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Part 1 (Video ID: NH8kYa9g2-k):
- 00:00:01: Meeting Opening, Roll Call, Pledge of Allegiance
- 00:01:22: Reappoint Devin Dunini as PDM Paramedic
- 00:02:27: Southwick Library Fuel Expense Reserve Fund Transfer
- 00:03:04: Agreement with Office of Fishing and Boating Access
- 00:03:55: Appropriation of Funds for the Town Hall Boiler
- 00:06:42: Joint Letter to School Committee Discussion and Vote
- 00:11:42: Vote on RFP for Legal Services, MTC Selection
- 00:17:30: Capital Budget Recap, Joint Meeting Discussion Needed
- 00:23:25: Discuss Open Space Recreation Plan Committee
- 00:36:04: Approve Cultural Council Annual Art Show Liquor License
- 00:37:09: Old Business: Complete Streets, Tech Policy, Parade Date
- 00:40:14: Approve Open Session Minutes, Miscellaneous Correspondence
- 00:42:11: Acknowledge Special and Payroll Warrants
- 00:43:28: Mick Shay - Student Tours Town Buildings
- 00:45:14: Move to Adjourn Regular Meeting, Go to Executive Session


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Good evening everyone. Welcome to the town of Southbook select board meeting. It's April 13, 2026. It is 6 pm. We are in the land use hearing room at town hall and also broadcasting remotely via Zoom and on channel 15. This open meeting is being recorded with the

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exception of executive session. If anyone else is recording besides Cliff, please advise us. >> Okay, record it. Thank you. The voice from afar and roll call. >> Nicole Parker, >> Diane Gail,

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>> Doug Mglin, >> Russ Anderson, >> Nikoni, >> and we have a guest here, Mick Shay. Could you lead us in the pledge of allegiance, please? I allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic

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for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you sir. >> And then moving on to public comment. Buddy, do you have anything to to add?

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>> All right. Is there anyone online that would like to speak to the board tonight? >> Hear nothing. Moving on to new business. We need to discuss and reappoint Devin Dunani. Is that close? >> Dunini.

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>> Drunini. >> Yeah. as a PDM paramedic and chief informs us he was with us for a short time before. >> Sure. Devin was with us um back in 2022. Um he is a full-time employee at the

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county fire department. Um he has a private business that's really taken off that he's looking to just kind of supplement and kind of keep his paramedic up and running um while he's trying to grow his business as well too. So uh he reached out to us to see if he'd welcome back. He was an excellent

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employee last time, so we'd certainly like to have him back. >> Okay. >> Is there a motion to reappoint? >> Second. >> Roll call vote. Dian Gale. I >> Doug Moan. Yes. >> Russ Anderson. Yes. >> Okay. And then we need to discuss and

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vote on a reserve fund transfer request from the Southwick Library for $2,200 to finish hopefully finish out the year on their fuel expense. which was approved by the finance committee. >> So move.

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>> Second. >> Roll call vote. Dian Gale. I >> Doug Mo. Yes. >> Then we have the town of South contract with the office of fishing and boating access. This is an agreement with Department of Fish and Game for

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reimbursement of up to $10,000 for the repair of trash cans at state boat ramps, electrical work, and repairs for the flag poles there, uh, and repairs to the dock abutments. So, we need a motion to approve the

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agreement for reimbursement. >> So, move second. >> Roll call vote. Dan Gail, I >> Doug Mogan, yes. >> Anderson, yes. >> Okay, just really quick with that, too. They did approve uh a $10 boat fee, though it's been raised from eight.

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>> Cool. Okay. >> Office of Fishing and Voting Access. >> Okay. And then discuss and vote on the appropriation of funds for the town hall boiler from the Hback Project. >> I actually didn't realize that it wasn't

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in the packet. Here is the quote. the lowest quote and they're on the state list. Um so the quote is for 94,61787 and I think that um appropriating

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100,000 would probably be enough for some contingencies just in case out of the 301900 $845 that's left from the HVAC system. Can you give me that number again, please?

