All right. I'd like to call the board of selectman meeting to order for Friday, May 23rd at 5:10 p.m. Could I have a roll call, please? Valerie Goodrich, present. Veronica Keel, present. Um, and we also have our town
administrator, Nelson Mu Mui. Did I say that right? And and Sabrina Moore. um our administrative assistants. So um and TCAM of course is
here. Uh please join me for the pledge of allegiance. We can get up and say it. I guess I don't necessarily have a flag here, but pledge allegiance 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. All right. Thank you. Um, and I guess just a reminder that the Memorial Day celebration is on Sunday, I
believe, at 1:30. And I did see it on the lighted signs coming into town today. So, that's good to know that it's being advertised. Um, I'd like to announce that the meeting is being recorded um by TCAM and will be uploaded to the town YouTube channel.
Um, I will just confirm if any other parties are recording. Hearing none. Um, we'll move on to chairman's additions or deletions. I don't have any. Do you have any, Val? Nope, not
tonight. And Nelson or Sabrina, anything else to add? I do not. Okay. Um, Sabrina's muted. though uh and we have no meeting minutes to approve. So our
first item of business is 4.1 review and discuss the annual and special town meeting um warrant articles. So um Nelson, do you want to go over those? Are they in SharePoint? Like can I pull them up? Uh let me
check. Um you could you could share them. Yep. Why don't you share them because I can't find them right now in there. Let me see if it's on SharePoint. Okay. If it's on SharePoint and you want to share, Nelson, just go ahead.
Um, it's not on SharePoint. Okay. And um I'm I'm on my phone right now, so I can't readily share things. Um I'm sorry about that. Um because I need to host the second meeting. So, my work um
computer is kind of tied up at the moment. Um is there a copy on the town website? Uh no. Um Sabrina, do you have uh did you receive anything um today prior to the 5:00 p.m.
deadline? I thought I heard her for a moment there. [Music] Um, was anything on po posted on SharePoint, Nelson? Uh, there was not. No. Okay. All right. So, me going to Outlook won't do any
good. Nope. All right. 5 p.m. today. Pardon me. I did not receive anything prior to 5:00 pm today. All right. So, what do we have that you know of, Nelson? Uh, we have a citizens petition
that we received on Tuesday. Um, uh, related to the constable policy. We stamped it in and I think yesterday we had the town clerk stamp it in who will now go through the process of um,
certifying all the signatures. Uh, I believe a 100 signatures are needed for um a petition at a special town meeting to be uh to be placed on it. Um, so I think the town clerk is certifying those
signatures as we speak. Um, we we were sort of expecting something else, but uh Sabrina just confirmed that we didn't get anything prior to 5:00 p.m. today. Um, so that's
the only citizens petition. Um, so the other ones uh were were the ones we uh discussed last night at the uh joint meeting with the board of health. I think we are leaning towards
um a warrant article to create a enterprise fund uh if I'm wrong. Um so I think that's the uh the approach we're taking towards uh and that's okay in a special town meeting. Nelson, yes I
confirmed with Adam that is uh that is allowable. Yes. Okay. All right. Nelson. Um just in my little bit of um research on that too, they would have to the the qual the requirements for enterprise
fund, you know, the complete budget reporting 100 whatever days before just as long as they're sure that can be part of the process. I guess in that case they basically have to a line item budget next year for the enterprise account.
Correct. Correct. Yes. Um, so, so let's think, let's talk this through. So, it's too late to put something on the annual town meeting for a budget. So, does this mean it's it's it's a it's a two-prong approach then, right?
FY26 is going to be a revolving fund which um another article is going to take care of and then there's a separate warrant uh article to create the um the
enterprise fund itself. Is that my understanding that's like sort of the two-prong approach to um the the trash program? Well, it's hard to say because to what I heard that what you just described is what I would have expected
that there would be a revolving fund for the first year and enterprise fund future. Um what I didn't know is if the enterprise fund could be um put on the um special town meeting warrant or not,
but the budget there's there are implications there. So I thought it would be start with a revolving fund, move to an enterprise fund and the timing of that move, I don't know. So I I think that's exactly how I understand it to be as well. Um but I did confirm
with Adam that a um creating an enterprise fund within the special town meeting is allowable. Okay. So I think so I think that is the sequence of how um things need to happen um you know sort of to uh
um get everything in place for FY26 and then you know um and then pivoting to a full um full-blown enterprise fund for FY27. So are they I'm sorry. Go ahead Valerie. I was gonna say, so are all those necessary
articles a part of the special town meeting? Correct. Yes. Yep. And in the coming days, we will sort of um get the actual language in place. Um but at the moment, it's it's very rough, but um for the
purpose of um the discussion tonight, there just needs to be a placeholder, which I think we can all agree on that it was what we discussed last night. And how many placeholders are there for which articles? Uh there would be one to create the
revolving fund um for the solid waste program and then there would be another article for the creation of the enterprise fund. Okay. So they dropped the um taking money from statefulization.
