You all sir? Yep. Okay. Uh, good evening. This is the town of night and board of sleman special meeting. Today is Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Uh, this meeting is being recorded. The listing matters of those reasonably anticipated by the chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Now, all items
listed may in fact be discussed and other items listed other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. We please have a call to order. Nicole Melo present, Mark Fico, president, and Peter Karen, present. Uh, pledge of allegiance, please.
I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. And when we get ready for an
open Historical Society is having their annual Dyon Strawberry Festival on Saturday, June 7th, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This event will take place at the Lion's Pavilion, 11:11 Sunset AB. There will be crafts, venues, live
music, children's activities, and of course, Strawberry Shortcake. The town of Dayton's annual town meeting will take place on Monday, June 9th, 2025 at the Dyton Marovith High School auditorium. This meeting will begin at 700 p.m. Warrant article information
will be mailed to each home prior to the meeting. This next announcement is just a reminder as this event is been sold out. The Friends of the Dyen Public Library is holding a class to create the hummingbird planner at Ruio Farm. This event will take place on Tuesday, June
17th, 2025 at 6 pm. Indictments Lions Club Food Bank will be held next Saturday, June 21st, 2025 located at Town Hall in the lower level. Thank you. Uh, this is the first of two public inputs.
I do. Okay. Another announcement, not this weekend. Next weekend is cow show. Yes. So, um, please come and enjoy. And this Saturday, the district, Lions district, is putting on a family fun day for kids with disabilities, age of 25 also here.
Oh, cool. So, behind the hall, we started in the pavilion, but we're doing a whole bunch of stuff. Okay. I didn't know that. Yes. Nice. All right. So, now put on another hat. So, we've had a lot in the past couple weeks.
um frequent flyers of the leash law that aren't leashing their dogs. So, I looked it up. We did um this came into effect in 2018, so it's not brand new. Um I'm going to read
it and then not that we'll discuss it, but detailing questions. No person owning or harboring a dog shall suffer or allow to run it for it to run at large of any streets or public places in the town or allow upon pharmacist of anyone other than the
owner or keeper of such dog without permission of the owner occupant of such premises. No dog shall be permitted in any street or public place within within the town unless it's effectively restrained as above defined on a chain
relation no more than six feet. So those stupid flexi leads that you see in people. You can't have it all the way out because that's right. You're going to have a problem. I've I've come up to somebody walking a dog on the side of the road and the dog's in the middle of the road because it's on a flexy lead.
Sure. They should be by your side no more than six feet with the exception of a service dog, which is defined by the ADA. And I hate to say this, but emotional support dogs are not do not are not covered under the ADA. Mhm. So that
means no dog shall be prohibited in any public park, any playground or school. So for the ADA, just because it's a service, I mean a emotional support dog does not mean that it can be there. And this whole town complex is
considered a public area. No dogs keep walking on any of this. The track, playgrounds, nothing. Um, and you can be sighted. I'm usually pretty good the first time I give a warning. Second time usually get
cited. I've had two or three that I mean within a week four calls every day about those dogs. They've been cited. They need and their dogs weren't licensed and some of them didn't have these vaccines. Wow. Let's get on to that. Sure. Um licensing in this town is by law and
it's a state law. If you do it when you're supposed to, it's $5 unless he does unneutered is not neutered or not spayed. Um, after that, we just sent out notices. Rightfully so, because the board of health uh adopted
this as of those notices going out, I could go to everybody's door and start finding them $50 a day until they take care of it. I don't do that, but I can. Um, and rabies vaccines. If you're found to have a rabies vaccine in this town, it's a $100 a day until you get a rabies
vaccine. And there is no excuse in this town, please not to have rabies vaccine clinic twice a year, April and October of a sway. $15. You don't have to have an exam. All you have to do is come and show up. Okay. Uh do we need to get more
aggressive with the leash law increasing the fines or Well, we're we're trying to. It's all all in um a work in progress. Okay. Because for the longest time I didn't have anybody back me up. You know, if I said, "Oh, that was excited." It would get to the town hall
and they broke it up. Sure. So, you know, this all is a work in progress. As long as Well, we'll certainly back as long as somebody backs me up doing. Yes. Because I've had a few people dogs biting, not biting people this time, but have in the past. So, make sure that How
much is the fine? It starts at 25 and goes up to 100. And unfortunately, those people that don't follow the law are people that usually can't pay the money. Yeah. But we can take it court and it can get attached to your license. Okay.
