have to wonder why they're playing. >> Somebody turn me with this. >> I'm not a psychologist. >> Like to put the camera there. Should it be >> You just pin.
>> Okay. Oh, perfect. Thank you. >> That camera has 20 pounds. How many cameras we got in there? Man, >> that's a good one. Geez. >> Everybody that's coming. >> How's it? Welcome everybody. This is the
Southwest Select Board meeting for November 3rd, 2025. It is 6 p.m. and we are in the land use hearing room at town hall and also remotely via Zoom and channel 15. This open meeting is being recorded. If anyone else is recording, please advise Russ Anderson.
Um, and let's go around the table or do we do the pledge first? >> First to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. If only Uh, is there anyone in the room for public comment? >> Oh, yeah. I'm do introductions. >> Excuse me. >> Now, we should introduce ourselves. >> Did I >> I messed you up as I walked over there.
It's all on me. It's >> okay. Let's start with introductions first. >> Nicole Parker, >> Diane Gil, >> Doug Mglin, Russ Anderson. >> Okay. Thank you. And Naen is not with us tonight. Um, okay. Public comments. >> Yes. I approached one of the members of
the select board so as not to violate the open meeting rule. My question was what happened to the $10,000 that the finance committee appropriated for the uh you know the uh aggregate utility
optin opt out situation and I realize that no one has to answer me because this is a public comment but I also remind you that you can choose to answer me. >> Anything else? No, I'm waiting for
someone to answer me. >> Have a seat. I'll answer you. >> Thank you. >> You may see You may be seated. That uh $10,000 that was talked about at the at the um community meeting for the aggregation that was um an amount
appropriated. It was up to $10,000 to Colonial I mean uh to Beacon Integrated Services, not to uh Colonial Power. It was a different firm. It was for consulting and putting together the
applications to the state, the filings, shephering those through um and vetting the third party suppliers and pricing. Um it was up to $10,000. 2,640
I believe was the amount that $2,640 was the amount actually spent. >> Thank you. Okay. You're welcome. Anybody else? Anybody online? No.
>> Okay. >> Okay. Okay. We can go into new business. And today we're going to discuss and possibly vote on any couple of policies and event policy first. And do you want to give us a preamble on
that? This came I uh you know paged these from several other towns that have them um ask my list serve and uh you know just kind of put it together just so the town is um aware of any events
happening whether or not we need to schedule more public safety or what you know whatever happen with whatever's happening in you know that would impact the town in any way whether it's traffic or what have you. Um that the town is
alerted of it. >> How do you Sorry, I'm sorry. Go ahead. >> I was just going to read the purpose that she has um presented is the town of Southwick has established an event permit to provide a clear and uniform method for reviewing event applications, ensure public safety and contribute to
the SE success of all events by providing a system of expectations for the applicant. So, sorry. Go ahead, Russ. >> No, I was just wondering um if there's any way of um putting a metric on what is an event is.
