What was said

Select Board, December 10, 2024

the recording · 1:17 long, about 11,488 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. ▶ 30:47The Select Board voted unanimously to approve its skate park letter of support, with modifications noted.
  2. ▶ 46:27The board voted unanimously to vacate a tax-lien foreclosure judgment on one Sunset Avenue property, subject to full redemption payment within 14 days.
  3. ▶ 58:09The board put off deciding whether to retain or sell two foreclosed parcels under the new state law until next week, pending property cards and photos.
  4. ▶ 16:08The board renewed the 2025 alcohol, auto dealer, common victualer and limousine licenses, each by unanimous vote.
  5. ▶ 3:36The finance director's year-end report was postponed to next week, and a vote on the remaining ARPA contingency was deferred.

Why it matters — our reading

  • Whether the town keeps or sells foreclosed parcels under the new state law decides if they return to private hands and the tax rolls or stay town property, and that vote is still ahead.
  • The ARPA contingency vote and the finance director's year-end report were both pushed back, so residents have not yet seen the closing figures or the use of the remaining federal funds.

Watch next

  • Next week's Select Board meeting: the retain-or-sell decision on 531 Reservoir Road and 56 Carr Avenue, the remaining ARPA contingency vote, and the finance director's year-end report.
  • An ARPA spending report to be published, likely in January.

capitalcontracts and unionseconomic developmentfacilitiesgrantshiringhousinglegalpersonnelpolicypublic commenttown departmentstown meeting

Present: Caesar Nuño (chair) (chair); Michael Ray (member); Carter (interim town manager); Tom (member); Renee (member); Annie (staff); Izzy (staff). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 16:08Approve all 2025 alcohol license renewals as readpassed unanimously
  2. ▶ 16:51Renew the 2025 auto dealer licensespassed unanimously
  3. ▶ 17:54Renew the 2025 common victualer licensespassed unanimously
  4. ▶ 18:55Approve the 2025 limousine license renewals as readpassed unanimously
  5. ▶ 30:47Approve the Lunenburg Skate Park letter of support with modifications notedpassed unanimously
  6. ▶ 46:27Vacate the final judgment in the land court tax lien foreclosure case for 14 Sunset Avenue, subject to full redemption payment within 14 dayspassed unanimously

And 2 procedural: approve meeting minutes of december 19, 2023 (▶ 59:11); adjourn (▶ 1:17:08).

Against the town’s minutes

The town published minutes (text) for this meeting; ours were compared item by item. 11 agree, 6 caption errors resolved by the official reading, 2 substantive differences. The town’s minutes are a full record.

  1. differsSecond accounts payable warrant amount▶ 1:00:14

    recording $1 15,480

    town’s minutes “accounts payable warrant in the amount of $150,048.”

    $115,480 and $150,048 contain different digits, so grouping errors do not explain the gap. Check the warrant itself or the recording at about t=3614.

  2. differsAgenda and minutes software action item▶ 1:02:21

    recording Explore pricing for agenda and minutes software through the town manager.

    town’s minutes “clerk moore indicated an action item of looking into the idea of and pricing of an agenda and minute software.”

    Ours assigns the work through the town manager; the official minutes assign it to Clerk Moore. Check the recording to see who took it.

6 caption errors the town’s minutes resolve
  • Final tax rate:Free cash / tax rate: 1436→$14.36▶ 4:16
  • Remaining ARPA balance:ARPA remaining balance: 105,000, 100,500→$105,000▶ 19:35
  • Amplified speaker ARPA spending:Amplified speaker: $500, $572→$500▶ 1:15:46
  • First accounts payable warrant:Accounts payable warrants: 514 , 3539, $1 15,480→$514,353▶ 1:00:14
  • Chair's name:Caesar Nuño (chair)→Caesar Nuzzolo▶ 0:00
  • Vice-Chair:Michael Ray (member)→Michael-Ray Jeffreys (Vice-Chair)
In one record only: 5 from the recording, 5 from the town’s minutes
  • Recording only — ARPA project contingency: ARPA project contingency: $100,000 ▶ 8:07
  • Recording only — ARPA total committed: ARPA total committed: $3.5 million ▶ 22:42
  • Recording only — Skate park project cost: Skate park project: 8,454, $360,000 ▶ 26:32
  • Recording only — T-Mobile Hometown Grant: T-Mobile Hometown Grant: $50,000 ▶ 28:36
  • Recording only — Staff Annie and Izzy: Annie (staff); Izzy (staff)
  • Town’s minutes only — Draft Annual Climate Survey Policy: “chair nuzzolo stated that the rest of the board can send notes and feedback, and he will put together a draft.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Finance Director to give live ARPA purchase updates: “interim town manager terenzini stated that the finance director would do this as invoices are paid in accounting”
  • Town’s minutes only — Bliss Cannabis host community agreement: “bliss cannabis sent them some documents and will be going over those with town counsel tomorrow”
  • Town’s minutes only — Mid-year goals check-in: “chair nuzzolo suggested a mid-year check in and potential realignment of goals could be worthwhile.”
  • Town’s minutes only — Clerk Amanda Moore: “members present: chair caesar nuzzolo, vice-chair michael-ray jeffreys, clerk amanda moore, member tom alonzo, and member renee emkey”

