Right. Uh it is 6:31 p.m. Uh I believe uh we have everyone that's going to be showing up tonight. So I will uh call the meeting to order. Um start off by I I know Clint, you sent out some meeting minutes earlier today. Has everyone had
a chance to review those yet or do we want to postpone the voting on those of February 11th and March 25th uh meeting minutes? Do you want to discuss that tonight or we want to uh keep on review for our next meeting? Should be in a couple weeks.
>> Thanks for >> No, no worries. I didn't have an issue with Have you got a chance to review him yet or >> looked at him? I didn't so long. >> Okay. Uh Matt, did you have an opportunity? >> Another night. >> Yeah. As always, I think Clint was uh
perfect and spot on. >> Wow. There you go. Just remember, you are being recorded, man. So, >> he can use that again. So, >> yeah, I might bring that home and play it for my wife. >> That's the next time you're going. Look at this. Um, all right. Well, given that
uh uh given that everyone has had the chance to the opportunity to review those, um I will entertain a motion to approve the meeting minutes from February 11th, 2026 and March 25th of 2026 as uh as written.
>> I have a motion's been made. Do I have second? Second. All those in favor? I >> All right. Those meeting minutes are approved. Jason, wait there. There's a remote meeting here. We got us to uh
introduction >> roll call. Matt should just say I like say >> I Okay. But no, the rest is fine. have your hand raise
or you just doing that to that was way that's how I was saying I >> going to vote all of the options. >> All right. Um so as far as uh budgetary discussion is concerned the next topic on our uh on
our agenda here. So um the final numbers have come through. I think everything else is for the most part pretty similar here. The only major change was that the final numbers came through for with regard to the school and the position that Groten has taken in our
assessment has been increased by $20,000. Um had some preliminary like background discussion where we're just kind of going through potential options. Realistically, with how thin everything is on all the other budgets, uh we
really don't have uh the opportunity to uh cut back in other locations. So, um, right now the proposal in front of us would be to utilize free cash for this $20,000, uh, shortfall instead of, uh, trying to find,
you know, instead of trying to go from like, hey, we're going to take two grand off of everyone's budget and when they're already tight as they are, um, we can have that discussion of how to proceed forward if there's any and I don't know if anything else you want to talk about with regard to it, but basically that's the long and short of
it Um I don't think $20,000 from free cash is exactly what we want to do, but at the same time uh it would be >> what will be the balance >> balance after? So this is the number. So it's 19,99
that was the increase from school assessment. You want me to increase? No, not that. >> That's fine. Thanks. Right there. >> Perfect.
>> So, um, so yeah, right. 1909 is, um, is the increase in free cash to cover the increase in the school assessment. Um, if we were to do that then
small too. I'm sorry. The balance after all appropriations is 435 $435,754. Um that includes the operating appropriation, the special town meeting
articles, the planned annual town meeting articles, and the round dustable regional school district capital. So, we're still spending quite a bit out of there, but uh you know, it's uh definitely not as bad as it was
before. >> Jason, if we have the um if they end up taking the mowing, that's half of that money, right? >> Yeah. Yeah. Roughly almost. So, so I mean that that's part of that could could end up coming out of my budget and
>> you know replacing so we we'd only need in the end 10 grand. >> Mhm. >> Yeah. >> Would that happen before town meeting or that happened post town meeting and just roll over free cash in 207? >> We hope to get an answer before town
meeting. It's possible we get an answer. Do you have some point? >> Oh, I was just going to say, I mean, it seems we've been trying to be pretty conservative with using free cash, but it seems like there's nowhere else for this money to come from. I mean, after
we've gone through this again and again, there's really no I mean, nowhere left to cut. >> Could we get slightly more aggressive on revenues? Possibly. I don't want to. I would rather, as much as I hate using free cash for this purpose, I would
rather cashation rather than hedging up on revenues more. And I kind of feel the same way about the expense lines. We've really kind of shaved, we've trimmed them a lot this
year, more than we have historically. And so the pushing that the flexibility that's been built into the budget in some areas is not is not there for next year. >> Yeah. So to cut more
um there, you know, maybe some areas we've been trimmed slightly, but um again, if there's an unanticipated expense that we didn't see coming, if there's an emergency we didn't see coming,
I'd rather not do that, too. But yeah, if if you it's it's up to the board. >> It's not something we have to throw it on. It's just less. Do we want to just post that underneath, you know, increase the amount coming out of free cash going
to school district, regional school district, I'm sorry. That basically would be it. whether or not we want to line it there. There's there's no anyone have any other >> I wouldn't touch. >> Yeah. >> The fact that that's probably the most
variable out of all items. I would say that we touch expenses. I'm sorry. Free cash. >> Yeah. >> So, we are pretty we are pretty aggressive with our >> more more than we have in the past. Yeah. >> Harold, anything. Matt, anything you want to add to it or
we just move this to free cash and work? >> Yeah, I I I say we do the free cash. >> Is there anything else with the budget we need to discuss right now? >> Are you When do you think so? I'm putting together
materials now. Sorry. Is the Is the board going to take a vote on a recommended budget? Um, are you comfortable with me? >> This is the At least >> this is it. >> This is it. >> You're good. Okay. I just want to make
sure um Okay. Yeah. No, that's it. That's it. >> There no other changes, but I don't have any changes. I don't um the only other thing was out of here.
You have the warrant. You got to open up the screen here. So, I'd like to keep uh you know somewhat in um in with what we have been doing here um as of lately here.
Oh, there it is. Um, so we can take our positions on these articles this evening and that would leave us an opportunity to or at least limit the amount of conversation associated with
things when we do have our official um the official hearing, the public hearing for the warrant. Um, that's kind of what I had listed here with regard to that to just review the warrant and take positions as as uh as we see fit. I don't think anything's
changing, right? It's all been finalized now with >> so it would make the uh when we have the the the public hearing that it would at least just sort of smooth that out so we're not having the discussion, you know, with with other folks at least
trying to not sway things, but That's the way that makes sense. >> Yeah. Okay. So, um, article one, there's really nothing for us to take position upon. That's just our reports of the town, uh, officer, boards, and committees. >> Can I say one thing?
