--------- and 40 cents. >> Second chair and second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I emergency preparedness. >> I'll make a motion to recommend department 299 emergency preparedness for $4,000. >> Said chair second. Any discussion? All those in favor?
>> I recommendation on this one. >> Thank you. I >> So this has hiring another full-time operator. Wow. >> 60,000 more, >> right?
>> Which one do you rather have? Another truck or another operator? >> I think you would rather have another operator. >> Yeah. truck is truck's $300,000, you know. >> Okay.
>> What do you think, Mark? >> I think um that was the um that was the exercise. So, if the declutation passes, he keeps a staff. So, >> I'll make a motion to recommend Department 422 highway for the amount of
$826,581.68. >> A second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I >> make a motion to recommend department 423 the amount of $50,000. >> Done. Share a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? I >> Berkeley Bridge taking 250 off the
maintenance. >> Yes. I'll make a motion for department 429 uh to recommend line number 5210 energy in the amount of $1,200. sit down as chair a second. Any discussion? All those in favor?
>> I street cleaning. >> I'll make a motion to recommend 432 street cleaning in the amount of $224,525.16. >> Second. Any discussion? All those in favor? Hi.
>> Waste collection. We changed the um monitoring of the wells to 15,000, which we should probably still do. >> Okay. So, I'll make a motion to um for department 433
uh line 5300 to be uh recommended in the amount of 15,000 for all other lines to match the town administrator's recommendation and for the department total to be $891,655.75. 891,
>> $755.75. >> Share a second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? >> I >> transfer station. We changed the um pokey trash to 59 and changed the um >> stickers to 700
>> stickers to 700 >> which I don't see any reason not to change again. >> Right. >> Okay. So, I'll make a motion to recommend Department 435 transfer
station to recommend 5302 transfer station bulky in the amount of $59,000. 5580 automobile automobile stickers for 700. All other lines of match administrators recommendation and for
the department total to be recommended at $92,850. I'll step down as share a second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I >> cemetery. >> Make a motion to recommend cemetery at 32,56010. Second. Any discussion? All those in
favor? I board of health. Make any changes. Make a motion to recommend the board of health budget 510 department total to be 16,123.15 chair second. Any discussion? All those in favor.
>> Council on aging didn't change at all. >> I make a motion to recommend department 541 council on aging in the amount of $182,275.84 and second. All those in favor? Um, can we change the office supplies
to 500? >> 7500. Right. >> I I have that written down. I don't know why I said it. I think Mark take it with me. >> I'll take it. >> You say 500. >> You did.
So one three >> 34 64 >> 6. Okay. >> I'll make a motion for department 543 veteran services line number 5420 office
supplies to be recommended in the amount of $700. all other lines to match the town administrator's recommendations and for the department total to be recommended as $134,664.34. >> Step down as chair and second. Any more
discussion? All those in favor. >> Library to table. >> Motion to table department 610. >> Step down as chair and second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I box and red. Make a motion to recommend department 630 in the amount
of 11,500. >> Chair second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I count historian. >> We zeroed it out. >> We zeroed it out. >> What do you think? >> Um, what do they do with They didn't
spend anything. >> They never spent anything. So why are we tied up $250 of taxpayers money? >> Right. I still say zero it down. >> I agree. Um motion for department 690 to be recommended in the amount of $0.
>> Second as chair and second. Any more discussion? All those in favor. >> I'll make uh to recommend historical commission department 691 for $625. >> Share a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Cable committee. I'll
make a motion to recommend cable committee 698 in the amount of $58,520. >> Chair second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I I'll make a motion to recommend 710
long-term debt in the amount of $241,668. >> Chair second. Any discussion? All those in favor? I >> make a motion to recommend 751 long-term debt in the amount of $90,625 down. Share a second.
>> Any discussion? All those in favor? I >> make a motion to recommend 911 retirement and pension the amount of $1,227,490. >> Chair second. Any discussion? All those in favor? I How do we end up on a second page? >> What? What? Did we miss something? No
way. >> Just waiting. >> Motion to table approve health insurance. >> Second step. Share a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I. >> Make a motion for department of 915
approve life for $1,500. >> Step chair second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I. >> I'll make a motion to recommend 916 employer contributions for $103,425. Sit down. Chair a second. Any
discussion? All those in favor? >> I. >> I make a motion to recommend 919 OPED for 25,000. >> Sit down. Chair a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I. >> I'll make a motion to recommend 920 tuition for 3,000. Step second. Any
discussion? All those in favor? >> I. >> I'll make a motion to recommend 945 liability for $280,39.20. >> Second. Share a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? Make a motion to recommend department
600 for uh $410,8628. >> Second. Any discussion? All >> I can tell you, it was just as much fun the second time around. >> Thank you. I appreciate that. >> You're welcome. I'm happy. I'm so happy
that you're happy. Okay, moving on to um firefighters MOA. >> Motion to table. >> Second. Uh step down and second. All those in favor. >> I historical committee's 9th annual strawberry festival. This is for you to
discuss facilities request and I believe all the paperwork came in for all of them. Cameron, >> yes, >> that's the message I got from the end. Everybody's all up to speed on everything. >> Are you okay if I take these as one big group? >> Yeah. >> Okay. I'll make a motion to um accept
the facilities request for the Dy Historical Society, the Toron Area Vietnam uh Veterans Association, the Dy Historical Society, and the Dyon Lions Club as presented. >> I'll step down as chairman second. Any discussion? All those in favor? I
>> appro the warrants. >> I'll make a motion to approve the warrants paid by March 12th, 2026. 37 A26 for $143,4852. 37B26 for $223,939.64 64 and 37 C26 for $161,79943
or paid by March 19, 2026 38.264 26 for $126,89010 38 B26 for $49,37659 warrants paid by March 26, 2026. 39A26 for $126,984.83 B26 for $287,54726.
Let's sit down and second. Any discussion? All those in favor? I >> um we have a correspondence from Phyllis Pascal who is leaving the Dy Public Library after how many years? >> A while. >> A
Phyis, thank you. Uh you've done a tremendous job, especially through this move of uh from the old library to the new library and you're going to be missed. So, thank you for what you've done. uh she's retiring.
>> Thank you, fellas. You've been a um very welcoming face in the library for a long time. We appreciate your service. >> Since September of 1999. >> It's amazing. >> That's cool. >> Yeah. >> I was born in 1994. >> So,
>> Oh, so was I. >> Um this is the last of the public inputs. Is there any from here? >> You just want to give up. I'm so sorry. No, you're right. Don't apologize. >> Um, >> this is the moment we've been waiting for. >> Ready?
>> Yes. >> Uh, Laura, 1645 Maple Street. Um, we set the way cable works, just as an update for anyone watching this back or that was watching on TV. Um, when we set a show to start, it's a 4hour window. So,
we started at 5:30 so we could catch the beginning of you guys going um into executive. So, it did stop at 9:30. So, there's probably a good 30 seconds where >> it cut out when you guys were doing your recommendations on the second round. Um,
so it'll get uploaded on YouTube in two parts and it'll go as two sections on um, channel 9. So, apologies. I don't remember what budget you were recommending, but it cut out. >> I heard your alarm go off. That kind of thing. >> Actually, that was a different alarm,
but that was set for 9:30. That's a preset alarm on my phone, but yeah, it cut out. So, it maybe been 30 uh 30 seconds to a minute. Just a heads up and I apologize. >> Is channel 95 now? >> Channel 95. Yes. >> No longer channel 95. >> Great. >> So, hopefully people found us.
>> Thank you. Sorry. >> No, it's all right. >> Anybody else there? No. >> No. >> Okay. Motion to address, please. the minutes. >> I'll make a motion to approve the US uh regular minutes from March 9th and March
11, 2026. >> Share a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I motion to adjurnn. >> Share a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? I Part: 2
Good evening. Welcome to the town of Ditton's board of selections regular meeting. Today is Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. This meeting is in person and via Zoom at Old Town Hall 1111 Somerset AB Dyon Mass. This meeting is being recorded. The listing of matters of those reasonably anticipated
by the chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. Can we please have a call to order? >> Mark Pito present. >> Peter Karen present. And uh Nicole Melo is not with us this evening. Correct.
Not even via Zoom. Okay. Can we please stand for the pledge of allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
>> Thank you. >> Uh Mark, I'll make a motion to go into executive session. >> Sure. I'll make a motion to go into executive session under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 38 section 21 >> to conduct strategy sessions in
preparation for negotiations with non-UN personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with non-UN personnel non-UN contracts uh negotiations for fire chief under MGL 38 section 21 A3 to
discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining or lit litigation. No open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the public body and the chair so declares dyen permanent firefighters association MOA and under
MGL 382187 to comply with or act under the general authority of any general or special law or federal grant and aid requirements approval of the BOS executive session meeting minutes of March 4th, 2026. I'll
sit down as chair and second. All those in favor? >> I I carry an I. So, we're now going to go into executive session. If uh you can stop recording, we'll be all set and then we'll return about 6:00. >> Just returning from executive session.
So, we are now in an open session. And the first thing on our agenda is a moment of silence. I'm going to ask everybody to stand in a minute. Um but we had four or five people uh leave us this this this past uh two weeks. Uh Blanch Aguiar, William Aley, Diane
Gizler, Joyce Sherman, and Robert Tumbberg. Um so can we please stand? >> Thank you. Um, we're open. So, you guys have to open your meeting. >> It is Wednesday, March 25th, 20126. We
are at the old town hall and um we are meeting with the board of select. I open the roll call for the finance comm. Do we have anybody on? No. So, we can just do it here. Tracy Carol present. Susan Loren present.
>> Thomas Arjo present. Doug White present. >> All right. Thank you. Um, this is for the proposed budget of the Bristol Plymouth Regional Technical School. You're on guys. I apologize. Alex Magendant. Thank you for having us. I also believe
I have uh Aden Rose manager and Andrew Bell, Office. And um again we I will present you our budget. It was approved on March 24th committee and u an increase of 3.6%
last year at 10 contribution and let uh pass on to that project. >> Hi everybody. Not sure to Yes, we do
>> the first schedule which is one of 41,175,000 you can see the best adoption codes for fiscal a 3.6% 6% overall increase from the prior year.
On schedule two, which is the next page, it is the um your revenue sources of how we're going to fund this budget. You can see that we have 78 coming in, a transportation aid, and a local
contribution from the district. That total 16,896,420 sources brings us to fiscal 27 community assessments which is a total of 24,279,430 which is three breaks down
the committees and what their state contributions are the regional transportation assessment capital interest assessment and the total assessment and we can focus on on this
assessment number which is 1,898,760 and you can see the amount um of the students community is 102 students this year that is an increase um for students from
prior year. The next page is a comparison of the assessments and you can see the four additional students for fiscal 27 which is a 4.1%
increase and then overall the assessment total is 11.9% increase the time. And we can answer any questions you might have about this project.
>> You guys want to go first? It's a lot to digest. >> Does anybody have any questions? >> Yeah. 11% is a lot. And we've been trying to get everyone to come in at two and a half or less. And
is there any wiggle room at all? It's a 3.6% increase in our operating budget. The 11% is the the assessment to which we don't have any um control over the
minimum contribution. That's the amount that's the minimum amount you can charge the two students that attend from Dy. um the transportation the assessment uh a debt assessment that's in our mutual
agreement that's how much um broken down per per student so you pay per student so 102 students and that's what the assessments are for the transportation and the capital and the debt so there's
really there's no it's the minimum amount that we are charging And we're not asking for anything over the minimum resolution. >> That increases from the four students in additional students from last year.
>> Okay. >> No, >> I'm also >> Okay. Thank you. >> Uh, sure. So, uh, Freetown joined the district after the vote for the BP project, correct?
>> Correct. >> And they now share the capital assessment cost. >> Correct. >> Okay. Awesome. So, that's that's beneficial to the member towns. Um my my only other question is with the lottery
system now for students enrolling in the in the schools they the students have a set time where they would accept enrollment in BP. When when are the towns notified of how many students um accepted and um and the reason I asked
is this for budgeting purposes for the next fiscal year so so we can plan for that. Well, October 1st is really the official number. Um, throughout the year, we call the summer, there are going to be students that drop out, whether it's in 10th grade or ninth
grade, and we use the um the lottery already sign number and we just take the next one in line as they drop up to the next person line to fill it. So, it could be an student that may not may not be a D. maybe virtuously. Um it's
hard to tell. That's why, you know, we can give you a number. I can tell you uh from our uh um our lottery that we did a couple weeks ago uh last so last week, guys, last week, right? Um we ended up uh freshman was 28 students uh that kind
of were accepted. Now, I'm not sure if they accepted or not, but we're we're picked out. And now we're waiting to see who who wants to come, who doesn't want to come, and then we just go back to the And then October 1st is the official submission to DESIE for our student
enrollment and the numbers for October 1 26 is what will be used for fiscal 28's budget. So we should have a a a good um estimate right around after the probably end of October and then the official
numbers come out in January when the governor releases her her budget. the official numbers come out and then uploads the official number of students for each member community and they state what the minimum contribution is for that quantity of students.
>> Okay, that's helpful. I appreciate that. Thank you. >> How come EN dropped by $800,000? >> That was our local confirmation that we gave last year. a 61% difference. >> So, we had a little bit of excess in E
and D in fiscal 26 in uh I'm sorry, fiscal 25 and we we told the department of revenue that we were going to bring that number down and contribute to the fiscal 26 budget. So, we were allowed to contribute that much money 26. >> Okay.
>> So, fiscal 27 we're only allowed to contribute um 532 351 because you know that's the amount that we're we're at our 5%. We're allowed to only have 5%
and anything over that we're allowed to follow. Are we the last ones for you guys to meet with? Do you know? >> No. >> You have others ahead of us. I mean before after us. >> They come. I think T is usually the last
one. >> Okay. >> We haven't got other ones to call it yet, but um T is the last one. >> I was just curious as to what everybody else's response was to the 3.6% increase
>> operating budget, >> right? I mean, it's difficult when we only have a 2.5% levy and uh you're coming in at such a high number of 3.6%. >> We're not charging you anything over the
minimum for the 102 students. So, >> right, I understand that. >> Okay. >> I didn't I One more question. Yeah. >> Um, you had mentioned if any students drop out of their program. >> Um, I understood that this was a 4-year
program when students enroll freshman year. So, uh, do I understand you correctly? If some if a sophomore drops out or a junior, do you replace do you fill in that student's seat?
>> We replace students that we do replace students in the uh, freshman year. uh and by going into the 10th grade you can replace them. We don't replace students after junior senior year lost >> and so what happens is they go back to their center of town most likely for
whatever reasons there many reason why they >> okay >> just like there's reasons some kids are not even after they got picked even though they applied they decided not to come >> okay I'm very but that was my understanding it was a definite four-year program and nobody could jump
in during the middle of it >> usually beginning sophomore year we catch up to some of that stuff. >> Yep. >> But not and we fill in where and they don't get to pick where they go. They tend to go where we have the holes. >> Okay.
>> They tend to have the >> All right. >> Thank you very much. >> Can I have another question? >> Yes. >> Um, is your enrollment significantly higher this year overall? I know Dyon's got four more students. Uh, is your
enrollment significantly higher across all towns? Well, it's fluctuated a little bit. It's always fluctuated. I haven't seen a a big difference. There were one or two towns that got a little more than they usually get. Others right on right on
kind of the mark. I think you guys are kind of almost in the mark as well last year this number, but again, it can change, right? Um and then so it's hard to tell. And yeah, so >> has the bill change? And just I just want to remind you that with the build
new building uh we are you know is uh to bring in more students in the future. We're not going to bring because uh the building is for 1400 students and eventually we'll be able to fill in and uh but right now we'll try to keep everything kind of status quo to uh as
we move in. And how about your uh staff and student ratio to uh the staff and teachers? Has there been a change in that? >> No. >> Anybody else have anything that you want to add?
Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Okay, you guys can dissolve this and >> yes tonight. >> Do I have a motion? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Motion.
>> Motion to second. >> All those in favor? >> I I >> Thank you. >> Thank you, guys. Thank you Sharon. Welcome ready to continue. >> Okay, >> you're up.
