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Call to Order 00:00:00
Minutes 00:00:21
Lt. Sean Soper Resolution 00:01:20
Vacant Selectboard Seat 00:06:29
Rec. Space Lease 00:10:11
Park Donation/Naming Policy 00:13:15
Motor Vehicle & Traffic Amendments 00:30:08
FY23 User Fees & Charges 00:34:30
Public Works Solar Panel Purchase 00:36:28
Energy & Comm. Development Update 01:04:15
Dorothy Alling Library Update 01:18:20
FY24 Budget Review - Library 01:33:04
FY24 Budget Review - Outside Svcs. 02:16:45
FY24 Budget Review - Fire Dept. 01:41:11
FY24 Budget Review - Revenue Budget 02:21:37
CUD Rep. 02:37:51
Manager's Report 02:39:33
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A
C
D
D
And
Pastry
mm-hmm
hearing
no
corrections
to
that
were
to
be
made
almost
in
favor
of
the
month,
so
December
6
2022,
say
hi
hi
hi
are
you
opposed?
Next?
Is
public
comment
if
there
anyone
in
the
room
who
likes
to
admissions
to
make
any
public
comment
and
anyone
on
Zoom
who
wishes
to
make
any
public
account?
D
No
one
on
Zoom
Terry,
all
right,
so
it'll
go
directly
to
our
first
really
item
of
business
and
that's
a
resolution
thanking
fire,
the
patch
Sean
Soper
for
his
service,
and
we
have
the
following
resolution
to
adopt
tonight.
Whereas
Sean
Soper
became
a
career
member
of
the
Williston
fire
department
on
August,
28
2006
and
served
in
the
rank
of
Lieutenant
following
promotion
on
February
24th
2014.
D
and
whereas
on
November
16,
2022
litanas
over
retired,
from
the
Department
having
served
the
community
of
Williston
for
over
16
years
and
whereas
the
Senate
sober
throughout
his
career,
exemplified
the
mission
of
Williston
fire
to
provide
fire
and
EMS
services
and
care
to
the
community.
And
whereas
the
dedication
of
Lieutenant
Soper
to
serve
the
community
in
all
hours
of
the
day
and
night
by
answering
the
Call
for
Duty
and
service
cannot
be
understated
and
whereas
Lieutenant
sober
served
as
mentor
to
his
fellow
members
of
the
department
sharing
his
experience,
insight
and
wisdom.
D
D
So
we
will
have
a
signed
document
for
you
that
Eric
will
have
framed
and
we
will
be
presented
to
you
at
a
later
date.
So,
on
behalf
of
the
select
board,
we
really
appreciate
all
of
your
efforts,
all
your
work
over
the
16
years
and
serving
the
community
and
anyone
wishes
to
make
any
statements
Chief
make
any
statements
tonight.
C
He's
not
one
for
Fanfare
and
that's
been
his
Mo
since
I've
known
him,
I
know
he's
more
uncomfortable
sitting
here
than
he's
sitting
in
the
right
front
seat
of
a
fire
engine
willing
to
call
which
says
something
about
his
character
right,
a
very
humble
person,
but
but
since
my
tenure
here
and
before
that
Sean's
just
the
person
you
can
go
to
here's
my
problem,
can
you
fix
it?
Sean
knew
who
to
get
things
done
with
you
how
to
get
them
done.
C
If
you
have
your
contacts
in
in
whatever
Rolodex
you've
had
or
whatever
or
if
you
just
lived
here
whatever,
but
Sean
really
was
a
person
that
knew
how
the
station
needed
to
be
maintained,
and
he
took
a
lot
of
personal
pride
in
that
even
to
the
point
where
I
would
come
in
and
I'd
find
Sean
doing.
The
the
small
tax
like
I
had
to
remind
him
that
he
has
firefighters
that
were
under
him,
it's
okay.
C
He
has
to
do
that,
but
he
wasn't
the
type
of
person
that
would
sit
back
and
ask
them
to
do
something
that
he
could
do
himself
and
that
Legacy
will
last
forever,
and
so
just
it's.
My
sincere
thanks
I
said
about
sincere
thanks.
I
hope
you
have
a
safe,
healthy
retirement.
I
know
that
you,
you
still
have
the
fire
within
you.
C
And
if
I
may
Mr
chair,
it
just
says.
As
a
personal
note,
we
issued
some
recognition
to
our
staff
last
night
with
a
locker
tag.
If
you,
if
you
know
the
station
you
come
in
and
we
had
some
paper
and
written,
some
were
as
fancy
as
you
know,
having
a
marker
on
them
and
not
even
paying
some
appear
to
be
drawn
by.
Maybe
some
children.
G
C
B
D
Thank
you
and
it's
only
fitting
that
his
shift
is
here
and
I'm
serving
tonight,
so
anyone
else
from
the
fire
department,
which
is
making
any
comments
tonight
a
little
shy.
Okay
again,
thank
you,
Lieutenant
for
all
of
your
service,
and
we
really
appreciate
it
appreciate
you
being
here
tonight
too.
Thank
you.
So
thank
you
truly
been
a
pleasure.
E
E
D
H
Yep,
as
Terry
mentioned,
there's
a
vacancy
on
the
board
following
a
recent
resignation
for
remaining
duration
of
a
three-year
term.
That
expires
in
March
of
2024.
article
14,
section
J
of
the
Town
Charter
States.
A
vacancy
on
the
select
board
shall
be
filled
by
a
majority
vote
of
the
remaining
board
set
appointment
to
run
until
the
next
annual
town
meeting,
at
which
an
election
shall
be
warned
to
fill
the
unexpired
term
staff
seeking
direction
from
the
board.
H
Whether
I
would
wish
to
consider
interviewing
and
appointing
a
member
of
the
public
to
fill
the
vacancy
until
town
meeting
day
2023
or
operating
as
a
four-member
board.
Tell
town
meeting
when
a
question
can
be
placed
on
the
ballot
to
elect
you.
The
select
board,
a
new
member
for
the
remainder
of
the
unexpired
term
until
March
2024.
D
Yeah,
thank
you.
So,
as
you
may
remember,
the
last
time
we've
made
an
appointment
was
when
Joy
lamoge
resigned
about
two
weeks
before
the
town
meeting.
So
we
really
didn't
have
an
opportunity
to
appoint
anyone
at
that
point
and
since
an
election
couldn't
be
held
because
it
was
so
close
to
town
meeting,
we
did
make
an
appointment
and
we
had
read
it
to
that.
D
After
with
I
think
we
had
11
candidates
at
that
time
and
did
a
narrowed
the
field
down
to
10,
to
5
and
then
had
interviews
so
I
put
the
other
sort
of
a
timeline
if
we
were
to
try
to
appoint
someone
for
the
vacant
seat.
So
if
we
were
to
start
advertising,
let's
say
on
the
the
27th
of
December
and
have
the
the
people
who
are
interested
put
their
applications
in
by
say,
January
9th
I.
Think
it's
about
two
weeks
time
for
them
to
do
that.
D
If
we
were
able
to
then
start
interviewing
either
on
the
17th
or
the
24th,
or
maybe
both
dependent
on
the
number
of
people
who
applied,
there's
a
possibility,
we
could
appoint
somebody
on
the
17th
or
the
24th,
but
that
is
only
five
or
six
weeks
before
town
meeting
and
we
will.
We
would
essentially
be
at
the
very
tail
end
of
the
budget
discussions
and
with
the
election
coming
up.
This
would
well
with
the
resignation
occurring
now.
D
G
D
H
H
Yeah
I've
said
back
to
them
the
end
of
last
week.
They
were,
they
were
reviewing
it,
so
I'm
going
to
hear
back
from
them
if
they
have
any
want
to
discuss
any
of
those
edits.
Further
and
I
could
confirm
the
town
attorney
if
they
don't
want
to
accept
all
the
edits
to
kind
of
find
something
he
finds
acceptable
in
the
town's
best
interest.
If
that
were
the
case,.
I
H
I'd
say
for
the
most
part,
you
know
getting
our
additional
legal
review
just
to
make
sure
our
interests
are
are
supported
here,
but
nothing
that
struck
Us
in
going
through
it,
as
as
major
holdups
I
would
anticipate,
but
just
some
things
that
would
make
the
terms
of
the
least
we
feel
a
little
more
advantageous
for
the
town.
At
this
point,
okay,.
I
J
D
H
We
also
have
in
your
packet
looking
at
facility
use
policy
and
with
the
addition
of
the
indoor
space,
there's
been
some
language
added
there,
and
it
also
has
some
Financial
components
and
looking
at
the
history
here,
I'm
not
con
I,
don't
believe
the
select
board
is
reviewed.
The
facility
use
policy
in
the
past
I
thought
it'd
be
appropriate
for
the
board
to.
G
H
H
On
on
this
recreation
parks,
committees
reviewed
it
in
the
past
and,
given
that
it's
a
new
offering
for
an
indoor
space,
I
thought
it'd
be
appropriate
for
the
board
to
take
a
look
at
it
this
evening
and
provide
staff
with
Direction
how
you
want
to
perceive
this
policy
document
moving
forward
so,
but
we'll
take
everything
from
Todd
this
evening.
There's
no
initial
questions
asked
to
walk
in
the
recreation
parks
committee
have
been
working
on
here.
K
And
I'll
just
say
that
we've
always
had
parked
Park
donations,
and
this
is
just
putting
something
formally
to
that.
So
if
somebody
wanted
to
do
a
memorial
bench,
you
know
we
we
had
the
price
of
the
bench
and
they
got
the
memorial.
We
checked
it
all
out.
It's
all
in
here
now
and
on.
The
fourth
page
is
a
request
form.
So
we
can
actually
have
something
in
writing
and
file
it
away
and
keep
it
so
we're
making
this
more
of
a.
K
Something
tangible
to
have,
rather
than
just
us,
in
the
department
doing
it,
and
then
the
naming
policy
piece
came
up
with
the
hopes
that
building
out
Allen
Brook,
we
would
have
people
wanting
to
say:
hey,
I'd
love,
to
build
a
pavilion
for
you
and
such
such
a
person's
name,
and
we
just
needed
a
way
to
vent
that
out
and
figure
it
out
and
make
sure
it
was
appropriate
and
stuff.
But
if
somebody
wants
to
build
an
amenity
in
a
park,
that's
a
great
thing
we're
you
know
not
costing
the
taxpayers
money.
I
Is
there
criteria
for
what
types
of
Park
amenities
or
improvements
they
can
make
donations
regarding
and
and
I'm
thinking
back
to?
It
probably
was
before
your
time
there
was
somebody
who
wanted
to
donate
a
scoreboard
seems
innocuous
enough,
but
it
actually
raised
some
questions
because
of
the
sponsor
and
what
the
sponsor
you
know,
whatever
the
right
word
is
product
was
what
it
was.
You
know
the
sponsor
did,
and
so
I'm
I'm
just
wondering
if
this
addresses
those
type
issues.
K
Yeah
so
in
here
on
page
three
there's
some
general
criteria:
donations
must
be
compatible
I'm,
just
paraphrase
in
areas
not
covered
by
the
master
plan
so
like.
If
we
have
plans
for
something
in
a
park,
you
know
a
scoreboard
is
not
a
plan,
so
that
could
do
that
age
and
anticipated
maintenance
requirements
and
then
there's
specific
criteria
of
Memorial,
plaques
cash
donation
structures,
site
Furnishing
plants
or
trees
and
artwork.
