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The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 5:15pm in the Selectboard meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
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The Citizen Police Communications Committee (CPCC) meeting previously scheduled for today has been cancelled due to the anticipated storm.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
Many residents in the Brattleboro area are currently receiving mailings from HomeServe USA Repair Management Corp in regard to water service line responsibility. HomeServe is an independent company that offers residential repair coverage plans and is not affiliated with the local utility that supplies water to residents. This mailing is a solicitation to purchase insurance from HomeServe and is not associated with any utilities furnished by the Town of Brattleboro Water Department.
The following Brattleboro committee and board meetings previously scheduled for Tuesday, January 27 are CANCELLED due to the anticipated storm:
Traffic Safety Committee
Conservation Committee
Board of Civil Authority
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
The Brattleboro Citizen Police Communications Committee (CPCC) will meet on Monday, January 26, 2015 at 5:30pm at the Brooks Memorial Library in the community room.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
The Brattleboro Traffic Safety Committee will meet on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 8:30am in the Selectboard meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
Brattleboro’s new town manager, Peter Elwell, was front and center for his first official meeting of the Brattleboro Selectboard. He was quiet for most of the meeting, but had a few strong words about dipping into the Unassigned Fund Balance for non-emergencies.
The future of the Committee of the Future was called into question by the director of Planning Services, a first public hearing was held on a series of proposed changes to the Town Charter, the skatepark committee has a new location to study for feasibility, and a wide array of budget matters were deferred for action at a special meeting of the Selectboard scheduled for January 29th at 5:15 pm.
Tonight’s Shareholder Forum is POSTPONED until next Sunday, January 25th, from 5-7pm.
Five different vendors of alcohol will ask for special event permits for a single night of samples, at the next regular Tuesday meeting of the Brattleboro Selectboard.
The board will consider a contract and loan to finish off the Black Mountain Gravity Sewer line, consider more items for inclusion on the Representative Town Meeting warning, will hear of revisions to plans for locating the skatepark, and will again offer time for the public to speak to issues of the FY16 budget before it is approved by the board.
Brattleboro’s new Town Manager may also make an appearance, being the first day on the job.
The Brattleboro Pay-As-You-Throw Advisory Committee/Working Group will meet on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 5:00pm in the Selectboard meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
“Breakfast with Brattleboro’s Chief of Police”
The next “Brattleboro Citizens’ Breakfast” is planned for Friday, January 23, 2015 at the Gibson Aiken Center, downstairs, hosted by Senior Meals. Doors open at 7:30am.
Michael Fitzgerald was appointed Brattleboro’s Chief of Police in September 2014. Hired as a patrol officer by the former Chief Richard Guthrie, he rose to the rank of Captain in eight years. In the light of current strained relationships between the police and the community in various cities, Chief Fitzgerald will share with us what the Brattleboro Police Department has done and what it would like to do in the future in the area of community relations.
In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, all Brattleboro Town offices will be closed on Monday, January 19, 2015, with the exception of emergency services.
Parking is free at all metered spaces and in the pay-and-display lots on Monday, January 19. All other violations, including extended parking, will be enforced.
Brooks Memorial Library will be closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 19.
The Brattleboro Arts Committee will meet on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 4:00pm in the Hanna Cosman meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
The Brattleboro Tree Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 7:00pm in the Hanna Cosman meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
The Town of Brattleboro is looking for citizens to serve on the following committees and boards:
Agricultural Advisory Board
BASIC (Brattleboro Area Skatepark is Coming) – must be Brattleboro resident
Conservation Commission
Development Review Board
Development Review Board Alternate
Energy Committee
Brattleboro’s municipal budget, and how to pay for it, was the focus of the first regular meeting of the selectboard in 2015. Very few decisions were made – that’s being saved for their next meeting – but issues were discussed in detail and a few Town Meeting Representatives even joined in the debate.
Property taxes appear to be going up, the 1% Local Option Sales tax may or may not be re-voted, a decision on the Futures Committee has been put off until the future, and the town has a long list of necessary improvements to do.
Board members held differing views on when the public and representatives should be consulted via votes or discussions, and which issues should be reconsidered.
Weather permitting; the Department of Public Works crews will be working with a contractor to remove low hanging branches that pose a danger to vehicular traffic on several streets around town on January 12th and 13th. DPW personnel will continue trimming throughout the rest of the week as needed.
If you have any questions, please contact Hannah O’Connell, Town of Brattleboro Highway / Utility Superintendent at (802) 254 – 4255.
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Town of Brattleboro
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
211 Fairground Road, Brattleboro, Vermont 05301
Tel: 802-254-4255 • Fax: 802-257-2316 • E-mail: brattdpw@sover.net
During January, the Gallery at the Garden features an exhibit entitled “New England Through the Eyes of an Artist,” presenting original watercolor paintings by Jane May Jones, with subjects ranging from fall in Vermont to summer on Cape Cod and everything in between.
The Gallery at the Garden is located at the Robert H. Gibson River Garden, home of Strolling of the Heifers, at 157 Main Street in Brattleboro. The show opens Friday evening, Jan. 2, with the gallery open from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and continues through January 30.
The Brattleboro Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) Advisory Committee/Working Group will meet on Monday, January 5, 2015 at 5:00pm in the Hanna Cosman meeting room at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
The Brattleboro Energy Committee will meet on Monday, January 5, 2015 at 5:00pm in the Planning Services Department (suite 202) in the Municipal Building.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100