>> Good evening, gentlemen. >> Um, first order of business, I believe, is the third meeting of the swap shed uh issues. Now, the last time uh we did it on the second, we didn't do a reading. Do you want to do a full reading or uh
how would you like to do it, Mr. Chairman? >> No, I wouldn't think that's necessary. We can just It's listed on the town website. >> Correct. >> So, uh No, I don't think it's necessary to go through the whole thing. >> Perfect. >> It does still say proposed on that header, though. So, >> yeah, we we the last meeting, correct?
We we struck the word proposed. So, it should say start with swap shed mission statement. >> Exactly. Okay. Uh, second issue is, uh, composting again. Uh, the snow's gone, grass is green, and, uh, it's time we
got that going. And I didn't realize it until a few minutes ago, we're going to have a little show and tell. >> Okay. Uh, >> before you go through the composting, it is discussed that. >> I'll make a motion to enter uh for the third reading of the Dyson swap policy. >> Chair and second. Any discussion? All
those in favor? >> I. Sorry. >> No, no problem. Um, little show and tell. Um, again, just to refresh everyone's memory, uh, the waste reduction
committee has been working on a number of things, including uh reducing or trying to reduce uh the waste load that goes out that we, the town have to pay for. And according to the DP, approximately 25% of household waste
that goes out is actually compostable material. So we're we're paying you take potato peels and I remember I I made some issues uh mentioned some issues before potato peels, cucumbers, we're paying for water to throw away water when we could in fact be composting it.
And u this I haven't opened it up. Uh this is one of the composting bins that uh is available to town residents. Normally these cost $67. However, to town residents, they would be available at
the board of health for $30. Uh in addition, uh this countertop bucket, uh we have $5 at the board of health. that allows you to, you know, when you're preparing dinner or
whatever, to put those scraps in here instead of, you know, putting them leaving them somewhere, whatever. You can put them in here and carrying them out to your composting area. Uh, full disclosure, I don't use one of
these. However, I've been composting for some time and uh not only minimizes my uh waste going out, but I every spring, and I'm going to do it pretty soon, I get my compost pile. I go out and I add about a half an inch of the compost to my garden area. Saves me fertilizer,
too. But, um I would encourage everyone out there to um get in contact with the, uh health. And we have these flyers that are available uh which would give you the benefits of composting and there's a
little QR code down here. It is essentially a cookbook that will take you through how to successfully compost. And again, one of the big issues is besides the composting which deres you personally a benefit, you're going to
reduce your trash bag usage volume. Okay? You don't have to buy as many. we the town doesn't have to pay as much for transportation and disposal of the material that doesn't really need to go into the trash. Okay. Um
any questions about that? >> Anybody? >> Uh just on the use, how does one turn the compost in a bin like this >> with a shovel or you know a spin? So you take the sides apart and turn it and then >> you can if you want to or just you know
dig down inside and flip it over. It's it's a it's a process. >> Yeah. >> But it can be done. >> Okay, that's the only question I had. >> Um any other questions on this? >> Thank you for bringing um that in and for your efforts on the waste reduction
committee and thinking ahead. You know, waste is getting more and more expensive and trying to think of ways to get um you know Like you said, water and these organic compounds out of the waist stream and keeping it right here in town makes a lot of sense.
>> Well, waste reduction also means cost reduction. >> Absolutely. >> So, benefits all around. >> Um, and again, Mr. Chairman, uh, if there's nothing else on posting, I had asked you I'd like to read a statement. >> Yes, please.
>> Um, to the general public indictment, As most of you are aware, there is an elementary school. >> Well, we have to vote on this first. >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> Whether we're going to approve the flyer. >> No, we had already approved that, Mr. Chairman. I was just bringing it up. We
had approved it several discussed to bring it up. I'm sorry. >> Is the review discussed composting flyer? >> We did. We did. >> Um, >> I'll approve it again if you'd like because we did approve it before.
>> Yeah. So we I remember this >> um the text and the flyer was uh >> the flyer was approximately three pages long. >> Okay. >> However, uh we reduced two of those pages down in this QR code which is
essentially the cookbook. Okay. >> But the the the material itself that was presented to you >> several meetings ago has not changed. >> Okay. >> Okay. I'll make a motion to approve a flyer and all the presentations. >> I'll step down as chair and second. Any
discussion? All those in favor? I >> thank you. >> I'm sorry. No, it's no problem, Mr. Chair. Um, now on to the other issue, if I may. Uh, as most of you aware, uh, there is a elementary school building committee looking at long-standing
issues with the elementary school facility. Uh full disclosure, I am a member of that committee and public involvement in this issue and this process is essential. There have been two opportunities thus far for guided
public tours of the elementary school to view issues involving structural and space concerns. There have been two public engagement meetings held at the DR auditorium for the public to participate in presentations and
question and answer sessions. The attendance at all four public events has been disappointing. I strongly encourage you to attend and participate in these public meetings. You can direct questions and receive firthand responses from the school
committee, school building committee members or contractual exploratory team members. Again, direct answers to your questions and not suppositions, rumors, or misinformation regarding this project.
The date, time, and location of the next public engagement session has not yet been determined, but will be posted on the DR school project website. Please make an effort to attend. Again, I need
to emphasize, you attend, you ask a question, you will receive a direct answer. You don't have to go to the Dyon pages, Facebook, listen to somebody filling up their gas tank at the gas station, what they think. You can get the information firsthand, but you have
to attend the meetings to get it that way. >> Any questions? >> No. Thank you. >> Thank you, >> Elizabeth. You're up. >> My opinion is the dumpster regulations I want to uh leave the table or take on my adisement. I haven't had a chance to
read my notes. >> Good evening. >> Hi, Whenever you're ready, >> did you want to table the port john regulations? >> Uh, not the port john, the dumpster regulations. >> The dumpster. >> All right. So, the board of health got together and created regulations for uh
portable bathrooms. There was an incident that happened. A resident called and complained saying that they witnessed a contractor relieving himself in the woods. So, we want to put in place port John regulation just so contractors know they have to have
somewhere for their I guess for the the bigger developments that are happening because when it's just a house usually it's not as bad but this was a development that it happened. >> So, they put those together and with your approval we would like to implement it.
>> Um I had no issues with it. Did you? >> Um I have a couple questions. Shoot. uh ADA compliance, at least one ADA compliant unit must be available for construction sites and events if there are disabled workers or attendees. Was that um did that go through the ADA coordinator? Cuz I think u one thing
I've heard um in past times when the ADA coordinator spoke about asking folks to identify if they have a disability. Um, so making it contingent upon whether someone has a disability, I think it's
has has it gone through Jonathan Gil? >> No. >> So I would personally um want to hear his input on it. Um, and then also I don't see anything about enforcement. So there's there's certain
things that uh these folks have to do. you know you have your setbacks and your requirements but I don't see any like enforcement mechanisms if they don't comply is there I think generally in the regulation there would be some sort of >> enforcement
>> and they didn't implement a fee either yet so I guess it was upon approval what we charge for it so I could I put enforcement in it so when I bring it back to the board of health we'll go over that >> yeah I would be interested to know what that looks like because that's going to change I would imagine and your duties
and responsibilities. I don't know how it >> I don't know how like that would work. So, I'd like more information on on that. >> Okay. >> As well that one. >> All right. >> I'll make a motion and unless go ahead.
>> Okay. I'll make a motion to table the boil rest regulations. >> I'll sit down as chair and second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? Hi. >> Hi. >> So, the dumpster one. >> That one's kind of a big one.
>> Um, >> yeah, I did have some feedback though on it before we able just you can bring it back to the board. >> Um, I got to find it again. So, need a second. >> Oh, okay.
So, talking about dumpster use, what is AU dumpster? What does AU stand for? >> What page are you on? >> Oh, I'm sorry. Number four. Dumpster use for AU dumpsters within the town of Titan. >> Okay.
Um, all right. That wasn't my question, but uh, it was about Oh, uh, yeah. Each dumpster shall be located at a B and B approved distance from the lot line and street line. So, not to interfere with safety,
convenience or health of a butter or safe use of a town roadway. I think it should. >> Yeah, there needs to be a certain amount. needs to be a certain amount. But I also personally, it says somewhere in here that
>> it seems like where you place your dumpster and all occasions it you have to ask the board of health for their permission for this. It says that in >> their idea was every property is different. >> So it all depends on where your driveway is in your street. We've had complaints
where dumpsters are too close to the road around a bend. >> So, I think it was all contingent on your property. >> I just be concerned for every person get a dumpster having to go through the board of health and having you guys come out and do a site visit. there should be
>> if there's a way like I totally agree though like if it's close to the road and there's vision issues like you know or um it's a safety issue >> um >> but that language yeah that would be nice because I think there's a lot of folks who
right now there are dumpsters that are on town property which they should not be >> should not be no >> and uh that should be addressed almost immediately because uh Tom Ferry has said to us before. They're they're a hazard. Um, sorry, John. I don't mean to
put words in your mouth. Um, okay. >> And I was I was driving to work recently and there's a dumpster in the road, you know, um just just right on the side. And I don't know what the reason was. So, it definitely makes sense to have regulations. >> Yeah. >> But those are my main thoughts is
>> it's a way that not every dumpster has to go >> through the board ofment. um if it doesn't just to make it easier for folks, you know, I don't want it to be too burdensome, but there should be some guidelines in place. >> Okay. >> Okay.
I'll make a motion to table the uh dumpster regulation. >> Chair and second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? >> Farmers market. >> Farmers market. The fun stuff. So, the board of health wants to have a farmers market. They want to host a farmers
market. and the chair and I Tammy we met with Bristol Aggie on Friday and they would like to um collaborate with us and do like a closed bonus market. Um we had a lot of feedback interested parties. Um
I sent Lan a list. I believe there was 20 28 people who emailed me saying that they would love to participate. Um so it's just something we can offer the residents and give the opportunity to our little farmers to sell some of their stuff.
>> Where would it be located? You have the Bristol Bristol Community Agricultural High School and Under the Sun both expressing interest in partnering partnering, but it doesn't say that where it would be located. >> The original idea was to have it here >> here at Tom Hall. >> Yep. But then Bristol Aggie reached out
to me and said that they would love to, you know, get involved with us and they would absolutely be okay with hosting. They would host it weekly. >> It would be monthly. >> I'm sorry. Monthly? >> Yep. >> Okay. >> So, who would be running the farmers
market? Is it the board of health or soul um agricultural high school? >> It would probably be both of us. I'm in touch with Karen. So, I think originally it'll start with board of health running it and see how it goes. Um I know under the sun was interested as well, so I
don't want to cut her out because she's, you know, small. So I think just collaborating with the three of us, >> right? >> Awesome. Has this gone through the board of health? Have Have they discussed this idea? >> They did. Yeah, they they're 100%
>> excited about the idea. >> Excited. >> I think it's great you guys thinking out of the box and finding cool things to offer the residents and small businesses. Yeah. >> Um, so I think that's pretty cool. Um,
>> yeah, we think if it's a success, a monthly event, I know Somerset does their zone, the open air market, and they get pretty good crowd going. So, we're hoping to, you know, offer it monthly for the residents of Titan. >> I would say if it is on town hall campus
and it's outside, I would say do a facilities request, you know, that go back through the board. Um, if for this. Do you need a any permits? Um like is there any food inspections that go along with this? >> Yep. Permits. The board did discuss not
having um right now our temporary permits is $75. So they wouldn't want to charge that much to small farms, >> right? >> So I think they must say it was 25 they voted on. So $25 for anybody to participate to make it, you know, in
people want to come, >> right? >> Make it too expensive. Nobody will. So >> no, >> you want to make it affordable. >> Definitely. >> And the other thing with Bristol Aggie is parking would be better there. Just
having they probably have staff that would volunteer to help the traffic flow. >> So we did think facility probably better. It would depend on, you know, what they have going on and what we have
going on. I know I put some dates in here that the fields are already taken. Um, and then I didn't want to clash with any other events that are happening. Um, the 250th anniversary
Crystal AI is doing their expo, so it's a lot of stuff to take into consideration. >> Definitely. My last question is if this does turn into a monthly thing, is this something that's a part of your your scope and would it result in a coverage issue for the board of health like for
your hours? Um or is this an overtime thing or how is >> I would adjust my hours to tailor it to not going over. So it would be fine. >> Okay. So this will be coverage in the office because this is outside of business hours. >> It would be weekend. Yeah.
>> Awesome. Thank you. So, are you looking for an approval just to continue to move forward with this? >> Yes, >> I'll put that in the form of a motion. >> Sure. I'll chair a second. I think it's a great idea. Um uh uh any more discussion?
>> And uh all those in favor? >> I. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> We're excited. We can't wait. >> Yeah. >> And then your Facebook page. >> Yeah. So, we just want to have a platform where we can get more information out to the residents. This board has been really great. Like we
have, you know, Tammy who's law enforcement uh Chris who's uh health background. So, and the nurse really expressed interest in getting involved and she wants to do like a monthly memo for residents and if we had our own
platform, I sure Karen, can I email Leanne all the time, can you post this? Can you post this? Can you post this? Lean's like, you need your own page. >> Sure. So, if we had a way to get more information out, like we have a mammogram fan coming in, we have the
blood drive, um, just the farmers market. So, everybody's on Facebook. I've tried not going this route, but I think just to get more eyes on what we want to offer, it would be
helpful. >> I have uh no issues with that. I think it's a great idea. uh especially if you're wasting time the steps to go through Leanne or I don't think you do >> not
it'd be nice to have one of your own >> if that's what the board wants I'll support it u but my thoughts in general u not specifically to the board of health but I've seen a lot of different Facebook page requests come through the board um and some groups post very
frequently and it's a great source of information, but there's a lot of boards and committees who have come to us for Facebook pages who post very infrequently. Um, and I think the town of Dyon does not utilize their social media enough. I don't think we post a
lot on our social media page. Um, so for residents in general to follow four or five different town apartment pages or board pages, I like a one-stop shop, Town of Ditans, one bucket. Um, just to kind of get as much information through
the through the town uh Facebook page. Personally, that has a the biggest following. Um >> and also if folks do post inconsistently, you know, I've seen like some boards and committees start out strong and then they post very infrequently, if it goes to the town of
Dyon, it's going to get a broader audience than um a board that doesn't post so much. But if that's what the board of health wants, I will definitely support it. Um, but I would still encourage um posting through the town page as well
because you're going to get a different audience and um >> the town of Dy does have a Facebook page um a social media policy. Um >> so part of that is you know credentials um so I would suggest the board read that and make sure we comply with it. Um
I think it's important for contingency planning that we follow that policy. So, um, with that said, I'll make a motion to approve the Facebook page for the board of health. >> I'll sit down chair in a second, but why don't we, uh, don't let it go dormant. >> What was that?
>> Don't let it go dormant. >> No. No. We have so much information >> with it and people will stop going to it and then it just kind of hurts the town in general because they're going to It's not the health that's not updating it, it's the town that's not updating it. >> Yeah. We want we I daily I get information like when we have bad
weather I'll get warnings and I was like wow I would love to share this with everybody. Yep. >> You know so I definitely am excited to get started on it. >> Right now we could you link to the >> Dyon website homepage correct? >> Yep. >> So what is it that take you to that's
going to be different than the Facebook page? Uh what the Dyon web page >> right right now you could go to go to the Don web page and click on the board of health. >> Yep. >> What and it takes you to a page. How is
this going to be different than that page? >> Just a bigger audience. I think it's just the not everybody goes on if you Google something a lot of people will call me and they have misinformation because Google doesn't delete anything. So, they're looking at a file that was posted four years ago
and says, "Well, no, it says $75." And I'm like, "No, that's an old one." So, it's I think more up to-date information on Facebook would be one thing. And the Dayton web page is nice, but on the face the main page, you have to click on so
many different tabs. You got to go into the health department and you got to go into applications or permits and then click on this. So, it's constantly taking you to another window, >> but you're still going to update those. >> Yep. >> Okay. >> Uh, I stepped on his chair. All those in
favor? >> I had a motion. I believe you seconded it. >> I'm in favor. I >> Okay. I All right. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Appreciate it. >> You're welcome. Mr. Smith, you're up, sir. >> Good evening. >> Good evening. I'm here on behalfs of Parks and Record,
but I'm also here on behalf of the Smi family. Um, I believe you guys uh received some correspondence from me. Um, if you'd like, I'll just read that kind of email briefly just to give it. >> Um, so I wrote to the board of selectman on behalf of the parks and recreation
commission, I kindly request that the board of selectmen accept the donation of a a memorial bench to be placed at Tsentennial Park. The Parks and Recreation Commission received this request from the Selemmy family late in February of this year. The commission discussed and voted to bring this
request before the board of selection for their approval. The Smi family chose Dyon for their family in 2018. Tragically, they lost their daughter in September of 2025. Savannah was a graduate of Bristol Plymouth and love being a part of the community here in
Dyen. Her mother, Ariana, found some serenity while visiting Tsentennial Park and requested that a memorial bench in Savannah's memory be placed there so that she could always be a part of this community. We on the parks and rec commission wholeheartedly support this
request and asked the same of the board of selectment. The Smi family has pro provided us with a rendering of the bench and will be purchasing it. We have pledged to assist with placement and creating an appropriate foundation for the bench to be placed upon.
