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here. >> Good evening and welcome to the July 6, 2026 meeting of the Hampton Select Board and Board of Health. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Chief, could you do me a favor? Just grab that and put it on the table, you know, so it picks up the audience. All of them. Yeah. All of them. Even the

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the one in the back there. >> Yeah. Whatever. >> All right. >> Welcome, Brian. >> Thank you. >> Uhhuh. Okay. Minutes. >> Yeah. >> Excellent. First order of business is the I'm sorry. We are broadcasting from

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the Select Board meeting room at the Hamlin Town Hall. We are broadcasting on Zoom as well as recording the meeting. Is there anyone else recording the meeting? And yes, Kristen Rivers from the Times. Welcome, Kristen. All right, first order of business is

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>> Is note that um one of our select board one of our select board members is attending remotely. Eric, >> yes, I am here. >> Uh live from Hawaii. Good to see. >> Yeah, not Hawaii. He's actually had to

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work late and so he's attending remotely. So, first order of business is H police department. Tape Bruno is here with a perspective reserve part-time officer. Which is it? >> Reserve. >> Reserve.

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>> Correct. >> You have the floor. >> Thank you. So, I'm here tonight. Um came to us uh recommended from a couple of folks. As you know, we're still trying to fill out our ranks of reserve officers. Um Nate uh appears to be a

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good fit. uh we've interviewed him um full background has been completed currently working at Mount S College as a full-time officer uh but he feels that he can uh commit to us in Hampton and he was uh shift work primarily work some

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details as well but he's well experienced um he is fully certified post-certified uh completed his academy and importantly he's if you look at his resume there he's worked in several other uh agencies

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such as Hammond, so he's very acquainted with small town policing as it were. Um he is also familiar with all of our current computer systems and the uh systems we use for software. He currently uses those same systems. So that ties in

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nicely and we think that he'd be able to do a very abbreviated training period with us just to get acclimated to the town >> and the procedures and handling and then hopefully be able to come on board and start working once he >> certification is all in place.

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>> Everything is current uh postcertified. All of his training is up to date. And also a nice benefit is he gets all of his training through his full-time employee. >> So we don't even concern ourselves with that, which is which is nice. >> I like that. I assume back when you were

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Great Bington, you must have lived out there. >> Heck of a commute. Would have been from Springfield. Yeah. So, well, thank you for applying. Don, you want to give me your standard 22 questions? >> I'm gonna hold up.

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>> I can't open this up. I got it. >> It's not like this all the time. Really? >> I got what? What? >> I coughed. >> All right. So, I lost my I lost my train of thought. Oh, that train didn't leave

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the station. Eric, any thoughts? >> Yeah, I left the station years ago. Nate, you you you got you're at Mount Holio full-time, right? >> And you're still going to do Hadley part time and Hammond Sheriff's Department. The college here.

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>> Okay. >> Hadley is by the way. >> Nine is tough. >> You were one of two at hand, correct? >> They got rid of their part-time off last year. decided to focus on full-timers.

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So, myself and let go. But we were kept on as parttime TCOs, but we don't work shifts and we just didn't get away from >> Eric. Uh I have no questions. >> All right. Thank you. All right. Seeing that

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>> move approval >> subject to all >> subject to all certifications as established by the police chief. All those in favor? >> I >> I >> thank you. All right, you're on. >> Congratulations.

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>> Probably the hardest hour of your life was going through that, right? >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Right. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Appreciate it. >> Nothing else. >> Nothing else tonight. Let's table some table. Okay. >> Yeah.

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>> What' you do with the tables? >> Tell the chairs. We set up the chairs. >> All right. Nobody like you really. >> Thank you. >> How did over the fourth any issues in town or? >> Good answer. >> Some of our officers worked details any

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events and no issues. >> All right. Good. >> Thank you. Thank you. Okay, next on the agenda, we have an amendment to the highway CDA to talk about a new position. I believe you remember that Mark was in here a couple

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of meetings ago. We talked about I think it was basically a supervisor position. Brian, he wanted to create a performant position um so that he had coverage when he was not uh

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in the office. Um so position the swip voted to create position and then we just get to really derize and cross our teeth with the union stuff. This is it's just a simple paragraph that

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>> recognizes establishment of position and sets the rate. >> All right. So do we need a vote of the union to approve this as well? >> That is signed already. So that has been done. >> Okay. They did it on great. All right.

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So, this will be advertised starting >> um he's he's already advertised specifically. >> Yes. Okay. It's just formality. >> Yep. >> All right. Great. >> And that closing period is you know >> he advertised it.

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He advertised it last week sometime. So, I'm not sure exactly when it when it was. >> I think he's going to do >> All right. So, you need signature by the board. Yeah. >> All right. So, do we need a motion by the board to approve the amended contract? >> Yeah.

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>> Yes. Before we do that, I got a question. That the paragraph underneath the yellow highlighted one. >> Yeah. >> Did we do that? >> Yeah. >> I remember that. >> All right. Grab.

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>> Well, we talked about taking it out. I think we took it out of the other contract. >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah. Not this. Yeah. Move approval of the amendment. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I

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>> Eric, are you around during the week? Do you want just to leave this for your signature? >> Absolutely. >> Okay. Thank you. >> All right. We have a request for a auto dealers license BA Express. >> Thank you. We're early. >> Okay. I thought we were going to have

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more to do with the chief, but we took some of it off. >> Wow. I think I I think I know what you're saying about the chief, but okay. Put that aside. And the we're going to talk about the

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maintenance repair proposal discussion for the Wolver Middle School. We have a couple of emails that have been shared around, a little discussion, and some comments by both Don and Ryan. Thank you, by the way, for reaching out

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for the latest copy of the draft 205 of the regional agreement. >> Are they date and time stamp? It's important, you know, morning one, afternoon one. >> Yeah. >> All right. So,

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the part about I mean the we're all agreed on the core application that isn't a question I think we have is the transition time and I don't think we really have seen a good established plan for that to this

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point and I think some of the questions that we've raised haven't been answered we talked about having this joint meeting and we don't have a date for Yeah, do we? No. But we're going to need that because

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time is running short. If there's going to be something that would need to be addressed at a fall town meeting, if we're tenatively talking about closing the warrant at the beginning of September, which I think we are, we need to have this joint meeting either this month or early next month to allow for a

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followup if needed. Don, you really been deep into this. What are your thoughts? Well, first of all, they I'd like to know they they they put $105,000 in the budget for the middle school for building maintenance.

