All right. And we are calling this meeting to order at 6:01 on January 13, 2026. And we'll begin with the pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic
for it stands. One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. This meeting is being recorded by the local scene. Anyone intending to make an audio or video recording of this meeting should notify us at this time.
Financial assistance applications are available on the town's website or by calling the selectman's office. We have a number of vacancies on committees and boards across the town. I think you guys are probably sick of hearing us talk about it, but we have openings on finance committee, capital planning
committee, affordable housing trust, and more. If you want to volunteer and and spend some time on town related initiatives, just reach out to us and we can connect you with whatever you're interested in. I'm sure there's something we can find for you to do. So, please reach out. Um, some upcoming
upcoming things, the Samson fund applications are due January 15th to the treasurer. So, anyone who's looking for more information on that, the details are on the website. For those who have dogs, dog license renewal season is upon us. So, make sure
you register your dog and get your dog license before March 15th, and you do that at the town clerk's office. Otherwise, you have extra fees to pay. So, just keep that in mind. Um, let's see. We have a a gala coming up on
Saturday, January 31st, celebrating Kingston 300 anniversary. Tickets to the gala are available on the recreation's website and that gala includes a silent auction, dinner, dancing, and a 50-50 raffle. So, I don't know what the size limitations are to the group. So, make
sure you buy your tickets soon before they sell out. That's all I had. Did anyone else have announcements? >> I'd like to say one thing, but I'll wait till the end of the meeting. >> Okay. You you can do it if you want. >> It's up to you. Yeah, let's wait till
the end. >> Okay, you got it. All right. Is there anyone here for is it's okay. He's going to wait till the end anyway. Um, is there anyone here for open forum here in the room or online? Okay. All right. So, we'll go to our
first appointment. We have a public hearing for naming town property bench in honor of Matthew Hamilton. And we have our very own town clerk here to speak about this request. For those who are unfamiliar, this is um part of the
property naming policy. So, he is going to talk about what he wants to do. Thank you. Thank you, Sandra Gallagher. Long View Drive. >> Hi. Hi. I'm Paul Gallagher, 8 Long View Drive.
Um, the chairman seems to be missing. So, whoever. So, vice chair, members of the board, and the residents of Kingston, following the town's public property naming policy, I am here before the board to request a bench be placed in
honoring Matthew Hamilton. Matt, as many of you know, died two years last week of ALS. He had a tough struggle and his family, friends, and community came out with love, support, kindness, and generosity.
But that's what we know of Matt's illness. What some may not know, he served his community for many years. Lots behind the scene. However, Matt did serve on the town's finance committee as an active member
from June of 2004 until May of 2012. He also served on the community preservation committee with one-year appointments in 2006, 2007, and 2010. also serving on the capital planning committee in 2004.
Beyond appointed positions, Mass Hand is always there to help those in need and during special projects throughout the TR town, including with with the his activity at the Hilltop Athletic Club on the board of governors. He also as acted
as an election worker, Town Youth Sports coaching staff, and is always working the grill at Memorial Day if I let him. Matt was an all-around nice guy and everyone's friend and my best friend. Matt's mom and family were hoping for a
memorial to honor the town that he was so active, enjoyed, and loved. On my suggestion, I mentioned a park bench. Originally, I had hoped at the Adena as we spent many mornings with coffee trying to solve the town's problems, but there were conservation
issues. Then I went to the hilltop and got permission from them, but I felt it wouldn't have been the public exposure it deserves. I finally found a beautiful spot at Grace Beach. Matt lived in Rocky Nook and loved the eye of the ocean it provided.
