 on Monday, September 17th, we're on select board to order. To my left is Pete Kelly, Wayne Lamberton. To my right is Dana Hadley, town administrator, and with us is also Diane Disabelle, town treasurer. Additions or changes to the agenda, Dana? I would like to add a discussion regarding the easement for town wells E and F. As requested by the public works board. I don't know if the board wants to discuss the meeting date, date change, since you have two missing members, but I would say, yeah, maybe you'd like to remove that from the agenda. Okay. That's all. Public comment, hearing none. Treasurer's report manual. Okay. I have given the August budget status report, trial balance and delinquent tax report to the select board. I've received the preliminary cash flow report for the school and I've got that today, so I'll be making a payment to the school this week for the first quarter. And the payments are up about $330,000 for the entire year just to make you aware. So I think part of it is because we're having to start paying back the bond for Berlin Elementary School. And otherwise in that, anything else that happens on the agenda. Okay. Authorization for the treasurer to forgive balances of less than $5. Okay, I'm going to read you right now. Okay. I have eight notices totaling $3.66, so I would like to get forgiven and head out. I have to get to see that. We have to do this every year. Every quarter. Every quarter. Every quarter. Because I remember. I ask her every time she comes out with that. But it is. So to allow the treasurer to forgive those balances of $5.00 or less. Second. Any further discussion? Those in favor? Aye. Aye. Those both, motion carries. Meeting with citizens with an interest to serve on town boards. Mr. Long is here. Come on down, Mr. Long. We're ready for you early. How are you? Yeah, my apologies for being here early, but. No, it worked out wonderful. So have a seat, please. Thank you. Mr. Ted Long has expressed an interest to serve as an alternate on the DRB. We do everyone are looking for a couple alternates. And I asked him if he would come in so he could introduce himself to you and tell you a little about himself. I am a resident of Berlin. As you well know, I'm a semi-retired structural engineer. I'm actually licensed by the state of Vermont as a civil engineer. However, the last 25 to 30 years, my practice has been limited to the design, rehabilitation and operational maintenance of heavy moveable structures. Primarily moveable bridges, stadium roads, this type of thing. I'm fairly well-versed in civil structural engineering, machinery. Before I retired, I was the manager of the Boston Office of Hardesty and Hanover, a consulting engineering firm out of New York, the oldest privately owned engineering company in the country, specializing in heavy moveable structures. I am semi-retired. I do work as a consultant to Hardesty and Hanover. It's about 10 hours a week. That's about it. You're interested in the DRB? Design Review Board, I think it was also mentioned Public Works Department or something. We are, the Public Works Board also could be looking for an alternate. And so that might be a good place for an engineer. So basically this was, I wanted you to introduce yourself to the board and we certainly want to use your talents to the best. As I say, I am semi-retired. I actually retired at about the age of 60 and didn't go well with my wife. We don't have to go there. And was actually at the AASHTO subcommittee on Burges and Structures in Orlando, Florida, running into a bunch of old friends of mine at Hardesty and Hanover. And they said, no, Ted, you're not retiring. You're gonna start our Boston office. Well, that was 15, five years ago. But I am a resident up here. I do go to Boston occasionally. I think I'm going down October 7th for the day. To reset some over-travel limits and some control switches on the Chelsea Street Vertical Lift Bridge. But basically I'm an old civil engineer. I would be an experienced civil engineer. What's that? An experienced civil engineer. Have you put in a letter of interest or? No, actually I was here, trying to think. Several months ago, when I ran into someone, I just mentioned that I was here in Berlin. I've actually had a presence in Vermont for probably the better part of 50 years. I was first licensed in the state of Vermont as a civil engineer in a back about 1974, 75. I don't practice here per se. I've done a little bit of work here. Primarily my work is down in Southern New England. But I'm reasonably well-versed in Vermont. I've always had a presence up here, either at camp or a home or something. When the time came, my wife and I decided to retire here. Oh, I think that's great. Yeah, no, I should. So how I was thinking it would work, and it is public works, I think we were thinking of this long. I would ask Tom to write a letter to you. Recommending it, I wanted you to