All right. The time now is 6:00. I'd like to open the board of selection meeting for the town of Halifax for Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025. We are here in the selective meeting room. Uh joining me attendance-wise is our assistant Pamela Perry, our selectman Bill Smith, our
selectman Tom Pratt, myself, selectman Jonathan Celig. Um just an announcement. This meeting has been posted in accordance with provisions of Mass General Law Chapter 38 section 20B and pursuant to chapter 38 section 20F. Notice being made that this meeting is being recorded so everybody knows and
will be posted on area 58 community access channel. The board chair, which is myself, reg reasonably anticipates the following matters will be discussed and or voted on at this meeting. And we may take agenda items out of order for time management considerations. And if
you guys don't mind, I'd like to start the meeting like we always do with the pledge of allegiance if you can stand. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. >> I forgot to mention that great and powerful you're hearing is uh we have our town administrator Bob Fennessy joining us via uh Zoom. So, he will be helping out as well. Uh we're going to just start with A on your agenda. Uh we have uh two Halifax legends here for
those with children, Snee and Miss TBO of Halifax Elementary School Fame and uh we are discussing Memorial Breick in honor of uh Mr. Bay Ram. So guys, if you just want to kind of give us a little bit of background as to what the plan is and what you want to do. >> Sure. Thank you for having us on the
agenda tonight. Um Jackie and I are here on behalf of the HS staff to share our wish to place a memorial brick outside in front of the school in or in honor of Dick Bay Ramshion. As you know, we lost Mr. B this summer. This was a tremendous loss to the staff, students, and Halifax
community. Mr. B was a kind, funny, and deeply dedicated teacher who gave 31 years to our students and Halifax families. This small tribute reflects the enormous impact he had on all of us and we appreciate your consideration and support. >> Excellent.
>> Um, so we have the brick here and then if you want to see kind of like a >> show us what your plan is. >> It's not perfect, but >> where would the flag? >> So there's like three bricks in there
right now that would be removed and that one would go in. The bricks don't say anything on So, is this the first inaugural brick in that area? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> You going to put concrete around it or have it loose? It's up to you. >> I I I know we have a few landscapers on like teachers that do some stuff that
are going to >> decide on that. >> I think it's great. >> Same. I might settle it down a little bit. >> Yeah. This picture was just >> just to give us >> Yeah. Yeah. >> We know you're techsavvy and you're >> struggle on that one.
I think it's I think it's great. I think it's good. Thank you to him. Um, you know, Mr. Be obviously was a huge loss for us. He one of my kids had him. Uh, all my kids knew him. I think every kid in Halifax knew Mr. B. >> Yeah. >> One of those guys that um just when the school day ended didn't mean that he was
done, you know, did a lot of after school stuff, did a lot of extra stuff for the kids. So, >> yep. Absolutely. >> I think it's a fitting tribute and I'd be honored to support it. Guys, any questions or anything? >> Same. I would just offer that my kids are too young to really know him. My son recognized him from the Wizards basketball game last year
>> when we, you know, said, you know, what happened. Uh the only comment I would make is that we my email was flooded uh when he passed looking for some sort of tribute, you know, uh this that and the other thing. There's a bunch of ideas sort out and all I can say is that at some point when the time is appropriate, we would find some way to honor him and
I think this is more than appropriate. >> Absolutely. >> Um so it's a great idea. >> Yeah. >> Great. >> Great. Great. >> All right. Uh, do you guys want to go as formal as make a motion to to support the plans to install a memorial brick for Mr. Bay Ram? I'll entertain that motion. Uh, >> uh, yeah, I'll make that motion to uh to
honor the brick uh to put the brick in as proposed uh by the two ladies in front of us. >> So moved. >> All right. Um, let's do actually we don't have to do a roll call. We can just do a voice vote. So all those in favor >> I I opposed. Passes unanimously.
>> Thanks a lot guys cuz I'm appreciate it. All right, we'll jump down to B now. We are approving minutes uh for November 4th, 2025 and November 18th, 2025. Um Tom, I think you were away on the 18th. >> I was not here on the 18th, so the 18th.
>> You can abstain or you know, I don't know if you watched the I I watched I watched and read the minutes, but I'll >> Okay. So, we'll take them individually then. Um I'll entertain a motion to approve the selectment minutes for November 4th, 2025. So, >> move second. >> Yeah. All those in favor? I passes
unanimous 30. Uh and then I'll entertain a motion to approve the selected meeting minutes for November 18th, 2025. >> So moved. >> And I will second that. All those in favor? I >> I opposed. Abstain. >> Second. >> All right. So 201.
