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Raynham Select Board 10/07/2025

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A routine agenda rarely stays routine when real choices and real voices collide. We open with the police chief’s September report—2,636 calls, hundreds of 911 responses, and visible community engagement—before shifting into decisions that shape daily life: strengthening our communications center with two part‑time dispatcher hires, finalizing a health inspector contract grounded in food safety expertise, and setting a hearing for a manager change at a local restaurant.

The center of gravity tilts toward governance and accountability as we advance a pivotal question to public hearing: should the planning board’s associate member remain appointed, become elected, or be eliminated entirely? Tensions surface over timing and process, and we give space to sharp public criticism while keeping the door open for voters to choose among three paths at town meeting. Fiscal clarity gets equal weight as we move an article to fund an independent operational and financial review of the regional school district—digging into cost drivers, contracts, special education, transportation, health insurance, and capital planning with a shared, fact‑based lens.

Operations meet neighborhoods with a 90‑day pilot to open the solid waste facility at 6 a.m., designed to reduce congestion and align with regional norms while requiring data reporting, queue management, and a five‑year host‑fee lookback. Good news follows: a $1,000,000 state grant for the King Pond Dam/Gardiner Street Bridge project and a renewed $100,000 MassTrails grant for the King Philip Street shared‑use path. Then the room turns to water and walkability. A Bridgewater resident flags an 80‑bed hospital and a hotel within Raynham’s Zone II aquifer, urging intermunicipal coordination, well metering, and formal notification. Another resident asks for sidewalks on Elm Street East to match the safety of quieter side streets.

If you care about planning board representation, school district transparency, solid waste operations, aquifer protection, or safer walking routes, this is your roadmap to what changed and what’s next. Subscribe, leave a review, and tell us: which decision here matters most to you—and what data would help you judge it?

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SPEAKER_03:

Thank you. Next we have acceptance of the minutes of the regular sessions of September 17, 2025, which was the joint meeting with the Bridgewater Ranium Regional School Committee and the Bridgewater Town Council, and the regular session of September 30th, 2025, and also the executive session of September 30th, 2025, with the executive session minutes withheld from public release. And for motion to accept is completely. Next we have department head reports. We have our police chief with us this evening, David Clank.

SPEAKER_00:

Good evening. Good evening. So the uh wrong here, but uh this is for uh September activity report. Uh the total number of calls um for September was uh 2,636 calls. That's an average of uh nearly 88 calls per day. Um top like 400 calls from August. Uh there were 427 emergency 911 calls, and of those 97 were emergency medical dispatch calls. Uh there were 26 arrests and several criminal summonses. Um significant events on September 8th. Members of the 412 shift arrested a 36-year-old Taunt man who allegedly exposed himself inside a fast food restaurant on New State Highway. Uh the man appeared to be highly intoxicated when he was arrested and charged with open and gross rudeness to serving the peace and resisting arrest. On September 19th, members of the Rainham Police Department assisted the fire department with a residential fire at 1540 Broadway. I want to thank officers who responded and assisted the fire department. That incident. On September 20th, um, the Rainham Lions Club held a touch a truck event. I want to thank Patrolman Nicholas Poolin and Samuel McCaleb for uh participating in that event. And on September 27th, members of the Rainham Police Department participated in the annual community day at Board of Colony. I want to thank those members and their families who helped out with that event. Um we currently have one officer on Iowa.

SPEAKER_03:

Ethan, I imagine you're holding copy with a copy or October reports, October 1st. Shall I hold your statistics for that as well?

SPEAKER_00:

Um it's up to you.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, all right, we'll hold them next time. He'll be excited. Um but again, just before I pass that, thank you and all the members for participating in Rhenium Community Celebration Day and not only the event, but coming to all the meetings, you and others before that to help plan was greatly appreciated. Thank you, Mr. Chief.

SPEAKER_07:

Thank you very much, Chief.

SPEAKER_00:

Thank you very much.

SPEAKER_03:

I can always thank you and all the members of your department for everything you do.

SPEAKER_00:

Thank you.