>> So, in this draft, it's it's a final draft, but I do have advisory listed on some of the for the sponsor, some of the articles to sponsor. I know you haven't taken a vote on that. I know you have to, but so if you see it on the warrant,
it's kind of a placeholder at this point. That's fine. If you don't want to sponsor any of these, then fine. >> Uh, do we have have any unpaid bills that we're anticipating? >> We have one unpaid, you know, let me just pull up uh
that's >> you ordering it. >> I'm putting it through right now. So, we have one unpaid bill for $30 off and 58 Suns for a fire department staples bill. I don't think we're going to be able to
afford that. I know. So, um so I guess from that position, if we're going to go through uh each one of the articles, we'll just take a motion to support the paying of the unpaid bills. currently $34 with regard to an
unpaid staples bill. Motion's made. We have a second. >> Second. >> Second. All those in favor? >> I >> I >> Okay. Um pretty standard typical uh for for us here, but uh article three, the transfer to the water enterprise fund. Let's see
if the town will vote to appropriate or transfer from available funds to the water enterprise fund a sum of money for the purpose of funding operating expenses as deemed necessary by the uh board of water commissioners for FY2026 or take any actions in relation there
too. Again, this is a standard motion. I believe everyone's understanding of the transfers. It needs to happen on an annual basis uh in order to keep the um just water enterprise moves. Actually, fortunately for us, this fiscal year, this we won't this is kind of a
placeholder that's on every warrant this year. Um, a transfer won't be necessary there. There's there's solvent on their own. So, we're just going to end up taking no action on this. So, from an advisory side, if this was on there,
because it's outside the general fund, right? It wouldn't be something we would normally take a position on, just for future reference. >> Yeah. So water enterprise is separate from the general fund. Correct. But generally speaking, if a transfer is needed, it would come from the general
fund. >> Okay. >> So the general fund would be essentially subsidizing the water department in >> operations, you know, because it's self- sustaining. >> Yep. And then there's for a large component of a lot of what people
obviously we a big part of what we do is the budget and the fincom side of things but the reason we're the advisory board not just of FinCom is that we're also I don't I would like to say well we're also paid for our opinion uh we're also volunteering for our opinion uh on on
these articles as well but there is a component that does come from as Jason said this was come from capital so uh or the general fund So all right. So if we don't need to move anything then we just take no action. I'd imagine that's going to be what
we'll state at town meeting. Yes. So yeah no position necessary. Um so article four uh to this another transfer for the uh to the general stabilization fund to see if the time will vote uh to transfer from free cash some of $50,000
and from the PAS settlement special revenue fund the sum of $100,000 to the town's general stabilization fund pursuant to Mass General Law chapter 40 section 5B or take any action in relation there too. Uh so this just as
far as I'm concerned this makes sense that the additional funds that we've received here and know what has been discussed as part of our our woods policies uh to make sure we're continuing to fund the general stabilization fund so that we should a rainy day occur we have something
available to utilize with that. So any questions, comments or concerns or entertain a motion to support article 4? >> The balance is 435.
>> So with the um free cash is 435. Yeah. So let me just make this bigger. Sorry. Um so current balance is 420 632 in general stabilization. If the proposed plan goes as planned, it
it will for 27 it will be 570. Um here you see the policy goal that we have. So for general stabilization it's between 8 and 10% of our overall um spend. So it's 1.1 to 1.4 is what we're
trying to get to. Uh free cash policy goal is 443 to 738. actually pretty close um in free cash. Uh and this is the total reserve range. Our um our total reserve uh between
um between free cash and stabilization 771 at the um at the end. So we'll be in decent we'll be in decent shape. um just decent progress being made. I guess
>> that's been all the things that we've been trying to do here for the last at one point in time we had next to nothing. >> Yeah. >> And in here and hadn't made a contribution in a significant amount of time. So this is >> I'm sorry I correct one thing I just
said. So 771 is in the stabilization fund. the general CIP we have over a million if we make the contribution to general stabilization and keep the free cash balance as it is. So um
>> so free cash inclusive of the 199 leaving. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So 435 here and then 570 in general after the appropriation. So the total is 1 point okay. Um, so you know, the the total reserve
range is 1.6 to 2.2. So we're still >> a ways away from that, but you know, it's pretty good progress in a short period of time. >> Any other discussion? >> More out of curiosity, what what kind of
account does the stabilization sit on? Does it earn anything for us? >> It does earn I don't know exactly what kind of a I can I'll get that to >> very soon,000 drives. That's I mean two 3% that's like 14 grand.
>> Yeah. So we had 3.49 we put 50 in and the car balance is 420. So you can kind of you can kind of do the math there. Um but I can get Yeah. So it is interesting account. I just I'm not sure exactly
what >> Oh, that's good. Is we're starting to go warm. So, >> yeah. I makes total sense to me. >> All right. Continue momentum. Thank you. And entertain a motion to uh support
article 4. Motion made. Second. Second. All those in favor? I I Good. uh article five which is the transfer through the capital improvement uh program stabilization fund to see if the
town will transfer uh from free cash the sum of $50,000 and from the PAS settlement special revenue fund,000 to the town's capital improvements uh program stabilization fund pursuant to mass general laws chapter 40 section 5B
or taking action two. So this is the other half of our we just kind of went through there. So we have we have two on an annual basis that we that we move. This is the other half of this here to make sure we're we're funding uh capital
improvement and uh stabilization. So those are the two funds that uh our policies are governed by here with regard to ourselves in the advisory. For your information, we have about $381,000 in the PAS settlement um special revenue
fund. So, we're appropriating 200 out, but we'll still have 181 remaining in Mad and entertain a motion to support article five unless anyone has motion made. We have a second. All those in favor? Hi.
>> Hi. >> We just kind of talked about this one, so this should go fast. The operating budget to see if the town will vote to raise an appropriate transfer from available funds or borrow pursuant to any applicable statute or any uh combination thereof to fund the various
departments, boards, committees, commissions, and other operating expenses of a town for fiscal year 2027 beginning on July 1st, 2026, or take any action in relation there too. So, this is just the operating budget that we just kind of went through and settled
our last 20 grand, $19,999. Um, so any other comments, questions, concerns with regard to the operating budget? Hearing none, I would uh entertain a motion to uh support article six.
Motion made. Second. Second. Second. All those in favor? I >> I >> article 7 uh revolving fund expenditures to see if the town will vote pursuant to master law chapter 44 section uh 53e and
a half uh to set the annual expenditure limits for fiscal year 2027 for all revolving funds established by general bylaws as follows or take any action in relation there too. This is for the cemetery recreation uh COA transport
permit application approval not required plans and transfer station. This is our the new one for me is a COA transport. >> That's COA transportation. That's we collect fees as part for giving rides to
like medical appointment. >> Oh, really? etc. And so that goes in >> it's been around >> goes into that machine something that's been around for years. >> Transfer station is named transfer
station. That's the trash program. Just to clarify. >> Jason, is this how much money is in the accounts or is just this is the amount that we're allowing to spend from the account? It's the limit on how much they can spend, not the balance.
>> So the balance would be higher in some of these accounts than than that. >> Yeah. Any comments, questions, concerns? um entertain a motion to uh support seven. >> Motion made second. All those in favor?
I >> I >> uh article 8, capital improvements for municipal departments to see if the town will uh vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money uh for remodeling, reconstructing, and making repairs to
the existing town building infrastructure and to make uh the purchase of any necessary equipment including all incidental and related costs there too. Oh, sorry. Uh their cost or take any action in relation there too. So what we have if this
article is asking for $75,000 um monthly cash to fund um a new police cruiser which is part of our annual um purchase and then um 15,000 of vehicle
extrication equipment uh for the fire department and that this has been this is part of the capital improvement plan. capital improvement plan has been approved and vetted by the capital bank committee. Um
so the next article 9 is also um part of the capital improvement plan but um because timing of that project we're hoping to get access to the funds before FY27. So that's why it's not included in our building.