All right. We move down to C, which is indeir. Uh let me pull up this here. I know I have the information on my magic machine here. Uh we're looking for request for a 1-day liquor license for December 13th, 2025 and that's 416
Plymouth Street. Um Mr. Nezrael, you might want to come down and have a seat. Just explain what you'd like to do and if you get >> I can join you if you want. >> Yeah, come on down. >> It's like the price is right. >> So yeah, what are you what are you what are we planning on doing? What do you >> We're just doing a one day event for the
the 13th from 12 to 3. >> Awesome. And um Mr. Andy is going to do the uh you know the the sampling of the beer and wine whatever he'll tell you. What what do you have? >> Yeah. So well we we're a brewery and
winery. We make beer uh kombucha uh wine cider and meat >> in Plymouth. >> Okay. >> And uh started with beer and then uh branched into the other things more recently. Um so we'll bring everything for sale by the glass by the um container. We can do some sampling as
well >> uh while people are there shopping for their Christmas goods >> and uh make a little event out of it. >> Nice. And you're Paul Nixon just for >> And this precedes the holidays in Halifax. So right >> did you say till you said till 3, but
you had five on your application. That's what I have. What do you What is it that you want? >> Yeah. Actually, we should decide what you want to do. I think I added an extra hour just in case we needed time to clean up. >> Noon to 5 on the license. >> Yeah. So noon to 5 should approve that. Yeah. >> Is that okay?
>> That's okay by me. If you want to close up early, we can close up early. >> Yeah. >> As long as, you know, we have enough time to clean up and all that. >> Right. Right. Right. >> And that's one of the that day, that second Saturday in in December is one of the busiest days of the year in Halifax. That's that's holidays in Halifax.
That's uh lolly holly jolly time at the elementary school. So, it should be a great opportunity for you guys. There's going to be a lot of action, a lot of activity right now. So you guys should get some good Are you going to have a rain day or >> Good question. We have I will warn you. Usually holidays in Halifax, it's either
sleeping or, you know, snowing. >> I think we'll just deal with the weather. >> Sunny and 40°. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Just dry wish. >> Amen. >> All right. Cool. Well, I'll entertain a motion to uh approve the one-day liquor license for Indirm. And I just want to
make sure is that the full name of your >> uh the full the pardon me. Uh the full name of the company is Independent Fermentations Brewing LLC and >> why you shorten it? >> Yeah, we generally short it to Indie firm. >> It's on the certificate of insurance as well. >> Y I just wanted to make sure we read it to the record. Um all right. Yeah. And
I'll I'll entertain a motion to approve that one day liquor license for beer and wine for December 13th, 2025 from noon to 5. >> So moved. >> Second. All those in favor? I opposed. Passes unanimous. Guys, good luck. >> Thank you very much. No worries. Thank you. >> Hope you have a good turnover.
Pray for good though. >> Sorry. >> Ball some refriger. >> All right. Uh let's see. We're going down to D. We're going to set the date for interviewing the building commissioner and zoning enforcement officer candidates. Uh so I believe we
have our candidates whittleled down to I believe Bob Kman if I'm wrong. We have two or three. You have three candidates. >> All right. So, we have three candidates, guys. And I guess what Bob is looking for is uh when we want to bring these folks in to interview. Um we could do it
at our regularly scheduled meeting of the 16th or we could break it out and do it on a separate date. Um whatever you guys see fit. I don't think where we have the town administrator interviews, those are a lot more extensive. Those are, you know, 45 minutes a pop. Um I think these we're probably looking at
maybe 20 minutes a person. Um, so I would be okay with doing it on the on the 16th if you guys are available and want to do it that date or if you want to do another date, let me know. >> 16th is fine. >> 16th is fine. The uh the TA interviews are the 22nd, correct? >> Um, are we still on track for that?
>> We're still uh I don't think they were the 22nd. I want to say they were the the 18th, but I have >> So, did you that that he submitted it said the 17th? Yeah. 17th, which would be the the Wednesday after our meeting.
