001All right. Well, we have a full compliment. Yay. All right. So, um with that said, it's 5:31 and I would like to call the leazison meeting uh between the Groten Board of Ed, the city council, the town council, the RTM um to order. The first um uh order of business is to kind of review um of the September 2nd uh meeting minutes and um uh I guess we should vote on them. Um so I would take a motion for the approval of the meeting minutes of September 2nd. >> So move >> I got Lee. >> I'm sorry. >> That would be Rosemary. >> Um is there any discussion about the minutes? Uh there is a um a change that needs to be made under the town council report that the mayor told me about previously.
002Um under the town council report, the GoPro cameras for teachers, they would like to have them or like to use them at it's not that they do have them. >> All right. Can that correction be made? >> I Let me just get a a clarification. Um is anyone taking notes minutes? We're actually recording, too. >> Well, it's always I I'm Kathy, you look so studious there. I thought you were doing it, but I'll do it. >> Well, I am. >> Oh, you are. Okay. And can you email them to me and we'll get them disseminated. >> I sure will. >> Great. Okay, good. Thanks, >> Kathy. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> I would much rather skydive than take take minutes. I am not. >> Well, sometimes it's really difficult because people talk really quickly.
003So, it's it's it's a little hard. So, I don't I don't expect them always to be accurate. So, but I do the best I can. >> I appreciate that, Kathy. Any other further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor of of accepting the September 2nd meeting minutes, please um say I >> I oppose abstain. And the motion has carried. >> Dr. Grineer, can you kind talk about uh >> Sure. um because last we met um we have had a full month of school. >> Well, let me let me let me start with the the problems first. Um on on Sunday afternoon, uh basically our our luck ran out. We had been we've been having a I think there were six prior COVID cases that had been identified and in each case the individual had not
004been in school for four, five, in some cases eight days. So the contact tracing was extremely limited. But Sunday afternoon, uh, I learned that there was a individual at the middle school who in fact had been in the building, uh, while the individual was infectious. And we we had to do a a a very extensive about approximately a hundred people uh were uh were potential contacts and ultimately the school was able to identify about uh not about we identified 41 contacts. So what I mean by a contact of course is someone who was within six feet for more than 15 minutes. Um and the way the system works is well actually Sunday ledge called me and said that they they received the the positive test. Sometimes the individual self-reports and sometimes uh the uh the
005ledge will will hear the result. But anyway, when they reported it to me, they then try to speak to the individual. the the health districts do to try to determine who was in contact with this person the six six feet for more than 15 minutes and then they turn it over to us because they they they don't have the ability to uh to call everyone. So what we did was we we knew some of the obvious uh individuals and then we asked everybody to come in, pretty much everybody to come in the next day because we had to run the scenario of where this individual was uh during the time that he or she was infectious. Um and then once we figure that out, we sent those individuals to get tested. So, we're in a
006holding pattern on 41 people u that that need to get tested. Um the next the next day, uh we or maybe the later or that night, we've had quite a few lately. Uh another another individual at Clchester, uh tested uh tested positive, but in that case, we knew it was quite limited. And then yesterday there was a Northeast Academy individual, but we know that that individual was not in school. Um, so I I can I can tell you what I mean by that is from the from the moment the test is taken, not when you get the results, but when the test is taken, the ledge light officials ask us to go back 48 hours prior. The presumed infectious period is 48 hours before a positive test or or 48 hours before onset of symptoms.
