Okay, everybody, welcome to the call calling the select board meeting of Thursday, November 20th to order. Um, tonight we have Kevin, Bob, Roger, and myself. If we can start it off with the
pledge of allegiance, please. Everyone >> Peter 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. >> Okay, welcome everyone and thank you. So, first off, we have appointments of three firefighter EMTB uh to the Norton Fire Department. Mr.
Joshua Bumpus, Jasmine Lacy, and Ethan Cameron. Chief, I got everybody. All right. Okay. Uh good evening. Uh we're here to request the appointment of three firefighters to fill existing vacancies within the department. All three individuals
interviewed extremely well and they were unanimously selected by our interview committee which consists of one member from each rank of our department. Uh it was obvious to us that they were all highly motivated and driven individuals um and that they were excited for the opportunity to work for our department.
We're confident that they possess the qualities needed to effectively serve our community as firefighter paramedics. And they're all veterans as well. All from different branches. So I think we're just missing the uh the Air Force up here if I remember correctly. Right. Uh so we have Joshua Bumpus. Uh he grew up in Berkeley. Uh currently lives in
Dyon. Uh he serves in the Army National Guard for 6 years and he's currently serving as a sergeant. Uh Jasmine Lacy grew up in Taton. She currently lives in Somerset. Uh she was six years active duty in the Navy working as a nuclear machinist mate first class. And then we
have Ethan Cameron. Ethan grew up in Adabboro and he currently lives in Adabboro. Uh he was a member of the United States Marine Corps and uh also with Ethan his father is a retired district chief from Adabar who is here tonight and he has two brothers in the fire service as well. One in Norton and
one in Adabar. So thank you. Okay. Wonderful. All right. So you guys have anything to say by any chance? They all have 15inut speeches prepared, but I'm not sure.
>> All right. Well, sounds good. We can do one motion for all three or do they all have to be individual? Mr. Town Manager? >> Whatever is your pleasure? >> Okay. I'll be looking for a motion. Please, Mr. Chairman. >> Yes, sir. >> I hereby notify the select board in accordance with provisions of the
section article 4 section 2B of the Norton charter. Acting my capacity as the appointing authority, I appointed the following individuals as permanent full-time firefighter EMT-B in the Norton Fire Department. Joshua
Bumpus, Jasmine Lacy, and Ethan Cameron. The appointment was made on November 13, 2025, and will be effective November 28th, 2025, unless the board select board votes to accept or reject the
appointment prior to that date. However, I specifically request that the board's acceptance of the appointment be effective as of December 1st, 2025 for all three candidates. >> I'll second. >> Okay, we have a motion and a second. All
in favor? >> I. >> Unanimous. Welcome, guys. Congratulations. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. You have a good night. >> Congratulations. Good luck. >> Navy man. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, sir.
>> Thank you very much. >> Congratulations. >> Congratulations. I'm sure these parents and family want to get a picture of them all. Let them get in there. All right. I just don't want to be in it. Thank
you. Sorry. >> Somebody call an auntie. >> Congratulations. >> Congratulations again. Welcome to the morning. >> Welcome. >> All right, perfect. Uh, so next we have uh minutes.
Anybody have any questions, comments, concerns with the minutes? May I make a motion we approve the minutes including the limited to November 6, 2025 as written. >> Second. >> Motion in a second. All in favor? >> I
>> I Mr. Chair, I just like to commend uh Jennifer for the quality work she does on these minutes. I I got to tell you, every time I read these after each meeting, I'm amazed. And um I'll probably continue to
Thank you, Jen, for the the good work you do. These are almost trans transcribed, you know, it's not even minutes, they're >> seconds and and you capture all of the uh conversation and all. So, um I'm going to continue to recognize you on these
cuz I've been on a lot of boards and committees and I know it's a lot of work. So, nice job. >> Okay. Thank you. And uh moving on, we have licenses and permits 2026 license renewals.