>> That was my my main concern too. >> Uh because you know there's a lot of little things that may not have impact, but then there's some big things we never hear about. So, I don't know if the other your list serve had any guidance on that at all. Yeah, you know, I I've asked that, of course, and they
were very vague about it because the town wants the um authority to determine whether or not it requires going in front of the select board. Um I think again I think anything that's affecting um our public spaces or our traffic or
any type of safety would require them to come to us. Um would political statements or political demonstrations require this or I'm just thinking from election to >> things we've seen in the last year you
know. Well, I think I think they have I think those types of events already have, you know, statutory rules around Yeah. and rights, I guess, for for that. >> Um, >> for the political, >> I don't think we would we try not to
touch anything political in nature as a political town hall. >> Um, >> but I suppose if there's if you know they can gather, they can I don't know. I I think even just um if if somebody if
they're having a big demonstration to then even though it's a right, I would expect them to fill out an event permit application, >> right? >> They're going to have an event in the town, >> right? My second question is the um the
insurance requirements. >> Yeah. Are we on one hand we do that but on a parade permit we'd ask for a waiver. >> So we could put a waiver in here. It's highlighted for that for you guys to have a conversation about it. If you
want to have it in there what the amount should be. Um this was the average and uh you know also to put a waiver in. You could we could add that in. And this is the one that I have here. I don't know which one you have, but I think I have I
edited this this I took this entire paragraph out. The chief administrative officer may revoke or terminate this application. There's no way that I that would should be in there. That that that U paragraph should be out because if you guys are going to approve a permit, I'm not going to
revoke it. on the insurance. I think it should just maybe contain a statement that says the select board may wave the insurance requirement at its discretion. >> Just trying to run through my head types
of stuff where what qualifies it. Um >> my question on identifying what is an event that falls under this >> um use and or license of a public venue
and or a commercial or a private depending on what it is. Well, like if somebody's having a graduation party at their house and they're going to be lined up along the entire street, both sides. No, we're not going to ask for that. That's not our purview.
>> If something is at the American Legion, like one call away, they're going to be at the American Legion for an all day event. It may increase traffic. Is that something that this would be like notification and we would like make a determination it
doesn't need it? Yes. Yes. That's what I >> So they would make the application and we would say yes or no. We don't think this >> I think we would need some uniform measurement of that. I again I mean I
probably had 20 of these and none of them said more than 20 people, more than 50 people, more than >> talking about number of people but for us to be uniform in it says a uniform expectation or
whatever that wording was. We need to have a uniform method of evaluating those as well. They're all going to be different theoretically >> and and we don't want it to appear opinion. >> No, >> you know, that's what I'm saying. What
What would be our evaluation criteria? >> And and I'm not saying it's a bad thing. I I agree, but it's got some questions still for me. >> Okay. So like right now we
>> if the Girl Scouts want to do something down, you know, sometimes they use the the downstairs or the 4 uses the downstairs. If they wanted to do some fair, they would need to do this permit
because it's using town property. >> Mhm. >> We would probably weigh the requirement. >> But this isn't two town property, right? This is >> Well, I say is it public? It says public. Yeah. So, what really stemmed this was when to
me was when the civic fund was having fireworks and I was the last to know. And so I, you know, I was like, there's some way the select board should know what's happening and what what kind of impact we're going to have. So, it was at our park. Well, the parking was at
our park, but you know, so it's really just sort of just an acknowledgement of that we know that something's happening in town. That's all. >> I don't disagree. >> So, I will certainly can um I can, you
know, go back and and edit it and uniform questions or thoughts. You guys have >> not opinionated what it was and then clarity of how we would evaluate it. So I I made my concerns directly back to
Nicole at the time when when I first read this. I I had very deep concerns on a first amendment issue type basis in the first place, but then also the vagueness of it where and I use the perfect example that you used is I read that that I would have needed an event
permit because there's people parking cars on a public way in the town of Southwick where parking's allowed, but it would be denser than it normally would be. And I would I don't think I should anyone should have to pull a permit to have an a party at their house as long as it's
within whatever. But the way I read this and then the other part was the the requirement for the you know a significant insurance rider naming the town as as co-insured or um what named party >> additional insured. You know it adds a burden to everybody for
um for frankly no good reason. in this partic in the particular example I'm referring to. But I think that there's there's probably a process improvement to let folks know, you know, we also have events that are well regulated today that are impactful on the town,
but they would certainly qualify as an event under this and it seems it would be dup duplicatus to do that. Modocrs, >> he comes to us and >> yeah, they come to us and they tell us every year, by the way, we're bringing 15,000 people. We got a liquor license. We got this. There's every officer in
Western Mass. He we should be we should have it on file really. >> And you know, and then we talked last week, I think we really should bring that back and carry that on the agenda and look at the local bylaw that we have for um per parades, processions, etc. to make sure we've got that right and tune
that up so that if we clean that up, that'll solve that aspect of things. Um and then >> for other events that might be >> Yeah, absolutely. And other events that may be may or may not be impactful,
>> there might be a process. So somebody if they're if someone is having an event that's going to include Wall-E Park, they probably rented something from the park or got at least permission from PNR to hold that event there or something.
