fine for the tented window uh $255 I believe 200 W all right uh congratulations to all your promotions that's uh very exciting I'm sure for all them uh folks um I
think We got everything. And the the activity on the whole Northshore with the car brakes is the the information you're getting. Is it one or two gangs? It's a group um group out of Lynn, group out of Malden. Um Lynn put out a bulletin recently. Um they identified 13
individuals. Um in one way, the other we've had involvement with 12 out of 13 over the last year or two. Um so they're they're they're around this area. Um, and they're they're looking for unlocked cars and the bonus is they find the keys and they take off of the car. Yeah.
Yeah. Well, everything is looking really great. I appreciate all that info. Thank you very much. All set. Yes, Ghana. Uh, other than congratulations to the officers being promoted and uh, most of my other questions were already asked and answered. So, thank you. Excellent.
Thank you, Ghana. Chief, great job. Love seeing the police walk through the the officers walk through the square. the presence. Um it's nice to see that the numbers are up and um you're doing a great job. Congratulations to all the officers that got promoted too. Thank you. While you're up there, can we I'm
gonna say let's move um is it okay, Clerk? We'll move to item seven where the police chief will discuss a liquor com compliance violation. Can you tell us about that? Sure. Um on Tuesday, June 3rd, uh Sergeant Smith, Officer Gder, Officer Cash, Lieutenant Kala conducted alcohol compliance checks within the
town of Davis, um assisting them with two males, uh both under the age of 21. Uh they actually helped us during actually were interns for us during the Damas high school internship program. Uh prior notice was other checks were given to the community and all procedures were followed. Uh, Lieutenant Kala and
Officer Gdder observed the 18- meal enter Cathy's liquor located at 158 Andover Street with the $20 bill that we provided. He was instructed to select a six-pack of Bud Light. The male followed these instructions and brought the six-pack to the six-pack to the register. Female employee processed uh
the sale of the six-pack of beer without checking an identification. Uh the gentleman walked outside to the cruiser, provided the officers with the change and the six-pack of beer. Lieutenant Co. Keller and Officer Guy entered the store, requested to speak to the manager. The manager was identified,
informed of her employee had sold the alcohol to an underage person. Uh the employee and the manager were both very cooperative and um we identified them. Uh we returned the beer, got our $20 back, and they were advised that they'd be receiving some paperwork from the
town. Great. Um questions, Ghana? Uh no. Well, not to this specific case, but how many compliance checks were done, Chief? I want to guess 40 to 50. I I I can get that number for you. Was it pretty much
all the license holders? We do every license holder that we can. There's certain places we can't go to. Um if it's closed, we can't go there. Uh but we do every uh restaurant andor uh package store, gas station that sells alcohol, everybody. And so my point being that I want to thank the the
diligence, the compliance checks. does keep all of the other 41 40 whatever the number is. Uh it lets us as the licensing board know that they're keeping up with their obligations. Thank you. That's all. Mike, uh yes. Uh Chief,
have you had any any issues that you remember in your whole career with Cappies? Um not recently. I did talk to the clerk um and that store did change hands in August of 2023. So, it is a
newer owner. Um but prior to that, nothing significant. Um but it did change ownership on in 2023. I didn't have any I've never heard anything negative about him. I was surprised to hear that it happened. Yeah, it was um not on our radar at all.
