Okay, the time now is 6:01. I would like to open the Halifax board of selectman meeting for Tuesday, November 4th, 2025. We are here in the selectman meeting room. As I said, joining me today is Selectman Bill Smith, Selectman Tom Pratt, myself, Selectman Jonathan Celig,
our town administrator Bob Fennessy, and our assistant Pam McSherry. Uh, just an announcement. This meeting has been posted in accordance with the provisions of Mass General Law, Chapter 3A, Section 20B. And pursuant to Chapter 3A, Section 20F, notice being made that this meeting
is being recorded and will be posted on Area 58 Community Access Channel. The board chair, myself, reasonably anticipates the following matters will be discussed and/or voted on at this meeting. Agenda items may be taken out of order just for time management
considerations. And I'd like to open the meeting uh with a motion for the board to enter into executive session and the town administrator's office pursuant to Mass General Law Chapter 38 section 21 uh regarding Morse Brothers Incorporated versus Town of Halifax to discuss
strategy with respect to 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 also the approval of executive minutes for October 21st, 2025. >> So moved. >> Second. All right. I'll take a roll call
vote. Bill, >> yes. >> Tom, >> yes. >> Myself as a yes. Passes unanimous. 30. We hope to be back in open session around 6:15. Thank you. >> Okay. Uh the time now is 6:27. I'd like
to reopen the board of selectment meeting for Tuesday, November 4th, 2025. Um, it is announced at the beginning. We're coming from executive session, but I'll say it again. This meeting is being recorded by Area 58, uh, and will be put on the community access channel. Um, I'd like to start the meeting like we
usually do with a pledge of allegiance. If that's okay, you can stand and join me. >> 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. >> Thank you very much. Before we get going here, um I'd just like to break from the agenda really quickly. Uh the town of Halifax uh suffered a tragic loss this weekend. Uh we lost one of our
residents in a house fire. Uh Mr. Norman Kums uh unfortunately perished over the weekend as did two of his dogs. Uh just like to let his friends and family know that the town of Halifax is thinking of them. Um and I would like to observe a moment of silence, please.
Thank you. Also, thoughts and prayers too to the folks uh that were on the scene in addition to the to the victims. It's also tough for our first responders to encounter stuff like that. Uh and I know it was a tough situation there. So, um our thoughts are with them as well.
Also a great reminder this time of year as folks are turning their heat on for the first time um you know maybe pulling out a space heater or something just make sure that we have working smoke detectors in our home um just as we get ready for this winter season to make sure that everybody's as safe as
possible. So thank you. All right. Uh we have a visitor here today that would like to discuss road openings. So if the board's okay, I'd like to jump down to F on our agenda for uh road cut. Uh, let me just open my
computer up here. One second. I believe all of these have been all the eyes have been dotted and crossed, but let me just pull up here on my computer. Okay. Trying to >> It's easier when it's on paper, but So,
uh, let's see. Looks like it's been approved for 63 Paradise Lane. Um, the building inspector says it needs a trench permit. Does not need a police detail. It's okay with highway with the stipulations
attached to the permit. It's been okayed by water. Um, and it's been okayed by conservation. >> Conservation's going to be >> Oh, with contingent tonight. >> Yes. >> My apologies. You're right. They're in the meeting right now. So, uh, we could approve it with contingency on the
approval tonight of conservation. >> Yep. >> Yeah, they do. Yeah. >> Yeah. And they're meeting if you want to scoot over when you're done here. They're meeting right in the great hall. >> Oh, okay. >> Yep. So you can kill two birds. Uh and then fire. Okay. As well. So any
kind of talk here. What's the word I'm looking for? Conversation with the board. Sorry guys. A little too much tea tonight. >> Subject to conservation. I'm good. >> Yes. Yeah. All right. All right. So, I'll entertain a motion to approve our um road opening for 63 Paradise Lane
with a contingency of approval from the Conservation Commission. >> So, move. >> Second. All right. I have a motion and a second. All those in favor? >> I opposed. Passes unanimously. You are all set. >> Thank you very much. Good luck. >> Am I on your agenda? >> Um I would assume if they're talking
>> Well, I think there's going to be other discussions or something, but they are. Yeah, she she is the representative. >> You could probably grab an They might have an agenda there. Okay, >> check it out. Yeah. Yep. Good luck. >> Okay. Um, let's jump back, Bill, if you're ready to uh affirm the approval
of the following warrants and commitments. >> I move to approve the affirm approval of the following and commitments. >> Vendor warrant number 39 for 435,333.96. Ambulance commitments 101325 to 101925
for 45,986 [Music] and 90 cents. Ambulance commitments 1020 to 25 to 102625 for 47,25160. >> So moved. >> All right. All those in favor?
