1 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:14,460 I pledge allegiance to the flag, the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 2 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,140 We're recording. 3 00:00:20,420 --> 00:00:22,780 Welcome to a meeting of the Standard Select Board. 4 00:00:22,879 --> 00:00:26,160 If you have a matter to discuss, please put it on the agenda. 5 00:00:26,879 --> 00:00:30,300 You may do so by addressing the chairperson and stating her name and address. 6 00:00:30,300 --> 00:00:35,640 You will notice that all our meetings are recorded, and this is to aid with the summarization of the minutes. 7 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:41,280 Visitors are welcome, and we allow five minutes of comments per visitor and 15 minutes for discussion. 8 00:00:41,780 --> 00:00:45,640 Discussions will be held in a calm and civilized manner and respectful of others. 9 00:00:46,179 --> 00:00:51,359 Select board members present are Mike Dinnall, Nancy Gushika, Jim Bramlin, and Kurt Gavar. 10 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:56,079 Will there be any adding of items or removing of items from tonight's agenda? 11 00:00:56,079 --> 00:01:00,399 I have additional correspondence. Let's come in. 12 00:01:06,290 --> 00:01:10,150 Will there be any adjustments to the agenda, such as changing the order of items? 13 00:01:10,150 --> 00:01:16,980 And Jed is recording tonight's meeting for his YouTube video. 14 00:01:16,980 --> 00:01:19,879 Hearing of visitors. 15 00:01:19,879 --> 00:01:26,680 Okay. Reading and approval of records and orders from June 18th. 16 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:48,480 They are mowing and continuing mowing the sides of the road. 17 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,680 Paving is finished. 18 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:58,359 Dave will be doing the shoulder work next week when it cools down a little bit, when it softens up to the chip seal part. 19 00:01:58,359 --> 00:01:58,959 Okay. 20 00:01:58,959 --> 00:01:59,459 Thank you. 21 00:01:59,900 --> 00:02:03,549 I'm not sure when the chip seal will be starting. 22 00:02:03,549 --> 00:02:10,370 He said there was no washouts with last night's heavy rain and just a few limbs to pick up. 23 00:02:10,370 --> 00:02:18,560 And two contractors showed up for the pre-vid meeting on the culvert on East Road. 24 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,479 And that's all he's got to report. 25 00:02:20,479 --> 00:02:20,979 All right. 26 00:02:20,979 --> 00:02:21,479 Okay. 27 00:02:21,479 --> 00:02:22,479 Does the road look good? 28 00:02:22,479 --> 00:02:23,180 Mm-hmm. 29 00:02:23,180 --> 00:02:30,810 And most of the, I think everybody's off tomorrow for the holiday. 30 00:02:30,810 --> 00:02:32,930 Anything else on highway that you guys want to add? 31 00:02:32,930 --> 00:02:33,430 No. 32 00:02:36,460 --> 00:02:40,860 Recycling will be closed on Saturday, July 4th. 33 00:02:40,860 --> 00:02:43,960 It will be open again the following Wednesday. 34 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:50,580 Because most people have their parties in time, and then recycling is closed, so. 35 00:02:50,580 --> 00:02:52,090 Right. 36 00:02:52,090 --> 00:02:52,789 Okay. 37 00:02:52,789 --> 00:02:55,490 They were careful about making sure whoever came. 38 00:02:55,490 --> 00:02:56,710 Yeah, they told me. 39 00:02:56,710 --> 00:02:59,050 I was like, oh, gosh, I wasn't even thinking about it. 40 00:02:59,050 --> 00:03:00,949 I was like, good thing I came today. 41 00:03:00,949 --> 00:03:01,750 Yeah. 42 00:03:01,750 --> 00:03:04,830 Yeah. 43 00:03:04,830 --> 00:03:05,430 Okay. 44 00:03:05,430 --> 00:03:06,030 Discussion. 45 00:03:06,030 --> 00:03:07,430 Taxi anticipation. 46 00:03:07,430 --> 00:03:09,330 No impaving loan. 47 00:03:09,330 --> 00:03:10,530 Sorry. 48 00:03:10,530 --> 00:03:19,150 So, last time we talked, the hope was to get a line of credit. 49 00:03:19,150 --> 00:03:20,550 It has been my pulling teeth. 50 00:03:20,550 --> 00:03:22,250 It's been a nightmare. 51 00:03:22,250 --> 00:03:25,349 I needed the money, and I needed the money before 2013. 52 00:03:25,349 --> 00:03:31,949 Was it a nightmare working that bank, or the two banks that you deal with? 53 00:03:31,949 --> 00:03:33,750 I have contacted four banks. 54 00:03:33,750 --> 00:03:34,550 Four banks. 55 00:03:34,550 --> 00:03:35,949 Nobody calls me back. 56 00:03:35,949 --> 00:03:37,750 Nobody has authority. 57 00:03:37,750 --> 00:03:38,689 The banks aren't interested in doing those type of things. 58 00:03:38,689 --> 00:03:40,590 They're going through a transition, and there's nobody there to deal with that. 59 00:03:40,590 --> 00:03:51,590 I finally did get Adams Community Bank to do the tax anticipation loan for the six months 60 00:03:51,590 --> 00:03:52,620 at four and a quarter. 61 00:03:52,620 --> 00:03:53,620 I needed the money. 62 00:03:53,620 --> 00:03:54,620 We did it. 63 00:03:54,620 --> 00:03:55,620 That's just for the? 64 00:03:55,620 --> 00:03:56,620 Just for the taxes. 65 00:03:56,620 --> 00:03:57,620 For the taxes. 66 00:03:57,620 --> 00:03:58,620 Not the highway? 67 00:03:58,620 --> 00:03:59,620 Not the highway. 68 00:03:59,620 --> 00:04:00,620 And I had both Adams Community and the Beacon Bank say, we'll work with you. 69 00:04:00,620 --> 00:04:01,620 We'll work with you. 70 00:04:01,620 --> 00:04:02,620 We'll work with you. 71 00:04:02,620 --> 00:04:03,620 We'll work with you. 72 00:04:03,620 --> 00:04:04,620 We'll work with you. 73 00:04:04,620 --> 00:04:05,620 We'll work with you. 74 00:04:05,620 --> 00:04:06,620 We'll work with you. 75 00:04:06,620 --> 00:04:07,620 We'll work with you. 76 00:04:07,620 --> 00:04:08,620 We'll work with you. 77 00:04:08,719 --> 00:04:09,719 We'll work with you. 78 00:04:09,719 --> 00:04:11,069 We'll work with you. 79 00:04:11,069 --> 00:04:12,069 We'll work with you. 80 00:04:12,069 --> 00:04:13,069 We'll work with you. 81 00:04:13,069 --> 00:04:14,069 We'll work with you. 82 00:04:14,069 --> 00:04:15,069 And we'll talk on a highway loan, a line of credit, and we'll get you back figures. 83 00:04:15,069 --> 00:04:16,100 Crickets. 