[Music] for this Wednesday, October 15th. Please join me in pledge allegiance. I pledge
to the flag of the United States of America will not be with us this evening. So I'll be filming for the chair to facilitate the meeting. Thank you. We have any appointments, right?
No. So, we have citizen participation. We have uh George Randall. [Music] Hi, George. Hi. How's everybody tonight? How are you? Thank you. And yourself? Feeling better. Good. Good to hear that.
That's a good thing. I I have a couple subjects here just real briefly. Uh I'd like to thank um uh Tammy Martin for speaking uh uh doing a welcoming and closing at the uh 911 ceremony. It's
nice that we have a a town administrator that'll get out into the public and very important for the citizens to know that. So, thank you very much and thank you for the uh thank you to the select board that uh that that came. Also, a special
note though is uh uh thanks to Jeremy Carrier for the superb job that his grounds crew did prior to the ceremony. It's the same job that they do at all properties, but it
looked special to me at the time. So, if you would pass along a compliment to uh to Jeremy. I don't think he hears that often enough, but the compliment is certainly well due. The uh the second thing I'd like to just touch briefly on
is the is our new fire chief. I think the board of selectman has made a wise decision with their choice of Ethan Bryant as fire chief. I believe uh Chief Bryant will do a fine job. He has a lot of uh damage repair ahead of him. I
encourage the board of sleen to work work closely and carefully with him during the repair process. This is going to take a while. I'm convinced that Chief Bryant will do a fine job of repair and rebuild and
return the pride to Graanby Fire Department. At the swearing in ceremony, the amount of support from uh current and former chiefs was incredible. Uh at one time uh we were on a plan of replacing a truck every 5 years. This
was based on a life expectancy of 20 years. with the um uh interruption of recent chiefs, it will be uh it will take some time to get back on schedule, which could mean
expended time and could be expensive to uh play catchup. So, be aware of that. Uh I look forward to my continued support of Chief Bryant. Bottom line is that the recovery will be lengthy and a little expensive. I urge your support of
uh of Chief Bryant to continue. Thank you. Thank you, George. Thank you, Dor, for your kind words. They appreciate it. Glenn, can we um I think we want to jump forward to Crystal. Sure, if we could. Yeah, that's fine.
So, we have Crystal Defrain Opia Task Force approval for contractor performance by second act. Hello. Hello, Princ. Hi. So, just to give you guys a little bit of a background, the opioid task force,
our first meeting was on March 25th. We have approximately $166,96269 from the settlement from um I think it was Walgreens, CVS, pharmacy, stuff like that. So, our very first performance that was approved by the select board
was done back on September 19th. It was very wellreceived by the students. There was three performances done. We split it up to seventh and eighth graders, 9th and 10th graders, and 11th and 12th graders. And that seemed to be really um wellreceived because the seventh and eighth graders felt comfortable to ask
questions at the end. Same thing with the ninth and tth graders. The ages were close enough where we got a lot of engagement. The 11th and 12th graders, not so much, but Officer Gilly was there to ask questions and got the students engaged. So, it was really nice. So, we
wanted to do another round um because we are limited on what we can do with the funds. So, one of the um one of the things that we can do is prevention. So, we're looking at being proactive instead of being reactive and trying to educate
the kids on what could happen. So this next round of performances that we are proposing uh that the committee approved is going to be a bunch of small short scenes that are going to be done um in front of the students. So just to give you an idea, these scenes are two to
five minutes in length and they're going to tackle important topics related to opioid and other substance abuse, including social media, mental health, and seeking help. So, what you're looking at in front of you is a contract that would do the three performances for the students like we did the seventh and
eighth graders, 9th and 10th graders, 11th and 12th graders, but it would also do an afternoon performance like we did in September, but we're asking that it's a week later because we found that besides me and the other um opioid task
force members, there was only four other people that showed up for the community events. So, we didn't we weren't given the flyer with enough time to really promote it. I know the chief put it on his page on his Facebook page. I don't believe the fire department did because
we were, you know, switching over fire chiefs and stuff. So, we're just going to try and promote it more now that we um have enough time. They send us a flyer and we can post it. Susan Knly, who is the co the vice chair of the committee, she's
going to send it to the newspaper. I'm going to ask that the superintendent send it around to the area schools because it's supposed to be for everyone, not just for Graanby, but for everyone in the community around us. So, we think if we give it a week, it gives the students a chance to go back and
talk to their parents and say, "Hey, we saw this performance. I think it's really good." And hopefully giving it a week um later, more people will show up because the parents, I mean, their kids saw it that day and then it was that night. So, I don't think it really gave
enough time, especially if you're a parent who works late. You didn't get to talk to your kid, you don't really know what was going on, but it will give them a chance to go back later. So, that's why you're going to see a little bit of an increase in cost because last time it was $4,750
because it was all done on the same day, but they're coming from the Boston area. So, they would have to travel out here twice. Okay. So, that's why there's an increase. Okay. Of $1,000. Yeah. not much. So,
and if you want more um information on the small scenes that they're doing, I've got titles and like a brief explanation if you're interested in those. I don't have any questions. I think it's, you know, it's it's an important topic that that needs to be talked
about, especially in the schools with the younger younger kids and moving forward. And it's an issue that um you know, not just Graanby, but a lot of committees are are dealing with now. Yeah, I agree. And uh the contract that you've
put forward in front of us is pretty cut and dry. Just explained it. It's great that the program is seeing such an interest and I'm all for it. I really believe that this is something we don't
need in our kids' lives, our school systems anywhere. So, um, so we will just need to approve this, I guess. I'll make a motion that we approve the second act program contract.
