Good evening everybody. It's Monday, January 21st, 2025 um at 6 PM and I will call to order the Freetown board select meeting. Today we will be going into executive session and not coming back into open session on this agenda. Um
this meeting um we're going to executive session for the following reasons. uh mass general law chapter 38 section 21 A3 to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation of an open if of a open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the litigating position of the public body and shares so declares and this is related to the
de D PA paz um agenda item one is in conjunction with the board of health will open their meeting um after I um explain the other two um reasons why we're going to executive session agenda item two master
law chapter 3A section 21 A7 Seven to comply with or act under authority of any general or special law or federal grant in aid requirements. Specifically, general law chapter 38 section 22 for the purpose of reviewing executive session minutes for approval and determining whether such minutes shall
be released in the manner uh in the matter of approval not released or uh of executive session minutes from 62 2025 and 69 2025. And third, master journal law chapter 30A section 21 A2 to to well
to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with non-UN personnel or to uh conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with non-UN personnel. This is for executive assistant. So with that I am I missing anything
>> Mr. Chairman if I may? >> Yep. Um we need obviously we need a motion to to enter to executive session for the three purposes. Also for the litigation executive session you would need to declare that a uh open session
would have a detrimental impact on the litigating position of the board of selectmen. And then we should clarify that while the board is not going to come re return from exe executive session under this agenda, there is a subsequent agenda for an open session
meeting. >> Yes. Um and I did I not say that with agenda? I thought I thought I said that with agenda item one that that the um that have detrimental effect on the litigating position of the of the public body and the chair declares and I do. But maybe I didn't say that part. >> I didn't hear the I do. Sorry.
>> Okay. Thank you. >> You've learned. Um, okay. So, and yeah, and so to clarify, we are going to executive session, not coming back in open session on this meeting, but we will be going into open session on a on a different agenda item uh this
evening or a different agenda this evening. Um, so now I'm going to let Did I cover anything off there? >> Yes, I think now we just need someone to actually make the motion. >> Yeah. Before that, I'm going to have the um uh the board of health open their
meeting because they they're on this it's a combined meeting. >> You okay? >> All right. Being 603 and having a quorum present, I call the board of health meeting to order. We will be in executive session with the board of
selectmen. >> All right. the board of health will need to do the same the same process of uh announcing the executive session purpose u and also having a motion to go into executive session um and the board of will also have to announce whether it's
going to return from open session after the executive session. Okay. Um so we will not be having an open session tonight simply the agenda for the executive session. The reason is MGL
chapter 38 section 21A3 to discuss strategy with respect No. >> Yeah. >> Oh to with respect collective bargaining or litigation if an open meeting may
have a detrimental effect on the litigating position of the public body and the chair so declares and I do. >> All right. And the the uh the subject matter of the executive session is also the the the PA fast matter.
>> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. DP PA fast. Yep. >> Okay. >> All right. So, I guess we'll do two separate motions, I guess, to so I'll entertain a motion for the board uh select them to go into executive session. >> Motion made. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I I need you to do that. I'm sorry. Do that by roll call.
>> Yep. >> Sleman. >> Yes. >> Sleman Zagger. >> Yes. >> Matthews. >> Yes. I will entertain a motion to go into executive session for board of health. >> Motion made. >> Second. All in favor?
>> Roll call again. >> Liz. >> Board of House Tur. >> I. >> Board of House French. >> I. >> All right. So, we are now in executive session. Okay, good evening everybody. It's
Monday, July 21st, 2025 at 7:05 p.m. and with the quorum being present, I will call to order the Freetown Board of Select Meeting. This meeting will be recorded and will be available on the town's YouTube page. Um, I'll jump right into it. Am I missing
anything? I feel like I'm missing something. No. >> All right. Agenda item one, discussion of uh vote whether approve weekly warrants um 001 through 0053. Any questions or concerns?
>> No. >> All right. So with that, I'll entertain a motion to approve the weekly warrants. >> Motion made >> second. >> All in favor? I >> I >> ag item two discussion of vote approve open session minutes from 772025 and
7:15 2025. Any questions or concerns there? >> No. >> No. >> Okay. I'll entertain a motion to approve the open session minutes from 77205 and 7:15 2025. >> Motion made. >> Second. All in favor? I >> I uh agenda item three, discussion of vote
whether approves the request from the council on aging to use formula grant funds to purchase a tent in the sum of $1,212.50. I'm not in the business of fighting the COA on what they want to do. I don't know if you guys have any questions or concerns on this one. >> No.
