agenda. The original was posted on June 18th, 25 at 406 p.m. Public input may be provided uh using the following methods. You can contact our office at board of selectman dyon-mma.gov.
You can join us via zoom or in person of course. And this meeting is being recorded. The listing of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may be in fact discussed and other items not
listed may also be brought up to discussion to the extent permitted by law. Uh so we're going to have a call to order. Pomelo present. Mark Pico present. Now if we can stand for the pledge of allegiance. I allegiance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. So, first on our agenda is scheduled appointments. Tom Ferry here from the
highway department for an update on road paving projects. Hi Tom. Good evening. Good evening. Thanks for coming out. Same to you. So, as you know, this is a busy time of year. It's the best time of year to do a road construction, preservation,
reconstruction. Um, uh, we're presently on Main Street, as you know, chugging away on that best we can. Um, but I'm mainly here tonight because uh last year we skipped other all road projects, you know, trying to
build up our chapter 90 to help us with the main street funding. Um, that's not healthy looking at the town in general with that pavement management. So, we're really we I'm really planning on focusing on what we were supposed to do last year this year because the longer we wait, the more expensive it gets down
the road. So, I have some dates, some tenative dates to share with you tonight, and I'm sure um sure you'll weigh in on how to communicate with our public so they're well informed of the some work that needs to happen. Um so,
these five streets I'd like to tackle be Horton Street, Oak Street, Maple Street, Maple Swamp. Oh, just a four. I'm sorry. Yep. I always think uh they're two separate rows. Maple and Maple Swamp really run together. That's where I get the two
mixed up all the time. Um so that is going to be a two-step process. We're going to do what's like a rejuvenator. That's that chemical we put out turns the asphalt pink for a little while till it cures. Depending on the humidity, it
happens less than an hour and it's drivable immediately. Um, sometimes we'll have to broadcast some sand just for grit until it finishes curing if the humidity is too high. And it needs to set for a few weeks. And then after
that, there'll be um another process. It's similar to the rejuvenator, but it's also more of a crack sealing and um preservative seal. And there'll be some u paint patching along with that. and also some hand grading on the real rough areas where
the alligator cracking's going on and whatnot. Haunting Street's the biggest concern because it seems like the asphalt's starting to unravel now and that one's can be very expensive if we don't tackle that one uh soon. So, the the dates I'm looking at to start the
process is July 21st through 25th that week. And you're probably already thinking about the August 2 and three. So we got to stay away from that. All right. So, and then that second step I mentioned is going to be August 4th through August
30th. That's a big window only because it's weather pending for that second step and that gives us a little wiggle room. Uh we're well aware of the August 2nd and 3rd with Pam Mass challenges going through our town. Um we'll uh I'll
make sure our vendor is well on board making sure that road is safe for that race. But uh it's very important that spray goes out early because we need that time gap and obviously you see taking up the month of August. Right after that the school's open so you don't have much time. So that's our plan
with that. Um is there any questions with it? Melo. Um, so it sounds like from what you just said, these two um, things that you'll be doing are nothing like whatever that thing that was done I don't know how long ago was that caused
such a an uproar with people's cars. It's not that thing. It was something sticky. I don't Yeah. Yeah, it is. It is that thing. The biggest uproar was there was no warning. Okay. All right. Okay. That's why I was encouraged from over there and the vendor to do some Yeah. to
give as much warning as possible. Okay. Yes. All right. Thank you. So the pavement, you have a pavement manage a road management plan basically. Yes. And basically how do you know roughly how many streets we
have in in Don very roughly or maybe I can phrase it this way from the first row to the last row. How long does it take to get through every street in town that we touch every street? That's every street's a little different because their foundation and
their total makeup of what they are. Okay. Uh we have a little over 60 miles of road. Okay. Um there's no way of starting and in starting again right with that year that you're suggesting say 10 years. There's no way I can get there within 10 years. So this process
here puts around 8 to 10 years on the end life or at least till the next time we can touch the road. And then there's other roads that need to be addressed also. But these these roads here are in the red. They were in the red on that pavement management plan last year. Does
a um like an engineer or a consultant do that or is it something done internally within the town? We hired an engineer to create this. It was a it was a third party that did this. And in general, would you say we're just we're just a year behind and it was because of Main Street? Uh
just we're a little more than a year behind. Yes. Okay. These these roads were targeted for last year. For last year. Yes. So probably maybe two or three years behind. It makes sense with our finances and all. Correct. Okay. Um is Elm Street on there on the like It's
on the list but not the immediate list. It's not on the immediate list. No. Okay. Um All right. So, are there any streets that are on the list that needs repaving or is it all basically protective seals and and filling cracks?
And I know you mentioned that parts with alligatoring. Um, that would of course have more work, but yes, Main Street is that road's over 40 years old. Mhm. Since it was last touched. Um, that's one that needs to be repaved. Okay. There's more to it than
just the rideability or the looks of it. Mhm. Uh there's a lot, you know, we want to make sure the water's not getting through it and hurt the foundation because that's where it decelerates really quick. Um I'm not sure where your question was going. So I guess I'm just just thinking longer term
like past these projects, right? What's the next street that is going to do you know what the next street is that would be repaved instead of just like the crack filling and all of that stuff? Is there one on our list? So that list can be somewhat fluid. You just should have I need a good reason why you're going to
skip a street. And I'm not I just said no, I'm just being suggestive and to to go over what is engineered, you know, in the order that they are. Um so there could be good reasons like uh utilities had to dig it up unexpectedly, emergency leaks, breaks, stuff like that, and
cause the ride ability or a sudden fail that water intrusion, like I said, it can decelerate the road quickly. So you you you have some liberties there, but that means everything gets shifted around, right? So if we're working on
these four roads during these um weeks that we mentioned, does that mean we won't be working on Main Street or I guess how does that impact the timeline for Main Street? Where where are we with with Most of this work is by a third party? This is by a third party.
