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A
B
B
B
B
E
E
E
But
I'm
happy
to
do
a
walk
through
with
folks
to
explain
some
of
the
changes
we
did
and
I
can
address
questions
at
that
time.
If,
if
that's
what
the
board
chooses
to
do
so
in
terms
of
our
process
and
our
mission,
when
we
first
convened
at
the
beginning
of
September,
we
understood
our
mission
to
be
review.
The
document
incorporate
changes
as
from
the
public
from
our
own
ideas
from
research,
and
then
we
had
to
draft
the
language
we
wanted
to
see
so
that
the
attorney
could
then
review
that
language.
E
E
We
allotted
time
for
discussion,
debate
review
of
what
we
agreed
on
what
policies
you
know
we
wanted
to
incorporate,
and
then
we
had
two
meetings
for
drafting
for
viewing
revising,
as
you
can
imagine,
as
we
went
through
things
kind
of
bled
into
each
other
overlapped,
a
policy
would
come
up
as
we'd
gather
it
and
we'd
start
the
debate.
So
there
was
some
back
and
forth,
but
mostly
we
stuck
to
that
plan
and
we
did
come
out
with
a
very
thorough,
revised
document.
E
So
a
lot
of
the
changes
you
see
in
the
document
were
for
adding
Clarity.
We
reorganized
because
we
wanted
the
document
to
read
and
flow
if
you're,
just
somebody
who's,
never
seen
a
charter
before
you
wanted
to
be
able
to
understand.
Okay,
this
is
a
section
about
what
the
select
board
does.
This
is
a
selection
about
town
meeting.
This
is
what
how
you
adopt
an
ordinance.
This
is
what
the
town
manager
does.
We
also
went
through
and
tried
to
remove
anachronisms.
E
There
were
some
places
that
it
wasn't
clear
what
was
going
on
and
then
we
wanted
to.
We
had
there's
many
different
areas
of
you
know,
inconsistencies
or
several
different
areas.
So
we
tried
to
address
those
in
our
document.
Then,
in
addition
to
that,
we
had
great
feedback
from
the
town
staff.
We
had
great
feedback
from
the
public
and
we
tried
to
incorporate
those
changes.
E
We
also
had
significant
policy
requests
both
from
committee
members
and
for
external
public
members
that
we
did
incorporate
for
the
most
part.
Now
we
had
I
think
28
votes,
two
of
which
were
not
unanimous
when
those
two
votes
that
were
not
unanimous,
we
only
had
one
dissenting
View,
so
that
shows
two
things:
I
don't
want
the,
and-
and
this
is
what
I
is
crucial
to
what
I
I
think.
The
committee
wants
you
to
understand
this
document
before
you
is
a
proposal.
We
incorporated
policies
that
we
thought
fit
within
a
charter
almost
by
default.
E
Some
of
us
were
strongly
in
support
of
those
policies.
Some
of
us
just
felt
that
five
appointees
should
not
be
making
that
policy
decision
for
an
entire
town
and
that
rep
elected
representatives
or
the
public
themselves
should
be
debating
and
reviewing
them
so
Andy
or
chairman
Watts
I,
saw
in
your
comments
a
lot
of
times.
This
should
be
a
discussion
of
the
select
board
and
staff.
Absolutely
that
was
absolutely
Our
intention.
E
We
included
all
those
proposals
because
we
really
thought
that
these
policies
should
be
considered.
To
that
end.
There
was
one
policy
we
did
not
include,
but
was
strongly
recommended
by
the
committee.
We
didn't
include
it
because
the
language
itself
was
very
temporal.
It
was
a
one-time
study
and
we
didn't
feel
that
a
one-time
thing
should
be
in
a
Perpetual
continuous
document
set
like
a
charter,
so
that
recommendation
was
for
the
study
of
establishing
Wards
and
districts
in
the
town
and
neighborhood
assemblies.
E
And
yet,
as
I
said,
putting
a
study,
a
one-time
study
and
a
perpetuate
document
was
didn't
really
fit,
so
the
board
or
the
committee
strongly
recommends
to
the
board
that
such
a
study
be
considered
as
part
of
all
the
other
policies
that
you're
seeing
before
you
tonight
and
then
so
I
think
that
that
really
sums
it
up
for
us
again.
You
know
I
think
the
process
was
very
collaborative
and
collegial
until
we
had
some
challenging
couple
of
meetings
at
the
end.
E
What
I,
really
hope
that
comes
out
of
this
process
is
that
there
is
a
engaged,
comprehensive
debate
on
these
policies.
The
process
I
did
my
best.
We
all
did
our
best.
You
know
there's
it's
never
perfect.
What
I
really
hope
this
doesn't
devolve
into
is
personal
attacks.
I'm
a
mom
with
three
young
kids
ages,
just
turned
four,
so
three
for
Moses
process.
Six
and
ten
I
work
full
time.
I
volunteer
in
other
capacities
in
this
town,
at
no
political
agenda
coming
in
here,
except
I'm,
an
administrative
lawyer
and
I
thought
hey.
E
If
anybody
likes
writing
a
charter,
this
girl
does
so
that
was
my
only
goal
and
I'm.
You
know
if
folks
want
to
throw
a
mud.
That's
fine,
but
I
really
hope
that
the
focus
can
remain
on
the
policy.
The
content
of
the
document,
what
we
really
hope
to
achieve
like
there
was
no
no
sneaky
agenda
or
anything
going
on
here.
So
I
thought
we
were
really
doing
well
in
terms
of
collaboration
and
inclusion
and
I
hope.
E
D
I
have
to
say
this
is
the
hardest
working
committee.
I
think
I've
ever
served
on
as
far
as
time,
commitment
and
work
and
research
that
went
into
this
and
they
had
awesome
discussions
and
everybody
had
an
equal
say
in
it.
I
like
the
fact
that
the
town
excuse
me
account
employees
had
input
the
public
had
input,
we
had
input
from.
You
know,
research
that
was
done
by
others
and
I.
Just
it
was.
G
B
I'm
very
impressed
went
into
this
yeah,
the
one
the
one
thing
I'm
I'm,
unsure
of,
is
whether
we
can
get
through
this
entire
proposal
and
time
to
implement
it.
You
know,
unlike
not,
or
at
least
not
all
of
it,
I
guess
the
the
time
scale
we're
on
is
we
need
to.
We
would
need
to
adopt
a
charter
change
by
January
3rd
and
then
have
a
final
revisions
done
by
February
6th
in
order
to
have
it
voted
on
on
March
7th.
B
E
Absolutely
I
think
a
lot.
You
know
we
realized
we
had
nine
weeks
so
a
lot
of
those
policies
we
set.
You
know,
oh,
if
there
was
a
year
or
another
committee
or
something
you
know
not
that
we
necessarily
would
participate
in.
You
know
if
there
was
this
additional
opportunity.
A
lot
of
these
deserve
further
discussion.
E
B
B
B
G
B
Of
Select
board
members,
which
you
may
recall
no
one
intended
that
a
resident
came
in
asking
for
that
and
was
suggesting
that
if
we
didn't
proceed
with
with
going
that
way,
he
would
come
back
with
a.
He
would
pull
a
chart.
A
petition
together
to
have
us
go
in
that
direction.
This
gives
us
the
opportunity
to
write
the
section
ourselves.
Rather
than
have
it
presented
to
us
local
option.
Tax
is
in
there
a
section
about
that
which
we
already
have
the
ability
to
do
so.
B
That's
a
little
I'm,
not
sure
about
that.
Why
that's
in
there,
but
we
can
talk
about
it.
There's
a
transition
to
a
drb,
there's
establishment
of
an
energy
energy
coordinator,
an
addition
of
commission
for
Public
Safety.
Those
are
the
seven
big
things
that
are
in
there
and
then
a
lot
of
it
is
I.
Think
I
said
rearrangement
I
mean
I've
been
pretty
involved
with
referring
to
every
friend,
referring
to
the
Charter
a
lot
in
my
tenure
as
a
select
board.