Upon request, the recreation commission denied me because there had been a new policy for naming rights on town property. This policy requires among other things 75 signatures to request the board of selectman for a public hearing for authorization. That is what I am here for today. I will assume the
rec department will have jurisdiction over the placing of the bench. The bench is complete other than the staining and the attachment to hold the bench in place. But I do find it very much worth noting that the Silver Lake Regional High School Career and Technical Education Department carpentry students
designed and constructed the bench. It is a six six foot long cedar bench with a memorial to Matt. I am truly hoping to be able to work with the recreation department on the placement along the circular walkway for rest and relax for walkers, runners, and just a peaceful
view of one of Kingston's greatest attributes. So, with the 75 signatures, certified residential signatures in the public hearing, I can hope that we can move forward on this project and vote today. Um, I did leave some pictures. Um, one
of is of the bench and it it does say um you can barely read it. It says um everyone's best friend in memory of Matt Hamilton. Um the other one is a picture of the bench. It's a seated bench. It's absolutely beautiful. Um two uh two
gentlemen in town um with experience in the trades um Bill Gallagher and Mark Kazalt are working on picking the stain and staining it for us and uh and they'll they'll be the ones that will figure out how to put it into the ground with approval from the recreation
commission. So today I'm asking for your permission to uh to place it on town property. Um, I I I I don't want to really go into it too much, but um, it's a lot of work for a bench. It'll be a lot of work for a tree. It'll be a lot
of work for a small stone. Um, I think that the policy is is is guided more towards the naming of a town property or a town building. Um, you need almost as many signatures here as you do to get a special town meeting. So, I guess I
could have done that. Um, so I think that's something I should I wouldn't have liked to have said that at at at open forum, but I I'll say it now because it is pertinent to this. Um, it did take a lot of work to get this done. Obviously, two years in the making
from conception to to getting to where we are today. Um, so I certainly hope that you support the cause. Um, Matt was a great guy. He had a lot of impact on a lot of the kids, youth in town. Um, I would say that when I put on everyone's
best friend, he had more more youth than he did adult. So that's it. >> Thank you, Paul. Um, the bylaw that was approved at annual town meeting in in 2023 clearly needs us to create a policy
defining what property means because it didn't define property and I think that was just an oversight at the time. So, that's something that we can we can fix by voting on a policy of what the definition is >> of property within that bylaw to alleviate some of the concerns of something like a bench or stone because
I don't think that was the intention at the time. So, that's something we can certainly talk about at our next meeting. Um, I'm going to open up to the board for questions, but I do want to mention just the bylaw clarifies that we can't vote tonight. We have to vote at
the next meeting. It it's it's detailed in the bylaw. So, but I don't have a problem with it. >> Well, it's bylaw. >> I won't object to it. I believe it was actually >> I hope it wasn't the town clerk. >> I believe it was a it was a combination from other >> Okay. >> communities near us that have similar
>> So, how long away is that? >> When's our next meeting? Two weeks. >> Two weeks. >> I don't I don't have an objection to placing the bench if recreation supports it as well. And I I mean, we'll open it to the public as well because it is a public hearing. >> So, we'll hear if there are objections. Um, and then we should have an answer
for you by our next meeting. >> Yeah. And I think the tricky part, too, is that we had to wait for the recreation department to approve the bench to be placed >> before the naming policy, otherwise we're approving something over another
committee. So, it it definitely needs to be tweaked the language and how the process works. Um but the recreation already voted in favor of um the bench with the exact placement to be determined um after
>> oh when they see that picture. >> Right. Right. So um yeah I don't think there was after that policy was processed through and figured out. I mean I agree we have to tweak it. >> Is the bylaw different from the public property naming policy that we have
here? Nope. >> Well, you know, the first sentence there says the naming of public property such as buildings, parks, squares, and ways. So, you know, I think that's pretty specific. And certainly to me, when I
was reading this and preparing for the meeting, I said, you know, I don't understand why we have to do much. I think it's a good idea having a a public uh hearing like this, but I was just trying to figure out where the policy or
the bylaw or is forcing us to do it. >> Mhm. I think it was the name property that came into play because when the recreation department votes to take anything onto property, a shed, a bench, it becomes the property
of the town of Kingston. And so that's kind of where it got gray, I think, with the discussions at the recreation is what is property and what does that mean and what is that? So then the ball fields become naming of properties and trails become naming of property. So I think it definitely needs to be tweaked.
I don't think the intent was to have this long process for a bench. >> No. And it wasn't intended to be vague either. >> Right. >> My only question is to Paul and it may be just a simple thing of cost. Was any consideration
to having a more permanent bench of, you know, the cement types that we have in other places. >> When you see this bench, you won't have any questions. >> I mean, honestly, I I don't know what to tell you. I I there were cost restraints. Uh Matt's mom is the one
that's paying for it. And uh I got to tell you, some of those plastic benches out there can run you 12,300. >> They're expensive. and and the school did this for hundreds and an incredible job. >> And recreation did also have
conversation about in the past all of the benches that we've approved down there matched and they had to be the same >> um material. So, but this bench has already been made. So that was a conversation that we had too that you know
>> you know when you say and I'm not here to argue with anybody but when you say material I can appreciate it's a plastic the benches are plastic but all of the pla all of the benches down there are different colors. >> Yep. >> So >> it kind of defeats the purpose of
>> and it was right and that Yeah. Exactly. And that was the conversation intent was to try to match everything down there with the same material, same color. And over the years >> that has >> this this if you take a look at the bench, you'll notice that it's actually very similar in shape and size.
