Brattleboro Conservation Commission – 7/25 Meeting Agenda
A. Call to Order (5:15)
B. Approve Minutes of June 27, 2023 (5:15 – 5:20)
C. Public Comments (5:20 – 5:25)
D. Announcements (5:25 – 5:30)
E. Organizational Meeting (5:30 – 6:15)
Brattleboro Senior Meals Menu – July 24 thru July 28
July 24 Pulled Pork
Baked Beans
Cole Slaw
Mandarin Orange
Brattleboro Selecboard Special Meeting Agenda and Notes
The Brattleboro Selectboard will be holding their July moments of public participation for anyone wishing to provide feedback and comments on the EMS plan.
They will also approve new land use regulations, and hear a report on plans for improvements to Living Memorial Park. You can sometimes bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation, if the Chair allows.
Bandwagon Summer Series Brings Vermont Institution Bread & Puppet to Putney
The Next Stage Bandwagon Summer Series presents beloved Vermont institution Bread & Puppet, bringing their touring production to Putney on Thursday, August 24 at 6:00 pm at the Grammar School at 159 Grammar School Lane, in Putney, Vermont.
The Bread and Puppet Theater celebrates their 60th anniversary with The Mother Dirt Circus!
Audiences will delight as Bread and Puppet draws on its distinctive iconography to call attention to the urgent issues of the day. Young and old will thrill to see stilt dancers and paper maché beasts of all sizes accompanied by the riotous Bread and Puppet Circus Brass Band. A colorful spectacle of protest and celebration performed under the Vermont summer sky.
Sourdough rye with aioli will be offered after the performance and The Bread and Puppet Press and Cheap Art Emporium will be open for your perusal.
Construction Update Brattleboro-Hinsdale Bridge – July 20
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES: Work continues to progress on waterline and drainage installation from north to south along the VT 142 corridor. Ledge removal along the north end of the project with hydraulic hammers has become necessary to advance this work and will continue until elevations above the ledge line can be achieved. The raising of drainage structures will continue as grade of the highway is increased.
The layout and formwork for the northern MSE wall moment slabs will continue this week as the contractor prepares for concrete. The moment slabs will hold the railings and become the sidewalk. It is anticipated that these locations will be ready for concrete in the coming weeks.
Windham Southeast School District Board Meeting Agenda
AGENDA
I. Call To Order – 6:00pm – Kelly Young, Board Chair
II. Student Matters (5-10 minutes)
III. Administrative Report –
* Hires / Resignations / Retirements
* Summer Programming
* Update on contingency plans for buildings to be utilized as shelters in the event of future climate emergencies
* Update on BUHS re-branding and mascot selection – Action Required
* Update on selection of Restorative Justice Coordinator – Possible Action Required
Windham Southeast Supervisory Union Board Personnel Committee Meeting Agenda
Agenda
I Call to order – Anne Beekman, Chair
II Approval of minutes of July 12, 2023
III New Hires
IV Resignations/retirements
Brattleboro EMS Request for Information
The town proposed a Request for Information (RFI) process on May 12, 2023 to identify potential EMS providers for Brattleboro. Vendors can provide input on the RFP’s structure, criteria, and requirements.
The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be developed based on feedback from the RFI responses, which the Select Board will review on July 25. Rescue Inc. enters Brattleboro EMS chat, Brattleboro Reformer, July 14, 2023.
The Body Is Dying
When a body is close to death organs start to fail. The kidneys lose their ability to filter out poisons, the gastrointestinal tract slows and stops moving and processing food, muscles waste away and the brain slips into a stage of fog until the big sleep takes over.
I can’t help but think that there are a lot of comparisons to the way we die and the way in which our planet is decaying and looking more and more like a body nearing death. We look to global warming and blame it for many of the disasters that are unfolding. The warming of the planet is much like a deadly disease that has taken over the body.
When a disease takes hold that has little hope for slowing or stopping the body knows that death is at hand and systems move into a different mode.
Is it possible that our planet knows that it is on a death spiral and that the catastrophes we are experiencing a part of the process of the death of a planet?
SelectKitten Update
When we last left off in mid-June, Bianca and Margot were almost 10 weeks old and fending off a potentially life-threatening virus. Quick update: everyone did well, which includes these two plus their siblings being fostered elsewhere and their still-wild brother living with Mom in the yard.
It was a long, stressful period for me, though. Nothing was certain. It was a day-by-day, hour-by-hour project until they were in the clear. That meant that I got to spend much of June and early July sitting on a bathroom floor in quarantine with them. Lise was assigned to keep things as normal as possible for our existing cat in the rest of the house.