So
it
kind
of
spells
that
out
and
everything
gives
us
a
right
to
say
yes
or
no
to
things
and
one
other
piece
in
here.
K
It
says
that
the
person
has
to
come
to
us
first
of
all
with
their
idea
and
then,
if
we
say
hey,
that's
a
great
idea,
then
we're
giving
this
them
this
form.
And
then
this
form
spells
everything
out
and
kind
of.
It
makes
that
that
hard,
tangible
item
that
we
have
and
we
can
build
off
from
there.
So
we
do
have
yes.
If,
if
it's
not
appropriate
I
think
do
we
have
some
things
in
here
too,
that
you
know
they
can't
support
tobacco
or
marijuana
or
or
those
types
of
things
as
well.
I
H
K
K
You
know
the
reasons
why
and
and
why
not
for
us
and
and
that
and
that
kind
of
thing
and
making
I
I,
don't
know
how
you
would
deal
with
it,
but
as
a
select
board
saying
yes
or
no
to
you,
know
the
advice
of
the
recreation
and
parks
committee,
my
advice
and
then
yours,
ultimately,
okay
and
again,
since
this
is
a
town
policy
that
reaches
up
to
up
to
this
level.
Okay,.
D
K
So
this
was
fields
and
facility
use
policy
and
it
was
and
a
very
different
than
what
you're
seeing
here
in
the
past
and
what
it
was
was
we're
reserving
renting
out
field
space
and
so
put
together
a
policy
and
had
all
the
rules
and
everything
else
with
the
rental
facility
as
a
possibility
wanted
to
change
this
to
facility
use
policy
and
fee
schedule.
So
we
could
add
that
piece
in
here,
so
it
became
more
of
a
general
of
all
facilities
that
Wilson
recreation
parks
overseas
and
would
be
overseeing
to
develop
this
policy.
K
So
it's
it's
more
in
general
and
then
rules
for
the
fields
are
on
the
permit
application
and
will
also
be
on
the
permit,
and
rules
for
the
rental
facility
would
be
in
those
places
as
well.
And
then
we
have
a
special
events
permit,
which
are
Advanced,
I,
shouldn't,
say
specialized
events
other
than
Athletics
that
happen
in
parks
that
we
manage
compared
to
special
events
that
are
happening
within
the
town
and
that
has
its
own
set
of
rules.
H
I
K
I
B
K
K
You
don't
have
to
mow
a
court,
you
don't
have
to
line
a
cord,
you
don't
have
to
fertilize
the
court.
So
pretty
much.
We
put
up
the
Nets
on
the
courts
and
that's
it
for
the
town.
We
put
them
up
in
the
beginning
of
the
Season.
We
take
them
down
at
the
end
of
the
season
and
that's
pretty
much
the
extent
of
if
the
the
court
maintenance.
K
So
that's
why
they
do
cost
more,
and
you
notice
that
the
baseball
softball
field
is
less
than
the
multi-purpose
field
and
that's
because
we
don't
line
the
infield,
that's
the
batter's
box
and
the
lines
to
first
and
third.
If
we
line
those
where
we're
set
up
and
Manpower
that
we
have,
it
would
be
hours
before
it
would
be
used,
so
it
would
get
ruined.
So
it's
easier
for
the
the
teams
to
line
those
fields
just
before
their
games,
and
that
is
built
into
the
time
but
they're
not
charged
for
that
time.
So.
K
I
I
do
before
we
set
these
I
do
look
at
what
is
out
there.
Sometimes
I'll
send
out
an
email
just
asking
in
general
what
everybody
is
charging
and
stuff
like
that
and
we're
still
you
could.
You
may
find
another
place,
that's
thirty
dollars,
but
they
don't
lie
in
the
fields
where
we're
thirty
dollars
in
line
in
the
field,
so
I
would
say
we're
still
pretty
much
the
cheapest
around
I.
Don't.
K
The
other
thing
that
we
did
too
was
on
on
this
fee
schedule.
Now
that
you're
focused
on
it,
there
used
to
be
two
feeds,
a
resident
and
a
non-resident,
and
we
went
to
just
one
fee,
because
teams
are
coming
with
residents
and
non-residents
on
a
team.
That's
playing
so
rather
than
and
a
resident
fee
was
say
under
the
soccer
fields,
25
and
a
non-resident
was
35.
So
we
took
the
middle
of
the
road
and
increased
our
fees
this
year
by
five
dollars
on
all
those.
K
I
K
Yeah
non-profits,
you
know
they're
trying
to
make
money
for
themselves,
so
you
take
the
American
Cancer
Association
if
they
wanted
to
run
we're
trying
to
recoup
some
of
that
back
without
taking
all
of
their
money
which
they're
they're
raising
for
a
good
cause,
sometimes
I'll
say
to
them
name
us
as
a
sponsor
and
we're
not
charging
anything.
If
it's
a
for-profit,
they're
out
they're
doing
a
run
and
they're,
you
know
making
money
for
a
profit
organization.
K
I
H
K
This
is
allowing
that,
if,
if,
if
baseball
organization
and
during
the
hit-a-thon
wanted
to
bring
in
some
vendors,
we're
just
looking
to
protect
ourselves
and
know
what
they're
doing
right
so
I'm,
not
that
they're
going
to,
but
if
they
were
all
of
a
sudden
offering
alcohol
we'd
go
put
the
brakes
on
yeah,
you
know
we
don't
allow
that
or
you
got
to
go
through
this
process
to
make
that
allowable
I
I,
don't
foresee
any
Recreation
program
offering
alcohol
in
its
Parks
type
of
thing.
It's.
H
D
D
H
H
Back
in
October,
first
reading
of
proposed
amendments
to
the
town's
motor
vehicle
and
traffic
ordinance,
and
at
that
meeting,
the
board
had
a
few
questions.
First,
had
consensus
to
proceed
with
the
ordinance
amendment
process
and
then
had
a
few
questions
for
staff
to
follow
up
on.
So
we
worked
on
that
I
put
a
memo
together
for
the
board
and
also
included
the
redline
ordinance
as
it
stands.
H
H
So
the
first
piece
was
Article
5,
subsection
d,
the
board
inquired
whether
sun
and
cell
read
should
be
stricken
or
remain
in
the
ordinance,
and
it
said
no
vehicle
will
be
driven
at
speeds
at
a
reasonable
person
will
believe
to
be
too
fast
for
existing
road
conditions
per
the
board's.
Direction
I
consulted
with
a
town
attorney
on
on
this
phrasing.
I
shared
with
you
via
email,
the
town,
attorney's
opinion
on
on
that
section
of
the
ordinance
and
the
town
attorney's
recommended
that
that
remain
in
the
ornament.
H
That
one
then
article
9,
subsection,
C,
there's
inquiry
about
including
class
four
roads
and
the
sections
for
the
list
of
prohibitions
for
through
truck
traffic.
I
looked
at
our
class
forward
roads
listing
with
Public
Works
director
Bruce,
the
town
has
a
small
number
of
class
four
Road
sections.
Most
of
these
are
either
unpassable
or
don't
connect
anywhere.
We
don't
anticipate
an
issue
with
a
truck
becoming
stuck
on
a
class
for
Road
section
of
given
the
nature
and
locations
of
these
limited
Road
segments
staff
suggesting
is
to
not
amend
the
ordinance
any
further.
H
That
was
the
poorest
discussion
that
evening
and
then
article
11
section
11.02.
This
included
the
Towing
and
storage
fees,
the
ordinance
authorized,
setting
these
fees
and
after
further
discussions,
staff
suggesting
that
of
instead
of
putting
these
in
the
ordinance
amending
your
annual
fee
schedule
to
set
these
fees
and
that
could
be
part
of
the
June
revisions.
Every
year
saying
the
feast
goes
before
the
fiscal
year
provides
you
more
flexibility
to
change
them
outside
of
warning
ordinance.
H
G
H
H
So,
as
I
mentioned,
if
the
board
like
to
pull
this
separate
from
the
ordinance
and
amend
your
fee
schedule,
the
suggestion
from
staff
is
establishing
an
FY
23
Towing
fee
of
125
per
tow,
a
storage
fee
of
35
dollars
per
day,
beginning
on
the
day
of
the
tow.
These
fees
were
assembled
after
Consulting
rates
in
the
area
by
staff.
The
storage
fee
for
towed
vehicles
generally
Begins
the
day
of
the
tow,
but
it
can
be
dependent
on
the
company
and
charging.
These
fees
are
a
means
for
the
town
to
recoup
its
cost.
G
F
D
I'm
sorry,
discussion
about
the
motion
hearing
none
of
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
to
say
aye,
aye
aye
any
opposed
all
right
so
moving
on
and
to
the
Public
Works
facility,
solar
panel
purchase
option
and
Eric.
You
can
lean
off
the
with
the
discussion.
We
have
Melinda
here
and
I.
Think
Jeff
forwarded
as
well.
Both
come
up
to
the
table.
Yep.
H
H
H
H
We
have
about
a
hundred
and
thirty
two
thousand
dollars
in
unspent
bond
proceeds
from
when
the
Public
Works
facility
was
built.
Those
are
proceeds
that
we
need
to
spend
if
the
board
wanted
to
move
forward
with
exercises,
option
and
purchasing
the
solar
panels,
those
unspent
Bond
proceeds
could
be
the
source
of
funding
to
make
that
purchase
and
Consulting
with
the
town
attorney.
It's
it's
most
likely
to
do
that.
You
would
need
to
warn
a
question
for
town
meeting
coming
up
in
March.
H
Looking
at
this
and
they'll
walk
that
through
the
board
kind
of
what
the
what
the
numbers
look
like
and
some
things
for
the
board
to
think
about
when
it
comes
down
to
risk
here,
the
energy
committees
looked
at
this
with
Melinda.
An
energy
committee
is
recommending
the
exercising
the
option
and
moving
forward
with
the
purchase,
but
I'll
I
think
I'll
turn
it
over
to
Belinda
and
Jeff
to
walk
through
this
for
for
the
board
and
certainly
have
a
lot
of
pieces
to
it.
So.
L
B
B
B
B
The
the
other
main
component
are
inverters
and
they
have
a
warranty
of
either
12
or
15
years.
I,
don't
exactly
recall
which
but
they're
still
well
within
the
warranty
period.
So
mostly
what
you
do
with
a
for
annual
operation
and
maintenance,
is
you
monitor
the
system
to
make
sure
that
it's
working
correctly?
That's
not
hard
to
do
the
you?
B
I
I
think
you
could
easily
do
this
in
one
and
if
you
really
wanted
to
do
it,
you
know
maybe
two
days
of
of
being
on
site
to
to
check
all
of
the
equipment
and,
frankly,
I,
don't
even
think
it's
it's
it
that's
needed.
So,
in
addition
to
that
annual
maintenance,
I
talked
to
the
Vermont
leagues
of
cities
in
town
is
here
here
insurer
and
they
gave
me
a
quote
of
an
extra
300
a
year
for
your
property
insurance
on
the
building.
B
So
that
was
the
operation
maintenance
assumptions
that
I
that
I
used
in
the
analysis,
the
other
big
number
is.
We
asked
for
a
quote
on
what
it
would
cost
to
take
the
panels
off
and
put
them
back
on.
