Playground equipment, cemetery maintenance, and Representative Town meeting loose ends will be on the agenda for the next regular meeting for the Brattleboro Selectboard.
The board will also buy an insertion valve, hear updates on recent projects at the Windham Regional Commission, and appoint a new health officer, WRC delegates, and committee members. You can bring up other itemes not on the agenda during public participation.
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The Brattleboro Selectboard will meet on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, using Zoom (with no physical location due to the ongoing social distancing requirements of COVID-19). The Board is expected to enter into executive session at 5:30pm, to discuss the appointment, employment, or evaluation of a public officer or employee and the negotiation of a real estate purchase or lease. 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, MARCH 16, 2021
EXECUTIVE SESSION – 5:30PM
REGULAR MEETING – 6:15PM
AGENDA
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/
1. CONVENE REGULAR MEETING
2. APPROVE MINUTES – March 2
3. CHAIR’S REMARKS
4. MANAGER’S COMMENTS
5. SELECTBOARD COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
7. HEALTH COMMISSIONERS
A. Recommendation for Appointment of Charles Keir III as Health Officer
8. WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS
A. Insertion Valve Installation – Bid Award
9. NEW BUSINESS
A. Monthly Financial Report – FY21 Through February
B. Windham Regional Commission – (i) Brattleboro Commissioners’ Annual Report to Selectboard (ii) Appointment of Brattleboro’s Commissioners for 2021-2022
C. Cemetery Maintenance – Annual Bid Award
D. Playground Upgrades – Authorization to Purchase New Equipment for Pine Street Park & South Main Street Park
E. Representative Town Meeting on March 20, 2021, at 8:30am on Zoom – Assignment of Motions on Articles
F. Schedule Annual Organizational Meeting – Monday, March 22, 2021, at 5:30pm on Zoom
G. Committee and Board Appointments
10. CORRESPONDENCE/FYI
A. Warrants
B. Department Monthly Reports
11. MEETINGS
See Town Calendar
12. ADJOURNMENT
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MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: Peter B. Elwell, Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: March 12, 2021
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. The Board will meet in executive session at 5:30pm to discuss the appointment, employment, or evaluation of a public officer or employee and 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. HEALTH COMMISSIONERS
A. Recommendation for Appointment of Charles Keir III as Health Officer
Brattleboro’s Assistant Fire Chief also serves as our Town Health Officer. Therefore,
as Len Howard becomes Chief and Chuck Keir becomes Assistant Chief (both effective on April 1), it also is necessary for Howard to resign as Health Officer and for Keir to be officially appointed to that position. The documents to formally accomplish this transition are included in the backup materials for this meeting. Since the appointment is officially made by the State of Vermont, the Selectboard is asked to adopt a motion recommending that the State appoint Charles Keir III as Brattleboro’s Health Officer.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO RECOMMEND THE APPOINTMENT OF CHARLES KEIR III AS THE HEALTH OFFICER FOR THE TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO.
8. WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS
A. Insertion Valve Installation – Bid Award
The Board is asked to award a bid for the installation of an insertion valve that is needed in the area of Melrose Street. As set forth in the memorandum dated March 5, 2021, from Highway/Utilities Superintendent Dan Tyler, staff recommends that this bid be awarded to Underground Testing & Services, LLC, in the amount of $26,500.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO AWARD A BID TO UNDERGROUND TESTING & SERVICES, LLC, IN THE AMOUNT OF $26,500 TO INSTALL AN INSERTION VALVE.
9. NEW BUSINESS
A. Financial Report – FY21 Through February
Town Manager Elwell will present the financial report for the first 8 months of FY21.
NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM.
B. Windham Regional Commission – (i) Brattleboro Commissioners’ Annual Report to Selectboard (ii) Appointment of Brattleboro’s Commissioners for 2021-2022
Planning Director Sue Fillion and Planning Commissioner Tom Mosakowski will report on the various projects they have been working on as Brattleboro’s representatives on the Windham Regional Commission. The Board is asked to accept their report and to reappoint them as Brattleboro’s Commissioners on the Windham Regional Commission.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO ACCEPT THE ANNUAL REPORT FROM BRATTLEBORO’S WINDHAM REGIONAL COMMISSION MEMBERS AND TO REAPPOINT TOM MOSAKOWSKI AND SUE FILLION AS BRATTLEBORO’S COMMISSIONERS FOR 2021-2022.
C. Cemetery Maintenance – Annual Bid Award
The Board is asked to award the bid for seasonal cemetery maintenance services for the Prospect Hill and Morningside Cemeteries. As set forth in the memorandum dated March 3, 2021, from Recreation and Parks Director Carol Lolatte, staff recommends that this bid be awarded to Independent Landscape & Property Management in the amount of $15,800.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO AWARD THE BID FOR CEMETERY MAINTENANCE SERVICES TO INDEPENDENT LANDSCAPE & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,800.
D. Playground Upgrades – Authorization to Purchase Equipment for Pine Street Park & South Main Street Park
The Board is asked to authorize the purchase of playground equipment for South Main Street Park in the amount of $33,550 and for Pine Street Park in the amount of $21,350. As set forth in the memorandum dated March 9, 2021, from Recreation and Parks Director Carol Lolatte, this project is being funded by a $74,700 donation from the Vermont Community Foundation’s Withington Fund. The total of the proposed purchases is $54,900 and the remaining $19,800 will pay for related site work at both locations.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR SOUTH MAIN STREET PARK IN THE AMOUNT OF $33,550 AND FOR PINE STREET PARK IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,350.
E. Representative Town Meeting on March 20, 2021, at 8:30am on Zoom – Assignment of Motions on Articles
The Board is asked to assign motions for the articles to be considered at the upcoming Representative Town Meeting.
NO MOTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM.
F. Schedule Annual Organizational Meeting – Monday, March 22, 2021, at 5:30pm on Zoom
The Board is asked to announce that the organizational meeting for the 2021-2022 Selectboard will take place on Monday, March 22, 2021, at 5:30pm on Zoom.
NO MOTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM.
G. Committee and Board Appointments The Board is asked to make appointments to fill two Planning Commission vacancies.
POTENTIAL NOMINATIONS: KATE BARRY AND GARY STROUD.