meet. So when you got that letter from Tom, you could go forward. Now, can you serve on both boards if he has an interest? I don't think there's anything that precludes that, that I know. Basically, I like to keep busy. Be careful we'll do that. Yeah. As my wife would tell you, if I stand still too long, I'd bore a hole in the ground. It's not a good thing. But I enjoy what I do. Junior warden of Christ Episcopal Church. I think you're all familiar with the Stone Church that had the crane fall on it. And they decided they liked what I was doing, trying to get that repaired, along with Sean Bryan, who I believe lives down in Northfield. Sean Bryan, don't you live down in the Jokin Road in Berlin? Okay, I knew it was down south somewhere. Well, anyway, Sean and I are close friends and he got me involved to be the Junior Warden, but in fact, I think over the last couple of years just did an entire, and developed an entire scope award for the rehabilitation of the Stone Sanctuary. That's going to be a very expensive project, if and when we can come up with the money. If you are interested in more than one, tell, you can go over the data, what's available, you know. Committees that have openings, I'm more than glad to write it. Whatever I can do to help out, as I say, I like to keep busy. I am the Junior Warden Christ of the Stone Church, but that position I've been on for three years and I'm now retired as of January 1st, but if I can help out the town in some way, just give me a call. Sure thing, I'll reply to that. Your phone's been ringing off the hook. Yeah. No, I enjoy what I do, I have a lot of fun. Okay, all right. Thank you for coming in. I'll be in touch. Okay. Thank you, sir. Pleasure. Thank you for the evening. Good night. Good night. And we'll go to this. The memo received from the planning commission. We have one more person to talk to and be introduced. This is, come on up, Polly. This is Polly McMurtry. She's a new resident of Berlin. Polly served on the planning commission and faced and currently we have a full planning commission and we're not allowed to have alternates on the planning commission, but when Polly came in, we had two people that expressed interest in serving in committee, so I hate to let them out free and clear. So I suggested maybe Polly would be interested in the DRB alternate type of thing, so I will let you. Tell them about yourself. I would be. I was on the faced and planning commission for about the last 12 years, and I actually had been on it previously when it was before we got the DRB. So in the days when you had the zoning board and a planning commission, the planning commission did site plan review and subdivision review. And then for towns that switched to a DRB, they became the DRB became the regulatory body, as you know, of the town. And the planning commission was the legislative body. But I would be interested in starting out as an alternate to the DRB. I think it's a really good way to get to know the regulations and sort of the regulatory climate of the town and get to know the town too. Berlin strikes me as being very similar to Willison in a way. What people know of Berlin is the strip and the mall and they drive through and they don't realize that there's all these other parts to it. And that are great. I'm getting to know it a little bit. So yeah, I would love to be able to serve. I enjoy being part of a community and helping out. Will? And again, DRB, we have been looking for some alternates because every now and then we don't have a forum and it makes it kind of tough. Again, there's no regular positions that are open at the moment. We'd appreciate your service. Yeah, definitely. Okay. So see, so we'll do the same. I'm gonna ask Tom to submit a letter. Tom is the assistant in DRB as you know. And I'll bring that to the board at their next meeting. Okay. And provided Paulie that you pass all the FBI tests and everything else. Oh no. But you'll be hearing from us, but maybe a week or two. Okay, that's great. Okay, well thanks. Do you have a contact? Yes, I do. Yeah. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. Okay. Okay, so we're cleaning the new change day. So, a memo received from Planning Commission? I met with the Planning Commission last week and regarding this issue that we're having with the town plan. Do you remember, I told you the town plan that was approved by the Planning Commission to public hearings, the slack board had two hearings. You approved it and the voters approved it and the Regional Planning Commission did not approve it. And I'm very disturbed at how it happened and it shouldn't have happened. But going forward, we're trying to resurrect what we can. It's important that we have an approved plan, especially with the downtown designation coming up in the next few years. The Planning Commission drafted this memo that was in your packet. Basically, there are three