SPEAKER_03:

If we could, before you go, Chief, why don't we move the agenda if the members have no objection under new business? We have uh we have E here to uh discussion and excuse me, discussion and vote on filling two part-time communications clerks dispatcher positions. I have a letter here from you. I am requesting the select board, allow me to hire two new part-time communications clerks for our communications center. These communications clerks work on a part-time basis and will not add any cost to our budget. One position is to replace a part-time clerk who resigned, and the other will be trained to replace a part-time clerk who has limited availability. Our staffing levels for part-time communications clerks are low. Anything you want to add?

SPEAKER_00:

Just um also, it takes a while to train them, and moving forward with other things that could be coming with dispatch. Um I think it's good that we have other people involved are going to be trained.

SPEAKER_07:

No, no question. Just for the folks at home, we were the patients' clerk with notice dispatchers, and just to emphasize that these are filling positions that are part-time, not that motion to approve.

SPEAKER_03:

Any further discussion? Hearing and all in favor, any opposed? So voted.

SPEAKER_09:

Thank you. Thank you.

SPEAKER_03:

Okay, next on our agenda, we have no appointments this evening, we have no public hearings scheduled. Completion of older continuing business, Mr. Pachika. Mr. Collins, Mr. Barnes?

SPEAKER_04:

Have a hearing on Ryan for next week. Okay.

SPEAKER_03:

All right, thank you. Ryan. Okay, um, no other older continuing business. We move on to new business. Discussion and vote on non-unit employment agreement with Carlos Alvarado as health inspector. Um, Mr. Barnes, do you want to comment on this? This was discussed, the contract negotiations we had discussed previously in executive session, and now it comes before us for a vote.

SPEAKER_04:

Uh we uh recommend uh this uh candidate. Um we feel the contract is acceptable to him in the town. It's very similar to what we had with our previous incumbent in this position, and uh I uh recommend the board uh approve the contract officially in open session.

SPEAKER_03:

Thank you, Mr. Barnes. Just for the benefit of the public, Mr. Alvarado is a certified professional of food safety with extensive experience in restaurant operations, brand standard inspections and staff training, proven ability to assess compliance with food safety regulations, identify risks, and implement corrective actions to maintain operational excellence, skilled in coaching and mentoring teams to uphold food safety, sanitation, and quality standards in high-volume, fast-paced environments. And he indicates he is adept at fostering strong relationships with clients, staff, and leadership to ensure consistent branch protection and customer satisfaction.

SPEAKER_07:

Mr. Motion to uh approve a contract.

SPEAKER_03:

We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Hearing and all in favor. Any opposed? It is so voted. Next, we have a request for a change of manager, Pepper Dining Incorporated, doing business as Chili's grill and bar at 500 South Street East. We need to set a hearing date. Motion is that for our COVID 21st. And that would be in two weeks. Any opposed? So voted. Next we have referred to the planning board for public hearing, a special town meeting article regarding changing the planning board associate member from appointed to elected position. This is just a town meeting, a proposed town meeting article that would go to the fall special town meeting. But before it does, because it's part of the zoning bylaw, it needs to go to the planning board for a public hearing. Just as a little background, I believe this first came up when we had the joint meeting with the planning board. I have come forward with a policy about how the appointment should take place, but um, as part of the discussion, I believe you mentioned, Mr. Pacico, the possibility of making it an elected position so that the voters get to decide who sits in that position. And I know other communities do have their associate members that way. I believe the city of County has an elected member. Um, and we had discussed that a couple times, brought that up. So again, this is just an option that would go to the uh the uh fall town meeting. I understand that there is a citizen's petition, I believe, to eliminate the position.

SPEAKER_04:

Yes, there is a certified citizen's petition to eliminate the position.

SPEAKER_03:

So this would give voters at town meeting three options. They could take no action and re keep the position as appointed. They could vote on the article to make it an elected position, or they could vote on the citizen's petition to eliminate it. So three options for the voters.

SPEAKER_07:

Yeah, motion to approve or and to plan board.