Mr. Town Manager. >> So, thank you, Mr. Chair. So, the licenses before you are the common victualers, to the uninitiated, that means to serve food at tables, class 1, 2, and three, new, used, and junk
vehicles and lodging houses. These are all licenses that are currently in place and are simply renewing what they have. Um, next week we'll have more licenses, but these are the ones that have submitted to date and
at the board's um, pleasure they could vote it all together or read them all individually. >> Okay. Thank you, sir. >> Mr. Chairman. >> Yes, sir. >> I I don't I don't object to reading them all as in each category. Um, but I do
have one question. There's one that says that there are some outstanding uh taxes in a bond that hasn't been received. Have we received that yet? >> Not yet because the bond he currently has hasn't expired. So once it does expire for 25 and it renews again, he's
going to provide me with the copy. >> Okay. >> So with that being said, can they be approved pending? Uh any anyone that has any outstanding items? >> Sure can. >> Okay. Mr. Chairman. >> Yes, sir.
>> So, the renewal licenses as as the town Andy indicated, they're common Vic all alcohol, which is CVAA, common vicular restaurant wine and malt, which is CVWM, RPA, which is retail package package
stores, all alcoholic, RPWM, which is retail package, package store, wine and malt only, and CV, which is commonicular, which is items uh food to be served at tables. I'll make a motion that we approve the common victory
license for the west we've been been uh >> second. >> Okay. Motion in a second. All in favor? >> I I Mr. >> Chairman. >> Yes sir. >> Second class is one class one which is an agent of seller license is for to the
sale of new motor vehicles. Class two is new is used car dealers license to buy and sell secondhand motor vehicles. and a class 3 is a junk motor vehicle junk license. I'll make a motion that we approve all the uh candidates on the
list for their one, two, and three license and ask that the um one applicant that is subject to $25,000 bond and paying outstanding taxes be
included with the understanding that it would be approved once those uh two two issues are corrected. Second >> motion and a second. All in favor? >> I I Jen.
>> Four eyes. >> Four eyes. >> Lighting house. We have two lighting houses in town. Uh, one is a lighting house uh at 8 Pine Street and the second one is a lighting house, one a common Vicial license at uh 69 East Main
Street. Make a motion to approve both of these licenses. >> Second. Motion in a second. All in favor? >> I >> I again. >> Okay. >> Mr. Chair, I just wanted to point out
that um not only is all of are all of these establishments in our packet that's posted on the town's website with u the meeting agenda. um we know they'll become part of the minutes as well, but if anybody is interested on whose
licenses were approved, they can go on right now on the um on our website and look at the packet information. So, just for the public's information. >> Yep. Thank you, Kevin. >> All right, those are the licenses and permits. Any announcements, Mr. Clerk?
>> Mr. Chairman, Festival of Lights will be held this Sun um not this Sunday will be held on Sunday, December 7th at 5:00 p.m. in the Norton Town Common. Um this is a great opportunity for people come out, meet Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus,
and uh participate in this. Normally they have um hot chocolate and um pastries and that kind of stuff. They also have um the Norton Historical Society at the schoolhouse which is at 18 18 West Main. Also um is open having
an open house that same night. So if you get a bit cold and you want to come into a warm spot, the society will be open. Uh again, they will have hot chocolate and cookies and perhaps even a small gift for children if they do come by. Um on the Festival of Lights, if you bring
a new toy for the for the um event, they don it will be donated to the C2 Foundation toy drive and uh there'll be live music, crafts and snacks. You can drop off a light at the center, which I
plan on doing. Uh tree manora lighting, a visit again from Mr. Mrs. Claus and live live performances. What is this? Santa. Who are we taking care of? I think I got I think I got it all. >> She's just looking for entertainment.
>> There was a coat drive being held in Norton. What? >> Okay, I'll get that one. Let me do that one first. Mhm. >> Something new this year is the um
>> echoing in that room. >> The great Norton holiday light contest. This is something new. Like I said, it's an idea from Kim Lena from the parks and recck commission. Uh you can register on park and wreck website for $25 per address by December 5th. From December
7th through the 31st, voting will take place. Listing of the registrance with registrance with its address will be on the website with a map for those who want to see the uh actual um
lighting in person. Some houses can have visitors which are on dead end streets etc. But they can still enter. We just will just not list them as uh for their address at that location. Address with the largest number of votes will win $100 plus the first place
trophy. second and third prize uh will also win tro t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t trophies as well. So, that's something new in town. Could be a lot of fun. So, those of you that are creative and want to get out and uh decorate, make sure you send in those pictures to the parks and wreck for
consideration in this contest. Um coats for kids and families. Donate coats December 1st or January 2nd. You can donate warm winter coats for ch children and adults at the Norton Town Hall lobby and Parker and Recre will get them over to Anton's Cleaners for
cleaning. Coats only, please. All sizes welcome. There's your coat. >> All coats are professionally cleaned by Antons and distributed to families in need through a network of over 90 local social service agencies, schools, and nonprofit organizations.
