Everyone, as acting chair, I will call to order uh the select board meeting of Monday, April 30th, 2026. And I would invite you all to join me in standing for the pledge of allegiance. Pledge to the flag of the United States
of America to the standice. [clears throat] >> Thank you everyone. All right. So this is our first meeting after our most recent election. So I would like to say welcome to our two newest members, Mr.
Miss for a election wellrun. Um, welcome into the breach. Um, before you know we open it up for some discussions and some other welcomes, I'd like to say also thank you
to everyone who ran uh this year. Um, it is a true tribute to this town. the amount of people that we have that come out and run and put themselves uh up for scrutiny and for that 90 days of real effort to represent this town and help
us all move forward and with great representation. So, thank you and welcome. >> Also, thank you to the town staff for the work of staffing all the polling locations and counting all the ballots
and helping everybody process of funding for office >> late night on Tuesday. Very late night. >> Thank you. >> Members, >> members, >> um I'll just say quick, um you know, really excited to be here. Um just a
quick intro about me. Um East Milton resident from precinct 6. Um just wanted to thank the residents for coming out for the election. Um putting your trust in us and we're excited to get to work. >> Thank you. Um, thank you to the amazing
um, town staff who really did support us through this whole process. Um, and I am also excited to be here. Um, and thank everyone for election. >> Well,
welcome aboard and uh, hopefully it's a smooth smooth ride for all of us. I'm looking forward to working with you and thank you for running and uh it's a big step forward to step into this but
congratulations. >> Yeah, we're all uh sort of in the same place you all are right now where jumping seat and it becomes uh kind of a whirlwind but we are all here as a resource um here to work together and come to the best decisions we can. So
thank you again. And now we move to some of the uh formalities. Uh we have our previous chair is no longer with us. Uh so we have to go through the process of nominating um a new chair. I'll be acting as I was vice
chair previous of organized. So I will open the floor for any nominations of the chair. >> I nominate Winston Daily. >> Second. >> All right. Um,
I accept. >> Thank you. >> Thank you for that. >> Thank you. Um, any uh other nominations or objections? [snorts] >> All right. So, this will be a roll call vote. I will go last. So,
>> yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> And we I will abstain. >> All right. Thank you all. This is a thank you for putting your trust in me and hopefully we'll have a great year. So, thank you.
[laughter] >> CONGRATS. [applause] >> And then we will need to find my replacement for vice chair. >> I nominate Mrs. Hagerty. Second right in there. Second. Seconded by Mr. Overshimer. Any objections,
comments? Right. Call vote again. Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Miss Nolan. >> Oh, is that Yes. >> Mr. Overshimer? >> Yes. >> So, yes.
[applause] >> I think we kind of have the option of a secretary, but I don't believe for the last year um that we had one. secretary. >> Yeah, >> it's primary the primary role is to sign documents that Lynn tells you to sign
and to help out. >> That's right. >> Pretty much it. >> Yep. >> Sign us some documents. >> Yeah. >> Nominate Mr. Albert. >> All right. >> Make the lawyer do that. >> This is a good point. I [clears throat] will second that nomination.
Any objections or comments? All right. Roll call vote. I'll start with myself. Yes, Mr. Driscoll. >> Yes, >> Miss Hagerty. >> Yes, >> Mr. >> Yes, >> Mr. Overash. >> Congratulations. You're welcome. >> Thanks. >> Immediately up already.
>> All right, so um one thing I would like to say, we didn't never went over in our last um sort of uh configuration how everyone would like to be referred. So we went by first name, last name, we went by member. Is everyone okay with referring to each
other by first names? >> Oh, me get a little confused with Megan's, but >> Megan H and Megan. [clears throat] [laughter] >> Is everyone okay with that when we're in discussions for first names? >> Yes. >> Okay.
>> I'm fine. I'm not >> I prefer it. >> All right. >> You just need to designate which Megan you're talking. I'll try to be looking at whichever Megan I'm speaking to at the moment, >> but I think it'll make it easier for the conversation just having my language. >> So, those are our first three items, I
believe. Fourth being a discussion on town meeting. But before that, I would like to share with everyone who is watching that the warrant committee and warrant committee chair on Monday at 7 PM here in the Dumpy conference room will be
holding a forum to discuss the warrant uh and the forecast that will be presented at town meeting. That will be a longer forum that we have at town meeting. is open to the public for folks to come in to listen and also have
comment and questions on anything before it is presented at town meeting. Town meeting starts on Wednesday this year. So, it's two full days before and we're giving folks a little bit of an update right now. We weren't able to put it on the agenda, but I wanted to make sure that everyone knew that here Monday at 7, warrant committee, warrant committee
chair will present you with thoughts on warrant as well as the forecast that we will be presented at town meeting. Just wanted to get that in before we went through the right. I'll pass it to you. Tell me.
