Select Board: September 14, 2022

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0:00 Like to start with a licensing agreement with what I’m sorry, I guess I’m sorry. I’d like to actually start with Jackie who’s going to make a state. Thank you. I’ve been a part of the Coalition since it was established in some setting in our work never seems to diminish. The police have documented an incident anti-semitic and racist graffiti at the Recon park building in camp shoreley near Internationals. This latest incident at Camp Shirley is very frustrated and emphasizes how our efforts must not slow down. The police under Chief King was also a member of the Coalition are working hard to find perpetrators. This behavior is not a prank this Behavior

0:47 present represents and aspect of our society that has to be condemned and educated Grassroots efforts on local levels will have a positive effect every parent every Church in synagogue group and every organization in this town has to have a discussion about how deleterious this type of action is to the fabric of our society. This has to start with our local community and hopefully it will send a strong message. I implore everyone to take this. Seriously, enough is enough. Thank you. Thank you, Jackie. And you know, this is another expression of Hayden resentment against Jews as a group and blacks as a group and it’s really appalling and it’s

1:34 happening, you know, too often. Jackie what you said is right and you are right to call on the whole Community to help us with this particularly communities of faith. now all the great books that are the basis of any decisions civilization teach that we have free will of we must act love passionate Enlightenment one out of no matter how difficult Not because we’re seeking to project moral virtue because it’s absolutely necessary for what illogical health. Or disability often says just be kind. So I despair for the People Express their hatred this way. to intentionally hurt or threaten others So I also pray.

2:17 Okay, the first agenda item is licensing a common Vic license for Spitfire in Harrison here. Come on up here and you have a seat right here.

2:35 Welcome. Thank you. Why don’t you go ahead and tell us what you’re applying for and why yeah, so we’re just looking for the the common good places in there for

2:51 About so you started in March this year so pretty well, I just looking to get license over here myself and my partner. but in any comments

3:10 You might like to entertain a motion to approve the application for a common pic license for paying our Restaurant Group LLC doing business as big fire Tacos on 87 Pleasant Street manager Ryan Harrison seating capacity 12 hours of operationally one day Saturday. 8pm subject to receipt of complete application applicable inspection signs and all of these paid whatever works second thing. Oh, Animals, great. Thank you. Very success review. Thank you so much. Thank you. Okay, we have a second column of licenses as well. That is Heather Harrison here.

3:56 Hi Heather. Hi. Well, thank you. Well.

4:01 Good news big news big news. Are you from Stephanie? Yes.

4:15 Please to see yes continuing as it. Yeah, I can you tell us why you’re getting any comments about them. So just looking to get awesome to get started running and opening business to get the coffee out the door, okay? And I’d like further Ado entertain a motion to approve the application for common big license for from Blue. Canoe Cafe manager ever Harrison seat capacity is 19 hours of operation would be Monday through Sunday 6:30 a.m. To 2PM subject to receive a complete application application spending time. I was

5:01 in favor. Yeah, if you

5:08 Okay. So now we move toward the main event of the evening if you and we’re joined by chairman, Michael Hall and the light Commission. And the auditor Mass required to have joined me when there is a vacancy. There’s between elections. So this is the process that we’re starting right now and you’re going to turn your image before. Thank you most I’d like to bring the marvelous flight board meeting of September 14 2022 at 1910. to order the agenda that we’re talking cities discussed Jimmy able

5:56 to select an interviews for vacant seats / 20 Peter Barnett James Falls Christopher Hardin Matthew Harrington Igor bidan Adam Smith Thomas below if I’m Asking that correctly and Jim said this is a hybrid meeting. I remember the public are welcome to attend this in person 188 Washington Street Marvel a wonderful five of either remote Zoom connection provided please note that in person meeting will not be suspended a terminated technological problems for up the remote connection and all four of our commissioners commissioner at the armor. Appreciate wolf and myself are in person. Okay, I’ll turn the radius, right? Okay, as I said this is you know, did you reiterated Mr. Chair?

6:44 The Joint meeting? We have eight candidates for the position tonight. So it’s going to be a full interview process. We will be conducting interviews. For all of you with seven questions. Okay. So that is a there’s a long cycle. Once we have completed the interviews that’s combined for the boards while the chance to deliberate and then we will take a vote together. The first candidate to receive a majority of those will be the appointee and we’ll kind of specify those rules as we as we get to it. So this is quite a process and I want

7:29 to you know thank all the candidates for standing up here and going through this like it can feel like an inquisition sometimes but but believe me, it’s it’s much much depreciated and required to ask these questions. So we’ll proceed in alphabetical order. And so that means we’ll start with Mr. Barnett. And I I just I want to say that.

7:57 We’re going to ask the remainder of the candidates to leave to leave the room and to go into the colonial silence as we call it. But once you get interviewed, you can stay in the remaining. I don’t know. Yeah, okay. Hello, Mr. Burnett. What was the greater? How are you? I am very well. Very grateful. Thank you. So we’re gonna try to ask the same questions about him. So we’re gonna ask all the things they try to limit their responses to two minutes of gravity.

8:43 An 82 minutes of each question, right ideally. Yeah, I mean you can respond. That’s what it is. That’s why I said my valuable. Thank God. and your tourism Right good answer. It’s actually. Straight but yes, absolutely seven questions.

9:06 So we’re gonna have both supports lots of combination, but I’ll go ahead and start I can just ask you to tell us about yourself as kind of state your background. So I I assume that everyone we see. in that letter I I

9:30 and I will let that letter suffice, but I will highlight the fact that I am a businessman and and also a collaborate. What you will find is that not only have I run several successful businesses. So that’s why I understood. Communicating personnel with budgeting keeping things to a budget and making a product. I also have served extensively on volunteer boards. Most notably the model that Charter Public School. I was financed on the

10:17 finance committee. I was finance committee chair for two years after I served a couple years on the community and then I was elected chairman of the board of the skin and sure that natural for three years. And the first expansion of the building and into its almost its current state prior to the ability of the school. Having the opportunity party. happy to you know enumerate on other details that you see in the letter Etc, but he’s thank you.

11:02 Periscope I’ve got to listen and see my question better from there in the processing. I was starting Peter. How would you interpret down to the roles and responsibilities between the commitment and the general manager as governed under Mass General Law chapter? 164

11:25 Good question. I I had to study that that statutes specifically to understand the The division between where the general managers responsibilities and and where the board takes over. I see the board as a guiding and body a body that needs to oversee the

12:01 the operations and the management of wildlife. I see the general managers role as being the chief executive officer that person who is fully responsible for the operations and personnel and the direction of the because current of the current where the Fulfillment current goals and and direction of the organization Thank you. Lisa would you like insurance? So the leg department has a dual responsibility of keeping electric rates low and trying to eliminate greenhouse

12:48 gas emissions. Did you see this as in conflict or if not, can you give an example of how again those improvements of online while loss of Liberty greenhouse gas emissions. They’re absolutely noticed in God. The it’s incumbent upon us all as Citizens to embrace the climate change and in those issues that that face us as a society. We absolutely have to move not just the right Department everything we do in the direction of sustainability and reduction of

13:35 greenhouse gas emissions and and climate change in that process for the light connection, it’s it’s very clear that there are going to be expenses into so low low rates it very much becomes a moving Target because it in order to fill our responsibilities. We need to deliver profit. We need to do it do it in a responsible way and we need to then educate the consumers and our stapleaders as to what some what what the like departments Facebook.

14:23 And explain what that what that looks like from from a financial point of view and then make that rate process as fair and Equitable across the board as possible and and educate that that in our education process.

14:44 Hopefully get it across to the consumer that the understanding of why the reason

14:52 thank you. Simon yeah, sure Peter when you think about the needs of the commission, what are the biggest or Worse the most significant was valuable skill or experience that you would bring people I think.

15:11 the ability to look at the big picture the ability to

15:17 bring various challenges together and and weigh in prioritize and and then put numbers to them so that

15:29 A very successful in large scale marketing and and I would like to bring that by getting analysis skills to support. And and I want to get into the weeks and I see in some of the observation that made I can see that there are lots of great opportunities to look at consumption data the great data and in get a feel for how it can be understood so that we know what we’re doing in the Holy Land process.

