which amount shall be expended in addition to the $1 million previously approved for this project by vote of the town under article 5 of the warrant at the 2024 special town meeting. And that to meet this appropriation, the treasur with the approval of the select board is authorized to borrow set amount under and personal to general chapter 44 section 8 subsection 5 or any other enabling authority and issue bonds or notes of the town. Therefore, do I have It's not the same motion as in That's not the same general section on the warrant and the motion. It's fine. That's fine. It's fine. Discussion. Seeing none, we'll move to a vote. This involves borrowing and require 2/3 majority. All those in favor, please raise your cards. Thank you. And opposed. That passes unanimously. Article funding. Article 14. Funding for INI sponsored by the town manager finance director.
I I I having an elected position, right, is is a different sense of responsibility than an appointment to me, which is why from afar I said I took somebody's room and sit here while the rest of the family's enjoying themselves because that's what we do, right? And I appreciate that. um the colleagues on the board have taken it that seriously as well and I do hope that we can shift to more planning and I know it's sometimes dumped to us the planning which like in BTA zoning but I think we can um probably ways to maybe work with the community more to shift that to more planning. I I think it would be appreciated. It would be for me and I don't think I'm the only one. So yeah, but it's been a great board to serve with. I love that it's um a diverse board and I think that's although having the five women is diverse right now.
Does anyone have any questions or comments from this? I just like to comment how excited I am that something came in under bid for everybody's life. Do we know what happens to the unspent capital monies? Do they stay on our side of the I don't have any idea. Um, if I could answer that. Um, they do not, Chris. they go back into the capital fund and over time once money accumulates in that fund um it goes to town meeting where it's allowed I believe it's town meeting where it's decided that it can be either redistributed or or put towards another project which is what happened with the sidewalks or whatever it was years ago Vulcan stove which still is better than what you can buy now and whatever else I can't remember. There's a bunch of things going back five or six years. Well, those were bonded projects.
I see you. I know who you are. You want to take down the name of the colonist, Native Americans, the hell with you, blah blah blah. So I said, "Hey, I'm actually here to become a member. I'm an alumni, class of 98." And she go with an expression and actually have an aic dance group next door at the Anaheim Downtown Community Center. Oh, and I actually know somebody I won't mention his name. He's a high school coach at Anaheim High School that I knew. So she went, "So do I have to leave now?" She says, "No." So I gave her a letter of the tribe. I said, um, I will stay and I wanted to donate money to a family that lives in a in a car that goes to Anaheim High School. So, sadly, that's another example and truth of why the name of the school should come down at Anaheim High School.
December works. Okay. Um just be aware that that means you're going to have board members at some point in time that have only been on for a week. No, there's no election. It's annual though. But but you would in your December meeting, you would have two board meetings in December. So you'd have a group that would be able to finish and do a self-evaluation as the completers and if there was a change to the board then the next group would not do it until the following December. That's that's what I was thinking just every year. Yeah. All right. Good. Okay. Uh let's see here. Kylie, we have any public comments? I have not received any. Okay. Thank you. Um do we have any more uh board comments? Anybody back on the agenda? Anything else? No. Okay. Are we able to consider the motion to adjust the governance handbook?
See if the town will appropriate a sum of money to make infiltration and inflow improvements to the town's sewer system or pass any vote or take any other action relative there too. The finance committee recommends the town so vote. Mr. Herbert. Thank you, Mr. Moderator. Um, as you can see here from the article, um, this is phase 14 and 16 of the funding allocation. Um, I should point out that this is, um, a low to no interest loan and a grant. So, part of it is a loan, part of it is a grant. U,, just to explain a little bit of what the INI program is for those of you that don't know. So our sewer system um the piping that makes up municipality sewer system actually what happens is the way that the joints butt up against each other can actually allow leaks from groundwater to actually go into the pipes.
