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Okay, let's call the meeting to order.

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Welcome to the meeting of the Stamford Select Board.

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If you have a matter to discuss that is not included on the agenda,

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you may do so by addressing the chairperson and stating your name and address.

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You will notice that all our meetings are recorded,

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and this is to aid with the summarization of the minutes.

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Visitors are welcome, and we allow five minutes of comments per visitor and 15 minutes per topic.

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Discussions will be held in a calm and civilized manner and respectful of others.

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Select Board members present are...

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Mike Duran

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Nancy Brzezica

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Chad Gremlins

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John Dunn

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Kurt Lamar

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Will there be any adding of items or removing items from tonight's agenda?

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I have additional correspondence.

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Commencements to the agenda.

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Okay.

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Will there be any adjustments to the agenda such as changing the order of items?

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I don't see any.

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Okay.

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And Jed is recording tonight's meeting for his YouTube video.

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Hearing of visitors.

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Do you have a...

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I don't know.

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She just wants to keep the ring company now.

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Okay.

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They're all going to come together.

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Come down and listen.

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Listen.

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All right.

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Reading and tools...

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Joe, we got hearing of visitors.

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Do you want to say anything or you're all set?

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Yeah.

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All right.

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It's not a promise.

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I do have some information on...

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Too late.

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The law enforcement part of it.

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For you guys.

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Yeah.

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Sure.

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You want to do it now?

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Sure.

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Why not?

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It's pretty easy.

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They still do the town stuff for training.

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Who does?

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Who are you talking about?

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The...

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The...

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The...

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The law enforcement training facility in Pittsburgh.

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Oh, Pittsburgh.

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The law enforcement...

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The state was...

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What...

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What I was asking was what exactly do we have to do in order to appoint or elect one of...

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Constable.

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Yep.

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Yep.

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Right?

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So...

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And they...

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And gentlemen up there respond...

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I've read all the laws and I think I've got it all down pretty good.

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So, we can...

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You can put it on the agenda for the annual meetings.

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Put it back on the ballot or ask for permission from the townspeople to appoint a council.

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Now, what I would suggest is because of the...

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In light of the things that are popping up where you could probably use somebody...

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I can add to this.

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And so, don't...

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Don't need to go to the academy for an administrative non-agency meeting.

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So, administrative.

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And administrative.

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So, what I'm saying is any change in...

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In these initiatives, executive, non-law enforced person and there's a list of things.

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I didn't bring my list.

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What will be the administrative...

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What do you...

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What do you mean that?

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So, administrative would be assist tax collector...

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So, they could legisl...

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It's literally in the law.

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What would they need to be trained, like, would they be able to...

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If you want to assist to the tax collector, say.

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And would they be able to get a firearm, a...

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So, there was no indication.

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There was no indication.

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kind of all underneath your constitutional rights to bear arms but well i'm just wondering

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with law enforcement it's it doesn't it's it's a non-law enforcement council right only reason

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why i asked is uh i went i looked into it one time the liability so we when we had our dog officer

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right way back he was carrying a firearm he actually used the firearm under the guise of

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the town and said hey you know i'm working for the town recorded the whole thing and dispatched

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the gun okay we were very as far as i'm concerned we're very lucky that we weren't sued even though

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i agree with the right to carry second amendment all that you know that but under the insurance

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part of it i get worried so if we were to have a constable to and what good would it be for a

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constable to go assist if they couldn't defend so i think

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like a little bit of training in the future so in order in order for you to get police power now

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i'm talking about law enforcement powers you have to have a minimum of uh level one or level two

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okay they don't do one no more they they oh okay they they always say wanted to um i'm not sure

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how the how they would react i know i know um what i'm talking about what we were all talking

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an administrative type of service

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would be adequate enough you it does say in the law that one of the duties of a constable

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non-law enforcement they can dispatch deer okay and and uh and things like that so

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i would assume so they have to carry a fire they have to carry a firearm for that

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now i don't like i said i haven't been up there and uh face-to-face you know connect them up

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because you have to determine sure you're saying there's this constable when i hear

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constable i think constable in the old day yeah yeah but you're saying there's two different

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constable levels of that one is the administrative uh which is like no stopping no stopping cars or

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domestic violence or right yeah it's very specific in the law as you read it it's it's it's uh non

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it's specific non-law enforcement not allowed to stop vehicles can you get us copies of that yes so

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let's get into it some more um and here's i agree with you that we need something uh

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the other day i was i volunteered um to post notice a notice out of gentleman's or

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party's property for a pac cell and i did that i happened to be in town and i said well might as

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well do it um while i was going my wife was with me and i i said to her hey you want to go out she

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said well all right so

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As we were driving off, State Troopers pulled in real quick,

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and I was like, what are they here for, right?

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First one came in, and he pulled right behind me,

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so then another one came in.

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I said, oh, this is perfect.

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I can ask him to walk there with me.

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So I got out of the car, walked over,

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and I didn't recognize this trooper.

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Told him who I was, and told him what I was going to be doing

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and asked him if he would mind, at some time,

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it didn't have to be right then and there,

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come up there to just assist me.

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So nothing happens.

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He point blank said, no.

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He said, we don't do that.

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No.

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He says, I'm on a call right now, which he was for school.

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And I said, well, after the call, that'd be fine.

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No.

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Call your local sheriff or use your constable.

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He said, well, we don't have a constable,

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because we have to pay high taxes for State Troopers.

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Because I was mad at that time.

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I had to put him on.

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I had to dig in there.

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Dig in there.

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So I said, so you won't go up there?

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He said, no.

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But if something happens, call 911, and we're in town.

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We'll be able to respond faster.

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I said, all right, I'll call you after I get shot.

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And I walked away.

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Because I was upset.

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I said, we pay our taxes, and I'm just asking for you

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to take a ride up the road here, so I don't have any problems.

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Anyways, he didn't do it.

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If we had a constable, that would have been so much easier

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and safer.

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Me going up there.

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Whether I carry a firearm, or I beat the guy up with my hands.

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If there was a confrontation, I'm on his property.

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I understand that.

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I'm trying to do a job, and I had no identification,

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no shirt that said what I was doing, nothing on my car.

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Just going up.

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And this is what the state made us do.

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The state is telling us what to do.

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So they say, here, go put this on someone's house,

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and take a picture of it.

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So now I'm putting it on the house.

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I know this guy.

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I'm a little nervous.

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I won't kid you.

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He doesn't like me.

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So I'm posting it on there, and I'm

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waiting for him to come out, and my wife is taking a picture.

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So anyways, I back up and get out of there.

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I'm backing up.

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I don't get halfway down this driveway.

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He comes flying out of the house.

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He's looking at it.

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He takes it down.

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Right away, he took it down.

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Was there for no more than 20 seconds.

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So really, what good, I suppose, he's going to, maybe he'll read it.

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But it would have been reserved.

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Right, right.

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We had the picture.

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Everything's been documented.

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But he knew what was coming.

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We even took pictures as I was doing it.

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So there's no problems.

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But I'm saying, if there was a confrontation,

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if he had ran down to the truck, it

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would have been nice to have some kind of identification.

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As I'm doing this, I'm thinking, we

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should have something for our car, just something,

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like Sally has, that little sign.

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Slap it on the side of the car.

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In general, it seems like an arcade.

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We just do it.

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This is crazy.

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We just nail it to the tree, and it's gone in the dark.

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And we talked to the state rep.

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And he said, well, geez, we didn't really

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think about this part of the problem.

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It didn't come up.

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I'm surprised it didn't come up.

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You could have sent something like return receipt that they

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That already went out.

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Yeah, the state fine.

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This is something new that the state tells us we have to do.

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So they want you to do that on top of it.

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And our tax collector said, no way, she's doing it.

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And I don't blame her.

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So me and Judd, and Valentine.

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But anyway, we did write a letter.

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So this is something that I think that down the road

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will be needed more.

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If the state's going to make us do it,

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they should actually send some money and pay for our council.

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But I'm going to hold my breath for that one.

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But nevertheless, we should start looking into,

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I'm still 100% against the sheriff's contract,

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because you don't get anything.

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They're also asking us to do these reappraisals

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every so often, whether we're supposed to pull the money

268
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for that out of the sky.

269
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Oh, yeah.

270
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Yeah.

271
00:11:20,940 --> 00:11:24,059
So we brought that up with Cooper, I think.

272
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And I purchased it to press something

273
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that other communities.

274
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And if they're going to make us do it every six months,

275
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then they need to start every six years.

276
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And they need to start flipping the bill.

277
00:11:36,820 --> 00:11:40,399
They do give us, like, depending on your population,

278
00:11:40,399 --> 00:11:45,200
Stanford gets about $6,000 a year for a $90,000 contract.

279
00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:45,700
Right.

280
00:11:45,700 --> 00:11:46,820
It went from $70,000 to $90,000.

281
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So thanks for the six.

282
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Yeah.

283
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Yeah.

284
00:11:49,919 --> 00:11:50,419
Yeah.

285
00:11:50,419 --> 00:11:50,919
Yeah.

286
00:11:50,919 --> 00:11:55,500
I mean, the actual contract went up in one year.

287
00:11:55,500 --> 00:11:56,000
It went up.

288
00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,419
Three years from now, that's going to be over $100,000.

289
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So I'll bring the laws and all the information to Lori

290
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tomorrow to show you what it is.

291
00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,500
But there is an actual list of things

292
00:12:06,500 --> 00:12:12,909
that a constable with no law enforcement training,

293
00:12:12,909 --> 00:12:14,990
it's just going to be an appointment,

294
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but it has to go through.

295
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Tell me.

296
00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:18,580
Yeah.

