Good evening. Okay, this meeting is being recorded by the local scene. Anyone intending to make an audio or video recording of this meeting should notify the chair at this time. Okay. Okay. It's now being uh 5:30 on November
18th as posted on the town website. I now call this meeting to order. Uh first item is open session and being I don't see one here clamoring to be heard, we'll move on to the first
item which is to review bills for payment. >> Okay. Um we have a few bills here. One is for our annual meeting that county that Pam and I will be going to in a couple weeks.
>> [snorts] >> Just so you guys are aware, >> there's a smiley face behind you on the bulletin board. >> We Sorry. [laughter] >> I saw it when I walked in. >> It's a happy place to work. >> Um, the next is for vision appraisal.
It's the interimm update. It's a second part. It's $2,500. >> And Steve, you have looked at all these bills and agreed with them to sign. He has he's looked at them all remotely. >> No, I agree.
Um the next bill is and Pam went to um clinic down the >> Cape the um motor vehicle and that's mileage. >> Where do they hear that down in the Cape? >> It was at the Felis Public Library. It
was the RMV and it was actually a really good meeting. >> I've never sat with through an R&V presentation before. >> So, they they were good. >> Your people were there too, Steve. I believe >> they sure were.
>> And it was it was even a double bonus because Thursday is our late day and I didn't see them till Friday morning. >> Oh, >> yeah. They said the same thing that it was uh it was really informative. >> It was surp like surprisingly so you know.
>> Yeah. >> Good. I always say my saying if you get one thing out of a class or a meeting it's worth going one thing you didn't know. >> And the last is for our contractor Patrick Herring doing some um cyclical inspections.
Okay. Next year is our red. So we need to get a lot of the cyclical done as well as permits. >> How close is that? >> Um >> I think we've done like 500. Oh no, no,
no more than that. >> Um we're probably maybe close to halfway. Um, and that's it for bills. >> Okay. >> The next the n next item is the meeting minutes.
Um, both it was for October 21st and you and Steve were both here in that and I believe did you send them out? >> Yeah, it was emailed. >> Yeah, you were emailed out for the minutes. Yep. >> Do I have a motion?
>> Oh, um um I make a motion. >> Yeah. Is that you or me? >> I'll motion that we approve the October 21st, 2025 meeting minutes. >> Second. >> All those in favor? and I
>> Steve. >> Great. >> All right. >> Thank you. Um the next are these are all motor vehicle abatements and I believe one boat abatement and Steve you voted on them but you can
sign them when you come in the office. Right. Yep. Yep. I'll swing by tomorrow. That's great. Thank you. And the last thing in on the agenda is the classification hearing. And I know
Steve, you received a copy and um can you receive a copy by email? >> Um you got a chance to look it over. So we'd like to take a vote for what you would say that we
page. No, not that one. Next one. Those are the three. Would >> you want to go through the through the vote for all three? Your recommendation um to the board of of selectment to adopt the o open space discount, the residential exemption, the small
commercial exemption, and the split rate. >> So, go ahead with your thoughts. Yeah, I I mean I'd make a motion to um
keep a single tax rate. >> Okay, that's number one. >> Do we want to actually vote? Yeah. Okay. All those >> Yeah. Uh all those in favor? >> Yes. and I
>> Steve I um on the remaining three uh I make a motion that uh all three are not approved >> recommendedly. >> Do I hear a second?
>> Second. All those in favor in favor and I >> Steve I >> and that is all we have for open session unless there's anything not anticipated anyone >> No I just wanted to ask have you have
you had any discussions on this with anyone >> in the >> well yeah anyone >> no this this is going to be first for since last year. >> Well, it's Yeah, it's pretty much Yeah, the yearly.
>> Yeah, I didn't know if anyone, >> you know, there's different people on the board. >> Yeah. Yeah. No one has reached out. >> Administrator, >> Maren, how soon did you get the info from the accountant? >> Well, it's I am still going with the um
tax into the levy because all the we still have to get all the accounting that's not finished yet. So, it is estimated. Um, >> okay. Yeah. >> So, it's still a work in progress, but I
don't see us being too far off because we I put the levy in tax into the levy and we're not going to be much lower than that. I don't think we're going to have much levy excess levy capacity anyway. >> So, I think we'll be close.
>> Yeah. Yeah. But when we get it into the, >> you know, after this when things are submitted might be a little bit of time. >> Oh, let's hope. >> What's What's the hold up on the L? What's >> Well, the um
are all the assessing items that are just assessing itself. Some we need both >> um finance director and the assessor or treasurer. So, we're all certified as far as values, but she's still working on the um and I don't know that part of
it as much, but working on the estimated receipts. We do have the DE1 done as far as um >> how much that is. The >> I'm trying to think all the estimated receipts. What? >> Yeah. >> The one
>> the O1 I have my number in there for outstanding overlay, but that is not finished yet. Yeah. Yeah. >> Outstanding. Not outstanding to do pages. >> Yeah. Did is anybody given her a deadline that that we kind of need this done by?
>> Yeah. She she's working on it. Um they >> doesn't need hopefully we get a tax rate. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Um, but you know, I'm sure it will get done
and I'll be glad that our part is as far as getting this the classification hearing done and then um hopefully get everything into the do and start practicing our our munist uh
billing. >> There you go. >> When do they when do they need that? I think we have the 22nd if that it's around that 22nd. Yeah. Is that a Monday? I think the bills. >> Yes. >> In the mail. Okay.
>> You're checking for us, Steve. I don't have a I have my phone. >> Yeah. The 20 Yeah, 2 seconds a Monday. But man, that's that's um that's dicey stuff, >> right? Well, we hope that's what they needed by. Hopefully, we can get that done beforehand. >> Yeah.
>> But we still have we have a month Okay. >> Well, thank you for joining. Good luck with your presentation tonight. >> All right. Are you doing the executive session? >> I don't think I don't think >> there's no need to
>> um because you know, you do an executive session over Zoom. >> I don't I don't actually know. The one time we've done an executive session when everyone hasn't been here, we weren't able to do it on Zoom. You had
to call in on a separate landline like a phone and have a closed forum for it. >> Okay. Yeah. I I I can't imagine there there's anything pressing that we'd have to do anyway. >> It's it's um exemptions in the future, Julian, but we can save it for the next meeting. So, we'll um >> maybe we should when is the next
meeting? >> The next meeting. What's I had it on the paper there. >> It is. We have it scheduled for the night >> agenda >> December 9th. >> December 9th. That's the second Tuesday
and the fourth Tuesday is the 23rd, which obviously >> hopefully um we don't need to be >> hopefully hopefully you guys are still breathing okay by that point. >> We'll be fine. I might have a we might have a little little twitch.
>> Yeah, >> usually that's when the twitch starts. >> Yeah, twitch. >> Billing billing. >> Oh, [laughter] okay. >> The mun billing is >> mun.
Yeah. Not not a friendly application. >> Nothing about munice is friendly. >> Yeah. All right. Well, I'm going to I'm going to get going >> because I've got to get >> Yeah, I got to go get dinner and then I
got to coming in in another 45 minutes. >> I have a motion to adjourn. >> Uh so moved >> second. >> All those in favor? >> I folks have fun. Yes. Thank you. Have a
good night. Yep. Take care. You too.