We're missing some diversity. Exactly. But it is from uh over history. So and that's been also I think something that we did celebrate probably probably not as much as we should have with at least documenting a photo. But I think we all I appreciate that it was um for a short time aboard of five women. I think that's really cool. No, I mean I think yeah, technically it still it still is. So, y yeah. So, might have made Ashland history there. So, anyway. Okay. Well, like I said, Kate, uh enjoy the rest of your vacation. You know, you have to you said you had to come running in the probably the comprehensive plan meeting, but enjoy your time and until then, uh get a get a little time away. So, everyone needs it. All right. Motion. Otherwise, we'll see you around town. Yeah. Do I get to make the last motion to adjourn?
The capital projects are a little different, but you're right. That's what happened with those as well. Where is the DHS garage at? And then there isn't one, right? Yeah. But where what are we going to do with it? Where are we going to put it? So, the purpose of the garage was for storage, Ashley, because we are we have really no storage at the high school. We we put our soccer nets um in the woods. Um they rust quickly over time and we have to replace them. We have a lot of athletic equipment that um gets stored in places where it shouldn't be or it doesn't get stored at all. um along with uh mowers and and other types of uh equipment vehicles, right? The back corner of this this side student parking lot in the in the far back like our uh van and there was other vehicles that were going to go vans.
That's it. Thank you so much. Gracias, RT Castillo. Have a great Good evening. Um, yeah, I'd like to mention the these the things that were said tonight was very interesting. Um, I don't know if anybody knew back in the 30s they were deporting most of my families to Mexico born here and Senator Joe Dunn was trying to get it out there to go take it down in Sacramento but um somehow it just got halted and there was so there's a story of our families here that were um not given reparations. So, you know, just want to let people know that's history. And, uh, my family being here. I'm a third generation Anaheim over here at the Holy Cross Cemetery. My grandmother and a great uncle's buried there. And, you know, to come here and to the school board, it was for me because the the things that are changing now today weren't like that back in the days.
That wasn't a um the motion that you made. We'd have to agendaize it. So, um I'd need direction from the board. Well, we're going to get to future agenda items, Renee, and you can bring it up then to put it on for a future agenda and then it'll be agendaized. Then we can vote on it. Okay. So, um it'll be towards the end of it. I'll call for uh future items. Sounds good. Okay. I do want to just congratulate um I know that I should have said this during first comments, but I would like to congratulate um Mariana Torres and Nelson um Lopez for um Compost for getting our um and all the schools like this didn't happen. I know that one board member congratulated me and told me that I did a lot of work on this. I did not. I just sit in the background and cheer and say go and do this if they're if they're willing.
So those of you that are familiar with our sewer system and the way it works and the way it operates, we get charged for all the flow that goes through those pipes uh both by the city of Framingham and then also the MWR. The more of those leaks we can find and plug up, the less money we have to spend on treat on transporting and treating simple groundwater, not effluent. So, um there's an important environmental component as well as a monetary component to this as well. Thank you, Mr. Herbert. To allow discussion, I'll entertain a motion the town appropriate $1,214,000 to make infiltration and inflow improvements to the town's sewer system, including improvements for infiltration inflow reduction purposes that are eligible for loans and other financial assistance to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authorities INI local financial assistant program phase 14 and 16 funding allocation said funds to be expended under the direction of the Department of Public Works.
Yes, please do. Yes, please. Motion to adjourn. We made it by nine. Right on. I'll second them. Anna Tesmania. I Katherine Jersey. And Trisha Kendall I. That's the end of an era. We will um see you next month everybody. Well, no, in a few. Good luck to you as well. Thank I'll be here on the 22nd though. All right. See you on the 22nd. One more time for Alvaro. One more time. Have a good night. Thanks everyone. Byebye. Good night everybody.
Correct. Thank you. Anyone have any other questions? All those in favor of the motion, please say I. I. Anyone oppose or abstaining? Uh on to the novice insight managed IC it support for 2024 2025 which is retroactive and it was wanted by the auditor I believe. Correct. Um let's see. Novas insight is a CRG awarded IT service under vendor service vendor for cyber security infrastructure services and model policies and general IT assistance. Services provided to Bolton include managed technology support backup services for BH and Microsoft 65 cyber security endpoint licenses no before training program private cloud housing email filtering and other related technology needs. The auditor has shared that although Novvice is a CRC awarded IT service vendor, a retroactive bid waiver needs to be approved for Novvice Insight as our managed IC IT support because the board of selectment has not yet approved the resolution that would allow the BOS and BOE to use consortium bids which John Butchovis has had been told was going to happen.
