Okay, good evening everyone and welcome to tonight's meeting of the Lunenburgg Select Board. Today is Tuesday, March 17th. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> 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. In accordance with the requirements of the open meeting law, please be advised that this meeting is being recorded and broadcast live over the Lunberg public access channel on Facebook Live on the
public access Facebook page and will be uploaded to the Lunberg Access YouTube channel after the meeting. The agenda lists all the topics which may be discussed at the meeting and are those reasonably anticipated by the chair. Votes may be taken as a result of these discussions. Not all items listed may in
fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by the open meeting law. We're going to begin tonight with announcements and I just have one. So we are going to be doing a photo competition for the cover of our annual town report. So if you
would like to participate um you can submit a photo um through our town website and we will be voting on the winner. Uh so the submission deadline is April 3rd. Uh, >> wait, who's we? >> The select board. >> Okay, making sure that I'm on the same
page. >> Um, so you have until April 3rd if you'd like to participate and again you can submit your photos um through the town website. Okay, public comment. Is there any public comment from the board? >> Any public comment from the public? Mr.
Skolen Breeny. Um, I'm Anthony Skelleny, the elder. Uh, I live at Five Valley Road. Uh, I'm here to uh to talk chat a bit about TC Pacios. I know that there's been a lot of discussion among select board members about TC Pacios and there's going to be
a presentation by the food pantry tonight and I had talked to Nancy Beach about this. Um, you know, the select board uh has a responsibility to make sure that the town isn't spending any more money than it absolutely has to. And TC Pasio's the town has been
spending a lot of money on that building and it probably didn't have to. And it's right for the town to look at um who's in the building and who should be in the building and who should not be in the building. And uh the easy pieces are the Shapiro group out, the food pantry out
because those aren't town functions, but there are still town functions that are in that building. And until those issues are resolved, um that town of that building is still going to cost a ton of money. And in particular, a ton of uh money associated with uh the gas boilers
and the massive heating system that exists in that building. Um the fact of the matter is that uh I'm also a member of the Lunberg uh municipal building design committee. As you all know, Brian's Brian and I serve together on that committee. And at our most recent
meeting, uh one of the things that came out was a lot of discussion about storage and what where are we going to keep files, where we going to keep long-term storage files, um so on and so forth. And during the course of that conversation, one of the things that
came up was uh the town representative Chris Ruth said, "Well, I'd really like to see the the the files that are stored in TC Pacios in the basement of a brand new building." Which I thought was an incredible comment. Um I said, "Hey," I says, "You know, we really need to be
looking at TC Pacios as well as other town administrative functions that take place at this building and at the Ritter." and the committee uh chair uh Dave Blat said, "I'm not taking on TC Pacios." And I think that that's something that the select board needs to
reconsider because um with the easy ones gone like the food pantry, like the Shapiro group, we did manage to kind of make some progress with PAC and now we're planning on putting PAC up, you know, in this building someplace. Um, but there are still two very critical
town functions that are taking place, town admin functions that are taking place and they're not on the radar scope for the committee that you're asking to look at town administrative functions. The Lunberg Municipal Building Design Committee, the long-term file storage,
which is taking place at the uh TC Pasios building, um, by the decree of the chair said, "I'm not I'm not going to look at TC Pasios." And I think that's a mistake. I think that the select board should say the the town administrative functions that are at TCP
passio need to be looked at and they need to be dealt with as part of the comprehensive plan that we were supposed to bring back to you. The other the other uh fairly significant uh town administrative function that takes place at TC Pacios is that associated with
voting both the uh the the act of voting which takes place you know at the gymnasium at TC Pacios as well as all of the file or all the storage associated with you know voting machines uh and and all that paraphernalia that the town clerk is responsible for. Now there's
been some casual discussion about migrating that stuff out to the schools, but right now it's a ton of administrative function that's taking place in TC Basios. So I would highly recommend that the select board say to the Lunberg municipal building design
committee, you need to take a look at the town administrative functions that are taking place in TC Pacios and make that part of our agenda. It's absolutely critical. Last thing, no matter what we do, uh I think on for the next year or so is those gas boilers are going to
continue to run and they're going to continue to cost the town money no matter whether or not the food pantry is in that building. And what might make more sense is to leave that food pantry in that building, but say to them, as I have always said in different
correspondents and different conversations that I've had, make them pay some rent. That's it. Any questions for me? Thank you very much. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Moving on to scheduled meetings. We do have a public hearing.
Um, but I'm going to go out of order. Uh, and I just want to note that the public hearing should begin at 7:10. and it's currently 7:09. Um, but instead we're going to jump down to the discussion with the Lunberg Community Food Pantry on potential sites for the relocation of the food pantry from the TC Pacios building. And we have the
president of the food pantry, Nancy Beach, uh, who's going to be doing a presentation. >> Thank you. I'm Nancy Beach. I'm president of the food pantry, as you know. >> Um, sorry, maybe we should just share the screen, too, so um, people at home can see it as well. I don't know if I'm going to be able to do that. Are you in?
>> No, but I think you can. >> No. >> Okay. >> Um, yeah, if you don't mind. >> Do you have the presentation? >> Okay. >> So, when she brings it up, it will be on that screen, >> but it's a few seconds delayed. So, when
you say next slide and it doesn't go >> Okay. It's >> cuz it's live. >> Okay. >> Should I wait? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Okay, should be up there now. >> It's coming. There it is. Next slide.
As you know, the mission of our pantry is to provide nutritious food items in an atmosphere of kindness and respect to individuals and families who live in Lunenburgg, Massachusetts, who request our assistance.
We began in 2007 when the Lunberg Turkey Hill Lions Club began the food pantry. Could you go to the next slide? and it was located on the second floor of the uh fire station. Then the town graciously gave us space to move to TC
Pasio's kitchen in 21. In the fall of 22, we separated from the Lions Club and became a 501c3 uh charitable organization so that we could go after grants to keep sustain the pantry. And in 2024, the town
graciously gave us the cafeteria. So we expanded our space. We are an all volunteer organization. There is no paid staff and the Alliance Club is one of our major supporters. Next slide.
How we receive our food. Our volunteers go to Worester County Food Bank every week and pick up about 3,000 pounds of food and bring it back to the pantry. Hannerford gives us donations three days a week, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sundays. Those are the days we're open. Lunberg
residents drop off donations all the time. And the town and school and local organizations do food drives occasionally during the year and we get food that way. Next slide. >> Oh, I forgot the second part.
How do we distribute food? The pantry is open three days a week. Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. We have four shopping centers uh sessions by appointment only. And the home deliveries we do once a week. We just instituted home deliveries to housebound
people in town. We serve an average of 120 households a week. Multiply that times four, that's over 400 households, and it equates to over 1,000 people we feed in this town. Again,
we're all volunteer. We uh have about 45 volunteers in the organization that come in every week. Um and then it equates to about 120 hours of volunteer work. So, we have a great
volunteer base that fills slots for us. Next slide. We want to thank the town of Lunberg for allowing us to use this space. It's wonderful support from you all. It's helped us create a premier grocery style
pantry. If you've ever been in there, we welcome you to come and see it anytime. And it better serves our community that is growing the growing need for the community. We currently have 3,500 square ft,
2500 in the pantry and 900 in the storage area. So, the potential closer of TCP is due to operating costs and building conditions. If we were to be
asked to move tomorrow, we would have to close because there isn't really a space for us to go to right now. And so we're asking you to look at our proposal and see if we can possibly work to come up with something to at least
get leave us in there for how until the town decides exactly what to do with the building. Our ideal space is would be located right here in central um Lunenburgg. We want to keep the grocery style shopping. It needs to accommodate
12 refrigerators and freezers. So many buildings we've looked at, the floors aren't supportive enough to accommodate the freezers and the refrigerators. And we want to have a grocery style setup. Right now we have about 50 racks in the pantry storing food. Have heating and
air conditioning, easy access, ADA accessible. Many of our clients um have problems getting up the stairs, but they do do come in and we have parking and drive up.
