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The Hardwick Board of Selectmen convened to discuss several key municipal matters, including the appointment of Kelly as their representative to the Capital Planning Committee, an update on the music camp property acquisition by the Land Trust for transfer to the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, and recognition for the Highway Department's efforts during recent weather events. The board also noted an upcoming conversation with Donnie Martell, announced the second annual Easter Egg Hunt, and scheduled further discussion on the music camp property for their April 3rd meeting, with two members identifying potential conflicts of interest regarding a letter of support for the property transfer.
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I'm not sure if Donnie Martel is going to do it share but can you tell him to get that conversation going and maybe we can hold on this until we have that conversation with Donnie yep we still do have a little bit of time
But it does come up quick anything else under signatures and approvals Nicole next item on the agenda is this is Round Table I
Called to sort of put a placeholder on the um Capital committee there is a member of the Bookman Capital committee I know that you met recently Kelly or Rob is that something that you want to be involved in
I actually sent my interest in that but I didn't know that there was a meeting so Nicole can we put on the next agenda let's get it done on April 3rd to I I don't know if I have the I guess I I
Don't know if I have the authority just to appoint Kelly as a chair or if that's something that we have to vote on I think you're just me an appointment like all the others I had just I I definitely you know reached out for my interests if meetings are during the day
It's going to be hard for me to make a phone I don't know when when the meeting was today yeah it was a three could have made that so
So I'm going to do this and if it's incorrect we'll revisit it but um I would I'd like to make the motion to appoint Kelly to actually as a terram shouldn't make a motion Rob can you make a motion please what this capital planning committee am I saying that
Right yes yeah that was that I was asking a question I just want to make sure I'm saying the committee I moved to uh a point Kelly
Camp to the capital committee I'll just um add your motion as the board of Selectmen representative yes thank you
Any other discussion on Ellie's appointment total planning committee as the board of selectman Representative there are any none I will call for a vote Rob Kelly yes please yes so yes so um please remember to get
Yourself sworn at by Ryan and Arthur and the capital committee thank you anything else under selectman's Roundtable that we should talk about no unless unless your notes loaded but
You had notes on no they're gone [Music] so um if there are I'll make sure that I get them on the next agenda I guess I would just like to say and the last week or so
Bills and he does yeah so um bill I'll recognize you in one second let me just um so in the last couple weeks we've had some significant weather events and just a shout out to our Highway group again who continues to be understaffed
But tries to make the roads as safe as they possibly can for all of us so I know Marty's not please be kind to them because they work very hard with very little and although it may not be perfect or what you would completely want to see
We're doing a lot with a little so they deserve some recognition Bill did you want to say something am I um hearable am I you are
The camp and I'm in the middle of a lot of that with the land trust Cynthia is out of town sorry to be tuning in after the fact that I wouldn't have even thought to have tuned in I'm assuming maybe this was about a letter from the division which they sent to both towns
Notifying that they have interest in eventually owning the property is that what this discussion it is and we just received the letter today bill that's why it wasn't on the agenda we've pushed okay did it touch into a future meeting April 3rd or April 10th once we get some more information
Okay yeah just to let you guys know quickly the land trust will be purchasing that property I think it's by the end of this week and with the intent of hosting it for a few months and getting
It into division ownership as part of the Muddy Brook Wildlife Management Area and as part of that the the land trust has agreed to be responsible for taking the buildings down which are half falling down anyway in a hazard so at the next meeting if you want we
Can report on the progress and answer questions if that helps I can tell you that the where book The where Board of Selectmen voted last week support it's useful at all
It is useful Oregon resident Nicole let's get this on our April 3rd meeting just to move this forward a little bit since Ware's already taken a vote on it and since it's already happening because the land trust is involved I am going to have to look at my
Involvement on voting on this because I'm on the finance committee for the land trust for full disclosure I don't I'm not involved with board and my the finance committee is advisory only but I'll have to get some legal sort of advice on voting on this particular item
And we'll probably Kelly for you as well for us to be sure we're clear on going on the letter of support I won't vote on a letter of support okay because of you know my husband works for that sorry okay I feel like that's the
Right thing to do agreed so um let me get some direction for my voting on it just to be sure that we can actually do this appropriately and I'll do that for our next meeting and I don't know if a letter of support is required I don't know how their letter is worded it's more or less a
Notification to the town they look for a letter a support bill but it wouldn't happen regardless of you know it would probably happen regardless but obviously they want they want the support yeah the ultimate intent of both agencies to preserve this land as public
Land you know in perpetuity anyway sorry to interrupt I just heard that you were discussing it and I wasn't sure if I could be useful or not that's been very helpful and um thank you and again we just um I'm not sure
How Ware has voted on already done their emotional support when we just got this letter today date of March but more to come and it will be on the agenda so that everyone is the intent was just to bring it up tonight and just make awareness to it and we'll we will
Revisit at a future meeting but thanks for popping on Bill thanks to you guys okay anything else under slackman Roundtable and I just mentioned something sure the um second annual Easter egg hunt is
This Saturday from 11 to 1 at the Gilbertville Memorial Park with a rain date of Sunday the open space and Recreation committee will also be there talking to the residents about what they're trying to do uh with updating the osrp plan osrp to get some funding to build a new
Park up there thank you Nicole anything else Robert Kelly under selectman Roundtable I'm good
Excellent so the next item on the agenda is a German so the motion to adjourn has been moved back and then a discussion okay hearing none I will call for a vote
To adjourn Kelly yes Rob yes and Julie is yes we are adjourning at I think it's 7 59.