And we're going to do a recap of the uh the Halloween parade which was held on the 26th. Uh there were 64 participating groups up from 51 and 2024. Uh they did try to sell some t-shirts, but that unfortunately didn't work.
There were two food trips at the end of the parade. The one with sandwiches did well. The ice cream truck didn't do so good. It was too cold, which I agree with. Um the Halloween costume exchange gave out
they take on took in 196 uh costumes. They gave out 75 and they and 53 were donated to DCF and Taton. The CPR and AED class that was held 16 people participated in that.
They also held the babysitting 101 class with 16 participants also in that in that group. the over 25 and 30 basketball pickup league. The women's league has over for over 25 has 13 participants and the
men's league for over 30 has 23 participants. Uh the one estate fall two session had one and the self-defense class had six participants. So as you can see the uh park and wreck department has been very
very busy. I do want to say that I was involved. We were all involved in the uh Halloween parade and the turnout was terrific. It was a great day. It was kind of cold. Uh but we uh we managed to get through the parade and and get it done and I don't think I've ever seen as
much candy thrown out in the parade as I did that day. So uh I think the Dennis in town are very very thankful for all of our effort. But I want to do take a moment to thank the park and recreation committee and and and Melissa also for the great job they did and it was it was
well done. It was well orchestrated and it seemed to work pretty well. Other than the selectman holding up the parade, I think everything else would went very well. >> Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, >> Mr. Chair. >> Yes, sir. >> Um I have one announcement as well. Um,
November 22nd, which is Saturday, the uh Norton Holiday Toy Drive will be taking place forget if it's the fifth or sixth year. Um, sponsored by the C2 Foundation, Norton Police Department, Norton Fire Department, and the Norton High School Math Honor Society. Um, toys
can be dropped off between 9 and 1:00 at the Horseshoe in front of the Yell School or at Baron Brewery. um from 2:30 to 9:30 p.m. Um they're looking for donations of new unwrapped toys and gift
cards and there's a uh Amazon wish list that you can visit for more ideas. >> Okay. Thank you, gentlemen. >> Mr. Chairman, I have one more. >> Yes, sir. X1 wants to let everyone know that as of December 1st, ABC programming will move from WLEN
channel 6, which is high definition 806 to WJ ABC on channel 21 high definitionin 815. And I think that's all I have. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. On to new business.
First item, declare the Norton Police Department's 2010 Ford Tour sedan is surplus. Mr. manager. >> Uh uh thank you. Um so there is a forest a 2010 Taurus and a 2016 Dodge Ram. Uh
we're expecting two new cruisers that were funded through the Springtown meeting. They will arrive within the next month or two. Um these two vehicles have 111,000 mi, 105,000 mi, respectively with a laundry list of
repairs from the the town mechanic. Um, so it's advantageous to to not keep spending money on repairs when we have two new cruisers that are funded. >> Thank you, sir. >> Mr. Chair.
>> Yes, sir. >> I make a motion that we declare the Norton Police Department's 2010 Ford Taurus sedan and 2016 Dodge Ram 1500 as surplus. >> Second. >> Motion in a second. All in favor? Hi.