No. Yeah. Thank you, Dan. Thank you. Um it's unfortunate uh that the minor was served. Um it still happens occasionally. And we have a policy when we talk to these
people that they should cut everybody regardless of what who they look like what they look like. Um, most of the places that I I frequent, not frequent, but visit, they're they're they're doing
their due diligence um, for the most part. But it still happens, right? And I think it's imperative that we ask them to come before us so that we can have a conversation with them to explain to them the seriousness of not
of serving minors. I agree. That's what I was going to say. Looking to bring the cappies before the board maybe in our August meeting and have the clerk notify them. I can do that certainly. De, would you like to say something? I I'll second one. Dan, what Dan said? You think
that's good? Okay. Any other? So, so don't we have to make that in the form of a motion in accordance? Yes. I'm making that motion that we bring them cappies before us at our next scheduled meeting um for a hearing on the alleged violation. I'll second. Good. All in
favor? I I I just want to make sure for the clerk, usually we had specific language. It said under a certain mass general law, we would ask them to come back to consider revocation, suspension, or any other action there on. Do we need that? That that you're just at this point, you're just asking them to come
before the board. The rest will um come in the motion at the next meeting. It would be in the compliance letter that I send them. Very good. Thank you. So, we have a motion and a second. All in favor? I oppose. Okay. Madam clerk, can you notify them, please? Yes. Thank you
very much, Chief. Thank you so much for everything. It was great presentation. We got we got good staff and continue doing the good work. Thank you. Thank you. All right. So, why don't we jump back up to number three? Okay. The board will consider appointments to the zoning
board of appeals. What do we have here? Let's see. So, we have Kevin Burwitch. Um, would you like to go up to the podium? While it's happening, Madam Chair, can I ask a clarifying question of the town
manager? Sure. How many people are currently on the ZVA as active voting members? How many people are currently on the on the ZBA as um alternates? And how many openings do we have? Sure. So we have uh one opening for a full
voting member and we have one opening as as an alternate member. So we have one person serving as an alternate um whose name I have if I can find if you want me to and four currently serving as full voting member. So did that person not want to move to full to that is my
understanding. Okay. The last time we appointed an alter it was just temporarily Becky Kelbourne. That's right. I remember that. Yeah. And I appreciate that. I just wanted to make sure that usually you would ask a serving alternate to move up if they had that desire. I just wanted to make sure
that Yeah. When we appointed was the understanding she did not want to we're just filling in. So we have four active out of five and one alternate out of two. Correct. Okay. Thank you. All right. Kevin, tell us about yourself
and why you would like to be considered. Uh sure. Uh my name is Kevin Barrett. uh live at 34 Popler Street. I think uh I think I know uh all of you at least uh at least a little bit besides uh Miss Ms. Cahill. Um yeah, I uh
I don't think I'll be telling you a story you don't know and that I I I I ran to be sitting up there in the big chair uh in this last election. Um and uh I did it because I wanted to uh serve serve my community. Um that that election I I did did not win. Um, but
I'd still like to try to find a way to serve uh uh serve my community and the uh opening came up on the ZBA and uh it sounded like a good opportunity. Excellent questions. Dan, none. Uh, no, no questions. Um,
Mike, no questions. Gardner, um, just a comment. The ZBA um is I consider the ZBA probably one of the toughest boards to be on. Meaning there's always a winner, always a loser um for the ZBA. ZBA is law, but the law is smart enough
to know it can't anticipate every condition. Uh every single piece of property in town is unique in some way. There's no two that are exactly alike. So it has a built-in process for allowances. Sometimes they're variances, sometimes there other allowances.
What's your um and I'm gonna ask this with the other as well. What has your experience been with the ZBA? Have you had any direct experience with the ZBA personally or as a neighbor? Um and what's your what's your general attitude
towards um uh development in ZBA uh performance so far? I have not had any personal interaction with the with the ZBA. Um and and I have not been a a butter to it, you know, someone that had to go before the the
ZBA. Um I think uh your comment is well taken, right? Uh the ZBA is not although there is a winner and a and a loser sometimes out of that um process, I think uh I think they do a pretty good job of trying to thread the needle. Uh
sometimes they do it with conditions. Um so that uh the public look watching out for the public good uh even when a variance is necessary uh or or warranted. Um and I think um you know certainly from watching a lot of the
meetings I think they do a pretty good job of trying to make sure that each one of those findings is in place for each of those variances um so that they're not uh just making decisions that are um arbitrary. Great. Thank you. That's all. Thank you,
Kevin. And we have, let's see, Chris Dumbowski. Hi, Chris. Please go up and tell us a little bit about yourself. Chris Dumbowski, town meeting member, precinct 1. Um, I think I'm going into my 13th year. Um, reside
18 Trash Street. Um, born and raised, second generation builder in town. um have had numerous interactions with the ZBA on good side, bad side, being a builder in town, using it as,
you know, something's too big and customer wants it that big and it either gets shot down, it gets accepted. Um, I think I'm looking to serve the town some more now that I do have the time that my kids are now older and slightly moving
on out of the baseball fields and the hockey rinks and whatnot. Um, I think that's it. Okay. Questions, Dan? Thank you. Um, you're a contractor. Yes. When what type of work do you perform? General contractor, additions,
remodeling, kitchens, bathrooms, decks. Everybody always has a permit, right? Absolutely. Okay. The And what's your experience with the client going before ZBA? Uh what do you mean? What do you have clients that have gone before the ZBA
for findings, variances, etc.? Yes. Do you participate or just um I have well I should say my father used to participate. I personally haven't participated yet. I do do see I possibly I might have to
participate in something coming up, but time will tell. Do you see a conflict with your work and being on the ZBA? Absolutely not. Okay. Thank all for now. Thank you. Thank you, Dan. D. Uh, no questions. Thank you.