When the town first came to us about the condition of the building, we did started a very aggressive search for property. We identified a town pro pieces of land. We we went to warehouses. We went to retail. We've got
a list of places that we've looked into and costs of getting there. And our evaluation came back and um we completed our research and we came back and we just found that nothing was fiscally
responsible to do. It shows in our later slides how much it costs to put up a temporary building which is far beyond our budget. So at this time we're um we feel that TC Pacio meets our needs.
Our proposal we'd like to propose to partner with the town to stay in the place and continue to reduce operating costs evaluate the potential solutions to continue in continue in the pantry and we'd raise some funds to assist with that.
I want to note that we have some very highly skilled and knowledgeable volunteers that will help us with this to try to figure out what we can do to make TC Pasios viable to stay there a few more years or until the town decides
what to do with the building. The benefits would allow us to provide the needed services. Um provides for the expected increase due to CL in the clientele because of the general state of the economy, the de decrease in SNAP
benefits and the potential increase in taxes that may hurt some people. We want to continue to provide desperately needed space for the community events and sports, too. In other words, we're talking about
the gym next door, and we know there's a lot that goes on there. In closing, we want to ask that um you provide us with the opportunity to determine the viability to keep the pantry open and continue its partnership
with its with the town. Do you have any questions of me? >> Thank you, Nancy. I'll open it up for any questions from the board. Do you have a number in mind? If you found a rental property, what you could afford for rent?
>> We haven't actually come up with that. We're Do you have anything to say to that? >> Well, we've certainly looked at different um places the possibility of a rental. >> Yeah, >> we were to try to say 2 to 3,000 a
month. there. There's nothing available. The We've exhausted all options of being able to accommodate a place. >> Just sent Nancy a link. >> What? >> It's the >> Yeah, you just sent a link. >> It's It's in Lancaster. Just o over the line. >> Yeah. >> Right.
>> I don't know if you guys would be willing to move out. >> Yeah. It's not really ideal. >> It's not really ideal. a lot of could expand your customer base, >> but we really serve Lunberg number one. >> Right.
>> Right. And I, you know, we would really like to at least try to validate some of the numbers and see if there's some possibilities to be able to stay there. Um, as Nancy said, we do have volunteers that can help with the maintenance of the building, a partnership valid, you
know, really be more v vigilant on the heating and the light controls and things like that to try to get to the half point number you were trying to get to by closing off the other sections. I think the unfortunate part here is the fact that we're dealing now with such
major water issues and mold and asbestous contamination that at a certain point we might be forced to close the building >> and that's what we that's what we're nervous about. >> We're wondering if that can be remediated by walling off the pantry and just sealing our sealing areas.
>> I'm afraid I'm going to hear the answer. I mean I'm not an expert but I I >> I am really nervous. You're living on borrowed time in that building. I really safety >> the cost of maintenance aside, I just feel like it's it's it's become a safety
issue really. >> So, the operating costs, the annual operating costs for the building are $120,000, >> right, >> to operate the building. That does not include maintenance to the roof. That does not include maintenance or upkeep
to anything. That is for $120,000 a year for the current conditions. Um I do not know at frankly speaking to you today publicly I do not know how long we can keep any occupants in that building
with the current water. >> It's because it's a health safety correct >> and that's going to be beyond our control. >> The consumption of the water or just the use of the water >> the amount of water that just came into the building last week >> on the other two pieces. Yeah. >> That is substantial.
>> But air. >> Yeah. your duct work travels. Air quality is is a building issue. >> Um as the the asbestous which is currently under >> carpet is going
>> it's getting it's in water that is then >> um and then becomes fryable. Right. I do not see unfortunately how I can sit here with a straight face and advise this board that anybody can stay in this
building for any long-term period without substantial improvements to the building, >> which is and I don't think any of us want to be saying this. >> No, I mean it's an awesome setup you guys have. >> Right. Right. It's >> we've just had other people in there and
just saying well we could wall we could um >> but I don't think even if you turned off the heat and we provided our own heating source to that room >> um could we remediate the vents and wall
activities? >> I think that money that you would spend on that is better spent on a on a nice nicer place. I would agree if there was one if there was something if you noticed there isn't one to be cut and that's the issue. >> We we looked into a temporary building to put in the back of TC Pacios. It came
out to $539,000. I'm not going to spend that kind of money for something temporary. >> That's why I was looking for rental properties. >> Have you had you had anyone that is actually certified in asbestous removal? >> Well, that's what I was going to ask. If we could at least get some validation of what it would cost and what would need
to be done might make everybody a little more comfortable on >> we have the price of the asbestous remediation. I believe the asbestous was put in just for that one wing alone that's been decommissioned at $384,000. >> But what but we're talking about maybe
sealing it off just not remediate just sealing it off and having it blocked so that it eliminates the risk of the asbestous spreading to the gym and the cafeteria. all the duck work. That's not just >> again somebody come in and look at what would it take and see what that price would be.
>> I mean we're looking at you know over 500,000 to put in a a a single building >> temporary >> temporary if we wanted to build we're facing a million dollars that we'd have to raise >> and obviously you guys are a nonprofit
and just come up with a million dollars to build a new building. So I >> and I can't come up with the 539 temporary. So yeah, we we are looking everywhere. Okay, I will tell you that. I called the obviously retail space is way too expensive, but I called anyway
and they said, "Well, we might be able to adjust a little bit, but they were $10,000 a month, >> right? And we're so limited in town, especially for your needs, that you guys kind of have to rely on town resources. And I'm sorry that we have such terrible buildings and that we don't have a
proper community center where you guys can be homed and be secure long term. I'm honestly so torn by this. I haven't been volunteering with you guys for a while, but um you know that um the food pantry holds a very special place in my
heart. Um and I also just understand the state of the building right now. We saw videos of the flooding um that like torrential downpours through that roof um just was it last week? Um really a
shocking amount of water and it's only a matter of time before that building is just not occupiable at all. >> But also at the same time, I don't want you guys to experience any disruption in your operations. >> And I don't really know what the
solution is right now. I'll be honest. And I don't think we're going to figure it out right now. >> We're just going to have to continue this conversation. the conversation. >> Yeah. >> Can we um research a little with the >> I want to say clearly for the record, it
is not my suggestion that we put money into repairing >> the roof of that building, >> the heating of that building without having a plan. >> To Mr. Scullenbrin's point, >> I think that, you know, some of the things that he addressed, we're working
on, you know, the elections, but the amount the roof alone is $1.3 million >> to put a roof on the building as is. Is that the build if we were going to spend $1.3 million? >> Yeah. >> Is that what we would be doing? >> No. >> No.
>> We're better off demolishing that building and building a new one, >> right? which we all know, but we have such an aversion to paying for new buildings in this town, even though we all understand it's a serious need. >> The other thing, too, is we know the
roof. So, so we we knew >> Mhm. >> that's that the roof was not in good shape. That's why there had been a substantial funding for a roof repair, right? $300,000 had been appropriated to >> repair the section
over which the leak occurred. auditorium in the other side, right? >> It was over the six classrooms in the decommission section. >> So, we're talking about just the fl the two flat roofs, right? That we would be want to be proactive to maybe >> So, it's $1.3 million >> just for the two not do, but
>> So, it's a flat roof. So, it is not suggested, it is not a best practice to do that peacemail. is best practice to repair the entirety of the roof or to tear off a portion of the building and to repair just the the portion of the building that is being preserved.
