All right, we'll go ahead and call the meeting of the bilateral review committee to order at 6 o'clock on Thursday, July 10th. Uh, looking at where we left off, since Conor's here, I'm assuming we
don't have any minutes to approve. Uh, looking at where we left off, we finished at 177-5, right? Uh, so we can get started at chapter 180. Uh Audra, the HR director who is on the Isome
uh disability commission uh did make me aware that they were going to reelect the a new chair of their committee and take a look at the bylaws. So u I'm not sure how in depth you want to get into chapter 180 given that or
what you guys want. suggest we go through it. Go through it and if it looks good to us, we approve it knowing that we can come back and make any amendments. That way there it's off the table. I think it looks clean the way it is. That's unique. All right. Motion to approve. We have discussion.
All right. So, we'll get started. Uh 180-1 membership appointment terms. The commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the town manager. The majority of the members shall consist of people with disabilities. One of the members may be a member of the immediate family of a person with a disability. One member shall be either
an elected or appointed official of the town. That's good. Just means elected official account employee, right? So I think uh I can't remember what her name was. The senior center director that left. Yeah. But
Aaron, thank you. I think she was the uh the one member that was appointed. I see. So Tom's got to find somebody else for that, right? Which I think is Audra from HR. Makes sense. And I think we did elected or appointed being that
um it could be a member of the town council, a member of the school committee, or um another member of a border commission or committee. Yeah. All right. Terms. The members shall
initially serve the following terms. Two members shall serve one-year terms. Two members shall serve two-year terms. Three members shall serve three-ear terms. After the initial term, all members shall serve three-year terms. Are we past the initial? I I was looking at that. It's 22 where
it was uh last edited. So, it should be done by now. So, we can just scratch that whole I I figured it was just I I think you leave it in um even though it doesn't apply. I assumed that was just to stagger. Yeah. Terms. I would just leave it in for right now.
Yeah, I would leave it. In 10 years, they can take it out. Uh, vacancies on the commission for people with disabilities shall be filled by the town manager. Mhm. Is that enough? Pursuant to MGL chapter 40 section 8J,
the purpose of the commission for people with disabilities is to coordinate or carry out programs in coordination with programs of the Massachusetts Office on Disability in order to bring about full and equal participation in all aspects of life in the town for people with disabilities.
Good. Powers and duties. The Commission for People with Disabilities shall review and make recommendations about policies, procedures, services, and activities of departments and agencies of the town as they affect people with disabilities. The commission shall The commission
shall research local problems of people with disabilities and coordinate the activities of other local groups organized to meet with the needs of people with disabilities. Good. Yes. The commission shall initiate, monitor and promote legislation at the local,
state and federal level, comma, in federal level with which advances the equal status of people with disabilities and ensures that appropriate regulations are adopted and enforced pursuant to such legislation. Looks good.
Yes. The commission shall encourage public awareness of disability issues and provide information, referral, guidance, comma, and advice to individuals, businesses, organizations, comma, and public agencies in all matters pertaining to disability.
Yep. Agree. Good. E code's going to be real mad when I go through this and just see a bunch of comma changes. The commission may receive gifts of property both real and personal in the name of the town subject to the approval of town council. Such gifts shall be
will be managed and controlled by the commission. Yep. Do you want to semicolon it or do you want to do a period and then a new sentence? Uh oh. I think it's fine. Yeah, you leave it. All right. I'm never sure about semicolon.
Yeah. All right, that concludes you put a comment after monitor and see. I thought so. Oh, no. Uh, that one monitor comma. Thank you. All right. I will entertain a motion to
approve section chapter 180 as amended. So commas moved and second. Do I hear any other discussion? Yes, we are. Are we going to wait for Audrey in case anything comes up?
Approve it. But then if we we can always go back because some of these we're going to have to cuz we just approved other. Yeah. Okay. Double checking right here. Uh any further discussion?
All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? Any abstensions? Motion carries. Chapter 185, Community Preservation Committee. Membership term appointment. The Community Preservation Committee shall
consist of nine members serving three-year terms. The following boards will each designate a member to sit on this committee. Conservation Commission, Historical Commission, Housing Authority, Planning Board, Recreation Commission. Yep. Mhm. Tom made her shell appoint an additional
four atlarge members. Yep. Um quick I don't know do we need that footnote still like it refers to some adjustment from before? That's an ecode thing that's actually not part of the bylaw. Okay. Yeah.
