What was said

Select Board, June 19, 2018

the recording · 1:56 long, about 14,824 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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

The short version

  1. ▶ 1:37:48The Board discussed a petition about the Shady Point campground and Lake Shirley and set it to return as a future agenda item with land use and police reports.
  2. ▶ 16:23The Board approved the location of a new utility pole on Electric Ave as presented, the one vote in the minutes with an audible passing outcome.
  3. ▶ 58:00Members worked through a draft special event permit, including a range of fees and waivers for nonprofits, and left it as a work in progress.
  4. ▶ 44:27A draft noise ordinance was discussed and left as a work in progress.
  5. ▶ 6:06Motions were made on an alcohol license change, an entertainment license, police appointments and a victualer license, but the outcomes are not audible in the recording.

Why it matters — our reading

  • The noise ordinance and special event permit are drafts that could set new rules and fees for residents, events and nonprofits once adopted, so they may come back for public input.
  • Shady Point and Lake Shirley concerns could lead to a special permit review and enforcement changes affecting lakeside neighbors and campground use.

Watch next

  • Select Board meeting of July 10, when goals and liaison appointments are to be addressed.
  • Shady Point returning as a future agenda item, with reports from land use on the special permit and from the police chief on enforcement.

feeslegalplanning and zoningpolicypublic commentpublic safetytechnologytown departments

Present: Chief Moreno (police chief); Adam Burnie (land use director); Steve Walker (presenter, chair of the public access cable committee). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 6:06Approve change of alcohol license class from seasonal to annual and corporate name change to Settlers Crossing Enterprises LLCnot audible
  2. ▶ 9:13Approve weekday entertainment license Monday through Saturday not to exceed 11 p.m.not audible
  3. ▶ 11:35Ratify the police officer appointments by the town manager as readnot audible
  4. ▶ 16:23Approve the pole location on Electric Ave as presentedpassed
  5. ▶ 19:17Approve common victualer license for Wayland Kitchennot audible

And 1 procedural: adjourn (▶ 1:56:00).

Against the town’s minutes

The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 0 agree, 0 caption errors resolved by the official reading, 7 substantive differences. The town’s minutes are a partial record.

  1. differsAlcohol license class change and name change, Settlers Crossing Enterprises LLC▶ 6:06

    recording Approve change of alcohol license class from seasonal to annual and corporate name change to Settlers Crossing Enterprises LLC — not audible

    town’s minutes —

    Our minutes record a vote that the official minutes do not; check the official text for the motion and its outcome.

  2. differsWeekday entertainment license▶ 9:13

    recording Approve weekday entertainment license Monday through Saturday not to exceed 11 p.m. — not audible

    town’s minutes —

    A vote appears in ours and not in the official minutes; check whether it was taken and how it was decided.

  3. differsRatification of police officer appointments▶ 11:35

    recording Ratify the police officer appointments by the town manager as read — not audible

    town’s minutes —

    A vote appears in ours and not in the official minutes; check the official record for the ratification and its result.

  4. differsPole location on Electric Ave▶ 16:23

    recording Approve the pole location on Electric Ave as presented — passed

    town’s minutes —

    Ours records this as passed; the official minutes record no vote. Check the official minutes and the recording.

  5. differsCommon victualer license for Wayland Kitchen▶ 19:17

    recording Approve common victualer license for Wayland Kitchen — not audible

    town’s minutes —

    A vote appears in ours and not in the official minutes; check the official record and the outcome.

  6. differsGoals and liaison appointments deferred to July 10▶ 1:49:42

    recording Goals and liaison appointments to be addressed at the July 10th meeting.

    town’s minutes —

    Our minutes record a scheduling decision that the official minutes do not; check the official text for it.

  7. differsShady Point future agenda item▶ 1:37:48

    recording Shady Point to return as a future agenda item with reports from land use on the special permit and from the police chief on enforcement.

    town’s minutes —

    Our minutes record a decision that the official minutes do not; check the official text for the follow-up.