>> No. Well, >> I think it makes perfect sense for what they're trying to do. >> Yeah. trying to I have the agenda here and I can't I'm losing it. >> Page 13. >> Yep. >> Did you lose it?
>> No, I got it. I got it. I have too many tabs open. I had it open just in case I need to reference anything specifically. Okay. This is definitely not it. >> You want to know the cost of the tent? No, I I see it's it's I was just This is really for for next stuff.
>> Oh, okay. >> Okay. All right. So, um I'll entertain a motion to approve the request from the consenting to use the formula grants to purchase a tent. >> Motion made second. >> All in favor? I >> I agenda item four, discussion of vote
whether uh to accept donations from TLI MeatWorks to the Council on Aging in the amount of $427.20 in meats from TLI/Meatworks. That's very nice donation. >> Absolutely.
>> Um we appreciate it and I don't have any issues with that. >> No >> questions or concerns? >> No. No. Thank you, Frank. >> Yeah, >> absolutely. So with that, I'll enter a motion to accept the donation. >> Motion made. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> I.
>> All right. Uh, agenda item five, discussion of vote whether to approve the addendum to the agreement between the town of Freetown and Eminem Contract Cleaning, Inc. for cleaning services for the Freetown Police Department. This is the one I was there was an error on the original contract. So, this is
just fixing it and not with dollar amounts. >> That's what I was going to ask about. All right, sounds good. Questions or concerns? >> No. No. >> All right. So, with that, I turn a motion to approve the addendum to the to the agreement between the town of Freetown and Eminem contract cleaning
for cleaning services for the Freetown Police Department. >> Motion made. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I All right. Discussion vote whether to install a camera at the boat ramp. This is an interesting one. >> Yeah. The concern with that is there's
no internet over there. So I think we would have to in we would have to first pay for an internet service and then then installing the camera which is probably the least of the whole thing is the camera. But do you want to pay a monthly internet bill
and they run like $200 a month? >> We couldn't do cellular the way we use the police use. I don't know. I mean, all our other cameras are running off our internet. >> Okay. >> You want us to look into it?
>> I I I think looking back at some of the cases we had over the years, uh, working with the two different chiefs that we've had in the past few years, Chief Abbott and Chief Rose, there was a use of of a camera at one of the cemeteries, I believe, at one point. Uh, I believe it was cellular. So, I don't know if that's
to at our disposal. Do you want me to look into that? >> I think that's the um code here is an AT&T mobile data SIM card. I think that's what you're talking about, right? And then um the IT person said it was $39.99 a month for that. So, the other
thing that I did speak with him a little bit about was um a self-contained system so that it would be more like it wouldn't be like it wouldn't be at town hall, we wouldn't be able to look at it, but if there was an incident, it would all be self-contained in a unit. It wouldn't be have internet. would do go there to physically pull footage.
>> So essentially a CCTV. >> Yeah, >> that might be an option. I don't have a price on that, but I can get that if you would like me to look into that with him. >> Yeah, I think it might make sense, right? And then but then the only other issue is is then having the ability to contain the unit,
right? Because then someone does something to the unit, they find out that >> I think it would be shed, but yeah. >> Well, yeah. someone goes there and does something that's bad enough and they want to get in and do something, you know, you never know. People do some funky things. So, >> yeah.
>> So, yeah, I think I think it's worth looking into that just to get an idea of what that would cost, right? I think that makes sense. I'm also like like Starlink like it it seems like a crazy idea for just this one camera but Starlink's pretty affordable and it's
like like what I was thinking like we wouldn't I wouldn't do it just for the camera but if we want to have Wi-Fi at the boat ramp which might be a good thing to have anyways right that you can make like a public Wi-Fi that we're just utilizing for other things it might make sense I don't know if there's grants we
get too for like increasing public connectivity you know. >> Yeah. I I I don't know. And and I I don't know if there's a way to pause it through the winter, right? You pay for internet. >> I think it's that's why I was thinking Starling. I think it's month to month. >> Starling. What is it? >> Starling. It's owned by Elon Musk. It's like it's a internet anywhere.
>> It's literally it like it's satellite in the sky. >> It like we The first time I saw it was at a campground and you watch and it looks like aliens. Like it's like you watching a line of >> lights going by and it just like floats in the sky and >> it's pretty wild to see. But
>> I mean you could always ask a neighbor to if you wanted to to tap into their internet too. I don't know. >> Mhm. >> I don't know who's right there. I don't know them. >> Yeah. I mean I I would I can appreciate that but I also would want to stay out of that because things get mucky and you
know but so >> I think Starlink's definitely worth looking into. Starink. >> So they have a bunch of different plans. Like I work with a guy who like lives in a Airstream, right? And he has like So he has like the best one that you can
get and his is I don't know. I guess saying here it's $120 a month for residential. The light one's $80. The one like this one >> cheaper than Comcast. >> I know. Well, that's that's what they're competing against.