Beyond the opportunity to creating create a lasting memory for the Smi family, we also feel this is a worthwhile addition to the park where all members of the Dying community can sit and embrace the beautiful serenity that Tsentennial Park has to offer. Um I
had had a rather lengthy uh conversation with the family and they expressed um their desire to have this this bench done and we talked about some other options some of the various options that they had um explored and as the parks and rec commission along with them had
decided on the rendering that was sent along to you as well um as for our final choice and that was actually their first choice um for a bench to be placed there and like I said I came to represent not just the park's
decision but also the family as you can imagine this is difficult >> sure absolutely >> thing for them to to speak >> who's going to be located in the park >> so we haven't come up with an exact location um all this kind of happened right when we in the middle of snowageddon >> right
>> and with snowstorm after snowstorm so they're actually they're currently working on having the bench made >> y >> um and then uh the family and the parks and rec commission are going to meet on site to decide, you know, a an exact
location that works for all of us. I know we have some other agenda items with some park bench placement. So, we'll kind of all work collectively to find a spot. Um, and I don't know how familiar are you are with Tsentennial Park. The only existing seating, there's a couple picnic y
>> um tables kind of close to the parking lot. I think the point of this is to kind of set it away from there so you're actually >> entering into the park maybe more towards the summer like closer to the Somerset side like a quiet spot to go and reflect in within the park.
>> I I'm assuming it's going to involve Mr. Ferry in the town highway department. >> Um possibly um there the family is going to provide some specifications on how the manufacturer of the bench suggests that it be placed. So there may be some
very minor um excavation to be done to create like a concrete base >> about the location of the the bench. >> So that's all of that is essentially pending. So based and again we will with Mr. Ferry to make sure that there's nothing in the ground that you know
based on the depth of a base that needs to be created. >> Um so we'll all we'll all coordinate >> um to make sure that it's set properly and then in a in a good location. >> Okay. I think there is some there's a fire hydrant down on one end. There's some other obstructions that might be in
the ground. So, we'll make sure we're mindful of placing it in a location that's that's proper. >> Great. >> Yeah, I think it's a great thing to do. >> Yeah, I think, you know, it's not something it's not a request that we we get every day and I think it's a wonderful opportunity to really make,
>> you know, a family that chose Dyon as their home to feel like they have a lasting memory of of a loved one. No, it's a moving request and um it's an honor to um honor Savannah and I'm happy that we can
one small part in making that happen. So that's my only comment. I can make a motion if you'd like. >> Uh yes, please. >> I'll make a motion to approve the uh request from D Parks and Recreation Commission as presented. >> I'll step down as chair and second. Any
more discussion? All those in favor? I >> thank you for being here. >> I'm gonna hang out too just for the next >> sure. I might have a little >> Emmer and Cameron, you here. >> Hi guys. >> Good evening. >> My name is Cameron Shook. This is my
sister Emma Pagana. Hi. >> Um we're coming before you guys to propose our Eagle Scout project. >> Sure. >> So, we have a small presentation prepared for you. Um, Emma will go over a quick brief overview of what the project is and then we'll
get into some more of the details. >> So, this project proposes building benches to install along trails and recreational areas in the community. Um, what we're thinking is that it will enhance usability and accessibility in
these key locations we've selected and are hoping to have approved. And it will ultimately aid for the elderly on these trails, families with children or people who are just out for an extended time. And by provide pro providing this
accessible seating, it will support community well-being by promoting outdoor activity and social interaction and just a greater appreciation of the outdoor areas. >> So the construction of the benches um
all the benches are made up of 2x4s and concrete as the legs. The concrete is pre- poured um not on site and then will be brought on brought in um and then they will be screwed together and bolted
together and placed on the location. Um all the materials have already been donated to the town via the trails committee and we have taken them over um from Mr. Ferry. Um, and we're just going to go into some of
the locations that we're proposing that these benches can go. >> Sure. Before you continue, uh, the 2x4s, are they pressuret treated or just? >> Yes. >> Go ahead, please. >> The first location I'm proposing is by
the boat ramp. It's Well, it's a beautiful location, especially on a nice nice spring day that we're getting coming up to. to go enjoy the weather by the water. Currently, there is not a lot of seating available, so it'd be great to add this addition so the people in
the community can enjoy this beautiful spot. >> Sure. >> Similarly, at the Berkeley Bridge on the Dy side, of course, there's a picnic table further up or further towards uh
parking, but not really much down by the water. So, it would uh be great to have down there. We're proposing to put two benches in Broad Cove because it's a vast place there. The Heart Street area doesn't
have too much for seating. So, we've gotten some community input about that, wanting some sitting over there, especially for folks who have been on the trail for a while and are looking for a place to sit down and rest or take in the view. And then our other Broad
Cove um location, just before we finish up with that, is located off of the first entrance of 138. Um it is around halfway down that first trail right there. I don't know the color off the top of my head, but it's the trail head's right there.
>> Y >> um there isn't much seating available up until that point. And it will be able to provide, as she said, accessibility, um, a spot to rest for anyone who's enjoying nature. And it would is also known to be
a good spot for bird watching. So, we hope to kind of give that opportunity to more individuals. >> Sure. >> And then we have we're proposing location for Tsentennial Park. I know Mr. Smith just recently, actually just
before us, um was proposing a bench there. So, we will definitely work with him um for that location. And our final location we're proposing is here at the town hall um down at the track. I know we have a small jungle gym down there.
Um last time I was down there, there was little to no seating available. And for this location, I'm proposing just somewhere in that general area so the people walking the track don't necessarily have to go all the way over to the viewing stands or parents can uh
watch or supervise their children over that at that jungle gym. >> So those are our locations. Um if you guys have any questions, we are always open to answer them. >> Sure. >> What inspired you to do this? So, >> did you experience something that said
>> this is what we need or you just how did it come about? >> We were we were approached and had this project proposed to us >> um and we decided to take it over to help other people in the town and I personally know some people that have
been asking for more seating >> um especially down here at the town hall and whatnot >> and it's just something that I think will be able to benefit everyone. >> Sure. And who's donating the funds?
>> Um, so all the m we don't need any more funds donated. All the materials were provided by the trails committee already and we have them in our possession. >> Okay, cool. Great. >> Um, I can tell you guys put a lot of thought and effort into this, so I want to thank you guys for that.
>> Thank you. >> Um, and it sounds like you've worked with other boards already, which is pretty cool. Um, my first thought is a lot of these things are pretty close or in wetlands. Um, and um, I would just want to make sure you
guys just ask the conservation agent before you do anything that um, if she has any concerns, you work with her, Lisa, and our building commissioner um, or building inspector. Just make sure if they have any questions or concerns, work with both of those departments um,
contingent upon our vote. So that would be um before any anything goes in the ground just check with them. >> So we I have personally met with the conservation committee already. Uh I've presented this project to them. Um they have approved the Broad Cove locations
>> um and determined that there's not not going to be any sort of wetland or ecological impact. >> And for any of the other locations there should be minimal impact whatsoever. Uh the benches will be placed on the ground and slightly leveled. That is all. there
won't be uh any digging whatsoever needed and it shouldn't interrupt any of the the ground whatsoever. >> Awesome. Other than Broad Cove, um you mentioned the Berkeley Bridge and there was another >> Oh, the boat ramp. Were those brought in
front of the conservation commission, too? >> Those two locations. >> I don't know if you have to go in front of the commission, but I would recommend just run it by Lisa, the conservation agent, and she'll as long as she's happy, she'll tell you if you have to go in front of the commission or not. Same with the building commissioner. Um, as
far as the locations, I'm happy with one through five. Um, six. I've advocated in the past. Um, for Town Hall campus and and building on Town Hall campus for the Eagle Scope projects. We had
another one in the past. Uh, there was a ball pit, a Gaga ball pit. Um, I really like the architectural integrity of our campus back there and I advocate not to change it. Um, and I I think there is a lot of seating. I do
hear your point that there's not a lot or any um in that exercise court over there. Um, but in general, I think there's a lot. So, would you guys be willing to do locations one through five and not putting in a bench
at town hall on the on location six? Um, we will definitely do locations one through five. Do you have any other proposed locations um that you might rather to see one than location six? >> If I may, if we want to kind of keep it
in this general area, it would be nice to have something that's a community garden because there's currently no seating. >> Awesome. >> So, yeah. And it's not far from the trail head as well. So, it kind of serves the same purpose. Maybe get some overflow where people park up top and walk down. >> So, it kind of can serve multiple
purposes. Absolutely. Okay. Are you guys open to >> Yeah, we are 100% open to that. That works out for us that you guys are >> all good with that. >> We have the materials for six bunches. So, we're hoping to build six bunches. >> Oh, okay. Right. We have a fox and rec commissioner. >> Yeah. And I owe I owe these young folks
an apology because my correspondence with them has been less than spectacular. So, I know that they reached out. I did lose a couple like in spam and then things just kind of got out of hand. So, but um >> is the community got stained? for now until we decide to sell the property or
something. I don't know. It's gonna Well, the other nice thing too is I was going to note uh as like Pico was starting to talk to though. I guess the one nice thing about the design of these benches is they're sturdy enough that they're going to stay in place, but however, they can be relocated. Yeah. >> So, I I kind I like that the design
aspect of these where like if we need to move something, it's not a waste of your time and effort. We could, you know, if something evolves and changes on any at any one of these locations, they can be relocated to the business. >> Yeah, you guys can get in touch with us if they ever need to be moved or you can
take the liberty to do so yourself. >> Awesome. Well, you guys did an awesome job. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Good luck with the project. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. >> I'll make a motion to approve the project as presented with thanks and appreciation. >> Um, I don't know if it was it was just a
presentation. I don't know if it was a uh Yeah, we were looking for you guys for the location. >> Oh, sure. We can do that. Uh, I'll step down as chair and second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? >> I >> I >> Good job, guys. >> Thank you. >> Just be proud of yourselves. That was a
great presentation. >> Thank you. >> Science. >> What's that? >> Science here. >> Yeah. Science. All righty. The Clayton Highway Department public notice. There is a
townwide parking ban in effect April 1st, 2020 through April 1st, 2026. No person shall allow any vehicle to remain in the street so as to obstruct snow removal. The Dayton Highway Historical Society invites you to a special
research day on Saturday, March 28th, 2026 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 1217 William Street. Explore stories behind Dayton's historic homes, perhaps even your own. The Friends of the Dayton Public Library will once again be sponsoring Meet the Candidates Night on
Monday, March 30th at 700 p.m. at the Dayton Middle School. This annual event is your opportunity to meet the candidates running for an office in the annual town election and ask your questions. For more information, please call the library at 508-669-6421.
The annual town election will be held on April 11, 2026 from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm at the Dyton Elementary School. There will be a Dayton community blood drive on Saturday, April 11, 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Oldtown Hall, right
here where we are, 111 Somerset app. Call 1800 Red Cross to make an appointment. The Dyon Lions Club Food Bank will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2026, located at Town Hall, 979 Somerset A
lower level. On Saturday, April 25th, 2026 from 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA, will coordinate with the Dayton Police Department for a 1-day collaborative prescription drug takeback event. This
event provides an opportunity for the public to surrender pharmaceutical controlled substances and other medications. >> Thank you. >> This is the first of two public inputs. Um at this point, is anybody out here that wants to be heard
and on TV? >> Sir, how are you sir? >> I'm doing excellent. How about yourself, Patrick? >> Not too bad. I haven't seen uh I haven't been visiting you guys in a while. >> Yeah, I know. kind of feel left out. >> I just witnessed your town administrator
execute a document for the Boy Scouts. >> Yep. >> But I I didn't notice that he had a copy for the town records. That be that would be a public record. um since it was used as an exhibit or a document during a meeting that should be listed in the
meeting minutes and that piece of paper should be available on the public records request and uh I don't know that the town administrator has a copy of what he just signed >> I'm not sure >> the other thing I noticed couple of things I did talk up to Karen this
afternoon she fixed the agenda for the uh 2182 executive session You have to list the titles non-un personnel and also union people when you go in 2183
um and then your meeting started with after executive session you showed a joint meeting with the finance committee but I don't see on the finance where the finance committee had posted an agenda stating they were having a joint meeting with you guys.
So that's my feedback. I'm not issuing any open meeting or complaints. >> Okay. >> You know, Peter, you and I go back 50 years. >> Yes, sir. >> It's a scary think. It's even It's probably even more than that, but um you know, you guys have always been
receptive. I'm sorry to see that the uh the other members not there tonight. I understand she has basically decided that being an elected official as a member of a public body support selected is a lot of work that I don't think she
anticipated. >> Uh she had a couple personal issues that uh she had to attend. So um >> I mean the fact that she's leaving I'm really sad to see. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> But I just wanted to stop by. Your town
administrator and I I think have had a conversation once last year if it's the same one. Karen, shake your head yes or no? >> I believe so. I thought, >> but the only the only sad thing is I don't get to see you guys because all I see is the cameras on the town
administrator and Karen and two other spectators. >> They're better looking, that's why. But anyway, I was going to come up last week for the uh last meeting minute two weeks ago for the last meeting of the water and swan
mountain was last night. You all had too much snow for me to even dig about. >> Okay. >> Right now in Tuscaloo, Alabama, 77 degrees. >> Yeah. Go ahead. Rub it in. >> Hey, you know, you're welcome to come
down. You know, I'll tell you, I don't know if you if you want if you want to make a field trip as a official visit because I can show you guys a lot of stuff that they do here that's different, such as they got some streets, you know, as far as speeding
and stuff. They have common devices that you never thought of. They've got trees in the middle of the streets. They just stick a tree and put a roundabout right there and that slows you down. There's a couple of streets that two pocketing spaces on the right. Then there's two
spocking spaces on the left and then two on the right, two on the left. So you can't drive down that thing fast. There's a lot of things that we do here that beneficial. Anyway, keep up the good work, Mr.
Chico. Keep up the good work over there. >> All right. Thank you, Patrick. >> Give the mayor my name. I know she loves me right now stuff I sent to the school, but you guys u I don't think you've had
meaning for playing for me in what two years. You guys are doing a good job. So, but I'm not going to stay for the rest of the meeting. Uh but keep up the good work and I'm planning coming up sometime in May and uh when I come up
definitely going to make it so this week you guys have a meeting schedule so I can stop by and Okay. Thank you. >> One last question. You still have the same chief of police >> as when >> as when I when we when I came over to
the meeting when they had the big the big uh issue with the appointment. >> Uh yes, we have a chief who's been with us two plus years. >> That um did not come to the meeting. You guys had the school because it was so
big, >> right? Yes, that chief was appointed. >> He's the same chief. >> Yes, he is. >> Good job. Good job. That's very good. All right, guys. Have a good night. >> Right. Thank you. Is there anyone else on cable? All right. Uh town uh
administrator's report unless you have a second report. >> Nope. >> Okay. Um I'm sorry. >> We have a very a very quick selection. I'm sorry again. town administrator's
report. Um I met with the town administrator over in Berkeley. Uh we're putting together um um I know he one for the animal control officer and two um he has expressed
interest in the um sort of sharing our health agent. So so we're going to continue that conversation and reach out to Liz to talk about it with her as well. But the hope is end of April that we have a joint meeting with with with
Berkeley hop to do it on the neutral ground maybe at the Bristol AI school or we're going to meet at checkpoint Charlie on the Berkeley Bridge maybe and uh you know we'll discuss that that so um we'll have the I'll have theus to
you that meeting so you guys can start taking I just want to give you an update on that. >> That's really exciting. That's awesome. It is. Great. Uh, on to old business. There's none. So, we'll move right into new business. Um, is anybody here for the
anything besides the um budgets that we have to go into? Mark, uh, are you here for >> I am. >> Okay. >> Uh, the budget is going to take a while. So, do you want to take something out of order? >> I am happy. Yes. >> Uh, so that Mark can, um, make his presentation, I guess. Right.
