North Square. Yeah. It popped up on Actually, I actually interviewed her for a project on my MBA. Oh, did you really? Yeah. You need one of those You guys are in in um Oh, thank you. I'll pass. I'd love to.
No, I think it better. Thank you. You want me? Oh, maybe I have a question. And all that over there. Yeah. And where is this? It's right in
square, you know, by um by Kohl's, you know, where Cinder Jones has operation there. Um and there's a little general store and provisions has a place. Oh, yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. Provision. They were only in Northampton, by the way. Thank you. Much appreciated. So that these won't be reflected where you on that. Yeah.
Her notes because this just came in. Okay. Are you gonna Were you sitting here? Are you gonna or no? From above. Okay. He's gonna do it from upstairs. Oh, he's doing it from here. So, is he
going to edit it as we Is Brennan gonna edit? Um, that's a good question. He was going to take minutes up there, I think, is what he wasn't He didn't want to run home in case he had to print. Oh, okay.
He does. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Right. All right. Um, I think Frank probably cannot hear us. Is that true, Frank? I can hear you perfectly. Thank you.
Good. Just checking the video settings real quick. Yep, it's got the owl. Okay. All right. I will call the Shbury Select Board meeting to order at 503 um on 520 2025.
And our current agenda is um first to review the agenda and we have public comment first followed by our general business which is to review and approve meeting minutes for May 6 and May 13
to review and sign the real and personal property uh interim year EV valuation value sorry adjustment agreement uh FY26 for the assessors to review and vote on approval of the assessor's request to
move forward with advertising and a search committee for the administrative assessor position review and vote on conservation restriction for the town to obtain a parcel at 100 sorry 101 Leader
Road. Uh that's a conservation commission Beth and Mark Whitnner uh to discuss child care at town meeting and to review and finalize the annual town meeting warrant and then uh town
administrator reports. Um was there anything that we would like to add or change order of on the agenda? You're up. Yeah, there's a letter. Oh yes, we we do have a letter um of [Music]
um officer in charge letter that we will do under uh the TA update. Thank you. Um and so I'm going to open it up to public comment. Rita or Eric, unless you have anything you want to jump in about the
agenda order. Nope. Okay. Does anyone in the room or online have public comment? I see Frank and Lesie. last agency Frank Sand first. So I'm going to do let and then we'll do Lesie. Go ahead Frank. Thank you. I just had a a question about the upcoming public meeting. At the last
public meeting at the Shberry Elementary School, I asked the town clerk about the internet password and she said there would be no internet access during this town meeting. Will we be allowed to have internet access because some of us don't have cell phone service at this meeting
to look up data and other things? Yes. So, um, just we don't usually respond to public comment, but I will. We were having didn't want to interfere with our attempt to have a hybrid meeting at that and we needed as much bandwidth as possible. Um, but the next one it will
be in person only. And so, yes, we will have password for people to look up and and be able to view the town meeting documents and stuff. Yeah. Thank you very much. Have a good meeting. Thank you. Thanks, Leslie. Multiple people
attended a memorial service on Saturday afternoon for a long time volunteer in our town. And in years past, we have done memorials in our town reports. And I would ask that this board consider
doing that for the FY25 annual report. It doesn't have to be decided tonight. I just wanted to put that out there that uh and I love this picture that was given and we can communicate with the family and see about that but it's not an assessor's task for sure yeah we can
check with um with Brennan I know he's there the report is being Nour right oh okay sure that's a great idea Yeah, that is a brave is a brave picture. Good idea. Yeah, a lovely
service. Um, okay. Any further public comment in the room or online? Okay, let's go to our first topic to review and approve meeting minutes for May 6th. Do I hear a
motion to approve minutes for May 6, 2025? I move that we approve the minutes of May 6, 2025. Second. All right. Um, is there any edits or comments on those that are
presented to us? No. Okay. Um, all those in favor, please signify by saying I. Frell. I. Stalker. I make her. Um, and do I hear a motion to approve May 13, 2025? I'll second. Yeah. Um any edits or
amendments to those that that um as I presented? Was this good? That was good. Okay. Um all those in favor signify by saying I Daryl I. Starker I pil. Okay. Um now we're on to review and sign the
real and personal property interim year value adjustment agreement FY26 assessors. Okay. Lesie, do you want to give us a little summary
or discuss it as we had requested handling the May 14th meeting and all the tasks seemed like they must be done with the interalation because it it reads that there's a lot
more going on, but it has to overlap all throughout the year. Okay, this is just for that and they recommend that. Okay, great. All right. Um, do I hear a motion to sign the letter for the 2026
assessment services real and personal property? I move that we um listen to a Zoom meeting. Um, oh, I told you about our chief police uh another time later.
Somebody, you're not on mute. Mute. Please mute yourself. I got I'm on it. You got it. Okay. Yeah. Um I move that we um sign the real and personal property interim year value adjustment
agreement for fiscal year 2026. Okay. Second. All those in favor signify by. Frell. I pal. and I will sign and pass it along.
All right. So our next um agenda item is to review and vote on approval for the assessor's request to move forward with advertising and a search committee for the administrative position. So at our last meeting we did approve the job
description um and the advertisements I believe on advertisements too. Um and so Lesie, you're asking for us to approve the moving forward with advertising and collecting resumes and the such correct?