>> Uh, thank you, Mr. Chair. We have um the warrants is out and available. Uh, I the only update I'd like to share at this point with the board is that um the planning board has recommended a slight um amendment to article 42, which is the signed bylaw. Um,
in [snorts] that bylaw, there's a time period that the building commissioner must review a signed permit application. It's listed as seven days. And in response to a request from the building commissioner um to extend that period, the planning board is is bringing forward an amendment take that from 7
days to 30 days after receipt. Um, so that amendment has been approved by the planning board. Um, submitted. I will be sending it sharing it with the warrant committee. the warrant committee's consideration. If the warrant committee does approve that and uh amendment, it would then be a green sheet that is
presented at town meeting with a revised recommendation that would essentially keep the recommendation of the planning uh the warrant committee as stated the warrant, which is to approve the articles printed the warrant with this one modification. Um again, that would take the time period for the building commission to review an application from
7 days to 30 days, but it doesn't extend or or make the review period longer in general. So it doesn't um drag that overall review period longer. It just uh gives that first step a little bit more time within the overall um time frame for a signed uh application.
>> Does that need any action from us? >> No action at this time. I think um prior to town meeting the select board has not yet um voted on its position on the articles. So, as we prepare uh next week prior to town meeting to go through the articles, we could um the board could
discuss its position on both the amendment um and the signed bylaw more generally. >> For the new members uh previous to town meeting, we do meet in high school uh off to the side to discuss anything that may be coming up in the warrant or anything that night. So, we'll have some
of our decisions made that night as well. Just FYI. Nick, I don't know if you have this context, but is that just sort of a volume bandwidth extra time? >> Yes. I think his concern was if he was unable to get to it within 7 days and
then it just proceeded and then there was something out of order or defective with the application, it would be missed in that window. It just gives a little bit more time. Generally, these signed permits move pretty quickly. Um, they're not the longest review that's required. This just gives a little bit more breathing room rather than a quick 7-day
turnaround. That's all I had in terms of town me articles. I'm happy to take questions on specific articles if the members have any or if there's any um discussion the board wants to have. But that's all I had to report related to at this time >> to the floor questions
open sheets expected. >> I've not so green sheets would be the warrant committee is changing its recommendation. So, it's my knowledge this is the only one that is in motion right now. Um, in terms of if there are written amendments or motions been
presented to the moderator, I I don't believe so, but I don't have the latest on that. >> I just want more of a comment. I think and I think I understand Nick is doing this for the at town meeting but articles 37 to 41 on the renewable
energy um potential agreements are um they're just they're just sort of their own animal kind of agreement and I think just a little bit of overview of what you know what they are before you launch
into that set of agreements I think would probably help from efficiency standpoint. point at at the town meeting like a small presentation or something like that. >> Thank you. Yes. Uh you reminded me that I had committed to doing that. I would have to prepare that. So the intention
would be prior to the payment in L of taxes article I think that's 37 might be 36 is to do a overview presentation of that article and each of the subsequent ones as they're all very similar in stature. So we will prepare that and um I agree. Hopefully that will um clearly
articulate what the articles are trying to achieve. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Other comments or questions for members. >> We will move forward to item five, discussion of appointments and reappoints of select board members to
town boards on the committee. So, in the packets, you'll see it's been provided to us a list of all of our committees as well as our current appointments. My thought on this was to give this to the members. Um I'm going to make a
couple points of recommendations that I have but to not do wholesale appointments this evening to give folks some time to sit with the list and then before our porttown meetings when we meet again and we can discuss in more
depths or asks that I would have as folks are request are looking is that I myself would like to stay on the finance subcommittee as well as the budget coordination committee. I believe the work that we have started
like to stick with it for at least another year u regarding the budget as well as the coordination committee. Um I do know that member Hagerty would like to leave the finance committee. So there will be a spot open there but she would like to stay with
the budget coordination committee. And I also like to have her or have her move to the position of the capital committee that member Wells will be vacating. I think anyone that's listened to Haggedy talk about uh procurement and operations
and the work that she's done for the last 15 to 20 years um would be incredibly impressed and would love to have her on the capital committee. So I would like as well as the others comments again all the others I think we can take a look review them and then
we'll come back together next week to discuss unless there are other points that folks like to make you want to hear or would it be for the next meeting to just hear if there's any like preferences or anything like that? >> Yeah, that's the hope. Um I can throw
out one one now uh for member for uh member Nolan uh the pilot committee uh that's payment in le of taxes and one of the um main points that we've been trying to work on is working with the hospital here about part of that pilot
and I would just hope after hope that your experience in hospital and hospital operations may help us with that relationship. So, something for you to think about, but yes, for everyone to look at what's open, um, where they think their skill sets fit best, and then we'll discuss it as a as a group and a team.
