June 3, 2025

“MOVED by Amy Ritterbusch and SECONDED by Matt Kizner to appoint Brian Herr as the Chair for the meeting. Vote to Approve: Yes-3, No-0..” (Motion: Ritterbusch, second: Kizner)

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“MOVED by Amy Ritterbusch and SECONDED by Matt Kizner to approve the Consent Agenda, consisting of: 1) confirming the Town Manager's appointments of Cody Dicken as an intermittent laborer at the Department of Public Works for the summer, and Cheuk-Lam Lo as a Temporary Per Diem Public Health Nurse; 2) approving a parade permit application from USA Track & Field New England, for road race events to be held on July 13, 2025 from 8 am to noon on the Loop Road at the Hopkinton schools campus on Hayden Rowe; 3) terminating the current SWAP/TRIC Shared Housing Services Office (SHSO) Intermunicipal Agreement (IMA) and approving a new SWAP/TRIC SHSO IMA which reflects the departure of Randolph from the SHSO and instead includes Medway, and modifies the funding/payment procedure. The new IMA includes Hopkinton, Medfield, Medway, Milton, Norwood, and Sharon; 4) approving a M.G.L. c.138 §15F Farmers Market License for Rushford & Sons Brewhouse, to sell beer at the Hopkinton Farmers Market on Sundays from June 7, 2025 to October 5, 2025; 5) accepting a donation of $50 to the Fire Department from Marjorie Butcher and Dana Howell in memory of Don Harris. Vote to Approve: Yes-3, No-0..” (Motion: Ritterbusch, second: Kizner)

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“MOVED by Matt Kizner and SECONDED by Amy Ritterbusch as follows: Voted: that the maximum useful life of the departmental equipment listed below to be financed with the proceeds of the $736,318 borrowing authorized by the vote of the Town passed May 2, 2022 (Article 25) and excluded from the limitations of Proposition 2 ½ (so-called) by a vote of the Town to be passed May 16, 2022 (Question 1) is hereby determined pursuant to G.L. c.44, §7(1) to be as follows: Purpose Borrowing Amount Maximum Useful Life Fire Engine $736,318 10 years Further Voted: that the sale of the $8,855,000 General Obligation Municipal Purpose Loan of 2025 Bonds of the Town dated June 10, 2025 (the "Bonds"), to Fidelity Capital Markets, a division of National Financial Services LLC, at the price of $9,554,573.46 and accrued interest is hereby approved and confirmed. The Bonds shall be payable on June 1 of the years and in the principal amounts and bear interest at the respective rates, as follows: Year Amount Interest Rate Year Amount Interest Rate 2026 $675,000 5.000% 2036 $495,000 5.000% 2027 675,000 5.000 2037 495,000 5.000 2028 640,000 5.000 2038 250,000 4.000 2029 635,000 5.000 2039 245,000 4.000 2030 635,000 5.000 2040 185,000 4.000 2031 625,000 5.000 2041 185,000 4.000 2032 620,000 5.000 2042 180,000 4.125 2033 620,000 5.000 2043 180,000 4.125 2034 615,000 5.000 2044 180,000 4.250 2035 540,000 5.000 2045 180,000 4.250 Further Voted: to approve the sale of $81,025,000 4.00 percent General Obligation Bond Anticipation Notes of the Town dated June 10, 2025 and payable June 10, 2026 (the "Notes"), to BofA Securities, Inc. at par and accrued interest plus a premium of $777,840. Further Voted: that in connection with the marketing and sale of the Bonds, the preparation and distribution of a Notice of Sale and Preliminary Official Statement dated May 13, 2025 and a final Official Statement dated May 20, 2025 (the "Official Statement"), each in such form as may be approved by the Town Treasurer, be and hereby are ratified, confirmed, approved and adopted. Further Voted: that in connection with the marketing and sale of the Notes, the preparation and distribution of a Notice of Sale and Preliminary Official Statement dated May 13, 2025 and a final Official Statement dated May 20, 2025, each in such form as may be approved by the Town Treasurer, be and hereby are ratified, confirmed, approved and adopted. Further Voted: that the Bonds shall be subject to redemption, at the option of the Town, upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the Official Statement. Further Voted: that the Town Treasurer and the Select Board be, and hereby are, authorized to execute and deliver continuing and significant events disclosure/undertakings in compliance with SEC Rule 15c2-12 in such forms as may be approved by bond counsel to the Town, which undertakings shall be incorporated by reference in the Bonds and Notes, as applicable, for the benefit of the holders of the Bonds and Notes from time to time. Further Voted: that we authorize and direct the Town Treasurer to establish post issuance federal tax compliance procedures and continuing disclosure procedures in such forms as the Town Treasurer and bond counsel deem sufficient, or if such procedures are currently in place, to review and update said procedures, in order to monitor and maintain the tax-exempt status of the Bonds and Notes and to comply with relevant securities laws. Further Voted: that any certificates or documents relating to the Bonds and the Notes (collectively, the "Documents"), may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be regarded as an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same document; delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to a Document by electronic mail in a ".pdf" file or by other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart signature page to such Document; and electronic signatures on any of the Documents shall be deemed original signatures for the purposes of the Documents and all matters relating thereto, having the same legal effect as original signatures. Further Voted: that each member of the Select Board, the Town Clerk and the Town Treasurer be and hereby are, authorized to take any and all such actions, and execute and deliver such certificates, receipts or other documents as may be determined by them, or any of them, to be necessary or convenient to carry into effect the provisions of the foregoing votes. I further certify that the votes were taken at a meeting open to the public, that no vote was taken by secret ballot, that a notice stating the place, date, time and agenda for the meeting (which agenda included the adoption of the above votes) was filed with the Town Clerk and a copy thereof posted in a manner conspicuously visible to the public at all hours in or on the municipal building that the office of the Town Clerk is located or, if applicable, in accordance with an alternative method of notice prescribed or approved by the Attorney General as set forth in 940 CMR 29.03(2)(b), at least 48 hours, not including Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, prior to the time of the meeting and remained so posted at the time of the meeting, that no deliberations or decision in connection with the sale of the Bonds or the Notes were taken in executive session, all in accordance with G.L. c.30A, §§18-25, as amended. Vote to Approve: Yes-3, No-0..” (Motion: Kizner, second: Ritterbusch)

