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Good evening. I'm calling to order the, uh, January 12th, 2026 meeting of the Arlington Select Board. I am select board chair Diane Mahan. And to my right, your left is\n\nSpeaker 4: Eric Helmuth,\n\nSpeaker 2: Jane Morgan,\n\nSpeaker 5: Steve DeCoursey,\n\nSpeaker 2: James Feeney, town Manager, Michael Cunningham, town Council Ashley Mar, board Administrator.\n\nSpeaker 3: Thank you. Uh, first items on the agenda are our consent agenda, minutes of meeting, December 22nd, 2025, contractor drain layer renewal, Milltown Plumbing and Heating outta Chelmsford, mass, and US Pavement Services out of Moven, Massachusetts. Is there a motion\n\nSpeaker 5: Move\n\nSpeaker 2: Approval\n\nSpeaker 3: By Mr. DeCoursey? Is there a second?\n\nSpeaker 4: A second.\n\nSpeaker 3: Aye. Mr. Helmuth, any questions or comments? If not on a motion by Mr. DeCoursey? Seconded by Mr. Helmuth? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. All those opposed unanimous votes. We go to licenses and permits. First. We have Bengal Inc. Doing business as Little Joe's convenience, Kamal Hassan, 2 0 6 Summer Street for approval of a food vendor license. If you could come up to the table, and if you could say your name again, and I apologize if I said it incorrectly. Kamal. Oh, you could sit, sorry.\n\nSpeaker 2: Kamal. Huen.\n\nSpeaker 3: Sorry, I should have turned that. Oh,\n\nSpeaker 2: Kamal Hussain.\n\nSpeaker 3: And you're here for a food vendor license?\n\nSpeaker 2: Yes.\n\nSpeaker 3: Okay. Uh, anything you'd like to say on that, or it's okay if you don't.\n\nSpeaker 2: Uh, no. Thanks, .\n\nSpeaker 3: He wants to get back home 'cause he's gonna get up early tomorrow for his business. Um, any motions, questions, comments? Mr. Dei?","timeStart":0.085,"timeEnd":4668.605,"chunkIndex":0},{"id":"b349a809-abba-4ba4-9aa9-133afe15a88e","content":"Speaker 5: Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll, I'll move approval subject to all conditions. And, um, Mr. The only thing I would comment is that within the inspection reports, there are some references there about coming into compliance with the sign bylaw you, there are fewer signs at your location now than there were under the prior owner, but there is a sign by law, so if you could work with the town, whether it's the building inspector, just to make sure that you're in compliance with that. And that is spelled out in the inspection report.\n\nSpeaker 2: Okay? Yeah, I'll do,\n\nSpeaker 3: Is there a second?\n\nSpeaker 2: Oh, uh,\n\nSpeaker 4: Montreal. I'll second that. I'd also like to second the concerns about the sign signage as well. It's something that it's, it's, we do hear about from residents and, um, I think it's just a matter of fairness that the town does its best to enforce that. So when we offer an opportunity at the, at the issuance of a permit, uh, we do appreciate you making that effort to make sure that the signs are now compliant. Okay?\n\nSpeaker 3: Yep. Okay. Any further questions or comments? If not on a motion and move approval subject to all conditions by Mr. DeCoursey. Seconded by Mr. Helmuth. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Those opposed unanimous vote. Thank you so much. Good to see you. Yep. Good to see you. Good luck. We next go to for approval all Alcohol Package Store Change of manager by Mystic Wine Shop, Greg Weber, 9 0 1 Mass Ave. And we have learned counsel,","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":1},{"id":"3e051373-ac06-4a15-9e4d-b93b2fd9db35","content":"Speaker 6: Uh, Madam Chair, members of the board, thank you for this opportunity to address you. You know, it's been now about 17 years since I retired from town employee, and, uh, people ask me, you know, what is it that you miss about it? I said, I don't miss anything about it, except, of course, the Board of Selectman meetings. I sit up at the Kentwood on Monday nights and just look along, lead down towards the town hall. But, you know, life goes on. In any event, I'm here tonight. We know we have a busy agenda. We won't, uh, belabor the point, but I do have with me by client Eric Fiola, who is the owner of, uh, mystic Wine. I had the, uh, privilege of representing Eric when he applied for a license from this board some 13 years ago. I've also represented the Fiola family on a number of matters through the years.\n\nSpeaker 6: As you probably know, they are fairly prominent businessmen in business, people in town run a business on school of court for many years. Um, the matter before you tonight is, uh, an application from Eric Store to change managers. The prior manager retired, and the individual that that will be speaking with you tonight, uh, is Greg. Um, and, uh, as you know, his mother worked, uh, probably at the Selectman's office. He's a resident of the town, a father, and he has some words he'd like to present to you tonight, but before doing that, I would just ask Eric to introduce him and, uh, we'll move right along. Eric,","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":2},{"id":"758bd2fc-7b5c-4f9d-984f-923c6981b023","content":"Speaker 7: Good evening select board. I'm Eric Fa, the owner of Mystic Wine Shop. I'd like to present, uh, Greg Weber as the new manager for my store. I came across Greg several years ago. Uh, Greg has a well had a handyman business, and during the winter when the outside work was slowed down and not wanting to do much outdoor work, he came to me and would work part-time during the winters and then go back to his, uh, handyman business during the summertime. And, uh, last year, uh, last January, February, he came back looking for first of all work, and we brought him on board part-time. And, um, my manager Mike Woodward retired. And so Greg, uh, I brought Greg on as a full-time employee and, uh, applied for you guys as a to town to make him my full-time manager in the time that, uh, he's been working for me previously as part-time.\n\nSpeaker 7: His, uh, he made a strong impression upon me on his work ethic. Uh, he's a, I hear a lot about his son, so I know he is a great dad. He's very involved with his, with his schooling and activities after school. And, uh, and I see the reaction from customers that see him that know him as a handyman, and they're so pleased to see him working at the store and see how happy he is in conversation with him. It's great. So I'd like to introduce Greg Weber as, uh, my new manager for the store if it's approved by the town. Go","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":3},{"id":"23013a8d-c4a0-40fe-9931-036468ad2b9c","content":"Speaker 6: Ahead. Uh, as you know, there are, uh, a couple of previous driving under the influence, uh, matters that Greg wants to address with the board directly. Uh, I would only point out, not by way of excuse, but, uh, the most previous one is almost 16 years ago, and the prior one is about 19 years ago. And I really think from what I understand, that Greg has really turned his life around and would like to address the board directly.\n\nSpeaker 2: Greg, thanks. Thank you\n\nSpeaker 7: Madam Chair and Board of,","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":4},{"id":"307e7edf-897b-4ff2-b186-04d30c9b8820","content":"Speaker 8: I appreciate the opportunity to, um, come in front of you this evening. And, uh, like John had just said, I see that I'm here as a man trying to become a manager in the, um, liquor industry, and that could be a very good, uh, big concern with seeing that I have two DUIs in the past, which is, again, 19 to 16 years ago. And by no means do I think over time or the fact that I was young and made some, uh, very poor decisions, um, should that be forgotten, that, you know, I need to be very, um, adamant about coming in before you guys and being a part of this community is one of my, um, biggest concerns. Um, as the years went by, I've worked many jobs, uh, from many years in with the Wannamaker hardware in with the community, um, about nine years there. And I've had no mistakes or, uh, alcohol, um, incidences within that time. Um, I've tried to turn my life around, which I feel as though I have, um, very much so by being a part of the community, by enduring things in my children's activities within the school or, um, little league, um, things like that. And, um, I\n\nSpeaker 2: Do","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":5},{"id":"a19b97a0-46df-4350-b7c7-d13805bdd773","content":"Speaker 8: Have a few things I would like if you would like to see, um, a letter from the hardware store, uh, representing myself there for many years and how I was employed and with no incidences, and I took it very seriously. Um, I also have a certificate through the tips, uh, Massachusetts certification program. Um, seeing that if this is approved, um, I'm going to be wanting to take a full step forward and making sure the community is safe. That's my biggest concern, seeing my past, um, incidences actually has told me the, you know, importance of what thing, how things can happen, uh, for not just myself, but everyone else involved. So I feel as though being in a position where I can make a difference is, um, is I I'm pretty proud of and honored to be able to do that if, um, approved again. Um, one other thing that I would like to say is just that, um,","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":6},{"id":"4fcc25e1-f1b0-4980-abbd-6b0de840d676","content":"Speaker 8: I was also running my own handyman business for about five years. Like my, um, boss has just mentioned. And doing that has actually opened up my eyes to, again, being a part of the community, being helpful, being able to do promo, uh, pro bono, um, opportunities for the elderly and, um, the older citizens of this community. Being able to put a hand out and watch my kids grow up in this community has been a blessing. Um, and I've been here for 43 years. I know a lot of people and a lot of people know my past, which hasn't been perfect obviously, but I, I believe that they also have seen me grow and I've had the opportunity to reach out and better not only myself, but my family and the community. Um, one small thing that I've also remembered, I like to share with you, we have the, our open studio here in Mass Ave and I was also honored to be invited by the people who are now running that studio, um, in brainstorming and being a part of the whole idea and process of, um, opening a studio like that to help the community bring out, you know, the artistry and people, and help give people, um, places to go and do extra things that is safe and healthy.