right on my head that's way better okay hi no how you doing good and you're set to go sir okay thank you uh can we please have a call to order oh I'm sorry I got to read the minutes I mean the uh this is the town of D and board of selectman's regular meeting Wednesday May 8th 20124 at 6:00 p.m. in person and Via Zoom at Oldtown Hall 1111 Somerset Avenue dayon Mass uh the meeting ID tonight is 849 4857 2174 with the passcode being 22 8911 the phone call is phone number is 646 931 3860 public input may be provided using the following methods contact our office at boardof Selectmen at D- ma.gov to provide input prior to the meeting you can join us at Via Zoom or in person this this is going to be continually played on dayon Channel 9 and at YouTube at www.youtube.com slown of Dion this is revised agenda originally posted on May 6 2024 at 3:50 p.m. this meeting is being recorded the listing of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the chair which may be discussed at the meeting not all items listed May in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law can we please have a call to order Mark Pico present uh Peter Karen present and can we all please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and after the Pledge of Allegiance can you just stand for a moment of silence please I pledge aliance 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 we had a lady who lived and Di in most of life her name is uh her name was I'm sorry um sister Gertrudis Marie Benton cour she uh was 80 years old she was born in Columbia and came to the United States at the age of 17 she was a licensed practical nurse and spent most of her life in dayon uh she is survived by her three nieces thank you we're going to start right off with appointments uh review discuss an act request to appoint lonard Hull Jr as member of the open open space committee this is dated uh uh 43748 p.m. hi Leanne and Sarah the open space committee tonight is to recommend Lenard Hull's application for appointment to the open space committee can you please include this appointment on your next uh select board meeting and um Mark do you have any questions for Lenny I don't okay neither do I so can I have a motion on the floor I would like to make a motion to appoint Leonard Hull Jr as member of the open space committee I'm going to step down this chair and second that all those in favor I and Peter count is an i congratulations Lenn yes it's a great committee to be on I was onon it thank you for your service thank you for uh for requesting to be on that if you discuss an act request to appoint Jeff cavalo planning board chairman as Destiny to the south southeastern regional planning and economic development District this will be a reappointment just to clarify this is a reappointment okay okay um I have no questions mark do you have any I don't actually should there be a term on these appointments yeah those are annual annual okay I'm prepared to make a motion sure um Mr chairman I'd like to make a motion to appoint Jeff cavalo uh planning board chairman as design to the southeastern regional planning and economic development District I'm going to step down as chair and second that all those in favor I and Peter Karen in I uh review discuss an act request to appoint Thomas Ferry Highway superintendent to the Joint Transportation Planning Group um same same same I have no questions I'd like to make a motion to appoint Thomas Ferry Highway superintendent to the Joint Transportation Planning Group I'll step down as chair and second that all those in favor I and Peter Kon I uh review discuss and act request to appoint Michael Mullen Town Administrator as an alternate to the Joint Transportation Planning Group is that reappointment as well it is okay um I'd like to make a motion to appoint Michael Mullen Town Administrator as an alternate to the Joint Transportation Planning Group I'll step down as chair and second that all those in favor I and Peter camon is an I now it's time for announcements okay applications have being sought for dayon residents interested in joining the dayon elementary school building committee and the finance committee please visit the town website at www.don ma.gov for more information the dayon historical society is holding a plant sale on Saturday May 18th 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Winslow Davis Museum 12:17 William Street stop by and get your plants for your garden this event is rain or shine the town of dayon Food Bank distribution will be held on May 18th 2024 located at the Town Hall 979 Somerset Avenue Lower Level bulky item curbside pickup is scheduled for Monday 520 2024 through Friday 52424 tags may be purchased at the Board of Health office 1111 summer SED AV rear entrance contact the board of health to order your tags at 774 872 0943 a separate tag is required for each item to be disposed bulky item schedule is the same schedule as trash pickup and items must be out no later than 7 a.m. there will be a blood drive sponsored by the dayon health and police department on July 13th 2024 from 8:00 a.m. to 1: p.m. at Oldtown Hall 1111 Somerset a thank you thank you uh we're going to move right into town administrator's report great thank you chairman like I just like in the packet I um I included an email update that I sent to the board last week uh like with regards to the eligibility period uh with the msba for the Dian Elementary School the potential Dian Elementary School building project um so last week May 1st uh was actually day one day one of our 270-day eligibility period um so superintendent Rooney um and I actually met last week on day one um on day one with Robin with Robin melan and our team from the msba AL like and um and Robin will be our point of contact for the school building project uh and we really kicked off our work together with a really good start um so uh the the two 170 day journey through our eligibility period takes us from May 1st um um all the way through January 27 2025 um so the first steps uh to meeting our first compliance requirements is um is a Dr School District completing um an initial compliance certification by May 1st um then the school building committee uh that we discuss and the structure of which was approved at the last meeting um is required to be formed no later than July 1st 2024 an educational profile questionnaire completed by the school district is due on July 30th 2020 2024 uh we do have there was one there was one position um related to the composition of the um um of the school building committee that I actually talked with Town Council about this morning and he he's going to get his legal input on that just so we proceed like in the way that really we should be being a town that is a part of a Regional School District um but from there the next requirement like of the msba um all of the msba is having the school district having and completing an enrollment meeting uh with the msba by the end of November 20 I'm sorry the end of October 2024 then that brings us to a local a local question relative to whether of the Town approves the funding of a feasibility study this would have to be completed this would have to be completed no later then January 27th 2025 right at the end um so the deadline for that to be done and the answer provided on that is right at the end of the the end of the 270-day window um the msba also said the MSP also said that it could make sense to include the question as a woman adequate this year's fall at this year's fall special time meeting and then as a followup to that I asked um because the because the funding question would be based like off of in information that would be looked at uh in a feasibility study that would be based on enrollment and other things I did uh ask whether the msba would help help to help us in the school building committee come up uh they propos cost structure of a feasibility study uh like like in the msba mentioned that they don't typically do that but they really rely on school district school district Town officials in uh school districts Town Town officials in I like in the school building committee really looking um at looking at PR msba projects to uh to uh to really come up with a funding scope based on how how other similarly suited towns who have the same um who have the same type of General Building needs um who have the same involvement and other things um to use um to use a class of those prior prior approved uh feasibility studies at the starting point okay um and the msba did provide examples of what towns um who are like us um that that recently had Elementary feasibility studies based on enrollment and other things they provided examples um I like and the very good news is um the the funding the cost of those feasibility studies is basically um what we have in our Capital stabilization fund right now which is what we've been building up to be able to be able to fund and do um and if you think back to to um when at the end of the co time when the school district um did have that pretty significant end turn back um the town the town specifically with that funding made he like oh yeah like the town town meeting didn't make a very strong commitment to the capital stabilization fund um to I mean an anticipation of this project moving forward as well um so so we do have virally all the we do have basically all um the entire cost based on the msba other Town examples of the whole feasibility study already on hand um there are other communities that when they're proposing when they're proposing feasibility studies they do have to they do have to go out and go through debt exclusions just to be able to find a feasibility study thankfully we won't be in that situation um but yeah but that is a few months down the road but you know that is the oh you know the timing and the process that uh that we would be anticipating at this point um one of the things that um um is extremely important is uh is that for is that for the feasibility study the town would receive reimbursement from the msba for for approximately 55% of the cost for the feasibility study once um once a town appropriates the full amount so that's 55% once the full um that's a 55% reimbursement once the town approves the full amount the whole 100% amount whatever that will be um and that would be regardless whether a school building project is regardless of whether a school building project is I I like it's ultimately approved or not and um the reimbursement the 55% reimbursement percentage is Al so it's based on a variety of social is based on a variety of based on a variety of uh socioeconomic factors that are actually updated every calend the year so there is a potential because our 270-day window actually ends right at the beginning of calendar year 2025 that uh uh that that 55% may go up but may go down and probably not by a lot but there is there is a chance that based on just the timing with regards to the beginning of calendar year 2025 that 55% may change a little bit uh but if it but if it does change there's also there's also the opportunity for like additional incentive points that we could that we could seek with the msba at that point as well um so then like in terms of you know the our our the whole the whole type of broader timeline of the project so then like at the end of the 270 days if the feasibility study receives local approving from local approval from town meeting we would then be invited back to the msba to be invited officially into a feasibility study phase and once we I can once if we were invited into that uh the feasibility study phase can last up to an additional 9113 days that's an additional 2 and a half years on top of the 270 days that were're at top of the 200 270 days that we're at right now so this Al like is the very very very infiny of all like of a very extensive uh process where we really based on the diligence and the work like in the efforts you know that we need to do uh like I mean like I would just really try to uh caution everyone on jumping to any conclusions and letting the process and the diligence in the process that we have to go through with the msba to really to try to speak for itself um because I think a lot of information as we as we begin all I can go through this process these processes are extremely involved and um I do think whatever the process does produce it's going to I I like it will produce and will be actually part of a process that will be producing very constructive information so I just wanted to provide that update to everybody how much money is in the stabilization um almost 1 Point almost $1.6 million at this point and we were anticipating about 2 million for the study right that is that was uh that was a preliminary information that came back um that was basically ballpack by the school superintendent but actually based like on the information uh provided by the msba um they do have they do um have a number they do have a number of recent feasibility studies that the highest one that the highest ones he for elementary schools in the towns of Winchester and Burlington of all places you know the cost of those were $1.5 million so I do think the $1.5 million ballpack that we have with this information um until we have any additional information is a Al is likely a better updated number at this point Awesome mar do you have any questions for I just want to thank you for that detailed update um it's this is very exciting and I think it's awesome it's so exciting for our residents and our children that we have this opportunity available for us to um to engage with the msba and start this process and um I want to thank the town residents and the prior boards uh for funding Capital stabilization and we have this option to to fund this um through stabilization and um that's Forward Thinking so um it's all very exciting and we're we're at the infancy stage and I it's nice that we have this option available to explore so thank you thank you actually I do have one more comment on that um On a related note the msba um the committee that we are that it closes next Thursday I believe yes a week from tomorrow have we had applicants for that we've I believe