The Brattleboro Selectboard will be meeting Tuesday at the Municipal Center and you are invited to attend and participate. If you can't make it, be sure to tune in to BCTV for complete coverage.

When you do, you will be treated to discussions of higher parking meter rates and charging for parking on Sundays, as well as increases for parking fees for permits. If that isn't enough, the Selectboard will borrow money for the Wastewater Treatment project, approve liquor permits for the Eagles, review finances and grants, and discuss a new Public Art Policy being presented by the new Town Arts Committee. They will also review a petition from residents asking that a portion of Meadowbrook Road be paved, and more.

If there is something else you'd like to discuss not on the agenda, you may do so during public participation.

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There will be a meeting of the Brattleboro Selectboard on Tuesday June 16, 2009 in the Selectboard Meeting Room, Ste 212.  The Board is expecting to enter into Executive Session to discuss a civil matter at 5pm.  The regular meeting will start at 6:15pm.  The meeting will be held in the Municipal Building located at 230 Main Street in Brattleboro, VT.   The Agenda and Administrative Reports are attached.

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TUESDAY, June 16, 2009
Regular meeting - 6:15pm
AGENDA

1. Convene regular meeting

2. Confirm meeting officially warned

3. Approve minutes from the meeting on June 2, 2009

4. CHAIR’S REMARKS

5. MANAGER’S COMMENTS

6. SELECTBOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS

7. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

8. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA

9. LIQUOR COMMISSIONERS

A. Outside Consumption Permit - Brattleboro Eagles #2445

10. WATER SEWER COMMISSIONERS

A. Loan Approval – State Revolving Loan Fund Applications
a. Final Design Loan
b. RBC Replacement Loan

B. FY10 Water and Sewer Budget - Approval

11. INTERNAL BUSINESS

A. Monthly Financial Reports
B. Contract Approval – (Chief Eugene Wrinn) SUV
C. LSTA Resource Sharing Grant Appropriation – Patricia DeNaranjo
D. FY10 Parking Budget - Approval
E. Business Personal Property Delinquency Report - Approval
F. Ordinance Amendment – Parking Ordinance First Reading
G. Public Art Policy – Discussion and Approval (Town Arts Committee)
H. Meadowbrook Road Paving Petition

12. OLD/OTHER BUSINESS

A. Committees and Town Appointments
B. Chestnut Hill Public Meeting

13. NEW BUSINESS

14. CORRESPONDENCE

15. MEETINGS

Charter Review Commission
June 18, 2009 6:30pm
Selectboard Meeting Room

Planning Commission
June 22, 2009 6:00pm
Hanna Cosman Meeting Room

Traffic Safety Committee
June 23, 2009 8:30 am
Hanna Cosman Meeting Room

Town Arts Committee
June 23, 2009 3:00pm
Hanna Cosman Meeting Room

Conservation Commission
June 23, 2009 5:15pm
Selectboard Meeting Room

Chestnut Reservoir Meeting
June 25, 2009 6pm
Chestnut Hill Reservoir

Charter Review Commission
June 25, 2009 6:30pm
Hanna Cosman Meeting Room

Charter Review Commission
July 2, 2009 6:30pm
Hanna Cosman Meeting Room

Selectboard Meeting
July 7, 2009 6:15pm
Selectboard Meeting Room

16. ADJOURNMENT

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The following will summarize those items on the Agenda for the Tuesday June 16, 2009 Selectboard Meeting. The regular meeting will begin at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room. It is anticipated that the Board will enter Executive Session at 5:00pm to discuss a possible civil matter.

9A. Liquor License – Outside Consumption Eagles #2445. The Board is asked to approve an outdoor consumption permit for the Eagles #2445 located at 54 Chickering Drive, Brattleboro.

Requested Action: To approve the outside consumption permit for Brattleboro Eagles #2445 located at 54 Chickering Drive Brattleboro, VT.

10A. Loan Approval – State Revolving Loan Fund Applications. The Board is asked to approve two applications for revolving loan funds. The first application is for final design services in the amount of $1,483,370. The second application is for replacement of the rotating biological contactors in the amount of $4,001,431.

Requested Action: To approve the Town’s application to the state Revolving Loan for final design of the Town’s wastewater treatment plant in an amount not to exceed $1,483,370.

Requested Action: To authorize Barbara Sondag and alternate John Leisenring to act as authorized representatives of the Town for the final design project.

Requested Action: To approve the Town’s application to the state Revolving Loan for construction of the Brattleboro WWTF Rotating Biological Contractor Replacement in an amount not to exceed $4,001,431.

Requested Action: To authorize Barbara Sondag and alternate John Leisenring to act as authorized representatives of the Town for the RBC replacement project.