I will second that motion. Any further discussion? No discussion. All in favor? I. Anybody opposed? Thank you very much. You're welcome. Thank you, Crystal. Tam, you take care of this. Yes, absolutely.
I can leave it here, but can I ask one more question? Sorry. Um the last time that we did this, we didn't know that we had to submit it for payment. So um there was a misunderstanding. The chief submitted it for payment and then we waited two
weeks, 3 weeks, but they have to get paid the week before they come at least. So now we know we've got to submit it for payment, but can we submit it now or do you want us to wait until we get closer? Okay. Absolutely. So when I
put it on the next bills board it Thank you. Thank you. That's taken care of. Okay. Okay. Town administrator. Anything for us? Yes. All right.
Um, first I'm going to talk about the West Street building. Just an update. Uh, our bids went out. Our sub bids, we went through combines bidding went out. Sub bids are due on October 28th. Journal bids are due on November 6th. Also, West Street building, we had the
PCB testing. I just want to read what um, Lin Mury had wrote to us. She wanted to keep everyone up to date with it. They conducted it last month at the West Street building. Out of the 17 samples taken, 13 came back non-detected. Four came back detected. However, four detected came in between 08 and and
three. So, it's very low. Above 50 is where it would fall under. Given that the low PCB readings, our next steps simply are to just notify the contractors of the presence of PCBs, ensure that all affected materials are transported to designated waste disposal. We do not need to pull
surrounding construction around the window because it's so low. So that's a good thing for us. Yeah. Going forward. Um next thing is our MUN bid update for our website. We will be live on December 15th. November 15th is when um Holly and
I will be giving out users, getting familiar with the website, and we'll be letting all the departments know where we're at. And December 15th, like I said, is when we'll be going live. I think it'll be it's really nice. We got to see a little demo of it again, him working on it, and it's going to be a really nice uh website. So, I'm looking
forward to that. And our moderator, Lyn Mercer, just wanted to let us know that she received from the Massachusetts Moderators Association a recognition of our dedication of local participatory dem democracy and the tradition of civil discourse upheld in town meetings. The
governor has officially proclaimed Wednesday, October 8th as town meeting day. So, it's very nice. Misable proclamation. Go ahead. Um, October 8th. Yeah, hopefully passed it. It passed. Got it.
