Good afternoon. I'm now going to welcome everyone to the Wednesday, January 14th, 2026 meeting of the North County Commissions. I'm going to read the executive order on remote participation. On March 28th, 2025, Governor Healey
signed into law House Bill 62, an act relative to extending certain provisions of the CO 19 measures adopted during the state of emergency, which includes a two-year extension of the option for public bodies to hold remote meetings by
suspending certain provisions of the open meeting law. Mass General Law Chapter 3A section 18 to 25. That action was effective immediately extending the current option for remote participation
through June 30th, 2027. Thank you. I ask everyone to join me in saluting the flag. I pledge to the flag of the United States of American session today. Number four, minutes of the open session meeting of January 7th,
2026. >> Chairman, I'll move to uh table that until next meeting. Okay, >> that'll be fully >> motion to table the minutes of January 7th, 2026. I'm going to take a roll call vote on that tableing. Commissioner Stady,
>> I vote yes. >> Commissioner College, >> yes. >> And the chair votes yes, we'll table >> Oh. Um Joe, you have my permission to use my stamp on any votes today. >> Thank you. That was my next question. Number three,
number five, appointments. I have none. Number six, public comment. Each of our meetings, we have public comment. Whether people come in and see in public come in in person or people on the Zoom that want to have public
comment, I'm going to now ask if anyone has any public comment. Now is the time to address it. >> I do, sir. >> I'm big. Come on up, sir. >> Sir, sir Matt. >> Hi. Uh, my name is Matt Sheen. I'm a
Norfick County resident. I'd like to make a public records request. I'd like the amounts of money the county has spent on lawsuits, specifically lawsuits between the commissioners and anything involving the solar project and all of its phases in Walpole. I would also like
the amount to date on lawsuits between the commissioners and the registars's office. I'd also like an accounting of the American Rescue Plan money, who received bonuses from it, the amount, and where the interest went on the over $100 million you guys received in the
9month period before it was distributed to the 28 cities and towns. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Do you have that in writing? >> I emailed Bill Buckley. Yeah. >> What you Okay. >> Yeah. I just wanted it on on public record.
>> Okay. Anyone else who has any public comment? >> Last call on public comment. >> Does the uh question does the prior speaker have to put his actual address? Not just say no county. Doesn't he have to say his address? >> I'm a Quinsey resident.
>> Thank you. That's all. Thank you. >> Just making improved and he feels better and everything because he lives in Quinsey. That rantry then I'm Quinzy. >> Yeah. Now you're moving up, man. >> Where are you? >> I live over by Granite Lakes. >> Oh, dick. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Last call on public comment. Thank
you. >> Thank you, gentlemen. >> Number seven. >> Have a good day. >> Old business. Director Cronin. Do we have any old business? >> Not this week. >> Okay. Thank you, sir. Number eight, personal matters for consideration.
>> Mr. Mr. Chairman, we have u quite a list here concerning Wall Recreational and then one at the North Truck Aggie. I'd like to move the following. We have permission for the Wall Recreational Facility. Uh I would move that we motion to approve the resignation of the
following individuals. uh Kelly Otul, Christian Elely, Isabella Fernald, Thomas Ford, Michael O'Neal, and Edmund Terabasi. All these individuals are seasonal golf associates
for the rate stated, and the range of the effective dates range from 8425 through 12425. Thank you. >> I'll second I'll second a motion. Motion made and seconded. All in favor?
>> No. Roll call. >> Roll call. Commissioner Collins. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Stady, >> I vote yes. >> Commissioner Shay, yes. Motion's passed. I believe this is the final group. >> Yeah. I hope so. It's amazing. It's
amazing. >> Well, a lot of kids, a lot of people, >> not all kids, but intense. >> I was I was saw that I was like, "Wow." All right, Mr. Chairman, before I know they'll be opening up again hopefully. I'll move on the Northfor County Agricultural High School. I'll move a motion to approve the notice of
retirement for Mark Ket. I hope I got the name right. He was our director of IT over at the Aggie for many years. The effective date for Mark's retirement is 3426. So moved. >> I'll second. >> Motion made and seconded on retirement
of Mark Kuet at the Raggultural School. Commissioner Collins. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Stady, >> vote yes. Commissioner Sher chess right >> unanimous Mark we'll be we'll be we'll
be saluting Mark later in probably in February thank you >> number eight payroll expense for approval for the treasur's government >> somebody have a question I heard something okay I thought I heard somebody speaking all right sorry Mr. I'll move the
warrant list. This is for January 14th. Uh I'll take one at a time. I'll move approval. Payroll of the county 26-28. The sum $145,23952. So moved. >> Second. >> Motion made and seconded. Roll call vote. Commissioner Collins.