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>> I would like to know what that's going toward. I I don't It's not enough to say, "Well, if something breaks, we're going to fix it." >> They must have had some idea to put 105,000 because you would think, >> "Where's the detail? >> Where's the detail?" And plus, this is

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the time of year you'd be fixing those things when the kids aren't in >> Mhm. >> If there's that much capital, it's real work. >> Yeah. Right. Yeah. So like I'd like to know. >> You would hope that they had ordered the doors, they put them in and Yeah. >> The response we've received so far is

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it's contingency funding. >> What we found so far. >> Can How can you say how can >> that's that's what they said. I >> I know I know what they said. That's I guess that's my point. I I contingency funding contingency what I mean if you

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put that amount of money in a budget for building maintenance there's got to be something there that you at least one thing you're going to fix in the in the you know during the summer they're going to just let it sit there all summer long and then kids come back to school and something

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breaks and oh we're going to fix it then or we need to replace a door or a window or a >> well it goes back these these responses and we like to work as partners We certainly do, but some of these responses were I want to say double speak because that that's not the way we

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work together. But the answer like you there's 45,000 budget for Green Meadows. What's planned? Well, the increase is to keep pace for inflation. I got that. But what did you spend it on last year? What do you plan on spending it on this year? Right?

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>> You know, that's it didn't answer the question. None of them answered the question. So, and you go back to the floors, which were such a huge issue, and the front

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door and the changing the the keys and locks, which were all valid, but how come they're not here in detail? If there were such a thing, why aren't they still such a thing? If you don't repair the roof on your house at home,

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it doesn't mean next year you're not thinking about it still because it didn't magically get better, unfortunately. So, I'm not sure about Sophie's during the day, but doing during the day. Maybe she's up there. Couldn't say.

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So, I don't think we got a lot of response to your question. I think we really got to push back and say, when are we having this meeting? We're having a meeting on the 13th. We are not meeting the 20th. I'm not sure

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what Borham schedule is, but honestly, we're here for a job. We have a summer schedule because sometimes things in town are easier, but if we want to use one of our off Mondays for this joint meeting, I'm fine with that. >> Yeah.

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>> And if it's the 20th of July, fantastic. I don't think the so the timeline for their improvement plan I I think is targeted for early August the committee I think it's early August >> middle of August for that that committee

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>> but is there but is there improvement plan large capital expenditures that they're going to go to the fall town meeting for or is there improvement plan we have $100,000

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We're going to fix these things. >> My understanding is their recruitment plan could use some of that money, but I believe it's going to be that there would be a finite request attached with it for the fall town meeting.

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Well, and is in and do you suspect that those items that they will put on there are the very items that 10 years ago should have been fixed? >> I don't I shared with you the list that that was the the draft list that was handed out before and some of these look

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like the same items that have solved some of those problems like ventilation air quality improvements. Ventilation improvements. No, like for instance, they got upgrades to the current automated logic programs

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to allow for automation of outside air damage in classrooms unit vents based on is it automated now? Don't believe so. So for 60 years it was okay but now we have to spend to make it automated

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because someone can't go over and turn the lever. >> Um well it's the same thing we have here in this system here. So it's one base control ALS. Yeah. So >> yeah, we have we have the we have the system here and it's hooked up to the

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boilers, but we don't have it hooked to every single unit throughout the building. >> The new HVACs are that's what Herb said. He's setting up the schedule on his computer. >> They're connected to those. Yeah. >> Yeah. Those many splits are not the heat

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yet. No, >> they're not. But those are also the ventilator, >> right? So those bring in >> and that would be an upgrade. >> That's what I think that's the proposal is that. >> Yeah. >> But my question is if the building is going to be as we suspect

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>> transition >> transition to a new building, do we need to spend that kind of money to upgrade a building we don't own? >> Yeah. I mean, the other thing is that in dealing with these, you know, at at work, uh, the lifetime of these isn't

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that great anyhow. So, if we're thinking that this is a 5 to sevenyear period before the transition, that's probably as long as they'd last. And there would be an appreciable savings in utility costs. So, it could

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be something that would pay for itself over that 5year period. It does. It deserves flushing out, but I think it's, you know, like you say, we're not against it. We want details. That's all. >> We want details.

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There you go. What he said. What he said, Eric, what do you think? >> Uh, I I would echo everything you guys are saying. Absolutely. Tax dollars are going somewhere and, you know, we want to know what's being spent on what. And I don't think that that's out of the question. >> Not at all.

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>> Completely agree with you. >> Okay. But again, I don't want to keep kicking this down the road. When are we going to meet? When are we going to talk? When are we going to get some real They've had honestly Don, when did you bring up this 105 thing? Months. >> Months.

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>> And maybe the first answer should have been we're not quite sure, but by now you should be sure. As you said, we're going to be into the new we're in the new fiscal year right now. And this is the two months when you be doing that work. >> You're not cutting orders right now. You don't have a contractor coming in in two

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weeks to do that work. If it's major work, this is when they're doing it. >> So, thank you for their answers. We look forward to an opportunity to discuss them in person.

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That's how we roll. So, what time is that for at 6? Okay. Not early. Uh, regional agreement. So, John, Dr. Provos sent us back the most

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current copy of the regional agreement. Again, as we said before, 90 95% of it is things that we're all fine with. It's it's, you know, correcting maybe some numerical errors, maybe some, you know, some

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typos. But the part about the regional building is really the question. And Brian, you highlighted a couple of sentences that were

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concerning in terms of how they were addressing the potential site if the state is going to reuse the W middle school property. Yeah. The proposed language right now what um

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the timing is an issue because the what the agreement says is that the the Wilber Middle School will become a district-owned building upon invitation. um from the MSBA to the district. So upon

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invitation that would become middle school will become a district building with that >> during the transition time. >> It just is uponation right. So yeah, during that transition time, whatever that five to seven years may be, >> um, and whatever happens afterwards,

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after the building, it's not just that the it's not just that the district, it's not just that we treat the building as a district building for those five to seven years, it's in it's in perpetuity. It's forever. >> Um, so I think Wilberham would would raise questions about that. I would I

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would think too just from their capital obligation that you're transitioning the ownership of a multi-million dollar building to the region. There has to be some type of debt assessment one way or the other. And that to me is a huge question. Let alone the repair and upgrade part not being the

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responsibility of the region. But if they're giving that property and their capital asset, they've got a bigger question, I think. >> Yeah. I think there's a lot I think it raises a lot of questions, >> right?

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>> And and if it's if it's if it becomes a regional building upon acceptance, right? Let's let's >> play this out. >> Y >> So it's regional building upon acceptance five years done and then so any capital thing is where we'd be

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responsible for 20% of them. >> Yes. >> Right. >> That's Yep. >> Okay. And then let's say for instance the re the the state says okay you know you really need to build a new building >> right? So, we build a new building and now we got this vacant building and

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we're still playing. >> Now, the district owns it. >> Got another district. Now, we own a vacant build. Another vacant building, >> right? >> Right. >> Yeah. >> I don't know. >> Yeah, >> it's got to be fixed. Got to be fixed.

