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Right. >> It's uh good evening. It is June 23rd. That's 5:30 and this is the U finance committee meeting. And where am I missing? >> Roll call attendance. So we know

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everybody's name that's attending. >> The roll call attendance. >> I'm going to start. You start with yourself. We'll go around the table. Paul Conley >> Alita D Maria Sharon Elitz >> David Murphy >> Karen Deo

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>> uh we have two minutes to approve of >> Could I do the acting vice chair first please? >> We need to vote on an acting vice chair first please. Okay, we need to vote to appoint an acting vice chair.

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>> I make a motion for Paul Conley. I second the motion. >> All in favor? Paul Conley I. >> Lita de Maria I. >> Sharon Nolton IS. David I >> Karen Dei.

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>> Oh that's for a term. That's for a term of three years. Could be could be post. Okay, we've done that. >> Thank you. >> Minutes. >> And now we can go to approve the minutes

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of the May 6th and the May 19th. >> You want to do them separately or together? >> Separate, >> I believe. >> Okay. I make a motion to >> I second the motion. >> Okay. Motion made.

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A roll call vote. Paul Connley I. >> Alita D Maria I. Sharon Nolton. I >> I Karen Jive. >> Okay. And for the May 20 or May 19th >> uh make a motion. I second the motion.

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>> Okay. All in favor. All kindly I. >> Alita D Maria I. Sharing Alton. No, we're looking slides. David Matthew turns. >> Okay. And then we need a motion to authorize the acting chair and the

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acting vice chair to approve the FY2026 year and transfers for the municipal modernization act. We a motion. >> Motion. Second the motion. >> Okay. All in favor? Paul Connley. I

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>> Alita D Maria I. Sherry Nolan. I >> Zitz. Uh sorry. We're approving >> uh it's a motion to authorize the acting chair and the acting vice chair to approve the fiscal 2026 year and transfer. >> Who's the acting chair? >> I am.

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>> RJ. >> Oh, I thought you were the acting vice chair. >> I'm the acting vice chair. R.J. is the acting chair. He is absent. Thank you. >> Okay. Then we're going to need a vote to

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authorize the acting chair and the acting vice chair to sign reserve fund transfers for FY 2026 year end. >> Motion motion. >> Second the motion. >> Okay. All in favor? W Conley? I

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>> Lita G Maria I. sharing all tonight. >> David, no announce fund transfer you guys need to review and discuss. >> Can't read it. >> I read it on my computer before I came

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in with it. >> And Kaen is here from the board of health. Hi. >> Hi. Nice to meet you all. >> Any questions about it? It's just pretty unforeseen. We lost our health director

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in late October. So, I'm trying to get all the title 5 certifications, but for now, we have Thomas Fitzgerald doing them. So, we just didn't have enough in the account. Nope. So, we had 2,000 uh we spent or we need if we were to

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spend it 2,000. Okay. >> 5175. >> Oh, you really encumbered, 300. You need 3,000. >> Okay. Ready? >> I don't have any questions. No, that's

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pretty straight. >> Okay. All in favor of the uh request for transfer for that $2,000,000 to 3,000. >> We need a second. >> I'll make a motion. >> I'll second that motion.

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>> All in favor? All kind. Alita D Maria I Sher Nolson ISI. I almost do want to sign it all now or you want to sign it all at the end. >> Whatever you want. Yeah. Pass it around. >> Yeah. You want to if you want to pass it, we can sign it.

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>> There's um Paul, if we if you would sign here where the chair it says chair because you are the acting vice chair. above there there are lines that are empty that uh if you could all sign there I will write in that you are fin members after everybody signs these

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lines here >> I looked for a pen in my pocket but no >> naked brought one thank you >> I don't know where it disappeared to >> where it says finance committee chair right there >> I will add in acting vice chair

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Thank you. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Thank you. >> Did you come to school without your pencil thing? >> Me, too. >> Oops. >> I got a one that didn't work.

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>> It just was thinking about working. That's all. you know, if it's not used for a while, it just does that. >> Just saying. >> Yeah. Yeah. You can go right next to me if you want. Then David can get the last one. >> Thank you very much.

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>> Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate you guys. >> Thanks. You >> Thank you. >> Appreciate it. >> Do we need to ask for new business? >> Old business.

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>> We have the end of the year versus there's >> Yeah, there's two pages. two pages. We had one the select board that um voted on last night. Then we had an additional one we had to add. So there's >> so copier.

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>> Yes. Um the >> what happened? >> Treasure collectors copier went >> that that's the technical term. >> It's not the word. >> That's the PG related PG version of it.

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Kaput. Okay. >> There went kaput. Um the board they had called in um the company to try to repair it and needs a a new board. They're not sure if they can get the board. It's over 10 years old.

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>> So they're one of the offices that >> needs a copier >> needs a copier. So >> and so >> and fancier than not under maintenance or anything like that or under >> not under maintenance but they don't even know if they can get the parts. >> 10 years old is old. Yeah.

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>> So they they like got the >> When we buy them, are they do we have a maintenance contract for a certain number of years and then >> we run let it run solo or do we just buy them and I don't know. >> No, there's maintenance. We have maintenance on them.

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>> Okay. >> So, but the board's not flippable. Yeah. It was something with the board and >> same things that happened to my water heater was an electronic thing, >> but the thing is like 14 years old and I said I'm not going to invest any money in the electronics if I'm ready for it

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to learn something. >> We we're already purchasing this. >> We're already purchasing. >> What is this bond? Anticipation interest. Why would that be? >> That's the line item we're going to take it from. We um we budget in case there um we have we go out for a bond and we

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need and we have an interest payment on it that we didn't budget for. We just have that line item. So we didn't use that line item. So we're using >> Okay. So you take it for that money. It's existing money. >> All these are existing.

