001Good evening and welcome to the Milford Select Board meeting of December 22nd, 2025, 6 p.m. in room 3 of Milford Town Hall. The first matter on the agenda is the signing of the warrant. Mr. Chairman, I make a motion that we sign the warrant. >> I would second that, Mr. Chairman. >> That's unanimous. The next item is approval of the regular session minute meeting minutes of December 8, 2025. >> Motion to approve the regular session minutes of the select board meeting December 8th, 2025. >> I would second that, Mr. Chairman. >> That is unanimous. Next item is approval of the executive session minutes December 8th, 2025. >> Approval of the executive session minutes uh dated December 8th, 2025. >> And I would second that as well, Mr. Chairman, next matter is a public hearing. It's
002[snorts] National Grid, Verizon, New England, a poll location at 13 Pulit Street. >> We do have Rebecca here. Is she uh >> Yes, she's here. Yep. >> Yeah. [snorts] She on >> Yeah, she's allowed to speak. >> Hi, Rebecca. Hello. Hello, Rebecca. Rebecca, can you hear us? [snorts] Where's Rebecca? Technical difficulty. And we'll be back with Rebecca in a second. that. >> Hello. >> There you go. >> Hi, Rebecca. >> Hi. Sorry. >> We We thought it was on our end. It probably was, but >> No, I >> So, uh, we're here to discuss, uh, the proposal that you put forth concerning, um, a poll on Pullet Street. Yep. We just need to put in um a midspan pole, pole zero-50 um in order for the train tracks uh to connect a new service that
003they're putting up. Um [snorts] so we're just going to install that pole. >> Okay. >> For them, >> any questions, gentlemen? >> No, I have no questions. U uh uh Mr. Chairman, uh like I said, this is a public hearing, so the abuters were probably notified about this. So, there's no uh impact on them. Uh no impact on any of the town departments and whatnot. So, uh I have no further questions at all. >> Neither do I, Mr. Chairman. Have a motion. >> Yes, Mr. Chairman. I I >> Hold on one second. Anyone here that would like to speak to this given that it's a public hearing? >> No one on. >> Nobody online either. Okay. >> Very good. Thank you. Uh yeah, Mr. Chairman, I make a motion that we approve the petition as
004presented, including uh permission for Mass Electric Doing Business as uh National Grid in Verizon, uh New England um to install the new uh JO poles on Colette Street and to lay and maintain the necessary um uh cables and underground laterals and wires needed for connections. >> I would second that, Mr. Chairman. >> That is unanimous. Thank you, Rebecca. Happy holidays. Happy holidays. Thank you. >> Thank you. name to you. >> We [snorts] do not have any scheduled appointments. Town administrators report. >> Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. A number few items tonight. One, uh we received a nice donation to the Veterans Department. This came from Central One Federal Credit Union in the amount of $1,000. Uh John Pillar informed me of this gift. I just want to thank them for the generous gift. Uh a
005reminder to local businesses, the licenses that will be approved tonight should be picked up uh no later than Wednesday, December 31st of this year. Um we are going to install new fencing at the Exchange Street parking lot. The fencing company will be starting that parking lot fence project on January 5th. The fencing will be replaced adjacent to the back of the food pantry. We will put out no parking signs on Friday, January 2nd. Flyers will go to each business that abuts the parking lot. We anticipate the project taking 2 to three days to complete. Uh we'll also be placing a dumpster on site to dispose of the old fence. We also in the near future will be placing the fence at the Pine Street parking lot. Uh um and we will notify the public accordingly.
