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Select Board Meeting — December 17, 2025
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Okay, things we talk about.
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Welcome everybody to the select board meeting, Wednesday, December 17th, 2025, 6 PM, right here, select board meeting room, Town Hall, 100 Peck Street.
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Mass General Law Chapter 30A, subsection 20F requires any person recording must notify the chair at the beginning of the mini meeting.
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Anybody recording?
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Seeing none, all select board meetings are recorded via audio and video and are broadcast live on CCONG Channel 15.
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I call the meeting to order at 6 PM.
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Pledge of Allegiance and moment of silence, please.
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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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Thank you.
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Board and committee openings, please.
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Madam Chair, volunteers are needed on the following: Capital Improvement Committee, 4 board of selectmen appointments, 3 moderator appointments.
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Commission on Disability, 8 board of selectmen appointments.
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Cultural Council, 1 board of selectmen appointment.
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Economic Development Committee, 5 board of selectmen appointments.
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Energy Committee, 3 board of selectmen.
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Finance Committee, 1 moderator appointment.
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Historical Commission, 3 board of selectmen.
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Recycling Committee, 1 board of selectmen appointment.
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And Zoning Board of Appeals, uh, 2 board of selectmen.
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What item?
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What do you— what?
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No, no.
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Okay, priority matters.
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We'd like to recognize Carol Zowski on the occasion of her retirement after 25 years of service with the library.
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Thank you, Carol.
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Um, Chief, Deputy Chief, sir.
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Priority matters 2, 3, and 4.
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Consider conditional offer of employment to Cheyenne Rosario, Jacob Kritzer, Lysiana Cruz.
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Did I butcher anybody's name?
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I apologize.
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Okay, okay.
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Good evening, Madam Chair, board members, Mr. Over the past several months, we've interviewed several potential candidates for the position of entry-level police officer and lateral police officer.
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Initial interviews were with the police department command staff.
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Those who advanced for interview by a full panel including police command staff, an additional officer, and Mr. King.
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Of the numerous candidates interviewed, 3 stood out above the rest.
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The first of these, Cheyenne Rosario, is coming to us as a lateral transfer.
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Cheyenne currently is employed by the with the Rhode Island National Guard in both a full-time and traditional Guard capacity.
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In his full-time role, he serves as Deputy State Command Inspector General.
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In his traditional Guard role, he's a military police officer assigned to the Inspector General's office as the NCO in charge.
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Prior to getting full-time employment with the Guard, he worked as a sergeant with Newport Naval Station Police.
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This position required him to graduate from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, FLETC, their Uniformed Police Training Program.
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Accepted by the MPDC as a full-time police academy, and thus we do not have to send Shane to the academy.
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Shane initially interviewed with us in January of 2024 and was going to be issued a conditional offer.
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However, he received military orders and was activated for deployment several months.
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He was told to reach out to us when he was done with his deployment, which he recently did.
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After a brief meeting with the chief, we decided to pick up where we left off in the hiring process.
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Shane is currently enrolled in the CCIE with a major in legal studies.
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Cheyenne has demonstrated a history of service to our country and has expressed an interest in continuing his service on a more local level.
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His passion and dedication to serve are traits we seek in our officers, and this is why the panel believes he would be a valuable addition to the department.
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It's for these reasons we request, through Mr. Kaneem, that the board extend Cheyenne Rosario a conditional offer of employment for the position of full-time police officer.
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Madam Chair, I support the Deputy Chief's recommendation.
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Great.
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So moved.
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Yep.
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Moved that the select board appoint Cheyenne Rosario to the position of full-time police officer for the police department, subject to and conditioned upon his passage, as determined by the town administrator, of the following: completion of a satisfactory background check, physical examination with drug screening, psychological screening, execution of the recruit officer repayment agreement, MBTC physical fitness test, Obtain and maintain a Massachusetts license to carry, fulfillment of all statutory requirements set forth by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission to become a certified law enforcement officer, successful verification of the National Decertification Index, successful passage of the Civil Service Physical Ability Test, completion and passage of an MBTC or approved ROC police academy.
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Second.
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Any questions for anybody?
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All in favor?
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Aye.
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Any opposed?
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Seeing none, unanimous.
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Congratulations.
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Welcome.
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Congratulations.
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Yay.
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He calls.
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I follow you.
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For the entry-level police.
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First of these is Jacob Kreitzer.
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Kreitzer, sorry.
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Jacob currently works for Analog Devices as a facilities technician shift lead.
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He's been there for nearly 2 years and is responsible for maintenance and troubleshooting of several plant systems.
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Prior to this job, Jacob was enlisted in the Navy for 5— for nearly 5 years, where he worked as a supervisor for a team of 7 electricians on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.
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He has an associate's degree in liberal arts and is expecting to complete a bachelor's degree in business management in 2026.
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Jacob has family in law enforcement and through this exposure feels a career in law enforcement will allow him to fulfill his desire to serve his community in a way his current job does not.
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His history of leadership in his current and past employment shows that he has drive and ambition to do his job well and guide others to do the same.
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It is for these reasons I request through Mr. Kaneem that the Board extend Jacob Kreitzer a conditional offer of employment for the position of a full-time police officer.
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I support the Deputy's recommendation.
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Moved that the Select Board appoint Jacob Kreitzer to the position of full-time police officer for the police department subject to and conditioned upon his successful passage, as determined by the town administrator, of the following: completion of a satisfactory background check, physical examination with drug screening, psychological screening, execution of the recruit officer repayment agreement, MBTC physical fitness test, obtain and maintain a Massachusetts license to carry, fulfillment of all statutory requirements set forth by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission to become a certified law enforcement officer, successful verification of the National Decertification Index, successful passage of the civil service physical ability test, completion and passage of an MBTC or approved ROC police academy.
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Second.
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I got a motion and a second.
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Any questions?
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All in favor?
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Aye.
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Any opposed?
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Seeing none, unanimous.
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Congratulations.
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Thank you.
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The final candidate I'm presenting tonight is Feliciana Cruz.
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Feliciana is currently a full-time dispatcher for the Bridgewater State University Police Department and a part-time dispatcher for the Rainham Police Department.
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She's been pursuing a career in law enforcement since high school, where she majored in Legal and Protective Services at Southeastern Regional Vo-Tech.
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She followed that with an internship with the DCR Park Ranger Mounted Unit and another with the Bridgewater State PD— excuse me, State University PD.
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She has an associate's in criminal, criminal justice from Massasoit Community College and a bachelor's in criminal justice with a minor in psychology from Bridgeport State University.
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Feliciana's focus and passion for law enforcement, even from her early years of high school, is evident in the job she's taken and could be seen in her enthusiasm during the interview process.
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Her poise and demeanor, also shown through, is an example of what we look for in officers and is somewhat uncommon in the young candidates we have interviewed.
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It is for these reasons, through Mr. Keene, that— for these reasons, I request through Mr. Keene that the board extend Alicia Cruz conditional offer of employment for the position of full-time police officer.
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I support the deputy's recommendation.
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Yeah, move that the select board appoint Alicia Cruz to the position of police officer for the police department, subject to and conditioned upon her successful passage, as determined by the town administrator, of the following: completion of a satisfactory background check, physical examination with drug screening, psychological screening, execution of the recruit officer repayment agreement, MBTC physical fitness test, obtain and maintain a Massachusetts license to carry, fulfillment of all statutory requirements set forth by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission to become a certified law enforcement officer, successful verification of the National Decertification Index, and Successful passage of the civil service physical ability test, completion and passage of an MBTC or approved ROC police academy.
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Second.
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I got a motion and a second.
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Any questions?
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Seeing none, all in favor?
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Aye.
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Any opposed?
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Seeing none, unanimous.
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Congratulations.
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Community speaks.
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Anybody from— Good evening.
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Good evening.
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So it's my understanding that the, uh, the Medeiros Farm Committee is upset that I brought the warrant forward at the last town meeting and that they may change their vote, the vote that they had which was 5-2 prior to the meeting not to put active recreation on Elm Street.
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And I just want to let them know that, uh, we're going to hold them to that, uh, and not— and we're going to fight that right to the end.
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They agreed to do that and we're expecting that they're going to fulfill that what they agreed to.
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We had asked Sean for a memorandum of understanding prior to that evening that we didn't get, which was kind of influenced me to go forward with that warrant.
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Um, so are you familiar with that meeting we had prior to that?
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I, I do.
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And just in terms of the MOA, you know, I stated at the meeting, I stated it via email as well when the attorney requested it, that the Uh, Madera's Farm Committee does not have any authority to enter into a memorandum of understanding, so you, you just have to take them at their word or a public vote.
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So they don't have the ability to give you an MOA.
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We say you take them for their word, but they're willing to talk about changing that vote, so that's why we need something in writing.
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Well, we're going to fight it right to the end.
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There's a— you know, we're willing to do whatever it takes legally.
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When's the next meeting, Mr. Kadeem?
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Do you have a date for the next one?
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Uh, it's in January.
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I want to say January 6th or 8th.
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I don't, I don't have my phone on me.
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Um, okay, I would say go there.
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I— yeah, well, I just— you're going to make the last decision, and I think Sean is directing them, uh, somewhat, and I think you should discuss this with them.
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We need another meeting.
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We need a memorandum of understanding, something that we can, you know, feel comfortable with.
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I mean, people that can vote one way, then change their vote another day— we need something solid.
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Uh, why should the town spend all this money And then at the end of the day, after zoning, and we, you know, they get an appeal that ties this thing up for 2 years.
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We're willing to move forward with you, all right?
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We're not against sports in the town.
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We're just against changing the zoning in the middle of a residential neighborhood to put active recreation in people's backyards, all right?
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It's selfish, and it's a selfish self-interest group that's pushing it.
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All right, and we want your help to bring some sense to it.
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That's all we're asking.
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Sean, can we set up another meeting?
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Uh, so I'm gonna leave it up to the building committee in terms of another meeting.
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So, you know, I stand by my commitment to the, to the community.
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However, um, I fully recognize and understand why the, uh, Medeiros Farm Committee is upset.
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You know, we did have an agreement that, uh, moving forward that you weren't going you were going to pull the warrant article.
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The warrant article wasn't pulled.
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That's really kind of driving a lot of the tension behind it.
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But as I mentioned to you and as I mentioned to the, to the neighbors in terms of the quality of life, I stand by my, my commitment to the, uh, to the committee.
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But at the end of the day, I told you I don't, I don't have a vote, um, and there's not an MOA that we could enter into.
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We don't have any legal right to give you an MOA.
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However, um, as I mentioned to you and the, and the neighbors, it's public meetings.
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Uh, I, you know, would suggest that you continue to go to those public meetings, make sure that you, uh, give your input.
