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emergency management. >> Okay, maybe they changed some settings. Well, that's the only one I've been to with it anyway. All right. Um, shall we call ourselves to order for It's hard to believe it's already April 28th. Um,

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and to review the agenda. So, we have our general business of um approving minutes from um April 14th um in acknowledgement of an open meeting law complaint filed by Amanda Alex. Um vote to allow the town to apply for up to a

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$150,000 um uh a a grant for the I'm sorry, 50,000 for um the climate leader technical assistant grant. and then um a fire chief Zwanka to give us a check-in.

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He is currently on a fire call. He did leave some information. So, we'll go over what he has left. Um and follow up with questions if we have it. Then our town administrator update. Um is there anything else uh that popped up in >> Frank here? Maybe we should if he knows

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anything about the school. >> I also do. >> Oh, they can't be down there. They went down there this afternoon. >> You know about the jam. Well, >> okay. >> We'll do it at that and then if we have questions since Frank.

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>> Um, all right. So, let's move on to public comment. Marita or Eric, did you have anything that you wanted to add to the agenda that pop? >> Nope. >> Uh, let's move on to public comment. Anyone who has public comment on screen or in the room, please use your raised

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hand feature. I see Frank that tick will do it. >> Um, all right. I don't see any public comments. So, let's move right on to general business and um the minutes for April 14th. So, do I hear a motion?

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>> I move that we approve the minutes of April 14th, 2026. >> Okay. >> Second. >> All right. Um, any edits or clarifications is good. >> I didn't have any. Um, all those in favor? >> Frell. I >> stalker I >> please O'Neal I

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Okay. And the second one uh the next one is to acknowledge an open meeting law complaint filed um by um Amanda Alex on April 15th. Um the complaint was insufficient executive session minutes

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for the police chief search committee. Um and I know Haley you've been working on this. Yeah. So as the chair, secretary and human resource officer for that committee, um we got the records request for all the details, resumes,

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interview questions and such. Um so I had prepared minutes. You're trying to be cautious of the you know the private nature of the search. >> Yep. Um you know it's the first time I've crafted minutes like that. So, um, after the requesttor had a chance to review those, they found that there was

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insufficient detail and so they they filed open a meeting law complaint and so, uh, drafted a letter. We had to draft a letter in this case, but, um, so basically all that it says is that you you'll ask me to just go back in and insert details where I can um, and we can flush them

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out a little bit more and then come back to public session um, approve them and then get them posted. >> Okay? And if you need help with that, since I was present, I'm willing to >> Yes. >> in any way. Okay. Um,

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and we have a letter here to sign. So, do or do you have any questions, Rita or Eric? Ask for a >> any questions of um >> No, no, I'm good. >> Good. >> Just making sure that this is it.

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>> There's two puppies of each. That's why. That's why. Okay. Um, two copies each. Do I hear a motion to um sign the letter for Amanda Alex? Um,

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and the open meeting law completed. >> So moved. Okay. >> Second. >> Right. All those in favor? Daryl. I >> pneum second. And then the second one is a letter to

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the um division of open government the attorney general's office. Do I hear motion to sign the letter related um for the attorney general's office? So moved. >> Second. >> All right. All those in favor I

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>> toile such nice hand. >> Mine's still pretty nice. >> Okay. Great. And then the next one is um to um did you want to take a question from >> Yep. Mary Luke, go ahead.

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>> Hi. Um Mary Luke Cona. I live on Wendle Road and um a little bit wondering about what just happened. Um, so my question is the letter two I think letters that

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Melissa you spoke about. Um, can the public see them? That's one question. And two, was there some kind of decision that you just all made? That's two questions. Thank you.

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Yes, we had decided to have Haley the TA who was the chair of the committee, the re human resource officer on the committee and there was one other hat you wore in that committee >> um secretary to go back through the draft minutes is what was released in

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that open in open records request and to um go through them and add detail where she can um if there is detail to be added. in the minutes and then we will uh go in an open session or vote on them um for

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release >> and then she prepared a letter to um Amanda Alex in that vein and that's what we just approved signing was that letter and then the follow-up letter to the attorney general who also gets a copy of the open meeting law complaint when

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someone files one. >> Okay. And is the public privy to these letters or >> Yeah. >> They'll be on the website or how can we find them? >> Would you like me to email them to you,

