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City of Groton municipal meeting: Committee of the Whole Meeting April 27, 2020. To view the agenda click the link below.
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So
you
may
know,
I
lived
in
the
town
of
Groton
over
and
no
egg
has
been
here
for
some
50
years
or
so,
and
I
got
involved
with
doing
some
work
with
the
town
zoning
revisions,
and
this
is
now
three
years
ago
it
became
clear
that
the
town
was
interested
in
doing
some
misuse.
Development
along
the
route.
1
corridor-
you
all
know,
is
pretty
well
referred
to
as
hamburger
law
was
a
bit
of
a
derogatory
term,
so
that
guy
needed
looking
at
and
participating
with
those
meetings,
I
essentially
attended.
D
Almost
all
those
meetings
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
found
is
when
I'm
looking
upon
an
excuse.
It
became
clear
that
misuse
really
worked
well
if
you
had
good
mass
transit
associated
with
it
and
if
he
came
clear
when
I
looked
a
little
further,
that
we
have
Amtrak
train
right
through
a
parallel
to
route
1
along
that
section
of
the
strip
malls
in
grot.
D
So
that's
led
me
to
look
more
carefully
at
how
and
whether
it
might
be
possible
to
do
something
about
our
train
system
that
would
connect
up
the
the
new
zoning,
the
mixed-use
zoning
in
the
downtown
part
of
rotten.
So
when
I
started
this
whole
thing,
it
became
obvious
that
I
had
gotten
on
to
something
that
is
bigger
than
I
had
thought,
and
so
what
I
have
done
is
I
have
spent
now
almost
18
months.
D
I
guess
it
is
working
on
this
proposal
after
this
isn't
Rosalind
I've
got
for
you
tonight
and
it
basically
does
two
things:
it
extends
your
line
east
from
currently
from
New
London,
all
the
way
to
Rhode
Island
to
West,
Joey
and
would
establish
the
second
part.
Is
they
do
knowledge
branch
line
that
would
run
from
basically
the
intersection
of
3:49
where
where's
my
electric
boat
is
on
the
west
side
of
the
street
and
on
the
east
side
of
the
street
is
Pfizer's.
It
would
come
around.
D
D
And
so
just
a
little
bit
of
history,
shore
line
is
operated
on
the
Amtrak
line.
It
runs
basically
62
miles
from
New
Haven
to
the
London
and
has
nine
stops
starting
from
the
East
New
London
sabra
Westbrook
Quinton
Madison
Guildford
Branford,
a
New
Haven,
whether
it's
to
stop
Florence
pastries
and
wanting
you
to
be
in
Union
Station
and
of
the
18
trains
that
run
they
run
between
New
Haven
and
Old
Saybrook,
and
only
three
trains
run
or
leave
from
New
London.
D
D
D
So
the
shoreline
East
End's
is
what
is:
there's
no
service
to
gratin
stunts
in
or
on
to
Rhode
Island,
and
yet
it's
only
a
hundred
and
fourteen
miles
between
the
Haven
and
Providence
and,
as
you
all
well
know,
the
end
track
is
basically
set
up
to
be
a
regional
system
which
runs
along
the
entire
East
Coast.
You
know
bumming
up
from
Boston
down
through
or
going
down
to,
Providence
and
New
London,
sometimes
and
then
Haven
New,
York
and
South
to
to
Washington
DC.
D
That
shows
you
a
a
basically
a
aerial
photograph
which
has
been
enhanced.
The
yellow
lines
show
you
where
the
interstates
are,
and
you
can
see
that
the
ten
lane
bridge
going
across
the
Goldstar
bridge
going
across
a
river
there
and
then,
if
you
look
you'll,
see,
there's
a
dark
black
line
that
starts
at
the
bottom
of
the
screen
goes
up
stakes
through
London
London
that
crosses
the
river
and
then
goes
on
off
to
towards
the
right
side
of
the
screen
and
that's
the
end
track
double
track.
D
E
D
And
this
is
a
blow-up
blown-up
version
of
what
the
basically
the
transportation
system
looks
like
in
Southeast,
Asia,
BMI
95
running
along
the
shoreline.