about four maybe five applications so far we've received okay so that's a super important committee so any please spread the word anyone at home if you're watching we need we need applicants and um you know your feedback is so important and we need we need folks to join that committee so have we put anything on Facebook about that well we have we've already uh we've already published once on our website and Facebook as well um we've also and we have coordinated um the release of that information with the school district too awesome um so we're both utilizing um the the same press release information uh like you the like same oh yeah like oh yeah the the same outline of what we're together we're looking for great thank you and like that's actually like included in the packet as well um I did see that at the beginning so thank you uh two applications I mean we need correct we have two positions open for we actually hold on a second we actually I believe we out of the 15 I thought two were going to be Town residents yeah hold on just one so we do on a second uh we do okay so um there are currently five open volunteer positions in each of the category listed below one member of the community appointed by the board of Selectmen with knowledge of the educational Mission and function of educational of elementary school facility two members of the community appointed by the board of Selectmen with architecture engineering and or construction Experience One community at lodge design appointed by the board appointed by the board of appointed by the board of selectman and one community at loud design appointed by the DI school committee so we do have five open positions um and four out of those uh four out of those five will be filled by the selectman okay awesome thank you okay moving on to selectman's reports Mark have you met anybody yet with the uh you had a u i thinking of contract negotiations with anybody yet or anything oh that'll be we're going to start that on Monday for dispatchers um do you have anything else for sence report um no I I was going to ask if could would you under yours be willing to give an update on the board of health um sure the applications yep thank you we have um a board of health um position open and we're going to hold interviews on the 22nd of May and uh hopefully that night or after we call on references so it won't be that night uh fairly quickly after we appoint somebody to the Board of Health and um they'll reconvene and have a um a new uh or possibly the same chair and um member uh members after uh after we call on the references thank you uh the five members will vote on who the uh appointee will be okay thanks you're welcome okay we're going to move on to Old Business Review discuss and act the uh fiscal year 25 budget recommendations review of proposed town meeting warrant articles and placing of Articles okay so there's a lot there yep um just actually um approaching everything one by one um with the FY 25 budget recommendations um we did at the end of last Thursday evening um the the finance committee did finalize their budget recommendations um which are included in the uh like in the updated budget um there are um there are a handful of areas that at this point um where the uh where there is a difference between the fincom recommendation and the board of Select recommendation um we do with the fincom recommendations uh we do have we do have a balanced budget um and so the question I guess for the board is Al like with any of Al like with any of the differences that currently exists between the fincom recommendations and the selectman recommendations whether the selectman want to try to try to match either try to match and reconcile their recommendations uh with the fom recommendation um and I just wanted to um bring that up um like as a followup we do have in hand um at this point we do have a assigned proposed what health budget as well um that I know last Thursday there was the discussion about and we had promised to be um to be able to follow up and get that from the Board of Health and so that's also included in the packet so thank you I I I know the reserve fund we were um $5,000 off because they had $5,000 less than what we had anticipated and I know Mark had mentioned that uh he'd like to see that $5,000 put into Reserve fund I'm assuming you'd still have to keep that okay so I would not agree with the uh the than I mean the board of uh the finance committee's recommendation I'd like to keep it at the 55,000 thank you I agree with that yes yep I agree yeah oh yeah I mean oh yeah like and as a whole I mean like it's oh like it's really up oh yeah like it's really up to the board whether the board wants to want to keep all its recommendations or TR to match any of them um y yeah like it's really up to the board so so for the um Town Treasurer our recommendation was um $7,700 higher than fincom uh let's see professional and Technical it looks like 4200 and the postage 3500 we happen to have the treasurer here I don't I don't know sure I would brought my budget sorry no that's f apolog um the postage budget is that the one in the 146 line no 145 okay thank you just curious if you were comfortable with the budget um what fincom recommended I I guess with the postage they had um other other departments were including postage on or in their budgets yes and um but you were and yours was the for the full amount so somewhere that there's a discrepancy of do they reimburse your department right that's exactly how we do okay because the 50 machine operates on a line of credit so I Advance the funds into the line of credit and then um know pay the bill monthly as it comes in and then um periodically throughout the year we do adjustments to adjust the departmental so which figure uh do you get after the adjustments I'd say that the the 4,000 would probably be sufficient okay because um like I said it it fluctuates up and down throughout the year so as departments use it my line kind of uh uh comes back so to speak and then the professional and Technical thing um line was a$ 4200 difference between what we had recommended and what the finance committee had recommended yes unfortunately I didn't bring my zerob based balance sheet sure um I I apologize um yeah but if you have it more easily accessible Serena do you have um collector as well because that has a small difference on looks like professional technical professional technical yes will be thank you and I apologize because the the fincom budget meeting I attended this did not come up so this happened after right um Serena do you know what they struck by any chance from here looked at how much was spent through the end of December gotcha okay so I do have a couple of large expenses that come in April like that's when we file our continuing disclosure to maintain our bond rating um that bill Rose over 10% this year uh usually was $2,000 that jumped up to 2,200 um so my my usage here is higher uh our payroll company has recently increased its costs as well um sorry I'm at a little bit of a disadvantage because I'm not sure what exactly they were pruning from here you sure the yeah and I think also Paul they focus on the $1,200 and a part of that um focus on the $1,200 and like unanticipated cost as well um oh yeah like I mean like I just I mean I I like I just know that with the uh uh the deficit that we had to try to close uh yeah the fincom was trying to assess what really weird eies that had like any like like any unanticipated costs were to try to just I mean like even though those cuts might not be pleasant it's um I think they were trying to identify more unanticipated areas rather than areas that actually had a that had a dollar amount connected which is fine but they they went up about three times that amount so if we were going to be removing the $1,200 in unanticipated um that's I that's that's fine I um unfortunately I'm not sure what exactly they decided to remove it probably would have been good if I were to be notified after the initial fincom meeting when my budget was you know there's no issues then um it would have been beneficial to be notified prior to uh know prior to tonight um so I I frankly don't know where the where they got the $4,200 to be honest with you thank you I had similar concerns when I was in you know when I was a town clerk and you know we go to you an elect officially you come before us the selectman and you come before the fincom and then you know there's all these other meetings happen after and it's a it's a lot you know you don't get notified and you don't attend and then we make these changes for a lot of these departments and they're not here you just happen to be here tonight so I don't know how you feel Mr chairman but we did go through all of these line by line with these departments and just kind of hearing Paul's feedback it's it's going to be the same for all these departments you know right I'm concerned that uh a lot of it was looked at is this is what they spent last year um this is what's budgeted let's cut x amount of dollars uh right right not that they didn't do their homework don't get me wrong right um but I I I think they were too a little too heavy-handed with some of the Departments and um I I I again would recommend what the board of selectman recommend yeah I thank you uh for helping guide that discussion and um thank you very much I agree with our chairman and I I agree we we've looked at this and you know we looked at it when our Department's comments were freshing our mind too and we had all the data in front of us and the zerob based and um everyone put a lot of work into it so I agree I I think you know we've done our due diligence on these budgets and we have looked at them very closely um so I think we should stick with our recommendation thank you that was for including the same thing for um Town collector correct yes yeah like I mean a lot of these may have the same type of argument just because the the recommendations were just made on Thursday so let's um do you know why the planning board was deducted 2500 for um the professional technical yes I yeah that was like in like in the pnt that uh was um because that um has all deadline has always funded legal um um like in just the um I and I believe the the think I felt um based on history that that whole amount of funding hasn't been drawn upon right uh like AR if I had to try to if I had try to gu that informed the recommendation there okay and yeah we're just guessing so I I say we just stay consistent okay so you want to keep it in there mark I'd like to keep all of our recommendations from 42924 Chief the 8,000 for overtime do you have any will wiggle r with that what's that the 8,000 that they cut from overtime on next yes sir feeling that the other two officers would probably be back by then hoping one's going to be back within the next two weeks and I have no idea on the other right okay I'm expecting one to be back last Maye awesome great thank you so I wonder if this uh the original Board of selectman's recommendation was a little high I'd prefer to keep it as it is you want to keep it as it is yes okay Mike I guess we'll just keep them as it is fine thank you thank you um so moving on to the review of the proposed articles um we can some of these will be more straight uh uh straight forward straightforward than others but like if we can just go quickly through the warrant real quick yes like and then those folks who have uh those folks in the Departments who have proposal one articles many of them are here so uh we can like any questions any comments any overview can be provided by them mhm um so article one to hear report of town officials and the capital outlay that is pretty self-explanatory um article two um is also is also is also an annual article to authorize the selectman to appoint or necessary Town officials um article three is to um we do have a prior prior unpaid bills um coming from the police department the transfer station um I like Al two two related two police details one from the transfer station one from the selectman's office um and ALS and also a National Grid bill uh because I believe it was in March um of 24 we actually received a prior year bill from the last um from the last fiscal year so those uh total uh just just over $3,500 in total uh any questions on any of those no um article um Article Five is I'm sorry article four is an artic um is is a statuto required article to set the salary of dayon town officials uh for fy2 and um I yeah like I mean as I mention like I mentioned like a few weeks ago this whole warrant document is a very is a very fluid document that is being updated um on a daily basis and um to that end the um um two weeks ago I believe what there was discussion to include the Board of selectman stiped like all in the operating budget but not in the selectman's in the selectman's recommendation like in terms of the Town salaries so um so we can go back and take that out perfect thank you that' be great okay um uh about every but everything else there are in line like with both the vome recommendations and and the SEL recommendations there awesome um like Article Five is the FY 25 operating budget that is based that is based on both the selectman in the income recommendations so that is all self-explanatory um is there any questions on that looks great thank you Karen and suena by the way yes thank you article AR um AR um article six is the uh is the funding of is the funding of the SE Enterprise fund for f425 um that is also self-explanatory and um the majority of those uh the majority of those expenses about $300,000 of the 3 I $92,000 budget uh will act will actually come will actually come from from dedicated SE receipts um and the other approximately 90 uh just over 92,000 uh will come uh will come will come from retained revenues um uh like as part of the SE Enterprise budget we also um uh like we also have uh the FY 25 the fy2 the FY 25u budget has been restructured this year to actually to actually have a dedicated Capital article we used to up until this year um Carry about aund uh actually $150,000 Capital article AR within put in the SE Enterprise