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Part 1 (Video ID: MayINb7mORk):
- 00:00:09: Meeting Commences: Executive Session, Then Regular Agenda
- 00:01:21: Pledge of Allegiance and Addressing Zoom Connectivity Issues
- 00:03:39: Town Administrator's Mail Report: Board Vacancies and Notices
- 00:06:42: Parks and Rec: Seasonal Employee Exemption Approval
- 00:08:23: Public Works Contracts: Russell Street and Frog Pond
- 00:13:25: Littleton Public Schools: Exemption for School Employee
- 00:14:52: Human Resources: Appointing Project and IT Manager
- 00:27:21: IT Manager Appointment Vote and Discussion
- 00:29:50: Member Updates: Memorial Day, Scholarships, Assessment Center
- 00:34:26: Member Updates: Affordable Housing, Climate Action Plan
- 00:37:55: Member Updates: Flock Cameras, LYSM, and the Orchard
- 00:38:28: Public Input: Concerns About LNG Facility, Data Centers
- 00:42:22: Public Input: Flock Cameras, Privacy, and Transparency
- 00:44:33: Public Input: Data Center Moratorium and Camera Updates
- 00:56:27: Public Input: Support for ALPR Restrictions, Complete Streets
- 00:57:47: Public Input: Meeting Transparency for LLWD
- 01:01:19: Bond Finance and Municipal Facilities Policy Discussion
- 01:09:25: Scheduling Select Board Retreat and Goal Setting Session
- 01:14:20: Town Administrator Update: Assessments, Inspections, Budgets
- 01:17:07: Town Administrator Update: Donald's, Car Dealerships, and Rumors
- 01:19:15: Approval of Executive and Regular Session Meeting Minutes
- 01:20:42: Adjournment and Well Wishes for Graduates


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Okay. Good evening, Littleton. Welcome to the Tuesday, May 26th select board meeting. It's 5:30 p.m. Uh we are going to be entering into executive session uh for approximately an hour and we will return

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into regular session at 6:30. Uh so with that, could I have a motion? >> Move that the select board enter into executive session pursuant to Mass General Law Chapter 30A section 21 A2. Conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with non-UN personnel,

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specifically the town administrator in pursuant to Mass General Law Chapter 3A section 21A8 to consider applicants for employment relative to the police chief position and that the board reconvene in open session. >> Second. >> It's been moved and second. I'll have a

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roll call vote. Chuck >> Chuck's eye. >> Kyle Kyle's eye. >> Mark >> I. >> Karen >> I and I'm an I as well. Uh we will be back in open session approximately an hour. Thank you

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for the pledge of allegiance. Please stand. 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.

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>> We do have a member visiting us through Zoom via Zoom, Karen uh Morrison. So, want to make sure she can hear us. Karen. Karen, can you hear? >> I cannot hear you. >> Nope. Now, can you >> technology? Nope.

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>> Good. No. >> Karen, can you hear us? >> Now I can. Thanks. >> Perfect. Welcome. >> You uh made that possible. >> Thank you. All right. Good evening. Uh today the our agenda um will include

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some department board updates, parks and rec commission, public works, few awarding of contracts, human resources, a discussion of uh appointing uh project manager position uh human resources also vote to appoint uh information systems

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manager. Littleton public schools um an exemption. We have some uh public obviously public input some member updates. Um, if we have any updates on the Flock security cameras, Nog orchard Charter Committee. Uh, as always, a lot of these

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things. I we I've moved a few things off the agenda, and Jim will update us as appropriate in his updates. You know, some of the things that like the 550 King Street, it's on there, but nothing's happening. Um, we don't need to have it on here every time to discuss. Let let Jim can let us know if

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any um projects have come underway. Um then we have uh select board discussion on bond finance, municipal facilities policy, discussion uh scheduling the next select board retreat and goal setting for for the upcoming year. Uh

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update on municipal operation projects and initiatives from Jim and then we'll get into our minutes, executive session minutes. Um and then we will adjourn hopefully wow in an hour. That'd be impressive. You can do it. >> All right. So with that um we have uh

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the the mail. >> Thank you Mr. Chairman and uh members of the select board. Uh just want to let everyone know that uh there are some current vacancies on the town boards and the following openings are appointed by the select board with this agricultural

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commission committee for the exploration of real estate tax relief for seniors. Economic Development Committee, Master Plan Implementation Committee, excuse me, Permanent uh Municipal Building Committee, Personnel Advisory Committee, Zoning Board of Appeals, one

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position that is appointed by the town administrator, that's for the affordable housing trust. uh one position appointed by Littleton Electric Light and Water Department is is from the finance committee and one appointment of the school committee also

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looking for someone to fill a void in their finance committee. Uh we also have a public notice Little Little Littleton Housing Authority vacancy uh for one member there and um the applications will be accepted and

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interviews appointments will be made by the select board until the position is is is filled for Gary Wilson chairman. Uh select board office hours uh we have Tuesday May 26th from 4 to 6 which Mr. Rambaka was was was there today. Friday,

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June 5th from 10 from 11 to 12:30 with Karen Morrison. Wednesday, June 24th from 4 to 6 with Mr. Rambaka. Uh and Wednesday, July 1st from 11 to 12:30 with um Karen Morrison.

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And we have uh and lastly in the mail, we've got a notification for approved district 3 vegetation management plan. Um and that is uh uh that is going to be uh serve as as the notice and um and uh

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approval was given by the members of the row panel present on April 23rd 2026. Um it's in the uh link as you can see on online the approved vegetation management plan for those uh would like to u follow that is there's a link on

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online there in our minutes and it's uh upon approval of the yearly operational plan and 21 days in advance of the application of a herbicide to a row the applicant uh will notify um Mass Department uh of

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MDR I forgot what what that stood for. >> Agriculture >> agricultural resources uh board of health water supplier bo select board and conservation commission. Um and uh that will uh uh and that will be it for

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the uh for the for the mail. >> Right. Thank you. Um any questions on that? Good. All right. Let's move forward on department and board updates and requests. So, we have a park and wreck, community education. Um, we have seven exemptions

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looks like. >> Right. Right. And this is typical. This is, uh, what we do every single, you know, especially in the summer. >> Yes, sir. Um, it's a housekeeping thing. We've got, uh, seven individuals that are before you for support of the exemption uh, pursuant to the mass

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general laws uh, chapter 268A um, for some seasonal employees. >> Okay. Okay. Okay. Is there anybody here for that purpose? Okay. Uh if there's no questions, I'll look for a motion. Move the select board vote to

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acknowledge a disclosure by a municipal employee of a financial interest in a municipal contract and also approve the exemptions for Levvenia Garcia, Benjamin Rose, Olivia Mano, Isabella Alop, Allison Ramirez, Katherine Hornshell,

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Khloe Coro, and Emily Bell as municipal employees in accordance with MGL chapter 268A section 20B. >> Second. Moved by Mark, seconded by Kyle. All those in favor? I >> I >> thank you Karen. >> You have to do a roll call.

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>> Yeah, I'm going to have to do a roll call vote on each one. I apologize whenever we have a member on on Zoom. >> Okay. >> Okay. So Karen, your name and your name. >> Morrison. I >> thank you. >> Dr. Dai. >> Kyle B. Hi. >> Mark Graner. Hi.

