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Part 1 (Video ID: tKnF5HaCnWA):
- 00:00:03: Meeting Opening, Minutes Approval, Loader Discussion Begins
- 00:06:46: Loader Purchase Precedent, Chapter 90 Fund Discussion
- 00:12:24: Loader Purchase Approval, Cemetery Paving Discussion
- 00:18:39: Laughing Brook Bridge Condition and Repair Options
- 00:25:22: Chapter 90 Funds Availability, Landfill Bag Auditing
- 00:29:18: Town Meeting Preparation, Warrant Review, School Budget
- 00:39:20: CPA Property Recusal, Town Meeting Logistics Update
- 00:43:59: Electronic Voting System Discussion, Audio Visual System Upgrade
- 00:51:22: Little Free Library Proposal at Green Meadows School
- 00:54:45: Cannabis Reform and Home Delivery Waiver Options
- 01:02:26: Cannabis Delivery Enforcement, Building Use Requests Review
- 01:08:09: Liquor Licenses, VFW Pavilion Rentals Approval
- 01:10:29: Water District Intermunicipal Agreement Discussion and Approval
- 01:14:34: Board Member Reports: Wolcott Middle School Meeting
- 01:19:01: Town Report Status, Regional Dispatch Budget & Meeting Adjournment


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Absolutely. Okay. Thank you. >> Uh good evening and welcome to the May 4th meeting of the Hampton Select Board and Board of Health. And let's stand for the pledge of allegiance. May the force be with you. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We're meeting in the selectman meeting room, select meeting room at the town hall. This meeting is being broadcast on

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Zoom as well as being recorded. Is there anyone else recording the meeting? >> No. >> Hearing no. Okay. First order of business are minutes of April 6th. Talked about we talked with her. We

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talked about the annual tummy meeting warrants. We talked about the Tom meeting. We looked at some rental use agreements. We had an update on this mutual school district agreement. We voted for the animal inspectors plus awarded the

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contract for the fire station architect. Many many other things until we 165 minutes later. We are efficient and quick, right? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Motion to approve. >> Second.

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>> All in favor? >> His shoulder. Pat himself on the back. >> No, I know. Period. >> You got it. >> I mean, Rick, when you were on the board, we went like seven, eight hours for some meetings. >> When I was on the board, cut and paste meant cut and paste. You cut and pace.

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>> I don't think we sat down. Our meetings were so quick, right? We just stood, called the order, voted, and left. >> And he said, "I'm done. We're going." >> Thank you. So, we have the highway superintendent here who wants to buy something new and we agree with you. So, we talked

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about the loader you've been asking for and paying for it out of the 2026 chapter 90 money which we had purposed for the South Road Bridge. The state came through, raised the money they were paying for the small bridge program so it wasn't

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going to cost us anything. And that money would technically be available for another purpose. >> You found out that the loader is a valid purpose, but the plow is not >> correct. >> Okay. So, what kind of money are we talking about?

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>> So, uh finally got a clean quote from uh Tyler Putman. um and the the organiz or the the same bid uh I don't want to say company the

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organization that they use is works well so that's accepted with um accepted by chapter 90 so the quote for the loader um minus the plow is u 177,927 um I think I had sent that over and on

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the back is you know all the specifications with it. Um aside from that the the plow which we would need to you know finding for is $15,730.

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Um, chapter 90 does not cover any snow and ice equipment or mowing equipment, but they will cover um they got trucks over a certain weight limit uh wheel loaders, other you know other pieces of equipment,

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>> but we have bought plows and bodies as well out of snow and ice in the past. >> We have seen >> even Yeah. Yeah. I mean that's yeah that could that could be in

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>> now in terms of leftover. So you have two loaders now. The old one that you most times use it for loading the salt. >> Correct. >> And the new one which goes on the road. >> Yes. >> Would you now take the newer one and make it salt use?

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>> It would load sanders for sure. Um, and then in certain situations, um, I'd be able to put the plow on it and and have it on the road. Um, >> you know, we get into winters like we had this year, which we've been spoiled

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>> over, I mean, last 20 years, it wasn't. Um, this wasn't a bad winter compared to some other ones we've had. compared to the last 10 years, you know, and if that starts to trend that way, you know, any

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hope we can get um plowing, especially with bigger plow, bigger machine, something that can move some stuff, you know, the better option. And and not to mention, um it would come

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come in considerably handy with the parking lot here. Um, if I can get somebody out in that machine, you know, towards the end of the storm, we get all the sanders in, load them up. Now we're done loading sanders and that machine just throws on

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the plow and comes down here and and >> even with the bucket, it's easier to shape what you're doing here instead as opposed to just push push push. Yeah, >> I guess I envision with a plow, but um yeah, I mean even just getting the stuff away from the building, we get a head start on that and then when the bigger

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trucks are ready if needed, >> we you know, can >> I saw the email you sent uh you copied this from >> Chris at DOT? >> Yes. about how to pay for it. And he's suggesting you could do it over several

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years, but I'm not understanding what he's talking about about affecting next year. This was the 2026 money in your construction schedule. It was taking care of the overage on the South Road Bridge. It's not affecting a project

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that we had in mind at this point. >> Correct. And and that may have been something I didn't tell him. I think he was >> he was making that recommendation based on like you know we were spending year to year and and we didn't have this

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surplus uh you know um he said you know it's not too often that somebody just goes to dealership and pays buys a loader in full that you know that day or whatever. >> Well the other thing that he talks about you know plan it out for the next five six years and pay a little.

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We're actually at the end of the 10-year bond thing, you know, so we would be making a commitment against honestly money we don't know we're actually going to get because we don't know the chapter 90 bond will be renewed at the same number. >> Could I offer you something on that? >> Yeah. >> So, if you go back maybe check um I'm

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going to guess 93. Take a look at the uh town reports the photo with the two trucks on it. So back then question came up about buying two trucks and financing or not financing but at the time we had the money available. So chapter 90 we made the time but it was money that was

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available in that we had >> and the feeling at the time was it was much better to make a purchase all at once when you have the money not get caught up in the interest and take care of the debt. Then there was some back and forth. A couple folks went and talked to do they came back and said well you should do this this and this.

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and I had a conversation with the O and explained exactly what we >> and the response came back, you're well within your right to do it and it's going to be smarter to do it and save the town the interest and say dragging the debt out especially when the future's uncertain. So we went to the special town meeting and we bought those two trucks. So there is a precedent for

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buying piece of pieces of equipment like this all at once especially when you got no money in your pocket. >> And I go back to the same thing you talk about the chapter 90. Well, chapter 90 doesn't cover every paving project you have. It's not like you can take that chapter 90 money and say, "Hey, I'm going to do this side street and that

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side street and that side street because those typically aren't chapter 90 projects. You know, your 90 projects are main street Allen Street. Your big number jobs. I wish you could do the parking lot with that money." So to cut to the chase

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here, is the board reasonably in favor of Mark going do due diligence with the town administrator and using the 2026 chapter 90 money to purchase the loader. >> What was he talking about the road putting the road paving off five years?

