TOWN OF BRISTOL SELECTBOARD MEETING
Monday, July 10, 2023, 6:30 PM
In-person at Holley Hall and via Zoom
I. Call to Order: 6:30 P.M.
1. Review agenda for addition, removal, or adjustment of any items per 1 V.S.A. §312(d)(3)(A).
II. Executive Session – personnel matters per 1 V.S.A. §313(a)(3) and potential contract negotiations per 1 V.S.A. §313(a)(1)(A). May be continued at the other end of the agenda.
III. Call to Order 7:00 P.M.
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.
IV. Public Forum. (5 min. per person)
V. Department Head Roundtable. (5 min. per person)
VI. Regular Business.
1. Reconsider the Selectboard's motion to accept Munson Earth-Moving's bid for the Pine Street waterline project to remove the loan funding contingency and authorize execution of the contract. (+/- 15 min.)
2. Update on the Basin Street Improvement Project. (+/- 15 min.)
3. Consider acceptance of DuBois & King's proposal for the Basin Street Improvement Project design, engineering, bidding, and construction services. May include deliberation in executive session. (+/- 15 min.)
4. Consider a grant application authorization request to apply to the Vermont Community Chargers Grant Program for a Level 3 charging system. (+/- 10 min.)
5. Consider a grant application authorization request to apply to the Municipal Energy Resilience Program for energy assessments of municipal buildings. (+/- 5 min.)
6. Consider how to resolve a water billing issue associated with a suspected leak at the American Legion and a water meter mix-up with the associated rental property. (+/- 15 min.)
7. Authorize use of the Technology Reserve Fund for the purchase of a new desktop computer for the Listers Office. (+/- 5 min.)
8. Consider approval of the subgrant agreement between the Town of Bristol and the Addison County Community Trust for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) awarded to the Town for the Firehouse Apartments project. (+/- 15 min.)
9. Consider approval of the Contract for Administrative Services and Program Management between the Town of Bristol and the Addison County Community Trust for administration and management of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) awarded to the Town for the Firehouse Apartments project. (+/- 5 min.)
10. Consider approval and authorization of the mortgage loan documents related to the Community Development Block Grant for the Firehouse Apartments. (+/- 15 min.)
11. Review and approval of the June 26, 2023 meeting minutes. (+/- 5 min.)
12. Authorize accounts payable warrant and any liquor or tobacco licenses. (+/- 5 min.)
13. Selectboard roundtable (+/- 10 min.)
14. Town Administrator's report (+/- 5 min.)
VII. Other Business.
1. Correspondence, reports, correspondence received. (+/- 5 min.)
VIII. Executive Session re. potential contract negotiations per 1 V.S.A. §313(a)(1)(A), real estate negotiations per 1 V.S.A. §313(a)(2), and personnel matters per 1 V.S.A. §313(a)(3).
IX. Adjourn.
Next regular Selectboard meetings:
• Monday, July 24, 2023 ** Note there are three weeks between meetings. **
• Monday, August 14, 2023
REMOTE MEETING: This will be a hybrid in-person meeting as well as conducted through the Zoom remote meeting on-line platform. See the connection information below. If you intend to join the Zoom meeting and have never used Zoom before, we recommend you begin the log-in process well in advance of the meeting to allow time for downloads and connections to occur.
PHYSICAL LOCATION: Holley Hall. People attending in person are welcome to wear a mask.
CALL-IN: People without a computer or other device can call in from the number below and enter the meeting ID from the phone keypad.
TO JOIN THE ZOOM MEETING Beginning at 7:00pm:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87912810018?pwd=WFdGNUtJYWx1eHMrenpqTkZmUUNGZz09
Meeting ID: 879 1281 0018
Passcode: 619003
Join meeting by phone: 1 (646) 558-8656
Minutes of meetings and some digital agenda materials can be found at: http://www.bristolvt.org/meeting-minutes/.
Videos of meetings can be found at: http://www.neatbristol.com/.
Questions? Contact me at (802) 453-2410 or townadmin@bristolvt.org.
--Valerie Capels
Town Administrator
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