>> Yes. >> Commissioner Sty. >> Yes. >> Chairman Chave. Yes. It is a vote. Next. >> Second item. Mr. Chairman, your approval and permission. I move approval of the motion for the expense for the county of 01-0226
the sum 632,54921 so moved >> second motion made and seconded roll call vote commissioner Collins >> yes >> commissioner sty >> I vote yes >> chairman Shay vote yes thank you next
>> and finally last item I move approval for the expense for the school 26- 7 this sum $161,309. So moved. >> Second. >> Motion made and seconded. Roll call
vote. Commissioner Collins. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Stady. >> Yes. >> Champ Shay votes. Yes. It is a vote. Next. I'm sorry. Report. >> Payroll and expense war. It's only one. >> That's it, Mr. Chairman.
>> That was it. Okay. Good. I'm sorry. Usually three, right? >> Number 10, report from the procurement department bid openings and contract awards. We have none. >> None. >> Number 11, board of the county director. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. A few items. Um,
first, uh, starting off next week. Uh, you're due to meet on Wednesday, January 21st. Um, there's a short week. We have a holiday on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Um there is a request to uh consider commissioner to schedule that meeting at 1:30 um due to a prior
manager meeting uh within the county that may delay us getting back on time with you. We'll we'll move it to 1:30. Uh that will be for 12126. >> Do we need a motion for that or is that >> No, it's a schedule. So it's the agenda. >> Mr. Chairman, the meeting is going to be
in Canton. So I'll be attending with Bill and John. >> Great. And then we'll push it back a half hour. >> Right. That's what we should be. >> Okay. I I I see no reason why we can't do that. >> Peter, you okay? >> Any any comments? >> Okay. All right. >> Okay. Great. >> Um I won't go into too many details
because I'm sure Commissioner Stady will provide a full report, but um a couple weeks ago, I alerted the commissioners that we had an overwhelming response to the recent RSVP donation for veterans, which was coordinated by Rousil Cassiss and the regional services director, Bill Buckley.
uh along with Commissioner Staty uh dropped off uh a sizable portion of those don donations this past week. Uh very proud of the program. The did a great job and um I'll let Commissioner state wrap that up in a minute. I'm sure you've got a great on-site report. Um
people uh should have received a notice uh relative to the conflict of interest training. Um it was sent out last week for those that are eligible from the state ethics commission. Uh just be alert that initially the report indicated um there was an assigned due
date of January 31st 2026 that was an error. The actual date is uh May 9th. So please check your emails uh and be mindful that your conflict of interest training if you were up for that um is now due May 9th 2026. The other quick update
>> does that have to be done every year? >> No. I twoear cycle I could have sworn I did it last year but >> uh State Ethics Commission tracks it. They're the ones who send it out to the individuals. So, >> okay. >> Uh, and you get your certification from them, too. So, I'd encourage you to ping them if you want to know if you're on
schedule or not. >> Uh, and just an alert, um, I notified the commissioners that our IT department is moving ahead with several different initiatives for the benefit of employees and in this case, the employee access portal within the Tyler system. Um, we continue to roll it out. Um this past
week our IT department Mark McDonald um sent out the uh the roll out to the pilot group of regional services. They're currently using the system uh for time off requests, pay and payroll and tax information. So this online
intranet um benefit is slowly finding its way to all our employees. It will continue to explore the expansion of this to all county employees as we kind of get used to working the bugs out the system. But um there's more movement and um this particular launch started this
past Monday. Mark will assess it in the next several weeks to see how far along we are before we go to the next stage. Um and then finally um had a meeting this week with the Wallace Recreational
Facility team of Carl Miner and Sue Calabro. Uh over the last several years I meet with Carl in January. It's a nice quiet time up there to look ahead and a little bit behind on, you know, what were the things that work this year at the course. What is he planning for the coming year? Uh just a few highlights
for the commissioners. As you know, um the capital plan for this year features approximately $74,000. Carl intends to apply um the monies towards the following initiatives. He's got quite a few trees on the property that are large enough for private tree
service to handle. He still has to uh pay off the uh the balance of the tennis court uh punch list uh issues that's still remaining outstanding. Um cart barn doors need to be replaced or um fixed. He'll be doing that. And then fencing uh commissioner we took a we had
a discussion about the perimeter fencing which as you know is various stages of um of failure um as well as some inside fencing. So Carl's going to try to tackle that as well. uh the seasonal hire special. We uh seasonal hire schedule. We were just talking about it.