297
00:12:18,580 --> 00:12:19,080
Yeah.

298
00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:19,580
Yeah.

299
00:12:19,580 --> 00:12:20,080
OK.

300
00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:20,580
Yeah.

301
00:12:20,580 --> 00:12:23,820
Just bring it in and get copies of it.

302
00:12:23,820 --> 00:12:28,259
And like you said, see how it goes.

303
00:12:28,259 --> 00:12:31,480
Well, the only other thing the guy told me on the phone

304
00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:35,120
was is that if you're a law enforcement officer in this

305
00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:44,850
area, that would be willing to moonlight you could hire him.

306
00:12:44,850 --> 00:12:48,389
And on that light with the delinquent tax collector

307
00:12:48,389 --> 00:12:50,850
and posting that notice, we did write a letter

308
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to Representative Cooper.

309
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And he knows what's going on.

310
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So this is now it's in writing.

311
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And now we can present this to the legislature.

312
00:12:54,970 --> 00:12:55,970
Maybe other towns will be thinking about this, too.

313
00:12:55,970 --> 00:12:57,230
And I ran into him the other day.

314
00:12:57,230 --> 00:12:58,230
And he was very thankful that we gave him a letter.

315
00:12:58,230 --> 00:12:59,230
And now he's going to see if he can get letters from other towns.

316
00:12:59,230 --> 00:13:00,230
Yeah.

317
00:13:00,230 --> 00:13:01,230
Good.

318
00:13:01,230 --> 00:13:02,230
That have the same problems we have.

319
00:13:02,230 --> 00:13:03,450
And he said he might contact you to get if you maybe, you know, more.

320
00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:04,450
Because, you know, down the road.

321
00:13:04,450 --> 00:13:05,450
Yeah.

322
00:13:05,450 --> 00:13:06,450
Yeah.

323
00:13:06,450 --> 00:13:07,450
Yeah.

324
00:13:07,450 --> 00:13:08,450
Yeah.

325
00:13:08,450 --> 00:13:09,450
Yeah.

326
00:13:09,450 --> 00:13:10,450
Yeah.

327
00:13:10,450 --> 00:13:11,450
Yeah.

328
00:13:11,450 --> 00:13:12,450
Yeah.

329
00:13:12,450 --> 00:13:13,450
Yeah.

330
00:13:13,450 --> 00:13:14,450
Yeah.

331
00:13:14,450 --> 00:13:15,450
Yeah.

332
00:13:15,450 --> 00:13:16,450
Yeah.

333
00:13:16,450 --> 00:13:17,450
Yeah.

334
00:13:17,450 --> 00:13:18,450
Yeah.

335
00:13:18,450 --> 00:13:19,450
Yeah.

336
00:13:19,450 --> 00:13:20,450
Yeah.

337
00:13:20,450 --> 00:13:21,450
Yeah.

338
00:13:21,450 --> 00:13:22,450
Yeah.

339
00:13:22,450 --> 00:13:23,450
Yeah.

340
00:13:23,450 --> 00:13:24,450
Yeah.

341
00:13:24,450 --> 00:13:25,450
Yeah.

342
00:13:25,450 --> 00:13:26,450
Yeah.

343
00:13:26,450 --> 00:13:27,450
Yeah.

344
00:13:27,450 --> 00:13:28,450
Yeah.

345
00:13:28,450 --> 00:13:29,450
Yeah.

346
00:13:29,450 --> 00:13:30,450
Did you hear them last last meeting?

347
00:13:30,450 --> 00:13:31,450
There was 1,100 bills in the legislature.

348
00:13:31,450 --> 00:13:32,450
Yes.

349
00:13:32,450 --> 00:13:33,850
1,100 that were brought up in one year that could be lost.

350
00:13:33,850 --> 00:13:34,850
Yeah.

351
00:13:34,850 --> 00:13:39,389
That's unbelievable that they bogged down this legisl.

352
00:13:39,389 --> 00:13:44,049
I mean, you know, some of them are useless.

353
00:13:44,049 --> 00:13:45,049
Yes.

354
00:13:45,049 --> 00:13:47,169
The other thing to say is that some of them are.

355
00:13:47,169 --> 00:13:48,169
What?

356
00:13:48,169 --> 00:13:49,169
Why?

357
00:13:49,169 --> 00:13:50,570
And that one bill has multiple items within it.

358
00:13:50,570 --> 00:13:51,509
Oh.

359
00:13:51,509 --> 00:13:52,429
Yep.

360
00:13:52,429 --> 00:13:55,629
You know it's not like just one line item, that's not how it works.

361
00:13:55,629 --> 00:14:01,120
You gotta watch what's tacked onto that at the end too.

362
00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:05,980
Okay, anything other? Hearing of visitors.

363
00:14:05,980 --> 00:14:11,250
Reading and approval of records and orders of September 17th.

364
00:14:11,250 --> 00:14:12,610
Motion.

365
00:14:12,610 --> 00:14:15,789
We have a second? Second.

366
00:14:15,789 --> 00:14:20,879
All in favor as written? Aye.

367
00:14:20,879 --> 00:14:23,139
Highway update, Dave?

368
00:14:23,139 --> 00:14:28,429
They came to the sweep about later than I thought.

369
00:14:28,429 --> 00:14:32,669
This is a new company, right? This is a different company, yeah.

370
00:14:32,669 --> 00:14:34,990
Looks good, they did a good, real good job.

371
00:14:34,990 --> 00:14:40,779
Would the old company that we got rid of, was there a bill or a discount?

372
00:14:40,779 --> 00:14:42,860
I haven't gotten any bill from them. Okay.

373
00:14:42,860 --> 00:14:45,220
I haven't heard from them since they left, so.

374
00:14:45,220 --> 00:14:48,259
Okay. Messed up?

375
00:14:48,259 --> 00:14:51,059
They couldn't do the job, so. Yep, okay.

376
00:14:51,059 --> 00:15:31,809
In the spring, I still make call and try to get some addition on there.

377
00:15:31,809 --> 00:15:36,740
Our trucks, are they all back or? All of them are running right now.

378
00:15:36,740 --> 00:15:41,039
We went up on Monday. Don't jinx it, don't jinx it.

379
00:15:41,039 --> 00:15:41,440
Monday.

380
00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,399
The truck was, they called me on Saturday and said the truck was ready.

381
00:15:44,399 --> 00:15:54,990
Mike and I went up on Monday, we have to take it back.

382
00:15:54,990 --> 00:15:59,740
Okay.

383
00:15:59,740 --> 00:16:10,129
Everything's up and running. Our new truck, I talked to them about that.

384
00:16:10,129 --> 00:16:13,570
Oh, I was just going to ask, do we have the loan forward or is it ready?

385
00:16:13,570 --> 00:16:18,830
On the bank side, it would be like two to three weeks notice to pull that together,

386
00:16:18,830 --> 00:16:21,059
as bad as the last one.

387
00:16:21,059 --> 00:16:23,620
Not as bad as the last one? Weeks?

388
00:16:23,620 --> 00:16:24,899
Once.

389
00:16:24,899 --> 00:16:41,309
Ah, okay. Recycling? We were talking about things.

390
00:16:41,309 --> 00:16:44,990
Things going in the dumpster, and Dave is going to keep a better eye on it,

391
00:16:44,990 --> 00:16:48,509
and ask Carol and Joey to keep a better eye what's going in the dumpster,

392
00:16:48,509 --> 00:16:53,309
because we think stuff might be going in that shouldn't be going in there,

393
00:16:53,309 --> 00:16:56,509
but I know Carol and Joey are pretty careful.

394
00:16:57,549 --> 00:17:01,059
I'm not even sure if some of that stuff is actually going in there.

395
00:17:01,059 --> 00:17:10,579
If you look at how they're charging us, they're different every time.

396
00:17:10,579 --> 00:17:14,960
I think people are throwing tires and demolition.

397
00:17:20,319 --> 00:17:23,359
I mean, Joey and Carol are usually pretty careful about that.

398
00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:23,599
Yeah.

399
00:17:23,599 --> 00:17:27,200
It's kind of hard to throw a tire in there without them seeing it.

400
00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:28,799
Just kind of watching if it's selling.

401
00:17:31,410 --> 00:17:39,309
All fees cheap, but they are charging us.

402
00:17:39,309 --> 00:17:42,109
And Lori gave us the recycling update.

403
00:17:43,150 --> 00:17:49,069
Just went over it quickly, and Jeb saw a couple of things.

404
00:17:49,630 --> 00:17:52,029
It's just like the zoning bylaws.

405
00:17:52,029 --> 00:17:54,750
You change one section and you miss something else.

406
00:17:54,750 --> 00:18:02,299
So on the back side, demolition container, the minimum charge.

407
00:18:02,299 --> 00:18:07,420
We have $36 per cubic yard, and on the front, I think it says $45.

408
00:18:08,319 --> 00:18:11,200
So we should change the back to $45.

409
00:18:12,420 --> 00:18:19,009
And then the other part was in that same sentence about minimum charge.

410
00:18:19,839 --> 00:18:21,759
On the back side, mattress.

411
00:18:21,759 --> 00:18:26,480
Take the word mattress out, because it's on the front side with the same price.

412
00:18:30,180 --> 00:18:31,539
It's got the price on the back.

413
00:18:32,289 --> 00:18:33,170
Does that make sense?

414
00:18:33,170 --> 00:18:34,130
Yeah.

415
00:18:34,130 --> 00:18:34,529
Yeah.

416
00:18:34,529 --> 00:18:35,150
Yeah.

417
00:18:35,150 --> 00:18:35,390
Yeah.

418
00:18:35,390 --> 00:18:36,990
So I got a couple of questions.

