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Good morning everyone. Um, I'm going to call to order the June 29th, 2026 meeting of the Milton Budget Coordination Committee. Um we have a lighter agenda today compared

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to most um agendas that we have. We're going to walk through the results of the committee survey and we are we're not going to Okay. So then we're really just doing the

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calendar for the rest of the summer. >> I have a few things to say about that. >> Okay. All right. So, um, so we're going to, so we're going to discuss the calendar for the rest of the summer and, um, we're going to set up a new cadence,

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um, given shifting times, plus also, um, Monday at 8 a.m. doesn't work for many members of the committee. So, we're going to find an alternate cadence. Uh but also the thinking too is that we will recess for the month of July and

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then pick up in August when the budget conversations begin. So I think Mr. Walker has um additional items that he would like to discuss.

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>> Uh just an update on the survey. Um we have uh 11 submitted. That means we have four left to be submitted. Uh I'm holding to the principle that every

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voice counts. So four people who haven't submitted. You know who you are. And hopefully we can get those in very shortly. And then I would expect that uh one of the first discussions we have

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in August would be about survey results and and my plan would be to share both the raw data which means everyone's responses and then some uh analysis on what some potential key takeaways could

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be. So I'm excited about that. But four more to go and then we're ready to launch. Does anyone have any questions or comments? >> I'm curious. On the survey, the four people, you reached out to all of them individually, right?

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>> All right. >> Just wondering if it was stuck in draft form or something. So, >> well, my closing comment would be it only takes 10 minutes. So please uh please provide your feedback. Okay.

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Um so if we're done on survey we um we can discuss the um the schedule upcoming. So I don't know if folks I believe that folks are supposed to get some feedback

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over to Nick as to what um what time. So, we'll continue to do every other week, but which day and which time is um is of of importance here so that we can

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get good attendance. >> I don't have I have six responses. So, the trend seems to be um >> avoiding 8 a.m. regardless. um 9:00 a.m. or 10 a.m. meetings in the morning or um

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the evening earlier in the evening um if that's the direction. The most popular response right now is Tuesday at 10, but that's obviously not a um full response list so far. >> Yeah. >> So, I can't do Tuesday at 10

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>> like ever. So, I'll um I'll likewise follow up with individuals just to try to uh match this up >> from from an overall cadence of like the schedule of town meetings during the week. So,

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for example, you know, select board has like Tuesdays. I think planning board is Thursdays. >> Yeah. Every night's kind of kind of so select school committee Wednesdays. school building committee is most Mondays and there's just a lot of folks

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on each of those. So yeah, >> each of the week nights >> um has a conflict in those groups and meeting bi-weekly generally. >> Okay. >> So I'm I'm one of the delinquent ones, but my thought

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app but my thought would be the evenings are really jammed. So, you know, if 8:00's not good, um, I think we still ought to try for morning, but obviously you have all the responses. So, but I'll I'll I'll send my responses.

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>> I deliberately avoided midday just I I focus on early in the evening, but if there are truly alternatives that are best, um, I did leave a comment section for our comments. >> We had uh we will not have Katie with us who came a long way. new finance

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directors from wayment. So I don't know if 8 a.m. I'm assuming 8 a.m. would be 5 a.m. keep 9 and 10. So when do we So so the only challenge is I don't want to kick this out because I also want to I don't want to kick the

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decision out. So when do we want to make the decision by or we are kicking the decision out but we're going to need to make a decision on this relatively quickly so that we don't lose pace like we do want to give July due to vacations and things

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like that but we have to >> we have to have something set up >> um we give people until the end of the week and then you and Nick confer on

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the range of responses and make a decision. >> Okay. >> Are you are you looking for an August schedule and then a school year schedule? Are you looking for just like let's get the same cadence starting in August? >> Um, >> it doesn't matter to me. I just >> That's a good question. I mean, I'm

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assuming that whatever we do next is for the the rest of the school year. >> Yeah, that was my thought. Yeah. August. >> Do we do we feel like we need to do bi-weekly or or can we get away with

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monthly? That's like another feature to look at. My thought from the schedule that we built was um we should assume bi-weekly during the peak budget season

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which I would suggest is from October through February and probably get away with monthly meetings outside of that area.

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And we don't if if we don't have um an agenda, we don't have to meet. We can be scheduled say no agenda. So don't have to be. But I I I think one of the things we suffered from this year was

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uh not not having a regular schedule where people could plan their schedules around. So >> yeah, >> I think that would be helpful. We know that's these dates from August through

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June of next year amended as needed. It's better to have have the script on the books. >> I think Nathan Hut is trying to join. I don't know if

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that is >> Nathan, are you there? >> I am. Thank you. Sorry, Nick. I clicked join as panelist a couple of times and it just never never worked. Thank you. >> I just sent out the survey link again.