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>> Gary Wilson. I thank you. Formalities. That's important. Um all right. We have public works. We have a couple contracts. And I some of these are exciting. One of them for sure, but actually they're both exciting, but that first one >> we get beat up on mail all the time,

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>> right? Um, and that uh is uh uh and I believe that that uh is a and the contract was identified the low bidder was was PJ Albert of Fitchburg for 2191,545 and that is uh roadway repairs and and

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uh also putting in a sidewalk um >> Russell Street >> on Russell Street and uh that is uh request uh authorization for uh for the town administrator to sign the contract. >> I guess the question I was getting was

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what is I know the timeline. I think they said they're going to do it after school's out, >> right? >> I'm assuming probably right away and be done within >> it. You know, the goal is is as close as we can. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Absolutely. >> So, do we know any more like the other side of Russell Street has granite

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curbs, this side has asphalt curbs. Are we just doing a reconstru of a reconstruction? uh with the new sidewalks and the paving. >> It's definitely granite. >> I I believe I I believe it's it's it's going to be granite. >> We're recurbing everything and

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>> to be consistent and then in the paving and I will uh make sure that I I confirm that through the DPW director, but I believe that is the case >> and we might we might need to later on discuss speed limit on that route as well. seems to

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>> and can we see if we can still apply for complete streets for it even if it's in a rear >> I believe the application is closed the way I understand it that's the way it was expressed to me this morning >> but I I'll confirm that also >> the bids awarded too can't I don't think

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you can submit >> I don't know what yeah >> the the um granite curbing is in the u work >> okay >> I just said we keep leaving complete streets money on on the table by not it's a lot of money that we're

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>> Steve Steve Steve's pretty good at it. >> We've never had any under Steve. >> Well, the only complete street work project on the other side of Russell Street. >> That's the only one that we've ever been awarded. >> Right. >> What was Foster considered? >> That's a state or federal thing.

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>> It's not complete streets. >> Certainly taking the time on it like it's a federal thing. I'll tell you that. >> Okay. Um the uh Karen, anything to add to that? Good. All right. Look for a motion. >> Move to award the Russell Street resurfacing and related work contract

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contract number 2026-8 to PJ Albert Construction Company, Inc. of Fitchburg, Mass, as the lowest responsible and eligible bidder in the amount of $291,545 and authorize the town administrator to execute the contract.

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>> Second. Moved by Mark, second by Kyle. This will be a roll call vote. Karen. >> Karen Morrison. I >> Dr. Coast I. >> Kyle Mop I. >> Mark Granbucker. I >> Gary Wilson's an I. On to the next DPW contract. >> Um thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh here we

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have this is a project with uh two separate um funding sources. We've got CPC funds and uh which is for $88,000. as part of the project would be a boardwalk

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um uh for uh uh for the project. Then we also have the uh the dredging of approximately $70,000 which is which is being paid out of roadway roadway repairs of DPW and the lowest bidder was

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MGA Catalo of Littleton Mass and for the amount of $156,000 and the request is for approval from the select board to have the town administrator sign the contract. Um, just out of curiosity, anybody know

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when that was last on that boardwalk? Do you know when we >> It was original and they did for fun, I think. >> How long ago? >> 2012. >> Was it was >> I just curious what the the lifespan of these the boardlocks are. That's kind of good to know for future.

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>> That's a good point. >> About 15. Yeah. >> Okay. Good to know. Um, all right. Any questions? for a motion. >> Move to award the Frog Pond Restoration Contract, contract number 2026-7

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to MJ Conaldo, Inc. of Littleton, Mass, as the lowest responsible and eligible bidder in the amount of 156,000 and to authorize the town administrator to execute the contract. Second by Mark, second by Chuck Karen, roll call.

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>> Karen Morrison, I >> Chuck Co. I Kyle B. Hi, >> Mark Granbucker. I >> Gary Wilson's an I. Thank you. Moving right along here. >> Um I'm going to I'm going to jump really quick just to to F Wilton Public

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Schools. Uh vote to approve an exemption pursuant um another municipal employee. Why was this kept separate this? Oh, because it's PR PRC versus schools. >> Okay. Can you um any discussion on the >> different exemption? >> It is. Yeah.

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>> On 3F a to approve exemption uh for a school employee. >> What's the exe I >> You see it? >> Yeah. What's the exemption for? They're doing >> working for what department? >> It's um >> Oh, you know,

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>> it's it's in Michelle's notes. >> Good evening, Michelle Vibbrart, human resources director. This is for a current school employee to be able to work not only at Tiger's Den but also at um the school itself as a substitute. >> Okay.

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Thank you. >> You have the motion though? >> Yep. >> Are there any questions on that? Motion the select board vote to acknowledge a disclosure by a municipal employee of a financial interest in a municipal contract and approve the exemption for Kaira row as a municipal

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employee in accordance with MGL chapter 268A section 20D. >> Second by Mark seconded by Kyle. Roll call vote Karen. >> Karen Morrison I go I >> Kyle Bob I. >> Mark Rancker I >> Gary Wilson's I. All right. Now, we'll

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get into the um human resources. Okay. Michelle's interior. Thank you. >> Good evening. Michelle Vibrate, human resources director. Again, um we are in front of the board tonight to request appointment for two of our non-UN employees. Um the first appointment is

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to the project manager position. This appointment is coming before the board um due to our personnel bylaws which state that any appointment above that exceeds step five uh must go in front of the board for approval.

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>> All right. So this is D and E on um department board updates. any I know we probably have some questions so we might as well um you can start off Kyle if you have any >> um

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>> these are the two that were discussed last week. >> Yeah. Yeah. This is more of a question for you Jim. >> Yes sir. >> Is this project manager role going to be all-encompassing for the entire town? meaning on the responsibility of this role would be to manage any project to

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do any community outreach on on behalf of any department in town. It would be right. It would be vetted from within and if there is if there's a a need or anything like that. For example, one of the things we talked about today, today we had ADA training uh with the with the

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town hall. And one of the concerns uh uh that came came from that meeting was there is a potential grant opportunity for some capital improvements based upon our transitional plan and but there wasn't there wasn't enough time to uh with current personnel workloads to be

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able to submit that application. Uh well, here is a perfect opportunity and I talked to the uh uh the chair of the ADA commission with town clerk and said, you know, if you have that available, here's a perfect opportunity that we would like to be able to as project

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manager just to take that take that ball and run with it to be able to have something to submit for um a grant opportunity for some capital um improvements based upon the uh the transition plan that the Colin center is

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doing right now for us. That's a perfect. So, it'd be townwide so that you know the department head or something like that can come to uh to Tony or to myself and say, you know, would love to can we get a little help here, get a little help there, and absolutely. Meanwhile, uh the project

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manager will also be continually doing um outreach efforts, transparency to notify whether it be uh other social media, you know, getting more aggressive on social media uh posts uh with um just informing

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uh uh just the social media of you know the leaps and bounds of what Littleton has been doing. And uh uh so that's just some of the little things. Tony um uh Tony and uh Nancy work very very well together. Uh she's done a great job uh

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uh with Tony in let's say for example with the agricultural commission uh that the agricultural area that website or anything like that. It's things like that that we want to be able to get out there. And we also want I would like Nancy to uh look at as uh Karen Morrison

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had had requested. She really looked at an opportunity for uh someone to highlight the vacancies that we just we sit here and we read every sing every every two weeks to see if there we can do a spotlight on the vacancies and uh

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educating uh the residents about about that in a more aggressive manner. >> Good. Thanks. >> Yes, sir. On the topic of the Thrive contract, >> yep. >> Is is that a all you can eat plan or do we are we restricted to a certain amount of

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hours per month? >> It's an all you can eat one one fee and it's actually being underutilized. Um and we want to be able to to capture more from that and Yeah. Exactly. >> Thanks. >> Yes, sir.