\n\nSpeaker 8: So I'm, I'm always trying to put more into the community and give back to what they gave me. And I appreciate all your time. Thank you very much.\n\nSpeaker 3: Any questions you have no turn to my colleagues. Any questions, any motions?\n\nSpeaker 9: Motion to approve, um, the change of manager for the Mystic Wine Shop","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":7},{"id":"dc312dec-18fd-428f-97ca-2578a2adb028","content":"Speaker 3: Motion by Mrs. Morgan. Is there a second? Second? Seconded by Mr. DeCoursey. Any other questions, comments? Mr.\n\nSpeaker 4: Helmut? Uh, thank you. I I want to, I appreciate everybody came tonight to speak. I appreciate, uh, the applicant's candor and honesty, and I think that speaks to character and, and to, you know, how seriously you take the job and, and responsibilities. So, uh, we wish you well. I think that, uh, you have a good attorney, certainly aware of, of the state law on the matter, and that a third offense could really be a, a problem in the future for, um, uh, you know, an alcohol related offense for, for continuance of this. Um, and, um, but, you know, but that said, um, I think that this board has a good history and I certainly do of giving people, uh, a second chance when it's earned. And it seems to me that very much that you have. So, uh, I wish you well on that.\n\nSpeaker 10: Appreciate that. Thank you.\n\nSpeaker 3: As I said before the meeting, I've spoken to several town leaders, um, who've known you for 20 years, sometimes more, who speak very highly of you and have some very laudatory things to say about you. Um, so with that, uh, no further questions or comments, a motion to approve the change of manager made by Mrs. Morgan, seconded by Mr. DeCoursey. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. All those opposed unanimous vote. Thank\n\nSpeaker 10: You very much. Thank you very much.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":8},{"id":"bb739b5a-cfea-475f-9e67-1c01025276a5","content":"Speaker 3: Appreciate it. We'll now go to open forum. Um, if you're joining us by Zoom and you would like to speak under open forum, please use the raise hand feature now, which is usually the little yellow hand at the bottom of your laptop or computer screen. Except unusual circumstances, any matter presented for consideration of the board shall neither be acted upon, nor a decision made the night of the presentation. In accordance with the policy under which the open forum was established, it should be noted that there is a three minute time limit to present a concern or request. Is there anyone here who would like to speak under open form? Yes, if you name and address just for the record.\n\nSpeaker 10: Thanks. My name is Mark Kline, 11 Palmer Street, Arlington Town, meeting member for Precinct nine. Uh, I wanted to thank the board for its timely address of, um, road safety and, uh, the 25 mile an hour speed limits. Um, this is, uh, just two weeks past the winter solstice in the darkest part of the year, and the most dangerous on the roads. Um, so, uh, nighttime, uh, speeds of 25 miles an hour are entirely appropriate given the very short distances where one might perceive a pedestrian in the street or sometimes a cyclist without a, a reflector or headlight. Um, and then, uh, personally, recently I discovered Eddie Bauer has finally made an insulated, uh, reflective jacket, which I'm wearing. So that's, that's available now. You gotta search for the high beam on their site sometimes, but, uh, given it's darkest in winter, one would assume that these reflective garments would be, you know, you could buy an insulated one.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":9},{"id":"3d7d199d-8dbe-48d4-a824-c81cd632423b","content":"Speaker 10: So other than a safety jacket or, or hoodie. Um, finally there's a down in Slater jacket, and it's about a hundred bucks. Otherwise, you can buy a shell, uh, online at, uh, Temu or Amazon or walmart.com and wear that over an insulator jacket. Um, you know, sadly, I wish more pedestrians would, um, wear a part, you know, a tire to be seen and be safe. Um, there's retroreflective hats, dog leashes, dog collars, uh, wristbands. If you could buy a pair of wristbands for a dollar and, uh, that'll improve your safety greatly. Uh, wearing this jacket, it's amazing on the street, the, the effect it has on drivers. I am more visible at night than I am during the day wearing this . It just blasts out light back to right back to them, much like the street signs and, um, speed limit signs are using retroflective material.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":10},{"id":"e7c8f084-8df4-4d53-aa6e-6769c0208a65","content":"Speaker 10: So that was developed about 85 years ago by 3M Corporation. So the technology is not new. And about 75 years ago was, was first used in fabric and, um, it's been a long time in adoption. And part of it is difficulty washing materials. So the safety jackets have limited lifespan. And even this jacket, they say, don't machine wash it or dry clean it. you can only spot clean it. So, uh, that's been a major impediment, but still, I hope more people become aware of now that garments are available, that are fully retroflective and not just a, an a doorman or piping or something and, and seek those garments out and wear them, especially at night if they're walking the dog or whatever, taking a stroll, uh, uh, patronizing our restaurants, whatever. So, thanks for, for discussing public safety today.\n\nSpeaker 3: Thank you. Okay. Is there anyone in Zoom?\n\nSpeaker 11: Seeing no hands raised, Mrs.\n\nSpeaker 3: See? No hands raised. Thank you Mr. Herd. And thank you for allowing us to continue on course we started without you, but, um, we will now go to agenda item five, discussion and vote, outdoor Restaurant and retail Permit Application Rules and regulations. I believe this is to codify the change.\n\nSpeaker 11: That's correct, Mrs. Mohan. It's just encompassing all of the changes to the policy that the board had discussed at their previous meeting.\n\nSpeaker 3: Um, questions. Mrs. Mr. Ersi?","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":11},{"id":"84368530-1475-47d4-872c-84365471b983","content":"Speaker 5: Thank, thank you Madam Chair. Wanna thank Ms Mar for incorporating the changes that we had discussed at the last meeting? And just a question, I know we had talked about the two time periods that were, or two deadlines for acceptance of applications. I see the language here once in the spring, once in the summer, but were we gonna do it April 1st and July one? Is that what was discussed or was it a different time period?\n\nSpeaker 3: No, I, I think you are correct. We can amend that. Okay. I have\n\nSpeaker 5: The dates. I, I, I guess the only thing I'd, I'd say like, well, I'll make a motion to move approval of these changes and maybe suggest that we put approximately April 1st and July one. And, and I like the idea of having the reference to check the board's website, but, um, that might, if someone's going here first, it'll help them out a little bit more on the timing.\n\nSpeaker 3: Thank you. Is there a second? Seconded by Mr. Hur. Any questions or comments on that?\n\nSpeaker 4: Just\n\nSpeaker 3: A quick question, Mr. Helmut.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":12},{"id":"a061b9f0-fbfa-433b-b7f6-79ea44b96a64","content":"Speaker 4: Uh, thank you. I appreciate this work. I think that it does make sense, and I know from, I wasn't able to be at the, the previous meeting, but I know we've discussed this before. And one thing that really impressed me was that the town incurs real cost, particularly in the parklets they're taking, that we're taking, uh, parking spaces for the town brings in equipment. So I, I'm glad to see that the, uh, the fees for that be more commensurate, at least with, with the cost. And I think also, you know, helping to ensure that those are not requested for frivolously. So I think that that's good. Uh, I will say that, uh, I am happy to kinda see how this goes in this current season. I know there's, there's a couple of locations that will certainly notice a difference of only being able to use two spaces. And, um, you know, I think that we've had a very, it's, it's fair to try that out now because we certainly are balancing public resources, the parking and, and that for the business. So, but I'll be kind of paying attention to that and I would encourage the, the town staff and the board to, to remain listening if businesses have feedback about that, or particularly their customers, uh, about that particular change. Um, but I'm happy to support this tonight.