We do the call on the chair. >> Okay. Roll call. Timothy K. >> Elizabeth Collins. >> Elizabeth Collins >> here. >> No worries. Pauline Brodor >> here. Paul Stein
>> here. That completes the roll call. >> Okay. Stand for a 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 justice for all. Okay. Um, are we going to go through the normal business with the uh >> Yeah, we'll just we'll just do the vids and then the two warrants and then I'll just go into the year.
>> Okay. Okay. Is there an approval of the minutes for the June 18th, 2025? >> Motion to approve. >> Motion to approve. Is there a second? >> Okay, I'll second. Second. All any any any uh discussion
all in favor? I any vote? So move. >> So just for the record, Mr. Chairman, I'm going to have I'm going to have two votes in the affirmative and and two extensions. >> Yeah. >> Okay.
Approval of the warrant number 12. We get motion, right? Correct. Okay. Is there a motion to approve number 12? >> Second. >> Second. Okay. All any discussion?
All in favor? I. Any oppose? Some move. Approval of form 13. Is there a motion? >> So move. >> Second. >> Second. >> All right. Discussion.
>> All in favor? I. >> I do have a question. >> Okay. the amount you do. Why not see the amounts under items? So, we know what we're
uh amounts um the amounts of the of each individual check you need. Is that what um on page on page 14 um it lists the the checks that were
um that were cut for the month of July >> where somewhere in here? >> Yes. On G on page 14 list. >> Yes. On 14. >> Okay. So, it lists the um it lists the the check number starting, you know, 6290 on the left and then it's got the
date that the check was issued, who the check was written to, what it was for, and the amount. >> That's fine. Thank you. >> You're welcome. Okay. All right. So, and and and on the uh warrant number 14.
>> Yeah. 13. On 13. Yeah. 13. Yes. So that is that is that that is that that would be approving the >> you're you're getting ahead of the wall. Just just go back a little bit.
>> Yeah, that you're right. Uh says warrants. Oh, here's And then where how far is that? >> Page 14 lists all the checks that have were issued. >> They're all numbered on the bottom of
the page. So, you'll have >> right there. >> Yeah. Okay. >> And so, I give that to the board every month. >> Okay. >> Which is a summary of everything that uh has been paid for the month. >> Okay. So, so that runs through page six.
>> Correct. Okay. I got that. I usually I usually try to to number all the pages so I can reference what we're talking about. I I got it. I'm all in. >> Okay. And if you could just hand those down so the other three can sign that
would be great. >> Okay. Is there a motion to approve? >> All right. Second. >> All right. All in favor? I any hearing? None. So for okay,
all right. Um to give you a summary, we have our we have our year end um forms in here beginning on page 17.
Um that's our uh financial reporting um as of month ending June 30th, which as everybody knows is the end of the fiscal year. So, I'm happy to say that the Westport Housing Authority ended the
year in, you know, very solid shape. Um, our operating statement is found on page 19. Um, that's really what I what I go to to um, you know, give an overview of how we
did. and uh rent collections came in 4% over budget for the year, which is right where you want it to be. So, we were in good shape with that. Um under under expenses,
um um administrative expenses, um there was only one line item that was um uh significantly out of whack and that was legal. Okay, there was reasons for that. um that the board is aware of. Uh we we
had a couple of of evictions that we had to process and normally the Westport Housing Authority has not had to um expend a lot of money legally. Uh but this past year we did uh there were a couple of problematic folks that when
Adel took over were in the works of the evictions were in the works. We just had to see it through which we did. Um our our maintenance expenses um uh came in pretty much right on the money. We were
we were 7% over budget. Uh that can easily be explained because of the number of vacancies that we did have during the course of the year. A couple of these units were left in in in you know really abysmal condition that that required a lot of extra expenses. So
overall, um, we instituted a cleaning program, uh, the hallways that had not been done before. So that was extra money that was spent. Um, the hallways are looking pretty good in my opinion. Um, I'm thinking of maybe backing off on
that to maybe once every other month instead of once per month, but I can I can have a conversation on that um, as as we as we go forward. But overall, um, we're in very good shape. Our operating
reserve stands at about $85,000, which for a housing authority this size is decent. Um, our goal this year is to hopefully get that that over a h 100,000 just to have a little bit more of a buffer. Um, but overall, I'm very I'm
very happy with how the with how the year turned out. Um, and just just for the residents that are here, um, I can I can say that I, um, I'm I'm glad that Attalboroough is here. I think Westport Housing is a, um, you know, certainly a
very well, you know, maintained housing authority. if you're driving in here from the street compared to other housing authorities that you see out there. I mean, Westport, you know, at least aesthetically to the to the eye has has very good curb
appeal and um and I think the building's wellmaintained and I think Dave, the maintenance guy, does an excellent job. So Dave's been here for a number of years and uh uh he knows where the bodies are buried, so to speak. So he he
does a great job. Um so as far as year-end statements are concerned there's really there's really three that we have to be concerned with and that's number one the operating statement that I just reviewed uh pages um pages 17 through 21.