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What what >> So I think what he was trying to put an email I I spoke to him about this. He he tried to put in an email. under a normal year, say we were getting 250,000

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>> uh without the the supplementals or whatever. >> What he's trying to say is if you if you spread it out, you saves you're saving some chapter 90 for some road work is is all he's really saying. I will go >> pay amount for the loader over the

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course of five or six years a payment a lease payment or whatever but you're not >> you know >> but this chap money is money that we kind of put aside for something else >> right something I'm not sure he >> right but I think he's talking Rick help me with this there was one time we were

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talking about doing I think it might meant the drainage and paving of Warham so much it was going to be we're not going to do it this year but we're not going to spend chapter 90 this year and then next year we'll have two years worth of chapter 90 that we could put towards it was going to be a five or

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$600,000 project. And I think that's kind of what he's saying. Sometimes you may have to save your 90 money for a bigger project the second year. >> I'm more question using he's also using $238,000 as a purchase price. This is 175, right, of chapter 90 money. So

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that's a big var >> and we're still going to have 60,000 left for >> right >> adding to next year's balance for maybe a bigger project. So Mark, just a couple questions if you don't mind. So the 175 looks like just to just reiterating that that can that's with trading at right.

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>> Yes. >> Dear loader. So we're trading that one on for that. You get it on the 177. And then on the second page I noticed the um 157, but it says install not included. Do you need installation materials when or is it one of the plows are just kind

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of like is all the hardware on the loader and you just kind of like >> snap it on? snapping out, you know, like a quick connect system. I'm not sure about the huge equipment like that. Um, or is that something else that needs to be purchased? >> Uh, you know, Eric, that's let me let me

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check on that. Um, thinking that the hydraulics could be installed because there's other attachments, construction attachments, use um the front hydraulics. Oh. Um, but I I'll confirm

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that, but I I don't think there would be an issue with that. I think it would come through with the hydraulics and then what we would have to do is just >> the plow comes with all hoses as well. >> I'm just I didn't know like the loaders if it's just like a universal bracket that it does or like like a truck you

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got by push plates and all that stuff. I don't know if you get like a plow prep package for a loader, right? >> You know, I'm just throwing it out there. >> Really just a detachable, you know. >> Okay. Y >> that was one of the things when you bought the excavator or the tractor last you really like the fact that it had a

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lot of accessories that would quickly snap on and go. >> There's no installation. >> Hey, the one question before we vote on that this evergreen terrace thing and he says you need to >> I assume it's a typo on his part. >> Yeah, >> because he says you got to spend two

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2900k more for that project. Now I'm not sure what you're using for paving, but I'm sure it's not really $2 million more. 29. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> I mean, that's not really >> 29 2900K. There it be 2 million,

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>> right? I mean, repayment >> $2,900. That was like a nice have a nice street over there. >> Really marble like the old Romans. That's nice. Yeah. >> Evergreen people. So, how do we feel

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about the loader? Move for motion. >> Motion to purchase the loader. >> We got the 90 money. >> 90 money. Yes. >> Second. All in favor? >> I finally off the plate. Oh my gosh. That was on our desk, >> baby. >> And we'll decide about the plow for

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>> Yeah. >> I mean, you'd still like to get a plow for >> Yeah. I'm sorry. >> So, I mean, I will decide about the plow. >> Yeah. Maybe I hate to put it against snow and ice because we're already at two of them, right? >> Well, maybe next fiscal year,

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>> right? >> Yeah. Were we supposed to ask Mark about the paving thing at the cemetery? >> Yeah. >> From last week. >> Did you watch our meeting last week? >> I did. >> You enjoy it? >> I did. >> Great.

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>> I enjoy all. >> Oh, boy. There's a like. How many is that for us so far? >> Likes. There's two likes. suits everybody somehow. Yeah. >> Anyhow, so yeah, it's going to be nice. Have a

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cookie. Um, so obviously Dwayne was talking about paving a little farther in than just the apron at the entrance. Are you going to be able to accommodate this 130 ft? Obviously doesn't qualify for the chapter 90 money.

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>> Qualify for chapter 90, >> you know. um just this had come up almost similar situation several years ago uh the other cemetery and you know I I just

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I just want to make sure the board is aware and um and if it's something I am going to do that I have their quote that that they got for the 130 ft was uh roughly $12,000. So, >> is that a skim coat basically?

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>> I'm sorry. >> It's just a skim coat at that point or >> Yeah, it's um you know, they're going to notch out or they're going to do a mill keyway at each end and then a inch and a half overlay tap over >> $12,000. So, when I figured it in with

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our town prices, you know, it it came into a little under 5,000. So, um I >> So, their price was 12, but your price is five because it's part of the town >> five. It could be around five with, you

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know, they um charge mobilization fees or anything like that, but roughly around 5,000. So, a significant savings, but again, I didn't want to commit to anything uh until, you know, I wanted to make sure this was, you know,

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>> talked about forward. >> Okay. So, one thing that wasn't talked about and we had a great use of the Google Earth, etc., but you're going in and it was maybe 10 20 feet past the intersection of the road to the right. >> Yes. Then another 10 and something feet

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down they're putting in the new turnaround or the culde-sac >> as part. >> So right. So we're going to have now this stretch of the old in between basically. >> I think that's in better condition. >> Yeah, I was going to say it's in better condition.

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>> I'm just saying. Okay, so patch patch patch patch patch. How was the road to the right? >> Uh little broken up. I may have gone into that maybe a few feet just to make a line instead of right at the, you

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know, straight line. Can't remember. Um, I can double check. >> But all in all, I mean, there's significant savings. And >> I and I agree with you. I just I don't want to be in a situation where we're going back every two years and okay, we're doing another 30 ft and another 30 ft. You know, if you're doing the floor

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in your house, >> right, >> you're doing both rooms because the guy's there doing it. That type of thing, >> right? And also if it's something that's too much for you to take on, you also want to make sure you're not, you know, taking on more than you can handle, you know. >> No, I mean, you're jobing it out anyhow.

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>> Yeah. I'm sorry. >> You're dropping it out anyhow. >> You're dropping out anyhow and you're going to save money. I, you know, you can't >> really And that's what it boils down to is the money. So, I'm still I've got the paving crew coming back into town and finish up FY26.

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Um, so I'm still things are kind of up in the air as far as money, you know. I mean, I'll have a better idea. I mean, we're going to have enough and we're going to, you know, get everything done, but as far as uh leftover, >> you know, um, and if it's something, you know, or,

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you know, or or I push it over to um FY27. Awesome. >> Okay. I just like to get a better feel that we're not going back again and again. And if you said, "Look, we're an extra 2500 bucks. We're going to go 70

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ft down to the turnaround on the right, and we won't be back there now for 15 years. We're all good." Something on your >> Do you mean the the uh the little the road to the right? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Okay. >> I'm saying your expertise. So, look, I could spend a little more and you're not

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going to see me back on this road now for 15 years. That's I think something we'd want to consider. Well, and I can certainly when I when I have the uh the contractor in or or even beforehand, we can take a ride up there and I can get his >> his thoughts on it. Um but our prices

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would be, you know, a lot cheaper than >> Right. >> Here's the thing. He was talking about spending 12,000 on it. You're spending five. How much would he get done with his 12 at your rate? >> Yeah. >> You know, you probably have the whole thing done. >> That's how we did Spring Metal Lane.

