Select Board: May 25, 2022

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0:06 Where’s on our agenda is our interim Finance. reporting on this Michael Kelly Welcome. Sorry.

0:23 So I’m sure if I might. So as I think the board knows Mike is been the treasure collector.

0:36 A little over here. Yeah, so and is You know, we had looked at a number of options when with Steve poliss leaving. And felt strongly that the New Town Administrator should have a hand in in the process of hiring a permanent. Person and so we I looked at a different options and Mike had expressed an interest in an opportunity to serve in this capacity.

1:10 I didn’t know Mike that well, but we had a good conversations in terms of. the role with the way it would be as an interim and he is prepared to accept that role and So I’m recommending that the board appoint him as intern Finance director. The term is not specified because it’ll be until a permanent is chosen but Thank you. Obviously it might speak for himself and you have his resume. And so well, thank you so much this are there any questions from the board? We’ve done a great job from the year. You think that’s right. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you for stepping. Thank you. So thank you, especially interim capacities

1:55 to hope it’s a good opportunity to be more downtown works. Yeah, no, I appreciate the opportunity and I appreciate the confidence that John Express just you know the short time we work together but on, you know looking to lean on his experience for the short time that he’s still around as well. He’s gonna have the other colleagues that I work. I think it’s going to afford looking forward to successful year-end and you thank you.

2:28 so

2:31 Yes you have. any questions

2:35 We need a motion to appoint Michael Clements interim Finance director effective May 26th. 2012. Oh, okay. Congratulations. Thank you.

2:57 So we have a new video Welcome.

3:07 So Madam chair are it seems like a night for some changes the the as you know is everybody knows Rob diver has gone. Left the employee of the town. It’s not working for the town of Danvers and shortly after that happened.

3:30 Amy had approached me about the possibility of

3:36 a slightly different model which would involve her taking on both roles both at the DPW which as you all know includes drain and trade and and obviously continuing as water and sewer superintendent and The I was I was intrigued by this idea for a variety of reasons Amy’s got a wealth of experience in managing large projects. And you know, we’ve got a proposal that subject to a day exclusion override in This coming June 21st. And if that if that does pass I think Amy is is a perfect person to provide the

4:22 Management’s skills that it’ll take to implement that over the upcoming five to six years and would would also bring inherent. Efficiency in terms of scheduling things in a way that accommodates the the projects of Lauren sewer have that and it will streamline that process. what you have in your packets is a is sort of an outline version of the of the administrative tasks that Amy would be doing at the DPW and and a memorandum proposed memorandum of understanding between the voice selecting and the Water and Sewer Commission that would

5:09 Memorialize this this structure and importantly if we make it clear that this is not a permanent thing. It’s certainly will be in place while Amy is in the employee. But if she was to leave obviously this arrangement with also stop and and secondly, it does allow if whatever reason the parties

5:39 But even the Border cycling around the Water and Sewer Commission felt that the arrangement wasn’t working then they would it would just within 90 days you could change the structure with with proper notice. So it leaves both with the flexibility and and I have every confidence this will work and we’ve seen it work before I think most of you remember Dana snow who had been served in a dual capacity like this before he retired and and it worked quite well, but things are even more complex now with the with the ms5 permanent process with drain and Amy’s familiar with all that through the through her experience when drain was underwater

6:27 and so are and so anyway, I’m gonna stop talking and let Amy speak for yourself, but I am I I think this is a a good opportunity instance Thank you. Thank you. I’m enthusiastic for this opportunity to lead the Department of Public Works my education experience both in the municipal and private sector have prepared me to use those skills to benefit the tax and repairs while completing the mission of the BBW and Water and Sewer Commission. After 11 years working with Marvel Headwater and Sewer Commission many people know me only as a superintendent of the water and sewer departments. However, my professional path prior to working with the commission has created a unique skill set to incorporate the Department of Public Works under my leadership.

7:13 I was raised in educated in Marblehead. I have a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and Wheaton College and a bachelor of engineering from Dartmouth College there School of Engineering. My early experience has included surveying concrete testing and overseeing Egyptian concrete crew projects located throughout New England. I had 10 years experience with a Connor Constructors as a field engineer and a project manager. My first years were their Connor were in the mechanical divisions where I was completed two large upgrades to both the South Boston and the Mystic power plants. My civil experience with O’Connor included the construction of the Suffolk county trial court and some time on the estimating Department along the many other projects. I spent three years prior to working with Marblehead Water and Sewer Commission with Turner Construction, New Jersey

8:00 business unit working on the largest historical renovation in the state of New Jersey at the time. I hold an unlimited construction supervisor license. water distribution treatment and treatment license a Wastewater collection license and Lead accredited The key to success with all the projects was planning and Leadership. Escape the DPW running effectively as I take over the planning and the administrative role.