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>> Okay. That's right. I get it. This is noninterest. >> Yeah. Otherwise, it would come from free cash or >> we couldn't do it out of free cash by the town meeting vote. Then how would we >> we would had to um it would end up being an

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appropriation deficit and raise it on the recap. You know, >> this is the easiest way. >> This is the easiest way. the end of the year that you know it's part of the modernization act that gives towns the authority to move line items.

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>> Yeah. By voting on it. So you acknowledge the movement. >> Are we voting on everything on two pages here? >> Yes. And then together >> what is the total 175 add that in. >> So 26. Yeah. Okay. And then

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>> now the cemetery salaries, you know, what did they go over in cemetery salaries? >> Extra there could have been extra hours, you know, went longer or started them sooner, but they're just so they need

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the extra salaries to end the year to get through the year. Somebody died that shouldn't have >> I was thinking it but I didn't want to say it. >> It was an unscheduled. >> Yeah.

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>> Anyway, but the 175 and plus the 116 plus >> why is that a line of and it's less than what we're voting on. So, >> no, it's this. Sorry. And I the

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presentation is not good. >> That's all right. >> Cuz I had started this and then I had to add in the sewer. >> Yeah. >> And I just The total should have been down here to the grand total. I didn't. >> Okay. So, is the grand total 17 or is it

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21? >> It's the 28. The Yeah. >> And then the 89 is doesn't really offset all of that. >> No, the 80. So, this is a separate this is a separate >> transfer complete.

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>> Oh, just No, that's just for the copier. >> That's just for the copier. >> Okay. >> Yeah. I thought you said if we didn't have this >> these are all transfers within the line items. So, we're taking the >> cemetery money. We're going to take it

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out of the reserve for negotiation. solid waste over time will be out of those. >> So those are the two and the from you know where we're getting the money. >> So what what are we doing with the library maintenance? What why is that? Juno

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>> there were just >> a lot a lot of lot of little things going >> a lot of little things. I think there was HVAC problems, you know, a lot of repairs. >> That that uh that sewer grinder pump maintain what was do we have a line item

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for that? >> We have a line item and they already spent it. >> They spent it and they and we Yeah, because we own like x amount of them that that was the deal and we own and Yeah. We had a

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>> long discussion about that in our meeting. Yeah. But we all >> having backups and stuff like that. >> Yeah. >> Do we go through this exercise one more time when the books are closed? I mean, it's not your end yet.

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>> It's next week. Well, that's Yeah, it's hopefully. >> I mean, don't we anticipate any bills in >> But that's why we That's why we vote That's why we vote to allow the acting chair and the vice chair to sign off. So if something happens after this meeting

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ends then that gives them the authorization to go in and sign. That's why we voted for them to get to give them the authorization >> to a certain amount we gave to the whole understand before you came on. So we would have

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>> Yeah. So thank you to streamline things. >> Yeah. Make it easier for Laura. >> So where are we at? Um, wait. The vice chair. >> We've got a um

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to approve the transfers transfers. >> So, do you want two se do you want one per page or do you want a motion for all of the transfers or do you want each transfer individually? >> No, we don't need each. >> Do you want you want me to make a motion to to to approve all transfers presented

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tonight? Yeah. Yes. Okay. So I make a motion to approve all transfers as presented tonight. I second the motion. >> Okay. All those in favor? All kindly I. >> Alita D Maria. I >> Sharon Alton I believe I

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>> probably for public comment. >> Yes. >> Oh yeah. Is there anybody on there for public comment? >> Yeah. And seeing none, we continue on. >> Good.

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>> Yeah. I missed it. >> Well, if they're authorized >> because we don't have Yeah, we need everybody's because um >> RJ's >> Yeah, they're acting and RJ isn't

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>> down here somewhere. >> Yep. And then both of them just >> you can sign that there. Anything else? Right. So, um I'll make a motion to Are we all set? I think we did the

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minute. >> We did public comment. >> We did public comment. I think we're okay. >> Okay. I'll make a motion to adjurnn. >> Um >> I'll second that motion. >> I don't want to entertain that yet. >> Okay. >> So, before

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>> public comment is over, sir. Can I go ahead? >> Are you messing with me or >> Yes, I am. >> All right. So, uh, we both authorize the acting chair and acting vice chair >> to sign and reserve fund transfers to we vote that through. >> Yep. That's under chair.

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>> Okay. So, okay. So, anyways, um, before we adjourn, um, who's going to be here next year? Who's not going to be here next year? >> I'm here. >> Just Okay, you're in. Al, you're in. David,

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when are you in? >> I'm not. >> You're right. >> It's up in the air right now. >> It's up in the air. Okay. >> I'm speaking with Celeste. >> Uh, so I I I will probably stay for another three years.

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Okay. Uh just I know I've had several conversations with Celeste and having trouble finding people or whatever. So I am probably going to stay for another three-year term. So all right. So anyways, um that being as it is. So now

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>> you want me to make a motion to adjurnn now? >> You can do whatever you want. >> All right. Make a motion to adjurnn. I second the motion. >> All in favor? Paul Conley. >> Alita G. I Sherry, >> I

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guess for a journal. >> Thank you. >> You're a good man, Paul. Huh? You're a good man. for punishment.