10B. FY10 Water and Sewer Budget – Approval. The Board is asked to approve the FY10 water and sewer budget with revenues at $3,861,922 and expenditures at $3,327,561. These numbers include the revenue generated from the new water and sewer rates.

Requested Action: To approve the FY10 Water Sewer Budget

11A. Monthly Financial Reports – Finance Director John Leisenring will present financial reports for the month ending May.

Requested Action: None

11B. Contract Approval – Approve Contract. The Board is asked to approve the purchase of a 2009 Chevy Trailblazer from Auto Mall of Brattleboro. This bid is $217 higher than the low bid from Nemer Auto of Bennington VT. However Nemer Auto could not guarantee that the vehicle would still be available at the time of the award. Given this uncertainty and the more importantly the Board’s buy local policy, staff recommends purchase of the 2009 Chevy Trailblazer LT from Auto Mall of Brattleboro VT at a cost of $25,086. .

Requested Action: To approve the purchase of a 2009 Chevy Trailblazer LT from Auto Mall of Brattleboro at a total net cost of $25,086.

11C. Grant Approval and Appropriation – LSTA Resource Sharing. The Board is asked to accept and appropriate $2,073 from the Vermont Department of Libraries LSTA Resource Sharing Grant. This grant will pay for postage and is self-renewing based on interlibrary loan transactions.

Requested Action: To accept and appropriate a LSTA Grant in the amount of $2,073 for postage to supplement the delivery of Interlibrary Loan materials.

11D. FY10 Parking Budget/Increase in Permit Fees – Approval. The Board is asked to approve the FY10 parking enterprise fund budget. As discussed at the worksession two weeks ago, the Parking FY10 budget was presented as a deficit, with expenditures being higher than revenue. After reviewing many options, by consensus the Board agreed to increase permit fees, increase Main Street meter rates, and begin charging for parking on Sundays. While changes to the meter rates and Sunday services require ordinance amendments, the Board is able to increase permits without a public hearing.

The permit changes are projected to increase revenue by $37,720 bringing the proposed budget into balance by slightly more than $5800. As the Board is aware this is not enough surplus revenue to adequate operating an enterprise fund.

The proposed ordinance changes are projected to increase revenue by another projected $30,000 (full year projections). In addition the Board has requested feasibility studies on the possibility of adding boom gates at the Transit Center and replacing street meters with Pay and Display machines.

When the ordinance amendments are approved the budget will be adjusted to reflect the increased revenue and the Board will be asked to approve the new budget.

Requested Action: To increase the price of open space permits in the BTC from $100 to $125 per quarter; increase the price of Elm and Depot Lot permits from $54 and $45 respectively to $55 per quarter; increase the price of permits in Spring and Harris Lots from $90 and $70 respectively to $100 per quarter.

Requested Action: To approve the FY10 Parking Enforcement Budget with expenditures of $877,556 and revenue of $880,390.

11E. Business Personal Property Delinquency Report – The Board of Listers will be before the Board requesting Board approval to assess fines on all delinquent tax payers of business Personal Property. Last year was the first time fines were imposed and the Listers recommended that the fine be reduced from $100 to $50. This year the Listers are recommending that the full fine be imposed for those delinquent tax payers.

Requested Action: To approve that fines be assessed to all delinquent tax payers of Business Personal Property in the amount of $100.

11F. Ordinance Amendment – First Reading. The Board will hold the first reading of amendments to Chapter 16 Traffic; Section 2 Parking Meter Areas of the Town Ordinances. Specifically the amendments address Sec 16-111 through Sec 16-113. The first change is an increase in rates for all on-street 2-hour meters from 60¢ per sixty minutes to 75¢ per sixty minutes. This change specifically impacts meters on Main Street. The second change is to charge from parking on Sundays. Currently the ordinance allows for free parking on all days except Sundays and holidays.

Requested Action: None.

11G. Public Art Policy – Approval. The Board is asked to approve the Town Arts Committee’s proposed Public Art Policy. One of the charges of the Town Arts Committee is to provide counsel to the Town regarding art in public places. The Committee has worked to identify a policy and procedure by which art could be chosen. The Committee comes before the Board to review the policy with the Board and gain the Board’s approval.

Requested Action: To approve the Public Art Policy as presented by the Town Arts Committee.

11H. Meadowbrook Road Paving Petition – The Board is in receipt of a petition from residents of Meadowbrook Road requesting that the unpaved portion of Meadowbrook Road (from the intersection of Pleasant Valley Road to the intersection of Upper Dummerston Road) be paved.

Requested Action: None

12A. Committees and Town Appointments – The Board is asked to schedule a special meeting to interview candidates for Town committees and appointments.

12B. Chestnut Hill Public Meeting – A public meeting has been schedule for June 25 at 6:00pm at the Chestnut Hill Reservoir to kickoff the engineering study and collect recommendations and concerns from citizens. The Board is invited to attend.