showing. So, it is showing here and I tested it. It's uh sending it. We're doing the YouTube live. Yeah, that's fine. Here we are live and I'll wait for the recording and then
we'll Oh, no. Those things. What? It's that various write a love note to Rockland. Okay, we are I'm in Rochester right now. Going stopped.
Call this meeting to order. Deputy Treasurer, lead us in the pledge. I pledge allegiance 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.
Thank you. Okay, first item on the agenda, minutes for June 26. Make a motion to accept. Second motion, Commissioner Wright, second Commissioner Hanley. All in favor? I uh vote to accept and approve CPS forms as written.
Do I have a motion? Motion Commissioner Hanley. Second. Second, Commissioner Wright. All in favor? I. That's unanimous. Do I have a motion for vendor vouchers? So moved. Motion Commissioner Hanley. Second. Second. Commissioner Wright. All in favor? I. Vote to accept and approve payroll
vouchers. Motion approved. Motion by Commissioner Hanley. Second by Commissioner Wright. All in favor? I. That's unanimous. Lyn Reynold sickly buyback vote. I assume this is a uh that's okay. Assume this is a red one. At a statutory meeting of the county
commission holding at Plymouth on the 19th day of August, 2025 ordered that the county treasurer pay to Lynn J. Reynolds 15 Cababela away Plymouth Mass 02360 the sum of $2,763
cents to be paid from the Plymouth County FY2026 budget. As said, Lynn J. Reynolds retired from the position of department headindex compar county registry of deeds on July 11th, 2025 with 378.75
hours of her sick leave credit. The amount of sick leave buyback is 20% or 75.75 hours at the rate of compensation of 3648 per hour. Second. Motion made by Commissioner Hanley, second by Commissioner Wright. All in
favor? I. That's unanimous. Next item, Tammy Korea sick leave buyback vote. Mr. Chairman, at a chairman, excuse me, at a statutory meeting of the county commissioner Svin of Plymouth on the 19th day of August 2025 AD, ordered that
the county treasurer pay to Tammy Korea 35 Great Woods Road, Plymouth, Mass, 02360, the sum of $51.70 to be paid from the Plymouth County FY2026 budget. As said, Tammy Korea retired from the position of human
resources information systems manager at the Plymouth County Commissioner's Office on August 12th, 2025 with 53.60 hours to her sick leave credit. The amount of sick leave buyback is 20% or
10.72 hours at a rate of compensation of 46.80 an hour. Second. Motion by Commissioner Hanley, second by Commissioner Wright. All in favor? That is unanimous. Plymouth County tax tax assessment and vote once
chairman at a statutory meeting of the Plymouth County Commission is holding at Plymouth on the 19th day of August AD 2025 order in accordance with chapter 35 section 31 of the general laws as amended that the county tax for the county of Plymouth has been authorized
and established by the Plymouth County Commissioners with proper aortionment set by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Revenue and the clerk will forthwidth issue warrants in the required sum of1,873,286.70 cents to be assessed and levied upon the
inhabitants of the several towns in one city in said county according to the provisions of law and basis of a pushment established under the authority of chapter 58 section 10 C as amended to be collected and paid into the treasury
of the county of Plymouth. One half honor before the first day of November 2025 and one half on before the first day of May 2026 as recorded. Motion by Commissioner Hanley. Second. Second by Commissioner Wright. All in
favor? I. That's unanimous. Is there a total amount? I'm sorry. Is there a total 1,873,286.70? And that is the extent of tax dollars that touch our coffers. Think about that. Yes. Okay. Uh, next item, Plymouth County
booklet update and schedule. Mr. Basler. So, uh, chair, uh, every other year, as, uh, you all know, uh, we do a booklet. Uh, Nancy does amazing work contacting and working with all 27 communities to gather the information, uh, along with
the state and, uh, other, uh, uh, municipal other uh, formalities uh, to get all the information uh, as a ready uh, hand reference uh, for uh, our elected officials. uh it does come at a cost of
approximately $2,500, but uh every other year we just come out and we want to check with you to make sure that is something that we want to do. Uh I think it's a tremendous asset uh and uh a good uh talking point uh to be handed out on the road. Uh we do
publish uh a version of it on the web. So we are keeping up with the times, but as a handy reference piece for people's uh briefcases uh or pockets, I think it's a a great uh uh tool from the county. So just want to confirm with you
that you us over the years that I've been here, I've referenced it. Um, I chuckle sometimes at the critique of our lack of transparency yet going to some of these municipal websites to find some of this information, they may as
well be on a adventure. So, it's been great having this booklet just right at at literally at the ready. You open up to the town, you open up to who you're looking for, and there it is instead of having to go cruising around websites. So, I I think it's great we keep doing it and
2500 is easy enough. So move approval, Mr. Chairman. Motion by Commissioner Hanley, second by Commissioner Wright. All in favor? I. That's unanimous. Okay. Next up, vote pricing for 2026 vehicle edition for Liberty Chevrolet for the commissioner's vehicle bid.