>> Like it's crazy. >> I know. And then they have one here like this aif a 50 gigabyte one is 50 bucks a month >> that's for like that's for personal and then there's business but I don't know if they have a municipal they might
have special deals for for for municipal use right it's it's just worth looking into instead of starlink it's star guard >> it's a different uh from mun municipalities is a different type >> star link is a non >> it works well especially for the RVers and everything else but if you're
looking for municipalities ities. The star guard is the the next one up. >> Interesting. >> Not sure if you can do the smaller ones though, but again, we can look into it. >> We were able to get a police detail there this weekend because of Ponda Palooa, so that was good.
>> Yeah. Yeah. I think first option like the closed camera one and then I just can't Yeah. There's got to be a better solution. >> I don't know. But yeah, >> I mean, unfortunately, there's been some stuff that's happened recently on the pond, right, where boat couple jet skis were stolen and stuff and, you know,
there was question as to whether or not they came through the boat ramp. There's there's only so many places to access the pond. >> So, there's there's that aspect of it. There's the safety of the personnel that are there. So, I see a a real need to put it there.
>> Okay. I just want, you know, I mean, I would also like to see to their point is if there's a way to month-to-month reoccurrence making it cheaper or or non-existent. >> Well, there's the issue added issue as well. Once we add it, let's say it is a CCTV, right? We got a bunch of foyer
requests. Now, you're taking a person or body, going down there, pulling the video, bringing it back to the office, downloading it, going through all the video, >> trying to figure out why, >> trying to figure out why instead of doing it from your desktop. So there's >> I think it's better for us to have things saved in the cloud for the way,
you know, for the 30 days or whatever it is that we save. >> Because a lot of the closed systems too, they only hold for there's only so much memory in them, right? So in the more if there's only one camera on it, it's not as big of a deal. But if we decide to start adding other cameras now, you're
>> like you're going against that memory and it Yeah. Is it possible for us to just like like get an internet connection? Like just like the I mean the houses next there have internet, right? >> Oh, no. You can cuz we have the shed and we have electricity. So you can get internet there.
>> Like I mean >> the SIM card would be like 40 a month and that would be the internet there. >> But I'm saying that's like a wireless internet. I'm saying get like a actual physical physical hard wire like hardwire the camera to the internet through a modem. I think you could, but I I don't know if they have Verizon over
there if if Comcast is just extremely expensive >> because Yeah. Well, I guess what I was thinking there is like it would just be instead of a new service plan, it's just an additional location, like an additional box on our existing plan. >> Just something maybe something else to look into. I don't know how that works. >> Look into it. Like I said, I know some
of East Freetown has variet >> or talk to the neighbors, too. Say, "Hey, we'll pay we'll pay you 20 bucks a month. Just let us let us let us put a camera in. All right. We got a taker. >> All right. So, I think we have some I think it's a good idea. We just have to work out how we do it. >> Yep. >> Okay.
>> All right. So, I think no vote there needed. Really? >> Yep. >> All right. >> All right. Ambulance abatements. Uh, so for June 2025, the ambulance abatements and write-offs was $156,4168.
