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I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. So, Mr. Chairman, >> would you like to make a motion to go

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into executive session? >> I move to enter executive session pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 30A section 21 A6 to consider the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of interest in real property, the public discussion of which may have a detrimental impact in the negotiating

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position of the board. pursuant to chapter 30A section 21 A2 to discuss strategy with respect to a collective bargaining contract with the DPW because an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of this body and pursuant to chapter 30A

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section 21A7 to review for release andor approve the following executive session minutes in accordance with chapter 30A 20 section 22 FNG and to reconvene in open session to vote to approve and or release said minutes of the publication

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um shall not if the publication shall not defeat the lawful purpose of the executive session specifically the draft of 11326 executive session meeting minutes have a second please >> second >> and let's do a roll call vote

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yes >> Alicia Greco yeso yes >> Leslie Matthews yes Okay. >> Okay. So, looks like we're recording now. Um, next on the agenda is public comment to receive public oral communications

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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

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the discretion of the chairperson. Anyone here for public comment? If I knew that, I wouldn't have read. Okay. Remarks from the chair. Um, just a couple of clarifications I'd like to make. Um,

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long range. There's a Memorial Day Newbury Council on Aging Veterans Lunchon on Wednesday, May 20th at 12:00 p.m. So, veterans and their spouses and significant others are all invited to attend this. It's being cated by the by

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the rusty can and that's always u a good draw. Okay. Uh also let's see I want to talk about the Bfield fire station for a little bit.

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Um, you know, in reality, the town and fire protection company number one, we've been negotiating before the previous le lease date expired. I think Tracy said

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the the negotiations started in like April. Okay. And they're continuing. I mean, we got a letter from their lawyer that was dated March 30th. Good morning, Lisa. Last week, the

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company voted to remove something. I I can't talk about the terms of the negotiation. The attached draft is marked up against your most recent draft. The attached is subject to the company's final approval. Thank you. So, that was given back to the town, back to

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Lisa Meade on on March 30th. So discussions are ongoing. Um it's clear to say and it's important to say at no point does fire protection or any emergency response been in any way

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compromised not having a lease. And if anyone has questions about that, ask this the select board chair, the town administrator, or any select board member. Okay? Um and think about it. There were two recent fires

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close to to to to the fire station. And nothing about these discussions with with uh um fire protection company number one has has made anyone in Bfield and Uber less safe. They responded to both both fires and the u there was a

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hazmat incident that at U governor governor's academy the skating rink. So um we'll continue to do that. I can't divulge anything about terms of negotiations, but there'll be more to follow certainly.

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Um, >> question. >> Come to the podium. Do you have a question? >> More important than a fire truck. >> Please come to the podium and do it. >> Is there a microphone?

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>> No, you can record it. >> I was going to wait till the annual town meeting to bring this up. Well, name and and address. >> You brought it up. >> Name and address. >> Name and address. >> Name. >> Steve Ram. 21 Forest Street. >> Thank you.

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>> There's no one manning the ambulance here. If you have a heart attack, when seconds count, it's going to be minutes. That's not acceptable. >> Are you I'm not sure of that. Are we sure of that? >> I asked the chief.

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>> Um, we need to confirm that. >> Okay. I appreciate that, Steve. And I'll definitely We'll definitely check it out. Okay. >> Thank you for bringing that to us. >> We need to confirm that. >> Yeah. Seriously, >> correct it. >> You guys what? >> And correct.

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>> Yeah. Just any Okay. Um grants, gifts, and donations. Acceptance on behalf of the Newbury Council on Aging for a $10 donation from Lucy Perez and Helen Carrian. >> Motion accept.

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>> Second. >> Any discussion on this hearing? None. All in favor? >> I. >> Anyone opposed? Abstaining. Hearing none. It's all set. Acceptance on behalf of the new Council on Aging. $100 donation from Robert Dash.

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>> Motion to accept. >> Second. Any discussion on that? Hearing none. All in favor? >> I. >> Anyone opposed or standing? None. Acceptance on behalf of Newbury Council on aging $100 donation from Ber's store

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in memory of Alba Kulthorp. >> Motion to accept. >> Second. >> Any discussion about that? Hearing none. All in favor? >> I. Anyone opposed or abstaining? >> None. Acceptance on behalf of the new

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Council on Aging of a second donation of $10 from Lucy Perez and Helen Carrian. >> Second. >> Any discussion about this hearing? None. All in favor? >> I. Anyone opposed or abstaining?