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I mean, you have the right to, to have your input heard at public hearings and things of that nature.
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So, well, understanding there's that many neighbors upset about it, does it make sense to get together with neighbors and not continue to spend money until we get this situation resolved?
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We spent— so far we spent $3 million.
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And this project, nobody really knows what it's going to cost.
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We're hearing $12 to $13 million.
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Most of the town that voted that night doesn't know that.
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I received a lot of calls after that meeting.
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All right, so I think that should be put out there first to see if we need to spend $13 million on active recreation fields in the middle of a residential neighborhood with country roads.
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And that's all I'm asking.
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Let's bring some common sense to All right, they're upset.
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We've been upset about this whole thing for 2 years.
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Okay, so there's a lot of people upset.
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They're on that committee.
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They need to understand they're gonna have to, you know, work with us.
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Can you set up a meeting for us?
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Again, let's— let's— let's all get past it.
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We're all adults here.
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Let's get past it and get another meeting together.
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Right, so let us get through the January meeting, and I'm hesitant to set up another meeting because the meeting that we did set up, we had come to agreement with terms, right?
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So we abided by the terms that we agreed to, and then you proceeded to move forward with the vote at town meeting.
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So rightfully so.
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And I tried to have a conversation and talk everybody off the ledge and try to mediate the situation in terms of, number one, what you were submitting to town meeting wasn't giving you folks the safety net that you thought.
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We were still moving forward.
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I've advocated on behalf of the neighborhood to try to minimize the quality of life.
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I'll continue to— I mean, the You'll continue— quality of life impact.
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I told you that.
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I've put it in email.
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I've given you my word.
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Um, again, at the end of the day, I don't have a vote.
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I'm not a voting member of, of the committee.
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However, I, I will continue to try to facilitate a situation that the— a project that we put forth both to the Board of Selectmen and to the town is in the best interest of the town of Seekonk.
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Right, right.
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And hopefully, uh, tries to minimize the quality of life concerns that you have in the neighborhood.
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Okay, okay, hold on, sir.
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Yeah, let's just say, are the Madeira's, um, meetings— are they televised?
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They are not, but, uh, the chairman had talked about potentially getting them televised.
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I think that would be helpful for everybody if that could be included.
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I thought, I thought that was the intent moving forward.
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Yeah, but I haven't gotten confirmation on that.
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Okay, thank you.
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Okay, you all set, sir?
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I'll tell you that the town is still, uh, the neighbors are still committed to getting this changed.
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So like I said, I don't want to waste a lot of time.
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Let's get it so this project goes through but without active recreation on Elm.
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Okay, thank you very much.
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Thank you.
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Have a good holiday— holidays.
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We won't be back till after.
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See you next year.
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Anybody else on the commit— oh yeah, the committee.
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Yeah, right.
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The community have anything they'd like to say?
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Okay, moving on.
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General business, public hearing.
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Consider the request for new wine and malt on-premises hotel liquor license for 928 Fall River Avenue LLC, doing business as Town Place Suites Seekonk, to be located at 928 Fall River Avenue, Seekonk, Mass.
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Angela Melanson, manager.
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Hello there.
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Good evening.
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I think I've seen you before.
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Yes.
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And who are you, sir?
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For the record, Mike Levinson.
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I'm an attorney Brinsky-Levington LLC with offices here in Seekonk, Massachusetts.
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I'm the legal representative of 928 Fall River Avenue LLC, who's the applicant.
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With me tonight is Angela Melanson, who's the proposed manager of Rockford.
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Okay, good.
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Stop.
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Yeah.
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Take a motion to open the public hearing at 6:17 PM.
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So moved.
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Second.
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All in favor?
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Aye.
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Any opposed?
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Seeing none, unanimous.
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We are now open.
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And now keep going.
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Okay, thank you.
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So, uh, as you can see in the application before you, this is for a Section 12 on-premises malt and wine, uh, liquor license.
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Uh, this is very similar to what, um, the, the same ownership family has the Hampton Inn in town.
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They already have one very similar.
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Um, they're applying for now for the new Town Place Suites, which is getting built.
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Um, they're targeting, you know, early next year opening.
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As you can see, it's progressing pretty nicely.
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We're trying to line up this liquor license.
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It's going to be for consumption in the rooms, in like the lobby area, and there's a small like little patio area outside that they're looking to have approval for.
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Ms. Melanson, who's going to be the manager of record, she's got experience in hospitality.
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She's TIP certified.
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She plans on being there in excess of 45 hours a week.
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To make sure, you know, it's administered correctly.
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Um, one other issue with this, there's also a pledge as well.
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If you notice in the paperwork, Bristol County Savings Bank has provided financing for this project.
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As part of their collateral for the loan, they're also taking a pledge of both the license and the inventory, which is pretty standard, but we disclose it to you as well.
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You'll see the pledge documents.
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Okay, and anybody that works with that liquor is going to be TIP certified, correct?
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And you don't want a life working for 45 hours a week, is that it?
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Okay, uh, this is a public hearing.
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Anybody in favor of the liquor license that wishes to speak want to come forward?
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Anybody who wants to speak against this liquor license?
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Would they like to come forward?
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I'm staring at you just like you're staring at me.
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Okay, seeing none, I'll take a motion at 6:20 to close the public hearing.
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So moved.
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Second.
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I got a motion and a second.
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All those in favor?
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Aye.
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Any opposed?
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Seeing none, that is unanimous.
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Now, do you have anything for this one, Chris?
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No, no.
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Nope.
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Okay, and I will take a motion for a new wine and malt on-premises hotel liquor license for 928 Fall River Avenue LLC, doing business as Town Place Suites Seekonk, to be located at 928 Fall River Avenue, Seekonk, Mass.
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Angela Melanson, manager.
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So moved.
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Second.
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With a pledge to Bristol County Savings Bank.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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With a pledge to Bristol County Savings Bank.
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I am sorry.
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Motion, Gary?
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Okay, Michael, second.
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Any questions?
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Seeing none.
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All in favor?
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Aye.
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Any opposed?
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Seeing none.
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Unanimous.
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Thank you.
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Good luck.
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You too.
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Okay, license hearing.
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Consider the request for a common victualler license for TruVine Nutritional Shakes, 140 Taunton Avenue.
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Milagros, I believe it might be 140 Central Avenue.
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It might be.
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I think the COVID sheet— oh, I see.
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Okay, I think it is Central Avenue.
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Milagros Ramirez, to be the manager, are you here?
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Yes, I am.
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It's 140 Central Avenue, not Taunton Avenue?
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Central Avenue.
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Okay, that's all right.
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It's a license hearing.
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I can make a mistake until the motion, so Central Island.
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Okay.
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And you, uh, Milagros Ramos?
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Okay.
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Oh, that's not what I want.
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Did I lose it?
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Oh no, it's right here.
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Okay, okay.
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So this is a license hearing.
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Anybody have any questions?
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It's all good here.
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Everybody good with this?
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Smoothie Shop Cafe.
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Where is— which one?
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What building's 140 Central Avenue?
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It's to the right.
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Oh, to the right.
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It used to be a nutritional shake place before they moved out, and you're moving in, correct?
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Yeah.
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Oh, okay.
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Next to the Good Seed, right?
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Okay, take a walk over, get a nice shake.
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Used to be a tax place a long time ago, right?
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H&R Block.
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Yep, H&R Block.
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Yes.
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Yeah.
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Okay, um, the other manager.
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Okay, do I get a motion here?
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Somebody approve?
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Second.
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Okay, I got a motion and a second.
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Uh, any questions from anyone?
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Seeing none, all those in favor?
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Aye.
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Any opposed?
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Seeing none, passes unanimously.
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Good luck to you.
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Thank you.
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Discussion of Amerisco's preliminary, preliminary energy audit report, which is 150 million pages long.
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47.
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49.
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Well, you guessed wrong.
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Thank you, Madam Chair.
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So as the board's aware— we need to know who he is.
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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Roland, you want to introduce yourself?
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Good evening.
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Roland Butzke.
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I'm a senior account executive, project executive with Ameresco.
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We're based out of Framingham, headquartered out of Framingham, Massachusetts.
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We are a national and global energy sustainability decarbonization firm.
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Thank you.
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So, Roland had presented the assessment, the preliminary energy audit report at the Quad Board meeting.
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So, we had tabled it at that point so that the Board members had an opportunity to review the audit.
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So, Roland is back to discuss it.
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And then if there are no questions with regard to the preliminary energy audit, then I would just need the authorization to move forward so we could do an RFQ.
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To go out to bid for energy management service agreement.
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So it would be an ESCO company, essentially.
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Ameresco could bid if they choose to bid.
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They would come in and then help assist us with the energy audit and doing a more deep dive.
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And Roland can talk a little bit more into that.
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But the deep dive will be into specific projects that are available and also additional funding that could come from the various projects.
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And as well as the financial audit in terms of buyback programs and financing that could go in.
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So the board would have the opportunity at that point to make a determination as to which projects you want to move forward with and then identify, again, as I mentioned, the funding source so that we can go to town meeting for the appropriate funding.
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We don't have funding now for— no, we don't.
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No.
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So is there anything else you want to— you covered it, Sean.
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That was fantastic.
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Fantastic job.
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You didn't even have to come.
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Happy to answer any questions.
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They may want to hear how you net zero though at your house.
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So I— yes.
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Okay.
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So I, I've been in the business for better than a couple decades.
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We'll leave it there.
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I do live, born and raised in Mass., and I do have a net zero home.
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So I do take my work home with me.
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It is good for the operating budget for the home.
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So that's, you know, nice for the family finances.
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And it's also obviously nice for the environment.
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So, and it's the same thing we bring to our clients.
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So you've done all the town buildings, the schools, which are town buildings, but you have the administration building here.
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That is the one we just tore down, right?
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Is that what you're referring to?
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Are you referring to the part that's connected to the middle school?
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We, we, the, the, we looked at this facility here, um, on that.
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Let me just double-check the report.
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It's under the schools.
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Oh, so, and it has administration building, but that's— is that the section of the middle school that's administration now?
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Correct.
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Okay, correct.
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Okay, excluding School Street.
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All right, so you separated the Hurley Middle School and the administrative part of the building?
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I believe so.
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Because of their metered— okay, okay.
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So you did all the town facilities: animal shelter, Vienna Fire Station, Public Safety, Human Services, library, which is going to be repaired, Public Works, Public Works bond, and the town hall.
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Just so people know that.
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Right.
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You looked at all the buildings.
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And if I may, I did want to clarify, this is— it is what is called a comprehensive building assessment or a preliminary assessment.
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It's a first-pass understanding based upon a day walkthrough.
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There's cooperation— we appreciate the cooperation from the schools and town employees to be able to do that, of course.
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Oh yeah.