You
have
395
that
basically
goes
from
Waterford
Anto
to
Massachusetts
and
then
you've
got
the
orange
lines
which
basically
show
the
state
roads
in
that
area.
And
if
you
look
very
very
closely
on
this
map,
you
see
this
little
black
line
runs
long,
would
show
you
where
the
the
end
track
is
and
then
on
both
sides
of
the
river
glance,
the
things
there
are
train
tracks
that
run
up
there.
D
That
this
proposals
really
two
parts,
one,
is
to
extend
a
shoreline
ease
from
on
the
east
west
axis
and
then
it
is
to
establish
a
north-south
axis,
a
branch
line
which
I
for
purposes
of
the
argument
of
the
forest,
to
call
the
Norwich
branch,
because
it
goes
from
riding
up
to
up
to
knowledge,
and
that
would
be
the
second
part
of
the
proposal.
If
we
go
to
the
next
slide
number
seven,
you.
D
And
so
what
will
you
propose
to
do?
Is
we
supposed
to
use
new
compassionate
trains,
passenger
coaches
with
with
energy,
efficient
and
modern
features
such
as
things
as
Wi-Fi
and
so
forth?
And
then
we
connect
this
with
the
shoreline
II
to
exact
to
the
new
norwich
branch
line
at
station
in
Graz.
And
then
the
idea
would
be
to
run
to
this
service
as
the
or
commuter
from
5:00
in
the
morning
depending
in
the
evening,
and
we
had
a
definite
different
schedule
for
the
weekends.
And
so
one
of
the
things
that
this
process
does.
D
It
begins
to
solve.
The
last
mile
problem
of
this
fault,
so
we'd
be
able
to
bring
commuters
in
from
the
west,
from
the
east
and
from
the
north
and
basically
drop
them
off
at
either
electric
boat
or
Pfizer's.
Or
if
you
went
north,
you
drop
them
off
to
as
a
saw
end
of
the
base
so
base.
And
we
go
to
the
next
slide.
D
Number
eight
and
here's
a
picture
of
the
road.
If
you
will
the
roads
and
the
train
and
the
train
line.
And
you
notice
that
this
goes
from
the
Connecticut
River
on
the
left
side
of
your
screen
to
over
here
to
the
far
side,
which
is
up
to
Wesley
Rhode
Island,
and
you
notice
that
the
train
track
actually
states
quite
a
bit
through
that
whole
area.
D
Do
you
recall
there
was
a
great
deal
of
flap
about
that,
because
our
whole
region
would
lose
a
train
service
and
then
the
folks
up
north
thought
that
would
be
a
really
a
problem
having
new
tracks
going
through
their
communities.
And
if
you
look
carefully
on
this
map,
you'll
see
there's
a
set
of
little
red
they're
train
cars.
I'm,
not
sure
you
can
see
on
the
computer
unfortunate.
This
is
on
a
PowerPoint.
You
can
see
it,
but
there's
one
at
the
intersection
of
where
electric
boat
and
Pfizer's
meet
on
three
forty
nine.
D
D
Already
recognize
that
as
being
the
old
fancy
station,
that
is
right,
downtown
to
London
and
then
the
next
station
we
going
to
East
is
the
one
in
mystic
and
that's
no
longer
really
a
station
is
now
a
coffee
bar
and
then,
if
you
go
from
there
up
to
Rhode
Island,
you
end
up
having
a
the
station
at
with
route
junction
at
the
end,
which
is
the
following
slide,
and
so
you
see
there's
a
series
of
slides
here
now
on
the
on
the
slide.
That
shows
you.
D
The
link
for
a
junction
you'll
see
that
there
is
the
one
set
of
tracks
that
are
right,
close
to
the
the
platform
and
then,
if
you
look
to
the
right
side
of
your
screen,
you'll
see
that
there
is
a
parallel
to
set
to
track
to
the
east.
Essentially,
those
two
is
enter
to
the
east
or
to
the
right
side
of
the
screen.
Those
are
the
N
track
and
the
ones
that
are
close
to
the
platform
as
part
of
the
the
Massachusetts
Rhode
Island
system,
where
it
ends
and
whimpered
Junction.
D
A
D
D
Worcester
line.
