001[Music] Good evening and welcome to the select board meeting of June 23rd, 2025 in room 3 at uh town hall. And uh welcome to the meeting, folks. And we're going to work our way through this agenda and go back out into the heat. First item on the agenda is the signing of the warrant. Um motion, Mr. Chair, to sign the Warren, please. I would second that, Mr. Chairman. And that's unanimous. Approval of regular session minutes of June 9th, 2025. Yeah. Motion to approve regular session minutes of June 9th, 2025. I would second that, Mr. Chairman. And that is unanimous. Public hearings. We have uh National Grid and Verizon, New England concerning whole location on South Main Street. Are they coming in Rick or are we just They were supposed to. Leonard tried all day. Nobody
002responded. So I am sure if they're going I thought maybe nobody online. Okay. Okay. We'll come back to that uh if they do appear. Yeah. Sure. Uh scheduled appointments. Uh we have the finance director uh concerned with transfers. Good evening, gentlemen. Good evening, Jack. How are you? Very well. Yourselves? Good, thanks. Good. Um, if I may, I'll just give a brief introduction of why I'm here. Uh, give a little presentation and then gladly go into greater detail or answer any questions the board may have. Um, as you know, this is 33, chapter 44, section 33B transfers. I call it round two because I do sponsor an article as you know at the annual town meeting for transfers at the time. Uh this statute allows us to do transfers within the operational budget. So no articles,
003no capital, no special revenue fund. It allows the select board approval with the concurrence of the fincom um in the last month of the year and the subsequent 15 days of the following year. So we're well within those guidelines. Um, I would like to take a moment to uh acknowledge and thank department heads because typically this list is a lot bigger. We have eight items. Last year was twice as big and I was not pleased about it and I let people know it at a department head meeting. So, I wanted to say I think the message was received and I certainly applaud that. Um, typically this time of year, it may be issues like overtime, repairing, maintenance, and there's a couple of, and it's not unusual, it's the same this year. There are a couple
004requests that I did want to go into a little bit of detail on, and then I wanted to explain the large one that I did in the email, um, but I'd like to verbally discuss it at this open session. So, let's go through a couple requests. So, the fire department is seeking 11,000 from within their budget. This isn't an outside budget, but it's in their salaries. They have a garage door bay issue. They have the money now. They would like to do it now. Otherwise, you get whacked with your minuscule repair and maintenance budget right out of the gate in July. I strongly encourage that we allow the chief to do that. The the second request is similar, but much smaller with the parks department. They have a vehicle that's out. Same situation. and either
005we wait for July, hit their repair and maintenance budget right out of the gate, or they can handle it within their personal services budget. It's $1,000. I suggest we take care of that, too. But the one I did really want to point out today, as I wrote in the email to you three gentlemen, is uh health insurance. It was a big topic of discussion. You may recall when I was here with town council and rep Brian Murray. Not a Milford issue. It's statewide, probably nationwide. Nationwide. Y um we did at the time charge our OPED, other post-employment benefits trust account. We did adopt a working trust. So we charged two months worth and then this kicked out as the final uh uh deficit if you will. So rather than charge that account, I do have
006available funds within the budget. I would like your permission to take care of it that way. Therefore, kind of leaving our OPED trust as is, stopping the bleeding, if you will. Uh, we do have an opportunity to take care of that. Now, uh, I'll stop there and answer any questions you may have. Gentlemen, questions? No, just a just a a couple of comments, Zach, just to let the public know, too, that this is not an emergency transfer. It's it's it's it's a standard adjustment in balancing the the budget that we have appropriations for already and that we're just more or less transferring them from one account to to another. And as you mentioned, the health insurance, I know through the email and through your presentation just now, you were concerned about it, the $135,000, but
007it's it's very essential, but it's a very unpredictable type of a um budget item. I'm glad you made that selection, man. Yes. I for years I've called it the most versatile budget. Just just changing getting married, it jumps you to double and predicting who you may or may not have. And it's something you can't predict from from year to year, not only up with the employees, but also with the predictability like you just mentioned and not only goes up throughout the state, probably through with the whole country, you know. So it's something that again it's essential but unp predictable and again it's just our way of balancing the budget to to go within the the legal uh process that we have to go through as US finance director. That's correct. Thank you. Thanks Mr. Chair.
008Michael I have no comment. I have no questions. I'm custom. It's not your first room. Uh motion a motion to approve the request from finance director regarding these transfers. Thank you. That's unanimous. I have my trust. Thank you. I appreciate that. S. Thank you very much. Have a great night. Thank you. Thanks, Zach. Take care. We do have someone online. I don't know if it's the Could you check and see if it's the uh folks for the poll? We'll take care of that. Okay, that would be the uh Are you here for the um poll national grid? Yes. Oh, good. Great. Y get his name around. Could you What's your name, please? Uh, Al Galvin, design engineer, National Grid out of Oakdale. Okay. Okay. All right. Al, give us an idea what you Well, give
009the public an idea of what you're trying to do here. Yep. We're we're installing a 40ft uh um support pole um across from the existing pole 26. And uh due to a heavy leaning on that pole and there's a lot of weight and tension on those lines, um we couldn't we didn't have room to put a push brace pole on the side of 26. So uh the the next easiest route to take is a support pole across the street, anchor it back so everything's in line and we don't have any future leaning or damaged equipment. [Music] Okay. Any questions? I have no question, Mr. Chair. I see everything is in order. The uh application and the petition was filed according to what it should be. And uh if you need I can make a motion.
