Brookline Select Board Meeting Live: September 4, 2024

AGENDA
1. Call the meeting to order
A. Introductions
2. Review / Approve Draft Minutes
A. Regular Meeting Wednesday August 21, 2024 minutes
B. Special Meeting Thursday August 29, 2024 minutes
3. Changes to the agenda if any
4. Members of the Public
A. Scheduled members of the public on their requested topic.
5 minutes unless otherwise noted.
B. Unscheduled members of the public on agenda items only. 2 minutes
5. New Business
A. ACTION: Application for Request to Cater Permit License has been
submitted to the Vermont Department of LIquor and LLottery , Division of Liquor
Control (DLC) for serving Alcohol at the Dutton Wedding located at 872 Grassy
Brook Road - Application # 47719. SB Action needed to be recorded by the
Town Clerk in the DLL Portal.
B. ACTION: SB authorizing and instructing the Planning Committee to elect
a chair for the committee.
6. Unfinished Business
ACTION = Motion / Seconded / Discussion / Vote or Table
1. Nominations for new appointments - ACTION
A. Windham Regional Commission
B. Planning Commission
C. Flood Plains Administrator
D. RESCUE Inc.
7. Reports & Updates
A. Highway Supervisor - E. Mark Bills
B. Grants - S. Noga
C. Finance - M. Desocio
D. Building Commissioner - B. Mello
1. Summary of Q & A Zoom with authors of the BMH
Mold/Moisture report.
2. September 9 meeting w/ BMH Committee to discuss next steps
3. Plumbing needs at SLP Daycare
E. Selectboard Chair - D. Maggio
1. Stray Dog / Bears at large
2. Reappraisal has started
3. Aug 31 - jogger bitten by dog
4. Meeting w/ BMH on Sept 9
5. Agendas need to be posted at three locations 48 hrs in
advance of any regular meeting.
6. Local Hazard Mitigation Plan has been successfully received
by VEM for their review.
7. Culvert replacement List
8. Review communications/emails below
F. Any other discussion as requested by a selectboard member not
requiring a vote.
8. Warrants
A. Payroll Warrant for period ending
B. Accounts Payable warrant
9. Communications
A. Regular Mail
1. Reappraisal Postcard
2. FEMA reimbursement checks received for 2021
B. Email
1. Margo Ghia - RE: no MERP funding beyond initial
$4000.00 grant for education.
2. Margo Ghia - WRC - RE: Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
has successfully been received by VEM for their review -
August 26th
3. DLL Application # 47719 for Dutton Wedding
4. Town Forrest Census Email received from TC on 8/29 due 8/30
5. ENDYNE Inc. Nitrate water testing at Daycare
6. Request to identify a chair of the Brookline Planning Committee
7. Request from Townshend SB Assistant to answer questions
on the following topics: Website development/management,
Computer IT services, laptop use by SB members, Grant writing,
transfer station, Equipment Depreciation and maintenance
schedules, Law enforcement
8. Declaration of inclusion Initiative Survey - completed
9. New Grant for Hazardous Tree removal - information received
10. Set Agenda for next meeting - Wednesday September 18, 2024 (DM absent)
A. ACTION: Open Bids for Winter Snow Plowing for Brookline
B. ACTION: Open Bids for Winter Sand for Brookline Roads
C. River Corridors discussion
D. BMH Update
E. To Be Determined
11. Adjourn the meeting