Any questions or concerns on that? >> No. >> No. >> All right. All right, I'll entertain a motion to uh approve and abatement to write house for June 2025. >> Motion made >> second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I. >> So this one I found interesting. Okay, so this is agenda item a discussion of
vote whether to conduct sexual offender registry information checks on staff andor volunteers, workers with children and seniors. I'm surprised we don't do that. >> Yeah. And so we do the Corey, right? Which is the CO criminal offender. The story is specifically for this,
>> right? And so in our travels with the new insurance company possibly, this came up and I'm like, I didn't even know what a story was. >> I've never seen it. I assumed it was all under the core, right? I that's what I always assumed, but >> same. >> Yeah. So it's not. And so um really it's
an insurance thing whereas like we're we're they're insuring us against anybody abusing >> Yeah. >> uh person. So um and you know we do have the senior center where there are vulnerable population. So I think anywhere where
there's a vulnerable population we should be doing the story check. >> So I mean are we going to do it retrospectively to all existing >> I think we'll do it to all existing employees. But here's the thing I I needed you guys to vote and then I need to go to the unions. >> Yeah. >> So I I it's not a done deal until it's a
done deal. But I wanted to bring it up to you because we haven't been doing it. So all the COA I think all of the COA um employees uh what else were we talking about? >> Library library cuz they you know they're dealing with the children. Um the COA is dealing with the vulnerable
population and anything else um you guys can think of. I mean I have no problem too trying to institute it as when you're hired we do a quarry and a story, right? We do both of them. >> Yeah. I think going down the road it makes sense, right? But um >> yeah, >> because kind of makes me feel better
that everyone else was saying they didn't know because I was looking at the agenda and I'm like, "What is this?" And I researched it on my computer to find out what it was. >> So >> yeah, it's one of the things, like I said, that came through on the new insurance. They're like, "Hey, do you do
this?" We're like, "I don't even know what it is, so we should be doing this." Mhm. >> Um >> I think everyone probably obviously like myself is saying we just assumed it was all part of the court, right? So >> apparently not. >> Oh, >> okay. >> All right. >> All right. So with that, I want a motion
to um to approve or to conduct uh the Sor checks on staff andor volunteers working with children and seniors. >> Motion made. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> IM nine discussion of vote whether to declare the following items a surplus and what to do with each item. So, we
have a Canon image runner advanced copier scanner at the police station is A and then B is HP 4250 large printer from the town administration office. And what do we want to do with these things? >> The first one is not repairable.
>> Falling apart and slow. >> Not working. The second one came out of my office. It's really slow, but it works. >> I mean, I picked it up. The whole bottom fell off, though. So, I don't like I we picked it up to put it in the hallway and the bottom came out off of it. So,
>> I was gonna say, but if no one else is going to use it, then we're gonna hold on to it. >> Yeah. >> And for what? To have to redo this again >> down the road. So, why don't we just send both of these things to the transfer station? >> Yeah. >> Yep. >> And maybe put the HP in the swap shed.
Somebody might be able to use it. It's big and bulky and it's >> We could leave them like as long as there's not like a memory cards in any of these, right? >> Nope. >> Okay. Okay. I just want to make sure that someone doesn't go to town hall and get it. And so, >> okay, >> it's really really slow. Like I send things to it and it takes like probably
40 seconds, which it doesn't sound like a lot, but it's a lot. Like, okay, come on. >> That would drive me crazy. >> Totally drive me crazy. All right. So, with that, I want a motion to declare >> items A and B on agenda 9 as surplus and to send them to the transfer station. >> Motion made.
>> Second. All >> in favor? I it 10 >> uh this is discussion of vote whether to approve the insurance values for all municipal buildings. So this is in our agenda. Um
>> so again this is all pro part of the process of changing insurance. It's not something we at least I should say that I really was looking at on a year-to-year basis. So I went through the valuations with the um insurance agent. A lot of things were way undervalued,
but you have to look at them from municipal point of view and not necessarily >> Yeah. Commercial like >> Yeah. Because market fair market value. >> Yeah. Cuz like the town hall was appraised was valued at a million dollars, which is probably what a 5,000 foot building would be appraised at in
residential dollars. But when you're talking municipal world and replacement cost, we could never replace that that building for a million dollars. It's probably closer to a $6 million building. I would say more than that, like replacement value, >> right? So, I upped everything, but I
still don't think we're 100% where we probably should be, but I we upped the values by $10 million and it cost us um I think $5,000 more for the premium. So, I thought, let's do this round and then next year I'll be looking to up them
again unless But I wanted you all to approve them because yeah, >> I want to make sure we're insured the way we should be insured. $10 million was an extra $5,000. That's a that's a smart investment, right? >> Not that, you know, we all pray that nothing happens, but
>> So, we're we're going to be I think we're going to be looking for another round of increases next year. >> Okay. Yeah. These all look reasonable. I mean, there I think they're still low, but I think that Yeah. >> Yeah. >> All right. Any questions or concerns? >> No. No.
>> All right. Right. So with that, I'll entertain a motion to approve the insurance values of all the municipal buildings as presented in the packet. >> A motion made. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> I. >> All right. Agenda item 11. Discussion of vote on amount of coverage for cyber
security insurance. It's funny. I just went through this conversation with my business partner. >> So the reason again I'm bringing it before you, we had a million dollars of coverage. Sounds like a lot, but you know, we have bank accounts that far exceed that amount. I did ask him if in
fact we were hacked and they got into our bank accounts, are you going to cover that? And he said yes. So, >> but our banks are FDI. Well, does it matter if they're FDIC insured? >> FDNC is only,000. We have $10 million with stabilization funds.
