That's all right. Well, I will call the meeting the meeting of the advisory board to order. This is for the bills for our 2026 annual town meeting. Uh so I will say at this point here we've taken position on the articles
here at our last meeting. Uh at this point in time it is uh basically more so for public comment. Um any anyone wants to bring up any issues or have any other additional discussions based upon the uh uh the articles that we've uh already put before put forward here and are
prepared for our town meeting here. So uh we'll flip through here just to uh meet the requirements of the state. If anyone has any questions, comments, concerns, please feel free to uh speak your minds. So start off with article one
of the town reports the ones that have been uh submitted by the officers the boards committees and commissions and trustees are taking any action there too realistically there's uh this is our standard uh motion standard article there's no any comments
questions or concerns all right article two uh for unpaid bills uh the only article the only issue we have here is a bill from Staples for $34.58. Um, that's
regarding article 2. It shouldn't >> You'd be surprised. You give us purchas the bill is posted on the website. >> Question there. Uh article three was a transfer to the
water enterprise fund. again Tom standard article and we don't have anything to transfer at this point. >> We don't have to do this. So we'll move on to article four to transfer to the general stabilization. Uh this article uh requests the approval
of transfer of a total of $150,000 into the town's general stabilization fund and $50,000 from free and $100,000 from the special preserve sorry revenue fund and it's put into uh
into standard operating procedures here for us. So, um, anyone else have any comments, questions, concerns? Um, so we're doing we need to do like this is uh, uh, if anything, this
board is one of the things that we should be, uh, promoting as much as possible as we're getting ourselves to a position where we might actually have a couple bucks if something goes wrong. U, but we're moving in the right direction. So, No comments, questions, concerns. We'll
move on to uh request again this is the the article request the approval the transfer of the total of $150,000 the town's CIP stabilization fund including $50,000 for free cash and $100,000 from the PAS settlement special
revenue fund. Um I believe I uh that a windfall. It's not a windfall. It's the that came from uh but uh that's the P5 funding that here. Again, that's the same uh long-term planning uh policies and
procedures that we've put in place on this board here. But uh definitely willing to hear any questions or comments or concerns. Obviously we have a we move to article six to see if the town will raise uh an appropriate
transfer from available funds to borrow pursuant to uh any applicable statute or any combination thereof to fund the various departments uh committees boards commissions and which is obviously this is the operating
budget probably discuss the budget at Nauseium especially at this board and can't imagine it's much realistically to uh to hear from the town people but we are definitely open to the discussion that
uh there. Article seven. This article is necessary to set expenditure limits for FY27 for the talents revolving funds. The ones that are listed uh below there on the screen, which is the uh recreation
permits and approvals not requiring special plans, plans. Jason, go back on this. Is this the balance in each of those funds or is the amount they
can spend the expenditure limit that they can take out of each fund? >> They spend that first then if they need town funds or >> not necessarily not necessarily sometimes they spend town funds and then dip into the revolving fund. It it all
it all of them I know town funds it's all revolving funds. So any town fund supported yeah concern. Uh so this will be our capital improvements for municipal departments.
This oral spending goes to vehicle extra uh tax the fire department $60,000 standard uh police cruiser uh replacements that
happens on an annual basis. Article nine is the library as to fund phase one of the we discussed at our last uh special town meeting. This is the continuation of that uh that program.
So the so there was one thing replaced already, right? And this the second the second one or >> No, it actually hasn't been nothing's been done yet. We at the special time received $58,000
for the special collections room. Um, so we were just going to but then Senator Amar for $75,000 for basically anything.
Um we're trying to get this additional for um and we're also use net metering credits that we have available based on our solar purchase
and so we're actually able to go forward with a project. Um yeah so um it's kind of So, >> yeah. So, we just needed those, right? >> Yeah. You're right.
G the last the special town meeting uh the the state and uh the credit for the solar. Add those all up together allows us to replace probably what everyone wanted to have replaced. get to that point special.
>> Yeah. So then the plan is to see units one, two and um one and I think five is to be done together. So, it just made sense to group them and
then with all those funding um all with all those funding sources combined to um see complete which we've already talked to program um manager about and we're
hopeful that we'll have success. us doing that for the next round. Um, so yeah, contract work to get it done because we had to because we don't haveation in place, we had to split the contract into two um
because you can't sign a contract without the funding being available. So we intend to select or approve the initial plan and once meeting considers and hopefully improve project
for a place that Is there money connected with the Council on Aging involved with this? >> No, nothing. And so I see I saw something about the at the library and I was just
wondering if that had anything to do with this money for the carpet improvements and maybe other improvements. in the that community room. >> Community room. >> Yeah. >> Thank you.
