I have sufficient context from the prior corpus and political snapshot to produce the minutes. The May 6, 2026 reorganization meeting is the first meeting of the post-election Phelan/Leonard/Fletcher/Dooley/Spritz board.

Select Board Meeting — May 6, 2026

Section 1: Agenda

• 00:00:13 Call to order, Pledge of Allegiance (Phelan running late; Fletcher presiding)
• 00:01:07 Town Administrator’s report (Connors): election thanks; beach sticker rollout; Crissy Reposo 20-year recognition; HR/bargaining update; principal-assessor regional discussion; police promotional exams; “parking lot” update items (Fisherman’s Beach study, Pine Street/89 Burrill stabilization-fund article); Q&A and board requests for weekly TA updates and quarterly building-permit fee reports
• 00:10:32 Public comment (Cedar Hill parking neighbors; Barry Greenfield email re: Mission-on-the-Bay parcel; Steve Demento online)
• 00:33:27 Reorganization — election of Chair and Vice Chair
• 00:38:21 Beach sticker presentation — artist Becky Brant
• 00:42:29 Cedar Hill Terrace parking discussion and partial vote
• 01:02:26 Council on Aging presentation and asks
• 02:02:31 Environmentally Preferred Procurement Policy (formerly Buy Recycled Policy) — tabled
• 02:18:34 Town Clerk election report
• 02:28:48 Annual Town Meeting warrant — preview of anticipated amendments (recycling barrels, water/sewer paving)
• 02:53:40 North Shore IT Collaborative update
• 03:08:00 Employment contracts (Luddy, Braley, DuPont, Gillaska, Cresta)
• 03:14:53 Future dates / meeting schedule
• 03:22:42 Consent agenda (Hawker/Peddler license; minutes pulled)
• 03:25:55 Executive-session minutes review scheduling
• 03:31:00 Select Board reports and comments
• 03:34:17 Adjournment

Section 2: Speaking Attendees

Speaker tags drift across the meeting; attribution below is anchored to self-introductions, addressing-by-name (Phelan addressed as “Katie,” Fletcher as “Marilyn”/“Mary Ellen,” Leonard as “Danielle,” Dooley as “Mr. Dooley,” Spritz as “Wayne”), and role context.

Select Board (post-Apr 28 election):

• Katie Phelan — Chair (re-elected this meeting). Arrives ~10 minutes late (“white people can’t drive correctly in the rain”); presides from her return through adjournment.
• Mary Ellen Fletcher — Member. Presides the opening segment in Phelan’s absence; called “Marilyn” by Leonard at 00:06:51.
• Danielle Leonard — Member; elected Vice Chair this meeting.
• Ted Dooley — Member (newly elected Apr 28); first meeting.
• Wayne Spritz — Member (newly elected Apr 28); first meeting; identified as solid-waste/RFP technical lead.

Town staff in the room or on dais:

• Nick Connors — Town Administrator. Delivers TA report at 01:08; speaks on Cedar Hill, recycling barrels, IT collaborative, contracts, EPP, future dates.
• Patrick Luddy — Finance Director. Speaks on free cash framework and retirement-board stipend question.
• Shannon — repeatedly addressed by name; appears to be the SB executive assistant / clerk to the board. Tracks board liaison rosters and meeting minutes; will help schedule executive sessions. Identity inferred from context, not stated.
• Kathleen “Katie” DuPont — Town Clerk. Presents election report at 02:18:48; self-introduction not in transcript but addressed as the clerk who ran her first full election.
• Jeff — presenter of the EPP policy at 02:02:43. Self-identifies only as “Jeff.” Likely the town’s sustainability/recycling coordinator; role not stated in transcript.
• Mike Bryson — referenced by Town Clerk as part of election-night tally team.

Council on Aging presenters 01:02:26:

• Sushant Sidhom — COA member; opens presentation (self-introduced 01:02:43).
• Heidi Weir — Director of Aging Services (self-introduced 01:02:55).
• Sabrina Clapton — Assistant Director, Senior Center / Outreach Social Worker (self-introduced 01:03:00).
• Cheryl Levinson — Vice Chair, Council on Aging (self-introduced 01:03:07).
• Bob Howell — Chair, Council on Aging (appears via pre-recorded video; on a flight). Self-introduced in video as also serving on Swampscott for All Ages, Retirement Board, 2035 Master Planning Committee, and Community Life Center Feasibility Study Task Force.

