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All right. Good evening everyone. With a quorum being present of the Lakeville Select Board, I'd like to call the Select Board and Wage and Personnel Board to order on Tuesday, June 16th at 5:45 p.m. here at the Lakeville Police Station. Um, I guess what we can do is

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just go around for roll because we have a quite a few members in our audience this evening that we might not have met or know us. So, Leah Fabian, select board. >> Paul Hunt, select board. >> Christopher Blanca, select board, vice chair. >> Lorraine Carbon, select board. Kristen

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Howard, select board. >> Andrew Sukforth, town administrator. >> Emily Serret, management analyst. >> Colleen Lee, executive assistant. Thank you. Um, if we could all rise for a pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> All right. So before we get started, I

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just wanted to um just begin with uh I know that the I'll be putting on an agenda um down the road about community participation, you know, in our meetings, but I did want to start with the fact that um for this evening, I

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will encourage people that if you have questions about any of the items that are on the agenda, um absolutely feel free, you know, to engage um you know to ask your questions, but I will respectfully request um that any

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comments or statements or any debate um not be held tonight just so that we can get through business. But in the essence of um seeking to understand which is something that you know I try to to practice um and understanding you know

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what we're all about and what the um the business is that we conducted a at a meeting. um it's important for us that the you know the residents in town actually you know have an opportunity to understand exactly what it is that we're doing. So if anybody does have any

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questions um about the items that we have on the agenda um I will certainly recognize you. U but again just um we'll just hold comments and statements and anything like that. So all right, I would like to turn this part of the meeting over to Vice Chair Planka for

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our select board announcements. >> Righty. Thank you, Madam Chair. Current committee commission vacancies include the following. Associate member for zoning board of appeals, member for the board of registars, two vacancies and one atlarge member for the cable TV

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advisory committee, a member for the historical commission, an associate member for the and an associate member for the historical commission, an associate member for the planning board, one atlarge member for the zoning bylaw review advisory committee, and one at

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large member for the energy advisory committee. Details for these positions can be found on the town's Facebook page or at the town's website at lakevillemma.org under news. Reminder, the old colony building project override vote is scheduled for this coming Saturday, June

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20th, from 10:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. Please note the polling location change is at Wampsit Gymnasium and not at Ted Williams Lodge. the change in polling locations due to due to an event previously scheduled at Lon Pond Lodge.

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I believe that's it, Madam Chair. >> Okay. Um, am I mistaken? I I know you're the chair of the IT advisory, correct? >> Um, do we have still have a position for a member? >> We do. Yes. We had one member who is resignation.

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>> Okay. All right. So, we'll probably be posting that at some point soon. Okay. Excellent. Um, okay. All right. Anybody else have anything for select board announcements?

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All right. Um, I would like to just remind everybody that Lake Cam is actually recording our meeting. Um, and I believe it's live. And is there anybody in our audience uh recording the meeting? Okay. Mr. so forth your report.

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>> Thank you. Uh so paving and road work um is ongoing. Uh the streets that have been completed to date uh which is quite a bit of them is school street, Molton Street, Lane Street, Woodview Drive, and Hollywood Brook Road. Um the rest of the summer will probably be dealt with with crack sealing. So Frank and his guys and

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um we'll probably be out there at some point over the next few months. Um our chapter 90 appropriation has become final. We are set to receive $666,74.37 in fiscal 27. There's a very good chance we'll have a supplemental appropriation

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at some point. As you may recall, we received about the same amount initially last year and then we received another 185,000 for a total of 852,000. Um, there is a supplemental not tied to chapter 90 per se that I think I've

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reported to you guys a few times, which is 26,000 tied to chapter 90/ snow and ice deficit that um was floated a few months ago. It's finally become final. I think it's been the news lately. Um, so that'll come in as chapter 90 funding.

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It can't be used for anything else. Um, we'll have more on that at the uh end of the year budget transfer meeting. Um, and then the only other update I had, as you all know, at the special town meeting, uh, town meeting appropriated

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$800,000 of free cash for the health insurance deficit. We are tracking that daily. Um, there will be probably a year of runout claims that are made, so we'll keep the board apprised of all that as they come in. >> Emily, >> um, yep. So, we are going to be

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launching the website on July 1st and I've mentioned that a few times. Just want to remind everybody. Um, so we're continuing to get that updated and working with departments working out any issues they have with you know the permissions that they have for their individual pages and we're looking

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forward to that when we a little closer probably like the week or two before I guess it already is the 15th so shortly we'll be putting something out just reminding people that things are going to be changing so if they have any questions um they can reach out to us.

