What was said

Select Board, October 11, 2022

the recording · 3:19 long, about 27,548 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. ▶ 48:51The school department withdrew its primary school air conditioning article for the special town meeting after bids came in far above the money approved earlier.
  2. ▶ 1:30:11A majority of the Select Board indicated support for the condensed APDC bylaw article, with an updated version expected next week.
  3. ▶ 10:23The board voted to ratify two police appointments, one full-time officer and one reserve officer, both effective October 12, 2022.
  4. ▶ 32:07The board recommended approval of the Personnel Committee's salary administration plan article unanimously, and approved a Boys and Girls Club haunted house with one abstention.
  5. ▶ 2:49:03The town manager is to ask the town clerk about the effect of moving town meeting to April, in response to a petition, before next week.

Why it matters — our reading

  • With the air conditioning article withdrawn, the primary school cooling project has no funding path on this special town meeting warrant, so the money approved earlier does not cover the bids received.
  • The salary plan, the APDC bylaw and the possible move of town meeting to April are items residents may be asked to vote on at town meeting.

Watch next

  • An updated condensed APDC article, expected at the next Select Board meeting.
  • The town clerk's answer on moving town meeting to April, due before next week's meeting.

budgetcapitalfacilitiesfree cashhiringpersonnelplanning and zoningprimary schoolpublic safetytown meetingturkey hillwarrant article

Present: Mr. Jeffries (chair); Mr. Alonso (member); Mr. Dwyer (member); Mr. Franco (member); Heather (town manager); Mr. Roy (Municipal Building Design Committee member); Mr. Leighton (Municipal Building Design Committee member, remote); Chief Gamble (police chief); Mr. Pusateri (school facilities director); Eric Arnold (chair, Personnel Committee); Anthony Scalambrini (APDC representative). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 10:23Ratify town manager's appointment of Paul Theodulo as full-time police officer effective October 12, 2022passed
  2. ▶ 18:54Ratify appointment of George Trey Tibbetts as reserve officer effective October 12, 2022passed
  3. ▶ 23:45Approve Boys and Girls Club haunted house event on Memorial Drive October 29, 2022passed with one abstention
  4. ▶ 32:07Recommend approval of Personnel Committee's salary administration plan articlepassed unanimously

And 3 procedural: municipal building design committee motion to adjourn its meeting (▶ 2:40:58); approve minutes of september 20, 2022 (▶ 2:55:53); adjourn (▶ 3:19:24).

Against the town’s minutes

The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 8 agree, 8 caption errors resolved by the official reading, 2 substantive differences. The town’s minutes are a partial record.

  1. differsPersonnel Committee salary plan article vote▶ 32:07

    recording Recommend approval of Personnel Committee's salary administration plan article — passed unanimously

    town’s minutes “to recommend approval of the warrant article submitted by the personnel committee vote: all in favor”

    Both say passed and 'all in favor' is consistent with unanimous, but the board has five members; check the recording for the actual count and whether all were present.

  2. differsSchool air conditioning article outcome▶ 48:51

    recording School department withdrew its primary school air conditioning warrant article.

    town’s minutes “the funding secured at town meeting was $232,800 so clearly we cannot proceed”

    Ours records a withdrawal; the official text says only that they cannot proceed with an alternate mini-split plan, with no withdrawal recorded. Check the recording.