8:27 I plan on adding a second assistant department head both of these positions can be funded within the department head budget line item that was approved at town meeting. This position will provide support the assistant director will provide support for the day-to-day operations at the DPW and complete the ad and goal of underground utility coordinator this goal assist in the planning placement and execution of all underground Utilities in the blood of the public way. Hopefully working with any kind of payment plan that we’re putting forward. no, I want to thank the citizen to Marblehead and the Water and Sewer Commission in the town administrative for the support that got me here tonight and the guidance that has allowed me to further find to my skill set to be successful and it’s never Thank you very much. Thanks.

9:15 questions from the board

9:18 I do it I can’t push that before but so you have a water elected water. I’m so commission. Oh. Advising you and then DPW has this board. How’s that going to work? But so the way John and I talked about was that I basically worked for both boards having the 11 years in town. I understand how the diversity of Marblehead works with our elected boards and our boards and I understand the separation of the Enterprise fund versus the taxation. Deeply especially with having drains Under the Water and Sewer Commission. So it’s a tax part and count me. So I think that by name

10:06 by enabling me to coordinate what happens in the next five seven years with Paving we can then put in the water and sewer Capital Improvement plan, which is five years and 20 years. We have an extended one. We can work that along with getting a gas company to really fall in line with all of this. So they’ll be hopefully that’s my dream. Yes, they will be a while, but I think you know you all see that graph with the circle of everybody’s needs and where things come together. That’s that’s you know, the plan I hope to work on so that you know, we don’t see Things happening, you know, three times down the street not in the correct word things will happen three times down the

10:52 street, but we hope to have them correct order good. Thank you. Good answer Amy. I’m excited about this because I think there’s going to be part, you know, some real synergistic, you know possibilities with that I think, you know at the end of the day it’s going to come down to kind of personalities and balance and kind of judgment around kind of the two, you know, kind of reporting live so to speak but it looks like you know, you have the requisite authority to be able to kind of Drive the planning and implementation of projects and realize this energy. So I think you know, I think so. I think gummy work falls under my thought of you’re making a better man for everyone and it’s an inconvenience wherever you are and you understand that but you have to be able to explain that the project that you’re

11:39 doing is for the better of all. And look at the end of that. I think we’re all kind of serving the right pay attention. So it’s

11:49 I think it’s the perfect time for this opportunity for the town. I you know Amy your reputation is excellent in your credentials are clearly outstanding for this job and it’s a big job. And you know, I like I like John I I bear it feel very confident that something that you can you can take on. I know that I’ve already had a lot of residents asking me about our question one and the road project and I’ve had like a lot of that residents have asked this question. Well, how is this going to coordinate with the water and sewer? And are they just you know, so which is fair question and I think that this is such a great time for you to step into this. This oversight role. So thank you for

12:36 doing it. Good and I do think you to look coordination is a huge part. Yeah, no, and the other thing is, I mean really you have the full weight and support of the Water and Sewer Commission because that they supported that this this unanimously.

12:53 Yeah, no, and I think they’re already is on so many levels though overlap between water and sewer and DPW and you talk about snow plows and you know, just all the coordination that has to happen and looking at the projects that we hope to get moving forward. Yes. That’s such a big concern is making sure that the timing of those work correctly and I think this is a really great opportunity and also just communication up to the public too. If your channeling that through one specific person, you know you then we can take that information and get it out to the public and let them know what’s happening when and they can have that ability to plan and I think that will enable a lot of that communication pieces as well. So I think it’s gonna be a great process. Do you have any challenges that you Vision coming up from this situation or anything

13:39 that comes to mind? so my biggest biggest challenge I found when I was thinking about all of this was that you were You know had I just taken over just the administrator rule you are missing you were missing a physical body either, you know one place or the other one project or another and that was my thought process on adding another. There’s there is Lane work up there, especially with the storm water and you know, the mechanic, you know, I hope to look for someone who’s strong in the mechanic and a mechanic thing and in horizontal construction too. So and you know and then build on all that out there. So but I did that was my first piece and I think that will answer my concerns about not being enough