Maybe, >> but >> maybe, maybe not. >> I don't know. But what when the um you know, the schools have events at Wall-E Park all the time, they have a detail officer there all the time. I don't as a select board member need to know that
necessarily. They're high school sports. They're going to draw a couple hundred people. Then they've already taken a step to get a detail, for example, or what have you. But I don't want them pulling an event permit and having to charge the schools 50 bucks to have senior night at at Wall-E Park for a
soccer game or a baseball game. So I I think this is this is scary grounds for me on the and especially on the first amendment. I know Sufffield are you know our neighbors to the south of here just went through this. Um you know they tried to do a permit to
have an assemblage on their town common. Well, you know, we've gone to war over smaller things than that. I don't want to I certainly don't want to have that type of thing. If somebody wants to have a gathering somewhere for political purpose or what have you, that's their
first amendment right under the Constitution. And I don't want to put paperwork up to put to get in the way of that because and tell somebody that they want to have some kind of speaking event or protest event or what have you and have to put up a a multi-million dollar
insurance policy with the town as named insured. And believe me, I've been on on both sides of those protests, right? So, um I I just don't think that's I don't think we should be in the business of regulating. I agree with you. If if there's something, you know, if people are having things in town hall, we
already have a process to book it and reserve it. And organizations that meet here, if we have insurance rules for that already, okay, we can fix those or change those. But as far as an event permit, um I think we can figure out how
to do it without having a necessarily a policy. And you know, if we get into the roads, I think we already have a law on that. We should just tighten that up and make it correct to what it should be because I think I mentioned >> I didn't review that yet. >> Yeah. >> And I'm sorry. >> That's all right. Just should be, you
know, if it if the word procession is in there. Well, maybe we take that out or because I don't want to have the funeral. I'm having to pull a permit. with it. Um, so I don't I don't see the need at this time for that particular policy.
>> I would suggest we review that bylaw, but we'll keep this we'll carry this. >> Absolutely. That's why we're here. >> We don't have to agree all the time. So when the motocross comes in for their yearly permit, we don't require us
listed on their insurance. Do we >> currently? >> I believe we do. >> Yeah, I'm not sure. >> I'm thinking of us I'm thinking of the list that came in from the insurance company and I think that the >> I think it is I think it was in the package. I saw one not this past year. I
think it was in the prior year. I think so. But we can verify that. Okay. On that one for now. >> Yeah. >> All right. Community credit card policies. >> Again, if you want to give us the
>> uh So, we switch banks and they offer credit cards. So this is just a much more convenient way to purchase things um without the need for reimbursement. So, um, you know, just from hotels to tomorrow, the library needs keys made
and I'm going to, well, if this passes, use the card that I have to go buy them for Lynn because otherwise she would have to buy them herself and get reimbursed and uh, it's very inconvenient and sometimes unaffordable for some department heads to actually
buy things out of their own pocket. But not without a policy. I'm just a policy person. It's just the way I am. when somebody wants to do something I go where is it in the book. So >> there's more and more education you have to sign up for and they only
take credit cards. Even the state I know under OMS for medical stuff this the drug policies and things like that. The state doesn't take check or electronic transfer it has to take a a credit card. >> So you have to put it out yourself and get reimbursed. So that's that's crazy.
