Um uh and I will call uh this October 28th. Are we 28th? Yeah. 28th meeting of the select board uh to order. Um the first thing that we are going to do is um discuss uh the special town warn
articles. And I uh wanted to so we've gotten through five. Uh we have six, seven, eight, and nine left. Uh I did want to leave room for us to discuss if we felt like yesterday we had voted yes
on six. We had voted for on seven for um amending it so that we kept the original select board language uh rather than take the warrant committee's uh uh decision. Uh and then uh on 8 and nine we had just voted I think a straight yes
on both. Oh no eight there was the warrant committee amendment which we agreed uh to accept and then on nine uh we said yes. So um let me turn it open to the members for discussion.
Yes. Uh, so I, um, since our vote yesterday on seven, um, had some thoughts about if there was a way for us to come to some concessions with folks who had the amendments or people who had had some public health concerns and had a few conversations, thought about if
changes could be made to sort of come to the middle ground. Um, spoke to member Wells as well since he was unable to be with us here at 7. And the conclusion I've kind of come to is it would be really bad process to change it overnight from our vote yesterday. Uh so
I'm very comfortable with leaving it with the vote where we had it yesterday to stick with our original language. I think the changes and the amendments are not something that are not understood or completely left out of what we've discussed previously. I also didn't want
to have the um possibility of you know kind of upending member wells who started this article as well without um a long further discussion. So, I think with the Warren Committee's um input and the discussion we had, I'm comfortable
with staying with where we were and having a big respect for our process and not sort of doing things on the fly, which I think member Hegy spoke to yesterday about us having this really kind of buttoned up and uh direct. So, just wanted to put that out there and
let that be known about sort of what I've been thinking about in the last 24 hours and for us going forward as well. member. >> So, so I agree with member daily and I also what is challenging for me and what I
hope we can do moving forward is to just use this as a case study and our process leading up to town meeting with some of these articles because in having some similar conversation with the proponents um of the amendment from yesterday.
It um it it seems like there were perhaps like some lapses in communication with the warrant committee, some lapses in communication with the select board. And I,
you know, like I I I regret if that was actually the case. And I'd like for us to just come to some understanding and make sure that um we are never a um a challenge or a bottleneck um in
that process. Um, I don't really I I don't really have any substantive issues with what is in that amendment. I just really think it's challenging for our public
discourse in town meeting when items that could have been surfaced prior to are done at town meeting. Um, I've I've as a town meeting member for the past couple years, I've just witnessed a lot
of challenging dialogue and challenging situations around that. And as a select board member, I I would really like to advocate for sound process so that um so that we're able to um run town meeting
efficiently. So that's that's my whole piece. Yeah, I think I think that's well said by by both of you. Um my uh you know, I've obviously been reflecting about this too. I had a couple of conversations today with different folks
from around town. Uh some of whom are town meeting members, some of whom are not, but have an interest in this article. Um and I I think I I agree with member Heerty 100% on the process point, which Mr. Daly has also made. Um, I also
I I am of the feeling that ultimately things like this are decisions for a town meeting to make. Uh, and what we can do is put forward what we think is the best language and discuss why we think it's the best language. >> And if the town feels like they want to
have something that that's different, then they can uh make the decision as as a legislative body. Um, which is indeed what legislative bodies role is to do. our job as executive is to suggest what we think is the right course to take and then enforce the course that the town
decides to take. >> Um, and I want to underscore that latter part because ultimately this is up to the select board uh to make decisions. However this comes through with our language or with amendments, it will still be up to the select board uh to determine whether or not to move forward
with events like this. And um the the town trusts us with that. And I think we I I believe that we currently as a body take that trust very seriously. Um and my um my hope uh my strong my strong belief is that u people in our shoes in
10 or 20 years will also take that responsibility very seriously. Uh and that if things don't go as according to plan um we have to remember that we're not coming down with tablets from Mount Si here. can come and make changes uh in
a year or two years time if we feel like this is too restrictive or not restrictive enough um that we have that ability to to do as a town and ultimately I think if people are unhappy with this as the way it's being enforced or the way that it comes around we will hear about it on the select board and uh
we can we will take you know do notice thereof so I I think we've I I do believe I I I will take responsibility as the as the chair that we probably could have had um you know the coalition come in an in
additional time to um provide more guidance. Um and uh I also recognize that there isn't a a similar body that sort of has the interest that that it's
just kind of the you know I'd like to go to a concert and have a beer uh on Manning Park. uh there's not like a group that's organized around that. It's probably a good thing. Um so, but in the absence of that, that's why we have a legislative body because ultimately that that group is represented in the town in
town meeting as individuals and they can weigh in on this as they see fit. And I'm comfortable if if we end up with uh with the rules and regulations that have been suggested. I think it will be ownorous on business and I think it will be difficult to uh for them to move
forward and uh if that's the case then we may come back in a year and remove some of those restrictions. Similarly, if we don't have them on there and it be you know and things get out of hand then we can also come and put restrictions in there or just use this the select board through authority not to issue permits.
So I I think that there I I don't think that this should have to be a very long discussion. I think this should be a civil and short presentation from all sides and hopefully we can come to an agreement pretty quickly. >> Okay. >> So those are my thoughts. Um do we have
any anything else uh to discuss on that? >> Okay. Um and anything else on any of the other uh articles? Okay. Mr. Milano, you're not aware of anything, are you? I am not. >> You don't have any cards up your sleeve? >> Nope.
>> Okay. Um do we have anything on the um we haven't heard from MBT in the last 24 hours? >> Uh no, I just messaged them just to let them know that um this will be on our agenda on the 18th that I appreciated the the followup in the meantime. >> Um and then for um just going through
our uh agenda, we we did Warf Park yesterday, so I think that's >> all set, right? Uh the uh EOZ for the home roll petition is also set. We were tweaking those maps. >> Mhm. >> Okay, great. Um and we're going to go over the debt model for fire station
projects at a different >> Yeah. And I'll send out some background on those uh by email. >> Okay. And then um I see on our one day liquor licenses, do we have more than what we originally approved? Do we want to get through the uh the two, the 29th,
and the fifth one? Um, we could knock those out now and then, uh, we could also approve meeting minutes if members wanted to. >> Yeah. >> Um, so I we've done the first Friday one. We I need the homecoming and the
December first Friday holiday musical. >> So, I'll take a motion on either. >> And those are both, I should say, those are all from the Milton Art Center. Yeah. >> Correct. Yeah. So, it's uh those are the same it's the same uh location and operator. >> I move to approve the one they look at says the Milton Art Center located at
334 Edge Hill Road for November 7th, 2025. >> Something we've already done. >> Okay. November 29th, 2025, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The Homecoming of Milton comedians, December 5th, 2025, 6 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. First Friday, where local musicians
perform holiday music. >> I second. >> Motion's made and seconded. Any further discussion? All in favor? I I >> Okay, that is approved. >> Move to approve the meeting minutes dated September 9th, 2025 and September 24th, 2025.
And also move to approve the meeting minutes dated October 3rd, 2025. Uh Mr. Wells did not attend, so he'll be out of listen. >> Um second, >> right, you were here for for Okay. Uh so motion's made and seconded. Any further discussion? >> Uh all right. Uh all in favor? I
>> Great. I'll take a motion to adjurnn. Motion to journ. >> I second the motion. >> All in favor? >> I