Beach sticker artist 00:38:29:

• Becky Brant — local ceramic/painting artist, Swampscott High graduate; designed the FY27 beach sticker (blue mussel shells motif).

Public commenters at the dais (Cedar Hill segment):

• Albert “Al” Williams — 11 Cedar Hill Terrace, lifelong resident, commercial fisherman.
• Jim Sweeney — two houses up from Williams; family there 50+ years.
• Allison Arnett — 21 Cedar Hill Terrace, ~50-year resident.
• Dr. Darrell Smith — dentist, 26 Puritan Road / abuts Humphrey Street; 33 years in practice.
• Bill Walthall — 23 Bayview Avenue, 9-year resident.
• George Allen — 27 Fairview Ave (also recently elected to Board of Health per snapshot).
• Eugene O’Brien — 11 Fuller Avenue.

Public commenter via written submission / online:

• Barry Greenfield — email read aloud by Phelan; identifies as former selectman, age 61, focused on Mission-on-the-Bay parcel mixed-use proposal.
• Steve Demento (“Mr. Demento”) — speaking remotely; longtime Bayview Drive resident; references Spellios’s prior advocacy.

Mentioned but not present:

• Peter Spellios — repeatedly cited as having originated the artist-designed beach sticker program and as the only prior selectman who pushed for Cedar Hill enforcement.
• Doug Thompson and David Grishman — referenced as departed members; Connors describes follow-ups they had requested.
• Gino Cresta (DPW Director) — referenced repeatedly; not speaking.
• Marcy Gillaska (Community & Economic Development) — referenced; not speaking.
• Charlotte (Recreation Director) — repeatedly referenced as a strong collaborator; not present.

Section 3: Meeting Minutes

Opening and Town Administrator’s Report [00:00:13 – 00:10:30]

Fletcher opened the meeting at approximately 6:00 PM, noting Phelan was running late and the meeting was being recorded. She welcomed new members Dooley and Spritz, then turned to Connors for the TA report.

Connors’s TA report covered:

• Welcome to Dooley and Spritz; thanks to Town Clerk Kathleen DuPont and her team for running the April 28 election.
• Beach sticker sales kickoff: over 300 stickers sold Mon–Wed at Town Hall; Fishermen’s Beach paid-parking restrictions (5 AM–4 PM) back in effect with a brief grace period before enforcement.
• Recognition of Crissy Reposo’s 20 years with the town.
• HR: active bargaining with fire, DPW, and library unions; intent to brief the board in executive session. Initial exploratory discussions on a regional/inter-municipal principal assessor position. Police promotional exams complete; Connors will sit with the chief.
• “Parking lot” follow-ups from departed members:
  • Fisherman’s Beach study (Doug Thompson request) — Connors recommended Kleinfelder do a full presentation to the board rather than a TA summary.
  • Pine Street / 89 Burrill proceeds — at 00:05:43 Connors corrected the timeline: the unanimous vote to direct sale proceeds into a special-purpose stabilization fund for 89 Burrill improvements occurred at the July 22, 2024 meeting (not Dec 2025/early 2026 as previously suggested). Funds will not arrive until the C/O is certified; a fall Town Meeting warrant article will be needed.

Q&A:

• Dooley asked Connors to provide monthly or quarterly updates on building-commissioner permit-fee revenue, modeled on Cresta’s reporting when acting TA. Connors agreed.
• Phelan/Fletcher requested Connors restore weekly written TA updates (historical practice) and have them posted with the meeting packet. Connors committed to do so beginning Friday.
• Fletcher asked about Humphrey Street ticket counts (deferred to Cedar Hill discussion); whether a firefighter had retired after 30 years (Connors did not know); and confirmed budgets had been frozen for “several weeks.”
• Fletcher asked Connors to engage the Board of Assessors chair on the proposal to add a second part-time assessor; Connors said any such hire would be posted, not solicited by name, and would be designed to complement Plouffe’s skill set.

