Select Board: June 21, 2023

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0:02 So if you can raise your right hand and repeat after me. I state your name, I motion sprayer. Do solemnly swear and affirm. Do solemnly swear and affirm That I’ll faithfully and impartially Faithfully and Impartially discharge and perform, discharge And perform All the duties incumbent on me, All the duties incumbent On me as a member of the select board, as a Member of the select Board, according to the best of my abilities and understanding according To the best of my abilities and understanding According to the bylaws of the town of Marblehead, according To the bylaws of the town of Marblehead, And the laws of this commonwealth of Massachusetts And the laws of this commonwealth of Massachusetts. So help me God. So Help me God. Congratulations.

0:56 There we go. Yes. Thank you. Welcome. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you. Do you want pictures? Does anybody wanna do pictures? Oh, do, do picture? Just for the pictures. Oh, yeah, sure. Good idea. Yes.

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2:12 All right, we ready? All right. One time a year. I get to do this. So I call the meeting of June 21st, 2023 to order. This is the 373rd convening of the Select board for the Town of Marblehead. Uh, this meeting is being recorded via Zoom. The first order of business is to nominate a chair for the upcoming year. I now ask for nominations. Paul nominate Aaron Nonan. Okay. Is there a second? There’s a second and a second for Mr. Grayer. Is there any other nominations? C and none. I’ll close the nominations. Um, any,

3:00 uh, discussion, deliberation, Followers, some discussion? Um, just, I, first of all, I wanna thank Moses for leading us for the last year through a really stressful year and a lot to accomplish. And I just wanna, I think it’s important to acknowledge that leadership and the effort that went into making last year happen. So, I wanna start by saying that, and I also wanna say that, you know, I think, um, for me, uh, for, I know it has been at a time accustomed to rotate the chair and allow for mentorship and allow for inclusivity. And I think to me, that’s really important. And that was, you know, part of this thought process for me is to provide that opportunity for, uh, everyone to have the ability to mentor and to train and to rotate through.

3:48 And so I think it’s important to honor the work that you’ve done and also understand that, you know, we all need to work together to continue that leadership level that we all need to be bringing to the board. So, that’s just my thoughts on this. Okay. Anybody else? Well, I would really concur with that. I think the idea of rotating chairs is a really good one because I think it, it vests all of us with a, with a sense of ownership over the governance of the board itself and the health of the, you know, of the, of the select board in terms of our, you know, uh, in terms of our ability to work together and so forth. So I’m very much in favor of that. I think we can probably figure out a mechanism at, at the right moment to, uh, to do that.

4:34 Yeah, I agree. And I, I, I’m, I’m, I’m honored for the nomination and the support and, um, uh, if, If we haven’t voted yet. Yeah, exactly. So, So

4:49 I, I, you know, I I think that I totally agree with what Alexa was saying, that, um, I learned a lot just, and I, and I appreciate the, that you, um, serving as chair last year and taking that on. And, and I also see the value in kind of rotating the experience around the members. Uh, I think it adds good perspective as well.

5:15 Thank you for your leadership last year. Thank you. Congratulations. Almost Aaron. Moses, congratulations. No further discussion. I’ll take it to a roll call bus. It says one nominee. We’ll do yays and na nays. Start. Mr. Murray in favor, Ms. Singer? In favor, Ms. Noonan In favor, Mr. Greater in favor, Mr. Nay? In favor. Congratulations. Congratulations, congratulations. Thank You.

5:51 I hope you indulge a lot of phone Calls. Oh, of course. I think this is where we do music mentorship. This is where we do musical, this is where we do musical chairs. I think so. Okay, good. You know, if you would please assume. Okay. And Jim, too. You know, I know you’ve served as chair before too, so I, I definitely have, um, excuse to follow and, um, I’m glad that I have strong, um, people to look to for guidance and when I need it. So thank you. Congratulations. Congratulations, Erin. Thank you. So we have one item on our agenda, really, which is the public hearing. Um, a carrying, uh, beverage policy for plus cafe. Uh, this is a public hearing on an application for a Carrie and beverage license at

