The Brattleboro Selectboard will hear an update from the Charter Review Commission at their next regular meeting. They’ll also hear from BDCC, and the DPW, and the ATM about the UFB. (“Matt Busby. Dig it, dig it, dig it….”)
You can bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation.
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The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Brattleboro Municipal Center (230 Main Street, Room 212) and over Zoom. Prior to the meeting at 5:15pm, the Board will convene and is expected to enter immediately into executive session to discuss pending or probable civil litigation or prosecution, to which the public body is or may be a party and real estate negotiations. 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. The backup materials for this meeting will be available on the town Website Brattleboro.gov/Selectboard by the end of today.
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, MAY 7, 2024
SELECTBOARD MEETING ROOM + ZOOM
EXECUTIVE SESSION – 5:15 PM
REGULAR MEETING – 6:15 PM
The physical location for this meeting will be the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center
at 230 Main Street.
Selectboard Meeting materials can be found on the Town’s website, Brattleboro.gov/Selectboard.
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
(*6 Mute/Unmute – *9 Raise Hand)
The meeting also will be carried live on BCTV:
On Cable TV: Channel 1079
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/channel-1079-livestream
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv
AGENDA
(please note that all times are approximate)
1. CONVENE REGULAR MEETING (6:15 PM)
2. APPROVE MINUTES – April 25, 2024
3. CHAIR’S REMARKS
4. MANAGER’S COMMENTS
5. SELECTBOARD COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (6:25 PM)
7. CONSENT AGENDA (6:30 PM)
A. Tobacco License – Super 8 Convenience Store
B. Parade Permit – AIDS Walk Fundraiser
C. Municipal Finance Yearly Questionnaire
8. OLD BUSINESS (6:35 PM)
A. SEVCA Board of Directors Brattleboro Appointments (6:35 PM)
9. NEW BUSINESS (6:40 PM)
A. Charter Review Commission Update (6:40 PM)
B. BDCC Economic Update (6:55 PM)
C. Summer DPW Work Update (7:15 PM)
D. Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance, First Reading (7:35 PM)
E. Proposed FY25 Utility Fund Budget (7:45 PM)
10. CORRESPONDENCE/FYI
A. Warrants
11. MEETINGS
See Town Calendar
12. ADJOURNMENT (8:05 PM)
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MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: John Potter, Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: May 3, 2024
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Special Selectboard meeting on
Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The Board will convene the regular meeting at 6:15pm in the Selectboard
Meeting Room and on Zoom. All times listed below are approximate, and interested parties should
monitor the meeting if they do not want to miss an agenda item.
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
(use *6 to Mute/Unmute, *9 to raise Hand)
The meeting also will be carried live on BCTV:
On Cable TV: Channel 1079
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/channel-1079-livestream
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv
7. CONSENT AGENDA (6:30 PM)
A. Tobacco License – Super 8 Convenience Store
B. Parade Permit – AIDS Walk Fundraiser
C. Municipal Finance Yearly Questionnaire
In a memorandum dated May 7, 2024 Town Clerk Hilary Francis discusses the Tobacco License application for the Super 8 Convenience Store, located at 1020 Western Avenue. Staff have reviewed this application and recommend approval. Rachit Patel will be in the meeting to address any questions, should this be pulled from Consent. By approving the Consent Agenda, the Board will approve a Tobacco License for the Super 8 Convenience Store, located at 1020 Western Avenue.
In a memorandum dated May 3, 2024 Town Manager John Potter discusses the parade permit application for The AIDS Project of Southern Vermont’s AIDS Walk fundraiser on May 25th, 2024. This is an annual event that will go from the Centre Congregational Church to the Co-op and back. The walk will take place on sidewalks and crosswalks. No street closures are required. By approving the Consent Agenda, the Board will approve The AIDS Project of Southern Vermont’s AIDS Walk parade permit application.
In a memorandum dated May 2, 2024, Finance Director Kimberly Frost discusses the Financial Management Questionnaire and Internal Controls Checklist. The 2023 Financial Management Questionnaire was updated to reflect the new Assistant Treasurer as a bank signatory as of December 2023. The 2023 Municipal Checklist for Internal Controls was updated to reflect the new Quarterly cadence of Financial Reports to the Selectboard.
Included in the Board’s backup materials are the Financial Management Questionnaire and the Internal Controls Checklist. By approving the Consent Agenda, the Board will authorize the Chair to sign the (1) Financial Management Questionnaire – towns and cities, (2) Municipal Checklist for Internal Control – Part I, cash controls, and (3) Municipal Checklist for Internal Control – Part II, other controls, as required by the State of Vermont and the Town’s auditors.
ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS PRESENTED.
8. OLD BUSINESS
A. SEVCA Board of Directors Brattleboro Appointments (6:35 PM)
Southeastern Vermont Community Action, Inc. (SEVCA) asks the Board to appoint John Couleur and Kevin Kennedy, both Brattleboro residents, as representatives to the SEVCA Board for the public sector.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPOINT JOHN COULEUR AND KEVIN KENNEDY TO THE
SOUTHEASTERN VERMONT COMMUNITY ACTION, INC (SEVCA) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
9. NEW BUSINESS (6:35 PM)
A. Charter Review Commission Update (6:40 PM)
Representatives from the Charter Review Commission will join the meeting to discuss their work and answer any questions the Board or the public may have.
POTENTIAL MOTION: NO MOTION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM.
B. BDCC Economic Update (6:55 PM)
Representatives from the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation will be in the meeting to provide an economic update. Included in the Board’s materials is an update from the BDCC.
POTENTIAL MOTION: NO MOTION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM.
C. Summer DPW Work Update (7:15 PM)
In a memorandum dated March 29, 2024 Director of Public Works Dan Tyler provides an update on DPW’s planned summer projects. Included in the Boards materials is a list of planned summer projects, with descriptions for general information. Dan Tyler will be in the meeting to update the Board and the public on DPW’s work.
POTENTIAL MOTION: NO MOTION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM.
D. Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance, First Reading (7:35 PM)
In a memorandum dated April 15, 2024 Assistant Town Manager Patrick Moreland discusses the proposed changes to the Brattleboro Code of Ordinances, Chapter 1.5, Alcoholic Beverages, Section 2, Definitions, and Section 17, Exceptions and Permits. This is a first reading and does not require a motion.
POTENTIAL MOTION: NO MOTION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM.
E. Proposed FY25 Utility Fund Budget (7:45 PM)
In a memorandum dated May 2, 2024 Assistant Town Manager Patrick Moreland discusses the FY25 Utility Fund Budget, Cash Reconciliation, and a Utility Rate Review.
POTENTIAL MOTION: NO MOTION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM.