It' be a separate night, >> right? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> TAS. >> Yeah. >> So, there's three candidates for the building and three for the zoning. >> No, it's the same. So, your building commissioner, zoning enforcement. >> Okay. >> Right. So, it's that's all part of one
job description. So, they kind of serve as both. >> Okay. >> Um, so yeah, as long as you guys are all set, we'll put that on the agenda for the 16th. >> Sounds good. to work with everybody. Does that work, Bob? >> Yep. >> Awesome. >> All right. >> All right. So, this uh December 16th, we
will be interviewing candidates for our building. >> The only thing I' I'd comment on is that the minutes we just approved from November 4th indicate >> that the T I know this is separate from what we're voting on. >> Yeah. The uh town administrator update from November 4th says community paradigm will conduct background checks
and references and supply report to BOS by 1217 and reports uh the following uh BOS will do interviews on two to four indiv to four individuals on or before December 22nd. >> Well before
I think that that was kind of a guideline. >> Okay. Yeah. And again, I I couldn't get a hold of Bernie today, who is uh the man from Paradigm uh community paradigm that is helping us with the search. Um but I do know that the screening committee, not to get sidetracked because we're talking about that later,
but uh the screening committee did um select three finalists for town administrator. >> Okay. I just want to make sure they're not on the same night as I don't think we should. I think I think that's a more extensive night. I think that needs to be its own night. >> Um I do think we we'd probably be able to do a building commissioner during our
usual meeting. Fine. Fine. So, >> good. All right. Awesome. All right. We'll jump down to E. We have talent bank forms uh for possible appointment to the override study committee. Um I think I see Samantha Cox here. Yes. Samantha, you want to come on down real quick?
>> Yeah. And I know Mark's here. I don't see Tara. >> No. Okay. So, Tara, um she could not make it because she has a fundraising event that she had to do for her. It's a fundraiser event. um she has a student who does want to move forward with this uh because it is an important committee. Sure.
>> Um or if you'd rather moduate and talk with her also on on next meeting, but that's entirely you should totally understood. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> So, so Samantha, I read your um I read your talent. Just quickly, why why do
you want to help? a lot of the reasons we talked about in you know the last meeting that we attended that >> we know financially that this is what this town needs and like we had talked about that we really need to get out ahead of it so that it's not suddenly
everyone's going with oh yeah we need an override and people don't have the knowledge about it to really make an informed decision as to what is best and what really is needed for the town >> and that and you bring up a good point and I want to make that clear to everybody this committee that we're putting together um is basically just to
get a clear picture to the people in town of what if we did an override what that looks like. You know, as accurate an information of if if the override is voted on, these are these are the positions, these are the services, these are the things that um could possibly be
on the table. So, um that's essentially what we'd be looking to do. Yep. >> Um availability. How are you? >> I have a flexible schedule. I am actually only partly employed because I'm disabled. Um so I do have evenings
free except when I have other meetings that I need to be at. >> I'm back here tomorrow night. Um or but during the day I also have some flexibility. So my schedule's a little >> Are you okay? Are you okay with Zoom? Can you navigate Zoom and stuff? All right. We'd have to do a Zoom meeting. >> Great.
>> Okay. Um well I'll entertain a motion to appoint um Samantha D how do you say >> Drain Drain like Andy Drain? >> Yes. >> Just want to clarify >> we had one member at large committed >> with three qualified candidates and as
we have in the past you looking to appoint all those. >> Yeah you guys can do whatever you want. That's how we started. >> We started we go up to three. >> Okay. >> Right. I think at our last meeting though, Tom, didn't we go? >> I wasn't here last meeting. >> Yeah, I read the minutes, but Okay. >> Yeah, we voted on um including up to
three if we wanted to. >> Okay. >> Um so that's, you know, and it actually works out here. We do have the three folks here that have volunteered. So, um yeah. So, I'll entertain a motion to appoint Samantha Defrain Cox to the overhead study committee. >> So, move.