B
D
I
think
in
speaking
and
Lauren
can
explain
why
those
seven
are
in
there,
because,
basically,
that
is
what
we
heard
from
town
officials
and
from
the
public
that
they
would
like
to
see
this
included
in
the
charter
as
we
come
up
with
the
new
town
of
Essex
Charter.
So
that
was
why
I
believe
that
was
incorporated
into
it.
E
B
C
C
So
if
you
wanted
staff
to
vet
it
Bill
Ellis
to
edit,
my
recommendation
would
be
to
absolutely
hear
what
the
reasoning
is
behind
some
of
these
things.
But
if
you
want
to
move
forward
pick
one
or
two
priority
things
that
we
can
focus
on
in
order
to
give
it
a
good
review,
give
a
good
legal
review
of
what
those
changes
might
be.
So
we
can
then
bring
that
to
voters
for
March.
I
B
I
G
I
Was
kind
of
thinking
in
my
mind,
you
know
we
could
focus
on
the
recall
provision
and
maybe
some
language,
and
maybe,
if
there's
one
or
two
items
that
are
important
in
there,
that
aren't
as
extensive
as
far
as
the
legalness
and
and
review
in
the
process,
then
maybe
we
could
get
three
changes
or
two
changes
or
one
change
or
whatever
it
may
be,
focus
on
them.
Make
them
Dead
set,
get
up
for
a
vote,
and
then
you
know
we're
gonna
have
this
process
every
year.
I
I
think,
like
you,
said,
we've
kind
of
started
late
in
the
game
and
I
feel
like
there's
a
lot
that
can
be
done,
but
it's
also
the
charter
of
the
town.
I,
think
that
we
are
not
that
you
guys
aren't
putting
forth
the
best.
You
know
for
post
changes,
but
I
think
it's
something
that
we
seriously
need
to
consider
I'm
taking
our
time
and
making
sure
that
we
put
forth
a
final
copy
per
se,
not
that
it
can't
be
changed.
I
J
B
G
B
E
E
Last
time
they
lost
the
veto
override
by
one
boat,
and
this
time
they
anticipate
having
the
the
votes
to
overturn
any
vetoes.
The
reason
to
have
it
in
here
is
it
because
it
contradicts
state
law
and,
of
course,
if
the
legislature
approves
a
document
that
contradicts
state
law,
it
grants
the
town
that
you
need
Authority
but
absent.
This
provision
in
this
Charter
state
law
would
control.
E
E
E
All
of
those
are
to
address
issues
of
landlords,
different
ways
of
evicting
somebody
raising
rent
and
then
entering
the
market.
You
know
so
there
were
concerns
in
our
discussion
about
the
specificity
of
it
again,
and
there
were
those
that
saw
this
as
a
true
issue
and
a
way
to
address
it,
and
we
could
not
come
to
an
absolute
agreement,
but
we
also
agreed
that
you
all
have
the
responsibility.
I
B
Okay,
any
other
questions
on
that
one
I
guess
just
to
step
back
to
the
prior
one,
the
fee,
setting
one
again
that
that
was
something
that
had
come
up.
I,
don't
know,
I,
don't
know,
I,
don't
remember
who
was
on
the
board
at
the
time
where
we
had
talked
about
setting
setting
fees
for
how
to
forget
what
it
was.
B
And
the
the
fact
that
we
spend
thousands
of
dollars
on
like
bags
for
the
Indian
Brook
and
that
was
required
by
our
stormwater
permits
so
and
so
the
other.
The
other
thing
I
guess
around
that
is
I,
know
that
the
state
also
specifies
that
the
majority
of
dog
license
fees
actually
support
rabies
prevention
or
rabies
control.
Do
we
need
to
have
some
you
know?
Do
you
know
I
mean
you
may
not
know
the
answer?
Was
it?
B
E
Answers
I,
don't
know
the
answer
to
that.
I
do
know
so
in
my
research
I
found
that
there's
two
different
kind
of
types
of
Charters
when
it
comes
to
ordinances
and
one
type
is
what
Essex
said
before,
which
is
General
broad
Authority.
Another
type
is
Broad
Authority
plus
the
select
boards
will
have
authority
to
do
this
this
and
this,
and
this,
including
and
and
there's
you
know,
five
or
six
different
types
of
ordinances,
the
last
one
being
in
anything
else
for
the
public
health
of
the
town.
E
E
E
No,
absolutely
please
all
right
interrupt
me
too.
If
you
want
to
I
am
not
offended
so
also
as
we
went
through.
One
of
the
general
comments
I
wanted
to
make.
Is
you
asked
a
lot
where
other
language
came
from
and
it
came
from
other
Charters
I
looked
at
all
the
where
we
all
looked
at
other
Charters,
the
next
big
one,
there's
some
questions
about
salaries
and
policies.
There.
E
Recall
205
so
117
205,
so
I
think
we
heard
from
the
same
constituent
that
you
did.
He
brought
in
several
samples
from
other
towns
in
Vermont
of
other
of
other
recall
Provisions.
We
had
the
same
inclination
that
you
did
as
well
that
you
know
this
is
the
opportunity
to
have
us
or
the
select
board
Drive
the
language,
rather
than
have
it
done
through
the
ordinance
petition
process.
E
There
were
two
there.
We
we
had
so
much
discussion
about
this.
There's
two
bars
here
and
there's
the
bar
of
getting
the
recall
in
front
and
then
there's
the
bar
of
in
up
for
a
vote
and
then
there's
the
bar
of
how
the
recall
succeeds.
So
we
were
constantly
trying
to
say
well,
we
want
to
make
the
bar
high
enough
so
that
people
aren't
being
recalled
for
basically
doing
their
jobs
and
being
represented
in
their
constituents
and
being
recalled
every
other
week
for
a
bit.
E
You
know
policy
decisions
and
also
making
it
a
practical
thing
that
people
can
use
right,
because
if
you
set
it
too
high,
it's
never
going
to
happen.
So
we
looked
at
all
other
Charters.
We
did
a
thorough
review.
One
of
our
board
members
looked
through
a
bunch
of
them
and
summarized
them
for
us.
We
ended
up
really
looking
to.
We
drafted
the
language
based
on
what
the
constituent
had
recommended.
E
E
I
E
Yeah
I
think
it
would
have
to
that
could
be
done
through
policy
and
that
could
be
done
through
whatever
the
town
or
the
board
of
civil
Authority
decides
to,
or
the
select
word
just
decides
to
establish
there,
but
they're
pretty
broad.
That
said,
they're
all
misconduct-based,
malfeasance
crimes,
gross
incompetency
I
think
our
thought
was.
If
somebody's
going
to
over
ride
the
will
of
the
electorate
and
electing
somebody,
it
has
to
be
pretty
strong
grounds
to
remove
them
before
the
next
election
comes
up.
E
I
Yeah,
my
my
one
I
should
have
just
said
it
to
begin
with,
but
my
question
was
more
towards
and
not
that
you
didn't
answer
correctly.
It
was
to
misconduct
yeah,
because
you
know
the
term
is
is
Broad
and
it
doesn't
specify
if
it's
as
an
acting
board,
member
or
as
a
as
a
member
of
the
community,
or
you
know
all
these
other
things.
So
that's
what
I
was
asking
people
I
was
like
it's.
E
E
E
I
So
that's
kind
of
where
I
when
I
was
reading
through
it
I
was
like
there's,
everybody
has
an
opinion
right.
You
know,
and
I
could
think
that
you
were
doing
something
right,
that
you're
not,
and
you
could
think
that
I'm
doing
something
that
I'm
not,
but
if
I
had
no
so
I,
just
that's
where
I
was
just
like
I
mean
it
was
more
of
a
legal
thing
you
know
like
is
there
you
know?
How
do
we
say
this
is
right?
E
G
E
The
context
you
know:
there's
it's
always
a
struggle
just
as
a
regulatory
attorney
and
doing
this.