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Do you think um maybe just a quick announcement, you know, that we or like a, you know, website press release, you know, that we're going to launch and just, you know, put something up there as an announcement. >> Yeah. >> Um and then those that actually see it will know that it's

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>> it's happening. >> And I think the newspaper might be able to help us out there, too, for the mascot. >> Anything else? >> That's it for me. Anybody have any questions for Andrew or Emil? >> Not a question on this, but um maybe

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just a reminder that our packet can be seen online. >> Yes, it's in case anyone doesn't know that. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Um that's that's a good point. So, um, when you look at the

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calendar, um, of the or I guess our posting location on the calendar, you'll see our meetings and then you can see our agenda, but then you have to click, you have to go to the select board page and then on you scroll down and on the

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right hand side there's a spot where it says agenda and the packets would be included there. So, >> with the new website, we'll have that fixed. Yeah, >> be all one one shot agenda center >> which is lovely. >> Looking forward to that. >> So everything we have in front of us,

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people can just follow along if they want. Good >> point. Okay, we have one set of minutes for approval. Uh, April 14th, 2026. Did everybody have a chance to take a look? All right. Then I'll entertain a motion

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to approve the select board wage and personnel meeting minutes of April 14th. So moved. >> Seconded. >> Motion in a second. Discussion. Um I had asked Andrew to look at something. Did you have a chance to look at that under

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the appointments there? Andrew Lacy said she would look at it too. >> Yeah, it was um it was for the uh delegation for collective bargaining. Correct. >> Yeah. Um, >> where is that located? >> Page five at the bottom.

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>> Okay. >> Um, I didn't recall member Howard being appointed, but I don't know if anyone had a chance to watch. >> I agree. I don't remember.

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>> I didn't realize that you had the question. I could have looked it up. >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> That's okay. You know what? I just saw it. I think I asked you this morning. >> Yeah, this morning. Yeah. >> Yeah. So, um All right. Why don't we um we >> So, I think

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>> a motion um and we'll just verify that. >> Absolutely. >> Um and we'll bring it back at the next meeting of approval. >> Um anybody have anything else? >> Oh, I didn't need there. So, all right. All right. Perfect.

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Okay. See if I get this right. Item five, number one. How's that? Um discuss and possible vote to schedule a special town meeting. Um so in our packets, uh we do have a letter uh that the

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superintendent had sent us. Uh the school committee had a meeting um last week and voted uh their recommendation uh for the budget and maintained a level service vote. Uh after that vote um it

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was discovered that the numbers were off a little bit. So the school committee met again on Monday uh to ratify or to resend and then revote. So, there's a letter in here um with the motion for the FY27 um budget recommendation

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uh you know for your for your information. So, the one that's in the the packet online um has been updated with this one here. So, um if anybody would like a copy, they can get that from um our office.

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So, Andrew, you want to take this one away? So, >> yeah. So, we um as a select as a select board can decide to have an election within 45 days of this vote taking place. Um I'll say the vote took place

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on June 15th. Um the 45 days for that is July 30th. Um I've checked with the schools, they have the the availability the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30. Um talent circ any of those dates. I know I've talked

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to a couple people. They want to keep it the Monday just so it's consistent with when we have town meetings. Um we haven't discussed possible warrant opening or motions or articles yet. This would just be to schedule a special town meeting.

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>> Okay. >> Um and then just do with the advertising and voter registration requirements. There's a whole process we have to follow. Um obviously special town meetings have to be advertised for 14 days. you have to advertise with the mask at the prior Thursday for basically

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a week ahead of time. So July, that last week of July is like really the only time we can have it. So tonight on once we vote our date, then you'll work backwards um and you'll put a time frame together. And I know we have a meeting

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um scheduled right now in July, but it appears that we would probably need to schedule another meeting prior to then. Okay. Just to kind of make sure that we have opportunity to open the warrant with a date and so forth and a

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timeline. So, um the board, what do you what's your flavor? So, we have the 27th and the 30th. My recommen Monday. I think that's >> right. Typical.

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>> Yeah, because they're usually on Monday. So, >> I agree with that. >> Okay. Preston, do we What's the uh cost for town meetings? I know the cost for a ballot vote, but what's the cost for a town meeting? >> Um, depends really how many police

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details were required. Anywhere from 3 to 5,000. >> Like so half almost half of the ballot. ballot vote. Yeah. >> And my understanding is so we based off of the inputs received at the school

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committee meeting last week, it's apparent that they want this to drag this out to a joint town meeting. Um, and my understanding is the cost of a joint town meeting is on is responsibility of the school department.