>> So from a free cash basis, the 135, the 150, the 60, and the 15, right? >> And then the 20 that leaves, it's basically a balance in free cash of 190. >> No, the 435 was after those have been >> Okay. Yeah. One thing I was doing the
math like that's getting low. >> No, no, no, no, no, no, no. That's all it >> Yes. So, our total certification was $964,000 this year for free cash. >> Yeah. >> So, that the operating expenses, our
special town meeting articles, it's baked into this 220. So, that's um that's where you see it on this chart. >> I think you've already baked in the 150 transfer or is that in the 435 too? >> Say that again.
>> The 150 transfer of stabilization. That part would come out of the 435. So 50 of it is coming from free cash 100 from the um PAS settlement. >> So 50 in general stabilization, 50 for
CIP stabilization and then 120 for capital. So that's the 220. >> Yeah. Is there any additional so with the vehicle extradition uh equipment is there any additional training or any other subsequent cost
after the purchase of them equipment? >> Not that I'm not that I'm aware or or not that I'm aware of that will not be able to be absorbed. Does any of this have an impact from an insurance standpoint for 27
increases newer equipment or newer police vehicle assuming more expensive? >> We see that though on an annual basis like so the yearover-year difference >> I don't not so much
>> it's not an incremental vehicle it's a replacement or is it an incremental >> what what's that mean? Uh, is are we adding another vehicle to the >> Oh, no, no. One and then one drops off, one comes out. >> One drops off and we get an offer.
>> Yeah, I think it is. And we um because of our claim history on our general liability, I wish it was on our health insurance too, but because of our claim history with general liability, they actually kind of locked us in to no more
than two and a half um for next year. So, and they locked us in last year for this year. So, we're in >> Yeah. Yeah. So, we're in pretty good shape from general liability. Health insurance is a whole another issue though.
All right. So, given that article 8 and article 9 are uh attached to the hip a little bit here, um I would entertain a motion to support articles 8 and nine as written here. Motion made. We have a second. Second.
All those in favor? I >> I. Moving on to article 10 for the uh water infrastructure uh improvements to see if the town will vote to transfer from the water retained earnings a sum of money
for design, repair, replacement, construction and installation of various water infrastructure and associated work including all incidental and related costs or taking the action in relation there too. This has also become a standard article. I think this is the third heater we've
had this article. It's um because the the water department budget doesn't have the um the capacity to kind of deal with unanticipated issues. We've used retained earnings to retained
earnings appropriation. Retained earnings is basically free cash for the enterprise fund. That's basically what it is. We've um we've asked town meeting for approval for retained earnings appropriation
for capital basically on the water side and mostly for unanticipated and emergency repairs and capital that arrives. So free cash was I'm sorry retained earnings was certified at $49,123.
um they're asking for 25,000 of that to um to be in, you know, an account for those unanticipated needs. >> You may remember this past winter there were two um water breaks uh on Main
Street that um that without the appropriation the prior appropriation, we would not have been able to fund. We would have to come and ask for additional funds. um probably at this town meeting frankly. So um so it's been
effective up to this point. Okay. Any other questions, comments, concerns? Entertain a motion to support article 10. >> So move.
>> Motion made. Second. Second. All those in favor. I >> uh article 11 transfer from free cash for snow and ice uh deficit to see if the town will vote to raise appropriate transfer from available funds or borrow
pursuant to any applicable statute uh or any combination thereof a sum of money uh to the snow and ice account to cover the fiscal year 2026 snow and ice deficit or take any action relation there too. We know it was a bad winner. So
>> it was a bad winter and so this this appropriation is not included in the account free cash accounting. The reason for that is I'm not entirely sure if we'll need this article or if we'll be able to absorb it with um year and
transfers um within the existing appropriation. >> So um we're kind of monitoring the budget now to see what we think. I think we we may be able to cover the cost through um
interdep departmental experience first. >> What's the amount? >> Right. So at the moment it's $46,983.13 is the deficit. So nice. >> All things considered >> all things considered if you >> I totally agree.
>> Has something changed though? I thought you had to. This this would be paid off in next fiscal year. I thought you snow and ice had to be taken care of in in the current fiscal year. >> So you can do it one of two ways. You
can deal with it this year. So if we were to do a free cash transfer at town at town meeting, it would be for this fiscal year. So we would be able to use it for this fiscal year. Is that was that the question? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. So we would be able to do a
free free cash appropriation but to cover the expenses for this fiscal um the other way you can do it is you can actually raise you can carry the deficit and raise it on the
>> tax rate or next when you're set in the next as but the only way you can do that is if you have the capac tax lev capacity to do it and we just don't have that capacity so we don't have the ability to carry it forward. important. So, um, so yeah, we will have to address
it this this fiscal year either through the transfers or through match appropriation. I'm open to do it through budget transfers. >> I don't know if you >> I would move to defer vote on this one until
date. >> So, just out of curiosity, if we don't do the either Does it really matter in the end if the the balance between the two end will be certified as free cash? So in the end free cash is kind of net neutral, right? >> Yeah. So okay. Yeah. Just Okay. Got it.
Yeah. >> I kind of agree. That's no real it's going to pay me now paying later, right? So we can defer till we have to make those transfers. This is the board that would make the transfer anyways. So either comes from us now or it will come
from us later. So yeah, do you have a preferred approach on this at all? Like >> I don't really see like >> one is yeah to me it kind of nets out at the end but I'm not sure really
whether if it saves from being an article and if there's no real impact maybe but I I don't know what the the cost would be. Yeah. from a process standpoint, not the actual cost. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
So motion's at least been made to uh defer second. All those in favor? >> Uh, community preservation committee recommendations to see what transfers or other actions the town may vote to or
may vote with respect to any recommended actions of the community preservation committee or take any action in relation there too. Do we have any argument? So this article, what this article does is um
is a is appropriate uh transfers CPA funds into the into the proper buckets I guess the proper accounts. So 10% has to go to affordable housing, 10% historic preservation, 10% open space and rent.
So we'll do that and then the remaining balance will go into the unreserved. Um in addition to that we um we appropriate the administrative um allocation which can only be up to
5%. And then there's the debt any CPA debt service payments are also approved through this article which um I think for next year is only going to be the union building. I think the Ferrari Ferrari farm property is is paid off this year.
Apologize if I don't remember this article as an annual article. Y still there will be no changes or adaptations to the like spending of funds. This doesn't approve other than
the debt service payments. This doesn't approve any um any spending on the particular project. Any other it just allocates the money properly. Any other comments, questions, concerns?
If none, I'd entertain a motion to support article 12. >> So move. >> I have a motion. We have a second. Second. Second. All those in favor? >> I. Central Cemetery Fence Rehabilitation to see if the town will vote to transfer
from available funds including CPA funds a sum of money for the rehabilitation to the central cemetery fence including all incidental and related cost based upon the recommendation of the community uh preservation committee or take any action in relation there too.
