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Okay. >> Call to order that June 16th, 2016 at 431. >> Sarah here. >> And yep, just one thing. I know I heard from a resident that it's tough to kind of hear us sometimes. So when you're speaking, speak loud, speak clear,

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annunciate, be allowed. >> There's a real problem with the audio tonight. You're very It's like the mic is across the room. We cannot hear you. It's not because you're not speaking loud enough. It's there's a problem technically. >> Is that better without the air

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conditioning? >> Yes, it's better. Yeah, picks up a lot of noise. So, we'll just be hot. It's okay. Sorry. I >> aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which

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it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I'd like to um not only thank but because we always seem to say thank you but have a great deal of gratitude for our veterans.

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Our military is currently ser serving here and abroad as well as our first responders and um our staff. >> Keep it up >> which we really appreciate. >> Yes, ma'am. all of our staff and all of our elected

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and appointed officials. Uh you help our community be a better place. Thank you. >> So, um in terms of the agenda, we're just going to go straight into um executive session for item

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10.1. So, I'm good to enter into executive session at 4:33 p.m. to discuss the reputation. Sorry. Pursuant to open meeting law chapter 30A section 21A1 to discuss the reputation, character, physical

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condition or mental health rather than professional competence of an individual or to discuss the discipline or dismissal of or complaints for charges brought against the public officer, employee, staff member or individual and the board will convene in open session following the executive session.

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I have a role public. I've already been >> I'll second that motion. >> What's your name? >> Laura Shiffren. >> All right. >> I remember. >> Roll call. >> Laura Sarah here.

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>> Jess and Tam. We will pause this and we'll come back in and I'll one of us will run down tell you when we're ready something. But jump back jump patch number three review agenda and announcements. Um, as I said, we just took that one a little bit out of order.

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And then we will be at 6:00 going into 5.1. We didn't know how long that executive session would take. So, that joint meeting with housing is going to be at 6. Um, if we have to go into executive session and come back out again, I'll state as such. And then, um, for

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announcements, I have a lovely fun announcement, um, from Karen Clement in the flag committee. Um, I'll just read it really quick. If you've ever wanted to march in a parade, well, here's your chance. No prep involved. Just let me know. Um, if you're willing to march in holding a flag on Saturday, June 20th,

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26 in the Historical Society 250th US Parade. It starts at Scales Lane and ends at the common 1.1 mile walk. parade starts at 11:00 am, but marchers are to be there at 10:00 a.m. Um, the town of town towns and American flag committee is giving you the opportunity to help

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show off all of the 3x5 replicas of 27 American flags that we have had in the USA since 1777. So, you can talk to Karen Clement, the flag committee, um, or you can just show up, it sounds like, and they have flag and you're willing to march into the

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parade on the 250th, which is this Saturday. Townsen 250.org. or I believe it is and the historical site. Lots of fun stuff going on. Hope everybody comes around. Should be a great time. >> The weather's good. Yeah,

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>> looks promising. So, >> any questions on any of that? Um, number four, meeting minutes for 62 and 603. Um, I Sarah Logan move to approve the select board meeting minutes of June

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2nd, 2026 and June 3rd of 2026 as presented. >> Laura Shiff and second questions, comments few corrections, but you got them in really quick. >> Roll call. >> I did already. I made the edits. Yeah.

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>> Um, so I was fine. >> You're good. Yeah. >> Laura Shiff, yes. Sarah Logan, yes. And Valerie Gooditch, yes. Number five, appointments. We have a set of appointments from well in the year over on June 30th.

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Looks like those Sarah um this is 5.2. Yep. Okay. Um I state um it's okay. >> I know. Just rereading it verbatim. I, Sarah Logan, move to reappoint Natalie Call to the Council on Aging for a term

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of July 1st, 2026 through June 30th, 2029. >> Second, Laura Shiffren. Any questions? >> Roll call. Laura Shiffren, yes. >> Sarah Logan, yes. Good. Yes. Um, I,

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Sarah Logan, move to reappoint Susan Girkin to the Council on Aging for a term of July 1st, 2026 through June 30th, 2029. >> No questions. >> Oh, sorry. >> Laura Shiffren, second

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question. >> Roll call. >> Laura Shiffren, yes. >> Sarah Logan, yes. Valerie Gooditch, yes. I, Sarah Logan, move to reappoint Donna Lynn Pinkerton to the Council on Aging for a term of July 1st, 2026 through June 30th, 2029.

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>> Laura Chip and second. Any questions? Roll call. >> Laura Shiffen, yes. >> Sarah Logan, yes. Yes. I, Sarah Logan, move to reappoint Kimberly King to the meeting hall Gallery Committee for a term of July 1st, 2026 through June

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30th, 2029. second. Any questions, comments? Roll call. Yes. Sarah Logan. Yes. Yes. And um Sabrina did send out reminders to other people's whose terms were up at the end

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of will be up at the end of June. >> Yes, there were several. And so please get back to her if you intend to continue along by filling out the volunteer response form and getting in contact with Sabrina and we will appoint as those come in. Also, the chairs need

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to post >> if there's vacancies that are >> some of the committees do not have uh staff. >> So, they should, like you said, tell Sabrina >> or they should post >> and if they're not posted

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within 30 days after, then the sele will take care of it. >> Yep. So, if you have any questions, contact Sabrina and she will help you out. She has list of everything. The town clerks has list of all the vacancies also. So everybody >> all the ones we just did, if you look at their minutes, they have approved these.

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>> Yes. To come forward. >> Yeah. >> So the boards have to or they don't have to. Okay. >> But if they want to, they can recommend. >> Yep. >> So moving on to six 6.1 TAM agreements. >> Uh this was fast and furious till the

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end of um the day here. um the most recent agreement is loaded into um SharePoint. It was, you know, hard work by the groups that were participating in it. Um you know, I think it really turned out a nice product for the town.

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You know, it's five years. Um you know, I think it's a it's a key to keeping communication uh strong within the within the community. And um it does allow for some flexibility in terms of some capital improvements that TKAM has sort of on their wish list. Um, it also

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solidifies some different Zoom accounts and some streaming options. Um, you know, a notable uh addition was the fact that it'll allow um, you know, your leadership, your select board, and your town administrator's office to work with TCAM in the event that something comes

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up unexpected, which is really a nice um, you know, if just something out of the ordinary happens in our world like COVID, you know, we're able to react without you having to go to a town meeting vote um, in that sense. Um so the agreements here um you know TCAM

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within its own board was working uh to get to a finish line approval point. Um I think if it were my recommendation would be for you guys to if you've read it or I can print you copies. Um but it you know it's been really gut checked by our our town council Mr. Solomon quite a

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few times. Um so I think it's in good shape and um you could vote or review and vote to have it done out of session. Um my only question and it was um there was a requirement for select board meetings and town meetings to be

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um cable live cable as they happen. And I was just thinking of the fact that our 6:30 meeting all the rooms here are booked and so we are going to like the trustee conference room. Mhm. >> Does that is that a requirement that has

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to be in there? Is it just a nice to have? >> Because we'll obviously be zooming, right? That's not a problem. And we can work with TM to probably figure out how to do that. >> Yeah. So, so long as the meeting is recorded, they're able to be flexible

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and get it online. So, >> as long as that's and getting it on the cable. >> Yeah. again that works >> and that's sort of a requirement of most communities is you record the meetings and then however the village the community decides to get it online they do it and you know other towns aren't as fortunate enough as we are to have a

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teen so they just record the meeting and then they post it onto their YouTube like teach their own and each community is a little different so >> and then this agreement does allow us to come back when times change and things change and technology changes if if

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>> the TA's office the board says, "You know what? We really have a want a different way to organize these meetings with access to the public. >> We're still able to do that." >> Yeah. And there's also a world that Comcast just goes away. I mean, there's a world that they just become a

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streaming internet service >> and, you know, we'd want to be able to, if that happened, you know, in the next five years, we'd want to be able to react quickly and be proactive. Um, so there's some flexibility. >> I just want to make sure that flexibility is present. You ready for a motion? Up to you. Okay.