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>> Which one? The 301. >> Yeah. >> 301845. >> Thank you. >> And these are are um contractor of record. >> They are. Yes. >> And they were the lost.

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make a motion to approve present. >> I think we have to move the money first, right? >> This is what you want to appro approve to move the money from this to reappropriate. >> We're not approving this

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uh quote, we are approving >> transferring $100,000. >> So essentially both. >> Correct. >> Well, right. I thought this this was the one that Carl approved because it was HBA system. >> It didn't have to go to town meeting. We just have to

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>> the balance does >> right. We just have to vote to move the money to appropriate it to this project. >> Right. That's what we said we had necessarily you had to do that but it's just to be transparent filter down of HBC is part of the HBAC. Yep.

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>> The rest of this filter. So then what are we voting on? >> So we're looking contract >> accept this quote and >> reappropriate the $100,000 from the existing HVAC project. >> Second.

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>> Mhm. >> Oh, you did it. So I made that motion. Okay. Roll call. >> I did motion. It just was clarifying the motion itself. So it was seconded. Yes. >> Roll call vote. I >> Doug Mlin. Yes. >> Russ Anderson. Yes. >> Okay. question on the balance of this.

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We talked through budget of >> using it somewhere. >> Will that be in a special time meeting >> before so that we can utilize it before July 1st? >> Mhm. >> Okay. >> Okay.

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Then to discuss the joint letter to the school committee from this select board and the finance committee. Chair of the finance

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committee has reviewed this uh letter as well and is satisied with it. >> It's going to be on their agenda tomorrow. Just for a point of clarification, um I think there was some misunderstanding

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at our at our meeting that we had jointly with the finance committee and I just want to be clear that we support the schools and the important work they do for the students and the community. Um and we recognize the challenges that they face and the value the role they

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play in shaping the town's future and we are absolutely in support of them. Um and it's not their fault really that you know we're getting less and less funding from the state which requires them then

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to assess the town more to do the required you know uh work that they have to do throughout the year. So I don't think I hope not. I rewatched the meeting and I I didn't really see it but I don't think in spirit anybody was

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really uh being negative about the schools. It's it's just a fact that >> the situation >> it's this it's the it's just the what's happening with the state of Massachusetts, right? >> All the towns are going through it. We see, you know, the town's portion

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gets lower because the the requirement is there um for the schools to need it. So, um the the meeting was just, you know, we're going over the budget with the finance committee and the schools came up. So

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uh we were asked to put a letter together to send to the schools just to um kind of reiterate the position that we you know we are in kind of a dire financial uh crisis at the moment and that you know we just want them to recognize the

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position which I think obviously they do and that we are supportive and collaborative and trying to do the best we can to get the state funding back to where it should be as well. Okay. You read the letter. You >> Yeah.

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>> have any concerns with that? Anything to edit? Are you good with the letter? >> I haven't really had a chance to edit it. I It came in today during while I was working, but um I did read it. I understand it. It's kind of what we had discussed

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um during that budget meeting. I think the more of the gist of the of the discussion was to have them basically comb through that budget another time and see if there's any other places where they can, you know, reduce the burden on on the the taxpayers in the

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town of Southwick and Granville and Talin. But uh I I had a separate conversation on Friday with um Superintendent Willard and uh Nick and um I don't think I said anything new. was kind of just echoing what you know what we're feeling this

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year and what you know kind of looking forward too is like these these um we know that they're not completely in control of their fate based on the state funding formula and you know the the absolute disaster that's the student

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opportunity act but um and and some other things that have caused rural school funding to fall way below short of the benchmark and way below what was originally committed to. But um we're going to we're out of options

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this year and we're certainly out of options for next year. So we're all going to have to go into that process just eyes wide open as to how we're going to navigate that. You know, we're watching what's happening in other cities and towns around around here and across the Commonwealth. And it's not great.