010Michael, do you have any? No. Then Mr. Chairman, I'll make a a motion to u approve the u petition uh from Mass Electric uh doing business as National Grid as described in the in the application um uh that he filed for the petition without me reading the whole thing. Item second, Mr. Chairman. That's unanimous. Thanks, Al. Al, thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, Al. Next item. Take care. Next item is the town administrator's report. Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. A number of items tonight. First, I do want to know that there are cooling shelters. Chief Fire Chief Mark Nelson. Um due to the upcoming heat wave or existing heat wave we should say cooling shelters were made available at the police station department lobby yesterday and at the police department senior
011center and library during normal business hours today and they will be also in effect on Monday. The library is available because due to their late hour until 900 p.m. So we urge the public if there's a need uh please go to the cooling shelters. Um, I do want to recognize a finance committee member who's resigning, uh, Chuck Miklovich. Um, his daughter has informed us he does not wish to be reappointed to the finance committee at the end of the fiscal year. As we all know, he's been a member for over 50 years since 1972. His dedication, commitment, and passion in serving the town of Milford is well known. He wanted to let everyone know here that he's going to truly miss working with the department heads, the finance committee members, select board, and other others.
012And we're very thankful and appreciative for his service, and hopefully we can honor him uh in an upcoming meeting. Um National Grid has informed me that there is going to be doing work on July 1st to make improvements to our electrical system. uh the crews to work safely. It's going to be necessary to interrupt residents power for approximately 8 hours beginning at 8:30 a.m. until approximately 4:30 p.m. They regret any inconvenience this may cause and recognize their customers are spending more time at home, but the work is necessary for the company to continue to deliver safe and reliable service to residents. The streets affected by this outage in town will include numbers 2 through 15, 17 and 97 on Lincoln Street and houses numbered 35 through 45 and 51 on Winter Street. In the event
013of inclement inclement or extreme weather like today above 90°, uh they will reschedu and perform the next day July 2nd. If that same issue arises, uh they will have to reschedu. written notification of the interruption has been sent to all area customers. Uh, one other reminder, fireworks will be held on Saturday, July 5th. We do have a rain date of July 11th. And I do want to also make one other, and we've talked about this before. There are presently three wine and malt or wine and malt and cordial alcohol license available to be issued. Anyone seeking to file an application to acquire such a license should contact the select board office in my office. And that's all I have. Gentlemen, those are on premise, correct? Yes. On licenses, not package on premise. Thank you, Rick.
014Yep. Thank you. Thanks, Rick. Thank you. There is no old business. Uh, so we're going to move to new business. Can I just ask interrupt? We didn't have anybody at the public hearing there. We had no one from the public. Oh, no. I didn't think so. Thank you. Sorry. Thank you for catching that, Rick. Appreciate it. Um, new business, Metro West Regional Transit Authority. I was looking for a designate for the board. I'll make a motion that we reappoint. Reappoint, Michael. That one I would gladly accept. And that's unanimous. Unanimous. Baptism by fire. That's right. Two of us step backwards and you ended up stepping forward with the elect. Yes. Next item is the town administrator, the comprehensive plan. Yes. The comprehensive plan was approved and voted on by the finance committee. It was also
015approved and voted on by the comprehensive plan committee. Paul and myself uh were members of that committee. All we would be looking for is a vote to adopt the new comprehensive plan. In your packet was the executive summary. I did give you also the link. The plan itself is a, you know, number of pages. Uh, it is up on the town website. So, if anybody really wants to go through it, they can. If they really want a hard copy, they certainly can come to my office. So, we'd just be looking for a vote. Uh, I just want to thank the the committee itself as Paul I think mentioned last meeting. Um, a number of meetings, a number of reviews, a number of edits, and we think we have what we feel is very solid, updated,
016comprehensive plan. Mr. Chairman, I make a motion that we that select board vote to approve and adopt the town of Milford's 2025 comprehensive plan as presented. And I would second that, Mr. Chairman. That is unanimous. Town administrative for appointments and reappointments. Yes. And in your packet uh that time of year again, you have a list of the appointments that for the board to consider. There are some vacancies. Uh some are just reappointments to existing committees obviously. Um so um if the board wants to take them up uh possibly uh order and and by department or committee uh we can go through them that way. The first well the first item would be the animal control officer. Um motion Mr. here to um appoint Keith Haynes as the animal control officer with his term would expire
0176:30 2026. I would second that, Mr. Chairman. That is unanimous. Second item is the fear housing director. Uh I make a motion that we appoint Leonard C. Oliver as fair housing director. Same term would expire 6:30 2026. I would second that, Mr. Chairman. Next positions. Two positions. Emergency manager director and emergency manager. Deputy director. Yes. Um that we appoint Mark Nelson as the emergency management director and Donna Roger as the emergency management director. Uh deputy director. Both terms expire in 6:30 2026. I would second that. Mr. Chairman, that's unanimous. Uh the Commission on Disability Motion that we uh reappoint uh Julie Gonzalez and Ruth McDade uh and the Commission of Disability and their uh term will expire 6:30 2028. I would second that, Mr. Chairman, with the understanding that there are two vacancies as well.