budget I can and talking everything through with the Sewer Commission is um actually a jez going back to February now uh like oh yeah like it was like it was actually discussed like especially with the D especially with the um especially with the like sewer pump upgrade project plan for right outside D power to have a dedicated article to fund that um that that would also be that would also that would also be funded from SE Enterprise as well um I like actually oh like I'm sorry that 150 would be reappropriated from what was already appropriated FY r24 like in this year's budget into the article perfect are any questions on that um article 8 is to act would be to fund out FY 20 24 um fi2 24 f24 sow nice deficit before so we pay for that with with available free cash so we don't have to then raise it in the recap and through our FY 25 budget process so basically paying that off before we even get the bill because we know what the bill is awesome um article um AR n uh we do have the um we do on a second we do have um um Al we do have an additional propose we do have four proposed addition um additional revolving funds like a few of them that have actually practically speaking have always been on the books however they have been on the books without us oh oh oh like has a talent creating them and establishing uh and establishing them as um and establishing them as uh establishing them as revolving funds so this so this would um on a few of these um especially Al like especially the police Cruise the police Cru or insurance reimbursement um then the Insurance then the insurance reimbursement and then the municipal building Insurance Fund that would basically codify what has always happen we just have never we've just never formally established them okay um and then the the C on Aging uh like is proposing a revolving fund for um like a revolving fund for C aging programs meals and feasts um so how did how was this identified that we needed to to have these these revolving funds codified in a bylaw that is all thanks to the town accountant awesome thank you that's good work thanks any questions on any of that no that's awesome um now with with those revolving funds um and all the other revolving funds that we already have on the books every year town meeting has to has to set the spending limits has to set the spend limits for those revolving funds so this is just a reoccurring so this is a reoccurring article uh this is a reoccurring article where every year town meeting has to set the splending limits okay and um the the like what um the proposed uh what the what the proposed what the proposed limits are like basically uh basically basically already follows what we what we already have in place mhm any questions on that no um no I'm good actually thanks the Articles um article like articles like 11 and 12 articles 11 and 12 like annual articles that we um that we that we present on our meeting um article 11 I like would allow um um would I like would allow the town to make changes in grade take by purchase or eminent domain I like go to what settle damages from Land taken in conjunction with the fy2 highway program under chapter 90 in the town's Road Improvement program um there's a lot of based on what projects we proceed with um that the often enters um into discussion um the fact that we have to like enter into temporary perment easements um do some takings uh like oh yeah especially with in the case of the upcoming Main Street project as well like in the oh like oh yeah all like an article 11 in article 11 would allow us really to do all that like um and to and to proceed with those type of projects with with the required Outreach notifications that we would have have to do in accordance with the law awes as well questions on that no um in article oh yeah like I mean like article um as I mentioned like article like article 11 and article 12 really see to accomplish the same kind of things um Article 13 is the article that um was uh What uh was proposed and approved by the board of assesses um that reduces uh that uh that reduces from age 70 to a to age 65 the age of the age of the age of eligibility for senior tax exemptions awesome um article articles 14 15 and 16 articles that that the community preservation committee have the ability to propose directly onto the warrant uh we do have the chairman of CPC here as well Kevin I'm not sure if you have anything to add the first um the first one is 14 is just housekeeping um Kevin can you just come up here please funny that you said that because I thought that I know that then I know better um so article 14 is just general housekeeping um how the committee voted to allocate um budget Reserves for the year and then articles 15 and 16 are two different projects that we recommended and then the respective groups will be able have the opportunity to speak about them on town meeting floor sure so but that's all for for CPC thank you um that brings us I believe to tic um article 17 um is an article to propose um um from either raise and approp rate or transfer from available funds sum of money to be deposited into the capital stabilization fund um oh yeah just point without available free cash as you uh like probably probably saw in the spreadsheet uh right in front of the warrant I we're recommending $50,000 into like into the capital stabilization fund at this time um then like in tic then in article 18 we've like we we had originally a placeholder um that uh that would be there like in the event that we had the ability to make a deposit into the stabilization fund uh like and based on available free cash we based on on available free cash I would based on available free cash I would recommend holding on that right now um so that's other 18 um oh oh yeah like oh yeah like oh like if the board wasn't and if the board isn't I like actually proposing to put anything in stabilization that might be an article that the board could uh like consider not placing on the warrant at this point as well um but that would be up to the board can we talk about that for a second yes so I want to hear how you feel um I feel like we should always pay ourselveses first our fiscal future is not looking any brighter in the next couple years and there's always going to be items that we're going to look to the stabilization fund to fund and I feel you pay yourself first how much do we have the ability to put in there Mike 50,000 we like we've like what is act uh what is actually being recommended into the the capital stabilization de into Capital stabilization will be $50,000 at this point yeah um so there is a there was a question the board on top of that 50,000 wanted to put wanted to put or dedicate an additional sum of funds um to the regular right to the regular stabilization fund we'd have to to to do that we'd have to cut more In Articles to do that basically right based on our available um what we have available to us yeah we do have to be clear we do have a whole back of available free cash um but that like also could be impacted um by which um that could be impacted that could be impact and further reduced based on the difference in recommendations depending upon how the public votes yes do you know historically do we has a town in its annual town meeting put money into the stabilization fund we I believe we typically tried to do that like at the special in the fall okay yes yeah we didn't the fall we didn't in the fall of 2023 but we typically have tried to do that in the fall why we held back on that in um in the fall of 2023 in my opinion is because at that point we were like already beginning to see and project the the kind of fiscal challenges that we fac I'm in balancing for fy2 I would recommend that we take it off I'm okay with it in in the fall but M I feel like we have to do in the fall because our fiscal picture is not going to look better so you know we should see how our Outlook looks like let's get through part of the fiscal year um but we use these monies for important projects so I hope we make a good effort to to fund it but yeah I'm good with holding off for now what uh the motion on the floor then I'll I'll make a motion to strike article 18 from the warrant she's trying to talk yeah I think uh yeah like I think like I think we I think we have Mr G TR to put back comment Nancy Mr CH yes um this may be a little mixed up because I can't get it on my computer so I'm watching you on a TV screen muted but I'm talking to you on my cell phone okay with i a discussion about the warrant and about um the various alcohol savings account that we have going into town meeting the most important thing is that you have a balanced budget which is what the finance committee has attempted to do our stabilization account those are our savings accounts in all honesty what you really have to look at is if the only money you have going into town meeting is money you need to fund the operation of the town obviously you can't put money into stabilization by the same token if there are items that were cut by the finance committee that I should say the recommendation is is that you reduce them or cut them you really have to look at and say do we really need these because if we do then Cuts have to be made elsewhere going into the fall town meeting without uh every um going excuse me going into the annual town meeting you got to stay within the levy limit no question about it then you wait for free cash to get certified to determine where you really are and what your financial position is then you go to the fall town meeting there have been times when we have said well we can't buy and I'm not picking on the police department but I can remember there was an article for a cruiser and I was chairman of the board at the time and I told Bob we got to put this off till the fall because we don't have money and then the fall came and we still didn't have money this is when time was extremely extremely uh difficult to manage the money I mean the economy in not only in the town of economy was in tough shape um as things turned out money got freed up and at the regional district and money was in effect uh used to reduce the regional assessment to dyon which freed up the money we needed to buy the cruiser and to do like three other things that that we kept delaying um I think if you look at the items that the finc has suggested you cut that are true budgetary items if those deposits truly believe they need that money and the only place you've got left to cut would be the I will call them the savings account at this time in the fall you need to look at those two accounts uh and opep so if you've got money in the budget this year for uh going into town meeting for op that might be another place you want to say let's not do that let's wait till the fall uh again then nice to have and we always try to put money into those accounts but uh absolutely tell meaning if you if the only money you had available does not include those accounts but you've got to operate the town then those accounts can't get funded this time around right I mean this is a long practice when I was both a member and a select M okay thank you Nancy uh Mr chairman I appreciate public input we talked in our um I believe in our last meeting about putting it in the beginning of the meeting and again at the end but we have a job to do and uh we we're asking our financial team questions and again miss Gart are wealth the knowledge but um you know we have people here for their perspective War articles but when we have just people chime in it's hard to get through this and I think it's important that we have a chance to weigh in on it um Town meetings you know our public inputs a time to talk Town meetings a time to talk I stand behind my point that stabilization you pay yourself first that's we I agree with Nancy you you fund your your operating budget um but then my view is you you pay yourself and then you look at your warrant articles um I'm amenable to waiting until the fall for um you know to see what our financial picture looks like no problem I I can buy into that but it's just it's hard to get through this when we have when we have this public input okay um well I want to make the recommendation you you would have to um yeah we made the motion there was motion made yeah I don't know if we seconded okay um can you make it again please sure um I make a motion to strike article 18 from the annual uh town meeting war and I'll step down and second that any discussion all those in favor I and Peter karenson I thank you oh so article so art um Article 19 What U article 19 was initially proposed um $300 to go I'm sorry $300,000 to go through um to go to and be dedicated to the Main Street project uh like which CH like we're really kicking off but we've only funded um of a $2.5 million project so far uh we've only have about $1.15 million and we only have about $1.15 million in committed funds to date um so initially we were um hoping to be able to Envision um an additional $300,000 a to continue their commitment to that project um but because of our available free cash now um we're now recommending that we do like we do um because we have to keep funding this um that we do at this point um contribute an additional $75,000 and we oh yeah I can re approach our funding ability in the fall as well so you want to add 300 I mean add 75,000 a 300,000 is that what you're saying no actually I like I like I get like actually you fund out 19 like at this point to the tune of 75,000 okay that's what I thought rather than the 300,000 okay Mark do you have a question I don't thank you okay and uh do you want to make a motion to place sure I'll make a motion to place Article 19 um on the annual town meeting warrant and to take the town administrator's recommendation to fund it uh $75,000 okay I'll step down as chair and second that any discussion all those in favor I Peter Caron I um uh 20 we have um the proposed purchase um of a $15,000 enclosed trailer for the highway department um we do have the highway superintendent here superintendent Ferry if um is any information or backup uh or you want to provide on the um I like on the enclosed trailer evening hi