[Music] To the flag of the United States of America, to the stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Nice to see a lot of faces in the
audience tonight. We'll start off with public comment to receive all communications from members of the public. Members of the public may address the select board for up to three minutes. The select board shall not engage in discussion on topics raised during public comment but may choose to
add the topic to a future agenda. This agenda segment will be limited to 15 minutes unless extended at the discretion of the chairperson. Is there anyone here who wants to make any public comment? >> I do. >> You've got to get up and go stand by.
>> I've just been recognized. >> Good evening everybody. My name is Lesie Matthews, 111 Main Street here in Bfield. this the what I'm going to um speak about this evening is citizens concerns and there used to be a very
popular thing at the select board meetings and people would come and and give their citizens concerns and then co came along some of the you know regulations changed it went down to three minutes we still want to hear from you and that's what I'm coming here to
speak about this evening is that what you provide to us is of great importance because if you don't talk to us, we don't know what you're thinking and we always want to know what you're thinking so we can do the right thing by you. So, one of the ideas that we were having and
we had discussed at a previous meeting was to um maybe hold an additional via Zoom meeting once a month to have people join in if it makes them feel more comfortable because sometimes people are uncomfortable getting in front of the
camera and getting in front of a live audience and this way they could feel more comfortable. They'd still get their three minutes. We would listen to them. really can't discuss it because we have to discuss it at a later time and get all our fa our facts in in our ducks in
a row as you could say. So, that's one of the proposals we're trying to make is to make it easier for the public to um engage in conversation with the select board so we can work better and harder for you. That's what I have for you this
evening. And I um and I would like to see it as a possibility as an agenda item so people can understand how these agenda items can get put onto the agenda and we'll speak further about it in a
discussion that everybody can um participate in participate in because it will be uh kind of an uh a discussion discussionary period for you all. Thank you all for coming tonight.
>> Thanks, Leslie. >> You're welcome. >> All right. Next is grants, gifts, and donations. Uh the friends and the family of Jean Morrison, beach cleanup donation in the memory of Rachel Morrison. I think there's a lot of representatives here of the family. Do you want to come
up and take your time to introduce yourselves and talk to us about what what you'd like us to >> Thank you. >> work with you on. >> It might take three minutes to introduce us all. That's all right. That's all right. This is you. You have time. >> I'm Gene Morrison. Um Rachel's mom.
>> Um and Rachel was killed 11 years ago March 28th of 2026 at the age of 27 by a hit and run drunk driver. We've shared with you a brief um write up that one of her professors at BEu
um wrote about her at the at her passing. Uh she was a fourthyear PhD student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California. She was weeks away from her PhD in marine science.
So we'd like to propose this to the town and request that you would consider us having an installation of a beach basket cleanup in her memory. and my daughter will talk more about um
this is my daughter Sarah and my husband John and my daughter Sarah will talk more about how we envision this to um come to life if the board and the town would so allow us to do this. Uh my
nephew is also here Mark Godfrey and Lee Stevens have worked together. Mark is the owner of Coastal Landscaping. He has worked with the town of Newbury, Newport, Gloucester, he does work up and down the coast and is sensitive about
the environmental impact of installing something like this. Um, and then Selena King as well, Lee's assistant was kind enough to help us prepare to bring this to your to the board for your grateful
consideration. Sarah. >> Yeah. So I can speak to a little bit. Looks like you guys already have it in front of you. So what this is is um we made this. It's a draft mockup, but it's it's pretty much the final version, you know, per your approval. Um so this
image would be placed along with, you know, a 2gallon plastic bucket um at different spots on the beach. Uh yep. So that photo there is just an example. Um they have these in other locations. Um we actually got the idea from a beach in
Florida, right? They did something similar. So, um, on this flyer, you can obviously see Rachel's beach basket program, right, named after my sister. Um, we have a QR code for our Facebook page. Um, the Rachel Morrison Memorial Fund is a page where we, you know,
promotes, um, ocean conservation ideas, you know, how to keep plastic out of the ocean. It's where we also post our other fundraising uh, opportunities. We have a run uh every November at her high school and we also do a golf tournament every year in her memory uh to raise fund for
a couple different scholarships that we have uh that go directly to women in STEM fields um at uh the high school that Rachel and myself and my other sister actually went to. Um so yeah, the idea is right there, right? You use the basket to pick up uh litter along the
beach. And then when you're done, I the idea is the the basket uh would be mounted to a post along with this flyer near a trash can. So they could dump the trash, put the basket back, and off they go for the next person.