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Putting, you know, being able to tour a facility, see where the infrastructure is, We walked through with a couple engineers and myself and obviously some, some of the town and school employees.
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Got some living history, we got some data from utility information, etc., so we were able to build that report that you see there.
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Yeah, and it is, you know, as Sean pointed out, an initial conceptual document, right?
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In order to get into more detail, you would bring a firm on board to be able to dig in in more depth.
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Through an investment-grade audit.
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Why didn't you visit the Banna Fire Station?
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It says did not visit.
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It may have been time, it may have been access.
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Page 6.
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That's because they were looking for, uh, the facility control system, so like thermostats and stuff like that.
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Other than that, they went down that I can see.
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So they just didn't locate a thermostat in the home.
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Well, that's kind of bizarre, isn't it?
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What type of heat they have, that's what that report shows.
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Thank you.
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This one, they didn't, they didn't visit it at all.
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Yeah, that's not applicable because it's connected to her.
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Okay, next question.
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What's a VFD?
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Who's going to answer that first?
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Oh, please do.
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But did not visit, yeah, it was either we didn't have access to it or it was determined based upon the time we had that it would be something that would be investigated during investment-grade audit and not highlighted in this report.
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Okay.
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I apologize, I don't have a more specific answer.
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Okay.
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What's EFD?
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A VFD is a variable frequency drive.
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I will provide the board and anyone who wants it with a list of acronyms in our industry.
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It is 47 pages long.
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So— The acronyms?
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The acronyms.
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Just the acronyms.
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Variable frequency drive is used on a motor, which would be on a pump or a fan system to move air, to modulate that air movement or water movement based upon the need rather than just have it be constant power.
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So it's a very good energy savings, energy management.
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It's usually tied into some type of energy management system.
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So why would some place— buildings have it and not others?
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Typically what happens is, depending on the age of that equipment when it was installed, you know, if you go back 20 years, equipment was installed without VFDs traditionally.
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And then we started— VFDs became more economically viable and they were supported also by incentives from the utilities.
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So we used them more frequently.
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So if we were upgrading a piece of equipment, so whether it was the original installation and we came in under a utility program, somebody came in under a utility utility program and/or the town elected to do that when they did an upgrade to it, that's when that would be done.
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They would upgrade to VFD.
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So you may have equipment that hasn't been upgraded in, in, you know, some time, in a while, right?
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And by the way, very impressed with the work that the school and town employees were doing with the infrastructure that you do have.
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There are some challenges, we highlighted them, but an amazing job being done in terms of using what you have to to its fullest intent.
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Can you say that again?
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We usually get criticized for that.
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That said, there is some help needed.
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So that's— we know that, age of the buildings.
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Yes.
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Do we have a kind of a summary or something here?
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I don't care about other people, go away.
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In terms of the opport— highlighting the overall opportunity itself and the potential measures on that I believe that's on— and this is conceptual.
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So one of the things I always caution is when we do look at the summary in the preliminary assessment— actually, I don't think we put the summary in here.
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Thanks.
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All these pages and that's the one you miss?
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We didn't miss it.
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We, from a conceptual standpoint, point.
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The, the issue was that some of the roof replacements and some of the capital costs that will go into this might be sticker shock.
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According to that, it would be appropriate to have the conversation based upon an investment-grade audit to look at the incentives, etc.
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I will be happy to provide— I know we talked about it, and I apologize, I should have followed up with that, Sean, because I know we did talk about it at the, at the review.
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We do have estimated numbers available for that.
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We were looking at about $8 or $9 million worth of work, if I remember correctly, at the time.
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Um, but again, some of those things, there's only a certain amount of savings available.
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You can only squeeze so much juice out of the lemon.
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So, um, having— with the good work that's been done already in the town, we would want to look at state incentives, federal incentives, utility incentives, things of that nature to help buy down those costs, and then look at generation as also as an option.
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So there are a few sites that where solar PV may be available, and there are different programs associated with that, and that would obviously improve the operating cost, reduce the cost of electricity, make that investment and buy those systems down.
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So we also wanted to overlay that with some of the capital needs.
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So we looked at— so photovoltaic systems you'll see highlighted in here with helioscopes at some of the schools.
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The opportunity is the the roof needs replacement, that's capital cost.
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At that time, we could put solar on the roof so we could combine both of those into one project, replace the roof and put the PV on there, include it in one project.
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Therefore, we reduce the need for the capital to replace that roof, extend the life of the building, and get that return on that reduction in electrical costs and electrical demand.
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I will provide that information as a follow-up to Shawn.
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With the estimates.
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I do want to caution they are very high level.
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So at this point in time, we can't take that to the bank by any stretch of the imagination.
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We do have to follow up the engineering, et cetera, to be able to get more detail.
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Also, that estimate would be a very broad brush.
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If we did go forward, if you did select Enesco, they did come in and do the work, they can develop concepts for different aspects of the work.
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We've done work with a number of municipalities throughout Massachusetts and the country where we do a phase 1.
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We come in, we do some work, we build some trust within the context of the process, and then given timing, whether it's capital financing, energy savings that's available, incentives that are available— we know the federal incentives, right, and the changes that are going on there— so do a phased approach is something that we've done with a lot of communities.
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Do some work and then have an idea about what else is on the table and then do additional phases of work as that work becomes more viable either economically or technically.
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There's a lot of different factors, but we can discuss that through a process of development with the investment grade audit, whether it's Ameresco or another ESCO, they'll guide you through that process.
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Does that make sense?
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In this paperwork report, it seems like the only location for ground mounts would be at the landfill.
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Did you find any other locations, like with carports or anything like that?
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There's definitely opportunity for carport.
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We didn't get into detail with helioscopes here.
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There was a lot of conversations about, you know, how land would be used.
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So that would be part of the study, is to get into more depth and say, you know, even some of the helioscopes that we put in there, those concepts could be expanded as well.
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Things like geothermal weren't explored in this report because obviously that takes test wells and things like that, and those are very viable options that are supported.
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The technology is viable, but again, has to be for the specific application.
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So, Shannon, short answer to your question is we did look at them, but we didn't include them in this report because we need to dig into them more and make sure— some communities like the idea, other communities don't like the idea, some like it at certain locations, not others.
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So we I think it's an important conversation to have to make sure we understand where that is before we all chase our tail, so to speak.
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Definitely an option.
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We had talked about public safety, schools.
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One of the conversations that we had was that the carports are a little bit more expensive than the— compared to the solar on the roofs.
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But then we also had a conversation that you could potentially do both, right, if that's the direction we want to go in, carports and roof-mounted to get double bang.
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So those are the conversations we did have.
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Is this ground mount behind the town hall?
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Where is this ground mount?
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Landfill.
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That's where they— Is that the landfill or— Yeah, that's the project that was intended like 5 years ago and was put off because of the DPW building design.
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Right.
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Okay.
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And that specific site, when you do see in there, I think the narrative in there does talk about that that is conceptual and they're actually looks like there could be a bigger footprint, but we did want to do some exploration on that to make sure from an environmental impact standpoint, from a viability standpoint, that we would look at that.
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But that does seem like it even has more available than what we indicated on there as well.
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So what size of a ground mount solar do you think is worth putting in as far as any building goes?
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Because I've heard people talk about putting ground mount solar behind the town hall because we have— that we have land back there.
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I'm not sure how much of— how much of it is— it's that way, you know.
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Yeah, I wasn't talking about that way.
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I was talking about that way, accessible for ground mounts.
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But so detail, right?
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It's always about the details.
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So is the land available Is there any intent or need to use it now or in the near future, right?
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Let's say, because an investment in that type of system would be a, you know, a 20-year investment in terms of that system.
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Ground mount makes sense in some locations, but if that land should or would be used in the next 20 years for something else that might make more sense for the community, right, then you wouldn't consider it.
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But again, if that land's available, it's not being used, and it's not going to be considered, then absolutely.
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Especially at short distance to metering and infrastructure that would support that.
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So you could use that for, for the municipal complex here and provide power to that for both buildings.
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That would be, that would be fantastic.
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The other factor is the tree lines and the building lines and where the sun, you know, its exposure to sun.
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So a system that faces south is the best on that, and you do have, you know, you do have a tree line and some building lines.
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So it would depend on how big a system, what's the shading area.
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We do live in the Northeast, so as you know, right now the sun comes up very low over the tree line.
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So it's the, you know, the productivity of that system, which we can do fairly easily.
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So look at the footprint, look at the orientation of that, and say, okay, this is viable or not.
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So happy to explore it further.
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Again, any, any good ESCO would do that as part of an investment-grade audit.
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Okay, and you have a spot here that has the Public Works.
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Public Works, the building they have now has solar on the roof, but I was told whenever that it does not work.
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That is correct.
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So we do believe that that system could be refreshed.
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We did have those conversations.
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It would take some digging into.
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There was an issue with the inverter.
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Early systems, early PV systems, that was the component that failed the most frequently, for lack of a better way to put it.
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I have had a system— knock on wood, I'm gonna go home— but it's been over a decade and I haven't had a problem with my inverter.
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So, you know, at the time it was one of those pieces that survived or didn't.
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In this particular case, we believe it was the inverter.
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The money wasn't invested to replace the inverter for a lot of different reasons and different factors, but we do believe that there's an opportunity to replace the inverter and refresh that system.
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I do know there's been some discussions also about what that site's going to be and what it's going to be used for, etc.
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So is it worth doing that if the site's going to be physically changed?
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With that said, could we move those panels somewhere else and use them there and replace that inverter?
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So there's a lot of options there.
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So the panels are still good, it's just what the operation— the, like you said, the inverter.
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As far as we know, those panels are still functional.
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We would test them obviously to make sure because they've got to be pretty old, right?
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But I don't know how old.
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And this is 12 years.
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Yeah.
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And a panel of that age has a life, life expectancy of 25 years.
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So again, we do some more homework into it.
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A good panel from that age would be 90 to 95% efficient at end of life.
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So it still has a lot of potentially— again, we would dig into those panels.
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Who manufactured them, what their condition is, etc., and then we would make the recommendation if it was worth that investment or not.
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Anybody else have any questions?
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Okay, what do you want from us?
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Anything?
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Oh, we're just going to do this discussion.
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Yeah, so if you're good with rolling and then I just need the okay to move forward with an RFQ.
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Are we good with rolling?
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That means we kind of believe whatever you said here.
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So moved on the RFQ.
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Second.
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There's another acronym you're aware of, right?
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Okay, got a motion and a second.
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Any other questions?
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All in favor?
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Any opposed?
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Seeing none, unanimous.
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Thank you, Roland.
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Thank you, Roland.
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Thank you, Otis.
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You too.
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Discussion with Macaw Country Club regarding amusement facility renewal.