6:40 34 a Atlantic Avenue. This hearing has been legally advertised and directed buts notified. So, um, Mr. Uh, Clavis, Thank you. Um, could you just tell us a bit about your application? Uh, well we have, we’re gonna apply for B M B license at plus cafe. We did that a couple months ago for a a and D claim box after a request of the customers. And we have few customers, current plus cafe. They wanted to, same thing, B U Y B license so they can come enjoy it. Nice. Some people want to drink coffee, some bring your tea. Some people wanna bring their own wine or whatever they want to bring and they can enjoy it as a group of people come there. And so it came as an idea, you know, just a,

7:28 we show apply and see what happens from there. You know, like it’s not a bad idea. Some, and we’re thinking to stay a little bit longer to like, on winter time to like 8:00 PM so people can come there. Some go to the restaurant, they can sit there and have a glass of wine. Some you don’t want to go to the restaurant, spend money. They just want bring the own wine and stay there, you know? So I hope you guys agree with us, so, Okay. That’s great. Um, thank you for that. And is there anyone that would like to speak in, um, opposition to the application?

8:05 Anyone online? No.

8:12 Okay. Is there anyone in favor that would like to speak in favor of the application?

8:20 No. Okay. Um, I will close the public hearing and open it for questions from you. Want me to get close the public hearing and, um, open it for any discussion or questions from the board

8:38 Chair? Um, yeah. You said eight o’clock, you, uh, license here is 10 to 10. Yes, but I would just, uh, we, right now we close at 5:00 PM but in the wintertime, so we can think of extended to like 8:00 PM So like, you know, no longer that because it gets dark sooner and people go sleep and, uh, so there’s not gonna be, I don’t think it will be more on that, but it’s good to have it till 10, but you never know. It depends on the, the customers, what they’re going to do. So. Sure. Mm-hmm. Excellent. Anyone else? Okay, so, um, I have a motion here that I’ll read and, um, it is to approve the application from plus Cafe 34, a Atlantic Avenue manager, clevis Ra, Rasi

9:23 Ra, CIA for a carry and alcoholic beverage license for beer and wines, subject to approval from the police chief receipt of the required forms, fees, departmental approvals, and Cory approval. Such permit shall expire on an approval from the A B, C C for any future transfer application of a liquor license, a tips or bat trained b a t trained person must be on the premises at all times. That carry in is allowed hours of operation for carry in are Monday through Saturday through Sunday, sorry, Monday through Sunday, 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM seating capacity of 20. This is a roll call vote. Um, but once we have moved the motion, so moved. You have A second? Second. Okay. Uh, Ms. Singer. Okay. Mr. Murray in favor? Mr. Grader? In favor? Mr. Nay? In favor? Ms. Noonan

10:11 In favor? Okay. Um, congratulations. Thank you very much. Yes, thank you. Coming down. Appreciate it. Thank you. So next on the agenda, we have select board announcements. Is there any member of the board that has any announcements?

10:31 Um, just thank you for everybody voting yesterday. It was a great turnout. Uh, and I’d like to propose a motion to send, uh, Jackie be Becker a uh, letter of thanks, uh, for her 18 years on the select board, um, as well as our five years on the school, uh, board. I’ll second that.

10:55 Okay. All in favor? Thanks. Great. Okay, so I just need a motion to adjourn.

11:03 So move. Second, second Comment. May Have a comment, Please. It’s not on the agenda tonight. Is that the discretion of the chair? And it’s not on the agenda tonight. I know. I’m well aware of why you are here. We can talk about it. We have a meeting in seven days and I understand that Thatcher has communicated with you as well. And so we have a meeting in seven days and given motion. So I’d like to take the vote. Can you please allow public comment, see and Listen to, we have a motion in a second. Can you Please listen to the public comment? Our school committee board members, As the role of the chair is to I, as, as the chair, my role is to so Noted and I vote That the is to run the meetings. I have a motion and a second I’d like to call for a vote. All in favor of adjournment. Unanimous.

11:49 This meeting’s adjourned.

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