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":13},{"id":"903304e2-ac0c-4495-9133-4a9f1e523b03","content":"Speaker 3: Thank you. Any other further questions or comments, if not on a motion as amended by Mr. DeCoursey? I'm sorry. I don't know why he's doing that. To approve, uh, uh, seconded by Mr. Hart. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed unanimous vote. I think I hit stop that time. Lemme see if I can do sign. Sorry, I'm waiting for an expedite to come in. Um, we go to agenda item six from our transportation advisory committee. Tac thick, thickly settled district 25 miles per hour. Signage signs.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":14},{"id":"2942e4ee-6373-45bf-8aeb-d7c6f98ba1e0","content":"Speaker 12: Good evening. I'm Jim Stubby, I'm the Transportation Advisory Committee chair. We're back again now to talk about the rest of mass a since, you know, in prior sessions in this committee, as we've talked about, you know, we, we voted for three safety zones already. Two of 'em aren't signed yet. They'll appear in the spring. Once, uh, the weather gets better and DPW can get out there and hopefully we'll get the 25 mile an hour sign. So, uh, so basically the reason we're back again, is to be consistent with the other roadways as we've transitioned the speed limits on all of the places we've put up the thickly settled district, 25 mile an hour, yellow and orange, yellow and black signs, uh, about a thousand feet apart or less. And they seem to be working, from what I can tell, from all of the data we've collected so far, it seems to actually be having an impact. It's hard to drive up those streets now without actually seeing the sign in your face pretty constantly. So, and there's really no excuse for anyone not to be able to say, uh, yep. No, I didn't know what the speed limit was.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":15},{"id":"64450217-3f41-48a9-a5a5-ff27514bfe06","content":"Speaker 12: So basically what we're here to ask for today, if you can go to the next slide. Um, I think we know what the signs look like. The, the 25 mile an hour signs, the three segments that are there are approximately 1.7 miles total. Um, based on having walked that street three or four times, I came up with about 24 locations, which we're proposing, uh, to put the new signs that kind of started in the zones and end the transitions from the safety zones and all that kind of stuff. So they, they fit in with the other, uh, other tenor. So what we're doing for tonight is to request that you all hear what we want to do and have you all either agree or disagree, and then we go from there. But, and then the rest of the deck is just pictures. And at some point I will, once everything's approved, I'll, I'll bring a new deck to Mr. Feeney that will say explicitly where all the signs for the safety zones and, and the other signs go. I think we've got most of that in place already. I just haven't taken that final pass to make sure we've got the boundaries right, right. And all that. But we'll do that. That's an implementation detail, so,\n\nSpeaker 3: Okay. Turn it over to my colleagues, Mr. Helman. Well","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":16},{"id":"fdcc6502-6261-4f49-9154-5dd3bc934596","content":"Speaker 4: Very gladly move approval with, uh, appreciation, which we say a lot with tech. Uh, but we really mean it. This represents a lot of legwork and, you know, it's a tremendous service to the residents of the town that, that you and your colleagues are willing to do that and, and to the board and to, uh, to the town staff. And, um, I, you know, I agree. I, I find myself going down Gray Street frequently and, and the launch of those signs there is just a really helpful reminder, especially in the street when you're heading down towards the, the center. And it's very easy to go too fast. And it's really important. We've had feedback from residents at, at various points along Gray Street. So I think that, um, it's the population of these signs, I think it's a great investment of, of the town's time, of your time and, and of the resources to get those signs to remind people what they learn at the town borders, which is that it's a 25 mile an hour town.\n\nSpeaker 4: And, um, I also want to express my appreciation to my colleagues for, for so consistently supporting our progress in traffic safety and also to the manager and his team for stepping up and looking for ways to be responsive to the residents who have come to the board and to the town and to the board members. So I think this represents really, really good progress, combined with some of the other things that maybe the manager will see fit to announce a new business about some new, uh, crosswalk safety that we have, uh, uh, implemented as well. But I think the, the progress is palpable and very much appreciated. Thank","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":17},{"id":"43c616aa-bb72-49b8-a09d-f9ffa8ee87d2","content":"Speaker 12: You. Mad chair. And just to not forget a PD is is out there.\n\nSpeaker 4: Yes.\n\nSpeaker 13: Thank\n\nSpeaker 12: You. Doing enforcement. I watched them pull people over on Mystic Street up by the country club and going, wow, that's a spot where I go. I don't know how we're gonna slow people down up there, but they're up there quite a bit. I've seen them on the road. Yeah. Thank you.\n\nSpeaker 4: Enough time.\n\nSpeaker 5: Thank you for\n\nSpeaker 4: Catching me on that. They're a critical partner in this effort as well. Mm-hmm . Yeah,\n\nSpeaker 3: Mr. Hearn.\n\nSpeaker 13: I'll second that. And I was gonna mention a PD 'cause living up off of Park Ave I often am driving up and down Park Avenue. I'm now as a motorist, very aware that I could get pulled over if I'm not opening the 25 mile per hour speed limit. And it certainly, you know, as you're going 25 miles an hour, you could see it definitely is much slower than you, you otherwise would be going, which is a good thing. And, you know, people's reaction time at 25 miles an hour is a lot, lot, lot safer than 40 miles an hour. So, you know, it's one that drives there and has his kids cross park ave often, you know, certainly happy to have a PD out there enforcing the, uh, all the work that we get out tech and all the great recommendations.\n\nSpeaker 3: You, Mr. Dior.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":18},{"id":"947b85fd-9d3a-4757-bea5-5b7fdcf1a394","content":"Speaker 5: Thank, thank you Madam Chair and thank you Mr. Stubby for the, uh, presentation this evening. All the work in the area that I really notice this is, is on Mystic Street where I, I travel on that. And it is that the repetition really just hits at home and it, it, it it's spread out there. And I, you're absolutely right. That was a street where you say, how, how is it gonna slow down? But there, there are constant reminders and I think it's a good thing. The other, um, thing I wanted to, um, commend you for is the placement of the first sign as you come into Arlington. Because we talked earlier about when you first crossed the parkway, there is too many signs. And, and this is gonna be a little bit further up in front of Anony Tavern, which I think is perfect because it, it will be noticed there as opposed to just as you're entering.\n\nSpeaker 3: Okay, thank you. So on a motion to approve by Mr. Helmut, seconded by Mr. Hart. Any further questions or comments? If not all those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. All those opposed unanimous vote. The next agenda item, it was under correspondence received, but I thought t should take a victory lap on this one.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":19},{"id":"8a8fbda6-1924-4445-b38b-091ca7d9118a","content":"Speaker 12: That's, you know, I, I've, I've been adamant about that as a manager over my career. You have to remind people of all the things they've done. 'cause if you don't, you never actually take that victory lap. You don't say, gee, we've really actually got a lot done a lot. And not just t it's a PD, it's Mr. Feeney, it was John when he was here. You know, the board. We, we've all, we've come a long way since we started on this path, right? So, so this is the victory lap. You know, the two slides worth this, it won't take too long, but I think he limited me to three minutes then. So try, I'll try to go back. You finish.\n\nSpeaker 3: You take your extra time on this one if you like . Yeah,","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":20},{"id":"0a060a5a-2144-49bc-ab5a-53080d6ae748","content":"Speaker 12: So, so basically what I'm gonna do is just run through quickly what we did in the last couple of years. So we've rescinded all of the speed limits that are above 25. The only one left I think is on the frontage road for Route two. And that's 'cause uh, DCR owns that or the state owns that. We don't own it. We could probably go to them and get 'em to change it, but I'm not sure I hear so much over there that we removed all those signs that were above 25. Well actually there 25 and up anywhere where there were regulatory signs under the SSR, they all got removed. We installed those thickly settled district 25 mile an hour signs on all roadways where speed limits were rescinded and recommended. We've created five safety zones. Speed limits are 20 miles an hour. That was, I mean we had one tucked in the back end down near Thorndyke Field or whatever.