>> Yeah. I just want to go over the uh >> Okay. >> We would like to submit. >> Okay. >> Chair, if I could just quickly go over the one sheets and sort of lay down some groundwork as as you as you move ahead
through uh through the budget process. First budget we shown um is show the the middle bed exclusion. Um the school uh the regional school district uh voted to apply the $750,000
to this current school year. So we don't have that uh so we don't have that available to us. Uh the um just so you can see um the big thing >> they I can reach out to them and see if
they can change that. I I I spoke to the superintendent to reach out to the school uh school >> committee. Yeah. See if we could see if they could they could change it. But I just rightly this is this is where we're at. >> Um >> so so
um the uh budget you know reflects the best numbers the best numbers we have. Uh just so we are using um some we're using free cash as you know at the beginning we had $975,000
of free cash. We're applying free cash to uh not to the operating budgets but to um the elements of the budget where where where we can apply apply free cash. So stabilization fund oped uh
unemployment and reserve fund and then snow and ice. So with with that um uh that exclusion was not approved, we have a um excess levy
capacity of $40,000. This is um um if you do get the debt exclusion just um I think the big big thing here is we are not uh we are not using any
we're not applying any any of the free cash uh to any of those um one time uh onetime fees that we can. So would give us an opportunity to buy cash to to our capital needs. Even without that, we
would have an excess loading capacity of approximately $145,000. So I just wanted to give you that update. Um as you as you go forward recommendations >> and are those numbers with your town
like all your town administrator recommendations like using that column? >> Thank you. Okay. Um, want to skip right to the library budget so that I can make his presentation. >> Sure. Um, I'm just going to be ignorant for a second though. We had $750,000
turn back, right? >> Right. >> 700. >> So, weren't we going to vote on that? Like, where to apply it? >> I um I had reached out to them. I I thought on their March 10th meeting they
the school district voted to apply it to this year's uh assessment. So what will happen is that it will become free cash next year. So >> for us for us >> for for us right
>> is it equal out to be like the same thing like what we've been >> Yeah. The thing is if if it was fiscal year 27. That kind of gives us uh sort of it doesn't go into free cash though. It goes more into the excess levy
capacity. Gives us different you know opportunities on how we want to you know how we want to apply the funds where as you know free cash we we try to we you know we stay within the guidelines of free cash and how we can apply.
I remember that MGL was in that memo that we got and it said something like over a certain percentage they turn it back to us >> over 5%. >> Over 5%. >> So even though they turn it back to us, >> they didn't really they >> Yeah, it gets the um It's funny within
the memo the regional school district sort of determines where it goes. So Okay. So it go it kind of it kind of comes back to us uh through a reduction in the current year's assessment. >> Okay. So that's the law says something
but the regional agreement says something else. And that's I mean the law says it gets turned back to us but the it's the >> the region Yeah. It gets turned back to us but the regional school districts decides does it go to the current the current year's assessment or next year's
assessment. So it goes back to the assessment, you know. So >> Okay, I appreciate that. >> Um, do you know what number the library is? >> Thank you. >> I'll make a motion to take um department
610 out of order. >> I'll sit down as chair and second. Any discussion? All those in favor? I >> I >> Thanks for being here, Mark. >> Oh, thank thanks for having us. >> Absolutely. Nice. All right. So, it's good to be back.
>> Yeah. Right. So, I mean, as you know, I mean, you were all here. The last time I was in front of you, I pose a recommendation, and I got some pretty solid sounding feedback all across the board. That one particular line was >> nobody and the appetite. >> I I I understand that. I didn't want to
propose this, come back with that same budget and waste everybody's time only to, you know, so I understand it's part of the process. I'm appreciative of the process and so this is how the process goes. So, I not going to say I went back to the drawing board, but I did go back and sharpen them a pencil a little bit. >> Mhm.
>> And I presented the memo. Basically, what I'm doing is if you look at if the debt exclusion fails, you'll see the library budget increases by a total of 2.84%. That number again, like with my previous presentation, that doesn't tell the entire story. I was actually able to
cut, and I I say cut for lack of a better word. I'll get back to that. I was able to cut 17.6% 6% of 610 lines um from last fiscal year to this sorry from this current fiscal year to the next fiscal year. Um and I was able to do
that through attrition. Uh the main thing I'm looking at is line 5106. I have a retirement that actually is on the agenda that you'll be voting on. Trusty voted to accept that retirement already. Um what I would propose to do with that retirement is I would make
that a part-time position. And then in line 5107, I would take that, remove that from the appropriation entirely and I would shift that into grant funds. Um, so that would be completely off the appropriation that that would account for new um reductions
in order to offset that. I'm taking on the employee benefits. Uh, right now, if not for that retirement, the projected employee benefits would have totaled $44,814.60. 60. Um, with that retirement and cutting
that to part-time, that would eliminate $9,820.13 from that, bring a total of $34,9948 that which appears in line uh 5174. That's that that's new line. So, basically what I did with this
budget is I was able to cut the reallocation and attrition. I was able to cut 17.6% 6% of the library budget and then in taking on um the utilities which I talked about in my last presentation and taking on these
benefits I'm able to meet the minimum requirement for state certification. Now if I don't take on the benefits I don't meet that minimum but the talent will be paying for the benefits e big picture pays either way. Right. Right. So I figure I'll take them on. >> Right.
>> And and I'll I can maintain certification um that way. So, I figured town's paying for either way. Um, if I couldn't take on those benefits, I probably wouldn't have proposed the the the cuts that I made because it would have put me below the threshold, right? >> But taking on the benefits allows me the
flexibility to do that. And I figure it's a good thing to do. Um, I know my main priority is to the library. I'm the department head for the library, but I am part of the town and the town is I mean, it is a piece in the town budget and we're all working to make that budget work. So, I felt whatever I could
do to present a fiscally responsible budget um that works for the library, but also for the town, I felt I felt it was my felt it was my duty to do. Um I do want to point out if the debt exclusion passes, um I do want to say real quick, you'll notice that line 5107
is in there um at level funding. >> Um >> 51 what? >> Uh 5107. That's level funding. >> Yep. I did the same exact thing with 5106. So you notice that's the same number. >> Yeah. >> I'm making that part-time, but what I'm doing is I'm taking that position. I'd
be splitting it into one part-time position and then a second page position that doesn't appear in the appropriation. I'm going to take that second position on grant funding. So you don't have to worry about that municipal appropriation um at all. So it looks as if I have cut through attrition.
Technically, yes. But I'm actually making up for that with utilizing my grandfathers. Um, so that's where I stand on that. And the grant funds, I know that they came out, I think it was um, Chim Roach who brought that up, what I using grant funds for previously. What I was doing is I was holding them in contingency for the library building
project because the last thing I, the trustees, and the building committee wanted to do was come back to the town saying, "We need some more money." That was that was a non-starter for everybody involved. So, I held all those grant funds in contingency, which I did I did I did spend some on. Um, I don't regret
doing that. It's a building project. Things could happen. We were fortunate they they didn't. Um but now that that project's pretty much done except for a few punch list items that we have money to cover. Um those grant funds I I can leverage those grant funds. I think it
was also Miss Loren who asked why didn't those grant funds appear in the budget as presented. I didn't really articulate my response as properly as I could have. My response would have been or should have been and it will be now that lines 5300,
5350, 5420, and 5870. I'm able to come in at level funding or cut them entirely when I have absolutely no business doing that. the grant funds that I have coming in subsidize those funds and get me the services that I need in order to present
services for the library that the town has really jumped on board with ever since the new building opened, which is exciting to see. Um, so that's that's my plan there. I do want to note that the 5106 cut that I'm taking would put the
library short staffed. However, I do have a plan for that. You're probably not surprised that I have a plan. I I'm a planner. I do have a plan for that. I think I alluded to it in the memo, but I want to elaborate on that. Um, grant funds come in every year as long as I'm certified. And every year they steadily
increase. In fact, this past fiscal year was the first fiscal year they came in at over $20,000. Came in 22,000 and change. I should have had the exact number. >> I'm sorry. It's 22,000 and change. It was the state level funded those that
line in their budget um for this current fiscal year and it loads in two tanches. The first tunch already loaded loads around November, December. The second one will load basically any week now. It's usually the end of March, beginning of April. So then I will know exactly what I got for this current fiscal year.
I already know for a fact that the state is looking to increase that line in their budget by 5% which would increase state aid to libraries for next year. So if that comes in at around 22,000 for this year with that second trunch, I know it's going to be more next year. I
feel confident taking on a second page position in those grant funds. Um I don't want to do it now. I don't feel comfortable now because I don't want to risk insolveny with those funds. Like no matter how much I have in reserve of those funds, I can't be spending more than what I'm taking in. That's I mean I
don't need to tell you that, but I can't be doing that. Um but if I can get enough to sustain um two page positions, I would do that and that would give me level um service for the library in terms of staffing. Um I don't I'm not comfortable to be there yet, but I think
that's a path I think that's a path forward to do. And that also applies if the debt exclusion passes because what I would like to do if the debt exclusion does pass. I know this has come up in the past um when I've been before you that um there was and I'm not going to speak for what happened before my time
here, but I know there was talk there was a position added that maybe was going to be given back or something. If the exclusion passes, I would take on and and the grant funds convey the way I think they will for the future. Uh, I'd be looking to remove 5107 and take that on the grant funds as
well if it passes. I wouldn't do it right away. I'd sort of stagger it. You know, maybe next year I'd ask for maybe 10,000 or maybe 8,000. I'd stag it's removed completely. That's the way I'd like to do it. I don't feel comfortable doing that yet, but I have I have I have
plans to continue a fiscally responsible budget that helps the library and work for the town as well. So, that was a pretty long preamble, but you know, I haven't met a podium I don't like yet. So >> yeah, >> excellent job. >> Thank you. I do want to point out one
thing. In the memo I wrote on the second page, the one, two, three, the third full paragraph on the second page I talk about a proposed 17.6% reduction and then two lines later I say a 17.1%
reduction. Um I wanted to point I wanted to clarify that because it it was clear in my mind but it may not be clear. So I want I want to clarify what I mean by that. I was able to cut 17.6% of the budget 610 budget last year compared to this or this year compared
to the next proposed fiscal year. You will notice that if the exclusion fails, I added $2,000 to line 5510 to keep us in line with Massachusetts standards for that line. So adding in the deduction of the
cuts plus that increase takes that 17.6% reduction and makes a 17.1% reduction. So, it wasn't a typo. I wasn't deluded being confusing that it came across as confusing because there's two different numbers, but it
17.1 is is is the number one when in totality basically. So, that's that's all I have to say. I'm happy to answer any questions. Um, but I'm hopeful this budget would work because there was some recommendations thrown out to me and I took those in and
produced this budget that I hope I know this would meet the library's needs. I would hope it meets the town needs as well. So I'm just >> sure >> I'm here for any feedback and like I said 5105 stays level funed. >> Right. Thank you for doing that because I it was
the opinion around the the entire room that uh it remain the same. >> I I sense that and I didn't I'm not going to buck the entire room. >> Yeah. Uh have you thought of using insurance or can you use insurance from the school? I uh I so we have a few we
have a few volunteers um and they're going to help um doing reshelving books, covering books. Covering books is a big thing that's that's going on now because >> in the old setup we weren't really getting as much circulation >> sense. So the books weren't getting handled as much but now they are and we realize we got it covered. So that's
that's I get them. So they're helping help. >> We do use them. >> We are we are they may not be interns but they're volunteers for sure. >> Okay. >> Yeah. I guess same thing pretty much. >> Yeah. depending on depending on who you ask. Yeah. >> Who you ask. Sure. >> So, we're utilizing that as well. I'm trying to utilize every lever at my disposal.
>> Yeah. Great. Uh do you have anything that you want? >> Um the with your plan for the proposal tonight. >> No debt exclusion options. >> Correct. >> And the attrition that we talked about we have retirement.
Are we able to keep all of the positions, all the folks employed in the library with the no debt exclusion option passing in your plan working out as presented? >> Yes. Everybody who has a job currently in the library will maintain their job as they have. >> That's amazing.
>> Yes, that that yes that was that was one of my big goals >> and this went through the library board of trustees. >> Correct. Yeah. >> Was their sentiments similar like that's amazing that we're able to what's the sentiment? Is it like a
positive sentiment? >> Yes. Yes, it is. They had questions about the cuts and and I explained the plan I just made about taking on the positions with the grant funds and all that and that >> they they they like that. They like that. They understood there may be some short-term
schedule maneuvering to make ends meet, but I was able to con convey to them that there is a light at the end of the tunnel um where staffing would maintain. And in fact, I'm taking a 35-hour week position and splitting it into two. Ideally, the endgame is two 19-hour
positions. So, I'd actually be gaining coverage um when if my plan and I think it will bears out. So, they they were feeling pretty good about that, too. That's cool. >> The script funds that you mentioned. Yes. >> Is um is there any restrictions on that?
There's no restrictions at all. >> That's awesome. >> I was able to use some for the building project. I'm going to use some for staffing. >> I use some for all these lines here. Yeah. No restrictions at all. >> And um the language is written as such that there's no appropriation of those grants needed through town meeting. The
it's through the discretion of the library building committee or yourself. >> Could you repeat that? >> The library committee. So some grants >> would require like appropriation at town meeting and some have no restrictions like you could or your board maybe it's
a question for the town accountants. >> It's the trustes decision. >> The trustes decision. So it doesn't have to run through town meeting those grants. Okay. >> But there there is wording in um in order to be certified I can't use the grant funds to offset to to to inject into the appropriation
reertification. It needs to be the municipal appropriation, which is why I went through all these reallocation to get to that uh level. And I feel good that I did that without having to propose any layoffs to anybody. And I made the entire room happy by leaving
5105 alone. >> You always do. Just >> I try. I try. It's not easy to do sometimes. >> Um I notice under town and mid Rex. Um, I don't see a cola in there, but did we talk about I thought you added colas.
>> That that includes uh the uh Well, that includes the cola for the for the director uh for the for the >> Hold on one second. The director salary that does not include the 2%. We must have missed it the other day. I just
>> Oh, no. Are you talking 5105? >> I'm talking 5105 >> on the no debt. on the note on the note. Yeah, I just let that level. >> So, we you did a 2% for everybody. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> If if I if I could if I can speak to the
board. Um Mark did an excellent job. I just want you to know go through it. Um he uh his originally the delta between what was proposed uh between uh for the library and my recommendation was about
$80,000 delta $77,000 delta. uh by shifting uh by shifting um u benefits uh to the library, we're reducing it from another, you know, from another line by putting our time and
we're taking that line out. So delta is now $30,000. So, so, so just so you know, just so you know, what um what Mark is proposing is approximately $30,000
uh more more than my recommendation. I just want you to be aware of that. these budget discussions are tough and um different ways we can go about it and um I don't know I feel like you just ran
with it and uh you guys are the subject matter experts you guys took our requests instead of us working at odds you guys in my opinion work collaboratively with the town and I >> I think that's part of the process
process is I think >> yeah that's I guess that was special though cuz it it could have been done a different way. So, thank you to you. Thank you to the board of library trustees. Um, personally, I support budget as presented minus the cola. I want to add that.
>> I don't know about you, >> Mr. Chairman. >> Minus the the cost of living for the librarian. >> No, I want to make sure they get the call in there. >> Right. We didn't put it in your >> It's not by Right. No, the No, if I may, the only reason I didn't include that is
I I had thought at one point um select voted on um no raises for non-UN employees. >> No, we haven't discussed it yet. >> Okay, then I must have got Okay, you're fine. >> Okay. So, yep. >> Uh Serena and I we're like tweaking
everybody. So, recommendation, but you know, we just I didn't put myself in the negative. So, you know, >> we got to start there, >> right? Uh, excellent job. Uh, I wish everybody was as thorough and as creative as as you are. >> Sometimes it you got to think outside the box.
