The Brattleboro Selectboard is likely to add a Charter Amendment to the Town Meeting Warning that would eliminate the need for future Charter changes to approved by the state legislature.
The board will hear an update on the Water Treatment facility project, continue finalizing their FY22 budget for RTM consideration, and will continue their discussion of the Community Safety Review Committee’s recommendations. You can bring up other items not on the agenda during Public Participation.
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The Brattleboro Selectboard will meet on Tuesday January 19, 2021 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, JANUARY 19, 2021
REGULAR 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 REGULAR MEETING
2. APPROVE MINUTES – January 5
3. CHAIR’S REMARKS
4. MANAGER’S COMMENTS
5. SELECTBOARD COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
- 7. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Monthly Financial Report – FY21 through December 2020
B. Annual Appointments for Ratification at Representative Town Meeting (i) Town Clerk (ii) Town Attorney (iii) Interim Town Treasurer
C. Annual Contract Renewal with Town Attorney
D. Authorization to Purchase Replacement Parks Maintenance Tractor
E. Living Memorial Park Capital Improvements – Authorization of Engagement for Final Scoping, Design, and Bidding Services
- (i) Skating Rink Roof and Refrigeration
- (ii) Replacement Maintenance Building
8. WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS
A. Water Treatment Facility Replacement Project – Update from Town Staff and Design Engineer
9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. FY22 Proposed Budget
(i) Review Current Status of the FY22 Proposed Budget
(ii) Additional Consideration of Selectboard Compensation
(iii) Additional Consideration of Police Department Training Budget in Furtherance of the Community Safety Review Team’s Report & Recommendations
(iv) Any Other FY22 Budget Matters
B. Additional Consideration of Top Priority Actions in Furtherance of the Community Safety Review Team’s Report and Recommendations
10. NEW BUSINESS
A. Self-Governance Update & Proposed Charter Amendment
B. Town Meeting Election on March 2 and Representative Town Meeting on March 20+21 Review of Draft Warnings
11. CORRESPONDENCE/FYI
A. Warrants
B. Department Monthly Reports
12. MEETINGS
See Town Calendar
13. ADJOURNMENT
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MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: Peter B. Elwell, Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: January 15, 2021
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 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. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Monthly Financial Report – FY21 through December 2020
B. Annual Appointments for Ratification at Representative Town Meeting
(i) Town Clerk (ii) Town Attorney (iii) Interim town Treasurer
C. Annual Contract Renewal with Town Attorney
D. Authorization to Purchase Replacement Parks Maintenance Tractor
E. Living Memorial Park Capital Improvements – Authorization of Engagement for Final Scoping, Design, and Bidding Services
(i) Skating Rink Roof and Refrigeration
(ii) Replacement Maintenance Building
The Board is asked to approve the Consent Agenda, as presented. This action will: (A) acknowledge the Monthly Financial Report for FY21 through December 2020, (B) ratify the appointments of the Town Clerk, Town Attorney, and Interim Town Treasurer, (C) approve the annual contract renewal for the Town Attorney, (D) authorize the purchase of a replacement parks maintenance tractor and (E) authorize planning and design work in preparation for planned Living Memorial Park Capital Improvements, as set forth in the backup materials in the Board’s packet.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS PRESENTED.
8. WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS
A. Water Treatment Facility Replacement Project – Update from Town Staff and Design Engineer
Public Works Director Steve Barrett and Project Manager Crissy Haskins will provide an update on the Water Treatment Facility Replacement Project, as set forth in Steve Barrett’s memorandum dated January 14, 2021.
NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM.
9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. FY22 Proposed Budget
(i) Review Current Status of the FY22 Proposed Budget
(ii) Additional Consideration of Selectboard Compensation
(iii) Additional Consideration of Police Department Training Budget In Furtherance of the Community Safety Review Team’s Report and Recommendations
(iv) Any Other FY22 Budget Matters
B. Additional Consideration of Top Priority Actions in Furtherance of the Community Safety Review Team’s Report and Recommendations
The Board will give further consideration to the above listed matters and may make final decisions regarding how much funding to include for these matters in the FY22 Proposed Budget that the Selectboard will recommend for approval at Representative Town Meeting.
POTENTIAL MOTIONS: TBD
The Board will give further consideration to the Community Safety Review Team’s report and recommendations.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TBD
10. NEW BUSINESS
A. Self-Governance Update & Proposed Charter Amendment
Town Manager Elwell will provide an update on the statewide efforts to increase self-governance authority for municipalities. He also will ask the Selectboard to add an article to the Town Meeting Day ballot that would allow the voters of Brattleboro to adopt future Charter changes independently, without requiring approval by the State Legislature, if they simply incorporate provisions that already exist in other municipal charters in Vermont. Additional details are set forth in Town Manager Elwell’s memorandum dated January 14, 2021.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO ADD AN ARTICLE TO THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARNING, AS PRESENTED.
B. Town Meeting Election on March 2 & Representative Town Meeting on March 20+21 Review of Draft Warnings
The Board is asked to review the draft warnings for the March 2 Town Meeting Day Election and for the March 20 (and 21, if necessary) Representative Town Meeting.
NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM.
