which um is driven by the market. >> You had a good year. You're about 50%. We're hoping to make seven grand and climb up four more%. >> Can you I'm I'm sorry. Can you start
again, please? I'm >> No, it's not starting again. >> Okay. All right. Well, there's no sound. So, >> uh, so you started the year with $85,000 or I'm hoping you're going to end about
92% 7 grand increase. Um, and what I want to do is flip to the last page because this is where you have some input. The state tells you most of what you can and can't do, right? >> The one thing they don't tell you is how to spend your excess income.
So, we're going to spend $21,000. >> This is on page nine. It's the very last page of this packet. 15,000 of it for apartment rehab turnover. Um, who knows how many are really going to happen and what each one
will cost. The 15 might cover two. It could cover four. Uh, it depends what condition the units are in when you get in there and how often it happen. If you need to do more, then obviously do more. Um, when you turn over a unit, you quite possibly will need an appliance or two
for it. So, we budgeted some money for that. >> It's a sideways page that looks like this. >> Y >> and then we put some money in for maintenance administrative equipment if we need it. We are not anticipating any of this money being needed, but I'm sure
between now and June 30th, there will be an empty unit or two that needs to be upgraded before it's redirected. So, there's money in there to take care of that. Even if you spend that 21,000, you'll still make the 7,000. And I think
the state's going to have to give you 57 taxes this year. >> Is that is that lower or higher than last year? >> That's higher than last year. Not by a lot, though. >> Okay. >> The state uh surprisingly was, you know, was very generous to housing authorities. I think a you know a 5%
bump up in you know in in these economic times with the uncertainty in Washington and so forth that's going on right now. Um you know I I think a 5% increase you know was very good. Getting back to what he to what he said about legal you know
that we're we're not anticipating you know any any legal expenses as you all know we have had legal expenses here in the past. So, you never know what, you know, what could crop up to cause that that, you know, that number to go up to to the 4,000. But I'm not, as I look
out. And again, we're um you know, the uh the other thing to keep in mind is the fiscal year has already started. So, we actually started July 1. So, the guidelines just came out right after, you know, right after Labor Day. So
we've got the benefit of almost 3 months in the books to see where we are and we can adjust accordingly and we haven't had any legal expenses so far this year. So that's a good omen for the rest of the year. >> Let us move first three months
financially. >> No, no surprises at all. Nice. Good start. Do >> you have any questions? You you said that you anticipate some vacancies. >> Yeah. Nothing always comes up, you know, people move out or
>> is that a is in there some what's in is there something >> there's 15,000 in there to maintain >> outside of the reserve? Not not not the reserve in the in the operating budget. >> Yeah, there's 60 there your your maintenance staff for 60,000 material
supplies for 9,000 and contract cost for 36,000 >> that would help take care of that. But I'm guessing they'll be something more than just having to come in and clean you in a lot of cases. You know, some of them might be in really good condition. Doesn't take much to flip them. Some of them might need more work. How long was
the last person in there? >> You know, was it 3 years, >> 15 years, like you say, in applying to something, >> what he's referring to is on page two. >> Yeah. uh about halfway down the page uh
under under fiscal 2026 budget, you'll you'll see account 4410, 4420, and 4430. That's that is the entire maintenance operation for the year, not including extraordinary maintenance. So, you know,
um we're, you know, budgeting roughly $105,000 total for maintenance, not including the 15,000 for extraordinary. >> And that doesn't include labor, does it? >> That is including the labor. >> It does. Labor makes up 60.
>> Okay. So, I think overall based upon, you know, where we've been over the past year and um where we anticipate going um you know, I think it's a solid budget. I think it's it's a very workable budget and I think it it you know, it builds in
any um you know, any uncertainties that may or may not happen. >> Okay. One last thing I didn't point out, management fee increased to 5%. That's the same amount the state said to increase the budget. So I just use that same percentage for the management. >> Okay. But standard.
>> Yeah, that's that's what they recommend. Anything more I mean I can't really afford it. You could give more, but I would encourage you to do more than 5%. >> Right. >> I think they're happy with five. >> Yeah.
>> Okay. No further questions from me. Is there any further questions from the board? >> No. >> You need a motion to approve? >> Just need a motion to approve. Yeah. >> Yep. Is there a motion to approve? >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> Second. >> Second. All in favor?
