good evening and welcome to the select board meeting for Monday February 10th 2025 here at 6m in the land use hearing room present this evening is myself select board chair Jason Peron Vice chair Diane Gail clerk Doug mland ceao naen Nicole Parker and assistant ceao naden signon we start off with the Pledge of
Allegiance um Chiefs if you would so kindly oh active not agents to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible liy and Justice all next item of
business me item three public comments start with start with Miss ma'am uh deor har three SC Road this um was a while ago but there was talk about changing some street names because we have duplicates our driveway is actually off of Hill Crest and it's hard enough to find our driveway because our address is three Shore Road but our driveway leads on to Hillcrest so I'm concerned
that that if there is an emergency with more than one Hill Crest if it will go to the right place it so somebody could follow up that would great I think it was the police that were ined it thank you thank you does anyone else any the audience have any public comments is there anyone on Zoom that has any public comments You' like to speak
looks like having none we will move on to item four new business item four a appointment of local emergency preparedness committee Nicholas Bernier see on there s berer can you hear us yes I can how are you sir I'm well thank you how are you oh not too bad so tell us why you'd want to be on
the lepc well I was recently appointed as the uh Director of Finance and operations for the Southwick tall and Granville Regional School District um and I believe that my predecessors in this position have also served uh in that role um so when I got hired I was uh I was told that I would be doing so as well Buton drop anyone have any questions uh
Welcome to the south of T Regional School District thank you I don't have any questions so make a motion to appoint Nicholas Bernier to LC is this instead of someone who's left the employee of the South B Granville Regional School District y so I'll second the motion all
right roll call vote Jason Peron I thank ell Doug mowan yes just for the just to make it clear when we send it over to the clerk's office so they know who they're replacing on that board new business Item B orb appointment Don Morris Board of registrators Chief do you want if
you want to come up you can just want to continue to do my civic duty that's all so we're reappointing so make a motion to reappoint Don Morris to the board of registers second roll call vote Jason Peron I Dan l i Doug M yes thank you or C snowledge and approve the $300 donation to be deposited in the
Southwick Animal Control gift fund from Elizabeth and Stefan Abrams Linda molta tetrol Robin and Keith Moro and Cynthia zarich motion to approve the $300 donation second roll call vote Jason pron I Doug mland yes board D is discuss Conservation Commission letter to select board dated February 3rd 20125 regarding the three elected members
this is in regards to the vote that was two years ago almost now uh May 2023 and December 2023 um regarding the making three positions on the Conservation Commission
elected um the legislation went through um went to the state um we got [Music] through the house two two readings and I believe the third reading was to get through the Senate um and it didn't get through for um whatever Reon so the Conservation Commission has asked us to push this back forward again um I asked Nicole today I don't know I actually sent an email to representative
Biga my understanding was where it passed the house already it doesn't need to go back in front of the house I don't know if that's correct or not that's what I was led to believe um I'm waiting to hear back from uh rep Biga um but however we need to move this forward we need to move this forward the people voted for it I agree uh I think Senator Mark said he was going to move it along if it needed to be moved along as well
so I mean that's where we are now I don't know if we need to vote to resubmit I guess I'll wait to hear back I think it's just communication TOA and Mar yeah to do what the voters asked to be done that's where we're at with that Mr ran any comment we may have to reach out to our legislative delegation to find out if we have to go back in front of town meeting for a subsequent vote because
that bill did notay pass when we they did what they were asked to do um but the bill didn't pass so we may very well have to go back in front of town meeting I don't know but we may have to go back in front of town meeting and ask the question again so someone needs to representative and find out I did put that email like I said and I asked them if my information was correct
so I res out to Senator Mark if not I'm assuming he's going to let us know what we got to do but I'll send another email to confirm um whether or not this has to go in front the time meeting again that's what that is and I think it would be appropriate for the select board once we find out the answer on that to to vote to send that back to Senator Mark and representative Biga
rather than as informality very good next item is going five other new business I've got nothing going on right now M scale none Mr uh I have a meeting tomorrow it's probably old business no new business Nicole No naen Ex item six old business I have one thing uh the lpp is
done in principle it went back today it came to us today from subfield uh will be agreed upon Financial arrangements as well as it stated that each town will have a representative on the other's Conservation Commission that can speak obviously not a voting memb we've discussed about that um specifically for Kuman Lake Ohan lakes in the shores correct is how it is worded so we won't have any other issues there um we're just waiting because
