motion to come out of our recess and join the public. Let's go. Second. We'll make we'll make a motion to uh or not make a motion. We'll just call our meeting to order. Yes. Uh and we have a representative online. Uh Tim is joining
us uh via teams today. So, okay. So, we have a joint meeting with the advisory board to discuss the FY 2026 budget which was approved and override passed. So just here to go over this. Do you
want Jason in? So we in case you know we needed alternative plans. Um but the as the chair said the overright passed yesterday. So um but I still think it's
important just to kind of go through because Bratton didn't pass it. there are still some um choices and options that that are going to going to take place. So, just to kind of go through or may happen. Um
so, uh first we have based on the override, we now have a balanced budget. So, a lot of what we're we're going to do is kind of wait and see what happens. Um we don't our budget is settled.
Um I just noted I put this just brief summary together. Um just for your information the chapter 70 um increase per student was increased to $150 uh dollars per student
um by the legislature both house and senate is my understanding. So that's increase the amount of chapter 70 funds that we believe the school district will uh receive. Their initial proposal was based on the governor's budget which had
$75 per student. So that's going to offset our increase by uh over third a little over 38,000 and it will offset the graten increase byund almost 129,000. The town of GR because there's their override request failed at the
ballot. Town of Graten is now considering going back to the ballot to ask for another override. Um they could modify that number down based on the increase in chapter 70 money. What were they asking for before it was?
Yeah, it was like 650. I can do the quick math if you want. [Music] Um but their their reduced amount is here and it's 544,2 55. Um let me see. Hold on a second. I'm
sorry. So 673250 it looks like was their original ask. Um so even with that reduced amount because of the chapter 70 increase that would result if that were to pass that would result in a level service of a fully funded level service school
district budget and um the grant town manager has recommended to the select board formally that he he recommends going for another override request in that amount. He's proposed June 28th as the day for the override.
Um and the Granton select board and the school committee grant school commit committee are meeting on Friday to go over all of this. Um so just to go through what our options are for the Groten um override
doesn't pass for a second time. one, we could modify the budget at a future special town meeting to reallocate the available funds we have, which is about $200,000. Um, so if we wanted to, that's an
option. If we do nothing, I've learned today that that there's a state law that requires the board um the board of assessors to essentially reduce our school assessment as before they set tax
rate. If our if our school assessment is reduced after annual town meeting. So if we do nothing when the s when the tax rate is uh set, it will be based on the lower assessment number anyway. So, we don't we are not required to really do
anything. If we do that, then we will only raise up to what we need to fund the schools, which will give us about $200,000 in capacity for 27. I don't understand any of that, but I'm just going to have to say, okay, no, no,
no, no, don't do that. I want I want everyone to understand. Sounded sounded to me like the board of assessors has to do something. Yeah. And then they're going we're still going to assess the overage that is that isn't it's available for next year. It would be
available in 27. Oh, we would raise the funds this year. We would delay it for next year. Correct. If we do nothing. If we choose not to reallocate or correct the next option. Yes. Or that's right. Provide. So if we do nothing, we don't
we only raise up to figure out if if we do nothing and we only raise up to um the amount required to match Groten what they can afford under their levy. We do
nothing. We have we will carry an additional $200,000 in tax levy capacity in FY27. And does it have to go to the school next year? No. No, it's an open. So it's not like it's automatic for the
school. It's available. That's correct. That's correct. Window. That's a fivey year window. No. No. I mean it's like us like it's sort of what like what one of your comments was if we do this now Dunl's always been pretty
resourceful for longer term in the event that Gratens didn't pass. This is sort of that you have that capacity within the levington. So next year when we next year we have the $200,000 capacity plus prop two and a half. So we have the
ability to increase 2 and a half plus 200,000 before going to overhead. Right. Yeah. Which isn't a bad thing. Just on practice and we sort of So people sort of sorted out the meeting that you're probably asking for an override potentially again next year. we all kind
of shrugged our shoulders and said that's very like possible if it fails. And then to me it's like I obviously would like to see us not do that next year now but you never know but historically we've haven't had to do
