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2026-10-06 - Select Board

Summary

Built from the official minutes. The agenda was not read separately.

  • Called to order 6:30 PM and adjourned 9:15 PM. All five members present: Chair Martha Staskus, Vice-Chair Don Schneider, Secretary Sandy Sabin, Roger Clapp and Evan Karl Hoffman.
  • Agenda amended to pull the salvage yard item: passed unanimously.
  • Consent agenda passed unanimously: liquor license renewals for Blackback Pub (Hill-Ford LLC), Cold Hollow Cider (CHCM LLC, including an outside consumption permit) and Stone's Throw Pizza (PineMarten LLC).
  • Minutes of 2026-09-15 and the 2026-08-18 special meeting approved unanimously. Hoffman corrected the record: VLCT data show 37 of 191 towns (19 percent) have appointed clerks and 64 (34 percent) appointed treasurers. See Appointed Town Clerk and Treasurer.
  • VLCT (B. Waninger) presented the Community Housing and Infrastructure Program (CHIP) policy: discussion only.
  • Town Meeting Study Committee draft report presented; no vote.
  • Text MyGov is live with about 1,800 residents opted in. FY27 Cemetery Commission budget level at about $65,000.
  • Project updates (staff including Bill Woodruff): FEMA Buyouts (33 and 35 North Main St, Union St 38 and 42, and one US Route 2 property); Randall Meadow not yet purchased; public meetings planned for Woody Avenue Development Project.
  • Boundary line adjustment, 29 Stowe St: approved unanimously (Clapp/Sabin).
  • VTrans Small Scale HSIP grant agreement of $10,660 for line striping on Loomis Hill Rd, no local match: approved unanimously (Clapp/Sabin). See Loomis Hill Road HSIP Grant.
  • GEARS Municipal Manager authorization: tabled after Sabin raised concern about open-ended match commitments. See GEARS Grant Authorization.
  • CVRPC regional plan comments (Tier 1B request): approved unanimously (Hoffman/Clapp).
  • CVEDC regional priority project list with Randall Meadow (funding gap just over $2 million): approved unanimously, Clapp recused (Schneider/Sabin).
  • Better Connections: explore the VTAP scoping study grant for Route 100 (estimated $80,000 to $90,000, 80/20 match, $10,000 set aside, about $8,000 net, application due end of November): approved unanimously (Clapp/Schneider). A member of the public raised a conflict-of-interest concern about Clapp and Discover Waterbury; Clapp said he was not involved. See Better Connections Program.
  • Ryan Geary appointed to the Conservation Commission for a term to 2029: unanimous (Hoffman/Sabin).
  • The November 3 meeting rescheduled to November 5: unanimous (Clapp/Sabin).
  • A/V upgrade bid of about $18,000 (TV monitor replacing the projection screen) discussed; no vote. Municipal Manager Graci Zeiger reported.

Agenda

Agenda PDF posted (draft version 1); items are covered in the summary from the minutes.

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