Today, the camera is an accepted tool in law enforcement. Photography can be used to great advantage in practically all phases of military police work and has yielded especially significant returns in criminal investigation. It is in fact questionable whether the CID could operate at its present efficient level without it. Photographs are taken to obtain a record of what may become evidence. It is therefore important for all military police personnel to appreciate the capabilities as well as the limitations of the photographic process. This is a badly underexposed photograph. Due to underexposure, the colors are not accurate. To be of value for any purpose, the photograph must be identifiable. Proper exposure of the film is up to you, the cameraman. Keep in mind that a camera is only a tool and can do nothing by itself. Your skill with it determines whether or not the photograph you take will serve its purpose and yours. Four types of cameras are available for military police work. The workhorse and best all-around camera is the 4x5 press type with synchronized flash. Since it is small and easy to conceal, you may wish to use the 35 millimeter camera for surveillance work. This camera comes with a variety of wide angle and telephoto lenses. It can also be used for both photomacrography and photomicrography. The fingerprint camera is especially designed for the photographing of very small objects on a flat surface. To obtain motion picture footage at both normal speed and slow motion, there is the 16 millimeter motion picture camera with both wide angle and telephoto lenses. No camera does everything equally well and that is of course why there are different types of cameras for different jobs. However let me say it is not so much what a camera can do as it is how you use it that produces results. Collecting well-exposed and effective photographic evidence that will be accepted in court calls for methodical coverage of every element which may possibly yield information. Get the case of arson for instance. Now what constitutes effective and adequate investigative photographic coverage? Well for one thing, the color of the smoke or of the flame at the fire's suspected point of origin may indicate the use of a particular accelerant. With color film and some of your film holders, get a record of this. Get as many external and internal shots of the fire as you can while it is still burning to demonstrate its progress and possible point of origin. Much or all of the conclusive evidence of arson may be destroyed by the fire. As soon as the fire is brought under control and has cooled enough to permit entry, a methodical search may still turn up some valuable clues. Photograph them when you find them. This five gallon can found in the ruins of a fire contain traces of gasoline and still bore a number of fingerprints. The investigator considered its value as evidence and so he photographed it. It led to an arsonist, tool marks on the broken lock of a door, and a fuse box obviously tampered with were photographed too. The alligator pattern on charred wood can often aid in tracing the fire to its origin. Photograph it. In the photo lab, take extreme close-ups of all items which may become evidence, including fingerprints if arson is definitely suspected. This will also include items already photographed at the scene. Black and white or color photographs give you a permanent record of perishable and often fragile evidence which may answer the question, was it arson or was it an accident? Arsonists frequently have a compulsion to view the fire they have set and often act irrationally while watching it. Get as many covert pictures of such people as you can, but don't jump to conclusions. Significant as it is, in suspected arson cases, complete photographic coverage is of even greater importance in the investigation of homicide. A major has been found dead on the floor of his room in a BOQ. A crime scene sketch must be made to record every detail of the scene. Each camera position should be marked so the photographs may be correctly interpreted. This was your first photograph on this case, the entrance to the BOQ. Include a data board wherever possible in every shot where it will not obscure possible evidence. On the data board, you list the time you made the shot, the date, the location and your initials. The data board serves to identify the negative and to ensure that it is not printed in reverse. Photograph the hallway from the entrance just inside the door. Then make a shot of the hallway from the other end toward the entrance. The door to the victim's room is next. It is followed by a close-up of tool marks on the door and door frame. These may indicate a forced entry. If there are fingerprints on the door knob, photograph them with the camera on a tripod before the knob is removed for further examination. Now photograph the room in a logical sequence of overlapping shots, beginning with a general shot from the door. Follow with a shot inside the door to show the opposite wall of the room. This one should overlap a part of the area covered in the first shot. The third photograph is of the wall with the door. The fourth overlapping shot is of the other side of the room. You have now covered the scene with general shots. Items of furniture and fixtures will act as reference points in evaluating the pictures. Photograph all of the items which may have a bearing on the case, the desk with the open drawer and the empty and apparently rifled billfold. Next, photograph the body as it was found, full length, first from one side and then full length from the other. Make sure all items are included exactly as they were found. The data board must not obscure any of them. Make sure you photograph the probable murder weapon, the bloodstained bayonet near the body, in close-up before it is examined and removed. Remember, take a picture of everything you think may be of importance. It is better to have too many photographs than not enough. The second phase of investigative