At their next meeting, the Brattleboro Selectboard will wrap up their budget season by approving the final FY22 budget and sending it with warned articles to Representative Town Meeting representatives. They’ll also accept a COVID grant and make committee appointments. It could be their shortest meeting in quite some time. You can extend it by bringing up other items not on the agenda during public participation.
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The Brattleboro Selectboard will meet on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, using Zoom (with no physical location due to the ongoing social distancing requirements of COVID-19). The Board will convene at 5:15pm to conduct committee interviews and is expected to enter into executive session immediately thereafter, approximately 5:30pm, to discuss the negotiating or securing of real estate purchase or lease options. The Board will reconvene at 6:15pm for the business portion of the meeting. 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.
Jessica Sticklor
Executive Assistant
Town of Brattleboro
230 Main Street, Suite 208
Brattleboro, VT 05301
(802) 251 – 8115
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BRATTLEBORO SELECTBOARD
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2021
COMMITTEE INTERVIEWS – 5:15PM
EXECUTIVE SESSION – 5:30PM
SPECIAL 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 – January 12
3. CHAIR’S REMARKS
4. MANAGER’S COMMENTS
5. SELECTBOARD COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. Approve Selectboard’s Recommended FY22 General Fund Budget for Consideration and Action at Representative Town Meeting
B. Approve Town Meeting Warnings
Annual Town Meeting Election on Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Annual Representative Town Meeting on Saturday, March 20, 2021 (+ March 21, if necessary)
8. NEW BUSINESS
A. COVID Emergency Outbreak Testing and Vaccination Administration Funds – Ratify Town Manager’s Decision to Accept and Appropriate this Grant
B. Committee Appointments
9. ADJOURNMENT
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MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: Peter B. Elwell, Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: January 21, 2021
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Tuesday, January 26, 2021. The Board will convene the meeting at 5:15pm and conduct interviews for various committees and boards. It is anticipated that the Board will meet in executive session at 5:30pm to discuss the negotiation of a real estate purchase or lease. The Board will reconvene the business meeting 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. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Approve Selectboard’s Recommended FY22 General Fund Budget for Consideration and Action at Representative Town Meeting
The Selectboard is asked to approve its recommended FY22 General Fund budget for consideration and action at Representative Town Meeting, as set forth in the memorandum dated January 21, 2021, from Town Manager Elwell.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE THE SELECTBOARD’S PROPOSED FY22 GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR CONSIDERATION AND ACTION AT REPRESENTATIVE TOWN MEETING.
B. Approve Town Meeting Warnings
Annual Town Meeting Election on Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Annual Representative Town Meeting on Saturday, March 20, 2021 (+ March 21, if necessary)
The Selectboard is asked to approve the warnings for the annual Town Meeting Day election and for the annual Representative Town Meeting. Both documents are available for review in the backup materials for the January 26 Selectboard meeting.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE THE WARNINGS FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING DAY ELECTION AND THE ANNUAL REPRESENTATIVE TOWN MEETING.
8. NEW BUSINESS A. COVID Emergency Outbreak Testing and Vaccination Administration Funds – Ratify Town Manager’s Decision to Accept and Appropriate this Grant
The State of Vermont asked for assistance from emergency medical service providers to support the State’s continuing programs of COVID testing and vaccinations, and offered grant funds to defray the costs of providing such assistance. As authorized by Town Manager Elwell, the Brattleboro Fire Department is providing the requested support services in these State programs. Town staff is asking the Selectboard to ratify the Town Manager’s decision to accept this grant and participate in this program.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO RATIFY THE TOWN MANAGER’S DECISION TO ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE THE COVID EMERGENCY OUTBREAK TESTING AND VACCINATION ADMINISTRATION GRANT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000.
B. Committee Appointments
After conducting interviews earlier in the meeting, the Selectboard is asked to make committee appointments for the following boards, commissions and committees: Development Review Board, Energy Committee, Planning Commission, and Senior Solutions.
POTENTIAL NOMINATIONS: TBD