>> You do. And um I I I think it's gotten a lot better since we adopted the zerobased budgeting, but it's still people don't look at it from every way possible and and you did an outstanding job and you still do. Uh, thank you. I
mean, it's we hear nothing but great things about the library and um, >> yeah, I can't say anything more. It's it's phenomenal. Well, thank you. >> Thanks for tonight's presentation. >> Thank you. I do have a couple questions
if um I know it's budget related. So, >> yeah, >> if the debt exclusion fails, >> um, >> I don't know if I know this is all hypothetical. I I don't but but they are scenarios that could play out. >> Yeah. If the disclusion fails, I imagine or not imagine, I see it happening where
there could be a hiring freeze. >> Yes. >> So my question is, if I were to hire a position that comes strictly out of grant funds with nothing coming out of municipal appropriations, would that be in violation of the hiring frees? That's my question. >> I'm not a fan of hiring increases. I'm
just I'm just saying if there I'm saying if there is just hypothet I I suppose if there was one in and somebody left uh we'd have to look at each case individually and then if that's the case why you have a hiring freeze they should be looked at individually anyway >> I I guess the reason I'm asking is if
>> yeah go ahead reason I'm asking is if the solution fails >> um I know I had mentioned my plan to cover the gap in staffing would be not to split that position I may not depending how the grant funds convey feel comfortable enough hiring immediately. I may right want to do that like midway through the fiscal year. Y
>> so it could look like the library is putting out a position >> in violation of a hiring freeze if there is one >> just in case. >> Right. But but it would not be coming out of municipal funds. It would be it would be totally grant funds. So while I have you while I have the board here, I was just I figured this would be a good time to ask a question.
>> That's about the decision of the board. You know, usually uh if it we would be more reluctant if it was coming, you know, out of budget, but if it was a different funding source, >> I I think the board would be more amenable. >> Okay.
>> Yeah, I I certainly think so, but uh what's your feeling on hiring increases? Because to me, it's just words. >> I I don't I'm not good at the guessing game and the crystal ball. So >> until we see the fiscal situation of the town based on whether we have a dead
exclusion pass or not and then seeing what the town's people say at our meeting in June, we might present the budget that we think is great and the town's people reject it. Um or they might want to throw more money at who knows what they got asked me to bring crystal ball.
Yeah. >> Unfortunately, I really think it depends on I think that's why these things go in front of us. It depends on it's a timing. It depends on the timing of >> um the situation. So, >> I would say um it's just going to come back in front of us.
>> Yeah. I think it was I think while I had you it'd be a good opportunity to to ask cuz everything's hypothetical right now. We don't know what's what's going to happen, but >> every hypothetical situation I mean it could play out, >> right? >> Yeah. Right. >> One situation is going to play out. We just don't know which one. >> I think it was a good chance to ask you while I have.
>> Yeah. We'll work with every board and town department to make sure we can meet their needs. >> Yep. And if I need to come back here again, I'm not I'm okay doing that, too. >> Exactly. And uh being creative is always a plus >> on the plus side, you know. I love that. Um your request and the town
administrator's request is different. You've mentioned the delta. There's a difference, right? >> Does your request cover if if we follow the town administrator recommendation, does that my original question about keeping everyone fully staffed? Does that keep everybody fully staffed?
>> There's no attrition. the the delta is we're at what 30,000 now I the question be where would that come from if that comes from either line 5106 wouldn't be fully staffed and actually that would drop us below the state
minimum as well for certification and then we lose access to those grant funds and a lot of other things too. So what's the what's the difference between your recommendations and the department requests >> with the library?
>> Yes. >> Um the difference is factoring in moving Mark moving the monies around um his request is approximately 30,000 more than
than my recommendation >> and >> and I did not include that in total was included in the lease numbers here that you just presented. >> Correct. Correct. >> So, it's 30,000 more. And
how you you you said it already multiple times, but how much did you cut from the last time we saw you? >> The last time uh last time I saw you, I cut let's see, I brought it I added in 34. So, I would have I would have cut Let's see. I totally
That's a great question. I didn't know last my 12 cut would have been 12,000 would have been gone about 24,000 25 >> because you taken on you get because you
took on the $34,000. Sorry. That's right. >> But I also added I also added back in the 5105 just to not to say that again, but Right. >> Yeah. >> Well, it's not technically it's not it's cutting it from a different I'm lying from a different >> Yeah. cutting is I've technically not
cut I've like reallocated and attrition attritioned it out. So I I know cut brings connotation that that I'm getting rid of services or or things but in this budget I'm proposing I'm not really getting rid of it. It's just it's just it cuts to attrition reallocation.
>> So in your zerobase under 5510 it says materials at 18% of budget but there's a 19% requirement. >> Yes. >> So if we don't want to touch if we want to go with your recommendation for salaries so that
>> through your plan and attrition we can >> everyone that is employed in the library can stay employed. Mhm. >> 18% is not the requirement. 19 is. >> So, how can we get >> I guess to get to the point where
you need to be can we cut that line item cuz if it's 18% or 15% or 12% either way that's not the requirement I guess. >> So, so that that's a great question. So with the 51 5510 >> that requirement is it's not percent of
the appropriation it's percent spent on book on books. So what I can what I do is I use grant funds to subsidize that to actually get to the number at the end of the year. That's something I can use grant funds to when I fill up my financial report. It just looks at the money spent on books and
materials. And that includes what I use from the appropriation. That includes what I get from the friends. That includes what I get um from when I buy a replacement book from that that line, the copy, the fines. The fines, >> the revolving fund um when I use from
the grant funds, that all goes in there. So, I don't mind coming in lower on that, but I don't want to come in too low because if I don't hit the number on that, I I would risk certification and not find that out till after the fiscal year ends. If we're looking to cut any of the line, I could subsidize with
grant funds. I I could re I mean I suppose 5,300. I suppose the whole thing. I could I I could maybe I could put a little bit 2,000. I I could keep it level. >> My goal is not for you just to cut just
to make us happy. Just I want keep I want >> I understand but while I'm here, while I'm here, I'd rather find out than me. find out if I'm if I'm not here. >> I apologize. When I looked at the budget requests, I I didn't really see that the
town administrated and you guys had a difference. I apologize for that. I saw your memo. It's a lot for me to digest. >> Well, I I I had it's a one. >> Says a lot. >> I put a lot of numbers there. >> So, with that said, >> I also So, I guess my I guess my question So, this is I guess this is my
where I'm at questionwise. My minimum for certification is $315,984. I'm above that at $324,829.76. >> If the directive is to meet the minimum, I'll sharpen my pencil again
and knock off some stuff I feel cut off to get to the minimum. It wouldn't be cutting to cut. It would be eating the minimum. >> It's 9,000. It'll be a 30,000. I was going more towards eight. But but
who's count? But who's count? >> Yeah. I mean, so that's a Right. So I mean, it's the level of comfort that that you guys are in your recommendation. If it's a 20, it becomes a $22,000 22 $21,000 deal. So,
>> and does this budget include you hiring somebody as well >> for >> you mentioned about hiring someone in the future? Now this here >> when I when I mention that um it would not be in this bud. This is the municipal appropriation budget. When I
mention hiring some I'm talking about coming from the grant funds. So that that wouldn't that wouldn't come from what's presented here. >> Let's say we don't hire anybody but we want to keep everyone who's employed in the library employed. >> Yes. >> And let's say we don't hire anyone else. We just keep what we have.
>> Yeah. >> Grants or not? >> Y >> would that reduce this budget at all? Let's say we're just not going to hire anyone. I don't want to something else. >> Yeah. Does that does that would that find savings?
>> Well, so that this this budget includes filling the recent retiring position. So that that would this this does include a hire >> is what is is what I'm saying >> because I would I am just concerned for the folks who already have a job
paycheck this town at Dyon. >> Yeah. So, I hate to say it, but can you come back to us with a budget that doesn't include hiring anybody >> just because I want it like I want you to get your cola. I want all your employees to continue to get raises and
benefits. I want you to have your services that you currently offer. >> Uh I I want it all >> just right like you. >> Um but I don't >> We have in Ralph's budget we had $40,000, right? That's it. We have
$40,000. >> Yeah. >> And capacity >> an excess levy capacity. And >> my understanding is that is that is that a surplus >> surplus 40,000 >> um
>> just need >> but that's assuming everyone's math is right. Healthc care is right. >> That is assuming you are correct. And just uh we also heard I don't want to
put part departments up against each other but the only thing other than the library just so you know that was my concern was um the fire department mentioned that their equipments they were worried about um proper maintenance of their vehicles
and um I want to make sure out of everything I heard I want to work with the library and I want to make sure the fire department can maintain their vehicles so that people are safe. So if we could have a budget from you that doesn't
include hiring but includes everyone getting their raises, keeping their jobs, maintaining services m is that ask is that a possibility that you can maintain certification, keep all your staff and have a reasonable can we have one more bite at this I guess.
>> Yeah. So I I I guess my my question so when you say not hiring does I guess just just so just so I'm clear does that include not hiring the position that is retired >> only because of that $30,000 delta. >> Okay. So what I will say is if I drop below 315,984
we won't be certified. If it's 31598399 we it won't it won't be certified. >> Did you put your energy costs in this budget? So the energy costs are there? >> Yep. Energy costs are taken on. That's something I took on because Tom was paying for anyway. But again, >> yeah, >> took it off. Yep. >> So, you did your energy, you did your healthcare. >> Yep. So, that 176% everything that I
Yeah. >> Okay. >> If there's something If there's something else I can take on, I'll I'll I'll take it on and then then I'll work around it. >> Does it benefits include like unemployment and like any other soft costs for employees? Is there other like >> healthare benefits?
>> Healthcare benefits. That's our match. That's the 75%. That's healthare. >> Yeah. The numbers I got for were from the um the town treasure collector and that was for the town's shared what they were what the town was paying. >> Mhm.
>> Yeah. I had it broken down by all the employees that got benefits. Um removing the one that is retiring and I would be shifting that position to part-time because there will be no benefits for that. Okay.
So the minimum fund is 315 >> 315 984. >> So that means you would you and Ralph would be off by 30 uh $22,000 roughly. >> We go with the minimum. >> We go with the minimum. >> I don't I don't mind meeting the
minimum. Like if I have to meet the minimum, I'll >> we have Yeah, cuz he's losing a full-time. So to maintain the staff, I understand what you're saying about protecting who's there, right? >> But
it's not going to maintain the staff equivalent to what he has now. >> We we So he's talking about this in open session, but we we're talking about um clerical positions and like changing them around and we have that shared
>> assessor, right? Treasurer, clerk. >> So they've shared between three departments. Y how How effective can you be being shared by three departments? >> I don't know if that's necessarily going to be the answer. >> I don't know if it is either. >> I just thinking like we only have we
can't $40,000. Like we can't I we can't give the library $20,000 more and then only have $20,000 in wiggle room. >> Right. >> But if there's an employee in town hall
that could keep a job. Yeah. And that would still give us the wiggle room of of that's a rounding error. 40,000. That's like less than a percent. >> Can you come in at the minimum? >> I can come if if that's the direct I will come to the minimum that you you mark my word out.
>> The original one was at the minimum just >> right. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Was that the minimum? >> And I will come in at the minimum without touching line 510. >> I think we're at the point that you can put in the 2%. >> Yes. Okay. Okay. >> And it's it's 2%.
>> Yes. >> Okay. Even with that, I'll I'll I'll go back, sharp my pencil, and I will come in. >> Okay. >> Well, we'll take that for now and >> see where the budget process takes us. >> I will I'll I'll come back and the next budget I present will be $315,984.
>> Thank you. >> Appreciate it. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Is that something um that you would be willing to discuss again? Like if we have we want everyone to have a like we want everyone to keep their job.
>> Yep. >> And we have $40,000 of wiggle room >> and they have to >> Right. >> They have to spend so much. >> Yep. >> Um >> I think they need to keep the certification. >> They need to keep the certification. Right.
>> Right. So that shared position with three departments. >> Yeah. I'm not like I just said earlier, we'd have to reook at that, right? You with Ralph in the numbers. Um I'm not 100% sure that that's the answer, >> right? >> That that might spread the those three
departments too thin, >> right? >> And and how do you how do you account for that? How how do you say they get 10 hours, they get 10 hours, they get 12 hours or or whatever it equals out to be that um one department
is not going to suffer or it's the year of an audit and >> yeah I think I mean there are flows in departments where you know can um focus more on on another department as opposed to like u you know
the time of year time of day. >> Thank you. I I appreciate it. So we're splitting the salary between u between the three departments but you know but the workflow begins you know so we don't want any any one
department to suffer or but you know there are times where case in point where the treasury officer you know Monday morning they're Monday morning they're busy because you know because of payroll right so that's payroll so may
not be as busy but post later on in the afternoon they shift over shift over to assessing and make themselves available at the count >> I mean I mean if we don't get a dedication we have to come >> and and we have to find a place to do
and and that's what you know as much as I don't want to do it these are things thing I you know I have to present to and you know to make that decision.
Okay. I just want to point out that u you know it puts us in a tenuous position but um our snow and ice deficit is um we're pushing $400,000 and we're only at this point we're only playing
200 grand $200,000 of the free cash to you want to sort of massage that a little bit at some at some at some point to give us a right a little bit of buffer that might be a consideration So I
>> it's the figure is at 400,000. >> Very close. We're like 345. Where what are we at? >> Um I think two weeks ago it was like 315 >> and then there was salt came in.
>> But you know I'm sure there's other invoices that just made >> will come in. >> That's what happens when you have some snow. Yeah. what we've made out for the last few years. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, >> I mean, it may not hit the 400,000 mark.
>> Yeah. But I mean, >> it's not going to be that much. >> Yeah. It might be good 20,000, you know. So, >> it's these fives of thousands, tens of thousands. The situation we're we're in right now >> makes a difference. So,
>> and what do they get paid? >> Who? >> Snow Claus. as soon as they turn in an invoice. >> Yeah. >> At the outside vendors. >> Okay. >> It just doesn't get financed until telling me when it's voted from >> Well, it we're allowed to go in the
deficit legally >> and then fund the deficit from free cash. >> You don't have to. If you can fit within the raise and appropriate levy limit, then you can just leave it there. >> Okay. >> And because we said state of emergency, we have three fiscal years to pay for that. Is that what you mentioned or something like that?
>> We has not come through yet. >> Oh, that's a hope. That's a hope. >> We're hoping. Okay. >> All right. >> Cool. So, I'm going to do a motion at the table of the library budget. >> Yeah, that's fine. Uh, I'll sit down chair second.
>> Um, any discussion or more discussion? All those in favor? >> I can I just ask, are we going to do the no debt exclusion budgets first? >> Yes, that's fine. It it doesn't matter to me, but it's >> it's the doctor.
>> Sure. >> Don't laugh when you say that. >> Huh? >> My what? >> Are you colorful? >> I didn't mean >> it. Oh, yes. Oh, that dog. Yeah. >> Okay.
Um, starting off with 113, then >> I'll make a motion uh to recommend uh the department 113 for $6,000. >> Uh, I'll step down as chair and second. Any discussion? All those in favor?
>> I. >> Can I say like as recommended by the town administrator? Is that >> Yeah, that's fine. >> Yeah. Okay. All right. I'll make a motion to um accept the 114 moderator at $125.
>> Chair second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I'll make a motion for 122 board selectman to recommend the department at $184,479.34. >> Chair second. Any discussion? All those in favor?
>> I administrator. >> Um I'll make a motion for 124 time administrator department total to recommend it as 201,532.85. >> So chair second. Any discussion? All
those in favor? I finance. >> So this is um cutting stipens in half >> half again. Yep. >> And that that you comfortable with that? >> I'm not but um we can't my opinion was
I didn't want to cut them but if it means laying somebody off then we should cut them. >> Okay. So, we're going to follow the time for the record. >> Okay. Uh, I'll make a motion for department 131 finance committee department total to be $1,037.