007So if somebody had an onset of symptoms or got or got tested on Monday for example uh they and they were uh they were of course they wouldn't have been in school on Sunday and Saturday even if they were in school on Friday the school would not be uh the place where you would do contact tracing. there might be contacts in the community, but we wouldn't uh be be doing the contact tracing there. Um, so in some cases, as I said, we get lucky and the individual has not been in school for that 48 hours. In some cases, the individual is. So, I would say right now, uh, we are in a we're we're approaching a a real practical problem. uh the the middle school middle school has um I I I believe it's 12
00812 staff members who will be out uh for the next two weeks. Um we've been we've been pretty lucky, but at at a certain point as I think as I explained that Kim, we're just not going to be able to open the school. They're just we won't have enough teachers, we won't have enough staff, we won't have, you know, whatever. Um so but in the meantime we are continuing uh with our hybrid uh learning model meaning uh that uh the children who in in the first part of the alphabet about about a third of the kids approximately a little bit more than a third are coming in on Monday and Tuesdays. Uh another approximately a little bit more than a third are coming in on Thursdays and Fridays. Um and then we have on average
009about 27% of our children are full distance learning. Um and so we are we are uh in in in the process and I know uh teachers are working like crazy and I suspect representative Flax knows this because he lives with somebody who's working like crazy. Um, so the teachers here, the the real problem is, and I expect uh the mayor knows this as well, you teach all day uh to both the kids in front of you and the kids at home and then you finish your day's teaching and you've got hours and hours of work to correct the work that had been done uh dur during the day by by the remote students u which is a majority of the students. So right right now I think our technology is is is good. I I
010would say the the hybrid learning is is is a is a work in progress. We're doing a lot more team teaching. Uh that is to say for example only at the elementary school but somebody's doing of a of a three-person team. Say someone's doing math, someone's doing reading and someone's doing writing. So they're they're working they're working their way through that. Uh but uh we uh as we we continue so we've had one, two, three, well we we we've had three cases in in the last two days. So um you know we're I think we're all poised uh to uh try to respond to this as as best we can. We we are on day in daily contact with Ledine Health District. Um, so right now I I I I I think we're we're holding
011steady. Uh, but I think everyone uh is is is beginning to sense that if there's if there's much more widespread uh infections. Um, I was I was on the phone uh last night. I I was told by Ledge Light that one of our one of our students plays uh youth football. not Graten youth football, but uh another another uh youth football. So, uh they asked me and I I was lucky and I was able to contact the coach and and the whole team had to be put on quarantine. So, it's it's it's spreading in our community there. There's there's no question. >> Can I just add something, Mike? One of the things we've done on our website on the front page is to really put all aspects of what's happening this fall. So whether it's
012the hybrid plan, how we're taking attendance, the health issues, and there's actually a banner that goes across that indicates um and this really came from the board request and other requests that we kind of keep track of those cases. So you can actually see that and you know, we've notified parents about this and um you know, we're just trying to communicate as best we can. it it happens so fast and we have to pay attention to this contact tracing. That's a really important ingredient. But I think communication is also a huge ingredient to all of this and and you know letting families know and schools know when these things are happening. >> And I just had two things to add. Um Kim, we are coming down the home stretch. Uh uh uh the middle school
013is 99.9% finished. The the gym will be finished the end of next week. Uh I I I had a tour with a engineering expert on Sunday of the of the new fields and the person family member of mine was enormously impressed. He's only six years old, but he knows a lot about uh construction and he thought the fields were fabulous and they are. Um the second thing is on Tuesday we we unfortunately we can't have very many people because of social distancing, but we're doing another topping off ceremony. They're putting the final beam on the Cutler Elementary site school. uh and so that that work is continuing uh without interruption. Cutler is is the infrastructure is is will be finished on Tuesday and the uh and west side uh I think we we're we're about
