The Brattleboro Selectboard will meet for a Special Meeting on Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Brattleboro Municipal Center (230 Main Street, Room 212). At the conclusion of the meeting the Board will meet and is expected to immediately enter into executive session to discuss contracts, possible litigation, and evaluation of a public employee. No action will be taken in executive session. The public may also participate in the meeting over Zoom. The attached agenda contains information on how to access the meeting remotely, including the required “passcode.” ASL interpreters or closed captioning will be available for deaf and hard-of-hearing community members.
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, FEBRUARY 1, 2024
SPECIAL SELECTBOARD MEETING ROOM + ZOOM
SPECIAL MEETING – 6:15PM
EXECUTIVE SESSION – AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING
The physical location for this meeting will be the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center at
230 Main Street.
Full agenda packet can be found on the Town’s website, http://www.Brattleboro.gov/Selectboard.
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
(*6 Mute/Unmute – *9 Raise Hand)
The meeting also will be carried live on BCTV:
On Cable TV: Channel 1079
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/channel-1079-livestream
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv
AGENDA
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
(please note that all times are approximate)
1. CONVENE REGULAR MEETING (6:15 PM)
2. CHAIR’S REMARKS
3. MANAGER’S COMMENTS
4. SELECTBOARD COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (6:25 PM)
6. CONSENT AGENDA (6:35 PM)
A. Town Attorney Contract Renewal – Approve
B. Annual Appointments for Ratification at Representative Town Meeting
(i) Town Clerk
(ii) Town Attorney
(iii) Town Treasurer
7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS (6:40 PM)
A. Pleasant Valley Water Storage Replacement Bond Article (6:40 PM)
B. Representative Town Meeting Warning – Approve (6:50 PM)
8. CORRESPONDENCE/FYI
9. MEETINGS
See Town Calendar
10. ADJOURNMENT (7:00 PM)
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MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: John Potter, Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: January 26, 2024
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Tuesday,
February 1, 2024. The Board will convene the special meeting at 6:15pm in the Selectboard
Meeting Room and on Zoom. All times listed below are approximate, and interested parties should
monitor the meeting if they do not want to miss an agenda item.
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
(use *6 to Mute/Unmute, *9 to raise Hand)
The meeting also will be carried live on BCTV:
On Cable TV: Channel 1079
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/channel-1079-livestream
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv
7. CONSENT AGENDA (6:30 PM)
A. Town Attorney Contract Renewal – Approve
B. Annual Appointments for Ratification at Representative Town Meeting
(i) Town Clerk
(ii) Town Attorney
(iii) Town Treasurer
The Board is asked to approve the annual contract renewal for Town Attorney, Bob Fisher,
and the law firm Fisher and Fisher. The agreement is identical to the 2023-2024 contract
except that the annual total retainer has been increased from $120,563 to $125,000. By
approving the Consent Agenda, the Board will approve the renewal of the Town’s Town
Attorney contract with Bob Fisher and Fisher and Fisher, as presented.
The Board is asked to appoint the Town Clerk, Town Attorney, and Town Treasurer. By
approving the Consent Agenda, the Board will appoint Town Clerk Hilary Francis, Town
Attorney Bob Fisher and Fisher and Fisher and Town Treasurer Kimberly Frost subject to
ratification at Representative Town Meeting.
ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS PRESENTED.
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS (6:35 PM)
A. Pleasant Valley Water Storage Replacement Bond Article (6:40 PM)
In a memorandum dated January 8, 2024 Public Works Director Dan Tyler discusses a
proposed RTM Article regarding the secondary water tank for the Pleasant Valley Water
Treatment Facility. The Town would like to borrow through the Drinking Water State
Revolving Loan Program to fund this. The project cost estimate is $1,620,000. The Town
has received an offer of 0% interest and fees for a 40-year term, with a 50% or $810,000
subsidy. Dan Tyler will be in the meeting to discuss this project and the proposed article.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO WARN AN ARTICLE ON THE REPRESENTATIVE TOWN
MEETING WARNING, TO BORROW THROUGH THE DRINKING WATER STATE
REVOLVING LOAN FUND, FOR A SECONDARY WATER TANK, AT THE PLEASANT
VALLEY WATER TREATMENT FACILITY.
B. Representative Town Meeting Warning – Approve (6:50 PM)
The Board is asked to discuss and possibly approve the Warnings for the March 7, 2024
Town Meeting and the March 23, 2024 Representative Town Meeting.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE THE WARNING FOR THE ANNUAL
TOWN MEETING DAY ELECTION AND THE ANNUAL REPRESENTATIVE
TOWN MEETING.