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Mary Lou? >> Oh, that'd be awesome. Thank you. >> Okay. All right. Moving on to uh the 150,000 for the climate leader technical

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assistance grant to vote on that and then to vote on the town administrator. So >> yes, so um bring us up to date. We got the climate leader designation and we want to go for the technical assistance grant because that'll help us. Um, you

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know, we're trying to work through where do we want to how do we best want to make use of that resource. Um, so I have to admit Michael is he's been doing a lot of the behind the scenes stuff. He fills me in. Um but so basically we need this component to be able to go for the

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the money to be able to do repairs you know to look at how can we be more energy efficient. Um so this is the next logical step in that process and >> I think the way it was described was is a grant due it's due pretty quick. It's

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at the end of May, >> so the timing is a little tight, but that's plenty of time, I think. And we Michael's been working with some contractors um to try to see who could we go to to do these assessments. >> And I think we have a meeting next week or the week after.

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>> Right. Right. So, we we were going to rely upon him to put the application together and then the second part was just to authorize Haley to sign the application so that it didn't have we weren't holding things. He's doing the leg work. I just get to sign off. >> Yeah.

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>> So, that's what I need the approval >> meeting. >> No, we don't. Right. >> All right. So, um and and with all that said, um so let's do two different ones. Do I hear a

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motion to apply for the $150,000 climate leader? >> So moved. >> Okay. >> Second. >> All right. All those in favor? Mel I. >> Stalker. I >> O'Neal. I and then do I hear a motion to authorize town administrator Haley Bolton to sign and submit the

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application once completed? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Right. All those in favor? >> Barl I. >> Stalker I. >> Me piece O'Neal I. >> And is that submitted electronically? Is that it's so nice? >> I feel like that's like a >> It's better for archiving. It's better.

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>> That's that one port thing they've got or whatever they call it. >> Yeah. It's actually pretty good for a state website. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. works pretty well. >> Stand by faint praise. First station. >> All right. So, I'm going to

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um since um Chief Zurwanka is at a fire doing doing his main job um for us, I'm going to relay the information he left behind for us. um he did give us quite a few fiscal

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years. So um I'll make this a little more comprehensive our calls if we wanted to know. Maybe not that far. Um >> yeah, I I think just last year or two is >> okay. Uh so the for two full years he did give us a partial year for this

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year. Okay. Um so for fiscal year 24 we had a total uh total calls of uh 119. Um 74 of those were medical

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>> six were um vehicle accidents. 16 were wires down uh wire/trees down. There was one structure fire, two miscellaneous fires, uh one smell of smoke, three chimney fires,

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two gas oil leaks, one water rescue, um four station coverage, um two for illegal burning, and one is a miscellaneous. Um and >> and we'll get copies of the

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>> Yeah, we can get copies of >> them. Yeah. >> Um so for 2025, fiscal year 2025, there were 109 calls. Uh 51 were medical, 17 were uh 17 were vehicle accidents,

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11 were alarm sounding, seven were for wires and trees. uh four structure fires, three brush fires, two chimney fires, two illegal burnings, uh two miscellaneous fires, two smells

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of smoke, and one res three rescues and four others that are not categorized above. >> Um and then this year, so this is only from June, uh sorry, July 1st through current, we're at 118

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already. Um there are 57 medical calls, uh 22 smoke alarm sounding investigations, seven accidents,

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um 10 trees down, eight brush fires, three structure fires, uh two vehicle fires, one chimney fire, two illegal burns, uh one electrical fire, one miscellaneous fire, and three

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other rescue um so far. So that's the information that he has provided us. Um he did give a total of 17 mutual aid. 17 times mutual aid was given out and one

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time it was received >> during the this during this fiscal year >> or that's okay. Okay. does not say whether it's connected to the 118. >> Okay. >> Um it may be those three structure fires I think were in the last couple weeks.

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>> Okay. Thank you. >> Um so that's the breakdown of the information. >> Okay. >> So clearly medical calls and fires are the two and medical calls do lead it significantly.