photography consists of making additional close-ups of the items which may become evidence. This is best done in the CID photo lab. The suspected murder weapon is again photographed, this time with a measuring scale parallel to the bayonet to establish size and to show possible depth of penetration. At the lab, the press-type camera with its double extension bellows is also used to photograph the fingerprints on the doorknob after they have been treated with powder. Because of the curved surfaces, the fingerprint camera cannot be used here. The photograph may be an aid in identifying the fingerprints. You need not accompany the victim's body to the morgue, but you should be present at the autopsy to make one identification shot of the head and shoulders of the victim and two full-length photographs of the body. A jacket found near the victim's BOQ revealed nothing of value when photographed with panchromatic film and tungsten light. But by using infrared film and with a red filter over the camera lens, a photograph made with the same tungsten lights showed markings that were not visible before. Infrared film may also reveal writing on charred documents. Powder burns invisible in ordinary light. Apparently clear skin under infrared light may reveal old scars, tattoos, and subcutaneous bruises. Since the color red does not register on infrared film, this film is used to photograph documents such as bank checks where red rubber stamp marks obscure a signature. Infrared film is also used in so-called camera traps. A camera trap is a form of mechanical photographic surveillance. The camera and flash gun are activated by a tripping device. You set a camera, preferably a 4x5 press type camera, loaded with infrared film, in a location where an intruder will not observe it. An infrared flash bulb is used in the flash gun, synchronized with the camera and set off by the actuator wire. At night, leave a dim light burning to prevent an intruder from seeing that faint glow of the infrared flash bulb if he happens to be looking in that direction when the flash gun fires. Infrared film renders skin tones differently than other film emulsions, but nevertheless makes identification of the suspect possible. Another useful investigative technique is ultraviolet photography. It too can be used in many cases to reveal overwritings and alterations of documents. One method of ultraviolet photography is known as the reflected method. Its use is based on the different amounts of ultraviolet radiation reflected by different types of ink, ink eradicators, and other chemicals or chemical residues in the paper. The second method of ultraviolet photography is the fluorescent method. By putting a yellow filter on the lens, objects which fluoresce when exposed to ultraviolet light will produce an image which ordinary light cannot show. These objects are certain kinds of synthetic fibers, inks, dyes, and countless other everyday products, and also fingerprints dusted with fluorescent powder. The fingerprint camera, in addition to fingerprint photography, is also a very useful instrument for any kind of one-to-one ratio photography on a flat surface, for such items as hand writing specimens, paper textures, cloth and fabric patterns and textures, tattoo marks and small wounds. Hand writing specimens also frequently show fingerprints. Photomacrography is the enlargement of a subject directly onto the negative, enlarging it from 2 to 10 times. Photomacrography is used to magnify details such as glass fragments, paint flakes, fractures of metal objects, tool marks or other objects for easier identification. Photomacrography, normally accomplished in the crime lab, uses a microscope to greatly enlarge extremely small items. Sometimes a comparison microscope is used. Photomacrography is used to compare bullet striations and to examine such items as particles of dirt or dust, or cloth fibers, textures, human hair. The list is almost inexhaustible. They're small size, fast and interchangeable lenses, and especially the telephoto lens, make the 35 millimeter still camera and the 16 millimeter motion picture camera standard instruments for surveillance work. By its very nature, surveillance photography must be accomplished covertly. A surveillance team may need one or more cameras during either a fixed or moving surveillance. This surveillance photography provides a permanent record of the incident. The pictures taken surreptitiously with a 35 millimeter still camera and a 16 millimeter motion picture camera should be taken with a telephoto lens and be well enough exposed to identify the subject. Now, if it is handheld, a telephoto lens is apt to cause camera movement and blur on the film at shutter speeds of less than one two hundredth of a second. For best results, a camera with a telephoto lens should be mounted on a tripod or supported in some other manner. When necessary, a concealed surveillance may be made from a moving vehicle. The motion picture camera is particularly useful for this mission. A tripod or other fixed support is not desirable in this situation. This man has drawn attention to himself as a suspected narcotics addict, the kind of man the army has no need for. He and his friends have been kept under surveillance. After necessary coordination, CID investigators and agents from the Federal Bureau of Narcotics prepare to raid the meeting place. Investigative photography is sometimes presented in motion picture form. However, motion picture footage is rarely obtainable under such conditions and would seldom be of usable quantity. Here are some still shots that an agent got before an apprehension. In addition to the initial longer shots, close shots help document the evidence. Shots like this close up of the spoon, the syringe, and the matches that were used. A motion picture record of a situation like this can be very effective, especially if it is supported by a number of still pictures taken at the same time. This combination of motion and still picture photography is also