If they need to if we need to sand the road, that'll be our sander. Uh we're paying for the details. Um my supervision there with them also. That's it. Um I have three guys dedicated to the main street as best we can. Okay. Obviously the temperature took us off,
right? We still did drainage somewhere else though. Mhm. Um but yeah, we'll be back on Main Street tomorrow, matter of fact. Okay, perfect. What did you discuss with um Ralph and the rest of the team for communication for this for
the public? Do you have a a plan? Um, we're leaning on you guys to suggest it. I do have my message boards. Um, we do have the the different outlets for social media through the town hall. I I don't receive them, so I'm not really sure what they are. Um,
it's it's what? Facebook. We have the town website and town Facebook page. Town Facebook. So, I believe that has a good audience. Add it to the selectman announcements. Yep. All right. The message boards can be on the streets in question, but
there's four of them. Mhm. Um, probably better off leaving them in my higher travel intersections like I do, right? Unless you think otherwise. I was What do you think? Most people coming in
or out of town are probably, correct me if I'm wrong, they're going down probably either 44 or 138. Is there other is that probably the most traveled roads outside to to leave? Those people are not using the roads in question. Okay. The ones that are using
GPS to cut through. Uh as you know, Maple Swamp and Maple Street, uh you get the ball field tournaments and whatnot. And then people learn that's a nice cut through. They do. Horton Street is not as busy now because of the school, but they already train. That's a nice way to
get to 44 through our town. So, um, I currently have a sign at center in Williams, so you could hit the people going through Williams, you know, in that area. Mhm. I The other sign now currently is at the transfer station facing Forest Street, but that one could
be relocated. Okay. Um, I would defer to your judgment on where to place them. I was I was thinking more today just about Main Street. I I wasn't aware of these these streets and I was thinking of Main Street like folks
that's probably a more welltraveled cutth through road in town. Is that fair? No, but close signs up. Okay, that's all right. That's fair enough. All right. So then whatever you say for the east signs. Um I did look at the website for Main Street and we have an
alert from May 8th saying that when it's closed or when there's work being done, we'll update the social media. And I did look at our Facebook page today and the last update for Main Street was April 28th. So it's we're not updating our social media. So it would be helpful,
you know, if we can work right with the highway department, make sure that it's being updated frequently. And not much has changed. It's work continues, right? If unless we change our tactic, you know, funding it plays a role, we'll be
in there way way into way into the fall. and what we're doing right now. Okay. So, um what do you think about perhaps the Council of Aging newsletter the um our newsletter last month?
Oh, perfect. Thank you. Thank you. I I don't know anyone that could get something in that strawberry vine. No. All right. I figure that's another audience. So, that's good to hear through the chair. Mr. Ferry may not like this idea, but I'm going to present
it anyway uh with Select McCarron doing the selectman's corner on on uh on uh cable. This might be a good topic. So when uh you know when uh when Selectman Karen returns, uh Mr. Mr. Ferry will be a guest on the
show. That's awesome. Yes. Very nice. You don't have to wear a tie for that, Tom. You Great. Um, okay. Yeah, that that's I appreciate it. I don't have any other questions.
Nope, that was it. Okay. Thank you. And and just out of curiosity, I mean, I was surprised the engineer identified Oak Street as the worst. I I think Horton myself is the worst the way it's unraveling, but Oak Street's the worst.
Oh, that actually did remind me. We had an engineer come in that talked about a variety of issues maybe six months ago and one of them was the intersection of Maple and Oak Street, Maple Swamp and Oak Street and I
think it was a visibility issue perhaps I just if we're going to do work on the street would that inter would that interfere with any potential work? No. No. Okay. because we're not repaving. So crack filling and all that would right preserving and crack filling uh that
work that's going to happen there is probably going to realign the intersection. Um not sure how this if we're going to change the stops at all but we're going to definitely realign the intersection. So if anything there'll be less asphalt. Right. Right. I actually do have one more request. I
don't know how you feel um slept and mellow, but I think it might be cool if everyone worked together just and did maybe a little press release on this that basically says like alerts the public we have a street maintenance plan. These are the roads
that our engineer says are next on the list. So, it's we're not we're following that order and he has the dates. And then also Main Street, where do we stand with that? and the timeline because I think they all kind of go together and those
would be all of the natural questions folks would have. We uh it's funny because I had written down even before you said that reach out to JGPR. I think this is a good press release for them. Perfect. Awesome. And any any anticipated questions you could think of in that would be great. Awesome. Thank
you. Okay. Thanks, Tom. Thank you. I look forward to seeing that YouTube. It's going to be good. Okay, next we have Robert Perry, Dyen Economic Development Committee for an update on an impact fee study.
Good evening members of the board. Thank you for your time. As you recall uh a number of months ago uh we spoke regarding the uh startup of a proposal I had made to the planning board to uh try to develop uh an impact fee,
ultimately a bylaw. Well, uh, during my research and which was extensive, um, and I'll go over some of that with you, uh, I concluded this task, uh, as I put my cover letter to you was way beyond my
legal or technical capability to do. So, I I changed my focus to delineate the actions that would be necessary to put a uh, development impact fee in place. Okay. And there are basically three key
steps. Number one, uh, and in this order, by the way. Number one is a home rule petition. Number two is a nexus study. Number three are implementing documents. Okay? And I'll go over each one of those. Um,
the home rule petition. If you look in section two of the document that I provided to you, uh basically uh it's it must be it's it's a um petition
to the legislature uh to allow a town or a municipality to go outside the purview of existing state law. and what state law allows you allows your municipality to do. And it
needs to be focused on your petition needs to be focused on a specific thing that um would allow the town to move forward with a certain uh task or certain responsibility or certain action
that they want to take. and uh it must be filed by a uh local state representative or senator ultimately in the uh the legislature and I'm told the process uh may take between a year and
two years to work its way through the legislature and be signed by the governor and um uh it's my recommendation is that if we go forward with this or the planning board go forward with that be done by town
council and I I'll come back to that point later. Um I I enclosed a flowchart in there to how a home rule petition becomes law and uh it's it's fairly straightforward.
Unfortunately, each step uh is very time consuming and very very detailed. Um any questions on that? No. The next is the nexus study. If you look on uh
section one of the document uh that I provided to you um nexus study it's a nexus study establishes a connection or a nexus between the need for additional public
facilities key word here additional public facilities uh or services and the impact caused by a new development. Okay, now let me stop there for a minute. All the research I did, and by the way, the the references
that I made as I was talking to Sugen Pico earlier, um they're sort of the the best article of all the articles I read on a particular issue. Okay. But um they're very clear that the nexus study
you need to define how um a development would further impact or further stress or further demand the services that the town provides. In other words, you can't
go and say uh well, we need to put a new roof on the school. What you can say is because of this development or a series of developments if you will uh we need to add five more classrooms. Now that falls within the purview of uh what the
law would allow. Okay. Um and it provides uh factual basis for determining the amount of impact fees and it provides an audit trail for how uh these u fees were arrived at and um
the determination of the impact and how the fees were arrived at. Okay, that's what the nexus study does and it's really a quite complex um uh study and it's very localized. it's for your specific municipality. I mean, there's a
a generic generator, if you will, of look at this, look at that, but then it boils down to the specific municipality. Okay. Um, any questions on that? Okay. And finally, the uh finally is the um
implementing documents. Again uh section two uh implementing documents uh documents are developed by the municipality must describe in detail all aspects of the implementation program impact fee the implementation program.
It must include a uh description of how the fees are collected, which town services are impacted, how the funds are to be dispersed and utilized uh with a detailed audit trail behind it. Okay. Um
and that that's pretty a very brief description of very complex issue. Um when I briefed the um planning board, uh I said basically if you look at the summary,
uh I recommended to them that perhaps they would they tabled it to have further discussion um that they uh perhaps uh consider putting the home rule petition or moving forward with a home rule petition through an
attorney. perhaps town attorney, town council. Um because the process takes so long, it would be wise in my opinion uh to have the home rule petition in place. Again, it may take a year, year and a half. So
if we come uh up someday where suddenly uh we have all the money to do a nexus study, we can move forward with it. Uh and this is, you know, it's one of those things you say, well, it's going to cost this much. Okay. And during the first
few years, we're only going to collect this much. Well, then we bypass what it cost us. And um I believe it's uh Milford uh has collected uh quite a bit of money since the early 1980s for uh
those service impacts such as fire, police, uh um you can use it for, um for instance, a council on aging. You can use it for playgrounds, etc. as long as it's identified and tracked. Um,
Nexus study is not inexpensive. But here again, you know, I'm not in a position to make that decision, but you as boards, uh, elected officials and the planning board also should sit down and consider whether you want to move forward with it. Again, I would
recommend that you at least start the ball rolling for the Nexus study. Uh, excuse me, the uh the um home rule petition. Now, I mentioned sele um perhaps
a little too young, which is good to remember that way back when when I was uh a kid, uh there was an old commercial. God, I I said when I was a kid, I didn't mean to offend anybody here. Sorry.