>> Step down as chair and second. Uh, any discussion or more discussion? All those in favor? I >> This is reserve fund. Ralph, is that something we should look at? I mean when we that's what we that's what we go through.
>> I know. >> So I mean it's that's a lot more appropriation as we have it especially when we have tight budget. >> Yeah. or not. >> I mean, if we went to 50,000
>> uh you know, my original recommendation was 50. I know uh Fincom wants to go to U 55. I have no opposition if you want to do 50. >> Well, I I guess thinking of what might happen at the library.
>> Yeah. >> And uh we we're now >> putting on the table I >> three positions shared by one person. Um >> well, you know something um I think um
if you reduce it to 15 and say some point as Mark was saying that he's looking to you know to put uh to put it towards fire maintenance you know they if they're if they're running short they would have to go to the reserve fund anyway. So maybe you know sort of six
one half dozen of another. >> Yeah. I'll make a motion for um 132 reserve fund for $50,000. Also done chair in a second. Any more discussion? All those in favor?
>> I uh town accountant. I will make a motion for the recommendation to for 135 town to be $180,4701. Chair is second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I
assessor. >> Is the discrepancy just on um department requests and town administrator? That's just the um >> salary lines, right? >> It's of reduction in >> Okay. >> Okay.
I'll make a motion. Are you okay for a motion? Sorry. I didn't even ask. Uh board of assessors 141. >> Um total to be $177,64322. >> I'll sit down as chair in a second, but can you just describe one more time?
It's going to be two and a and a quarter positions in that office. the two and a third. >> No, it's for no no debt exclusion. They will be the assessor and the um assistant assessor, >> right? >> To do no floating position.
>> We're doing a floating position if we get the dead exclusion >> because we're, you know, trying to find efficiencies and keep it continuing to keep it tight. >> Um any more discussion? All those in favor?
Hi, town president. >> So, same uh same situation for town treasure. Okay. >> Um are you ready for motion? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. Motion to recommend town treasurer 145 uh department total to be
$96,377.90. >> I'll chair a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? I. Uh, town collector. Motion, please. >> I'll make a motion for 146. Town collector department total to be uh
recommended as $95,712.90. >> I'll chair a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? uh town council. Is there any way to >> I mean >> I I know. >> Yeah, that's a tough one.
>> The amount of times I asked has town council looked at this time. >> If we get if we get rid of Mark $5,000, >> that's my favorite question. >> Um Do we have any anything?
>> I'm sorry. >> Anything? I know we've been using them a lot >> lately. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> The labor council is really behind on billing. >> Yeah. >> Is that why it hasn't been spent that much? >> Yeah. That's the little note says July.
>> Okay. Because 33,000 remaining in their budgets on the surface looks great. >> Make sure you spend that wrong. >> I will I will just for anyone watching.
>> I won't spend so I appreciate that. >> Uh So, I'll make a motion town council um 151 to be recommended as $40,000. >> I'll put down chair a second. Any more discussion? All those in favor?
>> I uh data processing, please. >> Question on data processing. I just want to take No, I believe we did last time. >> Okay. >> I think it was the 1900 and I could did confirm we could take that out for COA. >> Oh, okay. Perfect. Thank you. Welcome. >> So that is reflected in the um town
administrator recommendation. >> Yes. On the revised documents. >> Thank you. Uh I will make a motion for data processing 155 department total to be $66,846.20. Um just before 5305 the building permit
software is anybody using it besides the three departments or four departments like is ZBA planning? >> We're hoping to expand it. Uh it would be >> it's like 5,000 every time we expand it, right? >> Um >> and then a thousand you get to maintain
>> I believe. So I haven't run those numbers yet, but it's it >> we're we're not using it to its full potential, right? So, at some point we want I mean we we're putting together like a little mini task force to see what it would what it would cost to uh
to expand it because it it would be more efficient if uh if a permit comes in and then all the appropriate departments get to look at it and and click on it and click approval. It just would make it a lot >> right. Well, we purchased this thing for 50,000 or was it 20,000 originally? I
know it's a big big difference in numbers, but do you remember what it was when we purchased this? Uh Jim Aguia was here and I remember coming him coming to the selectman and making his presentation and it was >> I remember that >> it's 50,000 I think close to it. I don't
remember. >> You don't remember the number? Um >> but if if we're not using it to its full potential um it it seems like a waste of money. Well, I mean what we're using it for I mean for permit >> the permitting software we're using for
Right. So you you pay for uh rights for specific uh tasks and licensing and I think that's we're we're we're maximizing what we have. I just need to know if we could if we could what it would cost to add to Okay. >> Yeah.
>> I have more of this discussion. Um, I think I made the motion. >> Oh, did you? Okay. I'm sorry. I'll step down as chair and second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I >> um on the building permit software user
fees >> to >> 9600. >> Yes. To our chairman's point, is there a way at our next board sucker meeting you could have a breakdown on that and we could reconsider it if we are paying for user fees and folks aren't using it?
>> Um, >> because if there's a way we could >> Yeah, I could I could Yeah, I could >> priorities and and a list of priorities. It'd be worth the debate and discussion if next fiscal year to expand it. >> Yep. >> Okay. And um I will uh put that in the
form of a motion. I'll step down the street in a second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I >> I >> um tax title for closure. Um I'll make a motion to recommend $5,000. >> Um
haven't spent any >> I know our uh treasurer talked about a timing issue with that, I believe. Okay. Okay. And changes in in the laws. >> But last year we spent 2500
or uh I mean 2,800. >> I remember the conversation. Uh can we grab a thousand out of that? I remember um Paul was limitedly flexible on it >> on it. Okay.
>> Yeah. So >> yeah, like I remember the the conversation. I don't >> remember that. Remember that particular >> I will with my motion. Do you want to meet in the middle 500? >> Yeah, that's fine. >> I'll make a motion for the board that
select to recommend 158. um tax foreclosure for 4,500. >> I'll share a second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? >> So, what do we pick up? Five there and
>> 5500 so far. Uh town clerk, please. >> Okay. >> I just want to take a look. >> Yeah. You're looks like your recommendation is higher
than the department request. Can you help me find where that is from? >> Sure. >> Oh, the um uh it was the 2% increase. >> Oh, sorry. >> Okay, perfect. So, everything else is the same. Okay, no problems with that. I'll make a
motion uh for department total for town clerk 161 to be $147,55920. >> I'll sit down this chair and second. >> Any more discussion? All those in favor? >> I. >> Who did we miss? Anybody else with the 2% job? >> I
>> No, I've been looking. >> Thanks. >> Uh elections. This is for four meetings. I mean two meetings in two
elections. It's uh three elections. Three meetings. >> Was that accurate that um vote for the school data exclusion should be in this uh budget FY27?
>> Yeah. If it if it does occur, it will be it will uh the special panel election will be April of 27 and the potential election will be the following month, May of 27. So, it's at the very end of fiscal year,
right? >> Yeah, we had I had mentioned that the other day to you. Is there any language in our bylaw that gives the board of selectmen any flexibility to change the annual town election date for that one election so we can have one election next year
instead of two? >> Yeah. I mean our our uh our annual town election will be in in April. I remember the bylaw it says >> first Saturday it's the first Saturday after the first Monday.
of >> for the >> the election >> for the election. >> So the debt exclusion is there's no way it could be ready for the April election. >> No, no, we had looked at that. They had looked at that. They will not get their their numbers until the end of March.
>> Oh wow. >> Yeah. So with the MSA with the Yeah. Yeah. So the MS MSBA we um you know we had a discussion. How about at the uh June annual meeting? >> Uh you can have an election and a town
meeting at the same date. >> And I believe you could have it at the school. So we could have our town meeting and host an election at the same time. I believe I don't know what the minimum num number of there's a minimum number of hours you have to host an
election. Four. I don't know what that is. >> I don't know. I think you couldn't have an election on the day of like that meeting. in some way. >> I don't know it as a fact, but I'm pretty sure you can because that's I believe how some folks elect the people. >> Yeah.
>> It's just it's a high number and uh I understand why how she came about the number. But if there was any room to play >> Yeah. >> with >> I mean Yeah. >> There's got to be a creative way that we can have that vote without having a special election for it. So wasteful.
>> Yeah. >> Mhm. And if we could move either the annual the annual town election if it's only a month, it's one month difference. It's April versus May. That's what it is. >> I could Yeah, it's a almost a month. It
would almost be a month later. I could reach out to town council. >> Okay. >> I love that. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah, that one might be worth it. I don't. >> We're going to be paying police details,
election workers, mailing out ballots, clerk staff. >> Yeah. >> Can we table this one then? >> Uh, we can. I can get some further information. It may require a vote at town meeting to to move the election. I don't I don't know. I don't >> We have time for that as well. You know,
if we could put that on the word and >> we could we could either I mean, I think we have enough. We could either do it at at the annual or at the special in November in November, but I'll reach out and see what >> that was a really good idea because if
we if the language in the bylaw is so restrictive that we can't move the annual town election date at all. um we'd have time at this June uh because this June annual town meeting to add that language in to give us some flexibility and um it would still be
time for it to go through the attorney general approval that we should be okay for next year. So that would be a good question and save us some money. Yeah, you'd be looking at a third. No, $5,000
that we could take. Uh, that's a good question. >> Five or 6,000? I think I thought she like 6,000 in an election or something. >> Yeah. >> And even uh that's worth looking into anyways for future votes, you know, to
look at that. >> So, I'll make a motion to table 162 elections. Does um Serena, this might be your your answer, an answer. She has offduty police
details for $9,800. $88. $988. Does the police department have that same number in their detail? >> No. >> Okay. >> They don't appropriate anything in their detail. It's a revolver.
>> Okay. So yeah, let's table that one. Okay, >> I'll step down in a second. Um, any more discussion? All those in favor? I um $600 from the registrance.
>> Okay, I'll make a motion to recommend >> Oh, 9100. Whoops. Oh, no. Yeah, 91. >> Uh, yep. $9,100 for department 163 registration. >> I'll sit down as chair second. Any discussion? All those in favor?
>> I just have a change for the next department >> conservation. >> Yeah, they came to me early this week and their commissioners voted an additional $500 for the gas and fuel. So that brings their department request to
63,947.70. But I don't don't believe Ralph was going to change his recommendation for that. >> No. >> Can we put that all in under town administrator? >> Can we do that? A fuel card. >> I think that's going to be really difficult honestly to manage because
then somebody would have to collect all of the original receipts and verify them. And >> you don't want to have that job. I don't want you to have it either. I think >> they have enough to do where I think each department can take that responsibility on if they're driving a
hybrid that they can put in a few bucks for fuel in it. >> Right. We're not talking huge numbers here. That >> and I think once a full-time building inspector is back using that vehicle often the way it was intended initially that conservation may not even be able
to have the time to use it. >> Right. >> Yeah. I would not add the 500 fuel back then. >> No. I agree. >> So, um, a motion to keep the not a motion. I'm sorry. You want to make the motion to keep the that 63
694? >> That's higher than the department request. >> They miscalculated the uh the raise the the salary by a few bucks. you give a little bit more in professional and technical.
>> I um I asked for a more complete breakdown on professional and technical. Did we ever get that from when >> No, we didn't get anything from from >> provided that I >> No, you didn't provide anything. >> Oh, >> no. I I did ask for I said that was your
second biggest budget line and if we could have a better zero uh budget breakdown on that per our polic budget that every other department has to do. I'm going to do a motion to table uh 171
and to refer the professional and technical zerobased breakdown back to the conservation commission. They're at 225. Sinking they budgeted last year. They've only spent 267.
Well, as of December 31st. >> Uh, yeah, that's right. So, I'll step down as chair and second that. Any more discussion? >> Every other department has to go through the motion, so just equity. >> Yeah, I second it. Uh, any more discussion?
All those in favor >> I uh planning. >> I never received a response from the D trails. >> Okay. Oh, I have a question on the Dan Trails. The Dy Trails donated,
it's kind of off topic, but the Dy Trails donated >> benches. >> And I think could you look into that? Like can um like in the case of an audit, could a
board that falls under the selectman or could any board just uh donate town property without it going to the board of selectman? Like is that um is that >> uh I get I know it's on property but it's going
>> donated. Well, I we'll have to find out what the donation is. Was the donation funds? Does the donation like the the pressure treated wood or whatever? I'll try. So, I guess in this case it did stay on town property, but if
I just want to make sure that's okay in the contract. >> Who maintains these benches that we're going to get? >> It would be the kids. >> They're going to maintain them. >> But usually that's they provide they have to provide a maintenance plan. Yeah. >> You know, that's probably Eagle Scout project.
>> Okay. >> Which we didn't ask for. No, I was just thinking pressure treated >> only last so long and >> look tacky after a while. >> Mhm. >> Uh, so Titan Trails would keep TP at zero.
>> Yes. So, planning board, >> I'll make a motion for planning board 175 to be uh recommended at $47,733.84. >> I'll second chair second. Any
discussion? All those in favor. Order of appeals. I'll make a motion for the recommendation for Board of Appeals, Department 176 to be $32,25644. >> That's a 2% raise in there.
>> Uh, yes. >> No, >> no, look. >> Oh, no. No. That's right. She's Sorry. She's clarifying that. That's great. Everybody says a good thing. Okay. Uh, I'll step down as chair and second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I
uh DEC GC. That's um that's a lot of money for something that barely got used, >> right? actually make it 400 and take another five from it. >> Okay, that's because I was going to do
no motion. So, I'll do the 400. Yes. >> Uh I'll do a motion for um Dian Economic Development 189 to be recommended for $400. >> I'll sit down and share a second. Any
more discussion? All those in favor? I >> um building So, this takes the library energy and puts it in the library department. The module is out of there.
>> Okay. Awesome. >> It also take some out of the custodial for the cleaning. >> Open the library. >> Good job. >> How do you do it?
>> Peacemail. Ready for a motion? >> Yes. Uh yeah. I I guess what was the other thing I was thinking though? There's one more. Oh um the groundskeeping supplies. Not not the groundskeeping. What was it? The shed
equipment. The copers. >> How come it dropped? Is it because of the library again? Oh, went from uh from 11,000 to 10,500, >> right? >> Yeah. We were trying to find uh as as we went through, we're trying to get close as close as we can to actual usage.
>> That's what it is. Actual usage. >> It's closest we can figure it. Yeah. >> Okay. All right. Uh yeah, Mark motion. I'll make a motion for public buildings and properties 192 to be recommended for $216,600.
>> Uh step chair second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? >> I reports. >> Do you know roughly how much one book costs? One annual town report costs a printer. 10 bucks, 20 bucks like
roughly. >> No. >> No. Because we do put it online, right? I believe 34. >> We are going to put it online. We're only going to print up >> 75. >> 75. >> Yeah. >> Do you think we could do like 750 bucks
for this and as much as we can? >> Yeah, I know. On the end is pricing it out and it's pretty close pretty close to it's kind of sometimes the shorter the run the more expensive the book >> because the it's all a lot of it's in
the startup. I don't think so. >> But you could order less books for for 750 if that's all you got to work with. Maybe >> it's one of those things where setting up the initial die is probably 500 bucks.
>> And for 75 books is probably the same price as a,000 books, >> right? >> Um, you want to keep that thousand? >> I I would say so if if you're saying that she's >> I don't think she's shopping it around. Like I said, it's a tough one to find, you know. >> Yeah.
>> It's um >> if we want to, >> you know, we want to put a nice book, it's going to be this. If we want just put up, you know, we want to go back to the books with the spiral binders on it. >> So, >> yeah. So,
>> I'd keep it at it. >> I was just going to make a point that these books have to be available to the residents that come to the um annual town meeting in June. >> Okay. I have enough to satisfy everybody walking.
