WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.850 --> 00:00:21.470 Town of Plainfield: This is, January 19th Select Board meeting. It's at 6 o'clock, we're opening the meeting, and, we will be, welcoming some of our guests. Changes to agenda, any recommendations for changes? 2 00:00:21.590 --> 00:00:40.989 Town of Plainfield: I guess I might have something, unless it's in here. I think child care is gonna come together for the town meeting. But there's an announcement. We'll wait for an announcement. We do have it on here? Yep. Silly me. No changes needed. Nope, nope. 3 00:00:40.990 --> 00:00:43.030 Town of Plainfield: No, thank you so much, NCA. 4 00:00:43.030 --> 00:01:02.969 Town of Plainfield: Okay, announcements. There's gonna be childcare at the town meeting. There's gonna… hey! And we're gonna talk about it in depth, yeah. We were talking about it last year. I do want to remind everyone about the Thursday night, the 22nd. Peter Welsh is here at 6 o'clock for discussions about 5 00:01:03.260 --> 00:01:08.939 Town of Plainfield: the good and bad of FEMA, result… response to our flood. 6 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:18.319 Town of Plainfield: And he's gonna give a, I guess, a little talk, and then questions. So people who want to have input should come. 7 00:01:18.750 --> 00:01:20.779 Town of Plainfield: Let's see… 8 00:01:21.580 --> 00:01:37.700 Town of Plainfield: Any other announcements? I was just wondering, Francis Rose, did you want to announce anything from the housing meeting the other night? Oh, yeah, we can do, like, a short report back. Yeah, that'd be great. Yeah, it went well. It was a strong first meeting. All, 9 00:01:37.890 --> 00:01:50.509 Town of Plainfield: committee members present, along with, Peter and myself as co-facilitators. And we had, you know, interested community members joining, both in the space and online. 10 00:01:50.830 --> 00:01:54.849 Town of Plainfield: I think there's clarity going forward about what the next steps are. 11 00:01:55.100 --> 00:02:03.280 Town of Plainfield: Which working groups are the ones with which to launch said committee? Looking at, perhaps. 12 00:02:03.780 --> 00:02:25.380 Town of Plainfield: like, a tighter timeline of what to try to accomplish this winter before the warm season, and then maybe transitioning some of the working groups beyond that, but not yet clear. Election of co-chairs was successful. Will Colgan, Liz Bignell, and Lydia Vitale are the co-chairs of that group. Nice. 13 00:02:25.910 --> 00:02:27.900 Town of Plainfield: Yeah, what would you have, Peter? 14 00:02:27.900 --> 00:02:52.709 Town of Plainfield: And that they have a web page on the town website. Yeah. Oh, that's great. They're going to continue to meet at Goddard, they've decided, at 5 o'clock rather than 6 o'clock. That seemed to be the consensus on every other Wednesday. Miracle that there was consensus at all. Yeah, for the foreseeable future. And your involvement, you two. 15 00:02:52.710 --> 00:02:56.519 Town of Plainfield: you've kind of turned it over, correct? This is the kickoff… 16 00:02:56.520 --> 00:03:14.500 Town of Plainfield: Yes, and in fact, Lydia took the motions and closed the meeting formally. Oh, excellent. Literally took the gavel, and… Well, good for you, thanks for doing that, but both of you. I got Will and Lydia. Who's the third co-chair? Lisbigno. Liz Bigno. 17 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:37.259 Town of Plainfield: Yeah, felt good. Good energy, good energy. Good energy, good. I have one question on it. Is there any formal way of getting reports back to the board at some point? I mean, at some point, that'll happen, but… We can be in touch about their appearances here. Yeah. We can set up something similar to Aviac. Okay. Meanwhile, their meeting minutes. 18 00:03:37.290 --> 00:03:51.280 Town of Plainfield: will be, hopefully, approved, next time they meet, which is 2 weeks from Wednesday. Yeah, okay. So we'll, they are subject to the open meeting law as per the charge, so they will have 19 00:03:51.340 --> 00:03:56.890 Town of Plainfield: the Zoom videos and… Okay. …and all of that, so… Great. And do you have an announcement, Michael? 20 00:03:56.890 --> 00:04:00.590 Michael Billingsley: Yes, I do. I wanted to, first. 21 00:04:00.590 --> 00:04:01.130 Town of Plainfield: pursue. 22 00:04:01.130 --> 00:04:16.889 Michael Billingsley: Before I make my announcement, I wanted to ask if the Peter Welsh meeting could be recorded by whomever is running the Zoom on that. I have a conflicting event that I'm hosting in Marshfield, and I can't make it, so I'd love to see it after it's done. 23 00:04:16.930 --> 00:04:36.569 Michael Billingsley: My announcement is that the Emergency Management and Hazard Mitigation have completed a series of maps that help, or will help, with the planning of emergency evacuations by households and also by our first responders. And we'll be putting those maps, along with a 24 00:04:36.570 --> 00:04:47.169 Michael Billingsley: map that we made of available housing and, buyout housing in Plainfield. We'll be making those maps available online this week on the town website. 25 00:04:47.270 --> 00:05:03.480 Town of Plainfield: Great, thank you very much. And we warned the Peter Welt meeting as a select board meeting, so I think we are obligated to record it. Yep. It will be. And I should also say about that meeting, it's going to be on Zoom, but it's going to be muted on Zoom. 26 00:05:03.990 --> 00:05:08.060 Town of Plainfield: Because we have… we could have a potential lot of people who we don't know. 27 00:05:08.260 --> 00:05:18.869 Town of Plainfield: Yeah, I mean, I guess… is there a… I have not yet responded to Mary, who asked me to do this for that meeting. I'm willing to do that. Great. However… 28 00:05:18.970 --> 00:05:22.269 Town of Plainfield: Just muting them does not actually guarantee we don't get… 29 00:05:22.390 --> 00:05:31.320 Town of Plainfield: I think we would just have to… I think in the settings, and we may have to reset up the meeting, but there's a way to set it up so that… 30 00:05:31.730 --> 00:05:35.280 Town of Plainfield: Folks that aren't hosts can't turn off their mute button. 31 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:39.049 Town of Plainfield: Or we could also have it if they can't have their cameras on, I mean, we can… 32 00:05:39.820 --> 00:05:59.339 Town of Plainfield: So, my sense was that it was going to be… all people on Zoom are going to be muted. They can watch the meeting and hear the meeting, but they can't talk on the meeting or have communication with us other than the text. I mean, we can turn off participant, audio and video, and then they just can't turn their cameras, and that way, no one could 33 00:05:59.550 --> 00:06:17.639 Town of Plainfield: horn bomb it, or speak during it. Right. That, I mean, there are ways to do it, we have to look, we have to make sure we set the settings up beforehand. Okay, are you gonna be here? I am not, I have to work late. Okay. So I might make the tail end of the meeting, but I won't be set up for anyone like that. How do we… can you set that up? 34 00:06:17.740 --> 00:06:24.849 Town of Plainfield: Not sure. That's, like, maybe a little… Yeah, okay. I can look into it, I can look into it. 35 00:06:24.850 --> 00:06:35.360 Michael Billingsley: A quick comment or response is that, I believe that the host of a meeting can mute every participant, but can deliberately unmute anyone that they choose, one at a time. 36 00:06:36.150 --> 00:06:55.370 Town of Plainfield: Yeah, I think we're also thinking of visual, correct? Yeah, no, I mean, I guess my wonder is, does muting the people guarantee no Zoom bombing? If we take their camera off, too, then yes. Okay. Like, if we… if we… I don't know by what mechanism they do that, so… You basically said it so that participants, so people that aren't hosts, which is us. 37 00:06:55.420 --> 00:07:13.120 Town of Plainfield: can't turn on their cameras and can't unmute themselves. Okay. And then they just can't do it at all. And is that done on the web, or is that's done on the web? I believe so. Okay, maybe I can… It's something that has to be done… I would do it before Thursday. I mean, maybe I'll do it at the end of this meeting, or try to. Yeah, we can try to go through it and see if we can get it done, and we might have to… 38 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:20.470 Town of Plainfield: change the Zoom information, because usually you have to have it set up… we might have to either edit the meeting or redo the meeting. 