Uh good afternoon and welcome to the um November 24th, 2025 meeting of the Westport Board of Health, which I'm calling to order. Under master law, chapter 38, section 20F, this meeting is being recorded and please join me in.
I pledge algiance 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. >> Thank you.
>> Okay, we're going to move right into the director's written report. Any questions on that? No, Madam Chair. >> No, nothing. >> Um, Matt update.
>> So, in Massachusetts, the respiratory illness season typically runs during the fall and winter months, generally from July through June with peak activity for common viruses like COVID 19. Uh, the flu and uh RSV occurring between
December and February. Activity for CO 19 and flu increase around Halloween with more significant surge in the weeks to follow. um Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's holidays. Just some preventative measures that people can take are
getting vaccinated against CO 19, flu, and RSV if eligible is one of the best ways to prevent serious illness. Hygiene, frequent handashing, and covering, coughs, and sneezes are important to prevent germ spread. Staying home. If you have symptoms of respiratory illness, it is recommended
to stay home to prevent the spread to others. And masking. Consider wearing a mask in crowded indoor spaces, especially if you or someone you are around is at higher risk for severe disease.
As of um November 19th, we administered 125 uh flu vaccinations and we still have a small supply of vaccines still available. If interested in getting vaccinated against the flu, please contact our public health nurse at 508-6361030. >> Thank you.
Okay, moving on to uh director approved plans. Okay, we have a one-bedroom repair on a 14,030 ft lot on 219 X Tickle Road um for Janine Paradise.
This uh has been through Concom. It is to replace a cess pool and it's going to require a one-bedroom deed restriction. We have a uh four bedroomedroom new construction on a 121,85t
lot on Marcott Drive for BPH Holdings. Um this one has been through Concom. We have a four bedroomedroom repair on a 6,790T lot on four Sen Street for Michael Goes.
And this one's going to utilize a stone bed. It is been through concom and had and it is to replace a cess poolool. It will also require a fourbedroom deed restriction. >> Four bedrooms at 6,800 square. >> Yeah. >> Yeah.
>> And they put no no well setbacks or any problems. >> No, they met all the setbacks. >> Jeez, that's a >> that's amazing. >> Creative architecture there. Put that in. Okay. Um any other questions, comments? If not, I'll take a motion.
>> Okay. So, I move that we endorse the director approved plans for 219X Tical Road with a one-bedroom deed restriction uh Markart Drive, which is um uh new construction and for Sagal
Street um with a fourbedroom deed restriction. >> Second. >> Motion made and seconded to approve those plans. All in favor? >> I. That's unanimous. Thank you. Okay, we can move on to minutes. We have
the 113 working meeting minutes, the special meeting um on November 3rd. Any questions or comments about that? >> I have none. >> No, I'm good. >> Okay. So, I move that we approve the
minutes for November 3rd, 2025. Second. >> All in favor? >> Thank you. >> Okay. Um that's for November 10th, our last regular meeting. I had no issues with that either. No
changes. >> Me neither. >> Okay. So, I move that we approve the minutes for November 10th, 2025. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> That's unanimous. Thank you. Okay. Um
other business um we have some proposed um fech schedule revisions. Um we'll start with the um board of health. Um I'm going to ask these these would be um this has been three years since
they've been reviewed. Um, a lot has happened in three years and Matt, why don't you, um, walk us through that? >> Sure. So, um, well, the first one is the body on >> I'm sorry, can I interrupt? Um just put
this in the context of a reminder that at our working meeting that we had on the 3rd, we were talking about workload and um strategies for managing um with the with the limited staff we have. And
we had looked at um you know reducing uh you know eliminating some permits that bring in a lot of revenue but um are also high workload. These are all activities here that um we are mandated
to do. Um so we can't eliminate them in terms of work flow management. Um but um we need to look at ways to support our request for additional staff and um and these fees have not been increased in three years. So just that little context
to start with. So, I just want to say that, you know, we took the opportunity not only to, you know, look at what fees would make sense to increase, but to eliminate some of the categories and kind of regroup them into one. We had a lot of categories for, you know, the
same type of um permit. So, we kind of uh scaled it back into one to make it less confusing on the people and the staff. But, I mean, do you want me to go through each one or do you want to just is there anybody just want to just ask if there's any questions specifically? Um I think we should go through each one
because this is a public um forum for discussion. >> So Barney out establishment plan review uh we went up from 125 to 175. Um kind of did a little research some of the area towns and that's what we landed on.