>> If you have any questions about committee activity kind of expectations, what they've been working on, what they have been working on, we're we're available. So, um, feel free to reach out anytime. >> Thanks. We'll take that up. next convening.
Um, so if that's okay, no comments or questions, we'll move to item six. That is a discussion of our select board goals and objectives we have in front of us as well. This was something that we put together
last year during our select board retreat which we'll be having again this year. This year we'll discuss the dates um 7 for all of us together to put together all of the goals that we have over the next coming years
and check them off as we go through them in terms of how well we've done which we did reach a few of these this year. Uh we'll be getting more in depth at our retreat on these goals and objectives, but it is time for us to look and see what's there now, things that we would
like to add, questions we may have. So what the board would like to work on during our time the floor points, questions. So, just from a process standpoint on our retreat, we'll roll up the sleeves a
little bit more to talk about sort of auditing where we're at on these. Yeah. >> How how frequently have we has a select board set these? Do you guys know or was this sort of a first in time these ones? >> I think it may have been first in a
while. >> Yeah. [clears throat] In my So, we did my first year and then hadn't and then we did again. So once in the last twice in the last three years, three and a half years. >> I think the objective for the cadence would be to have it every year at the
retreat with the review. Um we've also had it during our meetings. We've not set >> necessarily like a >> like a semianual >> maybe a six month but we didn't set an exact date to review it during a year. We did um go through our goals maybe about six or seven months in about where
we were but we have not formalized it. So that is something that we could talk about formalizing our um mid midyear review. >> And what I provided um and I think I I may have emailed it already, but what is also printed in that folder was the tracking sheet that provided kind of
like a a couple of notes on status as so far. So that we spoke about that at a meeting a couple months ago. So maybe like six like yeah about six months after they were established and um that was something you had requested was to have a check-in you know a couple times throughout the year so that they stay
top of mind. >> I just I think they're great because I think they're really focusing on some of the critical issues right now. So I look forward to you know working through them some more. A lot of good progress already.
I think this is something we'll come back to as well, but it's got something for us to have. And as you're going through your review, please uh feel free everyone to add goals or objectives that you would like to us for us to address and so we can discuss them at the retreat.
One of the things I think we should keep in mind um when we develop these goals at the retreat is what can be achieved in the current year.
Um I think with some of them we were a little bit ambitious like with the um you know establishing and maintaining web page regarding ongoing large development projects and housing opportunities. I think it's good. We should have that.
But I don't know if if we thought through take to accomplish that, but I think we've done a lot of this, which is great. >> I think we can flag things for multi-year review as well as multi-year
goals. >> Yep. Um certainly being better on the web and um updating our technology is that it's a multi-year process. Look at those with that eye as well. >> You have smart goals.
>> Smart goals. Oh boy. Back to my private sector days. >> Don't make me do a red, yellow, green. But we have >> maybe we should maybe we should we can have a risk register too. Now >> all good ideas.
>> Yep. >> One thing in the context of the retreat and goal setting, one thing we did do last year is um we did have somebody come in and and help kind of guide the discussion. It's not something we've talked about whether that was fully successful or or great or what or what
the reactions were, but that's not something I've started to try to coordinate. Do you do the members feel comfortable leading it yourselves or do you want to try to have a facilitator join depending on availability? >> Um let's put that to the floor first. >> Can I can I clarify the question? Um what are we asking a facilitator to do
again? >> So what we had them work with members to retrieve ideas, pull all the ideas together and help try to guide the conversation to try to keep the conversation focused. At least there's somebody who so the person the individual that we used is somebody that
I know of who served in a number of roles and as a town manager in a number of communities as on an intern basis in a permanent basis. So I' kind of seen and understands this this world and and helping boards you know come together on a retreat to talk about roles responsibilities and
goals and objectives. So it just because it had been the first time in a while we had felt it helpful. Um, but I don't we didn't really debrief on >> I didn't debrief on doing it again. >> So that was the it was um you know a small expense to have somebody up here
to help guide the conversation. I mean help is always nice, but my my perfect my personal view is when when you do this the the most constructive portion is when you sort of the people who will actually be
working on the goals kind of convene and just break them down and talk them through together. >> Yeah. So, I'm not my thought would be I'm not sure it's necessary, but you know, I defer to if you guys were involved in it last year.
