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Part 1 (Video ID: S7RqUB5zRF8):
- 00:00:00: Meeting Called to Order, Pledge, Roll Call
- 00:01:06: Minutes Approval, Select Board Reorganization and Positions
- 00:04:59: Assignment of Liaison Positions Amongst Board Members
- 00:16:28: Approval for Chapter 90 Funds for Roadway Repairs
- 00:18:20: Annual Town Meeting Warrant Overview and Discussion
- 00:26:49: Review, Discuss, and Approve Fiscal Year 27 Budget
- 00:36:18: Motion and Discussion on FY27 Operating Budget
- 00:41:59: Town Meeting Presentation: Agenda and Flow of Items
- 00:55:24: Approval of Town Meeting Handout Pending Edits
- 00:55:57: Town Meeting: Draft Motions for Warrant Articles
- 01:09:17: Approval of Motions with Amendments and Further Updates
- 01:16:08: Announcements, Communications, and Committee Updates
- 01:20:05: Volunteer Forms, Payroll, and Bills Payable Review
- 01:20:36: Scheduled Next Meetings Discussion and Decisions
- 01:23:55: Executive Session: Strategy and Negotiations with Personnel


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Good evening everyone. My name is Laura Shiffren and I will call the meeting to order of the select board on April 28th, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. Roll call. Valer present. Um Sarah Logan present

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and Laura Shiffren present. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I 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

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justice for all. I'd like to thank all of our veterans as well as all of those serving here and abroad, our emergency response community, as well as our staff and our

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elected and appointed officials and all of their families for helping our community to be a better place. Thank you. The meeting is being recorded and will be uploaded to YouTube.

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Is there anyone else recording? Hearing none. Um four. Is there a motion? Um I move to table in the minutes from 421 2026 to the May 5th, 2026 meeting.

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>> Okay. Is there a second? I second. Please say your name. >> Sarah Logan. >> And any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call vote. Name and vote. >> Um Sarah Logan, yes. Yes.

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>> And Laura Shiffron, yes. Under new business 5.1, reorganization of the select board. >> Um I would start by nominating Sarah Logan as clerk. >> Okay. I'll second.

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>> I probably should say that that's the normal process. Yes. that you switch every year. >> Yeah. And that the well that >> the last couple of years hasn't been exactly the way it always was. >> Okay.

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>> So, normally the clerk come the last person in is the clerk and then there's the um vice chair and the chairman. >> Okay. >> And usually when it's the last year that's the chairman is the chairman that year. this

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year and a couple maybe one other time it was different. Um last time Veronica didn't want to be the chair for her for her last year. So anyway, that's we're on the clerk.

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>> Okay. Any further discussion? >> I don't have any. >> You accept it? >> Yes, I'll accept. Okay. Call Sarah. Yes. Yes. Laura and yes. Okay. just for like help give you a flow of

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things. Usually they sort of had to go like around the room. So start on your side and then it'll roll around this way. >> Okay. >> And then like it's always like Kiran me yes or Kieran me a no. >> Um and just like give you like the lay. So >> okay.

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>> I mean to get can I motion to do Valerie as chair this time to try to get back to you know switching off every year? seconded >> and then roll call. You can

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>> Sarah Logan. Yes. >> I go to Jess. >> You want to be chair? >> I think it's a good time for a change up. That's all. >> Is that a good idea? >> Okay. >> It's fine with me. >> Okay.

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>> Yeah. Are you going to vote or vote? I I will do the pleasure of the board. >> Okay, >> that's my line. >> So, you voted? >> Yes, >> I voted. You going to obtain or vote? >> I don't need to vote. >> Okay, that's fine.

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>> Okay. >> Um and then I would nominate Laura Sha as vice chair. >> I'll second. >> And then roll call. Sarah Logan. Yes. Yes. >> And I'll do the closure of the board. So you can take over the chair >> after this meeting. You can continue for

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the rest of this. That's fine. 100%. And I would like you to continue doing the pledge and your acknowledgements if you if that would be okay with you. >> We can all work together. >> I would No, I I think that's an important thing for you. I'd like you to continue doing that at the beginning of

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the meetings if that's okay. >> My pleasure. Thank you. Um so we have the reorganization of the board and assignment of the positions

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52. So Sarah, why don't we go with you first? What do you see there that is probably something that you shouldn't don't want to do or shouldn't do? I think maybe I

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should just stay away from the finance committee and um the planning board since um Carol is a member of both of those. >> Otherwise, I'm open to whatever you guys um would like me

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>> under the clerk position now. Is there >> Well, now you're doing uh finance and >> finance and I have been doing school. I know you have kids in school, Sarah. So would you like me to continue with that? >> Yeah.

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>> Okay. So that's that. >> And then the only other thing on that list which you know what you'll do fine. I was on the library trustees for like nine years. >> Okay. Do you want to keep it? >> It's fine. >> It's it's wicked easy for me to do. So

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you won't have to learn it >> on this thing. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Where where do you see that? library trustees. Oh, yeah. Right there. Yeah. Okay. So, going to vice chair, which uh

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>> I could probably give a couple of these to Sarah, right? >> Um Yeah. Well, you're going to change some of the chair stuff, too. >> Yeah. >> For you. >> Yeah. So, >> um do you want to look at this, Lori? a

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little more like instead of clerk by share chair is by names right now because I think you probably want to keep a lot of this chair stuff because it's kind of your area of >> Well, we can just make that okay. >> You know what I mean? >> Yeah. Um

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because I >> I'm not doing that stuff. >> Yeah. And I you're you know housing and planning and zoning and neither Sarah or I particularly do. So, here's let me do the different we we'll just change this. Okay. >> And

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uh here's what I was thinking to put at this point in time. I don't know much about Amanda Dwight. >> Okay. >> Entertainment fund. All I know is that there was an opening position. There was a vacancy >> um for the election and >> I don't think there's anybody in it.

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>> Okay. Was there a writing campaign? I I I never heard any Oh, well. >> There we go. >> There is one. >> There is one in the blank was written. >> Yeah. The blank. Yeah. >> Yeah. Well, welcome. >> Exciting.

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>> And I actually love to say welcome Sarah. Congratulations on joining our board. Okay. Do you want to move that one up to clerk? >> Uh yes. Okay.

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And so I'm going there. Um I I can do board of health, cemeterian parks, um council on aging. I go there a lot. >> Um want the flag committee? >> Sure.

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>> The flag committee up there. >> God's great. >> We'll help you. >> Okay. Are you taking notes? because this is going to >> I'm going to have Sabrina just listen and follow it. Yeah, it's easier that way.

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>> Okay. Okay. Um I'll keep the historic district commission. I can keep the building inspector planning um solid waste tam um to um

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do you want to take town accountant? You want the finance? >> Sure. and tree warden. You want to um Sarah Sure. Um veterans agent Sarah. I'm sorry. What was that?

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Veterans agent. Sure. kind of goes with the flag. The same person the water department I guess. Um and then the assignments that we had think

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>> also does this actually work out with the new Well, capital is still going to exist. I think that you should keep it. Yep. >> Um, conservation restricting committee. I can do >> the You're doing the affordable housing

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trust, right? >> Yes. >> And the town properties. >> Yes. >> And MART and MO disability or what? Which ones? Because you already know MRPC and MJTC so well.

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Um, I don't have to do audit. I can keep the MRP stuff and the town properties. I um would you like to do commission on disability? >> Sure.

