So he Yeah, that's me. So Brian, William, and Andrea all were interested, and there are two terms. All right. Good evening and welcome to tonight's meeting of the Lunberg Select
Board. Today is Tuesday, June 3rd. 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 public comments. Are there any public comments from the board? No. No. All right. I have a few public comments tonight. First, I'd like to thank
everyone who participated in and attended this year's Memorial Day ceremony. Like the past couple of years, the weather was beautiful and we had a great turnout. I would like to recognize one of our high school students, Brandon Harris. He is a graduating senior this year and has sung the national anthem at
the ceremony all four years of his high school tenure. He always viewed his participation in the service as a civic duty, understanding the importance of the ceremony, and I'm grateful for his participation these past four years. I'd also like to thank John Bowen Jr. for
placing flags on the graves of veterans in town. One of the key elements of our Memorial Day ceremony is recognizing Lunenburgg residents who have fought in our nation's wars and gave the ultimate sacrifice. And the list that we have goes war by war, but it starts with the
Civil War. So this year I was curious, what about the Revolutionary War? I have my red book on the history of Lunenburgg, and I did know that residents of the town fought in the Revolution. And sure enough, I went back and looked, 194 men from Lunenburgg served in the Revolutionary War. But we
don't have the information on how many of those residents did not make it home. So, I reached out to someone from the historical society, hoping that we could work together to figure it out. And it turns out they're already doing a lot of research for the 300th anniversary, and we're willing to help out to complete
that list. So, I want to thank the historical society for the work that they do as the stewards of our history, and I look forward to being able to complete that list so we can properly honor all of our residents who have given their lives and service to our country. I also would like to share some
of the feedback from the Lunberg Cares Civics Group who came before us a couple weeks ago and organized a townwide cleanup. for the outcome of our project. Quote, "We hosted a townwide cleanup on May 31st from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Around 35 people braved the elements and participated in the cleanup. Each picked up around one bag of trash. Over the six roads, all of us collected over 35 bags of trash combined. We had a select board member, Michael Ray, take the trash to
the DPW to make sure it was properly disposed of. Overall, everything went exactly as planned besides the weather. If we were to change one thing about the project, we would have picked a rain. I would like to thank the Lunberg Care Civics Group and to everyone who showed
up to participate in the cleanup during a thunderstorm. Finally, I'd like to acknowledge the racist incident that occurred at Lake Shirley on Memorial Day. If you weren't aware, on Memorial Day, a father decided
to take his 10-year-old daughter fishing to enjoy a peaceful afternoon as a family. That father and daughter happened to be black. They were met with a 66-year-old white man who decided to throw rocks and racial slurs at them in
an attempt to get them to go somewhere else. That man was charged with two counts each of assault with a dangerous weapon and assault to intimidate. It's embarrassing. It is embarrassing to watch your community
that you love and truly believe is a good community made up of people with hearts of gold go viral on social media because of a reprehensible incident of bigotry. And truly, you have to be a disgusting human being to throw rocks at
a 10-year-old girl. But it's not the incidents themselves that define a community because there are bigots everywhere. It's the response to those incidents that define a community. And the response has been an overwhelming
repudiation of that bigotry. I hope that the community continues to speak up against hate and continues to be a community that welcomes all. Are there any public comments from the public? Mr. [Music]
Bowen, my comment goes in line uh with that. Thank you. Uh 162 Highland Street, John Bowen. Every time I stand here, I have to be the shortest man that ever stands at this microphone. Um my comments this evening uh are not
uh directed not to the board alone uh but to the elected board of the Democratic Town Committee as well as the Republican Town uh committee elected board. Prudence is the theme of my comment. We're living in a very politically and hypercharged environment
where anxiety and anger are crossing party lines. Our Republican government at the federal level decided to consider the month of June Title 9 month in order of title N where the Democrats want the status quo that June is pride month.
Both parties lobby along party lines regarding this. Our first amendment does not allow for viewpoint discrimination and some have heard me raise this form of discrimination when it one time an elected board member called out a public comment as disinformation. This is a
misuse of protected political speech against the speech of a citizen which obviously should never occur. Viewpoint discrimination is aborant. This brings me to my comment. Flags or religious images on public property even though signifies us as a welcoming community to
all can be wrought with confusion application and possible abuse. Most towns have an ordinance regarding the use of town property for the display of flags religious images on town property. All we have is a sign law. To avoid confusion, application abuse, most towns have adopted that public property is
restricted to only items related to government, such as flags, which is the subject of my comment, like a state flag, a town historical flag, or an American flag. We really need to produce such ordinance so we can remain neutral. Today's hypercharge uh political
environment is why this neutrality needs to be done. The fact the Republican Town Committee is not here because this is not a townwide decision, but the choice left for the select board is a problem. And every 3 to 5 years, this could change just by your vote. Uh the the uh this is the Democrat Town Committee
propping up talking points without first engaging publicly with the Republican Town Committee. So all parties have their say here today. The process was not engaged last year and it's not engaged this year and that's kind of disappointing. We should always reach out across aisles. I believe that the
request of the Democrat town committee in such a hypercharged anxietyfueled environment has not considered that this request may not be prudent at this time and sometimes we have to step back to be prudent. Just because we have the right to speech is the time right to speak and
I think that's what we have to look at. This is a political party representative body. So I'm asking the board to be prudent at this time. I'm going to ask this board to say no until we establish an ordinance. This is not no never. No
matter if free speech can be offenses, which obviously this is not, do we want our town to be welcoming? Then we need to exercise prudence. Realistically, the Democrat Town Committee should pull their request because that would be the prudent thing to do in this hypercharged
political environment which our country is suffering through. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Bowen. Are there any other public comments from the public? John Bowen Jr. John Bowen Jr. 162 Highland Street. First, I would like to thank Mr. Nola
for his kind words uh and his public comment. And unfortunately, Mr. Mccclair is not here, but I also wanted to welcome Mr. Leton and Mr. Mccleair to the select board. Thank you. All right. Any other public comments from the public?
Not seeing any, we will move on to announcements. And I have one. The friends of the library will be hosting a book and bake sale on Saturday, June 7th from 9:00 am to 2 pm. It'll be open to all. And on Friday, June 6th from 2 to 6:00 p.m. there will
be a special preview sale for members of the friends. Anyone is eligible to pay the $25 annual membership to join the friends and parti partake in the preview period. All proceeds go to the 501c3 friends of the Lunberg Public Library,
which gives the library $40 to $50,000 each year. Dozens of volunteer bakers donated delicious baked goods, and the friends have been collecting donated books since last fall. It'll be a fun event at the library, and we hope you can attend. Any other
announcements? Okay. Communications from other boards. Are there any communications from other boards this evening? All right. Seeing none, so we'll move on to scheduled hearings and we have a meeting with the Lunberg Democratic Town Committee to
discuss raising the pride flag in town center and I'll invite up Maryanne. Do we have to wait till 7:15 to start? No, this isn't actually a public hearing. Maryann Mascary, 54 Chestnut Street. Good evening, select board members. Some
of you I know, some I have not met yet, some I've played trivia against. Um, just to recap, I've been a resident of Lunberg for maybe just over 10 years now. I also
am a sub in the Lunberg public school system uh mostly in the middle school and most recently I am a uh have been elected to the parks commission. I'd like to congratulate the
newest members of the select board, Brian Lightning and also Gavin Mloud or Glenn Mloud. Um, I do appreciate your work and dedication to your civic duty. I appreciate you stepping up to
care about our town. I also care about our town. And that's why I'm here to ask the select board to approve a progress banner raising at our town center flag pole this Saturday, June 7th at
noon. Why is this important to do? Why would we want to do this? There are a few different reasons why. One reason is the Pride Month uh occurs in June to commemorate the Stonewall uprising of 1969. It's been a
turning point for the gay liberation movement. Another reason is to promote mental health and well-being of LGBTQ plus individuals and let them know that they are not alone. Did you know according to the Trevor
Project's 2024 National Survey of Young People that almost up to 40% 39 and change of young people have considered suicide this past year? And that number goes up to 46% for trans and non-binary uh
identifying individuals. I don't know about you, but I'm sure most people are affected either through a family member or a friend that may fall under this category. Another reason that we think
it's important to do so is to promote inclusivity and raise awareness of the discrimination, the bullying, and the challenges that this group faces. I recently read a quote that said, "Gay pride recognition was not born of a need
to celebrate being gay, but the right to exist without persecution." Isn't that what we all deserve? To sum it up, recognizing Pride Month honors the history. It celebrates the strides
made and it gives hope for a more equal future and inclusivity for all Lunberg residents. We all want our residents of Lunberg to feel safe, accepted, and included. So, I encourage you to approve
this measure has been as has been done in previous years. Thank you for your consideration. Thank you, Maryanne. Hold on one second. Any questions or comments from the board? Uh I did have a comment that uh for just transparency that I am
also a member of the Lunberg Democratic Town Committee. I have a question. Sure. Um just for the public cuz I already Caesar told me um when are you planning when are you asking to display the flag? If approved, we would like to do it on Saturday at
noon at the town center until uh flag raising would probably be no more than a half hour at most with and not leave it down. Yeah. When would you take it down? Oh, till the end of Pride Month. Okay. All right. Thank you.
