 So we'll call the October 18th, 2021 regular board meeting that whoever gets any additions or changes to the agenda. I'd like to add the four October minutes of meeting that we brought in, that we got in. And just to note that during the police vehicle outfit, the chief had requested a few minutes just to give an update on the department. Then we have to, we probably need to remove them in 27. Yeah, we don't have the right alarm for the main 27 minutes. So we'll have to remove those again. And our target. Yeah, I'm sure. Got any public comment? Hearing none, military pay decision. That one was brought up at the last meeting. We have an individual that's going on military duty. We had a discussion about that during the roundtable. It was asked to be put on this for a decision on it. I think one of the recommendations at the time was to subsidize the difference in pay and make that part of the town policy. If there was, right, you were going to find out. It's not in there. So I'd have to, I can revise the personnel policy to reflect whatever decision is made to. But there was not one in there. But you confirmed with the officer that there is a pay difference? I have not confirmed with him. What he's saying is to amend the town policy and just show that if there is a pay difference, well, I think everybody was in agreement with the last meeting for sure. I'll work with Diane and we'll get that confirmed. Thank you. You should review it when it's updated. So do two things that'll confirm the pay difference. And I'll draft verbiage for the revision to the personnel policy. Yeah, that's all right. Thank you. They are two separate things. I was just curious because we had to have the discussion on it. Because the officer hadn't asked, right? It was more of a ready stand on the issue. Correct. Curve cut permit. Chase road. Yep, this is the one for Chase road. I think Tim actually went up and met with him and took a look at it as well. Anything you want to add, Tim? No. What they're going to do is... No concerns? Move approval into permit? Second. Any discussion? Those in favor of staying out? All right. Motion carries. Good Samaritan. Any other letter of approval? This was a letter that was asked to draft. I'm just looking for your approval to send to the Good Samaritan to formalize the agreement that they're willing to pay, even though they're exempt, that they're willing to pay their full amount of town taxes. About one of the things that was important to put on the talk to these guys about having them sign was they've said through the permanent process, they've said through the process as they communicate with the town that they would always be a good partner and that they would pay 100% of the property taxes due to that property ongoing. But without some sort of sign documentation I feel like that could always be rescinded. Makes sense. So ask Vince to draft this letter. Make sure you guys were okay with that. And then we'll fire it off to them. Have them follow through with what they said they would. I'm fine with it. I remember asking the question and they confirmed that they would in, you know, an agreement. And I would make the motion to approve the agreement made and entered into formalize the discussion agreement made back on May 27, 2021 with the Samaritan human institution. Any discussion? Those in favor say aye. Aye. The motion carries. This is the desired letter of support for approval. Yep. The desired is here tonight as well. This is the select board obviously was looking for approval from the select board or support from the select board with her issue that we have down near the junction road with the Montpelier sewage treatment plan. Bet you can guess what the issue gets. Any issues with it either? We need to take out formal action. I do. You do. I suggest. Yeah, I need approval to send it. Yeah. Just to send it. Okay. Move approval. I just see one change, one minor change in the second paragraph. Okay. In review of just changing. Other than that, what's on it? So we're going to approve it. Move approval to the agency natural resources with the amendment that followed. Second. Any discussion? All of us in favor say hi. All right. The first area, AroMed Essentials discussion with the board. Mr. decoration is here I think on behalf of ARO. AroMed? I'm sorry. I'm not. Yeah, hi. My name is Lauren Andrews. I'm a registered nurse and a clinical aromatherapist and have advanced training in cannabis science and medicine. And I have a business that I've been running for about six years now called AroMed Essentials. I have a retail store in Montpelier and I did have a retail store at the mall for a while here in Berlin and I'm here basically to introduce myself and to also let you know what plans I have in the future around opening a recreational cannabis store here in Berlin. I'm looking at getting into a legal arrangement with Pat Malone. I'm sure you're familiar with Terry Hill Plaza, where Miracle Ear is, and those spots have been empty and every time I drive by I wonder why. I'd like to remedy that and I've been in conversation with Mr. Malone to enter a legal agreement to upgrade part of the space and put a recreational cannabis store there. I have been selling cannabis in the form of CBD for several years now. I was one of the first retailers in the state to sell it and I've done a lot of education and supported a lot of people's quest for better health using cannabis. From what I know, just for the town, everything seems to be fine with that location. We don't know for sure. We've got the Vermont Cannabis Council, who they're still forming what the rules and regulations are going to be for retailers and growers and producers, so it's kind