and pH um I'll I'll double check a lot of different little like that that you can donate something all right everybody we are on live sorry it's
okay welcome it's good to see everybody I've been hibernating so I didn't want to pick up any bad little bugs so but it's good to see everybody and it's good to be out and I think we're going to have a pretty short meeting and we welcome Amy she looks a lot like Liz
doesn't she she's um filling in for Liz because Liz is um took the day off today and probably needed it because she's been very busy it's been crazy busy for her but she did get our um
budget in it went before the select board um Maryann and John and I were there that night so all went well and um if anybody watches the tape of that meeting it was I think yeah a couple of weeks ago couple of weeks ago now um two
weeks Brian Brian tar tar Taro from the finance committee was so complimentary to Elder and Human Services and the staff and what they provide to this town he certainly was he was just so complimentary and people
that have had experience working with any of the staff I hear the same I've heard the same from people that I know well and so thank you God girls and to the rest too everybody else so we have a lot to be proud
of and also I I will share with you that I was saying before we became live my son happened to come in here to talk to Liz and meet her last week and she showed him and gave him for his computer the diagram of the new building and was explaining the components of the new
building and he called me and he said Mom that building's amazing you people are so lucky I can't believe how nice that building is because he she was telling him about the ceiling you know over in the billiard's room and a lot of
the things that the extras that people aren't even aware of and I'm saying that because I want people to realize that people just aren't aware and they need to be contributing too if you I've said this um message I want to get it out
again but if somebody volunteers or gives them their time now they should be on get a leaf for that donut Tre that the friends are have going to be purchasing and putting up in the lobby because get your name up there for
eternity to be you know recognized because people are so nice and helpful and they really need to be and I suggested as I did and I suggested to my kids you know hey it's a great Christmas birthday present if you have more than one CH one
child I just said to my two I have two I said share the cost you know buy me a leaf for my birthday so and your birthday was happened to be Sunday Sunday Sunday happy birthday but anyway that's all right I I don't pay much
attention to those anymore except when I want something from my kids there you go well you know I don't need anything you know it's so hard to come up with something that you would like brought you cupcakes oh I listen I'm fine I don't need cupcakes but thank you so anyway I'll stop aring about the
building but I um people I just want people to understand how wonderful it is and um if they have questions I've heard some people say yeah I keep thinking about doing that and they just need to call is and talk to her
so okay we are all here in person and that's a a nice present so we have a quum and we have these two little things that we have to think about that we have an open meeting law we've got to adhere to which we do and this is a recorded
meeting so and I've already said Amy is taking place um or covering for Liz today and she will be giving all of the reports I don't know um and Alicia's here too so maybe she's doing the Outreach report yes great Megan's covering the phones because Sue's not
here and Megan's upstairs covering the phones great got to have one of you up there y so well that's great other other announcements now that I've taken the show and been mouthy
here anybody there's always the food pantry the one here in front of the door yeah our little food and the one at the Baptist Church is they're both always looking for non perishables yeah be and
I see people I know at the church you go right by it you know when you're driving around there around down around the com and I often will see somebody there helping themselves which is why it's there yeah it's a it's a perfect and there's plenty of parking that's it right and you're you're off the road
they pull in easily you know and yeah so and so it empties out very quickly it does so thank you any other announcements Maran I was asked today to thank the friends for the pizza that so
generously is given for the Bingo and for the breakfast is yes the breakfast yes well nice yes yes we do thank the friends and I don't we haven't had a member of the friends here for our meetings for a long time I'm
um last time was um Andy Andy and Charlie came talk about the leaves and um they have a meeting I believe tomorrow which I'm not able to attend but Anita is going to be representing us maybe you could reinvite them tomorrow at the meeting I will to come to our
board meetings I'll ask him what's up yeah that would be nice yeah because I thought probably Charlie would have come today or whatever but I was asked by Barbara to pass that along how appreciative they are of the Pizza on the Bingo Days and the breakfasts that
they so gous and the the other thing too we try when we go to the women's breakfast on Wednesday we all make sure that we stand and clap and thank Charlie for cooking he because it's a big deal to come in early you know and cook breakfast especially now he's got some
you know he's got trouble with his knees and stuff there's a lady that does cooking as well every time F don't know her name we need to thank her too cuz she and Charlie do all the cooking yeah and she does a great job yes and Charlie