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>> Again, as we talked about, it's got to be fixed sooner rather than later. We have to have this discussion. Again our meeting schedule is 13 which is the this was the special not meeting right

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>> 13th >> 13th is the special so we are meeting the 20th and not the 27th okay so again if that maybe that gives him more time to think about it >> I think Warham's on every other week schedule >> right

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>> so 27th's a great time and it gives them a couple of weeks to at least one meeting to think about, you know, how they want to position it. But we got to get we got to get on this. All we're doing is pushing paper back and forth and we're not having a

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productive discussion. I'm sure it's frustrating to them as well. >> Yeah. And and what's so what's the what's the solution from from Hannah's point of view? I think Don had recommended in the past that maybe we don't need a a change, right?

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>> Yeah. I think inserting that language just >> takes a step back from where we were. >> Right. >> Yeah. >> I don't understand. I don't think we need a change in language. If you want to do maintenance to, you know, take care of the thing problems are taking

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care of then all you need to do is increase the maintenance account. >> Mhm. >> And go to the town meeting like we always do as part of the assessment, >> right? >> But in order to increase the maintenance account, we got to know that it's what we're doing. Again, I go back to the $105,000. We we said, "Okay, it's $

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105,000. We'll pay the 20% or 21% of our share of it, but what's it for?" >> Right? >> And and then in the future, they could put 200,000 in, they could put 250,000 in. It becomes part of the the whole assessment, >> right? Because it would just be

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maintenance repairs of the building. >> Yeah. Maintenance repairs of the building. I mean I >> so again we can make these points we can write letters but we need a face to face sit down let's have this discussion if both if both towns are off on the

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27th we'll do that if it's a day during the week we'll do that but I go back to the last time we sat down was the most productive meeting we'd had of the four or five we've had >> most because it was there >> because you put capital costs off the tables Essentially

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that's >> I'm not no just provide a good we said huge capital costs that are for the a much longer lifetime if it's a capital cost that's needed because in three years this is going to go make the case you know we're not unreasonable like Don

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said just make an explanation >> you know if you needed to keep the building running for five to seven years while the kids are there >> it's what you do >> right >> you know >> so Don suggesting that that that those types of projects could be funded

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>> existing through the existing regional structure, >> right? And then then then the issue becomes then the issue becomes the lease says $35,000 and I quite frankly I said you know yeah

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35,000 goes back to a regional agreement and you have to you know the capital and I said well so what you do is you make it 34,999 and fix them one at a time. Yeah, I think I see. But I think Brian's point

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is that if there's a capital thing and the building has not been redesated regional, how does the part of the capital get to him that has a bill? >> It doesn't. >> Right. Right. Perfect. >> Right. Now >> so since they're in the operating

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>> it's in the operating budget essentially happens. >> So maybe there's a mechanism needs to be achieved for that. But I think the part about turning it over into a regional building to me is a non-starter. >> Yeah. >> Because that makes no sense financially

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for either town. >> Or they could change their lease and say the capital thing is 50,000. >> And actually that because I mean the way things have gone up, that's reasonable. It's almost like that money the number we had for school building repair 15

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hardly did anything. Right. >> Right. you go one floor. >> Yeah, I agree with you guys. I think it all kind of comes back to the same the same kind of thing is what do we do in the interim, right? Um, you know, how is how are these costs going to be addressed in the meantime? And I agree

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with Don where amending it right now seems a little premature um and not as well thought out as it could be and maybe just to leave it alone in the meantime. I do agree with that. Even if you need some type of side letter or some type of memorandum

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agreement or understanding that you know fund it. >> Yeah, it's just this there's got to be a mechanism that you're paying a bill incurred by Warberham. So that's that's the thing

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and that's the part right now. If they were doing something to it, they're doing something to a property that Warham owns, right? and they'd like us to chip in and they may make a great case. Look, I need this is going to break in a year. We need to fix it. Fine. But how do we get that money over

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there? >> Yeah. >> And this could be very similar. Well, it can't be like SRO because at least that's at a refund building. Just have to figure out how, you know, maybe as a what's the word I'm looking

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for? put us to the regional something like that, >> you know, for the purpose of and it expires on this date or whatever. >> You know, I think there's a we can do something. We're all in agreement, but that language they have

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is too overarching for what we're talking about here. Really is. >> And that's what you you called out. You said this is so open-ended. >> Yeah. >> Y All right. But we're going to try and

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set up a joint meeting to try and work these out face to face. We suggest the 27th if that agrees with their schedule. If not, >> what do you what do you what what do you want to type on the 27th? >> Well, I think uh >> because they're not going to have that ready by then.

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>> I don't know about the regional I'm saying this this paragraph here. >> Okay. >> Everything else in the region I thought we were done with. >> Yeah, everything else in the regional agreement is fine. It's just >> it's just changing comply with the new laws and stuff like that. >> Yeah,

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>> they're the ones that have to work out the Excel sheet of the 1.75 vote and whatever on the way to vote, but the weighted vote's always been in there. >> I know. Yeah. The computer there. Okay, Bob, your vote counts.

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And a vote passes 4.8 to >> I would still like to know it if they have any plan for the $105,000. >> Right. Right. Well, that's if we're bringing if we're bringing the school into that as well or we just having this and I think

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>> that's a different >> I want to I don't want to say it should be a tight meeting but the meeting we had last time with our two boards and John was there really moved along well. It really did.

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We didn't have to do the go around the table. Yes, I think the number two pencil is the way to go. Boom. Boom. And there's 10 20 minutes gone by. >> You know how I feel about number two pencil. >> You're a soft lead guy. I know that. Yeah.

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>> All right. >> Okay. We can flush this out next week, but again, this is I think a direction we need to go. Don. >> Yeah. >> Totally agree. >> Okay. >> So, is this a three-party meeting or a two-party

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meeting? We like the composition of the last meeting. >> Two-party meeting. >> Yes. Well, two party meeting and John was there as well. Or it could be the chair. >> Two party plus one. One guest. >> One guest. Yeah. We don't we don't need the >> I was thinking that.

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>> I respect the the regional school committee. >> Mhm. >> We don't need them there at this meeting. At the meeting >> at this point. Yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. Uh, are we at six? We are at six. And that is the time set

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for discussion of a class two auto dealers license. Was this a public hearing or just an application? >> Public hearing. >> Okay. So, we have before us.