>> Hi. >> Okay, thank you. Next item, Kino Kino monitor at Old Colony Wine and Spirits, 376 Old Colony Road. So, this is a correspondence from the Massachusetts State Lottery. They're
providing an updated kino monitor at the Old Colony Wine and Spirits. Um if the select board objects um then we will send them a letter so stating >> Mr. Chairman. >> Yes sir. >> Let make a motion we u notify the
lottery we have no objections to the um call anyone spirits regarding the license. >> I'll second. >> Okay. Motion in a second. Any other questions concerns? All in favor? I I
>> Okay. >> Okay. Thank you. All right, next item. Uh, financial management review from the Mass Division of Local Services, Financial Management Resource Bureau, Mr. Town Manager. >> So, I'm really excited about this one. I've had the pleasure of working on a
few of these with the Financial Management Resource Bureau of DSOR. And what it is, it's it's the state experts on financial management. So, it's essentially a free audit, but it's not an audit of past transactions per
se. It's an audit of management practices, policies, how the departments work together, the treasurer, the accountant, the charter, the the bylaws, and how things are processed. They briefly interview each major
stakeholder, the select board, town manager, finance departments, and make non-binding recommendations. And there's a lot of towns and cities in a waiting list for this. Uh it's a nocost way. It's a free service they provide. Um and
it provides for long-term financial stability, fiscally responsible management, and getting in the queue now would be my recommendation. Um so I I would I mean happy to take questions on this. Um I found it very helpful in the
past. Um, the motion I would ask if the select board is inclined is to authorize the town manager to send a letter to the to the state agency requesting a financial management uh review.
>> Okay. Thank you, sir. Um, I cannot find any uh any reason why we wouldn't do this myself. Is there any downside to this? >> Potentially, >> not at all. They're non-binding
recommendations, so we don't have to do anything they say. It's just a an extra set of eyes and and a lot of experience. >> Okay, >> Mr. Chairman. >> Yes, sir. >> So, just so I'm clear on this, u manager
Mark, the um they look at everything. Did it when you say everything, did you look at the school side of the budget also? Does it involve both sides or is it just the one side? >> Well, the the school is the bulk of our budget. I I don't think that that it
would be directing school officials per se, just saying what's the most effective best practices, whether that's integration of school and town in certain financial practices. Yeah. Which they have recommended in the past. So, so that's a long way of saying yes.
>> Okay. Do they look at um obvious, you know, things such as uh surplus vehicles or equipment or they get into that far into the meat of it? >> Right. I mean, they're not going to tell you which VIN numbers they suggest should go where, but but yes, they would
look at the fleet, the the big picture things, asset management, inventory, CIP, checks and balances. And this is no cost to the town. >> No cost whatsoever.
>> I can't see a downside. Um, you know, it's not a financial audit, but it is a policies, procedures, and best practices >> type of audit, >> right? They they would look at strengthening strengthening our bond rating, making sure we're sustainable
and and give us tips and pointers. >> Mr. Chair, I just want to ask how do they select there's a long waiting list you had noted. Is it next come next serve or is there a a kind of a um a priority list that's uh rated? How do
you get to the front of the line? >> Um so I used to work with Zach for many years who's the the head of the bureau and uh I will um tell him how advantageous this would be to us. I was involved in one in in Taton and it was
very helpful. Um, so it's it's completely up to them how they prioritize them, but I will try to to push us to the top. And I would think with a a new town manager,
maybe some additional um new staff members, new select board, two two out of the five, this is a good time to do something like this. So, um, I applaud you for pulling it forward and I I completely get it. I understand. Um, it's a way to, like you mentioned,
um, identify best practices from what other communities are doing, towns and cities throughout the Commonwealth, and replicate some of those. Um, maybe they can learn some things from us as well that they can utilize in their next uh, reviews. But it's a um you know
policies, procedures, best practices, activities that occur. Not necessarily the accounting aspect of it. It doesn't sound like as far as numbers basically how do we do things rather than um you know how much do they cost? I'm guessing, you know, I'm just But this is
Yeah, this is well written the way you had um laid it out for us. So I'm all for it, >> Mr. Chair. Yes, sir. I'd like to make a motion that I move that the select board authorize the town manager to formally request a financial management review
from the Massachusetts Division of Local Services Financial Management Resource Bureau, FMRB. >> Second. >> Motion and a second. All in favor? >> I. >> Perfect. Thank you. Unanimous. Jen,
>> and Mr. Chair, if I if I may also, this might be a good time. I'm not familiar with the the actual annual audit that we go through. I know there's a line item there. I don't want to put the town manager on the spot, but maybe if it's not, maybe at a next meeting, we can
kind of talk about that. I'm guessing I think it's like $30,000 a year we budget for an actual nuts and bolts uh audit with our finances. Very good guess. It's it's right in that range. I think it's 28 to 30,000. And I just uh
coincidentally spoke with the accountant about this a few days ago and we are entering year three of our contract with our current auditor and they are scheduled to come in the next month or two. Um so after that then I would
advise the select board u maybe as early as a few months from now to put out an RFP to enter into a contract with another auditor for the next 3 years. That's a great opportunity to provide another set of eyes. Um, in the corporate world, companies are forced to
change auditors every five years. If you're publicly traded, you have to. In government, uh, people kind of reuse the same auditors, which I think we've done for many years. So, it'd be good to put out an RFP and then give the board the
choice. Absolutely. Great. and not necessarily looking for the cheapest one, the one that's going to provide the most value and direction and insight, you know, and in a different set of eyes like you mentioned. Not the It'll be interesting to see what that they come up with this time around, but I I don't think the public um realizes that we
have an annual external impartial audit that is performed against the town's finances every year. I don't think many people know that. >> There's a 110page report on the website that anyone can go to. It's last year's audit. Very interesting actually. >> Good >> chairman.