Works. Purpose pursuant to MGL chapter 48B section 5. The community preservation committee shall study the needs possibilities, and resources of the town regarding community preservation, including the consideration of regional projects for
community preservation. The committee shall consult with existing municipal boards, including the conservation commission, the historical commission, the recreation commission, the planning board, and the housing authority in conducting such studies. As part of the study, the committee shall hold one or
more public information hearings on the needs, possibilities, comma, and resources of the town regarding community preservation possibilities and resources. The regional project, does that mean it can be used for like a multi- town project? Yes. Yeah. Interesting.
Um, that last sentence, there's no timing in there. It says it shall hold one or more public information meetings. If they've done that, then they never have to do it again. Um, yearly it's supposed to be. Well, you'd say that.
Yeah, we do it twice a year now. Well, at least the committ further down somewhere. If not, like the frequency should be added. I just after hearings, I would just suggest we add yearly. I agree.
after hearings at least yearly. So hold one or more public information hearings yearly. Oh yeah, we got one or more. Yeah. So I guess the next question is when you say annually, is that per fiscal year? Is that per
calendar year? Is that period calendar year? Shouldn't it be fiscal though? Because it replenishes every fiscal year. Yeah, we do it in we do it or here's a do it in the fall and we do it in the spring. Well, when are people that's a public hearing? Yeah. Yeah.
Cuz I know you accept applications right a year, right? But usually there was only one public hearing. You know, I showed up the one time right that said, "Hey, open space would be good." And no one else. Yeah. And I think that's really what this is talking about, that meeting. Yeah.
Okay. And I don't think I I think if you just leave it yearly, Yeah. let the committee decide whether it's Exactly. They're only going to hold one a year because for four or five years they didn't hold any. So yeah. Um
I mean it's hard to hold the public hearing and you get all geared up for it and absolutely nobody it's a lot of money to advertise and all and but it is mandated under state. just to review like the projects that you're putting forward.
No, this is more generally to look for the needs and possibilities and resources. Okay. So, anybody can come in and say we should be looking at this as opposed to a formal application. Sorry, my mom's being upset because I haven't responded
10 minutes. respond to the camera. Exactly. All right. Recommendations. The community preservation committee shall make recommendations to the town council for the acquisition, creation, comma, and preservation of open space for the
acquisition, preservation, rehabilitation, comma, and restoration of historic resources for the acquisition, creation, preservation, rehabilitation. talking to you Ryan expert in restoration of land for recreation
use for the acquisition creation preservation and comma in support of community housing and for the rehabilitation and restoration of open space and community housing that is acquired or created as provided in MGL chapter
44B provided however the funds expended pursuant to MGL chapter 44B shall not be used for maintenance Is that all in MGL? Are we just in there? I actually copied and there was no comma.
Would it be easier just to say like just based on what's in MGL 44p then it makes you go to MGL to try and read Mass General Law. What if they change that? If they change it then this would need
to be changed. Yeah. But um so if any mass general law is changed, e-code notifies us. Okay, perfect. Um which is another benefit of having e-code. Mhm. Let me rephrase that. E-code is supposed
to notify us. We've only had it for what, a year, so we're not quite sure, but yeah, but I'm good with A. Yeah. All right. Moving on to B. The community preservation committee may include in its recommendation to the town council a recommendation to set aside for later spending funds for
specific purposes that are consistent with community preservation but for which sufficient revenues are not then available in the community preservation to accomplish that specific purpose. All recommendations of the town council shall include their anticipated costs. Yep.
We don't have that problem. Thank God. Well, if you want to build a giant richer statue. That's right. We got 2.2 million in there right now. 2.2 million. But town hall needs a lot of money.
So, there's the store. Yeah. Okay. Good with B. Yeah. Sorry. C. The community preservation committee shall submit to the town council at a public hearing the committee's recommendations for the appropriation from the community preservation fund and such additional non-comm community
preservation fund appropriations as it deems appropriate to carry out the recommendations of the community preservation committee. The town council shall vote to approve or veto the appropriation request by a majority vote. Rain works. So that was changed um a
year or two years ago and we added in at a public hearing because it wasn't required and the thought process was that the residents have a right to speak up when it's their money being spent. Sure.
I would make a motion to approve recommend chapter 185 as amended with the appropriate commas. So moved in and we have a second move and
seconded. Uh any further discussion? Uh just for additional discussion we also add yearly. Yes. As amended with commas and yearly. Uh any further discussion hearing? None. All those in favor signify by saying I.
