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Evening everyone. It is Monday, July 13th at 6:01 p.m. and I will call the Freetown Board of Selecting Meeting to order. Please note that this meeting is being recorded and will be available on our town's YouTube page. Uh, is anyone recording this meeting?

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>> No. >> Okay. All right. So, the first thing we do is stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, please. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> I can't remember. >> Thank you. >> All right. So, um, first of all, I just want to give, uh, congratulations to

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Rebecca Fryus, the COA director, for being voted one of the Commonwealth heroins for, um, Bristol County. Uh, pretty big accomplishment, and I just wanted to give her congratulations. Um, next, I want to give a big congratulations to everyone who was part

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of the recent fireworks and parade. Uh it people don't realize how much it takes between um you know Freetown police, fire, um Chuck's whole team. They it it's quite quite an accomplishment. Um and it

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obviously went off very successfully. So thank you to all the committees and everyone else involved as well. Uh all right. So we're going to go into agenda item number one. Discussion and vote on whether to approve a one-day liquor license for the Thomas Chew Boys

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and Girls Club, Inc. for 8626. Uh this is with um Boys and Girls Club. Uh we have all the paperwork. Everything's filled out. They've done everything. It's just, you know, this is nothing new. They seem to

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do it every year and everything seems good to me. Any questions or concerns? >> All right. Well, with that being said, I entertain a motion to approve a one-day liquor license application for Thomas

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Chew Boys and Girls Club, Inc. for 8626. >> I'll make that motion. >> We'll second it. All those in favor? >> I >> I item number two, discussion vote on whether to approve the police department's use of AI policy. Actually going to >> table that. Right. >> We're going to table that one.

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>> And then we're also going to um table number three, discussion and vote on police chief's request for installing flock cameras in Freetown. Agenda item number four, discussion and vote whether to authorize the town administrator to make decisions on surplus

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declarations for town owned items with a value of under $1,000. Uh this is a no-brainer in my eyes because you know he has to put it on the agenda to say we're going to get rid of a filing cabinet. >> We just had three desks last meeting. We have to get rid

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>> and there's a bunch on this as well. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So it just makes sense to just allow her to do it and not say allow have her do it and uh you know make things quicker and easier on the office as well. So >> well sometimes we have the highway department come to help us move

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something or you know move it out of the way for a new but they can't take it to the dump. They have to let it sit there until I can get it approved as surplus and then it's it's it's it's just it's more of a physical space issue because we have no place to put trash until we wait for

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>> this meeting. So yeah, it's just it's just to ease ease things and they're already there. They can just take it right to the dump if it needs to be uh thrown away. >> Okay, that makes sense to me. Any questions or concerns? No.

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All right. So, with that, I entertain a motion to authorize a town administrator to make decisions on surplus declarations for town-owned items with a value of under $1,000. >> I'll make that motion. >> I will second it. All those in favor? >> I >> I. Agenda item number five, discussion

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vote on whom to designate to work with the group on negotiating the IMA agreements with Fall River, New Befford, and Lake Phil. >> So, this is just something that we're we haven't even begun, but the IMA agreements that we currently have in

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place uh expired in 2010 and 11, they they carry over, so they're in place, but they haven't been looked at in quite some time. We do have some proposed extensions of water lines. One up to uh

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the transfer station and we've gotten a grant to start to work on that one and the second one will be to come from possibly New Bedford side to the school campus. We have not gotten the grant for that but it is uh applied for. So, in

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anticipation of any of those um grants and that work, we really need to go back to Fall River and New Bedford and have these discussions. And um I put Lakeville in there because the water line to the school will go through both towns. Um and so they will also have to

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be in agreement with the town of Lakeville. So it's very preliminary. Nothing has really happened other and so at this point we want to have a selectman to further the discussion. We'll also have a member from the water board and myself and we'll start those

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discussions and then of course before any major decisions are made it'll come back to the boards. >> You have any feelings on this one? >> Um I no I don't want to do it. >> Well then yeah then I mean I can I can do it. It's not a big deal. I think it's >> but then you can't vote for yourself,

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right? So, we'll probably have to table this. >> We can table it. We're doing a good job. >> We can always just give Kos that right now. I can't stop us. >> Yeah, let's just table it and it's fine. You said there's nothing. >> I should have paid attention to that before. >> There's nothing coming up that needs to be done.

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>> Nothing I've scheduled as of yet. I'm going to try to start scheduling discussions. >> Okay, perfect. >> Uh, agenda item number six. See, we're moving this stuff right along. discussion vote on next steps regarding the letter received from Mass DOT regarding resolution to the water main

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leak located in innovation way. >> This is going to be very similar, right? There's a there's a there's a leak on the water man. Well, I'm not sure there's a leak on the water man. Mass thinks there's a leak on the water man under innovation way. B

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River put the line in because they wanted to feed Amazon. Freetown entertains that that's F's water line. They're responsible if there's a leak. Fiverr says it's Freetown's water line because it's in Freetown.

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Mast says we don't care. Somebody needs to fix it. Figure it out amongst yourselves. So, we're in the process of working through that. I I say that we're not sure it's a water leak because there's been other um the water department there may be other issues and

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it's not actually a water leak. So, I think this is also one that I would just want a representative. So, I think whoever works on the IMA is going to work on this with me as well. I have reached out to Mayor Kan and um Fall River to

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figure out who he would like to discuss this issue with on on their team. I have not received a response as of yet, but I will start working on trying to get somebody to the table to discuss this topic uh with us so that we can go back to mass coot and say this is the

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resolution. Um and I I know that members of the water department, I think Paul Sadic has been here a long time. I think he has some historical information that he's going to get from me and I'll pull it all together when we get there. So, I think you can table this until we've got

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>> We're doing really good. Sorry about that. Forget about those issues, you know. Um, agenda item number seven, discussion, vote whether to approve and sign the 2026 annual dog warrant attachment AE as presented by

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the town clerk authorizing the animal control officer to proceed with seeking out all dogs not duly licensed um in the town of Freetown for the 2026 license year in accordance with Mass General Law Chapter 140 section 153 and

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Freetown bylaws 103-2 section It's what it is. It's >> I can say I got my well my wife off the list this morning. >> Oh, we did that this morning. >> Well, good job. >> Yeah, good job. Made just in time. But

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yeah, make Yeah, it's just >> Yeah, it's all good beyond that, right? I mean, we had a >> We probably got 15 notices from the town clerk, so they they do a good job notifying everybody. So, if you make it to the list, you're kind of on your own then.

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>> You're calling yourself out to >> I am calling myself out. >> Good for you. >> All right. Um, so with that, I entertain a motion to approve and sign the 2026 annual dog license as presented by the town clerk authorizing the animal control officer to proceed with seeking

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out all dogs not duly licensed in the town of Freetown for the 2026 license year in accordance with Mass General Law, Chapter 140, Section 153. in Freetown bylaw chapter 140. Wow. 103-2 section D. >> I'll make that motion.

