What was said

Select Board, December 6, 2022

the recording · 1:35 long, about 10,541 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. ▶ 35:42The Select Board jointly appointed Tim Wilsmer to the planning board until the next town election, passing unanimously.
  2. ▶ 1:32:45The board approved 2023 weekday entertainment, miscellaneous and auto dealer licenses, and renewed alcohol licenses as presented, omitting JK Waterfront.
  3. ▶ 1:32:01The JK Waterfront (On the Rocks) alcohol license was held to next week for clarification on a police incident.
  4. ▶ 12:29The finance director gave a first-quarter FY23 update on local receipts, the tax levy, state aid received and spending through September 30.
  5. ▶ 46:12The ARPA funding criteria discussion, which touched on ordering the replacement ambulance early, was postponed to next week.

Why it matters — our reading

  • The ARPA criteria and the ambulance purchase timing are deferred, so how the town's remaining federal relief money is spent has not yet been decided.
  • One restaurant's alcohol license is not yet renewed for 2023, while the other licenses residents and local businesses rely on were renewed.

Watch next

  • The ARPA funding criteria discussion and the JK Waterfront license decision, both set for the next week's meeting.
  • The December 20th meeting, to which the board plans to invite the historic district commission about what makes a window application complete.

budgetcapitalfacilitiesgrantspersonnelplanning and zoningpublic safetytown departmentstown meeting

Present: Mr Alonso (vice chair, chairing); Miss Roca (member); Mr Dwyer (member); Mr Franco (member); Mr Jeffries (member, remote); Karen (finance director); the town manager (town manager); Mr Allison (planning board chair). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 35:42Joint appointment of Tim Wilsmer to the planning board until the next town electionpassed unanimously
  2. ▶ 1:15:48Approve 2023 weekday entertainment licensespassed (roll call, all aye)
  3. ▶ 1:20:17Approve 2023 miscellaneous license renewalspassed (roll call, ayes heard)
  4. ▶ 1:23:35Approve 2023 common victualler license renewalsnot audible
  5. ▶ 1:26:28Approve 2023 auto dealer licenses, classes one through threepassed (roll call, all aye)
  6. ▶ 1:32:45Renew alcohol licenses as presented, omitting JK Waterfrontpassed (roll call, all aye)

And 3 procedural: approve minutes of october 18th (▶ 20:24); approve minutes of november 1st and 15th (▶ 20:44); adjourn (▶ 1:35:06).

Against the town’s minutes

The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 11 agree, 3 caption errors resolved by the official reading, 5 substantive differences. The town’s minutes are a partial record.

  1. differsPlanning Board appointment vote result▶ 35:42

    recording passed unanimously

    town’s minutes “to appoint timothy willsmer to the planning board until the next annual town election”

    Official minutes record no result for this vote; check the recording for the roll call, since ours says unanimous.

  2. differsMiscellaneous license renewals vote▶ 1:20:17

    recording Approve 2023 miscellaneous license renewals — passed (roll call, ayes heard)

    town’s minutes “motion: l. franco 2nd: t. dwyer aye”

    Official records no result and no motion wording; verify the outcome and vote count on the recording.

  3. differsCommon victualler license renewals▶ 1:23:35

    recording Approve 2023 common victualler license renewals — not audible

    town’s minutes —

    Official minutes list no common victualler vote or result; check the recording and the official license list.

  4. differsAuto dealer licenses classes I-III vote▶ 1:26:28

    recording Approve 2023 auto dealer licenses, classes one through three — passed (roll call, all aye)

    town’s minutes “motion: m. jeffreys north end subaru”

    Official records the motion but no result; ours says passed with all aye. Confirm the vote.

  5. differsAttendees: board members▶ 0:00

    recording Mr Alonso (vice chair, chairing); Miss Roca; Mr Dwyer; Mr Franco; Mr Jeffries

    town’s minutes “vote: ms. sroka- aye, mr. dwyer-aye, mr. franco-aye, mr. jeffreys-aye, mr. alonzo-”

    Same five members; 'Roca' is a caption error for Sroka, Alonso/Alonzo and Jeffries/Jeffreys are spellings. Official says Jeffreys attended by Zoom.

