001Good afternoon and welcome to the Milford Select Board meeting May 19th, 2026 and we're starting at 4:00. There is no signing of the warrant and there is no public hearings right now. The only scheduled appointment we have right now is Sky Neutra uh for uh regarding 5-7 Industrial Road and and good afternoon. Uh the Select Board is uh wants to welcome you to our to our meeting. Uh You're here to present a proposed relocation and expansion uh project at 5-7 Industrial Road, which is presently vacant right now. Uh we also are interested in opportunities that you would uh bring responsible investment, job creation, and also long-term stability to Milford. And we appreciate the the opportunity to understand what your company does and you're all set. You're on. Thank you. Well, thank you so much. I
002am Lynn Tokarczyk, a government tax incentive consultant. And it's so nice to be back here again. For you know, over the years we've worked on so many projects, uh tax and financing financing projects for many companies. The most recent one was French Lick BioPharma in Milford. And so, thank you again for your all your support. That project It's nice when these projects turn into a reality. >> Sure does. Yeah. But um I am here um today with Nate Spock, who is the president and CEO, and Paul Barstow, who's the COO. And uh the company has proposed expansion plans that that I'd like to share with you, but we're very grateful uh for the invitation um today. Um we've met recently uh with Bert Lolani and Brian Goss, and we're very uh grateful for their support
003also and their interest to attract the company. Mhm. Company is in the process. They're trying to make some corporate real estate decisions. And so, we'd like to share with you uh the background and history and what the company has what their plans are here in the town of Milford. Very good. Thank you. >> Thank you. Well, thank you, Lynn, and thank you uh select board for making the time for us. We really, really appreciate it. And uh also special thanks to Rick and Brian who met with us earlier and recommended we set up this meeting with you with you folks. Really appreciate your time. Um you know, as Lynn mentioned, I am my name is Nate. I'm the president CEO of Sky Nitro and with me is our co-founder and COO Paul Barso. Um you
004know, Sky Nitro is a gummy candy and fruit snack. And I want to make that incredibly clear. Candy, right? Um that is what we do. And uh currently we're headquartered in Southbridge Massachusetts. We founded our company in in 2021. Um you know, with with a specific mission. And the specific mission was that we weren't just out there to create sugar-filled products with petroleum-based colors. You probably have seen a lot of uh you know, uh you know, work that the FDA is doing to remove artificial colors and things like that, you know, from from products. And um you know, it's near and dear to dear to our heart that, you know, why we got started was to create something better that we felt like our kids could enjoy and that we'd feel proud, you know, to
005see in the grocery store and have have folks be eating, right? Um you know, so we specialize in reduced-sugar formats where appropriate. Um you know, if you've ever seen SmartSweets or any of those types of types of products in the market, um you know, that's kind of our bread and butter and how we got started. We have uh a whole host of uh you know, well-known brands that are incumbents to us and it's it's forced us to start to look for, you know, more real estate to support, you know, additional projects, right? And that's kind of pushed us, you know, across the state uh looking at a lot of different uh real real and we've landed on Milford 59 Industrial Road to be specific, you know, as our preferred location um Go ahead. >> Right.