If
you
had
to
replace
the
roof,
it's
a
membrane
roof.
They
typically
have
a
warranty
of
20
years.
They
can
last
longer
or
shorter,
but
that's
typically
what
the
warranty
period
is,
and
that's
a
that's
a
you
know,
I
think
it's
an
appropriate
thing
to
use,
as
in
an
analysis
is
figuring.
B
B
Frankly,
maybe
you
know
maybe
that
wouldn't
be
what
you'd
want
to
do,
but
what's
year,
20
is
another
13
years
from
now.
My
guess
is
that
you'll
have
different
decisions
to
make
at
that
time.
You
know
if
you
have
to
take
the
panels
off
at
that
time
to
replace
the
roof
you
may
or
may
not
put
them
back
on.
B
It
was
a
three
percent
inflation
rate
you
know
used
back
in
2016
was
two
and
a
half,
and
that
was
based
on
historical
numbers.
You
know,
I
did
look
back
in
in
2016,
I
looked
back
over
20
or
25
years
in,
like
electric
rates
are
somewhere
around
two
two
and
a
half
percent,
something
like
that,
as
well
as
the
general
inflation.
This
time,
I
used.
Three
percent
and
I
also
did
it
at
five
percent.
B
It
looks
to
me
that
the
worst
you
could
do
if
you
bought
the
system
is
about
the
same
as
what
you're
getting
now
a
little
bit
a
little
bit
better,
but
about
the
same,
our
return
over
that
period
of
time,
and
if
you
chose
any
other
assumption,
if
you
chose
to
do
some
of
that
operation
and
maintenance
and
monitoring
and
evaluating,
if
you
did
it
any
other
way,
then
and
then
to
hire.
You
know
an
outside
contractor
to
do
that.
H
I
I
We
had
a
little
bit
of
trouble
understanding
when
I'm
looking
at
the
projected
expenses
for
remove
the
panels
and
inverter
replacements
were
there
are
two
numbers
are
listed
up
above
132
for
the
removed
panels,
132k
and
11
3
for
the
inverter
replacement,
but
then
down
below
it's
it's
that
adjusted
for
inflation.
Yes,.
B
B
Yeah
I
think
it
is,
you
know,
I
think
you,
you
know,
I
I!
Think,
to
my
mind,
it's
it's
a
it's
a
matter
of
risk.
If
you
do
nothing,
then
you
know
you,
you
have
a
pretty
predictable
rate
of
return,
but
it's
not
a
lot.
It's
like
twenty
five
hundred
dollars
a
year.
It's
ten
percent
of
the
value
of
the
electricity
that's
coming
out
and
you
have
the
opportunity
of
of
bumping
that
if
you
buy
it
outright,
you'll
be
you'll.
B
You'll
have
a
more
like
a
20
25
000
a
year
return
almost
yeah.
Almost
you
know
over
the
life
of
the
system.
You
know
so
there's
a
there's,
a
variety
of
ways.
You
could
look
at
that.
If,
if
you're,
you
could
look
at
it
as
a
if
you
invest
125
000
in
five
years,
you
you
know
you
break
even
and
and
the
the
system
could
have
a
life
of,
he
could
have
a
life
of
50
years.
You
know,
there's
their
solar
plant
panels
that
just
went
out
of
the
solar
system.
B
I
G
B
Would
be
my
recommendation,
you
know
in
part
because
when,
when
you
when
this
was
originally
put
on
the
the
net
metering
rules
that
that
what
creates
the
the
return
on
the
the
kilowatt
hours
that
are
produced
was
considerably
different,
the
Public
Utilities
Commission
has
backed
off
on
its
enthusiasm
for
net
metering
and
they
they've
really
ratcheted
it
down
the
rate.
At
the
time
you
had
net
metering.
The
concept
is
a
retail
rate
for
the
electricity
that's
produced
on
from
your
system.
B
The
reason
it's
called
net,
you
get
it's
it's
like
running,
your
need,
your
meter
backwards.
Sort
of
you
know
it's
an
accounting
exercise,
but
it
sort
of
works
that
way
at
the
time.
In
addition
to
the
retail
rate,
they
added
a
four
percent
Adder
that,
in
addition
to
the
retail
rate,
to
encourage
more
people
to
do
this
net
metering
stuff-
and
it
worked
it's
it's
worked
quite
well.
It
was
probably
the
most
effects,
effective,
renewable
energy
policy
that
we've
had.
B
I
D
L
Yeah
and
the
energy
committee,
that's
their
recommendation
as
well,
because
buying
purchasing
the
array
helps.
It
helps
the
town
achieve
its
energy
goals
at
relatively
low
risk
and
gives
the
town
more
a
little
more
flexibility
around
when
it
it
comes
time
to
replace
the
roof
and
having
some
options
about.
L
You
know
whether
you
want
to
replace
it
with
a
new
system
or
just
take
it
down
and
not
replace
it,
and
just
just
allows
more
flexibility
for
that,
and
just
just
the
energy
committee
feels
strongly
that
the
town
should
be
leading
by
example.
In
you
know,
trying
to
increase
the
amount
of
renewable
energy
generated
in
the
town.
D
G
I
H
The
the
piece
with
this,
if
you
wanted
to
use
the
unspent
bond
proceeds,
if
you
know
that's
a
separate
action
or
question
for
the
voters,
so
that's
a
pool
of
money
that
needs
to
be
allocated.
So
if,
if
it
were
something
that
those
funds
were
utilized,
it
would
I
would
viewed
as
outside
of
the
year's
budget.
H
B
I
think
you
purchased
it
in
October
right,
it's
my
recollection.
So
you
know
when
you
when
you're
talking
2023,
you
know
I'm
thinking,
October
2023
is
when
your
opportunity
will
will
be
okay,
it
it
all
it's
all
relative,
whether
whichever
year,
you
know
it's
that's
worse
year.
Seven
is
because
in
20,
October
2023
I
think
it.
B
B
He
he
mentioned
that
the
the
Public
Works
building
when
you
built
it,
came
in
under
budget
and
that
there
was
money
left
over
from
that,
and
that
was
you
know
one
of
the
consider
I
don't
know
if
that's
the
bond
proceeds
that
you
have,
but
it
makes
a
certain
amount
of
sense.
I
think
you
I
think
what
he
said
at
the
time
is
to
have
a
hard
time
spending
that,
on
things
other
than
that
are
not
related
to
that
building
in
some
fashion.
So
this
is
related
to
that
building
and
I.
H
Anyways
Terry
I
just
had
a
question
for
Jeff
Jeff
forward
with
the
net
metering
credits.
We've
essentially
applied
them
to
our
GMP
bills
today
and
thinking
about
the
cash
flow
here
where,
if
that's
always
the
case
to
you,
know
we're
decreasing
our
bill
cost
with
the
net
metering
rules.
Is
there
a
way
to
you
know
receive
that
more
cash
in
hand
versus
just
decreasing
your
bill.
B
No,
so
the
way
that
the
the
net
metering
credits
are
monetized
is
they're
good
for
a
year,
they're
good
for
12
months.
If
you
accrue
war
and
on
any
individual
account.
Actually,
if
you
accrue
more
net
metering
credits
than
you
use,
you
know
consume
and
electricity,
you
get
a
you
get
a
bang.
You
know
you
get
a
essentially
what
would
have
been
a
negative
bill
and
those
can
build
up
for
a
year,
but
you've
got
to
have
a
positive
Bill
within
a
year.
B
B
You
know
water
pumps,
who
you
know
the
wastewater
treatment
plants
use
a
lot
of
electricity,
so
you
know
it
is
worth
looking
at.
It
certainly
was
in
Peck's
best
interest
to
look
at
that,
but
you
know
you
should
be
looking
at
your
bills
and
seeing
it
that
you
know
you,
don't
you
don't
build
up
too
much
of
a
bank
that
you
can't
use
up.
B
Solar
produces
a
like.
It
produces
three
quarters
of
its
energy
during
the
sum
that's
the
fall
in
the
summer
and
in
the
in
the
the
winter
months
so
six
months
during
the
winter,
it
only
produces
about
a
quarter
of
its
output.
So
what
tends
to
happen
is
in
the
summertime
you
over
produce.
Then
you
have
credits
and
then
in
the
wintertime
you
catch
back
up.
H
Essentially,
what
happens
here
is
we,
you
know
we
get
billed
for
our
power
use
and
then
we
get
the
bill
reduced
by
these
credits
that
are
produced
so
just
trying
to
keep
in
mind
if
the
cash
flow
aspect,
whether
it's
the
town's,
not
getting
a
check
every
month
with
with
this
amount
of
money.
So
it's
it's
savings
on
the
utility
bill
so
to
monetize
that
we
would
just
have
to
think
about
that
and
account
for
it
for
for
the
value
over.
B
I
B
L
I
That
raises
an
interesting
question:
I,
don't
know
where
I'm
going
with
this
question,
but
some
of
those
pumps
that
we,
you
know
are
used
electricity
for
are
under
Enterprise
accounts
because
they're,
water
or
Wastewater
Department,
you
know
versus
the
town,
which
is.
Is
there
any
any?
Is
there
anything
I
need
to
know
about
that,
or
is
that
just
a
non-issue?
That's.
H
I
H
D
B
Jeff,
how
do
you
find
being
on
the
select
board
in
Richmond?
What
was
the
fund
I?
Have
nothing
better
to
do.
I,
guess,
wow,
it's
surprising
it.
It
really
I've
been
involved
in
and
and
worked
with,
select
boards
and
school
boards.
A
long
time,
I
was
on
the
movement
and
I've
been
involved
in
town
politics
for
a
long
time
and
I'm
surprised
at
how
much
work
it
is.
It
really
is
it's
it's.
It's
daunting,
so
I'm
still
trying
to
catch
up
on.
So
it's
my
first
turn,
but.
G
H
H
H
You
know
we
had
some
transitions
in
the
department
as
we
we
promoted
Simon
miles
to
fill
a
conservation,
planner
position
and
we
hired
a
new
planning
technician,
Andrew
Plum
late
in
the
summer,
so
we
had
a
staff
member
sharing
duties,
so
the
last
couple
of
months
Melinda's
had
more
time
to
really
jump
into
her
new
role.
Here,
I
thought
it'd
be
a
good
time
for
the
board
to
just
hear
an
update
of
all
the
work
she's
been
doing
in
the
energy
front,
affordable
housing,
front
and
transportation.
L
L
Yeah
so
so
I
I
did
not
include
updates
on
Community
Development
activities.
I
anticipate,
probably
appearing
in
front
of
you
at
some
point
to
provide
that
update
on
Housing
and
Community
Development
work.
But
today
is
it's
just
focused
on
energy,
so
so,
basically,
I
have
been
since
mid-april
engage
in
Staffing
the
energy
committee
and
providing
guidance
for
their
role,
helping
them
develop
a
work
plan.
L
The
energy
committee
has
really
been
amazing
in
their
efforts.
They
have
largely
focused
on
community
outreach
in
the
first
six
months
of
this,
of
their
appointment
as
a
board.
They've
been
publishing
articles
in
the
Observer
monthly
articles
for
the
living
green
section,
they've
been
setting
up
a
table
at
Farmers
Market
several
times
last
summer
and
talking
to
people
there
and
they've
they've
been
participating
in
town
events
and
they
coordinated
williston's
first
EV
fest
last
October
1st,
which
was
a
real
success
with
over
75
people
attending
and
over.