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Somebody here representing— oh, come right up here, sir.
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Let's see what we got here.
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Hello, good evening to the board.
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Good evening, sir.
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What is your name?
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My name is Murilo Silva.
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Your first name again?
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Murilo.
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It's a little tough in English.
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It's M-U-R-I-L-O.
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Oh.
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Typically a son comes.
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That's all right.
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Last name is easier.
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Yes.
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Yeah.
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I can do that one.
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42:21
I'm trying to look for my paperwork that I have.
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42:24
I don't have— okay, so you are— we're here to talk about, um, regarding your amusement facility renewal.
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42:37
Amusement— did I say that right?
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42:38
No.
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Yeah, okay.
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42:41
And the reason that is, sir, is because— and I hope you're aware— that we have had a lot of complaints about the music at McCulloch on level?
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Yes, I do.
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42:52
Okay, um, and we are aware that according to the laws in Massachusetts that govern SEACONC, that your decibel level in certain places is below the legal limit.
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43:13
Um, but that being said, And there is still a lot of issues with your— with the noise coming from the Coral Country Club.
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43:23
And this is just complaints that I received from the police department about, about you specifically.
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43:31
And I know myself personally, I've gone there twice and asked to have the music turned down.
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43:39
So, um, You need to do something because you're really disturbing the neighbors, and we just can't have that.
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43:52
We want you to thrive.
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43:54
We want you to have, you know, a lot of business over there, but we can't have the police department chasing down all these noise complaints.
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It's my turn?
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Sure, go ahead.
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Yeah.
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The town of Seekonk, by law, established the decibel levels, the sound level that we can have there.
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So at the lot limit, we're going to be 65 decibels.
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44:24
So the guy that takes care of our music there, he is also a firefighter in Swansea.
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44:33
And he's very, you know, abide the law.
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Law.
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44:35
So he has his equipment to measure the sound level, and every time the, the police officers went there and, uh, they, they measure too, because the police department has, uh, like a device.
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44:50
Yeah, yeah, a device to, to read the sound level.
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44:53
So we are trying to abide the law, but we did, uh, we are like, it's a newer business.
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44:59
We are trying to come up with, uh, like, uh, adapting our business model to Thrive because we rent out for 2 parties to third parties and we can't control the noise.
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We thought we, we were able to, but we didn't.
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45:19
So it came a little bit out of hand.
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45:23
We have a police detail there, but even that, you know, at some point we have to cut the party because people, they don't understand, you know.
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45:31
And was not— but of course is on us.
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45:35
But we have to pay almost $33,000 in tax for a year, so we have to have revenue.
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45:44
And, uh, we need to, but we don't have— we are a couple weeks to inaugurate the inside halls So that way you're going to be able to not make too noisy outside.
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So if it's something noisy, we're going to do inside because we can, you know, restrain the sound.
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46:06
And if you want to do a big party outside, you're going to put a permit or, you know, consult the town before we do anything that is higher than the limit.
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We try different things.
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We have like a small stage.
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Facing the street.
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We make another stage on the other side to put the sound to the other side.
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46:26
We try to keep inside the decibel levels, and we did.
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Like, uh, we are complaining— I, a lot of people that were there, I told them, please, just, you know, uh, it's just a couple hours on Saturday, just a couple hours on Sunday.
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And people that are, you know, neighbors from the racetrack.
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46:47
You know, it's a lot of noise to the racetrack, and, uh, it's difficult because it's a couple times, it's not every day or something like that.
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But I'm pretty sure next, uh, summer we're gonna be way low than, than it was because I don't want that too.
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I'm a grandpa, I have 3 kids, 3 grandsons.
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I want them to go there and have fun, not You know, but when you have a crowd, it's sometimes difficult to control everything.
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I unplugged myself the sound on that day that was very noisy.
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And I went there and said, guys, you don't listen to me.
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I have a contract with you.
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You can't go that high.
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And you are not— so I finished the party.
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They almost killed me, but that's okay.
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47:34
Yeah, it's difficult, you know, but I'm aware of the business.
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47:38
Business is not like, uh, the place was abandoned for about 8 years, so no noise came from an abandoned building, but no fun also come from an abandoned building.
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47:50
We work with all the town departments, everybody supporting us— building department, health department— they— we are working together.
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47:57
Conservation, every request we follow up.
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We are now dealing with the fire department to get everything like the way it should be.
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So, and, uh, we're trying to do our best, you know, to— but on the other hand, we have to have revenue.
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It's like, uh, and I'm not aware, uh, when you— that book of complaints, I, I'm aware about 3 or 4 because we talked to the, the chief of— the police chief, and, uh, but never the town call me or said to me that we have complaints.
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Well, it's a police department that comes in because they have complaints.
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They're not gonna call us.
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Okay, they're not gonna call— well, I can't say they're not gonna call us because they do, um, but it's the police department that goes over there to investigate it.
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And most recently, just on December 17th, the neighbors were— December?
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Yes, December.
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Yes, the 17th.
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What's today?
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The 17th.
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Today's the 17th.
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Hold on.
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Okay, I'll take that back.
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49:00
That was June.
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Never mind, I was looking at the wrong date.
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Yeah, because we are closed.
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So yeah, no, that's what— yeah, I'm looking at the date this has been printed.
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So the last one I have here is from the middle of August, and basically it's the area residents complaining about the noise from the country club.
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And it all— and I've been in that area, not Um, not on your property or the property near you, but a little ways away where we— you can hear, hear the, um, hear and feel the, the noise.
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And the issue is these— this is usually Saturday night, right, when you have the people there with the music and everything?
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No, we We, we closed the club at 8 PM.
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Our operation hours were between, uh, 10 AM to 8 PM.
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49:57
So during the daytime, most of the complaints come in when they have people by the pool or whatever they're doing.
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Nothing, no complaints at night.
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Yeah, we have to hire some like local people, and one of the lifeguards that we hire, his parents live live like very close.
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And he said when he is not working, he, he feels the noise.
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But I said my family is okay.
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And I said, but it's too low.
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And he said, yeah, but when you did the parties, they were very high.
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And it was not on us, it was like a third party.
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50:31
They didn't respect the contract.
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50:33
The detail police officer that were there, he, he said, yeah, it's, uh, they came and they measured a little higher around 70 and the limit is 65.
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50:44
What I said to the, the few neighbors that I get a chance to, to speak, I said to them, let's change the bylaws of the town.
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50:52
If we— the town drop the decibels like for 260 or 55, we're going to comply with that.
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50:57
You understand what I mean?
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So it's, uh, we are inside the, the limit.
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So people will complain no matter what you do.
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51:05
People some people complain.
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51:09
Yes, we know, we know some people complain about stuff, but these are the people that we answer to.
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51:15
These are the people that are living around your country club.
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51:19
Yes, but you know, and they have a right on weekends too to have at least have it within decibel range.
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51:27
And you're right, because we could go and lower unless there's some kind of law that prevents it, that we could lower the decibel level.
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Yeah.
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51:37
Also, when you have other people renting your property, you're still responsible.
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Yes.
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51:42
You're still responsible for those people.
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51:44
Yes, I know, I know.
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51:46
And you have neighbors.
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You don't want to anger the neighbors.
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51:48
No.
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And I want to be a good neighbor.
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51:50
I don't want to, you know, to everybody receive complaints.
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51:53
It's bad for everybody.
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51:55
But it's like, uh, gonna have crowd there.
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52:00
Crowds there.
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52:01
But most of the, the things that we are aiming is a bar, restaurant, and event halls.
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So we're not going to be that noisy, you know.
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You understand what I mean?
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If we're gonna have a special concert or something like that, we're gonna put a special permit to ask permission before we do, right?
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Madam Chair, go ahead.
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52:21
I'm not familiar with the bylaw on the decibels.
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He said it was 60 65, yeah.
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52:28
Where on the property is it going to be 65?
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52:30
You got to measure it from the abutting property, I believe.
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52:34
Lot limit.
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52:35
Yeah, you got to go to the next lot.
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The next, yeah.
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So whoever the abutter is, that's where you would do it.
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52:41
Okay.
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52:41
The other way around.
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52:42
And this is Brook Hill.
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52:43
Most of the people that complain, it looks like they're from Brook Hill Drive, which is behind your place.
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52:54
Yeah, because we changed the stage to do not bother the guys that are in front, then we bother the people that are in the back.
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It's— but this next summer we're gonna be way low because we're gonna just like, uh, we're gonna be low because everything you're gonna do, we're gonna be inside.
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Well, you can't say that because you have a pool outside, so yeah, the pool is not noisy because we have like the AquaZoom Zumba, and people, we have like 30 people inside the water doing the Zumba.
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And we put like music, music have to be a little high, but inside the limit again, you know.
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And some live music.
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53:34
And when you do live music, they sing, you know, a little higher than the, like when it's a mechanic, just mechanic sound.
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So there'll be no splashing, because that may— no splashing.
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53:51
Okay, anyone else have anything?
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W, you all set?
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53:58
If you're going to say anything, honey, you're going to have to come up here.
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Sorry, do I have to move?
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No, stay right there.
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The only question we have is, um, you know the World Cup coming in the summer.
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It's popular, especially I think in Brazil, it's very popular.
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Are you planning on having any events or hosting any type of watch parties there?
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Is that— from what we gather, that's a different— can be a different crowd than we're used to and can very rapidly get very big.
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Yeah, but the occupancy will not allow us to have more than 400 or 500 people there.
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Do you have any— you're going inside?
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Do you have any plans to do some things?
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But inside?
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Yeah, inside, not outside.
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Okay.
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54:47
Um, I would just maybe ask that we have further discussions about this at least at some point, just— okay, get more details on what your plans and— and yeah, I always consult in advance.
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Okay.
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54:58
Yeah, we schedule a New Year's Eve party and And I ask in advance for the fire department.
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Yeah, but just all the briefings we've been getting from MEMA and other agencies is that, um, the World Cup is a different animal than we used to deal with.
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Even compared to the Super Bowl, it's much bigger.
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Yeah, so we just want— we'll have that discussion in future, but we just wanted to see if you had any— No, it's good to be aware now.
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Yeah, but there's more passion.
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Yeah.
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Is everybody good?
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Yep.
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Everybody good?
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55:36
Okay, thank you, sir.
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Is it— it's in here, right?
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It is.
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It should be in here.
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It is on the front page.
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Yep.
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Okay, sir, we had that discussion.
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We have you in line here.
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We got to do a lot together.
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55:52
Okay, so you can wait if you want, but Thank you very much for coming in and have the— having this discussion with us.
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All right, thank you.
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56:00
Okay, so next is 2026 license renewal hearings.
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First category, amusement facilities, place of public amusement and entertainment.