Any questions about the idea? >> I'll probably I'll I'll ask for a motion. We'll have a discussion about it. During the discussion, you may have some questions. Okay. Can I make a Sorry, two more things I didn't mention. So, the po everything's going to be provided by us, right? The buckets, the posts. Um like
my mom mentioned, her nephew, my cousin Mark, is with Coastal Landscaping. He's graciously, you know, offered to actually place um the posts for us and and we would do the screen printing for these um uh posters along the proof signs, >> right, that would be on the post. And we
would also do the maintenance and right check them on a regular basis and make sure they've not been, you know, destroyed in any way or defaced or, you know, make sure the buckets are still there. And so there would be no um requirement for
the town to be um checking them or having a worker go and service them in any way. We will do that. >> Mr. Chairman, can I make a motion, >> please? >> I move that the town accept um each
cleanup donation in the memory of Rachel Morrison as presented tonight. >> Second. >> Okay. >> No. Any any discussion? >> Um >> thank you. >> How many boxes do you think I mean how many what do you
>> would you on that? So >> locations would be next up to the podium >> only because >> make sure you introduce yourself. >> Did you introduce yourself? >> We would think along >> people in WA world. >> Mark go for just a family of family
member. Um locations would be up to you. Something along like the reservation at the entrances 1 2 3 7 and six something like that. Um you could do it down on the the point as well. I guess whatever
you're willing to approve um to to get the program kicked off and see see the success of it. Maybe six or seven locations like that. I I would I would target the reservation probably um one the number one entrance that's where the
most volume of people are at. Two and three and seven the parking gets limited but they're also great locations. And then maybe down where the um on the point where the party boats are a couple over there. >> Refuge is not within our jurisdiction
because it's a federal >> Yeah. >> ownership and you're down in Newport, which I suggest you go to after us. >> Okay. >> Uh but we certainly can work within the confines of Newbury. >> Okay. >> Yes. So we're limited to what the town
owns for beach property. Um, like Jeff said, the reserve is the reservation is federal point estate. Um, the point is city of Newport. So, I would think the only the only place for us that makes sense is
center island where those parking lot is where people go onto the beach there. >> Yep. Um, I know we have a couple other rightways that do people park or is it mostly people that live there, right? That use the right rightways, but people that live there that walk the beach would be,
I would think, would want to pick up a bucket >> as they walk. >> And the little entrance to um, Newbury Beach is yours, I think. Right. That's what the center island >> with a little t parking for like 12 cars in town over that's where we go quite
often. >> Yeah, that's what >> Newbury. >> That is Newberry. >> So that in my mind was like one of the first. >> Are you guys residents of Newbury? No, but we that's where we love to go and down to Sandy Point and but our favorite little beach is New Mark has a friend
who owns a home actually just a few houses down >> on that beach. >> Temple Boulevard down the other end as well. >> That might be a >> Who would be the best person that Mark could work with to definitely identify what where Newbury
>> has jurisdiction over? >> Yeah, we can work with the DPW director James Serret. I can certainly get you in touch with him and um probably want to talk with the conservation agent too to guide us if there's any kind of permitting that might be required.
>> So are we I'm thinking for the town of Newbury I'm thinking maybe three center island and then north of center island. I think there's one um right of way that people enter and then I think there's one south. You've got to take and kind
of figure a way to have proximity to the barrels. >> That's the other thing. The ones that are up. >> So the center barrels where it's going to work. And if you put it there, you'd be surprised. There's quite a bit of traffic. They can walk quite a ways if
they have the ankling tube and then they can come back because there is trash piles to put it in and then go put the container back on the pole and the visibility is good and it'll catch on and maybe from there if it works, you know, because you don't want
to set yourself up for failure. >> Oh, right. >> If they pick up trash and leave it in the container and the wind blows it out, you haven't accomplished anything. So >> I think from what Jeff described, I mean that would be a great place to look at probably more than two buckets. >> Yep.
>> Because of the volume of people that go there and like Jeff said, they they spread out in the beach. They could use it and then they come back to that one pal point to get back to their car. Trash barrels are there. >> They can they can empty them. >> Perfect. Leslie, any questions? >> Yeah.
Um, what I like about it too is that uh you're not making trash to get rid of trash. So, it's kind of environmentally friendly. Instead of bringing your throwaway plastic bag, you got something that's going to be environmentally
friendly. And I like the fact the size that it's going to be manageable for most people as well. I suppose, you know, >> if it's in the in and around like the bathroom area too, where you empty once, you can take a bucket again and fill it
up again. >> Yeah. But it would be not at the bathroom, it' be on the beach. >> At the beach, >> right across the street, >> but as you're heading to, >> right? Are you um as you're entering entering onto the beach, >> um do you envision like three buckets on one,
>> three or four? I guess I was thinking the place in Florida had three, I think. >> Um, but >> see, I know if I were a young parent, I would grab a bucket and I would say to my son or daughter, let's go pick trash
up. >> Yeah. >> So, I think there could be a learning lesson there. And I think it, you know, I think it has merit and the only way to find out if it's going to work is to do it. And that's up for the vote tonight.
So, So Tracy, if we ex if we um if we approve this tonight, the beach cleanup donation, it's done, right? We don't have to we don't have to come back and we don't have to accept the polls and all that stuff. >> I'll just get your contact information and I can also put you in touch with the people you need to speak to at the
reservation and report. >> Awesome. Appreciate that. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. I mean, I see this is um great for the environment. It's great for Newbury. It's a nice tribute for for Rachel as well. And I think that I give you folks a lot of credit for trying to do this
and >> I really appreciate it. I really appreciate it. >> And also it could serve as power of suggestion >> as people see that and they say no I can do that too. >> Yeah. >> Just like you saw in Florida.