does and he deserves it so I don't want this to sound negative Charlie does the cooking but so does this lady and this lady should be thanked as well and I don't know her name first name is Marilyn but I can't think of her last name no it's not Marilyn Converse No
it's not Converse No no she's a taller lady she lives lives up on the hill and her husband is a wallpaper and painter cuz he wallpapered my house and I can never think of his his name Larry Wentz the last name is Wentz but I don't know
she deserves a lot of thank you too yes she does cuz she's there all the time and she doesn't get any so when people go in for breakfast too they ought to thank her yes they should yes so um cuz breakfast is always very good it is it's wonderful we're luy month I think he's
making french toast oh oh there you go recipe that uh that he was excited to get and it's going to be French toast wow he is good he is good yeah yeah really the two of them are excellent yeah yeah they do a
lot y y so that was it for me thank you thank you yep for speaking up for us so any other announcements Noe if not we're going to move on to the minutes and you'll notice
that you have a front and back side mhm I went looking for the second page and sorry I didn't do it I saved paper oh no you do no no no she saving a tree well you should have a you should be saving a tree you're doing your job that's all I like it like this too I do
too it's one why waste the paper but I often times I mean I can't do that if I'm printing at home you know type of things so so um I don't know do we have any corrections I make a motion to accept
the minutes of I'll second that January 13th I'll second okay it's been moved and seconded that we accept the minutes of January 13 and we are all here I don't think I have to do a roll call right I
can just say um all those in favor of accepting the minutes I are there any abstentions or NOS I think that was a volunteer I mean unanimous vote that's the word I was
looking for shorter thank you I don't have to we will move on and as I said we covered oops my pen isn't going to work where did we go okay and we don't have anyone here from
the friends but we will um and as I said Anita is going to be asking and inquiring if they can probably come again to our meeting mhm um I don't know what's happened so we try to get them to come back so that they can keep us up to date I do
know that the friends have been very generous to the new for our new building and people need to realize that um they have donated $75,000 so far to our new
building and um I believe 50,000 of it is um for the multi-purpose multi-purpose room and then the 25,000 is for use for the lobby area to just whatever is
needed there and they're working with Liz on that so I think I know there's been consideration about having a coffee area when people come in so be able to get a cup of coffee and sit down and socialize and just relax type of thing I don't know what's going to end up but
that's my understanding so Kudos and thank yous to the friends for helping us out anybody else have anything to add to that okay all right we're up to the
director's report Amy all right let's see if I can relay this I'm going to try to share the screen there we go so there's our stats for the month of January so um we have um a new high for our event signin
1,84 those numbers just seem to keep climbing steadily wow which is great um our Outreach we did have a couple holidays this month but our Outreach has been holding somewhat steady um slightly a drop but it's been a little bit more
complicated cases coming in a little bit more time spent on those so morning dep wow um it's still amazing always is it totally is yeah y lot of great work a lot of new programs
coming so Megan's working hard at getting some new things booked so very exciting things um I was going to note the the most recent donation of the friends um of the 25,000 that is going to be going towards a Lobby so huge thank you to the
friends and I do hope that I did not Mis interpret Andy he did stop by earlier and I thought he was talking about the select board meeting um which that date has not been set yet okay um for um Liz to recognize the friends for um donating that to go through a process of formal
acceptance by the select board right he caught me when I was on a call so I hope I didn't misinterpret so if if I did I apologize Andy I didn't see it I I always look at their agendas and I didn't see that no I don't think it's on for I don't think it is it's not on for tonight no no I thought he was I didn't know if he meant today's meeting though
oh oh our um so apologies that's um my my mistake so I will unshare my screen um so in on February 1 um we started with our new mental health coordination provider which is care Solace um I'm working on getting that
information up on our website so this is a 247365 day a year Mental Health Resource for the community um even staff I think can access it if if there's a need for them as as well or their family um so you can self-refer online or by phone um
it's confidential and free um so this is a huge resource for the community and I hope people take advantage of it it's um a way to help finding providers that will accept your insurance or accepting new patients it kind of helps you when you're in those moments where you really can't you know taking on something so
large is is very very much of a burden and can and deter people from getting the help that they need so having this resource available to them for somebody to do that for them is such a huge help so I hope people take advantage of it um and if you want more information feel free to give our office a call and we'll be happy to steer you in the right
direction um I also wanted to announce our small grant program oh yeah um so this is a grant that was applied for through the state it's 12 please correct me if any of this is um misspoken Sue um