But I will say for new establishments the plan review is pretty intensive and there's a lot to it. Um the permit we went up $25 for the permit itself. Again, it's all tied together. There's a lot to a body art um inspection and plan
review process. Um jumping down to food service. Um we went down to food service permit establishment went up um from 100 to 150. Then we kind of restructured the seating
for food service permit establishment based on the number of seats. We kind of redesigned the number of seats. Um, so 0 to 20 seats is one from we're proposing 200 to 250, 21 to 50 seats, 250 to 300,
51 to 100 seats, 300 to 375, and um food service permit establishment permit greater than 100 seats, $450. We eliminated the food service permit establishment seasonal food permit service permit
temporary 14 days or less. food service permit, temporary seasonal, weekly event, same place, less than six months. And we kind of categorized all that into temporary food service, same location, on-site food service, mobile and retail, ice cream prepackaged, one
to 14 days. Um, and it's $100 for the first day and $25 for each additional um day per day. Uh food service permit, farmers market, um
we just eliminate that category because it kind of falls into the one above. Bakery permit 100 to 125. Mobile unit permit annual uh 175 to 300. Nothing on the nonprofits. Nothing on
catering. Oh, catering. We went from 100 to 125. Bottled water permit uh 20 to 35. Milk pasteurization permit 100 to 125. Residential kitchen permit 150 to 200.
Bed and breakfast food service permit residential kitchen 150 to 200. And um frozen dessert manufacturer permit 50 to 75. Then on the retail food which is all driven by square square footage of the
retail food establishment. Um so 0 to 1,000 square ft 125 to 150 retail food establishment permit uh 1 to 5,000 square ft 200 to 300. Retail food establishment permit 501 to 10,000 ft 3
to 400. Retail food establishment permit 10,0001 to 20,000 square feet 400 to 550. Retail food establishment 20,0001 ft² to 55,000 square ft 1,200 retail food
establishment 55,0001 square ft or greater. You just add 35 cents per square foot on the category above. farmers market excluding mobile on in a retail setting per se. This is per
season now. This isn't per event. Um $75 and the retail food permit farmers market the growers only would be $25 per season. Title five septic installers test. Um this is a new category. We administer
the test um and it's staff time to to do so. Um, that's $100. Septic installer retest, $75. Septic installer application and permit, $250.
And septic hauler permit, $2 to $300. And then the DSCP for commercial, $250 to 300. Um, and that's for repair alterations and new construction on commercial 300 to 350.
Residential repair 200 to 225 and then uh residential new construction 250 to 275 application for minor repair or connection you know example connect the bathroom to an SAS from a workshop something minor
like that um $75 that's a new category and That's it there. Title five inspection report review and filing fee. So before we were just charging a filing fee um and reviewing them. Um and it's taken it takes a good
amount of time to review a title five inspection report to go through it. So 25 to 75. Thank you. Repeat inspection for a soil evaluation bottom or cover 100 to 150 per visit.
Water table determination. Oh, we left that the same. Um approvals requiring deed restrictions $75. This takes a whole lot of time. Nancy is the one that um draw these up draws this up for the
people and they come pick them up. It just takes a long time to do. swimming pool above the ground residential um verifi ver verified title five setback distance by the health agent 75 to 100 and a ground 75 to 100
application and permit for installation of a new well uh either whether it's portable agricultural irrigation 100 to 225 application and permit for installation of well replacement 75 to 125 Five.
Permit swimming pool purpose and special purpose pools 2 to 300. Motel, hotel ins 200 to 275. Recreational camp for children 200 to 300. Tobacco permit 200 to 300.
