Select Board: July 13, 2022

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1:01 like to bring this meeting to order if I could and we’ve got a

1:08 Reasonably like the agenda tonight. I’d like to open right up with a public hearing and in order to do that. I’m going to have to Open public hearing just here by open and it has to do with a Verizon New England Incorporated regarding the installation of a conference and moving a poll on the request for at least detail. To open the meeting. I need to say that this meeting was legally advertised in the Marblehead reporter and a Butters were notified via certified mail. And I like to call the applicant to the table. Please come forward. Thank you for for coming or you should write it right here.

1:59 You can tell tell us what this is about.

2:04 You see my name, please.

2:08 First name is Alexander. I see moreo and arrio. resident of 17 Frosty messages And in employee of High telephone p i k e l e c o m and removals LLC contractor for Verizon nearly Incorporated. I’ve been asked by Verizon to speak on behalf of this condition the petition Falls for moving and existing whole approximately 15 feet long way

2:44 you know the Improvement area and final number 11 parm drive from weight and if The position is being requested by Verizon non impact is skeleton ratio development times in UCR remembering women around he has requested for us to move all including any riser to provide underground service to meet them with their Construction.

3:15 In my opinion, I don’t see any reason why you should improve this petition as requested. Basically, it was gonna stay on public way to move the computer across right now existing services not they’re working on that poll are gonna be removed and then move back. Because cable yes doesn’t reach and it’s only like one table for us as I move it back single pole and that the only person that’s currently receiving service is five Crown wave Rising will deliver effort to minimize destruction to that individual. So that I’m just here answering questions. You might have three locations, okay?

4:02 So thank you. We’ll have a chance to to ask questions. But what I need to be right now is Open the meeting to public discussion and does anyone wish to speak in opposition to this application?

4:19 but a online no. Does anybody wish to speak in favor of this application?

4:32 And I’m going to now close the public hearing and if I have any questions. It started back. Completely Paul then remove the other one. Yes will be removing the old one. I’ll move to be placing only one. I’m showing and we will be removing and maybe five foot three and will be pleasing 14 to okay, but you’ll remove it the same day. It shouldn’t anyone. Okay, but again, it depends on schedule and basically we’re still in love your approval in order to get the schedule.

5:15 Depression take one a week or two to get done. You’ve been tuna. So my concern is we have a lot of double poles around town that haven’t been so a new one’s been placed either taller one or something. And then so we have a double pole keep kind of begging to get them removed that you know, the

5:36 Expired pole so can we get a little clarification? She said there too, then we’ve been two weeks so I can’t give you an exactly no I got to schedule all I know it says this is since this is job since this job is being paid for that customer and will that feeling with us and we’re gonna do exactly what he said. Because they’re paying us for the removal and their pains with placement of that. Just my concern. You double hold seven? Yes, and we get yeah, so okay. It just concerned me when he said, you know day we went two weeks so I know and I understand you can’t I can’t give you an exact time. I mean if the Google’s out there is limited to what’s a new pool one day

6:23 and then take out the local next day. Okay, and if it falls on a holiday like it will Friday and Monday is a holiday. Let’s leave. Advantage part of the contractor that the client the correct one of the contract states that we have to move forward. wouldn’t be possible for us to have noticed when when you Well, when work begins all of us should be notified and work is gonna begin that’s part of the process. So the emotional already notified Verizon testing, you know, once again approved they should be getting notified and that’s actually done.

7:08 So I am not aware that they’re gonna inform you about that. There are gonna customers since again and everything.

7:18 Could you and foremost it’s on? From public property? Yeah, is that possible to you? I can even know for Verizon to fall down.

7:35 Here. Yeah, this and technically speaking to town is not being affected by since you’re not older than anything around there. Yeah.