14:25 places right at the same time, right? So you’re not spreading, right? Okay. I think you can tell that everyone will hear it at the table is excited that you are. The perfect person for this job. So thank you for I think you approached John right like so which was really, you know, who really glad that you do and we’re glad you busy

14:54 so I when I was just trying like thinking about this initially when John had shared it with me. I was trying to think there’s any possible. Scenario where there’d be a conflict of interest or something and I was hard. I hard-pressed to think of any I didn’t know if there’s anything like you could think of that where this would potentially a conflict of interest. I couldn’t think of anything and

15:24 I just want a lot of time thinking about it. Yeah, and I most of my issues that always came up were along coordination. and Coordination with two people is more difficult than Court, you know if I’m coordinating and then the other person thought of that is now there’s a direct line right to the Town Administrator and the board and to my commission which that piece was always missing, you know, it was almost like playing California. I haven’t talked to somebody else who talks to someone else who so now I hope we cut out that confusion. And we had long. A good two-hour conversation with the whole board and you know my board laid out every thought that they we could think of that would be a look at some financial and I

16:12 you know, there was an answer or it was not turned out about the agency. Thank you.

16:20 Great anything else?

16:24 That’s emotions. Bringing emotions to authorize the shared to sign the memorandum among the Banning between the town and the Marblehead Water and Sewer Commission on behalf of the board. Oh

16:40 Carl do you have anything to win? She’s perfect for the job. Thank you unbiased.

16:53 all those in favor

16:58 Congratulations one more, okay.

17:02 Motions will Point aiming the cute Department of Public Works director effective May 26th, 2022 with an additional stipend of $30,000 increased annually by the cost of living percentage given to Physicians on the administrative pay scale commencing on July first 2023. something that was invasion Graduates, thank you madam chair, and I’d like to thank the board for the support. Thank you. Thank you pal. Thank you. The one arm swordfish.

17:40 Thanks.

17:46 To the whole petition. We need a motion that the board adopt the whole position is approved as the May second 2022 town meeting article 39 and submit saying to the general court summer. second discussion Okay. all those in favor and it’s up. That’s sorry. No, it’s sorry. I’m in favor. This is just a technical question this in the draft in regards to I know it’s going to be centered it. Right and it has a representative. So to both the center does it both? Does it get sensible?

18:33 The answer is yes. Okay, and because we are currently don’t have a safe representative, right? That’s very scary. But I believe it’s filtered to one. Yeah, I believe that it may be to office. So it’s former representative early maybe staff in terms of processing that I think so we’ll we’ll make sure that it goes to the right location. Okay? Okay. I know like if they weren’t staffed and if it can just go through the center of it doesn’t have to go to both. Yeah, it can be filed if a minimum it could be fine with the clerk of the house.

19:13 Priorities. Yes. Okay, so that’s fine. We have some new in transfers. We emotion and importance with Mass General log chapter 44 section 33b the transfer $25,243 from Court overtime police number one. Oh, six two two ten, five, one four eight to Restoration and maintenance emergency generator police or 10632105247. So what second if I just want to point out to the board that normally you wouldn’t see these transfers for later on in the process but with Steve.

19:58 Leaving I had asked him to someone bigger items that we had to clean it up earlier and they’ll be others that was kind of unsure at the end of June. But these are the ones we do about in this order contracts for the next item. So yes my way back. Thank you. There’s momentum. No. And made emotion and a second. Yeah all this is big. Thank you. The next in Motion in accordance with Mass General Law chapter 44 section 33b to transfer 156,000 from health insurance tsf Finance or one two two one one three nine five one seven six to empty stipend fire

20:46 01 0682205153. And this is a transfer from one budget item. So sorry. all those invading and last motion at least last for today emotion in accordance with Mass General Law chapter 44 section 33b to transfer 17,9223.40 from senior clerk to assessors number. Oh one. Oh one nine one four one five three one nine other professional and Technical. Oh one. Oh one eight one four one five all five volts the most second all of them.

21:33 We have a request for transfer from the reserve fund. The amount requested is 117,000 to be transferred to other insurance higher than projected rate increases the town’s Property and Casualty Insurance premiums. Is there anything only that this? pleasure was not funded it, you know underfunded or fiscal year 22 and we have This is the you know, the actual deficit that we haven’t made. Based on the premiums this year, but we did increase the budget in 2023 to reflect these premium increases plus the projected increase would be anxiety insurance. So, okay,

22:18 so it won’t run into the second one. Is it just standard premium rate rate raise or well this past year there was something our our claims ran pretty hot. I’m not conversing with the with all the details of that because it happened before money arrival, but but this reflects You know a lot of our claims history.