16:15 So, yeah, thank you very much speaker for participating these process as you see in there are many people who are and there will be one person who has chosen at the end and yet your presence here shows your interest how do you tend to continue to have the like board or the like departments in the future if you were mentioned? Um because I have been someone who’s been interested in. Personally, he electrification. By that what I’ve done over the book myself and my wife has Kevin barked on a massive project over. The course years. We rebuilt the

17:03 electrical feed to our house in preparation for solar panel installation. We completed the research and completed that process and it has ended up and as part of that. We also completely tore out the gas oil fire Katie system and replaced it with a area of for 24/7 and 365 production

17:41 and then the last piece that when I went through the last transition of an automobile, I went from a remote gas comparable. All of that has taught me that there is going to be a huge shift in toward like education in the town and throughout Massachusetts and Beyond. And I believe that I can guide help guide people with that process the learning the views and the don’ts Etc. So You know independently, I’ve already

18:26 been counseling people on several opportunities those issues. And so, you know, whether I’m involved with the light itself are not that is it interesting. It’s

18:45 Jacket. Sure welcome. Thank you Jane sometimes conflicts of interest arise with individual conditioners. Do you have any relatives? Calling close friends in the department, or have you ever been a former employee department, but you have a connection in any of these areas, please explain and what would you do about the real or perceived conflict? I think I briefly answer that question by saying none of you.

19:18 Thank you. It gives us some time and you’ve already touched upon us, but give us your budgetary experience and how you can. Bring that experience.

19:33 So I’ve had three major four major roles where I’ve been responsible Church School.

19:44 passing out I’ve served on the board of Boston Yacht Club for 14 years and was rear license and common in in those two years Lots in that process one is responsible for putting together the four million dollar budget that runs that organization and then in my real estate work. I have budgeted development projects. Etc so it is it’s taking many different ways. As well as my primary business times.

20:26 So it does conclude our question so you are welcome to remain great ideas. Very good and thank you very much. Again. Thank you very much for going. Thank everyone here. You’re welcome. Thank you and I will stay for a little while. If you have it’s a marathon session. It’s not premature. Okay?

21:04 Yeah. Yeah, I’m naturally Adventure. Yeah.

21:15 we need to have Wow, everybody.

21:34 Welcome Jim. Thank you. Welcome James. Hey, thank you Lord and mood or something. It’s kind of like an acquisition, but it’s we don’t feel that way. We’re right. Thank you.

21:50 Yeah, you know, so we’re asking all the candidates the same seven questions. Okay, and you could remedy is.

22:01 Questions to tremendously great. So I’m gonna I’m gonna go ahead and jump right in and she did tell us a bit of yourself and your background of what you’re learning commission. Sorry. Yeah, Jimmy Fallon at the 21st generation. I don’t know. Graduate harmonize School in 1988 part 26 years standing in the military. And retired in 2019 moved back to level 120 60.

22:38 After hours was relegated to the volunteer training unit. We decided we were going to move back here to be back with our families.

22:48 That’s about that for me. And the reason I’m running it’s just because I’d like to stay involved and stuff. And this look like a good opportunity to. Try once again to get my foot in the door and town. government and see what happens. And you want to go it by order of questions or yeah, I just go in the same. Yeah, we’ll just do it the same order actually. All right, I’ll stand up then Jim. How would you interpret balancing the roles in responsibilities between commission and general manager as Governor, Mass General law once before?

23:28 I would like to think that the commission operates on the same principle of any of the boards of panels that I’ve sat and presided over the years. What the for the tenants of many of our selection boards or personal viewportsmanities? That the panel whatever you guys can even submission. It’s unlawful for anyone on a panel to try to use her the overall or so. I think that’s probably play.

24:06 Problems and why would slightly any other any other you know?

24:13 Thank you, Elisa in I’d like to come from has a dual responsibility of keeping electric creates low and trying to eliminating house gas emissions. Do you see these goals as compatible or in conflict? And if they’re compatible, can you give us an example of an initiative that those improve the bottom line and decrease carbon emissions? Well, I’m all for you. Thanks. energy sources I just think that it needs to be done. Very methodical scaled approach where we don’t just rush headlong into it. And end up increasing race super it is it is a big fallback.

25:04 decisions some stuff like Parks website asked upon honestly, you know, how ready instructions

25:23 You know, I just I would I again I’m all for it, you know clean energy. I just just like ask to be scaled properly. So if that’s at least Financial impact on channel and great. Thank you, Jim when you think about the needs of the commission? What is the most valuable skill or experience that you bring it now? Most of my Shipmates always my name is what’s the what’s the voice of reason because I tend to be slow and steady approach. Yeah, and I like when things were under order.

26:12 and I think it would be beneficial to the town and the makeup of like our mission to be balance so next ingredient Little Mix of conservatism so that it’s JailTracker I think personally I think it’s the entire if you’d like our mission was to go to the green side would heavily sway how decisions were but

26:54 driver Um Jim thank you very much for being here today for taking the time the interest you show that before you’re showing it again. There are quite a few candidates. There’s only going to be one person who speak at the end of the day. how would you continue to be participating into the live commission work or the light department work if you are not doing well, I think I would definitely I am. happening, you know public importance needed to the success of any any

27:32 So any other coming on you know? It’s like any any my personal family. Is that any Any impacts the town financially? That they should be proud for the public ask they’re supposed to be in public should be constructed.

27:52 Thank you, apparently Tennessee. Um, so Jim that this question is surround Conference of interest and whether you have had any relatives or colleagues or closed waitences in the department and or have ever been in a former employee Department, no, never been an employee.

28:20 I don’t have any relatives or Brothers or sisters or anything that have worked with like Department? I don’t I know Mike as he’s done some electrical work form. He’ll leaders if that’s great. Okay for you working for the panel. and that’s what

28:44 experience you have and how would you apply that to the commission? You know the back in in the Navy my last my last one to Iraq. I was the commands. What they call for him. See what this material things. I had 400. 20 pieces of civil engineer support equipment the Iraq and Afghanistan It’s under my Realm. The budget on that was just in repair parts alone. And the cost of the equipment was well over to dollars. My same thing was making sure it was

29:31 probably maintained and that the money is going where it needs to be. I wasn’t necessarily being counter count that done, right? Okay and oversight on that and seeing those kind of dollars look around. It’s pretty pretty good.

29:52 That brings our questions to illusion Mr. Falls, so welcome to stay and observe or leave as you. All right tell us. All right. Thank you. Absolutely.

30:16 Mr. Arguments

30:20 welcome to Serene. Come on. Hey, come on and see now you can’t stay far away from us if

30:28 We’re welcome. Right? We really appreciate you coming here really seem like a little bit in positions really appreciate your coming here subject to yourself interview process. We would ask if you possibly could to be mindful questions. I’ll go ahead and start out. If you tell us a bit about yourself would be great and your background and why? We would like to serve only. Like images sure. Sorry residents of 3645. Of their residence since a 2019 and Iran was unlikation and you want professionally at work the energy and environmental and see

31:14 years now first 10 years that policy advocate for the message and then for the last second half of the fruits of energy companies work for the largest world the world’s largest and I currently were larger stuff. So I’ve worked at the projects and Visually See as well so I can literally standing again. Social acceptance and Technologies and business operations as well, which is a focus and works is like tended University. Sir period as I suggest a school of movies and parents of things, okay?

32:05 a great And the rest first, how do you interpret balancing the roles of responsibilities between the commission and the general manager as governor of Mass General chapter? 164 to the general managers and responsible party for the operation. It’s the right department and sad things and recognition access some of the report of directors and machines in managed to Performance of management and probably said it costs.

32:52 Apartments As far as the day-to-day. tickets

32:59 Okay. Thank you. That’s all oh so the light department as you know has a responsibility to keep rates low, but also if you find eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from our from our power supply. Do you see those as compatible or in conflict and if compatible can you think of an initiative that we’re both improve the bottom line and to produce carbon Innovations specifically Pretty little career studies are going on. but usually

33:41 the future Horizon She’s transitions is concerned. The entire shift towards increase verification treats for the sectors managing rights.

33:56 challenge but it’s long can be dishes studies some challenges just

34:13 Patient’s leaders require said we just confusing requirement. Yes. This is what Significant all transition which data can’t help Drive decisions better and enable these decisions to become clearer without that kind of structure. We understand. They’re standing pastors. It is a hard challenge balance. Thank you. Construction Chris when you think about your well the needs of the commission, what are the biggest skills and or experience that you would bring to the table? Sure whenever it is the conditions and

34:58 I see editors. I would try to add value.

35:05 It’s interested other areas. That’s working. So that game with regardless? before it comes to reasons it’s like a piece of service and all this attractive to understand customer here facilitate decision making this one. some of the sort of setting the standards the guidelines across the Departments as far as stuff working arrangements for things like here savings installations Technologies

35:46 Hello, everybody was expected destination to view technology security, you know particular where I currently work Governors whoever Landing in our residents are really interesting. you have a really unit in our parking lot and I asked 110 to another’s are interested in some of the pizzas out there but with parts of the way economic unit instruction Circle challenges and structure was patience. How are the trust operates? What is itself there? Thank you. Question. Someone is now

36:33 Governor’s trying his customer or is it interests and sort of how do we switch from a natural gas heating system to electrification which he would move from a common. We all each other keeping costs, too. It’s

36:52 60 heat pass Absolutely. So those are some of the questions that the right questions that. There’s not something when we stand involved in surveys hard questions as far as chronographs and subject.

