The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 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 3:00pm the Selectboard will convene and hold a site visit at Bittersweet Lane. The Selectboard will then hold a site visit at 4:00pm at TH-20 / Gulf Road. The Board will then meet at 5:45pm and is expected to enter immediately into executive session to discuss contracts. 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. Please note that the Zoom credentials for this meeting have changed. They can be found inside the agenda and administrative report.
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, JANUARY 20, 2026
SELECTBOARD MEETING ROOM + ZOOM
SITE VISIT AT BITTERSWEET LANE – 3:00 PM
SITE VISIT AT GULF ROAD – 4:00 PM
EXECUTIVE SESSION – 5:45 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 the link below.
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85068778036?pwd=wB7buBmcLJCbYY7213padzD0aOOAwH.1
Meeting ID: 850 6877 8036
Passcode: 660329
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
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ZOOM CREDIENTIALS HAVE CHANGED.
AGENDA
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
(please note that all times indicated are approximate)
1. CONVENE REGULAR MEETING (6:15 PM)
2. ADJUSTMENTS TO AGENDA
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. Kiwanis Shelter – Accept $24,725 Bid
B. Detman Drive Grant – Accept $1,700,000 Million Grant
C. Small Business Loan Correction – India Masala House
8. REGULAR BUSINESS (6:35 PM)
A. Public Hearing on Bittersweet Lane (6:35 PM)
B. Public Hearing on Gulf Road (6:55 PM)
9. CORRESPONDENCE
A. Warrants and Department Reports
10. ADJOURNMENT (7:05 PM)
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MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: John Potter, Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: January 16, 2026
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Tuesday,
January 20, 2026. 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/85068778036?pwd=wB7buBmcLJCbYY7213padzD0aOOAwH.1
Meeting ID: 850 6877 8036
Passcode: 660329
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)
Kiwanis Shelter – Accept $24,725 Bid
Detman Drive Grant – Accept $1.7 Million Grant
Small Business Loan Correction – India Masala House
In a memorandum dated January 8, 2026, Recreation and Parks Director Carol Lolatte
discusses the Kiwanis Shelter roof replacement and its bid process. By approving the
Consent Agenda, the Board will award the contract to Triumph Roofing Inc. of Baldwinville,
MA for Roof Replacement at the Kiwanis Shelter at Living Memorial Park 178 Memorial Park
Drive for $24,725.
In a memorandum dated December 23, 2025, Assistant Planning Director Brian Bannon
discusses a community development grant the Town has been awarded for the demolition of
the existing Detman Drive Bridge and replacement with a bridge able to withstand and
convey floodwaters from a 100 year flood event. By approving the Consent Agenda, the
Board will authorize the Town Manager to accept a grant of $1.700,000 (1.7 million) from
Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Relief from the Agency of Commerce and
Community Development for the replacement of Detman Drive Bridge.
At the January 6, 2026, Selectboard Meeting, the Board approved a Small Business
Assistance Program loan for Madan Rathore d/b/a India Masala House. There was an error
in that memo and therefore, an error in the Selectboard’s motion that the Town would like to
correct. The committee recommended a term of 5 years (60 months), not the 7 years (84
months) that was said in the documents the Board authorized. By approving the Consent
Agenda, the Board will rescind the following motion: approve the SBAP Loan committee’s
recommendation to provide a loan to Madan Rathmore dba India Masala House as follows:
$45,000.00 loan at 5.00% per annum for seven (7) years. Twenty thousand dollars of the
loan is for working capital to be issued following closing. The remaining $25,000 is to be
disbursed upon receipt of invoices for furniture and equipment. Collateral will be a Uniform
Commercial Code on all furniture, fixtures and equipment purchased with SBAP funds. By
approving the Consent Agenda, the Board will also approve the SBAP Loan Committee’s
recommendation to provide a loan to Madan Rathore d/b/a India Masala House as follows:
$45,000.00 loan at 5.00% per annum for five (5) years. Twenty thousand dollars of the loan
is for working capital to be issued following closing. The remaining $25,000 is to be
disbursed upon receipt of invoices for furniture and equipment. Collateral will be a UCC on all
furniture, fixtures and equipment purchased with SBAP funds.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS PRESENTED.
9. REGULAR BUSINESS (6:35 PM)
Public Hearing on Bittersweet Lane (6:35 PM)
In a memorandum dated January 16, 2026, Town Manager John Potter discusses a request
by Michael Cersosimo, to make Bittersweet Lane a public Town Highway. The Selectboard
decided at their October 16, 2025, meeting, to discuss laying out Bittersweet Lane from East
Orchard Street to its terminus as a Class III Town Highway. At the November 18, 2025,
Selectboard Meeting the Board agreed to hold a site visit and public hearing on this topic.
The Board has scheduled a site visit for 3:00pm on January 20, 2026, before the Regular
Meeting.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO LAY OUT BITTERSWEET LANE FROM THE INTERSECTION
OF EAST ORCHARD STREET TO ITS TERMINUS AS A CLASS III TOWN HIGHWAY.
Public Hearing on Gulf Road (6:55 PM)
In a memorandum dated January 16, 2026, Town Manager John Potter discusses the
reclassification of a segment of TH-20 from a Class III to a Class IV Highway. After the Town
learned that a 0.17 mile section of Gulf Road (TH-20) was inadvertently left off a
reclassification of Gulf Road from a Class III to a Class IV Highway, staff requested that the
Town follow the formal procedure to reclassify this segment of the road. The Board agreed at
their November 18th Selectboard Meeting to hold a public hearing and a site visit on this
matter. The site visit will be held at 4:00pm before the Selectboard Meeting.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO RECLASSIFY A 0.17 MILE SECTION OF TH-20 FROM CLASS
III TO CLASS IV HIGHWAY.
