[music] Good evening and welcome to the Tuesday, November 25th, 2025 uh Lakeville Select Board meeting at the police station. Is anyone else recording this evening? Can you identify yourself for the record? And you have to come up
to a microphone, please. Thank you. Sorry to be the bother. >> Grace R >> and you are from >> Week. >> Thank you for identifying yourself. I'd like to call this board to order. >> Present ahead.
>> Indeed. Carboni present. Fantastic. And now moving on to the pledge of allegiance. Flag is in the corner. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you everyone for joining us tonight. Appreciate your time. Um we're going to move right into the select board announcements. Madam vice chair,
would you mind? >> Sure. Just a few announcements this evening. Um we still have some uh vacancies on um some of our current committee boards and commissions. Uh we're still looking for an associate member for the zoning board of appeals, a member for the board of registars. Uh
there are two vacancies on the cable TV advisory committee, one vacancy on the communications and community outreach committee, although I was just notified this evening that we do have an interested candidate. Um, and we need we're looking for one at large member
for the zoning bylaw review advisory committee. So, please, if you're interested, give us a call um, at our office and, you know, we can walk you through it. Um, and a lot of the details will be found on the town's Facebook page or the town's website at www.
lakevillemma.org under news. And we do have the person is interested in the communications subcommittee here with us. Do you would you like to speak for three whole minutes? >> Just very briefly
Noel. I sit on the park community preservation. So you'll know me from there. And I feel very strongly that we do need that communications. We really need that subcommittee. So, I'm willing to um sit on that board and
I I will uh give Colleen, I believe, my letter and um you know where to find me. >> Thank you [snorts] for stepping up and volunteering. >> Great. All right. >> Any other announcements?
>> Yes. Um I just again um for the announcements is the second annual Snow Person Jubilee uh which is held on Saturday, December 13th at 200 p.m. um at the Lakeville Old Town Hall
lawn. Um I believe that's right where it is right at the pavilion. >> Will there be a tree lighting as well? Are we able to >> still planning it? >> That would be great. That would be great. Yeah. Um and I believe the snow
people are still available for purchase. So if anybody's interested, um they can call Lakeville or email Lakeville snowpeoplegmail.com. Um there's some upcoming Council on Aging events. Um and those are all listed in the packet or on this the
Council on Aging's uh website page too. There's quite a few of them, so I don't want to, you know, go through them all, but And last but not least, uh the town of Lakeville is currently hiring private snowplow contractors for the 2526,
uh season. Um they offer competitive rates. Uh there's an early sign on and in inspection bonuses. Um payments within 30 days, and um they get paid for a three-hour minimum per storm. So if you are interested um You can contact
the DPW office. Guess that's at 9508-947-9521. That's all I have. >> Thank you. Does anyone else have any announcements or anything they'd like to speak about? >> There was recognition evening.
>> Yes, there was. Last night there was recognition evening. Meanco was able to represent the select board. Uh would you like to talk about the night? >> Yes, it was a fantastic event. um recognizing new recruits to the fires
department as well as recent academy um graduates. Uh they also recognized two of the lieutenants for 10year anniversaries. And also they had two residents um that were um saved due to the um
heroic efforts of both police department and the fire station department as well. So it was so they they got a chance to say a few words and and meet the the first responders which was really nice. Fantastic event. >> Great. Excellent. We're really very fortunate to have people so dedicated to the community and our first responders
are first line and keeping people safe. So >> absolutely. >> Thank you for representing. >> Um next item agenda is the town administrator's report. Andrew, you want to take it away? >> Yeah, thank you. Um so the Ted Williams camp parking lot's been paved. Uh there was line striping I think it was
yesterday. So that's pretty much brand new. Um last components are their sign signage and as well um installation of fence post. So those should be coming in the coming weeks. Um I think it looks pretty good myself. >> Fence post for the in front of the
swale >> part of the swale and then part of some of the exits. So like you can't just drive through and kind of cut around. >> Okay. >> Um we conducted interviews for town planner uh this past week. Most likely we will bring forward a recommendation very soon. >> Great.
>> Um >> that is a long time coming. >> Yes. Yes, it is. >> Um [clears throat] we met with the Midar Gas and Electric last week. Um one of the the the long kind of running projects has been electric vehicle charging stations and those will be installed the week of December 8th.
>> And can you reiterate where those will be because I know we had talked a couple times. >> There'll be two stations at the town hall. the farthest to the left when you're going looking out towards Red Hands and then there'll be uh two stations out at Ted Williams, >> right? >> Um and then the only other one I have is
there'll be a Route 79 agenda item next week. That should be the final final vote we take for takings. >> Sounds alleged. >> So, I if there's another one, I'll lose my mind, but this should be it before before construction starts.