This
way,
you
would
connect
this
Cheryl
I
nice,
with
this
new
knowledge
branch
line
with
the
tooth
to
change
systems,
basically
connecting
at
the
Y
and
now
called
the
rotten
Center
station
and
be
serviced
again,
as
we
said
from
early
in
the
morning
to
late
in
the
evening,
and
it's
facing
solves
the
last
mile
problem.
So
if
we
go
on
to
the
next
slide,
this
shows
you
a
blow
off
of
this.
This
is
number
15.
D
A
D
Just
give
you
sort
of
a
vision
for
the
future
rail
service
for
southeast.
A
good
idea
is
basically
improve,
connecting
Cheryl
IDs
from
old,
sever
to
Rhode
Island.
It
establishes
a
new
branch
line
on
the
Worcester
and
Providence
railroad,
which
is
I,
might
add
norm
or
knack
north,
not
normally
right
now
being
used
as
a
freight
line.
It
uses
one
of
the
nice
things
about
this
particular
price.
It
uses
existing
tracks,
both
legged
the
Providence,
the
Worcester
and
the
end
track.
D
It
uses
existing
stations
which
are
underutilized,
mystic,
westerly,
Kingston
and
Whitford,
and
we
create
these
new
stops
that
Niantic
Groton,
the
sub-base
some
phase,
Pfizer
intersection,
and
so
what
it
would
do
is
link
towns
and
cities
that
needs
to
tag
it
by
passenger
rail.
And
so,
if
you
go
to
the
next
slide,.
D
This
is
so,
what
do
we
get
from
all
us?
Well,
we
get
increased
use
of
rail
service
to
the
center
of
our
industrial
base
for
commuters
in
southeastern
Connecticut,
and
basically
it
also
creates
the
inner
and
the
possibility
of
inter
connected
community.
It
opens
up
the
opportunity
for
this
community
from
New
York
City
to
Boston
through
New
London,
Groton
Providence,
and
it
also
creates
the
north-south
axis
from
Rotten
knowledge
to
to
Worcester
and
it
basically
what
it
is.
It's
an
alternative
to
using
cars
for
transportation
and
gets
cars
and
trucks
off
the
road.
D
Now,
as
you
all
probably
know,
roughly
95%
of
all
the
community
to
take
place
in
our
region
is
done
by
cars
and
light
trucks
with
one
person
in
those
vehicles,
and
what
this
does
is
officially
reduces
the
future
traffic
congestion
I-95
to
the
395
and
would
support
the
growth
of
the
activities
that
electric
boat
and
the
rest
of
the
region
and
solar
does
is
improve.
Safety,
reduce
the
number
of
delays
and
accidents
for
commuters
going
you
the
next
slide.
D
This
also
get
you
improved
environmental
benefit
in
terms
of
air
quality,
better
ability
to
work
at
your
commute,
because
you
can
be
on
a
train
and
not
having
to
worry
about
the
traffic
ahead
of
you
or
delays
and
so
forth.
It
will
improve
the
industrial
and
economic
base
of
our
region,
and
this
also
supports
I,
think
the
additional
workforce
that's
been
proposed,
electro
folk
from
the
five
thousand
to
eighteen
thousand,
nine
eighteen
thousand
new
jobs.
D
Now
I
have
to
tell
you
that
the
eighteen
thousand
I
think
that
this
bit,
maybe
more
than
they're
really
talking
about
it,
I
think
more.
Like
five
thousand,
the
$14,000
jobs
is
more
likely
a
reality
over
the
next
twenty
years.
Although
these
numbers
do
not
reflect
of
the
increase
in
the
the
necessary
personnel,
it's
going
to
be
a
being
either
as
a
sub
base,
because
for
every
new,
both
they
build
an
electric
boat.
This
is
going
to
take
five
thousand
five
hundred
new
new
sailors
in
to
cruise
with
their
families
living
in
the
area.
D
So
it
actually
ends
up
being
probably
a
much
more
dramatic
number
of
people
coming
to
the
region
that
most
people
think,
and
so
what
this
does
is
also
supports.
Both
supports
to
mixed-use
development,
both
for
the
town
as
a
city
of
Rock,
and
the
town
has
already
got
that
regulation
in
place
and
as
I
understand
from
was
an
air.