>> Yeah. No, that's great. >> No bigger, no, you know, it's not going to overwhelm anybody anybody else. >> And then once that is placed there, wherever >> the conversation happens, then it becomes the recreation department's responsibility to restore, maintain.
And so that was another part of the conversation >> which which they won't have to worry about. We shouldn't. It should last for a while. >> That salty water does kill stuff down there. So, >> and and the reason we're not voting on this is because we don't have the 75. >> No, we have it in the policy. There's
language about it has to be the next regular scheduled board selection. >> No, after the public hear. >> After the public. >> Do we need to open the public? >> I mean, yeah, probably. I mean, we probably should have. It's not required by state law. So you can >> I mean we can we
>> doesn't sound like it's required by local law either. >> It's by it's a bylaw. >> I I was extremely beyond upset when I saw it. I was extremely surprised to see that or to hear that I would have to go through
that process for a park bench. >> Right. >> It's not it's not a building. It's not a it's not a a big piece of field. It's not a a trail out behind the high school. This is a park bench. This is a memorial. And this is this is something that's going to benefit everybody that's
down there. You know, I mean, I gotta be honest with you. I've been fighting with um Market Basket to put benches throughout the throughout the store because old people and me have to sit down on occasion. >> Yeah.
>> All right. I >> mean, do you want me to open the public officially? >> Okay. I don't I don't care about big >> we just I think it's more of a I think that the intention of it is to make sure that the public is aware of the request. >> So I mean I'm happy to read the public
hearing notice for the record. Um the Kingston Board of Selemen will hold a public hearing at Kingston Townhouse 26 Evergreen Street, Kingston, Massachusetts on Tuesday, January 13th, 2026 at 6 PM to review the request from Paul Gallagher to place a memorial bench in honor of Matthew Hamilton at Grace Beach. This hearing will be conducted in
person and accessibly accessible remotely via Zoom. Please see the town's website for a Zoom link. And if you'd like to just form make it formal, we certainly could. So, would you like someone like make a motion to open the public hearing? >> I guess I open the public hearing. >> Second. >> Okay. All those in favor?
>> I. >> Okay. >> We heard the presentation, right? So, is anyone from the public here to speak or ask questions or or say anything about this request? The floor is yours if you'd like to. >> We just wanted
>> Sorry. If you want you can we with um someone from if you want to say your name and address and then you can say whatever you like. >> Susan McNab, 12 Bagnell Street in Rocky Nook, one house down from the Hamiltons. I just think this is a great idea. I
would volunteer with the recreation if it needed to be fixed at any time and um Matt did a lot for this town. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Move to close the public hearing. >> Second.
>> All those in favor? >> I shouldn't have said a word. >> Thanks, John. >> We'll check all the check boxes. As far as I can tell, I don't see any objections to this and I do not have a problem with this. >> Answer questions
>> and we will look at fixing because that wasn't the >> we need to make sure >> the intent was buildings as you >> buildings. I remember why I got brought in to begin with. >> Thank you. >> Buildings, fields, parks, trails. >> Yeah.
>> Thank you, Paul. >> That's good to see you. >> Okay, moving on to number two. We have a request from the police department to enter into a an intermunicipal agreement with the towns of Halifax and Plimpmpton
for shared clinician services. >> Good evening, Madame Vice Chair, honorable members, Mr. Lamb and Miss Tucker. Thank you. Uh this is an agreement that's required in order for the towns to work together for the clinician services. You should have a
copy of the draft in your packet and I think the suggested motion was to authorize the chair to put the final signature on the document. >> Sorry, we're just handing pictures back of the bench. My apologies. So that's it. Answer any questions for you?
>> Does anyone have any questions? >> Looks good to me. >> Then if someone would like to make a motion, >> I move the board of selectmen accept the intermunicipal agreement as presented between the towns of Kingston, Halifax,
and Plimpmpton for shared clinician services. and further move to authorize the chairman of the board to sign the agreement on behalf of the board. >> Second. >> Second. Do we need to if it needs to be signed today, do we need to switch it to
vice chair >> to make life easier? >> Does it need to be signed today? >> No burning rush. >> Okay then. Yeah. >> Second. All right. All those in favor? >> I. >> Perfect. Excellent. >> Chief, you want to move on to the next one? Request from the police department
to enter into consultation agreement with is it Kaitley? >> Yes. >> Liry LSW for cons consultation services relative to the co-response clinician.