Tom uh so you want me to comment on the backup mic is that what you said yeah uh yeah like just like an overview like of why the trailer is needed like basically what you presented to Capital outlay a few weeks ago Tom right so I'm assuming they you have in a packet some a sample backup for an closed trailer uh that type of trailer is also available on mass combis also and through all local vendors so once where that's funded that dollar value will help equip it with shelves and proper Hardware uh the reason for this conceptual uh item is obviously we're not going to entertain a facility a new facility or upgrade a facility um so this will help with some of the storage needs we have it just makes sense to put a lot of the landscape equipment we have in that trail and start right in that trail it's ready to go and we can utilize that space for other things awesome that's that's the thought for that so what you see for the backup is not hard we'll still do the Ving on that that's the dollar value after after we accessorize the inside where's our landscaping equipment stored right now uh some of it's in the highway garage some of it's here some of it's at the old police station is it is it all on the cover or some of some of the landscape equipment yes yeah okay do we have we have enclosed trailers already uh for voting for voting yes voting okay which by the way who registered that one what would you like to do you like to make a motion to keep the 15,000 what is there a way we can go through these articles and and it's isn't kind of all we need to see what everyone yeah yeah no like yeah yeah like if you want to go through every like if like if you want to go through if you if you want to go through all of them go through all of them first based on where we are with free cash we can okay oh yeah like explain what like I think we have the ability to F now and what I like what articles just based on funding ability we have to at least move to the fall I'd appreciate that approach sure okay thank you so that uh but actually superintendent F you have a few in a row here so that brings us to the next one is uh the are the all are the fail filling drainage uh like the filling drainage on Old summerson Avenue that's um also proposing the amount of $115,000 yes that one became a little bit more critical it was went through Capital outlay last year you got a rating last year and the rating I believe went up a little bit more this year two of the structures had failed so I took the metal off just fill the holes in to eliminate the hazard but that's going to create if you notice once when you turn on it old some have from here you get that binding that's going to be ice this winter so we need to entertain that okay that's critical um perfect so Mike and I haven't had the opportunity to really flush it out the funding source that that could be a chapter 90 but if you're taking it from there you're taking it from stre Main Street or the other projects we to entertain either way we got to entertain it okay okay article 22 is it $230,000 for the excav nope dump truck sorry Tom yes so we most of our Fleet is older than 2010 um quite a few a third of the fleet is um n was it 92 95 97 so we we need to upgrade that stuff uh knowing where we are with that and increase maintenance of that is increasing and looking ahead with the harder times coming we probably don't want to kick that can down the road because also we need to address some of the equipment as you'll see later in the list also in upcoming has this Conor the capital outlay committee these yes does the capital outlay committee recommend it we uh what do the capital outlay committee has done like was ranked all of what the capital committee has done like has ranked everything um I like in that oh yeah like I'm ranking everything like is oh yeah I'm sorry ranking everything is really the charge of that awesome um but then from ranking comes our availability of fund and that's really in my opinion whether the rubber meets the RO thank you thank you and yeah like we do have all the rankings like for like each of these priorities um at the end of the packet oh like I'm sorry like at the end of um uh just after the warrant after the like actually the police actually after the police department transfer request thank you so I I do have a few other articles I just don't know which order you guys are in it's different from the ranking list I'm looking at uh fund a bathroom modification $10,000 that's next well it it's needed it's not that's at the highway garage again we're not going to be uh considering a new facility um so it's posing a problem with the one stall we have and it's not that easy to keep sterile or clean with the way the setup is and we do need the additional stall we right down one stall with 10 employees right there MH and you guys do do the work I take it uh we would do a lot of the work in house uh you we don't have a choice we have to hire a plumber mhm for the code stuff and we can't use PVC because it's technically commercial sure so that's what brings a lot of the cost up but um key is to get an employee uh plumber to allow us to do both of the work right okay next is 140,000 for the escavator yes that that's in consideration to replace the 1995 for Backle we have yeah one yeah instrumental to have three good machines when you're doing roadway projects so uh whether we actually replace it or just retire it and keep it at the transfer station that's to be discussed um we can entertain that as far as disposal if we get to that point but the the ES grer is about $100,000 cheaper than entertaining a new backo is this a brand new one I'm asking for a newer use so we be doing a low our use one we could do pretty good with that right now the Market's pretty good with that do you do you think there's any wiggle room to If instead of we had newer used just to focus on used with the could we would that help at all with the price that like the price tag of these items yes but we have a history of trying to have equipment for 30 40 years MH so keep that in mind do you prefer what what's your preference then slightly used or a brand new slightly used you can do better with less yes you can do you can get more for Less slightly used with um the available as we go through this this will help me uh with the you know we have limited available free cash mhm do you have what's more instrumental to you um the dump truck or the escavator are they both a package deal they're not a package deal they both have the same priority um entertaining the amount of drainage work we're entertaining I would say the escavator M if you had to choose okay um I have to I have to let you know what my department needs are and what the funding like Mr Mel explained when the funding availability that's where the rubber meats are road and it sounds like you have more than one dump truck but this would be the only excavator right so if this goes down it would be the town's first the town's first replacing a back ho home yes is that replacing a back ho okay is that price for the for the how much cheaper would it be for we used 140 still anywhere from 120 140 for the 18,000 PB machine yeah with with the thumb yes you know a tick link machine okay all right let's go that that that type of machine is also something that's utilized with this the maintenance that's required for the different types of storm water maintenance that we have not been able to do instead of fing that out okay okay let's go to article 25 uh the um 8545 for the striping machine which will pay for itself in just a matter of what a couple years yes definitely within two years yes so I'm just trying to find it I'm sorry here we go yes the line paint machine the the line painting industry has changed dramatically uh noral oil base on the roads so you kind of limit on type of paints MH um and you'll not notice on the budget lines on especially in the public works line that's where we charged the traffic control the double s line that went up probably a third from the previous year so it's kind of a monopoly market right now to you the line paint machine for us to do inous work we would take care of the crosswalk stop lines and parking lots instead of farming that out sounds great plus be be able to freshen them up right you know periodically rather than waiting for another bud right as needed okay thank you um the point of s system uh for the security cameras at the transfer station yes that article and we wrote it for it's actually for security cameras for the transfer station and the high garage okay and that's the backup the point of sales like you said at the high garage we do have quite a an inventory with still activity on the property after hours so it'd be very important to have a camera there too also have you had issues yes okay we've had people inside of vehicles because every not everything can go inside so uh yes and then um there's a lot the dollar value of our inventory is quite high so I think we want to keep an eye on things sure okay Mark any questions on on 26 no I I support the um Highway garage I'm just questioning the transfer station do you think that do you think that's a a good uh think it be good we talked about about it during the solid waste committee and um we haven't had a problem and I questioned whether we should be spending money on just to have the cameras there well I guess we did have cameras there at one time correct but they don't work they don't work as these but have people dumping trash outside of the fence uh anymore or is it just once in a while now so that's a place where you could have confrontation number one so cameras be useful for that uh if you do reject someone and they choose to leave with a vehicle with items and it happens to match the same items that are on the camera y that are on the side of the road that would be useful uh but more for the confrontation you having attendant work in that place by himself doing transactions that that would be alone uh a value right there now we don't have cameras at Town Hall correct but you have more than one person working at right we talk about confrontation so yeah very I don't know if we can give us more thought it's not just a confrontation there's quite a bit to it yes yeah and that that um I told I I'm not sure why the 4,000 carried over that should be reduced to the 3,000 we should be able to do the two systems for the 3,000 okay thank you great um I think that's it for you Tom uh yes so you got any comment on the ms4 the MS second sorry article where is that Tom I turn to Capital outlay scoring it's underneath the enclosed trailer yeah yeah know like that we actually yeah yeah that has already that was ranked last year by Capital outlay um and that funding has already been approved by the board for Opa um so we're pursuing the OPA application for that um I did just because we're advancing that we did just receive um because Bristol County uh like is requesting like updated proposal uh like on all those applications so we did just actually before I got here tonight we did receive an updated Proposal with the same dollar amount from W and Samson that we'll be able to use to advance that so the funding source for the ms4 AL like even though it was ranked by Capital outlay uh the funding source was already approved back in February by the board to go with Opa so that doesn't have to come before time meeting oh okay so it's it's not out of no okay thank you thank you thanks Tom thanks Tom yeah Tom we'll be back before the night's over wait on the parking like on the parking uh proposed parking by law uh like later in the war yes okay thank you Tom um the article 207 um would be um is an article that would that would fund the replacement purchase in the in the installation of live stream equipment for Mobile use and in uh D Public School locations uh off of Channel 9 UM and just simply straightforward uh we do have we do have a dedicated cable Revenue um with a very healthy balance which the cable committee has been very very very methodical about how it uses uh and how it opposes the use of that funding to um to address the capital um I I can tell you that improving the link um um to have more coverage uh to have more coverage of the Dion school committee D hold school committee meetings um has been a longtime priority um this article would help to accomplish that and a whole host of other things that wouldn't have any impact on free cash it would be funded by the the dedicated cable um by the dedicated cable Revenue which can only be used um for cable kinds of upgrades and everything as well Dave do you have anything you wanted to add on that no not sign U we're just waiting for contact but we should know the next couple weeks or so just waiting for more people to get great thank you thank you I'm moving to 28 um this isos $6,300 by the to clerk for pull pads to clerk Costa good evening hi so I am asking for $6,300 this would include um a pole the pole pad bundles um software and pull pad paper receipts this would be for four of them pull pads um are used for paperless voter check-in they offer increased speed at check-in about 15 to 35 seconds especially with the um upcoming elections coming it could actually we could have a a long line so this would actually help that um this actually improves the accuracy eliminates human error at check-in and believe me when we are going through all these papers there is a lot of human error that can happen um this is improved accuracy um so it saves on about two to three days of data entry to certify elections currently a paper-driven process this would take minutes instead of days the security um is a priority the pull pads um Software System maintains multiple levels of security to ensure confidentiality integrity and devices um Communications data um and all systems um they are secure and easy to use the LHS is going to offer us inpersonal Hands-On training if this does get approved um and one good thing is that their deadline is 71 to order these so just in time we would get these just in time for the uh upcoming elections they um so we can use these for Town meetings we can use these for early voting