Stormwater Task Force, April 20, 2023

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

budgetcapitalgrantshigh schoolpublic commentroads and dpwtechnologytown departmentswater sewer

Present: Mr Dwyer (member (absent)); Bill Bernard (member); Amanda Reed (member); John (member); Bill (member (highway/DPW, gives data collection and sweeping updates)); Matt Proctor (member); Adam Bernie (member); Richard trembly (chair). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

No substantive votes heard. 2 procedural.

Against the town’s minutes

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

1. differsMeeting materials platform▶ 10:06

   recording A member will try the SharePoint site for meeting materials with a volunteer who has only a town email account; members without active accounts were told to contact IT.

   town’s minutes “adam burney and richard tremblay will work on the next steps to get this created.”

   Ours says SharePoint and a member trying it; official says Sharefile account being created by Burney and Tremblay. Check the recording at this point for the platform and who owns the task.

2. differsAttendee John

   recording John (member)

   town’s minutes “john beale (member)”

   Likely the same person (John Beale), but our minutes give only a first name; confirm the surname.

3. differsMr Dwyer listed as absent member

   recording Mr Dwyer (member (absent))

   town’s minutes “john beale (member), bill bernard (dpw), adam burney (land use director), matt proctor (member), amanda reid (planning board), and richard tremblay (chair).”

   Official minutes list six present and no absent members or Dwyer; check whether Dwyer is a real member or a mishearing.

Compared 2026-10-13. 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. ▶ 16:40Stormwater cost expenditures through end of March

   A spreadsheet of stormwater expenditures through March was circulated. February was essentially zero and March was low, with April expected to be larger because of sweeping and culvert work.

   as heard:less than three thousand dollars

2. ▶ 20:41Fiscal year-to-date stormwater spending

   Spending for the fiscal year so far was stated and expected to climb with three heavy months of road and stormwater maintenance ahead.

   as heard:36 483

3. ▶ 21:02New equipment operator hire

   A new equipment operator was hired to start Monday, giving full staff so sweeping and catch basin cleaning can happen at the same time.

4. ▶ 22:46Engineering funding for demonstration BMP / rain garden

   There is enough funding in the existing budget for the engineering survey work, and the total stormwater budget was mentioned.

   as heard:a hundred thousand dollars

5. ▶ 23:47Rain garden cost estimate

   Construction was estimated roughly in the low tens of thousands, with design, media, plants and installation as the main costs, and some work possibly done by staff or students. The demonstration BMP was not specifically budgeted, and an earlier quote had been inflated by a formula error.

   as heard:between 10 and 15ten thousand for engineering15 for the materials25-ish thousand dollar

6. ▶ 27:46Stormwater utility fee spreadsheet

   A spreadsheet tool for building a stormwater utility was shared, and members said it is for later when funding and a possible fee supporting an enterprise account are considered.

7. ▶ 16:10Asset management grant data collection

   The data collection under the asset management grant is expected to run about two months and will let the town meet an MS4 permit requirement in year 10.

   as heard:two months

Settled without a vote

• ▶ 10:06A member will try the SharePoint site for meeting materials with a volunteer who has only a town email account; members without active accounts were told to contact IT.
• ▶ 25:57Bill will bring estimated cost numbers and a concept sketch for the rain garden to the next meeting.
• ▶ 29:28The task force will continue as is through May and reorganize in June after the select board reorganizes; the next meeting is May 18.
• ▶ 27:26Members interested in coalition trainings or materials will tell staff, who will reproduce them or arrange access.

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

• water sewer19 min · 62%
• technology8 min · 27%
• town departments6 min · 20%
• grants6 min · 18%
• high school5 min · 17%
• capital5 min · 17%
• roads and dpw5 min · 16%
• budget5 min · 16%
• hiring5 min · 16%
• fees2 min · 7%

The whole meeting, in order

1. ▶ 0:01Call to order and roll callinformational · 0:43 long
2. ▶ 0:44Public comment and approval of February minutesvoted by roll call, minutes approved · 1:25 long
3. ▶ 2:09Member review of Central Mass stormwater coalition and Think Blue websitesinformational; members encouraged to bookmark the sites · 6:06 long · water sewer, town departments
4. ▶ 8:15SharePoint site for meeting materialsmember will test it; IT contact given · 2:45 long · technology
5. ▶ 11:00Asset management grant data collection and GPS accuracyinformational · 5:33 long · grants, water sewer, technology
6. ▶ 16:33Cost expenditures, street sweeping, catch basin cleaning and staffinginformational · 4:50 long · roads and dpw, budget, hiring
7. ▶ 21:23Demonstration rain garden at the high school and its costinformational; estimates due next meeting · 5:22 long · high school, capital, water sewer
8. ▶ 26:45MS4 training resources and stormwater utility spreadsheetinformational · 2:01 long · water sewer, fees
9. ▶ 28:46Next meeting and reorganization after a member's departurenext meeting May 18, reorganization in June · 1:23 long · personnel
10. ▶ 30:09Public comment, member comments and adjournmentadjourned by roll call · 0:41 long

What the captions could not carry

• Individual votes on the minutes motion are partly garbled; the mover and seconder are not identified.
• Stretch around 619-639 about accessing the SharePoint link is garbled.
• The rain garden cost figures are discussed loosely and inconsistently in the captions; no firm estimate is established.
• Who spoke in several exchanges is not identified.

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