Public Comment [00:10:32 – 00:33:23]

Phelan returned at 00:10:23 and took over presiding. She made a self-deprecating remark about drivers in the rain and opened public comment.

Cedar Hill Terrace parking dominated comment. The neighbors converged on a description of the bottom of the hill as a safety hazard:

• Williams 00:11:37 described 2–3 dental-office staff cars parking daily on the upper hill, the Four Seasons motor group garage at the bottom corner functioning “as a junkyard at times,” and difficulty backing his boat trailer out of his driveway. He referenced an Oct 28, 2024 petition he’d circulated and emails to police. He opposed the police department’s plan to make the upper-left side no-parking; he wanted that side made resident-only.
• Sweeney 00:15:12 reported out-of-state-plate cars parked from Memorial Day to August in prior summers and asked for resident-only on the residential side plus no-parking at the bottom corner; cited setback rules (“20–30 feet back from the corner”) that don’t appear to be enforced in front of the garages.
• Arnett 00:18:59 emphasized child safety on the steep hill, noted growing number of young families on Cedar Hill, Bayview, and Fuller. “Just because we’re protecting the car dealership down the street.”
• Dr. Smith 00:20:40, the dentist, noted he received no notice and asked whether business owners receive notices for these proposals. He supported no-parking at the bottom corner and resident-only restrictions in front of houses, but objected to making the upper south-side no-parking, citing his need for staff parking when his patient lot is full and the loss of beach-permit access. He said staff sometimes walk from blocks away.
• Walthall 00:23:48 (Bayview Ave) opposed pure resident-only on Cedar Hill, predicting it would push parking onto Bayview. Identified the car dealership inventory parking on city street as the actual problem and called for total no-parking at the intersection.
• Allen 00:26:04 proposed three specific measures: (1) hash-mark the first 100 ft of both sides of Cedar Hill Terrace from Humphrey, (2) hash-mark the first 25 ft in front of Four Seasons on Humphrey, (3) enforce that Four Seasons cars are not parked on Cedar Hill, Humphrey, or Bayview and not exceeding any permit limit.
• O’Brien 00:28:11 (Fuller Ave) echoed the bottom-of-hill safety concern, particularly when towing a boat.
• Phelan read a written comment from Barry Greenfield 00:28:54 proposing a mixed-use redevelopment at the town-owned land next to Mission on the Bay (community/senior space + condos + retail), citing his property-tax progression from $7K (2006) to $20K (now) as the affordability frame.
• Steve Demento 00:31:22, remote, said the Cedar Hill issue is fundamentally a non-enforcement problem by a police department “100 yards away.” He named Peter Spellios as the only prior selectman who had pursued the issue (“begged for police enforcement”). He also raised a procedural objection: “Don’t you think maybe you should be rethinking that position and calling public hearing when you’re going to have an issue that obviously the neighbors are very concerned with?”

Reorganization — Chair and Vice Chair [00:33:27 – 00:38:21]

Connors briefly explained the reorganization process. Phelan opened nominations.

Chair: Leonard nominated Phelan; the nomination was seconded. Leonard offered praise: “I think you’ve done a great job, and I think you should continue.” Leonard declined the chair when asked by Fletcher about rotation: “I politely decline.” Spritz asked Phelan if she’d accept; Phelan agreed, noting “I could always choose to ask for help if I need it.”

00:35:23 Vote: Phelan elected Chair, unanimous (5-0).

Vice Chair: Phelan moved to make Leonard Vice Chair, framing it as not her usual practice to make a motion. Spritz then asked Fletcher if she was interested; Fletcher said “sure, I don’t care.” Spritz then offered to nominate Fletcher and did so; Fletcher seconded her own nomination. Dooley took up Phelan’s nomination of Leonard; Spritz seconded that.

In discussion, Spritz named the dynamic openly 00:37:27: “I know there’s tenses, this … I don’t want that to be there. I could see it in everyone’s faces … I’m happy to support Mary Ellen.” Phelan said she would support Leonard.

00:38:01 Vote on Leonard: 3 ayes (Phelan, Dooley, Leonard). Before the call on Fletcher proceeded, Leonard noted “I think we just had three, so that’s that before she carries.” The split was effectively Leonard 3 (Phelan, Dooley, Leonard) – Fletcher 2 (Spritz, Fletcher).