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>> I spoke with the chair of the school committee today and basically expressed the same thing. He was giving me his point of view again and I said we are singing the very same song. These are two parts of the same town finances and

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we both have the same problems. So So I after the are we voting on this or just agreeing the letter is suitable? >> Well, you should probably vote to send it. That's what you want to do. I think

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we're committee will do it tomorrow and I'll put it on letterhead. Okay. >> So, do we have a motion? Did you have anything else to add? >> No. No. I thought we had >> Okay. Roll call vote. >> I Yes. Sanders. >> Okay.

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Um then we have to choose vote on the RFP for legal services of the two proposals we were considering which you all had

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seen I guess. So we sent it out to six firms and two responded KP Law and uh MTC which is um me Tailorman and Costa um and

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I gave them to you to review. They're very similar proposals. Naen also reviewed them and um this was her prior field. Um and we discussed it and I think our recommendation would be the MTC. Um we thought they gave a little

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bit better uh customer service and and coming here every month. Um and just the services were a little more like to what we thought we would >> utilize >> utilize best. Um

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>> that is important. But the the major difference is in my eyes financially they don't charge for parallegal time or staff time which is a big deal because you can >> guess who does a lot of the work. >> Parallegals charge a lot of money. Um,

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and so that may account for a little bit of a difference in price, but um, I would see it as a bonus to not have that kind of hanging out there. >> Both of them had potential extra charges for litigation,

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>> extra charges, but the other firm Kaw did charge for that for snap time. >> Any comments? They're very similar proposals. You know, >> we had the predecessor to KP Law as town

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council for I don't know exactly, but several many years prior to the current uh legal services and um that didn't do them any favors is all I can say. Um, I don't

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believe that person that was our that was our town attorney is was not on that sheet. So, I don't know if you know Copelan and Paige kind of morphed into KP Law cuz one of the Copelman's or Pages left so now it's just KP Law. Um, but uh,

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you know, I have reservations about the other one in the sense that they're they don't really have a an office this way. It is Easter. It's in Eastern Mass, but they're going to come here once a month. And you know, um, in my other activities, I travel to Eastern Mass

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about every week because that's where the customers are. So, this is just a reverse commute for them. So, I they're pretty similar proposals as you said, and you know, I I would give some weight to thank you for for that and and

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your feedback as well. Yeah, I called references for both. Um, I would say the MTC edged them out a little bit in responsiveness from what people told. >> Okay. >> When would this take effect?

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July 1st. >> Would it not be for this town meeting? >> No, it it could be we don't have a contract per se, so it could be immediate. Because this has an perom bill, right? >> So, do we have the same arrangement with

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the current supplier? >> That seems a weird thing. Legal services. >> Supplier of legal services. >> I believe so. >> I would like it is a flat monthly fee, not an annual.

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>> Reach out to our current several times. with no response. So >> for that reason, I would like to see it transition as quick as possible. >> You know, I I realize there's outstanding legal stuff going on that yeah will take time probably

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>> and that's it's uh addressed in here that they do transition work. >> Make a motion for MTC. I'll second the motion. >> Welcome vote. Dian G. >> Doug Mogan. Yes, >> Sanderson. Yes.

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>> To be effective when you negotiate that with advice. >> Yeah, we'll have to figure that out. >> Uh, Bacon and Wilson. >> Yeah. >> Um, just >> I don't want I just one quick second. I just don't want to complicate the

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preparing of the warrant for this town meeting which is a month and six days from today. So, if we have to continue on with what we're doing through the end of May or whatever, and under the bylaw, we're close enough to it. But it says in

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May is when we're supposed to vote to announce to have a council of record. That's what our own bylaw says. I agree with you. I just follow I just don't want to make things messier than it needs to be coming into

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call the unofficial town hall super bowl which is Danieltown meeting >> that's what I call it >> it is I used to tease the you know it there's a lot of work to get ready for in a lot of things so just making it any more complicated if we don't have to unnecessarily do that

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would be probably beneficial >> okay >> Nick following all this just making sure you're good I just need to back up to the um we were just talking about the budget a second ago. Um we did receive a recap of the

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capital that was from our meeting from last Tuesday. There were some a couple of items that accounting missed on the list that we're going to need to have a vote on the next time we meet. Um, I was talking to Laura

