 Okay, 6.15 welcome everyone on April 10th to the town of Rochester Select Board meeting and this agenda has been posted publicly in three places right and on the website and interested parties emailed all right so we can move forward with the minutes from the March 27th we had that was a we had two meetings we had a special town meeting there to talk about the there was a request to authorize cannabis retailers so we are started the process of warning public meeting and to put that in the public so I moved to prove those minutes so I favor and then we have the meetings of the same night for the regular select board meeting minutes and I thought those looked correct to me so I've moved to prove those yep I second that favor all right okay thank you and got these up here and got the March treasurer's report and which is included in the budget status balance sheet revenues report and related and that looked good to me I'd move to prove that I'd second that all right okay and Pat's not here but we do that she's not in opposite she is oh she is yep she's voting she and she she's muted and saying incognito all right and then we've got a notification of limited office hours the week of April 18th to 21st it's gonna be 9 30 to 1 30 and then 245 to 5 Tuesday through Friday right and we have a application for Coushia market tobacco substitute endorsement license that's the new owner of the skitmark product that has been sold there in the past so I might move to prove that second it all in favor all right okay and then we have also this is an agreement between North Star rubbish removal and the town to continue on with their fast trash program and the recycling and that's they're picking up trash at a cost of three dollars per 13 gallon bag not to exceed 15 pounds or six dollars for a 33 gallon not to exceed 30 pounds not that scale and also the town of Rochester is agreeing to pay $1,785 per month for that service and the recycling which is a big part of that contract second that favor right we're the adopting of the 2023 emergency management plan is Larry Pleasant is working on that and I think the table this is not quite ready but it's it's close he's he's taken to that position with enthusiasm yeah for sure yeah so we're tabling that yeah we're in table that until we finish this he's a he's a kind of us yeah he's on there's certain there's a fair amount of 11 different classes yeah that's what you said today yeah yeah now okay so that is it yeah so we'll chat with him he said that's almost ready so we'll take a left and then this is something that's been a lot of conversation over the years but we are proposing changing the ordinance affecting the speed limit on the portion of the mountain road and this is to be adopted under the town authority granted by 24 BSA sections 1971 to 76 and other pertinent statutes and this is to promote public safety and we were talking about matching a couple speed limit of 40 miles per hour yeah and so this is the beginning of this process we need to to warn this public people we just have to warn it and let it sit for 30 days and then we'll take comments and then we can adopt it yeah okay so let this be the beginning of that process let it bake let it be yes I meant when you said a portion of Bethel Mountain road from where to where it's from the intersection of the Bethel Mountain in Middle Hall to the town line yep it's for it'll be dropped to 41 to match Bethel get on that section and we did the study on it last spring in May and two rivers is all thinks it's a great idea and to bring it further disincentive disincentive eyes big trucks from going over the road to know be a hopeful effect of that as well as just generally slowing people down to what extent that works yeah I just have a quick question you you were talking quickly and you said something about you were the matter would be warned for a public meeting did I hear you that right I know the that's for the yeah changing the ordinance or the speed on Bethel Mountain Road is basically we have to make that public and let it bake for what 60 days 30 30 days so it's not necessarily a public meeting that you're gonna have it's just something that you you're letting the public know this is going to happen and they could come to maybe come to a select board meeting and talk about if they wanted to or whatever yeah okay thank you for clarifying that doing it I just warned for the public okay and that's all right could come to select board meeting to ask questions if wanted to if they wanted to and so it's going to be it's going to be warned and after it's first warned how long before you vote on it before the board votes on it 30 days 30 days 30 days after then board will vote and the board is voting the board is the one who makes the decision it's not the public make then board will adopt the policy if it will decide to decide whether or not to adopt to adopt the policy change decide whether or not to adopt the new speed limit should speed limit okay all right sorry to bother you thank you I just want to make sure I had it correct thank you think of 60 we'll check whether it's 60 or 30 yeah yes Robert hey I think we've talked about this before probably a few months ago but our town clerk or town manager has been trying to reduce speed limits in Bethel and she said you know Robert you know Teresa I'm sure that you and Frank and Patty probably know Teresa but she said it's really odd that the state limits the reduction of speed limits they'll allow you to increase them and I said this before that they it's a it's a big fight to reduce the speed limit even on the Bethel Mountain Road so you might want to talk with Teresa just say hey what's going on because I think would all be appreciative of the slower speed limit up there yeah we we've talked to all the people involved two rivers has handled this and we've had conversations with Rita C. Doe and Chris Bump on the speed limit and there all think it's a great idea so we've crossed all the places we need to cross and this is what we're going forward with yeah well I'm sorry to interrupt but as you did to me I'm just hoping that you've crossed all the T's because I talked to Mr whatever his name is the last name you mentioned a while ago about this so there might be a statute that might catch everybody by surprise that's all so yeah that's why we're announcing it now so as the public is you can't just do it overnight and it is a process so that's what we're starting tonight after lots of discussion over the years so but no thanks for the heads up okay anybody else on zoom have anything to say about their checking their speedometers we have another application from the Huntington house for their first-class hotel license and so I would that is I suppose that's for their their servings yeah I'd move to approve second it all in favor all right