Yeah. Uh, okay. Watch out for bolts of lightning here. Either the TV or that or something always going on in here. Uh, there was an old commercial where a mechanic stood there with a Fram filter and he said, "You could pay me now." And
the filters were about three bucks at the time where he showed a burnout engine or you could pay me later. The reason I use that analogy is it is crystal clear in all the research that I did that it is best to have legal
involvement at the beginning for the um and actually all steps but at the beginning when you put together uh the home rule proposal it's best to hire a firm that is uh has expertise in nexus
study and uh also when when we get to implementing documentation again through town council because it became crystal clear and I use that analogy because if you cheat it at the front end uh a develop and and we pass it into law
or whatever we have implementing documentation developers will go all the way back to your genesis meaning the first day you decided to start the home rule if you don't run it through an attorney and challenge it every single step of the
way. And I'm also led to believe, not being an attorney, that when developer A has dragged you through the court, developer B says, "Oh, by the way, I'm filing against the town, too." And they'll go back to Genesis again. So
to minim to to to dot all the eyes and cross all the tees through the legal and technical expertise that's available is prudent. Okay? because it would um certainly not eliminate but minimize uh
uh the challenges to ultimately any program that uh the town chooses to put in place if we so choose to do that. That's my spiel questions. Yes, Melo. I don't have any questions. I just want to thank you for your work on this. It
sounds like it was lengthy. Um and what you presented us was very comprehensive. So, thank you. If you decide to the appropriate boards decide to move forward with it, um I would be happy to
act as a facilitator or uh a go-getter or whatever between whatever boards because I'd like to see this move forward. Um but um and I would not and I'm still looking for that word. Uh uh I couldn't um
in cause I couldn't uh make legal contracts for the town. I wouldn't want to do that. I and I said I wouldn't do it here, but just to facilitate to be somebody that could run and do things, do this, do that, check this, check that. Uh but I think it's uh the planning board, as I said, tabled it
because they want to discuss it. And again, my recommendation to them and to you was if we can find some money, uh maybe at the um the fall special town meeting, uh address that issue and uh and try to move forward with the um uh
home rule petition. That's what I've got. Um I I like this idea the first time I heard it, and now that you've put together such a comprehensive report, I still think it's worth it. It's worth the effort for Dayton. We're at a point where we have growth and we have growing
pains and um I would like to see this move forward. I don't want to see it just die with any of these boards. I'd like to see it move forward to our town meeting and um see if we can get funding for it. You know, that's the first step. It would be
funding and um drafting that home rule petition. So, I think in the spirit of collaboration, it it wouldn't be a bad idea to either invite the planning board to a selectman meeting or um see if we could
just have a joint meeting with the planning board. Um I think that showing that it's a priority of the board of selectmen. Um I don't know how you how your feelings are on that if it is a priority. Um but if it was a priority of the board of selectmen, maybe if we just put all our
heads together, um Mr. Perry, if you wanted to be there and and um the planning board, we could just talk about what resources we have that we could throw at it and kind of like the next steps. Um what are your thoughts on that? That sounds good. Okay. Um through
through the chair, if I may just uh a question to uh Mr. Perry, um this may be my mistake, but home rule petition, right? Would it be home room petition just for
the impact fees or are we discussing a town charter as as as you understand it? Z. Um, okay. This is, uh, Massachusetts courts have ruled that impact fees are not permitted under
state law. to address this issue requires a home rule petition supported by a local elected board or the planning board uh and be sent to the legislature for review. In Massachusetts, a home rule petition is a unique legislative mechanism that allows cities and towns
to request specific powers or exemptions from state law that are tailored to their local needs. Uh unlike standard state legislation that applies uniformly across Massachusetts, home rule petitions provide municipalities a way
to address local challenges and governance issues. Okay. So I I can't I didn't look at charters or whatever, but that's that's the definition of home rule petition. We have a home rule petition specific to Dayton for uh recalls for elected
officials. So I I the town has been through it before before my time, but I know one exists. So So I will reach out to town council just to start getting some time uh timelines and and numbers
on how much it would cost and and then we could then we could I I'll talk to Mr. Perry about it and then maybe we could coordinate something. Um I'll bring it up. I'll bring it up to the chair and maybe we could uh do a have that joint meeting. So That would be
great. Yeah. Thank you. Anything else? I think that's great. Thank you so much. I anxiously await your call. We do too. Take care. Thank you very much for your time. I know the floor is not open to ask question. Sure. Sure.
I'm just curious, are you aware of any other surrounding towns that have either started this procedure had either implemented it or have been successful? Um, Milford
uh did this back in the early 1980s and um they are uh year or so ago they started looking at updating uh their existing impact fee and that was they were
looking at some uh pretty significant costs uh there. I also believe it's either Foxboro or Franklin I I forget uh is starting to from my understanding uh starting to look into the uh this
overall process also again that's you know you you read so many things and then you talk to people etc and that's what I'm led to believe whether that's gospel or not I can't I can't say okay yeah okay thank you
Yeah. Well, you know, here again, it's an opportunity, I believe, to um as the town grows, you know, this is kind of I don't mean to get off on a tangent, but you know, if this would not, in my view, should not impact you
as an individual homeowner. Uh if you decide you want to sell your house on Main Street and build on Pine Street, not affect you. But we're talking uh a developer plopping maybe 20 or 30 or 40 houses into place. each one of those
houses uh drives an incremental increase in town services, you know, and and at some point, as an example, I lived in Maryland for a while, Frederick, Maryland, and they had a uh a plan where
they could identify uh you know, the number of increments required before uh a new police shift was required. uh an additional fire shift was required, you know, and it was they were able to do
that and say, "Hey, we've reached this point now, we can take the money that's been acred from their impact fees and put it against that police cruiser. So instead of going into the if we were in that position instead of going into town
meeting and say uh the police need a new cruiser the way I envision things is we have collected this money in our implementing documentation uh we have said so much percentage goes
to police so much fired as a result of the nexus study and so when the police come in and say we need a new cruiser Um the board could say, well, and however it's structured, I'll say this board could say, well, we can take it
out of the impact fee money because we've reached that point where, yeah, we we're driving a new cruiser. I mean, that's kind of a crude example, but you know. Okay. Did that answer your question or? Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Anything else? No. Thank you very much.