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>> Yep. >> Yeah. Any questions that I can No, I mean it's really unfortunate that he can't be here and we're not meeting again before town meeting and and I had asked for this because I think

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>> was there anything else really important? Well, >> some unrelated information. >> Well, I mean there was also a you know a fire that I felt like we should discuss you know as a as a board to at least um

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uh at at Glock and >> Yeah. Oh yes. Yes. You know, I just wanted to, you know, hear a little bit more information. It wasn't It wasn't battery fire. It's an electrical fire. It's my understanding. >> Yes. It was electrical. They had to

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disconnect something. >> They had to disconnect the power. >> Yeah. >> And they had to wait a little bit for the the temperature. >> Yeah. But, you know, particularly since that's a um, you know, a source of concern for the

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town and and the fact that we we do have battery storage on site there and and, you know, lithium. So when I heard that that something had had happened, I felt like it would be good to, you know, have

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Lenny here because information gets out there and then people have all kinds of like crazy ideas about what what happened, what transpired. Um, but it's from the sounds of it and again I can't ask him because he's not here that it was contained to a

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>> it was fairly quickly. It was fairly quick. >> Yeah. contained >> and and and the alarms and, you know, did did everything did everything work like it was supposed to? >> Because um uh you know, if if something

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more serious were to happen there, what was, you know, what what transpired, what was the amount of time before somebody got there? And um so that was really and I you know maybe what makes the most sense is um I mean I could

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prepare a list of questions and then just you know suggest to Lenny that he be prepared to answer those if you know if something came up. I mean, I assume when we have the when the article comes

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up around the the fire truck, um, you know, having this kind of data also, you know, things that that happened and and the Wheelock fire, you know, is is is one of them. Being able to answer the

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being prepared to answer those is really important. >> And also the training that they may have done like on the their training nights, have they? And have they traded with local others because there's other solar firms too, right? So >> training that they do regularly.

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>> I think that you know the larger question for me and I raised it when we met with the finance committee a few weeks ago. Um I raised a concern about um the fire truck um being on this town

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meeting warrant, you know, for a variety of reasons. My concerns, you know, had to do with not having this kind of data, which, you know, we should have asked for it sooner, but at least better late than than never. Um, you know, what what

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is the, you know, we already have a fire truck, you know, what is what is the need? Um and and sort of the the broader kind of policy question was really around Well,

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let me let me back up. The other question for me was um what else was explored? Were Were there other options other than spending $800,000 on a on a new um piece of equipment? And it was in large part

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because I suspected and what I've heard all along is that, you know, the bulk of the calls that we get are medical. And so are we are we investing a lot of money in very expensive equipment that tends to sit in

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a garage? Um, and so, you know, did was there any was there any investigation about alternatives? You know, could could the truck be leased? you know what is what what would a rebuild you know could you have this

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big monster vehicle and you know I know it's I know it's old and things um if the article um passes at town meeting it'll be it so

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it's from 1997 so it's 29 years old so 18 months >> it would be here in 2028 so that would be 31 years old >> um >> yeah so it And it was just again it was it was just you know were those

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questions asked and and then kind of again on the kind of broader um perspective was you know we we haven't we don't have a five-year capital plan and you know I

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really feel like when when we're making decisions about and making recommendations and we didn't make a recommendation on this. I mean it came through capital planning and it came through the the finance committee but it was in the

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absence of looking at the you know bigger picture about you know what what other expenditures so you know the the big things having to do with the oil tank at the school and kind of what's the long-term solution for that and and then the school p you know paving

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project and then other >> ev spear which you know is is is smaller but if you know if we want to do something with that. So, you know, we and and what's happening with the greater I mean, >> right, the highway, >> the highway equipments, you know, where

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are we with with that? So you know that >> I don't like making decisions or recommendations in the absence of like what is the full picture and I think you know I think I I heard from one of the

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um finance committee members you know at after we had that discussion um that yeah you know it needs to be done. So I, you know, my my kind of position

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um for town meeting is going to be um uh to to table this or defer it or that I don't feel like I can support it in the absence of more information. And I was going to tell Lenny that tonight. Um you

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know, he might already suspect it because I did talk about it some at that at that joint meeting that we had. Um, but that's kind of where I'm I'm coming from. And and it really, you know, for

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me it it it behooves us to look at um how things are structured if we have, you know, all these medical calls and I assume, you know, when there's like a car vehicle accident,

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>> fire truck post. is is that really, >> you know, what's the what's the logic behind that? You know, I feel like questions need to be answered. So, that's sort of my know the logic behind taking the fire truck in case there's a fire that comes from the yard, >> right? But we have two fire trucks and