Great. Thank you. I have a question. Does the bylaw say anything about dogs allowed in town hall or That's a public place. So, I know who you're talking about. I think No. Okay. No, they shouldn't be in town hall. Okay. They shouldn't be in town hall. They shouldn't be in here. There should be no
town hall. That's a public place unless they are a service dog. If that's there's a question you can ask and if they don't come up from their hand, so you can ask them to leave. Okay. But a public place like a like a
walking trail or like a park. Yeah. Something completely different. But like town hall grounds. Town hall grounds or not? Town hall. Town hall. Okay. Just like you shouldn't be burning hers and that kind of stuff, right? people do. I know. Not my jurisdiction.
No, I was going to say I'm lucky we don't have any supermarket in town, but I wish we did. I wish we did. Um, okay. Thank you. Any other public input? No. Uh, nobody out there yet. All right. Uh, this is on to new business. This is a review, discuss, and act final approval
and signing of the June 9th, 2025 annual town meeting warrant. So, uh, what you have before you is the wire. We discussed it last week and made the recommendations. You were the one with the finance committee. Um, I have to say Karen did a wonderful job and put
together a beautiful bar. Okay. She told me 20 times a little bit. So, so we're looking for the to give it a quick review. Um, final approved sign it so we could post it and post it and and have it printed up and mailed out. Uh just
also a note uh with the warrant um and I'll bring this up again in the next on the next item. I spoke with town council. Town council uh said that they um in the in the warrant we're mailing out uh we're going to be including the
enterprise fund back sheet. So that's uh that can be that can be placed in it and it can be great. Thank you for checking and and doing. Thank you. Yeah, that was a good idea. Matt was all he he's like, "Oh, I don't think we can do it." Then he
double checked and he gave us an opinion because it's not a valid question. Um, we put it we can put it in the law. Okay. That bad cost analysis that you did, can that go in there as well? Um, well, I it's going to be part of my
presentation um at at town meeting. Okay. You We'll post it. We'll Yeah, we already have stuff ready for to go to go to break. So Oh, we don't want to delay that. Yeah, it has to go out tomorrow. That's right.
You got to make it happen. Yeah. [Applause] Okay. Uh then we need a motion on the floor to accept the um warrant as printed. I have another question. Whose idea was it for the um glossery of commonly used
terms? Um I was my idea because that's something I've seen in other town games and I think it's helpful. That's a nice improvement. Yeah, absolutely. Um I'll make a motion to approve the signing of the June 9th, 2025 annual
town meeting order. I'll second that. Motion has been made and seconded. Any discussion or any more discussion? All those in favor? I um just on this, you know what our um how much we're funding this with free
cash? Do you have that number? [Music] Um you know, tell me about 37. I think uh I think $371 is being used for uh for free 371,000 is being used for free cash. Uh
I believe the numbers 180 is going to the general fund and the balance of that is going to uh one time one time I I just I just wrote it in my memo one time such as snow ice
stabilization fund ped. So awesome. Thank you. Um, all right. So, we'll sign it after me. Yeah. Okay. Then go ahead. No, no, no. Go ahead. Well, you were going to say something. No, I wasn't. I was I was
going to jump into it, but All right. This is the review discussing act pay as you throw program. Yeah. So, this is an update on on the uh uh the enterprise fund pay as you throw program. As I had mentioned uh a few
minutes ago that um the uh the fact sheet which I presented to you last week we could place in the in the water. I just want to make sure you're okay with it. It has to come from the board of selectmen. So um if you're that's one of the things just to prove that you're
okay uh you're okay with it. If you have to make any minor tweets we just make them before we before we send it out to print tomorrow. So, I have uh if you have any questions on that, um
uh No, this is what's going to go out, correct? Mhm. I think it's great. I think it's great, too. But I think it this article has a better chance of being fully understood at town meeting if the bad cost analysis is in there
because folks may not watch your meeting or town town meeting are going to walk in with their uh concerns. Um but they might walk in on this I think might help folks make a better informed decision. I
don't know if um if it's already set to go in print. I don't know. We could um there's a maybe a way to add the fact sheet like what play the plan is to go to the bag it cuz I just keep hearing pay as you throw right which is kind of it's an enterprise fun but that's the
way it will go as you throw. Um all right we'll try to we'll do our best to squeeze it in. Yeah. Okay. All right. You think it'll delay or do you think there's a chance? It has to be in multiples of four. So that's the problem if we like four sheets. Yeah. To make
the book. So I think we're right at that right now, but maybe not. Okay. Yeah, we'll take we'll let you know. First thing first. Okay. Sure. Yeah. So Oh, okay. So I just wanted I updated the uh the
slideshow to to include the bag um the bag analysis. So, I'm not going to bore you with the with everything here. Just Okay, just um just to bring up um a few points again. Uh I'm going to say this I'm going to say this 58 times,