014a week away from finishing the infrastructure of that building as well. So so things are things are moving. So with that, so how the >> I think you're muted, Kim. >> I'm not I think I think I'm on. >> Okay, >> we can hear you. >> That's too bad. I'm sorry. >> That's all right. >> Um um Caitlyn had the right idea, I think. Um so I um so into support of that, um we have a naming committee for the two elementary schools that are are coming. Um the board is really going to have to be finalizing on the magnet themes for the district because we will at that point have all our elementary schools um be on a magnet theme. Um we are um along with that we are um in using Mike Zuba's
015company. I can never remember >> Bone and Bit Broom. >> Thank you. Um, and they're helping us with the distri distribution in terms of what is what is a population of our schools and who what neighborhoods go. We're not looking at redistricting. It's not redistricting, but we're making sure that we have the right um amount of kids going to our schools. Specifically, um, for the two new ones, the one that's on the Cutler site, um, has has requirements in terms of, um, our diversity and and, etc. because of the type of grant that we that we received for that. Um we the board is also um um uh busy um looking at applications um for our next superintendent and in fact we're meeting u we met on Monday with our search um person uh Mary
016Broadick and we will be meeting again next week on Wednesday with a hope the following week um to start interviewing candidates. Um so that's where we are on that search. Um we have um so much um I think I think that that though that is big I think um I think all of us are kind of holding our breath about what when about the COVID cases in terms of what's happening specifically when we see of our neighboring towns we have East Lime that's the high school the middle school Waterford Middle School um are all um closed for uh two to three weeks um Norwich public school has has um has uh um has post has gone all virtual. Um and so I just think that I think that the board is kind of holding our
017breaths around that. >> So any any questions for Mike in terms of what's going on with the board of ed stuff? Kathy, >> I just want to clarify that the middle school and Claude are the only schools closed. The remainder are >> correct. Well, Rochester is not closed anymore. It's just for two days. >> Oh, it's not closed. >> It's open. It's open tomorrow. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> There was much more impact on Graten Middle School than Claude. >> Okay. >> It had to close for a short time. >> Bruce, >> um, thanks Kim. Um, two questions. One is Dr. Dr. Did I hear you say that you don't think the middle school is going to open or >> No, no, no. It it it's just closed for two weeks and then then it
018will be open. Yeah, it will open uh on the 19th. >> Okay. And the other I just have a comment um of a active parent who has a kid in the new middle school. >> Yeah. that um you know I want to I want to preface it by saying that uh I you know obviously the the task at hand with the new middle school and with the COVID is overwhelming and it's a huge task and there's a lot of different areas that have to be addressed. Um it seems to us after the first month or so that there are still um a lot of like um I think the teachers are struggling in some cases. Um the students are struggling. There's a there's um substitute teachers which I totally understand but some of the p
019like we're not we're not aware that they're um substitute teachers. And so the when you're trying to talk to them or have a level of discussion about, you know, issues that the, you know, the identification that they're they may be um substitute is a big deal >> because they're, you know, they're not the, you know, their second line or what, how, whatever you want to call. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Um, and I I don't know, you know, and again, I understand why the school had to close. >> The pressure it puts on the parents and the students, I don't know. I don't know what the answers are and I don't envy um you know the board of ed and being in that position. Um but uh like I just feel like and I I guess
020you guys know it that the work just is never done because there's so many um unanswered things and and and I know some are more important than others. Um, one of the things that we've noticed and it's and it and it really is a big deal is that the students are submitting their work and they're not getting any response from their teachers. So, you have, you know, a sixth grader who's submitted, you know, um, you know, their their work for that they their homework that they're getting and they're submitting and there's not a there's not a dialogue. there's no response from the teachers that and and you know it it kind of completes that tri you know that the the the circle or the triangle from you know from student to teacher um so I
021just uh I I I guess I just I I know you guys I know you know it's there but um it just it's it's very evident from the um from the parenting side of things and um and the students too. So, I don't know where there's easy fixes and things that need to take more time, but um that's what we're seeing. >> Yeah, >> we we we that was a I don't know if you saw me on the phone, that was a commissioner and and he just asked me how the hybrid model is going and I said, "Oh, God." Uh we yeah, we're we're doing everything we possibly can. Uh, you know, like I said about that team teaching and we're we're trying to in the big picture, Bruce, I'm convinced every ounce of energy