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Hearing none. New business. Public property request the Newbury Coun Cultural Council to use Central Street Fields for New Town Day 2026, August 15, 2026 from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Includes an update from the cultural

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council as to the 2026 Newbury Town Day. Would you like to do that? Someone's going to present now tonight. >> Perfect. >> Ellen Dailyaly, six ogay. >> I'm going to give them all a copy of this. Okay. Hello. Hey.

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>> So, quick intro. We're the uh some of us are the Newbury Cultural Council. Uh members of that council are putting together the beginnings of the debris town day planning committee. So, to introduce them, this is Mary Carville.

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>> Ryan Kelly, Barbara Call, >> thank you. >> And Robert Lawson. Missing this evening from our committee is Barbara. So, everyone on the Newberry Cultural Council is not part of Newbury Town Day, but we are all part of Newbury Town Day as well. Okay.

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>> So, what uh Robin has handed out is information as to where we are thus far. Um feel free to ask any questions and I I want to be cognizant of time, but we are scheduled right now uh hopefully from 1 to 7 at Central Street Fields, otherwise known as the Central Green we're seeing. Uh so, we'll be working on

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that with our marketing. We have a number of different areas that we'll be um pulling together activities for. Right now the plans are for kids corner arts food and beverage sports which we're doing with the rec committee uh

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entertainment and a community info table area. Um this is the second year we've done this the new cultural council. Uh and what we're looking for for this year is for all of you to um give us permission to work on the fields and pull this together. And also we're

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looking for some budget this time. In the past we've done it solely with volunteers and with all of the folks who participated volunteering their time and efforts and in many cases um providing their own materials to be a part of the program. So I'll stop there to see if there

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>> did you folks include in the 2027 budget request some funds to do this? >> Yes. >> Okay. We did and the budget u as we've requested it is on the back of what we've given you. >> Okay. >> So that that will be on the warrant

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>> annual town meeting. >> Yeah. It'll be we'll have the appropriation >> at town meeting. >> Correct. >> Yeah. You just want to confirm it's in our budget. >> Yes. >> So I'm giving you a minute to look but I'm happy to tell you more. I don't want

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to take up time either. We've we'll be looking for volunteers. We will be doing a call for volunteers. We'll do one shortly. We'll do another one as uh we get midway through and then another one as we get closer. We have a marketing communications plan in place. U we did work with the folks um with the fire

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department and the police department last year. We anticipate that they will uh be with us again. So we did touch a truck and those sorts of things and they also helped us with security and such. So we're pretty buttoned up. We we don't need a lot. Uh but we would like some funding so that we can get some other groups involved this year that will will

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cost us. We would like to uplevel it. We had 500 people last year. We think we can do better this year with a little bit more funding and and further outreach earlier on. >> Awesome. That's awesome. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> So you're looking for 13,000 plus dollars. >> It's on the second page.

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>> Yeah, I'm looking at it. >> Yeah. >> I just wanted to double >> 13,390. Yeah. >> So, you had no budget previous to this? >> We had no budget. We've used some funding that has been >> No, no, we had we What we did was I'm sorry, Alan. What we did in the past was

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used the town celebration budget which >> is 5,000 around $5,000, >> right? And because Tracy said this is something that we can use to support you guys. That that goes way back to 2022 actually. So this year we decided that we need we really needed to we there

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were a lot of gaps last year and there were certain expectations that people have when they come to an event like this. So we were missing music. I could go on and on. So we decided that this year and Tracy asked me for it. So we presented a real budget. We thought we worked very hard on it with the the whole crew to come up with some realistic numbers about what these

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things actually cost in real life. So that's what you're looking at. >> Have you has Tracy seen that? >> Oh yeah. Okay. >> Yeah. No, I submitted, we all worked on this budget. I submitted it to Tracy per her request before December 31st. Sat down with her about it and it's on the Robin.