419
00:18:36,990 --> 00:18:43,309
I told you I was going to bring the bill from the transfer station from North Adams.

420
00:18:44,750 --> 00:18:54,190
First thing, with our demolition, if someone brings demolition to our transfer station,

421
00:18:54,190 --> 00:18:57,950
they are responsible to take it out of their vehicle and put it in this dumpster, right?

422
00:18:57,950 --> 00:19:02,109
Unless it's something heavy that can't lift.

423
00:19:02,109 --> 00:19:07,150
So I couldn't go with a dump trailer and dump it on the ground if you don't pick it up and put it down?

424
00:19:09,309 --> 00:19:09,549
Right.

425
00:19:09,549 --> 00:19:09,950
No.

426
00:19:09,950 --> 00:19:10,349
Okay.

427
00:19:10,349 --> 00:19:14,109
If somebody has a couch, you don't expect them to throw it in the water.

428
00:19:14,109 --> 00:19:14,349
Right.

429
00:19:14,349 --> 00:19:18,190
But all the small stuff.

430
00:19:18,190 --> 00:19:27,089
If I had a dump trailer full of crushed junk, I would be responsible to get it in that dumpster.

431
00:19:27,089 --> 00:19:31,500
So I went to the North Adams site.

432
00:19:31,500 --> 00:19:34,160
The problem is you guys don't charge by the pound.

433
00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,079
So you'll never know.

434
00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:40,960
They charge $172.40 per ton.

435
00:19:42,609 --> 00:19:42,849
Okay.

436
00:19:42,849 --> 00:19:51,539
I went with a full dump trailer, 12 foot, 6x12, and it was only $144.

437
00:19:51,539 --> 00:19:56,339
I only had .84 tons because of the demolition from a house.

438
00:19:56,339 --> 00:19:58,130
It was very light crack.

439
00:19:58,130 --> 00:20:00,289
I packed it down with an excavator and everything.

440
00:20:01,259 --> 00:20:05,019
But, so I don't think we're ever going to be able to compare because we don't weigh

441
00:20:05,019 --> 00:20:05,180
it.

442
00:20:05,980 --> 00:20:10,140
So we're charging by the cubic inch or foot.

443
00:20:11,890 --> 00:20:13,650
And I think that, you know, North Adams has a good lot of garbage.

444
00:20:13,650 --> 00:20:13,730
Right.

445
00:20:13,730 --> 00:20:13,789
Right.

446
00:20:13,789 --> 00:20:13,809
Right.

447
00:20:13,809 --> 00:20:13,849
Right.

448
00:20:13,849 --> 00:20:13,890
Right.

449
00:20:13,890 --> 00:20:13,910
Right.

450
00:20:13,910 --> 00:20:13,930
Right.

451
00:20:13,930 --> 00:20:13,970
Right.

452
00:20:13,990 --> 00:20:14,069
Right.

453
00:20:14,069 --> 00:20:14,089
Right.

454
00:20:14,089 --> 00:20:14,150
Right.

455
00:20:14,150 --> 00:20:14,170
Right.

456
00:20:14,170 --> 00:20:14,230
Right.

457
00:20:14,230 --> 00:20:14,269
Right.

458
00:20:14,269 --> 00:20:14,289
Right.

459
00:20:14,289 --> 00:20:14,390
Right.

460
00:20:14,390 --> 00:20:14,410
Right.

461
00:20:14,410 --> 00:20:14,450
Right.

462
00:20:14,450 --> 00:20:14,490
Right.

463
00:20:14,490 --> 00:20:14,509
Right.

464
00:20:14,509 --> 00:20:14,549
Right.

465
00:20:14,549 --> 00:20:14,990
Right.

466
00:20:14,990 --> 00:20:15,009
Right.

467
00:20:15,009 --> 00:20:15,089
Right.

468
00:20:15,089 --> 00:20:20,279
good system where you just dump it it is move out but that being said this is

469
00:20:20,279 --> 00:20:24,920
what we have I think our price after looking at this our prices are fair I

470
00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:32,369
don't think they're overpriced by any means we're not over no but when you

471
00:20:32,369 --> 00:20:41,220
hear it definitely don't charge you know more more it's a it is concerning but

472
00:20:41,220 --> 00:20:45,259
you know like you said there's no one else that can beat their price it's the

473
00:20:45,259 --> 00:20:53,250
services yeah yeah but North Adams also doesn't really restrict very many things

474
00:20:53,250 --> 00:20:58,869
if they don't I mean I put a mattress there they didn't say a word I thought

475
00:20:58,869 --> 00:21:05,009
for sure they would is the way it went anyways I just wanted to tell you guys

476
00:21:05,009 --> 00:21:13,970
that's what the price was I don't know if that matters you know this also I

477
00:21:13,970 --> 00:21:21,900
you know I did purchase I had to get a sticker too and I don't hold that we're

478
00:21:21,900 --> 00:21:22,900
only getting charged $100 a month

479
00:21:23,039 --> 00:21:35,200
okay that's what demo demo Lino's charging us okay all right so then our

480
00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:44,819
residents that use that are only paying a fraction yeah well at the end of the

481
00:21:44,819 --> 00:21:50,750
day we made what twenty thousand dollars twenty twenty eight thousand but we made

482
00:21:50,750 --> 00:22:01,299
that classes yeah yeah yeah and then yeah it looks likes like a third over

483
00:22:01,299 --> 00:22:02,700
that yeah like a third

484
00:22:03,859 --> 00:22:10,099
process of what we're bringing in okay we're would it be interesting to play some numbers here

485
00:22:11,170 --> 00:22:19,500
maybe to figure out where we'd have to be to break even on them well i've not necessarily

486
00:22:19,500 --> 00:22:25,900
like this but just i've talked about this and some so the state first of all this is another

487
00:22:25,900 --> 00:22:33,839
thing that state mandates you have to do it um and i would say it's probably a 50 50 discussion

488
00:22:33,839 --> 00:22:41,809
of people saying it should just be a service from the town versus the people that aren't using it

489
00:22:41,809 --> 00:22:47,410
saying well why should i pay for it uh kind of like a gray wishy-washy area because it's funded

490
00:22:47,410 --> 00:22:52,609
through taxes on the town so you're kind of people in town you can charge twice when they go to the

491
00:22:52,609 --> 00:22:59,809
dumpster really realistically correct me if i'm wrong but you pay taxes in town theoretically yeah

492
00:22:59,809 --> 00:23:03,809
like i should be able to use the dumpster but there's a cost involved with running the right

493
00:23:04,130 --> 00:23:11,089
if i don't use it so yes like i don't need to dump right so i'm paying that tax money which is

494
00:23:11,089 --> 00:23:18,940
two-thirds of the cost so so it's a common good service it's a concept we kind of lost sight of

495
00:23:18,940 --> 00:23:23,980
what we do things for the common good it's just like why do i pay taxes for the school right

496
00:23:23,980 --> 00:23:28,700
i don't have any kids in school why do i stay taxes to maintain back roads i live right on

497
00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:32,140
my main road i live right in the building right i have no children to go to school

498
00:23:34,539 --> 00:23:39,259
any of the roads you know don't use your dump service i should get free days i mean if everyone

499
00:23:39,259 --> 00:23:43,890
was going to bring their trash to north adams that would be great but you start posing a problem where

500
00:23:43,890 --> 00:23:49,009
some people don't then you got a community built up in trash yeah or it's up on the back road and

501
00:23:49,009 --> 00:23:53,490
then you have a rat infestation and you have all these other problems that north adams is

502
00:23:53,490 --> 00:23:59,329
uncovering right now um i agree we shouldn't lose our shirt on this but we definitely shouldn't

503
00:23:59,329 --> 00:24:04,720
make money um you know if we could break even that'd be great but at the same time if it gets

504
00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:10,380
expensive then nobody's going to use it either well in order to break even we almost have

505
00:24:11,380 --> 00:24:17,460
double or more than double right all these prices so like what dave said he said on a mattress we're

506
00:24:17,460 --> 00:24:23,700
only charging what like what we're getting charged but when we're only charging what we're getting

507
00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:29,539
charged there's a like we're paying joey and his wife at the same time so realistically we should

508
00:24:29,539 --> 00:24:35,299
be trying to cover all bases when we're when we're charging for these items you know when we compare

509
00:24:35,859 --> 00:24:40,579
us we're just talking about what to sell is charging us we're not talking about the wages

510
00:24:40,579 --> 00:24:48,319
that we pay that's another whole cost that we didn't have i are we losing money absolutely

511
00:24:48,319 --> 00:24:54,480
yeah absolutely we're losing money we're losing more money two years ago or whatever we are at

512
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:59,359
the same time you got what he said the service there's a service in parts of the town i kind

513
00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:06,240
of personally think we shouldn't wait five years to build bump prices up that's where we ended up we

514
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:12,480
waited 20 years and then when we bumped these prices up people went crazy but if you go from 45

515
00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:22,240
to say 48 or for what's that demolition 50 bucks it's demolition not many people use this all the

516
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:30,690
time 50 bucks you know that's not a big deal you know then then you guys create i mean i'm like

517
00:25:30,690 --> 00:25:35,170
nancy i can't stand twenty one dollars you either make it twenty dollars or twenty five twenty one

518
00:25:35,170 --> 00:25:37,259
dollars you know

519
00:25:38,059 --> 00:25:43,259
it's stuff like that ninety nine cents eight dollars make it ten bucks go come on guys you know

520
00:25:43,259 --> 00:25:49,500
no i already paid ten dollars for one paint can and i said who put this in and i looked at what's

521
00:25:49,500 --> 00:25:54,779
that paint cans yeah for using the demolition dumpster tell you what it went in the demolition

522
00:25:54,779 --> 00:26:00,380
give me five bucks i'll get rid of your paint cams no but i agree we probably should look at

523
00:26:00,380 --> 00:26:08,400
this every year and adjust uh yeah i mean there's there's some some things that are uh under priced

524
00:26:08,799 --> 00:26:14,240
let's not wait 20 years he's going to start raising his prices with the fuel and stuff so

525
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:20,450
they're all going to go up oh our fees are going to go up uh when did we raise the initial fee from

526
00:26:20,450 --> 00:26:26,289
uh what was it 50 to 95 maybe we should look at that i think that was about three years ago guys

527
00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:32,640
if i i'm thinking at least three years ago at least it could be longer we could maybe go up

528
00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:35,680
we could probably go up to a hundred

529
00:26:40,109 --> 00:26:42,619
at least then and go up

530
00:26:42,700 --> 00:26:49,579
for seniors over 65 purchasing double bears yeah yeah it was 20 last time now it's 40.