006Yes. And so, these are some of the customers that they currently have, but if you also need to talk about the growth of the gummy industry. >> Yeah, and then I'll kick it over to Paul. So, uh believe it or not, candy is uh specifically gummy candy and better for you gummy candy is the fastest growing area in food. So, it's growing at a 15% year-over-year rate um which, you know, I don't know that everyone would would know, but um it's it's allowed us to be kind of innovators in the industry. And I'll talk in a second about some of the exciting projects that we're working on, but um I'll pass it to Paul. So, Paul Markso, again, thank you. I know I was here about 4 or 5 years ago when Nate and I
007were, you know, in our little think tank uh moving this company forward, uh what really kept in my mind a lot was, you know, I'm a father, I have three kids, um all are involved in athletic and sports. I've been a youth coach pretty much my whole life, uh as a lot of members of my family have been. And my kids would run home hungry after practice and eat a bunch of Oreos. Skittles, my daughter loves Skittles. So, you know, in working with Nate, we discovered we can make a a healthier snack uh like a better for you is what it's called. So, essentially almost eliminating sugar. We tried it. We use sweeteners like monk fruit, and these things really were taking off. So, you know, it was around that time we decided this is
008really what we want to do. For me personally, it meant like a feel-good thing. My my wife's in the veterinary industry, and she'd come home saving puppies and kittens, and I I like you, Mike, was in the auto industry for a while, and I'm like, yeah, I love doing it, but like how can I give back a little bit? Yeah. You know, and when I'm at practice and, you know, they're handing out oranges, I want to hand out candy to the kids too at halftime. And I love handing out our products. I know it's it is better for them. It is healthy. There is no artificial colors. So, Nate and I really got together, took a risk, and uh went full steam into this thing, and it started really growing, and we're attracting these brands,
009which I'm sure you'll tell me bit more about. Yeah. >> yeah. Um so, I'm not going to go through all the details of our brands because a lot of this is very confidential and they don't really like us talking about it, but to give you guys one example of the type of projects that we're working on right now, I'll hone in on General Mills. So, General Mills um found Sky Nitro and what they're trying to do is produce a high inclusion protein fruit snack for children that's also, you know, all natural flavors and colors and generally lower in sugar. Um so, that's like a really exciting project that we have teed up for, you know, our next location. Um but, that's just, you know, one example of the types of products that we are producing.
010They usually either have a healthy component or a nutrition component associated with it. It's not like standard candy that the way that you would normally think about it. So. Next slide, please. So, currently, um we we occupy 22,000 square feet in Southbridge. I will tell you that the um while it's a nice building, it's not really well set up for uh what we're what we're manufacturing. We really need like a one-floor building, you know, that supports um you know, high ceilings and all the things we need uh with that. Um so, you know, we've ex- we've we've done an extensive search through Massachusetts. We've looked in Leicester and Worcester, all over the place including uh Dayville down in Connecticut, and we've honed in on, you know, Milford um for multiple reasons, but, you know, one
011of the main reasons being the 5-7 Industrial Road. Um you know, it's almost overbuilt for our needs, which really reduces the capital expenditure that Sky Nitro um needs to put up front. Now, it's still a very large amount of money that we'll be investing into the town of Milford and into the building, but it does make, you know, the next step of our journey much much simpler and much much easier, right? Um you know, the previous company was a cannabis company. Um and one of the beautiful things about Sky Neutra is we've never had an odor complaint. So, I actually joke that >> my wife, yeah. The only one we've ever got a complaint from is Paul's wife. So, Paul actually changes He has a locker down in the basement, basically, and he goes before
012he goes home, he changes his clothes because his his wife complained that he smelled too much like candy when he got home. So, only nice and fruit fruit smells and candy smells for coming out of, you know, our factory. So. Yeah. Um So, next slide, please. So, our you know, our proposed investment, you know, we we're looking at leasing 93,000 square feet. This will be not only our headquarters, but also our manufacturing operation will be the main component going on at 57 Industrial Road. It's a large investment for us. So, about 4 million of the the 12 million total will be used for construction costs and build out of you know, what we need to you know, run our company, basically. And then we're also going to be investing about 8 million dollars in additional