84 00:04:16,100 --> 00:04:19,920 I have not heard from either bank. 85 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:35,540 Tracy Mcconnell is the one who at Adams Community has given us the last fire truck loan and 86 00:04:35,540 --> 00:04:36,540 a truck loan before that. 87 00:04:36,540 --> 00:04:37,540 She's now at Mountain One, so I contacted her. 88 00:04:37,540 --> 00:04:38,540 She would love to work with us, but she wants me to move all my accounts over to Mountain 89 00:04:38,540 --> 00:04:39,519 One, and I just finished a new account on that. 90 00:04:39,519 --> 00:04:45,680 moving that elsewhere i wouldn't go with that it's just too much of a hassle yeah no but i'd like 91 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:52,319 this the one thing she did say was she would not recommend a line of credit because if we were 92 00:04:52,319 --> 00:04:58,560 going to borrow and pay it back that's fine but we're going to use it all up on the paving loan 93 00:04:59,759 --> 00:05:05,199 and only pay it back over five year period so we're going to have a lot of money out on it 94 00:05:05,199 --> 00:05:10,319 and the interest rate changes daily she said she's looking at seven and a half to eight and a half 95 00:05:10,319 --> 00:05:19,339 percent on the line of credit that will continue to move so i still have a lot of sticks in the 96 00:05:19,339 --> 00:05:27,629 fire but no answers so can you tell me um what are the four banks that you have talked to 97 00:05:29,389 --> 00:05:35,629 adam's moment one beacon bank berkshire bank and tv bank 98 00:05:36,930 --> 00:05:37,170 so 99 00:05:37,810 --> 00:05:42,370 if i could just make a suggestion only because i work with them all the time 100 00:05:42,370 --> 00:05:48,689 and they have been absolutely fantastic um is bank of bennington um you know you might 101 00:05:48,689 --> 00:05:55,170 want to just reach out to them and see if uh they might be somebody that you might want to do 102 00:05:56,189 --> 00:06:02,910 business with or would like to do business with us i'd be happy to try that i mean like td bank 103 00:06:02,910 --> 00:06:07,149 right away they said you don't have a working relationship with us you don't want to know 104 00:06:07,149 --> 00:06:07,389 much 105 00:06:07,470 --> 00:06:10,910 there so they don't want to give you they don't want to give you money if you don't have money 106 00:06:10,910 --> 00:06:17,310 i i would i would just ask the question and see and see if you get some answer from them that is 107 00:06:17,310 --> 00:06:23,069 better seem like they want to deal with small towns in general well the information on the 108 00:06:24,350 --> 00:06:27,870 line of credit that you've been given this is the line of credit that i have 109 00:06:29,490 --> 00:06:34,930 adam's bank and i'm not saying how to call that i'm just saying is if the person you're talking about 110 00:06:35,730 --> 00:06:37,569 was working there at the time 111 00:06:39,170 --> 00:06:47,139 has gone back to the same page she used to be here but anyways um that interest 112 00:06:47,139 --> 00:06:54,740 number is about two percent higher than what adam's bank is giving me and in mine i get every 113 00:06:54,740 --> 00:06:57,540 quarter i think i get a state of different changes 114 00:06:59,779 --> 00:07:07,379 but anyways if they're not answering you there's a guy named chris and he said i am shortated i am 115 00:07:07,379 --> 00:07:08,339 the only one here that does the same things i don't ever come at a salary rate with them that's a big difference they're just not neater this is going to be much easier for them to come back so there's about 100 different people responsible ones that i'll talk about now that person has gone back 116 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:21,500 I will give you a quote, but I have to say that Adam's community, because they're beginning to merge, isn't going to want to do a whole lot of lending in the interim, but he thought he could probably work something out now. 117 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:25,839 So you still need money for the truck loan? 118 00:07:25,839 --> 00:07:26,839 Yeah. 119 00:07:26,839 --> 00:07:27,839 For the truck? 120 00:07:27,839 --> 00:07:28,839 Oh. 121 00:07:28,839 --> 00:07:30,839 So what about a five-year loan? 122 00:07:30,839 --> 00:07:33,379 Just a five-year loan. 123 00:07:33,379 --> 00:07:34,379 Yeah. 124 00:07:34,379 --> 00:07:35,379 The truck. 125 00:07:35,379 --> 00:07:38,930 So you need money for the truck and the paving. 126 00:07:38,930 --> 00:07:41,930 The truck is supposed to come out of our... 127 00:07:41,930 --> 00:07:42,930 Oh. 128 00:07:42,930 --> 00:07:43,930 National Forest. 129 00:07:43,930 --> 00:07:44,930 Oh, okay. 130 00:07:44,930 --> 00:07:45,930 So it's just a paving. 131 00:07:45,930 --> 00:07:51,930 We were talking about the land credit because you had the anticipation loan and that all 132 00:07:51,930 --> 00:07:54,930 kind of, like Dave said, we're going to need to pay them soon. 133 00:07:54,930 --> 00:07:55,930 Yeah. 134 00:07:55,930 --> 00:07:57,930 And that's why we were talking about it. 135 00:07:57,930 --> 00:08:03,930 So she said the 4.25% interest rate is a great rate and they can't match it. 136 00:08:03,930 --> 00:08:07,930 So she said don't pay off a lower interest rate loan with a higher interest rate loan. 137 00:08:07,930 --> 00:08:08,930 Okay. 138 00:08:08,930 --> 00:08:09,930 It's not a loan. 139 00:08:09,930 --> 00:08:15,120 So either just get a line of credit for the amount you need for the paving or just get 140 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:16,120 a five-year loan and so on. 141 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:17,120 Jean, you had a question? 142 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,879 No. 143 00:08:19,879 --> 00:08:20,879 I'm just... 144 00:08:20,879 --> 00:08:22,100 Oh, I thought you had your hand up. 145 00:08:22,100 --> 00:08:23,100 Well, I have the opportunity, I will say that I have watched Laurie struggle with this 146 00:08:23,100 --> 00:08:24,100 for a month now. 147 00:08:24,100 --> 00:08:25,100 Yeah. 148 00:08:25,100 --> 00:08:26,100 And my God, it's been unbelievable. 149 00:08:26,100 --> 00:08:27,100 We wait an average of some time off. 150 00:08:27,100 --> 00:08:28,100 I run into her and she's like, you know what? 151 00:08:28,100 --> 00:08:29,100 You know what? 152 00:08:29,100 --> 00:08:30,100 You know what? 153 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:31,100 You know what? 154 00:08:31,100 --> 00:08:32,100 You know what? 155 00:08:32,100 --> 00:08:33,100 You know what? 156 00:08:33,100 --> 00:08:34,100 You know what? 157 00:08:34,100 --> 00:08:35,100 You know what? 158 00:08:35,100 --> 00:08:36,100 You know what? 159 00:08:36,100 --> 00:08:37,100 You know what? 160 00:08:37,100 --> 00:08:38,100 You know what? 161 00:08:38,100 --> 00:08:39,100 You know what? 162 00:08:39,100 --> 00:08:40,519 You know what? 163 00:08:40,519 --> 00:08:41,519 You know what? 164 00:08:41,519 --> 00:08:42,519 It's been unbelievable. 