22:45 The questions the session motion to authorize the transfer of 10017,000 from the reserve Fund in accordance with chapter 40 section 6 the Massachusetts general laws as previously approved by the finance committee. It’s almost all those examples

23:11 We need a vote to amend the least agreement between the town of Marblehead and the Marvel head Community Counseling Center for the Hops building at 66 fifteenth Avenue dated, February 15, 20 21 in accordance with paragraph 29 amendments Amen to paragraph three rent to allow the monthly rent of 624 per month to be paid through upgrades to the building from the period of May 2021 until June 2023. And then thereafter resumed the original reasons and our private chair designing men on the board. So what second?

23:49 um, they the conflicts that I had requested this readily they’ve invested approximately, I believe 80,000 into the building and were asking personally would they’re obviously Having some issues with their funding structure related to you know, transfer reimbursements and what have you the levels there. So this is a not a lot of money like that and as you know, this money would otherwise go into revolving fun and be put back into the building. So the thought here is that money that they invested would be credited towards what they would have. Otherwise created in rent. Great. Thank you.

24:47 Next is the Harper. business well, well you don’t start the only time I guess what I’ll say, but the we as we’ve said before There’s been some discussion about various projects that we would be using after money. For example, the the technology related to hybrid meetings and it we have previously taught in public meetings about a grant matches. It relates to the Reconstruction of the of the information who Plaza down. These projects related directly to in the case of the tourism to Economic Development

25:33 and it relates to some of the effects of the pandemic is really obviously hybrid meeting the rail trail project that’s listed on here is is for a match to match other sacred we have and again as you see in the right of during the pandemic we’ve seen an uptick in the use of the rail trail in terms of an outdoor. And I think that’s become a tremendous Community Asset which will only improve when we when this project is done and these projects it’s my understanding of all been greated and in the mix with the Opera study group that had been operating and this is not to replace the the

26:20 this is just a A list of about 140,611 dollars that that will be proposed and we’ll look at seeking the woods approval of these projects for the use of operating. I know that Moses was very involved as the process so well, yeah, I mean, I think it’s very important with this in context, right? There’s been a lot of work behind the you know, the our process in the town and we found out last year that we were going to level now kind of timing when they are only came in we formed this was the working group. okay, the idea what you included myself the time administrator the school superintendent the director of Public Health and new

27:06 Petty Town planner Finance director income Vice chair, and we thought that her and A resident that large. So the goal here was to really anticipate that. You know that there’s going to be scrutiny around how the money is spent and our basic posture towards arka. Is that you know, we have money from the federal government. It is arguably an overreaction and there’s trillions of dollars coming down the pike. We’re gonna get six million of it and in my view and I think in the view of the working group is that it is a direct transfer from the future from our children. And we are going to end up paying for that

27:53 either three taxes or higher inflation. Okay already started to see that right now. So was that with that level of seriousness that we approached the process for for determining how really an allocate this money. So in addition, you know with them there’s there’s arpa there’s an awful mandate that kind of describes how we can spend the money but we also set up a set of Select forward criteria, which we promulgate into the town and we developed in anticipation. It basically sets the basis for an evaluation for quantitative evaluation criteria of all the horologians. Okay. So once we did that we have a very very broad outreach

28:41 program. Okay, so we went to social media. I wanted to you know, marblehead.org. We made citizens aware. We hit wheel. We had all the department headings across the town with very thorough. It was very important the cast and very widening. And across the whole town. We had a number of Citizen projects as well. And you know, the outcome of that is that we ended up with 70 to the street projects for about 18 million dollars. Okay. And so at that point we recognize the saving anticipated is that we needed to take you know, go from 18 million, you know down in the six. How do we do that? And it was basically a three-step process. And the

29:27 first thing we did was a resident survey preference. Okay, and you we asked the The residents of the interoper I think throughout 344 residents that the police were part of that. It’s not an entirely random sample. So it’s not a Kind of Perfect representation, but it’s that’s a pretty big sample size with generally speaking and we got a you know, and they they ranked those seven projects based on five questions. We can I don’t want to get into the leads right now with their basically and which 10 covid assistant programs if you had access to which and we asked Which five types of Resident systems should be prioritized what six types of business assistance