022we put into the program now is going to pay dividends when and if we have to go full remote and and frankly it would be easier to go full remote. But but we are thinking I know at the elementary we're thinking about maybe in if you could picture a three-person team one one person might take care of the uh remote kids entirely and the and the two and the and the two other teachers would take care of the class we would put all the kids into all the in-person kids into two classes. So, we're we're fiddling with those models right now and we're working hard with the with the union and with the with the administrators. It it is uh it is a like I said, it's it's a daunting task and and we have
023to lighten the load and Kim Kim has been super supportive because every every week we talk about so so what do we do for the teachers? We're we're trying to we bought a piece of software that's going to make attendance a little bit easier to take. We're we're we're trying to trying to do whatever we can, but uh we're we're we're open to suggestions. >> Yeah. Because Bruce, I I feel really like, you know, being in sixth grade, being a new school, having new teachers, and not having any response back. And of course, that's not gold standard in a in a course that's not what our teachers do. Um but there I think that we are just trying to sort of figure this out. I've been, you know, my new mantra is that hybrid model
024is not the gold standard of education. Um but and um my concern is also that we have teachers who are working um in less than favorable conditions and also working >> way into the night just to kind of kind of do kind of do their job and we're going to lose them as well. Not lose them but it's hard to keep that stamina up. And so we are um >> and the practical matter of opening the school has been enormously challenging. forget about the pandemic. It's it's been it's been tough. You know, the the fields weren't then there was a problem with the gym floor, so we couldn't use the gym and then the some of the theater wasn't quite ready. So, we've been we've been juggling things around. The middle school folks have been
025juggling things around. So, on on top of the pandemic, we have that. And so, I certainly certainly understand what you're saying, >> but I want you to know there's a there's a thank you in there, too. I mean, I'm not, you know, I I understand that, >> you know, like you said, my wife's a school teacher and I see it every day how >> how daunting the task is. So, >> yeah. Well, I appreciate that and and and we appreciate how difficult this is for the the kids and and the teachers. And >> I mean, for to change their gear on Sunday night to say, "No, if you're a middle school student, you're not going you're not going to school." I mean, that's really hard. and that's hard to work um on on schedules and
026working um and all and and actually just life. I know that um Mayor Grrenowski has a question. >> Um I just Thank you, Chairman Watson. Thank you for having me here this evening. Um, I I needed to let you all know, I reported out last night at the council meeting that I was contacted over the weekend by um a Grten Middle School teacher um who expressed concerns to me and I have I've talked to um I communicated with Chairman Watson about this in advance before I spoke um last night and the concerns um there were health issues for the kids and for the staff. And Dr. Grineer touched upon it um how difficult it would be to do contact tracing at the middle school level and at the high school level. Um it's a little
027bit easier and as you guys have found at the elementary level because the cohorts are so much smaller and more isolated. But when you get to the middle school and high school level, it's so hard to um keep people in a set area just by virtue of how the curriculum is structured. So uh there was concern about about that issue with the health. There was concern with um some of what the chair has said about the hybrid model and um it is very difficult for teachers and I think the teacher reached to me because they they knew that I'm living it as well. Um it is very difficult to do and you almost feel like you're shortch changing both sets of kids. Now I you know the kids sitting in front of you and the
028kids sitting at home and who gets your attention and how do you divide your attention and um you know for a teacher who wants to do a good job that's no fun right um so the other thing the last thing is they hoped for um continued communications with the staff um and just to please keep keep them in the loop and um I think that's the best you can do and they understand this is not easy for anybody. We you know teachers recognize parents have problems with this. I had a conversation today with a parent. Um so it's not easy for anybody and I think just keeping the lines of communication open is very important. So um I just needed to express that because I I told the teacher that I would. So thank you
