Select Board: October 23, 2024

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0:00 You ready? Alright. Okay. Um, I’m going to call our meeting to order. Today is Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024. It is just a little after seven o’clock. And, uh, as always, this meeting is being recorded. We have a pretty, um, short agenda this evening. We’re gonna start off with public comment. If anybody in the audience would like to step up forward to the mic, um, just state your name and I’ll recognize you. If you’re online, uh, you can raise your hand and Kyle will let me know. And I can also recognize you, Mr. Jordan. Alright. Albert Jordan, 64 Roosevelt Avenue. Um, I’ve been to a couple recent finance committee meetings and, um, I don’t know what the point is to have these meetings

0:46 because I go there, they have public comment, but they told me they’re not. They’re just look listening to the department head and it’s not their job to listen to the public if they have any questions about what’s going on. So what my suggestion is to you is that you should have appoint a couple people, a subcommittee of the finance committee, that if this issue’s going on at town and people think we can save money or might be better way of running the town, that the public should be able to voice their voice. And, um, you know, it’s sort of one way right now. The town department head goes in there, says what they want, and the finance committee’s rubber stamping it. As far as I’m concerned. And this wasn’t just witness once,

1:33 and I’ve talked to several, I’ve talked to Alex a couple years ago, even though they’re starting the meetings earlier, he told me, oh no, they already spend a lot of time. They’re not interested in, you know, so, so I don’t know what the point is because I see a lot of things going on in town that are concerning to me that the taxes are going up. I see a lot of money being wasted, um, and no one seems to care about it. And, and I care about it because I’m trying to pay my bills and everything, and I’m not wasting money. Like, um, you know, I go by a lot of buildings that the lights are on continuously hundreds of lights. Um, the light department been down there. They, they don’t want to tell the schools what to do. And, um, I just don’t understand. The schools are the biggest uses.

2:19 Electricity and marblehead according to the light department. So I would think they’re telling me not to run my washer machine between four and nine o’clock at night. And I go by the library, it’s not open Sunday, and there’s 50 lights on and, and they got a nice outdoor garden in there. Uh, I drove there at four o’clock in the morning. It’s all lit up. Like, is that gonna be lit up all winter? I, there’s no one out there. There’s not even birds out there at four o’clock in the morning. So I just don’t understand. Um, and I’ve discussed, I’ve called the library director. I, I, you know, I’ve spoken to other town officials about this and know everyone just, oh, yeah, we’ll look into it, but, but nothing’s done about it. So I, I don’t know what you think about the idea of having a committee. Um, maybe the finance committee doesn’t wanna listen to me,

3:06 but I would like to talk to someone and show them some things that are going on that maybe can do something about it. I mean, at least I take the time to do it. They can listen and, you know, maybe it can save some money. Maybe I’m totally wrong. But other people that I’ve talked to that are paying taxes, they’re seeing the same thing. Jim Nye told me when the library was being rebuilt, he was wondering why the lights were on all the time. And apparently it was the contractor was paying the bill. I’m paying the contractor. My taxes are paying, not the contractor, the, the taxpayer’s a marblehead of paying for the li but the library’s been turned over. Now the library’s in use. And I don’t know why all these lights need to be on. Um, you know, when the building isn’t being used.

3:53 I just think it’s such a waste of energy. It’s not good for the environment. It’s taking the life’s, the lights, the bulbs and everything, life, they’ll have to be replaced. There are much more, LEDs are a lot more to replace an incandescent bulbs. Um, so like I say, I don’t know why we can’t have a committee, or at least you tell me someone I can speak to that will listen to me and get back with my concerns. Thank you. Thank you. Um, anybody else? I don’t see anyone on one. Okay. So, um, we’ll move now to Town Administrator updates from, um, Mr. Keer. Yes. Thank you, Madam Chair. So in the update, just, um, uh, three grant awards, um,

4:39 recent grant awards. Um, some of these have already been covered in the paper, but, uh, this is my providing some details to, to the board. Uh, the first one is the Coastal Resilience Grant, which is, um, um, the Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs is awarding $210,502, and it’s to do a site specific analysis of the, the flood risk, um, down at the State Street Landing, uh, Harbor Masters, Tucker’s Wharf area. Um, this is the first step in the process doing the analysis, uh, which leads to then, you know, doing work for design and then construction. And each, each phase of those projects, we have to go out and seek the additional funding for each piece.