At the statuto meeting at the county commission sold at Plymouth on the 19th day of August, 2025, voted to approve the 2026 model year pricing of the following vehicles manufactured by the Chevrolet Motor Company to the current Plymouth County Municipal Vehicle Bid.
Chevrolet number 2023-2026 awarded to Liberty Chevrolet Inc. 90 Bay State Road Wakefield Mass as presented. Second motion by Commissioner Hanley, second by Commissioner Wright. All those in favor I none. That's unanimous. ARPA. I don't
know if the deputy has been given any notes from Treasurer O'Brien on ARPA to share. Yeah. uh fairly straightforward. It's not exactly straightforward, but um a little bit of thing here. Uh we have just a couple of run-of-the-mill voices
and Larsson Allen auditing firm uh that we need you guys to authorize. And then with Norwell, uh it's actually an internal transfer that's not exactly all that internal. Uh it's from an approved project. I believe there was some surplus funds left over. uh where
there's another approved project they could apply these funds to. Uh so to perpetuate that they actually return the money to us. It goes through the review three stages of review auditing and accounting firm and then it gets sent back out. So it's a return review remit
and this is on the uh remit part of this process. Perfect. Very good. Any questions for the deputy? No. Hearing none, I'll entertain uh those two or three. two looks like. Commissioner, right? Yes.
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the American Rescue Plan Act and the grant agreement between the Plymouth County and the municipality referenced below. Plymouth County Commissioners grant distribution of funds held and administered through the Plymouth County program funds as follow
$5,119.86. Second. Motion by Commissioner Right. Second by Commissioner Hanley. All those in favor? I opposed. So to the terms and conditions of the American Rescue I'm sorry no I forgot there was two conditions of the American plan act the Plymouth County Commissioners grant
dispersement of funds held and administered through Plymouth County APA program as follows Clifton Lawson Allen LLP for $20,165 second motion by Commissioner Wright second by Commissioner Hanley all those in favor I opposed no su to the terms and conditions of the
American Rescue uh plan act the Plymouth County Commissioner's grant dispersement of funds held administered through the Plymouth County OP program as follows. Clifton Lawson Allen LLP for $22,865.50. Motion by Commissioner Wright, second by
Commissioner Hanley. All those in favor I. And that is a vote. Thank you. Extension director's report I am sure is uh off and running at the Marshville Fair. Yes. Uh the uh Molly uh sends her regards and uh they are in the middle.
Uh it's already been a huge success with tons of people there and visitors and uh uh the whole team is fully engaged in uh representing the county at the fair. Excellent. Very good. All right. Next up is register report.
The register is absent this evening. Treasures report. Deputy treasurer Welch. All right, good evening once again. Um, well, the treasurer is not here today, so I'll just uh know a couple of things that will be going on in the office that you each
should have received in the ma in the mail. I thought the latest edition of the Plymouth County parking quarterly just a newsletter to let everybody know what we're doing at Plymouth County Park, the new items that we pulled out, as well as a fiscal year 2025
uh recap. I enjoyed this month's scoff law, the ticket, the one from the now defunct orange line station. That's pretty good. Yeah, that's uh always got a little bit of history that I like to throw up there sometime. Uh just one other thing in the
office is uh last week uh myself and uh county accountant Peter Burke as well as we went out to the Mass Collector Treasures Association annual school uh the NCTA. They do an excellent job of continuing education and certification for municipal uh treasury staff uh
treasurers, assistant treasurers. Uh you know, I've been certified for seven years now. I've maintained that certification. Uh Tom and I actually represent the only county treasurer and county treasur team in the state that I'm certified by the mass collectors and treasures association. So we're not just a couple of pretty faces.
And Peter Burke got never be accused of that. No, I wouldn't say that. So Peter Burke got to go up and take some of the earlier class first year and while he's not going to be able to sit for the test for a few years now some stuff that he picked up in classes that he can apply in his job here.