>> Thank you so much. >> Any more questions, discussion? That's um all in favor? >> I >> I can't thank you all enough. Thank you. Thank you very much. We owe you >> Thanks. Thanks for being here with us.
>> Thank you. >> Just be careful of the needles. >> Don't say that. Don't say that to Deb. >> Deb knows. >> Okay, new business. I'm going to go out of order on this. Okay. Not out of
sequence, I should say. Um, before we do the public property use request, let's talk about granting a license first. And if we grant a license, then we can worry about public use of public property. Okay, make sense? >> So, I know you're here to talk about it tonight.
>> The we're looking at a new business license, Allison, and Adam McCale and Jackie and Ryan Tap doing business as Banshees LLC to open a mobile popup pizza. Do you want to come up and introduce
yourselves and >> advertise? >> Yeah, you're on you're on local TV. >> We're on TV. >> Hello. >> Hello. So, I'm Alison Male. This is my sister Jacqueline. Jacqueline Tap. >> Um um we are in business with our husbands, but we were the
representatives for today. Of >> course you. >> Um they're with our children. >> Austin's a Newberry resident as well. She's 8 Austin Lane. >> I live on a Austin Lane. And um we have thank you again pardon us. >> Congratulations. We will be we will be
doing that. I >> thank you. Thank you. >> Give our kids amazing. >> My kids are going to be doing that >> along with me. Um, so we have met with Deborah at the board of health and um,
we have started a popup sourdough pizza company that um, we're both parents. I have four children. My sister has three. And we were just being at fields and whatnot with our kids at dinner time. We
were thinking like if we could get really nice dinner to bring home or feed the children that aren't on the field would be amazing. So we started Banshees. Um we may at some point move into a trailer or a truck type of
business, but for now we're a popup with a tent and we're working out of a um kitchen in Amesberry. Kitchen Local and we are permitted 100% in Amesberry. We've been working in Amesberry. We were trying to then also
do have our business in Newbury. We think we'd offer a lot to the town and the community. We're working with um local farm farms and buying resourcing all of our foods um through there. We're really high quality. We're proud of what
we're putting out there to the community and we're hoping that um we can get that last sign off from Newberry that we can maybe start selling some pizza at Major. We have the rec department's approval. We have the board of health's approval.
they um granted us a hopefully we're hoping that for the year of 2026 we have um kind of a trial run and if it's successful then hopefully we'll be able to go beyond that. So we were just hoping we could finalize everything with
you tonight >> and I mean Ally said it well and just answer any questions you guys have about what we're doing. We know it's kind of a new thing in Newberry the idea of a pop-up pizza business. We'll go through our motion process and then we'll have a discussion and if there are questions >> so you will like to answer.
>> I move that we accept the um Banshees LLC uh business license as a mobile pop-up pizza. >> All right. Any discussion now? Any further discussion?
>> Yes. >> I'm glad you mentioned Manta Field. I mean, Central Street Fields because that was the public property use request, but um I wanted to get the license done first before we did that as you heard. >> Makes sense. >> I have a couple of questions. Um
>> any actual cooking on site? >> Yes. Every all the pizzas cooked to order. Um we're using Gazny pizza ovens. They're um run by propane. >> Okay. Um, and we are food safe
certified. We are allergen safe certified. We've gone through all of our certifications in order the training. >> Um, so we're doing everything by the book and it's basically restaurant quality food just at a popup location.
>> And Deborah Rogers, you've worked with them, Deb, right? >> Correct. Yes. >> Okay. >> And we do our food prep out of Kitchen Local in Amesberry. So that's where we're making our dough. We're refrigerating our dough. We're prepping our ingredients. >> Thousand other people. >> Oh, and a thousand other people. Yes. A lot of businesses out of it. A lot of really cool businesses out there. Yeah.
Yeah. Um so yeah, and then we're actually assembling and firing the pizzas there. >> Do we need to know anything? Is everything okay? >> No, they're definitely got their stuff together. They're very organized. Um the
board of health approved them for 2026 to see what you know how they do and then we can reassess next winter. But they're they're good for us. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Any other discussion? >> Um do you you when you say a popup so you're using a tent
>> like a 10 by 10? >> 10 by 10. Yeah. >> Bright orange. >> Yeah. Yeah. Follow the orange tent. >> Small bright orange. We have um we roll in with our stainless steel tables. We have like a like a bar, you know, front setup. >> Setup. Yeah.