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>> Cuz you're broken in here >> because you're doing affordable housing trust, right? >> I am. I just >> Do you want me to do conservation restriction? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yes, I do. >> Okay. And then you've got affordable housing. >> And you're going to do capital planning

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as well with the finance stuff or do you want Sarah to break in? >> Cuz your mom's on capital planning, right? >> She wants Yes, she was. >> Yeah. Not a problem. >> You'll take that? Yep. Um,

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you're going to do conservation. I can do >> you want >> sure you're you just know all those people are on the system. Yeah, >> we've done those before. Yeah. >> And I will do Sarah. >> Sorry. I think we gave you a bunch of

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these ones. >> You just have them because >> Lor's got a lot. >> Yeah. >> I can't stay on town properties. Yeah. I'm not going to do audit. You are, right? >> Yeah. I mean, I'm on audit right now. And then

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And then next year we can switch that up >> because it's usually in the center. >> Sarah, why do the audit? >> You want to do audit committee? >> Sure. >> Does that make sense to you, Lori? >> Yeah. It's it's kind of a neat way to look at get an overview of like

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everything and how it's functioning in the finances. I really actually learned a lot from reading through the issues. Okay, great. Okay, now what about the ones that you >> Oh, okay. >> Mhm. >> Um, why don't you do get Sarah the animal?

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>> Yeah, we'll get you the animal control Sarah. >> Okay, >> that's okay. You can say no. >> No, totally good. >> Burial agent because you're going to do public safety >> Iowa. Okay. Yeah.

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>> So, >> Sarah, do you want to do Barry Lake too? >> I will add that. >> Um, e anything emergency management, fire, ENS, um, it >> Yeah, that's fine.

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>> Okay. Um, parking is kind of the same. >> Mhm. >> Um, you're going to do the valley. >> Sure. I'm doing that with the other no success that's not a big deal and it hasn't really done much >> and I'm not sure about um

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I mean you do police communications and I'm not sure that there's much although you might ask Veronica rural towns checkin >> yeah I know that that's not usually it's usually like you get information back so do you want to do that one Sarah I did that to start rural towns it's actually

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>> did you do that at the collaborative because I don't think they need it anymore >> I'm not sure I went to one of their first meetings and it was actually just a good like I just listened in afterwards and I got some information about like what's going on in our area and it's like Grten does little prep roll. >> Okay.

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>> Towns in the trash. >> Got it. >> Yeah. Is that everything? I >> think so. >> Sorry you get all the M after Lori. Sarah, do you have any questions on what these acronyms all are? Probably, right? >> Um, on the back. Yeah.

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>> Yes. >> So, MRPC, you know what these all are? >> Yeah. Oh, yeah. Um, and those are more like committee assignments. So, outside of the liaisoning for all of these, then you actually serve on these.

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>> Okay. So a lot of them are like planning help and transportation help groups that we're in with other towns. So >> Okay, great. >> Okay, >> sounds good. >> Would you like a motion?

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>> Yes. >> Sorry. Um I move to assign the second for this year as discussed. >> I second. >> What's your name?

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>> Sarah. >> Did you say your name? >> I value. >> You didn't you didn't. We didn't used to have to do it but now the AI meeting minute taker doesn't recognize it unless we say our name >> clearly you have to say it clearly

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because it has come out different move to um assign life for leaison as discussed >> I Sarah Logan second >> any further discussion >> nope we did a good job roll call vote Sarah Logan yes lowering

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yes >> I will have Sabrina make those changes carry Okay. 5.3. >> Uh 5.3 is going to be um Jim Smith of the highway department's looking for the

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okay to utilize chapter 90 uh funds for um a sort of spit of roadway on Eastman Street and Turnbike Street. Um right by where like kids country is that sort of rough pavement area. Um in SharePoint I presented sort of the different milling

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costs and the project costs. Um he's just looking for an okay a motion from select board to move forward. He will be touching base with the school facilities um personnel just to sort of coordinate the timing there. Um a blinking sign will go there to say road is down the

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one lane or or any closures necessary for the milling because that's a big apparatus and a big machine that will come in. Um, the nice part about this is it will extend the parking area for Kids Country because they're actually using ground up pavement right now rather than they have like a few ADA spots, but this

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will really clean that area up nicely and then they'll stripe it so it'll look pretty spiffy um once it's all said and done. So, um, exactly how we should be using Chapter 90 money and the residents there will have a nice uh, roadway. So, it'll also help a school pick up too because it may elongate and sort of move

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some of the potholes that are going on over there. Um, so that makes life a little bit more agreeable for everyone's axles and transmissions on their cars. So, um, just a motion from you guys to okay that for Jim and I to move forward. >> Um, I moved that this select word approve the highway department's request

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to utilize chapter 90 funds for the milling and resurfacing on Turnpike Road and Eastman Street and authorize the town administrator and highway superintendent to take all necessary actions to implement the project. >> Second. Yes. Sarah Logan second. Further discussion hearing? None. Roll call

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vote. Sarah, yes. Yes. Lorship and yes. >> Thank you very much. We'll get that going. >> 6.1. >> Uh 6.1. Um so we have an annual meeting warrant. I will bring it up on the screen here for those that want to look

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at it at home. Um you know, unfortunately we did have an override vote not pass um as of yesterday. Um, so there will be some amendments that we'll go through in our subsequent agenda items. Um, the ag the warrants been approved already, but we

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knew those functional segments related to the budget were subject to change. Um, so I'll just share with those at home that are watching so they can see and you know we have our different articles. Do you want me to run through

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them quickly for folks? Would that be helpful for everyone? TO last meeting. >> Yeah. Um well, >> TA frog maybe. >> Well, with Sarah here, we'll we'll just say, you know, um we sort of follow a pattern. I'm following a pattern of

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previous years where, you know, we're going to hear from boards, committees, and commissions, you know, um that may present any, you know, reports from their actions. Um the select board will appoint any town officers that are necessary. Um that sort of gives them the power to do that. Um, article three

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is the James H. Tucker Trust Fund, um, which will consist of three members from the West Towns and Village that will be elected on town meeting floor for staggered terms. Um, this article had been missing in previous years, but was brought back to us. Um, so that should be a fun one for any of our West Towns

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and residents that are interested in being a part of that trust fund. Um, article four is related to the community preservation uh fund and the sir charge that residents see on their taxes which is about 1%. Um, and this will allow us

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to begin taking CPA steps um, you know, related to uh, historic projects, housing projects, open space and any reserve type projects. Um, a lot of communities around us use this as a way to, you know, restore historic buildings, sort of help fund raise plans

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for affordable housing. Um, I love the catchphrase, uh, restoration, uh, because you could use it to, you know, restore walkways around a town bit building, um, is a really useful tool for it. Um, you could use it for, you know, coming up with an ADA

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accessibility plan for a building, a town, things. So, those are different ways to use those funds. Um revolving funds are just um you know the creation of this police detail fund is one we're working with the police chief on um for fees to be collected for helping coordinate and do any administrative

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details um related to their efforts. Um then there's some annual revolving funds. Um we have 13 of them. I previously had a numbering error there. Um but you'll see sort of different you know chunks of money that go into play for these revolving funds. you know, recreation does their summer programming

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and after school and preschool, you know, before school programming. Um, so it allows them to, um, work within those budget groups. Um, we will, um, the town should be voting on any elected salaries of any officers for the town. Um, for towns and

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it's just the town clerk. Um, so that's where article 7 comes into play. um article 8 um though this is the old warrant article number is the entirety of the budget and it's different um segments you'll see here the spaces that we get money in in from so title 5 angle

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and solid waste water enterprise funds um those are indirect um revenue streams for the town and then you see the the money going out so it's different segments of the budget um that money is going out I'll also create some supporting documentation for a budget

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presentation I actually began the budget or the town meeting presentation um in the SharePoint. I'll bring that up momentarily. Um article 9 is PAS monies and sort of using um you properly allocating them. Um article 10 is the