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American Legion, uh, 351 Forward Avenue.
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56:16
Black Spot doing business as Monster Mini Golf, 140 Tont Avenue.
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56:20
Blazing Wings Incorporated, doing business as Buffalo Wild Wings, 120 Highland Avenue.
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56:27
Four Echoes Stone Coast Community Church, doing business as Four Echoes at Gristmill Pond, 384 River Avenue.
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56:34
Just before you go through, can we, can we go off the, uh, the new sheet?
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56:39
This isn't the new sheet.
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56:40
No, this one.
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56:41
So here, are you gonna start all over again?
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I just want to make sure we're not getting the ones that need Approval contended.
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56:49
You know, we need to conserve trees.
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56:52
All right, let's— we'll erase all that and we'll start again.
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2026 license renewal hearings.
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First, we have amusement facilities, place of public amusement entertainment.
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American Legion Post 311, 351 Fore River Avenue, Black Spot, doing business as Monster Mini Golf.
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57:12
140 Taunton Avenue.
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57:14
Blazing Wings Incorporated, doing business as Buffalo Wild Wings, 120 Highland Avenue.
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57:19
Four Echoes Stone Coast Community Church, doing business as Four Echoes at Gristmill Pond, 380 Fall River Avenue.
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57:25
Fun City Trampoline, 1275 Fall River Avenue.
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57:29
McCaw Country Club, 350 Fall River Avenue.
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57:31
Osamequin Farm, 80 Walnut Street.
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57:34
Plaza Mexico, 821 Fall River Avenue.
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57:36
Seacock Lodging LLC, doing as Ramada Inn, 213 Taunton Avenue.
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57:41
The Brick Oven Brewery, Attleboro Incorporated, doing business as Black Goose Tavern, 540 Central Avenue.
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57:47
Teamworks, 1314 Fall River Avenue.
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57:54
Motion?
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57:55
Sorry.
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57:55
Second.
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57:57
Okay, any questions on anything?
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57:58
Seeing none, all in favor?
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58:01
Aye.
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58:01
Any opposed?
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58:03
Seeing none, unanimous.
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58:05
Annual mobile food cart license, Sam's New York System, 1782 Fall River Avenue.
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58:10
Red's Kitchen, 1314 Fall River Avenue.
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58:18
So moved.
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58:18
Second.
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58:20
Thank you.
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58:20
Any questions?
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58:23
Seeing none.
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58:24
All in favor?
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58:25
Any opposed?
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58:26
Seeing none, that renewal is unanimous.
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58:31
Common Victrola license.
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58:34
Best Western Hotel, 45 Mink Street.
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58:36
Chick-fil-A, 1100 Fore River Avenue.
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58:39
Chipotle, 35 Highland Avenue.
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58:41
Eats Restaurant, 1395 Fore River Avenue.
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58:44
Gathering Grounds, 380 Fore River Avenue.
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58:46
Hamilton Diner, 1641 Fore River Avenue.
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58:49
Jersey Mike's Subs, 20 Commerce Way.
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58:51
Crazy Corner Bagel and Deli, 23 Circle Drive.
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58:54
Lemon and Oil Deli, 73 Mink Street, unit number 8.
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58:58
Mary's Motor Lodge, 1159 Fall River Avenue.
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59:01
McDonald's, 250 Highland Avenue.
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59:03
Micheletti's Restaurant, 1053 Newman Avenue.
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59:06
Orange Leaf, 1080 Fall River Avenue.
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59:08
Panera Bread, 211 Highland Avenue.
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59:12
Pokimoto, 7 Commerce Way.
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59:15
Provolone's Italian Kitchen, 717 Fall River Avenue.
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59:18
Quality Inn, 341 Highland Avenue.
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59:21
Seacock Nutrition 757 Fall River Avenue.
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59:24
Starbucks Coffee, number 7692, 2 Commerce Way.
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59:28
Taco Bell, 11 Commerce Way.
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59:30
Triple S Barbecue, 72 Main Street.
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59:34
Any questions?
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59:37
Seeing none.
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59:38
All in favor?
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59:39
Any opposed?
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59:40
Seeing none.
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59:41
Unanimous.
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59:42
Class 1 motor vehicle licenses.
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59:44
Consolidated Truck and Equipment Incorporated, 1757 Fall River Avenue.
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59:49
Greco Acura, 16 Highland Avenue.
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59:52
New England Golf Course, 62 Industrial Way.
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59:55
Blackstone Subaru Incorporated, doing business as Pride Hyundai of Seekonk, 11 Taunton Avenue.
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1:00:01
So moved.
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Second.
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Any, um, Pam, that's fine.
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Excuse me.
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Anybody?
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Uh, yeah.
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Any questions?
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1:00:12
Seeing none.
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1:00:13
All in favor?
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Aye.
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Any opposed?
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Seeing none.
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1:00:16
Unanimous Class 2 motor vehicle licenses.
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A&N Auto Body Incorporated, doing business as Seaconch Auto Body, 32 Industrial Court.
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All Mobile Towing, 102B Pond Street.
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First Auto Group LLC, 10 Highland Avenue.
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1:00:31
Champion Motorsports, 49 Mink Street.
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Consolidated Trucking and Equipment, 1727 Fall River Avenue.
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Continental Auto, 265 Taunton Avenue.
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First Stop Auto, 1143 Fall River Avenue.
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Gas on the Run, 1075 Newman Avenue.
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1:00:46
International Global Trading, 1165 to 1185 Fore River Avenue.
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1:00:53
John Zocco, 166 Central Avenue.
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1:00:56
MassRI, 87 Taunton Avenue.
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Modern Equipment, 45E Woodland Avenue.
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Ocean State Towing and Recovery, 1849 Fore River Avenue.
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Reliable Motors, 550 Central Avenue.
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Seekonk Auto Center, 1810 Fore River Avenue.
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G Squared Service Incorporated, doing business as Steve's Service and Car Sales, 1045 Fall River Avenue.
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Trustworthy Auto LLC, 246 Pine Street.
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So moved.
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Second.
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I got a motion and a second.
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Do I have any questions?
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Seeing none.
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All in favor?
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Aye.
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Any opposed?
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Seeing none.
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Unanimous.
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Class 2 motor vehicle license— no, Class 3 motor vehicle licenses.
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A&N Auto Body Incorporated, doing Misses Seacock Auto Body, 32 Industrial Court.
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Modern Equipment, 45E Woodland Avenue.
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New England Collision Incorporated, 4504 River Avenue.
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So moved.
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Second.
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Any questions?
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Seeing none, all in favor?
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Aye.
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Any opposed?
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Seeing none, unanimous.
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Antiques and Secondhand Licenses, Amanda Orifice doing business as Amanda Lynn's Antiques, 640 Fore River Avenue.
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Four Echoes Stone Coast Community Church, doing business as Four Echoes at the Gristmill Pond, 384 River Avenue.
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Leonard's Antiques, 600 Taunton Avenue.
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ANC Ventures, doing business as Paymore, 1200 Fore River Avenue, Unit 5.
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So moved.
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Second.
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1:02:29
Any questions?
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1:02:31
Seeing none, all in favor?
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1:02:32
Aye.
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1:02:33
Any opposed?
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1:02:34
Seeing none, unanimous.
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1:02:35
Amusement machine license.
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1:02:37
American Legion Incorporated, Post 311, 351 Fore River Avenue.
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1:02:41
Black Spot LLC, doing business as Monster Mini Golf, 140 Taunton Avenue.
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1:02:47
Blazin' Wings Incorporated, doing business as Buffalo Wild Wings, 120 Highland Ave. Fun City Trampoline, 1275 Fore River Avenue.
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1:02:55
So moved.
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1:02:56
Second.
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1:02:58
Motion and a second.
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Uh, any questions?
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1:03:01
Seeing none.
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1:03:02
All in favor?
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1:03:03
Aye.
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1:03:03
Any opposed?
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1:03:05
Seeing no one.
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1:03:05
Unanimous.
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1:03:06
All liquor club licenses, Ledgemont Country Club Incorporated, 131 Brown Avenue.
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1:03:12
So moved.
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1:03:13
Second.
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1:03:16
Any questions?
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1:03:18
Seeing none.
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1:03:19
All in favor?
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1:03:20
Aye.
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1:03:20
Any opposed?
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1:03:21
Seeing none.
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1:03:22
Unanimous.
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1:03:23
All liquor licenses.
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1:03:25
Apple New England LLC, doing business as Applebee's, 105 Highland Avenue.
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1:03:32
Oh man, I thought I was almost done.
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Hold on, I gotta hold this.
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1:03:36
Blaze and Wings Incorporated, doing business as Buffalo Wild Wings, 120 Highland Avenue.
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1:03:41
Hampton Inn, 1030 Fore River Avenue.
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1:03:43
Rare Hospitality Incorporated, doing business as Longhorn Steakhouse, number 551880 Highland Avenue.
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1:03:50
Casey's Burger Bar, doing business as Mac's Original Pizza Pub, 1379 Fall River Avenue.
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1:03:57
McCaw Country Club Incorporated, 354 Fall River Avenue.
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1:04:01
Mediterranean Grill and Pizzeria, Pizzeria of Seekonk, 547 Central Avenue.
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1:04:08
Misu Asian Bistro, 1165 Fall River Avenue.
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1:04:12
MP Milling Company, doing business as Old Gristmill Tavern.
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1:04:16
390 Fall River Avenue.
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1:04:17
Plaza Mexico, 821 Fall River Avenue.
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1:04:20
Smart Stop Liquors, 419 Taunton Avenue.
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1:04:25
Costama, doing business as Totie's, 373 Taunton Avenue.
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1:04:29
So moved.
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1:04:30
Second.
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1:04:31
Any questions?
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1:04:33
Seeing none.
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1:04:34
All in favor?
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1:04:34
Aye.
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1:04:35
Any opposed?
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1:04:36
Seeing no.
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1:04:37
None.
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1:04:38
Unanimous.
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1:04:38
Veterans Club licenses.
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1:04:40
The American Legion of Seekonk Incorporated, number 311351 Fall River Avenue.
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1:04:46
So moved.
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1:04:46
Second.
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1:04:50
Any questions?
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1:04:51
Seeing none, all in favor?
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1:04:53
Aye.
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1:04:53
Any opposed?
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1:04:54
Seeing no one, unanimous.
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1:04:56
Wine and Malt, A&R Entertainment, doing business as Smash and Splash, 1275 Fall River Avenue.
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1:05:03
Bristol County Stadium, doing business as Seekonk Speedway, 1782 Four River Avenue.
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1:05:11
MNA Food Services Incorporated, doing business as Baker's Corners Pizza, 1511 Newman Avenue.
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1:05:18
Brothers Seafood Restaurant, 6 Only Street.
