Outstanding FY22 budget issues will be discussed at the next regular meeting of the Brattleboro Selectboard. How much paving should be done? Should board members get more compensation? Should one local media outlet (BCTV) be favored with funding from taxpayers? How much should Brattleboro spend on Human Services?
The board will also continue discussion of the Community Safety Review report and extend a contract for financial services. You can bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation.
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The Brattleboro Selectboard will met on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, using Zoom (with no physical location due to the ongoing social distancing requirements of COVID-19). The Board will convene at 5:30pm and is expected to enter into executive session to discuss the negotiating or securing of real estate purchase or lease options and the appointment or employment or evaluation of a public officer or employee. 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.
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 12, 2021
EXECUTIVE SESSION – 5:30 PM
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 – December 22, 2020
3. CHAIR’S REMARKS
4. MANAGER’S COMMENTS
5. SELECTBOARD COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. FY22 Proposed Budget –
(i) Scope of Annual Street Paving Program
(ii) Amount of Annual Selectboard Stipend
(iii) Amount of Annual Funding for BCTV
(iv) Amount of Annual Funding for Human Services
B. Community Safety Review
(i) Continued Consideration of Community Safety Team’s Report & Recommendations
(ii) Disband Community Safety Review Committee per Facilitators’ Request
8. NEW BUSINESS
A. Extension of Agreement with Melanson for Contractual Finance Director Services
9. ADJOURNMENT
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MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: Peter B. Elwell, Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: January 8, 2021
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. The Board will meet in executive session at 5:30pm to discuss the negotiation of a real estate purchase or lease agreement and the appointment, employment, or evaluation of a public officer or employee. 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. FY22 Proposed Budget
(i) Scope of Annual Street Paving Program
(ii) Amount of Annual Selectboard Stipend
(iii) Amount of Annual Funding for BCTV
(iv) Amount of Annual Funding for Human Services
The Board will give further consideration to the above listed matters and may make final decisions regarding how much funding to include for these matters in the FY22 Proposed budget that the Selectboard will recommend for approval at Representative Town Meeting.
POTENTIAL MOTION(S): TBD
B. Community Safety Review
(i) Continued Consideration of Community Safety Team’s Report + Recommendations
(ii) Disband Community Safety Review Committee per Facilitators’ Request
The Board will consider the report and recommendations, including further discussion with the two facilitators and further input from the public. The Board will be asked to formally disband the Community Safety Review Committee, since the committee’s final report and recommendations have been received and no additional meetings of the committee are planned.
(i) POTENTIAL MOTION: TBD
(ii) POTENTIAL MOTION: TO DISBAND THE COMMUNITY SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR SERVICE.
8. NEW BUSINESS
A. Extension of Agreement with Melanson for Contractual Finance Director Services
The Board is asked to authorize an extension of the agreement with Melanson, PC, for the continued provision of contractual Finance Director Services through May 31, 2021, as set forth in Town Manager Peter Elwell’s memorandum dated January 7, 2021, in the Selectboard’s backup materials for this meeting.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO AUTHORIZE TOWN MANAGER PETER ELWELL TO EXECUTE AN EXTENSION OF THE AGREEMENT WITH MELANSON, P.C., FOR CONTINUED PROVISION OF CONTRACTUAL FINANCE DIRECTOR SERVICES THROUGH MAY 31, 2021.