>> Thank you. >> Yes sir. >> So the scan company has been doing it for many many years. Um but I will tell you that they've done a very very thorough job of of reviewing these these old accounts to the point where it's it's maddening I'm sure at times for the employees in the building itself. Uh
there's not just one person that does it. they come in with a bank of professionals and they really go through the m meat of this thing and and look at it to make sure that everything is is done uh entirely on on the up and up. So, um when they're done with their
research, they will come before this board and report back to us on anything that they might have might have been exposed to. And I can't remember in the past very maybe a couple of incidents where they they might have found something we needed to do it a bit different than how we do it. But I think
for the most part uh we're doing a pretty good job on the financial side of it. But it is uh I agree with the town manager. I think it's perhaps it's time that we start looking at you know another set of eyes to come in that might see things differently than we're seeing them today. So uh but uh Scanland
has done a very good job for us over the years. >> Okay. Thank you. And thank you for putting this forth, Mr. Town Manager. Um, okay. Other business topics not reasonably anticipated 48 hours in advance.
None. All right. Account manager report. I do have a few items this evening. Uh first I'd like I'm happy to announce that through the hard work of our accountant, our fire chief, police chief, and
others, we have identified surplus Verizon lines we're not using that will save the town an estimated 22,000 per year. Um that's approximately uh we're talking 50 lines that
we're not using, we don't need. So that's a huge savings and kudos to everyone involved with that. Um, also Rayord Rayord helped there too. Um, email and website modernization. So we're moving to a.gov domain. So it'll
and that will also change our emails. Our current emails will still work, but going forward in the next week or two, we'll have.gov emails. And that just adds an extra layer of security. So, you know, hackers will
have a more difficult time to get in and people know it's authentic. Um, we rolled out the 10-year CIP. I'm very excited about that. Long-term planning, operating budgets kicking off, uh, next week. Department heads will be asked to
provide their recommendations for next fiscal year. U,, we're a little earlier than in past years. I'd really like to dive deep into it this year. Um, PAS is well underway and we're
working with the engineers. Uh, in PAS litigation, we've actually received a couple checks recently for a total of $93,572.37 and those are for PAS related settlements. We're expecting an an anticipated extra uh 200,000 over the
next 8 years which have to be used for PAS related purposes of which we have no shortage at the moment. We're continuing um remediating for PAS as well as exploring other cost-effective solutions with other municipalities.
Um and lastly, a couple announcements. Annum is inviting the the select board uh to a groundbreaking ceremony at 20 Commerce Way on December 17th from 9:30 to 11:30. Um the governor, our state
delegation uh will >> be in attendance. So feel free to show up or let me know if if you're coming. I can tell them to reserve you a spot. Um, and lastly, the lady I just found out about an hour ago, the ladies PGA is
coming back next year, August 27th to 30th. >> Uh, that's all subject to any questions. >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Town Manager. Any questions from the board? >> No. Cool. All right.