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1:05:21
So moved.
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1:05:21
Second.
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1:05:23
Any questions?
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1:05:25
Seeing none, all those in favor?
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1:05:27
Aye.
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1:05:28
Any opposed?
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1:05:28
Seeing none, unanimous.
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1:05:31
All Liquor Package Store, Johan Spirits doing business as Wins Liquors Incorporated, 21 Brook Street.
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1:05:39
Moller Nato Incorporated, doing business as Landry Liquors, 134 Central Avenue.
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1:05:44
Arugio Liquors Limited, doing business as Regency Liquors, 301 Totten Avenue.
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1:05:50
So moved.
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1:05:50
Second.
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1:05:52
Any questions?
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1:05:53
Seeing none.
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1:05:54
All those in favor?
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1:05:55
Aye.
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1:05:56
Any opposed?
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1:05:56
Seeing none.
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1:05:57
Unanimous.
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1:05:58
Malt and Wine and Malt Package Store.
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1:06:01
Sam's Food Stores Incorporated, doing business as DB Mott, 313-1035 Newman Avenue.
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1:06:09
Tony's Seafood, 1365 Fall River Avenue.
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1:06:12
Global Montello Group Corp., doing business as Global Montello Group, number 785-822 Fall River Avenue.
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1:06:22
Second.
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1:06:25
Any questions?
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1:06:27
Seeing none, all those in favor?
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1:06:28
Aye.
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1:06:29
Uh, any opposed?
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1:06:31
Seeing no one, unanimous.
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1:06:33
Thank you.
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Um, the next will be approvals, but the approval will be contingent upon completion of all requirements for these licenses.
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So basically, this is a pre-approval until they meet all the requirements, because they haven't yet.
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1:06:57
Amusement facilities, place of public amusement entertainment.
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1:07:01
One is Genie's Palm and Tarot Card Reading, 632 Fore River Avenue, and A&R Family Entertainment doing business as Smash and Splash, 1275 Fore River Avenue.
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1:07:14
So moved.
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1:07:14
Second.
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1:07:16
Any questions?
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1:07:19
Seeing none, all in favor?
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1:07:21
Aye.
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1:07:22
Any opposed?
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1:07:23
Seeing no one, unanimous.
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1:07:25
Also, upon completion of all requirements, annual mobile food license, A+ Kettle Corn, 411 Massasoit Avenue, East Providence, Rhode Island, and Seaconch Grand Prix, 1090— sorry, did I make a mistake?
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Okay, Seaconch Grand Prix, 1098 Forward Avenue.
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1:07:46
Thank you.
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1:07:47
I got a motion and a second.
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1:07:49
Um, any questions?
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1:07:52
Seeing none, all in favor?
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1:07:53
Aye.
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1:07:54
Any opposed?
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1:07:55
Seeing none, unanimous.
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1:07:56
Thank you.
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Also, upon completion of all requirements for these licenses: Common Victrola License, Cousin's Pizza, 21 Brook Street; Delectables, 10 Taunton Avenue; SPCAP Honeydew Donuts, 156 Central Avenue; Subway, 142 Central Avenue; Subway, 1201 Fall River Avenue.
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1:08:17
Target Store, Starbucks, 79 Commerce Way.
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1:08:20
So moved.
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1:08:21
Second.
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1:08:23
Any questions?
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1:08:26
No.
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1:08:27
All in favor?
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1:08:27
Aye.
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1:08:28
Any opposed?
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1:08:29
Seeing none, unanimous.
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1:08:32
And upon completion of all requirements, Class 1 motor vehicle license, Wright Trailers Incorporated, 1825 Fall River Avenue.
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1:08:42
Second.
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1:08:43
Any questions?
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1:08:45
Whoops.
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1:08:47
All in favor?
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1:08:49
Aye.
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1:08:50
Opposed?
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1:08:51
Seeing none, unanimous.
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1:08:52
Again, upon completion of all requirements.
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Class 2 motor vehicle licenses.
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1:08:56
New England Collisions Incorporated, 45 Old Fall River Road.
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1:09:01
Pit Stop Auto, 1853 Fall River Avenue.
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1:09:05
State Line, 1683 Fall River Avenue.
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1:09:07
T&K Auto Body, 1845 Fore River Avenue.
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1:09:10
So moved.
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1:09:11
Second.
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1:09:13
Any questions?
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1:09:15
Seeing none, all in favor?
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1:09:17
Aye.
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1:09:17
Any opposed?
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1:09:19
Seeing none, unanimous.
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1:09:20
Thank you.
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1:09:21
Also upon completion, antiques and secondhand licenses, CSM Fitness, 2024 River Avenue.
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1:09:27
So moved.
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1:09:28
Second.
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1:09:29
Any questions?
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1:09:32
All those in favor?
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1:09:33
Aye.
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1:09:33
Any opposed?
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1:09:34
Seeing none, unanimous.
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1:09:36
Amuse— also upon completion, amusement machine license, A&R Entertainment, doing business as Smash and Splash, 12— isn't 1275— for— no, yes, Fall River Avenue.
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1:09:52
So moved.
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1:09:53
Second.
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1:09:56
Any questions?
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1:09:57
Seeing none, all in favor?
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1:09:59
Aye.
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1:10:00
Any opposed?
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1:10:01
Seeing none, unanimous.
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1:10:03
Also for completion, all alcohol in-holder licenses, Seacock Lodging LLC, doing business as Ramada Inn, 213 Taunton Avenue.
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1:10:13
So moved.
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1:10:13
Second.
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1:10:15
Any questions?
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1:10:18
Seeing none, all in favor?
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1:10:19
Aye.
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1:10:20
Any opposed?
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1:10:21
Seeing none, unanimous.
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1:10:24
Also upon completion, All alcohol licenses.
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1:10:27
Outback Steakhouse, 1301 Fore River Avenue.
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1:10:30
Teamworks, 1314 Fore River Avenue.
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1:10:34
DAA LLC, doing business as Westwind Restaurant, 555 Central Avenue.
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1:10:40
So moved.
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1:10:40
Second.
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1:10:43
Any questions?
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1:10:44
Seeing none, all in favor?
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1:10:46
Aye.
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1:10:47
Uh, any opposed?
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1:10:48
Seeing none, unanimous.
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1:10:50
I just wanted to tell you For everybody, we do have to read these all into the record.
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1:10:54
And we did have this one here that said approval is contingent upon completion of all requirements for these licenses, because obviously all the requirements as of today have not been met.
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1:11:05
So come next year, they do not have— these people do not have these licenses because they have to complete their paperwork.
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1:11:17
So as soon as that is done, they will be all set.
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1:11:21
Now, as soon as I can find my place, I'll be all set.
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1:11:27
Consider accepting a donation to the annual tree lighting fund in the amount of $250 from Steve Barabee.
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1:11:35
So moved.
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1:11:36
Second.
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1:11:39
Thank you, Steve Barabee.
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1:11:42
That was very nice.
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1:11:43
Very nice.
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1:11:47
Mike, did you make that?
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Gary did.
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1:11:49
Gary made the motion, I seconded.
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1:11:50
Okay, Gary, and then Mike, you got it.
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1:11:52
Any questions for anyone?
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1:11:57
All in favor?
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1:11:58
Sorry.
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1:11:59
Aye.
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1:12:00
Any opposed?
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1:12:01
Seeing none, unanimous.
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1:12:05
Consider accepting a donation to the fire department in the amount of $6,687 from Bay Coast Bank for the purchase of 3 multi-therapy infusion pumps.
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1:12:15
Hello, good evening everyone.
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1:12:17
Tim Goodwin, EMS director for the fire department.
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1:12:21
What's your name again?
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1:12:22
Tim Goodwin.
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1:12:23
Oh good, okay.
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1:12:27
He talks fast.
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1:12:27
Not to be confused with Lieutenant Goodwin.
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1:12:31
Same one.
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1:12:33
Okay, I did read this.
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1:12:34
This is pretty cool.
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1:12:35
Multi-therapy infusion pumps.
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1:12:37
You want to explain to John Q.
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1:12:40
Public what that is?
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1:12:41
Sure.
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1:12:41
These are pumps.
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1:12:42
Certain medications that we carry or that we're able to carry in the state of Massachusetts can only be administered through infusion pumps.
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1:12:50
That way we're not just dumping too much medication into somebody all at once.
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1:12:54
It regulates the amount of medication that those people are receiving over a certain amount of time.
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1:12:59
These pumps are relatively new.
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1:13:02
Going to allow us to carry forward additional medications to what we're already carrying, and it'll be able to— we'll be able to treat the residents of Seekonk and anyone that's in town a little bit more effectively.
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1:13:15
That's cool.
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1:13:20
Anyone else have any questions for Lieutenant Goodwin?
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I do.
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1:13:23
So we're getting 3, you have it on both ambulances and then the EMS vehicle?
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1:13:28
Right now we're looking at the EMS vehicle vehicle, or, uh, if we get that 3rd ambulance up running.
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1:13:33
And that's what I was going with.
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1:13:34
Are we gonna— should we buy a 4th one for the— uh, this donation is just for right now, is, is just for those.
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1:13:42
Correct.
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1:13:43
You know, I know it's a donation, but I don't know if it doesn't make sense for us to buy a 4th one so they're all the same year, all the same, everything's— maybe in the future.
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1:13:50
Yeah, I, I— maybe if we can fit it into— I think maybe when we get to the end of the fiscal year Uh, it's something we should definitely take a look at.
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1:13:58
We've been looking at it for a couple years.
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1:13:59
This is just the, uh, with this donation we're able to swing it into the budget.
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1:14:04
Okay.
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1:14:04
In order to actually get our hands on, uh, on this set.
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1:14:08
Okay.
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1:14:09
And, uh, but I think it would absolutely be a good addition, uh, moving forward if we could.
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1:14:14
All right, cool.
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1:14:16
Any other questions for anyone?
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I'll take a motion to accept.
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1:14:20
So moved.
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1:14:21
Second.
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1:14:22
Any questions?
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1:14:23
Seeing none.
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1:14:26
All in favor?
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1:14:27
Aye.
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1:14:27
Any opposed?
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1:14:28
Seeing none.
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1:14:30
Unanimous.
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1:14:31
Thank you very much.
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1:14:32
Thank you, we appreciate it.
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1:14:36
Okay, we have discussion of an Open Meeting Law complaint filed against the select board by Dorian Taylor, dated December 5th, 2025, received on December 8th, 2025, acknowledged receipt of complaint, review and discuss response, and authorized submission of response by Town Council.
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Votes may be taken.
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Okay, I'll read the complaint as it appears on the official open meeting law complaint form.