>> That's thing number one. So, we knew the roof was going to be a problem. I was expecting fully I got the call on Monday that it was last Monday that it was raining and I saw the video. I was fully expecting when I caught a call from the facilities director on Friday that it was going to be more bad news about the roof. I am waiting for that call.
Um the other piece of that is the boilers. If they are to fail, they are in a similar situation that those we don't have replacement parts. They're so old. We can't the controls um are no
longer controllable beau by the computers because they run off of I believe Windows XP. Um and so that building unfortunately the maintenance has been deferred for so long that I do not know how town manager I could stand
in front of town meeting and say to the folks I am advocating that you support a major appropriation to repair this building without knowing what the future of that building is. >> It would also have have to go to town meeting. >> That's what I mean. it would have to go to town meeting >> and and that ties directly into the
public comment. You know, I I kind of assume that the the the uh master plans or the um building committee did have jurisdiction over that building. So, it seems like that this conversation would >> they were specifically charged by this board to look into town hall and Ritter
>> uh operations. >> Yeah. TC Pacio doesn't fall under the uh building design committee >> and and really what we're asking for is more time. >> Yeah. I don't even I don't know if we can give it to you. That's that's >> We could get a call tomorrow that the
building is closed and everyone has to get out like it's that dire horrible >> and if it's the board of health >> Yeah. >> nothing that anybody can do. >> So even if we say you can have you know six more months 8 12 more months >> it's going to be out of our hands if it
gets we are at that point of like >> we can't make any promises because there's a very good chance that building is getting shut down and not by us. I mean, I spent when I saw your presentation that the trailers weren't going to work out. I I was I spent an hour googling for properties all over. That's how I found the place. We've been
doing it for weeks. >> Weeks aggressive looking and and checking every every possible alternative. >> Anything we could right now still support Lunberg, but >> it just seems like it's going to be a really hard time to people who need the
food the most and with the override, they're going to have to choose between taxes and food. And I mean we we're able to give them $100 to $200 worth of food every week, >> you know, and you have an increase in taxes. It's, you know, that really is substantial. They may have to make decisions to even stay or leave lunar
rig. And a few of them have already mentioned that to us. And it's just it's another bad thing to have to do if we can any way compromise and you know >> and I think the compromise permission is outside of that building.
>> Yeah. I think either reduce you know the foot give up some freezers. I mean providing some service is better than no service, right? >> But where location if we could compromise on on on TCP we would it's just we can't promise I I
think >> it's out of it's out of our I don't know >> I rolling if we get a wet spring a safety issue and then that is >> luckily we didn't suffer any of the snow damage in the auditorium. >> Yeah. The first thing I I texted back when I got the video please tell me this
is the decommission We're checking all the time and making sure, you know, and um >> good thing school moved out cuz that they over the school are really det. >> We thought maybe if we sealed them off
and validated the ex, you know, and and just kept an eye with a team, 45 people of trying to work with that building, raised some money to patch the roof. It's a heck of a lot less than $500,000 for a separate building. I mean
>> pricing on remediation. >> We are beyond patching of the roof. So the roof has about 20 years over its useful life. >> When they went up on the roof, the rubber has actually pulled away from the
edge. It's shrunk. There is there is I I talked to um the facilities director today just about going up and doing something on the roof and he said every time that we step on that we are creating a problem. That roof is not the the patching of the roof was done I
think in 2012 >> Mhm. >> to last 10 years. >> Yeah. >> Well, it's we've done everything we can. We don't >> I'm I'm still a couple of places I can >> I don't know where. I mean, I know what
Renee said, but that's really out. >> Yeah, >> it's it's going to be hard for some of our clients to really get their >> It's in Lancaster and then >> Lunberg Lancast. That's really out of >> I'm blown away. So, it's 400 households in Lunberg.
>> No idea. and a thousand >> a thousand people >> people in Lunberg >> and that doesn't even include all the >> and that's not everybody I know there are people out there >> but do we have any church >> you're great advocates that's for sure >> that that are available >> is there any space in any church
basement >> I haven't looked at any church basement >> and we'd be taking permanent >> yeah there's there's a lot of equipment it requires a lot of space and >> we had to give it a out. We have >> But I I feel like you need at least something temporary because I'm telling
you it like that. >> Mhm. >> It's not safe. You have to get out. >> We were kidding when we said that if you called us tomorrow. >> No, that that really could happen. >> I mean, it's a real that's a real possibility that I think it's getting creative and looking at more options, maybe even further out. And also maybe
even dividing up, dividing and conquer, spreading out the space so that you're not just in one space. Just trying to get more creative with your options. more home deliveries instead of >> so I thought I thought coming into this meeting honestly that the trailers were going to work and that we had a
short-term solution and that the real problem was finding a long-term solution. So I'm kind of reacting to this live. Um and it's really upsetting. It's really upsetting. >> Will work for $500,000 if there's any big donors.
>> Mr. Chairman, to that point you said if anybody was listening. So I think that there's a lot of people who are listening who view they hear food pantry and they think that a food pantry is shelf stable things that can go into >> into a small storage area. So I think if
we have an audience >> to take a few minutes and say what kind of needs for those that may be listening and know of a space temporarily that you isn't on your radar. >> Mhm. >> To make that connection of so 3500 ft,
>> right? Um, she has a back sharing the ideal. We have on here slide number six. I don't know if they can go back there, but um, we accommodate 12 refrigerators and freezers. We have a grocery style
setup, 50 racks, heating and air conditioning, obviously because the heat got a little bit too much in the cafeteria, so we had to put in air conditioning so the cans wouldn't explode. >> Um, ADA accessible. We have to have some
way of getting them in there. We can remediate anything. We can always put in a ramp anywhere and parking. So, yeah, we're looking for some space. Mhm. And what's the best way that the public can reach out to you? >> And they can reach out to us at uh loon
foodpantrygmail.com. >> Lu n l unn food pantrygmail.com. We will continue to look look for space. Um I know it's a roll of the dice of when and where you might show up at my door. Mhm. >> I I'm I'm truthfully nervous about the
temperature. I'm truthfully nervous once it starts getting warm. >> Yeah. >> That's when the That's when you're going to see the mold. >> Okay. I see what because there the I was saying this last night to the board when we were talking about TCP in the context of budgetary um conversation. There is
carpeting in those rooms. Now, the normal thing that you would do in a building that you don't care about is you just rip up the carpet and throw it away. It's glued to asbestous tile. So, um, that has its own host of issues. I'm They are over there every day. Um, every
time it rains, it's still leaking. It's not at that major, the major rain, the major water infiltration had partially to do with the snow melt and a clogged roof drain. Nonetheless, when it's raining, it's still infiltrating. >> So, they are over there trying to keep
it dry. I am concerned when the temperature raises and spores start to grow. I that this could be quicker. >> Yeah. >> Um I had a similar conversation with PAC today. >> Okay. >> Well, thank you for listening. We
appreciate you letting us present to you >> and of course these conversations are going to continue and I know I'm speaking for everyone up here right now when I say that we are fully committed to finding some solution here. >> None of us want to find you guys a home. >> Yeah. None of us want to see this go away. Amazing service for all of you
volunteers are doing and you have been for so many years. Mhm. >> That's how he gave you ARPA for the fridges. >> That's right. You did. >> And you gave us ARPA last year for food. >> Yeah. That's what we needed the most. >> Yes. >> So, thank you very much. >> It was good to see you, Nancy.
