 Good evening, everyone. I'd like to call on June 7th, 2021, regular select board meeting for the town of Berlin to order. With us to my left is Flo Smith. Across the table is John Quinn and David Sawyer. With us also is Tom Badowski acting as the administrative town administrator and our treasurer, Diane Isabel. Additions or changes to the agenda? I don't have it. Okay. Public comment? Any public comment? Any public comment? Hearing none, treasurer's report, Diane. Okay. On August 24th, I'll be having the preliminary work for the audit. Okay. And then I've scheduled September 28th and 29th for the audit. I'm not certain yet if we're going to have a single audit, but potentially we will. But we still should be able to do it in that timeframe. Okay. And then the assessors who sent out the change of appraisal letters, they sent that out on June 2nd. And they'll be hearing grievances the week of June 14th, which is next week. And otherwise, nothing happens. The change of appraisals, those go to everyone or those? No. Only the ones that had a change of some sort. Like if you, let's say you built a deck of the bird. Or something like that. Or if for some reason they had to re-appraise your home. Fisher Road, Colbert update. Tom. The, as you know, soon after the last select board meeting, Chipplakee came in and signed the e-spent. I think there was a document in your packet to that effect. The, we just received Friday, the final working in the floodway permit. So we're trying to get B-trans to sign off on their approval of the big documents. They haven't done it yet. We do it anticipated any time. And we've reached out to the state infrastructure bank to see if there are any outstanding items on their checklist that would preclude us from ordering that Colbert arch structure. Do we have an estimated start time? It's a minimum of four weeks out for the structure. So let's say it's five weeks. So the earliest week, five weeks from today. And the price held pretty well on that. We've talked to them about a month ago. It was good then. We haven't reached back to them. Anything else, Tom? No, that's it. Thank you. Any questions for Tom on this? Board discussion with Recreation Committee applicant, Tim Shea. Tim Shea is here tonight. Yes, I am. How was the game? We used to plan to be on the Recreation Committee. Really? Yeah. Are we just interviewing them? Is that the thought? But they'd like to take action. Tim, are you a sports fan, a recreation fan? I am, yeah. In fact, I'm at my son's lacrosse game right now. But yes, I am. I've coached cross-country and track. I'm an athlete myself, mountain biker, triathlete, ultra-runner. I've lived in Berlin quite some time and just looking forward to putting some energies to the Rec committee and help move some of these initiatives forward. And Vince has given us a little bit of background as far as kind of uncoupling with the conservation. So happy to kick this off and move things forward. Any other questions or comments? What kind of initiatives do you see the Recreation Board taking up in the future, Tim? I think the bike path, hopefully, ideally more fields at some point. Certainly knowing there'd be a handoff from the, with the committee working on conservation, working on the handoff with the snowmobile trails and such. And anyway, we can extend recreational opportunities for our citizens. I move approval of Tim Shea to the Recreation Committee. I second the motion and thank you for your interest. Any other comments on this? Hearing none, those in favor? Congratulations. Thank you, Joe. Thank you very much. All right, appreciate it. Have a good night. You too. Good night. In the workflow right away, consolidate communications? They've applied for working in a town right away. They're putting in some underground cable console. Solid communications. It says approximately $1,500. I believe they gave $515,000. I think they gave you a $515,000 check-in on bond. Ask you your consideration to approve this tonight. So they're just bearing cable beside the road? Correct. Any, do I have a motion on this? Thank you. I make the motion to approve the work in the right-of-way consolidated communications as presented to us tonight in permit number 21-043. You're a second. I second it. Any other discussions on this? Yeah, I just have one question. And maybe it's right here and I'm missing it, but what's the length that they're borne under the road? Is it just straight across the road? I think I'm probably just- I saw the varying depth to be 36 inches of the underground cable. I guess just my question is, where's it going? I see a point. Berlin Heights. It's in Berlin Heights. To the end of Berlin Heights. So, okay. Berlin Heights is above Vine Street, I'm assuming. Yeah, that's where I live. Oh, okay. You want cable? So you want bioburse if you're faster? Yeah, I do. I really do, though. Okay. It's for me. It's just for me. That clears it up. Yes, so we better approve it. What this is, is these folks actually have a contract to do very town of every city. And that's because some of these addresses are very city addresses. That's why they're getting this ability to put in. All right. Do everything. Any other comments on this? All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Motion carries. Thank you. Planning commission leads on discussion report. Barlow, you're up. I have one screen. So I can't. Oh, you guys can't. I better shut my video off. Can you see me? Yeah. Yeah. You're all right. All right. Well, let me, I gotta, but I gotta pull up my report. Well, as you know, the, the Berlin did receive a conditional approval for the. Newtown center. The conditions were primarily focused around stormwater planning and zoning changes. So. To