Thank you. All right. Next, we have Nancy Gulard, chairman of the board of assessors. um to report on the proposed greater adabaroton home consortium budget the pilot agreement
um two pilot agreements as well. Uh just a correction I'm not chairman of the board of assessors Mr. more is that's just a typo in there. Um, so I would like to speak about the pilot agreements first because that's
assesses. There is no connection between my representing the town at Gathic and the board of assesses. So, uh, tonight you have the pilot agreements that were voted at two town meetings.
Uh, one is for the largest solar farm in town, uh, designated an MACS, otherwise referred to as Arujo Farms. And, uh, that's going to require a vote to
approve and sign to execute it. and then we will get it recorded and a copy will be sent to uh MACS uh the address that's listed in the agreement. The other one is the pilot agreement and
the title of that is letters and numbers. It's Brook Street Solar. That's the easiest way to describe it. Uh Grasshopper Energy. That's the one that got voted at town meeting this year. Um same thing. Uh we will need a vote of
the board of selectmen to approve and sign that so that it can be fully executed and again uh recorded at the registry of deeds and then a copy will be sent to uh Jonathan Prasad who is the now the contract contact for the town of
Dyton for everything related to Brook Street Solar. Um, as I reported at town meeting, the pilot agreement for Brook Street is in excess of $823,000
over 20 years. And MAC, also known as Roujo Farms, that pilot agreement is in excess of $1.2 million in personal property taxes over 20 years.
So that's what you have to act on tonight for pilot agreements and that as you said both were voted on at town meeting already. Yes. Yes. And um uh as a matter of fact, Mrs. Brady spoke to me tonight about the dates because when we issued those uh and they were approved,
there's a blank on the first page near the top and that's the date that gets approved at town meeting. Even though uh the signing dates may have been different, uh the approval date at town meeting is the important one. Yes. Followed by your subsequent action
because your action must come after town meeting vote. Mhm. Okay. Makes sense. So I have no questions. I like me. No, I don't have any questions. I'd entertain a motion on it. Um, I'll make a motion to approve and to sign on the pilot
agreement between GHTJ03 LLC 5935 Airport Road Sweet 210 Canada in the town of Dyton. Second. All in favor? I I Okay, motion passes. Um, at this time, can I make my second motion,
please? Um, I'll make a motion to approve and sign the pilot agreement between um, MACS, Dyton LLC, 100 California Street, Suite, 400 um, San Francisco and the town of Dayton. All
right, I'll step down second. All in favor? I I motion passes. Okay. relative to Brook Street. The only thing uh that uh I'm waiting for now is um in that agreement uh towards the very end
there's a section called miscellaneous and there's a a requirement that the uh once approved the company uh send a check uh send the town a check for $5,000 which represents the cost to the town of putting these together and
recording them and doing all those things. So, I did send an email to Mr. Prasad and tell him I would get back to him tonight because uh uh the board was acting on it and please go to that section of the contract and have a check
sent. So, uh and that will go into estimated receipts and into the general fund. So, each pilot agreement has that uh $5,000 uh clause. At least the ones I've worked on, the ones that are older, I don't believe they do. But since we went to
the boilerplate, the 5000 is in there. So, perfect. Um, I just did want to mention in response to what Mr. Vaco said, we don't have a town charter. I know. Okay. So, what what's over there is basically the town charter. So, uh,
anyhow, getting back to, uh, the rest of my, uh, topic. So, Greater Adelboroough Taton Housing Consortion is a group of 14 communities, two of which Adelboroough and Taton are
uh cities. And this ad appeared in the Adelboroough paper. And when I saw it, this is a notice to the public that a draft proposed budget for PY25
has been put together. Actually, there's more than one budget depending upon the program. PY means program year. This does not follow, excuse me, a fiscal year because it's HUD money. it's federal government and
their their fiscal year is not July 1 to June 30th. So, this is out there as the action plan. Uh the estimated uh cost they're hoping to get approved the for community
development block grants uh is um $867,451. And then the home program which is listed right under that is uh 800 Excuse me. $874,480. These usually come out attached to an
agenda, but it didn't come out that way because when the attachment comes out, I always give it to the town clerk and ask him to post it. When I saw this, uh, I knew that this had to be posted for public input purposes. So after the public input
time span June 23 to July 25 uh closes they will the consortion which is based at city hall in time will make any changes that may result from that public input and then sometime after
that there'll be uh a meeting scheduled of the communities that are listed in here uh to vote on the plan year budgets. So, I just wanted the uh town to know the public to know uh the the
part of the project money that Dyton benefits from is the new first-time home buyers. Uh and that that amount now is up to $25,000 in assistance for home first-time home buyers. Attelboroough,
Taton, Middbor, they've benefited from other funds because they've had old buildings that could be made into apartments or affordable housing or whatever. Uh if anything like that ever is available
in Dyon, obviously we would be in touch with uh Gathic to say, are there any funds available to help us with that kind of a conversion of a building? But this is mainlyformational. Uh but because it didn't come through the normal channels and I happened to see it
in the paper, I asked that we post it just so that anyone that anyone the general public, town officials, anybody who might want to see the detail uh can go to Taton City Hall during the time period and get information, make comments,
whatever. Okay. So, uh I think that's um everything I had. Awesome. Thank you. Thank you, Nancy. Yep. All right. Next, we have the best part of the agenda, and that is announcements. It's short, too. Um, the Dayton Lions Club Food Bank will be held
next on Saturday, July 19th, 2025, located at Town Hall 979 Somerset Avenue at the lower level. That was way too short. I know. I love it. All right, next. Selectman reports. I don't have anything. No. Okay. I don't
have a report, but um I just kind of have a comment. I was thinking about I think before I was on the board, the board would kind of talk about goal setting, I believe. And so I've been on the board for 14 months. I don't think we've ever had a conversation about
that. So I thought I would just introduce it at this meeting and maybe at our next meeting we could talk about it. I think it made sense why we really didn't have any for the last year because our goal was to get through the budget cycle because it was a pretty tough one. Um, however, there are
instead of just folks putting things on the agenda, I think the selectman should all kind of have a goal perhaps or um we could all agree to a goal or two, but just to kind of help focus us on different things in the town. So, um I was hoping we could do goal setting at our next um meeting just for the
suckermanmen to talk about. Sure. on the agenda and um also I was thinking about um the budget didn't has issues hasn't gone away and um we did have votes at town
meeting one to table the trash discussion for a sanitation fund and we had a positive vote for accepting the mass general law that allows for um basically what a yes vote or a no vote
means for the different types of either debt exclusion or um prop two and a half and we want to work towards that for April and that's only eight months away. So I thought that should be on each agenda just for us to discuss it because
we can um we can work on it bit by bit you know trying to get um I know the public craves more information on the sanitation fund like what what's our thought on what it would look like. So talking about it between now and the fall town meeting, we should work at
that every every single meeting towards getting something really nice to present. And um a dead exclusion vote I hope we put on for the next annual town election and I think we should work on that for the next eight months. So
that's kind of my report I guess. You already put some goals. No, no, no. That's uh Okay. Yeah, there's some. All right, I'll take it. Um, so next we have uh town administrator report. Oh, thank you. Uh, well, in in line with that, um,
as as you recall, it's my intent to uh to uh do really uh some stringent budget discussions, the last meeting in July and the first two and the first meet and the not the first two, the two meetings in August. So we could get direction and
and it ties in directly uh to to what you had mentioned, select me, Pico. So, um um um we're on board. Uh I know um I have a meeting with our finance team next week, uh next Tuesday. So, that's what we're going to be discussing and
and preparing that so to help in the decision-making process. Um they're going to be reaching out and just to make sure that the selectmen are still on board with the um sanitation enterprise fund. Uh so uh you know we'll be starting with that you know in
earnest trying to develop um sort of you know for lack of a better term lack of a better term a story board as to you know what it is uh you know how it will affect uh how it will affect the uh the public and and and why we need it more
robust than what we had done for for this past meeting uh to um and also one of you know one of the goals And one of my goals and something I had brought up, a personal policy. We're going to uh create a personal policy review board.