39 00:07:20.550 --> 00:07:38.059 Town of Plainfield: Zoom credentials, just because… Yeah, I'm just thinking a big public event like that is like… Yeah, we don't pay for the Zoom where you have webinar style, which is, I don't think. Yeah, okay. Which is where they couldn't even at all. Okay. Any, public comment? 40 00:07:38.430 --> 00:07:55.609 Town of Plainfield: Other than that, thank you, Michael. Do we need Keith to help set it up at all? Keith Swan? Yeah, he'll be here. He'll be here to help set up? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. But I'm hoping Francis Rose can help get this going, so that, 41 00:07:55.870 --> 00:08:05.770 Town of Plainfield: He doesn't have to do that, although I think he can, right? Yeah. He can. Well, I thought he could do everything, I thought he could do everything. Okay, public comment, nothing, 42 00:08:07.060 --> 00:08:08.900 Town of Plainfield: Town budgeting. 43 00:08:09.180 --> 00:08:14.780 Town of Plainfield: 50 minutes. That's what we got just now, right? Yeah. 44 00:08:15.190 --> 00:08:33.809 Town of Plainfield: Great. So, you want to take a lead on this? Yeah, so what y'all have in front of you is the, the latest version, and hopefully the final version of the town budget. We have gone through all of the different areas, we, you know, after we got more revenue in, 45 00:08:33.809 --> 00:08:42.409 Town of Plainfield: A week ago, we added some money, back into some reserves, about $20,000 between the culvert, sidewalk, and bridge reserve funds. 46 00:08:42.429 --> 00:08:59.849 Town of Plainfield: We've, calculated, all of the pay raises for, staff based on the 2.7% that is the measure that we have in the personnel policy. We've calculated the step increases for the staff that have step increases this year. We've used… 47 00:08:59.910 --> 00:09:19.350 Town of Plainfield: more of an approximation, but close to a 2.5… 2.7% increase for all stipends. So, stipends are up slightly for most groups, other than, the listers who we spoke about, where they were moving from $25 an hour to $28 an hour, based on the market, and that we, upped them from 48 00:09:19.350 --> 00:09:28.519 Town of Plainfield: two listers to three listers as they're trying to, you know, have… their goal is to have a third lister by July 1st, so that budget is more than 2.7% bigger. 49 00:09:28.580 --> 00:09:46.040 Town of Plainfield: But otherwise, I mean, this shouldn't look too, different than what we've seen before. Thankfully, Sarah Macy from St. Albans helped us a ton with, you know, getting all this into a place where we could just do this more easily, and also has all of the 50 00:09:46.040 --> 00:09:50.020 Town of Plainfield: Calculations in the spreadsheet, so as we, as we moved people's… 51 00:09:50.020 --> 00:09:55.019 Town of Plainfield: Salary numbers around it also moved their tax and everything else around. 52 00:09:55.050 --> 00:10:02.239 Town of Plainfield: And so the bottom line, right now is we, expect A budget of… 53 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:20.150 Town of Plainfield: 1.842047 and 44 cents budget, so $1.8… $1,843,047.44. We expect non-tax revenue of $515,260. 54 00:10:20.180 --> 00:10:44.080 Town of Plainfield: Which leaves us the amount to be raised in taxes to be $1,326,787.44, which is approximately $36,000 less than the taxable amount from last year, and so it's a 2.7% decrease in taxes for Plainfield revenues. And that's mostly because of income. 55 00:10:44.560 --> 00:11:01.280 Town of Plainfield: Our income is up, you know, more than we had last year, so that income and the amount of work we've been doing in FEMA, and having our road crew do work, and now we're going to be getting paid… we have some of that money in the bank that we can push forward to the next year, so… 56 00:11:01.280 --> 00:11:07.759 Town of Plainfield: Hopefully folks are happy to hear that it's a tax… slight tax decrease this year, and not a tax increase. Yep. 57 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:27.620 Town of Plainfield: That's great. Does that include some of the, help with the reserve funds? Yep, that includes, reserve fund-wise, it includes, $1,000 into the disaster reserve fund, and then, it's $10,000 into the other disaster reserve fund, too. 58 00:11:28.470 --> 00:11:29.850 Town of Plainfield: What's that? 59 00:11:30.430 --> 00:11:41.289 Town of Plainfield: That's under the… Here, I'd have to go through. Okay. It's $1,000 to the… it's $1,000 for the Shelter Reserve Fund, sorry, and then it's, 60 00:11:41.910 --> 00:11:48.530 Town of Plainfield: Where is all of these reserve funds? $500 into the rec reserve fund. 61 00:11:52.600 --> 00:12:06.159 Town of Plainfield: Fire department reserve funds were what they had requested, so $10,000 for fund expense, $12,500 for protective equipment, $10,000 for the building itself. 62 00:12:06.990 --> 00:12:18.679 Town of Plainfield: Yeah, if you look in… And then the sidewalks Reserve Fund, $500, like we did last year. The, 63 00:12:20.260 --> 00:12:39.760 Town of Plainfield: Bridge Projects Reserve Fund, $5,000. The Culverts Reserve Fund, $10,000. The Equipment and Vehicle, Reserve Fund, $50,000, which is, again, what we did last year. And then I have to find the one, that Disaster Reserve Fund, I always forget what, 64 00:12:40.410 --> 00:12:45.359 Town of Plainfield: what categories will I? I think it's under municipal. 65 00:12:49.330 --> 00:12:55.020 Town of Plainfield: Maybe under… The public safety. 66 00:13:02.210 --> 00:13:04.970 Town of Plainfield: Apologies. 67 00:13:08.620 --> 00:13:22.940 Town of Plainfield: It's the very top of the page. $5,000 under the Disaster Reserve Fund. Not to be confused with the Shelter Reserve Fund. Which has $1,000 in it as well. Yep. So that's pretty much what people wanted. Well, I mean, I think Josh is… 68 00:13:22.940 --> 00:13:47.720 Town of Plainfield: had a grander plan for reserve funds, but this is either doing the same as last year, or some slight increases, but there is something in all the reserve funds. That's fantastic. We just didn't… we, under advice from Sarah, when we get FEMA funds in, and Federal Highway funds in, we're able to… we can move those funds to reserve funds as we need to. And that's a select board decision. That's a select board decision, because they're non-taxable income. 69 00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:56.409 Town of Plainfield: So rather than front-loading them with a bunch of funds, because then it gets questionable about whether we're counting on FEMA money to 70 00:13:56.410 --> 00:14:20.999 Town of Plainfield: to pay down taxes, which is not allowed. So, in this way, we can add to reserve funds as we need, especially for culvert and bridge projects and things, in a way that is much cleaner financially, and the select board can make that decision as funds come in, and deciding what to do with funds as they come in, as we also will have competing priorities, like paying our 10% match for projects and other things. And paying back the bond 71 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:32.869 Town of Plainfield: Things like that. We have to get 50% of the bond back every time we get a payment from the Feds. Right, right. And just basically watching our cash flow. Yes. So, because that's what we hit 2 years ago. 72 00:14:32.870 --> 00:14:38.700 Town of Plainfield: And I think people should be reminded that some of the money that we're getting, and some of the reason we… 73 00:14:38.790 --> 00:14:46.280 Town of Plainfield: have a nice amount of money, is that all the volunteer work that was done that was documented is being 74 00:14:46.630 --> 00:15:10.360 Town of Plainfield: supported by FEMA and Federal Highway and so on. So, those efforts really pay off, I think. The in-kind. The in-kind. Yeah. Andy, yeah. Well, first, let's acknowledge Dan and Moe for all the work they put in, tracking all those out. Oh, my goodness. And Mary, and Mary. Yeah. And Mary. The question I have is, I just heard you say the taxable amount 75 00:15:10.390 --> 00:15:33.289 Town of Plainfield: The amount of money you're raising from taxes is going down? $36,000. Compared to last year. Yes. We also just had this reappraisal where everybody's property values, for the most part, went up, not as… not… So how do those two things interact? Are people going to get lower tax bills, or is… how do these things… If I might… Yeah, go ahead. The… the… when we did the town-wide reappraisal. 