Beach Stickers and Artist Recognition [00:38:21 – 00:42:25]

Phelan reviewed the FY27 beach sticker logistics: $25 residents, $10 over 65, license + registration must match, on sale at Town Hall. Becky Brant, the artist, described her design — blue mussel shells, “I liked how it kind of looked like a heart.” Brant was presented with sticker number 0000.

Fletcher noted the artist-designed sticker program was originated by Peter Spellios (“this is just Peter’s project and um I hope nobody forgets that”). Connors and Spritz confirmed town employees receive stickers but pay for them; the policy framing is that “community members at large” includes employees.

Cedar Hill Terrace Parking [00:42:29 – 01:02:09]

Connors recapped the public-safety proposal: no-parking at the bottom up to the Four Seasons corner, one-hour parking up to the garage on the left, and no-parking again above. The notice radius was the standard 300-foot circle from Williams’s house, which did not reach across Humphrey to the dentist’s office — Connors acknowledged this gap and committed to wider notice next time.

Ticket data Connors provided: March 45 parking tickets (4 on Humphrey); April 76 (3 on Humphrey); Apr 27–May 3, 9 tickets (1 on Humphrey). Total Humphrey tickets in roughly two months: 8.

Discussion:

• Fletcher 00:44:47 raised two recurring concerns: (1) skepticism the one-hour zone would actually be enforced — “I don’t have a lot of faith with the numbers you just gave me that anyone is going to do that”; (2) the Four Seasons motor group licensing question. Connors confirmed the dealer license, issued late last calendar year, allows a single-digit number of vehicles for sale at any time (Fletcher stated “Seven”). She pushed for direct engagement with Four Seasons and review of fees for over-allotment.
• Dooley 00:46:06 recalled that during the prior license renewal cycle, the operator had not renewed the lot across from the Cumberland Farms (“the Seco”); Fletcher confirmed.
• Phelan 00:50:00 disclosed she lives in the neighborhood and regularly comes to the Cedar Hill stop sign: “I’m not seeing as much as what other people are seeing. I really don’t notice cars there without plates.” She advocated for kicking the broader question back to police and Marcy Gillaska for a deeper conversation, citing the absence of Four Seasons from this hearing.
• Leonard 00:51:14 said she would not vote on parking restrictions without more confidence in enforcement plans and DPW sign/hash-mark methodology.
• Spritz 00:52:00 reported he had walked the site with Williams. He observed: a faded one-hour sign on the upper left; the upper-left “sidewalk” so overgrown that the road effectively widens by treating the brush as part of the street; vehicles on the right parked close to the property line for protection. He proposed better demarcation of physical spaces and possible summer speed bumps near the Bayview corner. He asked about resident sticker/placard mechanics; Connors confirmed they’re issued by the police and include a visitor placard.
• Connors committed to having Cresta (DPW) handle vegetation in the public right-of-way and asked the board to take action only on the bottom no-parking portion tonight.

00:59:23 Motion (Spritz): install no-parking with hash lines at the bottom portion of Cedar Hill Terrace and the Cedar Hill/Humphrey corner, with the depth of the Humphrey hash deferred to Cresta based on MassDOT/USDOT corner-clearance regulations (~10 ft / one car length). Seconded by Leonard. Vote: 4-0 in favor (one Aye not captured cleanly on tape — the chair called the vote and four Ayes were heard; no opposed).

The board agreed to bring back the broader Cedar Hill questions (one-hour, resident-only, enforcement plan, Four Seasons engagement, vegetation management, Humphrey Street enforcement generally) at the next regular meeting (post-Town Meeting), with notice extended to all Humphrey Street businesses.

Council on Aging Presentation [01:02:26 – 02:02:08]

Sidhom, Weir, Clapton, and Levinson presented; Bob Howell appeared via pre-recorded video 01:03:43 framing the central question: “Are we staffed and structured to meet the current and future demand for senior services? The answer, as you’ll see, is no.”