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>> Yeah. Back in the day, we used our rate on their on their >> on their work. >> We saved them a ton of money. Sure. Again, precedent. We've done this type, which that's not new. >> No, >> we did the same thing. >> Well, when you're seeing that kind of savings, okay, you give me the money, look how much we're going to get done

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with your money at my rate, >> right? >> So, let's not make a decision on that right now. You could do more investigation. I think that main thing is I just wanted to make sure you know >> we all you know we were all

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>> right. Um the other thing we talked about want to talk about Laughing Brook Bridge. >> Yes. >> Obviously long history to it. Steve Tyler the MVP project I think Bob started you know but I'm more concerned about the actual

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bridge itself. Putting aside the hazardous mitigation part was trying to sell us on, you know, the Tobin bridge in here. You know, we get back to the actual bridge structure needs work. I did notice the one the rail on the north

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side had fallen. Then going by the other day, the south side is even worse. >> I mean, the the cement is worn away. Railing is missing on half of it. You've got the cones there because the state told you or worried about the travel part on beams one and 10 which are not

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even in the travel lane. But now I'm worried about there's actually nothing on the south side really protecting from the river. So I go back to are we, you know, with that MVP, you know, the the bridge, whatever for

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three, $4 million for the one in a 100redyear flood as opposed to the safety upgrade for a bridge that's in much more travel than any other bridges that DOT comes back to us about.

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And we can repair that for much less than that kind of money. We're talking maybe you weld a couple new beams off almost like we did on either Summers or South Road. We raised it, weld a couple plates on, we dropped it back on and get down again.

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>> Summers Road, >> the temporary repair 20 years ago. >> Yeah. And done great. Done great. >> Yep. And same thing like that. And put some new sides on. You're talking you're in the hundreds of thousands, not millions. Correct.

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>> Right. I mean, maybe. Yeah. >> Now, we're not >> some, you know, procedures and state, you know, procedures. >> Well, I'm sure, but we're also not talking $4 million project like the replacement that Tyler was talking about.

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>> And to me, for what we need there, which is a safe bridge, but would that qualify for a small bridge? Is there a limit on small bridges? Can you get a new small bridge every year? As far as you know, >> as far as I know, there is no limit on the applications for a small bridge.

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>> Okay. Um I'm kind of new to that. Maybe Brian >> might have more information, but um >> Right. It's up to a million. >> No, I'm saying you could get a new one every year if you if you qualify. >> I don't believe that there's a a uh >> cap on there cap on. >> Okay. >> And it is

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>> but there's going to be engineering costs that we're going to have to front. >> Yes. if we're going to go that route. >> It is considered currently as as a small bridge like right and I when I replied to that email I had honestly I had not watched the meeting but I almost said exactly what you said. I mean it is

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currently considered a small bridge so we technically could >> um you know apply for you know small bridge. >> I know it just surprises me that the state comes in they say hey look at Mil Road. Hey look at South Road. Hey look at Rocket Nundy. I'm like here's this

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one on Main Street. The sides are falling apart. >> I agree. >> Yeah, >> I agree. >> Where's this guy ride when he gets the other road pictures and you go buy it? >> Even if you took those plastic barriers off, some concrete jersey >> something. Yeah. >> You know, they're high enough you don't

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bring it up higher so you don't even see it >> broken rails. >> So, it's something I'm wondering about. Is it something you can investigate and get better quoting and perhaps work with Brian on what it would take for an application to the small bridge program

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for Laughingburg Bridge? And as unless the board is interested in pursuing the TIP program for the full $4 million bridge replacement because right now we have a TIP application I believe in for Rockadundi.

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And don't we have a tip thing in for potentially the intersection? Bob was talking about that one time. >> Yeah, I don't think we ever did that. >> That's that's a that's a that's a conceptual design study through

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that could be a potential funding source, but I I don't believe into any kind of >> you know number six million for that one. And then the Mill Road Bridge, that's a different that's not under tip, but you know, >> that's only small bridge.

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>> No road program. >> Yeah. So, that's another yet another program that states come up with. It's more like a it's kind of like a tip, but they're they're streamlining everything and uh the projects are supposed to get done a lot, what I understand, a lot. Well, the fair, that's the one Steve

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Tyler was talking about for Main Street as well, but it had a cap on it and it was too much for the fair program, right? >> Yeah. And the fair program, we didn't have much input on the fair program. >> They did it strictly off the the bridge inspections. >> Okay. And what's wrong with Milro

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Bridge? >> I to be honest with you, John, I I don't know. >> Okay. >> You know, same as rocket. It's lowhanging fruit as I was told. >> Yeah. >> That they can quickly Well, I shouldn't

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even say quickly because that they can they can spend some state money, >> right? They grouped a bunch of they grouped a bunch of similar projects together within each region and then they're going to they're going to do one procurement going to hire one contractor and they're going to do it all at once.

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>> So suppose this program is supposed to be a lot more streamlined. Guess we'll see. But to answer your original question, I'd be more than happy uh to talk to Brian and you know, okay, >> I'm thinking it might be something that

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we would have like Brian said, we would need you know, at least the services of whether it's BHP helped us with South Road and I thought they were really good or another consulting firm to you know. >> All right. But you're saying the

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process, right? We'd have to front something to get that taken care of. >> I think so. I think you need chapter 85 review. >> Which is unfortunate because Yeah. had a chapter 85 review done for the new bridge. >> Um we would need another one done for

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whether it's a rehab or repair or >> Okay. One second. We were going to use chapter 90 money for the South Road Bridge. Now we've spent 170 something on the loader. of the 26 money, we still have 50 60,000 left.

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>> If it was okay to use it on the south road bridge, can we use it on the engineering money for the Laughing Brook Bridge? >> I would think so. >> To qualify for one bridge, why not the other bridge >> if we're selected? >> Okay. I'm just saying there's possible

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funding source for because I mean it's still back to 26 money. >> That was bridge repair money and here's another outlook. I only bring it up because I go buy it. Don, you go buy it. You spend, I don't know, four or five days a week wake up the landfill. You see it every day.

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>> Yeah. So, some of the new bags. I'm auditing the bags. >> What I do is I count them before they go in and I count them after they go in to make sure that the numbers drive. >> Wow. >> That's why I made a little.

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>> All right. So, is that something you can uh put on your right >> and then hopefully it would be a matter of timing, too. Um, >> again, these stands move awfully slow. So, um, I'll get I'll get going on trying to get some information. Okay.

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Actually, fiscal year 27 is our year 10 of 10, >> chapter 90. So, >> we'll have to >> Okay. >> You know, see how that >> you have a full complement of workers. >> I'm sorry. Do you have a full complement of workers? Do you have >> I do. >> Yep.

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>> Are you starting to prep up the 27 construction schedule? >> Yeah, I've got some ideas. I'm not um I'm not I'm not done with that. I want to see exactly what I have left for, you know, um because I still might even have more chapter 90 left. Um which will roll

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over, right? >> I'm talking couple few thousand or whatever. >> Well, could be at least. I mean, you said the loaded 170, we had 250. Oh, I mean from the projects, you know, if I don't end up >> Oh, maybe a little more. More. Okay,

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great. I and yeah. So, um but I have a I have a rough idea. >> You know, I'm figuring with uh the 53 left over from FY26 plus the estimated 428 um

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>> this year that they, you know, suggested we may get and then the 250 local um money I'll be up around 7:30. Not quite last year with the nine something, but still a pretty good number. >> Yeah.

