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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: 5oB-bcGwQq4):
- 00:00:04: Meeting Called to Order; Roll Call and Announcements
- 00:00:52: Discussing Options for Postponing Annual Town Meeting
- 00:06:43: Concerns about June 6th; Impact on Board Members
- 00:07:29: Budget Accuracy and Potential Conflicts with Other Dates
- 00:08:38: Motion to Schedule June 6th; Vote and Discussion
- 00:09:29: Town Administrator Report and Selectman Comments


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All right, I am going to call the board of selectman meeting for April 15th to order. Uh it's now 5:31 p.m. and uh we'll do a roll call. Um Eric here, >> Kenberg here, Missy Baitman here,

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>> Al Pike here. >> All right. And we're just missing Don. I don't remember if he's going to be joining later. Um but if he does then we'll just have we'll we'll mention that in the um so it'll be part of the minutes. Um so we've got a couple announcements. Uh this meeting is being

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recorded. Anyone intending to make an audio or video recording this meeting should notify the chair at this time and financial assistance applications are available on the town's website or by calling the selectman's office. So our first and only appointment tonight is uh

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to discuss options for postponing the annual town meeting. So, Scott, I'm going to hand it over to you. >> Um, all right. Well, thank you. Um, I have, um, or as you can see, Carol has joined us. Carol McCoy is our acting finance director. Um, I think she does

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have some great news that we did finally get our free cash um, certified. So, thank you for all that hard work on that, Carol. Um, and that literally just came in. Uh, but beyond that, um, we still have some work to do. And now that we do have that number, um I I feel like

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we can get our work done, but it's not practical for us to get it done in time for >> our scheduled meeting. So, that being said, I did invite um I did invite Michael um Coward on to this. I'm not

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sure if he's here. And I see him. And I asked the school if they would be available as well u just to let them you know chime in on this but um you know I think we need a few more weeks to get this together. But we were looking you know I know one of our options that Kyle

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had put up is we didn't necessarily have to meet on a Saturday if we wanted to do it before June. Um we could pick a Tuesday night in June. I mean rather in May, late May. Um if that fits for everybody's schedule because I know once

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we get into that um you know June 6th and and beyond we start running into um a host of other problems including graduations uh parties that um at least two members on on this um on this meeting are are

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hosting parties. Um and then you know just as it gets worse as we go further into June. So um those that's what's in front of you right now. I I do believe I the local scene has said that the Tuesday nights work for them. They're they'll they'd be

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available. Um, again, I don't know. I have not heard from the school and I haven't floated the the dates around. And then obviously I asked Kate to be present to make sure that someone from her office would be available. So, I

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guess I'll leave that up to you folks to kind of mull it over. Um, for the purposes of the minutes, Don is online, by the way, at 5:33 just >> were we considering I I guess my question, if I may, Eric, is are are we

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considering um the a week night? And if so, I mean, how quickly are we able to turn around what we need to turn around because finance committee needs to vote, capital planning needs to vote, we need to vote. Yeah. Personally,

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I mean, I think if you were to look around May 19th, we could get it all done by then. And and I'll also, you know, ask Carol to weigh in, but I think that we're in a pretty good spot right now. So you

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>> I personally mentioned, you know, the possibility that there's nothing that says it has to be on a Saturday, but don't get me wrong, I don't object to it being five weeks from where we had

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scheduled it if that's the only Saturday that seemed practical. The the only thing I can add to this is um we need to kind of go back to some of the older articles that have already been voted

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and uh amend not not so much amend but make new articles that kind of fix what happened cuz some of the things were not supposed to happen like on water and so I just need some I need some time to

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kind of go over everything and make sure that um what was supposed to have happened happens now. >> Does June 6 give you enough time to do that? >> Yes. >> Okay. I would rather have it be right

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and a little later than wrong and rushed. >> And I I mean obviously you know my way in on it. I think June is personally tough for me, but it's also I think difficult for anyone who has a high

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school student. So, I think it's not going to just be impactful for me as a selectman, but it'll also be impactful for residents who have to attend the meetings on a Saturday. Um, >> I don't know. I I think though when you when you look at who we actually have

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showing up for meetings, it's not them anyways. Regardless of what day, what night, what time, you know, it's it's those families that we try to adjust for just don't show up anyways. So, in in my

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opinion, um I I wouldn't try to bend over backwards to get the that target group to come, if that makes sense, because it's always the same old people. >> And I do think if we try to schedule it

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for a Tuesday night to be sooner, there will have people squawking and screaming that, hey, we don't like nights. We like the Saturdays. And so I think it's a no-win situation and I I for one, you

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know, am willing to go along with the July the June 6th and so be it that um keep keep as many people happy as we can and those that aren't too happy. You know my attitude tough.

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>> All right. So, so is there any concern with with um doing it June 6th is from anybody? >> Well, just >> I mean just from what my my perspective I can't be there. >> Missy won't be there and there'll be two new board members. We've done that

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before. It's how things used to be. >> Um it's not ideal obviously. >> When um when's the election? >> Uh the 16th. >> Yeah.

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Oh, the 16th of of May. Oh, okay. >> Y >> because if Missy if June is tough like and Carol, you need time and I want to echo Carol's point like undoing

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errors is way harder than being careful, right? So that's just from a legal perspective, right? We need a budget by June 30, but we need that budget to be right. So, um I don't know if like if

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June is the third rail, has anyone thought about like the 30th or something like that? Or is that equally as tough? Or that might be Memorial. That might be Memorial Day. >> I think the 30th school No, 23rd is Memorial Day weekend, but 30th schools

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had a conflict. >> I think May 30th is graduation. >> Oh, well that's a problem. >> The 29th is graduation. as long as it, you know, the weather is um >> Okay, then I believe the rain date is the 30th, >> correct? Yeah. >> Yeah.

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>> Okay. >> All right. So, it sounds like we're back to June 6th. I mean, does does somebody want to make a motion or >> I'll move that the board of selectman

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scheduled June 6th, Saturday, for the annual town meeting. >> Do I have the second? >> Second. >> All right. Any debate before we take the vote? >> No.

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All right. All those in favor? Uh, Eric, >> I >> miss. >> Kyle Pike I. >> All right. So, I think we got five. >> It was a 41. Was it? You said no, right? 41. Yeah.

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>> Oh, she said no. Okay. I'm sorry. >> 410. >> Yep. Okay. All right. Um, anything else that we need to discuss? Um, Scott? No, I believe that's it for tonight.

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>> Thank you, Carol. Is she still on? >> Yes, I am. Yeah, you're welcome. >> Yeah, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. All right. Um, any other uh is there a town administrator report? Are we good? >> No, we're good.

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>> Okay. Any selecting comments? Um, just a reminder if anyone's watching our show that we're always looking for members for the Commission on Disability. Just throwing it out there. >> Yep. I I posted on Facebook too today. So, I

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know I know Will has as well. So, >> thank you. >> We'll we'll raise awareness. All right. Uh, would anybody like to make a motion to um Before we do that, our next regular meeting is April 21st. So, that's next week.

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um on the on uh April 21st. Um any would would somebody like to make a motion to adjurnn? >> Motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >> All those in favor? Eric I. >> Kim I. >> Missy I. >> Don I.

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>> Kyle Pike I. >> All right. Thanks everybody for making time and we'll see you next week.