Key data presented:

• Triple-digit growth across membership, daily attendance, outreach contacts, meals served, transportation rides, and volunteer hours over the prior four years.
• Volunteer hours grew 278% while staffing hours grew only 3%.
• Membership: ~52% Swampscott residents (Leonard pressed on this and clarified Swampscott seniors can attend any senior center in the Commonwealth, and vice versa).
• Staffing: 3 FT (Director, Asst Director/Outreach, Program/Volunteer Coordinator); 3 PT admin (2 grant-funded, 1 town-funded); 20 hrs/week van driver. 115 volunteers, ~2,000 hours/year.
• Transportation: COA provided 273 rides Jan–Apr this year; 31% of medical-ride requests turned away in past 4 months. Seaglass Village (separate non-profit, $360/year membership, scholarships available) provided 318 rides Jan–Apr; 11% of Seaglass requests unmet.
• Outreach: 200% increase in housing-related contacts year-over-year; 200% increase in emotional crisis / behavioral health contacts; 170% increase in caregiver / memory-care referrals.
• Budget: ~0.36% of town budget; $84/person 60+ when state formula grant ($16) added to town funds ($68).
• Peer benchmarking placed Swampscott 6th of 7 on FT/PT staffing (~87% of peer average).

Board discussion:

• Leonard repeatedly probed for distinction between Swampscott-resident vs. non-resident usage and pushed for clearer hierarchy of needs (“you know how to fill your needs, so come back and tell me exactly what those needs are”).
• Phelan 01:09:34 flagged that Swampscott taxpayers are bearing burden when ~half of membership is non-resident.
• Fletcher raised meal program, nutrition (citing personal experience caring for a parent), and chef/Chartwells partnership opportunities. Asked priorities; staff said “transportation” first.
• Spritz asked about regional collaboration on services beyond mahjong/canasta exchanges. Weir said directors meet monthly in a North Shore consortium; regional grants for transportation have been pursued but not funded.
• Spritz and Phelan probed Clark School use — staff confirmed they’ve started chair volleyball there (collaboration with new Rec Director Charlotte) but staffing creates a “double-edged sword.”
• Dooley suggested Big Blue Bargains as a partial funding partner for the staffing ask (~$20–30K).

The COA’s immediate ask: convert two PT (~0.5 FTE each) administrative-assistant positions into one 1.0 FTE for continuity; expand driver hours later. No FY27 funding request — Howell’s video framed this as planning ahead. Connors confirmed: “It just wasn’t something when we’re looking at level service that we could say yes to this year, responsibly, and know that there was a plan to pay for it going forward.”

No vote taken; presented for awareness and FY28 planning.

Environmentally Preferred Procurement Policy [02:02:31 – 02:18:25]

Jeff (presenter) walked through the new EPP policy, expanding from the previous Buy Recycled Policy (paper only) to all municipal procurement: cleaning products, vehicles, furniture, contracted services. New elements: formal waste hierarchy (reuse/repair/donation before purchase), state surplus program, OSD environmentally-preferable products guidelines, federal CPG recycled-content standards, and minimization of pollution/GHG/hazardous materials.

Discussion:

• Spritz raised material deconstruction/reuse (state-level work group) for future demolitions, including potential recovery of bricks and beams.
• Phelan raised the Big Blue Bargains heating issue (“80 degrees in the building and there was no one upstairs in it”) as an energy-management example to address.
• Leonard asked whether the schools were aware this would apply to them; whether DPW and fire-department impacts had been costed; and whether the related DEP Recycling Dividends Program grant was significant. Confirmed at ~$5K/year total — Leonard’s frame: “if it costs us more than five thousand dollars to implement the policy, we need to think about whether the policy makes sense.”
• Spritz raised composting at the fire department specifically; Diane Marchese had told him that day they don’t compost. He asked about extending compost bins to the Town Hall area (the Solid Waste Advisory Committee has requested this for nearly three years, per the Cedar Hill speaker who referenced it).

02:18:21 The board tabled the EPP policy pending department-by-department impact analysis (DPW, schools/Chartwells, fire, hazmat). Deadline before July; Connors indicated time was sufficient. Connors also committed to providing a 5-year history of RDP grant funding.