7:49 Is it a private Road Apartment? It’s time. I’ve been up there just like it looks like kind of one of those that could be I mean narrowly. There’s no parking. Yeah, do you need the police detail for the removal also? Or just the install. The police should be enjoyable time. beautiful traffic

8:22 Okay. Like to entertain a motion affairable questions that possible. Okay emotion to approve petition number 4a0 are 1tf dated, March 8th 2012 from Verizon in England corporate as presented subject to Verizon hiring police details as requested by the police. She said conduit to be placed substantial of the Courts of the planet with marked Verizon and he number four a zero or one TF 80 Mark 802 and permission to lay and maintain underground laterals Cadence and wires in the above. Or intersecting public ways for the purpose of making

9:09 connections with such poles and buildings as each of said petitioners may desire for Distributing purposes. so most second all in favor

9:22 unanimous. Thank you very much Alexandria. Thank you. Appreciate it. All right. Thanks on our day. Now. We do have a delay in. Nothing here on the spider on the first Technic field. Yes. I can be pushed off seven and Mike heretically could have Have you up to the table, please? Discuss year-end transfer, you know.

9:57 We get ready. Drunk right here. All right, so we have a list of your end transfers that will also facilitate our decision here and close. The first item is For the waste department. This is going into other difficult people budget line item for 20,000. And this is due to higher than anticipated volume. last month last month

10:28 The next item is for the fire department being 18,000 dollars into their overtime budget line item account. And this is we’re working with fire department to understand their salary costs and how we kind of ended up here so we can work with them forces. We do need to fill this this whole to close the year. So this is something looking at going into next year to better understand.

10:56 But Katie, yes.

11:00 The next line item is for the selectment. Salary Line This is in the apartment headline. This is just higher anticipated iron cost for the New China District, sorry

11:20 And that was for 4,000 the next salary line item is for the finance department. So this was to hire part-time help due to just shortages and me feeling it for the finance director on the interfaces to just help us write Excel cash in case they get to our year round. Okay. And then the last one is for the veterans Asian and also in the salary line and that’s for twenty dollars. Just

11:51 So we do have to. Wait a second one. So the total being 46,020 to to close our year salary as an expense lives that pretty much that pretty much Nails transferred. That’s that’s it. any questions Okay. Okay. I’d like to entertain a motion, please on motion and accordance with Mass General chapter 44 section 33 33b the board of second authorizes the transfer of funds from fiscal year 22 appropriation Landers listed below title transfer from to the fiscal year 22 appropriation line is listed below. Estimated by the town’s infinite Finance director said transfers

12:36 subject to the concurrence of the town’s Finance community.

12:48 Thank you very much. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you.

12:54 All right.

12:57 Need a link onto bonus and how they moveable of the minutes for June 15th. Some of you have a second second all over the amount of State through Marvel head Museum interpretive signs, and I understand we have Lauren on the line. Hello, Lauren. Good evening. How are you? I well, thank you. Technology works for over could hear you loud and clear. Okay.

13:28 so

13:35 perhaps Lauren if you could if you could give us a background, we’ve had a chance to read the packet. very interesting and You know, I think the very interesting right you can give us a little background on it and much appreciate it. Sure. I’d be happy to so we have the Marvel head museum has been working for the past year. So on a number of initiatives to research and disseminate the history of black indigenous and people of color and Marblehead and we’ve done various things on websites programming our website programming things like that and we came up with this concept of doing a few public signs and what I mean by that is in a space where the public would have access to them that particularly

14:21 speak to either certain individuals certain events or certain history in town again related to Black indigenous and people of color to date we’ve gotten approval by the Conservation Commission to put a sign at the Joseph Brown Conservation Area that speaks to Joseph and his wife the creatures work in the town their lives. They’re what they’ve added to the over the their lives and also the

14:50 Excuse me. The light commission has given us approval for a sign about the the ship desire to go into the park right by the Light commission building and that deals with the first ship that was It was built in Marblehead and also happened to be one of the first ships to take enslaved individuals from Africa to Massachusetts Bay Colony, not particularly Marblehead, but the Bay Colony so it deals with both the construction of the ship and that history of the slave trade and then we’re also hoping to put a sign about our new Jeremiah Lee Brick kitchen and slave Quarters on our own property. But someplace that people would be able to easily access that and what we are requesting today is permission for two

15:37 signs one to do with indigenous peoples history and Marblehead particularly the Nom keg that would be ideally placed at the corner of ocean and Beach Street. Right underneath on either side or somewhere very close to if possible the white metal Indian village sign that was put up initially in the 1930s by the Massachusetts Bay turn Centennial commission. Unfortunately, the sign is actually inaccurate. And so the goal of our sign is to correct the inaccuracies and also provide a little bit more context for people to understand native history and the second one we’re requesting permission for is one placed. At the gun house location, which is on which is Town