37:12 Yeah, so Chris. Thank you for being here and today and this is not an organization conversation.

37:22 As you know, there are quite a few candidates and so there will be one person that will be selected that there are going to be. Some who are not and yet you’ve shown that you are quite interested. Applied for drugs for differential jobs. How can you plan to continue to be involved if you were not selected, how do you plan to be in love with either the commission or the like Department going on? Yeah. It’s interesting people friendly and I can see you’re one of us understand correctly you

38:08 You know if I were selected a certainly was a drought from I mean I see and so people are so you know and this. Professional experience is still something gym system from asking and kind of instead of an opportunities. And so, you know some of the others as well so you can actually supported. I would look to because

38:36 It was easy we have well in the town, it’s rather interesting happens particular seat inspired poor people. Person to that is my want to know each. So I don’t understand it myself. I think that would be better like listen to them because it’s a lot of interesting people Honestly, let us know everybody will get a chance. Thank you. Thank you.

39:05 Jackie you think Alright, sometimes conflicts of interest arise individual conditions. You don’t have any relatives colleagues close friends in the department or perhaps have you ever been a former employee of the department? And if you have a connection in any of these areas, please explain and what would you do about real? Really sure I do not with regards to that particularly. Not that.

39:39 That’s a single guy. I don’t even have children in school. So it’s also interested in perspective as a tissue because I’m someone Observer as a single man. It’s like it’s almost.

39:58 Generally asked a final question. Please detail what budgetary experience you have and how this experience way quietly commission. Sure. Well first I studied business in college. Throughout the business case studied percentage. So I use that you know my work and responsible for my own question. City budget memories organizations. It’s obviously you.

40:33 Should always it’s from having Justified why it’s interested in the community message.

40:43 justification for how that has value to show pictures basis of jobs, so I you know that

40:54 series of education but professionally we’re participate in budget change organization right and thank you again for more and I’ll usually says the number for the government. the running opportunity it’s a peace place to Investments major business Excellent. Thank you Mr. Harding. That that’s it. He made it through a very very quick ready to go. Thank you very much. Appreciate that your coming. Thank you and Chris Christie if you like, I mean you don’t you don’t have to

41:41 Maybe she’s like well, you know.

42:14 We’ll let you hear. Hello. All right, welcome. Welcome. Thank you for having me. You know that we’re asking the same questions of all the candy place and we’re kindly questions to try something to responses greater two minutes, but other management stuff conversation, it’s our question starting with the first is that you tell us a little bit about yourself your background and my love to serve like insurance Yeah, first of all, you know, thanks for having me and members of the select where I appreciate the comments at the beginning of the meeting regarding the semantic remarks raising three Jewish Boys in town. And it’s always disheartening to see those leadership say something

43:01 means a lot. So, my name is Matt Harrington. I’ve met many of you up in Old Town. Lived in Old Town through college and then moved to Boston for about 15 years after I went to Colby College opening.

43:21 My wife and I met in Boston raised her first son there for two years. We always wanted to come back to the North Shore. She’s in Newburyport native, but after consideration we picked Marblehead, my mother still lives in town. And for the past 50 years, I’ve been running a family business, which is a commercial Fitness business in Boston with six locations in Boston, Brookline, Cambridge and Watertown more recently went back to school and see if my MBA at MIT Sloan just completed it in May. while that I might see

44:07 I’m really took a liking to their approach of sustainability, which is a more holistic and system why you sustainability as opposed to just focusing on micro impacts and only recycling only a green but looking at this and there’s a whole and how it can impacts creating a sustainable world. fair in mind I left my family business earlier this year with the goal of finding a new career and either Health Care technology at worst sustainability So currently In between things after leaving

44:52 my family business looking for new career.

44:57 You know growing up in town. You know, I always it was always interesting to me to have a own electric company and put in my letter that it’s always been a source of Pride to say that we don’t have power allergies in this town and for the most part it’s true and I really like to see that.

45:21 You know, so while I have this Gap unemployment, I I really wanted to get back to the town that race me and a town where I raising three boys and our plan to be here for a while and this seemed like a good opportunity to do so, give them my recent education and current availability. Thank you. Welcome.

45:48 How would you determine balancing the rules and responsibilities between the commission and the general manager as we are governed under Mass General Law chapter 16? I’ve actually said and that I haven’t done to too much into what 164 yet. Yeah, I think the commission and it’s not for the board of directors and Community. I think it’s important set a course strategy and get the support for examples necessary for

46:22 all right. and with for us Right. Thank you. That I’d like to department has a dual role of trying to keep electric rates low while also trying to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from our power supply but these two goals and conflict or are they compatible and if compatible can you think of an initiative that would both improve the bottom line and reduce carbon emissions? Yeah, absolutely. All right, I think that going really and maintaining a reasonable pricing it’s going in hand, but I think

47:07 it doesn’t happen but just buying green energy. I think it happens. It’s a whole system Citizens homeowners need to improve their homes. They generate your own electricity you think demand off and as we Electrify our community, which is a big part of being sustainable green the man’s gonna go up. We should allow us more purchasing power to efficiency to purchase. the right kind of energy Thank you. So Matt, when you think about the needs of the commission how you see them? What is the most valuable skill or experience that you bring to?

47:54 Yeah, okay, um in terms of my background running a small business responsible for everything from the

48:06 Balance sheets. Perfect loss hiring They are selling strategy. Marketing communication is really everything falls new place. So my my background is is really as a generalist where I have experience across all aspects of the business, and I think that’s valuable. background that happens that the situation whereas, you know have a single point and allish and further an NBA degree have reinforces that and it’s not a focused degree, but Morgan train law business knowledge really enforces that

48:52 Um management as a practice is transferable whether restaurants in South people, you know coming in earlier or gyms or electric Department. S of management are pretty numerous.

49:13 Thank you for being here today for being interested. So down that you know, well that as you’ve seen there are quite a few candidates and there will only be one of our there is only one vacancy that work trying to feel how are you going to continue to help the lighting commission or the night departments if you were to be not chosen tonight? Yeah, I think there’s a lot of good opportunities as a number of task force different committees. Sustainable Marblehead. I heard the Work with as the lia example say fruits and school program. for the airport all the

50:00 sons and you know, I think you know not not being picked tonight. I don’t see my

50:12 involvement and you know seek out opportunities to about time when there’s task force or appointment.

50:25 Thank you very much. So the question that is around accomplishment of interests and whether or not you have any relatives callings or close friends in the department or if ever yourself, I mean resume, but it works. It’s a MLB. or if you had a section and that in any area because you just explain for us. Yeah, and in terms of the life Department, yeah, I don’t have any current connections. With anyone. Yeah having grown up in town. I do know people that have been on the select board on various committees police. He’s

51:15 What’s up?

51:19 All right. This is just a question in regards to the budgeting. We can you just detail any budgeting experience you might have or you could lend towards the position. Yes, absolutely. You know my business. You know pre-covid we were you know businesses very impacted by covid pre-covators. a tracking to do about 30 million Revenue

51:48 A budgeting process be making Cuts proving purchases both large scale. renovations to Purchasing Office Supplies and software I oversaw. multiple construction projects totally and it created 20 million accounting new construction projects Renovations and justice system upgrade said So yeah, yeah as as a business owner and operator I need the budget is one of the primary responsibilities. Thank you. Very mad. This

52:34 brings our interview to an engineer and welcome to stay here a great law. Very much. Appreciate you.

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53:20 Welcome anymore. Thank you. How are you? Good. Thank you very much for coming here and putting yourself into the process what we like to basically have a discussion with you. So we’ve asked we’re asking all the candidates the same seven questions and I’ll start first which is you tell us a little bit about yourself and your background like sir. So good evening. It’s black boy and like you should my name is Igor. I emigrated from the Soviet Union analysis, and I basically grew up in Swampscott and then recently moved back to the area of four or five years ago.

54:05 My background as a software engineer when I started my career and then more recently program manager and I had the another product that does robotic induction for the warehouse robots. One of the reason I put my hand in the ring for this position. Is I want to get involved in town and as part of my career. I worked a little bit one of my jobs with Power Systems and through talking to various folks. I know that.

54:45 Right now in town. We don’t really have a roadmap of like where the Battle Runners of power company basically and I had some of my skillset is I can help develop that roadmap help.

55:03 Build metric develop metrics and kpis so we can track to whether or not we are meeting vehicles that we set out. We know that there is a looming crisis in terms of power and United States like Texas is having some really blackouts right now and California almost had some recently and I want to live contribute to the community in a way where we plan for this and we don’t get caught unaware and suddenly have no power and we like we live in a pretty awesome community. So a lot of people will start having electric cars and as like cars come they’ll be more Demand on our great now to make sure that we’re ready for that demand and also for the

55:50 potential shortage of Non-renewable resources that’s happening. I want to make sure that the community. Creates like a risk register and starts burning this risk down and starts working towards. A way where we diversify our energy need. Thank you.

