The Brattleboro Selectboard will be working on the budget at their next regular meeting. The Police and Fire departments are scheduled to present their FY27 requests. The Town will also adopt a new solid waste contract and program, raising your PAYT bag prices and having DPW expand to pick up compost.
The board will also discuss trespass warnings and fireworks, and 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, November18, 2025 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, the Board will meet at 5:15pm and is expected to enter immediately into executive session to discuss labor negotiations with employees. The attached agenda contains information on how to access the meeting remotely, including the required “passcode.” Closed captioning will be available for deaf and hard-of-hearing community members. The backup materials for this meeting will be available on the town Website by the end of the day.
Jessica Sticklor (she/her/hers)
Executive Assistant
Town of Brattleboro
230 Main Street, Suite 208
Brattleboro, VT 05301
(802) 251 – 8115
* Please note that all correspondence with Town staff is part of the public record and may be shared with others.
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BRATTLEBORO SELECTBOARD
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2025
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:
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85223252040?pwd=f0zpzRIYterkWvZ53MAfbuxuMv3Dvm.1
Meeting ID: 852 2325 2040
Passcode: 602388
The meeting also will be carried live on BCTV.
Cable TV: Channel 1079
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/live/gov-ed-channel/
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv
AGENDA
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
(please note that all times indicated are approximate)
1. CONVENE REGULAR MEETING (6:15 PM)
2. ADJUSTMENTS TO AGENDA
3. APPROVE MINUTES – October 16, and October 21, 2025
4. CHAIR’S REMARKS
5. MANAGER’S COMMENTS
6. SELECTBOARD COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
7. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (6:25 PM)
8. CONSENT AGENDA (6:30 PM)
A. Marigold– Approve First and Third Class Liquor Licenses and Outside Consumption Permit
B. Bittersweet Lane and Wickapee Hill Schedule Site Visits and Public Hearings
9. REGULAR BUSINESS (6:35 PM)
A. Solid Waste Management – Approve Solid Waste Contract and Program (6:35 PM)
Presentation by DPW Staff
B. Fireworks Contract – Approve Contract (6:55 PM)
Presentation by Recreation and Parks Staff
C. Public Safety Update – Trespass Claims and Policy (7:10 PM)
Presentation by Police Department Staff
D. Police Department FY27 GF Budget (7:30 PM)
Presentation by Police Department Staff
E. Fire Department FY27 GF Budget (8:15 PM)
Presentation by Fire Department Staff
10. CORRESPONDENCE
A. Warrants and Department Reports
11. ADJOURNMENT (9:00 PM)
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MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: John Potter, Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: November 14, 2025
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Tuesday,
November 18, 2025. The Board will convene the 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.
If you join the meeting from your computer, tablet, or smartphone, please use this link:
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85223252040?pwd=f0zpzRIYterkWvZ53MAfbuxuMv3Dvm.1
Meeting ID: 852 2325 2040
Passcode: 602388
The meeting also will be carried live on BCTV.
Cable TV: Channel 1079
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/live/gov-ed-channel/
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv
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
8. CONSENT AGENDA (6:40 PM)
Marigold – Approve First and Third Class Liquor Licenses and Outside Consumption Permit
Bittersweet Lane and Wickapee Hill Schedule Site Visits and Public Hearings
In a memorandum dated October 28, 2025 Assistant Town Clerk Jane Fletcher discusses the First and Third Class Liquor License and Outside Consumption Permit applications for Marigold LLC, located at 157 Main Street. Town staff have reviewed and recommend approval of this item. Representatives from Marigold will be in the meeting to answer any questions should this be pulled from Consent. By approving the Consent Agenda, the Board will approve a First and Third Class Liquor License and Outside Consumption Permit for Marigold LLC, located at 157 Main Street.
In a memorandum dated November 7, 2025 DPW Director Dan Tyler discusses the site visit and public hearings for Bittersweet Lane to become a Class 3 Town Highway. By approving the Consent Agenda, the Board will lay out Bittersweet Lane from the intersection of East Orchard Street to its terminus as a Class 3 Town Highway; and schedule a site visit on January 20, 2025 at 3:00 pm and a public hearing at a meeting to be convened at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room after conclusion of the site visit.
In a memorandum dated November 7, 2025 DPW Director Dan Tyler discusses the site visit and public hearing to reclassify a section of TH-20 as a Class IV Highway. By approving the Consent Agenda, the Board will reclassify a 0.17 mile section of TH-20 from class III to Class IV; and schedule a site visit on January 20, 2025 at 3:45 pm with a public hearing to follow thereafter after conclusion of the site visit at the Selectboard meeting room in a meeting to be convened at 6:15 pm.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS PRESENTED.
9. REGULAR BUSINESS (6:35 PM)
Solid Waste Management – Approve Solid Waste Contract and Program (6:45 PM)
Presentation by DPW Staff
In a memorandum dated November 18, 2025, Public Works Assistant Director Pete Lynch discusses a potential Solid Waste Program and Casella Contract.
POTENTIAL MOTION(S):
APPROVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOLID WASTE SYSTEM, AS PRESENTED,
INCLUDING PAY AS YOU THROW CURBSIDE TRASH COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL,
AUTOMATED CURBSIDE PICK UP AND PROCESSING OF RECYCLING, AND
CURBSIDE PICK UP AND DISPOSAL OF COMPOST.
APPROVE A FORTY-TWO-MONTH CONTRACT WITH CASELLA FOR THE CURBSIDE
COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF TRASH AND RECYCLING, WITH AN ESTIMATED
$1,025,529 EXPENDITURE IN YEAR ONE AND A 4.5% YEARLY INCREASE TO EACH OF
THE STREAMS.
APPROVE AN INCREASE TO PAY AS YOU THROW BAG FEES FROM $2.00 TO $4.50
FOR YELLOW BAGS, AND $3.00 TO $6.75 FOR PURPLE BAGS WITH THE TRANSITION
TO TAKE PLACE DURING JANUARY 2026.
Fireworks Contract – Approve Contract (7:05 PM)
Presentation by Recreation and Parks Staff
In a memorandum dated November 7, 2025, Recreation and Parks Director Carol Lotatte discusses the increases in costs for a July 4th fireworks show and recommends entering into a contract with Northstar Fireworks/Pyrotecnico, a company Brattleboro has worked with in the past.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH NORTHSTAR FIREWORKS
/ PYROTECNICO FOR $20,000 TO PROVIDE A FIREWORKS DISPLAY ON THE 4TH OF
JULY 2026.
Public Safety Update – Trespass Claims (7:20 PM)
Presentation by Police Department Staff
In a memorandum dated November 14, 2025, Town Manager John Potter discusses the recent claims regarding the Town’s issuance of trespass orders.
POTENTIAL MOTION: NO MOTION REQUIRED FOR THIS MEMO.
Police Department FY27 GF Budget (7:40 PM)
Presentation by Police Department Staff
In a memorandum dated November 14, 2025, Police Chief Norma Hardy discusses the Police Department’s proposed FY27 Budget.
POTENTIAL MOTION: NO MOTION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM.
Fire Department FY27 GF Budget (8:25 PM)
Presentation by Fire Department Staff
In a memorandum dated November 7, 2025 Fire Chief Jay Symonds discusses the Fire Department’s proposed FY27 Budget.
POTENTIAL MOTION: NO MOTION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM.