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>> Yes. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> My pleasure. Thank you everybody. >> No, it's a great event. >> This is like Thank you. Thank you. I'm I could crack. >> Thank you so much. >> I I just add one thing that a lot of what we do actually benefits groups and

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towns. So, it's the um the food pantry in here. No, it hits it hits many parts of the population, many parts of the citizens, and and it's a it's a great thing to do. >> It does, Bill. And thank you for bringing that up. We we've we've worked hard to make sure that we contact anybody in town that might be able to

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participate for any reason, all the artists and such. We spent a lot of time doing research around that. We've then moved out to a little further um outside of the town of Newbury, but uh nearby folks. And we are also making sure that we're we're speaking to all the different levels of people's and ages

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and interests and such. >> Perfect. >> Thank you. >> Perfect. >> And we'll definitely validate to make sure it's it's in I'm sure if you talk to Tracy it's in the budget. We'll feel better if you can see it. Make sure >> just to I mean I want this event to

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happen. So >> So yeah. Um would you be putting like a a more detailed description on exactly like um how you came up with the numbers? >> We could if you if you would need it. Absolutely. >> Right on the website. >> On your website. On the town website.

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>> On the town website. Yeah. >> For for the >> just an explanation so that people can understand. >> Do you still have a website? New Town Day. I think you do. You still have it? >> It's a Facebook page kind of. >> Oh, no. We have a we have a website. >> Yeah. >> It's in the budget actually. Yeah,

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>> a social media media manager. >> Yeah, we had someone last year who volunteered her time, but um it's a lot. >> It's just design and it's outreach. So, just making this uh making the signs, making the postcards that we'll do. And we're looking for some audiovisisual

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support, some tents. We we were very lucky last year and that we had decent weather and it wasn't too hot, but we need tents. We need some staging. We need to just grow up a little bit, make ourselves a bit more professional. >> So, you don't require your vendors to

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supply their own tents. >> Some of the art the art folks do, but for the larger for the the music venue, we had tents that we all donated from our own personal collections, but we like to just make sure we've got a music tent that everybody's safe underneath and the equipment will be

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>> Yeah. And some of the nonprofits didn't have their own equipment, so we volunteered or purchased some so that the nonprofits could have their own. >> We also, and I'm embarrassed to tell you this, we asked all the people who had information tables to bring their own tables and chairs. That is just bush

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league. So, so we're we are renting tables and chairs and as Ellen just said, tents for this year so that we can be, as she said, grown-ups. >> Professional. >> Yes. >> Well, and it was full sun, so without a tent, there was nowhere to go for shade. >> Sure. I had a lot of kids and family. >> Yeah.

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>> Yeah. >> Perfect. So >> excited putting it on my calendar. >> So we need to have a motion. >> Let's have it. >> I'm sorry. I'm sorry everybody. I I neglected to mention that um part of Newbury Town Day as last year is the Biffield uh what do you call it, Steve?

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>> Cruise cruise night. By field cruise night. So that's going to be the evening before. Right. >> Exactly. Down at the field. This Tony and Steve did it last year. Yeah. >> Did that dovetail well together? Did that dovetail well together? >> Very well. >> Yeah.

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>> Yeah. Yeah, it did. And it was really the setup for the parking. Well, that's your >> That's right. >> Oh, yeah. >> No, it it's a it draws a lot of people. >> Yeah. >> I mean, no matter what time I went, it always draws a lot of people. And the cars are interesting. The vehicles, not

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just cars. The vehicles are interesting and and uh it's a good take. It's a good take. Thank you for doing it. Well, well, we were encouraged to combine it in the same weekend as as Newbie Town Day, which um we're going to do when the the cultural council is going to help

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support the car show, too. So, >> good. >> The reason the car show public property use request wasn't on tonight is because it didn't have the signatures yet for the police and fire chief because it's a different date and time than their request. It's >> the night before. >> Yeah, Patty hasn't finished with

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>> Okay, perfect. They're working on it. Thank you so much. So, as long as we get it before the event, >> more than enough time to get it. >> Yeah, >> certainly approve it. >> All right. So, Mr. Chair, I move that we approve the public property use request for the Newbury Cultural Council to use Central Street Fields for Newbury Town

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Day, 2026, August 15th from 10 to 8:00 p.m. >> Second. >> Any further discussion? Um the only further discussion is um I'd like to see you publicize the the cruise night in in accordance with the new town

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day so that people understand that it is a combination of both events. >> Agreed. >> Thank you. >> Good idea. >> Yeah. >> Anything else? All those in favor? >> I I >> Anyone opposed or abstaining?