D
D
The
first
step
was
letters
of
support
from
local
communities
and
our
partners
in
to
kagan
department
translation
into
the
governor
I
think
you
have
already
been
handed
out
a
three
documents.
One
is
the
letter
from
the
town
of
rotten
to
the
governor
asking
that
they
undertake
this
effort
and
I
have
talked
now
to
you
all
and
I
would
love
to
have
a
letter
coming
from
the
city
of
gotten
to
the
governor,
also
requesting
the
sort
of
study.
D
I've
already
had
initial
conversations
before
the
virus
crisis,
with
the
mayor
of
New,
London
and
and
and
he
is
very
interested
in
this
proposal
and
unfortunately,
due
to
the
virus
and
the
difficulties
of
having
meetings,
we
have
an
I
hack
jam
and
that
was
their
council.
Yet
I
will
do
that
as
soon
as
that
becomes
available
and
I've
also
had
the
same
conversation
about
this
proposal
with
the
selectmen
from
from
sullying,
and
they
the
suk-bin,
is
also
the
first
leg,
but
is
also
very
excited
and
interested
about
this.
This
project
as
well.
D
So
that's
the
first
thing
we
need
to
do.
They
need
to
have
letters
of
support
from
our
local
community
and
I
talked
to
your
mayor
about
working
with
the
regional
planning
agency
to
get
there
vienna
of
this
as
well.
I
should
note
that,
in
the
recent
master
plan
that
was
put
together
by
the
regional
planning
agency,
this
project
of
the
shoreline
east
extension
is
one
of
the
eleven
projects,
so
they
believe
is
a
high
priority.
So
we've
got
already
some
levels
support
a
regional
planning
agency
as
well.
D
Besides,
besides
the
car
and
I,
think
it's
pretty
clear
all
you
wouldn't
know
it
by
the
price
of
our
gas
right
now.
This
is
going
to
become
an
issue
as
we
go
forward
because,
as
some
of
you
probably
already
know
thirty
thirty,
eight
percent
of
our
greenhouse
gases
comes
from
our
using
cars
and
light
trucks
to
commute
to
and
from
work,
and
if
we
can
get
people
to
start
thinking
about
using
and
playing
having
an
alternative,
you
guys
to
work
using
mass
transit,
it
would
be
I
think
a
really
benefit
for
all
the
community.
D
It's
basically
I
guess
next
to
last
slide.
So
what
this
does
is
it
basically
is
a
proposal
to
provide
a
modern
commuting,
trained
transportation
system,
and
it's
going
to
be
some
some
some
effort
to
try
to
overcome
public's
resistance
to
change
and
part
of
it
is
that
we,
if
we
provide
the
modern
system
I,
think
it
might
be
very
attractive
for
many
people,
cost
of
services
are
something
going
to
have
to
be
subsidized
both
directly
and
indirectly.
D
I
also
should
point
out
that
we
in
the
regional
plan,
we
have
already
indicated
that
we
expect
to
spend
two
summers
of
the
neighbor
of
a
billion
dollars
in
upgrading
our
road
systems,
and
so
this
would
be
a
small
part
of
the
transportation
plan
compared
to
what
we're
proposing
to
spend
on
our
roads
and
so
I'm
planning
designing
finance
because
operating
a
new,
reliable,
modern
public
transportation
system
is
going
to
be
challenging.
For
us
all.
D
Pitou
key
on
infrastructure-
and
so
part
of
my
thought
here
is
that
we,
if
we
can
get
this
thing
into
a
planning
stage,
maybe
we
can
have
a
shovel
ready
infrastructure
project
that
would
benefit
the
entire
community
and
so
the
last
slide.
Basically,
my
my
thesis
is
if
we
build
a
modern,
reliable,
efficient,
cost-effective
public
transportation
system
in
a
timely
manner
and
I
think
family
is
very
important
here.
The
puffles
will
come
and
our
quality
of
our
life
will
improve.