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enterprise department budgets related to water and their annual vote. Um same with the first year of solid waste department. Um and it's annual vote for different um waste enterprise fund needs. Um we have three capital finance articles. Um you one is the last payment

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on a cat loader for the highway department. Um one is the general fund usage for the lease payment on police cruisers and the third one is bunker gear um by using the sale of property money um likely the water department that was sold at auction um for

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purchasing bunker gear um for the fire department staff. of general financial articles. Um annually we approve um the assessor's database um property data verification program. Um we'll be using free cash for that this year. Um article 14 is a you

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know one you see every year related to the PEG access which is how we use the Comcast income stream which is a percentage of your bill that goes to the town that helps fund TCAM and the wonderful efforts of our owl and Dave who's listening to us right now and we

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pastor him all the time. um zoning bylaws. Um the select board had proposed amending the polling designation locations. Um that would help us because in the event that we have a special town meeting and there's a blizzard and we can't get into West Towns and reading

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room or we can't get to town hall, we need to have polling locations that can be shifted. Um you know, and the select board could use that discretion to help sort of set those. Okay, >> that leads nicely into article 16 and 17, which are for the sale of sort of

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parcels in town. Um, I know a lot of folks have a lot of questions in regards to 264 Dudley Road, which is the West Townsen and reading room. Um, you know, I'm eager to hear what folks are saying. The reason why it's here is because there is a substantial amount of deferred maintenance on the building,

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including exterior issues, interior pest control, a septic issue, and unfortunately, we're just not in a financial space where we could justify putting money into that. From what I've heard um from the select board, and we're hopeful that residents will debate and discuss and sort of see what they

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think should happen there on town meeting floor. Um, article 17 is a list of um, other parcels in town, some of them small, some of them large, um, that are either vacant or are, you know, could be a little damp. They could be conser, you know, kind of conservation-y

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type parcels, um, that we're going to put up for sale if the the residents feel so inclined at town meeting. And, um, you sort of release ourselves of any maintenance, any responsibility on those parcels. Um it does include um you know

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a couple larger parcels at the bottom which is the old library here at 276 Main Street. Um the old heart library. >> Having walked through that building you know it does have a lot of issues and I I don't think we have the wheelhouse to properly rehabilitate it. Um so maybe we

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take a chance on someone private entity doing it. Um you know again west towns and reading rooms there. It's kind of redundant but just wanted to put it on the table. Um, and then one, um, larger one is 182 Warren Road, um, which has an old kind of bungalow style house on it.

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A lot of trash and debris. Um, it's actually too narrow currently for any house building because it doesn't have enough frontage. Um, so we're going to put it out the bid and let that new owner see if they can go to ZBA, go just make it a B farm, put goats out there.

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Who knows? It's up to them. Um, so that's something we're hoping the residents support um the town. Karen, can you pause for just a second? Lori, the town properties agreed to that list, too, right? >> Yeah, that's >> the entire list. That's what I thought. >> Town properties.

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>> You had the um the separate article for the West Towns reading room. >> So, whatever happens with that, it may change this >> this this one may need to be amended. Yeah. >> You know, but hopefully not. >> Yeah. Um the last three articles,

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article 18, 19 and 20 are citizen petition. Um so we don't meddle much with those. Um they do go they do get a comment from the select board that will go to planning and planning is hosting a meeting a hearing for that >> um for those three articles on May 4th.

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So next Monday night and there'll be a discussion about the planning board's review of these citizen positions. So >> that is the quick rundown of the warrants. >> Awesome. Thank you. >> We don't need a motion. >> Yeah, you don't need a motion for this

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because you've already made the motion um at a previous meeting. So um this segus nicely into uh 6.2, which is review, discuss, and approve the fiscal year 27 budget um with its alternatives. Um so for those listening at home, if

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you were not aware, the override did not pass um to support the police department collective bargaining agreement. Um, so that has left us with um a couple different versions of a budget. What's helpful for you guys? Do you want me to show you the Omnibus? Do you want to see

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the recap? What do people want to experience? >> What are your thoughts on on where to reduce in order to make up the 197? >> So in this case, we use a little bit more free cash. Um, I decreased the

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>> which is not a good policy. >> Not a good policy. it did decrease the use of um town council number. Um and then also, you know, we had we're working to an agreement with um one of our department heads that may change

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their previous line item. Um so that'll help, you know, soft, you know, open up some money that can be put towards um the wage ne wage needs there. Um but really with the the lack of an approval for the override, the percentage

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increase for the wage adjustment for the sergeants and the public patrolman were able to absorb it within the budget um through a few of those different ways and managing free cash. Um some department head number changes um and overall just sort of again nipping and ducking the budget. Um I can walk you

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through it or I can just specify the recap sheet whichever is most helpful for you guys. I don't need a whole walk through but >> I'm done with the recap right now. >> Okay. >> And just to specify they get a 4% increase instead of what was proposed with the override. >> Yep. So the police officers um you know

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at special town meeting we approved with the use of ARPA funds to um give them 4% and we're using ARPA as well as some little budget leeway there. um because they're a collective bargaining agreement that means their evergreen rights I think are what they're called ensures them that they get another 4%

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come July 1 because the override vote was to solidify the agreement that was previously agreed upon. Therefore, we are in a position now where we will have to go back to the table with the officers um to sort of see how we can come to another another version of an

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agreement. Um what I'm I'm glad for them is they do get some wage appreciation as a result of that. Um it's not the total adjustment of that real 10% which is a pretty solid number. Um so it does keep them at the bottom of the pool in terms of the regional police departments but

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it you know it's better than nothing. Uh you know I think we just have to sit down with them again. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Sit down with them again. Um, when you're looking at the recap, um, is very small in that screen. Huh.

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That's not fun. Um, let me see if I can make it a little bigger for us. That's pretty >> people should know that it's just it's not um, it will be worse next year. So, we're going to have to cut in a lot of other places and most likely see most

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likely from services. Yeah, next year it gets um pretty pretty bleak. Um and I think it's Lor's 100% right. It's uh it gets daunting next year to keep services the same for all our residents. Um you

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know residents voted and you know I'm cheesy when it comes to that. So you your your vote means you know a very important right as a citizen. So we have to listen. This is us taking our you know our means from the the residents and going from there. Um I am hopeful

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that with more information being shared and different sort of ways to get it out that it helps bring some information to residents and I hope they ask questions. So um again looking here um so this operating number was higher before um you can see

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as of this afternoon it has dropped down previously. The school numbers are still pretty solid. um they are meeting tomorrow night and they may be amending their number the regional school system um >> to to decrease. Yeah. Um so there's a

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world that that number comes in a little lower. Um you know I'm very appreciative of their efforts to do that and um I think we will sort of hold hold on until we know more um because that may help some of our numbers. you know, otherwise

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this, you know, this 152844 matches the, you know, article that you saw in the town meeting warrant. Um, you know, pretty standard current overlay each year we get from the assessor's office. Our snow and ice number was the 312817. Uh, I was holding out hope that it would

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be 305, but um, they did experience some engine issues that they use snow and ice money to repair because they just got beat up after this really harsh winter. Um, you know, the other things that are pretty standard are Cherry Sheet offsets, our HERO Act, um, numbers.