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>> I spoke against this at our last meeting. I'm still I'm against moving Nancy in to the project manager role at this time. I think the time to do that was during the budget process when we were actually reviewing budgets. We

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shouldn't be creating a new position outside of the budget process. I think we can have Nancy do the role of project manager if there's room in her daily schedule now, but I'm opposed to actually doing the reclassification at

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this point. >> Would you um would it I guess ease you in your mind if you if we abolish the other position and then went back to town meeting for it if we needed it again? that

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>> I think we I think the process here is wrong that we we just went through a budget process where we approved a budget with two people in an IT >> right and now um few weeks after town meeting we're saying no we don't need two people in IT

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we're going to move Nancy over to this other role I think we should keep Nancy in IT and if she has and if utilize Thrive more give Nancy these things to do if she doesn't have it work to do. Perfectly fine doing that. But moving her to this new role is wrong. We

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wouldn't allow other departments to create new things outside of the normal budget cycle. We shouldn't be doing it either. >> Finance director and the assistant finance director last year wasn't exactly done that way. So it was we as you remember the previous finance director left.

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>> Yes. >> After town meeting. >> Yes. >> Before Okay. So there was no discussion. There was nothing about providing an additional opportunity for that that was done beyond the process um for those for those two individuals

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and they were doing the job without getting paid until is actually we we had the the funding available for for July 1st. >> This is moving someone from one department to another that was paying people in the department. But what

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you're suggest >> what you're suggesting is is having an individual do something that is not within their within their scope of services of the job description that was voted on at town meeting. So that's

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that probably I wouldn't recommend going that route either. >> Let's continue. You you mentioned budget um what what impact is it budget neutral or >> it's a decrease of 25 between 20 and $25,000

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>> Karen >> I'm listening >> okay um >> what happens if we determine that we need two people in it >> well one then we will we will address it. We'll know that long before it's not

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going to be all of a sudden it's going to be okay now we're going to need two people. There is there were expectations. uh I cannot I don't there may be a time that in the future whether it be 2 3 four 5 years that we may we may need a

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another person in it but right now uh things are there are this is a conversation that I was having with Nancy probably for about a year leading up to this. So, this is something that there is clearly uh with the with the

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talents and the strengths of of Nancy, we want to be able to take those and put those uh someplace else that's going to benefit the town. And if we can do that and all with the understanding with Nancy that if there is a hint of there that things are not working out,

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absolutely going to going to pull you back and completely completely agreed. Uh I don't think that is going to be the case that it's I I have complete confidence in Tom uh that will move forward but to uh to sit there and say what if uh we need someone in the

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future. We will need someone in the future. What point in time will that be? We may it may be a different um uh uh uh worker. No, it may be a different uh when someone has uh there may be some uh

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different talents that that the business skill set Thank you. Thank you. Uh uh that uh we we need to identify and and and reach out for and uh and and and do that. That may be in all likelihood that's going to come.

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Um, yeah, you know, I I'll look at this as uh where it's within the it was one of those fine lines, but I I believe this is in the town manager, town assistant, our town administrators

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purview to um move people within all the departments to most effectively um run the run the town and run run business. So, that being said, I, you know, I'm more comfortable with knowing that um we

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can't just shift her back. I, you know, I typically you would abolish a position when somebody leaves. If if you truly don't need it, you abolish it, bring it back to town meeting, create it, whether it's the assistant position or It sounds like the assistant

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position has been the one that's no longer there because we regraded the management position. Correct. Which one are you speaking about? Sorry. >> Uh the the IT position, the the assistant position is the one that's vacant >> at at the end of tonight. It would be vacant.

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>> Tom's current position would be vacant. Yes. >> It's not an assistant. It's Sorry, that's why I didn't know. That's okay. It's the technician. Yes. >> Why would terminate that position or or just if we need it, then we go back to town meeting for the request?

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>> Yep. So, typically I never recommend terminating a position. And it is always harder to get a position back when you already have it. And it is near and dear to my heart. Um we're in 2026 everything does run off it. Um so if we do need it in the future, you would need to go back

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through the budget process and fund it. So it can stay on the table, just not be funded for that fiscal year. Yeah, that's just my my personal preference is to have the positions when they're no longer utilized to have them come back through the budget cycle if

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we're going to move somebody to another position. But um >> so there would be two positions that would be terminated, >> Tom's current one and NY's current one. >> Yeah. Well, it's Tom correct because we regraded NY's current position basically or

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>> job it's a whole new job description. No more management, no more uh supervisory capacity to it, right? >> Um All right. It sounds like we're gonna have a split vote on this. Um but uh I'll look for a motion uh either

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way that we can discuss. >> Move to appoint Nancy Lancross to the project manager position at grade 13, step 10 on compensation plan schedule A. Actually, I have one other question. I asked last time what happens when she moves to step 10. Does she get the merit the

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>> Yes. >> Okay. So that's different than >> so any >> still effectively gets the >> she still receives the merit stipen but to Jim's point it's still roughly a 25 I think it's like roughly $27,000 savings to the town with that stipen included.

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>> So she receives one now and she'll still receive one in the new position. Okay. Right. We have a motion on the floor. >> Seconded by Chuck. All those in favor? Roll call vote. Karen >> Karen Morrison. I. >> Chuck.

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>> Chuck. >> Kyle. >> Kyle Bub. >> I. >> Mark. >> Nay. Mark Barry Bucker. Nay. >> And Gary Wilson said I. Um motion passes 4 to one. All right. The second position please.

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So the second position is uh the IT manager position. We just spoke about this recently. Um the current IT technician would be looking to move into the information system manager position and we are looking to bring him in at

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grade 14 step seven on compensation plan schedule A. >> What is his current grade in step? >> His current grade is grade 11 step 10. He would be 10 as of 71 this upcoming year which would be $88,92.

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>> So the seven is bringing him in as a seven and he's stepping to an eight or is he stepping staying at a seven as of July 1st? >> Staying as seven as of July 1st. So his salary as of July 1st would be 99,26352.

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that current number though. So for a month, we'll say the month of June, it would be grade 14 step 7, which is 96,84144. >> Okay. So So July 1st, he's a seven or an eight? >> Seven. >> So we won't double step.

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>> He receives a cola, the cost of living increase. >> Okay. So are we appointing him at we're appointing him now at seven and he's just not stepping? >> Correct. >> Correct. >> Yeah. He won't step at the new year. >> That's in personal policy. Correct. So he even though he's already employee, you're already giving him the bump in

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salary. >> Um yeah, the only discussion I would have here I think um these internal ones, especially ones near and dear to your heart, the earlier we can get in on the discussion, I think it would save some of this. >> I I I own this and I own it. I

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absolutely completely completely agree and my apologies and it won't happen again. >> Oh, thank you. No, it's >> Thank you very much. Definitely. I think it's going to be a good a good use of uh the position >> resources. >> So, I'll look for a motion. Please >> move to point Thomas Mclofflin to the

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information systems manager position at grade 14, step seven on compensation plan schedule A. >> Second. Second. >> Moved by Mark, seconded by Kyle. A roll call vote. Karen >> Karen Morrison. I >> chose I

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>> Kyle B. I >> Mark >> Mark Granbacher. Hi. >> And Gary Wilson is an I as well. All right. >> Thank you very much. Your business is done tonight. >> Good job on the assessment center and everything else you Thank you.

