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It's gone. >> [clears throat] >> My cook. Yeah, good evening. >> I got to have some at three. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Or a little laughter. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, I'm going to use boxing gloves. >> It won't take us that long.

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>> No, it didn't work. >> No. I mean, that's correct. >> Did you go to Did you go to Norway? >> Next month. >> Oh, I'm the only one who didn't make it in person. >> Oh, Chris. That's not good. >> [laughter] >> Hello everybody.

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>> Hello. Oh, if you're working with the kids, then >> Yeah. >> I thought it seemed slack. >> Thank you. >> I think we're just waiting for Liz and then we'll get started. Just a second.

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Is that Liz? Okay, I'm going to call this meeting to order. Today is a special meeting. It's Tuesday, June 16th, 2026 at 2:00. Uh it's a remote remote participation Zoom meeting. And uh we'll start with the Pledge of

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Allegiance. >> [clears throat] >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. >> One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Start with board member introductions. Chris, you can go first.

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>> Uh, my name is Christopher Izebor. I'm a board member. >> Uh, Vinny Hebert, uh, clerk. >> Tammy Mello, acting chair. >> I'm the chair. >> Chair. >> [laughter] >> You were >> It's been a long day. Sorry, I'm the

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chair. >> You were acting. >> I was acting. >> For a long time. >> All right, we're going to go right into reports and take a little bit of heat off me. >> [laughter] >> We'll start with the health agent. >> [snorts] >> Good afternoon.

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>> Good afternoon, Liz. So, it's been >> pretty busy. We've had three percs in the last few weeks. Um, three septic completions, so we went out six times to do the inspections. Um, there's been a lot of food permits and events going on, so I've been doing a

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lot of inspections there. Uh, we had a complaint come in for the school. So, we went out and addressed it immediately. So, I guess a container was left out, and it got contaminated, let's just say. >> Okay. >> So, we went to the school and made sure

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that everybody had their certificates and whatever happened doesn't happen again. They threw the container out, it's no longer being used. It was too, you know, so she's just using creamers now. >> Okay. No one got sick or anything? >> No. No, and it wasn't even students, it was teachers' lounge.

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>> Oh, okay. >> So, I mean, it's still just as bad, though. >> Right. Okay. >> Um, we did have a complaint over on Summer Street, so I went and did an inspection. Um, I wasn't able to gain entry, but the applicant is applying for a kennel license, so

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he's going to be here next month um, for the kennel application. So, I think at that time we'll go in and be able to do the inspection. He had said he was painting, so he didn't want us to get in there. Um, he said the fire everything was down anyway. He didn't have any um,

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smoke detectors or any of the safety things up because he was painting. >> What was the complaint? >> Um, there's a a boy, 16-year-old boy there, and there's been complaints of

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cleanliness and the house um, hoarding. >> Sorry, you said complaints of what? >> Uh, cleanliness and hoarding. >> Thank you. >> So, I did the school department, the nurse, I talked to her. She said that

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they've made multiple attempts to try to reconcile it with them. She said that they're really nice people, but they have seven dogs, three cats, ferrets, birds. So, having that many animals in one confined home and to

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get get an order. >> Okay. >> Um, so hopefully next month I'll be able to gain entry. I went with Maggie from the state. So, we'll touch base on that one next month. Um, we did get a notification there was a little oil spill on Pleasant Street.

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Uh, it wasn't enough to, you know, be hazardous or harming any residents, so I just wanted to make you aware that we did get a notification for it. Um, the swap shed they're looking for volunteers.

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Um, it was too much for the tenant to run by himself. >> Okay. Is that opening this Saturday? >> It opened this past Saturday. >> Oh, this past Saturday. >> Yes. And it was too much for him to do, you know, the transfer line plus letting people bring stuff.

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>> So, they are looking for volunteers. The next time they're going to be open is June 27th from 8:00 to 3:00. And then next day after that will be 7/11 from 8:00 to 3:00. So, they're not going to do it weekly like they thought they were >> Okay. >> because it is time-consuming, so they

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need somebody there to help out. Um >> I'd be willing to help out one day volunteer. >> I said I would in June, you know, and it would be good for somebody who's tech-savvy to take pictures of the stuff that's there. We can post and say, "Hey, this is here free

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free to anybody who needs it." >> Okay. >> So, yeah, I I wouldn't mind doing it once. I think he's going to go down He was telling Ashley and I he's might go down to just once a month now >> Until they >> figure out, you know, how busy it's going to be getting help.