16:24 property close to the street in a corner of the lot that would be out of the way. That would not block the view of the gun house. But that deals with what’s known as The Negro bearing ground. That was located quite nearby. It’s a little unclear. It was either behind where the gun house stands now or slightly in front of and so the sign speaks to that to that history and related history as well. These signs are pretty we would like them to be produced by pennier, which is the same company that does all the National Park Service signs. They’re way faring signs. You might be familiar with a derby Wharf or the Salem Visitor Center they’re outdoor Signs. They have a 10 year guarantee both for color fastness and for construction,

17:09 they can be cleaned with over the counter graffiti cleaner, and they also have special.

17:18 Screws so that they can’t just be unscrewed by anybody and also the museum of course would be paying for this for the production the installation they would also we also have put aside funds that if anything happens, we will pay for the cleanup. We will pay for the replacement.

17:38 I also the reason I like these signs in particular is we’re always learning something new about this history and they’re easy easily replaceable in that you can pull out the actual printed sign and replace it with another one very simply which if we come up with some new information that really changes our understanding we could easily make that change as well. So this is our proposal and of course, I’ll happy to answer any questions or clarify anything. Thank you.

18:14 Yes, Jackie, it looks like you’ve covered every possible anything that you could have. Come before you it’s I think it’s a great idea and I wholeheartedly approved it. Lord I would Echo that I mean I think the, you know, it’s really adding to the depths of our history and you know your initiative on this is really really fantastic. I would you know, I did talk to Chris Johnston, you know historical commission just to get it that perspective and obviously their messages they’re fully and supportive and and I think as well, you know, I I know just logistically I don’t know if you check in with the highway department. He had the DPW on a kind of placement. That’s you know, just logistical.

18:59 touch there that you should that we should think about and I think there’s some there’s there’s also concern about lovers regiment being able to move in and out of the gun house. And so, you know considering that would also be you know would be helpful. you know going forward so but other than that, those are just yeah, I don’t if you want to speak to that or had not yet reached out to the DPW. I figured I would certainly do that. I did look at the lot again and it seems like there is space on either side, but I would defer of course to them and I’m also happy to reach out to Glovers to make sure because we certainly do not want to block the view or the access. At all to to that site and it is sort of a compact. It’s

19:46 the the size. Hopefully is is amenable to you all and it won’t be I don’t think anything that would would impact access but I will of course reach out to those two organizations. Have you printed up signs already or Okay, no, no, we certainly wanted to wait for any approval or any changes that you you all wanted. And I did Chris did mention something about the text itself and I’m gonna go back and look at that and tweak a few words. Probably from what you were given as as a proposal but the drafts that you have are almost exactly what what they’ll look like. That’s that’s fine. Just you know, they’re just added context or three more houses and I think the picture that you had as a fine street, so it’s not you

20:32 know, it’s not okay, you know, it’s That’s just those pointers and that’s it for me. I think it’s really great Lord. Thank you for the effort. Thank you. Yes, I’m sorry. Hi Laura, it’s Aaron. I noticed in here that there’s a an email from Selena Hazlet about a seal. I didn’t know if that was something that you had, you know followed up with her about or absolutely thank you for bringing that up. I did talk to Helene. I think there was some confusion. So the we’re not requesting or nor do I think we have any ability to all your the white metal sign that’s called

21:17 the Indian village sign that was put up in 1930 by the tourist Centennial commission. And that is where the Seal of Massachusetts is on that sign. I know her thought was well can will that be replaced with if the state changes the seal? Because of its the indigenous issues in that seal. Would that be changed but we don’t have any control over that nor do we have any sort of guarantee that at this point in time 90 years later that the state would come back and change that. So our goal was instead of change, you know, instead of trying to change a sign that we didn’t think we had any control over to augment that signing correct that sign with our own placement. So if that sign gonna still be there and