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>> Hi, Andre. >> Andre the express, >> right? And I saw you at the planning board meeting a couple of weeks ago. >> Yes. >> So, Andre, you are looking to open a used car business

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on Commercial Drive in the DJ Automotive Complex there. Okay. Five cars. >> Five cars. Five cars. >> Five cars. And I don't know if we're I know they had some

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uh diagrams at the planning board meeting. We don't have any of those to share. Brian, >> should probably be in your folder. >> No, I mean on on the screen. >> He does not have I don't >> because I don't know what Eric I don't know what Eric has in his hands. Probably nothing.

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So yeah. Okay. So, I was at that planning board meeting uh virtually. So, a couple of questions I had for you was looking at the property. You have the

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the old Stan auction building on East L Road and you're going to use the long building in the back, the barn kind of building or >> red building, big uh big red building. There used to be used to be the Stanton

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Auction building. >> Yeah. >> How much of that are you going to use? >> I will use just the office. It's 500 square ft. >> So you're subleting part of it. >> Yes. >> And one of the questions I had and they

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also I believe didn't DJ build that other building along commercial drive as well. And part of the concern I had during the other hearing was this is in my estimation kind of similar to the mini mall if you will. You have one

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big parking area shared by multitude of uses and they could have addressed that more but they seem to feel the parking would be adequate for your five vehicles plus any employees you have. Will it just be one employee or

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>> if you you're the man with the money? Hopefully. >> Hopefully. >> Look, are you doing it? I think this was asked before, but are you doing any repair on on the property? >> I uh I have I will have contract with DJ sales. He has the garage.

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I will bring for him for >> And you just do you do >> you just do detailing? >> Just detailing. Nothing. >> Okay. doesn't have a so I will not uh rent the garage. I I I will rent just the house.

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>> Okay. Is there anybody in that space right now or >> it has some uh some guys windows windows place windows something? Oh, you think it was

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Fred Sheay? Used to be across the street in the stained glass. >> Yeah, maybe. >> Yeah. Okay. >> All right. So, Lauren, what can you tell us uh in terms of paperwork, bond, all that?

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>> Turn everything into application. Copy the bond. Check. I think that's it. We got a problem. >> We need as far as I know. >> Okay. >> The planning board approved the

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>> they did. Yeah. Well, they did. They didn't take a formal vote, which in my experience that was typically done, but they felt it didn't didn't needed to be done. Uh they all agreed among themselves it looked like a good

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plan and forwarded along and watching they they had no concerns that Andre didn't address to them right there. He was very forthcoming. He had some good diagrams. He talked about you know just like he said he's not doing repairs on site some detailing

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>> detailing up to five vehicles might be three. You never know how business is >> well said typically Lamborghinis might be a Corvette. He wasn't sure. >> Might want your old one done. I'm not sure.

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>> So Eric Eric, any thoughts? >> Seems pretty straightforward to me. Mhm. >> Say I did have some concerns about but the entrance to the property is either is it from Wolver sorry from East Lamato Road or off of Commercial Drive?

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>> The commercial drive. >> Right. And you're going to put a sign up where? >> Uh I will put a sign on the doors of office. >> Mhm. >> The front on the street. >> No. Okay.

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All right. Move approval for the license for a express inc. >> All those in favor I >> I thank you. Thank you. Congratulations. >> What do you want to try? You pick up.

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>> We have moved along here. So, um we have a a letter that we'd like to share with the school committee. regarding the ongoing contract negotiations they've been in with and I always get it wrong whether it's group

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A, group B, whatever they call them, but >> they've settled they've settled with the teachers but they still have as far as we know ongoing discussions with the PAR group which may be cohort whatever they're called and uh Don has written a letter

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that he would like the board to endorse to share with the school committee our feelings how important it is that they get this going in a reasonable time. They've been going a year without the contract already. We have a new school year starting in less than two months.

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And it's only fair to these pair of professionals, many of whom live in this area and in this district. They have families. They're involved. They have children going to the school and it's just not right keep them going all along.

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So, so one of the points and this brings me up to another point. Something like this when we have these um letters that the board has endorsed, I'd like them included in the minutes we post online. Okay? And this may be going because we've had we've had a couple of messages

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go out and Don Shakespeare here authors many of them. But I think it's important that sometimes we read them into the record, but it's easier if they're part of the minutes that we post online. What do you think? >> Yeah, absolutely. They should be. >> Then we can go back check your spelling and make sure you know we didn't have a

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chance. >> Grammar and everything else. >> Your grammar wrote it. >> No, no, no, no. My grammar. Grammar. >> Okay, >> Eric. Can't believe you're missing this, Eric. >> I know. I know. I know, Don. Very well written. Uh I I support your letter

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completely. Well written. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Motion to endorse this letter and uh forward it off to the school committee. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I motion.

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>> Sorry, I missed that part. >> It's all right. I was giving it to you. We try and we try and balance the amount of uh motions and seconds, you know, at every meeting. >> Thank you. Sorry about that. >> It's okay. We'll put you down for it anyway. >> Well, Mark, we're marking you. >> I have a little counter thing like an

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abacus in front of me. How many Erics? How many dons? All right. Uh, okay. Uh, not sure. So, we haven't we have the ethics disclosure

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for Yeah. right? >> Why that's coming to us having seen these filed before they typically just go to the town clerk and that's it. So under uh chapter 268A section 19, it is

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the appointing authority of the town council um who needs to grant um a determination that that the attorney um

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>> that's not a conflict >> not have a conflict, >> right? >> So they're disclosing their financial interest. In this case, it's DHY Wallace, Hillsbury Murphy. Um, their attorney, Rebecca Tibo,

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represents um a land trust as regular client. um they're not party to this transaction because the transaction is between the land owner and the town for the conservation restriction but um opum is facilitating the transaction and

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she's being compensated for that transaction. So the question to the board is whether whether they feel that that there is no conflict of interest and that they can represent the town adequately.

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>> Well, but don't we have a new town council? >> Yeah, but this is just part of their wrap-up thing, you know. This is something >> Yeah, wrap up wrapping up. Yeah, I know. Rebecca's been a good uh

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good participant in all legal matters in the past gosh >> eight nine years that I can recall her. So >> yeah, >> it's one of the matters that that DWPM is going to >> Yeah. >> see through up. >> They're both Rose and our our town

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council met. I certainly had a good I certainly felt that Pacum was, you know, very reputable in their their actions. So I wouldn't have a problem with this, Eric. >> I I agree. I have no problem with it.

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>> So what's the motion you need? um our guest to approve this disclosure. >> We agree with the finding that there is no uh >> right >> no uh >> conflict of interest aware. >> Okay.

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>> So move >> second favor I >> I >> All right. You think it's just you? >> Press the team. All right, then we'll give it a minute.