56:16 How would you interpret balancing the rules and responsibilities between the commission and the general manager because we have government under Mass General chapter 164.

56:29 Um, so my understanding is the commission. Helps set the vision and the direction but the general manager.

56:42 is in charge of executing and so the general manager if the day-to-day operator the commissions as far as I understand and I’m not a lawyer. So like I base it on late interpretation of the law the commission can set goals and set criteria but that it’s up to go manager to interpret and to execute and to fill that vision and to run the company nonprofit as he or she says fit. Awesome. Thank you. Thank you for so as you are aware. The link department has a dual goal of keeping electric very slow and trying to deep harmonize our

57:29 power supply. Do you see these two bowls in chocolate or are they compatible and if compatible? Can you give us an example of an initiative that with those improve the bottom line and produces? Um, I think they are compatible. I do think that oftentimes they see in contrast and especially when some people sleep have controversy about okay, especially folks who may not necessarily believe it will climate crisis. They may be used this as just enough to drive up raise, but I think it’s compatible because

58:13 what we saw in Texas for the power went out last year was exorbent of range for both who signed up for certain types of power plants and the way to offset that is to

58:27 Diversify our energy sources like whether it’s solar wooden enable residential storage for batteries or other means geothermal for instance where the costly seen higher initially but it will pay off over a couple years or in times of Crisis or in times of high demand and it will help us do things. Like I think the term is appreciating where we can offset our demand during peak hours or night time or towards. Let’s be our so that we get the ability to charity power differently depending on the conditions. Thank you. Next year when you think about the needs of the commission and

59:12 anything about your skills and experience we think is most valuable thing that you bring.

59:22 I think the most valuable thing Island bringing is probably my

59:29 program management skills and my organizational skills and my day-to-day job. I run a pretty good team and we help Amazon scale their

59:41 Manipulation organization from a basically a few years ago just prototypes and now it handles plugin some of the certation volume and that requires a lot of organization a lot of the proposing of long vision and statement or bigger vision statements to achievable.

1:00:02 small chunks so that you can you know, it’s one thing to say. Yeah, we want to reduce our public footprint like 30% but it’s another thing that you compose an action plan and then develop metrics around and make sure that you’re executing from a month a month or a year. That’s that’s

1:00:26 right

1:00:29 your thank you again for taking the time to come here and for your interest in being involved as you know, there are quite a few candidates. You’ve met them a few in the room and there are some here and we are only trying to fill one one position if you were not chosen, how would you continue to be involved with a light commission or the light department? If I’m not chosen, I’m still interested in getting involved whether I think that I heard they’re liking some communities.

1:01:01 forming roadmaps and setting goals and I have a strong interest participate in that and help that committee due to work.

1:01:14 Okay, well. Sometimes conflicts of interest arise with individual conditioners many relatives colleagues or close friends and Harmony and expecting you’re not employee. If you have connection in any of these areas, please explain what would you do about real or perceived? As far as them or I do not have any relatives videos. Thank you.

1:01:47 For the last question Mr. Nice. Thank you again for volunteering welcome. Please detail what budgetary experience you have and I can bring that experience to the commission. So my budgetary experience is limited to set personal budgets to in my professional life. Both of my current employer and previous employers setting budgets for my department and making sure that we stay below the budget or every project to get above to figure out where we have cost to make sure that maybe in the year we come down below that is experience excellent ever. Again. Thank you very much. Thank you that brings the interview really appreciate you standing up

1:02:34 and dance today so anything and you’re welcome to stay in the room as you understand. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

1:03:16 hello, welcome, really appreciate you about coming before so just like to have things like have any Musically, I never conversation. And we’re keeping mindful of time by asking candidates their response to 72 minutes. But I’d like to start with the first question. Imagine just tell us about yourself and your background.

1:03:44 Sure, Adam Smith 11 Washington Street, and three lovely daughters and three different schools in this town busy morning. Yeah, you’re not quite sure how that works out yet. And having lived in big cities my whole life moving here and learning and we have a utility that the people own is super cool.

1:04:07 I’ve been slowly getting more and more involved in the recent elections and extended board meeting reading the reading minutes. Um, the fact that we can make decisions as our own Community for what we want to do with their utility is it’s empowering and it’s fun and you know, world-changing fastest lots of cool things you can do. but

1:04:32 and I didn’t mature could balancing the roles and responsibility between the commission and the general manager as we are governed under Mass General Law chapter 16. 4

1:04:46 well, it sounds like the board has a role and willingness to help set goals and objectives.

1:04:52 At Google where I work for 16 years the whole company runs on objectives Noggin together. We set a plan. The budgets are informed by that all the managers rally around it the great ourselves quarterly. It’s wrong we change course if there’s macroeconomic implosion as this maybe happening now you readjust lose your budgets rewrite your budgets and you rallying around you publish the plan you you share with the community. So, I think that that’s a big piece. What should do be collaboration manager. Thank you. And the Knights apartment has a dual responsibility to

1:05:38 keep electric rates low and to try and eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from our power supply are these two things compatible or in conflict and it compatible. Can you give an example of an initiative that would both improve the bottom line and reduce carbon emissions? So it’s funny. There’s a lot of consummation on let’s not raise rates, but we are most vulnerable to rate Rises with burning fossil fuels the 30% of marble is electricity mix that is not fossil fuels is large in a fixed price right nuclear right here a little bit of wind these things help us have a predictive cost when it costs more on your gas bill from National Grid and the fill up your car. So

1:06:26 it cost more for Marblehead to serve power. I think in some cases it’s a 30% increased cost for the utility to buy electricity this year. So at some point something that has to give in that scenario, it seems obvious to lean into that 40% that is not the variable cost that the Winds of the market rate. If 30% nuclear, maybe we should continue to do that. We have our friends with the NY could help us buy rates. They’re looking for plants from us to to stabilize rakes and lean in. What was the second part of your question you said? Okay. Can you give an example that initiative that would both improve the bottom line and also reduce carbon emissions. Oh, so, you know

1:07:13 we sat on the board meeting the other week and mostly for beginning to look at the time of use rates. This isn’t a unique thing, right? We took a million and a half dollars from the federal government in 2009 to deployed Smart Meters this whole town and all that really did was allow us to fire the people who used to go to check that but those things can do so much more you can literally tell you know, what’s my refrigerator using in that moment to answer your question though? With time of use rates which these smart meters can do instead of just texting the town to say for the good will the people turn off your air conditioner. You can insent people to do this, right? You can get them credits for turning out their air conditioner or Jack the rate 10x that day because it costs the town 20x

1:08:00 that data serving electricity.

1:08:04 And and serve lower rates on a normal day. We have the infrastructure to do this and I think you know, we’re not alone. We’re not the first to do these things. Other light boards haven’t had done this and I think we can learn from that. Great. Thank you. Adam when you think about the needs of the commission What is the most valuable skill or experience that you would bring for people?

1:08:34 Skills and experience my goodness. I love the project management piece. I was just talking to Joe on the way in and regardless of the outcome of this. I want to help with some of the bigger activity projects moving into the cloud is a big one. We sell. Digital transformation all day at work, right? How do I help a business transform from you know, kind of keeping the lights on to being a digital digitally transformed company. I think I can help us in that transition while acknowledging that it’s an 18 person company, right? You got 10 lineman and seven eight people in the office. So, you know, we can’t move mountains here but to begin to do these things stage. One of the digital transformation is Rally around

1:09:23 rally around calls, right build some leadership around kind of making this transition and then have a plan. And so planning leadership communication on the plan. These are all aspects of That I do in my daily my day job.

1:09:44 Thank you for being here for taking the time tonight. You have shown that you have quite a bit of interest in in town activities. We are trying to feel one seat and there are many candidates. So if you were to not be chosen How would you continue to be involved with the commission or with a live departments if you have? Yeah, I mean I moved into my conversation with Joe on moving to the cloud. I would love to help there. It sounds like the vendor used for the for the light meters runs on on Google Cloud, so I probably could dig in there a bit as well. I’ve been aware of some subcommittees. Also where maybe not an official capacity. I could sort of

1:10:31 help with with those aspects that I answered previously also and I’ll continue to you know at minimum watch the meeting minutes and attend meetings or motor person as I can. All right.

1:10:49 And so sometimes conflicts of interest arise with individual commissioners. Do you have any relatives college or close friends in the department? And I don’t believe it’s been a former employee yourself. Do you do have you have any conflicts in that respect? Okay, and what would you do about any real or perceived conflicts? I wouldn’t make a note. Thank you.