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":21},{"id":"9bc9cb90-7ab9-4c2b-bd22-03aa6f5dd71e","content":"Speaker 12: But that was kind of in a funny spot. Like I don't think anybody actually knew it was there, . I never knew it was there until somebody told me anyway. But now we've got ones that are gonna be right in people's faces, you know, as I've mentioned before, mass Ave is the elephant in the room. Half the accidents, half the pedestrian strikes, half the bike strikes are on Mass Ave. So this is the start and we will continue hopefully in partnership with the town and Mr. Feeney and everyone else to keep making Mass Ave more and more safe. And you know, if we could take half of the things off the table, that would be phenomenal. And we won't get all the way there obviously, but Will do. And just to give some perspective, so you know, how much of the town does that cover? It covered about 11 miles out of 103 public miles.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":22},{"id":"44dcfe7d-dcd8-4cd3-ae15-4078c9590732","content":"Speaker 12: So it's over almost 11%. Uh, we remove 32 regulatory signs installed. 94 thickly settled with the approval. We just said there'll be, there'll be 94 thickly settled. District ones 20 safety zone signs and the speed limits are 20. Then as you can see, just visually on the map there, the yellow lines basically says, you know, we've hit all of the major connectors, kind of, there's still a few there that maybe could use a little bit more attention, but not, not many. I think we kind of covered most of the big streets and the biggest impact. There's still trouble spots around town that we want to work at. You know, running through the streets, mystic Route two, a Summer street, route 60 South, pleasant, mystic Chestnut, Medford, gray Street, lake Street, wahoo, and then kind of the funny ones with a stray 20 miles an hour for Mountain PHE in North Union.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":23},{"id":"3dca772e-e1bb-4905-934a-17070741e71f","content":"Speaker 12: 'cause they predated the school's zone signs. So the school zone signs came in and sort of slopped all over the top of the 20 mile an hour sign. So we just took them out to avoid any confusion. And as we mentioned that the safety zones we have on Summer Street it for a buzzle in Arlington Catholic Fields. I've done a little spot checking with the radar gun tack has, and it's better than it used to be. It's still, I think we still need a little work there. Maybe when we get the RFP in that area that that'll help. Or if we have curb bump outs at the crosswalk, that'll help. Or as you and I have talked, uh, Mr. Tri, we, maybe the speed feedback signs from a PD in that area for a little while might remind people, and especially it seemed that people were going faster, going eastbound for some reason, but not quite sure. But then as we already mentioned Mass Ave and then the other three mass AV areas with the 25 mile an hour","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":24},{"id":"0406b25a-223f-4887-aeac-c6c7c8e82fd2","content":"Speaker 12: It go to the next slide, just, I won't really run through this attack. I brought this to tack last time and said, alright, we've done a lot, what do we do next? You know, and and t sometimes gets lost in their own weeds. So they, they got lost in their own weeds in that discussion, but I figured I'd come here and say, so we did a lot, what else do we want to do? And you know, we maybe don't wanna spend a lot of time discussing tonight, but I'd like you to think about it. You can message me separately. You know, do we want to continue with the safety zones? Do we want to do further enhancements like the RFE locations or paint on the street, you know, somebody mentioned on Pleasant Street attack to put a, don't block the box at every one of the crosswalks because when traffic's backed up, they're backed up across the crosswalks. Simple things. Some paint you're done and you know, if it, if it daylights the intersection, that helps everybody. So that's some of the cheaper stuff we can do in the long run. Um, I guess that kind of is in the theme of entrenching what's been done. We've covered a lot of the roads as we saw on the other one. And what else can we do in partnership with the town to get there and, and do we continue, you know, making other streets a safety zone. That's just so the question. If you have any thoughts, I'm more than happy to jot 'em down. But you can also just, like I said, email me later and we will come back to you all with a recommendation.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":25},{"id":"dedb5e45-6854-4077-84c5-b2956bb2e8f5","content":"Speaker 3: Thank you. First, I'll take a motion to receive seat by Mr. Hurt. Is there a second? Second by Mr. Dei. Um, any further questions or comments? I would just say moving forward, um, something I know that TAC and the manager are, are working on, um, that will probably, maybe after town meeting or something like that will sort of talk about temporary tools or whatever we want to talk about in terms of when we have something that happens, something we can put in place that the transportation advisor committee, the town manager, the department of public works, DPW have all sort of sanctioned would be a best, especially when we need a temporary fix to some for something that mm-hmm . Has to go into the process that sometimes takes 1, 2, 3, we used to say five years, but we, we don't even have to look at that anymore, you know, thanks to our town manager and transportation advisory. And then the other thing, um, which is something this board hears all the time and we come up and discuss it and we have a trial by error or error by error is, uh, speed bumps or whatever the, the correct term is for speed bumps now, uh, pin cush, street cushions, whatever they are. Um, so where you're saying things to talk about in the future, that's something that you,","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":26},{"id":"ee9babe9-b519-4035-915c-5e9c010559fe","content":"Speaker 12: So can I comment on our inadvertent ski slope? You have the ski jump on ? Yes. The ski jump. I, I, so, so there's, there's a part of me that every time I come up on, on something that's non-compliant, I think about Somerville and Powder Hill Road in front of this, the school where the contractor made a mistake and put in five inch speed bumps rather than three, which basically bottoms everybody's car out if you're over 10 miles an hour. So, and they never have changed it. And I all, I think every time is what put this in here and why didn't they go fix it to adjust it to the rest that, so I, I worry, you know, that, that our speed bump, which is not so awful, but it's not a, it's not an 88 compliant sidewalk, right? It's not flat on the top. It's kind of, it's kind of peaked like that. So, so we do need to do something with it, but I, I don't know what I mean, I actually don't mind having it there. I think it really does slow cars down. It's actually pretty, I love it. Pretty effective.\n\nSpeaker 3: It certainly does,\n\nSpeaker 12: But you got a stop sign 30 feet away or 20 feet away too. So coming up the hill, it's not like it's gonna make a lot of difference. You'd\n\nSpeaker 3: Be amazed. We need the warning though. Yeah, I'm, you just need a little warning because if you hit it at,\n\nSpeaker 12: You gotta be able to see it . That's the main thing.\n\nSpeaker 14: Yeah, a little bit more paint and a few more sides.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":27},{"id":"5d3739bf-072e-486e-9576-140674f3daf8","content":"Speaker 12: You just need some more. Well, yeah, we need a few more signs, right? Yeah, I think there were more before, actually, weren't there more coming up the hill when you first went in, it seemed like there was one there and then it disappeared for some reason. I, maybe I'm misremembering, but, so anyway, not\n\nSpeaker 3: To complain about suggestion alone. We see, we'll still be discussing them and then you'll tell me next time we discuss 'em, what's the correct term for them. So on a motion, move receipt by Mr. Herd, seconded by Mr. Ersi. Any further questions or comments? If not, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed unanimous vote. Thank you. So please pass on our thanks as always.\n\nSpeaker 12: I will. Absolutely. Mr.\n\nSpeaker 3: We now go to an update of from our long range planning committee. I will, first I'm gonna switch the order of speakers, start with our town manager, Mr. Feeney.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":28},{"id":"7dfdffb9-97e8-4f44-8eae-023409400c76","content":"Speaker 14: Uh, thank you Madam Chair. Uh, the board administrator has, uh, A PDF to bring up, I thought it would be helpful to show a few iterations of the long range plan, uh, over time to help illustrate where we've arrived at as of the most recent long range planning committee meeting, which was held on Friday morning, January 9th. Uh, to get there, I thought we would first start with the long range plan that was in Novus as of June of 2023 when this board, uh, voted their override commitments for the November 20, 23rd override. So this, uh, essentially was the plan as it existed prior to the last override. And I thought it might be helpful to identify where there have been some variances or deviations from our projections at that time for where we would be in 27 versus where, uh, we now believe we will be in fiscal year 27.