we can also use these for um all of the elections including the district elections so they would be able to use these as well currently surrounding towns using them are rith Somerset Taunton rum Freetown so pretty much all the surrounding towns currently use them um so uh this would actually help with Staffing reductions too because we do have people that come in um specifically for vote by mail and so they're opening them they're going to each individual Precinct they're you know taking up that time so um actually this would actually help decrease that um this actually would be customizable for workflow real-time monitoring of voter turnout customize um for election night reporting ballot tracking pool worker tracking election like I said election night um reporting I think these are important because we do have two huge elections coming this would be so much easier for us um again accuracy and it would take minutes instead of days and what happens with and I'm paying overtime and then what ends up happening is that I we can't do anything else because we are going paper by paper by paper and and we're literally just scanning every single thing and again if you get distracted or anything happens and something's off we have to start all over again the uh training that they offer is that free of charge the training yes LHS will come in I did speak with them they will come in and help train absolutely so 63 is just for the machines $6,300 is for the machines the paper receipt printers and the the software okay and is there an annual expense to do this so for the first year the software is free after that it would be $300 per um pad per unit y so $1,200 a year well yeah okay thank you easy thanks for bringing this forward sounds like you've done your homework yeah thank you article 29 if it's okay to move on Mr chairman y article 29 is a proposed one article from the um uh the dayon HTH School District in the dayon with HTH Regional school committee um for um a um $32,500 to uh to upgrade the the telephone system um for our portion of the D HTH the D HTH Regional High School um and then for the dayon elementary school and the middle school as well uh currently as I understand from the school superintendent um the the school district's um Telephone um technology and infrastructure Alec is not e911 compatible like e911 compatibility took effect in 1999 and um and the in the district's telephone um in the district's telephone infrastructure since that time has never been e911 compliant um this is um yeah like Bas based on that um this is I believe an article of critical importance uh like at the same time uh because of that uh uh we um in the school district have pursued this as a warrant article to be funded with free crash like we we're also assessing and evaluating uh whether this would be app eligible as well um we probably won't know that by the time we need to actually set the warrant um but we should have a better idea by time meeting and the hope is that if it is APPA eligible we can fund it like under our existing Apper allotment and to be able to um hold back on spending free cash as well uh but we probably won't have that answer close to the town meeting any questions on that no thank you article 30 um is $85,000 in proposed funding for a new police cruiser we do have the chief of police here with us um it has been about two years since we've actually placed an order uh for a new Cruiser I believe correct chief yes um so we played catchup this year um getting a cruiser that was uh struck on Columbus Day um so we just actually got that Cruiser this week he finally arrived um we were able to salvage a lot of the uh parts and lights and Etc all the moving stuff that uh wasn't uh damaged onto the new car so that saved us um but so now trying to get a car for this year which um I feel like I think we're about a year behind trying to Le maintain so now we're spending more money on repairing cars now water pumps Etc um and the mileage is starting to really increase on a couple of them um well over 100,000 miles so I'm just trying to take those Frontline cars and move those to like a detail car and not have it be a a Frontline rated car so would any of them come off the road completely um not completely because I'd move those to like a detail all of them would be moved to Det yeah cuz I I I lost I lost a detail car last year that Crown Victoria that thing was rot to the ground so okay yeah so that's I gain a detail car out of it okay do you have any questions I want to thank you for you know you guys did some work to salvage some parts for the the taxpayers and that was you know thank you for lucky lucky on that thank you no we appreciate that and um you know it's good that that the vehicles do move to the details and can generate some income and they do they do no this this seems import very important thank you thank you thank you Chief um the police surveillance you want to talk about that while you're here yeah yeah that's actually being proposed as a like like as a request um so won't that is an article that we've had a placeholder for um but but now knowing what we know and have the ability to fund um that priority uh which is um just in a few agenda items we can address that project through a year in transfer requests so we don't have to draw on free cash either um that has also been a project that we pursued oper uh funding for uh we've tried to make a whole ton of connections um for that project to be out to for that project be Opa eligible but like at this point it just doesn't seem like we're going to be able to make make the eligibility connection but it's extremely important infrastructure that we need to sure so um so article 31 based on the fact that that could be funded by inter departmental yearend transfer um article 31 is another article that does have the ability to come off right um so so we can go back to that um I I think you good find out Chief thank you thank you um article 32 um is a request and we do have um commissioner Reynolds here good evening everybody so I am um on behalf of the Conservation Commission we are requesting um believe we've we've agreed to kind of try to pair it down to $155,000 uh we were requesting um these funds for legal expenses um out of respect for the board of selectman's long-standing policy to not discuss the specifics of any ongoing or uh anticipated litigation um I won't be specific but there are a couple of um legal proceedings that the con Conservation Commission is currently involved in uh we want to make sure that we um have the ability to robustly represent the um the commission's position and the town's position and and U we're just asking to be equipped with the resources to do that how'd you go from 30 to 15 um that was after conversation with the Town Administrator we had initially requested 30 um for the reason being that I kind of modeled the language and the um the general uh gist of the request so to speak after a similar request had been made by the planning board at a town meeting in the past um however after conversations with the Town Administrator given the budgetary pressures that the town is under right now we thought it would be resp responsible to prune it down to 15 and then in a worst case scenario we could see where we were at by the special and if it appeared that um there's a legal matter that was uh you know accumulating some expenses that we thought we were going to need resources for that we would have the ability to ask at the special um so we thought that 15 would at the very least um you know with whatever happens that would give us the ability we anticipate to um to represent the town's position up until uh up until at least the special at which point we needed more funds we could what happens if it comes too becomes too high and it's not worth anything more than 30,000 to us to continue I mean at what point do we stop it's difficult without it would be difficult to say without getting into the specifics of that's a legal strategy question for executive session right you're right okay Mark do you have any questions no thank you thank you thanks um article like article like like back when um there was a very uh infancy of a discussion about a potential um um sub type of solid race fee like article 33 was proposed as a placeholder um to be able to present a bylaw to um that would would help us Implement that uh but uh but uh about this point with that not on the board uh we do in the board could have the ability to um to not Place propos article 33 at this point as well yes would you like a motion on that uh yeah like we oh oh oh oh yeah we do need like a bunch of motions yes we'll do that maybe we go back perfect do them all at once if that's okay yes um article 34 in 35 uh would be the proposed hiring uh bylaws for the chief of police and the Deputy Chief of Police that were approved by the board I was talking days either two weeks ago or four weeks ago it all Blends together it says um proposed by selectman Mark Pico but we all voted it was a group effort so by the no thank you that was a copy and paste thing right there so no problem um so that takes us to to AR 36 um article 36 is the proposed update to the commission on disability by law and um yes um so when the commission on disability first got established and established our original bylaw we kind of just copy and pasted most of it from um the mod's recommendations and a couple other towns and what we had found um just due to um the amount of volunteer applications we received is we having difficulty meetting our Quorum because it was established that there was a nine member board so we reduced it down to five um to allow us to you know have a little bit more ease with a quorum and then we kind of just cleaned up language there was a lot of redundancy throughout it so it's kind of just a cleaner version and then addresses the Quorum issues okay well while you're here I called um Jonathan Gail this morning on this cuz I had a question and he pointed me to Nicole melo's the chairman yes of it um I didn't realize he wasn't going to be here so my only question on this was the terms are three-year terms after the initial term and [Applause] um they for a lot of our boards and committees like when I first start get involved with the town they were one year terms and then I remember bringing to the board of Selectmen at that time and they did adopt it twoe terms if we can unless there statutorily a reason we can't and the thought process was we're trying to get volunteers a three-year term might seem like a big time commitment but a one-year term you can't even get your feet wet so two years seem like kind of The Sweet Spot um so it almost it's might be too late now but it'd be nice if it was consistent with a lot of our other appointments I know it is consistent with the community preservation committee ours ours is exactly the same um and I did so I did too I did go back and I looked at I took a sampling of three or four other towns Commission on disability bylaws and it it it was consistent with that not to say that it's consistent with us but I do know that it's consistent with you know at least what I'm used to with with CPC okay um all right thank you you're welcome that takes us to 36 um article 37 we do have the Mr Reynolds in his capacity as a treasure collect a back thank you this is the last time I'm going to bother you tonight I promise so um this warrant article so the reason that I'm requesting these amendments is because at a special town meeting 1993 the town voted to adopt Mass General Law chapter 40 section 57 we adopted a local option of that which pertains to um the denial of Select licenses and permits for delinquent taxpayers the mgl allows municipalities to to deny a variety of licenses and permits for delinquent taxpayers um exceptions exist such as dog licenses marriage licenses birth certificates things like that itain uh pertains to um things like certificates of occupancy building permits things like that um so when the town adopted this local option they adopted it with language that is not required in the MGs L which is to only deny um which is to the town adopted it with language which is to only deny licenses and permits for taxpayers who are delinquent in excess of 12 months um so we actually made it looser than the the mgl local option language um we have we have the ability to be stricter with it um so this has resulted in some permit applications uh applicants including commercial developers not paying their real estate taxes until they're absolutely required to do so in order to proceed with the permits they're seeking and even then they're paying only the oldest outstanding quarters uh tax payment application uh tax payment the way that tax payments are applied is governed by Mass General law and when payments are made the interest is paid first with the remainder applied to the oldest outstanding tax year um so what that ultimately results in is that some developers have come in and they might be 15 months delinquent but they will only pay off the interest and the most recent quarter so that they're 12 months outstanding which will allow them to proceed to the next step in permitting um so this ultimately results in what's effectively the equivalent of the town of dayon extending a commercial line of credit in a sense by allowing developers to divert tax money into their projects with the intention to pay only the taxes which are so long overdue that they jeopardize the next permit this can impact our outstanding receivables as well as the predictability Municipal cash flow so to remedy this issue I'm requesting that the 12-month window be reduced to 60 days I sensitive to the fact that some individuals or businesses reconcile their books at the end of the month and it may take them an incidental amount of time to remit delinquent payments upon recognizing an outstanding balance uh conversely we have residents who you know you want to build a shed and you put your excise payment in the mail and you want your payment you you want your permit on the second and it's still in the mail really innocent incidental things like that I don't want