Yeah, we got it. Uh, the next thing I want to go over is we need to go out to bid for our trash removal. Eric Hyman from public services had come out and they had given us a nice presentation and
um by doing this are we I'm sorry about implementing are we going to implement the wheeled carbs to support the automated collections as a bid requirement? U by doing this it'll help our town compare proposal side by side. I believe the manual right now is not really they're not really bidding on
that. So I guess I'm asking for the select board as to how you want to proceed or do you want to think about it and well I think we got to compare apples to apples. I agree but also I don't whatever I mean if the
non electronic part of it is less expensive then that's something that they consider. I think it comes down to what's the overall cost one versus the other but also versus um
you know an equal proposal or each what whoever bids on it. But I do have concern. I don't want to focus one just on the um the automated barrel collection if if
possible the nonautomated is I think so I know that we're going to get a lot of people probably not bidding if we do manual versus automated because I believe that most places are now doing automated manual is basically going out the door. So I think we need to take in
consideration what Eric had said to us and I mean I can always do one procurement for automated and see what we get back for it and then if we don't like maybe do manual. I I'd be curious because I know it's it's going to be a costly expense for the town and you know reality is we can save some
money. We need to save some money at this point in time. So you want to try automated first and see what we come up with? Well, I do I do recall Eric saying that specifically that a lot of them are going to the automated, but I agree with Glenn that we need to try and save some money on it. So, if there is somebody out there
that will do it manually still. So, you want me do manual bid first? So, I did get Can we get both of them and compare them? I think you should choose one or the other. Not both. I wouldn't say both cuz you're only going to be choosing one or the other. That's why you're doing like apples to apples versus
But if they're close in numbers, it might we might change our mind if they're that close. You we can put out a a a bid for either or or or both. I So I have one bid for automated. I have one for I reached out to
surrounding towns. Yeah. And they have the automated ones. I do have the old one that Chris had. I know most towns right now have the automated. They do. They do. I think it is it is the future. It is our future. But there's a cost associated with that
as well. Well, however you want me to do, if you want me to try both, we'll try both. We do. Do we know do we know who we could go to for manual? I don't I do know that Eric did write to me and told me that they would not be they will not uh be bidding and it may not have the local companies
staff. I mean that that may not do that do manual bill or and they may not be large enough to handle a town as well. Yeah. I think like uh Ammerst Trucking. I don't know if they're automated yet,
but I know they do Ammerst and they were manual for a long time, but I don't know what they're doing now. I I think it's something that we need to kind of look at both because if we could save, you know, the town money on that So do you want because it's going to increase
regardless just because the cost it's going to increase waste disposal has gone up. Yeah. So it has Can you look into it a little deeper on both sides of it and give us some more? Yep. I can look and see um like what I mean I don't know I can even call Eric
and see what he says like if he knows about and I'll call a few other companies and see what they because obviously for the automated it would be easy to go to Eric and get pricing from him. Well, you still have to go out to bid. So we go out bid for him as well. We just got to sue
again. We're going to go out the bid. It's it's apples for apples when we're comparing what we want people to bid on. But I mean, realistically, how many companies are in the area that could bid on it? I'm not sure. I can look into that though and see. Yeah. Yeah.
See how I mean, there's not a lot. I mean, it's we've been on the board for some time and it's usually that, you know, same two or three that are that are bidding on bidding on it. Yeah. And I know that he would probably wouldn't bid on it. Well, he said he wouldn't bid on it. We didn't do automatic. Yeah. Because they're strictly going
automated. Yeah. Yeah. They want to get away from them. Right. So, if we can get some more info on that, we'll Yep. I'll get some more info on it and I'll see what we benefits for the automated piece of it, too. But there's also, you know, the the
the larger smaller barrels. I think I most people said get the larger ones instead of the smaller ones. But then it comes to, you know, people have those long driveways and so I think those are things to consider too. There's a lot to think about. That's going to impact the residents as
well. Yeah. And also and do we do weekly now? right now because you know like South Hadley does bi-weekly which might save money as well if you're doing it weekly for trash but then it's every other for recent
um the next thing is employees on the day after Thanksgiving uh would like to take off using a personal day or vacation day the senior center and the select board offices would be closed it was mentioned that it's usually approved by the select board I don't know if it is or how you do that or if they
I don't I don't remember doing that last year. Do you? I don't but through so long ago. Um I know goes by fast. But is it is something for us to consider if uh department operations are going to be closed for the day. So
that's something that we should approve, right? Cuz they're Yeah, I would like your permission for that before obviously. Yeah. I mean I we don't have anything planned. I mean for the senior center. No, they don't serve. Access doesn't serve lunch. So I mean and it is tough understandable.
It's a small you know staffing there. So I mean I don't I don't have any problem with it. No as long as notifications out there soon enough and I think it is. So yeah. I just can you just spike a vote for us. Agreed.
I will make a motion to allow the town offices to be closed the day after Thanksgiving using personal vacation time. Using personal or vacation time. What town officiate basically this building?