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>> Yeah. Okay. >> You know. >> Have we put that on our Facebook page? >> We're going to I'm going to make a little announcement for us. >> for somebody who's looking for >> Looking for volunteers to do. Yeah. Yeah, the Boy Scouts or Cub Scouts, sometimes they

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have to do things like that. They can put in time there. So, it could be anybody. So, I will post it. So, if you can get anybody to come on. Awesome. Um we got notification that we were not we're not able to detach storm water. I think it needs to go through town

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meeting. So, it needs to be voted on by the town for them to become their own entity. >> And when is town meeting? >> Uh >> All right. >> All right. Yeah, not the one till the fall cuz they just had one in April, so >> Okay. >> it'll be for a few months. >> Okay.

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>> So, we didn't send that notification in to the Board of Selectmen. Okay. They told us to hold off on it. Okay. Um I did get a call from a group home here in town. The employee's daughter tested positive for

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rubella. So, I got Becca um and our regional nurse to look into it and they said that there was nothing significant that was going to be a threat of danger to anybody in town. So,

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they they got to the bottom of it and reported it with the state and everything. So, that was taken care of. And I think that's all I have. Okay. >> Thanks, Deb. >> Thank you. >> Town nurse, do we have the town nurse coming today?

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>> I don't think I saw her at the town hall. >> Okay. Did she send any report? >> No. >> Okay. >> Is she coming this weekend? >> I think she said she couldn't come to the June one. She's going to be away. >> Okay. >> All right. Let's move on to the next person. >> Hi. I'm

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Ashley. >> I'm the office manager. Welcome, by the way. >> Just a couple things. Um I was able to get up to date on all the permits that we received. Um a lot of them were for the cow chip and the farmers market. Okay. Those are all up to date for everything we've got in.

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Um our list shows 14 vendors for 621 farmers market. Um unless we get any more between now and then. >> Okay. >> Um I got up to date on all the minutes while I was out. So, the only one that I haven't done yet is the 63 special

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meeting that you guys had that was pretty quick. >> Okay. >> So, I'll be able to do those. Um and then I'm currently working on the budget tracker. Um Liz has a budget tracker for all the account lines. Um but she's been so busy

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that she can't keep up with it. Um so, I've been going through and adding in all the receipts. Anything that we've paid that we haven't kept up with. >> Okay. >> Um, so I put that in the budget tracker and I'm just trying to balance that. That way when it comes time for Serina to look at everything, it's >> Okay.

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>> going to be good. >> How are we doing with Hannaford's, by the way? >> Huh. >> [sighs] >> That's another >> Oh, is that something that you were going to talk about? Sorry. Maybe I'm reading your mind. >> So, we're two checks behind. Well, we were two checks behind until yesterday. >> Okay. >> Um, so we've been in contact with Steven.

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And we got a check yesterday, um, for the latest invoice. So, I did release a delivery for today. >> Okay. >> Um, so we're only one payment behind right now. >> Okay. >> They said they sent it and they gave me the check number, but we haven't received it and they sent it on May 25th. >> Okay. >> So, what's going to happen is if we

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don't get it, which we probably won't if we haven't already, June 25th, they can stop and reissue the Hannaford's. >> That's good. So. >> 15-day turn? >> It's It's been a little bit longer than that. >> But. >> Okay. >> Yeah.

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>> Okay. Kind of working, so. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> And they're all ones. >> And we talked about, um, having them make bigger, um, payments. >> Orders. >> Orders. That way it's less frequent.

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>> Okay. >> And it gives us more time to get the checks before the next order goes out. So. >> That's what they were doing for the first part of this. And then they started ordering smaller batches and I knew this was going to come up cuz they're ordering They're not ordering enough to get them to the next month.