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>> All right. We're into uh let's get our our member updates out of the way. >> Um any might as well go to you Karen since you're out in the Netherland. >> Yeah, I'm going to pass tonight. Thank you. >> Okay.

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Coming here. >> Sure. I'll just stick with the order of >> That's fine. I um I just want to thank everybody for coming out uh on a rainy Memorial Day. Um it was a kind of a last second pivot and it it actually worked out really well. Um we had it in the um

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center at Shadic Street and well attended and um some some really nice speeches and good opportunity to remember those who have who gave it all to protect us and protect our freedoms. Um, also want to mention that this

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Thursday is awards night for um, North High School and I believe it's at 6:30. And um, in the past if anybody ever gone to a graduation would would sit there for about a half an hour or 40 minutes listening to all

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the scholarships that were being awarded. And now they do it at this awards night. And it's amazing to me how many how many scholarships are available to our to our high school seniors when they're going off to the next chapter of life. And um it's hundreds of thousands of dollars that are awarded. And just

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want to thank everybody that was involved in um that giving and congratulations to all the students. Um and just mentioned when Michelle was getting down about the assessment center, I don't know if you want to mention that just so the public knows. >> Uh yeah. Uh just yeah, really it's a

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public statement. against I'll do my member updates. I don't usually do it this way, but um we we uh the town did an assessment center um used a a company up out of New Hampshire, I believe, came down, helped us um evaluate and rank um

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a group of internal candidates for the new position of police chief as Matthew Pernard stepped down. So um we were in executive session earlier tonight discussing those results and next steps forward which will be an interview process and then we will discuss and

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hopefully come out of this uh with a new chief. So exciting times in Littleton for somebody and for all of us. Yes. Um other updates yes the Memorial Day things like that just don't happen especially when you have to pivot. Um,

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you know, Mike Kieran was was crucial, a commander of the VFW and also employed employee of the DPW, uh, making this happen. Meg Murphy, our new VSO, um, you know, Liz T, you know, I texted her. I go, "Hey, we're going to have to use

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your facility." Um, and I said, "I have a fob. I'll get us in there at 9, but she said, I have to come down. There's no way I I can't explain to you how to open up the middle the door." Uh the so she actually gave up her day to come down and help us. So

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that was just want to let you know that's >> Wow. >> Uh >> not surprised >> just No, she's amazing. Um and uh Diane Corey obviously continues just to to amaze us with her work both um as as the clerk but also uh just her work towards

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veterans and the friends of veterans all the friends of veterans uh that put on the VFW uh lunchon afterwards and in the entire um Shiml family basically uh was there that that grills for everybody every year. It's just um and who else?

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>> They just donate. >> Yeah, they donated. Yes, it's all donations. Just amazing. Um, what else do we have here? Uh, and just the police, the fire obviously you all the there was a a good number of

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police and fire there. Probably 20 or so at least uh those that were on duty and and some that uh were probably come to work the parade um but ended up coming to the event. So, it was it was well attended by them as well and we appreciate that. um as well as I want to

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recognize Representative Rciero and and Senator Eldridge as well for coming. So um and giving speeches and of course the families um of those no longer with us. And uh lastly uh just congrat we're not going to meet again

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before graduation. So congratulations seniors. Um let's get on with your next chapter. Kyle. Well, following that, uh, I actually have no member updates. >> I You yielded your time. >> I do. Yes. Thank you,

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>> Mr. Ron Bucker. >> Oh, you don't want all mine. Um, so on the affordable housing trust side, I've attended a meeting with Magic and the area affordable housing trust. Um, it was the last meeting in their series.

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They're looking for funding through the onetop to continue it. uh they're producing a white white paper. Um this should come out towards the end of uh June to help support um what's going on with all the housing authorities in the

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area. I attended a chapa cohort meeting in Medway um for part of the housing uh institute that I'm uh getting certified for. The Affordable Housing Trust um through with

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with help from MHP has prepared or an RFP for the Derky property um that should be going out um next month. Um they um can do 32 bedrooms is what they've determined plus what's plus the

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house. >> Wow. >> So um that will be coming out in the next month or so. >> About five acres. >> It's five acres. Yeah, I attended the Shakerlane community forum which was really interesting where they basically gave you a they said imagine all the

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walls are blank. What would you like to see on them that represents the community from texture to um colors to everything? So, and I was at the climate action plan uh that should be finalized in about a month. I

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was at the charter meeting. Uh that should be coming to us in a couple weeks. >> Uh Kyle and I went to the business spotlight of um mail with Tony. Um um Kyle bought some hot sauce that I assume was very good. >> Yes, it is.

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>> Lots of nice scarves and other uh the Clean Lakes >> on Meeting House Road. >> On Meeting House Road. Yes. Uh Clean Lakes. Uh the we have theou with Westford for the treatment of Forge Pond. Uh the Westford town council got

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back with some comments. It's now with our town council. I don't think there's anything major, but I don't but but it should be something that's um signable. Um Matthew Nordhouse is one of his final uh

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going away presents to us found someone to um do like a report for the orchard. So Jim should be signing a contract on that um any day now or >> Yeah, it's going to be a purchase order. >> Yeah, a purchase order. And I wanted to let everyone know that the LYSM is this

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Friday over at the high school. Um there's a Japanese drumming group called ODO um at 7:30. It should be an awesome show. I've heard wonderful things about them. So um >> that's all I have. >> The So the Orchard, uh just follow up on

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that. So they um this is and they do this every year. >> So this is not MDAR. MDAR did an inspection a few weeks ago and they should be sending us a report soon. This is >> our consultant basically following up. >> But I think in the lease we also had

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said that once a year we have him come in. >> Yeah. So after the >> or us go there >> after the MR report comes out he'll come talk to us. >> Perfect. Yeah. >> Um >> so probably in July. >> Yeah. And I will give a since Flock cameras is on here and I know there's a few people here that probably want to

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speak to that as well. Um they're they're disconnected. They're char they're charged off, you know, as as we discussed last meeting and until we can um work through a policy. If if we can find a policy that's going to work for for our community. If not, then uh we'll take the next steps um to either

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permanently remove them or whatever whatever that takes. So, um, I think that's about it. Let's open this up to public input. So, anybody

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come on up. >> I'm Joanne Derry from Harwood Avenue and I just had two things that I wanted to ask about or just draw your attention to. One is the um liquid natural gas facility at the Lupolei property. Um

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it's only been there for less than two years. The company that runs it came and talked about it at a planning board meeting and the planning board was pretty surprised. I don't think they were aware of it. I don't know how the Lupi company

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it's there. it's on their property and maybe they just, you know, went and got a signature from the building inspector or something. I don't it's not known how it got permanent or anything, but the company um moved it there less than two

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years ago because where it was before in some other town it um a line was being replaced and so they had to move. So they got Lupi to say, "Sure, come here." So, they've been paying the Lei company and now they need to move again because

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Leole is going to develop that property and they're looking at a parcel that's owned by Kimbles. It's on the other side of um you know 110. And I hope that it can be a no. We're not going to do it. It can go back to the town it was at before. But if it's a

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yes and they're gonna get to put it there, I hope that it can be completely dark except when people are actually working there and supposedly it will just be seasonal like only in the winter. Um with only motion sensitive cameras that have, you know, lights

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aimed only inside the facility and not out at like the protected wetland that's nearby. Um and like a low Kelvin temperature. So they're they're as unobtrusive as possible. And I hope that