it's $120,000 Grant we have to use this grant by June 30th of 2026 um so it's going to award households eligible households up to $7,500 towards critical home repair or
home modification or adaptation to help people remain in place um safely and to address safety concerns so it's it this was also went live on February 1st so applications can begin to be accepted and submitted to me directly if you have
questions about the program or your eligibility or what types of work can be covered under that program feel free to contact me directly and we will discuss it further um it's been great I've been talking with Henry a lot about some possible jobs for some members of the community and he's willing to go out
and take a look and help people and provide some pointers on what to say when they meet with contractors so um it's it's a really great opportunity for a lot of households in Littleton if we can get them the applications in going did you just say you have to spend it by
June 26 yes wow so this is yeah this is a grant it has to be used by the end of the fiscal year for um oh the end of the fiscal year for yeah next June of June 30th of 2026 so we have a year and a half roughly to use it that'll go by fast
probably so um this is all this is all on our website already um if you go on the Elder and Human Services page you can find it it's the lowest tab on the left hand side of our screen um it'll say small grap program and the application is there the guidelines are there but again if you have any
questions and you prefer to talk it out then I'm available so I'm very excited about that um I also wanted to bring up our extremely successful shred day which was also on February 1 big month February for short most and that was not a good
day actually I was I want I wanted to take advantage of that and I couldn't but um I yeah I did take it so I hope we have it again I did the weather and it's not winter we're hoping to do it again in the in the warmer weather so probably in the summertime um but we had roughly
70 cars came through we had a lot of positive feedback from the community and um we wanted to thank the the Littleton Police Department for all their support and keeping everybody safe and making sure the flow of traffic was good so um
but yeah that's those are my updates from Liz I saw the pictures too about that on the shredding day yeah yes and I I really was planning on using it and then I couldn't get my act together enough to be organized ready for it I couldn't get out well I had problems getting because
of my my husband so Kathy came and got my oh that was nice and she when she came through she said there was only five cars so it was fast when she came through I don't know how it went the rest of the morning I wasn't here but I know that there was a lot of
communication around that to make sure that the flow of traffic was good and no backups happen that's such a great service yeah yeah so don't don't fret there will be another day coming soon in the warmer months in the Warth great it's a good
program and that's my updates thank you okay me you ready come up and help us fill us in so you've been busy busy yes always always always always yeah I just
have a couple of um remind ERS I guess just of certain things that are big right now um right now is the Medicare Advantage open enrollment so for any members of a Medicare Advantage plan uh they have until the end of March in order to make a a change or um switch
their plans or anything like that so I'm here to help with anybody who's looking for that um of course right now it's the smok fuel assistance in Good Neighbor energy and that time so anybody who's looking for help with that um I did want to just mention I have a very small list
L of people who are um looking well available to help with shoveling and then I have some a list of of people kind of in the area that do plowing but I kind of just wanted to put it out there with all the snow that we've been getting and it doesn't look like it's
stopping so hopefully it's not too much more but um anybody who's looking to maybe get involved in volunteering for that or in need of that let me know um and then I do have a meeting this week with kind of along the same lines as the small grant program I have a meeting
this week with um the Outreach person from Habitat for Humanity who's going to come and talk about their critical home repair and their restore program and some of the other things just to give me a good overview um and
reminder that's that thank you great any questions for Amy Mara no as always it's amazing mhm and I think too I was thinking about this um at one point just as you were talking
but I was thinking um to people need to realize I think that uh Megan our new program coordinator is open to receiving suggestions for programs that people would like to you know perhaps have available so I just want to encourage
people to do to let her know I mean she'll make decisions f about whether it's some you know she they might know of a person who does a great program you a particular person and so communicate with her you know because I think she would welcome that she does yep she's
she's gotten a few calls from folks that are great making some suggestions and she explores every single one of them and and sees what we can do so some stuff has to wait till the warmer months but right but that's okay yeah but that's okay keeps the balance you know because it this is a time of year that's
hard to get through too it's a you know and of course we haven't had so much snow until now it's kind of depressing this year that we're having to deal with so much you know of it I think what's that I said we're catching up I know we're making up for I would have liked it back at Christmas time oh