non-substantive changes which we're allowed to make without any problem. And there are two, what they call substantive changes that would require us to start the process over again. They have asked, suggested that the Board write a letter to the Regional Planning Commission, asking if a plan to change the non-substantive right away and to change the substantive in four years at town meeting if they would approve that. The 2012 approved town plan, which I did not know this until they told me last week, there was a few issues that were not approved by the Planning Commission and they allowed it to go. And I'm not saying we should continue to do this, but it has happened to the Board. Yeah, so we're trying to, they're asking if the Board would be willing to write a letter to the Planning Commission asking for that consideration. In addition, we do have an appointment with the Review Committee, I believe they call themselves, on October 4th to state our case, should this not be successful. So I guess we're looking for the Board to send a letter. Next meeting? The review is on Thursday evening in Montpelier, though it's not in the select room. Which, of course, you're welcome to go. I will be there, the Planning Commission will be there. So we're going to do sign on what you're going to type? That's right. And you're going to type? Which I have typed. Which basically says the same thing. There's a sign on just the chair. No, I've got you all on it. Okay. So I'll make a motion that we sign and send a letter to the Review Plan and Commission asking for the approval of our minor changes to the down plan and allowing us to wait four years to vote on the two substantial changes at that meeting. So maybe I've got that. I thought they were making the changes. No, technically, we, the town, would be making three immediate changes. So those are the changes that, what they call non-substantive. It's basically wording in a sentence. The two substantive ones is adding two goals, I guess, for lack of a better word. Oh, perfect, great. Second, any further discussion? All those in favor? All right. All right. Motion carries. If you can't read the letter, it's basically the memo in letter form. You're all done with the approval of Select Board Minutes 9, at 9, 7, 2018. Well, I have two corrections already. One is on the agenda. It's 9, 6, is when the meeting was, it was Thursday. And the Select Board member, Kelly, was not present at that meeting and it's not noted on the minutes, so I'll change it. And we need it for the days. Subject is a change. Do you have enough people? No, you can't. You don't have a full month. What will be your approval? The minutes? Minutes, the minutes that you weren't there, so. You already signed that, yeah. Oh, no, no, no, no, that's what I was thinking. I didn't approve of the, I'm not worried for holding up on that. No, no, get, get, get, get, get, get, get, get, get, get. How did we get there already? Town administrative report, Dana? Yes. Just a few updates I've told you about the town plan. Happy to tell you, our hazard mitigation plan expired in May. We had signed up last fall for a grant with help to rewrite it. And it's been very slow coming and I did receive an email last week from Stephanie Smith from the state that has been approved. And our next step is to put out an RFP for this work, so I will be doing that to get our hazard mitigation plan up to date. The town office stormwater project, if you remember, we had the stormwater report done and the town office was one that was receiving a 30% grant that went out to bid and we received three proposals and the Planning Commission has chosen Du Bois and King as the engineer to do that work. Mira Lake Road culvert, we spoke about the contract last week that's been signed by me, council approved it and now we're just waiting for them to show up and do the work and we're expecting them next week. Do the culvert come? Yes, it's over at the town garage, yeah. Diane spoke to you about the education funding. We've had, we have a problem with, we had to have the underground storage tank, the diesel fuel at the garage, inspected, which we did to the tune of $850 and it needs to have work and we don't have an estimate on the amount of work but we are considering putting in an above ground tank with a cement container to do that. It was either that or just have them go over to make a reason to buy diesel. So we are working on that at any rate that will cost us a few thousand dollars, I'm sure, for a container, but that is, I received, I don't know if you've got this in the mail from the league, this is the town fair which is happening in October. If anyone has any interest in this, you're welcome to have this little brochure. And that's all I have other than I do need to talk with you about the well option. Proof of licenses, permits, vouchers and applications. I'll move to approve general fund