Um our personal policies have not personnel policies have really not been updated. It's something a town um uh should have and we should do. So putting together an internal team uh to uh to to start looking uh at at those policies
and procedures. Uh it helps with uh with uh members uh uh you know who work for us who are not on contract and and sort of it'll guide us uh on how to uh create contracts for individuals and and just just general questions which which may
come up. Uh so we're going to be you know reaching out to you know we have examples from uh from other towns. Uh our town council Clifford and Kenny has provided us with uh uh with some examples. So um putting a team together.
So we're going to uh update that and and as we progress we're going to uh present that to the uh to the select men. Um, next up, uh, an update, Reworld, uh, proposed disposal agreement extension.
Um, so keeping in line with with with sanitation. Um, we had, uh, so so Reorld is the one who accepts our our solid waste, our municipal solid waste. And, um, we have a contract, we have a
contract with them. And when I'm presenting, it was approved by uh approved by the board of health. Um um with uh with we had initially uh thought uh we had well I should say we budgeted
for the first number the $100 uh probably the $100 um the me ton um so it's about you know we anticipated $159,000 and some change. Um we reworked the um we reworked the uh the schedule
to move to move money around especially in this year fiscal year 26. We got them to drop that number and just move move numbers around and and as a result of that uh uh we'll be saving about a cost savings of for this year about $30,000.
So I know we're running a tight you know we're running an extremely tight budget for fiscal year 26. So uh that'll be helpful. So um I just presenting this to you so uh you know it's happening uh and I want you uh I want you to be aware of it and you know after you know after you
know we agreed to them that we're okay with the terms we should be uh we should be receiving a contract from them which um like I said we'll present to both the board of health and to um and to the select men. Um any any questions?
Um, so just for clarification, it's a this is our CEASS contract. At our last meeting, we signed the Borges contract, right? He's our hauler. He's our hauler. This is where he takes the stuff. Perfect. Yeah. And um the we are under
the impression right now it's the board of health who would execute this contract. Yes. Um Okay. No, just for the public to know, three-year contract. It doesn't sound too bad as far as um no the pricing. Yeah, it's it's it's it's
steep, but it's in line with um what facilities are getting, but but we're able to again rework it a little bit so we could see some savings for this for this year. Uh thank you. And um then uh actually the day of town meeting, we got
a little bit of a tongue-in-cheek uh letter from from the town of Berkeley um and on on how we could on how we could work together on on certain things. I'm not going to go through everything, but but the gist of it is um as as we move
forward, there may be um you know you know both towns uh have have um significant uh financial constraints and and I think the fact that they're open and I hope that we as a town are open and we may be able to share some uh some
services. So that may be something um we can uh we could explore in the future. that that might be something uh we could uh we could bring up um you know as as as pre as a presentation in our budget. I don't think we're going to rename the
night and rock. Uh we're going to get a a naming fee or anything like that. But but I think uh more importantly it's a it's a reach out for uh to be a a cooperative. if if there's something we if there's some something we can share,
I think it's something we should explore through an intermunicipal agreement. So, um that's that. Uh two other things which I which I sort of gotten uh received late, but just to give you an update on the um the building committee
for the school uh selected an owner's project manager, an OPM. It's a scansa. It's a uh it's a it's a company which is which is familiar with uh school construction.
And the reason why I bring it uh to the to the board tonight is that in the future uh in the near future, probably in um September or so, uh the board since the school is on our property, the board will be the ones who signed the
contract with with with Scansa. uh we're going to be setting uh something up uh with you know myself, the superintendent and um one one of the select members most likely the chair uh to start reviewing those to review that contract
to be prepared for it. And uh last um we have an uh an individual in town who was uh looking for uh a tiff uh a tax a break on on a property uh here and a commercial property in town. We had a
tiff committee. Um so um at one point it had a member of the select board on it. Uh we're we're reviewing that. I know it's it will be going before the assessors. So, I just want to um up update you on that. At some point, we may request a member of the select board
to be on that on that tiff committee. So, um that's that's all I have for my town administrative report. Any questions? Hello? No, I don't know if Berkeley realizes the financial situation we are if they're asking for
coffee milk. We don't have those funds. I did I I read that numerous times and I was like is are we is this funny? Like I don't know funny anymore. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh no, they were supposed to they were being funny. No, I didn't enjoy it once
I gained my sense of humor again. Um I appreciate that. Um so where do we stand with the board of health? Have we posted a Have we posted that yet? Yes, we did. We did. We did
post the uh the health agent. Uh they did interviews last week for the for the nurse. Okay. Have we heard anything? We haven't heard back. We we haven't heard back yet about uh if the if they decided yet on the um on the on the nurse. Uh and
um I think uh we're going to keep the health agent open up a little longer. Uh we're going to expand uh to um probably uh up to MMA. we put uh on on their um on their website. I know it usually gets
a lot of hits. Uh we put it on the on a a health uh dedicated website. So So um hopefully we'll keep it open a little longer to increase the pool of applicants that we have. Have you you've received applicants? We received one and
then one inquiry. Oh yeah. I was thinking with that Berkeley letter perhaps we they would be interested in I don't know how the board of health would feel. I don't want to step on their toes but would they be interested in a shared board of health agent position? You know
um I would say let's go through this process first and and and um let's see. I don't they're kind of um I don't know if they have a full-time position over there. It might be worth figuring out. Yeah. Um since we haven't made any decisions yet. Yeah. I know Berkeley
right now relies on one of their board members to be their agent as far as I know. So, they might be interested in bringing someone on part-time. Yeah. And we're looking for someone part-time and then I'll reach out and say if we could do Yeah, that would be really nice that
we'd have more to offer. Yeah, that'd be a nice shared regional position and similar size towns. Yeah. Similar uh problems. Yeah. Similar problems. Yep. Similar uh lifestyles. So, and also um
could we I've asked for it a couple times a Zoom policy. Can we have that? That's one of the things we're going to be working on as well. So, yeah, I'm very concerned about what happened at our meeting a few months ago happening again. Okay. Thank you. All righty. Um
next we have old business. review, discuss and act board of selectment meeting schedule for July 25 through December. So with that, uh, for the most part, everything worked out well. There was
some confusion. Um, selectman Pico, you asked for the September meeting to be September 30th, which is a Tuesday. So the only the only change is if uh if the board instead of to keep it on the Wednesday instead of the September 30th,
October 1st. That's the only really the only real difference. So as you could see, it's highlighted. That's that's why it's highlighted. You must have been using an old calendar, Mark. I was trying to do math in my head. Didn't work out so well. So
we just need a motion to make that meeting October 1st. Is that what we're looking for? I think it just in to accept uh to accept the the schedule as presented. I'll make accept the schedule as presented tonight's agenda. I'll step down second. All in favor? I I motion
carries. Thank you. Great. All right. Public input. All righty, Miss Goular. So, it's the monthly reminder PMC uh Jimmy Fun Bike Ride August 2nd and
3rd. August 2nd is the day it will come through Dyon. So, just so the residents know, be out there and waving and anyone that wants to volunteer, uh get in touch with PMC. Uh there's lots of opportunities at Dyon Rehoba. you don't even have to leave town to volunteer. Uh
all sorts of positions. Um I saw the Berkeley letter that was included. I thought it was a joke, but then I read it a couple of times more. It was only signed by two selectmen and I'm
wondering they only have two right now. I thought did Mr. Miller not he he was on for a long time. Yeah. He the gentleman and I must have been Mr. Miller. He he left right before they were going to have their annual election. It was too close to do. Now
they have to have a special so they didn't have a right in campaign or anything. He was just Oh yeah. Okay. Uh just just thoughts on that. Um historically speaking there would be such a public outcry to change the name
of the rock. Oh my. Yeah. Uh the bridge was funded with 80% federal and 20% state money putting tolls on that bridge. I mean what do we have one toll highway now in in uh Massachusetts and
it's the Pike. I don't know we have tolls on bridges but anyhow um I think the Cape Cod bridges they talked about perhaps put tolls on the new Well at least with those you'd be getting a lot of I'm going to have to ask for a raise then. Right. Absolutely.