30:13 should be prioritized. So we basically asked a bunch of questions and then ask them to rent the projects 1 to 10. So we basically had a quantitative approach with that. That was that point one. point two is we had an arpa working that basically used the the select board criteria. Okay to into each member of the working group rant the projects independently one another is everybody kind of and we pulled together all the results look at them and then we work together as a group to rent. and also come up with a ranking and there was Pretty pretty interestingly very good at alignment between the

31:00 two. So what we’re really trying to do is to come up with a quantitatively based. Ranking system that we can justify the people of Marblehead taxpayers of Marblehead. It is as Fair as we possibly get making if you know that this is, you know, very serious. You know project and something that really to to become come to terms with now, what’s interesting. Is that there is he with what We’ve Ended as we went down the top 30 projects on the survey side. Which are added up to about seven million? And we went down because you know yet cutoff 7 million is a little bit more than six gives us a little run same thing on the arbit side. Now the good news is there was a 60% overlap.

31:47 Between what kind of the residents wanted on an independent basis and basically what they are came up with based on the quantitative metrics not bad. The reason the overlaps not perfect is because there’s a number of covid type stuff that’s reflected in our criteria. That wasn’t necessary to reflected. You know in the in the survey. So that’s not I’m not a bad overlap.

32:14 You know, I just want to make a couple of comments because I think there’s a lot of anticipation in town about about the timing of all this we haven’t until December 2024 to commit to projects. Okay, and then we have until December 2026 to actually get them funded. It’s been okay. so given the kind of turnover we’ve had with administrator and The finance director we didn’t move that ball forward felt. It was appropriate to bring the New Town Administrator into the working group so that we continue our project. Okay. So if there’s any new projects that come in we will put it through the same ranking criteria and kind of add it to the list either involves, you know below that

33:00 30 or impulse above but we’re applying a very rigorous process to the Hills and so, you know, it’s it’s at some point we will go ahead and kind of publish these results and You know kind of can you have a complete presentation explains our methodology, which is something we have to do and you know, it’s turned in terms of these four specific projects that do fall above the line. And but there’s some urgency to because we have to do a match. Yeah, and I think there’s one where the contract is ready to go, right? Yeah. Well leaving the tourist groups the tour that’s also matching it right it is Again, okay. So that’s why we’re doing it now, but I want you to know as part of a broad process.

33:46 Okay, we’ve been working on. Great branches of sorry installation. You can set a comments and questions not until the end of it. Thank you. Eric thank you for explaining that I think that was a really great overview of the process and I know I mean my understanding is that the regulations around or the restrictions and the conditions on the money was relaxed and a point after we had set the like priorities.

34:23 I thought that so we had set the priorities at some point in the fall. And then there was more clarity given from the state around the is that oh they well there was a change. Yeah, there’s there’s something called Lost Revenue. That was originally confined to a more specific formula. So lost Revenue because of covid they have a formulaic way of calculating. Okay. What’s your loss Revenue, you know from the budget. I don’t know if you’re involved with that like students. So it’s pretty formal way and it allows to roughly a half a million. Dollars. Okay. What they did is they relaxed that basically said you can basically do it all Australia. Okay. So our approach

35:10 was looked that doesn’t supersede the criteria that the you know, this like board a promulgated. So we still operated in that, you know within that assist within that framework and we’re sticking to the more an hour definition of lost reading so we do have that loss Revenue. That can be that can be deployed more flexibly. Okay to work to water currents, but that’s a good night. That’s good memory and then so where like where are we at with the working group? Is this an active group is doing or no? It’s it’s a rolling him. You know part of it is we have not been acted in the past couple of months because of the transitions, right? And you know, we do have a lot of time. not that we’re gonna take bedtime once the

36:00 town industry gets it’s Against installed right and the new Finance director gets installed. Thank you. And I think that’s one we’ll make a more formal, you know presentation of Canada or are. And just one other thing so in terms of timing.

36:22 Are is the is the plan to bring forth? Allocations like you know ad hocs now in December 24th, or is there like a we’re gonna present it all at once in in our we voting on it or is that that’s right. We will know what kind of talk for your products are and they all have kind of there’s opportunities like we’re seeing today matching stuff that will definitely dictate kind of timing of it, but we’re gonna and I’m gonna kind of we’re all over the camera on Becky and planner and You know implement this or doesn’t know. the passing attempted

37:08 but yeah, I think it’s going to be we’re gonna say the block on the table. We’ll leave up to 10 minutes later. And once we set the broad framework identify the projects.