of great value in the coverage of riots and disorders. Measures taken for the protection of key installations can be evaluated and improved if need be with the aid of pictures. Shots taken from vantage points during the rioting provide an important record of the actions of the mob and its response to military police formations and tactics. Instigators and ringleaders can be identified with the aid of cameras. As in any military action, aerial shots too are important for the discovery of situations on the ground. Any activity on rooftops obscured to observers and cameramen in the streets can be recorded from the air. The pictures taken during the event became a part of the official after action report. Such a photographic pictorial record can often help eliminate a great deal of the emotional controversy later. Any serious traffic accident the military police is called upon to investigate should be photographed if for no other reason it should be done to protect the government in case of future lawsuits. The 4x5 press type camera is especially useful for accident photography because of its versatility and large negative size. After securing the scene and administering first aid, take photographs. Begin by taking overall shots of the entire scene from all angles. These photographs should include the front, rear and both sides of the vehicles as well as the surroundings. If possible, compose your pictures to eliminate all that is irrelevant such as tow trucks and other vehicles. Take close-up photographs of damage to the vehicles involved. Photograph damage to fixed property too and make sure you include the identifying characteristics of each vehicle involved in the accident. If a fatality is involved, photograph the victim before his position is disturbed. Finally, photograph perishable and fragile items such as skid marks and debris at the point of impact or strewn along the road. Photograph both approaches to the scene of the accident. This is to obtain a record of road conditions, terrain features, general visibility and traffic control devices if there are any. If the accident happened at night, go back the very next morning and photograph the location of the accident scene a second time in daylight. You do this to provide a record of details that weren't visible at night. Most investigative photography is done with black and white film. Where color is an evidence factor, however, the slower color emulsion should be used. But I want you to remember that there are certain limitations to the use of color film. The exposure must be right on the button with hardly any room for error. By looking at the underexposed picture here, it is difficult to tell that this is the same person. Another important thing to remember is that color film has no brain and cannot make allowances for discrepancies in reflected light like you do in your evaluation of color. Film companies therefore make two types of color film. One balanced for daylight, one for artificial light. They can only be used interchangeably with the use of the proper filters on the lens. So, when you have to use color film, use the right film and expose it correctly. Otherwise you've gained nothing by its use. A hit-and-run case is a situation where the use of color film might be indicated. The color of the paint scrapes on the damaged vehicle may be the only clue to the identity of the offender's car. As you know, color photographs of a fire may help establish the fact that the fire was caused by arson. Mug shots in color aid an identification of persons. Color photography is valuable in presenting medical legal evidence. It may be used in the form of color slides, transparencies, or prints. It can be used to show anything from bruises and contusions to internal injuries as revealed by an autopsy and postmortem levidity of the body surfaces. When photographs are presented to a court of law, there are certain basic requirements that must be fulfilled to have them admitted as evidence. First, they must be identified. Anyone who is familiar with a scene or an object can identify a photograph. A photograph must be clear. Sharp, free of distortion, and material and relevant to the issue. When photographing a crime or accident scene, the camera should be at witness's eye level and show true perspective if possible include data boards in the shot. From each negative used to make an enlargement, a contact print must be made to accompany the enlargement if required. When you send black and white or color motion shots, when you send black and white or color motion picture film and transparencies to a processing firm, you should request that the processor furnish an affidavit which states that the film was normally processed and not altered in any way. Color slides should be shown in court in a logical sequence and on as large a screen as possible. Motion picture film must be shown as it came from the processor, unedited and without any dressing up of any kind. Photos may be marked to illustrate a point. However, if a great deal of marking is required, it is best to have several prints of each scene and put just a few marks on each. Chain of custody of negatives, prints, transparencies, and motion picture film is the same as that for any other type of evidence. Now, before we wrap up this orientation on the use of photography in military police work, let's sum up. Photography is a very valuable investigative tool. Its primary function is to preserve a record of what may become evidence, especially fragile and perishable items. Photography supplements your written reports and hand-drawn sketches and helps you make your case if you have one. And here let me stress one point. We are just as concerned with establishing a person's innocence as with bringing the guilty to justice. The application of photography to military police work is limited only to your imagination and your ability to handle the photographic equipment available to you. Use it properly and you will become a more effective member of the team.