to hold people up over um I think that there are people who have good faith intention to pay but one or two days I don't think would be enough to constitute a denial so for that reason I thought 0 to 30 days would be overly strict and lead to unanticipated consequences uh it's my belief that a 60-day window properly threads the needle of injecting urgency into remitting timely tax payments without imposing undue burden to minor processing delays uh 60-day window also has the additional benefit that it will never allow an applicant to ever fall more than one full quarter behind their tax payments somebody could never owe two quarters as long the most they could ever owe would be one quarter behind and uh um so that that will increase the predictability of our cash flows additionally in the Mass General law I'll I'll it states uh the tax collector are other Municipal official responsible for records of all Municipal Taxes assessments betterments and other Municipal charges here and after referred to as the tax collector shall annually furnish to each department board commissioner division here and after referring to as the licensing Authority that issues licenses or permits including renewals or transfers a list of any person Corporation or business Enterprise here here and after referred to as the party that is neglected or refused to pay any local taxes fees assessments or betterments um after the word furnish in the bylaw I have proposed an additional amendment of or make electronically available uh the reason I'm seeking that amendment is because if the delinquency window is reduced to 60 days then an annually furnished list will quickly become insufficient to the task of determining delinquency there will be folks who are delinquent um within 60 days who are not on the last report there will be people who are listed on the report but have since paid it off um in my opinion continually refreshing lists that get distributed every 60 days is going to be untenable for our our departments it would be unwieldy and cumbersome um I believe it could be confusing and um if as the town modernizes its permitting practices some departments have begun to use electronic software like permit link to enhance communication between licensing authorities uh licensing authorities which task the treasur collector's office with a tax status check and that software are able to obtain a prompt response with up-to-date information directly from my office so that would constitute uh under this interpretation would constitute making it electronically available to departments so rather than have to rely on a trying to determine a 60-day delinquency from a list that came out nine and a half months ago um to have it as an electronic repository that these boards and committees can contact my office at any time during business hours and get a prompt timely up-to-date response and the exact ta tax statuses somebody um I just think that it would be better quality of life I think it will um lead to our outstanding receivables um diminishing and it will also um bring us in line with how the office has historically enforced this bylaw so historically in my office we've the the bylaw had been historically enforced since 1993 that if someone is delinquent they're ineligible for licenses and permits the actual language as it's written in the bylaw is really only 12 months so this is going to um on top of hopefully help with our receivables and uh make things easier and more straightforward it's also going to bring the past practice of the office more into alignment with the actual uh the actual text of the bylaw as well wow okay very good very good yeah that was a lot of work yes thank you uh thank you you answered you've made it hard to I mean you you really explained everything so well so thank you thank you very much thanks for your how works thank you it brings us to article 38 which is a proposed update to the parking regulations um General bylaw which is uh which is being proposed by Highway superintendent Ferry even hi I'm going to do as I'm actually going to pull up the current text of the general bylaw so everyone can actually see the changes sorry one second so the rationale for while Mike's getting that set up some of them are safety concerns and some of them are seem to be appear to be Antiquated needs um for example some of the like Andrew Street Beford Street Mount hook Street were addressing some pcket needs I believe it was when the The Mill Area was running strong and that was the issues there I've asked around and um that everyone's recollection is believes that's what that was targeting um and then the intersections on William Street especially the ones with the through streets Center Street Main Street Cedar Street haon Street Willer Street Maple Street um they seem to be sporadically some issues with anything parking as your protein to sections either on them streets connecting or on Williams Street if you have any obstruction of view with the speed of the road on Williams that's definitely an issue um so we're entertaining uh those connecting streets to be at two 200 foot setback on all the intersections I think that some language should be clarified better on that because the streets that are not through streets like Barby Carriage Park uh may not need to be considered the two 100 foot setback of no parking um maybe language like the through streets or or do we need to identify the actual intersections what are your thoughts on that I are you going to post anything signs or you just going to say this is your direction there'll be signs up I can't just signs up it has to be your direction um well I like the idea of just the through streets because that seems to be where all the traffic is um like you said Barbe and what's the carriage Carriage Park right um T stany own right don't seem to have issues what about enforcement how does I think a is it a police department for enforcement that I would I don't feel qualified I feel like I need to hear from our police chief so we we've been addressing all all the enforcement issues as they come in from the residents um um the speeding and stuff especially in William Street we bought a traffic uh data recorder last year through the highway safety Grant which has helped us really like pinpoint like heavy travel time top speed low speeds um if there is speeding at all um sometimes cars can go by and they seem like they're traveling faster than what they really are or even trucks because they sound bigger and faster they're not really speeding but sometimes residents call and so we've been addressing all enforcement issues throughout town and I've been working with Mr F over the years especially up at the North End Bedford Street all those other areas with parking issues over the years as well um but we have been out there doing enforcement pretty pretty tightly would would you guys feel comfortable um working on this looking at this bylaw together and like the through Street conversation um I think if you guys were happy I would I would just refer to you your recommendation we can I'm sure this goes through legal also yes yes like legal give the intent of the Bor what our request is yeah just a quick question like on that Tom so um like like under actually like section 3B um which now reads um um under 3B um no person shall Park a vehicle on any of the following streets at any time Park Street so Park Street there's no one parking on I on one side were you I'm sorry I forget but were you proposing to to strike B all the way out there you're saying section three B yes it now reads PK street is on the South Side between Spring Street and Mountain H Street I'm suggesting we eliminate that and change it still have B read both sides of Cedar Street from purchas Street to Smith where we have a known problem up that area oh okay I want I want to change what's in the village and move to a different area town right okay okay so that section of Park Street par P Street is one of the widest roads in town and most unutilized roads it's almost 80 ft across in some places okay yeah like I just I mean to be honest with you I just really got confused about geography to think okay well the Park Street up there yes then the C Street down there and how does that all right that helps thank you okay and it's helpful to hear the feedback on what could be D considered D the William Street all intersections we already have a parking restriction on William Street up by from um the Town Line to Wheeler Street address in that area around the the auction that was there before the auction already and it's still needed there so leave that so down into the second half of Section 3 where it now reads no person shell Park on Pocky vehicle on any of the following Streets between 6:00 a.m. to 6 pm. Andrew Street pord Street Mount Hope Street Pearl Street Prospect Street between Mount Hope Street and Summer Street I'm proposing to eliminate that section but leave the last paragraph that addresses the part of Pearl Street where we have sporadic uh needs for St Myra with funeral needs and services and that's that I believe the signage is already clearly there and now the new curb we could actually as it the bylaw States the yellow curb that could be installed but uh my proposal said to strike that second half so it I think that paragraph after the other streets I said eliminate should remain uh then after that section four the three parking I propose to eliminate the three parking as described but leave the section blank for future use that's pretty straightforward so no person shall Park a v County reads no person shall Park a vehicle for more than three hours on the north side of Park Street from Spring Street to Mount Hope again I believe that was for Mill use they used to nose in the vehicles parallel I mean a diagonal parking back in the day right on both sides of the road so obviously the other sections that are no parking like for snow emergency and whatnot would still apply MH but uh that's what I'm proposing is everyone comfortable Mr M are you comfortable with us or do you guys think you guys have a sit down about this or do you think this is yeah yeah like I mean like I think like in the next few weeks like the next actually two weeks before we come back to the board with a full final propos W like I think if it's okay with the board the highway superintendent please Chief I can sit down uh just actually go through this once more yes like I would and just as we really seek to finalize everything and bring this back one thing that we can do when we do sit down that I think would be helpful like is to propose a one article uh with basically strikethroughs so um so the board and then the public can actually see um how what's being proposed exists to what is actually currently in the bylaw as well I I think that will help provide a lot of clarity as well if that's okay with everybody yeah once once I mean this does get talked and and discussed and and acted on I think once it's posted I think it has to be you know uh notified to the public through social media and through the town and I think you have to what 30 days I think to uh before you can start for a chance to get used to the new for thank you I I think it goes through sherrow too after town vote we get oh yeah the yes thank you Tom for bringing this forward thank you and then um articles 39 40 and 41 we do I believe s I'm going to switch back to screens I do believe we have schol at um with us NY you want to give an update on where things are with the post pilot agreements Nancy you there still you hear me yes yes can you hear us ncy okay now I can yeah um I don't know if you guys know it or not we had hail about quter 7 something came through this area and my computer is really in the nightmare I'm back on my phone again um so there are two articles for two separate Solon uh I think the first one is um is it my I don't have the I can't read my email so is it NCS the first one which is a r j yeah we just actually have placeholders based on the recommendation from the board of assesses at this point ncy we haven't filled anything in as of yet okay so NCS is the owner operator of the large solar farm behind Aros um I sent information out to uh the board uh the estimated tax receipt for 20 years uh one over $1.2 million I sent that information to the gentleman at nacs and I'm waiting for him to get back to me uh with questions on whatever else he may have um the one I'm working on now is the one for ISM solar DG dyon and this is the one that's way way down William Street almost into Swansea uh it's the Barosa Farm uh forly a pig farm um our Tax Advisor is going to be at Town Hall tomorrow morning uh no tomorrow at noon time in the assessor office to wrap up the work he's doing to give me the tax amount for 20 years so this one is also a 20e pilot and once I get that number I will send that out to the board uh like I did the last time I'll calculate the 20e payments uh based on the formula we use which is front end loaded and then after the assessment have a chance to look at it we'll get it off to the gentleman at U ISM uh Sola DG D let them know what the total taxes at so those are the only two that will be going to town meeting um I have one other one uh that's Brook Street U that's no way be ahead of the town meeting probably fall if that system is up and running so that's where we are as far as pilot agreements go great thank you NY and So based on what Miss Gula has mentioned uh there's no longer need for article 41 right um then article 42 is a citizen position and then article 43 is the um like is the article that allows I like any other business like the appointment of fincom uh to come before town meeting before town meeting is um I like a Jer dissolved um so that is really the war at this point um then if the just at the end it says 2025 small clerical and it says um Mr Hull's name we are a year ahead uh given under our hands this blank day of May in the year 200 25 yeah so we have change out to four yeah yep if you could update to my name on the warrant oh thank you no problem thank you so that is the warrant um just actually like if we could go back to