1:11:23 Hi, thank you so much for being here Alexa. So, please detail to us any budgetarians that you have that you think would translate into helping questions. Anything in the budget area? Yeah, so, you know, I I lead a team of people at work and we have a quick annual budget both kind of it’s mainly operating expense stuff and back to my original answer around planning. I think that’s a big piece of you know, what are we going to spend what happens then? It’s worth the budget where we ahead. Where are we behind and what’s Our obligation to report these things publicly, you know in the board meeting on the website and really I think again, I want to learn from NY who’s

1:12:09 our brother organization that buys all of our power. I want to learn from the other room Unis for the other meetings in Massachusetts all facing similar challenges with you know, what’s the budget? How do I race? Where’s my deferred maintenance? You know, when do I have Capital expenditures eventually raise upon to do these things?

1:12:31 Resiliency is is my one big one, right? Yeah.

1:12:37 I’m not going to see each other. It’s not the only executor.

1:12:42 That’s awesome. Thank you Adam. Thank you that concludes our interview. Really appreciate you coming. Well, thank you, and you’re watching the story. Thanks. Thank you voluntary recently. Thank you.

1:13:29 Then good breathing out some really good Okay, so we’ve got to get the pronunciation pronunciation of your name guys. I’m gonna save it in. Yeah you is the friendship. He is the French President. Let’s get you. My wife only says just pick a day where we can pronounces a different. Yeah. Well, it’s really appreciate your coming here. And you know, we have a questions that we’re asking saying questions.

1:13:54 Just like to really conducted this conversation and I’d start out by asking me to tell us a little bit about yourself and why you’re interested. So I grew up in York Maine. My father was an electrical contractor. So I’ve been electricity since I was told we got my Master’s license when I was 21. Of travel not only the country doing electrical projects. I moved to Minnesota. I lived in Virginia first for 26 years and worked for major industrial programs in the area. And they remember there was a oil rigging Morgan Harbor. I was in charge of machine that she was just not six years but two

1:14:39 years inside and so we moved to Minnesota and became a administrator for the state of Minnesota what we’re seeing all the wastewater treatment plant electrical insolutions and And so I worked with Google engineer several engineers. And I was like the guy who the rubber hits the road guy that’s levels and all the companies reported to me. Ended up Irene electrician, but I hire me it is something I finished and my wife was a CEO of company out there and she tired and we decided to move to the North Shore. I had an opportunity with a local room Interstate Electric largest electrical department around there industrial controls division. Um ever since I moved to this time first off, I

1:15:27 love the history of this town got all of the sounds because I’m an ocean guy and I learned about the light commission and I think what it does is commendable in it’s my industry. And so this is right. Thank you.

1:15:50 How do you make sure to balancing the rules and responsibility between the commission and the general manager as we are governed under Mass General Law chapter 16 Well, I don’t know much about last General law 164, but I have is that I’ve been president of Association and president of late Association and balancing between what you have to do with administratively to take a responsibilities of a company sort of said and it’s manager who’s basically doing what he’s on the bed is a very tricky thing. On all problems you answered but all problems can be resolved. So my the

1:16:37 way I told you now is when the original admission is a manager and this I would always consider a problem and look for the answer and not worrying about who’s presenting a problem how it’s presented it just movable figure out the answers to the issues right? Thank you. So Thomas has a dual role of trying to keep electric confuse them while also trying to minimize our carbon emissions. Do you see those goals as compatible or are they in conflicts and part of the question if they are compatible? Can you think of an example of an initiative that would have improve the bottom line and also reduce carbon emissions I

1:17:22 Think that it is compatible. I work in the industry. Now if you look on hill and Salem, is it probably building up there 10-story apartment building that Roger going on now, we’re putting 600 amps of solar on it and we’re replacing all of their oil fire with all electric and it will bring their almost 60% of their energy will come from those handling something on that note 6 energy. So I really believe that there is a way forward. I’m not saying that you need to shut off your window now. you have To put it and so I really believe in that mission and if I was on the light commission, I would definitely be interested in looking ways to environmentally.

1:18:08 Safely deliver electricity and Safety Supply electricity to our constitures. I worked for the nuclear industry as well. I worked in our plan and I was looking at Yankee in different jobs and so on aware of what happens how it works. And that is Idle Republican answer go inside only nuclear poweredome of who’s using them if you look at maybe now. People’s gone, so I do believe in environment. Producing electricity into it.

1:18:46 Comes to me think about the needs of the commission as you see them and then you think about your experiences and your skills. What’s the most valuable thing? You bring to the table? The thing that I bring to the table is, like I said, I’m a rubber hits them. so when the manager brings a problem with how commissioning is operating? I have a different Insight in someone who is just has administrative and experience. I had an administrative experience. I know I’ve sat on commissions so I had that experience but I also have the experience of coming up through the electrical industry my whole entire life. My license is almost 50 years old. So I can I can

1:19:32 see what he say and I can also sit down and visualize the problems inside when you’re talking about medium voltage stuff for starters say can you factors are huge. I’m sure he spends a lot of time on safety issues and then training and that costs a lot of money a lot of downtime so I could help with those things about a lot of safety programs and a lot of programs that meeting voltage contractors and counted. So thanks for nothing.

1:20:05 So done. Thank you very much for taking the time and proposing to volunteer on the board. As you know, there are quite a few candidates who are feeling only one position. Yeah, if you were not chosen, how would you plan to continue to get involved with the light permission or with the light departments if at all, um, I really thought that far but I know I thought as I grow in this town I was not that I would so many wonderful life mission and I always read your minutes. And in my own private home, and so I’m interested in what goes on. I think what people do is amendment. I think you provide a resource and you provide a local. And when you work for another source, I’ve worked for eversource. It was everyone we

1:20:53 have a big woman the city possible to deal with. You know, I worked with the Excel Energy out of Minnesota is our representing the state same thing. I haven’t had it from Colorado. Yeah, no idea what we’re doing. So I put in the acre and a half solar heels getting answers out of Colorado for Social Security. So I would definitely be a community eyes. No matter what I’m very interested. It’s my age. This is what I do. That’s what so thank you.

1:21:32 sometimes conflicts of interest arise with individual consumers Do you have any relatives comments or close friends? I’m assuming you have never worked like Department here. If you have a connection in any of these areas, please explain and what would you do about real or perceived conf? So the company I work for is. Probably the second largest company in New England for electrical contracting. Although we do know medium voltage work which is what collecting machine or cities so I would definitely make it clear to my company my president of my company my report to what I’m doing here. I’ve already told him I was interested in doing something with this.

1:22:18 He’s like here crazy again while we’re dancing. So let’s say, you know, we, you know, we’d be proud to be involved. Anyway, you can get us involved. But other than that I have no. conflicts of interest In the technology, thank you. Thank Thomas. Thank you for volunteering. Yeah the morning time, please detail what budgetary experience you have and how that experiences can translate to the condition right now my budget I have five budgets right now, totally 100 million dollars really that ones every month. I have to

1:23:04 Figure out what I’m going to send the next month and I also figure out when we’re here to this month. That’s what I’m doing now for budgetary. So I have to really look at numbers higher when I worked for the state of Minnesota. I actually paid all the contractors. I was the or any changes in contracts or any kind of contractual. I had designated one he’s going to them. So I had to watch those ones. I also had my own apartment or other on the specters under me. So I think a budget my apartment and present a bunch of year. So I’m very capable of looking at budgets and looking at numbers and looking at money seeing where it goes and where it comes from and also because I worked in a

1:23:52 government. To the government already. I understand kind of that world, you know, that’s a world of where you have resources. And you’re getting not so you have to have value for those sources. Please get a lot of young guys coming and you know so hard here. It’s like well you have the money. Now you have to get value from that one. You can’t just pay it out. Okay value, but it’s gonna pay you back. Are you going to do that? So that’s the way I think about money even now even now that I’m on the private service. I’m still think about it that way, how am I giving my oh my even though I’m taking the smoke from my customer. I’m giving them down for that one. But give that some very important I think. I know a lot of people know that he didn’t really think that way it’s kind of said to me so

1:24:38 much. Thank you very much you thank you again Thomas that brings our interview to to an end. Thank you very much for thank you. Welcome. I think we have one last. Yeah interview. Yeah, just resistant to you.

1:25:00 Hello, Mr. Jason. Well, hello. On here, it’s reminded. Thank you for waiting. That’s okay. It’s you seems like Thanksgiving here.