Suppose we have a magnetic field directed into the screen, maybe due to some giant magnets, and let's say somebody comes along, takes a conducting rod of length L, and starts spinning it this way, about one of its ends, with some speed. Our goal is to figure out what is the induced EMF, or what is the potential difference induced between the ends of this rod due to the spinning motion. Now you may be wondering, why are we spinning a rod in a magnetic field? Well, that's what physics is all about. We come up with some unrealistic situations, but to help you strengthen your concepts. All right, so the rod is spinning, let's say it's spinning with some angular speed omega. The immediate question I have is, why would there be a potential difference induced? What's going on over here? This is something we've talked about in previous videos called Motional EMF, and the whole idea is, let's take, let's quickly recap. If you have a rod, which is, let's say, not spinning, but let's say it's moving in a magnetic field, then this conducting rod has electrons inside of it, and now these electrons are moving inside a magnetic field, and we know that moving charges experience a Lorentz force given by f equals q times v cross b. And so these negatively charged electrons inside the conductors are all going to experience a Lorentz force. Can you quickly pause the video and think about what direction that Lorentz force would be in? Okay, so the force would be in the direction of v cross b. So v is upwards, and b is into the screen, so if I were to draw that to show you from some angle, upwards, into the screen, then when you do v cross b, you have to take your right hand and you use your four fingers to cross it in this direction, v cross b. And when you do that, you get your thumb points towards the left, which means the force is towards the left. But that's for a positive charge, because electrons are negative charge, this means the force would be towards the right. And so the Lorentz force acting on them would be towards the right. And as a result of that, all these electrons would, so all these electrons will start migrating to the left side, giving you a negative charge, and leaving behind positive charges on the left side. And there you go, because there's a charge separation, there's an electric field generated, induced, and that produces a potential difference. And in the previous video, we derived the expression for that induced potential difference. We called it the motional EMF, but it's the same thing. It's actually the potential difference to charge separation. And we derived it to be the product of b l, the length of the rod times v, where v is the speed of the rod. The simple expression only works when the velocity is perpendicular to the magnetic field, which is the case that we are dealing with right now. And if you need clarity on where this comes from, feel free to go back and check out our videos on motional EMF and videos on induced current inside a wire moving inside a magnetic field. Anyways, the same concept applies over here. Even here, the rod is moving in a magnetic field, charge separation will take place, and as a result, there'll be a potential difference generated. The problem over here is, instead of moving linearly, this rod is rotating. So the problem, the complication over here is when things are rotating, different parts are moving with different speeds. So again, let me show you this. Let's look at the animation. So as we spin this, notice the center hardly moves. It's at rest. Look at that. Center hardly moves. However, if you look at the tip, the tip is the one that's moving the most distance in a given time. And as a result, it has the highest velocity, which means as you go away from the center, particles are moving faster and faster. So the way to think about this is different parts of this rod are moving with different velocities. And so what do we do now? How do we figure out what's the EMF? What do I substitute for the velocity? Well, the way to think about this, at least one of the ways to think about this is instead of trying to figure out what the EMF, what the voltage is, potential differences for the entire rod, we can divide this rod into tiny, tiny pieces. Here we go. And because each piece is having its own velocity, we will see that each piece will generate its own EMF or the potential difference across each piece will be different. It'll be very lower here. And as I go towards the right, the potential difference keeps increasing, increasing more, more, more, more, more, maximum over here. But what I want to calculate is the total potential difference from here to here, which means I have to add up all these potential differences. In other words, I need to set up an integral. And it'll be a great idea now to pause again and see if you can set up that integral yourself. It's okay if you go wrong, don't worry about it, but try setting up that integral yourself. See how you would do it. Okay, let's set up the integral. So the whole idea behind setting up the integral is because different pieces are having different potential differences generated, let's just concentrate on one of these piece, find out how much potential difference that tiny infinitesimal piece generates, and then integrate it. So let's pick one piece at random. So let's say I want to concentrate on this piece. All right? This one, let's say, okay. At some distance, so this piece is at some distance from the center, let's call that distance X, the most favorite variable, okay? And now the length of this piece matters in our formula. That length would be the length of this piece. We're only concentrating. So since this is an increment in X, we'll call the length to be DX. So if you use the variable to be, say, R over here, this increment would be DR, okay? You have to use the same variable. All right, so now let's only focus on this piece and think about what's the potential difference generated over there. That potential difference, it's the same thing as the EMF, different words, but same thing, that potential difference is going to be the magnetic field B times the speed at which this thing is moving. And we don't know what that speed is, but let's just put that, times the length of that. And the length of that is just DX. And now