>> Fantastic. Um, Andrew, did you want to speak to the the really great results we got for the trash collection survey? >> Yeah, we can have a a formal discussion maybe next week or the week after, but we've I think we've had about over 600 >> response, which is probably three times
greater than we were expecting. >> Yeah, I think I think maybe our master plan got like a hundred. We have like 60 six times the amount for like I would say a lesser, >> you know, something of importance. So, um I'm personally shocked how many we've gotten, but pleasantly surprised. So,
>> fantastic. >> Um I think the the draw at least one takeaway is that people are interested in it. >> Yep. >> Across the town. So, it's good news. >> Great. >> Any comments or questions? uh discuss possible vote to approve
select board meeting minutes of November 3rd, 2025. I know there was some corrections member Carboni had and I I did go over those with Colleen, but um just under the 6 PM joint meeting
of the first page um with Freetown Select Board where it's listing the Lakeville School Committee members um present Stephen um Sylvia uh Courtney Breitman is Freetown. So um we'll just um Courtney then Carolina Hernandez and Melinda Richards. Um, thank you.
Anything else? >> Minor. >> Okay. Anything else? >> Uh, yes. I had one comment that I made. Uh, I can't find it.
had to do with the uh the audit. Oh, there you go. Oh, page three. Okay, good. Um bottom page three, discussion status the audit with the school of financial transactions. Um so I'm I I'm working on this is part of my membership uh participation in the
regional finance subcommittee. The scope has not been defined. It's in I'm working on it. I think my comment was the scope I'm is in process. >> So not defined >> right in it's in progress. So you can
change that please. Thank you. >> Great. >> If that's all >> take a motion. Make a motion to approve the select board wage and [clears throat] personnel meeting minutes of November 3rd, 2025 um as amended.
>> I have a motion. Can I have a second? >> Second. Motion and second. Any further discussion? Hearing none. Roll call. >> I block eye. >> Candy. Carboni. I. >> Um, first item up for bids here is the discussion on the merits of a split tax
rate. Every year um we have a discussion maybe prior to or on the same day as the tax uh classification hearing and we discuss the merits or detriments of creating a split tax rate.
I know that Lakeville is a rural community and as so it has never been recommended to have a split tax rate and the rationale has always been it's not worth it or it's uh it's not as impactful as it could be um with a
different business setup or that it drives business away from town. Um, I will say for for the last statement there there is there's anecdotal support for that. There's no evidence that that's actually that's correlation and not causation. So like having that as a
a limiter to what we can discuss um I think is a uh it's a false dichotomy and we and we squashed discussion about it before on things like that. But I think we should have a discussion and we we should have it every year and we should make sure that the public knows that
we're trying to do what's not only best for the public but what actually is impactful. So um a couple weeks ago I think I sent it out to all the board members just the different uh not the classifications and the um the
exemptions. Uh I I wanted to see if any of the board members had any perspectives that they would like to share um here about having a split tax rate or having exemptions for things like homeowners versus um people that
own property and and as landlords uh or small business exemptions uh for property taxes. There are many and I I I'm sure up here everyone could speak to it more eloquently, but I just wanted to get the ball rolling and we're gonna go
right over to Mr. Hunt first. >> Thank you for that. >> Yes. >> Um my opinion on this would be if we if we were to consider a split tax rate, it would be a nominal rate. Um much like a a handover,
I think has a 59 60 cent rate. Um, I would support the the dollar or two area, just something small to uh get our foot in the door for it. Let people know that's on the horizon.
>> Not be not be so cost prohibitive to people. You know, a lot of the folks that own business property in this town are also residents. >> True. >> In the town as well. I I don't like to see them did it twice.
>> True. So when when we're saying considering it, would you be considering also an exemption for small businesses too um you know to to have the the lower >> to some degree? We would have to look into it and and have a lot more discussion on that.
>> Yeah, there is a provision and I think it's under a million dollars um and I don't know if that's net or gross that considers it a small business but yes >> and and to your point I don't think that the talk of a split tax rate is driving anybody away from a town that they're not coming to.
>> No, no, infrastructure. Um, [clears throat] you know, opportunity and infrastructure are the things that are are keeping us >> and that's my four cents on that. >> Thank you for for all four of them. >> Mr. Member, >> no comments at this time. Thank you.