The next statement that we that I'm required to present to the board and we're required to submit to the executive office of housing is the tenant accounts receivable which begins on page 22.
Um the total tenant accounts receivable that is on the books right now is is found on page 22 uh about 3/4 of the way down the page.
Uh uh $11,862. That's the that's the the total amount that is that is owed either by by existing residents or by former residents. Okay. So, we're not um
compared to the to the total rent roll of $266,519. This is not a very bad place to be. Uh we do have to um um we do have to write off some money um
that we have deemed to be uncollectible, but we could do that at a at a subsequent meeting. Um, just for the for the board's information, um, whenever somebody gets behind on rent for whatever reason, we always we
always try to work with them to enable them to catch up. Okay. Um, it's easier said than done. Typically, my experience in public housing is if somebody gets behind in their rent by a month or two,
it's very difficult to catch up. uh what we try to do is we try to set them up into some sort of a repayment agreement that is you know you know that is palatable to them which includes um existing rent and a portion of the of
the unpaid balance. So, for example, if someone owes us $500 in back rent and their rent is $300 regularly, what we try to do is get them to to pay the $300
and then an extra 50 bucks a month on the unpaid balance to whittle that down. Um, sometimes that works out pretty good. However, repayment agreements that the housing authority staff works out with
residents don't have any legal force for them. So, if we work out a repayment agreement and then the resident doesn't follow through on it, we don't have the authority right then and there to start eviction proceedings. We have to at that point we have to go
to the attorney and say that they're not following through on their agreement. So we we have to take the next step and go to legal on that. Um some of this you know I mentioned that the total tenant accounts receivable is 11,862.
Um about half of that amount is one is one former resident. So it's not as bad as it looks on paper for our existing. So, I'll I'll be addressing that with
the board in uh subsequent meetings. >> Go ahead. >> How far out do you go before you start the eviction process? How far how far out from money?
Um it's it's you know um it's re it's really up to to what we decide. Obviously if somebody if if your rent is $400 a month and you've been paying regularly with no problem and then one
month you only pay $300 of the $400 and then the following month you're back on track and you're paying 400 400 400. We're not going to evict you for a hundred bucks. That we're going to work with you to say, "Hey, can you can you
throw in an extra 10 bucks a month to satisfy that unpaid balance?" If they don't pay at all for months at a time, usually we don't let it, you know, we don't let it get past 2 months before we we start reaching out and then we
gauge the receptiveness of the resident. Um sometimes we deal with very you know belligerent residents that um don't want to work with us and then so that that all plays into the you know
calculation about how how hard how hard we pursue it. You know technically if you owe rent if you owe money and you don't pay it you know we can go after you. you know in in reality we you
know we you know we try to take the the um you know totality of the circumstances and we evaluate it based upon that. Now if there's other issues going on simultaneous to non-payment of rent like
lease violations and noise and things like that that all plays into our calculation as well. So, but this is all, you know, this is all a conversation that we have with the attorney. We don't we're not out there. I for one am not out there freelancing
deciding who who we're going to keep and who we're going to evict. It's all it's all based upon legal and what what what we think the courts would say and so forth. Um, you know, we all know there's a housing crisis right now. We all know
that people who live in public housing, I would imagine, don't have the ability to go out on the open market and rent an apartment for $3,000 a month or whatever the billing rate is now. It's not really affordable. Um, so what
we've found is that is that judges are very very hesitant to evict folks from public housing. We've had decent luck. I call it luck. We've had we've had decent experiences.