Um they're going to start next week putting the ad out for seasonal hires to come in. >> Their hope is to have folks on boarded in February. Wow. >> Um with plenty of time to start having them arrive throughout the spring as needed. So >> adding a little bit of time to the front
end so it's not a rush at the back end. >> So we could be hiring seasonal associates next month >> on paper. >> Possible on paper. Okay. That's funny. >> Y All right. Um, in terms of fees, um, the fees were not adjusted in in calendar year 25. They they kept them the same as the prior year. Carl's
envisioning an adjustment, uh, for the upcoming year. He'll talk about that when he comes in, uh, next month for his budget hearing. Um, but I just want to alert you, it's something we, you know, we all know, um, we're in a market that contains consumer choices, especially in
that area that are golf choices, and Carl's mindful of that. We're in a very good position being one of the most affordable public courses in the area and we want to keep that space. Um yet I do think some adjustments coming in. I'll I'll um I'll probably give you information on that when he comes in. Um
we observed a fair amount of um activity on the course. The the the maintenance crews were out doing a lot of brush and um tree climing tree trimming and cleaning. Um the area looks very good outside. Um, it's been a favorable winter in terms of lack of snow, so they
making use of their time. Uh, yeah. No, overall it looks good. Um, pleasure to see Carl. It's weird being up there in the winter. Nobody's up there. It's quiet. Um, but a lot of opportunity to plan and do some great things. You'll see him in a few weeks, but um, I genuinely like the team effect that he
and Sue have put in place. They they complement each other very well and uh, things are going well. So, that is my report. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. >> Any questions for Director Croman? Mm- Excellent. Emergency topics of the chair did not
reasonably anticipated will be discussed. >> And welcome treasurer Botti who was with us for today's meeting. >> We had a meeting before. >> Yeah. >> And uh it's good to see the treasurer. We always ask him if the books balance. He always says yes.
and uh may have nothing else. Commissioner St. >> If I could uh Mr. Chairman, I wanted to add on to uh the followup what director Croner was speaking about. I had the honor and privilege representing us at
the VA hospital yesterday in West Roxberry. Uh I want to first of all give a complete total shout out to Lucille for an incredible job. It was incredible. the holiday program collected over 6,000 pieces of toiletry items, uh clothing, uh things for the
people there and it was just it was overwhelming. I could not believe the amount of materials that we gave at that hospital and there's still more to give. We have additional materials still on hand to distribute to other hospitals. So, I just think that, you know, um it's
one more component of the county government doing things for others and especially our RSVP program just doing a great job. To that end, uh we know that there's some financial burdens uh coming down the road and wanted to emphasize
again to make sure we're getting some kind of a letter out to our congressional delegation. In speaking to Congressman Lynch a couple of weeks ago at a function, he said he wasn't quite aware of it or maybe he lost track of it. I'm sure he has a lot on his plate. So I I asked again politely if we could
get some kind of a letter out to them again to you know give a a little tweak that we're looking for some help on the Americanore budget because it was hit and of course if that's hit the way they're saying it could endanger our program and that's something we want to
avoid. So plug for the RSVP and all the hard work they do. Nothing about me, it's what they did. Fantastic job. And a thank you to all the towns that really came through which I try to put up on. >> Thank you to Lucille. She changed it up a little bit. >> Great job. Yeah, >> it came out fine.
>> Unbelievable. Fantastic. >> As good as ever. It got better. >> Yep. Great job. >> Have to call Chris and Robert and say, "Lucille, >> Chris was here yesterday." >> Oh, Chris was there. Okay. >> He came in to uh give a little bit of help. Uh it's great to see him as you know he's a great guy. >> Okay. So good.
>> Well, I'll have to call Robert and see. >> Yeah. Thank you to also the uh members of the awaits the measures. They helped Lucille and others material get the materials loaded and delivered. But it was it was a just a great day. Always a great day when you're helping others. So nice job Lucille. Keep it up.
>> Thank everybody. >> Last call. Anything else? >> We have the Aggie tonight. Mr. We have 6 p.m. >> 6 p.m. agricultural full meeting of the board of trustees. >> Absolutely. >> Uh if there's nothing else, Peter, >> motion to adjurnn, please.
>> I'll move uh that we adjourn at uh at 122. >> Second. >> Motion made and seconded to adjurnn. Roll call vote. Commissioner Collins. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Stady, >> I vote yes. >> Commissioner Shay votes yes. We are
adjourned. Thank you very much. Okay.