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um and we don't when we have medical calls, I know fire trucks go, but again, you know, um so >> to answer, you did ask a question earlier. um in in what you were saying and one of them was how often is it

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used? So at least this year I didn't see it on the other two but we could ask him for it is engine one which is the newer of the two. >> Yeah. >> Um responded 15 times. >> Yeah. >> And engine two which is the one that is

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um being requested for a replacement at town meeting um went 41 times. Yeah. >> So my my question also is there's a difference between the two. They're playing on the older one. >> Yeah. um or did in this case. What is that? What is that? >> And why does that have the other one

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does not? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So, so it's it's it's all of that and and and kind of that's my >> No, I understand. >> That's my understand my take. So, >> yeah. >> Um Okay. >> Yeah. I would go on record as agreeing with what you're saying. >> Yeah.

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>> No, I don't I don't nec disagree with with what you're saying at all. And I think um you know I think uh us voting sometimes on the warrant for dating to add an article means that we're you know giving support and we're just you know

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>> but I think we made it clear when we did do the warrant you know that there wasn't a not being an endorsement by this >> right. It was put it on there so that the job >> saying yes or no. It's not our point to say yes or no on that.

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>> Yes. Just wanted to I know there was some things out there um questioning that on Next Door, so I want to make sure that >> Yeah. >> What's What's the number one thing that comes keeps coming up on Next Door, for example, as far as I'm concerned is is the taxes. I mean, I don't know. You spend 800,000

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plus interest. You're spending a million dollars, let's call it what it is. I mean, over 10, 20, 30 years. That's a lot of money. That's a lot of money in people's tax bill. I'm sympathetic to people being worried about that situation. >> Yeah.

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>> Before you pivot, one thing I I've been recommending to the fin comp, but it hasn't gotten a lot of traction is I do think that we should frontload some work and maybe do some joint meetings with the select board, the capital planning committee, and the finance committee. You know, it's not like we would have to

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do it as a matter of princip matter of course all the time, but where we don't have >> Yeah. uh or where we don't have like the the long range projections we want. I think it would behoove us to sit down and try to come to this, you know, the same agree not necessarily agreement,

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but just understanding where we're at a little bit more than we do now, >> right? >> Yeah. No, I Yeah, I think it's a very good idea. It's always been so separate and and >> Yeah. Yeah. It's one thing conversations.

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>> Yes. >> Yeah. Yeah. He's starting in September, you know, well before as the budget stuff is starting to get ready to go out. >> Yeah. Because when it gets going and it just bit of a like a tornado getting everything,

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>> you know, maybe do some over the summer and then you could we could set we the royal we could set expectations of, you know, what do we what are we looking for going into this budget season? cuz >> you know it sometimes you hear well we you know we get these requests for capital planning and you know but like

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we're all in it together and not any part can work without the others >> right it has been pretty separate >> um okay well I will um I'll I'll just put some questions together that I

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personally have and then and send them along to Lenny >> um Okay. >> Okay. So, with that um kind of floating in the in the air, we can always invite him back to another one, but you know,

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if we wanted to as well, uh um shall we move on to the town administrator? >> Yes. I was down at the lake today looking up DTM repairs and I just want to say I saw a bald eagle and I hope that is >> Oh, that's very cool. >> Really amazing. >> Likes to take those.

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>> Yeah. Didn't quite get it. >> Get a picture. No. And I really wish that I should because Brennan's going to post later. We're looking for photos of birds. Anyway, the important thing was that they've installed the new trash rack and

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um the engineer at GCA is going to send some photos because I think it's really interesting to see. The old trash rack has like teeth, you know, like a fork. And there's about two inches between each time and the new trash rack there's 4 in. So already we can tell that there

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it's the likelihood that that will get impacted is less because now things can flow more freely. Um so it's successfully installed. We need to see if it works. Um so the game plan you know today we met GZA um um

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representative from T4 company and a rep from the mass office of dam safety and and how he was there. Um, so basically what we're doing is we're going to be incrementally raising the level of water and our goal for this initial part is to hit the winter draw down level. So

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that's that twoft. Yeah, that's that twoft draw down. Um, we need to just hold it there for a little bit once we get to that point and just make sure that the trash rack is working the way we want it to, that there's not any alternate water flows. Um, you know,