yeah yeah yeah it would have been nicer I think but but yep so okay all right any questions for either G here no they're doing a great job you are
as always it's and the numbers just keep boggling my mind and I'm it's almost scary because of you know we know that when history is shown that when you new move into a new building the numbers even increase more and so it's I'm
thinking if we're hand they're handling this now what are they going to be doing when we get into that new building it's going to be almost overwhelming in a way you know so yeah and that came up in then to lead I think the select board at their meeting when they approved our
budget were very um peaches you were there too I thought they were very understanding of the fact that it's impossible to predict what the needs of the department is going to be once that you're in that building and they know that they know so you how do you project
what you need for that fiscal you know the next fiscal year coming up very difficult situation to be in oh my go but they're sensitive to that and I found that encouraging yes yes so they were're very very concerned and very
behind Liz absolutely recognizing that she will have some issues probably yeah and she's going to it's going to be difficult and you can't know you know the things that you're going to have to be dealing with until you're there so yep and so it's nice that people have
that understanding and I hope the public understands it's going to take time truly truly you know for that and as Jean offered last meeting she was suggesting to Liz that you know the staff need to just shut down for a couple of weeks to make
that move I think you talked about that didn't you you know our last Littleton is a very generous Community when we moved from our location with the library to that building over there um the demands for Staffing grew and the the
community supports they they truly do support we've had a we've had a handful of calls of uh coming and from folks that have already presented themselves as an option for when we need support moving into the new building and willing to volunteer their time nice to help us
so Wonder we have a running list right that's great thank you Littleton thank you thank you thank you all yeah it's awesome yes so but I I think Littleton as a whole can appreciate what we're getting because
we've waited so long and they understand you know that our building our Department grew out of here years ago and we're still stuck here so to see us have a new building and be able to give so much more the town will be behind us
I'm sure yeah it sure is exciting I make a I make a move that we accept the director's report and the Outreach coordinator's report as present it thank you do we have a second Marilyn
seconding okay we have a motion on the floor to accept the uh director's report and the Outreach coordinator's monthly report all those in favor I I any objections
just nope it's a unanimous vote all right thank you great okay old business do you have an update from Liz by any chance on what's happening with the new building no no I've seen some recent pictures but I think it were they were working in on
the main floor I have I don't have any other that's okay reception desk yeah reception desk was put in last week we got to see the nice blue um front of that desk and I know our offices I think are all done they
all the walls are painted carpets are in wow wow do you think there'll be another tour I we can always explore that as we get closer to opening yeah I was meting you mine yep as long as they're willing to
allow us over there I think we can we can we can do small ones small little groups to go well you know I was looking at the diagram I think I mentioned earlier my son has it on his computer now because he was so impressed you know and I when you think about the AR the
physical layout of that building it's just wonderful I think and where the offices are and um actually even the entrance from the outside to get into those offices yeah you know that's great because you don't have to come in the front door and go all the way through
it's going to be so nice MH just exciting nice traffic flow yeah beautiful and they and then some privacy too you know it's it's structured in such a positive way and that of course we've some of us have been lucky enough
to see the size of that multi-purpose room I know it brought tears to my it's huge first time I saw it when we had our tour yeah it's huge it's just it's huge huge M yeah so as far as an update the only thing I know is that it's still on target we're still on tget we still on
target um April May so I think the construction to be completed I think is is more like March March 11th not when we get the keys I think that that kind of happens a little later yeah move in it'll be Amy I was at the
meeting um pmbc oh okay I saw the pictures of like where Gail's office will be in the kitchen how nice that is and they're still working on March 11th however that will not include
Paving or Landscaping right you would but that was as of that's okay as of last Wednesday night that's really it's coming March 11th it's around the corner it is from Tomorrow a month from Tomorrow four weeks because this is a short month it's
just creeping up I was writing the little blurp from the broadcaster for March and it was I said time's flying yeah two more months and we you know it's it so when you think about it all right thank
you do we have other comments about the senior center project we're just I think getting I'm getting very anxious yeah I think you know too I'm I'm DST that helping with setting up or doing whatever whatever we can do yes I know we have a little lull right at the
moment I think but as far as what we can do but we yes be prepared so be prepared when we're needed we will be informed and we'll step up I'm sure ready to go y okay okay under new business board