>> Um and we have our ovens in the back and um I mean all our, you know, all our product is transferred in coolers which we have thermometers in the coolers. We're doing temperature checks. We're logging so everything's up to serve safe code. Um
>> have you been doing um like one day shows and things like that to kind of >> Yeah. Yeah. So, we've been doing we've we've started in Amesberry because that's where we're permitted right now. So, we've um we've popped up at um a sports complex in Amesberry called Naples Crossing >> and we've done kind of like flag
football nights there and it's been >> great. It's been really great response from like the parents and families there. The kids eat the pizza, parents like the pizza. So, >> it's um >> you know, we did a lot we had a lot of uh >> testing with our own children to make sure it's you know, a product they like
too. Um, so >> family and friends. >> Yes, definitely. So, um, so yeah, so we've we've in the past month or so we've been popping up in. >> We also have um the rec departments go ahead. They loved what we brought to them and they were like one of the
members was like, "Oh my god, I've wanted something like this there forever." Because we will show up. We will My husband's in the cleaning industry, too. So that's his day job. >> Um, >> industry again. I'm sorry. the cleaning
industry. So, we will set up, do our thing, and take everything with us and you'll never even know we were there. >> So, that's um you know, was definitely something that they were interested in too, that they could just food, they would know food would be there, but they
wouldn't have to worry about any of the backlash of that. So, >> any other questions? And you said you have a Facebook >> Instagram. >> Instagram. >> Yep. Instagram page right now. So >> I control you if I wish.
>> We do. Yes, we hope. Yes. >> New veggies. >> Maybe just um it can be windy there from the marsh and that little slot. Make sure the tent's stable. That's about it. >> You have weights for it >> and um that depending on the wind cuz I
live on Austin Lane and it is very windy where I live too. I realized day one of living there um we just kind of rotate the tents a little bit to make sure the ovens can stay on and you know so we've gotten really good at the figuring out
which way to position ourselves. So >> so why don't you just give a shout out what the Instagram page is so people can go find you. >> Sure happens. >> Yeah, it's New England Banshees. So New England Banshees. So Banshees is spelled B an A C H E Z. Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> So, yeah. So, we would um on Instagram is where we, you know, give people where we're going to be. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> So, thank you for that. >> Yes. You're welcome. >> Any more discussion, questions?
>> Uh let's vote. All in favor? >> I. >> Best of luck. >> Congratulations. Now, >> now we can talk about the public property use. Don't go away. >> Oh, yeah. >> Thank you for that. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Public property use request Ellison
um Banshees to use Manta Field for the popup pizza business. >> Mr. Chairman, I move that we allow the public property use request for Allison Male of Banties to use Mfield Field for her pop-up Facebook business.
>> Second. >> Any discussion? >> I don't hear any. I uh my only discussion is why no samples tonight. >> I know. >> I know. >> We we had this I was just thinking like we'll have to do a Tuesday night popup so we can bring in our
>> I know. I know. >> Interest. >> We weren't sure if that would be accepted. >> But you did say they were thin crust like Neapolitan pizzas when I talked to you in the lobby downstairs. >> So yeah, it's like a Neapolitan sourdough hybrid. So, it's it's like thin but has a little bit of a chew to
it, too. >> Sounds good. Sounds really good. >> Light, tasty, and we, you know, we're creative with our toppings, too. So, >> any serious discussion, though. >> Hearing none. All in favor? >> I >> congratulations. >> Best of luck.
>> Thank you so much. >> We'll see you when the weather gets warmer. >> Yes. Enjoy the evening. >> Thanks, >> Mr. Chairman. I want to compliment you for, you know, running a very diverse meeting tonight. What else is on the agenda? >> We're not finished, Jeeoff.
>> I know. >> All right. If you have a new business license application, a used car dealers's license, class 2, Dastan Tekb, owner of Good Deal Motors. That's
why you're here. LLC at 86 Newport, turn bike. >> Mr. Chairman, I move that we accept the new business license application for a used car dealer um from Dastan >> Tek.
>> Very good. of Good Deal Motors 86 Newport Turnpike. >> Second. >> Okay. Discussion. Why don't you tell us what you're trying to do? Please introduce yourself where you live. >> Good evening everyone. My name is Dan. So I'm in the car business for more than 10 years now. I used to work at the used
car dealership in Molden. Uh the name of it is Prestige Motors from 2018 to 2024. So overall in my career I sold more than 3,000 cars now. And now I'm working at
another used car dealer located in Actton. The name of it is Fifth Element Motors. So before I used to be as a I started my career as a detailing person. I was cleaning the cars. Then I moved to service department. I was buying parts
for the cars, servicing them, fixing them. Then I moved to sales. Then I worked in sales for a few years. And then I became a sales manager at Prestige Motors. And then I decided to
start working at Fifth Element Motors, but on a little bit different field over there. I'm a buyer. So what I do is I go to auctions. I pick good quality cars, affordable pricing cars, and we put them on the lot. We fix them, we service
them, make sure they're good and ready to go, ready to pass inspection and sell it, sell them for public. And now I'm at the point where I decided to open my own business because I already worked around
10 10 plus years for someone. So now I think it's time for me to work for myself. And it was also challenging to find a good location, good uh spot to run this business because a lot of places where I checked had just a small
I would say it's not even a building, just kind of a kind of truck style place and a lot where you can put your cars in. Uh which I didn't find um attractive uh for me for my customers. But when I
saw the building in your town uh at 86 Newbury uh turnpike, so I was impressed because it has a showroom. So I can put around five, six cars inside and about maybe 25 to 30 cars outside. Uh as far as I know, it
used to be a brand new car store way like maybe 20 years ago, maybe even more. Uh, as far as I know, maybe it was like a Buick dealership or maybe I'm wrong, but that's what I heard from people. So, that's why I really like the
location and yeah, I decided to take a chance and it came out that I know the person who is there now. There is a Carnova dealership now, but the person is moving out and it turned out that I
know his friend. So I kind of had some connections to this to the guy who is there now. So yeah, and u that's the idea to buy used cars uh find the best quality I could uh fix
them if they need some work, make sure they ready for to pass Massachusetts inspection and then stand behind according to lemon law for 30 days or 60 days or 90 days based on the mileage and uh serve the not only local
community But as far as I heard, there were a lot of customers coming from north to this town to buy cars and especially trucks. Uh, all because of the lemon law because in New Hampshire, they don't really have this type of protection.