165 00:08:42,519 --> 00:08:43,519 And what's the truth? 166 00:08:43,519 --> 00:08:45,519 After a few days off, I run in and I check her e-mail address to see if we heard from 167 00:08:45,519 --> 00:08:46,519 any banks. 168 00:08:46,519 --> 00:08:47,519 They say they're going to call first thing in the morning. 169 00:08:47,519 --> 00:08:48,519 Well, they don't say what morning because it's due. 170 00:08:48,519 --> 00:08:49,519 The next morning, it's been very stressful for her. 171 00:08:49,519 --> 00:08:50,519 It's terrible. 172 00:08:50,519 --> 00:08:51,779 The banks aren't working with us... 173 00:08:51,779 --> 00:08:52,779 Nope. 174 00:08:52,779 --> 00:08:54,259 It's too bad. 175 00:08:54,259 --> 00:08:55,259 No, we'll try that. 176 00:08:55,259 --> 00:08:56,259 We'll definitely try that. 177 00:08:56,259 --> 00:08:57,259 Try them on Monday. 178 00:08:57,259 --> 00:08:58,259 So we still... 179 00:08:58,259 --> 00:08:59,279 Paving loan. 180 00:08:59,279 --> 00:08:59,980 We still need, yeah, $469,000... 181 00:08:59,980 --> 00:09:14,049 Paid one, it's temporarily paid. 182 00:09:14,070 --> 00:09:18,679 Right now we have the tan, so we can work with that. 183 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:24,600 You just have to set a tag to hold out earlier than ever. 184 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:38,580 Anything else we need to ask her on that? 185 00:09:38,580 --> 00:09:48,919 Fire warden appointment. Lori sent us a letter that 186 00:09:48,919 --> 00:09:53,269 the fire warden is now appointed by the state. 187 00:09:53,269 --> 00:09:57,269 It's now appointed by the fire, the fire chief is appointed first 188 00:09:57,269 --> 00:10:01,269 and that he can appoint the deputy warden. So it's been taken 189 00:10:01,269 --> 00:10:06,299 out of our hands entirely to recommend anyone. 190 00:10:06,299 --> 00:10:10,549 We pay for her, but we don't get to say it. 191 00:10:10,549 --> 00:10:14,549 Appointed the same two fellows that have been doing it, and they're happy to continue on. 192 00:10:14,549 --> 00:10:19,899 Right, it takes the state out of the middle of it. 193 00:10:19,899 --> 00:10:24,820 Why would the state want to have their hands in that anyway? 194 00:10:24,820 --> 00:10:28,820 They probably never met all three of these people. 195 00:10:28,820 --> 00:10:33,049 It doesn't even make any sense. 196 00:10:33,049 --> 00:10:37,830 They've always done it that way. 197 00:10:37,830 --> 00:10:39,830 Discussion, the Leo Ethier Memorial Garden. 198 00:10:39,830 --> 00:10:41,830 That's a statement they make. 199 00:10:41,830 --> 00:10:51,210 The memorial garden is over that side of the school. 200 00:10:51,210 --> 00:10:57,399 It was started in 2006, 2007 by the school board. 201 00:10:57,399 --> 00:11:01,399 I know at the town meeting everyone was agreeable to it. 202 00:11:01,399 --> 00:11:03,399 We raised money for that. 203 00:11:03,399 --> 00:11:07,399 And the school board did say they would have volunteers 204 00:11:07,399 --> 00:11:09,399 that would take care of the garden. 205 00:11:09,399 --> 00:11:13,399 It was much larger than it is now, is that correct? 206 00:11:13,399 --> 00:11:15,690 It was a larger area? 207 00:11:15,690 --> 00:11:17,940 Well, anyway. 208 00:11:17,940 --> 00:11:23,940 To be honest with you, I feel like I must have had something to do with it, 209 00:11:23,940 --> 00:11:25,940 but I don't remember it. 210 00:11:25,940 --> 00:11:27,940 I really don't remember doing that. 211 00:11:27,940 --> 00:11:30,460 Well, anyway. 212 00:11:30,460 --> 00:11:32,460 It's about 20 years. 213 00:11:32,460 --> 00:11:38,460 There is mulch now, but growing through the mulch is weeds. 214 00:11:38,460 --> 00:11:46,460 The family has been taking care of it because the volunteers have kind of disappeared 215 00:11:46,460 --> 00:11:48,460 or old or moved or for whatever reason. 216 00:11:48,460 --> 00:11:52,460 But the family has been weeding and trying to take care of it. 217 00:11:52,460 --> 00:11:58,460 Pam has helped last year because there were some volunteers that worked with Carol. 218 00:11:58,460 --> 00:12:02,460 But she was wondering if the town could do anything. 219 00:12:02,460 --> 00:12:04,460 Do we take it over? 220 00:12:04,460 --> 00:12:08,570 Do we want to mow it? 221 00:12:08,570 --> 00:12:10,919 What do we want to do? 222 00:12:10,919 --> 00:12:12,919 I took a look at it. 223 00:12:12,919 --> 00:12:18,919 I even drew a little drawing of it after you and I talked. 224 00:12:18,919 --> 00:12:20,919 I mean, it's shrunken down. 225 00:12:20,919 --> 00:12:22,919 You can hear. 226 00:12:22,919 --> 00:12:28,919 It's shrunken down now to a point where you really can't make it much smaller. 227 00:12:28,919 --> 00:12:36,259 There is an issue with the slide. 228 00:12:36,259 --> 00:12:40,259 The slide is right there, right next to it. 229 00:12:40,259 --> 00:12:42,259 If the slide was not there, right next to it, 230 00:12:42,259 --> 00:12:48,259 I would go edge that bed out, make it as small as you can, 231 00:12:48,259 --> 00:12:52,519 and then everything else would just get seeded. 232 00:12:52,519 --> 00:12:54,519 And that would be that. 233 00:12:54,519 --> 00:12:58,519 But the slide is right there, so they've got chips right next to it. 234 00:12:58,519 --> 00:13:06,519 So now there's not a lot that you can do with it. 235 00:13:06,519 --> 00:13:08,840 Well, what does John do? 236 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:10,840 He just mows up to the chips by the slide. 237 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:12,840 I guess. 238 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:14,840 I don't know. 239 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:16,840 You can see what. 240 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:26,840 It's, I mean, and the slide, I don't really know why the slide is there. 241 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:28,840 Was it there when the memorial was put in? 242 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:30,840 Yeah. 243 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:32,840 I don't know. 244 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:34,840 They got new equipment. 245 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:38,840 But yeah, so remember that now there's the fence. 