What was said

Select Board, July 24, 2018

the recording · 2:26 long, about 18,489 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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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.

The short version

  1. ▶ 2:25:10The board approved a memorandum of agreement with the Laborers Local 39 DPW unit for July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021, by roll call, all aye.
  2. ▶ 1:41:52The board took no action on the Shady Point campground after long public comment; enforcement and police continue and town counsel is to be consulted.
  3. ▶ 44:10The noise bylaw is to go to town counsel for review before coming to the board for the fall special town meeting.
  4. ▶ 1:50:51The town manager reported a Green Communities grant for energy projects at town buildings and schools, and three economic development bond bill requests.
  5. ▶ 1:52:37The Personnel committee recommends hiring a consultant for a compensation and classification study, which needs an appropriation at special town meeting.

Why it matters — our reading

  • The DPW contract sets labor costs for three years, and the study and any new noise rules would need town meeting votes, so both can reach the town budget, mostly taxes.
  • Shady Point noise and safety rules remain unsettled, and police detail costs and a possible commercial kitchen's ongoing costs are open questions for the town budget.

Watch next

  • August 14 workshop on the earth removal permit closure process.
  • Town counsel's review of the noise bylaw ahead of the fall special town meeting, where a compensation study appropriation is also expected.

capitalcontracts and unionsexecutive sessiongrantslegalplanning and zoningpublic commentpublic safetyseniorstown departments

Present: chairman toll (chair); mrs. Adams (member); mrs. luck.i (member); mr. McQuade (member); mr. Rivas (member); Heather Lemieux (town manager); chief Moreno (police chief). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 37:04Approve Lunenburg Bengals tollbooth fundraiser on Saturday August 4th from 11 to 3not audible
  2. ▶ 1:44:30Ratify town manager's appointment of acting police sergeantnot audible
  3. ▶ 1:46:15Approve revision to traffic rules and orders on Main Street parkingnot audible
  4. ▶ 2:09:57Accept request to withdraw application for change of manager for the Mickey Shea's licensenot audible
  5. ▶ 2:25:10Approve memorandum of agreement with the Laborers union Local 39 DPW unit, July 1 2018 through June 30 2021passed, roll call all aye

And 2 procedural: enter executive session to discuss collective bargaining strategy for the dpw union (▶ 2:21:01); adjourn (▶ 2:25:33).

Against the town’s minutes

The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 11 agree, 1 caption error resolved by the official reading, 2 substantive differences. The town’s minutes are a full record.

  1. differsSenior volunteer hours value▶ 26:55

    recording $11 an hour, over $27,000

    town’s minutes “this year we had 45 volunteers donate 2510.5 hours at the senior center. if they were paid at $11.00 per hour, it would amount to $27,615.50.”

    Consistent in substance ($27,615.50 is over $27,000); not a real conflict.

  2. differsShady Point: special permit and town counsel▶ 1:41:52

    recording Board took no action on Shady Point; enforcement officer and police to continue and town counsel to be consulted.

    town’s minutes “ms. luck requested checking with town counsel on the validity of the special permit. mr. toale agreed.”

    Broadly compatible, but official specifies counsel will check validity of the special permit; confirm that is what was decided.

1 caption error the town’s minutes resolve
  • Shady Point police detail amounts:sixteen thousand four hundred and seventy three dollars and seventy two cents, thirteen thousand two hundred and twenty nine dollars and forty three cents, nine thousand four hundred and twenty five dollars and thirty five cents→$16,474▶ 1:06:10
In one record only: 1 from the recording, 3 from the town’s minutes
  • Recording only — Mickey Shea's license change of manager withdrawal: Accept request to withdraw application for change of manager for the Mickey Shea's license — not audible ▶ 2:09:57
  • Town’s minutes only — Attendees and other participants: “board of selectmen: jamie toale, chairman; robert ebersole, vice chairman; phyllis luck, member;”
  • Town’s minutes only — Police boat ordered (FY19 capital plan): “the police boat that was part of the fy19 capital plan has been ordered.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Personnel classification consultant: “the personnel committee is recommending to hire a third party consultant to perform the review.”

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. ▶ 1:48:01Economic development bond bill amendment requests

    Town manager submitted three project requests; a member questioned the commercial kitchen choice.

    as heard:300,000250,000450,000

  2. ▶ 1:50:51Green Communities competitive grant

    Town awarded a grant for energy efficiency projects at town buildings and schools.

    as heard:one hundred and ninety eight thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven dollarsthirty nine thousand

  3. ▶ 1:50:3117 and 23 West Street disposal

    Property assessed value cited and would be put out to bid.

    as heard:170 thousand

  4. ▶ 1:06:10Shady Point police detail spending

    Counsel cited yearly amounts Shady Point paid for police details.

    as heard:sixteen thousand four hundred and seventy three dollars and seventy two centsthirteen thousand two hundred and twenty nine dollars and forty three centsnine thousand four hundred and twenty five dollars and thirty five cents

  5. ▶ 1:52:37Compensation and classification study

    Personnel committee recommends hiring a consultant, needing an appropriation at special town meeting.