Two come to mind here in Westport just over the past year where the you know the circumstances were were so egregious. Um and we were able to present all of this to the judge and the judge agreed
that these two individuals should not be here. So, um, so sometimes the judge does rule in our favor, but we have to weigh all that plus the facts, you know, you know, you can probably appreciate that. Every time I pick the
phone up to talk to an attorney, it's $200. Okay. So, so I have to I have to I have to weigh that like do I really need to escalate this to legal or can this be handled in house? Right.
>> Uh so I I I would have some suggestions on how to handle that problem. My in my practice that is not how I work. >> Yeah. Okay. All right. I I'm I'm all yours, you know. >> Yeah. No, I I there is uh I forget I I I
I forgot the term now that it's called, but um uh there there is there's there at least when I was practicing there was a uh um uh a movement that that would um
uh try to listen to the clients even even the corporate clients and work them with them to make sure they were getting services really every time they phone they wow I I I
don't believe that's the way my license >> Yeah it's written what's written I so >> of course >> I own rental property and the excuses that people gave
>> I said I own property and excuses that people will give me >> and the message that they It was awful. >> It's uh you know, like I said, a couple of the units that we turned this year, you know, cost a lot of money to turn
just because of the of the condition that they were left in. And then finally, the the last uh form, which is really basic form, is page located on page 29. It's the uh it's what's called the top
five compensation form. We we we are um we are required now by uh state statute to submit um to the state every year certify our our our top
five highest compensated employees. Um the Westport Housing Authority only has one employee that's our maintenance department. I I work for the Attalboroough Housing Authority. So I'm not on the Westport role. Uh, I I get a
portion of the management fee as a as a supplement to my Adelor salary, but I'm not a Westport housing employee. Our only maintenance, our only employee is our maintenance mechanic, David, and his salary is listed there. Um, so you might
want to, you know, you might be asking, and I think to our existing three board members, I I reviewed this a year ago, but I I'll review it again now. Uh back in 2014, uh there were there were housing authority reforms that were that were
proposed by Governor Patrick at the time. And part of the reforms included regionalization of housing authorities and a whole host of other things. There was a lot of push back on the regionalization concept by local boards.
Local boards says we we want to maintain our independence. the the folks in Westport said, "We don't want to be part of a huge housing authority in Bristol County. We want to we want to keep our independence." A lot of other boards
felt the same way. Um there's no secret that there was a lot of shenanigans going on in some housing authorities throughout the state and throughout the country. Maybe you're aware of the situation up, you know, up in Chelsea. Uh that's that's what precipitated all
of this. The um the executive director of the Chelsea Housing Authority was was paying himself an annual salary of about a half a million dollars a year and uh he was able to do that.