D
D
A
A
D
A
D
A
D
Resiliency
and
sustainability
and
I
had
started
this
before
that
task
force
was
formed
because
I
was
particularly
interested
and
taken
with
the
fact
that
the
town
was
seriously
huge,
Susan
really
doing
really
doing
mixed-use
development
and
what
I
found
where
I
looked
at
the
literature
and
I
had
sort
of
known
was
for
some
time.
I
knew
that
if
you
had
good
mass
transit
associated
with
mixed-use
development,
it
becomes
much
more
attractive
for
all
the
parties
involved.
A
H
F
A
D
So
there
I'd
be
happy
to
at
any
point,
come
back.
First
of
all,
I
make
experiments,
keep
you
guys
posted
this.
How
this
thing
goes
and
second
I'd
be
happy
to
come
back
and
chat
with
you
in
more
detail
about
some
of
the
specific
services.
I
think
this
is
probably
a
pretty
hard
when
heated
to
a
PowerPoint
presentation.
This
was
set
up
for
a
big
screen
and
for
small
computers,
so
I
apologize
for
that,
but
I'd
be
happy
to
work
with
you
all
going
forward.
A
B
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
A
G
A
H
A
A
A
F
A
K
K
B
A
C
For
the
planning
departments
budget
on
page
49,
I
was
just
going
to
go
through
the
operating
expenses
and
just
really
highlight
what
the
increases
are,
what
the
increases
were
for,
starting
with
the
office
eyes
and
advertising
that
was
increased
for
this
budget
to
compensate
for
the
ESRI
GIS
license
that
was
given
to
the
city
of
Groton
than
us
or
purchased
overseas
brands
for
professional
development.
There
are
two
training
coming
up
next
year.
That
would
be
good
for
am
a
city
planner.
C
C
Contractual
services
is
increased
to
four
V's
construction
and
future
application.
Also,
the
scanning
of
documents
that
needs
to
be
done
between
the
scan
optics,
also
any
refined
zoning
regulations
for
the
five
corners
and
sang
Street
area,
as
well
as
strategic
planning
and
any
fifth
consulting
services
that
we
may
need.
A
F
A
A
C
A
Council
just
to
let
you
know
that
on
page
53,
under
operating
expenses,
the
office
supply
and
advertising
should
be
$2,000
in
the
contractual
services
should
be
$16,500.
Those
should
be
flipped,
it
doesn't
change
the
budget,
it
just
changed.
The
accounting
code
determine
cost.
Excuse
me,
cost
Center.
C
C
C
C
A
A
L
L
Got
39
and
then
40
yep,
perfect!
Thank
you,
okay,
so,
as
you
will
see
that
the
budget
is
down
minus
seven
point
four,
four
percent:
there
was
no
it's
all
level
spending
that
this
budget
has
shown.
There
are
no
increases
from
any
line
items
on
the
budget.
The
highlights
this
year
was
that
we
brought
down
the
reserved
vehicles.
We
had
quite
a
bit
of
money
last
year
put
up
into
the
into
the
budget,
and
now
we
brought
it
back
down
to
$8,000.
L
Like
I
said,
all
the
line
items
went
back
to
the
to
what
they
were
a
lot
of
money's
being
not
a
lot
of
money
but
we're
using
office-supply
monies
to
move
downstairs.
We
have
currently
about
three
quarters
of
us
down
there
and
I'm
the
only
one
that
needs
to
get
get
down
there.
So
there's
that
that
time
is
available
to
do
that.
Is
there
any
questions
that
I
could
counsel.
J
L
L
The
vehicles
that
we
currently
well
in
the
beginning
of
the
year
well,
really
in
October,
we
bought
a
new
vehicle
for
my
office,
which
then
took
the
old
vehicle
and
went
over
to
Kevin
Quinn,
and
we
just
recently
awarded
a
bid
to
statement
contract
for
replacement
of
the
assistant
building
officials
a
vehicle
on
there.
So,
yes,
the
vehicles
will
be
sort
of
new
there's,
like
I,
said
one
vehicle
that
probably
got
a
hundred
thousand
miles
on
it.
A
L
L
A
L
As
you
see,
this
budget
is
down
2%
my
office,
staffs,
the
harbor
Management
Conservation,
Commission,
Zoning,
Board
of
Appeals
and
an
Eastern
Point
historic
district,
the
Harbor
Management
we
put
very
minimal
money
to
because
they
have
earned
they
they
charge
for
their
mooring
fees.
