The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Thursday, January 22, 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
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2026
SELECTBOARD MEETING ROOM + ZOOM
REGULAR 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/85068778036?pwd=wB7buBmcLJCbYY7213padzD0aOOAwH.1
Meeting ID: 850 6877 8036
Passcode: 660329
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
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
(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. Pleasant Valley Water Treatment Change Order #9 – Approve $163,286.01 Change Order
B. Small Business Assistance Program Loan Review Committee – Appointments
8. REGULAR BUSINESS (6:35 PM)
A. Town Approved Tax Exemption Requests (6:35 PM)
Presentations by NECCA, The Family Garden, and Post 5 American Legion
B. Approve FY27 General Fund Budget and Capital Plan (7:05 PM)
Selectboard Discussion
C. Draft Warning for Annual Town Meeting and Representative Town Meeting (8:35 PM)
Selectboard Discussion
D. Monthly FY26 Budget Update for November (9:20 PM)
Presentation by Staff
9. CORRESPONDENCE
10. ADJOURNMENT (9:35 PM)
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MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: John Potter, Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: January 16, 2026
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Thursday,
January 22, 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 (6:30 PM)
Pleasant Valley WTF Change Order #9 – Approve $163,286.01 Change Order
Small Business Assistance Program Loan Review Committee – Appointments
In a memorandum dated January 14, 2026, DPW Director Dan Tyler discusses Change Order #9 for the Pleasant Valley Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrade. By approving the Consent Agenda the Board will approve Change Order #9 in the amount of $163,286.01, for previously unpaid costs associated with the Pleasant Valley Water Treatment Facility (WTF) Upgrade Project.
In a memorandum dated January 7, 2026 HR/Finance Director Sally Cruz Nix discusses the Small Business Assistance Program Loan Review Committee and request that the Townappoint herself and Nicholas Whalen to the committee. By approving the Consent Agenda, the Board will appoint Sally Cruz Nix, Town of Brattleboro’s Human Resources and Finance Director and Nicholas Whalen, Branch Manager, Community Bank, to the Small Business Assistance Program Loan Review Committee.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS PRESENTED.
9. REGULAR BUSINESS (6:35 PM)
Town Approved Tax Exemption Requests (6:35 PM)
Presentations by NECCA, The Family Garden, and Post 5 American Legion
In a memorandum dated January 16, 2026, Town Manager John Potter discusses three
requests from charitable organizations in Town to place an article on the RTM warning
regarding continuing their exemptions of the municipal portion of real estate taxes. These
exemptions last for five years. Representatives from the organizations will be in the meeting
to discuss this matter.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO PLACE AN ARTICLE ON THE BRATTLEBORO
REPRESENTATIVE TOWN MEETING WARNING ASKING IF THE TOWN WILL APPROVE
THE EXEMPTION OF THE MUNICIPAL TAX PORTION OF REAL ESTATE TAXES FOR
THE POST 5 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL FIELD, THE FAMILY GARDEN, AND THE
NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CIRCUS ARTS (NECCA).
Approve FY27 General Fund Budget and Capital Plan (7:05 PM)
Selectboard Discussion
The Board is asked to consider and possibly approve the Town’s FY27 General Fund Budget and Capital Plan.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE THE TOWN’S FY27 GENERAL FUND BUDGET
AND CAPITAL PLAN, AS PRESENTED.
Draft Warning for Annual Town Meeting and Representative Town Meeting (8:35 PM)
Selectboard Discussion
The Board is asked to discuss the Warnings for the March 5, 2026, Town Meeting, and the March 21, 2026, Representative Town Meeting, and provide feedback, if any.
POTENTIAL MOTION: NO MOTION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM.
Monthly FY26 Budget Update for November (9:20 PM)
Presentation by Staff
In a memorandum dated December 29, 2026, Finance Consultant Bonnie Batchelder discusses the FY26 Monthly Budget Update for November.
POTENTIAL MOTION: NO MOTION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM.