I did lots of special cleaning to keep things safe. It was like the start of COVID… washing everything, and not being sure if the virus was lurking about.
Next Stage Bandwagon Summer Series Presents Afrobeat Ensemble Armo
The Next Stage Bandwagon Summer Series presents Afrobeat ensemble Armo, on Friday, August 18 at 6:00 pm at the Retreat Farm, 45 Farmhouse Square, in Brattleboro, VT.
Armo’s intimate and energetic sound focuses on classic and contemporary Afrobeat.
Founded by longtime Antibalas bandmates vocalist/keyboardist Amayo, trumpeter/percussionist Jordan McLean, percussionist/vocalist Marcus Farrar, guitarist/keyboardist Nikhil P. Yerawadekar, drummer Kevin Raczka, and bassist Justin Kimmel, Armo creates spontaneous arrangements of the music of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, The Daktaris, Ebo Taylor, William Onyeabor, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, and original rhythm-based music.
This 5-8 piece band features a revolving cast from the Daptone Records family and NY Afrobeat Scene. Members of the band now include Dave “Smoota” Smith on trombone/keyboards, bassists/guitarists Binky Griptite and Timothy James, saxophonist/keyboardist Tony Jarvis, and drummer Dylan Fusillo.
WSESD Social Justice Committee Meeting Minutes
The Social Justice Committee will be bringing the following recommendations to the
WSESD Board and Policy and Amendment Committee meetings for consideration:
● The 2021-22 WSESD Social Justice committee developed three questions related to diversity and equity that should be included on all job applications. Currently only part of the first question seems to be included on job listings. The Social Justice Committee recommends that this be remedied and that all three questions are asked on every job listing for the district.
Windham Southeast School District (WSESD) Policy and Amendment Committee Meeting Minutes
I. Approval of Minutes and confirmation of next meeting date
The minutes of 06/20/23 meeting approved by assent.
The next meetings for the Policy and Amendments Committee are scheduled for:
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Tuesday, Sept 5, 2023
Tuesday, Sept 19, 2023
BCTV Schedules – Week of July 17, 2023
BCTV Channel 1078 Weekly Listing for 7/17/23
Monday, July 17, 2023
4:25 am The Talk – Professional People of Color in VT
6:00 am Collegiate A Cappella Concert – 19th Annual A Cappella Concert 4/15/23
7:55 am Next Stage Arts – Bandwagon Summer Series 2023 Featuring Underground System
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
Brattleboro Traffic Safety Committee Meeting Agenda
1. Minutes – March 16 and June 15, 2023
2. Public Participation
3. Monthly Report on Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Traffic Incidents– For June
4. Monthly Report on Traffic Data Collection – For June
Brattleboro Selectboard Special Meeting Agenda
The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 5:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center (230 Main Street). Prior to the business part of the meeting, at 5:15pm, the Selectboard will conduct a committee interview with a candidate for the Development Review Board. The Board will then make appointments to the Development Review Board during the business part of the meeting. Following Committee Appointments, the Selectboard is expected to immediately enter into executive session to discuss contracts, real estate and the evaluation of a public employee. After exiting the executive session, the Board is expected to immediately adjourn. No action will be taken in executive session.
Guilford Brass Band Concert Postponed
Christ Church Society sadly announces that the Celebration Brass Band concert scheduled for Sunday has been postponed due to a particularly wet weather forecast (even by the standards of the past week!)
Even Gov. Scott has proclaimed Sunday a miserable weather day.
Brattleboro Senior Meals Menu July 17 thru July 21
July 17 Hot Dog on a Bun
Sweet Potato Fries
Baked Beans
Apple
WSESD Personnel Committee Meeting Minutes
On a motion by Kim Price, the minutes of June 7, 2023 were approved.
On a motion by Anne Beekman, the committee accepted the recommendation of administration to hire Kerri Beebe, WSESU PreK Coordinator.
On a motion by Anne Beekman, the committee accepted the recommendation of administration to hire Tara Sullivan, BUHS Special Education teacher.
Brattleboro Transportation Center Top Level Closing For Repairs
The top level (Level 4) of the Brattleboro Transportation Center will be closed for repairs from Monday, July 17 at 6:00am through Friday, July 28 at approximately 5:00pm. During this project there will be no parking available on Levels 4A and 4B. All other parking spots will be open as marked.
Please have all vehicles removed from Level 4 by 9:30 pm on Sunday, July 16. Any vehicles parked in this area after that will be towed at the owner’s expense.