address some of those, as you know, the town has applied for three stormwater planning grants. I believe applied in receive or loans. For the mall site, the CVMC site and the 802 car site. So those are happening. Town applied for a V trans bicycle and pedestrian program grant application for a scoping study of the road diet for Fisher road. Also to try to address the Fisher road concerns. So that we can hopefully expand the, the, the site back to the original size versus it being pared down as a condition. We also applied for an AARP grant for a block parties to happen at the new town center this summer to try to promote the vision and just sort of bring people together. Around this idea. We. The other issue was zoning and the state has provided a summary of what we consider for amendments to the zoning. And we are beginning a dialogue. I think there's a meeting next week. Tom, is that correct with the state? That's correct. And in regard to other matters, the town applied for a Riverton community wastewater study to evaluate the feasibility of. A small scale community wastewater system. And this, the point of this is to create some economic development in the Riverton village center. It's currently limited. And it's, it's pretty severely by wastewater capacity. And the other thing that's happening is the town center, the town plan has to be updated in. 2022. So we have begun a dialogue with CVRPC on the necessary updates to the town plan. And we will be working with them over the next year to get those completed. The updates are necessary for the. We will be working with them over the next year. We will be working with them in the county council care section of the town plan and to the educational vocation and vocational training section as part of the approval. Of the town plan in 2018. We agreed to revise those. Sections in four years, which is coming up in 2022. So we met with clear rock and she's going to work with us to get those. Up to par. And that's. That's a lot, but that's all I got. That's a lot going on. Tom's busy. No, I think, I mean, we're, we really want to make this town center thing successful. I think the, you know, we, we were a little disappointed, um, you know, when we were hit with the reality of the conditions, but I think that it's motivated us to, um, you know, to really try to work hard to get it done. And, and fortunately with the current COVID funding, um, we're lucky that we can get some of the work done. That needs to be done and get it paid for, um, through, through that process. So it was kind of fortuitous. So I think we're in good shape. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thanks. That's the town website potential change. Yes. I had put in your packet today. So there was some items for, uh, select force consideration at the next meeting, I believe. So it's this discussion between, uh, domain name. You can see the, uh, it's this. I can't hear. Vermont Berlin BT.gov or town of Berlin BT.gov is the. To that. It says research that found that are available. Um, so I think you'll be looking for the select board to, to, uh, make a decision on which one of. Which one of those like to, to go with. And then on the backside or have the name of technical contact. I think he was thinking Barbie technology. Technical contact for this, but I believe he's going to be talking to you folks here at the next meeting about this. And we'll be, uh, I just asked you to think about, uh, this, these items and, uh, be prepared to discuss it at your next meeting. Let's see what the chats. Yeah, this is, this is something we want to do. Um, the federal government has been wanting municipalities and states to move over for quite a while. Just goes to, um, some of the security of your site and to. Provide citizens who reassurance that it is a real. Government website, um, right now, if it's. Com or. Org, you know, it leaves people in question whether or not it's real. If we've had problems at the state where people create a, you know, Vermont. Com instead and make it look like the Vermont site and people get confused and end up handing over credentials or. Information. So this is just, uh, Probably a really good things for us to do. It's something that, um, We wanted to do for a while. I think it's a, one of maybe several steps to. Help cure our emailing problem. Um, some other things that we just have. Been plaguing us for many years. We're hoping, we're hoping that that's going to be the. Beginning of the end. And along with this, uh, Vince asked me to look at, um, The IT proposal, um, That are the technologies that sent us a while ago and, um, Just asked for a couple of things. Um, Just asked for my thoughts on it overall. There's, There's quite a bit that they actually do in there. So I don't think it's, I don't think it's unreasonable for what they're charging. We just want to guide them as far as what we expect out of them for email and things like that. Cause right now it doesn't appear that, um, The employees can check their email from home. It's just not a good system, Especially if we were to go remote again. So, Yeah. Back when Dana was here, I used to have troubles. Uh, I couldn't get any emails through AOL. You know, I just wouldn't. So I got a Yahoo account that works fine. Yeah. So I can understand having emails working. Our bees been. Ruben. And so that was just for, uh, Discussion purposes. Okay. Anything else on this? Um, Conservation Commission update on management plan. Wendland is here. Hello, Wendland. Um, I think the management plans with you right now. So we're actually waiting for feedback from the board. And also the quarter minute, um, Quarter agreement plan was with defense. So I think, um, you should have