that. Yeah. So we just we can go up two and a half and the extra 200 we don't have to assess it still next year. That's correct. So, we've
Yeah. Yep. Yeah. So, we've increased our tax levy by $480,841. We can raise up to any degree within that 480. So, if we need the 280, if we need three, you know, but if you don't need that much, then they reduce
it up, take it off the tax bill. Yes. Right. But the levy is still there. Yeah. Yeah. So the last option that um is listed here is gifting making a gift to the school district. So can we just say no
to that now? Well, last year town of Graten gave a gift in the amount of I think it was $619,000 to schools. They did so because the school district based their um
assessments on what the town of Dons could afford and Graten because of that could afford more than us. And so they had that they had $619,000 of capacity which they decided to do um to provide a one-time gift to the school district
without an override. Without an override, right? You would be doing it with an override. I just y think it sounds awful. Yeah. No, I'm not I'm just these are options. I'm not I'm not advocating for I'm just I want to make sure everyone understands the possibilities of what could happen and
where the decision points lie. Basically, they had 619,000 in their levy within their levy to use. Yes. Did that take me approval or anything or so? So last year how we did remember we had
a special town meeting and a and an a special election before annual town meeting on the budget. So they knew at their annual town meeting that they were going to have this capacity. So how they did it was they included the budget and
a separate article for the gift on their on their town meeting warrant. So yes, it it was separately voted for at town meeting. It was discussed, debated, and um and approved at town meeting. Yeah. So,
um that that's that's an option. Um I talked to council about this. Um we also had a meeting this morning with the school district and Tom Graten and discussed some of these options.
Um after my discussion with council based on kind of how that line item the operating the the school district's operating line item how it's been used how we've discussed it and how we presented it and this law that requires the um
assessors to lower the assessment if it's not to me I think we should I don't know that it's I think we probably could um make a decision at board level to gift it. I really feel like we should go to town meeting to get approval for it.
We never contemplated this. It was never discussed. It was never presented at all to anybody. It would be a brand new kind of concept that we would consider. To me, I think it should be present at town meeting for for um for I agree. I think
you're right. In an override situation, this it doesn't it's different. It is a different and an override for schools. Yeah. Where if we didn't provide the gifts, additional cutting would be happening to schools. Yeah. Yeah. So I'm saying we asked we
asked for money providing what they asked for. Well, I mean let's be clear about like in in this situation really broaden the size. I mean if if if they if they passed the override we would be cutting municipal to meet that need.
Oh, and we and we didn't if the roles were reversed. Y well, the roles kind of were reversed last year. Many times the role has been reversed. And just to fake out this discussion, like they did 619 last
year, I think. So, so if we did like our mother, if we did our percentage of 620K, let's say, that's probably about 30. So, it's about $122,000 or so. That would be a gift, if you will. Yeah, I I agree with what
you're saying, but I also I don't know, right? We didn't ask for the override to gift the money to if we had the money to spare, then we wouldn't have asked for an override. But
but we need to ask for money for schools and schools need the money, right? It's not like we're gifting we're not gifting groten, you know, te box at the buying a fire truck. We're gifting it to go to school. We're going to give the money to
the school district. Say it again. We're going to give it to the school district. Correct. Well, that it's an option. Yeah. Matt, why are you apprehensive about that? because we just taxed we just asked for the town to increase the taxes a certain amount to meet the assessments and meet the need and now
we're going to gift the amount and then we're going to be asking for another override next year because able to bring up that that more money than we can afford each year one time yeah I don't want this to come
across as advocating one way or the other because it's not no we're just having a discussion Yeah. So, what happened this year, part of why we had a hard time matching what Rotten could afford was because
Graten gave the $619,000 gift for this year. And so, when they were creating their formulating the assessments for FY26, they had $619,000 head start.
Negative. Correct. Yeah. So because they were because that was not baked that wasn't baked in on the the assessment. So it was like a one time like you said a one time gift wasn't included in the in the calculation for the assessment.