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>> And if we rename the entrance to here to Davenport Lane, you can pave this under chapter 90, right? >> Where you going to put the statue? >> They got the name. >> There were a couple towns that had that had done that. It actually named

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>> their town hall parking lot and entrance way and had it passed it down meetings just so he said that it was kind of >> a little bit I guess to take the tarmac back off after we say

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it's front meeting the process. Yeah, there you go. >> All right. Anything more for us? >> Camping. watch the rest of the meeting. >> No, it's gonna be at the uh >> Thank you. >> I don't think we have anything for you

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at meeting other than the normal chapter 90 acceptance. So, >> yeah, chapter 90. >> You can come or not come or you can go to you can go to the Warhamite. Drive that handling truck right there. That's it. >> Oh, yeah. Right. >> All right. Thank you very much.

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>> Thank you. >> Real quick, so we're not going to do the lights for the park for the parking lot at town meeting. >> We since we're starting at 6:30 and we're not thinking the town meeting is going to be more than at work a couple hours. We don't think we need the

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parking lot lights we've had in years past. >> Oh, please. >> No, >> it will finish. >> Yeah, >> I think we're done. >> I think so. The headlights on car >> we can volunteer our cars tail light parade heading out. Okay. >> Yeah, that's it.

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>> Okay. >> All right. Thank you. >> As I sit in the parking lot for 30 days after >> meeting review and we have taken the warrant from 130 articles down to basically >> 20 like nothing. Like nothing. People

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want him sitting down but he's standing. Um, you pulled Mark Rick, did you get a copy? >> I do. So, I have, so as of now, I have everything packaged up, ready, ready to go. >> I guess I from my perspective, I only

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have a couple of questions. So, tomorrow we'll have, this is not a question, this is a state. So, tomorrow at noon, Brian and myself and Rose will have our annual review. Just confirm the motions, confirm the votes. I don't think it's going to take very long. Um, as with

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regard to meeting time with the four consent questions up front, we're down to a 16 item agenda. Knock on wood. I mean, you never know what's going to trigger a question. >> We've gone through meetings where $2 million question took over 4 seconds and a $38 question took three hours.

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>> So, it's really going to depend on what comes from the floor. Brian, did you were there any changes to the motives after our last discussion last week or were they all pretty much the way is I mean I know we'll cover this tomorrow but >> yeah um they're all there are some minor

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changes but nothing uh right >> okay all right and then um if there's you know some of the conversation was there might be and so this is more of a question too from advisory perspective um there was some conversation that there may be an

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amendment request the omnimous budget from the floor, but I think that's gone away. The budget is >> the omnivous school budget. >> The total budget. Yeah. Well, the the school part would fall inside the ominous budget, but I thought I'd heard that there was some conversation about folks who thought they might want to

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make a motion about changing that number that >> Well, we're recommending the number voted by the school committee, so I don't know that anybody will be making a motion. >> Well, my feeling and that's good. I mean, and that's the sense I had where it settled out. >> My feeling is I'll check this with Rose

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tomorrow that if a motion does come up like that, again, I don't know, but it would or it won't. I'm just confirming, but my sense is if it came up, we'd declare it out of order because if we have the we have the requested recommended number and any any thought about altering it would start a process that really we don't want to be a we

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don't want to go down a road like that. Um, and again, that might have been rumor, that might have been here's >> I know we don't want to, but would it be out of order? I mean, they could make that motion could pass, which would wreck the whole process, but are they allowed to do that? >> I,

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>> you know, I know what you're saying about out of order because the consequence is bad. >> Well, not just because of the consequence. There's also, I mean, and Brian and I had a brief conversation about this. There's also the thought process. I mean, again, any number can be altered or requested. My my concern

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is that you know people come to or don't come to town meeting because of certain expectations and therefore people who might be reading the quote unquote green sheets online see a requested and recommended number and say well the budget is imbalance I'm not going to go and then somebody comes up and says well

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you know we we want to add two mill and again I'm trying to be careful here I'm not suggesting this is going to happen it's just you know it's a small town we've all lived here we've sat in these chairs >> um you know the rumor mill grinds ends up know certain things and I just want to be prepared that way the meeting

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stays transparent and the and the voters get what they expected that we move on expeditiously through the program. So again, I don't my sense is based on everything I've heard, we're fine, which leads me to believe this is a knock on wood, this is a 45minute meeting.

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>> Um, you know, like I said, sweet, but you never know. But that was the only thing I just wanted to be sure that no that felt like we were clear on that. I'm just thinking the only the only number in article I still think

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seven is that the the school number comes from the pool committee. So I'm not sure that that number can be altered by way of a motion town meeting because they they've been they've been requested and recommended the number they said they need to run the program.

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It's the assessment seen more than 35 days prior to town meeting. It's >> that comes from the school committee. >> The school committee could submit a larger number as part of their assessment. That would happen 35 days prior. Mhm.

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>> And that's my sense of the whole thing is so easy to think that if somebody made a motion to increase the school >> or any number that I think the school budget is one that's particularly an issue because I don't know that you

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increase that because the authorization for that or the the request for that authorization from you know an official body >> like Yeah, >> the vote and vote. That's what we want to do. >> The other thing we talked about and you talked about during the advisory hearing

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about our financial situation, you know, the two and a half growth, the new growth and the extra levy limit and this budget is crafted to use those three numbers and that's it. is are you saying that any potential

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change say somebody says you know what I want an extra $100,000 for paving and I'm going to move to make that 350 instead of 250 potentially you could be saying you know you do that we're now two and a half because we have crafted the budget to

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use every dollar under just below an under override status >> an interesting procedural issue and I'm not frankly quite sure what the the correct respon response would be because

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now if if there were a number move to increase whatever whatever line um becomes a question of when we set a tax rate can we afford it we have stabilization so I mean technically yes we we can fund it

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>> or revenues make them in higher fund your growth no yeah you know additions we could fund something larger But tapping into stabilization would require another town meeting vote. I

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mean I I can definitely tell you from the board's point of view back when I served with your dad that that had come up in years past where somebody would say you know I don't care what the lines I whether it's highway or whatever I I vote I move that we raise this number from you know and then the immediate

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question that follows is we need to turn to advisory and ask what this means financially and I spec I remember one case in one specific case where the advisory came back and said they didn't even talk about stabilization in they they said based on the information available this will automatically throw

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us into an over because this is what we budgeted >> and these using the funds available and the information available now this will automatic and that's stopped >> no I'm not you know but Doug's Doug is doing it they're very transparent here and that's what we want to do that oh we do have the potential to do this but

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given the known and they answered the question on the fly so and they came back and that was that was the end of this >> right I mean you know excise could be $100,000 up well Therefore, I could do more. >> But you don't know, >> right? You don't know. >> And that's and that's what the advisory committee at the time thinks are still