37:21 If I would add to that is that these four projects we wanted to formally present to the board. We think that they’re timely because of the grant aspects of this and that they’re matching and in the case of the hybrid technology. That was always intended to be paid out about but we wanted to get formal approval of that. Yeah, thanks. And those are the list. Yeah, it brings and and you know, there’s it’s part it’s certainly possible that the projects come forward before the comprehensive piece, but that would be driven by a particular circumstances of Tim. Ing, so it’s just no way to predict that. Right, and that’s why the working group will stay open because it okay be over

38:09 the potentially projects that come in. Bracket according to the same idea. So in those are like a threshold dollar amount that will come before us at the vote or

38:21 like, you know if our account administrator You know, it’s say it’s under 50,000 or under 30,000, you know is is allocated. Are we voting every single out distribution of the funds or just over a certain threshold. There’s that coming to the board or none of it coming to the board. Well, I think the plan is that what all that’s good.

38:47 And then I think what we’ll do is we’ll just tabulate, you know, the projects that have been done, you know, kind of we’ll have a list of projects that we find. The Six Million Dollar spent, you know, we just don’t

39:02 the board had previously approved a little over 76,000 for PPE, right? Yeah that had to do with the board of health during the code. So this is sort of the the first project since that that they’re being brought to the board. so you think that they’re working group will need like monthly once the transition gets settled. That’s basically that office time we did more than that as we’re right setting us through algorithm and all that. Yeah, that’s right. Well, we’ll yeah, no.

39:40 as needed basis as we kind of projects what I think there’s going to be another effort obviously. Around planning in terms of each one’s conference. Thank you so much. Is there let’s say you have anything? Yes. I’m sure many addresses. Yes, thank you. Just is there any? Any planning in the as far as your committee, both with? As you you mentioned that there’s a potential of things are changing. So rapidly now like what the priorities were, you know a year ago might be different six months from now. Is there a Anything in the works where you would go back to the public read, you know recent public opinion or thoughts or

40:25 anything like that. Are you guys going from you already have so much that you’re going from that list. Well, we’re not we’re not anticipating with your priorities per say. Yeah, that was gonna be the criteria the criteria and you know, we’ve got our methodology around maybe in quantitative. So yeah, but I guess what I mean is that you should have some flexibility around the potential than new projects will come in and potentially if they ran high get slotted in. Yeah, you know, so you do. Yeah, very flexible. Yeah, okay. Okay, we need to thank him Pottery welcome. We need a motion to formally approve the use of federal armor funds for the following purposes and amounts tourists. Leave project 54,000 rail

41:13 trail project Grant match 28,000 construction management for rail trail project 8,000 and hybrid technology. There 50,611 totaling $140,611. someone outside I wasn’t finished. Thank you.

41:39 Next we need a motion to approve the employment contact for presented between the town and Patrick heaser Town Administrator someone second.

41:56 And next we have executive session. We need a motion on advice of Town Council after review of our executive session minutes the board shall make public the following Board of selectment executive session meets everyone. Nice 2022, January 25th. 2022, September 8th. 2021, August 25th. 2021, December 4th, 2020 and December 16th 2022. Someone that’s second.

42:32 all those in favor and next motion of lead. I’m advised from Town Council after review of our executive session minutes the board shall continue to hold until deemed appropriate by Council the following Board of selectment executive session minutes, December 11, 2019, November 23rd, 2020 and November 2nd 2021. Someone second father’s name.

43:03 It’s for tonight. Welcome. We have other numbers. Sorry about that. We need a motion to improve the request from Jamie Ray’s owner had baby gear for one day liquor license for Saturday, June 18th, 2022 from 10 AM to 5pm 118 Washington Street, and Crosby’s parking lot 109, Washington Street subject to the following conditions delivery of and receipt by the licensing authority of the required fee 50 dollars delivery of and receipt by the licensing Authority improved that the alcohol will be purchased from an authorized Source proof that the applicant can receive proper delivery provide proper storage and disposal of all beverages all in

43:49 accordance with requirements of General Law chapter 138 approval from Crosby’s for use of the parking lot. So Check it. It’s a singer in favor. This is Newton in favor, Mr. Greater infantry Mr. And I think this is about time and baby.