G
L
People
with
their
electric
vehicles
there
to
share
information
with
people,
so
so
the
energy
committee
is
really.
You
know
the
really
engaging
the
community
and
they're
providing
a
lot
of
information.
They.
They
are
themselves
very
highly
educated
in
the
energy
field
and
just
extremely
bright
and
dedicated,
so
it's
I
feel
honored
to
be
working
with
them.
L
So
the
committee
has
developed
a
two-year
work
plan,
basically
reviewing
actions
in
the
energy
plan
and
prioritizing
those
according
to
what
I
would
call
a
ratio
of
effort
to
impact
so,
in
other
words,
just
really
choosing
those
actions
that
will
have
the
most
impact
for
the
lowest
amount
of
effort
as
the
low-hanging
fruit
and
prioritizing
those.
So
largely
that's
been
Outreach,
which
is
great
and
then
myself.
L
That's
provides
a
lot
of
information
on
Trends
over
time
and
energy
use
intensity.
So
I've
learned
a
lot
from
that
and
I
reviewed
the
2009-2010
energy
audits
for
the
town
buildings
and
I've
been
putting
together
information
as
far
as
what
retro
retrofits
have
been
done
in
those
buildings
and
how
they
track
with
those
audits.
L
The
town
has
been
doing
a
lot
to
implement
the
recommendations
in
those
audits
with
respect
to
the
town,
buildings
and
I
did
participate
in
a
walk
through
last
spring,
with
Efficiency
Vermont,
to
look
at
ways
that
the
town
could
save
energy
in
town
buildings
and
based
on
their
recommendations.
We
looked
at
a
lighting
plan
to
retrofit
Lighting
in
the
police
station,
the
fire
station
and
the
annex
and
got
an
estimate
from
a
local
contractor
to
do
that.
Work
that's
been
included
in
the
towns.
L
We
got
some
funding
through
Vermont
aot
to
conduct
a
feasibility
study
for
microtransit
service
in
Williston,
which
is
essentially
a
demand-based
service
of
smaller
vehicles
to
get
people
from
the
more
rural
areas
in
Williston
to
Taft
Corners,
where
the
fixed
route
bus
service
is
that
work
has
not
yet
begun.
We're
still
waiting
on
the
we're
still
waiting
to
see
a
grant
agreement
from
v-trans.
But
as
soon
as
we
have
it,
we
can
get
going
on
that.
L
You
know
that
includes
some
facilities
for
bike
storage
and
park
and
ride
and
we've
been
talking
with
GMT
during
this
process
and
they've
been
very
supportive
of
a
multimodal
hub
there
and
also
I,
want
to
say
so
we're
the
town
is
currently
kind
of
planning
for
an
upgrade
to
the
town
hall.
Parking
lot
and
I
think
there's
an
opportunity
there
to
really
use
that
parking
lot,
as
as
more
of
a
a
public
facility
for
to
incorporate
some
Park
and
Ride
spaces,
potentially
public
EV
charging
bike
storage
facilities.
L
L
The
Taft
Corners
form-based
code
supports
the
town
energy
goals
because
it
promotes
Energy
Efficiency
through
building
form
I.E
more
Building
stories.
More
dense
development
means
fewer
means,
fewer
exterior
walls.
It
also
means
more
units
more
dense
development,
mixed
uses,
so
that
people
live
near
where,
where
they
want
to
go
shopping
and
want
to
go,
do
stuff,
reduced
parking
requirements,
encourage
other
forms
of
transportation
and
the
goal
is
to
make
tough
Corners
a
a
place,
that's
Pleasant
to
walk
in,
and
that
will
also
encourage
other
forms
of
transportation.
L
Then
single
occupancy
vehicle
transportation
and
then
okay
I'll
try
to
speed
up
the
rest
of
this
because
I
know
you're
busy.
So
we
did
also
receive
a
small
fund,
a
small
Grant
from
Vermont
Council
on
Rural
Development
to
do
some
Outreach
regarding
the
ins,
the
inflation
reduction
Act
and
the
funding
that
will
be
made
available
through
that
for
enter
for
residential
energy
improvements.
L
So
the
hope
is
that
we
will
be
able
to
do
Outreach
to
the
most
energy
burdened.
Households
in
Williston
really
Target
that
that
Outreach
to
those
who
need
the
most
help
in
you
know
kind
of
making
their
homes
more
energy,
efficient
and
saving
money
on
their
energy
bills,
and
there
will
be
other
funding
opportunities
available
next
year.
There's
actually
quite
a
lot
of
funding
available.
So
our
job
will
be
to
figure
out
the
most
effective
way
to
use
that
money.
L
We
were
recently
notified
that
the
town
is
going
to
receive
seventy
five
thousand
dollars
in
direct
funding
from
the
Department
of
energy,
provided
that
we
submit
a
plan
that
meets
their
criteria
for
how
we're
going
to
use
that
money
to
further
our
energy
goals.
There's
quite
a
bit
of
flexibility
in
that
funding
and
there's
a
lot
of
potential
projects
that
it
could
be
used
for.
L
Grants
above
up
to
500
000
will
be
available
for
Approved
projects
for
weatherization
thermal
efficiency,
replacing
fossil
fuel
heating
systems
with
more
renewable,
efficient,
renewable
or
electric
heating
systems
in
town
buildings.
Because
note
that,
because
Williston
is
not
considered
an
energy
burdened
Community
overall
we're-
probably
not
it's
kind
of
a
long
shot
for
that
funding.
But
nonetheless
we'll
still
look
at
it
and
and
probably
apply
for
it.
L
So
the
state
has
done
an
analysis
town
by
town
of
energy
burden
and
essentially
what
that
means
is
that
a
town
is
considered
energy
burdened.
If
the
majority
of
residents
I
mean
I,
guess
what
they
did
is
they
consider
a
town
energy
burden
if
the
majority
of
residents
are
are
spending
more
than
a
certain
percentage
of
their
income
on
Heating
and
Cooling
and
transportation,
energy
and
I.
Think
Williston
was
ranked
as
like
one
of
the
lowest
energy
burden
communities
in
the
state
so
interesting.
D
And
we've
been
a
lot
in
a
short
period
of
time,
so
thank
you,
yeah
yeah!
Thank
you
all
right
and
we'll
move
on
to
the
Dorothy
Ellen
Memorial
Library
update
I'm,
looking
for
the
director
of
libraries,
Shane
Kearns
and
the
new
president
of
the
board,
charity
Clark.
So
welcome-
and
this
is
always
my
favorite
report
to
get
because
it's
everybody
always
upbeat,
and
so
many
brand
new
things
to
talk
about
so
take
it
away.
J
Thank
you.
I'm
charity,
Clark
I
was
recently
late
to
a
board
meeting
and
now
in
the
chair.
So
that's
why
I'm
here
tonight,
you
know
I
appreciate
Terry,
saying
what
a
pleasure
it
is
to
have
the
library
come
in
and
testify.
If
you
will
before
you,
because
you
can
imagine
what
a
pleasure
it
is
to
be
on
the
board,
we
all
of
us,
we
are
elected
members
to
five
year
terms
and
I
mean
I.
D
J
Use
the
libraries
so
often
to
help
with
parenting
and
I
see
other
parents
there
we're
so
fortunate
to
have
this
Library
really
as
one
of
the
hubs
of
our
community
in
the
village
I
think
it
probably
is
the
Hub
of
our
community.
One
thing
that
Jane
will
be
touching
on
is
that
we
of
course
live
in
a
growing
town.
It's
very
large
is
one
of
the
largest
towns
in
the
state,
and
we
have
a
pretty
small
Library,
considering
the
size
of
the
town
and
and
the
staff
is
incredible,
they're
creative.
J
They
use
the
tools
that
they
have
to
excellent
effect.
The
bookmobile
alone
is
it's
incredible.
The
program,
especially
during
the
pandemic,
but
even
still
getting
into
the
community
into
neighborhoods,
and
to
see
the
Senior
Communities
folks
who
are
homebound
for
a
couple
of
months.
Can
you
know,
have
someone
drop
off
books
for
them,
whatever
they
need
and,
of
course
the
library
of
things
is
always
a
Fascination.
You
can
get
a
ukulele
at
the
library
and
many
other
really
cool
things.
J
M
M
So
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
a
couple
of
the
trends
and
challenges
we've
had
at
the
library
over
the
last
year.
One
of
the
things
you
know
we
now
have
over
4
400
patrons
and
that's
a
number
that
goes
up
and
down
as
we
purge
the
database.
But
one
thing:
we've
started
looking
at
more
closely
is
new
patrons
added
each
year
and
you
can
see
in
FY
22.
There
was
quite
a
jump
even
from
pre-pandemic,
so
we
are
welcoming
new
people
in
town
and
we're
happy
to
see
them
coming
in
and
getting
cards.
M
Part
of
that
increase
is
also
you
can
apply
for
library
card
online.
Now
so
I
think
you
know
both
factors,
but
clearly
the
town
is
growing,
as
Charity
mentioned.
We're
also,
you
know
returning
back
to
normal.
Our
Patron
visits
are
still
not
what
they
were.
Pre-Pandemic
people.
You
know,
especially
the
seniors,
are
still
a
little
hesitant
about
coming
in
some
of
them,
but
we
are
getting
closer
to
normal.
Our
circulation
is
almost
back
to
pre-pandemic
levels,
so
it's
very
strong
and
if
you
scroll
down
a
little
bit
Eric,
please
thank
you.
M
So
if,
if
you
go
down
a
little
bit
Eric
every
these
stats
from
the
Department
of
libraries
just
came
out
from
fy21,
comparing
all
Vermont's
libraries,
Williston
ranks
13
at
the
13th
largest
community
in
fy21,
and
a
couple
of
data
points
that
we
really
were
very
strong
in
is
one
is
programming,
so
we
ranked
fifth
in
the
state
for
attendance
at
our
programs
and
that's
up
from
Seventh
in
FY
20.,
so
people,
especially
our
youth
programs,
but
all
our
programs
are
very
well
attended.
Our
collection
use.
We
rank
eighth
in
the
state.
G
M
Obviously
our
ongoing
challenge
is
space
and
you
know
we
try
and
be
creative
with
how
we're
working
with
what
we
have
the
town
green
has
been
wonderful
people
love
having
programs
out
there.
We
had.
This
was
the
Watershed
program
that
was
pictured
and
if
you
scroll
down
Eric
the
other
program
that
we
had
this
I
guess
it
was
in
the
spring,
is
the
802
reptiles
which
was
supposed
to
be
outside,
but
it
was
too
cold
for
the
reptiles,
so
I
don't
know.
M
If
anybody
here
attended
that
it
was
definitely
capacity
for
our
community
room
and
our
family
room,
you
can
see
people
where
were
overflowing
so
anyway,
we
meet
the
challenge.
We
try
and
we
spruced
up
our
patio
a
little
bit
and
a
lot
of
the
groups
are
enjoying
meeting
out
there
as
well.
The
other
way
we
meet
the
challenge.
Is
we
take
the
library
outside
the
walls
of
the
library
and
meet
the
community
where
they
are?
M
You
may
recall:
in
fy21
the
Outreach
position
expanded
to
25
hours
and
Sarah
hibler
has
really
hit
the
pavement
with
this
and
really
reached
different
Community
groups,
so
she
visits
four
Senior
Communities.