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>> what is it now? Do you know what that >> it's 5 foot? Yeah, it's still the 5ft drop. Um, that'll happen for a little bit. You know, obviously we'll be working with GVA and Mass Office of Dam Safety to, you know, to monitor it. Um, and then ultimately, should everything be the way we want it to, we can raise

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it back up to the summer pool, which will be happy and exciting, I think, for everyone. Um and then you know there'll be another inspection where hopefully we'll be up from unsafe to that poor condition and then we can start the the

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more permanent um yeah repair project. So again this was only temporary to get us away from that emergency situation. And we do want to put out a safety advisory um that if anyone is using the lake for recreating, you should just use caution because the water level

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obviously is much lower and so hidden hazards like crocs. Um you don't want to be out there on your kayak and hit something. Um so just use caution when you're on the lake. >> But hopefully, you know, I I don't want to give a time. >> Yeah. >> But it could move pretty fast.

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>> No, depends on how much. um >> but the but the end is in sight you know the the the penalt ultimate end where we get back to the the full level which is really good um >> and what's the next step Haley's so a grant application will go in

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>> we have a grant application in now um possibly maybe we can use some funds retroactively for the repairs but even if we're not able to do that this will help with the future engineering study we'll because we'll need another engineering study for the permanent repairs, >> right?

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>> And and that and we will be applying for funds for the permanent repairs. >> Oh, absolutely. Yeah. We're we're pretty much going to stay in the the um grant application pipeline. >> Uhhuh. For this foreseeable. >> Yeah. So, this was this was just phase

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>> phase one, the emergency. Yes. And then the next part is is doing the solution and the bail. >> So, there there's a plan. I guess that's my my plan. >> Is there a plan? >> Um and we we've been making pretty steady progress. Yeah.

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>> So that's all good and unless there's questions on that. Um >> what can you just give a two cents thing on the Zara ooz and what's going on with that? >> Um so we were down there today. Uh the contractor is going to smooth out some of the dirt. They're going to plant some I forget what they call it but something

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like seed grass seed or something. Um and then >> instructions. >> Yeah. Um, last we had left it with the Zabarooas. I had asked them if they would be available um, sometime after the repairs were done so we could just like take a walk. I thought if we were on site it would make more sense. Um, I

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haven't heard back. So, I'll be reaching back out to them because now I can say it's done. What do we want to do going forward because there's still going to be more to come. And all right, Frank, I want to make sure I'm up to date on the oil tank, but you can correct me if I forget

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something. Um, so it's ongoing. It's everyone's favorite. All these projects ongoing. >> Um, but hopefully at least in terms of moving the the tank that may already be off the site. Um, they had loaded the barrels,

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all the individual barrels into this one big at least as when I went down they pick up my nephew. >> So that means they're probably >> But it's tidier than it was. >> Okay. >> Yeah. And it's going to be easier to take to the recycling facility. So, they're probably that means that there's some more testing likely to be done. Um,

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certainly we're going to be doing some like well drilling tests. Um, just look at my notes here because they did find a little some little oil near the curb crack. I don't exactly know what a curb crack is. Um, >> the curb.

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>> Yeah. Aside from aside from the obvious, I don't know if it's like a >> It's a crack at the curb. >> Okay. I thought maybe it was something more fancy than that and they just >> they were frustrated with it because they found a crack at the curve that had oil in it right next to the drain. So

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they opened it up and that's they kept on going down and they were disappointed that they kept on finding more oil. They might they might have thought because they'll do find out in testing it was older oil too. So it could be just >> car oil or whatever. >> Oh, they had to go get a little extra

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dirt. They tried getting a second dumpster, but it couldn't arrive in time. So, the dumpster there is full. And I'm not sure if they'll be able to pick it up before town meeting. They're going to try to do it this week, but they have to

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have Ornick sign off on the testing. So, there's more another I think there's another round of testing for the crack oil >> that the barrels are draped over. So, it just looks like the dumpster with a tarp over it. Okay. You know, it's very tidy. So, the good news is that they did do um

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an inspection on the vault and there's no new leaks. So, we're happy about that. Um but there's still water getting in. So, they were thinking that might be like the manhole cover or through like the electrical power box. That was one likely drip.