013automation machinery and personal property, you know, as part of this expansion. Next slide, please. So, this is the location. Next time I'll try and get a less digitized photo of it, but it is a beautiful building. And the reason we kind of honed in on the top of it is you can kind of see that there's a lot of infrastructure already in place. So, there's 32 different HVAC units already on the roof. You know, we're estimating somewhere between 10 to 20 million dollars was already put into the building. You know, of specific, you know, industrial things that we can use. So, the HVAC system is very important. So, I kind of talk about although we're in the candy business, we're kind of in like the water mitigation business, right? Because in order to get gummy
014candy down to like the chew that you expect, right? Where it's not uh you don't bite right through it or it's not a rock, you have to remove water, right? So, humidity control, temperature control are incredibly important for, you know, the industry that we're in. They just so happen to also be important to cannabis, you know, which is also sort of a water mitigation type company, right? Um so, this is, you know, what we consider a beautiful building that has a lot of the infrastructure in place. Some of the things you guys can't see is they even have uh what I could consider like a compliance stream, right? They have giant water tanks outside. They have generators in case the power goes out, right? Um and if you think about it, uh our plans is
015is to be producing upwards of 2 to 3 million gummies per hour. So, if all of a sudden the power goes out and we're not able to finish that batch, we can have a really massive loss, right? Um so, this building is, you know, really nicely teed up for, you know, what we're looking to do in our next steps. And from uh compliance point of view, we we hold uh close certificates. We're GMP, have you heard of that acronym? And also um uh safe quality foods, SQI. We've worked really hard to get to that level. Basically, what that that means is um under the the federal, which is GMP, but also safe quality foods is what we're putting out is is quality foods that's safe. We check every bag. Every bag [clears throat] actually runs
016through an X-ray machine just in case nothing slips in there. >> Search for any, yeah. Metal, you know, anything that would be harmful to children. This building is actually halfway set up for that, which is exciting for me cuz I do a lot of the compliance work. >> That helps. Very much. Okay. I think we're going to go to a commercial. So, uh obviously, you know, a big part of this is creating new jobs, right? So, currently, you know, we we have 25 full-time jobs. We will be providing incentives to our employees to either move to Milford Milford, lease in Milford, right? And ultimately join us on um you know, our next steps uh in Milford. Uh we are not planning on retaining uh the facility in Southbridge, uh at least beyond the end of
017this year. You know, with that, we're going to be creating 120 new jobs over a 3-year period. These are high-quality jobs. So, we're estimating an average salary of somewhere between 75,000 and 90,000. You know, what we need is we need a lot of skilled labor, but you know, definitely on the high end of the pay rate from a manufacturing and labor labor rate. We need a lot of engineers. We're going to have a lot of machinery that, you know, we need to maintain and make sure is working, you know, to the best of its ability. Quality control is obviously a really really key, especially as we continue to grow. You know, we just got the certifications Paul mentioned. They allow us to sell in a Walmart, Target, Costco, Whole Foods, the biggest retailers, you know,
018in the United States. Mhm. Additionally, [clears throat] we need to add a lot of C-level folks. So, right now, Paul and I are kind of the only you know, Paul's the CEO, I'm the CEO, but we really need like chief financial officer, we need a a head of HR, right? So, there's a lot of high-paying roles that will be adding, as well. We're planning on actually starting the hiring process, as long as everything goes well, starting in July of this year. So, this is not really that far out. You know, we really need to have folks potentially lined up for, you know, September 1st or in October 1st, you know, commencement of our lease at 59 Industrial Road. Next slide. So, one thing I wanted to mention about this this slide is it's all about