>> I think we have enough skill as a team to to do the the goals and objectives piece. But I do think, you know, Nick, if you're comfortable doing it or what I forget the guy's
name, >> Jeffing, >> he he was really good at taking us through roles roles and responsibilities from even just like an outside of Milton perspective, just general town government in Massachusetts.
What does that look like? I found it to be really educational. Um I I could see it going either way. >> Thoughts? I I think for me I would I actually
would prefer if it was just our group and the town administrator, the town administrator. Uh, I felt the facilitator last year was really good about gathering us, but I wanted to spend more time being really specific and going very granular and I didn't
think we got as much time as that. And where we are now, I would really like it if that time was us all together going as deep as we possibly can in the time that we have. Um, if there are items that the town administrator has not had
a chance to present to us, if there are things that we have not been as forceful on or may have overlooked, I would like it to be really Milton specific. Uh, the context of other other towns I thought was really good. But I think for our next year, I would really like us to be
talking about just as we're talking about forecasting and our budget, us putting together um and even, you know, wish casting, dreaming big about things that could happen and putting that together.
Not I'm not going to ask what the facilitator cost. [laughter] >> That was easy. Are we saying no facilitator so clear? I >> I wasn't there last year, so I'm going by the two people that were there. >> It sounds like you want to just
>> go without it. >> Yeah. >> So, I'll go with go without. >> We can do it. >> So, there'll be no referee. [laughter] >> Maybe you're the referee. >> I don't know. >> No, Nick is always our referee. Yeah. [laughter]
>> All right. So, any other thoughts on board goals or objectives? >> When you guys set these, did you have [snorts] a time frame? And and maybe that's your point, Megan, about identifying now.
>> Yeah. >> Realistic. >> Yeah. I mean, this is this is kind of like a wish list. I think I think you know just looking back on how they're written it seems as though we were looking with the one-year time horizon
but we never truly discussed that or truly questions each other will this get done in a year but you know um and and some things are are
perhaps ongoing right But, you know, when I read something like complete the fire station projects by bringing approval for the Adon Street station to town meeting and voters by fall 2026, spring 2027. That's a pretty time bound, very
specific, actionable item that we are going to get done. Yeah, >> that's a point to have for the retreat. Us being much more specific in our in our not necessarily deadlines, but our time frames, how long these things are
going to take. >> Other thoughts? Um, I will just jump ahead to the select board retreat dates. Since we're talking about the board retreat, um, we are choosing between Saturday, June 6th,
13th, or the 27th. Do we have preferences? >> I have my college reunion the weekend to the 6th. I forgot that. >> So, sixth is out. >> Yeah. I told Nick I could do the sixth, but turned out >> so 13th or 27th.
>> And I'm away the 27th in DC. >> You know what? That's good because the 27th is better for me, too. So, >> the 13th. >> 13th. All right. Time to get points. >> Start early to be done or however you
would like to handle it. >> Start at 5 a.m. >> John's already up. >> I'll be awake. >> I'd be awake, too. [laughter] I I'll be just going >> get it done and get out. >> Um Saturday 10:00 a.m.
>> Anyone wants to >> What do you have? >> I don't I think that goes against um Nick's idea of a start early, finish early. >> Is that not a start early? >> 10 a.m. >> Different worlds. All right. >> Uh 9:00 a.m. on a Saturday.
>> I I think 10 >> 10. I'm I'm new here, so I'll do whatever you like to do. >> Whatever. >> 10 a.m. 10 a.m. June 13th. >> What do you have it? >> We had it here last year. We previously we were at the COA. So I think they've
gone to Curry before. So generally um >> anywhere, but here's Yeah, we're not yet. >> We're not going far away. >> We'll be in Milton. >> And if folks are okay with this room, we can plant it. >> We're going to your house. >> Come on up. [laughter] See all the 40 bees being built around me.