531
00:26:51,819 --> 00:26:56,700
how far is it how far does 50 punches get you there's more seniors in this room

532
00:26:59,660 --> 00:27:05,180
yeah and you get two cars right huh some of these years

533
00:27:11,099 --> 00:27:11,180
kids

534
00:27:13,019 --> 00:27:21,170
don't need and we don't we don't get refunds either are you a senior two three bags of traffic

535
00:27:30,460 --> 00:27:41,950
kurt what's that apr wherever i guess

536
00:27:41,950 --> 00:27:44,180
im

537
00:27:47,059 --> 00:27:55,869
yeah I don't go to either one of those can't afford it so we should when does

538
00:27:55,869 --> 00:28:08,430
this get now first is when we well I mean it's up to you guys in your 2021 2022 you went from 65 to

539
00:28:08,430 --> 00:28:20,670
95. so that was four years five years senior to afford to spend five years do we want to go up

540
00:28:21,630 --> 00:28:28,029
five bucks I do 100 yeah I mean if you go five dollars more

541
00:28:31,309 --> 00:28:38,289
what do we pay I mean if you I don't know the guys and the sponsors and what are we getting in

542
00:28:38,289 --> 00:28:46,369
the initial cost was it's 95. we're never going to get that close no but it'd be fun to play with

543
00:28:46,369 --> 00:28:50,849
them and see where we're at where are we well I mean if you want to wait until the next meeting

544
00:28:50,849 --> 00:28:57,650
and look at this real good we could do that yeah get some information together and figure it out

545
00:28:58,369 --> 00:29:01,410
well if you go right into your town report on to

546
00:29:01,730 --> 00:29:13,309
uh recycling solid waste recycling you can see what we paid out for labor and dumping and

547
00:29:14,589 --> 00:29:21,710
repair and maintenance electricity and then if you go into the recycling receipts

548
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,839
well why don't we why don't we table this the next meeting and look at this real good get all

549
00:29:31,839 --> 00:29:37,279
the numbers come back and say okay this is we're going to set these prices it could be

550
00:29:37,279 --> 00:29:39,839
I mean there might be some that stay the same and some go up and

551
00:29:40,740 --> 00:29:40,900
and

552
00:29:40,980 --> 00:29:51,769
The other thing to think about is how many, like I don't use it, how many people in town use this, and they're the ones that are going to be paying the fee, you know what I mean?

553
00:29:52,049 --> 00:29:53,910
Do you know how many people on the household?

554
00:29:55,900 --> 00:29:59,259
I can tell you approximately how many cars you sell.

555
00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:05,339
Yeah, we are by state, we're supposed to, we have to do it, we can't just not do it.

556
00:30:06,099 --> 00:30:09,440
Yeah, we took in about 15, how much, Lori?

557
00:30:10,380 --> 00:30:12,460
I've sold 250 cars.

558
00:30:12,460 --> 00:30:15,720
So are there multiple cars for one house sometimes?

559
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:20,140
Yeah, you use up your two cars, you can get another one.

560
00:30:20,180 --> 00:30:22,539
But when you only use half, that's too bad.

561
00:30:23,940 --> 00:30:29,849
So we took in 15, 16,000 last year, we paid out 68,000.

562
00:30:30,450 --> 00:30:31,549
Yeah, that's terrible.

563
00:30:32,150 --> 00:30:32,369
Great.

564
00:30:32,869 --> 00:30:42,950
And I sympathize for the people that use the service and have to pay, but you can't, yeah, how are we supposed to just keep eating the money?

565
00:30:43,799 --> 00:30:44,319
That's a.

566
00:30:44,519 --> 00:30:46,420
They're going to pay, everybody's paying.

567
00:30:46,819 --> 00:30:47,579
It's not free.

568
00:30:47,599 --> 00:30:47,880
It's unfortunate.

569
00:30:48,339 --> 00:30:48,779
It's not free.

570
00:30:49,839 --> 00:30:52,000
What's 40,000 divided by everyone that's paying?

571
00:30:53,029 --> 00:30:54,849
How much money is a year per person?

572
00:30:55,230 --> 00:30:58,289
Right, right, I don't know, I mean, it's a hundred bucks a day.

573
00:30:58,289 --> 00:30:59,410
It's all over the place, right?

574
00:31:00,410 --> 00:31:02,309
A couple hundred bucks to keep trash out of your town.

575
00:31:02,450 --> 00:31:02,650
Yeah.

576
00:31:02,809 --> 00:31:03,049
Yeah.

577
00:31:03,990 --> 00:31:06,089
You know, that's what some people say should be free.

578
00:31:06,109 --> 00:31:06,630
It's a public service.

579
00:31:06,990 --> 00:31:07,710
I don't think it should be.

580
00:31:07,710 --> 00:31:08,569
Where's it at, you know?

581
00:31:09,029 --> 00:31:09,569
It's all free.

582
00:31:10,069 --> 00:31:10,970
Okay, so next meeting.

583
00:31:10,970 --> 00:31:15,049
What happens is, if it is free, instead of 250, you're going to have 500.

584
00:31:16,140 --> 00:31:16,519
Oh, yeah.

585
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,539
Because now you just told me I could go out there for free.

586
00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,319
I might go on any, I might go on the North Adams.

587
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:21,740
Ah, that's right.

588
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:22,980
Why do I have a.

589
00:31:22,980 --> 00:31:24,200
Yeah, then the whole game changes.

590
00:31:24,690 --> 00:31:26,569
Why do I have a dumpster at home, then?

591
00:31:26,809 --> 00:31:28,630
Our dumpsters won't be able to make it.

592
00:31:28,630 --> 00:31:30,309
Right, everything changes, right.

593
00:31:30,410 --> 00:31:32,529
Then the cost is going up even more.

594
00:31:32,630 --> 00:31:34,569
Yeah, it doesn't go up this much.

595
00:31:35,130 --> 00:31:36,410
Right, it's a balance.

596
00:31:36,490 --> 00:31:37,269
It's a balance, yeah.

597
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,880
And I think that if we go up a little bit on these prices, it would stay the same.

598
00:31:42,039 --> 00:31:43,019
It's probably one of the most.

599
00:31:43,359 --> 00:31:45,039
Would it be worth accepting items?

600
00:31:45,940 --> 00:31:50,640
That generate income, like scrap, iron, or.

601
00:31:51,099 --> 00:31:51,779
We take that.

602
00:31:51,900 --> 00:31:53,019
Can we take it for free?

603
00:31:53,140 --> 00:31:54,579
Like, just bring it, take it for free?

604
00:31:54,660 --> 00:31:55,400
Do you want to get rid of it?

605
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,039
And then we can cash in, and it goes towards the stuff.

606
00:31:58,039 --> 00:32:00,079
We do that now, but the problem is.

607
00:32:01,740 --> 00:32:02,140
Right.

608
00:32:02,519 --> 00:32:07,220
Typically, we don't think we've gotten a check in a long time from that.

609
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:07,599
No.

610
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:08,980
They just holler for it.

611
00:32:08,980 --> 00:32:15,319
And we can't get into that business because that's going to change in this area dramatically.

612
00:32:15,319 --> 00:32:18,819
There's going to be less places to bring them.

613
00:32:20,359 --> 00:32:26,440
There's one or one of the local scrap yards is going to be it's it's for sale right now.

614
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:28,599
I mean, trash is only going to get more complicated.

615
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:28,839
Right.

616
00:32:29,220 --> 00:32:31,779
So we don't even know what's going to happen with this.

617
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:33,059
It could go away.

618
00:32:33,059 --> 00:32:39,319
If it does, like guys like me, I mean, I go every probably three times a week.

619
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:44,339
And I have a biggest dumpster.

620
00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,700
They sell it at 30 yards sitting in my yard just for.

621
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:51,380
For steel, not any of the precious metals.

622
00:32:51,759 --> 00:32:54,019
So we bring a little room three times a week.

623
00:32:54,579 --> 00:32:59,309
Copper stainless steel, probably two, three times a month.

624
00:33:00,299 --> 00:33:08,500
The aluminum that we go through that like crazy steel, 30 yards every month, 30 yard dumpster every month.

625
00:33:09,349 --> 00:33:11,910
And if that scrapyard goes away, what do I do?

626
00:33:13,359 --> 00:33:14,200
It feels natural.

627
00:33:14,759 --> 00:33:19,640
So next meeting, we want to review this.

628
00:33:19,819 --> 00:33:20,019
Yeah.

629
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:20,839
Okay.

630
00:33:21,019 --> 00:33:30,920
Great discussion.

631
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,759
Joint meeting with school directors and library trustees.

632
00:33:33,799 --> 00:33:37,160
I was out of town, but I understand it didn't happen.