>> No comments. The only the only um comment that I have I'm call um you know no more than you know a couple of dollars I would think but where we do have a lot of small businesses in town a lot of these small
businesses actually rent their space so they're not subject to >> the property tax whereas the landlord um who does pay the property tax um you know is I don't know how that works. I know, >> but they have the personal property tax,
right? Their personal property. >> It's not all not all though. I don't know what that how they classify. Um, >> we got experts over here. We can ask. >> We have we have a bunch of experts, but yeah, I mean, a business that doesn't own the building still has a uh tax base
for you standpoint personal property wise. So, >> I don't know. Are you looking for a recommendation at this point or >> No, just confirmation. Personal property is impacted as well. >> Yes. So, is there any
interest in having a discussion on it further or would we like to table it and bring it up as a course of business for direction for 2026 and have much more discussion on it prior to the next
setting of the tax rate? >> I would favor that. >> Okay. I I think so, too. I think we're a little >> behind it. We probably should have got ahead of it like last month. Um >> but at the same time, I don't want to let it drop. Um I wanna I want to
actually see it through and have some impact statements on whatever we're proposing and work with the assessor's office on what that could look like going forward. >> Yeah. Right. >> If what I would probably recommend is to
your point, it's it's not the time to have a full-blown discussion on it, but use us as a resource to put together some questions or however you're going to formulate a working group or whatever you decide to do and then we can give you the actual data and analysis so you can see what the impacts >> y
>> really are and what the options really are too. >> Yep. And um again, I think we should do that well in advance of next setting so the board has a direction. um that they're giving everyone. So we're all working in the we're rowing the boat in some same direction.
>> Yeah. Because we typically have the hearing, you know, right around this time every year. So I would say, you know, if we started discussions, you know, August, >> September, put it on, but all the data should be available much earlier than that.
With that, I'll take a motion to open the fiscal year 2026 tax classification hearing on November 25th, 2025, 602 p.m. >> So moved. >> Seconded.
>> And I'm going to read this out. Uh, the Lakeville Select Board in compliance with provisions of general laws chapter 40, section 56 as amended will conduct a public hearing to determine the percentage of local tax levy to be borne by each class of real property and
personal property for fiscal year 2026 on Tuesday, November 25th, 2025 at 6:03 p.m. Or did I say 2 or 3 p.m. said hearing will be held at the Rita Garbett community meeting room at the Lakeville
Police Station located at 323 Bedford Street in Lakeville. And then it lists Lorine Candido Chair, Lorine Carboni, Paul Hunt, Christopher Plona as members of the Lakeville Select Board. And this was advertised in >> I didn't ask it.
>> Yes, you have a question. >> Can the public comment this public comment. >> Um, not yet, but we will have a >> Okay. >> a section. So, let's start the hearing.
All right. >> You ready for me to jump in here? >> I'm so ready. >> Waiting. Okay. >> So, ready. >> So, uh, John Oliver, chairman of the board of assessors. Um, tonight we're going to be presenting the, um, data for the classification hearing. Herald Shide
um who is our interim principal assessor will be going through it with you and I'd just like to thank Harald and Mike Ellis also they have putting in a lot of time with a couple of curves balls thrown at us by the state over the past day or two but uh they are ready to go so Harald you're up he's joining us
virtually >> can everyone hear me okay >> yes >> okay great well um the classification hearing uh is that statutory [clears throat] um hearing required by law to address
principally one uh question and I think you had already uh uh spoken a bit about the the question of splitting a tax rate. But the whole hearing centers around that one decision whether to uh
adopt as we have in the past a single tax rate to be applied across all classes of property or or alternatively uh split a rate um coming in with a higher commercial rate
uh and more commercial revenues that would have the effect of lowering the residential tax rate. Um, the board of assessors did take a vote at their last meeting to recommend
uh that the town continue uh with uh a single tax rate. Um I like the uh discussion that I heard a few minutes ago about deliberating over uh what really is a very important decision if
if the town is to contemplate a split rate. I think there's a lot of uh information that would need to be presented and even input from both the residential and the commercial um tax sectors.