of a guessing game at this point, but looking at what other states are doing and anticipating what they're going to be doing, this particular location really fits the bill because there's tons of parking. It's not near any schools. It's not a place where young people would congregate and it's certainly a convenient location. I'm shopping at a very popular road all the time. It's a place that many of these recreational cannabis stores are very much geared toward tourists. For me, it's going to be a little different. I'm going to be much more geared toward supporting locals in the community around their health needs and doing a lot of education along with just plant and recreational sales. The reason I'm up here talking to you is that before I take the plunge and actually enter into a contract, I just want to make sure that your questions are answered or if there are things that maybe I'm not thinking about that you might want to bring to my attention as I move forward with this. Does anybody have any questions for me? No? I do actually. Can anyone? I thought I was under the impression that the medicinal dispensaries were getting first priority. Well, they're starting earlier. Yeah, that's a good question. I wouldn't be able to open up my place until October 2022. 2022 is when it all becomes legal, but the current dispensaries that are already open, the medical dispensaries, do get a head start. There's a tremendous amount of controversy around that, but that ship is sailed. They get to open in May for recreational canvas sales, and that's when growers can start growing, too. But it's not for people like myself not to lock over. And we anticipate there will probably be 20 to 25 legal rec stores opening probably in 2022. So I mean, a question I would have for you folks, too, is I've gone into communities where it's done right, and I've gone into communities where, in my humble opinion, it's done wrong. I remember a trip to Denver, Colorado, there was pot shops everywhere. It was too much. And whereas I've gone to like Portland, Oregon, where they're in different neighborhoods and they're just, it's not overdone. I'm certainly hoping that that's the case with Vermont, too, that we don't overdo it because that wouldn't be good for anybody. So I didn't know of the town, if you have any limits on the number of recreational canvas shops that you're going to allow into Berlin, if you're going to cap it at one, two, I'd love you to cap it, of course. I like competition. That's fine. But I think it can be overdone. I'm not sure at this point the board's discussed. No, that's what I was thinking as well. It might be worth a discussion. I think sometimes I've actually banned, is that true? Sometimes I've banned, I think sometimes I have the option that they're not allowing. Yeah. But Berlin voters have spoken. Yeah, no, I wasn't suggesting. No, no, no, I know, I know, but no, Berlin, they get it. You know, Montpelier said yes. Berry said yes. So and you know, people are questioning why I'm not doing Montpelier. I just don't think that they're going to be my place on State Street would ever meet the criteria. There's just not enough parking and there's security concerns. I mean, I could go on and on. But I haven't had like a sudden affinity for Berlin. I live right in Berrytown. It's familiar. Is there a distance requirement from schools? I don't know for sure. I know in other places, there's a mile. Because there is a school that just opened up on Main Street. Websterville Baptist moved into the old central form of the academy. See, that's good for me to know. Yeah, I didn't know that. But I really further shop opened up in conjunction with the cannabis sales degree. I was thinking of a donut shop, but you know, that's a thank you for that. I'll look into that. How many people do you plan to employ? That's a good question. 10 to 12, I would say. I want to have really extensive hours. And I'm probably going to be doing production. And I already have a successful CBD line. So I already have, I want to move my production to this space and do a kitchen, you know, have a kitchen space that I can use and potentially rent out to other cannabis product producers. But that's the kitchen's, the retail space is the primary goal. The kitchen, we'll see. Thank you. Thank you for your presentation. Thank you very much. From an affordable housing presentation. Yeah, sure. Can we talk about something a little bit different than recreational cannabis? So my name is Justin Cersek, and I'm an AmeriCorps VISTA who's currently serving at the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition. Founded in 1985, our coalition is a statewide network of various nonprofit organizations that strive to unite people in a movement for safe, accessible quality and perpetually affordable housing. And tonight, I'm going to come to talk to you a little bit about some of the important work that we're doing to address the housing crisis presently. So while the crisis has been in motion for a long time, it's become more visible, thanks in part, to COVID-19. In Vermont specifically, the housing market has become incredibly tight, as most of you probably all know, as the housing stock has reached virtual stagnation. So because of this, according to the Vermont Housing and Finance Agency, this has caused 36% of remonters to be categorized as cost burdened by housing costs and utilities, meaning that they pay 30% or more of their monthly income just for housing cost. And that is, of course, if they can find housing to begin with. In Washington County, the housing stock growth rate has declined to negative 0.25%. And the vacancy rate among rental units has become the second smallest in the state