633
00:33:37,380 --> 00:33:38,039
You were here.

634
00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:38,680
You were here.

635
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:39,299
I didn't make it.

636
00:33:39,619 --> 00:33:46,690
So we, we didn't have a quarrel for the slap board.

637
00:33:48,269 --> 00:34:00,220
The only one that would have had one was the library trustees, but one person from the school board showed up and I think two, so two selectors.

638
00:34:00,220 --> 00:34:03,220
And then three library trustees.

639
00:34:03,220 --> 00:34:08,500
So what we did is we discussed things and we made it clear that it was not a meeting work.

640
00:34:08,500 --> 00:34:11,119
It was just an informational thing while we were there.

641
00:34:11,940 --> 00:34:20,579
And Cindy discussed, discussed some of the upcoming school issues.

642
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:31,280
She did discuss positive things where the school grades are in the rankings of Stanford have gone up dramatically since we've had a new principal come in.

643
00:34:31,659 --> 00:34:33,820
Which is a good thing.

644
00:34:35,559 --> 00:34:40,099
We are going to receive, I think it was 15 students from.

645
00:34:42,019 --> 00:34:53,239
We did have to hire a special person for that transition because their curriculum and our curriculum and their levels are a little bit different.

646
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,329
So they that I'm just giving information.

647
00:34:56,329 --> 00:34:57,489
I'm not making that judgment.

648
00:34:59,329 --> 00:35:01,429
So they did hire someone.

649
00:35:01,489 --> 00:35:01,909
Uh,

650
00:35:01,909 --> 00:35:06,920
to coordinate that, and then they had to hire 2 teachers.

651
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:11,059
One was a replacement, I think, and then an additional teacher they hired.

652
00:35:11,539 --> 00:35:22,400
Uh, but like I said, this is this information I didn't, uh, I don't have an opinion towards the school right now. And I, I would say all questions will go to the school board for those things.

653
00:35:22,820 --> 00:35:29,659
Uh, the other thing that she did mention, and I think that we should bring it up is that.

654
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:31,820
The state, our fine state again.

655
00:35:31,940 --> 00:35:39,219
Has, and if I make sure if I'm from understanding this right, the state will be.

656
00:35:39,219 --> 00:35:45,869
Rezoning are asking people to pick a zone and.

657
00:35:46,059 --> 00:35:54,710
All those zones will no longer be allowed to have high school school choice.

658
00:35:54,710 --> 00:36:01,179
You will go to the high school of your zone if there is a trade school within that.

659
00:36:01,179 --> 00:36:03,519
Zone, which there is.

660
00:36:03,639 --> 00:36:10,420
I can't remember that I should have brought them that, but we, let's just call it Bennington versus Wyndham County.

661
00:36:10,420 --> 00:36:13,179
Both of them have a trade school.

662
00:36:13,179 --> 00:36:16,780
Therefore, our students will no longer have.

663
00:36:16,780 --> 00:36:21,079
Funding to go to McCann.

664
00:36:21,079 --> 00:36:27,119
Um, Cindy and many of the other towns are talking right now, trying to create.

665
00:36:27,119 --> 00:36:33,420
A new zone that will go up through the center of these other 2 zones.

666
00:36:33,420 --> 00:36:34,800
All the way to Wells.

667
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:42,329
Vermont because they have each 1 of these towns or picket towns that don't have a school.

668
00:36:42,329 --> 00:36:48,340
And they're going to call at their zone and they'll be able to have school choice.

669
00:36:48,340 --> 00:36:53,530
So, let's just say we're, we're with Reesboro and.

670
00:36:53,530 --> 00:36:58,960
Searsburg and so on. We'll be able to pick, have school choice. We'll be able to go to McCann.

671
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:04,639
But the downfall of this, and if I'm wrong, you know, cause I, I don't.

672
00:37:04,639 --> 00:37:07,019
Have everything. I know. Um.

673
00:37:07,039 --> 00:37:12,150
The downfall is Stanford will no longer have a school board.

674
00:37:12,150 --> 00:37:16,170
They will have representatives from Stanford go to the new zone.

675
00:37:16,170 --> 00:37:25,960
The new zones board, wherever that's located, whether it's Manchester, Wells, or here, and they will have representatives, maybe 2.

676
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,719
Go to that and they'll make decisions.

677
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:33,699
All these towns will have different people making decisions.

678
00:37:33,699 --> 00:37:35,989
But nevertheless.

679
00:37:35,989 --> 00:37:38,989
If things stay exactly the same.

680
00:37:38,989 --> 00:37:41,989
As they are, and they said it will be grandfather.

681
00:37:41,989 --> 00:37:44,989
So if you have children going to McCann now.

682
00:37:44,989 --> 00:37:47,869
That's grandfather, but they're going to face it up.

683
00:37:47,869 --> 00:37:50,329
Because the state needs the money.

684
00:37:50,329 --> 00:37:54,099
And they want their money staying within their state.

685
00:37:54,099 --> 00:37:59,420
Simple as that. This is a bad, bad thing for Stanford.

686
00:37:59,420 --> 00:38:07,579
Bad thing we have 20 30 plus and kids kids that go to, go to McCann.

687
00:38:07,579 --> 00:38:09,860
Yeah. Yeah. McCann. You know.

688
00:38:09,860 --> 00:38:10,260
And.

689
00:38:10,260 --> 00:38:17,539
i've i have seen uh was it mount anthony students uh with the trade school and my trade versus

690
00:38:17,539 --> 00:38:24,739
mccann and it's like day and night guys i mean it's just our mccann education for that trade

691
00:38:24,739 --> 00:38:29,619
is very good you hear me complaining about them but they're still a lot better than any other

692
00:38:29,619 --> 00:38:34,420
trade school that i've ever touched other than hudson valley community college which is the

693
00:38:34,420 --> 00:38:40,739
talent so all i'm saying is this is something that we need to get involved in at the school

694
00:38:40,739 --> 00:38:48,019
board level and see where it's at cindy's already involved with us uh well it might come like that

695
00:38:48,019 --> 00:38:56,949
by next year and then what happens will it save us money i don't know we get bus people everywhere

696
00:38:56,949 --> 00:39:02,260
they want to go so if we have a student that says school of choice i don't know i don't know what's

697
00:39:02,260 --> 00:39:06,019
going to happen we're going to do this general public school in plain valley so

698
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:12,199
right but we would still be okay with our elementary school being open but i mean if you

699
00:39:12,199 --> 00:39:16,119
the kids that go to the jury won't be able to go to the jury either no no high school

700
00:39:16,119 --> 00:39:23,000
or the state of massachusetts wherever yeah wherever you are if you pick bennington yeah

701
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:30,519
that's where all your high school we would have to choose

702
00:39:43,739 --> 00:39:50,139
this zone would be just for the trade school then no it will be everything right now we don't have

703
00:39:50,139 --> 00:39:56,940
this zone that i'm talking about is a fictitious zone at this point there is coming up with some

704
00:39:56,940 --> 00:40:03,019
they're trying in a state there's also a number of students so the state mandates that a zone has to

705
00:40:03,019 --> 00:40:08,219
have i think three thousand plus students so in order to get that many students we have to go a

706
00:40:08,219 --> 00:40:14,389
long way from the state of vermont in the towns that don't have high schools so if we're going to

707
00:40:14,409 --> 00:40:21,389
mount anthony for example are we busting those kids over through woodford we can't leave the

708
00:40:21,389 --> 00:40:25,309
state no it doesn't say we can't leave the state it says we can't our money can't go through the

709
00:40:25,309 --> 00:40:32,989
state so i know that the district team started off as five five different districts for the

710
00:40:32,989 --> 00:40:38,309
entire state um i know that got shot down but they're still trying to district how

711
00:40:38,309 --> 00:40:44,510
well this sounds exactly like what they're describing yes because i know governor scott

712
00:40:45,590 --> 00:40:52,550
that was his plan he was trying to get rid of a lot of unions too because of the money right i mean

713
00:40:52,550 --> 00:40:59,469
you got our union's million dollar budget bennington's million dollar budget and you got

714
00:40:59,469 --> 00:41:05,710
what's brown more over that yeah so if you if you cut it into different pieces of pie you've got less

715
00:41:05,710 --> 00:41:10,070
people you have to hide they're not using the word consolidation right but it's what it is

716
00:41:10,070 --> 00:41:14,829
right it's exactly what the striking the state of vermont doesn't allow um

717
00:41:15,849 --> 00:41:21,829
charter schools uh it's very difficult to get an independent school uh there are independent

718
00:41:21,829 --> 00:41:28,710
schools in vermont that uh north bennington manchester has one you know so though if this

719
00:41:28,710 --> 00:41:35,769
is just an opinion now if they would create competition then things would get better

720
00:41:36,710 --> 00:41:41,309
stafford elementary school right now is doing better than reasonable loss and that's why we

721
00:41:41,309 --> 00:41:46,070
have reasonable students here if we can create better school systems

722
00:41:47,130 --> 00:41:51,210
and we wouldn't be worried about it so much but when you're saying geez i want my kid to go to the

723
00:41:51,210 --> 00:42:00,230
camp and you can't do that because you got to go to mount anthony you're not i mean just the equipment

724
00:42:00,230 --> 00:42:04,949
that they have in those trains are different you know so you know you're not going to get the same

725
00:42:04,949 --> 00:42:12,039
trade training simple as that but the new system is just oh yeah it's amazing how long are you going

726
00:42:12,039 --> 00:42:17,159
to spend on a posture yeah oh yeah it's just it's a

727
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:24,119
there's no positive i see him going to bennington we're in a location that is very unique and that's

728
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:29,239
helps us well they're looking at them they're bean counters you know that they're just looking