>> I. Any oppose? Hearing none. So move. Thank you. >> Appreciate your time coming out. >> While while he's here, I I I always will ask him to um uh go over the the August 2025
financials which begin on page 16 in your board packetic which is part of my executive my management agent report. Um just keep in mind that these numbers are you know based upon last year's budget
because we we just approved this year's budget. It's going to go into EOHLC for approval. But um Dan just wanted to comment a little bit on uh on the August numbers. >> Okay. >> So, like you said, this is based on budgets from last year, but you notice
things didn't change all that dramatically from last year's budget to this year's budget. Um if you go to page 17, you see the 61.4% 3/4 of the way down. >> Yeah, >> that would be a reserve percentage if
the year ended today. If this was if we were August 31st year end, we would be at 61%. Which is great. Like Paul was saying, you started off the year well. Um, if you turn the page, you'll see how well on page 18. If you go to the very
bottom, you'll see that we're making 11,200 after two months. That's better than it really is. Group insurance only bills us quarterly. So, we haven't paid our health insurance for two months. So that's probably three or four grand, but still would mean we're
making seven grand after two months. But think of the time of year we should be doing well. >> There's not a lot of challenges this time of year. What's happening probably in September with turning on the heat system, firing up that kind of stuff.
We'll see what happens then. And then heat season got to maintain that equipment. You should spend more maintenance money in the winter. So it's good to start off this this way. We got a cushion going forward. >> Does that include also like when you
call it maintenance like snow plowing and all that stuff? >> Yep. But most of that stuff our staff does. >> Yeah. Do we do we don't plow the street? >> No no we do all the walk. >> They do the easy to do the quick easy
part. >> Correct. >> Okay. >> Right. So it's good that we start off ahead. Well, I'd be worried if we didn't because we know we're going to spend more >> certainly in those three minutes. >> Certainly. And you don't know what kind of winter we're going to have yet. >> No, you never do.
>> So, do you need a motion on that or is that >> I think so, do you? >> Uh I don't know. >> That's up to you. I don't know >> that's incorporated into the budget. >> It's it's in the budget. I have a contract here. My contract was just for one year. So, I brought you guys a new
contract for two years now. be discussing whether he needs >> all of our um all of our agencies use Millie Shore and Robolard as our um you know as our vehicles. Um so this is just a new contract to keep Dan on board for
the next two years. Um I mean I could I could go for a motion on that's fine. Could I could I have a motion? >> Yeah. And a motion to to contract for two years. >> Yes. Okay. >> Huh? Second.
>> Second. Is there a motion and a second? >> I made a second. There's a motion. >> Yeah. I Yeah. All right. All in favor? I. >> Any opposed? Hearing none. So moved. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> That's it. Well, thank you very much. >> You're welcome. Appreciate it. Thank
you. I'll get back to my office before you get to yours. I'll check up on that uh >> certification. >> Oh, good. Yeah. Yeah. Fine. And again, just just to remind the board, uh there's a budget certification page that
you that you have to sign. I don't have that with me today. We don't have to um um we don't have to have have the budget submitted until the end of October. So, there'll be I'll I'll have the form available tomorrow here in the office,
you know, anytime between now and next week. If you can if you can swing by and just sign, that would be great. Great. >> Have a great day. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. Great to see you all again.
>> Thanks. Okay. Moving on. Approval of the minutes of September 17th meeting minutes. Is there a motion to approve? So move. Second. >> Second.
>> All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Hearing none. So move. Approving of warrant number 15. >> A warrant uh warrant number 15 was given uh separate to the to the board packet.
Um fairly standard month. No, no, no real surprises were um um just the Eversource bill and um that's that's the $3,600 bill and then the um the uh monthly trash service
for,082. Those those are the big ones. >> Question ever source is that gone up >> quite a bit? >> Um uh moderately not not it's not it's not out of control by any means. Okay, >> it's a little higher than it was.
>> Okay, >> so again, fairly standard month. It's a uh it's a total total monthly dispersements of uh $10,761.99. >> All right. Motion. >> Yes. >> All right. A motion to accept.
>> Okay. Second. >> Second. >> Second. All right. Warrant number 15. All in favor? >> Any opposed? Hearing none. So move. >> All right. And I'll send the I'll send the warrant around to sign. >> Okay. Great.
>> All right. Uh management agent report. >> Okay. Uh we we reviewed the um the August 2025 financials. Uh and again those numbers will be updated just as soon as the state approves the budget.
Um page 21 in your board packet 21 through 20 4 is just the summary of the work orders for the month of of September. Uh Dave
completed 21 work orders for the month. And you can see um you know you can see the different you know types of jobs that he was called on to do. Um so again that's you know that's roughly consistent with his his nor his normal
productivity for a month. >> So that's um and this is and again this is provided for you folks as an just an FYI to show you what what different you know calls he gets and what different jobs he's called out to do. Um, okay.