>> Good to see you. >> And um hopefully we can figure this out soon because no one wants to see you guys stop serving uh residents. So, >> thank you for coming in tonight. Thank you. >> Thank you all. Thank you for all that you do.
Okay. So, we're going to move back to our public hearing. This is a public hearing to discuss the recommendation of the board of registars to opt out of early voting by mail for local elections. So, I'll ask the clerk to read the public hearing notice. It should be in the SharePoint. I dropped
it in earlier today. Okay. The Lunberg Select Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 7:10 p.m. in Town Hall 17 Main Street, second floor, Lunenburgg, Massachusetts to discuss the recommendation of the registars to opt
out of early voting by mail for local elections. >> Okay. Um, so we get this recommendation every year. It's pretty much the same. I believe you guys voted when I was gone. Um, regarding the in-person early voting. Um so now this is uh voting by
mail. Um so important distinction here. Um we do absentee voting. So anyone who wants to vote early can do so by going to town hall, going to the town clerk's office during business hours for I believe like 2 weeks uh before election,
you can go vote. Um you can also request a ballot online by emailing the town clerk. So that's town clerk@ lunenbergmma.gov. You'll then get a ballot that you can drop off in person at the town clerk's office or put in the uh ballot box. Um
and because of that and also um budgetary constraints um we're just unable operationally to support um mailing voting. Uh so that is where this recommendation is coming from. Um any board members have any questions on this?
>> So the distinction is with mailin vote voting a mail in ballot gets mailed to any >> you can return it. Yes. >> But it automatically gets mailed to every home. Yes. Is that okay? That's a big >> Mhm. >> Yep. So, um it's the postage, it's the mailing of the ballots, um and also um
having the staff or um the workers uh to process them as well that we unfortunately can't support. Um >> so you can print out your ballot and drop it off at the office. >> Yep. Um so yeah, you can still get it uh that way. You can email them and get your ballot and then drop it off at your
convenience. Um, even if it's not during business hours, um, you know, that that ballot box is right outside town hall. >> Uh, all right. Any other questions? >> Any comments from the public? >> Yep. I know. I was just going to ask. Um, so this is a public hearing. If
there's any um public comment related to uh this public hearing? Not seeing any. Anyone on Zoom? >> No. Okay. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? >> So moved. >> Second. All those in favor say I. I. All
those opposed? Uh, no. The motion passes unanimously. Is there a motion to uh opt out of early voting by mail for local elections this year? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. Those opposed? No. Any abstensions?
The motion passes unanimously. Okay. Up next is discussion on right of first refusal for 1083 Northfield Road. Um, so I believe all the recommendations we got from boards and committees was for us to not exercise our first right of refusal. Um, and we have them all in
the drive. Um, anyone have any questions or discussion on that tonight? >> Okay. >> Um, any anything for the town manager on why we >> I don't know if the applicant wanted to >> the applicant is here.
>> Okay. Doesn't want to say anything. So, >> probably not. just one. >> Um it's to the public it's 30.79 acres at 1083 Northfield uh road. Um the intent is to convert from chapter 61 forestry land um to residential. And how
many do you know how many lots yet? >> Five five residential lots. Okay. >> And all of the boards um have a pine that they >> they suggest that we wave >> our our right. >> Right. All right. Any discussion on this? Is there a motion to wave our
right of first refusal for 1083 Northfield Road? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor say I. >> I. Those opposed? No. Any abstensions? The motion passes unanimously. >> All right. Good night, Tanner.
Appointments, ratifications, and resignations. I don't think we have any. Nope. Town manager report. >> Uh no town manager report. Um, the only item that I have is we have our free cash certified
now. So, no written report and I want to just get the exact number for you. All right. So, free cash. Oh, I can't open two workbooks at the same time. Okay. Free cash certification. Final number 3
million 354,000. $370. Um, so we'll be reooking at the capital plan and free cash distribution to share um at an upcoming meeting. >> All right. Thank you.
>> All right. New business, vote to ratify the Lunberg Public Employee Committee agreement for FY27, FY29. Um, so what we're going to do is go into executive session at the end of the meeting and then we'll come back to this. Um, but I just wanted to call it out since we're going through the agenda here. So, we're
going to skip over that for now and then jump down to old business. Uh, so discuss warrant articles for 2026 annual town meeting. Um, so I want to go through the warrant as it is drafted tonight. Um, see what discussion there
is. Um, see if we can start voting at least to include articles. Um, we do have a couple weeks so we don't have to worry about recommendations tonight. Um but also flagging any um articles that um members would like more information on whether that's from town council uh
or boards committees for submitted articles uh etc. Um okay so we can just go through them. So a authorization to here >> wait what which article oh you're going through the hard copy. Do we have it in our >> Mhm. >> Yeah it's in the drive. >> Is this the >> So if you scroll down you'll see
standing warrant articles >> draft warrant 37. >> Okay. Oh, that's draft warrant everywhere. >> That's what I thought it was. >> It should be ABC ABC. Does that not have ABC? Yeah, ABC. Yeah. So, it's draft warrant 3726. >> Yes.
>> Um I'm just going off of the paper copy. So, okay. So, a authorization to hear and or accept the reports of officers and committees of the town. Straightforward. Um is there a motion to include this in the warrant? >> So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second.
>> All those in favor say I. I I those opposed. No. Motion passes unanimously. I'm going to take notes, too. >> Yeah. Okay. All right. So, article A is included. Um do we want to just make a Oh, we don't need to make a recommendation for that. Well, yeah, we
do, actually. Is there um a motion to recommend approval? >> So, moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. Those opposed, no. The motion passes unanimously. Okay. Article B, authorization to borrow in anticipation of revenue and to enter
into a compensating balance agreement with a bank. Um, okay. Uh, is there a motion to include this one? >> So moved. >> Second. All those in favor say I. I. >> I. Those opposed, no. Motion passes
unanimously. Any questions on this one? >> Um, we haven't had one like that. This is a new one. >> Yeah. Like what? We put it on last year as like a new standard article, right? >> Um it's a failsafe article and I would imagine you'd include it in the consent
agenda. It allows the town that if there is an issue with revenue to borrow if we're having a cash flow problem >> and it does require um a higher threshold of vote though, >> right? >> Because authorizes borrowing >> and it has to be done annually.
>> Yes. So should we >> you should approving it? You should have it last year, right? >> I mean you're not waiting on anything, right? No. >> So is there a motion to recommend approval? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I.
>> I. Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. >> Article C I think is the same thing. Chapter 90, right? >> Yeah. Same thing with chapter 90. >> Yep. Any questions on this one? Is there a motion to include? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. I. Those
opposed, no. Motion passes unanimously. Is there a motion to recommend approval? >> So move. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. Those opposed? No. The motion passes unanimously. >> Okay. D. Economic development committee
revolving fund. >> So this is a new article, Mr. chairman to establish a revolving fund for the economic development committee taking in re receipts from um whether it be vendor fees, registrations, events and expended
for the planning, promotion and operation of programs and events intended to support local economic development. Um I do have an initial recommendation of a spending limit at $10,000. Um I believe the economic development committee wanted to weigh in on that spending limit. Um in my opinion, it's appropriate. I'm not sure
if they wanted it up or down, but it is a revolving fund. So, it's just the cap. It doesn't there's no transfer. It's the cap of funds throughout the in a given fiscal year. >> Okay, cool. Any questions? Is there a motion to include? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I.
>> I. Those opposed, no. Motion passes unanimously. Is there a motion to recommend approval? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Those in favor say I. >> I. Those opposed, no. Motion passes unanimously. All right. Article E, technology revolving funds.