Right. Thank you. So, I honestly have gone back and forth over the years on whether or not I believe raising the pride flag is the best way to achieve equality. But with the environment we find ourselves in now, I believe it's
more important than it has been in a long time. This is something I've never discussed in public before. When I first ran for select board and I was standing outside on election day with my campaign sign waving at all the cars driving by,
someone driving by yelled out the window and called me a hateful slur. Now I have thick skin. It was just one car out of thousands that drove by that day. And now I mostly joke about it because members of marginalized groups
often used humor to cope with discrimination. But no one should have to deal with that. Something I've been thinking about a lot lately is the difference between tolerance and acceptance. Tolerance means someone maybe doesn't really support you, but
they keep it to themselves. Acceptance mean you truly have the freedom to be yourself and other people genuinely accept you. I don't want to live in a tolerant society. I want to live in an accepting society. So, I support raising the pride flag because it sends a
message. It sends a message to LGBTQ people who are watching what's going on with fear and concern that they're safe and that they belong here. It sends a message to families that maybe have two moms or two dads, that we respect their
marriage and we respect their family. It sends a message to trans and gender non-conforming people that they don't live in a community that's going to target them just because of who they are. It sends a message that as a community we believe everyone deserves
to be treated with dignity and respect. So, thank you Maryanne for coming in tonight and making this request. We appreciate it. And I move for the town to raise the progress flag on Saturday, June 7th, and for it to be taken down on Monday, June 30th.
Second. Any additional discussion? Those in favor say I. I. I. Those opposed, no. The motion passes unanimously. All right, moving on. Appointments and ratifications. So, first we have the
annual select board appointments. We're going to start the annual appointment process tonight. Uh we do have a few new applicants that are here to be interviewed. One thing to note that is a little different this year is that a couple of the applicants have put down several boards and
committees and because we extended the deadline to just a couple days ago, we still need to identify a top board or committee to move forward with. Uh so we will interview a couple new applicants, maybe try to identify a board or committee as a top choice, and then we will go through each board and committee
to identify the ones that are contested where there are more applicants than vacancies. Everyone will need to be interviewed for those. and if there are any other boards and committees that we'd like to interview. So, a select board member can request to interview the applicants for any board committee. So, we'll go through those and identify them as well. And then we have the town
manager's annual appointments. Okay. So, we'll start with the new applicants. We have a few here tonight. Mr. Lassco. Yes. Yep. He is here via Zoom. So, Mr. Laxo, I will pass it over to you. I see that you're here on Zoom and I know that
you were um previously involved with the historical commission, but if you'd just like to introduce yourself and uh maybe speak to your interest in returning. Yes, thank you. Uh is the audio on?
You can hear me. Well, that's good. Uh I've been a Lunarberg resident this time since uh 1977. Uh I was here as a child uh for 3 years uh during the Great Depression and
uh so I've been a Lunenburgg resident for some 50 of my 95 years. I have a background in machinery design and construction
uh consulting and so forth. uh specializing in packaging machinery for pharmaceutical products. I submitted with my application a summary of my past uh
contributions to the uh commission and for the commission. And uh very briefly at the request of uh town manager back in 2018 when I was appointed I was asked if we
could find a source for a replacement weather vein for the town hall. We did that um and I delivered it in April of 2019 and that uh new weather vein has let's say been in repose for
six years in the attic of town hall. I also wrote an article um for the media describing the design and manufacturer of a weather vein. In uh February 2021, I began to
write proposed amendments to the town bylaw for chapter 134-4, the demolition delay to uh let's say tighten the requirements, the reporting requirements, and uh that was
passed at town meeting 2021. I photographed and wrote articles describing 12 different historic homes here in Lunenburgg and uh that was published uh
in the Lunberg Ledger and several of them also appeared in the Fitchburg Sentinel. Jumping to the next year, 2022, I photographed, no, excuse me, I wrote and submitted a pre-application
for a $25,000 survey grant, which was 50% reimburseable to the town. And uh in May 2023, I wrote and submitted the formal
application for the $25,000 grant. Uh was approved by town meeting and uh uh was awarded to the town and is currently being uh is currently being uh executed. So
those are a few of the things I've done. I I I left the uh commission for a year because I had a very uh time-consuming project for the historical society and I'll quickly mention it. It's a uh it's
a book on Wham Park in the images of America series by Arcadia Publishing. So those books are now available at the historical society and we're very proud of the accomplishment uh to be able to
have done that. And that's enough from me. Is it enough for you? Well, thank you, Mr. Laxo, for your involvement, your prior involvement with the commission, and thank you for being willing to return to it. I'm fully in support of reappointing you, but I will
uh open it up to the other board members for any questions or comments that they may have for you. [Music] Thank you for your service. Uh I have no questions or I have no questions. Okay. Um I just want to thank you for um volunteering before all your
contributions during that time and for um signing up again. Thank you very much. All right. Great. So, it doesn't look like this is a contested uh spot. So, I would be comfortable actually appointing you right now, Mr. Laxo. So,
I will move to appoint Mr. Laxo to the historical commission term to expire June 30th, 2028. I'll second that motion. Any additional discussion? Those in favor say I. I. I. Those opposed, no.
The motion passes unanimously. All right. Thank you so much for coming in tonight, Mr. Blacko. Thank you very much. Uh, Mr. Chairman, I look forward to continuing service. You're going to have to get sworn in again. So, make sure you go see the town clerk.
All right, we'll do that. All right. Fantastic. Have a good evening. All right. So, up next, we can go to Brian Venu. I think he's here on Zoom.
Uh, can you hear me? Okay. Um, very softly. Can you speak more? Yeah, let me uh All right, we can hear you. You can hear me? Good. All right. Um, I'm Brian Vienno and um I'm looking for a uh looking for a new challenge to
be honest. I've been sick for oh about 15 years with um well, it's abdominal neuralgia is what it what it was. It's constant pain in my side. Um, so now that I'm through that, I'm just kind of looking for ways to see the world uh
just the way we exist or do in a new light cuz I never was able to actually see uh the government work and with all the things going on I kind of more want to get more involved than I used to be. Um, as far as for his experience, I worked
at uh TJX uh for uh 6 years. I was a senior tech support uh specialist and um I ran a lot of projects that uh required a lot of teamwork and um a lot of uh instructions
on the fly. So um just looking forward to apply applying those skills in a further environment. Um as for what I'm doing now, um I'm currently going to uh Mount Watus for the for a cyber security certificate. Um, I'm interested in
finding ways to uh keep us protected against all the chaos that's going around us. Um, that's about it. Anything you guys would like to know? All right. Thank you, Mr. Vanu. I will open it up to any questions from the board.