okay and we have also there again from the Huntington house for the outside consumption permit which is a second half of that first permit I've moved to approve that so they're a time limit is there a time on that that's the only thing I think we have to follow what what is it ten o'clock I think is what the ordinance before I approve it I can make that comment yeah add that comment to it that the yeah I think there's a right isn't there an ordinance that we have for noise in the village at ten o'clock I think is it cut off hey dude can I ask you a question sure Robert what defines a class A or class one hotel or restaurant what what did you guys just vote on because I don't think any of us really I don't know what that means that's the Department of liquor license does the the classifications I think there is it's whether they're just serving beer and wine or whether they're serving hard spirits also which they've been serving hard spirits for years so they have to renew the license periodically so it's a renewal not an approved right it's an approval of a renewal yeah okay yeah yeah so I'd move to prove that with adding the conditions of the noise limits in town on favor second at that that all in favor hi we'll get it we'll get it together here after a minute we need Pat here to keep us in line yeah we had a last couple of appointments for the one for the tri-valley transit rep and I believe you talked to Tim Crowley and he's willing to continue on in that so I'd move to appoint him to is the the rep for the tri-valley transit I second that all in favor I don't know if we have to mobile phone I'm not sure I don't know and we're going to verify that Robert Mayer would like to stay on as a member of the budget and finance committee and he is willing to do that so I'd move to point him second that and all in favor right and we have a special use permit for the West Hill bridge project which is moving forward this is for the Forest Service to use the campsite as a staging area for West Hill that's what you're proving yep yep okay so I'd move to prove that I second that all in favor right after that all right now we have another form to execute here that would certify that we are participating in the national opioid settlement and this is due April 18th so again it's not clear exactly what so there's like five companies I think they're listed there and we're we're there for one of them and they just need a signature to continue the process for the state of Vermont process for the state of Vermont right like a class action yeah again so I like grand CVS Walgreens and Walmart and we may end up with some financial back from this but it's more expressing the support for continued accountability for the situations like this so I move to do we even have to approve them I thought we already brought it through to them we just we already approved going for it yeah so it's just a matter of this is the continuing process right we're still in it the LCTs reached out to a lot of the towns to bolster the the class action so more of this or 10 as you can tell outside it's it's starting to feel like spring so we've got a park use application for the library summer reading program on Fridays from 526 from 10 to 6 through 10 6 from 3 to 5 p.m. and that went pretty well did you have good participation last year in that I think it was good yeah hence you're applying to do it again yes I can it we also have park use application for the library Earth Day program on 422 from 9 to 11 wasn't it just like the 50th anniversary of Earth Day last year or something like that anyway move to approve that second it I don't favor hey and Tony got any more any reports from the library that was interesting were you at the the presentation at Pierce Hall no I was not I didn't know about it until yeah Jeanette Jeanette was there and I saw her chatting up the woman it sounds like if you fell out enough paperwork there may be more support for the work that needs to be done on the library I think leaky roofs and libraries is a is a hot figure for support probably true and much needed paint much needed paint yeah and they got a first-hand look at it by looking out the windows this gun Jeff was there he's been doing a lot of work with them any other reports from the library no was a lot in the paper about things going on but we have a trustee's meeting tomorrow at noon at 5 30 half the library the highways are slowly drying up yeah John's been busy getting things cleaned up though they've stayed pretty good he wanted to get into doing some scraping on him but he didn't want to scrape too deep because he's worried about a little bit like he picked up a new plow because the one they broke this winter and we met with the Rita C. Doe us the town clerk and Kristen and myself and we went through some grant stuff that we did and finalized a class 2 paving grant that we're sending into for resurfacing some of the mountain road there and we'll see how that comes out we're like seventh six or seventh in line for on the highway class 2 side of it so if we may be able to get some funds but we'll have to weigh that issue of whether or not we can get enough money to do what we want to do and we might be better off just staying where we are and wait until the following year to put the project forward so we get more we can get more funding and not lose our place in line so we'll make that decision when we figure out what the grant how we how we come out so and I don't know maybe Kristen has something else but no I don't have great updates this week so I alluded to the meeting we were at this afternoon separately it wasn't a war and select board meeting we were there gathering information from members of the state government from ten different departments I think talking about the applications that are out there for helping to spend the ARPA windfall money that the state has got and Robert Mayer he didn't bring it up at the meeting but he brought it up to me afterwards that wouldn't necessarily be a town project but something we could bring up with the state is the two bridges on route 100 on either end of the town which are significantly undersized like the bridge that took out from property and that bridge is still there and it's filled in quite a bit of gravel underneath that bridge I know that the state has once or twice tried to go in and remove some of the gravel from under both of those bridges but if they're looking for the ways to spend their their money in ways that are climate related and infrastructure related we should probably throw that bone to them yep and I also spoke with them about more funding for the West Hill job coming up and then we might be able to hone in on something there yeah we'll be later on that we need to research I'll need to research that a little more my takeaway from that that one meeting I can bring that up with them too yeah about those two bridges yeah because if they're looking for ways to spend this money before what 2026 when they have to that be a good one also present there was Jeff our energy coordinators he's zooming in today no yeah that was enough meeting for the day for him I don't believe it but he was taking lots of notes I'm sure we'll hear from him and the whole business the name change on the road have we had any contact with that other property owner yet I wrote again and no okay so that's that's on hold still and that is everything we had on the agenda have any other business that anyone wants to bring up tonight I have a couple of questions yeah sorry did someone say something I said yes no before you said yes okay we'll continue I just have a quick question for everyone present and we don't have to you don't have to answer tonight but looking through the the list of things that you've discussed especially Robert Mayer's bridge down there the hydraulic pressure hasn't changed since Irene so that bridge will be gone probably in the next 10 years maybe but it's all pretty much about money so my question to everyone is does anyone in the room know the exact percentage of property taxes we pay for education town by town in the White River supervisor union again no one has to answer you can just think about it the other thing I wanted to bring up I've been I sent this email to both Frank and you and Patty regarding the town park and you know I just drive into town and people are saying when did Christmas end Robert and I said I don't know why you asking and they said well there's still a Christmas tree in the gazebo and it's a it's Easter I said I have nothing to do with Christmas trees but it brought up a bigger conversation with the boundaries of the park the ownership with the budding properties and who has jurisdiction over whether the library can use the town park or whether it's some group that one or family wants to have a family celebration how does one go about addressing the town to get approval is it the select board is it the parts what board or what person you just witness two of those transactions happened tonight when the library did we have a application for the use of the town park that comes before the select board so whether it's the library or I believe we fill one out for the farmers market and harvest there we've had a few people want to get married on the gazebo so there is a there is a process in place for for that well the question is who has the discretion to request the removal of a Christmas tree that some wedding party might want to use the gazebo for the bride and groom how do we go about that like how do we go to green up days coming up pretty soon I think yeah oh so one has to wait till green up day to remove a Christmas tree from the taxpayers land it's a it's a tree now I think all the decorations have been removed from that so it's actually just a tree on the stand and you could you know you could some people could call it a Christmas tree other people could call it a pagan temple for the forest but it's one remove the tree if one remove the tree and then did their celebration what then would happen they clean up their mess and go home yeah it's um it's not a not that big of a deal there's no um I mean if you want want to take that tree home with you you're welcome to no I don't want the tree but the library has to get permission to have a reading and they want to have the reading this week this past weekend and no one wants to touch the tree and that's where they wanted the reading to be I don't think you need don't need a permit to remove the tree I don't think that's the issue it's um it's it it will it will go away dumb there we're very close in fact Frank I saw you volunteering your time to clean up a bunch of the branches that he's fallen on the park so it's it's um it's you know my my Christmas tree is still frozen in the snow behind my house I just threw mine over the bank too yeah but um it'll it'll it'll go away well it's just a question that people just say well can we move the tree so my brother can talk and give a part of a ceremony to a wedding and I said I don't think you want to touch that tree I was only going to mention that when I that I talked to Nancy we'll leave about this recently and she I believe him I'm correct I think Nancy's there she'll she can confirm if I'm correct that the reason why the tree was still there was they were waiting till the town crew was cleaning up stuff and and could take the tree with them you know because that's how it usually happens you know and how usually happens around green up day well again Martha thank you maybe we all have to wait to green up day to remove the tree celebrating Christmas it I'm just speaking for those who asked me to and I don't know why they asked me sadly they don't want to because they don't want to be exposed to the town for taking your tree down I mean it's pretty funny actually well it's um it's in the works if that's the the biggest problem we have facing us right now that's we're pretty lucky but I'm thank you for bringing it up well June it's it's a symbol it's not just you're too busy with everything else Frank and I can remove the tree and share all the parts and pieces with anyone that loves it it's it's a symbol for people coming through town saying you know it's bigger than just how busy you guys are Robert it's usually done by now but due to the rough spring that everybody had and we had snow on the park till about a week and a half ago and you couldn't even get on it and you can't drive on it yet because you don't want to put any ruts although it is drying out really quickly and and that's really all it is and the tree is put on the park by by volunteers and to say to a volunteer that hey you got to get your tree off the park is not really the way I want to go I'd rather have somebody when they have the time they put it up and they can they'll put it take it down when they have their time so I'm not going to hassle somebody about removing a tree off the park that they volunteer time to put up that makes the park look absolutely great during the winter and then when it comes time this spring was a little different than most spring so you know we had a little longer session there and usually the tree is gone by now but it hasn't happened but it's scheduled to be removed soon so I wouldn't worry too much about it Frank I'm not worried I just think it's it's just a situation by the way I don't think it would take a pickup truck to back on I think a couple of boys can remove the tree and hang something festive for the new arrival of our temperature I mean we get it Robert thank you yeah um does anyone else have any comments for the tonight then I'd move to adjourn and thank you all for for coming thank you thank you