1:25:17 rafting candidates all the same yes encouraging And AC third responses under two minutes. I’m going to go ahead and start with the first question is to tell us a little bit about yourself and your background one. We’d like to serve on you know, okay, it was not no don’t work. Okay. Well, I’m gonna go back to the 1970s but the president as a kid in 1970s with the energy crisis as a teenager that got money. I became interesting energy classification. Enhance I ended up going to college become an engineer. And I had a couple summer jobs that were interesting one was at the

1:26:05 Salem Beverly water supply board, which supply has water to Salem Beverly and I got really interested in public utilities. Types wires and everything and so I continued my studies and my first job on a college was with an academic engineering firm design powerfulness. And so I did that and then went back to graduate school. And when I got out of there, I went to work for General Electric where amongst other things I met James father and I don’t know is that you but worked on when I said, is there seeing turbines with a thing now winter is our also one in our portfolio. So in that I as I

1:26:53 said always interested in local infrastructure, you know, whether it be Old coal plant over here or you know watching that become a gas powered plant and this is an example, you know this weekend. I like to ride my bike. And if you’re not familiar the bike trail will not let now continues into sailing and it’s a really nice not only bike ride, but you can also or follow the Marblehead electric lines from the Canal Street substation in terrible and go along see and then we’ll see Electric Angel covers the same which is kind of cool. And so that that’s been kind of my background in a

1:27:40 personal side. I got interested in energy efficient electricity usage. I had a heat pump up my house and I think it was one of the first people to go to all electric and the yeah, and so to do that and you have to have Reliable inexpensive electricity, so that’s kind of how I got interested in animal demon. Well actually passed by years on the Bronxville building Community we work closely with mmld. And you know, there’s a lot of changes to get power in the school and you know, very impressed with the word mental he did working with the town departments to take the trenches and get power to the school Falls around so that’s my thing.

1:28:27 Great. Thank you. Hey, Jim. How do you interpret balancing the rules and responsibilities between the commission and the general manager as we are governed under Mass General element 64? Well, I would. say the board would look at budgeting policy and look to the general manager for operation and you know some of the details on strategic initiatives and I’m a big believer in Open meeting board meetings. You say it in the board meeting and then the chair usually rather be. What general manager you don’t need

1:29:13 to do some work, they need they might be something. Maybe it’s between the instrument to get back together.

1:29:19 I don’t want your board stuff micro management. Thank you. Hi Jim, so the department has the responsibility to balance the electric greatest. Yeah with minimizing carbon emissions. Yeah, do you see those goals as compatible or are they in conflicts and part two of the question if they are compatible? Can you think of an example of an initiative that was improve the bottom line and reduce carbon animations? Okay. I I think they are very good.

1:29:54 Reliability to sustainability and low rates are and I just look at the work the commissions going 13. And I think that it’s all of that because one it hits the reliability part it hits a synagus sustainability Department because it’s creating more capacity and the ability to bring in more capacity so that you know, people want to repeat up letter and then on the cost thing is yet you have to mark yet really along that. I don’t think anyone argue. Replacing those Transformers a little bit of extra cost of Base rate a bad idea. And as far as sustainable, I think

1:30:41 as far as electricity, I think one of the Horizon would see a lot of wind power kind of Crisis. I think that’s going to be at a fable rates. So that’s I think they can’t just because I always look back in my heat pump is and I’m actually working I’m always trying to convince people my sister lives in another town electric. He’s more expensive and it’s not as engaging on your neck as it is here and Excellent. So, thank you. Jim what do you think about it needs of the commission? What are most likable skills and experience

1:31:28 that you bring to the table? Okay. Well, I think just general anything right back around project management. Maybe more important though if they soft skills they have.

1:31:42 Worked on a number of different boards over the years. I mentioned around the tool building Community like that was on the same Housing Authority for many years as treasure in it’s really working with different people with different thoughts in really, you know coming to kind of comment goals and I think I think that’s really important question. I think a passion for what?

1:32:07 What analogy is doing

1:32:12 Thank you for taking the time again to be here tonight. And as you know, there are quite a few candidates and we’re feeling only one position if you were not chosen, how would you continue to stay involved and help the commission or be involved with the night Department? If I I would continue to come to meetings when there’s a topic I like and this was a little bit. It’s probably exposed everyone. It wasn’t opening. I had wasn’t actually thinking that I started, you know, but I had to bring obviously it’s a very qualified candidates so I wouldn’t change anything really. So yeah, and I guess I’m an

1:33:00 engineer just like all the time so

1:33:05 Harry um, so this question about complex of interest and

1:33:15 I don’t do you have any relatives colleagues or close friends in the department? My knowledge has never been a former employee in the department. Do you have any connections with the Department in that way? No relatives. I you know say I have yeah, oh whatever reasons around the corners and but no no, yes, what would you do it about real or perceived conflicts if they did? Well, I I would. Probably bring that to the general manager and see what that you know, the writings we can see what’s happening. So I don’t know what that they might know

1:34:03 all the time. So

1:34:06 if I need help on the bill, Maybe Thanks.

1:34:13 Thanks for coming. This is no any budgetary experience that you have and how you would apply that. And there’s any experience that you want to share that might be helpful. So present I was the treasurer of the Seattle Housing Authority, which is these ages. I don’t probably five to Pennsylvania gallery near Enterprise 800 units. I do a lot of project management and budgeting my day job. It’s not multiplication.

1:34:50 And actually even on the ground School building committee. I was involved. Without your engineering the budget. I’m always looking at. Every invoices everything so it’s sort of in my background.

1:35:11 Give the Springs the interview to the hall conclusion. That was the last question. I just want to thank you very much for you. Okay, come on. Thank you.

1:35:26 that brings that brings the conclusion is you very strong as possible.

1:35:36 The very wherever spoiled by Riches of choice or three minutes maybe. I think you know what what I must do is is place the names in for nomination to serve on the model. So now I’m assuming I need to take a vote around.

1:35:58 It’s not right. Yeah. Yeah starting with starting with the late part. So. I’m gonna go ahead and make a moment of entertainment someone yes motion to put the names into automation. But always yes. Well, I haven’t made the motion yet, but I just explained what we’re doing next. So I’d like to educating emotion to place all names in phenominations serve them all like commission to return.

1:36:24 Library of motion some seconds paper And that’s the unanimous. Now with so many candidates, you know, I think we should you know, the way the vote proceeds is that we will start with the light Commission in whatever one you prefer we go around the table. And the first candidate to receive a majority. Will be coming up with will become the nominee. We’ll see about voting such as the matter with you know, whatever nomination receives. A majority of first is the one So with that I’m assuming that you know if we couldn’t deliberate

1:37:12 on this but I think would typically tasks as we go in straight to it strictly. So with that Mr. Hall you’d like to yes, I do. I’d like to homemade.

1:37:28 Okay.

1:37:32 as soon as oh, okay, so so Pay my role is to call it. Yes, sorry names and you call out the names. Okay, that is that is for I am sorry that is exactly correctly that’s myself here the waiting all night throw something everyone roll something throw something Mr. Hall. I promise. alright assistant Adam Smith, I’m sorry and okay if Ms. Wolf Adam Smith

1:38:17 Mr. Frechette Adam Smith

1:38:21 is singer for sorry

1:38:26 Miss Noonan Adam Smith

1:38:34 just tonight. Thomas Fuller

1:38:41 Is Bill Beth Belcher? Just Thomas.

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1:38:58 four I’ll be back in the account for Mississippi you. for four and spent one two three four percent and one bar for one. Definitely it so. So question the next round does it now the list or is it the whole list? How do you wish to proceed? You how to taught find the well, we have a three that have received what receive votes to the tide for the top box. I’m going to say I think procedurally probably should go around all candidates,

1:39:45 but I don’t see why I couldn’t.

1:39:49 You know entertaining with just the quote on three. So I I have seen a practice and is where you you drop off the lowest low getter you do another round. So if they’re like five, you know the next they drop the bottom round bottom round, so I see so, okay. Well, let me help me understand that because I think we we had a number of candidates that already knows. Right, so there there and including in the lowest mode as well. Right. So there are three candidates receive those two we see for when we see once. That practice would be eliminated the lowest vote Gator which is the person received one. Okay, just a Hardy and then proceed between the value.

1:40:34 Or it’s just meant. I think that makes sense and it’s fair. Okay, let’s receive that way. So exciting, right? So it’s kind of those type ranking. Yes voting system right where you’re seeing Marvel very good. Yes Thomas the room. Okay, Mr. Yeah. That’s it. Yeah, Ms. Wolf. Yes. Is there for sure Adam Smith? Yeah, Miss singer and

1:41:15 Mr. Knight because majority that Rings about the five slightly, okay. And we must congratulate Adam small regularly everyone. Congratulations. Thank everybody for getting a nomination everybody coming here, hopefully. You know, we’ll find you’ll find ways to stay engaged lensing electric light and other positions of Marvel heads and thank you so much. to create this was an excellent field of candidates It was really difficult to choose unless you but I really hope that you over here talents and expertise to the Warriors and capacity and and run run next time next year.

1:42:02 Right good. Yes, nobody Mr. And I think he’s black. We just need to remind. You know Adam that it is to sworn ways to be sworn in and the duplicates ethics. I think that’s good. Right? What’s I’m just gonna ask my board regular emotion to adjourns and then second my favorite. Thank you. Thank you.

1:42:34 Okay. Thank you.

1:42:46 So that’s what you want your parents. Yeah, okay.

