over. We're going to call the meeting to order. Welcome to the Town of South Select Board meeting for January 26, 2026. It is 6:00 p.m. Due to the weather conditions yesterday and overnight, we're holding this meeting remotely via Zoom. We are recording this open meeting
excluding executive session for broadcasting on the Town of Southwick YouTube channel and on channel 15. If anyone else is recording, please advise us by raising your hand or unmuting yourself and state your name and address for the record. Li Clark, the Westfield News.
>> Thank you. >> Okay, we'll start with roll call for attendance. Diane Gail, I'll call out. >> Okay, >> Russ Anderson, >> Nicole Parker,
>> Naen Signoni. >> Okay, thank you. Uh, is there anyone with public comment tonight? No one in the room. Is there anyone online? Naen, I'm looking for I think I'm looking for you for signals, right?
>> No hands so far. >> Okay, thank you. All right, then we shall move into the public hearing. We have an application for amendment for
change of officers stocker ownership interest in the oak and keg. I will start by reading the notice. Notice is hereby given to all parties interested that the licensing commission will hold a public hearing in the land use hearing room
via remote uh at the town of Southwick at 454 College Highway Southwick Mass 01077 on January 26 26th 2026 at 6 p.m. on the application
for amendment of liquor license adding stockholders for DVKK Inc. doing business as Oak and Keg at 20 Point Grove Road in Southwood. Can I have a motion to open the hearing? >> So move. >> So move. >> Second.
>> Second. >> Roll call vote. >> Diane Gale. I >> Doug Mglin. Yes. >> Russ Anderson. Yes. >> Okay. And who is here for the applicant? Uh >> attorney Timothy Olirri.
>> Okay. Anyone else there? They have they have the Zoom info. I'm not I think they were going to try to get in, but >> Okay. Well, why don't you um give it give us the information on this? >> Sure. Sure. Oh, so we got one. Okay. So, uh I represent VM Patel. He's the
president and director of DVKK Inc. Uh which owns and operates the annual package store license at the Oak and Keg. Um what Mr. Battel is trying to do. He's selling 40 shares or 40% of his ownership interest in DBKK to Jay Dibson
goal and 25% to Shahil Shahil Patel. Uh Beimo's going to he's going to remain as the officer and director of DVKK Inc. Um so we don't nothing there's no filing required with the secretary of state and he's going to remain on as the uh the
license manager. So, he's still going to continue to work hours at the store. Um, so what I've done, I've included promisory notes and affidavit as well as the necessary forms um for the ABCC with the application. Um, so essentially because he's adding
two shareholders to his corporation, um, we have to apply first to to you folks and then forward it along to the APCC for their blessing. Um, so that's what I've done here is put this application forward and we just ask that you uh
approve it and submit it to the APC for their consideration. >> Okay. Any discussion or questions from the board? >> I have we have to I'm sorry, Russ.
>> No, I have not. >> Do we consult with um our enforcement arm as part of this process? usually as part of the process itself or is that come after >> our enforcement? >> Yeah, usually the uh the sergeant or the
lieutenant on the police department usually look through these. I thought >> not in my not in my experience. >> Um that would be for a change of manager, correct? But Mr. Patel is staying on as the manager, you said.
>> Correct. Correct. >> Okay. I I think that's correct. Doug, >> also I see >> question. >> Also, Doug, I see the Corey in the in the package. So, they are um >> Yeah, >> Corey checked as well.
>> Yeah, I think these applications, excuse me, are more for uh to track the ownership interest to make sure that there's no um nefarious characters buying into these uh entities that own licenses. Okay. Thank you.
Okay. Is there anyone that wishes to speak in favor of this application? >> None. Anyone who wishes to oppose the application. >> Are either of the applicants on the call here today? >> I believe I saw uh J Dip.
Okay. >> Do you do you want to ask question? I see >> I just want to know if they wanted to introduce themselves or anything like that. I see there's >> I see Shahil is there. >> Yeah. >> Yes, I'm here too. Sh. Yeah. >> Oh, hello. How are you?