5:27 But this is the, uh, one of the first steps in, in the process. Um, uh, the town will have to provide, uh, a ma a local match of $29,216. Um, most of that match will be through, uh, uh, in kind match, meaning it’ll be the salary of the, it’ll be the time of the employees involved in the project and their salaries equated to, to, to, um, to provide that match. So it’s not necessarily a, uh, actual cash payment to do that. Uh, significant to note that according to the information we have, that, um, this particular grant will not be at risk for not being compliant with the, so-called MBTA zoning.

6:16 So again, we, we’ve had lots of discussions. There are certain programs that are being affected by our compliance and others are not. This one is as, as we’ve been told thus far, is not at risk, uh, to move forward in this project. The next grant award in the, in this update is the, um, mass Works infrastructure grant for the Five Corners Intersection and School Street Parking Lot redesign. That’s a grant of 135,000. So it’s looking at the five corners, again, start the process of looking at the ability to improve that intersection as well as, um, uh, making improvements to the, the school street parking lot that’s tucked behind, behind the buildings, um, make.

7:04 And that’s looking at, um, stormwater, it’s looking at managing the stormwater in that area, uh, figuring out, you know, non pervious materials or is it pervious material, pervious materials, uh, uh, making improvements that, that improve the, the flow of the storm water, uh, 15,000 local matching. We’re taking that from our transportation improvement, uh, article 11 on that. This grant, however, um, does require compliance. Um, our objective on these grants, um, is to push forward, get the contracts, get everything in place, and let the town, let the state tell us whether they’re gonna withhold it or not.

7:49 But we’re gonna do everything we can to, to push forward what we need to figure out with the state, and we’ll find out, I’m sure as we go into the new year and not being compliant as to whether we’re gonna lose the grants outright, whether they’re just gonna put ‘em on hold until we at some point become compliant. Uh, we’re, we’re gonna test, we’re gonna test the case and see where we end up on this. So I assume many contractors have an exit clause if we don’t. Yeah. And it might be that we, we sign off and then they just hold it and they don’t sign off. Not quite sure yet. But, um, so, but the main point is this grant is IMP impacted. And then finally, the community planning grant, um, this is to, uh, it’s in the amount of 130,000.

8:35 It’s for us to update our comprehensive master plan. Um, every community is required to have their comprehensive master plan. In fact, you have to have a current master plan on file with the state in order to be eligible for other certain development grants. Um, Marblehead has expired. So we’re looking to push forward to have this plan updated. Uh, again, the grant’s 130,000, uh, it’ll be 15,000 local matching funds. Um, the payment of the grant would, would, we would actually be, um, going to MAPC to actually do do the work.

9:20 Uh, as far as our effort on this plan, this grant is also would be impacted by our, um, status as whether we’re compliant or not compliant with MBTA communities. So, good news on our efforts. I think what you’ll notice is more and more going after grants, getting the grants. Um, we have, you know, we have our grant coordinator on board. We have our planner, a sustainability coordinator. They’re, they’re like full speed ahead, um, as well as, uh, Amy Ew at, at Public Works. And, and the, the two chiefs, I mean, there is a concerted effort to increase the external revenue

10:06 for projects beneficial to the community. Um, and, and so that’s the good news. Uh, the challenge is at least some or many of those grants are gonna be, um, um, conditioned upon us being compliant with the MBTA zoning. So that’s my update. Thank you, Doctor. Any feedback on the EEA grant, if that was considered, but do you know if they were using any deductions for scoring? Or is that not in place Yet? I, I don’t, I don’t know how they’ve done the scoring, but again, this is out of, um, um, uh, environmental, uh, affairs. Yeah. So it seems that the grants that are impacted are out of the EEO, um, um, executive Office

10:54 of Economic Development and Housing in Livable communities. Right. So that’s where they’re having an impact. The MBTA zoning is having an impact, and thus far it appears grants from other, um, cabinet departments are not effective. Okay, Thanks. So, got it. That’s good feedback.

11:17 Okay. Thank you for that update. Um, and next I will invite our veterans agent, Roseanne goes by Tryon Elli, um, to, uh, uh, tell us about our, uh, this year’s Veterans Day ceremony. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you everybody. Uh, so Oh, Whoop, you can come to the table. Yeah, you can go up to The, Whoever’s more comfortable. Um, I was at Leominster all week at a training, so it took me like two and a half hours to get back. I was there. She, She just landed. I Just landed. So anyway, uh, it, it was great training though. It was amazing training. So, uh, I’m going, according to last year, I was told I had to, and I’m going to, so I’m not rocking the boat here.

