Select Board, May 8, 2018

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

capitaleconomic developmentexecutive sessionfacilitieslegalpersonnelpublic commentpublic safetytown departments

Present: Mr. McQuade (member); Mrs. Bertram (member); Mr. Bursch (member); Sergeant Hebert (presenter); Chief Moreno (presenter); town manager (town manager). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

1. ▶ 23:46Find violations of regulations 1.03, 1.04, 1.05 and 1.08 by JNM Sports Bar — moved by mr. Sergeant, as heardpassed
2. ▶ 32:10Impose a three-week suspension, later amended to two weeks starting June 10passed
3. ▶ 37:42Approve change of manager and beneficial interest for Mickey Shay'spassed
4. ▶ 40:35Approve the Auto Show request for Memorial Drive on June 6passed
5. ▶ 43:13Approve entertainment license and rain date for the Lunenburg Arts Festivalpassed
6. ▶ 44:19Ratify the town manager's appointments of beach coordinator and lifeguardspassed

And 1 procedural: enter executive session on non-union contract negotiations (town manager's contract), not to return to public session (▶ 2:01:03).

Against the town’s minutes

The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 10 agree, 6 caption errors resolved by the official reading, 2 substantive differences. The town’s minutes are a full record.

1. differsCultural council appointment▶ 44:40

   recording Cultural council appointment postponed until more appointments are ready.

   town’s minutes “laura brzozski, 21 francis ave., and minna schoulten, 3 oak ave., presented the request of the cultural council”

   Official only shows the Cultural Council request being presented and no postponement decision; check the official minutes for the outcome.

2. differsAttendee Mr. Bursch▶ 0:00

   recording Mr. Bursch (member)

   town’s minutes “mr. ebersole thanked everyone who came out to annual town meeting on last saturday.”

   Likely a misheard Mr. Ebersole, but verify; also official lists Mr. Toale presiding and Phyllis Luck absent.

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. ▶ 1:15:41Facilities account FY19

   The approved FY19 budget includes additional money in the facilities account for deferred maintenance.

   as heard:$40,000

2. ▶ 1:15:41FY19 capital plan

   Capital plan includes DPW roof work, asbestos abatement at Turkey Hill and demolition of a modular classroom.

   as heard:65,000

3. ▶ 1:36:20Tax title collections

   Tax title receipts rose in the last two months and over the prior year.

   as heard:104 thousand nine hundred and thirty-four dollarstwo hundred and thirty one thousand two hundred sixty dollars

4. ▶ 1:51:47Accounts payable warrant

   A warrant was signed for accounts payable, plus a water commitment.

   as heard:149 thousand eighty nine thousand sixty-two cents$7,612.40

Settled without a vote

• ▶ 44:40Cultural council appointment postponed until more appointments are ready.
• ▶ 1:55:58Quarterly financial report held to the next meeting.
• ▶ 1:34:17Board to hold a goal-setting workshop by July for next year's goals.

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. ▶ 1:47Objected to being cut off at last week's public comment; raised student and staff safety concerns about more traffic on the school campus if the Passios building becomes a town hall. — Julia Callahan, as heard, resident
2. ▶ 3:20The police chief announced a charity basketball game on June 14 to raise funds for AEDs for the police department.
3. ▶ 1:56:34Thanked the town manager and a departing board member; suggested big signs announcing elections and events. — Michael ray Jeffries, as heard, resident
4. ▶ 1:59:18Urged economic development to prioritize helping existing small businesses grow. — Katie Adams, 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.

• personnel70 min · 57%
• facilities61 min · 50%
• economic development61 min · 50%
• legal32 min · 27%
• public safety31 min · 25%
• public comment9 min · 7%
• executive session6 min · 5%
• roads and dpw5 min · 4%
• town departments4 min · 3%
• superintendent report4 min · 3%

The whole meeting, in order

1. ▶ 0:00Announcements and vacanciesinformational · 1:47 long
2. ▶ 1:47Public commentinformational · 3:19 long · public comment
3. ▶ 5:06JNM Sports Bar license violation hearingvoted · 30:43 long · legal, public safety
4. ▶ 35:49Licenses, auto show, arts festival, appointmentsvoted · 8:51 long · personnel
5. ▶ 44:40Town manager reportinformational · 4:07 long · town departments, superintendent report
6. ▶ 48:47Open meeting law violation follow-upinformational · 1:44 long · legal
7. ▶ 50:31Board and town manager goals reviewinformational · 1:00:55 long · personnel, facilities, economic development
8. ▶ 1:51:26Warrants and committee reportsinformational · 4:41 long · roads and dpw
9. ▶ 1:56:07Public comment and executive sessionvoted · 5:37 long · public comment, executive session

What the captions could not carry

• Roll call and the executive session vote count were incomplete
• Names of several speakers garbled

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