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So, Steven even said he's going to advise the store to order bigger. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Okay. That's all I got. >> Sounds good. Thank you. >> Congratulations on your baby, by the way. >> Oh, thank you. >> [clears throat] >> Getting bigger already. >> Thank you. >> So, don't do animal control. It doesn't

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look like she's not on the Zoom, right? >> No. >> All right. So, we're going to just keep moving here. Um, next the permit approvals, so I'll go through them. For stable, we have 925 Middle Street, 565 School Street, 2044

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Chestnut Street, Disposal Works, we have Fairhaven Excavating, Brian Hill Farm, WC Excavating, T. Silvia Excavating. For food, um Manningham remarketing, temporary food New England Rides and Amusement, temporary food Bumblebee Milk

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Tea, temporary food Bristol Aggie Waffle, Amusements Cotton Area, Vietnam Veterans Association. For mobile food, we have PJ's Fine Foods LLC, Common Jimmies, Kool Licks Concessions,

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uh Palagi Brothers Ice Cream, Farmers Market, Yvette Anchor, Peter Duffy, Nancy Hewins, uh Trade of Hope, Crazy Critters Crochet, The Book & Brew, Great Creations by Cassidy, and Butters Boards.

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So, I just need a motion to um approve all of those, even though we've already signed for all of them. We just need to as a formality to get that done. So, if somebody wants to make a motion. >> Um I make a motion to approve all the

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aforementioned uh permit approvals listed. >> I second. >> Can I get a vote? I Motion passes. All right, we're moving right on to old business. We're back at bad bids. >> So, yeah, I finally got

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a second quote from Mansfield Paper. So, I sent you a side by side >> Mansfield as in Mansfield Mass? >> Mansfield Paper Co. Are they They could be. Yeah, I think they are local. So, we have Waste Zero and Mansfield

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Paper that put in a quote. Waste Zero is still the cheapest. Okay. then the second page is I don't know if you can follow it. This is what we pay for bags, what we sell, how much we get when we sell the

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bags, and then this is our >> [clears throat] >> disposal costs. Down the end. So, disposal costs around 422,000, we're still negative. We're not even making enough in the bag. And if we increase it,

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the second line down, you'll see we increase it to $30 a roll and $15 a roll, we're still negative $39,000. So, the waste disposal is going up, and we can't keep increasing bags. We're never going to be in the green.

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So, I think >> What's Waste Zero? >> You have this one? I sent it out this morning. >> Yeah, I'll I'll look at it. >> get a chance to see it. >> And it's definitely Waste Zero was the best. >> Yeah. >> Hot. >> I can I can share with him. >> Yeah, no, that's okay. >> So,

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Waste Zero, they're um twist ties, come to about $39,000 a case. >> Okay. >> They're um colored. It's 391 instead of 398, so the color's a little cheaper. >> Mhm. >> But if we kept with the draw uh if we

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went with the drawstring, it'd be more money, so >> Okay. >> I think we should just keep what we have. >> Mhm. >> Okay. The next thing is for Mansfield Paper. So, we >> Yeah, Mansfield Paper is more expensive. >> Mansfield Paper is like $20,000 more than Waste Zero.

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>> Yeah. And correct me if I'm wrong, Waste Zero is what we use now? >> Yes. >> Yeah, I mean, yeah. >> This chart will show you what we charge, $28 a roll. And that's what we pay per case, 7182. So, we get 690 per case.

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>> Mhm. >> This is what we pay for disposals, comes to about 400 No, more than that. Yeah, 422 33. >> Okay. >> So, what we get for bags,

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we're still we're still like >> You can't increase the price. >> Yeah. >> Not right away. >> So, did you ever find out about other communities in the area who do the sticker thing? >> [clears throat] >> The um Mass DEP chimed in on it. She said it's not worth

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it. >> Mhm. >> She said that, you know, you're going to have to deal with counterfeiting. You're going to have to deal with people, you know, losing tags or, you know, she said it The town that she knows that used it got off of it. >> Okay.

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>> Because it She said it wasn't worth it. >> People will counterfeit it. >> That's Yeah, yeah, that's for sure. >> Yep. >> It's so easy these days to make anything. You just ask Chat GPT to do it and it's right there. >> It's really sad that people will take that energy to go to that extent to make

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>> Yeah. They would >> trash bag. Yeah, so I I mean, unfortunately, we're going to have to stay where we are and it's going to >> I mean, can we >> be an expense. So, if we raise the bags to, which Ralph wants to do, so that's why it was on the

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agenda because Ralph is looking in October to raise the fees. Um he wants to go to $30 and $15. Um we'll be negative $39,000 instead of negative $60,000 if we do. It's still going to be

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>> There's no There's no There's no one in money like Ralph can't find $40,000 somewhere in the budget to get this even? >> They are cutting everywhere. Like they didn't fill Ashley's position over there. They didn't fill Melanie's position that's getting moved to highway.