>> Second. All those in favor? I >> I opposed. Passes unanimous. Thank you very much. time. Thank you so much. >> And my husband actually has a brother named Andrew. >> No way. >> Oh, yeah. >> That's top five movie for me ever. >> Yeah. Oh, I know. Completely. >> Yep. >> It's a good
>> Have a great evening. >> Thank you. Mark, you want to come on down real quick? >> And this is Mark Dylan. Hi. >> For those that don't know, Mark steps up a lot here for the town. Uh Mark actually did just serve on our town administrative screening committee. So
you've done that. Um you're involved with not the wershed. >> Uh what's your >> currently the watershed treasurer? >> Okay. >> Whether or not that keeps going because I want to try to focus a little bit more towards this type of a >> Sure. I was at your last meeting. It was veryformational. >> Blackman only took a couple of bars
which was great. So >> try to jump in front of those grenades. >> Yeah. I appreciate that. So again I'll give you the same question I asked Sam. Why the overhead study committee? >> Very much for the same reason. Um, you know, for this town, we take things very much to heart. We love our town. And I
think in the past, depending on whatever topic we've talked about that has gotten a lot of emotion behind it, it's sometimes because they don't have the right information. And being able to speak to my fellow citizens and explain
like this is why we did what we did or this is what was suggested and why. so that it's not a sense of we're taking this and losing nothing, but maybe it's we're taking this away to give you something else. And sometimes getting
that that balance feel is really what I'm hoping to be able to to help deliver to the people in the town so they don't just feel like, you know, it's willy-nilly >> fallen told in a way. >> Right. Right. There are going to be those naysayers, though. >> And there is. And you know, it's it's
not necessarily that they're wrong in their feelings, but it's acknowledging that yeah, you know, you've got a point. It's not going to be great, but it's what's going to be done for the best overall, right? >> And I can't stress enough that this committee is is is information
gathering. you know, it there will be an aspect of presenting that information, you know, but whether I mean, there could be folks on this committee that aren't for an overall, you know, but what it is is just to make sure we're collecting and painting the the clearest picture we can >> um for what something like that would
look like so folks can make an informed decision. >> Absolutely. >> Um same thing about availability. >> Uh pretty much the same thing. Um evenings are best for me, but okay. >> If Zoom is required, Zoom is perfectly fine. Okay, great. Any questions from
the board in here? No. Okay. Um, I'll entertain a motion to appoint Mark Dylan to the override study committee. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I opposed. Passes unanimous. >> Thank you, Mark. >> Thank you, gentlemen. >> Appreciate it. >> Thank you, Mark. >> Y get an email out soon.
>> All right. And then with with Miss Telo, I know her pretty well just through her dealings with the town. Um, I don't know what the board's thoughts are on appointing her even though she's not here this evening. Um, and she had a prior commitment. >> Uh, she is she is very busy, you know,
in my dealings with her. She's involved in a lot of things. So, um, I definitely think it's a, uh, she just wasn't didn't show up willy-nilly. You know, she had something going on. So, um, I'd be okay with putting her on. I know she's involved with the school, so it would be nice to have somebody um, plugged into
the school uh, age families uh, to hear those concerns. But uh I'll I'll kind of kind of defer to you guys. What are you What are your thoughts? >> Yeah, I know Tara. Okay. And uh she's involved in the PTO, too. I I agree that it would be have some benefit to have somebody who's got kids in the schools.
I know Mark has I think one left, right, >> Mark? But any benefit for added bonus in PTO, right? Yeah. So, I think that's >> Yeah, I think should be a resource. >> I'm okay with that. And that also increases the the the total member to seven. So, I think that's the more the marrier. People are willing to volunteer. Yeah.
>> I don't think we should be. But >> I agree. I agree. All right, that's it. I'll entertain a motion to appoint uh Taranelo to the override study committee. So move >> second. >> All those in favor? I >> I post passes unanimous. >> All right, we'll go down to F. Uh board
of selectment designation of a board member to the overhead study committee. Uh this has this uh written all this. I mean you're great. >> I think the person who brought it up is >> most appropriately.
I have my hands full of government study. >> So I will uh I will pass if there's another member who will want to step up. >> I don't I don't mind again to your point, Tom. This was my this is kind of my baby that I threw out there. So I I don't think it'd be fair to put it on
YouTube. So I don't I'll bet I'll line it. So I'll uh I'll appoint I'll entertain a motion or you guys can make a motion. >> I will uh make a motion to approve uh to appoint Jonathan Celig. uh selecting Jonathan Celig as the designation of the board member of the board of selectment to the override study committee
overseeing the uh the group. >> So moved. >> All right. Second >> and a second. Yeah. In >> favor. I oppose. Passes unanimous. >> All right. Now it's time for our law and order section of the meeting. We have
Steve Jobs here to discuss uh vote on entering intermunicipal agreement in IMA for use of a clinician. All right. What do we got going on here? >> All right. So, just a little background. Um so, a couple years back we had gotten a
a clinician paid through a grant from Department of Mental Health uh with uh Hansen, Carver, ourselves, and uh Plimpmpton. Uh it was a very successful program. Um you know we uh the the clinician would uh would work in the
different towns at different times of the week and uh be available to the offices to respond to mental health cases. Um the uh clinician um got a better job offer. she left to go to Brainree and um there was some uh issues
with the uh with the grant and the uh the host community which at the time was Cava um uh and uh it kind of uh died the program died. So um recently um we were approached by uh Kingston um they uh
applied for a grant and uh they've uh been successful in obtaining the grant to do a clinician uh co-response program uh between the towns of uh Kingston and Plimpmpton and Halifax. So basically the Silver Lake region uh regional that we
have now. Um Lieutenant Cava is on on the call. um if um I kind of butcher his his uh presentation, but basically I submitted um to you guys the uh intermunicipal agreement um for the TA
and legal to to um to review and kind of if you had any questions about it. Um and also um so that's the first uh kind of discussion we need to have and then the second uh second would be the
funding of of of Halifax's portion um to run this uh core response clinician program. So basically uh Kingston will be the host community. They're going to have a uh a sergeant assigned to to the clinician. They're going to he's he or she's going to run their uh family
supports unit which will uh consist of uh the school resource officers their um I'm not uh their clinician and then there was another uh another another or the like juvenile uh juvenile um
division stuff stuff like that. Um so they're having a situation where there they don't have the office space for the to run this program. Mhm. >> So, um they're requesting that we sign the IMA to be able to utilize the uh the
clinician and also put a portion of our opiate uh funds um to uh pay for the for this mobile trailer that will be housing in Kingston. Uh and the kind of the the the amounts that they came up with was a percentage that uh we utilized for Silver Lake Regional, which I I thought
was fair. Um so basically um excuse me. So basically uh uh Kingston would contribute $18,645. Halifax would be $9,834.
