TOWN OF BRISTOL
SELECTBOARD MEETING
Monday, November 23, 2020, 7:00 PM
Via Zoom Remote Meeting (see below)
I. Call to Order: 7:00 PM
1. Review agenda for addition, removal, or adjustment of any items per 1 V.S.A. §312(d)(3)(A).
2. Overview of Zoom meeting operation and procedures: rules for participation, mute microphone, recognition by Chair, etc.
II. Public Forum.
III. Regular Business.
1. Fire Chief Brett LaRose and interview with Firefighter candidate David Fernandes for appointment to the Bristol Fire Department. May include deliberation in executive session regarding personnel matters.
2. Request from Superintendent Patrick Reen to provide an update on Mount Abraham Union School District matters and get Selectboard input.
3. Ratification of Bread Loaf Corp. contract amendment for subsurface soils investigation for the Public Works facility site analysis and feasibility study.
4. Continued review and discussion of draft Winter Road and Sidewalk Maintenance Policies.
5. Continued consideration of March Town Meeting logistics in the age of COVID-19:
• Vote whether to apply the Australian ballot system to all articles;
• Public information meeting(s);
• Getting information to voters;
• Vote whether to waive petition requirements for voter-backed appropriation requests;
• Anything else?
6. Consider changing property tax due dates from Nov. 5 to Nov. 15 and Apr. 5 to Apr. 15 .
7. Coronavirus COVID-19 update: preparations, response, impacts to municipal operations, and potential actions.
8. Budget workshop: Recreation Department, General Fund sections, other stuff.
9. Request for authorization to use Technology Reserve Funds to purchase new Zoning Administrator laptop computer and peripheral computer items.
10. Approval of the October 26, November 2, and November 9, 2020 meeting minutes.
11. Authorize accounts payable warrant and any liquor licenses.
12. Selectboard roundtable.
13. Town Administrator's report.
IV. Other Business.
1. Correspondence, reports, correspondence received.
V. Executive Session - tentative: contract negotiations per 1 V.S.A. §313(a)(1)(A), and/or personnel matters per 1 V.S.A. §313(a)(3).
VI. Adjourn.
Next regular Selectboard meetings:
• Monday, December 14, 2020
• Monday, December 21, 2020
TO JOIN THE ZOOM MEETING:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86720873401?pwd=V0RpTURhZ3RXbGtCd056dWZvWm1Mdz09
Meeting ID: 867 2087 3401
Passcode: 158855
Phone in: 1 (646) 558-8656
Minutes of meetings and some digital agenda materials can be found at: www.bristolvt.org/meeting-minutes/.
Videos of meetings can be found at: www.neatbristol.com/.
Questions? Contact me at (802) 453-2410 or townadmin@bristolvt.org.
--Valerie Capels
Town Administrator
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