So, um we have a few people who have applied and indicated interest in more than one committee commission um in rank order and Brian, you're one of them. Um, and what I've tried to do
was try to match up people's experience with their interest based on their rankings based and and also um the needs of the different commissions we have. So a question for you is I see your your
number one was personnel committee. Mhm. So you would be the first. I don't know if you would be the seed that would trigger the crystallization of the personnel committee, but kind of think that maybe your time could be better spent. Yeah. Um on another committee um
because we certainly have needs and and I see you've been in the IT space and continuing with the cyber security. Um, so I was trying to match up, but I'm my question for you is the rank order that you provided on
your application. Is that still true? That's that's very up for debate to be honest. I just put what seemed interesting at the time. Um, often I just need to make sure I do something to make sure it gets done and I just wanted to make sure I got the
application in before the deadline. Okay. So, all of them I have listed there are probably about equal in uh in importance to me. Um I know the disability one and the AV one are definitely in my uh in my interest
so to speak. I feel like I'm trying to play matchmaker a little bit trying to match up here. So, I'm going to throw one out. Um and to my fellow board members, um I actually had uh now that well we there still is a
vacancy on historical commission, right? Yep. Yes. Um so I had that one but I also had uh pack so did I am I had I had public access channel. Yeah. I mean historical historical commission won't be full even after appointing Mr.
uh Yasco, but um there are two vacancies on on pack. Um so this would fill one of them. Mhm. Mhm. And I think maybe your you know techiness may help. Yeah. Or be
used. No, my skill set's definitely more geared towards technical and um software uh engineering and stuff. I historical is more um hobby and more like side interest but it's not like my focus if
that makes sense. Okay. Um so it sounds like you guys also had I did. Yeah. I also thought um you know public access cable committee would be a really good fit for you. Um they do have vacancies open. It seems to align with your IT interest. If you're
interested in knowing how uh government um broadcasts and um you know writes policies around the channels that we operate um that could definitely be a fun opportunity for you. Um one thing I will say um we do not have to appoint you tonight. It is okay cuz we're going
to do this over the course of a couple meetings. If you want to have the opportunity to reach out to people who are on the committee already and ask them some questions, see what it's like, we absolutely can help accommodate that if that's something that you'd like to do, if it'll help you sort of make your
decision. I mean, yeah, I mean, talking honestly talking to people who currently do it would honestly be a good idea just just in general. Um, I have to admit I'm a little uh inexperienced in government in general, so this is
just forgive me for being a little uh offkilter, right? It's all right. Another thing you might want to think about being a student, I don't know what your schedule's like, but um looking at the frequency and times of the meetings and off the top of my head, when does
anybody know when pack meets? I actually don't. I think it is evening though, right? Yeah, it is on in the evenings. Yes, cuz I know if they've been on the evenings before. So, but in the meantime, uh Brian, I wanted to just thank you for uh being willing to
volunteer for the town. Um it's exciting to hear about your interest in government. Uh so, what we can do is maybe connect you to some members that are on some of these committees already so you can learn a little more and then um perhaps we can invite you in on June
17th to uh make a decision. How's that sound? No, that would work quite well. All right, great, Brian. Thank you so much. Enjoy the rest of your evening. Thank you very much. Thank you. All right. Was wondering if we do these together.
Just kidding. All right. So, next I'll invite up Mark Muzzy. I should have first. Um, Mark Muzzy, 659 West Towns and Road. Um, I What did I pick? Uh, agriculture.
You picked agriculture, storm water task force, and the impact. Impact three. So, agriculture. We own um a small family farm. Um, we've lived at 659 West Towns Road since I think 2001. So it's been
over 20 years um experience of trials and tribulations of owning a small farm. Um so we have experience with that. Um storm water was basically I'm just sick of my storm drain and cleaning garbage out of it all the time and it hasn't
been I think it's from the 50s or the 40s. Um and then pack it just hearkens back to when I attended Fitchburg State. Um I used to help out with um other friends who were film and TV students
and you know it's tech. I have over 20 years of experience as a IT professional. Mhm. Um mostly with server administration and networking but tech is tech. So turn it off, turn it on again kind of thing. That usually works.
Yeah. All right. Thank you. I'll open it up to questions from the board. [Applause] Uh my first thought was I think there's only one spot for a com and looks like there's three people that were interested. Um so then I thought maybe storm water but it doesn't sound like
there's a lot of interest in storm water and it sounds like your background is more public access. So with I think it just makes more sense. I would defer to my my wife on that because I'm just good with the shovel.
[Laughter] They got the animal experience. So yeah, my thought may be public access, but possibly storm water. I'm I'm not really sure what storm water task force does other than other than sure that the the water is
clean, you know, and that we make sure that all the runoff that's going into Lake Shirley and everywhere whale. It's actually really important and it's Yeah, I assume it's really important. It's mostly pollution based. Um, so putting that aside for now
because I am biased on that. Um, I did see another person with the last name Muzzy and I kind of thought it was husband and wife and you guys confirmed it earlier. Um, and you both um, indicated your first choice was adcom. So I'd kind of like to take the advantage of both people in the
household. One go to take the adcom and one go somewhere else. Your wife didn't indicate anywhere else. So yeah, sorry. talks anyway. So, I'm perfectly fine with that. Um, but seriously, storm water, um, we do have a vacancy. We've had a vacancy for a long time. There's
another member in the audience. Um, I can tell you a little bit about it now. Bill Bernard is great to work with, DPW director. He leads us. Um, uh, we are discussing a storm water utility. So, that's where the and we have a consultant that that we work with
as well. Um, meets once a month. Uh I can you can contact me if you're interested. Um but yeah, PAC was the other uh committee that you and there are two openings on pack. So yeah, definitely
send me info on the storm water um and I'll look into it. I mean um PAC is like an easy fit for me um as far as technology wise and plus I've had granted it was when did I graduate college? Uh 97. So, it was a long time
ago that I was dealing with uh cameras and whatnot. But, I mean, I don't want to sway you. I I it's this is even when I'm interviewing for work, I want it to be a good match. I want people who like what they're doing are going to do it better. They're going to be more
invested and more committed. So, um Yeah. So, do you want us to help you get more information on our task force and pack? Yes, please. Okay. So, we are going to pick this up on um Tuesday uh June 17th. Okay. Uh so, if you wanted to come back,
that would be the time to come back for um an actual appointment. Okay. Great. All right. Thank you. Thank you. All right. And now I'll invite up Kim. Hello, Kim. Mazy, 659 West Townsen Road. Um, so I haven't really been very active
with the town um, over the years because my I've been raising my children and now they're growing up on me and I have been a small farm owner since two 2004, but I've been um, an animal science person
since I graduated college. About 27 years of experience with large animals and small animals. I've worked at four vet clinics. I've worked in two horse barns. I've worked in a livestock barn. Um, it's my life. I want to take more
active role in supporting the agricultural committee uh community. I've seen um dairy farms go under. I don't like seeing it. It breaks my heart. I want to see more
active I want to take a more active role with that. Um supporting the local farms by local. I think that's really important nowadays. It more important now than ever and I'd like to be part of that. All right. Thank you, Kim. Open it
up to questions from the board. Uh thank you for stepping up and I think you'd be a great fit for adcom. Thank you. I'll e for everybody who filled out applications. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Um, and your experience is a really good match for Have you watched
any of their meetings or talked to anyone? No, I have not. Members. Okay. This is this is fairly new to me. Um, I think we have someone here. No, we do. We have the chair of the agricultural commission here. I actually No, I don't have a lot of
information. I got started looking into it when um a friend of ours became appointed selectman. Um and so I said maybe your friend is um Glenn Mloud. Okay. Just wondering it doesn't influence the decision. Just No. No. But
he he made me think about he made me start thinking about it. I said what could I do? Oh, okay. To get involved with the town and Well, agricultural that's that's me. All right, cool. So, um, there is a current vacancy on the agricultural commission that is set to
expire next June. We could point you to that one. Um, I don't know how like certain you are of this. If you would like, we could definitely connect you with the chair of the agricultural commission so that maybe you can attend one of their meetings and learn a little more. Would you like to do that? Sure.