So excellent so all and we will see uh you Kelly and Rob on April 3rd and thank you everybody have a good night thank you thank you
[00:00:02] I'm not sure if Donnie Martel is going [00:00:03] to do it [00:00:05] share but can you tell him [00:00:07] to get that conversation going and maybe [00:00:09] we can hold on this [00:00:10] um until we have that conversation with [00:00:12] Donnie [00:00:15] yep [00:00:18] we still do have a little bit of time [00:00:20] but it does come up quick [00:00:25] anything else under signatures and [00:00:27] approvals Nicole [00:00:34] um next item on the agenda is [00:00:36] this is Round Table I [00:00:39] called to sort of put a placeholder on [00:00:41] the um Capital committee [00:00:44] um there is [00:00:46] a member of the Bookman [00:00:48] Capital committee [00:00:49] um I know that you met [00:00:52] recently [00:00:53] um Kelly or Rob is that something that [00:00:55] you want to be involved in [00:00:58] I actually sent my interest in that but [00:01:01] I didn't know that there was a meeting [00:01:05] um so Nicole can we put on the next [00:01:07] agenda let's get it done on April 3rd to [00:01:11] um [00:01:13] I I don't know if I have the I guess I I [00:01:16] don't know if I have the authority just [00:01:17] to appoint Kelly as a chair or if that's [00:01:19] something that we have to vote on [00:01:26] I think you're just me an appointment [00:01:28] like all the others I had just I I [00:01:31] definitely you know reached out for my [00:01:33] interests if meetings are during the day [00:01:35] it's going to be hard for me to make a [00:01:37] phone I don't know when [00:01:41] when the meeting was today [00:01:44] yeah it was a three [00:01:47] could have made that [00:01:50] so um [00:01:53] so I'm going to do this and if it's [00:01:55] incorrect we'll revisit it but um I [00:01:57] would I'd like to make the motion to [00:01:59] appoint Kelly [00:02:00] to actually as a terram shouldn't make a [00:02:03] motion Rob can you make a motion please [00:02:06] what this capital [00:02:08] planning committee am I saying that [00:02:11] right [00:02:12] yes yeah [00:02:19] that was that I was asking a question I [00:02:21] just want to make sure I'm saying the [00:02:22] committee [00:02:25] I moved to uh a point Kelly [00:02:29] Camp to the capital [00:02:32] committee [00:02:34] I'll just um add your motion as the [00:02:37] board of Selectmen representative [00:02:41] yes [00:02:45] thank you [00:02:48] um any other discussion on [00:02:50] Ellie's appointment total planning [00:02:52] committee as the board of selectman [00:02:54] Representative [00:02:56] there are any none I will call for a [00:02:58] vote Rob [00:03:00] Kelly [00:03:01] yes [00:03:04] please yes so [00:03:05] yes so um please remember to get [00:03:07] yourself sworn at by Ryan and Arthur [00:03:11] and um [00:03:12] the capital committee thank you [00:03:15] anything else under selectman's [00:03:17] Roundtable that we should talk about [00:03:24] no unless unless your notes loaded but [00:03:27] you had notes on [00:03:28] no they're gone [00:03:29] [Music] [00:03:33] so um if there are I'll make sure that I [00:03:36] get them on the next agenda I guess I [00:03:37] would just like to say [00:03:39] um [00:03:42] and the last week or so [00:03:46] bills and he does yeah [00:03:49] so um bill I'll recognize you in one [00:03:51] second let me just um so in the last um [00:03:54] couple weeks we've had some significant [00:03:56] weather events and [00:03:59] um just a shout out to our Highway group [00:04:01] again who continues to be understaffed [00:04:04] but [00:04:06] um tries to make the roads as safe as [00:04:08] they possibly can for all of us so [00:04:11] I know Marty's not [00:04:15] please be kind to them because they work [00:04:17] very hard with very little [00:04:19] um and although it may not be perfect or [00:04:21] what you would completely want to see [00:04:24] um we're doing a lot with a little so [00:04:27] they deserve some recognition [00:04:29] Bill did you want to say something [00:04:33] am I um hearable am I [00:04:36] you are [00:04:42] the camp [00:04:43] and I'm in the middle of a lot of that [00:04:45] with the land trust Cynthia is out of [00:04:47] town [00:04:48] sorry to be tuning in after the fact [00:04:51] that I wouldn't have even thought to [00:04:53] have tuned in [00:04:55] um I'm assuming maybe this was about a [00:04:57] letter from the division which they sent [00:04:59] to both towns [00:05:01] notifying that they have interest in uh [00:05:04] eventually owning the property is that [00:05:06] what this discussion [00:05:08] it is and we just received the letter [00:05:10] today bill that's why it wasn't on the [00:05:12] agenda