This is a request from the cemetery commission in the amount of $60,000 for CPA money to repair and repair which cemeter Turn sanitarium street.
It was a rock bomb. Thanks. >> Yes. >> I imagine it's building a new fence and then if it's a community CBC, we have guidelines. We have a new fence. >> It's not building. It's a it's historic money. You got to
preserve and restore the existing fencing. >> It's not building to take that money. There's a there's a lot of paint. >> I haven't I haven't been at the meetings about this project.
>> It's there's there's a lot of rock. There's going to have to be you know uh boards replaced and you know there's a fair amount of
um work that's going to have to be done. So there is some replacement such as paint. >> Yeah. >> They have to use I'm just wondering they have to use like old like >> is a 4x4 an actual 4x4 and what we're putting back instead of what we get at
Home Depot that's a 3 and 1/2 by 3 and 1/2 if we're lucky. They're working that out with the uh >> I saw somewhere looking to find historically relevant
I guess in terms of so much from a labor standpoint probably and materials because it has to be done in a certain way to be in compliance with is that kind of a general way think about it? >> I would guess that's the case. Yes. Yeah. So my thinking is you have to use
that it's >> and if you have to use cedar instead of pressure treated that's so it's without knowing like all the details do we have to take position >> I mean I'm supporting it but if it's
>> you don't have to >> it's not coming out of the money it would just be a position based on whether or not we feel it's an appropriate utilization of the bon >> which it is.
>> It's preserving the town cemetery. So, >> and they need the fence, right? >> The residents might get up and walk away if we don't have the fence after. >> Well, are people dying to get in there? Is that why they need a fence? All right. See if we can squeeze a few more
data. >> All right. Entertain a motion to support our 13. So >> move second. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> Looks like we're uh at the Ryel
Cemetery. We are uh doing some stone wall repairs to see if uh the town will vote to transfer from available funds including CPA funds the sum of money for the repair of the stone wall at the Ry Oak uh cemetery including all incidental
uh and related costs based upon the recommendations of the community preservation committee and taking any action there too. So right the small one 113 by telephone. could
frank snow wouldn't probably fire. So they're asking 9,000. >> Oh, okay. I get what you're talking about. >> Yeah. It's like really Yeah. You wouldn't you could drive by not even real sorry. >> Yes. Yeah. Yeah.
>> Yeah. Yeah. 10 grand to fix the wall. similar requirements to use mud and straw. >> It's got to be historically appropriate. Yes. >> So, I'd entertain a motion to support
the CPC's uh modification to the ride out cemetery uh stonewall repairs. Have >> a motion. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> All those in favor? I >> All right. Article 15, the community uh
preservation act fund uh balance transfers to see if the town will vote to transfer remaining and unexpected balances from prior appropriations made to the CPA uh made from the CPA uh funds for completed or inactive projects back
to the appropriate community preservation fund reserve accounts or unres unreserved fund balance or take any action in relation These are basically old projects, little old CPA project accounts.
Um, projects that you complete and there's a balance of the accounts or there are projects that just never went forward for a variety of reasons. And so um just basically getting them back into
getting those funds back into the allocation so that they can be used for any projects. It's like dead money right now. >> So is do we have an idea of the total second? Well, everybody at home, check out all
the exciting emails I get soon. All right. All right. Now this gives you an idea of the the accounts and the balances with
all of these are not being um all of these aren't being cleaned up but this is as good as I have right now. Uh,
so let me see. Preservation of uh Joan, you you help me out if I'm messing anything up here cuz we worked on those together. Um, preservation of historic well we're cleaning up. Um, that just never
happened. Um, three historic district signs. That's done. talked about doing the dugout roof at large field because we believe that's complete but I need to confirm that >> according to according to my uh
uh CP3 report CP3 >> yeah it's done >> that's done >> so >> um so you know I I don't have to go but those this gives you an idea >> a few bucks here and there you're not
gonna you're not getting rich here but no Okay, I see no issue with any of this. Seems very makes sense. >> I imagine we'll have a list for not
meeting somebody. Yes, someone's going to ask. Yeah, >> go back to the unreserved or is that go back to each bucket? So, I I think you can do it either way. Um, what I was planning to do, but Joan,
I you feel free to offer your input, too, is I was planning to go back and look back on where the money came from and putting it back where it came from in the first place. >> Makes sense. >> That's probably the uh
that's probably the appropriate. >> Yeah. So, if they if the initial >> That's the way a deal should be. I just area like 49 any possibility? >> Yeah. No, that's that's that was my plan is just to go back and look. If it came
on a historic preserve, it would go back to that. If it came out on reserve, it would go back there. >> So, I don't agree with the article as it's written. >> Okay. >> Just because it says it or they can put it in the unreserve fund balance and I
just think it should strictly go back to where it came from. It's but it's possible it came from there on >> Okay. >> All right. I was reading it that they could they could decide to put it there regardless of where it came from.
>> Oh, no. No. I mean, I think I think technically that is true, but that's not how we plan to do it. >> Okay. So, could you just take that? I guess you can't take it out now, but
I can just take that out back to the appropriate community preservation fund. If it came from reserve, just go back without saying it's going on, right? See the town back to the appropriate community
preservation fund reserve again. >> Um because I left it open. I guess you could say community preservation fund and just leave it there rather than say cuz the reserve accounts the reserve accounts which is the 10% 10%
and then the unreserve fund is is it own fund is yeah it's its own All right. Anything any other questions, comments, concerns? Entertain a motion to support article 15 hearing.
Motion >> made. All in favor? I >> chapter 90 uh to see if the town will vote to appropriate any sums of the monies received by the town under provision general law chapter 90 for the
purpose of authorizing of authorized by chapter 90 or make any uh actions in relation there too. Uh I know we don't have anything really to talk about here just money going in money going out. It's chapter 19 state
for roads. Y the anticipate estimated allocation for next year is 320,832. the last couple years we've bought more than what we have typically because they now have like a rural um they have our
formula appropriation and then a separate um allocation for rural communities that has increased our annual allocation significantly. Um, any other comments, questions, concerns with regard to article 16?
Hearing none, I'd entertain a motion to support article 16 as proposed. >> Motion made a second. Second. All those in favor? >> I um article 17. I am not going to read this whole thing. Uh so uh article 17
which is regarding the uh ADUs or accessory dwelling units amendments to the town's only bylaws. See if the town will vote to amend the zoning bylaws to regulate uh accessory dwelling units in compliance with the state law and regulations or take any action in
relation there too. Um if we have a federal to go through we can but if anyone doesn't know as of February 1st I think February 1st >> you can build an 80 forget up to a yeah up to a certain size
and square footage without any uh regulations by your town a local municipality um without them step stepping in to be able to tell you you can't do that to have to follow site plan review. Yes.