>> Good. How are you? >> Good. Thank you. Good. Did you have anything you wanted to add to this discussion, sir? >> No. >> Okay. Thank you. >> All right. If there's no further discussion or questions, can I have a
motion to close the hearing? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call vote. Dang. I. >> Doug Mglin, yes. Ross Anderson. Yes. >> Okay. And then having closed that hearing, is there a motion to approve
the but I want to say change of manager to approve the application for change of officer stock or ownership interest. >> So move. >> Second. >> Roll call vote. Dang. I.
>> Doug Mogan. Yes. >> Rose Anderson. Yes. >> Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you. >> All right, then moving into new business. I can't see, but do we have anyone here from the Historical Commission, Library, Cultural Council,
or Park and Wreck? >> Library is here. >> Oh, thank you, Lynn. Park and Wreck's here. >> Great, Cara. Thank you. That's all we got, I guess, out of those invitees. cultural council is here.
>> Oh, great. Thank you. >> And I believe the school committee, I don't know if they're meeting tonight, so they may be I don't know if their meeting is being held or cancelled, but they had a scheduled meeting tonight as well. >> So that might explain why they're not here.
>> Ghoul wasn't on this, but okay. >> Uh historical, sorry. >> Oh, okay. >> The man wear man wears two hats. Sorry. >> Okay. Gotcha. Gotcha. All right. Uh so we wanted to invite you here to um
I guess inform us if you have any plans in the works for the 250th anniversary of the country. Um what those might be when they might be being planned and if we can
>> um coordinate facilitate >> help you with that. So um Lynn, you want to start? Sure. Yeah. So, we have three official events booked on the calendar. Um, April, we are having somebody from
the Springfield Armory come to talk about the Continental Arsenal at Springfield. July, we will host Dennis Bard um to talk about local patriots. And August 5th, we are hosting a um presenter to talk about um Mercy Otis
Warren, who has I believe connections to Springfield somewhere local. Um and then just other than those large events, we are also just doing regular rotating displays to just show off some of the materials we have. And we're also going
to use this as a chance to just promote some of our resources. So, assisting people with um genealogy and helping them locate any uh revolutionary ancestors, anything like that. And we are I'll throw it out there. We're also willing to help um promote any other
organizations events and we'd be happy to share any posters as well. So, if we can um you know, share amongst ourselves just to spread the word, that would be great. >> Yep. Perfect. Okay. You've been busy. Great. Thank you. >> Thank you.
Uh, Cara, what do you got going on? So, we were just in the beginning stages of talking about that. Um, we usually, as you know, they usually have fireworks in town. Um, so we just brought it up at our last board meeting and David's also
online and we'll be discussing um what to do if we should do something like the fourth or something. Um Dave, did you have any >> Yeah, we had somebody from the civic fun came and asked us they were thinking of doing the fireworks again this year um
and food trucks like they did last year and also going to a carnival and maybe adding some other things on, but this wouldn't be until August. And since they've done a great job with the fireworks in the past, we thought that would be a good idea instead of
trying to do fireworks around the 4th, which I think everybody will try doing this year. And it'll be probably fairly expensive to do that. And >> that's where we are right now. We haven't um gotten together any other
events yet. We were kind of waiting until he comes to see us at the meeting, but he was he just approached me informally about that. >> Okay. >> All right. And then Susan, >> there it is. Um, the cultural council
has, you know, quite a few events. I did forward that through, but um specifically for the 250, we don't have anything specifically planned as of right now. The art show is going to be in April 25th and 26th. Certainly, you
know, maybe we could feature um you know, a display or something, but at as of right now, we do not have anything specific to the 250. >> Okay. All right. Um,
>> Chairman Gail. >> Sure. >> Uh, I did talk to, uh, Mr. Fox earlier this afternoon because he, uh, as from the historical commission, he didn't know if he was going to be able to make tonight's meeting. So, they were planning to to have their
slate of events to coincide with that August 15th date. that is looking like the date for the fireworks and they plan to coordinate with the historical society and the VFW. Um they plan to have the uh to work with