member update um how however are two people that made changes here Marilyn how are you doing with the I had my first meeting Wednesday it's Wednesday morning MH yeah they talk mostly about finances
and how and one of the and Sue and I just chatted about that but the other thing they talked about which I thought was rather interesting was the 50th anniversary celebration that they're having in the fall oh however there it
is mainly for the large donors oh really what's the matter with the small donors are they Prejudice or something what's going on and let's say they're going to have a corrective action plan it's a lot this C celebration for the 50th
anniversary is quote a large donor fundraiser oh listen to they want money they want money yes yeah they're trying to assess the performance continually you know and testing new
compliance metrics and standards I think that's about it right right so sounds good well thank you for making that transition I'm sure Sue is happy that about yes well last Wednesday morning I was doing something else and all of a
sudden I realized oh yeah today's Wednesday and it's the first Wednesday or whatever the and I don't have to be on the computer so that's good so they asked me to come over and I said when the weather is and now you I don't and there's a all
the way to Burlington for 9:15 in the morning meeting and that's when all the traffic workers at the traffic yeah and I and and what I did when they talked before about really trying to push um to not have it hybrid to have everybody
come and once in a while have everyone come or whatever and I just kept piping up and saying no you've got to do it hybrid because you guys forget that we're out here a ways you know um and
the and the towns that that they don't have reps from Harvard they don't have a rep from Harvard tubry was one and tuxbury they don't but there's Foxboro they don't have one there was a whole list of oh yeah they have a whole big list but the like
boxboro if we didn't have one but you know in Harvard where the out here quite a way is from Burlington it's a trip yeah um and it's I went once when they were in their rental space in Burlington and that wasn't too bad cuz you could
get off the yeah I that's when I went well they used to be in Bedford when I first started when they were in Bedford for a long time and then they moved to bur Burlington right for a temporary and I went to one then and that wasn't bad you could get off Route
three and do some back roads but now they're further up 128 for oh really I haven't been there another exit 128 no no that's you know that's a keep saying no you know I mean because it is
n just you it's other people Harvard it's I was shocked at how many towns don't have a representative there's a lot of towns they do have quite a a list of towns and they're supposed to have according to
their bylaws or whatever however many towns it is you know they're supposed to be able to keep a quorum of of reps but it's they don't they have quorums for their meetings
because they have um they have the people there members at large right they so they when they started they needed uh a rep from every town and that was the original board of directors or
they didn't call them that then I guess and then they started they wanted people with more expertise so they increased to have directors at large and most of those people have like
Financial expertise or lawyers or you know business management that kind of thing and those are the ones that attend the meeting in person yes not the um reps is not the town no townies right
and not even that many of us were on Zoom yeah I don't know it seems to me that you would want to really encourage the town you know participation I would think so well you would think the one I would agree that they
should but their meetings don't have any piece of it that really encour that really um highlights towns they started off doing a thing and I did one for
Littleton they started off having um the COA rep do a quick 10-minute presentation about what your COA does or what your challenges they wanted it to be challenges in town and it was right when we were just had gotten Town vote
for you know the new building and oh all of that so I could talk a lot about that and we could talk about tread and we could you know that kind of thing um I did one Carlile did one somebody else did
one Lexington and and then it all fell apart they didn't do it anymore oh one thing they did talk about that um they're not is their funding is not directly fed but through the
state and Home Care there will be some caps on new enrollments in coming in March they've got no guidelines yet but it's Statewide well you got to wonder about all the cuts that have been going on and
everything that how much cut you know affect somebody someplace like because they're not sure on that they do have an overall 2% increase in the state in overall state budget 2% increase that
doesn't sound like very much um yeah good news is that definitely deficit we expected in 25 is not reflected in 26 but I didn't understand that because I was they definitely go into detail on
their financials at every single meeting I'm not I've never been a bean counter I had I shared a 26 a 20 some odd million dollar budget with somebody else when I was a digital to
run a big event I still was but and we were told you could not go over budget and we didn't but boy we you know if it wasn't a for the finance department we I couldn't
have done it yeah because I'm not a well well interesting times so thank you for the transition though freeing Sue UPN yes Marilyn thank you for taking that on and I'm sure Sue is there is a huge list
