What was said

Select Board, June 4, 2024

the recording · 2:33 long, about 20,894 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. ▶ 1:43:56The Select Board voted to revoke all licenses of Lunenburg Auto Center and Maxi Auto Inc, with vehicles to be removed within 7 days.
  2. ▶ 30:40The board found the Reboot in violation of its December 2023 payment agreement on back sewer payments, then voted to rescind its alcohol license.
  3. ▶ 2:18:03The town manager read her resignation letter, and the board then tabled most remaining old and current business.
  4. ▶ 9:41The board reorganized and elected a new chair; the votes for vice chair and clerk were not audible in the recording.
  5. ▶ 2:05:56The auditor presented the FY2023 audit, and the board ratified two appointments, a planning board assistant and a seasonal lifeguard.

Why it matters — our reading

  • Two licensed businesses and a bar's alcohol license ended over unpaid sewer bills and police findings, which touches who operates in town and whether sewer arrears are collected.
  • The town manager's resignation leaves the town without its chief administrator, who prepares the budget the board and Town Meeting will be asked to vote on.

Watch next

  • Whether the vice chair and clerk elections, not audible in the recording, are confirmed in the town's official minutes.
  • The old and current business the board tabled, which has no new date in the minutes.

free cashgrantshiringlegalpersonnelpublic commentpublic safetyrecreationretirementtown departmentswater sewer

Present: Caesar noo (member, elected chair this meeting); Tom Alonzo (member); Jeff / Jeffre (member, outgoing chair, elected vice chair); Amanda Moore (member, elected clerk); selectman empy (member); Heather (town manager); Chief Thomas gam (police chief, presenter); Officer Jeffrey Hill (police officer, presenter); Trooper Gene Lawrence (Mass State Police, presenter); John Reynolds (Sewer Commission chairman, presenter); Powell and suvin (Markham) (auditors, presenters). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 9:41Nominations for chair: Caesar nominated and seconded; Tom Alonzo also nominated. Vote taken on Caesar.passed (Caesar became chair; count not stated)
  2. ▶ 16:53Elect Jeff as vice chair after others declined.not audible
  3. ▶ 18:03Elect Amanda Moore as clerk; one abstention heard.not audible
  4. ▶ 30:16Find the Reboot in violation of its December 13, 2023 payment agreement on back sewer payments.passed unanimously
  5. ▶ 30:40Rescind the Reboot's alcohol license due to the violation.passed
  6. ▶ 1:43:14Find Maxi Auto Inc and Lunenburg Auto Center guilty of the violations presented by law enforcement.passed
  7. ▶ 1:43:56Revoke all licenses of Lunenburg Auto Center and Maxi Auto Inc as separate entities, remove vehicles within 7 days, remove signage and cease sales and repair.passed
  8. ▶ 2:05:56Ratify the town manager's appointment of Logan oconnell as planning board administrative assistant.passed
  9. ▶ 2:06:38Ratify appointment of Jameson snake as seasonal lifeguard.passed

And 1 procedural: adjourn. (▶ 2:33:25).

Against the town’s minutes

The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 14 agree, 8 caption errors resolved by the official reading, 2 substantive differences. The town’s minutes are a full record.

  1. differsSeparate motion to revoke The Re Boot license▶ 30:16

    recording —

    town’s minutes “member tom alonzo moved to revoke the license of the re boot under their failure to pay according to the agreement reached with the sewer commission signed december 13, 2023.”

    The official minutes record a motion to revoke the license with no outcome; ours has no such motion, only the violation finding and the alcohol license rescission. Check the recording for whether it was voted or withdrawn.

  2. differsAccounts Payable warrant total▶ 2:19:28

    recording Warrants: $668,500

    town’s minutes “the board signed accounts payable warrant in the amount of $668,140”

    $668,500 vs $668,140 differs by more than digit grouping; check the warrant itself or the recording.

8 caption errors the town’s minutes resolve
  • Seasonal lifeguard name:Ratify appointment of Jameson snake as seasonal lifeguard. — passed→Jamieson Snape▶ 2:06:38
  • Reboot sewer arrears amounts:$3,299, $3,689 18→$13,299 and $13,689.08▶ 24:21
  • MILO simulator earmark amount:$33,900→$33,910▶ 2:12:10
  • Payroll warrant total:1,149 1853→$1,149,805.03▶ 2:19:28
  • Chair name:Caesar noo (member, elected chair this meeting)→Caesar Nuzzolo
  • Member Emkey name:selectman empy (member)→Renee Emkey
  • Police chief name:Chief Thomas gam (police chief, presenter)→Thomas L. Gammel
  • Auditor firm name:Powell and suvin (Markham) (auditors, presenters)→Powers & Sullivan
In one record only: 2 from the recording, 2 from the town’s minutes
  • Recording only — Tom Alonzo also nominated for chair: Tom Alonzo also nominated. ▶ 9:41
  • Recording only — FY2023 audit figures (fund balance, budgetary results, OPEB/pension, debt): FY2023 audit: general fund balance: $9.5 million, 7.9 million, 17%, 2.7 million, 236,000, $1.9 million, 381,000 ▶ 1:53:08
  • Town’s minutes only — Public comment speakers and other attendees: “dave passios, 56 whiting street”
  • Town’s minutes only — Member Lehtinen seconding the minutes: “seconded by member lehtinen.”