the other groups to have the fireworks parade. They also plan to have a band re and some reenactors for that day as well. And furthermore, on Veterans Day, which is always November 11th, they also
plan to have reenactors um in town on that day as well. Okay. All right. Good. Good. Good. Um,
does anyone on the select board have any thoughts, ideas, concepts to throw out? >> I had one >> from from our point. Yep. >> Yeah. Um, one, it's on it was an a thing
I had asked to put on for the annual town meeting to establish that revolving account for flags to be flown at on the um decorative lamp post through town. And I would like to kick off that program to hopefully maybe have something something set up to have them
on display uh hopefully for August, but definitely for November would be to honor uh veterans from Southwick on those polls and h have people have the ability to sponsor um to donate to andor sponsor a flag for
a given individual through the center of town. Okay. Um, Russ, you got any ideas? >> I don't at this time, though. >> Right. Um, I was thinking about
maybe putting our ginormous tree back up outside and maybe this could coordinate with the art show and have an art contest for the kids maybe to make patriotic ornaments
and decorate that tree again possibly. Um, and then as far as advertising and help promote these things, we have the community c we have the the town calendar on our website and we also have
there's a community calendar link on that that really hasn't been taken advantage of in the past. We can put if if everybody wants to submit what they're doing and the dates and a brief description, we can help promote those things on that community calendar and
maybe even put a put a page link um to community events just giving a brief description of them. So, um that way we can help promote everything that's going on in town regardless of who's doing if the scouts are doing something or um other organ
lions or anybody else doing anything. Um, so I guess um if you all want to send >> some your your your brief calendars, whatever you've got so far, we can kind of map that out and see if we can put
things together cohesively or join some, you know, if other people are talking about things, maybe we can connect people with stuff already going on. It'd be great to see something happening throughout the year. It would be pretty
good. >> Any other thoughts from anybody? >> Nope. Who's that? >> You're talking to me. Is that Mr. Wallally's phone talking to us? >> Yeah, that's me. >> Did you have anything you wanted to add?
>> I don't know what I'd be adding to. >> We're having discussion on events being planned for the 250th anniversary of the country through Park and Rec Cultural Council Historical Society as a just as a kickoff as to who's planning what.
if you had any other thoughts on that or suggestions. >> No, I don't think so. >> Okay. All right. So, let's see if we can um get some input. We'll at least load that community calendar and um maybe invite
some more groups at a future meeting and see what else is being planned and we can coordinate that. So, all right. Thank you for the input everybody. >> Thank you. >> Appreciate you popping in. All right, then moving on to the
election and town meeting schedule. Christie is on. I see if you want to talk about this a little bit. >> Uh, yes. So, in your packets, you should have a um the 2026 town election and
town meeting schedule and also a list of the positions that are up for election um this year. And um I met with the board of registars on November 18th and we kind of discussed um you know what we were going to do for local elections this year. Um and we're going to run it
like we did last year. Um, so we're not going to be doing any in-person early voting, but um, in-person absentee ballots are available. Um, and then vote by mail will also be an option um, this year again. So people can sign
up for that in person um, by mail and online through the Secretary of State's office. Um, so mainly the reason why I'm here tonight uh, because most of these dates are derived by the Mass General Laws. Um the date to
uh close the warrant and the date for citizens petitions to be due um is what I'm here to discuss so that we can have a concrete date um decided on so that I can you know send these schedules out to uh the political parties in town as well
as um our unenrolled voters or um unenrolled candidates who are up for election this year. >> Okay. So, um, >> go ahead. >> Go ahead. >> Yeah, we had talked about the deadline for citizen petitions.
That was to be as close to 30 days prior to town to the town meeting, which falls on April 17th. >> Does that Yes. >> suit everybody?