>> Yeah. Jeez. >> So, >> that's scary. So >> we might want to diversify that into some smaller accounts. >> You can you just need multiple accounts. Yeah. >> It's in it is in multiple accounts. >> It's if it's covered by this insurance and I feel >> we actually have 20 20 accounts. I mean
it's all split up in different places. >> But the question it's very very expensive. I think it was $10,000 for the first million. >> I did I exactly what I ran too. >> Did I include the how much? Yeah. So, it's on the cyber to go to go up to from a million
>> to Oh, yeah. 2 million. Another 5,000. >> Another 5,000. 3 million. So, it's like 5,000 per million, right? >> Yeah. >> So, >> I like the 5,000 for 10 million on the building. That was a lot better. >> To go up to 5 million is another
$22,000. So, I wanted you to tell me where you want to be. Um, the good news is this insurance come company came in cheaper than than Maya, so there was some wiggle room to do these things. Um,
and as far as like the town hall and the equipment and anything us getting attacked and being up and running, we're back we have backups to the backups, right? So over the last few years with Chris and and Lan and everything, we
have cloud backups, we have hard server backups. We could be up and running in a very short period of time, but that's not what I was worried about. I'm worried about the getting into the bank accounts. Now, we don't do wire transfers. We're pretty safe and all of that, but look what h I mean, we've had
an instant where a scammer got in and got some of got got money diverted to them. So, >> and then but this cyber security also covers the um what's it called? The ransom like ransom.
>> Yeah, I think anything like that >> cuz that that's like I know a lot of people have dealt with that recently. I don't know. I think it was like the Somerset police station. >> They got held for ransomware. They had to pay Bitcoin or something >> or one of the local police station. >> But I think that's why local police
station we're kind of backed up to the backup to the backup. So I think that we could we could we could weather that. >> So are you comfortable saying a million >> and that would be per account >> right or is that in total? >> I think that's our total coverage our cyber security coverage in total
>> we have a million now do you want to go to 2 million would cost an additional five >> what >> or 3 million? >> Yeah. And and if we're if we're outside of like if we're not thinking about the the actual cash value itself right >> because I think that like I think that would be covered
regardless. You think so? >> I think that maybe not >> if we have our money split up. So FDIC will ensure up to 250 on every account, >> right? But we we haven't and we don't we have in excess of that in accounts. Oh
my god, for sure we do. >> But I guess so to to what I think what Trevor's thinking is is we have 20 accounts times 250, right? with each account >> each account. So that's 500,000 5
million, right? So we would still need to cover that gap. So >> and this is just a big area, a lot of risk, a lot of exposure, which is why it's so expensive. That's why I brought it to the board because it's not something I like. It's very expensive,
but it's very expensive if we get if we get hit. So, I would say at minimum go two million, but I >> Yeah, I think two million seems feels right. I was going to originally say like I was trying to think of like other things that like like taking the cash out of the out of the equation like what
other kind of technology like cyber security type things like like if we would if we're held liable for people's personal information getting released stuff like that you know what I mean like like >> but I say I mean I'm comfortable going to 5 million
>> 2 million you're saying 5 million >> so sorry two sorry 2 million I was reading the word 5 million I said 2 million >> 5 million It's $22,000 more and I don't know if I have it in the budget, but 2 million is $5,000 extra. >> So So it's ends up being 15,000ish and change. >> Yeah. >> Yep.
>> As a part of the overall policy. What percentage of the overall policy is that you think? >> So uh what's our overall policy? 158,000 for so many pieces of it. 158,000 for like our insurance for this stuff, liability, equipment,
buildings, and this. We pay um the a accident on duty plan for the police is about $77,000. Police and fire is $77,000. That's a kind of a separate plan. And then we pay work um workman's
comp is another plan that's around $35,000. So our insurance is running 240,000 maybe for the town for all of the pieces. >> Okay. But it's something like I said with this change, we've really been delving into the
the minutiae of the numbers and I'm want to make sure that we're amply um insured. >> All right. I mean 2 million sounds reasonable to me. It's hard to say. >> Yeah, I'm okay with that. >> Yep. I'm okay with that. >> All right. So, I'll enter a motion to um
increase the amount of coverage for cyber security insurance to $2 million. >> Motion made. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I can always look at it next year again. Yeah, exactly right. If you know as we get more information just about that I mean premiums might some come down. You never know. It's it's a very
>> I think it's going to be it's a hot area. So I don't know that premium is going to come down but we want to make sure that we're as protected as we can be. >> And then I do think that you know to that point the FDIC is covering things to 250,000. I wonder if there is an easy way for us to diversify some of those
accounts. >> Um I'll have that conversation. And I mean I think it's it's going to be burnsome to some extent but maybe some of it at least and get it protected. >> Well if it's if there's some things that might be easy right if we if it's just five more accounts that's it's a lot of
money you know so >> I can certainly >> but it's easy for me to sit behind here and say that and >> yeah it's just an actual management of moving around keeping all the accounts straight like >> well we already have 20 accounts so there's a lot already >> a lot of moving parts. >> Yeah.