Yes. Again, Nathan had asked us to discuss that are making we did on the 14th and we sorted out a confusion where it seemed like we were duplicating services, but we are not and there's more that are not happening because I'm
just and David was present. You explained it I think to us all very well. The need the serious need to get that process started by just gave um a copy of the steps involved in
our which at the moment can't find a staff that I have for you. If you do approve that, then we're ready to move forward. I've got a list of people that we can advertise. I don't know if I'll work with Haley or Brenon, whatever you folks tell you to do, but
we're prepared and ready. Yeah. Great. You all set it up. I just lost. Take your time. Okay. Do you have a budget for the advertising or is that something we do through? Um, we have so much in our operating this year that we
are able to do it. Uh we were funding a lot of trainings that have not been happening because David and I are as trained as we were ever going to be. And so I'm assuming that we can just use that and be done with it. It' be $100
for the beacon and the others are three mostly all three. Okay, that's good. That's good. Okay. Um do I hear a motion to um approve the assessor's request of
moving forward with advertising search committee? So moved. Second. All those in favor? Carol I. Dr. I make peace. I Okay. Um so now we'll move on to review and vote for on
the conservation restriction for the town to obtain parcel at 101 Lever Road. And I saw Beth pop on here. And Beth, could you give us um some background information? Where did she go? Oh, there
she is. Sure. Um so yeah, this is a conservation restriction that um Mark Whiteitman had brought forward. Um so the whole parcel that he owns there is 18 acres and the conservation restriction is being put on
about 14 of them. Um the commission spent a lot of time working with Mark to kind of come up with the um things that are going to be allowed on the conservation in the area under the conservation restriction and sort of the prohibited acts. Um and he's been
working with the state. You know, the state kind of has a whole process for doing this and a template for the conservation restriction. Um, I'm sure you guys have now seen the conservation restriction and the conservation commission just voted at our last
meeting to accept it after we went through a few different renditions of it. Um, we accepted kind of overseeing the CR. So, we'll do the annual monitoring um of it to make sure people aren't
encroaching onto the con onto the area that's under the conservation restriction. Um, and yeah, so we're the Concom is the holder of the conservation restriction and we've already signed it and we're looking for the select board to sign on
behalf of the town. Um, and then I think I'm looking at now I think the town administrator signs and then eventually it goes back to the state where um they review it and make sure that it all abides by state laws and then and then
they eventually sign it. Um, does anybody have any questions? Don't have any questions. Do either of you or Eric? No. Okay. Well, since we have no questions, do I hear a motion to sign the conservation or just clicked
off, excuse me, the conservation restriction for the town to to obtain parcel 101 Lever Road. So move and I will second. Okay. And all those in favor? Frell. I make peace
and all. Thanks for your work on that. And the conservation commission too. Rita. Sure. I um I think Matteo is is kind of managing the actual paperwork. So once that once that page gets signed um
please um get it back to him. I think it has to be notorized the page that you're signing and then yeah or pull it all together and eventually get it back to the state. Thank you. Leslie has a question. Oh Lesie. Yes, I have two
questions statements. First I was asked to notoriize that tonight. So I am witnessing your signatures and second we uh got through the first part of our second agenda item about hiring but not appointing the search committee. and I
will give you these sheets. So after you finish signing, I will notoriize and I'm sorry. Yes, I'm sorry that this one and Okay. Sorry. So two on two pages. for those on camera. We're just signing
paperwork. [Music] That's a whole list. Okay. McKennies that need to sign that first page. Just a second. Okay.
Um so we're going to go back to a prior agenda item um related to the assessor's request for advertising and search committee because we moved on faster than appointing the committee. That was my fault. Um my sincere apologies. Um,
so I think the next thing for us to do, select board, um, is to help appoint that committee. And based on Leslie's wonderful notes, it says that there should be, um, a representative from the select board, one from the personnel, one from Vincome. The town administrator
serves as an ex officio, and then two to three people with technical expertise in the field for about a total of five to seven members for the search committee, if I'm reading that correctly. So the select board is our choice or
skip. Um how soon? So this is going to get going pretty quickly. We did discussing it. What does it say? Yeah. There may be nothing happening by then, but we want the search committee
ready to go. Okay. I I'm gonna suggest that we um forego a select board representative given um time constraints well time constraints I'm um unavailable for part
of June Eric's unavailable for part of June and me you can do everything I work full time and you work full time so if you're comfortable with that Um that Yeah.
Okay. Um and in fact that's what Gabriel Yeah. not remembering about the search procedure. Yeah. That personel board had she said well you assessors will you're more than welcome to join us
anytime any well that's that's lovely. Yeah. Okay. So, and then you do have a suggestion of April for um the personnel board, George for spincom, Haley for the
town administrator, and then there's uh suggestions of Howard Sapner for um the board of registers. No. Oh, okay. The technical not registers.