246 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:40,840 The fence is there. 247 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:42,840 The slide is outside of the fence. 248 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:46,840 Well, here's what my guess is. 249 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:52,899 Is that they didn't, nobody wanted to pay to move that slide 250 00:13:52,899 --> 00:13:58,899 when that fence was put in and that, you know, that playground area. 251 00:13:58,899 --> 00:14:02,899 So now that slide is just kind of out there in no man's land 252 00:14:02,899 --> 00:14:04,899 for no apparent reason all by itself. 253 00:14:04,899 --> 00:14:06,899 It really should just be removed. 254 00:14:06,899 --> 00:14:08,899 Can anyone use it then? 255 00:14:08,899 --> 00:14:10,899 I don't know. 256 00:14:10,899 --> 00:14:12,899 Is there another slide? 257 00:14:12,899 --> 00:14:14,899 I don't see kids after school using it. 258 00:14:14,899 --> 00:14:16,899 Is there another slide out back? 259 00:14:16,899 --> 00:14:18,899 Is that like a second slide? 260 00:14:18,899 --> 00:14:20,899 I think so. 261 00:14:20,899 --> 00:14:22,899 I can't see with the way the school heads back. 262 00:14:22,899 --> 00:14:24,899 I'm letting the kids out of that fence. 263 00:14:24,899 --> 00:14:26,899 Right. 264 00:14:26,899 --> 00:14:32,899 And so if just neighborhood children were using the playground equipment, 265 00:14:32,899 --> 00:14:36,899 well, they're going to go back there and use the playground set up. 266 00:14:36,899 --> 00:14:38,899 So if you just took that one out. 267 00:14:38,899 --> 00:14:44,940 If you took that slide out, now that whole area can just be returned to lawn. 268 00:14:44,940 --> 00:14:46,940 There would be no traffic. 269 00:14:46,940 --> 00:14:50,940 And then somebody like myself or something would go in there once a year, 270 00:14:50,940 --> 00:14:52,940 edge the bed out, you know, go in there, you know. 271 00:14:52,940 --> 00:14:54,940 Can we ask the school? 272 00:14:54,940 --> 00:14:57,860 Can we do what? 273 00:14:57,860 --> 00:14:59,860 I was going to ask if the school is even aware. 274 00:14:59,860 --> 00:15:05,860 There's been so much turnover at that school that the school board set it up. 275 00:15:05,860 --> 00:15:07,860 It was their principal. 276 00:15:07,860 --> 00:15:11,860 I wonder if they were made aware of that commitment, if somebody there would take it on. 277 00:15:11,860 --> 00:15:19,429 Well, I know Cindy was there when this started. 278 00:15:19,429 --> 00:15:25,429 I think I'd like to say that it has totally lost its intent. 279 00:15:25,429 --> 00:15:31,429 It was supposed to be a garden with a bench and a place to peacefully reflect. 280 00:15:31,429 --> 00:15:35,429 And instead, it is part of the playground now. 281 00:15:35,429 --> 00:15:39,429 And nobody would be happier than that, maybe than Leo. 282 00:15:39,429 --> 00:15:41,429 Because of the children. 283 00:15:41,429 --> 00:15:47,429 But it totally lost the purpose of the memorial. 284 00:15:47,429 --> 00:15:51,429 And the maintenance is higher because of the traffic. 285 00:15:51,429 --> 00:15:55,429 So there's just mulch in front of the flowers here. 286 00:15:55,429 --> 00:15:57,429 Is that correct? 287 00:15:57,429 --> 00:16:01,429 Or was this all mulch at one time? 288 00:16:01,429 --> 00:16:09,429 It looks to me like if I had to guess that it was, that there was grass and stuff in there, 289 00:16:09,429 --> 00:16:13,429 and then the slides there, that they made them put chips in there, 290 00:16:13,429 --> 00:16:15,429 and now the chips just keep on getting kicked around, 291 00:16:15,429 --> 00:16:19,429 and they spread out and spread out and spread out, fill the grass. 292 00:16:19,429 --> 00:16:23,429 I mean, it's just, I don't know. 293 00:16:23,429 --> 00:16:29,620 I would just approach the school, the board, the principal, and ask. 294 00:16:29,620 --> 00:16:38,139 Because, again, I think that the supervisor union has the say in what they do with playgrounds. 295 00:16:38,139 --> 00:16:40,139 I'm not in favor of it, but that's the way it is. 296 00:16:40,139 --> 00:16:44,139 If there's already a slide out there for all the students to use, 297 00:16:44,139 --> 00:16:50,169 and we can just request to remove it, the maintenance goes down, we proceed in, 298 00:16:50,169 --> 00:16:52,169 and away we go. 299 00:16:52,169 --> 00:16:54,169 And it's going to be a lot easier that way. 300 00:16:54,169 --> 00:17:04,170 If not, then ask them how they want to pay for the maintenance of the memorial that they actually brought up. 301 00:17:04,170 --> 00:17:06,170 What was the original agreement? 302 00:17:06,170 --> 00:17:08,170 It was the school that brought this in. 303 00:17:08,170 --> 00:17:10,170 But what was their agreement, sorry? 304 00:17:10,170 --> 00:17:12,170 The volunteers. 305 00:17:12,170 --> 00:17:14,170 The volunteers. 306 00:17:14,170 --> 00:17:16,170 When we asked them to cut the cushions down, which have not been cut down yet, 307 00:17:16,170 --> 00:17:18,170 they said they had no problem with it. 308 00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:20,170 I said, I don't think it will. 309 00:17:20,170 --> 00:17:22,299 I think Laurie's right. 310 00:17:22,299 --> 00:17:26,329 We better ask them out before they change to someone else again. 311 00:17:26,329 --> 00:17:30,329 So, in the meantime, I will edge that bed. 312 00:17:30,329 --> 00:17:32,329 I will pull the weeds that are in there now. 313 00:17:32,329 --> 00:17:38,329 I will prune those big leaf hydrangeas, the sticks that are all in the big leaf hydrangeas. 314 00:17:38,329 --> 00:17:40,329 Oh, yeah. 315 00:17:40,329 --> 00:17:44,329 So, it will look crisper and nicer for the time being. 316 00:17:44,329 --> 00:17:46,329 Okay. 317 00:17:46,329 --> 00:17:48,329 But I think you should just talk to the school board about that slide. 318 00:17:48,329 --> 00:17:50,329 Yeah. 319 00:17:50,329 --> 00:17:52,329 And be like, yeah, do we really want the slide here? 320 00:17:52,329 --> 00:17:54,329 Like, it doesn't belong there. 321 00:17:54,329 --> 00:17:56,329 So, you mean edge the bed right along this line? 322 00:17:56,329 --> 00:17:58,329 See that line that I drew? 323 00:17:58,329 --> 00:18:00,329 Yes, okay. 324 00:18:00,329 --> 00:18:02,329 Like, in essence, right there. 325 00:18:02,329 --> 00:18:04,740 Not one activity is done outside these fences. 