at only 2.5% compared to should it in counties, 1.9%. So overall, the crisis has grown exponentially. But this means, for the first time, moderate income remonters have been folded into the mix. And this has truly touched all vermonters. However, now is the time to speak up and act, especially when there's $1.35 billion in American Rescue Plan money that the state houses is having what to do with. So as January comes around, it's important that we make sure constituents inform their legislators about their needs and concerns as they face the housing crisis head on on a day-to-day basis. So this is why our coalition has been working to revamp our outreach and engagement with a program called hashtag housed 802, named with the idea that all in the 802 deserve safe, decent, and affordable housing. And this initiative, we've set this initiative on the belief that we should engage all different types of groups of people and individuals in the community at the intersection of affordable housing since it's an issue that affects everyone. So we started last week with our first community meeting in Montpelier at Trinity Methodist Church. And we intend to host monthly meetings with low to moderate income Washington County residents in order to apprise them of our work, what we're doing at the state house, and so that we can effectively advocate together once the session starts in Montpelier. So we can develop affordable housing, secure financial assistance, and increase supportive services for folks. As we kind of expected, this first meeting had a lower turnout than we had wanted, but we are definitely talking to our community partners and taking their advice on ways that we can make this more inclusive and accessible to all residents of Washington County from everywhere from folks experiencing homelessness to low income residents to moderate income folks. And our next meeting is gonna be on November 9th. So now while the housing crisis is something that I imagine that this board talks about a great deal and puts focus on, I'm sure you have a lot of other local issues that you have to deal with every time you meet here. I'm not asking for you Chairman Lawrence or for the rest of the board to come to our meetings or for funding or anything like that, but just for your help to spread the word to your constituents, since they're the ones that are gonna best know how funding from the state house and other policies will do the most work for their community, for this community of Berlin. So I'm gonna be here for the remainder of their meeting so you can continue on with your work if you'd like to talk to me more about this and I have some promotional materials too about our meeting. But it will be so incredibly valuable for our coalition if you could help spread the word to your constituents and community leaders who might be interested and who this might benefit. So I really appreciate your time and I'd be happy to take any questions now or to stick around until the end of the meeting to talk with you all if you guys wanna continue with the rest of your business. Can I just ask how you publicize the meetings? So it's been mainly social media and flyers and by word of mouth. So we already did a presentation for Barry City at their city council and we're looking to talk to more city councils and reach out to more community organizations as well as right now I'm looking to attend the Montpellier and bury homelessist task forces to talk to those folks. But we really want, we're trying to find innovative ways to reach out to the community. Because like I said before, it's not just low income folks and homeless folks but it's all over monitors really just because the housing stock is so limited and it's just hard to find somewhere to move into even if you can't afford it. So we're gonna be at the Trinity Methodist Church again in Montpellier over on Main Street. I also have like a little flyer to secure our codes that folks can scan too. I can hand that out at the end of the meeting too. Very good. Thank you for your presentation. Thank you for your time. I appreciate it. Thank you. Our fund usage discussion just the ongoing one, right? Right. So how much of the money do we have now? You can ask me that. I can go look it up. We've got- We've got the first two expounded up. We've got the first payment like $135,000 from the state and then we get a payment from the county. I can't remember if that was like- What do you think? It's- It's the one that's $200, I think $35,000, $36,000. Yeah, I think this is what's run down. In the end we're gonna get roughly- Double the- Double the $135,000 and double the- A little over $800,000. These are half payments that we're receiving right now. Right. We have another influx. Where is the money sitting? Right now I have some of it and we call the sub-accounts and then I have part of the general fund. However, I have a whole separate fund set up for it and I'm probably gonna move it into just one big check-in account and have it be interest-bearing. Okay. Okay, so I have to make sure the money's safe and that's what I was just talking to Vince about that this morning. Having it in sub-accounts, I wanna make sure that we have enough coverage so I may be moving it into a separate account. I'm more interested in the interest piece of it. I wish I was gonna ask the same- Well- I think the rules are allowed to collect interest on it. I do believe that we can and that's why I initially put the 125,000 in sub-accounts. That's interest-bearing and that's the most interest-bearing that I have right now. If I can move the other money into that without having the bank get a bond, an extra bond, then I will move it into sub-accounts but I need to