Chairman, I'm sorry. I for the ones that expertise in the field. Um Howard Sepner and David Burgess and Lesie. Sounds like a great group. It sounds like a perfect group of of experts. Lot
of experience. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I make a motion that we appoint April Stein, George Arvinitis, Haley Bolton, uh, Howard, uh, David Burgess, and Leslie Bracebridge as the, um, administrative
assessor search committee. Second. All those in favor? Carol, I stuck I pis I. Thank you all for volunteering. We appreciate that. And I do appreciate the nicely laid out
note. Yes. Yeah. Great. I appreciate another time and place more time together, but it's been limited. Yeah. Okay. Um so now we are quickly moving on to uh the discussion of child care at
town meeting. So, this um this came to us as a request to as a possibility for town meeting. Um and Mandy, I think you were the one that brought it to our attention. Oh, great. I'm sorry. Great. Great. Um so, we should have a
discussion about that. Um in the past, we have had it, but um what are our thoughts and discussion now? It's definitely a good idea. I know Grace feels very strongly. Um I think there would probably just some
logistical questions that we might want to just start thinking about or put into place for next year, but she she's more knowledgeable about it than I am. Okay, Grace, do you want to fill us in the box? Uh so,
uh last time we had Childcare for Town meeting was 2022. uh cuz that was the big big library vote and we had over 400 people come out so we knew we were going to need childare. It was super easy because we were still in the field at that point. basically we
got a bunch of volunteers and uh a soccer ball I believe and that was that um this year since then you know it's always a discussion every year and we always get complaints about not having it every year but uh there hasn't really
been much of a demand for it until this year. Uh so far this year I've been contacted by five different families uh specifically requesting that we provide child care at this year. Uh I learned recently there are uh 20 kids in the
preschool class this year. So that's a huge for for Shootsberry. That's a that's a big class size. I think that um one of the results of the demographic changes that have happened in town over the last couple years is we're back in
that space where we have a lot of young families now in town. And I do think that it is important that we uh get back to the habit of child care being a regular thing uh like it was when I was growing up.
Um, now the logistics have definitely been complicated uh because we're not really in the practice of doing it every year anymore. Um, so I've been working with
uh the PTO and brainstorming ideas and um a couple weeks ago uh we had a meeting with me and the moderator Netty and our previous moderator Paul and our police chief Kristen. And I mentioned
that uh you know I' I'd reached out to all the people who had volunteered to provide child care in the past and it was very clear to me that it wasn't going to happen unless I had money to pay somebody which I hadn't you know wasn't
really part of my budget and uh so I was like well I don't have necessarily have the money to do that. Um Kristen suggested that we could use money from the community policing fund and the four of us discussed it and
thought that sounded like a really good plan. I reached out to somebody who uh is a current preschool teacher at the school and I asked them would you be willing to provide uh child care at town meeting? I can offer you $200, a $200
stipend. And um my plan is also to require that people sign up by next Thursday so that we would have a sense of how many kids would be showing up. Um I was hoping,
especially since the provider is a preschool teacher, that we would be allowed access to the preschool room. Doesn't look like that's going to happen right now. Um, so, uh, there are a couple people who I have off the top of my head that I
could ask for. Can we borrow some tents or something like that? Um, but I uh was asked to wait until making further plans until this conversation. So, that is where we are at right now.
Okay, Grace. Um, so you can't So we're going to be at the school, but you won't be able to use any of the classrooms in the school, right? Did you say uh I believe that is what Haley reported back last week from her email with the principal.
Um, which again I think is more a product of how we're just not used to doing this now. We're out of the habit because we used to always do child care in the either the preschool room or the library. So I think we're just out of the habit of it and there are logistical
things and there's be only one person watching. Is there going to be a limit to the number of kids that the person would be watching? There could be. That is part of the planning process that I
would like to move forward on. at this point. What number would might that be? That is an excellent question. Um I don't have an answer for you right now because this is the first time that question has been posed to me.
Um and then my other question is since you're outside in the playground equipment, is there um what's the plan for supervision of across the playground? cuz I imagine that that would be utilized by the kids.
Yeah. I mean, the kids are going to be there anyway and outside. So, it's not it's either like either we don't do child care and there's absolutely zero supervision or parents are going in and out of town meeting to keep an eye on their kids and trying to attend the
meeting at the same time. Or at least we could, you know, have somebody. I I again I my ideal would be that they would be in a room but right now that has not been offered.
Seems to me given that the possibility it could be pouring rain as we as we know. Oh yeah. We almost have to have the um the ability to be in the building. We have to it seems if we can't there yeah absolutely there's that reason and I
there are other reasons why uh we do need access to other rooms in the building during town meeting and in the past we've have had access but uh yeah right now they are predicting rain for Saturday the 31st. Yeah.
Yeah. I I guess my my concern if if there's only it's not only um brain, but if if it was only one person and something happened to a child where they or somebody had to go to the bathroom
and needed to be supervised, then the other children could conceivably be left alone. So, if you only have you only have one person there, I I would think you'd need multiple people. Uh, that
would be that would be great. I I don't have a lot of time to find other people, but I'd be happy to try. Yeah, I I just I think given the late date that that maybe for this year it doesn't make sense. I I think having I think the idea of having child care
makes sense, Grace. Um, you know, it's a it would be a lovely thing to be able to do. I'd like to be able to talk to the school about thinking through having a room there, you know, opening up the the library.