326 00:18:04,740 --> 00:18:06,740 No. 327 00:18:06,740 --> 00:18:08,740 No, I don't think, I mean, when they put the fence up, 328 00:18:08,740 --> 00:18:12,740 they created, like, the kids stay in here. 329 00:18:12,740 --> 00:18:14,740 Yeah. 330 00:18:14,740 --> 00:18:16,740 And everyone else stays out here. 331 00:18:16,740 --> 00:18:18,740 Well, we talked to them about this fence over here. 332 00:18:18,740 --> 00:18:20,970 The younger children use that one over there where that slide is. 333 00:18:20,970 --> 00:18:22,970 Right. 334 00:18:22,970 --> 00:18:26,970 And they said that they kept, they definitely keep them in. 335 00:18:26,970 --> 00:18:31,220 You know, because they asked for other types of stuff, 336 00:18:31,220 --> 00:18:33,220 which I don't think they ever did. 337 00:18:33,220 --> 00:18:35,220 I don't think so. 338 00:18:35,220 --> 00:18:37,220 But they were asking for them. 339 00:18:37,220 --> 00:18:39,220 Yeah. 340 00:18:39,220 --> 00:18:41,220 So, I mean, it doesn't want to have playground equipment 341 00:18:41,220 --> 00:18:43,220 for children who are in town, 342 00:18:43,220 --> 00:18:45,220 but it just doesn't make sense for that slide 343 00:18:45,220 --> 00:18:47,220 to be separate from all the other playground equipment 344 00:18:47,220 --> 00:18:49,220 just in a place that doesn't really make sense. 345 00:18:49,220 --> 00:18:51,220 That's right. 346 00:18:51,220 --> 00:18:53,220 If they already have another slide, 347 00:18:53,220 --> 00:18:55,220 if they didn't, I would say, okay, 348 00:18:55,220 --> 00:18:57,220 well, what does it cost to move this slide over there? 349 00:18:57,220 --> 00:18:59,220 They only have the twirly side. 350 00:18:59,220 --> 00:19:01,220 Yeah. 351 00:19:01,220 --> 00:19:03,220 If they want to move that and it costs a couple hundred bucks, 352 00:19:03,220 --> 00:19:05,220 you know, then we'll go from there. 353 00:19:05,220 --> 00:19:07,220 You know? 354 00:19:07,220 --> 00:19:09,220 I don't think it's going to cost a thousand dollars 355 00:19:09,220 --> 00:19:11,220 to move this slide, you know? 356 00:19:11,220 --> 00:19:15,220 Well, the problem is you've got to get, 357 00:19:15,220 --> 00:19:17,220 because of the supervisory union, 358 00:19:17,220 --> 00:19:19,220 everything has to be done by the book. 359 00:19:19,220 --> 00:19:21,259 You can't just go volunteer, pick up a slide, 360 00:19:21,259 --> 00:19:23,259 bring it over, put it back down. 361 00:19:23,259 --> 00:19:25,259 You're going to say, well, you know, 362 00:19:25,259 --> 00:19:27,259 did you put this in? 363 00:19:27,259 --> 00:19:29,259 You've got to have the special chips, too. 364 00:19:29,259 --> 00:19:31,259 You can't just throw up these problems. 365 00:19:31,259 --> 00:19:33,259 We installed two playgrounds in North Adams 366 00:19:33,259 --> 00:19:35,259 and we had to buy very special, 367 00:19:35,259 --> 00:19:37,259 certified, you know, 368 00:19:37,259 --> 00:19:39,259 chips that were, like, 369 00:19:39,259 --> 00:19:41,259 absolutely perfect for playgrounds 370 00:19:41,259 --> 00:19:43,259 and they have to be, 371 00:19:43,259 --> 00:19:45,259 it's a whole big deal. 372 00:19:45,259 --> 00:19:47,259 I used to inspect them for the housing playgrounds. 373 00:19:47,259 --> 00:19:49,259 Oh, yeah. 374 00:19:49,259 --> 00:19:51,259 All the bolts have got to be accounted for. 375 00:19:51,259 --> 00:19:53,259 The screws have got to be all tightened up. 376 00:19:53,259 --> 00:19:55,259 We went from having 377 00:19:55,259 --> 00:19:57,259 giant slides like that 378 00:19:57,259 --> 00:19:59,259 with nothing underneath them. 379 00:19:59,259 --> 00:20:01,259 In fact, 380 00:20:01,259 --> 00:20:03,259 they might even have blacktop underneath them. 381 00:20:03,259 --> 00:20:05,259 So now we're going to have, you know, 382 00:20:05,259 --> 00:20:07,259 12 inches plus of 383 00:20:07,259 --> 00:20:09,259 specialized, certified wood chips 384 00:20:09,259 --> 00:20:11,259 that come from a special place 385 00:20:11,259 --> 00:20:13,259 and they cost a fortune. 386 00:20:13,259 --> 00:20:15,259 I went to Haskins school. We didn't have grass. 387 00:20:15,259 --> 00:20:17,259 We weren't allowed to go out on an old field. 388 00:20:17,259 --> 00:20:19,259 That was our field trip. 389 00:20:19,259 --> 00:20:21,259 That's where we went on our field trip. 390 00:20:21,259 --> 00:20:23,259 We went off the blacktop onto the grass. 391 00:20:23,259 --> 00:20:25,289 We played kickball. 392 00:20:25,289 --> 00:20:27,289 We had a slide. 393 00:20:27,289 --> 00:20:29,289 It was all blacktop. 394 00:20:29,289 --> 00:20:31,289 Remember lawn darts and things you could let go? 395 00:20:31,289 --> 00:20:33,289 No, we used to use the jackknife, though. 396 00:20:33,289 --> 00:20:35,289 So after the meeting, 397 00:20:35,289 --> 00:20:37,289 he asked me about lawn darts. 398 00:20:37,289 --> 00:20:39,289 I got a proposal for you 399 00:20:39,289 --> 00:20:41,349 if you want to put your name in. 400 00:20:41,349 --> 00:20:43,349 I happen to have a machine shop. 401 00:20:43,349 --> 00:20:45,349 So what are we going to do? 402 00:20:45,349 --> 00:20:47,349 Ask the school if they want to move the slide. 403 00:20:47,349 --> 00:20:51,529 Is that what we want? 404 00:20:51,529 --> 00:20:53,529 Yeah. Not move. Take it out. 405 00:20:53,529 --> 00:20:56,069 Is it? 406 00:20:56,069 --> 00:20:58,069 If they already have one. 407 00:20:58,069 --> 00:21:00,069 If they want to replace it. 408 00:21:00,069 --> 00:21:02,069 There's a different kind of slide. 409 00:21:02,069 --> 00:21:04,259 Load up. 410 00:21:04,259 --> 00:21:06,259 There's a spiral-like corkscrew out there. 411 00:21:06,259 --> 00:21:08,490 Loam 412 00:21:08,490 --> 00:21:10,490 where the slide is now. 413 00:21:10,490 --> 00:21:12,490 The kids are in school. 414 00:21:12,490 --> 00:21:14,490 Don't use the slide. 415 00:21:14,490 --> 00:21:16,490 They'll probably say there has to be a separation. 416 00:21:16,490 --> 00:21:18,490 Once the slide is gone, 417 00:21:18,490 --> 00:21:20,490 we're going to remove all those chips 418 00:21:20,490 --> 00:21:22,490 that don't belong. 419 00:21:22,490 --> 00:21:24,490 They've got to all be moved. 420 00:21:24,490 --> 00:21:26,490 Then in mid 421 00:21:26,490 --> 00:21:28,490 to late August, it needs to be 422 00:21:28,490 --> 00:21:30,490 loamed and seeded. 423 00:21:30,490 --> 00:21:32,490 The original agreement was 424 00:21:32,490 --> 00:21:34,490 they would take care of it. 425 00:21:34,490 --> 00:21:36,490 We'll work with them. 426 00:21:36,490 --> 00:21:38,490 So that's the first thing. 