SPEAKER_03:

Okay, and again the motion is just to forward it to the um planning board for a um public hearing. Any further discussion? Um usually we have input at the end, but is this something pertinent? Yeah. Okay, if you come to the um podium, please name and address, even though we know who you are. You can just give us the street, you don't need the number.

SPEAKER_11:

We're in the first street. Um I just want to say that um I'm a little upset about this article tonight because you may have discussed the thinking about doing an article or whatever, but you never did anything about it, the board. July, August, September, October. Tonight is October 7th. The deadline to submit any articles for a citizen, well, for anybody, is October 10th.

SPEAKER_02:

That's what we're doing.

SPEAKER_11:

But for a citizen, but yeah, on October 7th. If a citizen, we would how do we know you were ever going to act on it? You never did until October 7th. So a citizen goes out and doesn't have the luxury that you have of no hundred signatures. We can't wait till the 11th hour. Tonight is October 7th. We can't do anything tonight. Uh, a citizen, if they want to do a citizen's petition, they've got tomorrow, October 8th, after they find out what you rule on tonight, and then so they have to go, dream up an article, present it to Greg, then uh Mr. Barnes, and then they have October 9th to run around, get a hundred signatures to have submitted by October 10th. Because our select board chose to do nothing, July, August, September, October. It just blows my mind. So, what were we supposed to do? How do we know you were going to come through tonight on October 7th? I'm sorry, it's ridiculous to me that you guys are doing this.

SPEAKER_03:

Mr. Collins?

SPEAKER_11:

And excuse me, let me just say one more thing, please, Mr. Collins. And you somebody just mentioned something about Taunton, having associated. First of all, we're not Taunton, we're rain ham. And Taunton also re-elects their whole planning board. Do we want to forget term limits and rain ham and be just like Taunton? No, we're not Taunton, so why are we using Taunton as an example? We are not Taunton.

SPEAKER_03:

Many, many communities. I don't care how many communities.

SPEAKER_11:

We're not them. We're not them. And they also re-elect their boards. Do you want to be elected every year? Clean the board and we're just having elections for all the boards every year? No. So why are we comparing ourselves to other people? Because we don't know. We can't just compare it to part of it when we want to. No, it's either all or nothing. But I just have to say, I want to go on the record and say I'm very upset that you're waiting until October 7th tonight to present this article.

SPEAKER_03:

Mrs. Nickerson, we mentioned it at the joint meeting.

SPEAKER_11:

You mentioned it, but you never did anything.

SPEAKER_03:

I've mentioned it several times.

SPEAKER_11:

But you never did anything about it.

SPEAKER_03:

Because now is the time. What is the problem? What is the problem with it?

SPEAKER_06:

October 7th. So respect to the whether or not we actually that doesn't stop anybody else from doing like us waiting till today for it to do it. That doesn't stop or or inhibit anybody else from taking action if they wanted to, like you did. Like I think it's awesome that you did what you did. And I support your bill, but it doesn't, this doesn't interfere with that. We're not we're not doing anything that's going to stop or hurt what you're trying to do. Well, it does to me options.

SPEAKER_11:

Because it deters any citizen in the future from practicing our democratic process in this town. Because you you're our select board. You said back in July or whatever, because I know I went to that July 17th meeting, and the associate member was seated right next to the person who defeated him 540 votes to 304. And so this has gone way back, had plenty of time for the select board to present an article. Well, and what I'm saying, Kenny, is how would Joe Citizen know not to bother doing an article because our select board is going to carry the torch for us? Because they never did carry the torch for us until tonight, October 7th. So no. I think action should have been taken long, long, long ago. I'm sorry. That's just how I feel. It's how I feel, and I want to go on the record and say that. I'm very disappointed in the select board. I'm frankly disgusted, to be honest with you. I really am. It's a lot of work to go out and get 145 signatures for a petition. You don't have to do that. You don't, you don't have to do any of that.