3 caption errors the town’s minutes resolve
  • Appointee name:Tim Wilsmer→Timothy Willsmer▶ 35:42
  • Licence type wording:weekday entertainment licenses→weekly▶ 1:15:48
  • Local receipts collected to date:176 thousand fifty two dollars, fifty six thousand five forty seven→$695,049.26▶ 12:29
In one record only: 5 from the recording, 5 from the town’s minutes
  • Recording only — JK Waterfront license held to next week: JK Waterfront (On the Rocks) alcohol license held to next week for clarification on a police incident. ▶ 1:32:01
  • Recording only — Ambulance request and ARPA $800,000: Ambulance request and ARPA: eight hundred thousand dollars ▶ 48:17
  • Recording only — ADA patio $80,000: ADA patio: 80 000 ▶ 48:58
  • Recording only — Historic district commission window applications: Board will ask the historic district commission what constitutes a complete window application and invite them to the December 20th meeting. ▶ 52:09
  • Recording only — Meeting before town meetings: Board will consider meeting before town meetings to make recommendations. ▶ 55:59
  • Town’s minutes only — Total FY23 collections to date: “total collections to date are $14,799,680.70, or 31.13% of fy23 estimates through 9/30/22.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Tax lien revenue: “also received $33,225.29 in tax lien revenue.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Right of entry agreement, 45 Parmenter Road: “the board signed the previously agreed upon right of entry agreement for 45 parmenter road”
  • Town’s minutes only — Entertainment license fee and auto dealer bond: “all class ii auto dealers have provided proof of $25,000 bond or a line of sufficient credit to cover the”
  • Town’s minutes only — Other attendees: “ms. brochu presented her report.”

Compared 2026-10-14. 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. ▶ 12:29Q1 local receipts

    The finance director reported receipts by category through September 30 against estimates.

    as heard:176 thousand fifty two dollarsfifty six thousand five forty seventhirty two percentthree million one hundred and sixty eight thousand nine hundred ninety one dollarstwenty two percent

  2. ▶ 15:15FY23 tax levy

    Levy collected so far through September.

    as heard:30 million five hundred and forty eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollarsseven million 854 266 dollarstwenty six percent

  3. ▶ 15:35Cherry sheet

    State aid estimate used at town meeting and amount received to date.

    as heard:10 million 258 395 dollarstwo million six hundred and eighty two thousand two hundred and twenty three dollars

  4. ▶ 15:55FY23 expenditures

    Spending through September 30 was at expected levels.

    as heard:forty seven million five hundred and forty four thousand two hundred and seventy eight dollars12 million seven hundred and eighty nine thousand six hundred and twenty eight dollarstwenty seven percent

  5. ▶ 21:28Warrants

    Accounts payable and payroll warrants were read.

    as heard:651 569 dollars and four cents1256 dollars991 696 dollars and three cents

  6. ▶ 44:06Recycling dividends grant

    Town received an annual DEP recycling grant.

    as heard:seven thousand eight hundred dollars

  7. ▶ 48:17Ambulance request and ARPA

    Capital planning discussed using ARPA money to order the replacement ambulance early.

    as heard:eight hundred thousand dollars

  8. ▶ 48:58ADA patio

    Additional funds requested for the Council on Aging patio.

    as heard:80 000

  9. ▶ 1:08:36Pathways program

    State funding for the Pathways program expanded.

    as heard:six hundred thousandfive million dollars

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 52:09Board will ask the historic district commission what constitutes a complete window application and invite them to the December 20th meeting.
  • ▶ 46:12ARPA funding criteria discussion postponed to next week.
  • ▶ 1:32:01JK Waterfront (On the Rocks) alcohol license held to next week for clarification on a police incident.
  • ▶ 55:59Board will consider meeting before town meetings to make recommendations.

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. ▶ 12:29Finance director Q1 FY23 reportinformational · 6:55 long · budget, town departments
  2. ▶ 19:44Minutes and warrantsvoted · 3:16 long
  3. ▶ 22:58Line painting, town manager and board goalsinformational · 6:29 long · roads and dpw, personnel
  4. ▶ 29:27Planning board joint appointmentvoted · 7:38 long · planning and zoning, hiring
  5. ▶ 37:05Town manager reportinformational · 8:46 long · superintendent report, grants, facilities
  6. ▶ 45:51ARPA funding and ambulancedeferred to next week · 3:29 long · capital, grants
  7. ▶ 49:41Special town meeting recap and window applicationinformational · 9:28 long · town meeting, planning and zoning
  8. ▶ 59:09Committee reportsinformational · 13:53 long · water sewer, capital, economic development
  9. ▶ 1:13:02Annual license renewalsvoted, one license held · 20:23 long · public safety, legal
  10. ▶ 1:33:25Public comment, board comment, adjournmentadjourned · 2:15 long

What the captions could not carry

  • Common victualler license vote result not clearly captioned
  • Some roll call responses garbled
  • Audio gaps early in the captions

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