Um so just a few highlights from the document that um uh I'm I've prepared for you. Uh we are uh this year for fiscal year 2026
uh raising $30 million uh 929,229 in tax revenue. That's substantially uh the maximum allowable under Proposition 2 and a half. You do see a
little bit of excess levy capacity, but that figure of $1,941 is there uh really only because of tax rate rounding. Uh I am projecting at
this juncture that we'll be coming in with a a lower tax rate $9.74 per thousand. Uh if we were to raise that tax rate by one penny, when
you apply that to the town's taxable valuation, we would actually come in with a levy that exceeds what Proposition 2 and a half allows. Uh you see at the bottom of the uh
second page, actually the third page after the cover page, uh a breakdown of the total valuation by class. Uh the residential class or classes which make up single family homes, condominiums,
apartments, uh vacant residential land. The total of that valuation represents about 89% of the taxable base. That then implies that it would take
about a 9 to 10% increase in the commercial tax rate to yield a 1% reduction in the u in residential taxes. So um
to get any sort of a significant uh residential tax rate reduction would require really a very significant uh increase in the commercial tax rate. Um it's been principally for that reason that the board of assessors has
recommended that the town maintain a single tax rate structure. Mentioned before there is interest in going to a split rate. Uh we really need to present you uh at some point and I think August, September is an excellent
uh time to have this discussion to present you with more facts and figures that will help in making that decision to migrate to a two tax rate structure. I do need to comment here though the tax
rate is dropping uh valuations uh will be increased um fairly modestly. I I want to say that
our new values, our fiscal 26 values represent an estimate of property values on January 1st of 2025 using calendar year 24 sales as the
benchmark for uh establishing uh those uh those values. 20 24 still a very strong year uh across the Commonwealth and
and in Lakeville as well. We did see some some appreciation in property values. Uh you'll see at the bottom of the um this will be the fifth page. Uh what I'm
projecting for average tax bills for the single family class um our valuation average valuations going from 572,600 to 6259.
When we apply uh the proposed tax rate of $9.74, that yields a somewhat higher average tax for the average resident. That's calculated to be about $170
or about a 2.7% increase. Um condominiums, um we didn't see the same, uh extent of value appreciation, though there was some uh appreciation.
You'll see the condominium value increasing from 436500 to 4638. Um that represents a smaller percentage increase in value than for the single family class.
When you play the um tax rates last year and this year against those average values, uh you'll see that condominium owners will realize something around a net 0% increase.
That then I think is pretty much um the summary of my document. Uh you'll see on the last page a tabulation of values by major property class. I also
offer up on the top of that page a motion that can be read into the record. Adopting that motion effectively um yields a single tax rate. So, I'm available to answer any
questions. >> I just have one question. So, if I did it, if I did my math right, um, single family homes assessed value, average assessed value went up
9.3% and condominiums went up 65%. Is that >> Well, let me u confirm your calculation here. >> Thank you. Yeah, it's about right. Single family
home values went up about [cough] >> Okay, but that wasn't enough to move the needle. I just wouldn't expect it to be zero is on the condominiums. >> Oh, on the condominiums. >> Yeah, >> that's the tax bill change.
>> That's the tax bill change, not not the value. >> No, understood. But when you're applying a percent to change to average value, >> I'm not sure what the metrics you're using that you would get
>> $170 for 9% but 0 for 6%. >> Okay. So, uh, single families went up a little, uh, over 9%. Uh, condominiums, uh, condominium values about 6%. >> Yeah,
>> got it. question, just to clarify, I wanted to confirm. So, I checked with this guy here. Keep in mind there's that many more residential homes, so that's why it's not impacting as much. Um, so when you're you're dealing with a 3% variance on increased values and there are so few
condominiums. >> Oh, I know. It's a very big like mathematical shape. >> Well, I mean, and overall, it's just because there are so few condos. That's really what's driving it. If there were as many condos as there were residences, then you would, to your point, it wouldn't be zero. Yeah. It would be
something more than zero. >> It just shows up because it is the zero. So, >> yeah. >> Yeah. >> The optics of it funky, but no questions from the board. Any questions for [clears throat] >> um I turn over to Mike just to explain
some of the numbers might have been different from what Harald said to what you see in front of you. >> Yes. So this this afternoon we saw new growth uh go from $2,334 to $21,751. That was a change of $1,417.
So [clears throat] the numbers under under the terminology um you know differ by that amount. So, um the 30,92843 um as Harald readed it was 30,929229 and that that really is the delta. So,
just the math changed by about $1,400 in the uh in the presentation and that was a very late change by the state just a few hours this afternoon, right Herald? I think >> yeah, it was uh about four o'clock this afternoon. Yeah.
>> So, >> yeah. >> Any questions on that from anyone? >> Madam Chair, one more time, Michael, what's that revised levy to be raised number, please? >> Uh 30,92843
is the correct one. >> Okay. [clears throat] And then on the original packet I think it was 30 million 929229 and and the difference is 1417. >> Yeah. >> And that was resulting from the change in the new growth number.
>> That's correct. Uh the 2011751 [clears throat] >> uh we have 200 334 here. >> Yeah. So originally when the packet was done on Friday that was the estimated new growth. Um but as Haralt mentioned around four o'clock this afternoon the
state increased it by417. So it threw all the math up by that number. >> Increased it. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Madam [clears throat] chair. Yes. Mr. Plunker. I believe that um our administration did hand out an updated >> supplemental. They did.