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>> I will second it. All those in favor? >> I >> I agenda item number eight, discussion and vote on whether to accept a donation for support from the Council on Aging from uh Susan Samo in the sum of $50. Um

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probably two meetings ago, Susan gave another $50 donation. >> Yeah. >> And I called it out then. you know, it it's amazing. This this woman has given a lot of donations to them. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Uh it's amazing.

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>> So, uh I don't have anything else to say about it other than >> No, the people this seems like the same people keep doing it. It's great. Thank you. >> Yeah. All right. So, with that, I entertain a motion um to accept the donation for support of the Council on

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Aging from Susan Seamo in the sum of $50. I'll make that motion. >> I will second it. All those in favor? >> I >> I discussion and vote whether to declare the following items from the Council on Aging as surplus and dispose of them as stated. A stainless steel sink that was

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replaced by a new one to be disposed of at the transfer station. B a large wooden divider that was used during COVID to be disposed of at the transfer station. and see 10 large wooden foldup round tables to be sold on municipid

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with a starting bid of 10 $100. Um, do we think that's too high? >> Do you want me to put 50 bucks? >> I want you to put 25. >> Okay. >> Not trying. I just came out as being rude. I Because I don't want you guys to have to >> come back here.

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>> Come back. Yeah. So, I said that for you and I way I said it just didn't it sounded like part of being Yeah. So, um, yeah, I would say 25. Are you okay with that? >> I agree. Yep. >> Yeah. >> Instead, I mean, take a chance of it not get sold and we still have to deal with it.

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>> It'll be bid up. Yeah. So, what ends up we've had it happen several times where we started off what we think is a good amount and then no one bids on it. So, then we have to come back with a lower amount to do it again and it's just it's a waste of time. And this is why that happened earlier on. Right. Yes. Under

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$1,000. >> All right. So, uh, with that, I entertain a motion to declare the following items from the Council on Aging as surplus and dispose of them as stated, uh, in the agenda. >> I'll make that motion. >> I will second it. All those in favor? >> I

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>> I I'm going to stop here for a second. Do we have representative from all the leagues here now? >> It's just softball and >> Well, I can rep. >> We can be baseball, too, I guess. Baseball, softball, football. >> No, soccer. Soccer said they might not

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be able to attend. Matt Salman said he might be here, but we don't know what time. >> All right. So then I guess I'll keep going for now then. I'm try I was trying to make it so that you guys could get out of here. >> You know what? If they're not here already, >> we got the important ones.

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>> Matt's also on the softball board, too. So, uh, he's on soccer and softball. He'd be the only one coming from soccer because I spoke to the president today. >> Mhm. >> And find out if he's on his way. >> Yeah, if you want to. and then I'll I'll continue on from there. I I like I said I just

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>> we have an audience so we can hold them hostage. >> I'm just trying to respect everyone's time. So >> going to move pretty quickly anyway. >> I'll be up mandatory. >> Be some extra laps. >> Yeah. I say coach coach mandatory meetings now just for me. >> All right.

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>> For Chad for me. >> Agenda item number 10. Discussion and vote whether to declare the following items from the town clerk's office as surplus and dispose of them as stated. a a 15-year-old voting booth that has been broken and not repairable by um to be

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disposed of at the transfer station. So, it's it's labeled out a little funny, but it's just that one. >> Yeah. No, it's >> 15 >> 15. Yeah. 15 of them. >> 15. Yeah. 15. Sorry, I worded this. It's 15 old voting booths. >> Yeah. And I think that's taking up quite

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a bit of space. >> Probably more than 15 years old. >> Yeah. >> Sorry, I spoke wrong. So yeah, obviously they're they're of no use to us. So >> any questions, concerns? >> No. >> No. All right. So with that, I entertain

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a motion to declare the following items uh from the town clerk's office as surplus and dispose of them at the transfer station. And that's 15 old voting boots. >> I'll make that motion. >> We'll second it. All those in favor? >> I >> I.

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Agenda item number 11, discussion on the repairs to be made on the North's Main Street Bridge in July of 2020. >> So, this is just a discussion item because I'm I was not aware of this. Um, the project manager from the Mass DOT sent me an email. Now, you know, we have

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a bridge project and she said, "Oh, I want to set up a meeting. I'm the project manager of the bridge project." So, I'm all excited because you know that we've got our own grant going for the South Main Street Bridge. So, I'm like, "Oh, yes. This is exciting." So, sure, we'll have a meeting. And then she said, "Yeah, we're already at 25%

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design." And I'm, "Yeah, no, we're not." And then I realized this is North Main Street Bridge. This is not a town project. This is a state project. They, which then I was like, "Oh my goodness, they're doing the North Main Street Bridge and we're doing the South Main Street Bridge and this is going to be

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and we're also working on the intersection, the four-way intersection, the four corners." So, this is going to be um timing is going to be everything with this. Um what they were looking for for us is obviously uh detour routes.

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So, I did have a meeting with the two chiefs and myself and Nancy, I think, and um I think Chuck was on as well. We're going to have another one because of of course it was the first one we're hearing in this project. There's a great bit of alarm that they're talking about

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closing the road for two years. um >> completely closing it down. >> Yes. And so we said that's pro I I think actually the chief said that's not really acceptable. Uh that's that's just not acceptable. So we're going to have another meeting. But my goal today was

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just to inform you as like I said I had no idea this was happening that there is a project underway to replace the bridge on North Main Street in a massoot is doing it and funding it. um that I think it they're

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talking about raising it. Um and we are involved. We will have conversations again with the chiefs, the highway department, myself and the planner um to try to mitigate the the in the the inconvenience to the residents of the

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town and also to be concerned at the timing with our other two projects that are in line there because if we have detours coming there and then we have detours, it's going to get really um ugly. So that it was it was more of just an information. I did give you the proposed detours. There were two

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patents. I think we left the meeting saying you can't close it completely, so come back with something that one lane at a time will be closed. >> Yeah. I mean, I think of my first responders, right, getting to the other side and what's the easiest way? How

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would they even get there short of going up 79 and around? And that's >> we would definitely have to work a mutual aid agreement with Berkeley who would then respond to our residents on that side um if they could. Um

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but I this is preliminary again like I said so they're talking about July of 2028. So just wanted you to be aware. >> Yeah. Thank you. And hopefully they um hopefully they listen because that's that's scary.

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>> And in response to that, just so we I know we've talked before about the Chase Road overpass bridge that's was supposed to be worked on um which is actually in need of repair. So I did after get on off of this wondering how this one's

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moving forward and that one seems to not be. I did reach out to try to find out where that was. So I'll have a status update. Uh hopefully they'll get back to me. I just did that last week and I'll let you all know where that one how that's progressing. And that's really all there is on that one.

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>> That perch seems to be in much worse condition. >> Right. And it's was a couple years ago that they came to us and asked our opinion about >> do two-way, one way or it down completely. >> So I I did follow up. I will let you know if I get any information from the DOT on that one.