Z, your thoughts on that one? >> Um, I have no objection. I think I had sent you a comical note on on one word in there that I hadn't heard that word in a long time. But, um, no, I think that's fine. I will tell you that I think many years ago the company the
company the town tried this and it worked fine up right up until it took time too long to reconcile the bill and pay the bill within the requisite time that it's due so that it doesn't incur any additional interest and or
become a late payment issue >> and then eventually the the credit card issuer just cut off the cards because we didn't pay them in time. So on the back end, make sure we have the processes in place that >> if you or Lynn or anyone for that matter goes and buys something that they turn
in their receipt and we pay the bill. >> Put that in there within 5 days of receipt of your copy. >> It just just how >> is that what we >> sometimes speed up? >> And we will be doing a payments. We will be streamlining a lot of these financial operations so we don't send out a check
and it takes three weeks to get it to the person or to the >> matters. So, but as far as I think it's a good idea and I think I think the only other comment I had was that if it's directly for department heads and the
language just need to be tightened up a little bit about their to the is if the if the only people that would have them are department heads or there's going to be occasions where it may not be a department head that needs it >> more than the department head because of the nature of their job. I again have no
objection. It just needs to be >> tightened up in there. >> But the department is responsible for it. Period. >> Solely responsible. It says >> so that's fine too. If they designate that, you know, if if the I'll use the police chief because he's sitting here
as the the police chief designates a sergeant or an officer as the guy who uses it the most or needs it the most. He's still responsible for the charges as as the department heads. J I just have to vote to approve it so
that I can write when it was adopted if you so choose. I think there was on on number eight on page three. That's where I had given you um within 5 days of receipt of their copy of the bill. It says in a timely
fashion. >> Okay. I think that's where that needed to go. >> Jeff had one other comment I mentioned to you on the sales tax. >> Thank you. I was going there next. >> You're welcome. Um that I've heard that over and over, not just from you. the
sales tax um shall not be reimbursed because it's public money. However, it has been um literally a nightmare to get a sales tax exemption certificate, whatever it is, SD4, whatever it is,
from accounting for justifiable purchases. there is fear that it will be misused, but those are made those are made out to the person, >> the the entity you're going to make that purchase from. >> I don't think that's a problem and that
should also be turned around timely. >> Oh, for sure. Um, do you want me to put um >> something in there that they can get that sales a legitimate sales tax certificate exemption >> or they can get reimbured for the sales tax if they can't >> because there's going to be times where
it's emergent. >> You need to get something, you need to get it now. That's why we have this credit card in the first place, >> right? >> You buy something, it's somewhere you're going to buy something once forever. It's just not worth the hassle. And to put that back on the employee to have to pay the sales tax, I think isn't
reasonable. >> They could technically they could submit that ST4 or whatever the to purchased it from and get it reimbursed, >> but it's still a hassle for the employee to have served the town
>> in an e situation. It's a burden. So, we'll just say um exemptions apply under that sales tax. You know, we should be in the practice of making sure we go to a vendor. >> Agreed. But it's going to happen. And
>> if it happens, we can exempt it. We can approve it. I can approve it >> or or there's something in here that >> says uh the >> I'll leave it to the whose determination it was. If it was an improper charge, you can do the same thing there. you can
just say it's discretionary if it was legit if you could have legitimately avoided it or something those kinds of words. >> Anything there Russ from you? >> Yep. >> So, okay. Again,
>> I make a motion if you're looking for one to approve the policy as as amended. We just talked about a >> question. >> Credit card. >> Credit card policy. Yes. >> That was a motion. Second. Sorry, I was
reading. >> Roll. It's because we were all here early. Roll call. Vote. Dale. I >> Doug Moin. Yes. >> Ros Anderson. Yes. >> Okay. And then the expense reimbursement policy.