So that was part of that was part of our kind of um struggle with matching them this year. Not the only part but a part of it. So um so my point being if we spent the money this year as a one time it would be like a one-time
use of anything um for any amount and next year it would not be baked into the the assessment. it would be calculated and it would be as though um you know we will we will have that money as basically untapped right money for for
funding the assessment next year. Um it's anyway that's that's just it's just an option and we there's no I mean it's not like we need to decide now because we don't even know what's going to happen with the town of Groen at this point but it's something to think about.
Um, we won't know until Exactly. Exactly. And do they even It's not a bad because it'll increase. Yeah. It's kind of like, you know, you were short money, we loaned you 20 bucks. Now you're short money, I'll loan
you 20 bucks. You know, or kind of or you know what I mean? Like seven and a half. I'm just going to say we don't do that and then and then pay like ask the town ask one town to pay to to override to meet that need. But we
we've had the override for schools and town but I but I think I personally think in the end our overrides are really for the town but the right we don't really have a choice on the school that 200,000 is available to us because the school assessment would go down if
Brton doesn't pass the override. So, the amount of money we requested from the town's people for that 200,000 was for schools. I think it might come back and bite you next year. Yeah. I I just I think it'll play rotten, right? Because
we're like you said, we'd be like they did this year that it kind of made it harder for us to keep up with their assessment. If we did the same thing, it would push harder on them next year. No, that'd be limit available to us. Yeah. I I think I think Carol's probably talking
about just like public perception and opinion. You're talking about financial. I think um yes, financially um we would be in a better obvious we're going to be if if financially this if Graten doesn't pass the override, we
will be in a a stronger position next year. Um that is not to that's not what I hope happens by the way. Yeah. I'm not that's not at all what I'm saying. I I just the reality I don't want the schools to have to cut anymore. I don't I don't think that's I don't think that's good for anybody. But from a
financial if you're looking at just the numbers that's that's going to put us in a stronger financial position. Um there also their money was for only for one time only expenses. It was not for anything operational like it didn't didn't stop market. Yeah.
Or anything like that. Well, the school the school can re reallocate the funding, you know, from so what's got to spend on capital now they can shift to operating to be able to run their operating differently you know because now that they don't have this expensive capital move it around a
little bit the same thing they would do with our right if we were to do that in my mind I think the spirit of it is fantastic and I appreciate the conversation I think I would echo what Jason said is in I would rather have the
entirety of the town who come to the town meeting participate in the in the dialogue. Not that we aren't good representatives of everyone, but I think I'd want to have the whole town sort of this one. Have to go to ballot or just vote at town hall. Just vote at town
hall. Yeah, that's not bad. I mean, that's the easier less expensive version of it, right? Because the again this the concept of it is right like they kind of bandated us last year. We'd be trying I mean if it's
125k 126 I see you jump half an administrator at the school but I mean it's the spirit of it and it's we are a regional school system. We certainly leveraged a lot of parents evoking their emotions to come out and vote with how they fel felt
about the school district and it is one of the most important aspects of the community. Not the only aspect but an important aspect of the community. So John, do you have a question? Um as as I understand it, you know,
rotten they did not pass their override last year. So because of the way things were handled and I really don't understand why they were done that way. I would have assumed that you know that
that Brock would have just given the school as much as they could just like they're doing this year. They would have given the school district what they could and we would have been uh you know we would have been
plugged out of along trying to keep up. But the fact is that the money you know they had without an overrise you know they had a few extra bucks to throw at the uh at the situation. uh you know we
we had to beg borrow steel to get people to uh you know approve an override and now you're talking about you know giving it away. I don't think that's going to go over. It was done that way last year
because we talked about the significant impacts that would happen to um to Dunstable local government if we had to match
um what Gotten could afford. And so this I was at we sat around a table with everybody there and they looked at me and said what can Dunable afford under their levy and I gave them the number and the school district said okay
well we tried to get an override field we're going to have to meet that number and that's why they did that and based on what we could afford broughten had $620,000 of excess levy capacity that they decided to gift that
they could have very well said, "No, we're not doing that. We're going to we can afford that assessment. Good luck, Dunstable and matching it." And we would have been in a lot of trouble. Well, and we'll be, you know, we Yeah. If you if you guys think you're
going to get another override next year, you know, you're agreeing. So, you know, we'll be in that same position next year. Um trying to come up with uh uh money
that uh you know, we gave away. Don't disagree. I think just there's there's very idea but you know sorry you know we just we can't afford it. Simple as that.