Plimpmpton would be $4,521. that just funds the uh the trailer where the basically the office space where the supervisor and the clinician will be housed. We are not on the hook for any of the salaries um for the clinician that is being totally funded by
department of uh of mental health and um they're um they're um they were in assistance with the William James College um to they'll conduct all the uh interviews and stuff to to give us a clinician that uh can work in in
our three communities. Um so uh and also the other thing with the IMA is that if at any point in this whole thing we decide to back away >> there there'll be no penalties for uh for us. >> Okay.
>> Um there's um um the use of these opiate funds for the uh the trailer is uh totally falls within the the settlement funds the criteria that to be utilized. Um, so, um, I don't know if, uh, Mike
wants to kind of just say some more highlights or if you guys have any questions, um, we can try to answer our best. >> I have two quick ones to start. Uh, I think the elephant in the room is, uh, I know King says the host community, our NBTA status has no bearing and no status
on this. >> They're applied for the for the grant. It's all set. >> Clarify that on my list. Clarifying that. And then uh two meetings ago I believe we met with another um member of the Kingston community who was speaking to us about opioid funds and we agreed to send some of our opiate
>> funds. So that was a PCO. So that's the deployment county totally different. Yeah. >> Yeah. But opioid fund settlement is part of that. I wonder we still have enough in our opioid settlement funds in 2014. >> Cool. Little language little uh
>> I just want to make sure we have enough in the opioid summit fund to cover this without overending ourselves. It's something to do with it. So it's it's a modular office. >> Yeah. So like as I as I mentioned before those opium for funds be we'll be we'll be receiving those every every year
until like I believe uh 20 39 or or for a while. So uh we'll have plenty. Uh >> and it was a big and it was a big number which we set aside a small amount for the PCOS. I would make sure that we still within our range >> to approve something else. >> I don't clarify >> somewhere around like 9 grand or
something. >> N grand which would be the commitment from Halifax. So, uh, >> and and to your point, Tom, overall in the grand scheme, it was >> I don't want to say peanuts. >> It was, you know, 10%. That's another make sure within our realm. >> And that's the thing, too, is with this opioid funds, we have to utilize them
cuz if not, the state's going to stop coming down like we're giving you guys this money to be utilized for these things and you're not using it. What's going on? >> Use it or lose it. >> So, and so we can't use it for other things like we, you know, I know some departments um have have tried to get an opinion on on utilizing it for for staffing, for manpower.
>> Can't do it. Uh, so so thanks. >> Oh, goodbye me. I just want to make sure we were within our to approve that without extending ourselves. No problem. >> Is some of the money going to be used for training like like mental health first aid for the offices with with the clinician?
>> Uh, I don't So the money that it's just for the for for the for the office space. So like this like like training and stuff, you know, we I mean obviously I think Mike could could speak to it. I think if we needed to do a training, obviously the clinician would be able to
to do it. Um I don't see any reason why not to. >> Yes, the uh the um funds are specifically to the chief's point relative to the stockup costs as far as the office space. Um you know, maybe uh some cursory equipment that might come
with that. uh but the training of staff inhouse would the clinician herself whoever that may be once we hire somebody uh would be able to come and conduct trainings at the departments uh for kind of the program as a whole. Uh as far as funding the manpower, you
know, bringing in all the officers to receive that training. Uh that would have to be requested to see if they would pay for that or not. that has to come out of the individual department's budgets, but the clinician herself will be paid for through the grant, not through these these funds requested tonight. >> And then Mike, if you don't mind, can I
ask um uh as far as the utilities and stuff for the trailer, you know, electric, all that, you know, water that's absorbed through the town of Kingston or um you know, or god forbid, you know, a giant tree comes down and puts it in half. Um what's I don't hate going to worst case scenario.