76 00:15:33.290 --> 00:15:41.860 Town of Plainfield: Right? Those values came in before the tax rates were set for this year. So they already have had their impact. 77 00:15:41.860 --> 00:15:45.779 Town of Plainfield: Town ride reappraisals are a budget-neutral exercise. 78 00:15:45.780 --> 00:16:10.429 Town of Plainfield: The value goes up, the rate goes down. The amount you collect must remain the same, okay? So, I know anybody who's been following the Twinfield budget that says, oh, Plainfield's gonna see a 40-something or other, you know, cut in their tax rate. Tax rate. Rate, yeah. The article further went on to explain the common level of appraisal. Plainfield is now about 79 00:16:10.430 --> 00:16:30.130 Town of Plainfield: above 100% CLA. Marshfield is, like, 60%. That's where Plainfield was prior to. You get a penalty from the state for not keeping up with the market, so… Right. So your Plainfield's rate may go down, but now it's going to apply to a different number, so… 80 00:16:30.130 --> 00:16:31.959 Town of Plainfield: Yeah, thanks for the question. 81 00:16:34.100 --> 00:16:42.199 Town of Plainfield: Okay, any other high points or things that are likely to come up at town meeting? Because, we should have answers for those. 82 00:16:45.340 --> 00:17:09.199 Town of Plainfield: I, you know, I mean, the initiatives that people put in here, you know, the repeater system, the bumps in the contracts for the sheriffs and ambulance, those are all… They're all in here. So we're not, we're not cutting meat out of this budget, for sure. No, there may be some jiggling, as we all know. Josh has been, you know, updating the chart of accounts and stuff like that, and… 83 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:10.329 Town of Plainfield: although he's… 84 00:17:10.329 --> 00:17:28.130 Town of Plainfield: you know, temporarily not working on that. We took his, you know, internet and phone numbers in here as where he had them spread out. Those may move around as we go through the year, but the whole amount is in there, so, you know, we may see some… 85 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:44.770 Town of Plainfield: you know, tweaking, if you will, in the chart of accounts, but the budget's fine. I think the only other thing, and this would probably be a post-town meeting day once this budget is approved, I would suggest that the Select Board, look at all of our reserve accounts and maybe create a plan for reserve accounts. 86 00:17:44.770 --> 00:17:53.700 Town of Plainfield: like, a roadmap with the treasurer. Hopefully, he'll be back post-town meeting, and, really think about, you know, which ones might need money. 87 00:17:53.700 --> 00:18:09.410 Town of Plainfield: for what points, and then have that plan. That way, as money comes in from Pima and Federal Highway, it's already been thought about. And so I think a reserve fund plan would be something that would… doesn't need to be part of this budget, but would be a good next step. And I think… I think Josh is rightly thinking about 88 00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:30.179 Town of Plainfield: putting money aside as much as possible in the reserve funds so that when we're hit with either a surprise or just a need, like a grader or something, we have funds to put into it. It's better to do it up front. The other piece I would add to that, and Sarah has mentioned this too, is that we should have a cash flow 89 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:36.449 Town of Plainfield: an understanding of the cash flow, and that will prevent, you know, surprise short-term borrowing. 90 00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:50.130 Town of Plainfield: Yeah, we've had some experience in recent years with cash flow concerns and… And then I have a question. Tangential to the budget, you know, this is, like, the higher level financial analysis. 91 00:18:50.130 --> 00:19:04.820 Town of Plainfield: Carol's been speaking about the need of a lower-level finance person to fill in for Josh. Has any progress been made in that department to help the office, file the necessary paperwork financially to keep us… 92 00:19:04.840 --> 00:19:20.820 Town of Plainfield: In the books. Some. It would be the… probably the most accurate answer. We did ask Sarah, based on her viewpoint, what she saw as key tasks, and number one is reconciling the bank account. 93 00:19:20.820 --> 00:19:37.569 Town of Plainfield: Without reconciling the bank account, you don't know… you don't have anything to compare your general ledger to. Completing the general ledger is job 2, okay? We don't know, there's a woman named… Bonnie, who works for Vermont League of Cities and Accounts. 94 00:19:37.840 --> 00:19:50.259 Town of Plainfield: who's doing some work. We don't have her job description, so we don't know what task they are supposed to be doing compared to these things that are identified. We're hoping to meet with Carol. 95 00:19:50.260 --> 00:20:04.920 Town of Plainfield: to say, what are the things that you're seeing that are not being… the specific tasks. Right. Not just the general cry for, you know, hire a financial person, but to do what? That isn't being done. We haven't arrived at that. 96 00:20:05.040 --> 00:20:12.239 Town of Plainfield: Okay. But, for example, I mean, we had, you know, Bram, 97 00:20:12.330 --> 00:20:16.209 Town of Plainfield: you know, crying for help this past week with paying Twinfield. 98 00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:34.919 Town of Plainfield: Because they hadn't gotten their check, so now they've gotten their check. But, you know, because when Josh went out, the timing of that, there are those types of tasks where we need to identify those specifically before we can hire someone, because we don't… won't know exactly what to tell them to do. 99 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:39.579 Town of Plainfield: And so we asked Sarah for her input, and she gave us that, but we still have 100 00:20:39.580 --> 00:21:02.379 Town of Plainfield: more investigation to do before we can define that job. I mean, she also noted, just looking at our network access, which is our software for the municipal software, that she thinks there might be some ways that we can streamline, that it seems like we're inputting things three times that we could be doing once, and that maybe there's some modules within that that aren't… that other towns are using that 101 00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:27.309 Town of Plainfield: that we may not be, and there might be some real time saved with not having to do things 3 times. Josh has said that as well, as he's learned. And so, I do wonder, and we should talk with Sarah, because I don't think she, you know, used all the 40 hours that we… we asked of her, like, I don't know if there's some more, like, ideas and consulting she could do. I think we have to talk to Bonnie first to figure out what Bonnie's doing before we could give, you know, any of that. 102 00:21:27.310 --> 00:21:32.829 Town of Plainfield: I do think there's a difference between what Bonnie and Sarah's doing, which is remote. 103 00:21:32.930 --> 00:21:41.189 Town of Plainfield: And potentially needing someone, you know, physically in the office, because, you know, obviously checks come in, and checks need to be written, and that kind of stuff. Yep. 104 00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:53.859 Town of Plainfield: Again, this goes back to job descriptions. Yeah, we kind of keep coming back to that, don't we? 105 00:21:53.910 --> 00:22:18.039 Town of Plainfield: And, you know, job description for short-term temporary help is just as… needs to be just as specific. Well, it was very clear with Sarah what we wanted from her, and she got it done. And it sounds like we have an executive session coming with… next week, right? Whomever at the town office staff that wants to be here. Yeah. This is a moment to… do we want to do the executive session earlier or later? 