Okay, great. So, we can do that and then uh we can have you come back in on the 17th as well for an appointment. Okay. All right. Well, thank you so much, Kim. It was nice meeting you. Have a good night. Thank you. All right. Any other new applicants? I'm not sure. Um, not
that I think we're going to cover tonight. Just ask if there's any of the new applicants. Um, well, I think that'll be and we're going to Yeah. All right. So, now what we can do is go through Well, I guess it doesn't matter. We could do the spreadsheet or
the Let's just go through the spreadsheet because that's what I have open. So, if we open up the spreadsheet, board, committee, commission, interest list, we're going to go through by each board and commission and identify the ones that we're going to have to interview. So, agricultural commission,
we already covered that. Um, would any members like to interview um the candidates that are up for reappoint? Okay. And that's not contested, so we don't have to invite everyone in. Well, actually, since we don't we could just reappoint them
tonight if no one wants to reappoint. So, it's it's Jacqueline. Yep. Shabbat and Cara Mlen. Okay. So, is there a motion to reappoint Jacqueline Chabat and Cara Mlen to the Agricultural Commission terms to expire June 30th, 2028?
So moved. Second. Any additional discussion? Those in favor say I. I. I. Those opposed, no. The motion passes unanimously. All right, APDC, we have one vacancy and two terms expiring. Both of the current sitting members have
expressed interest in being reappointed. Anthony Sculleny and William Lloyd. We also got um resident from Lemonster who is interested in being appointed which we're not considering. Uh but just as a note there. Um any board members would
like to uh invite them in for an interview? No. No. All right. Is there a motion to reappoint Anthony Scolenbriny and William Lloyd to the APDC term to expire June 30th, 2028? So moved. Second. Any additional
discussion? Those in favor say I. I. I. Those opposed, no. The motion passes unanimously. All right. Now, this one's kind of a All right. We'll skip over that. So, Conservation Commission, uh, we are going to do that on, uh, Tuesday,
June 17th. There are four candidates for three spots. Count. Sure. What? We have one current. I know. I think I think it's easier to do all of them at the same night and we've coordinated availability on June 17th because we identified early
on that this was contested. I guess it's we could do it over the course of two meetings. I prefer to just do it all in one night, but I'm looking at Mary to see if she's available. I know. I will say though, we won't we won't really be able to make a decision on it
tonight until we interview everyone, right? So, it would be nice to interview everyone the same night so it's fresh in our memory. There's no bias about who we just interviewed, who interviewed first. Uh so, that's sort of uh what we were thinking. Fine by me if it's fine with the
conservation commission. It's good with you. Okay. Thank you. All right. Council on Aging. Um, same situation. We have five applicants for four seats. Um, they have all been invited to the next
Council on Aging meeting and invited to uh our meeting on the 17th, Cultural Council. Um, let's see here. Doesn't look like there's anyone here we
can reappoint because I don't think we've uh gotten forms for the two current members. Is that correct? That's correct, Mr. Chairman. So, um if the two members whose terms are expiring June 30, 2025th are still interested in serving on cultural commemoration, if
you could indicate your interest uh to me. Um I've sent you a couple emails. Uh that would be great. All right, we can uh revisit that then. All right, green communities. We have one member term to expire June 30th,
2025. Uh let's see. And then two and two Yep. And two associate members as well. Uh and then we have um Okay. So we could reappoint him if no one wants to uh bring him in for an interview. Wait, who's being
reappointed? Matthew. Matthew Snider. Oh, cuz I'm looking at the word document says haven't been able to read. Can we confirm that he's interested in being Okay. I I just don't have a form. You don't have the form? Uh, sorry. I forgot that one. I'm I'm working off the word documents
instead of spreadsheet. Okay, we can hold off. That's where all my notes are. Yeah, we can hold off if you want. No, that's fine. I Great. If he's willing to uh All right, cool. Is there a motion to appoint Matthew Snyder to the Green Communities Commission uh or committee?
Uh term to expire June 30th, 2028. So moved. Is there a second? Oh, second. Um, it's all right. Any additional discussion? Those in favor say I. I. I. Those opposed, no. The motion passes unanimously. All right. Historical
commission, we already covered. Personnel, nothing there. Uh, pack, nothing. Storm task force, nothing. All right. Zoning Board of Appeals. We have one vacancy and three terms expiring and three current members are interested in being reappointed. So, we have Alfred
Grall, Donald Gurnie, and Anthony Niccastro. Would we like to invite these candidates in for an interview? They're all returning. Yes. No. No. All right. Is there a motion to reappoint Alfred Grall, Donald Gurnie, and Anthony
Niccastro to the zoning board of appeals term to expire June 30th, 2028? Mr. Chairman, can we just before that motion is seconded to add on to it that Donald Gurnie and Anthony Niccastro's uh positions are as associate members? Thank you. Good catch.
I amend my motion to the effect that the town manager just said. So, there was a motion. So, was there a second? Okay. Okay. Any additional discussion? Those in favor say I. I. I. Those votes, no. The motion passes unanimously. Okay. And finally, we have
the bylaw review committee. So, we did create this committee. Uh the town moderator appoints two people and he has already made those appointments. Um he appointed I know off the top of my head, but I should probably pull it up. So, it was Rob Bowen and
um I forget the other person. My her name is escaping me, but I'm aware. Nancy Gray. That's right. Uh Nancy Gray. And they both have served, it is my understanding, on the bylaw review committee before, so they're familiar with the periodic bylaw review process.
We also have two appointments to make as well. Um and we received one applicant, uh Jen Duffy, who is interested in serving on the bylaw review committee. And I am interested in serving on the committee as well. So, we can interview
the two of us, I guess. Um, we could make the appointment tonight or we could hold off. I know this isn't technically one of our annual reappoints. We do normally add, uh, committees that are like this in. So, you'll notice we also have the 300th committee under that as well. Uh, so what do board members
think? So, um, personally, if Miss Duffy wants to, since you made the trip in, give you an opportunity to speak. Yes, Jen, that's fine.
Hi, I'm Jen Duffy. I'm at 684 Flat Hill Road. Um, I'm interested in the BARW Review Committee. Um, because I have a vested interest in living here. I plan on being here for a while. Um, in my past experiences before moving to Lunenburgg, I was in a condo association
of I think 350 or so units and I was part of the um board there as vice president I think was technically the title and one of the activities that we did was to go through the bylaws of the of the HOA and the rules and regulations and see how they fit and what was
outdated and what we needed to revise. So, um I think it's something that I can contribute. And in my professional life, I do a lot of reading and writing as a in regulatory affairs. So, I think it would align well. And did you say there's two spots and two and then two of us? Okay. Yes. All right. Any
questions or comments for Jen? Thank you for volunteering. Sure. Thank you. And I think um I think your background aligns well. And you're on master planning steering committee. No, that's my sister. Yeah. Oh, okay. We get that a lot. Sure. Did you want to say
something? Nope. Oh, okay. I thought I Okay. All right. Cool. Is there a motion to appoint Jen Duffy to the bylaw review committee? So moved. Second. Any additional discussion? Those in favor say I. I. I. Those opposed, no. The motion passes unanimously. Thank you.