>> You asking an insurance question. Oh, yeah. I know. Just the guy. >> No. Uh, but yeah, I just was wondering, you know, who who handles that? >> Yes, sir. So, um, the $66,000, the total dollar amount of our estimated cost to get the trailer up and
going, right? Um, in one of the slides that you guys have, it kind of breaks down how we got to that $9,000 and change for Halifax. Um, which to the chief's point, um, the primary motivating factor was around the assessment that we see for the Civil Lakes School District. Um, so that's to get us up and running. The trailer
itself is like 58ish,000 and then the rest is additional costs that are anticipated like hooking up the electrical, hooking up things like that. Obviously, um, you know, when I went before my board, it was, you know, not to to go beyond that $66,000 amount total uh, with the, uh, hope of
obviously spending less. And if we spend less, you know, that would that percentage about who gets charged what would be reduced equally, right? so that everybody's seeing the the same lesser dollar amount. Um, but as far as ongoing expenses relative to the trailer, like
you said, electrical and all that, Kingston would be covering that. That would be, you know, obviously a resource that's available in our town. Uh, we understand that the majority of that office space would be used by us. Uh, and then as a result, uh, there's certain additional costs that, you know,
Kingston willing to accept, uh, should be covered by Kingston. Uh you'll notice obviously like I said 66,000 is the total dollar amount we're talking about. If we go one more slide you'll see the breakdown uh discusses how essentially we're acknowledging that half the trailer I'm sorry one more additional
slide uh half the trailer is uh relative to really Kingston's use and the other half is relative to this clinician program. So, we're saying right out the gate $33,000 is Kingston's and then the remaining $33,000 what we're splitting behind between the towns, but we
recognize that the majority of the trailer use will be by us. So, ongoing costs, things like that will fall into Kingston. >> Got it. And then Mike, I apologize Mike if this is in the presentation, but um is this strictly office space or or will
this be public uh or public uh using this facility as you know uh you're you're trying to help somebody with some mental health issue. Will they be using this trailer at all or will it strictly just be PD you know and clinician? >> Yes. Yes. So, it'll be um designated
specifically for the clinician and and the FSU siren, the sergeant that's being assigned to effectively uh run this small unit. Um but half of the trailer almost is going to be uh like a meeting room, but it's what we're calling a soft interview room. It's uh typically something you see kind of best practice
for interviewing juveniles that may be victims of trauma, interviewing individuals that may have mental health issues, substance use issues. So, it would be primarily used by the clinician um for those types of more sensitive interviews or really just maybe to hold a juvenile until we can get a hold of a
parent, right? Uh not the cliche cold interview room with a white light on his two-way mirror. >> Yeah. >> Um just just a soft room to help um kind of deal with individuals that are experiencing trauma. So, it would be usually clinician or somebody in that
unit using it. But of course in other instances if it needs to be used in a policing type format for another juvenile when the clinician's not around or another person experiencing trauma when the clinician's not around it can be used for that purpose. Great. And I and I love that it's Silver Lake communities and I know you're not a fortune teller but do you see this
skewing to kind of the younger demographic here? Um you know where you you have the three Silverl towns and you have the SRO's involved. Um do you see this being a kind of a younger person's program I guess? Yes, I I you know the overall intent obviously is individuals
suff uh suffering from substance use disorder or mental health issues. That's the primary mission statement of the unit or of the clinician. Uh but the the development of this family services unit is new for Kingston PD and the clinician is one piece of that. Right. So, uh, the sergeant, it was very intentional that
we place this sergeant in charge of our SRO's, that the clinician is the Silver Lake towns, right? Uh, to kind of go into the schools where necessary, where appropriate to kind of collaborate with them on issues that are being seen in the schools and seen at home, things that are carrying over both ways. I've already had the opportunity to speak
with uh the principal at the high school about this. They're very excited for it. They think their guidance counselors and things like that will be able to uh collaborate with us on this. Um, and we do hopefully proceed to doing that. Yes. It's great. Oh, it sounds fantastic. All right. Um, we got a question. Buying the
trailer or renting it? >> Uh, we tend to buy the trailer, sir. We looked at renting it, uh, realistically after approximately 2 and 1/2 years of renting it. It would start to cost more to rent than buy and we anticipate hopefully the program will obviously last longer than that. And we anticipate that we'll probably need it for longer
than that uh, due to the condition of our station. So, we figured it was more fiscally responsible to purchase it. If you run into trouble, Bill's got a camper that's probably twice as big as this trailer. So, perfect bills. >> So, just I have a couple of follow-ups and I I am in favor of this, so I'm not
I'm not trying to be difficult, but um of the 66,000 Kingston is absor is absorbing the 33,000 before you before you get proportional. Um is the 33,000 input from the start also opioid 7? Is the entire kick in from the three towns opioid 7 funds?
