The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Brattleboro Municipal Center (230 Main Street, Room 212) and over Zoom. The attached agenda contains information on how to access the meeting remotely, including the required “passcode.” Closed captioning will be available for deaf and hard-of-hearing community members. The backup materials for this meeting will be available on the town website by the end of the day.
Jessica Sticklor (she/her/hers)
Executive Assistant
Town of Brattleboro
230 Main Street, Suite 208
Brattleboro, VT 05301
(802) 251 – 8115
* Please note that all correspondence with Town staff is part of the public record and may be shared with others.
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BRATTLEBORO SELECTBOARD
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2026
SELECTBOARD MEETING ROOM + ZOOM
SPECIAL MEETING – 6:15 PM
The physical location for this meeting will be the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center
at 230 Main Street.
Selectboard Meeting materials can be found on the Town’s website, Brattleboro.gov/Selectboard.
If you join the meeting from your computer, tablet, or smartphone, please use the link below.
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81564656649?pwd=hX9AZJbP203lT4d2bwZv1qPCeLHRbS.1
Meeting ID: 815 6465 6649
Passcode: 529415
The meeting also will be carried live on BCTV.
Cable TV: Channel 1079
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/live/gov-ed-channel/
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv
AGENDA
(please note that all times indicated are approximate)
1. CONVENE REGULAR MEETING (6:15 PM)
2. ADJUSTMENTS TO AGENDA
3. CHAIR’S REMARKS
4. MANAGER’S COMMENTS
5. SELECTBOARD COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (6:25 PM)
7. CONSENT AGENDA (6:30 PM)
A. Appointments for RTM – Ratify
i. Town Clerk
ii. Town Treasurer
iii. Town Attorney
B. Town Attorney Contract – Approve
8. REGULAR BUSINESS (6:35 PM)
A. FY27 General Fund Budget (6:35 PM)
Selectboard Discussion
B. Reconsider Trash Bag Motion (8:35 PM)
Selectboard Discussion
9. CORRESPONDENCE
10. ADJOURNMENT (9:05 PM)
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Tuesday,
January 13, 2026. The Board will convene the meeting at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting
Room and on Zoom. All times listed below are approximate, and interested parties should monitor
the meeting if they do not want to miss an agenda item.
If you join the meeting from your computer, tablet, or smartphone, please use this link:
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85223252040?pwd=f0zpzRIYterkWvZ53MAfbuxuMv3Dvm.1
Meeting ID: 852 2325 2040
Passcode: 602388
The meeting also will be carried live on BCTV.
Cable TV: Channel 1079
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/live/gov-ed-channel/
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv
The meeting also will be carried live on BCTV:
On Cable TV: Channel 1079
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/channel-1079-livestream
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv
8. CONSENT AGENDA (6:40 PM)
Appointments for RTM – Approve
i. Town Clerk
ii. Town Treasurer
iii. Town Attorney
Town Attorney Contract – Approve
The Board is asked to appoint the Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, and Town Attorney. By
approving the Consent Agenda, the Board will appoint Town Clerk Hilary Francis, Town
Attorney Bob Fisher and Fisher and Fisher Law Offices, P.C. and Town Treasurer Leslie
Smith to their various offices, subject to ratification at Town Meeting.
The Board is asked to approve the annual contract with Town Attorney Bob Fisher and Fisher
MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: John Potter, Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: January 9, 2026
and Fisher Law Offices, P.C. with a retainer of $136,000 a year payable in installments of
$11,333.33 a month. Included in the Board’s materials is a copy of the proposed Town
Attorney Contract. By approving the Consent Agenda, the Board will approve a contract with
Fisher and Fisher Law Offices, P.C., with a retainer of $136,000 a year.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS PRESENTED.
9. REGULAR BUSINESS (6:35 PM)
FY27 General Fund Budget (6:35 PM)
Selectboard Discussion
This item was pulled from the January 6, 2026 Selectboard meeting due to time constraints.
The Board will further discuss items related to the FY27 General Fund Budget.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TBD.
Reconsider Trash Bag Motion (8:35 PM)
Selectboard Discussion
This item was pulled from the January 6, 2026 Selectboard meeting due to time constraints.
In a memorandum dated January 2, 2026, Town Manager John Potter discusses a motion
made by Selectboard Clerk Isaac Evans-Frantz regarding the pricing of Pay As You Throw
(PAYT) bags. Following public input, the Selectboard voted at its December 16, 2025, to
revisit the motion. The Board is now asked to reconsider the motion and to determine
whether to rescind it and consider the original proposal.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO RESCIND THE AMENDED MOTION MADE ON NOVEMBER 18,
2025 BY ISAAC EVANS-FRANTZ, ‘TO APPROVE AN INCREASE FROM $200 TO $4.60
FOR YELLOW BAGS, AND $300 TO $6.90 FOR PURPLE BAGS WITH THE TRANSITION
TO TAKE PLACE DURING JANUARY 2026, AND TO DESIGNATE $0.10 OF EACH
YELLOW BAG SALE AND $0.15 OF EACH PURPLE BAG SALE TO A DEDICATED FUND
FOR A STAFF-DEVELOPED PROGRAM THAT WILL SUBSIDIZE BAG PURCHASES BY
LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS.’
ORINGIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE AN INCREASE TO PAY AS YOU THROW BAG FEES
FROM $2.00 TO $___FOR YELLOW BAGS, AND $3.00 TO $____FOR PURPLE BAGS
WITH THE TRANSITION TO TAKE PLACE DURING JANUARY 2026.