And um pigory permit less than five pigs 25 to 50. And um I think the funeral director's license might be a typo. I think it's we were going to leave it the same. So I'll have to >> Okay, that was quite a jump.
>> Yeah, I may have to double check on that one. >> Hold on that one then. >> Okay. >> Okay. Um discussion. >> So I I spoke with Matt earlier. struggle with the percentage of increase um on
some of the items where some are 50% increase, some are 25% increase. Um, and I mean he explained to me the workload be we're trying to respond to
how much effort and workload that it puts on the staff to um carry out the um evaluations and the um the monitoring. So I I but I I I struggled with the percentage on some of
them. it was some of them were quite a jump in percentage of cost or increase. Um my first one that I reacted to even though it's not a huge percentage was bakery because I think of the bakery the one bakery in town um and then he said
there's two but um it's I mean it's only $25 increase but I still think of some of the small businesses might be greatly impacted by some of the larger increases. So, um
I appreciate your sensitivity um to that. Um I think one of the balancing acts we have here is with a low tax town there is a very streamlined budget and and so generally the town makes it up in
fees. You know, the harbor master fees all went up, you know, fees go up. Um I think one of the other things that Matt did um we talked about is he looked also at um uh neighboring towns and sort of
are we um you know are we in line and we're on the low end and and we don't have a generous town budget either. So, um this is part of the strategy for um supporting um you know, if we can bring
in increased revenue, we have a maybe a better ability to sway um both residents and um you the finance committee and the select board to um approve a part-time clerk, which we desperately need whether
these fees go up or not. Um so, this gives us, I think, a stronger position. Um, but I, you know, I do think and Matt spent and Joe spent a lot of time trying to streamline, you know, eliminating some categories and really, um, think
through how does this compare to other communities? How how does this um, reflect the workload as you indicated? Um, and um, you know, we're we're squeezed. Uh I I know um
you know another 25 bucks is is not fun. Um but um these fees have not been touched in three years. So it's been a um you know it's it's been it's been losing ground relative to the actual
cost of of um what it costs us to in staff time and effort. Um, so and we just are uh pretty squeezed. So I would I do support the increases. Um I understand that the percentages
um but you don't want to go up, you know, $5.75 or something that like um it just >> But I look at summer 30 35% something like that an increase. Well, if there are some specific ones, you want to propose a a different amount and
I'll let Phil weigh in where he um see because he um falls on this as well. Let me turn first to Phil and then if you have specific suggestions. Well, I it's I mean I agree with both of you in the sense that when I looked at
the purely at the percentage uh of it um I hadn't really thought about the three years but I was just thinking of it from one year to the next um that was it was on a percentage wise you know a large jump but then when I
looked at the um the kind of establishments that were in involved in this. It seemed um you know very absorbable in a way. Do you know I think well how many meals would it take
for this person to have to uh you know make to cover the cost and it would seem like because prices have been rising you know and not necessarily that that the that these um you know businesses are
making uh you know that their permits have have that their profits rather have you know have risen substantially. I think you're just responding generally to, you know, what what we're all experiencing. Um, but I think also part of it is, you
know, that when people want their permits, need their permits, they really need them. And it it does require effort. I think that is that um
it somewhat turns around to um you know if we really want to give or be able to give people like prompt response to I need my permit you know not to say well our workload is such you
know that we can't you have to wait two weeks for this for us to get around to this or that you know rather than saying yeah we have enough staff to give you the permit when you need it. And so I think in the broader sense, assuming that that works, you know, that that
that we're able to, you know, translate this these additional fees and to be able to continue to maintain the level of service that, you know, people expect from their tax dollars in a way, but they'll you can't deliver if you don't
have the personnel to deliver it. maybe this is a, you know, a step in the, you know, in the right direction. And, uh, and I think a three-year hiatus from any increase is, um, you know, it's
not unreasonable to come up with, you know, you know, the numbers. Um, and I don't think the big the bigger, um, the bigger fees have had the larger percentage increases.