You
don't
want
to
be
so
specific
that
your
document's,
not
Nimble
and
flexible
enough
to
last.
But
you
want
it
to
be
specific
enough
that
it
can
be
practical
and
you
can
either
do
it
in
the
document
or
through
policy
and
interpretation
afterward
or
you
know.
But
when
you
leave
to
go
out
of
window-
and
you
don't
have
the
time
or
the
opportunity
to
clarify
it,.
G
H
Along
those
same
lines,
I'm
curious,
if
other
examples
of
Charters
that
you've
seen
differentiate
between
just
a
crime
in
office
or
a
conviction,
an
office
and
knowing
that
there
are
different
flavors
and
crimes
not
only
misdemeanors
and
felonies.
But
you
know
what
type
of
crime
and
whether
that
matters
yeah.
E
That's
a
good
question:
I,
that's
a
good
one
for
review!
This
language
is
from
South
Dakota
and
we
actually
removed
some
of
them
that
were
some
even
broader
terms
in
there.
So
I
think
that
would
be
a
good
thing
to
review
and
to
look
at
other
town
see
if
they
even
mentioned
crimes
in
office.
I
think
we
were
looking
for
to
South
Dakota,
because
there
wasn't
a
lot
of
specific
city
of
grounds
and
other
Charter
in
Vermont,
and
we
wanted
specificity
of
grounds.
I
I
E
E
I
I
was
like
I
love,
the
idea
and
I
mean
it
was
actually
July.
11Th
I
was
just
thinking
back
what
I
was
trying
to
say
when
I
first
spoke
tonight,
but
July
11th
in
our
in
our
minutes
of
the
meeting
psych
board
meeting
when
we
passed
the
the
approval
of
the
charter
committee
and
give
staff
the
opportunity
to
advertise
the
main
thing
that
was
mentioned
by
Miss
Topia
in
the
in
the
minutes
was
you
know,
is
this
going
to
be
a
overhaul?
I
It
said,
or
are
we
just
going
to
focus
on?
You
know
the
recall
provision
that
was
brought
to
us
and
some
language
changes
and
then,
as
I
was
reading
the
recall
provision
I
was
like
we
need
to
do
this,
but
this
is
going
to
be
a
challenge
to
make
this
the
right
word
and
make
sure
the
warning
is
yeah
right.
So
right.
B
C
If
I
could
just
speak
to
process
for
a
moment
and
get
out
of
the
content,
so
if
you
end
up
deciding
to
do
something
like
the
recall
provision
or
choose
one
or
two
things
the
way
the
statute
starter
lays
out
the
timeline
for
getting
this
to
sound
meeting.
You'd
have
to
warn
it
tonight.
You
have
to
warn
the
public
hearings
tonight.
C
You
don't
actually
have
to
present
proposed
Charter
changes
for
another
few
weeks,
but
you
could
say
we
want
to
have
a
public
hearing
to
include
a
recall
provision
in
the
charter.
Then,
if
you
would
spend
the
next
two
three
weeks,
your
next
couple
of
meetings
figuring
out
what
that
language
might
look
like,
what's
going
to
be
specific
enough,
but
also
giving
a
flexibility
that
the
charter
committee
is
trying
to
accomplish,
and
we
could
do
something
like
that.
C
C
B
E
C
C
Yep
January
thirds
when
you
would
have
to
adopt
the
official
copy
and
submit
amendments
to
the
clerk,
so
your
January
3rd
meeting
is
when
you
have
to
have
language
pretty
much
dialed
in
you
then
have
two
public
hearings
where
you
couldn't
change
it
again:
we're
getting
pretty
close
to
the
deadline.
At
that
point,.
I
C
B
B
Okay,
so
yeah
all
right,
all
right
so
and
then
just
to
to
be
clear
on
the
reason
why
recall
provision
nor
you
have
to
have
it
in
the
chart
in
order
to
do
a
recall,
is
because
in
in
Vermont,
the
only
way
to
remove
a
select
board
member
is
to
vote
for
somebody
else.
The
next
time
they're
up
for
like
there's
no
way
to
force,
there's
no,
the
the
select
board.
Can't
kick
somebody
off
the
you
know.
People
ask
me
that
question
all
the
time
I
got
several
emails
about
it
this
past
week.
G
B
G
B
I
B
E
You
go
so
the
next
is
not
a
new
policy
change,
but
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
questions
about
accessibility,
and
so
we
included
the
term
town
website
and
we
moved
away
from
the
book
and
the
five
postings
website
is
used
in
many
other
Charters
I
think
Colchester
Shelburne,
Montpelier,
Hardwick
Springfield
Etc,
not
the
the
name
of
the
website,
but
using
the
website
as
a
way
to
address
what
we
thought.
It
was
Greg's
concern
about
mailing
that
annual
report
and
I
think
you
all
talk
about
it.
E
Sending
that
massive
annual
report
out
every
year,
the
cost
the
sending
of
it.
So
we
were
trying
to
use
other
things,
I
think
1971
or
1973
in
the
statute
specifically
says
you
know
posting
five
times
within
the
town
rather
than
having
the
book
in
the
office
to
flip
through.
So
we
were
just
trying
to
think
of
different
ways
to
and
to
include
increase
accessibility
of
documents,
while
reducing
the
amount
of
staff
and
cost
of
all
these
things.
E
I
think
appointments
of
the
select
board
209
is
the
next
big
change
there.
We
heard
from
the
staff
we
heard
from
the
public
and
we
heard
from
committee
members.
They
want
the
development
review
board.
We
heard
from
one
staff
member
I
think
she
probably
works
with
the
zoning
board
now
that
they
weren't
able
to
switch
to
the
development
review
board
right
away
and
that's
the
reason
for
the
timing.
Here
we
were
giving
them
a
year
to
flip
over
to
that
structure.
B
On
Public
Safety,
the
I
believe
the
truancy.
If
we
want
to
transition
to
a
drb,
we
do
need
a
charter
change
to
do
that,
I
believe
so
yeah,
because
it's
it
specifically
says
we
have
the
the
current
Charter
says
we
have
a
Planning.
Commission
doesn't
have
it
just
say
we
have
a
drb
in
order
to
change
to
the
new
new.
The
other
way.
We
need
to
do
that.
B
C
Just
to
respond
to
Tracy
and
Andy's
writing
that
it's
the
planning,
Mission
stays,
but
exactly
it's.
They
have
different
roles
with
a
drb
I,
don't
think
it's
a
heavy
lift
necessarily
from
a
legal
standpoint,
but
I
do
think
it's
a
pretty
significant
difference
in
how
we
we
do
development
review
and
planning
in
the
community
personally
I
think
it's
professionally
I
think
it's
a
it's
a
good
move,
but
I
also
think
it's
something
that
warrants
a
lot
of
discussion:
feedback
feedback
from
the
Planning
Commission
zoning
board.
C
D
B
G
I
Just
really
quickly
go
a
little
bit,
but
the
the
appointments,
I
I
I-
don't
I've
had
a
long
time
to
really
button
these
all
next
to
each
other
and
figure
out
what
had
moved
where
whatever,
but
was
there
ever
a
day,
a
time
frame
for
appointing
with
the
Committees
like
there
is
with
the
select
board
and
then
with
the
select
board.
How
did
you
guys
get
down
to
45
days.
I
E
D
E
I
And
I
just
wasn't
sure
if
that
there
was
or
if
we
considered
about
a
time
for,
like
you
know,
we're
usually
good
about
it,
but
making
sure
that
the
appointments
by
select
forward
in
the
in
the
117-209,
if
there
should
be
any
inclusion
of
you,
know
filling
in
a
reasonable
time.
Obviously,
if
we
don't
have
volunteers,
we
can't
appoint
anybody,
but
I
guess
the
same
could
be
said
with
the
slack
board
with
the
45
days.