8 caption errors the town’s minutes resolve
  • Police officer appointee name (Theodulo):Ratify town manager's appointment of Paul Theodulo as full-time police officer effective October 12, 2022 — passed→Paul Theodoulou▶ 10:23
  • Remaining available balance 168,636.38:168 636 38→$168,636.38▶ 2:42:24
  • Attendee: chair Jeffries:Mr. Jeffries (chair)→Jeffreys
  • Attendee: Alonso:Mr. Alonso (member)→Alonzo
  • Attendee: Leighton:Mr. Leighton (Municipal Building Design Committee member)→Brian Lehtinen
  • Attendee: Chief Gamble:Chief Gamble (police chief)→Chief Gammel
  • Attendee: Scalambrini:Anthony Scalambrini (APDC representative)→Anthony Sculimbrene
  • Attendee: Eric Arnold:Eric Arnold (chair, Personnel Committee)→Erik Arnold
In one record only: 5 from the recording, 5 from the town’s minutes
  • Recording only — Transfer to special purpose stabilization: Remaining available money to appropriate recommended to go into a special purpose stabilization account — 168 636 38 (discussed only) ▶ 2:44:51
  • Recording only — HVAC cost per square foot: HVAC cost per square foot: 61 000 square feet, 124 dollars and change a square foot, 2.4 million dollars, 1.3 million dollar ▶ 47:17
  • Recording only — Municipal building design concepts posted online: Municipal building design concepts to be posted on the town website. ▶ 3:15:56
  • Recording only — Town manager to ask clerk about April town meeting: Town manager to ask the town clerk about the impact of moving town meeting to April before next week. ▶ 2:49:03
  • Recording only — Mr. Pusateri as school facilities director: Mr. Pusateri (school facilities director)
  • Town’s minutes only — Historical Commission funding: “the adjustments include historical commission funding of $12,500 because they're looking”
  • Town’s minutes only — No executive session: “mr. jeffreys announced the board would not be going into executive session tonight.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Ms. Lemieux and H. Sroka as attendees: “ms. sroka reported the school committee met last week”
  • Town’s minutes only — Other presenters and attendees: “dr. burnham and school committee chair carol archambault presented for the article.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Public comment (Lions Club breakfast, Special Town Meeting date, unreadable concepts): “ms. lemieux reminded all the special town meeting is november 15' at the middle/high school auditorium at 7:00 p.m.”

Compared 2026-10-16. 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.

Transfers

atwhat movedamount, as heardoutcome
▶ 2:44:51Remaining available money to appropriate recommended to go into a special purpose stabilization account168 636 38discussed only

The money

  1. ▶ 26:53Salary Administration Plan article

    Chair of Personnel Committee said the article adds funded positions and is housekeeping, not a money article.

  2. ▶ 27:56Town clerk salary

    A member said the town clerk salary looks low compared to other towns; a consultant compensation review is underway.

    as heard:52 000twenty thousand dollars

  3. ▶ 34:15Primary school HVAC bids

    Full HVAC and partial classroom cooling came in far above the money approved at town meeting, so the article was withdrawn.

    as heard:over 7 million dollars1.7 million232 800 dollars

  4. ▶ 47:17HVAC cost per square foot

    Members compared the quote to commercial building HVAC costs and per square foot figures.

    as heard:61 000 square feet124 dollars and change a square foot2.4 million dollars1.3 million dollar

  5. ▶ 1:57:44Municipal building renovation costs

    Committee said renovation of the TC Passios building is costly per square foot and that earlier plans cost far more than the town could bear.

    as heard:300 to 350 a square foot30 million dollars40 million dollars

  6. ▶ 2:42:24FY23 budget adjustments for special town meeting

    Town manager listed proposed amendments to fiscal 23 budget lines and the remaining balance recommended for a special purpose stabilization account.

    as heard:12 50015 00060 00092 500262 50022 479 dollarsone thousand eight hundred and four dollars and fifty four cents168 636 38

  7. ▶ 2:56:39Warrants

    Payroll deductions, accounts payable and payroll warrants were presented for signature.

    as heard:651 thousand dollars 576 dollars and 63 centsone million 449 216.52 cents976 463 dollars and 21 cents

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 48:51School department withdrew its primary school air conditioning warrant article.
  • ▶ 1:30:11Majority of the board indicated it will support the condensed APDC article; an updated version is expected next week.
  • ▶ 3:15:56Municipal building design concepts to be posted on the town website.
  • ▶ 2:49:03Town manager to ask the town clerk about the impact of moving town meeting to April before next week.