Thank you, D. Mike, um, quick statement. Are you going to be comfortable when you have to drop the hammer on somebody? Yeah. Yes, I got that. Get it. I've been on both sides of it. So, yeah, I know the feeling. It's awful. So, you know, thank
you. Thank you for stepping up. Thanks, Mike Gardner. And same general question. Uh, you have had experience with the ZBA. Uh, thank you both supportive and not necessarily supportive of your of your clients, of
your customers in general. What do you think the tenor of the ZBA? They tell me what your thoughts are on um on the general uh effort they are put forward. So the experience I've had they they're
willing to work with the the client customer, however you want to look at it within the parameters that they're allowed to. you know, if you're looking for six inches and they can only give you three, um, I feel as if they've been pretty good in giving you that variance
and giving you the finding if necessary. Um, I haven't really had a negative experience with them. Um, I can't speak for my father when he did it, but um, he's not on the board. Exactly. Um, other than that, I mean, I
just I feel as if they're the other than the planning board, they're the next line of defense in this town from keeping it getting too crazy. Um, building wise, you know, oversize and especially with the new um,
accessory dwelling units and all that stuff coming about, it, you know, they're definitely necessary. Okay. Uh, thank you. Thank you, Gardner. Um, is there anybody prepared to make a motion? I will, if I may. Um, Madame
Chairman, I'd like to make the motion to appoint Cadet Dumbrossski to the ZBA as the full voting member term to end January 2028. Do I have And it's uh Chris, not Chad, right? I'm sorry, Chris. Chris. Yeah. Do
I have a second? Second. All in favor? I mean, if I can before before that, I'd like to I'm interested in Dan your thought process. Yeah, I'm just thinking of the background. Um, he has a little more experience of the CBA than Kevin
does. I think Kevin will do a good job as an alternate and give him the opportunity to learn the position and the role. So, I would be prepared to um motion to make him the alternate. I think Christopher has a little more experience
um knowledge of construction zoning as such. Okay. Make all reasonable. I just wanted to know. Okay. Okay. Gonna do you want to any more discussion? How do you feel? No, I was comfortable
the other way, but I I'm happy with Dan's motion as well. Uh Madame Chair, I'm sorry. I apologize. I thought we were appointing two people. We're appointed. Yeah, we are. One is a full voting member and then the second is an
alternate and we have two candidates. My only concern uh and this is not about you Christopher as a person. It's it's because of his profession. How how often will he will he have to recuse himself? is as many times if he was an alternate,
but as an alternate, he wouldn't be a voting member necessarily, but he would still be hearing unless he reclused himself. He'd be there as an alternate. That's the voting he when I served on as an alternate on the ZBA. Yep. I could
participate in conversation and ask questions. I could not vote as the alternate unless I was appointed to by the chair. Okay. To step in for somebody else. Okay. Very good. Thank you. Um, go ahead. Apologies. I I think I I thought
we were voting for two full members. Apologies. No, it's one full, one alternate. Okay. So, could I resend my second? How does that work? You want to make them another motion?
Well, I I'm not mad chair. We have a motion on a second. It's up to you whether to call for a vote or not. But but pardon me. D, you're saying you're not seconding it. That's correct. He wants to remove He wants If you want to remove your second, I will second it. Okay. For the sake of process and
voting. So, we have a motion. I made the motion. Dan made the motion. Madam clerk, you have that right. Okay. And we have a second by Gardner. All in favor? I I
opposed. No. No. Okay. Then I would like to make a motion that we appoint Morin vote. Yes. So it was three votes. Three to two against your motion. So I'm making four. I'm voting I'm sorry. I'm voting for um Chris. So that means I'm
sorry. Yeah. So that vote for Chris. So it's 32. Okay. And then do we have a motion to and I'll make a motion to appoint Kevin Beric as the ZBA as the alternate member term to end on January 228. Do I have a second? A second. All
in favor? I opposed. The Thank you. So we have You have that right. I have it. By the way, thank you both for volunteering. This town runs on volunteers and I appreciate people taking their time. And I think too, Kevin and and Chris, I mean,
everybody has an opinion, right? Chris has does have the experience. Um, he's been living here. Kevin, you you're doing great. Um, I think with Chris knowing with the building laws and things like that. Um, and you can really learn maybe being on that because we
value both of you. Thank you. In my 22 years of doing it, I've gone before the zoning board twice. I've had a customer that's gone before them. So, like Gardner said, it's it's a very good position and it's very important in this town. So, thank you very much. Congratulations.