729
00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:35,239
at the bottom down yeah exactly so you want to go that way the original

730
00:42:42,179 --> 00:42:48,789
now you want to put a bus over there or a bunch of kids yeah yeah and either way you go

731
00:42:49,429 --> 00:42:53,750
there and go through reedsboro or you go up over the hill yeah really are awful in the winter oh

732
00:42:53,750 --> 00:42:57,510
that doesn't matter maybe the state would risk some money to put a two-lane highway right over

733
00:42:57,510 --> 00:43:03,670
the mountain through county road that's what we need to do yeah so that'll save us some money

734
00:43:03,670 --> 00:43:12,230
right that'll save the money maybe they'll get some federal funding for that yeah risky ranch

735
00:43:12,230 --> 00:43:21,590
yeah we'll give them more we'll put a toll on that right right so is that all right so i that's that's about it

736
00:43:21,670 --> 00:43:36,519
it's all i remember yes so because you guys didn't go so we said we're going to have another meeting

737
00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:41,500
why wednesdays though uh i don't know you weren't there you didn't tell me

738
00:43:43,179 --> 00:43:46,860
you should have sat down i would have changed i said something the first time but that's all i

739
00:43:46,860 --> 00:43:53,639
don't remember i'm sorry i told him i said it seems like there's no other meetings like school

740
00:43:53,639 --> 00:43:58,119
board meetings and stuff and wednesdays so i thought that was a good day but we could do it

741
00:44:00,539 --> 00:44:10,900
yeah yeah yeah it's not you know i'm sorry it's just my work yeah yeah yeah okay um we already

742
00:44:10,900 --> 00:44:21,559
reviewed the recycling update uh tax sale update the tax sale was held uh last thursday yep so i

743
00:44:21,559 --> 00:44:30,679
was at that one too and all one property went on sale and it got sold got sold uh i was the second

744
00:44:31,559 --> 00:44:41,460
bidder so again it's better and uh okay you went for 31. this is the uh open world one no no

745
00:44:45,460 --> 00:44:56,969
29 29 31 000. yeah wow yeah just before you like uh three three lots before you right across from

746
00:44:56,969 --> 00:45:02,809
the smiths oh it's an empty ladder there's no building yeah but it's stormy yeah i guess you're

747
00:45:02,969 --> 00:45:10,090
a lot of people but they've grown many many years 84 i think yeah yeah yeah and they've never done

748
00:45:10,090 --> 00:45:16,329
anything with it no that's all i i was interested you know 29 acres of land is 29 acres land you

749
00:45:16,329 --> 00:45:22,949
know it's got trees on it i was in looking at it and uh that was a good place it was and i could

750
00:45:22,949 --> 00:45:26,469
have went higher but i got enough properties i didn't want to be the number one taxpayer

751
00:45:28,969 --> 00:45:32,969
okay um so there's a new tax sale coming up uh

752
00:45:33,769 --> 00:45:40,329
don't know if you remember the date wednesday november 19th 18th what road frontage was with

753
00:45:40,329 --> 00:45:49,210
the lot out of curiosity 300 300 yeah so it's 300 by just under a mile it's a it's a it's a hairy

754
00:45:49,210 --> 00:45:57,849
lot yeah four thousand something feet and a depth and three hundred yeah spaghetti yeah well they're

755
00:45:57,849 --> 00:46:02,969
all like that yeah just like that well i guess just to play one time certain sections of town

756
00:46:03,929 --> 00:46:09,610
mr patton uh yeah just like up by uh risky man tro and my friends are they're all like this

757
00:46:09,610 --> 00:46:17,219
they're triangles you got i'll go to a point there's like 12 owners go to this one silent

758
00:46:17,219 --> 00:46:24,949
dreams which is changing the the frontage up there the 300 which on which property

759
00:46:26,230 --> 00:46:32,469
that's all right i got 1300 300. okay you know and i'm buying another piece up there too

760
00:46:33,269 --> 00:46:34,469
wednesday november 18th

761
00:46:34,630 --> 00:46:37,269
at 11 o'clock is the next tax sale 11 o'clock

762
00:46:40,949 --> 00:46:44,710
well i'm probably going to be there for that one too so if you can't make it i'll be there

763
00:46:44,710 --> 00:46:49,989
yeah that's uh on county road last house on county road i'm right

764
00:46:51,019 --> 00:46:54,219
is there a mortgage on that can i say a name that's house

765
00:46:55,960 --> 00:47:00,440
well it's in the paper is the name out the name is out there it's in the paper the name is out

766
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:02,760
there in the bulletin board yeah

767
00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:13,159
okay okay unless you remember it was carol baker's yeah yeah i don't remember i probably

768
00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:27,400
okay uh correspondence lori so i received a resignation from sally ball as delinquent tax

769
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:33,059
collector she'd like it to be effective november 24th because she would like to just be able to

770
00:47:34,340 --> 00:47:37,780
see this next tax sale to the end but then

771
00:47:38,860 --> 00:47:46,139
not have to start the turnover of delinquent taxes from this year's tax date so sure continue on

772
00:47:46,139 --> 00:47:54,380
until the 24th our taxes are due must be the 19th thursday the 19th then you'll turn them over to

773
00:47:54,380 --> 00:48:00,139
whoever the new delinquent tax collector is so it'll be all clean yeah is that appointed

774
00:48:01,190 --> 00:48:02,309
well it's a lifetime

775
00:48:04,309 --> 00:48:07,829
you could appoint someone until march but it would only go until march and then

776
00:48:08,630 --> 00:48:13,550
anybody could run in the March election so we should definitely have someone

777
00:48:13,550 --> 00:48:18,590
correctly oh yeah otherwise yes so this would give people time to think about it

778
00:48:18,590 --> 00:48:43,900
I feel we should accept it Sally's been delinquent tax collector for 30 years at

779
00:48:43,900 --> 00:48:48,579
least yeah

780
00:48:49,420 --> 00:48:59,539
she really is gone really has cleared up a lot of old back taxes so any any

781
00:48:59,539 --> 00:49:06,280
interested parties you get a handbook

782
00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:19,190
Laurie did she give any indication about mentoring somebody I did ask if she

783
00:49:19,190 --> 00:49:19,489
would

784
00:49:19,489 --> 00:49:19,530
I did ask if she would

785
00:49:19,530 --> 00:49:37,480
so any interested parties please have your letter of interest to the select

786
00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:47,750
board because I think we should appoint is this a paid job yes it's a you get

787
00:49:47,750 --> 00:49:50,690
paid five percent of the taxes you collect

788
00:49:50,690 --> 00:49:50,750
paid five percent of the taxes you collect

789
00:49:50,750 --> 00:49:52,690
paid five percent of the taxes you collect okay so if you don't do any

790
00:49:52,690 --> 00:49:52,710
okay so if you don't do any

791
00:49:52,710 --> 00:49:56,690
okay so if you don't do any collection of taxes you don't get paid and

792
00:49:56,690 --> 00:49:56,710
collection of taxes you don't get paid and

793
00:49:56,710 --> 00:50:00,550
collection of taxes you don't get paid and that's happened many years ago this

794
00:50:00,550 --> 00:50:00,570
that's happened many years ago this

795
00:50:00,570 --> 00:50:02,809
that's happened many years ago this select board put that in because we did

796
00:50:02,809 --> 00:50:02,829
select board put that in because we did

797
00:50:02,829 --> 00:50:04,909
select board put that in because we did have delinquent tax collectors that got

798
00:50:04,909 --> 00:50:04,929
have delinquent tax collectors that got

799
00:50:04,929 --> 00:50:07,869
have delinquent tax collectors that got paid their ten dollars an hour did

800
00:50:07,869 --> 00:50:07,889
paid their ten dollars an hour did

801
00:50:07,889 --> 00:50:09,170
paid their ten dollars an hour did nothing with it I don't know what they

802
00:50:09,170 --> 00:50:09,190
nothing with it I don't know what they

803
00:50:09,190 --> 00:50:15,829
not pay but they did nothing so this is a good incentive if you look in the town report you can

804
00:50:15,829 --> 00:50:22,480
see what she gets depending on the year and what's delinquent and how hard you go after these people

805
00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:29,840
but i know she's worked with people set up payment plans listened to their woes and worked with them

806
00:50:29,840 --> 00:50:38,260
and sympathized with them and you work with an attorney for the tax sale she does hire an

807
00:50:38,260 --> 00:50:45,699
attorney because all that fee is recouped by the person buying the tax sale it doesn't cost

808
00:50:45,699 --> 00:50:51,619
anything from the town so um if we sell it which basically does all that work she turns

809
00:50:54,690 --> 00:50:59,800
runs the tax sale yes and there's the next what they're going to decide

810
00:51:08,210 --> 00:51:11,809
right not what they're paid at right so this last one

811
00:51:11,809 --> 00:51:12,130
i think

812
00:51:12,289 --> 00:51:16,929
is only four thousand three thousand something dollars she gets five percent of that not the

813
00:51:16,929 --> 00:51:22,150
thirty one thousand right exactly what do you mean the thirty one thousand that's what the

814
00:51:22,150 --> 00:51:27,590
person paid for oh yeah yeah so what about three fourths so what happens in that case

815
00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:35,239
the person that bids on the taxes tax sale

816
00:51:36,739 --> 00:51:42,500
has to pay the attorney fee because that's included the publication fee the recording fee

817
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:52,710
the back taxes and anything left over goes to the delinquent tax collector but the money that you pay

818
00:51:52,710 --> 00:52:00,849
for the property is it they don't add those fees on afterwards it comes out of what you bought it