accounts payable warrant 19G06 for checks 18453 to 18491 in the amount of 47,435 dollars and three cents. As well as payroll warrant number 19-06 for payroll from September 2nd, 2018 to September 50, 2018 in the amount of 42,860-26 as well as August 2018 journal entries, tax admin adjustments and reconciled August BEG statements for the general funds sewer division and water division. So any further discussion? Those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Those opposed, motion carries. Second thoughts. Let's see here, ground table P. Oh wait a minute, before we do that. Easy we do the well, yeah, thank you. The public works board has been working on this option agreement for two well sites. It's anticipated we're just going to be using one in the near future. This is for development of another water well. They have come up with an agreement with the owner for the site $30,000 for well site F and $20,000 for well site E. For some reason we don't have a well B but at any rate, they've negotiated that with the owner of this property. And where we are with that right now, the board needs to ratify that. You need to bless that to go forward. And also we can't go forward until we get, Vermont Land Trust has a conservation easement on this property. And so we obviously are not going to purchase this until we have a release of that to allow us to put the well, the well, it's on. In the interest of time, Tom asked me if you might be willing to approve this option agreement and not sign it contingent upon waiting for the notice from Vermont Land Trust. Again, I don't know how long it takes to get that, but. What happened on the next meeting agenda then? So we'll put it on the agenda the next time because of any brush, but so you know what's coming. What's that? I don't think there's any brush because we're waiting for it. So you know what's coming. So that we worked through that before a period of weeks and came up with something acceptable and then worked through the language how we believe the land and what we were doing with the timber and everybody's happy at this point. And it was kind of an 11th hour thing and we found out about the land trust. They didn't think the date of that is the land trust. So we're waiting for somebody to rubber stamp that. Yeah, it's been a long interest. Around people? So I do, I was reading through the minutes and then there it says there's been some concerns of someone parking at the Fish and Wildlife in your spot. And I think all of us have been approached or talked to about what's going on down there. Looks like you had possibly reached out to Fish and Wildlife. I wonder if you could just update us on that. Sure, and I don't mean to repeat myself, but what had happened, I did receive concerns from two residents as well as I know other people have heard from residents. This was someone who was sleeping in their truck down at the access to the pond driveway. I spoke to the police chief about it and obviously it's leased to Fish and Wildlife so it's really their call about signage and things like that. I did reach out to Fish and Wildlife and did hear back from them and he told me that all their access points right now are open 24-7, which I'm surprised to hear, but he did hear back but he is looking into what it would take to change that and if they will be willing to put up a sign so we're waiting to hear from them about what they are going to do. Are they gonna do any more there? I mean like entrance access, there's no sign, you don't even know what it is. I think he did mention that they're waiting for a sign anyway. Well I think it is though, I mean even though they have access 24-7, that's not a campground, right? Well, yeah. And some of what I'm hearing about is tooth brushing and it's starting to look like a campground without campground facilities. I've heard some disturbing things as well. But our lease with Fish and Wildlife was more efficient access, not a campground. So I don't agree that we don't have any say in this. I would ignore that they are not responsible because that was, I think one of the big deal was who's going to be responsible for the police. I guess my point is that if you are not following the lease, then we're gonna avoid the lease. Let me spike with Fish and Wildlife and if I need to, I'll have them come and talk to me. Wait. No. You've done it, Pete? Yes, sir. I have nothing. Anything for executive session? No. Motion to adjourn. Second. All those in favor? Aye. We're out of here. No. We've got to sign a lot of papers. 