seen that also. So I guess I'm here basically to take questions or comments. I do have a note here from Vince on this light item. He's looking for a vote for approval on, on that management plan. Has everybody had a chance to look at it? Your motion. I make a motion to accept the management plan as presented. Second. Okay. Any further discussions. I just want to make sure I understand the process right after we. Accept it. It will then go to the remote land trust. Yes. And we've discussed it with him already said there shouldn't be a problem. Okay. Oh, the question. I've seen an email just on the past part of that. Something to do with the insurance requirements. Just recently. I just see an email today. As it said in there. Require. I think it was from the town's attorney. There's actually two documents. One is the management plan. Um, which is just for the force. It's a general plan. And then there's a second document, which is the corridor management agreement. Which is the agreement that we would sign with fast. Um, and that would be something we'd renew annually with them. That's what the insurance would be actually on the, um, corridor management agreement. Now that would be liability insurance. Or any damages done. Fast force agreement. It was from. That's sorry. It took us to get. Oh, did I see that? I haven't seen it. I haven't seen it either. Just came in today. It was that they were asking for best, uh, insurance to be a 3 million per accident. 6 million per aggregate aggregate. Which is, uh, also provided to another town, I guess. David, that's, that's a separate item separate. Okay. Yep. I just wanted to make sure. Well, I mean, I would think that bass must have, must carry their. I mean, this is going to be all in vast. They carry the old insurance on. They do. I think what we were asking for, what we suggested, I should say by the attorney was to up the limits. Of being Mount. Uh, based on what another town had done. So it was a suggestion to us to, uh, you know, just increase their limits per accident and things like that. It's just something we need to consider, but. And that's a separate item. A million dollars just going to go as far as. Yeah. I just wanted to make sure for it. Okay. Any other questions for Wendland? Thank you. Wendland. Um, all those in favor. All right. All right. Those opposed. Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you very much. Okay. Uh, traffic and parking ordinance review and. Just so I'm glad I didn't hear a motion. So I'm not sure what it was. I mean, I think I know, but I didn't hear anybody. Offer a motion. Yep. Flow offered the motion to approve the management plan and. Okay. So your second. Got it. So in your packet today. There was a couple items. One was a summary of our traffic ordinance. Speed limit of parking. And the note that Vince gave me on. It's this single page with the map on the back. Currently working with state on this. Maybe in their right away. May need to. To get additional permitting. That's with respect to this map of parking on. So that question needs needs to be addressed. Or actual parking on there. If it said he's working with the state to, to that end. Yeah. Then there's this further document. Multiple pages. Which. Vince went through and reviewed the existing. Traffic and vehicle ordinance. And the items in yellow. What he is suggesting to be added. To. To that ordinance. I don't think he's looking for a motion today to that. And I think you may have to hold a hearing on this. I'm not positive. But you do. Yeah. So he wanted to get this to you folks. In advance of scheduling that hearing. Make sure that. And if you. Had questions prior to that, that, that. Fair enough out before you actually have your. Have a hearing. On the, on the parking on. Pain turnpike. On pain turnpike. Was Vince looking at the state. Allowing them to go toward the pond or toward the through way? Or is it through way? So kind of fill in that digital. Extended out. So that would be. Well, I mean, of course, pain turnpike down to there's pretty wide anyway. So. It's been say how many parking spots expected. You know, any parking spots? Yeah. 60. Around 60. I should do it. So. I just got that on there. 60. 60. 60. 60. 60. 60. I should do it. So. Yeah, I just got that on here. 60 plus Saturday morning up there. 1550 feet. Hopefully they'll take some clear from the congestion too. Good point. Thank you, Vince. So this right here, we need to review and make sure there's no other additions we want to it. Yep. Okay. Thank you, Vince. On that. Approval of licenses permit vouchers and applications. We have two payroll warrants. We have two payroll warrants tonight. The first one is payroll warrant 21-24. We put this out as a motion. Yes. Thank you very much. Rusty. I make a motion to approve the first payroll warrant 21-24 for payroll from May 9th, 2021 to May 22nd, 2021 paid on May 26th, 21st, 2021. And so paid for the first payroll warrant, we also have 21 and 25 cents. We also have $27 and 35 cents. Also make a motion for the second payroll warrant 2,000. 21 dash 25. For payroll from May 23rd, 2021 to June 5th, 2021, paid on June 9th, 2021, and the amount of 44,000, $617 and 31 cents. Also payroll warrant 21 G 24 with checks. 