>> And Maine, as far as I know, not there are a lot of salt and um bad roads maybe. So the trucks are all rusted out. So that that's why they all come to me just sub. Yeah. So that's my
idea. That's what I want to do in this town. >> So you basically avoid uh buying cars out of the state of Maine because >> I I only buy cars in the state of Massachusetts. Uh I participate in I go
to five auctions. So one is in Manheim. It's uh close to Rhode Island, Quinzy Auto Auction, Linway in Berica, Frammingham, Adessa, and one in New Hampshire in London area. Um, but my favorite is Mannheim because it's closer
to Rhode Island and the weather is better and I see much cleaner vehicles over there. >> Well, well done. Congratulations. Yeah, it sounds like you've got a ton of experience from detail level up to owning your own business. >> Yeah,
>> you've done you've done well. >> But originally I'm from Kazakhstan and I started my career even over there when I was 18. I ordered my first car from USA to resell it there. So yeah, that's where the journey started. Yeah.
>> What did you order for car? >> I ordered 2002 Toyota Camry. >> Good choice. Good. >> Very good. >> Good choice. >> Any discussion items? >> I wish you the best of luck.
>> Yeah, seriously. >> I hope you make a lot of money. >> Yeah. All in favor? >> I >> congratulations. Good luck. >> And in case someone will need a car, please stop by. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> So, we have two offers tonight. Pizza and a car. >> Okay. Um, we have an appointment. Uh, there was an email sent in by David Clifford with his, um, resume attached to it. It was in your mailboxes last Thursday night. It's for
the Conservation Commission appointment, David Clifford. It would be a three-year appointment. >> Um, >> I move that we appoint David Clifford to the Conservation Commission. Second. >> Any any discussion? >> He was not able to be here tonight. He's
in foreign travel. In fact, he he wrote to us both today. I think he hoped to be here, but there was a delay in his his plans to come back. >> Um, any any questions? Any discussion? >> Seriously. Yeah. Seriously.
>> All those in favor? >> I >> Okay. Public property use risk request from Tom Woodruff on behalf of the Governor's Academy to use Middle Road to remove floats from the river to occur
one day between November 3rd and 7th. The exact date of removal will be weather dependent. >> Can I have a motion, please? >> I move to um allow the governor's academy to remove floats from the river.
>> Weather dependent Second. >> Any discussion? Any questions? >> Hearing none. All in favor? >> South of Russia. >> All right. New reappoint of one voting representative, one alternate
representative to the RAC committee. What is the RAC committee? It's the regional agreement amendment committee. the regional agreement that Whittier has >> um >> with the with the 11 municipalities.
>> I have a question on this. >> Is this something that >> that should be a person's name or should it be the role that they like how long is this committee going to serve on? >> Is it going to be a one year one one and
done committee or >> Oh, I I think this this committee will be there until that regional agreement is changed. >> Yep. It it it has to tie in. It all ties in with with the uh NECC. >> Yeah. >> One sec, >> Jean.
>> Jean, if you would, would would you take that discussion outside because we can we can hear you up here. Okay. >> Plus, it's being broadcast over the television. >> Yeah, people can hear. >> I don't know how loud I'm >> All right. Thank you very much.
So, it it ties into the whole project uh that that uh uh Tracy and I are on that planning committee to uh um do something with Whittier, either rebuild Whittier where it's at or rebuild Whittier over at NCC.
And to to be able to do this, the MSBC has said the regional agreement has to be changed by a certain date. Mhm. >> So the timetable is on November 5th, the select the Whittier School Committee
will be appointing the delegates that we appoint to this committee. >> Okay. >> And as as the planning group recommended, we want representation of every one on the 11 municipalities. >> So they're looking for a name.
>> They're looking for two names. You're looking for a voting person and a backup. >> An alternate. >> An alternate. Thank you. >> All right. I move that we appoint um William Deo as the voting member and the town administrator
um Tracy Blaze as the alternate because they currently serve on that committee. >> Yep. Second. >> Does anyone have any questions about this? Any further questions? Are these meetings also open to uh
public attendance if >> Yeah, they are. They are. Yeah, they are. Um, in fact, we have one coming up on November very shortly. Very shortly in November. Um, and the other towns are
same thing. It's it's they all want a voted voting someone who's an elected official on the on the on that team and they and they want the back up back up. Um, I've asked uh Joanna TR
since they're going to be appointing the committee. We we submit the names. We'll do that. I'll do that tomorrow or the day after um to um to Whittier and um the school committee will appoint that committee on November 5th and I've asked
uh Joanna TR to come to our next select board meeting on November 10th just to do a quick report out to uh introduce herself to everybody who doesn't know her and and to uh talk about what transpired at the November 5th uh school committee meeting. Sounds good.