029for listening. Can I just add one of the other things that Mike and I have done is we've created surveys with a team of teachers and staff and administrators going out to all of our parents and community um school community and also to our teachers. And I think to date we have over 500 parents who've responded. And it's really all about the remote and hybrid model and what's working, what's not working. Um, suggestions, challenges, obstacles. So, there's a free space for people to fill in and there's also kind of a rating scale for different modes that we're using. Um, and Beth Purer today, I talked to her and said, "Please have teachers take some time to fill this out. it's only going to give us more information that help us to kind of identify what
030the problems are and hopefully arrive at better solutions. So, that is out there, too. And that's a way to get two-way communication in a real safe way for people. >> Thank you. >> One one more thing, Kim. Uh, Mayor Grantki, I I I I'm sure because the same problems uh were mentioned to me, I had an extensive communication with that teacher today and I I I thanked him and I think we're uh we're all on the same page. >> Thank you very much. >> Um, >> okay. >> That's good, >> Lee. >> Uh, yeah. Um I I don't have any children in the school system, but I have grandchildren in colleges. Um and um as far as I know, colleges so far are totally remote. Um the kids even at Connecticut College, they're not in
031in classes. They are not. It's remote. Um, >> it's not and I'm I teach in person. I'm a professor >> in a classroom. In a classroom. >> I do. I do teach college is not. Um, and this may be what we have to do. >> We're monitoring that. Yes. Sure. >> Yeah. We we we agree with you. One of these days that's probably going to happen. and that one of these days maybe sooner than we expected. >> It's a worst worst case scenario, but maybe it is the best also. >> Yeah. Yeah, you're right. >> So, any other questions um for the board event because I want to make sure that we um cover all of our um all areas of our town. If hearing none, um uh Patrice, I think uh or excuse me,
032Mayor Gonowski, um do you have a town council report? >> Sure. Um we had um a couple public hearings last night. One was on a um gentleman that lives on a scenic road to have a new curb cut put in. Public hearing on a minor changes to tiff policy. We have a lot of things coming up with economic development. Um the next cow will be devoted to uh much of that um excess property. Um, we have an organization called Nava Retail that will be reporting findings to the council from their interactions with local businesses. So they did one report from earlier in the year when the COVID shutdown had first happened and we had the results from that and we've done a followup now um as we are closer in the fall now and um
033it'll be good to see the comparison and see what the businesses are saying and what they need and uh then our job will be to figure out how how the town can best help them um and help the economy. We have a meeting coming up at the end of the month with First Select Men Cheeseboro from Stonington. We're going to be discussing the um North Stonington Road Bridge and seeing if we can come to some kind of agreement on that. And we're also going to be looking at road funding. We have our new used to be called MAC Tech if you guys are familiar with that. the um pavement management study that was completed and we have a large task in front of us and right now the council is going to be making a
034decision about how we want to fund this how how do we want to fund the road repairs so we need to make infrastructure improvements and are we going to fund year by year putting the projects into the CIP or are we going to go for a bond again I don't think anyone has the will to bond at this point our only concern is that in rough years and those of you on the RTM um are probably very familiar with this. Uh the CIP is an easy hit. Um it's an easy place to cut. And so for many years, the the road funding was cut. Um because like I said, it was an easy hit. And so what happened was it was delayed and delayed and delayed and you end up with really roads that are
035not in great shape. So the decision was made a few years back to bond. So we're in the same place again. We have to we have to make a decision. So, um, RTM members, let us know, um, what you are thinking about this. I don't, you know, the last council meeting, it didn't look like people had the will to bond, so it'll probably be CIPs, but we're going to need some discipline in order to get our roads in shape. So, infrastructure and economic development, and of course, uh, we're worried about schools and the health of the community. So, thank you for all you guys are doing at the board of ed. We appreciate it. It's not easy. We do not envy you the position you are in. So, thank you very much. >> Any other
036questions for the town council? >> All right. Um, Reggie. Hi, Mike. Welcome. >> Yes. Um in the city of Grten, they're doing a milling and repair for 349 um Clarence Bishop Highway. And also they were um working on the roads on Eastern Point Road from Benham Road all the way down towards going towards Fizer. And they're going to be working on that, I believe, for another week or so. And then um they also doing a study for considering a road diet in um on the street from Broad Street I believe to school street or not broad actually another part of eastern point road in front of electric boat and I think what electric boat what the state is going to do it but I think they want to consider changing it from two two lanes