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>> Hearing none. It's all set. Congratulations. Thank you. >> Thank you very much for doing this. Good luck, >> Glenn. Thank you. >> Thank you, guys. >> Sorry you had to wait so long to get in there. >> Okay. Out for a few drinks. >> Heading down to the rest of you can now.

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>> Jealous. >> Thank you. >> Thanks, guys. See you soon. Thank you. >> Oh, that's great. >> Great. Great. Great. >> My brother-in-law's from Raleigh, but he's got an income. Even though he's audience, >> they come from all over, right?

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appetizing. >> There's actually a >> one smaller group and it's just all women. >> Thanks. Thanks for >> Thank you. >> Good luck. >> Thank you very much.

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>> Have a nice even a nice mockup of that to >> to promote it. >> Harmony. >> Okay. How many how many natural learning center public property use request lower green Wednesday June 10th from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. with an al alternative rain

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date of Thursday June 11th >> second is this >> folks here to talk about this? >> No. Okay center for the >> for the liquor license the 11. >> All right. Ready to rock and roll. Thank

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you. >> The uh Harmony Natural Learning Center is that um down near where the transfer station is down in that. >> No, they want to use the lower the lower green. >> They have thought they had a regular schools kind of

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>> they Yeah, I I'm not Let me see. Let me look. >> Uh 67 Newport Turnpike. So, right by Middle Road, it looks like. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> But they do this. This is their annual request, I think, for their ceremony. >> Yeah. This is like the third or fourth year running.

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>> Fourth year running. >> Yeah. >> Well, fifth year, I guess. Yeah. >> Got to give them credit because most of their activities, no matter what the weather is, is outside. >> Any further discussion? >> Do we have a motion? >> Yes.

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>> Okay. We have a second. >> Yes. >> Any more discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? I >> I Anyone opposed or abstaining? >> Hearing none, it's all set. New report. Coral Society public property use request to hang a banner on the black

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backboard of the upper green from April 17th to May 4th. This is always an annual event. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> This is their spring event. They always have a Christmas event. If anybody has the opportunity to attend, I highly recommend it.

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>> Any further discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? I >> I. >> Anyone opposed or abstaining? Hearing none. That's all set. Okay. Um, now we have the review and approved one day liquor licenses

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for the community. >> Mr. Chair, did you want me to go through them and read them as one as one motion? Because they're all for the same. >> Um, I think we have to talk about the first two during discussion. >> Okay, >> that's fine. If you want to read them, that's that's perfect.

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Okay. So, do we want to take them one at a time or do we want to take them >> I think we should use them as a group. >> Yeah. >> We okay with that? >> All right. So, I move that we approve uh review and approve one day liquor license for the Bfield Community Art

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Center as follows. These are all one day liquor licenses. um event titled Space Moose on April 25th, 2026 from 8:00 PM to 11:00 p.m. One day liquor license for Bfield Community Art Center event titled Parker

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Wheeler on April 26, 2026 from 4:30 to 9:30. One day liquor license Book Punat Center titled End Train on May 2nd, 2026 from 8 to 11:00 p.m. One day liquor license Book Punat Center event titled Parker Wheeler on May 24th, 2026 from

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4:30 to 9:30 p.m. Um, one day liquor license from Vipat Center event title private party on May 30th, 2026. That is a private party, I'm assuming, from 6 till 10 p.m. Um, again, a one day liquor

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license for entitled Lamp LMP on June 5th, 2026 from 7 to 10:30 p.m. An event titled Soulrebel Project on June 12th, 2026 from 700 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. An event titled BCAC Fundraiser on

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June 13th, 2026 from 4 to 10 p.m. Event titled Eagle in the Attic on June 20th, 2026 from 7 to 10:30. Event titled Bob Wolfen Band on June 27th, 2026 from 7 to 10:30. And an event titled Parker

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Wheeler again on June 28th, 2026 from 4:30 to 9:30. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Okay. Discussion on the first one day liquor license. The date is April 25th, 2026.

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On your request for the liquor license, hours of event 8 to 11 p.m. >> His entertainment license until 10:30. >> See that one? >> There's two of them.