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today and she would be much more comfortable if we had one more joint meeting to go over this and to finalize because, you know, for the most part I'm like, we're finished. We have, you know, they they they approved the budget, they approved the capital, and we have to

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figure out the funding now. But she wants motions and, you know, seconds and everybody saying I. So, I'm hoping either Tuesday the 21st or Thursday the

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23rd. Um, she can't make it on Wednesday. Neither can I make it on Thursday really, but I will. Um, and you know, or we could do it maybe jointly on the 27th at our meeting, but

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whatever you guys want. I have I don't know what their availability is either. So >> uh that'd be the 23rd. >> I am not available. >> I'm out there whole week. >> Okay. >> Oh, okay. >> All right. Well, then that's not

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happening. >> Well, that could be then the Monday as part of our meeting. >> We could do that or we could do that and then have our meeting Tuesday if that or if it's too long. I can imagine we could probably consolidate some things or put some things off to

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>> and then Doug is not maybe here on the 27th >> that week >> as well. >> Um what's today? Maybe we're going to have a meeting on Wednesday Thursday >> of next not available this week.

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>> I mean if you if somebody's not available next week and somebody's not available the week. >> Uh I can't do this Thursday. I can't do Thursday. telling me what days you can >> What about I >> I did I communicated that a month ago, right? And these are the dates that I'm unavailable.

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>> Yeah, >> it's okay. It's It should, you know, and and Laura needed time to prepare. Honestly, she's not completely finished with all of the numbers and how we want to present it, right? So, obviously, we're going to borrow for the big

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things, but the smaller items that are in the capital, we should be using a free cash. shouldn't be borrowing for something that is not doesn't have an extremely long life or is not doesn't cost that much. So, what I think we should do, her and I, is put the capital

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items together that are going to equal what we have for free cash and then the articles for borrowing for the truck and whatever else we're going to do. Um, and exactly where to get that funding. Well, that's our problem. Uh so the numbers

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with the 10% decrease you know for the regular operating budget and then the capital I mean that's essentially what you got you know to finish it up is and there's a few things that were missing um because capital was originally in the operating budget. So she missed some of

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the line items just because they're in the budget and not separate. Um, like for instance, for the town hall, there's the handicap entrance that has just historically been >> 3,000 bucks are $3,000 a year. >> They fix them all. So essentially, we don't really need that.

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>> You never run out. >> So >> never run out. >> Nope. There was a there was a whole comprehensive building study that >> Oh, you never let that run out. I see. So whatever there there's $5 million worth of projects for accessibility that

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should be done between all of the town buildings. It should probably be in our line item budgets. It should probably be in budget, >> right? >> Which we could just move it there if that's if it should be. >> And to Mr. Anderson's point, we, you know, that the 200,000

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>> plus some of the free cash, we should look at that and move that to the special ahead of the annual to put that stuff if in play sooner than later than waiting till July. some of these items. >> Yeah, some of these items like the, you know, this 200,000 plus some of the free

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cash, >> you know, the fire truck's got to go to the annual because we don't have the the funding mechanism for it. But all the free cash stuff into the special for sure it's already there and certified for whether it's the roof or the police AC, those things can

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>> um by the way, we found HVAC money for the police station >> differently. There was there was a PO for their HVAC system. That's still a $60,000 Senate. >> That was for their boiler. It's done. Jeez. >> That was for their boiler. Whatever. >> It's H. It says the whole

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boiler that >> deal >> from the green energy people were pushing that way back when Dave was here. That wasn't needed. >> Oh, and they said this thing's fine. >> Laura Laura found this and uh Steve is off and running. either.

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>> Well, that's better than the air conditioner, which is doing neither. So, good. >> Yeah. >> So, just there was a couple of things on the list that according to my notes were a no, but there are yes on here. Um, so we got to you guys have to revisit that.