22:03 you’re adding More context to it. Is there any like discrepancy between the sign that’s existing and what you all plan on bringing to the to the new? to your new sign well, um, as far as I know the state or the I don’t know if it’s it’s I’m not sure who would have to make the decision whether to remove that sign or not. We’re not requesting removal of that sign. In fact, I look at it as a piece of history in and of itself now that it’s 90 years old and it comes from a certain colonial revival mindset. What we are doing is correcting the one inaccuracy on that sign which is that it mentions that it was the nitmunk in nip muck Indians that are were here in what is now Marvel head. And in fact, it was the Nom keg

22:49 Indians and so we mentioned that and we then go on to explain a little bit more about the native people and their use of what is now Marvel had

22:59 All right. Thanks and then just lastly is the I see the it’s a little made of aluminum. But what color will that be I get to black and white here. The frame of it. Will that be black the frame is a is a powder coated aluminum. So it will last for 10 years and is cleanable. That’s the guarantee is for 10 years that the actual printed sign itself. The one that says like the Nom cake marbleheads first inhabitants, right which is full color. But what color is the aluminum is it just is it aluminum? It’s like black motor coded. I think thank you. All right.

23:43 Thank you very much. Lauren. I’d like to entertain a motion if we’re ready requests from neighboring performance bobblehead Museum to install Clean permanent 18 by 24 inch horizontal mounted full color interpretive panels on town of all of that property at no cost to the town and subject to review and approval from the historic commission and oh HDC and receive of the required Certificate of Insurance in any required signed permits as follows. Number one a sign in front in the front corner of the gun house. Wow, 45 Elm Street that explains the history of the documented negro barrier plays. At that location in the 19th century as well

24:29 as the adjacent workhouse aka the Alms House. Number two assign Place either in front of or behind the Massachusetts Pearson tenerary sign about the Indian village on the traffic island of the intersection of Ocean Avenue and Beach Street.

24:51 all over unanimously fast. Thank you very much Lauren. Thanks, Lauren. Take your time. Thank you all take care. Okay, we’re going to move on to.

25:03 licensing a second hand dealer license They don’t know if Kathleen Doyle is here. Not we can ask you not. Okay. I’d like to entertain the motion. I’m assuming this is a license to sell second hand Goods. Yeah excited shop. And information is this something that is like I’m just having something that is required by like a license. I don’t know the answer to that. I just seems someone unusual to me to come over that you’d be a license for secondhand. Is that like I don’t know that’s like a state or in town like that that originates because we’ve done and I’m going to selection and

25:51 they there’s five guideline says follow for the police and for tracing equipment, you know merchandise and all right.

26:03 I mean, it is a normal course of business for the executive body to Activities. So yeah, that’s it. You’re actually okay. Yeah, we were originally from we can look it up. We haven’t done. Well, we reviewed them if you have not yet. Too many of them right now. Okay, thank you. Yeah, okay. The motion is the application from Kathleen Doyle of it for a second-hand dealer’s license for sisters Consignment one State Street subject to receipt of the required documents fees and Quarry approvals of energy. All right, we honestly passed. We’re now moving to change order

26:50 from the DPW. And we have anybody who you doing and if you like to come up.

27:01 Thank you very much. Welcome.

27:12 It’s generated. Okay. So this was the L Street drainage project, which also had a portion of sewer work done. um, and we had some sewer repairs that had to be worth in addition this under this project by this contractor, but in addition to the original, so it was approved a sewer portion of change order one was approved by the commission and was funded is so 33,100 Enterprise receipt and the water main replacement is because the drain was going in deck of where was he mostly they have to work so that will be carried under the drain answer. Change order. That’s all of

28:00 change order one. Change order to this work is already been completed also change order to is just a balancing change order. They didn’t use all of the estimated line items. So there’s just friends that contract back down to zero. Gives you back online. So it’s really just like that. Okay.

28:29 Now let them came the first motion and the contract between the town and and can be seen sons and Elm Street area by increasing the contract amount by 48,843 and 80 cents and authorize the chair to sign on behalf of the board. unanimous And the second motions to entertain is tremend the contract between the town and emergency and something else, please I decreasing the contract amount by 31,500. and 10 and 98 cents and authorize the chair to sign on behalf of

29:16 the little Okay, I was there. Yes, thank you. Thank you. Okay, excellent. Agenda is a school contracts for service and maintenance of elevators and we have anybody here to speak to that.