1:43:02 Yeah, we have such a great way.

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1:43:18 Well, you might have sorry. Thank you.

1:43:29 Okay, so the proceed of hope you have to do like entertain motion approve the minutes of September 1st, 2012. So exactly

1:43:41 Unanimous? No, I understand. You are saying that I Okay, so I want attention I didn’t say it in my mind. you

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1:44:09 I think the motion itself explanatory as I get motion to request from the Rotary Club of model had 26th annual holiday stuff concert hall on December 10th 2012 to set up and breakdown Center not 20 December 11th, 2012 and rules. She’s over of course insurance and wait for whatever year.

1:44:43 here and form as and along the same for the same event entertain motion requests request and I guess at the Barnett model that rotary club for one day later license at agricult Saturday Sunday that’s going to do from 6PM to 11pm. The Pops concert today issues delivery Revenue receipt by the licensing Authority fifty dollars delivery receipt by the licensing Authority improve the alcohol purchase from an authorized stores proof of the application delivery cover property provide our storage and disposable garages purchase all importance of General law section, 138 alcohol and purchase and delivered from North Shore energy.

1:45:31 but anyways Summit and second I was ready. Okay. We have one. Present yes.

1:45:50 the next thing I wanted to provide some further Lutheran Church against the motion itself explanatory request from Reverend James Dixie, listen to Lutheran Church or when they liquor license history on Sunday October 2, 2022 12 4pm for a fundraiser subject to fall conditions delivery of and receipt by the licensing for you know, delivery out and receipt by the licensing 40 proof of the alcohol purchase from the Opera the application delivery from our storage and disposal of everything’s purchase all importance of the part of the general section 38 alcoholic purchase from Merrimack Valley Distributing Company Inc, locally, so in seconds thousand favorites

1:46:36 so the whole world

1:46:41 in favor, yes singer in favor soon. President and infinite. Okay. Should we do the one was that parole? Here you why should I reread the motion or Okay motion. We will review it motion to requests from Jessica Barnett Marvel Avengers like for when they stick around us as the status as having symptoms. Six feet under 11 Park concerts have been following conditions delivery Avenue seat by licensing for you are delivering receipt by the license Authority improve the alcohol and purchase from our source proof of the applicant can receive property with

1:47:28 provide proper storage and disposal of all our families versus the requirements of GLC 138 alcohol purchasingly. I’m just sure exactly in favor this thing in favor Presley. This is governor in favor.

1:47:53 Thank you very much. I mean to attending to the instructions are not actually no worries. Okay, the next is a vote on the old the model had Improvement Association to use the old townhouse or the motion itself as well for the quest comes from Marianne Criswell holding the improvements of the use the old townhouse on September until on Sunday, October 23 2022 from one hand to 5pm for their annual meeting service light reference one no cost subject the usual regulations. It’s a wage and Rental so much later. So, okay you Damas?

1:48:42 Number five not our next this is Marvel head high school all sports with booster. Here and because yeah, that’s okay. I just wanted everybody’s okay.

1:48:58 Same motion self explanatory request from Jill K or coach here scholarship director to hold the annual Marvel at high school all sports booster door to door Candace on Sunday October 2012 to approximately yeah all those in favor. If Anonymous vote is a contract for the archives. Architective Services though for September 14th. 2012 Well, that’s today. Congrats gonna get a little background of this. Yes. So this is relative to the the archives building project. So initially there was an effort to look at the low level of what really

1:49:45 Hall. It assess the determine that that was not going to be suitable project. So they want to bring in architect to look at the design of a building locating between us and Mary Hall Community how we all are married and all is strongly located. And so it’s redirecting the efforts of And it’s the designs of a new building in application. Something. Okay. So the vote just say about is to amend the contract for archives our Protective Services contract between the town of Marblehead the Smith Group by increasing the amount by 69,11.

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1:50:44 Yeah, Endeavor neighborhood survey project award. I can see the vote here any background that you’d like to cover where they come? just

1:50:57 Proposal with the music the historic commission and working with a brand on the town. To do the study to document historic properties in the devil neighbor, so there’s money is available. Because two sources okay if I can enter. Daniel wrote award in a contract to John Clemson for the historic properties in the Denver neighborhood survey project in the amount of 35,000 to offer us the charity sign up the contract on that. right

1:51:49 As the annual marble letter high school art show the use Havoc Hall. So again, the motion is is explanatory and a request front comes from truly color white Lead Teacher instructional instructor visual art AP art history to use at home for the annual Marblehead High School hardship, May 22nd through June to 2022 including

1:52:18 anyway, it doesn’t mean 23 3 motions so our show from May 22 to June to 2023 including installation and the May 15 2023 hand breakdown Following the show subject to the usual rules regulations being in the surgical Department of certificate. So long second, okay?

1:52:49 Hey matters. and reappointment of constable Tim schoffmeyer this is the possible positions

1:53:05 an emotion is explaining self-explanatory to be about reappoint Timothy schotten our responsible for the purpose of service civil process if the terms of expire in June the event second second

1:53:20 Okay, see. We have a question from our very Congressman the exams changing states. Yes that in surgery. I’m assuming it’s sometimes yeah, you see this updates you.

1:53:42 okay, very nice letter from our congressman and

1:53:48 you know, this is actually a very moving event. If you’ve ever been to assess a Gatherings with better. It’s really an amazing opportunity for people to connect to Veterans and to their specific experience. This is very moving for me Vietnam chance to do this. This generation. Does this extremely importantly bringing back into into society or culture the parents instructor. So this is this is something that Seth really believes strong.

1:54:23 I’d like to entertain a motion to request from Congressman sectional to use habit Hall on Friday or whatever level 2022. 11:30 a.m. Or veteran Town Hall subject to usual rules regulations and fees paid in town. So

1:54:42 Thank you so much for doing that. Okay, I think that brings our boat. we’re going to and and

1:54:54 in terms of one of the things I think we need to to address and you know, I’ve evolved the time this is the two vacancies on income. They should give in this very active you still and what I would propose is that we set a deadline months out. which would put us at 14th of October to receive resumes and see receive applicants, you know, and then and then I have interviews two weeks after that of the 19th of October and that’s kind of what the beginning but it seems it’s not it’s not anything related diseases around the chance to

1:55:38 kind of changing I’m gonna propose that I don’t know if anybody else, you know, folks have issues with the proposed days. immunostates and after 14th of October in 19th of October So Friday the 14th is going applications and that’s really coming. Yeah, that’s right. Yeah, I mean That’s always that right. Okay, that’s our regular meeting coming 12 in 2016. What do you think? Is that the cycle we should

1:56:11 You know 21st and 26. So do on the 24th 26. Okay, that puts it out there but I suppose that’s that is that late that lady? It’s just joking. It’s okay. Is there what is today? Is there any reason to not do like bump it to the like, you know, like I was trying to seven but meeting on the 12.

1:56:43 So then they have enough time to actually. Yeah, I think it’s more important and this and there’s enough time. Yes a week difference, you know, they don’t. Are they not meeting until not really? Okay, you know, they don’t really get going until you know, after oh, there’s lots of discussion, but they don’t think the meetings with me until after the same time. Okay, which happens right? Okay. Okay. So I think that makes that makes a lot of stuff. So we just change those that to what was we said the 26th to the meeting but the 21st due date Friday the 21st birthday. Yeah, the application letter due date and the 26 and Doctor reviews. 26th

1:57:31 Okay. It has great.

1:57:36 And you’ll understand that I like to cover is to congratulate these leads for their their further actions at the Marriott alley. Municipal Building everyday

1:57:51 a suspect who is You know came into the building and verbal place and created quite a mess there as well. Okay, I’m sure it’s been. positioned statement Coverings we again commending. police force especially the officer swinging for his Speedy action in Iranians Now that’s right. It’s probably my idea sort of there’s some follow-on. So what’s going on?

1:58:26 And that’s why I really should be around anybody. I don’t know.