We
have
been
putting
that
money
into
a
special
reserved
account
and
I
think
that
account
is
around
15
to
16
thousand
this
year.
L
We'll
get
a
we're
just
starting
to
get
that
more
and
fee
money
in.
So
it
changes
very
quickly
at
this
time
of
year.
That's
why
I
don't
I,
don't
have
that
top
number
off
off
my
head
on
there,
so
we
just
put
a
very
minimal
amount
of
money
in
that,
in
that
account
all
the
other
commissions.
All
the
other
commissions
are
split
up.
Amongst
the
other
three
commissions,
we
do
have
six
thousand
dollars
in
in
the
historic
district
monies
this
year
for
contractual
services
for
the
next
budget
year.
L
Due
to
the
fact
there
was
a
grant
out
there
that
was
promised
that
money.
If
we
take
that,
if
we
finish
that
grant
off,
and
so
we
had
to
have
that
money
and
standby
and
then
in
the
wetlands,
we
have
a
higher
contractual
piece
to
that
due
to
the
fact
that
we
are
doing
wetlands
mapping
through
a
third
party,
we
soil
scientists
to
map
those
map,
map
the
wetlands
and
then
digitize
that
stuff
for
us.
A
G
G
G
So
that
we
can
provide
training
for
management
as
well
as
all
of
the
different
federal
regulations,
we
also
have
money
in
their
frozen
subscription
to
sharp
professional
association,
and
we
know
that
pay
insurance,
which
is
the
biggest
oh
I'm.
So
sorry
I'm,
not
that
down
the
last
ones.
The
subscription
sure
the
next
line
item
is
contracted
services
that
includes
our
journeys
feet
our
employee
assistance
program
for
all
of
our
staff
and
also
from
friendship,
maintenance
fee.
G
G
Full-Time
employees
and
the
benefit
self-evident
pension
has
increased
and
the
in
Greece.
There
is
far
salaries
for
the
HR
staff.
I
want
to
bring
up
our
HR
assistant
to
HR
generalist
because
she
has
done
phenomenal
job.
The
last
two
weeks,
I
mean
I'm,
sorry,
the
last
two
years
and
her
exam
in
the
next
two
years.
She
this
department,
also
I,
have
put
in
the
decrease
for
myself.
I
am
very
low
and
other
municipalities
that
I
have
looked
at
or
pay.
The
median
is
about
$13,000
I'm.
G
A
G
A
M
M
The
very
first
one
under
personnel
services
line
to
part-time
employees.
You
just
notice
that
that's
been
zeroed
out.
That
was
a
line
item
we
use
when
we
had
volunteer
firefighters.
We
currently
have
no
volunteer
firefighters
and
we
haven't
for
a
few
years
and
so
that
money
last
year
the
bulk
of
it
was
moved
to
other
accounts,
and
now
this
year
it's
just
been
zeroed
out.
If
you
move
down
to
operating
expenses,
I
would
just
note
that
v
lying
down
H
and
H,
then
H
and
H
stands
for
heart
and
hypertension.
It's
a
state
law.
M
It
covers
some
of
the
older
firefighters.
The
newer
firefighters
do
not
have
that
benefit,
but
and
that
that
number
is
just
the
guess.
It
really
is
dictated
dependent
on
how
our
older
members
handle
you
know
our
that
year,
but
that's
what
H
and
H
stands
for
family
was
curious.
If
you
go
farther
down
contractual
services.
I
just
mentioned
it,
because
you'll
notice
that
we
had
a
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
dollars
budget
this
year,
and
that
was
an
anticipation
of
electric
boat
and
all
the
things
they
were
doing.
M
We
weren't
sure
what
we
would
need
for
inspections
and
such
we
did
not
use
that.
That's
why
the
estimates
only
ten
thousand
dollars
in
there
also
in
contractual
service.
It's
also
goes
towards
lawyer
fees
and
we
did
negotiate
our
contract.
So
it's
about
ten
thousand
dollars
we
used,
but
you'll
notice.