I the only the question I was what was the $480,000 or why do we have $200,000 available budget if we're talking about like the different we do right now because fails why do we have $200,000
from the schools it's the only reason why we'd have $200,000 extra would be if the school assessment went down so it's not a police officer you know being dispatched or something on those lines. It is the only reason why we have that extra capacity. The only reason why people
voted for the override was so that the town wouldn't be impacted if we had to uh take it in the net with the school uh with the school budget. School and in prior years as well, we
have cut the municipal to meet the need of the school without an override. And I, you know, I I I respect everyone's thoughts and and I'm not, you know, I'm not necessarily advocating either way right now. I I mean, I guess I am, but
um I just think it I just think it's it's I can't I would not vote before the voters and tell them and and advertise this idea. That's all. That's fair. Lacy, do you have a question or comment? Yeah, I I'm
very sorry. I have uh have an executive session at 7. So if there I wish I could stay for the full meeting, but if anybody have any specific questions from the schools, I'm happy to answer anything now before I head out. Um I have no nobody nobody asked, but I have
no opinion about this at this time. I feel like it's also uh one of those things that you know you sit there and debate the merits of it and I think everybody probably is in agreement about the sentiment of it being nice but maybe the you know there's a lot of reasons why it wouldn't
be um a wise idea or course of action but it's also something that currently doesn't need to be contemplated because I think whatever happens in rotten is going to make that irrelevant or unnecessary anyway or else. Maybe not,
but I guess it's not. No, that's fair. Thank you. Are you kind of leaning towards this proposal to have another override vote from government? So, uh, from the school's perspective, what we're going to do on Friday morning is we're going
to resertify our budget, like our overall budget, the same level. Um, we're going to also do I was listening to the meeting on the way here and so what Jason was describing about with the increased money that we expect to get
from um from the um from chapter 70, we have the ability to lower both assessments. So, we'll reertify the original number in the budget but lower the two assessments then to decide what they do with that.
They my understanding is that it's up to the select board to decide whether they call a special town meeting and fund that through their municipal or free cash or call for another special election. That would be something that the schools could really weigh in on. So
I don't know what they will do. I think our only objective is to um reertify the budget and to lower the assessments. So are you reertifying it at the rate that Ron certified it? No, just a chapter 70 change. Just a
chapter 70 change. So, so our operating budget will stay. In other words, at this point in time, we're not making any reductions. Okay. But we're also going to lower the assessment. So, Broton originally voted on on an override amount of 673,000. The new number would be
544,000. Okay. If they if they owe that out or they take that out from cash or see they don't do they have the free cash. No, they don't. They they have free cash but they don't use it for
operating. How much is in there? Do you know? I'm not sure. Lacy, what's Got Industable's uh END number? Um, I don't know because it's gonna it will depend on what increased money we get from the state. And um, so at this
point, as Jason kind of mentioned at the beginning of the conversation, our original budget was based on the governor or our budget numbers were based on the governor's budget. The house has passed their budget with that increased um increase of 150. The state
is include or the Senate is including that 150 as well, but they don't I don't think they've officially voted on it yet. Everybody seems to believe that they will pass it and then it would go to the governor and assuming she doesn't veto it, then we would get that 150 per
student. Um but it's not a guarantee at this point, right? Um but there's also some other like we may get additional um transportation reimbursement, increase surface breaker reimbursement. So that would roll into END. Um so at this point
I don't know what that would be looking like. What was the previous chapter 78 number? 75. So it it yields an increase overall of like 167,000 or something like that which would be shared proportionally
between the towns to lower the assessments. really we're just in kind of a wait and see time which is you know good glad we're having this meeting and we're not looking to butcher our budget thank you um
but you know we sort of hold tight until we know more but isn't it nice to actually have a discussion about what to do with our extra money it is you know it's I mean to me feeling it to me like I think the most important