Thank you. All right. I guess we can um consider my uh application as well. It's okay if I'm not appointed. Um, but I will say that the reason that I really would like to be on because I think it is very important for us um in the absence of a personnel committee to really make sure that we go through the
uh salary administration plan. Uh so that's that's really why I'd like to be appointed. I'll make a motion to appoint Caesar Nolo to the bylaw review committee. Second. Any additional discussion? Those in favor say I. I. I. Those opposed, no. The motion passes
unanimously. All right. And the last one here is a 300th committee. Do we have to appoint or do we need a motion for the town moderators? No. No. He makes those appointments himself. Okay. Um and then just as a note, the 300th committee, we have two people who expressed interest.
Um we lost one of the volunteer forms with Annie's departure. Um and the other one hasn't submitted it yet. So we can pick those back up at our next meeting. All right. And I think Oh, the town manager annual appointments. Okay. So, it's under the same boards, committees, and commissions folder. Go
to FY2026 town manager annual appointments. So, Mr. Chairman, um I'm asking that the the board approve all of these this evening um except for the Americans with Disabilities Committee tonight. I
haven't heard back from the candidate yet. So, uh, the appointments would be, uh, building commissioner Brian Gingris with assistant building commissioner William Hesllett, damkeeper Ronald Wilson, assistant dam keeper Rich Patri, emergency management director, fire
chief Patrick Sullivan, the radio amateur civil emergency services races control officer, Ralph Swick, the assistant races officer, Brian Leblanc, member to races, Janine Swick, hazardous waste coordinator, myself, Uh, inspector
of plumbing and gas, um, as recommended by the building commissioner, Gary Williams. Assistant inspector of plumbing and gas as recommended by the building commissioner Jeremy Pierce. public weighs um as provided by PJ Keaton, Dena Brandt, Erin Moren, Jay Valeri, Mike Reynolds, Jen Olivea,
Inspector of Wires as recommended by the building commissioner, Baron Bowser, assistant wiring inspector as recommended by the building commissioner, Jack Berry, town clerk winders, Tom Alonzo, Lou Franco, Mike Kidney, Chuck Venezia, William Tyler, George Martin, and veteran services
officer Michelle Derky. Do you want to you want to read these ones too since you're going through all of them? Oh, sure. Okay. Need to get to them. Police. All right. Yep. So, in addition,
uh, Lunenburgg police officers, full-time officers, Chief Jeffrey Tibido, Lieutenant Sean Zur, Sergeant John Morali, Sergeant Paul The dulu. Um, the I can't. Can you help me? The adul. Um, Sergeant Jacob Leance,
Detective Joshua Joshua Matthew, Officer Jonathan Brock, SRO Bradley McNamera, SRO Cameron Monroe, Officer John Wagner, Officer Gage Russell, Officer Cameron Monroe, Officer Anthony Kabuchi, uh, Officer Jeffrey Hill, Officer Jesse Reid, Officer George Tibbitz, Officer
Jenna Moore, Officer Joel Ortega, reserve officers Robert Dosta, Benjamin Campbell, Paul Det, Civilian Traffic Officers Paul Bozikas, Tony Tony Brennan, John Hazelig, Dan Bourgeoa,
Aaron Robasho, Tyler Tibido, Aaron Fields, Robert Danaza. All right. Any questions for the town manager on any of those appointments? Hearing none. Is there a motion to appoint all of the individuals as
presented by the town manager? So moved. Second. All right. Any additional discussion? Those in favor say I. I I those opposed, no. The motion passes unanimously. All right. Moving on, we have the ratification of the town manager's appointment of Michael Gail as administrative assistant
for conservation. Yes. So, uh Mr. Gail is um a resident of Lunenburgg who has recently retired and he is excited to give back uh to his local community. He has served the community in various cap capacities previously and uh will be
joining us as 10 hours a week as administrative assistant to conservation. Any questions for the town manager? When does he start? Uh he uh will be starting either this week or
next. So it's imminent. Good. All right. Is there a motion? Uh, I move to ratify town manager's appointment of Michael Gail as administrative assistant to conservation. Second. Any additional discussion? Those in favor say I. I. I
forgot to vote. I. Those opposed, no. The motion passes unanimously. All right. Ratification of the town manager appointment of Bana Bowser as seasonal lifeguard. Yep. So, Miss Bowser is a returner for us and this is the last lifeguard appointment of this crew.
Any questions? Is there a motion? I will move to ratify town manager's appointment of Briana Bowser as seasonal lifeguard. Second. Any additional discussion? Those in favor say I. I. Those opposed, no. The motion passes unanimously. And one more. Ratification
of the town manager's appointment of Anthony Sessi as board clerk/ secretary for the parks commission. Yes. So, uh, Mr. Sessi is employed full-time at the central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission. He has uh worked for a number of communities uh doing this uh
work for select boards and so he is going to be helping out the parks commission fully remote doing their minutes. Perfect. Any questions? How many hours is this then? It's the hours are not um defined. It's as needed based on uh the preparation for the meetings
and doing the minutes. But he can do it still working full-time. Oh, 100%. All right. Is there a motion? I move to ratify town manager's appointment of Anthony Sessi as the board clerk secretary for the parks commission. Second. Any additional
discussion? Those in favor say I. I. I. Those opposed? No. The motion passes unanimously. All right. Town manager report. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So, the first item is more of an announcement actually. Um, the Lunberg Police and Fire Memorial will be this
Sunday, June 8th, 2025, beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the Lunberg Public Safety Being. The SE ceremony commemorates those from the Lunberg Police and Fire Departments who have passed. So, if you are able to join us um on Sunday, please do so. Uh, in addition, the Lunberg High
School graduation is this Saturday, June 7th, beginning at 10 a.m. Select board members have been invited to attend. If you are planning to attend and have not yet RSVPd, please do so. And congratulations to the class of 2025, we look forward to celebrating you. Uh the
long- aaited conversion to our financial software cloud-based Munis system was completed last Friday. Uh overall, I would say that the um transition went smooth. There were a few bugs that were quickly triaged between finance director Ezekiel Ayala, Munice, and the town's IT
vendor. I really want to thank Ezie for spearheading this transition and seeing it through to the finish line. Um, so now that we are 100% in the cloud, the next step is to get the employee self-service portal going. That'll take about uh 3 months to fully integrate that, but then um it
will really help streamline our operations in terms of time off and calculating uh benefit time and payroll time. So excited for that transition. Um next announcement um tri board meetings. So we had had some
conversations um with the select board uh with finance committee with school committee about what does what does the budget look like? How do we get there? There's been a lot of different conversations. So, in an effort to develop a plan for the FY27 budget, a three-year financial forecast, and
identify and discuss consolidations and efficiencies, the finance and director and I um have developed a proposed timeline for tri board meetings that run from July to January. Tri boards being the select board, the school committee, and the finance committee. The schedule is very aggressive once we put it down
to paper. Um, in fact, starting in July, we're going to be running right up against it to get to December. Um, so, but I think it's doable. It's aggressive, but doable. Um, so, uh, before those start, um, and just to make sure that everybody's on board, uh, the
chair, um, has invited the chairs of the other two committees to set up a meeting next week as well as staff. We, um, are hopeful and I think that she's going to be able to attend, but that Dr. Dr. Fortuna, the new superintendent who will be officially starting in July, has indicated that she'll be able to uh join
us for this conversation as well. And uh then department heads will be uh viewing the schedule tomorrow at the department head meeting for their first impressions of it. Um but essentially getting their marching orders of where to begin and where they fall. Are there any questions
about this that particular one? Okay. All right. The town has received notification that the owners of 222 West Towns and Road are intending to sell their property. This parcel is currently in chapter 61B uh status recreational land. And so in accordance with the
select board's right of first refusal policy, the notification that we received has been sent to town council. Uh town council will determine the sufficiency of the notice. If um the notice is deemed sufficient, it sets the clock back to the day after it was
mailed. So we have 30 days for various boards to weigh in. So I have already sent the notification to the board of assessors, planning board, conservation, open space and agricultural commission um letting them know they have until June 29th to provide feedback or input