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in the spoken tells you how old I am. But sorry about that. But you know that was the question that came up. Could we alter this line? And the advisory committee at the time which was you know Jay O'Brien, John Matthews father and those guys and they were like no you can't. Jason this is what we know right >> without trying to guess on anything

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else. This will put us into that position that end. >> Right. Yeah. If we set the tax rate tomorrow we'd be stuck. Right. >> That's why you know Wilraham a few years ago they put that rule in place. Somebody somebody moves to increase the line they have to also say where it's

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coming from specifically because of that problem. >> Yeah. It works so well in Congress where we have it anyway. >> Yeah. >> The difference is we actually have to pay our bills. Yeah. >> The difference. So the only thing I guess you know I would do prime

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let's make sure any tweaks to the motions didn't throw the motions out of queue but we'll solve that in short order. >> Yeah. So we actually have very few motions that besides of course article 27 uh that actually raise money um we have

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the assessor's funding the school resource officer of course the transfer of the enterprise fund. I think that's pretty much it for actual money money articles pretty we pushed everything to the fall. you made a recommendation

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from the requested I saw maybe three or four some police budget capital things >> a couple of our requests in different budgets that were recommended against slightly lower to keep it level the same number

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>> right so um and then of course so the regular article should take half an hour and then we can spend maybe an hour and a half on CPA stuff. >> The one that the one that may generate discussion is whether or not to repeal CPA.

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>> I'm thinking all the CPA stuff is going to take some let's start from >> with regard to the CPA question. So make sure I'm going to be recusing myself of CPA question 13. >> The property on North Road was owned by my grandparents that deed to my father.

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Yeah, that was my grandparents bought that from Cliff Gunther. >> No, no, not North Road. >> No, South. Yeah, >> the main street piece that that piece originally my grandparents own. They deeded it to my my dad and my aunt while my grandmother died and my uncle >> um my aunt and my dad just deeded it

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right over to Herald. And so now comes the time off these years later it's landlock and there's the opportunity to purchase it. I think it's important that I know it's not a large amount of money. I I get all that but I think it's important um that I step away. So, I've

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already got the the package ready for um and I've talked to Bob Howard and Dick Patello and they've both agreed to back stop. Whoever makes it gonna is going to do it and I'll add to the bullpen. >> Yeah. Going to the bullpen. Um so, um yeah, righty or lefty. So, I'm going to

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um so the package will be ready. They can step up and do it. I think better just have do the whole question instead of me coming partway through and they do. >> Speaking speaking of your backup moderators and this goes Brian. So, we don't see any need for the extra room at this point. There's nothing on this

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warrant that leads us to expect that 500 people are going to show up. >> No. Um, so Brian, you have obviously the company lined up ready to go. Same as we used before. >> Not with the second setup in the other room. >> Correct. >> Did that modify the price at all or does

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their price? >> Okay. >> And I think if I remember, I'd have to go back. the capacity is actually in the principal's office for the main office. >> I don't know. I think I think the number is higher. Judge used to think the number was 240. I think it's closer to 300 that we capacity. So I I can't

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imagine given the number of questions, the fact that there's nothing really controversial on there, you know, after crazy turn. I think it might have been before just based on what we saw at the advisory hearing. There was a potential for people to come out because

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of a perception of what was happening with the school number. >> Yeah, the green I heard a lot of the club about the green metals cutting teachers, right? >> A lot of people are I think you're going to see extra people come for that. >> Well, I thought Doug did a pretty good job and John Provost as well of explaining the situation if the number

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that we have submitted is carried forward. Many of these riff notices are rescended. >> Right. >> Right. >> Yeah. >> Well, that's probably what led to the >> But that's been every year they send out the rift notice. Every year by law, >> right, CDA,

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>> I think it was a little bit larger number this year because the uncertainties >> and maybe that's what led to the question about the number filtered back to me. I just wanted to make sure we were prepared for it. which may get back into, you know, many people wanting to speak perhaps in support of things. You

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made a rule that we've enforced now that we're entertaining voters speaking as well as town employees, >> right? >> Because that allowed uh Chief Charmley to speak, uh Becky to speak, Mark Langon

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to speak. >> I think you're town the town the town council. Exactly. Right. Yeah. So if you're a town res a registered voter of town and then even a resident there's not enough tend to give sway to but anybody who's in a position to to give advice to the town on a

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regular basis or on a special project has you're going to need them to speak. Of course. >> Um, other stuff that's happening. Are we Did we agree with the chief on the other thing, >> Ryan? The commenation. Do we >> We're not doing the commendation.

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>> Don't remember. That's what we talked about the presentation, >> right? I I saw the letter. >> Did we say no or we said yes? I thought we said we're okay with life saving ones. >> We said no. >> We did say no. Okay. >> Okay. So as of now as when I said I kind of get a script ready

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I actually have a line advisory state of the union so that I don't forget to ask you about that. >> I got I have you are pulling it into the script. So um so that was my one question setting script to structure the meeting for presentation. right now I'm

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not aware of as >> well you cross off all the regulars and there's no more Lions Club distinguished citizen >> the VIP volunteer you know PTO volunteer >> I don't think there's going to be one I tend to ask the question just to be sure but I can't imagine

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>> oh electronic voting >> get your thought at some Um I mean I think this particular obviously I mean it's last minute it's not going to happen but I think moving forward I know there's a lot of animosity people being hey you know I don't they think it's going to cheat the system and with the technology these

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days I don't think that's as much of a concern but it's more the for me from my perception is you're in a you're in a vote and you're coming forward and let's just say there's a senior center expansion or the old town hall vote and you have people who are passionate about

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the old town hall they want keep the facade of the building and it gets to the point where there's immediate vote and you get a closed vote and now everybody's got to hold up their hand for five, you know, for four or five minutes while somebody goes around and counts as everybody's being looked at saying, "Hey, I know that's how it's been done in the past, but and the

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secret ballots like that kind of elimin essentially almost eliminates that piece of it >> because you have your you know, your vote your vote is your own and nobody else knows how you're voting." And um it's been like this for forever, but you

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know, technology changes and I mean I'm I'm thinking it also will help speed up it. >> That goes back to the government committee. So you had a that was on your one of your list there. >> Did that pass or not pass, but that was going to be an acceptable method of

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voting. >> It did at the discretion of the moderator. >> Right. So I mean I'm certainly not opposed, you know, kind of just so we, you know, don't beat up your whole night. I mean, I kind of see the pros and the cons. I mean, you know, first of all, for example, the first senior

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center vote, we took the initial vote. I declared the twothirds and then there was a request for a recount. In the meantime, 15, 20 people got up and walked out. >> Right? >> So now the recount comes and we didn't make the twothirds, but I'm convinced we had it to begin with.