SPEAKER_06:

On the flip side of it, what if we did something real quick, like hastily, uh to the July? I think maybe we would say we're trying to do something too fast. We mentioned it and left it up there for two or three months for everybody to talk and discuss and come to us. But we're we're not trying to do anything sneaky past anybody. Okay, well, we're thinking hastily because the election was April 22nd. But us slow playing it is beneficial to the town, to the people. All that time, people could have called me, could have emailed me, like in communication with me. We're not trying to do anything like behind the scenes or sneak something in right before.

SPEAKER_11:

Well, the election was April 22nd and July 17th. You were already talking about before that. So why wasn't anything done back then? It's July, August, September, October. Since I mean, the election was completely 27th.

SPEAKER_06:

We can't, but what else do we do before?

SPEAKER_11:

You could have said you were presenting an article, so the citizens don't have to bother walking their articles. Aren't you supposed to represent the state? Aren't you supposed to represent the citizens? No, you said you were thinking about it. You said you might never anything concrete. Mrs.

SPEAKER_03:

Snickerson, your proposal is different from this proposal. I can't stand that. I understand that what is that?

SPEAKER_11:

Okay, I feel like it's a selectment against the residency. I'm sorry, I'm disgusted. Many people I'm disgusted with everything that has happened since April 22nd. Disgusted. And this is just more of the same.

SPEAKER_10:

So I'm just letting you know what many people are there. I'm very disappointed in you, Mr. And I'm very disappointed in you. And I'm very disappointed in you and the whole board. Thank you.

SPEAKER_03:

Um wait, do we already vote? We already voted. No, we're talking about that. Yes. Any further discussion, Mr. Pacific? Mr. Collins? All in favor. Any opposed? It is so voted. Thank you. All right, continuing next we have discussion and I'm sorry, tag day request for meeting. Okay. Discussion and vote response or a town meeting article to fund an independent operational and financial review of the Bridgewater Marian School District. I just gotta say, I agonize over every vote that I take, and I totally resent your comments, Mrs. Nickerson. And that's probably how you're gonna put that out there. Okay, yeah. Discussion and vote respondary town meeting article to fund an independent operational and financial review of the Bridgewater Greenham School District. This was something that has been proposed by the Bridgewater Council. It was discussed at the special joint meeting that we had. It is actually uh President Johnny Loretti is taking it before the Bridgewater Town Council this evening. They have a more involved process than we do. At that special town meeting, it was discussed that the towns could sponsor this article. Obviously, it would go to again town meeting because the voters would have to approve the funding for it. But it is um it is very involved, and um, just if I could review a little of it, uh Mr. Loretti has done a lot of uh work here to find exactly what would be beneficial to the district and the communities. It would include an historical financial analysis, programs and contract, cost drivers looking into special education, transportation contracts, and so forth, health insurance, capital funds and projects, projections and tools, findings, benchmarks, and recommendations. Um and again, I if we vote to forward this again at the town meeting, our town meeting rules to go to town meeting for a decision. I would think it would be contingent upon approval by the Bridgewater Town Council, which would take place before our special time.

SPEAKER_07:

I motion to move it forward.

SPEAKER_03:

Any further discussion? Hearing then all in favor? Aye, aye. Any opposed, so vote it.

SPEAKER_04:

As a clarification, it's proportional, but the amount would be proportional to our uh proportion of the district.

SPEAKER_03:

Right, right. The normal funding where Bridgewater pays for their percentage of students and Rhanium pays for our percentages of districts.

SPEAKER_04:

Does we have a question?

SPEAKER_03:

Um yes, please come to the podium, sir, and give us your name and NCAS.

SPEAKER_08:

Real quick. My name is Mark. Last name, please. Montague. I live on Hill Street. Yes. When you say aye and nay, is it just you three that are voting aye and nay? Okay. Just check here. Yes. Because there's other people here and saying anything.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, no, it's the select board meeting, so it's open to the public, but the board folks.

SPEAKER_08:

Okay.

SPEAKER_03:

Did you have another comment?

SPEAKER_08:

No, that was my own comment. I just wanted to find out.