>> So this is a cleanup article. Um the current technology revolving funds um indicates the authorized um folks to expend are the town manager, the IT director, and the land use director. Since this article was established, the latter two of those titles has changed.
So the recommendation here is to amend the language to say town manager or their designate allowing the town manager to select the employee who pays the open cv invoices on behalf of the town be the one that expends funds from this. >> Okay. Any questions? >> So it's just changing language. Yeah, it's generalizing language.
>> Yep. All right. Is there a motion to include? >> So move. >> Second. Any additional discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. Is there a motion to recommend approval? >> So moved. Second. All those in favor say
I. I. Those opposed? No. The motion passes. >> The minute is going to love this. >> Yeah, you got it consistent. Like, don't mess it up for now. >> Oh, right. It helps with the minutes. >> That's why I'm like, >> we always get into a groove when we do
this. Um, okay. F. Revolving funds. Um, >> this is just this annual spending cap on each of the revolving funds. >> You haven't noticed yet. I have not had time to really go through this. in uh depth since I got home. Uh is there a motion to include? >> So moved. >> Second.
>> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. Those opposed, no. Motion passes unanimously. Is there a motion to recommend approval? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. I. Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. >> Okay. Authorization to pay expenses from a prior fiscal year. And I think we're
tracking two so far. >> Yeah. Two two cemetery um rentals >> of portaotties at the cemetery. cemetery rentals in my what are we renting portable so >> one was like $500 the other was like a thousand they're pretty small
>> yeah they're small so far although I don't want to say that because last time we were not tracking large bills of a prior fiscal year and then we had the water bill so >> fair enough at this point usually we would we don't >> we usually wait I I could vote to include >> you approve right yeah >> um so is there a motion to include
>> include but not recommend right yeah so moved >> second all those in favor I >> those opposed No. Motion passes unanimously. Okay. Um fiscal year 2026 budget adjustments. Do we are we tracking any right now? >> Um the only one that I uh heard about
actually earlier today and it's not from the general operating budget is that PAC um will be looking to transfer money from their uh certified uh returns into their current operating budget. They have a deficit.
>> Okay. So that's the only one that I know of right now. >> Okay. Is there a motion to include? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. I. >> Those opposed? No. The motion passes unanimously. Okay. Article I. Fiscal year 2026 closeout. So the only thing so
far snow and ice. We don't have a dollar amount on that yet. Um is there a motion to include? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. I. >> I. Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. Do you want to say something? >> Yeah. Just for the public that's watching tonight but didn't watch last night, um we're going to try to close
this out within the operating budget from unexpended funds, but this is if if we can't do that and we need to hit free cash. >> Yeah. Okay. >> And the total deficit again, >> it's a running around 500,000. Okay. >> Yeah. Half a million dollars. >> Yeah. >> Um article J. So what's this? Capital
plan fiscal year 20 >> fiscal year 2026 capital program funding reauthorization. >> It's not that. So So this is a cleanup article. >> Mhm. It's probably looks more complicated than it is, but it's so non to me. I would almost include it in the consent agenda because it is a cleanup
article. So, it's to amend the vote taken at the last town meeting that funded part of the capital plan. So, there was $325,000 from a prior capital plan that was used to fund the FY26 capital plan, but that
funding was also used to fund the TCP roof. So this rescends two votes and then reauthorizes. So then we would reauthorize the transfer from article 6 to get the that was where the money originally was from the May 7th, 2022 annual town meeting
>> uh to be included to fund the it's not one it's the 1 million 225,000 capital plan. It's not that amount of project. Um, and it it really just transfers the money from TCP roof to the
FY26 capital plan. >> Okay. >> FY26, not FY27. >> No. So FY26 is when there was the the money that was utilized to fund that capital plan that was also the same money that was used in that standalone
article for the >> second part of the it's going back to the original appropriation and appropriating that. It's clean. It's a housekeeping. >> Yep. Yep. Yep. Okay. Understood. >> I don't I just said fixing the books, but I clean >> cleaning. This is It's a housekeeping article. So that we and we have not
expended um from the FY26 capital fund intentionally, two projects, the window repair here and the HVAC here until we have the funding authorization clean from town meeting. >> Good. >> Okay. Is there a motion to include? >> So move.
>> Second. All those in favor say I. I >> I those opposed, no. Motion passes unanimously. Is there a motion to recommend approval? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. I. >> Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. Okay. Okay. Fiscal year 2027 capital
program. Um I think on this one, Mr. Chairman, the article is what's going to carry the details. So the article as is is written. Mhm. >> Um it's really the description that will change. >> Mhm.
>> And I think that the select board could vote to include this tonight without recommending. >> Oh yeah, for sure. Uh is there a motion to include? >> So move. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. I. >> Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. >> Okay. L fiscal year 2027 omnibus budget.
>> This will be your base budget. >> Yep. Yep. >> All right. Is there a motion to include? >> So moved. >> Second. All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. Uh then we can hold off on a recommendation for that. Uh M FY2027
Prop 2 and half override articles. Uh so this is just a placeholder. Um I guess we probably should just wait on this one to figure out what we're doing before we even include it. But we got that there. Um and sorry, go ahead.
>> We wouldn't be including it yet. We could um do we want to include it tonight? >> Does it >> we don't >> I think you don't know what >> we don't know what it looks like or I think the board has expressed oh that you'd like to place an override article before
>> I just want the public that is listening to know we are >> I know if we pass it over tonight that does not mean we're putting it on. We have committed all five of us I believe to putting some version of an override >> on the ballot >> is what that looks like in more detail. As long as the public knows that this is not us rescending that no intent.
>> I mean that was just a stra vote at that time. >> A agreed. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> All right. Salary administration plan adjustments for FY 2027. And this is just a cola 3%. >> Okay. Is there a motion to include? >> So moved. >> Second.
>> All those in favor say I. >> I. Those opposed, no. The motion passes unanimously. Um any questions on this? Do we need any more information on this one? >> Yep. >> No. Okay. Do we want to recommend approval tonight?
>> I'm comfortable. >> I'm good. >> As am I. Okay. Is there a motion? >> So moved. Wait. Approval. >> Is there a motion to recommend approval? >> I move to recommend approval of article as listed. N >> second. >> All those in favor say I. >> I.
>> Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. Okay. O. appropriate free cash to the OPED trust fund. And that's 10%, right? Yeah. >> Yeah. So, it's >> so it's the same same amount, right? >> 335,437. >> Okay. Any questions on this?
>> Is there a motion to include? >> So move. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. I. >> I. Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. Is there a motion to recommend approval? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously.
Okay. P appropriation to the compensated absences reserve fund. This is the one that we created um was it last town meeting or is it the annual? Okay. >> At the annual >> and we're funding $10,000 and >> there's 10,000 in that. Okay. >> I was going to ask so this is going on
top of it. >> Mhm. >> Any questions on that? >> Is there a motion to include? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. Is there a motion to recommend approval? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I.
>> I. >> I. Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. Okay. Appropriation to the 300th anniversary committee. Is this a multi-year appropriation this time? >> It it so it's not limited and it's not funded through the budget. So it will live >> effectively. It is then.
>> Yeah. So it's um I have the appropriation to expire so it's clear June 30th, 2029. >> Okay. when that should be fine >> in case there's any bills after the event, >> right? Okay. And the amount's $15,000. Is there a motion to include? >> So moved.
>> Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. >> I. Those opposed? No. >> So this is one time. >> This is fixing that. >> It's a >> trying to read it as and listen at the same time. >> It's a one-time appropriation, but it's
not one year. It has a deadline of June 30th, 2029. And there was an appropriation at one point. >> There was an appropriation that was made within the operating budget. So it expired that June 30. >> Yeah. >> This is getting it outside of that. >> Yeah. This is all allows them to >> and nothing was expended I believe. No
previously. >> Yeah. >> So there was an appropriation. Nothing was expended. It rolled into cash. >> Okay. >> All right. Is there a motion to recommend approval? >> So move. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. Okay. And the next is the 300th
anniversary gift fund. Um so it's just going to um establish that so that um we can um sell t-shirts and stuff like that. Um is there a motion to include? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. I. >> I. Those opposed? No. Motion passes
unanimously. >> I just want to say I like my typo in there. The 300th anniversary celebration gift fun. I think fun is better. But >> good catch. I need >> All right. Is there a motion to recommend approval? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I.
>> I. Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. >> Okay. Trust Fund Commission legal fees. I did not watch the presentation. Um I probably should at some point. Uh for these two. Um
my understanding is that it's close to the amount of money that would be made available. Is that >> correct? Or >> so there are five trust funds. >> Um they total uh roughly $80,000
and there is let's go through those actually a little bit one by one. So after the presentation to the finance committee, I had I had let me step back. I had previously authorized the trust fund commission to work directly with
town council on the worthy poor fund. >> Mhm. >> Um following the presentation that was made to the uh finance committee, I wondered if perhaps that authorization was not so express. So I reached out to
town council to ask if that conversation if that authorization was expressed and um so much so that he has almost completed working on the cypra petition. I was come to find out for worthy poor. So that work is nearly complete um
because it was authorized and it makes sense there is no need to obtain funds for that. Um the second question was around the American Legion poor where the post has closed and Adam Costa
attorney Costa has stated that he can certainly opine with whether to Mr. Leightton's point last time the trust fund commissioners can make a determination whether or not somebody would be eligible for membership in the Legion post and still be able to uh distribute the funds.
Uh the >> you swiped the two legion the post >> the legion uh >> I'm looking at the email post 283 >> post 283 is is it's the legion poor that we don't have documentation on >> correct
so then so post 83 attorney Costa believes he can provide >> advice on how those could be distributed. um the Legion Poor Fund there are no documents
for this trust. So the conversation with attorney Costa around this had been that it will require substantial legal research in order to bring an action to Cypre
which likely would cost more than the $14,000 that are in there. When I had that conversation with the trust commissioner and I I said it would cost as much as is in there. That's where this number came from. That is a literal how much money is in this trust and and
that's where he decided that that's how much money they needed or they decided this is how much money they needed. Um I don't know if the board wants to hear directly from attorney Costa on this. Um he said that he could absolutely come and talk to the board about this and any
other article >> and they can't ex disperse funds that were part of the initial >> corpus. Yeah. That created the fund, right? >> Typically not. >> I don't know how much >> typically you cannot invade the corpus of any trust. You can only distribute the investment income off of it.
>> So I don't know how much this one started with, but >> I can't even pretend to under like that I understand all of this stuff. So, I wouldn't hate having Adam come in. >> Yeah, because there's also the sidewalk fund is another one. >> I mean, assuming we're going to have other questions about other articles,
but this one I'm kind of like I still haven't really wrapped my head around it. >> Yeah. Yeah. No, I understand. I get that. >> And I don't know if we have documentation on the gazebo or not. >> Um, gazebo. No. >> So, there's two. We have no documents. >> That's correct.
>> Mhm. Okay. So, it sounds like we want to hold off on including this one for now. um trust fund commission quorum. Um has town council reviewed this one? >> This one? Um yes. And the issue here is
that he does not know what the attorney general may do with it. >> Um whether or not it's violative of the town charter. >> Okay. Um >> but that would be more we wouldn't know that until after town meeting. >> Right. Right. whether and that's because the trust fund commission is specifically called out in the charter
and can um a bylaw modify the charter is really the question. >> Yeah, understood. Um okay, I didn't watch the presentation. I've read through this. Um I talked about it with the bylaw review committee. Um what did
what did the board think uh after having the presentation and discussion? This one is is all about if there's no quorum essentially allowing the select board to work >> do some trust fund related business on behalf of them and in the lack of a
quorum. >> Has Adam looked you just said he's doesn't know what he's going to do but is the language here is is he comfortable with >> um he has not reviewed the language for he has the document right now that he's editing so I don't have his edits back but the concept was fine.
>> Yeah. So maybe we can have him come and address both effects. >> But in terms of like what it's actually trying to accomplish here, does the board have any thoughts on that? >> No, I think I mean >> yeah, it didn't exist for how many years. So it's good to quorum or just no
board like or commission like we had. I think it's >> I think having a way to be operating is >> it's just whether it's >> the language is is it should be. So, I'm hearing we actually want to explore this and get uh town council to review it and
see. Okay, sounds good. >> Um, just hold off on including it until we work through that then. >> All right. Establishment of a storm water utility bylaw. Um, >> can we hold off on this one? >> Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
Got a few pages here. >> Oh, yeah. Okay. The amendment to the sewer bywis. Should I should I say >> bywis? >> Um okay. Uh so let's see. It seems like
there's one change here. striking out emergency circumstances threaten the safe and continued use of a property that a waiver may resolve and replaces it with unusual or extraordinary circumstances threaten the safe and continued use of a property that a waiver may resolved. Have we had
>> any >> any um >> rationale? >> It looks like they're just they're changing emergency to unusual or extraordinary. >> Yeah, I don't know the context for this. >> Okay. by replaces the term emergency circumstances with unusual or
extraordinary circumstances. All other waiver provisions remain unchanged. The sewer commission determined that the term quote emergency circumstances is too restrictive as there may be non-emergency circumstances that qualify for the waiver. And then they went on to say, "In
December 2025, the sewer commission adopted new regulation for accessory dwelling units that include the waiver language from the bylaw, but replace the term emergency circumstances with the language unusual or extraordinary circumstances. The purpose of this article is to have consistent waiver
language in both the regulation and the bylaw. >> Was there a presentation on this by the sewer commission? Because did open space and trust fund commissions come in? >> Just trust fun. Oh, no. And and open space. He joined He joined via Zoom uh during the during
the snowstorm. Mike Till Oh, yes. I'm like, what are you talking about? >> Thank you. >> Um, do we maybe want to have them come in or do we want to request any more information on this? >> I have no problem changing. >> Yeah, >> seems straightforward.
>> Brian or Glenn? >> No problem. >> Okay, so it sounds like we're okay with it. Is there a motion to include? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any additional discussion? Those in favor say I. I. >> Those opposed, no. Motion passes unanimously. Is there a motion recommend approval?
>> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. >> My brain just turned off for a second. >> Okay. X. Public education government access enterprise fund. Um so it's the
annual appropriation of expected PG revenues and available funds to offset the cost of running the PEG program. Uh so it's >> and so their budget has changed slightly but um so those numbers are different but this is this is the funding from
their uh anticipated revenues from user fees Comcast user fees as well as investment um that support their enterprise operations together with a transfer from their um their reserves um they are operating at about a $100,000
deficit for FY27. >> Okay. So the numbers are different though than what's printed here. >> Yeah, slightly. >> Okay. So we can vote to include it and then hold off on recommending then. That probably makes sense. Is there a motion to include? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously.