019the local economy. When the company was when as they conducted a site search, um a couple things they heard that Milford was extremely pro-business. Obviously, with some of the articles that had come out over the years about all of the businesses that have stayed in Milford, that have expanded to Milford. So, they wanted to be in a community where they would be welcomed. And in having said that, uh, so they they realize that Milford is extremely pro-business. And as well as many amenities here in Milford, um, all the growth that's that's happening, whether it's the hotels, whether it's the the shopping and the dining, um, it's actually a place I live in very close proximity, so I actually enjoy all of the benefits and amenities here in Milford. And, um, so, you know, again, it's,
020you know, the hotels and we we know that Milford has adopted a hotel and meals tax, you know, over the years, so the company will be, uh, bringing in, uh, visitors. Oh, yeah, they they all fly in, yeah. Our visitors come from all over. Yes, internationally, as well. >> customers are spread all over America and internationally. We have a lot of folks in Canada, Japan even, um, you know, all over the world they come and visit us, so, you know, we'll be needing to book hotels for them. Um, I think one thing we forgot to list, too, was, uh, housing, right? So, I will be looking for either a new apartment or a new house. I'm sure a lot of our employees also will be, right? Um, so, you know, >> [clears throat] >> there'll
021be a lot of different things that, you know, we'll be, uh, spending money in the town of Milford on, right? Um, some of the other things are, you know, corporate services, uh, professional services, industrial services. Um, obviously candy is very sticky, so keeping the place, you know, clean and all that is, um, sometimes a little overkill for our own staff, so we tend to have like night crews that kind of come in and help make sure we're ready for the next day, right? So, um, definitely we'll be spending a lot of money in the local local community. Um, do you want to start? Yeah, we we obviously we in Southbridge we have a history of being involved with, um, the Commonwealth Corporation, if you guys are familiar with that. So, it's hiring the youth, uh,
022out of the local town. Uh, generally this is troubled youth that has otherwise issues in getting employment somewhere else, possibly because of uh, a juvenile record. Mhm. Um part of my experience so I long story short I I was at a job fair and I and I met with this company of the the Commonwealth Corporation and we were talking and they were like, "Wow, you you could be a great mentor to these kids." I was like, "Well, I already spent a lot of time coaching and doing all these other activities, but why not?" So we did a couple of interviews and and hired a bunch of kids and it really was great. It was rewarding to me. We want to continue this program, you know, here in Milford where we essentially bring these kids in
023and see how they do. We train them. We We teach them these machines and then I mentor them and upon successful completion of about 6 months of work, then we can hire them full-time. So it's a it's a great like second chance. Yeah, they all need that that little bit of encouragement probably, you know what I mean? That keeps them going. Yeah, and we believe we actually have the environment for it. You know, our environment's a little bit different, but we have plenty of mentors to watch over these kids and we think they like doing it. It's a little bit physical. >> so good, right? Yeah, it it it has worked, yeah. A little bit a little bit of work for us to do, you know, after hours, but we don't mind doing it. >>
024Mhm. You guys involved in the Herren Project, too? Yeah, we're the company's also involved on the Chris Herren Project. Chris Herren, if you're familiar with him, he was a Boston Celtics player, had some rough times. I think he started that about 15 years ago. I got involved just through some personal stuff, some family members that I had uh 10 years ago now. This year is our 10th anniversary. We sponsor help sponsor a golf event down in New Rochelle, New York, bring in a lot of local local folks and we raise money for the Chris Herren Project. The company Sky Neutral is always down there sponsoring holes, sponsoring casino gambling. Um and handing out product, which we think is great, too. Yeah, it's it's if I don't know how familiar you guys are with it, but
025there's a lot of struggling families. I always bring down lots of product and and give everything away. This year we're going to see Chris cuz it's our 10th year. He comes every once in a while. How we doing? He's a great speaker. Yeah. Oh, he's been here. Yeah, great. The high school. Yeah. Mhm. And he does have ties to a local organization that deals with addictions and things of that kind. A community impact and then there's Chris's Corner. Um where they they take cases, people right off the street or Yeah, they're in the >> from the court as well. >> Yeah, and that's where some of our donated money goes to. It's the drug court, but Chris has been here and that's >> Yeah, he's a good speaker. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> Good memory, too.