Every
month
and
five
preschools
and
she'll
do
story
times
and
book
talks
and
bring
sometimes
it's
just
drop
off,
but
she
also
visits
homebound
patrons
between
10
and
20
a
month.
So
that's
you
know,
someone
may
have
had
hip
surgery
and
they'll
call
to
see
if
they
can
renew
their
books
and
we'll
offer.
Well,
you
know
we
do.
M
We
can
come
to
your
house
and
that's
a
real
Lifeline
for
for
some
people
and
obviously
Dottie
is
our
most
visible
symbol
going
around
town.
We,
we
went
to
14
neighborhoods
this
summer
and
we
rearranged
the
route
a
little
bit
to
you
know
we
always
look
at
the
number
of
visits.
Some
communities
are
aging
a
little
bit
and
some
are
younger,
so
we
redid
the
route
to
to
meet
that
need.
We
also
visited
Allen
Brooks
School
on
Wednesdays.
We
visited
the
the
part.
M
M
G
M
Getting
started
and
I
I
think
it'll
be
really
interesting
to
see
what
Black
River
design
you
know
brings
back
from
the
first
step
of
that
was
an
assessment
of
the
library
space.
So
the
engineers
came
through
I
think
about
three
weeks
ago
four
weeks
ago
and
looked
at
everything,
Electrical
Plumbing
and
structure,
so
it'll
be
very
interesting
to
see,
see
what
they
say
as
far
as
what
we
need
in
space
that'll
be
part
of
the
process
as
well.
M
There's
a
library
consultant
Marisol,
who
is
you
know
an
expert
who
will
will
help
us
evaluate
what
we
need,
but
you
know
definitely,
you
know
more
spaces,
smaller
spaces
for
smaller
meetings,
more
space
for
the
collection,
so
it's
accessible.
A
lot
of
our
books
are
Out
Of
Reach
for
someone
even
my
height
and
at
the
bottom
level,
aren't
accessible
either
you
can't
get
through
the
stacks
with
a
wheelchair
or
a
walker,
some
of
them.
So
there's
a
lot
of
it.
Just
it
feels
very
compressed.
I
Okay,
do
you
have
thoughts,
man
realize
this
is
speculative
and
you
really
want
to
wait,
but
should
it
be
in
the
same
location,
a
bigger
Library
same
location?
Are
we
at
is
our
town
at
a
point
where
we
maybe
should
have
two
libraries
there's
a
remote,
a
more
Main
and
maybe
a
more
remote
Library
makes
sense
what
other
uses
of
the
library
might
you
complement
contemplate
that
I
might
not
even
be
able
to
you
know,
Envision
well,.
M
M
You
know
I
want
that
to
be
open,
but
you
know,
as
far
as
you
know,
things
that
you
may
not
have
imagined
maker
space
where
there's
3D
printers
and
Cricut
machines
and
computers
for
gaming.
You
know,
there's
all
sorts
of
different
things:
you're,
seeing
in
libraries
a
video
space,
we're
just
doing
a
podcast
series
related
to
the
Vermont
reads
and
Bonnie.
M
You
know
we
have
a
two-way
microphone,
but
a
reporting
Studio
there
might
be
people
in
town
who
want
to
come
in
and
use
that
charity
was
envious
of
Richmond
lunding
snowshoes,
which
we
don't
have
room
to
store
the
snowshoes
to
to
loan.
You
know
so
there's
the
library
of
things
which
might
not
be
things
you
would
imagine
a
library
would
would
get
into
so
yeah.
It's
it's
it's
not
the
same
as
it
was,
and
it's
a
it's
an
exciting.
I
Yeah,
that's
it
that's
interesting
to
hear
from
the
perspective
of
that
scoping
studies,
not
only
looking
at
library,
space
but
community
space,
and
what
I'm
hearing
from
you
is
that
you
see
a
connection.
It
may
be
a
strong
connection
between
the
library
and
its
services
and
programs
with
a
more
community-based
space.
Yeah.
M
D
Any
other
comments
or
questions.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
There's
probably
a
couple
other
people
in
the
room
that
remember
the
old
oldest
part
of
the
library,
just
the
the
Vermont
room
and
the
the
old
brick
structure
that
still
exists
at
the
front,
so
this
certainly
grown
since
I
moved
into
town
so
but
great
great
progress.
So,
thank
you
all.
Thank
you
for
the
members
of
the
Board
of
Trustees
that
are
here
tonight
as
well.
So
we
appreciate
all
of
your
efforts.
Yeah.
I
D
D
M
So,
with
the
exception
of
Department
salary,
the
budget
request
presents
line
items
that
are
essentially
level
funded
or
slightly
increased
for
rise
in
inflation.
The
obviously
the
major
request
in
this
budget
is
to
make
the
assistant
director
position
full-time,
moving
from
the
current
part-time
28
hours
a
week
to
40
hours
with
benefits,
we're
going
to
be
very
sad
to
say
goodbye
to
Debbie
Roeder,
the
assistant
director,
who
has
been
I
believe
in
that
position
position
since
1987
and
I
was
trying
to
find
out
from
Earth
the
first
couple
of
years.
M
Maybe
she
had
a
different
title,
but
so
36
years
as
sad
as
we
are,
we
we
have
to
look
at
the
transition
in
April
and
feel
that
this
would
be
a
good
time
to
move
that
position
to
full
time,
which
is
more
appropriate
for
a
grade.
7
position
that
is
in
a
would
be
in
a
leadership
or
is
in
a
leadership
role
this
after
the
director.
It's
the
most
senior
position
in
the
library,
so
the
current
duties
performed
by
the
assistant
director
include
cataloging
book
processing.
M
So,
basically,
you
know
overseeing
the
book
from
the
box
to
the
to
the
Shelf
audiobook
and
periodical
collection,
development,
Library
safety
and
emergency
procedure,
statistical,
Gathering
and
reporting
to
the
state
and
management
of
operations
when
I'm
not
there.
So,
as
you
can
imagine,
the
volume
of
work
has
increased
and
changed
a
lot
since
1987.
M
M
So,
basically,
I
am
doing
those
functions
now
and
my
supervisory
load
with
three
full-time
staff,
our
five
part-time
four
students
and
a
team
of
Subs
is
very
high
and
it
it
detracts
from
meeting
with
employees
one-on-one
and
from
focusing
on
higher
level
duties
like
strategic
planning
and
long-term
planning,
also
having
a
part-time
staff.
Member
stepping
in
as
director
is
problematic
because
problems
arise
five
days
a
week
and
you
know
it's
not.
It
doesn't
always
work
out
that
well.
I
So
you've
known
for
a
while
that
the
retirement
would
happen.
What
are
your
thoughts
about?
The
issue
comes
in
the
current
budget?
There
isn't
there
isn't
enough,
because
it
wasn't
anticipated
to
go
to
full
time
when
you're,
when
you're
hiring
this
new
staff
person.
So
how
would
that
work?
Let's
say
we
did.
We
did
as
part
of
the
budget
we're
considering
now
agree
with
the
full-time
moving
it
to
full
time
in
terms
of
hiring
the
new
person.
M
M
So
just
a
few
other
things
in
the
operations,
so
the
remaining
lines
that
cover
inflation
and
a
three
percent
overall
increase.
So
obviously
the
salary
and
benefits
was
the
big
big
piece
here.
Our
largest
line
at
87
000
is
books
and
I'm
requesting
only
a
one
percent
increase
to
cover
the
increased
usage
of
electronic
resources,
a
small
increase
to
small
equipment,
one
thousand
to
cover
inflation
and
also
to
replace
some
office
furniture
which
has
reached
the
end
of
its
life
and
in
building
overheads.
D
D
M
M
I
H
G
D
D
C
So
it's
my
honor
to
sit
here
in
front
of
you
tonight
to
present
the
fiscal
year
24
budget
proposal
when
we
prepare
a
budget
I,
know
and
you'll
see
in
my
letter
of
transmittal,
which
was
no
different
than
any
other
department
head
that
sat
and
set
in
front
of
you
so
far.
This
is
a
tough
one,
as
we
all
know
right.
C
Is
that
when
we
look
at
the
fire
department
budget,
the
most
valuable
resource
that
you
have
in
your
fire
department
budget
is
the
people
right
and
that
human
capital,
and
so
I
really
want
to
acknowledge
the
work
of
the
staff
here.
This
was
the
Gathering
for
lieutenant
Soper
the
day
his
last
day
on
shift
here
at
the
fire
department.
Next
slide.
C
Please-
and
this
is
the
you
know
the
result
of
town
meeting
earlier
this
year
when
the,
when
the
community
supported
the
addition
of
this
nine
staff
and
for
those
of
you
that
remember
the
presentation
that
we
updated
you
on
earlier.
This
fall
with
that
nine
staff
has
done
for
us
is
allowed
us
to
decrease
our
request
for
Mutual
Aid,
so
were
any
calls
that
are
coming
into
the
community.
C
Now
we're
able
to
address
them
more
readily
and
I'll
go
into
that
a
little
bit
further
here
in
the
presentation,
but
next
slide,
please
so
some
of
the
trends
and
major
issues
here
was
this:
the
addition
of
the
nine
staff.
What
we've
seen
as
a
result
of
that
is
the
average
request
for
Mutual
Aid
both
for
fire
and
EMS
responses
into
the
community,
was
over
20
incidents
per
month
and,
as
I
presented
like
I,
said
earlier,
this
fall.
C
We
saw
that
effect
be
realized
in
July,
when
the
nine
new
staff
went
on
and
the
request
for
mutually
dropped
to
four.
We
saw
that
in
August
drop
rise
up
to
11,
but
then
in
September
it
dropped
down
to
four
again
just
today.
I
pulled
the
data
for
the
following
two
months:
October
we're
back
down
at
eight
and
in
November
we're
down
at
six
requests
for
Mutual
Aid.
So
what
does
that
mean
for
us?
C
That's
why
I
think
we
saw
those
Rises
here
over
October
and
November,
but
what
we
have
been
able
to
do
is
see
more
ambulance
transports
through
our
own
service,
which
has
resulted
in
more
Revenue.
The
projections
for
FY
24
for
ambulance
Revenue
will
likely
exceed
490
thousand
dollars.
It's
about
a
hundred
thousand
dollar
projection
increase
of
where
we
were
in
23..
C
C
The
call
staff
wages
for
FY
23
were
in
excess
of
70
000
as
we
budgeted
it.
When
we
look
at
FY
24,
we
took
a
hard
look
at
this
and
we're
just
not
seeing
the
participation,
and
so
we
feel
comfortable
that
we
can
reduce
that
budget
by
30
000.
thirty
thousand
dollars
to
take
that
down,
because
we
just
aren't
they're,
not
people
that
are
showing
up
and
if
they
are,
our
expenses
are
very
low
for
the
for
the
rate
that
we're
reimbursing
them
at.
C
So
so
there's
a
you
know:
it's
a
it's
a
double-edged
sword.
We
don't
have
people
that
are
on
the
call
staff,
but
in
in
the
in
the
back
side
of
that
we
actually
save
thirty
thousand
dollars
and
that
caused
some
budget
next
slide.
Please.
This
is
the
the
trend.
I
know,
you've
seen
this
trend
line
before
and
that
red
line
continues
to
dip
down
the
the
September
November
rise
that
you
see
really
at
the
end
was
again
a
result
of
our
recruitment
where
we
try
to
put
some
extra
staff
on.