And I I'm not sure why they don't want to allow access. Maybe it's just a security thing. She didn't she didn't ask. And um you know I didn't think to ask hey if we were going to provide this service what could you offer? Um
definitely we'll know better for next year. Yeah. Yeah. Um but you know on a rainy on a rainy day with um free access to the world with not not having not having space and it may
because their custodian doesn't work on Saturday and that custodian. You did say it would they would have and maybe we'd have to pay for a custodian. We might have to. Yeah. connected, right? It just seems like for this year that maybe it doesn't but but with with some some
planning, some more advanced planning that we could do it for next year. Yeah. So that we would talk to the school well in advance, find out what it would take to get a space there and to make sure that
that we had access to the bathrooms and what would it cost. And also we we do have access to the bathrooms. We do. Yeah. Yeah. Um what kind of what do we need in terms of um in these these days
of uh latigious um these latigious days you know do we need waiverss from parents or whatever for according to uh we haven't in the past and
uh from my conversations with other town clerks that's not a requirement. So, so if if a child got hurt on the playground and they were being watched by if they that they were being supervised by somebody that was being paid for by the
town, there's no liability on the town's part. Uh that would not be a question for me. That would be a question for Donna. Uh and also a question to talk about previously uh when this first came
up and not a week ahead of time. Um You know, I mean, I will also say that is still a risk whether or not we provide child care because it's still a town event, right? And luckily, uh, all our emergency
responders are on site that day. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think I would kind of side agree and say it's a great idea and it just requires some organization that we don't have time to do now to do it
right. I would think it's just that's all that that the only reason not to do it. But I I don't fully I don't fully disagree with you. I I just I wish that we had been able to have this conversation earlier.
Right. Good. Do I don't need to take a vote on that? No. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, um I guess that that's our thoughts. I think that that the select board does agree it may be a and as force with the
rain, you know, that more planning next year um earlier. Yeah. And engaging with the school with the with the principal. Right. Right. I agree with all of that. All right. Okay. Great. Thank you, Grace.
Okay. Moving on to finalizing annual town meeting with Lauren. Let me get all your wrong. I see the X. I'm gonna say that. So, we got some comments from Donna. you um you should have a copy
for you. Yeah. Yeah. Just speaking. Okay. Okay. So, we have to go we have to go out through these. I think I'm done comments and um updated the draft. So,
it I uploaded it to drive that you can Oh, I can pull it right up. Okay. We'll do that. That's great. Thank you. Nice work. Let me just um That's very modern. Let me just get to that. That's funny.
We're live. A live update. Live updates. This just in. This just in. Hang on. Great to have him upstairs, right? And us down here. Yeah. I imagine he put it in ours for tonight.
Um, it's like in those sports things they go to the the commentator out in New York City or something. But whether that was the right call they made the ref May 20th. Yeah. [Music] Oh my god. I don't even know. I don't
know what that mean. Well, article two, there's no appropriation language in this article. The town not only approves the budget adopted by the regional school, but must appropriate the money's assessment as well. Not clear if the money is in the
omnibus budget article three or whether you need Hi, Brandon, it's Melissa. I know you're on the screen there. Could you um tell me where you put it? I don't see it in tonight's meeting. [Music]
What? Oh, Gail. Did Gail have question? She I'm just trying to Gail, go ahead. Ask your question. I was waiting for I was wondering if it could be put up on screen share so that we can see what it is. Looking at Yeah. Thank you, Brendon. I have it now. That was my mistake for
um so give me a second to figure out share because I've got three screens going here. Thank you. You're welcome. Yeah, this just it adopts the budget, but it doesn't say that we're Yeah. to right till to will vote to raise an
appropriate. All right. I know that weird. Give me a moment. We need to share it on our screen here. I think it is included on Great. Give me a moment.
This language came from in article 2. Did this come from the finance committee? I I have to ask people what they see. Did they see me moving something currently that are online? Or do you see the warrant? Are you asking us in the audience? Yes.
Yes. In the audience online. I see your drive menu. Oh, you do? Okay, hang on a second. It started out as the warrant. Yeah, I put it on the wrong screen, so give me a moment. Let's try that
again. Oh. Thank you. Okay, G. Now, do you see the hornets? No, I've still got a blank screen. Um, nope. If you open that document and then screen that.
Oh, yeah. Yeah. It's there. Okay. Thank you. May have taken a second to load up on you. I'm gonna do it again. Sharing again. Just someone confirm they see the warrant. Yeah, it's Wait a second. It's taking a
second to load. Do you see it now? Yes. Thank you. All right. All right. And that one's gonna Yes. visible to us. So, give me a moment. This is when we do Jenga, computer screen
Jenga. We won't be able to see everybody and I apologize for that, but we'll be able to see your hands if you raise. Okay, awesome. All right, here we go. Okay. All right. Okay. Do we want to go through article
number one? Yeah. So what's artic art article two is the first one. So article two um is uh that's the the sum total the $37
million is the sum total of the Amoris Pelum Regional School District budget. And it says that um that we're a that that they're using the statutory method is outlined in section six and seven of
the regional agreement and the assessment for the towns is going to be as listed there. Um and and typically in th in that article um it's it's not we don't we don't talk
about um we don't talk about the appro we don't talk about the appropriation language. The appropriation language is in article three which is you know talks about our um our you know the the
everything everything so that the amount for the Amoris Pelum Regional School District assessment is embedded in that 7,6 7,678,86 $6 um
amount. So I think um I I think article two doesn't need to doesn't need to change. We could join via Zoom in 10 minutes if that works. So AJ that's AJ.