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So, that's really all there is about the main street unless you had questions on the detours or comments on the detours that I'd given you in the packet that I got from them. >> No, I'm I'm good at this point. >> I mean, like I said, the chiefs are both involved and that's really the main concern is uh public safety and and how

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are they going to manage that? It'll be school buses. Actually, I should probably loop in uh somebody from the school for the next discussion. Okay. >> All right. Agenda item number 12, discussion

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regarding the request for capital project funding from Freetown Lakeville Regional School District. This was >> again, this is um more of anformational discussion item. I got this from the

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superintendent of schools. Um I think that they're trying to just communicate their needs. Mhm. >> There's no specific requests other than they need all of these things. Um I know that the town of Lakeville has asked

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them to prioritize them for us. So they were going to work on that. Um they're going to work on the priority so that you you could have that sense of what their most urgent needs are. I will

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tell you that obviously the capital requests for the campus projects we split with Lakeville. >> Um obviously the the ones for fees we're 100% responsible for and AES Lakeville is 100% responsible for their school

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>> we've already started that are on that list. >> So yes um I mean you can just look at the fees is the boiler which we have funded. We haven't begun the work on that roof replacement. We are working on that. A section of that roof you'll get down today. We're agree we're going to

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be agreeing awarding that contract. >> Um fencing. I know we're doing some fencing for a portion of the uh school. So, I'm not sure if they needed more than what we've already approved and we're funding. That's also getting done this summer. Playground equipment. I hadn't

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heard of this one. Oh, it says it's completed. So, somebody's done that one. windows and doors. So, that is the next big project which we're well aware of. The school needs new windows and doors and we are going to apply for the MSBA grant. Um, so what if we were lucky to

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to get that grant, we would have to fund 50% of the the project and the grant would do the other 50%. Uh, the school has uh between 2 million and 4 million here. Um I actually think that's probably low but uh I am aware of

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that and then we'll be working to save towards that um moving forward. So that's fees. The rest are all the campus projects and they range all over the place. Um some water stuff um

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and I do think we did some of these. Yeah, there was some I mean some of the stuff is obviously on the smaller side when >> I think the big one is the high school roof >> and that's $13 million. >> Um and they will be applying probably

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for MSBA. So that would be helpful and then the towns would each be responsible for a portion of that. So it's very expensive. It'll be probably 4 million each technically be fighting ourselves. If we both apply, we would try and do it different years, right? If we're trying

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to apply for doors and windows here and they're trying to apply for a roof there. >> I don't know. I mean, I don't know. I think you can put in multiple applications. So, I think I would because um it may be how much funding they have, right? That's a huge amount of money. They may say, "Oh, we we we're

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okay with 2 million, but we're not okay with 14 million." >> You never know. Um, I I've not been involved in the MSBA process, so I don't have as much experience as I do with all the other grants that I work on.

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>> That's the big one, I guess. And I think not only the big one, but >> very important, right? The roof is in rough shape. So >> that's that's it. So that's all. It's more forformational so that the town

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knows these things come because these are things that we can't just fund out of our operating budget. We would have to be going to the town's people looking for uh funding. >> Yeah. >> Which will probably be in the form of borrowing. >> Okay.

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>> I'm glad we have it on paper so we can start hopefully planning for it like you said, right? So we know what some stuff could possibly >> I think that was the intent. Um, >> any questions or anything, Chad? >> No, just some of the roof stuff for the elementary school. So, we're already doing, right?

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>> That I think most of that list other than the doors and windows we've done. >> We funded the boiler, >> the boiler, the roof, >> working on the roof. >> We're doing the roof in phases. So, the first phase is we had half we had a half a million dollars already allocated. So, we're doing what we can do with that

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half a million. I do think we'll probably need another one and a quarter million to finish the roof. In all honesty, depending on what happens with the school funding um if a lower budget is is eventually

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approved for the school as opposed to what we have funded, I think the excess money that would maybe the town would think about funding our stabil we have a school stabilization fund putting it in that stabilization towards these bigger projects that we know are going to come.

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And so it would still be school money, right? It would still be spending it on our schools. So that's a thought. We'll we'll know more come that'll be fall town meeting. >> All right, Jared, doesn't sound like the contact for soccer is is coming. >> Okay. Called it to work. So

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>> Okay. >> So then I'm going to take this out of order so that we can >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Well, we are going to move uh to agenda item number 21 discussion vote on ball

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field licenses. Um uh we have in here noted that softball requested additional space and uh lease extensions. So, um, you know, what we did was, you know, we listened to it, we heard it, and but now we're saying we need kind of all the

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players to the table, pun intended, and, >> you know, make sure that how everyone feels about it, because, um, we don't want to just make a one-on-one deal. It wouldn't be fair to any other league. We wouldn't want to do it to softball. So, uh, if it was, you know, the other way.

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So, um I guess first softball, you guys want to talk to your league, what you know, why why you're requesting some additional uh space as well as money um time. >> Sure. So, I'm Glenn Gases. I'm the president of Freelake Softball and Eric

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Camaro is a board member um as well. And um so, first of all, we appreciate the agreement that we have to have the three fields. >> Um we've started hosting uh tournaments as of last fall. Uh we had one uh in October and then we uh just recently had

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um another one a few weeks ago. Um had great attendance. Uh we had 12 teams attend which was the largest one that we've had um using the three fields. Uh we've put in a lot of uh we've been investing a lot of money into the fields and we would like to continue to do so.

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Um and uh one of the asks that we uh would have is that the uh the baseball field um which uh isn't currently being used anywhere. The back stop the dugouts uh it's all overgrown. We'd like to do similar to what we've done on some of these other fields where we've rebuilt

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dugouts. Uh we put fence topper on. We'd like to uh see if it's uh possible to add that field uh to the agreement. Then also just u look at the term of uh the agreement. um and uh request another we'll call it 20 years for the four

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fields if that's possible. Um we understand that the outfield grass area um at that baseball field has been being used by uh soccer and there's been asks from other um you know from football and also uh I think baseball has asked and

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we've been working with them to utilize some of our uh fields at uh John Pawn as well when they have some overflow for T-ball. So, um, ideally that would that would be our goal is to get a fourth field so we can invest money um to utilize that for for games and

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tournaments as well. Um, we've had really good um, I'll call it comments from other towns and other teams that come in on the utilization of the fields. Um, we've even had the uh the director of uh

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Massachusetts USA softball request that we host tournaments at that facility in the complex and having been at other locations throughout the state, it's really a great setup and we'd like to uh continue to utilize it for a tournament such as that. >> Yeah. So when um you when this all first

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started many of you were already involved and it was uh you know we tried to to divide up so that everyone could somewhat have a piece right so we weren't just saying okay one league had all the space others had none um and then that so that space was held um that

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was initially going to be field hockey field hockey you know backed out and then soccer has not done anything with it yet either and you you just stated that um they soccer stated that they they don't want >> well talking to the president of the

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soccer group today they um and I've heard a couple different things one um when Ted Williams closes that they look for an alternate place um for fields and the outfield area of that baseball field