Doug Russ, does that suit you for that date? >> Works for me. >> I think Doug's >> Doug is muted. >> No objection. >> Okay. >> Um, so I don't know if you guys wanted
to do the um April 20th, that's a Monday, um, as a date to close the warrant. And then we would have, you know, Friday and Monday to certify any signatures that are turned in on Friday uh for those citizens petitions. Then
everything should be finalized by that point. Is that generally 30 days prior as well? has it been >> um last year it was not but in the past
um I believe it was usually around midappril when it was uh kind of closed your thoughts Doug Russ >> I think a month out from the the town meeting to get the um citizen petitions
in and frankly I think we should be closing the warrant right around almost around the same date >> to give everybody adequate time to have articles you know finalized by attorneys and so on and so forth and then >> um have the warrant posted and everything with plenty of time and
without the running around that we've had the last couple. So I think probably midappril right around that same day would probably work out that Friday. Was she suggesting the Monday, April 20th? [clears throat] >> Just because you guys would likely have a meeting that night and then you'd be
able to vote to close the warrant that same night, >> right? >> I have an objection. >> Yeah. >> And an article may be in draft form. Correct. At that point. >> Correct. >> Okay. >> But that gives you a little bit of runway to if you have to go to council
and get something put to form or whatever. But we just don't want people I don't think we want to have people putting stuff on the warrant two weeks ahead of the ele of the of the meeting itself. So, >> Yep. Okay. So, April 20th. >> Sure.
>> Do we need to vote on that or is that just an agreement? Yes, >> I think we should absolutely vote on it. And I had a question for uh Christie before we take a vote because maybe we it's an omnibus vote. I don't know. last year might have been the first time we had
done it or maybe the second time we had done it. The the select board had to vote specifically to not have uh early voting for the local election. So I don't know if we need to do that or
we or that vote that we took previous still holds or we should just maybe revote it just to be sure. >> No. So, what happens is if we decide to do in-person early voting, we would have to opt in and the select board would have to vote for that. Um, and then if
we decided to opt out of vote by mail, then the select board would have to vote. So, at this time, there's no votes that need to be taken for that. >> So, is that an ask of the select board if we want to opt in or opt out of mail-in voting or in early inperson voting?
>> Um, that's that's decided by the board of registars. um if if they had voted to bring it forth to to the board, then we would if it was the other way around. So, we would have if we were doing um in-person early voting, the select board
would have to to opt in into that. And then if we were not doing vote by mail, they would also have to to opt um out of doing that. >> Okay. >> Okay. Any further questions?
None. So, do I have a motion to make the deadline for citizen petitions Friday, April 17, 2026 and closing the warrant on April 20th, 2026.
>> So, move second. Roll call vote. Dang. I >> Doug Moin. I >> Russ Anderson. Yes. >> Okay. Thank you, Christie. >> Thank you. >> Do we have Eric Mueller on with us?
Me and our participants. No. Doug, did you have anything on this or were was Eric gonna >> Yeah, he was gonna present it. He has a a presentation that he's developed for that and I don't know that I have the latest copy of it. >> All right. So, we'll put him on again for 22 if that works for him.
>> Sure. >> Okay. All right. Next, discuss and vote on a class 2 dealership license regarding Allen's affordable auto. Um Nicole, you've got some info on this. Yeah, he's not able
to get a certificate of good standing and you had provisionally approved all of the licenses pending, you know, that they submit all of the information. The certificate of good standing is not a a mass general requirement and nor have I
seen it in the code. Um failure to be able to obtain it is a little red flag possibly, but uh I didn't feel comfortable just giving him his license without bringing this to you. And this is the second time he has not been able to produce.
