Brookline Select Board Meeting - March 24, 2026

of real property may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the town and the chair so declares an executive session therefore to be necessary. All in favor please indicate by saying I. John Vensoyette I

residents and students engage more fully with Brooklyn's unique past, deepened civic understanding of the town's development, and inspired appreciation for the role of history in shaping our collective identity. Now ther

the minutes for March 10 and March 17, unless there are objections. Um, I move

Do we also have to approve 6A?

Okay. Um I move approval of the um was Proclamation. I move approval of the

And chair votes I.

Um, seeing none, I move approval of

Thank you. So I move approval of the uh

So we will after the if with the board's approval I'd like to authorize us to just tell them that they're operating without a license and close them down.

our, you know, in our wheelhouse, but they need to get it back to us.

Chair votes I. Next, we have continuation of licensing panel hearing on alleged license violation by Maruchcci select. And I see we have a representative from the fire department.

non-compliant status. He continually went there for, I believe, four more occasions and most recently on March 4th, it still was in a non-compliant status and it's it shouldn't be being used at this point. So, okay.

Um, so, um, historically, Brookline, as you know, but the public may not know, um, has structured overrides in sort of a three-year cycle, or that is not always, not always a three-year cycle, but historically Brooklyn h

Um, it is um, you know, it is not reflective of other people's budgets. We will have a tax calculator online that will show you can plug in your address and it will show you how much your tax how much additional money yo

Um and I'm concerned about it. I I I think I think you're right, but I also think that at the end of the day, you know, to Bernard's point, the levy will will eventually reach that cap either way. And if you pass 18.6, t

I hold here a petition signed by 1,269 Brookline residents, our neighbors, school committee members, library trustees, town meeting members, and residents from every corner of town. All these people are deeply concerned

Um, you know, there are people that based on what we do tonight will may be able to stay in Brooklyn or not based on the cost. Uh some people may decide to leave Brookline because they they don't want to attend a less th

COVID. Um, and the danger I think that we face with the schools is, and I'll speak to the town in a minute, but the schools is that um to to not fully fund um or to have cuts to the extent that we're talking about either

Um I am concerned about a little bit of rolling the dice um with with one number. Uh but you know I think that one number fully funding is very clear to the voters. This if you don't fund this, this is what you stand to

And that person today is very very concerned.

Oh, well, then we have a different definition of reasonable, you know, and you know, you know, I I I appreciate, you know, Paul Paul's comments, but uh you know, I I just think uh at the end of the day, it's all going to

Two hot dogs. I don't whatever you want to call it.

Okay. So, you have your motion. So moved.

So I'd like to move approval of uh the