29:41 Okay. spells you

29:48 Photoshop, okay. So this looks like it’s a

29:56 you know, how did their maintenance budgets?

30:09 This is for a jointly Health contract for maintenance service that we promote right from photos two different levels of school community and and does it I’m assuming it’s under there. You know, I’m available contract.

30:30 Frequents for eliminators went on called. Yeah.

30:36 Contractors have this contracted past two years. right, so continuation and services Yeah, okay, that’s clear. So I’d like to entertain.

30:52 the first motion together with the school committee to award a one-year contract for elevator maintenance to Emory and white ink doing business assembly elevator from the amount of 69,800 of offer usine the contract on behalf of So what? second I can pause better. Unanimous the second motion motion together the school committee toward a one-year contract for on-call honest Services the amount of any funds Angie in the amount of 57,000 twenty and authorized security sign of the contract on the map of the board. So we’ll have a second. Thank you. Thank you.

31:35 Now have a one-day liquor license from Lynn Schultz. offer spur and this is for an event happening on July Saturday, July 23rd from 6:30 to 9:30 pm request for beer or wine and water. And the suppliers is cappings for one day event. any questions All right. I’d like to entertain those into a go forward with the request from Lynn kraster Schultz for one day liquor license on Saturday, July 2013 2022. It’s a lead Mansion 161 Washington Street at the end of 9:30 again

32:21 for Spurs annual fundraiser subject to the following conditions delivery of our C by the licensing authority of the requirements delivery out and receipt by the licensing Authority improve for the alcohol will be perfect scores. And prove that the applicant of can receive proper delivery proper storage and Disposal law Brothers was purchase all of the courts with a requirement of General loans. Section 138 alcohol be purchased through Cathy’s reporting and bentwater Brewing Company. This is a whole vote. Second please second, right? Color roll please this Newman in favor. Yes tonight and there is of

33:07 Becker and Mr. Greater. Thank you.

33:16 Our next we have another one-day liquor license in the Marblehead museum for the daily mansion

33:27 for fundraising events and there’s no way to speak to that but we will. Go ahead and entertain this motion. It’s a request from Lauren McCormick executive director for one day liquor license on Saturday September 2022 at the Lee Mansion 161 Washington Street for a fundraising event subject to the following conditions delivery of and receipt by the wise using authority of our favorite dollars delivery and receive that alcohol purchase stores proof that the application proper delivery provide from our storage and disposable alcohol beverages purchase. All Accords with requirements in general social 38 alcohol purchase athletes important second. Please

34:15 all day. Oh actually again in favor. It’s tonight and favorite. We still back here in favor.

34:29 Okay. Next is

34:33 for the Fort Sewell contract or amend the contract. And it looks like we’re getting money back which is, you know, great news. And another Capstone to a project organization well done. So I’d like to entertain the the motion to amend the contract between the town and Seattle for Fort Sewell by decreasing the contract amount by 3,000 and on price in the s*** in the chair to sign up a half of the board, so second I was in favor. Okay, you know.

35:14 and basically, I mean the explanation for that is the you know, there’s nobody removed from the

35:22 yeah, it’s really it has to do blacks over here.

35:29 All right.

35:34 okay, the next is a police department indemnification of traumontavi Morley and unfortunately, it was injured.

35:49 You know where the July 4th on July 4th. I don’t get anyone and significance engine while on duty while I’m so happy to be covered under. Our benefits for expenses. So that’s the thingifications. Yeah. and then we don’t like to do these but they’re necessary. So entertaining motion and recommend a recommendation of the police chief to indentify patrolling morally for injury sustained while on duty July 4th 2008. second follow the payment

36:24 get better performing, please.

36:30 The next are parking restrictions.

36:36 It’s a request for No Parking On ballots Lane. And that is for the staling competition period that runs from September languages, September 17. I think we’ve done this on those. times when historical championships you can’t

36:56 Exciting any questions before everything motion just on there. So September 10th 7th through the temp. I think the vote has the wrong dates. They both have the wrong locations.

37:12 We can find so seven through 18 through 18 degrees.