21, 155 to 21 to 12 in the amount of. And the May reconciled bank statements for the general funds to our commission and water division. You want to hear a second. I'll second it. Do you want to go through those. I know I just had a couple of questions I just wanted to have in front of me. The tractor rental that I see in here from HP Fairfield that was just the, that was like a month ago right, or did we get it again. No, that was a month ago. Okay. So that was for a week with our driver. Yes. And then right below that for four items down is mowing. Yes. How much is that one for $400 $1400. That's cemeteries. Okay. That's monthly. Okay. Not roadside. Well, that's what I was wondering. Wait a minute there for mowing to this municipal portion, which is $400. Okay. Got it. Okay. Spent some mowing grass. Yeah. Any other questions on the warrants. All those in favor. All right. Those opposed motion carries. Minutes of March 29 people with 12. Okay. I'll make the motion to approve the special meeting minutes of Monday, March 29, 2021. Was everybody here for that one. You were actually out. I do see one, one change is the spelling of John's last name on both of them. So with that motion, just the change. To John's last name. So revision is the additional. The change in John's name. I thought maybe I'm wrong, but I thought of March 29. I was out as well. To be on. Off. That March 29. I guess that was quite a while ago. I can go look it up if you'd like, because I keep, I keep track of that. Yeah. Would you like me to go do that and take me two minutes. Yeah, we better. Yeah. Thank you. I'm 29. You must have been here because you made a motion. And it was the special meeting. Okay. When made the motion to move. I missed three meetings in a row. That's why I was trying to count back to when it was. And you're right. It was quite a while ago. Dave moved to adjourn. So there's. Yeah. I was here when I wasn't there. The other one. School break. I think it was the school break on that I was out. Yeah. 29th. I wasn't here. You were here right. Just remind or you still vote on it, even though you weren't here. You're voting on the. Actors. Actors. I think that's. If you don't think you're all here. Yeah. All those in favor. I was opposed motion carries on that set. Now for the April 12th. I make a motion to approve the Monday, April 12th, 2021 minutes as presented with just the change to the spelling of John's last name. Be corrected. Second. Any other discussion. No. I would. Like to talk quickly to the board and executive session about a contract issue. No, I don't think you need to. It's just, it's just an update to make sure we're all on the same page. Don't have March 29th. Thank you for looking though. Well, let's take and do it. I just have one quick thing. I asked, I stopped in this week to get. Some paperwork from events in the offices. We're still locked. So that's probably something at this point. I think we should. Take up. I think probably, I don't know if it has to be more. We can just give direction since I don't think we ever voted to lock the building either. Right. I think what was. That we would follow state guidelines. Right. So. Okay. If they. I believe the state has said that if you're holding vaccinated like you guys are fully vaccinated, you can meet here. I would. Unlocking the doors to standard business practice. You could put a note up there saying if you're not fully vaccinated, please. Yeah. I don't really think you need a motion. So which store were you trying to come in through this? Just the front door. Yeah. You guys just agreed that you're following state. Must be getting close to 80% anyways. It's going to be really close. We're good there. Yep. Okay. That was all I had. Well. Well. Not today. Well. Um. Yeah. Yeah. I just agreed that you're following state guidelines. We must be getting close to 80% anyways. As a hitter. It's going to be really close. So. Yeah. I don't know if I'm going to get close to 80% or not. Not today. Before you go to the exact session, when you come out, can you guys. Just turn. You can figure out how to turn this off. So. It's just a, it's just a zone. Get out of the zone. Yep. Power button on that. Right. Yep. Okay. If they're going to go in executive session, don't you need to shut that down anyways? We need to put them all in the. Waiting room. Oh, okay. You're going to have to bring them out of the waiting room. Yeah. I'll answer the question for Dave now that he's going to ask. And we do not expect any action taken. Executive session. It was just for discussion. Yeah. Everybody in the waiting room, you guys bring them back in. And then you would turn. Okay. Hi, Tom. This is Jill again. I'm sorry. Could you transfer host to Vince temporarily please? I can't talk, but he can't talk, but he'll run it. Since you have to leave, he said. I can hear him. He's not supposed to be talking. No, he's not. He cheats. The mother in me says no talking events. Thank you. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm in trouble. Do you want me to lock the door out there? So you guys don't have to worry about it. Yeah. That would be nice. Thank you. Hey, Vince, you should have it. You're going to need to park people in the waiting room. Tom. Would you mind forwarding me the packet? I've been. Going back and forth with Vincent. He could get it to me tomorrow afternoon, but he said you could get it to me sooner. That'd be great. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The packet that went out for the board meeting tonight. I'm looking for the management plan and the Fisher road update. And you know, the stuff that was talked about tonight. All right. I need to leave the building because they're an executive session. I'll be in the morning. I'll give you a call. Yep. Okay. Thanks. Yep. I make a motion to go into executive session and talk about a contract. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Motion all in favor. Hi. Hi. We are now. All right. Okay. Motion to adjourn. Your second. All in favor. Hi. We're adjourned. Thanks, Vince. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mrs. Conti. You're welcome. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your comments.