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Regular Selectboard Meeting

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When:
November 4, 2024 @ 17:30 – 19:30 America/New York Timezone
2024-11-04T17:30:00-05:00
2024-11-04T19:30:00-05:00

Windham, VT Selectboard Meeting Agenda

Hybrid Meeting – In-person at the Meeting House & Online via Zoom

Monday, November 4, 2024 at 5:30 PM

To the Public:  If you want to join us via Zoom or by phone, an invitation with the link is included at the end of the agenda.  Please keep yourself muted while not speaking to minimize background noise.

Note: Action may be taken on any agenda item.

  1. Start recording & call meeting to order
  2. Additions/deletions and/or changes to the agenda
  3. Announcements/reminders (SAM registration due 11/11; Antje for Mac 11/18)
  4. Act on minutes from the October 28, 2024 Selectboard Meeting
  5. Public Comment – Limit of 3 minutes/comment. Limited to topics that are not on the agenda. Comments should be directed to the chair with order maintained. The selectboard cannot discuss items that are not on this agenda.
  6. Correspondence – Limited to topics that are not on the agenda. There can be no public comments or selectboard discussion of correspondence at this meeting.
  7. Payroll/Bills: Discussion/motions to approve check warrant report(s) (Kord will sign if approved)
  8. Guest and Staff Reports with Discussion and Possible Decisions
    1. Londonderry Transfer Station update – Esther Fishman
    2. Road Foreman – Richard Paré (truck purchase, Winter Roads Policy, parking at Mtg House)
    3. Planning/Energy – Bill Dunkel (update on activities)
    4. Listers – Antje Ruppert (update on activities)
    5. Grant Strategist – Cathy Fales (update on grants)
    6. Auditors – (update on RFPs for professional audit of town’s finances)
    7. Citizens Advisory Committee – Marcia Clinton (current status of funding)
    8. Town Clerk / Election Officer – Ellen McDuffie (misc. updates)
  9. Preparations for 2024 Town Report and 2025 Town Meeting
    1. Review list of possible issues to address (the list is at the end of this agenda) – all
  10. New Business
    1. Update on Nuisance Animal – Michael
    2. Discuss ZA shared services concept – Kord
    3. Discuss 3rd road crew member concept – Kord
    4. Discuss Skip Lisle’s info on beaver deceivers – George
  11. Old Business
    1. Discuss challenges to tax increases – Extraordinary Relief & Phil McDuffie’s idea – Michael
    2. Discuss outreach letter to residents re town job openings – Kord
    3. Report on Tax Abatement Hearings – Kord
  12. Adjourn regular meeting & stop recording.

The next Regular Selectboard Meeting is Monday, November 18 at 5:30 pm

Kord Scott is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Regular Selectboard Meeting

Time: Nov 4, 2024 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83841791258?pwd=6sTeChSqLcU8ty6ulJRpTfBkKl00cU.1

Meeting ID: 838 4179 1258

Passcode: 077697

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbgyLQeLex

Possible Issues to Address Prior to 2025 Budget and 2024 Town Report Articles

  •  Schoolhouse status (tax repercussions, fire limitations, community trust)
  • Highway equipment replacement schedule
  • Survey Monkey re town needs and Town Mtg date
  • Constable’s qualifications, duties and compensation
  • Policy for how Social Services requests are presented in Annual Report
  • Changing the structure of the Board of Listers
  • Changing the town’s accounting system from calendar to fiscal year
  • Changing the town’s tax payments from once a year to twice a year
  • Joining Mountain Town Recreation District