To kick off the new year, the Brattleboro Selectboard will hear a report and recommendations from the Community Safety Review Committee. The board will also consider an increase to Human Services funding, contemplate mailed ballots for Town Meeting Day, and call for volunteers to serve on committees.
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The Brattleboro Selectboard will meet on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, 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 on 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, JANUARY 5, 2021
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 MEETING
2. APPROVE MINUTES – December 15, 2020
3. CHAIR’S REMARKS
4. MANAGER’S COMMENTS
5. SELECTBOARD COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
7. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Acceptance of Annual Audit and Financial Statements for FY20
B. Purchase of Replacement Vehicle for Animal Control Officer
8. LIQUOR COMMISSIONERS – None
9. WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS – None
10. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. Continued Review of FY22 Proposed Budget (i) Discussion with Representative Town Meeting’s Human Services Committee
11. NEW BUSINESS
A. Procedures for March 2, 2021, Town Meeting Day Election – Absentee Ballots Upon Request vs. Mailing of Ballots to All Active Registered Voters
B. Community Safety Review
(i) Presentation of Final Report and Recommendations
(ii) Initial Discussion of Potential Selectboard Actions
C. Announce Committee Vacancies
12. CORRESPONDENCE/FYI
A. Warrants
13. MEETINGS
See Town Calendar
14. ADJOURNMENT
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MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: Peter B. Elwell, Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: December 31, 2020
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. 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/
7. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Acceptance of Annual Audit and Financial Statements for FY20
B. Purchase of Replacement Vehicle for Animal Control Officer
The Board is asked to approve the Consent Agenda, as presented. This action will:
(1) acknowledge receipt of the annual Audit and Financial Statements for FY20, and
(2) approve the purchase of a 2020 Ford Transit Connect Van in an amount not to exceed $28,000 (for purchase of the vehicle, installation of equipment, and labeling). Further information about these matters is included in the Selectboard’s backup materials in the form of a memorandum dated December 30, 2020, from Town Manager Elwell with the 58-page “Financial Statements as of June 30, 2020, and Independent Auditor’s Report” and memoranda dated December 30, 2020, from Town Manager Elwell, and dated December 23, 2020, from Captain Carignan, regarding the emergency purchase of the replacement vehicle for the Animal Control Officer.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS PRESENTED.
8. LIQUOR COMMISSIONERS – None
9. WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS – None
10. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. Continued Review of FY22 Proposed Budget (i) Discussion with Representative Town Meeting’s Human Services Committee Representative Town Meeting’s Human Services Review Committee is recommending that the sum of $276,400 be appropriated to various human services agencies, as set forth in a report and spreadsheet entitled “Human Services Review Committee FY22 Request for Funding.” Representatives from the Human Services Review Committee will be present to discuss the recommendations. The proposed FY22 budget currently includes $210,339 for human services contributions.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TBD
11. NEW BUSINESS
A. Procedures for March 2, 2021, Town Meeting Day Election – Absentee Ballots Upon Request vs. Mailing of Ballots to All Active Registered Voters Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vermont Secretary of State mailed ballots to registered voters for the general election in November of 2020. Emergency legislation that would allow Town Clerks to mail ballots to voters for the Town Meeting Day election on March 2, 2021, is pending before the Legislature. If the legislation passes, the Selectboard will determine whether to mail ballots to all active registered voters and/or whether to move the date of the 2021 Town Meeting Day election. In a memorandum dated December 21, 2020, Town Clerk Hilary Francis recommends that voters be invited to request an absentee ballot, similar to the procedure used for the primary election in August of 2020.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TBD
B. Community Safety Review – (i) Presentation of Final Report and Recommendations (ii) Initial Discussion of Potential Selectboard Actions The Selectboard established a Community Safety Review Committee and asked the committee to issue its report and recommendations by December 31, 2020. That document is still being finalized. When it becomes available, it will distributed to the Selectboard and posted on the Town’s website. That is expected to be on January 1, 2021.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TBD
C. Announce Committee Vacancies The Board is asked to announce vacancies on various Town boards and committees.
NO MOTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM.