probably during the night and and maybe more than that, 5,800 times until June 9th. If this gets approved, this goes into effect July 1st, 2026. People keep on thinking it's this July, July 1st,
2026 because um we the uh the enterprise only need time to do the act to do a full analysis on what the costs are both direct and indirect and and uh we want to present to you the best the best fee the best fee schedule. Uh some just some
some quick information. Um right now 129 communities in the Commonwealth have an enterprise fund for trash, trash disposal, landfill, anything associated anything associated with um with um
sanitation. Um I just want to point out uh that again you know three options were presented. Uh again, just to do to do the quarterly payment uh the quarterly colle uh collection
with the tax bill. This is probably the most reliable way to collect the money. Uh but there's a cost to implement it and um this is probably I'll say this is the least fair because I know we're looking at fairness about usage. Uh the
least fair probably um for for the residents. The next one is the sticker in the bag. We heard a lot about that last week. Uh but the sticker deck um it has uh identified startup funds. It provides identified startup funds. Uh
but it may be difficult to manage and there but there again there's a more of an element of fairness in it. And I know that this board we've heard a lot of expression that people want to go to the bags and that's why um it's I have to say it is the least reliable of income
because it's just a continuous stream but it's the easiest to get going and it is a pure uh pay you know pay what you use. So so it's u it's probably the way to go. Um again, if it gets implemented
June 9th, you start July 1st, 2026. So I did a quick u quick bag analysis. Um again, if we if we go using the bags, the large bag would be uh $7 per bag. The small bag would be $3.50
per bag. Bag capacity. Large bag uh will hold approximately 25 lbs. And then the smaller bag would holds about 12 lb. Sorry. Um just what what does that come
out to the to the to the uh to the resident? Uh in 2020 2023 the average household generated 1,241 pounds of of garbage. Um, if you know, if you just use large bags, you
would use about 4950 bags a year. And at $7, that's $348 for the year. If you just use small bags, cuz they're, you know, 12 pounds, it's not quite half. So, it's $103 bags per year at
$362. Um the actual bags that were purchased in 2024 was you know 112,000 large 45,000 small and the projected bag purchases for 2025 are
12350 and almost 40 $41,000. So it makes sense with that screen to use just large bags. It's going to be cheaper for the year. It it it depends, right? So, it depends on your usage and and how do you use it? I mean, if
you're up to the person, right? Because if you you just want to get rid of your garbage once a week or or maybe a big bag is too large, but um it does it does make sense to use the larger bag if you
could squeeze it all in. Right. So but um okay so the predict uh just looking at 2027 which is what July 1st 2026 uh based on 4% escalation this year our
total sanitation cost is about 944 uh next year will be 982 if fiscal year 27 if the bag sales meet 2025 projections um we're looking at a collection of over a million dollars uh in in bag in bag
revenue uh and bag fees to put towards the enterprise fund. So this is where we have to start really doing the analysis upon approval. Um with that we can start looking at a senior discount. You know with the with the estimated excess fee
collection the town may consider introducing a senior discount program. So at once, you know, at the beginning, one package of bags per month at a dis uh u at a discounted price and that price will be determined as we do as we do the analysis. And also to help to
help reduction to help people use less bags and generate less waste because ultimately that's the role to to reduce the tonnage. Um, we're going to plan to strengthen recycling uh initiatives and introduce food waste reduction and
backyard compost programs because food waste and compostable compostable material materials represents 28% of our trash. So, we can help people sort of sort of um if they if they use those
programs, they'll use even less bags and less less others for that. So, um that's the um the analysis I included in in the slideshow. Um we'll be tweaking it and putting that up and we try to get this
memo um in the um in the warrant warrant as well. In addition to that, uh Peter and I are meeting with K with the cable station tomorrow so we can do um a cable sanitation uh enterprise fund talk. So hopefully
they'll be they'll be running people watch it, they'll see this, they'll see they'll see it online and and they they will be getting it um in the mail. So that's that's my update on the entire thing is just one big educational program. everything
from what an enterprise fund is to what trash to be disposed of to what you can recycle and uh the garbage and um but it's just educating the public. Yeah. The good part now is that is that right
if it's voted we have that whole year to to wrap up now is in in this situation people and rightfully so are interested what is this going to cost me and you know these are pretty it's rough enough but it's pretty close you know so um so
people have an idea and you know and there is a way to reduce those costs by being by uh conserving by by recycling by composting. So um there's there's
opportunities to do that. So and uh again now people vote on it June 9th goes into effect July 1st 2026 and we're going to use that time working with the board of health and the solid waste reduction committee uh to put that out.