there was incorrect data so just waiting for that to come back and then um to be sign at the rates in the original proposal yes the money the financial aspects of it never changed like I said they've never had an issue with the money it's just what they wanted with that one time so Mr chairman the across appointments if you will they're they'd be like a a ad hoc or whatever you want to call it or advisory member
to the respective Conservation Commission I guess we' have to that yeah I mean it's a it says a one representative from the each conservation or we can have a representative on the Conservation Commission it does not say does no it's not do not somebody you know eaches to speak at each other's conservation meetings regarding conoman lakes or it's Shores only um I
guess it's memorialized for people that aren't cordial I don't know I mean you would think that it would just be a normal thing and if you have something to say something to say about the Lakes but um it's it's actually in in agreement they share the documents with norm cheber and he gets to speak under public comment on anything of concern are you looking for some specific designation as to how that person is well my next question is whom and how is that person appointed I guess
that would be up to each individual town I I think it's not appointed they're just allowing them to speak but is there a designated Southwick representative that's being sent to Suffield or is it any a random member of the Conservation Commission depending on the issue at hand or I I figured it's Norm but I mean the conservation there's nothing formal I think it's just allowing the conservation commissions the ability to speak at each other's meetings I don't think there was
anything formal for for you or for anybody to app point it's a it's very informal I I didn't even think that it would be in the agreement but well that was one of the things they had asked specifically is to have the ability to speak and vice versa you know they according to Norm several times he's gone over there to speak on conservation issues and at the two-minute public comment he's just been cut off so that was a discussion back and forth um suffield's issue has always been they didn't feel like they
had representation or can speak upon Lake issues I think they mentioned this in the past um they're happy with this um if we we want to designate someone on our side that's fine whatever they want to do on their side that's for them send somebody new each week each meeting don't know that's what I was getting I just don't I haven't maybe when we see the agreement or hash it out with conservation how they're going to approach it no objection yeah we can just that and figure out if you
want to do a conservation M can do either know what they want to do um but that's where that is that's all I have for RO business right now I have no updates on anything Mr M uh I have a meeting tomorrow with the wh city folks to lay out a plan for uh the public meeting that we're supposed
to have in the March time frame here we are in the middle of February we got to get moving on that and then finish putting that together nothing regard to the Tiff NOS no update on the Tiff n department
head reports [Music] umy chy there unless she has anything she wants to say TR warrants we need to acknowledge payroll warrant 221B in the amount of $36,250 and we need to acknowledge and approve the Open session meeting meting minutes
from January 27th 2025 and February 3rd 2025 and the executive session minute from January 27 2025 motion to accept the Open Session minutes from January 27th and February 3rd 2025 so did you read those yes I said my changes back I yeah
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and motion to accept the executive session minutes from January 27th to 2025 second roll call vote Jason I I Mr per probably abstain from that vote you had you were not present for the entire ex did that it was on the second oh the back so I guess
I shall abstain on that one didn't see those on the back I said dou M yes and that is it for session we now are going to make a motion to go in executive session pursuant to Mass General Law chapter 30A section 21s 2 and 3 chapter 214
section 1B labor Council litigation matters and strategy will selected bargaining with the police Union Coalition fire DPW non-union staff and clerk Union upsu chief of police and interim Town Administrator executive session Town Administrator executive session regarding Mass General Law chapter 30A sections 212 and 3 chapter 214 section 1B and exception number two move to go in executive session to conduct collective bargaining sessions with nine unit
personnel and to not reconvene an open session move to go into executive session to conduct contract negotiations with non-un personnel and to not to reconvene an open session declare that an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the body and to not reconvene an open session exception number three moved to go on Executive session to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining that the chair moved to go in executive session to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with non un personnel
and to not reconvening Open Session move to go in executive session discuss strategy with respect to litigation and that the chair declare that an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the litigating position of the body into not reconvene an open session chapter 24 section B 1B A person shall have a right against unreasonable substantial or serious interference with their privacy the Superior Court shall have jurisdiction and Equity to enforce such right and in connection there with to award damages motion to go any second make a motion executive
session second roll call vote Jason BR Doug yes