since we want the total potential difference, we integrate this. So the total potential difference will be an integral, integral from where to where. So we are integrating with respect to X. So I asked myself, what should be the minimum and the max value of X? Well, I want to start from here. So X equals zero. And I want to end up over here where X equals L. I need to integrate this, B times V times DX. And we can remove all the constants out. So B is a constant. The magnetic field everywhere is the same. So I can pull that out. What about the velocity? Is that a constant? Is it the same for each and every piece? Not at all. The whole reason we are integrating is because the speed is not the same. So the speed stays inside the integral. And now I need to figure out, I need to figure out an expression for speed in terms of X because you're integrating with respect to X. Clearly, V is a function of X. V depends on X, right? If X is very small, V is very small. If X is very large, V is very large. So V depends on X. I need to figure out what that connection is. Can you pause the video and think about what that connection would be? And while you're at it, once you get that, try integrating and see what you end up with yourself. Okay, so the connection comes from mechanics of circular motion. We've already seen before, a long time back probably, that if an object moves some distance S in a circular path and the angle covered is theta in radians, then the connection between them S equals R theta. So if we divide now both sides by time, this becomes the linear velocity of the speed. And this now is the angles covered per second becomes omega. And so the connection becomes V equals R omega. In our case, R becomes X. And so clearly you see as R increases or as X increases, the speed increases exactly what we predict. So we can plug that in over here now. So for our piece, that velocity V is going to be R times omega. So it's gonna be X times omega times DX. So omega is a constant that comes out. And now we can integrate. We're integrating from zero to L. So if I pull that omega out, we have to integrate X DX and integral of X DX is X squared by two. So what we end up with now, and move this a little bit up. So V equals B that omega gets pulled out times X squared by two. So X squared by two. And we put the limits from zero to L. So when we substitute the upper and the lower limits and we subtract, we'll end up with B omega L squared by two minus zero. We'll end up with L squared over two. And so that is the expression for the voltage that gets induced or the EMF that gets induced or the potential difference. Basically, this is the potential difference that gets induced. Okay, shall we quickly try one more problem? And I want you to give it a shot. Very similar problem. Magnetic field, constant uniform field. And instead of a wire, this time we have a disc of radius R. And that disc is spinning. And the question is, what's going to be the potential difference between the center of that disc and the edge of that disc? Can you pause and think about what that would be? All right, we can redo all the integration if we need, but there's another way to think about this.  It's going in a circular path about this point, which means the potential difference generated or the EMF induced in that piece is going to be exactly the same. It's going to be B omega, and the L is going to be R now. So it's going to be B omega R squared over two. And the beauty is, if I choose another radial piece like this, over here, that piece is also doing the exact same thing. It's also spinning. That should also have the same potential difference, which means if I choose various pieces, if I divide this disc into tiny, tiny radial pieces, each piece should have the exact same potential difference. So what's the answer to our original question? What's the potential difference within the center and the edge of the disc is going to be the same? B omega R squared over two. If you want to choose between this point, the center and this point on the edge, you think of the potential difference between this radial piece. If you want to consider the potential difference between center and this point on the edge, you imagine that's the potential difference across this radial piece. And so if you think of it that way, anywhere you consider between the center and the edge, the potential difference should stay the same. But a couple of questions that comes to my mind sometimes is, wait a second. All these wires are like, in this case, all these pieces are touching each other. So wouldn't that cause some charges to move and wouldn't that change things? Well, remember charges only move if there is a potential difference, right? And over here, if I go at some radius over here, let's say if I go to some radius, let me choose the same color. Okay, if I go to some radius over here, the potential here, if it's say, I don't know, maybe five volt, then at this point, the potential would be the same, five volt. At this point, the potential would be the same. So at a particular radius, the potential everywhere is gonna stay the same. And so charges will not move from here to here or here to here. There is no reason for them to move from here to here at all. And so the fact that they're touching each other is not gonna make any difference. Another question that comes to my mind is, wait a second. Shouldn't we like, I don't know, maybe add all the potential differences? And I'll ask, why should we do that? And just to convince myself, there's another way to think about this. You see, since each piece is having a potential difference, you can sort of kind of think of it as a cell, as a battery. All right, so if you imagine this to be, it's not really a battery, okay? The potential difference is coming because it's spinning, but you can imagine it's like acting like a battery. And so if you imagine these things where tiny, tiny batteries, then see how all these batteries are connected. They're connected in parallel with each other. Can you see that? Ns are all connected. And because they're all connected in parallel, in parallel, voltages don't add up. They stay the same, okay?  And so the potential difference between the center and the edge anywhere you take is gonna be B omega R squared over two.