427 00:21:38,490 --> 00:21:40,490 Are they going to do it? 428 00:21:40,490 --> 00:21:42,490 School? 429 00:21:42,490 --> 00:21:44,490 Any volunteers? 430 00:21:44,490 --> 00:21:46,490 That's the only reason 431 00:21:46,490 --> 00:21:48,490 why it's going to be expensive. 432 00:21:48,490 --> 00:21:50,490 I'm sure it's on footings. 433 00:21:50,490 --> 00:21:52,490 You would think it's on footings. 434 00:21:52,490 --> 00:21:54,490 If it's not, when you move it, 435 00:21:54,490 --> 00:21:56,490 it will be on footings. 436 00:21:56,490 --> 00:21:58,490 It's not going to take 10 minutes. 437 00:21:58,490 --> 00:22:00,839 No. 438 00:22:00,839 --> 00:22:03,099 Can I keep this picture? 439 00:22:03,099 --> 00:22:06,660 You can probably get things for it. 440 00:22:06,660 --> 00:22:08,660 Do you want to go to the school board 441 00:22:08,660 --> 00:22:10,660 with this 442 00:22:10,660 --> 00:22:12,660 and ask them about it? 443 00:22:12,660 --> 00:22:15,589 I don't know. 444 00:22:15,589 --> 00:22:18,170 Can I say something? 445 00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:20,490 Jane? 446 00:22:20,490 --> 00:22:22,490 I walked around the building yesterday. 447 00:22:22,490 --> 00:22:24,490 The main reason was because 448 00:22:24,490 --> 00:22:26,490 there was fire out there 449 00:22:26,490 --> 00:22:28,490 and we didn't want to set the alarm. 450 00:22:28,490 --> 00:22:30,490 Someone was somewhere in the building. 451 00:22:30,490 --> 00:22:32,490 There was something out there 452 00:22:32,490 --> 00:22:34,490 and it's nice. 453 00:22:34,490 --> 00:22:37,059 The whole area is kind of a blight. 454 00:22:37,059 --> 00:22:39,059 So is this 455 00:22:39,059 --> 00:22:41,059 an opportunity 456 00:22:41,059 --> 00:22:43,059 to do some pruning? 457 00:22:43,059 --> 00:22:45,059 Maybe cut those eyesores down 458 00:22:45,059 --> 00:22:47,509 and cut out this window? 459 00:22:47,509 --> 00:22:49,509 Is it bad looking? 460 00:22:49,509 --> 00:22:51,509 We went down this road before 461 00:22:51,509 --> 00:22:53,509 and I thought we said cut them. 462 00:22:53,509 --> 00:22:55,509 If you want to have John 463 00:22:55,509 --> 00:22:57,509 and you want to ask 464 00:22:57,509 --> 00:22:59,509 if we're going to do it. 465 00:22:59,509 --> 00:23:01,799 If not, 466 00:23:01,799 --> 00:23:03,799 or if he's going to charge extra. 467 00:23:03,799 --> 00:23:05,799 You get a price. 468 00:23:05,799 --> 00:23:07,799 Again, cut it down. 469 00:23:07,799 --> 00:23:09,799 Did the school say 470 00:23:09,799 --> 00:23:11,799 they were going to cut them or we cut them? 471 00:23:11,799 --> 00:23:13,799 These over here, they said 472 00:23:13,799 --> 00:23:15,799 go ahead and cut them. 473 00:23:15,799 --> 00:23:17,799 We didn't ask. 474 00:23:17,799 --> 00:23:19,799 Just cut them. 475 00:23:19,799 --> 00:23:21,799 We talked about this 476 00:23:21,799 --> 00:23:23,799 when I was on the select board. 477 00:23:23,799 --> 00:23:25,799 You were going to cut them all down. 478 00:23:25,799 --> 00:23:27,799 They're covering 479 00:23:27,799 --> 00:23:29,799 this beautiful stonework 480 00:23:29,799 --> 00:23:31,799 that's on this building. 481 00:23:31,799 --> 00:23:33,799 I hate to volunteer someone 482 00:23:33,799 --> 00:23:35,799 but one of the tree companies 483 00:23:35,799 --> 00:23:37,799 as they're driving 484 00:23:37,799 --> 00:23:39,799 back into town 485 00:23:39,799 --> 00:23:41,799 literally with their chipper 486 00:23:41,799 --> 00:23:43,799 come out here 487 00:23:43,799 --> 00:23:45,799 cut the thing down 488 00:23:45,799 --> 00:23:47,799 and throw it in the chipper 489 00:23:47,799 --> 00:23:49,799 and continue driving home. 490 00:23:49,799 --> 00:23:51,799 It's like a half an hour. 491 00:23:51,799 --> 00:23:53,859 I don't have a chipper. 492 00:23:53,859 --> 00:23:55,859 I do it. 493 00:23:55,859 --> 00:23:57,859 Be honest. 494 00:23:57,859 --> 00:23:59,859 As far as the board is concerned, 495 00:23:59,859 --> 00:24:01,859 I say cut them. 496 00:24:01,859 --> 00:24:03,859 If you want a motion, 497 00:24:03,859 --> 00:24:05,859 I'll make a motion to cut them. 498 00:24:05,859 --> 00:24:07,859 They're all horrible. 499 00:24:07,859 --> 00:24:09,859 Why would you leave them here? 500 00:24:09,859 --> 00:24:11,859 You're right. 501 00:24:11,859 --> 00:24:13,859 Talk about this 502 00:24:13,859 --> 00:24:15,859 for another 10 years. 503 00:24:15,859 --> 00:24:17,859 They're broken 504 00:24:17,859 --> 00:24:19,859 and all tangled. 505 00:24:19,859 --> 00:24:21,859 The old junipers. 506 00:24:21,859 --> 00:24:23,859 I thought we were going to cut them. 507 00:24:23,859 --> 00:24:25,859 A long time ago. 508 00:24:25,859 --> 00:24:27,859 At least three times. 509 00:24:27,859 --> 00:24:29,859 Over there in front of the kindergarten room 510 00:24:29,859 --> 00:24:31,859 I think John said 511 00:24:31,859 --> 00:24:33,859 they're growing into the foundation. 512 00:24:33,859 --> 00:24:35,859 They said 513 00:24:35,859 --> 00:24:37,859 there was a question of 514 00:24:37,859 --> 00:24:39,859 do they give privacy 515 00:24:39,859 --> 00:24:41,859 and then we talked about 516 00:24:41,859 --> 00:24:43,859 this is at a meeting 517 00:24:43,859 --> 00:24:45,859 outside the meeting. 518 00:24:45,859 --> 00:24:47,859 But then they said 519 00:24:47,859 --> 00:24:49,859 what if you had 520 00:24:49,859 --> 00:24:51,859 say there was a fire 521 00:24:51,859 --> 00:24:53,859 and you had to use the window 522 00:24:53,859 --> 00:24:55,859 and you can't even get out of there. 523 00:24:55,859 --> 00:24:57,859 They're horrible. 524 00:24:57,859 --> 00:24:59,859 If you cut them down 525 00:24:59,859 --> 00:25:02,059 There's actually wood behind this side. 526 00:25:02,059 --> 00:25:04,059 Yes, they're horrible. 527 00:25:04,059 --> 00:25:06,059 It's nice wood behind here. 528 00:25:06,059 --> 00:25:08,059 There's no reason to do that. 529 00:25:08,059 --> 00:25:10,539 Cut them. 530 00:25:10,539 --> 00:25:12,539 We already said what to cut. 531 00:25:12,539 --> 00:25:14,539 We talked to 532 00:25:14,539 --> 00:25:16,539 Julie. 533 00:25:16,539 --> 00:25:18,539 I don't know if he was there. 534 00:25:18,539 --> 00:25:20,539 He was there. 535 00:25:20,539 --> 00:25:22,539 In the A.R. he said go ahead. 536 00:25:22,539 --> 00:25:25,400 We just need to do it. 537 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,400 Is there any documentation? 538 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,400 No. 539 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,400 There was no meeting. 