6:00 Call to Order; Administrative and Action Items
Additions or changes to Agenda
Approve Minutes of March 25, 2024
Approve Minutes of March 5, 2024 Town Meeting
Vote to Approve Board Orders; Sign Board Orders
Authorize Anne Winchester to sign VTrans Grants-In-Aid Program letter
Authorize rehiring of Ogden Hersey as part-time Road Crew Member
Authorize signing of Sales Order for CAT Road Grader
6:10 Public Comment: Up to 15 minutes; time will be divided so that everyone has equal time to speak
6:25 Road Standards and Certificate of Compliance of Roads and Bridges
Review existing Town and State Road Standards and potential changes
Consider process for potentially updating Standards
Consider Agency of Transportation's certification form
Possible Action: Approve Certificate of Compliance of Roads and Bridges
6:45 Curb Cut Applications
Possible Action: Approve, condition or deny Keith Poirier application, 2874 W. County Road
Possible Action: Approve, condition or deny Steven/Denise Sparrow application, 1048 Adamant Road
6:55 Route 14 and Marshfield Road Intersection
Discussion of process for identifying ideas to improve safety
7:00 Town Hall Generator
Discussion with Nick Emlen regarding relocating generator
7:10 Personnel Policy
Review and consider Policy Review Committee's draft revisions
Possible Action: Approve proposed updated Personnel Policy
7:25 Curtis Pond Dam
Update regarding financing, permitting, and construction plan
Consider proposed amendment to engineering contract
Possible Action: Approve proposed engineering contract amendment
7:35 Appointments of Town Official and Town Board/Commission Members
Possible Action: Appoint Buffy Langlois as Calais Animal Control Officer for a 1-year term ending in 2025
Possible Action: Appoint Claire Haskell to the Conservation Commission for a 4-year term ending in 2028
Possible Action: Appoint Chris Cochran to the Design Advisory Board for a 4-year term ending in 2028
7:45 Development Review Board
Discussion of upcoming meeting with DRB
7:55 Conservation Commission Expenditure Request
Review request from the Conservation Commission for the Selectboard to authorize $250 ($200 from the CC education and training line, and $50 from the CC expense line), in addition to the $750 the Selectboard previously authorized in the budget for a newsletter, for a total of $1,000 expenditure
Possible Action: Approve funding request
8:00 Reports
Town Clerk: Teegan Dykeman-Brown
Town Administrator: Kari Bradley
Status of Shedd v. Calais: Anne Toolan and Jordan Keyes
Possible executive session under 1 VSA Section 313 (a)1 (E) Pending or probable civil litigation to which the public body is a party.
8:30 Adjournment
Note: Agenda items may be taken up earlier than noted if items are completed more quickly than anticipated.
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Nov 26, 2024, 3 to 4 PM
Summit School's Intermediate Old Time Fiddle ClassesNov 27, 2024, 6:30 to 7:45 PM
Hand-Tied Wreaths at the Plainfield Community CenterNov 30, 2024, 1 to 3 PM