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the site can just be silent and not have like compressors or noises running. I I guess they're saying it's not a storage facility, but it sounds like in the winter sometimes when it's really cold, there's um a need for more gas than is

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in the pipe. So they send these storage tankers to that site and then they can discharge their contents into the system as needed. So to me there is some storage there. So I just wanted to like say I don't like it and I hope we can

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say no to them. And then the second thing was I'm a little bit concerned about the um these data centers that are popping up and Littleton has really low electric rates which might make us kind of an attractive location for something

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like that. And I think our governor is kind of in favor of having some. So I I hope that we can have like a policy about them. Um, also that they would be silent and wouldn't absorb any of our electric and any water they return to

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the system would be at the ambient temperature. You know, like if it's 32 degrees out, it would be 32 degrees. Um, and that they would be silent and be dark >> and maybe that they can only be built where there's already a building, like we're not going to sacrifice any fields

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or woods to make a data center. Um, so those are just my thoughts. >> Right. Thank you. >> Thank you. There there is some town south of Boston that just zone zone no data no new data centers >> makes it makes more sense to have them like in Lakeville or so where they have

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all this flat land forever right >> hi um Erica Pudgorny Six Fox Lane um so first of all thank you for unplugging the flock cameras and it makes me feel much better um but I am wondering about how we move forward from here um

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The last time I spoke, I asked about whether or not this information could be shared with ICE. Um, I did look at the the proposed policy. I didn't see what you were talking about, Mark. So maybe you can point me to where that is in the

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policy that it can't be that used that way. Um, but also even if we have a policy that says that we won't share this information, what can Flock do with it? Does that stop Flock from giving it to ICE or

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anyone else for that matter? Um, so I I really have a problem with that. Um, and you know, it does say in here that it can be used for any legitimate law enforcement um uses, which I think

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ICE would claim they are. So, um, my other big concern is how we got to this point to begin with. Um, and that the only reason we even knew about it is because someone saw it and

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mentioned it to Amy and then Amy brought it up and like otherwise it no one knew it was happening. You guys didn't know. The public didn't know. Um, and I want to know how

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how we prevent this from happening in the future. What other what other surveillance does the Littleton PD think is appropriate to do on the citizenry? And how do we stop that from happening? And how do we make sure going forward

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that the Littleton PD can't just decide that they're going to do use mass surve surveillance and without us knowing. Um so those are my thoughts. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.

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>> And I I think through policy is probably the short answer to that but I think also um gave me a good idea for a question for our our respective police chiefs. >> Yeah. Um but it's good. Thank you. >> Um Amy Tarla Lewis on Omega Way and I

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wanted to reiterate um Joann's Deir's concerns about data centers. Um I would certainly like to see a policy much of what she outlined but I would actually like to have a moratorum on data on data centers >> like Mansfield. >> Yeah.

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>> Mansfield. >> Yeah. Mor moratorium is my preference. So, I had a couple of questions. So, maybe I'll just go through them and one by one you can answer them. Um, >> Mr. Chairman, if I may. >> Okay. >> Amy, just try to keep it factual because

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you made some statements at the last meeting that about the DOJ and it was it was erroneous. So just if you can try to make sure that it's >> Mhm. >> But so people know that was the information that I had at the time because I didn't understand that the public safety grant was actually

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Littleton taxpayer monies and extra money that the Littleton Light and Water Department generates. I don't think people know that. So I searched for grants that had been awarded and that's the one that came up. >> But it wasn't used for this.

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>> That is correct. Ultimately was not. And I'm happy to I'm happy to share that because I know you texted me and asked me where I got the source. And to be transparent and honest, I gave you the information that I absolutely had and thought to be true. >> Um I don't under I don't know, and maybe it's just me. I think um I don't know if

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people in town know that uh Littleton Light and Water Department gives out grants to departments and committees in town, which is fine. It's just it it was fine until it suddenly wasn't fine, right? Um, so I didn't know if there were any new updates or new information

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to share with the public about the cameras. >> Um, no. You know, we're kind of where they are off and there there's no there would never be a plan to turn them back on until we had uh this board obviously convene and discuss it in much greater

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detail. But informing the public and having some forum I think would obviously have to happen. So, >> um, this board is not going to allow them to be turned back on until that happens. >> Yeah. >> Oh, so there's nothing meaningful has changed. >> Correct. >> Um, so one, so I did attend the

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Littleton Light and Water Department's um, monthly meeting on May 21st and so um, they had told me, and this is one of the points of clarification I'm hoping to gain, is um, they feel very strongly that their role is essentially just to

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rubber stamp the applications that come through. They feel that all the other discussion happens somewhere else and it's all worked out and they just kind of rubber stamp it and it's not their job to get involved in questioning or or thinking at all or wondering more just like even

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saying you know what this might have people might be concerned let's put it on hold for a month I mean they could have done that um but they told me that the select board and the town manager um had approved um the line item on the

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warrant. Um I guess it was so it's not actually in the warrant that everyone receives. It's in that appropriations document that Excel spreadsheet which um was sent to me and I was like this is like 28 30 pages of like Excel like line items

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>> we deal with every week. >> And so I was like okay >> that is factually correct. >> Yeah. >> And then I thought to myself and the finance committee also approves it. And I kind of thought to myself, okay, so technically they did, but I also wonder

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like what is your process in terms of going through it because I, you know, I've been living here for 20 years. I've been watching coming here for 20 years and I know how busy you are and I would never run because I could not manage all

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the things that you do. So I thank you even though sometimes I disagree. Um, like I can understand like how a single line item could be missed. So, I guess like is there someone who really goes through it or like what is your internal process for that?

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>> Yeah, I'll give you a little bit of it's a learning curve and Kyle's learning this really fast. Um, >> so we we obviously sign all the warrants, every penny that the town >> spends um comes through the the warrants

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process and we um it is a large documents. between payroll and every item that is purchased. Um, I went and looked at that line item because I it was surprised that >> my signatures on the on the document.

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Um, and it's not like we're signing a contract or a single document. Like you said, there's >> it's like 28 30 >> thousands of line items that we're we're looking through. And that line item, even when I read it, was confusing enough to me to not know what I would have been that I would have been signing

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something that was a flock camera that's being used throughout the community. >> Yeah. If you don't know what a flock camera is, you just think it's like a camera. >> I knew we were working with since the um you know, when the the arson that took place on the point, I knew we were

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working for the c to get the cameras up there uh with Sam Parks. So I thought that it had some when I when I looked at it this time I thought it had something to do with that >> and I agree that's reasonable to assume. >> So that's but as far as what our process is to so this this can't happen again.