44:08 Next we need to vote to establish a donation account for the purpose of repairing with steps at Fort Beach. Okay. So yeah, the second one second. Yeah. What was I do want to say that bill Parr specifically and offered to repair the steps. Group chances are something we can’t something. That’s great. We really do appreciate it. Thank you. all those in favor And need emotional to extend the expiration date for a private constables to serve civil process in town to June 30th 2020 to coordinate with the boards annual reappointments. And this is because they used to do this in

44:56 May and we wanted

45:01 second here all those in favor

45:05 Now is the future.

45:10 And am I right actually Ismail not there. I know and I find myself. We have a letter of interest to concerning on Jim zissen on the finance committee. We will take that from and see when we will start doing that. We probably won’t be until it’s my you know after the summer, but we will hold that and Alliance Health at Deveraux

45:42 to received a public announcement that was published on May 10th 2020 to The Daily Item regarding the transfer of ownership of Alliance Health and develop. This is just information for the board.

46:00 They go around the table, but Prov. Ides right, but I would like to start I just would like to say that John was not here one day and the next day he was and everything was seamless. He did. Such a stellar job. I’m gonna embarrass you, but it’s okay. Just want to thank you because you really made a huge difference. I don’t know what we would have done without you and you made so many things happen that we really never even would have thought of it’s it’s really been a pleasure and we thank you.

46:50 but I couldn’t I just say it’s been a pleasure and

46:56 you know, I I think

47:00 I never thought I’d be back in this position. But I think this is the last one. There’s a room here.

47:15 Thank you. Thank you. John has been great. Thank you. I think that just how quickly it happened in January in the opportunity to get John.

47:28 And haven’t worked with John before we didn’t whatever tremendous assassin he was but it’s great that you said yes. We appreciate it. Thank you.

47:41 Yeah, I know. Yeah, we all embarrassed John. Yeah too much easier. Yeah waxing eloquent in five months. He came right in. Yeah day one. Yeah, that’s right. Like he never left.

48:02 I didn’t developmental impressed if you are traveling.

48:09 It’s been a pleasure to get to work to know you and short time, but it was definitely reassuring having you sitting in that chair. That’s what I’ve been because of five months. Yeah. Thank you. I appreciate it. Especially a lot of change. So yeah. And it never adult day and there are no down days there keeps you there’s no border. That’s

48:41 Well, thank you. It’s been a pleasure. Yeah, so does anybody have anything in just fully reminder of many Memorial Day events starting? With the lunch tomorrow fighting and Graves on Saturday. Yeah, so modeling always comes out very well. Looks like the weather’s gonna be. to go over good

49:08 great honor

49:11 surgery It’s it’s a memorial day, but it’s always such a sunny time here. It’s really really Pleasant. great traditions Please show up. Yeah, it’s at 8 o’clock and the land at the land and then service at 9 o’clock at the ocean. That’s right. That’s from the market the break.

49:38 Something anything. I’m just gonna give a shout out to our Storyteller fire chief. For well-attended event for the fun and with the park and rec Oh, I thought about the Wolfpack session. Oh, that’s good.

50:02 You made that clearly. I did not. Yeah.

50:09 And so our public comment. Did you want something you wish to say? Yes, thank you. I have multiple questions on the art of the front and I’m multitasking. I guess you’re lucky on a little distracted. All right. So first off I’m recently retired marketing researchers. So if you need help with that quantitative basis, I think I can help you. Well, thank you for the hour. Also, I thank you for Bringing something forward to to the board. I wonder when there will be Community forms, as you know with arpitas a mandate that there be some transparency about how the funds are going to be used.

50:57 And most communities in Massachusetts have already had public forums we talk about why is that? Public form in what sense to kind of publishing recording we are. Yeah. I mean we fully intend to You can be a hundred percent transparent across now. And again, I mean we did have it’s not quite a forum, but I think what we did is we did a survey where we could operational ones that that data. And I think that was very useful but to your point. I mean, I think this whole preparation is designed for transparency and to have a public board around and as you I’m sure no I’ve been

51:42 trying for a month now to get information on what is going on with your friends. And in fact had to go to The Secretary of Commonwealth and make complaints to motivate any sort of information at all. So to me that doesn’t seem like transparency. I would like to get a listing of what you’ve done today. You said that you did on surveys and whatnot. I love to see that. So hopefully I support this transparency. You will all that. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I hope you’re not indicating that we’re not being transparently. We don’t know. Well, let’s just let’s just put this also in context. Okay, we have a lot of time before we have to make an allocation. It’s about