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I sent those questions in. So, I just wanted to mention that we did get that recap as well and need some more votes and we'll have to figure out when that will be. All right. Uh then discuss the open space

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recreation plan committee. I had sent that to you again. Sorry it was this morning. Here's a hard copy for you if you didn't read that. Um

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I guess it was left up to the select board i.e. me to come up with this. So I read the book of the open space handbook

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and pulled out the relevant duties etc and the recommended parties. I did consult with the conservation commission and prior open space report and recreation report

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committee members for their input as well and they all blessed this. What's your goal? to approve this and send it back to the conservation commission as a formal charge for this committee. And then we

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and they need to notify the conservation commission, planning board, recreation, historical of their roles in this and they would designate their own parties um and let them carry on and finish the

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report. Does anyone have the the last OSRP? You had it right last time. Is that or was it a master plan? Is it on our website? >> It is someplace on the website. >> If you go >> still learning the navigation of the >> If you go to park and wreck, it's on

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their ah >> page. >> Thank you. Well, it used to be uh it used to be might be one of the things that didn't migrate over perhaps be manually

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Open Space and Recreation Plan. >> There you go. >> You have it? Yep. >> Where was it? >> I don't know. I just searched for it. It's PDF. So, who was who was on it last? >> Dennis Clark, Russ Fox, Dave Spina, Dave

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D, Delorei, Craig Samuelson, John Steth, Nikki, and contributors. In addition to those, Alan Slesler, Sue Gore, Assessor, Randy Brown, DPW, Dick Ran, Steve Presnell from the school, and Gene Nelson, office support.

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>> So, who was so the appointed members of Thanks. Thank you. >> Yep. Can you see? >> So, Dennis conservation board >> conservation was select >> um >> planning board >> planning board park and rack to residents and then other contributors from other town.

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>> Sure. >> Departments. And this is three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, >> a a youth if possible. The residents

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>> 12 and a half. >> The the residents could also be the three open space land management um participants if we wanted to shorten the thing. The prior one began with I

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think 19 and over its time dwindled down >> to that >> to something closer to this >> six >> six >> plus contributors. Yeah,

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>> this is the recommendation from the plan, not necessarily what we might do. This is what we're >> do we want it larger and then >> or smaller and and who do you leave out?

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>> Nobody. But you have all the contributing people that >> that we want to shuffle >> because what happens when you get a a 19 member board, >> correct? >> Is you need >> Yep. >> 10 people to show up to have a quorum

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and it never it fails. The only time I've ever seen it actually work out was the master plan >> advisory committee. >> That was marvelous. >> It was unbelievable how many people actually showed up for all of those meetings to to to get a quorum. And there was a couple nights we had to make

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some phone calls, but it was a lot. >> The strong recommendation is the Open Space Land Management three. >> Um, they definitely need a conservation commission >> participant planning board and it's kind of in that

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order. um the park and wreck and this had no DPW on the actual committee. >> No, >> so that would be six right there.

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Um community preservation. I'm not sure that's actually a a contributor or a an advisory on this. I think it would be advisory and especially since half of the community preservation committee is made up of

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appointees from housing planning >> PNR. >> Yes. But only one member would be >> right >> on this and and who's missing, you know, it's who's available, which one will they choose? Um

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so that was 3456. The community preservation could be a member of this or the advisory and then would we want a resident and make that seventh >> and you don't you don't feel a need to have a select board member on this

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committ >> well in what is the contribution from the select board member and I and I asked that question and it was basically o oversight and not really a contributor to the plan so I'd rather give that to a strong

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contributor and be the support be the cont the other contributing as needed. >> Okay. I would I think you'd get I have mixed feelings about that. I I I don't think that I don't think that DPW

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should be on the committee just because everyone else is either elected or appointed and these are staff and that breaks up. >> It should be levelheaded or leveled. Um the open space land management committee if they all want to be on it. That's a

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big ass if they want to do it because then they're basically on two committees because this is a different committee than that other committee, right? >> And we still have openings on that. So they still are down two numbers. So they may find a member from the community if we added a resident.

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>> Sure. >> Russ, your thoughts? I mean, after never being through it before, it's a little daunting as far as the amount of people and players >> and pause if they accomplish anything.

