The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 6:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Brattleboro Municipal Center (230 Main Street, Room 212) and 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. The backup materials for this meeting will be available on the town Website Brattleboro.gov/Selectboard by the end of today.
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 SELECTBOARD
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2025
SELECTBOARD MEETING ROOM + ZOOM
SPECIAL MEETING – 6:15 PM
The physical location for this meeting will be the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center
at 230 Main Street.
Selectboard Meeting materials can be found on the Town’s website, Brattleboro.gov/Selectboard.
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
888-788-0099
833-548-0276
(*6 Mute/Unmute – *9 Raise Hand)
The meeting also will be carried live on BCTV:
On Cable TV: Channel 1079
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/channel-1079-livestream
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv
AGENDA
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
(please note that all times are approximate)
1. CONVENE REGULAR MEETING (6:15 PM)
2. CHAIR’S REMARKS
3. MANAGER’S COMMENTS
4. SELECTBOARD COMMENTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (6:25 PM)
6. CONSENT AGENDA (6:30 PM)
A. Appointments for RTM – Ratify
i. Town Clerk
ii. Town Treasurer
iii. Town Attorney
B. VTrans Utility Agreement – Approve $41,475 Agreement
C. Assign Ethics Liaison
D. Asian Cultural Center Parade Permit – Approve
7. OLD BUSINESS (6:35 PM)
A. Warn Annual Town Meeting and Representative Town Meeting
8. CORRESPONDENCE/FYI
9. MEETINGS
See Town Calendar
10. ADJOURNMENT (7:55 PM)
MEMORANDUM
To: Selectboard
From: John Potter, Town Manager
Re: Administrative Report
Date: January 24, 2025
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The following will summarize the proposed motions for the Selectboard meeting on Tuesday,
January 28, 2025. The Board will convene the special meeting at 6:15pm in the Selectboard
Meeting Room and on Zoom. All times listed below are approximate, and interested parties should
monitor the meeting if they do not want to miss an agenda item.
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 also will be carried live on BCTV:
On Cable TV: Channel 1079
Streaming Online: https://www.brattleborotv.org/channel-1079-livestream
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/brattleborotv
7. CONSENT AGENDA (6:30 PM)
A. Appointments for RTM – Ratify
i. Town Clerk
ii. Town Treasurer
iii. Town Attorney
B. VTrans Utility Agreement – Approve $41,475 Agreement
C. Assign Ethics Liaison
D. Asian Cultural Center Parade Permit – Approve
The Board is asked to appoint the Town Clerk, Town Attorney, and Interim Town Treasurer. By approving the Consent Agenda, the Board will appoint Town Clerk Hilary Francis, Town Attorney Bob Fisher and Fisher and Fisher and Interim Town Treasurer Leslie Smith subject to ratification at Representative Town Meeting.
In a memorandum dated January 17, 2025 DPW Director Dan Tyler discusses the utility agreement between the Town of Brattleboro and the State of Vermont. This agreement covers the work to adjust water and sewer structures to accommodate the state paving project at Putney Road, north of Vermont Avenue. This is considered a non-participating expense and the town is responsible for the associate costs. By approving the Consent Agenda, the Board will approve the utility agreement between Brattleboro and the State of Vermont, for the adjustment of utility structures impacted by the Brattleboro-Putney STP PS25(11) paving project. The estimated cost of the agreement is $41,475.
In a memorandum dated January 24, 2025 Assistant Town Manager Patrick Moreland discusses 2024 Vermont State legislation regarding an act relating to the State Ethics Commission and the State Code of Ethics. By approving the Consent Agenda, the Board will designate Human Services Director Sally Cruz Nix as the municipal liaison to the Vermont State Ethics Commission.
The Board is asked to approve a parade permit for The Asian Cultural Center of Vermont’s Lunar New Year Dragon parade to be held on February 2, 2025 at 2:15pm. Participants will utilize the crosswalks and sidewalks. No street closures are required. By approving the Consent Agenda, the Board will approve a parade permit for The Asian Cultural Center of Vermont’s Lunar New Year Dragon parade to be held on February 2, 2025.
ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS PRESENTED.
8. OLD BUSINESS (6:35 PM)
A. Warn Annual Town Meeting and Representative Town Meeting
The Board is asked to discuss and possibly approve the Warnings for the March 4, 2025 Town Meeting and the March 22, 2025 Representative Town Meeting.
POTENTIAL MOTION: TO APPROVE THE WARNING FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING DAY ELECTION AND THE ANNUAL REPRESENTATIVE TOWN MEETING.
