There will be an emergency discussion of a Muffin Monster at the next regular meeting of the Brattleboro Selectboard. They’ll also discuss a new Cow Power agreement, water treatment facility funding and security, and hear an update about Brattleboro’s Boys and Girls Club operations during COVID.
The board will wrap up their meeting with a renaming of a portion of Elm Street in honor of Stanley Lynde, the well-know motorcycle shop owner. You can bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation.
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The Brattleboro Selectboard will meet on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, using Zoom (with no physical location due to the ongoing social distancing requirements of COVID-19). The Board is expected to enter into executive session at 5:30pm, to discuss the appointment, employment, or evaluation of a public officer or employee and the negotiation of a real estate purchase or lease. The Board will reconvene at 6:15pm for the business portion of the meeting. 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.
Jessica Sticklor
Executive Assistant
Town of Brattleboro
230 Main Street, Suite 208
Brattleboro, VT 05301
(802) 251 – 8115
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BRATTLEBORO SELECTBOARD
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2021
EXECUTIVE SESSION – 5:30PM
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 26 and February 2, 2021
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 January
B. Replacement Police Vehicles – Bid Award to Upfit 2 Vehicles
C. Homeland Security Grant for Fire Department Equipment+Training – Authorize Application
8. WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS
A. Water Treatment Facilities Replacement Project – Application for Financing through the State of Vermont’s Revolving Loan Fund
B. Signal Hill Pump Station Project – Green Mountain Power to Install 3-Phase Power
C. Wastewater Treatment Plant – Emergency Rebuild of Muffin Monster Grinder
D. Discussion re: Security of Our Water Treatment System
9. NEW BUSINESS
A. Boys+Girls Club – Update
B. Cow Power – Recommendation from the Energy Committee
C. Rename a Portion of “Elm Street” as “Lynde Place” – Request from State of Vermont and Recommendation from Town Staff
10. CORRESPONDENCE/FYI
A. Warrants
B. Department Monthly Reports
11. MEETINGS
See Town Calendar
12. ADJOURNMENT
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MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: Peter B. Elwell, Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: February 11, 2021
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. The Board will meet in executive session at 5:30pm to discuss the
appointment, employment, or evaluation of a public officer or employee and the negotiation of a real estate purchase or lease. The Board will reconvene the business meeting 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 January
B. Replacement Police Vehicles – Bid Award to Upfit 2 Vehicles
C. Homeland Security Grant for Fire Department Equipment+Training – Authorize Application
The Board is asked to approve the Consent Agenda, as presented. This action will: (1) acknowledge the monthly financial report, (2) award the bid to upfit two Police vehicles, and (3) authorize the application of a Homeland Security Grant for Fire Department Equipment and Training. The Monthly Financial Report is provided in the usual format, along with a memorandum dated February 10, 2021, from Town Manager Peter Elwell. Only one bid was received for upfit of the police vehicles, but that bid is within the budget for this purchase and is recommended for award, as set forth in more detail in a memorandum dated February 1, 2021, from Interim Police Chief Mark Carignan. Information about the Homeland Security Grant is included in a memorandum dated February 4, 2021, from Fire Chief Mike Bucossi.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS PRESENTED.
8. WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS
A. Water Treatment Facilities Replacement Project – Application for Financing through the State of Vermont’s Revolving Loan Fund
The Board is asked to approve an application for financing through the State of Vermont’s Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund for the Town’s Pleasant Valley Water Treatment Facilities Replacement Project. The application needs to be filed now to preserve the Town’s high priority status on the State’s list of projects for 2021. The final decision on financing for this project will be made by the 2021 Representative Town Meeting in March. A memorandum dated February 10, 2021, from Project Manager and Design Engineer Christina Haskins provides additional information and the entire proposed application also is included in the backup materials for the February 16 Selectboard meeting.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION FOR FINANCING THROUGH THE STATE OF VERMONT’S REVOLVING LOAN FUND FOR THE PLEASANT VALLEY WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
B. Signal Hill Pump Station Project – Green Mountain Power to Install 3-Phase Power
During final design of the Signal Hill water pump station, it was determined that installing 3 phase power would allow the pump station to operate more efficiently. As set forth in a memorandum dated February 5, 2021, from Public Works Director Steve Barrett, the Board is asked to authorize Town staff to accept a quote of $18,662 from Green Mountain Power to install that 3 phase power.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO AUTHORIZE TOWN STAFF TO ACCEPT A QUOTE OF $18,662 FROM GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER TO INSTALL 3 PHASE POWER AT THE SIGNAL HILL PUMP STATION.
C. Wastewater Treatment Plant – Emergency Rebuild of Muffin Monster Grinder
The Wastewater Treatment Plant recently experienced a failure of the Muffin Monster grinder. The grinder is essential to the operation of the plant as designed, so Town Manager Elwell authorized the grinder rebuild to proceed immediately. The Board is asked to ratify Town Manager Elwell’s decision to expend $12,777.44 to rebuild the grinder.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO RATIFY TOWN MANAGER ELWELL’S EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION TO EXPEND $12,777.44 TO REBUILD THE MUFFIN MONSTER GRINDER.
D. Discussion re: Security of Our Water Treatment System
Following the recent computer hack into the water treatment computer system in Oldsmar, Florida, the Board will hear from Town staff regarding the safeguards in Brattleboro’s system and procedures that are intended to protect against such an intrusion.
NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS MATTER.
9. NEW BUSINESS
A. Boys+Girls Club – Update
The Board will receive an update from the Boys and Girls Club regarding operations during COVID-19 and the use of Town funding assistance in its programming for the community.
NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS MATTER.
B. Cow Power – Recommendation from the Energy Committee
The Board is asked to consider a recommendation from the Town’s Energy Committee to direct Town staff to purchase 37% of the Town’s electricity from Green Mountain Power’s Cow Power program. The estimated annual cost would be $42,885 and this climate protection action would make the Town’s sourcing of electricity carbon neutral and 100% renewable.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO DIRECT TOWN STAFF TO BEGIN USING 37% OF THE TOWN’S ELECTRICITY FROM GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER’S COW POWER PROGRAM, AND PLAN TO DO SO AS AN ONGOING EXPENSE IN ALL FUTURE BUDGETS.
C. Rename a Portion of “Elm Street” as “Lynde Place” – Request from State of Vermont and Recommendation from Town Staff
The State of Vermont has requested that a portion of Elm Street that connects to Flat Street be assigned its own road name. It is the recommendation of the E911 Coordinator, Fire Chief, and Dispatch Supervisor that the road be renamed Lynde Place after Stanley Lynde, a well-known resident who owned a motorcycle shop at the base of where this road segment intersects with Flat Street.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE A CHANGE OF NAME FOR A PORTION OF ELM STREET THAT FORKS TO FLAT STREET TO LYNDE PLACE.
