When you think of the River Garden, you probably think “there’s not enough liquor there.” Well, the Brattleboro Selectboard will take care of that at their next regular meeting.
A new ambulance contract will be signed to officially end the Rescue, Inc. era. The board will also reconsider their decision from their last meeting about whether the downtown metal ski jump sculpture should stay or go in off seasons. And they’ll handle a few financial and administrative matters.
You can bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation.
Also of interest, an attempt at live Close Captioning!
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The Brattleboro Selectboard will meet on Tuesday, April 19 , 2022, at 5:15pm to conduct committee interviews. The Selectboard will meet at 5:45pm and is expected to enter immediately into Executive Session to discuss contracts. The Selectboard will reconvene the business part of the meeting at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Brattleboro Municipal Center at 230 Main Street. Everyone will be required to maintain social distance. The public is encouraged to participate in the meeting over Zoom. The attached agenda contains information on how to access the meeting remotely, including the required “passcode.” Closed Captioning: Live Transcript will be enabled for this meeting. Participants may view subtitles by clicking on Live Transcript at the bottom of the screen.
Jessica Sticklor (she/her/hers)
Executive Assistant
Town of Brattleboro
230 Main Street, Suite 208
Brattleboro, VT 05301
(802) 251 – 8115
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BRATTLEBORO SELECTBOARD
TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2022
SELECTBOARD MEETING ROOM + ZOOM
COMMITTEE INTERVIEWS – 5:15-5:45PM
EXECUTIVE SESSION – 5:45 – 6:15PM
REGULAR MEETING – 6:15PM
The physical location for this meeting will be the in the Selectboard Meeting Room
At the Brattleboro Municipal Center, where everyone will be required to maintain social distance.
The public is encouraged to attend and participate in this meeting using Zoom.
If you join the meeting from your computer, tablet, or smartphone, please use this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86067892659
The “Meeting ID” for this meeting is:
860 6789 2659
Passcode: 12261753
You also can call in using your telephone
by dialing any of these toll-free numbers in the United States:
833-548-0282
877-853-5247
888-788-0099
833-548-0276
or you can access a list of non-toll-free numbers
for locations around the world using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k2Hdbk6mA
The meeting also will be carried live on BCTV:
On Cable TV: Channel 1085 or Channel 10
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/channel-10-stream
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv
Closed Captioning: Live Transcript will be enabled for this meeting. Participants may view subtitles by
clicking on Live Transcript at the bottom of the screen.
AGENDA
1. CONVENE REGULAR MEETING
2. APPROVE MINUTES –
3. CHAIR’S REMARKS
4. MANAGER’S COMMENTS
5. SELECTBOARD COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
7. CONSENT AGENDA
A. High Street Leveling Project – Bid Award
B. Organ Street Pipe Project – Bid Award
C. Local Hazard Mitigation Plan – Approval
8. LIQUOR COMMISSIONERS
A. River Garden – Third Class Liquor License
9. NEW BUSINESS
A. Monthly Financial Report
B. Financial Management Questionnaire and Internal Controls
C. Possible Reconsideration of Permanent Placement of Ski Jump Sculpture – Discussion
D. EMS Contract – Authorize Contract
E. Windham Regional Commission Appointment
F. Committee Appointments
10. CORRESPONDENCE/FYI
A. Warrants and Department Reports
11. MEETINGS
See Town Calendar
12. ADJOURNMENT
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MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: Patrick Moreland, Assistant Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: April 15, 2022
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. The Board will meet from 5:15pm-5:45pm to conduct committee interviews for an open seat on the Windham Regional Commission. The Board will meet in Executive Session from 5:45pm-6:15pm to discuss contracts. The Board will reconvene the business meeting at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room and on Zoom. The public is strongly encouraged to attend and participate on Zoom. People who choose to attend the meeting in-person will be required to adhere to social distancing.
Join the meeting from a computer, tablet, or smartphone, using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86067892659
The “Meeting ID” for this meeting is:
860 6789 2659
Passcode: 12261753
You also can call in using your telephone
by dialing any of these toll-free numbers in the United States:
833-548-0282
877-853-5247
888-788-0099
833-548-0276
or you can access a list of non-toll-free numbers
for locations around the world using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k2Hdbk6mA
The meeting will be carried live on BCTV:
On Cable TV: Channel 1085 or Channel 10
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/channel-10-stream
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv/
Closed Captioning: Live Transcript will be enabled for this meeting. Participants may view subtitles by
clicking on Live Transcript at the bottom of the screen.