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um it's a little more it's more level than some of the areas that are past field one on the soccer field where there's a lot of ruts and it would need to be regraded for um so they're looking for additional space. Um and I know that obviously football is looking for uh space as well. Um obviously there's

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plenty of land out there and um I'm sure that collectively we can come up with something to be able to utilize it for softball and then find an area for soccer and football. It's really just getting everybody together uh to be able to do that. I think, you know, with where the baseball field is, it's set

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back pretty far and uh we'd be looking at like 230 ft for where our outfield fence would be. So, there'd still be fairly large area available between the two fields. >> Um there's an existing outfield baseball fence that really isn't serving any

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purpose in where it is. So, if that fence were to be removed, that would open up a large area. um you know, we can look at doing some proposed layouts for what we would utilize that um fourth baseball field for to make it into a softball field to see what would be left over between the

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fields. Um and there might be minimal amount of rework needed based on the grading that's there. It's it's fairly level and flat. Um whereas like I was saying past field one that we call it uh on the left hand side obviously it's it's wide open but um it's uh it's not

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conducive for for soccer or football uh because of the the ruts and the divots that are in that area. So >> yeah that was that was originally held and they said that that was going to be soccer fields at some point is the way I'm understanding it. I mean, no, no matter what goes over there, to your

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point, there's there would be work. But the good news is there's space, right? So, that was kind of that was the the thought initially was is that we would hold it and whether it be football, whether it be field hockey, whether it be soccer, whatever, that we would use it for someone else down the road. I

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mean, part of the issue, too, and I'm jumping ahead of myself, is parking, right? Like, >> you would need more additional parking if we're turning all that into space. So then you would theoretically some of that might end up having to turn into parking. I mean it's it's tough to say but um you know I just want to try and

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come up with a solution that makes everyone feel okay, right? Like they don't no one feels like hey I won or no one feels like they lost and that's easier said than done. But um does anyone else have any comments, concerns? I mean, I think the only reason that we

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have would want any say in anything to do with KRR is the concern that when they remodel that area on Long Pond where we are with the plans that were proposed, there's a lot of things being added. Um, and so we use the surrounding

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area around the field for practice. >> So, losing that practice area, we would have to come up with a different solution essentially. Mhm. >> And I guess so part of it would be is us having to see how if we gave him that fourth field and we shrunk that fence

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in, how what that would do. Would we be able to fit a field there? And maybe that's a good idea to be able to fit a football field there temporarily till the other stuff's done or permanently. But I think we have to do something with

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that backside eventually. Right. To to your point. So, we were told that if you guys were to move the football field, it would be done in the off season. So, we don't necessarily need a full football field put in put in back there. We could

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definitely use our field now for games. It would be more of like a practice area, like I said, cuz we use the whole surrounding um grass and gravel areas for the cheerleaders and the three teams to practice. They don't practice on the actual field.

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So, um, just an area for that. >> Yeah. >> But then if you're talking about, you know, it taking longer than an off season, if you were to move the football field, then we may >> Yeah. I mean, football field, >> the football fields, the way the turning

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of the fields, which was what seemed to make the most sense, right? There was some grow time. So, to your point is I I do like the idea of maybe being able to do that, have that over there, >> even if it's temporary, even if you can play games on it. if the younger kid, whoever can play games on it, do stuff,

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and then it's not as much of a rush with the >> I think that one of the things that we need to do coming up is make a vote on that whether we're going to move the football field or not in that whole big scenario of the project because I think it will make a big difference.

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>> My understanding is it would take almost more than one season to move the football field. >> So I think then the option might be to start the football field over there >> before we move it over here. So they do have an alternative place. So I think that decision will need to come before

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the board which is the next step in that project is to decide what we're going to do with the existing whether we're going to move it or not. Um and maybe I can try to get some cost estimates on just moving the field and exactly how long.

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But my sense was it was longer than one season that like it would take maybe two seasons. >> Yeah. I I thought for some reason if we turned it um Mr. Volo said something about like threequarters of the field would be this still the same >> same but the little Yeah, but we're

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we're aware of that like we're not going to leave you >> this may have been answered. I wasn't able to attend um the meeting a lot of other board members did but specifically about that remodel. um

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financially if you're moving the fields like are we responsible for all the work and setting up the new fields? >> No. >> No. I think we would pay for it's going to be grandfunded by you know for the I

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would say the majority would have to be grant funded. It's it's a big undertaking right? >> Um I do already have some prospects like I do already have some grant funding coming. >> Okay. >> Which is why I'm saying to you that decisions probably needs to be made sooner than later.

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>> I'm glad you said it because I wasn't sure if I should. >> I know it is. >> I was going to say because we as did get as an organization in the last couple years put in a lot of money into the field with irrigation and everything like that. So >> and all that would be played in and >> yeah,

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>> she says public information. So she, you know, did get awarded half a million dollars in the grant. So, so it's a good a good start, right? But it would >> you know, >> and the timing of getting that money is is not solidified if you know how grants

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work. But so that's why I'm kind of we do we will be needing to making some decisions and it and that I wasn't even thinking of that but that might be a good alternative is to start that now so that in a year or two or two years when the grant is available and we can start

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working over there they have a place to go and it won't be the the same because I don't think we're going to put in irrigation and everything but at least a workable field for you but these are definitely another discussion that we will have to have about >> yeah I think we as an organization would

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need that information first too, >> especially because >> for the decision, right? >> Yeah. Sooner rather than later just because I mean we don't want my understanding is that if it is that option the snack shack that we've built

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and other things will have to be removed. So in terms of us investing more money into the facility, I'd like to do it in a smart way, right? not invest into areas that may be moved or have to come down.

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>> I don't think that they talked about removing the snack shack. I don't remember that as >> so in one of the illustrations it was removed. >> Yeah, I don't I don't think >> I think you replaced it with something

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>> with an area that they can use for the snack >> concessions. Um, but that's definitely something that we're looking at in the near future is making improvements to that. And >> you know, we have that storage container that has been a top topic of

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conversation I saw in the neighborhood like whether we, you know, hold off a couple more years or if we replace that now. Just stuff like that. Having a better idea of time frame and what the actual plan is. So now that we have a sense that funding may be coming, uh,

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Rep. Wlette was able to get us money in the bond bill, I think uh, I can tell you our intent and we can have we do definitely have to have another discussion so we can make that vote about the ball field and I'm sure that your input um, or your league's input is

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is vital to that decision. I can tell you the phases that my thought process is parking number one would be what I would work on and then probably the bath house, the bathrooms, the septic system and believe it or not,

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a half a million dollars. It'll probably take the majority of that funding to do those two parts. So, just so you have a sense of what I'm thinking about moving forward. Now, that can change and I'm not um necessarily the decider of of the things, but in in when you're looking at

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a phased approach, I think those are the the parking is very important and then the bathrooms will be the second piece of it, but of course deciding what we're doing with the football field, leaving it >> and it's I think we all liked it moved, but we also know what that means. So,

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financially, it might just make sense to leave it as it is and move and work around it. No, we didn't have I I don't think we had a problem with either option. >> There was concerns about the sun um and like the way the sun hits the field and

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how it's going to it would affect like the grass growing and stuff, but it wasn't. >> Yeah. I mean, but other than that, I don't think we liked one over the other or, you know, would have voiced a preference. Um it's just kind of knowing the plan.

