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Mr. Harrington felt that things went very well. <br /> Ms. Grady asked for a brief synopsis of the meeting. <br /> Mr. Harrington stated that what he and Mr. Ayers had met with the <br /> selectmen to discuss the program itself. Thea after they did that they <br /> requested some more information, Mr. Ayers had sent therm a letter in <br /> early September basically answering their request for ars audit regarding <br /> the current status of the money. That las presented to them. He basically <br /> went to them as a followâ–º up to that letter because he had not heard a <br /> response. The board of health and Mr. Ayers had provided there with the <br /> income levels and the status of the money, He went to find out if they had <br /> any questions, Two of the things they voiced concerns over were the <br /> income levels, could the board of health change the income levels rather <br /> than stating the straight $150,000.00? Was there a way to target more low <br /> to moderate-income people? Also, just basically to answer their <br /> questions. <br /> Mr. Santos felt that that was pretty much it. Mr, Harrington brought up a <br /> very good point. He wanted to show up at that meeting with the <br /> selectmen so that it wasn't postponed again for some stupid reason. <br /> IVIS. Warden added that they could let the townspeople make the decision. <br /> Mr, Harrington Mated that the board had the ability to make any of these <br /> changes such as a priority list and some ranking whether it is for public <br /> health or environmentally sensitive areas. Again, they discussed the <br /> eligibility issue. He felt that their major points were about eligibility and <br /> income levels. night now with a cap of $150,000.00 only four of the <br /> property owners of the 64 people who had been serviced by the loan <br /> program had been over$100,000.00. <br /> Ms. rady's question was whether anybody had been turned away. 3 <br /> Mr. Harrington responded that no one had been turned away to the best of <br /> his knowledge. His point to them was did they want to re-write the entire <br /> program for four people for the last four years of program use. He didn't <br /> see that as being a real sticking point. <br /> IVIS. Grady felt that if people were missing out because of other people <br /> getting this within the higher income brackets, She could understand the <br /> need for a change, <br /> Mr. Harrington agreed and added that he had told them that that priority <br /> list and this other environmentally sensitive ranking was actually <br /> 1 <br />