B
I
Mean
if
we,
let's
just
say
like
like
right
now,
trying
to
do
this
right,
so
we
have
exactly
28
days
to
make
up
my
own
decision.
Our
next
meeting
wouldn't
be
for
another
15
days
after
right.
So
if
we
didn't
make
a
decision
by
the
third
and
then
our
next
meeting
came,
we
didn't
have
we
wouldn't
be
able
to
make
a
decision
on
that
day
the
the
day
before
Greg
say
not
that
Greg
I'm,
just
using
an
example.
Oh
you
know,
I
pointed
somebody
to
fill
this
position
right.
I
B
B
E
D
H
C
D
E
K
G
E
B
E
H
H
I
did
I
think
this
was
included
in
my
comments,
but
in
order
to
in
order
to
move
an
initiative
to
Australian
ballot,
it's
my
understanding
that
it
has
to
be
voted
on
at
annual
meeting
to
move
that
business
to
Australian
ballot.
I,
don't
know
whether
this
would
be
an
acceptable
replacement
for
that
voted
annual
meeting,
since
we
would
be
voting
on
the
charter
by
Australian
I.
Think
that
circumvents
that
process.
H
The
other
item
that
I
see
during
the
the
retail
cannabis
discussions
I
was
pretty
vocal
about.
You
know
the
state
should
establish
a
one
percent
cannabis
tax.
That's
we
can
implement
the
town
as
a
whole
could
Implement
via
local
option
tax.
However,
it
does
not
exist
within
State
Statute.
Currently
so
I
I
think
that
I
appreciate
the
the
inclusion
but
I
don't
think
that
that's
possible.
Unfortunately,
I.
E
Was
wondering
if
we
could
well
so
my
thought
was
Senator
vyhofsky,
attended
the
meetings
and
said
we
couldn't
do
it
unilaterally,
I
thought,
maybe
if
we
did
it
as
part
of
the
whole
or
if
it
was
passed
as
a
charter.
Again,
though,
you
know,
this
is
just
like
recall,
just
like
the
other
Provisions.
This
is
a
policy
we
thought
worth
considering
the
the
other
Town
St
Albans
has
it
in
their
Charter
and
I've
heard
that
you
know
it
has
to
be
in
that
exact
language
in
their
Charter
to
be
accepted.
E
B
That's
my
understanding
that
if
a
municipality
votes
to
enact
a
local
option
tax,
the
language
gets
put
into
their
Charter
they're,
not
voting
on
a
chart
of
change
too
added
I.
Think
the
legislature
puts
that
content
into
your
Charter
to
give
you
the
authority
to
do
it
so
we're
this
is.
This
is
the
other
way
around
when
we're
putting
in
our
in
our
Charter,
giving
us
the
right
to
have
a
vote,
but
we
already
have
that
right
so
instead,
so
it's
a
lot.
B
So,
given
the
timeline
that
we
have
and
and
there's
there's
many
other
questions
about
little
small
details
throughout
the
document
as
well
and
720,
how
much
do
we
want
to
start
going
through
the
Section?
By
section?
Do
we
would
is
there?
Is
there
a
do?
We
want
to
decide
on
these
seven
big
things.
Are
there
ones
that
we
want
to
focus
on
to
try
to
get
something
together
for
a
March
vote
and
have
a
legal
counsel
review
the
other
language
changes
to
see?
I
I
I
feel
like
those
two
would
be
achieved
for
this
vote,
and
if
we
did
go
that
route,
I
would
I
hate
to
ask,
because
you
guys
have
just
done
a
tremendous
job.
But
if
we
got
to
the
point
of
we
wanted
to
do
these
three
things
or
four
things
or
two
things
or
whatever
it
may
be.
I
would
like
to
see
all
the
correct
wearers
changed
and
the
language
changes.
You
know
the
minor
ones
that
are
in
the
current
document,
so
maybe
we
could
get
two
or
three
things:
change
clean
up.
B
H
H
J
D
B
L
L
So
it
probably
merits
more
looking
at
and
perhaps
maybe
some
of
that
could
be
covered
by
the
Housing
Commission,
because
I'm
hearing
people
are
coming
to
me
with
complaints
about
fears
around
reporting,
landlords
and
health
issues
in
their
apartments
and
I.
Don't
know
how
best
to
resolve
that
in
our
community
and
to
make
sure
we're
taking
care
of
our
residents
here.
L
It
is
a
serious
problem
that
we
need
to
tackle
so
I
don't
know
if
that
might
be
better
on
a
Housing
Commission
to
linking
in
with
the
police
somehow
or
whatever,
but
that
that's
the
context,
and
the
other
thing
is
my
recall
on
this,
with
with
Tanya
weighing
in
on
the
marijuana
on
the
Cannabis
tax,
was
that
it
is
not
legal
yet
and
that
it
couldn't
go
in
there.
So
I
have
a
different
recall
than
Lauren.
Does
I
think
it.
L
It
was
because
I
want
it
required
in
the
charter
so
that
we're
coordinating
kind
of
what
Tom
yando
is
doing
now,
but
I
wanted
and
not
saying
that
we
need
to
hire
staff
to
be
a
volunteer,
whatever
don't
care
how
it's
handled,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
in
terms
of
going
forward
with
climate
change
that
that
we're
dovetailing
that
and
and
that
there's
some
oversight
in
our
planning
or
development.
Thanks.
M
M
I'm
Alexis
dubious
BF
and
a
member
of
the
committee.
Thank
you.
Don
came
to
every
meeting
in
her
institutional
knowledge
was
essential
and
and
very
much
valued
and
I.
Don't
think
we
would
have
been
able
to
get
half
of
what
we
got
done
without
those
insights
and
that
knowledge,
as
a
member
of
the
committee
I,
never
understood
our
our
job
to
be
to
add
a
recall
provision
and
clean
up
language.
M
So
if
that
was
the
mission,
I
I
think
we
missed
it
our
what
we
approached
this
was
as
what
do
we
think
the
best
charter
for
Essex
would
look
like
today,
given
public
input
staff
input
in
hours
of
research
and
I
just
kind
of
wanted
to
share
that
I
did
some
rough
calculations.
Just
before
we
came
to
the
meeting
I
believe
this
document
represents
at
least
150
hours
of
work.
If
not
200,
it
was
a
significant
amount
of
research
Outreach
and
that
that
doesn't
even
include
all
the
members
of
the
you
know.
M
You
know
Lorraine
and
other
community
members
who
reliably
came
to
meeting
so
I
hear
the
logistical
constraints
I'm
a
little
disappointed,
because
I
sort
of
we
were
sort
of
reaching
for
more
than
like
one
little
change,
and
the
one
thing
I
would
really
encourage
you
to
consider
is
yes
a
recall
provision
is
important.
It
is
unlikely
to
have
a
massive
impact
on
members
of
the
community
going.
You
know
in
the
next
12
to
24
months.
M
The
bar
we
have
suggested
for
recall
is
very,
very
high,
so
it's
not
something
that's
going
to
happen
commonly
you
know,
if
at
all,
I
would
encourage
you
to
consider
the
just
cause.
Evictions
policy
I
understand
that
it
is
a
big
I
understand
that
it
has
been
vetoed
in
the
past.
We
do
have
a
super
majority.
I
do
think
that
vetoes
will
be
handled
much
differently
moving
forward
than
they
have
in
the
past.
M
This
is
something
that
is
actively
harming
vermonters
today,
when
I
looked
into
the
laws
in
Vermont
about
evicting
people,
it
is
shocking
because
there
are
none.
You
do
not
have
to
wait
until
the
term
of
a
lease
ends.
You
can
evict
people
for
no
reason
at
any
point
that
you
so
choose,
and
that
is
happening
with
great
frequency
into
great
harm.
I
think
if
there
is
only
you
know,
time
and
energy
to
pass
one
or
two
things.