>> Yeah. Any other comments, questions, and concerns? All right. Infrastructure improvements. The article request $25,000 from the water retained uh earnings spot to fund general water infrastructure improvements. funding we
use and bring the town's water infrastructure not really a bad thing but I know that the road to construction time we have to go out and respond to any emergency with regard to article 11. This is a transfer from free
cash for snow and ice deficit. Obviously, we all know we had a pretty heavy winter last year. uh this last last season and based upon that uh we had and snow
will anticipate any other comments questions concerns are the bills all in believe builder online this number 47 was sent out today it's slightly higher
I just haven't updated it but it's I think 48,000 something then um and yeah I believe all all article 12 is a a standard article to appropriate uh were reserved
for the CPC or CPA annual recommended by the CPC for debt service to be presential administrative expenses in accordance with the master general law. Uh E section six uh this article is
necessary to transfer no less than 10 historical and community housing. No more than 5% can be used for administrative and operating expenses. This will also include debt service payments for the union building and the Ferrari
farm property. It should be the last one. This is the last last one for Ferrari. So finally we up to go. Any other any comments, questions,
concerns with regard to those? Uh, article 13 to 14 makes sense to join those together as we discussed it last time. We have some uh uh expenses to repair the fencing around the central cemetery as well as at the ride out
cemetery repairs in uh in accordance with uh the stand previously. So we have to meet those those standards uh in order to keep the and preserve the cemeteries in the in the manner that they are currently existing. So
that's kind of the reason for the additional cost. I know we talked about the last time about um being more expensive than folks would think with regard to how much it cost to fix a fence and fix a wall, but it is associated with uh building it with building standards from years past. So
>> and people are dying to get in there. So they try to keep everyone in. Yeah. any comments, questions, concerns with regard 15 which is the to take a long story and make it short
is that uh we've had a lot of uh project CPA has funded uh over uh the last few years 2019 last one here. So, this is basically you to CPA or release them back and
can get concerned with uh money that way. And thisally uh as anyone knows if you're you basically had a from town needing to put them back where they belong. That's a whole Yeah.
Chapter 16. Uh, chapter 16. Chapter 90 funds. Chapter 16 authorizes the appropriation of chapter 90 funds allocated by the commonwealth to the town of Dunible for improvements. Chapter 95 are provided by the state annually to its town to
reimburse of improving roads and related infrastructure. These funds are allocated by formula and must be authorized by town meeting in order to be spent. I don't think anyone is going to have a problem, but if anyone does, please let me know.
I will also ask him for a check from state article 17 is extremely long. Um we won't go into all the details the state has made it or attempted to adus. Uh this is
standard and in agreement with the states rules and rate relations around ADUs we have to fall in line with it said it's no longer allowed for town Massachusetts to require a special permit but it is if they
Yeah, sure folks understand that already halfway there. uh in that we already allowed the uh and we allowed in apartments.
So buildings, garages, etc. that have been there. So not quite as much of a stock has been for a lot of movies that didn't But it's it's as I say, we were already
we definitely were ahead of the curve buildings that could beed over to the Yep. >> Yeah. >> Final five backs sidewalk setbacks. But I believe it's that makes it easier.
I don't have the rates and all the rest, but it wouldn't have to have the same restrictions that are currently in. So you're set your ADU previously allowed sign 20 the 30th the reason
which u but it uh It's because of the really >> fate has insisted
that it's not fair to have um with a different than a regular residential
structure. Build a house, it's got from your neighbors. And but if you build a shed or a barn, that's, you know, That's no more. So we chose to make them
30 ft. which was totally totally ridiculous to stay as their head, you know, burn, you know, especially in a town like Dunmo. You got to do a lot, you know,
and you got to you've got to put a a a shed, you know, backyard because uh you know, they're being ridiculous. >> Yeah. The idea was that a research dead
um no big deal 20 ft from your neighbor whatever it's uh but uh the state said oh you got to have the same for both everybody because um we didn't think that
28 cents for less parts. Take that away. You know, it's mostly southern one, but uh this should be one of those ones we bring up for sure. Um
any other comments, question, concerns? Article 18. Uh the article makes a technical amendment to the town zoning bylaw by replacing certificate of opportunity with building permit new developments. We ran into
and the language so that we're able to acquire the appropriate funds. It still needs work. So, we're actually recommending no. So I guess we don't really need to talk about art too much because they'll move
on. Article 19 to amend the personnel bylaws of the town uh of the town's general bylaws. So this goes back into the actual operations regular daily basis and allows align
aligns our new bylaws with current practices consistent with how in community it's an age of our bylaw that needs to be changed so that it works more. It's just basically making our bylaw reflect how
things are actually functioning. They're not article 20 uh is the theing fund bylaw to add a new revolving fund uh to support the council on aging program. significant issue there.