Thank you. All right. So, we will go to the board will consider the appointments of to the zoning board of appeals and to the board of registars. We have
motion. Do we have a motion to reappoint Kevin Javin to the ZBA as a full voting member term to end January 2028? Do I have a second? You asking for a motion or I'll make the motion. Oh, I can't make the motion. You
want to I'll I'll make the motion. Okay. And do we have a second? Second. Okay. All in favor? I Okay. And do we have a motion to reappoint? I I'd like to move to appoint Marilyn Hazel to the board of registars term to end on January 2028.
I'll second. All in favor? I I opposed. Marilyn is here tonight. Oh, would you like to get up? Yeah. I'm sorry, Marilyn. I didn't even see you. Would you like to get up and say hello? Please do. Thank you. I I would just like to comment though
that she's been a great asset to the board to the board of registars. Thank you. And she was an excellent teacher too. Appreciate everything she does. Yes. Hello. Hello. It's nice to be appointed by my former student. It's been my pleasure these last three years uh to serve on the board of
registras. Um when I came before you went for my initial appointment, uh I noted how I had been not only active in politics but that I had been a uh high school teacher here in Danvers and taught civics and always tried to set an
example for my students and I considered being appointed voting registar uh to be putting my money where my mouth is so to speak. So um uh we have a really good cohesive group. we get along very well under the excellent leadership of Kathy
Ellsworth. So, it's been my pleasure. Thank you, Marilyn. Yeah, you you thank you for coming tonight. You do a great job and we really appreciate it. Um and then let's see. So, so we'll do the motion right here to uh reappoint
for a second term, three-year term, term to end January 2028, Marilyn Hazel. Do I have a second? That was made, seconded, and voted, I believe. Yep. Wait, who made the motion? God made the
motion. Okay. And then who seconded? D. D. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Now, all in favor? I I opposed. Congratulations. Thank you very much. Thank you, Marilyn, for coming. And then let's see.
And then we have this next, right? Correct. Right here. Yes. Okay. So, um, we're looking to reappoint Paul Pollock to the Human Rights and Inclusion Committee for a one-year term, term to end January 2026. Do we have a motion?
So moved. Seconded. Good. All in favor? I opposed. Paul's not here. Thank you very much, Paul. All right, we have all that. Let's see. We will go next because we've moved things out of
order. So, we will go to the board will vote to accept gifts in accordance with MGL chapter 4453A. Who's here to speak? Chris. Thank you. Good evening, Madam Chair, members of the board. Uh Chris Sambborn, director
of natural resources. Uh tonight, I'm pleased to bring forward a number of generous donations for the board's consideration and acceptance. And these gifts, ranging from memorial benches to substantial inkind contributions, represent continued investment in the town's public spaces, community pride, and shared history. Uh first, the town
has received several requests to place memorial benches in honor or in memory of loved ones at locations throughout town. Each request has been reviewed and approved by the appropriate department and committees. They include a bench in honor of Liser Walters Horn to be placed at the main entrance walkway of the
Thorp School, a bench in memory of Derek Lions to be located behind the Twfield backs stop at Plains Park. And three benches at the Center Street Training Field, one in memory of Raymond Jalbert, United States Marine Corps, one in memory of Private John Gilligan, United
States Army, and one in memory of Corporal Edmund Gilligan, United States Army. Each bench carries a donation of $2,500 totaling $12,500 in contributions. We're honored to facilitate their placement in meaningful
locations around town. Um, Madam Chair, I understand that though the memorial bench donations require a separate vote from the additional incind donations. You want to do that now or separately? We could do it separately. Okay. Yeah.