>> So yeah, this is the second time that you know for me to be here and last year he submitted a a letter from an accounting firm that he was working with to try and resolve it and that they were going to resolve it. It seemed by the letter that they were um you know very
near to just it's just a housekeeping item basically and they were going to clean it up. And then this year, I got the same exact letter except we whited out the date. So I happened to know the partner in this accounting firm and I texted her and asked her if she was working with him because it seemed like
the same exact letter coming through and she said she is not working with him. So he in fact just gave us last year's letter with uh the date whited out. [snorts] So whether he's working on it or not, I don't know. Um, I told him I was not comfortable because you have to
give him he has to have this license to be able to go to the auctions or whatever. And so he hasn't been able to since January 1st and I just told him last week that I had to bring in front of you that I just wasn't comfortable just giving it to him without it. So he had he had some taxes due, etc.
that he did clean up. Um, and he did renew his his $25,000 required by law bond, but this is so this is the only thing that he couldn't provide. >> And that is a local requirement you said.
>> I get it's just it's it is a required in the packet, but it's not a bylaw and it's not a mass general law. So, >> your thoughts >> really quick. Um, >> it doesn't it doesn't really affect the
town of Southwick at all. He has his his required insurance, all the requirements for that. He meets everything statutoily for a class 2 license other than we we ask for a certificate of good standing.
And I don't know if it's just, you know, a character thing, you know, because that just proves basically that you can borrow money, etc., and that you, you know, you don't owe any taxes or to the state or anything like that. You're not in any financial trouble. So again, that doesn't really, it's not really a
requirement of the town of Southwick. It's not really a a detriment or that that it would put us in any danger. Um, so [snorts] I don't think it matters all that much. I just did not feel comfortable giving it to him without bringing this in front of you guys.
>> Is he current with the town on for everything? >> He is now. Yes. >> Yep. >> You said now was he in a rears at some point? >> Well, a lot of businesses do it. they
just pay their taxes eventually when somebody brings it to their attention possibly. >> Okay. >> Um but you know, the biggest thing that I would think as a liability is the bond. We we hold a $25,000 bond in the event, you know, we need to call it in
for a customer or something like that. Um but other than that, that you know, that's really all we're here for, >> the approvals from the town. >> And you said that was provide the bond was in place. Yes. >> Okay.
>> Okay. Your thoughts, Doug? Russ. >> Hey, if he has all the pieces, I don't see um how we could deny it really. Um and if he's up to date on everything
town related. Um >> Doug, >> I agree. I mean, if you if if it's something that we like to have, but it's not required under the statute at the state level or even at the local level,
I don't know how we could even demand it. But, um, it's probably a good thing to have. So, but I I would I wouldn't stand in the way of them because it would only make the situation worse. Yeah. >> In the short run. And we can emphasize to him that we really would like to have this in place for next year as we get
into renewal season. you know, kind of I know it's it's not apples to apples, but with one of the recent liquor licenses, we we kind of drew a line in the sand and made them per, you know, perform to all of the town requirements, which I assume is in the works and they did or at least came
back in to address it where he's already there. So, I don't really see where anything's missing to hold him up >> and we're still we're still watching out for the public and making sure that he has the bond and all the other stuff. Okay. I believe this
Allen's affordable was not on the list that we approved. Is that correct? >> We voted it separate conditionally, I think. So, we probably just need to ratify that vote. >> All right. There a motion?
>> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call vote. Diane Gail. I. >> Doug Mglin. Yes. Rose Anderson. Yes. Okay, thank you for bringing that up, Nicole.
And then we are going to acknowledge the storm water updates, which for the December 29th snow event of 2 in, the cost for that one was
$19,94.80. for January 1st snow event which was one and a half plus or minus inches um with wind and wind drifts all over town. That one was a cost of 19,8420.
Cumulative cost to date 115,27388. Can't wait to see this one. >> I was going to say that was probably the warm-up for this weekend. [laughter] And uh kudos to those guys for really battling it out. That was a long duration storm. They're probably still
out there now doing some cleanup and patchup, but kudos to those guys for really slugging it out and our contractors uh partners that showed up and uh did their best with what was going on. That was a lot of snow. >> Um >> did a great job.