Okay. So the senior center and then select both offices. Select board office. Okay. I'll second motion. All in favor? I I Anybody opposed? No. And I know I feel like I'm over wind
here, but I have a few more things. Um I know the select board had asked me to uh make a meeting with the school committee about just more discussion on regionalization. Just trying to get some dates because we've been a little off with our dates for select board meetings. So I was planning on extending
um out to our superintendent and seeing when the school committee and the select board can meet hopefully in November just for discussion. to talk about it. Uh I will say that uh the town administrator from Belgtown did reach out to me, asked if asked about they've
been following our conversations on regionalization and asked if they would be considered if they would be considered in the regionalization. I did respond saying, you know, we're just discussion and that, you know, obviously they would be considered in our regionalization if it would ever be down the road, but again, discussions need to
be had and we're only in the primary beginning focus of it. you know, there's nothing that's been made. So, again, we're just in discussion. It's where it has to start. So, you look, they're looking to get together with us. Well, I think it's like again just
discussion. So, um I did put a, you know, asked if you wanted to meet, we could talk about it because town administrator, town administrator, but also I think the select board also needs to meet the school committee. As we spoke before when Desi came out and spoke with us, you had asked me to
schedule a meeting with school committee and the select board. Um, again, our meetings have been a little off, so I was waiting till November, so I figured I would do that. Just wanted to give heads up to All right. So, we have them give us some dates that would work for November.
Okay, agreed. It's perfect. Our next meeting with Mark's here, we can talk about and date that works for everybody. Yep. Okay. And then the holiday lunchon date for the senior center. Um, just looking
for a date. I know you probably don't have that right now. I don't know if you want to discuss it or see when a good time would be. We usually do like a Wednesday or Thursday. Wednesday or Thursday.
So, a week, what would you do? A week or two before December Christmas? I don't have a calendar. So, Christmas falls on Thursday the 25th. So maybe the week of
I want to do it the maybe the 9th. Does that work? The third t Tuesday the 9th or I don't know. Still no October. Wrong. Tuesday I mean Thursday the 11th. Thursday the 11th. So Thursday December 11th.
That sounds good to me. All right. I will let the senior center director know. For everybody. Okay. Sounds good. And that's it. Stop. Anything else, team? No, she's all set. Oh, sorry. I missed that. Apologize. Yeah, she she was quiet. I thought you
heard her, but she said she was good. Um like to move uh Chief Grady started up a little bit. I mean, it's going to take us some time to get through the um Sure. some of the maintenance one. So, I don't
want to respect their time for Sith. As you're aware, the uh police advisory board got together on uh September 30th and recommended that James White be our next sergeant. James been with the department, started part-time as a
dispatcher in05, went full-time in08. Uh was a school resource officer for 10 or 11 years and has served as a one of our detectives for the last five. Uh I think it's a great choice and uh asking that you
approved hit to be the next sergeant for the department. From warm to sergeant, just remind me, chief, you make the promotion, we affirm your promotion. You correct the police advisory board that gives a recommendation, I bring it to you folks. You you folks technically
have to approve a promotion. Yep. Detective White, you look a little nervous there. Do I? I do. Geez. Actually, I was thinking I was thinking back to how much you look like your father. Oh, yeah.
Yeah. As I get older, I realized that myself. Yeah. Y Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I I think it's a a great choice. Uh without a doubt. I' I've known Detective White over the years. Uh my obviously my kids have gone through the Grandy schools when he was there and
he uh he's done a nice job as detective. I know there's some things that you've worked on over the years as well. So I think it's a I think it's a right the right promotion. Thank you. I too am more than comfortable with that
decision. Not only because the chief helped it along, but because you've been with the town and the department for so many years and dedicated to everybody, including the kids and the town. So, thank you. I uh I appreciate that.
Are you sure you want to be a supervisor? Yes. For the challenge. James has done been an officer in charge more times than you know, he's dealt with all kinds of stuff over the years. He's done a great job. Um, the only
thing I would ask is, uh, we were hoping to come in on the 6th, but if you guys could make his promotion retro to October 12th being Sunday, that's the beginning of a new pay week. A cycle. Okay. As long as you give him some additional
work for the past few days. See, he's trust me. Yeah. All right. Well, I'll entertain a motion to affirm the appointment of Detective James White for the promotion of Sergeant as of Sunday, October 12th.
I will second that motion. Well, it's entertain. I will I will make a motion to uh for the promotion of James White to sergeant for the Graanby Police Department for appointment of sergeant.
All right. Effective uh October 12th. October 12th, 2025. I'll second the motion. All in favor? Well, that's my part. Y we'll get this get this made. Um, any further discussion?