Same thing. We just don't have one. Yeah. So, um, you know, >> Oh, this is the one with that word in it. It wasn't the other one. Sorry about that. Yeah. Um, so you know, just so we understand and everybody understands what we can reimburse, what we will reimburse, what
we expect when people send in their reimbursements just to be on the same page. And we will change these FYIs every year. It'll be in a doc in a word document. We can just change it to the next FY. I like to keep it I like to
keep the current year there rather than whatever you know this current fiscal year that this you know that would never change. I'd like to just have it to where it's on the um expense reimbursement. Um supplies, services, equipment must
have receipts that are itemized by line. That's fine. No sales tax again. um >> no meals for interdep departmental gatherings or um will be reimbursed. So what about you know people's last day and
>> um so I took this from another town and I said I was going to take that out because this town like we this Christmas party thing um most towns don't do that but it's not not allowed and this town is
generous in that way and I mean to go even further with the EMP V in line item of the budget I had no idea that it meant employee in volunteer recognition. I didn't know what that those three letters were. So, my bad.
Um, but I can certainly I'll take I wanted to take that. Um, >> I mean, we typically use the big white charge anyways, but you can only do it once a time, one day or once a day typically. Um, the only other thing that I don't know
if it needs to be brought out here is our accounting is typically looking for original receipts and sometimes it's just not physically possible to get an original receipt from some of the vendors. You know, it's Yeah,
>> it's simply a, >> you know, a register tape and it doesn't tell you what it is. >> Where did you Where is that? because I gave this to Laura to give me comments and she said original and I said I'm not putting that in there. >> Okay, it's not in here. That's why that's why we need to clarify that they're not needed.
>> Well, I didn't put original and I said I can't always expect that. So, no, I'm not putting it in either. >> Okay. I like to clarify that electronic
submission of Google maps and copies of agendas are acceptable. It says a print out and this is again a cost directly incurred by the employees on their own printers in color. >> Okay.
>> Or in black and white. Um, >> but how are you going to send the electronic and the printed form? Because you they need everything as a hard copy. >> Then let them print it. >> Okay. >> If they need a hard copy, >> send them a link. >> I really didn't I really don't love this
whole map question. >> If I can tell you how much how many miles I >> I have to submit these every week for my other role when I travel. And I've gotten in the habit myself of I take a photo of my odometer when I'm leaving my
house and I take a photo of my odometer when I get home and my mileage report asked me to write down my mileage. Subtract go across. No one has ever questioned me on the miles. Um, in fact, the only time in the last decade that I ever been questioned on miles was by the
town of Southwick. I I went around and I picked up two people to bring them to the conference. So I saved two full round trips. Yeah. >> And my mileage report was off by I think it was 0.9 miles from Google Maps and we
got into a discussion about it and I go well okay I probably change lanes three times on the mass pike. Maybe that explains it. I don't know but >> or why it said take this detour. >> Correct. So whatever. Um, I just think if if if accounting is concerned for
audit and they could go and Google map something and if it's way off from what somebody reported, you could question it. But if it's and I'll give you wide wide discretion on what is close, it's close, you go, okay, especially if they
if you write your act actual mileage down and you know, like I said, >> and I say this all the time that people aren't stealing and if they're stealing, they're going to lose their job and go to jail and think >> we're sending them on their way, which so if you'd like, I will be more than
happy to remove this and remove it from our expense from our >> just put the total mileage >> just mileage. >> Correct. Right. with times 70 cents >> and you know and usually it's common sensical I think like you know if I said I went to >> Chapi to do this for a town function hey
a I probably wouldn't put that in but if an employee did put that in and it came back as 238 miles on its face this is a problem right >> you can certainly say it will be reviewed >> correct >> you can you just that part out but say the mileage will be reviewed for
accuracy you can say that >> I don't even think we have to I mean, you shouldn't have. And I don't I do not believe that anybody is going to do that like for 70 extra cents, you know? I I don't think so. This is just been past practice, but I'm very happy to get rid
of it. >> Okay. I'm very happy to this. >> Okay. You okay with that? >> Definitely. >> Anything else in there? >> Um I don't remember anything else? No. I got and and the one word that we agreed to take out. >> Yes. Chambermaid or something.