>> I I passes unanimous. I move to approve the following warrants of commitment. Payroll warrant number 40 for457,55082. Vendor warrant number 41 for 93,192.33. Withholding warrant number 42 for 161,49453.
Mobile park fee number 11 for $5,160. >> Second. All those in favor? I I opposed. Passes unanimous. Thanks, Bill. All right, we'll jump down now to uh ambulance abatements for September 2025. Um I'll entertain a motion to approve the abatements for the amount of
$84,91260. >> So moved. >> Second. All right, I have a move and a second. All those in favor? I opposed. Passes unanimous. Um and sorry guys, I skipped over a uh Dave Walsh. So Dave Walsh was going to be here this evening uh to discuss the Veterans Memorial that
the VFW is working on. Um correct me if I'm wrong, Pam, but he said that not too many updates this evening. So he was going to kind of punt on his appearance tonight. Um >> flowers around it that we talked about. >> Correct. Yep. So for those of you that haven't seen it, we've set up a kind of
a new bench area behind behind town hall. Uh, and I know Dave and the VFW were looking at putting a nice veterans garden kind of circle around around that area. Um, he does want to get us some plans beforehand. He was originally
hoping to have it done by Veterans Day. I don't I don't know if that's going to happen as that's a week from from today and we still haven't had plans. So, um, maybe there'll there'll be some renderings possibly by then. I'm not sure uh what his status is, but
regardless, we want to thank Dave for all of his efforts for uh working on that veterans garden. Any other questions or anything from the board? No. All right. All right. Uh we'll jump down to C. Accept talent bank forms for the override study committee member at
large. So, the town of Halifax is looking has created an override study committee. The idea of this committee is to um try to start collecting data on um basically possible ways for revenue for the town. Um looking at our budgets,
trying to come up with ideas where is if this board decides to go down the route of an override, we will already have collected some of the data, already have hit the ground running, so we're not starting cold at that point. Um, if I don't want to speak for the board, but
if we do go the override route, there's there's documentation that says the earlier you get that information out to the public, the more chance that override has of being successful. So, we just want to make sure we have all our ducks in a row. Uh, it's a five member at this point, uh, board, I'm sorry,
committee. uh containing a member of the board of selectmen, a member of Fincom, a member of the Halifax Elementary School Committee, a member of the Silver Lake uh regional school committee, and one member at large. And one thing I wanted to discuss with the board is
there have been some talks where this is such a hot button topic. If we want to expand and not just do one member of the public at large, maybe look at expanding it up to as many as three, which would make the the override study committee uh
a total number of seven. Um it's not on the agenda tonight, so we really can't discuss whether that's something we want to do, but it's just something I wanted to plant uh in the board's head for maybe our next meeting to decide if that's a change we want to make to the charge and looking at making the number
bigger. uh we are accepting talent bank forms regardless whether it's going to be the one position at large or we do look to expand it to up to three. So if anybody is interested at all and uh getting more information about a possible override and helping the town
come up with information I urge folks to uh go on our website and look at our talent bank forms to to help us out. >> Is there a deadline to file that talent bank form? >> I am not sure. Do we have a deadline PM you know set up? We haven't put it out yet discussion.
>> Do we want to do we want to set it for our next meeting just to keep the ball rolling or do you guys think that window was too small? >> It's two weeks. I mean >> two weeks. Is that too short? >> I just I I will say full disclosure I I think we can't believe I said that. >> What's that?
>> I said I think so. It's too short. I'm like I said that I think I've been here too long. >> Yeah. Um, I do want to get I do want to get this thing rolling though, too. And, uh, we did create it in June and I had hoped that we would have gotten further down
the road with this group already. Um, part of that I I will take a lot of that responsibility because we, you know, with losing one town administrator, bringing a new interim town administrator into the mix, things can kind of get a little shuffly. So, um, that's I will absolutely take that on my
shoulders. Um, but I do want to kind of keep things moving as quickly as we can. >> So, as a compromise, could we say all talang forms should be submitted by November 28th to be voted on in a December 2nd meeting? >> Sure. >> Yeah, we'll meet in the second first and third. >> So, it gives everyone an extra week,
middle ground, extra week. Sure. And split the difference. >> Sure. >> 11:28. >> 11:28 for submission and 122. >> I like that. >> And could we say, are we allowed to discuss the five versus seven at this point or no? >> Uh, what do you think, Bob? >> What are you talking about? You just can't >> Could we just can't vote on it?