106 00:22:18.630 --> 00:22:27.959 Town of Plainfield: I mean, we've heard from staff that earlier is better. Yeah. And we also should just check in with staff to see, especially the staff who requested it, to see… 107 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:51.420 Town of Plainfield: who they were thinking would be in the executive session. I guess I thought that was just for Carol, no? Well, that's my question. I mean, if we are all convened, and there is more folks in the office who want to attend… Well, I just wonder… A staff member has asked for this. If the staff member wants to talk one on five, then that should be something that they have the ability to do, if that's what they want. 108 00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:54.359 Town of Plainfield: Or it could be, you know, other staff are downstairs. 109 00:22:54.410 --> 00:23:06.019 Town of Plainfield: I don't know, but we should at least allow that. Okay. We should find out exactly what she wants. Do you want just you and us? But I think before is, I mean, slightly before… Before is better for me, yeah. 110 00:23:06.020 --> 00:23:14.669 Town of Plainfield: Yeah. And when you say before, you mean at 5 o'clock, at 4 o'clock? 5 o'clock. 5, I'd say 5.30, I don't know. 111 00:23:14.760 --> 00:23:25.450 Town of Plainfield: So I guess I thought she wanted her own session. Well, we can have a week to figure out. Okay, okay. Thank you. I just want her to get what she wants. 112 00:23:25.710 --> 00:23:29.659 Town of Plainfield: Are there other questions about the budget itself for Peter? 113 00:23:29.790 --> 00:23:46.309 Town of Plainfield: Well, I just want to acknowledge you guys for saving a ton of money, and you're going through line by line. I think it was just shy of $200,000 that you uncovered, and thank you both. It's really a service to the community. It was fun. 114 00:23:46.310 --> 00:23:56.500 Town of Plainfield: I guess, what happens to that money that came in? That's what sick people say. Peter and I have different ideas of fun, I think. Yeah. What happens to that money that came in that no one knew where it went? 115 00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:59.289 Town of Plainfield: It was, like, $9,000 or something. 116 00:23:59.290 --> 00:24:16.659 Town of Plainfield: And Carol said, where does this go? Oh, we… they knew what it was. It was… it was… it was one of two federal payments. It wasn't that no one knew where it went. As soon as we asked Karen, she was like, oh, of course it's this. Oh, okay. And just Carol didn't know where it went. Okay, okay. It was a federal highways check. Okay, great. Okay. Yeah. Good. 117 00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:21.929 Town of Plainfield: Well, if there's other questions, I can make a motion. I would suggest, unless somebody has a… 118 00:24:21.930 --> 00:24:24.739 Town of Plainfield: Anyone else? Specific questions? 119 00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:47.799 Town of Plainfield: This is… I think this is amazing that this got done, when you'd have Josh, and that was pretty scary. You guys did a wonderful job. Josh was able to help a tiny bit. Yeah, especially on the revenue side. So, Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion to approve the FY27 Plainfield Select Board budget and add to the Town Meeting Day articles the following language. 120 00:24:47.800 --> 00:24:48.580 Town of Plainfield: Java Town. 121 00:24:48.580 --> 00:25:12.799 Town of Plainfield: approved total fund expenditures of $1,842,047.44 to pay for the Administrative Operations, Fire and Rescue Department, and Highway Department of the Town of Plainfield for the period of July 1st, 2026 to June 30, 2027, of which $1,326,787.44 shall be raised by 122 00:25:12.800 --> 00:25:19.110 Town of Plainfield: Taxes, and $515,260 by non-tax revenue. 123 00:25:20.010 --> 00:25:21.520 Town of Plainfield: Second. 124 00:25:21.730 --> 00:25:28.640 Town of Plainfield: Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? 125 00:25:29.610 --> 00:25:35.050 Town of Plainfield: Motion's carried unanimously. Thank you very much. 126 00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:53.249 Town of Plainfield: And that's how it'll appear in the, town report. Yep. I just took one of it from last year. Yeah, yeah. That'll work. And that was in 15 minutes, wasn't it? No, don't, but don't say that, because we'll… 127 00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:57.690 Town of Plainfield: There's a discussion about stormwater drainage. I think this might be Michael. 128 00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.400 Town of Plainfield: Michael? 129 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:08.080 Michael Billingsley: Yes, I'm not gonna be comfortable speaking for Josh, but I can report 130 00:26:08.430 --> 00:26:12.940 Michael Billingsley: as I did already specifically to Carl, that there was and 131 00:26:13.510 --> 00:26:15.739 Michael Billingsley: There might be a conflict between the timing. 132 00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:17.630 Town of Plainfield: of a… 133 00:26:17.630 --> 00:26:35.199 Michael Billingsley: repaving of Main Street, if we also, as, seemed to be the case, need to replace the stormwater, drainage pipe that runs under Main Street from the corner of Greenery and Main all the way down as far as Positive 5. 134 00:26:35.710 --> 00:26:46.939 Michael Billingsley: So, basically I can't offer any guidance but to suggest that we might not want to pave the street before the, drainage situation is, upgraded. 135 00:26:47.100 --> 00:26:51.970 Town of Plainfield: Do we know when that's gonna happen? Does Josh have any ideas on that? 136 00:26:51.970 --> 00:27:07.490 Michael Billingsley: No, except that he said that there was… there were funds available to town, road commissioners to do that kind of work, and he had some idea that that money would be available in the future. I don't know if it was the near future or the… the more distant future. 137 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:20.280 Town of Plainfield: Well, you started out by saying timing, I think that's the whole key to this. It obviously makes sense to pave after the pipe's in, but I don't want to postpone it 2 years, so we, 138 00:27:20.550 --> 00:27:30.679 Town of Plainfield: I don't know, you have a thought? I mean, my thought is, the bond we're putting out is for up to $250,000 for the paving project. I think if, 139 00:27:30.870 --> 00:27:45.189 Town of Plainfield: for some reason, there's a decision made by the road crew and the wastewater crew and the road commissioner that they're just gonna do the original piece of work, which is the East Hill piece to the park and ride, maybe it's to the corner of 140 00:27:45.190 --> 00:28:08.439 Town of Plainfield: Premier and Maine, then I think they can do that and still fall well within the $250. Yeah, yeah. There's also… I don't know that the bond has, like, a time limit, so if they just do the paving of that part, and then 6 months later, or a year later, they do the rest of the paving, they'll still have the money there for it. I don't know that we need to change the bond. I think it's just a… it's a planning piece for… 141 00:28:08.570 --> 00:28:19.489 Town of Plainfield: the road crew and Josh and others to figure out between now and the summer when we would actually start a paving project. That's my take on it. Any other thoughts? 142 00:28:21.910 --> 00:28:25.290 Town of Plainfield: I had only to say that, I, I thought that, 143 00:28:25.450 --> 00:28:38.500 Michael Billingsley: there was a change in… potential change in plan to do both sections of Main Street paving at the same time, and I only threw my, comments in as a way of, considering the possibility of doing drainage in between. 