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Is that correct? >> That's my understanding. Yes. >> Thank you. Leah Paula, anything? All right. Well, I guess I'll entertain a motion. Um, sounds like we have consensus um to hold

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the uh special town meeting on Monday, July 27th at 6:30 p.m. at Aponquit Regional High School Auditorium. >> So, move. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Um,

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do we have anything else that would need to go on there? >> I couldn't think of. >> It's kind of too early really for anything. >> Just as long as we're paying for another meeting to see if there's any business we can get done, >> right? And that's where I think when we,

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you know, come back and we open the warrant, that'll give us an opportunity to reach out to boards, committees, and commissions >> um and department heads to see if there is anything that you know we could add to that. >> Yeah. I mean, I know planning board had

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said that they were working on a couple of things, but you know, >> that would be ready for fall, right? Which was their plan, right? >> Okay. >> Okay. >> All right. Well, no further discussion. Roll, please. >> Baby and I, >> Hunt. I

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>> Flood. I >> Carboni. I >> Howard I. >> Thank you. July 27th. >> Oh, we have a question. Um, if you wouldn't mind. Okay. So, there'll be some protocol here. Brian, if you could come up to the just the microphone

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because this way we can hear you as well as those at home and just state your name >> for the record. Brian, just a quick question because I knew there was something to do with the June 30th deadline as well uh for for the budgeting and things like that. Is that not applied here because I thought

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things had to be in place by June 30th? That was brought up multiple times at the at the town meeting, >> right? >> I was just curious. >> Yep. >> So June 30th is a time by which the town has to set a budget. Um the what the school department has to do starting July 1st is a 112th budget. Um, I think

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school committee maybe has gone over that at a meeting, maybe not, but they would have to have like certain state requirements reporting. >> Okay. >> Payroll and kind of a deal. >> Um, yep. >> So, it didn't invalidate the town budget at all. Okay. That was the part I wasn't sure about. So, thank you.

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>> Yep. Good question. Okay. Uh, next agenda item. Um, this is something that we do annually. Uh so we get a discuss and possible vote on the FY27 Southeastern Regional Services Group which is Serges uh for sure short

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uh the DPW supply and paper contracts and to authorize the town administrator to sign the contract documents. Has anything changed? Um are we seeing any major increase in pricing from last

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FY26 into FY27? you seeing any savings? >> Uh, Madam Chair, there um no big, you know, catastrophic changes, so to speak. Uh, for the paper at least, um,

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it's pretty much level. So, if you look at number one, we have 70 cartons. That is, I believe, the same price as last year. Okay. Um, and then the only other one that we have is number four with six cartons. That did go up, I believe,

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5.8%. 8% but luckily that's the lesser item. And then for the DPW supplies, it's um it's similar. There are some items that did jump a bit. So uh if you want I can run down the percentages if

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you want to know the differences on all of them. >> Nope. I was just curious if there was anything that jumped out um you know as material uh costs have increased. >> Mhm. >> You know for different things. So >> yeah, most things have increased. The things with the largest increase are

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items two and three. Both of those have gone up 12.4% over last year per ton. Um but other than that, nothing has jumped up to terribly much. Um maybe the catch patient square grates, that's up about

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6%. Each. Um we only order it looks like five a year though. So again nothing too crazy. >> All right. Those in our audience um we were able to participate in um this

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particular group to bulk purchase um to keep our costs down. Um so there's quite a few um you municipalities that you know participate. So every year we have to conduct um a vote to participate. So,

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um, and I believe our motions are here. So, I'll entertain a motion, um, to award the FY27 Southeastern Regional Services Group DPW Supply Contracts as presented and authorize the town administrator to sign the contract

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documents. >> So, move second. >> Motion and a second. Discussion hearing. None. Roll. >> Fabian I. Pl. >> I. Plug. I. >> Carbon. I. >> Howard. Okay. >> Then I'll entertain a motion to award the FY27 Southeastern Regional Services

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Group DPW Paper Supply Contract as presented and authorize the town administrator to sign the contracts. >> So move second motion second discussion hearing none. Roll >> PB and I >> Blood I

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>> Carboni I wouldn't happen to have those in a packet tonight, would you? signature. >> How soon do we have to have that in? Because it's it's effective for July 1st, right? >> It's effective July 1st. So, the sooner the better. But even if we put it in, you know, after these are the effective

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date, it doesn't necessarily have to be by then. It's just that's when we can start using the contracts. But >> yeah, perfect. >> All right. Okay. Item five, number three.

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Like to invite um Chief O'Brien up. >> Nice to see you, Chief. >> Nice to see you both. >> Andrew, would you like to take this one for us? >> Yes. So, uh Fire Chief Michael Bryan's contract is expiring on June 30th, 2026, which is obviously two weeks from now.