37:18 Okay, so Alexander motion requested from adequately. The sinus co-chair 2022 Star World Championships for no parking zones to be temporary period of malice Lake and Foster sleep for the star of class World Championship. He held in World ahead September 7th through the 18th 2022 subject to approval coordination with the police and fired.

37:45 the second follow-up in favor

37:49 Thank you. Hey, so we like to move on to old and new business and I’d like us first start out by saying. That we have what those rules letter in the file? For the cultural Council, so thank you Rose for all hearing. in the packet tonight, we have a A resume from Mark Reedman to is putting in for the CDA alternate member. And I’d like to accept this and put this in the record as well. Thank you, Mark leaving for for your letter of interest. and

38:35 you know, we I think it’s I think it’s time for us to think about some days for cultural Council and zba interviews. Okay, I think there are five of the possible seats over the colonial Council wants to the Wilder. and one for alternative number and of the DBA, that’s right. So five recover Council one for zba alternative number and you know, maybe we can set the deadline for submission of resumes to the 29th. Is that does that make sense? I think that’s why July 29. Yeah. Yeah. Why don’t you do since I know that Friday. When are we gonna mean nice? now that’s probably the second attempt.

39:23 There’s probably the one end here. I’m going to guess right. Yeah. I guess what we could be good there be your regularly vacation. So I wouldn’t be I would I would suggest that Friday before you want to do it then. Yeah. Those are forever over for applications. Yeah, that’s right. I’ll push it to Augusta. Yeah, so 2019 you’re looking at 10 days until our meeting. Okay. We’ll see. What the Friday before.

39:55 So August the 5th, is that next Friday? And then okay, and then we’ll interview on the 10th. Okay, but I the question is is you. How does how to schedule you you’re not going to be there? Okay. Like to confirm Alexa, what’s that? Okay. I must be accomplishment Plan 2014 the seven. I can check on the left. So maybe we could do 17. You don’t care anymore. So when we when we do the test anyway for applications so deadline. Yeah, let’s do that. Okay an interview and then we’ll get to the candidates whether it’s the time for the 17th. Thank you.

40:41 That sounds fun. So In August. Yeah, okay.

40:55 So how will I need to get us together for you? He said it sometimes you do want a meeting if there’s not a lot going on come, you know, but except for the election all of you will make that call as the date approaches. That’s that’s pretty I think that’s pretty much it. I always yes.

41:21 I can go around today you. error movies

41:29 two times the Fourth of July the Independence Day celebration of our understandastic the fireworks were great Festival. That’s the fantastic job.

41:43 Besides from morally there was really no incidents. to report and then secondly historical commission has their final the third of their final Awards of mapping Marblehead, and they had the opening night last Friday downtown house will be there until October and you walk through and as a video tremendous work by the historical Commission in the shadow front To find all that Source great ejecting over there. Kyle was really a sensation. Yeah, and it’s very nice book. Yeah. So if you get a chance to go see the spring make a

42:29 donation Mission or not. I’ll just be great here. I donation so it’s nice and then

42:39 Sorry, yeah. Yeah, perfect weather so great. See the elimination of the harbor around I don’t really brighter this year the land, you know, yeah, it’s longer anymore broken. Yeah, okay with that. I’d like a motion. Was that sorry? Oh much.

43:08 I love Patrick. Hello. Yes. I’m getting into just me too. Now. I just won. We’ve been working on the B+ starting the projects and the hardware components been installed at some point. There will be the the switch over from from the Legacy equipment to the to the new equipment so engineer it was a folks. I kind of like that stuff. So so move forward me migration to The Office 365 We’ll start sooner start next which. Should be a benefit to all of us and all of you included as far as having an email communication Services

43:55 much better that better access and and again because it’s a subscription service. It’ll always be up to date in current, you know against any. Virus attacks and things of that sort so it helps with the security side. The only other item of note is I am looking to hit the street soon advertise for the finance director position might create who’s been filling in that role in addition to being treasure collector and he and I have been spending a lot of quality time together is doing a great job and continuing but I’m gonna put it out out on the street and advertise and See what we get up.

44:42 So I have nobody Kyle has. I was just saying that there is nobody’s hands up online. So okay good there. I’m actually about the audience. Thank you very much.

44:57 are there