So, let's just assume we we can can we go back to that and just double check with him on that one? But I think that's okay. But I just like to verify that with him because that article 2 language is a little bit different than what it's
been in the past. Um uh the way it the way it reads is just a little bit different. So um everybody's good with that. Yep. So AJ will come in 10 minutes. Okay. All
right. As soon as he shows up, we'll just Okay. Um so I'll turn it back. Okay. Um so he's coming on just for number two. Yeah. So, Brendan, I just see a a format thing on number three.
Well, I'll I'll highlight it for you. See how it ends here, not here. Oh, yeah. Yeah, it's fine. We We can go over those after. Uh, number three is uh to appropriate um You need to go through
all of these or just Donna's changes? I think Donna's changes. Yeah, I think so because I think we've been through everything, right? All right. So, number 19. Go down. Are you good, Netty, with um I mean,
we've been through all of them unless you have unless you have any questions on any of the articles. No, no, I'm I'm just following up. Okay. I'm just going to get to number 195. [Music]
There we go. Okay. So, bills of prior years article. Yeah. And this one, Donna had a changes, not 10 9 10. Okay. I think that's right. And she's right. only a special. She says it's only
special. Okay. Okay. So, it's four. Okay, we're good there. Yep. And then number two, please, which is the rate development um article, she had said uh needs to be a twothird vote is what she believes that
has to be. 21 and 22 as well is a two and I think that's because it's it's up by lunch with those suggestions from and then
um 38 which is the third clause the second article I just want to article I want to catch up with 21 and 22 are all 2/3. Okay.
Go down to 38. Article 38. Article 38. Okay. to all to the bar that the charter amendment document will be available at the town hall to the town meeting and
copies the article and I thought Alex we took it out remember? He did because it seemed really weird that it was in the that it was in the warrant um that they add to the warrant. Okay.
So, did you put Oh, he he left. Yeah, he did. Put it back in. Okay, he did. Okay. Um is there under the article? under the article. The remainder of this weren't
as legally and generally acceptable. Okay. Okay. We will add that in 38. I'm gonna have one question for Donna on I think it was article 44.
Um, Michael had some questions about the wording in the language and whether or not it could be binding. So, article 44, it's a citizens petition. Um, so I just have to send his send his request to Don and have her double check it.
Article 44. Um, let me double check. Um, so I'm I'm so I know a couple of the there was there were questions
about whether or not on a couple of the citizens petitions whether or not they could if they came in as whether they could be made into bylaws versus Yeah, it was kind of how
do you get the word so it has more teeth than just like a resolution would, right? That's what I just need to confirm with Donna. But I I thought that there was something that came that there was an email that said on town meeting floor that you
could make something into a bylaw. Yes. So maybe that was Well, I'll just check in with him if he still needs me to ask or if he's going to make a Do you recall seeing that? I do. Who said that? Michael's email.
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, who was the email from? I thought that there was an email where there's where there was an opinion given. Do you recall seeing it? I didn't. So, Donna and I did speak last night and she said she was not sure that Oh, okay. that after the citizens had
signed to the petition that we would be able to turn it into. Oh, okay. She said she was not convinced. Oh, okay. So she because after it came in that so the citizens didn't they didn't know that it was going to be did not sign shoes they
made their choice based on oh okay that the language didn't say bylaw was that was that the case in both citizens petitions that it didn't say bylaw it said policy throughout in
in not citizens what number of safe and welcoming community was a policy and in the other but I don't think but I think it sounds like that she felt that she wasn't
whether that was enough warning for the time. Okay. Um and that perhaps we should consider consider it a resolution right now and then for the special court or another petition. Okay.
Okay. So we're talking about article 35 say that or article 44 and article article 35 has to be a bylaw too. Article 35 is a bylaw,
right? Yeah. That had that had that is a payment as a bylaw. Yeah. And that that wasn't a citizen but that was worked with us. Remember, right? We had to be attached through that. Yeah. Right. Okay. Okay. So, and the other one. Okay. Right. It's getting all mixed up. Okay.