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>> Yeah. Yeah. I think at the end of the day, we'll make a lot of improvements to that area and make everyone happy. >> I think it will be great. I think the parking is definitely needed. It's really hard with games and, you know, we usually require a detail to,

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>> you know, keep the neighbors happy and and rightfully so. I mean, there's a lot of people that don't pay attention when they park on the street. And so, I think and bathrooms are huge. So, we're definitely supportive and in favor of it. Just in terms of KR, I guess we'd

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like to know >> so >> what the plan is for our field before we, >> you know, express interest in >> so >> I'm wondering the first thing we need to do is see how it would lay out right with KR if we said okay we can give them that fourth field but will we how will

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it will it be able to fit the football field in between? We think it will but will it? >> Right. >> I I don't want to I don't want to make a promise that doesn't can't >> you didn't go out and measure >> and well and I my only concern too is parking over there. I mean if softball's got fall tournaments going on and then

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you add football like if we would had to permanently or temporarily move there for our game season. I mean we struggle with parking as it is. I can't imagine two >> um >> we usually have an overlap so the there's three games park at the same time. I mean, I think that, you know, we

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would work together obviously to utilize like the snack shack and and like those types of things, but the actual physical parking would be something that would need to be addressed if both programs were utilizing it at the same season. >> Yeah, I guess that's something we could work out. We'd have to figure out how do you

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>> Yeah, that's what the thing that makes the most sense is to put everything on paper for everyone, right? So that way there's no one saying, "Oh, well, I thought we was this. I thought it was that." And next thing you know, you have both leagues showing up at the same time trying to do something. cuz you guys do fall, correct? Over there. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> So,

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>> yep. >> And summer with your with flash and whatnot. Like our season starts in August. So, >> it would definitely be um a significant overlap as far as that. >> Yeah, it's interesting. I wasn't even thinking of that. >> What? >> I wasn't thinking of the overlap.

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>> I mean, unless we really pay attention to timing and scheduling. I mean, obviously, we're primarily in August. We're primarily at night. Um it would just be starting in September Saturday. >> Plenty of space for parking too. It's just you could have to flatten out a spot.

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>> Exactly. They just have to make >> grass. Yeah. Even for our tournaments when we're using the three fields, we um we go beyond the capacity that's in the paved area. So we usually stake out areas and direct people to to park elsewhere. But >> okay, >> I mean we have that gated area. We could

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open they could we could try and figure out something where we're talking about the future growth of the fields is right. We wouldn't want to leave it open. It's blocked off for a reason, right? We don't want cars traveling through there, but um the park over there, I guess. I don't know. >> We can Yeah. figure it out.

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>> Yeah. I think the first step is is to make sure that the stuff fits. Um >> Yeah. Does it fit? >> Yeah. And then make the decision on the football field cuz that's going to drive everything at this point. It's going to drive the parking. It's And the thing about the parking, a good portion of it Chuck's crews can work on.

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>> Mhm. Once I know what way we're going and what he needs to do, he can start to cut down the cost. He can start doing some of that. Especially, he's got the grindings that we need to get rid of. >> We were going to sell them. We can use some >> some of them just >> Yeah, we're still waiting for some at football,

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>> Carlos. >> They were supposed to drop some on the inside area where it gets muddy where potentially like ambulances would enter. >> I'm sorry. Inside where I I can reach out to Chuck about it. >> Okay. Uh where where are you referring to though on policy? >> Um inside the gated area and around the

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concession area it gets really muddy. Um and the fear is if it is muddy that you know emergency personnel that big gate where they would drive through they could potentially get stuck. >> Okay. Inside the gated area next to the concessions. >> Yeah. I would ask Chuck to go look at

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it. >> I know exactly where it is. So you want you call. Okay. Do you have Mark? Do you have Mark's number? >> Mark Sass. >> I'll text it to you. It's He's our fields and grounds and he's like aware of the specifics of where it was

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supposed to go, but I know that that area all around >> almost up to that first container >> um is what they were talking about. >> Yeah. Trucks >> get muddy there all the time. Yeah. >> Yeah. We can send them down there. Thank I'm glad you brought it up. Thank you. >> Thank you. Do you have the numbers of

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>> I was probably hooked. >> Players you have now. >> Chuck up. We have u about 150 on flash and then wreck full were probably um in the spring the spring was around 150. >> Yeah.

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>> Yeah. I'd say about 150 total. >> That's that's great, right? We had >> Yeah, we're growing too, which is good. >> Yeah, it was a lot less than that. A lot of people said >> I was saying that that's when I drove by and it was like there was cars like out to the road. Like I can't remember the

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last time KR had that many cars add it. So >> yeah, it was late. >> Is soccer still used in the field? >> They use it for practice in the rainy season. So Lakeland is like March and April. >> Yeah, exactly. >> So it doesn't really conflict here. >> Not even really with you guys cuz your

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season doesn't really start until >> Well, when I spoke with them today, I mean, they were talking about more than just March and April. They were looking for a larger area to have as a potential option. So >> they the last time we were all at the same >> Are you talking about soccer? >> Soccer.

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>> Yeah. >> Soccer. I mean they were offered they have not solidified any agreements. >> Mhm. >> They were not not so >> and the existing baseball fence is like 350. So if we moved it back 150 ft you

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would gain football field feet. Football field is not that wide. >> Yeah. And to your point there is space in between. I just wanted to see and I we had it laid out. >> I want to I want to say that we could fairly easily put a site plan together showing some dimensions of where that

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back stop is and where our outfield fence would be, where that existing fence would be, and if that existing fence were to get taken down. I mean, there's there's a lot of there's a lot of room there. >> Real estate. >> Um the and I love throwing him under the bus, but your previous president should be able to help you with that. So

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>> that's him and another previous board member that's still on the board. >> Still on the board. Yeah, exactly. Why don't you call them and get them on it? >> So say we can put that together easily enough. >> So yeah. Uh and then that once we have that and then we can put on a future

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agenda about Long Pond and obviously notify you guys all again as well, right? And then um we'll take it from there. And I'm sorry to not give you a concrete decision, but I do think that this all needs to play in. Yeah, I wasn't expecting an answer tonight, but at least to get the conversation going

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um knowing that we'll get the site plan together and then we'll come up with come up with a solution where we could all use it. >> Yeah. >> As far as the license extension, I think >> the the the thought process was if we extend

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for one organization, any other organizations want to extend it would be extension for I don't know what 20 years that's that'll be. >> Yeah. No, I I meant to ask you, were you saying 20 years because you meant four fields and each field would get five additional years or >> No, I was just going by some of the

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previous agreements that I've seen whatever that >> So, yes. So, the the extension for baseball initially used to have very long term, right? And then we shrunk it down because as things have been flow, we want to make sure that it's fair that

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all of a sudden football takes off and no one plays softball anymore. Then we want to be able to give them the space or vice versa. Sure. >> So that way it wasn't just being locked up into one one organization or another. We've tried to keep it somewhat short, but we also respect the time and money

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that you guys are putting into it. So um we we I was under the impression 5 years addition, you know, to go 5 years from now to give you guys some sense of security that you know the space is yours for at least another 5 years. >> Sure. So, I know we're good through 2030

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and then it talks about the two extensions for 5 years each afterwards. But to your point, you just said it, it's just we just want to make sure because we start putting batting cages in and then doing some investments in there. We just want to make sure that come 2030, we're not going to >> get kicked out by baseball or something.