M
We
did
budget
a
hundred
and
ten
thousand
for
the
coming
year
in
anticipation
of
the
building
plans
actually
coming
through
for
the
electric
boat
project,
two
lines
down
from
that
the
vehicles
just
mentioned:
we
budgeted
thirty-five
thousand
last
year
and
we're
budget
in
the
same
this
year,
but
you'll
notice
the
estimates
fifty-five
thousand.
That
was
due
to
the
motor
that
blew
on
one
of
our
engines.
We
did
come
to
you
with
an
emergency.
M
You
know,
requests
to
get
that
fixed
and
we're
taking
that
out
of
the
budget.
That's
why
it's
estimated
higher
and
then
lastly,
the
reserve
fund
you'll,
see
last
year
we
requested
thirty
thousand.
That
was
to
help
purchase
a
new
vehicle
for
the
deputy
chief.
This
year
we
raised
that
to
one
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
thirty
thousand
will
be
for
going
towards
a
new
Chiefs
car.
M
Ten
thousand
is
in
anticipation
having
to
buy
new
Scott
bottles
in
five
years,
so
we
started
to
say
for
that
now
and
then
a
hundred
and
ten
thousand
will
go
towards
future
purchases
of
the
fire
trucks
which
you
know,
cost
quite
a
bit
of
money
and
as
much
anything
we
can
save
and
don't
have
to
bond.
In
the
long
run,
it's
gonna
help
out
the
city.
M
A
I
may
interrupt
real,
quick,
the
good
news
and
the
current
situation
that
we're
in
is,
we
got
we're
gonna
get
the
motor
fix
from
you,
get
the
chassis
fixed
and
that's
going
to
extend
the
life
of
this
truck.
The
bad
news
is,
it
extends
the
life
of
this
truck
and
then
our
other
trucks,
so
that
the
end
of
life
is
within
a
year
or
two
of
each
other
for
both
those
vehicles.
So
what
I'm,
trying
to
do?
A
What
we're
trying
to
do
is
this
is
to
have
the
discipline
to
set
aside
the
money
and
not
touch
that
money
so
that
when
it
comes
to
time
to
buy
a
truck
you're
only
gonna
have
to
bond
one
truck
and
you'll
be
able
to
pay
for
the
other,
because
you'll
have
that
money
set
aside.
That
takes
discipline.
It
takes
foresight
and
it
takes
the
ability
of
the
chief
not
to
touch
the
money
and
for
us
not
to
touch
some
money.
A
Sometimes
we've
been
successful;
sometimes
we
have
it
sometimes
you
know
the
town
sometimes
does
this,
and
sometimes
we
don't
put
the
money
aside
or
we
just
kick
your
thing
down
the
road.
Next
thing
you
know
the
big
money
comes
up
and
you
have
to
bond
it
because
we
got
to
have
a
fire
truck,
and
so
that's
the
reason
that
we
decided
to
put
away
money
this
year.
In
that
amount,
sorry
chief,
go
ahead.
That's.
I
A
M
That
was
just
I
was
using
4%,
I
think,
is
what
financial
director
had
put
out
when
we
were
trying
to,
in
essence,
guess
for
open
and
things
of
that
nature,
and
also
for
utilities.
I
mean
my
guess
now
would
be.
Hopefully
it
be
less
because
the
oil
t
oil
prices
have
certainly
hit
rock
bottom
self
yeah.
There
was
an
increase
also
in
rentals
of
the
hydrants
we
pay.
We
pay
a
hydrant
rental
every
month
for
the
hydrants
in
the
city,
as
does
everybody,
you
know
the
other
fire
districts
in
town.
M
So
when
you
look
at
that
utility
bill
there,
the
vast
majority
of
that
is
hydrant
rental
and
there
will
be
a
slight
increase
this
year
on
that
hydrant
rental.
It
also
goes
then,
for
electric
phone
cable,
natural
gas
at
company
to
all
those
things,
but
the
hydrant
rental
we
knew
was
going
to
go
up.
We
were
trying
to
anticipate
natural
gas
and
gas
for
the
trucks
and
all
those
things
going
up.