>> Could we just Could we leave it open-ended and see how many we get? I mean, sometimes we get a lot and sometimes we are lucky to meet the requirement. >> I' I'd rather not pigeon hole us into five versus seven. >> I just three because with these committees, you like to have an odd number. You know, if there's any sort of voting going on, you don't want to get
into a stalemate. But, um, I do think, you know, based on our last meeting that we had where we had folks in the audience that were very interested in any sort of possible override, I do think we could get some good response to this. So to your point, Tom, I don't think we three was just a number I threw
out, but if the if the board wants to consider going bigger, you just got to be careful that you have quorum for meetings. You don't want to go too big in the game. >> Bob, is it a problem if we say one minimum of one up to three depending on >> the the uh
>> Yeah, you can you can write that next meeting. Yeah, >> why don't we say >> I know you guys. >> It'd be good to see how many come in. >> I think that's it. I mean, if we have 11, then we can pick three. If we have two then >> Yep. >> Yep. Yeah. We'll see how >> rather than pigeon hole us and have it delayed. >> Mhm. >> Yeah.
>> We'll see how many fish we catch. >> Yeah. You guys said to the 28th, but we're going to interview on the 2nd. Is that But we probably need their names before the 28th cuz I have to post on the 27th. >> Okay. >> You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Yeah. So,
>> so the week before >> the 25th, 3 weeks from tonight. So the Tuesday before Thanksgiving >> gobble gobble. >> Okay. Y >> So we can post by Wednesday or Friday for a Tuesday meeting? >> Post by Wednesday because Thursday is a holiday.
>> Okay. >> Good. Enough time. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Good. Good. >> All right. Thank you guys. >> All right. Moving down to D. We have the approval of minutes for October 7th, 2025. I'll entertain a motion to approve those. >> So moved.
>> Second. All right. We have a motion to second. All those in favor? I. Passes unanimous. 300. >> All right. Uh, we've already done Paradise Lane. We're down to E. Non-UN employees in department head holiday policy. >> Um, Bob, do you feel comfortable walking me through this a little bit?
>> Just cuz you're you're into it a little bit more than I am. >> So, the most recent contracts that have been signed by collective bargaining units, I have in there a half day at certain days. Half day before Christmas, half day before uh Thanksgiving, half
day before New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day. Yeah. >> Half day before. So, in looking at the bylaw that we have, um the only one missing there is a half day before Thanksgiving. So this is to get it in
line with the rest of the contracts for and this would be for non-union personnel >> which in the town hall uh >> and most of those the department heads >> some assistance but >> okay >> you know so that's the goal here is to
make it even >> uniform across the board >> because you know you don't want to you don't want to have two separate uh groups getting different benefits like that. >> Sure. >> Is Junth in the bylaw? Uh, it is. It is. Yes.
>> So, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King's Day, President's Day, Patron's Day, Memorial Day, Junth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. So, so let me let me
correct that. Doesn't have the day after Thanksgiving unless it's in another line. That's because it was before we clos Friday always. It's always a Friday. Friday doesn't matter. You go back to >> right
>> working Fridays. Is that why you're here? You want to work Friday? >> That was Lindsay Martinelli. Um accounting our accountant town accounting. >> Yeah. >> All right. So essentially guys, what we have to come up with here is are all of our union personnel have the half day
the day before Thanksgiving. uh is that something we want to extend to our non-union employees um to make it uniform across the board. I will say speaking from my personal experience, the day before Thanksgiving is usually
incredibly hectic as you're running around doing things. Um, not that it it should weigh into this decision, but uh I don't know how many folks will be running to town hall to pay a bill or um you know take care of some town business >> as their their turkeyy's less than 24
hours away. Um but I will I will kind of defer to the opinion in the board here. >> I have no issue with any of that. If I'm going to be surprised about one thing, I'm surprised Patriots stays in here.
It is. >> Yeah, it's I'm surprised that it I'm surprised that it is. >> Oh, wow. Sure. >> I mean, I'm much more inclined to to the day before Thanksgiving. Half day Thanksgiving, half day Christmas, half New Year's. No problem. >> Yeah. >> Interesting. Everything else is open. I mean, not not much is closed that day.