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":29},{"id":"2878a0a7-6812-4cd6-8034-ecbf0d873851","content":"Speaker 14: So I'm not sure if we're able to zoom in at all, but I've highlighted a few things that helpful to, uh, track over time. Uh, the first we'll see falls under, uh, what we call growth factor. And that relates to student enrollment changes that lives within the, uh, appropriation side of the ledger under the Arlington Public School budget. So we can see here, I've highlighted fiscal year 26, uh, 27 and 28, where we were expecting at that point in time, in 2023 to start to see a fairly significant decline in student enrollment. And based on the formula the, uh, board adopted, as part of that override commitment, it would've resulted in commensurate reductions in the Arlington Public School budget. So we can put a pin in that and we'll track it over time. Uh, scrolling down to a few other things that were highlighted are, uh, insurance, uh, which is largely our health insurance budget.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":30},{"id":"450c9972-67f8-44b4-98fb-895a291d149e","content":"Speaker 14: And I've highlighted the number 25,777,000 in June of 2023. That's what we projected our fiscal year 27 health insurance budget to be. And it would get there by assuming in this model that our historical health insurance growth would hold true into the future. So that assumed, uh, a just north of 5% year over year growth in premiums. And then the line under that, if we could scroll back to the left, is for, uh, state assessments. So that is, those are what we know as cherry sheet charges. So if we, uh, scroll back over, we'll note that that number, uh, was 4,285,000 roughly. So that's where we expected to be, uh, in fiscal year 27, back in 2023. And then the final thing I'll point out though not highlighted, is in June of 2023 when we were discussing, uh, the prior override, uh, that the vote for, which took place in November of 2023, we were projecting at that time, at the end of fiscal year 2026 to have a, uh, balance IEA deficit of, uh, $9,480,000.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":31},{"id":"ef7cc777-8aae-4315-959b-1753dc2cd3d0","content":"Speaker 14: So that's when we first projected the deficit to reappear. So, uh, now we can go to page two, which is another iteration of the long range plan. Uh, and this as shown by the label on the top is what we call Appendix D. So this was published in the Finance committee's report to 2025 annual town meeting in April of 2025. So there are a few highlights here. Uh, notably fiscal year 2026, we'll see in the school department budget a growth factor, uh, introduction of 1 million and 70,000. So as we had just pointed out, uh, previously we had expected, uh, enrollment to decline, but in fact, our experience, instead of losing nine students in fiscal year 26 as projected, we actually gained 115 students. So that created, uh, a fairly, uh, significant swing in our budget at that time. So then, uh, scrolling down to the bottom, uh, Ms.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":32},{"id":"11d9a7b6-b1e6-408a-9911-207e9c215a14","content":"Speaker 14: Mar, and then over to the right, we'll see highlighted there are, you know, the 115 students, oh, back down a little bit. Apologies the 115 students in 2026 that we gained. And then this shows how we had projected to see a fairly steady decline in enrollment over the out years. If we wanna scroll over, we see 53 students, 160 students, 68 students. So those, uh, student enrollment projections, if we were to scroll back to the growth factor line at the top of the budget that was just highlighted in year one, you'll see result in those, uh, commensurate red figures in the out year. So a loss of $493,000, one point, uh, four $8 million, and then in 29, 630 $2,000. So that, those are things that have changed, and you'll see that in our most recent iteration. But I will just point out, uh, if we could go down to the bottom of fiscal year 27, uh, a little bit to the left, uh, I've highlighted here as of April, we were projecting a deficit in fiscal year 27 of $13.5 million.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":33},{"id":"277a5375-4a44-457f-974d-98e5a63cc53f","content":"Speaker 14: So, uh, that is just a little bit of history. That brings us now to page three, uh, which is the long range financial projection as, uh, presented to the Long Range Planning Committee on January 9th. So here, if we can stick in the first column from fiscal year 27 and scroll down to the yellow highlights. Uh, we'll see here. The first highlight is insurance. So this is one area in particular where this sort of illustrates what is a much larger healthcare cost crisis, not necessarily unique to Arlington, certainly being faced by other municipalities or employers and employees. So this has been one significant cost pressure. Uh, we are part of the GIC and all cost increases to date have been absorbed into the health, uh, insurance premiums, which as an employer, we pay the lion's share of between 75 and 85%. So as we saw previously, back in June of 2023, we projected our insurance budget to be roughly 25.7 million.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":34},{"id":"10e987ce-1a08-458b-bbc9-62fef1bc7142","content":"Speaker 14: In fiscal year 27. We are now projecting an insurance budget in fiscal year 27 of 29.1 million. So this is a three, 3.4 million or 13% variance from a prior projection. As I noted, we had projected increases comparable to our historical average of just above 5% year over year. But instead, we've experienced three consecutive years of double digit premium growth. And we are currently looking at, uh, 11.25% projected, uh, health premium inflation going into fiscal year 27. Uh, and then if we could scroll down to the bottom where we have the, uh, projected student enrollment growth. So as I had noted previously, uh, student enrollment has been highly variable and projections have not necessarily held. It is, of course very challenging to, while you can follow birth rates in a community, you can't do something similar with move-ins to the community and rentals renters. And what the impact of having a brand new high school, uh, may mean if folks are not just moving in to follow public education through the elementary school all the way through high school, but they may move in, uh, in later years as well.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":35},{"id":"574ce69e-a7f2-4467-a47e-4259eb3b2d24","content":"Speaker 14: So obviously we saw a very significant swing in fiscal year 2026 that led to, uh, you know, a $1 million variance in the budget. So, you know, based on updated enrollment projections, uh, we are now projecting largely steady enrollment for the foreseeable future. So what we'll see if we scroll across to the right here is that we're in fact holding these numbers steady. So that also means we have removed the assumed budgetary reductions based on a decline enrollment because our current projections have us remaining fairly steady. So looking ahead, this is certainly prudent as this growth factor was a bit unpredictable, uh, and may have underestimated the budgetary needs of the school department based on enrollment. Uh, and then finally, we could scroll back up to state assessments. Uh, this is not a significant, uh, as significant a swing in terms of it only had a six figure impact, but, uh, in fiscal year 27 we're projecting state assessments to come in, uh, 4,000,400, $547,259.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":36},{"id":"5b8f38de-40e1-4329-a8d1-330c57053385","content":"Speaker 14: So these can be variable, uh, each year based on such things as charter school or school choice, sending tuitions our MBTA assessment, for example, uh, veteran aid. There's, there's really a long list of them. So comparing our June, 2023 projection to our current estimate for fiscal year 27, we see that this expense is estimated to come in at, uh, roughly $262,000 greater, uh, than projected. And then one other thing I will highlight, uh, for the board members of the public is line G uh, solid waste. So this is a new addition to the long range plan. So we've called out cost associated with our curbside collection contract to be more transparent about the, uh, cost of that contract and its projected, uh, growth over time. Uh, and this is relevant to the discussion about the 2023 override because as this board knows, there was a commitment to, uh, increase the town's budget by $250,000, uh, at that, in, at that time in fiscal year 25 to cover expected increases with the cost of a new solid waste contract, uh, that was done at a time without the benefit of a competitive bidding process, which was ultimately completed over the course of calendar year 24 and into 25.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":37},{"id":"dcc46eb7-b51a-41de-a861-038e2cd8c217","content":"Speaker 14: So with the benefit of hindsight, now having completed that process, uh, I can now almost definitively say that that increase should have been, uh, closer to $1 million. So as a reminder, we have two separate contracts, one for collection and hauling and another for disposal. Uh, the cost per ton of solid waste disposal at the waste to energy facility in North Andor that we use, uh, went up alone, uh, 10%, uh, per ton from fiscal year 25 to 26. And we typically generate between an 11 and 12,000 tons of, uh, trash annually. So that is a sizable dollar increase in of itself. Uh, and obviously we have our new curbside collection contract with WM for fiscal years 26 to fiscal year 30. We expect a roughly five to 6% average year over year growth over the course of this contract. Uh, this was done largely to defray the cost of the transition in year one, which would have largely been unaffordable otherwise, and was also impacted by, uh, the prevailing wage rates being, uh, you know, the, we follow, we have to track what's called teamsters Local 25.