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You know, we look down here, we get to estimated revenues and, you know, again, coming off the cherry sheets, um, indirect enterprise costs. That's our water enterprise and the indirects there. Um, next year, I'll put the solid waste in this space here. Just that's a placeholder for now because you'll see

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it farther down below, but it'll be moved up just for following purposes. you know, our local estimated receipts with Starbucks coming into play, we may see a little bump and it'll kind of flatline from there. Um, so we're sort of holding that number out. Again, these numbers match your ambulance receipts,

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your PEG access, your Title 5 number. Um, here's where we get into the fun part, which is our free cash number. Um, you know, this is a pretty substantial number compared to years prior. Um it does have the makeup of part of that is that town council money, part of that is

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the election money. So that though it's 240ish, it does get reduced a wee bit because those are things that we either didn't get to at town meeting, a special town meeting, or you know, we town meeting decided we didn't want to put that money into a stabilization fund for

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um elections or for um legal trusts. But, you know, this is another way for us to ensure that with all the union agreements we have to work through, uh, land use discussions, um, you know, various legal needs for the town, um,

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that we're covered. Uh, you know, these are expenses that just we do our best to manage, but, um, attorneys are not cheap and, you know, we we want to get things right. We don't want to deal with uh, litigation. Um, so it's a good sort of cover butt, if you will. So,

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uh, SRO, pretty standard line in the budget. Um, as I continue to scroll down, we get to what's left. Um, we have about $1,200 left right now. Um, >> and essentially your free cash is um,

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you know, it's that 2395. 35 of that is elections. 46250 is council. 8,000 zero assessors. It leaves you with $1,800ish dollars in free cash. not a lot. Um so again to Lor's point of

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the Lor's point, a very lean budget. Um >> no. >> Yeah, it's um it's tight. So um it is what it is. Uh you know, a lot of communities in our area are facing this with the school costs and unfunded

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mandates. Um, for those with, you know, free time in their hand, reach out to your ways and mean, Margaret Scarsdale, to tell them about how, you know, unsupported you feel for your school costs because that's truly what's going on is that dollar value per student is not high enough with Chapter 70.

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>> It It's going to crush communities over and over again in this area, the state. >> I just look Lunenberg as a two-phase override on the ballot. One's like 2 million and one's 1.3. Yeah. So there's some pretty big overrides out there in our surrounding communities that are being asked for right now

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>> and towns are looking at like $7 million short in some towns. So we're not quite that number. So um >> we're eating by >> Yeah, we're doing our best. Um so it is tight. Um I will you clean this up for

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town meeting. um you know maybe I'll shrink it a little bit so it's three years that we're looking at and try to make you know a little bit more you know consumable on a screen at town meeting so it's easier to see and understand and you try to put it on one page so it's a

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part of a material packet um the same with the omnibus I'll try to you know squish it down so it's you know a few pages deep maybe front and back it won't have the GL members but it'll have you know certainly the highlighted segment points that we're looking for Um, and I'll email that out to you guys over the

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next few days so you can take a look and we're ready. Um, I'm 55. >> Do you think we can get that online soon for folks to review? >> That segways into 6.3. >> It does. Yeah. Um, >> we we organized all this, right?

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Um, so 6.3 I will um share with you if this works correctly. Hopefully our PowerPoint it does work. All right. Um >> did did you want a motion for 6.2 K?

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>> Yes, that would be helpful. >> Um do you have the totals for the se segments the new totals? >> I do. Those up. Do you want to go through each of them? >> You can.

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>> Yeah. Let's see if I voted this correctly. >> If they've changed, we have to revote them. >> So, they all have excepted school, right? >> Just fiddling, right? Yeah. >> And that just means you're going to There'll be an amendment on the floor.

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>> Mhm. Oh, where did I put them? One second. I'll find it. >> Do you guys think it makes sense to put those new numbers in like the front of the budget packet? that new table

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in bold numbers. >> Bold italicize. What do you think, Sarah? >> That sounds good. As long as it's easy to follow. >> I know last year was really difficult cuz it was so small and there was so many columns.

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>> Yeah. And the screen was defin You couldn't see anything on the presentation. >> Yeah, we know. >> So, here are your new functional segments. Do you want me to go on each individual? Um,

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is it possible for you to put what it was before the override failed so they can see just what what segments it's coming from or does nobody want to know that

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confusing if it's after the fact? Go back. >> So, I could do that. I think for presentation at town meeting I want to just compare 26 to 27 because then if you have 26 pre-override

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27 and then right I can do it. It's up to you guys. >> No, it's up to you. That's the way you want it. Fine. Wait. >> I mean the override failed so it's kind of not an option.

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>> We got to do we got to deal with the real numbers. >> Yep. So here, you know, if you're looking here, here it is comparing 26 to 27. And here's your amended numbers here. So that's not screen sharing. So >> you can write the people voted and this

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is what it is. >> Yeah. >> All right. So you can read >> suggestions that come from someplace else. >> Yeah. You never know. >> It would not be surprising. Um so I move that uh that we approve the

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FY27 general government number of 1,762,546. >> I would read them all and then >> Okay, I can make it a part of the motion actually if you like. >> We're not changing anything. >> Okay. >> But you know just make the whole motion one one motion for each. I move that the

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select board approve the FY27 operating budget with the following segments. General government 1,762546 public safety 4,235,110 education 17,27,323 highway and streets 918,762 solid weights 19,700. Human services

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53,164. Culture and recreation 540,78. Debt service 443,282. Insurance is 2,94,864 for a total of 28,644,829. and forward the recommendation recommended budget to the finance committee and present at annual town meeting that the education budget

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segment to be updated pending school committee meeting and the final figure and corresponding total budget to be incorporated appropriately. >> Is there a second? >> I second Logan. >> Okay. Any further discussion?

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Hearing none. They're meeting again tomorrow. I guess it's uh >> it's tomorrow house meeting again. >> I thought it was the 30th. >> Um >> Oh, could be Thursday. Yeah,

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>> I know it's this week. >> Um you want to look down agenda? >> Um so then this motion will go to them. >> Yeah, I sent them next meeting. >> Yeah, they have a copy of this. So I gave it to them earlier this afternoon. So >> Okay, we're all set then. Okay,

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>> we already had this this afternoon. We might have talked about it tonight. >> I hope so. >> Roll call vote. Um Sarah Logan, I'd like to abstain until I can look at it further. Probably good. Yes. >> Well, maybe I'll

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go up on the meeting. >> Well done. >> Well done. Right. >> Touche. Laura. Yes. >> I too have stayed. That be an interesting meeting.

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>> The old dusty trail. >> All right. 64. >> You're still on. >> Yep. 64 will be uh Let me show this fun PowerPoint presentation here. Where's the I always hate the button here. Show

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All right. So, our beloved bald eagle, welcome to towns in meeting. Um, this I know this is a lot of information for those wondering, but I guess I kind of like to set an agenda for the meeting and sort of the flow of things. >> Um, I am hopeful that people don't bail

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along the way once they get through their article. Um, I'm going to remind our moderator to encourage folks to hang on. Um, just because I don't want us to do multiple nights. I want to get this done for the town as efficiently as I >> think all the residents would like to have one night also.

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>> Yeah. Um, so then we jump right into, you know, article one, two, and three. Um, see if I can hide this little screen here. And >> this is how the handout will be. >> The handout. Yeah. Might be might look a little nice on this. I know it's a lot

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of text, but >> yeah, I mean something pretty close. I may not have the west the old west towns and tavern on there just for ink purposes. >> Um, but I think I'll put it all like in a nice word dock. Um, so it's cleaned up that way. >> Okay. >> Um, you know, these articles we touched

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on before. Um, pretty standard articles for us each year. Um, article four is your community preservation fund and sort of the makeup of it. I'm going to try to make that text down below a little bigger. Um, and you know, really I think it's important to call out

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administrative expenses because they're sort of a catch-all for a lot of things, whereas the reserves are specific, you know, reserves for historic community housing, open space, budget, things like that. Um, and for those that don't know what the C community preservation fund

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is, that's sort of the top uh portion of this slide. Um, article five, it is calling out the creation of the police detail and its revolving fund for this purpose. Um, so I thought it was important to sort of highlight the mechanisms in which we do

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that. Um, article six again is just a touch on of all the different revolving funds we have and some illustrative ways to share that with folks. Um, article 7 is specific to the elected officer salary um, and our wonderful

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town shield operating budget. And this will be where I've called out your functional segments and I may pause here and if Mr. moderator allows me to, I may say, can I, you know, let's go through the budget. And for you guys who've done this before, how does that usually

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happen on time before like my town goes line by line? But I don't think you guys do that based on what I've watched online and heard. >> It's been segments >> for well since learning. >> Yeah. So like basically we'll call that segment out and we vote on that segment. >> Okay.