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Um we have gone back and forth about contract terms over the last several months. Um, I think we've come to a final agreement. Um, with the new town council, MTC, they prefer they use their contract, which is why it looks probably different than what you're used to. Um, it's more

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comprehensive. Um, and then Mike has looked over it and has approved it. Um, I actually listed out the total compensation under this contract. Mike's contract's a little bit different than most people's, I guess, right? Um, different fire chiefs have like base what what's in their base versus not.

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So, will you list it out exactly as total compensation? >> Um, I can list that out if you'd like >> for the record. >> Yeah. So, the base contract is $128,61. Education incentive comes to about

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$18,568.85. The emergency management uh director stipen is $2,500. Um, we something that changed in this contract is an EMT incentive which is 8,600 which comes to a total contract

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value of $157,729.85. Another change in this contract, his clothing allowance has gone up, but that's not a payroll expense. It's a uh just an expense in the budget. So, um it's not really in his salary, per se. Um, do you have anything you want to

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say, Mike? >> Well, I'd like to thank the uh the select board for considering the the contract and um and their work and and kind of making this a relatively easy process. Um, I'm aware of uh the trust that you guys put in me and I I want to

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be worthy of that and uh I look forward to serving the board and the town for the next three years to the best of my ability. Thank you. Thank you all. Um, Andrew, I did want to make a point that on this I was looking because where this is a new format, maybe I didn't see

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it. >> Um, but usually there's a term date um to for end. So I know that, you know, it's from, you know, for whatever date we would vote this contract, but I just want to make sure that I understand

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clearly where it is in the contract. >> Is it section, are you looking for section three appointment? maybe. >> Yes. Okay. Through June 30th, 29. Okay. >> It is a lot to look at. I'll say that we'll get used to these as we do more of

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them. But >> yeah, >> we did have a lot of reading in our packet tonight. Um so I guess for within that motion I would um say for you know for the tonight through um the 29th.

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So, um, I guess I entertain a motion that the select board approve the employment agreement with Fire Chief Michael O'Brien with the start date of June 16th, 2026 through June 30th, 2020.

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Well, actually, this is through the 30th, right? >> Okay. So, July 1st. Um, and then through June 30th, 2029 as presented. So moved >> second >> motion in a second. Any further discussion?

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Hearing none. Roll please. Fabian I. >> H I >> block I. >> Carvon I. >> Howard I. >> Thank you all. >> All right. Thank you chief. Thank you chief. >> Appreciate your time at all. >> Okay. uh our animal shelter

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agreement with Town of Carver. Now, Town of Carver um was a member of our agreement. They were they had a contract with us previously and then they left and now they're back cuz

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we have a good program. Um Andrew, do you want to touch base on this? >> Yeah. Um well, can I turn it over to Emily? She did the work on this one as well. Yeah. To uh it's the just the same form as all the other towns that we have

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an agreement with as far as for animal control. >> Okay. So, nothing none of the terms have changed. This is exactly the same. >> Um I want to make sure that because we've already did we already vote on all the other ones through the end of >> I believe we did. Yeah.

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>> The end of December. Okay. So, this will fall in line with that. Correct. >> Correct. >> Mhm. >> All right. And then they'll just renew. >> Yep. And I think we're going to take a hard look at fees for next year. So maybe we can talk next month about that because I'd like to get a vote to then

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send to these towns so they know well ahead of time, >> right? Because um this is obviously a budget item, >> right? >> That they'd have to take into consideration. So Madam Chair, >> yes, I think we were the ones that

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actually raised it a little higher because it was like >> Yeah. $100 a year or something. So, I would definitely be curious to see. I mean, we do pretty much this whole area, but I'd be curious to see what other

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areas what other uh communities are are charging. >> And there might be um I know we had done we dug in a little bit before to see, you know, what other areas. So maybe it has shifted some. Um, but we, you know,

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check with our animal control just to see if the contracts are actually covering the expenses that we might be incurring. Um, just so that we're >> Yeah. So, all right. Right. So, I'll entertain a

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motion to authorize a board, the select board to sign the agreement between the town of Lakeville and the town of Carver for the animal control services as presented. So, >> move second. >> Discussion. All right. Hearing none roll

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and I >> I carbon I >> let Mr. Canon know we are happy to have him back. Glen Ken is a TA in Carver.