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Um there's a lot of people looking at that it is a it is a failure. I will I will take that responsibility and say it was a failure uh by us not to catch that even though you saw how >> it'd be pretty tough to catch but all of us sign it. All five board members

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signed this document that we go through it and we do have a lot of questions. Believe me, we're call we're calling on different payroll items, you know, overtime things and >> yeah, >> so we we all have >> I understand I truly understand the volume that's >> we lost it. We we did not catch that

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item and >> trust but trust but verify and we don't always hear >> but I also understand like the volume of things that are going on. So like >> you have my forgiveness for actually. Um but I'm really more focused sort of like

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on like how to kind of like improve the process. Um the you know um you know like if things are just listed generally as like public safety, do we need to create a process that that needs to come to the select board for

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just like like public input or just like further discussion? like I'm more interested in like how do we move forward with it? >> Yeah, we learn from it. You know, I absolutely learn from it. Um I would say, you know, it's a balance. You have a strong police chief, strong fire

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chief. You want them to be able to provide support as quickly as possible in things that they feel are necessary for the town. Um, and now if I look at this, obviously in retrospect, we look back at this, I bet I could get with the chief and he'd say, "Yeah, this should we should have come

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in front of the board and we should have discussed this and it should have been much more of the process." He was doing it from completely a safety standpoint. That's not the answer that you're looking for. Um, we are going to continue to develop policy and working with our new chief that comes in and

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also Chief Mccertie because there are sensitive things there too that could potentially uh come about. So, it's just a matter of we we put a lot on them to tell us when something needs to come in front of us, bring it in front of us and let us discuss it and and so that we can

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actually debate it so we don't have things like this happen again. Um, but we can probably get this more into writing and even part of their performance their performance cycle to knowing, >> you know, what do what do we consider something that's important? >> Mhm. >> Um, we don't always know until it

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happens. This one >> probably >> the the all of us up here probably said, "Yeah, that probably should have come in front of us at least to to vet and see how this is going to work. Get a presentation. What's because we still have too many questions."

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>> So, >> yeah. Um, and sort of like that's the the select because the select board oversees the fire department and the police station, but also looking at the process at Littleton Light and Water Department, which I know you do not oversee, but there there seems to be a gap in communication. Um, >> we can get better there. We're going to

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get better there. We are. And and it's come a long way, but you want to have better. Yeah. Um, >> so I think we have a long long way to go, but absolutely the two departments, um, there's there's such a value added to the town that we we need to work closer together to be able to understand.

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>> Um, because we don't even advertise some of the other things that they do that we should be really sharing with the community when they these grants that you talked about. There's a lot of good that's come from these. >> Oh, yeah. >> Um, and if we had have been even doing that, we would have caught it just through that basic

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>> know updating. Yeah. Hey, there was a grant given this year for X. So, yeah, definitely better. >> Um, and so then I had a question about what is sort of like standard process or procedure and you know, here or at Littleton Light and Water Department. So, um, there were two agenda items on

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that agenda and one said open meeting law complaint and then the next one said, you know, basically complaint and it had my name listed. So, they went through the first agenda item or the first person who had sent in a letter. um their name wasn't mentioned, their name wasn't on the agenda, and they did

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not have their letter from Littleton Light and Water Department attorney put their letter on that screen. My name was listed on the agenda. Fine. Like, I don't really care. You know, they use my name. Fine. I was I sent in the complaint, but my letter was put on the

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screen for everyone to see, which is like fine. I don't care. It's public record. Um, but I was like, why am I being treated differently than someone else? And it just made me curious. Um, like if they think sending me letters

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from attorneys is going to intimidate me. I I don't, >> you know, I don't even want to, you know, give any um discussion towards that because it's another board. >> Um, and it is a board, you know, obviously if it was a a board that was underneath us that we could have direct

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effect. Um I those question did you go back to them with those questions? >> I have not I thought I would come here and and because their meetings aren't recorded either. There's no AI transcription and they're not video recorded. >> Yeah. I don't I don't I I think it would be um

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outside of bounds for me to comment on what they how they put their agendas together because the chair >> it's the chair's responsibility with the town administrator here. there. I'm assuming it would be the chair and their um >> director >> executive director. So I that's that's

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where I would start >> and say what if I didn't want my name on you know just things like that. What so you would know better for next time. >> I just found it surprising that you know you have a short one or two interactions over email and a town meeting and citizens are immediately getting letters

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from attorneys. Like we've had I've been you know again been here for a long time. We've had very hard discussions with a lot of people. I've seen some pretty tough behavior on both sides and I don't think anyone got a letter from an attorney to my knowledge and I thought that's not how we fix things in

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Littleton. >> Yeah. I like I said I can speak to our board and in boards that we directly have some effect over but I I I cannot speak for another board. I don't even want to want to try. But um we will continue to you know from our perspective build a relationship with

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them so that we can have more transparency between our boards so that we're we're on there's no surprises. >> Y great thanks for your time. >> Thanks Amy. >> Uh name and then uh Andrew Stoovic Foster Street. >> Uh I agree about the sentiment about

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flot cameras. I think ALPR's the automated license plate readers the draget surveillance it's not really safe I think uh there's a lot of issues with it but I'll just simply voice my support of that and then data center mortorium great idea support of it I mean

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obviously things can change down the line but let's get ahead of the curb now and the last point which I think is actually positive one is I agree with uh Mr. Ron Bacher's point about the uh complete streets grants. I think the 2020 2027 fiscal year applications end

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in June seems like great money to put towards use. I mean, I know there's a long list of road priorities. Uh and would love to see it get used more often. Um so I just urge more attention towards that if possible. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, that's address part of that.

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>> Sure. I know that when we do not step, thank you though. Um, I know that we got quite a bit of complete streets when we did when the point was building the sidewalks. I mean, we got a lot and um, we were kind of put to the bottom of the list, >> frankly. Um, so I I can reach out to

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Steve and and just say, "Hey, just because we keep getting nos, let's keep let's keep putting them in because at some point we're going to cycle back up to the top again." Hopefully, >> I went through the whole complete streets training so that we could get more. >> Yeah, >> let's maybe the cycle will come back

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around to us. Anyone else? >> Hi, Megan Rank, Green Needles Road. Um, I guess I just want to touch on what Amy said. I was um out of state, but I saw the agenda posted for the uh meeting last week and I saw her name on the

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agenda and I was a little takenback by that. So, I figured that when I got home, I could watch the meeting and see what happened. And then I was kind of shocked to find out that there was no recordings of that meeting. So I feel and I I know you said it's a different

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board and you can't comp I feel like we're kind of being pushed like well what's happens that so I guess I'm just asking you to ask that board to have more transparency. Um because I I don't know how Amy was treated during that me. Like nobody knows what what happened

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during that meeting and I just it's it's very unsettling to me that somebody's name can be on an agenda and then we have no record of how she was treated during that meeting. So, I just I guess I just ask I know the answer there was

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that we it's not your board, but she's our citizen, and I think that there should be some some transparency just to make sure that nobody's being I I don't know. I just I just asked for more transparency. Okay.

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>> Joanne. >> Oh, sorry, Joanne. >> Sure. Come, please. Second bite at the apple. >> Sorry. Thanks for letting me speak again, Joan. deer at Harvard Avenue. Um, I just wanted to like build on what the previous two speakers have said. Um, the

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place where those meetings take place has great cameras. I mean, they could be televising their meetings. I don't know why they don't. And I would have gone to the meeting, but I thought it was going to be this week because when I tried to look up when the meeting was, you

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couldn't find that out. you could find out what time the meeting would start, but not the date that it would occur. So, I had to go like back through old agendas to see when the meetings had happened in the past and sort of inferred that the meeting would be this week. And I was wrong, so I missed it.

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Um, so I'm I know they're they're not under your purview, but I I will be going to meetings there and asking them to televise their meetings and >> to put their minutes out and to put a calendar. you know, why not have a calendar so people know that when the

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meeting is and that they can go. So, I just wanted to say that. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Great. Can we get their meetings on our on the town calendar? I don't I don't know that I see Oh, there it is. Okay. My mistake.

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Can we get so that when the meetings are posted that people can like I get notices when the planning board has a meeting people so that people can subscribe to new agendas. >> Civic plus >> the civic plus can >> Oh yeah. >> Are they on >> the meetings?