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>> So if anybody has question on that segment that's when they would ask that. >> Do you want me to take each segment and like create a slide for general government and like the main hits there or do you do >> I just reference the whatever budget document we're handing out most likely.

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Correct. Okay. Because the budget document will just be a version of the omnibus but kind of trimmed down. >> Um, >> we just have to be able to pull it up probably, right? So we can know it. >> Yeah. It'd be really how you want it to go. Um, I can create a slide for each

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one of those segments. It just gets really long and it becomes a lot of material, >> but if you think would be helpful to folks, I can do that. Have anything ideas?

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>> I don't know. It was really long last year. >> Yeah. >> You know, I >> they ended up voting for the segments the the town's people did. Yeah. You know, even though there might have been a couple that wanted it line by line. I

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mean, I'm from way back when when it was line by line. We went to two and three nights. There was no one meeting. >> Yeah. >> And of course now since since that time the meetings are all publicized. They're

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all on YouTube. >> So if somebody really wants the information, they can get it every week or every month when we're working on it. Same for finance. >> But I mean just because we're providing the information doesn't mean we're going line by line. people might want to see

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what makes up >> each of these segments. >> Yeah, >> I think >> and at least you're laying it all out there. >> I think be prepared to pull it down unless people have questions on specific area. But if >> Yeah. So that's not really possible because I have to give a flash drive to

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>> the TAM folks there. So like to pull a live document up there because that's how special town meeting went. Like they said, "All right, here's a flash drive. Put the PowerPoint on and then I presented it." I think we have to report up somehow though, right? >> Did you pull up the Omnibus last year?

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Okay, maybe I'll rewatch it and see how it was done. Okay, >> maybe tell you what not to do. >> Take pointers from last year. >> Yeah, I mean I if you had just a night

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dedicated to the budget and like I could see you going line by line. I I don't think we necessarily go line by line, but it's an option if people request, >> but it did take a whole night or more just for that when they did that, >> but they had line by line in the handout, which is nice to be able to see

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what makes up the total cost of the segment. >> Yeah, >> I'll come up with a couple ideas. >> They did years ago, too. >> It was a big book that you got when you went to town meeting. >> A little thick. A little just a little. And um

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>> I'll play around with it and I'll email a couple ideas out to you guys and whichever one you individually say you like, I'll just roll with that. >> And I had a question for the board. If there's a fairly big change in general government related to an increase in the TA range because we're doing a TA search

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right now, do you guys want me to have a slide with how we came up with that number? If the question comes up, >> it's up to you. I can just say >> I think that'd be great. >> Okay. >> I think it was informative. >> Yeah. then I'll just put all the information on one slide. >> It's factual. >> Yeah. If the if the question comes up if

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not >> fine. >> Carry on. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Um so again there'll probably be some subsequent slides after this one um that I'll you'll play around with tomorrow. Um but then we you know we would shift right to article 9 which is that article related to the PAS money in

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our beautiful gazebo in the winter. Um article 10 and 11 are your enterprise funds. So I kind of kept them simple. You kind of bunch them together. Um, and that beautiful starlight picture there. That's an arrow. Look at that. That should be that should be like that. Um,

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>> this is your capital. Yeah, it it's there, but just like hanging like a hanging chad. >> Oh, is that on the bottom? I see. >> Yeah, just it didn't >> move to the next line. >> Um, so no surprise here. similar for this one where it kind of

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bunched you kind of bunched some articles together when it was kind of called fork. Yeah. >> This is your assessing article, your PEG, TKA and Comcast article >> and basically the residents are used to those two articles. That's not going to be surprising. >> Yeah. Um the polling location

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designation one um I do expect some debate here. Um I think it's probably a good debate that it does give the select board some more responsibility in terms of you know pinpointing locations as they change in town >> for posting >> for posting correct um so this is be

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because we have like again west towns in reading room may not be an option anymore so we would need to be able to amend that list >> where this year during the snow it was not >> accessible yeah ended up just kind of like reaching out and tacking it to the door but no one over there >> touch the snow to get to see it whereas

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we could have just used like the West Towns and Fire Station. You know, we could have kind of improvised a little bit. >> Um, >> so that's sort of where my head goes on this. >> Um, I've made Adam aware of this so he knows this might be one that gets discussed. Um,

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similar to the sale of, you know, of 264 Dudley Road, the West Towns and Reading Room. Um, and I gave a little bit of highlighting of the background. You know, deferred maintenance, the septic needs represent growing costs for the town. Um, it's a valued historic building. The select board is asking our residents to consider the future of this

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town and property in Westtown's district, including whether disposition may be the appropriate path forward. I wish we had other alternatives, but it it kind of is what it is. Um, this is a very complicated looking

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slide. Um, I have to take out this um this map here. The towns and properties committee is working on a map with the assessor's office. Um, so I can kind of swap that out. Jody was working on it today. So, >> okay. >> Um, which would be great. So, I'll swap that out once I have it.

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>> They were going to I think number So, I thought the thing was that they go one through whatever, however, 16 whatever how many >> properties it was and then it would be numbered on the map

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>> cuz to do anything more than a number is >> Yeah. It's going to be confusing. So, >> yeah. So, um, >> she she began working on it today. So, I'm going to hopefully >> No, I'm saying you may have to change the list to number it. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I

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wonder if you can take out the owner because it's the owner is the same. >> I can just drag numbers here like one through 17, whatever that far left. Yeah, maybe just put like >> owner like somewhere else because there's all of

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>> Well, it's in the header sale of town to own properties. >> Make a number. >> Oh, yeah. At the where it says owner. >> Yeah, it's town and towns. It'll just be like one, two, three, four, and I'll just drag it all the way down. So, >> that'll make it easier to follow. >> Yeah. Yeah.

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>> So, that'll be there'll be some changes there. Um, uh, this is citizens petitions. Put them all together. Um, again, we don't really meddle much with this. Um, you know, I'm hopeful that the citizens petitioning this will have some things

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to share with the town. I don't know. Um, haven't heard much. So, >> there there was a slight presentation tonight for the board of health. >> Okay. by the petitioner. >> Okay. >> So, if anybody wants to look at the meeting, the planning boards public

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Monday. >> Yeah. Um >> at 6:45. >> Yeah. So, that's these three articles and then, God willing, it's 11 p.m. and we're able to head home. So, >> yeah. And um again, so just a couple

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changes um for budgetary items and then the sale of town own property slide with numbering and a cleaner map that's easier to follow. Um sort of take it from there. >> I'm sure Jody will do a good job. >> Yeah, those guys are great. So um I echo

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what you guys said. So the goal would be to try to get this online Monday. Um working with the town clerks, uh Jack was has been great with getting items up there. Um, so hopefully I can get that, you know, available Monday, middle of the afternoon, kind of the goal. Um, so people have enough time to sort of

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consume it, print it out. We'll print copies, too. We'll have some available. Um, maybe there'll be a QR code if people want to scan it with their phone and sit at the meeting, kind of flip through some different options for technology. So, >> I think it' be nice people Monday. And the public hearing is Monday

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and then Tuesday. Mhm. Um, so I know that was quick, but I think that's um the the down and dirty of it for now. So, >> good.