talk to the bank before I do that. However, if I do end up putting in a check-in account it will be interest-bearing but the sub-accounts are just a better amount of interest. Not huge, but it's still at least interest-bearing. Thank you, Diane. Well, I was gonna say based on that, based on the fact that we do have a couple of years here, right, to spend this money. Correct. So based on the fact that we can collect interest as well, it might be worth doing an RFP for the digitization of records. For example, if that's something, I think at one point or another everyone's kind of talked about that one. So it'd be good to firm up the number. And then, you know, Richardson wrote, it's been talked about since before I was here. That's one of those ones that, you know, every year we're like, can we do it? Can we not? Let's put it off. At some point it's gonna fail, right? And then the culvert. We've had some of the engineering work done. We just, I don't know what happened after that. We had a little bit done. Yeah, I just don't know if it's $100,000 or a million dollars, right? I think it's the same thing. We don't even have an estimated cost attached if we had an estimated cost that it may be helpful to drive some of this discussion. And I think we have the time. Given the time frame too, we have some other resources potentially for the engineering piece when just talking. Maybe we have the time to see how that would work too. Yep. I can get together with this with what I have already. Excellent. I'll look at getting some RFPs for some of these unknowns to get an all-part price. Because again, we've got at least two years before we have to obligate the funds. Right. Just two years of interest that we do need. Fair amount of dollars, so. Sounds good. Those are just the ones that I have specific interest in on. We already did the polymorphic, right? What's that? We already committed the polymorphic. Yeah, not using ARPA funds, right? No, maybe not. I thought we should retro, maybe. It's still an option if you decide to, but it's just a small amount. Yeah, right. And it's an operational cost that's gonna keep going in here after a year or so. I think we have. Like the implementation cost for the digitization, that would be like something that would be transformational right on how we do business. So, that's something we should consider. The operational cost after I've implemented that should be operationalized and finalized after that. Yeah. Okay. Any questions? Dave? I'm going to take ownership of the road. I'm going to try to get it. I'm with Brita Haskin, one of the homeowners. Nice to meet you, Vince. You as well. This conversation started once ago, might even be a year ago. There are now nine homes under construction. One is about to start and several are occupied. So, we as a homeowners group are requesting the town to take over the road. It's now private and we get the town road. When we started the conversation, it was to get some preliminary information. We were told we needed to have an engineer's report and a certification to make sure the town, the road met the town specifications. So, we did hire an engineer. We had a great time finding someone because everyone's busy. But we finally did find Mr. Bernatianette, who is a growing resident that really would help us out. So, I submitted the report two weeks ago to Vince and hopefully we got a copy of it. It appears that he did agree that the town, the road meets the town specifications. Oh, well, I'm not any expert on this, but it seems like we might have to do some work before it could be taken over. And as you know, it also is the road to the town water system. So, it was an informal, I don't know if it was an agreement, but the town has been following the road for several years now to get to the water system. So, it kind of makes sense for this to happen. So, we submitted the information and we're going to hear your response. So, from my perspective, one of the things that I need to do again, I'm the new kid on the block, right? I know we've done things like this in the past, I just don't know the process. I want to look at what we did, for example, at Partridge Fire, right? We went through a process there to accept that road. It was built to town standards, it was paid. I'm sure we've got it somewhere. I just need to do a little bit of research to see what was done there. And then I'll present whatever that is, whatever that process was to the board as well to help make that decision. I can help you with that Vince, because it happens in my private road. So, I know the whole process. I think I was on the board when that happened. Yes, you were. Because again, if we have a process, it should be a standard process. It should be a standardized process. Apply equally across the board. So, I'll try to have that before the next meeting if I can pull that together. I think we're... Thank you. Okay. Did you have anything to put on it, Jim? Yeah, like, so, Vince had thought for the last two weeks about this, through this upcoming thing. And like Roberta said, the town was brought into the association and for the contribution for that, for our right to use the road to access the well field was that the town instead of paying in cash would take and plow and sand the road for there. So, that's where that comes in. With the town taking it over, it's not the most easiest road to maintain. It's switchbacky. Right now, like you said, there is some stuff that needs to be done. The shoulders are very high on it. My recommendation to Vince was, is that if we can maybe get it paved before the town accepts it, it cuts back on the town's mandate having to maintain it throughout the years, ongoing, like as far