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>> They're not on civic plus though. >> Well, when Diane posts the meeting there's a way of subscribing the event. So we should >> get an alert. >> We should make more boards so that you could subscribe to the events in like >> then people will know when the meetings

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are easier. >> Understood. >> Thank you. >> Could be a project for Nancy. >> Yes, sir. >> Yeah. >> I know she knows how to do it without a doubt. >> Yeah. Nice mark. Um all right. Bond finance municipal

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facilities policy. This is our fourth look at this I think. >> Yeah. >> Probably second honestly. Um so the um >> exaggerated >> the last uh time >> we were discussing this was back in in March and what I presented before you

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was the policy on use of bond finance municipal facilities >> um outlining the purpose the scope and and so on. Um during that meeting it was um some of the feedback um about developing a sort of a matrix guide and

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um through that um I did provide with you um this afternoon um a working draft of such a guide and it is driven for purposes of assisting you know department heads, staff and so on um to

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um when looking at um these types of um requests um you know what's the rule of thumb? Why why are we doing this? Number one, why is it important? Um and so municipal buildings that are financed through through bonds um must ensure

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that um that there are IRS regulations in place that you cannot exceed certain thresholds for for example for private uses specifically, >> right? and um working with um our council um it was um and with the finance team it was advised to to have a policy in place and that's um what I

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shared with you was the draft policy back in March and um and then since then put together this um compliance guide um which is ironically as sitting here was looking at it it's six pages long the policy itself is only two um but with

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appreciation to that um there's some you know basic um flowchart um along with what I think is very helpful are some examples. These examples come from our our council incorporated here. So when staff is reviewing uh requests, they have that ability to to um to cross

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reference and it looks at also or shares some notes about are there any red flags present, different examples of what those might be um such as exclusive rights uh for use um different uh dedicated um long-term office space

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usage and so on. Um the real um other helpful piece >> sleeping arrangements in there or anything? >> I'm sorry, >> there's no sleeping arrangement clause. >> Um we can add that. >> No. >> Um but the um but also helpful in in in

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looking at um at um different types of application forms and so on. to give respected entities some um some basic elements of what they may wish to include within their forms to help narrow down to this question of is there any potential for private use that may be here. And what are we trying to get

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to ultimately is to um to create a process in place where if there are any let's say red flags or something that just not sure about it's not a clear yes or no um using the policy or this guide um to follow back and and let's go um you know let's circle back with with the

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town administrator's office and then we can assist working with whom working with our our finance team working with um our council as well um to discern truly if um you know if there's a a private that may exceed um its um its IRS or our

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IRS threshold requirements. Um I will go back to the policy itself and um and again that it came from council and I appreciate the the importance and part of this is the recordkeeping and the monitoring that's required that we would do you know there's an internal process

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here, right? So we would we would handle that to ensure again that things are let's say certainly in good order. Yeah. Um, so I shared this with you the the draft, um, and would welcome any any comments

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or or suggestion for revisions and so on. Um, there's no immediate >> Okay, you give us a couple weeks to look at it. So, I know we received it later today, right? >> Yeah, I haven't had a chance to have a little bit of time on this >> and happy to um, you know, also to put this online, too, of course, because

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>> to be to be clear and and transparent about what we're working with. >> This is a great time. something we brought up and >> appreciate you diving into it. Yeah, exactly. So, thank you for doing it. >> Awesome. >> Yeah. Um, so I'm looking at all the facilities that are bonded. There's the

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schools. Uh, the schools aren't controlled by us and the library is not controlled by us, but everything else really is one of our facilities. So, I I just wonder if it might be helpful to share these drafts with the library and the school to get

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them to see if there's anything any comments they have before. >> That's a good point. >> Absolutely. I I will do that. And I am reminded too, I apologize. I just pulled a note here at the last time we had this discussion back in March. Um there was a

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question about 36 King Street and um and the dollar amount um that I believe I checked with finance director 2.6 million or so and and um for 36 King but it was part of a bundled bond that went out for totaling about 11

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million. >> Yeah. >> And so and through that that's why it's it's here. That's why it's on the list. That's why you see that that year um that year end date on the policy that exhibit last page um PRC school FY2045

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>> which is crazy for the amount of money that we actually borrowed for that. >> So it basically was bonded with the senior center. Yes. >> Um the other components in there as I understand um checking with Robin um there was some sewer and PAS treatment water main items on there too. So that

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total to she was informing me that total to 11 million fatality. So um >> so you said there's no urgency to do this tonight. Is there like if we do it is our next meeting that's good enough or Okay.

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>> Absolutely. Absolutely. And at the end of the day we want to ensure that um that it's a good working document for everyone. Yeah. >> I mean >> 36 King Center on Chadic, those are a couple of facilities that this could

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have a positive impact. Yeah. >> So, >> so people could use it. >> Yeah. Yeah. Um the other question I have is do we want to have a different policy for those that are bond financed than those that are not? Right. Because like the high school isn't listed so it would

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have a completely separate policy. Do we really? >> Oh, because their bond is gone. >> Because their bond is gone. So, so should there be a policy for everything whether it's bonded or not? >> They have policies for >> Yeah. But what what but the policy will

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be different for the high school than the middle school because the middle school is bonded. So >> So is there >> But it makes sense to have different policies whether it's bonded or not because as things come and go, it's just going to make things more confusing. >> Mark's point might be good to check. I

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know Steve Mark had whatever policy he was working under. >> Yes, they they are loaded with policies. So, um we'll compare notes. >> Although they were renting out facilities while they were bonded. So, I'm not >> Yeah, I think we have >> I'm not dropping a dime or anything, but

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>> I I would like to just read this over a little in more detail because I'm curious on how >> what would you change when a building comes is no longer bonded? What what are the things that you're like, "Okay, thank goodness they'll do that, >> right? You're unlimited. We have to have limits.

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>> So what what would you take away from that policy or if anything is it too string, you know, too stringent? I don't know. I mean, >> yeah, it's worth deep. >> Thanks, Tony. >> Yep. Good work. Um Karen, if you have anything, you just

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speak up on anything. >> Yeah. No, I'm good. Thank you. >> Good. Um discussion regarding scheduling the next select board retreat and goal setting session for the upcoming year. So, let's uh we typically do this in

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July. Is that July last year? >> I forget what it was June or July. >> I think it was I think it was late June. >> Yeah. >> Kind of think it was that, too. I don't want to take apolog >> and then the 15th we decided to meet as well. >> Mhm. >> Uh for interviews, police interviews and

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then Yeah. Yeah, I mean it would have to be that following week if we want to really >> I think have we typically done Friday >> then like Friday afternoon like >> you're right >> one to four on a Friday or something. >> You remember we did last year Jim >> 1 to four on Friday >> with one it was like 1 to four. >> Yeah.

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>> Yeah. Friday. >> Exactly. >> Okay. >> Instead of paying the neck for you guys though on a Friday end of June. >> But you're answering the question yourself. You know you do realize that. So last year last year was June 20th from 12 to 4.

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>> It's fine. >> Yeah. >> June 20th. >> June 20th was last year. >> Oh, okay. >> Doesn't work for me this year, though. And then >> uh the 19th would work, but the 20th wouldn't. >> Let's kick.