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>> Um so, at one point Frank and I had talked about having the vault cleaned out. Um that's on hold. So, we want to continue to look at um we just want to continue looking, make sure there's no further leaks. You know,

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why why do that if there might be another leak that we don't know about? So, basically, we want to confirm that there's no more and then we can get um the ball cleaned. We can do the repair work that we need to do. Um so, yeah, they're still doing the

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testing before we even go. And that that all that also will include the alarm system. You know, we're going to wait on that until all the leaks are identified. >> So, we don't have a we don't have an amount yet for the repairs and the >> for the repairs. We do for the

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remediation, which is what we're covered for. So, we we hit our deductible. >> Um that was I think in total the cost was about 54,000 >> for the remediation. Um and then >> 10 of which we had 10 of which we pay

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the insurance company the rest. >> So that's fortunate. Um but just to get the scale of what the actual cost. >> Yeah. >> But going forward we're responsible then for any repairs and Okay. >> Yep. Those are not covered but the spill

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itself was um classified as sudden and accidental which made it coverable insurance policy. Um, and I think that that's about where we're at now. >> I don't think I missed anything huge. Um,

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>> anyone look at the pictures on the link? >> I did. Yeah. >> Okay. >> There there Yeah, we have some pictures that like >> there's a link on the I sent to everyone and it's just um >> Oh, I looked at them. Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. just it's very extensive and Royal Steam put a bunch of pads couple of pads down just to keep up to see what

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if anything happens because Gregory thought there still was a leak and we couldn't find anything. There was >> oil on a on a a pipe but it could have been there from when he took the sucking machine out of, you know, the bottom there and had

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>> so you know it we couldn't find anything and we spent over 20 minutes down there. >> Yeah. Um, so to circle back to like the name of it, the climate leader technical assistance, you know, that might be something that we want to talk to folks about is do we, you know, because

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obviously the problem with the oil tank is you can't see it because it's underground, you know, so do we pivot to something that's maybe above ground or do we look at heat pumps, you know, so those are some options that might get us out of this situation going forward. So, so that would be under the technical

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assistance would be the research to say what because I think we we talked with Michael that the elementary school is probably the most >> they are the biggest the biggest energy margin right makes the most sense to focus on solutions that

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>> yes could make sense >> you know and you know and without >> without a dedicated maintenance person having something above ground is certainly a lot easier to to see and put eyes on if there was an issue. Yeah. >> Um and then someone has their Frank has their his hand up. >> Yeah. That you know that technical

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assist also help out because Jeff Quackenbush did some leg work talking to engineers and just to get a an engineering technical thing of geothermal is between 50 and $75,000 to even see you can do it. So you know that the water is correct and what type

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you have to put out there. So >> just to see if you can do it is that much money for the school only. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> And then so Brennan, if you can toss up those um screenshots for me, please.

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Last few weeks, we have been um working steadfastly on our communication and engagement. And I want to make a plug for anyone who's not already subscribed to our town announcement email system

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assuming there he puts him up. Um, thank you. Nice. Perfect. So, we've been doing Friday fives. It's been really fun to write. um we follow I follow like a a loose rubric on how I want to format

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them, but basically it's supposed to be a straight from the source guide for all the things that are happening. And in fact, what I just read to you now will be condensed into an announcement on Friday. So consider this your sneak peek. Um we should write that sneak

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peek. >> Um but so that hopefully more folks will subscribe. We're up to 702 subscribers. >> That's great. >> So, um, Gail and I were talking shop about that earlier. It's really exciting. Um, so we'd obviously love to

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to get a few more. And then if you can pivot. So when when we did the Friday five, after a couple of them, I was like, you know, I really want to do something that kind of like sandwiches the week. So came up with shoes by sighting. So it's

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a Monday drop. So basically um it's a way for people to submit photos of Shootsberry and my ulterior motive for that is to build a photo archive of town resources so that you know someday we can update our town website pictures or

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you know whatever else we want to do. >> Um so those are two options if you subscribe to our email newsletter list can also see them on our next door page. Um, and I'll put a plug in this coming Monday or this coming Sunday if people

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want to submit photos of birds. Um, that's our next scroll. Scroll down a little more. >> Yeah. Our feathered friends. >> That's great. >> It happen to be National Bird Day. >> Perfect. >> You got some photos. You can help our archive. um and just have a little bit

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of fun cuz I do one day I have in my mind um if we have enough pictures doing like a meet the photographer event and we can just have like a rotating slideshow and just have people come and check them out. >> Yeah. >> Um so be some fun community building.