as grading and grappling. And if we get it paved, we just have to plow it and salt it and maybe clean the ditches every once in a while. And then it's very minimum traffic and it isn't heavy traffic. You know what I mean? It's homeowner traffic. That pavement should last for a long time if it's done. The other question that's gotta be verified and agreed upon as well to my understanding is from what I've seen so far, the road was approved to end at the cul-de-sac. There's also additional driveways beyond that cul-de-sac as well. So we'd have to make sure we clearly define where we begin and end ownership as well. And is your up to years of difference, or is it well-fed road or? From my understanding, is Vince's correct that the private road ends and then there's a right-of-way over lot nine, which is my lot, to the gates of the water system. So I'm not, I'm myself, I'm not clear of what happens to that little portion. As far as our match of cul-de-sac is the end of the private road. So that would be part of the discussion is to where and how far are we gonna take and accept and... Thanks for joining us. Thank you. Thank you. Vince, would you let me know when you... I will. Whatever you find out. Yep, I certainly will. I heard the work needs to be done. Yep. Okay, thank you. I'll see what the process is and then when I let the board know that, I'll let you know as well, and also when I put it on the agenda. Yep. Next. Okay, great, thank you. Thank you. Now I'm gonna go be on the track. I'm gonna go be on the track. I'm gonna go be on the track. I'm gonna go be on the track. I'm gonna go be on the track. Police vehicle after approval. Yes, I understand that Vince gave you the lowest code I was able to get. I did try out hardwired. I do find them to be very timely in getting back to me. MHQ has a good reputation. Some agencies around here use them. They came significantly under the original estimate. They also offer a lot of options for us moving forward. They have vehicles in their fleet that are already ready to go. Just need to be marked up. Obviously there's a price for that, but certainly be better for us not to have to wait seven to eight months to get a car. And then another two months to get it updated. If you can go down there, basically buy a car, but they're already ready to go moving forward, that might work. They also take trade ins, so that might be a good way for us to offload our fleet that we're getting rid of and turn it in for a little bit of credit on new cars. Definitely a good option, you know, about the big one, that vehicles are in an accident or something like that on plans and we need to get something on the road. Especially with everything that's going on with cars these days. Yeah, but we're looking for a resource. I'd move approval with Quilt for outfitting the police cruiser. And I second the motion and note that it's valid for 30 days from 24, so we are in the step. Any discussion? Say aye. Aye. Thank you. Motion carries. I just wanted to make sure that Gordon forget who I was. Oh, I like that. You look vaguely. We're three months in a while. We're moving ahead pretty good. There's a lot of mandates from the state coming down the pike. I think we're doing a pretty good job staying on top of it. Specifically, there's a steady mandated use of force that's all new. It's never been done before here. It goes from like a five page policy on use of force to about a 35 page policy on use of force. So there's a lot of training that goes along with that. There's a lot of policy. I think we're in a pretty good spot. We're ahead of the curve. It might have to affect October 1st. And we're right there where we're getting to be. So how's the state doing with training? It's one of those things. They rolled it out. They literally issued to us on paper September 20th or in that neighborhood. And it was going into effect October 1st with no training. Like I said, those PDs went from five pages to 35 pages. It's a lot. Yeah. If it's not anything we're not doing, it's just going to document what we really shouldn't do. A lot more thoroughly. But, so if this isn't too hard, is the state going to offer training? The state has offered some very basic training just to familiarize people with the changes in the use of force. But this is kind of systemic in that it's going to have to be rolled into our yearly training on physical use of force That's where I was going with it. Isn't that through the state? Unfortunately, the state has really dialed back on the training that they've offered at the academy. And it's forced us to look through parties to get that kind of training. Specifically, we're looking at de-escalation training. People working on the verbal skills. Some tactical distancing to bind themselves all the time and to deal with situations kind of rolling up on things and trying to gain control of what we previously tried to do. Especially in the life of generations. It really focuses on trying to buy yourself some time and trying to bring out other resources that the state really hasn't provided a whole lot of training in that area. And the second piece of that is the full-time officer training that the academy offers. I know for a while they weren't doing it and then it was slow to get going again. Is that picked back up? I know they can only offer one class every six or eight weeks. Still pretty... They used to offer classes multiple times a year and now it's more like once a year. And they're really limiting the number of people who can be in that class. And there's all sorts of restrictions on the class itself as far as contacting each other and things like that. The new use of force model would be implemented in the full-time academies