>> Yeah, but that's kind of a standard holiday >> for For who? >> Massachusetts. >> Yeah, Massachusetts. >> Banks are open. >> Well, I mean, business, >> banks, post office. >> Yeah, but all municipalities. >> No problem. >> No problem. I don't want to I don't want to take anything away. >> I'm just expressing I'm just expressing
surprise. >> Funny story. So, uh my wife's college I'm sorry, quick aside. My wife's college roommate uh lives down in Connecticut and they were going to get together and she said, "Why don't we do it on Patriots Day?" And my my wife's roommate who's down in Connecticut said, "What's that?" He said, "You know, in Massachusetts, we get it off. It's
Patriots Day." And my my wife's roommate says, "Well, that's not fair. They're the New England Patriots. We should have it off in Connecticut, too. No, but but has nothing to do with the Patriots. >> And and not to get too far down the rabbit hole, but what is closed that
day? Schools are open. Banks are open. >> Schools are not open. >> Schools are closed. Schools are closed. >> Schools are closed. >> Schools on Patriots day. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. That's a marathon. >> That's the marathon. Marathon. That's the the 11:00 game for the Red Sox. >> Oh, maybe that's why >> that is.
>> Okay. That's why that's why that's why I don't know >> I I vote to take that away. >> Well, good luck. You want me to hit him now or hit him later? >> All right, cool. Well, uh >> I have no issue with anything. >> So, I will uh I will entertain a motion
to give our non-union employees um >> to change the bylaw. >> Okay. Change by. >> Well, that requires >> Yeah, that's an animal something in May, doesn't it? To change the bylaw. >> Okay. Is that go to town meeting? >> Yeah, meeting go to town meeting. So
we're getting this year after. >> Yep. >> Okay. >> Is that right? >> It goes to town meeting to >> apparently by bylaw. >> But if it goes to town meeting, Thanksgiving is before town meeting. >> No, you can you can vote to close the town hall. >> Not for today. >> Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> And the changing of the bylaw would be on the permanent basis moving forward. >> Yeah. Let's do that. >> So we're we're voting we're actually voting >> we're voting to change close the town hall on three separate occasions over the next 60 days. >> No, no, >> no. Just the one half. Right. Right. Yeah. All right. So, here's what I'll do, guys. I'm going to entertain a
motion to close town hall at noon the day before Thanksgiving 2025, >> and then present it to town meeting. >> We can make them separate motions or you want me to put them together? >> Well, I'm asking what we're doing before we vote. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Making the motion and then we're praying with the town hall for future
consideration on similar similar. >> Sure. >> All right. Strike that. Let me try this. >> I'm asking. >> No, no, no. That's a good question. Um, I'll entertain a motion to close town hall for uh at noon on Wednesday before Thanksgiving this year and to also look
into adding uh or amending our town bylaw to adding a half day uh of Thanksgiving uh for our non-UN employees >> in perpetuity. >> In perpetuity >> at the annual town >> at the annual town meeting this May. >> So moved.
>> Second. All those in favor? I passes unanimous. It's fair is fair. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> Sorry to get that. >> No, no, it's I don't want to, you know, say one thing under the other. >> Keep me on my toes. Absolutely. Keep an eye on me. >> I was going to say close at 11:59, but I
want to throw you off. >> Yeah, there's always one. >> All right. And now the best part of this meeting. It's G. We know him. We love him. Bob Fantasy, your town administrator update. G. >> G. No, it's letter G.
>> Letter G. Letter G. OMG. >> OMG, go ahead. You have kind of short. >> That's okay. We like under the weather right now, but um so anyway, um just want to give an update on the town administrator search process.
>> Uh jobs now advertised on the MMA Massachusetts Municipal Association website. That's where everybody looks who's looking for a town administrator job. It's also advertised through community paradigm associates. They're doing the search. The intended process, I say intended
because that can change because of weather or other situations that go on. Um, the intended process set forth by C Community Paradigm is as follows. Community Paradigm will send all resumes to the screening committee by November 22nd. And on November 24th, the
screening committee will meet with Community Paradigm by Zoom to narrow the list to four to seven interview four to seven individuals to interview. So that's the first level screening committee will then meet on December 1st and possibly again on December 2nd if
needed to conduct interviews of the semi- finalists. The field will then be reduced to four to two to four finalists by the screening committee and community paradigm will conduct background checks and references and then supply the report to the board of select selectmen
by December 17th. select will conduct interviews of the final two to four individuals by December 22nd awful close to Christmas but ho >> and we'll make a selection thereafter and then it'll be up to the board of selectment to negotiate a contract with
whoever is chosen. So that's that's the the process set forth by community paradigm >> but some of the members on that committee are also on the finance committee and they meet on Monday so it's going to conflict with December 1st. Um I thought >> it was December 1st. The that might have
been they might have been meeting in the afternoon. >> Oh, okay. >> If I'm not mistaken, I believe it was before the timing of it was before uh the the fin meeting. >> Yeah. And again, this is a again there's an intended process dates. They have to move a date and it might be moved
because they can't get a quorum. The screening committee is something a certain date. >> So >> So any anything anybody have any questions? >> No. No. Hopefully we get some good candidates. >> Sadly, they're trying to get rid of me. >> No, stop it. Stop it.