out safety, especially after the shooting in Virginia beach and I've talked with the president uh of the councils talked about safety in this room Uh during your meetings and at other times as well And express concern about what are the options? We do have um police officers who are trained in Threat assessments in response We're looking at our schedules to try and figure out a time when the council is able to meet with them Meet with our police officers to go through what the protocols would be what the options would be And what physical changes we could make to the building uh for our staff but also for people in public meetings as well short of having a Police officer stationed here although if the if the council or the president ever feels that there is a need for a police officer We would certainly have one here if there's a contentious issue that you perceive might become a problem we It's not uncommon for the town to have people in town hall who are Agitated for one reason or another We find we feel very comfortable that the police are literally about 90 seconds away it's So we call them when we need it and they are here instantaneously And the council should feel the same safety but also just what would happen and walk through some of the scenarios We've done this for town staff We're going to be doing it for the bang center as well It's not a happy thing that we have to do it But we do have people who have been trained in what's called alice training So we'd like to offer that to the council as well um I will be sending a memo To appoint su adet who is the assistant town clerk To be the temporary town clerk as we search for a new town clerk Under the charter that i'm allowed to do that for about 150 days I think is the maximum shouldn't take that long For a new town clerk, but we will be embarking on a search for a new town clerk as well, and then Lastly went to Attended nancy baganos farewell on friday, which was attended by i don't know 120 people Lots of speeches and things like that She has served the town for 47 years the longest anyone has ever served the town in continuous full-time employment, which is a remarkable Accomplishment for her and we are and so just want to congratulate nancy on her Retirement, which is well earned and well deserved and she's been just a mainstay It's going to be really hard for people who are used to being in the senior center to Feel like oh nancy's not the director anymore We are in the search process for a new director and we're closing in on that hope to have an announcement pretty soon To be able to relate to the council Okay Okay, moving on to councilor comments Um Yes, i'm sorry is there a question about the time i thank you very much go ahead So in regards to as it says here in the section on human resources Appointing to adat and thank you for pointing that out to us But as we know margaret is leaving us and she's also serving as the clerk of the council as it says in the report And we haven't had a discussion about what that looks like. So are we going to have that? I have that in my comments wonderful Thank you Yes question for the town manager So the last several reports have essentially said the same thing on the e-street school rfp Um, i'm wondering if there's any more specificity you could give as to where that is in the process of the rfp becoming Something that would actually be released. Yeah, so I talked with uh It's it's between the trust and the procurement officer and the planning department and they I talked with natenloy He thought it would be ready by mid july to go out Yes, dorthy um in terms of Parking near puffers pond Somehow you've got to find some more parking For people who the only way to get there would be to drive. I do understand why you're changing the street It totally was unsafe without that change, but Somehow locate some parking which people can be informed of where they could park legally Then and still get a not too deep too big a walk to the pond That's a challenge because we don't own property where that Is easily done we people can park at mill street recreation area and walk Through the woods to get to the to the pond that way. That's it. That's first for many people. That's a fun walk You can also I mean you can walk it could you can park near kushman and walk through the woods to go there A lot of people do that as well There's handicap parking that's available on you know very adjacent to the pond But I think the puffer pond 2020 study had identified the need for additional parking and We have not prioritized that as terms of providing funds for that We've been having internal discussions about how do we generate more funds because it's not just town residents who use puffers pond There's a lot of other people who use it and we're trying to figure out a way that where it could generate some revenue that would both help support more oversight of the area in terms of Of patrols or things like that but also to generate some income to be able to create parking and things like that up there Are there additional questions of the town manager at this point? so last friday On my various trips up and down 116. I think I must have made about three or four Andy and I were presented With With this sign by the students at the lending library ribbon cutting at the for the Cracker farm bus stop And if you have a chance to drive by and see that that was really lots of fun And they totally appreciated having a show up. They even had a sign for us The town council retreat is is in fact scheduled for september 21st From nine to two the location to be determined. There is a special town meeting on august 19th And also on the 26th council meeting The one on august 19th will begin at five o'clock And that is when we will begin the process of doing the town evaluation Town manager's evaluation speaking of that Let me just state there has been an initial delay, but it will not affect the final timeline And that is because we are converting the town council and the employee survey To an electronic tool called survey monkey This will allow employees to ensure a anonymity Of their responses and allows us however to compile the responses by departments and At the same time when councilors answers theirs will still be able to sort them out and publish them by council responses But again, it will aggregate the responses Taking away some of the tedium Of putting the proposal together. I expect both of those to be going out this week Any questions on that? Okay, clerk