Any opposed? None. Any abstensions? None. The motion carries. On to chapter 187 compensation review committee. 187-1. Membership. The compensation review committee shall consist of five registered voters and no more than two members of can be current town
counselors. The town council president or a selected design shall sit on the committee as an exeicio. Uh, who forms this committee? It's a town council committee, right? Oh, it's a bylaw committee, but who
appoints them? Yeah, good point. Does it say further down? No. Yeah. formed by the town council. It says B B. Every 5 years a compensation review
committee shall be formed by the town council. Okay. Town council is the appointee authority. How did they do it in 2023? How did we do what? Well, I So, this bylaw was in place
prior to 2023 and it says every 5 years starting in 2023, a review committee shall be formed. Yes. So was there one formed3? Okay. And we went through um all committees
um what like towns paid their committees um for compensation and all and No, no, no. But who how did the five people get chosen? So So I'll I'll put it out there. I chose them. Okay. I was the president at the time. Um
Okay. So for membership, we can add the line. The town council appoints the town council president appoints. So the town council president is in charge of appointing all members to subcommittees of the council per
charter. So the compensation review committee is not a subcommittee of the council. It's a review committee. Council president is in charge though of appointing all members. I should say that then.
So in under membership we could say add a sentence to the town council president shall appoint shall be so the appointing I'm going to make a suggestion. Mhm. Even though it was myself that brought
this up to do this bylaw, um, in essence, it's pretty much useless after doing it the first time because all compensation for committees is approved in the budget by the town manager. So,
the town manager ultimately sets it. All this committee does is make a recommendation to the town manager to say, "Hey, we think you should consider compensating a committee this." And as we found out, the town manager can
choose yes or no. Um, and I will be truthful chose no. Um, I I honestly don't think this bylaw is even relevant anymore. Do I hear a motion to repeal or to recommend the
repeal of chapter 187? So move. Do I have a second? Second. Second. Moved and seconded. Any further discussion? Rich. Does this committee exist right now though? Well, so it's a oneshot deal basically and every five years a new committee is
appointed. Okay. Okay. But if you read through the powers and duties, it's our job, it's the committee's job to basically look at um you know the library trustees and all the different things and make a recommendation to the town manager.
But ultimately what I found out is the town manager already has in the back of their head what they want to compensate or if they want to compensate committees. So somewhat and it's always their job and I think that stays notwithstanding the above the town manager reserves the right to
review and set compensation. So this committee pretty much useless. Yeah. I looked at Long Meadow right now. It doesn't look like they have any bylaws committee like this. Yeah. All right. A second for repeal. What
I've seen do in the past every like 10 20 years they just do like a compensation review instead of having but they just do it at will not a set time like this. I I agree with that. I mean that the town manager reviews whatever and makes recommendations.
Did you like did you all like pay a firm to like do a review? Did you do it? No, we did it all ourselves. We took um like seven or eight local towns and we were surprised um on certain ones. Certain certain towns don't give
compensation to any of the boards. And only a couple of them were higher than what we were given and it wasn't substantial. Yeah. But again, we've got committees $800 or something for the year. um
they're they're not really being paid. They're they're being compensated for the fuel that they use to get back and forth. So, um most of everything is volunteer and I was surprised by that. Um a lot of school committees around are not compensated.
Um any further discussion for recommendate recommending repealing 187 hearing? None. All those in favor signify by saying I. I.
Any opposed? None. Any abstensions? None. Of course, I am going to catch flack for that. But you brought it up. Sounded like a good idea when I was doing it. Well,
that's what you do. You try it out. It doesn't work. You roll with it. Why can't I comment? There we go. That's right. This is the easy one.
Are you on the cont? I was. Was for many years. No longer. Over 20, wasn't it? Yeah, something like that. 22. Was there any committee you were not on? Uh, I've never been on the select board
or the or the school committee council or the school committee. Let you take care of school committee. All right. Chapter 190 conservation commission membership terms and appointment. The membership of the conservation commission consists of seven members
serving three or terms by appointment of the town manager. Good. Yep. Uh, okay. Uh sweet. Yeah. Powers and duties. The conservation commission's duties and authorities shall include but shall not be limited
to those spec specified in MGL chapter 40 section 8C and MGL chapter 131 section 40 C. Also chapter 424 of the wetlands protection of the town's bylaws. Town bylaws. Yeah. We till we get to that one.