>> I don't want that. >> On personnel matters, on this current openings in the library, part-time openings in the also in the building commissioner, we're looking for health agent and a part-time assessor's administrative position due to
unfortunately Alana Snow's recent letter of resignation. >> Um, and that's going to be effective November 20th. U Town Hall is going to miss her great personality. Absolutely. >> And her work ethic. Uh she's now moving on to a full-time position in another
town. >> We wish her well. >> So, uh parking notification. I just want to remind people because it's not snowing yet, but it will be. >> Bite your tongue. >> Uh reminded that there's no overnight on street parking uh through March 31st, 2026.
So, don't get ticketed and towed. Uh, also the regarding the regionalization committee for the schools. I'm going to ask you >> Yes. >> to give an update on that cuz you're on the comm. >> I am. Yeah. Their their chair is a really handsome guy. Um, so so we met um
last month. Um the contract is in the process of being signed. We have the signature from the uh interim town administrator in Kingston. We're going to get a signature of of acknowledgement from the Silver Lake Regional Committee. uh the union 31 committee uh and then um
the call-in center is going to kick off the process. Again, I want to reiterate to folks, it's going to be a long process, at least a calendar year uh before we really start getting into the nitty-gritty. Um I'm going to be leaning on town folks. Um we have a working
group that consists of one member from each of the three communities. I am the I am the Halifax representative on that working group. So, we're going to be leaning on folks here for financial information, um, for school information. We'll we'll work with the schools. Um, so it's a lot of data collection. Again,
it's not essentially just a bottom line study. It's not strictly financial. We're also going to be looking at educational efficiencies where uh maybe some of the shared services can create more of a um a more efficiently run
school system. So, that's part of it as well. I'm excited. Uh, and again, I'm I'm I'm looking forward to getting the ball rolling. So, that's where we're at. >> To clarify, you >> Yeah. >> Uh, a member of each of the three communities Kingston Halifax Silver
Lake is Plimp at the table. >> Oh, yeah. Okay. >> Yeah. Yeah. Plimpton's there as well. So, it's uh myself, uh, John Williamson, who's with the school committee uh of Plimpmpton, and Jeannie Coleman, who's with the school committee in Kingston. So those will be the three kind of point
people for each community as far as data collection. >> Got it. >> Um to try to it's it's a mountain of information they're going to start collecting. So it's going to take us a while. >> So >> that's it. Back to you. >> Couple other things. Um so the government study committee had two
recent resignations from the committee for people who don't have the time. So they're seeking two residents to join the committee to bring the membership back up. uh please consider stepping forward to assist the town by filling out a talent bank form which you can get
on our website. So we want to try and get that number up on the committee. I don't know if you want to mention anything. >> Sell it, Tom. Sell it. >> Yeah, I mean we've working hard for just about a year. Uh we did lose Josh Curtis unfortunately uh and his untimely passing and another member uh couldn't
put the time in. We've got uh a potential um we've got several documents in the hands of legal counsel for review. We're, you know, we we're say we're halfway through, but we're pretty far through the process, but um a lot of the hard work starts now, so we could do some people dedicated, uh, you know,
once or twice a month for 45 to 75 minutes, uh, for their input. Um, I was hoping maybe Caesar could post on the website >> and or online uh, get us some more applicants. >> Is there is there a deadline? Just curious on that. >> I'd like to maybe throw out the same the same deadline, maybe 3 weeks.
>> Okay. >> Just to see if we can get anybody. >> Okay. Uh no, November 26. Was it November 22nd? Pam, >> you guys said no. Uh November 25th. >> 25th. Okay. That Tuesday. Fine. >> From my perspective, if you're thinking of joining a committee, it's a great way
to actually learn all about town government. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> It could be the first step, you know, and I look at my first step. It was going on the cable committee and going to the meetings and taping meetings and saying, "I can do this." >> Crap.