>> On page 25 is just our vacancy report. We have um we we have one unit that's vacant. Um we we are anticipating that that will be filled shortly. It's um it's been a little bit of time, but we anticipate that um it'll be filled
shortly. We've uh we had to pull a second list on that because we were not able to qualify anybody to the first list. So, we're we're just working through the Champ process now on that. Um, our project update. Um, we have one we
have one project about to be starting. Uh, it's our exterior siding and trim project. I don't have a kickoff meeting date on that. Um, it's our expectation that we can get this done um hopefully prior to the really cold
weather coming in. Um I' I'd like to get it done before the winter. >> Yeah. >> Uh you know, we'll see if we can handle that. Yeah. >> Um and then just an FYI to the housing board, I was
contacted by the uh the affordable housing trust group here in town and uh their next meeting is October 22nd and they've invited me to to participate in that meeting. So it's it's it's via Zoom. So I I'll be able to log on and go
to that. So my intention is to go on to that. And again, our you know, our our goal here in Westport is to evaluate different opportunities and different you know, possibilities for the expansion of of affordable housing.
>> Uh so um we'll be we'll be having a conversation on that. And it'll be also interesting to see how they how the housing trust views a partnership possibly between them and the housing authority. So I'm excited about that. Um
you know cuz I think that >> you know Westport at least since I've been here um there uh you know there is a commitment and there's an interest in affordable housing which is great to see. You don't have that in a in a lot of communities. There are a lot of communities that um
you know they sort of go through the motions but at the end of the day they're not they're not big fans of affordable housing for whatever reason. But I'm happy to say that's not the case in Westport. So we have a lot of support there. Um and then uh just just again as
an FYI um our next meeting um I have down for Wednesday, November 19th. So, put that in your calendars. Um, and that's really all I have, Mr. Chairman. >> November 19th.
>> November 19th. >> Oh, I didn't see it with me. I'm sorry. >> Yeah. No worries. >> Thank you. >> Is it okay? Isn't that awfully close to Thanksgiving? >> Thanksgiving, I believe, is the 27th. So, this would be the week before Thanksgiving.
>> That gives those who are cooking a lot of time. Yes. I unless you're going to start cooking on the 19th. >> Yeah. >> To be ready for the 27th, I think you should be good to come to the meeting. >> Yeah. If you are, you can bring some
cookies and stuff like that. But how long do you marinate yours in in a in a in a brine of spirits? >> Two weeks. >> She's already started cooking now. >> Yeah,
>> that's right. Westport affordable housing meeting. I think it's very strange that they have three developments going on in Westport and one of them is affordable housing and the houses start at $625,000.
That's not affordable. >> It's it's it's >> and the income requirement is $89,000. Yeah. >> You're going to buy a house but for $625,000. >> Sorry. Doesn't make sense to me. M Mr. Chairman,
are you are you saying that that that that the affordable that there's a certain amount set aside for affordable and then and that's 650 and and the the rest of them are even more for that's that's the
bargain price. >> That's the bargain price. >> That's not affordable to me. >> Well, in Westport um >> it it is actually in Westport West. >> Okay. But how can you afford a $625,000 home when the income level is $89,000?
Doesn't compute. >> I I I hear you loud and clear. And actually where where you know where our focus here is is on multif family, you know, and you know, rental units, not home ownership. So, we're going to see where where this goes. Hopefully hopefully they'll they'll have some
insights into how we can we can move >> multif family. >> I think about 14 years. And I know that Liz, how many times has she brought people from Boston >> to to look at the land behind buildings three and four >> to see about,
>> you know, expanding that way. >> I've actually painted the land so many times. >> Yeah. Right. Well, they have an architect also that I've worked with before on, you know, different projects, >> you know, Leonardo.
>> Leonardo. Yes. Yes. He's a and I've worked with him on a number of other housing development type projects. So um I've been in regular contact with him. >> Yeah. >> And um you know we are you know we are committed to you know we're not just going to you know kick the can down the
road again. We want to we want to see if something can be done you know you know end of story. If something can be done we want to do it. If something can't be done then I want somebody to tell us something can't be done. But that's our goal.
>> I understand the CPA may be interested in seeing if they can come. Is that right? >> Yes. Yes. We we have a CPC committee here here in West CBC. >> And they um and they they can, you know, they can fund various improvements
>> to the property. Uh but they they have a very narrow scope as far as what they can and cannot approve. Um, so, um, you know, I I have to get with the, uh, I have to get with the town and get a list
of what, you know, they consider to be appropriate projects, okay? >> And see if any of those projects we can do here. I I say over and over again and I mean it. Um that is you know as far as public housing is concerned. Um you know
the you know the infrastructure here at Greenwood Terrace is is you know is in very good condition. Um are there improvements here and there that can be done? Of course. Um but you know the infrastructure overall is is in is in
very solid condition. So, anything that the CPC would approve would have to be, you know, along the lines of, you know, of improvement to the property. >> Quick question. I'm trying to print the cert. >> I can I can find out.