>> They did. They really did. And um >> they're they're still out there. >> I'm sure they are. >> And along with this, the next item is to acknowledge the contract snowplow operators. Um Rich Bozac reports that they have
secured the applications and insurance certificates from several local contractors for snow plowing. They are BP certified welding with five vehicles, Faria Home Improvement with one, Solic Masonry with six, Tiny
Landscaping with one, and Jesse Vaprous with five. Um, he noted that one that we had in the past that had three trucks um did not submit for this year. So, they're
they're covering everything they need um with these and a bit more overtime from our own crews. Um and and as you said, Doug, I think with less than the desired number of
contractors, they've been doing a remarkable job. And um I think when resident comments on Facebook are very favorable, that that's certainly noteworthy. And great job to those guys.
Keep it up cuz now they're saying we're going to have another storm next weekend. [laughter] >> Hope they're wrong about that because they're talking about it. >> Me, too. Me, too. [clears throat] >> All right. Then, uh, acknowledge EDC
resignation of Steven Roach. Um Steve was a fairly new member to the commission and he was very active um very engaged and everything and I'm really sorry to hear that he has um submitted resignation but it's because he relocated to Westfield
um and he doesn't have a business interest in town to allow him to remain on that commission. Um, I'm not sure if anyone is inclined to allow that if he's not a resident or a
business owner. >> Nope. Okay. >> Not me personally. I think you know um two of the members of EDC that have been there for a long long time representing a business interest that they have in town. Um, and kudos to the residents who come out and support it. I think we just
need to redouble our efforts to recruit some folks that live in town or run a business in our town. >> Yeah, >> they directly have skin in the game. I I think before we start expanding outside of the town to be on EDC in Southwick, I think we should try to to look around
town first. >> Yeah, agree. >> Thank you. >> Okay. All right. Then we're going to acknowledge and approve a $25 donation to be deposited into library gift account from Sharon Kim Lang.
And um I have no new business. Anybody else? Other new business? >> I don't. >> Naen Nicole. >> No. >> All good. Okay. Moving into old business. discuss and approve two new master plan action
items. Two from the Southquake Police Department. The process here uh the master plan implementation committee uh submitted some time ago a process for
changes, modifications, additions, deletions uh that they u submitted to the planning board and select board. uh this these are the first two that have passed the evaluation of master
plan implementation committee with a recommendation to the select board and planning board. So these two items from and we need to vote whether we would accept them as additions and for the next one a deletion
uh along with the planning board and then that would be a formal modification to the master plan. So this would be to add secure funding for license plate readers to be installed at main access points to town to track bolos. Be on the
lookout amber and silver alerts, stolen vehicle reports, and other persons at large entering or exit exiting town via main roadways. That is a shortterm priority for the police department. Second one is another shortterm
priority. explore ways to lower actual speed limits versus the posted speed limits to calm traffic and increase safety on highly traveled commuter routes such as Point Grove Road and South Longyard Road. One of those techniques to be used will be the use of
visual electronic radar monitoring devices such as the one on Congam uh that tells you this is this is the speed limit. This is your actual speed. Are there any questions on those items?
Are there any police department representatives here that want to talk about those? Don't see any. All right. Any thoughts on those? Doug Russ, >> that's what they feel they need to do. I
would I'm for it. [clears throat] Agreed. Okay. Do I have a motion to accept the two added action items from South Police Department as read? >> So move.