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>> Can we click it or uh >> Yeah, that's a tough one for me. I I' I'd rather kick it till July. I don't want to like round Um, again, I'm not crazy, but a a Friday afternoon heading

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into the summer and then everybody's going somewhere, right? >> Staff staff's got to be there as well. So, that's true. >> We signed up for we signed up for we could do something got the three to six >> 19th you have off. That's Junth, right?

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So, that's offices are closed, right? >> Yeah. I'm not available anymore. I believe so. >> Um, you know what? Who else is who's available on the 26th >> of >> Oh, June. I mean, I can try to make it work. >> Yeah, I'm available. >> I'm supposed to be in Worcester, but I

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don't know what time I'm Well, I'm signed up for the Mass Housing Institute, but I don't know what interesting things. >> Mass Housing Institute. >> Sorry. Um, >> and 26 is fine for me. >> Okay, Jim. Jim,

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>> whatever. Trust me. I mean, >> well, >> my count >> Fridays are tricky cuz you >> That's fine. No, we might. Don't worry. You know what? >> Enough cape. >> I'd rather not do a Friday, personally, but >> Oh, you'd rather not? >> Yeah. >> Oh, >> unless you guys want to do with the

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cape? >> Yeah. >> Field trip. >> Um, okay. >> Do you want to do like the 18th or the >> of June? 18. >> Yeah. Yeah. We're we're staying trying

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to stay in June if it all. >> Yeah. That's not good for me. >> I can't do the 25th. I'm >> out of time. >> Two days. Two days at the Mass Housing Institute >> at Holy Cross >> 30. >> Do you see yourself?

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Well, guys, I mean, >> June 30th. >> June 30th. >> Let's do an afternoon thing. >> I I can >> I can do >> I can do June 30th. >> Yep. I can do that.

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>> Yeah. Tuesday. >> You want to do what? Four, how's that? >> What did we do the past three? 1 to four. >> We did 12 to four last. >> 12 to four. Yeah. Okay. We used it so >> same time on Tuesday.

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>> So Tuesday 12 to 4 at the firehouse. >> Um >> or anywhere. It could be anywhere. It could be over here. >> Yeah. >> In the back of them. >> That's true. We've used them before as well. All right. Let's just get the date

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locked in. We can decide on a place >> you heard that. >> All right. Retreat. >> So, we're going to go the 30th by from 12 to 4. You're okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Well, you think I have a day job?

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>> Yeah. Welcome aboard, Kyle. >> Yeah. >> All right. >> This is my job now. >> That works. >> Yeah. >> All right. We'll try to get that scheduled and figure out a location that works. Um >> Jim will have the stipen checks for us. >> Yeah, >> absolutely.

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>> Barbecue. Um let's get our town administrator update. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the select board. um some updates uh as we're progressing towards the end of the fiscal year and uh looking looking beyond uh our

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assessor's office is updating the maps that are being done um for uh the it's referred to as a KMA system. Um, and what they also have in there is uh cyclical inspections that are going on uh right now that are being done uh with

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uh with with the inspectors on on the street. Uh we we're also uh the assessor is go we're going to be working internally on some new growth numbers for 550 King Street and looking at uh I had previously expressed to the select board about looking at phasing in those

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new grow new growth numbers and when those potential um areas will uh uh be hit will be triggered such as per you know when they're looking for fees and permits and u so that Um we're going to continue

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those internal discussions for presentation to the select board. Uh the uh building uh commissioner has informed our office that the um inspections at the point are going very very well for TJ Maxx and Barnes & Noble. >> Good. And uh

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>> June 1st on one of those. >> Yeah. >> Barnes & Noble. I think it June 1st. >> I'm think so. Yeah. Yeah. I think you're right. uh uh through the through the finance team. Uh the uh the police budget has been updated and online which

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at town meeting there was a motion to reduce it by $17,500 uh surrounding the uh the flock cameras and that has been adjusted appropriately and it's back up online. uh department heads will be requested to

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update their capital budgets uh which will be due on July 31st and uh the treasur's office is working with accounting to review the accounts at year end. uh planning uh got or uh

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were in informed uh open space residential development application for five new homes at 539 King Street has been received by the by the by the um planning department and uh planning staff is also working

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>> with the developer to finalize the planning uh planning board decision on the King Street green area uh approval and uh that's it. Great. Um I'm just going to do a quick alibi on my updates. I I had sent something out regarding um

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possible Donald's. >> Yes, sir. >> You know, um this rumor is flying around every time I I go by. Someone's saying Don's for sale. Don sold there's a car dealership moving in there. Um that's that was the one that I think a lot of people got up

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at arms about. Um I I spoke with the chairman of uh the um planning board and we when um Toyota moved in, we at the town passed a bylaw that no car

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dealerships, no more car dealerships can go in the common district. So >> made an update to our zoning. It >> it was a huge relief to me because I was like, I may run out of town. That was one of the reasons I I I ran. I don't want to see another big car dealership. Right. So, um, good on the town for

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doing that. I think it was a lot of pe, you know, a lot of the public that came forward, um, and wasn't outraged. Toyota's been a great partner in business. But having knowing that we're not going to have another one across the street, I think it gives us a lot of

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possibilities on what could go there and just keep our um, common district um, formbbased code and everything looking much better. So, just want to put a few people's worries to rest on at least that part of it. So, and what else they do there? Um, we we'll see.

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>> Question about that. >> Yeah. Regarding that, please. >> Yeah. Is it is it the actual grocery store that's for sale? Is it the building that's for sale? Do you the building? >> Yeah. >> Or everything? >> All the above. Okay. >> Yeah. I think it's the businesses, all all their businesses actually. So,

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>> that' be one. >> I don't know how much they own in there. They own the other buildings still or I We'll get that figured out. >> Hunter Appliance. Barbaran still owns Aashan. >> Okay, so they did sell it all off. >> All right, so we'll be good. Unfortunately, I mean, I use I I use

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them, but um All right. Sorry. I I I was going to put that on my updates. I totally slipped it. All right. We're going to get into our minutes and then we can wow get out of here at about 8 o'clock. So um it looks like we have um executive session minutes from April 6,

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2026 and April 21st, 2026. Did we um see >> this electronically? That's right. Um >> I have one printed copy if it's helpful. >> Thank you. Thanks all that came through. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Bye.

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>> Yeah. >> Yeah, I saw it. >> Okay. Bye, Ben. >> Did you have anything a civics lesson tonight? >> Thank you. See you later. And then the regular session meeting minutes from May uh 5th. Anybody have

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any comments on that? >> You want motions? >> Anybody else need to see the uh we got them all? >> The select forward vote to approve the executive session meeting minutes from April 6, 2026 and April 21st, 2026.

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>> Second. >> Moved by Mark, seconded by Chuck. This will be a roll call vote. Heron >> Aaron Morrison I >> Chuck Coast I >> Kyle Bup I >> Marker I >> Gary Wilson I move >> the select board vote to approve the

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meeting minutes from May 5th 2026 >> second. Moved by Mark second by Kyle. All those in favor a roll call vote Karen >> Karen >> Morrison I Kyle Bop I >> Marker I and >> Jerry Wilson I look for a motion to adjurnn if there's

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no more business. So move >> by Chuck. >> Second >> second by Mark. Roll call vote. Karen >> Karen Morrison. Hi. >> Have a wonderful night Karen and uh >> thank you. >> Wishing you well and your family.

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>> Thank you. >> Kyle B. Hi. >> Parker. I >> Gary Wilson's and I thank you Wilton. And we'll see you in a couple weeks. >> Congratulations graduates. >> Yes. Go graduate.