I'll let you know where to talk was about the end of my um May Walden is gonna send you she wants your number because she's GNA send you an invite to the legislative breakfast tomorrow tomorrow is the breakfast in the morning oh good
soly declining oh yeah you can my number and now speak to order flag the United States ofer stand Nation indivisible withy andice for
all please note this meeting is being recorded and broadcast live on the county YouTube channel and will be distributed to uh local Peg access channels for potential rebroadcast first item on the agenda
minutes for February 27 2025 make a motion to accept second motion and second all in favor I motion to accept and vote and approval CPS forms Felisa banson anniversary step increase to 11-5
and Janet goth rope anniversary step increase to 15-3 second all in favor I motion to vote and accept and approve Rend VES all in favor I motion to vote and accept uh approv payroll VES all in
favor I motion uh to vote pricing for 2025 vehicle additions to our Colonial Motor Group board for the commissioner's vehicle bid oh that's right a good
sign okay voted to approve the addition of the following vehicle manufactured by Ford Motor Company to the current Plymouth County Municipal vehicle bid Ford number 2023 d202 awarded to Colonial Ford Inc DBA Colonial Municipal
group 11 Pilgrim Hill Road Plymouth Mass second all in favor hi hi that's unanimous okay okay at the American Recovery plan M Jam B oh yes oh wow one read our treasure
O'Brien yes just quickly uh chair you have one vote in front of you um the sub recipients all will have a reporting deadline after March 31st our team is already working with them to make sure they complete to the report to the US Treasury just a reminder at some point
and I don't know how we want to do this I'll be looking for some guidance from the Commissioners about uh some of the uh money that's obligated but still needs to be disseminated and then um we still have a few checks I had a thought
that we have to be big meetings coming up with the uh selectman in early April would the Commissioners think that would be a good place to hand out the remaining checks or would you still rather try and sit up these with the bo that's it what April 8th we said I that
sounds on a Tuesday it's actually no that's it's actually uh we'll be telling you about an additional April 8th but the select men will be uh lunch on April 9th on Wednesday no no administrators will be lunch
administrators I'm sorry and Selman will be uh Thursday at 6 pm on the we have our we have our uh meeting here we're GNA actually meet at uh the location at um Casen flag and okay at
5:00 pm okay and then uh the board of selectman will be in at 6 okay uh I'm indifferent either way I I do think we get a nice hit when we go to the meetings um because there's usually all members there although we had excellent attendance last year um I
don't know what anyone else's thoughts I'm honestly indifferent either way we can go to a another select meeting or we can give it to them that night yeah I'm lelyn how many towns is it you still have 11 towns to deliver well maybe in the interest of time might
be easier to give to those that are there that night I think it's kind of nice to have them come here and see where we are you know I don't know how many of be here would be a cast we're going to do it oh the same place oh okay so it doesn't really matter um I I don't care I guess you
want to make the road trip I don't well why don't we do uh why don't we do the towns we can do that night and whatever's left over we'll schedule to do a presentation yeah
that way we can also hopefully entice uh greater attendance uh by having part of the thought process too we have a check for you right exactly receive it yeah I think it'll be nice because all three of you will be there you'll have the meeting others will be there you know we
can take a nice with each of them I think it went nicely in December with The Advisory board when we did it then too so and it will help spr in sure yeah pursuing to the terms and conditions of the American R plan Act misss Grant dispersement of funds held
and administered through the CL County Opera program as follows payment to Clifton LW and Allen LLP in the amount of $4,125 for administrative support Second all in favor I
animous all right yes extension director's report Molly everyone good evening good evening employee for the extension office down K Roberts is with us um she is our latest PR she's going to be a
school and Community educator primarily targeting the underserved communities of B River New Bedford Taunton Brockton and wam this is a fully funded UMass physan we have the pleasure of having her be here in our office and you know
working partly with County County so awes if you have any questions for Katie but should be that or you can meet her after I think it's great having her and I'm so excited about you know letting her go ahead and see what she can do with those
towns that you know need it so much good career so far in both education and agriculture education so I think she'll great awesome welcome yeah welcome hopefully it's been uh everybody downstairs is great it's when you
venture up here that it gets can get a little dicey awesome well welcome thank you good luck things to let you guys know about is of course next week is our big a day event guys preliminary gift here this
evening for your offices or your walls whatever you know something to and show um we have about probably have 30 or so four agers plus an additional amount of volunteers and staff that'll be present at ad dat uh overall there's going to be close to
75 folks from 4 and then we have other various students coming from the AC schools and such with FFA so it should be a good showing we're of course talking about our forage absenteeism Bill and then there's a couple of other issues that about one has to do with protecting
fair grounds and the access to fair grounds the other has to do with um a new Lottery system that's supposed to be going into place for botch schools and for the agie so a lot of legislative issues this year for the kids to hit up we have a group also this week in
Washington DC me and Blake denus are there with our pouth County kids there's a total of 17 of them um kids and about six to chaperon and they're partly through their Journey they're having a great time um there's 1600 attendees Al
together at the national for night conference so that's what's happening in for right now awesome thank you any questions no I think it's great what they're doing I say it every year I'll try and sneak in to the state house for a day and every year I get tied up but maybe this will be my year finally again
yeah what day is that next Tuesday next Tuesday okay the 18th it's a wonderful day in the state especially when you're a state house employee that was always the best day to work there free lunch exactly a lot of good free lunch too oh yeah always the
best day to work there so cool thanks Molly all right uh register report Mr Buckley is not here treasurers report Treasurer O'Brien we start with the deputy treasur that's okay chair and I have I think that's okay great change
yes yes that's right what's up M all right thank you commissioner I just want to give you guys an update couple projects that came to here in parking and just a your debate an office of what's been going on
so I do believe you've all received for County Parking quarterly they came in the mail with the nice Bob Dylan reference this month for this quarter y just specially year to date uh Revenue uh that is net to the county it's a little under
$83,000 um through 228 of 2025 we're very likely to exceed the budgeted projection of $125,000 uh for this fiscal year uh that represents a 40% increase over this time uh last fiscal year 134% over this time
FY 23 and 260% increase over the same time in fy22 and that's largely attributable to new clients that we brought in in the last three years um we've remitted a little under $900,000 uh in fines to our 42 members so that's
you know less than 10 cents on the dollar we keep so we're turning over a very good percentage of the revenue that comes in here to the uh to the communities bsu's parking enforcement officer Mary L one of our Superstars within uh the system here she crossly
10,000 ticket Milestone last month so since the spring semester of 2023 so a little over year uh two years and with taking Summers off has issued 10,000 tickets single-hand that's about 20% of all of the tickets
that have been issued within the system um we upgrade this is the big news so we've upgraded our payment website that went live last month on February 24th so you know for years we've used Visa M PR anx and discover uh but you know times
have changed we've uh been able to add Amazon pay Apple pay Google pay uh bank transfer cash app pay and affirm which is a buy now pay later which is for larger transactions so if you're tied up at the r indry with $1,000 in parking tickets
and there are those people out there when you don't have the liquidity to pay that off and you need to drive and not get hung up um you can use this service where uh the towns will get their money up front and you'll pay this company on an installment plan um you know these
alternative methods they provide flexibility for the public especially you know we have an increasing number of underbanked and un unbanked consumers I can tell you cash app pay that's you know very prevalent these days with a lot of folks uh the benefit to the county uh not just to the public
here is that the lower credit card processing fees of pay in the company means lower overhead for us more Revenue to the county and commissioner Hanley will appreciate that the new company that we use for credit card processing is uh headquartered in Dublin in
Irish with the uh other project that you folks that approved this fiscal year was a permit management portal for towns to issue and manage their parking permits so um the residents can apply for pay for their parking tickets uh permits
online the town send them their stickers this is a service that's included with the membership of Plymouth County Parking program so it's not an additional cost to any towns who already belong to Plymouth County Parking uh we're hoping that it's something that will entice future members to join us I can tell you that going on kbis which is
the State's procurement website I've noticed a number of ours over the last couple of years that we weren't able to respond to uh for parking ticket management because they were looking for the permit management and permit issuance aspect now that we've added that uh that opens up more clientele
potential for us and also gives us some uh you know potential to bring in some folks that are here in Plymouth County that haven't that would to take another look at us um Two Towns so far are interested um one town worth handing
love with develop so they were already uh committed to this we expect to start the sales of the permits by the end of the month uh we had some feedback from one of the towns about a couple changes they wanted on the portal uh which our Engineers are working on right now and then just lastly you know we've had some
kind words from our staff um from the Welsley police department and Wellsley parking Court uh for our staff Lisa in particular FAA um who moved on from parking um and we seem to be blessed that we have some people that are really good at their job and then get promoted
to other things um but yeah the police Lieutenant from Le said that wsy said that getting an email from Lisa is like getting a warm hug they had wonderful things to say about her uh customer service and attention to detail so very nice that's all I have thank you very
good thank you I am gonna have to ask the deputy you talking about the one town that we were came in glove with can we Devol to which town that was oh so time member just thought the commission might like
to know that a little I was with the deputy well can attest to that not just from the police department but their Parking Clerk and the treasurer were very complimentary to the team and it's nice for me to hear uh so they wanted me to relay that so thank you a great job
for that presentation um in front of you I had distributed packet I didn't R for the chair because he got this morning so I didn't already filed away in my desk um we had a Maya municial Health Group Advisory board meeting this morning I thank the chair for being there and for
his votes uh a lot of very positive things came through that uh meeting not the least of which is we had originally looked at having a 7% increase in health insurance which I know sounds like a lot but actually it's one of the lowest it's
not the lowest in the State uh and the steering committee go to this morning go to 6.75 uh which was then supported by the entire advisory um and made the advis happy the group also voted to welcome two new members
the mayf municipal Health Group the town of situ has now officially rejoined the mayf municipal health group and we're pleased with that and uh Tech has joined as well excited about their involvement for many reasons not the least of which is they're able to afford
the Buy in Fe you immediately and so we were excited about that um I gave you the packet because in addition to a lot of great financial information there's information uh that's been provided by Harvard and by Blue Cross I don't know if you folks are members of either of
these but there are some benefits that are highlighted in these packets you may want to look through on your own and see if you can uh apply for any of the benefits or eligible for any of the benefits and then I thought there was a another presentation so uh lton made a
presentation in here uh there's a lot of information for you but I would particularly Point your attention to the last few pages because it talks about what other groups are facing in terms of increases uh and you can see that pretty favorably if you had a
moment and I apologize to CH to look at this but if you turn to page 18 um you can see that Maya had an average increase of 44 which has driven up interesting point
you can see that the gic's increases uh anywhere from 10.5 to 16.99 and so we're doing fairly well in terms of comparison with some of the bigger or the bigger groups and then the last page Pages our weight which is very
impressive um going from two so uh good bit of information for you I can also tell you that we have at least seven groups that are looking for Jo for next year we probably won't have all of those groups join we want groups that meet our goals and objectives and understand we're a longterm provider
health insurance you don't want people com in just for the short rate benefit that they get but I expect that Trend to continue we had a presentation this morning that indicated National Health ins Jance rates are expected to be between 10 and 133% each of the next
five years well that's each year uh we hope to stabilize those rates between 5 to 7% that's why I had that great any
questions I don't think so it was a good meeting and uh everything went well happy to be there and appreciate the work that the folks at Mayflower do jila and her entire team it was another well-run meeting so very
good thank you very thank you maintenance and administrators report Frank uh thank you chair um to pass out a few pictures of the work that's being done at 32 Belmont Street uh we started uh they're all they're actually they're
all different um but uh it shows that the facade starting to come off uh and uh the new Windows Doors uh Etc are being worked on we had the remediation of the hazardous material taken care of
uh and uh they are they'll be working on this through May the roof will be replaced along with the new HVAC uh later on in April uh but you can show I show a before picture there and then uh and then there's some uh after or during
pictures so we'll keep you uh uh updated unfortunately uh in dealing with an old building rehab uh it's kind of when you drop the dress uh you kind of go o and uh we found some uh things behind the uh
behind the curtain that um was not anticipated and could not have been at disp because it was uh fased um even though we did exploratory and pulled off uh things around windows looked um the building itself was uh
back built back in the 70s I believe it must have been done by the county because some of the stuff just didn't make a lot of sense um but uh we're making sure that the building project this will take care of the county for 30 years going forward with new Windows
Doors siding grouping and hbac uh that'll enable us to uh to secure a good um rental stream going forward I've communicated with ocpc and the mayor's office uh of the work being done and that uh the county will be looking for
tenants uh late the spring uh through the summer uh as we move on so more on that as we come uh we were throwing a curve ball the pitchers of the roof even though they haven't started the roof uh the 60 M hour winds last weekend uh
wanted to start their own roof project and uh fortunately no one got her uh there was people up there working and the roof peel back uh luckily they were thrown into the middle of the building and not the other way so we were very very fortunate um but uh it's again
another curve ball uh that couldn't have been foreseen uh and um even though uh we were ready for the winds um because of the fastening system that was used back way back when uh that corner of the roof where the
wind was coming from let go so uh we're working on that along with all the major um HVAC and uh cosmetic and lighting and energy Improvement system systems in our courthouses so uh Doug and his team have
a very very full Place uh and things are are clicking along um for the uh administr report uh I do want to report on Indian Head reservation day uh so you may recall this has gone on the last
couple of years Indian Head uh uh group is uh made up a Hansen Handover uh Plymouth County and several uh environmental organization uh Indian Head reservation day will be Saturday May 24th uh it's quite the day they have uh trail
hikes they have um uh paddle board kayak uh tours going up and down that por of the river they also uh are going to be opening up Waterman's Tac Factory which is not uh usually open and they'll be open that up for uh historic updates uh
and then they also will have D there talking about uh the uh dam removal project and uh ongoing work fire fire fireworks Factory cleanup so it'll be a full day lots of people will show up uh I think Cher you were there last a
couple yeah I've got one point so um uh if anybody's interested on uh on going that it's Saturday morning usually around 10 o'clock is the speaking portion just let me know when I can uh save your spot it's no charge but uh they do give us the ability to say hello
um during the speaking time uh so leadership and executive Council agendas we talked a little bit about this before so again just to clarify on Tuesday April 8th it's a 6 PM dinner with the legislative
delegation um on Wednesday April 9th 11:30 for lunch uh it's the Tas and TMS uh will be visiting us and then on Thursday April 10th uh we'll start at 5:00 pm with the Commissioners meeting
and then we'll go right into the bard of selectman meeting for dinner uh all the all the three four meetings will be held at Cas and flagin in Marshfield we'll send out um confirmation emails uh and
we'll get RSVPs from uh our attendees in the upcoming weeks um for an agenda uh after discuss some things with the treasurer uh we thought that what made sense was a similar flow as last uh uh
last last year which got great reviews uh we we were hoping that Tom would give an update on the pond Management program and then the mobile Integrated Health program and then I would give a uh overview of where we are with electric
aggregation program that's on a lot of people's minds too and as uh uh selectman quintal came chair quintal came a few weeks ago uh we are working with the town of Plymouth and consult energy Consultants on what that could
possibly look like uh finally um had a very interesting uh walk in uh from a Mr Michael Brunell uh he works uh for oig uh um for the Department of Commerce he was displaced by the recent Federal
mandate to have nobody work at home and his office is in DC so his boss told him that he could uh Source a local office and he came down um he was told to come to the county uh his local County he
resides in Plymouth and works all around the area um very nice gentleman former Marine um and he's been with uh with the the federal government now for about 15 years um uh we looked at options that we
may have he actually also has options to go into Boston and work in federal Offices uh so uh that would be no charge to him but obviously a a couple hour commute each way he and his boss recognized would be not uh positive so
um I I showed him the office that we used during the flood upstairs um it it's only going to be him himself uh he has uh his own technology his own WiFi uh and he doesn't use the phone or
printer um we I I suggested to him that uh we'd be happy to do that we had a charge a nominal rate which was going to be $500 a month he went back um to his boss the boss couldn't get that authorized so we went back and forth a
couple times um and uh we have a a um a offer that he could work uh in in the office upstairs it would take zero uh from us he'd come in and go at his uh own um uh Authority uh he is fully uh um
security vetted uh with uh with a high security clearance uh and we settled on a $4,000 uh a year uh Sal amount uh payable month-to-month on a month-to-month basis because he's not
sure how long this would help so this helps them U helps uh we're a good part we continue to be a good partner with the federal government um and maybe down the road uh when um they get uh looked to larger offices uh we might be able to
to get some more business out of it but right now um with your approval I will offer him and I work through um a month-by-month agreement uh for $4,000 per year uh which is 333 33 per
month that's going to be where are they going to be they'll be upstairs so upstairs in Molly actually right outside of Molly's old office which is where the treasurer sat uh up stairs when we had the FL did we offer him at all Belmont
Street so he lives in Plymouth and um this is more to his his preference it's a lot shorter commute it's actually about 10 minutes for him um he lives out in Southern Southern Plymouth yeah so um we could uh
actually Plymouth um is we have that we've been offering that at $450 per month so we're actually um not that much different in the ballpark yeah the ball about insurance and indemnification yep that'll that's part of the normal agreement that we have uh
so we're protected against any sep balls or you know anything like that you would uh co co use our kitchen Grier in our bathrooms and our parking we have one spot uh for parking great fine with me um fine with
me treasur O'Brien just quickly will he need access regular hours no he's works regular hours we will give him a key um which is not like again he has a lot higher security than anybody in this room so I'm I'm I'm not as concerned
about that and then the only thing is and I don't you'll know much better I know that sometimes in the winter it got very cold and in the summer it got very hot in that office because the AC did all the work we do improve that it might there be a better office maybe at one of
the other building we so um we looked at the other offices the other office that would be a lot more room and we're still holding that for other other op options as they
evolve if I may sure would that be uh over at the registry I mean these rooms up there where you had said that you were during the flood yeah and um that's where Nancy and and umm Matt and Tammy that's where they all
were in those offices um we couldn't move them over there um I thought upstairs was not being utilized at all um and uh it keeps them you know where I can keep an eye on them um and then the other part is that those rooms over
there we've talked about potentially having his meeting rooms for the Commissioners so um if you say well is he going to do any leasehold improvements upstairs no he's not literally said he would vacuum the rug he's a pretty Hands-On guy so uh you
know he has a couple kids and not afraid to move this the up there Ian if there's no objection then go for it motion to uh allow the administrator to enter into agreement with the federal government on that space
OCC commissioner Hy second commission right all in favor I it's unanimous that is it chair very good all right I will entertain a motion to return motion commissioner Hanley yes second second commission right all in favor
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