We've looked at these documents. I know. Well, there's just there's a lot. Um, all right. Let's see. When did AJ Is there um is there anything else with the warrant that said you have
questions about knitting? I'm just I just got the newest version this very moment. Okay. Double triple check. Make sure that that changes. Okay. No, no problem. We have to wait for AJ
anyway. We should just scan through it. But I think we had voted on all of these. Um, so and I think our and I I remember the vote being you know that that Donna as amended by Donna too, right? So, we
would just go back and [Music] um it's all in the May 13 half minutes. So, right here and our
that. So does this include? So, one of the things that we had spoken about was taking the sheep's brac community bylaw and putting it back toback with the town policy to preserve and protect welcome citizens petition because the language
is so similar. This way, we could make sure that the know exactly the differences if we directly just them one after the other so that there's no confusion about what people are going to. Okay. In the past, we've always had
the citizen petitions at the end of the regular and we could still do that. The she's very safe by law to just before the citizens petition. I feel like it can clarify the law. We could do that. Yeah, we could just move
it, right? Magic magic work. That's not how we decide, right? the magic magic of editing. Yeah. No, that's fine. I just didn't want to bring the scissor edition up because we always have them at the end
I think. Okay. Both articles are very different in their own way. But yeah, no, I think that makes sense because yeah, people might get confused. So that you got that 35 by 35 community by J is
we deserve that. Yes. Hang on a second G. Let us just um get the the the uh 35 and AJ is J. We'll be with you in one minute. AJ, we just have one quick question for you. You have that, Brendon? I had the
question. I was just going to call Go ahead. Y uh I heard you referencing uh article 35. I believe that's the bylaw for safe community. We're just moving it. removing it so that it abotss the other
um just so it Yeah. So I I heard there was some something going on about it. I couldn't hear what it was. So that's fine. It's not going to change it. Yeah. Thank you. So
So AJ um is you okay with me going ahead? Okay. So AJ um Donna um just asked a question about article two um just because the wording is a little bit um different than what we've had in the
past. Yes. Um and she wanted to make sure that we didn't need to have any appropriation language in article two. So the way the article 2 reads is to see if the town will vote to adopt a budget,
you know, $37 million for fiscal year 2026 for the Amoris Pell Regional School District using the statutory method and then the breakdown by the um by the different communities and yeah um because article
three is you know is the full town budget which includes you know the the amount of of money. So, so that's what Yeah, we assume article 2 doesn't need any appropriation language
in it, right? Uh, right. Because it's it's a component of the operating budget. And right, just for background, I took the language for article 2 directly from the
um the motion that the regional school committee um acted on when they approved the the budget. So, I I literally just took their um their vote uh verbatim, which I which I I know is what
leverit Pelum did as well at their town meeting. So the main difference this year is that we used to have to include language about an alternative assessment method because that's what we had been doing every year for who knows how long.
But this is the I think the first year at least in a long while where we're using the regional agreement method as you know as written. We're not actually using an alternative assessment. So that made this I think this language a little bit more simplified.
Okay. All right. Yeah. So, that that's why it just looks really different. So, I think she was concerned that just to make sure, but um okay, that that that's fine. We just want to reassure her that the um that the funding for the for the
regional school budget is in fact included in the 7 million $678,000. 100% correct. Yeah. It's a it's a line in the operating budget. Yeah. Okay. All right. Great. That's all we needed you
for. Cool. Make sure. All right. Well, I'm at my desk now if anything else comes up. Okay. All right. Thanks a lot. Thank you. Okay. Good. So, um I think that takes care of everything. Anything else? No.
And you we're going to do the consent agenda for you know some of those article yes um for some of the articles that are very procedural under controversial. So I think it's 4 through
9 and then CP one also. Okay. Um it is 20 bit. Um it does down here. Trying to scroll through it now. Um, so articles four through nine I
would refresh to be in a consent agenda and then the CBC is yes that is 23 through 27. So those would be closing the Lake Wy canoe launch CPA grant. Yeah, it's closing the
South Road Conservation Area Trails Consultant CPA grant. It is rescending Oldtown Hall structural repairs project grant. And administrative costs. Okay. And that would be end of the
consent agenda. That's all closing old and then those would not Okay. All right. Great. Um Okay. I think we're I think we're good.
So with that, so we just need to we need to vote to approve the final calendar meeting warrant and we need to sign. All right. I will make a motion to final finally.
break 44 items. Yes. Um I will make a motion to approve the town meeting um warrant as amended um this evening. Okay. Second. All right. Any further
discussion or um questions? Anything? Um all those in favor? Carol I. Dr. I. and I'll send this around so we can all find it right now and and so um just so you know Eric is not going to
be Yeah. Yep. So, we're done with that. So, we shall move on to the town administrators report to us. The first thing I have is that I did meet with um Elena from
Senator Commer's office and Maddie from Rep. Sandre's office and with Rep Sanders himself um regarding a few fast loan situations. So good. Um they are pursuing that on our behalf, writing letters. Um from my conversation with
them, it looks like we're going to kind of go at it. Um Rep. Saunders put in it was a half a million dollars um in a bond bill that Governor Haley passed. So, it's a bond bill. The money isn't there until it gets raised, but that
that is an angle that they're going to try to work on with D to say, um you know, look, we we really want to save face. You know, this is the two grants that you have approved and then said, oops, no, we're not going to give
you the money. Right. Um, so that's in progress. It will likely take a while. They were very clear that it was not going to be a quick process. Um, and then today I also got a call um, a voicemail from Jeffrey at Time Bond that
they are engaging with D on some potential grants that they might be able to apply to us. Um I haven't had a chance to call him back yet, but so that's at least two avenues that we are pretty aggressively pursuing additional funding for the the Pass mitigation. Did
um did they talk about the possibility of um you had mentioned at some point about perhaps not needing to report quite as frequently. Yes. Um so Rep. Saunders has put through um a request with the legislature to reduce um from
quarterly quarterly to either semi or annually. So that would save us especially if there was a non what is it called like a non you know there's no Yeah. Yeah. What's the term? Um, Brennon, that there's a non non detect. A non-detect, right? If
there's a non detect, right? So, because now you have a non-detect, you still have to spend 88 800 or $400 the next in three months, right? Um, for another report. Yeah. So, I'm hopeful that though that at the very least we can get
the testing reduced, right? Um because I think Gail said it was something like 30,000 maybe 40,000 a quarter by the testing. Um and of course it's especially Brennan's time sending out all the information beyond coordinating.