You're more than welcome. >> Okay. [laughter] >> Yeah. Now that we have these new chairs, >> don't get mad when I go to the business phone when it rings. >> Okay. >> All right. So, June 13th, uh 10:00 a.m. here. Uh are we slotting the time? Two hours. What was our What was it last
year? >> Just about two. >> About two hours. >> And so what we'll do is we'll we'll solicit I'll solicit ideas for everybody [clears throat] to to do some of that consolidation work. um to avoid any open meeting last staff. So, I'll we'll reach
out ahead of time to solicit um goals. We'll provide an update on the tracking sheet so folks see where we've been and then um we'll consolidate that and and distribute ahead of the meeting so you can do some prep as well. >> I'll get the coffee and pastries
>> on on emails. Everyone be careful about the reply all does sometimes throw us into an open meeting uh violation. So try not to reply at all. Reply directly to the senator. Right. Uh Saturday, June 13th, 10 a.m.
here. Now on to [snorts] our other future meeting dates. Town meeting starting May 6th and the 7th. Hopefully we are done in those two days. If not, we move into May
11th, May 12th, and perhaps the 13th. If we are all the way to May to the 13th, we have done something incredibly well. And I will note our our plan would be to meet on the 6th at 6:30. If that's okay for everybody for the meeting on the
7th, I I think we can post for 7 p.m. for the select board meeting. Town meeting starts at 7:30. So unless there's any conflicts with the 6:30 start on Wednesday. Um so we'll post for 6:30 on Wednesday and 7 from um Thursday.
And for our official board meetings, I believe we have the 26th currently scheduled. Tuesday, May 26 to our our first large meeting as a group and
June 9th the followup are both of those which now cadence had been the second and third and fourth days of each night. >> So that would put us at the June 23rd after that right and fourth. I didn't know we got to give
feedback. I thought we just had to be here. >> Oh, second and fourth. There are times when if you know, especially summer vacations, we've gone around. We try to accommodate where things come up, but the second and fourth. All right. So, that will set our cadence
and moving to item eight, future agenda items. My thought is that some of these agenda items will come out of our retreat, but if there are anything that comes to mind now uh for the members in terms of things we would like to see or discuss
on a future agenda, >> I have really enjoyed the practice that we have of having the department heads um come and present their current state and challenges to us. So,
I hope we can we'll continue that practice. Nick, have we gotten through everybody all the department heads in town or how are we how are we doing? >> It's on that tracking sheet. I can look.
Okay, >> we haven't quite got there. I know. >> Don't think we've had the treasur. We haven't had Right. No. So, treasure, finance director, HR director, cemetery superintendent,
and then parks. I think that that otherwise we've gotten to everybody. I'm sorry. >> Parks on >> there's still an elected board, but we've had the others in just to to explain what those all those departments
are working on. parks would be good because they also they presented that uh big master plan for the fields. So, we got to get an update on where they are with that as well. >> And now, just note as a reminder for the 26th is that's the date we've been
planning to have mass dot come in regarding Randolph. Um so, they have they've kept that on the calendar. um for the 26th >> update on April 6. >> They were out taking counts um a couple
weeks ago in April. >> So that's the that's the biggest action item in May um that's on the radar. >> Are they planning on sending us um any items for discussion for this May meeting with Mass D?
I think this is at least coming close to the end of this. >> It'll be a basically a debrief of the pilot, their findings. Um, we're having a internal conversation that's on our calendars for a couple weeks from today, I think. So, we'll we'll see kind of
what they're preparing, preparing to present, and they'll be they'll be coming in to make a presentation, make their report, and a recommendation is my expectation. And then our discussion on any adjustments or if we're going to stay as
any other items. Uh I would just ask that I think I asked to with not enough lead time last time. I really like to talk to the planning board. Um, we get [clears throat] to talk to the school committee a lot and others as I said that we have a chance to have real
just substantive discussion about what they're working on and what they're seeing as well. So, love to have them in. >> Okay. I can work with them on a on a date one of the two June dates perhaps. Um actually I will speak to one thing
that I'm not sure if the newer members will be CCD on. Uh it will be on perhaps the agenda for our next meeting but the school committee in partnership with us created a new policy around
uh with next meeting with DOT, would representatives from the traffic commission be here too or um I'm not saying they should or shouldn't, but it's just tied to the second part of my question. It's just going to be about
the, you know, the cadence that we're communicating with the commission. Just I mean, is it ad hoc, you know, when issues come up or um, you know, it just seems like it's be a
busy area. It might maybe it's a long way saying later it might be nice to have the traffic commission, you know, come back for We could certainly coordinate that. Traffic commission is largely staff, so that's pretty easy. But they'll be with
me when we have the internal meeting with Masot. So, >> okay. >> Not necessarily in attendance that night. Um, but I believe when Masto came before, we had um DPW and police in the room as well. Um but we could
coordinate a traffic conversation and as this trafficcoming policy and plan process that is included in the fiscal 27 budget if approved by town meeting moves forward will there will be a lot more specific conversations around that as well. >> [snorts]
>> If not, I will accept motion to >> second. So move Hi. >> Thank you everyone. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations.