--------- Um, excuse me. One second, people. Hi everybody. Just wait one sec. Ray's going to be calling into the meeting and as soon as we get him on here, we'll And Bob's going to be coming as well. Ray, um I will call you right back, Ray. I'm just going to call Bob because I want to
um make sure that he's getting on as well. Thanks. Call Bob Coulter. I have a couple of different links I could do of I I'll be joining momentarily. Okay. All righty. Call me if you have
any trouble. Thanks. Okay, Ry should be joining us in just a minute. Let me get my documents up. Hello. There we go. Hey, Bob. Hi. Hi.
All right. All right. Here we go. All right. All right. Call the meeting to order at 12:06 on Monday. Um, this meeting is being audio recorded, held remotely on Zoom, and live streamed on RCTV. The Armald Board of Commissioners recognize
the importance of a hearing public comment at the discretion of the chair on items of the official agenda. Once recognized by the chair, all persons addressing the board shall state their name and address prior to speaking. If the role of the chair is to maintain order in all public comment or ensuing discussions, if members are
participating remotely, please identify themselves. Bob Cteray, uh, Ray Porter, Vivic Sony, Molino. All right, the whole team's here. Yay team.
Yay. Yay, team. Yay, team. Okay, great. Um, okay, we'll just jump right over to the agenda. Okay, hold on just one second. I'm sorry, my audio was off and I had to pop back on. Hang on. Okay. and we will pop
over to the agenda. Okay, the Oh, wait. Hold on just one second. I'm just going to record. Not that I have to cuz our MLDD friends are here. Recording in progress. Okay.
Okay. So, um we're in our interview process discussing our meeting schedule and next steps. Um we're going to go into executive session. I am going to ask uh folks I am training uh in
Albany next week. So I am out Monday through Thursday. The only time I would have available would be probably at 5:00 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday um
next week in case we need another meeting. Um h how how would uh 5:00 just for the sake of scheduling a meeting? We can always cancel it. Is everybody good with Monday at 5:00?
I'm good with Yeah, I'm uh I'm back home so I'm not sitting in a hallway in Chicago. Okay. So that's that's next week and you're not affecting our October 1st one? Nope. It's just Okay. So it's not October 1st.
It is going to be the 6th of October. Correct. In case in case necessary. That way we just get it on the schedule. All right. Perfect. Thank you so much. Okay. Okay. Um you want to Yep. Someone ready to read the motion? Uh I that can you read the motion?
Yeah. Okay. Move that the RMLD general manager search committee go into executive session to consider or interview applicants for employ for employment or appointment by a preliminary screening committee as the
chair declares that an open meeting will have a detrimental effect in obtaining qualified applicants and to return to regular session for the sole purpose for journment. Roll call vote required.
Ray Porter second. Ray Porter I called I. Okay. Excellent. Terrific. See you in a second session. See you. So you're gonna Yep. We will see you on the other side. Bye. Part: 2
It seems like it. Um, send an email really quick. Well, maybe Rich, we can't hear you properly. find my computer on my phone and then
Hi David. Hi Vick. How are you? Good. So it's not our computers in from somewhere else. Okay. How's that? Is that any better? Much better. Hey, David. How you doing?
I'm all right. Um, I'm not hearing Rich. on you. Can you still can't hear me? No, I can't. Yeah. Yeah. I don't um I keep going in and out on my
thing here on my phone. Um Erica, are you able to give us a motion on the screen share? Yep. One sec. I'm trying to keep me off of mute. My uh Zoom keeps switching me over to mute.
Rich, I do have um Pam in the waiting room. Oh, okay. [Music] Hi, Pam. Afternoon. Hello. How's everyone? Good. Yeah.
Yeah. Just we're we're just about ready to go to uh executive session. Erica is going to give us the motion here to read in just a minute. Okay. I know I'm creating a an extra hiccup by creating a quorum. So, whatever we need to do to make sure we
take that step, I can I can drop off and just go to executive. I think you would have had to have called the full board meeting, Pam, to um to to cover the contingency of of a third member being here. That's
usually how it's done, but Erica could tell you better. Correct. And we did not post for a full board meeting. That would be good to do going I mean going forward Erica just to do I I mean subject to Pam being okay with it just
so it covers in case a third member is is is a third member allowed to even attend without participating should be right I mean it's as a member of the public I off the top of my head I'm not
positive if it's okay for Pam to attend without deliberating rating. I'm just not 100% on that. Okay. Well, that's fine. I I'll just I'll just drop off. Um and uh I'll so I don't disrupt it. Thanks
all. Okay. Thanks, Pam. Um Okay. Can you still hear me? Um I think we have the the suggested motion here. Does somebody want to uh Well, I guess first of all, I need to call the meeting to order. So, I'm calling the meeting to order.
Um it is 4:06 p.m. Uh and our upcoming meeting schedule uh we have a executive session today um to discuss GM contract strategy. Uh
so if we could have somebody read the motion. Um, yeah. And I I did write minutes from the August 15th meeting, but it's not on the agenda, and I I'd only be giving it to you now. So, we'll do it at the next meeting if that's okay. As far as the regular session.
Okay. And do we You know what? Actually, before somebody reads the motion, do we need to have a roll call for this meeting? Do we Erica? Might as well, right? Yeah. Yeah. Because you're all remote, so I'd roll call. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Okay. So Rich Rich Swanson, chair of the contract committee, present. Dave Talbot, member is present. Vive Sony cab member present. Okay. Um so we will go ahead and and postpone the approval of minutes. Uh
we'll put those on the agenda of the next meeting. Um can we have the motion? Before that, Rich, can we talk about the schedule? I don't see any other meetings on the schedule. Yeah. So, what we have right now is the schedule is pending
what we do today. So, my um it'll it'll depend on our timing today, what our schedule is. Um but likely, well, it's possible that we don't necessarily have any meetings until we make recommendations to the board,
in which case we might have an additional meeting next week. um perhaps on Wednesday. Why don't we tentatively schedule it so that at least we can check schedules now otherwise it becomes life becomes more
complicated. Yeah, sure. Easier to cancel a meeting than than to schedule one. Sure. Um so how does Wednesday at this time look? Wednesday. Let me make sure the date here. So it's not this Wednesday, but it would be the next Wednesday.
uh the 8th, October 8th at 4 p.m. that at 4 p.m. That works for me. That's fine. Okay. Um so Erica, we'll go ahead and schedule that meeting Wednesday at 4 PM next week. Perfect.
And as of right now, uh, we I don't think we necessarily need to make it an executive session, but why don't just to be on the safe side, could we also schedule an executive session? Yes.
That we don't necessar need to use it. Yep. So, I'll um we can draft the agenda and keep executive on it and then if you choose to go into it, great. If you don't, totally fine as well. We'll just note it in the minutes either way. Okay. Okay, great.
Any anything else on the schedule? No, just tell me if my camera's on. I don't think it is. Is it? Yes, it is on. Okay, thank you. Uh, VC, anything else on the schedule from you? No, no, no. I I just wanted to make sure that you know had a sense of the schedule because
Yeah. Yeah. Okay, great. All right. Somebody like to read the motion? Sure, I'll do it. Uh, move the RMLD board of commissioners go into executive session pursuant to Massachusetts general law uh 64 section 47D exemption
from public records and open meeting requirements in certain instances under purpose number two to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with non-union personnel and return to open session for the sole purpose of adjournment. Second.
Okay. All in favor? Tot. Swanson. I. So we will uh adjourn this meeting and meet in executive session. Great. Meeting adjourned.
Thank you.