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>> And if you if you read through this, what the the charge is is not just to update the plan, but then to help ad much like the master plan implementation is to help administer what all of the related parties are, >> right? what their goals are and track it

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and report back periodically. >> No, I mean I I understand that part of it is large committees are close >> and and really the large committee is from the feedback I got from the crews

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that will be doing this would be getting it updated not as intense once they're helping administer. Were we talking about um planning commission helping? >> Yes. >> And that grant is well they would be

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advisory at the top level not part of the committee but advising and assisting with the mapping and those kinds of things. >> Okay. So, so far the suggestion is three open space land management, a conservation, a pl a planning board, a park and w

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and a resident. >> I'm fine with that. >> What's that total? Seven >> was historical on the last one. >> No, not even as a contributor. >> I know. >> Should there be a

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>> but they can certainly >> someone drops. >> What's that? >> Should it be an alternate in case someone drops though? >> This is a year couple year pro project, right? >> Just reappoint. Unfortunately, I I I mean, we can add an alternate. Um, it

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may not get filled if we can't I mean, we have vacancies on a a couple of other boards that we can't find people, including the open space. >> True. >> But, I mean, we could add an alternate. >> I mean, if you're not filling, I guess

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there's no point if you're having problems already. kind of don't overload it and then give yourself another task to film, >> right? >> Like you said, someone drops out, we look for new one. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> I mean, you have that the open space

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land management is a four to five, right? And they only >> and they're chugging on it already. It's stuff they >> really >> And you still can have a quorum with quite a few people. So, >> Sure. >> Well, yeah. You you have this is seven CD4 to have a meeting, right? >> Like when you start getting bigger, it

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starts to get daunting. >> Yeah. especially when you head into the summers and whatnot and these guys are on a schedule. >> Looking for a motion. >> Make a motion as >> to accept the charge and the membership

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as we just discussed. >> Yes. Second. So just to be clear, it's three members of the open space land management committee, one planning board member, one conservation committee member, one park and recck member, and one resident.

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>> Correct. Yes. Roll call vote. Dian Gail. I >> Doug Morgan. Yes. >> Russ Anderson. Yes. >> Interesting reading that book. Okay. uh

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discuss and approve a one-day liquor license for the cultural council annual art show. This is would be a provisional approval pending receipt of all appropriate paperwork

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and uh there was a date discrepancy that also needed to be corrected on their uh initial paperwork submitted. But that is Friday >> the 24th.

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>> The 24th. And in addition, we have an invitation to serve reception Friday, April 24th, 5:30 to 7:30. Their permit was from 4 to 8,

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their requested permit. >> Make a motion. >> Yeah. Second. >> Roll call vote. Diane Gail. I. >> Doug Moin. Yes. >> Russ Anderson. Yes. And there's your invitation. Okay.

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Uh other new business. Um, sorry, I flipped my file. All right. Nothing under new business. Anything fresh come up that we need to address?

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>> Not for me. >> None. >> Okay. We have on the agenda under old business discuss and vote the complete streets. Um, Rich Bozac advised he wasn't quite ready with his um, final evaluation and

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asked that we carry this to the 27th. And then moving to discuss and vote on the acceptable use policy for technology. >> I was not able to review what's current and whether or not it needs to supersede. So, >> okay.

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>> Probably going to it's going to sit there for a few weeks because I'm really >> kind of inundated with but with annual meeting. >> So, that's not ready there. But, >> all right. Just make a note one thing. Um, it talks about employees, but I think there needs to be the definition

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of employees because that includes paid or unpaid volunteers and stuff. >> Okay. >> As it is in all the other handbooks and that's missing there. Okay. So, Okay, we need to discuss and vote on the date

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change for the parade for the South Lake Rec Center from Saturday the 18th to Sunday 4:19 at noon. Everything else remains the same. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call vote Diane Gale. I >> took motion. Yes.