He well the board let him do it and but what he was doing was he was uh um he was putting himself down as the executive director and then he had staff positions that were salary and he would put himself down for each of these
positions and grab the salary out of each of them and u it was a big he went to prison. He was in jail. Uh he went to prison. the board the board was asked to resign or face criminal charges. The
board they all resigned. Um so now what all housing authorities are required to do is the state wants to know what are you paying your staff. So that's why this report is is listed in Westport. It's easy peasy. There's only one
employee. There's not five. That's why there's you know two through five here it says no employee. So you can you can see David's salary for last year. Um and that's and that has to be reported
to the state. So that's really um that's really it. That's really the the extent of the reports. Um what I'm going to do is I'm just going to pass these two forms around. Very similar to the warrant. If you could all just sign off
on that. Paul, you can sign those even. Okay. Okay, cuz you're on the board now. Um, >> you just need signatures. >> I I just I just need you to sign once. So on the
on both of these. >> Yeah. So I'll need you to for example sign over here. >> Okay. Okay. And and here you can sign sign right there. Sign that question. Tim, you're going to sign where it says
chair. >> Yeah. >> What's your question, Paul? uh on page 21 uh and and and maybe this could be we can have a discussion under business at another
but I I just noticed that on the operating reserve potential reserve uh reserve and are all going in the wrong direction. That is correct. And and I just wondered I just note that it doesn't seem to me
that it's something that needs critical attention. uh the the LCP reserve is of a little concern and I I don't know why that is so high relative to our
our operating uh expenses but u I just note that and I obviously the numbers are the numbers and I I'm certifying the numbers but I do have questions that I would like to have that addressed maybe >> yeah the easiest way to to explain OPED
is the uh that's the that's the pension liability of the housing authority, you know, going forward. Obviously, Westport Housing has has retirees throughout the years that have retired
from here. And um my um our FE accountant, Paul, his his name is Dan Robel. He's going to be here, I believe, in October to to present the budget. And part of that explanation is is involving
OPEC and how that's factored in. Um there's nothing we can do about that number. That's that number is what it is. And if people retire and they and and they pull benefits out of the system, that number is going to keep on
going up. Um it it does not it does not reflect the the operating sustainability of the housing. So I that I can answer but for a more for a more indepth explanation uh that'll be coming up.
>> I I get unfunded unfunded reserve that's for that's the for our current maintenance. correct fund. Correct. Um the state pension fund. Um and it's just one of the
senator that that those deficits in no way have any bearing or effect on the services that the housing authorities providing to that is absolutely correct. Absolutely correct.
Excellent question. So those those forms are going around. I appreciate that. And uh the only other thing I I have, Mr. Chairman, is um the the uh the work order report is in here as well for your review. Um again,
I Paul, for your benefit, these are the these are the these are are the completed work orders. >> I I I'm familiar with these. >> Yeah. And uh and again if there's any questions about any individual work order you can reach out to me. Uh but for like last month in July, David
completed 24 work orders which I I think is a pretty standard month as far as I can tell. Um the only other thing I have is uh separate from your board packet as I mentioned before um we are getting
ready to do um some uh some exterior paint work on on the buildings and Blue Oak Painting
when we went out to bid was the was the low bidder. Uh what we do when there's a low bidder, we don't just take somebody's word for it that they're they're the low bidder. We do we have our architect do uh reference check and then we um you know
we look at um whether they have the capability to do the job or not. and our architect uh Robert Smith uh who we've used many times both here in Westport and elsewhere sent the
letter uh that um he finds no objection to awarding Blue Oak Painting the job for for $39,900. So, I just need a I just need a motion, a second, and an approval to authorize
me to enter into a contract with Blue Oak. Second favor on that document, it does say. Is that correct? >> That is correct. >> That's why you have that,
>> right? So yeah, that's right. You know, you know, as an example, okay, if you know, if if there's a big job coming up and you know, you know, Joe's painting comes in and says, "Oh, I'll you know, I'll I'll
do it for 10 grand." You know, you're going to say, "Well, well, gee, we we think it's a $50,000 job. That's what we are estimating." and you're coming in saying, "Um, you're going to do it for 10,000. Let me see your crew. Let me see what
kind of operation you're running." And he'll he turns around and says, "Well, I'm I'm a oneman show. I I do all my own work. I do this." It's not a qualified bidder because one individual can't handle the whole job. So, we we say
lowest qualified because every so often, it does happen. we get some fly by night that'll come in and, you know, thumb the works up and bid low that we've never heard of. And then a lot of these folks, by the way, have to
have to be registered with the state in order to bid. And Paul, I was having this conversation with Tim briefly before the meeting. If you look at the highest bidder on the second page there, you'll see that FRG Contracting
bid $148,000 for this job, whereas our low bidder bid a hund over $100,000 less. So, you might be asking yourself why, you know, and a lot of these folks um
have to bid on certain jobs in order to keep active in the state system. So, in all likelihood, FRG, who's based at Woo, if you see the address there, they probably had no intention of wanting to win the bid, but they just wanted to go
through the motions to um stay active in the state. So, >> all right. So, let me It looks like this is these are two different uh records.
felt the um the letter uh from Mr. Smith is um is for is is I was recommending blue oak painting. I think what he did >> I I think he he cut and pasted it. >> Okay. >> Um he put bathroom renovation.