to the select board on the property. Uh the building commissioner is going to be transitioning select board licenses and permits to the open gov software. Um, I will be asking the chair to place this particular item on an agenda for a vote, but just to highlight it, as part of this process, I will need a vote of the select board as
to how the board would like to sign off on the new licenses and permits. Right now, you are signing wet ink. Um, with uh this transition, we can have it set up that you'll get a docu sign and you can affirmatively affirmatively affix your signature via
docuine or we can set it up um where once we enter in the date that the board approved it that the system will automatically generate the signatures to affix to the licenses and permits. So, think about your preference. um we can discuss it in the future and we are going to be beginning with the special
event permit first to get that one on there as that is most likely to be encountered over the summer month and it's a little cumbersome um accounting training. So um I have asked the finance director to schedule an FY26 kickoff training session in June
for all staff members that process and touch invoices. Um, for some this this will be a reminder of uh best practices for how you maintain your accounts and track your expenditures throughout the year and for some this might be a first time uh learning opportunity. So we are
planning to film the training so that it can be used as a teaching tool uh for future staff members or those who need a refresher. Uh records retention training in advance of the TC Pacios cleanout. I'm holding a records retention training for staff as some are very unfamiliar
with the process and perhaps this has been a barrier to purging. Um so uh we're going to go through that and uh begin the summer of the purge at TC Pasios. There's quite a lot of paper over there. Uh the Nishoba Associated Boards of Health have announced that
they will be pausing their monthly nursing hours and blood pressure clinics for the months of July and August due to staffing changes and uncertainty around grant funding. uh the senior center director is aware, but uh or the adult activity center director is aware, but um for folks that
were planning on attending one of the July or August uh clinics, um unfortunately those have been cancelled. Um next Monday is the goals and objectives workshop. Um so I've placed in your June 9th folder prior fiscal year select board and town manager goals
and objectives as well as examples from other goal uh communities as well as goal setting tools. So, some of those are helpful for you to review in advance of Monday. And we are planning, we are the beginning stages of planning a summer staff event and are looking uh at August for a date, but stay tuned. Okay.
Recruitment, no project updates of significance to apprise the board of this week. Uh but updates for recruitment. The administrative assistant uh planning position at 36 hours per week has been advertised with an anticipated start date of July 1st.
um applications have been a little slow to come in for this position. So if you know anybody that might be interested in um that position, please uh encourage them to apply, but we are going to start uh the interviews next week. We have we still have the dietary aid position at
the adult activity center at 9 hours per week. And then the land use director. So just today I executed a contract with Jasmine Ferinaci who will be providing interim planning director consulting services to the town during this period.
Um she will be working primarily remotely at 20 hours per week. Um but her contract requires that she provide a minimum of 4 hours of virtual office hours um where she can be available to residents, developers, and any applicants that have questions. Um Matt
Brener, as you know, uh has been really over there as chair of the planning board, um handling a lot of things, uh for the planning department, but um his time is coming to an end. So, um I appreciate so much Matt's, um ability to
step in, but now Jasmine um is going to be stepping in that capacity. She is fully remote as she has a full-time job in another community. Um, so why isn't this just posted? We talked about this a little bit last time, but discussions are ongoing regarding the
reconfiguration of the land use director position. There are several elements of this position that are atypical. Um, particularly the oversight of the land use director over the building commissioner as well as over other land use departments. um this particular
structure is possibly makes the position uh less desirable to folks on the market who really have a planning and economic development mindset. So a meeting was held last week with the building commissioner, planning board chair, and assistant town manager. And um we are now at the point where we inviting and
you should see in your emails chairs of the conservation commission and zoning board of appeals to weigh in and we're looking to have that meeting next week. Um I do have a question out to labor council about the configuration of this position as well. Um and that may kind
of direct how we go. I don't in my opinion I don't believe it needs to go to town meeting but um that may be a question. And the communications and IT manager position that is a we talked about at town meeting. It's not a new headcount but is a new position that was
advertised at 32 hours per week. It was posted today. It's internal posting only due June 17th, 2025. That concludes my report, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Jen. Are there any questions for the town manager? I have two topics. Okay. One,
um, the bridge at Flatill. Where do we stand on that? Um, so I can answer some questions in an open session on the bridge of Flatill. Um, it does remain a legal dispute. Okay. Um, so no
change, no change. Um, I will say that our legal council has been having a very difficult time in communicating with the council for the vendor. Um, I have been told that tomorrow, um, there is going
to be a check-in. Um, I'm and then we we'll see. I I have there is nothing since communications have been initiated through council. I have not heard any new information. Okay, that's fine. Um then
my other questions are regarding munis. So we are currently on the latest version. Yes. Right. Okay. Um sewer bills. Yes. When are they due to go out? I'm curious of how and if and hopefully
it will help the sewer bills. Well, going because I've had issues the last the last sewer bill processing was problematic. Um, so I'm not sure when they go out, but I'm happy to check in and circle back via email with the board. Okay. Yeah. I don't know how they
go quarterly. Is it quarterly? I think I think they're quarterly and they just would have done them. They should be doing them now. Yeah. Should have gone out maybe. Anyway, yeah. Well, I think it was just three weeks ago or so that there was an issue when they were Okay. So, that was pre-con
conversion. Yeah. So, let's but I will check in and I will update you via email. Okay. Thanks. All right. Any other questions for the town manager? All right. Moving on to new business. Acceptance of cash gifts from the women's club and the friendly seniors for the Lunberg Adult Activity Center. So, this was in the amount of $400, I
believe, and this is an annual gift that's given to the Council on Aging. Are there any questions on that? Is it four? I saw three numbers now. Did you? Well, you said 400. 300's in the subject. And in the email, I thought I saw 300's in the subject, but it's wrong. Oh, there's 400. Okay, then I
thought I saw 500 somewhere. So, there's two different gifts. So, it is 400. Just confirm. So, the friendly seniors is 500 and okay, I'm not seeing that now. Uh, so the women, so friendly seniors is
500 and the women's club gift is 400. 400. Okay, I see. I didn't realize there were two separate two separate gift chains. Okay. Any questions on that? No. Okay. Is
there a motion to approve the cash gifts from the women's club and the friendly seniors for the Lunberg adult activity center? So moved. Second. Any additional discussion? We don't need the amounts in the motion. Uh the gifts were as described. That's
probably sufficient. All right. Those in favor say I. I. Those opposed, no. The motion passes unanimously. All right. Vote to declare 36 police department phones as surplus. Uh they are not able to be used anymore. Believe they're going to be recycled. That's pretty much it, right? E-waste.
Is there a motion? I'll make a motion to declare the 36 police department phones as surplus. Second. Any additional discussion? Those in favor say I. I. Those opposed, no. The motion passes unanimously. All right. And consent to sub lease under
lamb lease agreement between Celco Partnership doing business as Verizon Wireless and the town of Lunenberg. And this one I'm going to pass off to the town manager. So, this is um probably sounds more complicated than it is. Um but there is
a cell phone tower uh communications tower that is located um adjacent to the track at the at the school. Um that the town has a lease with uh Celco, DBA, Verizon Wireless for that uh for that
area. Um in the original lease agreement which was signed in 2017 um there is a provision that the town um will uh consent will not unreasonably withhold their consent to a sub lease.
Um and so now we are at the position where there is such a subleasase arrangement. Uh essentially it's a big corporate merger. Uh so Verizon um and this company Vertical Bridge have entered into an agreement where Vertical
Bridge is going to uh lease all of Verizon's towers and then rent back space on said towers for them uh for them to put their equipment on the towers. So uh I talked to town council.