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":38},{"id":"a99d3074-3e9e-4536-a48b-421b04905c58","content":"Speaker 14: They were out of contract for a few years recently ratified. And, uh, the state, uh, department that manages prevailing wages have reincorporated that into prevailing wages looking forward. So we now have the prevailing wages that will be in effect for labor for the first three years, uh, of our contract the last two years will be subject to negotiations for a future contract. So we are just currently, uh, carrying an escalator of roughly 5% per year on the labor side of things because that's largely what the increase was, uh, as a result of this most recent agreement. Uh, of course, I'll just note if containerization through carts has the desired impact of driving down tonnages over time, we could ultimately see some savings resulting in reduced budgetary growth and potentially the generation of, uh, free cash in that line. But that is sort of a big if, but I will say though it is still early, it does appear there will be some return on our investment of carts over time in this regard as our monthly Toni tonnage data that we've started to receive since July one does indicate meaningful reductions in both our trash and recycling streams.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":39},{"id":"7d2b5b5a-87a5-452f-8c61-3dedd41ebda3","content":"Speaker 14: We just have to thoroughly to see, uh, how much that will play out. And then one other element that's worth highlighting with regard to, uh, solid waste is that for the first time in our history, we also now own our single stream recycling. So this was a cost not previously born by the town after, uh, being able to extend and favorably. So our prior contract for an additional three years holding us harmless from this cost that has already been born by all other municipalities for a few years. Uh, now we have to pay roughly $125 per ton to have our recycling stream process that a materials recovery facility, also known as a murf, uh, into the various commodity streams. So the blended value of the commodities, because we own the recycling, is then subtracted from that $125 per ton charge. And if the blended value exceeds the charge, the town would see, uh, the revenue.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":40},{"id":"db74437f-126a-4367-88ed-a1e736e41ddc","content":"Speaker 14: If it doesn't, then we pay, uh, the net difference between the two. So at the time of bidding and receiving proposals for our solid waste contract at this time last year and even into the spring of this year, we were expecting and budgeting to ultimately pay $58 per ton based on a blended commodity value, uh, of roughly $66 for our recyclables on the secondary market. Instead, the recycling commodity market has faltered significantly, and through the first five months of fiscal year 26, we've been paying, uh, on average a hundred dollars per ton to, uh, process our recycling. So where we have historically generated over 4,000, uh, tons of recycling per year, this has been a significant, uh, budgetary swing in the current year. And we don't yet have any indication that, uh, values are going to recover. Uh, you know, part of that downward slide, you know, cardboard and brown paper, that value is down 40%.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":41},{"id":"f90ab1fa-40f4-49b1-b51b-bdf8c382552e","content":"Speaker 14: Mixed paper is down 60%, uh, plastic number one is down 62% in value, and plastic number two is down 88% of value. So those are major components of our recycling stream that don't have, uh, as much value on the secondary market. And those things usually play off for cardboard paper and mixed paper is sort of off demand and how, uh, you know, especially with cardboard, what shipping looks like. So we hope to see perhaps a bit of a recovery following, uh, the holiday season where there is sort of an uptick in shipping. And then plastic prices on the secondary market usually track, uh, with, uh, the cost of oil. As I understand it, this is certainly new to me, but when the cost of a barrel of oil is fairly low, I understand plastic manufacturers, it tend to, uh, pursue sort of raw petroleum products to make new plastic instead of the added cost of working with, uh, recycled materials.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":42},{"id":"1cbac47a-1005-4eeb-b8d3-210881b58e72","content":"Speaker 14: So, uh, that is something else that will track over time. So with regard to expenditures, those are just a few things I wanted to highlight is having been, uh, significant deviations based on where we projected to be at this time, uh, back starting in November of 23 in advance of the last override. With regard to revenues, obviously we rely heavily on property tax revenue is, you know, our, our largest source, and that is, uh, very reliable. Another thing that we factor in is local receipts. Those have also been strong over the years, and in fact, so strong that they have generated free cash in all of the years that, uh, have interceded. And that has been the largest driver of what has eliminated what had been a deficit in 26, and then help to drive down, uh, the deficit to the point it's at Now in fiscal year 27, the only local receipt, and we've heard about this during our quarterly budget updates, that is, uh, steadily declining as a local revenue source, is marijuana excise tax.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":43},{"id":"954d6a31-afe0-4580-be0a-e52a082fba03","content":"Speaker 14: Uh, you know, that peaked in fiscal year 21 at roughly $350,000 by, uh, fiscal year 25. It had already dropped 50% down to $166,000 annually. And it is continuing to decline in fiscal year 26. So that is one area where I think, you know, not just Arlington, but many municipalities expected to see, uh, in a steady and increasing revenue stream that has not, uh, proven or borne out. And then the other thing, because it is our next largest, uh, source of revenue is state aid, you'll see on line a, uh, which is it's a highly, uh, variable revenue source for us. Obviously we don't have any, uh, control over it, nor can we reliably predict it is an, it is most certainly a forward looking endeavor. So you cannot use historical, uh, data because really it's based on the Commonwealth's budget, which is also forward looking and based on the economic data that they're receiving in terms of, uh, sales tax and other sorts of revenue that exist across, uh, the commonwealth.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":44},{"id":"3418264d-af64-472c-a249-905cf53630df","content":"Speaker 14: So unfortunately for fiscal year 26, uh, which we as town officials rely on is something called aga, which is unrestricted general government aid. For fiscal year 26, we only received a 1.1% increase, uh, which was compared to 3.2% in 3% in fiscal year 23 in 24, uh, respectively. So we, you know, did not see that same, uh, level of growth that we had been seeing over the past few years. Uh, chapter 70 education aid has also been, uh, highly variable and also not easily, uh, predicted moving forward. That's why you'll see in this plan, we are carrying modest growth assumptions of just shy of 1% from, uh, 26 to 27 and then moving forward because it is prudent to instead wait for the governor's budget to be released on January 28th to give us our first indication of what, uh, state aid, uh, will be in the coming fiscal year.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":45},{"id":"ccba2086-0019-4054-9288-fcec39843093","content":"Speaker 14: 'cause obviously anything, any increase greater than, uh, 0.98% on that line would have, uh, the effect and a fairly significant one on lowering, uh, the deficit, not just in 27, but in each year, uh, they're moving forward. So I think those are the things I wanted to, uh, highlight as they stand today as having been changes or variances, uh, within, uh, the long range plan. It has been a very, uh, busy long range planning committee meeting season. We are meeting at a increased cadence. We have really evaluated all of the assumptions in the plan, made some changes to the model as it exists today. Some of the formulas and how we, uh, calculate the figures on this page. We've been working with the finance committee, uh, the board of assessors, uh, the retirement board, really everyone we can to get, uh, an understanding of how else we may, uh, change our assumptions to, uh, lower the deficits and help, uh, control costs moving forward.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":46},{"id":"0663e3f5-d041-4292-84c9-f75d4836f4ea","content":"Speaker 5: Thank you, Mr. Decor. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you Mr. Feeney, for the presentation this evening for your leadership, both as town manager and and at our long range planning committee meetings. And as you just heard, and this public just heard, I mean, there are, there are some significant challenges that we faced, um, really unlike anything that we've seen certainly since I've been on the board and probably going back to the early two thousands in terms of, um, uncertainty with state aid coupled with increases in in various costs. And I just wanna comment, I'm gonna make a few random comments about both the numbers, but the, the timeline too. And, um, Mr. Feeney had mentioned that last April, the deficit for fiscal 27 as shown on the long range plan was over 13 million. Now it's down to 3.7 and it may come down a little bit further, but it is clear as we had voted that we will need to ask the voters, uh, for an override on, on March 28th and what the expectation or what the recommendation will be.