Um that would also have to be an article. Well, so the the revolving to create the revolving fund um you need to um specify the the
source. Um but I I think Adam said it was that was not allowable. Yeah, I think should be two separate things, right? You create the revolving fund and then you fund it because I don't think a revolving fund needs a two-thirds vote. No, a revolving fund doesn't but taken
from stabilization will so yeah so so yeah so I so yeah and I'm sorry so in theory there's a third article uh with with all that which is um whether the revolving fund will be seated with uh in
a certain amount of stabilization money have they given you those that they didn't give you that warrant then that warrant or um no there was a discussion uh between Carla, Adam
and myself. Um so there was some emails back and forth and uh that was all part of the discussion. Okay. Yep. Makes me a little crazy that they aren't on top of it. That's all. Um they, you
know, Carla has been working on it and you know uh and but I also assured her it didn't have to be like buttoned up by you know 5:00 p.m. today. um just you know sort of rough um you know sort of a
rough framework of what the articles would be is is sufficient sort of to you know ensure that it does get on the um you know the warrant. Okay. So um so that means next week we will uh
you know we'll we'll in earnest you know uh craft the language you know the way it's supposed to. Um Adam's already done a cursory look at it. um you know, he's provided some feedback. So, I think
we're in pretty good shape um in terms of getting the language the way it's supposed to. And it needs to be posted. Uh it would need to be posted by June 4th. Okay.
So, I think uh tonight uh you guys would just need to uh make a motion to uh um you know, sign the the special town meeting uh warrant
on a session, you know, pending um town council approval and a final um an agreement with final wording in the document. Correct. Yes. I'm not going to sign it if I haven't seen it. Oh, no.
Absolutely. Um, but those the language is pretty prescribed of how it needs to be. So, I don't really expect there to be a curveball in that regard. Um, so yeah, but but I agree that you guys
should review it before signing. I don't agree with taking stabilization money, but I'll vote against it at town meeting. Um, that's all. I just do not agree with that. I wish they had found a different way.
And I also am concerned that they have no clue what the monies are going to be for monthtomonth and whether or not what they're planning is actually um doable. So, that's a concern. Right, Sabrina. Sabrina has her hand up
there. Sabrina, go ahead. Parks uh Warren article. Was that supposed to be on on the uh 18th town meeting? Oh, that's right. Um uh thank you for
reminding me, Sabrina. Um uh parks and cemetery. Um we saw that one. Yeah, they uh they had requested it for the the uh special town meeting that we had uh earlier in the month. Um
unfortunately I dropped the ball on that. Um so luckily we we have we have a second chance of putting it on there. Um it is um a request from Parks and Cemetery to um get $15,000 to to do uh
various maintenance work. Um and the money is going to come out of their um let's see uh sale of lots um fund. Okay. Uh, did you find out about the James Tucker
um group that's in the charter that's supposed to be um elected at annual town meeting? It did not um I know if I remember correctly the last few years we
kind of dropped the ball on that. Um, okay. And but but but uh but the thing is we can't put a new article in the annual town meeting. So I think unfortunately um that goes to next year. Okay. Yeah. Um we we can't
reopen the warrant for uh the annual town meeting. Yep. One more. Can you hear me still? Y um one more was um a special town meeting article for
current military leave policy. Uh oh, that no. Uh we we we agree that there would not be enough time for the police chief to sort of cost it out as well as um look at um more townwide
implications. Um, I know the the request came from a current police officer. Um, but you know, um, that policy isn't just for, you know, police officer, anyone who's, you know, um, in the reserves or the military that would apply to. So,
um, you know, so we need a little bit more time to sort of cost it out and look at the the, uh, you know, wider implications. So, the plan is to put it on a um town meeting in the fall.
