What was said

Select Board, April 13, 2021

the recording · 1:40 long, about 12,310 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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

The short version

  1. ▶ 15:55The Select Board appointed Elise Wiley and Karen Kemp to the cultural council by roll call, with all ayes heard on both votes.
  2. ▶ 25:02The board appointed Matt Snyder to the Green Communities task force by roll call, all ayes heard.
  3. ▶ 30:00The Architectural Preservation District Commission discussed nominating the old primary school to the National Register; no nomination vote was taken and the commission is to send grant and listing information.
  4. ▶ 50:41Article 24, on appeals under the architectural preservation bylaw for town-owned buildings, will go to Town Meeting as printed in the warrant, with the board to review the commission's input.
  5. ▶ 1:28:12Article 27, a Salary Administration Plan amendment, was pulled from the consent calendar after a Finance Committee member objected; the design article for the old primary site (article 26) still had no dollar amount.

Why it matters — our reading

  • The old primary school site is moving toward Town Meeting through several articles (a design article, an engineering article, a bylaw appeal change), and residents will be asked to vote on money and rules for it.
  • Article 24 would change how town-owned buildings are treated under the preservation bylaw, and the article for design work carried no dollar amount at this meeting, so the cost residents are asked to approve was not yet known.

Watch next

  • The dollar amount for the design article (article 26), expected before the Finance Committee meets on the warrant.
  • The next Select Board meeting, moved from April 20 to April 27, and Town Meeting votes on articles 24 and 27.

contracts and unionseconomic developmentexecutive sessionfacilitiesgrantslegalpersonnelpolicytown departmentstown meetingwarrant article

Present: Miss Adams (member); Mr. Dwyer (member); Mr. Mourinho (member); Mr. Jeffries (member); the chair (chair); Madam Town Manager (town manager, remote); Mr. McGrath (presenter); Mr. Nicastro (presenter). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 15:55Appoint Elise Wiley to the cultural council, term to expire June 30, 2024 — moved by Miss Adams, as heardpassed 4-0 by roll call (Adams, Dwyer, Mourinho, Jeffries aye, chair aye)
  2. ▶ 20:53Appoint Karen Kemp to the cultural council, term to expire June 30, 2024passed by roll call, all ayes heard
  3. ▶ 25:02Appoint Matt Snyder to the Green Communities task forcepassed by roll call, all ayes heard

And 2 procedural: approve the minutes of march 9, 2021 (▶ 1:18:52); enter executive session under g.l. c.30a s.21(a)(3) on collective bargaining for the municipal employees union dpw unit, and adjourn after (▶ 1:39:19).

Against the town’s minutes

The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 5 agree, 3 caption errors resolved by the official reading, 1 substantive difference. The town’s minutes are a partial record.

  1. differs$30,000 engineering article for old primary site vs Article 26 with no amount▶ 57:40

    recording Engineering article for old primary site: thirty thousand dollars

    town’s minutes “ms. lemieux reported there is no monetary amount available yet.”

    Ours states $30,000. The official minutes say no amount was available for the building design and engineering article (Article 26). Check the recording at this point to see whether it is the same article, and whether $30,000 was a placeholder or a different item.

3 caption errors the town’s minutes resolve
  • Appointment of Elise Wiley, Cultural Council: tally:Appoint Elise Wiley to the cultural council, term to expire June 30, 2024 — passed 4-0 by roll call (Adams, Dwyer, Mourinho, Jeffries aye, chair aye)→5-0▶ 15:55
  • Historic grants figure (state grants for historic buildings):Mass Historical Commission grants: 800 000, five thousand, 100 000→$800,000▶ 32:25
  • Board members present (Marino, Jeffreys):Mr. Mourinho (member); Mr. Jeffries (member); the chair (chair)→Jim Marino; Michael-Ray Jeffreys; Tom Alonzo (chair)▶ 15:55
In one record only: 3 from the recording, 3 from the town’s minutes
  • Recording only — APDC to send information on historic registry grants and listed buildings: APDC to send the board information on historic registry grants, the application, and which town buildings are already listed; no vote on a nomination. ▶ 30:00
  • Recording only — Article 24 to go to Town Meeting as printed: Article 24 will go to Town Meeting as printed in the warrant; the board will review the commission's input. ▶ 50:41
  • Recording only — No meeting April 20; next meeting April 27: No meeting April 20; next meeting swapped to April 27. ▶ 1:36:10
  • Town’s minutes only — Drawing amendment to remove the building, in time for Town Meeting: “ms. lemieux will reach out to the monty tech instructor and students and request an amendment be made to the drawing without the building on it in time for town meeting.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Drawing to reflect the October 31 site visit: “mr. alonzo requested the drawing reflect what was discussed at the board's october 31" site visit.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Public comment: thanks to school and public safety staff: “ms. adams thanked school and public safety personnel as school opened last week.”