But you'd be getting a lot of people that come to the state seasonally, whereas that bridge I can see the truckers unions and everybody else going like with the tolls in Providence and all of that. But anyhow, um just just
historically speaking, uh I don't know if the people who signed the letters understand, uh we were all part of Taton at one time and then the South Purchase became Dyon in 1712. It wasn't until 1735 that
Berkeley broke off from Dyon and Berkeley was founded. But uh the the other thing I thought of in um Portugal there is a big statue right on the waterfront
recognizing uh Miguel Corte Riel who was supposed to have been the explorer that they think came up the river and went to Dyon Rock one of the theories. Uh, so I'm thinking, oh, this is now got
international connections, right? We don't want to upset them. But, um, it it it was just something that really stood out. Uh, I grew up in Berkeley and for the last seems like a hundred years
I've been a resident of Dyon. And to think that if the if it was serious, I'm thinking you you can't do this. This is just so I think divisive. not bringing us together and we all have uh financial
difficulties in our towns. Um but uh I I don't mind working with anybody to our mutual benefit, but I think the the the rock in the and it's a state park. You just can't say let's change the name to the whoever or whatever the Berkeley
Rock Park. Anyhow, doesn't have the same word. It doesn't. No, it doesn't. Thank you. Thank you, Karen. Can we add to the announcements the pan mask challenge if I may? I don't want to embarrass anybody, but somebody's celebrating a
birthday. So, happy birthday, Mrs. Brady. Happy birthday. Say, thank you for sharing it with us. It is. I didn't know that. 18. I said 21. Oh, that makes more sense.
Said 28 today. There you go. Uh, Laura Madera, 1645 Maple Street. I am looking for kind of I I work with timelines and more of a um I I do better with understanding it that way. So, in our
annual town meeting, um I understand that the votes went through for the clarification for the yes and no votes um for a potential debt exclusion. So for that, does that mean in the fall meeting we're going to have a vote at
the special town meeting to put that on a ballot? So is it something that just goes on a ballot? How does what would the timeline be for that to potentially go back to the town's people to vote on? So the um the board of selectman will vote on it uh to go on the next ballot.
So we'll vote on it. I think it's like 28 days or so before the election, but we'll vote on it a couple months beforehand to place the question back on the next municipal ballot. So, Gotcha. Okay. So, that happens at a selectman's meeting. Selectman meeting. Yes. And
then, um, kind of related, kind of not related because it's all financial. Um, I understand in the fall supposedly at a recent department head meeting there was more discussion on
different ideas for personnel um ways to if something like this weren't to go through, if a debt exclusion goes on the ballot and it doesn't pass, ways for next fiscal year. Um, how does that timeline look? Is that something that would be discussed around like September
or October about if there were to be cuts in personnel or services? What's what does that timeline look like just to give people a heads up, town people and employees? Through the chair, if I could if you like. Uh that's one of the things we're going to be bringing up in
in our in our discussions the the the three meetings in the summer just to sort of just to sort of lay it out what it would look like um if we do not um if if the fiscal alternative is to reduce personnel and and services. What
what would that look like? You know, what are the numbers and and uh what what it would be? You know, first things first, we're doing a calculation on what what the anticipated what the anticipated shortfall is. And I'm going to give it a nod to Nancy uh right now.
Uh she gave me the um the pilot numbers. So So which which helps which I we got to figure out how that how that adds what that adds into uh into our into the shortfall. And it's still a big number the shortfall, but not as big as it as
it was, but still a serious number. So those will be discussed kind of month by month. Is that something that would be Well, sorry. Go ahead. No, no, no. I that right. It's through the direction of of the selectman. But uh it's my intention to bring it the last the last
meeting in July the meetings in August because we have to we have to know I mean I mean the financial team the administrative side of the town has to know understand the direction that the selectman and the town want to go in and once you know
once we get that once we get that direction um we'll know the steps we have to take. Awesome. So, I would rather start sooner, right, than later. I don't want to, you know, especially if we have to make some super serious decisions, you know, I want to be going
into the fall knowing uh knowing what I have to do. Okay. So, that is something that would be discussed in selectman meetings then like what that breakdown of all of this information would look like because I do think not to knock any other boards or committees or some meetings that aren't filmed and
broadcasted. This is definitely the more watched meetings. So, I just was curious if that I didn't understand if that was something that was going to happen in the summer or if that was going to be a little later, but if your findings of the specifics would be discussed in a board of select new meeting so the
town's people know what options could happen for specific services, specific departments um xyz like to be discussed in a more formal meeting setting that would be aired. Uh yes, I guess both. Yeah, that that
has been I I I you know, correct me if I'm misspeaking. That's been sort of uh the um sort of the marching orders I've been getting uh from from the board throughout the months. You know, sort of you know, we want to be able to lay it
out uh to the public before before town meeting, right? you know, people give people enough time as to as to what's going on and really to be as as transparent as as possible and to give people an opportunity to uh to to speak
to it and really give the uh selectman an opportunity to hear that and sort of um you know guide uh you know guide the financial shift to whichever way we got to we have to take it. Yeah, that was my biggest concern was the transparency
part of it and allowing people enough time to either watch, hear, or understand what the potential impact could be if um we do end up in a situation where the finances aren't
financing to cover all the services that the town offers. It goes back kind of to my point that I made earlier about it'd be nice to have on every agenda kind of we can continue to work on the um the I want to say impact fees because that was
first on the agenda the sanitation fee the um you know if we can do a sanitation enterprise fund or um you know have another vote for a debt exclusion. But I did not mention personnel. I I had
discussed personnel prior to our annual town meeting and I have brought it up again. I I know it died after we we discussed it as a board. Um so I I think it should be brought up again to give everybody what the three options would. Looking towards town meeting next June,
we'll kind of got to know the scenario before we walk in because moving towards the um fall town meeting, we're going to know if the town supports an enterprise fund or not. And then moving towards April, we're going to know if the town supports a debt exclusion or not. So,
right, when we walk in the town meeting next year, that'll be more the eye opener. We will we'll kind of probably already know the direction of the town. Um but this having figuring out this aspect of it will give I think residents more of an idea of if these two large
things don't happen the real impact will that will affect on services and personnel and yes um things like that. So I think if you're able to continue to update them in board of selectman meetings and obviously after say the
fall meeting if that passes or doesn't pass what that means same thing in April when we get a little closer but I think that would be really helpful that would be my request if you guys are able to continue to update people on where that stands. I think we should show what
option one two and three would look like for the town. So, I hope we can do that. And yeah, that's that's my intent. That's the intent. All right. Yes. Very good. Thank you guys. Appreciate it. Anyone else? Miss Reynolds. Hi, Gwen Reynolds. 1771 Milk Street.