>> Yes, it's chambermaid. I I hadn't heard that term in a long time, but it's in this. >> I don't even know what a chamber mate is, but it was just >> I had I had to Google it. So, it's nothing bad. It was just someone who it was >> doesn't sound good >> characteristic of someone who made up rooms and
>> they don't use that term any longer this last or last century >> under uh travel. >> Housekeeping. Housekeeping. >> Yes, that's that was the word. Under travel transportation, it does say original receipts are required. >> Correct. Just going to change. >> I'm just going to send the original out. >> Okay. I thought you already
>> um the same sales tax issue is in here. No sales tax will be in reimburse >> unless extenduating circumstances. >> Yeah. If they're going someplace and they know it, get that certificate. >> Yes. >> So, you'll fix that. >> Yes. >> And meals and hotel tax is included, right?
>> Yes. Not if you eat with them. Actually, the state still takes theirs. >> Okay. Anything else on that? >> I'm good.
>> Motion to accept it as discussed. >> Second. >> Well, fell vote. Dang. I >> Doug Mogone. Yes. >> Russ Anderson. Yes. >> Thank you for doing those. All right. 10. We have a one-day liquor
license application for the South Lake Rec Center, page 26 at third at the American Le. Am I on the right thing? >> Correct. Correct. This one.
for stomping boots line dancing on 11:225 from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Entertainment from 7 to 9. Application looked very complete to me.
>> Not his first rodeo. >> Correct. Stomping. >> See? Thank you. >> Gotcha. No stipulations from fire. Anybody? No. All looked good to me. >> So moved.
>> Second. >> Ro. Yes. >> Ros Anderson. Yes. >> Okay. And then a parade application for the American Legion for Veterans Day.
November 11th, 2025, 10:45 to 11:15. I note that this one is complete with the police detail line filled in and safe to assume this also comes from community policing funds. >> You are in good. It's
>> much easier than the last bid. >> You get trump. No, >> I don't in the in the Veterans Day parade. Correct. >> One intersection on this one. >> You got have a lot of trust in those big animals. >> No kidding.
>> Uh, okay. Anything uh with that one? >> So move. >> Second. >> Roll call vote. Diane. >> Doug Mo. Yes. >> Rose Anderson. Yes. >> Sure. >> Second page to us. I think that's just for our file. It's just the approval for
the file. But she has signed here. Sign here. >> Do you have any interest in the state permit that is issued for months? >> Thank you. Thank you. >> All about the widget. Thank you.
>> All right. Next. Discuss the transfer station Veterans Day hours. >> DBW. I'm sorry. >> No, I'm sorry. >> You go. I spoke to Rich today um and and I I
don't know. I guess this is what they always do and and they're really great guys for wanting to stay open and it's a busy day and so they want to make sure they're open. But you know here I come in the new person and I'm like did you bargain this? Did you go to the union? You can't just do this. You can't just say this. You you know you guys are in a
union. You have to agree and vote and you can't just come to work on holiday. I mean there some people might feel coerced to be here and it's their holiday and you know you're in a union otherwise don't have a union it's always a choice anyway they were
like what we want to we want to this is not you know it's not um it's not a problem the guys don't have a problem with it so I said just get a letter from the union and I'll and we'll talk about it tonight with the board um because they're already off on Monday so they
would also be off on Tuesday and then the and then the the transfer station will be closed And that's how it should be unless they want to come to work and >> their holiday is Monday. >> No, their holiday, >> right? >> So then they get holiday. >> They'll get holiday pay on Tuesday.
>> Double time. >> Time and a half. >> Time and a half. Okay. >> But they be getting they begin to stay home. So get regular time to stay home. >> Yes. >> So they want to just stay open.
>> We would just have to do an MOA. >> Whatever. It's has it been Tuesday holidays in the past? >> I think they This is what they do. And typically the Mondays >> I'm sure Veterans Day been on a Tuesday because it would be every day, you know, long enough. It's 111 every year.