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Probably lost. I mean, it's like the Pentagon here. They're in the outer ring, the inner ring, you know. So, huge, huge building. >> Don, can you give us give us a little heads up on the national grid thing? >> Okay. So, the national grid thing is

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we're trying to get electricity >> solar field. like that. >> Bring electricity to the the transfer station shed in the middle of the solar field. >> Yeah. >> Just panels on top of the shed, >> right? >> And uh the the workers there seem to

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complain it's a little chilly in the in the winter, but no heat. So, >> the count is approved $10,000 to get this done. The uh we were able to secure a poll for free. No questions

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asked. We were able to secure a poll for free. >> One of the double ones. >> Wait a minute. I get it. It's a joke on your hat. >> You're someone from the old country. Wait a minute. Okay. Yeah. >> Oh, we able to secure one. >> Uhhuh. >> Uh although they're stretching that wire

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long wire with the one we took down for the >> I thought maybe you were like merging two of the double pole you took down. Anyhow, we provide well that's been installed in >> and now the uh national grid needs to put a transformer

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on it and uh >> so this proposal is for them to to install a transformer and do the uh set up the service and that's 5,600

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excuse me 5,65753 >> and that will come out of the 10 >> that'll come out of the tent and then we'll need an electrician to run the wire from the pole to the >> Yeah. One thing I remember when we talked about this before, I think I mentioned to Brian or maybe yourself

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that Dan Hall did say that he would want a copy of the plan where the poll was put in. >> They did. I think they did. They did give me >> Okay, great. Yeah, just >> didn't see it being a problem, but since they're in charge of the caps and far away and all that. Okay. >> All right. So, we'll take a motion to uh

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approve this proposal. So I move. >> All right. Good. Second. All in favor? I >> will sign. Just going back to any disclosures.

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>> I'm on the second page. Sign one of them I guess under the termination. >> Oh. Don, you want to sign the proposal for the Oh, yeah. You did it. Okay.

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Okay, we have a couple request building youth requests both from the theater guild and Don, this is your chance. >> What are we doing? >> Auditions for Barefoot in the Park. Oh,

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I like that movie. >> There we go. I think it's like five or six characters. >> Can I Can I be the Can I be the guy that lived up in the attic? >> That wasn't That wasn't Broadway B. No, wasn't >> No, that that's

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He was the guy that Yeah, I want to be the guy in the attic. >> All right, that's September 14th and 15th. We gave him plenty of time to get off book. Okay. All right. So, he's looking for two days September 14th and 15th to use the

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this room here for auditions. Now what is the 14th 15th >> Monday Tuesday? >> So that's not good since we would be in this room on the 14th right.

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Um assuming large meeting room means this Lauren does it or is that the old selectman? Oh, that's the old room. >> 14 15 that is the old Okay. >> All right.

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So, the old selectment meeting room down the hallway, right? >> Yeah. >> Obviously, not a huge crowd wander around. And does the board have a problem with these two dates? No,

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>> I do not. >> Get a copy of the script from Warren. He'll be fine. The next application is for I guess rehearsal for Gypsy.

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Starting every Wednesday. Does that say every Wednesday? >> Yes. >> Is that what that is? I mean, I like Every >> every >> what?

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>> Oh, it must be a D. That must be a D, right? >> Wednesday. >> Starting September 9th. >> What is the 9th? >> Yeah, there must be a Wednesday after the 14th. So, it's Monday. Okay. >> A Wednesday. >> All right. Full disclosure,

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I got cast in the show. >> Really? Yeah. I'm the strip club manager. How appropriate. You think? I mean, if you can give me any hints, Don. Thanks. >> I know a couple people.

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>> All I know is you bring a lot of dollar bills >> and cookies. >> All right, I'll let that go. All right. So, don't we already have I understand. Don't we already have or is he adding a date? adding

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>> I thought we had approved like Monday, Thursday or something for rehearsals. >> He's adding dates for the Yeah, the following I believe and then the other ones. >> No, no, but I thought we had for this show here, we had already approved

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dates. So, is he adding Wednesdays as well? >> Yeah, he trying to add a third day as he got closer. I believe right now it's Monday. Monday and Thursdays or Monday and Tuesdays. >> Yeah, I think it's Monday and Tuesday, but okay. >> You know who else is in it?

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>> Tad. >> Oh, really? >> Tad Brown. Yeah, >> I bet she's pretty good. >> I retired. Why not? >> I'll swap with him. All right. Uh, so anyhow, so

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every Wednesday, every Wednesday night in the cafeterium rehearsal. I can't think of any inflicting uses on a Wednesday night unless was such a huge planning board public hearing or something, >> right? >> But that would be

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pretty unusual. I guess there may be I mean they'll be having one for by that may not be till October. So for if this is Well, >> I don't even think that would be that huge, Don. It wouldn't fit in here. >> Well, maybe they got to just that.

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>> Yeah. I mean, I would say it's approved with the caveat that if there's a public hearing or something by municipal board, they would have to change. Right. >> Yeah. Right. >> You agree? Yep. Eric, >> totally agree. >> Okay. Motion to approve both

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applications. So we'll >> second. >> All in favor? >> I we can finish up with these guys if we crank these last two things out. Okay. Uh they're back. The artisans are back and

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ready to party. July 16th. Oh, Thursday night they're having the interactive learning through art program. And what goes better than art with they don't even say what kind. It's

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just a one-day liquor permit. >> Wine. >> Wine. >> Just say wine. >> Oh, just wine. Okay, good. Well, if that doesn't make the art go better, happy little trees. So, they're asking for 6 to 8:00

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Thursday, July 16th for the sale of wine beverages at the senior center for the artisans. >> Move approval. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Again, this only begs the question of

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what happens when they come here. >> Same thing. We'll cross that. We did this. >> Cross that bridge when we come to it, I guess. >> Uh, Don, you got some >> I do. I do. >> Tell me there. Tell me there are some food trucks.

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>> We have There you go. Signatures there. >> I have a request for a permit to operate a one-day food service establishment on July 11th, 2026. Mhm.

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>> And this is for uh Jenny Jenny's Weenies. >> Jenny's Weenies. And it's hot dogs, kilbasa, toppings, chips, soda drinks, soft drinks, and sweets >> all in one place

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>> potentially. And then I also have a permit and a request for a permit for a one-day food service establishment also on July 11. This is for the Rocket of Summer event >> and this is from the Bella

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Born a Queen LLC. And the business has Spanish food, pizzas, appetizers, sandwiches, and chicken wings. Okay, they're seeking approval. What's this here? Oh, and another one here. >> Mountain View. No. Or >> Oh, yeah. Got it. We have another one

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here. We have Mountain View Restaurant, 46 Allen Street. Type of business is hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chips, and soda. >> Excellent. Well, some good choices. >> And oh, what is this?