>> Well, he's got all the numbers don't match, but do they? I'm just trying to figure out how >> 39,000 calls >> 39 39 P O H LC number 26493
J M A number 2513 um two and and then this one says BDO project B2B2 CS exterior painting 667-1 project 334 4
055. They don't they don't match up. >> Yeah. What he did, um I I can I can tell you what he did. 26493 at the top. That's the That's the project number of this bathroom renovation project, wherever that is. He
I what I think he did was he may have um he he may have forgot to take the uh that line off. Maybe it's the Woomer housing authority. I don't I don't know who uh >> can can we get a corrected
>> yes >> uh recommendation >> we can but you know subject to subject to to to substituting a correct recommendation I would I would accept so I accept the recommendation but I I didn't think the record should be clear
that what we're accepting is the recommendation for a exterior meaning job >> and Not a bad recommendation. >> Well said. So, do you want to uh we'll just we'll just we'll uh we'll modify the motion.
>> Yeah. Change the motion. change the motion to authorizing the management agent to enter into a contract with Blue Oak Painting um for for the painting job uh at the Westport Housing Authority pending
uh the modification of of the approval letter to request proper numbers. >> Receipt of an amended recommendation that has the correct project. We'll do it. >> Okay. All right. All in favor?
>> Any oppos? >> Okay. >> That's all I have, Mr. Chairman. >> Okay. All right. Okay. Anything on the old business? Anyone got new business? Our next meeting is going to be
September uh September 17th. Yeah. Um, commissioner's comments. I had one comment. You spoke a few minutes ago about having a couple uh spending some money with the
maintenance because you had some vacancies and stuff like that. Go through the vacancies that you have. >> We have we we have we have two vacants right now. Um, one of them has been vacant for for a long time due to the
fact that there was extensive renovations required. Uh uh secondary to that was the fact that um we are we are now utilizing the the CHAMP application system and the
CHAMP application system um should should have been used here regularly going back to 2021. It was not. Um so unfortunately what what's happening now is when we pull a list a lot of the
names that we are getting on on the list are have either already been housed elsewhere or we can't get a hold of them. So what's happening is we're going through the list. We're going through list after list after list in order to
qualify somebody. EOHLC is aware of the issue we're having and they they understand what's going on. So I I'm not anticipating that it's going to be too much longer on those two. >> When going through the CH program, are you following >> Westport's guidelines?
>> Yes. >> Or >> we are we we are >> I think you know what I'm saying. >> I do. Okay. >> I do that. You know, we always we always try our goal or you know, it should be our goal is to to house local people.