728. According to Verizon. Yeah. You'll look at the song. What is this? That's my journal entry. That's all the changing issues. All my journal entries. And guess what? The balances. Yeah. Every one of them. If you make that many changes, it's bound to come. I couldn't even count these same pages. But believe me, some of them I do the same entry and then it can reverse it and then it can reverse it again. So yeah. I always think it's Diane's M.O. She brings you like 14 million pieces of paper and says we'll use each other. There's only one entry in there that changes anything. All the other corrections change that. Oh, is it this one right here? When my CPA does my taxes, I pretend to know what he did. I was worried about that. So I'm here. It makes it seem smart. You know, there's not much I can do that makes me seem smart. I've trodden for 67 years. 63 years. 63 years. This image is my sister. Oh, is that it? Not at all. Yes. Let's do it. Let's break a record. Yeah, I'm thinking like 74. Good evening. I'd like to call on Monday, September 17th. Throw on select board to order. To my left is Pete Kelly. Wayne Lamberton. To my right is Dana Hadley, town administrator. And with us is also Diane Disabeltown Treasurer. Additions or changes to the agenda data? I would like to add a discussion regarding the easement for Townwell's E&F as requested by the Public Works Board. I don't know if the board wants to discuss the meeting date change since you have two missing members. But I would say, yeah, maybe you'd like to remove that from the agenda. OK. That's all. And public comment? Hearing none. Treasurer's report, Diane. OK. I have given the August Budget Status Report trial balance and delinquent tax report to the select board. I've received the preliminary cash flow report for the school. And I've got that today, so I'll be making a payment to the school this week for the first quarter. And the payments are up about $330,000 the entire year, just to make you aware. So I think part of it is because we're having to start paying back the bond for Berlin Elementary School. And otherwise, in that, anything else that happens on the agenda. OK. Authorization for the treasurer to forgive balances of less than $5. OK. I mean, right now, OK, I have eight notices totaling $3.66. I would like to get forgiven in the other hour. OK. We have to do this every day. Every quarter. Every quarter. Because I remember. I ask her every time she comes out with the ask, but. I'll move to allow the treasurer to forgive those balances of $5. Second. Any further discussion? Those in favor? Aye. Aye. Those both move from carries. Meeting with citizens with an interest to serve on town boards. Mr. Long is here. Come on down, Mr. Long. We're ready for you early. How are you? Yeah, my apologies for being here early, but. No, it worked out wonderful. So have a seat, please. Thank you. Mr. Ted Long has expressed an interest to serve as an alternate on the DRV. We do have a couple are looking for a couple alternates. And I asked him if he would come in so he could introduce himself to you and tell you a little about himself. I am a resident of Berlin, as you well know. I'm a semi-retired structural engineer. I'm actually licensed by the state of Vermont as a civil engineer. However, the last 25 to 30 years, my practice has been limited to the design, rehabilitation, and operational maintenance of heavy movement structures, primarily movable bridges, stadium roads, this type of thing. I'm a fairly well-versed in civil structural engineering, machinery. Before I retired, I was the manager of the Boston office of Hardistine Hanover, a consulting engineering firm out of New York, the oldest privately owned engineering company in the country, specializing in heavy movable structures. I am semi-retired. I do work as a consultant to Hardistine Hanover. It's about 10 hours a week. That's about it. You're interested in the DRB? Design Review Board, I think it was also mentioned, Public Works Department or something? We are, the Public Works Board also could be looking for an alternate. And so that might be a good place for an engineer. So basically, I wanted you to introduce yourself to the board and we certainly want to use your talents to the best. As I say, I am semi-retired. I actually retired at about the age of 60 and didn't go well with my wife. We don't have to go there. And I was actually at the AASHTO subcommittee on bridges and structures in Orlando, Florida, running into a bunch of old friends of mine at Hardistine Hanover. And they said, no, Ted, you're not retiring. You're going to start our Boston office. Well, that was 15 odd years ago. But I am a resident up here. I do go to Boston occasionally. I think I'm going down October 7th for the day to reset some over-travel limits and some control switches on the Chelsea Street Critical Lift Bridge. But basically, I'm an old civil engineer. I would be an experienced civil engineer. What's that? An experienced civil engineer. Have you put in a letter of interest? No, actually, I was here trying to think several months ago. And I ran into someone who just mentioned that I was here in Berlin. I've actually had a presence in Vermont for probably the better part of 50 years. I was first licensed in the