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This is a total different thing. >> Yeah, >> hold off on that. Oh, okay. So, hold off on that. All right. So, we have three applicants for the rock in the summer event. >> Correct. Okay. I'll make a motion to approve them subject to all uh fees

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being paid to health department. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I >> I >> Okay. Now, this one here is a permit for a residential kitchen establishment. I'm a little confused by

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the note that's on here. Is that the one in Circle View? She mentioned she might show up and make it clear she wasn't permit tonight because Lori has to copy it first, >> right? I saw them at the planning board meeting also. They had no problems with it.

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>> All right. This is a a quest for permit for a to operate a residential kitchen establishment at 25 Circle View Drive. Oh, >> it's right near my place. I want to cook it at home.

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residential kitchen establishment. >> That's it. >> Yeah, I did see the applicants come into the uh planning board meeting last week or two weeks ago and uh plan board seemed to be in favor of it. Uh pending of course health department inspection

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approval of the whole thing. So I'll make a motion to endorse their application. I'll second. Any further discussion? All in favor? >> I. >> Eric, we'll leave these for your signature with Lauren and or Brian.

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>> Okay. Thank you. >> I have in front of me the last what I think are the last um applications for appointments. We have conservation commission. These are three-year appointments from July

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1st through June 30th, 2029. Uh, Concom Page Water District, John Plaster, I thought we did you. No, that was the voting thing. Sorry, that was the election part for the Council on Aging. Deanna

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Verette, Martin Jake, uh, Oneita Perez for the ZBA, Jed Berliner, and as associate member of the ZBA, Gary Weiner. I ask for unanimous consent for these seven people. >> So move.

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Second. All in favor? >> I All right. So, we go back to the last thing on our printed agenda, which is we had some questions about the fire st expansion. Yeah, that

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uh Brian shared with the committee and we thank you for your answers which Brian folder or where number three. >> Yes, >> that's not it. basically.

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Well, the board sent five questions, six questions, excuse me, to the committee and we thank Steve. We did hear that Mark Farber was under the weather last week and >> he's trying to make it. >> Do we wait for him? You think?

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>> Okay. All right. So, Don, I think you wrote these questions. We're going to let you uh question. You have the uh the list that they gave us last week.

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>> Scans, >> the things you asked me to scan. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Can share those if you want. >> Yeah. Go ahead. I I want the I want the cost thing first. That's all. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The four go to the

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four the four bay. That's why I guess we agreed on that, >> right? No, I mean they have the property they could build six skinny bays. I mean it's just you know what they can. >> All right. So my question was did the AR

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the OPM fee and the architect fee u was that included and it's not and that's I think that I think those two fees are a million20 $220,000 so that would put the total construction

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cost at the total cost at 8 million 800 8 million what 8,800,000 8,900,000 which is 600,000 more than the town approved for starters. So I'm not sure

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how that works out and I don't think is the and I would ask that is the does that construction figure include the uh uh system and that stuff you know.

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So the these construction figures are based upon square footage numbers that are used um to estimate cost of the construction. >> So so the the uh the answer is yes and no. >> Yeah.

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>> So so the the the estimated cost per square foot uh encompasses all those other anary things like systems and >> okay wells and all that. But to to tell you the truth, those have not been actually calculated.

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>> Tell you have calculated. So >> nor has the exact cost because the square footage cost is is based on an industry average going on right now. Okay. So uh our hopes are that when it goes out to bid that we'll have a

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bidding announcement actually come >> right. But I I guess my concern there was that that would you know that puts us already over what let's say for instance those numbers are correct. Uh

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and and the the OPM uh contract and the architect contract is a million20,000. That's going to put us almost 600,000 over what the town approved. So I don't know what if that's the case where we go with that. So, well, it would seem like

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the one place that you have some control over would be if in my mind what I would call phase B, >> right? >> The rehab part, >> right? >> Where you need money for the garage, build that the connector, and then after that, you look at like, well, we need to

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rehab the old thing here, but this is what we can do this year with what's left. So in a broad sense, what the intent plan is to do is to phase the renovations if you will the building

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>> and have them bid as alternate. So if the bidding environment is good, we can choose alternate one be done. Maybe not alternate three, that kind of thing. >> So the job is to get the bay built, the connector, and then see what's left. the connector and then yeah, I mean, we do

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anticipate being able to do some stuff. Sure. >> Maybe not everything. >> Okay. >> But again, we're still cautiously optimistic on a on a uh a good bidding environment. One of the reasons we want to get this >> rocking and rolling so we can get it out to bid while the environment still has

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some chance being good. >> Okay. >> If that makes any sense. Yeah. I see the three things and like I say one and two are the priorities and number three is you accomplish what you can accomplish. >> Yeah. >> Right. >> Yeah. Yeah. And that's why that's that's

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the phases that we spoke about earlier. The different phases ultimate we don't have the money. >> Well, it's like putting an addition on the house. This is the budget we have and if we can't do it all, we don't finish the bathroom. >> Yeah. For an example, you may have a

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bathroom on the second floor where you just plumb it, but that's it. You don't finish it. Right. >> Right. That's the same kind of idea. So that when the >> you have the money to finish it, the plumbing is already >> at that same time. >> Right. >> Yeah. >> All right.

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Except if you build a garage and you put your car in the garage, you still have to, you know, have a bathroom in your house. >> Well, and and maybe the bathroom will go

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on the wrong >> analogy >> analogy for you. Of course, there there are things that you won't get a occupancy without. like that would cost us getting an occupancy.

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>> Okay. So, let's say that these numbers are right. So, now you've got you got two estimated $2,500,000 for renovation of the the old buildings. Can you put the

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>> What did you want to see? Yeah, the the uh the the one with the the list. There's a list of Yeah, that okay. Yeah, that's the Go

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ahead. That one. So, this is from the Mitchell report and those are like the priority things and I think we've taken care of some of those already over there, right? like replacing the generator

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and those types of things. I think chief right we did the electricity electricity is done over there fixed >> the service was replaced >> and we got the generator in right and the emergency light. See, I guess my

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point is all all those I I I don't know all those things like emergency lighting, you know, those are things that we could take care of, I think, outside of needing an architect

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and those are, you know, >> right? I mean, we put the ventilation in for the vehicles, but obviously that >> even if you move it, you may not have enough because it's like now you got more bays than you had them hooked up to before. There's definitely going to be some >> work to it.