026If you bump into him, you may not see him at a Celtics game, he'll remember you and know your name. It's pretty good. Very impactful. I saw him on uh social media just the other night. Right. Just came up and having dealt with him when I was the police chief here. Okay. In Milford. Yeah. Yeah, he's really impressive. So, we'd love to stay involved with that. Um you know, my family has their own addiction issues and stuff and things like that. So, it's something, you know, near and dear to both our hearts. So, we'd like to continue on. Um obviously, there's a lot of great schools around here, high schools, technical schools, colleges in the Worcester area and beyond. So, we'd love to continue, you know, offering internships and other programs and ways to, you
027know, work with um all the different schools that we can. Um you know, hiring 120 jobs over 3 years is a lot of work, right? And it requires a lot of knowledge about Sky Nitro. So, you know, we'll be very involved in a lot of the job fairs, even potentially hosting our own job fairs in Milford, you know, to make sure we get the word out, you know, about Sky Nitro and, you know, all the roles that we're looking to hire. Um beyond that, uh something near and dear to my heart as well is the Future Leaders program. So, I actually worked for Hanover Insurance uh for 10 years in Worcester and I was part of two different Future Leader programs and I really believe that the additional training that I got out of that,
028where we went and attended George Washington University, you know, uh BU, right? Lots of different management day programs and special um programs and management training. And you know, I really think it was a very critical part of my journey to being able to start my own company, to being in the role that I'm in today. So, it's something that we'd like to, you know, continue on as we move to Milford as well. Yes. So, overall, the company, should they make the corporate real estate decision to locate here in Milford, they hope to establish a very strong partnership and relationship with the town. Very good. And so, you know, having said so, thank you for letting us share the story, the background and history. And so, the company is in the process of of applying for
029a state tax credit. >> Mhm. And one of the requirements is a support letter from the municipality. And so, we respectfully request, if you were so inclined, to support the company by providing a letter of support here from the town, if you were so inclined. And there is a deadline, the end of May, and it will be presented to the state in June for their final approval. So, that is our respectful request. Sure. And you're probably also thinking, most of the other times that I've been here, it was for to talk about a tip or something like that, but in this particular case, it doesn't it's not eligible >> [clears throat] >> because the tax revenue coming into the town most likely uh won't change. It'll be like revenue neutral on that side. So, the
030company again is pursuing the state tax credit. Rick, do you or Brian have a way you want the motion submitted? Not particularly. I think it's the board so inclined if you have any questions, but if not, then the motion would be to provide a letter of support to Sure. representatives of Sky Nitro. Yeah, but let's do the questions first. Okay. Then we'll do the motion. Anybody have any questions? I I do. Michael? I do. I'm fascinated because when I first met with Rick and you touched on it a little bit about the ventilation system. And then every company that I now tour in Milford talks about water mitigation. And I'm just amazed at the systems that I recently being the the latest when you walk through the building how important water mitigation is. And but
031again I go back to the ventilation systems cuz I I'm around that building a lot and I see those units on the roof and I'm like, "Wow, how is that?" Again, I know you're going to repeat yourself. How is that so important to the manufacturing of candy? Well, I'll try and keep it brief cuz I could talk about it for a few hours accidentally. But um you know, in candy making you're mixing a lot of ingredients and you're adding a lot of water to homogenize everything, right? Um and once those are deposited into specific shapes, after that you're actually working to remove all that water continuously, right? Um so not only uh you know, one of the least known parts of candy is there's a drying process. So as gummies come out, they're quite sticky,
032right? And they might not even be in their final shape yet. And it's basically uh low humidity and high temperatures that help pull that water out, right? So um you know, one day I'll come back, Mike, and uh I'll give you a gummy that's right off the line and then one that's been in a drying room for five or a few days, right? And you'll notice a huge difference on like the chew level and and how it how it has that normal chew that you're expecting to you know, with candy. Secondly, it's very important for packaging. Um you know, we actually steam the gummies to adhere sugar or sour coating with them. So there's kind of always a lot of moisture in the air and our job is to kind of get it out of