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They're They're looking to cut. >> I I No, no, please go ahead. >> No, no. >> Okay. >> No, point of clarification. If we were to raise the bags, how how much difference would that be? And cuz I don't see it here. Am I Am I

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wrong? >> Did you see the email from this morning? >> Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm I'm looking at it right now. My apologies. I'm seeing it now. Never mind. >> So, at the end there's a deficit. So, if we raise it If we keep it the same, we're negative $67,000. If we raise it >> 39 >> If we raise it to 15, we're at third

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-39,000. >> We'd have to raise it to about 33, 34. >> To break even, we have to raise it to 33, 34. >> I see. I see. >> Yeah. So, we have a couple of options, it sounds like. Raising it now

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to kind of offset a little bit, and then Rob's going to request that we raise it again in October. So, it'll go up twice, or we can raise it one time. >> Raise it one time. >> Yeah, I don't I don't I don't think the idea of raising it twice it it is um

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smart and cuz people are going to keep I mean, the community's going to be upset one way or the other. >> Yeah, >> [clears throat] >> we raised it to $40 for a pack of large bags. >> Yeah. I I project what's going to happen is people are going to start going to dumpsters. >> Yeah. At that point in time, it's it's more cost-effective.

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>> Yeah, it's more cost-effective, especially because these dumpster companies offer deals. >> Mhm. >> They'll offer a contract and say, "Hey, I'll give you this price for the next 3 years." >> Yeah, you get a household of you know, four, five, six people or two or three. >> Yeah, I mean, the people who you know, single living, use a bag a week, it's

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feasible. You know what I mean? >> That's me. >> Right. You're paying $3 a week for trash. >> Yeah. >> Versus $80 a month for a dumpster. >> Mhm. >> Yeah. So, but if you have a large family like that, yeah, you're going to have to pay for it. Three, four bags a week. >> Yeah. I mean, I don't know if there's

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any other companies we can look at, even out of state, who might be able to do this cheaper. You know, that might be a possibility. >> Well, man uh Waste Zero is from North Carolina. >> Okay. >> Mansfield, I believe, is local. I sent out a few emails to try to get a

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couple of quotes, but I didn't get any response, but I can try again, but >> How does everybody feel about putting it off for one month to see if we can find anything else or >> Yeah, I mean, if >> want to keep putting it off, but >> Yeah, Waste Zero keeps calling me and

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asking me if we have an answer. >> I don't think we have a choice. We have to go with with Waste Zero now, but I think it's a conversation we need to have with Ralph. We can't just keep raising the price. >> No. >> That's not a plan. >> contract with Waste Zero and then look at it again next year.

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>> I would do that. That would be my suggestion. >> Because they already gave me this quote a month ago, so >> Are they negotiable at all on those rates? Can we negotiate? >> Um I can ask. >> And that might be worth asking. You don't know until you ask. >> That's what I'm saying. >> Yeah.

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>> Is there a charge? >> Like I doubt anybody's reading those inserts that are in them, so would it save us money if we didn't do the inserts? >> Mhm. >> But take the inserts out, take the ties out. Does that save us >> Nobody uses the ties. >> That's what I'm saying. >> Nobody uses the inserts. >> we um why don't we find out if that will

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All right, lessen the cost. >> If we can reduce that. >> Liz, not to put more um work on your plate. I know you you've reached out to several companies. How many have you reached out to that you didn't get a response from, would you say? >> I reached out to four total.

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>> Okay. >> to get at least three quotes, so I got two back. >> And you got two back, okay. And it it seems like consistently well, if you only have two, so we're only comparing to Mansfield, right? >> Mass DEP, the lady from Mass DEP just gave me um

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sent me a link of more vendors, so I could go through them, but I don't want to keep Waste Zero. >> I know. It it I But I I think I don't disagree with what everyone is saying, but I think it might not be um

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it might not be a bad idea to still try reaching out again. If there are ways we can keep Waste Zero just around for now while you reach out to someone else, but if that if if Waste Zero is looking for a decision, then we don't have a choice because they they cheap as now. >> But this may be able to buy some more

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time if we ask them if we can take the inserts out and the ties. >> Right. >> Yeah. If they can go back and redo the numbers, if that would save us any money. So that might buy us a little bit of time to at least go through that list of what the um the state gave you. >> Yeah. >> All right. Okay.