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Okay. Uh we have on agenda item number excuse me 55 um which is discuss and possible vote on pick and street bridge dedication and renaming. And I believe Mr. Palanka you brought this to the table. So if you

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would like to take a moment to speak on this. >> Thank you madam chair. So, um, currently in Lakeville, we have two bridges that are currently, uh, named. One of them is for a I I don't

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have the names in front of me. One of them is the Holland Road Bridge, named for a Vietnam veteran. I don't have the name. Apologies. Um, the bridge over Highland Road is named for our first fire chief. I forgot his name. >> Fire chief.

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Anyway, um so the pick and street overpass, which is one that's currently being um overhauled, renovated, um I would like I am proposing that we dedicate that to Mr. Brian Reynolds, who is a Vietnam War veteran, uh as well as

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a longerving member of this community um historical commission, planning board, open space committee, and so forth. So that's what I am proposing. Okay, >> there's some minor discrepancy with DOT.

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They say we need potentially special legislation. Our state rep says that might not be true. Um, so I first wanted to get get the interest of the select board, maybe send a letter to DOT or whoever to get the ball rolling.

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>> All right, discussion. >> Um, I think that has another year of construction, right? >> Correct. Yeah. So, I would hope that would give us >> Yeah. And if there's legislation involved, it's probably going to take a

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year, >> right? um bill. >> Well, with that, I mean, we can certainly um you know, I can entertain a motion to pursue um the >> process >> process to dedicate the pick and street

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bridge in honor of um Brian Reynolds um with the full name, but um >> just make the motion. I'll make the motion, please. Well, Mr. McMick, I I will entertain a motion to dedicate the Pickins Street overpass to Mr. Brian

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Reynolds. Second. Okay, we have a motion in a second. Discussion. I think it's great. It's a good um memory. >> Absolutely. >> So, Brian did so much.

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>> Wonderful. Wonderful human being. >> Yep. >> Roll, please. Baby and I, >> Hunt. I >> plug I >> Carboni. I Howard I. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Moving on. 56. Discuss and

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possible vote on creating a working group for um fixed income residents. This is something that I had requested um to put on the agenda, but I believe it was um I think we we had consensus from the board to at least bring it to

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the table for discussion. So going through um you know this particular override um segment u it was brought to our attention individually and as a group that there were some concerns of those that were on fixed

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income and as we know uh taxes are always going to go up 2 and a half% and there's you know probably opportunity down the road where there might be another possible debt exclusion or um an

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operational um debt uh override. So, um I thought it would be advantageous for us to take the time to take a look at the programs that might be available out there uh for our

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seniors and others that might um fall into the criteria um that might be exempt from tax the taxes. So everybody might have ask the question, okay, well if taxes have to be

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paid because it's um you know part of our uh town makeup. Um what happens you know if somebody's exempt? Well, there's are different ways that we can address that. That's what this working group will do. The working

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group will then bring something a recommendation back to the select board to consider. Um, and I believe it does require special legislation >> potentially if you want to do a lot of towns do a um local option of a state um

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circuit breaker tax credit. Um that would require special legislation. >> Okay. >> Yep. Which basically it it doubles what you get from the circuit breaker which I think is a max of like 2800. So it could have an effect on a town like Lakeville. I know a lot of towns are in the Boston

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area. Maybe not a lot of qualify qualify for the program, but I think in Lakeville, we have more of a uh a lower income base than maybe some of those towns. >> Okay. >> Um just I think I put it in here, but obviously it would come it would have to come from the operating

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um budget. Um most of these towns fund it through overlay um which is funded through the operating budget. So, we'd have to dedicate some level of revenue to this. Um, but there's a lot that goes into this. It's not honestly not in my

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wheelhouse right now to to speak to it, but I think with a working group, we could come back with some recommendations. >> Okay. Because clearly there would be a liability um to address and identifying whatever that revenue stream would be,

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you know, to um to support that. And we don't know what the liability is. So, we'd have to look into that. So, okay. Um, the working group, who who would you recommend? I mean, I would like to see somebody from the select board participate. >> I would say probably the most of the

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financial department. So, I think Michael Ellis, Paulo Berdick, I think a select board member, board of assessors. We don't have an assessor right now, but when we do, probably that person, maybe a resident, maybe not. I don't know. It's up to you guys, I guess. If you think it's a good idea. Well, if it's a

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working group, it's not necessarily um you know, a meeting that would have to be, you know, posted, but we would be able to dig into some probably, you know, maybe sensitive conversation, but >> um is there anybody from the select? Leah, I know you >> um Yeah, I'd like to volunteer. I was an

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assessor for four years so I'm familiar with the subject matter but um as part of this something I I I uh discussed with Andrew was I know when I was an assessor which was uh 10 9 8 years ago