C
We
saw
that
number
go
up,
but
then
we've
had
more
resignations
of
the
call
staff.
Since
then,
so
I
expect
that
that
will
continue
to
go
down
here
over
the
in
December
and
of
no.
This
is
called
Step
payroll.
This
is
the
payroll
hours
right
next
slide.
Please
the
advantage
of
having
a
sophisticated
fire
apparatus,
these
modern
fire
trucks
and
have
extra
staff
on
on
hand
to
to
staff
the
units
is
it's
costing
us
more
to
run
them.
C
It's
costing
us
more
in
fuel
costs,
because
we're
actually
now
remember
that
essentially
one
year
ago,
we
only
had
the
ability
to
send
a
single
engine
on
a
fire
response
with
the
ambulance,
so
we're
really
running
two
trucks
and
now,
on
average,
to
a
fire
response
we're
running
two
fire
apparatus.
In
addition
to
the
ambulance
we
also
have
incurred,
we
have
to
maintain
that
training
and
familiarity,
so
those
units
are
getting
run
daily
and
trained
on
daily.
So
that's
we've
seen
an
increase
in
the
fuel
budget.
So,
yes,
we
have
a
a
better
operational
force.
C
Next
slide,
please
an
amendment
in
the
turnout
gear.
So
we're
doing
bulk
purchasing.
We
know
that
annually
we
have
to
purchase
on
a
replacement
plan,
seven
sets
of
personal
protective
equipment,
which
is
the
turnout
gear
that
you
see
here
as
an
example
to
maintain
that,
because
the
turnout
here
has
a
10-year
lifespan,
so
that
seven
sets
is
our
rotation
to
keep
everyone
in
a
set,
that's
compliant
within
10
years
of
its
manufacture
date.
C
What
we
have
done,
though,
is
any
of
the
turnout
gear
that
didn't
hit
that
ten
thousand
dollar
Capital
threshold,
so
that
would
be
a
set
of
gear
that
got
damaged
or
something
that
we
didn't
anticipate
that
fell
outside
of
the
capital
schedule.
We've
kicked
that
back
into
the
operating
budget
and
removed
it
from
the
capital
budget,
and
surely
that
I
believe
that
was
cut
by
the
Auditors
as
a
best
practice
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
that
correctly.
C
G
C
C
C
And
so
what
we
we
try
to
do
is
there's
a
bunch
of
these
are
sold
by
the
pound,
their
pound
capacity.
We
tried
to
optimize
it,
for
what
is
the
prep
makes
practical
sense
for
the
fire
department
on
our
demand.
So
when
we
come
back
from
an
emergency,
what
can
we
put
into
that
not
to
get
too
much
into
the
weeds?
C
But
you
can
only
wash
the
outer
shells
of
the
gear
together
and
then
you
have
to
wash
the
inner
liners
together,
because
one
is
more
aggressive,
it'll
break
down
the
other
and
it
will
destroy
the
lifespan
of
it.
So
you
have
to
do
multiple
wash
cycles
and
for
all
of
our
staff,
we
tried
to
match
those
two,
so
they
complement
one
another.
I
C
Yeah,
so
it's
a
matter
of
safety
right,
it's
a
matter
of
firefighter
safety,
so
any
fire
response
we
go
on.
We
assume
that
that's
been
contaminated
with
our
carcinogen
and
we
don't
want
that
on
for
the
next
call,
and
it's
not
fair
to
one.
It's
not
fair
for
our
firefighters,
but
it's
also
not
fair
for
our
public.
We
shouldn't
be
going
on
the
next
call,
with
cancer
on
our
gear
and
coming
into
people's
homes.
C
So
when
we
come
back
from
a
fire,
actually
we
don't
even
leave
the
scene
we'll
bag,
our
equipment,
add
the
fire
scene
into
a
plastic
bag,
so
it
doesn't
come
back
into
the
cab
of
the
truck
with
us
and
then
it
goes
in
line
and
sits
in
queue
at
the
extractor
earlier
this
year,
when
we
did
have
the
failure
we
were
actually
of
the
our
current
extractor.
We
were
going
and
shipping
a
gear
over
and
we're
doing
it
at
Essex
Junction
fire
station,
because
ours
is
broken
so
yeah
it
it's
a
safety
issue.
C
That's
why
we
issue
two
sets
of
gear,
so
when
that
contaminated
set
is
in
queue
to
be
laundered
and
that's
the
need
for
the
dryer
right,
we
could
sit
it
out
and
we
could.
We
could
have
that
gear
there,
but
who's
to
say
that
if
you
run
back-to-back
incidents
right,
you
need
to
have
a
cycle
where
you
can
get
it
back
in
relatively
quickly.
So
that's
why
there's
a
drier
to
complement
the
extractor?
Okay.
C
C
C
C
Suffice
to
say
wherever
this
lands,
we
feel
that
the
budget
will
either
wherever
the
agency
would
be.
This.
The
amount
of
money
we're
gonna
have
to
spend
is
equal,
so
you'll
see
that
either
the
price
we
pay
for
Shelburne
dispatch
or
for
regional
dispatch
at
the
in
the
operational
budget
is
still
58
000
annually
and
that's
what
they
had
bid.
C
Glad
that
we're
following
Along
on
this,
so
this
is
what
comes
along
with
it:
our
records
management
software,
so
where
we
gather
all
of
our
data,
we
enter
our
data
today
into
a
platform
called
emergency
reporting.
That
emergency
reporting
is
a
very
cost
effective
product.
We
pay
less
than
two
thousand
dollars
annually
for
that
records
management
software,
but
with
anything
in
today's
world,
emergency
reporting
got
bought
up
by
a
larger
company
called
ESO.
Eso
is
sunsetting
the
the
emergency
reporting
product
so
forcing
us
to
change
our
vendors.
C
We
have
met
with
three
vendors
so
far
and
interviewed
them.
They
range
in
price
of
greater
than
around
15
thousand
each
the
the
vendor
that
we're
leaning
towards
the
startup
cost
is
going
to
be
twenty
thousand,
so
that
we
realize
is
a
big
deal
in
addition
to
that,
twenty
thousand
is
the
bridge
from
the
cad,
the
bridge
from
the
records
management
software
to
link
it
to
the
computer-aided
dispatch
software.
That's
an
additional
four
thousand
okay.
So
there's
your
sixty
thousand
and
now
we're
adding
another
twenty
twenty
four
thousand,
so
we're
getting
into
that.
C
So,
where,
where
did
we
save?
How
did
we
save
money
next
slide?
Please
thank
you.
I
the
command
car
was
set
to
be
replaced
in
fy24
I.
Couldn't
in
this
era,
in
this
challenging
time,
I
couldn't
see
why
we
can't
add
another
year
and
not
replace
that
to
its
life.
So
we're
gonna
not
replace
that
in
fy24.
There's
a
couple
of
things
that
that
does
for
us.
C
It
allows
us
to
actually
look
at
alternative
fuel
vehicle
options,
I.E
an
electric
vehicle
to
replace
that,
if
that's
going
to
be
something
and
allows
us
to
look
at
that
right
now
that
option
I
I
watched
Bruce's
presentation
last
week
and
so
I
saw
right-
that's
really
not
out
there
yet
giving
us
a
year,
maybe
we're
going
to
be
in
a
better
spot.
So
we
we're
not
going
to
be
in
any
detriments.
We've
kicked
that
expense
out
the
other
thing
that
we've
done.
C
We
had
projected
for
FY
24,
the
paving
of
the
fire
station
apparatus
in
the
parking
areas
and
the
apparatus
ramp
out
front.
Yes,
it
needs
to
be
done,
but
is
it
going
to
break
us
operationally
if
we
we
kick
that
expense
out
of
here?
No,
it's
not
going
to
break
us,
so
we
have
deferred
that
Paving
project
to
fy25.
C
How
else
did
we
save
our
paramedic
grant
that
we
had
another
fire
act?
Grant
we
were
able
to
purchase
a
12
lead
EKG
monitor
so
for
our
paramedic
use
that
monitor
we
had
it
budgeted
at
32
000.
We
were
able
to
do
that
through
grant
funding,
so
we
actually
pulled
that
out
of
the
our
needs
in
Capital
Equipment
and
addition.
In
addition
to
that
way,
we
were
awarded
another
fire
act
Grant
this
year.
C
That's
what
we
put
our
our
exhausts
our
exhaust
recovery
system
in
that
exhaust
recovery
system
is
in
and
installed
and
working
in
the
firehouse.
There
was
leftover
funds
and
our
Managers
from
femur
region,
one
on
the
grant.
Awards
say
they
don't
want
to
ever.
Have
us
give
anything
back
so
as
long
as
our
project
sits
within
what
they
call
their
High
priorities,
we're
able
to
spend
that
down
so
we
have
purchased,
we
haven't
completed
the
purchase.
C
Yet
we
have
designed
and
have
the
spec
award
out
for
a
new
accountability
system
for
accountability
of
members
and
that's
actually
a
county-wide
approach
where
all
the
mutual
Aid
partners
are
adopting
the
same
accountability
project.
It's
a
simple
project:
there's
not
there's
no
I.T,
it's
it's
essentially
velcro
and
tags,
but
it
works
and
it's
it's
true
and
tried
and
works
at
fire
departments,
Across
the
Nation
and
so
we're
moving
forward
with
that
right
now
we
have
no
formal
accountability
system
outside
of
the
ones
that
you
see
on
either
the
deputies
from
my
car.
C
So
this
will
actually
have
accountability
command
capability
on
both
the
deputy's
car,
the
engine
and
the
ladder
truck.
So
no
matter
what
apparatus
is
there
we'll
have
some
capability
so
again,
that's
going
to
be
Grant
funded
next
slide.
Please
moving
into
Capital
some
of
the
other
areas
here
that
you
see
in
the
in
the
tabs.
In
the
budget
for
Capital,
the
paving
like
I
said
earlier
was
deferred
until
fy25,
the
heating,
ventilating
and
air
conditioning
costs.
We
haven't
looked
to
add
any
cost
to
that.
So
it's
an
unchanged.
C
The
phone
system
we
completed
in
FY
23.
What
we'd
like
to
do
is
start
anticipating
the
replacement
of
that
again
in
fy25,
so
we'll
start
putting
a
little
bit
of
money
away
because
those
phone
systems,
as
we
all
know
we
write
technology-
is
going
faster
than
some
of
our
our
equipment
is
living
outliving
its
life.
We
heard
Melinda
speak
earlier
about
the
fire
station
LED
lighting
project.
You
see
that
here,
that's
not
in
the
fire
department
budget,
that's
in
her
budget,
but
that's
127
000.
C
C
You
heard
Jane
just
speak
about
that
for
the
library
we
we
hadn't
had
this
tab
here
before,
but
it's
given
back
to
the
the
maintenance
upkeep
here
for
some
of
these
large
projects
and
what
we
identified
in
the
FY
24
priority
is
the
person
doors
on
the
fire
station
they're
rusting
out,
so
the
frames
are
rusting
out
and
the
doors
are
rusting
out.
They
were
as
I
understand
it.
C
C
D
I
F
C
I
G
E
D
D
I
C
C
I
C
C
C
D
C
Because
we
do
have
the
four
defibrillators
here:
we'll
still
have
to
have
a
capital
replacement
plan,
so
our
liability,
although
we
were
able
to
score
it
by
Grant,
now
we'll
still
have
to
plan
on
the
replacement
of
all
four.
