The Brattleboro Finance Committee will meet on Monday, April 14, 2025 at 6:00pm in the Hanna Cosman Meeting Room.
The Charter Revision Commission will meet Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 7:00pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room and over Zoom.
The Charter Revision Commission is making its public debut on Monday, the 30th, in the Library at 6 pm. And online too. After two and a quarter years it is introducing itself by asking the public what to do about one particular question: should Representative Town Meeting vote itself out of existence and revert Town Meeting to the former and more common open meeting style.
I have not seen any of the evidence it has gathered pro and con but perhaps they will share that at the meeting itself though at that point perhaps not as useful as it might be. Presumably they have gathered evidence inasmuch as that is what Charter Revision Commissions are appointed to do.
The Charter Revision Commission invites Brattleboro residents to a discussion on the form of Brattleboro’s annual town meeting.
The meeting will take place on Monday, March 31, 2025, 6 to 8 p.m. in the Main Reading Room at Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, and will be broadcast live on BCTV Channel 1079, BCTV’s YouTube Channel, Facebook Page and website, Brattleborotv.org.
The Charter and information about the Charter Revision Commission, including a summary of the forms of annual town meeting and a Frequently Asked Questions sheet, are available at Brattleboro.gov.
The Brattleboro Charter Revision Commission will meet on Monday, March 17, 2025 at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room (230 Main Street, Rm 212) and over zoom.
The Brattleboro Traffic Safety Committee will meet on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 8:00am in the Selectboard Meeting Room (230 Main Street, Rm 212) and over Zoom.
1. Call to Order
2. Chair’s Opening Remarks
3. What form of Annual Town Meeting is right for Brattleboro?
4. Adjourn
The Brattleboro Traffic Safety Committee will meet on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 8:00am in the Selectboard Meeting Room (230 Main Street, Rm. 212) and over Zoom.
The Brattleboro Charter Revision Commission will meet on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Board Meeting Room (230 Main Street, Rm. 212) and over Zoom.
The Brattleboro RTM Human Services Committee will meet on Monday, December 16, 2024 at 6:00pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room (230 Main Street, Rm. 212) and over Zoom.
The Brattleboro RTM Finance Committee will meet on Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 6:15pm in the Hanna Cosman Meeting Room(230 Main Street, Rm. 211).
The Brattleboro Charter Revision Commission will meet on Thursday, December 19, 2024 in the Selectboard Meeting Room(230 Main Street, Rm. 212 and over Zoom
Should Brattleboro end Representative Town Meeting? The Brattleboro Selectboard will decide if this question is allowed to be put to voters at their next regular meeting.
They will make changes to ordinances relating to parking, the downtown improvement district, and vacant buildings and will also hear the annual pleas from the Downtown Brattleboro Alliance and BDCC. You can bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation.
The Brattleboro Human Services Committee will meet in the Hanna Cosman Meeting Room (230 Main Street) and over Zoom on Monday, November 4, 2024 at 6:00pm.
The Charter Revision Commission will meet in the Selectboard Meeting Room (230 Main Street) and over Zoom on Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 6:15pm.
The Tree Advisory Committee will meet in the Hanna Cosman Meeting Room (230 Main Street) on Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 4:15pm.
The RTM Finance Committee will meet in the Hanna Cosman Meeting Room (230 Main Street) on Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 5:45pm.
Old Business
1. Representative Town Meeting v. Open Town Meeting v. Australian Ballot
New Business
The Brattleboro Human Services Committee will hold a Q and A session on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 4:30pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center (230 Main Street) and over zoom.
The Brattleboro Charter Revision Commission will meet on Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room and over Zoom.
The Brattleboro Charter Revision Commission will meet on Monday, September 30, 2024 at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room (230 Main Street, room 212).
The Brattleboro Tree Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 4:15pm in the Hanna Cosman Meeting Room (230 Main Street, room 211).
The Brattleboro Charter Review Commission will meet on Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room (230 Main Street, Suite 212) and over Zoom.
The Brattleboro Tree Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 4:15 in the Hanna Cosman Meeting Room (230 Main Street, Suite 211).
The Brattleboro Traffic Safety Committee will meet on Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 8:00am in the Selectboard Meeting Room and over Zoom.
The Brattleboro Charter Revision Commission will meet on Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room and over Zoom.
The Brattleboro Charter Review Commission will meet on Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center (230 Main Street, Suite 212) and over Zoom.
Brattleboro, VT – Brattleboro’s Charter Revision Commission will meet on Thursday, August 10 at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room in the Municipal Center, 230 Main Street.
The meeting agenda includes an overview of the 2011 charter changes and the history of Representative Town Meeting. The commission will also set the meeting schedule for the remainder of 2023
The Brattleboro Charter Revision Commission has been formed and work is getting underway to look at, poke at, discuss, debate and suggest revisions to the Brattleboro Charter.
Here are five revisions I think are worth considering:
The Brattleboro Selectboard held their final regular meeting of 2022, taking up issues of finance, cannabis, and EMS services. The AP Triton report gave the board four options of EMS services. The top recommendation of the consultants, though, was to get Brattleboro Fire Department up to national performance standards asap.
The board also heard a well argued critique of their recent police budget discussions.
The AP Triton EMS Feasibility Study and its (expected) four options for Brattleboro EMS services will be made available for the next regular meeting of the Brattleboro Selectboard.
The board will also look at financial statements and audits, appoint members to the Charter Review Commission, and more. You can bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation.
