 on Monday, July 20th, 2020, everyone's like board meeting to order. To my left is Justin Lawrence, Flo Smith, John Quinn, Willis Alson was our town administrator, Dana Hadley, and our treasurer, Diane Isabel. And Angelina Capron, yes, I keep forgetting the phone. There he is, look. Additions of changes to the agenda? I have none. Public comment? Hearing none. Treasurer's report, I hear. Okay. It has comparison from the taxes from last year in the taxes of this year, if you own a $200,000 plan. So it's just, so our tax rate last year, if you had a $200,000 plan, if this is just residential, I'm talking about, you would have had a tax bill of $4,566.20. In FY 21, that same home would be a tax bill of $4,640.20, so it's a difference of $74.00 a year. With increased bar tax rate and with the school tax rate as well. I did send tax bills out on Monday, so most of everyone should receive a tax bill now. And actually, I've already had about, they started coming in on Thursday, and I've had at least 15 people so far that have come into pay their taxes for the entire year. So the money is starting to come in. And generally, I will have anywhere from 7,500 people that will pay their taxes for the entire year between July and August. So I'm hoping that that's still going to be the same. So far, so good. I've seen a lot of that. So that's very promising. And that's all I've got, everything else is in. Thank you. Great work. As for just information, I didn't see it. Maybe I just missed it. In the deli tax report, compared to this time last year, is there a higher amount that's owed or a lower amount? Lower, lower, by about $3,000 or $4,000. What happened was some of the people, they got some incentive money, and they paid their taxes like that. Good. So I am seeing that. And I'm seeing more people coming in to pay for their delinquents, which is good. Yeah, good idea. Do we know how the, any of the grievances or anything like that? Do we know what happened with our tax base? Not yet. What they did is they had a meeting with the Board of Civil Authority, that was this past week. And so what they hear, what the people have to say, then they got in committees. What I understand, I don't tend that, but what the town clerk is telling me, that they got in committees, and each committee was going to take each one of the different people, the people that was grieving here, they're going to discuss it, then they have another meeting like another week, and then they will tell what their findings are. And from that point, if the people are still want to grieve it, they can, you know, they have to bring it to court. Yep. Anything done yet? Approved voice, I'm still looking through the, yeah. Signature on paperwork, but more, what? This is the paperwork that we talked about last meeting. And this has to do with the sort commission and the extension on the interim type. And it's for $2,106,000. If we had a rate of 1.85% to begin with, and then we just went to 1.6, so that is really good. And I need, I need us like we're designed in three different places. So I read through it, this is kind of the other plate, it's just saying, basically you're going to spend the money just on the sort, you're going to pay it back, and you're, you're going to be honest about everything. So I've marked all pages that need to be signed by the select for that. And then I will sign it after. Do we have a motion on this? You have approved that at a previous meeting, yeah. But I didn't have the paperwork. Yeah. Yeah. And actually approved it in February. Yeah, yeah, goes back. Appointment of health officer data. Tom's term as health officer is expiring the end of August. And he would love to be reappointed. And so I would recommend that you do so. He is our health officer. And I second that motion. The other discussion. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Motion carries. I'm sorry. Root paving. I received three bids. And I've given each of you a tally sheet. And I don't know, Brad, shall I just pass these out and everyone to open one? The first one is Jay Huckin's ink, I'm going to do that one. Maybe it's ST paving. It's ST paving. I think you had that one. Yeah. Instead of Huckin, it's ST paving. Sorry. So ST paving estimates 1,468 tons at 9,550 a ton. Total cost of the job, 140,194. Would you say it again, please? 1,468 tons. Total material, 9,550 per ton. Total job cost, 140,194 dollars. So pike industries, estimated number of tons of material needed for Grand Geronimo Berlin, 1,490. Cost per ton, 70, 20. Total job cost, 104,598 dollars. And I have United Construction Corp, the estimated number of tons of material, 1,507. Cost per ton, 64,65. And a total cost of the job of 122,730 dollars and 55 cents. Can you repeat that total again? The total cost of the job from United Construction Corp is 122,730 dollars and 55 cents. Did you hear that? Yes, thank you. OK. The board's pleasure on this. Gaten, did you get them all written down as we went through? Yes. Could you just go through it one more time, that where they're all just. Yep. You received three bids. Pike industries, estimated a total of 1,490 tons at $70.20 per ton. For a total job cost of 104,598 dollars. United Construction Corp estimates 1,507 tons at a cost per ton of $64.65. For a total job cost of 122,730 dollars and 55 cents. ST Paving estimates using 1,468 tons at a per ton cost of $95.50. For a total job cost of 140,194 dollars. Where's the tons on Pike again? Pike was 1,490 tons. Did the other proposals include what it would entail? This one does have a full proposal that lists traffic control, reclaim, fine grade for four-inch of pavement, install four-inch of pavement, 2.5-inch of base pavement, and 1.5-inch of top pavement as part of their total cost. And that was requested in the big step. OK. Very good. Excellent. When I look at the United Construction Corp, 1,507 tons at $64.65, is that what they said? Yes. Numbers up. That doesn't add up to $120.00. $94,000 is that number, so they may be accounted for trucking or something, I'm not sure. That's why I was wondering. It didn't sound like it was accurate to me either. And that's why I wondered if something was factored in. So that was part of why I asked that question. Thank you, Diane. There's got to be some overhead costs added in. Must be. My guess is it's the reclaiming. That's probably their price per ton to install a hot mix. Only. Say that again, please. It's Tyson with Pike. That's probably their cost per ton to install the hot mix. The $64.65. And then you probably have to add in the reclaim fine-grained for the road and traffic control and all that to get to the $122.00. So their actual cost per ton based off their total. Yeah, $80.00 something. Yeah, $81.44. OK, thank you, Tyson. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you, guys, for letting us spend on your project. This is Tyson from Pike. OK. We were talking to. So I would just say the amount of material used by all three, I mean, they're all fairly close. Yes. Overall price, Pike is the best. Well-known, I haven't heard anything negative about them. Their price per ton, it seems like a pretty good price. And just based on the overall cost, I think that that's probably the way I think we should go. I think they're. No, they're for a short drive. So I guess I'll make a recommendation to the ward that the payment contract to Pike Industries. Second. Waiting for the discussion. All those in favor? Aye. Motion carries. Do you hear that, Tyson? I did. Thank you. OK, thanks. Thank you. Have a good evening, guys. Thank you, Tyson. OK, Dan. Next is. The mass exodus. The mass exodus. I just wanted a chance for the board to announce it in public that I have decided to partially retire and move forward. I have really enjoyed my time with the Count of Berlin. And I thank you. And I thank the residents for having me here. It's been an honor to serve them. I was very lucky to get a little part-time job that I really hated to say no to. So hence why I have to leave sooner than rather later. But again, thank you again for everything. It's been a good run. It's been a lot going on. And I'm sure it will continue. I have talked with Tom. And he and I will talk a little further as far as and probably he would want to meet with you at some point in time fairly soon to talk about some particulars. The chief, the other retirement, is the chief of police who is retiring September 6. Again, I think Bill is eligible to retire and he feels that it's time to do so. And he probably will be talking to you in person at some point as well. So I wanted to just have it public and have it out. I did put in here a suggestion for a newspaper ad for my commission as well as the job description that we have in the back. That's upgraded from when you started? It is, yes. And when will it be advertised? That's what I'm looking for you to tell me. Probably as soon as possible? Yeah, I think both of them as soon as possible. It takes a while to hire someone. Most definitely. I have spoken with Trevor Whipple at the league for his assistance in hiring for the police officer position because that's a little different from another type of job. Trevor reviewed a few things of what we can do as far as advertising at the academy, the police chief's association, and a few others. I don't believe that you would want to do a national surge, such as Montpelier did. But I will go ahead and start that rolling as well. Well, I think for the most part, anything we put out would probably be viewed in at least New England. Yeah. Trevor is very used to doing this. And he has given suggestions of where to send it. Quite a few places to send it. And I guess it doesn't hurt to use them all and see what happens. Where are we at with the road to advertising? That has been advertised. We may have to re-advertise it because we haven't gotten any responses to it. And then the deadline for the response? I didn't have a deadline. Maybe I'm always on the fence whether a deadline helps or doesn't help. I usually put open until filled. However, it's still open because it's not filled when there's no one. Maybe I can add a deadline whether that would help. I don't know. That's gone into it's on the league website. It's also on Vermont roads through the B-Train program. Yeah, Vermont local roads. That's good. And it has been in the newspaper and it's on the website. The end is putting that on like, what's an internet ice book as job searchers? You mean job searcher, ideal jobs, or jobs indeed, or whatever it is? Monks do that kind of stuff. Yeah, I think Vermont Department of Labor has a job site as well that has thousands of jobs on it, but it might be a good spot. I think there's a cheat.com. Any of those get picked up by Indeed because of the way it searches as long as it's on. So if we were to put it on Vermont Department of Labor, we wouldn't need to put it on Indeed. You're thinking that it would get picked up? They would pull it over. You mean also that subject, Dana? No. OK, approval of the select board minutes from 7-6-2020. Move to approve the select board minutes from 7-6-20. Five seconds of motion. And then the discussion. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Motion carries. Town Ministers report, Dana. Yes, I have just a few things to talk to you about. I did receive an email from Tim Bingham, who is a gentleman that lives on the corner. And he's asking if the board is thinking about requiring masks to be worn in Berlin. And I've just gotten this. So I'll send that to you. He expresses his concerns about that. So I'll make you aware of that. The unhappy news is that we heard from the contractor for the sewer project. And he has informed us that the culvert under Fisher Road is shot. And if you'd like to start passing those around. We've had this conversation before, and I was told that it wasn't shot. But those pitches do show it as being in very poor shape. Unbound? Yeah, same thing that's happening to Richeson Road. I almost think it's in worse shape than Richeson Road at the minute. And I think that you're really going to