 to the regular select board meeting. Is that right, Dune? Thank you, Dan. Yep. It's a little bit different than it is specified in the town report in that we're not kicking everyone off of this Zoom hookup because then you wouldn't be able to hook back up to the same meeting. So we're just going to close the informational meeting and now open the select board meeting. And for all of you that came for the informational meeting, you're more than welcome to stick around for the bi-monthly select board meeting. And if I find my agenda, then here we go. So before we start, does anyone have any additions to the posted agenda at this time? And hearing none, we'll move on to the minutes from the prior meeting of February 11th. And they look pretty clear to me. I'd move to accept those. Do you guys have any modifications? I do not. Nice second your motion. All right. All in favor? All right. All right. I assume that your second in the motion is a I, right? Yes. Okay. Good. And we have Kirk White as a guest. Kirk, are you here? Did you have something that you wanted to speak about? Kirk going once. Kirk going twice. All right. So then we're going to some, boy, you said a good precedent, Dan, with this, this Zoom Zoom meeting. So Joan, do you have any updates for us tonight? We'll have to talk fast. No, just clearly. Okay. Just a quick report. Well, it is a quick report. We're not going to maybe believe this, but I did get word today that half of the amount that we're due from the state for the Bethel mountain road rebuilding project should be coming to us soon. And I know you've heard this before. So don't hold me to it, but it seems that they're splitting the payment in two parts. I'm not sure what, how much time will allow the first part in the second, but supposedly we should be getting a wire transfer from the state of a hundred, about $170,000 and change sometime in the near future. And really we'll be on the look after that. And so I will be able to let you know when that actually it's a bank. I've been working on the town office backup generator with and still not quite sure whether we'll be in a position to put it in application on March 5th, but I'll keep you posted on that. Did just receive notice today from the trans that they are going to have a grant round this year for a class two roads and for structure grants. It's going to be due April 15th, which is the traditional date for taking those grants applications. So I will be resubmitting the two grant requests that I put in last year where we knew they were. The first one will be for the culvert replacement on Jason Brooke by Terry Severey's house on Bethel Mountain Road. And then also for the culvert replacement design work. Or a culvert online road where Hal Brooke crosses under the road. Excuse me. Did you say town line road? Thank you. And if you remember in previous years, we always have an annual meeting with district for trans folks where we talk about our hopes and desires for doing road repair work and upgrades. So we're going to be setting up those appointments at some point in the future. Don't really have a time frame. And don't know yet whether that's going to end up being a virtual meeting or whether it'll be in person. I'm sure time will tell about that. So there's some documents that I traditionally have to provide before then, which includes the, the town's financial plan, which is based on the budget. Once that is passed, so that's all I have. So I, there was an email late in the day today. About the repaving project in. Yeah. 22 on, on between Stockbridge and Rochester and right 100. And it seemed to indicate that they're actually going to, to grind it and resurface, not just put another coat on the top. Did you read it that way? Did you see that? I skimmed it really quick. So I didn't. Cause Chris Bump had previously said that they were not going to grind it. They were just going to do another coat, which we know it doesn't do quite the same quality. But then in reading that, it looked like they were going to. Grind it, which is. Okay. So longer, messier project, but a better result. So that's kind of the case. I got the same out of that. Yeah. Yeah. Don't did like they were going to grind it. All right. Well, thank you, Joe. Okay. Tony, you got any, um, any, um, hot tips from the library tonight? I thought I saw you here earlier. You're muted. You're muted. Tony. There you go. Thank you. No, things are still the way they were and will be for a while. We're doing porch pickup. Thanks for your comment about the level of funding. That was good. Well, thank you. About all I have to say. Okay. All right. Thank you. Um, I guess we've talked a bunch about the highway. Um, Cougar is probably out. Putting salt on Bethamont and road right now, not joining in a meeting. Um, So now really the, the main, um, Um, Topic of interest in terms of new business is the parts of the town meeting open election positions that, um, we're not. To talk about in the informational meeting, but I guess now it's, um, The time to talk about the elected positions and if anyone has any questions about, about those and who is, who is up and it's Pat, you're up for, um, Another term on the select board, right? And you're, you're still going. Yeah. And I do not, I don't have, Um, the, um, ballot in front of me, but I don't believe anyone has put in a request to run against you. Have they? No, there is a right in section on all of the candidates. Um, You know, anybody couldn't start writing in their name. If they didn't make their, uh, The deadline to submit their names. But, um, I, um, I'm sticking around another term because we are still dealing with some real estate issues. Um, and I want to be a part of that and, um, lend whatever knowledge I may have about that to the town as we progress into, um, what may be, um, Future of the high school building. Specifically. All right. Um, the, um, They were going to have, um, Anyway, you've got the. Ballot in front of you. I don't. Is there anything interesting in there that, that, um, Any, um, Hot braces or is it pretty much, um, Hold the course. Um, uh, moderator Dan McKinley. On a pose. The blackboard. On a pose. So, you know, so far. Julie Smith. Down treasurer Julie Smith. Lister for three year term Jessica Arsenal. A collector of delinquent taxes. Becky Klein. Uh, we have a open position of library. Where is this? Is this in the town report? And I was trying to find it before and I didn't find it. On page seven. Page seven. Well, but this is not, no, the names are not on the town report, but they will be on the ballot and Nancy. That's where I saw them. Okay. Sorry. Excuse me. Sorry. I would like to say that. We know there's a right, but there is a, an individual who will be, uh, running for the library position. And that's Sandy Lincoln. That's a five year. Position. Okay. Anybody listening in, um, you know, they would be welcome to write in her name. She would like to say that we know there's a right, but there is a, an individual who will be. Uh, running for the library position. And that's Sandy Lincoln. That's a five year position. Okay. And that's a five year position. You know, they would be welcome to write in her name. She would welcome. Writing in her name. That's what we call recycling. In a good way. Um, article eight trustee of public funds is, uh, barbed a heart is running for, uh, re-election. We have an open position for a cemetery commissioner. And then we have another cemetery commissioner where, where, um, Michelle Schnabel is running for that spot. So we, we do have the library trustee open and the cemetery commissioner. Open. So the cemetery commissioner. The individual whose position is being voted. Um, neglected to put his consent form in. So Joe Shankman will be running. Um, the commission. Uh, The position. And would appreciate. Right in. So noted. And also Ray Harvey is expressed an interest in the cemetery commission also. Is, um, Oh, sorry. Is Mark. Oh, is Mark still part of the commission? Or is he retiring? He is still part of the commission. Okay. The position is the one that Joe. Has completed his five years. The second position. Um, Michelle Schnabel. Um, was appointed. To complete Java's. Uh, position. Um, would like, she would like to run for the four year. Spot. She's on the bow. Okay. All right. Um, thanks for filling that in. Uh, information. So anybody have any questions about that? It's pretty self-explanatory. Um, I have. Okay, Jeff. Um, I have some questions. It's not on that issue. It's on the, uh, Triton. Uh, a municipal. Whenever you want to put that in. Um, Um, I just was wondering, uh, I guess we should clarify. Um, in terms of the, um, Australian ballot, there is, um, you can go to the school on the, um, um, On that day to vote, but you can also request, um, ballots, absentee ballots. They understand. Is that, is that? Yeah. Yeah. I did that already and voted already because. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So just wanted to make it known out there that people don't have to go to the school to vote. They can, they can, but Nancy, do you want to speak on that? Julie, do you want to talk about the school ballot? Uh, yes. So, uh, Monday we'll be voting at the school, high school, um, just like we did the election. And we are also giving, we'll have available the school ballots. Um, and you can also call in to the town clerk at any time to request a ballot. And, um, I, you can pick them up or I can mail them. All right. Um, so, um, Jeff, what do you, what do you want to talk about the tri town energy commission? Is that right? Uh, yes. With that lighting, I'll just skip that. So, um, the tri town municipal energy committee, Rochester, um, Pittsfield and Hancock met in December. Uh, we were assisted by, can you folks hear me? Uh, everything is frozen on my screen. Yep. You can't hear me. I couldn't hear what group you were talking about, Jeff, but you fine. Okay. Um, you've come in again. Uh, everyone was frozen. So the, the tri town municipal energy committee, Hancock, Rochester and Pittsfield met, uh, in December, uh, set up, uh, an agreement to meet monthly, um, going forward. Uh, we were going to be supported or initially we're supported by two rivers out of Quiche, uh, regional commission. Um, their money for that went away. So we had support for one month, getting the town agreement together with monks, the towns and having one meeting. Um, the second meeting in January, I received in the 11th hour a notice that had not, it had not been warned in Hancock. Um, so we had to scrub that meeting, uh, reschedule it for a week later. Um, a week later, uh, I did not get any confirmation from the two towns that, uh, it was posted and warned appropriately as it was in Rochester. Um, and no one showed up at the meeting. Um, none of the members. So, uh, set it up one more time, uh, for this, this month and, uh, essentially it did not happen yet again. So at this point I'm feeling like it is doing more to hold me back. I'm, uh, looking at our needs in town than it is, uh, helping us. Now, um, I think the way the agreement was worded is that, uh, any one of the towns can remove themselves from it with 30 days notice. Um, I can, I will research the actual language and see if there's anything more binding or constricting than that. But, uh, at this point I'm wondering why I'm spending my time doing that and not just looking at our buildings individually and, you know, along with GMP and CD oil and, and, uh, the energy committee, um, is basically wasting your energy. Yeah. And I, you know, I'm, I've been trying to be non-judgmental and not pushy and everything, but at this point I don't want to schedule another meeting without hearing back from people that I have not heard from since, uh, early January. So it just, it just isn't, uh, seeming to do much. So, you know, I don't know that it would be, I mean, I don't know, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't want me to approach the select boards of those two communities. I can do that. It just seems as though that communication might be better at the select board level and below it. You've, uh, you've done so much already to volunteer to take this on. I don't, I don't feel good about saddling you with having to be the school marm of this committee. Um, I think that, um, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. I think it might be beneficial for us to collaborate with them on, but I don't know that it. Require is that big long agreement. Um, that, uh, to put it together. I mean, if, if we found something that made sense for all three towns or for two of us. I think we could come up with an agreement that would allow the two communities to do that. All right. Well, thank you for, um, I guess that, um, um, The between the three of us, we should kind of do some inquiries and then I would, I would stop, um, spin in your wheels on that and just focus your energy on, on the work that you've been doing on behalf of the town. So. I think that's my, my sense. What about you guys? What do you think? Yeah, let's burn Jeff out by trying. Let's, let's use his expertise wisely. Yeah. Having attended and responded once, I think that probably the best thing to do is scrap it and work on our own. And if we do find some common ground that would help either one of our neighbors, then we could probably deal with that too. So we should probably as a board draft some sort of letter getting out of the agreement that we signed with. Yeah. All right. Thank you, Jeff. Thank you guys. Yeah. So really. Is there anything else that anyone would like to speak about tonight or we, um, We're, um, Robert. This is just a quick question. The, um, Stockbridge is approaching its voting point for to take apart the merger. They have a information meeting tomorrow. They've been a lot of politicking over there. Uh, is this the select board's business? I mean, if, for instance, they vote, they voted down and then it's up to us. Is it the select board's business to not to educate the public or is that the school board's business? You guys, you guys have a feeling on that or you're waiting to see what happened or what's your thoughts on that? Right now we're waiting to see what happens and trying not to get too worked up about it until it's actually presented to us as a, uh, our response will be. Then required ours, the town, whether it's through the school board, the select board, probably both, if they vote to, to turn down the union, then it is on Rochester's plate to, to also respond to that and have a vote, but into that, um, to, until that time, um, we have, um, you know, try not to get too worked up about it. Now we did, um, they, the, the school board did officially request the town of Rochester to, um, say a or nay to bind the high school building by the 19th, a few days ago, and we worked with our lawyer and we drafted a letter requesting the, um, the postponement of that deadline in light of the vote in Stockbridge to possibly dissolve the merger and, and we, um, they have accepted our request to put that, um, deadline out till the beginning of April. So it's basically a waiting game here. Okay. And you don't know what the distance of time between their vote and our vote has to be. I don't know if there is a specific required time. I don't think we, we're, we're, um, we have to have a specific time. It's, um, so. Yeah, that'll probably not be cause for some special town meetings. If that does come up to have some, you know, the town's input on that. This is not the decision that board is going to make on behalf of the town. This is a larger issue. Yeah. Okay. Thanks a lot. Yeah. I would add to that that, uh, Amy will has, uh, provided me with the, um, account information on the school as to energy consumption and costs. So, um, and it's all in one big folder and it's not up to date, but, uh, I will, uh, attempt to clean that up and then see what the building expenses have been for the high school. Um, as we'll look at it from the elementary standpoint as well. Um, while we're trying to assess what our buildings, uh, need. Yeah. All right. Thank you. Um, anyone else? I think that, um, there we have it. So we are having another opportunity for people to have the information about the, the, our annual meeting, um, um, this Thursday, the 25th, the same time, um, same zoom channel. Um, you're welcome to come again. Maybe we'll see some new faces, but, um, that's that we're doing what we can to, to make the information accessible to, to everyone that wants it. So. I do. Yeah. Um, I might suggest that if people have questions that they might, um, Send them my way and then I can, I can give them to you for Thursday for the meeting. If they can't, uh, attend by computer or phone. I don't know. Just a thought. Yep. Yep. Yeah. Do you think that the org on media will be on this. Um, according to this meeting will be, um, uploaded to the website before Thursday. So people that, um, keep track of these, um, This, um, project. I would see Orca be posted on Thursday after our Monday meetings. Um, I don't know if they're more efficient or less efficient with, um, you know, I don't know if they're more efficient or less efficient with, um, All the zoom, all the meetings that we're going on right now, but usually it shows up on Thursday after our Monday meetings. Okay. Well, maybe they're on Thursday also. Yeah. Yeah. Um, obviously the Herald comes out on Thursday, but is there like a place on the, maybe the town website or something that people, how would people know ahead of time to. To go looking for the information, you know, I did put in a last week's paper, you know, information about the fact that there were these two tech, two info meetings before. And so there, there's, that's one way it was out. And I'm sure it was on the town website and places like that. Julie has it posted a warrant down. Right. Right. So people should know. Yeah. All right. Well, we will see. Report. Right. In the town report also. Yeah. Okay. Um, thank you all and, um, thank you Dan for hanging on and, um, being the, um, the, um, the driver of this meeting on beyond the, um, informational meeting and, um, we'll see you guys around town. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Good night, everybody. Hi to everyone. Good night. Thank you for.