>> So we have to have a special permit. >> Correct. >> With ads originally required. >> So you want to build a full house, go for it essentially. Um but aside from that, um
I don't think we have anything else here. just to amend that all of our bylaws to >> align with state law and vote for put a lot of a lot of time into those. So
we're not violating any state law and somebody comes back and pulls it against us. So any questions, comments concerning the article 7 regarding ADUs? Nope. Uh hearing nothing. Uh and
entertain a motion to approve or to support article 17. >> Motion made. Do we have a second? All those in favor? Hi. >> Yeah, too. >> Yeah.
>> Guess I'm the theater folks. Folks up in Florida. Someone will be down here soon. Um, article 18 to amend section 29 subsection 29.5.2 two, community housing administration of the town zoning bylaws
to see if the town will be able to amend section 29.5.2 of the town zoning bylaw by deleting the words certificate of occupancy and replacing them with building permit as follows. Language will be inserted as
shown underlined and the language to be deleted shown struck through. Is there a reason why we It's basically to try to get the So, we have an inclusionary um housing bylaw
that requires developers after the sixth unit to build in a fourth unit. Sorry. Um and and if they don't want to do that, they can go to the planning board and ask for
approval for a um a cash payment in lie of building. >> And so what and it's forget what it is now. I don't have it in front of me. Um, in any case, what this does is rather than waiting for the certificate
of occupancy, it requires them to give the payment um while issuing the building permit um just to get the money sooner. So, we're not chasing them once the project's done. They have someone ready to move in, well, we don't we don't have the money to buy the home
>> and then it's a whole thing. Um, and we've recently had a situation where it all worked out and it it wasn't um it wasn't an issue, but we >> took longer than necessary. >> It highlighted the fact that it could be
an issue and so this was a recommended change by by Tom. >> Get the money faster. I mean, >> it's the beginning instead of at the end. Yes. Probably smart. Um, so yeah, exactly. Pay me now, please.
>> Um, all right. Entertain a motion to support article 18. You got a motion. >> Oh, yeah. Motion. >> Second. All those in favor? >> I I get that money.
uh article 19 to amend uh to the personal bylaw of the town's general bylaws to see if the town will vote to amend the personnel bylaw of the town's Jesus the town's general bylaws by amending the language as follows
language to be inserted to be shown uh underlined and the language to be deleted uh to be struck through is this just switching select board to select men to select board >> no so this is so currently and this has been for it's been prior to me being
here there has been no personnel functioning personnel board um there has been an appointed personnel board there have been no members they have it's been defunct for years um in I think years prior
so what this does is it basically tries to align align the general bylaw with how things are actually being done currently which is through the select board. So it essentially replaces the personnel board which has not existed
for years with the select board who has been doing okay comments, questions, concerns. Okay. I'm assuming most of this if it's a personnel issue is held in uh not public meeting but is a private
session. Well, I guess it is and uh it also depends on um if the person wants to do it in public session. person has a right to do it
session if they if they choose for for disciplinary actions. All right. Uh any other comments, questions, concerns? Entertain a motion to uh support article
90. Yep. We have a second. All those in favor? >> I >> I. >> Article 20, amend the amendment to the departmental revolving fund by fund
bylaw of the town's general bylaw. See if the town would vote to amend the departmental revolving fund bylaw. Section five, authorizing authorized revolving funds of the general bylaws by amending the revolving revolving funds
table to add a new revolving fund as allowed or take any action. Yeah, I agree. I read it and I still am like, huh? Um, so this is on
anything. What? I don't I'm not Yep. So, what this does is um cuz it tries to create a new uh revolving fund for the COA pro for COA programs.
Um so I don't know over the last year year and a half there have been more um senior programming being offered um and the idea is to use the revenue that's
generated to pay for the instructors and um and those running the programs. >> So we've been currently using the donation fund. Um, we have a COA donation fund for that purpose, but it's really should be a revolving fund. It
should we shouldn't be doing that out of the donation fund. So, this is just to create a new revolving fund for COA programming that allows us to pay to collect money for programs that we're offering and then pay for the instructor's materials, etc. with those
funds. Okay. made sense. >> I didn't get that the wording me walking through it. It made a lot more sense than trying to get that the first time. >> Yeah. So, I'd entertain a motion to uh
support article 20 20 as written. It makes much more sense to me. All right. We have a second. Second. All those in favor? I >> I. uh zoning bylaw amendment for 174
Pleasant Street to see if the town will vote to amend the zoning bylaw and zoning map of the town of Dunable by reszoning lot zero lock 50 on assessor's map 12 174 Pleasant Street from R1
single family residence to B1 retail business as shown on the proposed map uh entitled B1 retail business district dated April 10th, 2026 to be incorporated into section two of the
dunable zoning bylaw such map on file and available for inspection at the Dunable Town Hall planning board office or take any action in relation there too you I don't I just little background on
>> yeah so um this property 174 Pleasant Street is you know the post offices it's the property to the right of the post office. Um the owner of the property has expressed interest to the town, I believe directly
to the planning board as well um on um his desire to construct commercial um retail development of some kind on that property. So um right now it's zoned R1.
It is in the mud district um but it's owned R1 and it's not large enough um the lot size is not large enough for for the owners to take advantage of the mud district. So um as an alternative this is a reszoning proposal to reszone this
parcel to B1 to allow him to work with the town on a future development on the site. Does the zoning impact anything for revenues? the change from R1 to B1.
>> Um if it's if it ultimately ends up being developed as a B1 um as a use in that's allowed in the BOE district, then it would certainly bring in more tax revenue than what is currently being generated there and it would not have
the impacts of potential cost to school children or things like that. So um so I think it would be from a revenue standpoint a a positive >> so if you change it if a just
you have a business or sorry you have a residential and then you switch it over to so wouldn't it no longer be zoned residential and then you can't live there? >> Well it be grandfathered. So it would be a grandfather use um
>> until you develop it. gone through development, you can't go back to R1. >> Yeah, correct. >> My district is all zoned B1, so it's, you know, appropriate and and quite frankly,
we're out of we're out of V1, you know, uh uh what's the word about one? But you know, we have no we have no B1 uh
areas left other than what's attached to the you know the mud district at some time in the you know who knows the future. This is this this
makes perfect sense, you know. I don't I don't think it's uh I don't think it should be a problem for me. Um it's it changing the zoning to be one
just includes it with the uh the mud district zoning and everybody's >> okay to support the resone made second. All
those in favor? I >> um this is the one we had a conversation at our last meeting with the adaptation of uh article 22 adaptation of local meals tax uh to see if the town will
vote to uh accept the provisions of Massachusetts general laws chapter 64 L section 2A to establish a local meals tax in the amount of 75% to be effective on July 1st 2026 and
take any action in relation there too 75% just so everyone understands obviously if that's on $100 that's like seven cents so not really I'm talking
about a huge um revenue generator >> not going to make our money >> no um but it is something that if you you know every other town around I believe it's 200 and change towns that already have this in place.
