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Agenda:
1. Meeting Minutes Review/Vote
2. Review of Steering Committee Meeting responses to the Education group’s report
3. Delegating tasks
4. Other Business
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“…A survey titled ‘Brattleboro Town Meeting: Your Opinion’ was conducted starting July 9, in order to get feedback on what annual representative town meeting (RTM) attendees and participants think about their experience with the Brattleboro RTM.
The objective of this survey is to hear opinions about what people want changed or want preserved in our town meeting process, so that the RTM Steering committee can be better informed and can take this opinion into account, in our work.
The RTM proposal that was adopted for the Steering committee states: “…to review the rules, procedures and structure of Representative Town Meeting for the purpose of enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of the body…”
The Brattleboro RTM Finance Committee will meet on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 6:00pm at the Brattleboro Co-op Outdoor Café.
The first installment of the 2021 Brattleboro Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes will be due on August 23, 2021. Payments made after August 23, 2021 will have an additional 1% interest added to the unpaid balance.
The Town of Brattleboro utility bills are also due on August 23, 2021. Payments made after August 23, 2021 will have an additional 1% interest, as well as an 8% penalty added to the unpaid balance.
The Brattleboro Selectboard approved a new rule requiring face covering indoors, subject to the approval of Dr. Levine and the Vermont Department of Health. If Levine doesn’t approve, the board strongly recommends, rather than requires, the face coverings. This is all in response to a rapid rise in regional COVID cases, more Delta variant, and a fluctuating CDC rating of viral transmission.
In a related action, the board recommended to everyone who is able, please get vaccinated.
AGENDA
1. Minutes – May 20, 2021
2. Public Participation
3. Monthly Report on Pedestrian and Bicycle Incidents
4. Monthly Report on Traffic Data Collection
5. Updates/Continued Discussion on Ongoing Matters
The Department of Public Works is happy to report that Renaud Brothers has completed the replacement of the stone culvert on Hinesburg Road that failed during the severe rainstorm on July 17. The guardrails have been installed and the roadway has been paved. Hinesburg Road is reopened to normal traffic, effective immediately.
We appreciate your cooperation, understanding and patience as these repairs were made.
Brattleboro ~ Meet and greet Police Chief Norma Hardy at Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main St. this Wednesday, August 18 from 5-7. Drop by and get acquainted at an outdoor reception to welcome the newest member of the Town of Brattleboro team.
Everyone is invited and refreshments will be served.
The Brattleboro Selectboard will meet on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Brattleboro Municipal Center (320 Main Street). The public is encouraged to participate in the meeting over Zoom. The Municipal Center will be open to the public with limited seating spaced six feet apart and face coverings will be required in the meeting. 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 new census is being rolled out. Both Vermont and Windham County have seen population growth, if the numbers are reliable, since 2010.
Windham County had a 3.1% change in population, from 44,513 in 2010 to 45,905 in 2020. Vermont’s population grew by 2.8%, from 625,741 in 2010 to 643,077 in 2020.
The percent of Windham County population over 18 is 82.5%, or 37,893 people.
1. Call to Order 1 min
2. Agenda Review 2 min
3. Approve minutes 3 min
4. Announcements
1. Convene Meeting
2. Application for exemption for 54 South Main Street.
3. Review of 2021 conditionally exempt properties
4. Other Business
5. Public Comments
6. Adjourn
AGENDA
A. Meeting Called to Order
B. Announcements
C. Public Comment
D. Approve Minutes of July 9, 2021
F. Agricultural Land Protection Fund Discussion
The Brattleboro Selectboard returned from summer break to take up issues such as refugees and a new police chief. BDCC explained why they think the refugee program is a must, ECDC explained what their program was, and Brattleboro can look forward to up to 75 refugees a year and the anticipated financial and housing challenges, as well as the hoped-for benefits to the community and economy.
The board also swore-in new Police Chief Norma Hardy. The entire department showed up in support.
Agenda
• Call to order
• Agenda review
• Announcements
• Open meeting law review for committee workgroups
• Problems identified for RTM day
External Issues Working Group Meeting
August 5, 5:00 pm
Outdoor patio at the Brattleboro Food Coop
The agenda is to review suggestions concerning items related to the lead-up and preparation for Representative Town Meeting.
The public is invited to attend this discussion on issues concerning Representative Town Meeting.
With a few last-minute glitches and a few hours late, the new issue of Blog88.org is online. The theme of this edition is:
The Word, “CRAZY!”
Featured as the lead article, is a powerful, first-person account of the horrendous, routine abuse of human beings in the guise of psychiatric care: CRAZY OR NOT, HERE I COME by Phoebe Sparrow Wagner.
The Brattleboro Selectboard returns from their summer break to take up issues of new people in the community. They will swear in our new Police Chief Norma Hardy in a welcoming ceremony. They’ll also hear a presentation about the possibility of welcoming refugees to the area.
The Solid Waste Fund’s final transfer from the General Fund occurs, liquor permits will be given out, water and sewer repairs will be considered, and committee members will be appointed. You can also bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation.
Agenda items:
Approve minutes
Public participation
Planting sites
Guidelines for Memorial Trees
Maintenance Plan
There will be an interruption of water service on lower Oak ST and Chase ST from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, while Utilities personnel can replace valves in the intersection of Oak ST and Chase ST.
Work will begin on Monday, August 2, when the intersection will be closed for utilities crew to dig up the old valves and will remain closed until the work is completed on Tuesday, August 3. Residents at #6 – #26 Chase ST should use Forest ST for access and residents at #30 – #49 Chase ST will be able to use Linden ST for access in both directions.