Yeah. That uh it's still 424. Uh, we'll find out in two seconds. It is. Yeah. Yes. George, you give me an example of what the con conservation commission does.
There are two isolated vegetated wetlands. Two basic things it does. One is uh determination of applicability. Someone wants to do something, they come in, present the plan, and they say you have to file or you don't have to file. And the other is
the um notice of intent. They file a notice of intent that they're going to alter a protected area and the uh board has to determine whether or not that's allowable under the law. That's basically it. Whether or not what
they're going to do is bad enough that it's going to cause problems. Does it have to be seven members? Yes, it does have to. Okay. Yeah, this is all put in in uh in uh MGL8C and chapter 40,
chapter 131, especially chapter 131 and then 310 CMR. Yeah. Okay. I'm just saying I know it's tough for them to keep five members in seven. Yeah. Yeah. It's it's like planning. You need people who are capable Yeah. of doing this stuff.
Yeah. Exactly. Uh all right. I will entertain a motion to recommend chapter 190. Actually, we didn't do anything. So moved. Second. Move and seconded. Uh any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in
favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? None. Any obstensions? None. The recommendation to leave it alone. Carries. Chapter 195 Council on Aging Board. Membership and appointment. The council on aging board shall be appointed by the
town manager and consist of six members 60 years of age or older representing the elderly, three members of any age representing the community at large and the town manager and director of the council on aging shall be ex official members without vote. It's a big board
and it's an even number. No, no, I did the same thing. It's a it's 6 over 60 anyone. So it's two exeicios. Yeah. So, it's nine. Yeah. I don't remember it being that big when I was on it. Wow.
So, you needed multiple people to fill your shoes. In the last line, instead of saying without vote, can we say the director of the council on engaging shall be exeicio non- voting members? Do we even need to say non- voting?
I know. If you're ex official, that implies non voting. Exeicio by law, you can either be a voting or non voting. Really? Yep. s official non voting members. Yeah, it just seems No, it does sound better than
Yeah, it's cleaner. Like less aggressive. Yeah. Uh good with membership and appointment for the gigantic board. That all right. Duties. The council on aging board shall be an advisory and recommending body to the director of the
council on aging and matters regarding the council on aging and its program good. The council on aging board shall identify the total needs of the community's elderly population, educate the community and enlist support and participation of all citizens concerning
these needs. design, promote or implement services to fill these needs or coordinate presently existing services in the community and promote and support any other programs which are designated designed to assist elderly people in the community.
I don't like that at all. Yeah. And promote and support. Um promote and no that that and promote and support is correct. Yeah. Yeah. It just it sounds like and and and
it's but it's grammatically correct. Put a comma after the first You guys will never hear me say add a comma. Um I don't know. Could it be? I
think so. Just choppy, but whatever. Where did that one go? We may have just done it. Okay. We were just talking about the Council of Aging if someone new has been appointed. I think applications were still coming in. Okay. Where did that one go to? Um, Compass.
Uh, I'm not sure what company she went to. Yes. Private compass. Yes. Yep. That is an amazing facility, you know. I will entertain a motion to recommend chapter 195 as amended. So moved.
Second. Moved and seconded. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? None. Any abstensions? None. Motion to recommend chapter 195 carries. Chapter 200. Cultural council.
Another niner. Jeez. Mhm. The sum of cultural council consists of nine members who are appointed by the town manager to serve threeear terms. Is there nine people on it? Actually, I think it's full. Is there really? I think so. All right.
We have that many volunteers in town for all these boys. That's pretty cool. We do. You add up all of these, there's a lot. The goal uh any one no good with the dash one uh dash two. The goal of the East Sino
Cultural Council is to fund diver is to fund diverse cultural programs for a variety of audiences/participants. The cultural council is responsible for making decisions on how it will award the money granted by the Massachusetts Cultural Council in ways that will serve
the local cultural needs. Pretty basic, huh? Yep. I will entertain a motion to leave chapter 200 alone. So move. I have a second. Second. Moved and seconded. Any other discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I.
I. Any opposed? None. Any obstensions? None. Chapter 200 is recommended to leave alone. Chapter 225 historical commission. Membership terms appointment. The historical commission shall consist of seven members serving three-year terms
by appointment of the town manager. Yep. The historical commission's purpose is the preservation, protection, and development of the historical or archaeological assets of the town. See MGL chapter 40, section 8D. Yeah,
that's it. Good question. Does that cover the um room in the library? Is that under historical commission? Yeah, that's a joint venture of the library and the historical commission. That the room that we've been in, right? Yeah. Okay. For capital.