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I Sarah Logan move to approve the TCAM agreement as presented to sign out of session with signature stamp. Second. >> Any discussion? No. Roll call vote. >> Sarah Logan. Yes.

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>> Ditch. Yes. I think Lori was abstaining. Yep. Okay. Excellent. >> Um, great. So, we'll get a signed copy from them and then we'll have our stamps put on for you guys. So, um, just in terms of the definition,

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>> just make sure my interpretation is correct here because I mean it looked to me that way. It seemed that way, but yeah, it's fine. We're good >> amongst the list of things that >> Yeah, we're good. It's fine. Don't worry. >> 6.2 >> uh 6.2 to um is an engineering contract

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that we had with Hoy and Tanner. Um if you remember way back in the day, so back in the spring, we approved a master services agreement with them. And this was so if we wanted to, you know, have someone to help us with land use professional services, we could hire them on an alleart, say, "Hey, we have

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$1,000. Could you review this plan? Can't spend more than $1,000." um and they could provide some of those technical services. Very useful um day-to-day with some of the complex housing projects, residential projects, commercial projects. Um this has been

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vetted now by town council. Um and they've come back and we sort of have had a meeting of the minds. So it just be an engineer draft contract with oil and dinner. >> Any questions? I mean it seemed council's perfect. >> Yep. It was an option. It's just a

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another option. Yeah, you're not obligated could use. It's nice to have more of an option. >> Yeah. >> And it's a it's a nice tool for our land use office um to have something they can lean on for some of these real

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>> we've got a couple really complex projects going on and um just another you know tool for us in our you know in our workshed to get get things done for the town. Anything else? I'll take a >> Okay. I Sarah Logan move to approve the

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draft engineering contract with Hoy Tanner and sign out of session with signature stamp. >> Laura Shiff second. Any more discussion? Looks pretty good to me. Roll call vote. >> Laura Shiffren, yes.

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>> Sarah Logan, yes. Valerie Gooditch, yes. So that's plenty. A lot of stuff going on there. It seems like >> um moving on to 7.1 special town election for select board on October 6th and making sure we set the term for those two vacancies. So um kind of two

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parts to this. As we said, we have the special election for those two additional seats on October 6th, 2026. First Tuesday in September, October, November. Everybody's going to be voting. >> That's right. >> It's going to be exciting fall. Um and in regards to that, the special town

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election, um the clerk's office just released kind of a playbyplay of this summer and fall and how everything's going to play out. And with regards to this particular election, um the nomination papers will

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be the town clerk's office on Monday, July 6th. Um, the last day for candidates to pull those blank nomination papers would be August 14th at 5:00 p.m. and then they

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would be due to be filed by the end of day 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 18th. So that's for the special time election on October 6th. And the clerk's office is going to be putting all this information out there as well as

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information. There's a lot of information on dates so that people can be aware. They're going to make a special effort with all the elections going on to color code kind of the different return envelopes and really I appreciate all their efforts for

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trying to coordinate the chaos just a little bit. If you give me one second dates >> I'll put the uh >> what um so you mentioned the terms where do you see that? >> So that's not in here. This that's that's next. I just wanted to pull up those dates first and

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>> just make people aware of in terms of if you're interested in running for those two vacancies. >> Give me one second. >> Share >> our first five member board. Uh like to see a lot of people out. more people around the better for everybody. The um

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while Karen's pulling that up, um just if there's some questions on the length of those terms as kind of specified, we'd be talking from October through the first one would be April of 2027. So it' be a year and a half term

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essentially. >> And then the second vacancy would be for a two and a half year term. So, April of 2029. >> Oh, 29. >> Yeah. So, so it's in 26, right? You go

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April 2027 and one full year after that would be April 2028. So, that's about a year and a half. And then the second one being two and a half years basically >> will be 29. >> Yeah. Okay. >> April 2029. So, those would be the two terms. So, a year and a half and a two and a half years. >> Okay.

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>> And then that syncs up. There'll be one turnover next spring, then two, then two. One, two, two. >> Okay. So, does that make sense to everybody? >> Yes. >> So, um just for the sake of clarity,

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I'll take a motion to have the two new positions be for one and a half and a two and a half year term set to expire at the annual town election. >> Okay. Um >> so move. >> So moved. >> Easy. So helpful. Karen

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>> profits rules of order going to wing it. >> Any other discussion about that aspect of it before we get back to this? >> No. Roll call. >> Laura Shiffren. Yes. Sarah Logan. Yes. >> And Val. Yes. So as Kieran has pulled up

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here, you can see blank nomination papers July 6th. Last hour and day for them to be pulled is October 14th at 5. August 14th. >> Sorry, I'm getting my months mixed up today. It's been a busy week and a half.

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Let me read a little bit better. >> August freezing and now it's fall. >> Now we're apple picking. >> And then those will be due back Tuesday, August 18th at 5:00 p.m. So you have a good month and a week to get everything

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in if you would like it. And there'll be those two seats and you pull for one or the other. What is great is um like many communities in Massachusetts, our town clerk's office does have some hours extended, especially for those thinking of the state primary and the midterm elections. Um there's some extra time um

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you know based on these event calendars to reflect on. So >> yeah, and the quickly making this all these you can kind of see if K just scroll down a little bit. It goes through you know >> some dates that are important for us which we appreciate keeping track of. I'll make sure it gets on the agenda

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calendar, you know, then, you know, state primary some again some more dates for us. This would be our special election and then the state election. So, we'll all

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be there. We appreciate all that coordination. >> Any questions? Any questions from the public? direct them to the clerk's office and they'll help you out. Encourage everybody to get out and run. It's a great time over

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here. Come join us. Okay. Um on to 7.2 legal expenses for FY26. So, um I'll take this one and Karen you can pipe in because you were on the call with council if I'm >> not getting everything or missing thing.

