The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a limited regular meeting on Election Night. They’ll issue a statement in support of American democracy, consider and reject a request to relax mask-wearing rules in local businesses, hear an overview of the FY22 budget, and set a schedule to discuss it in detail. You can bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation.
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The Brattleboro Selectboard will meet on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, at 6:15pm using Zoom (with no physical location due to the ongoing social distancing requirements of COVID-19). The attached agenda and administrative report contain information about how to access the meeting remotely, including the required “passcode.” Information about how to connect to the meeting is also posted on the homepage of the Town’s website. ASL interpreters will be available for deaf and hard-of-hearing community members.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
230 Main Street, Suite 208
Brattleboro, VT 05301
(802) 251-8100
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BRATTLEBORO SELECTBOARD
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020
REGULAR MEETING – 6:15PM
NOTE: This meeting will be held with no physical location using Zoom.
Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet, or smartphone using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86067892659
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 ID” for this meeting is:
860 6789 2659
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/
AGENDA
1. CONVENE REGULAR MEETING
2. APPROVE MINUTES – October 20
3. CHAIR’S REMARKS
4. MANAGER’S COMMENTS
5. SELECTBOARD COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
7. LIQUOR COMMISSIONERS – None
8. WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS – None
9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS – None
10. NEW BUSINESS
A. Statement in Support of American Democracy
B. Request to Amend the Selectboard’s COVID-19 Emergency Order That Requires the Wearing of Face Coverings
C. FY22 Proposed Budget (i) Town Manager’s Overview (ii) Confirm Schedule of Meetings
11. CORRESPONDENCE/FYI
A. Warrants
12. MEETINGS
See Town Calendar
13. ADJOURNMENT
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MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: Peter B. Elwell, Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: October 30, 2020
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Board will meet at 6:15pm on Zoom (with no physical location due to the ongoing social distancing requirements of COVID-19).
The public may join the meeting from a computer, tablet, or smartphone, using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86067892659
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 ID” for this meeting is:
860 6789 2659
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/
10. NEW BUSINESS
A. Statement in Support of American Democracy
At the October 27 special Selectboard meeting, several members of the public asked the Board to issue a statement in support of American democracy related to the national elections taking place on November 3. Included in the Board’s back-up materials is a draft statement prepared by Town Manager Elwell.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE THE SELECTBOARD’S STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, AS PRESENTED [OR AMENDED].
B. Request to Amend the Selectboard’s COVID-19 Emergency Order that Requires the Wearing of Face Coverings
The Board received a letter dated October 19, 2020, from Attorney Alexander Shriver, asking on behalf of Planet Fitness for the Board to amend its Emergency Order that requires face coverings to be worn inside Brattleboro businesses. Planet Fitness requests that the Selectboard amend the order to allow “some limited mask-less time for strenuous activities only.” In a memorandum dated October 29, 2020, Town Manager Elwell recommends the Selectboard not approve the requested amendment.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TBD
C. FY22 Proposed Budget (i) Town Manager’s Overview (ii) Confirm Schedule of Meetings
Town Manager Elwell will provide an overview of Town staff’s proposed FY22 budget and will ask the Board to confirm the schedule of meetings in November and December at which each of the Town’s department heads will present their department’s budget in detail. The Board’s backup materials include a memorandum dated October 28, 2020, from Town Manager Elwell regarding the schedule of meetings. The proposed budget and related documents will be distributed on Tuesday, November 3.
NO MOTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM.