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>> A motion. >> A motion to approve the handout pending um >> edits >> edits and budgetary, you know, deeper budgetary dive with slides. Yeah. >> Um we can sort of take it from there >> which you'll send to us. I'll send to you guys. Um I guess I would want

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whomever to say to give it like final blessing so it can go out. Um so whether it be the chair or whoever on the group to say Kieran, this looks good. >> Go from there. >> Okay. I think you should. Okay. Um >> have you used the weight of the crown?

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Good luck. >> I uh I think we should all see it. Yeah. >> And we can give you input. But um Belle can do the blessing. >> That's right. >> Thanks, Lord. >> My pleasure. >> That's right. The pleasure of the board.

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>> 6.4. Um, >> do you want me to make the motion for you? I move that the select board approve >> the motions and handouts for the May 5th, 2025. Sorry. >> Oh, we didn't go through motion. So, just the handout. As soon as I saw that, I said, "I found good move that the select board approve

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the handout for the May 5th, 2026 annual town meeting and authorize the town administrator in coordination with the chair to finalize materials and arrangements as necessary." >> I second Sarah Logan. >> Okay. Any further discussion?

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>> You're set with that. >> Thank you very much. >> Roll call vote. Um Sarah Logan, yes. Yes. >> Laura Shippern, yes. >> Excellent. Um, so here we have our draft motions. Um, not super complicated. Have not shared

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these with Adam yet, but sort of took my own stab at them. >> Um, you know, fundamentally it's I move that the town hears the reports of boards, committees, and commissions. Um, article two, I move that the town authorizes board to appoint all officers unless

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otherwise provided by master journal law, town charter, or vote of the town. Um, I don't know if I worded the Tucker Trust Fund Committee motion correctly. You guys have the end, you didn't see it last year, but in prior years, how did

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you do it? >> I think we read exactly what was the article, right? >> Yeah, I think and um I think that the minutes of I would look it's happened before. >> Okay. >> So, there's got to be minutes at some

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annual meeting where it was done. probably not the last two years, but go before that. >> 2023 maybe. I'm I know they did it cuz I remember

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them raising their hands. >> And is there is there some place that tells you what it is? Like what they do? >> I tried to find it. There's not a lot of information on it. So, well, we should get people there from West Townsen and hopefully they

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know what it is. >> Yeah. And maybe I'll try to dig up some other information on it. I can always add a slide. I can maybe put that on its own slide because it's kind of a unique role. >> Yeah, it is. >> And I'll see if I can find the history of it or put a pretty picture with it so it makes more sense to give it some

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context. >> Does John Barrett or um Attorney Rahula I mean, Rahul was the moderator for a long time. Okay.

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>> Maybe he remembers something about it. >> I can I can ask you. >> Yeah. >> Well, ask those guys, see what they have to say, >> cuz they used to run the meeting. So, >> um, article four for the motion is just um appropriating, you know, the reserve of the community preservation fund for

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2027 and the different amounts that align with what you saw in the W article. Um, article five is >> And while you're saying that, I'm sorry to interrupt. >> Um, I noticed that that is not on the um list.

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>> I thought exactly what I thought. >> I'd like to do >> I Yeah, I'd like to do it. >> I think especially with some of the stuff you like committing for economic and zoning. I've >> been with them, >> you know, from their first presentation thing. >> Cool.

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>> Are you good? Yeah. Good. Um guess we'll add Lori to that. Um article five is just um move the town amend chapter 104 and establish the police detail administrative uh fee revolving fund um with a spending limit

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of $10,000. Um article six is just sort of a sweeping motion. So Mr. Moderator ideally will read or refer to the printed warrant to say here are the 13 different revolving funds as presented. And the motion could be I move that the

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town set the following fiscal year 2027 revolving fund spending limits as presented in the report. That's kind of a sweeping motion. It keeps us moving right along. Um article 7 is for the elected officials compensation. Um I move the town fix the salary of the town clerk at

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$71,795 for fiscal year 27. Um update this here. um our operating budget and then so point of clarity here do do you want a motion for each functional segment

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>> I that's what was last year I believe that's what >> so like I move to approve the general government number at $1 for fiscal year 20 okay so each segment >> and that could be done for every segment

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as well as anything you're voting for a dollar amount um PAS funds. So just moving to appropriate PAS set funds um to you for the maintenance water enterprise that one's similar to years past. Solid waste

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enterprise is like the water um but just its first year its first iteration of moving those numbers. The capital plan is sort of the sum of those three projects. So, bunker gear, um the lease police cruisers, and then the third one is the fifth payment on

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the highway cat loader, um using free cash for article 13 for the assessors 2027 assessors database um verification program. Article 14, your PEG access funding. Um article 15, again, this could be a debated one, is your posting

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location bylaw. Um Adam may men amend this motion, so I got to send it over his way. um you know just that we sort of retool the posting locations via the bylaw >> in your slide and that's what I don't understand I understand the posting location bylaw

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>> in the slide it says polling >> because they're inferred in the same way so post >> because polling a polling location is a posting location is my understanding but I can I can make the words match if that helps just for >> one or the other whichever one you like

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>> you you get to say too. >> The pleasure of the board. >> You're the board, too. >> Um, so I'll >> What do you think? Whatever. As long as they line up, right? >> Posting. >> That's what everybody's used to. >> Yeah.

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>> I thought it was like you're going to do a poll, ask questions, do a poll or an opinion. But then when it came up like that, I'm like, "Yeah, that's what it's supposed to be." >> We're there for four nights and we have a lot of opinions. So, we've done it right.

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Um, article 16 is highlighting the West Towns and Reading Room. Again, there are some real strong feelings about this and I totally respect and appreciate those folks. So, um, this one will be debated, I think, at length. Um,

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>> do we as the board I know there's been some questions as to the fund that the maintenance fund that is set up for that um the robust engine room. >> It is a trust fund. It's not I mean it's a it's an actual trust fund at least I had I got clarification on that. Okay.

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>> And as such if the West Times remain was sold that trust fund wouldn't be able to be used unless went through the appropriate legal processes which I'm sure Adam can discuss with the courts and then probably a twothirds vote at a subsequent town meeting to appropriate those funds and it would have to be

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really similar use from the way I understand. So probably we want Adam to be right to answer some questions on how that money would be used if >> if that >> because it's really I mean if it was enough if there was enough money in the trust fund to do all the work

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>> be great >> problem how much money is on the trust >> 27 is in perpetuity so there's like 17 >> $27,000 you have to stay on your accounts off the interest do you have the numbers

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on how much it would cost to do all the repairs that it needs. >> We have a ballpark number of like 30,000 for a septic and then about 100,000 in facade work. >> It might be worth it to add those numbers into the um the presentation just so people understand. >> I'll put those at the bottom peril.