>> So, we have a motion. We have a second. All in favor? >> I >> I >> I next meeting is when and where? >> Our next meeting? >> Yes. >> November 10th. Monday, November 10th. >> Okay. >> The 11th. Tuesday is the holiday. And
I'll talk about that some more when we get to a meeting update. God bless you, Jeff. >> All right. town administrator report. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um the uh just wanted to let you know everybody know that the town clerk's office will
expects to have a credit, debit, and tap pay capability um machine available beginning in December of 2025. Um they're going to be using new it's it's kind of a secure card reader um and
tap device for anyone that wants to pay with their credit or debit cards. There is a service fee. So anyone using those cards will be charged 2.95% and the bill must come to a minimum of $1 in order to use your credit card. Um,
we're going to be using that as a trust as a test run and hopefully we'll be implementing it in the treasure collector's office subsequent to that. >> Great. >> Yep. Uh, website launch. I think you've you've been following that. November 5th is the new official launch date, so it's
a little bit ahead of schedule. Um, much thanks to Joy and John for all their hard work on that. I think it's um it's certainly more sophisticated than what we're we're used to having in the past. So, we're excited about that. >> Yay.
>> The um we have a couple of openings right now. The Council on Aging Van Driver position is available. It's up to 15 hours a week. Um full we're looking for a full-time firefighter. The um they're in the process of interviewing
right now. Um, and we're also looking for um we've got a posting for a DPW labor position. Those you can find those um opportunities available on our website for anyone who's interested.
Halloween is going to be celebrated on October 31st from 5:30 to 7:30 this year. Um, and we're still looking for snowplow drivers for IDPW and that posting is also available on our website.
That's all I've got for tonight. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Oh, one other thing. Um I did get a notification from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue just before we came in. The Triton um excess and deficiency, which is very similar to
what we call free cash for the communities, was certified at $424,898. Very good. Meeting updates. Who has meeting Who has a meeting update? Well, I went to the um Chapter 70
listening tour at Masanomit on Tuesday night and I spoke about it and I got a round of applause because I think I spoke for everybody small towns in there that were all in the same boat that
state aid is diminishing and the formula the funding formula relies on a town's wealth. what it perceives as its wealth, as its ability to pay. And we can't tap into that wealth without asking for an
override. So, it's not very simple to just say that town is has an ability to pay because their average income of all per the census is $300,000 and their property values are through the roof. So, they're a wealthy community. We're
not going to give them any money and they can just pay for it themselves. It's not that easy. >> And so that that needs to be addressed. Um I'm hoping I really and this is what I told them. I I hope and I pray this time >> you understand how detrimental this is
to us us small towns. My one town has a $52 million average size school budget and it's funded by three small communities between 22 and $25 million a year budgets. It's not
sustainable. It's impossible for us to fund that. We can't we can't do it. >> And that's when I said that is when I got my big round of applause because they're all in the same boat. >> There was a lot of support for what you said about that uh last January at the MMA meeting.
>> Uh there are a lot of municip hundreds of municipalities um in the same situation. When I tell you this is a train coming down the track head on that's going to blow up these schools, public education across the whole state,
it's coming. It's coming because there's going to come a point where small communities are going to have to decide whether they want to have schools or do they want to have police and fire. And >> and the problem is, as you can see, even
in our neighboring communities, the size of the overrides is immense. >> Yeah. >> $6 million. >> More and more communities are asking for over overrides. And it's interesting is the state budget has never been bigger,
but a money has been diminishing. >> And it's just It's it's there's a problem with that formula and it needs to be addressed. >> So that's sort of like u last meeting we had that that letter
>> to endorse all all of us to try to support that activity to do that. So I'm hoping that everybody >> got that email to us to fill in and and launch back. >> They haven't had a chance to do it yet. They're they're um they I think they're
taking signatures until the beginning of November. >> They hope to get a thousand signatures. >> Yeah. >> So, it's um it's really >> they are on a listening tour virtual. They're going to virtually they're taking public comment. I I took verbal comment and I gave them the Brian's
chart as well. But on uh in November, I forget the date. They're having a virtual um they're taking virtual comment. You can sign up for that. Triton is signing up for that and I think there's six of them that are going to speak and they're all going to take take turns. So when I was there, Malden
spoke first. There was I think a contingency of four or five people from the city of Malden that each one took their three minutes. I was there alone from the town of Newbury. Nobody from Triton was there. So I only got three three minutes. But, you know, you can't say that the town has an ability to to
pay when we really don't have an ability to pay without getting approval from the taxpayer first. >> And it's compounded by the fact that, you know, when everyone started into the regional agreements, we all read this, you know, availability of funding,
>> right? >> We said, "Oh, that's no big deal." 15, 20 years ago, longer. 30 >> 1993, right? ever before. >> There's no availability of funding. >> And the other thing I didn't mention, which I should I might even just go and
put another comment in, is when you're part of a regional agreement like us, >> we have no say in it. If two of the of the three towns approve the operating budget, >> you're handed a bill >> and you can't question it. You just got to pay that. And then you got to find
ways in outside of your other in your other operating board which is police, fire, DP, DPW, library, council on aging. You got to have to cut it all there just to >> you know I wonder what would happen if we didn't pay it. >> Well, you they take it to court and then
you they you lose because you have an agreement to pay. >> I'm not going to get into it, but I mean that's at the point where >> the do I think would make you pay. They would withhold your cherry sheet funds, the revenues, the state aid that they provide us. They would withhold.