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>> We're taking over. >> Yeah, >> that that look said it all. >> Yeah, exactly. >> I want Central Park. No, I'm just kidding. Does anyone have vision? >> I hope working down there. The facility looks incredible >> that could be developed over there cuz I

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know there's a big tree line. So >> at KR. >> Yeah. >> Um well that whole back field right like where the where it's gated off that was originally going to be >> I think they said soccer fields. They actually built it up as such but then it

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it overgrew. It got ruts. It's no you know >> it's it's mushy. >> Yeah it's mushy. the Rosendis family. I think when they originally did it, they actually arched it out to be that way. Um, so, so that really that space beyond

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the wood line, I mean, I know when you pull in over to the left, there's really not much space before you're in people's backyards, so I wouldn't say so. To the right, I'm not sure. And then obviously to the backside, once you get too far, it's actually Stop and Shop's property.

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So, um I think Stop and Shop actually owns it. Like that back gate area over there they actually own. So, um so I would say probably what you see within that fielded area maybe to the that fields to the left there. That would be >> field sounds nice. >> Mhm.

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>> Yeah. Yeah. >> What does that shop Field sounds nice? >> Take that money. Sure. >> Um so yeah, that's that's the only space I know of over there. Um, yeah. >> I I'm trying to think. I mean, I guess

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we could try and pull up a plan and see what it looks like, but >> yeah, I can pull it up, >> but >> yeah, >> looked at it lately. >> Anything else or questions, concerns? No, >> nothing more. Um, thank you all for being here and thank you for uh doing

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what you do cuz it's it's coming a long way. >> Appreciate it. >> You know, we appreciate it. >> Yeah. Does Lann have all of the contact information correct? So, she was able to get a hold of all of you. So, she'll keep you informed when our next meeting is. We're meeting August 3rd, but I I I

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think we have a pretty full agenda, so I'm not sure that you'll be on that agenda. >> Can you add secretary at Free Lake Athletics to those invites just so there's two for you? >> Okay. >> I'll email Lan for just so there's two. >> Yeah, just add it and then we'll make sure, you know, the more the marrier.

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The last thing we want is to not reach somebody that needs to be part of this conversation. So, if um those guys can get us anything, if you could send it back to us to show us how it lays out and then we can take it from there and we can

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pass it on to the masses or whatever. >> In all honesty, I'm thinking August 17th meeting because we may just have the discussion about the um the um football. >> August 17th, I will be in the Caribbean. So, >> okay. >> Take me with you. >> Bring me in your suitcase

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over there. Yeah. >> Yeah. On location, >> right? It's been re it's been relocated to the Caribbean. >> So, I'll probably push it to September unless somebody has a urgent need sooner than that. >> It's fine with us. >> Softball. Are you okay with that? >> That works. Y

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>> um and because then I think we can discuss the football field and make a decision or try to make a decision >> so that I know how we're going to proceed with that and that will drive a little bit of this conversation too, I think. Does it make sense to remove that outfield fence if we can? The one that's

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existing. >> You're saying that the additional field if we couldn't fit it. You're saying not remove it. I'm sorry. >> Yeah. I guess doesn't make sense to move it if you're not going to get the field. Yeah, >> right. Yeah. >> Forget it.

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>> Yeah. No, but if we had resources to remove that fence now, would you guys be okay with that? But something we would need to confirm. >> Yeah. I'm just going to ask that we hold until So, >> sure. >> The the field, the first field on that same side, that fence, is that out too

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far right now or No. >> Uh, we just put the new fence in on that field. Uh, when you say it's out too far, >> because you were saying that on the field that the fence is out way too far, you'd be able to bring >> Oh, so the on the baseball field that outfield fence is like 350. It's like way out there. We play 200.

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>> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Then the first field's already at 200. We already have it on the field at 200. >> So that's what you want to remove the the one that's at 350 baseball field. It's all overgrown. >> So I don't think if you had the resources to do it, I don't think it would affect anything. If not that if

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anything, they'd be giving more space to baseball that area, right? >> You are aware there's funding at the town hall for fencing, right? >> No. >> No. floor. >> So, uh, >> that's the batting cage.

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>> I was going to say what happened with the batting cage from >> So, there was that shed and the batting cage that got hit by a car or something, right? Yes. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. I So, >> um, I'm not familiar of the details of

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>> Yeah. Someone basically drove into it and we got money and I want to say it was what about $5,000? >> Yeah, it's around $5,000. So, what we'd like to spend it and get it off our books. So, let us know if you have a use for that thing. >> Yes. The only Yeah. The only thing I

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would say is obviously it needs to be there. It needs to be used there in >> Yes. There. >> I just don't want to putage because >> if we're going to put in batting cage, obviously it kind of goes without saying, but we want to make sure that we do it not in that area. if we're going

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to to not interfere with uh >> we have ideas on next to the building of where we want to do that. But we also have some pricing for um >> dugout dugouts on field three which is the field on the right hand side. >> Mhm. >> Um what you would include fenc >> just um follow up with me because I want

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to say that the accountant was like as long as it gets used there it didn't have to be another bad engagement. Let me confirm that with him >> and baseball. We have our board meeting next week. So, I'll mention what you guys are looking to do and I can always have Andy reach out. >> I talked to Andy.

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>> You did? Okay. All right. Never mind. >> Yeah. They weren't um there was nothing specific that they were looking to pursue over there right now is what he told me. >> Okay. >> Perfect. Yeah. So, if you want to reach back about that with the the funding that's at town hall, then you know

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>> Okay. >> We can make you guys happy because you'll get something out of it. >> Absolutely. >> Our accountants happy. So, it's a win-win. >> Okay. >> I like your songs. >> Great. We'll get back to you on that for sure. >> Thank you. >> All right, guys. I really do appreciate the time.

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>> Thank you. >> Chad will be seeing you soon. >> Soon. Very soon. >> Chad's excited. I saw him the other day. >> Yep. >> Tell Caitlyn I said hi. >> We'll do. Thank you. Oh, >> they just left me in the dust over here.