of the council According to charters section 6.2 b A notice of a vacancy has been posted for the position of clerk of the council Uh, should we need an interim appointment section 33.3 b allows the town manager to appoint Someone on a temporary basis However, it is my intention To bring a recommendation regarding appointment of the clerk of the council to you at our july 1st meeting Questions Which of the two august town meetings starts at five? I'm sorry going back to that august 19th Yes, are we going to get any written information prior to july 1st about since just this is our first chance at doing this Another new thing i'm done. I hope to have both the job description as well as A motion and then after that the town manager would need to basically Make sure that our wishes are carried out yes I'm not still clear. Are we still doing sharing with the town? Are we doing that? Yeah, yes In fact, the if you look at the budget Are we sharing with who? The the town council clerk with the town clerk. Is it the same person? No, not necessarily at all. But we are still Having somebody from the town who will be part time for the council As well as looking at ways to accommodate for minutes, etc Trying to take into consideration all the things we've heard but not break the budget Do you have an additional question shall we? It's what's in everyone's mind. I'm sorry I think that question is on everyone's mind. It's on everyone's mind. Believe me I've been trying to push this one as far as we can and then we realized again according to the charter We had to post an announcement Okay Are there future agenda items? Councilor comments We have been asked by the topics not reasonably anticipated by the president 48 hours in advance to discuss the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission appointments and I think I've tried to sort through a bunch of stuff more emails than I've gotten on a lot of things at this point the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission recognizes as our regular commissioner Jack gem sick of the planning board, okay, and the Actually the select board appointed Christine gray mullin As the alternate a couple years ago Okay, the new mass general law or the mass general law about all of this says That a planning board member should be the original commissioner, but the alternate is appointed by the town manager so In an attempt to kind of clean this up And the reason this has come up is because tim brennan longtime executive director of Pioneer Valley Planning Commission is retiring and the two finalists candidates Are being interviewed on thursday the june 27th I've asked the planning board who is meeting on the 20th to vote their representative, whether it's to reaffirm Jack gem sick or whatever that's their vote And we will then also ask the town manager to proceed with an appointment Are there questions steve? so This is a great concern to me because I used to be the pvpc Rep when I was on the planning board and for a very long time Amherst used its two slots one for the planning board And the other one for the select board and that so the pvpc Pioneer Valley Planning Commission has many roles in Hamden and hampshire counties. So one is it's kind of a de facto planning Staff for those towns that are too small to have plain staff that provides some planning services But more importantly, it does a lot of big things that you know, believe it or you know, they affect our lives So one is they were major advocates for the relocation of the amtrak line from one side to the other and that happened at a time That amherst wasn't really paying attention to the pvpc And so that's about when I stepped on and and That was very frustrating But if we lost our You know, we lost our words So I came to realize that with the changing government I knew that kind of kruger was the select board rep But we the town council I guess I assume that there'd be a town council rep So the really the how I understood it is that jack gem sick was the planning board rep Connie kruger was the alternate this being amherst christine gray mullen also wanted to serve So they made her a second alternate. So really she was the alternate to So the idea would be that she and jack would split the position, but then connie would also attend So I guess I'm really concerned that you know It's been Six months since the change of government. I have no clue what the pvc is up to so it's impossible to find their minutes online They're Never rep on the pvc. They're Town council the We're coming in, you know, the crc is coming online. That'll be a reasonable conduit to it So that's a great concern So the other thing I did ask is that The planning board with mr. Gem sick provide us with a report that will be included in our july 1st Minutes, I've also been able to confirm that they he regularly attends the meetings as a commissioner As and I believe that christine gray mullen does as well So I knock and and the way that it is set up is that until they are replaced They are considered commissioners. So we have continued to be represented. I think the question now comes to How do we want to move forward? But we do have to look at chapter 40 Be section four for guidance for that. So if I may At the time of the change of government the official roster of amherst representation to to the pvpc Jack gem sick and jack has the planning board reorganizes every year. They he does get elected So they had jack gem sick This is on their roster As the amherst rep connie kruger as the alternate and then christine gray mullen also as an alternate I don't understand why when connie kruger, she must have resigned why that didn't become vacant And then why we didn't then have a discussion about who should be filling connie's slot so there was no discussion that Then christine moves up to the only alternate. So I find that really You know, I find that very frustrating and I don't think you know, I know that a lot of communities have Two planning board reps as their reps, but we're a community that The town council is just coming We're fighting our way and I think that it's appropriate to have a town council rep on there because In part because the pvpc deals with issues of model law Matters that are of interest to the planning board, but also of interest to the legislative side so you agree that the planning board appoints the desic the representative and It's clueless to me as to why we would have had two alternates because you're only allowed