033there so that you know, um the products look really good when you open them you know, at the supermarket or wherever it might be. And when you first open up, will there be you'll be operating on one shift? We will be operating on one shift to start. Okay. Um three machine, you know, probably we're expecting I think 30 jobs in the first year. And then 45 the following year and 45 in 2028. It could happen faster than that, but that's what we can promise. Um so, yeah, first shift one shift to start. We're hoping right around you know, March through July 27th that we're up to two shifts. That's when it starts to be more of a 20-hour operation as opposed to a 10-hour operation. >> Okay. So. And one item I wanted to mention
034also is that the timing. Should the company make a decision to move forward with this, it's the the program is very accelerated to occupy the building. And when would you say that would be approximately? >> Somewhere between September through November. We're planning on September, but I always know things can take a lot longer than we ever expect. One of the exciting things about the facility is instead of it being a full build out, it's more like a teardown, right? So, a lot of what we're doing is we're keeping all of the mechanical, electrical, plumbing in place, but it's mostly like removing demising walls and opening up all these flower rooms that were there before and making it more of an open space for manufacturing. So, you know, the the process to get this building up
035and ready for us is not, you know, a 6-to-12-month thing. It's it's a 2-to-3-month thing. So. And this is [snorts] going to be in the end your only facility right now. Right. Mhm. Yep. And their corporate headquarters. So, corporate headquarters will be in that one. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. The only question I that I that I have too is the um regulatory agencies that you deal with. Uh FDA probably, right? Um Yep. How about the local Board of Health and whatnot? Do you like do you like consult with do you deal with the with them? Just for inspections, but primarily it's the state of Massachusetts. So, we have a food license with the state of Massachusetts and they do come in, I believe it's someone locally comes in for periodic inspections. >> Sure. Okay.
036Just checking with that. And And with the job opportunities that you're offering, which is pretty outstanding, would cuz I know of a few companies have done this in the past where they would give providing they're qualified, would the residents say a priority? Oh, of course, yeah. Okay. >> Yeah. Yeah. Qualified, right. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah, the closer the better. That's That's the whole Exactly. So, just to give a summary before we come to a vote on what we need to do. You got to wrote a lot of things down before, too, because I went over your records. Sky Nuchar is to relocate in Milford. The project this represents approximately $12 million in private investment. They're going to retain 20 existing employees from Southbridge with the creation of up to 120 new jobs over an extended
0373 years. Um and they also need a support from us for the application for a state economic development incentives. And that is for the May May 27th, 2026 would be the deadline on that. Um and again, gentlemen, this is a no local tax breaks are being requested. There is also a straightforward opportunity and it's to strengthen our commercial base and it brings new year-round jobs for Milford. And we really appreciate this opportunity that you're giving us to to host you. Thank you. Um maybe a motion to to your format of what the state's asking you for in that letter. Is there particular information? You mean as far as the letter of support? >> Yes. Mhm. We do. Yes, and we can I can work with So you can work with Rick Villani? Yes, I can
038work with Rick on that letter. Yes. Okay. Yes. Cuz I don't want to just produce a letter that says you're great people. No, no, no. We appreciate you asking, yeah. You know what I'm saying? And then they look at it and say, "Yeah, all right. We already knew that." And then I have to talk cuz you know, as to specifics that may be needed. And Brian's done a lot of these, so I'm sure. Yeah, that's I just want to make sure we're Oh, yes. we're answering the question that's being asked rather than Yes. proposing an answer to a question that's Yes. We will coordinate that with you. Yeah. So, Mr. [snorts] Chairman, I would make a motion that we authorize the submission of a letter to the state of Massachusetts in support of this company