52:30 and we’re taking our time to make a correct, you know a second just because you request it. I’m a you know, a lot of it is and we appreciate the request and we appreciate your concern but the implication that we’re not being transparent I take great offensive. Okay, we have we have a period of time but we’re going to develop a process. We’re going to show how we Quantitatively and roll it out. Okay, and I think that will be the opportunity for the public to you know, where we can have a form. Where we present our findings and I think that should be a period of you know of discussion and and transparency. Okay, and

53:16 I’ll do the wondering why it is that you’re not using our performance for the technology of graceful 1.7 million in the override by the town. That is something that are for funds could be used. Why not? Well, that’s one of the things that we need help if you look at the criteria that we promulgated. Okay? Okay. Let’s see that. Well, it’s it’s on the website. Okay, I that’s fine. I mean I just it’s on the website. So if you go, okay now the reason the the primary reason that those technology expenditures were allocated in the in the override is because

54:01 a lot of them were on the school side. Okay, and we also had alternative sources of funding for that. That would exactly included or and it didn’t fall into the kind of covid criteria. You know, it didn’t make it worked up here to cover some construction. Right but there’s refinement around around that infrastructure. You know, it’s also rotated covid priority. Yeah, we probably I don’t know that we should this is this is exactly the problem. You see that we were trying to avoid is we want to come to the town for and have a public discussion as well structured where we explain that process, you know, and that thought process has been developed the best of our ability in full anticipation that these issues

54:49 would become as we might form be we I just need to say that we have had an interim Town Administrator who has worked diligently. but not this this was not anything really that you will part of that’s correct, and we now have a new Town Administrator and that will make a big difference. With everything that goes on. Yeah, that’s it was kind of at a stop because we have plenty of time in which to send that money and it wasn’t something John needed to be involved. So again, perfect three billion dollars sitting in National brand right now. So why why not use that for?

55:37 the at least the technology of those Oh, okay. These are all subjective judgments that while that be would be your preference others may not agree with that. So that’s what this whole process is about. And I think that’s the process that Mr. Greater describe and yeah one last night and that is how are we to is there any assurance that the end of the day you’re not going to play a shell game with the Arkham money and you staff for some things here you’re asking for you? Very offended by that everything that we do is transparent. There’s no shell game. There’s no we’re just

56:24 explaining to you why this hasn’t been on a fast track because there’s no need to be Fast. Oh, I’m not suggesting. It needs to be on a bachelor.com suggest maybe it needs to be transparent and Community involved needs to be that. Well, I don’t know what you don’t understand about what we’re saying. Honestly because the timeline is you know is long right and we have to get our ducks in a row and part of that is seeing this process through and also getting the right people in place so that we can come to the come to the community come to the town and come to the board and open meetings and and explain how we’re thinking through the process all based on criteria that we promulgated.

57:09 In anticipation of the of this issue, will you be addressing my request to the Secretary of Commonwealth for information? on day and how the money what projects are being proposed.

57:27 yeah, I thought we kind of covered that now, you know, you’ve only talked about 140,600. There’s 300. No, there’s a three million in the bank. Well and and three additional but we did so what I mean, it’s in the bank. Yeah. Okay. So what other projects are you? Considering that’s all I’m asking. Well, well the work where we will we will promulgate that. When we are ready with the right people with the working group fully constituted and I think as well. It makes sense to go down the road a little ways until we’re well prepared to do that. I think as new projects potentially come on board. You

58:14 will review those in the same way. Okay. Well if you please give me your criteria today. You can get them on the Marblehead website. We’re about I just I think on the search you just type in arpa just type in art, but Okay, we’ll see if that addresses it. You know your book. I I appreciate your your inquiry on this and I think I’ve tried to make the seriousness of our you know this endeavor clear to you and and that we set up a process that we think is pretty pretty robust. Comes at it for many angles. I don’t think people are going to be surprised. You know the survey went a long way towards. Oh, I’d

59:00 love to see that. Yeah. Well, it went out. I don’t know. Did you take it? I didn’t even see it. So I love to see that I’d like to see the stuff involved. Okay, it went out. Okay. Thank you. Is there anyone else?

59:22 Do you want to ask everybody? Why wants to speak?

59:28 I don’t see any handsome. nobody I don’t see any hands up online, but she knows you’re someone second all those in favor