We have uh no standing to withhold our consent. So essentially this is just a confirmatory vote. Uh but it the motion uh would be to authorize the chairman to execute uh the uh consent to subleasase
um for new singular wire wireless PCS LLC or one of its affiliates specifically AT&T. All right. First, are there any questions about any of that? Okay. Is there a motion then? I was
going to move the town manager's motion. I'm kidding. That she read. Second. All right. Any additional discussion? Those in favor say I. I. Those opposed? No. The motion passes unanimously. All right. Old business. We're going to fly through this. Discussion on sickly bank policy. We're going to pick back up when
we have the full board. Same thing with discussion on acceptance of gift policy. tax investigation report. I do not have an updated copy of that for us to review tonight. Um, Miss Emi mentioned that there were certain sentences that were just cut off. Uh, we would like to figure out
what those are and that is not complete yet. So, we will bring that up on uh June 17th. 56 car a sell or hold. So, two things. There's the appraisal and then the sitewalk. Is there any update on the appraisal? Yes, the original appraiser that uh we had wanted to execute a
contract with is too busy. So, we are on to plan B for an appraisal. Okay, any questions on that? All right. So, we had mentioned that we want to schedule a site visit. Uh we might as well just wait until we have the full board. So, I guess we there's
nothing to talk about that. All right. Discussion potential vote on budget task force for FY26. So, we had talked about this previously with the previous board. Um, we didn't formally vote, but it seems like we're all sort of in agreement about how to move forward, that we're not going to have a budget
task force and that we're just going to do this with uh joint meetings in collaboration with staff. Any other discussion on that? No, I I fully support that. Um, I've had some discussions with town manager. I know it's come up at other committees, um, fin school committee, this board, um,
and department heads. I know town managers talked with department heads and I really feel that everyone is is fully committed and on board and I I think the biggest thing is time that getting started now yesterday
um and in the town manager weekly report it it indicated that a schedule's already mapped out starting in July. So this was this is um related to one of the goals I want to um bring forward next week. But yeah, I think um I think
that try board plan is a good one. Um and I I fully trust that everyone is is well uh is really invested and on task with this. Agreed. That's certainly been my
impression so far. So I agree. All right. So do we want to vote on uh not creating a budget task force this year? I left it open just in case we wanted to vote on that. Votes are always good. They are. All right. So, is there a motion? Um, I move not to recharge the
budget task force for FY27. Second. Any additional discussion? Those in favor say I. I. I. Those opposed, no. The motion passes unanimously. That was a negative motion. Kind of weird. Yeah. Roberts will come and get you. I know. I
know. It's not preferred, but it is okay. Yeah, it felt not right. That's fine. All right, minutes. We don't have any tonight. Warrants. Do we have warrants tonight? Okay. And action items. Are
there any action items? [Music] Do we want to write a letter to legislators about the job core and Devon's closing? I'm not aware of this, but I'll look into it. Yeah.
Um, federally the entire job court program uh has Oh, wow. Okay. Wow. Missed that one. All right. Yeah, I'll look up uh that and we could consider it if we want to. All right. Any other action
items? Committee reports? Yes. Uh Lunberg Municipal Building Design Committee is going to be meeting on Thursday. Um, school committee met on May 21st. The chair is now Anthony Scullenbrini, vice chair Laura Brzowski, secretary
Mandy Gilman. Uh, Laura Brazowski is going to be the new Lunberg Municipal Building Design Committee member. Uh, Peter Beardmore is going to stay on as capital planning. Uh, they did send a letter to the legislators on chapter 70 funding. Uh, they're meeting tomorrow.
Uh, they are going to recognize uh, some of their retirees. Um, they're going to go over the school handbook and there'll be a facilities and grounds report and they're going to review their operating protocols. And then
June 18th, I believe, is Dr. Barham's last meeting, two weeks from tomorrow. Great. And then one more. The board of assessors met on May 19th. Um there were 13
abutters requests. The exemptions for FY26. They had 132 real estate exemptions, 30 motor vehicle abatements. Um May 12th, they started the inspections. Josh from vision vision
appraisals. Uh there were noticed to residents and postcards, but they said it was going to be impossible to do daily notifications. Um it is interior or not. It's up to the the citizen if they wish. Uh they also talked about chapter land
applications. Um forestry which is 61 61A is agriculture and 61B is recreational. They had the FY26 growth of 30 $333,842. They assessed was 23 million.
It was estimated at 400,000. Uh June 30th they were going to follow up and they discussed the lean on I think it was 100 Towns and Road. Maybe it was a different number, but the Towns and Road property. Yeah. Mhm.
Towns on Harbor. Yes. Yeah. And then uh they talked about clause 18, the tax breaks. Um and then they were planning to meet on June 11th, July 16th, and August 13th. That's all I had. Thank you, Brian. Okay. Storm water task force still here.
Met last Thursday. Um so we are looking at um a tiered uh fee structure for the storm water utility. Um still discussing on what those tiers look like. And um we had some follow-up questions for the consultant at CI and hopefully he can
join our next meeting um to finalize what we will be bringing forward um as a proposal and presenting to different committees. I think we're trying scheduling in summertime is is hard. Um I think we're actually meeting maybe
next week. Um we will meet once in June sometime. Great. That's it. I don't have any committee reports. All right. Upcoming meetings. We're having our goals workshop Monday, June
9th. And as a remember, as a reminder for members, uh it's going to be at 6 PM and it's going to be in the Ritter building downstairs. And then June 17th, public comment. Are there any public comments from the town manager? Yes, Mr. Chairman. So, um I just wanted to echo
uh some of the chairman's sentiments that he made in his public comment at the beginning. Um, I think it's really important, especially in today's day and age, that you speak out affirmatively against hate when you see it. Um, Lunenburgg has no place for hate.
And, um, the comments that were made, uh, to Mr. Brown and his daughter on Memorial Day were absolutely disgusting and vile. And, um, I reached out to Mr. Brown today and spoke with him. Um, but but that doesn't take away uh, what his daughter had to hear for the first time
at 10 years old. while enjoying a fishing trip with her dad. So, I just, you know, it's important that we speak out when we see things that are uh completely unacceptable. Thank you. Are there any public comments from the public? Mr. Rogers.