Anyone has any comments or questions, concerns there to amend this associated with the property located at 174 Pleasant Street. This is the property would be to the west of the post office.
uh modifying that from R1 to B1 I think it's a for this is the picture that he the owner provided um this is the current property as a example what he'd like it to look
like after is it so did he have a possible ten or I don't know. I don't believe so. But that could be I think he actually parking in front told him he needed more grass in the
front. I like and then people get carried away with what branch this will support it unanimously because um they're already full of Here
you've got the post office here. >> Yeah. And roughly eight units coming in behind the post office and from center town to this area planners recommend
and the townustable you don't develop the center you develop something handy by the center and uh also uh this is not spot zoning because you already have as I say business is
there. Makes sense. >> Comments, questions, concerns. Article 22, which is the adoption of the uh local option for meals taxes. I think we spoke about this last time. It's a 75% um associate to be adopted. There's two
businesses in town right now, but it's more so have something did have another business that wanted to come in and develop a restaurant that it wouldn't be looked upon as a P upon their arrival. Uh this is something
to uh it puts an auction in place. It puts a reg that should a new business come in. They're not said to current establishments on this.
It's direct to consumer. So it's not it doesn't apply to them uh first stage or something they have to collect. I understand well yes but it does went to breakfast the other day.
Did you ask what did you think about the meal stacks the convenience or you know Dunkin Donuts or the guy who owns the store I don't know who pays the We found a second
and therefore I with all my support for this. I'm I'll be voting against it. It's just >> I'm surprised in two businesses. It's not like a zoning change where
you know in fact affect the whole town but this is affecting two businesses and she said too established because they've been here a while it's not like it's yeah they're new you know
that's my concern death spot impact if what I would have done uh I would have gone to vis what kind of impact will this have on you
you know I don't know what kind of bookkeeping is required of and it's not but it's just those businesses. I would have figured somebody would have reached out to them and
gave us a number the cost >> what they projected it was. >> Yeah. So I would I would have thought that they based on I'm guessing I'm guessing there's going to be another when you do your monthly stuff at the state.
Yeah. assuming that there'll be spot created for meals on you know cuz was I said that this this money comes back yeah I know it's it will be part of
be collected by the state and then distrib actually it's not we get it quarterly. Sorry, we have payments for >> these are. >> So essentially the the other part of the
of only about 30 or 40 communities in the state that don't already have this in place. So this is it. If you go to if you go to the Dunkin Donuts in Tensboro instead of going to the one in town, I know
I'm probably go to go to the one in Tor. um down paying whatever it is that just about anybody buys. I'm interested in the impact on the businesses trying to bring people like this in in
particular. I don't know. Here's a list of communities on the phone and everyone with numbers next to them are those vast. It's connecting your tax yourself essentially more.
be good. A feeling a week from Tuesday would be very challenging if in a public setting if you had not informed those potential here. Yeah, allow for cold storage warehouses.
uh uh uh went out and looked at uh different opportunities in some of our business districts and one of the ones that came forward as a potential opportunity but our bylaws prohibited uh
that that use we don't have anybody lined up to be able to do it but while polling the community is to those one of the things that came back that uh it would be beneficial if we were warehouses. So they're supposed to amend
that to allow >> they don't list warehouses. I think it's more than >> and it was a concern from I'm not sure who they were speaking with. I'm sure the
could speak to that a little bit better of who they was concerned that because we weren't listing it that they would have you could put one in the uh that prove this unanimously.