>> They can pay for it instead of being here as a volunteer. No, >> no. This is an unpaid position. >> There's no stipen involved. >> Very clear on that. >> But no, it's a great way to get involved, you know, and that'll I'm sure if you do, you'd end up going on another
committee after that and and getting involved that way. So So step up. >> Absolutely. And then the last thing on my agenda, my my thing is that we received a complaint uh from U. Patrick Higgins
>> uh on an open meeting law complaint. I shared that with the board. It was a complaint regarding a meeting on uh October 21st, 2025. Uh the board has looked at this complaint. Um and I would entertain a
motion or you would enter a motion uh to have town council respond and on the benefit of the found. >> Sure. Um I will entertain a motion for the board of selectmen to um have town council look into this uh open meeting
law complaint and pen a response. >> So moved. >> Second. All those in favor? >> I I opposed. Passes unanimous and that's all I have. Awesome. All right. Anything else on the board before we head out?
>> I just had one quick thing. Well, you know, you know, there's not exactly a shout out, but um got a lot of questions about the hydrant flushing and um >> I would encourage those that are interested in hydrant flushing from the water department to attend uh the bi-weekly meetings on Tuesday afternoon
from the water department with the water commissioners. Um email them, call them, talk to them. Hydrant flushing was supposed to begin on October 14th. that was delayed several times to get to October 14th and we're delayed again. Uh those who have questions should reach out to the water department, the water
commissioners specifically. I would encourage all to be vocal on that. And uh just a quick reminder scheduling for uh this coming Friday. If anybody wants a great way to get into the the Thanksgiving spirit, we have our turkey
trot at Hes on Friday. Um go down and cheer those kids on, man. It is so cute. I mean, I I there's always the kids that fly by, but my heart always aches for that kid that's always I I really empathize with that kid that's bringing up the rear and I cheer hard for those
those runners. So, um so yeah, it's a great event. Even if you don't have a kid down there, it's just it it recharges the soul. So, if you got time on Friday, go check out the turkey driver. >> What time is it? 10:00 a.m. >> It's uh the first one's 8:50 and it runs all all the grades all day long. So,
they do a great job. Uh it's a great tradition here in Halifax. So um hopefully, knock on wood, they get some good weather. >> And I believe they're also collecting uh canned goods. >> It is. Yes, that is part of it, too. It's a food drive, right? >> So they have a big contest between all the grades to see which grade can can
collect the most food. Um obviously, you don't have to have a child involved. You can bring some some food in uh to the school. They have a basket there as well. You can drop it off. uh especially given, you know, um maybe some of the hiccups that we're having at the federal level. Uh always good this time of year
to keep an eye on on folks in your neighborhood, in your community, make sure that everybody has stuff on the table. >> A lot of churches collecting, a lot of schools collecting, there's no bad place to donate. So, if you have the means and the mindset to do that. >> Absolutely. >> Whether it's at the school or a church or local food pantry, we'd always >> absolutely support. And it doesn't have
to be food. I heard uh one person, not in our community, but in another food pantry, um they accept cash, too. They accept money as well. And that gives them the flexibility to buy different things, you know, and give them uh more tools in their arsenal. >> And they can stretch that money. Those food pantries have ability to stretch
that money pretty good. So $20, you know, $10 $20 here for us might be one thing, but they can stretch that in bulk. >> Absolutely. >> Um so y >> no donation is a bad one. >> Yep. All in this together. >> Question. >> Oh yeah, go for it. >> Um NBTA, I know you can't get into
specifics on it. >> Yeah. >> Should we lose, does that have to go back to town meeting again? So, >> we're we're not sure. Bob, you can correct me if I'm wrong here. As part of the decision, I'm I'm not sure if we we will be given our next steps as far as
when a decision is rendered to us. What um you know, we'll have to get with our council and see what what legally we can do depending on what the decision is. You know, >> I just want to go what we initially did drew up. >> Yeah. No, I >> just use that and say, "Okay,
>> I got to be honest. I I I don't want to speculate. I don't really have that answer. So, we'll see what the judge what the courts decide and we'll we'll get with our legal counsel and see what our options are. >> Y So, >> all right. Anything else? >> All right. With that, I will entertain a
motion to adjurnn. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Yeah. All those in favor? >> I >> I meeting is adjourned at 6:58. >> Thank you very much, guys. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. Doctor doctor.
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