039coming to the town of Milford. Anything else you need to add as far as that goes? That's good. No questions, no questions, no. I second that. Unanimous. Unanimous. Thank you very much for your support. >> Thank you, guys. And and hopefully this is a welcome. Well, thanks for the presentation as well as the information you gave us. Read a great book by Lee Iacocca, Where Have All the Leaders Gone? Where Have All the Leaders Gone? All right. It's in there. It's in there. Great book. All right. Well, thank you, guys. Really appreciate your time today, all right? Yeah. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Thanks. Thank you. We're excited. Thank you, guys. Pleasure. Pleasure. We're going back again. Good to see you again, sir. Thank you so much. Wonderful to see you. Thank you
040for your support. Absolutely. It's not getting in. Yeah. Thank you for your support. Yeah. So, send out whatever draft you have. >> Yeah. Yes. tomorrow, so if you get to me anytime tomorrow, I'll contact you. Okay. Did you talk about getting a job as an official taster? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. I think one day we will soon. Thank you, guys. It was a pleasure. See I'll take the job or I'll go in at 170 and come out at 250. Yep. Yep. Yes, right. Okay. Yeah. Uh n- next on the agenda would be town administrator's report. I no report tonight. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Old business, any old business? No, Mr. Chairman. No, Mr. Chairman. I don't either. And the new business, we do have a um opening a a request to fill a job at
041the part-time attendant at the transfer facility. And that would be a Jonathan Johnson. And I believe he was uh interviewed by you, Ricky, and uh I actually didn't do the interview. Kristen and I believe Scott did the interview process. >> Okay. Yes, okay. Yeah. And uh there was no problem with that. I'll entertain a motion to uh appoint uh John Jonathan Johnson for the position of a part-time transfer uh station uh attendant. Mr. Chairman, I would make a motion that we authorize the part-time attendant at the transfer station. And that's at $20.51 an hour. >> Right. Effective May 20th. Effective May 20th, 2020. I'll second that. And I make that unanimous. Thank you. Next on the [clears throat] agenda is an appointment of a part-time uh senior center program coordinator. And um the um request
042is from uh Ricky. Uh and it's for uh to Ricky. And he's recommending uh Miss Carrie Constantino Valerio for the position. Mr. Chairman, I would make a recommendation that we support the part-time coordinator at the senior center as a grade three step two under article two with a starting salary of 2944. Okay. Effective May 20th as well. And the second May 20th as well, that's right. Um thank you for that and I and I make that unanimous as well. Um and there is no invitation to speak anything Andrew on the uh Uh no, we have a permit to obstruct there. the veterans agent permit to obstruct Oh, sorry about that. Yes, okay. Yes, the uh veterans agent also uh is requesting a um permit to obstruct. And that would be for the veterans uh uh
043department and to conduct the annual Memorial Day parade. Uh and it'll be Monday, uh May 25th, 2026. And it and the step-off will be at uh 9:30 a.m. and can continue from 10:00 uh o'clock uh march up to Cal's Zone Park for a brief uh ceremony uh and continue up Main Street to Draper War Memorial for a speaking ceremony. Chairman, I would make a motion that we approve the obstruction of public way for the Memorial Day parade to be held on May 25th, which is going to start at 9:30 in the morning from Veterans Memorial Way. It traditionally goes until noon time at Draper Park. Very good. I second that motion. >> I make that unanimous. Thank you. A as a a correspondence, I I I I I have one. In fact, Ricky sent it
044to me. It was regarding a um um a thoughtful letter from a a a lady on um Diller Street about uh beavers actually frequent frequently crossing Diller Street near the small bridge by 68 Diller. Um and she's seen several struck by cars and was asking the town if we would consider a beaver crossing sign to help protect wildlife and improve safety. Um and um if that would be okay, we could then forward this to highway department and police for their um we for their re review. Sure. Do we need I'm fine with that. Do we need a motion on that, Rick? Uh, if you want to get police uh, input first, if you don't, that's that's up to you guys. And and highway, I'm sorry. >> Okay. Yeah. Great, that's fine. >> could do that,
045Rick. >> Yeah, yeah, why don't we get the the information first and whatnot, so I can keep this uh, resident informed that we're taking care of requests service. Yep. Uh, there is no executive session. No. Therefore, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. Sure, and I would make a motion to adjourn the meeting. I would second that motion. >> And I make that unanimous. And for those of you who are watching Milford TV, uh, good day and uh, enjoy the rest of the night.