>> I look at the wrong one. Oh boy. >> Andrew, you're just going to have to take them from us and throw them out. >> I think that's what we'll have to do. Switch them out. I had I had to rip mine up question mine up too. [laughter] >> All right, I'm going to open the floor
up to any residents that have questions now and please come up state your name for the record. >> Hello. I'm not a statistician, but um I can figure out these numbers
and to the to the extent where should I sit here? >> Sure. Anywhere with the mic. >> The extent that to the extent that >> slide the mic, please. >> Is that better? Is [clears throat] that better? >> No, no, you said don't slide the mic. >> Don't don't slide. >> I'm sorry, Matthew. I'm sorry. Okay. I
can figure out the numbers to the extent of what they mean in terms of my tax bill. Um, when I early on heard projections, it it sounded like about $450 a for the year. I thought, "Okay, I can handle that." But the Friday figures
that went out in the packet, if I read them correctly, it's looking like my property taxes, I'm starting to sweat a little bit, about 350 per quarter, if I understand them correctly.
350. Am I way off? About $353 per quarter was the figure I extracted from here from from >> Can you tell us? >> Are you trying to figure out your
property tax? >> Yeah. >> So, what is proposed at this point is the 9.74. So, what's the value of your >> the figures that I got off of the packet? The way that it fleshed out was that my taxes will go up by about $350
per quarter. >> That seems wrong. >> Does that seem wrong to you? >> Would go up $350 >> per quarter. >> Per quarter. If I >> I agree with >> Yeah, >> it does not sound right. >> It doesn't sound right. Yeah, you have to. >> May I May I look at this, please?
Because this is where I got my numbers. Okay, this isn't this the whole thing. Since uh our values have been now certified as of late afternoon, uh I would recommend calling the office tomorrow and getting uh your new
valuation. >> Okay, I can do >> that new valuation. >> I can do that, right? >> Apply to this tax rate [clears throat] 974. Now, I I do have a little caveat here. Until the Department of Revenue certifies the tax rate, it could change
a penny or two, >> okay? >> One direction another, but it should be uh right around $9.74. You should then uh have an idea of what your annual tax bill
will be for this fiscal year. Um, I would caution though that to um to really get a sense for what your January bill will look like, you need to uh find out what you paid in the first
and second quarters, subtract that from that total tax, and that will then uh that figure will then represent what remains to be paid for this fiscal year. >> I will take a trip down there and have them go through that with me. But I do want to I did want to just say that
Moren, you said about two meetings ago, I remember you saying specifically that we cannot rely heavily so heavily on increases to to residents for the tax revenue and it just feels like that's
pretty much what's happening. Um and it concerns me. Um I really do feel that that the initiatives increase revenue streams Lorine that you had talked about early on. I feel like
we have to increase the revenue streams so that the burdens on on residential and and taxpayers is not so heavy. I I agree thoroughly at 8.79% residential >> and I have I have to revisit you know
Leah Fabian suggested letting retail uh cannabis in town for 3% and we visited this subject a year ago same meeting and it was no it's only 3% it's not going to make a difference but
I I think it may be time to revisit that idea of Leufabians to let residential cannabis shops because they're going three miles down the road and all that money is going to middle burrow. Point of order.
No recollection of us ever saying no to retail. I believe not this board specific. Maybe a couple boards ago. I'm I'm not sure. But this board in specific has been in favor of retail for cannabis
as a general rule because that's the only one that actually is profitable for the >> It sounds like you should talk to Leah Fabian because she seems to know a lot about that and it's not something I know a lot about, but I do know that there's money in that and it's going to burrow
and I feel like we need to recoup that to lessen I feel like we need to lessen the tax burden on the residents. So, um, that's what I I want to, you know, run by you and I'll visit the tax office tomorrow and have them. >> Thank you.
>> I I hope that 353 a quarter is is not the right figure. I hope I'm very wrong. What is this? These are the just the first three businesses in the Kennage Kenneth Welch Industrial Park. [snorts] And these are the numbers. Uh, cold
storage solutions, 2.5 million. Acudnamics 10.5 million a cushion atit titlist $4.71 billion dollar >> and that's the value of the company took me 10 seconds to pull those numbers off of the Kenneth Welch
>> figures and there's money in there and I just you know people in Lakefield we're not wealthy people there are a lot of people on fixed incomes I just took my second part-time job to supplement my social security you you know, and I'm
not embarrassed to say it, but a lot of people in town are moving on less than I am, and I feel like there needs to be some tax relief. Um, I I know that we're going to have increases because of the fire station, because of that, and um,
and I know that you're trying to work it out, but you know, really, uh, need some tax relief. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Harold. Would you briefly walk through how someone calculates their um well not with your advanced
calculations just a like you know napkin math on how they would calculate their tax rate. >> Yes. So with the total assessed valuation uh for your property
uh you divide that valuation by 1,000 and then multiply that figure times the $9.74 tax rate. That'll give you the total tax for the year. >> Thank you very much. Um,
anyone listening here uh can reach out to the assessor's um office to get some specifics if they have some questions. Um, we can also put up a t a tax calculator. We've done that for projects in the year just so someone can take a
guesstimate. But I know the assessor's office has always been very helpful and never had any problems with people, you know, getting a call back or having >> this. We just put the formula that Harald just explained right on the assesses page. >> Yep.