819
00:52:00,849 --> 00:52:06,530
for right right there you're paying everything right there yeah so if this guy he paid you 31

820
00:52:06,530 --> 00:52:11,250
he doesn't have to pay any more just all those fees come out then the person gets the rest

821
00:52:13,719 --> 00:52:15,639
so when i purchased this one down here

822
00:52:17,300 --> 00:52:24,710
was 55 and it started at 20 something and then all the purchases came out of that so the person

823
00:52:24,710 --> 00:52:32,119
got approximately thirty thousand dollars extra he lost his property but got thirty thousand dollars

824
00:52:32,119 --> 00:52:38,449
extra to do whatever he wanted well pay the other taxes on anything the excess goes to the

825
00:52:38,929 --> 00:52:48,739
property yes and then they have one year to come in and buy a backwoods for twenty thousand or they i'm

826
00:52:48,739 --> 00:52:53,619
sorry they have to pay what you pay so mine would be 55 they would have to give it back to me plus

827
00:52:54,639 --> 00:52:56,079
the one percent per month

828
00:52:59,079 --> 00:53:06,559
so can i have a motion to accept this letter with red effective november 24th motion

829
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:10,480
all in favor thank you sally yes

830
00:53:10,480 --> 00:53:14,480
hopefully it's not one of them homegrown positions that becomes really hard to throw

831
00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:18,070
yeah yeah it's yes

832
00:53:18,070 --> 00:53:19,829
very important

833
00:53:20,559 --> 00:53:24,079
okay um anything else under correspondence lori

834
00:53:24,079 --> 00:53:30,530
i received an email today from the vermont league of cities and towns

835
00:53:33,380 --> 00:53:41,300
they're saying that there might be some changes coming down the pipe that in december of 2025

836
00:53:42,099 --> 00:53:50,679
passive and verb which are two of the organizations they work with refuse to

837
00:53:53,909 --> 00:53:56,230
renew their services with the lct

838
00:53:57,670 --> 00:54:04,070
and negotiate and negotiate negotiated and they finally agreed to at least get through 2026 because

839
00:54:04,070 --> 00:54:11,190
they had already jumped in um they never told anybody but now they're facing 2027 and they

840
00:54:11,190 --> 00:54:18,469
haven't come to any agreements so they want towns to know that there may be a lot of changes from the

841
00:54:18,469 --> 00:54:27,360
lct um i i i'm not the only person in the room that's lost what do those people do yeah the lct

842
00:54:27,360 --> 00:54:27,599
that's

843
00:54:27,599 --> 00:54:43,760
what they're going to try to do first is try to change or give services to their members

844
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:50,800
including reinstating fees for training right now the training is all free reducing the number of

845
00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:56,960
educational opportunities offered reevaluating what types of inquiries that can answer because

846
00:54:57,599 --> 00:55:02,639
they're kind of a go-to for towns for us to answer questions and provide assistance

847
00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:10,079
um they'll probably will do less of updating templates and providing models for our ordinances

848
00:55:10,079 --> 00:55:19,349
and policies yeah um they don't they're not really saying what it's kind of a general overview of we

849
00:55:19,349 --> 00:55:24,739
don't really know what to say but we have to say something because it's about time we should be

850
00:55:24,739 --> 00:55:26,900
thinking about renewing and we don't know what we're going to do

851
00:55:27,619 --> 00:55:31,780
so they're going to cut back on things because the insurance company's not going to do them

852
00:55:31,780 --> 00:55:41,719
why because all those two organizations always worked with the lct to keep their risk cool down

853
00:55:41,719 --> 00:55:48,530
like all of the towns in the state of vermont participated kept everything low at the cost

854
00:55:48,530 --> 00:55:54,559
lower than just i understand what that worked but we still don't know why those people are

855
00:55:54,559 --> 00:55:59,039
going out of kicking that no they've provided no explanation as to why

856
00:55:59,840 --> 00:56:07,719
and i wonder if the bltc gets you know like part of the deal is for everything

857
00:56:07,719 --> 00:56:15,639
every insurance you can get x amount of it so now if that's going to that stream of

858
00:56:15,639 --> 00:56:22,360
uh finances is going to dry up then they don't have their expenses go up yeah so they're also

859
00:56:22,360 --> 00:56:28,280
seeking to reduce the amount of money they pay the lct to administer the insurance program um

860
00:56:30,849 --> 00:56:43,650
i have no idea how much this is going to affect us long term because really sharing time with

861
00:56:43,650 --> 00:56:52,289
services at that point will they even offer us well that's what i mean we we join that right

862
00:56:52,289 --> 00:56:58,929
that's what we're doing we're a member of it we join it for services they're going to take away

863
00:56:58,929 --> 00:57:06,500
the services we don't know what yeah yeah exactly great question we're leaving service if now i'm

864
00:57:06,500 --> 00:57:07,539
going to be a clock yeah i'm going to do it right you're going to get driven to a house or whatever.

865
00:57:07,539 --> 00:57:15,579
I would imagine that the biggest one is that none of us could then call it.

866
00:57:15,579 --> 00:57:18,579
So we have to hire lawyers more so we can get more sponsors.

867
00:57:18,579 --> 00:57:22,579
I enjoyed the training with that. They were doing it here and do it at your home.

868
00:57:22,579 --> 00:57:25,579
Questions that the state pushes us to ask.

869
00:57:25,579 --> 00:57:26,639
Right.

870
00:57:26,639 --> 00:57:30,639
You know, our questions, if the state didn't change anything as of right now,

871
00:57:30,639 --> 00:57:32,639
we probably wouldn't come up with any more questions.

872
00:57:32,639 --> 00:57:34,639
We've already learned most of them.

873
00:57:34,639 --> 00:57:37,639
But because the state changes, we are going to have to change.

874
00:57:37,639 --> 00:57:39,639
Because there's 1,100 bills on the slide.

875
00:57:39,639 --> 00:57:41,639
Right, that's correct.

876
00:57:41,639 --> 00:57:45,639
You only have to learn one. You don't have to keep learning.

877
00:57:45,639 --> 00:57:48,710
They don't have to keep stacking. One bad bill doesn't fix another.

878
00:57:48,710 --> 00:57:50,510
Right.

879
00:57:50,510 --> 00:57:52,510
That's just the cycle that we're in.

880
00:57:52,510 --> 00:57:56,150
But I would try to figure out what services they even offer us.

881
00:57:56,150 --> 00:57:59,400
Well, they offer an awful lot of resources.

882
00:57:59,400 --> 00:58:03,400
You know, if we don't quite understand law or we don't know how to implement this,

883
00:58:03,400 --> 00:58:07,400
we can just call them or email them and ask for an opinion.

884
00:58:07,400 --> 00:58:08,400
But that doesn't stop.

885
00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:11,400
We have lawyers on staff that explain things.

886
00:58:11,400 --> 00:58:17,440
You know, our dog ordinance was a policy that they presented to the House.

887
00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:20,440
We didn't have to recreate the wheel and rewrite it.

888
00:58:20,440 --> 00:58:23,440
We just had to go through it and make it our own in the House.

889
00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:24,440
Yeah.

890
00:58:24,440 --> 00:58:31,440
And like once or twice a month, they do, like, you can watch a thing and you can just, you know,

891
00:58:31,440 --> 00:58:33,440
ask the attorneys any question you want.

892
00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:34,440
Sure.

893
00:58:34,440 --> 00:58:36,440
And they have lunchtime lectures or something.

894
00:58:36,440 --> 00:58:37,440
Yeah.

895
00:58:37,440 --> 00:58:38,440
All those free services.

896
00:58:38,440 --> 00:58:39,440
Yeah.

897
00:58:39,440 --> 00:58:40,440
Yeah, they're going to go.

898
00:58:40,440 --> 00:58:41,440
They're going to go.

899
00:58:41,440 --> 00:58:42,440
The money is free.

900
00:58:42,440 --> 00:58:44,440
We pay, but if they stop providing that as a service.

901
00:58:44,440 --> 00:58:46,440
What are we paying for?

902
00:58:46,440 --> 00:58:47,530
Well, we won't pay.

903
00:58:47,530 --> 00:58:49,760
So then, like, they don't have to.

904
00:58:49,760 --> 00:58:53,760
Well, you're doing a part of what they are going to do.

905
00:58:53,760 --> 00:58:54,760
Right.

906
00:58:54,760 --> 00:58:57,760
I mean, before town meeting, they run training for moderators.

907
00:58:57,760 --> 00:58:58,760
Right.

908
00:58:58,760 --> 00:59:03,760
And the course of the year for the select board is to do a meeting for a job.

909
00:59:03,760 --> 00:59:04,760
Yeah.

910
00:59:04,760 --> 00:59:05,760
So it's been helpful.

911
00:59:05,760 --> 00:59:06,760
Yeah.

912
00:59:06,760 --> 00:59:07,760
How to pay for it as a civil authority.

913
00:59:07,760 --> 00:59:08,760
Right.

914
00:59:08,760 --> 00:59:09,760
How to pay for an abatement.

915
00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:10,760
All those things.

916
00:59:10,760 --> 00:59:13,519
How often that can't believe to be pushed up on?

917
00:59:13,519 --> 00:59:15,679
Especially if there's new members.

918
00:59:15,679 --> 00:59:17,260
Because the other thing you're going to be stuck with,

919
00:59:17,260 --> 00:59:19,760
if they're not there for a reference,

920
00:59:19,760 --> 00:59:22,159
you may have to go back and ask for the state.

921
00:59:22,159 --> 00:59:25,639
And Lord help you before you can't answer the state.

922
00:59:25,639 --> 00:59:28,480
They'll tell you, go on this website.

923
00:59:28,480 --> 00:59:32,559
That, all that is interpretation.