144 00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:40.029 Michael Billingsley: That was it. 145 00:28:40.030 --> 00:28:58.709 Town of Plainfield: Yep, it's going to be more expensive if we do two trips, for sure, for sure. So, but your point is… Well, I mean, the quote that we got, and it's only a quote, was in the more of the 220 range, and so, like, even if it's… there is some bump up, because we have to do it in two pieces, we can see. I mean, I think that's a decision 146 00:28:58.810 --> 00:29:15.470 Town of Plainfield: for the Future Select Board to say, what's the actual timing on this culvert piece, on this drainage piece? How much delay is it? How much more cost is it to do it in two pieces? Like, I think those are all decisions that we can make if the voters decide to allow this bond to happen. 147 00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:16.970 Michael Billingsley: They would all… 148 00:29:16.970 --> 00:29:18.200 Town of Plainfield: Somebody… 149 00:29:18.450 --> 00:29:27.770 Michael Billingsley: I'm sorry, I would also add that I think Josh has the date that that money might be available on in the tip of his tongue. He may be able just to be able to answer a direct question about that. 150 00:29:28.430 --> 00:29:51.849 Town of Plainfield: I assume there's going to be a proposal and a review, and so there's a timing factor. I guess as someone who comes down East Hill Road every day, there's some spots in East Hill Road, especially up on Main Street and East Hill Road, where work has been done, and there's a big bump, and it'd be nice to have it all smooth. So, I would love to have it in two pieces. 151 00:29:52.910 --> 00:30:03.939 Town of Plainfield: in two sections, as long as we think we can afford it, it's not gonna hurt us too badly. But we have to talk to the road crew, and we have to talk to the water department, too, and see what 152 00:30:04.100 --> 00:30:17.519 Town of Plainfield: what their abilities are and plans are? Yeah, I think we do have to talk to them. You know, the initial talk was to pave that upper section of Main Street this past summer, and that was delayed because of 153 00:30:17.520 --> 00:30:26.920 Town of Plainfield: the potential for the housing project to intervene there. So now we're a year later, and that stretch is worse. 154 00:30:26.990 --> 00:30:33.130 Town of Plainfield: In terms of, you know, I don't know exactly where 155 00:30:33.130 --> 00:30:57.540 Town of Plainfield: under the street, or sidewalk or people's yards that storm drain lies, but you probably have… will be getting into negotiations with landowners there, on right-of-way issues. So, again, I think we need to talk to the road foreman about the timing of that. I think the section of Main Street that is the worst, I think, is breaking apart. 156 00:30:57.540 --> 00:30:58.509 Town of Plainfield: the upper level. 157 00:30:58.510 --> 00:31:20.839 Town of Plainfield: Yeah. Well, I mean, it's pretty bad in front of Positive Pi as well. Well, yeah, there's that ditch. That's true. There's some serious problems with the road down farther as well. Okay, we'll keep talking about this with the people who are going to be responsible for it. I mean, I'm sensitive to the number of stakeholders that there are about this project. I mean, there's many moving pieces. 158 00:31:20.840 --> 00:31:35.700 Town of Plainfield: a lot… a complex timeline, many property owners, you know, right-of-way issues. Right. The road commissioner who's not here. I mean, I guess I'm wondering, it seems, perhaps wise to assign some kind of manager to 159 00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:49.649 Town of Plainfield: be negotiating with all the parties to, like, hold the threads, because there are many threads, is really what I'm saying. Yeah. And the work of holding all of them at the same time and coordinating communication might be its own task. 160 00:31:49.790 --> 00:32:03.079 Town of Plainfield: Yeah. Yeah, normal. Is that the yellow folder? Well, I mean, none of this is going to be decided or figured out until after the vote on March 3rd. Right. 161 00:32:03.080 --> 00:32:09.319 Michael Billingsley: A quick, quick, quick follow-up is that, Josh and I did wash it, watch, excuse me, walk that… 162 00:32:09.770 --> 00:32:26.089 Michael Billingsley: And, the drain line is not under any private property, it's in the town right away, all the way until, positive pi. And the, only property owners affected would be the two, I believe it's, 163 00:32:26.330 --> 00:32:44.549 Michael Billingsley: property… Positive Pi itself, and also Ben Graham's property, where the drain goes directly to the Winooski. If anyone is curious, they can see actual drainage grates down Main Street, and they are all in the street. So they are… that drain line is where those drain grates are visible. 164 00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:50.240 Town of Plainfield: Yep, okay, so that simplifies it a little. Thank you, Michael. Thanks. 165 00:32:50.390 --> 00:32:55.280 Town of Plainfield: Okay, any other… Thoughts on the… this? 166 00:32:57.170 --> 00:32:57.510 Town of Plainfield: So. 167 00:32:58.160 --> 00:33:10.599 Town of Plainfield: There's no action to take right now, is there? But we are going to talk about the bond, that we have here, and whether to authorize this to go into the… in front of the voters. 168 00:33:17.300 --> 00:33:20.889 Town of Plainfield: So I'm gonna figure out which one is which here. 169 00:33:24.840 --> 00:33:28.579 Town of Plainfield: That's your instruction sheets. 170 00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:48.459 Town of Plainfield: Oh, that's right. Adopt two declaration documents, adopt resolution certificate, and sign the warning. Okay. The warning is, I'm sure, here. Of the declaration documents in the 18? Yes. 171 00:33:50.950 --> 00:33:52.680 Town of Plainfield: This declaration. 172 00:33:54.120 --> 00:33:57.770 Town of Plainfield: Declaration. Okay, so those two. Yep. 173 00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:04.330 Town of Plainfield: Anybody else signing, or just you? Carl. Carl, so I think from a, 174 00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:20.399 Town of Plainfield: agenda perspective, the first agenda item was fund informational meeting resolution. One, I don't think we have that resolution tonight. I think Bram will have to give us yet a new date. I think it might be February 9th, but, I believe we can do that next week. Okay. When Bram is here. 175 00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:25.129 Town of Plainfield: And set that, I guess. That would be two weeks before. 176 00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:50.009 Town of Plainfield: I believe his plan was for us to have it on February 9th. Okay. So we can hold on to this. No, no, not on that. Not on this, but… There's two different, agenda items. Okay. Oh, here's the other one, yeah. Beyond letting people know it's gonna be February 9th, I think we… any kind of vote, there's, like, a whole warning and stuff, so I guess we could vote to hold it on February 9th, and then that gives Bram the opportunity to put the warning in. 177 00:34:51.040 --> 00:34:54.149 Town of Plainfield: I know he put work into trying to get this done. 178 00:34:54.370 --> 00:35:11.290 Town of Plainfield: this meeting, but without him here, it's hard to… Well, we can do the declarations, and that is the warning for the actual elect… the vote. Yeah. We also have to warn an informational meeting. That's right, okay, okay. It's just the way that our agenda sets up. Okay. Informational meeting is the first thing on the agenda? Yep, okay. 179 00:35:12.150 --> 00:35:18.910 Town of Plainfield: So I don't know if we want to make a motion to hold the informational meeting on the 9th of February? Bram's plan. 180 00:35:19.040 --> 00:35:24.029 Town of Plainfield: Let's do that, yeah, if we… yeah. 181 00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:32.680 Town of Plainfield: Casey needs the time to put the warning into the paper and stuff. Yeah. And that was a part of our meeting. 182 00:35:32.910 --> 00:35:49.320 Town of Plainfield: Was that… did we say 5.30 that night on the 9th? Yes. I think we did. Okay, yeah, that's… that's in my calendar. Is that the… that's not the date of our… That's our regular meeting. It's our regular meeting. It's not the executive session. Okay. Okay. 183 00:35:49.410 --> 00:36:02.959 Town of Plainfield: I'm losing track of dates here. I know, I know, January's 3 weeks away. Yeah, 3 weeks away. That would be our regular meeting. Yes. And so we're gonna do the bond thing for a half an hour, and then the… 184 00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:24.550 Town of Plainfield: That's my regular meeting. And this will be review and public input and so forth. Answering questions. Yeah. And so my guess is that folks from the Highway Department and Water Department would be here to answer questions about the bond. We should invite them, yes. Yeah. Yeah. So, I'll make a motion to hold the water and paving bond informational meetings on Monday, February 9th at 5.30 p.m. 185 00:36:24.870 --> 00:36:27.080 Town of Plainfield: Second. 