540 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,819 We definitely said cut. 541 00:25:33,819 --> 00:25:35,819 If you wanted to say 542 00:25:35,819 --> 00:25:37,819 we've got something to do with it. 543 00:25:37,819 --> 00:25:39,819 Did he come in the school board 544 00:25:39,819 --> 00:25:41,819 and tell them afterwards or no? 545 00:25:41,819 --> 00:25:43,819 After they're gone. 546 00:25:43,819 --> 00:25:45,819 He's here to ask for forgiveness, right? 547 00:25:45,819 --> 00:25:47,819 They have a regular meeting now. 548 00:25:47,819 --> 00:25:49,819 It's a long time. 549 00:25:49,819 --> 00:25:51,819 The last Tuesday of the month or something. 550 00:25:51,819 --> 00:25:53,819 Negotiation meetings. 551 00:25:55,819 --> 00:25:57,819 We could at some point just need to 552 00:25:57,819 --> 00:25:59,819 find somebody to do it to get it done. 553 00:25:59,819 --> 00:26:01,819 Just do it. 554 00:26:01,819 --> 00:26:03,819 If there is a tree 555 00:26:03,819 --> 00:26:05,819 you've got to come and buy it 556 00:26:05,819 --> 00:26:07,819 and now we're asking this too. 557 00:26:07,819 --> 00:26:09,819 But if John wants to do it 558 00:26:09,819 --> 00:26:11,819 and he says it's going to cost extra 559 00:26:11,819 --> 00:26:13,819 Bring back the number. 560 00:26:13,819 --> 00:26:16,069 He's got kids in school. 561 00:26:16,069 --> 00:26:18,069 To me, I don't. 562 00:26:18,069 --> 00:26:20,069 We've talked about it. 563 00:26:20,069 --> 00:26:22,069 I know. 564 00:26:22,069 --> 00:26:24,069 He did pop into my head. 565 00:26:24,069 --> 00:26:26,069 Again, I'm not volunteering. 566 00:26:26,069 --> 00:26:28,069 You can ask him. 567 00:26:28,069 --> 00:26:30,069 If someone wants to do it for free 568 00:26:30,069 --> 00:26:32,069 that's good. 569 00:26:32,069 --> 00:26:35,960 That would be wonderful. 570 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,599 Anything else 571 00:26:38,599 --> 00:26:41,819 under discussion? 572 00:26:41,819 --> 00:26:43,819 Correspondence story 573 00:26:43,819 --> 00:26:49,779 in your box. 574 00:26:49,779 --> 00:26:51,779 A municipal impact questionnaire 575 00:26:51,779 --> 00:26:55,799 to fill out. 576 00:26:55,799 --> 00:26:57,799 This is a process that 577 00:26:57,799 --> 00:26:59,799 we call the 250 process 578 00:26:59,799 --> 00:27:01,799 to reopen the gravel lane. 579 00:27:01,799 --> 00:27:04,059 It's one of the many steps 580 00:27:04,059 --> 00:27:06,220 that they need to take. 581 00:27:06,220 --> 00:27:08,220 So they've asked 582 00:27:08,220 --> 00:27:10,220 if you guys could 583 00:27:10,220 --> 00:27:13,339 fill it out. 584 00:27:13,339 --> 00:27:15,339 I think we looked at it before. 585 00:27:15,339 --> 00:27:17,339 You probably want it 586 00:27:17,339 --> 00:27:19,339 and I have to fill it out online. 587 00:27:19,339 --> 00:27:21,339 Kurt, do you have it? 588 00:27:21,339 --> 00:27:23,339 I didn't fill it out. 589 00:27:23,339 --> 00:27:25,339 I didn't know if we were all filling it out. 590 00:27:25,339 --> 00:27:27,339 We'll give it to Lori so she can fill it out. 591 00:27:27,339 --> 00:27:29,339 Fire protection, yes? 592 00:27:29,339 --> 00:27:31,339 Police protection. 593 00:27:31,339 --> 00:27:33,339 Municipality does not provide. 594 00:27:33,339 --> 00:27:35,690 State? 595 00:27:35,690 --> 00:27:38,460 Rescue? 596 00:27:38,460 --> 00:27:40,460 Yes. 597 00:27:40,460 --> 00:27:42,839 Road maintenance? 598 00:27:42,839 --> 00:27:44,839 No. 599 00:27:44,839 --> 00:27:46,839 I put state. 600 00:27:46,839 --> 00:27:48,839 Yep. 601 00:27:48,839 --> 00:27:50,839 Solid waste disposal. 602 00:27:50,839 --> 00:27:52,839 Is it going to... 603 00:27:52,839 --> 00:27:54,839 What does that mean? 604 00:27:54,839 --> 00:27:56,839 Is it going to... 605 00:27:56,839 --> 00:27:58,839 Do we have the capacity 606 00:27:58,839 --> 00:28:00,839 to provide the following services 607 00:28:00,839 --> 00:28:02,839 without unreasonable burdens 608 00:28:02,839 --> 00:28:04,839 for the above project? 609 00:28:04,839 --> 00:28:06,839 I don't think it's going to be any more burdensome. 610 00:28:06,839 --> 00:28:08,839 I put yes because we do have 611 00:28:08,839 --> 00:28:11,259 the waste disposal body. 612 00:28:11,259 --> 00:28:13,259 What would they have for waste? 613 00:28:13,259 --> 00:28:15,259 You're not going to have that kind of waste? 614 00:28:15,259 --> 00:28:17,259 No, I don't think so. 615 00:28:17,259 --> 00:28:19,259 No, it would be more like 616 00:28:19,259 --> 00:28:21,259 maybe if you were cutting trees down 617 00:28:21,259 --> 00:28:23,259 or something 618 00:28:23,259 --> 00:28:25,259 and you were putting the trees 619 00:28:25,259 --> 00:28:28,059 in the landfill or something. 620 00:28:28,059 --> 00:28:30,059 I think that many trees 621 00:28:30,059 --> 00:28:32,059 would probably have a load there somewhere. 622 00:28:32,059 --> 00:28:34,059 You could put that all in there 623 00:28:34,059 --> 00:28:36,980 and they won't be bothering you. 624 00:28:36,980 --> 00:28:38,980 Water, private water, private sewer. 625 00:28:38,980 --> 00:28:40,980 Yep. 626 00:28:40,980 --> 00:28:44,519 Those are lower than 627 00:28:44,519 --> 00:28:46,519 municipality business. 628 00:28:46,519 --> 00:28:48,519 I put the above. 629 00:28:48,519 --> 00:28:50,519 Municipality does not provide. 630 00:28:50,519 --> 00:28:56,730 State, would the deficiencies occur 631 00:28:56,730 --> 00:28:58,730 without this project? 632 00:28:58,730 --> 00:29:03,450 Yes, they would. 633 00:29:03,450 --> 00:29:05,450 The deficiencies are common to many projects. 634 00:29:05,450 --> 00:29:07,450 Does this project create burdens 635 00:29:07,450 --> 00:29:09,450 which are inappropriate? 636 00:29:09,450 --> 00:29:11,450 Disproportionate to the taxes 637 00:29:11,450 --> 00:29:13,450 and user fees to be paid 638 00:29:13,450 --> 00:29:15,450 to the municipality. 639 00:29:15,450 --> 00:29:20,650 So what deficiency is there? 640 00:29:20,650 --> 00:29:24,740 It said, would the deficiencies occur without this? 641 00:29:24,740 --> 00:29:27,190 What deficiency? 642 00:29:27,190 --> 00:29:29,609 I don't understand that. 643 00:29:29,609 --> 00:29:35,700 Up above. 644 00:29:35,700 --> 00:29:37,700 Oh, I see. 645 00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:39,700 I understand. 646 00:29:39,700 --> 00:29:48,680 I'm thinking it was a deficiency to the town. 647 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:50,680 Common to many projects. 648 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,680 Does this project create an extra burden? 