Mhm. When the heat doesn't work, the air conditioning doesn't work sometimes. Uh I know Mass General law gives them a lot of um responsibility. Um like I said, so
yeah, we got to keep Mass General Law and it's Yeah, I just read it. It was huge and I couldn't believe um what authority they have. Uh well, pretty impressive. The historical commission. Yeah, it it can have that authority. We we haven't implemented a lot of things.
Exactly. Okay. We keep talking about doing a historical district, but it hasn't gotten anywhere. Did we vote on this one already? Uh entertain a motion to recommend leaving chapter 225 alone. So moved.
Second. Moved and seconded. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any oppose? None. Any abstensions? None. Motion carries to recommend chapter 225 be left as is. Chapter 230. Housing
authority membership term appointment. The housing authority shall consist of four members appointed by the town manager serving terms of five years, one expiring each year. What? How does that make sense? Yeah.
Yeah. four members serving a term of five years, one expiring each year. There's four members. Well, there's a fifth member that's appointed by the state to a fiveyear term. So, that would those four would work around the the fifth fifth wheel. I should probably finish reading it
before the fifth member is appointed by the state to a five-year term. Is this um is this the uh Lyn Booth that is the housing? She retired. She retired. This is gone. And she is now on the housing authority committee.
We just appointed her. Oh, good. Oh, she retired. I didn't realize. Oh, who's who's running that now? Uh, what was his name? I'm not sure. Okay. So, was the He was appointed by the state. So, I No, I mean the Yeah, they're actually a state employee.
Are they? Okay. Yeah. They're not an employee. Yeah. There's something there separation between the housing authority and the town. Yep. Yeah. Also, Luke was was an employee of the state. State. Yeah. Oh, really? Y and they operate out of um
Cory Hill, right? Cory Cory by Hill. Yeah. Jacob right? Yeah. Uh purpose. The purpose of these seinal housing authority is to provide decent, safe, affordable housing
for the low-income, elderly, veterans, disabled, comma, and families. And the comma after affordable. Is there a uh bylaw for like the director of the housing authority or because of separation? There isn't.
Like I don't know if we should if there's a new person if they should review this too. I I I don't like the way that sentence is is written because it's for for low income, but it's low income.
It's elderly veterans, disabled, and families who are low income. The way it reads here, so that comma under low after low income should be removed, right? Low-income, elderly, veterans, disabled, and families. There shouldn't be a comma after low.
You say the low income should carry all of those four designations elderly veterans. Okay, that's what you're saying. Yeah, it is means tested. So yeah, it needs to be made clear that so the four housing for elderly veterans dis who are low income.
Yeah, who are low income? Yeah. Yeah. Is it with low income with and that's what I was thinking and like what qualifi qualifies that? They have with qualified low income charts and all. Yeah,
the housing authority does. Oh, yeah. There's state sets that requirements. Yeah. Yeah. So, uh we want to say uh safe affordable housing for elderly veterans, disabled, and families that
are low income. Okay. I think you just do for qualified low-inccome elderly. We can do it that way, too. So keep low income before and just get rid of the comma after it. And just get rid of that. Yeah. So believe it says housing for the low
income, elderly, veterans, disabled, and families. Yeah. Either one. I'm getting confused now. So again, they're saying just go back to removing the comma after low income
and leave the rest. Give it a But back to George. If you could proceed to say lowcome, elderly comma and the lowcome would not carry over to the veterans or disabled families. We have to qualify all of them as low. Yes, we do. Yes.
So you could do low. So you could just do elderly veterans, disabled and families, but I don't know. I don't know for sure if you have to have to if disabled if you're disabled, you automatically fit into under the housing authority.
You have to be low income. You have to for housing authority. Yeah, you have you have to meet I'm pretty sure maybe we should ask the current director, but I'm pretty sure you have to meet your income guidelines. Can we just send this to him and see what and put it on hold? Yeah, since he's new, you might want
So, I don't have a problem, like you said, changing it um for the elderly, veterans, disabled, and families that that are that are low income or that meet the low-inccome criteria. Yeah, I like that. They meet the low income criteria. Yeah, that's a little more specific.