037to one lane both ways. and have a middle a middle section where people can, you know, turn left off into the road. And I believe that's it in regards to the city at this present moment. >> Hey Reggie, just because I'm a resident of the city, you know, the part of Fiser where they're working on the road, there's never anyone that's helping direct traffic. When it was really bad when you were doing the touring, there was, but there is no one directing traffic. And there is a little bit this morning there was actually a couple blind spots where it was kind of hard to you know who was gonna jockey. I just wanted to give you that information. >> Okay. Because I I I know mostly in the evening time there had been some groten
038city. >> Yeah. From this was like 8:30 to about uh I returned home about quarter of 10. >> Okay. I I'll make mention of that. >> Thank you. Any other question for the city council? >> Yes, I have one if if you don't mind, >> please. Kathy, >> um the stud the road diet as you called it. I love that. Is eastern point road to what road? >> It's Eastern Point. Um I want to say >> in front of Fizer. So not Fizer in front of >> Eastern Point Road in front of EB you said. And then it goes up to where? going up >> to just past where Benham Roads meet. So all the way to where Benham Road >> I think it said Chester, which I had never heard of before, but I
039think that's the street they said. Does that sound right, Reggie? >> Yes. So it's because the way it it has Chapman, Triton, and then I think Chester >> Trump. >> Um, can I ask a question? >> Sure. >> What is a road diet? >> And um, can I sign up? >> What? What I believe what they're trying to do is see of of making access in both directions easy without having congestion on the roads. And then I I believe also too they're considering having like a bike path as well as as part >> okay >> because there's so got two that's got two lanes. So you're talking about contelling it to one lane with one lane available at times where you when you can if you need a turn. >> Exactly. >> Okay. Thank you.
040>> May I add something really quickly? We received the town received a letter from Mayor Hedrickk and one from EB. They are both opposed to the road diet at this point because of the construction of EB. it it would hamper the the work there. Is this from what Mayor Hedrickk and um EB said? >> Did they specify how that would um h how it would be a problem? >> Yes. Because you're you're going to lose a turning lane. You're you would you would cut it down to one lane and then the trucks coming in and out. They've asked that they just delay it until the construction is done over there because it could create it could create safety hazards similar what chairman Watson was saying with reduced and all the construction >> sounds reasonable. >>
041Any other questions? >> All right, RTM. >> Hi. Sorry, I had to move. My battery died. Um so I think you know we haven't been very busy. We mostly have been working on uh things that come our way. And uh last uh meeting we were able to um finally uh uh revote on our liaison student liaison positions which uh are now part of it with some tinkering of the language from the town uh lawyer. So that is good. moving forward uh we will hopefully have several students who are interested in the workings of uh municipal government government. >> Wonderful. >> Yeah. We also uh have I think I mentioned this last time we have a a sub and kind of a special committee that's been working on uh researching civilian oversight of the police and
042they are really amazing. I'm gonna let Bruce if Bruce is here. >> He's not. He had to leave. >> Oh, he had to leave. Anyway, Bruce is on that committee. Um, and I've been listening to um, as many as I can, but they are really dedicated. They've been meeting almost weekly. They've been having productive conversations with Chief Fisaro and meeting kind of informally with some of the uh, sergeants and policemen and I'm just so impressed. Uh, they bring really a diversity um, and a breath of knowledge and experience uh, to the meetings and you know, one is a former police woman and just a a really good committee. So I'm I think that they're are going to come out with a report and the report you know to my mind is not to be a
043consensus report although obviously where there's areas of consensus that's great but what I really want to highlight is where I want them to highlight um I don't really weigh in um is uh you know models of what has worked u maybe what are drawbacks and what are you know kind of benefits of different approaches to doing that um so so that's uh going to be wrapping probably in the next two months I think by November. Um and then we just had uh one issue that went to finance um which it it had to do with uh I believe some education uh athletic uh fields paving at the tennis courts. I can let Representative Chase talk about that because she may know more about it. she is on the finance committee and uh Representative Chase, do