thing is to I think we've been able to really or we've tried to at least and I think in a lot of ways effectively have established a level of trust and credibility with the community. I don't want to do anything that's going to jeopardize that. Right. And um so I
think transparency is another big thing we've really strived to to be and I think transparent with decisions like this is obviously important. So, um I think get if we are to consider something like this and if we're in a
position that you know Brton doesn't pass their overhead again and we're in a position to think about this more um it should be done definitely a calm meeting for sure I I think and um that's fair
and yeah just let the public really understand why what what they're doing all that. So, um, so yeah, last time they asked twice was 2017 and it failed both times. Yeah. Hey, Matt, what was that? So, fiscal
year 2017, they went back and asked for an override again after the first one failed and it failed by a larger margin. Oh, yeah. There's some risk. I mean, yeah. I mean, the only issue you got with this this override that they have is they had two overrides on the ballot
and mass to DLSS says historically both will fail. They've got enough data that they say when people when a town does that both are going to crash and burn and they advise against that. And you know the DOI sat here told us that cuz
we were doing that at one point in time and and you know here we are with this thing and you know the schools lost by I think 30 votes. The other one lost by several hundred votes. Yeah. Fire department was you know smashed. But historically they shouldn't have had two
overrides. You know what? That's their business and that's their problems and but that that guidance from the state is there and they give you all the data says this is why you don't want to do that and what they do they go off and do it and it fails. Yeah. When I say two overrides I meant they went they had a
vote on on 517 2016 and failed. They went back a month later and asked again for a reduced amount and it failed again. What what was this the money being used for? Does it say in there? It was for the school. Oh, it's for the school. Yeah. was 1,899,000 was the first time and then
the second time would be 812,000 and filled both. What year was that in 2017? They haven't passed a school override since um fiscal year 2007. 2007. That's ominous. Sorry. Fiscal year 2004
was the last time they passed um and won an override school other than the Florence Roach issue. Yeah, that's a exclusion. Yeah. Yeah. The only I mean the only two things that have changed is one the amount is going is being reduced slightly and now it's a
known it's known that Gunson will pass theirs. Yeah. I mean so I don't know if they those two things factor into anybody's decision making but you know who knows the difference between 680 and 540 on your day-to-day budget. Yeah.
Budget does pennies. So it's a tough I mean if it were like a bit more substantial and it's more it's more or less they're just getting lucky that the assessment's going down because the chapter right I mean it's but but even if they nobody go the part that
sucks about this is with it's great they're getting the additional chapter sign money and it should be double the 150 should be $300 but the fact of the matter is that like what that looks like and even will look like even our voters that hear about this is they needed 67
73 and they got and they they asked it for 673 and they but they really need 550 544 or whatever. It's going to look likeain that very very clearly. It's going to look like that, you know, we we wanted this. That really is unfair
because they budgets were crafted based on the information that was available at the time. This is new information that we have. Yeah. But I I understand the That's for sure. Well, I mean, I hope I wish them all the best. I mean, all we
can do is sort of sit and wait until another month, June 28th. So, the only thing with with Grton gifting last year. Yeah. And I I know from enough of the meetings that we've met together, it wasn't very popular. Correct. Does Mark have any other pitfalls that came out of
that? might be something to see if he said like, "Hey, you know, this screwed us up here or, you know, this changed the perspective. Did the gift cause the override to get shut down?" There was a lot of We went to that trial meeting together. There was a lot. It was it was
there was a lot of heavy discussion. It was heavily debated for sure. Um, other than that, I don't know of any other quotations or impacts. Um um you know, one of the one of the emails that he sent out after the
override vote, he went through kind of a variety of options for the town of Graten. And um he did mention that an option for Dunable was a um was to provide a
provide a gift like Gran did. Um, and to be fair, he was just he he named every, you know, every option there are. So, he wasn't singling us out at all. It was just it was just outlining what the possibilities were. Kind of I mean, similar to what we're doing, just from
our from our perspective instead. So, but I want to be clear that you didn't a year ago you didn't um advertise for them to do that. Oh, no. You know, we we didn't seek them out. No, I just want to make that clear. at all.