Um, next we're also grateful to present a series of inkind donations from the friends of Endicott Park, which continue to support improvements to one of our most treasured public spaces. These contributions include up to $30,000 toward the renovation of the main entryway to the visitor center. This
will focus on replacing the historic carriageway door, improving access while preserving the building's architectural character. Additionally, the friends are donating $5,000 to support the animal barn operations, including veterary care,
barrier ser, feed, and overall upkeep, ensuring that the barn remains well-maintained and enrich enriching experience for all who visit. $2,500 for a new educational exhibit in the nature center. This interactive display will offer learning
opportunities on ecology, wildlife, and conservation. $3,500 for the planting of up to four new trees in the park, adding beauty, shade, and long-term environmental benefits. And lastly, $500 for signage in the community gardens, helping users
navigate and better engage with this space. Together, these inind gifts total $41,500, all in support of Endicott Park's continued growth and improvement. Um, I do have a few updates on projects
that were approved. uh donations that were approved in 2024. Uh first was the corn crib renovation by the friends of Endicott Park. This was completed late 2024 at a cost of just over $15,000. This project restored the historic timber frame barn once used to dry and
store corn. Its preservation maintains a rare piece of Ender Park's agricultural heritage. And just last week, we celebrated the formal opening of the education garden along with the dedication of our new flag pole at Endicott Park. Uh this project was made
possible by a generous $25,000 grant from Cell Signaling Technologies of Danverse with matching funds from the Friends of Endicott Park. Uh the flag pole replacement was made possible through a partnership donation between the Friends of Endicott Park and the Rotary Club of Danverse. Thank you. You
do a terrific job. We can't say enough. I mean, we love it. Um, okay. Board members, do I have a motion on the benches? I move in accordance with the MGL 44 section 53A, I move the approve the acceptance of donations in the
amount of $12,500 to install memorial benches in various locations around the town. Wonderful. Do I have a second? Second. All in favor? I I opposed. Okay. And now, do we have a motion for the acceptance of the inind
goods and services? Would someone like to make that motion? I can. Okay, Michael. Thank you. All right. In accordance with MGL44 section 53A, move to approve the acceptance of inkind goods and services
in the amount of 41,500 from the friends of Endicott Park and Company for improvements at Endicott Park. We have a second. Second. All in favor? I oppose. Thank you. I'd also just like to recognize two of the board
members of the Friends of Indicar Park here tonight. Bill and Lois McKenzie. Great partners. They've uh they've done tremendous work. Get up there. Thank you. You do a great job and uh I can't say enough about it. I mean, right, Dan, we love we love park, you
know. Um terrific. So, let's move on and we will do next. We are on This is mine. Oh, I'm sorry. Took Madame Clerk's paper. Excuse me. All right. So, we did that. Let's just make sure
we've got the gifts since we move things around. The board will finalize the two Oh, before I before I we stop, um I want to um discuss that with all these committees that I
think at this time. Are we doing the meeting schedule? No, I'm gonna do I'm gonna do an appointment. I'm gonna appoint two members as a subcommittee to work with the town manager on goals and objectives since she was just hired um 512 2025.
Um that committee will consist of two um board members um working in August with the town manager on what's important to be worked on to prioritize set reasonable and attainable goals for for her because with Joe coming in May,
you know, we did that last year with the previous town manager. We want to want her to um give us her uh goals and objectives and then once we do that, then we'll report back. The board gets about seven of them. We make them down to five. And at this time, I would like
to ask um and you don't have to agree to it if if you don't want to do it, but I'd like to ask Dan, would you like to be on that subcommittee? And Mike, I'd like to ask you. Yes. Okay. So, we're going to appoint Dan Bennett and Mike Bean for the subcommittee uh to work with the town manager for goals and
objectives. Um what's important to be worked on, prioritize, set reasonable and attainable goals for her. Thank you very much both of you. Thank you. When would you like us to report back? Um I think What do you think Diane? September. Okay. I'd say September.
Okay. I think that's reasonable. Mike, you can sit with Jill. Is that good for you? Can Can I ask through you to our fellow board members any thoughts they have to send them to us? That would be wonderful. They can send them into an just so we can take a look at what the other members have. Are you good with that? Okay. Okay. Wonderful. Thank you
very much for uh doing that, too. All right. So now we will go the board will finalize the 2025 meeting schedule. Um what I'd like to bring to people's attention is that we had changed um the
meeting to September 9th. So September two se yeah September two it's going to be on the 9th from the 2nd of September to September 9th. Other than that everybody should have a select forward meeting schedule. July only. Oh yeah. And then on July we
have only one meeting um if needed. Um if not then we're not going to have a July and then we'll have one meeting in August. Is everybody okay with that? When do you need to make the decision to post the gender? Um 48 hours.