044you want to and that and let me just say that's going to come to our um to the full RTM on on next Wednesday. Do you want to add anything, Representative Chase? um they they voted on um the $12,500 I think it was the end of September and the consensus was that was that the board of education would pay for that 12,500 that is not coming out of town funds. So that that is the committee report that will come to us next Wednesday and then we'll have a a full debate and u so next the 14th I believe is our meeting and so that would be that that issue will come to us. Um I think that's about it. Uh I just want to kind of also you know echo Mayor Granitaskki. I'm just very
045impressed uh and um in awe of the complicated nature of different issues that you're kind of juggling at the same time in a global pandemic. It's um pretty impressive. So, um you know, I I I hope I wish you all smooth sailing and reopening the schools. Um Representative Whitney or Chase, did you want to add anything? Oh, I think you covered it all. >> That's that's about Yeah. >> So, can I ask a question about the tennis courts thing? So, I I mean I I get it. I think that um Dr. Grineer, we did put some um money into um what was over and that the part that we're talking about was the paving around the tennis court >> in between the courts. That's right. Yeah. >> In between the courts. and that um the
046tennis courts are not just a rotten public school thing that it's a it's a community thing. Um so I guess I was I'm kind of curious about that >> and I can't really answer to that because I wasn't at the meeting so I apologize. Um, I think you should listen to the debate that's at the meeting next Wednesday and that will be, you know, obviously on Zoom and unless Representative Chase wants to elaborate on some of >> I'm just I'm not like zinging and I'm not being I'm not trying to be ad Kathy. I'm not at all trying to be adver adversarial. I just was curious about um you know something so public and gets used so publicly um in our in in our school system why that wouldn't happen. But and once again that
047was just a curiosity. >> Well, I I what was said was that it was done they're you're asking for payment after the work has been done and we don't want to set a precedent to have that happen in the future. Number one. Um and let me see what else I have here. Um I think that's basically about it. Plus, um, we we as everyone knows, we and Mayor Granitaskki said or said, CIPs are the first thing to cut and we have pushed things off and pushed things off for so many years and sooner or later um, all of that is going to come and hit us all at once. And we need to save every dime we can where we can because things need to start the infrastructure of the town needs to get worked
048on and as the mayor also said we need have road work done. So I mean I know 12,500 isn't that much money but you add it up if this continues or if it happens again or whatever it's just going to snowball and you know eat away at the CIPs again. >> Thank you. Once again, I just I was curious, caveat. >> Yep. Yep. No problem. >> I I just want to go on record. I played pickle ball there this weekend. >> The courts are great, >> Lee, but you got to be unmuted. Unmute. >> I'm sorry. Um, wonderful article in the day, I think yesterday, about our field hockey women. Yeah. >> Um, you know, I'm not sure they have ever had their own field hockey court and we field and we now have one
049and it was a beautiful article and our women won. >> Yes. Wasn't that great? >> So, just to make sure we don't have a separate field um for field hockey. >> Oh, it is not. >> It is lined for as well as for field hockey. They just don't want people to take they're playing on turf multi multi-purpose field. Yes. >> We're at this point where we ask for new business. Is there things that um people would like something to be investigated or not? >> Kim, I have a quick question. >> Reggie, >> um is the school doing anything to try to recruit substitute teachers to kind of assist or help out in regards to >> Yeah. this unprecedented time we're in. >> Are you available? >> I'm not available till April 1st of 2021. >>
050All right, we're going to sign you up. >> We are start working, but as you can imagine, every school system in the state is doing the same thing. So, it's it's it's not easy, but we're we're working at it. Yes. anything. Alrighty. Listen guys, I really appreciate um you know, I don't I know many of us spend our whole day sort of doing um Zoom Zoom sets. So, the fact that you guys are all willing to come back on, I really appreciate that. um and look forward to seeing people next month. Um and let's hope that we can kind of um curb a tide around this COVID so that we can get our kids safely in allin um but we know that that's not going to happen in a month but um right >> I
051would love for that to happen so that our kids and our teachers can do what they do best in that relationship. Um but uh I will take a motion for adjournment. >> Motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >> It's been seconded by Rosemary. I think all those would be in favor. Opposed. >> All right. Listen guys, thank you very much. Looking forward to seeing everyone next month. Bye >> bye. >> Thank you for doing it.