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":47},{"id":"2b452d04-aabb-42d3-b058-719b40e269cb","content":"Speaker 5: Can't tell you what the number is and Mr. Feeney will be making that recommendation, but because of the unknown of state aid and, and a few other factors that will be known later this month and, and, and in early February, but what it will be is a three year period. So what we'd be looking at is 27, 28 in 29, and that's consistent with what we've done in prior overrides in terms of the ask if successful, there would not be another request, um, that would hit the tax rolls until fiscal 30. But just commenting on, and I, I wanted to comment on insurance and state aid to start, but insurance now is about 12% of our overall budget's, over 10% that is slated to grow at 11.25%. And we're in a situation where our current commitment on town increases in town spending is three and a quarter.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":48},{"id":"15fa3bef-093d-4dc7-b1ff-8258f8e07413","content":"Speaker 5: Um, and that is, is likely to, to continue, um, these next few years. So if 12% of your budget's going up double digits, and it's gonna be close to double digits, uh, likely for fiscal 28 as well, it, it creates a crisis. And, and, um, so we, we saw that we have the uncertainty with state aid where last year, at least when we receive our cherry sheet, which basically tells us what our receipts are for state aid and what our assessments are. The largest assessment being the MBTA, the assessment actually outpaced the increase in receipts a year ago. And so, um, by growing more, reduce that number so that the net increase was less than 4%, as Mr. Feeney is putting has mentioned here right now. Um, the long range plan shows a 1% increase, but a two and a half percent increase in the assessment, that gets you below 1% growth in state aid.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":49},{"id":"646d2b63-c675-495c-a5e0-85ea3da10de5","content":"Speaker 5: Um, so when you're looking to provide services as close, um, as you can to maintaining services, and you're looking at roughly three and a half to 4% to try to do that, when you have a 1% decline in state aid, which is a big percentage, second biggest percentage of our receipts, it puts tremendous, tremendous strain, um, on, on what you look at. And when we look at prior overrides, I can tell you this for certain, um, when the recommendations come in, prior overrides, there have been commitments to spending plus maybe additional spending that the town might, uh, have this last override. Um, we needed to fund increases in teacher salaries in the school's strategic plan. Um, there were others earlier in terms of additions, there will be no additions in this. This will just allow us to continue, uh, for the next few years. And, um, I, I want to commend again, Mr.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":50},{"id":"58249384-e919-494f-8776-3d753276ac9d","content":"Speaker 5: Feeney, but I want to commend all departments and, and boards. We had the board of assessors in here in, in December. They have increased agreed to increase the amount of their overlay surplus that they will give back. Um, Mr. Mann is, is constantly looking for new growth opportunities and assessments, and that may go up a little bit. We heard what the retirement board was willing to do in terms of reducing that pension amount down to 4.76%. Um, we're still working with the schools, but the increase that you will see in the school budget will be lower than what it was these past few years, uh, over the next three year period. I'm talking just the base increase, not, um, the additions. There'll be no additions for, for growth or, or to, or to fund the plan. So, um, committees, departments working really hard. Mr. Feeney had mentioned earlier, um, perhaps not I believe at this meeting in terms of what's going on with hiring, um, presently and, and, and looking to cut expenses.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":51},{"id":"92e4724b-23b9-43f8-80a0-ef9dcfd834e6","content":"Speaker 5: And that will continue. And I think between now and the end of the month, we're gonna ask, let's keep looking, let's try to drive this number down as low as possible. Um, because we all take that aspect of being on the board very seriously. When we go out to ask voters to spend more in taxes, we only, we won't, we only want to ask what we believe is, is necessary to fund. Um, and, and, um, it's a very difficult decision. It's gonna be a difficult discussion, but it, it, it's, it's, as I see, it's absolutely necessary, um, to get us through the next few years. Um, and again, just in terms of timing, we're due to vote commitments in a number on February 9th. That will be after we hear the governor's budget and after we receive a recommendation from Ms. Dini. Um, thank you Madam Chair.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":52},{"id":"e1c4252b-158f-4d76-a0c7-2f6de8466333","content":"Speaker 3: Thank you, Mr. Ersi. And, um, I guess I would say once, um, when we started the long range planning meetings this year, right after town meeting, um, the discussion was, um, and Mrs. Morgan was at those meetings as a member of the school committee. Um, we were in the 20 million, 20, 22 million in terms of, uh, a possible override ask. And since then, um, the town manager and superintendent schools and this board and, and the school committee have been looking at what we can do to, um, try to get the number, uh, as low as possible, but not to the point that, um, some people are saying, you know, we want to keep, you know, level funding, level of service is the same. Um, even in the best case scenario. That's just something that's not feasible. Um, in terms of, of, of moving forward with the town with a 3.25% budget, the schools have, um, combined their general education and special education budgets.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":53},{"id":"dee433be-c6f7-4ae8-bff5-9063420128fa","content":"Speaker 3: Uh, but back in September, I believe, uh, the presentation they gave, they had estimated 4.5% combined increase for that. And they've recently come into long range planning, the superintendent and our colleagues in the school committee with a combined 4.25%. Um, and we're still exploring conversations about, um, perhaps looking at, uh, 28 and 29, 20 or 28 and 29, not 20, 29 and 30, whether that 4.25 can somehow also be reduced. And, um, even in the best case scenario with an override, um, that is successful, if we can make the case to the voters, um, and they choose to give that to us, um, besides reductions, um, on the townside, and both the manager and the superintendent have agreed to it, a hiring freeze. Um, and then they're continuing in those discussions, um, beyond just, um, fiscal 27, you know, what that looks like. Uh, do you hold on certain positions and, and not backfill them, but from the presentation that, um, I saw the other night to the school committee, um, they're planning on even if the override passes, uh, a million dollars in reductions, um, in terms of what the school services will, will look like.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":54},{"id":"0592375a-4b54-4aa7-aaaf-795a9abcc2aa","content":"Speaker 3: And I know, um, on the townside, the, the manager, um, besides what he's highlighted in terms of solid waste and um, unpredictability of, um, state aid, and it is what it is. I'm not saying anything negative and nefarious about that. Um, just in terms of, of moving forward and, and, and sticking with a 3.25% budget, um, even that's been challenging. And to me, that's a bare minimum of what people expect for talent services as well as our, for our talent employees. Um, as we know the last override, um, and, you know, we won't go back into history, but we had a different town manager then, and I, I can tell you this board including through myself, you know, questioned, um, but it is what it is and the current town manager and um, his staff are now dealing with some factors that, um, were inherited and some that just we have no control over.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":55},{"id":"c72d5689-6b67-43e7-9398-35c36591d450","content":"Speaker 3: So the conversations are continuing. Um, I know some people, a lot of people are asking us what is the number, we don't know what that is yet, but what I can say is we're doing everything we can to, uh, because we understand that, you know, when I talk to people and we all do in the street and we say what, what it is in terms of solid waste, what it is in terms of healthcare, they say back to me, well, my healthcare costs have gone up too. And, and you know, and I, I have a job in high tech and you know, um, but I think if we, you know, can make the point that, you know, we are limited by proposition two and a half, and you know, other people can have a different conversation on that the other day. But if you look at some of the driving factors that the manager, um, in the superintendent have highlighted, um, a bare bones and not quite level service budget right now looks at 3.25% on, on the, uh, town side and 4.25 on the school side, um, with the 11.25% increase in healthcare with the solid waste, um, that, you know, we came in short at, at 750,000, so close to a million with the unpredictability of the market that we thought for recycling, which Arlington is very, very good, um, about doing that.