M
L
Actually
I'm
sorry
I
forgot
to
mention
I
appreciate
Alexis,
saying
what
she
did,
because
it
I
was
there
also
for
the
just
cause
eviction,
partly
because
of
what's
happening
to
some
of
our
renters
and
that
they
have
no
protection
and
that's
part
of
the
fear
of
them
coming
and
living
in
sub
health
conditions
in
our
community.
So
I
really
appreciate
Alexis
bringing
that
up.
I
worked
with
rights
and
democracy,
Tom
Proctor,
as
well
as
Tonya
bihowski.
L
But
Tom
was
so
in
the
thick
of
it
in
terms
of
trying
to
get
it
passed
in
the
state
and
losing
by
one
vote
in
terms
of
overriding
veto
that
he
really
is
the
best
to
handle
it
because
it
does
seem
like
it
would
be
an
ordinance,
but
unfortunately,
because
the
way
the
laws
are
in
our
state
right
now,
it
has
to
be
in
the
charter
in
order
to
hold
water.
So
thank
you.
Alexis
I
really
appreciate
you
bringing
that
up.
E
So
they
are
not
getting
ground
when
we
discuss
this
during
the
meeting.
What
meetings,
what
I
understood
from
Tom
is
they're
not
getting
a
lot
of
traction
in
terms
of
changing
the
state
law
for
every
single
town,
but
there
is
support
for
allowing
a
town
to
decide
it
themselves
through
these
charters.
N
I
listened
to
a
couple
meetings
and
I
just
wanted
to
call
attention
to
their
amazing
work
and
I'd
also
like
to
note
that
you
know
that
there
were
individuals
on
the
committee
that
were
somewhat
new
to
town
government,
which
I
think
should
be
celebrated
and
I
wanted
to
just
make
sure
that
the
slack
board
you
know
understood
that
how
much
work
went
into
this
and
and
how
hard
they
turned
this
out.
Sorry
how
fast
they
turned
this
out,
and
it's
pretty
amazing.
So
thank
you.
G
E
C
D
So
we
couldn't
just
for
the
hearing
say
yes
to
approve
proposed
amendments.
We
don't
actually
have
to
list
the
Amendments.
You
have
to
get
a
bit
more
specific
yeah,
or
can
we
say
to
possibly
include
and
then
you
could
do
your
seven
changes
doesn't
mean
you're
going
to
have
it,
but
you
could
just
word
it
so
possibly
including
and
then
your
seven
things.
I
D
I
I
I
agree,
I
totally
agree,
I,
just
I,
don't
know,
I
mean
if,
if
you
don't
want
to
backspedal
on
any
of
this,
then
I
mean.
Is
there
a
thought
that
we
don't
pass
anything
this
year
and
Maybe?
We
get
a
petition
in
the
spring?
Maybe
we
don't
for
the
recall
provision,
because
once
that
petition
signed
that's
what's
going
on
our
charger.
C
I
I
think
the
other
I
knew
it
is
I,
don't
know
no
I
I.
It's
it's
an
interesting
idea.
I
think
part
of
the
the
challenge
of
it
is
if
you
go
to
I'm
going
to
get
to
the
next
section
on
the
agenda
fairly
soon,
but
in
that
question
about
whether
or
not
to
warn
a
public
hearing
for
the
charter,
the
language,
the
recommendation
from
vlct
is
that
you
can
either
do
a
strikethrough
and
a
few
changes
or,
if
that's
two
unwieldy.
C
That
is
where
there's
just
not
enough
time
by
January
3rd
to
really
put
forth
the
proposal
of
we're
going
to
stick
with
this
or
stick
with
that
or
change
this
or
change
that,
and
none
of
this
to
say
that
these
these
changes
aren't
worth
considering,
but
they're
not
worth
putting
forth
It's
just
that
they
may
not
it's.
In
my
opinion,
it's
too
much
to
do
for
Town
beating
this
coming
year,
not
to
say
we
can't
continue
with
it
throughout
the
year.
C
E
Think
what
you're
hearing,
what
you
heard
from
Alexis
and
what
I'm
feeling
a
little
of
and
I
that
is
not
to
say
that
your
approach
here
is
incorrect.
I
think
you're.
Hearing
a
little
bit
is
frustration
because
we
did
you
know
we
came
in
September
and
like
what
do
we
have
to
do
and
when
we
heard
what
we
had
to
do,
it
was
so
immense.
Oh
my
gosh,
how
are
we
gonna
do
this?
How
are
we
gonna
rewrite
it
and
we
did
it.
E
We
worked
hard
because
that
was
our
understanding
of
the
mission
was
to
do
a
comprehensive
review
and
rewrite.
We
had
no
idea
it
was,
but
if
we
had
only
one
or
two
sections,
we
would
have
been
golden,
so
you're
hearing
the
frustration
of
just
like
seriously.
Why
didn't
we
know
this
in
September?
That
said,
annoyance
and
frustration
about
what
it
should
have.
E
Coulda
should
not
drive
policy
decisions,
and
we
understand
you
know
things
get
lost
in
translation
so
to
the
extent
that
you
need
to
choose
something
to
do
tonight
as
a
public
servant,
I
hear
what
Greg's
saying
too.
You
want
to
do
it
well,
and
you
don't
want
to
do
it
hurried
and
you
don't
want
to
just
blow
things
up,
because
I
don't
think
that
effectively
gets
the
changes
we
want
either
so
or
what
we've
recommended
either.
E
So
if
the
plan
is
to
address
these
changes
more
comprehensively
next
year
and
do
a
focus
policy
in
terms
of
what
the
committee
I
can't
speak
to
the
committee
for
the
committee
on
this
I
can
only
speak
as
myself
on
this
I
would
understand
that
approach.
I'd
still
feel
frustrated.
Given
the
effort
we
undertook,
but
I'd
also
really
very
much
understand
that
that.
J
B
B
B
So
you
end
up
with
three
questions
or
four
questions,
and
one
about
I
just
cause
one
about
recall
and
went
about.
General
rewrite
I
think
it's
it's
my
memory
and
we
could
check
with
the
legal
counsel
for
sure
that
if
you
have
big
questions
in
your
Charter
change,
you
should
ask
them
as
individual
questions
so
that
people
can
have
the
opportunity
to
vote
Yes
on
some
and
know
on
others,
because.
D
B
D
Don't
know
I
not
really
really
I.
Remember
like
the
very
first
time,
many
many
years
ago,
when
the
first
time
the
local
options
tax
came
around
it
was
they
voted
on
having
the
local
options
tax
and
then
it
would
have
been
implemented
into
a
charter
change.
It
was
a
separate
right
item
to
be
voted
on
and
not,
and
then
the
charter
change
came
after.
If
it
had
passed,
it
would
have
done.
It
was
ordered,
so
you
may
be
right.
They
they
may
have
to
be
voted
on
separately.
J
I
was
just
gonna
say
you
would
ask
if
there
were
any
particular
items
to
put
on
the
warning
for
the
town
meeting.
Maybe
take
these
big
items
like
the
just
cause
and
the
other
ones
that
we
have
discussions
about
and
have
those
as
an
item
on
town
meeting,
then
you
would
know
after
town
meeting
if
it
passed
or
failed,
where
you
could
incorporate
it
into
the
document.
It
might
not
be
quite
as
extensive
process
to
change
the
chart.
At
that
point.
B
I
B
C
C
C
G
I
I
So
my
question
would
be:
are
any
of
these
other
items
just
wording
and
not
new?
You
know,
as
far
as
like
changing
can
we
add
them?
You
know
this
is
just
questions
but
I'd
like
to
see
you
know
if
they
spent
all
this
time
to
do
this
and
then
we
just
add
in
the
recall
provision
we
have
all
the
old
language
exactly
the
way
it
was
I
feel
like
it's
a
waste.
Oh
I,
wouldn't
you.
E
E
J
C
I
Clarification
question
for
you
Greg.