>> So all 55 people that show up. >> I'll make a motion for uh department 195 to be recommended for $1,000. >> Also vice chair and second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I >> uh police department. >> So just a note on these. I'm still
confirming the chief's salary and the deputy chief's salary. um along with the SRO's >> and what is there to confirm? >> Um their estimate is higher than mine for the salary. So I just wanted to make
sure I'm not missing anything. >> I I question the deputy chief at a 10.8% raise. >> He's getting a degree. So his contract >> goes that that much. >> Significant increase. Yep. >> And he got a degree. >> Yeah. Wow. >> And the same thing on the chief will be
>> Well, I know the chief of his >> Yeah. So that's 10% for a bachelor's degree. >> Do you recommend we recommend this number? And if you you'll let us know if uh the uh the town administrators will recommend the town administrators number. >> Yes, because the second board of select
men's meeting in April um we'll come back together with the finance committee. So then I I should have all of the final numbers at that point. >> Okay. Or we can make any adjustments. So >> absolutely. >> All right. >> Okay. Mark, whenever you're ready. >> I'll make a motion for public safety department 210 department total to be uh
2,58,99.38. >> I'll second as chair and second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I >> the same thing with the communications salary. >> Yeah. >> Um that is also um being verified with the
chief. I believe somebody's getting staff increases. That's not good news. >> Okay, Mark, whenever you're ready. >> At least they're staying with us. So that's that's good news.
>> Uh so communications department 215 recommend the department to be $429,646.85. >> I'll done as chair and second. Any discussion? All those in favor? a fire department. >> Um,
so for that one, >> you want to increase the maintenance? >> I do. I found his ca our fire chief's case to be very compelling and scary that um he didn't feel totally comfortable
that he could he was putting off maintenance that on his trucks um and he was uncomfortable with it. >> Yeah. >> And I think he was probably I think he was too generous with us in the town with that with that number. So I would
like to increase it. Um fire equipment repairs was 28,000 in FY25 expenditures and 18,000 expenditures in FY26. >> Is there a deficit?
>> He's already a deficit. Good point. >> Um I remember him throwing around a number like it was 10 or $20,000 less than what he'd like to be. >> Wow. Is that Am I off by that? Do you remember him saying something like that too?
>> 25,000. 20 to 25,000. 20 25,000 would be $9,000 increase. >> So if it's mandatory maintenance and he exceeds it, he's going to come back for
you finding a different line. worst case scenario, right? >> I don't know if if I I know he's not comfortable with, but the number he gave us um if he can find it someplace else.
>> I'd like to increase that number to an even $20,000. >> 20,000. >> So, we'd eat up um 4,000 of what we saved on But we'll send a message to his department that we value their safety.
>> And this is number 5240. >> Yes. >> Right. >> Uh yeah, that's 20,000. >> Okay. You want to make that motion? >> Yeah. I'm just going to figure out the difference. 866. Oh, no. Um, >> it's 383. >> 38.
>> So, it's 8:50. 386 talk. >> Sorry. Okay. 3,830.50 is the difference, right? Okay. I'm sorry. 8538612.
That's what you said. My apologies. >> I know. Thank you for checking. >> Definitely. So, I'm going to make a motion to um recommend line 542. 524
>> 5240 fire equipment repairs and maintenance for $20,000 for all other recommendations to be as the town administrator recommended and for the department total to be $850,38612.
>> I'll sit down as chair and second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? Uh, ambulance service. >> I'm ready to make a motion if you want. >> Yeah. >> Okay. I'll make a motion for ambulance service department 231 department total
to be 882,84.15. >> I'll sit down as chair a second. Any more discuss? Any discussion? All those in favor? I building inspector. We are going 98,000 instead of 100,000. >> Yep. >> I'm sorry. What
>> salary? Uh 5105 is going to be 5105 is going to be 98,000. >> Are you changing your recommendation for that as well? >> Yeah. >> Uh do you agree, Mark? >> Yes. I will make a motion.
Make sure Do we know of any buildings that are kind that are on the chopping block that we need 5,000 for? >> I usually takes such a long time to actually dispose of something. >> Yeah, it used to be a 10. I think I'm comfortable to knocking it down to to
five. You never know. You never know. >> Well, I know. But unless there's a fire, the process takes about a year anyway. So if we don't know of anything now, >> there's nothing now. >> So there's nothing now. So I mean,
>> you know what I mean? >> Yeah. >> Oh, absolutely. >> So if there's nothing now on the books, then why are we budgeting anything? Because it wouldn't be until next fiscal year that by >> I don't know if it takes a year. I mean, >> well, that's what Jim Maggui told me one time when we were doing budgets because
he had three houses to take down in one year and he had like $15,000. >> Okay. >> And uh and I so we approved it and then when he came back he didn't spend it. He says, "Well, the process to >> taking it from the the people who owned
it going through the court system took him >> over a year because it never was in that fiscal budget. >> But this was going back three years ago. So, we're going to have a new building commissioner starting. It's going to take them a while to learn that their role town. I I know they've been around
for a little bit, but >> um they could always come back to special town meeting and we could appropriate it then. >> Um so, that would kind of >> help offset the other department. And uh to to that point as well another efficiency we haven't spent any money on
travel this year and right I don't believe and then FY25 >> we haven't had any money to use the travel because they go to but it's boa and they have to for their uh for their
uh maintenance uh continuing ed continuing ed uh classes. nothing that um you know >> I mean 750 is is I mean I wouldn't strike it completely because you can say that oh yeah we had that job you know
just because >> our prior building inspector didn't really use the car as much he right >> submitted for reimbursement and drove his personal vehicle >> I'm not sure what our parttime inspectors do because it's not being put in here >> right >> um so I hear you like we should put some
money So they can go to conferences. But >> yeah, >> what about 250 750? >> So that's 500. >> 130 13 >> 302 >> 302.
>> The demo is going to go to zero. >> Yeah. If there's a fire and the house has to come down, like I said, we can go to >> We'll find something. >> Yeah. >> But then it's usually paid by the insurance company anyway.
>> Uh these have been condemned houses that he's taken down. And there's none condemned with the exception of one, but that's been that condemned for for years on >> Fremont Street or I don't know. Yes.
Okay. So, I'll make a motion for department 251, line 5105, to be recommended at $98,000. Line uh 5380
to be recommended at zero. and line uh 5710 travel to be recommended at $250 for all other lines to match the town administrator recommendations
and for the department total to be recommended at $130,32.73 >> chair and second. Any more discussion? All those in favor. >> Good job. Gas inspector. >> I'll make a motion to recommend gas
inspector department total at 6750 higher than 25. >> I think that's >> the state fees that contract. >> No, >> the what? That one's not the state, but they had an increase in the pay inspection,
>> right? >> Weights and measures is the state. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, whenever you want >> uh two, we didn't vote on that. >> No. >> All right. I'll make a motion for 242
uh department total to be 6750. I'll >> pass share a second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I uh Whenever you're ready. >> Sure. >> I will make a motion for department 243
plumbing department total to be recommended at 7,750. >> Also done. Share a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I uh weights and measures is uh state >> state contracts. I will make a motion for weights and
measures department 244 to be recommended at $3,000. >> I'll sit down as chair and second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> Electrical. >> Okay. Looks like we're on track on that one. >> Y >> I will make a motion for department 245
electrical to be recommended at $20,000. >> Also done. Chair second. Any discussion? All those in favor? All right. Animal control officer. >> What do you think, Ralph? >> Um, well, one, we have to have an animal control
officer. But two, if if um we get that mutual agreement, we will be paying we'll be continuing to paying the animal control officer, but we will be receiving payments from Berkeley to put to put >> into into the general fund.
>> Yes. Yes. >> Yeah. So, it doesn't change the budget. Yeah. >> Okay. They have no animal control officer right now. >> Not really. >> Okay. Uh so then it doesn't change unless you
find something else. Yeah. >> Do some subscriptions. spent in FY26 1250 and not expenditures FY25 nothing. and spent. There's nothing spent under
uh professional and technical yet for FY26 and only $278 in FY25. So, I think we could do um professional technical at 600 and still be comfortable. And I think we could
completely strike dues and subscriptions and they could use professional and technical or another line item if they if they had something. >> Who made this the police chief, right? >> That's not really aligned with like GAP accounting practices. She's paying dues.
>> Sure. >> If you could overspend that line, it's her overall budget would be okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you for that. >> Are you okay with that? >> Yeah. So, we're going to take 725. >> Um 8:25.
>> 8:25. I do. So, I will make a motion for department 292, animal control officer, to recommend line 5302, professional technical, for $600.
Um line 5730 dues and subscriptions for zero and for all other lines to match the town administrator recommendation for a department total to be recommended at $67,184.58. >> I'll chair a second. Any more
discussion? All those in favor. >> Forestry. I'll make a motion for department 294 forestry department total to be recommended for $70.70. >> Second. Any discussion? All those in favor? I
>> emergency preparedness. >> I will make a motion for department 299 emergency preparedness uh to be recommended after $1,000. is done. Chair a second. All those in favor? >> I >> I
should say any more discussion, but there was uh education. >> Has he given us any indication of coming back with the lower number yet? >> No. >> No. They voted last night. >> Last night, right? And they voted at the 3 >> 3.15. Yeah.
>> Yeah. I think you're going to see some opposition to that at the town meeting. >> Um, do we have to recommend it or can we just like the DR and the BP school committees and the BA they all recommend it and
>> we don't have a line by line. I don't know >> if the board needs to recommend a assessment. >> I I my personal let it go as is. >> Okay. So recommendations. Okay. >> Yes.
>> All right. So uh highway How come his full time went up to 19.84%. >> Um, >> what was that? >> Well, I our our numbers are more accurate. There was some I don't um
they were uh putting some positions in the wrong spot. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So I mean you know serving the confir confirm salaries. >> Yep. >> Does this include we had two open positions. We >> one open.
>> Yeah. Yeah. >> We're filling that one. So >> we're filling the one, right? So that's that's included in here. >> Would this have funding for another position? The other vacancy. >> No debt exclusion. >> No. >> No vacancy. Okay.
I'm ready. >> Yeah, I guess so. I'll make a motion for department 422 highway department total to be 761,7735 second. Any discussion or discussion? I
You still recommend the 50,000 first snow, >> right? No less. But do you recommend going higher on that or once we go higher? You're always going to go higher. >> Oh, right. That's right. >> Department 423. Snow and ice. and I recommend $50,000.
>> I'll sit down as chair and second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? >> I Berkeley Bridge. Is this an an agreement or is this actual cost? The expenses reflected are the actual
cost and then the revenue comes in on the general fund revenue for their portion up a few bucks there. The original request was 1300. >> 1300 energy increased by uh 400 and uh
repairs and maintenance decreased by 250. >> Right. We were going by the overall training of what you know what was tracking. So >> we're trying to make it more of what it is. Okay, you ready for motion?
>> Um, what can you even repair for 250 as a >> and can we take it out of a different budget like that? >> Yeah, I I know. But um No, we weren't having a lot of repairs going on. I mean, >> I would So,
>> they do paint the lines on occasion. >> Yeah, I don't either. >> They probably don't even break it down. >> Yeah, >> that way. >> I think Tom's concern was um the lights. >> There was a light that needed repairing. He did say that he wasn't going to repair it till this budget. >> Remember the one that deteriorated down
the bottom >> and you had to go and take a plate off and replace the plate? >> Okay. So, if there's a need, we had a conversation about it. But can't we do that this fiscal year? >> We haven't spent it and >> if you haven't >> Yeah. I don't know why he'd wait till next year. I don't remember that.
>> Uh yeah. No, I um I remember the conversation about the light >> being deteriorated being deteriorated. >> Um so why don't we do 1,200 for energy and and leave out the repair and maintenance purchase materials this year?
I will make a motion uh for department 429 um 5210 energy to be 1200 5243 repair and maintenance to be zero for department total of $1,200.
Share a second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I >> street cleaning storm water. Whenever you're ready, >> I'll make a motion for street cleaning storm water department 42 432
uh department total to be 1,27,7389. >> That's not the street clean. It's >> that's clean is 213. >> Okay, that would be >> we have street county. Um, I will make a
motion for that number to be uh amended to 213,85084. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I the wasting collection, does that reflect the trash bag increase at all
anywhere? Oh, that's in >> Cass did go up though recently. Does that include C masses increase? >> Yeah, included the um changes in the uh in the contracts. We haven't spent any money on testing
wells. Do you know anything about that or the $20,000 that we have >> for this fiscal year? >> Yeah. No, I don't. >> I think that's something in the spring. >> Spring >> because we did spend almost 12,000. >> Yeah, but it's up from 11,000 just the
year year before. I know they have to test because Jean Nelson who was a select at the time they closed it >> when I was on the science committee told me that it was mandatory testing every year >> right >> but why why' it jump 9,000 I guess
>> could we have more information on that at a future meeting >> sure okay thank you all righty I'll make a motion to recommend department 433 uh at $896,6557 75 cents. >> Before we do that, but if we can chop
off um something for monitoring monitoring the wells, if it's not $20,000, why budget 20,000? >> And if in the research uh they find that we need it, we can reconsider it in our meeting in April, right?
>> Yeah. >> So, do you want to do 15,000? >> Yeah. Okay. >> I'm going to withdraw my motion. 894 894, right? >> Oh, 1500.
>> Okay. So, I'm going to make a motion to recommend line 5300 monitor testing wells for $15,000 for all other lines to match the town administrator's recommendation and for
the department total to be $894,655.75. >> Done. Share a second. Any more discussion? All those in favor that doesn't work. It's 800. Should be 890. You took 5,000 off. 891. >> Yeah, >> 891 >> 65575 is what I have.
>> Yep, I agree with that. >> So, I will um amend my department total to be $891,655.75. >> I'll chair and second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I >> thank you for that.
uh transfer station. The uh overtime hours, who is that for? >> When the highway employees need to cover if that person is not available, >> it is not built into the highway department's overtime budget already. >> No.
So, automobile stickers FY25. We spent $516. I would say less people using the transfer station. We took away some surfaces to the station. >> Can we do it for 700? Every savings counts, right?
>> Absolutely. >> All right. >> And then the other thing is the um >> the bulky >> station that's probably not a monthly pickup.
>> That's a pickup. >> That's I think once a year. >> No, I think that the bulky pickup is here. all the items out the transportation and they that's when they they transport it.
So we spent 40,600 this year only 17,000 so far. You seem to be budgeting a lot for something that >> even even if you double the 40. >> Well, that's right. >> The disposal. >> I mean, even if you double,
you spent 17,000 in 26 >> December >> so far. So, even if you double that, there's no way is 65,000. >> What about keeping the FY26 number? 59,000. >> Yeah.
>> So that's 5,400 >> plus 100. So it's 5500. Okay. So, I'll make a motion for department 435 uh line item 5302
transfer station bulky to be recommended at $59,000. 5580 automobile stickers for $700 for a all other lines to match the town administrator's recommendation for department total of $92,850.
Chair second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I >> cemetery. >> I'll make a motion to recommend 491 cemetery for $32,46.35. >> Chair and second. Any discussion? All those in favor?
>> I do. We have a town nurse. >> Yeah. Okay. related to your neighbor, I think to the left of you. >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah. >> She used to when I had my knee on, she came to visit
>> and that was her brother, I think. >> Oh, I love it. That's awesome. Small world. So we had an education stipens request. Oh, so Oh, the Okay. The request is your recommendation matches the request, but
it's down 175 from FY26. >> Yes. >> That's from turnover if an employee's in there. >> Yes. Okay. And we don't we do have a gold allowance. I thought we thought way did away with gold allowances because we did for conservation, didn't we?
>> No. >> Last year we didn't do away with >> the conservation had it in their budget this year, >> but um how much is the board of health going out there that they need a Google allowance for? >> I'd like it to match whatever. >> Yeah.
What number is conservation? >> Conservation is 171. >> Okay. And to refresh our memory, we did take the boot allowance from building inspector. >> Okay. >> That was $300 to zero. >> Yep. Conservation has 300
>> because she deals more with That's a bit of money. >> So, all right. So, we have a blue allowance for the cons conservation agent for 300 and >> well, we table that account, too. So, we can go back and look at that for
conservation >> and 150. So, they don't match either. >> No. >> So, I'm just going to make a note under conservation. So, we'll go back to review it. We can talk about it. >> Okay. I think you can buy a nice pair of boots
for $150. >> My honest opinion was they needed it twice a year, which I thought was crazy. Um it's not like they go out there that much in the mud, >> right? >> But they need a new pair of boots twice a year, >> especially mud right now. And I'm rubber boots.
