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The Brattleboro Selectboard has extended the due date for applications to the Charter Review Commission. Submissions will now be due by Monday, November 14th, 2022. Below is more information regarding the Charter Review Commission and the application process.
Quite a few business and organization directors had harsh words for the Brattleboro Selectboard regarding downtown crimes, especially at the Transportation Center. Almost all mentioned break-ins or thefts, and quite a few reminded the board that the Transportation Center is town-owned and municipally- controlled. In other words – it’s your problem.
After many hours, the board voted to get price quotes on a new camera system for the Transportation Center, and possible consider some other steps, maybe, after we do a timeline and budget season is coming up, y’know. Can’t promise anything, but we feel your pain.
Camera options for the parking garage will be up for discussion at the next regular meeting of the Brattleboro Selectboard. The Interim Town Manager has some preliminary cost estimates for them to review.
The board will hear from SeVEDS, get an update on EMS services, pass those bike ordinance changes, buy winter fuel, talk about ARPA fund spending rules, and consider a 6.7% increase in health insurance premiums. They’ll also kick off FY24 budget season with a look at revenue and expenses in the General Fund. Quite possibly they’ll talk of postponing some of these items when the meeting runs on too long. You can make the meeting longer by bringing up other items not on the agenda during public participation.
Agenda items:
Approve Minutes
Public Participation
Shade Tree Ordinance
Lights In Trees
Planting Sites
The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Friday, October 28, 2022 at 3:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center. The Board will convene at 3:15pm and is expected to immediately enter into executive session to discuss the appointment or employment or evaluation of a public officer or employee. The Board will reconvene after the executive session and immediately adjourn. No action will be taken.
The Brattleboro Selectboard is pleased to announce its intention to establish a seven (7) member Charter Revision Commission before the end of this calendar year. Article 4, Section 5(H) of the Brattleboro Charter requires, “At least as often as every fifteen (15) years, the selectboard shall appoint from among the voters a charter revision commission to review the language of the charter and the rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities specified therein. The commission may propose amendments and may redraft the charter in whole or in part.”
Voters are encouraged to submit a letter of interest, either in hard copy to 230 Main Street, Suite 208, Brattleboro, VT 05301 or by email to
jsticklor@brattleboro.org. Please describe why you would like to be appointed to the Commission, along with your qualifications and what you hope to achieve. Your submission must be received in the in the Town Manager’s Office no later than 5:00pm on Friday November 11, 2022.
The Brattleboro RTM Human Services Review Committee will meet on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 5:00pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Brattleboro Municipal Center and over Zoom.
The Brattleboro RTM Finance Committee will meet on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 6:00pm in the Community Room at the Brattleboro Co-op.
The Brattleboro Town Arts Committee will meet on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 5:00pm in the Community Room at the Brooks Memorial Library.
AGENDA
1. CONVENE MEETING
2. CONFIRM MEETING OFFICIALLY WARNED
3. EXECUTIVE SESSION
A. To Discuss the Appointment or Employment or Evaluation of a Public Officer orEmployee
4. ADJOURNMENT
The new bike ordinance was almost adopted by the Brattleboro Selectboard, but it looked strange upon a second review, and was delayed until the next meeting.
Reps from AP Triton said they, too, would not be giving much weight to community input gather by their own community survey on EMS feasibility. They will present four options, but not a preferred choice, and will leave it to the board to come to their own conclusions. They are also 75% done with their work, but would love to hear from the public at their Wednesday night meeting.
The board bought their simulation machine, and started a Charter Review Commission at the last moment possible, despite earlier requests to get the process going multiple times in the past few years.
On Thursday, October 20, the Town of Brattleboro and Green Mountain Power will be working on Vernon Street near the intersection of Vernon Street and Bridge Street. The work will take place between 9:00am and 11:00am. During this work, Vernon Street will be closed from Main Street to Royal Road. Motorists should seek alternate routes.
The Brattleboro Selectboard will approve the purchase of a simulation machine at their next regular meeting.
They’ll also update the bike section of the Code of Ordinances, hear a presentation on preliminary findings of feasibility of a Fire/EMS service within the Brattleboro Fire Department, and will begin a Charter review process. You can bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation.
The Brattleboro Traffic Safety Committee will meet on Thursday, October 20, 2022 over zoom.
Agenda
1. Review application process
2. Review Policies and Procedures
3. Answer questions as they arise form applicants
The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 9:00am in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center. The Board will convene at 9:00am and is expected to immediately enter into executive session to discuss the appointment or employment or evaluation of a public officer or employee. The Board will reconvene after the executive session and immediately adjourn. No action will be taken.
The Brattleboro Selectboard adopted a resolution recognizing freedom from domestic violence as a human right. They heard a presentation and had a discussion about the impact and effects of domestic violence in the community, and talked about making changes to end it. Men were encouraged to get involved.
The board was also zoom-bombed a few times, which hadn’t happened in a while. They bought police equipment, heard about changes to bike regulations, and got more questions about EMS in Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro Selectboard will purchase almost $24,000 worth of 9mm pistols at their next regular meeting.
The board will also discuss a domestic violence resolution, extend a loan to Metalarts, begin modification of the Code of Ordinances regarding bicycles, and more. You can bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation.
In observance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, all Town offices will be closed on Monday, October 10, 2022, with the exception of emergency services.
Parking is free at all metered spaces and in the pay-and-display lots on Sunday and Monday, October 9 and 10, 2022. All other violations will be enforced.
The Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting Human Services Review Committee is accepting applications for FY24 Human Services Funding. The Application, as well as Instructions and Guidelines, are posted on the Brattleboro Town website – www.brattleboro.org. The deadline to submit applications to the Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office via e-mail is Wednesday, November 9, 2022, at 5:00pm.
The information session regarding Human Services Funding is scheduled on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at 5:00pm at the Brattleboro Municipal Center (230 Main Street) in the Selectboard Meeting Room and by an online platform (to be determined and later posted on the Town of Brattleboro’s website).
In observance of the Yom Kippur holiday the 10-04-22 public Selectboard Meeting is cancelled. The public meeting has been rescheduled and the Board will meet at 6:15pm on 10-11-22. That meeting will be warned next Friday. However, the Selectboard will be meeting next week on 10-04-22 to meet in executive session only. That meeting will be warned later today.
The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Monday, October 3, 2022 at 9:30am in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center. The Board will convene at 9:30am and is expected to immediately enter into executive session to discuss the appointment or employment or evaluation of a public officer or employee. The Board will reconvene after the executive session and immediately adjourn. No action will be taken.
The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 5:15pm in the Selectboard Meeting Room at the Municipal Center. The Board will convene at 5:15pm and is expected to immediately enter into executive session to discuss the appointment or employment or evaluation of a public officer or employee. The Board will reconvene after the executive session and immediately adjourn. No action will be taken.