Could
we
say
that
we
want
to
warn
the
free
call
provision
to
just
cause
eviction
and
and
fees
and
General
garbage
cleanup,
and
then
that
way,
when
we
go
through,
we
could
we
don't
like
one
or
the
other,
where
we
don't
have
to
do
anything
with
them
and
then
that
way,
when
we
do
the
vote
also
it'll
be
each
of
those
three
items
given
to
the
public
to
vote
on
and
then
the
general
Charter
clean
up
as
a
whole.
I
C
C
I
think
the
the
more
specific
you
can
get,
the
better,
so
I
think
if
you
say,
show
the
town
consider
there's
going
to
be
public
hearings
on
consider.
Charter
changes
to
include
a
recall
provision
to
include
fees
and
to
include
just
cause
eviction,
and
then
you
can
vote
on
each
one
of
those
questions
to
get
to
that
point.
C
The
general
cleanup
I
again
it's
it's
back
to
the
earlier
conversation.
What
is
what
is
being
specific
enough
to
allow
but
still
allow
flexibility
and
I
think
until
we
can
Define?
What
a
general
cleanup
is.
Is
that
spelling
errors?
Is
it
updating
language?
It's
tough
to
know
how
long
it's
going
to
take
the
town
attorney?
That's
some
of
that
stuff.
C
In
addition
to
those
other
three
things,
I
think
if
you
went
so
far
as
to
say
those
three
things
plus
a
reorganization
of
the
structure,
then
it's
you
know
the
language
is
the
same.
It's
just
putting
it
in
a
different
quarter
that
me
at
least
comes
across
as
more
specific
than
General
cleanup
I.
Think
if
you
say
General
cleanup,
what
is
that
is
it?
Is
it
changing?
Some
words?
Is
it
adding
commas,
is
it
what.
E
I
was
thinking
as
and
I'm
all
for
all
of
you
adopting
at
wholesale,
but
that's
not
going
to
happen
so,
but
I'm
thinking
of
one
of
the
things
you
know
it
talks
about
the
town,
manager's
Authority
and
the
current
one
says
the
town
manager
with
approval
of
the
select
board
shallow
point
and
Greg
was
wondering.
Well,
we
don't
really
know
what
the
proof
what
it
means
to
have
approval
with
the
select
board,
so
we
changed
it
to
after
consultation
with
the
select
board.
E
He
shall
do
this
or
they
shall
do
this
and
and
chair
chair
Watts
disagreed
with
that
interpretation
of
that
phrasing.
So
we
thought
it
was
a
cleanup
there's
an
alternative
interpretation
and
that's
the
kind
of
thing
that
I
think.
If
we
just
said
that's,
what's
hard,
it's
not
just
a
misspelling,
you
know,
Grandeur
for
a
lot
of
us
was
anachronistic,
but
then
was
outdated,
but
then
some
folks
might
feel
differently
about
that.
I
H
G
C
E
That
to
your
point,
though,
I
mean,
if
you
worn
it
fairly
generally
and
say:
General,
peanut
and
I
know
I
go
back
and
forth
here,
because
I
am,
if
you
say,
General
cleanup,
then
it
gives
you
enough
legal
room
to
then
say
Oh
at
the
first
meeting
by
General
cleanup.
We
met
these
two
sections
with
word
revisions
versus
45
change,
five
section,
so
you
could
almost
pick
and
choose
which
ones
you
wanted
to
bring
to
the
public
hearing.
I
want
to
obligate
you,
though,
to
bring
something
to
the
public
hearing.
H
E
B
C
B
K
Yeah
I
had
my
hand
up
a
long
time
ago
when,
before
you
got
into
the
detail
here,
first
of
all
on
the
town
website,
it
does
review,
say
a
mission
for
the
charter,
Review
Committee
and
I'll
at
least.
Do
the
first
paragraph.
The
mission
of
the
charter,
Review
Committee,
is
to
examine
the
existing
town
of
Essex
Charter
and
propose
any
revisions.
For
instance,
residents
and
select
board
members
have
brought
up
the
possibility
of
including
a
recall
provision
and
more
about
water
and
sewer
rates.
K
The
charter
Review
Committee
is
expected
to
review
other
Municipal
chatter
Charters
to
consider
other
possible
ideas
for
revisions,
so
I'm
not
trying
to
be
defensive
or
anything,
but
this
committee
certainly
has
met
that
mission
and
it
was
a
broad
Mission.
We
didn't
write
that
mission.
Somebody
did
it.
K
Somebody
represents
the
town,
so
the
amount
of
work
that
went
into
this
I
think
reflects
the
parameters
of
that
mission
and
I
know
you
have
to
make
some
decisions
and
go
ahead
and
do
it
I
would
still
put
in
I
would
make
drb
one
of
the
things
because
we
already
addressed
it
in
the
merger
proposed
merger
Charter
that
the
select
board
approved
whenever
it
was
last
year.
I,
guess-
and
so
there's
experience
with
that
and
when
I
was
on
the
board.
K
B
Yeah
well,
yeah
we'd
have
to
be
we'd,
have
to
yeah.
Right
and
again
we
have
we're
working
on
getting
we're,
getting
we're
moving
toward
town
meeting
getting
ready,
but
all
the
other
things
that
have
to
happen
to
get
into
town
meeting
finishing
the
budget
which
we
haven't
we
haven't
talked
about
yet
tonight.
B
J
Do
well
I
think
the
revision
is
absolute,
but
it's
such
a
short
window
to
get
it
done,
and
you
know
there's
going
to
be
a
bunch
of
questions,
so
I
would
still
consider
having
a
special
hearing
or
your
chart
or
after
town
meeting.
If
you
really
want
to
get
into
a
short,
shorter
time
frame
than
waiting
until
2024.
J
Yeah
and
take
take
the
big
items
and
any
of
them
that
Don
mentions
that
have
to
be
voted
on.
As
a
change,
maybe
include
those
as
an
article
at
town
meeting
and
then
you
could
do
the
charter
change
in
the
wording
and
everything
and
have
an
actual
Charter
meeting
for
approval
in
July
or
or
whenever
was
convenient.
You
could
move
your
timeline
up
that
way,
but
you
wouldn't
have
to
have
it
all
complete
ready
for
it's
March
2023
or
wait
all
the
way
until
March
2024
to
approve.
B
J
Yes,
because
you
mentioned
that
some
of
these
items
might
need
to
be
approved
by
the
public
as
far
as
do
they
want
a
drb
versus
the
Planning
Commission,
since
it's
a
major
change
of
the
charter,
so
have
that
as
an
article,
a
town
meeting
to
go
to
a
to
that
versus
the
other,
or
have
have
your
just
cause
eviction
as
a
specific
article.
Is
it
do
you
want
this
included
in
Essex,
Charter,
specific
different
from
state
law?
Currently.
B
A
B
D
H
G
D
B
Not
asking
to
do
it
again,
I'm
just
saying
it's
going
to
be
the
it's
something
that
would
be
voted
on,
because
we
can't
reorganize
it
without
a
vote.
I
don't
think
I
know.
Maybe
we
can
I
mean
somebody.
Somebody
took
all
the
the
word
select
man
and
select
men
used
to
be
in
there
63
times
those
all
disappeared
through
somebody's
action,
I
don't
know
who
did
it?
There
was
no.
When
I
asked
our
state
reps
about
it,
they
said
they
never
voted
on
it.
So
I
don't
know
who
changed
it.
G
H
G
H
H
I
I
I
C
I
B
C
G
B
D
H
D
E
B
O
C
Are
some
we
can
talk
about?
We
if
you
could
explain,
maybe
the
CLA
and
the
trigger
that
that
was
hit,
so
we're
going
to
be
starting
a
reappraisal.
Soon,
we've
gone
out
to
you,
put
out
some
an
RFQ
and
get
some
responses,
we've
added
them
and
we
have
a
preferred
preferred
vendor
for
the
select
board
to
authorize
me
to
sign
a
contract
on
that,
but
we
thought
it
would
be
worth
bringing
to
the
select
board
talking
about
it
in
the
business.