I don't know that is someone who >> like so let's say the uh the food establishment you know permit went you know from 100 to $150. So you could say that's a 50% increase but it's still only $50.
>> But the mobile food unit from >> I'm just jumping one that just happened to be in front of me. Yeah, that the one I'm looking at is it goes from $175 to $300. >> Oh, I don't know what that is. >> Uh, send a food service. >> Yeah.
>> Well, like Yeah. Uh Oh, I Oh, yeah. Right. >> Right. Mhm. >> Okay. So, that's one you're concerned about. Um, >> yeah, that's $125. It's $175 now, but we're going up an additional >> 125.
And I I think that's quite a percentage increase. I can understand us, you know, doing something 25 the $25 on a 100, but I can't I I don't understand it. So, I want to understand that why we would go up that much on that particular item.
>> Yeah. Um Matt, I'm gonna ask you to respond because you were >> it just all my pri everything that when you know our research with other towns and you know then we took took a good you know a good solid month and a half to to do all this research and sit down
and crunch numbers and time you know a lot of it has to do with how much time does it take Joe for instance to go out and do a mobile truck inspection you know not then you got to take into consideration the application process well how much time has it taken Pat and Nancy to process these applications. How
much back and forth? Mobile can be very problematic. There's multiple levels of different things. There's plan reviews. There's making sure they get fire department inspections and uh making sure that they have a commissary and there's all kinds of things that go along with it. So,
while we did go up $125, we're still on the lower end of neighboring towns. >> What would say, you know, a neighboring town charge? I want to say and I don't have the other feast cousers in front of me but one of the other neighboring towns was you know 400. Uh one of the
neighboring cities was 400. So um they were up there. They were up quite a bit. >> Okay. >> Okay. Well I did um I am not playing devil's advocate but certainly I see it and I want to understand where the thinking is to go and increase these
fees. And so we are still just like in taxes lower than other towns. And we've we've worked to keep the costs lower. But now demand demand is really driving um is one of the things that's driving
the increase is the demand on our time and energy and resources which we don't have um enough of now. >> Right. And also another aspect of this is regulations. Some of them like the recreational camps and swimming pools
and all these things they they change and they become more comprehensive which requires more time and effort and paperwork on our part. So there you know what do they call those unfunded mandates. Um and um we have to compensate for that.
>> Okay. Well, again, just to reiterate, I think the fact that and and maybe this is part of the reason. The fact is that they haven't been increased for three years and so >> more of a shock to the system. >> Yeah. So, it it it may, you know, it may
be a shock, but um I I I think that that that is part of why the jump had to be so much because we just left it alone for that period of time. I just want to say that Nancy and Pat
work very hard to to get everything processed in a timely manner, but it's not always possible and they can only do, you know, so much. And, you know, I can I can I see because I help and I get involved and how much they do and how many hours they put in, how hard that
they work. And just with it, you know, the amount of work that we have and everything that's changing and it's just they, you know, we need to something has to give here where we can get some either some extra help to get things done, but um yeah, we you know, way behind and it's not because of lack of
effort, just because of simply there's just not enough time in the day. >> Okay. Um so Donna, you had that concern. Are there any other specific views? No, I was just when I looked at it, I I I was thinking of fairness, but it's also
um and I hear clearly from Matt, it's also the amount of time that we have to spend on certain items or certain areas like the mobile units and um some of the other um oversight that we have to
provide um that that increases the um uh the permit fee. So, so this was an opportunity both to align sort of the the um fee schedule with the workload and
also to bring it up to sort of current um comparability. Um so, um so are you okay with that? Yes. >> Um >> I just I just wanted to make sure that we had a discussion about it and and didn't um not consider it.
>> Okay. Um because I I do think of the um the smaller businesses that that would be affected, but um but I understand uh that the bakery um uh you know an increase of $25 is not exorbitant, but
some of these other ones are a little bit higher and it's so that that was some of my concern was why what's the fairness in what we're doing and the the rationale behind it and so we talked about that. >> Okay. So, I'm okay.