Town Clerk Election Update [02:18:34 – 02:28:24]

DuPont presented her first full-election-cycle results:

• Total turnout: 1,826 voters / 14.6%
• Early voting in person (Apr 21–24): 399
• Mail ballots sent: 99; returned: 72
• In-person absentee plus mail plus early voting categories described
• Precinct turnout: P1 12.49%, P2 7.41%, P3 19.33%, P4 18.21%, P5 15.24%, P6 13.99% (Precinct 2 the outlier low)

DuPont described the tally process: ballots that machines couldn’t read are placed in a hand-count bin, processed by paid tally clerks after polls close. Two write-in races and many write-in town meeting member seats made this election particularly tally-intensive. Final certification posted Friday.

• Spritz thanked her and asked for the precinct breakdown, noting the Precinct 1/2 turnout problem given town meeting member quorum issues.
• Fletcher thanked her warmly and asked her to consider, in future elections, having the clerk read off race-by-race tape totals at the end of election night (as historical practice). She noted the anxiety in the room when ballots are difficult to read in dim light. DuPont said she’d consider it but noted she wouldn’t want to read just one race; this election the new tally clerks were her priority that night.

Annual Town Meeting Warrant — Anticipated Amendments [02:28:48 – 02:53:35]

Connors flagged he had added this discussion late and emailed the board insufficiently in advance (“100% my fault”). Two amendments are anticipated for Town Meeting next Monday:

Article 3 amendment — recycling barrels via free cash. Proposed appropriation would put free cash at 2.75% of general fund budget — below the 3–5% policy floor by ~$193,000. Connors framed this as time-bounded: $400K rescinded at December 2025 STM closes to free cash on June 30 and is certified in early fall. Range $50–65/barrel, ~5,100 households, total ~$255K–$331K. Free cash would also avoid building costs into the new hauling-services contract being negotiated.

Discussion:

• Spritz 02:35:01 asked the board to box the risks: free cash dipping below floor for ~2–3 months vs. capital borrowing pushing 10% capital limit vs. vendor lease-to-own. He invoked “cash is king” framing.
• Phelan preferred capital borrowing over vendor lease (citing Swampscott’s bond rating as advantageous over a vendor markup).
• Leonard kept vendor leasing on the table as negotiation leverage.
• Luddy noted free cash is a best-practice fit for one-time purchases like this. He provided the year-start free cash figure: $3.3M (~4.3% of budget).
• Fletcher challenged the financial logic of lease-to-own (depreciation + escalators) and questioned whether the interest cost on capital borrowing materially differs from the foregone interest on the cash. Luddy noted ~5-year useful life caps the borrowing term.

No vote required tonight; this was preview only. FinCom takes it up tomorrow.

Article 4 amendment — paving placeholder. FinCom has voted to add $50K each to water and sewer enterprise to support break-fix paving (the kind of work Cresta does after emergency water-main / sewer repairs cut into roadway). Cresta had volunteered to reduce that line in his original budget; FinCom (with Liz Smith specifically named) wanted it restored.

Connors and Spritz updated on the trash hauling negotiations: best-and-final pricing is being collected; second deep-dive vendor meeting tomorrow; an article 4 dollar-figure amendment to bridge between the carried number and final price is anticipated. Phelan, Spritz, and Fletcher have been actively involved with Cresta in the negotiations.

North Shore IT Collaborative Update [02:53:40 – 03:08:00]

Connors updated: pricing in hand, IMA discussion underway with the Danvers-based collaborative; standard 8-community structure. Annual membership payment + one-time firewall hardware upgrade (every 5 years). Three service tiers; town will start at top tier during onboarding. Coverage: managed-service-provider negotiation at scale, strategic future-proofing, EOTSS security audit follow-through (Connors noted “a couple of hundred Active Directory users that needed to be turned off immediately” from prior staff turnover that had not been cleaned up).

• Leonard pressed on the persistent Civics Plus website / Google search issue (broken old links). Connors said the request to recrawl is with Civics Plus; resolution timeline is “weeks I’m happy or months.”
• Fletcher 03:00:17 strongly supported the regional move: “this is like a little bit of a unicorn situation and I don’t want to lose the ability to be able to go forth and execute on it.”
• Connors flagged that the phone system runs off an on-premises server (not a cloud subscription), which has caused outages; this is a longer-term migration discussion.
• Schools collaboration on IT was raised but Connors noted concerns about jeopardizing the schools’ federal e-rate.