It
is
a
big
thing.
P
Okay,
the
CLA
currently
for
the
municipality,
which
has
combined
the
city
and
the
town,
is
85.08
and
the
New
CLA
comes
out
January
1st
of
2023
and
based
on
my
calculations
because
of
the
equalization
study,
I
just
finished
up.
We
are
going
to
fall
below
the
85
percent
or
85
yeah
below
the
85
percent
from
the
state
of
Vermont,
which
then
mandates
a
reappraisal
So
speaking
with
management,
we
decided
we're
going
to
be
proactive
and
go
ahead
and
start
proceeding
to
look
for
a
vendor
to
do
the
reappraisal.
P
P
We
felt
that
Patriot
Properties,
Incorporated
really
filled
all
of
those
qualifications
are
are,
were
definitely
qualified
for
it,
and
so
that's
what
we're
recommending
is
to
go
ahead
and
the
reappraisal
wouldn't
be
completed
until
April
1st
of
2025..
It
would
start
June
of
2023
and
it
takes
quite
a
while
to
complete.
So
it
would
be
the
grand
list
for
April
1st
2025.
P
B
B
So,
starting
with
fy24
right,
the
the
City
will
pay
a
portion
of
the
Appraiser's
office
based
on
number
of
parcels
that
they
have
a
percentage
based
on
the
percentage
of
parcels
that
are
in
the
in
the
city.
Until
the
reappraisal
is
complete
because
it
was
anticipated,
it
was
gone
up
and
so
yeah
and
all
of
the
all
of
the
funds
right
that
came
from
the
state
are,
are
pulled
together
and
that
will
that's
what
will
be
used.
It
will
pay
for
all
of
it.
My.
J
C
C
And
so
we
look
for
experience
how
it's
going
to
be
done.
The
type
of
software
that's
going
to
be
used.
What
the
process
looks
like
you
know,
past
experience
in
similar
communities
as
opposed
to
just
the
cheapest
price.
Okay,
because
after
you
want
quality
and
when
people
want
to
pay
a
little
bit
more
for
it.
In
this
case,
the
the
preferred
vendor
that
we
went
through
with
its
Patriot,
they
I
think
most,
if
not
all,
of
the
rfqs
also
included
a
price.
C
J
P
B
D
B
D
B
I
should
have
I
can
do
it
again,
stop
doing
that
stabular,
but
we
Anybody
Everybody,
okay,
with
making
an
exception
here
and
allowing
public
comment.
Even
though
there's
a
motion
on
the
floor,
any
public
comment,
questions
don't
see
any
hands
of
the
room,
I,
don't
see
any
hands
online.
So
okay,
any
select,
word
discussion
and
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye.
G
O
O
Hello,
everyone-
this
is
a
bit
two-part,
just
one-
is
more
informational
to
let
you
all
know
that
we
are
actually
at
a
four-year
Mark
of
having
our
website
launched,
which
is
kind
of
hard
to
believe,
but
time
flies
and
at
that
four-year
Mark
we
are
eligible
for
a
a
free
redesign.
At
no
cost
redesign
could
mean
many
things.
If
we
decide,
we
want
to
add
different
features
or
take
away
different
features,
I
mean
the
cost
could
change.
O
We
are
I,
say
we
me
the
Essex
I.T
Department,
we're
involved
in
looking
at
doing
some
of
those
changes
that
would
be
beneficial
for
certain
departments,
particularly
like
Community
Development,
the
rec
department,
to
see
features
that
they
are
looking
for,
that
they
need
to
be
trained
on.
One
of
the
things
I
noted
in
this
memo
was
that
we
launched
the
website
in
2020
early
2020
and,
of
course,
we
all
knew
what
we
were
all
doing
in
early
2020,
we
were
packing
up.
O
O
This
redesign
work
that
we're
going
to
be
doing
is
going
to
have
a
focus
of
of
really
trying
to
learn
how
to
use
these
tools.
Do
some
additional
training
for
our
staff,
so
I'm
pretty
excited
about
it.
I've
already
had
some
conversations
with
some
of
our
departments,
and
so
this
is
kind
of
a
bit
of
an
informational
part
there
for
you
that
there's
going
to
be
some
exciting
things
that
we're
hopefully
going
to
be
laying
out
for
you.
O
The
second
part
of
this
is,
is
that
with
the
redesign
there's
been
some
discussion
as
to
you
know,
maybe
we
would
want
to
think
about
updating
our
logo
to
to
kind
of
coincide
with
that.
It's
been
discussed
before
possibilities
of
having
you
know
an
update
to
the
logo.
But
if
we're
going
to
launch
a
new
design,
I'm
hoping
maybe
by
the
summer
of
next
year,
it
would
be
great
to
incorporate
possibly
new
colors
new,
a
new
look.
O
O
You
know
and-
and
it
I
think,
that
our
staff
could
possibly
come
up
with
some
based
on
some
feedback,
possibly
from
you
put
forth
a
few
designs
and
then
we
have
opportunities.
We
have
annual
meeting.
We
have
the
annual
report
coming
out
where
we
could
maybe
put
forth
some
designs
for
the
residents
have
them
vote
on
it
in
time
to
be
able
to
incorporate
it
into
the
website.
I
But
that
was
one
of
the
things
because
at
the
at
the
Rio
Grande,
not
the
reorganized
the
organizational
meeting
for
the
select
board.
One
of
the
things
that
came
up
and
we
tried
to
keep
on
there
was-
was
the
brand
and
I
think
that
that's
very
important
and
I
and
I
love
to
see
the
that
word
in
here,
because
we
have
the
opportunity,
like
you,
said,
to
change
the
logo.
I
But
we
also
have
the
prime
opportunity
right
now
to
reach
out
to
the
residents.
You
know
come
into
an
agreement
with
staff
and
select
board
about
the
brand
for
the
future
of
Essex
and
I
love
the
idea
of
having
multiple
options
and
allowing
the
public
to
make
the
final
decision,
because
I
think
that
that's
so
important
and
not
that
our
current
logo
is
Bland
but
I,
see
it
rode
into
some
hills
and
I.
Don't
see
a
lot
of
what's
Essex,
so
I
I
love
the
idea.
I
J
E
A
L
C
B
L
L
B
O
So
the
one
thing
I
will
say
about
the
ADA
requirements:
I
did
have
a
conversation
with
our.
We
have
a
specialist
that's
going
to
be
helping
us
specifically
with
just
the
redesign
work,
which
is
different
than
the
representative,
who
does
the
sales
or
the
representative
that
answers
questions
so
I'm
just
only
connected
with
them
a
handful
of
times,
but
one
of
the
things
that
we
can
do
is
have
them
do
a
like
audit
of
our
website
to
determine.
Okay.
This
is
a
problem.
This
is
not
meeting
your
ADA
requirements.
O
O
O
This
is
a
project
we
want
to
take
on
after
annual
meeting
I'll
have
more
time
to
be
able
to
really
organize
things
and
I
do
want
to
get
some
people
together
to
kind
of
make
those
decisions
and
make
a
plan.
You
know
how
what
are
step
one.
What
is
step
two,
the
only
thing
I'm
doing
at
this
point
is
I'm
just
having
conversations
with
department
heads
and
you
know:
what
are
what
are
you?
Not?
What
tools
are
you
using?
O
What
tools
are
you
not
using
because
each
web,
this
website
has
a
lot
of
background
tools
that
they
aren't
using
in
in
some
of
that's,
because
they
don't
know
how
and
we've
not
had
that
training,
so
maybe
establishing
at
this
point,
and
at
this
juncture
all
of
our
needs.
You
know
putting
this
all
on
a
list
and
then
we'll
come
up
with
a
plan,
and
so
this
is
just
like
first
heads
up.