moving forward. So people should already kind of be familiar with how we're supposed to be doing business from now on. But getting some of the full-timers through the training and making sure we had enough training is going to be a little bit of a challenge. How many positions do you currently have open? We have one on Werder's Comp and we lost one to Montpelier. So we're functioning with two down. Okay. Services to social. So we did receive a second RFP. Monaghan, Sapphire, and Dushel out of Burlington. Fairly competitive. We just received it on Friday, so I'll show you in a while some time we'll probably review that before you make a decision. Their prices is a little bit lower than the current firm that we work with. We've been working with the existing firm since 1992. So when it comes to the history, they know us pretty well. The one thing that is missing, and I will go back and ask them for that, is if you compare the two, Zallinger, the current firm that we work with, provides a little bit more detail with their cost breakdown as far as travel and such and mileage. There's none of that mentioned as far as travel and mileage goes into the Monaghan quote. So I will reach out and ask them for some clarification on that. Since they're out of Burlington. I did note under their other cost that they indicated on rare occasions when necessary we charge actual costs for out-of-pocket expenses, and included in that they reference mileage. So they started it out with on rare occasions. So that's one question I would have is comparing apples to apples in terms of the mileage, what are those costs typically that they charge? Their per hour rate is sizeably different. But I understand what you're saying in terms of the experience and the long-time commitment of the other firm as well. How is the other firm doing at this moment in time? They're doing pretty well. Since Mr. Halpern left, they've assigned two to us that are working with us using him as a reference to get up to speed on things. So far there are many real issues or delays. They've been supporting us pretty well. They've been pretty quick in their responses. Within a day or two I'm getting answers back. At first we felt like it was maybe an ounce of satisfaction. Yeah, let's pick back up. How long do we have this SRFD out before? It's been out for about three weeks. Total. The one that was on the small bar association has been out for about two weeks. We've only got one response from the bar and then from the public notification of the paper and things. We've got the one response from them. And that's it. And the deadline was last Friday. You're not expecting any more. I'm not expecting any more at this point. How do you feel? We're going to probably make a decision at the next meeting. We'll do this. Vince, before the next meeting could you do some reference checking on that? Sure. I do believe we have used them before in the past for some amount of issues. Dana was the one that has seeked them out. They actually mentioned Dana in there where they had worked with the town and one of their attorneys had worked with the town in the past. So I'll follow up though. Three times anyways. All good experience. Municipal planning, 20K with 2K matched, especially with Caroline. Thanks for coming in. There's two things I just want to make sure Caroline knows. We do have an executive session tonight to talk about the other. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So basically we did apply for the municipal planning for the planning assessment last year. We were not awarded the grant. The grant is really designed just to assess me. It's not, you know, you don't have to take the recommendations. You don't have to follow through on what they say. But I think it's a good time to assess the needs. And it is important in regards to the new town center in that, you know, one of the requirements is that there's a municipal facility in the town center. Now that strongly considered as one of the locations was what there has to be something there. It doesn't have to be the municipal building, but there has to be some component there. We haven't gotten the definitive answer yet. I think it's a good question. I mean, is it acceptable? Should that be developed? So I think the starting point is just getting the assessment done and finding out what the needs are of the municipality. And so, I mean, there's no guarantee we're going to get it, you know, but I think it's at least we at least should put forth this project, put forth the grant. And it was the priority at the time and it still is, I think in terms of what you can get the grants for. So we just decided to put that forth again in the hope that we perhaps get awarded it. We may have a little bit we may have a higher priority now with the town center piece. You know, it's not technically approved. So it's possible we'll get it. How will this one really simple explanation be different than the last time we did or why? I mean, I know it's important. Why we didn't get it last time? Well, haven't we done some planning similar to what this group would cover? No, this would assess the needs of the municipality in terms of, honestly, I don't know in great detail what it does but it assesses what you need for a space and how you're and provides, I don't know if there's options on it. I don't know what the consultant will, whether they'll provide recommendations, but it really is just what the town needs going forward. It is not specific to the town center. No, no, the assessment itself is strictly for the town's youth. I think they look at their growth rate and then they build their plan based on where the town is going. What it needs for infrastructure