Selectboard Meeting Agenda
Monday, August 22, 2022 at 6:00 PM
Location: Calais Town Hall (note no Zoom option)
PLEASE NOTE: Agenda items may be taken up earlier than noted if the 15 minutes set aside for public comment is not used, or if other items are completed more quickly than anticipated.
6:00 PM
● Call to Order
● Executive Session (personnel matters) per 1 VSA §313
7:00 PM
● Public Comment (for items not on the agenda)
● Additions/Changes to the Agenda
● Review and Sign Warrants
7:15 PM -- Consent Agenda – ACTION ITEMS
● Adopt Edited Minutes of June 13, 2022 Regular Meeting
● Adopt Edited Minutes of June 27 and 28, 2022 Regular (and Continued) Meeting
● Adopt Edited minutes of July 25, 2022 Regular Meeting
● Adopt Edited minutes of August 8 regular meeting and Special Meetings August 10 and 11, 2022
● Approve payment of boot allowance – ACTION ITEM
7:15 PM – Roads Report – Rick, Alfred
● Curtis Pond swim area - remove old and install new signage - ACTION ITEM
● John Risse ROW application #2022-04 – ACTION ITEM
● Brough Emergency ROW permit application – ACTION ITEM
● Grooved pavement as an alternative to speed bumps – ACTION ITEM
● Updated proposal regarding speed carts and traffic calming (ARPA funds) – ACTION ITEM
● Biking signs proposal -- Rick – ACTION ITEM
● Moscow Woods Closure – Update
● Public Works Director process – Sharon/Denise
8:00 PM - ARPA public input process – Denise ACTION ITEM
8:05 PM – EMFD Joint meeting update – Denise/Rick
8:15 PM – PERSONNEL – Denise
Update on position postings
Training to process tax payments
8:25 PM – Curtis Pond Dam Update – Denise
Approve Form WS-4 Watershed Program – ACTION ITEM
8:35 PM -- Board round-robin on items of old business and other business
8:45 PM – Review future agenda items
8:50 PM – Executive Session as needed under 1 VSA §313
9:00 PM -- Adjourn
September 12, 2022
● Meet with road crew members
● Follow up on road crew review of Road and Bridge Standards
● Constable – duties and level of statutory authority
● CKC, LLC Curb Cut Application
● Town Hall Usage Policy – Review and Renew July 2022 (Marc)
● Follow-Up Shade Tree Preservation Plan
● Report on Peter Harvey Private Maintenance Public Roadside (Alfred/Peter) – 15 minutes
● Meet with Alfred Larrabee re: road commissioner reappointment (likely executive session)
● Traffic Control Ordinance Update – Reduce County Road Speed Limit – John/Rick
● Commission/Committee Reappointments – Sharon
● Update from KHL, Carolyn Brennan, Co-Director, Library Director???? (Denise)
● HPC new grant paperwork to sign (David Schutz)
Future Agenda Items
● East Calais Tree Removal (Denise follow up with Neal Maker, tree warden)
● Curb Cut Application (NEEDED) and Curb Cut Application Assessment Form (new) (Sharon/Denise) – ACTION ITEM (Curb Cut Materials at this link; CC has requested input) – August
● Highway Capital Plan – Rick
● County Road Speed Limit -- Rick/Denise
● Immunizing Ash Trees – Rick/Neal Maker
● 2023 Property Reappraisal Process – Marc Mihaly/Jan Ohlsson
● ARPA Process
Review and Update Existing Policies and Ordinances
● Traffic Ordinance – Rick
● Personnel Policy – Sharon/Denise
● Job Descriptions Review and Update – Sharon/Denise
● Conflict of Interest Policy (Conflict of Interest Background)
Create Ordinance/Policy
● Junk Ordinance – requested
Issues Awaiting Further Development
● East Calais Stormwater Project – Rick
Dec 1, 2024, 4:30 to 6 PM
Teen Taste Test at Jeudevine Memorial LibraryDec 3, 2024, 3 to 4 PM
Annual Moretown Artisans SaleDec 7, 2024, 9 AM to 3 PM