But I would suggest then that we send it to the housing authority just to verify. Yeah, that would be good. Yeah, Mr. Do you just want to take a low income altogether to say as qualified by the state? Yeah, I think that's kidding. Yeah.
For the elderly veterans, disabled and families as qualified by the state. Yeah. or meet state qualifications or is that which meet income which is income which meet income qualifications as set
by yeah yeah but the state might come out with like the other qualifications you know director William Ley that sounds familiar yeah Bill yeah oh my god why didn't I know that oh my god
I shook my hand three times. I went to school with them. Hey, I'm going to be okay. What kind of language we come up with this now? Uh the purpose of these summon housing authority is to provide decent, safe, affordable housing for the elderly, veterans, disabled, and families meeting
state qualifications. Should we say lowinccome state qualifications? That's what I would and then I would just run up by him just to make sure that That's accurate. That's fair. I think they actually have you some
accounts. I think you're right. Yeah. So that's interesting. The the housing authority com what's his title housing authority commissioner or director director is appointed by the state
is a state employee meadow. Yeah. No he doesn't work for Swan Meadow. He works for the state of Massachusett. I don't think he's a state employee. He's a Lynn was I know in Springfield they are. The actual state employs the housing. Yeah,
the state owns the housing, right? Oh, Hill is owned by the state, not by the town. Ah, okay. Same thing with the the other three or four that we got. You can get like cow money to fix it up, but it's owned by the state. Like my dad's been the chair of the W
for like 20 years. So, they get like CPC money, but they get most That's what I was going to ask. Did they apply for CPC? I guess it's not. Okay. Yeah. CPC can go to can go to the citizens too. Yeah. I will entertain a motion to recommend
chapter 230 as amended. So moved. Second. Second. Move and second. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? Any abstensions? None. Chapter 230 is recommended as amended.
We just we are just flying today. Someone who's got to say now you're getting Ralph all crazy. We can slow down. That zoning stuff in here right now. Well, that's cuz we missed a few weeks, so we got to catch up. Yeah.
Uh, chapter 245, Local Emergency Planning Committee membership. The local emergency planning committee shall be appointed by the town manager with each member serving a three-year term. Now, for the first time doesn't say how many. If you have ever been to one of these committee meetings, there is not a maximum. There's a lot.
Yeah. When I was on school. Yeah. You used Are you still the chair? No. God, no. Was it when I was on with you were the chair? Yeah. Were you the chair at one point? Yeah. I'm going back, you know, when I was a principal
before Paul took over emergency management. Uh, vacancies. Vacancies occur in the le local emergency planning committee shall be filled by the town manager. Purpose and duties. The committee is responsible for developing a
comprehensive emergency plan, CMP, for the community and keeping the plan up to date. The committee shall receive information about accidental releases. Tell us that you're on the committee.
It's an interesting word. Accidental hazardous chemical spill or something like that. Yeah. I guess is there is there currently an emergency response plan? Yeah. All right. Good. Actually, we just approved it. It's
it's actually extremely current. Good. The committee shall collect, manage, comma, and provide public access to information on hazardous chemicals in the community. The committee shall educate the public about risks from accidental and routine
releases of chemicals. And there should be no comma there, right? Mhm. I I would I would suggest that instead of saying chemicals, you say materials because that's a standard term, hazardous material.
Yeah. And it's more comprehensive than just chemicals. Oh, so switch and then so in C same change C to hazardous materials. Yeah. Same thing in D. And then D add hazardous materials.
Doesn't want to add that to B as well. Yeah. Of hazardous materials consistently. Doesn't this board do a lot more than that? So don't don't What is this like a power outage for a period of time? Don't we
open up like B park and No, that is the emergency planning committee or the Exactly. That's what I was on. Okay, now I get it. Yeah. Okay. Uh, and accidental releases of hazardous materials. So, there's an emergency planning
committee and then a local emergency planning committee. Yeah. Yeah. I guess just found that out, Mark. So, this one has unlimited number of people. Yeah, cuz this is the one like people from like Hasbro, people from Lennox. If
it has unlimited number, do vacancies actually I mean a vacancy to me sounds like you're supposed to have nine members. You only have eight. You have to add someone. I think it's like by position. But is the fire chief on this? The
police chief type of by position. Yeah. Police, fire, DPW. Yeah. I I mean I don't have a problem with I just don't know in practicality if vacancies really a curve because there's
an unlimited number of people you can just appoint who you so choose to say let's say American saw has somebody on the committee and they lead okay then it's up to the town manager to reappoint somebody say hey somebody from there okay and they do
yeah but if they're going to officially be on the committee they need to be appointed Okay. By town manager. Okay. Yeah, I'm good with it. There's like are there mandated positions that are on the committee that there was a vacancy, they have to be appointed to it?