>> So this employee is a u licensed social worker who's going to provide clinical oversight to the clinician. The contract and the funding for it come from the state uh department of mental health grant and it's fully funded by them.
It's part-time position. This uh agreement has been vetted by council. >> Again, part of the family services unit that we've been talking about probably I don't know how long. >> Yeah, that thing. >> A while. >> Yeah, >> there's a great presentation about the
family services unit. I don't remember exactly what day, but it's in one of the packets on the website. People can probably search for it if you're looking for it, but if you want information about the family services unit, I highly recommend that presentation. Anyone make a motion? >> I have one question. Oh,
>> of the chief here. Is is this consultant would can I anticipate that it's necessary as we get the program going at a certain degree but once the program is going I shouldn't need to be paying for
this consultant with or at least at a very limited uh number of hours. the the oversight is going to remain in effect as long as the grant is funding the uh the clinician. So DMH will pay
for that oversight so that there's checks and balances to the work that the um clinician is doing. >> And if the um if the grant went away and we can find a
way to pay for the clinician, would we still have to have the consultant in above and beyond the clinician? My best guess is that uh if I was to ask um either an accreditation agency if we're going to be going down that road or town council that it would probably fall into
best practices. It's like u paramedics they have to go for, you know, training and they have to do a certain amount of hours. Uh but at the top of the chain of command for those folks, there's a medical control doctor who oversees all their training. So this is this is more checks and balances and I would I would guess that the answer would be yes. Uh
national best practices. Okay, I would um I understand the need for this. I support the clinician, but I get nervous again that we're adding additional cost on um to what we're
doing. But um so be it. >> Anything else? I move the board of selectman accept the consultation agreement between the town and Caitlin Liry for consultation services related to the co-response clinician program as presented and further move to authorize
the chairman of the board to sign the agreement on behalf of the board. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I >> I that's 400. >> Do you need that one quick? >> Yes. >> Oh, do you need >> friendly amendment to vice chair? The
vote says the chair, but actually this is the one that has everybody >> has everybody. So, okay. So, we can just >> Okay, very good. >> Forget the second half of that. >> So, drop that and further move to authorize. So, we're going to sign it. >> The one I'm not official on is the one that needed to be >> That's perfect. All right. And then we
we're looking at an appointment to fill a position from someone who retired in December. >> Yes. Uh, one of those veteran officers retired. December 24th was his last day on the books and we're looking to backfill that position. This is not a new position.
>> I move the board of selectman authorize the chief of police to appoint on behalf of the board one additional police patrol officer. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> I. >> Thank you. >> Did you say I? >> I did not. I'm going to abstain from that. >> Okay. >> So 301. Sorry. I was
>> It's okay. Can't always tell when everyone's voting. Thank you. >> Thank you. Perfect. Right. We have an appointment request to the Commission on Disability. So, we received a volunteer request form from Mr. Will Kushman requesting to be
appointed to the Commission on Disability. There are currently no members on the commission. And Mr. Kushman is also requesting permission to distribute the flyer, which is included within our board materials, uh, to recruit new members to the commission. Do you want to speak to that a little
bit? Thank you board of select men. Tonight I'm here to present the commission on disability some of the requirements just to give people who are interested on
Zoom and possibly in the public. I want to advise the community that the requirements are the commission shall consist of 5 to 13 members. Majority
must have be people with disabilities. At least one member must be intermediate family member of a person with a disability. At least one member must be an elected or appointed official of the town of Kingston. The role of the
commission is advise and assist the town departments on disability related issues. Support and support compliance with state and federal accessibility laws. Promote equal accessible inclusion
on an opportunity for all residents. And I want to give some of the people of the town of Kingston. More information on this position can be found at the kingsson.gov. back-job website and click on the commission on
disability and this this commission has been without members since 2013 and we had and we had to and I just want to say thank you for looking into
this position again as this will be a big representation of members of the community with disabilities and like I like thinking this is a old saying which is no taxation without
representation. This will be very helpful for this group of people who currently do not have anyone to talk to in town and it and I want to say thank you for considering this.