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>> Okay. Did anyone check if there was any conflict with mold across or anybody else on Powder Mill Road on that on Sunday at noon? I would think not, but we should just double check it. >> Okay. >> They have something at least on Sunday. >> Yeah. But if it's a major thing, it's a

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15minute thing. It's not a huge deal. Yeah. >> At noon. >> This will be a more of a 1K run than a parade, but okay. No, they do a great job. And I'm, you know, and all kidding aside, I think last year they brought that parade back. It was

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the first year in correct a decade plus. So glad to see it. Glad to see that that coming back. So, >> okay. Um, nothing else came up under old business. Acknowledge and approve open session minutes from March 30th, 2026.

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All right. Set my changes in, >> which I think you have here. There's some highlights there. What's the yellow changes? Those my changes, I think. >> Somebody. >> Yes. Motion to approve as amended. >> Second.

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>> Roll call. I >> Doug Morgan. Yes. Russ Anderson. >> And then under miscellaneous correspondence, we were notified by the treasurer. Yes. and zone that the billing company that processed the

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uh excise tax bills processed 272 bills incorrecting incorrectly causing them to be returned undeliverable. They were basically inserted upside down >> in the envelope >> in the envelope. So they are correcting

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that generating new bills and there is an insert notifying people that the new due date will be April 28th. I'm at the post office. They're probably good police >> windowed envelope and all you saw was the bill, not the address. >> Oh,

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>> yeah. >> Did you get one? >> No, I saw them with >> that was >> just the other day. >> All right. And then we also received a notice from a resident and member of the senior center who provided a copy of a card that was signed by two dozen or so

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seniors at the senior center with their sentiments of appreciation um that they sent to the senior center director Lisa Anderson. Um they wanted us to know what they think of her contributions. It was very nice.

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All right, that was miscellaneous correspondence. And moving on to warrants, we need to acknowledge special warrant SWP26 dated April 2nd, 2026 in the amount of 14,48706. >> What was it? You're just acknowledging

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it, Rick. >> Yeah. >> Okay. and acknowledge special warrant VWP dated April 2nd, 2026 in the amount of 152175. >> Um,

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these are better than what I was going to ask. Okay. Yep. That's what I thought. Okay. >> And acknowledge payroll warrant 2624 dated April 6, 2026 in the amount of 3092713. And

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that is it for the regular agenda. We are going into executive session. Correct. >> Yeah. Just for Okay. So, need a motion to adjourn the regular meeting. >> I want to ask Mick what he learned today before we adjourn. Come on up here, kid. >> Oh, boy.

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>> Bring your chair. >> Right here. right front and center so everyone sees him. >> So over the last couple please don't worry over the last couple weeks you got a tour of the >> some of the town buildings the town hall police fire DPW I think DP which was

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your favorite >> DPW >> yeah they got the big trucks right >> I like the salt mountain >> pretty impressive huh >> Mhm. >> It's a lot of salt. >> A lot of salt. >> What else did you learn? Well, some simple history of the town.

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>> You can't read your notes. >> Just speak to them. >> Yeah, just talk. >> Um, that the town is very interesting. More interesting than you would learn than just staying in your house on 180 buying.

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Um, I saw all the effort put into how the town functions and if there isn't one like puzzle piece, the town would just fall apart. Um, I like the new movie theater edition

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to kind of um >> and the the tour was very cool and I learned a lot. Awesome. >> Great. >> Thank you for doing it. >> Great. You did a good job interviewing,

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too. >> Great to have you. >> So, what's your career choice of record as of today? >> Um, architect. >> You administrator, right? >> No, he I know he told the fire, right? He changed his mind. He uh he talked to

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the fire chief extensively about it, too. So, which was it was a very good conversation. Sir, >> first of all, you have great parents. too. You're very wellmannered, very well spoken, and uh best of luck to you in all of your future endeavors. >> Great job. I'm sure we'll see you again.

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>> Absolutely. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mom. >> Nice. >> Favor. >> Let's all go. >> Welcome. >> Motion to adjourn. >> All right. >> Okay. And then I need a motion to go

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into executive session pursuant to Mass General Law Chapter 3A section 21 number three to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation if an opening meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of public body and the chair so declares not to reconvene

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in open session. Can I have a motion? >> Second roll call vote Daniel I >> Anderson. Thank you. You're 21.