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They just left you. They were like, "Peace." >> They were like, "Peace out." No, I had to gather all my things. >> All right. Thank you. >> Good night. >> All right. So, now we are going on to

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>> 13. Yes. >> All right. So disc uh agenda item number 13 discussion vote on the following budget transfer requests. A interdep departmental budget transfer from the highway department in the sum of $3,000

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from highway wages to highway wages overtime. B interdep departmental budget transfer from the police department in the sum of $15,000 from police wages to police additional gross overtime wages. C. Interdep departmental budget

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transfers from the police department in the amount $10,000 from police full-time officers wages to police repairs and maintenance vehicle account. D. Interdep departmental budget transfer from the communications budget in the amount of

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$2,600 for part-time dispatch wages to repairs and maintenance equipment. E. Interdep departmental budget transfer from the planning department in the amount of 2,000 from planning support fees to planning clerk wages line. F

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interdep departmental budget transfer from the town clerk for $42911 from department clerk assistant overtime wage line to the town clerk assistant wage line. G interdep departmental

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budget transfer from the trans uh treasur's department in the amount of $20,000 from the unemployment account to the town's treasurer's postage account H. Inter departmental budget transfer from fire department expenses to fire

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common salary wages in the sum of $13,000. I interdep departmental budget transfer from town clerk assistant gross overtime to town clerk clerical salary wages in the sum of $174.74.

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And last but not least, J interdep departmental budget transfers from town clerk assistant gross overtime to town clerk assistant salary wages in the sum of $254.37. So, um, as everyone knows, we're getting to that point where we have to move

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around some money and seems pretty straightforward. >> Same department, one line item to the to a different one. >> Yeah. Unfortunately, >> I actually think I'll have to look at the the paperwork. I think

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F replaces I and J. You you see how it's >> Yeah, that would that's how they add up together. Yeah. >> Yeah. I think that I don't think you need I and J. I don't know what's here for paperwork, but I think there's

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actually only one request. There was originally two. They got put into one. Sorry. for the actual request here. >> It adds up to that amount. 42911 pay they do.

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That was a good catch. I'm 99.9% sure they do. >> So, does it make sense to get rid of F because I and J actually break it out further? >> No, it's not necessary. >> Okay, >> it's the same. Yeah. Okay.

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Well, I have the one for 42911. I don't have another one. So, it is >> Okay. So, we'll just Okay. So, I'm going to just I'm going to remove INJ. >> Yeah. >> Sorry. >> No. No. Good catching, didn't you? Thank you. All right. So, with that, I

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entertain a motion um to approve the following budget transfers uh as previously read, A through H, and remove INJ. >> I'll make that motion. >> I will second it. All those in favor? >> I

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>> I. >> Agenda item number 14, discussion and vote whether to approve the event at Patches Hill Farms on 102426. Get to that food truck. the uh

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it's a remote control truck show swap meet. So um but he's been in here before and done stuff with it, right? So they do he does a lot with that type of stuff. So >> looks like all the paperworks here and

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>> um yeah, I don't I don't have any questions or concerns. Everything he's ever done has been gone off well and they've been Yeah. >> Yeah. They just did one, right? Yeah. >> And I know they park over here. Yeah. >> Yeah.

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>> More questions. >> Yeah. Good questions. >> All right. So, with that, I entertain a motion to approve uh the event at Patches Hill Farms on 102426. >> I'll make that motion. >> I will second it. All those in favor? >> I

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>> I. Agenda item number 15 and going to table. Uh, agenda item number 16, discussion and vote on awarding the Freetown Elementary School roof recoding project.

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Get to that. So, we got 3, six, we got eight bids and um, we go with the lowest. So, uh, looks like Leading Way Construction Inc. for $456,600,

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which is good because we got $500,000. So, >> just me. >> Good job. >> Saving money. >> Yeah. Well, it's it's a lot better than when we need, you know, >> 600,000. >> Yeah. We only got 500. So, >> well, the good news is that originally

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we put the 500,000 away just to do the wet insulation. >> Mhm. And alternatively, we're actually going to be doing a section of the roof and the wet insulation. So, >> I think that's a win-win. Um, we did bid

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more sections of the roof, but they came in closer to like, you know, a million dollars and we just didn't have the funding. We do have the stabilization fund that I was talking you to you about that. So, there is some funding in there if we need funds, but came in good in case there's any change orders or

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whatever, we're in good shape. um this this should be done this summer so it shouldn't disrupt students and teachers or anybody. So this is this has been rough to get to this point. I will say this in particular project I think the projects when they're at the school is a

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little more difficult for me because I'm not as in the same uh it's not the same wheelhouse as the town. Um and not that there was any issues with the school itself just this project's been difficult to get off the the the thing. So I'm excited to get to this point. Yeah. No, it's

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>> and uh leading way. We did get the letter of recommendation from the uh from the GRLA that we hired to do this work and they they checked all their references and they're good to go. >> Awesome. >> So, our friends or concerns? >> Cool.

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All right. So, with that, I entertain a motion to award Leading Way Construction, Inc. um the bid for uh the uh project for Freetown Elementary School roof replacement project.

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>> I'll make that motion. >> I will second. All those in favor? >> I >> I agenda item number 17, discussion and vote whether to approve the agreement between the town of Freetown and um Leading Way Construction, Inc. >> But you don't have you don't have it

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because I haven't completed it. >> Okay. Um, obviously the the contracts are regular um AIA contracts. Basically, the town vets them, the town council. So, I'm going to ask you to give me permission to sign it. And I only ask because it's already the middle of July

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and we need to get this project done in August. So, there's no time for me to come back to the board unfortunately, but I will vet it through town council. >> So, that makes perfect sense to me. So, I'm just going to change up the vote. So, um, I entertain a motion to allow

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town administrator Petty to sign the agreement on behalf of the board of selecting the town of Freetown for Leading Way Construction, Inc. for the Freetown Elementary School roof recoding project. >> I'll make that motion. >> I will second it. All those in favor?

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>> I >> I now over to you. >> My turn. Huh? I lost the audience. All right. Uh agenda item 18, we're going uh discussion and vote to

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resin the following appointments. Um and that's going to be a Dave Kros to uh to the public records clerk, planning board, and the tax uh increment finance and board

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positions. B. Uh Kobe Ember to the Health Insurance Advisory Committee as the communications representative. C. Walter Zuiki to the Health Insurance Advisory

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Committee. D. Linda uh yep, Linda Forier and Robert Ken. Hines. >> I would say Christines. Christine's >> Christine I >> Christine Christines from Taton River

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So I will any questions on any of these? All right. So I will entertain a motion to resend those following appointments A through E. >> I will make that motion. >> All in favor? >> Oh, you're going to second it. >> Oh, I second it. Yeah, I knew we don't, right?

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>> Yeah, I know. >> And all in favor? >> I >> I All right. 19. Uh, I'm going to skip A because that's me. Um, but we'll go to So, discussion and vote on whether to make the following

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appointments. So again, A I'm going to skip for now. Um B is Dean Guy. Mhm. >> Yeah, we're going to the Health Insurance Advisory Committee

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Communications Rep. Effective 4626. C will be Nancy Dery to the Taton River Stewardship Council Freetown delegate expiring 6:3028.

