Shall the voters of Brattleboro be allowed to vote to opt-in to retail sales of cannabis? The Brattleboro Selectboard will decide it the question will be asked on March 2 ballots at their next special meeting.
They’ll also accept a planning grant and continue with their review of the FY22 budget, which is a great time for Representative Town Meeting Reps to pay attention and report back to all of us about what the budget will contain.
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The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at 6:15pm using Zoom (with no physical location due to the ongoing social distancing requirements of COVID-19). The attached agenda and administrative report contain information on how to access the meeting remotely, including the required “passcode.” Information about how to connect to the meeting is also posted on the homepage of the Town’s website. ASL interpreters will be available for deaf and hard-of-hearing community members.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
230 Main Street, Suite 208
Brattleboro, VT 05301
(802) 251-8100
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BRATTLEBORO SELECTBOARD
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2020
SPECIAL MEETING – 6:15PM
NOTE: This meeting will be held with no physical location using Zoom.
Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet, or smartphone using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86067892659
Passcode: 12261753
You also can call in using your telephone
by dialing any of these toll-free numbers in the United States:
833-548-0282
877-853-5247
888-788-0099
833-548-0276
or you can access a list of non-toll-free numbers
for locations around the world using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k2Hdbk6mA
The “Meeting ID” for this meeting is:
860 6789 2659
The meeting will be carried live on BCTV:
On Cable TV: Channel 1085 or Channel 10
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/channel-10-stream
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv/
AGENDA
1. CONVENE SPECIAL MEETING
2. APPROVE MINUTES – December 8
3. CHAIR’S REMARKS
4. MANAGER’S COMMENTS
5. SELECTBOARD COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS – None
8. NEW BUSINESS
A. Municipal Planning Grant 2021 – Accept and Appropriate
B. Opt-In Vote re: Retail Sale of Cannabis – Potential Town Meeting Day Ballot Question
C. FY22 Proposed Budget
(i) Fire Department (ii) Police Department (iii) Identification of Unfinished Business re: the FY22 Proposed Budget (iv) Schedule of Meetings for January 2021
9. CORRESPONDENCE/FYI
A. Warrants
10. MEETINGS
See Town Calendar
11. ADJOURNMENT
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MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: Peter B. Elwell, Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: December 18, 2020
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, which will begin at 6:15pm on Zoom (with no physical location due to the ongoing social distancing requirements of COVID-19).
The public may join the meeting from a computer, tablet, or smartphone, using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86067892659
Passcode: 12261753
You also can call in using your telephone
by dialing any of these toll-free numbers in the United States:
833-548-0282
877-853-5247
888-788-0099
833-548-0276
or you can access a list of non-toll-free numbers
for locations around the world using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k2Hdbk6mA
The “Meeting ID” for this meeting is:
860 6789 2659
The meeting will be carried live on BCTV:
On Cable TV: Channel 1085 or Channel 10
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/channel-10-stream
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv/
7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS – None
8. NEW BUSINESS
A. Municipal Planning Grant 2021 – Accept and Appropriate The Board is asked to accept and appropriate a Municipal Planning Grant in the amount of $22,000 from the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE A MUNICIPAL PLANNING GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,000 FROM THE VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
B. Opt-In Vote re: Retail Sale of Cannabis – Potential Town Meeting Day Ballot Question The Board is asked to approve placing a question on the Town Meeting Day ballot so the registered voters of Brattleboro can decide whether or not retail sale of cannabis products will be allowed in Brattleboro beginning in or after October of 2022. A memorandum dated December 17, 2020, from Town Manager Elwell provides the background information regarding this matter, including the fact that Act 164 (which the State Legislature adopted in 2020 to legalize cannabis business activities in Vermont) provides that retail sale of cannabis products will be allowed only in municipalities that “opt in” through a Townwide vote.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE THAT A QUESTION BE INCLUDED ON THE MARCH 2, 2020, TOWN MEETING DAY BALLOT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT RETAIL SALE OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS WILL BE ALLOWED IN BRATTLEBORO.
C. FY22 Proposed Budget (i) Fire Department (ii) Police Department (iii) Identification of Unfinished Business re: the FY22 Proposed Budget (iv) Schedule of Meetings for January 2021
Leadership of the Brattleboro Fire Department and Brattleboro Police Department will present their departments’ proposed FY22 budgets and Town Manager Elwell will seek the Selectboard’s direction regarding unfinished budget matters and the schedule of meetings to address those matters during January of 2021. A memorandum dated November 19, 2020, from Assistant Fire Chief Len Howard, provides information on the Fire Department’s proposed budget. A memorandum dated December 17, 2020, from Town Manager Elwell lists the currently known unfinished matters and a proposed schedule of meetings for January.
NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM.