12:03 Uh, the Council on Aging has graciously, um, offered to hold a breakfast on November 8th again. And then on the 11th, I met with the VFW last Thursday, and they’re gonna work with me. And Dave Rogers has been in and out of the office several times. He comes in several times a week to go over things. We’re gonna keep it the same. We’re going to, uh, uh, is it okay if we use the hall like last? Yeah. We already authorized for Congressman Milton had requested it, so we had voted Well, he’s at one. So, uh, SIA separate one. That’s right. Yes. Or, or in the morning. I guess. In the morning, yes, that’s right. So actually, Congressman Moten, Congressman Moulton’s aide, uh, reach out to me to ask me to be his speaker. So, okay. So, uh, I’ll be here all day and then, um, we’ll continue that way.

12:49 And the VFW is hosting a coalition at some point after our ceremony. So we’re gonna keep it the same. We’re gonna record, uh, cite the veterans who have passed this past year. There’s been a few. So, uh, I’ll get with all my point of contacts to work on that. And also with the Counciling agent, we’re talking about doing a monthly coffee and holding a few hours every month for veterans there to talk about benefits. Outstanding. That’s a great idea. Outstanding. So more and more outreach. Getting about in the community, learning my way. That’s great. Um, best of luck. Sounds like it’s going really well. Yeah, Yeah. I love it. And it’s, it’s great. I’ve met, been met with open arms by many veterans, and I’ve already put in about a dozen claims for veterans who’ve never put claims in before. And reaching out to, uh, our Chapter one 15 program, uh,

13:38 recipients, that’s going well. So recertification is coming up pretty soon. I managed to balance the books and close out the months. So we have no disa allowances, which is a big plus. ‘cause we want all the money we can get back from the state. Right. So that, that’s, that’s a big thing. So do you have any questions? And all of you are invited, please. Um, please come and join us. So Really look forward to it. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Yeah, sorry you drove all the way back for that. I’m Going home after this, So I’m going home. But that’s dedication. Yes. Well, it’s important. So your first Appreciate it. Marblehead veterans first mar veterans. Yes. So, Yeah, look great. Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you again. Thank you, Rob. Thank you all. I’m gonna leave. Yes, thank you, sir. Take

14:25 Care. I’ll see you next week. Okay. Okay. Um, alright. Uh, and now we have an interview, um, an appointment for cultural counsel and Mr. Joe Dippoli dipole. If, um, hi, would you, um, mind coming up to the, to the table here and, uh, we have all, um, had a chance to You want me, you want me to Yeah, just come up to the seat. Yeah, you can come to the table. Yeah. We have your resume in our packets and your, well, your, I mean, I think your letter of interest and, um, which explains your background in the Navy and retiring and, and some academic, uh, uh, experience and academia and, okay. So, um, do you wanna just, uh, tell,

15:11 tell us a little bit about your interest in the cultural council? Okay. Well, um, Salem State is shrinking. And so my, my workload there has shrunk and it’s pretty much gone. So I’ve got time in my hands and I wanna get involved in something in the town. Ever since I moved here, I’ve been looking for an opportunity. I already worked for the town, but I wanted to do something a little bit more extensive than that. Um, I love history. I love, I have, uh, acquired in my, uh, many years on this planet, some competencies, which I think will, I can use to advantage to, to help the council, um, management experience, uh, history experience, um, teaching experience,

15:56 public speaking experience. So I, I think that I’m gonna have good time there and I think I’m gonna enjoy it, and I think I’m gonna contribute. Great. Fantastic. Any comments or a Character reference? I have some people back That back me up. We don’t trust him. Oh, okay. Do are you, do you teach at Salem State? Go ahead. You teach at Salem State, are you, did you, were you taught at Salem State? I’ve taught at Salem State. I’ve also taught in public schools, designed training programs for the Navy. I worked as a teacher for the Red Cross for 20 years. Uh, I worked for Pine Street in the homeless shelter. I worked on the Marblehead Festival of Arts. So I’ve done a little of everything. I’m an Navy ve uh, 34 years altogether in the military.