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>> And is it possible we can ask you to I think I think Liz just men- uh someone just mentioned it. Neg- like negotiate the rates with Waste Zero and say, "Okay, we are more than likely going with you. Can you do better with the numbers you're sharing?" Cuz even a dollar you cheaper might

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in a long in the long scheme of things not a lot, but still better than what we have. >> Right. Yep. And it gives me time to reach out to a couple more vendors. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> Right. >> I I think suggesting if they could take those items out, I think that's going to reduce the cost. >> Take take them out and see what that

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cuts it down to and then maybe we we make suggestions to our office like maybe you have to raise the >> Rob isn't looking for an answer until before October. He wants to raise the fees in October, so we have another 2 months to go for now. >> And if he raised the dump fees, you

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know, the sticker fees, if you do it that way, how much would that make up the deficit? It's ridiculous to have a $40,000 deficit for garbage bags. It's ridiculous. Um it doesn't make any sense. But it is what it is and we have >> to dispose of. Well, we're really trying to push >> It's cost of disposal. We have nothing.

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It's not the bags. >> If we can push those compost bins and get the weight out of it, then our our disposal cost is less. >> Can we bring some of those this weekend? >> Yeah. >> Let's bring some of those this weekend uh to the farmers market and let's uh

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see what we can do with that. So, we'll just postpone it >> You know, that's that's a good >> July. >> The point like the point that you made is it's it's the disposal cost that's offsetting it, not so much the fact. >> Yeah. Yeah, if we can get disposal cost down

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>> Yeah. >> So, we're I'm just going to need a motion to table this until next month so we can do some more research. >> I would make a motion to table that discussion for um bags. >> I'm sorry. Did you second?

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>> Yes, I second. >> Can I get a vote? I. Motion passes. Talk about it next month. Which brings us right to the farmers market update. So, I think as Ashley said, there's 14 vendors. I think it's going to be a great event.

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Did you say we had a food truck? >> Uh we did, but he said he's not coming cuz it's Father's Day. >> Oh, bummer. So, I got to try to find somebody last minute. Yeah, that would be nice because I know last time people were really hungry. >> Yeah, he just told me yesterday that he wasn't going to make it, so I got to

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find somebody else. >> Okay, sounds good. >> And the other thing I wanted to ask you guys, so the food trucks that buy an annual permit they don't have to pay separate to enter any other event. So, >> Are we charging them for the farmers market? >> No.

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>> I I didn't think They get an annual. >> Does that sound okay to both of you? I mean, if they have an annual pass, why would we make them >> Yeah, that that sounds great. Yeah, that sounds good. I mean, how much more are we going to make? $25.

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>> Right. >> Yeah, that sounds fine. >> Rather see that see them participate in the community event instead of saying, "Oh, well, [clears throat] I'm going to pay, you know, $25. We don't want to hold anything back. All right. So, we'll move on to the next section, which is new business.

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And that will take us to uh new regulations uh sand and septic installations. >> [laughter] >> Yes, let's just stay up to stay up there. >> Let me get my steps in. >> So, Mr. Bernard couldn't join us today cuz he's on vacation, but he asked me to

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put this in as a new regulation. So, we have have Waterford Circle. They have had eight Title Fives, and half of them have failed. So, he's thinking it's the sand that was used or it's the type of system, the Coltech.

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>> New construction? >> It was 8 years old. >> Oh, god. >> But, these things should last 20 years if they're taken care of right. They should last 20 years. These things are dying at eight. Some uh 10. Not None of them are older than 10. It's a brand new development.

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>> Wow. >> In the last 10 years. >> Wow. >> So, and I looked into it, it's all the same installer. It's all the same uh Coltech design. >> Yeah. >> So, he wasn't sure if we go to the extreme extreme and just say no to any

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Coltechs or [snorts] start with making them send in a sample of the septic sand. Cuz he doesn't know it what it is. It could be the sand, it could be the system. But, they had this Coltech in there that are working fine. Yeah. So, it There's

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>> would be >> Are there specific sands that >> responsible for it? If it was installed incorrectly. >> I mean, Todd was pretty, you know, aggressive with his inspections, and he didn't let anything

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by. So, I I can't see it it would anything the town didn't do. We don't know You look at the sand, and it looks like septic sand, but did they just put a top layer of it on top? You know, we're not digging with a shovel to see what they put underneath. So,

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Jerry seems to think it might be the sand. So, he wants all the new installations they're they're going to be held responsible for having a third-party lab come in on-site, take the sand from the hole, test it to make sure it's actual septic sand.