>> Yeah, that's the answer. >> They'd pay it for you. >> Well, >> but they wouldn't pay a policeman. >> No. >> No, it's broken. And they know it's broken. At least that's what I'm I'm getting the feeling because there was
somebody from the from the Division of Local Services up there that spoke. There was somebody from the from de two people from DESIE I think three people from DESIE and one person from the division of local services that were up the state from the state. So they're doing they're going to
have to do something because it'll be a house of it's a house of cards now. It'll all tumble and I mean it's breathing down my neck. It's worse out down the Cape and the Islands and it's worse out in the western part of the state. It's worse. >> And MMA is lobbying for this stuff as
well. >> Yeah. MMA come up with that. That's what do they call it? The the sto the the perfect storm or something. >> Yeah, I think so. >> And that's kind of where this is all going. >> Yeah.
>> A lot of the municipalities are in I mean we're Newbury is very lucky and we're very lucky because we're extremely well-managed. So I won't actually say it's luck. I'm going to point to selectman Walker who
was on the only member of the board right now that was on the committee that haggarded the town administrator because it was only under her leadership that we are and I'll can let Mr. Selectman Walker can pick up on this from this but
it's only under her leadership that we are able to to be AAA bond rated and her staff that she put into place. It's only because of that because we were not like that before. Got some exceptional managers and I've had the the wonderful
pleasure of working for some great leaders. So, thank you for that. >> Said it well. Said well. >> Well said. Is right. >> Anything else? >> You've done a great job. >> Um, no. Nothing else for me. Is there a DCC meeting this? Has there been one? I
don't know. I know there wasn't one that got cancelled. >> Thursday. I think it's at 6:00. the Salsbury Town Library. Um, but it's more of an open meeting for questions and answers. Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to make it because I have a
family thing. >> What's the date? >> The 6th. You >> We'll see what I have going on. Yep. All right. If not, >> if not, I can Yeah, you'll grab it. >> I'll hit that one. Let's see. Did you ever find out about
that what you spoke about with Georgetown? >> Um what's happening over there is that what's the freshman class just for instance that they're struggling for as far as student enrollment is. The freshman class in Georgetown is under 40
kids and so they're struggling to just sustain their own community. They've sent out three different um survey sheets to what the public would like to do and one of them is to
charge tuition and one is to uh come and uh perhaps join a regional and I'm getting as much information as can that what I did is I spoke to um the
assistant uh town manager over there and and uh >> they must be letting teachers go. >> They're they're really in difficult times. >> Those are the survey sheets just with the Georgetown.
>> Yeah, just Georgetown people. But it it was uh to charge tuition. These are the ideas and um to um look into uh go seeing if they can be part of like a
regional type of situation like uh Triton or Kentucky. >> So did did your daughter get a a letter in Rally? >> She got a survey >> in Rally? >> No, she No, she did not get a survey in Rally. It's um but R but
uh you can just you can go online and view it. >> Oh, because you you had originally said that >> I misspoke. >> Okay. So, that didn't happen. So, Georgetown did not send letters to Rowley. >> No. >> Or Groveland because you had said mentioned those two towns, >> right? But what they want to do is
they're they're they're scrambling at this point in time to >> Well, they need to figure something out. >> Yeah. So don't be amazed if they come and knocking at the door and say, "Hey, can we come in and be part of your >> You might want to bring that up at the
dcc meeting." >> Does Brian know anything with this? >> Brian know anything about this? >> Felicia and I had been talking. I got the information that I've just relayed to you all this evening and she's been in touch with Brian.
>> Yeah, I forwarded that survey. I would think this would be a big topic at the next DC meeting. >> The reg the regular meeting. Yeah, >> the regular meeting. >> This is more of like um yeah, they're probably putting their
getting everything, you know, dotting their eyes and crossing their tees to get this information out um to to the public. Oh, >> I mean it's funny if this is a one time occurrence.