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Uh D will be Steven Maderas to EMS public safety radio dispatcher effective or effective 7126 through 6:3027 >> is to EMA just so EMA not EMS

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>> oh yeah EMA I'm sorry uh E is uh Deborah Petty to EMA member effective 712 26 through 6:3027. F will be Scott Rose to EMA

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uh member effective 7126 through 6:3027. G will be Paul Sadic to EMA radio operator effective 7126 through 63027.

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H will be Kos Lopes 2 EMA uh member effective 7126 through 63027 I is Harry Ashley Jr. to EMA uh director

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effective 7126. Should should that one have an end date? That's not in my >> Yeah, I would make that end date. >> All right. So I'm going to do the same end date of 6:3027. >> J is Keith Melo to EMA Fire Department

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effective 7126 through 6:3027. K is Nina uh Dumont Senior Clark Board of Health and Building effective 7126.

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>> No end. >> No end date on that. Yep. Okay. And then I would be Tim Oh, boy. Tim Blue. >> I would say Bolio, but I >> Bio. >> Bullio. But yeah, I don't know. >> All right. >> We're going to go with that.

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>> It's the is Yeah, it's the ISP hazmat um to local emergency planning committee effective 7126. All right. So I Any discussion on that? >> No. All good. >> How about that person on E? You good

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with her? >> All right. No. So, we will um I'll entertain a motion to appoint the following B through I. >> I will make that motion.

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>> I'll second it. >> Uh all in favor? >> I >> I >> Sorry, you said B through I. >> Yeah, because I can't appoint myself. Correct. Oh, it's L through L L. I'm sorry. L B through L. >> I will make that motion.

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>> I'll second it. >> All in favor? >> I >> I >> Good catch. >> And 20. What do we got here? Discussion and vote on pay rate for the filming and editing of the board of selectmen

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meetings and other events. Um, >> so this is this is John. He's been here for quite some time. Um, >> he, you know, he films all our events and then he goes home and edits them and then gives them to us and we post them up. Um, he's been at the same rate, I

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think, quite for quite some time. So, we are paying him $125 to film the meeting and 125 to do the editing and whatnot. Um, so at this point I just think that you should give them a raise. The reality is we get the PEG access money.

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It comes from our contract with Comcast. And while it is going down, it's still more than enough to pay for um what what he does for us throughout the town. He's excellent. Does a great job. He's always available for questions and helps us

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when we need it. So I just I thought it was time to look at his pay rate as well. um it doesn't come from taxpayer dollars. It does come from that PEG access. So I would propose something either 175 and 175 or something in

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between there. >> So I think it's a fair amount and that so that peg access money like we use it to put this >> do different things, right? So it's it's it's nice to have and um yeah, >> John's been awesome. So we're lucky to

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have him. So, um I think I think to go 175 and 175 is a a fair amount honestly to to go to. So, I don't know if you have >> Yeah. No, I still think that's a very that's a still very good rate for us

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>> at that >> expensive to do this stuff. >> Yeah. I think the going rate is much higher than that if you want to sub somebody out and >> it's not the easiest thing to find a person just to come here every two weeks and do this, right? So, um, that's that. But yeah, and we do have funding. I

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mean, in the new building, we'll we'll probably do something similar to this room. Hopefully, we get a community room in that building. And we should still have the funding in the the bank, you know, because we still we have savings. We have PEG access funds. >> All right. Yeah. Good.

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>> All right. So, I will um entertain a motion to uh increase the filming and editing to 175 for filming and 175 for editing of um

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the board of selected meetings. >> I will make that motion. >> I will second it. All in favor? >> I >> I >> All right. Um did do a town administrator's report and I left it on the printer

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>> um right on my game tonight. Um there was there wasn't a whole lot of just some projects getting completed. The municipal fiber projects pretty close to being done. We closed up the grant. I was able to get them the paperwork and what they needed so we didn't have to get back money. That's

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always exciting. that >> um working on the historical commission grant that Lan pretty much submitted the paperwork for that we were able to get. They're meeting us uh Wednesday at the schoolhouse to look at the project and start that project. Um you know, we're

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just super busy right now. Lan is back on a limited schedule, so we're still trying to get our office back up to speed with everything working on the bridge project. um working on the water management asset

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program grant that I'm about ready to finish out in October. So, we'll meet with that today. Um working with grants with the representatives trying to get funding for all our projects, sewer lines, water lines, um big projects that we've got

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going on. So, other than that, um I'm fully staffed with the exception of a truck driver at the highway department. Uh, so we did get an an application today. >> I got the email. >> So, >> oh, we got another application. >> Yeah.

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>> Or is that the one you sent? >> Just the one today. Yeah. So, um, maybe we maybe that'll work out. So, that's where we're at. >> Budgets are just budgets are just beginning. So, we're still trying to clean up last year's budgets, but the 15th is the deadline. So, we got signatures to do.

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>> Yes. So, >> one other thing is um can you send me the plan for the football field? I don't think I've I've seen it. >> Yeah, the >> I must it must have been in the thing and I lost it, I should say. >> Okay. Yeah, I'll send it to you. You

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mean the the revision for that thing? Yeah, >> it's only one >> the AI policy we table >> just sign them all. All you need to do >> laundry. >> I'm going to drop. >> I might I

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>> This one's just letting me do >> something,000. This is the the bad dog one. Good. This is the um surplus from the COA. surplus. >> These are all of the budget transfers. So, I'm going to put them up there.

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These and they're all going to be signed up here. >> Oh, yeah. >> So, they're going to give these to you. This is um the boing boo surplus ca surplus materials.

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This is animal thought bad dog list. It's terrible. This is so I can authorize up to $1,000 of surplus this one. And these are appointments. So you can

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start signing. I think about Louis appointment notes. Can we table any of them? Oh, >> just mine. Yeah, >> I think the rest of them are good. >> Anything else? Yeah, it's

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we got these tabs so you can pull them apart that way. This is the voice club license. >> Anyway, >> sign some really >> just >> lots of signatures tonight.

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>> Okay. These are all the transfers and these are all the appointments and I took you out so we can just see. All right. Well, this is Yeah, these two got tabled. Just Oops. One more sign, right?

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>> That has to be signed. That's the light, but the lights one day look away. So, it's just >> just that one. >> Yeah, >> these are all signing. Pretty much it. Just have you signed all the awards? >> Yes. Chad's already signed all those.

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She was a employer who showed up to town hall and signed him. >> Good thing, right? Cuz can you imagine the signing? >> Well, I was there because I had to do the dog biceps thing. >> So, maybe you weren't good. >> I wasn't good. I was good while I was there. I try to make up for it.

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>> That's great. >> All right. I think that's it. >> We're good. >> Oh, we might want to >> You guys You guys This was a This was a certificate to be presented to Rebecca been stated today. So, um, if you want to sign it and then we'll try to see if

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we can have her come in um to present it to her when she she's on vacation, but that way it'll be all signed and I'll have Ko sign it. Just thanking her. >> Yeah. >> So, that's that. I'm I am

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>> good. All right. So, with that, I entertain a motion to adjurnn. I'll make that motion. >> I will second it. All those in favor? >> I I