924
00:59:32,559 --> 00:59:34,320
This is nice, because you talk to a person,

925
00:59:34,320 --> 00:59:37,119
and they can't help you interpret you.

926
00:59:37,119 --> 00:59:40,079
You know, it's kind of like our open meeting lot.

927
00:59:40,079 --> 00:59:42,920
But they're not saying they're going to do your business.

928
00:59:42,920 --> 00:59:43,679
How do you do that?

929
00:59:43,679 --> 00:59:47,389
No, we've been trying to renegotiate the agreement

930
00:59:47,389 --> 00:59:56,250
with these folks who are going to come into the meeting.

931
00:59:56,250 --> 00:59:58,829
That's going to all be about money.

932
00:59:58,829 --> 01:00:00,150
It's all about money.

933
01:00:00,150 --> 01:00:01,710
They're going to say, oh, well, we do.

934
01:00:01,710 --> 01:00:02,730
But here's the number.

935
01:00:02,730 --> 01:00:04,170
Then they're going to go to the towns

936
01:00:04,170 --> 01:00:06,570
and say, are you willing to pay this much more

937
01:00:06,570 --> 01:00:08,110
for them same services?

938
01:00:08,110 --> 01:00:09,110
Yeah.

939
01:00:09,110 --> 01:00:10,030
It's all money.

940
01:00:10,030 --> 01:00:11,349
Insurance companies run the world.

941
01:00:11,349 --> 01:00:13,530
State money.

942
01:00:13,530 --> 01:00:17,130
State's taking all the money.

943
01:00:17,130 --> 01:00:17,369
OK.

944
01:00:17,369 --> 01:00:17,869
OK.

945
01:00:17,869 --> 01:00:20,610
Keep an eye on it and see what happens.

946
01:00:20,610 --> 01:00:24,610
Anything else under full business or correspondence?

947
01:00:24,610 --> 01:00:27,480
I just have a dog update.

948
01:00:27,480 --> 01:00:27,980
Oh, good.

949
01:00:27,980 --> 01:00:32,820
We had another dog owner come in about this week.

950
01:00:32,820 --> 01:00:37,320
And five dog owners.

951
01:00:37,320 --> 01:00:42,369
Are these five dog owners working with Luke, or are they?

952
01:00:42,369 --> 01:00:47,800
I didn't talk to Luke before tonight for that stance.

953
01:00:47,800 --> 01:00:51,360
Would you get in touch with him and say, go to the next step?

954
01:00:51,360 --> 01:00:52,599
I mean, it's been two months.

955
01:00:52,599 --> 01:00:53,599
Absolutely.

956
01:00:53,599 --> 01:00:55,059
Follow the rules.

957
01:00:55,059 --> 01:00:56,269
OK.

958
01:00:56,269 --> 01:00:57,349
Send him a text.

959
01:00:57,349 --> 01:00:58,469
Go to the next step.

960
01:00:58,469 --> 01:01:00,289
And go to court.

961
01:01:00,289 --> 01:01:04,659
How about the fellow that we sent the fine to?

962
01:01:04,659 --> 01:01:05,159
All right.

963
01:01:05,159 --> 01:01:07,219
Follow up on him, too.

964
01:01:07,219 --> 01:01:09,840
I mean, I think that last time I talked to Luke,

965
01:01:09,840 --> 01:01:11,880
he said there wasn't a round of kinds

966
01:01:11,880 --> 01:01:15,000
that he needed to send out before going to court.

967
01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:18,219
Once he goes to court, we don't pay him for his money.

968
01:01:18,219 --> 01:01:18,719
Right.

969
01:01:18,719 --> 01:01:21,500
Well, we can't let these dogs run around like this.

970
01:01:21,500 --> 01:01:22,340
This is precedence.

971
01:01:22,340 --> 01:01:22,840
Yeah.

972
01:01:22,840 --> 01:01:25,039
And people just say, well, my dog doesn't run around.

973
01:01:25,039 --> 01:01:25,539
Well.

974
01:01:25,539 --> 01:01:28,210
It doesn't cost us anything, you know what I mean?

975
01:01:28,210 --> 01:01:31,269
To let it just do the job.

976
01:01:31,269 --> 01:01:32,210
These people.

977
01:01:32,210 --> 01:01:33,769
And the five people are the

978
01:01:33,769 --> 01:01:40,219
Oh, it's just absolutely ludicrous that you won't spend $20.

979
01:01:40,219 --> 01:01:49,739
And these people, their name have been in the minutes and didn't help very much.

980
01:01:49,739 --> 01:01:51,989
OK.

981
01:01:51,989 --> 01:01:54,820
New business.

982
01:01:54,820 --> 01:01:56,320
Oh, I have another old business.

983
01:01:56,320 --> 01:02:01,460
Just wanted to mention again about the ballots.

984
01:02:01,460 --> 01:02:06,280
I'm sure we all received our ballots in the mail.

985
01:02:06,280 --> 01:02:11,260
If you can vote them at home, put them inside that inside envelope,

986
01:02:11,260 --> 01:02:16,039
fill that inside envelope out, and bring it here on election day,

987
01:02:16,039 --> 01:02:18,849
or put it in the box there.

988
01:02:18,849 --> 01:02:21,769
Or if you want to mail it back, that's fine, too.

989
01:02:21,769 --> 01:02:25,750
But that ballot that you were mailed, what's that?

990
01:02:25,750 --> 01:02:26,570
Do it tomorrow.

991
01:02:26,570 --> 01:02:27,369
Do it tomorrow.

992
01:02:27,369 --> 01:02:28,489
That ballot you were mailed.

993
01:02:28,489 --> 01:02:28,690
Yeah.

994
01:02:28,690 --> 01:02:31,969
That is a good ballot that counts for election.

995
01:02:31,969 --> 01:02:35,449
You can do it tomorrow, and then the candidate you voted for drops out.

996
01:02:35,449 --> 01:02:37,369
And you're like, oh, you've got to be kidding me.

997
01:02:37,369 --> 01:02:38,409
You're done.

998
01:02:38,409 --> 01:02:47,760
So be sure to bring that ballot with you when you vote or vote at home and send it in.

999
01:02:47,760 --> 01:02:49,320
Somehow drop it off here.

1000
01:02:49,320 --> 01:02:52,980
Just because I haven't looked at mine yet, that is only for our state, right?

1001
01:02:52,980 --> 01:02:54,539
It's not our town voting stuff, right?

1002
01:02:54,539 --> 01:02:55,400
Correct.

1003
01:02:55,400 --> 01:02:59,099
So you still have to come here to vote for the town stuff.

1004
01:02:59,099 --> 01:02:59,599
Yes.

1005
01:02:59,599 --> 01:03:00,099
In March.

1006
01:03:00,099 --> 01:03:00,599
In March.

1007
01:03:00,599 --> 01:03:01,099
In March.

1008
01:03:01,099 --> 01:03:02,099
But on that ballot.

1009
01:03:02,099 --> 01:03:05,519
Although there's some things happening this November, too, right?

1010
01:03:05,519 --> 01:03:06,219
Justice of the Peace.

1011
01:03:06,219 --> 01:03:06,719
Justice of the Peace.

1012
01:03:06,719 --> 01:03:07,219
Yes.

1013
01:03:07,219 --> 01:03:08,670
So they are local anonymous.

1014
01:03:08,670 --> 01:03:09,550
Yeah.

1015
01:03:09,550 --> 01:03:10,670
Leave the back side.

1016
01:03:10,670 --> 01:03:11,789
They're on that ballot?

1017
01:03:11,789 --> 01:03:12,289
Yes.

1018
01:03:12,289 --> 01:03:15,789
And there's a blank for Justice of the Peace, too, on that ballot.

1019
01:03:15,789 --> 01:03:16,409
I just haven't.

1020
01:03:16,409 --> 01:03:17,329
I saw mine.

1021
01:03:17,329 --> 01:03:18,630
I just haven't had a chance to look at it.

1022
01:03:18,630 --> 01:03:21,030
I'm going to write your name in on all of them anyways.

1023
01:03:21,030 --> 01:03:21,530
OK.

1024
01:03:21,530 --> 01:03:22,030
Sounds good.

1025
01:03:22,030 --> 01:03:23,829
So we'll know who voted for it.

1026
01:03:23,829 --> 01:03:24,829
Yep.

1027
01:03:24,829 --> 01:03:25,329
OK.

1028
01:03:25,329 --> 01:03:27,829
Any other new business?

1029
01:03:27,829 --> 01:03:28,710
No?

1030
01:03:28,710 --> 01:03:29,210
Guys?

1031
01:03:29,210 --> 01:03:29,789
No?

1032
01:03:29,989 --> 01:03:31,199
No.

1033
01:03:31,199 --> 01:03:31,699
OK.

1034
01:03:31,699 --> 01:03:33,699
I think we can adjourn.

1035
01:03:33,699 --> 01:03:34,199
Adjourn.

1036
01:03:34,199 --> 01:03:35,199
Most people adjourned.

1037
01:03:35,199 --> 01:03:35,699
Adjourn.

1038
01:03:35,699 --> 01:03:36,199
Second?

1039
01:03:36,199 --> 01:03:36,699
Third?

1040
01:03:36,699 --> 01:03:37,199
Yes.

1041
01:03:37,199 --> 01:03:37,699
All in favor?

1042
01:03:37,699 --> 01:03:38,199
Yes.

1043
01:03:38,199 --> 01:03:38,699
Aye.

1044
01:03:38,699 --> 01:03:39,199
Aye.

1045
01:03:39,199 --> 01:03:39,699
Aye.

1046
01:03:39,699 --> 01:03:40,199
Really?