What for? To advertise a meeting. Okay. I the the deadline would be um like Friday next week for me to get an advertisement to the newspaper. I don't have any um requests at this time. Well, Madam Chair, either we have a meeting or
we don't given that July. Yeah. Given that it needs to be done by next Friday where you have to make a decision tonight. I'm going to say we don't have a meeting in July unless something urgent comes up. Is everybody okay with that? Gardner Mike. Yes. Yes. Yeah, Mr. Chair, you can
call that. Yes. Yeah, as I'm going. Good. Okay. So, that's And Madame Chair, speaking of meeting and uh Jill and Ki, don't hate me. Um this new board hasn't talked about it yet, but could we move the meeting times
to 700 p.m.? I know we talked about it before and we had come to an agreement of 6:30 and I know a lot of um committees in town meet at 7. Um that was your start time tonight,
wasn't it? I was 6:35. But I would I would make a point to counter that. D if you look at the other committees 6 o'clock 6:30 6:00
9:15 a.m. 6:00, 6:30, 2:30, 5:00. Only the HRC meets at 7:00 besides ZBA or planning. All the other committees meet earlier. And and also previously we were at 7 or even 7:30. I can't remember what it was. Seven. Yeah, it was seven. And
we worked to move it back because we felt it was more accommodating if the meetings run long. If we have a packed agenda, I think there were people who preferred either a six or six. I I some people prefer a six o'clock start. I'm a six o'clock guy. I I would do that, too. I compromise. I think we compromise to
6:30. Too early. So, I I I would still advocate for 6:30. All right. So, why don't we take a vote, right? What would you like, Mike? What do you What would you like to do? What time? 6:30. So, there's your consensus. It's fine. I
would have done seven. I think I think seven would be So, we have 6:30. I'm saying 6:30. What are you saying? 6:30. I was saying 7. 6:30. Okay. So, the meeting is going to be at 6:30. I will keep 6:30 for now and bring
it up another time. That's right. Thank you to your chair. Thank you. Okay. So, we're going to move on to the board. We'll discuss liaison assignments for the coming year. First, I want to thank everybody um trying to juggle this around and everybody's busy work
schedule. Um we're going to have um the accessibility commission gardener cute the affordable housing Dan budget conference committee um will be myself cable advisory is Damas
cares is myself hri is D rail trail advisory is Mike river committee is D man manager evaluation is going to be the chair plus one is going to be Moren Gardner and transportation advisory Mike and Preservation Dan, is everybody okay
with those? Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. We appreciate it. Very nice to be working with uh everybody's willing to work together. That's what I like. Thank you. It was peer pressure. It was peer pressure. Okay. Next will be the town manager
report to the board on various items of interest. This town manager. Uh thank you. Uh since we had the end of park presentation earlier and you guys are in the room, I do want to say I had the opportunity to be at the park twice last week. Once for the dedication um of
the garden and um the flag pole which was incredible to see and hear um from the staff that work there, but even more so the next day I went for a sustainable gardening event and that's when you got to see it in action. So if you haven't seen it full of people and kids, please
get over there. um you know there was the the team the team in that park to see them interacting with um field trips that are there and kids that are there and uh educational events for adults that's what sustainable the sustainable gardening event was about um was really incredible so it was thank you Chris
your team thank you friends park um the rotary and cell signaling for for making all that happen um and also if you did not attend the sustainable gardening event but you get an opportunity to go to event with Um Sharon and Erica and that crew from DPW was incredibly
informative. The beginning was all about water, water conservation, how our water permitting works. Um something I think is important that residents become more familiar with. Um it'll help us it'll help kind of frame um some of our thoughts moving forward on water use and
and um and how we conserve. So, I recommend if you haven't seen it, also they have some great stuff on the web page and a lot of pointed to a lot of benefits to community members on rebates and um assistance that way. So, take a look if you haven't seen it. I want to
highlight I spoke at my first um select board meeting about the community roundt events that I'm planned on hosting. So, they are coming together um talked about them today with the leadership team. Uh they will be Thursday every other Thursday evening this summer. Um
starting so there'll be four for now hopefully. Um if people come and want to come talk to me, I'll keep going in the fall. Uh so July 17th at Endicott Park, July 31st at Northshore Community College, August 14th at the PBD
Institute Library, and August 28th at the Senior Center. Um the community, everyone from the community is welcome to attend. We encourage town meeting members to come and join us as well as members of our boards, committees and and commissions. Um it's really an
opportunity to uh it'll be me and depending on we're going to build it around some topic general topic areas just to kind of get the conversation started. Of course, we're ready to listen to whatever people bring. Um but I'll be bringing team members with me. Um we're going to base it. We're going
to use some of the information from the strategic plan to kind of frame the discussion to get some conversation starters out there in case people are being shy. So, please join me. Those four dates we are going to advertise on the town website, town's newsletters, both the senior newsletter and the
superintendent, social media, flyers at public build buildings and local businesses, our partner organizations and neighborhood associations. And um and we talked about I just I found out today that we have we are able I think we'll email directly to town meeting
members and members of our boards committee and commission so that you guys all have that information. So please come and join me. This is an important part of how I get to know um all of you so I can meet those goals and objectives that we're about to sit down and set. Can you repeat the dates
