Select Board, April 10, 2018

The town published minutes (text), minutes (text) and an agenda, an agenda for this meeting. Those minutes are the record; what follows is a guide to the recording.

economic developmentexecutive sessionpersonnelplanning and zoningpolicypublic commentrecreationtown departmentstown meeting

Present: Chair of the Board of Selectmen (chair); Jack Roddick wins (DPW director); Paula (member); Damon (member); Phyllis (member); Bob (member); Mrs. Lush (member). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

1. ▶ 39:49Approve skate park option one, the land east of Kids Kingdom, while allowing for future parking for the TC Passios building. — moved by a member, as heardpassed

And 1 procedural: enter executive session under chapter 30a section 21 reason 2, contract negotiations with non-union personnel. (▶ 2:14:56).

Against the town’s minutes

The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 1 agree, 2 caption errors resolved by the official reading, 2 substantive differences. The town’s minutes are a partial record.

1. differsSocial media policy decision▶ 32:51

   recording The social media policy will stay as adopted, and the board will review it again at least once a year.

   town’s minutes “the board stated it would be discussed when reexamining the social media policy.”

   Ours says the policy stays as adopted with an annual review; the official only says DPW social media messages will be discussed when the policy is reexamined. Check the recording around t=1971 for the annual-review commitment.

2. differsEconomic Development Committee decision▶ 2:08:39

   recording The chair will put creation of an Economic Development Committee on a future Select Board agenda, with an initial charge on the agricultural side.

   town’s minutes “we will invite all of you to that meeting and we'll take that as a next step.”

   Both have an agenda item for the committee. The official adds inviting the joint groups and a charge to be drafted. Ours says the charge starts on the agricultural side. Check the wording of the charge.

Compared 2026-11-05. Neither record is treated as the referee: a caption error is the same fact heard badly; a difference is for a person to check at the timestamp.

The money

1. ▶ 42:55Warrants

   The board was presented a payroll warrant and an accounts payable warrant.

   as heard:one thousand three hundred and thirty one dollars and 20 centsfour hundred and sixty six thousand five hundred nine dollars and twenty five cents

2. ▶ 43:15Tax levy assumption

   A member asked for a discussion of the assumption that taxes rise two and a half percent every year, to be held before Town Meeting.

   as heard:two and a half percent

3. ▶ 1:08:33Grants for farmers market, kitchen and cultural facilities

   A member listed possible grants for market and building work, including examples that other towns received.

   as heard:one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars$225,00096 thousand dollars

4. ▶ 1:14:51Farmers market revolving fund

   The market manager said marketing money is limited to vendor fees and small event profit, and the market asked to be a budget line.

   as heard:a hundred and forty bucks$750515 dollars

5. ▶ 41:13Prevailing wage on the skate park

   A member explained prevailing wage generally relates to construction funded by federal or state sources, and volunteer work with private funds would not trigger it.

Settled without a vote

• ▶ 43:36A discussion of the assumed annual tax increase will be put on an agenda before Town Meeting.
• ▶ 32:51The social media policy will stay as adopted, and the board will review it again at least once a year.
• ▶ 2:08:39The chair will put creation of an Economic Development Committee on a future Select Board agenda, with an initial charge on the agricultural side.

Documents and exhibits

State law asks minutes to list the documents and exhibits used at a meeting (M.G.L. c.30A §22(a)). Names from the recording are the caption model’s hearing; the two sides are matched by name, by script, so a document named two different ways can be missed. A place to look, not a finding.

Public comment

1. ▶ 1:48Boys and Girls Club 'Are you smarter than a sixth-grader' fundraiser on April 13; thanks to the Charter Review Committee for its meeting. — Tom Alonzo, 284 Lancaster Avenue, as heard, resident
2. ▶ 3:58The DPW director objected to a selectman's criticism at last week's meeting about stormwater and the debt exclusion, said his rights as an employee may have been violated, and cited a consultant's favorable view of the drainage system. — Jack Roddick wins, 178 Arbor Street, as heard, DPW director
3. ▶ 40:33Skate park proposers asked about stipulations on size and scope and whether prevailing wage applies. — 10 91 mass F, as heard, resident
4. ▶ 42:13Civil engineer asked permission to put a survey crew on the skate park site; told it is the town manager's responsibility. — greg roy 105 Chestnut Street, as heard, civil engineer
5. ▶ 44:59Social media policy should not stop private citizens who volunteer for the town from sharing knowledge as private citizens. — Heather Bowen 188 flat Hill Road, as heard, resident
6. ▶ 48:06Thanks for the skate park. — Jeffrey Mendoza 162 Lancaster Avenue, as heard, resident
7. ▶ 49:09DPW storm updates on Facebook drew positive feedback; asked for an exception to the social media policy. — Ryan Stover 275 Pleasant Street, as heard, resident
8. ▶ 2:09:41Resident supported keeping farms and open space viable, framing town support as an investment.
9. ▶ 2:13:12Farm family member supported outreach to farmers on agriculture-related economic development. — Ian temple, as heard, resident

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

• economic development76 min · 59%
• planning and zoning76 min · 59%
• grants76 min · 59%
• policy30 min · 23%
• public comment16 min · 13%
• recreation9 min · 7%
• facilities9 min · 7%
• town departments7 min · 5%
• personnel7 min · 5%
• budget2 min · 2%

The whole meeting, in order

1. ▶ 0:01Opening and chair's apologyinformational · 1:47 long
2. ▶ 1:48Public comment: fundraiser and Charter Reviewinformational · 2:10 long · public comment
3. ▶ 3:58DPW director's complaint about a selectman's criticisminformational · 6:44 long · town departments, personnel, public comment
4. ▶ 10:42Social media policy reviewno change; to be reviewed annually · 22:53 long · policy
5. ▶ 33:35Skate park site near TC Passiosvoted · 8:59 long · recreation, facilities
6. ▶ 42:34Warrants and tax increase discussionagenda item to be scheduled · 2:25 long · budget, tax rate
7. ▶ 44:59Public comment: social media and skate parkinformational · 7:17 long · public comment, policy
8. ▶ 58:30Economic development and agriculture workshopcommittee to be put on agenda · 1:16:06 long · economic development, planning and zoning, grants
9. ▶ 2:14:56Executive session on non-union contract negotiationsvote partly audible · 0:56 long · executive session, contracts and unions

What the captions could not carry

• The skate park vote count was not stated; captions give 'all those in favor aye, any opposed' with no opposition recorded.
• The executive session roll call was garbled and the outcome and count are unclear.
• The recording gap between about 3136s and 3510s has no captions.
• Some speakers in the workshop could not be identified.

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