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Um Monday mornings were generally okay to folks other than 8 a.m. It seems like that that particular time was a problem. So, we'll I'll ping everybody individually that hasn't responded, but I sent the link back out to the full group as well.

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>> We'll figure this out by the end of the week and let everyone know. Do we have um do we have any other business meeting minutes which we did initially circulate to the chair and vice chair which will eventually follow up with the full group and we'll ask everybody to

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review those. Um that's just more of a housekeeping item. Just want to flag that. >> Okay. >> Anyone on the screen? Now, >> you got my memo. That's the only thing. >> Thank you. >> If you can. >> So, um, should we recognize Brian? Did

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Did you make >> Well, I'm not coming back. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. That's >> You want to tell the group? >> Yeah. So, I won't be back next year because I am moving in like Well, actually, three weeks. So, I enjoyed the group. It was great. It was productive. I thought it was very professional. I

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liked it. Thank you. And um uh I appreciate the opportunity. Um it was very big learning experience. But I did send a memo to Megan and Lavoy. Yeah. >> On my thoughts and ideas for improving budgets.

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>> And I'm also on the one committee too, >> which I've enjoyed. But um >> you know, I just think there's a lot of like cost analysis and stuff and maybe different way to look at the budget that would be extremely helpful for the town. Maybe it sounds like other towns too. Yeah.

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>> So, I sent that out and happy to help, happy to come back because they got free time when retired. So, if you want, happy to sit with people on certain things. >> Well, my I thought um I had a chance to look at it over the weekend. I I thought was very thoughtful. So, my thought

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would be that actually dovetales very nicely your your comments about Putin's dovetales very nicely with survey survey feedback. So, I thought that probably August and September when we're starting

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to dive into processing that feedback and trying to make some decisions about what improvements we might make going forward, we want to have you back. >> I'd be happy to come back. Sure. >> Thanks. >> Thank you. Thank you so much, Brian, for

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um your service to the town. I mean, Warren Committee is a lot of time. Um and thank you for your service to to this committee um and everything else you've done for the town. So, thanks. We will miss you,

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but we'll we'll call you. We'll have you back. >> Thank you. >> Sure. Appreciate >> you. >> And I think note to Mr. Funding, he'll probably either he or the M committee or both need to appoint a >> Yeah. Right.

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>> Okay. >> Thank you. >> I just wanted I wanted to flag for believe maybe two meetings back uh something for us to follow up on. Um I see Jay's not there so perhaps it's best done when he's there but uh the discussion we had about

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which warrant uh whose warrant it is uh whose budget is excuse me in the warrant. Um we did have uh town legal go through and give us a quick opinion um which he wrote up and shared. Uh the short piece of it is that it is the

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warrant committee's budget that is submitted. Um obviously with input and signoffs from different bodies along the way. Uh we have a short piece that we can share for anyone who would like to have the conversation but perhaps that's something for us to just re-engage with

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when we are all back together at the beginning of the budget process. But I just wanted to close that loop even if uh slightly for today. Yeah. So, we'll put that we'll put the full analysis of that on the um on the next

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agenda and make sure that Jay's here as well for the discussion. But thanks for thanks for closing the loop on that. >> We'll be circling back as well.

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>> Circle. >> So, it's warrant committee's budget submitted. Technically, it is. Yes. >> To the Yeah. Put That's put on the warrant, >> right? >> Yeah. >> I'm I'm going to

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I'm going to hold most of my comments, but I I think that that's not a surprise. I I don't think that was really the focus of the discussion. we can >> yeah I think we we need >> that answers a question that doesn't answer

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>> all the rather critically important questions that were raised in the context of this discussions >> and we I'm glad we got something from town council we had an opinion from Claude by an opinion from the private

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citizen but >> I'm glad we got council's opinion so >> there were also raised in that discussion so the the budget that's submitted to the MAR committee is is the select board's budget submitted by the

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town administrator but approved and voted on by the select board. >> There's a lot more nuance. Yeah, in >> including that chapter 74 section 34 says that the school committee's budget

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is the bottom line budget and that has implications as well. But uh we'll we'll save that for August. >> Yep. >> Okay. >> So coming in tracks. >> Yeah.

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So if we don't have anything else, um I will take a motion to adjurnn. >> So move second. >> All in favor? >> Roll call. >> We have to Oh, sorry. Um

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Winston Daily. >> I >> I'm going to take that as a yes. >> His volume was off. >> Maggie Oldfield. >> Yes. Nathan Hutau. >> Yes.

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>> Robert Milt. >> Yes. >> Leroy Walker. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Brian McGuire. >> Megan Hagerty. Yes. >> Okay. >> Next.

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>> I'm not a voting member, I don't think. >> Right. >> Yep. We're all not voting. Okay. Thank you. >> Thanks everyone. >> Thank you. Have a happy 4th of July.