7. CONSENT AGENDA
A. High Street Leveling Project – Bid Award
B. Organ Street Pipe Project – Bid Award
C. Local Hazard Mitigation Plan – Approval
In a memorandum dated April 12, 2022, Department of Public Works Director, Dan Tyler, recommends that the Selectboard award the High Street Leveling Project to DMI Paving, INC. of Brattleboro, Vermont for a total of $61,360.00.
In a memorandum dated April 12, 2022, Department of Public Works Director, Dan Tyler, recommends that the Board award the bid for the Organ Street Pipe Project to Ferguson Waterworks of West Lebanon, NH for a total of $18,238.06.
In a memorandum dated April 13, 2022, Zoning Administrator, Brian Bannon, discusses the Hazard Mitigation Plan. He writes that in July of 2021, the Selectboard approved this Hazard Mitigation Plan, which was sent to the Vermont Emergency Management Agency (VEM) for review. VEM directed some minor changes, which staff has made. The revised plan (in the backup materials) is required to be readopted. Bannon recommends that the Board approve the 2022 Brattleboro Hazard Mitigation Plan as revised and approved by the Vermont Emergency Management Agency as delegated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS PRESENTED.
8. LIQUOR COMMISSIONERS
A. The River Garden – Third Class Liquor License
In a memorandum dated March 31, 2022, Town Clerk Hilary Francis states that the River Garden Marketplace, located at 157 Main Street, is seeking a Third Class Liquor License, beginning as soon as possible, after May 1, 2022. The establishment already holds a First Class Liquor License, Outside Consumption Permit, and Annual Entertainment License. Mr. Hiler, a representative from the River Garden Marketplace, will be in the meeting to answer any questions the Board might have.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE A THIRD CLASS LIQUOR LICENSE TO THE RIVER GARDEN AT 157 MAIN STREET.
9. NEW BUSINESS
A. Monthly Financial Report
The Monthly Financial Report through March is included in the Selectboard’s backup materials for this meeting, along with a summary memorandum dated April, 2022, from Accountant Kimberly Frost.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO ACCEPT THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT AS PRESENTED.
B. Financial Management Questionnaire and Internal Controls
The Board is asked to acknowledge receipt of the financial controls documentation that the Board is required to review annually and to authorize the Chair to sign the applicable forms.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO SIGN THE (1) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE – TOWNS AND CITIES, (2) MUNICIPAL CHECKLIST FOR INTERNAL CONTROL – PART 1, CASH CONTROLS, AND (3) MUNICIPAL CHECKLIST FOR INTERNAL CONTROL – PART II, OTHER CONTROLS, AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF VERMONT AND THE TOWN’S AUDITORS.
C. Possible Reconsideration of Permanent Placement of Ski Jump Sculpture – Discussion
At the April 5, 2022 Selectboard Meeting, the Board discussed the possibility of year-round installation of the Harris Hill Ski Jump Sculpture. They discussed whether to direct staff to develop and execute a maintenance agreement with the Harris Hill Association to keep the sculpture up year-round. At that meeting, the Board decided to maintain the previous agreement the Town had with the Harris Hill Association regarding the sculpture, which was to display the sculpture from December 1 to March 31st annually.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TBD
D. EMS Contract – Authorize Contract
In a memorandum dated April 15, 2022, Town Manager Yoshi Manale discusses the Town’s departure from Rescue, Inc., a one-year contract for EMS with Golden Cross and the intended eventual transition to a Fire/EMS service within Brattleboro Fire Department. Unlike the previous contract with Rescue Inc., the contract with Golden Cross Ambulance Service will provide dedicated staff and equipment, deployed from Central Station on Elliot Street. Golden Cross will provide two ambulances and one Advanced Life Support (Paramedic) provider 24 hours per day, seven days per week and one Advanced Life Support or Basic Life Support provider from 8:00am to 8:00pm. Manale recommends that the Board authorize the one-year contract with Golden Cross Ambulance Service of Claremont, NH for $75, 000.00.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH GOLDEN CROSS AMBULANCE SERVICE OF CLAREMONT, NH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000.00.
E. Windham Regional Commission Appointment
Prior to the start of the Regular Selectboard Meeting, the Board conducted committee interviews with Gary Stroud, Ralph Meima and Kevin O’Brien (mentioned in the order their applications were received). The board will appoint one applicant to the one open seat on the Windham Regional Commission.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TBA
F. Committee Appointments
The Board is asked to appoint Kirsten Martsi, Colleen Savage and Richard Davis to the three open seats on the Town Arts Committee.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPOINT KIRSTEN MARTSI, COLLEEN SAVAGE AND RICHARD DAVIS TO THE ARTS COMMITTEE.
Sculpture reconsideration
I say:
year round? Put the sculpture at Harris Hill.
seasonal? Put it up downtown.