186 00:36:27.250 --> 00:36:34.709 Town of Plainfield: Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Those opposed? 187 00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:44.610 Town of Plainfield: And we will do that. Is that on your… that's on your radar, I assume, Francis Rose. Okay. 188 00:36:45.230 --> 00:36:49.189 Town of Plainfield: Bond declarations. That's these two. Yep. 189 00:36:51.540 --> 00:36:57.900 Town of Plainfield: You need to read them entirely. One is $250,000 for the paving. 190 00:36:58.140 --> 00:37:10.319 Town of Plainfield: Right. And all the whereases are pretty much the same. The same, yep. And… Which one are you on? This is the paving. Paving. Okay. 191 00:37:11.660 --> 00:37:25.540 Town of Plainfield: to a special meeting on March 3rd, which is town meeting. This will be about. And this, once adopted, it'll be signed by the town clerk, who's already signed it. 192 00:37:27.270 --> 00:37:44.250 Town of Plainfield: So, I would move that we adopt the paving bond for 200, resolution, declaration of official intent. I second that. $250,000. I second that. Got a motion and second. Any discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? 193 00:37:45.180 --> 00:37:51.869 Town of Plainfield: Okay, we've got that. That's the paving on. Our second declaration is for the, 194 00:37:52.210 --> 00:37:59.570 Town of Plainfield: School street sewer, excuse me, water line, amount not to exceed $700,000. 195 00:38:00.150 --> 00:38:08.669 Town of Plainfield: And again, this will take place by Australian ballot on 10 meeting day. It's water only. Yeah, it's water only. 196 00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:16.069 Town of Plainfield: And it's paid for by the users of the water. Yes. 197 00:38:18.810 --> 00:38:20.870 Town of Plainfield: Okay, do we have a motion on that. 198 00:38:23.520 --> 00:38:24.899 Town of Plainfield: Did you make an option? 199 00:38:25.100 --> 00:38:38.059 Town of Plainfield: I don't remember. I thought maybe I did. So I will move, that we, do the water bond declaration, for $700,000. 200 00:38:38.170 --> 00:38:48.170 Town of Plainfield: Not too exceed. Second. Any discussion? Those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? 201 00:38:48.810 --> 00:38:56.310 Town of Plainfield: Thank you. Graham has signed both of those. And then we have the resolution. Yep. This is the one… 202 00:38:56.800 --> 00:39:00.380 Town of Plainfield: Do we need… that we all need to sign. Do we need to pass the warning? 203 00:39:00.580 --> 00:39:05.889 Town of Plainfield: Where's this instruction sheet? Right here. Does it say… what did it say for the warning? 204 00:39:06.150 --> 00:39:17.599 Town of Plainfield: Adopt resolution… And to sign the warning, yeah, which is attached to it. So the resolution certificate, Ibram Tobin, that he's the duly appointed clerk. 205 00:39:17.600 --> 00:39:26.520 Town of Plainfield: Resolve that there's $700,000 in here for the school street, water, and $250,000 for the main street. 206 00:39:26.520 --> 00:39:30.020 Town of Plainfield: paving… 207 00:39:31.660 --> 00:39:46.100 Town of Plainfield: This will take place at town meeting, attested with his seal, and then here is the warning. The legal voters of the town of Plainfield hereby notified and warned to meet at 18 High Street, Plainfield on March 3rd, between the hours of 9 and… 208 00:39:46.330 --> 00:39:54.679 Town of Plainfield: 7, when the polls are open, to vote by Australian ballot. Article 1 is up to $700,000 for the… 209 00:39:56.030 --> 00:40:11.679 Town of Plainfield: Waterline Article 2 is $250,000 for up to $250,000 for the paving, and then the standard warning language, and if we approve it, all 5 of us will sign. And then there's the sample of the article. 210 00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:26.929 Town of Plainfield: The official ballot, and all of that will get posted. So… and I believe he has to do the newspaper warning as well. Yeah. Yeah. So, I will move that we adopt the resolution certificate. 211 00:40:29.190 --> 00:40:31.449 Town of Plainfield: Is that the… 212 00:40:31.810 --> 00:40:47.320 Town of Plainfield: Moved and seconded? Who's got the second? I did. Okay. Dan got it. It's okay, it's okay, it's okay. He's faster than you are. That's alright, no, he's not, but it's okay. Moved and seconded. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? 213 00:40:47.950 --> 00:40:52.840 Town of Plainfield: Okay, we have the resolution. And this is going around for signatures? Yep. 214 00:40:59.770 --> 00:41:11.589 Town of Plainfield: When you're all done signing, you just have to go right in the back order, the title on the top, and the ballot. 215 00:41:11.730 --> 00:41:17.749 Town of Plainfield: At the end. And then you can put that back in here. 216 00:41:25.660 --> 00:41:36.760 Town of Plainfield: Oops, I sent my… I sent my agenda video, okay? But where did I set my name? I lost my agenda. Where are you? 217 00:41:39.230 --> 00:41:47.620 Town of Plainfield: Oh, yeah. Okay. 218 00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:54.389 Town of Plainfield: That's in the spot? Are we saying anything here? 219 00:41:54.570 --> 00:42:07.989 Town of Plainfield: Okay, no, the others just get signed by Brian. Yeah. There's just one signature here, yeah. So does this go, or no? That goes in front… that's the last page. That's the last, okay. 220 00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:21.190 Town of Plainfield: And there's the front. Okay. I lost my agenda for some reason. The next item is the, Challenger agreement. Okay. Thank you. 221 00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:36.629 Town of Plainfield: Child Care for Town Meeting Day. Okay. You want to talk about that? Yeah, we want to talk about that. Okay, so, so far, I've talked to Deb Gogna at, Twinfield School. She's in charge of health. 222 00:42:36.750 --> 00:42:40.999 Town of Plainfield: And, also she does the babysitting certified class. 223 00:42:41.330 --> 00:42:47.299 Town of Plainfield: So, teenagers take the class, they get certified in BBC, child care. 224 00:42:47.750 --> 00:43:10.889 Town of Plainfield: She's thrilled to death to help with this. We have at least 2 adults that want to do it. What? That's great. Yeah, she really wants to help with it. She loves it that the kids are really excited about it, the teenagers. We have to figure out how much, how many people do we need? Josh said we could pay them, but he didn't ever say how much that he got sick. Do we really only need 4 hours for town meeting? 225 00:43:11.740 --> 00:43:30.300 Town of Plainfield: Do we really only need 4 hours? Last year, it was forever, but it was… It still was under 4 hours. I think it was under the year itself was, like, 3 hours and 4 hours. Really? Okay, so… It felt like… It felt like… It felt like forever, okay. I'm sorry. They always do, aren't they? Okay, what was the… all that stuff about the… okay, so 4 hours. How much do we pay? 226 00:43:31.350 --> 00:43:50.209 Town of Plainfield: How much can we pay them? How many paid staff are there? Well, I think we… yes, the teenagers are getting statements also, I want them to have statements, but the certified adults should get 20 bucks an hour, I think. We should have two of… we have two of them. Yeah. Two adults, 20 bucks an hour. 227 00:43:50.210 --> 00:43:53.410 Town of Plainfield: 2 bucks times 4 hours, yeah. 228 00:43:53.540 --> 00:44:18.310 Town of Plainfield: And then we have, if we get… it would be cute to have, like, 3 teens that go out… and they're… they all know each other, so they're really great, they have really good chemistry. How many teens you talked about? Well, I don't know, we could probably get 3, we probably… we probably could get 10, but… I… I think… how many do we think we need? Did you put every… put that thing in about how many… did anybody respond to that? Or did you… 229 00:44:18.310 --> 00:44:34.610 Town of Plainfield: I was waiting on you to tell me now. Tell me to publish it. Publish it now. Thank you. We have lots of time. So, that's $260, if we have 3 teens getting $15 an hour for 4 hours apiece, and 2 adults getting $20 an hour for 4 hours also. 230 00:44:34.670 --> 00:44:37.679 Town of Plainfield: That's 80 plus 180 is 260. Which… 231 00:44:38.050 --> 00:44:51.670 Town of Plainfield: Which falls under our $300 limit, so we don't need to take any action on that. Oh, that's great! Okay, okay, so I will publish the… Perfect, perfect, thank you. Okay, so that would go on the published form. I'm not on Facebook. 