Yeah. Um Senator Kford has also asked um Rita is at this meeting um TAS and select boards to submit wording for a joint letter to the legislature of the quad watershed. So, tomorrow morning I'm
going to be sending that in um so we can make sure that we have our our thoughts represented on that. Um can I just um tell you there was a letter that was circulated um uh that Eric Eric had back a while
ago put together um just a a paragraph about Shootsbury. Okay. Um, I should I should forward it to you because I I just I did a little bit of editing and and sent it along back to this this group. So, the um the letter was about
the legislation to get um it to get the MWR to set up this trust fund. Um, and so they have something drafted and then Eric had written a a paragraph and some of the
other towns south have written stuff. So I went back and I just updated a couple of things in it and um I have it right here. You want me to read it or you want me to Yeah. Well, yeah, you could read it here. Let me just let me see if I can
if I can find what I I just changed like a couple of things in it out here. Let me see. Um Oh, I think I had 70. Well, you had 80 here. Yeah, I Oh, yeah. So, do you have it now? Yeah, I'll read it. I have I
have I put it up to700 people and I just changed a couple. Yeah. So, read it. I mean, from the website, I guess. Oh, okay. couple hundred people. Sure. Yeah. So, this is this is a part of the letter that's written to the MW
why they should do it. And this I just it's just Eric Stalker Shootsbury select board member. Shootsbury is a town that borders the quad reservoir. We have a population of just over 1700 people. Approximately 30% of our land is owned and controlled by the quad. We have no municipal water supply and have worked
diligently over the past two decades to adopt strict wetlands and watershed protections that benefit not only our town residents but also our quad neighbors. I think maybe you added that in a little bit. Yeah, that's good. I'm glad you did. Four years ago, PAS was detected in the
wells in the center of town as a result of our local fire department using foam containing quote unquote forever chemical poly floral alcohol eth putting out practice fires. These
seemingly w seemingly widespread innocent practice has contaminated about 80 wells in Shootsbury. As of this writing, our small town has had to pay spend nearly $700,000 for to temporarily mediate the situation. These costs are
ongoing as we required to do quarterly testing which is expensive and timeconuming. It is in the realm of possibility that we will eventually need to install a municipal water system to at least part of the town at a cost of millions of dollars. It is ironic that
one of the wershed towns that has also worked for decades Oh no. Also work for decades to protect the water for our fellow citizens from the eastern part of the Commonwealth will go broke trying to keep water for its own town's people portable. This bill will
spread the clause for clean water more equitably among all of us. Those are good changes you made. Thank you. No, it was great. I mean, so so that is now incorporated into the into the letter. So Lexi Dwey had taken you know
I think what you wrote and and so now uh I think Salem and a couple other towns and they're trying to get other towns to Yeah. They're trying to get other towns to dope especially watershed towns. Yeah. So a bunch of towns haven't done anything yet which she was like
desperately sending stuff out. Yeah. Yeah. That's good. I think you're covered. Good. Good. That saves me a little time. Yeah. Um, so I also just wanted to plant a seed that at some point in the very near future we should um establish a
committee to oversee the use of the old library sites. Um, especially if things go according to plan and it opens in Septemberish, we'll want to have something on the books. Um, I got a call from Mr. Williams who runs the um the
camp in town, Kevin Williams. Um, and he has Pineber. Okay. Um, we have two camps. Yeah. Yeah. More. Yeah, this one's right. Um, and he just we we had I think it was either my first or my
second select board meeting. We had talked about doing the beaver deceiver in the dam and he just wanted to express that they had some concerns about traffic and, you know, safety when they're moving the kayak. So, I said that would bring that to your attention. They won't help us pay for anything. I
can ask them. I mean, I think I think that's just camp. Yeah. In terms of deep work there. I could definitely pursue that with them. Um I know there's some other conversations that have to happen regarding dam access too.