please? Sure. uh July 17th at Endicott Park and those I can give you general topic ideas. Uh the park we're going to and again we'll talk about anything but this is to get the conversation started. July 17th Endicott Park, recreation, the
park, open spaces, rail trail, harbors, rivers, all things kind of natural resource. I'm guessing Chris will be with me. Um July 31st is Northshore Community College. there. We're going to do kind of all things traditional DPW
and Casper P plan related. So, trash, roads, water, electric. Um, bring that all to me there and resiliency. Uh, August 14th at the library, we'll talk about the library, planning, economic
development, downtown historic district, arts and culture, um, things like that. And, and again, this isn't a presentation from us. This is really to listen to you. We're going to bring stuff to kind of get conversations started. And August 28th at the senior
center, um, community services, senior services, veteran services, public health, uh, accessibility, and and things of that nature. And the times, we're going to do them in the evening. The times are going to vary depending on the availabil availability of the rooms because some have events on either side, but it'll be in general between the
hours of 5 and 7. Okay. Wonderful. Thank you. Sure. Uh a couple town hall closures coming up. Uh the Junth celebration um or acknowledgement is on June 19th this Thursday. So town hall will be closed and then of course for
July 4th um town hall will be closed. Reminder that we have Falconfest downtown Rewind coming up on Tuesday, June 24th 5 to 8. It's on Maple Street starting at CVS and going towards Maple
Square. Um they've worked with town staff including the police department to coordinate. Uh my understanding is the police have people at each end for street closures as well as um officers in in mingling throughout the event. Um
the rain date is June 26. And lastly, not a donation you need to accept, but um just as a thank you to some of our community partners, uh we did receive notice today that St. John's Prep has made donations to both the
friends of Endicott Park and the friends of their rail trail um on behalf of their students, parents, and athletes who use these amenities. And I just think it's important that we point out all the different ways our community organizations work together to support the town. I think um as I said earlier
for the appointments and the volunteers who have stepped up, this organization and this town runs on volunteers and community organizations working together. So, thank you um St. John's Prep and thank you to the friends of Endicott Park and the friends of the Rail Trail for everything that you do.
Oh, I should also mention Wayne Marquees event. Um I'm sure all of you will later. Um I obviously didn't have the chance to meet Wayne, but uh that was a true testament to who he was. You felt like you knew him by the time you left there. Um I have big shoes to fill
there. Um but I'm really I was really impressed with the turnout uh even in the rain. Um and it was a very moving ceremony. So, thank you to the committee um including Ann and Judy and that team and Dave Mount and that team um internally as well as um Wayne's family.
So, thank you and thank you to everyone who came. Excellent. Thank you, Joe. Okay, so the board will consider the consent calendar. Motion to approve. Motion to approve. Second. Second. All in favor? I. Okay. At this time, we'll
go to correspondence. Select board. New business. previous business updates and select board closing comments. Mike, do you want to start? Um, I was just going to say that the Wayne Marquee uh celebration was really awesome. They did a great job. Everybody
who uh participated uh thank you very much. You guys did an excellent job. I don't think I'll get one of them, but uh Wayne certainly deserves one. So, thank you. That's all I have to say. Thank you. All right, Ghana. Uh I attended as
well and uh I encourage everybody to go down there. Uh the speeches were great and I know that um they're being rebroadcast I think on we are dampers. Um and uh for those who f for those first of all I want to thank the the
town the the the departments that designed and built it. Um, if you haven't been there, uh, the, uh, the plaque is in the in the middle of and it's a, it's a actually interactive plaque. You can, um, you can do the QR code that's on the plaque and see a, uh,
interview that Wayne did, um, with DAT at one point. Um, and I would also, uh, encourage people to look for the Easter eggs. There are a lot of things that are very particular to Wayne down there, including the design of the park, which itself is a guitar. because he was such
a music lover. Um so uh and it is at the at the confluence of the um of the various trails going east, west, and now south. So um north, I'm sorry. So my mic's acting very loud. So um uh I I
appreciate all of the town departments getting together and doing that. It was it's a wonderful tribute to him. Um as far as correspondence, I received some, but none that are worthy of response. Thank you. Okay, Dan. Thank you. Yes. Um, couple of things. First of all, I
got a complaint from a neighbor downtown about the noise at Berry Tavern on Thursday, June 5th, loud and going to I think 11:00 at night. So, there has been a complaint about their outdoor entertainment or I don't know if it was
outdoors or just the windows were open, but it was loud. Anyways, the other is the uh hazardous mitigation plan that we had the presentation on last meeting. Um I did review it and I have a few comments. I did send them in um to
whoever was going to make corrections. The uh on page 41 they had the planning board is being elected. It's not. It's appointed by the town manager. Um, number four, chapter 3, page 4546. It
talks about a public meeting flyer. I never saw a public meeting flyer. And the last uh meeting last uh last time was supposed to be for public hearing and it was supposed to be advertised. I didn't see anything being advertised and we had lower attendance. While there was
people here, I don't think they were here for that presentation. Oh, be that as it may. Um, page 247 or 253, table 87, it talked a lot about the previous plan and the goals that were
set. And I just want to point out that of the goals that were set, nine have been delayed, three because of funding. I understand that five have been completed. Eight are in progress.
