The Brattleboro Selectboard will meet on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Brattleboro Municipal Center at 230 Main Street. The public may also participate in the meeting over Zoom. The attached agenda contains information on how to access the meeting remotely, including the required “passcode.” ASL interpreters will be available for deaf and hard-of-hearing community members.
Jessica Sticklor (she/her/hers)
Executive Assistant
Town of Brattleboro
230 Main Street, Suite 208
Brattleboro, VT 05301
(802) 251 – 8115
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BRATTLEBORO SPECIAL SELECTBOARD
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2022
SELECTBOARD MEETING ROOM + ZOOM
REGULAR MEETING – 6:15PM
The physical location for this meeting will be the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center at 230 Main Street.
If you join the meeting from your computer, tablet, or smartphone, please use this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86067892659
The “Meeting ID” for this meeting is:
860 6789 2659
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
(*6 mute/Unmute – *9 Raise Hand)
The meeting also 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 – November 15, 2022, November 22, 2022 and November 29, 2022
3. CHAIR’S REMARKS
4. MANAGER’S COMMENTS
5. SELECTBOARD COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
7. NEW BUSINESS
A. EMS Update
B. FY24 Budget
(i) Planning
(ii) Police
C. FY23 Vehicle Purchase – Police
D. Brattleboro Resource Assistance Team (BRAT) PILOT – Police
E. Scenario Based Simulator – Police
8. MEETINGS
See Town Calendar
9. ADJOURNMENT
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MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: Patrick Moreland, Interim Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: December 9, 2022
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Tuesday,
December 13, 2022. The Board will convene the meeting at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting
Room and on Zoom.
Join the meeting from a computer, tablet, or smartphone, using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86067892659
The “Meeting ID” for this meeting is:
860 6789 2659
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
(use *6 to Mute/Unmute, *9 to raise Hand)
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. NEW BUSINESS
A. EMS Update
In a memorandum dated December 5, 2022, Assistant Fire Chief Charles Keir provides an update on EMS Service for the month of November.
NO MOTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM.
B. FY24 Budget
(i) Planning
(ii) Police
Planning Director Sue Fillion and Police Chief Norma Hardy will be present in the Selectboard meeting to discuss their department budgets and to answer any questions the Board or the public might have. The Selectboard is asked to consider these budgets.
NO MOTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM.
C. FY23 Vehicle Purchase – Police
In a memorandum dated December 7, 2022 Police Chief Norma Hardy discusses the bid process for the FY23 vehicle replacement. The Police Department utilized the State of Vermont contract with McGee Ford of Montpelier for the purchase of a 2023 Ford Interceptor Utility for $36,610 with required features and a 2022 Chevrolet Silverado with necessary accessories for $44,763 from AutoMall in Brattleboro, Vermont. Vehicle upfit will be bid out separately, a total of $40,627 remains available for upfit and the bid results will be brought to the Selectboard at a future meeting. The department is eager to place the order for the two vehicles, given the likelihood of supply chain issues that could leave to delays,
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A 2023 FORD INTERCEPTOR FROM MCGEE FORD OF MONTPELIER, VERMONT IN THE AMOUNT OF $36,610 AND A 2022 CHEVROLET SILVERADO FROM AUTOMALL OF BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT FOR $44,763, FOR A COMBINED COST OF $81,373.
D. Brattleboro Resource Assistance Team (BRAT) PILOT – Police
In a memorandum dated December 7, 2022 Police Chief Norma Hardy discusses BRAT (Brattleboro Resource Assistance Team), a police program designed to address understaffing in the Police Department by employing nonsworn, unarmed individuals who can perform a variety of field and administrative work in support of basic police operations while addressing community safety concerns. Hardy is asking for authorization to temporary keep Police Vehicle P2 (Ford Taurus) so that it may be utilized by the program. Allowing nonsworn, unarmed individuals to operate a marked police vehicle is unsafe and against the law and so this vehicle will not have any police markings or lights. Keeping this vehicle will greatly help the Department evaluate this pilot program.
NO MOTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM
E. Scenario Based Simulator – Police
In a memorandum dated December 4, 2022 Police Chief Norma Hardy discusses the Police Department’s reasons behind a pending purchase of a scenario–based simulation machine. This machine will help the department maintain up to date training in firearms, use of force, de–escalation techniques, to mental health emergencies and many other scenarios. It will also help the Department with its efforts related to community policing and transparency. The Police Department intends to use the 2022 JAG Grant to acquire this technology.
NO MOTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM.