>> Every town around here has it and it would the only thing it's not going to scare anybody off, but if you did open a new business, it might put somebody's, you know, a bad taste in their mouth if somebody would want to put a restaurant and we go and pass a meals tax law. They' be like like really just moved in. You want to
add more taxes to me. Uh so it would be good to sort of get ahead of things there as potential tax revenue if we do get somebody to move in. So good. >> Who in uh who in town will be paying this meals tax? The farmhouse cafe and
Dunkin Donuts. Is that >> They wouldn't pay it. It would just show up on your bill obviously. Yeah. It just be the local tax, >> but I mean they they they're the ones that would be responsible. >> Yeah, I believe I believe that they're
the only two that would be paying Yeah. charging >> charging. >> Just prepared foods, right? What's that? Just prepared foods >> like the tax. >> Yeah, it's just um you know uh on Yeah,
restaurant. It's a restaurant tax basically. Yeah, >> you go and buy a bag of chips. You don't get No. No. Entertain >> a motion to support article 22. Yep. Motion made. We have a second. Second. All those in favor? I I
um now we're going to get into a couple of interesting ones here. Um these are newer here. We have not discussed this previously, but uh uh I have a little bit of background information. I'm sure Jason has more. Um this is amendments to
zoning areas, business zoning areas to be reszoned um to open up for uh potential additional businesses to come in. So I believe it's supposed to be article 23, right? >> It is. Yeah,
>> it's written, you know. >> Yeah. So article 23 would be zoning bylaw amendment for cold weather. Cold weather. just used to saying it cold weather um for cold storage warehouses. Uh to see if the town will vote to amend
section 10.2 of the town zoning bylaws by adding the following s uh new section subsection subsection E with a cold storage warehouse, a specialized storage facility equipped with temperature controlled environments. Its primary function is to store uh temperature
sensitive products often perishable goods like pharmaceutical products ensuring that their quality and proper air temperature uh product storage is often uh in for extended periods of time and general uh del gen generally delivered to final
consumers instead of distributors or take any action there too. Um from what I'm understanding this is an amendment to our zoning bylaws to allow for this facility like this to come in. Um it is a uh from what the economic uh development committee has put forward or
at least let me know was that the uh uh this is a something that's been lacking in the state or in this area. Uh cold weather storage facilities uh not >> cold plenty of cold weather. We don't need
cold need cold storage facilities. Um, so it's a an opportunity to sort of fill it fill a niche market. The areas that are being modified for this would be further away. This is something like someone's going to move into the new B1
area next to the, you know, uh, uh, next to the post office and put up a cold weather, a cold storage facility. Can't see. Um, this is going to be more like the properties are for that would be available. This would be further towards the outskirts of town. Um,
>> it says B3, right? >> Yeah. Yes. >> It's I think the only B3 we have is out by Route Three on the >> just on our side of things. Yeah. >> Just uh along Thingsboro. Now, is this I
didn't hear anything about uh uh these things by right. Are these are these still Um, are these still going to be uh special
permanent? You know, these guys have talked about a whole bunch of stuff and and I'm a little confused about what uh what am I doing? So just as
>> the next one is very similar which is modifying the zoning bylaw with regard to uh uh opening up additional uh business districts. Um >> I'm just trying to figure out are they
just adding something to the list of things that are uh you know are available to be uh done in the B3 district or do they want to remove all
uh you know >> this this amendment just adds adds that allowed use to the Yes. >> Okay. That's what I that's what I wanted to know. >> But I don't know if it needs a special to maybe you know better than me whether
or not that requires a special permit. >> Um I believe I believe they do. >> Yes. Yeah. It it would need a based on how it's drafted. It would need a special permit. So that's that's now the the economic
development committee has been talking about getting rid of special permits because they think it's um you know they they think it's they think it it turns off you know
people with you know who'd like to come and maybe do business in town and under circumstances that you know that's something to be
considered. But you know at the on the other hand under other circumstances you you know you still have to have some control over what's being done in in town. So, okay. So, they're it does
require a special permit and they're just adding that to the list of things that you can do in a B3 district. >> It's adding Yes, it's adding to the list of allowed uses. >> Okay. All right. Any other questions, comments, concerns?
I think we can kind of have open up for business. allow track some more revenue in probably talking years away requires special permit regardless. >> Yes. Is there reasonable to add the list of uses?
>> So and then entertain a motion to support article 23 regarding cold storage warehouses. >> Second. All those in favor I >> I >> very similarly this is a modification to uh the B2 zone uh which is to allow for
craft jewelries a craft tap rooms and craft distilleries uh to see if the town will vote to amend section 9.3 of the town's zoning bylaw by adding the new subsection. So this is taking u the B2 zones and adding in the opportunities
for craft breweries, craft breweries and tap rooms and craft distilleries. Again, we have limited business areas, but at the same time if a business wants to come in here to open things up,
>> where's the >> There's multiple B2s. I don't remember what. Do you know >> B2 is uh B2 is uh basically Rioel's
>> sorry >> highway garage >> the highway garage and Rioel's property uh you know well you know and beyond trying to I think what else we have
that's it's that's another yeah we you know we are sadly lacking in some of these areas but like in a B3 in a B3 district you can also have B2
uses. So you know that's >> I mean all this makes sense for opening up where we can to try to get some occupancy in town in some of these areas. Yeah, I'll require special permits. So, it's not like >> Yeah, I'm assuming none of this is based
on like proposals that are currently being discussed. This is just opening up. >> This is in case the proposal comes in. >> Correct. With with a lot of this what for a long period of time, there's been a concern that you're not going to be able to get something into town. So this is more towards the the economic
development committee being able to go and even talking with the members of the community sorry of the committee they basically like if we get these things on here there are a couple of people from a couple of boards that they've making connections with that said they might be interested and just need to know that
Dunible is going to open for business to bring those businesses in here to make that happen. So it's interesting looking at the map like I thought with the space that's actually being monitored from >> Yeah, it's not much
very >> Yeah. >> There was some question about the uh town center district because this stuff I believe is already allowed in the town center
district. >> Correct. Well, only only in existing buildings, >> right? >> And you you can't build new, >> right? >> Sorry. What do you mean by it's in the like it's both business and res or what
what do you mean by >> So in town in the town center district, it allows for business use, but only in existing buildings in the town center district. You can't build. >> Sounds like grandfather. >> Um, no. It's basically meant to I think
correct you but it's meant to encourage preservation of historic buildings in the town center >> by allowing people to try to make a go at it um on the business side. >> Is that right, Joe? Yeah, it's it's it's
to encourage people to use to be able to to be able to, you know, use the old houses, use the old barns. Um by uh yeah, you know, putting a business
in there, some kind of business in there that will uh make them make a buck and pay to you know, keep the place up basically. Marbell's the bookstore. Those are two
good examples of Yeah. And serve food. Um, so entertain a motion to uh support article 24 for adding that
capability to zone V2 zone. Motion made second. >> Can I just Can I just ask Jason has legal reviewed this and is there anything contradicting any of the bylaws with this that needs to be addressed?