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So as we approach 7.3 which is municipal transfers um something that has come up is obviously our legal expenses this year are over one of the reasons for that is um we changed from a monthly payment system to hourly as Lauria

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remembers in the fall um justified and but that wasn't necessarily budgeted for so that's part of the problem and then there's been there's been a lot this year um and so one of the things that I wanted to talk to council about was if this board can make kind of

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a good faith transparency initiative to possibly put not always not detailed but more um generic classification on what some of our legal expenses are going to and um they offered that they actually can make kind of a more generic breakdown of what

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you know they can say this much has been spent for land use this much was in the select board's office this much was on union negotiations. We can't get into the details of a lot of things because we can't comment on pending litigation, but at least having some numbers out

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there for the public so they understand what went into that and um >> like by department. >> It wouldn't necessarily be by department. It by like category almost. So um like because it

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>> like in one instance it would be you know so like your department would be your town administrator's office and you guys have worked with one of their attorneys to discuss you know when you were shifting away from Nelson into an interimm role and then into a full-time role. You know that cost some money

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reviewing the contract. So it would just be like um >> a little more generic than that. >> Yeah. like contract review town administrator and like something to that effect doesn't it just says to someone all right the town had to spend you know $1,800 to make sure they got a good

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legal contract for the town and they used an attorney to do it and you know that's how much time and and money was put into it as a taxpayer resource >> and this is this is like this isn't to say we shouldn't be spending that money

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often you know an ounce of prevention is worse than What do you get if you didn't spend that money? Like if we didn't spend money in reviewing a contract, we could wind up in big trouble. So it's not to say we shouldn't be. It's just an offer of some transparency from our board on what some of these and again we

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cannot give you an itemized breakdown of legal expenses. A lot of it's attorney client privilege. A lot of it's pending litigation. But just and I'd like to, if this board approves, be able to work with MTC to say, do we want to do it quarterly? Do we want to do it monthly? how best can we present it that doesn't

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put us in any jeopardy but gives the taxpayers some more information into what that money is being spent on if you guys agree >> I think it's a great idea >> and if you think of um like budget presentations that I did for the department heads as well as the town you

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we can you we can start to isolate not you know specificity but sort of rather than just like oh we spent 100,000 on legal we spent 100,000 but you know because of the one year you had to go through police union negotiations or you know uh clerical union negotiations,

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highway water supervisors like that is an expensive year. >> Yeah. I think it's important that the taxpayers know how much is to end on union negotiations. Yeah. or or even you know I don't even know and again council will give us guidance and Adam has his

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office has agreed to help us be like nope you need to be more generic here you can't but even some examples like here's a here's the contract that resulted from this negotiation >> because our contracts have to be up there anyways just putting some information in one place on the

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Slackboard website so can help with it hopefully kind of do a year- end summary for this year it won't have all those categorizations that hopefully they'll have going into next year, but get that out for this year. Again, probably more broad and then bring it forward. Decide

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if we want to do it at the end of each month, if we want to do it quarterly, but kind of work with them to get some of that. >> So, the invoices that we receive are are not um public records. They can be, but there's a lot of attorney client

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privilege. They do by 10 minute section. So if I had a call about a specific thing for you or Sarah, it might indicate what that thing was about. And that specific topic might be subject to privilege where someone in the public it

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could be dangerous if they knew about it for the town, espec especially the town administrator or even a different department might have something that attorney privilege would cover. Maybe it is a difficult contract question and they they're not making those invoices

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to save you know that it's it's only intended for this board. So we can redact it but instead like they can still give us that but they can also give us a roll up basically. Yeah. >> So, if we can get that roll up for them, it doesn't cost anything additional without all that detailed information.

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>> That would be just huge going and we can Kieran with our permission can ask for that starting forward for 2027. >> And just it it'll help me tell a story for the town. Like I, you know, I love getting information and I have a dream of putting all my TA reports online. I'd love to say like here's a here's a

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quarterly summary of where all our legal dollars went towards and if you're you know average Jose and you may want to know and it's like all right well like did they have to spend money you know negotiating with unitil on the project up on Brooklyn street >> all right that that cost $2,000

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>> I mean I agree >> you know something to that effect so >> so um I think what this would be is a motion to um increase transparency by getting some of our generic legal fees onto to the select words website as soon

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as we can arrange that with council and the PA's office. >> So moved >> floor second. Any other questions? >> We'll get it rolling. >> Yeah. >> Open the doors. Uh roll call. Yes. Sarah

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Logan. Yes. >> And get it. Yes. >> Um 7.3 I know is your municipal transfers. I will fall on the sword here and I have not had a lot of time to spend on fiscal year 2026 missile transfers other than um we have alerted

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all department heads both at a department head meeting our town with a form to help us understand the transfers that are needed. Um I've gotten a few reports from different departments um notably legal which falls under the town

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administrator's budget. Um, town administrator salary line will be another one just because you've had some changes over time. Um, facilities is one where they're within the functional segment there. They're going to move some money around to cover project costs. Um, some of our staff u we've

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learned um we're just never told about longevity and how to use it. So, we're sort of covering that up right now in terms of like making sure it's, you know, in the right bucket, it's covered. Um, so that'll be a transfer that gets cleaned up. Um, you know, if you look at

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like the police BVA, like they've been really high-end on the OT, so you know, the the chief's going to move some numbers around to make sure we're, you know, keeping even there because they're short staffed. So the OT budget went up, but then the regular wages stayed flat. So there be some movement there. Um,

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June 30th, I'll have more of like a PowerPoint presentation for this just to help kind of um, break it down for us. And then I'll also send that same explanation to uh pincom and either join them for an early July meeting um because we have until like midway

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through July to be able to clean this up. So we got a little bit of time. Um we do do it by functional segment. So if you remember a town meeting like I presented the you know it was select board, town administrator, land use, treasure collector, accounting, >> general government.

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>> General government. Yeah. like there's some ways we can play around with the money in there. Um but I think it's important as we were just talking about where our dollars are going is here's a presentation for where we came up short um what it means maybe for years to come. So um

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>> and if I can get some of those legal if I can get that fork income I think that would be helpful. So I'll try and get >> that's up on me. So >> yeah so I owe you some things in there. probably be emailing um the select board thread with either a PowerPoint, not for deliberation on the thread, but just for

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your own background and education for 6:30 or the 77 meeting, whatever we do after that. >> Transfer where needed. >> Yeah. Before we jump ahead, I'm going to just say hi to attorney Solomon. We actually voted and approved out of session, so you're good to go. Thank you, sir. You you're you got your time

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back for the night. So, >> thank you very much. I appreciate it. We be in touch. >> Have a great night. You too. Good day. >> Um 7.4. Uh this is fun. Um we had asked our staff um at a department meeting and

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with some guidance from um you folks in regards to summer hours. Um you know the the thought was the cost of utilities are to the moon. That'll be one of the year- end transfers is because our utility bills are uh quite high. >> Our air conditioner is off right now.