As a matter of fact, at this year's cow ship, the solid waste reduction committee is having a table at at cow ship with uh with the compost bin. And so we're starting to introduce how to how to do backyard compost. Sure.
Great. Thank you, Nicole. Do you have any questions right now? No. Great. Well, I'll talk. I want to say uh great job on the presentation. I think it was great. I like um I think it's easy on the eyes. The
colors are great, too. The gold I love this one cheater. Another one cheater that you did. I think that's awesome. Um and I think some of the public's concern about us moving too fast. I feel, correct me if I'm wrong, there's
until we implement it and get some data behind it, there's no way to know what the economy is going to look like in a year from now, what folks are going to be purchasing for bags. So that analysis, first we need to know we have a yes on this. We need to do analysis
and work with the boards, but like you said, the costs are pretty close, but we'll never get it perfect until we implement the the program and have some numbers. Correct. So there's no real benefit in if we wait our budget situation be much worse
if yes it it will I mean we're just waiting for the analysis I mean we'll have it I mean we'll have it done we'll have it done the only thing I ask of the board is that um the one page um if you direct me that that came from me um if
we could put it in the bar um vote that it comes uh from the border select as the back sheet and we try to mic and try to squeeze that. Mhm. Yes. So, what are you looking for as far as a
vote for tonight then? Well, just uh to vote for to to accept the fact sheet as as from the board. Oh, sure. And then uh direct me to if you're okay with the other one sheet as I can put that um I put that. Okay.
I'm content with that. You guys [Music] Okay. And there's a motion on the floor, please. I'll make a motion to accept the pay as you throw um sanitation enterprise fund fact sheet
and the bad cost analysis for it to appear um from the boil slman and for them to be placed in the annual town meeting warrant. I'll second that. Motion made second. Any more discussion? All those in favor?
Approval of the warrants. Okay. I make a motion to approve awards paid by May 22nd, 2025. 47A25 for $123,17.37 47B-25 for $120,954.89
89 47 C-25 for $15,5054 and 47D-25 for 1,614,184.87. We'll second that. Motion made second. Any discussion? All those in favor? I
That's just that one, right? Yes. Uh so now we're on to correspondence if there's any. No. Uh minutes approval of the board select and regular meeting minutes for May May 14th. I'll make a motion to approve the board and regular meeting minutes for May 14.
No one. Oh, okay. I'm sorry. Then we uh have to table that. Make a motion to table. Second motion made a second. Any discussion? All those in favor? Okay. Uh one more public input. You have some time. Lenny, you're all set? No. Okay.
Okay. Okay. Uh hearing none, then we're going to go into executive session, which means you have to leave. [Laughter] Um, everybody want to make that motion?
I'll make a motion to go into executive session under Massachusetts General Laws 38 section 21 A2 to discuss strategy in preparation for negotiation with non-UN personnel or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract
negotiations with non-UN personnel ammo control officer town of common administrative assistant to the board of selectman executive assistant/human resources coordinator and I'm going to go on and under Massachusetts general
Laws 30A section 21A7 to comply with or act under the authority of any general or specific law or federal grant and aid requirements. Approval of board the selectment executive session meeting minutes of January 8th, 2025 and approval of the board of selectment
executive session minutes of February 12th, 2025. I'll second that. Okay. Motion has been made and second. Any discussion? All those in favor? We have have an individual um so Pety Cameron is a hi Nicole Melo and I Mark Pico hi.
Okay. We will not be returning from sorry Lenny from uh open session after the executive session. So thank you and have a good evening. Thank you Lenny. You can use that.
Okay. For TT today, they're really bicycles and weights.