legal review all articles on the warrant. Um these these draft warrant articles I think from what was it 22? Yeah, article 22 to 26
are articles that were drafted and sponsored by the economic development committee but they have been reviewed by town council. >> Okay. So 25 and 26 is kind of the next motion here into this and they are at least in my mind a little bit jointly related
here. Uh I didn't mean to say that jointly related >> that joke over um so uh article 25 is an adaptation I do believe you know and Jason and I were talking before but the the local tax
rate is a is a variable um for mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar mar marijuana ret retail sales was one of the things I was looking into but uh this would essentially attempt to adapt that rate at 3% so that if a um if a
retail shop were to be able to be allowed in town that it would be an automatic 3% and there wouldn't be an opportunity for negotiation. Um I don't have an issue with that if personally myself and you know hey the more tax revenue the better. If somebody
wants to come in here and do it, I'm I'm all for it. And uh cutting a deal doesn't make sense, you know, for that. If you want to come in and build that. The reason why I say those two are tied together is because the fact that in uh article 26 is the current zoning bylaws
do not allow for retail establishments within the town. So if you go back to when we uh opened up the the uh opportunity for marijuana establishments to come in that was for growing in wholesale retail was not a part of uh
the opportunity for the businesses that were interested at that point in time. So this is amending uh 26 amends it to allow uh marijuana retail retailers to command by special permit in all three business own
um so there's a little bit of a difference there uh but it is sort of tying it together. Obviously there's no point in having a tax on the on on something we can't sell unless we're opening up for that. So my personal opinion would be 25
sort of 26 should be above 25 because we don't need a tax unless we are going to allow retail. But >> I was going to ask that very quickly. Is there some method to your madness here?
Why one before the other? Why the card before? >> The the only there is no method to my madness. Um although there's plenty of madness. Um The only reason it is in this order is because it they've requested it to be in
this order. >> I I was questioning the same thing because to me it's like if they if 26 fails then there's no point in in voting on 25. about during for 25. Are we gonna are we gonna be talking about all the money
that's going to be rolling in >> to uh to town? >> Rolling, >> you know, after uh >> Hey, Joe's doing it >> after we approve uh you know uh uh the
uh marijuana retail establishments. >> Need needless to say, I will not be presenting on this article. So, I don't know. I don't know what I don't know what the presentation will be. Not sure the free samples. >> Are they gonna are they gonna pass out samples? >> Yeah.
>> Um >> before before the vote. >> Me personally, you know, I don't I'm I think we should be open for business. And I I initially thought it was going to be strange when I if anybody drives up anywhere highway, how the marijuana
place opened up across the street from the marijuana place and how that was going to work out. And now both parking lots are full at every striking traffic. >> So, you know, that's like a Dunkin Donuts open up across the street from a Dunkin Donuts. And yet there's a line to both drive-throughs.
>> And we got we've got two places right there in Tangeboro. We got two in Groten. We've got two in uh uh Peek. >> Yeah. you know, and the latest the
latest I've heard is that uh you know, it's uh it's not it's not going so well. Yeah. When you you know, when you drive by on uh on Easter or uh
Christmas or whatever, the the parking lot is full, but >> Oh, yeah. Don't drive by on Monday. >> Believe it's their holiday. as Sarah. Oh, >> that's right. >> I imagine it's going to be very busy,
but uh um I don't have an issue. If we want to set the tax rate, I I think that's a little bit I don't have an issue. >> What's what's the point of setting the tax rate now? >> Because it's a very based upon the way the B I believe the way that the state allows is that the local municipalities
are allowed above and beyond the state tax. It's already assessed on it. a local feed can be added to it. >> So just to set it at at a at a low feed so that someone would be attracted to >> three is the max >> openness. Yeah. Three is the max. Yeah.
>> Does that go away though? >> No. >> Only three is >> no. >> Is that the host community? >> Yeah, that's the host community. >> Yes. There two separate banks. Yeah. Post community fee is like for actual
impacts that a community can account for hosting a marijuana retail establishment. So if there are like police details required or whatever else, I don't know, traffic and cabinets
or um the need for a light, you can communities can negotiate a host community fee with the rent >> or whatever. >> Um it's just an example, not here.
>> Um so that you can do that through a host community fee. And then the state law allows, similar to the meals tax we were just talking about, our marijuana tax that on top of the state sales tax, local municipalities can, you know, opt
into up to a 3% um local option tax on marijuana. >> Yeah. The facility in Kingsboro has to pay the town um the cop detail. >> Yeah. separate from the, you know, the 3% or
whatever it is they they charge the the facility, they they have to negotiate around Christmas time for the cop detail to be there. >> Yeah. >> So, I'll put it out there if anybody had
comments, questions, deterren as far as it goes. I think it personally it's just another way of saying we're open for business. I don't know whether or not you know it's open for business but then we're going to tax you at the most the
highest things possible. So um it's kind of both but uh it has the point of setting it the highest rate to be able to argue that it's going to bring in more >> more revenue for the town. So it's like it's basically to support the argument of allowing them to come.
>> So if they come in we're going to we're going to set it. So that we can't so essentially those who would be negotiating the marijuana business command couldn't negotiate >> 1% or less than or >> does it make it less attractive for
someone to come here and do that if I mean what other town says that that everyone says it's >> I I don't I don't I don't I mean I I just curious my only other my only other experiences with this is in two other communities and both of those communities set it up
Um, but that doesn't mean that's what others could. >> I'm with Clint. I think we should do two 299. >> Yeah, there you go. >> Just like on Just like I don't think it would be today only. I don't think it would be a barrier for a
business to come. Um because it really is I think for most communities that host these, they're charging the extra tax. >> Yeah. Um because that's I think probably the most attractive part of hosting one of these. Um so I don't think and it's a
pass through just like the meals. It's not like they're paying it. It's the customers that are paying it. So yeah, I don't think it's a barrier very long. >> Sure. I don't find it be pro prohibitive.
>> Yeah. I mean like in any other store. >> Yeah. So I entertain a motion to support article 25 on the excess tax on marijuana retail sales. Motion made second. In favor
>> I opposed one opposed. Just one more point. We're talking about like a 75% meal tax on restaurants and stuff where essentially we're more than 300% xing or
3xing the uh the sales on this. So it's actually a very heavy burden in comparative to what we're saying restaurants to pay on the sales. So um it's a revenue generator. Whether or not town wants that in the town or not is a
separate question. At least it's generating higher revenue for us if it comes about. >> Oh yeah. >> Yeah. Just for context, the 753 is a big difference. Huge. >> For some reason people see 75, they think you're adding 75 cents to every
dollar. It's like no no no that's $100 you can add seven. Um, so anyway, uh, I agree. But the the next one is realistically the one that's the biggest change in my mind, which would be changing the zoning. You want
to pull back up the >> is uh that's really where it starts to, you know, cuz you're adding in uh still by special permit. So it's not like again >> so now it goes to B1, B2, V3. um for all
three, you know, areas open to marijuana retail sales. Now, I I do know because we've had a lot of discussion when we first started with all these there are certain distances already and setbacks from areas of public gathering of uh
schools of you know all these different things. So I can tell you right now the biggest one sort of towards the the town center and that' be one that's all going to be way too close to a school is >> I don't think uh I don't think that uh
um the town center district allows for marijuana. It would it would be by special permit and if they didn't modify the home, I guess they could potentially
Well, so the town center district is not included in the zoning limit that they proposed. Um, and and the town center zone overlay district specifically stipulates the type of retail that can go there. So, it would not be it would
only be allowed in the B2B B1, B2, B3 district. I think the top three. >> So that nice uh that nice spot at 174 Pleasant Street. >> I don't think it can I don't even think
it can go there because I think it's too close to a public to what >> the post office. >> It's an area of public gathering, isn't it? I'm like, you can't be it has to be more than 500 ft away from >> I just the last time we went through
this and it was kind of like where does this even fit? Like when we were talking about restricting it to different areas, it just didn't it's like you you look here, you look there, it's kind of like by the time you start putting these circles around it, you don't there's no everything's like a ven diagram.