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>> What we did was we was needed, >> right? So, right, we utilize what we had. >> Sure. >> And then the intent would be the same. Utilize what we have. >> I got some screens for eight windows, but now I have 12 windows. I need more screens, right? Okay. the same thing.

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>> Yeah. >> But you'll have a base to work with. It's not like they're going to go bad. You can still use them, right? >> They are pretty new, right? >> And that was one of the big things Don pushed for before was those new breakaway exhaust. >> Yeah.

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We'll go to the next one, Brian. Keep going up. You know, those are all those are all repairs items that priority to two items. You can see that's like 174,000 and even

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if you increase that by 30% because the inflation area is still pretty low. >> Mhm. >> This is so this is the addition. So this is if this is the metric for if they did the addition. So go to that last sheet.

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Okay. This one or the other one? >> This one. >> This one here. Right. Okay. So, on this here, so is the decon room going to be where the four bays are? >> So, as we said there right now, it

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probably not what rendition were provided, but um it probably shows it there, but we did ask the architect to explore other options. >> And where would where would it go? So that's what we asked to go explore. I don't I don't have uh I think the latest

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set of plans that I saw this afternoon had the decon actually within the footprint of the connector but entered from the upper. >> Yeah. >> So I'm not sure exactly how that suits your

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>> but that's the latest. So that transition area between >> in the connector the connect area that's where the the gear is going to be all the uniforms I mean the equipment equipment. So the these are so the

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the um where the the numbers that are listed there are from the Mitchell report. That's they kind of set out the number of square feet that they thought would be needed for hose storage, men and women's bathrooms, laundry. the the items in parentheses

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are were not included in the in the Mitchell report uh but were on the original um the first iteration of the the first iteration of the of the drawing. So the gym was 400 ft. The kitchen and day room

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is 525 the rate room. So you go keep going down this. So inspector's office, chief's office, administrative, EMS storage, training, hazmat, the the fire gear room that they had the Mitch report is going

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to be in the connector. That's the gear, right? Your uniform, the air supply, the hydration was added. Decon's going to be and the thing. So that's a total of 4,089 square ft. So you still have a,000 square feet in that old building.

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And I'm just I I I'm quite frankly trying to keep this under $8 million. I think there's a possibility of it. As you said, you know, >> the problem is, you know, this is the Mitchell report was what? 2017 >> 2017

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>> and then we saw the >> no 20 >> 2020 >> 2020 >> I wanted to I just wanted to caution you with in terms of numbers there's been a significant >> I understand I >> well we saw the same thing in 2020 we went through the

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>> you know the highway edition which was 300,000 COVID hit and it went to 600 by the time I went to bid that transition time things have blew up so maybe some of the numbers they have. But I think as Don said, we're cautious with the money that

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all of us have to write a check for. >> So what can be done in terms of like moving this along so it's not inflating anymore? I think we talked about Don shown a good outline. The fact the bay is the important part there. You got to build

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it, but it's not it's not a castle either. It's a four bay structure housing vehicle. You got to do the word FFN inside it basically is the thing. You know the structure itself is the structure. You got to hang the exhaust things. You got

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to run power to it. As chief said maybe the 200 amp service isn't going to do. We got to go 400 amp. Maybe it's 400 to 800. You know that's a cost that's going to run out as well. One thing I did notice and you're right up here about the uh you know the septic field etc.

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And then the well is going to continue to service. I mean, you're on town water, so there is no well, per se. >> No, >> we're going to keep the existing well in hopes to serve the system. >> That's not a great well.

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>> I know, but it'll doesn't do a great job. But I think you're going to have difficulty keeping the septic field where it is right now. Yeah, especially with your landscaping and whichever to bring the trucks out of

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the bays, etc. >> I think we indicated in our responses there that occur. >> Yeah, likely it's >> more than likely it's probably going to end up being >> maybe hate to say under the tarmac because that's such a pain in the butt to service later. You know, maybe it

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goes in the back. Who's to say, >> right? >> Right. But then you get back into we all know it. I don't think anyone's seen a sepic field go in for under 30,000 lately. You know, >> we're somehow going to go over budget. >> Well, I think we're off. We're awful. You're already over budget. You know,

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worst case right now with this without being you're you're already you're already over budget >> with the architecture. with the architects view that's you know if those if those estimates are correct >> you're already over budget >> that's but like we just explained the

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phasing aspect bing as the alternates we have we we know there's a budget we have no intention to >> okay >> the town the more money than the good people have uh authorized us >> so you use the alternates to keep the cost under the approach >> I guess my question is let's say you go

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with that with that right that that figure so we're already we're already $900,000 over budget on or close to $900,000 over budget. How does phasing in the town

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you So if you just do that, you're you're still you're will still be over. So how does phase again? I don't I don't I don't >> So there's $2.5 million on the existing recap, >> right? >> Figures there. So that's the area where

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we have the have the play. That's the area where we can say okay um for example the kitchen the gym could be one things right with a lower priority obviously than the offices dispatch area right the training room. So I mean it's

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it's easy enough to prioritize the different spaces in the building right obviously things might be dispatch minimal offices we haven't even decided yet they're going to be full offices or or cubicles right that matter um

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training area right those all would take uh priority over um the the kitchen and the gym u which obviously are important and we would to get done at one day, but at this point if they had to be bid as

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alternates and that's what we would do to make sure we budget >> we we understand our legal obligation to not commit a ton of more money than was appropriated for >> and in fact we wouldn't because we have to bring it to you ultimately when the

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bids are done ultimately it's the board's >> decision to sign up on >> y when do you can be able to go to bed. >> Anticipating we get an approval in the somewhere six, seven months bid

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documents or maybe a little less depending on what we find which will put us up to bid mid to late winter. Right now >> it takes that long to six more months to get the bid documents.

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>> Why? Why? >> Well, you got four you got four you got you got four metal buildings. You know how big they are. You know where they're going to go. Why is it take six, seven months to figure out a bid process? >> You have to do survey. Have to do a full

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geotech. Have to do a title five assessment. We'll have to do additional test pits for storm water. Entire system site has to be designed. We have to design all the systems within the building. We have to go through permitting with

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the town. It it will be a six-month process if it is streamlined. >> And is all those cost is all those costs figured into that >> part of your architect and and fees?

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Yes, that's what you're asking. >> And the continuous what's the contingency fee for? contingencies. I know. >> So when we run into something that's unanticipated, some money there, deal with it. >> Let me ask you this. Some of the things

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you talk about buying inside, you know, the equipment racks, decon things, you're getting them no matter what. Is there any advantage to buying them now before prices go up and just finding out where we can store them?