16:43 And like I said, I, I, uh, I want to get out and do something and get involved and, uh, you know, I, I’m really looking forward to this. If you people approve me. Sounds very Jodi, did you do that entire 34 years in, in active service or was it a combination of No, no. I was reserves. I was preserving an active, uh, I was in the Army for seven, and then I did, uh, another 27 with the, the Navy. And, uh, I, I enjoyed it. And it built my career, built my civilian career because I, uh, I was sent to become an Navy instructor then I was a management professor. Mm-Hmm. And I designed the training programs for the quality assurance program, uh, to, uh, ensure that there were no more, um, submarines sinking,

17:30 uh, ‘cause of that sort of thing. But, you know, because, and quality. So I’ve done a little of everything. That’s one advantage of being older is you, you have a lot on your resume. That’s great, Joe. And I’ve talked a lot with Jennifer. Um, uh, and we’re excited about getting started together. That’s great. Great. And it’s nice meeting if not, you know, being invited here. I really appreciate your time. Thank you for coming. Well, we’re Delighted that you’re stepping up to volunteer Joe, thank you very much. Oh, thank you very much. Thank you, Moses. Nice meeting you all. Likewise as well. Likewise. Yeah. I think you’ll like the group too, of the other, uh, members on that you’ll Yes. You’ll find good company. Yep. I’m like I said, I’m really excited about it. Good. Okay. So I won’t take any more of your time. Well, unless you have Questions for me. We’re gonna take a vote. We’re

18:16 Gonna take a vote. We’re gonna take a vote to appoint you right now In the bathroom while you vote. No, Just close your eyes and cover your ears. It won’t, won’t be that long. It won’t be that. It won’t take that long. I need a motion step out of The room. No, you’re good. No, no, it’s not se it’s not a secret ballot. We just need a motion to appoint Joe Dippoli, uh, to the Culture Council with a term to expire in June, 2026. So Moved. Second. All in favor. Great. Congratulations. Thank you. Appreciate your time. Thank You Joe. You very much. Okay, Thank you. Um, and next that brings us to our consent agenda, uh, part, um, uh, aspect of tonight. And, um, we have on the, uh, consent agenda items, old townhouse,

19:03 old Marblehead Improvement Association’s annual meeting of January 12th, 2025, a Harbor Master’s request to declare some surplus items, reappointment of the Registrar of Voters, Anthony Chama, um, license agreement for connection to town drainage system between town and Chris Crawford and Jim and Jane Hubert. Right of entry agreement between the town and seven Cherry Street for access to the driveway at seven Cherry Street. Um, is there anything Thatcher noteworthy to expound on? Well, I would point out the Harbor masses request for surplus is surplus in the 2005 31 foot Eastern Casco Bay Patrol vessel, the Stacey Clark. Anybody wants to Bid on that? It’s been moved by by them to, yeah, Clark,

19:49 they’re, they’re outfitting. I’m gonna miss the Stacey Clark, the new vessel I know that they’re excited about, but yeah. Yeah. Every, every boat has its day. Wow. How long has she been in service? I wonder Long as This five. Oh, 2005. At least that’s The year of the boat. I don’t know how long it’s been with Marblehead. Right, right. Seems like forever, I think. Alright. So long. Stacey Clark. Um, okay. So, uh, can I have a motion, uh, to approve this consent agenda? So Moved second. All in favor? Alright, great. Now, um, just, uh, our next item on the agenda is on here. Just so we wanna solicit formally solicit interest letters of interest for the Capital Planning Committee, which we reorganized at last year’s town meeting.

20:36 Consists of, uh, department heads and, um, employees of the town. But, uh, three, we are looking for three at large resident volunteers for the Capital Planning Committee. And they, um, uh, so we, you know, just if you’re interested in this, uh, talk to Kyle and or uh, email, uh, email us. You can submit the letters of interest and resumes to the select board at Abbott Hall here, um, on Washington Street or email Wiley. W-I-L-E-Y k@marblehead.org. Um, do we wanna set a deadline for this or, you know, what do make sense? Hmm. Do you think I don’t have our calendars here.

21:22 Um, I pull My phone. So, um, how about like a month that allows, like one no notice in the paper and Yeah. Some time to put it out there. Kyle, is that enough time, do you think? In terms of putting it on the in letter interest? Okay. I know how no less meetings the next few months. So Yeah. So November we, we have, we just, we have, um, our meetings are on the 13th and the 27th, which that’s the night before. Yeah. Thanksgiving. We’re not gonna be having a meeting then. Um, we’ll figure out another meeting time. Um, do we, the 13th might be, do you think that’s too soon? What? For for a due date? For the, for submission. For deadline.

