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09/27/2022 AC Minutes 3 • Pricing for the equipment to be purchased is based on a previously approved public bid list, which is published by the State on a periodic basis. • The Select Board decided not to approve funding this project entirely with ARPA funds because, although the Town has considerable flexibility in expending those funds, it believes they should be directed primarily to pandemic-related needs of the Town and the community. • The technical experts working on the project have a high confidence level that it will not only solve the existing problems but result in a better and more reliable public safety communications system for the Town; the project has also been reviewed and endorsed by radio experts with the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). • If this project had come before Town Meeting in the ordinary course, it would have been a candidate for bonding, but most likely would have been proposed for cash funding. • The temporary patches being worked on should be adequate to avoid most of the problems that have been experienced in the short term. • The expenses which have been incurred to date have been funded within the existing operating budgets of the relevant departments and are not part of this request. Mr. Parker shared on the screen a Town form requesting the transfer of $750,000 from the Reserve Fund to a new Public Safety Communications capital account that would be used to purchase and install the antenna equipment. A motion was made and seconded to approve the transfer. The motion was approved by a roll call vote. VOTE: 7-1. Minutes of Prior Meetings A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the AC meeting held on September 21, 2022. The motion was approved by a roll call vote. VOTE: 8-0. Adjourn The meeting was adjourned by roll call vote at 9:05 p.m. Respectfully submitted, John Bartenstein Approved: October 13, 2022 Exhibits ● Agenda, posted by Mr. Parker ● Email from Carolyn Kosnoff dated 9/27/2022 responding to questions posed by Mr. Padaki in an email dated 9/26/2022 ● Signed approval of Reserve Fund Transfer Request dated 9/27/2022