>> Okay, perfect. So, it sounds like we need four more members for you. So, anyone interested, please contact the selectman's office with a letter of interest and we'll get those appointments going. Um, will reviewed some of the requirements. It's also covered in chapter master general law chapter 40 section 8J if anyone
wants to read through those. So, with that said, do we want to make a motion? >> I move the board of selectmen appoint William Kushman to the commission of disability effective immediately through June 30th, 2029. >> Second. All those in favor? >> I Just a reminder, you got to get the
recruiting in because got to have five members to get started. So, we'll make sure we spread the word as best we can. >> He's going to recruit now. >> Thank you to the board of selectment members and also
I have couple people I'm not going to say their names. >> That's okay. >> But I have couple people currently who might be good candidates. Great. So, I just wanted to keep this under wraps at this time as I'm looking into it. >> Great. Sounds great. >> And again, I want to say thank you for
everyone here and I hope to work with the chief and the family services unit to make sure that the town of Kingston is more accessible to everyone in this town. Thank you. >> Thanks, Will. >> All right. meeting minutes.
Any edits, changes, or a motion? >> I move the board of selectman approved the open session meeting minutes of December 30th, 2025 as presented. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> Then I neglected in my announcements to welcome our new town administrator,
>> Scott. Welcome. Um I don't have a full as full of a room anymore, but there's still a handful of folks here. So, um, I hand it over to you for the town administrator report, but you've had a full, what is it? >> It's been >> a week and a day. Two days. Yeah. >> Happy New Year. >> Welcome.
>> Thank you. Thank you very much. Um, just I guess you know um for an update, we have started working >> Oh, microphone. >> We have started working on the FY27 budget. Um overall the um you know focus
is for me is just getting an understanding of the town's structure financial structure what our trends are and the cost drivers. There's a lot to do uh and a lot to absorb. Uh we are about a month behind schedule. I did meet with department heads today. Um I
will get an updated schedule out and updated message to them and to this board um for you folks to um to review. Uh at this point I have suggested I've taken the liberty of suggesting that we start looking at a level service budget
um at least preliminary and then we'll take it from there. Um I have begun one-on-one meetings with the department heads to kind of get a better understanding of what their operations are and their priorities. Um I think we've had some really good meetings. I'm
looking forward to working with each and every one of them. uh working with human resources to fill some of the big vacancies that we have. Um obviously the building commissioner vacancy is a high priority and we have a vacancy that um Trisha has been working
on uh filling in the selectman's office. So we're glad to be getting that taken care of. uh currently working with the police chief and the facilities director on getting a um a uh office for the um clinician to work out of be a uh so
we're putting out a bid document to get a trailer an office trailer for that. Um so yeah generally um you know working on just kind of getting to a lay of the land. Uh we have a lot of work to do but I think um you know this is a great town
and I'm really excited to be here. Well, we're excited to have you. So, >> excellent. Any questions? Any anything for Scott? >> No. >> No. >> Okay. >> Can't wait to hear. >> I attended the Silver Lake uh regional
school committee meeting last week. Um I think some of you already know that u few weeks before they had presented their initial budget. Their initial budget was about 3.75% increase bottom line expenses. Remember
that that's the expenses. It's not the allocation. The assessment that the assessment you know is can be quite different from that from between the three towns. But the important thing that happened at this meeting is that
they had a presentation and the full committee approved it. Their um building is being paid off that they're right now where for fiscal 26
it's a million3 in mortgage payment uh debt payment. Um Kingston gets about 800k of that. this FY27 700K of that falls off. Okay. Then the
next year FY28 the remainder of 600K is paid. So what u they've come up with a proposal which I for one think is a very good proposal. They also have an assessment for building improvements. Those buildings
are getting to be 25 years old. Um the assessment for building improvements if it was to be done tomorrow would be $73 million. The internally up there their facilities
people their maintenance people etc. they have cut that back to $60 million feeling that certain projects can be handled internally over the years. Okay. So what has been proposed is that uh let
let me talk in the the how it impacts Kingston. We this year would be getting a $400,000 um reduction in the uh assessment for
the debt payment. Okay. What they're proposing to do is to move that $400,000 into in effect a line item in the operating budget which becomes a reserve for capital improvements. So that over
the next 25 years or whatever it might be, they would be putting a million3 into this fund and probably spending it as fast as they put it in to do some of their maintenance.
The selling point that they're using is that, you know, that 400,000 will not cost Kingston a nickel because it will be in effect being changed from debt financing to capital f capital
projects where it will impact us. And my first look at it says that we still with some real challenges ought to be able to cover it. is that that comes out of your, you know, debt override.