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>> So I say that simply because there is room for error in here. There is room for change. Um, so I'm gonna but just to point just to kind of finish the thought, um, when we did try them on, we did that one trial night and they didn't

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work very well. Now, in fairness, that that was kind of like a loner system that they floated out. But we had a lot of people, all the batteries fell out of mine. I pushed the button, nothing happened. They So, I mean, in fairness, there's some trial and error. There is an adjustment. There is a break-in period. So I wouldn't discount it alto

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together but I from my perspective I much you know knowing the expense of these two things I think the auto visual part of it is enormous it's it's done so much to just from the standpoint of them the ability of them to turn the microphones on turn the microphones off

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as opposed to the kind of antiquated system we had before um and the number of people who want to approach the microphone and talk it it's made a much cleaner presentation for everybody. The second thing is that these audiovisisual folks you know for years and again we

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have we have had great volunteers here but it was always a struggle for the volunteer to keep the program on the screen going slides you know oh I can't find that one they're searching through the computer this gives us a much cleaner presentation a much more transparent presentation especially in

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light of the fact that we're using whether it's Zoom or whatever online whatever video system we're using I think it makes it a lot better. So, if you were sent to me, which of the two would you prefer? If you could have them both, I would say we would give that a shot. But if you said, you know, given the cost, I think the audio visual gives

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the voter and those watching at home much >> better. And I think I think Eric's point about the potential of the peer pressure some of these real hot button topics going to the town hall thing would be the next, you know, close for school, whatever. Well, we and and and so if

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you're and again, not to play devil's advocate, but you know, when we talked about we we did the loner system, part of the whole discussion around it was just that the peer pressure. I mean, it's the age-old thing. How many people are comfortable, not picking on any

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department, but how many people are comfortable voting against a police department? Question. How many people are comfortable voting against a fire department? Question. So the peer pressure when you know and to your point when you're sitting there with your hand up for five minutes pretty much everybody knows how you're going a lot of people are less comfortable. So

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if if we're gonna >> I'm going to tell you right now I'm not against it. >> I I think if we got a better effort on the if we tried this again whether they gave us a laner system or a newer system and it was a little more reliable like I said we had people saying my battery

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fell out you know you know this type of thing. We could do all of that and and cost wasn't the object and we could do both. I'm fine with considering it. I mean, I'm not happy with um you know, I'm not I'm very dissatisfied with any

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vote that's correct or isn't right the first time because the appearance to the voter is does this guy not know what he's doing or who side is he on? And I'm on nobody's side. That that's specifically the job. So, I am a supporter of the of it, but it's got to

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work and it's got to be You're completely agree, >> you know. So, yeah. So, no, I mean, anything that makes the experience look at not let's not get on the soap box and let's not be here like I'm going to lose Don in about two seconds. Um, you know, this is still the government that's closest to the people. The people

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actually decide what's happening here and more and more as time goes on more and more people are drifting away from it for a whole lot of reasons. um you know, nothing we haven't talked about, but over the years, anything that makes this easier for PE for the folks to come, makes an enjoyable experience,

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makes them feel like they counted and they had value in the equation, I'm all for it. >> So, definitely a conversation to be had. I am not a gas. >> Okay. Thank you. >> I would just add this that the next special fall town meeting, there probably two

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things that are might require us to do this. the old townhouse and the regionalation and the regional agreement change of the regional agreement. >> Yes. >> So the question becomes so I mean and I if I remember right Brian correct me if I'm wrong here the um no I know but the

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the the voting tabulation systems have the ability to do secret ballot so we wouldn't have to go through that long process. >> Right. >> In each of the potential we had for secret ballot um Eva and I were well prepared for it. She did a great job with it and that's why we handed out

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those the the voting tickets when they came in because otherwise you got to recheck in the whole group. So we were really prepared for that. Um but again that said especially if it's hot button topic >> again let's absolutely consider it. I'll be a part of any meeting you want to

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discuss it and if it's you know it's feasible affordable and and we take another shot with it I'm good with it. >> Okay. Thank you. Appreciate it. All right. So next Monday you both coming? I expect to be there >> next morning.

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>> And your whole crew, right? >> Yeah. >> All right. Great. >> Oh, thank you. >> All right. >> Here with your boss. I mean, she's the appointing authority. >> Out of town today. She's >> all right. >> Not worrying about meeting.

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>> Oh, thank you both. >> All right. Next on the agenda. So, Remet is talking about uh Mrs. Chaplain who for the teacher I did read aloud a few weeks ago and she was the teacher for the fourth grade class.

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Excellent excellent person. They're talking about a little free library thing and they want it on the grassy null to the right of the driveway which I'm really as you're leaving or coming

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which right >> both rights. Yeah. So probably um as they're leaving cuz the other way would be behind that fence. So it's probably not that. >> Also,

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there's a similar library at Memorial Park. >> Did you know there's a library at the park? >> Is that what >> box? Is that all it is? >> It's just it's a little box.

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>> They look at the books in front of her. You want to >> Oh, okay. >> Brainwash. >> Oh, what kind of books you have at your house? >> Hey, what's I'll stop at your house and see what you got there. What's the book? >> Nuclear reactors. The simple over 19 books.

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>> Just people want to get you to look at every point of of things. >> All right. So it's take one give one type thing. >> Yeah. That's the idea. >> I mean they have the same thing outside the library >> like books and my wife.

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>> It's like a big birdhouse. >> Yeah. I've seen >> people donate some books and people you take one you leave one. >> 30 books. I don't know. They wanted the grassy area or they want it next to the entrance would be, you know, next to double doors.

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>> Typically, the kids would be leaving in school on their way home taking the books. >> Yeah, that's what I was thinking. That's why next to the doorway to the right, which is kind of where I wanted that posting area, too. Would make a little more sense. >> And over on the U, you know, in the

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grass area. So I would uh maybe ask if Mr. Chaplain and Daryl could come to a meeting and discuss this. >> We might also if if Green Meadows is

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leased to the region. So do they control the do they have to have some kind of >> input to it? >> No. >> Yes, Michelle. I don't know what the lease says about something, right?

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>> It's just kind of a temporary installation. >> Like a bird house. >> Let's have them come in. Let's not >> Yeah, I mean they've already look they've already raised money for it. So yeah, let's I think it's a good idea as

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long as we got all the inbox. >> I think that's got cheated out of this. >> Okay, great. Okay, moving right on to cannabis reform. >> Ryan, cannabis reform. >> Yeah, >> tell us about this. Says you wrote it.

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>> I wrote it. >> Huge changes going. >> What happened to the previous legislation? It went up in smoke. >> Huge. So, >> I got a million of them. >> The governor has signed H5350, an act

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modernizing the Commonwealth cannabis laws. Why is this important? You ask to Hampton who does not allow retail marijuana sales. >> I was going to ask that. I was hoping you'd tell us. >> So, thanks for asking.

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So what this does allow and what AMD has not previously allowed um home delivery. So what this law has done has taken um really has taken the decision away from municipalities as to whether they

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can allow home delivery which the it used to be up to the uh the town's discretion and it has said the law now says that the town must allow um delivery of medical cannabis as it pertains to recreational cannabis.

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the town can opt out of delivery if uh the town essentially applies for a waiver and it's eligible for the waiver if it if the municipality does not authorize retail marijuana

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does not and prepare and submit a two-year waiver request to the commission from the chief executives yourselves and track the two-year waiver period period and request extensions as

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so long story short. >> Is there a drop dead date? >> Cannabis is allowed in town. Thank you. >> Is there a drop dead date that we have to submit a waiver by? >> But it's just medical, right? >> Oh, non non-medical. >> We don't have a choice for medical and the choice would be for non-medical.