In one record only: 7 from the recording, 0 from the town’s minutes
  • Recording only — Accounts payable warrant amount: Accounts payable warrant: three hundred and seventy two thousand eight hundred and seventy six dollars and twenty seven cents ▶ 20:25
  • Recording only — Special event permit fee: Special event permit fee: $50, $500 ▶ 58:00
  • Recording only — Tax lien sale amount: Tax lien sale: one hundred and twenty six thousand two hundred and thirty two dollars and seventy four cents ▶ 1:44:04
  • Recording only — MIIA participation credit: MIIA participation credit: $10,000, 197 10197 dollars, 1 million ▶ 1:47:14
  • Recording only — Attendee: Chief Moreno: Chief Moreno (police chief)
  • Recording only — Attendee: Adam Burnie: Adam Burnie (land use director)
  • Recording only — Attendee: Steve Walker: Steve Walker (presenter, chair of the public access cable committee)

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. ▶ 20:25Accounts payable warrant

    An accounts payable warrant was presented for action.

    as heard:three hundred and seventy two thousand eight hundred and seventy six dollars and twenty seven cents

  2. ▶ 58:00Special event permit fee

    Members discussed a range of fees and waivers for nonprofits.

    as heard:$50$500

  3. ▶ 1:22:05Police boat replacement

    The chief said there is not enough money to buy a new boat until the old one is sold.

  4. ▶ 1:44:04Tax lien sale

    One bidder bought a bundle of four tax liens.

    as heard:one hundred and twenty six thousand two hundred and thirty two dollars and seventy four cents

  5. ▶ 1:47:14MIIA participation credit

    The town received a credit applied to the next renewal invoice, and new cyber coverage was announced.

    as heard:$10,000197 10197 dollars1 million

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 1:49:42Goals and liaison appointments to be addressed at the July 10th meeting.
  • ▶ 1:37:48Shady Point to return as a future agenda item with reports from land use on the special permit and from the police chief on enforcement.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The minutes print no list of documents and exhibits.

Heard in the recording

  • ▶ 22:01cable committee policydraft policy or bylaw· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 50:00noise ordinance redlinedraft policy or bylaw· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 55:36special event guidelinesdraft policy or bylaw· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 1:16:03Shady Point petitionletter or email· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes

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. ▶ 1:42:41Thanked police and urged the board to look closely at Shady Point; warned of serious injuries on the lake. — Frank Moore, as heard, resident, 36 Main Street on the lake
  2. ▶ 1:51:06Asked whether a June 30 gathering outside Town Hall needs a special event permit; later spoke on business development and large landowners. — Darren Massey, as heard, resident, 300 Holman Street

Where the time went

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

The whole meeting, in order

  1. ▶ 0:00Announcements and police lieutenant leavinginformational · 3:38 long · public safety
  2. ▶ 3:38Settlers Pub license hearingmotion made, outcome not audible · 3:08 long · policy
  3. ▶ 6:46Entertainment license hearingmotion made, outcome not audible · 3:22 long · policy
  4. ▶ 10:08Police appointmentsmotion made, outcome not audible · 2:08 long · public safety, personnel
  5. ▶ 12:16Unitil pole hearingvoted · 5:11 long · roads and dpw
  6. ▶ 17:27Common victualer license, minutes, warrant, liaisonsliaisons delayed to July 10 · 4:34 long · policy
  7. ▶ 22:01Public access cable videographer policyinformational, policy to be revised · 22:26 long · policy, technology
  8. ▶ 44:27Noise ordinancework in progress · 8:56 long · policy, public safety
  9. ▶ 53:23Special event permitwork in progress · 20:53 long · policy, fees
  10. ▶ 1:14:16Shady Point campground and Lake Shirley petitionfuture agenda item · 29:28 long · public safety, planning and zoning
  11. ▶ 1:43:44Town manager reportinformational · 6:18 long · superintendent report
  12. ▶ 1:50:02Committee reports and schedulinginformational · 1:04 long
  13. ▶ 1:51:06Public commentinformational · 4:54 long · public comment

What the captions could not carry

  • Vote outcomes on the liquor license, entertainment license, police appointments, victualer license and adjournment are not in the captions.
  • Whether the minutes and warrant were approved is not audible.

These are ours, and they are not the record

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What changed

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