018Yes. Mhm. So people can apply and we'll take those up at another meeting. Exactly. That's what I would recommend. And that's unanimous those appointments. Cons conservation commission. Yeah. Mr. Joseph Sakil and Mr. Paul J. Brazza. Uh as members of the conservation commission terms expiring 6:30 2028. I would second that, Mr. Chairman. Next is the Council on Aging and I am one of the appointments. So I'll recuse myself from my own appointment. Okay. Then I make a motion that we appoint reappoint Francis X. Small Esquire, Thomas J. Olaf and Esquire and Edwin Roth uh as members of the Council on Aging and their term will expire 6:30 2028 as well. I would second that, Mr. Chairman. I in favor I unanimous. Yeah. All right. Unanimous two to zero. Yep. The next one is the Economic Development
019Commission. Steven Borges to be reappointed to the Economic Development Commission. Term expires 6:30 2028. I would second that, Mr. Chairman. That is unanimous. Fair housing committee. Fair housing. I make a motion that we reappoint Lender Sea, John Morty, and Michael P. Viscanti Jr. as members of the uh Fair Housing Committee. Uh terms will expire 6:30 2026. I would second that, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Finance Committee. Finance Committee. I make a motion that we reappoint Brett Hornenberger, uh, Kie Kirkman, and Alberto uh, Korea as members of the Just for one second. Now, going back to the fair housing, it was one talent bank. I didn't know if you looked at that. I think there are two vacancies. So, I I thought to take them up in another meeting, right? Okay. Yeah, Tom, I thought Appointments tonight. Yep.
020Do appointments at the next meeting. Okay. Thank you, Tom. So again, uh, finance committee members, uh, I make a motion that we reappoint, uh, Brandt Hornberger, colleague, uh, Kernan, and Alberto Korea as members of the finance committee, uh, terms expiring 6:30, 2022. Second, Mr. Chairman, that's unanimous. The geriatric authority of Milford, uh, I make a motion that we reappoint Susan Clark and George Holland as, uh, members of the geriatric authority of Milford. terms expiring 6:30 2028. I would second that, Mr. Chairman. That is unanimous. Historical, excuse me, historical commission historical commission reappoint of Ian Law Montine and Robert Samijo uh whose terms will will expire 6:30 2028. I second that, Mr. Chairman. That is unanimous. Personnel board. Personnel board. I make a motion that we reappoint Jodina Siglia uh as a member of the personnel
021board. terms expiring 6:30 2030. I'll second that, Mr. Chairman. That's unanimous. Register our voters. Uh can for for that committee um Sandra Kamashra whose term will expire 6:30 2028. Second that, Mr. Chairman. That's unanimous. Uh Christine Cream to be reappointed to the youth commission and her term will expire 6:30 2028. I have a second. Mr. chairman. And last but not least, the zoning board of appeals. Zoning board of appeals to uh reappoint Christopher um Burns as an alternative one. And also John W. Mastriani as junior as a member who uh uh Chris Burns terms will expire 6:30 2028 and John Mastriani Junior's term will expire 6:30 2030. I would second that is unanimous. The next is a the town administrator common villa license uh for Sabor Quentino restaurant. Yep. Just a request by the applicant.
022It is a new virtual license. The new manager is Jose M. Loia Mega and I believe all the paperwork is uh in order uh and we'd look for from the board for approval. Okay. A motion, Mr. Chair, to approve the uh request or this application from Sabra Quintona Restaurant, 136 Main Street uh for uh for commoners license. Um all paperwork is in order and I vote that we approve it. And I would second that, Mr. Chairman. That is unanimous. Invitation to speak. Is there anyone online? No one online. No one online. There's no one in the audience correspondence. Gentlemen, I don't have any, Mr. Chairman. Good. And we do not have an executive session. Do I have a motion? A motion to adjurnn. Mr. Chairman, I would second that, Mr. Chairman. That's unanimous. Good evening
023and thank you very much for tuning in. Try to stay uh cool. Stay cool. You know, the town administrator mentioned places you could go to cool off. Police departments open 24 hours a day, so feel free to stop by. Thank you. Have a good day. Thank you. Good night. Thank you.