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um we had a really high number proportionately to other comm community a higher number proportionately to other communities of folks who who were filing ing for the exemptions. And that's one thing I'd really um you know like to get

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that information from the actual assessors. Do we still have that high number? If not, why? And um I know in the past um the assessors used to do um the uh information session

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at like the senior center and the senior center would announce it and they had lots of folks that would go and they would show them how to fill out the forms and this is for just the ones that we already have on the books. So, as part of this, if it's if the board

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thinks it's a good idea, maybe we dig into are we still getting as many, you know, exemptions, applications as we used to? If so, great. If not, why? Um, but and if not, what can we do about

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that? Because these are things that would be ready to go right now. Um, some of these things would take a little bit of time to um to get on the books again. Um, but we have to do it being cautious of I know the Hero Act put us a little

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>> behind the, you know, um, we had a lot more takers than I think we thought. So, you know, that does affect our liability, >> you know, Yeah. our liability on it. But, >> um, yeah. Yep. So, >> yeah. For example, Nancy Yates does an

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information session at the senior center a couple times for the specific um CPA exemption or if you have whatever uh lower income then you're you can be exempt from the

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CPA contribution. I don't know if anyone's doing the other ones anymore. I don't know if the board of assessors is actually working with the senior citizens. So, I'd love to get into that.

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>> Well, I think we have a volunteer. >> I think the board have consensus. All right. So, you have >> You want to do it, Paul? You can. >> Well, thank you, Leah, for for volunteering. Um, so just I don't want

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to say I'd like to see this addressed aggressively, but kind of in that sense because if there is something that has to get to town meeting, I'd like to make sure that, you know, we've had the ample time for discussion and adoption to get it to town meeting for the fall

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>> if we need to go that route. So, >> y >> um, we'll we'll put a little later. >> Yep. And I mean we should I think within a couple months we should be able to get a whole lot of information. And if the numbers have fallen that's just a matter of you know trying to get you know just

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uh a training on the books by >> the end of December because the those those exemptions come due >> oh gosh I I honestly can't remember if it's January 31st or February 1st. I know the abatements are February 1st, but

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>> um yeah, and for everyone at home or the audience here, exemptions are different from abatements. Um exemptions are just uh you know, there's some for low income. There's veterans exemptions. Um,

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for example, if you've lost a loved one during active duty, the that person's spouse doesn't pay real estate tax, but it doesn't get carried down to any, you know, uh, beneficiaries or anything,

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but, you know, um, and I'd like to at least, you know, thank our office for putting this information together. Um, because there's definitely it opened my eyes to a few things that I was unaware

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of. So, um that's why we we're here and you know we listen to the residents and they bring things forward and you know we investigate and if it's something that is a good fit for our community then we bring it to town floor and we discuss and adopt. >> Yep. >> Or not. But

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>> or not. >> Yeah. But at least we know why we're not. >> Okay. Well, thank you. And item number five, V57. Um, so every now and again in June, we'll get a request uh for a carryover

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for vacation time. Um, Andrew, why don't you talk to this one? Um, because we have to vote on this before the end of the year. >> Yes. So, uh, the policy is you can carry over 40 hours, uh, which is 5 days, uh, vacation time per year. Anything above

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that, you would have to come to the select board for a vote. Um, we sometimes get a lot of these this year. It's not too many. We have one tonight. We might have a couple maybe at the next meeting. Um, but it's Lori Fee 16 hours to be used and they have to use

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it within 6 months. Um, but she would use it in the first week of July. It's a pretty straightforward request. All right. I'll entertain a motion um to approve the uh request for um the

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library dire library director the COA director uh for vacation carryover over as presented. >> So move second >> motion and a second discussion hearing. None role and I >> I carbon I

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All right, this is a new one here. Um, discuss a possible vote to approve the a submittal of the FY27 community biodiversity grant and to sign a letter of support. I'm looking at you, Emily, because I'm I have a feeling this was

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probably under your Yes. Thank you, Madam Chair. So, this is uh actually the second time we're going to be attempting to submit this. This is a relatively new grant program. The first round was late last calendar year and we did submit an application. We've

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been working with the Long Pond Association um to put the application together. Um the request is going to be for and actually I'm seeing now there's a typo on the uh cover sheet which I apologize for. The requested amount is actually

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37,750. That's what we're going to be asking for in the grant. Um, and that would be to do a five-year vegetation management plan for Long Pond. Um, I'm sure a lot of people have noticed

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there's a lot of invasive vegetation in Long Pond. So, this would kind of give the town uh and Long Pond Association, non-intered stakeholders a road map on how to address it and prevent it from spreading. Um, so this is a revised version basically of our previous application. So, hopefully we have

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better luck this time. I know. It's too bad that we weren't approved for that last time, but yeah. You know, >> hey, try and try try again, right? >> Yeah. They said they had over 200 applications last time, so it's pretty competitive. Yeah.