>> Value divided by a,000 times tax rate as your annual. >> It just helps significantly to know the numbers that you're dealing with. So, Madam Chair, I just had a quick question. When would the residents um see the assessment change on the property cards?
>> Yeah. So, at what time do the property cards update in our system after >> so this point? >> If I could answer that question. Uh sometime in the next couple of weeks, I will be running a utility that will
move that will capture all of our property record cards in PDF form and link them to uh Lakeville's GIS system. If if folks have
used our GIS system, it's fairly user friendly. Uh you go to the assessor's page, look for um tax maps. Um, and you click on that, it brings you into our geographic information system.
[clears throat] All you have to do at that point is type your address. Uh, and then you should be presented with um your property. You select the property and then uh there is a prop will be a
property record card linked to that record that you can then print from your your home printer. Okay. >> Thank you. >> Any more questions or comments or anything anyone would like to know >> regarding this year's
tax classification? Anyone want to wrap anything up or are we good as we are? >> All right. Then I will take a motion >> motion to close the hearing and then we vote. So, I'll make a motion to close the um
the tax classification hearing for fiscal year 2026 at 627. >> Seconded >> motion and a second. Any further discussion hearing? None. Roll call. >> Hunt.
>> I. >> And do I. >> Carponi I. And now I will take a motion to set the tax rate for the town of Lakeville for the 2026.
What would the wording be on that? Town of Lakeville for the 2026 tax rate. >> On the last page of my handout, I have a motion. >> Thank you. That's voting the shift >> by adopting
the CIP shift factor of 1.0. You are in effect voting. >> Thank you. Thank you for the clarification. All right. Then I'll make a motion um in accordance with Mass General Law Chapter 40 section 56 as amended the percentage of local tax levy
which will be borne by each class of real and personal property relatives to setting the fiscal year 2026 tax rates and set the residential factor at 1.0 with a corresponding CIP shift of 1.0 zero pending approval of the town's
annual tax recap by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Do I need to include the 9.74%. >> No. >> Okay. Because whatever the Mass Department of Revenue >> Okay. So, I'll end it there at the end
of >> department mentioned they could >> they could change it. Okay. Second motion and a second. Any further discussion? hearing none. Roll call. >> Punt I >> plug I
>> Andy do I >> Carboni? I >> All right. Thank you very much everyone. Thank you joining remotely. Caral. >> Okay. Thank you. >> We'll put the formula on the web page. And in addition to that, as Harald had
mentioned, they're going to run the utility to update the record cards. Maybe we can just put an announcement. >> Can Yeah. Can we do something where we push it out to everyone on email too and just put the formula out as well? >> Push it out to everybody. You have an email list. We can do it. I don't have an email list.
>> The town email list. >> The town. Yeah. >> If there's an email list, we'll give you whatever it is. And >> Emily Emily will happily help. I'm sure. >> I have all the faith in the world that Emily can do. So, I'll coordinate with you. I'll get through what I said and you'll get it to everybody.
>> Perfect. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. is town council on [clears throat] I think there there welcome >> welcome. Next agenda item is review uh
in consideration of proposed host community agreement with Northeast Alternatives Inc. for adult use product manufacturing and indoor cultivation marijuana establishments [clears throat] at the property known as 310 Kenneth Welch Drive in Lakeville, Massachusetts.
>> Does anyone want to speak to this? We've seen this like 50 60 times at this point. [clears throat] Um, did anyone want to speak to this particular agreement with Twisted Growers? No, the first one's northeast
altertheast alter my packet. Madam >> chair, um we do have Nicole Costanzo here from KP Law. Um if she has any additional context or background Nicole, would you like to speak?
um through the chair. I I couldn't necessarily hear the question, but if it was that I provide a summary of the host community agreement, I'm I'm happy to do that. So, um >> Can I just hold you for one second? I hold you for one second. In our packets,
it's mislabeled. When you open it up, host community agreement for Twisted Growers is in the Northeast alternatives and vice versa. Good. >> Okay. Sorry. continue on.