SPEAKER_03:

Okay, um, next, we we did hold one minute. Yes. Okay. TAG Day request for November 22nd, 2025, and November 23rd, 2025. This is the DABCPL WF reared in chapter 70 of again the disabled veterans. Motion to approve. Any second. Motion is made and seconded. Any discussion? Hearing then all in favor? Any opposed? So voted. Next we have a request. We already took care of F. So we have a request to extend operating hours for the Randian Regional Solid Waste Facility at 35 Thresher Street. We have a letter received to the members of the board. I am writing to respectfully request an extension of the operating hours for the Randy Regional Solid Waste Facility. The facility currently operates Monday through Friday from 7 o'clock a.m. to 4 o'clock p.m. and Saturday from 7 o'clock a.m. to 12 o'clock p.m. We propose adjusting the opening time to 6 o'clock a.m. Monday through Saturday to better serve our community and align with regional standards. This is the solid waste facility on Thrasha Street. The facility is permitted to accept a maximum of 1,000 tons of waste per day with a current average daily volume of 600 tons. The proposed earlier opening would not require an increase in permitted volumes. Extended hours would align our operations with other solid waste facilities in southeastern Massachusetts, enhancing our competitiveness in the marketplace. This change would also alleviate congestion during opening hours, enabling more efficient handling of incoming materials. Furthermore, the town of Ranium would benefit from increased revenue generated through our host fee, supporting community interests without additional operational strain. And he has enclosed a list of solid waste facilities in eastern Massachusetts, and they are operating hours. There's about a dozen here. I think in addition to Rainham, there is one in Brockton that opens at seven, and one in Braintree that opens at seven. The others open either at six or earlier. And this is from Michael Mowbray, manager of the Rainham Regional Solid Waste Facility.

SPEAKER_07:

It gives us an opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of it, whether we've received any additional revenue, and obviously to make sure there's no impact on any of the streets in the neighborhoods.

SPEAKER_03:

So you're saying that at 90 days. Definitely, because if it's opening at 6 o'clock, those trucks are going to start rolling before six.

SPEAKER_07:

Yeah, no, I I agree. I think we want to keep an eye on it. I mean, I can tell you go into the recycling. The trucks are already there, so it's not being processed. So um we'll give it a try and see how it goes, and if we get any concerns from any wheel, we can obviously pull it back.

SPEAKER_06:

I'll send you a motion for the 90 days, but I would also just look to ask if we can, if there's already cars there before, but at six o'clock now. My hope is that this will alleviate that. I don't want to open it up at six if I know that there's trucks driving down there parking at five. You know what I mean? Like if there's still cars parking up there before opening at six, then it's obviously not effective.

SPEAKER_07:

I mean I'm open to a friendly amendment, Mr. Collins. If you want to add to it that we ask them to make sure they're managing the data employment of it.

SPEAKER_06:

I mean, if there's trucks early at 438, isn't that far away? You can park somewhere or 138 or I don't know. Yes.

SPEAKER_03:

If I could add another friendly amendment, um if we could within those 90 days or by those 90 days receive a report from whether it's waste management or recycling solutions, um listing what the annual tonnage is, the tonnage is on an annual basis, and what the town receives for that. I know we receive a tipping fee, and if they could let us know over the past five years, just for comparative purposes, and uh how that tipping fee is determined. I would accept both families with it. Excellent. Okay. Um all in favor. Any calls? So all right, continuing then that completes our um do you have any other new business, Mr. Collins? No, no, Mr. Collins?

SPEAKER_04:

No.

SPEAKER_03:

Uh town administrative report, Mr. Collins.

SPEAKER_04:

Uh yes, uh two uh announcements both involving grants. Uh I'm able to officially announce the town did receive a grant through the dam and seawall repair program for a million dollars for the King Pond Dam, uh Gardiner Street Bridge project. Uh this is a state grant, and uh our hope is to start construction in 2027. Uh, the reason you haven't seen anything so far is there are quite a lot of uh uh approvals that were necessary for different approvals, plus there were easements and everything else involved. And keep in mind it's not just a bridge we're talking about, it's a dam as well. But uh this million dollars uh uh will uh, as you may recall, we did set aside a significant amount of money a few years ago, and hopefully, with this million dollars, we are not looking at having to find any other town monies uh for the project. Also, um we also received a hundred thousand dollar grant uh for the mass trails for the uh proposed King Phillip Street Shared Use Path. Um keep in mind we had received that before, but the timeline did not work out, so we we got the grant again. Okay, so those are my two announcements for the night, and I'm happy to report it's a positive announcement. Excellent, we all know. Obviously, for the test.