>> Yeah. Once a year, you know, in the spring, buy a new pair. And I think if one employee gets it >> Yeah. >> and another employee is eligible, they they should be for the same amount, >> right? >> So I'm inclined if the health agent does have fieldwork
for them to get the 150, but for the conservation agents to be to match it of 150 when we talk about that in the future. >> Yep. >> Are you okay with that? >> Yep. >> Okay. So if that is the case, I will not.
>> Whenever you're ready. >> Okay. I'll make a motion for department 510 board the health recommendation to be 102,56585 chair second any more discussion all those in favor >> I
ca >> okay I will make a motion for council on The colas are in there for COA too. >> Yes. >> No, they're >> Oh, >> yeah. But it's >> Yeah.
>> Okay. I make a motion for 541 council aging recommendation to be $182,275.84. >> Chairman second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? >> I veterans. Office supplies.
Yeah. Office supplies for,200 >> and he only spent 376 >> the previous year and 265 only this year up until December, >> right? >> Or up until January 1st.
I don't think it needs to be that high. >> I agree. >> What number do you propose? >> 500. the veteran's grave maintenance. Is that different from the cemetery? >> Yeah, I I believe it is because they do
they go to the veterans graves and Right. The flag on. >> Is that what that cost is? >> I'll move. >> Okay. I'll make a motion for department 543, veteran services,
for line um 5420, office supplies, to be um in the amount of $700 for all other lines to match the town administrator's recommendation and for the department total to be recommended as $110,664.34.
So that's the supplies is going to 500, not seven. >> It's going to 700, not five. >> Five. >> It's going to 500. We save >> cuz he said 700. >> Mark said seven when you run it. >> No, >> you said take 500. >> Yeah, I said take $500 off. So it's
>> I thought I you thought you reduce it to 500. Produce it to 700. Okay. >> So you want it to be 700, >> right? All right. So, I'll sit down chair a second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? >> I library going table.
>> Yeah. And co is zero, right? It says 396, but that's >> that's something else. >> 396. That's the total. >> Very, very good.
>> So, parks and wreck. >> I'll make a motion to recommend parks and wreck 630 for 11,500. >> I'll sit down as chair and second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I story. Make a motion for a time story to
be recommended at $0. >> Share a second. All those in favor? >> I historical commission. >> I'll make a motion for to recommend 691 historical commission for $625. >> Chair second. Any discussion? All those
in favor? I cable committee. >> I'll make a motion to recommend cable committee at uh 318. >> No. Uh $58,520. >> Um I'll second. Any discussion? All
those in favor? I'll make a motion for 710 murdering principal and long-term debt uh in the amount of $241,668. >> When does that get paid to you? >> I'm sorry. >> When does that get paid?
>> Um it gets paid twice a year. >> Twice a year. >> You have a 235? >> Yeah. >> I don't know the exact date, but >> Yeah. No, that's okay. I'll step down. Chair a second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? >> I I'll make a motion for 751
apartment total to be $90,625. >> Chair second. Any discussion? All those in favor? I >> retirement 911. >> I will make a motion for 911. department total recommendations to be $1,227,490.
>> Any discussion? All those in favor? I >> I >> I'll make a motion for group health insurance. >> One second on that one. Um that's one we should take out the $34,994. That >> That's where it's coming from, right?
>> They tabled it. >> Oh, they tabled it. Okay. So >> So I wouldn't change it. Don't change it. >> A good point though. So I'll make a motion to table 914 group health insurance. >> Group life.
>> Make a motion to recommend group life at $1,500. >> Second. Uh chair second. Any discussion? All those in favor? I will make a motion for 916 department 916 to be recommended at
$103,425. >> Second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I make a motion department 919 transfer to OPE to be recommended at 25,000. >> Sit down. Share a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? I
>> tuition. >> We have an employee that has sent it in writing that they plan to utilize it >> in 3,000. >> Yeah. >> Cuz nothing's been spent in 25. Nothing's been spent yet in 26. And
every year we hear that someone is going to take and utilize the money. I don't remember it, but >> it's good to have something there. Yeah. For our employees, >> 3,000 is the bylaw maximum. >> Oh, for one employee. Okay. Thanks.
Uh, I'll make a motion to recommend tuition department 920 in the amount of $3,000. >> I'll sit down as chair second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I insurance. >> We're still looking into that workers
comp to see if that's allocated problem. >> Okay. I'll make a motion to recommend department 95 945 in the amount of $280,3920. I share a second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? >> I
we don't do sue, do we? >> I believe there's a recommendation warrant. Yes. >> I'll make a motion to recommend. Just I I'll go along with it, but I got to say before I do a recommendation, our town administrator had one day overlap
with our um interim town administrator. And when we talked about contingency planning for the office manager for the building department, we
reduce the overlap slightly. >> Okay. And um so the sewer department I would just they have $3,66120 allocated for overlap just >> when is she retiring?
>> June June 30th. So it's a two week overlap. Um just I mean as as a reminder this isn't they raised the Right. That's why I didn't know we even voted on it
>> towards it like it's a recommendation and I know that um it's a there's a lot of minutia involved in it. So in getting other bills and all that stuff it's not as you know it's much much harder to make it done.
Okay. Um, in my current role, I didn't get any overlap with anyone I um sink. That was that's what I was told. And >> yeah, >> anyways, but I will recommend it. Um,
but I hope they manage that line as good as they can. Uh, so I recommend it in $48,000 82 >> $48,824 second. Any more discussion? All those in business. >> It was a pleasure doing those
recommendations with you, Peter. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That was a good time. We still have >> a whole other one to do. >> Yeah, >> I thought we were done. >> No, >> I did. Uh just a point to know that we
did not if we get to that exclusion not cutting statements in half what do you think? >> Oh yeah. >> Okay. >> No, I'm all for doing this and that's
fine if that's what you want to do. >> I don't care. Um, but we have the dead was vote in just a couple weeks. It's April 11th. >> Um, do you can we vote on it? Like, can we vote on this after the dead exclusion? Cuz there's a 50/50 shot. We
might not even have to vote on this. You know what I'm saying? We'll have like a lot of clarity in just a couple of weeks. >> Well, what does this mean in a sense? This is our budget as of today. what we just did. So,
>> so what it means right so we're right so we're preparing two budget so if you don't vote on that budget then this is the budget we're going forward with whether we get the exclusion or not can you vote you can have well a few things are going on right you can vote on it
after but one we have to have a special meeting the u the finance committee is voting their recommendations on the 16th >> uh but also Um something to keep in mind that we will have a new selectman at
that time um who right their first act would be voting up uh voting on the budget. So you know part of although uh Nicole is not here part of the deal is um to that at least you we have the three
select men who have been here through the through the fiscal year to vote on budget. I think um I know the getting late. Do we have any I mean if they want to put it off to April 8th >> any any issues with that?
>> I would prefer to just do it now. >> So would prefer to do >> like we're just it's going to the dates are going to come up real tight fast. >> So I I think I mean I think you can go through it relatively quickly. We'll
keep you know we'll keep it and that you know the issues where you reduce the raise we could we could point that out. >> That would be wonderful. That would be great. >> You know if Serena is happy I'm happy if
you don't have the next day. All right. >> Well, that's not nice. >> I don't mind. >> Okay. Let's stop. >> Uh 113. Nothing changed.
>> Uh I will make a motion for 113 town meeting to be recommended at 6,000. >> Chair second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I moderated salary 114. >> I'll make a motion to recommend that amount at $250.
>> Chair second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> EOS. >> No changes on that that we had for the other. >> No, there are I mean we So well yeah we increase. Yeah. So there you go. >> Okay. >> We didn't reduce anything in the other.
>> No >> no no. >> Thank you. So 122 board the selectman motion to recommend at $191,179.34 >> chair second. Any more discussion? All those in favor. >> G. I will make a motion to recommend
town administrator uh department total to be 22,23340 second. Any discussion? All those in favor by finance. >> All right. I'll make a motion to recommend the finance committee
department 131 to be $3,820. >> Sure. Second. Any discussion? All those in favor? reserve fund. You uh recommended 50,000, >> right? Bring it back up to 55 >> or we want to keep it at 50
>> 55. Um I'll make a Is that okay with you? >> Yeah. >> Okay. I'll make a motion to recommend 132 reserve fund department total to be $55,000. >> Chair second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I count was the same.
>> No reduction. >> No reductions. Okay, I'll make a motion to recommend department 135 town Accountant in the amount of 182,4701 sent as chair. Any discussion? All those
in favor. No reductions in >> no reductions in assessments. >> I'll make a motion to recommend department 141 and the total amount of $23,890.54.
>> Chair is second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I credit. There was no >> Okay. I'll make a motion to recommend. >> Yes. Um, town treasurer department 145
department total to be $105,567.90. >> Second as chair and second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I. >> Town collector. I'll make a motion uh for department 146 town collector to be recommended in the amount of 103,92.90.
>> Second chair second. Any discussion? All those in favor on council increase by $5,000 but we um we deductions. >> So >> I think we should keep it at 40,000. 40,000.
>> Are you okay with that? >> Yeah. >> Okay. I recommend 151 town council to be recommended at $40,000. >> S chair in second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? >> I
process it. >> The only thing I have is you didn't recommend that. I'm just exploring the fees for the um the um building software for back to >> Okay. Thank you. I appreciate that. This one is still higher though than
>> it is. >> Yeah, >> looks like 20. No, >> the website support. >> All right. >> Okay. I'll make a motion to recommend
department 155 data processing in the amount of $72,319.13. >> So, chair second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? >> Tax title forclosure. >> This one down to 4500. >> What would you like to do with that?
>> Keep it to 45. >> Okay. I'll make a motion to recommend 158 in the amount of 4,500. >> Ch second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I. >> Town clerk. Um
there was no 2% in the first budget. Right. I will make a motion to recommend 161 town clerk in the amount of $154,46842. >> J second. Any discussion? All those in favor. >> The election table.
>> Thank you. I'll make a motion to table 162 election. >> Second chair second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? registration. >> I'll make a motion to recommend department 163 registration in the amount of $9,100.
>> Sit down. Share a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? I conservation. We changed uh well, we tabled it. So, let's table it again. But there was a discrepancy of $500 in the fuel,
which and um whether we were going to do the boots at 300 >> and for them to do a zero based on the professional technical line. >> So we're going to table that as well. I'll make a motion to table 171 conservation commission
>> step chair and second all in favor I >> other supplies for the trails committee >> there's nothing >> uh planning board >> change No.
>> So, we prevent >> Oh, the stipens. Okay, that's the difference. >> All right. I'll make a motion to recommend department 175 planning board in the amount of $50,86721. >> Chair second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I
order appeals. >> All right. I'll make a motion to recommend department 176 board of appeals for $34,534.73. >> Chair second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I
say economic you recommended $400. >> Keep it the same 400. I'll make a motion to recommend 189 economic committee department total to be $400. >> Chair second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I
>> buildings and property maintenance. >> No, no changes. >> It is slightly different. >> Maintenance. >> No, I meant we didn't change it, >> right? >> Okay. So, more maintenance. Okay.
All right. I'll make a motion to recommend department 192 public buildings for 218,300. >> I'll advise chair second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I >> town reports. >> I make a motion to recommend town
reports for the amount of $1,000. >> Second. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I. >> Police department. There were no changes from uh last month in the previous. >> Okay. I'll make a motion to recommend
department 210 police department for 2,64,349.38. >> Is this hiring a new police officer at all in this? >> Uh you need a budget >> an additional police officer? >> No. >> No, nothing. Okay.
>> I mean, we have kids in the academy now, but Yeah. >> Okay. >> Sorry. On the academy, could could you let us know when he graduates? That'd be kind of cool. Just to >> Yeah, >> it's the spring, right? >> Maybe attend that. That be kind of cool. >> Yeah. >> Wasn't it in July or something he was going to be ready?
>> I'm not sure >> because uh >> it was July or August. >> Yeah. >> I think it was July. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I'd love to know what ROC he's in and where where what state like what what academy when it graduates.
>> Oh, okay. kind of cool to attend that, you know, >> that say to attend his graduation to attend his graduation. >> Did you make a motion? >> I don't remember. >> Okay.
>> Motion, but uh >> I'll chair and second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I >> Okay. uh rotations. We didn't make any changes. >> You know what's interesting? Oh, go
ahead. Let's do communications first. So, if the debt exclusion passes, there's a $20,000 increase in salary for operators.
>> Well, yes. And the reason for that is with they took the $20,000, they have a grant grant money for that. So, they're applying the grant money to the salary to reduce it. So if they if we get the best solution
redirect something else >> why >> the grant is written for salary. >> So why why were we redirecting it then? >> Well we don't need it appropriated in the budget if they're going to expend it from the grant. So on if the no debt
exclusion then we then they have to expend it from in previous years they weren't they were holding on to the grant money. So recently we've been telling them to to start spending the grant money because we need it to budget can't sustain it. >> Okay.
>> So that grant money doesn't like expire. It's ours until we use it. >> Yeah. >> Is that a not a good way to ask? Um, so I've looked into that a few different ways and >> you know, you don't bring it to attention. It's was allowed in the past,
>> but that's another reason why I told them to start spending it. >> Well, I think it should match the note that exclusion. >> Yeah. >> I'll make a motion for department 215 totals to be $429,646.85.
>> Okay. I'll sit down. Share a second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I uh what I was going to say earlier was the chief with a dead exclusion um only increased his maintenance on his
trucks um by a couple thousand dollars. >> Fire. >> Uh fire. Yeah. >> He double funded. He double funded. Uh >> but we gave him $20,000. But yeah, so you can't recommend to
20,000. >> I I didn't push it by a,000. >> So he le 188750. So I mean, >> so we gave him a $3,830 increase to his recommendation, but with
no debt exclusion for him to be comfortable, it's 2,700 increase. But in ambulance, he has another $2,700 increase. So, for him to be perfectly comfortable with his equipment repair and maintenance,
he's at um two 4 $5,000 and change. >> Yeah. >> So, we get him a little closer to that. >> Yeah. Okay. >> But so, what's the new maintenance? Are you going to like carry the 20,000?
>> Yeah. I think he was still concerned with the debt exclusion dollar amount as well maybe not being sufficient, >> right? >> Because we, you know, Rob had asked him to come in at a certain dollar amount. >> Okay. >> So, he came in at what was requested, but I think he still
>> even with that it was a little short. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Do you want to make it the 20,000? >> Oh, okay. All right. So, All right. I'll make a motion to
recommend fire department 220 line number 5240 fire equipment and maintenance for $20,000 for all other lines to match the town administrator's recommendation and for the department total to be $850,38612.
>> I'll second that motion. Any more discussion on it? All those in favor I am. >> I'll make a motion to recommend department 231 ambulance service for the amount of $885,522.15.
Mr. Second. Any more discussion? All those in favor? I So, next the building. I mean, you could use the same numbers that you use for the >> right. >> I can say that for my motion. Save all
that. I'll just say all. All right. So, department 241, building inspection. I'll make a motion to um for line 5105 building commissioner to be $98,000
um line 5380 demolition of deteriorate structures to be recommended at zero and travel 5710 to be recommended at $250. Um, I got to get an apartment total
though. I still think it's different, right? >> Yeah, >> it's 13302. >> Okay, so it's the same. >> So for the department total to be 130, $32.73. I'll share a second. Any more discussion? All those in favor?
>> Yes. I'll make a motion to recommend department 242 gas inspection for $6,750. Sit down. Chair second. Any discussion? All those in favor? I >> I'll make a motion to recommend
department 243 plumbing for $7,750. >> Sit down. Chair second. Any more discussion? >> All those in favor? >> I make a motion to recommend department 244 weights and measures for $3,000. >> Sit down and second. Any discussion?
>> I'll make a motion to recommend department 245 electrical for $20,000. Check. Any discussion? All those in favor? >> I ACL. >> I will um would you like to do the budget as
presented or use the other budget for ACL? But we had we cut the um >> you cut it professional technical >> still cut >> right it's still not being used descriptions and she's not using that right now either
>> right >> so yeah I would um >> okay I'll make a motion to recommend department 292 animal control officer line number 5302 in the amount of $600
line number 5730 for $0 for all other departments that match the town administrator's recommendation and for the department total to be 67,184.58. >> It's actually >> No, it's off
>> because the expenses so it would be 67,346 and 58. >> Thanks. I will make um amend my motion for the department