>> Okay. Um, any further discussion? Um, and I think the proposed effective date is January 1st, 2026, correct? >> Mhm. >> Um, uh, so I would entertain a motion to
adopt revised um, board of health fee schedule effective January 1st, 2026. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Motion made and seconded to approve the new fee schedule. All in favor? >> I. That's unanimous. Thank you.
>> Okay, it is 4:30, so we will um hold off on the other business. Um Oh, no, wait a minute. Yeah, 4:30 is Mr. Potter. >> Mr. Potter. >> Um, >> good evening, Mr. Potter. >> That was a pleasure to see your shining
face here. That's crazy. >> Oh, that sounds like a trap. >> Well, I noticed you were able to move the system, >> making it smaller. >> What I did is I moved the well the system up and shut it down.
>> We just had a four bedroomedroom repair on a 6,900 foot. No back problem. >> Pretty amazing, huh? >> That's amazing. bottom sand or something.
>> I have to look at it. I don't remember. It's uh don't know >> stone bed. >> I got to look at the plan. >> Anyways, sorry I I'm distracting from your >> from your for being here. So, you require just a soil s analysis.
>> Yes. >> Okay. Anything else you want to say? I'm jump back at you. >> Silence is good. >> Okay. Um, Matt, any problems with the SI analysis and all set? >> No, everything's good. >> Okay.
So, I move that we approve the plan for 1636 Stripp Road um plan dated revised 111325. We had a variance of a Civ analysis and the following conditions. Do we need the
two-bedroom deed restriction? >> A one-bedroom deed restriction. >> Is it a one? Okay. Onebedroom deep restriction and whole harmless >> correction is 1636 building. >> Ah
okay. >> Second >> motion made and seconded to approve the project at 1636 W road um with those conditions. All in favor? >> I that's unanimous. Thank you. I'd like to say is can the whole thing to kick
this in was that she needs a well >> and I don't know what the nitrate level is. >> All I'm saying is I just like the well >> before the system goes in. >> Uh yeah, we usually just have um
just in case the well is not good where you put it just fill out a fill out a slip. Yeah. If the nitrates are high, then I better replace this with a DN. Simple. >> Okay. >> But I just want just want to get permission to let them drill a while. >> Fine. >> Okay.
>> I'll follow up the paper necessary, but >> And um on another topic, just um >> Mr. Gallagher had reached out. I'm just checking if he >> can get you our email address. >> Sure. >> Okay. I want this weapon. I want them to contact you if necessary.
>> Oh, okay. Uh Tanya t a n a y >> ryden r y den atgmail.com. >> Yep. >> But you have the approval letter from D, right? And our approval.
>> Nancy sent me the approval letter, their approval letter. >> Okay. And then I'm send I've got a copy of the plan on file PDF and I want to send that all the letter from me explain what's going on. >> Yeah. >> But if they have any questions I want to ask
you. >> Okay, that's fine. Um I'm I've done a lot of research but I'm not an expert. >> Well the rules that the approved advisor if they have any questions they can just get home. Yeah.
>> issue. So, >> yeah. No, no, absolutely. >> I appreciate that. And then, you know, TS recorded at the registry, right? >> Yeah. Let's get the permit. >> Okay. Thank you very much. Appreciate you, >> sir. >> Thanks, L.