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Great. So that that's how I like to start and end my week. >> Yeah, that's fun. >> So fun is important. It is. Could add a little levity to thing. >> Can I ask Frank a question? Yeah. Yes. >> Did you f What do you know anything

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about um more about this lighting at the school? Did you do you remember you're going to shut the lights off or something? >> Well, I haven't been there, but they uh probably tripped. Um I haven't gotten a ladder out that I wanted to be able to get the ladder out. So, we had a good meeting. Uh the lighting committee,

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we'll call it the lighting committee. uh the model that they put on I found I don't know if everyone heard this but the models they put on have uh white and warm colors and I have to test to make sure it's the same model so we can

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actually the perimeter security lights can be due to a nice orange whatever you want to call it lot less lights and and lumens um I found out that the parking lot uh lights um have a photo cell And there's

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actually a timer that the screw things on, the old screw things had fallen off. Matt was out, so I didn't get back to him yet. Um, but I believe and I I was going to ask Lenny this tonight, too. Um

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cuz I was in uh Vermont over the weekend. Uh Friday from Friday on um they did hit a line uh for the Western Environmental did clip a line um

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by one of the light posts and I assumed it tripped it. It should have tripped it. that. So that I I haven't seen the uh lights at night if they're off. >> But that was our goal, >> right, Eric? >> The goal is to fix that thing with the

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pins and >> Yeah. >> Right. >> Yeah. Fix that with the pins or we can we also talked about we can turn the lights off now and just turn them on when they have an event at uh 9:00 or whatever. But we're at daylight. We're at you know the sun is up now through

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the school hours and after school hours what they're doing. So, >> just shut them off until you need them. Right. >> Yeah. Yeah. That's what we talked about. Yeah. Just shut them off and then come in the in the uh fall, put the pins back together, make sure that's accurate again because the all the

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pieces were there and I didn't know I had a timer till I looked at it. >> Great. >> Okay. >> Thanks. acceptance of union. >> Um so can we just talk about schedule um like housekeeping stuff? Um so I know

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there are we have a meeting right after town meeting like May 12th. >> Yeah. There's a slight chance I might be out of town that day, but um I could I

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could participate remotely. But do we want to do we need to change anything? I guess is my is my question. 526 are the next two that we >> and then and then it's June 9th and June 9th would be my last meeting if if we

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are on that schedule um because June 23rd I am going to be gone like not very >> like not not in Ecuador.

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So let's see. I have a then I have a question. Traditionally or not traditionally I guess it's been traditional since I've been on select board. We've always scheduled a meeting for the select board um before town meeting in case there was anything that popped up.

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>> Yeah, we could half an hourong. >> Yep. just in case I think there was something either the warrant had something we had to address or >> there was something that had to be addressed by us >> for whatever reason may pop up. >> Okay. >> I feel like if we don't have that

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scheduled something will pop up >> right >> and then have to um was there any did we want to meet before town meeting just >> did is there anything any other reason why we would need to meet before town

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meeting? Not that I know about. >> Yeah, I don't I don't I'm I'm good. You're good. >> We might want to post a meeting. We don't have to, but we might want to meeting for May 7th when Leoncom's doing that in >> case we all show up. >> Oh, yeah. That's a good idea, too.

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>> Very good idea to post a meeting. >> 57. >> So, if you have a funny feeling, well, I want to go to that. >> You probably all go to that. >> Yes. >> You know, um >> I get to sit in this room and be a when you know or you're instead of a

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whatever on the stove on a screen be a spectator. >> Yeah. Right. >> Okay. Speak for itself. >> Looking at >> you spectator. >> Um

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>> okay. I think that would great for >> Yeah. Um and then of course if anything pops up and we have to meet. Um the next emergency management was May in case anyone wanted to have that on

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their schedule. Um that was it. >> So the day of a town meeting um 8:30. Do you guys want to start? I know. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> We And if it's something we don't have anything we'll just cancel.

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>> Yeah. We can just cancel it. Right. The 48 hours ahead of time cancelers. >> Yeah. Okay. >> It's a lot easier >> in person. Yeah. At the at the school. >> That was good.

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>> All right. Okay. I'll make a motion to adjurnn. >> Okay. >> Second. >> All right. All those in favor? >> Carol. I. >> Stucker. I >> make peace. O'Neal I. This may be one of our shortest meetings. >> Uh, that's >> that's a record my bud. Okay,

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>> that's everybody regular. We've had