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>> The AC is off. um which would be great. But um I did hear back from a handful of departments um notably your TA's office, town clerk's office, um assessor's office, treasurer collector, as well as our highway folks. Um, and in most

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cases, um, because we have some union folks and non-UN folks, we'll have to have a side letter of agreement, um, with those union representatives just make sure they're fairly covered and we're not we're not reducing their hours or rather just shifting their hours. Um, so I sort of pulled together this table

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here. Um, you know, and the and the goal really is starting next week, um, June 22 through August 28, which kind of aligns pretty closely with schools. Um, that most parts of this building, uh, through the summertime, except for a

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couple Fridays, will be will be closed here on Fridays. um your staff will be at home either either working or they will lengthen their hours Monday through Thursday um to be available to um citizens. You know, I think that'll be a

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nice win for Treasury Collector's office where they they actually have quite a bit of admin work that you know they can sort of be um diligent with shifting responsibilities. Um, similar to the assessor's office, you know, they prefer the the public

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hours with, you know, working remote on Fridays. Um, you know, treasure collector's office also has folks that can do email, they can take some PTO, um, because they work, these folks work really hard for the town. Um, you know, similar to the highway department where you can imagine how hot it is late in

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the afternoon. So, if we're able to get them out of work um a little bit earlier, they could start earlier and then they could, you know, be finished up before the the real just bumped everything up Monday through Thursday. Yeah, that's great. >> Um and you know that that's stuff when it's, you know, 100° on a Friday,

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sometimes your brains are just tuckered out. Um so if we can get them um home and hopefully with a cold drink at home and be able to relax, that's that's well worth it in my opinion in terms of advocating for staff. Um the town clerk's office um they they have some flexibility in their schedule, but Jack

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and Harrison were great in terms of you we can move some things around. we we may have to be here on a given Friday. I think it was August 14th in particular for a voting registration. Um but I said to Jack like, "Hey, if you're here, I'll come in that day and we'll just make sure there's not just one person in the

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building." Um just I think for safety sake. Um but in general, >> but it's still their office be open, but up here be closed still. >> Well, yeah, I'll be up here just for the sake of there's another person in the building just because I think that's a little daunting when you're by yourself in a building, especially if it's

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publicly open. Um, but in general, um, I think folks are pretty receptive to this idea. You know, the cost of gasoline probably just going to increase though. Maybe we'll get lucky and the straighter harmonies will open up fully. Um, but you know, utility costs are quite high.

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>> They're trying. I saw 391. I was like, oh, what a what a win. >> Better than 79. >> Better than 799. Um, so again, I'm going to check with a couple other departments. Like I didn't hear much from library COA

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>> library closes Saturdays for the summer already. So they're the trustees already >> okay >> have their s they have their Saturday all summer. So >> um I didn't hear from so they like >> yeah so I'll follow up with a couple other groups just to see if we add them into this mix. Um but I think it was a

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nice step forward. It's something I'd like to suggest we always do for the staff in the summer. Um, you know, we're not we're not making everyone's bankroll huge, but I think some of this flexibility could be a real win with child care, utility costs, gasoline

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costs, all the things that are um kind of soft wins for the employees. Yeah. >> So, I guess then the onus is on to make sure that the facilities are adjusted accordingly on Fridays in this building. >> Yep. So, he um he's great because he'll come in and turn off the thermostats

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late at night or turn them on in the morning if it's really cold. Um, so you know, I encourage him to keep doing that because he's essentially a 247 employee as needed. So we don't have like smart tech here. I'd love to like have it be like an Echo B or like a Nest thermostat. We just haven't gotten to

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that. So maybe someday really for you guys, it's >> just a motion to approve um the remote hours as presented. um and perhaps suggest your town ministry to bring any more forward if any other departments

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offer or make the request. >> I could do that. >> I Sarah Lugan move to approve the proposed summer operating hours from Memorial Hall and ask Kieran to keep working with other other departments that want to jump on board with summer hours. >> I'm going to include highway as well

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>> and highway >> and highway because they're at the bottom there. So >> they are at the bottom. different second. >> One thing is I will get the side letter agreement with our union folks because we want to make sure they're protected. Um, and I'll bring that forward to you guys to sign once we have it. So,

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>> did you want that in the motion? >> Yeah. Maybe amend the motion to pending side letter agreement proposal to be retroactive to June 22. >> So, move second. We have the motion as amended. As

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>> amended. Any questions? No. Roll call. >> Laura Shiffren, yes. >> Sarah Logan, yes. Valerie Goodidge, yes. >> I'll put this schedule online for the folks listening at home. Um, you know, Jack and the town clerk's office are great about putting little banners to

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say, "Hey, town hall hours, but we'll we'll keep doubling down. We'll get it on Facebook. We'll put it on the doors." Um, with this for June 30 will come the shifting of the posting. So currently our we post online as a courtesy and we

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have to post on the board outside the building here. I may suggest that we flip that around and we post as the courtesy on the board outside the building, but we use our online tool as the primary >> posting location for meeting minutes meetings, sorry, agendas.

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>> That allows a lot more flexibility for the clerk's office and they have some ideas of how that could make their office more efficient, meeting postings more efficient, the whole shebang. >> Yeah. Like you know even you think like when I generate an agenda the zoom link

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in a PDF you know is active but then when they have to scan it and print it zoom is deactivated just everything could be >> a little bit more streamlined so that'll come at 6:30 >> correct >> changing the primary location >> well and even if you think of like the

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winter time like I was chatting with Harrison he had to trudge through the snow you know to get over here during one of the winter storms because we like this is our official posting location. I'm like, we can we can work on that. So, um you know, we'll we'll get that sort of resolved with their

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collaboration. So, >> 7.5 MOA for highway, water, and supervisors bargaining units. >> Yes. So, we have um ratified agreements from those um two union groups. Uh it's a one-year contract. Um I'd sort of shared with you guys leading up to this

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the different merits of those groups um in terms of their contract um characteristics. Um you would just make a motion to sign out a session. It is worth noting that we will be kicking off the union negotiations next year in

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early January, early February um as we look to get to a longer agreement and also be very aware of the town's financial sort of constraints um for what that means. But um you know, we had a handful of meetings with each of these

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groups. Um we got to the finish line. Um, yeah, I think these this is a fine and fair one-year agreement. So, the motion would be to look uh >> Yeah, I think so. >> Um, Sarah Logan

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move to approve the memorandum of agreement between the town and the highway water bargaining unit and authorize the chair to execute the agreement. >> Second. >> Any questions? >> No. And thanks to everybody who worked

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really hard on that council, DA's office, union reps. >> It'll be all three of you that we put stamps on just take out the chair part of that one. >> Amended to not authorize the

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>> in favor. Yes. >> Sarah, yes. >> Yes. >> Okay. I as amended, right? as amended. Yes. I Sarah Logan move to approve the memorandum of agreement between the town and the supervisor's bargaining unit and

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authorize um stamping outside of out of session. >> Second roll call. >> Laura Shippen. Yes. >> Sarah Logan. Yes. >> Yes. Just for clarification, the first one we agreed to sign out of session also.

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>> Yes, both. >> Cool. What was next for us? >> I'm getting um Oh, this is the Massachusetts 7.6 Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, possible land acquisition on Brookline Road.

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>> Yep. So, there's a parcel for sale just as you cross over the line from New Hampshire, depending which way you're going or as you're crossing into New Hampshire. It's about 23 acres. >> I think it's in there, the little >> Yep. the map, but I was going to explain it. And then, um, it's been on the

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market for quite some time. >> Looks like no one's really put a bid in. Um, but then DCR has made a proposal to the land owners. Um, let's see. I'll put the map up because that's a little bit more intuitive. Exhibit A here.