of things that minute man cover does y it's huge and you don't realize what it is right I thought do you know be I originally thought all they' did was the senior Diner we and no no this is Meals on Wheels I
thought that was it this was several years ago oh yeah but I thought that was it and I didn't know when dick was going to Cooperative elder care I did not know that minute man Senor was involved in it mhm
yeah they did talk when I was there be or when I was on they did talk for a while and maybe in connection with the 50th Anniversary would be a good time for them to get out into the communities and do some presentation I suggested
that the other day I said cuz when they were introducing me and ask I said well I was a marketing manager I said and I believe that this group needs to get out and make presentations to the COA in all
of the towns that's a good suggestion we had them present at our caregiver support group before but not caregivers at something bigger than that right you know maybe a lunch and learn with minute man that you know that might be an idea
good one y I can't remember who they Kelly Kel Kelly Kelly well I know I had a client at St Vincent toal and I worked with Amy and we got Minute Man
involved to go and clean out the apartment and restore the apartment and I didn't know that they went down to that level and did that that as well but they went and they paid for I got Junk to come out and do what they had to do I
mean which I didn't know they did they didn't go that far pay for grab bars in your bathtub or shower right yeah um I just yeah there's a lot of things there's a lot I mean I have I have this
list on a piece of orange paper and it lists I mean that's more than I even knew when I was taking the job on that they are really good yeah they talked about um doing um displays in the libraries for
instance in all the towns to sort of at least inform and right and having a a presentation at either a COA board meeting or you know whatever true wanted to do
and that all fell through they just never follow through I'm sure they're short staffed like everything else you know but really would I will keepy being marketing of course yeah good job for
you Mar Marilyn that's right all right well thank you thank you sue do you have anything else from um affordable housing trust affordable housing trust yes I do okay um as Amy said we finally got the small grant
program running and and uh Amy and I did um a highlights um show about it so uh people can go and look at that if they want more information um also at the last affordable hous Housing Trust
meeting the uh affordable housing trust voted to increase the cap on the number of uh people for that could be serviced by LP
rental program good it had been 20 they put it down to 15 I think it was 18 then we lowered it to 15 15 yeah I went to 18 then I went to 15 we currently have
13 and um they decided to put it back up to 20 so that's good we've never hit 20 right I since it started no but and they also uh have to put in their formal
request to CPC for the funding um for that CPC funds the lp program okay um and I think oh derky derky Farm sits there wanting
something to be done with it um they are going for technical assistance to uh through Mass Housing Partnership to make the trust aware of what are some
options I mean the trust has all these ideas but some may not be really viable um and oh they asked me to get in touch with um ta's office
for being included in one of the new town podcast the town runs the podcast now one I don't know how often it is I think it's as topics come up but anyway I sent off an email and got a response
and he said yes it was on the list of topics to include in a coming up Podcast and he would be in touch with me too I didn't know we had a podcast oh he has a whole has a whole area is TV room
upstairs to do it really you have to go in there and take a look he's got it all set up second floor second floor yeah go into where the cable is where Mark is oh and then around behind he's got a whole like stage set up and for the podcast
and everything I've seen yeah they've had two townwide ones now I think I know the Karen Morrison is in charge of them is the one that got it going and um
theyve I like I like the monthly newsletter that they sent out over there yes yeah the newslet is a great great Edition yeah great thing yeah I just wish more boards would contribute but that's my personal opinion nothing to do you wish what I'm sorry sayy it again
that more boards would contribute to the newslet the two boards that I well the two groups that the select board no the two groups that are my favorites the each the each end of the age Spectrum oh
they do it every month yes Liz does one and Alicia does one every month yeah yeah um and I all right middle-aged people AR forget the middle PE yeah well well they but those two groups
yeah they don't have enough upto-date news from all the different departments right that's the problem you know if you know when they're talking the Departments are talking about I don't have time to do that well you know the offices that have
three people or two people designate one person to write a paragraph once a month about what's going on how hard is that to take 15 minutes and write a paragraph about this is what's happenening no this is what's happening and this is where we are but I
know I know two departments that have said well I'm not going to do that I can't take the time I'm too busy well you know you're right if you want support doing the little bit of things that we put into the broadcastter you know that that well you and I always are
the last ones you know she says the due date is the Friday and I'm always Monday just I've been gotten that way lately but anyway well it it's hard because for the and it would be true for the newsletter too for the broadcaster
