The Brattleboro Selectboard will continue their journey through the FY24 budget planning season at their next regular meeting. In this installment, they will hear from the DPW, Assessors, and Rec & Parks departments with a special mention of the Living Memorial Park project financing.
The board will approve the contract with new Town Manager John Potter and will discuss ARPA funds, Fossil Free Facility Funds, and more. You can bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation. Another reminder: you can run for office to become a member of the Selectboard. Contact the Town Clerk for details.
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The Brattleboro Selectboard will meet on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Brattleboro Municipal Center at 230 Main Street. The public may also participate in the meeting over Zoom. The attached agenda contains information on how to access the meeting remotely, including the required “passcode.” ASL interpreters will be available for deaf and hard-of-hearing community members.
Jessica Sticklor (she/her/hers)
Executive Assistant
Town of Brattleboro
230 Main Street, Suite 208
Brattleboro, VT 05301
(802) 251 – 8115
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BRATTLEBORO SELECTBOARD
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2022
SELECTBOARD MEETING ROOM + ZOOM
REGULAR MEETING – 6:15PM
The physical location for this meeting will be the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center at 230 Main Street.
If you join the meeting from your computer, tablet, or smartphone, please use this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86067892659
The “Meeting ID” for this meeting is:
860 6789 2659
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 also 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. CHAIR’S REMARKS
3. MANAGER’S COMMENTS
4. SELECTBOARD COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
6. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Better Roads Grant – Authorize $79,289.86 Application
B. Downtown Brattleboro Alliance Budget – Annual Workplan & Budget
C. Vermont Community Development Program $50,000 Grant, Accept and Appropriate – Winston Prouty Water/Sewer Capacity Project
7. NEW BUSINESS
A. Town Manager Contract – Approve Employment Agreement
B. SEVT Presentation/ Board Nomination
C. FY24 General Fund Budget
(i) Department of Public Works
(ii) Assessor’s Office
(iii) Recreation & Parks
(iv) Living Memorial Park Project Financing
D. Fossil Free Facility Fund – Update Program
E. ARPA Discussion
8. CORRESPONDENCE/FYI
A. Warrants
9. MEETINGS
See Town Calendar
10. ADJOURNMENT
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MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: Patrick Moreland, Interim Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: December 2, 2022
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. The Board will convene the meeting at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting
Room and on Zoom.
Join the meeting from a computer, tablet, or smartphone, using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86067892659
The “Meeting ID” for this meeting is:
860 6789 2659
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 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. Better Roads Grant – Authorize $79,289.86 Application
B. Downtown Brattleboro Alliance Budget – Annual Workplan & Budget
C. Vermont Community Development Program $50,000 Grant, Accept and Appropriate -Winston Prouty Water/Sewer Capacity Project
The Selectboard is asked to approve the application of the FY24 Vermont Better Roads Grant from the Vermont Agency of Transportation. Public Works will focus on the class 3 portion of Stark Road to focus on for this grant. The proposed work includes implementing best management practices for stormwater control to the existing ditches, roadside/streambank erosion repair and repairs to the retaining wall. The total for this project is $105,235, $79,289.86 of which will be funded from the grant with a $26,945.14 match. In past grant cycles DPW crews have performed upgrades and the match has been made in-kind. It is DPW’s intention to implement this grant in the same way.
The Downtown Brattleboro Alliance presented their workplan and budget at the November 15, 2022 Selectboard meeting. The DBA has provided additional materials as is required to satisfy the ordinance, including a budget comparison. The Board is asked to approve the placement of an item on the warning for the 2023 Representative Town Meeting to authorize the collection of an assessment on properties in the Downtown District in the total amount of $80,000.
In a memorandum dated December 1, 2022, Interim Town Manager Patrick Moreland discusses the background behind the Winston Prouty Sewer Capacity Project, which came about when the Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development and their neighbor Delta Vermont partnered to evaluate the feasibility of situating an unknown but potentially significant number of new housing units on the Winston Prouty/Delta campus.
Moreland also discusses the Town’s role in this proposed grant agreement. The Board is asked to adopt the Grant Agreement Resolution and to accept and appropriate the sum of $50,000 from the Vermont Community Development Program for the Winston Prouty Sewer Capacity and the authorize the Interim Town Manager to execute the Grant Agreement with the State of Vermont, and all other associated documents necessary for the performance of the grant funded activities.
POSSIBLE MOTION: TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS PRESENTED.
8. NEW BUSINESS
A. Town Manager Contract – Approve Employment Agreement
The Selectboard is asked to approve the employment agreement for the Town Manager position between the Town of Brattleboro and John Potter.
POSSIBLE MOTION: TO APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE TOWN MANAGER POSITION BETWEEN THE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO AND JOHN POTTER.
B. SEVT Presentation/Board Nomination
In a memorandum dated November 22, 2022 Planning Director Sue Fillion discusses her nomination to the Southeastern Vermont Transit Board. The Selectboard is asked to approve the nomination of Sue Fillion as a Southeastern Vermont Transit Board member representing Brattleboro. Randy Schoonmaker, the CEO of SEVT, will be in the meeting to discuss this appointment as well as to answer any other questions the Board might have regarding bus service in Brattleboro.
POSSIBLE MOTION: TO APPROVE THE NOMINATION OF SUE FILLION AS A SOUTHEASTERN VERMONT TRANSIT BOARD MEMBER REPRESENTING BRATTLEBORO.
C. FY24 General Fund Budget –
(i) Department of Public Works
(ii) Assessor’s Office
(iii) Recreation & Parks
(iv) Living Memorial Park Project Financing
Representatives from DPW, Recreation and Parks and the Assessor’s Office will be in the
meeting to discuss their FY24 Proposed Budget.
POSSIBLE MOTION: NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM.
D. Fossil Free Facility Fund – Update Program
In a memorandum dated November 29, 2022 Sustainability Coordinator, Stephen Dotson discusses the uses of the Fossil Free Facility Fund and suggests changes to the administration of the Fund. The Board is asked to consider allowing the use of funds for projects that would result in the elimination and/or replacement of any chemicals (such as refrigerants) that possess a significant global warning potential (GWP), allow the Town Manager to approve expenditures from the Fund that remain under $10,000 and change the name of the Fund to the Global Warning Solutions Fund.
POSSIBLE MOTION: ALLOW THE USE OF FUNDS FOR PROJECTS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE ELIMINATION AND/OR REPLACEMENT OF ANY CHEMICALS THAT POSSESS A SIGNIFICANT GLOBAL WARNING POTENTIAL, ALLOW THE TOWN MANAGER TO APPROVE EXPENDITURES FROM THE FUND THAT REMAIN UNDER $10,000 AND CHANGE THE NAME OF THE FUND TO THE GLOBAL WARNING SOLUTIONS FUND.
E. ARPA Discussion
The Board will discuss various elements of the American Rescue Plan Act funds that the Town is entitled to.
POTENTIAL MOTION: THERE IS NO ACTION REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM.