state of Vermont as a civil engineer in a back about 1974, 75. I don't practice here per se. I've done a little bit of work here. Primarily, my work is down in southern New England. But I'm reasonably well-versed in Vermont. I've always had a presence up here, either at camp or at home or something. And when the time came, my wife and I decided to retire here. I think that's great. So how I was thinking it would work, and it is public works, I think we would think of as long, I would ask Tom to write a letter to you. Recommending it, I wanted you to meet. So when you got that letter from Tom, you could go forward. Can you serve on both boards if he has an interest? I don't think there's anything that precludes that, that I know. Basically, I like to keep busy. Be careful we'll do that. Yeah. As my wife would tell you, if I stand still too long, I bore a hole in the ground. It's not a good thing. But I enjoy what I do, the junior warden of Price Depiscable Church. I think you're all familiar with the Stone Church that had the crane fall on it. They decided they liked what I was doing, trying to get that repaired along with Sean Bryan, who I believe was in Northfield. Sean Bryan, don't you look down at the junction road in Berlin? OK, they knew it was down south somewhere. Well, anyway, Sean and I are close friends, and he got me involved to be the junior warden. But in fact, I think over the last couple of years, I just did an entire, developed an entire scope award for the rehabilitation of the Stone Sanctuary. That's going to be a very expensive project, if and when we can come up with the money. If you are interested in more than one, tell you over the data what's available. Committees that have openings, then we're more than glad to. Whatever I can do to help out, as I say. I like to keep busy. I am the junior warden Christ of the Skable Church, but that position, I've been on for three years, and I'm now retired as a junior or a parish. But if I can help out the town in some way, just give me a call. Sure thing. Your phone should be ringing off the hook. Yeah. No, I enjoy what I do. I have a lot of fun. OK. All right. Thank you for coming in. Updater, we'll be in touch. OK. Thank you, sir. Pleasure. Thank you. Good evening. Good night. And we're good to go. The memo received from the Planning Commission. We have one more person to talk to and be introduced. This is Kamana Pali. This is Pali McMurtry. She's a new resident of Berlin. Pali served on the Planning Commission and faced them. Currently, we have a full Planning Commission, and we're not allowed to have alternates on the Planning Commission. But when Pali came in, we had two people that expressed interest in serving the committee, so I hate to let them out free and clear. So I suggested maybe Pali would be interested in the DRB alternate type of thing. So I will let you. I would be. I was on the faced in Planning Commission for the last 12 years, and I actually had been on it previously when it was before we got the DRB. So in the days when you had the zoning board and a Planning Commission, the Planning Commission did site plan review and subdivision review. And then for towns that switched to a DRB, the DRB became the regulatory body, as you know, of the town. And the Planning Commission was the legislative body. But I would be interested in starting out as an alternate to the DRB. I think it's a really good way to get to know the regulations and sort of the regulatory climate of the town and get to know the town, too. Berlin strikes me as being very similar to Willis-Sin in a way. What people know of Berlin is the strip and the mall. And they drive through, and they don't realize that there's all these other parts to it. And that are great. I'm getting to know it a little bit. So yeah, I would love to be able to serve. I enjoy being part of a community and helping out. And again, DRB, we have been looking for some alternates because every now and then, we don't have a forum. And it makes it kind of tough. Again, there's no regular positions that are open at the moment. We depreciate your service. Yeah, definitely. OK. So it's the mental ladder. We'll do the same. I'm going to ask Tom to submit a letter. Tom is the assistant in DRB, as you know. And I'll bring that to the board at their next meeting. OK. And provided, Paulie, that you pass all the FBI tests and everything else. Oh, no. But you'll be hearing from us, but maybe a week or two. OK, that's great. OK, thanks. What's that? Do you have a contact? Yes, I do. Yeah, thank you so much. Thank you very much. OK. So we're deleting the new change date. Memo received from Planning Commission? I met with the Planning Commission last week. And regarding this issue that we're having with the town plan, if you remember, I told you the town plan that was approved by the Planning Commission. Two public hearings. That board had two hearings. You