We got you now. Amen. 24 was to amend the D2 zones to allow for uh utilization for and if we're going to get a restaurant in town, it's very common place for a
lot of those that now be uh to want to be niche and have a brewery title and potentially brew their own beer. by the law to allow for the so again. No business has come forward to say they wanted to uh uh build a
brewery here in town. But to brewery if they wanted to >> brewery they're already sale but breweries kind of like grown but not sell I guess you both
but Yes. Let's see. There might be two only. And that building will fall down if we don't. acres now somewhere but u back by someone else
>> okay by the project if somebody wants to do it that badly. You're not >> you're not going to access the am I don't >> I think didn't they uh didn't the
neighbors put tax people from driving on their property? So, uh, yeah, you can access that, you know, property, but the rest of that B2 property is from town. Oh, that's fountain.
>> Yeah, I was looking into there's a garage looking property is being too. We seem to be feeling a little bit easy to find out. But this just adds this
just adds to the areas where something like this >> Yeah. >> could be up because the town needs a new garage anyway. >> Y with more rooms and things because the
wetland there and it's right behind by changing this to sell the property or move about the garage down the street that would be transferred >> be transferred to the town if the development >> development development doesn't
>> because by move forward we be basically saying that the property be eventually moving for set >> well it's already B2 it's zoned B2 to so it's it's not changing the underlines >> what it's
to allow it to locate there. So the towns said, "Well, if you get a new garage," which we should uh this will be all ready to roll. That would be a great way to clean it up and a great place for it.
And this in terms of brewery uses, not that I was done by the development committee, but It's really the probably the only realistic you would you agree it's unlikely.
>> Yeah, I understand and everything. Yeah. How about greenhouse? You do it in a greenhouse. >> Yeah. But >> 25 require some additional um special permitting in order to be
able to open up a retail sales establishment that you would mandate a 3% tax right there. If you jump over all those hurdles, the excise tax as article
score to allow for marijuana retail is on the marijuana on a retail they can see which I don't know I think that's >> yeah there's um there's two ways to look at the secret
charging the 3% tax never been in one of these marijuana then you see but it's cash only right No, we can't use the credit card. >> I believe you got it reverse. You can't move your credit card because it can't go through the federal bank
system. >> It's only cash. It's a debit. But you debit card. You can't use it. Okay. So many loopholes tied up in this and this is what happens when the state gets
their stuck into something to try to. So I give it to all this here which uh just in my own just trying to that uh many of these establishments uh
uh are that you can add to your phone which you can utilize credit cards to add funds to the app and the app can be used to buy things at the establishment utilizing deliver you deliver to your
all sorts of options. Oh yeah. >> That uh that you know the citizens of Dunable will be privy to you know we don't get the tax. Correct. You don't get the tax people have to go through the thing and
declare their belong lane for marijuana. Um again I don't see this as a clamoring but opportunity be everything. So
>> the are playing Jeff and the chairman of mentioned that all the the state to the marijuana regulations and uh I I looked them up
and you know last year in 2025 you know the the marijuana industry was uh you know heading down uh our governor Uh we will now appoint all of the
reformed cannabis control. Um uh being split between the governor, treasurer, and attorney general. I have announced and she's going to
appoint Um, a person can legally buy in a single transaction and possess in public from one. So, geez, I guess that's going to add to our
coffers also, right? >> 2 ounces instead of one. >> And dispensaries will not only be able to up to six licenses, which lawmakers say will allow businesses
with record low prices and to protect small business. So that's uh you know that's going by the way. You know, I think I hit the high points. It's important that we are doing everything we can to make sure this
industry that we remain in this fast growing market said I'm grateful to the legislature for their leadership on this critical reform bill
the state banks on this uh on that this is injecting a personal opinion on how much alcohol you can buy at a at a package store. I mean is
what's the difference? What's the difference? >> Yeah, the difference and and purity tests. I mean, we we're we're selling alcohol. No,
it's too alcohol. So, and how whether you're whether individually we're against the that what does that mean? We allow it. So, um, in this case, I'll completely admit I usually don't share this, but
I don't I don't understand what the what the moral offense of marijuana is versus alcohol. >> Well, yeah. You know what? Marijuana is not illegal. Jo, right?