So that you're in effect, you if if nothing changed, you take $400,000 out of what you can assess for taxes. You take $400,000 out of expenses down below. So you've got a wash. Okay. In
this case, the 400,000 will stay in expenses, but your 400,000 is coming out of the debt override in effect. Um Jason, the um the key person on the Silver Lake School Committee, I think
most of you know from u um Plimpmpton, he has offered to make this presentation to the boards of selectment and the finance committees. So, I'm going to ask as soon as I can confirm. I was hoping we might be able to get him on our next
agenda, but Halifax beat us to the punch. He's on their agenda for two weeks from tonight. So, the February 14th meeting, uh, we we if if it's if he's available, I'd like to suggest that
we have him, um, come and make a presentation to us um, and to the we could invite the finance committee at the same time. One of the reasons I support this so much is that I hope most of you remember
about three four years ago we had $2 million a year of debt payments for the intermediate school come off of our expenses. Okay. At the time I suggested that we ought to be reserving that off.
we ought to be creating an expense line to help pay for things like school roofs. Guess what? We didn't do that. In effect, most of that $2 million reduction in debt payment went into our
operating budget. And that is to me the number one item that has destroyed the excess levy capacity in the town of Kingston. So I believe that it's important at the Silver Lake level even
though we don't have any control over that direct budget over the assessment. I believe it's extremely important that they don't somehow let that reduced expense get into their operating budget
without doing it. Now, the the other thing that I liked what Jason proposed, he told the school committee in general, he told the school administration, if we're going to do this 400,000, but
it it's 700 in total. So, if we're going to do this 700,000 across the three towns, we need to deliver an operating budget in FY27 of no more than 2.5%. Okay.
I'm hoping that we can know use that. I've talked to a couple of the local school committee members and encouraging them to find a way to reduce their budget, their proposed initial budget down closer,
I would like to see it closer to three to three and a half%. And I'm not sure they can get to 2 and a half on a local basis, but at at if they could get down closer to three and a half to 3% if the regional school assessment to us comes
in at 2 and a half 3%. And if the rest of our budgets were held at somewhere around 3%, we can get do a budget without a two and a half override. There's a lot of ifs, ands, or
buts, but I think it's a challenge that we need to at least have on the table at this time. And maybe a month from now or two months from now, we throw up our hands and say there's no way we can go forward without making major cuts to
services, without going to a two and a half override for the town to determine if they want to do it or not. But the important thing is to get you thinking about uh this this idea that Silver Lake and their their school committee voted
it unanimously. So whether the towns like it or not, it's going to go through. But I I do think and I stood up and said as one selectman for the town of Kingston, I supported it 100%. And uh but I do think it's a good idea to get
the information from um Jason directly. Um you know, when we talk about $60 million, okay, we're not even talking about the interest that would double that to 120 million. So you you could
easily be talking, you know, spending 120 million. even if you said it was going to be over 30 years, it would be, you know, $4 million a year. Kingston would end up with two and a half million of it. So, that's kind of what I wanted
to put on the table for members to think about. >> Well, I think when you talk about the capital needs on the Silver Lake schools, it's important to think about how much a new school costs. You're talking hundreds of millions of dollars, like $500 million. Lex Lexington is
building a $450 million high school. >> Last I saw the quote for them was 660. So >> has it gone up again? >> Yes. So just keeping that in mind that >> short-term or long-term solutions, guys, like we can we can fix issues now or we can not fix them and then have to
replace the school. So I just we have to think >> we've been very fortunate as a town that the Silver Lake Regional School District has for 25 years pretty much paid for their own capital improvements. Now conservative Mr. Pike would argue well
the town is paying for it because most of their excess uh le excess what do they call it? Excess and whatever you call it uh >> excess and deficiency. Yeah. >> And then theirs comes out the next day.
It's the same as free cash for the town. And so where most of theirs comes from is from under spending their budget. So in effect, you know, the towns pay for it through the operating budget. But and then again, when you build a new
building, you hope that you don't have a lot of capital improvements for 10 to 20 years and then it starts catching up with you. >> Sure. So, >> thank you. >> I suppose I can see why you wanted to wait till the end.
>> Um, anyone else? >> No. Okay. Our next regular meeting is January 27th, 2026. And if anyone else make a motion to adjurnn. >> Motion to adjurnn. Second. >> All those in favor? I I
>> Have a great night. Thank you everybody.