Okay. I don't have anything else, I believe. All right. So, is there a motion um to uh um review the five articles out of session um and sign them after they've been
reviewed by town council? I move that we review the special town meeting articles out of session um once they have been reviewed by town council and sign. Signed, too. Sorry. once
they've been review and sign. Okay. Second. Um, any further discussion? No. All right. Roll call vote. Um, Valerie.
Valerie Gri I. Veronica Cal I. All right. So, that takes care of 4.1 um work session. Are there any updates since yesterday, Nelson? Uh, there are no No, I I don't have any
reports. How about you, Val? Nope. None. Um, see here. Nope. That's fine. Yeah, I'm good. Okay. All right. Um, our next meeting then is the 3rd of June at 6 PM.
Um and uh with that um one one question on that one. Yeah. Um it when does the joint meeting with bincom start on that day? Uh do we know do we have those times? Sabrina go ahead.
We did not set a time I believe for that. We have not. I did speak to Don. Um he is um conferring with his uh committee on whether the third would work. I'm pretty sure it does.
Um but uh yeah, I think I spoke to him. I think it was yesterday. Uh he was still conferring to uh see if every one was good with uh June 3rd. Did he have an alternative date?
Not that I'm aware of. No. I I just offered I just offered June 3rd since that's when we uh that's when you guys normally meet. Um so I'm still waiting to hear back from him. All right. Does um is there any chance we're going to
want to meet before that if we push the meeting up or do you think we'll be ready to meet with them? One more mention. Could you just mention that all of these votes are roll call votes? Yep.
Um, today you mean? Oh, we did do roll call votes. Oh, good. Thank you for the reminder. Thank you. And we are all attending remotely. It's a remote only meeting. That was on the
agenda though. Yeah. Sabrina, do you have something else? Your hand is still up. Oh, no. I have to put the hand down. Okay. Um, all right. So, our our next meeting right now is on the 3rd of June.
Yeah. I think um in in executive session tonight, I I feel like whatever we end up discussing, we'll probably have a pretty solid plan in place.
um you know to be able to go into the joint um meeting with FINCOM on the 3 um you know to to talk about things. Um but certainly if we uh need to have a meeting before then I'm I would be okay
with that pending everyone's availability which I know is pretty limited um starting next week. Um but I I I think I've I've done some um you know
analysis on the budget. So I'm hoping uh we're you know after tonight uh I'll have uh we'll have um some good enough marching orders that we'll be able to you know talk to FinCom on June 3rd. the
the budget needs to be posted on the 11th of a week before according to charter. Yep. I I think that's that is my uh goal as well to give uh the voters a solid week to digest everything. Yeah. Maybe
it's not the charter, maybe it's the budget policy, but it's a week before. though. Um so the the third would be our logical meeting before that unless we had to have more
meetings. So all right um so with that we are moving into executive session. Um I I expect that we will adjourn from executive session um because further discussion on the
budget would take place on the third I assume. So um uh so there are two executive sessions uh scheduled here. Um, so is there a
motion to um I would go into executive session for blah blah blah and also for this re the second reason um and to adjourn from executive session. So is there a motion? Um I in reading the
rules I think the chair is supposed to read for executive session. Oh are we okay? I will then. Um I love to read but I'll let you All right. I make a motion that we move into executive session pursuant to
general law chapter 30A section 21A2 to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with non-UN personnels personnel um uh or I'm going to read the whole thing
to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with non-UN personnel and that is for all non-UN personnel. We will also be um holding an executive session pursuant to general law chapter 30A section 21 A3 to
discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining. Um if an open meeting um what if as an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining
position of the public body and that is for all union personnel all unions um with the town and we will be adjourning from executive session. Seconded. Um, all those in favor, any
further discussion before we go in, before we vote. All right. All those in favor, Valerie, how do you vote? Good. I and Veronica Cal I. So, with that, we are
um u moving into executive session. And uh so um did Sabrina send you the link for the uh executive session yet? I I have not checked. Let me look. So should we exit out of this and then rejoin in
under the other link Nelson? Yes, you would have to. Correct. I don't I don't send it now. Okay. Okay. Thank you.