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":56},{"id":"6e8ecaff-a4a7-4c41-873d-9de17d829772","content":"Speaker 3: But, um, it's costing us money more than we're not even breaking even. And it is what it is. I mean, that's, that's a choice we make. We've made that commitment and we should, we'll stick to it. So, um, I wish I, we all wish we could say what the number is, but because, um, this is a sort of accelerated coinciding with the local election March 28th election, it wouldn't be responsible of us to make any predictions. Not knowing what state aid will be, not knowing what further, uh, belt tightening the, uh, town manager and superintendent, um, can put into place. So there is no number right now. Um, there, you know, there's numbers being floated out there, you know, we're trying to bring it down as much as we can, but also a lot of people have spoken about services that they care about on the school and Townside and some that were lost and, and it's taken us seven to 11 years depending on what it was in terms of libraries or professionals in the schools, um, around, you know, social workers, guidance counselors, et cetera. Um, so all that's being discussed. So, um, not to give such a somber thing, Mr. Hurt, ,\n\nSpeaker 13: I just wanted to say if the town's making money on all the Amazon boxes that are coming through my house, I want a tax break. ,","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":57},{"id":"3744f199-e166-4f37-86aa-b8b36b3479a5","content":"Speaker 3: If you could save us. Um, so, um, with that, we don't necessarily need to take a motion on anything, and we will, um, in all probability have a, another update at our January 26th meeting, I think is the next. And then of course, we take the vote on February 9th, and we're waiting for the governor's budget on January 28th. So with that, I will go to, if there's no questions or comments, new business, Ms. Ma, no,\n\nSpeaker 14: No business. Thank you, Mrs. Mahan.\n\nSpeaker 3: Attorney Cunningham,\n\nSpeaker 13: No, no business. Thank you Madam Chair,\n\nSpeaker 3: Our town manager, Mr. Feeney.\n\nSpeaker 14: Thank you Madam Chair. Just a few brief things. Uh, just wanted to mention that the, as you pointed out, the select board's next meeting is on January 26th. That will be, uh, through the use of our new one meeting platform that we are launching through meeting management. So that date is actually the official launch date of the platform that we are gonna make it available, uh, to the public next week after the holiday. So that is a tool that will be impacting a number of boards, committees and commissions here in town, IE those who used the Novus agenda platform. So we're hopeful that the public, uh, appreciates the new platform. It is, uh, very much so user-friendly, and it is, it provides a high degree of searchability. Uh, of course our old platform was being sunset by the provider, so it was time for us to change.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":58},{"id":"ca264bb9-03b5-46c6-8624-d9e1ff569fc4","content":"Speaker 14: And we've been going through the process of not, not only designing templates as we heard about in a presentation a few months ago, that will move us towards, uh, closer to digital a DA, uh, compliance, but also conducting a wide range of trainings with not only staff, but with various members of boards, committees, and commissions. Our volunteers have been coming to town hall to get, uh, sort of training on how to use the platform and how to, uh, use the new templates that we've developed, which are for, uh, for agendas and meeting minutes, going to look largely uniform across the organization for, uh, the first time in our history. So that is exciting and that is a big step, uh, towards accessibility because the, uh, templates have been designed for, uh, screen readers and other elements that will make it easier for the public to digest.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":59},{"id":"5c8ed51e-68fc-4f86-85f7-e7fad850ba71","content":"Speaker 14: What are the most voluminous records we put online being, uh, meeting agendas and minutes. So, uh, I will also, uh, for the public's benefit, uh, and as Mr. Helmuth alluded to earlier, note that we did, uh, go live with four new rectangular rapid flash beacons at, uh, particular high volume, uh, pedestrian crossings in town. Uh, these were awarded to the town through a grant from MAs dot. So the equipment was free. The town had to, uh, handle the installation in civil construction to accommodate the installation at sites. They were on Chestnut Street at Medford Street. So now there is a second RRFB array, uh, in that stretch that was recently reconstructed. We've installed one at Park Ave at Oakland Ave, uh, one on Eastern Ave at the Bracket School, and one on Mass Ave at the crossing with Dundee Road, which is, uh, more colloquial known as the, uh, trader Joe's crossing.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":60},{"id":"096b65c5-1afd-4c80-a5a0-84485584a84a","content":"Speaker 14: So, uh, one thing I'll highlight, which is a great new feature is that they have a, uh, spotlight function on them. So when activated after dark, and as the prior speaker alluded to during open forum, this is the time of year where it is, uh, darkest earliest. So, uh, that is a great new feature and it's something we are already receiving, uh, positive feedback on, and we hope to incorporate that into all future our RFB uh, installations that we do. So once activated it, that spotlight shines at the crosswalk and illuminates the crossing so that drivers, uh, will have greater, uh, visibility of the pedestrians in the roadway. And at the same time, we'll just note, we also did install a, uh, solar powered, uh, radar driver feedback sign also on Park Ave in the vicinity of Oakland Ave. We hid through the police department, installed a temporary unit there, and had been tracking, uh, compliance over time as it does data collection.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":61},{"id":"5f565a1e-1e44-4ff6-9570-efe9c74c2d17","content":"Speaker 14: And it proved that the presence of that sign reminding drivers of their speed when coupled with the array of new speed limit signs that you see along that roadway. Uh, there was indications that once we put that sign up and it was functioning on a temporary basis, it was meaningfully reducing speed. So we moved forward with a, uh, permanent installation of that sign, and we did throw, did so with support from, uh, an earmark from, uh, the state's budget to support that endeavor. So I just wanted to offer those, uh, brief updates now. And we do have two more, uh, rectangular rapid flash beacons coming from, uh, mas.in the spring of this year for installation in the upcoming, uh, construction season. So more to report on later. Thank you.\n\nSpeaker 3: Thank you, Mr.\n\nSpeaker 5: Ducor. Uh, no new business.\n\nSpeaker 3: Mrs. Morgan. No new business. Mr. Herd.\n\nSpeaker 13: Just in a, as a way to explain my tardiness, I'll congratulate the Arlington Peewee AAA team for defeating Belmont tonight and getting a state tournament birth in uh, March.\n\nSpeaker 3: Alright. Oh, that's exciting. I love this Mr. Hamlet.\n\nSpeaker 4: Hair's gonna get me in trouble with my day job, but the remarks like that, no new business for me. . Thank you, .\n\nSpeaker 3: Uh, I'll, I'll just note and report, uh, further on down the road at another meeting. But there was a meeting, um, there were many meetings on Friday, uh, at eight o'clock, at 10 o'clock and an 11 o'clock. And 11 o'clock was, uh, down in the manager's office, um, at Representative Rogers, representative Garley and representative Steve Owens from, I know he represents Watertown, I'm not sure.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":62},{"id":"55c98758-ef52-42c6-8a75-89afb8db0c68","content":"Speaker 5: I think he lives there too. Watertown\n\nSpeaker 4: And someone Cambridge,\n\nSpeaker 3: Watertown, Summerland, Cambridge, um, at Selma, Cambridge.\n\nSpeaker 14: Yeah.\n\nSpeaker 3: At their request along, uh, with Mr. River Watershed. Charles River Watershed saved the like Brook. Um, and that will continue on. So I'm not gonna belabor the porn anymore when we move forward. Yeah. Uh, in February or March. Um, I'll report more extensively on that. And with that, I will turn it over to Mr. DeCoursey.\n\nSpeaker 5: Thank you Madam Chair. Uh, I move that the board enter into executive session to discuss and consider the open meeting law complaint sent by Paul Pandolfo to conduct those discussions in an open session may have a detrimental effect on the litigation position of the town and this public body. Therefore, executive session is proposed in accordance with the exception to the open meeting law set forth in general laws chapter 30 a section 21, A three for the move that we do not reconvene in open session, but that we adjourn, um, within the session itself. The executive session.\n\nSpeaker 3: Is there a second? Second. Seconded by Mrs. Morgan. Any questions or comments? If not, roll call Attorney Cunningham.\n\nSpeaker 15: Mr. Gorsey? Yes. Mrs. Morgan? Yes. Mr. Helmuth? Yes. Mr. Herd? Yes. Mrs. Mahan? Yes. Five zero vote.\n\nSpeaker 3: Thank you.","timeStart":null,"timeEnd":null,"chunkIndex":63}]}}}