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That is not I did not write that because we are not allowed till 11. >> All right. So, it's good that you know that. >> Thank you. Thank you for knowing that. >> Please explain that to Dave Hill. >> Okay. Well, >> okay. >> So, are there two of those? >> There are two of them. One on on May 2nd

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is in the same same situation. 8 to 11:00 p.m. >> So, we're going to >> we're going to change those to cap those off at 10:30. >> That'd be great. Move them. >> Let's go 7 to 10:30. >> Everybody can go home early. >> Yes. >> Shut the door.

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>> Um Well, this says 8 starting at 8 to 11. >> Well, so how about 8 to 10:30? >> How about 8 to 10:30 then? >> All right. Is that all right? >> Correct. >> Awesome. >> Okay. >> Thank you very much because I did not know lesser than because it's been a long time and I had to

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>> No worries. >> That was other something other. >> All right. >> Okay. So other than other than that, anyone else have a discussion point? >> Chair, would it be appropriate while Greta is here to explain what the BCAC fundraiser is since she's on TV? See if

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she can >> Yeah, you can run some support. >> Oh boy, I'm on TV. >> Do you want to go to the podium so everybody can >> I'm sorry, Greta. I just thought, >> but it's good because people will hear

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will hear about it. Well, uh, we have a bunch of of of vendors that are willing to give. We are struggling, as you know, to pay our bills. So, half the year we have a lot less

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attendance, a lot less money coming in to pay our bills. So, we sort of rely on pretty much half a year. and we just took on our bills from a different situation that was around for

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a while. So, it's a bit of a learning curve and uh everybody has their own lives and we're all figuring it out, but that is the fun what's what the fundraiser is for. So, >> will there be music there?

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>> Oh, yes. And and auctioned off things. And uh I don't know if we're going to have a silent auction or that is up to date. >> To be determined. >> To be determined. Thank you very much. >> Okay. >> And interested parties should check your

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website for more information. >> Absolutely. >> Which I can't even tell you what that is because I'm so new at this. >> I feel CAC at >> bcac.org. I think it is the information that you

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can gather off of the Facebook page as well. >> That's correct. And I don't I'm not on Facebook, so I >> really don't know what that means. >> If I can just interject, as far as the the finance issues that that you've had,

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I think um Tracy in the town has been more than understanding about budgeting out the payments. >> Yes. lump sum, which was what the lease was written for, but not only the occupancy lease, but for the monthly

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utility bills. And I know that Dave and company have had some issues with that. So, >> we anticipated it in full. So, we're all all set for the year. >> And it was a hard winter this year, too. >> Right. It was a very hard winter. And when you have theater groups that leave the heat on

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>> and nobody's there, that's the thing, you know. >> Got it. >> So, we're we're getting it together. We're figuring it out. >> Thank you for taking it on. Thank you for taking it on. >> Thank you. I am so glad it's there and I hope it never goes away. >> Me, too.

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>> Good. >> Okay. So, we have motion in a second. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All >> sorry to put you on the spot. >> All these all in favor? >> I. >> Anyone opposed or abstaining? >> Hearing none. That's all set. You like

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>> Thank you very much. >> See you next time. his signatures. >> Okay, sounds good. >> Enjoy. You'll make sure you correct the copy that they get the 10. >> All right, I'll be better next time. >> Great. Thank you. >> We'll be watching. Um,

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>> review and approve 2026 short-term rental applications. >> Mr. Chair, did you want to do these the same way as the want me to read them right down? >> I think that makes sense if that's okay with everybody. >> The board okay with that? >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Okay. I move that we review and approve

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the 2026 short-term rental applications as follows. Jerome Waldsle DBA Lead Venture LLC at 622nd Street. Richard Rzacle Ree Kala I'm sorry Ree Caya if I'm

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pronouncing it wrong at 428th Street. Um the Jonathan Brown at 62 Riverfront East, Margaret McKeon at 9 Brock A, Edmund Stanton at 916th Street, Norm Rubin and Pam Matz at 123 Northern

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Boulevard, Beth Ply Quinn, DBA Cshanty LLC at 333rd Street, Daniel Collins at 79 Cottage Road, Julie Remold at 59 Hanover Street, Michael Delrio

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Delario at 243 Newbury Fort Turnpike. Neil Lojek at 50 Formom Way. Maria Parker at 184 High Road. Lonnie Santhong at 138 Northern Boulevard unit A. Lonnie

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Sangthong at 138 Northern Boulevard unit B. And Michael Ley at 14 Temple Boulevard. >> Okay. Can we have a second? Second. >> I have a question. Um, one of the applicants is my next door neighbor.