  6. ▶ 2:00:45Community commercial kitchen costs

    A member worried about ongoing costs to the town.

    as heard:fifteen thousand a yearforty thousand

  7. ▶ 26:55Value of senior volunteer hours

    Volunteer hours valued at an hourly rate.

    as heard:$11 an hourover $27,000

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 1:41:52Board took no action on Shady Point; enforcement officer and police to continue and town counsel to be consulted.
  • ▶ 44:10Noise bylaw to go to town counsel for review before being sent to the board for the fall special town meeting.
  • ▶ 2:09:32A member agreed to serve as MPO representative for now; town manager to identify a designee, and the liaison discussion will be reposted.
  • ▶ 2:16:18August 14 workshop will cover earth removal permit closure process.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The minutes print a list, headed she referred the board to a report from land use director adam burney:

  • Report from Land Use Director Adam Burney on 701 Reservoir Road (Shady Point), following up on the 19 June 2018 BOS meeting
  • Executive Session Minutes for Release

Named in the running text, not in a list:

  • Special Permit issued by the Zoning Board of Appeals, 9 October 2001 (Shady Point)
  • PowerPoint presentation on Senior Center activities (COA end of year report)
  • Quarterly Animal Control Report
  • Board of Selectmen goals for Fiscal Year 2019 (listed in prior meeting minutes)
  • Draft townwide noise bylaw
  • Memorandum of Agreement, Laborers International Union of North America, Public Employees Local Union 39 (DPW Unit), July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2021
  • Economic Development Bond Bill (Senate version) amendments
  • Green Communities Competitive Grant application
  • New Council on Aging contract and supporting templates (MART)
  • Schedule I - Parking traffic rules amendment

Heard in the recording

  • ▶ 38:10report from the land-use directormemo, shown· in the minutes’ list (“Report from Land Use Director Adam Burney on 701 Reservoir Road (Shady Point), following up on the 19 June 2018 BOS meeting”)
  • ▶ 39:162001 special permitapplication or permit, shown· named in the minutes’ text, not in a list (“Special Permit issued by the Zoning Board of Appeals, 9 October 2001 (Shady Point)”)
  • ▶ 1:45:34letter from the chief and DPW directorletter or email, shown· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 2:25:10memorandum of agreement DPW unitcontract or agreement· named in the minutes’ text, not in a list (“Memorandum of Agreement, Laborers International Union of North America, Public Employees Local Union 39 (DPW Unit), July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2021”)
  • ▶ 2:06:20Board of Selectmen goalsother· named in the minutes’ text, not in a list (“Board of Selectmen goals for Fiscal Year 2019 (listed in prior meeting minutes)”)

In the minutes’ list and not identified in the recording: Executive Session Minutes for Release.

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. ▶ 0:25A board member spoke on police understaffing after an accident scene with only two patrol officers.
  2. ▶ 1:49Resident asked about the missing gilded weathervane from Town Hall and suggested an insurance claim. — ashlynn gone, as heard
  3. ▶ 46:40Counsel for Shady Point owners, residents and neighbors spoke on noise, jet skis, safety and police details at the lake.
  4. ▶ 2:17:05Resident asked for a future agenda item on special permit and entertainment license procedures, and on unused demolition capital funds for West Street buildings. — Dave Paseos, as heard

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. ▶ 0:05Public comment: police staffing, missing weathervaneinformational · 5:20 long · public comment, public safety
  2. ▶ 5:25Council on Aging annual updateinformational · 30:27 long · seniors
  3. ▶ 36:17Bengals tollbooth fundraiservoted · 1:09 long
  4. ▶ 37:26Noise bylaw and Shady Point campgroundreferred to town counsel · 1:05:39 long · planning and zoning, public safety, legal
  5. ▶ 1:43:40Acting police sergeant ratificationvoted · 1:34 long · personnel, public safety
  6. ▶ 1:45:14Traffic rules amendmentvoted · 1:21 long · roads and dpw
  7. ▶ 1:46:35Town manager reportinformational · 19:45 long · grants, economic development, town departments
  8. ▶ 2:06:20Goals, liaisons, license withdrawal, minutes, committee reports, schedulingvoted · 10:45 long · policy
  9. ▶ 2:17:05Public comment: permitting policy, old primary building, unused demolition fundsinformational · 3:35 long · public comment, capital
  10. ▶ 2:21:01Executive session and DPW union agreementvoted · 4:52 long · executive session, contracts and unions

What the captions could not carry

  • Voice votes on most motions are not captured
  • Several speakers during Shady Point discussion unidentified

Reports this meeting suggests

Our reading of the discussion: questions where numbers were in play and a page laying them out would have helped. Every meeting’s suggestions are merged into one register.

  • ▶ 1:52:17Pay classification studyWhat will the consultant wage and classification review cost and what appropriation is needed?
  • ▶ 0:25Police staffing planHow understaffed is the police department compared with similar towns?

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What changed

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