you're doing next month's what you going do month away yes for instance I'm trying to put together my February craft class which takes place this Wednesday right but last Friday I had to write down and put in broadcaster what I'm
doing in March and have a picture so people can see what it and I'm not even there yet I'm still trying to put this tree together that we're going to do on Wednesday and it's like come on now I never I never got the broadcaster what do you mean you never got it I never got
it you never got it get the broadcaster I didn't this month it's out I know it's it's a good thing it was on the net or I or I wouldn't have known what was coming up to and who else I was talking to someone else I don't know if they get it either
are we do to do a townwide broadcaster distribution soon she said she said I thought she said at our last meeting it would be in the summertime in the summertime she would do one after we open she do a whole thing probably yes
probably out there that would make sense sense yeah because it is it's true but the cost just to do a town whyde distribution is a lot of money it's a lot of money yeah so how well I know well I don't don't know about that one but I know about the postcards that pck
and W sends out they're not cheap no and you have to have exact numbers for everything everything I've been there counting one at a time mhm yeah to get the mailing ready yep no it it's Yeah by by mail route
y oh yeah it's it's crazy wow that's exciting though the affordable housing trust I think back to that group started it's amazing how that group has grown and taken on things and
and the derky I see where there's um I that was one of the select board meetings they're going to be talking to somebody who's interest not derky um the apple orchards NOA nishoba they they're meeting with someone who wants to take over take it over thank God so yeah so
that's interesting being a neighbor of it yeah very nice to have it yes do you get the alerts does everybody in the board get the alert about the select board um meetings and what the agendas are no I don't know how you do that I know you go
on the website you can sign up you can sign up somewhere on the website yeah go to the selectman's web page and there's a place that says do you want to get the notices and you click what board that you want to hear from and then it
automatically pops up and says and you know something's happening you'll get an email just saying the select board meeting you you know is and then you open every month when they have them and you get a little just an email yeah and it will and then you can open it up and you can read the agenda and so you know
what's going on you get police alerts and fire alerts and everything else alerts Anthony I think was when he was Our Town Administrator he set me up to get that M cuz I didn't know how to do it either so but yeah but people need to be aware of
that yeah all right well thank you so we not having a lot to do we're doing quite a bit so all right any other board member updates um and we put in the agenda um back um a week ago when we were talking
I was talking to Liz um and I talked briefly to Anita um Liz didn't know of any new things that she needed help right at the moment but as we talked about it last meeting you know it's going to be a phone
call Amy or Megan or somebody will send Sue milander a message and let them know her know that some help is needed with something and so we're going to all have to just step up to do what we can when we can absolutely yeah it'll happen and
then we're going to be wish we had quiet times again I'm scooping Friday that's righto bar you got called to scoop so I hope the ice cream's not too I got I got very quick response but
every time I send out a thing that just says help it get I get very quick response I'm sorry I I'm not helping right now because I'm trying to stay away from people so that's the one thing about this about this board that I like so much from all the boards I've been on
you just say help and everybody's there everybody on this board is willing to help no matter what and that is so refreshing you know to hear and you feel like like you got the call on the ice cream and I would get a c i' I need help
at a dinner and all of a sudden I had everybody and you don't have to think about it it's there and it's just a good thing we are a good that we started getting people involved and I think it's growing Y and I think it'll grow even more as we do the center you know oh
definitely people want to help and um for Liz and Amy you anything you don't hesitate how big or small it is y you know wh wh we're always willing to reach out I'm not shoveling snow but other than
that no it's true you're right packing boxes unpacking boxes well it's very exciting though it is and I'm sure we will be busy we will have lot a lot of small groups going you know off and
so all right I don't there are no specific new tasks to right to talk about today but um so Liz and I decided to put that down just so we can always keep that in mind but she didn't know of anything either that she wanted us to be
aware of so I know that when I talked to her so I think we're good okay and it is only let me look 350 this is amazing this was a record
I'm sure it has to be so is there any other business that we need to discuss anybody anything Joe how's what's going on anything nope
no okay peaches no we um attended last week the shakan tour that was oh oh yes in the bulletin yes that was a good almost two hours yes yeah we did and it's amazing listening to all of the people
the I mean they had a lady from the possible construction they they had many many people there yeah to answer any questions you could come up with and uh there was probably about eight of us yes
