Good afternoon everyone. My name is Laura Shiffren and I would like to call the meeting of the select board to order at 100 p.m. on December 23rd, 2025. Roll call. >> Uh Veronica Ke present.
>> Val Goodrich pres >> and Laura Shiff present virtually. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? I pledge of 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. I'd like to thank all of our veterans as well as all of the military that's serving here and abroad. Thank all of our first emergency
response people, our elected and appointed officials. We appreciate all of you as well as your families for helping us be a better community. The meeting is being recorded and will be uploaded to YouTube. Is anyone else
recording the meeting? Hearing none. Um I do not have >> Sorry. Sorry I couldn't get unmuted. Yes, I am. >> Okay. Thank you. Um I have no additions or deletions and there are no minutes to approve today.
[Music] Um [Music] let's see. We are going to skip immediately into um new business and do 4.1
um the approval of employment agreement with Karen man to serve as intern. >> We have to do executive session first. >> Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. We can we can do the appointment. I believe 3.1. Is
that what you're thinking? >> Yeah. I'm sorry. I'm still three hours behind you. >> Um >> so sorry about that. >> Or we can do uh maybe 7.1 is what we want to do first. Yeah. And then go back and do both.
>> Yeah. And then we'll >> And that's what I was thinking originally. I'm sorry. >> It's okay. >> So down to 7.1. I, Laura Shiffron, move to enter executive session at
we are you know 10:02 p.m. and to return to open session pursuant to open meeting law chapter 30A section 21A2 to conduct strategy sessions and
preparation for negotiations with non-UN personnel or contract negotiations with non-UN personnel interimm town administrator is there a second >> Veronica Keel second >> okay roll call vote
>> Veronica Cal I salary good I >> and Laura different I virtually. Um, thank you. We will see you when we get back. >> Okay. Thank you. Ready? We will reconvene the meeting of
December 23rd, 2025 6 p.m. Roll call. >> Veronica Cal present. Valich present. >> Lor present virtually. Um, I will announce that we will be
deleting from our agenda today and I will go to 3.1 mian as intern town administrator with effective date to start January ruary 3rd, 2026. Is there a motion? >> I, Valerie Gooditch, move to appoint
Kieran Mian as interim town administrator with effective start date January 3rd, 2026 until July 10th, 2026 contingent upon successful completment of all employee requirements. >> Veronica Ke. >> Okay, any discussion
hearing? None. Roll call vote. Veronica Cal I Vai >> and Laura Shiffron I virtually welcome to Kieran. >> Thank you. >> Looking forward to it.
>> And Nelson, thank you for your help during the transition. Much appreciated. >> Absolutely. Anything I can do to help. >> Thank you. Um, so we can go down to 4.1 now.
Approval of the employment agreement. Is there a motion? I, Valerie Gooditch, move to approve the employment agreement with Kieran Mian to serve as interim town administrator with effective start date January 3rd, 2026
until July 10th, 2026 pending legal review and to sign out of session with signatures day. >> Veronica kel second. >> Okay, any further discussion hearing? None. Roll call vote. Veronica
Cal I bet I >> Laura Shiffren I virtually thank you >> 4.2 approval of interimm town administrator training stipen for Kieran man. Is there a motion?
Um I Valerie Gooditch move to grant a stipen to Kieran Mian the granting housing and grant administrator in the amount of um $245 a day to perform additional duties relating to training for interim town administrator
effective December 19th 2025 until January 2nd 2026 not to exceed $1,250. >> Yes, sir. Second. Veronica Cal second. >> Any further discussion hearing? None. Roll call vote.
>> Veronica Cal I >> and Laura Shiffren I. And thank you all very much for your help in getting this done. Um on January 2nd we'll have the pass off of the technical
equipment and stuff like that, computer, phone, etc. and I'll be there for that. So, I'll join you. I'll I'll send you a time of when we can meet on the 2nd at the town hall. So, be Nelson, myself,
and possibly Calie and Kieran. >> Um, yeah, I still need to finalize my last, I guess, uh, official day because it is the holidays. Um, I was actually thinking it's probably going to be before January 2nd.
Um, possibly next Tuesday. >> But will you still be our town administrator because we just appointed Tieran at beginning? >> I said the third. >> Yeah, >> the third. >> So if something significant were to
happen in town, >> right? Um I Yeah. Um with that said, now that I'm thinking about it, because I've been thinking about that, too, uh I'll schedule a time on January 2nd to come in. I'm not traveling or anything. So, >> okay.
>> You know, it will be a quick handoff. >> In your pajamas if you need to. >> Oh, please don't. >> No. No. Um, but yeah, we'll we'll find a time where we can I can hand all the equipment off and um, you know, properly say goodbye to whoever.
>> I think it makes more sense. Um, >> your contract is till that date. >> Yeah. >> You're being paid through that date and it's kind of hard to overlap. It's it's one thing to have uh the the shadowing and the stipen, but it's another thing
to have the contracts overlap. So, I think we'd really appreciate that. So, um I'll get touch base with you either um well, probably early on the 2nd and we can make up a time just to think that it's going to be sometime
afternoon. >> Okay, sounds like a plan. And I'll try not to make it later in the day, more like, you know, the middle of the day so you still have the rest of the day to do whatever you want. And Karen, for you,
>> earlier the better for me. Um, so I'm pretty flexible, too. >> Okay. Well, I'll touch base with you early. I'll text you that morning um after I've landed and we can pick up a time. >> Okay. Sounds like a plan. >> Awesome.
Um Lori, last thing is um because you're not here, we have the employee action forms that need to be completed. So Veronica will sign those on your behalf. >> Okay, that's fine. >> Do you need a motion for that?
I don't think so. Right. But I I'll designate I'll designate the vice chair to sign those uh forms. >> Labor council said that was fine. So >> Okay. Okay. But if you'd like to if you'd like to >> I think we need a motion. >> Okay. >> I'd like to make a motion for the vice
chair to sign on. >> What are you? >> Sorry. My name is Sorry now. I Valerie Gooditch make a motion for the vice chair to sign the three employee action forms for um Kieran Mhan. One for the interim prime
administrator, one to decrease his um housing and grant administration hours to zero for the time he's the interim prime minister. And the third to allow for the housing and grant administrator to do training stipen. >> Veronica kell second.
>> Okay. Any further discussion? Hearing none. Roll call vote. >> Veronica keel. I >> and Laura I virtually. Thank you. Um if there is no other business to come before us, I'll entertain a motion to
adjurnn. Uh, I move that we adjourn. I, Veronica Cal, move that we adjourn at 2:33 p.m. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any further discussion? Hearing none. Roll call vote.
>> Veronica I, >> Valerie, >> and Laura Shiffron I. Virtually. Merry Christmas everyone. Happy New Year and thank you all so much for your hard work. >> Thanks, Lauren.