22:07 For submission. I mean, it gives one Week. Do We want two week and two and a half weeks? Or do you wanna, you wanna push it to put it out? Do you wanna say like, dec wanna put it to December? So I guess first question would be, what do you wanna do about the, the meeting of, I lost the date. 27th. The 27th. Is that gonna move? We couldn’t have, maybe we can the date on a Monday.

22:35 I, it depends. I mean Yeah, that’s booked what year. Yeah, I know. Yeah. Um, and you have the, We could meet the week before,

22:49 or we could meet the 4th of December instead of the 11th.

22:56 And for December, do the fourth and 18th.

23:00 That works. ‘cause the, uh, the following the 25th obviously is the following one. Mm-Hmm. So we won’t have that. So what if we have our meeting in November would be the 13th regular meeting, assuming nothing urgent comes up. We could meet in December meetings December 4th and the 18th. Does that work? Yeah. That meeting. Yeah, that works. And maybe what we can do is Typically we’d meet here and here instead. Let’s just meet here And here and then we can have the due date for the resumes on the fifth Friday or Friday The sixth. What Do you think We need the December? Yes. That’s a good idea. Right? That’s good. Yeah, that’s a good idea. I think giving a longer, So licenses are dated for December 11th. Things get busy. So the deadline will be the fifth. Can we vote on that? May 11th? I may the fourth. Which licenses

23:49 You can I just have to change all the letters before they go out. I’ve already changed. Oh, okay. You, they just are usually that second Wednesday. Um, Would it, we can I, um, so are the, are the, are we, are all of us available on, um,

24:08 dec Uh, sorry. So we have our regularly scheduled meeting on the 13th of November, then we run into Thanksgiving and in, in lieu of December 11th and 25th, we push our meetings to the fourth and 18th just for December. Does that make sense for folks? Yeah. I mean, we’re missing two to find out, but typically I think you just have the two meetings and meet if necessary. But if we think we’re gonna have things to do, we, So I think that the suggestion is just not have the November meeting and keep the December schedule the same. Yeah. We, and we can schedule a special meeting if, if there’s some matters that need to be Handled in November, we’re not gonna meet on the 13th.

24:54 No, she, I think she’s saying skip the, the 27th. Okay. Oh, and just keep it on the 11th Then if we need a special I see what you’re saying. Yep. Okay. That’s fine. That makes sense. Okay. So, um, so Just ignore everything we talked about and go back to the regular Well, we’re not gonna meet on the 27th, so we’ll have one meeting in November unless, unless we need, it’ll be the 13th. So for the issue at hand, it would look to vote for the appointments of this committee on the 11th. Right. So we could have them do letters of interest in by the fifth December 5th. Right. Yeah. And then that gives time for us to know what they are and Perfect. Kyle can send out those letters and can look up before a meeting. Yeah, that’s, that’s ample. Very Ample amplified. Okay. So the deadline to submit letters of interest

25:40 for the capital planning committee thank you for following along will be December 5th. And we will have tentative, depending on response, we’ll have interviews on our meeting on December 11th. Okay. Sounds great. All right. I think that covers that. And then, um, oh, we have a, um, A CZM grant, a contract, um, here, and I’ll let, so this is, um, a contract. Uh, it’s through the Coastal Resiliency Grant program in collaboration with Salem Sound Coast Watch and Engineering consultants to perform site specific analysis of coastal flood risk, um, at town on properties and infrastructure in the State Street landing area. Um, and then I’ll just like add Thatcher,

26:27 if you wanna add any detail to this. So This is the grant I and my update Right. One of the, the grants in the update, and again, this is the one that, uh, according to our information, is not impacted by the MBTA zoning. So, okay, good. We seem to be clear on this. So this is to, um, uh, sign the contract, um, to, to implement the, the use of the grant. Okay. Is this diff was this not covered in the you? I don’t you, this was before your time, but the Woods Hole Group did their flood risk analysis. Didn’t they do that area too? Or we just like updating that. So there’s the whole harbor plan. The, the overall there was a hazard plan, a harbor plan, and then Woods Hole, at least when I came aboard, was working on the, the, the other portion

27:13 of the Harbor project, the commercial street area. Okay. So it’s just down there. Well, I think They did a close coastal flooding survey. Right. So basically that was the basis of a lot, a lot of, of the Resilience. The larger, ‘cause it’s some modeling too, right? They did, yes. Yeah. Right. So we have an overall harbor uh, resiliency plan. Right. And then what, so that, that was completed and then we are implementing components of it at a time. So the commercial street area was the first one. Uh, the, the park is boatyard that whole area. And this is the start of the next component in the area of the, the Harbor Master and State Street wharf. Yeah. So State Street landing specific flood mitigation strategies for that area.