>> Yes. So, uh, the 33,000 off the gate for Kingston settlement and then the remaining 18 as far as, you know, splitting out there is also >> and then does the does the trailer have to be on the property of Kingston where you're the host community and the lead party here? >> Yeah. So, the clinician is supposed to
be in Kingston primarily being the lead party being the grant holder. We also run into some issues if we were to do it remote or somewhere else relative to data security. we have to um purchase a specific program where the clinicians are storing records, you know, hippo type information, things like that. So,
it needs to be on site with us. >> And then and then obviously if we're purchasing a trailer, there's no office space available at town hall or the town buildings that we need that we're forced to move to this mobile unit. Is that right? >> Correct. Yeah. It's just it's just specifically for uh these purposes.
>> Making sure we're exhausting, you know, maximizing cost. Sure. >> Great. All good. Thank you. Any other questions, guys? >> No. Outstanding. >> Okay. Um I guess I will make entertain a motion to um vote for Halifax to enter
into an intermission intermunicipal agreement uh with the towns of Kingston and Halifax uh for the construction of a modular office trailer uh as part using part of our opiate uh settlement funds to fund the trailer for this program.
King, correct? >> Yes. Okay. Second. All those in favor. >> I opposed. Passes unanimous. >> And then you have to do the other motion for Go ahead, Bob. Did I do that right? >> Yeah. And I was going to say, do you
want to have me sign it? Get me to sign. >> Yeah. Then I will uh you do both. >> And um All right. Let's do this next one, too. Sorry. So, I'll enter a motion uh to allocate the opiate abatement funds to assist the startup cost of the regional clinician position.
>> So, move. Second. All those in favor. I opposed. Pass unanimous. I will also entertain a motion to make uh town administrator Bob Fennessy the signing authority for this intermunicipal agreement. So second all those in favor. >> I post.
>> All right. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you Mike. Enjoy your training. Enjoy Ohioie support. Good to see you all. Thanks. Take care. >> All right. We'll go down to um
>> uh we got a request for talent bank forms for our ADA commission. Uh do we have any information here on this one, guys? Do you know? >> Um all we need to do is >> I don't think we >> I think we only have one person on there. We did have two, but we do need
to >> But do you know is it is it a three member? What What's the What's the um commission look like, Bob? So, it's five citizens at large and then the ADA coordinator, ADA coordinator, which is me right now.
>> Yeah. >> Um, right now there's only one person on it, Marlene Amade. >> Okay. >> So, there hasn't been a meeting in quite a while. >> Yeah. >> All right. >> So, we're trying to get, you know, kick that up and >> we need at least So, so if there's five,
we need at least three for for core purposes. So, we need at least two more folks to to join the We'd love to have five, but I mean, at least get two more to get up to three. >> So, that hasn't been posted yet, right? >> No, that was requested to have it out.
>> Absolutely. >> Set a generous deadline for, you know, 30 days or whatever. >> Okay. Um, yeah, you ask the deadline and then >> you what do you guys want? 30 days. >> Busy time of season. So, at least I would say holidays tough one.
>> I say middle of January. Did we get did we get any um submissions on the government government study committee? Not one. >> No, I just >> You're hard to work with. >> I don't like that. Listen, >> how to live with >> How many on the committee now? >> We started with six.
>> We one passed away and now one um resides. So, >> it's me and three others. So, it's it's fine. But >> yeah, we always like to have our committees. >> Yeah. I would I would suggest if we meet on the 8th and the 22nd of January, why don't we set at least at January 15th?
Give it give it at least. >> Okay. A week to gather at least 40 days on the 22nd of January. >> I like that. >> No, the 8th is the Thursday. >> I'm sorry. The uh >> we got to get the >> 6th and the 20th. So, let's do let's do the fifth. >> It's the the 13th and 27th. We go back
to the second. >> Yeah. So, >> so 20th 20 23rd split the difference. 20th. >> When do you guys want to expect When do you guys want the deadline for that? I >> Well, you got to post the meeting on the 22nd. So, 21st, 20th. >> 20th.