Actually, um I have a question regarding the um the contract for hauling the the trash. So, if that's a five-year contract and it's already it's based I thought and I didn't print it out else I would refer to it more specifically.
It's based on a certain amount now are we still paying those numbers if that amount changes and the question being as we've talked about trash in town for a while now and I've seen where they've said oh maybe we'll have a compost and
get everybody composting we can try to reduce our trash. So, say we reduce the trash, how is that going to affect the numbers? Was that specifically addressed in that contract? Yeah, it's based on a perk. Um, it's based on the weight. So, tradition they
they base it on a weight. Um, we traditionally use 100 1,575 tons. Um, it's it's kind of it it is based on that. We're not going to significantly uh we're not going to
significantly drop that. But but if we dispose of less, we pay per uh uh per ton, but is that specifically addressed in there? I mean, what if some reason we did really significantly reduce our trash? No, it'll be in the contract. Yeah, it will be in the contract. And is
there an out clause in that contract if after 3 years we found something better that we could do or we're locked into that? The the we haven't received the contract yet. This is these are the numbers we're this is the negotiating part of the contract. So we'll be it'll be submitted. And is this the same
company we use generally rolling over or is this is it a new one? Okay. I was just curious because I had seen that. Um, my other thing, the Berkeley letter, I I thought that was pretty interesting. I give them a lot of credit. Like, they're trying to test the waters a
little bit. I like how they wrote it. It wasn't like I think they were just trying to be very approachable in how they wrote that. I would probably answer with um maybe if you wanted to have a meeting, it's BOC and you bring your own
coffee, right? You know, but these times have changed. We know that we're in situations. They're a small town, too. And I would just think that they're trying to think outside the box and how might that look? So, everything's on the table. In my opinion, everything should be on the table. Absolutely. But, okay.
Thank you. Thank you. Any other public input? Anything on Zoom? Is anyone on Zoom? No. No. All right. Um Okay. So, Miss Reynolds is here. Would you how
would you feel about taking that out of order? Just Yeah, that's fine. Okay. I'll make a motion to take um correspondence um out of order. I will step down second. All in favor? I I motion carries. So, next on the agenda, we have correspondence a letter from
Gwen Gwen Reynolds to the board of selectman. I don't know if you want to uh come on down and I I'll read the letter and uh we'll take it from there. So let me find it. Do you have the leather open? I do. You
mind if I just read it? Yeah. I'll give it back. Okay. So it says, "Dear board members, thank you for your commitment to serving the residents of Dyton, especially during these trying times. The needs are many, yet the budget is finite. There have
been several suggested ways to balance the budget, any of which will cause grief and/or hardship to certain populations, demograph demographics of our town's people. I strong strongly believe there are more subtle ways of making the numbers work without causing
undue stress or lack of tools for the various departments in town. There are always more efficient ways to do things or even areas where small tweaks can save larger sums. We hear plenty of doze talks these days and yes, I believe
there is waste in town. With that said, if the board is so inclined, I would like to volunteer to help close the gap and see where we can implement process improvements and enhance efficiencies, which would lead to overall cost reductions. I have 20 years of business
experience, particularly in this area, cost reductions and process improvements. Several areas are already on my mind. So, I do feel it's possible to make a difference if the town is really looking for change in accountability. I look forward to your
response, Gwen Reynolds. Thank you. Thank you for your correspondence. And I didn't know did you have anything? Did you want to speak to the letter at all? I think the letter speaks for itself. Um I just feel like a lot of people talk a
good game and they complain. I'm the type of person I don't want if I'm going to complain about it or or talk about it. I want to try to have a solution for it. And so I don't want to be a hypocrite and then not put it out there that and I do
believe I could help. I don't know in what degree because sometimes, you know, if you look at a house from the outside and it looks so beautiful and it looks perfect and but if you went inside, you would see, hey, there's really no furniture in there. there's nothing to
it. So until you really go in and really look deep. So I I can't stand up here and say, "Oh, maybe we could do this or maybe we could do that." I do have certain ideas of, you know, where I could start looking. Um but so I just want to be a help if I can be a help and
and if not, at least I know I I tried I I tried to do what I could to help my town out. And um you know I'm open-minded to how that might look or how that might go or you know um I don't really have I don't have an agenda. I
just have a hope to help the town. Also like business and everything has changed over the years and a lot of times it's human nature to still do the same old thing. And so so that's why sometimes process
improvements they don't they don't those efficiencies aren't realized. So thank you. Okay. Malo, do you have any comments? No, I don't have anything. No. Okay. Um I think it's a good idea.
I kind of picture I did talk to the town administrator about it. I know um there's been talk about you having a conversation with Mr. a taco on that sometime in July, I believe. Yeah. I
Oh, yeah. No, I mean I when we had talked I said I was going to reach out to you in sometime in July. We would sit there. Oh, I thought it was more open. Okay. I I didn't recall that it was July or anything. Okay. I know it was before it was before the town meeting and it was like, oh, maybe we'll have Okay. Um,
hey, and I just want to add tongue and cheek if you will. if you want to pay me, I'm happy to accept a a fee, but I had to offer to volunteer just because of the situation. Okay. So, and I do think humor is important. Me, too. Barkley would love you.
Um, I kind of pictured this. So we have a finance team in town hall and they are there by function of bylaw now because that was voted in uh it's not bylaws who composes that team and we also have a
finance committee who is meets at certain times of the year to help us with town meeting and fall town meeting and year end transfers. So they're here just for certain times of the year. Um so it makes sense to have
perhaps maybe more of a group of citizens more you know that look at our finances year round or look at process improvements or or different ideas. So I kind of pictured referring it to the finance committee the idea of a different group
of folks who look at better ways of doing things who meet on a more regular basis than say the finance committee does. and has a different objective than say our internal financial team does.