You know, that that you know, that should be our goal. And what you know what happens and Paul for your you know edification on this uh uh you know Champ is a centralized application system. Now in the olden days each individual
housing authority had their own list. So when you had a vacancy you would just go to the next application in the in the file that was the oldest one and you would work to try to house that person. Now everything goes into a centralized waiting list. Unfortunately, what
happens is um there are thousands of people on this list and what happens is out of out of desperation when folks are applying they will they will check off you know every single housing authority in the state of
Massachusetts which is fine but you know if if you live in West Stockbridge okay which is way out by the New York border and your name gets pulled on the Westport list, okay? And we contact you
and we say, "Hey, you're, you know, you're number one on the Westport list." They turn around and say, "Yeah, but I I live in West Stockbridge. I'm not moving all the way to Westport." So, it just begs the question, well, why did you check off Westport housing if you if you
have no intention of living there? So, we deal with a lot of that. We deal with folks that mark it off and then and then turn us down. So let me tell you that we we have guidelines
and and among those guidelines are the priorities for Westport residents. one. >> Well, there is there is a preference for Westport residents, but but if you know if a Westport resident applies on on you
know on on a given date and then somebody else who's not a Westport resident applies, let's say they're a veteran, okay, or homeless. If you're homeless, that that will trump being a
Westport resident. If you're a veteran that will that will be ahead of a Westport resident. >> So if you're a veteran who lives in Boston, you get preference over somebody in Westport who's not a >> that's the way
>> I get the homeless I I have understand why homeless people can be housed before people who already live somewhere. But that that's a little strange and that's mandated now by the state. >> Correct. Correct. We can look again at
um at the preferences again for Westport. Um in fact I can meet I can meet with the deputy director who does an outstanding job with with the champ we we >> well the the whole idea behind the whole
idea behind the champ system is is is to to avoid favoritism. what was happening not not necess well or maybe it was happening here in Westport I don't know but in the larger cities what would happen is you get you get a
in the olden days you know the mayor's office would call up and say hey uh you know the city of mounts were his cousin >> somebody's going to jump on him I get it >> you know I I want you to house this person and you would be like well if you
if you if you stood your ground and and said uh you know I'm going going to do it the right way and no, I'm not housing so and so, you would eventually find yourself either out of a job or demoted or whatever. Um, but but having the chance, we can have that discussion
later, but I'm not sure I fully >> Okay, I understand what that the news sometimes the cure is worse than the disease, >> right? >> I I totally agree with Paul. She's West,
>> right? in my opinion, >> right? >> But do we have Westport people who were looking to get in here? >> Yes, >> we do. >> Well, a couple of recent ones were Westport people. >> Right. So, that that that did work out.
>> Okay. Well, that's a that's a that's a work in process, but >> no, we'll we'll we'll spend more time on that work for that because it does seem that keep things local >> and um I get it that I mean I have seen experience in some of the large
communities where there's political but um and but it's not just because of the list. It's because somebody jiggers the the numbers and gets somebody qualified because he's not
qualified and and that I don't know how the chance this fixes that but we can never we can do it to protect our we are doing the best we can for people here. >> Yep. I agree.
>> Okay. >> 10 comments. Oh, I'm sorry. >> I'm sorry. >> Okay. >> Yep. >> What's your name? >> We uh we are using Kyle Vieira.
>> Kyle Vier. >> Yeah, we use him for all of our management agencies. >> Where are they from? >> Uh Adavar. Correct. >> Um the last two years
I've had some people talk to me about what about doing this without doing. >> Do we still have regulations? >> Yes, >> we do. Yes. When was the last time you
>> um probably I I want to say right after I believe >> this is what >> um it's a busy place. A lot of the tenants know what a lot of
the other tenants are getting so on and so forth. I I remember doing the last book was and there were a lot of questions and a lot
of disagreements. some of the pictures and didn't stick. Um, when a tenant has a problem
and they need to fix that problem, they go to you and excuse me. Uh, they need clarification of what they want to do. Maybe they were
talking outside um and in the book it said you need a doctor's club or for us to look at
I think that I think that's good. 11. When that person brings the doctor's note, uh, nobody else knows about
the tenants don't know about. And if you don't know about, you're never going to get and you are eligible to get that. But people over all the time and they
say please how come. So I hope we hold that because it's really really important and it does a lot to the tenders.