232 00:44:51.670 --> 00:45:00.430 Town of Plainfield: Yeah. If someone could, like, pick it up off the forum and put it onto Facebook? That'd be great, too. Okay, so… So you got 5 caretakers? Is there some… 233 00:45:00.430 --> 00:45:25.409 Town of Plainfield: standard ratio of caretakers to kids. Well, we don't know how many kids we have. I don't think we're gonna get that many kids. No, no. So we might not have to have that many. I think that's, like, probably overstaffed? Yes. I think overstaffed is great. Five caretakers. And it will… 5 what? What'd you say? Five caretakers what? And there will be… There will be 5 to make up for it. 234 00:45:25.410 --> 00:45:49.609 Town of Plainfield: her preferred ratio, honestly. Oh, good! Oh, well… It will be at the library, right? Yeah, well, we… I called the Cutler. Angela has not gotten back to me. I've written her twice, I've called her, so I'm gonna go in and see her on Thursday. Okay, we gotta confirm that. She said yes last year. Yeah. I mean, they also asked us who wanted to have it at the greenery, is it the greenery? But I would love to have it at the Cutler, and she said yes last year, and we hardly did… 235 00:45:49.610 --> 00:46:07.099 Town of Plainfield: anything for her. So we'll have a sign-up sheet where parents have to sign in, leave their phone numbers so we know if we have to get ahold of them. They suggested that no one else takes kids out. Even if a rare parent comes or something, if you brought them in, you take them out. 236 00:46:07.170 --> 00:46:30.940 Town of Plainfield: Just to be safe. They have a nice place out back for sliding a little bit, and a lot of activities. I kind of wonder about things like, I'm gonna ask Angela about things like, what about snacks? Like, should we, provide a little bit of money? Should we ask kids to… people to bring their own snacks? Are we under $300? Can we throw some money in? 237 00:46:30.940 --> 00:46:55.920 Town of Plainfield: I only think about snacks is you gotta be careful of what people want their kids to eat, so if they can bring their own, it's probably better. Bring your own… what? That's 180 bucks. Bring your own snacks. So then we could, if we have any extra money, we could throw it in for, consumable stuff, like, construction paper, paper, so the library doesn't have to use 238 00:46:55.920 --> 00:47:19.159 Town of Plainfield: stuff. Like, they can use their markers and stuff, but consumable stuff. It would be nice to replace anything that's used, for sure. Yeah, yeah, so we could do it that way, just have Angela kind of say what we used. Yeah. And reimbursed? Okay. That seems to me to be a… Okay. Okay, great. I mean, ask Jane if she's got DI supplies at home. She might… 239 00:47:19.520 --> 00:47:25.860 Town of Plainfield: donate those. Oh, okay. She's got all kinds of stuff. I saw her just the other day, supplies. 240 00:47:26.780 --> 00:47:51.090 Town of Plainfield: What day is she down there? I saw her, I went to get the… She's there tomorrow, isn't she? Echo thing. I think she is there tomorrow. Was it last Tuesday? Okay. Okay, Tuesdays. I don't know, I know that. I think this was last Tuesday I saw. I went to get the Echo, I went to get the echo stuff, and she was there. I was like, I'll ask her, yeah. Okay. So it's, I mean, Francis Rose and I talked about last year, and… 241 00:47:51.260 --> 00:47:59.549 Town of Plainfield: We couldn't do anything about it, everyone had gone… we had time, but everyone had gone away, and so we're doing it before people go away, before they make clearance, because they will be away. 242 00:47:59.620 --> 00:48:12.460 Town of Plainfield: The school will be closed. Yeah. So, it'll be all set. Good. Well, thank you. Thank you for doing that. It's okay, we need to go apart for a while, but… Thank you for doing all the work on that. Oh, you're welcome. Can I see the, agenda? 243 00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:29.909 Town of Plainfield: I think… oh, thanks. I would have talked to you. It's stuck there somewhere. Oh, it's here, silly me. Sorry. I wish Betsy had been on the good topic, but she… Betsy, silly me. Okay, well, thanks for that. Planning Commission appointments, we have a… 244 00:48:30.220 --> 00:48:55.170 Town of Plainfield: An appointment, and I don't have a name here. I got it. Let's, nika. May I make a motion? Nika Rubin, yeah. Appoint Nika Rubin to the Planning Commission. We don't yet have a term length, I don't believe. We didn't hear back… That was one of the questions you brought up, Peter. Yeah, I mean, we can… we can appoint… it's only good till town meeting, and then we need to reappoint, unless we're doing a slot, and… 245 00:48:55.170 --> 00:48:59.590 Town of Plainfield: It's not a vacancy currently, it's an addition to, 246 00:48:59.610 --> 00:49:08.749 Town of Plainfield: That's a good point, yeah. To where it is right now, so we can take between now and town meeting to figure out what exactly this slot is. 247 00:49:08.880 --> 00:49:15.410 Town of Plainfield: Okay. I'm making a motion to… I asked Will in an email, but I haven't heard back, so… 248 00:49:15.460 --> 00:49:38.880 Town of Plainfield: He's too busy sunning himself in Arizona. Let's go down there and hit him up. Did I hear a motion back? There's a motion to appoint Nico Rubin to the Planning Commission. Second, I second that. Okay, we have a motion and second. Any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Thank you, Nico. Thank you, yeah, thank you, Nico. Great addition. 249 00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:39.610 Town of Plainfield: Yes. 250 00:49:39.640 --> 00:49:44.060 Town of Plainfield: Okay, and we'll have to figure out what term is that, but… 251 00:49:44.610 --> 00:49:56.400 Town of Plainfield: We'll get an answer on that. Approval of draft minutes of 1-12. Anyone want to make that motion? I would like to make the motion to approve the draft minutes of 1-12-20-26. Second. 252 00:49:56.440 --> 00:50:05.970 Town of Plainfield: All those in favor, say aye. Sorry, discussion. -Oh. On page 6, in the discussion of the… 253 00:50:06.040 --> 00:50:15.940 Town of Plainfield: taxed, health insurance item. There was a note that the health insurance had increased by 5 cents. 254 00:50:15.940 --> 00:50:40.929 Town of Plainfield: And it should read 5%. So I sent that to Jamie. The meeting notes are actually correct. You misspoke and said 5 cents in the meeting, so she did correctly… I looked that up. I said 5 cents? Correct. So she took proper notes. You improperly stated the case. So she can't change it. No, no. Oh, she didn't respond. 255 00:50:40.930 --> 00:50:51.570 Town of Plainfield: Okay, so with the correction, then, can we say that the minutes with the correction? Yeah. Sounds good. Should I say it again? 256 00:50:52.560 --> 00:50:53.850 Town of Plainfield: Or is that it? 257 00:50:54.090 --> 00:50:59.880 Town of Plainfield: We have to, we have to vote on it. Okay. So, with, with the corrected minutes… 258 00:51:00.570 --> 00:51:07.480 Town of Plainfield: to 5% instead of 5 cents. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Unopposed. 259 00:51:08.160 --> 00:51:10.790 Town of Plainfield: Thank you. 260 00:51:13.030 --> 00:51:16.149 Town of Plainfield: What's the next words. 261 00:51:18.050 --> 00:51:21.410 Town of Plainfield: We have warrants to approve. 262 00:51:22.530 --> 00:51:31.070 Town of Plainfield: Motion to approve accounts payable for January 15th, 2026, and January 16th, 2026, and payroll for January 15, 2026. 263 00:51:31.900 --> 00:51:35.320 Town of Plainfield: I second it. Any discussion? 