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August 2023 Veterans Council Minutes AdvisoryVeterans i Meeting Minutes August 24, 2023 Present: Chuck Clark, Cory Paulette, Susan Moran, David Perinchief, Ron Genest, Paul Lantz, Jan Pierce Absent: Bob Laws, Buddy Rehal,John Curry 1. Call to Order—Chuck Clark called the meeting to order at 5pm. 2. Introduction of Guests—Nick Parianos, Kevin Gannon, Brian McCarthy,Jamie Zarella, Ken McKay 3. Reading and Approval of the Minutes—Cory Paulette made a motion to accept the minutes. Motion was seconded and carried. 4. Financial Report—Balance is$12, 085. Ron Genest made a motion to approve the financial report. Motion was seconded and carried. 5. Unfinished Business o Bench for Jerry Guilebbe—Per Kevin Gannon this is hold until September. He received some quotes but is going to need more. The Farms Improvement Society got a quote of$2357 for a 6ft bench and a $150 to have it delivered. They also received a quote of$2438 for an 8ft. Both quotes were from O'Brien and Sons Elements of the Great Outdoors. Matt St. Hilaire is going to get two more quotes from a local company. Once Kevin has all the quotes, he can get the quote from Roger Leblanc for the concrete pad for the bench. The plaque for the bench will be priced separately. Jan Pierce got a price from Tognazzi Monuments of$2700. Ken McKay found a bench online that costs$700. The bench needs to have wood slats with wrought iron. o Veterans Homecoming Cookout and Car Show—The cookout has been cancelled twice due to weather. Chuck Clark spoke with Ron Genest and the cookout will be moved to the Spear Post. Chuck will pass out flyers at the Danvers Car Show. The new date will be Friday, September 15 from 4-7pm. David Perinchief will put in a request for the parking lot to be shut down. Cory Paulette got two donations for the cookout, $75 from a woman from Boston and another one from C&C Auto Parts for$500. 6. New Business o Reimbursement for a Veteran -A homeless veteran is now being housed at Beverly Commons using Chapter 115. The only way for the State to allow him to get the housing was to have David Perinchief put him up in a hotel for a week. The final cost of the hotel was$926.38. Cory Paulette made a motion to reimburse the State. Motion was seconded and carried. AdvisoryVeterans i o Donations—Donations totaling$575 were received for the Veterans Homecoming Cookout. 7. Announcements o Dive Certification Program—Per David Perinchief,ten kids have graduated from the program. They had sixteen in total in the program. There are two more than they feel will be getting certified once they are finished with their pool time. There are four that were given an additional five lessons, but they do not think they will be passing the certification. o Macros Family—A message was sent to Chuck Clark from the Macros Family. John "Jack" Macros was celebrating his 901" birthday at the Beverly Depot. Cory and Chuck went and presented him a citation and a life membership to Beverly Vietnam Veterans. Honor Flight New England will be taking Jack and fifty-nine other veterans to Washington D.C. to see the memorials on September 171". It is a one-day trip. During the trip,Jack will be given an envelope full of letters from school children,family, and friends. Anyone that would like a letter can mail it to Honor Flight New England c/o John Macros 9/17, PO Box 16287, Hooksett, NH 03106. o Beverly Vietnam Veterans Memorial-Chuck Clark was at the plaza and noticed someone affixed a bronze plaque that says "Jerry'. It was placed on the wall, behind the legs of the statue. It had previously been decided not to name the statue after a particular person because it was designed to honor everybody that was drafted and signed up for service at that time. This plaque defaces public property and will be removed. o Goat Hill—The park at the back of Goat Hill is being renovated. David and Ken have already pulled the veteran plaques and Ken is working on restoring them. David has told the residents doing the renovations about the SHRAB Grant from the State. o Communication—Nick Parianos will be joining the council in September and one of his priorities is communication. The minutes are not updated on the Veterans Council website. There are no minutes after 2019. Nick is going to run the social media aspect of the council. o Council Members—Kevin Gannon still has not been appointed to the council. Susan will find the original email regarding Kevin being appointed and forward it to Todd Rotondo and Matt St. Hilaire. 8. Adjournment- David Perinchief made a motion to adjourn. Motion was seconded and carried.