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>> Do you know about how much you might get if you sold it? >> Ballpark. I know there's I you know >> there's properties. >> It's a lot of work for going to start paying property taxes on it too. >> It's worth sell for >> say it's worth

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>> no and you've got00 as a realtor I wouldn't even >> probably get 5k out of it >> but then once it gets fixed >> best process I'm just if you put the numbers to kind of explain why >> it might be better >> to sell it versus hold on to it

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>> well that's committee decided >> as a whole >> but not everybody so >> we can add like little context I mean just so people understand. Yeah, we don't have the the money to redo it. >> One second. I'm just going to get you

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the exact >> Yeah, I can I can put that in there. >> Um, so again, article 17 is kind of the sweeping motion for all of those different listed um parcels on the table. Um, and then articles 18, 19, and

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20. I just kind of ballpark the motion, but I'm I may defer to Adam to help clean those up because they're marijuana related and I know there's some real specificity with mar marijuana and how they're worded in terms of like bylaws

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and citizens petitions related to buffer zones >> and this we're asking the citizens to make the motions, right? that. So that's what I don't know. Like >> um the citizen petition, they make the motions. >> They do. Okay. >> They make the motions. Okay. They're not

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from the select board. >> Okay. So I can just not >> Yeah. >> Um but I'll at least make Adam aware that this I've already told him once like, hey, this could be a hot topic. >> Um so he's like, I'll be prepared, but I'll say we're not going to have the emotions. We'll let the citizens come up

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with their own plan. So >> that's what I think unless you think something different. No, I agree. >> Mhm. Right. >> Um, yeah. >> And how do you want to do Are you going to sign the motions? >> Yeah. They didn't like that. I tried to read them last time. So, uh,

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>> no, you can't. >> Yeah. So, you guys can decide who wants to read them. Go from there. >> Do you want to take turns or you just want to have Sarah do them all? I think. >> Yeah, I won't do them up.

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>> Good luck with that. >> However you decide. Okay, it's fine. >> Well, we'll all take turns and we'll get here and a break. >> I wanted to read them. And then they were like someone was like, "Are you a resident?" I was like, "I am not." They're like,

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>> "You could, if you're talking with Mo, you could ask if you would take that friendly change." >> I would love that. I mean, doesn't matter to me. >> Why don't you question it? If not, >> it was the reason. >> Yeah, >> it was the reason, not a resident. >> Oh,

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>> but it it's standard practice >> saying it for that. >> Yeah. I didn't think that cuz >> it is standard practice in other towns for >> it is >> the TA. Yeah. >> Oh, >> well, that usird is highly educated citizens at a town meeting.

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>> I would maybe say as the chair, you have that conversation with them. >> I will do that. There you go. >> Because I don't want to break tradition at town as many other things are tradition here that >> Yeah, we'll see. Fascinating. And you can totally do it.

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>> Oh, I know it. I don't think it's um I don't think the slipboard has they have, you know, but I'm not sure it's something that they looked forward to. >> No. >> So, >> yeah. Um did you guys want me to give you that that total? I found it. It's

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26,248 >> and 10 of which >> 10 is is restricted. >> So, >> so it's 16248 is what we would have. >> So, even council should tell us what that means.

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>> Mhm. >> How that fund would operate if that >> I may ask them to have that ready to share with the crowd. Yeah. >> Say, um, town council, what do what happens when if if we do opt to sell this, what happens to the fund?

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>> So, in other words, figure out what the interest has been in the last few years, which has been nil. Um, and you always have to keep 10 there. That's not going to make much. >> Yet, the 16 plus isn't going to get us much.

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>> Mhm. >> It won't even get us to open it because it won't be enough for a second. Well, like Sarah said, it' be I can add on to that slide like >> all the repairs needed and just kind of like a >> ballpark budget >> ballpark budget. >> Yeah. >> Um just laid it out and >> maybe I'll put like the assessed value of the building because that's probably

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the threshold for auction is the assessed value >> and how much tax revenue that that would bring in, you know, over talking every year. >> Yeah. >> Versus sitting there getting get more in decline. >> The tax revenue is a really good point to make on that. you know, >> and then once picks it up

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>> and there's tax attorney on the board. >> Yeah, we'll be >> so they can >> Yeah, we'll hash that out. >> Cool. So, pending a couple edits. You guys are welcome to have town council

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review said draft motions, but the removal of articles 18, 19, and 20. Uh, no, the removal of motions 18, 19, and 20. and the clean up of the wording on article 15 to posting location and make sure it

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says posting locations across the board. Um, and then motions for each budget segment. >> Um, would you like a motion? >> Yes. I value it to move that the select board approve the motions as presented

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with amendments as mentioned for the May 5th, 2026 annual town meeting and authorize the town administrator in coordination with chair to make adjustments as necessary. >> Is there a second? >> I second Sarah Logan. I was reading. >> Any further discussion?

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Hearing none. Roll call vote. >> Sarah Logan, yes. Very good. Yes. >> Laura Shiffren, yes. updates 6.4. >> Yeah. One update um for me is I was chatting with our town clerk earlier today and with the um town approving of

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the three to five board um expansion. Um they were asking about potential dates whether it be an early summer date and just sort of working out logistics. Um so I just wanted to bring it to your attention that we could work with the town clerk's office to set that date. Um, it's up to you guys at your

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discretion. I I, you know, again, I don't know all the details in terms of specificity to timing. Um, but it's something I wanted to bring to your attention that if you did want to set like a June date or an early July date, we would we would want to do that in

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like our premeating on 55 to set that date for the election. Um, >> I think we're fall, >> but up to you guys. Yeah, I think I I would like to wait until we get Adam's we in a meeting we had Adam actually here to explain how that ballot question

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if it was approved would play out. >> Yeah. >> Um it's I can I could come up with the date but it it was within the past two months probably right >> that he was >> that Adam came to actually advise on that specific ballot question because there was a lot of questions. I thought

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after that I I thought we had the discussion that it would be in the fall and I thought we had it with Harrison. >> We did, but I know there was some um logistics concerns, but this is where I I don't remember everything with Adam in terms of, you know, there's a couple big

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midterm elections going on and sort of the complicating factor of is it multiple ballots, there's mail-in timing, things of that of that nature. Um so you know having chatted with the town clerk this afternoon you know uh they were thinking you know what are the chances we just get ahead of it and we

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do it in June early July. So the dates are up on the board um he'll share a memo um that I'll bring to your attention um 55 uh to to sort of opine on. I just wanted to make you aware of it. It was a late addition to the um TA reports. >> It would just happen at next year's

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annual town election. I would >> no the Adam did explain to us what >> what the process was and Adam was actually going to go to the state elections >> and come back to us with information on >> I don't think you're going to have that for May 5th.

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>> Okay. >> Do you >> I mean I would like Adam's final >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Because I know he that was how we left that meeting was >> I'm not opposed to doing it when you know >> whatever Adam says. >> Yeah. But I I would like to get

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council's feedback on how >> that would be great >> just because I thought there I could be wrong but I thought there was a way to not have to pay for another entire election. >> Correct. that because we >> because we already have two in the fall since we have so much money

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>> and next spring and if there's any way to and I understand there's a chance it would be too valid which would be confusing >> right we discussed that I remember it >> so >> okay >> I just like council's final word from

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the state before we set that date and if Adam can get that that would be awesome >> I had shared this with all of you back on 319 19, but I will share it again. >> Get lost in there. >> Was it Ann's opinion?

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>> It was. Um, >> hey. >> Hi. >> Howdy. >> Going. >> Good. Um, did you already finish that TA reports? I >> still on it. >> So, if I may, um, Adam, uh, did provide, uh, the feedback already and the state

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basically said you can't add it to the November ballot and they would in fact actively oppose us trying to put it on there. Y but the other not the September. >> The se Yeah, September is out of the picture as well. >> Yeah, but we we couldn't have two ballots.

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>> So the challenge with two ballots is they get run as separate elections. So double the election workers, double the number. We would need to order more tabulators. >> And so that's $30,000. >> Mhm.

