Open District 8 Discussion

District 8* Meeting Gathering

 

All Brattleboro residents of District 8 * are welcome and invited to meet for this gathering

 

Saturday, February 21st, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm in the Quiet Reading Room (Room D) on the mezzanine at Brooks Memorial Library.

 

There is so much going on ….

 

On March 3:

– Town Meeting Day elections (Selectboard, RTM members, and other officers and WSESD School Board) – see sample ballots here: https://brattleboro.gov/sample-ballots

 

– Should Brattleboro discontinue Representative Town Meeting and, if so, replace it with an Australian ballot or Open Town Meeting?

 

And then, there is the Town Budget & Human Services funding to be decided at a Town Meeting (if the Australian ballot question passes, it cannot go into operation until the Legislature gives its approval)

 

…. We likely will not be able to discuss everything; however, this may be a good meeting to find pointers for homework before we need to make those decisions.

 

We will have keynote speakers discussing:

 

1. Nell Mayo- Finance Committee-( Selectboard runner for 2-year seat )

 

2. Isaac Evans-Frantz- ( Current Selectboard Member)-runner for 2-year seat )

 

3. David Miner- Human Services Committee

 

4. Gemma Seymour – current RTM District 8 Representative

 

Quick information and Resources:

 

https://brattleboro.gov/representative-town-meeting

 

https://brattleboro.gov/budgets

 

https://brattleboro.gov/voting-districts