001[Music] good evening and welcome to the Milford select board meeting of February 24th 2025 at 6: p.m. again I apologize we're a little behind schedule this evening we had some technical difficulties that we now have fixed so if you were patiently waiting for us since 6:00 from the board of Select board we apologize the first agenda item is the signing of the warrant um Mr chair motion to sign the warrant I second that Mr chairman and I would make that unanimous roll call vote please I I and I would make that I as well next agenda item is approval of the regular session minutes from February 10th 2025 motion Mr chair to approve the um minutes of the regular session uh meeting of the select board February 10th 2025 I second that Mr chairman and
002I would make that unanimous roll call vote please I I and I as well in the last item under agenda a is the approval of executive session minutes from February 10th 2025 motion Mr chair to approve the executive session minutes of the select board meeting February 10th 2025 Mr chairman I believe that part of that one am I correct that I was not involved that's correct that's correct so the first one would be the um water company the water company that would be Tom so I can you and I can can vote on that correct okay uh I motion motion to approve and I would make that unanimous roll call I and I as well now that was the executive session minutes correct right in in in the executive session relates to the water right
003that relates to the water department then there was also an executive session minutes for the police um collector barning agreement okay now that's not listed on the agenda no no the the same executive session inated two parts so now you're going to do a motion to approve the executive session minutes the police Collective right Tom did participate in that yes he did yeah all right so I make that motion Mr chair to approve those um executive session am minuts dealing with the police deing with the police collector bargaining session can you second that Tom yes Mr chairman and I would make that unanimous roll call I I and I as well I now we need exe approval of the executive session minutes of February 10th dealing with the water company oh we already did we
004already did that did that one right okay so we're good on the yeah we're good on that all right next agenda item is Item B which is public hearings is there anybody in the audience tonight for a public hearing no public hearings not seeing anybody anybody online Andy no public hearings public heing no public not invitation speak public hearings there's no public hearings it's on the agenda no that's old business no Item B yeah yeah but there's nothing that's just just a title all right okay next agenda item is uh agenda item C scheduled appointments we don't have any no Andy anybody online no not seeing anybody here we have no scheduled appointments next agenda item is uh item D Town administrator's report yes thank you Mr chairman just one quick item um it's an
005update on the municipal electricity program uh there'll be an upcoming sweet for newly eligible account hold holders in the municipal aggregation program with a mailing to be sent on February 27th with an opt out date of April 1st uh routine sweeps are done periodically to offer program benefits to newly eligible account holders for the town aggregation program these include those who have moved into town recently uh those within the town but with a new account or those coming off pre-existing third party supply uh 735 account holders will be sent for this sweep so this is just something they do periodically to catch new people catch new people uh Etc and Rick with with that program there excuse me uh if um um they're automatically on the uh uh program with green energy anyway right it
006depends if they're new to this town then they then they got to okay if they're in another program then they got to opt in okay I see it this is a way of just making sure we include those who we need to include yep thank you no problem thank you very much next agenda item is old business and I'd like to read this only because I believe that this evening is the fourth time that we've uh gone through this on March 27 20123 the board approved the transfer of common vocular wine and M beverage license and common VC license from again apologize Mariscos lagunes to mon Monica taquera doing business as Monica to teera of 206 East Main Street on August 12th 2024 the board approved a revised application for the transfer of the common
007viula wine and M beverage license as the abcc requested the submission of revised documentation on January 27th 2025 the board approved a revised application for the transfer of a common bicular wine and Mal beverage license as the abcc again requested the submission a revised documentation Monica Taqua is seeking approval of a fourth revised application as the abcc again requested the submission of revised documentation to complete the transfer the manager is Rael MO or myin all paperwork is in order just need a motion to approve the revised sure a motion Mr chair to approve the um the application of the the fourth revised application uh as abcc again requested in the submission of a revised documentation to complete this transfer I believe the um uh requirements are on the recommendation of the investigator that was in