>> It's illegal. Agent, so I don't know. We had to outlaw strip clubs in order to be able Why do you think the polls are still in the district? >> Correct. >> Which would make a perfect, you know, we
could put the red light district right next to them, >> right? Oh, yeah. grab them right next to the I know it's but you know we're still to support our community and you know I mean alcohol
yeah alcohol has been around for a long time and uh >> as long as can marijuana has more more than you might think. But no, I know I had no our state laws allow us to do we're just
trying to if there's opportunity we're trying to stay ahead of the curve and it's I think it's important that we do that. >> We're trying >> well the game on marijuana probably but because the market's changed but
but the either direction to be able to bump into a can retail canvas store. So there's two of them. There's two or three of them. >> Three of them. >> Three of them.
>> So one of the women said they got three. We're on the New Hampshire. So that's it. New Hampshire doesn't allow for it, but the feds are getting very close to making it right now. It's all three at this point, but it's it's
very close to being fully legal in the next three years. >> Yeah. uh the anticipating article 28 would vote three to two against which simply means that that's their recommendation to town meeting if town
meeting calls it somebody that previous round when we u allowed growing level one to grow Only reason we didn't go retail is because the planning board didn't allow
anyone disallow any change. We have to they have to make a report to town. They have to do that and then meeting those damn places
with regard to the 3 to2 vote by two people retail nobody here vote for it. Um the concerns, a
couple of the concerns were that that um the projected income uh might not be um much about being on the border, but um the idea that New Hampshire is going to
continue to as you point of um the federal level anyway if I probably will be and New Hampshire
um in spite of being live free and dying um was probably going to get pretty sick of seeing Massachusetts get revenue that they weren't getting uh anyway uh it seemed that probably and taints
see some real money from this than dustable. So that the amount that Dustable would get given all these things is probably pretty small, including I will say
myself that I just the person shared it. But at any rate, of it. They said, "Look, this is no." Well,
the idea was that has been mentioned here as well, uh, that you know, everybody else Do we need to do it? Do you need to do it? Retail sales. Was the discussion
was it never made it to town fourth? was kind of the uh the it didn't uh it didn't get to the point of uh it to have them to decide as whether or not we would denied it. It's just a
recommendation to not include that uh It didn't come up. Ready to go in case someone does it, you know, we we hear no issues and we don't want to looking for opportunity again I would say with breweries or with
cold storef to say please can we set up this business it's just to I think present the opportunity that if that did present itself it still requires a special uh special permit still has to go through all the necessary channel
Florida again uh to be able to have >> people will line up said oh the noise from the trucks >> the noise from the re >> it it would just be it'd be an opportunity to continue that conversation at that at that juncture. Um but it just
to the business communities that would be interested in looking at different expansions. No idea. I'm not in the cannibal cannabis retail sales uh environment. I have no idea yet. >> I don't have any uh cold storage
facilities at that point. I I think they should I encourage it. You should encourage to buy it especially right before town meeting that way when you go to bed right will be high. Yeah, you have to wait till you're all
forget to go. >> Yeah, bet the line will be extended out. I still think this >> they didn't do the masses. That's so that's get it all live and
they won't that's all our articles dancing that didn't make it forward see anyone online for any questions any other comments question concerns How
about listeners, do you have a craft everything? It is a is somewhat distracting where the cameras are constantly changing some reason. It'll go to a focus on one person, then it goes to everybody. But uh um right now I'll just say for
anybody who does listen to this online please attend town meeting on May 11th I uh town elections on the 19th um those are the critical uh um all of our meetings when it's advisor
I got to let it come back online whether attend meetings attending town meeting in my mind is critical and crucial to your town and your community. Uh so attending encourage folks to be able to attend that. Uh
uh pretty cool, you know. So um that concludes everything we have through tonight before we share their last meeting before town meeting in the election night. Correct. Um so I would for advisory I just want to say thank
you to Amber you here appreciate learning from you the way you represented us at town everything else she wants thank you thanks I was just about to say very sorry some
probably will the uh uh my advisory board. It's uh it's been eye opening. I got involved as I've said before uh 6 and 1/2 years ago uh because I went to a town meeting and I realized that
you're unless you're involved in you and uh and everyone in the past that I've had the pleasure of doing this my uh this will be my last public meeting and then aside from then see what
I'll just be one of the towns people in the crowd there is going to relax. >> I'm sure there are people clamoring to jump into the seat and be in part of what we do with on a day-to-day basis. So again, thank you for everybody. Thank you. Appreciate the opportunity and uh
it's been a pleasure. >> Look forward to look forward to seeing y'all at with that. I'm going to say a motion to adjurnn. I don't cut that off the video because some journ motion want to make a motion to adjourn.