I was really surprised were so few yeah was so few we were disappointed well I think they're trying to reach out because I think also people are concerned about the cost and especially seniors and how it's going to affect taxes oh and I I did attend the they had
a breakfast meeting and I did it you were there at that when I think no you weren't there or was it breakfast or a coffee they had yeah um I was you were there yeah and I attended that one and I learned a lot I mean I was totally opposed I will be honest I still am
totally opposed to the new building that they were talking about but after I sat and attended that meeting and listened to them I can't be opposed I just my conscience won't allow it you know we need to closet yeah kids they got kids
at desks in Halls so because they don't have the rooms so a comment that I have about that that they could do they could do like Acton did Acton got a couple of trailers and the kids loved and while
they saved some money before they built the new and they they they've combined a couple of schools together in one but they and the kids loved being in the trailers and they could do that down at Shaker Lane while they saved some because I cannot afford another thousand
I don't think any of us can I mean you know they know that as a result because of that I will vote no cuz I can't afford it I think I know that there you know I I'm just not as adamantly opposed as once I went and listened to them so
it was it was totally eye openening our children are certainly well beyond the days of Shak Lan school so had it been centuries since we've been in there oh yeah it was and did I remember it being so packed it
wasn't at that time our children had the best that's right but these Children's today aren't getting the best like ours got it's very there are 400 and some OD children well are in that school and it's the teachers are doing a remarkable
job I have Educators our son is an educator our daughter-in-law and my sister and a niece so I know what teachers are expected to do and wow yeah it was a 2hour eye opening
but I give them a lot of credit for reaching out and trying to educate I senors I I really respect they're going to have to do a lot of Education okay and they're going in order to get the people right in Littleton to agree because when you look
at the yes you look at the dollar amount that's going to be added to everybody's tax bill it's I'm not saying it's the right thing or the wrong thing I'm just saying all the citizens that are paying taxes need to know what that number is
and what they're getting for that number and how it's going to help MH you know and if they if it's the same thing as here we talk about getting things out and letting people know what's going on in order to get accepted for what we're doing and they're going to have to do a
good job of that as well and and the selectman and fincom have to do a really good job of figuring out how and I make the budet has been going bonkers I know fincom has been going crazy about it but they also you they're working on it they
are and this is evidence I think the fact that they had something for seniors especially that was evident of the fact that they are trying now it's just the feasibility study that's going on yeah so it's a process usually the feasibility studies with other things
come back and it has what it would cost to add on what it would cost to renovate or build new I don't know I haven't heard one word on because they report to pnbc every every week I have not heard
one word about anything other than building new well they're they're not in compliance with the fact that they don't have a sprinkler system the building is yeah at that now one one area that when we first moved here they had just opened
that second wing and I'm not sure which Wing is which and that's only 25 years not even 25 years so you know but there's a lot and the building is out of out of code code once you something you
have to you but it's it would be so costly to bring that building up to code but Street was out of code and look what they did to bring that building up to code and to renovate and add rooms they did a phenomenal job well they need to
get that information out I think you know so that's part of the education that has to happen were disappointed that there weren't more people there seniors look at the hour of the day well yeah it was you know we Dash we were the last to get in there yeah if you're next
door to me Takes the Train he leaves the house at 6:30 in the morning he doesn't get home till 7:30 at night taking the train to work he works in Boss well when it when is he going to come it it have to be something on a weekend
excuse me for example Su wants to say something they did run tours before cuz I went to one of the early tours this one they put in into their schedule after they did the presentation for the at the breakfast or it was it was but
they ran the other ones at um in the evening at was available for anybody in town they ran it on a Saturday afternoon I think for anybody in town they've done two or three other tours they have
done but you had to register and if you miss the registration on the Saturday one well they they're working on it though they have they have and they have a deadline for presenting to the state
um yeah msba Ms so they've got a and off topic we are off topic we are so but I think yes so we need to get back on topic make a motion that we adjourn there we go here we go my second wait a minute all right go
we have a motion to adjourn made by Anita and seconded by Jean um uh do we have any other discussion before we take a vote about adjourning at a record time
4:00 right on the dot know so all right all those switch and all those in favor let me get the vote in all those in favor I I anybody opposing when you do this no extensions no unanimous vote say
we return shut it off Joe