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to get in the store. >> Might be, Peter. You might be right, but I'm just saying if there's a possibility they're going to go up by time we go out to bid and whatever, >> we can we could make that evaluation, determine what the risk is, >> but every dollar that we commit today,

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>> is a dollar that we can't commit to the building project later. So, there has to be a priority in terms of building versus the equipment and whatnot that goes inside it, >> right? But if it's equipment that you know you're going to be using in the building, the decon racks, the things

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like that, that no matter what they're in phase eight, I think there should be there should be an option for the committee to say yes, hey, get it now because we're being told after the first of the year that stuff is going up 50%. >> So that that's something that we could

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look into. I would expect a lot of that, not everything but a lot of that existing state bid was list >> could be right. >> And if they can then wouldn't anticipate cost. So

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>> yeah, but again if you're going out they get late winter whatever you never know what's going to happen, >> right? Peter, you're right. We have to store it somehow. But maybe it does work out. You know, you get a nickel time right now. You're not looking at the big picture.

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>> It is the big picture, but again, the FFN is is a part of it, too. You're building a building, but you're outfitting it, too, and you probably got several hundred,000 worth of equipment you're putting in that building. And maybe you buy it now for 250 instead of 375 later. That's the type of valuation

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you would come up with. Keep that in mind is all I'm saying. Yeah. >> Eric, your thoughts? No, I completely agree. You guys are very thorough, asked all the right questions. Um, I think we we're kind of in agreement. We just kind of need to

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kind of manage costs appropriately, but we also need to also move forward as well. >> No. >> Any more? >> Okay. Thank you all for coming here tonight. You know, I know you guys have busy lives as well. You travel, but uh,

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thank you for coming out. Any questions for us? Yeah. The last item here is we're sitting down. We posted a meeting after this meeting so that we would sit with the architect. Say what's >> You want this room? >> You don't have any >> You want the room? Is that what you're saying?

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>> No. No. I just want I just want >> You want to be on Zoom. You want a committee on Zoom, don't you? >> We want to move forward. That's what we want. >> I agree. Good. Look, I hate to, you know, bring you in every week, but if it helps, move it along, you know, then let

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the question sit there. If you need direction, if we need information, this is how we get it back and forth. >> Oh, absolutely. Trust me, if we anything comes up that is surprising, >> be the first to know.

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>> Oh, I know. I'm right in. Shoot. I'm a golf ball head away from your building. You know, >> not your go, not your hit. I'm saying a a real golfer. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. >> One thing, you got to look at the big picture. >> We're talking six months before we get

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into golf. >> Mhm. >> We're still not even get this thing rolling. The time this thing gets to be nine months. >> Well, that's what I say. We got to like we have to stop this if we And that's why I'm asking, are we at the point with

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Don? Are we at the point to say >> a month, maybe more? >> Start your things. There are things in your bid process that aren't going to change no matter what. Start them now. You need the survey. You need the title five. You need whatever those things,

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you know, >> just give the authorization. >> Thanks, that's >> from us. I thought we gave you the uh contract, right? Yeah. Well, you guys are good. >> We're going to move forward, right?

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>> I think we should. Eric. >> All right, >> Eric. >> Yes. Yes. Move forward. Yeah, I agree. >> Thank you. >> You'll always have a place here at our meeting. >> Uhu. I don't think you will, but Okay.

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the whole squad. All right. >> Ah, boy. >> Um, as a note to the board, last week, we did not meet. So, I signed the the two warrants provided to us from the town treasurer. The AP warrant for last

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week was $519,46.82. Wow. The pay the payroll warrant. That's the important one. >> Yeah. Yeah. That was us. >> $73,5424 and the 24 cents split three ways. We each got 8 cents. >> Yeah. Thank you.

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Uh we did sign them this week. Eric will hold those to you as well. >> Okay. >> And there are four because we have this was the split uh fiscal year warrants. We will have the town accountant and town treasurer in next week at least the

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town accountant maybe the treasurer to with the advisory committee to review end ofear transfers lineto line transfers and I anticipate being quite a few of them giving them any trouble.

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Don't mess with the town clerk. All right. All right. So, member reports. Nothing. Nothing. >> Uh the only thing that I have is very minor and that's just the uh Eastern Hampton Shared Public Health Services. We have scheduled our second by an by uh

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annual meeting and that's going to be Wednesday, September 2nd at 4:30 p.m. Other than that, that's all I have to report. Okay. >> Thank you. Uh, oh, that does remind me if we're going to have that joint thing, can do we want to bring up the health thing at the same

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time? What the heck? If we're meeting with Warham and John's there, >> what health thing? >> You know, hey, let's look at uh health insurance. >> Oh, yeah. Okay. Yes. Yes. >> Good topic for the three people we're talking about. Yep.

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>> Yeah. Well, good point, John. Yep. All right. John administrator. Well, first born. >> Okay, it's all on you, Brian. >> Um, >> come on. Come on. They kick off at 8. >> Uh, I have a call 10 a.m. tomorrow with

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charter. Try to wrap up this neverending uh cable license agreement. >> Do we have cable into this building? >> I would seem like the school would have had cable. And as part of our agreement, the

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municipal buildings get free cable. Y free basic cable. Yeah. >> All right. Is that something the library would like to take advantage of? Parks and wreck. >> Um >> they'll bring it in, but I will be on the hook for wiring it from here to wherever.

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>> I'm not that may already have outlet. So um we're still waiting to hear back from a paycom about the CR. um July 6 um >> process. >> So u again it'll be a conservation commission vote uh conservation

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commission acceptance uh so approval that conservation restriction but I believe the deadline for that that we were told was end of July. So hopefully put that on the agenda soon. >> Uh we received notification today that they're moving forward with the um

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bridge improvements on road river >> preparing one of our better bridges in town. >> Yeah. >> For break. Um, >> how about if we rename Main Street Mil Road and they fix that bridge, >> put a sign on it.

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>> Yeah. You know, hey, no, no, this is Mil Road. Really? Yeah. >> Then they're going to be starting work on the South Road Bridge project as well. I think they said within the next month. Um sound like the timing for the the

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Mill Road bridge will be sometime let's see bids were due I think that letter said bids are due to mass time at middle of August so probably project but it's both of those will be single name

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>> well more important for the south road one because that detour what you said seven mile detour >> over not a very good code. >> That's it. >> You never got an answer back from Entree on our questions, right? And you saw I sent a couple email said we're still

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frustrated about their inaction at the senior centers. >> All right. >> They've made us buy computers four or five months ago and they're still not installed. >> Yeah. Our account rep is back tomorrow. >> Okay. Motion to

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>> second. >> Brian, you got anything? John, you find a new member yet? >> I don't know. >> But the system's working good. >> Like to hear that? All in favor? All right. >> Bye.