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1:15:06
It says, description of alleged violations: researching a project that began in 2021 and continues in development today, I have found that the last Board of Selectmen Chairman Justin Sullivan and the Town Administrator Shawn Cadime have held executive session meetings relative to the purchase of property in the town of Seekonk costing the taxpaying public $2 million in community preservation funding without holding definitive process discussions and taking board participation votes in open session.
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1:15:39
There were no votes by— oh, Is that the answers, or is that part of the complaint?
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1:15:46
That's part of the complaint.
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1:15:47
Is it?
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1:15:47
Yeah.
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1:15:47
There were no votes by the Board of Selectmen to designate the chairman of Community Preservation, John Ellis, as a designee to negotiate the purchase price for the property in open session.
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1:15:58
There were no votes by the Board of Selectmen accepting the appraisal of the property in open session prior to a town meeting warrant article initiating the purchase, which was presented by the chairman of Community Preservation Committee, John Alves, instead of selectmen.
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1:16:12
When the town administrator was asked about the presentation, his written reply was because he funded it.
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1:16:19
There is a conflict of special interest with the past chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Justin Sullivan, who has been involved from day one in 2021 and continues to be involved today, but not as a selectman.
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1:16:30
His interest is athletic fields as president of Seconk Youth Soccer Association, ignoring the historical value and preservation of the farmland.
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1:16:39
When the current board has been questioned in an open session, they make excuses.
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1:16:43
A request of minutes submitted under Freedom of Information Act was submitted on 10/24/25 and has been delayed purposely.
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1:16:57
Do I have to read this one here?
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1:16:58
Yeah.
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1:16:59
What actions?
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1:16:59
Okay.
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1:17:00
What actions do you want the public body to take in response to your complaint, which is on this form.
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1:17:06
Um, stop all activity on this property until such time the community is fully aware of how their actions came to be from the beginning in 2021 in an open session of the Board of Selectmen.
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It is felt that the citizens of Seekonk have been misled for selfish reasons.
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1:17:22
The best interest of the entire town was not a consideration.
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1:17:26
Also prepare a documented process for building community preservation projects within the town of Seekonk.
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1:17:38
Okay, okay.
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1:17:42
I don't do— I have to read this letter too?
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1:17:46
I wouldn't think so.
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1:17:47
You don't have to.
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1:17:48
No, because that's only like this, right?
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1:17:51
The summary.
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1:17:55
So you're good.
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1:17:59
Thank you.
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1:17:59
You too, sir.
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1:18:06
Okay, this is the one I have to read, right?
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1:18:12
I have to read that.
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1:18:13
It's up to you if you want to read into the record or if the board's comfortable with the written response that was provided by Lee.
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1:18:19
Legal.
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1:18:20
We just need a vote to be able to submit that.
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1:18:23
Well, I'm comfortable with the draft that's presented.
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1:18:26
Uh, I understand that, but it's— I understand, but I think it is— I think we should— I'm going to read it, so hold on to your hats.
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1:18:39
Okay, this comes from Elizabeth Conn Flynn, Esquire, Acting Director, Division of Open— no, this is going to her.
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1:18:46
Yes.
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1:18:47
Dear Miss Conns Flynn, this is from KP Law, our attorneys.
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1:18:51
Please be advised that this office serves as town counsel to the town of Seekonk.
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1:18:55
The town select board, otherwise known as the board, is in receipt of an open meeting law complaint sent by Miss Doreen Taylor on December 5th, 2025, and received by the town on December 8th, 2025.
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1:19:07
A copy of the complaint is attached hereto.
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1:19:10
I read that to you already.
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1:19:11
On December 17th, 2025, the board met at properly posted meeting notice for such purposes to discuss the complaint and consider its response.
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1:19:22
The board has carefully reviewed the allegations contained in the complaint and following such discussions has authorized the office to submit a response on its behalf in accordance with General Law Chapter 38, subsection 23, and 940 CMR 29.05 5.
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1:19:38
Please find the board's response based on information provided by the town.
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1:19:42
As an initial matter, the board submits that Ms. Taylor does not allege, allege any sufficiently specific violations of the Open Meeting Law.
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1:19:52
Rather, she is apparently requesting an untimely broad audit of the board's practices dating back to 2021.
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1:19:59
She further makes wholly unsupported allegations against the board regarding conduct not governed by the Open Meeting Law.
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1:20:05
To that end, the Division should decline to review or opine on Ms. Taylor's complaint, as the Division does not conduct broad audits of public bodies based on generalized allegations.
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1:20:17
See OML 2024-2.
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1:20:20
Further, the Division of Open Government's review of complaints only concerns compliance with the Open Meeting Law, General Law Chapter 30A, subsections 18 through 25, and it It is well established that the division does not review alleged violations of other statutes or procedures.
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1:20:38
See Open Meeting Law Declaration 121/2014, Open Meeting Law Declaration 10/4/2011, Open Meeting Law 2018-89.
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In addition, any allegations regarding the town administrator did not implement the Open Meeting Law as he is not subject to the Open Meeting Law.
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Lastly, to the extent that Ms. Taylor is alleging that the board failed to adequately respond to her public records request regarding Medeiros Farm, such matters— matter has been fully resolved at this time since the town provided her with a response to such request.
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Okay.
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The background for content: the board received a public records request from Miss Taylor on October 27th, 2025, seeking any agenda and minutes by the board whereby discussion or discussions, presentations, and votes were taken relative to Madera's Farm.
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The town timely responded on November 3rd, 2025, with all responsive open session meetings and a link to corresponding agendas.
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See response enclosed, responsive minutes dated November 3rd, 2025, attached hereto as Exhibit 1.
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The town further advised Ms. Taylor that the board would review the executive session minutes requested in her public records request at its next scheduled meeting on November 12th, 2025, pursuant to the provisions of General Law Chapter 30A, subsection 22 and.
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At that time, the board voted to release certain responsive executive session minutes, subject to appropriate redactions or withholding.
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The executive session minutes then had to be reviewed by Town Council for redactions related to attorney-client privilege and matters for which the executive session purpose has not expired.
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The town provided Miss Taylor with all responsive executive session minutes with certain redactions on December 10th, 2025.
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See response in closing responsive minutes dated December 10th, 2025, attached here to Exhibit 2.
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Miss Taylor sent the open meeting laws complaint on December 5th, 2025.
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It was received by the town on December 8th, 2025.
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In it, she alleges that she has not received copies of meeting minutes and agendas I requested under the Freedom of Information Act.
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She also states generally that at the Board of Selectmen's meeting on 11/19/25, The executive session agenda had minutes listed for approval dated back to 2021.
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Ms. Taylor then goes on to make vague allegations regarding procedures for purchasing a property and alleged conflict of interest with the past chairman of the board.
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Okey-dokey.
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I'm not reading the rest of this.
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Okay.
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Hold on.
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Okay.
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So we have discussions.
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The complaints alleged violations ultimately and do not implicate the Open Meeting Law.
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Also, public records requests from Darius Farm Documents has been adhered to.
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In conclusion, the board is fully committed to its compliance with the Open Meeting Law.
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Accordingly, the board respectfully submits that this complaint has been resolved and that no further review is, is necessary.
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See Open Meeting Law 2021-186.
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In the context where a public body takes corrective action in response to a complainant's— to a complaint filed with that body, the Division of Open Government strongly encourages complainants to reconsider whether further review by this office remains necessary.
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For the reasons set forth in detail above, the board submits that no further remedial action is required.
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Lots of paperwork.
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That's what I have to read, right?
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We're all good.
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We gotta take a vote.
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Oh yeah, but we're all good with reading into the record all this, right?
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Yep.
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I just don't want to miss anything.
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Okay.
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Okay, so we have to take a vote on 2 issues.
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The draft response to the, um, Open Government Committee, right?
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I believe that's what it's called.
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The Division of Open Government.
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Division of Open Government.
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That's my motion.
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That's your motion?
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Yep.
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Can I get a second?
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Second.
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Okay, any questions?
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Seeing none, all in favor?
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Aye.
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Can I get a roll call vote on this, please?
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Gary Segall, aye.
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Chris Zorra, aye.
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Michael Healy, aye.
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Michelle Hynes, aye.
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Thank you very much.
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Okay, now we have consider approving the open session minutes of April Uh, sorry, November 12th, 2025.
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Go back down.
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So moved.
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Second.
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Any questions?
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Anything from anybody?
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Everybody good?
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Uh, all in favor?
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Aye.
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Any opposed?
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Seeing none, unanimous.
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We have another spot for community speaks if we have anybody from the community who would like to speak.
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Seeing none.
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Other business?
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Um, I do not have other business.
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Well, let me make sure.
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I don't stop.
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I do have something.
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Hold on.
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I do have other business, actually.
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I want to read a letter, and I think this falls under other business because this has was talked about in our last meeting, which had to do with the Runnings River and with what the DPW was doing.
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We had, uh, the DPW director here explaining.
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We had a letter from Conservation, and I'll just read this to you so you can understand.
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Although the issue was previously discussed, an anonymous complaint was recently made to MassDEP.
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Nolan spoke directly with the MassDEP representative and provided full background on the project along with the written statements that were previously shared.
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MassDEP confirmed that the work performed was permitted without the need for a permit as it involves surface debris removal only and did not impact the riverbank or riverbed.
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They also indicated that alleged violations of this nature are handled by the Conservation Commission and expressed no concern, noting that the project was appropriately overseen.
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The project was also discussed at the Conservation Commission meeting last Monday, and no concerns or further comments were issued.
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So just so everybody knows, okay, town administrator's report.
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Report.
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Just 2 items, Madam Chair.
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Medeiros Farm, the bids were due today at 3:00 p.m., so we had 49 bid holders on the list.
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We had 5 bids that were submitted, so I did send that over to the Medeiros Farm Committee for their review.
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And this was for the— I'm sorry, for design of services for Medeiros Farm.
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So they'll— I believe it's January 6th or 8th I'll clarify that and get that to the board when they will be meeting to review the bids and then identifying who the finalists would be for interviews.
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Second is just the Library Building Committee met.
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We went over the RFQ for the owner's project manager.
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So I did draft the RFQ for that.
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That's going to be available on January 7th with a bid date February 4th, and then I'll provide some additional timelines for the, for the board once I know when the bill committee has made those dates available.
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That's all I have.
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Select Board liaison reports and comments.
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Accounts Payable warrant has been signed.
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TV9, you have anything?
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Nothing at this time.
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Okay.
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Bristol County Advisory Board?
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Nothing.
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You're good.
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Okay, we just did the Town, the Medeiros Farm Committee, and we also— Mr. Cadime also did the Public Library Building Committee.
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So that was great.
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Okay, comments?
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Mr. Segar, do you have anything?
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I do.
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The first comment I'd like to make is recognizing probably one of our oldest employees, the custodian at DPW.