>> Trying to find you a printer that's actually working. I can send it to >> Okay. >> Save. I'm trying to get your cert page that you need to sign. trying to get it printed. >> Is is is that the second computer? >> It's the one >> in the front. >> Yeah.
>> Sorry, folks. >> If you want us if you want to take resident comments while I'm doing this. >> Okay. Is there any comments from from the res? >> I'll see if she gets back. >> I didn't look at the paper, but I looked online at the paper and it said something about I guess the people that are going to do the painting was on
there somewhere and I didn't hear anything about it. Well, that's the that's the the siding job. >> Yeah, >> it hasn't it hasn't been scheduled yet. >> But it's been approved to do. >> Yeah, that one. >> I didn't hear about it.
>> Yeah, it's been approved. We talked about that last meeting. >> Yeah, that was that was at the last meeting, right? And it's for >> for you know, one of the buildings. >> Correct. >> All right. The other question I have, it's not a question. Well, it is a question. Um,
when Lucia was here due to shoveling snow around the cars, we mentioned this at another meeting. And and I don't know if you can do this. I don't even know how she did it, but she had something to do with the prison coming down.
>> Mhm. >> And the young kids. >> Yeah. >> They were one time it was all girls, one time it was all boys, and they shut down all the cars. I don't know if you can do that because it it helped tremendous tremendously. >> Okay. >> When they came down.
>> Okay. >> I can I can look into that. We we have um they I I know some housing authorities utilize unincerated people to do to do cleaning work and things like that. >> I was not aware that they did that they did so for snow.
>> Yeah. >> The twice. The issue is the only issue is with that is you know you never know when snow is going to happen. So you you know if you're you know if you've scheduled them for example to do some cleaning you know you can schedule that
well in advance with a snowstorm you know you might have a couple of days notice that you're going to get a little bit of snow or a lot of snow and then when you reach out to them they you know they might not be available or they might not be able to turn it over logistically that soon. There's a lot
that goes into that when they when you're re when you're when you're sending people out from the prisons. >> Yeah. I think they treated them probably know more than I do about that because you can hear longer, but they treat him with pizza or something. >> Yeah. They they're out here for a day.
The, you know, the way uh that usually works is they will, you know, they will get assigned to a, you know, to an area for a day or to part of a day and then and then the housing authority buys the lunch. That's how it typically works. >> Yeah. Thank you,
>> Lori. >> Um, yeah. Uh, when we had them before, they stopped having them come be the prisoners because they were more interested in the breaks the world. >> You know what too though? That was when
Lucia was here >> and I brought that up several times to Lucia. Can we have the prisoners come? And she said no. >> And you know where the prisoners were? Someone said housing authority. >> Get out of here. Really? >> I thought the female prisoners did a
hell of a better job than the guys. >> They did. They did. Yes. >> So, I mean there, you know, there's opportunities. I mean, I can say that I can I, you know, I can look into that. Um, you know, the only, you know, uh, the only thing is with the, um, you
know, as I said, snow is, you know, something that, you know, like if I, if I know there's going to be a snowstorm 2 months from now, I can schedule them. I'll schedule them right now. But we don't have a m we don't have a crystal ball as far as the weather goes. And usually when when we get that way,
normally we get, you know, you know, maybe 2 or 3 days notice on a storm event that's coming. And you know, very often that's not enough time to schedule it >> or they might have other things scheduled on that day or whatever the case may be. So,
>> Paul, you must being from in the area where you're from, you must know the sheriff. No problem. >> Yes. Paul Hero. Yes. Yeah. Good guy. >> He is a good guy. And I um Yeah. And I've been I've I've dealt with him in the past when he was mayor of Adelaro
and now that now that he's sheriff, he's doing a good job. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. Did we talk about um old business? Nothing under old business? >> No. >> New business. We talked about that.
Um commissioner's comments, >> any comments? >> Uh commissioners, I have one question under new business. Um I'm just wondering for the past couple of months
I've noticed um a great deal of wood in someone's vehicle. Um that isn't being stored anywhere near the buildings, is
it? >> Uh I I believe I believe it is. And I've I've reached out to I I've reached out to the um to the fire department to have them take a look at that. We don't want any fires like we've had in Fall River.
>> I agree. Yeah, I hear you loud and clear on that. I I don't either. >> Any other Okay. Any other commission's comments? Here are none. We talked about tenant comments.
>> Yeah. How did that come before that? >> Because we we got off track a little bit. No worries. Yeah, no problem. All right. Tenant comments. Any any anything else? >> Nothing from the tenants. Okay, great. All right. Ajournment. Is there is there
a motion to adjourn? >> So move. >> Second. >> Second. All in favor? I >> I >> hearing none hearing. Yeah. All in favor. Okay. So approved and thank you very much for everybody attending.
>> Thank you. and a great day.