No. All in favor? I. Anybody opposed? No. All right. Congratulations, Sergeant. Thank you. Congratulations. Congrats. appreciate something. Well, I appreciate that. Thank you.
Always. Sorry, BL. I didn't mean to escape your thunder there. Understand your thunder. It's a team effort, David. You know, we're going to work. Start now. Thank you.
Thank you. All right. uh move back uh to accept the department departmental reports. I'm sorry. Did you make a motion? You want me to? Uh I can make a motion. Uh I make a motion to accept the departmental reports.
I will second that motion. Any further discussion? No discussion. All in favor? I. Anybody opposed? Now we have approve and sign meets. [Music]
There is a lot here. Yeah, it's been a few weeks since we've looked at them, I guess. I'll make a motion to approve payroll warrant 20-20. The amount of $458,132.74 is dated June 26,
2025. 2620, I'm sorry, is the number right. 2620. Yeah, got it. And I will second that motion. All in favor? I I opposed sign up.
Do you have the copies in front of you for sign? Um, yeah. Is this Was this the original copy? That's the original. Yeah, it is. Okay. I'm sorry. We're used to seeing those little green
tags on them. Excuse me. Wasn't so long. All right. I'll make a motion to approve uh warrant number 2622.
This a payable warrant in the amount of $124,370 54. I will second the motion. Any further discussion? All in favor? I. Anybody opposed?
[Applause] Yes. Okay. I'll make a motion to approve warrant for fiscal year 26 number 22s bill payable warrant in the amount of $22,252.99.
I will second the motion. Any further discussion? No discussion. All in favor? I. Anybody opposed? Go to the second page. So, no screen time. Let's go. [Music]
I'll make a motion to approve for fiscal year 26 warrant number 20 or 2620 payable table deduction award in the amount of $448,27922. I will second the motion. Any further discussion?
No discussion. All in favor? I I Anybody opposed? And I will vote out of necessity for the select board salary. Thank you kindly, sir. You're welcome. Sorry.
Thought I should have [Music] I'll make a motion to approve bill payable warrant for fiscal year 26 number 19S in the amount of 135,58418. I will second the motion.
Any further discussion? No discussion. All in favor? I. Anybody opposed? All right. I like a motion to approve a bill payable warrant for fiscal year 26 number 16 in the amount of $64,39160.
I will second the motion. Any further discussion? No discussion. All in favor? I I. Anybody opposed? [Music] [Applause] Shh. [Applause] I'll make a motion to approve bill
payable warrant for fiscal year 26 number 16s in the amount of $610,455.50. I'll second the motion. Any further discussion? No discussion. All in favor? I I. Anybody opposed?
Go. I'll make a motion to approve a bill payable warrant for fiscal year 26 number 13s in the amount of $151,63940. I'll second the motion. Any further discussion? No discussion.
All in favor? I I. Anybody opposed? That's good. All set. Yep. I'm sorry. That's okay. I'll make a motion to approve a bill payable warrant for fiscal year 26 number six in the
amount of 16,37940. I will second the motion. Any further discussion? No discussion. All in favor? I I. Anybody opposed? [Applause] Thank you. Thank you.
get my hair stranded after a while. I'll make a motion to approve a bill payable warrant for fiscal year 26 number 19 in the amount of $296,2519. I'll second the motion. Any further discussion? No discussion. All
in favor? I. Anybody opposed? [Music] all set. Dave, I am. Thank you. All right, we'll move on to we have approve a reconsideration or transfer of liquor license for Pizza Palace.