See if I can hobble up here. Sit back from jog. Bill Rogers. My cousin. We go there every Tuesday night. Dave Rogers, 82 Highland Street. Um, I have a few things I'd like to uh
discuss. The first um is I would like to uh publicly acknowledge the fine work that the cemetery committee uh and the uh the staff did on the the uh
cemeteries for uh Memorial Day. Um, as a historic perspective, I have been uh critical in the past when things weren't done right. So, I thought it only fair to come up and say thank you uh because
it was uh really a good uh good job. So, thank them. Uh the second thing is relative to the storm water uh situation. uh as a uh I went down towns and harbor road and on the right hand
side where the old dump used to be um and there were pro I don't know four to six houses in there and uh I I looked at the the the flow of the water and I'm I'm making a request uh that that
committee look at that area to see if there's any seepage as I think there might into uh Hickory Hills um because it's well someone that's more uh experienced than I uh should should
take a look at it because I have reason to believe uh that there might be some seepage into the uh into the lake. Um the other thing uh that I would like to to comment on uh is I think it was I
don't know two maybe three uh meetings a ago the town manager talked about um uh business development person or uh that whole scenario and obviously I don't
think I got it right uh but I I wondered if you could expand upon that sometime Uh, and I have some uh pretty strong feelings about that and um just to kick that thing around because uh I I think
it's a very interesting uh concept, but it's not without its concerns and I just wonder how it would u interplay with the uh uh uh budget and that that kind of thing. Okay. Sure. Mr. Mr. Chairman through you, if I may ask, are you
talking about um are you talking about the land use director position? No. No. I And maybe I heard it wrong because my my hearing isn't that good. Um I thought I heard you say something about
um uh the business uh development uh aspect uh of the town to to um well, I guess yeah, with the land use. Yeah, it would there would be some synergism there. Yeah. Yeah, sure. You know, this was kind of covered in my manager's report, so I'm happy to expound upon it
a little bit further here. So, the land use director as it currently is that title, they their primary functions are that of a planning director and economic development director. In addition to the planning and economic
development components, they also oversee the building commissioner, which some would argue is against statute. Um, they also oversee the uh zoning board of appeals conservation. And my point was
um that that structure of overseeing essentially almost every department that we have in Ritter is not how you typically see that in the market. Typically you see the position as a director t something like director of planning and economic development and
that they are really focused on those areas and not focused on overseeing the other adjacent land use. My point exactly. Mhm. And I I just u um was interested and I'd like to learn more
about it. Sure. Um is it on a preliminary basis? Is the intent to have that a paid position? So, right. So, right now it's a vacant position. It it what has been a paid position? Um it the
intent is to keep it a paid position, the planning and economic development director. And then it would be to as I'm currently thinking about it that instead of the building commissioner answering to that person that there's a direct line between the town manager and the
building commissioner there's a direct line between the conservation agent and the town manager direct line between ZBA and the town manager and that it's really just removing the oversight of the uh other departments at Ritter uh
with the market being what it is um for specialized municipal positions. I don't honestly believe that stripping away some of those other duties would result in a lower uh uh salary for the person
that would likely take that job. It would probably be comparable. Um but I will say that this position, the last time it was filled, it was filled in October. it it had been open and we had a number of consultants in the town for
uh almost I think the better part of a year when it was open last time as it is currently um designed and the feedback some of the feedback that we've received is the folks who work in this area that are called to this vocation those same
types of folks that think about planning and think about project development and think about business development often aren't the same types of folks that are overseeing the building commissioner. It's just a different kind of u you know
approach to work that they have. All right. Um who was that person? So currently uh the position is vacant. Uh but it was Christopher Riley. Prior to that it was Adam Bernie. Okay. So the land use director was Adam
Bernie um for a number of years and um and so he had that kind of odd configuration where he was over the same configuration that we have over the other departments. All right, that's fine. I I don't want to bel labor the point, but I' I'd be very interested in
hearing more about this because it uh it my considered opinion is that it needs some refinement and some directed and uh uh I'm I'm also uh concerned about the span of control so-called
um and wonder how the uh uh organization would be. I I will tell you as an aside um I I have received some calls regarding um some concern about the way permits
are given and and it's it's kind of convoluted not because of the town but because of the individuals and their inability to understand and to to really you know uh go with the flow of how um
uh approvals are given and that sort of thing. You know, the the the rumor mill is that, you know, uh it's tough to do business in Lunberg. Well, my considered opinion is that it may, but the the the
folks uh in the offices and the positions uh that are involved in this are topnotch, top shelf. The problem is the applicants aren't con conversed with you
know the right situation and and there's some education. So uh I I think that that whole thing can be uh really you know streamlined. Plus the o the other thing from a practical standpoint if you look at Lunenburgg and say okay what
kind of of uh um industry could we bring in? There's not a lot of it. There's there's some of it but there's not a lot of it. And the the the most um concerning comments I've
heard uh has been just in the flow of of the process so-called and the and the information and you know the the various committees that have to be looked upon and meeting and and therein lies the
thing. So, it's it's a it's a doable thing, but I think I I I just wanted to get some more uh information if I could. Sure. And I when I heard the the u u business development end of things, you know,
Adam, he did not do business development as I understood it. I mean he was very helpful and very knowledgeable but he was not going out you know soliciting help and that kind of thing and that in the strict sense is business development
right so it uh assisting applicants through the various processes um and depending on how it looks but it it we're not we wouldn't be setting up an economic development corporation where we are proactive that's that usually happens outside of formal town
government. That's usually a quasi uh business development organization that we don't have that system set up to really be actively soliciting folks for certain parcels. I'm not contemplating it like that. Yeah. I I'd like to learn
more about that. Sure. And um I'm not interested in in being on on a committee, but I I would like the opportunity to uh give my two cents because I have a bunch of ideas about
this guy. Okay. Um that's it. Um I I my last question uh concern is um I I noticed that on the agenda for for you folks um will be um the goals and
objectives and what have you. Um if if you were to take care of three quarters of the things that are on your plate, I think it would be fantastic. My kid considered opinion again is that
I don't think you need to be looking for stuff. You've got plenty of stuff to handle and uh you know uh so anyway that's my two cents with more like a buck and a half will catch on. Thank you Mr. Ro. Thank you so
much. Appreciate your time. Miss Duffy. Hi Jen Duffy 684. Just wanted to um announce the farmers market that's coming up for the ICOM for this year. We're holding a monthly farmers market instead of a weekly farmers market. Um in the past we felt that it's a little
too often for our community. So our first uh event will be on June 13th and we're doing something a little different this year. We're going to do Fridays from 4:00 to 7:00. It'll be held on the green between the library and the DC pasios where we did the Agav in the fall which was a great space. It gave us a
lot of room. it gave us a lot of not so close to the road and a lot of places spread out. So, um, we think that's a great spot for as long as it's available. So, I just wanted to note Fridays from 4:00 to 7:00 on June 13th, July 11th, August 8th, and September
12th. And we will do a similar event in the fall like we did last fall with the expanded scope with 4 and and some other extras on September 27th. So, we hope to see people there and and have a good community turnout. Thanks, Must. Thanks. So, to the town manager, can we put that
on the town website? Absolutely absolutely will. Yep. Flyer or something that you have. All right, Mr. Pacios. Muted. You're still muted. Oh, he knows that he's found it. Helps helps if it helps if you click on the right spot. Dave Pacio, 1976 presidential
highway, Jefferson, New Hampshire. Um, speaking to you as the vice chair of the green communities, but my comments affect other appointed committees also. Um there's a discrepancy or a number of discrepancies in the expiration dates of
members uh on various committees up on the website on each committee's page. Uh case in point, the Green Communities is showing uh three members expiring in one year. We're a five member committee. There should be two, two, and one in
expirations in rotation. Um, there are other committees that have issues similar to that that still need to be looked into and see if it's a typo or if something during the appointing process was not verified properly. Um,
interesting you mentioned Mr. Beardmore. his expiration on the website page for the capital planning committee as the school committee representative is an expiration date of June 2024. That would have been a year ago. Um, so I'm sure
some of this is just been lost in translation. A lot of time was put into this by Annie and the former town manager that and supposedly it was all straightened out, but it's definitely not. Lastly, there is
um either a misunderstanding or a discrepancy between the definition of an alternate member versus an associate member on these appointed committees. Um Mr. Chair, I sent you a message uh via
messenger or uh directly to your phone. I don't remember which. Um that kind of lays it out roughly. And um my understanding has always been over the years that an alternate appointment is a person who is alternately appointed to a
committee and is able to step in as a voting member when there's lack of a quorum for a particular meeting and that's managed by the chair of that committee. Um, so we have both membership types listed on
different committee pages. It needs to be some research done there and get that sorted out. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Mr. Pacios. All right. Any other public comments? Seeing none. Oh, any public comments from the board?
No. No. All right. All right. With that, I will move to enter into executive session and not reenter open session after exiting executive session pursuant to MGL chapter 30 section 21A3 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. This is for the International Brotherhood of Police Officers Local 353. Second. Oh, I made the motion. My apologies. Um, this will be a roll call vote. Uh, Mr. Mr. Leighton I Missy I and I for myself
we are now in executive session. Have a good night everyone.