We were going through a lot. And so, I've seen a big change here. I'm so happy. So, I was hearing things that were progressing forward. Uh, it wasn't like that back in my time. Uh, back in 77 all the way through. Um, I was coming here for like 25 years straight and actually elementary school and city council. And, uh, uh, but I was a, uh, early, uh, employee at 13 with the CEDA program they used to have. And, uh, I got in and I went into the parks. I went to Ponderosa Park and uh that would be uh district four I believe. Um I was downward in districts. I was in one, two, and three and four. My family's also in six. So I were six generations and so it's like a concern for me to be involved and I was in the parks from uh 13 to 17.
And what an amazing outcome that um $10.2 million will come to Apple Valley Unified School District over the next five years. Good job, ladies. and Nelson. Well, the ladies are standing out in the front there. All right. Um, so no public comments, no board member comments. Anything else from the superintendent comments, public hearings? We have none at this time. And then we need to move for item one. Uh, approve the recommendation for expulsion case exp32425. We have a motion. So motion Maria and a second Amanda. All in favor? I.
determine whether such amount should be raised by taxation, borrowing, transfer from available funds or otherwise and to authorize the select board to apply for and accept any grants that may be available to pay costs of such projects. And to meet appropriation, the town treasurer with the approval of the select board is authorized to borrow a set amount under and person with the master law chapter 44 or personal to any other enabling authority. Do I have such a motion? Discussion. Seeing none, we'll move to a vote. This will also require two/3 majority to borrowing. All those in favor, please raise your cards. Thank you. And opposed. That passes unanimously. Article 15 estab to establish a local historic district sponsored by the historical commission. See, the town will vote to establish a local historical district historic district to be administered by a historic district commission as provided for under Mass Mass General law chapter 4C by amending the town of Ashlin bylaws by adding a new chapter 32 entitled local historic district as is printed in your handbooks or pass any vote or take any other action relative there too.
So we need a motion to retroactively wave the bid to award Nova Insight as a managed IT support for the 2024 2025 year. I'll make a motion to wave second.
um you know I was with the kids and but just to grow up to see the changes I have to say to all immigrants that came I had to go through that and you know not to be negative it's just to be um that I'm visually seeing the things that were going on in this community uh for our education. So that's what got me involved to take kids and speak to principles and coming here to board to uh uh having hearings on young men and and finding out that they you know giving them a chance cuz when I used to come here you would hear 30 to 40 kids getting expelled and half of those I would take and uh represent them and when I was representing them they the school decided to keep them in and um you know what they graduated and they became great people so I'mad glad these things are now changing and we're doing all these services that we're having today.
Any opposed? I I I'm sorry. We hear I It was a I Okay. Uh hearing no opposition. Uh that'll be the order. Explosion case STIP 202425. Again, I need a motion to approve. So moved. Motion Buchanan. I'll second. Second. Maria. Maria. All in favor? I.
The finance committee defers it recommendation to town meeting. Mr. Nielson. Yes. Good evening everyone and thank you for coming out tonight. My name is Jim Nielsen. I'm the chairman of the Ashlin Historical Commission and I'm here to introduce the article. Um, can we go back on the slides because this isn't the first slide in the presentation. Sorry, Jim. I got the wrong one. That's why. There you go. Local his colleges accepted. No, that's not me either. We're talking about historic. There we go. Okay. Now, for many years, the Ashlin Historical Commission has been looking into uh establishing a local historic district in downtown Ashlin. Um, as you can see, next slide, please. Why create this? Well, Ashlin's quickly losing its historical buildings. A local historic district is the only mechanism to available to preserve historic buildings. Um, other people have said we could do the National Historic Register or we could do local control of one building at a time.