Compared 2026-10-27. 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. ▶ 32:25Mass Historical Commission grants

    A commission member said the state gave out grants to communities for buildings last round, with a range of award sizes, and the application date for this year had passed.

    as heard:800 000five thousand100 000

  2. ▶ 57:40Engineering article for old primary site

    The board noted a Town Meeting article for professional engineering of the site, with an amount previously decided.

    as heard:thirty thousand dollars

  3. ▶ 1:15:03TC Passios design article 26

    The article has no dollar amount yet; the figure is being negotiated with the design firm and is expected before the Finance Committee meeting.

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 30:00APDC to send the board information on historic registry grants, the application, and which town buildings are already listed; no vote on a nomination.
  • ▶ 50:41Article 24 will go to Town Meeting as printed in the warrant; the board will review the commission's input.
  • ▶ 1:28:12Article 27 (Salary Administration Plan amendment) to be removed from the consent calendar after one Finance Committee member objected.
  • ▶ 1:36:10No meeting April 20; next meeting swapped to April 27.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The minutes print no list of documents and exhibits.

Named in the running text, not in a list:

  • Memorandum from Lunenburg Police Chief Gammel on use-of-force training (read by Ms. Lemieux)
  • ARTICLE 26 (TCP building design and engineering funding, submitted by the TCP Building Design Committee)
  • Annual Town Meeting Article 24, Amendment to APD Bylaw
  • Draft amendment to the APD bylaw (final wording)
  • Statement from member Cullen Dwyer regarding the appeal process
  • Monty Tech sketch/drawing of the TCP building
  • Personnel Committee article (add Operator Grade 9, Reserve Officer Grade 10, Network Administrator Grade 13)
  • Governor's Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G. L. c. 30A, § 20
  • Board of Health weekly COVID-19 update

Heard in the recording

  • ▶ 14:34letter from Peter McCarronletter or email· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 35:32warrant article number 24warrant article, shown· named in the minutes’ text, not in a list (“Annual Town Meeting Article 24, Amendment to APD Bylaw”)
  • ▶ 32:45Mass Historical Commission grant applicationapplication or permit· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 53:08Monty Tech concept drawingplan or drawing, shown· named in the minutes’ text, not in a list (“Monty Tech sketch/drawing of the TCP building”)
  • ▶ 1:15:23warrant article 26warrant article, shown· named in the minutes’ text, not in a list (“ARTICLE 26 (TCP building design and engineering funding, submitted by the TCP Building Design Committee)”)
  • ▶ 1:18:52March 9th 2021 minutesprior minutes· 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.

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. ▶ 0:00Call to order, roll call, pledge, public commentprocedural · 3:50 long
  2. ▶ 3:51Announcements and police chief statementinformational · 2:49 long · public safety
  3. ▶ 8:30Cultural council appointmentsvoted · 13:10 long · personnel
  4. ▶ 21:54Green Communities task force appointmentvoted · 4:06 long · personnel
  5. ▶ 26:05APDC: National Register nomination of old primaryinformational · 9:25 long · facilities, grants
  6. ▶ 35:31Article 24 APDC bylaw appeal amendmentinformational · 17:19 long · warrant article, town meeting, legal
  7. ▶ 53:08Monty Tech concept drawing of old primary siteinformational · 21:32 long · facilities
  8. ▶ 1:14:40TCP design article 26no resolution · 4:10 long · warrant article, facilities
  9. ▶ 1:18:52Minutes approvalvoted · 0:42 long
  10. ▶ 1:19:54Follow-up on Monty Tech communication and TCP alternativesno resolution · 7:36 long · facilities
  11. ▶ 1:27:31Budget/warrant check and consent calendardecided · 2:04 long · town meeting, warrant article
  12. ▶ 1:29:56Vacancies, COVID update, schedulinginformational · 7:17 long · personnel
  13. ▶ 1:37:34Board comment on school reopeninginformational · 1:44 long
  14. ▶ 1:39:19Executive session, DPW bargainingvoted · 0:41 long · executive session, contracts and unions

What the captions could not carry

  • Some speaker attributions in the Monty Tech discussion are unclear
  • Voice-by-voice roll call tallies for the Kemp, Snyder and executive session votes are partly garbled (Mr. Mourinho rendered as Marino)

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.

  • ▶ 1:14:40TC Passios design articleWhat will the Town Meeting article for TC Passios design and engineering cost, and what is its scope?already answered: thread:tc-passios-site
  • ▶ 32:25Old primary historic grantsWhat historic-register grants could the old primary school building receive, and in what amounts?

These are ours, and they are not the record

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