>> Have a nice Thanksgiving. >> Okay. Um, we are going to uh just um a note that the 440 variance hearing um has to be continued. Can I do
that now? >> It's not going to be continued. It's just going to it just got rescheduled. >> Okay. >> And so because they haven't sent out a button notification, so they're going to >> So that will be rescheduled um um based on their whenever they do their autation. Okay. So that is not on the
agenda for now. So, we'll go back to the transfer station fee schedule revisions. Okay. Um, this would also be effective well technically January 2nd because we're not open January 1st, but um um I'm going to ask Matt to explain the
circumstances and >> this is just a direct result of our rising costs with everything to do with disposal. >> Yeah. Um, uh, for instance, tires. We were paying 900 every time we would dispose of a container. I was notified a couple
months ago that no longer will it be 900. It went from 900 to,750. That's a, you know, talk about big jumps. >> Really, >> it's a pretty big jump. >> Really? >> Yeah. And, you know, of course, we're in the middle of a budget year. So, u, we got to eat that and, you know, plan appropriately going forward. Um but all
the rest of it you know is based on our um bulk rate uh mostly um MSW was still in the contract but uh basically in our bulk rate disposal um fees and that's pretty much all we went up on. >> Okay. Um just for the public um I just
if you can run through them or you want me to do that? >> Go ahead if you don't mind. >> Um oh sofas and left seats didn't go up. Is that right? No, I kept that one. The same remains at 65. Kitchen chair went from $12 to 15. Uh chair like a recliner
from 40 to 45. Sleep sofa or sectional from 75 to 100. Carpet um $35 30 to 35. All size mattresses that do not qualify for recycling went from 75
to 85. Um, if they are if they can be recycled, it's a $25 fee. That hasn't changed. All size box springs that don't qualify go from 75 to 85. A table went from 30 to 35. Toilet from 15 to 20.
Sink 15 to 20. If it's attached to a cabinet, 30 to 35. Um, that's under furniture. Under bulky waste, a car trunk load stayed the same. A pickup half load went from 70 to 75.
Um pick up full load went from 120 to 140. Dump stake body truck up to half a load. Uh from 95 to 100 uh body same full load from 165 to 185. A non-commercial
trailer up to a half load 110 and a full load 185. Went from 165 to 185. Um, um, TV monitor under 30 in went from 25 to 35.
Um, bigger TVs didn't go up. Uh, tires, we just talked about that. Size, a car tire up to a car tire size, um, went from 10 to 15. Small truck tires 15 to 20. Large truck tires 20 to 25. And
industrial tractor tires 25 to 30. I'm not sure how we're going to cover the cost if it cost is doubled and we're not doubling our fees, but we can we're >> trying to balance >> the tires and the um mattresses. We're still kind of taking it on the chin. So,
um because depending what facility we use and we have a mattress that doesn't qualify for recycling, you know, it can be upwards of $100 for our fee, our cost >> and and it's a balancing act because we don't want them thrown in the woods. So trying to keep the cost reasonable, but >> um
>> team cow thanks you. >> Team cow cow will thank us. >> Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Okay. Um so any questions for Matt on any of these or any concerns? >> Nope. >> If not, I will take a motion to approve
the revised transfer station recycling center fee schedule. Just as a reminder, we're not going up on punch cards. We're not going up on stickers this year. We probably will, at least not January 1st, but we may have to revisit those um in the near
future. >> We'll take a look at the fourth quarter numbers and we'll talk, you know, and see where we're at. >> Okay. So, I move that we approve uh the transfer station fee uh changes in the fees.
>> Second. >> Motion made and seconded to accept the new fee schedule for the transfer station and recycling center. All in favor? >> I. That's unanimous. Thank you. >> Okay. Um,
board member updates. Just the shore alliance was published last week. The our health notes. Thank you very much. contribution. I I talked to or emailing
all of them about doing a version of that for the other communities and the collaborator because some of the resources are collaborative. So pursue that. >> Well, this might only of interest um you know to Matt. So um which is just that I
um so there was a um a meeting that I think the planning board scheduled around the um harbor water supply um and it went on for a while but I think the
gist of it was that uh that they u have their um source um you know established Now, and what was interesting about it was I had
thought that they were going to um uh need to drill into the bedrock. Um there had been a a study about, you know, where where it was that they could locate the source for this. Um uh and instead um what
their director whatever the per person who's in charge of it is called is that they excavated this large trench. um and and did not go down very very deeply
because it turned out that there was a lot of surficial groundwater that and then they lined this trench and essentially created their own like little aquifer and so
uh and so anyway so that's what they're doing and they're moving through the D process and I guess the second part of it Um because it's been an interest of a planning board uh because there is another
private uh well operator um who's had who's consistently had problems with water quality um and uh and facing the potential to
have to uh establish their new service lines in The planning board was interested in having those two projects combined. So you would have one service line going down River Road rather than two service lines which might be put at
separate times. Um but the harbor folks, you know, just don't believe that's at all feasible economically and for other reasons. And so um and that was another issue that was out there. So I don't think that there
um you know there's the planning board has raised the issue about whether or not the private well operation it really meets the criteria for public wells but in previous conversations with Matt
it's like well we regulate private wells we don't really investigate to see if they're public wells >> it's not really our jurisdiction it's through the EP's jurisdiction I think D um you know for whatever reason um you
know is not pressing the issue. So at least it's I left the meeting feeling that that's just going to be status quo but it's good that the other project you know went forward successfully and so that's that. >> Um just wanted to say um thanks for the
update on that. is of interest. Um but and also the hazard mitigation committee is presenting to the select board on the 15th from what I hear. >> Yeah. >> So part of that presentation they're going to cover the code red uh emergency uh alert callback system.