So, sounds good at the operating budget early start. Uh love to see it. >> It's a big project. >> Yep. Instead of waiting. Absolutely. >> Sounds good. Thank you, Mr. Town Manager. All right. Uh so, select boards report
and mail. We don't have anything. Do we, >> Mr. Chairman? Yes, sir. >> I have something a couple things I want to bring up. I had a meeting with DOT uh this past last week along with town manager uh to talk about some of the issues that the u northern traffic
safety committee has been working on and East Main Street. We just had a traffic study done. Uh we're in the process of trying to reduce the speed limits on East Maine and we're advised that uh by DOT that that is not possible. That once the speed goes up in the Commonwealth to
Massachusetts, you can't bring it down, which I think is totally ridiculous, but that is the rule. Um so we will look at other ways to try to reduce the speed especially in front of Wheaten College um without having to actually change the
uh speed limits themselves. Wood Street was approved uh as a truck exclusive um excluded truck route uh last September. We did not get notification. this board did not not get it and the um traffic safety committee did not get it also but
it was approved last September 26th and um so now trucks are are not allowed on Wood Street legally for years we had a sign posted it was not a legal sign but now it is we recently received a note from the
school department regarding school zones on West Main Street I brought that subject up the Mass Highway school crossings that areas around our schools are not being um properly proper signage is not in place. I they they to they totally agreed with us and
basically threw her back in our lap and said, "Well, if you want to get it done, you basically we have to come up with a plan on how it's going to get done." So, again, we'll bring that back to um the safety committee to see if we can come up with some kind of uh direction on that.
And my final comment is uh for the next agenda, Mr. Chairman, if we could the folks from site one on Newan Street, I'd like to have someone come in, a representative come in and give us an update on what's going on with that project down there. Um, we were told
that would be over with as of the end of August and now we're being told that this EP approved projects will be uh going ongoing for at least another year if not longer. So, I think we need to get an update. traffic uh truck truck traffic
was restricted from 7 to 7. I'm being told they're still getting coming in earlier in the morning. So, I think it's time to sit down with site one, which is a a viable business. It's not a nonprofit. It's not it's a it's a business that makes money on the on the
backs of our citizens. So, I think it's important to have them come in and explain to us what exactly the process is, what they're doing, and what their intentions are. And I think it's time to sit down and talk to them. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Kimble. Mr. Town
Manager, can you make sure that that uh we do call insight one is I I agree with that. >> I've been in correspondence with um with a couple peop representatives. So, I'll I'll invite them with the next meeting or just >> one of the next few meetings.
>> They say the next meeting. >> Next meeting. >> Yeah. I mean, I I was concerned looking over the documents. There there have been five fire calls. Yeah. in the past 14 months. >> Yeah, it it was Mr. Mr. Kimell is 100% right. The uh timeline of operations and
it uh it seems like it has expanded beyond that. So, um I think we should uh we should hear from them. I think one thing that everyone has to understand on this is when you have a u privately owned company doing business
in conjunction with the D. Whenever something comes into town like this like I'll give you an example Edinburgh landfill years ago when they were coming in and they were going to use our roads to to close their for the closure of their landfill. We worked out an
agreement where we had like almost like a a fee for each truck, you know. Um, not to say that that's this is how this is going to work, but when the town negotiates a deal like this, usually you can get some kind of a a user fee from them if it's if it's going to have an
impact, if nothing else, just to improve the road once they're done, if nothing else. This one was has, by the way, has nothing to do with the town. We had no approval process and the whole process of it. It was done through the DP. It's
a process that takes waste, food waste from the city and mixes it in with mulch to create a better quality mulching process, I assume. Um, and it's a fire hazard as as the town manager said. So,
I I just think it's uh we've been pushed around long enough on this and I think it's time we sit down with someone and find out exactly what's going on. But I thank you for supporting me on that. Okay. Thank you, sir.
Uh next item we have warrants. Mr. Town Manager, do you want to speak to any other warrants or any any any board members speak to any other current warrants other than they are? Uh I want to remind everybody um that happens to be watching or
watching in the future that uh all the war all the payroll and invoice warrants uh every single line item um is now part of the agenda packet and uh also posted to the town website uh as part of the
agenda packet. >> I'll I'll just add that there's a very high level of transparency here. We're we're leading the cities and towns in transparency and a lot of these expenses are are interesting and uh worth looking
at if if you get the chance. >> Okay, >> Mr. Chair. >> Yes, sir. >> I would ask if the town manager, if he hasn't already, just to reach out to the school superintendent and just make the school committee aware that this is all posted on our website. um they have
their own accounting and I remember going through when I was in the the school committee it's it's detailed like this as well but sometimes you see other information on here like I know there are a lot of I read through this whole thing and I remember some of the out of district tuitions and um you know
chapter 766 um the Bloom Bus Company reads collaborative I I'm familiar with a lot of these expenditures but just so the school committee knows that you have this detail from our town accountant and they and access it themselves if it's
you know bene beneficial uh to them at all. So >> well sure hap happy to and and in the future we'll look for a more you know user friendly way to to have like maybe expense categories or something rather than just a PDF with with endless
documents that may not be user friendly. >> Perfect. That'd be great. >> Thank you. >> Perfect. Thank you, Kevin. All right. So, um, >> going to vote on, >> Mr. Chairman.