>> Second. >> I'll count that as a second. [laughter] >> We got a delay. >> Yeah, just slightly. Roll call vote. Diane Gail. I >> Doug Mowglin. Yes. >> Russ Anderson. Yes. >> All right. and then the request for a
cancellation of a lead action from the chief administrative officer. This recommended action from the master plan was to establish and fund a position for a town grant writer to assist various departments, boards, and commissions to apply for available
funding opportunities including infrastructure maintenance, historical preservation, land conservation, business development, environmental protection, recreational opportunities, town beautifification, and climate sustainability preparedness. Um the reason why it is recommended to
be cancelled is that the chief administrative officer uh feels that the town currently has skilled department heads constantly applying for and receiving grants. It is not fiscally responsible or feasible at this time to hire a dedicated grant
writer. We also pay Pioneer Valley Planning Commission to write and administer the largest grants. In the future, we may explore some possibilities to assist volunteer boards and commissions with identifying funding sources for their ideas and special projects.
>> Any questions for Nicole on that since she is here? >> Makes sense. >> Doug, >> I'm good. I think we need to just make sure that we um we just if there's opportunities to
coordinate with multiple departments seeking a grant that we we have some level of coordination around that, right? So, if fire and police, God help us all, decide to work together to get a grant, um, you know, that that happens
or if there's something from cultural council and park and wreck like with all this 250 stuff or something like that where we can we can do that. You know, I know and I'm kidding about police and fire because they have done grants together all the time, right? kidding aside, but that type of coordination
across multiple departments is going to be critical going forward, especially with the onetop and all these other grant mechanisms that are out there. Um, and we had talked I don't know Nicole and I believe had talked about putting this this was part of our select
board goals about transparency is putting a page on the town website of grant funding um requests and awards um for community consumption as well so they know we're not just spending their
money that we're looking for others. So I think that would be a good sense good way to do it. Um, so can I have a motion to approve the cancellation of facilities and services 1.1 as I read it?
>> So move. >> Second. >> Well, call vote. Dan Gale. I >> Doug Mglin, yes. >> Ros Anderson, yes. >> All right. Um, I do not have any other old business to update on. Doug,
>> uh, I just have one quick one. Um, we just came, all of us came back from the Mass Municipal Association Conference, Connect 351. And, um, I'm pretty proud of the fact that there was a pretty goodized delegation from the town of
Southwick that was there, visav's other towns, like your entire select board, the CEO, the assistant CEO were all there. did not see that out of a lot of a lot of towns um cities and towns for that matter. Um and looking at the map
for those that checked in as to where they were from, you know, we were very well represented for Western Mass. There was a plenty of Western Mass that wasn't represented at all. And um so kudos to everyone for taking the time to go and do that and learn. We usually learn a
lot of good stuff, meet some good vendors and potential vendors, um, and get some ideas from the trade show and all the learning labs. So, kudos to all of you for taking the time to go and do that. >> We certainly covered the floor. >> We sure did. >> And we covered quite a few of the the
classes as well. >> Yep. Absolutely. >> That it for you, Doug? >> Especially since they made it an extra day this year. So, we we cleared out of there. I think it was 3:30 Saturday to
head back. So, it was uh it was a long couple of few days, but worth it. >> Yep. Russ, anything to update? >> No, I'm all set. Thanks. >> Okay, Nicole, >> no. >> Naen.
Okay. Thank you. Moving on to the minutes. Acknowledge and approve open session meeting minutes from January 12th, 2026. Is there a motion to accept those minutes as written? >> So move. >> Second.
>> Roll call vote. Dangel I. >> Doug Mglin. Yes. >> Rosie Anderson. Yes. >> Okay. And then we're going to acknowledge payroll warrant number 2617 dated January 12th, 2026 in the amount of 320,871
and 57 cents and acknowledge payables warrant 2618B dated January 20th, 2026 in the amount of 4,161507 92. And with that, is there a motion to
adjourn this open meeting? Well, you got to read for exec session. >> Oh, I got to read that. Sorry. >> Thank you, sir. >> We will be moving into executive session. Need a motion to go 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 open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the public body. And the chair so declares not to
reconvene in open session. Motion to >> so move. >> Move. >> Second. >> Okay. Roll call vote. Dian Gale. I >> Doug Mglin. Yes. >> Anderson. Yes. >> Okay. And you have another link for executive. >> Yep.
>> Okay. We'll see you there.