It's not open-ended like anybody. At least they have to have a fire chief, you know. Yeah. Yeah. Police chief. There might be other comprehensive plan mandates that certain people be on it. And then it's open like like if Lennox
wants to have three people on it, they just ask and say we'd like these three um and they're appointed. Wow. Yeah. Oh, I am on it. Okay. Is that the list?
Yeah. All right. So, but is it up to date? Forever source. Uh Chris got Chris Chris Beacher, fire chief. Okay, that is a hell of a list. Looks like we're going to have to appoint Ed.
Yeah, everyone's going to take everyone out of the Yeah. Yeah. So, there are certain Wow. Yeah. Like utility wraps industrial rap. Yeah.
Okay. Okay. All right. See another committee working that most people don't even realize. Yeah. I will entertain a motion to recommend chapter 245 as amended. So moved.
Second. Move and seconded. Is there any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? None. Any extensions? None. Recommendation of chapter 245 carries.
Chapter 250 planning board 250-1 membership term appointment. The planning board shall consist of five members appointed by the town manager serving terms of five years one expiring each year. Good. Uh vacancies. All vacancies will be
filled by the town manager for the remainder of the term so vacated. Mhm. Powers and duties of the planning board are prescribed in MGL chapter 41 section 70 and section 81B. That's good. Were you on the planning board?
I was. Yeah, I was too. Yeah, obviously. Uh special permit granting authority. planning board shall act as the special permit granting authority. Yes. Isn't this a difficult board to be on? You really have to know what what you're
doing. You just There's a lot to know. Yeah. Have to have a very thick skin. Oh, yeah. Yes. When done reviewing chapter 450, you'll be able to be qualified. Little do you guys know, we're all prepping you.
Hey, we're getting close. More than halfway, right? We're on chapter 250. Uh, all right. Any changes or suggestions for 250? No. I'll entertain a motion to recommend not
changing chapter 250. So move. Second. Hey, don't break the momentum here. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. Opposed? None. Make abstensions. None. Motion to recommend
not doing anything. carries. Chapter 255 Recreation Commission membership term and appointment recreation commission shall consist of five members appointed by the time manager serving terms of three years. Uh the purpose the recreation commission
shall advises the director of recreation on the active and passive recreational needs of the community. Passive walking like hiking walking trails. Are you serious? That that's what that means? Wow. Passive recreation. Yeah. Or like chair yoga
park open spaces gazeos. Okay. I haven't thought about that. My opinion of this is I think some of these boards can get phased out. No. Did they I was on this for a year and like
we don't like way more than five members though. I thought so. Yeah. department used to be it used to have power because it used before the town council like when there was this select board like a rec commission has like a lot of power like that's who direct
department chair like goes to and is responsible to now it's just so technically even back then they didn't they had the same power. Yeah. Oh really? Yeah. the rec department responded or
answered to the board of selectmen. It was just that the board of selectmen being part-time individuals relied a lot more on the committees and their recommendations and all that. Okay. Could I I guess my experience like the little bit like that commission is
responsible for all of the hiring and firing of employees. Yeah. But, you know, this committee depends a heck of a lot on who's on it and whether or not they're going to be proactive. Yeah. You know, when Tom was
Tom K Kay was on there, right? He he made a lot of noise and he got some stuff done. Yeah. They also have representative on CPC. CPC. Yeah. Bernaldi is pretty good at pushing agenda. Oh, Bill. There's no vacancy clause in this one.
Yeah, I was just going to say that. Should we add that to be consistent? I think we should agree. All things are filled by the town manager. Yeah. Do um we want to say the term so vacated or we don't really care because it's not one year.
So are we going to add it on all of the committees for vacancy? We most housing authority doesn't. Historical commission doesn't. That's right. Cultural council doesn't.
Council on aging doesn't. We're doing so well. Yeah. Well, leave it off. Conservation. Well, I think I'd rather be consistent. Leave it off then. Let's be I think leave because it it's not as specific like this one is like so planning board is a lot more specific.