649 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:54,680 No. 650 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:56,680 Same as the previous one. 651 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:58,680 And then, 652 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:00,680 are you available to 653 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,480 answer questions related to 654 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:05,480 the above statement at an 655 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:07,480 Act 250 hearing? 656 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:09,480 Yeah, if it's here. 657 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,480 Yeah, if it's online. 658 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,579 I don't know what I can say, 659 00:30:13,579 --> 00:30:15,579 but we want to be nice. 660 00:30:15,579 --> 00:30:19,460 Okay. 661 00:30:19,460 --> 00:30:35,000 Anything else, Lori? 662 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:39,180 Old business. 663 00:30:39,180 --> 00:30:47,799 I have a question. 664 00:30:47,799 --> 00:30:50,539 I was going to say, 665 00:30:50,539 --> 00:30:52,539 in 2021 maybe, 666 00:30:52,539 --> 00:30:54,630 we got these 667 00:30:54,630 --> 00:30:58,359 hard things. 668 00:30:58,359 --> 00:31:00,359 Oh, yes. 669 00:31:00,359 --> 00:31:02,359 Defibrillators. 670 00:31:02,359 --> 00:31:04,359 And my card says 671 00:31:04,359 --> 00:31:06,359 it expires in 2025. 672 00:31:06,359 --> 00:31:08,460 And the reason why I looked at it 673 00:31:08,460 --> 00:31:10,460 is my daughter was asking 674 00:31:10,460 --> 00:31:12,710 if there's any CPR courses available. 675 00:31:12,710 --> 00:31:14,710 And so I think that 676 00:31:14,710 --> 00:31:16,710 we have a new board 677 00:31:16,710 --> 00:31:18,710 and these three 678 00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:20,710 members here haven't taken a course at all. 679 00:31:20,710 --> 00:31:22,710 I would like to have a refresher. 680 00:31:22,710 --> 00:31:24,710 Maybe we can reach out to Paul 681 00:31:24,710 --> 00:31:26,710 and have it refreshed. 682 00:31:26,710 --> 00:31:29,769 I'm sure you can. 683 00:31:29,769 --> 00:31:31,900 I mean, 684 00:31:31,900 --> 00:31:33,900 I'm not asking for tomorrow, 685 00:31:33,900 --> 00:31:35,960 but half the board now 686 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,440 hasn't taken a course. 687 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,539 I'm just trying to think. 688 00:31:40,539 --> 00:31:42,759 The defibrillator that's here in the hallway. 689 00:31:42,759 --> 00:31:44,759 There was three, wasn't there? 690 00:31:44,759 --> 00:31:46,759 School, town... 691 00:31:46,759 --> 00:31:48,759 The one in the school 692 00:31:48,759 --> 00:31:50,759 garage. 693 00:31:50,759 --> 00:31:52,759 auditorium alone was furnished 694 00:31:52,759 --> 00:31:54,759 by the ambulance squad. 695 00:31:54,759 --> 00:31:56,759 And we bought it. 696 00:31:56,759 --> 00:31:59,109 And we did, too. 697 00:31:59,109 --> 00:32:01,109 I believe, right? 698 00:32:01,109 --> 00:32:03,109 Yes. 699 00:32:03,109 --> 00:32:06,140 And I'm sure... 700 00:32:06,140 --> 00:32:08,140 Yeah, I would like to 701 00:32:08,140 --> 00:32:10,140 at least see if we can get a... 702 00:32:10,140 --> 00:32:12,140 I'll ask. 703 00:32:12,140 --> 00:32:14,299 No hurry. 704 00:32:14,299 --> 00:32:16,299 It would be nice to refresh. 705 00:32:16,299 --> 00:32:18,839 We're going to have them 706 00:32:18,839 --> 00:32:21,900 if someone should want them. 707 00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:23,900 And I don't know how close we are to 708 00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:26,089 running something for firemen 709 00:32:26,089 --> 00:32:28,089 anyway. 710 00:32:28,089 --> 00:32:34,410 Okay. 711 00:32:34,410 --> 00:32:36,410 Oh, this is dogs. 712 00:32:36,410 --> 00:32:38,410 Are they coming in? 713 00:32:38,410 --> 00:32:43,960 Dogs are coming in. 714 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:45,960 We've had several this week. 715 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:50,940 Good. 716 00:32:50,940 --> 00:32:52,940 I think next... 717 00:32:52,940 --> 00:32:54,940 I think that even just having it in the 718 00:32:54,940 --> 00:32:59,339 minutes made a difference. 719 00:32:59,339 --> 00:33:01,339 Can we publish the dog list again 720 00:33:01,339 --> 00:33:03,339 like we did last year? 721 00:33:03,339 --> 00:33:05,339 Publicly shame them like that? 722 00:33:05,339 --> 00:33:07,339 Well... 723 00:33:07,339 --> 00:33:09,339 It's all right when the board has two people. 724 00:33:09,339 --> 00:33:11,400 Yeah. 725 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,400 You didn't publish delinquent taxes 726 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,400 but we do. 727 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:17,400 Yeah, it's not read out loud 728 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,400 in the meeting because there's too many of them. 729 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,430 Yeah. 730 00:33:21,430 --> 00:33:24,299 Jed, have you 731 00:33:24,299 --> 00:33:26,299 been able to contact Green Mountain 732 00:33:26,299 --> 00:33:28,299 Express or Movers? 733 00:33:28,299 --> 00:33:30,299 I have. I haven't heard anything back yet. 734 00:33:30,299 --> 00:33:32,299 Okay. 735 00:33:32,299 --> 00:33:34,299 So I'm still in it. 736 00:33:34,299 --> 00:33:37,579 Okay. 737 00:33:37,579 --> 00:33:46,259 Any other new business? 738 00:33:46,259 --> 00:33:48,259 You asked. 739 00:33:48,259 --> 00:33:50,259 Okay. 740 00:33:50,259 --> 00:33:52,259 I want to say everybody have a wonderful 741 00:33:52,259 --> 00:33:54,259 Fourth of July. 742 00:33:54,259 --> 00:33:58,440 Be safe and make good decisions 743 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:04,819 and enjoy. 744 00:34:04,819 --> 00:34:06,819 Wow. 745 00:34:06,819 --> 00:34:09,719 Last time it was good too. 746 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:11,719 Last time it was good too. 747 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:14,619 It's getting better. 748 00:34:14,619 --> 00:34:16,739 We've got to start causing some trouble 749 00:34:16,739 --> 00:34:18,739 in town. 750 00:34:18,739 --> 00:34:21,610 Mike, don't do that. 751 00:34:21,610 --> 00:34:24,380 We've got to go back out 752 00:34:24,380 --> 00:34:26,380 where it's warm. 753 00:34:26,380 --> 00:34:28,380 Thank you.