>> Same with all the the all the enterprise funds. >> Okay. >> I would hold off on recommendations. >> Right. Okay. So we got a couple more. The next is a solid waste disposal program. Uh is there a motion to include? >> So move. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. Those opposed? No. Motion passes
unanimously. Water enterprise fund. Is there a motion to include? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. I. Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. All right. Aa. Fund the first year of the professional firefighters union
collective bargaining agreement. Is there a motion to include? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. I. >> I.................... Th those opposed. No. Motion passes unanimously. Uh, is there a motion to recommend approval? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Wait,
we don't have it yet. >> You So, but >> you would be probably, but you'd be including all of them. >> Okay. So, we don't want to recommend approval then. >> Okay. So, fund the first year of the
municipal employees union collective bargaining agreement. >> Is there a motion to include? >> So, move. >> Second. All those in favor say I. I. >> I. Those opposed, no. Motion passes unanimously. Fund the first year of the Teamsters Union Local 170 DPW collective
bargaining agreement. Is there a motion to include? >> So move. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. >> Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. Okay. Vacation system transition liability reduction.
>> Okay. So, I had um Julie Bello calculate uh different options for vacation buyout for the transition plan. Um the most uh expensive is to buy out 100% of everybody's time from all uh four
collective bargaining units as well as the SAP. Um, and that total is $265,916.17 to buy just any time over the 3 weeks is 56,000. Um, I do believe we have suff sufficient
free cash to uh clear this liability at today's or what would be FY27. Um and that the board should consider the administrative burden that will be I believed um in in transitioning just
with the buyout um and that it is in today's dollars. >> Mhm. >> How does that impact the employee? >> So they for their time >> they would get a big >> check all at once.
>> This is the bucket time. But is this >> Mhm. in would do we is this in their their contracts? >> This is um so the only contract that we've completed is police. >> Yeah. >> So they would have to so their time goes
into to the third buckets. >> Yeah. >> Nobody else has completed. So they would have to agree to let us buy out all that. The other ones depending on how this depending on how those Yeah. >> could get negotiated in. >> Okay. Uh but we do want to just buy it all out this year and just do it once
and >> it it would be rather than tracking dual systems it would be >> ideal ideal. >> Yeah. >> Um >> so the other ones were still open then the police would be a conversation >> with the union. >> So what if I'm just thinking if if we
can't say the firefighters go with the same plan and we can't buy it all out at once. We have different groups being treated differently. >> You could. Is is that >> that's okay? I mean >> I mean I I'm just wondering what the reaction would be to that by those
folks. >> So far as we've talked about buyouts, there really hasn't been much discussion. >> Mhm. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Mostly people are concerned about their access to time on July 1st. Will they have time? And now so that because they
can take it in the red. >> Mhm. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> All right. Is there a motion to include? >> So moved. >> Second. All those in favor say I. >> I. Those opposed, no. Motion passes unanimously. >> Uh, do we want to recommend approval on this tonight? No.
>> Oh, because we don't have Okay. >> I think you want to see what the rest of the kind of free cash >> Yeah. >> overall expenditures look like. >> Okay. Amendments to the salary administration plan, position, titles, and grades. Uh, so this is HR director,
assistant, town manager, >> right? So this is was kind of sort of a placeholder at the time. Um things have evolved slightly since that time. So uh changing the title on the SAP from assistant town manager HR director um to
HR director and assistant separating bifurcating the two. >> Okay. It looks like it says the same thing. >> It it does because it wasn't >> the conversations weren't public at the time it was drafting. >> Oh, I see. Okay. All right. Um, so we can just skip over this if we still have
to work on that >> or we can say include it and then >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Is there a motion to include? >> So moved. >> Second. All those in favor say I. >> I. Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. All right. >> Does that effectively create that position?
>> No, it's just it plots the title on the SAP grid. So yes, that's the So you're create you're plotting the position on the grid and and funding for the position would be
through the appropriation. All right. Participation in the central Massachusetts mosquito control project. Um I did not watch the presentation yet. Um, but the feedback that I received was that they do a lot more than people realized and that uh we are probably
getting more out of our participation in that program uh than we are putting in. Um, how does the board feel about this? >> I do not want to include this on the warrant. >> Okay, I agree. >> I I'm sorry I missed that. >> I said I don't want to include this on the warrant.
>> Yeah, I don't know if we should hold off because I know we got a few of those emails. I agree. uh you know my that uh presentation was impactful but we did get some emails from people. I know one of them was here and it was impactful on them as well and they were they were
satisfied with the program but I think we might owe maybe an outreach to those other um emails the residents that expressed concern with the program. That's my only thought just throwing that out. >> But I but I agree that you know I
definitely see the program in a different light at this point. >> Okay. Would you want to include it or not? >> Well, I'm I'm saying we just hold off, you know, excluding it at this point. >> Is my suggestion. >> Well, I know for me, like personally, if we include it and it goes to town
meeting, I'm going to vote to remain in the program. Um, I don't know if I have strong opinions in either direction of whether or not it should be included or not. Um, I haven't really decided that yet. Um, so if we want to hold off on this and come back to it, we can. >> Yeah. would just give people an
opportunity to reach out and advocate for for having it on the artic on the warrant. >> I think people should watch a presentation. >> I think I'm okay with waiting. I think I'm I just don't support putting it on, but I am also completely against putting it on no matter what. So, waiting is
fine if we want to give people more time, but my answer is not going to change. I think the amount of work that they do for us >> Yeah, I agree. >> like would be costing the town so much money to have this program go away. I think it would be crazy for us to get out of it. I will say that we may want to write a
letter about the formula >> because to be assessed almost near equal to the city of Malro is a problem for me. >> Yeah, I I don't disagree. >> But there's that one drainage problem. >> I get it. But but it's it's disproportional on smaller budgets.
>> Mhm. >> Yeah, we can definitely do that. And I as I understand that's really a do function. That's not >> it's not their program. >> It's not it's do. >> Yeah. >> They don't the central mass uh mosquito
they don't make the the formula formula. >> Right. >> It's basically any formula there is. We don't >> it's not in our benefit. >> I have yet to see one. >> All right. So we'll hold off on this for now and we'll come back to it. All right. GG. Notice of town meeting. Uh,
so I think this has the changes that I worked on with uh, Mr. Franco from the Council on Aging. Looks like it does. Um, I don't know if we're going to work on it anymore or if board members have any more discussion on this. Is there anything that anyone wants to bring up on this tonight?
>> Um, I haven't read this in a long time. >> I haven't either. >> Okay, we can >> include it, but let's hold. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> All right. Is there a motion to include? >> So moved. Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. Those opposed, no. The motion passes unanimously.
>> All right. Transfer the care, custody, and control of Kids Kingdom and the land it is on from the school committee to the select board. And this is jointly submitted by the select board and school committee. Is there a motion to include? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I.
>> I. I. Those opposed, no. >> Is there a motion to recommend approval? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. I. >> I. Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. >> So, I know the school committee voted on this. Can we get their recommendation printed as well? >> Yeah, we could do that.
>> Added to this. >> I was just going to say the same thing, but also I think on these two because they were kind of >> quick passes over by the community last meeting. Would love if we could have maybe one slide. I'm happy to put something together if you don't have time to just to be like I want us to be
able to get our reasoning out before >> things are passed over in advance. like is that what you're saying? >> You know, but like I think we didn't even get to have the conversation before the questions were passed over on the floor. So, I would like the opportunity to have a quick presentation, just like one slide on each, right? >> Hey, this is why we're doing this.