>> Whatever 11th is, that's the holiday. >> That's right. I know it's 11-11 every year, but it's been a Tuesday before. >> But Monday holidays, since they're off, they should technically be off on Tuesdays, but they don't. They just get they just work it and get the time in half or whatever. So that's what I was told today. But if
they're in their um are they they're in their contract, right, for a year or two. They're coming due >> next year. >> So if they've already done it within the contract, it's past practice. So you could accept it. >> Well, I don't know that we have. >> I don't I I don't >> I mean I agree. We should have anou or
something. >> Somebody can come back at us and grieve it and potentially get triple damages. I mean, it's just not You have a union for a reason. So if they want to all agree that they should work that, that's great. Let's just have a little letter and and be done with it.
So anyway, I think if you guys are okay with it, >> critical that the transfer station is open on Tuesday. >> It's the late night, but because I originally said >> Thursday also, >> I originally said uh >> Thursday, >> you know, you're just going to have to
be closed if you if you uh if you didn't run it by your union. And then Rich called me back and he's like, the guy said it's okay. And I was like, "Okay, we have to make sure with the union you pay dues. Just make sure get a letter." So, what do you think?
>> I probably if you get a letter, >> I I agree. And, you know, kudos to the guys. They do a great job up there and I appreciate their dedication. >> Yeah. and and they're being aware of the >> the public here too that people may still want to come to the dump on a
Tuesday >> afternoon after coming to the parade and celebrating Veterans Day that they may want to still visit the transfer station. So, I think we just put an MOA together and and do it and and I would make a a motion because of the timing of
this to allow the chair to execute that because we're not meeting, you know, we were going to meet next week, but that'll be tight for them to change the scheduling of the transfer station hours between now and then. >> So, I'd make a motion for the to enter into an MOA for this year for 111 for
the transfer station um and authorize the chair to sign. >> Second. call vote to Gail. I >> Doug Moin, yes. >> Russ Anderson, yes. >> Okay. Acknowledge and approve $275 donation from Haiti IBS and Chabelli's
Mobile to be deposited into the South Animal Control Medical Gift Fund and the South Animal Control Gift Fund. >> Those are jars you see. >> I believe so. Uh not from Hayden, but for IBS and yes, I believe so.
>> So moved with our thanks. Second >> roll call vote Dale I. >> Doug Moan. Yes. Ros Anderson. Yes. >> Acknowledge and approve justice assistance grant $29,932 award to the South Police Department. >> So moved. Second. >> Roll call vote. Dan Gale. I
>> Doug Mglin. Yes. >> Anderson. Yes. >> What's it for? Is it staffing? Okay, other new business. Um, as we've been talking about, Eversource Community Information Meeting, um, Smart Meters is tomorrow at
6 PM in the auditorium. We are also channel 15 with that is Zoom also so people can ask >> question. I think there was a Zoom. >> Yeah, I don't know. But we probably
should try to do that. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. It'll follow all the all the methods. >> Okay. >> Your pigeon. >> Yes, that too. >> Send send not questions to your to speak on your behalf.
Um, also November 13th at 1:30 p.m. which is what um here in the land use room and on Zoom there is a presentation by Mass D part of the watershed planning program hosted by
RTC environmental. This is one of the partners I think working on the dredging the TRC rather on the dredging project for the lakes here. And this is to gain an understanding of the challenges and to get input from the community. Not
sure what exactly input they're looking for from the community or community stakeholders, what they think is important, I guess. Um, we shall see. November 13th at 1:30. That's it for me for other new I think.
Anything? >> Not under new business tonight. Okay, old business master plan commitments. Um, I still I didn't get anything from you yet integrate in there. >> I had time to work on that. >> Did you get a chance to look at what I
did so far? >> Is it sort of? Yeah. >> Is it what you understand the way I wrote those >> call them rejections or >> Yeah, I believe so. Yeah.