>> I can address I I can address that. We can, you know, we can take another look at it. Sure. >> I mean, are you are you know, when you say a doctor's note, are you are you referring to to a reasonable accommodation? >> Well, whatever whatever
the person said, I need this accommodation. the first book, >> but says that you need a doctor's blood. So they go off and they get their doctor's
agree with that to whoever is executive director and um executive director t and gets exactly what they want without anybody knowing. I know you're
not supposed to be, you know, uh, telling other tenants what people are getting, although they tell each other, but that >> I mean, if someone comes to us with a medical with a medical accommodation, um, yes, we, you know, we take we take
that. >> Oh, no. >> But we don't, um, but, you know, I I hear all I mean, not not just here, but in in different places. I'll get phone calls from um you know neighbors of this individual saying hey Mrs. So and so
could really use a first floor and I know she dropped off I know she dropped off a doctor's note saying she needs a first floor. Now I can't discuss anybody else's private medical stuff. Now, you know, if an ambulance comes in here and takes somebody out, well, obviously
people see that they took somebody out and they may get the impression that that might be a medical issue. I mean, I that's, you know, that's something that is out in the public, but we don't we don't share
any any private medical information with anybody. The last thing is what about animals? How do you deal with animals? >> Again, if there's uh if there's a
reasonable accommodation, okay, you know, a big thing now is uh you know, people people say they need emotional support animals. Okay. Um if if there's a if there's a medical reason why you
need a cat or or a dog, a little dog, um we we would take we would take that under advisement. Um you know, obviously um you know, these these apartments are
small. Um if you you know, you know, you can't have a great game in here. I mean, it's it's not that's not going to work anymore. Um, but um I know there was um there was something going on recently about about residents that were feeding
the feral cats on the property. All right. Um so we we encourage people not to do that because, you know, feral cats could bring could bring disease and once you feed an animal, they always remember where they ate. So you're never you're
never gonna, you know, they're never gonna, you know, go any place else. >> We had the animal officer here a couple of years ago and she told everybody don't feed them. There's no law against feeding the animal control.
It's our law. It's this is our policy not to feed the animals, not our law. Well, it's a well, it's a health it's it's a health issue, but it's not a walk. that you um to go along with that
uh I can remember quite vividly being over there and going through this booklet and um somebody from me uh wanted a dog and
they talked and talked and talked you know I'm against having I said I love dogs. I would have 100 dogs if I could. But you got to look at other other things that might happen. I'm on
the second floor here and the lady downstairs has a door that goes up and down and all of a sudden the door is so excited that something is coming out that's underneath her legs and she
falls. Well, I'm going to tell you this will take a legal issue. It's not safe and I I didn't but then the long
had a dog and then eventually the dog started. So I think it's something to think about >> in the context of going through the handbook. I believe that's part of part of the
the handbook. So yeah, we'll uh we'll incorporate that when we review it. >> Okay. I think that's >> well what other thing is an issue about is whether or not the res picks up after not let go you know go anywhere
everywhere and not pick up that was that was the issue with dogs um otherwise mine we had a long support dog here and this woman would go to work every day leave the dog at home in 2 minutes we go
over there and take the dog out and walk Well, that's not an emotional support. Exactly. Right. Right. >> Thank you. >> Right. You're welcome. Thank you. >> Okay. Anything else from the commission? >> Okay.
>> Um I want to congratulate Mrs. Steinstein. Okay. >> Can I give a little introduction of who you are and where you come from? >> How much of an introduction? Well, you know, uh I'm uh I'm I'm retired
attorney. I practiced law in New York and then in Boston for about 20 years. Moved to Westport in 2002. Uh and was appointed by Governor Patrick Service Commissioner in the state. I've
had that job, fulltime job since 2006. Uh excuse me, 2008. And um I have um I'm married, no children. Uh my wife is
a alum of the uh New Britain, Connecticut. And um uh we are living now at the condos at Oakidge, which probably may never know it exists. It's an over 55
community, 43 units that um moved from from Southwestport to to be there in 2011. Um, and I uh, you know, I had a uh
I had a strong interest in making campaign hopefully my my state job and hopefully in this job of being fair and partial but ensuring that proper
just making sure that everyone gets through process. anything that has [Music] any other comments. [Music] I watch him every day. you know, year
after year and I love I would just find amazing on everything. I mean, I never seen anything like that
in my life. That employee on the job will not I I look at the work of the case [Music] and I bet we have housing
cases come up and I've seen other housing back and this is And he does the work orders in and you know at the same time the apartments the
grass all that stuff >> one more question I have is um did you have um well did you ever get a date on when the project's going to on painting. >> Uh well, we have to um we have to sign
the contract and then we have to have a kickoff meeting. We'll you know we'll communicate that to everybody. >> All right. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Anything else? >> That is there a motion to adjourn? >> Some move. >> So move. Is there a second?
>> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. Any discussion? >> All right. Thank you for inviting