Four of the other delayed. They're delayed, but they're not being carried forward under the new plan. I don't understand. I It was something important at that point in time, but now it's not. I'm going to ask through you, Madam Chair, if sometime in the fall we
can get some of kind of an update on the hazardous mitigation plans going forwards and how we're going to address the ones that were delayed in the previous plan and I
won't bother reading them now, but we have these plans are important, but eight are still in progress from 5 years ago if that's okay. Yes, that would be great, Dan. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. That's all I have for tonight. Thank you. Wonderful. Thank you, De. Oh, thank
you, Madam Chair. Um I did attend the Wayne Marque event as well. It was like everyone said, a really beautiful tribute um to him and thanks to David Mountain and the whole
staff for for that. It was it was really well done. Uh I attended the flag pole and the garden at Endicott Park as well. Amazing site. Thanks to Mr. McKenzie and the Endeott Park um the friends of the
Endicott Park and Chris. Uh really well done. Um I also attended the pride event at the police station uh last Thursday I think. Thanks chief and go up and the HRC for
putting that together. And today we also had an event uh for to celebrate Jun right here. Um thanks to the HRC again and everyone who attended as well as the Northshore Jun Association.
Uh Madam Chair, just a question about the and I don't know if I'm missing it. We had talked about appointing some people to have like some kind of airport committee subcommittee, right? We talked about that. Is that something that we're
going to try to tackle in the fall or I say yes, we we did. Mike, you were talking about right doing the uh airport subcommittee. Yeah. And I would like to be on that as well. No. Okay. So, do we have two members? Would you want to be
on that, D? No. No. I was just saying because we were going to appoint some um public public public right okay to to to be like um forget what we called it to have a light but then we never really said when that's coming up or how that
appointment process will happen and I just wanted us to have that maybe as one of the agenda items in the fall in August we could do that right our August meeting or September meeting. Yeah. Could Could I make a suggestion? Sure. Obviously, when we have um some of these
committees, we sometimes look for um help in the appointments and generally we look to the town uh moderator to act as a as a as a person to vet the people to take applications to to discuss participation and maybe that that might
be appropriate a consider appropriate consideration or the town manager. Um but that may be a thought. I think that's a Jill. Could we look into that with the town moderator? have the town manager look into that. But D, thank you for bringing that up. I think we did talk about that. That's very important.
I know that um I've attended some of the Beverly airport meetings as well as I think everybody here. So, um yeah, and and we want to also invite them back. We talked about it, right, Joe? Um thank you. So, um member Bean had
brought that up um to me early on in my time here as a um in an email. So Ann is working on setting up a meeting with the two airport commissioners and myself as well as a meeting with the airport general manager and the chair of the
airport commission. So um hopefully those will get on the schedule for this summer and then Rodney shared with me that they had followed up with the GM for the I think he was coming quarterly or something. So he would be coming um in the fall as well. So once I when I
and when I have my um inerson meeting with him, we'll get a date for him to be in front of all of you in the fall. Wonderful. That's great. Thanks. No, that's all. Thank you. All right. And um yeah, I I can't say enough about um Dave
Mount and Chris. I mean, Nandicott Park, Billy, you've done a lot of work there, too. Thank you for what you do. Um, I also was at the flag pole garden uh with Wayne Marqueis dedication which was unbelievable. U Wayne was a wonderful
man. Treated everybody the same. Right. But they say when when when he wasn't sure did he pull his neck back or something or he just he wouldn't say anything, right? Did you hear that? See that? Um uh some of the pride events too. We were there. Um thank you everybody for um
volunteering with the committees. Uh this is really good that the board I really only had to call everybody and they were ready to jump on a committee and uh we do want more and more volunteers. So if anybody's willing to uh please get
a hold of us and uh Lauren Steve's sent us some emails about the clickers town manager. If we could look into that and and start looking into you know pros and cons on how to do that for town meeting that would be great. And I just want to
say thank you and uh we will go on to what is it a motion now to want to close that's it right no Dan gets Dan has to finish yeah thank you Dan has to say his closing comment
please Dan thank you please if you see a vet please say thank you motion to adjourn right thank you thank you thank Thank you.