approved it, and the voters approved it. And the Regional Planning Commission did not approve it. And I'm very disturbed at how it happened, and it shouldn't have happened. But going forward, we're trying to resurrect what we can. It's important that we have an approved plan, especially with the downtown designation coming up in the next few years. The Planning Commission drafted this memo that was in your packet. Basically, there are three non-substantive changes which we're allowed to make without any problem. And there are two what they call substantive changes that would require us to start the process over again. They have asked, suggested, that the Board write a letter to the Regional Planning Commission, asking if a plan to change the non-substantive right away and to change the substantive in four years at town meeting if they would approve that. The 2012 approved town plan, which I did not know this until they told me last week, there was a few issues that were not approved by the Planning Commission, and they allowed it to go. And I'm not saying we should continue to do this, but it has happened with the Board. So we're trying to, they're asking if the Board would be willing to write a letter to the Planning Commission, asking for that consideration. In addition, we do have an appointment with the Review Committee, I believe they call themselves, on October 4th to state our case, should this not be successful. So I guess we're looking for the Board to send a letter. The committee? The review is on a Thursday evening in Montpelier. So it's not in the select committee, which, of course, if you're welcome to go, I will be there. The Planning Commission will be there. So are we going to do sign on whatever you're going to type? That's right, which I have typed, which basically says the same thing. Is it signed by just the two? No, I've got you all on it. So I'll make a motion that we sign and send a letter to the Review Plan and Commission asking for the approval of our minor changes to the down plan and allowing us to wait four years to vote on the two substantial changes at 10 maybe. Is that correct? So maybe I've got that too. I thought they were making the changes. No, technically, we, the town, would be making three immediate changes, those are the changes that what they call non-substance. It's basically wording in a sentence. The two substantive ones is adding two goals, I guess, for lack of a better word. Second, for the discussion. All those in favor? Aye. Motion carries. If you can't read the letter, it's basically the memo in letter form. Approval of, you all done with the approval of Select Board Minutes 9 at 9, 7, 2018? Well, I have two corrections already. One is on the agenda. It's 9, 6, is when the meeting was, was Thursday. And the Select Board member, Kelly, was not present at that meeting and it's not noted on the minutes, so I'll change it. Subject to the change. Do you have enough people? No, you can't. You don't have a pool on. Yeah. What will we approve in minutes? Minutes. The minutes that you weren't there, so. You already signed that, yeah. Oh, no, no, no, no, that's what I was thinking. We'll approve of the approval. I worry we're holding up on that. Oh, well, well. Get, get. Shh. How did we get there already? The town, the town administrator, important name? Yes. Just a few updates. I've told you about the town plan. I'm happy to tell you our hazard mitigation plan expired in May. We had signed up last fall for a grant with help to rewrite it. And it's been very slow coming and I did receive an email last week from Smith from the state that it's been approved. And our next step is to put out an RFP for this work. So I will be doing that to get our hazard mitigation plan up to date. The town office stormwater project, if you remember, we had the stormwater report done and the town office was one that was receiving a 30% grant that went out to bid and we received three proposals and the Planning Commission has chosen Du Bois and King as the engineer to do that work. Mira Lake Road culvert, we spoke about the contract last week that's been, that's been signed by me. Council approved it and now we're just waiting for them to show up and do the work and we're expecting them next week. Next week? To the culvert company. Yes, it's over at the town garage. Diane spoke to you about the education funding. We've had, we have a problem with, we had to have the underground storage tank, the diesel fuel, at the garage inspected which we did to the tune of $850. And it needs, it needs to have work and we don't have an estimate on the amount of work but we are considering putting in an above ground tank with a cement container to do that. It was either that or just have them go over to make a reason by diesel. So we are, we are working on that at any rate. It's, that will cost us a few thousand dollars I'm sure for a container but