What was said

Select Board, November 6, 2018

the recording · 2:35 long, about 19,205 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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The town published an agenda for this meeting. No minutes have been published; the recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.

The short version

  1. ▶ 1:39:58The board adopted its bond bill priorities and adopted the charge for the economic development committee.
  2. ▶ 57:03The board set a Sunday entertainment license fee and a change fee for liquor licenses after a public hearing.
  3. ▶ 2:23:01The board voted to convey the 161 Gilchrist Street property and to acquire part of 171 Gilchrist Street with a conservation restriction.
  4. ▶ 2:29:03The chair will hold off signing the Gilchrist Street documents until the Conservation Commission reviews them.
  5. ▶ 2:12:08The board adopted amendments to the investment policy and the appointment policy.

Why it matters — our reading

  • The new license fees fall on local restaurants and liquor license holders, and the Gilchrist Street votes change what land the town owns and how it may be used.
  • The bond bill priorities, the economic development charge and the FY20 budget discussion shape which projects and spending the town pursues and how much of it falls on the tax bill.

Watch next

  • The November 13 special town meeting, where residents vote on the warrant articles, including article 17 on plastic bags.
  • The Conservation Commission review of the Gilchrist Street documents, which must happen before the chair signs.

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Present: Heather (town manager); Mr. Chairman (chair); Mrs. Adams (member); Bob (member (resigning)); Jamie Toll (member). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 23:37Approve the Salvation Army boot drive on December 8not audible
  2. ▶ 26:04Approve change of DBA from the bootlegger to Simon-Pure Public Housenot audible
  3. ▶ 57:03Set Sunday entertainment license fee and a $100 change fee for liquor licensesnot audible
  4. ▶ 58:25Accept Green Communities resignation but not the Planning Board resignationnot audible
  5. ▶ 1:01:12Appoint a member to the Agricultural Commission to June 30 2021not audible
  6. ▶ 1:39:58Adopt proposed bond bill prioritiesnot audible
  7. ▶ 2:00:03Adopt the economic development committee chargenot audible
  8. ▶ 2:00:43Return license for Sean Patrick'snot audible
  9. ▶ 2:12:08Adopt amendments to investment policynot audible
  10. ▶ 2:12:49Adopt amendment to appointment policynot audible
  11. ▶ 2:23:01Convey 161 Gilchrist Street propertynot audible
  12. ▶ 2:24:47Acquire portion of 171 Gilchrist Street with conservation restriction, chair to hold signing until Conservation Commission reviewsnot audible

And 1 procedural: adjourn (▶ 2:34:42).

Transfers

atwhat movedamount, as heardoutcome
▶ 2:15:37Additional funds to technology director budget and library salaries under article 1thirty two thousand eight hundreddiscussed only

The money

  1. ▶ 1:11:01Police radio grant

    Police received a state equipment grant for portable radios.

    as heard:19,000 516 dollars

  2. ▶ 1:11:21Chapter 90

    Supplemental budget added Chapter 90 funding.

    as heard:eighty three thousand seventeen dollarsfour hundred ninety eight thousand one hundred and four dollars

  3. ▶ 1:11:42MIIA participation credit

    Credit applied to the current insurance bill.

    as heard:nine thousand seven hundred dollars

  4. ▶ 2:07:56Capital request Turkey Hill asbestos

    School asked for asbestos abatement funds with a second phase next year.

    as heard:one hundred and sixty two thousand dollars98 thousand dollars

  5. ▶ 2:14:16Special town meeting excess capacity

    State aid came in higher than estimated, leaving excess capacity.

    as heard:one hundred and ninety nine thousand two hundred and twenty seven dollars

  6. ▶ 27:53Skate park fundraising

    Committee reported funds raised and cost estimate climbing.

    as heard:40k400 K

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 2:22:21Town manager to post article 1 and 2 figures on the website
  • ▶ 2:29:03Chair to hold off signing Gilchrist Street documents until the Conservation Commission reviews

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The town has not published minutes for this meeting.

Heard in the recording

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. ▶ 6:18Resident praised community fundraisers and promoted the Boys and Girls Club holiday raffle — Tom Alonzo 284 Lancaster Avenue, as heard
  2. ▶ 11:11Thanked the departing selectman for his service — gregg rolie 105 chestnuts, as heard
  3. ▶ 11:32Monty Tech vet tech center ribbon cutting and Lunenburg students — Barbara Reynolds nine five to flat Hill Road, as heard, Lunenburg representative on Monty Tech school committee
  4. ▶ 13:38Urged a no vote on article 17 banning plastic bags at the November 13 special town meeting — Clarence Ward's 720 Goodridge Street, as heard
  5. ▶ 42:50Asked what the board planned for license fees at the hearing — Chapdelaine 208 Leominster road, as heard
  6. ▶ 2:21:20Asked that special town meeting article 1 and 2 figures be posted on the website beforehand — dick toss 56 biting Street, 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. ▶ 0:20Board comments and public commentinformational · 14:20 long · public comment
  2. ▶ 14:39Salvation Army boot drive and restaurant DBA changevoted · 11:51 long
  3. ▶ 26:50Skate park committee updateinformational · 14:50 long · recreation
  4. ▶ 41:45License fee public hearingvoted · 16:15 long · fees
  5. ▶ 58:05Resignation and agricultural commission appointmentvoted · 3:35 long · personnel
  6. ▶ 1:01:40Town manager reportinformational · 14:00 long · town departments
  7. ▶ 1:15:52FY20 budget prioritiesinformational · 19:58 long · budget, capital
  8. ▶ 1:35:50Bond bill prioritiesvoted · 11:30 long · capital, grants
  9. ▶ 1:47:27Economic development committee chargevoted · 12:53 long · economic development
  10. ▶ 2:00:23License return, minutes, warrants, committee reportsvoted · 9:37 long · town departments
  11. ▶ 2:10:21Investment and appointment policiesvoted · 3:09 long · policy
  12. ▶ 2:14:16Special town meeting articlesinformational · 8:24 long · town meeting, warrant article
  13. ▶ 2:22:41Gilchrist Street sale and acquisitionvoted · 11:39 long · legal
  14. ▶ 2:34:20Schedule and adjournmentvoted · 0:46 long

What the captions could not carry

  • Vote counts and results are not stated in the captions
  • Some figures in the accounts payable warrants are garbled

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.

  • ▶ 2:07:36Capital planning requestsWhat capital requests are coming for the school and town in the next three years?

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