have to think about having it fixed. This is a good time, while the contractor's there for the sewer to do it. I don't have a cost estimate yet. But Merrill Lake culvert costs us $100,000. And this is a major culvert. How many water lines run by that? Or sewer lines? Yeah. There's only one that I know of presently, but there'll be two when they finish. And I may not have that straight, but I could find that out. But I know of the one that we've had problems with. And then the sewers being re-rooted. So whether that's going to be incorporated and the other one's going to be eliminated, or this will be an additional one that I don't know. Well, I'm curious, Dean. How did somebody say this culvert was all right? That's a very good question. And I don't see how they could. And how long ago did they say it was all right? Well, when the former superintendent was here, I think that we had that discussion. And it was not brought to anyone's attention when we had all that work done on Fisher Road when we had the sinkhole. No one ever mentioned it. I would have thought it would have been noticed at that time. But no one mentioned that. It was the way it was. How long is it? I would guess it's 40 feet, maybe, Brent? Well, more than 50 feet. I was thinking the Mirror Lake wouldn't cost so much because of the drinking water. I think part of it was the fact of where it was, yes. Also, the size of the one they put in replaced the old one. You could get the Queen Mary through there. I mean, on a boat. Yeah, I think so. It's huge. This, though, I don't think a slip line would work in there, Brad, do you? It's too far gone. I think it's getting to the point where the roads were starting pushing the bottom together and collapsing. I'm surprised it hasn't flattened. You wouldn't get a two for price? So I thought I would speak to Tom and have him come up with a solution that may be while they're doing the sewer line and they're going to be interrupting the road anyway. Why not do it at the same time? We still need to put it out of the bed, though, right? Well, I don't know if they're doing the sewer line. I mean, you're not gonna get the people doing the sewer wanting somebody, another contractor in there at the same time, it is. I understand that. But, so I think it would probably be down just to the extra labor and the cost of the cold road itself. Because they'll have the road torn up already? Right. They'll be gutted anyway. So there's no better time to do it. Yeah, right. Because if they finish the sewer line, they're gonna repave, they're gonna rip it up again to, there's no point in that. So do they have to disturb that at all in this process? Probably not, right? They were worried they were gonna finish it off by digging near it or around it. Well, I don't know. I don't think the plan is to disturb it at all, however. It's in pretty tough shape. They got excavators there, they got everything, there's no mobilization. I think you have some economies of scale by being able to, I mean, usually you would put something like that to bid. I mean. In this case, I think you'd probably be better off if you didn't. And time isn't the essence, really. And time. Well, you talk to the contractor and see what the price would be. I will have, I'll have Tom report that to you. He will be at your next meeting. He will report that to you. Not Wednesday, but two weeks. That's all I had to bring to your attention. Happy new year. How are you doing? Oh, I did have one more thing. And we are working on, Tim will be in at the next meeting to talk to you further about the grader and. Got it? That's it. Well, thank you. You don't think too sincere about that? That's wrong with the grader. Nothing, it's beautiful, beautiful shape. Okay. Just these tires, new skins. Only on the front seat here. The approval of licensing permit to vouchers. Yes. We have general fund accounts payable warrant number 21G01 with checks 2347 to 2398 in the amount of $53,571.62. Payroll warrant 21-02 for payroll from July 5th, 2020 to July 18th, 2020, paid on July 22nd of this year in the amount of $47,414.86. Also reconciled bank statements for June general fund sewer commission and water division, June journal entries and tax admin entry, and June trial balance report, budget status report and delinquent tax report. Any further discussion? Hearing none, those in favor? Aye. Aye. Motion carries. Round table, Justin. Yeah. So I was looking at some of our older town policy stuff and we had had a discussion about the bridge on Darling Road for the trail there. And it looks, that's still a class four trail. And it looks like the town, the select board, still if we wanted to, could ask them to give a certain width. So it looks like the select board saw his direction over that, I'm just curious. And then I think, I don't know when we're gonna discuss, we've got obviously a lot of changes coming up. And so I feel like we, I don't think our strategy would be moving forward in the interim. That's all. I'm gonna get some input on those. So along the same lines of what Justin said, first I wanted to thank Dean up for his service and we all really appreciate it. And going forward and knowing that you just have a short while, if there's anything you need help with or anything that we can do, please let us know tonight because we'll be glad to chip in any way, shape or form to make it easier for you as you transition. And we wish you the absolute best. But I also am all for any discussion tonight in terms of how we go forward because you're gonna have very big shoes to fill and we need to do a good job going forward. I also will be available if you need me for anything. I'm just a phone call away. Matter of fact, we're not moving right away. We're getting a new kitchen put in our house. So that ought to be fun. That's it. Thank you very much. John, nothing additional tonight. Angelina. Carrie. Is there any discussion? I would like a very short executive session on the personnel. Move to enter executive session for personnel matter. I second the motion.