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Should I recuse myself from that? >> If you want to, you can never be wrong by recusing yourself. >> A few. >> So, we're just I would get up and go leave the table though. >> Yep. >> Joy. Um, last time what did we approve?

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Six. >> Correct. So, this would make it to a total of 27. >> Um, I think I think this puts us at 21 and then I have one more pending for your next meeting right now. But

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obviously, we're expecting a lot more in there. They're just as they come in sometimes they're missing a piece or there's some followup we need to do. >> I thought I thought we already approved permits one through six in a previous meeting. >> We did. So this is 7 through 21.

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>> Okay. So that's 6 and 21 is 27. >> No, 21 total. 1 through 6. 7 through 21. >> Oh, you got it. I'm sorry. >> Okabito. Any other crazy questions? Hearing none. All in favor?

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>> I. Anyone opposed? >> Abstaining. Hearing none. That's all set. >> Come on back, Leslie. >> Leslie, come back. Review and approve 2026 business license renewals. Mobile coffee trailer Michelle and Peter Abram doing business as by Coco at 12

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Grove Street. >> I move to approve. >> Second. >> Any questions about this? Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? >> I. Anyone abstaining or >> or disapproving? Not approving. Hearing

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none. Okay. This one is an increase of the annual commercial clam permit application fee from $300 to $400 for applicants who are 15 to 65 years of age effective January 1st, 2027.

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Increased received prior approval by the fish commissioners on April 7th, 2026. >> Motion to increase the clam permit as read. Any discussion? >> So the it went through the the fish

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commissioners and they re voted to recommend it on April 7th and now comes before us. >> I think if I'm not mistaken this is consistent with the fee that Rowley charges. >> So every year um when Tracy's preparing her budget, she asks different boards,

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committees or departments to please review their fees to make sure we're consistent with towns around us. As part of that review, um, we asked I submitted to the fish commissioners what the town of Ipsswitch charges and the town of Rally charges. Um, Ipsswitch charges 450

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for under the age of 70 and Rally charges 400 under the age of 60. We were charging 300. Um, so the request was made to the fish commissioners and when they met on April 7th, they recognized that the fee had not changed in a long

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time. Um, and so they did approve the increase effective January 1, 2027. And now it's before the board to consider. >> Perfect. >> Any other questions? >> All those in favor? >> I.

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>> Anyone opposed or obstaining? Hearing none. That's all set. >> Uh, the next one is review and approve 2026 commercial clam permit renewal application Tim West 7 Moody Street. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. Any discussion?

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Hearing none. All in favor? >> I. Anyone opposed or abstaining? Hearing none. That's it's all set. The next one needs a little bit of modification. It's review and approved new 2026 commercial clam permit applications. We're not

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going to do it for Justin Brown, 167 High Road. I think you had a a handout that said that uh >> u clerical error. He was charged the rate for a person under 15 when he is actually over 15. So that will happen in

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another meeting. So we're only going to approve it for Jonathan Brown at 167 High Road. >> Motion to approve Jonathan Brown for a new commercial claim permit. >> Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? I

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>> I. >> Anyone opposed or abstaining? None. That's all set. Old business. the DPW collective bargaining memorandum of agreement. That's what we discussed and looked at during executive session.

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Oh, the board has concluded its negotiation strategy during executive session. I will entertain a motion to authorize the town administrator to execute the DPW collective bargaining memorandum of agreement. >> So moved. >> Any discussion of what we looked at?

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>> We need a second. >> Sorry. >> Any discussion now? >> Is there a second? >> Yes. Have a second. >> Sorry. >> No discussion. All those in favor? >> I >> I Anyone opposed or abstaining?

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Hearing >> Leslie, were you in favor? >> Yes. Thank you. >> Okay. >> Okay. Approve and release the 11326 executive session meeting minutes. The board has concluded the publication of

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January 13th executive session meeting minutes would not defeat the lawful purposes of that executive session. I will entertain a motion to approve and release the January 13th executive session meeting minutes. >> Motion to approve.

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>> Second. >> Any discussion of this hearing? None. All in favor? >> I >> I Anyone opposed or abstaining? >> All right. Okay.