Compared 2026-10-07. 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. ▶ 4:16Free cash / tax rate

    The town still awaits state sign-off on free cash but a final tax rate was set.

    as heard:1436

  2. ▶ 8:07ARPA project contingency

    After orders placed, about a hundred thousand contingency remains.

    as heard:$100,000

  3. ▶ 19:35ARPA remaining balance

    Remaining ARPA funds stand near the figure after contracts and quotes, pending the Ritter building roof contract answer.

    as heard:105,000100,500

  4. ▶ 22:42ARPA total committed

    A member noted the board committed a large ARPA sum and suggested a newspaper ad reporting where it went.

    as heard:$3.5 million

  5. ▶ 26:32Skate park project

    Community has raised some money toward the skate park project cost.

    as heard:8,454$360,000

  6. ▶ 28:36T-Mobile Hometown Grant

    Grant is up to a set amount per community over a 5-year program.

    as heard:$50,000

  7. ▶ 1:00:14Accounts payable warrants

    Two accounts payable warrants were presented.

    as heard:514 , 3539$1 15,480

  8. ▶ 1:15:46Amplified speaker

    A member suggested buying a cheap amplified speaker system from ARPA remaining funds.

    as heard:$500$572

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 58:09Hold decision on retaining or selling 531 Reservoir Road and 56 Carr Avenue until next week; staff to supply property cards and photos.
  • ▶ 24:49ARPA spending report to be published (newspaper ad/town report) later, likely January; remaining contingency vote deferred to next week.
  • ▶ 45:45Invite HR Director to discuss climate survey and goal setting after the requested HR report.
  • ▶ 1:02:21Explore pricing for agenda and minutes software through the town manager.
  • ▶ 3:36Finance director's FY24 year-end report presentation postponed to next week.

Public comment

  1. ▶ 1:12:21Thanked the board and PACTV, wished two 101-year-old veterans happy birthday, announced Santa at Town Center Saturday and Salvation Army bell ringing by the chiefs. — Mr McDonald, 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. ▶ 0:11Opening, announcements and Salvation Armyinformational · 2:23 long
  2. ▶ 2:34Public comment, announcements, communicationsinformational · 1:22 long · public comment
  3. ▶ 3:56Interim town manager reportinformational · 10:04 long · superintendent report, capital, hiring
  4. ▶ 14:01Annual license renewalsvoted · 5:19 long · town departments
  5. ▶ 19:20ARPA spending updateinformational · 5:50 long · capital, grants
  6. ▶ 25:10Skate park letter of supportvoted · 6:17 long · grants, recreation
  7. ▶ 31:27Cannabis host community agreementno resolution · 0:43 long · legal
  8. ▶ 32:09Climate survey policy and goal settingno resolution · 13:56 long · policy, personnel
  9. ▶ 46:05Vacate foreclosure judgment 14 Sunset Avenuevoted · 2:23 long · legal
  10. ▶ 48:28Retain or sell foreclosed parcels under new lawtabled to next week · 10:02 long · legal, housing
  11. ▶ 58:30Minutes and warrantsvoted · 2:27 long · transfers
  12. ▶ 1:00:57Action items and committee reportsinformational · 10:21 long · town departments, facilities
  13. ▶ 1:11:18Public comment and board commentsinformational · 5:50 long · public comment
  14. ▶ 1:17:08Adjournmentvoted · 0:12 long

What the captions could not carry

  • Whether the accounts payable warrants were voted or signed is not in the captions.
  • Warrant amounts are garbled (514 , 3539).
  • Parcel number in the Sunset Avenue motion not captured.
  • Vote count for the minutes approval is stated as unanimous.

These are ours, and they are not the record

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