>> Right. Right. So, Jen 12 discussion review of proposed recall provision for regional school committee members. >> So, you know, we had started this back before town meeting. Um, we we have to do this in conjunction with Lakeville.
Um, so they they they started we used town council jointly to come up with the provision because it needs to be the same for both towns. So, Lakeville had some questions that were come back and were answered. So, I thought I would just get it in front of the board to review it if there's things that you
don't like about it so that I can get it back to Lakeville and we can kind of work it out before it hits town meeting. We're talking about town meeting in November. Mhm. >> Um, so I think that uh I don't know if Lan highlighted this, but whoever that highlighted the yellow, those are really
important um things to look at because it says 150 registered voters can can um have a recall vote >> and that can be from any from anywhere.
And then down below, I think it says 10% of the registered voters from each precinct. So that's there there's three in Lakeville, three in Fleettown, which I I kind of like that because, you know, you could get a cluster of 150 people if you really wanted to. Um
I I don't know if 150 registered voters is enough, but um these are the questions, right? So um they're sort of highlighted and I just didn't know if you had any changes, any questions. Did you see the questions
that were posed and the answers that came from council >> regarding it? I just didn't know what if you had any issues that you want me to reiterate back. >> No, I'm not I'm not so I mean nothing
jumps out at me like >> So you're worried about that 150 andor the 10% being too low? No, I like the 10% >> because of the 10%'s there. Then that will cover us. >> I feel like that at least makes it has
to be widespread. It has to be members from both towns. It has to be members from each precinct. That's a lot. That'll be hard to do. I I think >> I don't know what 10% would equate. What do we I don't know how many voters we have in each pre precinct, but it might be, you know,
>> that'll be hard to come by. >> 30 from each. >> Yeah. I mean, I guess to that point is if someone was to be recalled, it would have to be something pretty egregious, right? And what then that's kind of what you know, the a good way of looking at it. So,
>> I'm I'm okay with that. >> Yep. >> Same here. It's gone this far in the process and it's been vetted by both towns and the attorneys. So, let's get it on the ballot. >> Yeah. And so, we're we don't we don't have anything to vote on this tonight, right? It's just just discussion. >> Yeah. Just discussion. They're asking me
where we stand and I just wanted to verify you. >> Yeah. So I think that the consensus is >> we're good. >> You're good. It'll it'll be on the town meeting come >> November. Our town meeting is scheduled for >> Okay. Again, item 13, discussion of vote
whether ratify the vote from 7:15 2025 to approve the request for appropriation transfer between or within departments for water sewer purchase water to water sewer use charges sewer in the sum of $265,000. So
that is back on >> it wasn't on the last agenda but we had to do it >> timely. So we are ratifying that. >> Perfect. Thank you for the explanation. So now enter a motion to ratify the vote from 7:15 2025 for the um transfer.
>> Motion made second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I boom boom. 10 item 14. Acknowledge the following reserve fund requests. This is just acknowledging them. So there's no quote here. Right. >> Correct. Building clerical salary wages
and um in the sum or sorry building clerical two salaries and wages. >> Mhm. >> Okay. Thank you. In the sum of $4,319. >> These are all coming from the reserve fund to these. >> This is reserve fund transfers. >> Yeah. Okay. They're all coming from
reserve fund to correct >> two of these. Okay, I got it. So um then town property R and M building and grounds in the sum of $25,000 and then C electrical inspector salary
wages in the sum of uh 6,850 is for OT stuff. >> The electrical inspector is just we had way more inspections than we budgeted for. Yep. >> The property repairs and maintenance building and grounds is um I think probably the repairs through the police
station budget. >> Yeah. Ran that budget over and I think there was just an error on the clerical salary or wages. >> Perfect. Any questions or concerns? >> Nope. No. >> All right. Great. >> Okay. Discussion. Uh sorry. Agenda item
15. Discussion of vote awarding the milling and pavement overlay of Bulock Road and various streets. All right. So, it looks as though the Hatch Group >> Mhm. >> came in the cheapest.