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>> All right. pass over this. >> We're going to pass over the easements granted. >> Is there a town administrator's report? >> Uh, no, there is not. No, there is not. Correspondence from Colonial Power Group. Um, there's a detailed report from from the aggregation

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company, Colonial. And I think the bottom line, Joy, was it's so far there's a savings of $330,000 if I was correctly. >> Correct. From April 2025 to December 2025, the total savings for the town

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residents who are participating 330, $99. >> And that's from all three different categories of aggregation. >> Correct. >> And I need to find this. I want you to read.

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Here you go. >> Thank you. Um, the other correspondence was an email from Walter Ericson regarding the fire at Cricut Lane. Walter Erikson wrote this on April 8th to Chief uh Chief Evans. Um, dear Chief

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Evans, I am writing to express my deepest gratitude for the response to the fire at Six Cricut Lane last Thursday. While it is devastating to see six months of hard work destroyed so quickly, I am incredibly moved by the exceptional performance of your

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department and the other local crews involved. The professionalism, organization, and support displayed by everyone on the scene was were remarkable. Your team's timely arrival, decisive actions undoubtedly prevented the fire from spreading, saving the adjacent homes and ensuring that damage

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to those units remained minimal. Both your personnel and equipment performed flawlessly under very difficult circumstances. Please extend my sincere thanks to your entire crew for their dedicated service and for everything they did to manage the situation. Best regards, Walter Erikson.

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>> Well done, fire department. >> Yeah, well done, fire department. >> Okay, meeting updates. We'll start with you, Patrick. I don't have any. >> Okay, Alicia, >> I don't have any items. >> Um

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>> Oh, I do actually. Very quickly, sorry, I had to remember this last week, which is a long time ago. Um school Triton school committee building um design selection committee process all underway. All went fine. Uh we had

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our meeting with the M MSBA um and they approved without further interviews or anything like that the designer that's been selected. So everything's in motion. >> Perfect. >> Good. Good. I don't have any. I'm going to uh the video meeting tomorrow, tomorrow

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morning. Leslie, >> uh I went to the ASUS meeting over in uh Aspbury on last week and we it was the last uh workshop for the season and we'll get back together around October

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and we've given uh we we sat as a team. Um there was myself, Deborah Rogers, uh Satie from planning, um Wendy from the governor's who's also on um the board over in West Newbury, and

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uh Lon and uh Kristen will be involved in that as well. Um, and our plan is to we're going to start our program with town hall as far as sustainability and

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bringing the amount of trash and things like that are thrown away to and and COA is going to be very our program to help to assist them with um when with lunchons and you know one day

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use kind of containers. We're going to look into see if we can get them a dishwasher so they don't have so they can just wash the dishes afterwards. >> They have a dishwasher. >> See, >> there's a dishwasher downstairs.

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Maybe it's maybe they need to lodge a dishwasher. I I don't know. Um, so we're planning on like either monthly or every six weeks throughout the rest of the season to sit down and go over all this information and invite Tracy in with

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this and go over some budgetary needs and things of that nature. >> I think the lunch and stuff downstairs is like using biodegradable containers for service as opposed to plastics and things that uh end up recycling. these things will just decompose.

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Cool. >> Well, that's the other thing is looking into the the um fingers crossed, but um it looks as if that the town could be entitled to some

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extremely lowcost or free recycling um bins to have on their own property. and they'll be like almost like the bingo machine >> so that you can continuously turn everything around and it, you know, it'll it'll work faster.

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>> And to also find out about um a more regular pickup for um for the waste here in the town hall. >> Good. You know, the the >> It was a great meeting. >> Just tell you the the $10 there were two

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$10 donations for the Council on Aging. That's driven by those two people collect the deposit bottles, >> turn them in. >> Yeah. >> And give that money back to the Council on Aging. >> It's pretty cool. That's why they were to Hey Jeff, do you have anything? >> No, I'm good.

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>> Okay. Next is review and approve the meeting minutes uh the draft meeting minutes of March 31st, 2026. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I I >> I don't think anyone's opposed to abstaining. Uh, I need a motion to sign

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Lawrence. >> Motion to sign Lawrence. >> All those in favor? >> I >> I second. >> Is there any discussion? >> All those in favor? I