to support everything. Exactly, but what it does for us is show that we are also doing it in regard to, I mean, it helps the state to say, okay, they're taking steps to see what their needs are but it also works in conjunction with the town center application in that regard but it doesn't mean that anything has to happen, you know, specifically. Not specifically, okay, that's right. Yeah, so I think it's just a nice tool for the town to get some funding to assess the needs of the municipality going forward. Okay, I don't think we understood it that way. No, it was unclear on what we were planning. It's really for the town's use, for the town's knowledge and it will also, you know, aid in that. But that's not the primary purpose. Okay, okay. So do we vote on this now? Yeah, that would be good. Move to approve the amnesia plan and grant. Any discussion? Those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries. Hey Brad. Hey Brad, motion carries. Thank you Carla. Thank you. Motion carries. I make a motion to approve the payroll warrant 22-08 for payroll from September 26, 2021 to October 9, 2021 paid on October 13 of this year in the amount of $47,279 and 72 cents. Also payroll payable warrant is 22-G06 which checks 21-498 to 21-531 in the amount of 286,075 out of the 61 in the September 2021 budget status report, trial balance report, and bill input tax report. I'll second that motion. Any discussion? Those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries. So we remove the minutes about approval of minutes for the meeting of October 4, 2021 and we'll remove the May 27 minutes. Correct. I thought we were adding about October 4 minutes. Yeah, we added the October 4. I'm sorry. The approval of the minutes of October 4, 2021. Second. Any discussion? Those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries. Ground table. We'll then start. The board has looking at the opportunity to invest some of their funds in your package. There's a letter that says draft on top. That's the draft request for proposal. So this is just information for you to look at and provide some feedback on whether you think it's a good idea. I know that I'm pretty sure our treasurer would like to share some of the words about it as well. Any investments by state statute is up to the treasurer. However, a few years ago we had policy that the treasurer and select were to be involved in making any of those decisions. And so the utilities were just trying to show out the RFP and they had somebody else write the RFP. I'm not against investing but I really do want to do it through the cities and towns and get the information there and then go from that part. But once it happens I'll be discussing it with the select board. We won't make any investments without you. Thank you. Appreciate that. For your recommendation. I'll just definitely talk into that. Thank you very much. I don't have, believe it or not. The only other thing I do have one more. Retreat. Dates and times when you think it might be good for you to do. I'm flexible and if it's this week the only night that I'm not available is this week. I don't think we can do it this week because I need to warn it. I would say the same. So earliest could be next week in the evening. Two to four hours for the first meeting and get our heads around it and then probably one maybe two more meetings after that. Are there any nights that don't work and I'll see what we can get if that works for everyone and come up with a proposal. Monday and Wednesday next week or not then? The other ones? Monday or Wednesday next week? Tuesday and Thursday are... Saturday and Sunday are looking pretty good then. Saturday and Sunday are looking pretty good then. Saturday and Sunday are looking pretty good then. I'll look at Tuesday and Thursday and see what's available if either of those available. Hours. Started at six, started at seven. Doesn't matter. Rather start at six than seven. Okay. Good time will be had by all. Good time will be had by all. All right. I'm done for that. Sorry. Thank you so much. Brad? Yeah, almost that. I actually have something I know not around to. However, there's a couple of invoices that you need to sign off on. One is the chair that has to do with Du Bois Instruction for the culvert. Okay, they turned in their second filling and it's been approved by Du Bois Instruction as well as our engineer and I need to get the chair in there with the check if you're not going to approve and then there's another one for the Burling Fire Department that needs to select where to sign off on as well and that's for their August. We didn't have one today. Schedule for Fisher Road opening. Yes, good. Glad you asked. They've actually improved by about a week. They're actually set to set the culvert on the 25th of October now. Their last schedule that they gave us was November 1st. So there's been about a week of improvement there in the schedule. So it's looking better than it was. Good to get it completed. Okay. Who goes to them? The other question I have since you brought it up. Do we want to consider, since it is kind of a big deal that's been dragging on for a while, having a ribbon cutting? Just throwing it out there. Good. I'm not opposed to it. It might be very favorable. I'll look at that somehow. I'm sure the chair will want to be there and cut the ribbon. Okay. Okay. Thank you. The contractor Du Bois who said that it's been warm. It's been through the process, right? Yes. The contractor signed off on it and the engineer. And then once those two signed off on it, it comes to me and the new sign-up on it. And then I'll put it together. Motion to go into executive session. Discussion? Opposed to say aye. Opposed to carries.