>> Yes, sir. >> Make a motion to approve warrant number AP26-20 dated November 13, 2025. >> Second. Motion and a second. All in favor? >> I. >> I. >> Mr. Chairman, I make a motion we approve
payroll warrant PR 26-10 for the week ending November 8th, 2025. Warrant dated November 13, 2025. >> Second. >> Motion in a second. All in favor? >> I >> I chairman. A motion to improve uh
invoice warrant AP26-21 dated November 20th, 2025. >> Second. >> Motion in a second. All in favor? >> I I >> Perfect. Okay. Uh, next meeting is agenda December 4th, uh, 2025. We have
2026 license renewals so far and we're going to add representative from site one to join us for the party and anything else. Any other u, Mr. Chair, just one administrative thing. I was going through the town website early today. I was uh had some free time at
work. Don't tell my boss. But anyway, I I was looking at all of the boards and committees and their most recent um agendas and minutes. Most of them are are pretty timely, but there are some that stood out that haven't posted uh their minutes in several months. Um I'm
not going to name any boards or committees right now. But if you go on there, you can see one that did hasn't posted any minutes um at all in 2025. And they're a pretty important um board and they were appointed by us. So, I just wanted to mention maybe somebody can check that and follow up with each
of them. And uh I know that we can't post the minutes until they're approved. And I know there's a lag time there and I know that um you may not be fully staffed in the office uh the person that might post these in the past. Um but uh I think there's some room for
improvement there just to be completely transparent with the public and make sure that minutes as they're approved are posted in a timely manner. And then for ourselves, our I know we don't have an executive session meeting tonight, but I I didn't see any of our executive session minutes
posted at all for this calendar year. There were one or two last year. I don't know if bundled in with the the regular uh minutes from that uh night. I I know we had an executive session meeting that I was really interested in getting it approved and posted because I know that
the uh Sun Chronicle was running a story on it and I I never saw the story but and I don't even remember what the topic was to be honest with you but um we should look back and see our executive minutes and see if we can post those if they if if the meeting they are. Oh, they are.
>> Yeah, they weren't listed as executive session though. So maybe they're bundled in with the regular meeting minutes >> because I did post those. I think it's the opioid one that you were you're referring to. >> Yeah. And I couldn't remember the date. I didn't go back and look at them all. >> I believe it was in September. So maybe September 23rd.
>> Okay. >> Top of my head. >> It was that one. Thank you. It was the open. So maybe in the future if we're going to hold a separate meeting that we post the executive minutes because they need to stand out because nobody
sees these videos or um live meetings for executive meetings, right? So the only thing they can go towards are the minutes. So if we have a separate line item, you know, uh 9:25 regular session minutes, 9:25 executive session minutes.
So if people are interested in what we talked about in the executive session, they'll be able to easily find it rather than trying to figure out what date it happened. And and we all know that once the reason the purpose for the executive uh meeting um is behind us, we we either
take a vote or we negotiate a contract or whatever the case may be, then they have to become uh public records. So that's it. Thank you. >> Thank you, sir. >> Yeah. And and and I'll agree there when I came here, there was a board, I won't
say which one, that had over a year of un recorded minutes. and I believe they met earlier this week and approved a handful of them. So, we'll keep working on the rest of them. >> Great. Thank you, Mr. Town Manager. >> Okay.
Thank you, Kevin. Uh, we don't have an executive session, so take a motion to adjourn, >> Mr. Chair. >> Yes, sir. >> Make a motion we journ. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> I >> Happy Thanksgiving. >> Yes. Oh.