There's five spots, right? If someone leaves with two months left, you hire someone for they'll appoint someone for two months. Yeah. Where this one I think if someone leaves and you just you're there for three years. So there could be a situation where you have the entire board on a three and
expiring at the same time. The things like on planning board and conservation, you actually have to take action and if you don't have a quorum, right, they actually have duties. Yes. Yeah. Well, the state actually says how to fill like the planning board.
Yeah. Yeah. Uh, so what we going to recommend not touching 255? Yeah. Okay. Some want to make a motion. So move. Do I hear a second? Second. Moved and seconded. Any further discussion? I hear nonear.
Any opposed? None. Any abstensions? None. Motion carries to not change 255. 260 school committee membership term. There shall be a school committee consisting of five members nominated and elected at large by the
voters for three-year terms to begin on July 1st. Good. Good. Vacancies. Vacancies on the school committee shall be filled by procedures outlined in the charter. Easy enough. Powers and duties. The school committee
shall have all the powers and duties school committees may have under the constitution and laws of the commonwealth. And it shall have such additional powers and duties not inconsistent with said constitutional laws. This may be authorized by the town charter or bylaws.
Should this should that just reference mass general law? But yeah, I think it's saying the same thing, but everywhere else we talk about like ML. There is one other one that I'm not sure exactly law. Okay.
It may be under chapter 70. Chapter 70. I don't think it matters so much. Yeah. Yeah. There may be additional laws that Well, you would know. Yeah. Oh, there's a lot. Yeah. Yeah.
Uh so I think what this is basically saying is master and no law starts then you can add via the charter and bylaws additional right as long but not inconsistent. Right. Right. Okay.
Uh the school committee will annually submit a budget to the town manager. Mhm. All right. Annual report. The school committee shall annually submit to the town manager a report that shall contain all matters pertaining to the department as required by the town manager. At a minimum, the annual report shall contain
a report of the year's work in the schools with such recommendations and suggestions regarding educational work as it deems fitting. The school calendar for the year, a tabulated statement of membership, attendance and truency for each school, a statement of their
expenditures and receipts during the year, a list of teachers. So, I'm pretty sure we don't. Well, okay. I I I don't know if this gets Yeah, definitely follow. I know. I'm sure. Let us see. I've never done
that. Yeah, I was just going to say maybe we just leave it as is. I would I mean in all the old school department uh reports they they do list that by school which is the attendance.
Yeah, but I'm talking about Yeah, I think the old annual town reports those were the things that were listed in the annual town report and starting in 1895 for every year they complained about truency. Is that right? support of the year's work in the
schools. Okay. Any commas missing? There's the budget. Maybe just look search for attendance. Give all staff, not just teachers. All teachers. Yeah,
it's more than teachers. Yeah, we have to change that to staff. List of staff and teachers. Well, all that's required is the teachers, but if they so choose to to add more. Yeah.
Yeah. And we should be looking for a table because it specifies a table. Yeah. So, I was wondering why we said tabulated. information there. There you go. That's a good
I have to tell you if if you pull up the annual report and actually I've got a copy of it and start reading through it. There is a ton of information. There's a lot. Oh yeah. Um I mean we have so many residents that say, you know, I didn't know this or that. Well, we
we do a report every single year that has all of this in us. Oh, yes. What's that part for? General legislation. Is that a typo or No, it's just a crappy page break. Yeah. Yeah, it is.
Yeah. This This was when uh Jack I a different category now. Is that what we're doing? Yeah. How's that for accomplishment? That made way worse. Maybe just do the old school enter. So I would make a motion to accept
chapter 260. Oh no. Because of their images. Yeah. Without change. Do I have a second? Second. Moved and seconded. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. I.
Any opposed? None. Any obstensions? None. Motion carries to recommend no changes to chapter 16. You break at this point. I was just thinking that. Yeah, that's a good idea. We're going to have to go through alarm systems.
That's going to be a long one. Exciting exciting parts, right? All right. So, the 24th, correct, gentlemen? Yeah. And we're going to start at 3:05, right? What? Starting at 3:05. I thought you Sorry about that. Yeah.
Sorry about that. Not 3:00, but 3:05. Okay. I am not off. You're doing this one. Yes. Yes. Actually, I already have in my calendar cuz I went
ahead and posted for like six months. I'll send you my usual text reminder. Yeah. Yeah. to adjurnn. Do I have a second? Second. Move and second. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? None. Any
obstensions? None. We are adjourned at 657.