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Well, people ask >> so so the legislation requires the Cannabis Control Commission to to uh adopt regulations within 12 months, >> right? >> The effective date of the bill. >> All right. So, up until that time,

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it's not allowed. And once the regulations go in effect, it can be allowed if we haven't requested a waiver. >> Yes. But right now it's not allowed. >> Right now we correct. Right now we do not know the time. >> No, but right now it's not. Home

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delivery is not allowed right now. >> For medical >> it would be >> for recreational. >> For recreational, right? >> For medical is always allowed. >> Recreational. It's not >> medical right now is currently allowed and still will be allowed afterwards. >> Correct.

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>> That's okay. >> All right. Do we want to put the request in the queue? We don't know when they're going to get their stuff together, but we could have our waiver request waiting. >> Well, a deadline date, isn't there? >> That's what I was asking. Is there a

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date? >> I don't see it on here. >> I thought it was like >> Yeah, that's what I'm saying. We could put it, but they you know, if you don't have it waiting for them when they finally get the email from this character who's been

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the MMI. Yeah, I got it. Yeah, you only have to do a waiver if we opt out. >> We don't we don't do anything. It's properly on the agenda. >> Oh, no. This discussion of Okay. >> All right.

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>> Or willing to put it on the agenda to vote on a waiver request. >> All right. Here's here's if I may, Mr. Chairman. I don't know why you ask this. This is another for lack of a ter better term

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thing that the legislature has put on the the small towns. Okay. I asked this question. First of all, if you don't if you read the legislation, you would find out that they charge a $1,500 application fee for the delivery guy and

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a $10,000 licensing fee if you get the license every year. the town gets none of that money. >> I would like to know if the town of Hammond opts out, how do we know if someone's delivering marijuana to someone or not? You got Door Dash out there, you got Instacart out there, you

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got Amazon in their private cars, you got >> Take it one step, you know, to your point though, take it one step further. There's dispensaries in every almost every town around us. >> They're just going to go get it recreationally or medically and bring it back to their house regardless if we're allowing delivery or not. So,

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>> I'm not saying I know what you're saying. I'm not saying if they if they're I don't >> right >> I'm I'm not saying that they they can't get it because that's the law. I know they can get it. But my point is how do you know it's being delivered? How do how do you know what and what do the police do if they catch a guy illegally

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delivering? >> Well, I would imagine what you're saying is that they have to be licensed. >> Is this a solution in search of a problem? >> Yes. Yes. You know, I I I just I don't get it. It's just it's just a waste of time and energy and trying to get

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>> I'm sitting up the day up the amount >> two o you can have two ounces two >> ounces coming up >> so so if you have so if you have two per person if you have three people in the house >> legal

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>> so I wonder could you get a guy from Enfield to deliver it to town at no regulation >> he's coming from Enfield >> but you're saying the state you did a little research on this. So the state if you're if you're a licensed if you're a person who's to deliver it, you have to

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pay a certain fee and I'm assuming you have some kind of special cannabis control agreement that you send an Uber, you know, like you said, Uber Eats or whatever delivery driver who's going to say you're going to deliver, but you have the certification. So if you get pulled over, you say, "I'm a I'm

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a MMA mass medicinal medicinal association. unauthorized to deliver marijuana to these people. >> You sign on your up and smoke Door Dash, >> which is fine. Except except if they deliver if Hamlin ops out and says we don't want it delivery and someone

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delivers it, how do you >> prove it? What's the final? >> What do you do if you catch >> state is regulating these people are licensed by the state? like my first >> anyhow. >> I mean, there's some >> I like to put it on the Yeah, we can vote on this because it's not really on

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the agenda for a vote, per se. So, if we add to the agenda for not next week, >> but the week after typically we don't do much on the 18th on election day anyway. >> Uh that would be the other question for the board is do you want to have the

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meeting on the 19th? Well, sometimes we meet the day after election because we don't know what's going to happen. Although, >> I think we just leave it on the 18th. >> Okay. Second chance. >> Yes.

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>> All right. My last meeting. >> Yeah. If you get struck by lightning. >> Yeah. You get struck by lightning or those, you know, 500 right ends. >> I'm sorry. You'll be fine. >> You heard. >> All right. So, we'll push that the

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actual vote on it on the 18th. Perhaps she'll want to do a little more research. >> Building requests. Building use requests. This is that consumes Lauren's life and she loves building use requests. >> You want to talk about them, Lauren?

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>> What? >> What? You have all the information right in front of you. >> All right. So, the theater guild is is this rehearsals? So, this is different than what I'm told. I

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think we had approved rehearsal dates of Monday and Thursday for Gypsy going forward. >> Yes. Now they're asking can it be Tuesday but I thought Tuesday was going to be in place of Thursday and I'm not really

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interested at this point in tying up three nights a week. >> So what I had heard >> the third day but then he said if we had to get rid of another day we can do that. So I don't >> I at this point and having been involved before

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typically the last month of rehearsal is when you start getting into your third day because you really got to step up your games. So, I would entertain a motion to assuming Tuesday works out for the cafeterium uh

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allow a switch of the rehearsal dates to be from Monday, Thursday to Monday, Tuesday or at least July and August. On the other hand, your point might be,

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look, nobody's going to be in here in July and August, you know, where they use three days. Who's in the town hall during the the dead of summer? >> But I'll throw that to the board. What do you think? >> Move for the two days.

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>> So, swap Thursday for Tuesday. >> Swap Thursday for Tuesday. >> Okay. How do you feel? >> Hey, look, if he doesn't like it, come in and talk to us about it. Right. Right. Okay. All in favor? I I Thank you. Right. >> All right. The second request is from uh

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from character on North Road copy of it there. >> Yeah, I got it. >> All right. So, they're have what? >> No. >> All right. So, I heard that they're having this is in the bulletin, so it's not much of a surprise, but they're

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having a celebration of Leo Coughlin's 25 years as deacon of the Catholic Church. and they're going to have at the senior center, but they're anticipating to be as many 150 or more uh there. So, they are looking to see if we can move

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it to the cafeterium instead. They are not they're bringing box lunches in, so they're not preparing any food. Uh they're not having a liquor license. So, it's just basically

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4 to 8 uh on the 8th. >> I've spoken to Herb. Uh he does have this custodian in that night already. It's not a it's the standard custodian night for them. Anyhow >> motion to approve >> and I will

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and he is here's one facility 154 well security >> just a security right >> well to him and residence so it's no fee that's

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there security uh I'll work with >> okay yeah the security deposit I can provide that or it can be waved or and I'll get a fun here from Rick for the event insurance >> I know that the applicant didn't sign

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the application >> oh yeah that >> I wasn't sure if it was going to be me or the uh oak >> Leo >> already got Leo Nice. So, thank you.

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>> So, move approval. Approval. >> Okay. >> How do you feel about the security deposit? That's >> You should get it. Going to get it back. >> I know this character. >> I want that on camera. >> I'm not voting for it.

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Hand that to the town administrator, please. >> Wow. Wow. >> All in favor of this uh motion. >> I abstain.