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What was the gentleman's name?
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Everett.
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Yep, Santiago.
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Yeah, he's retiring now at age 95.
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He is at 95, his birthday, maybe for his birthday.
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And he worked there for a number of years, and he also worked at Human Services.
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Yes.
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Yeah, so, uh, job well done.
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Oh yeah, nice man.
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So when we— at the last meeting, I said I'd have my Christmas list, and so I print the book, so I had to take a picture of my computer computer, and so I'll read it off my— the 7 items I'd just like to bring up.
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7?
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7.
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Won't take long.
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That's a Christmas lesson and a half.
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Go ahead.
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First is, you know, over 3 years ago, I think it is, I appeared before the Board of Selectmen and asked for an appropriation of, I think it was $50,000, which the board did vote for, to do a full engineered study and plan for the Seekonk Cemetery.
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And that's only been piecemealed.
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And I mean, I don't think it's been done.
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We have to do an engineered plan because the southern end of it abuts the wetlands.
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And I think if we do a full plan complete, that would be a great document we could use to possibly get some funding through grants.
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Okay, but with this, you did add what the email that you got today from Mrs. LaRue Correct about the cemetery?
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No, I didn't see that.
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Oh well, okay.
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Did they come late?
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Uh, no, this is in my email.
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I came today.
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Well, yeah, I wasn't at my email since.
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That could be why.
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Yep.
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Okay, okay.
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Um, you're talking about the Dexter Cemetery, right?
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No.
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Oh, you're not?
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Let's move right ahead.
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Okay, okay.
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Uh, next, I know this board has supported, uh, multiple times forwarding to the planning board looking into the possibility of billboards on Route 195.
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That could be a considerable source of revenue for the town, and I would just hope that we could use whatever, uh, influence is necessary so that they finally take it up and do something about it.
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Um, every time I, I go by Wheeler School, I get angrier and angrier.
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I know we, we've spoken about pursuing them for a pilot, uh, then investing $11 million in improvements there.
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And, uh, what— where are— where do we stand about doing something with them on a pilot?
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Actually, right now I don't know.
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They did reply to us, and I think we have to get together with them again.
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Okay.
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I don't know.
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That's all I have really at this point.
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They haven't gotten back, so we can get back together.
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And I know in talking with some of the area residents, they rent out all their soccer fields to the Rhode Island soccer, and they played soccer well into the night, 9, 10 o'clock, with the lights on, making a lot of racket.
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And they've— if you go on their website, they are actively advertising their facilities for rent.
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And if they're a charity and hide under a 501, they're not supposed to be doing that.
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So if they— schools don't hide under 501, do they?
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They can have a 501.
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Yes.
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All right, moving right along.
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A few years ago, the town appropriated— had to be a considerable amount of money— to redesign the Pond Street Bridge.
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Oh yes.
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Okay, and it's to my understanding— I haven't heard anything going on with that— so what I was going to suggest is that we invite maybe Representative Howitt and and Senator Dooney here.
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How— uh, Steve Howard is the ranking Republican, the ranking member in the minority on the Transportation Committee, so you would think he would have potentially some influence.
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And then we could also invite, uh, Representative— I think it's Auchincloss.
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Congressman, we'd probably have to send him a map too so we know where Seekonk is, because I don't think he's ever been here.
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Yes, he has.
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Has he been?
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Yeah.
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Is he?
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I've met him, so— oh, okay.
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He's been here because I didn't go see him.
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Okay, him and Maki and Warren, and give them all the plans and let them go chase the money because I don't think we're ever going to fund that out of our budget.
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No, we've actually— we've, we've looked at the, um, small bridge program as well.
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Yeah, um, haven't done anything, but GPI is working on that plan for the Pond Street Bridge, but it's contingent on the dammit Um, it's Attleboro Dye Works.
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Sorry, drawing a blank on the name for a minute.
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Okay.
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I'd also like to request an after-action full report on the Anthony Street paving project.
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I mean, that was delayed.
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I mean, it was delayed by at least a year.
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Uh, there's certain parts of that project that I disagree with.
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I'd just like to see the contract, and I guess we've terminated or ended our relationship with that paving contractor.
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It expires after the year, so we haven't, we haven't done any additional.
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So it's a 1-year contract with 1-year renewals.
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The year is calendar or fiscal?
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Uh, no, it was based on the contract year when we entered into it.
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Okay, so we were planning, I think, to do Arcade Avenue, but I don't comfort level.
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No, no, that's why we're going forward.
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So I want to know from internally and externally what happened, how it happened, and how much over budget we went.
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And they are still, still doing work on, uh, Barbary and, um, some of the other roads that they, they have done too.
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So, uh, I recently learned that— I was surprised that I didn't know about this— in 2024 24th, the state passed the Permit Extension Act, which says any land use permit that was in effect from January 1, 2023 to January 1, 2025 is automatically extended 2 years to January 1, 2027.
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So the plans that we have— we have one more year, we can still use the plans for the South End Fire Station.
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So with the clarification you gave us all on back in September, I think it was, on the Proposition 2.5 overrides, where I think most of us are— I know I did— thought we first had to go to town meeting, get approval, and then at the ballot.
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But we can do it either, either way, any order.
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And with an election coming up in April, and it'd be one question on the April ballot, so I'd like to have that on the agenda for discussion at a future meeting for the Sultan Fire Station.
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And one other factor that I've spoken with several senior citizens, and you know, we charge a substantial amount of money for our rescue.
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And for years, and I don't know how far, when it's just ended, maybe the chief would know, we didn't balance bill.
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And then we started that a number of years.
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And I think it's grossly unfair when we have a group of illegal migrants that live here and they called the rescue every time they broke a fingernail, and we got hardly anything out of the state.
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They never were charged any additional funds.
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But we've got senior citizens that use the rescue quite often.
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I know one guy, he had an outstanding bill of $1,500.
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And he had to find the money to pay it.
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And the last thing you'd want to see is somebody that's responsible and pays their bills that would say in their mind, well, I can't afford to call the ambulance when they really needed it.
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So I'd like to see a printout of how much revenue in the last year, just the one year, that we received through insurance and how much we received by balance billing everybody else.
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And maybe we could look at going forward ending that practice.
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So I guess I'm not following.
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So ending what practice?
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Right, ending what practice?
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Oh, balance billing people for the rescue.
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Okay.
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Yep, that's it for tonight.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Pam, you have anything?
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Nothing new, thanks.
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That's okay.
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Chris?
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Nothing new.
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Michael?
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Nothing at this time.
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I only have a couple of things here tonight.
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One is to thank everybody that had— that not only had something to do with the tree lighting but that came to the tree lighting.
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I think it was a big success.
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There are a lot of people here and a lot of hard work went into it.
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And there's a committee now.
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There's actually been a committee formed from the town hall that, that has put that all together.
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And I hope you all came to enjoy it because it was a great night.
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It was a great night.
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And I have a letter here that I received, and I just— it's It's dated December 4th, 2025.
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I'm writing to formally express my sincere appreciation and admiration for the exceptional experience I had today during my visit to Seekonk Town Hall, where I had the opportunity to meet with Jeff Mello, who is our building commissioner, Brian Darling— what's his official title?
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Brian Darling?
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Health agent.
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Health agent.
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And Nolan Bernier.
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Conservation, right?
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Agent, right?
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Oftentimes people are first to complain about things in municipal government or in business, but I had to take a moment out of my day to appreciate and bring to your attention my, my experience as the owner of multiple business entities, including a rapidly expanding New York bagel operation that now consists of 6 locations.
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I regularly work with municipalities across in Rhode Island on permitting, development, and business operations.
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With that perspective, I can say without hesitation that the level of professionalism, knowledge, and genuine care I experienced from your department heads today was among the very best I have encountered in any community.
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From the moment I walked in, each person I met demonstrated a thoughtful, engaged, and solutions-oriented approach.
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Jeff, Brian, and Nolan were not only knowledgeable and clear in their guidance, but they were also incredibly welcoming and supportive.
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Their willingness to listen, understand our business model, and walk us through the process with clarity and transparency made a meaningful impression.
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I left the meeting feeling that SEACONC is not only open for business but truly committed to partnership with us, and that distinction matters.
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Every single department head I interacted with displayed a level of professionalism, courtesy, and genuine pride in their work that speaks volumes about the culture of your town government.
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As someone who has navigated several processes in numerous communities, I can confidently say that the team you have in place in Seekonk is extraordinary.
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This is by far one of the most impressive groups of municipal professionals I have had the privilege of working with.
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We are seriously evaluating the opportunity to bring new York Bagel to Seekonk and contribute to the local business landscape.
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Today's experience affirmed that if we move forward with this purchase and expansion, we would be doing so in partnership with the town that values clear communication, collaboration, community-focused development, and clear leadership.
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That gives us tremendous confidence from my perspective with several irons in the fire at one time.
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Thank you again for fostering such an standing culture within your departments.
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Leadership at all levels plays a major role in your team's excellence, reflects exceptionally well on the town of Seekonk.
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I look forward to continued conversations and the possibility of becoming part of your business community.
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Thank you, sir.
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That was wonderful.
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Okay, I have nothing else.
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Okay, I will take a motion to adjourn at 7:41 PM till our next board meeting Wednesday, January 7th, 2026 at 6 PM.
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Um, look for the notice because I'm not sure if it'll be here at the— or at the senior center, but it'd be January 7th at 6 PM.
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And for us to enter into executive section 2, or not, to reconvene, to reconvene being in open session for potential contract approval.
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A, to conduct strategy sessions with respect to negotiations with the Chief of Police per Mass General Law Chapter 30A, subsection 21A2, as having the discussion in open session would be detrimental to litigation and bargaining position of the town.
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B, to conduct strategy sessions with respect to negotiations with the Assistant Town Administrator, HR Director, per Mass General Law Chapter 30A, subsection 21A2, as having the discussion in open session would be detrimental to the litigation and bargaining position of the town to consider the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property pursuant to Mass General Law Chapter 30A, Subsection 21A6, as having the discussion in open session would be detrimental to the negotiating position of the town schools to North Street to consider the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property pursuant to Mass General Law Chapter 38, subsection 21A6, as having the discussion in open session would be detrimental to the negotiating position of the town, 320 Pleasant Street.
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And oh, that should probably be D. E, consider accepting the executive session minutes of November 12th, 2025.
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So moved, Gary Segar.
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All right, second, Michael Healy.
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Gary, now do it, please.
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1:43:52
Gary Segarra.
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1:43:53
Impose the aye.
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Chris Zorra, aye.
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Michael Lee, aye.
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Michelle Hynes, aye.
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1:43:57
Unanimous.
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See you in— yes, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year.
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We won't see you till after the New Year's.
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