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>> It's surrounded by DCR land all >> it is. Yeah, it's all national forest. So >> and that is Department of Conservation and Recreation DCR. >> So it's just highlighted in red here for those that are looking at home.

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>> Basically extends Towns State Forest right to the line there. Tiffy Corner Town. >> So there is actually a notice that you should read out. Yep. Pull it up. >> It's that right there.

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>> Um I Valerie Gooditch as a member of the select board of the town of Towns in Massachusetts do hereby certify that on June 16th, 2026, it was announced at a public meeting of the select board that the department of conservation and recreation may acquire the land located

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in town as shown on locust map marked exhibit A. for conservation and recreation purposes. >> I'm good with that. >> Yeah, I think uh >> I think it's just a notice basically to us

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>> and we have to you know uh announce it within 120 days of the notice. Carry on. >> Okay. So, we've announced it and that's it. We don't have anything further to do with it. >> Y um is there a motion?

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>> Yes. I Sarah Logan move to support the Mass DCR proposed land acquisition on Brooklyn Road and authorize the chair to sign any related correspondence. >> That was a period. There was more, but I don't need to read that. >> Okay. Lorship and second.

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>> Any other questions? >> Sounds great. Roll call vote. >> Laura Shiff and yes. >> Sarah Logan, yes. And Valerie G. Yes. I'll make sure to sign up for you. >> Um, then we go on to 7.6 GPI scope expansion on Brookine Street.

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>> 7.7 but >> sorry. >> Um, so 7.7 GPI scope expansion street is related to um they retoled their um contract with us and our highway department for the assistance in regards to Brooklyn Street. I will bring this up

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on the screen here. Let's see here. Can you remind me of the funding for this? >> So the contract with GPI is using chapter 90 funds and then the mass dot like re the actual physical work done by detour construction which we just

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approved is mass complete streets program. Um you've seen that they've already started with the pole lineup and they're going to start work next week. Um so those that are commuting in that area you'll you'll endure some uh some traffic along the way. Um GPI has been

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great. Part of their part of this contract for complete streets will also um involve GPI being the reporting to mass dot. There's weekly statements and then quarterly reports and then all the different you know procurement processes. Um it's nice to have a a real

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expert in the field such as GPI you be with us during this project. Um so you know before it was just the the work that led up to the bid in engineering. Not sure. So just it's just an agreement. It's just the contract. So

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It's all pass coming from chapter 90. This is exactly the type of project that you want to use. >> Exactly. No, I agree 100%. >> Any questions? >> I thought it was signed. >> So, this amendment this is the amendment to the initial contract for the GPI.

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>> Okay. No, I thought what I was looking at was >> signed by SharePoint. No, looks like that. Yeah. Okay. Sounded that. I knew I saw something. >> Yeah, you guys signed the detour construction. That's who's doing like the digging. This is for the engineer work that led

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up to it. So, >> it's confusing. >> I'm good. >> Yeah. >> Okay. I Sarah Logan move to approve the proposed scope expansion with GPI for the Brooklyn Street project and authorize the chair to execute any necessary documents. >> Laura Shiff and second. Any questions?

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>> No. >> Roll call. >> Laura Shiffen. Yes. >> Sarah Logan. and val >> for those at home GPI stands for Greenman Peterson Incorporated. It's an engineering firm in in this area. So

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>> 7.8 Harbor Trace WTP stormwater certificate of completion. >> Yeah, this is an exciting one. >> Exciting. >> So storm water certificates of completion always take quite a bit of time. Um we have before us um the final

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sign off uh you know for that certificate of completion um it's been approved by you know uh the chair of the planning board the applicant which is the water department Mr. David Vant and then the town is the land owner. Um so you can authorize your town

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administrator to sign um said storm water certificate of completion. >> I Sarah Logan move to accept the harbor choice water treatment plant storm water certificate of completion as presented. >> Authorized >> and authorized town administrator to

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sign >> motion and second. It's >> exciting. Um I think this is like the final step in that whole process. It should be it is. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Takes a lot of time. Storm water for any project. >> It's good. You want to make sure it's

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all >> Yeah. And this gets teed up for the June 22 um planning board meeting because this will help them close it out. >> Okay. Great. Any other questions, concerns? Roll call. Laura Shepern. Yes. Sarah Logan. Yes. And Valerie Gri. Yes.

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>> Excellent. Thank you very much. moving. Oh, yes. I forgot. >> Sabrina's you're looking out for Sabrina. >> The AI. >> I know. >> I don't say get it. It's not there. >> Thank you. >> No problem.

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>> 7.9 um approved to sub lease a portion of cell tower lease from SBA to Celco partnership DBA Verizon Wireless. Yeah, this was one that um Sabrina shared with me in regards to our cell

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tower at 12 Dudley Road >> behind the library. >> It's just adding another portion of it to be for Verizon services. So for those with Verizon hope your service gets better. >> Maybe I'll have my house. >> Yeah, depends on how far it can go. Um,

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for what it's worth, these aren't real money makers for the town, but they do have to have approval from >> and I believe this was there was already there it was for three and two were already done. Is that correct? So, this would be the third >> third and final one to be added onto this and there's no other problems.

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>> Now, building department um he said this is great. This is what it's for. So, >> okay. I Sarah Logan move to approve the request to subleasase a portion of the existing cell tower lease from SBA to Celco partnership doing business as Verizon Wireless subject to review by

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town council if required and second question >> I think you signed it as chair that that's the only thing I wasn't sure of >> I think yeah I'll take an amendment

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um and have um chair of the board sign out of session. >> I I can sign it, but >> that's okay. >> Yeah, >> it's fine. >> You're stuck in Verizon? >> No, actually I don't. I don't I'm team old guy.

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>> That's why you don't want to sign. Yeah, I get it. >> Um I'll take the motion as amended. >> Roll call vote. Second the amendment. Laura Shiffren. Laura, yes. Sarah Logan, yes.

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>> And val Jess, >> we can do that. >> Yep. >> Um 7.10 payroll and bills payable warrants. >> I Sarah Logan move to approve and sign the payroll and bills payable warrants as presented.

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>> I actually have not gotten them. So >> out of session >> out of session with signature stamps. >> Yeah, that would be uh ideal. >> So that'll be tomorrow instead. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Laura Sheriff second the motion.

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Roll call vote. Laura Shiffren. Yes. Sarah Logan. Yes. Give it a chance. 8.1. Town administrator. >> Excellent. Yeah. So I put this together a few hours ago. Um you guys have kept me busy. Uh so I will put this up on the

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screen and I will uh share with you different things that are going on and again I do have a goal maybe the week of July 4th I'll try to get these online just so there's a history of town ministry reports. It's kind of hanging out there.

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>> Maybe we can work with Sabrina to get the legal stuff and it together all in one foul swoop. >> Yeah because she I think we actually have copies of all the PDFs of these so that they should be easy to drop up there. Just making sure they're >> and then I'm just going to work council not to spend their money. >> Yeah. >> Time.