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>> He abstained. >> I abstained. >> All right. >> Would not vote. >> Vote in favor. >> No. I got the 100 bucks. 100 bucks stops here. That your sign on front now like the guy remember the

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application sign gave the 3750. >> That's all. Exactly. He's right that black sheep, right? Yeah. Yeah. We have a couple other liquor licenses. uh Valley Artisan show in the great room.

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They're serving wine on June 13th and 14th from 12 to 4 each day. >> Well, small beverages this time. Just just wine. >> Okay. Move approval. >> Second. >> All in favor?

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>> Thank you. and the VFW is doing a ton of gatherings, renting the pavilion. Um, we talked at length on this in the past couple years about, you know, our

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different feelings about 18 birthdays, graduation, etc. >> Yeah. >> But I think Don, you remember last year we gave a lot of credit to the management of the pavilion that they've never had an incident, etc. So, um I think we again we went through that

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year, heard nothing from the police department, no incidents. So, >> I think we give them again >> credib credit for what they've done. >> Absolutely. >> So, they have a list here for starting in May, May 17th, a family gathering 1 to 4. May 24th a celebration of life 3

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to 8. May 30th, a Jack and Jill 3 to nine. June 28th, a baby shower, 2 to6. June 13th, graduations 2 to 6. 2 to 8. June 20th, 70th birthday, 3 to 9. June

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27th, the Jack and Joe, 5 to 11. July 11th, the 50th birthday, 5 to 11. Note that the 70th birthday ends at 9. The 50th birthday ends at 11. Yeah, makes sense. Yeah. July 25th at

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Jack and Joe 410. >> She wrote us on Zoom. >> Yeah. >> And these are one day permits the at the pavilion at the BFW on Main Street in Hampton. >> Move approval. >> Second. >> All those in favor?

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>> I say. >> Thank you. Now what we got? >> Inter municipal agreement with the water district. >> What is that? >> I turn the the microphone over to Brian.

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>> So the long and short of it is the way that the water district was created. It was created as a separate entity from the town. Um but it authoriz but the the the town

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created the district and district authorizing legislation gave the town the authority to borrow on behalf of the Stantic Valley Water District. So um this is an agreement a proposed

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agreement between the Stantic Valley Water District and the town where the district authorizes the town to act on its behalf and the project

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and this has never had been done before because there was no borrowing prior to this point. The borrowing for creation of it was done in a town vote back in 2000 when they closed the land bill. Okay. >> Um so this is a request of this is

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purely a request of bond council so that they will issue a green light letter so that we can borrow the money. and you're requesting of us >> require signatures by the town. And so

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we're currently trying to schedule a water district commissioners for them to also and then we'll be able to borrow will be able to borrow in time for um

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close of the fiscal year. >> So is the 18th appropriate for this? Um what happen? >> Yeah. >> Uh the treasure would like this as soon as possible understand that. But typically when we

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have, you know, we're only doing a half hour before the town meeting and typically we wander over and chat with advisory so we don't put too much on our agenda next week. And of course you the zooming of our part of it and all that is kind of a

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>> yeah I think I think the water crushers are going to meet as soon as they can. Um it doesn't need to be a joint meeting if that's an issue or would you rather a joint meeting? >> I'd rather a joint meeting because we get a recap of having seen what's happening now a recap of where they stand with the status connections going

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to be happening pretty soon. You might have a if it's the 18th, you might have an answer from the uh BE meeting that we could talk about as well. So there might be several things we can talk about. >> Okay. >> Yeah.

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>> Yeah. >> We got at that point we got a lot to talk about as soon as possible. It's really a formality, but because if you're not going to if you're not going to sign this in one spot, >> right? Although the agenda doesn't really say a vote on the thing. Is the

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board in favor of voting to sign this and forward to the water commissioners but still have them on our agenda for the 18th? >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Okay. in favor. >> Thank you. That is really getting my workout

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tonight. Mortgage days. All right. So, any board member reports? >> Tomorrow night, we got we are making a trip. Please don't forget to keep track of your mileage and

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submit it. You want to uh you know, have a car pool or something, but no talking of the car. uh six o'clock at the what we have in town hall as bring the spare cookies. I'm sure they're not providing them.

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I think we're all pretty much we the detailed what we expect the conversation is going to be about pretty much the Wolverine Middle School where we are less than the last. >> Great. Um Brian >> um reminder that the board of assessors

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uh vacancy is posted on the website. We're accepting letters of interest for people who want to be the next uh be considered for the next um assessor >> on Hampton. Um

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>> it's a paying job. It >> is a it is a paying job. That is true. Five grand >> a week. >> No, a year. >> A year. So that is

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>> more than we get yet. By the way, >> um combined >> what we didn't mention about town meeting is um uh high school students will be available for child care at the annual town meeting. Child care can will be starting at um 6 o'clock and

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ending at 8:30. will be provided in the the children's library room. What else is going on? We're we're trying to get the quotes out for uh the bid documents out for this senior center windows. Um the

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solicitation for uh the future town council for him is out. to requested responses due back on May 21st. Uh we'll be in Wilberham tomorrow night. Um and then we also

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happen tomorrow night or not, but about the the regional dispatch sign the highway bids. That is it. Well, the regional dispatch

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we'reing Monday 125,000 bucks. That's all they're getting. >> I I understand that. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Whether whether we agree or not, that's all they get. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> What I'm I guess what I'm referring to

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is what's actual agreement extension. Maybe a one-year extension >> or we just wing it. >> Brian, are you thinking of going tomorrow? I don't see a need for it, but that's up to you. >> Okay.

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>> You know, it's going to be available for you to review later and you know, you don't have to be out every night. >> Will you guys behave? >> There's no guarantee. >> First, you never know. We we have the we'll be discussing the regional

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agreement which may lead to some controversy. I just telling you John about this whole >> has John or yourself written out there >> I have. >> Oh >> really? I'm shocked.

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>> I'll go off the cuff. That's fine. Um, >> would it be appropriate and toned down a little bit? >> Fine. >> Okay. Um, Lauren, anything? >> How's the town report? >> Submitted.

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>> Okay. You think we'll have him by Monday? >> Yeah, we looked at pictures of it. >> Remember? >> You looked at pictures? >> Yeah. I didn't know when he's going to have him back also. So, >> we have to have him by the end of the week, obviously. >> Well, I didn't tell these guys, but >> working on it. Are they? Okay, great.

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>> Who prints it? >> Copies started doing it last year. >> Yeah. >> Pick some up. >> I know we exceeded a year or so ago. Did it come under budget or I mean

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>> I did not price them. >> Yeah. >> Does that budget also cover the um the green sheets that you know? >> I don't know. I've never done the green sheets. No, I don't know if they bill against that town report line or

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>> advisory extens times week, right? >> Yeah. Advisory expense or town meeting expense or something like that? Yeah. >> Um Don, is there anything to cover at this point from the board of health or

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you're reviewing all correspondents? >> All correspondence regarding the manure pile >> and any other pile >> and any other pile >> right in May. Okay. Yeah. Right. >> Okay. You guys want anything?

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You're meeting again on Wednesday. >> Yes. Fine. >> Yes. >> Can't wait. You'll have this room again on this room this time. Be >> back here. Motion to second. All in favor? I. Thank you.