<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpe3870b53yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp8964b2bdyahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Dear Planners:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">As we know good help is hard to find, I have been the poster child for that statement in most of the places I have worked. In CranberryLand USA as well as Falmouth the minute takers don't staff the Planning Office but are hired/contracted for that sole purpose. One of our long time and really good minute takers has asked to increase their rate.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><b>If you do not use an office staff person</b> or perish the thought do them yourself, could you let me know how you folks handle this function and the rate you pay. To paraphrase Michael McDonald and Lester Abrams: she is a good doobie and I want them to continue.</div></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="ydpe3870b53yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp8964b2bdyahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp52ac232flyrics"><div style="padding-bottom:0px;line-height:20px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp52ac232fverse">Minute by minute, by minute, by minute</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ydpe3870b53yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp8964b2bdyahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp52ac232flyrics"><div style="padding-bottom:0px;line-height:20px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp52ac232fverse">I'll be holding on</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ydpe3870b53yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp8964b2bdyahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp52ac232flyrics"><div style="padding-bottom:0px;line-height:20px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp52ac232fverse">Don't you remember me?</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ydpe3870b53yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp8964b2bdyahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp52ac232flyrics"><div style="padding-bottom:0px;line-height:20px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp52ac232fverse">Yeah-yeah</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ydpe3870b53yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp8964b2bdyahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp52ac232flyrics"><div style="padding-bottom:0px;line-height:20px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp52ac232fverse">Minute by minute, by minute, by minute</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="ydpe3870b53yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp8964b2bdyahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp52ac232flyrics_mtdt"><div style="color:rgb(118, 118, 118);padding-bottom:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;padding-top:16px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp52ac232flyric_writers ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp52ac232fb_footnote" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-family: new times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">TBott</span></div><div style="color:rgb(118, 118, 118);padding-bottom:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;padding-top:16px;" class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp52ac232flyric_writers ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp52ac232fb_footnote"><span style="font-family: new times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thomas Bott, Carver Town Planner</span><br></div></div></div></div><div class="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydp8964b2bdsignature"><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><i id="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydpfb687fb8yiv6753380931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519652102965_53159" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font id="ydpe3870b53yiv6314968332ydpfb687fb8yiv6753380931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519652102965_53160" color="#4c76a2"> <span><font id="ydpfb687fb8yiv6753380931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519652102965_53160" color="#4c76a2" style="background-color: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: serif; 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