SPEAKER_03:

Um Mr. Bowman's? Okay, selectman's report, Mr.

SPEAKER_07:

Bitcher. Thank you. Um and Judge, one quick item and update from uh my report last week that Gadger came to a tentative agreement with their union essentially while we were in our meeting talking about it. Uh and so the the buses are running again. Um, and so just wanted to close and look on that. Excellent, Mr.

SPEAKER_03:

Just a couple of things. I did a chance copy with a clock that will talk about that next month, uh, but it was an excellent event. Great uh turnout from our citizens and great presentation by our police. Also, it's New Month, so our senior center, our library, they have all of their activities online, parking recreation, so check out their websites. Also, just one item of note our friends of the Rainham Library are having their fundraiser, um Library Trinkets and Treasures fundraiser, and they're looking for donations of jewelry, want jewelry items. So if you have any that you're collecting them, you can drop them off at the library or the senior center. And the event will take place on Thursday, November 13th, for members only sale, and also Friday, November 14th and Saturday, November 15th. They're also looking for people to join the Friends of the Ranger Public Library. Membership only costs$7 if you're a senior. Individual membership is$10, family$15, and Patreon$25. You can join online or visit the library to fill out the form. And Friends of the Library is their nonprofit, 501c3. And they use their funds raised for museum passes, Griff or Graph Animation Station for Kids, summer reading, ice cream truck programming, raffle baskets, gift card prizes, and much more. And that's all that I have this evening. Um we have we have one correspondence. We have an invitation from Bristol Plymouth Regional School District Committee on the superintendent that the public is cordially invited to attend an open house and reception at the Bristol Plymouth Regional School on Saturday, October 18th from 12 o'clock noon until 3 o'clock p.m. Um press time. Do we have anyone from the press with us? No. Do we have any emergency business, Mr. Pacheco? Mr. Collins, Mr. Barnes, citizen and community input. Please come forward, state your name and address for the mail, so please.

SPEAKER_01:

Hi, good evening. I'm actually a Bridgewater resident. May I have a moment to speak if that's okay? It pertains to Wayne Ham. It does, yes, and I have a handout if I may approach. Okay. Sure. Thank you. And is there um oh no problem, thank you? Is there a time limit on a minute or three minutes? No, but we also do bring it for time. Okay. Um my name is Melissa Raymondetta, and I am from uh Bridgewater. I live on Lakeside Drive. And I am here to talk to you about your zone two aquifer, um, which is uh associated with Rainham's water supply and extends into Bridgewater. A zone two aquifer is the portion of an aquifer that contributes water to a well under the most severe pumping and recharge conditions that can be realistically anticipated. The zone two aquifer for Rainham is in a large area, but also Lakeshore Center, which is a large commercial development in Bridgewater along Route 104, that includes a hotel, office buildings, two apartment buildings, and a warehouse is located within the zone two aquifer of the town of Rainham. So the Bridgewater has what's called an aquifer protection overlay district that is shown in the Bridgewater zoning map for the purpose of protecting the aquifer. It sets a special set of zoning regulations to a specific geographic area in addition to the existing underlying zoning for that area, which in this case is called the Plan Development District. And controlling land use in these areas could impact water supplies and can prevent contamination and overuse. Clean water is essential, as we all know, and protecting this valuable resource is the best interest of all. So the purpose of my visit today and the letter that I've given you is to inform you and the town residents of Rainham about a proposed 80-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital project in the Lakeshore Center development. This project is in addition to a 110-room hotel project, which was approved for Lakeshore Center in 2024 by the Bridgewater Planning Board. As you may be aware, Bridgewater is experiencing water supply issues. And after review of the hospital project, Bridgewater's town engineer stated in a letter to actually, I should say that is a letter to the The planning board chair, not to the applicant, but the applicant did receive a copy of it. That the DPW is currently engaging consultants to provide near-term and long water long-term water supply solutions. Let all parties be advised that until we have the infrastructure needed to maintain safe water levels in our towers, we cannot support this project, nor can we guarantee water connection permits will be issued at the time of construction. And the town engineer then asks, has the applicant explored the possibility of installing an on-site private well? Remembering that this site sits on the zone two aquifer for the town of Branham. It should be noted that already, according to the most recent MEPA filing, five irrigation wells are on the Lakeshore Center site, and two of the five are registered and none are metered. So there have been two significant applications in recent years at Lakeshore Center, in addition to numerous filings with MEPA, and I'm here today to ask if intermunicipal agreements exist between the town of Rainham and the Town of Bridgewater with regard to the Zone 2 Aquifer Overlay Protection District to ensure that the town of Rainham and its residents are informed of proposed development in the portion of the Zone 2 Aquifer Protection Overlay District that resides within Bridgewater. Does Rainham have a voice in these proceedings? It should be noted that within Rainham's own water resource protection overlay district zoning, that a hospital project can only be approved by special permit with the Zoning Board of Appeals. However, in Bridgewater's Plan Development District Zoning, which includes the Zone 2 Aquifer Protection Overlay District, a hospital is a permitted use and requires no special overview. If the hospital project was proposed within Rainham, it would require a special review. However, in Bridgewater, it does not. So I'm here to encourage the select board and the town's residents to require intermunicipal communications with Bridgewater with regard to large-scale projects proposed at Lakeshore Center and attend the Bridgewater Planning Board meeting to which the hospital project was recently continued and scheduled for Wednesday, October 15th at 6 30 p.m. And I've provided you a link for information about the project. And I thank you very much for your time. Thank you.

SPEAKER_03:

Do you want to take that under advisement?

SPEAKER_07:

Yeah, I mean we really can't follow that once as well. Right.

SPEAKER_03:

Right. So motion made and seconded to take it under advisement. All in favor? Thank you. Okay, um, performance of administrative duties, just to report that. Oh, I'm sorry. You're hiding behind the podium. Sure, go right ahead.

SPEAKER_05:

Hi, my name is Alex Mastria. I live on Elm Street East. Um, I also have concerns about what Mrs. Raymondetta spoke about with the zone two aquifer and um feeling that there needs to be collaboration with Bridgewater to really delve into this and how it would affect our water supply in Ringham. Um I also wanted to say that um they uh recently redid Elm Street East and did a very nice job with it, um, but um there are no sidewalks and it is quite a busy road where people walk regularly. I was walking on that road myself, someone was walking with their dog, a young teenager was walking. Um, so I didn't know you know what kind of action I might be able to take as a resident just to express that I feel like that road could really use some sidewalks. A lot of the neighborhoods off of Elm Street East have sidewalks, but they're very quiet. There's really no traffic on those versus Elm Street East is quite a busy road. So I think for promoting you know healthy living in our community and the safety of people who use that road in a pedestrian manner, that sidewalks would be a great investment for us.

SPEAKER_02:

Thank you for bringing that to our attention. Thank you. Anyone else?

SPEAKER_03:

Okay, then um performance of administrative judges, just to report that I and the uh finance director have reviewed and signed the town of Ranian Invoice and Penroll Warrants with today's date, October 7, 2025. And looking for a motion now to go into executive session in accordance with Mass General Laws, Chapter 38, Section 21, A2, and 3, to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with non-union personnel, or to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with non-union personnel, and to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the public body and the chairs, so declares, specifically for non-union positions and police, police uh union negotiations. And just to note that we will return to open session for the sole purpose of adjourning the meeting with no additional business to be conducted. And second, we'll call about Mr. Chair, Mr. Collins, Chair Voters. We are going into executive session at 7 35 p.m. Thank you all for the journey.