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So, something you can think about and we can we have the town clerk's dates for sort of their thoughts in terms of timing. Um, you guys can take it from there. So, >> yeah, >> I'd like to just think about it for

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>> Yeah, I sent the memo and you know, there's time to think about it. Um, that you need to do at least 49 days before whatever your proposed date is. Um and obviously longer than that would provide more time for signature gathering of

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candidates. >> Absolutely. >> Cool. Um >> and I know Adam did say like the the way that the warrant article was written it, you know, we don't we aren't bound by any

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>> So yeah, you're not bound by the warrant article, but the requirement is that the election has to be held within 6 months from state law separately. Yep. I have his >> great Okay. >> I must have messed that. I was a few minutes behind in recording.

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>> That's okay. >> Yeah. So, thank you. >> Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. >> Thanks. >> Um, so that's all I had for TA updates. Um, been a busy week. Um, you know, outside of anything formal in the SharePoint. Um, have a couple more union

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meetings coming up. Um, we'll catch up with the police union in the near future. Um and we'll see everyone singo um at the high school. So um should be it for TA updates um on 65. I guess I

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only thing I want to say is thank you for everybody who helped organize the election. Um that was a long day yesterday and you did have you had a lot of volunteers. You a lot of passionate people for either side, you know, advocating for different groups. Um so it's nice to see that in a town and it was a beautiful day. So I think the

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turnout was pretty good. Um, so like that's always exciting. >> I was here after the end and I came in and thanked them downstairs and I thanked them upstairs and I then I crossed the line and I almost got arrested.

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>> Relenters, right? >> Yeah. But they did a great job and they worked a long very long day. >> Yeah, it was a heck of a day. >> Um, announcements, communications, volunteer forms. Do you know is there any volunteer forms?

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>> There was one that I gave to Sabrina, but she was out today, so I'll follow up with her for next meeting. So, >> um, the only thing that I think maybe in this announcement communications is we do have I hope everybody's okay with me putting in here just because it's for tomorrow.

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We do have the Omni um Mason Mason New Hampshire is proposing a very large gravel operation >> and heard about that >> kind of informed on the late side and Veronica was attending those meetings on

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behalf of the select board and there's one tomorrow night. >> That's you. >> Okay. >> I um I'm I'm here in this room from 9 to1 tomorrow for what am I here for? uh roads. >> Oh, the 119. >> Yeah, right.

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>> Yeah, you don't need more roads. >> So, yes. And plus, I have meetings tomorrow night, too. So, um thank you for doing that. >> Um I just thought of another

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uh committee that I'm doing and that's the think tank on housing and economic development. That's not on here. Um >> it's ad hoc, right? Yeah, I'll continue that if you want. >> I would I was hoping that's what you would be able to focus because clearly

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we need to >> just put me on for that because I have the only I've been a little busy here. So, we only had the first meeting which we just went through the uh progress in the housing protection plan per our

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um master plan. Okay. >> So, that's all we've got going so far. >> I mean, clearly we need the revenue anyway we can get it. Yes. And and of course that's in my wheelhouse as well. So we would greatly appreciate that. >> You'd like to take that? Yep. You're

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good. We got like 19 here. >> I know. Well, that's what happens. But as soon as you get in a number of months from now, whenever that is, you'll be able to divide. >> Yeah. And liaison is not like it's it's

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more of like a the TA should be the first point of contact. >> Yes, for sure. >> It's and then when they don't like what he says then he contacts you. >> Exactly. If the board's contacts depends what mood I'm in. >> And so you can often redirect back to have you talked to the town administrator about that's

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>> am I in the same country questions. >> Okay. So you did mention that that will get added. Um and I usually always mention that there are many positions still available for those

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with expertise in any whatever you love to do. Um why is that? >> I don't know. >> I mean it's lovely. >> Yeah. But it makes me think we're not on. Okay.

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Um, there are volunteer forms and we appreciate everybody's assistance in helping what our community needs. Um, 6.6. Is there a motion? I value move to review and sign payroll

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and bills payable warrants out of session. >> Is there a second? I second. Sarah Logan. >> Thank you. Roll call vote on Sarah Logan. Yes. Five. Yes. >> Laura Shiffron. Yes. Uh scheduled next meetings under seven

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annual and special town meeting is May 5th. The regular meeting >> the regular meeting is May 5th. I don't think that's reading right. So I can tell you that the meeting is May

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5th. The regular annual meeting is May 5th. There is a special within the annual, correct? >> Yep. For just the snow and ice article. >> For snow and ice article. So that'll be short. >> And uh the regular select board meeting will be at

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um what time do you want it? Before the seven. >> Well, oh before the town meeting. >> This is this is before the meeting for us to meet. So do we need that meeting? I would say yes because you can determine if you want to set election

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date and a couple other >> things as well. So, >> well, we may or may not, but um >> what's what's your what would you like for you? >> Can we do 4:30 or later? >> Oh, yes. Okay. Like definitely

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>> 5:30 maybe. >> Well, we want you want to be over there at 6:30. >> I would say 4:30. And it gives us time to grab a coffee on the way over. >> 5 4:30 is fine, too. >> I mean, I don't know that it'll take us more than an hour.

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>> No, should we grab your coffee? >> Should be very quick. >> Of course, if it's Starbucks, it might take a little longer. >> You never know. >> And we'll just have the budget on there in case we need to vote on anything. >> Oh, all right. >> The motion. >> Motion. >> Not the budget.

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>> Yeah. Sorry. And it might be an opportunity for you guys as a board to discuss what the general time that you want to set your meetings at. >> Yeah. >> Here. Because that'll be important for me for planning purposes. >> Um so this would be your time to sort of

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>> think about schedules in general with a new member. >> Definitely there'll be less but >> yeah doing them. >> Well, we were all over the place >> for that. >> Oh, for that one? >> Yeah. >> Well, that one five o'clock is fine. >> Five o'clock. Okay. Next Tuesday. And

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then um May 19th will be the following one and the time can be determined if you like or if you want to set it >> what works for you. >> I mean this is a little late. >> Yeah. Well, this was >> right. >> This is an out of >> Not intended. >> We usually don't do that.

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>> Okay. What time do you normally What works for you? >> After 4:30. >> Yeah. Think >> I'm good with anytime after 5. >> Yeah. 5:00. >> Okay. Does that work for you? >> Yeah, five would be good just for

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>> flow of operations and things like that. So, we do have >> some more lengthy discussions coming up down the road. So, just things to be aware of that it could turn into a few hours of debate. And >> let's start at five. >> Yeah, just a heads up. So,

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>> that's good. Um, okay then. >> I don't have my motion. >> Do I executive session? >> Yes, I do. >> You have to declare it first though. I didn't put that on there. And you made a motion to sign the payroll and everyone voted. >> We don't vote on that. >> Yes. Yes, we did.

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>> Yes, we did before I did meetings. >> Yep. >> Number seven. So, now we're at number eight, executive session. Um I Laura Shiffron move that the select board enter into executive session pursuant to Mass General Law Chapter 3A

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section 21A2 to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for the negotiations with non-UN personnel specifically the police chief as an open meeting law may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining

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position of the public's body and I So declare I sub Laura Sherman declare um we will not be returning into open session. >> I would also do 8.2.

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Sorry I didn't do I didn't >> I'm sorry. >> That's all right. >> I tried to get it on one >> papers down. >> Okay. >> Um 8.2 to executive session police union

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collective bargaining. I move that the select board enter into executive session pursuant to mass general law chapter 3A section 21A3 to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the police union as an

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open meeting law may have detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the public body. and I Laura Shiffren so do declare we will not be returning to open session. Do I have a second?

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>> Second. Okay. At 8:56 p.m. >> With no further discussion, roll call vote. >> Sarah Logan, yes. Yes. Marin, yes. Thank you all very much.