A
A
J
Those
did
come
in,
for
the
most
part
should
come
in
on
schedule,
so
this
year,
you'll
see
there's
a
huge
decrease
in
that
on
designated
capital
that
went
back
down
to
zero
this
year
from
the
two
million
that
was
budget.
So
I
just
want
to
point
that
out,
because
that
was
a
significant
change
in
the
budget.
A
Any
other
questions
on
the
budget
at
this
time
any
accounts
any
categories,
any
questions:
okay,
hearing,
none
we'll
start
in
the
beginning
of
the
the
agenda
on
number
561
grande
utilities,
financials.
We
have
presented
two
financials
to
you,
electric
water
and
sewer.
We
will
discuss
these
in
detail
at
the
Committee
of
the
Whole
meeting
on
518.
A
A
A
I,
don't
I,
don't
know
the
answer
there.
Let
me
find
out
if
grad
utilities
is
going
to
donate
this
used
to
be
called
Groton
Bank
day
now.
It's
called
Groton
Heights
waterfront
festival
will
also
have
to
see
if
they
are
donating
to
art
on
Groton
Bank,
which
is
hard
on
Groton
bank
had
been
established,
and
then
this
was
brought
in
and
incorporated
with
art
on
Groton
Bank
together
then.
A
A
Okay,
what
I
could
what
we
can
do
is
I
can
get
that
information,
even
if
we
move
this
to
the
committee
of
the
whole
in
May
there's
still
time
since
everything
has
been
pushed
to
the
fall
so
I'd
much
rather
do
that
and
try
to
press
the
council
for
a
number
and
they
don't
have
information.
Does
that
make
sense
or
should
we
yet.
A
J
So
this
this
comes
to
the
council.
Every
year,
it's
put
together
by
the
town
tax
collector
and
it's
a
list
of
taxes
that
they're
looking
to
put.
They
move
from
the
receivable
listing
over
to
the
suspense
listing.
It's
not
writing
them
off.
It's
just
moving
them
and
kind
of
taking
them
off
the
books
of
putting
on
another
list,
and
the
reason
for
that
is
they
moved.
They've
tried
to
do
mailings.
They
can't
get
ahold
of
people
or
find
people.
J
Businesses
may
have
gone
out
of
business,
so
there's
personal
property
stuff
that
they
know
they
cannot
won't
be
collected
because
a
business
is
no
longer
operational.
But
if
you
go
through
the
list,
you'll
see
a
majority.
The
majority
of
them
are
Motor
Vehicles.
So
as
people
that
have
moved
out
of
town
and
like
I
said
they
cannot
locate
them
if
they
do
come
back
into
town
and
try
to
pay
another
tax
and
with
under
that
same
name.
J
This
dispense
list
thing
will
pop
and
that
will
become
payable
to
the
to
the
city,
but
right
now,
they're
just
kind
of
putting
them
off
to
an
off
to
the
side,
just
because
they
cannot
find
the
person
and
instead
of
keeping
them
on
their
radar,
it's
kind
of
putting
to
the
side.
That's
the
easiest
way
to
explain
it,
but,
like
I,
said,
there's
no
real
estate
in
here,
because
real
estate
they
can
do
tax
sales
on
we're
just
truly
just
motor
vehicle
and
personal
property.
Okay,.
F
A
A
Basically
overhaul
and
restore
our
audio
system.
We
have
a
relatively
new
video
system.
It's
only
about
a
year
old.
We
wanted
to
upgrade
the
op
upgrade
the
audio
system.
Sean
Greely
was
kind
enough
to
let
us
know
about
this
grant,
and
then
he
actually
filled
out
the
paperwork
for
us
and
helped
us
was
the
submission
of
the
grant.
We
were
awarded
the
grant
so
because
it
is
a
grant.
I'll
need
Council's
approval
to
accept
the
grant.
So
any
questions
on
the
grant.
A
Depo
booth
councillor
Sanford
seconded,
so
we
have
a
motion.
A
second
any
further
discussion.
Hearing,
none
all
in
favor,
say
aye
opposed
abstentions.
Motion
carries.
Let
me
double
check
my
agenda.
They
were
there.
I
did
get
everything.
Okay,
that's
what
I
have
all
right.
I
will
take
a
motion
to
adjourn.