Now I had it ready for my phone's here somewhere. All right. It's stupid list. There it is. Trying to separate them all, but I forget where they were. So, from my understanding, Glenn, this is something that is brought back on our
plate because uh it could not be transferred. It was a lease and now they bought it. So, now they're going back. It would be approved by you goes to ABCC lensure and then if they decide to kick it back, it would be on them. So,
They actually now bought the restaurant. H they bought it rather lease. Rather than lease. Yeah. Cuz you can't lease a liqu. Okay. So sorry. Go ahead. Am I to understand that if we approve it
on our end that he still goes in front of the state? He supposed to go to ABCC lensure. Yes. Okay. Yeah. All right. Well, I'll make a motion that we approve the transfer
liquor license from Mardis Pizza, Inc. to Mr. Inc. does business as Pizza Palace at 31 West
State Street, Graanby, Mass, 01033. The manager is Mar K. It is a one-story building with two bathrooms, main entrance in the front of the building, exit in the rear of the building. Again, located at 31 West
State Street, Grammy, Massachusetts, 01033. I will second the motion. Any further discussion? No discussion. All in favor? I. Anybody opposed? [Applause]
You'll say that. Who are you? the vote on the forge dam project. So, I'm going to give an update on that. Okay. Um, so I met with Dave Leonard and we went over everything. He told me I gave me like the background of the Forge Bond
Dam. There's two phases, permitting and design and the next one would be the actual construction of the dam. So he you know he said we would have to go next to the statement of interest. Um so
if you look at this I sent it over to you. It's the estimate of probable cost for the forge pond. So we did the statement of interest and then we would have to go out for January to go for the application to see if we would even get the grant. If we were to get the grant
uh town share of the project would be 25% of the construction project. The total construction project would be $2,647,500. Town share 25% of the construction project would be $661,875. This would be where the next step would
be. So, I'm just checking with the board if it's something that you wanted to go forward with on a statement of interest um to go forward. And there's no obviously guarantee anyways by us going out for it, but it's something that if we did the statement of interest, then
we go out for the application and then would have to go to um annual town meeting for the residents to vote on to where we'd even get the funding. So, it is something that's been going on for many years now and it is a project that
needs to be taken care of. Unfortunately, it comes with a big price tag, right? Um, but it is a a problem that's not going away. It's not getting any better, right? So, um, you know, we have no obligation.
I think we should go out and see if we can obtain the grant. Okay. And then at that time, we can talk about some more and, you know, bring it forward to the town meeting and let the town vote on it. Right. And it's even we have to make sure we even go and get the grant. But I did uh Dave Leonard said that he'd even
help me because he knows a lot about the forge bond. He would even guide me in that. So I just need your approval for the statement of interest to go forward. I agree. I'm I'm fine with moving forward with a statement of interest. Okay. Yeah.
As am I. Okay. You going to need a motion on that? We can we can do just make it just make it official. Doesn't hurt. So, I'll make a motion that we move forward with the allowing
the um town administrator Tammy Martin to um complete the u letter of interest for the grant regards to um the construction
project. Um, it's the amount of $264,500. 2 million for two 2 million. Oh, 2 million. I say 200. That'd be much better. That would be much better. That would be great. Yeah,
be great. See, I just cut that right in. Cut that right down. Yeah. Sorry. $2,647,500 um for the project for the the forge dam. I will second the motion. Any further discussion?
No discussion. All in favor? I I. Anybody opposed? I think it's something that we really It's been a long time coming. If we if we wait too much longer, I'm afraid the pond will not be in the same place anymore. It may
flood a different area if that's damn Let's go. Yep. And with all the vegetation that you see growing around it, that could become a real problem in the future. Yeah. I mean, it's been going on for many years.
That's what he said. I know I've been almost as long as I think I've been on the board, we've been talking about forge spawn and the dam and the concerns around it, but it took some time to do some of the studies on it and things like that too. So,
yeah. We have a sewer commitment. Okay. Am I missing it somewhere? No, maybe not. I'm out of folders. So, I don't know.
The amount's on the last page. Yeah. Yeah. Total amount is the last page of it. Keep [Music] going. And again, this is a cost that set forth by
added so we don't screw which allows us the town of Graanby to utilize their floor system. Okay. The cost involved in the disposal of water. Yeah. Which is costly as well.
Yes. Tammy, we are voting here on the rates as well. The source commissioners, right? Yes. We're approving the rate at this point. You have proven the commitment of
what's it 1375 is a US that's quarterly correct? Yes. Yes. Yes. So on the last page glance the quarterly statement. This is given to us by the um tax collector. Oh they have something. Oh, she just
what you have is what she has. It's just the last page of the statement. Yep. You got it. [Music] So they they pay this to Can I George? Can I George? George. Thank you. This is paid to the town of Grammy and the town of Grammy pays the town of
South Valley. Can I So tax collector pays me tax collector. Yes, she has to collect all the she collects all the fees and it goes forward. Okay. Right. So, she preps this report for us, right?
Brought to us yesterday. Well, I'll make a motion to um I guess sign the commitment to charge for the sewer piece. Yep. I will second the motion. Any further discussion?