um the free cash spreadsheet at the beginning uh right before the warrant um just so we can look at the the ability to fund um at this point yeah it's a page right before the warrant so um going um going into town meeting if we um based on available free cash with the with the fincom uh like with on second um using using the fincom recommendations the available on I'm sorry I'm screwing this up right now okay I'm sorry the the the use of free cash with the finr recommendations would I'm going to screw this up can you give this overview huh do you want me to say it yeah yeah like I'm I'm screw this up if I try to represent that and you'll do a better job um so with the budget that the fincom recommended um and the recommendations that Mr M has come up with that leaves a free cash of 184 but then select's recommendations staying the same um but not including P of heal back 57,000 so that would leave 127,000 as a wow can I just clarify that the Board of Health um sorry the select we're not going to change the recommendation for the Board of Health yes okay so yeah based on that yeah like I mean we also have to we also have to assume uh that the border of health will be funded at town meeting yes so that would um with with the selectman's recommendation that brings um based on um what um is all all being proposed and we can get to that in a minute but with with assuming the Board of Health is actually funded like at at to meeting the the available free cash with the fincom recommendations is is 180 would leave a holdback um going into the next certification of free cash of $184,000 if we went with the board San's recommendations that is would leave a holdback of $17,730 um what would what we could Fund in terms of um like in terms of what has been proposed um In warant Articles while also giving us ability to have a holdback because we know by the time we get to special we do have obligations like um like the lease um purchase of a fire engine like another things that we also have a fulfill the obligation on as well um but anyways what we could fund under those hold back on of those hold back options would be um $50,000 in capital into Capital stabilization uh like $85,000 for new police cruiser $75,000 towards Main Street $50,000 to conservation legal um 80 just over $88,500 for a highway department line striping machine $115,000 for old suers that have drainage $10,000 for the highway department bathroom upgrades $ 6300 for town clerk pole pads um $32,500 for the DF phone upgrades that would be funded by free cash until we hear otherwise from op which we'll pursue and then $115,000 from the highway department um the highway department enclosed trailer um what we wouldn't have the ability to do based on that at this point uh we'd have to revisit at special is the um $200,000 $230,000 for the dump truck and the 140,000 right now for the highway department excavator all just based on those those options obviously the board has the prerogative to to um to PR that differently but oh yeah like we wanted to propose anyways I wanted to propose a starting point for discussion no I appreciate that when does this warrant have to be voted on by the 22nd of May can we we can vote on it on the 22nd MH wi I suest oh that's the next meeting right um just without Nikki here I'd rather have her opinion which is puts us at the 22nd yeah that has to be the drop that will be the drop that date right oh yeah like what time on the 22nd just yeah like so we can post the warrant um so it can be finally approved finally approved and signed so then on the 23rd we can coordinate with the town clerk um to have the so would happen on that Thursday the Constable yep that makes sense yes yeah like in Prior years we have gone right at two weeks and posted on the Monday I want to move away from doing that because that gives me a lot of anxiety quite frankly y so um if we can move it to the THS say that's where it's better progress right I'm sorry she's not here but I I think we need a third opinion on these major expenses I yeah we have a lot more say right now and right call mow should be here do you think we should and I hate either way we're giving more work for our all hard workers at Town Hall do you think we should do a special meeting that's oh I have no issues with that yeah that's honestly for room that's not a bad idea in my opinion like next Wednesday I I like like we already have I think still Reserve this room just in case we need it as well sure so I'd rather do that is that okay than than to put it right down to the wire yeah so I I I agree with that so I'd make a motion that we have we don't need a motion just have it on a second um I I do have a question Mr chairman if you don't mind um I'm concerned I I I anticipate taking these recommendations myself next at our meeting but I'm concerned about our highway department and their needs for um an escavator and a dump truck and I'm also concerned about our budget but I wanted to know if you don't get those items and we have Main Street and drainage and all of those things you must need additional resources to get them then would you need rental money to rent these um this equipment or or what what resources do you need if it's not recommended at town meeting so as far as the truck I'm waiting for solid information on a possible two to threee lease that was one thing we did not discuss that may help with that decision as far as the backo failing while we're using it um I'm not sure if the chapter 90 would cover the rental that would be a surprise expense but chapter 90 could entertain the purchase of equipment okay but again you're taking out of one pocket and the other it's still going to be going towards the projects anyways okay but we could entertain that being a purchase I'd like if it's if it's all right manable to everyone here um for next Wednesday can we come up with a a solution for that cuz clearly we don't have the funds for these two items but I'm really concerned like you have so many projects that's going on and chapter 90 is probably like you said it's all earmarked for other projects right and like I said if you Kick the Can the next year these other needs that are pressings too there're just going to be more pressing next year on top of that so snowballs so I would really hate to go you have these large needs for your department and you it's pretty extreme the request to what we can fund so it'd be nice if we could have something in there for you whether it's rental or you know some sort of cushion for the highway department because we depend on you so much you do so much and um our ability to pay for these things is not there thank thank you and it's important that we give a package for the voters that make the ultimate decision informed decision correct so could would you be willing to work with the Town Administrator and come up with a recommendation on on that for us for next Wednesday is that possible yes is it yes yeah the thank you the challenge is just actually going back to the borrowing like borrowing on a used X borrowing on a used exavator that's probably more impossible than borrowing on a new one so it's a double edge it's a like oh yeah like it's a double edge sword there while where I mean unfortunately at a point where trying to rob Peter to pay Paul right with a whole bunch of things but I wholeheartedly hear what he's saying and we'll follow up and uh and try to explore other options here okay thank you thank you appreciate it thanks Mark um okay you want to move on yeah I'm just trying to okay yeah just trying to anticipate the the fin con being able to make the recommendations on the warrant tomorrow night as well and if the Articles aren't yet placed because of all these open-ended things maybe I we have different can they postpone their meeting yeah that's what I'm wondering yeah yeah would they be amenable to having a joint having a joint meeting let's just get it done be a to yeah yeah yeah okay no I yeah I just I'm trying to anticipate that as I okay so that I get to see you again on Wednesday great no oh that's cool yeah okay so I believe that's everything on that agenda item okay right now so new business review discuss and act year end in Department transfer police number 210 for 261 0.22 replacement of police witness interview room and lockup video system so for 26,000 yes yeah and this is the project was initially proposed for Opa um we had pursued Opa um there was um Opa eligibility is fairly rigid and unfortunately we weren't able to make the the true kind of Nexus with the eligibility that um our would have been necessarily necessary with the bristell County Auditors so we're here this is a it's a critical infrastructure need that the PD needs to have um we do have the ability to do a yearend transfer now because we're Beyond May 1 to um just basically um fund the project now to move on and get it done and have the whole system upgraded fantastic okay I'm prepared to make a motion yep okay um I'd like to make a motion to approve the interdepartmental transfer for police in the amount of $26,250 to be taken from health insurance um and uh to be used for the police department witness interview room and lock up video system I'll step down and second that any discussion all those in favor I Peter Kon I thank you form sure the P just died thank you great need do we need the fincom on that too yes that weednesday thanks you that to you thank you you mind it's coming through oh it started working again thanks thank you thank you thanks okay review discuss and act Bristol County Opera program update on applications file to date yes I am proud and pleased and excited and everything else to uh to share that we've been making a lot of progress um a lot of progress on our applications and committing our remaining funds um the based on the um based on the oper uh plan that the board approved back in February um we had we had already proceeded with um based on the approval last summer uh with the OPA application for the like sewer department Pump Station upgrade um right by that and power and um we would just um we would just I yeah I believe we would just approve if not like a level three which is basically right before approval like like as of this week so that project is moving forward um and so that project is going to rely on $49,000 in Apper funding plus around another $100,000 from sewer Capital that we talked about um with regards uh to the warrant at the beginning of the meeting um we also um I like initially for the fire department for the fire department FBA uh like breathing apparatus and the RIT pack upgrades um we initially um costed that project out to be $370,000 but once we procured it um that cost came down to $340,000 that application about two weeks ago was approved by Bristol County as well so we have that freed up like an additional 30 roughly $30,000 that we have now to try to pursue the uh the DI telephone upgrade that's that um that's the available funding we're using there um the highway department has been working with gr City Partners um we believe will have the cost estimates and in the accompanying information to um be able to like apply for the Main Street funds um hopefully within the next week or so um so we can apply for that and move forward to commit to commit that funding as well um we also uh the uh the planned the planed review in the um like all the updates with regards to the storm water regulations um to our ms4 uh to meeting our ms4 requirements um including the outfall mapping um and getting all getting all of our outfalls mapped into GIS as well um we actually like early this evening once um what I realized is bristell County even though we do have proposals from the engineers who we um who we have on contract um we do like we do and we've been hearing from Bristol County that they want updated proposals so so I heard back from West Samson actually this evening with an updated Proposal with the same dollar amount there um that will allow us to apply to apply for and commit the um about the $45 ,000 in funds to um uh to um to complete that project as well so we're actively working um to commit all to commit all of our available funding we're making progress uh like it's it's really been a team effort Serena has been amazing um Serena has been amazing all our departments who we've been working with have as well and um it uh it's been a full court press but yeah like making progress and I'm not anticipating any issues at this point great um awesome so I just wanted to provide an update on that probably probably at the next meeting uh because because the funding allotments have changed I will um probably try to bring before the board all kind of like an updated plan with the more true upt uh cost so we have we have the board's approval we have the board's approval really memorialized there so in a few years when we have to go through that auditing procept we won't just be relying on the initial approvals we'll be relying on the approvals with the through up numbers too okay um so I just wanted to provide an overview on that if there's any questions no okay explained very well thank you thank you uh review discuss an act Massachusetts Community onetop oh sorry oh go ahead um so so this uh so this is a Grant application process um that the state retor um about three years ago now they um they took a bunch of not connected grant opportunities and they created a portal to have uh really what's called a One-Stop so to would go in it I I would try to identify uh the projects um that it I like is really proposing to complete what look at um the the One-Stop portal would provide feedback based on what is called an expression of expression of Interest that's basically the very Bare Bones here the project I'm thinking of um how um how does the how does a state um out view its eligibility um the options in terms of what type of grant program can fund something like this and so forth uh the uh the expression expression of interests um process used to be a lot more involved this year it changed from a um basically a two-page outline to having having a three sentence outline of what the project is and what it would mean