So
that's
where
that's
30,
the
16
000
stays
at
here
for
24.,
we'll
pick
it
back
up
a
little
bit
in
2025,
but
we're
able
to
defer
some
of
that
cost
because
we
were
able
to
buy
that
through
the
grant
process.
C
D
G
C
It
down
just
so,
we
could
lower
the
overhead
for
the
year
on
the
hydraulic
tools,
so
also
with
that.
The
way
we
did
this
is
we
haven't
currently
have
a
Grant
application
in
to
the
state
of
Vermont
Homeland
Security,
which
will
be
decided
here
in
January,
and
so
some
of
the
expenses
for
that
may
be
picked
up
by
a
grant
award
and
that's
for
an
airbag
a
high
pressure,
airbag
system,
so
we'll
know
more
January
or
February
this
year.
But
this
is
anticipation
of
being
a
grant
award.
C
C
Is
so
they're
they're
they're
two
different
systems
in
the
way,
but
what
they
are
is
they
are
Kevlar
bags
that
store
flat
and
have
the
ability
to
lift
heavy
objects
either
in
the
vertical
or
horizontal
orientation.
Let's
say
you
had
a
vehicle
come
down
on
top
of
a
person,
they
were
trapped
underneath
it
these
airbags
go
in
and
they
provide
a
platform.
You
inflate
the
airbag
and
use
air
pressure.
C
It's
a
simple
mathematical
equation
by
the
pressure
per
square
inch
and
that's
what
gives
you
the
lifting
capacity,
and
so
the
current
bags
that
we
have
in
the
department
are
out
of
date.
They
actually
have
a
service
life
and
they
need
to
be
inspected.
Well.
Ours
don't
comply
with
any
of
that.
In
fact,
I
don't
think
we
can
find
the
records
on
them
so
they're
that
old.
So
we
need
to
update
those
and
replace
those
part
of
that
isn't
capital.
C
The
Grant
application
is
for
a
much
more
robust
system
that
gives
us
a
single
bag.
That's
a
new
technology
bag
that
allows
us
to
lift
greater
than
two
feet
with
a
single
bag
up
to
34
tons
wow.
We
did
an
analysis
in
the
Grant
application
where
we've
had
and
I
may
get
this
wrong.
It's
at
least
seven
commercial
vehicle
crashes,
since
my
arrival
here
in
the
department
that
have
involved
heavy
commercial
vehicles
and
we
have
limited
capacity
to
deal
without
outside
of
the
relationship
with
our
heavy
wrecker
operators.
C
K
D
C
So
what
we've
done
here
is
added
the
turnout,
gear
extractor
and
the
dryer
into
this
you'll
see
that
there's
enough
money
in
the
current
capital
to
to
make
that
initial
purchase,
but
we
will
need
to
make
up
for
that
expense.
So
we
give
it
a
life,
a
life
expectancy
of
about
15
years
in
the
thirty
thousand
dollar
investment.
So
that's
why
we
kicked
it
up
that
amount
of
money.
Okay,.
H
There's
no
money,
if
I
may,
on
the
ambulance
from
yeah,
you
remember
town
meeting
Day
last
year,
the
voters
supported
short-term
borrowing
for
the
ambulance
replacement.
It's
on
order.
We
learned
recently
the
Vermont
missile
bomb
bank
has
a
new
opportunity
to
pool
debt
for
these
smaller,
relatively
smaller
purchases
compared
to
larger
ones
that
are
bonded
for
I,
think
surely
it
was.
H
The
interest
rate
was
one
percent,
so
we
checked
the
town
attorney
and
we
asked
about
our
boat
last
year
with
a
short-term
borrowing
if
we
could
enter
in
a
future
pool
like
this,
for
the
financing-
and
he
said
unfortunately,
no
so
I'll
be
bringing
back
to
you
thinking
about.
If
we
put
this
back
on
the
warning
to
ask
about
bonding
when
we
need
to
then
pay
for
the
ability,
so
it's
delivered,
we
could
Finance
it
out
of
one
percent
interest
rate.
H
G
C
And
so
you
understand
that
ambulance
was
ordered
after
the
successful
Bond
vote.
Yet
the
the
way
the
industry
is
right.
Now
we
can't
get
the
ambulance
chassis
so
that
we
won't
see
the
arrival
of
that
ambulance.
Surely
I
think
it
was
at
July
is
when
we're
expecting
that
potentially
so
we
we
have
some
time.
D
D
H
Go
I
can
kick
it
off,
so
this
part
of
your
budget
is
looking
at
Appropriations
to
outside
Services.
We
break
them
down
for
health,
including
the
DNA
help
officers,
fight
things,
the
regional
Services
of
regional
Planning
Commission.
We
say
Park,
District,
County
taxes.
We
need
to
pay
the
LCT,
among
others
like
Iroquois,
Association,
Social
Services.
We
have
our
our
committee
that
allocates
that
funding
to
requests
from
non-profit
organizations
and
other
groups
our
our
allocations
that
we
need
to
changes
from
CCTA,
but
it's
free,
Mountain,
transit's
annual
appropriation.
H
You
heard
of
their
update
at
your
last
meeting
and
then
our
Reserve
funds
I'll
get
back
to
that
in
a
moment.
Most
of
these
you'll
see
the
proposals
we
get
these
from
the
organizations,
not
surprisingly
they've
all
gone
up
a
little
bit
I
do
report
from
the
social
services
organization.
They
met
recently
to
to
make
some
funding
awards
for
this
current
budget
year
and
they
certainly
are
getting
more
requests
and
requests
that
are
going
up.
H
I
kept
it
level
funded
in
this
initial
proposal,
but
I
know
Aaron
Dickinson,
who
staffs
that
committee
passed
on
to
me
that
they
were
they
were
out.
They
would
certainly
welcome
more
funding
in
their
line
item
and
also
Lake
Iroquois
Association.
They
made
the
request
the
board
at
15
000
that
covered
their
greeter
program
and
the
the
dash
the
assisted
harvesting,
and
they
didn't
anticipate
needing
to
do
the
harvesting
and,
as
I
was
balancing
the
budget.
I
suggested
ten
thousand
dollars
of
their
fifteen.
Certainly
the
it's.
H
Discretion
how
how
much
you
want
to
fund
there,
but
I
I,
just
deviated
from
the
request
slightly
based
on
their
presentation
and
then
finally,
the
land,
erf
funding
and
affordable
housing,
trust
funding
and
trying
to
bring
in
a
lean
budget.
I
I
did
not
fund
either
of
those
in
my
initial
proposal
here,
looking
at
where
we
were
on
the
bottom
line
and
our
Reserve
funds.
H
A
So
the
I'll
just
mention
when
you
get
the
planning
commission's
comment,
your
point
here
that
they
are
requesting
for
funding
to
go
in
both
okay,
yep
I,
believe
the
I.
Don't
have
that
number
with
me
right
now.
The
affordable
housing
trust
is
maybe
like
50
000
and
the
environmental
Reserve
fund
is
almost
419
000
and.
K
H
That
I
I've
heard
from
the
Conservation
Commission
we
have
a
number
of
high
priority,
Parcels
still
that
that
we're
looking
at
but
there's
nothing
kind
of
impending
at
this
point
on
no
the
conservation
commissions
meet
tomorrow
morning
and
you
likely
receive
a
letter
from
them.
Okay,
good
all
right
higher
than
it
is
right
now,
which
is
not
funded
under
originally.
Okay,.
A
Eric
I,
don't
have
I,
don't
have
much
to
add
to
what
you've
already
summarized,
except
for
like
Eric
said
the
GMT
Ada
is
19.5.
We
heard
from
their
presentation
that
number
in
our
list
of
increases
that
we'll
present
come
January
that
needs
to
go
up
to
23
000.
and
we
just
got
the
county
tax
budget.
Today,
that's
101!
That
needs
to
go
up
to
1022,
so
you'll.
H
Budget
yeah,
so
we've
spent
multiple
hours
on
the
expense
side,
and
this
is
the
other
side
to
make
accounts.
I've
kind
of
alluded
to
this
throughout
the
process
and
in
my
trend
of
metal,
so
I'll,
just
just
a
few
General
points
that
you're
thinking
about
balancing
your
budget
here
over
the
next
month,
Bill
himmons,
advising
using
a
quarter
of
one
percent
brand
list
increase
for
next
year.
That's
about
five
million
dollars.
Our
grand
list
is
over
two
billion
dollars.
H
So
what
does
that
really
mean
so
five
million
dollars
on
the
grand
list,
the
yield
with
the
property
tax
rate
would
be
about
an
extra
sixteen
thousand
dollars
there.
You
you
take
the
growth
of
5
million
divided
by
the
100
and
then
multiply
it
by
the
tax
rate
and
that's
essentially
your
yield
from
your
increase
in
property
value.
H
You
know
it's
the
idea
if
these
housing
units
larger
buildings,
our
larger
commercial
building
like
U-Haul,
that
was
multiple
millions
of
dollars
just
in
that
building,
I
think
we'll.
What
we
try
to
do,
too
is
think
about.
What's
what's
coming
ahead
down
the
pipeline,
so
we'll
have
more
housing
coming
online.
H
Maybe
some
more
Industrial
in
the
next
year,
but
the
the
big
piece
here
in
the
grand
list
will
be
we
in
any
day
now
we
anticipate
getting
our
CLA
and
we
we
know
it's
going
to
be
below
85
percent,
so
this
is
the
town
will
get
a
reappraisal
order
only
to
do
that
in
the
next
few
years,
Bill
Hinman
believes
there's
going
to
be
over
130
towns
in
the
state
in
the
reappraisal
order.
In
the
next
year,
100
130
yeah.
E
B
H
You're
going
to
have
probably
half
of
it
half
or
more
communities
needing
to
do
a
reappraisal
when
you
get
the
order,
it
says,
You
must
do
it,
but
it
doesn't
actually
put
a
timeline
on
it.
It
becomes
the
capacity
to
actually
do
it
with
limited
number
of
people
who
can
do
this
work.
Bill's
got
some
ideas.
We
have
a
consultant
we
use
in
the
past,
who
sounds
like
he'll
be
able
to
do.
H
It's
it's
going
to
be
a
wash
to
some
extent,
but
that's
a
couple
budgets
in
the
future,
but
it'll
be
on
the
horizon
in
terms
of
the
groundless
growth
I've,
including
the
draft
budget,
trying
to
balance
a
number
of
these
factors,
a
rate
increase
of
three
and
a
quarter
cents,
that's
about
32
dollars
per
100
000
assessed
value,
so
we're
looking
at
that
median
home
assessment
in
town
and
that
assessment
versus
appraisal.
This
is
what
we
assess
it
at
in
the
median
level
for
our
Residential
Properties.
H
It's
about
98
dollars
more
a
year
about
eight
dollars
per
month
with
local
option
tax.
We
we
budget,
increase
about
180
000..
We
we
look
at
our
our
roll
back
for
three
years,
the
rolling
average
we've
omitted
the
first
half
of
2020
for
both
the
sales
and
the
rooms
and
meals,
just
where
we
were
at
that
point,
and
we
looked
back
a
quarter
in
the
2019
that
we've
historically
have
been
exceeding
what
we
budget.