>> Sorry. This week's community is with Northeast Alternatives, Inc. Um, the challenge originally entered into a community agreement with this company in March of 2019. It was for a proposed use of the land at 310 Kenneth Gulf Drive
for a licensed um manufacturing and processing facility um and also a indoor cultivation facility. The company uh commenced cultivation um indoor cultivation activities at that
property in October of 2022. They have not commenced um operations yet at the product manufacturing establishment at that same location, but they do have a provisional license from the Cannabis Control Commission. Um and so this is a new host
community agree a agreement. It does have a five-year term. Um, if you turn to section 10 of the agreements, there are a number of additional nuisance litigation provisions and reporting requirements um
for the company. There are also proposed hours of operation in section 10E, lighting requirements and odor um odor mitigation requirements as well. There's been no changes to these to
since the last time we looked at them. Correct. >> No changes last time that this was provided um to the board. >> Thank you. >> Is there any discussion? I know kind of talked this out to
about a year. Uh hearing no discussion, I'll take a motion to approve. I'll make a motion um to approve the proposed host community agreement um with Northeast Alternative,
where is it? Northeast Alternatives, Inc. for adult use product manufacturing and indoor cultivation marijuana establishments at the property known as 310 Kenneth Welch Drive, Lakeville, Massachusetts. >> Seconded.
>> Have a motion in a second. Any further discussion hearing? None. Roll call. >> Hunt. >> I can do I. Carbon I. Motion passes. Next agenda item now is Twisted Growers.
Town Council, would you like to speak to Twisted Growers? >> So, um, this is community agreement with Twisted Growers Retail LLC. The board made a call that it entered into a community agreement with Twisted Growers
LLC um back in January of 2021. That was for an adult use marijuana retail establishment at the property at 200 Millennium Drive. um council for Twisted
Growers LLC did send the um the town a request to transfer that host community agreement from Twisted Growers LLC to an affiliate of theirs, Twisted Growers Retail LLC. Um and also to change the
location from 200 Millennium Drive to 8 Harding Street. Um and so this this agreement is with Twisted Growers Retail LLC for um the adults use retail establishment at 8 Harding Street. Um it
does have a five-year term. It also has a 16th month sunset clause which basically says if the company isn't up in and um isn't granting operations within 16 months from the date that the agreement is executed that they'll have
to come back to the the town and get a new host community agreement. So they can request an extension for good cause for instance a special permanent appeal. Um again section 10 does have additional obligations. There are hours, recording requirements, requirements for dark sky
lighting. Um, hours proposed here will be 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. Um again also requirements for odor odor mitigation um approval of a
manager and then the same recording reporting um requirements that you have seen in the other uh host community agreement with Northeast Alternatives. >> And just confirming there's been no changes since the last time this board looked at this. >> Madam Chair, I have a question for you.
Um so this letter dated November 21st, 2025 indicating um the retail for 8 Harding Street that is not reflected in the agreement that we have in front of us. So should we wait until we have the agreement that reflects that 8 Harding
Street um before approval? We have Millennium Circle, 346 Bedford Street. >> There there's actually two on for hearing tonight. There's a cultivation on Millennium Circle and this is
separate at 8 Harding Street for retail, >> right? So, is there another HCA hiding back here? I don't I the board's packet there is also number five on the agenda
consideration of the host community agent with twisted growers which will be the um product manufacturing and indoor cultivation establishment. >> Right. And that's at 415 Millennium Drive. Right. So, um, so that one looks
okay, but this particular one, um, it says, you know, proposed use of land known as 200 Millennial Drive under the recital. So, it just would need to be updated to reflect 800. >> I think it's in here. >> I don't look further on
>> through the chair. The second whereas clause in this host community proposed host community agreement with Twisted Growers Retail. Um, the second warehouse clause says, "Whereas Twisted Growers LLC has requested that the HC be transferred to the company which now seeks to operate a licensed marijuana
[clears throat] retail establishment for adult use at 8 Harding Street, Lakeville, Massachusetts. And that's the property um within the building located thereon." And so the the term property throughout the host community agreement
does reflect 8 Harding Street and not 200 Williamian Drive. Madam Chair, there was just a a little fog on my glasses. >> Yeah, there >> that's it. >> It's a little so chopped off. >> Um, thank you. >> Thank you.
>> It looks like it's in order. >> Any questions from the board? Hearing none, I'll take a motion. I'll make a motion to approve the proposed hosted community [clears throat] agreement with Twisted Growers Retail LLC for an adult use retail marijuana
establishment at the property known as 8 Harding Street, Lakeville, Massachusetts. >> Second >> motion in the second. Any further discussion hearing? None. Roll call. Punt I >> Punt I >> do I Carboni I.