that is, I received, I don't know if you've got this in the mail from the league, this is the town fair which is happening in October. If anyone has any interest in this you're welcome to have this little brochure. And that's all I have other than I do need to talk with you about the well option. The approval of licenses, permits, vouchers applications. I'll move to approve general fund accounts payable warrant 19G06 for the checks 18453 to 18491 in the amount of $47,435.03 as well as payable payroll warrant number 19-06 for payroll from September 2, 2018 to September 50, 2018 in the amount of $42,860.26 as well as August 2018 journal entries, tax admin adjustments and reconciled August back statements for the general fund sewer division and water division. Second. Any further discussion? Those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Those opposed motion carries. Second thoughts. Second thoughts. Let's see here. Round table, please. Oh, wait a minute. Before we do that. The easy we do with the well. Yeah, thank you. The public works board has been working on this option agreement for two well sites. It's anticipated we're just going to be using one in the near future. This is for development of another water well. They have come up with an agreement with the owner for the site $30,000 for well site F and $20,000 for well site E. For some reason we don't have a well be but at any rate they've negotiated that with the owner of this property and where we are with that right now the board needs to ratify that. You need to bless that to go forward. And also we can't go forward until we get Vermont Land Trust has a conservation easement on this property. And so we obviously are not going to purchase this until we have a release of that to allow us to put well. Well, it's on. In the interest of time, Tom asked me if you might be willing to approve this option agreement and not sign it contingent upon waiting for the notice from Vermont Land Trust. Again, I don't know how long it takes to get that, but... What happened on the next meeting agenda? So we'll put it on the agenda for next time and I don't think there's any brush but so you know what's coming. What's that? I don't think there's any brush because we're waiting for it. So you know what's coming. So that we worked through that before a period of weeks and came up with something acceptable and then worked through the language on how we'd leave the land and what we were doing with the timber and everybody's happy at this point. And it was kind of an 11-hour thing and we found out about the Land Trust. They didn't think that they had passed the Land Trust. So we're waiting for somebody to rubber stamp that is from the Land Trust. Ground people? So I do. I was reading through the minutes and in there it says there's been some concerns of someone parking at the Fish and Wildlife Center spot. And I think all of us have been approached or talked to about what's going on down there. It looks like you have possibly reached out to Fish and Wildlife. I wonder if you could just update us. Sure. And I don't mean to repeat myself, but what had happened, I did receive concerns from two residents as well as I know other people have heard from residents. This was someone who was sleeping in their truck down at the access to the pond driveway. I spoke to the police chief about it and obviously it's leased to Fish and Wildlife so it's really their call about signage and things like that. I did reach out to Fish and Wildlife and did hear back from them and he told me that all their access points right now are open 24-7, which I'm surprised to hear. But he is looking into what it would take to change that and if they will be willing to put up a sign. So we're waiting to hear from them about what they are going to do. Are they going to do any more there? I mean like entrance access, there's no sign, you don't even know what it is. I think he did mention that they're waiting for a sign anyway. I think it is though. Even though they have access 24-7, it's not a campground. And some of what I'm hearing about is tooth brushing and it's starting to look like a campground without campground facilities. I've heard some disturbing things as well. But our lease with Fish and Wildlife is for efficient access, not a campground. Right. So I don't agree that we don't have any say on this. I would note more that they are not responsible because that was, I think one of the big deal was who's going to be responsible for this. I guess my point is that if you are not following the lease then we're going to avoid the lease. Let me spike with Fish and Wildlife and if I need to I'll have them come and talk with me. Wait. Are you done peaking? Yes, sir. I have nothing. Anything for executive session? No. Motion to adjourn. Second. All those in favor? Aye. We're out of here. I've got to sign a lot of papers. Seven, twenty-eight.