Brookline Select Board Meeting Meeting - September 22, 2026

And I also vote yes. And once we conclude executive session, we will come back into open session.

Good evening again. We are back from our executive session. In executive session, we took a vote regarding the lease agreement at the Koolage Corner Theater and we would like to take that vote again now in public session

And I also vote yes. I want to thank the uh Koolage Corner Theater for uh working with us toward this agreement. and we very much look forward to continuing to see uh documented the continuing community benefits that the

Um, I just want to point out that during our last town meeting, u we passed warrant article 17, under article 17, the town voted to amend its general bylaws to add a new article, uh, civil immigration enforcement activit

look into how we would reschedule in community events. Um but obviously we want to be cognizant of the community's um you of of the community safety first and foremost. So we will update the community on whether Brooklin

I called CHOHC and learned their course was for industry. They did not teach how to conduct a decibel test for house. The town approved my coninclair certificate of occupancy based on a decibel level test that did not in

And, uh, what would be the timing around when a postponement would be announced?

Anthony, yes. and I also vote yes. So with that we move to boards and commissions interviews.

All right. Well, thank you very much for your interview. We don't typically uh vote the same day of an interview. Uh but you will hear back from us when we do make our selections.

transportation. Uh, my most recent story was on a deep dive in the Vision Zero efforts in Somerville, Cambridge, and Boston. Um, because I was interested to see what Brooklyn could learn from those communities. Um, I hav

Uh so uh as I explained to the prior applicant, we don't typically vote on the day of an interview, but uh we will get back to you when we're ready to make a decision.

All right. With that, we will now vote on some reappoints.

But it raised a concern that in the five decades that I have called Brookline my home, it's something I never even considered was an issue. We all continue to watch with increasing concern norms being broken at the feder

I mean, I I'm a little concerned about some of the language that, you know, we're being associated or or compared to the breaking of norms at the federal level. I mean, that's just not what's going on here. Um, so I'm I'

address his concern where he was trying to figure out how he was going to access the polls in the morning. um and he had no concept that we would be meeting on a Monday night. Um and so I do think there is there is alway

can you arrange this contact so that there is a point a connection somewhere and staff know that that contact is taking place But it doesn't prevent it from happening. It just tries to make it so that in the first instan

Right. I'm I'm just the thing I'm concerned about is is the confusion of language. If you use code of conduct in an enforceable sense within the handbook and not in an enforceable sense in the broader then then maybe we

Sure. Yeah. And and for the for the items which are uh maybe the term is aspirational as opposed to measurable, right? because um you know I think I think I'm less concerned personally about quarterly progress on aspir o