008a packet as well that's correct so and if apparently this all paperwork is in order so I make a motion that we approve second and I would make that unanimous roll call vote please I I and I as well okay next agenda item item f is new business we have the Town Administrator the award of contract fireworks yeah we did go out to bid um received one um bid it's from Ocean State pyrotechnics uh quote amount is 20,000 so I would need a motion to award the contract motion Mr chair to approve uh to accept the uh uh bid for the uh uh uh pyrotechnics at uh four 4th of July which would be uh Ocean State pyrotechnics uh 26a Woody Hill Road Hope Valley Rhode Island where they're the only bidder in their quarter
009of amount is $20,000 second and I would make that unanimous roll call vote please I and I as well next item on the new business is sedesco Slater Waters Corporation a common Vic license and this application is a result of the at Waters corporation which is located at five Technology Drive closed their cafeteria postco and they tend to open it back up in March of 2025 The Building Commissioner has no issues the town planner is okay no change of actual reuse the town treasury there are no outstanding leans or taxes owed the fire chief has no objection as long as the fire inspection is performed prior to operation the police chief has approved and the Board of Health has no issues and again this is Waters Corporation reopening their cafeteria for their employees after Co
010a motion Mr chair to approve the application for um sedesco Waters Corporation of f Technology Drive uh for common VI's license uh and uh provided that they also have uh um a fire inspection done prior to opening chairman I second that motion and I would make that unanimous a roll call please I I and I as well next item under new business is the Town Administrator of the finance committee appointments request yes we did receive a letter from the chair Andrew lazat he's requesting that the board consider two new appointments to the finance committee um one is Ashley uh Douglas and the other is William farell you have your uh Talent Bank uh applications in the packet um they did interview them and uh are requesting and recommending the appointment of those two new members
011and we do have a correspondence from the chairman of the finance committee I'd like to read it dear select board members I write to respectfully request that the select board consider at their next available meeting the appointment of William Farrell and Ashley Douglas to the MILF finance committee the executive subcommittee of the finance committee interviewed these two individuals at a duly scheduled meeting on February 6 2025 at the conclusion of the meeting the executive subcommittee voted to favorably support the candidates to the select board for appointment without any objection as to Mrs Douglas I have previously disclosed a famili a familiar connection she is my niece in order to avoid any appearance of conflict and connect conflict in connection with the evaluation process I recused myself from the voting with respect to Mrs Douglas and
012I Departed the meeting room during her interview I will also file a conflict of disclosure form with the town clerk the executive subcommittee concluded that each of these two candidates has valuable attributes to tribute to the finance committee and would appreciate their favorable consideration I have attached their resumés provided by each individual in connection with their interviews please let me know if you have any questions sincerely Andrew Lazar I see that any question no can I see that I I lost M no problem thank you very much you're welcome yeah Michael Lea says I um respect that the um finance committee chair and the other members of the finance committee uh did participate in helping us make this decision as as well um you know the board of uh select board looks very forward to
013that um input and feedback from various committees to help us with our decision and uh in this case here they did uh review applicants they did have a uh interview and it was not only the chairperson uh but it was also the uh executive subcommittee as well and uh um after the interview they had a vote and it was a a unanimous decision uh to appoint uh these two individuals so I do make a motion that uh the select would uh appoint Ashley Douglas and William Farrell as uh members of the finance committee second Mr chairman and I would make that unanimous a roll call vote please I and I as well okay next we I'm going to put them like I did at the last meeting they're both together they're both very generous gifts
014to the Milford you Center one is in the amount of $22,000 uh the name of the gift is giving Tuesday donation and it's an RTX matched employee giv donation um Stacy darling was involved in it as well so the first gift is for $2,000 and then there's $1,000 um the Bruins Jersey raffle Don ation which is from craftroots uh to the Milford you Center as well so again we have two very generous donations to the Milford you Center that uh helps keep that Center open and doing the good work that they do every day and motion please uh motion to accept and I really want to thank them both especially U Stacy who's also a member of the Milford youth commission as well um and of course craft Roots um with with a very uh
015good donation as well again these donations that would keep us up and running and be able to afford new programs uh that also ease the burden of of the taxpayer as well so I make a motion that we accept these U um donations here I second that and I just want to again uh as my uh friend Paul mentioned know Stacy daring she even went to the corporation that she works with and asked them for a match on the amount that she was donating so um really it was a double donation um so thank you again to both her and her employer okay and I would make that unanimous a roll call vote please I and I as well okay next item under new business is the Milford cultural Council reappointment Dear Mr bani I