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And it's going to be liable on the installer. >> I think that's reasonable. >> I think so, too. >> You know, the the homeowner shouldn't be responsible for that. >> Yeah. >> Or you know, if you're building a new home. >> Exactly. >> All right, so I'll create a new

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regulation for that and then I'll send it out and then you guys sign it and then we can post it. >> Sounds good. >> The as-builts, he would like them to say read this for any as-built design. It just

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it holds the engineer accountable for doing an actual >> Oh, I see where you are. Okay. >> They go out there, they do all the measurements and then they send us the as-builts. So, we had an incident on Hart Street where they sent the engineer sent us the

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as-built, we went out there and it was nothing like as designed. >> Ah, okay. >> So, and it was an issue. The the thing would have failed immediately as soon as they started using it. >> Oh jeez. >> Yeah. >> I like this. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> wants all the as-builts to say this.

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>> Absolutely. >> So, if it's a repair, say that. If it's a new construction, say this. So, it's it's nothing big. I hereby certify that the septic system is installed as the state in accordance with Title 5 and State Sanitary Code and Titan Board of Health Regulations. >> I like it. >> Yeah. >> So,

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I'll create that regulation and then have you guys sign it. >> Okay. >> But it's just another way to protect us and the homeowners. Failing systems. >> Oh, is that something we have to vote on? >> Uh yeah, I would make a vote. >> Okay. >> Can you combine it into one? >> Yeah.

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>> How do we do that? I can get somebody to make a motion, we'll combine both of those um one and two, the sand and the as-built into one motion. >> Okay. >> [laughter] >> All right. >> Rock, paper, scissors for it. >> [laughter]

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>> All right, I make a motion to uh approve new business as the septic sa- septic sand tests and as-built plan uh changes. >> I get a second? >> I second. >> The vote. >> Aye.

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>> Aye. >> Motion passes. We're moving on to items not reasonably anticipated within 48 hours. Does anybody have anything? >> Nothing that I came up. >> I don't have anything. >> Okay. >> I would just like to ask the public to

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be a little patient with inspection with permits. Um we're going through a transition. We have a new employee who's trying to learn as she's, you know, going. Um it's going to be a little challenging for her. >> she's right on it because I'm getting

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emails left and right. >> I try to do my right. Well, the board of health side, she's been working with us for the last three full months. >> Yeah. >> At least one month. Last year, November. >> She's doing a great job. >> else she has like putting down path? It's the building side now. >> She'll get it. >> You know, she's learning it all. on her

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own, so Just let everyone be patient. She's going to get to you. We're not ignoring you on purpose. Like it's the phone is ringing for the building and board of health at her desk, so you can only imagine how many times that phone is ringing a day. >> Mhm. >> Wow.

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>> We could have a hard time just answering phones. >> Wow. >> Yeah, so just be a little patient with you know, so right now and once the transition is complete we'll be rocking and rolling. >> That's great. All right, moving on the Swap Shed grand opening was Saturday,

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June the 13th and talk a little bit about that. So I think >> So he Tom said there was a few things dropped off like knick-knacks and mason jars. >> Oh good. >> So people did come and use it but he needs help he needs help. >> Yeah.

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>> I might jump on the next one in June. 27th so >> I'll be in Florida. >> Maybe I'll go. Yeah. No, not twice. >> [laughter] >> My wife might have an issue with that. >> All right, any public input? It doesn't look like anyone's here. No one's on

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Zoom. So we'll shuffle over that one. All we have left is to approve the meeting minutes from February 17th, March 18th, April 28th, and May the 21st. If I can get a motion for that. >> I make a motion to approve the meeting

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minutes for February 17th, March 18th, April 28th, and May 21, 2026. >> I second. >> Can I get a vote? >> Aye. >> Aye. >> Aye. >> That's all set. It looks like our next meeting is July 21st, 2026

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2:00 p.m. Is that good for everyone? >> Sounds good. >> All right. All right, I just need one last thing from you. I just need a motion to adjourn the meeting unless anyone has anything else. >> No, I make a motion to adjourn the meeting for today.

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Uh yeah, there you go. >> I need a vote. >> Aye. >> Aye. Motion carried. >> [clears throat] >> We'll see everybody in July. >> All right. >> Bye Chris. >> Bye Chris. I'll see you in person next week. Take care. Bye-bye. >> Bye-bye.