Town of Brookline Selectboard Meeting Dec. 18th, 2024

Brookline Vt - Selectboard is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Regular Brookline VT Selectboard Meeting - Hybrid
Time: Dec 18, 2024 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Times are approximate
6:30 1. Call meeting to order
A. Introduce those present
6:31 2. Changes to the agenda if any
6:35 3. Review / Approve Draft Minutes
A. Regular Meeting Minutes - December 4, 2024
6:40 4. Members of the Public
A. Scheduled Members on requested topic/requested time
1. Jules Lavoie would like to address the SB regarding the recycling
bins - he has offered to help with improving communication with the
residents. 10 minutes
B. Unscheduled Members on Agenda Items only - 2-5 minutes
6:55 5. Reports and Updates
A. Highway Supervisor - E. Mark Bills
B. Grants - S. Noga
1. Better Back Road Application
2. Planning Grant
3. Update on FEMA to include Star Stanley
4. FEMA Engineering Design and Costs
5. Possible interim invoice from Hammond Engineering
6. Status of Grants in Aid Close out of $10,000.00 grant
C. Building Commissioner - B. Mello
1. Lease Review Discussion/Plans
Tenant requested to meet before lease redesign. Action is to
select 2 SB members (non Quorum) to meet and listen to the
tenant.
2. Written Invoice for BMH using
Time/Materials/Town Equipment data for the water mitigation
project along the North and South Sides Total 5,247..31
Labor 49 Hours x $32 = $1,568.00
Excavator 11.5 Hours x $82.48 = $948.52
F550 Truck 16 Hours x $25 = $400
Supplies: gravel/rock/fabric/membrane/seed/mulch=$2,330.79
D. Finance/Budget/Contracts - M. Desocio
1. Review Highway Budget
2. Review Municipal Budget
3. Review Fund Balances
4. Appropriation Requests for Town Report Warning
5. Discussion re: addition of warned articles for Town Meeting
(open to SB ideas)
6. Lister Request for funds to manage surveys/maps/reports etc
Fund balance $12,955.00
E. Selectboard Chair - D. Maggio
1. Town Report / Articles
2. Current Policy Review completed / vs / not completed
3. Open Elected / appointed positions for March 2025
4. BRIC Grant for Hazard Mitigation Plan Extension Letter
5. Rabies Clinic w/ ACO next spring
6. Dog bite incident with unvaccinated/unlicensed dog
F. Any other discussion requested by a selectboard member
not requiring a vote.
8:20 6. Warrants - ACTION
A. Payroll Warrant
B. Accounts Payable Warrant
8:30 7. Unfinished Business; ACTION =Motion/Seconded/Discussion/Vote or Table
A. Appoint Marjorie Ray as the towns Ethics liaison-ACTION
C. Windshield damage Invoice - ACTION
8:40 8. New Business ACTION= Motion/Seconded/Discussion/Vote or Table
A. Action:Accept with regret the retirement of Somara Swick from her
assistant treasurer appointment as well as from the Energy
Committee as of November 24, 2024
B. Auditor work over the Holiday- Make contact with chair
C. Action: Concur with the chairs action of signing an agreement
amendment extending the deadline of the BRIC Grant (Building Resilient
Infrastructure and Communities 2020) from December 23, 2024 to
December 23, 2025 of the subrecipient Award of $7,612.50 25 % Match in
kind for $2,537.50. Agreement emailed to board 12/10//2024. Plain
Language - this is the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan for Brookline w/ WRC
Margo Ghia.
D. Action - First Wednesday in January is January 1, 2025.
Reschedule this meeting to later in the week.
E. Action: Appoint Donald Woodford as Planning Commission
Chairperson.
8:55 9. Communications
A. Email
Recycling complaint
BRIC Grant Extension Amendment
Recycling suggestions
B. Regular Mail
2024-25 Appropriation Thank you letters
C. Other = Notes left from Paul and Somara left w/ town clerk
9:05 10. Set Agenda for next meeting
A. Regular Meeting - TBD January ___, 2025
B. Special Meeting if needed-TBD January ____, 2025
9:10 11. Adjourn the meeting