>> Let's do the 20th. >> It's the Tuesday between the two meetings. >> January. >> When's the deadline for the government study? Is that already passed? >> Pass. >> Okay. So, so what do we say? And again, just a fleet of folks, you know, if you
have free time and and want to give back to the town, we >> the town is only as good as the folks that want to come in and help. So, >> interviews, >> um, if you can find it in your schedule to help out. A lot of, you know, Mark will tell you a lot of the commitment is
somewhat minimal. So, u, but we just need these spots filled >> and it's worthwhile, too. >> Oh, you learn a lot. You learn a lot. So, >> all right. The 20th and we'll we'll take it up to the next meeting after that, >> right? Okay. >> Yeah, that makes sense. That makes a lot
of sense. >> Okay. >> All right. All right. Here we go. We are down to I It's not G this this week. Our town administrator update. Bob Fantasy, take it away. >> Okay. Uh so, a few things. Um first of
all, the friends of the library are holding a silent auction. I guess it's an annual thing that they do. It is. Uh, it's open from the December 1st, which to December 17th at 5:00 p.m. So, if you want to look online, it's online on the
li library libraries website. Uh, you can see what you want to bid on. I looked the other day. A lot of things on there. It's great uh to raise some money for the library. So, you can place your bids in person at the library uh if you're so inclined. So, just put that on
your radar. Uh the 2026 recycling stickers are out. $75 per sticker per vehicle. However, residents that enrolled in the curbside collection program can pick up a recycling stick at no additional cost.
And you can get those out over the recycling center. The youth and recreation pickle ball open gym. The last session is being held on Sunday, December 7th from 3:00 to 6:30 p.m. in the elementary school gymnasium.
Programs free for Halifax holding. So, so you may want to get a little exercise in and burn off some of that turkey. Uh the parking van I'm going to mention again. Even though we seem to um had
dodged a bullet today with the storm that was coming in, uh just remember that regardless of snow or rain or shine, uh there's no uh parking on the street, it's a winter parking ban from November 1st through March 31st.
Uh, also just and I think it was brought up a little earlier, Halifax, all our holidays in Halifax, the 29th annual celebration is on the 13th. The rain day is the 14th. So, I'm looking forward to that being my first annual
>> uh visit to the holidays in Halifax. One other thing I want to mention, um, this came up. Somebody had a question about uh the getting rid of sharps and syringes. And just to let the residents know that the fire department has a
dropbox for the uh shops that they can bring in if they have anything they want to bring into the fire department, they can do that. Also, there's a a collection at the recycling center. So, that's two places you can safely dispose
of the shards. The other thing I want to mention is that police department has a kiosk for unused medications. So those can be re can be brought to the police station uh to dispose of. So So
just keep that in mind if you have any of those things. Excuse me. Um and that's kind of all I have today. Was kind of a crazy day uh trying to get this put together, but but that's my update. >> All right. Thank you. Excuse me. Appreciate it.
>> Thank you, sir. Who enforces the winter parking ban? The police? >> Police? >> I think it's police. Yeah. >> Yep. >> Usually it's a warning the first time, then after that >> after that ticket. Yeah. >> Yeah. And during snow emergencies, they have the authority to tow tow the vehicle. >> Yep. And that runs until April. I
believe April 1st, right? >> Yeah. It goes from November 1st to April 1st. So, >> yeah. >> March 31st. >> March 31st. That's right. And then it ends April 1st, right? I think that's what I my point there. Yeah. April Fool's Day.
>> All right. Anything else, guys, before >> we can uh do the payroll. >> Oh, yeah. That'd be nice. Let's pay some bills. Holy cow. You're right. >> Skipping. >> I know. Oh my god. What's going on here? >> That's it. Go ahead, Bill Smith. Take it away. >> I move to affirm approval of the following warrants and commitments.
Payroll warrant number 48 for $367.40. The vendor warrant number 49 for41,9934 cents. Ambulance commitments 111025 through 111625 for 48,161.80. >> So moved. >> All right. All those in favor?
>> I I oppos passes unanimous. >> I move to approve the following warrants and commitment. Payroll warrant number 50 for473,7629. Vendor warrant number 51 for 79,957.17. Withholding warrant number 52 for 168,621.17
mobile park fee number 12 for 5,160. >> Second. All those in favor. I oppose. Passes unanimous. Good catch bill. Sorry about that, guys. All right. Uh if there's no other issues to come before the board, I will entertain a motion to adjourn. >> So move. >> Second.
>> All those in favor? >> I opposed. Passes unanimous at 6:44. I'll see everybody at Holidays in Halifax on the 13th. Thank you.