No, but we were we were crazy little going up there said this is all we can afford. Is this enough? Excuse me, sir. [Music] Excuse me. You sit down for the very first time since I remember that they actually
asked us what we could afford, you know, and and listened. Yeah. And listened and and I appreciate that. And I I'll tell you when they were going to do that gift, I was very nervous about it for obvious reasons. I mean, I was worried that we were going to have to come up with that money in the next year.
Unprecedented. Yeah. Well, then that it's it's scratch your back. Yeah. Yeah. And then, you know, it's But again, it's like, you know, we'll scratch your back if we have extra money without an override, you know. We don't you know, you don't tax one town because the other town I
don't know. I It could go either way. But if it fails again, but we're playing if it fails again and they're like, "Well, now we have to crush the school budget more, then we're we're right back to the same issue for our parents in town,
but then we're just delaying the inevitable another year. That's going to happen no matter what." Yeah, that's been me. But I mean to me the the the town of Bratton for this year, the gift
was was a favor for the town of Donsville and the school district. Um they didn't have to do that. They they it was a hotly debated issue that they could have decided to avoid, but they thought it was best and and it did help
the school district to avoid additional layoffs that they would have had to make to pay for the unemployment that they were going to have to pay for for the other um layoffs they were making. So um and it was voted at town meeting and it was
voted at and it was voted at town meeting. So, um, and it and it really helped us get through this year in a tough in a difficult difficult school year. So, um, because if you tell me it goes to the nurse between the middle school and the, you know, the one nurse
that's racing between two schools, I like that's a easy issue for me to say, "Yeah, here's a gift." Yeah. But I know it's not as simple as Yeah. I think I mean I think it's also a result of like we've really been able to establish a very productive working
relationship with everybody um I think involved in this and I think it's just a product of everybody better understanding where everybody's coming from and the situation throughout the island. So um so anyway the um do you want to go
through super town meeting at all or do we want to leave that for in the case of wait let them let them fail the vote on the 28th so you have kind of a breakdown real quick take a look if you have questions um feel free to just give me a
call I'm assuming the 28th is on purpose to get done prior to July one yeah they won't have a budget right I don't know how they're going to get to the 28th without a budget. The district, it's a little bit of play. I mean, it could be
because if Monday is the 30th, right? So, you just if Yeah. I mean, if the override doesn't if the override fails again, I mean, a 112 budget is probably what they're looking at school district. But you can only have a 112 budget for
so many months, right? Yes. Yes. And so they'd be operating with a 112 budget and then I don't know what's the rest of it day even with the regional school school district is I thought it was different what it is the 112 no it's 112 it's only
good for you run that for so many months I don't know what that is I think it's six months we where three I forget what it is I I don't I don't I don't know that it was three because you get some timing posting and and election is I think it's six, but I could be
wrong. Matt, I don't know. Because you could be doing a town meeting every month till you pass it. That's essentially what North Milsack did. They just ran meetings until they got it through. That's one way to go. You just keep you just keep decreasing the number and keep
recalculating the budget until you get it to flat. So, I looked at history um Town one time went eight times for eight times. Wow, that's money. Okay, I have a motion,
folks. I move to cancel the special town election on June 10th and direct the town clerk not to print the ballots. Second. Any discussion? Pretty obvious why that doesn't need to happen. So, all
those in favor? I I thank you. Very good. Anything else? Um, can I just I want to say thank you to Jason for all his hard work. This was you and Sue did some great work with with the outreach. Um, anyone that didn't know there was an
election going on, I think, um, needs to kind of answer to themselves. It's offrid. I think not only was the information in front of most people if they wanted it, but it was also fully available on the website if they wanted to find it. Um I you know there's no doubt that there's an election going on and um you were
definitely on social media and I just wanted to say thank you. You know I I I texted you several times the last few weeks and you were always no matter what time it was we answered. So I appreciate that and um I just thank you for the hard work. Thank you. I appreciate it. My pleasure.
