Recording in progress. >> Good evening. This uh welcome to the town of Deerfield Select Board Board of Health uh and sewer commissioners meeting for November 24th, 2025. The time is 6 p.m. This is a hybrid meeting in the on Zoom and in the main meeting
room at 8 Conway Street, South Deerfield, Mass. This meeting will be held in hybrid fashion with the opportunity for both in-person attendance and remote participation. Please note that while an option for remote attendance and/or participation is being provided as a courtesy of the public, the meeting or hearing will not
be suspended or terminated if technological problems interrupt the virtual broadcasts unless otherwise required by law. Members of the public with a particular interest in any specific item on this agenda should make plans for in-person versus virtual attendance accordingly. The meeting will
be held in person in the main meeting room with the Deerfield Municipal Offices in accordance with Mass General Law Chapter 3A. Anyone intending to record the meeting must identify themselves to the clerk and provide their name and address for the record. So, I'll call the meeting to order. Um
public comment was suspended just due to you know very one topic item and quick but I would entertain if anybody wanted to speak about the item on the agenda or >> anything else you'd like to talk about.
Come on up Lori just state your name and grab the mic there. Lori Busada North Main Street. So, I am very excited about this opportunity to get some um professional guidance and
evaluation of equipment infrastructure in our buildings because we usually end up having to [clears throat] replace something in a really um last minute style and so that we end up
buying what's what we know, what we've already used. And this will give us the opportunity to have some plans in place and be thinking ahead and do some capital planning, have um a bigger picture so that when things break down
at the schools or the town hall or whatever it is, we have a plan and a overview in mind. >> Good point. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Anybody else before we take that item? or not.
>> Yeah, I can't tell either. I don't >> I don't think so. >> I don't think so either. >> Oh, there it is. Hey, Lely. >> Hi. Hang on. Let me uh try to get my video on. Here we go. Um can you
>> That's okay. We can hear you. Okay. >> All right. You can hear me. I just want to um second what Lori said. I just think that this is a great opportunity for us to anticipate our needs at um no extra cost on the
town for the consulting expertise. So just wanted to second that. I thought a great point. >> Yeah, thank you for that comment. Okay. Um I guess anybody want to talk about it before we vote? I think um or bring it
up for discussion. So, well, I'll make a motion to approve the um I think letter of support on the uh energy conservation committee's decarbonization roadmap assistance application. There's a letter of support um and a certification of
application. Do we have a second? >> Second. So it looks like um I [clears throat] think everything is filled out and it is um to apply for the you know guidance and technical assistance to kind of
evaluate where we are and how we could move forward to decarbonize decarbonize. Um so the the town of Deerfield is pleased to apply for technical assistance to create a decarbonization roadmap. Deerfield has had an active energy
committee since at least 2006 and the town became a green community in 2011. Deerfield looks forward to continuing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its municipal building, schools, vehicle fleet, and within the community. Deerfield recently made the
commitment to eliminate on-site fi uh fossil fuel use by 2050. Both the finance committee and our capital improvement planning committees have made uh a commitment to extend their long range plans in order to better um
anticipate future costs. This roadmap technical assistance will support efforts to make good on these commitments. The town of Deerfield eagerly anticipates continued cooperation with the department of energy resources on critical climate focused initiatives. Sincerely, Trevor
McDaniel, chair of Deerfield Select Board. So I guess um we have a second. [clears throat] All those in favor >> uh >> or comment. Sorry. Yes. >> So uh I think that this coming to us as
quickly as it did from the just coming off the town meeting. >> I think that I'd like to see that maybe this was done a little bit later maybe in the uh um spring or whatever. we had a little bit more time to reflect on
what was done at the special town meeting. So, at this time, I just think that we should put some time into it uh between the town meeting and uh maybe before the next one. >> Um so, I'd like to respond. Um this is
the second time that we've made an application. Um the first time uh the DEO DOE um said that we didn't have enough steps along the path. >> Um they may tell us the same thing this time. >> Yep.
>> Um but it doesn't The whole point of point of this is to get technical assistance on the state's dime to >> Right. >> We've basically built two new buildings, both of which are uh carbon free. Um and
you know with the exception that obviously electricity still >> is burned with fossil fuels. [snorts] Um so you know this will basically look at all of our municipal buildings and tell us um these are the options you have if
and when you need to replace heating, cooling, etc. It's it's really um to my mind very forwardlooking and makes perfect sense since it's not going to cost us anything and we're not even sure that we're going to get this uh
given to us. >> Yep. I I would say um again there really isn't um any negative to to going forward with this. I think you you know really the idea is to kind of say well what is the cost? What could we do? I
guess it can't hurt to kind of get that information and try to come up with a plan if the town chooses to move forward on some of these replacements. So, I'm not sure waiting really helps other than, you know, we'd be further out of line to get grant money to do this. So,
I think it it makes sense to move forward and get the um get the technical assistance if they'll provide it. And again, like you said, they may not. They may think we still need to take other steps, but I think uh Deerfield has shown on many levels um ways that we have moved forward in in trying to
reduce um climate change and being resilient on all of our, you know, all the construction work that we do, um covert work, all kinds of ways to try and mitigate climate. And we've done quite a bit um in that realm. So, I
think they should uh if if this the state wants to meet these goals, they should should provide some assistance to do that with all that we've done. So, I'm in support of moving forward. All those in favor? >> Tim LGI.
>> No, sorry. You can after uh >> Well, I just want to say that I'm >> Yep. I appreciate that. Yep. Yep. Yep. >> Yay. >> Yes. >> Okay. Trevor I >> Blake. No.
>> Okay. Thank you. That passes uh two one. Any um that has passed. Did you want to make a comment? Okay. Sorry. There was a >> want you to know I'm valid here. >> Oh yeah. You're always valid. Always welcome.
>> I'm glad you I'm glad you came. It's always good to have people here. Any other business before the town other than just wishing everybody a very nice Thanksgiving? >> Oh, you had a a topic. Go ahead. Sure. >> The gentlemen were up on Sugarloaf Mountain Sunday, too, which is
yesterday. They put the lights up. >> Oh, nice. >> And tree was lit up yesterday until sometime today when they went out. >> Oh, they did. >> Apparently, they blew a fuse at the bottom of the mountain. So, they're still trying to get it back up again. So, just so you know, the lights are up there, but they're just not >> They're just not working.
Are they are they LEDs? >> I think they are LED. I think they are LED. >> They had to change. >> Smart energy choice. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Well, thank thank you to the Christmas elves who do that every year and remain anonymous, but we very much agree. >> We have our suspicions. >> We have our suspicions. [laughter] We
will not we will not spoil the fun. So, uh just thank thank them very much. It's always such a such a nice thing to come up the highway or around the bend and see that lit up. Um just warms your heart for the season. So, >> I got one final thing to say, too. Um, as people know, the the food bank march
is going on yet today. Well, today's episode is over and tomorrow's begins at about 6:00 in the morning in Northampton. Still an opportunity to donate to Clark Dales, Ben Clark, Frontier Regional, Stomping Out Hunger. Um, our team has managed to eclipse
$11,000 in money that uh which is a new high for us. Ben and Clarkdale always do amazing because a lot of their patrons donate. So worthy cause. If you haven't donated and you can, please do. >> Thank you. Thank you for that reminder.
Appreciate that. >> Okay. >> Make a motion to adjurnn. >> Second. All those in favor? Will >> Gilmore I. Tim LG. >> Trevor Mcu. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everyone.