one I know the back story, but it's not It's that It's too complicated to explain, but the official My understanding is that jack gemstick was the main Commissioner and connie kruger was the alternate and then christine was there just in case the other two Could not it could not be Okay, yes, this is amherst mr. Bachmann So, yeah, miss kruger said mr. Kruger resigned when when her term ended in december At that point we had mr. It's gemstick who was a Member and then we did we had a second alternate who was christine great mullen And that's what the pvpc has is their current roster You're right It is my responsibility to appoint someone and it can be a counselor. It can be someone else It could be a planning director. It could be lots of different people So but it is ultimately a responsibility And I understand I'm taking into I hear your concerns about having two planning board members And maybe it's broad better to have a broader representation On the pvpc so I can follow up on that that but I realize that that's my responsibility It wasn't a high priority for appointments because we had a person there and an alternate But it did come becomes more important when you're appointing the director for the pvpc Okay Further comments or questions. Yes, mandy joe So I guess I would only want to mention one other thing It sounds like by reading the law that it is the town manager's appointment at a minimum, but if you read the charter Section three Point two are It says so it says unless otherwise provided by intermunicipal or regional agreement measure or general law The manager self service service the town's liaison to any regional entity of which the town is a member and explore opportunities For intergovernmental cooperation, so I don't know how that fits into Chapter 40 b section 4 in terms of how the town manager appoints a alternate because you could Potentially read that to see to say the town manager is the alternate So I don't know why That should be Figured out before I think we have any further discussion maybe at the council as to what to do, but So I I do have section 40 b's chapter 40 b Section 4 the statement reads there may be an alternate designee Who may or may not be a planning board member who shall be a resident of the city or town? He represents appointed angely and certified in writing to the district planning commission by the mayor in the city confirmed by the council or in the case of a city with the plan E form of government appointed annually by the city manager Or in a town by the selectman or in towns with manager form of government by the town manager Who may attend meetings of the district planning commission and who shall Assume the rates and duties of the planning board member in his absent The alternative designee shall be named in writing to the district planning commission Annually in order that he may perform the duties and exercise the powers authorized in this section So based on state law, I read it that the town manager can do it or can appoint someone Yes, elissa trying to keep track of three things. I want to say about this because I know we're in a hurry So I actually disagree I think that the way this is written is actually different than the way Most mgls are written about what cities and towns do we are none of these things We are literally none of the things that are listed in the mgl because they don't just say city or town They do all this goofy stuff like plan E this city that So I would argue that there is something to be said for what the charter says associated with it So the week should have legal counsel look at them side by side Rather than making an assumption here The reason the select board did it in the past is because we were told to do it Not because somebody had actually read the law and told us the right thing to do So that happens And the other thing is associated with that I was very grateful to hear That piney valley planning commission said that both our people are You know certified as being the people who can vote because I wanted to make sure they didn't show up that night to vote on Like the biggest decision they've made in a while and then they say ah now we don't have your paperwork So that was my concern when I started asking this question. However, again mgl doesn't say anything about alternates being able to continue until they're replaced It says that for the main person. It doesn't say that for the alternate So piney valley planning commission wants to affect i'm fine with that. So we got our two votes But that's not what it actually says. So I think we need a little more sorting out of this But my other concern my main concern was I wasn't going to hear later. Oh amherst didn't show up to vote for the replacement Okay, good. We got that covered and we we saw that we can vote My other concern is what steve was talking about even though both of us didn't know the other one was working on this Which is how to make that connection Between what the planning board does piney valley planning commission and what we do here And the fact that we wouldn't normally get a report and crc may well be a cool way So thank you for asking them to give us a report Okay, and I think we'll start with that and further conversations Okay, any further discussion on this steve? Thank you for bringing it and chris and also elissa for bringing this to our attention Um, we any further comment at this time before we move into executive session Okay, then I'm going to read the motion to somebody make it that the town council meet an executive session pursuant to the provision of mass general law c 30 a section 21a Six to discuss the purchase exchange lease or value of real property If the chair declares that the open an open meeting will have a detrimental impact on the Negotiating position of the public bottle body and mass general law c 30 a section 21a 7 to comply with or act under authority of any general or special law or federal grant and aid requirements Is there A motion so moved second And we will not return to open session. Thank you very much Oh, we have to take a roll call vote to go into executive session Margaret Counselor hannacky. Yes Counselor Pam. Yes. Counselor Ross. Yes. Counselor Ryan. Yes. Counselor shane. Yes. Counselor schreiber. Yes Counselor steinberg. Yes. Counselor ball mill. Yes. Counselor brewer. Yes. Counselor dangelis. Yes Counselor dumont. Yes. Counselor briesmer. Yes 12 00 One absent. Thank you


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