016respect respectfully request that the select board take the following action regarding appointments to the Milford cultural counseling at its meeting on Monday February 24th please reappoint Abbi moosani for a second term his first Herm ends this month and we are eager to have him continue as a highly valued member he has served on the board for the last two years and has been working diligently to expand Grant access and opportunity of younger and expand the opportunities for younger mil flans Mr chair again I appreciate to the uh letter from the chair uh giving uh his input uh regarding uh um uh Mr Mo moosani again he's already served two years on and of course according to his report uh he did uh very very diligent work and expanded grant grant access opportunities which is very
017important so I uh I um um approve his uh appointment to the youth center second that Mr chairman um was that well I'm sorry Tom um one one quick second wasn't that the cultural Council yes it was I'm sorry yes it was it was I I had the youth center on my mind with all with all that money that they that they had but anyway yeah this is the cultural Council thank you you you second that Tom yes I do I unanimous roll call please I I and I as well and next we have the um appointment to the Milford Personnel Board Dear Mr balani I had a conversation with William and I'd like to ask the select board to consider appointing William to the Personnel Board thank you for your consideration Brian long let
018see if yeah I think I think he he means a William Wing William Wing William Wing the applicant yeah I I I um make a motion to approve his Mr William Wing's uh appointment uh to the Personnel Board as requested by uh chairman Brian long I second them Mr chairman and I would make that unanimous roll call please I I and I as well next item on the new business is the planning board remand zoning bylaw Amendment to the flood plane District we have a letter uh to the select board from Larry dunan Duncan the town planner in response to the new flood regulations from FEMA I have developed the following zoning byw amend for inclusion on the upcoming annual town meeting this is a housekeeping article that amends Article Five flood plane district with
019a zoning bylaw reling to the adjustments required by the department of conservation and Recreation on behalf of FEMA it references the newly updated flood study and flood maps recently adopted by FEMA the flood regulations were last updated in 2011 this article will keep Milford eligible for participation in the FEMA flood insurance program at the two at their February 18 2025 meeting the planning board voted to request that the amendment be referred back to the planning board for public hearing and report to town meeting for the May 19th 20125 annual town meeting good um motion Mr chair to vote to re amand a proposed uh zoning bylaw Amendment uh that amends Article 5 uh which is the flood plane District to the planning board for public hearing to be included in the May uh 19th 2025
020annual town meeting warrant than Mr chairman and I would make that unanimous a roll call please I I and I as well and the last item we have this evening on the new business is the Town Administrator the uh snow removal budget yeah all we need to do unfortunately we've gone into deficit with the two three four storms that we've had so I need uh a motion uh approving the finance director to continue definite deficit spending uh in the snow and ice removal budget yeah Mr chair I make a motion that we um vote to continue the deficit spending in the snow and ice budget again you know it's already uh the removal of snow and ice is very crucial to ensuring our safety and accessibility for roads and also um where it's still February
021we don't know what's going to happen here after that so I make a motion to accept that to approve that I second Mr chairman and I would make that unanimous with a roll call vote please I I and I as well next agenda item is uh agenda item G invitation to speak is there anybody here this evening for invitation to speak anybody online Andy not seeing anybody okay next agenda item is uh agenda item H correspondence does any member have any correspondent I don't Mr chairman Tom I do not Mr chairman and I do not as well we do have another executive session this evening after our regular session meeting it's um the town of Milford wer Superior Court civil action to receive a tiny attorney client communication of legal advice regarding reasonably anticipated litigation
022or legal issues the disclosure of which could compromise the town's position this is um to deal with the um um police officer Maguire and the town of Milford and we will need a roll call vote to go into executive session I I Mr chairman and I as well and with that I would look for a motion to join our regular session meeting and go into executive session and we will not be returning to regular session motion to adjourn this meeting Mr chairman I second Mr P and I would make that unanimous and again to everybody we apologize we were 10 minutes late getting on we had some technical difficulties thank you for for being there for us and being patient and hope you have a good rest of the week thank you very much and
023good evening