everything overlap something else. I mean, could this that be? >> Well, that could be that could be I know originally they were talking about schools and churches and you know things, libraries, things like that. Yeah. But you know, post offices might
also be so imagine realistically of B3 that's right off the highway right by that we were kind of talking about cold storage facilities. Imagine that's probably going to be the most popular, right? It's right off the highway
to try to have their customers trouncing through downtown >> Dunable probably doesn't make all that much sense. But yeah, I would kind of like the pastor people. >> Yeah. So I'm open on anything here. It's up to
what community here what we uh want to do if we want to move forward with this. Support it. >> Yeah, I would support it. Okay. entertainment to support it. Sorry, I was just going to say from the the point of kind of revenue generating and
getting the tax and where it's located in town just based on it being one3 assuming all the stuff for the the school and all that. That's something I think I would support from a at least putting it as an option to then be allow allowing them to at least apply for the
special see if that's something the town. Okay. So, but yeah, that motion. >> Okay. So motion made and seconded there for uh support of the article. Any other uh I guess so
lost it there because my computer died at the same time. I'll release the shut off but uh uh we have entertained motion to support. All those in favor I >> I opposed. All right.
I believe that's everything for Yes. >> Unless we stuck in on 27th somewhere. >> No, that's it. Does the alcohol bylaw change we did for Mirabel, you know, the same similar restriction? Does alcohol similar restrictions? Sorry, is marijuana have the similar restrictions
as alcohol or is it increased restrictions on top of that? nor do like >> so the change was our local bylaw that just didn't allow that type of use in that district. So, we have to basically
allow him from a like a licensing standpoint if you're within I do I think it's a 500 foot buffer um of a school. I think a church as well, you can locate
there. you just the the select board needs to or the licensing clity has to have a public hearing and consider the tax and then rules that it's okay for them to locate there and I think from a marijuana retail I I believe I have to
confirm this but I believe the only restriction is it cannot be 500 ft from a school I just I don't think that's allowed a little different than it's it's a little more strict than um >> that's what we're going to be
confirming. Yeah, at least giving me more reassurance. >> Yeah. >> And given our given our zoning map um you know wouldn't it wouldn't allow our zoning map wouldn't allow it to be close to the school
or town center at all really. >> Well, you know, it's just here we are. We're going to be selling marijuana to raise money to pay for our school budget.
Just don't don't do both. Don't sell it to the kids so that they can pay for this. Yeah. So, aside from that, that's all we have for the warrant. We've taken a position on all the articles. Uh we're ready to move forward here. The vote is currently
on the 19th, which means the town meeting is on the 11th. Town meeting is on the 11th uh which would put our requirements for a public hearing uh at the before the 4th. So the
4th is a Monday. Um, so we have the last week of April. Um, I wouldn't want to go too far away from the actual town meeting so that people don't forget that they heard everything from the public hearing.
So, uh, what date works for everyone? The week of the 27th or May 4th? >> May 4th. It would just be May 4th. We can't go beyond May 4th. >> Okay. The May I can't do it. >> Okay. So, we can do the week before
it's April 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, or 1st. >> Any of those five me Wednesdays, >> Wednesdays, Tuesdays. >> Just all the way forward Wednesday. What time? You would need to fix theirs. Yeah.
And ours are just a public hearing as I would prefer their meeting to be over before. >> Yeah. >> Just so there isn't a conflict. Somebody says they can't go to the public hearing because they're going to open. >> Yeah. >> There's usually five, right? >> There's
I think they have been meeting later at 6 lately. I mean, I knew I knew those things. We're we're we're through them all. You're good to go. >> All right. >> Yes, sir.
>> Keep trying to bring in the economic development. >> So, I can't do that any day that we April. Uh the fourth I can't do. No problem. I can't do 29 >> if you have both.
>> If I have both if I could could avoid the 20 if that would be ideal. >> Yeah. I do the 30th just in case we didn't want to have a conflict. I don't want anyone to say that they couldn't go to the public hearing because they were at
the select board meeting and >> Makes sense. 30th, you good with that? >> What are we doing? >> You know, uh meeting on the 30th at 6:30 to have the warrant >> the uh public uh uh public hearing for
the warrant. You go to the 30th. >> I have to get up at 2 in the morning to drop my daughter off for her school trip. >> Okay. So, you might be a little groggy. >> Mhm. That be 6:30.
>> We can do or 6:30. >> 6:30 is fine. >> Yeah. Depending on who show that's all going to be based upon show. We've had years that no one's been here and we've had years that we kind of
go through every every article. So, um so all right. uh April 30th at 6:30 p.m. we will hold the uh public hearing for the warrant. Aside from that, um that concludes uh tonight's agenda, unless there's any uh any other topics
anyone else like to discuss. >> When will we be getting our our uh >> That's what I have to put up with. Uh, see what I have to split up the
>> our uh uh hazardous waste uh back. >> Hazardous waste back. >> Well, funded in the budget, you mean? >> Yeah. >> Um I don't I don't know. I don't know.
And I don't know what the um the board of health was talking about options on how to best move forward and possibly consider options to continue to uh to offer it through the revolving fund,
but I'm not sure where that conversation is right now. >> There's a chance that it we still may get a hazardous waste day. I think it's a, you know, a big mistake. I know people throw crap all over the place if
they can't get rid of it. So, um, if, uh, there's any way we can work that out. >> Yeah, I know. I'm I'm trying to work it out and I've been working with them to try to work it out.
So, yeah, I I agree with you, John. >> Thank you. U should there's a shower accept 30% >> 30%. >> Yeah, >> we got no flu clinic last year and we got an RA clinic this spring.
Good investment. >> I'll be asking about that. Good. Um, if nobody else has anything else to discuss, entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> Motion made, second. All those in favor?
>> Oppos. We'll leave the uh meeting open for you. You can just >> I can watch I can watch the mice go across the screen later on. >> Take it easy. >> Thanks,