[clears throat] [snorts] >> Agenda item number five review and consideration for the proposed host agreement with Twisted Growers for adult use product manufacturing and indoor cultivation marijuana establishment at the property known as
415 Millennium Drive in Lakeville. We are ready for you to give your speech. >> The chair, this host community agreement is the one with Twisted Growers LLC. That's the one for 415 Millennium Drive.
Um, again, the town had previously entered into a host community agreement with this company um, in January of 2021 for an indoor cultivation establishment and product manufacturing establishment at 415 Millennium Drive. Um, the company
actually received final licenses for both those operations. They've commenced operations. It's a tier 11 indoor cultivation establishment as well as a product manufacturing establishment. to commence operations um in May and July
of 2024 respectfully under those uh two licenses at 415 Millennium Drive. Like the other host community agreements, this one is for a five-year term. It does include reporting requirements, odor mitigation um hours that are
specified in here as well, dark skylighting requirements, requirements for wastewater um control, uh and um also approval of the manager as well as um some [clears throat] other additional requirements and nuisance mitigation
provisions that we put in there as well. I should also mention that all of the um his community agreements include identification provisions. Um and then yep and just confirming there are no changes from the last time the
board reviewed this agreement. >> Okay, any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call. >> Well, I'll make a motion um to approve the proposed host community agreement uh with Twisted Growers LLC for adult use
product manufacturing in indoor cultivation marijuana establishments at the property known as 415 Millennium Drive, Lakeville, Massachusetts. >> Seconded. >> I have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? >> Hearing none. Roll call. >> Hunt. I
>> I Carboni. I >> Thank you. >> Agenda item number six, review and ratification of host committee agreement with Bountiful Farms, Inc. for medical marijuana treatment at the property known as 200 Kenneth Wealth Drive,
Lakeville, Massachusetts. Well, chair, um, the board approved this community agreement January 27, 2025 with Bountiful Farm. Again, there were prior community agreements with this company that were entered into in August of 2018 and also May of 2024.
Um, this these this host community agreement governs the property at 200 Penn Drive uh solely as a medical marijuana treatment center for cultivation, processing, and dispensing of marijuana. Again, the company obtained final a formal license from the
commission to engage in u medical activities and had commenced operations um facilities. So this agreement like the others includes the indemnification provision um and additional nuisance mitigation provisions and reporting
provisions in um sections 10 as well. >> I thought we already signed this >> yeah as well with this one. Can I get clarification? I'm looking at the back page and it looks like we already approved this on 12425.
>> Correct. Vote um just to ratify this this community agreement in open session. >> Oh, got [snorts] it. Thank you. Um can I take uh can I get a motion to ratify um this previous >> I'll make a motion to ratify the host
community agreement with Boniful Farms, Inc. for a medical marijuana treatment center at the property known as 200 Kenneth Welch Drive, Lakeville, Massachusetts. >> Seconded >> motion and a second. Any further discussion? >> Hearing none. V >> Hunt I
>> Candy I. >> Carbon I concludes [clears throat] our HCAS. Thank you very much. Appreciate your time and guidance. >> Thank you everyone. Have a happy
Thanksgiving. Thank you everybody. All right, we are down to item number seven on the agenda and it's discussion and vote to hire Arthur Wright, seasonal emergency
highway operator, snowpow operator at a step six for 2725 per hour due to his prior experience along with heavy motor equipment CDL license. >> Someone like to speak to this? >> Yeah, I'm not sure it made the packet.
Um but what was in the packet was really just the um >> Okay. >> What the what's on the agenda, which is that Arthur, right? Um we just hired um he has a CDL license, so we're hiring him at a higher step than entry level. So,
>> it's good to know that we're getting some people in now. I know the CDL issue has been plaguing the DPW on getting enough people with CDLs. >> Every town yep and city tough private plays a lot more. >> So if you have a CDL looking to do
something fun with your time, >> hang out hang out with the DPW. Um we got a vote to Yep. do this. Yep. All right. So, I will make a motion um that we vote to hire Arthur Wright, seasonal
emergency highway operator, uh snowplow operator at a step six for 2725 per hour due to his prior experience along with his heavy motor equipment operator CDL license. >> Seconded. >> I have a motion and a second. Any
further discussion? >> Hearing none. Roll call. >> Hunt. I >> love I >> Candida I >> Carboni I motion passes. >> Do we have any further business to come before the board this evening?
New business old business hearing none. I'll take a motion to adjurnn. >> So moved. 647. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. Roll call. >> Hunt. Hi. >> Carboni. Thank you everybody.