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>> Um so I'll start off with some department updates. Um staff and PTO. Um a lot of our staff, department heads, uh different groups are making sure they use their earned and well-earned PTO before the close of the fiscal year. Um, so if we have any residents at home

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looking for folks in different departments, I don't want to specify the departments just because people have some privacy at home, but if you're looking for someone and you don't get an answer, feel free to email or call the town administrator's office and I can um share with you if that person's available or there's a plan B in the

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event that they're out. Um, you know, happy to provide that additional information. Um, for my own side of things, um, I'll be assisting land use um, with the planning board and I think a ZBA meeting. The planning board meetings on June 22. Um, that's a later

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start. I think that's a 6 pm kickoff. So, I may shift my hours a bit um, that day. Um, just to accommodate the scheduling needs for that um, planning board meeting. Um, unsure if I'm necessary for the

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29 uh, ZBA meeting. Um, I don't think I am, but I I can't remember if the staff member um had asked me for coverage or not, but I'll follow up on that. Um, green communities, we um had done this with Nelson when he was still your town administrator. He

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had approved a contract with Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission to complete work um in regards to the Rise Engineering Lighting Project. >> Yeah, that was good. >> Yeah, he they never um we actually never signed the contract, but you the select board had approved the work. So I want

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>> you never signed the contract. Um so I went I went ahead and signed it and um >> there were a few things we did not know from >> yes a period of time. Um so again went ahead and signed that got it over to MRPC and we are going to leverage them um and Glenn and that group um to get

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that RISE reporting um D O E department of environmental regulations as some funky acronym to close out that electrical reporting and finish up that project. Um, on a really exciting note, um, this is still being completely baked

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out, but the town received, um, encouraging preliminary feedback on a Moody's rating. We are a Moody's rating of upper uppercase A, lowerase A3, which is excellent. Great job, you know, hard work of the select board, um, your different departments, your treasure

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collector's office, your accounting. Um, this is really a a nice badge of honor for a town. um especially a town with as much sort of complex financial issues going on um that you you still remain very accredited. Um I'll share this with

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fin the draft report with the chair. They should be you know proud of themselves as well for being so diligent. Um >> I would say you can you know when I got this well someone said it's hard accounting but it's done well >> right. Yeah. Um, continuing down this

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path, um, winter recovery assistance program, it's acronym is RAP. Um, Margaret Scarsdale let us know that we received $226,000 through the winter recovery assistance program, which was kicked off back in

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2023. So, this will be in addition to our chapter 90 funding that the town gets. >> So, that's money that we didn't get yet. >> Trying to get Okay. >> Haven't got And I asked that question, too. It's a little get that out of the letter. >> Yeah. Um so, you know, that is something

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that will be incoming. Really, the true purpose of those funds is to um you know, fill potholes, uh fix guardrails if a plow hit them. Um you know, it's sort of a a catchall for different you know, >> there's an emergency unforeseen.

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>> Not not really unforeseen, but it it has to be, you know, for repairs to different things that have gone on in the town as a result of winter. So, like if there was a drainage issue because of the winter, um you know, this would be something you want to work through. Is it sidewalk is it sidewalk issues that

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you want to have repaired? You could use some of this funding. Um you know, my head quickly goes to um some of the infrastructure issues, some of our drainage issues, um could be, you know, improved as a result of some of these funding opportunities. Is it just

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painting or is it just patching the the library sidewalks because they got beat up big time because of um >> they have snow nice problems with the cement? >> Yeah. >> That have developed and the problem is is it's one of our very handicapped accessible buildings straight wheel in and you've now you've got this

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>> Yeah. So it's um >> medley of concrete. >> Yeah. We're waiting from uh waiting to hear back from Scarsdale on the precise sort of delivery mechanism of the funding. Um we've had it in years past. Um but it's a great um a great victory

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for a financially cashback town um to have that extra funding for some you could you could break it up. You could put a 100k towards paving. You there are some roads where you and I could step into the pothole and we'd be up to our waist. You know those could really use some attention. Um so you know I'll work

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with highway superintendent Mr. Jim Smith in regards to some of these funds. Um so that's a very exciting um topic. Um the Brooklyn Street sidebar project as we touched on earlier uh really begins in earnest next week. Detour construction will be the contractor GPI

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engineering providing construction administration and you know sort of clerk of the works observation services. Um this is being funded through a mass dot complete streets program. Um and hopefully we'll provide some nice improvements along that that area.

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>> At least it's after the 20th. Yeah, after the parade. >> Yeah. >> Um, you know, miscellaneous stuff for the summer. Um, school is sort of coming to a close, so for folks at home, um, I know just looking out the window today, there's a few more pedestrians out, there's kiddos around, people out with

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dogs, animals, you know, traffic gets a little, um, hairier when it's, you know, hot and summer days, you're able to tuck it out. But, um, for those in the town, just be mindful of roadways, trails, sidewalks. Um, and especially with the 250th anniversary parade coming up,

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which is June 20th. Um, you know, it's another day of hopefully great weather and celebratory moments, but for those in cars, just be more mindful of, uh, traffic. Um, we touched on the union agreements. Um, you thank you to the employees, our ABSME representatives,

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and the town staff for the collaboration efforts there. Um, town council as well. And then we also, um, touched on summer hours. you know, we're looking to kick this off starting next week. Um, so that's exciting for many of our employees. On the grant side of things,

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um I did apply for one for the town through our auditor um and insurance representatives, the Mega Group, and the goal is to get about $5,000 in some workplace safety improvements, um some ergonomic equipment for some of our aging workstations, um some highway

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department safety equipment, and then I've been here for more than a year now. And um I think it's always a good thing once a year, once every other year to have CPR, AED, and first aid training. Some of that program is offered by our department. >> So that is actually something I'll pull in from when I was in the trustees. We

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constantly said we want to pass that up to this board and say, "Hey, it would be great if an employee and volunteer board member like first aid CPR training could be held." >> Yeah. >> And we're all very in a public space a lot and and it's not required. Yeah. >> Just offered.

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>> Yeah. And I think it's um CPR regulations change over time, especially for kiddos and such. So, um it's not a bad thing every couple years to have a refresher because I think the the C only lasts two years. Um last but not least, um kids country gates. Uh I've been

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working with the committee members. I owe them a couple emails and uh Karen's probably so sick and makes an email there late late last night. Um, we need to replace the gate mechanism, the unlocking and closing mechanism at the kids country gate to be more ADA compliant and also to latch so when like

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a kiddo runs through it, it closes behind them and doesn't just stay open because in the event that a kiddo could run back out into the road and a parent or a guardian might be like, I'm trying to tend to Kieran and Cormack ran right out there. As my younger brother, you would do that. um you know that's just something that

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they um really wanted and I'm able to sort of identify a little little bucket of money in the land use professional services bucket to cover that cost. It's about $575. Um and >> my next question

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>> yeah that's a small one. So we'll um we'll get that >> safety one. So, >> safety one. And it's it's it's freshly paved out there, so people are flying up and down turn bike road because a nice paved road means people drive faster. Um, potholes are the best deterrent for speeding because one popped tire and

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you're frustrated. So, um, but that is all I have on the TA um side of reporting for now. So, um, I do have some time off coming. June seems like a a wacky month for me travel-wise and stuff. I think that's just the way it's always been in my life. Um, so here

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always available on phone, but I'll text you guys or email you guys with my schedule if it the changes. >> Okay. >> And 8.2 leazison. Glory wanted to start us off. >> I was just going to mention about the MMA

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meeting. Um, we >> Yep. That's six. You can go ahead though. 30 seconds. What? They're coming in. They have a minute or two to get settled. Go ahead. Take your time.