No discussion. All in favor? I I. Anybody opposed? We did that as the sewer commissioners as well. All right. Uh approve and sign this. So
what I'm going to say is that we will approve the minutes that both you and I here for. Yes. We've we've likes the ones that Mark was part of as well. So I don't know if he has any changes. So I don't want to
expect that. So we'll wait. Okay. I'm sorry. You do have two uh older ones. [Music] Looks like January 9th. So, uh, I'll make a motion to approve
minutes from January 9th, 2025. Mhm. And February 18th, sorry, February 20th, 2025. Correct.
I will second the motion. Any further discussion? No discussion. All in favor? I I [Applause] think I found out where some of these stickies went.
There you go. Right. All the place on this particular I think there's one more Glenn we could approve before February 24th regular board meeting. I actually have another one here. Oh,
well trying to see what's on it. Which one? I have one for March 30 as well. I'm trying to see. Yeah, because um Mark wouldn't have come in till May.
Right. Right. So, if these are all before May, we could actually approve them all. Yeah. Well, if some Yeah. This one is newer. It's got mark on it. Yeah, that's September 3rd. Yep, you're correct.
September. This is September. Y September. Yeah. Uh I have So we did the February 20th and we did
January 9. The January 9th one. Yeah. Okay. Well, we did it. So we did we did January 9 and February 20th. Correct. Correct. Okay. So I have February 24th. Agreed. Yes.
And then I have March 3rd. Correct. That's correct. Yes. So I'll make a motion um to approve select board minutes for uh February 24th and March 3rd, 2025.
I will second the motion. Any further discussion? No discussion. All in favor? I go. So these will hold till the next meeting when Mark is here. Yep. September. Yeah. Look for a spot to sign it. Stand on the
front. Sure. Let's see. And these are the other ones this year. Moving on to old and other business. Uh any update in the wine house? No. Okay.
Um, did the respond October meeting? We had we had a hearing. I was It was continued too. I want to say November 10th, but I thought I thought it was continued 100% of the date, but I think it's November 10th.
I think we we talked about the forge pond updates that it was continued. Yes. Yes. And we talked about the forge pond already updates. Uh, curbside collection. We kind of covered um updates to 202 mass product for the
spring that sold on there. I know they did one last spring and it's done with I don't think we're expecting another one already. No, we take that one off. Yeah, I think so. Yeah. Yeah. I don't I don't think there's anything else going on. I know there there's been some
accidents at the right when Crumbland Farms and Dunkin Donuts there. Yeah, yeah, there's been quite a few just dunking I guess now. But uh yeah, there's was a severe accident turnover
few weeks ago or so. Yeah, it was in the chief's report as um I don't know exactly what happened, but he had it in there as they ended up going through the stop sign. Yeah. At the end of Ammer Street and right into the ditch and Cumberland Farm. So,
thankfully there were no fatalities, some minor injuries, I guess. Yeah. But it's uh it's an intersection that it's very tough. It's very tough on everybody. It is. And I think it's it's more so confusing now because of the change
since the since the construction was done, especially with with um the plaza there. And it's been noted and they add they've added a couple signs. Do not enter from the 202 side. Yeah. Um if you're traveling north. Yeah. So
no left turn. Yeah. Unfortunately, I I still see people taking a left turn. people do and and I you know you know the chief had mentioned it before because if you're not from around here you don't realize if you can go on Ammer Street you can turn in so people think they're they're actually missing it right
so it is a little confusing but hopefully it gets better not worse because seemed like in the in the past uh several months there's been several accidents there.
Yeah it's good quite a few That might be a discussion with the chief um to kind of look at, you know, after we get through maybe a year after the construction's been done, look at the amount of accidents that occurred in that one year period versus
the year before. Yes, it's good. That is a concern especially for us here. Sure. Yeah, that's a good thought. We can ask to look at that. Let's see. All right. Well, update on the fiscal year for 2025, meeting other committee
committees and boards. So, we're talking about right now just meeting with the school committee in the near future. Yep. I'm going to call and see when's a good time for them so we can just a discussion again. Mhm. So, takes So, moving forward with uh
two frame pond there in January. That's judging check on that one. Yeah. if that's old or not. I mean, all right. Well, that's it. Uh, unless anybody has anything
anything more. Nothing on my end. Well, I'll entertain a motion to adjurnn. I will make a motion to adjourn the regular meeting. I'll second the motion. All in favor? I I. Anybody opposed? No. Right. Here we
go. Thank you all. What day be? Thank you.