>> Um, so if I don't know if you've got others or other suggestions and we can again we can parse some of the things that are in each of those recommendations, keep a piece, purge a piece, any any of that. So I'll wait for yours and integrate them into
this as well. We'll circulate it one more time. >> Okay. >> Uh, and that's all I think I have for old business right now. Uh the only other thing I have was a
Beta gentleman from Beta did contact me that they were finishing up the road survey. Um they had reached out looking for major projects that have been completed on the roads in the last couple years to put into the um equation
on the spreadsheets. So I did forward that to John and Rich um this afternoon. So that's in the works. So >> good. Moving along. Great. Looked like they were getting ready to pave Lumis, too. Finally. >> Yeah, they did hillside and I think they just rolled right over.
>> Yeah. >> See what you did there. >> Doug, you got anything else there? >> Um, nothing major. Want to congratulate the civic fund. um was a very well attended, very well-run parade for the
sixth, seventh or so annual farm parade. Good to see the eggcom participating as well. They had a ginormous float, almost as big as those oxen. Those guys were big. Um but kudos to everyone that helped out the uh police and fire
associations um that were present and the police details that made everything run uh so smoothly. >> Popcorn, >> popcorn and hot dogs. How can you go wrong, right? But um no, it was a great event. It was good to see and there was hundreds hundreds of people lining the
streets from uh Summerhouse South down to town hall. So it was and it was a beautiful day. >> Kids all running for candy the day after Halloween, right? >> They didn't get enough. >> Yeah. >> Amazing. >> Never enough. >> Nope. Um but that was great. And I I
know that there's um I want to thank uh Nicole and everyone who helped organize that this upcoming thing from Eversource on the smart meters. There's still a lot of discussion. Hopefully this will be air clearing a little bit tomorrow so people get a better understanding of what Eversource's
thought process is and what they're doing. Um, you know, I was a little bit harsh last week talking about it because I think it was the it was a bad look for Eversource to start installing these meters without having the thing that we asked to have and to schedule it
slightly after they were supposed to start. So, I appreciate their response that they were going to hold off at least until we've had this meeting. Um, and the only other thing I want to add to that because it'll be a good discussion tomorrow, but um, there was discussion from
there's been a lot of discussion about if you opt out that they're going to they're no longer going to charge you extra or they're going to charge you less extra than they were before. Um, to me that was interesting in the sense that if we're going to make this so much
easier for them to read your meter because now they can do it wirelessly and they don't have to drive around, shouldn't you be getting a $34 a month discount on your electricity, not pay a penalty to keep your old meter, to keep reading it the way they've been reading it for the past, I don't know, at least 30 years. They don't get out of their
car anymore and come up and read your meter anymore. They do it all wirelessly, but lo very locally. I found it interesting that that's a kind of a false narrative in in my opinion. They really should be if you opt out um they should keep your bill the same and if you take the smart meter you should
enjoy a discount because you're lowering their cost of having to read their meter. Um I guess we're sub you know to subsidize the cost of the meter or what have you. But that's all I have for that and I look I will be in attendance tomorrow as well to learn more about these smart meters and what they're
going to do with them and what they're going to do with the data that they collect. That's it for me. >> Nothing. >> Okay. We will acknowledge Oh, we will not be acknowledging and approving the open
session minutes from October 22nd and 29th because we didn't meet on those days. Those are the wrong dates on the agenda. >> Well, we can approve those minutes easy then. >> So, she'll just correct those and we'll pick those up next week. And we are going to acknowledge payables warrant
number 2611B dated October 27th, 2025 in the amount of 162,9926. And did we have executive? >> Okay. Then motion to adjurnn. >> Some moved. >> I don't know that I could second a motion at 6:46 on select board evening night.
>> We have executive >> but I will >> and we had discussion >> and no, right? >> Right now. >> Oh, okay. No. >> Wow. Second >> roll call. >> Doug Mglin. Absolutely. Trusty Anderson. Okay. Thank you everybody.