we've pushed okay did it touch [00:05:14] into a future meeting April 3rd or April [00:05:16] 10th once we get some more information [00:05:18] okay yeah just to let you guys know [00:05:21] quickly [00:05:23] um the land trust will be purchasing [00:05:25] that property [00:05:27] um [00:05:28] I think it's by the end of this week [00:05:31] and [00:05:32] um with the intent of [00:05:35] hosting it for a few months and getting [00:05:37] it into division ownership [00:05:40] as part of the Muddy Brook Wildlife [00:05:41] Management Area [00:05:43] and as part of that the the land trust [00:05:46] has agreed to be responsible for taking [00:05:48] the buildings down which are half [00:05:50] falling down anyway in a hazard [00:05:54] um [00:05:54] so at the next meeting if you want we [00:05:57] can report on the progress and answer [00:06:00] questions if that helps [00:06:03] I can tell you that the where book The [00:06:06] where Board of Selectmen voted last week [00:06:09] support [00:06:11] it's useful at all [00:06:15] it is useful [00:06:17] Oregon resident Nicole let's get this on [00:06:20] our April 3rd meeting just to move this [00:06:23] forward a little bit since Ware's [00:06:25] already taken a vote on it and since [00:06:26] it's already happening [00:06:28] because the land trust is involved I am [00:06:30] going to have to look at my [00:06:33] involvement on voting on this because [00:06:36] I'm on the finance committee for the [00:06:38] land trust for full disclosure I don't [00:06:41] I'm not involved with board and my the [00:06:44] finance committee is advisory only but [00:06:46] I'll have to get some legal sort of [00:06:49] um [00:06:50] advice on voting on this particular item [00:06:54] and we'll probably Kelly for you as well [00:06:58] for us to be sure [00:07:00] we're clear on going on the letter of [00:07:02] support [00:07:04] I won't vote on a letter of support [00:07:07] okay [00:07:08] because of you know my husband works for [00:07:10] that sorry okay I feel like that's the [00:07:14] right thing to do agreed so um let me [00:07:17] get some direction for my voting on it [00:07:19] just to be sure that [00:07:21] um we can actually do this appropriately [00:07:23] and I'll do that for our next meeting [00:07:26] and I don't know if a letter of support [00:07:29] is required I don't know how their [00:07:31] letter is worded it's more or less a [00:07:33] notification to the town [00:07:36] um they look for a letter a support bill [00:07:38] but it wouldn't happen regardless of [00:07:41] you know it would probably happen [00:07:43] regardless [00:07:45] but obviously they want they want the [00:07:47] support [00:07:48] yeah the ultimate intent of both [00:07:50] agencies to preserve this land as public [00:07:53] land [00:07:55] um you know in perpetuity [00:08:01] anyway sorry to interrupt I just heard [00:08:03] that you were discussing it and I wasn't [00:08:04] sure if I could be useful or not [00:08:07] that's been very helpful and um thank [00:08:09] you and again we just um I'm not sure [00:08:11] how Ware has voted on already done their [00:08:13] emotional support when we just got this [00:08:16] letter today date of March [00:08:21] but more to come and it will be on the [00:08:24] agenda so that everyone is the intent [00:08:26] was just to bring it up tonight and just [00:08:28] make awareness to it and we'll we will [00:08:30] revisit at a future meeting but thanks [00:08:32] for popping on Bill thanks to you guys [00:08:36] okay anything else under slackman [00:08:38] Roundtable [00:08:44] and I just mentioned something sure [00:08:47] the um second annual Easter egg hunt is [00:08:50] this Saturday from 11 to 1 at the [00:08:53] Gilbertville Memorial Park with a rain [00:08:55] date of Sunday [00:08:57] um the open space and Recreation [00:08:59] committee will also be there talking to [00:09:02] the residents about what they're trying [00:09:03] to do uh with updating the osrp plan [00:09:07] osrp to get some funding to build a new [00:09:10] park up there [00:09:15] thank you Nicole [00:09:20] anything else Robert Kelly under [00:09:22] selectman Roundtable [00:09:26] I'm good [00:09:30] excellent so the next item on the agenda [00:09:33] is a German [00:09:34] um [00:09:39] so the motion to adjourn has been moved [00:09:43] back and then a discussion [00:09:46] okay hearing none I will call for a vote [00:09:49] to adjourn Kelly [00:09:51] yes Rob [00:09:53] yes and Julie is yes we are adjourning [00:09:57] at I think it's 7 59. [00:10:00] um so excellent so all [00:10:04] um and we will see uh you Kelly and Rob [00:10:07] on April 3rd [00:10:09] and [00:10:10] um thank you everybody have a good night [00:10:13] thank you thank you