Agendas - Selectboard
TOWN of SHELBURNE NOTICE of PUBLIC HEARING _____________________________ Proposed Fiscal Year 2012-2013 School District & Town Budgets Monday January 23, 2012 7:00 P.M. Shelburne Town Center Meeting Room __________________________________ Proposed budgets for July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013 will be presented by the Selectboard Shelburne and the Board of School Directors. Copies of the proposed budgets can be obtained at the Shelburne Town Offices during normal business hours. Reasonable accommodations shall be provided upon request to ensure that this meeting is accessible to all individuals regardless of disability.
DRAFT TOWN of SHELBURNE SELECTBOARD MEETING Tuesday January 24, 2012 7:00 P.M. Shelburne Town Center Agenda 7:00 1. Call to Order 2. Approval of Agenda 3. Citizen Participation (Opportunity for public comment on any Town Business that is not included on this agenda) 7:05 4. Consider agreeing to sponsor the Vermont Center for Independent Living in an application for a Vermont Community Development Implementation Grant in support of improving the accessabilty for homes of the disabled.* 7:20 5. Consider authorizing staff to apply for a Certified Local Government Grant in the amount of up to $2,500 for the purpose on updating the Shelburne Parade Landscape Plan. (A 40% match is required).* 7:25 6. Consider the appeal by Margaret Ottinger of the decision of the Town Manager’s decision denying the installation of 24 street lights in Davis Park.* 7:45 7. Consider approving the proposed Fiscal Year 2012-2013 General Fund Budget for inclusion on the Ballot of the 2012 Town Meeting.* 7:50 8. Consider Approving the Warning for the 2012 Annual Town Meeting.* 7:55 9. Consider Certification of Completion and Opening of a Highway for Public Travel for Spinnaker Lane.* 8:00 10. Consider the annual Certification of Highway Mileage for the year ending February 10, 2012.* 8:05 11. Consider approval of applications for renewal of liquor and tobacco licenses.* 8:10 12. Consider Approving the Minutes of December 27, 2011 and January 3, 5, 10 and 12, 2012.* 8:15 13. Manager’s Report 8:20 14. Member Concerns 8:30 15. Adjourn * Decision Item Reasonable accommodations shall be provided upon request to ensure that this meeting is accessible to all individuals regardless of disability.
MANAGER’S REPORT January 24, 2012
Action Items Agenda Item #4 – VCIL Grant The Town was approached by the Vermont Center for Independent Living (VCIL) in the fall of 2010 and requested that the Town sponsor a grant application to the Vermont Community Development Program. A hearing was held on October 12, 2010, and the Board agreed to authorize the application. Apparently due to changes in personnel, the grant application was not submitted. The Town is once again being asked to sponsor an application. If successful, the grant funds would be used to modify housing to improve its accessibility. A representative of VCIL will attend the meeting to provide detail about the program and to answer any questions that may be raised. If the Board agrees that the Town will be a sponsor, a public hearing would be held on February 14. While the town is ultimately responsible for administering the grant, the Town depends on the organization (VCIL) to write the grant application and provide the record keeping and reports required by the State. The developers of the Harrington Village project will be presenting their request for a VCDP grant next Thursday at the Community Development Board. The project is being well received and most likely will be funded. However, with the large demand for these funds it is always possible that the project will be partially funded and invited back in the next round. If that occurs and the VCIL application is being proposed for the same round, only one project may be proposed by a community in any one round. The Selectboard would have to decide which project goes forward if that were to happen. Agenda Item #5 – CLG Grant Each year the Historic Preservation and Design Review Commission (HPC) has an opportunity to apply for a grant. They are requesting authorization to apply for a grant of up to $2,500 toward a $3,900 project to update the Parade Landscape Plan. As you will recall this issue was raised when the Veterans’ Memorial Committee approached the HPC with a proposal to locate a memorial on the Parade. The HPC anticipates putting out an RFP for a landscape architect to provide design services. The match is included in the 2012-2013 proposed budget. Agenda Item # 6 – Ottinger Appeal Bernie and I will provide a recommendation to the Board in an email on Monday. Board members may want to review the appeal using the criteria in separate field trips or table the decision until the Board does a field trip. Agenda Item #7 – 2012-2013 Proposed Budget Following the hearing on Monday, an appropriate budget reflecting any alterations will be available for the Board’s consideration. The enclosed budget reflects the latest discussions by the Board on January 12. As fine tuned by Peter and I (mostly Peter) the proposed increase is less than presented to the Board. The proposed increase is 2.7%, which is less than $0.01 ($0.009) on the tax rate. A $300,000 home would see an increase of $27. Agenda Item #8 – Warning I will have as many versions of the Warning depending on possible decisions to be made by the Board regarding articles. I will also have it up on my computer to edit as necessary. Petitions for items to be included on the Warning must be in by the end of business on Wednesday, January 25th. If something does come in it may necessitate a special meeting to finalize the Warning (It has to be posted by February 3rd, but the Town Report should be at the printer by January 30). Agenda Item #9 – Spinnaker Lane Judy Lance did a thorough review of all of the Town roads that are on the official State map. She discovered that a portion of Spinnaker Lane was not complete when inspected by a representative of the Agency of Transportation, and was designated as unfinished. Therefore it was never certified and was not included on the map. The Board is asked to approve and execute a Certificate of Completion and Opening of a Highway for Public Travel. This act will increase the Town’s highway mileage by 0.18 mile. Agenda Item # 10 – Certificate of Highway Mileage This is an annual event and reflects the Town’s acknowledgement of the miles of highway within the Town. Judy’s effort provides a high likelihood that this certification does in fact accurately reflect the miles of road in Shelburne. Agenda Item #11 – Liquor Licenses Colleen has notified holders of liquor and tobacco licenses of the renewal period that ends on April 1. The renewals will be brought to the Board as they are received by Colleen. Traditionally the licenses have been approved with signed by the Board.
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