006If the board recalls, we did do an article in the past town meeting for this fencing as is uh in desperate need of repair. One last item, a reminder, the town hall will be closed at 1 pm on Wednesday, December 24th, the day before Christmas, and 1 pm on Wednesday, December 31st, the day before New Year's. We will be open normal business hours on Friday, December 26th, 2025, and Friday, January 2nd, 2026, which is 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. And that's all I have tonight. >> Thank you very much, Rick. >> Thank you, Rick. >> Any old business, gentlemen? No, Mr. Chairman not have any. Mr. Chairman, >> do business annual license renewals. >> Can you just I'll walk through categories and >> Yeah, that would be fine. >> There any licenses that came into
007question by >> none on this list came into question? >> They are all ready for approval for the board. >> Okay. Automatic amusement licenses. Any issues, gentlemen? >> Oh, you want a motion for each one? >> Um, [clears throat and cough] I would do them. Can we do them all as >> We can do them all as just licenses. >> However, the board determines they want to do it. If you want to talk through if you had any questions on any of them. Do you have any questions? >> No, I reviewed everything here, but you asked the right question to Rick regarding any u um problems or concerns from any of department heads with these establishments. And uh Rick doesn't have any. >> Okay. Oh, do I have a motion? >> A motion, Mr. Chair,
008to approve the annual license renewals for calendar year 2026 uh as presented uh with the understanding that all license holders uh will continue to comply with uh all state and local regulations and and requirements >> and they have to pick them up by one, Rick. >> Uh we especially well the alcohol ones especially uh by December 31st, 2025. Otherwise, we have to unfortunately, as the chief knows, send the police officer down there and not let them serve after midnight. So, most they all comply. We've had very few problems in those three years. >> Expired. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> And I would second that, Mr. Chairman. Wish everybody. >> That is unanimous. >> Good year. >> The next item is the extension of serving hours on New Year's Eve. Uh there are nine different businesses or
009clubs. Uh, so Macajana, uh, Double Tree Hotel, Portuguese Club, Mandarin Restaurant, TD's Pub, Italian Vets, Brothers Tavern, Southside Asian Cuisine, Tokyo Japanese Steakhouse, and this allows them to stay open until 2:00 a.m. um to New Year's Day, from New Year's Eve. Any questions on any of those? >> No, Mr. Chairman, I I don't >> motion motion, Mr. Chair, because I think this adds a this extension helps support the local businesses like we discussed in the past and it keeps the celebrations uh in in control where they're in a licensed establishment, keeps the patrons safer and also helps our public safety department. So, I do make a motion to approve the New Year's Eve um extension, alcohol uh serving extensions uh for the nine establishments that were listed before us. >> And I would second that,
010Mr. chairman. >> That is unanimous. The next item is um population increase estimation. This is an estimation we're required to do by law for the alcoholic beverage control commission and they use this particular population as a guide as to how many licenses. We're already over the quota, but we are required to submit. >> Yes. Um, according to uh the information provided um by the town administrator's office, the population as of uh July 26 to 2026 is estimated to be 31,000. Y do I have a motion to approve that? >> A motion, Mr. chair to approve the seasonal population increase estimation form as u presented and to authorize it submission to the ABCC. >> I would second that, Mr. Chairman. Next item on the agenda is a gift um from Centerpoint Driving Academy uh to the
011police department, I believe, right? >> Yes. Yes. >> The gift account. >> Yeah. >> To the police department. Uh value I what was it? $500. $500. >> Yeah, I believe. So, >> I have a motion to accept the gift. >> A motion to accept the gift um from CDA uh Driving Academy uh and the in the amount of $500 uh to the Milford Police gift account. >> I would second that, Mr. Chairman. >> That is unanimous. Invitation to speak. There's no one in the audience. Uh anyone online? >> Nope. Nobody's online. Okay. No one invitation to speak. Any correspondence, gentlemen? I do not have any. >> I I do not have any, Mr. Chairman. Thank you. >> And the last item is executive session. We do not have an executive session this evening. So, I'd
012like to wish everyone a merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, and happy new year. >> Yeah. Happy New Year. >> Happy New Year. >> Happy and healthy. >> Merry Christmas. Happy New Year. Happy Hanukkah. Exactly >> to everyone. Thank you. >> Thank you. Good night. Good to the door too quick and that is unanimous. Thank you. There we