>> This is the process that we followed real quick. And you know, cuz we didn't even get to do that before the questions were moved on at least one of the two items. So, >> okay. >> All right. I think this is the last one. It is. >> No. >> No. >> But close. Oh, and I missed that one
right there. Okay. Open space committee. Um, so this is just um creating that bylaw so that the open space committee is a standing committee of the town. Um, pretty you guys did have that um presentation. Um, is there a motion to
include? >> So moved. >> Second. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Those opposed? No. Motion passes unanimously. Any discussion on this coming out of that presentation? I think he did a good job explaining of why and not having to I don't have anything against it. I'm personally ready to vote
to approve. >> Okay. Is there a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. Those opposed, no. Motion passes unanimously. >> An eminent domain. You do not need this last article. So, I was talking to
attorney Costa um last week about the Flat Hill Road Bridge and the need for this eminent domain article and not having been involved in an eminent domain before, understanding what the process was. Um so, we have, as a reminder, we have um easements for the
work area around the Flatill Road Bridge. Um two of those easements had to be obtained through the eminent domain process. Um, we have been working to try to get uh an agreement for the homeowner
to sign giving us authorization to access the property. Um, unfortunately, we're not going to be able to get that agreement of the homeowner. So, um, we thought that we had to go back uh for eminent domain again at town meeting. Um, attorney Costa reviewed the language of the last town meeting, uh, where
eminent domain was approved and it was broad enough to give this board authority to proceed with eminent domain without going to town meeting. So, um, he has started to prepare that paperwork. Uh, we have to get a new appraisal on the property of the of the
value for the taking. Um it's going to be about $500, maybe a couple thousand, but very low value of of the work area that's being um temporarily uh taken. >> Okay. >> But uh so that's that's where that is as well is that we were we had been waiting
um to see if if we were going to get agreement around uh around the access from the homeowner. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Um, I did talk to attorney Costa about whether or not we could go out to bid without having that taking completed and whether or not that
would affect the quality of the bids that we receive. And he was going to talk to the procurement attorney in his office about that. >> Okay. Thank you. All right. So, we don't need to include that then. And that was it. >> Do we need to vote not to include it? >> No. >> No. >> Um, any other discussion on the warrant?
>> Let me just see. Sorry for Don't need that. Don't need that. Don't need that. No, there were three other articles that folks had submitted or talked about but um are not needed for one reason or another. >> Okay. >> Including uh cemetery uh that was really
the only external one was the cemetery commission capital fund. Um they're allowed to use the the monies from the fund that they were trying to expend from without transfer at town meeting which is the sale of lots fund for capital projects. They can just do that
without town meetings authorization. >> Okay. All right. Sounds good. All right. So, moving on. Review FY27 select board and town manager goals and objectives. So, we went through this. Um we didn't vote on it though. Uh so, if we want to um vote on I don't even
remember the changes just we did about a month ago. Um but if we wanted to vote on it tonight, we can um just to finalize that. Oh, let me see. >> And I don't even think we had a track changes document on. >> Yeah, that's what I was just looking
for. But >> okay. Um, might be helpful, too. Hold on. Let me just see this. And then >> no, >> this one just says pack down here for some reason. >> I don't know what that means. >> I don't know either.
>> Okay. All right. So, we might need to just um finish this and maybe do a red line and then it'll be easier for us to do this. >> Uh what do you guys think? >> Sounds good to me. Yeah. >> I didn't know what we were doing on this one before. So, >> Right. I I didn't either until I got
back and I asked. >> Um >> yeah, we just kind of left like there was discussion and then there wasn't >> Right. a cotification in the discussion >> and because we did make some changes. Um >> I think it was really around the use the piece of software that we don't have anymore. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> Okay. So, we'll come back to that >> minutes. Do we have minutes tonight? >> No minutes. Right. >> No warrants. No warrants. Any action items >> committee reports?
I have uh library board of trustees on Thursday. Um MO tomorrow. Planning board met last night. I haven't watched that meeting yet. Open space of course. We covered that. And say that's about it. >> The school committee meeting is
tomorrow. Uh they're going to be talking about the budget. They also met on March 4th. Uh they continued their budget discussions. Uh then as well uh the they had at the time it was the updated project projected deficit was approximately 1.9 million down from the
2.4 million. Uh though the district still faced roughly 900,000 shortfall for level services. Uh the committee discussed several budget related issues including whether to restructure the athletic program and athletic trainer position as potential cost-saving measures. There was also significant
discussion about the possibility of outsourcing custodial services. Uh the committee members broadly expressed opposition due to concerns about safety, institutional knowledge and long-term costs. Uh the meeting also included discussion of community advocacy and legislative outreach uh related to the
district's budget challenges. Uh the Lunberg Municipal Building Design Committee met on March 9th uh working on a survey to staff to try to get more feedback from them about space needs. Uh there was definitely concerns brought up by committee members about putting too
much on the staff right now. So the idea was to finish up the survey, give it to the town manager, and the town manager could determine a good time to actually let the the staff fill out the survey. And we tried to make it so that it wasn't um time extensive. That's it.
>> Uh finance committee met last Thursday. uh they heard from DPW, sewer, land use and uh the chair of the trust fund commission also presented his uh the one article. Uh town manager also presented
on administration unclassified and debt service. Um and yeah, that's it. I don't know if the 925 Massav working
group met last week. I was tied up in a >> We did. So I don't know if you had anything you want to add. If not later, I have not had a chance to catch up with the town manager. So that would have been my only report and I do not have one from that. >> Yeah. So the um the
planner um Steven Wallace uh is working with uh MRPC on a little bit more of Brownfield's work. um they're getting a scope of uh services together for uh Joe Mclofflin again who did the work the
environmental work last time to give a recommendation um to prospective um folks that might be looking at the RFP on what the recommended cleanup strategy is and what the anticipated cost of that recommended uh cleanup strategy is. So
just honing that in a little bit further. Um, so that was one element and um and that is at no cost to the town of Lunberg. That's through MRPC and uh DTA funding. Um and then the the the group
decided really to wait until that came back and and then we'll go from there. >> Awesome. Um I don't have any committee reports. Um I did not attend the bio review committee while I was gone. Uh but they did decide to hold off on submitting something for annual town meeting uh because we want to continue
working and have a more uh thorough recommendation that we'll bring uh in the fall. >> All right, upcoming meetings. We are meeting next Monday for another budget workshop. Um and we do have something
scheduled for Tuesday as well, which is potentially a tri board meeting. I don't know where do we land on that. >> Okay. So, there was there's no quorum for um there's there's not a quorum for the school committee to join for the tri board on Thursday. So, Thursday trio is
canceled. >> Um Monday we're going to have a regular meeting at 6:00 workshop after at 6:30 and then triboard would be on Tuesday I believe. I haven't heard from finance committee but there is a quorum for the school committee and there is a quorum
for the select board. >> Okay. So, we don't know yet if that's going to be scheduled. >> Did you just say Monday is at 600? >> Yes, Monday is at 6 >> exact session. >> I again will be able to get there till 6:30. >> Okay. Um, we might just want to change
the schedule around maybe >> it's attorney attorney. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Probably. Okay. >> Okay. Yeah. >> Um, we'll talk about it and see. All right. Public comment. Is there any public comment from the public? Any
public comment from the town manager? >> No. >> Any public comment from the board? >> I have just a quick comment that um for those folks that are watching that are supporting or not supporting the override both for the school and the town side. um just that we are
continuing the conversations that the select board is, you know, has at least expressed interest in putting it on um the ballot and that we are supporting a version of an override. >> So that was all. >> Thank you. All right. So, we're going to
go into executive session. We will re-enter open session so that we can uh vote to ratify the PC agreement. Uh so I move to enter into executive session and will re-enter open session after exiting executive session pursuant to MGL chapter 30 section 21 A3 to discuss
strategy with respect to collective bargaining if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the public body and the chair so declares Mrs. Forlberg professional firefighters PFFM local 5369 and the public employee committee >> second uh this will be a roll call vote
Mr. McCloud >> I. >> Mr. Leon >> I miss. Miss Moore >> I >> and an I for myself. We are now in executive session.