>> Mhm. >> And their bid was $64,000ish. >> And the next closest bid was $646,000. So that's pretty >> Yeah, it's pretty crazy, huh? >> We got a lot of bids on this, too.
>> To go from 600 to 850 is >> a huge range, huh? >> Okay. >> Good stuff. >> Makes our life easier. >> Mhm. >> That's a no-brainer. >> Wait, does this make sense, though? What am I looking at here?
Oh, yeah. That's the unit. I think that's S Y. Is that >> square yard? I'm assuming we have >> like you notice on like on the fir on the hatch group. So it's, you know, it's 58,000
square yards at $1.90. But the HMA, it's way it's uh $95 for a ton. And that's way cheaper than everybody else. That that's the
>> maybe they're a direct source of it or something. I know we've dealt with that with certain times with certain companies and like they you know >> I look where they live as well. Some of them are further away. Plus right down the road be a little bit of a distance. So would
>> you have river? >> Yeah. >> Daniel's asphalt. So >> all right. Whatever. >> Yeah. >> That's the contract. All right. All right. So with that, we entertain a motion to um award milling and pavement overlay on bulk road various streets to the Hatch Group, Inc. >> A motion made. >> Second.
>> All in favor? >> I I >> And then this is just uh agenda item 16 is to for the agreement. So I enter a motion to approve the agreement between the town of Freetown and the Hashg Group Inc. for million pavements overlay on Blow Road and various streets. >> Motion made. Second. All
>> in favor? I. Agenda item 17, discussion of vote whether authorize the use of the boat ramp seasonal staff to assist at the summer concert series and movie nights. So, this is just a discussion that we
have. Um, you know, Kylie is doing a great job with the summer concert series, but that's a lot for her to go and set up and break down, and I think she's finding a hard time. We we'd hope to get volunteers. I put something out to the school. I wasn't able to get any volunteers and so we were just thinking
maybe maybe if we offered some more hours to the boat ramp staff because they were originally looking for more hours. We haven't we haven't talked to them. They maybe know they don't want more hours. I don't know. We don't know. Um just to sort of open up this discussion of getting some um staff just
to help around those those those events. >> Yep. >> So it comes to two things. One is I think that this the first step, right? And I'm I think it's the easiest step. If this doesn't work out and she's still lacking help, what about the um the workoff program people?
>> I think that we could go in that. I mean, the the senior work offs are usually, you know, they don't want to drive at night. That's kind of a thing. You know what I mean? >> Tables and stuff. >> Yeah. Yeah. And I mean, I don't know what she's going to be looking for for help and what I know Chuck does a lot of
some of the setup stuff too and take down certain things. I say John his department. So it's just me me throwing ideas out there right in order to get her help to that point >> is um I mean we're she's already halfway through the season and she's getting it
done but it's a lot and I've seen her out there. I mean it's just a lot >> and I think this is the easiest fit. I think this makes sense. >> Yeah. Um so just trying to again just looking just just for that ideas. What can we do to help her? Um, it's minimal.
>> Yeah, >> it's minimal work. I'm not sure the funding source right at the moment. It's another piece that I will figure out u because I can't really use boat ramp money to pay them. I have to >> That's what was going through my head as well. It's like when we get to the end of it, both ramp people get paid by the
boat ramp essentially, right? Um, so that would be interesting math how we how we do that. >> She has a budget. I just have to see what she has in it and then I have to go through the logistics. So, it might take me it's going to take me a bit, but I wanted to have the conversation first. Are you guys okay with it? I mean, maybe
we hire some seasonal staff just to just kids hands on deck to help her. Um, I I just think that she just needs a little bit of support at those events. >> Volunteers are hard to come by in the in the summertime. >> Yeah. And, you know, they're they're growing. The events are growing.
>> She's just getting more and more attendance to these concerts. I want to say she said 400 at the last concert. Um, >> Awesome. So the the the Zumba the Zumba had like 40 people out there like I think yoga or something. She's she's
just you know people are enjoying it and I I think they really do like it. I just want to I don't want to bury her with the work. >> Yep. >> So I will work on it me and Liam and we'll go from there. But I just wanted to have that conversation. >> Thank you. >> Do you want us to vote on that?
>> Um you can vote on it. I'm probably going to have to come back with I don't know. I might have to have them pointed to >> create a new roll or something or I don't know. >> Yeah, but we might have something in there we could we could resurface some kind of >> Yeah.