Great. So again we try to do our best with professional certifications and try to much like Frank staff does the MCPO stuff which we do too. We're always looking for ways to improve uh our knowledge here. Great.
So proud of your accomplishments. Thank you so much. Definitely appreciate Peter's initiative going too. That's true, Mr. Chairman. Question talking. Have we got any news yet? Uh, no. We just got a a brochure on it, our newsletter. Um, in the fire with various municipalities
to RFPs. Uh, some of those procurements have not been completed yet. So, I think this um I've had multiple meetings with several communities. Uh, we're just kind of in a hurry up and wait position right now with uh several of them. Were we able to advance certain software for at
least one municipality? Yes. 100% of the things that were asked for by that municipality were delivered good to go. That's the only housekeeping item. Yeah. The only uh it's it's on them just to finish up what they do that that Thank you. Welcome. Anything else for
the deputy? All right. Very good. Thank you, Deputy Welch. Maintenance and administrators report. Mr. Basler. Thank you, Chair. Um, an update on 32 Belmont Street project. We actually will be doing our punch list and final check
off on uh Thursday. Uh, everything has uh been uh completed and uh we're getting ready to go out uh and prepare the RFP for uh looking for a tenant. Our current uh tenant at will has uh left
the premises at AA Health. Uh they are done and moved to their new location and we'll be um coming to you on the September 11th meeting with some more details around the uh proposal for the RFP going forward. All right, Rockton
Superior Courthouse project has been finished and uh just want to send you a couple of before pictures. and after pictures uh just to uh share uh everyone uh Mr. Cedon uh uh Judge O'Shea uh Judge
Sullivan uh the trial court are ecstatic at the look uh of how great everything came out. Uh all the lights were upgraded to LED uh format. All the the uh rugging wall painting uh we fixed the
lobby. Uh it is uh looks absolutely gorgeous. So uh we are in uh good shape uh on on Brockton Superior. Uh and we are going to stop working this fall on a renovation of uh ceilings and light
improvement upgrades at the Warehouse District Courthouse uh starting later in October. I'll be meeting with Judge Shakansky uh at the beginning of September to go over details with that. Great. uh for the administrator's report. Uh last time we met, we talked
about the Verizon cell tower lease. Uh there was some uh push back uh to Verizon as to uh continuing they wanted a truncated lease payment for the transition period. uh we pushed back uh after a couple of meetings we were able
to get them to agree to uh the inflated uh lease payments uh as long as they are on the on the tower. So they uh did exactly as we had asked and you had requested us to do. So, uh, they will they are, uh, creating the paperwork
that I'll work with, uh, Shannon Resnik on, our county council, and we will transfer and purchase back the tower, uh, for that sum of 76,000 and change, uh, which will allow us to keep AT&T on the tower in additional incremental
revenue. That's 76,000 a year. Uh, no. That's So that 76,000 is they're paying us to take the title of the property. So, it's a one-time payment and then they'll be off. They're actually move
their property down the road. Uh, but uh that will allow us to keep the infrastructure where we then receive money from AT&T. Uh once uh we finish with Boston South uh when their lease is complete, if they
have not extended that lease, then we'll be able to go out to an RFP and look for an additional tenant on that tower for additional revenue. Uh assistant administrator search. So uh we have uh uh posted and uh um
advertised the assistant administrator uh job description. Uh it's been advertised since the first week in July. Uh we have uh put it in the um uh MMA the M thank you. I was looking for the
initials. the MMA uh publication along with publishing it on our website and uh publishing it on uh Facebook and other areas. It also has been published in the OCPC newsletter. Um so we have it out there. We did receive a great amount of
uh interest uh in the position. Nancy and I have begun uh preliminary interviews and then as directed uh by the commissioners uh the chair, the treasurer and I will uh narrow that field down and uh we'll present a
finalist uh to the commissioners at a at a meeting coming up in uh September. Um we do have a number of strong candidates and uh during the initial preliminary reviews and uh interviews and we're still working on those right now. How
many did we get in? Quite a few, but we received 12 uh uh applications uh or or resumes and cover letters. Uh some of which weren't uh qualified. I I dismissed them based off of
qualifications. Others uh Nancy and I are pre-qualifying to make sure that they meet the uh all the uh requested right um backgrounds and credentials. and then we'll then uh the remainder of that group will be presented to the uh
to the search committee. Great. Thank you. Workers compensation case updates. This is just an overview for you. We have two current workers comp uh cases that are in uh in um process right now. They're
very very expensive. Um and um one uh one is a slip and fall, one is a back injury. Uh and over the last year, we've probably spent over $100,000 on independent medical exams, surgeries,
and um payments, uh attorney payments. So, it is a very significant amount. That's the only reason why I bring it to you. Um we continue to manage. We have great uh um representation. Uh uh attorney Resnik does not counsel us in
that. We actually have independent council for that specializing in work and compensation. It's just that the um uh the the state organization uh that manages that is very pro- worker and of course we want the workers to be
properly taken care of. Uh but uh it is a very expensive process and uh we are covered so far for this fiscal year. We ran over last fiscal year uh in that budget item. We'll we'll have an adjustment uh at a at a when we do the
count the fiscal year adjustments. But again, it is a very expensive uh process. We are working on um both uh negotiating both claims to try to get them dismissed. Um, one person already
retired, but we still are responsible for workman's comp payments even though they're receiving full retirement benefits. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. For you, M. Just a question. Are we self insurance? We are.