1:58:36 Just both Chiefs did a fantastic job one of the 9/11 ceremony as always. you

1:58:47 check it. exact review Turn so. I was just going to become too sort of covering events just to follow on the Mary Allen Building and I can car as far as the work of police the work of the staff and that building who so on Monday as people were trying to show up for work. It was already discovered. It was a crime scene when you come in, so At that time there was no determination of how long the process was going to take for investigating and cleanup and all that. So so we closed the building for business for that day. Put all those employees on remote work status. So the sun went to

1:59:34 different departments somewhere from home some work in the field anyway, so so they continue to do their job during that day and you know, it’s already sort of a story of catching so forth. But so what’s happening now, is that same after doing my showed up? That’s our property liability insurance coverage. They were on the scene taking copious notes and measurements. So we expect that. Most of this should be covering most not all Would be covered by our insurance policy. So it was a lot of clear. Involved it was calling it organizations to do the cleanup and then and making repairs to

2:00:22 damage doors rugs that song. and finally, you know, actually the employees who had to come in Tuesday morning and what was not cleaned up for them, you know, all of Dangerous of the glass and all that but you know, the the offices were streaming papers and bought five folders and such and to their credit picked up. Reorganized and went back to work and so the credit to them to doing that, you know. I’ve had I’ve had a place I live you know. Broken into France. I feel it’s personal right you take it personally and the employees that’s their workspace. There is

2:01:07 some personal ownership there. So I give credit to them to you know, carry on in that effort. So anyway, so so let me some more work to follow up and in regard to that. And the other coronavent is the water main was quickly repaired. You know, they chlorinate the water they you know, put it back into Sarasota as a temporary loss of pressure. Throughout the community some water shut off on the area that they had to be isolated to to do the repair. The only advice I was given to to others on this processes, you know used to cold water to flush if there is any degree or anything that any made it into your run the cold water flush it out before you run any hot water and didn’t do

2:01:54 any laundry then by side. It was given the bass on so anyways, so that is over system back back to normal two of things to cover one an update of I say a pending request called maybe next meeting or the meeting afterwards. I and others are researching secure and budget building software. a cloud-based platform that

2:02:27 would allow all of us the staff level. To put in the budget information help manage the process help make it a very transparent process because the the clouds systems as part of the capability. Is to give access to the public through the website to access information. It has the ability that when we get to the finance committee of time meeting portion of that they have visibility to the information being put in I guess the best way I could summarize. Oh and one of the best features the whole thing is that when you put in your body the load it it actually is designed

2:03:13 to to make it gfoa compliant budget for So you just hit them and send it PDF and and it can find completed some of the research search I’ve done for those communities that are getting sort of a higher rewards of gfoa, you know, all of us have seeking just that minimum. Yeah compliant of the higher Wars they do that by using these type of systems because that’s the only way you can really really do it.

2:03:44 One way to think of this investment. If you know we have I don’t know 25 30 cost centers that are doing a capital budget a Personnel budget an operating budget. So it’s three violence like 25 to 30 Senators. Those are spreadsheets times PowerPoint presentations times the emails going back and forth to consolidate in coordinate. That’s kind of the Standard Process here. Well, it’s the process here in many municipalities and in the benefit of the software is it is a centralized cloud-based database. that all kinds of people can have access to with all the hands that are in the budgeting process this this

2:04:30 allows for processing that providing visibility to the general public to the decision makers that are making something at I happy to share more information. So I’ve had one demonstration with one company. I have another demonstration coming or two that I’m aware of this sort of the lead working with the staff make it determination and Based on some numbers. I’ve seen somewhere between 30 and 40,000 from annual this would be a partial year subscription plus the onboarding cost and then from that point forward and mix it to your budgets would be an annual subscription comes out about that. So it’s a committed to

2:05:17 a tool that will make us much more about so great. What I like to do when I’m coming forth with something that a significance is. Tell you that I’m coming with it in advance give you the heads up. So then you know we can have Whatever dialogue discussion questions. Before links on on the teamwork. So do you enter any questions from the public? I just want to say yes, Julius. Yes. Absolutely exporting here. Yes, please. getting this through the news. Well, thank you. No. No, it’s not our latest. No. No I want.

2:06:03 Thank you. Yes, somebody I think I think if anything else well, I remember I am yes.

2:06:12 So the last item is is we’ve got response when you change the Channel’s office on the actions at the time meeting. Let me be the first congratulate you as fishing in a select board. So that is good been approved. The at is approved the the summer break from the gas powered leaf blowers. Um now that approval came after the end date of the restrictions. So it’ll it’ll be the next Memorial Day. I believe is the start of the next season that will actually take effect and there’s no there’s no it Penalty associated with that enough. It’s you. Yeah, no changes. Oh, yeah.

2:06:57 No, I’m just curious because well it relates to enforce right? So yeah, so it wouldn’t be the Chinese generals office to put that in if they have to go to town. Yeah. Yeah, it would be a common but it’s interesting together that’s good. So they approve the change you more fees. They they are approved change the name what is like bylaws and ordinances as well as the Pronouns nomenclature so that that’s all been approved for both generalize and Zoning. The only item pending is the order of candidate names on balance and that’s pending special legislative.

2:07:43 That one that’s right. So anytime we have to get around don’t we? Yeah, no, we haven’t. I mean it’s with the file to the Senators office. So we’ll work with them to to find out what when that process right now. I mean there. Figure out a session out of formal session. So right I went through some great. Yeah. So many angels a little legislation. So with that completes my body, thank you. Thank you very much. Well over to the public For Me Maybe you very much just a question. That you’re on the cloud days the budgetary tool that you are. Introducing today the training for

2:08:30 the staff. Is it difficult? Is it very different? How long? With one would it take to introduce such a solution in terms of training? Yeah. I mean it would require I would say range from familiarization to training depending ones current skill levels. Utilizing like Microsoft Excel. So if you’re already fairly proficient using Excel the data input portion is an Excel like Fields the system allows you to drop in whatever fiscal years columns you want in there. While you input the numbers it’ll graphically update you

2:09:15 can hide that so it is more like a form it’s similar to an Excel put in forms. It allows you to take a line item and add sub-items to it. So even though the line item would be you know, one total you can itemize how many pencils how many pens how many erasers let that total up to be that that line? So it has a lot of flexibility more than Excel, but it’s very To be importing of the data. It’s very Excel like so if you proficient it shouldn’t take one and they will the companies involved. We’ll assist them at it. So next year’s budgetary exercise in that tool potentially.

2:10:02 My goal is to be able to do the upcoming budget within the tool. even if it should be a long ramp up time to bring it in. Even if you know where we’re someone into the Budget Building season. Folks could start building the way they’ve done it in Excel and when they’re ready for the new platform you just put over the data.

2:10:31 Yeah, that should pretty amazing advantage to it too. I mean it’s you know it can it can accommodate the trial balance or the whole County system. Okay, like the budgeting and so comparison between the two so one of the one of the useful tools that we’ll use is it allows you when you put in your body to have different scenarios? To load the scenarios and be able to switch back and forth and and make decisions. Based on that more interactive than our current systems really kind of cumbersome. Yes. So and so the main users are the department heads and the finance department would you say yeah, so department heads building the budgets. Then there’s a level of decision-making as we finalize numbers

2:11:18 to be presented. And then what I’ll do is for the finance committee, they will have the ability or going not wait for like the paper products the land to be able to view it. Online it’s in the cloud. And for example say for your Capital Improvement projects that are in there. You can build storyboards for every project that goes on with the the requested item much like you see for, you know larger projects that are done in the community. There’s a web page with the project with the pictures. Why you doing it break down into the numbers it it has all that capability building. So can I also just do like submit like create?

2:12:05 On the Fly the graphs and pie charts like for use to for town meeting and just do the town and making that really easy. So what I did for the department heads today, I sent out an email with links to a number of videos. One of which was I requested the vinegar to create for our department heads on that. And so what I will do is I will kind of turn that around I will send out a video. It’s it’s for one of the vendors that I’ve already met with and like I said, there’s another vendor coming in for a demonstration. So I will probably try to find some relevant. They’re very similar to what

2:12:49 Very excited. That’s right. Yeah. Yes, please. Go ahead. Look we’ll get to you. I’m sorry. I’m keeping you know, I just watching any of my question one of the decision making of the night commission and at the setting board are separate. Would it be potentially feasible to extend this tool to the lab come to the light department? yes, I mean I I looked at Blake as Whole separate would but I’m happy to share the information and let you know Joseph’s license everywhere to combine items. So it’s a prison everybody would be cheaper than anyway. Yeah, I think you don’t know. Thank you. Sorry for keeping

2:13:34 me wrong as you please sir. Thank you for me. Alan more than one 59 and when I got you and before I walked into my diet tribe on censorship of just pointing out tonight at two of the individuals that you interviewed here both referred to using and reading the minutes of needings to inform themselves about what goes on in these colleagues. So when we come to become ipile hey, what would be complaint? Because you failed to include the comments of myself and other gentleman. our previous meeting and you sent this off to your Town Council to respond. That’s right response. We got devoted to send it to her and the response we got

2:14:19 I’ve got to say

2:14:23 Is almost reprehensible? Or comment is that unless you engage a discussion with the comments didn’t happen.

2:14:32 And I’m here to stay that as a member extension of years when I come to speak. It does not require your acknowledgment of what I’m saying to be to be recorded. This is not Schrodinger’s cat. You know it exists regardless of here action in the matter. And I would expect the comments that recorded and put in a minute to make a complete. Down to do so is basically a censorship. so what I asked you put you on on the and the agenda it was that you could this about this the letter that was sent in your name by downtown. So I could get an opportunity at this point to put take a boat. To just about a letter.

2:15:18 Which basically supports censorship of meeting minutes? or not to put

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