>> Are the years 26, 27, 28 looking like that also? >> I can't answer. So, >> but I mean it's kind of the reality boots on the ground
number of students that are in our community. I mean kind of, you know, very strange. >> Well, my ears perked up over it because there has been a decline here even in the town of Newbury as far as student enrollment is concerned. I think
>> we up this year though, Trace, >> the kindergarten and I think first grade. >> I don't remember the numbers off the top of my head. >> Yeah, New's up >> kindergarten. >> And the issue that Georgetown is having >> is not at the elementary school. They're having the issue at the middle and high
school too. >> Y so kids are going somewhere. Okay. >> And of course at this part of the year, you know, choices, school choices, uh is
full and they can't do anything about any of that. But >> I don't know if they're trying to I it's it's a hard thing which I find absolutely amazing. in the respect that you I know that
we're an older community, but all of the there's so many great subdivisions and that kind of thing that are coming into town and I thought there were more youthful people bringing >> in Georgetown or in Newbury. >> In New Yeah. And the same with Georgetown just
you know these smaller communities and I don't know if they're being take putting their children into private facilities or they're becoming retirement communities. >> It's funny a lot of times when you
have developments that have like two bedrooms >> you don't get a lot of kids >> right? But you know the converse of that is you also sometimes end up with a very aged population before you can blink your
eyes. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> So it's a double-edged sword. >> Mhm. >> But we have we'll have to see how that plays out over time. >> Liz, any anything else on meeting updates? >> That's all I have. >> Jeeoff, anything?
>> No. >> I've got a couple. Um, most important to me is, um, we finally met with the, um, uh, folks from the Biffield Fire Station. >> I shouldn't say folks, we only met with
their lawyer. Um, the president and VP did not come. >> Yeah. Um, and um, the last time we met was before August 18th, before I went on vacation. And why
is that? Well, it's because fire protection protection fire company number one changed the terms of their lease. I can't tell you details about that, but they changed the terms of their lease. Um, that was forwarded us to the town. Our attorney looked at it,
we furnished them a copy of what we felt we would like to to uh contain and they looked at it and then they changed it again and that's what we talked about Friday. Um >> so that's going on that's >> so that's going on. It's on it's it's on
ongoing discussion and and uh it's I just I'm I'm saying this because I want it to be quite clear to people. It's not because the town didn't think it was not didn't think the town did not think it was important. It's not because of that.
It's because they were not prepared to talk to have any more negotiations about the lease. It's not that we weren't interested. We were in a waiting mode. Okay. >> Yeah. No, that public safety >> seems to be going in the right direction. Hopefully,
>> don't. Yeah, >> I I can't I I can't comment on that, >> but at least we're getting some. Yep. >> It's good that we're It's good that we're talking and I think uh you know, their lawyer learned something, we learned something and and uh >> he's going back to talk to the
membership and then we'll see what what happens. I think by the end of next week, he thought perhaps he'd have a >> situation where we could sit down and have a have a discussion about the response. The other thing I did was I went to um the second meeting that that uh Dana had about this veterans
committee. Um and um the meeting was held at the at the the police station, the police station training room. And I I have to tell you that that there were three veterans who were there, two
besides me from the LA from the first meeting and a new gentleman showed up. So there were a total of four veterans there. I don't want to count Dana and Frank Berdalino because they're organizers of the meeting. Okay. Some civilians were there. Evelyn Noise was
there. Mark Yelanick was there. Um but my concern is that um Daniel is looking to establish a committee of seven people. Seven veterans and an associate committee of three. >> 10 people total. right now he can't get
more than four veterans to come to the meeting to show interest. So I know that I sense that Dana is very interested in setting this up. But I feel a lot better if I could see some participation
u with other veterans who will be looking for whatever he thinks he can provide for them. Okay. Um he did not establish a date for a follow-up meeting. Um and there's a lot of discussion about uh 501c3s
um to report to the town. Is it freestanding 501c3? Totally. So it's in a state of flux, I'd say. Okay. And let's just let's just leave it leave it at that. And that's all I had for that.
>> Next, >> just going to throw this out real quick. um coming up on Veterans Day. And um just for the veterans out there, um I hope anybody who would like to join down at the Elks on Sunday, there will be a a
complimentary uh pasta dinner for uh veterans and their families. >> You did that last year, too, right? >> Yeah. >> Newport Elks. >> The Elks. Yeah. >> Yep. Newport Elks. >> Yeah. and and eventually um council on
aging on November 13th has their veterans lunch and I think it is catered by the rusty can and I think on November no I don't think on November 1st this Saturday uh I think Bruce Tar and uh Eastern Essex District veterans are
hosting at uh a breakfast from 1 from 10 9 to 10:30 I think November 1st. So, it's it's it's it's all it's all good stuff. All right. Next is to review and approve the meeting minutes. We need to approve the draft meeting
minutes of 10:1425. >> Make a motion to approve the meetings of 101425. Second. >> The only I have an I have a just a small typo. under the review of the meeting minutes on the very last page motion.
My name is just spelled wrong. I see. I am. >> My apologies. >> That's all right. I just happened to catch it just now. >> Nice job, Alicia. >> Nice job. >> So, I move that we approve the minutes as amended. >> Any more discussion? All in favor?
>> I. >> Okay. We have a um a motion to approve to sign the warrants. >> Motion to sign warrants. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Motion to adjurnn. >> Second.
>> All in favor? Five.