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:

  • Personnel Committee warrant article: amend Code of Lunenburg Chapter 70, Section 70-8.A, Salary Administration Plan, Schedule A
  • School Committee warrant article: Primary School Air Conditioning (#LPS 19-3-B)
  • Citizen petition warrant article: rezone part of 199 Massachusetts Avenue
  • Citizen petition warrant article: change Annual Town Meeting/Election dates, with reasoning letter from Deb Christen
  • Three MBDC concepts for the TCP Building, Town Hall, Ritter Building and Brooks House
  • Conservation Commission communication regarding 35 Leominster Road
  • Letter from Salvation Army envoy Lynnette Valentine
  • Warrants: payroll deductions, accounts payable and payroll
  • Past and new engineering estimates for the Primary School air conditioning

Heard in the recording

  • ▶ 26:53salary Administration plan schedule Awarrant article· named in the minutes’ text, not in a list (“Personnel Committee warrant article: amend Code of Lunenburg Chapter 70, Section 70-8.A, Salary Administration Plan, Schedule A”)
  • ▶ 36:20school department warrant article for special town meetingwarrant article· named in the minutes’ text, not in a list (“Citizen petition warrant article: change Annual Town Meeting/Election dates, with reasoning letter from Deb Christen”)
  • ▶ 1:37:41Municipal Building design committee presentationpresentation· named in the minutes’ text, not in a list (“Personnel Committee warrant article: amend Code of Lunenburg Chapter 70, Section 70-8.A, Salary Administration Plan, Schedule A”)
  • ▶ 2:42:01chart for Budget adjustmentsspreadsheet· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 2:15:21vertex reportsreport· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 2:55:53minutes of September 20thprior minutes· mentioned in the recording, not found in the minutes
  • ▶ 2:58:27Salvation Army letterletter or email· named in the minutes’ text, not in a list (“Letter from Salvation Army envoy Lynnette Valentine”)
  • ▶ 2:45:52citizens petition to move town meetingapplication or permit· named in the minutes’ text, not in a list (“Citizen petition warrant article: change Annual Town Meeting/Election dates, with reasoning letter from Deb Christen”)

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. ▶ 3:14:53Resident asked that the municipal building design committee's concept slides be posted because viewers at home could not read them. — Rhonda, 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.

The whole meeting, in order

  1. ▶ 0:01Opening, announcements, Conservation Commission communication on 35 Leominster Roadinformational; to be placed on future agenda · 3:28 long
  2. ▶ 3:29Police resignation and appointments of full-time and reserve officersvoted · 16:28 long · hiring, public safety
  3. ▶ 19:57Boys and Girls Club haunted house eventvoted · 4:50 long
  4. ▶ 24:47Personnel Committee salary administration plan articlevoted · 8:03 long · warrant article, personnel
  5. ▶ 32:50Primary school air conditioning article withdrawnwithdrawn · 17:00 long · primary school, capital, warrant article
  6. ▶ 49:50Citizens petition to rezone 199 Mass Avereferred to hearing; no vote · 29:11 long · planning and zoning, warrant article
  7. ▶ 1:19:01APDC bylaw article scopeconsensus for condensed version · 16:03 long · warrant article, planning and zoning
  8. ▶ 1:35:04Municipal Building Design Committee concepts presentationinformational; feedback given · 1:06:35 long · facilities, capital, turkey hill
  9. ▶ 2:41:39Special town meeting budget adjustments and petition to move town meeting to Aprilinformational · 13:53 long · town meeting, budget, warrant article
  10. ▶ 2:55:32Minutes, warrants, correspondencevoted · 7:08 long
  11. ▶ 3:02:40Action items and committee reportsinformational · 12:13 long · seniors
  12. ▶ 3:14:53Public comment, schedule, adjournmentadjourned · 4:51 long · public comment

What the captions could not carry

  • Whether the Municipal Building Design Committee's adjournment motion carried by a recorded count
  • Exact figures in the town manager's budget adjustments may be misrendered

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.

  • ▶ 1:57:44Town office spaceWhat would the municipal building concepts cost and how do they compare to earlier estimates?already answered: thread:tc-passios-site
  • ▶ 34:15Primary school HVACWhy did the primary school air conditioning bids exceed the approved funds?

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Version 15 — updated September 20, 2026