for the town um the um just uh just based on the recently the recently approved economic development plan again and um and based on discussions we the chairman of the ddic as well um oh yeah I and the punch list um uh process that's already being EnV visioned by the ddic to um to really begin to really begin and planning out achieving some of the recommendations like I did I did propose that I wanted to get feedback uh from uh like from the executive office of Economic Development um I wanted to get feedback on a um like a townwide zoning review and I can also also on a possible Route 44 sewer extension feasibility stud um both um both were priorities um that were um that were very much recommended uh from the economic development plan appr approved by the board um at the end of last year um both would begin a process that would begin looking um and just exploring those options um and I just um the full the full application process is due at the beginning of June right at the first part of June and like I just wanted to bring um bring the feedback back to the board um to see if the board like wanted to proceed with any of um those priorities whether it um whether it wanted to prioritize one over the other U like oh yeah could try to try to apply for both or none at all uh but like I just wanted to start with providing the feedback that was provided back to us thank you we uh just have edification we do um we were already to apply um based on the input from ddic last year for a zoning review um fortunately but unfortunately the day that the grant was due was the day that um I like oh yeah like unexpectedly my 11th month-old son was born so the craziness of that day kind of um uh pushed out on my ability to apply for the grant so um so we do have an application uh for the zoning review basically done but again based on all the projects and priorities and and everything we're trying to juggle right now I wanted to bring everything back to the board um and get some direction from the board about which AR of these the board thought we might want to prioritize or not or anything else so the zoning review is done yeah yeah the application is basically out right and how long would it take to write the application for the uh sewer extension like I don't I don't believe long at all to be honest with you like that oh like I mean like that like would really be a very exploratory feasibility study it'd be expensive yeah like a project would um uh but if uh uh but oh but as a town with the economic development possibilities we really wouldn't know anything about how expensive it would be or how we could leverage New Economic Development against it yeah like until we have oh like an explore like a oh yeah like a really oh like a like a really oh yeah oh yeah like a really holistic discussion with the city of time yeah um and so so that's what this feasibility study would really seek to do okay do you have a preference I think um roof 44 sewer expansion is um something that we could I think they're both great projects um but that is something that could really make a huge impact on our businesses and you know potentially and um like you kind of just mentioned the economic potential is it it could cost a lot of money but the the potential for our businesses and future revenues for the town is um huge and um so this is this is just to give us information information to see if it's possible I know we have so many kind of kettles on the pot on the stove right now and there's so many we have so many wants but this is something that could being an optimist generate tons of money so I I think um there there are other um the town is looking at zoning in in other capacities and um I think the sewer expansion is a great opportunity yeah I was thinking along the same lines the um possibilities are endless we've often talked about not often I've talked about the extension of sewer coming down 44 but the the cost just seemed so outrageous and it was just ideas that were floated because you need a pumping station and you can't be can't be gravity fed and um but I'd like to see some of the uh the um some of the study being done on on that you know that works that's really helpful would you like that in the form of a motion if if the board would be amendable I I make a motion to move ahead with the Route 44 sewer expansion um aspect of of this grant um I'll step down and second that all those in favor I Peter Karens and I thank you thank you review discuss an act resend contract award for fire station feasibility study yes so um um on March 27th 2023 the board of uh uh with the board of uh the board of the board of Selectmen um voted to provide authorization um for the town to enter into a contract with uh with RGB Architects um to perform a feasibility study um for the uh a potential fation building project um I like right after that point like in information came to light that was relevant that was relevant to the T that was relevant to the town's consideration of the firm's qualifications in the procurement process um and it's information that had it been known prior to it may have had an effect may have had an effect on the ranking and scoring of that as well so as a result I I am I am recommending um that the board res send the contract award for the fire station feasibility study to RGB Architects okay is there a motion on the floor I'd like to make a motion to resend the contract award for the fire station feasibility study through RGB Architects any discussion all those in favor I Ken and I thank you Tom can I ask you about the car washes that go at the on at the highway garage has there ever been an issue I mean uh do they clean up after they done and is it been a burden to the highway department at all no okay a small amount of supervision so the kids they when he has the great amount of Heth the K inter compx and they a little too much sure that's a that's that's a oneoff okay thank you so we're going to review discuss an act facilities request for the Dr boys volleyball car wash at Highway garage motion to approve I'll down and second that all those any discussion all those in favor I Peter K and I uh review discussion act facilities request for Boy Scout Troop 45b C wash Highway garage motion to approve step down and second that any discussion all those in favor I keep the Camas an eye review discussing act facilities request for Boy Scout Troop 45g Car Wash Highway garage motion to approve step down and second any discussion all those in favor I Peter Ken I thank you thank you for the certificates of insurance I appreciate yes that was thank you yeah just just before we go on to ements said how I just actually want to apologize to executive director Powell um because uh be uh because she was here earlier and like I actually actually mentioned because of what was addressed with regards to the warrant that she was all good um and and she didn't have to say if she didn't if she didn't want to but like I just um and I was preoccupied with the budget stuff at that point but we do in be I like under acknowledgements have have just amazing news that I like I actually in hindsight I wish he was still here here for to celebrate because oh it's amazing I just like I just really want to say that at the beginning of the acknowledgements so sure thank you this is to the board of um what I do no I have it it's actually twice um yeah like I think there's in the package where the grand award is actually in there twice but the um but the notification on the like on the hire on the hiring uh the ccel on Aging board of directors hiring for the can of the position of um of temporary Outreach coordinator right I have that has been okay yeah um please be advised that the Council on Aging selection committee conducted interviews on for the temporary Council on Aging Outreach coordinat on Friday May 3rd and Monday May 6th there were two applicants and and upon completion the Council on Aging board voted to recommend Kendrick a early of Dion Mass this early Co Cory was processed and she is suitable for employment with the Dion Council on Aging your prompt attention to this matter would greatly be appreciated and it's uh just by Annabel poell that's very exciting I yes absolutely yeah I'd like to make a motion to um ratify to ratify the letter as written step out in second any discussion all those in favor I Ken and I and then a letter to Annabelle Powell executive director Council on Aging regarding a grant in the amount of $1 126,559 th000 award to The Prime Time support of adult program by the executive office of Elder Affairs that's awesome wow uh and the letter goes on it's a little lengthy so I won't read it but it'll be in our file um they had the total Grant was that's it's just a great great thing it's too bad she's not still here and I apologize I that's all right yeah yeah like I mean if the board oh oh yeah I like if the board would be a minable Mr Jim I do you think the bo recognizing Mr PA's efforts sure would be extremely um helpful and well received what what Bell and the staff have done as we know to to reinvent the whole Council on Aging and what it does oh yeah whether it's prime time or a host of the other initiatives that they've launched is just incredible and I just just really want to thank Bella oh and does a fantastic job they're amazing I'd like to take it a step further I I think um you know they they're working so cohesively as a team and they put their heads together and um they work so hard on these grants that it'd be nice if we could do a a letter for our executive director Powell and uh um Laura mados and Trista Tate and um recognize them for their hard work and bringing in this money for our seniors and and they're doing such a good job over there we're so lucky to have them okay uh you can take care of that Caren right thank you and then there was a letter from Trista Tate Prime program manager Council on Aging prime time regarding a donation to be deposited into the prime time gift account and it's to the board of Selectmen from tristate it goes on to say we are pleased to inform you that the prime time supportive Day program has received $1,000 donation from norin cabal as usual all donations are turned over to the town accountant and deposit into the prime time gift account thank you to noren thank you yes that's thank you norin you have the warrants [Music] yes all right like to make a motion to pay the warrants of May 2nd 2024 45 a-24 any the amount of $12,999 66 and warrant 45 B-24 and the amount of $240,000 206 240 $ 26983 set down and second that any discussion all those in favor I Peter Kon I all right and um I'd like to make a motion to pay the warrants of May 9th 2024 warrant 46 a-24 in the amount of $4,498 44 warrant 46 B-24 and the amount of 29,800 $23.17 and warrant 46 c-24 in the amount of 2 milon 9427 3325 I'll step down in second any discussion all those in favor I pet kenon I thank you uh public input yes sir just want to remind you of the three minute deadline oh no it won't take that long uh Leonard ho 760 Main Street di during the discussions of the warrant articles and Mr Pico's concern for the highway Department's needs as this board thought about the dump truck Andor the excavator of doing what we did couple years ago with the fire department when money was tight and they needed a new engine lease to buy I love it um the second point during the presentation about the park no parking it was very confusing in particular we had had some discussions about William Street especially in light of what's going to happen with Main Street and my question is and Mr Ferry is president here today that Williams Street no parking will it continue all the way down to Cedar Street the 200 Street sides M Street sides Street sides okay no thank you that's what we had spoken about before and I just didn't understand if there had been a change and thank you the last item Mr Pico I agree with you in regards to Capital stabilization as we go forward I want you to think about this you have 1.6 million in capital stabilization at this time you will be spending 1.5 million from Capital stabilization for the elementary feasibility study aren't we cutting things really close considering it took a number of years to build up to 1.6 million so as you go forward please think strongly about paying yourself first I love it thank you when I first became a member of the board Robert rendan and I at a fincon meeting we had a gentleman's agreement and it was a pledge that we would do that and that we would go forward and 10% of free cash would go to stable would go to Capital fund and then we would negotiate how the split would be would it Go all just the capital or all the stabilization or 50 20 5050 you know between the both we for two years made that a priority and I would strongly recommend that we return to that priority thank you thank you thanks Mr Hall okay uh approval of the board of SEL regular meeting minutes for April 21st 2024 I would like to make a motion to approve the board of Selectmen meeting minutes from April 24th 24 step down and second any discussion all those in favor I Peter K and I we're going to go into the executive session obviously that means I have to leave oh no no we need you um anyway we're going to go to an executive session the massachus general laws 30A sections 21 A2 to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with non-union Personnel or to conduct Collective baring sessions or contract negotiations with non-union Personnel the Town Administrator under Mass General Law chapter 30A sections 21 A3 to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bogging or litigation or litigation position of the public body in the chair so declares and the chair do does declare this is for Dion firefighters local 4332 under Massachusetts General law 38 section 21 A7 to comply with or act under the authority of any general or special law or Federal grant and aid requirements so you a motion to go into executive session I would like to make a motion to go into executive session as stated step down and second any discussion all those in favor I and Peter camer and I thank you thanks Mr for staying for