27:59 Yep. Okay. So, yep.

28:03 Um, are we ready for a motion? Okay. Um, so we need a motion, um, to accept the award between the town and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs for the State Street Landing and Harbormaster Harbormaster slash Tucker Wharf Resilience Project in the amount of $210,502. And to authorize the chair to sign on behalf of the board. So moved. Second. All in favor. That’s really great. Great. Excellent. Okay. And I mean, amazingly that brings us to the end of our meeting. We have just select board announcements and I will, um, open it to the board for any announcements. Awesome. Well, I, I’d like just to mention, uh,

28:48 Madam Chair that, uh, you know, with the anniversary of Gaza and the recent, uh, anti-Semitic graffiti down at the, uh, you know, down at Seaside, uh, park, the, the rabbis and the Lane Hezlet in in particular, who’s the, you know, chair of the task force against discrimination has, you know, expressed some real concerns around the, the, the tenseness, uh, especially over the festival of ku. That’s been, you know, that’s been very palpable. And, you know, I just responded to Hela and, and the rabbis in a letter and I thought I’d just read the letter. I know, I know. It expresses, you know, I think our sentiment and I said, dear Elaine, despite the brutal realities of, uh, befalling Israel, Israelis Gazen, and Lebanese af and, and the Lebanese,

29:33 after one year, I pray that Israel’s military victory will lead to an enduring peace in the region in which the US must be the major and hopefully wise sponsor. There is reason to hope, despite the obvious global and local efforts to permission hate against the Jewish people, that we will be successful in fighting this malevolence. And ultimately that our own people in the US especially our youth, will recognize and abandon the divisiveness based on politicized group identities and regain the orienting clarity of goal of core ideals based in faiths practiced in freedom and tolerance, which look upward to some form of love of God rabbis as you’ve done for thousands of years. I also pray that our Jewish community can find joy this year in Simchat Torah

30:20 and the Assembly Day of Soka, the constancy of the Jewish faith inspires all of us, the leading example for all faith faiths, which we believe collectively undergirds our American civilization and form of government, including heads. So this is also accompanied with, uh, the Chief’s, uh, efforts to, you know, to address the particular, the, the, the particular incident, uh, down at Seaside Park. And I gather that the cameras are, are back down there. Chief, if I could ask you Cameras. Yeah, yeah. Thank, yeah, if you could give us an update, that’d be great.

31:04 So, um, the cameras, uh, our backup at Seaside. So, um, last year we applied for a grant through, um, the, it’s it’s Vene grant through the Department of Justice. Part of the nexus of the grant application was, uh, to deter, identify and address incidents around antisemitic and hateful graffiti. And ironically enough, we had had it in that area around the start of school, sometimes activity ticks up in that back area. Um, we did move it ‘cause it’s mobile, it’s solar powered to assist with our effort efforts up at Community Road for the high holidays. Hmm. Um, and unfortunately within two days, uh, it was victimized. Um, so, you know, we have it back there. It is a deterrent, um, to reminder that we are still facing,

31:51 um, young or old that are, are, um, you know, using, uh, graffiti as a, as a form of hate in town. We continue to investigate it. Unfortunately, we don’t have any, uh, leads. It’s a, it’s a difficult one, but it, um, it speaks to even a, a broader, uh, effort that we’re doing. Um, and you know, it might be something that when we entertain cameras around the town, which we have in different spots already, just some of these are natural deterrent effects, but it’s a much bigger issue in terms of how we’re addressing it. So, um, you know, hopefully we can break through on that. Thank you Chief. Thank you. Thank you. Um, and I would, uh, just like to note that, uh, this October is domestic violence month.

32:37 Um, this domestic violence month of observance evolved from the day of Unity held in October, 1981 and was conceived by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The Day of Unity expanded to a week long event. And in October, 1987, the first National Domestic Violence Awareness month was observed. In 1989, Congress officially designated October National Domestic Violence Awareness months. And, um, we’ll just add for on behalf of Chief King that as a community we officially recognize domestic violence month as a way to show support to those who have been victims in the past, are in abusive relationships now, and ultimately provide a reassurance they’re safe and supported to come forward if they haven’t already. Thank you. Alright, I think

33:24 that brings us to the end of our meeting. We’re ready to adjourn. Can we have a motion to adjourn? So, so moved Madam Chair. Okay. All in favor? Okay. Thank you.