And do we have self lost gap insurance? We do not. We've never never needed that. Never used that. Um probably look at that as a you know against future. Yeah. I mean
what it is like you said 100 thousand wonder what a policy would have cost. Yeah. But if you look at all the years that we didn't have it those policies probably are a wash but you know I understand your point and uh we'll we'll look at that. We'll do some financial analysis. I'll ask the treasur's office
to assist in that uh uh in bringing that back to the it basically goes under claims history. So along with no claims comes less required insurance. So might be something for us to look at. Excellent. Thank thank you for the uh
recommendation. That's a good idea. Finally, um we have an update on county procurement. So uh the fiscal year fiscal 25 ended in our vehicle bid procurement. Um it was a phenomenal year. I just want to call out Nancy and
all her work and efforts in pulling uh together. Um, we've really turned it into a customer focused uh project where we communicate and get out uh information. Uh, our partners, our vending our dealerships, Central Dodge,
Liberty Chevrolet, McGovern MHQ, and CMG Colonial are great partners. So, against the initial budget of $275,000, we delivered $566,000. So, um I just wanted to uh recognize
Nancy for our hard work and just recognize uh we actually been uh thanks to a lot of the work that you guys have been doing in front of the other selectmen board of selectmen and and municipalities uh we're getting a lot of play and people calling us asking geez I
heard about this from uh can you tell us about it and Nancy does the the sales uh gives all the sales uh information to them and uh the benefits and uh and a lot of people are joining. So, thank you for your work. And kind of like, do you want to speak to the man in charge or the woman that
knows what's going on? Exactly. Well, we always I always said, "Oh, here comes the brains of the guru coming uh coming to talk to you." So, uh and that uh is the administrators and maintenance report. Great. Thank you, Mr. Basler. And with that, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. Mr. Chairman, before we adjourn, if you
don't mind, wanted to thank you for extending me the courtesy of a postponement of the meeting on Thursday. As you were aware, I had a c um cancer charity that uh is near and dear to my heart that I had to attend and followed up over the weekend with another one and a cancer walk on Saturday. So, thank you
for your forbearance. Who else want to get that on the record? Yeah, you're welcome. I just want to say one thing. I just want to elaborate on the courthouse uh how they look. It's just unbelievable in the change in what they've done over there from the days of working in the dark to so much light and the colors,
the flooring. It just looks like a whole new building. So, thank you to all the people who have, you know, put a lot of work into it and, you know, you overseeing everything. I really appreciate it because it looks so different. Superintendent Wedges and and his team
has done an amazing job on all all the up uh facelifts and upgrades. Um, and uh the judges always talk about having the the courthouse now having the dignity, right, for the important job that they do there. So, uh, and that is exactly what we try to do. No doubt.
Makes a big difference. Yeah. Thank you. No, we appreciate that. And, and even dubtailing that is important, too. You figure the preventative maintenance, right? Getting these upgrades in place, getting these new systems in place. It just helps maintain those buildings as
well. Especially Brockton is not a young building by any stretch. So, it still has good bones. It's got great bones, but it's um but it's obviously going to be met with its own unique maintenance um situation. So, the work that Frank and
Superintendent Wedge are doing is is probably lauded because that will always save us in the long run. So, right. Thank you. Excuse me. I I'm missing one here and I'm just I'm going to double check and see if I printed it out. I apologize. Well, I won't go anywhere until you
which is like the biggest. So, excuse me. I just have to bring that up. Rocket didn't hear that. Well, with that, I will entertain a motion to adjurnn. Motion by Commissioner Hley, second by Commissioner Wright. All those in favor? I already