So yeah, we had a presentation today which I will send to all of you tomorrow when I get the links. um about the a proposal for a northwabin fire district. So we had some representatives from the calling center and this was the second
part of um of a study they had done where they talked about you know what it might look like, what might response times be um you know where would you put it, how would you staff it, and they're going to look into governance structures. Um so at the conclusion of
the meeting um I was nominated to Oh nominated to set up a meeting with um one select board member TA and fire chief just to talk it over if it's something that we actually want to
pursue or not. Um but I I thought that would be a good starting point um just to get everybody in the same room. So, I don't know if anyone wants to volunteer for that tonight. I'll ask you again. What was the description? Um, it's just a a future meeting about the a proposal to
make a North Quin fire station fire district. So, it's this board member, the fire chief, and who else? Yeah. Oh, okay. Yeah. And it would just be to to talk, not really to make any decisions one way or another, but just to gauge Yeah.
gauge interest. Um, I don't mind fire department. And and they had there was a written proposal at some point that talked about what a fire district would be, right? In our email. Yeah. Yeah. So we could go
back. Did you have you seen any of that material? Um, yeah, he did send it to me. That probably was the first round. So this one was a little bit more updated with like a an assessment cost and you know financial bas. So is there something you can share with
us? Um is there I think I don't have the numbers in front of me. I believe it was like a 10% increase over what we pay now to be a part of the district. But then you also have to consider the fact that the district would function as its own enterprise. So they would set their own tax which might be something for people
and you know so they would assess that yeah they set their own land um so that that's a consideration you know you in some areas might get slower call volume but you would get the benefit of perhaps having dedicated firefighters and EMTs
who could service the towns um so kind of ease up the reliance on volunteers you know there's a lot of pros and cons. You'd be making a lot of tradeoffs. So, I think it would be at least if it before we take it to the citizens, it might be worth it to find
out if our fire chiefs and everyone okay to do that. Okay. Um and then so I had uh emailed the department heads to ask if they wanted to include any updates in my TA report. And assuming you don't have any other
questions, um the first update is from the highway. Sand Hill Road is closed until further notice due to safety issues caused by water uh rain water washing out part of the road. Um houses can be accessed by West Palm Road, but um they're thinking
it's might be a couple weeks before people can get access back. Yeah. From that last heavy rainfall, I can believe it. Yeah. Um I have um Chief Burgess asked me to say that the body cameras are in and will be
operational within a few weeks. And then I got an update from Maryanne of the library that library users have participated in 556 live classes and 165 video classes of on practice which I think is a meditation yeah type program.
Well actually it's it's all different um exercise. It's not just meditation. It's any kind of all different kind of exercise, strength training. Yeah. And then uh the friends of the library. So at the Florence Bank customer choice award
community grants, they awarded um on May 13th the friends of the library with a $4,181 grant. So that's great. Good. Um, and then the one last thing I need
to talk about is so we had um last week issued a letter to Shelurn Dispatch appointing Devon Cedric Pelier as officer in charge and we will now need to resend that letter because our police chief is back on duty. So I have a very
brief letter that just needs your signatures and I can get it to dispatch. Okay. Um assuming you want to vote to do that. So um so do well do before we do that I just wanted to to say that uh
Devin um did at our request um fulfill the the officer in charge uh position and so for the the days that he has been I do want to just thank him for doing that for us at our request.
Um and uh so do I hear a motion um to sign the letter for Shelgar dispatch to resend uh Devon Peliter's appointment for officer in charge. So moved. Second.
Right. All those in favor I make peace. rule from the Taylor too. Yes, I think it's Amos Douglas. Yeah. So, yeah, that's the best way to try. Okay. Is there anything else that we needed to
Oh, I I will have a cupcake. Busy sharing. Um, okay. So, and and um for those who hadn't heard, we did we are celebrating Haley's graduation. Congratulations. Congratulations.
She finished her masters. So, glad Jay's hand raised up there. Yeah. AJ. Yeah. So, sorry to chime in. Uh you may have tackled this earlier in the meeting before I joined but um there there is this um the the region has this fiscal
sustainability group that it's sort of in the process of forming. I know Rita's been involved in uh conversations with Lynn Griezmer. Uh there was a discussion this morning and apparently the superintendent has sent out an email
saying it's a little confusing because she was suggesting Tuesday, June 18th, but June 18th is a Wednesday. But in any event, there's uh she's proposing a meeting um to kind of kickstart the the
regional school budgeting discussion. Um and it looks like from her letters, her suggestion is that uh in addition to members of the regional school committee that each town, each municipality would have
five members join that conversation. So I don't know if you need to make a decision tonight. It's but uh uh but just to sort of plant that seed that I think we're you guys are going to want to identify five people
um that uh in separate from Anna who I think would attend as a member of the regional school committee to participate in that. It was five AJ. I didn't read that though. It was five. Yeah. Yeah. It's
it's the way I'm reading it. It says the participants include members of the Emmer school committee, the Pelum school committee, the regional school committee and five members from each municipality. So I suppose that could be
an up to five. I don't know if but um to make sure something doesn't work. Yeah, it is going to be a big group anyway. Just Okay. Just to plant that seed. Yeah. and that this this informal group right
now is drafting a set of questions that uh you know I think they would like to have um sort of frame the work of this this ongoing committee. Oh, and that conversation on the 18th, apparently the proposal was to
have it be mediated by a member of the uh Massachusetts Association of Regional School Committees, something along that line those lines. Oh, okay. Okay. I I cannot be there on the 18th.
Okay. I'm available um if uh if if you guys want me to do that to be involved. But anyway, and then again, there's up to five people. So, uh, okay. Plenty of opportunities. Yeah. Yeah.
All right. Thanks, AJ. All right. So, Oh, I'm going to give you All right. Thanks everybody. Thank you for coming. Motion to Okay. Thank you.
Thank you for coming. Favor on the eye.