Compared 2026-10-08. 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. ▶ 24:21Reboot unpaid sewer bills

    The sewer commission chair said the Reboot owed arrears at signing of the December agreement and more as of the hearing.

    as heard:$3,299$3,689 18$2,000

  2. ▶ 1:53:08FY2023 audit: general fund balance

    Auditor reviewed general fund balance, assigned amounts, unassigned balance and stabilization funds.

    as heard:$9.5 million7.9 million17%2.7 million236,000$1.9 million381,000

  3. ▶ 1:53:23FY2023 budgetary results

    Free cash was used to fund the budget, producing a budgetary decrease; revenues fell short mainly due to tax abatements while expenditures came in under budget.

    as heard:$1.8 million$2.2 million$70,0001.5 million$589,000

  4. ▶ 1:54:46OPEB and pension liabilities

    OPEB trust contributions and liabilities and the Worcester retirement net pension liability were reviewed.

    as heard:$267,000$980,00053.2$21.4 Million17.4 million

  5. ▶ 1:58:12Debt and federal awards

    Auditor reported short-term and long-term debt and federal award expenditures subject to single audit.

    as heard:$35,00032.3 million3.1 million$2.2 million412,000561,000

  6. ▶ 2:10:05Marshall Park owner's project manager contract

    Town manager said the OPM contract has a not-to-exceed fee and a separate small permitting firm fee was approved.

    as heard:250,000$4,0001 million

  7. ▶ 2:12:10Storm damage state distribution and earmark

    The town will receive a share of state storm reserves, and a police training earmark was in the House budget.

    as heard:5 million30,000$33,900

  8. ▶ 2:19:28Warrants

    Accounts payable and payroll warrants were read for signing.

    as heard:$668,5001,149 1853

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 2:18:03Board agreed to table most remaining old and current business after the resignation announcement, proceeding to warrants and reports.
  • ▶ 1:42:12Chief of police asked for an immediate cease and desist and vehicle removal within 7 days; incorporated in the revocation motion.

Public comment

  1. ▶ 2:44Resident welcomed the newest board member and thanked her. — a speaker, resident
  2. ▶ 3:04Resident alleged officials steered his HOA's attorney and fines against his family, criticised police handling of a neighbor dispute and a library video, and complained a request for executive session minutes was referred to the clerk. — a speaker, resident
  3. ▶ 2:24:20Resident thanked the town manager for her service and urged the board to work out its differences. — Dave pasos 56 whing Street, as heard
  4. ▶ 2:26:05Zoom commenter congratulated the chair, criticised the cemetery commission and the revenue turnover policy, called for recall of two commissioners and asked to present a proposal. — Mr Bowen, 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. ▶ 0:18Opening, preamble, pledgeinformational · 1:22 long
  2. ▶ 1:40Public commentinformational · 8:00 long · public comment
  3. ▶ 9:40Board reorganization: chair, vice chair, clerkvoted · 9:30 long · personnel
  4. ▶ 19:27Reboot alcohol license hearing over unpaid sewer billsvoted; license rescinded · 11:33 long · legal, water sewer
  5. ▶ 31:00Revocation hearing for Maxi Auto and Lunenburg Auto Center Class 2 licensesvoted; licenses revoked · 1:15:00 long · legal, public safety
  6. ▶ 1:46:07FY2023 audit presentationinformational · 18:03 long · free cash, retirement
  7. ▶ 2:04:11Ratification of planning board assistant and seasonal lifeguardvoted · 3:09 long · hiring
  8. ▶ 2:07:20Town manager report and resignation announcementinformational · 10:43 long · town departments, personnel, grants
  9. ▶ 2:18:03Old business tabled; warrantstabled; warrants read · 2:37 long
  10. ▶ 2:20:37Committee reports and upcoming meetingsinformational · 3:33 long · facilities, turkey hill
  11. ▶ 2:24:20Public comment and board responseinformational · 9:05 long · public comment
  12. ▶ 2:33:25Adjournmentvoted · 0:25 long

What the captions could not carry

  • Vote counts for chair, vice chair and clerk elections are not stated beyond the chair result.
  • The hearing notice could not be found, and whether the Reboot motion covered only the alcohol license was left unclear in the captions.
  • Spelling of many names, and the payroll warrant figure, are garbled.

These are ours, and they are not the record

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