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>> Well, there's there's a number of things, but I will and I've mentioned this to Karen. It was very informative and I think there's going to be slides that should be sent. I've not gotten them yet. >> I think >> it was last year and they're usually

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available on the MMA website also. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Well, it it was great. I >> it's a dream >> have to get up early and be there but I thought that it was very worth it. Um I mentioned to Karen one of the things

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that was mentioned there and strongly um encouraged was to have a financial team that be for union negotiations

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that does not include the selectment that it should be the town administrator and legal counsel. Yep. and they couldn't say it enough times. >> I think that's yeah kind of what we moving towards. So

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>> hopefully >> well contract if that's what happens. >> Thank you. Yeah, we we can bring that up. >> Okay, >> I'll I'll put it on agenda. So make sure >> one of the things I didn't discuss and I asked them about and then it was like a

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light bulb um was liaison. the liaison work that the select board members do and not enough emphasis is put on that because it's a lot, you

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know. And we talked about a number of boards that were still three member um that are thinking of going to five just because of that. Um and also I was surprised to see that

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there are select board people that are 20 and 30 years in that position and I I couldn't imagine it in my wildest dreams. >> I was >> actually six was >> six for me and then my colleague Leah in

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her 16th year. 16. I really think it depends on >> the experience. >> I think it's a lucky goal to create an environment that someone feel like that was >> okay. Well, I'm not going to record anything else. >> Okay. You good?

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>> Yeah. Um, yeah. Do you guys want to or you want to stay there? Stay there. The only thing is I don't know if I officially for my techn. So I don't even know if we have an official forum.

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So I mean we can give it another minute and finish up. >> I didn't get any other responses but Jack did the uh >> what's for you? Four. >> Well, I think it's three >> three because he's just coming on and he's she's just coming on.

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>> Oh. So the question is >> you need Natalie and Jack. >> Yeah. >> John Jack >> Jack >> usually he comes online. >> I don't know if there's more. Maybe

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>> Tam is the one who approves folks to come. >> It says seven people. So I don't know if there's somebody else on. >> Is there anybody out there from housing authority that's looking to get into a joint meeting? Just speak up. Who's AK?

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>> I think that's just a resident watching. >> Folks, Jack Moran is on his way up to you. >> Okay. Thanks, Jack. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. >> You're welcome. >> So, we'll get that. >> So, in that case, >> I think

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>> you're okay because you only have three, >> right, >> already on, right? Is partly already voted on. Well, see that that goes back to the ongoing discussion of I think it's on the agenda that we're we are

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still accepting Jackie. I mean, partly even though he was voted on, so he was on the ballot. >> Oh, >> so I didn't know the select board still. Did >> he get sworn in? >> Yes. >> Oh, then he's if he's sworn in and he was elected. >> Yeah.

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>> Yeah. We don't have to appoint, >> right? So that's my thing. But it was two. So I don't know. Well, you've got you've got your quum then with >> Hartley. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> There any other leazison things while we're waiting? Um,

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I think Kieran covered most of my stuff with the finance stuff and then um I think we're going to be setting up hopefully time to talk to schools soon and a couple issues there and then we'll report back to you guys because that's

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our budget getting good working going next year. >> I don't I can call the meeting and we don't have Jack here. Well, you need I'll call mine to order. Who needs them first? Um, so I'd like to call a joint meeting

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with the housing authority to order for um the select work. Roll call shin here. Sarah Logan here. And here at 604, here he comes. >> He's coming.

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>> He's doing a roll call right now. >> Say your name. You can stay wherever you'd like. >> Say who you are. >> Oh, Jack. Uh, I'm with the Towns and Housing Authority. >> I come in towns and Housing Arley Towns

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and Housing Authority officially. >> Right. So, we have a couple appointments to make. Yes. I Sarah Logan move to appoint Bernardet Oen. >> Oonen. Thank you. as tenant

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representative to the housing authority for a term commencing June 16th, 2026 and ending June 30th, 2028. >> Laura Shiff and second roll call then you guys roll call vote for the second. >> Laura Shiffren, yes.

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>> Sarah Logan, yes. >> And Valerie, yes. >> Jack, yes. >> Condon, yes. >> Harley, yes. >> Welcome. Good luck. >> Yeah.

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>> And then we also have a uh state appointed. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> Who is are you part of >> there's no name? >> So we're not uh we don't currently have an assigned state appointee. So we are we able to have discussion? >> Yeah.

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>> Yes. >> We're in open meeting. So >> um >> yeah. Are you open to >> I personally can't. I'm on four committees with four kids. >> You're on four committees. Okay. Um I Is there is there an expectation that has

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to be a chair, a vice chair, or somebody of a certain status on the committee? Any committee members? >> There are Yeah. >> Well, okay. Only because I've been through it a couple of times. I've not been one, but I've been through three

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appointments of state reps from housing authority. It takes a while to get it. Um, I would ask some help from Margaret Scarsdale because the last one we got help with was um,

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>> no, our last representative >> No, no, yes. He he was the state rep and um it was Sheila Harrington >> that got him through >> sure >> that uh process. So I would reach out to Margaret for help

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to get that moved along and it can be any one of you. >> What is the time to >> Yeah, I guess that I I don't want to impose on anyone. I I I'll be honest. Um, but my my work schedule is is packed.

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>> Um, but if >> it would be a new experience. >> So, this would be the uh leaison with the uh >> with the state >> with the state. >> Uh, okay. Well, if uh

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>> you do have to make out an application and get assistance, you know, to work through the process. >> Okay. Um, but your board can um nominate you, if you will, to the state and then

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you get to attend their meetings. I don't think they're in person necessarily, >> but um and you'll hear what's going on in the whole state and hopefully bring stuff back to the town. >> Okay, that sounds interesting. So, I've been meeting with among other people uh

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Representative Scarsdale and others from state government. >> Okay. >> Other town representatives too, right? >> Oh, yeah. >> I think I'm up to it. I'll be happy. >> Every housing authority has a state >> record.

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I I I move that Harley Qu is uh >> nominated to be our state representative um with the term with the term um June 16, 2026 to June 13, 2027.