I mean this is always a very stressful time of year. We don't we don't send out cards for elections. We just saw a for town meeting, right? But everyone got a card. Yeah. So, everyone got a card, right? I don't know. Explain. Well, I don't know how someone could not know
there's a town election. They're living in a vacuum. He should have sent them a sympathy card probably of the election. Get their address. I'll send them. I'll even sign the thing. But that goes Yeah. that goes out for the town meeting also has all the election information on it.
So, they do get that sent out and it's on our website and and they'll go and sit in your kitchen and have a meeting with you and we'll find who it is. We'll go visit them. We'll get a bus. We'll drive around. We'll go in their house. We'll door old school. Absolutely. I I would
say especially this because we're on camera that anyone that was a no but has a real financial constraint. I know there is some programs out there that you know maybe we can advertise those or advocate for those right because we have
a tax relief program for veterans the hero and things like that. So those folks that you really is a constraint on their budget and their family or whatever it might be you say hey we hear you we know that 340 or so people said I can't I don't want to do this or I can't
afford it. So do want to be respectful of those folks that really it could 600 bucks could get them, you know, down the curb and it might cancel a vacation for them or whatever. Yeah, there is an option on our tax bills to donate amount to that fund. So I mean, so if if
somebody does have issues with the amount, what do they do? Do they go to town hall and talk to somebody or how does that work? Yep. It depends. You know, if you're like a protected class or if you're a veteran, there's some different options. Um, really it's probably going to Jason or Sue and sort
of just being like, you know, humbly say, "Hey, I can't afford that hit." Like, what are my options? Um, and then I think there's some resources out there for affordability. But I can't promise that until you act until someone comes before us and says, "I'm John Smith. I just can't do 500 bucks." You know, what
can you do for me? The tax a committee will be in front of you guys in your next meeting. So, they've been working for the last few months to put together um an application, put together requirements, income requirements, um and they're wrapping that work up.
So, okay, we should be able to go out with that as well. And that's what the donation on your tax bill does into that tax aid fund. Um so, they should have some information early June, I think. Okay. To share with the public. Yeah. just because that kind of closes the loop because again 600 bucks on the
average tax bill is a lot to many families. So don't want to lose sight of that. So um our next meeting is the 4th. Is that our regular? So that'd be two weeks. Yes. Um not that's a Wednesday. It's a
Tuesday. Third. Yeah. Okay. Third and 10th, right? 6:00. We're sticking with six. Six is better. Yeah. For you. Okay. Okay. The third or fourth is the
opening of the new corner. The official When's it opening? The official opening, I think, is like the third or the fourth. I get a Did we get invited? I did. I didn't. I'm on the Are they going to have the building committee? So, you're on the building committee for them? Remember way back when this
started? Oh, yeah. Yeah, it took forever. Was it going to be a big deal? Was it no big deal? Just go once once a month and wasn't bad. It was not bad. Oh, you're in construction. Oh, you're going to stay on this till the very end. Transfer. We do. Yeah, she's going to
get it. Oh, I didn't know that. All right. All right. Well, we can you can fine. No, don't. Second. I in favor? We're going to we have year end transfers we're going to bring to you and we're going to package them. We're going to package
it cuz we're going to package them all together. The year transfers. This is Is that No, this is for us. This thing is still hot. Yeah. Well, we can leave.
Thank you all. Yeah. Oh, yeah. [Music]