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>> Yeah. So, before you guys is the letter of support that I'm hoping to uh include when we submit the application. >> Yes. So Emily, I know the Long Pond Association is composed of members from Lakeville and Freetown. Uh are they also

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did they try to go through Freetown too? Long Pond's obviously both communities. Did they try to go through Freetown for the grant application or >> um so we brought this to them. I don't know if they'd heard about it previously, but we uh I forget how exactly it came through. It was some

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kind of like this. >> Oh, did he? Okay, scratch that. No, he brought it to us. Yeah. Um I'm not sure to be honest with you, but we're be submitting as a joint. >> Curious if they could both towns could apply for it. I mean that's up to the Long Pond

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Association. It's their their issue. So but okay, just curious. Thank you. >> Um yes, Madam Chair through you. Um in the grant was anything the application was anything mentioned about

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um all the work that's been done through SERD and the state and everything. Okay. >> Yes. >> Y I'm surprised it didn't go further. >> Well, what do you have like a 3-day turnaround the first time around? >> Yeah, it was pretty quick. >> We didn't learn much very late. We met

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with Bill Npalitano, Bobby Stefanian, and was the last Martha >> and Martha. rather worldly I think. >> So we turned around pretty it was pretty extensive. Again we did pretty great work on it last year. Yeah. >> They I think Bill Npalitano had said that there was a lot of big hitters in

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the >> cycle this time around and it was tough. Maybe we better luck this time. >> Yeah. I mean, they've been proactive, though, including, you know, we've gotten funds from the state to actually

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do already some, you know, we're showing a pattern of of trying to change, you know, change our ways as far as, you know, public out outreach on what's best to do for your property to not

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contribute to those. So, Yeah, that's actually one of the um the tweaks that we've put in this time. So, major credit to the Long Pond Association. They've put a lot of the narrative together and it's it's very good. And one of the things that they added this time was some of these

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previous federal grants uh that we've gotten. I'm just I have it now in front of me. I'm just looking. Um $60,000 for from a legislative earmark for invasive weed eradication already back in FY24. a $10,000 federal grant from the Taton

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River Stewardship Council in FY25 and then the work as well as you mentioned with Serpent. So hopefully hopefully this time we have some better luck if they see that there's already a pattern of this >> effort >> that we're serious about trying to rectify the problem. So yeah,

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>> I mean there is a couple of studies that were already completed but they weren't management plans, they were just studies. So knowing that those studies that could also be another but >> yeah. >> Okay. Sounds like you got everything

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there. And I mean Bill knows I don't think anyone knows more than he does about it. >> Definitely. >> All right. I'll entertain a motion to approve the submitt of the FY27 community biodiversity grant application

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um and sign the letter of support for the project. >> So moved. Second. Discussion hearing none. Roll baby and >> I. >> Carboni I. >> We have a couple of water connections in front of us this evening. The first one

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is for 31 Mrick Street. The application is here. I believe everything has been included. They are looking for this is residential maximum um gallons per day about 330 and there's a map in here.

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>> Should be for the second one. >> What's that? >> That should be for five Harding. This is 31 Myrix. >> The map is for five Harding. >> Gotcha. Understood. Okay. All right. Any questions from the select

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board? >> Um I didn't have a chance to go through this. Do we have the numbers on how close? Cuz we haven't gotten a new um amount from

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>> Taton. >> Taton. >> We have about 60 >> 60 >> 60. Yep. 60 what? >> Uh, sorry, 60,000 gallons per day allocation left. >> Okay. >> At this moment, I think it'll be higher with when we negotiate with Ton, but

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that hasn't been done quite yet. >> And we just approved a consultant, a water consultant um for that hopefully help us with that. >> Yes. Right. Everything. I mean, I've seen

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these applications before. So, um, I guess we'll entertain a motion to approve the water connection application for 31 mics as presented. >> Second. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll please.

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>> Baby and I. >> H. I. >> Carbon. I. >> Howard. I. >> Okay. when we have the application here for five Harding Street. And again, it looks like everything's in

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here. This um is for commercial for 767 um gallons per day. Okay. I'll entertain a motion to approve the application water connection application for five Harding Street as presented.