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>> June 2026 to June 2027. >> It's like a 5year appointment. >> Three years. I think that three. >> Oh. Why do I have the a one-year date? >> I have a one-year date. >> I don't know why you have a one-year date. Be lucky if he's appointed in a

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year. >> We can we can amend that at a later time if we need to. We probably should check with Sabrina because I know there was some questions regarding this. >> So, let's just go with that and we can amend it to increase it. >> Yeah. >> I have a we'll just say it's one year as of right now is three years and we

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approve the three years as well. >> You'll see the appointment. >> Yeah. No, it takes a long time. So, but find out and so you've you've made that vote anyway. >> We have to say yes. So,

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>> yeah, we made a motion. So, uh roll Jack. Yes. >> I come in. Yes. >> Am I allowed to vote for myself? >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> You always should. You got to vote for yourself. >> Yes. Um,

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>> they want to break the conflict of interest >> and Bernardet can actually >> she has to be sworn in. >> I know that she can go downstairs and do it on her way home if Jack's still here. >> Yeah, we should be till 8:00. >> We were here just now. >> Yeah. >> All right. I, Sarah Logan, move to

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appoint. Sorry if I butchered your name. As the state appointed representative to the housing authority for a term commencing June 16th, 2026 and ending June 13, 2027. um to possibly amend those um that term

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at a later date. >> Laura Shiffren second. Roll call vote. >> Laura Shiff, yes. >> Sarah Logan, yes. Yes. And thank you for that background, Lori, on this process. Thanks for the actual, if you guys want to see it, it does say three years for

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the initial and five years for >> I'm wondering if that was a typo, but >> we will >> then we can amend it to whatever it is at the next meeting, right? >> Yeah. >> We don't need to join to do that. Okay. >> All right. Very good. We'll take care of

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it. >> Awesome. >> And then we just need >> You guys can you can motion to adjurnn. That was all you had to do. Or you could if you have anything to talk about you can >> um if we can just say next date for meeting I think we >> we did say at the last one and I think I

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emailed you for um since um next meeting I think we said a certain time was good for everybody.

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And um >> this time generally a pretty decent >> I know we kind of said at one of the meetings it's like this is like the third I'm trying to see my minutes from the last one if you see them clear

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>> I think I said maybe third Thursdays >> I think that is right >> mostly because I can remember theiteration >> was Third Thursday. Okay. Now, what's the next one for that?

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That's the agenda. I'm sorry. We haven't been able to be in the room together. >> I'll I'll close >> I'll take a motion to close our joint meeting while you guys are talking. >> Yeah. >> I'll take a motion to close the joint meeting. Um

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What? What is it? I'll second it for the town with our meeting with the housing talking about next week to have something. >> Sorry, I was like, >> oh yeah, you did say >> at lunch is interesting.

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>> A lot of people we're meeting today right now. Go ahead. >> No, this is July. July 16th. >> So July 16th at 6 p.m. >> But did we want to try to meet? >> And that's a Thursday.

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>> Yes. Third Thursday. Today is I can't do tomorrow. And if we wanted to try to do the 25th, you wanted to try to do the fourth just >> So can I just ask you? So I had a

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conversation with folks >> the next meeting >> I thought might be just for them to actually meet with all of us. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So they were they were open to

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that and I think what we uh got from them was a Monday evening or Monday afternoon >> time seemed like it would be. >> May I say something here? Yes. and I are both residents of you know that

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>> but I'm appointed or elected. >> Yes, >> there is a difference. Y >> okay >> I don't want there to be any conflict. >> No no no I thought it was interest to want to speak with the management or just understand sort of what what their what their plan is and how they how they

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operate. So rather than try to filter it through my phone call, I thought it might be Especially if we're all new, I feel like, >> right? So, if um if like what I can aim

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for is to try to get them uh for a Monday afternoon or evening >> at some point in the next few weeks if we can find one. >> How about the 29th? That's the 29th. >> And I don't think >> June 29th 29th. That would be It's about

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two weeks. >> Yeah. I don't know about their e >> just to let you know um I'm also I also work part time for CAM this gentleman here is the I report to um and um

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I don't think there's even 29 okay so I guess the 29th is open for me >> yes like a 4:00 time slot I think they were like 9 to5 like that

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They can tell you I could do a little earlier too. I don't know 3:00 or sometimes >> okay that day any anytime for sometime on the 29th and see if we can get them to to join us and >> if you can't make it a four maybe a

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three. >> Yeah. >> But if we can make that the date that >> okay >> and then the next one following because we already had that was going to be the third Thursday. So the 16th >> third Thursday in July. >> Yes. And then start that the third Thursday.

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>> Okay. So, meeting scheduled for third Thursday, July 16th at 6 p.m. >> Uh, and tentatively uh Monday the 29th for a meeting with the management housing

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times and so June 29th and July 16th. >> Okay. Okay, I think we can adjourn to their meeting. >> Okay, have a motion to

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>> Yes, I second. In >> favor say I. I >> thanks guys for coming up. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thanks, Dean. >> Um, so D next means we have a meeting on June 30th. I believe we're going to do

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six o'clock because Lori can do later. That was kind of a late addition to the meeting. >> I I can do later. >> Yeah. And >> I'm just gonna wait until the volume dies down a little bit in here.

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>> Sorry guys, they just can't hear us when there's loud background. Sorry. No, don't worry. So yeah, um our next meeting will be on the 30th at 6 PM. Uh this was kind of a late addition to our meeting schedule. So there was no space available in town hall. So we're going

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to take this show on the road and go over to the library trustee room. They're open from 6:00 to 8. >> Oh. >> On the 30th. If anybody wants to come and have some fun with us, we'll be over at the library. >> Um trustee room in the library. Is that down like that quarter? >> Okay. The library staff will help us.

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And I'm going to work with Dave to make sure we're all set to >> Yeah, we I was doing the um screening communities over there. >> Oh, >> and they have an owl, so we should be able to get >> All you would need for the game would be a Zoom. >> Yeah, that's perfect. So, that'll be on

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the 30th and then we'll be back here. Our lovely chambers on the 7th. What time on the seventh? Try to do 5:00. >> Yeah, 5:00. Does that work? >> Yeah. Great. So, um that being said, I think, um

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make a motion for some executive sessions. >> Awesome. We already did 10.1. Um I Val Oh, you did. We did 10. Sorry. >> I was going to say don't surprise me. Doing well. Um I valich move to move

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into executive session pursuant to open meeting law chapter 3A section 2183 to discuss strategy with respect to pending litigation where an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the litigating position of the town and the chair to so declares Roman Ramirez the

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town of towns in Middle Sex County Superior Court docket number 2681 CD 01140 and I so do declare 10.3 Executive session pursuant to open meeting law chapter 3A section 21 A3 to

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discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining where an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the public body in the chair so declares ask me local 93 clerical union supervisors union highway water union high value so we declare

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executive session 10.4 Four, pursuant to open meeting law chapter 30A section 21A3 to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining where an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the public public body in the chair. So declares

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police union I value so do declare in executive session 10.5 pursuant to open meeting law chapter 30A section 21 A2 to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with non-UN personnel and contract negotiations with non-UN

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personnel town administrator I so do declare >> second questions and we will be adjourning from executive session Roll call vote. >> Lower ship ring. Yes.

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>> Was a spider 620. >> It was just floating in the air. >> Roll call vote. Sarah Logan. Yes. >> Yes. And thanks Tam. We will be adjourning from executive session.