I think they all kind of fill a different gap in the town. So based on your letter, I feel like it'd be mo most fitting for to be referred to the finance committee for them to discuss it. And
our town administrator already extended an invitation. I think that should still happen because there may be things that the board hasn't considered. Mhm. Maybe that's not the best direction to go. So, I don't know. How do you feel about that? I don't love it. Um, okay. The only thing is, so what I'm thinking
about is all our finance committee meetings that we have and there are tumble weeds in a ghost town and nobody comes to them and that would be an excellent time for these residents that have financial concerns or have ideas to come and then to form a whole another
group. just seems like they're going to have ideas, then they're going to have to bring it to the finance. Why can't they just be there when the finance committee is already addressing these? I mean, with our zero budget base, we're pretty transparent about what we're doing and what our finances are and
looking through that, they should be able to have a conversation within those finance committee meetings. That's just my thought. You need to rain on your parade. No, that's fine. May May I say a couple things? So another when when I think like oh you know if I should go go work
on you know maybe run for the finance committee and and I've shared I've shared this with you like what I where they have probably really good folks on there and they look at like a lot of the line items. So to me, what I what I really thrive on is if you have a bucket
of water and you have it you fill it up every day and then the next day it's like half empty and you're like why why do I keep losing water and you know this bucket looks fine and you pour more water in you lose more water. Well, it's full of pin holes and you don't see it but it still adds up to a half a bucket
of water every day. Whereas if it had a bigger hole you'd be like oh oh there's a big hole I'm losing it. So, I kind of look a little bit different than like how the finance committees do. And I'd also like to, you know, a thought that just popped into my head if um and I I
would welcome the opportunity to meet face to face with you. Um if you wanted to just put it out to different departments like, hey, does anybody want to brainstorm? Because a lot of times it's within a department. They might be like, you know, we always have this problem, but they might not see the
solution because sometimes you're too close to it or we've always done it this way, but I don't know. I feel like maybe there's something we could do better and if you have different eyes or if you talk about it to somebody. So if you know if it there's different departments that maybe wanted to just like you know
because it's the people that usually do the work that sometimes might know like where we're where pro that would be some process improvements that could work. You know the other ones you'd have to look at the numbers and see see what the whole cost is. Okay. So absolutely. All right. I'll put my I'll put my notes. No
thank you. I think with our chairman missing it might be nice to have Peter here to discuss further. I think so. So I I'll ask we'll just put it back on our agenda for our next meeting with with Peter so he can review the tape and we can discuss it again. Okay. And then in the meantime we'll have a meeting or
will that wait till after? No, I I think I had when I spoke with uh with Gwen on the phone I said I would reach out after you know after town meeting probably July. So I'll I'll I'll shoot you an email and it doesn't have to be July with a few dates and what what works and
we could sort of sit in my office and have a discussion. Okay. and and we'll put this patience patience isn't my virtue just no I understand I know it's a busy time of year so local government everything runs at the snail's pace I know I I I don't um okay so we'll
consider in a future meeting okay thank you all right so next we have review discuss and act facilities request for dy rehop with high school soccer car wash um so they are requesting to have the
car wash at the town garage. Uh the only the only issue with this is they don't have their insurance in place yet. Um if it's the board uh is inclined uh to to approve their request contingent upon uh uh um them supplying us with the
insurance comments? No. I'll make a motion to approve the facility's request um contingent on receiving their insurance for the Dayton Rahobit High School soccer car wash. I'll stop down and second. All in favor? I. I. Motion
carries. Next. Facilities request for the body shop use of Carl Sprat Memorial Field. I was very confused uh over this. It took me a while to understand it. The body shop is actually um working on your body. Yeah. So, it has nothing to do I
thought it was a car. It is not. It has It's It's like a It's a gym. So, it's at the Spratfield. They have everything um um everything in in place. Okay. All right. Um I'll make a motion to approve the facility's request for the
body shop um for the use of Sprat Memorial Field. Okay. I'll step down and second. All in favor? I I Next. review, discuss and act southeastern regional service group award of paper contract to spruce home of Parkland WA. So uh as you
know Sers is our source is our is our group which uh they they go out for bid and they get the best uh the uh best price awards for us. So we have a uh we have a paper award to spruce home. Um so
um I ask uh that this board accept and sign it. I mean, I there's some there's still going on with some discussions with with Spruce Home. So, until it becomes finalized, then I then I will uh I will put it in, but if you can um they're just double-checking
some prices uh for for for clarification. Don't we get like is this like paper like you like copy paper? Copy paper. Yeah. So, we wouldn't just get it from WB Mason anymore? Well, we had it from through a contract with Sourcage. we got
from WB Mason, but the but these prices are better. So that's why they went uh went with Is it easy to order? Cuz WB Mason just go right on the computer, click send. Is this like a process? It's supposed to be supposed to be. Yeah. Yeah. I'll ask Leanne. She's the one who
orders it. What is the paper? Um so, um they have a website set setting it up and it should be it should be equally as easy. Okay. Is this like tie your hands that you have to use it? Like if you if
you're running low and you need it, do you have to use this contract? Um I mean, right. So if if we're that bad, that's that's that's bad. Usually we're pretty good in ordering paper. They we understand how much we use, but like in a pinch, yeah, you could run out and get
get something for Staples, but but again, uh these are these are the best prices we can we can get. So you can't walk into a store, you can't even even from WB Mason, you know, these are um um these are the best the best prices. So
So any questions? So what are we looking for? A motion to approve this. Uh mo Yeah, motion to approve. Yes. I'll make a motion to approve the Southeastern Regional Service Group award of paper contract to Spruce Home of Parkland. Okay. Step down and second. All in
favor? I I motion carries. Next we have approval of warrants. Make a motion to approve the warrants paid by June 1825. 51A25 for $130,12942. 51B25 for $148,656.50.
Warrants paid by June 26, 2025. 52A254 155,4715 and 52B25 for $134,64659. I'll second that. Okay. Motion made and seconded. All in favor? I. I. Motion
carries. Acknowledgements. None. We've done correspondence. Next, approval of the minutes. I'll make a motion to approve the board of selectmen/ finance committee meeting minutes of March 11th, 2025. Okay. Uh step down second. All in
favor? I I motion carries. I'll make a motion to approve the board of selectment/finance committee meetings of March 13, 2025. All right. I'll step down second. All in favor? I I motion carries. I'll make a motion to approve the board of selectment company/ finance
committee meeting minutes of March 18th, 2025. I will step down second. All in favor? I. Motion carries. I'll approve the board of selectman annual town meeting minutes of June 9th, 2025. Step down second. All in favor? I. Motion
carries. I'll approve the board of selectman regular meeting minutes of June 11th, 2025. Step down second. All in favor? I. I. Motion carries. public input. All right, I'll make a motion to
adjurnn. Second. All in favor? I I