>> Yeah. >> Um so I hope that uh goes well. I mean it's you know uh the fee for that is $4,000 a year under in three separate years and increases 5% a year. I think it's a critical uh system that we need
in town to alert people whether it be extreme heat, hurricanes, tornadoes, whatever the case may be. Um alert we're at the residents and um so um you know if you need anything to assist with that presentation I can forward it to you.
>> That would be good to do. I mean the the um so I've asked the committee members to attend the meeting you know just to support um the presentation so I intended to attend um and we had talked
a little about the code red before is it >> yeah I mean I didn't this is something I learned recently but they uh um they cover 70% of cities and towns in the state I mean that's that's a lot >> yeah yeah >> so it's working for 70% of people Yeah.
Yeah. That's a Yeah. I mean the whole outreach part is an important part of all the other um planning activities that kind of or next steps activities that go on are going on with that committee and also the climate resilience committee.
>> So >> okay. Um, one thing I just wanted to raise, it's not well, um, I guess I'll call it a board member update, is that, um, uh, I have an update on my schedule and I'm not going to be available on December
22nd for a board meeting. Um, just, you know, the week of Christmas. Um, so, uh, I don't know how folks are feeling, but I would be, um, open to if you, you two want to continue, go ahead and have that
meeting, that's fine. Or if we want to cancel it, we should plan to make that um, either put it on the agenda for the next meeting formally if we have to, or can we just cancel it now? >> I think you'd be okay to I think you'd be okay to do it now.
>> Okay. If that's It's up to you. I'm I'm fine with cancelling the meeting during Christmas week. >> Sure, that's okay. Yeah. I mean, yeah, I was just going to say, >> you know, >> so our next meeting would then after we have our meeting on December 8th and
then the meeting after that would be January 5th, >> unless something big comes up. >> Unless we need Yeah. >> then I would say let's >> let's meet. But >> okay. And that will let us know if we have to
if something's come up and we have to meet. >> Yep. >> Well, that was helping us kind of eliminated because I saw this this potential conflict with going to the select board meeting and then having because you was because it's select board meeting is also on the 15th or something. >> The selecting is on the 15th. The
meeting >> meeting is on the 8th. >> Our next meeting is on the 8th. >> Right. Right. >> And then the meeting after that would have been on the 22nd. So no, it shouldn't have been any conflict. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Okay. Um, >> so do we need to vote on it about the meeting? >> Yes, we do. I suppose to be formal. I
take a motion to cancel the December 22nd, 2025 meeting. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Thank you. Okay. And do we have any other um
unanticipated or topics for the next regular meeting? I can't think of anything. >> We already have I think we have four appointments already booked for the next meeting. So, yeah. >> Okay. Okay. Then I would allow to do her
magic. >> Yeah. So, being no further business, I move that we adjourn this meeting at 4:47 p.m. >> Second. >> Motion made and seconded to adjurnn. All in favor? I >> I That's your nose. Thank you.