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“MOVED by Amy Ritterbusch and SECONDED by Matt Kizner to approve a MGL ch. 138 Section 12 All Alcohol On-Premises License to Concord Brewery II, INC d/b/a Rapscallion, located at 22 South Street, and to approve a Common Victualler License for the establishment. Vote to Approve: Yes-3, No-0..” (Motion: Ritterbusch, second: Kizner)

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“MOVED by Matt Kizner and SECONDED by Amy Ritterbusch to grant permission to construct, and a location for, such a line of conduits and manholes with the necessary wires and cables therein under the following public way or ways of said Town: Blueberry Lane - Southwesterly, approximately 1380± feet south of Ash Street - Install approximately 67± feet conduit at PMH #11450 Blueberry Lane - Northwesterly, approximately 1380± feet south of Ash Street - Install approximately 71± feet conduit at PMH #11450 Blueberry Lane - Westerly, approximately 1380± feet south of Ash Street - Install approximately 53± feet conduit at PMH #11450 Blueberry Lane - Southerly, approximately 1337± feet west of Briarcliff Drive - Install approximately 53± feet conduit at PMH #11577 With the following conditions: 1. The applicant (or applicant's designee) shall be registered as a utility within the Dig Safe system and will be responsible to comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to utility location and marking. 2. The applicant shall obtain a Road Opening Permit and a Trench Opening Permit for this work. 3. The applicant shall coordinate with the Police Department for traffic management, as needed during construction. 4. The applicant shall notify the DPW at least 48 hours prior to the start of work to verify the final location in the field and that no public utilities are adversely affected. 5. The applicant and contractor shall endeavor to maintain 10-foot separation from town-owned utilities at all times. 6. The applicant shall fully replace and restore all sidewalk, curbing, shoulder, and roadway infrastructure impacted by this work. Vote to Approve: Yes-3, No-0..” (Motion: Kizner, second: Ritterbusch)

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