H
H
I
think
we
had
another
40
or
50
000
is
seeing
on
the
performance
there,
but
we
we
feel
comfortable
where
that's
budget
in
this
proposal,
so
you
heard
from
the
fire
chief
tonight
our
town
fees,
another
source
of
Revenue
overall,
this
buckets
down
a
little
bit,
but
the
ambulance
revenue
is
significantly
up
the
additional
hundred
thousand
dollars
projected
here.
We
see
other
things
down
like
our
recording
fees
or
the
refi
rates
are
not
what
they
were
a
couple
years
ago.
H
So
we're
not
getting
as
much
Town
documents
being
recorded,
for
that
was
a
big
driver
a
couple
years
ago,
we're
starting
to
see
our
investment
income
creep.
Backup
I
think
we
signed
a
CD
the
other
day
for
six
months
at
maybe
four
percent,
which
was
quite
a
bit
better
than
what
we've
seen
the
last
couple
years.
So
our
money
will
start
working
for
us
a
little
bit
more.
That's
in
the
bank,
so
that's
that's,
always
always
helpful
in
just
managing
cash
flow
and
operations.
Here
it
went
into
a
bit
with
fund
balance.
H
Use
when
I'm
proposing
here
structurally
is
that
we,
the
towns,
used
this
for
a
number
of
years
to
help
balance
the
budgets
and
a
number
of
years
we've
exceeded
the
local
option,
tax
revenue
primarily
coupled
with
expense
savings.
So,
even
though
we
budget
to
use
fund
balance
to
help
reduce
taxes,
we
haven't
actually
had
to
use
it.
We're
anticipating
in
FY
23
we're
likely
going
to
need
to
use
some
of
that,
and
it
was
quite
a
bit
higher
last
year
than
500
000
for
a
number
of
years.
I
think
it's.
H
H
At
a
certain
point,
you
could
think
about
other
things
like
sweeping
those
into
just
Capital
Savings
for
years,
then,
using
that
money
to
help
fund
the
capital
fund
and
not
use
operating
dollars
as
much
for
end
of
the
fiscal
year.
If
you
have
that
Surplus
with
local
option
tax,
sweep
it
into
the
capital
reserve
fund
and
and
use
that
as
a
strategy
as
well,
but
I'm
trying
to
this
is
always
challenging
trying
to
model
a
couple
years
ahead
and
yeah.
H
You
know
it's
good,
it's
it,
accounting
for
it
to
a
lot
of
its
local
option
tax.
We
think
we
haven't
done
a
detailed
accounting,
but
trying
to
think
too
what
you
want
to
give
back
to
taxpayers
if
it
was
from
a
taxing
standpoint
as
well,
so
trying
to
balance
those
variables
for
you.
Your
policy
is
10
to
20
of
operating.
How
we've
built
this
using
fund
balance
for
Capital
and
operating
our
projection
is
at
the
end
of
FY
24.
It
would
be
about
17
percent
in
your
range.
H
That
makes
an
assumption
looking
at
our
local
option,
tax
receipts
for
the
rest
of
this
year.
How
the
first
quarter
went
that
that's
going
to
come
in
over
budget
by
I.
Think
300
000
is
what
we're
modeling
right
now,
but
we
have
to
make
some
assumptions
and
and
try
to
think
assertively
as
well,
but
those
are
kind
of
the
moving
pieces
here
for
the
board
as
you
from
a
policy
standpoint
on
that,
and
then
we
were
trying
to
follow
up
on
last
week's
discussion.
H
The
arpa
funds
we
did
include
some
in
The
Proposal
here
last
year.
It
was
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
general
fund
Revenue
to
help
balance
things.
We've
decreased
that
down
to
125
this
year,
but
we've
also
included
92
000
towards
what
we're
calling
the
one-time
fee
of
the
police
retention
incentive.
That's
going
to
hit
its
third
year
so
that
that
was
adopted
by
the
board
last
spring
and
we
knew
it
was
stepped
up
over
multiple
years,
and
this
is
the
third
year.
H
H
H
I
think
back
to
this
time
last
year
and
we
were
trying
to
figure
out
the
arpa
rules
that
were
tied
to
a
lot
of
different
things
and
then
at
the
I
think
in
January
the
treasury
Department
changed
the
rules
and
said
you
know
you
could
use
it
just
towards
operating
in
the
Border.
You
know
given
where
we
were
last
year,
decide
to
use
the
300
000
for
for
that
purpose,
and
we
had
built
into
that
like
using
it
for
Parks,
Replacements
and
town
Trail
management
funds,
because
those
were
the
uses
allowed.
H
Last
November
and
December
towards
some
some
Recreation
projects,
as
we
were
trying
to
spread
it
around
some
other
ways
that
on
impact
those
other
errors,
the
operating
budget,
so
certainly
a
lot
of
moving
pieces
there
I
know
the
board
has
a
lot
to
think
about
with
arpa
and
trying
to
produce
a
lean
budget.
And,
frankly,
the
the
tax
rate
is
higher
than
I
want
it
to
be
in
your
proposal,
but
there's
been
a
a.
H
Year
I'll
say
just
on
that
front
and
your
direction
where
you
want
to
land
on
your
bottom
line,
expense
side
and
then
how
you
want
to
balance
that
with
the
revenue
side
and
probably
your
main
levers
to
pull
our
are
the
taxing
the
fund
balance
in
the
arpa.
Primarily,
however,
you
want
where
you
land,
on
your
expense
side
of
the
budget,.
I
I
I
H
I
I
H
Exactly
then
you're
to
be
aware
of
too
you
have
that
replacement
piece
where
you
know
going
into
this
budget.
I
I'd
hoped,
okay,
that
you
know
we
used
300
and
arpa
300
000
in
this
budget
by
reduced
expenses
and
increased
revenues
that
will
need
to
wash
out
somewhere
on
the
budget.
But
given
the
inflation
we
weren't
able
to
wash
that
out
completely.
A
K
F
Just
looking
at
you
know
the
ambulance
and
the
delays
on
that.
You
know
if
there's
big
kind
of
more
Capital
type
purchases
that
need
to
be
made
and
the
money
has
to
be
spent,
you
know
in
x
amount
of
time,
I
mean
it
could
be.
You
know
a
year
or
more
out
before
we
get
a
deliverable.
If
that's
something
we
decided
to
to
put
it
towards
so
right,
yeah.
H
G
I
H
H
You
know
hypothetically
if
there
was
a
a
town
need
to
acquire
a
piece
of
property.
Maybe
the
art
of
funding
is
something
to
use
towards
a
land
acquisition
within
the
next
couple
of
years,
but
it's
kind
of
a
few
steps
down
the
road
here,
but
that's
one
of
the
potential
things
you
could
think
about.
I.
A
That
sounds
like
a
lot,
but
with
all
the
projects
on
the
list,
it's
probably
won't
go
very
far
yeah
and
if
you
think
of
something
like
the
Library
community
center,
even
if
you
said
we're
going
to
use
the
whole
thing
which
we
can't
because
we
won't
be
in
construction
by
then
it
wouldn't
really
even
make
a
dent
in
that
project.
So
how
can
you
most
effectively
use
those
funds
for,
like
one
time
like
we
were
going
to
purchase
the
land
for
the
community
center?
A
You
know
cattle
projects,
I'll
just
kind
of
say
it.
For
instance,
don't
don't
shoot
the
messenger,
but
you
know
you're
going
to
hear
again
from
the
Planning
Commission
about
the
second
sidewalk
plow
and
The
Limited
number
of
the
number
of
sidewalk
miles
we
have
and
what
we
plow
and
making
it
a
livable
walkable
Williston.
A
G
A
H
So,
looking
at
an
organizational
meeting
in
early
January
I've
attended
a
few
calls
to
routes.
I've
been
doing
this
study
with
a
consultant
looking
at
this
that
the
state's
been
funding
we're
looking
to
have
a
meeting
in
early
January.
That's
the
board
I.
Consider
appointing
me
to
just
start
this:
to
have
the
town
have
a
seat
at
the
table.
I've
had
one
Community
member
reach
out
to
me
expressing
interest
already,
and
this
person
has
a
good
background
for
the
position
as
well.
H
Our
plan
was
to
post
this
and
see
whatever
applications
that
the
town
receives
and
the
board
to
interview
folks
and
I'd
I'd,
happily
step
aside
or
move
to
an
alternate
role
or
step
aside
all
together,
depending
on
what
applicants
you
get
at
that
point,
but
this
is
more
administratively
looking
to
have
represented
about
the
first
meeting.
There's
a
couple
of
meetings.
If
that's
what
it
takes
so
there's
somebody
else
that
will
certainly
will.
B
E
F
H
It's
a
couple,
brief
things:
if
you
have
at
your
seats
this
evening,
the
quarter
one
quarterly
report
delayed
a
little
bit
for
this
fiscal
year
reason.
Is
we
decided
to
take
a
look
at
this
report
and
Aaron
Dickinson
LED
this
effort
to
work
with
departments
on
looking
at
the
data?
Looking
the
presentation,
you'll
see,
there's
more
graphics
and
visuals,
and
charts
here
really
wonderful
for
each
department
about
how
they
want
to
share
their
story
to
the
board
that
community
so
still
considered
a
work
in
progress.
H
Welcome
your
feedback
on
any
time
of
how
this
information
is
presented.
What
you're
seeing
we'll
be
starting
the
SEC?
Now
we
have
this
kind
of
modified
template,
we'll
we'll
it's
about
the
end
of
the
second
course
so
we'll
get
that
to
you
in
a
while
for
a
timely
manner.
Just
took
a
little
bit
to
work
through
this,
but
so
you
have
that
to
look
through
this
evening.
H
I'll
show
the
pdf
version
as
well
that
we
that
we
put
together
and
Aaron
took
the
she
did
a
great
job
to
the
lead
on
that
and
then
the
tax
sale
property
update,
the
mobile
home,
the
town
took
possession
of
at
5394
Wilson,
Road
I
think
we've
had
to
assess
it,
look
for
things
like
Asbestos
and
other
materials
before
removing
it.
We've
had
a
couple
consultants
in
there
doing
that
work.
We
found
someone
who
was
going
to
remove
it.
H
Hopefully,
in
the
new
year
it
sounds
like
they
have
an
opening
in
their
schedule
to
the
good
news
we've
spent
about
three
thousand
dollars
before
removing
it
just
to
assess
it
and
look
at
a
couple
things
we
need
to
Abate
I,
don't
know
the
final
cost
will
be
to
remove
it,
but
I
I
think
when
we're
all
in
here
we'll
be
spending
over
ten
thousand
dollars
to
address
the
property.
The
the
good
news
is
the
chitten
solid
waste
district
has
community
cleanup
funds
that
are
available
to
towns.
H
We
have
our
maximum
allotment
of
five
thousand
dollars
that
we
haven't
spent
for
a
bit
I
requested
to
use
those
funds
for
this
project
to
help
offset
the
cost
and
they've
agreed
to
award
them
to
us.
So
we
just
need
to
we'll
get
reimbursed
for
those
expenses
once
the
board
wants
to
move
in
a
different
direction
with
those
with
those
funds,
it's
a
way
with
a
project
we
have
right
now
and
those
phones
get
recouped
over
time
every
year,
so
they'll
they'll
accumulate
again,
and
we
can
use
them
again
on
something
good.