End-user license agreement will return for board vote.

Employment Contracts [03:08:00 – 03:14:51]

Connors presented contracts based on prior executive-session discussions, all at the lower end of the peer-community salary range:

• Patrick Luddy — Finance Director (new contract for new role)
• Liam Braley — Treasurer/Collector (new)
• Kathleen DuPont — Town Clerk (new)
• Marcy Gillaska — Director of Community & Economic Development (renewal; out of contract since Cresta was acting TA)
• Gino Cresta — DPW Director (renewal; out of contract since acting-TA period)
• Library director — still in negotiation, not before the board tonight.

Spritz raised a governance question: he had learned in a separate meeting that the prior Finance Director (Sarro) received a stipend or subsidy from the Retirement Board that was paid through town payroll but was not detailed in her employment contract. Luddy confirmed he is not currently receiving any such stipend. Phelan and Connors agreed the framework would be cleaned up before any future similar arrangement is entered. HUMAN-REVIEW: Connors will check with Nancy at the retirement board.

03:14:48 Vote: 4-0 to approve the employment contracts, Spritz abstaining (he was not party to the prior executive-session discussions that established the terms).

Future Dates [03:14:53 – 03:21:20]

• May: meeting before Town Meeting on the 18th (~5/5:30 PM); a second posted meeting that week as backup.
• June 3 and June 17 (Wednesdays).
• Saturday workshop session in June (Phelan asked for June 13 or June 27, not the 20th — her birthday is the 19th).
• July and August: meetings move to Tuesdays to accommodate the Wednesday summer concert series at Town Hall lawn (July 7 & 21, Aug 4 & 18).
• July: Phelan and Connors will coordinate a tri-committee meeting on financial guidelines.
• Return to Wednesdays after Labor Day.

Consent Agenda [03:22:42 – 03:25:25]

The minutes were pulled (Dooley said he had not had time to review). The Hawker/Peddler license for Joseph Sanchez (taco/T-shirt vendor at farmers market and special events) was approved 5-0 conditional on Board of Health sign-off. Discussion noted the broader future need for a town-wide RFP-based vendor framework for beach-area food service (carrying forward from the prior board’s discussion).

Executive Session Minutes Review [03:25:55 – 03:26:45]

Phelan flagged the legal requirement for six-month re-review of withheld executive session minutes. Connors will coordinate an in-person executive session combining the minutes housekeeping with a collective bargaining update.

Select Board Reports & Comments [03:31:00 – 03:34:03]

• Fletcher 03:31:32 thanked staff and election workers (calling out Emiliano, Danielle, Joe by name); recognized the accident of Trooper Kevin Treanor; gave a Retirement Committee update — new advisors brought in this year producing strong Q1 returns; data-entry issues affecting the police department being worked through; on target for full funding by 2031. She thanked Charlie Patsios and Wayne Godfrey for running, and thanked Spritz and Dooley for joining the board.
• Leonard 03:33:04 congratulated Spritz and Dooley.
• Phelan 03:33:14 committed to delegating more this year than last — “this year I’m hopeful that we can spread this out a little bit and the burden isn’t just mine alone … in doing so it will actually prepare all of us to take this role on should we need to.”
• Fletcher added belated congratulations to Luddy on his contract.

Adjournment 03:34:17

Motion to adjourn (Fletcher), seconded (Dooley), 5-0.

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Inferred-attribution flags:

• The presider for the opening segment is inferred as Fletcher based on Leonard addressing Speaker 1 as “Marilyn” at 00:06:51 (likely a “Mary Ellen” transcription artifact); not from a self-introduction.
• “Shannon” is repeatedly addressed as the staff person handling minutes, liaison rosters, and meeting scheduling; her surname and exact title were not stated in this transcript.
• The EPP presenter “Jeff” — first name only used; role/title not stated.
• The Vice Chair vote split (Leonard 3 – Fletcher 2) is reconstructed from the dialogue + Leonard’s own statement (“I think we just had three, so that’s that before she carries”); the second roll call was not formally completed on tape.