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>> Yep. Second >> and discussion >> hearing none. >> Um oh sorry uh it says service a proposed fire hydrant on property and office bathrooms

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is we don't need the fire chief's like authorization or is fire chief made aware there's going to be a hydrant. I think this has to go to his um to him for approval. He would have to see this. So, this is just for the allocation, not

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for ultimate approval. >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Yep. >> And and we did not get any input from >> We did. So, it came in very late. Ed Cohen uh said the board of health is in

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favor of the connection to provide portable water to the employees at the proposed workplace. said there's an old irrigation well on site but do not know if it's properly protected when it was installed and the municipal water source will provide a safer overall water

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source what does this say there was a spill at the auto salvage yard across the street >> that's the one we did just before this one Okay, go ahead.

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Any more discussion? >> Hearing none. Roll Fab and I >> I >> Carboni. I >> Okay, we've got a few appointments here. Um,

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so this one I know we had an update. So we are on agenda number six. This is discuss and possible vote to authorize the chair to sign and send the letters to the Republican state committee and the Democratic state

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committee requesting appointment of pole workers by August 15th. This actually we do this every year if I'm not mistaken. And so there would be a letter in here for for both I would assume. I know you

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had touch base with Colleen. >> Yes. And Lil had gotten back to us on that. Pass. >> Okay. Saying that it didn't ultimately get created and if it had they need to see her.

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>> Okay. Yep. But we can still do the letters. Okay. There was just a question um about the formation of the the committees, but I believe that's all

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being addressed. So, we can go ahead and vote to have those letters signed. All right. So, I'll entertain a motion to authorize the chair to sign and send the letters to the Republic Republican

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state um committees republic state >> Republican >> state committee and the Democratic state committee uh requesting appointment of pole workers by August 15th as presented. >> So moved. >> Second

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>> discussion hearing. None. Roll please. AB and I >> sorry. >> That's okay. You can go first. We must call it up and then Carbon I. And we have a request to appoint Dan

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Wilgga as the planning board's designate to the zoning bylaw review advisory committee. This committee hasn't met yet, but I believe they will have a full membership. So, um hopefully we'll have

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a meeting at some point to review our bylaws. This I believe they have a letter in here that at the Thursday May 28th 28th meeting, planning board voted to appoint uh Dan Wilgga.

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So, I'm going to take these separately even though it's in part of the same letter. So, I'll entertain a motion to appoint Dan Wilgga to the zoning bylaw review advisory committee as the planning board's designate with a term to expire July

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31st, 2027. >> So, second discussion hearing none. Roll please. Pab and I >> Hunt I >> Carboni I >> Howard I >> We also have a letter um included from

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the planning board to appoint Donna Gee. >> I think it's good. >> Okay Gay um I'm going to get that wrong every time uh to the MA as the representative of the planning board to the master plan implementation um committee which was formally held uh by

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Jack Lynch. So, um, and thank you, Donna, for for volunteering to step into that role. Um, >> okay. Second >> discussion hearing. None. Roll.

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>> Baby, >> I carbon I >> Howard. >> Any old business coming before the board this evening? Any new business? Next, we have on here July 7th at 5:45

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at the police station would be our next select board meeting, but we will be scheduling one um in the next couple of weeks so that we can prepare for our special town meeting that we voted on this evening.

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So, we'll we'll reach out to see where we can >> put together a date >> a Tuesday. Well, we don't know yet. >> No, I do have a correspondence that came in. I'd like to just read this for the record. So, this is a letter from

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resident Moren Candido to the select board and the town leadership. I would like to take a moment to express my sincere appreciation for Officer Adam Swift of the Lakeville Police Department. I believe it's important to recognize just how fortunate we are as a

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community to have police officers and first responders who go above and beyond their duties. Not just working here in the town, but truly caring about the people they serve. Last week, my daughter experienced a a very flat tire and had to pull over on the side of the

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road. Officer Swift noticed she was in need of assistance, stopped to check on her, and made sure she had a plan in place. What stood out even more was that he later returned to ensure that she was safe and everything was resolved. This

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level of care and follow through speaks volumes. It's reassuring to know that we have dedicated individuals like Officer Swift patrolling our streets and looking out for residents in such a thoughtful and genuine way. I feel proud and fortunate to be part of a community

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supported by officers like him. And I want to share my gratitude sincerely, Maren Candido, Lakeville resident. And this was dated um June 12th. I believe we are ready um to I'll entertain a motion to enter executive

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session session pursuant to Mass General Law Chapter 3A section 21A6 to consider the purchase exchange lease or value of real estate if the chair declares that an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the ne negotiation

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position position of the public body uh Lakeville Country Club. We will not be returning to open session. >> So move second. >> Motion in a second. Um any discussion? Probably not. Hearing none. Roll please.

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>> Baby and I. >> I car I and for the record 6:41 p.m.