264 00:51:36.180 --> 00:51:43.119 Town of Plainfield: All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? 265 00:51:43.900 --> 00:51:54.580 Town of Plainfield: Okay, our next date for select meeting, select board meeting, is 1-26-24. This is a regular meeting, correct? So, 266 00:51:54.680 --> 00:52:09.240 Town of Plainfield: And then we'll have a, executive session early, at 5, and then, we'll have our regular meeting starting at 6 o'clock, and people can zoom in if they want. Yeah, just, we should note for Jamie that… 267 00:52:09.260 --> 00:52:24.569 Town of Plainfield: the warning for the meeting, actually. So what we will need to do is start the meeting, call the meeting to order, and then vote to go in at 5. So technically, the select board meeting starts at 5 p.m. Yes. We will then vote to go into the executive session, and then when we come back out, we can start with… 268 00:52:24.570 --> 00:52:33.329 Town of Plainfield: changes to the agenda. Right, and if we're early, coming out, we'll just have to wait until 6, because people will… people will be coming out. So, 269 00:52:33.330 --> 00:52:54.389 Town of Plainfield: Yeah, yes. Okay, should I ask Carol and ask her if she's expecting just her at this exact… at our executive session, just her as a staff? We need to find out how that's going to work, yes. But we're going to have the executive session scheduled. Yes, but do I need… I need to ask her, is it… 270 00:52:54.390 --> 00:52:57.719 Town of Plainfield: Just for her, right? Does she want this time just hers? 271 00:52:57.770 --> 00:53:11.029 Town of Plainfield: If that's what you want. We don't know that. No, is that what we need to know, as I say? Yeah, I think it's appropriate to ask. I also, I want to allow for the possibility that other members of the town office staff 272 00:53:11.030 --> 00:53:26.180 Town of Plainfield: are also able to be here. It's fine if Carol wants a moment alone with us, then that can start at 5, and then we can say, okay, and then 5.30, or whatever, will be the moment at which, if the other… 273 00:53:26.180 --> 00:53:28.279 Town of Plainfield: Folks at the town office, staff. 274 00:53:28.300 --> 00:53:53.249 Town of Plainfield: want to join, they may. We need to… we need to find that out, yeah. But I think that's a good plan. I just want to respect her by giving her the time that she… if she wants this… if she wants to talk to us… Agreed. …by herself, because she didn't want to talk to me by herself. She didn't want to. She said, we need an executive session, it's too hard. And I kind of got the feeling that she wanted her own session, but… Well, let's find out. Okay, thank you. 275 00:53:53.250 --> 00:54:09.750 Town of Plainfield: Let's make sure that she's here, because we've got 5 people… Oh, that would be bad. …giving up time. We need information from her as well. This is not a one-way street. Absolutely, yeah, and she has a lot to say, and she really feels like the town is in trouble, and she wants to stay in the town. 276 00:54:10.010 --> 00:54:18.550 Town of Plainfield: Yep, okay, can I ask what you and Francis Rose might already have on the agenda for the 26th? 277 00:54:19.410 --> 00:54:27.469 Town of Plainfield: I mean, we've met every week for the last 5 weeks, so we're, like, kind of current. I can check the… I can check my file. 278 00:54:27.770 --> 00:54:30.720 Town of Plainfield: But it's… it's not deep. 279 00:54:31.080 --> 00:54:36.930 Town of Plainfield: Well, how… here's a thought. We start at 6, and… with executive session. 280 00:54:38.970 --> 00:54:46.459 Town of Plainfield: If it's going to be a short meeting. Well, except if Carol would prefer it at the end of the workday. Oh, right, right, okay, alright. 281 00:54:46.810 --> 00:54:54.410 Town of Plainfield: Yeah. Then we get done at 7, that's fine. I'm seeing nothing exclusively called out for next week, already. 282 00:54:55.360 --> 00:55:10.429 Town of Plainfield: Okay. Yeah, I haven't seen anything either, so… Not a lot collecting dust right now. Maybe that's a time to bring in… what about bringing in water and highway to talk about the… Oh, we still have to finish the articles. 283 00:55:10.520 --> 00:55:27.060 Town of Plainfield: For the warning. Yeah, that's true, yeah. We don't have the water and sewer budgets yet. And I think we have to officially vote, we did not officially vote on the Green Mountain Transit and the other articles. We have just voted on articles 284 00:55:27.060 --> 00:55:51.929 Town of Plainfield: 1 and 2, which are the bonds, and then we just voted on the budget, but all the other things that are going to be on the ballot, we need to vote for next week. Well, that's what Bram needs to bring all that. Alright, so, so I think the agenda item is finalized articles for town meeting warning. Yeah, okay. Okay, and then you mentioned water and highway. Are we, like, inviting… Water and wastewater. They have to bring their budgets by. They have to bring their budgets back. 285 00:55:51.930 --> 00:56:06.050 Town of Plainfield: And at that point, we can talk to them about the bond as well, perhaps. So we're inviting the whole commission, the Water and Wastewater Commission, to join us? No, no, somebody's got to represent them to bring their budget. 286 00:56:06.120 --> 00:56:08.719 Town of Plainfield: So we, if we have questions, we have somebody to ask. 287 00:56:08.760 --> 00:56:27.019 Town of Plainfield: Well, no, I mean, we can ask questions, but the numbers that they give us for water and wastewater, we just have to vote to put on the ballot. Yeah. We don't have any say over what the water and wastewater budget are. We just have to put the number… the water budget and the wastewater budget as articles on the ballot. But we need the numbers. 288 00:56:27.020 --> 00:56:34.590 Town of Plainfield: Yep. To do so. Okay. And hopefully Bram or someone will have that, like, in a way that's easy for us to go down. 289 00:56:34.590 --> 00:56:40.190 Town of Plainfield: Yep. Okay. And their budget has no bearing on this budget. Correct. Right. 290 00:56:40.250 --> 00:56:53.619 Town of Plainfield: Yeah, it's a separate budget. It's a user… it's a user budget. It's the… the only people who pay for the parts of that budget are the folks that are users of the system. Right, and they're the ones who'll pay back the bond. 291 00:56:53.620 --> 00:57:15.819 Town of Plainfield: Speaking of which, this is a… the… the… Sarah did include the interest for the paving bond in the budget that we adopted. She did include it, yes. She did include it, yes. Fantastic. So there's… the principal is deferred for a year, so that wouldn't show up next year. The same thing will be true of the water and sewer bond. It's just interest first. I think we owe Sarah Macy a big thank you. 292 00:57:16.140 --> 00:57:26.639 Town of Plainfield: I know we paid her, but still, I don't know if we paid her yet. Do we need to talk to Dan Caddy about anything? It seems like he's always writing down… he's always telling us stuff that is happening. 293 00:57:26.640 --> 00:57:37.009 Town of Plainfield: Well, which meeting of the month is usually his report? It's usually the first, the second, rather, the second one. So it is usually next week. It'll usually be next week, right. Okay, great. Okay. 294 00:57:37.140 --> 00:58:02.080 Town of Plainfield: No, no, it wouldn't… that would be the fourth. Well, that's… but that's our… you mean it's the… it's our first meeting of the month, the second week of the month? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. The fourth week of the month is our second meeting of the month, regular meeting. Gotcha, gotcha. We gotta get away from these every week meetings. Well, we are, you know? This is the last special meeting we're having. And we did put $500, for expenses for the constable in this budget as well. Yes, good. 295 00:58:02.080 --> 00:58:10.210 Town of Plainfield: As requested. I make a motion we have adjourn at 6.57 p.m. I, I… 296 00:58:10.390 --> 00:58:22.009 Town of Plainfield: Anyone like to second that? I would second that. Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Is that Andy? All those in favor, say aye. 297 00:58:22.370 --> 00:58:31.480 Town of Plainfield: Aye. Aye. Thank you. Those opposed? Aye. Thank you. Cut the recording and mute us, but don't turn it off.