>> All right. So, I'll enter a motion to um authorize the use of the boat ramp seasonal staff to assist in the summer concert series and movie nights. >> Motion made. Second. >> All in favor? I. >> All right. Now, I'm going to kick it over to personnel. >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. All right. Personnel board itegenda 18
discussion and vote on which selectman to appoint to the tax increment finance board and make said appointment effective 512025 through 4:30 2026. All right, tax increment board.
Sounds like fun, doesn't it? >> On the next agenda, we get to hang out with Patty, the town treasurer and collector. Debbie Petty, member of town administration, town member as town administrator. Margaret French, finance committee chair, and Melissa Ma, board of assessors.
>> How many meetings are we thinking on this one? >> Yeah, >> I think those are like we have to be appointed to it. Like they're by, you know, it's written out that these are the people that have to be on it. >> So, I think we have to be appointed to it. And then one of the selectmen,
>> I mean, we don't have any tips in the line that I know of. So, >> I mean, I'll I'll take that one if it's an easy one. >> Sure. All right. >> He's honest about it, right? >> Yeah, I'm all right with that. >> I just don't want to sign up for things I know I'm not going to have to make, you know? >> Yeah. >> Forward.
>> All right. Trevor Matthews is the person we have in line. >> Any nays? No. >> All right. I I motion to appoint selectman Trevor Matthews as the tax increment finance board select select board member
effective 512025 through 4:30 2026 >> motion made second. All in favor >> I >> I congratulations. >> Thank you. Item agenda 19 discussion vote whe to approve the following appointments to the tax increment
finance board effective 512025 through 430 2026. A Patty Rodri treasurer collector. B Deborah Petty member as town administrator. C Margaret French finance committee chair and D Melissa Ma board of assessors. >> All right. I'll make that motion to
approve those appointments. >> I will second. >> All in favor? I >> nine. >> All right. Is that it? >> I believe it is. >> All right. We need to make some some signatures. >> Make sure you go see Cherylyn. Swear in.
>> Yeah, I went I saw her last week. I I I owed a few. Actually, Tim Tim was there. She was She stepped out. Just top line. >> I'm going to do my best to not sign the wrong police this time. I'm my own worst critic.
>> Last time I did mine, I had to do a bunch of them. I signed in in uh blue pen. >> Mhm. >> She I think she I thought she was going to the table. I'm signing everything in blue pen right now. >> Yeah, >> same here. >> I remember that being a thing that we
weren't allowed to sign sign things in blue pen at one point. I >> think it's the way it scans. >> Well, they trying to say the the blue shows that it's a real signature versus the black. So, it was like a two different >> opinions on it. >> Opinions on it. Yeah. >> Plus, with the color copers now, you can
tell. >> Yeah. Contract. You can't. >> I know. This thing kicked on a little while ago. >> So, we met the engineers out at the South Main Street Bridge this morning. Um, so they could see it. That's out for
bid to select the engineering firm that will actually do the engineering for the bridge preservation project. So, that project is moving forward. you, as you know, we get grant funds from the federal government to work on that. Um,
so that's what's kind of going on at the moment. And I'm working on the municipal fiber and also the COA library building project. You know, you signed that contract. So, they'll start moving forward pretty soon. So, and then next week is town meeting where we put
together a little presentation about the land with some frequently asked questions and answers. So, I'll get that together. Um, I I sat with Nancy this afternoon and I gave her some of the handouts. The the town appraisal, the existing conditions plan showing that we
have no more available land here, the wetland delineation showing that there really wasn't too much wetlands out there and things that people have asked about. So, we've put that together. Um, we'll get that up on our web page hopefully by tomorrow and we'll put it
out of flash saying that it's there for people to to look at. to try to answer some questions so people understand why, you know, why are we coming back before you with this again? So >> that makes sense. That's good. >> So I will I might shoot that to you guys
so you can just review the language before I post it so that we're all on the same page >> um tomorrow. So be looking for that. >> That video that's uh Chief Rose shot with the drone. Is that a usable video that we can use for this? >> I don't know if I can get that on there.
You know what I mean? And it was just really it was really high up high up and really I don't think it showed too too much. >> Right. It show it shows the land. That's about it. But it gives a good idea where it is and what's over there so people can understand. The more questions the more answers we put out there ahead of
time. I think it will help out. Right. >> I just figured, you know, I people have legitimate questions. I'm trying to at least formulate the answers now too so that when I'm at town meeting or, you know, I'm not caught off guard too. And the more that we put out, maybe the more
questions and answers we'll get, >> right? >> On the questions so we can answer them ahead of time. >> All right, sounds good. >> Thank you. We good. >> All right, so I'll turn a motion to adjurnn. Motion made. Second. All in favor? All right. All right.