O
I
O
O
That
would
be
the
first
thing
I'm
looking
for
and
then
I
would
probably
bring
this
to
the
department
heads
have
more
than
just
my
head
on
this
I
think
you
know,
have
a
few
people
coming
together
and
and
put
a
proposal
for
to
you
to
say
this
is
how
we
would
like
to
proceed
in
getting
that
logo,
so
I
need
a
I
guess
I'm
looking
for
a
go
ahead
like
yes,
we
want
to.
We
want
to
get
a
logo
we
want
to
bring.
O
Q
Q
I've
done
some
things
up
on
the
green
with
the
library
and
with
Memorial
Hall
I
wanted
to
touch
the
sign,
but
the
sign
has
got
the
still
the
old
trees
on
it,
which
I
believe
is
probably
from
12
or
16
years
ago,
and
so
I
think
having
a
new
logo
and
in
consideration
of
where
we
are
of
trying
to
Rebrand
ourselves.
I
think
it
would
be
great
to
see
something
of
a
new
logo
for
a
new
sign
and
do
a
reveal.
Q
F
F
It
has
that
consistency
with
our
old
logo,
but
it's
like
fresh
redo
and
for
consistency's
sake.
I
would
beg
you
to
take
a
look
at
that
logo
and
see
if
you
could
use
it
or
elements
of
it
in
a
new
town
logo
that
would
save
money.
It
would
save
time
and
it
would
again
provide
that
consistent,
look,
but
it
really
is
fabulous.
I
was
bowled
over
by
it
when
I
saw
it
and
no
need
to
reinvent
the
wheel.
Thank
you.
Thanks.
J
B
O
My
first
I
think
my
first
plan
of
action
is
to
go
to
the
department
heads
a
lot
of
because,
like
you
heard
Tom's
comments,
also
like
the
library,
they
may
have
a
reason
why
they
may
not
want
us
to
use
their
logo.
They
may
have
a
reason
why
they
might
support
why
we
could
use
the
same
logo
and
I
won't
know
those
things
until
we
start
having
those
conversations.
O
C
C
within
that
we're
proposing
a
breakdown
of
fifty
five
hundred
dollars
for
explore,
Essex,
two
thousand
towards
Juneteenth
and
I'm
keeping
another
500
or
so
for
other
events
that
might
come
up.
Last
year
we
had
the
step
in
event
to
support
our
support
committees
in
May.
There
could
be
something
like
that
again,
but
just
saving
some
money
available
for
the
things
that
might
come
up.
We
kept
it
at
the
parks
and
rec
events
line
item
at
2900.
C
No
change
to
the
library
budget
for
this
year
still
gathering
information,
I
hope
to
have
a
bunch
of
stuff
plan
to
have
a
bunch
of
stuff
for
you
on
December
19th
Essex
rescue,
we're
still
working
on
getting
a
meeting
with
the
other
service
towns
to
to
come
up
with
some
more
information
on
that
Dan
and
I
are
meeting
with
clct
later
on
this
week.
Passive,
so
we'll
have
some
updates
to
the
insurance
numbers
there.
C
Senior
van
Essex
Junction
has
their
first
budget
Workshop
tomorrow,
I
believe
they're
going
to
be
talking
about
senior
van
and
whether
or
not
they
want
to
extend
that
Beyond
next
December
capital
budget.
We
are
planning
to
have
that
for
you
on
December
19th,
as
well
as
fund
balance
assignments,
which
might
affect
the
the
tax
rate
and
how
you
want
to
move
forward.
C
C
All
that
combines
to
look
at
a
tax
rate
of
0.6759
of
60
yeah
and
the
taxes
on
a
average
280,
000
home
and
Essex
at
that
rate
would
be
one
thousand
eight
hundred
and
ninety
two
dollars
that's
an
increase
of
three
just
under
350
dollars
from
the
current
year.
So
that's
the
picture
based
on
those
those
changes
and
hope
to
have
enough
information
for
the
19th.
So
you
can
make
any
other
adjustments
that
you
want
to.
C
I
C
C
I
B
C
C
Just
wanted
to
start
thinking
about
anything
else
that
you
want
us
to
start
pursuing
for
town
meeting.
We'll
start
the
Capital
Tax
discussion
on
the
19th,
but
possibility
of
looking
to
raise
the
Capital
Tax
to
pick
up
the
funding.
That's
been
lost
with
the
departure
of
Essex
Junction
and
the
tax
base
there,
as
well
as
potentially
any
other
changes
for
the
capital
plan.
D
G
D
G
J
C
My
my
thought
is:
it
would
be
wrapped
into
the
capital
plan
Capital
update,
so
we're
working
on
that
again,
we'll
present
a
few
on
the
19th.
We
can
take
a
look
at
what
it
would
look
like
to
do
that
sooner
versus
later
long
story,
short
is
probably
either
increase
in
the
Capital
Tax
or
not
funding
some
other
things
to
make
that
adjustment.
Okay,.
J
To
follow
up
on
that
question,
there
has
been
a
fair
amount
of
discussion
about
sidewalks
and
how
you
have
to
pick
and
choose
a
sidewalks.
Is
there
any
interest
in
an
article
that
maybe
their
the
public
wants
additional
funding
or
change
to
a
way
that
the
way
the
sidewalks
are
done?
That's
the
suggestion.
C
J
B
B
J
B
B
The
agenda
as
well,
it
doesn't
affect
anything
for
the
current
year,
but
it
certainly
could
be
things
where
you
know
folks
could
bring
up
issues
that
they'd
like
to
select
where
to
consider
in
the
future.
I
think
they
should
be
coming
forward
to
us
now
with
those
rather
than
at
town
meeting.
When,
yes,
we're
not
getting
a
lot
of
comment.
No
no.
I
Even
I
would
like
to
see
us
prepare
the
question
about
conducting
future
business
by
Australian
ballot,
and
you
know
kind
of
just
going
through
the
legal
measures
of
how
do
we
need
to
word
the
question?
What
items
you
know
can
we
can
we
wrap
in?
What
do
we
need
to
wrap
in
to
make
it
so
we
have
informational
town
meeting
shall
be
passed.
C
C
And
we've
talked
Timmy
and
I
and
others
have
talked
about
it.
But
if
you
go
to
Australian
ballot
for
everything
you
know
like
Williston,
for
instance,
always
has
an
informational
meeting
the
night
before,
but
with
so
much
early
voting
happening
now,
but
it
makes
sense
to
do
it.
Have
an
informational.
D
D
B
G
C
B
B
I
Just
wanna
throw
my
case
out
there
as
to
why
this
is
important
to
me.
It's
funny
because
and
and
I
I
agreed
on,
I
I
was
introduced
to
essex's
government
at
that
meeting.
That
was
my
first
event,
but
I
think
that
the
the
large
thing
that
drives
this
for
me
and
a
lot
of
people
who
I've
talked
to
was
the
same
reason.
I
We
got
the
the
budget
by
Australian
ballot
and
that
you
know
of
a
town
of
so
many
people
and
and
so
many
different
views
and
and
ways
of
thinking
and
living,
and
it's
so
important
to
have
everybody
have
a
say
and
having
the
four
vote
that
we
currently
still
have
the
ability
to
do
is
you
know
the
the
inclusiveness?
Isn't
there
that's
the
same
reason:
we
changed
the
budget
when
it
was
200
and
80
people
or
excuse
me.
However,
many
can
fit
into
the
into
the
auditorium,
but
I
think
that's.
I
You
know
what
I've
heard
from
people
I've
talked
to
was
they'd
like
to
see
everything
done
and
presented
at
once,
because
how
many
people
are
gonna
know
if
we
worn
this
to
have
this
future
change
to
this
change
that
we
could
possibly
have
this
year.
You
know
how
many
people
are
going
to
show
up
for
that
vote
and
people
that
want
it
or
don't
want
it
or
so
it's
I'm
not
saying
it's
going
to
pass.
I
I,
don't
know.
If
it's
going
to
pass
I
couldn't
tell
you
it
depends
on
who
shows
up.
H
G
B
A
D
D
D
B
L
You
know
there's
hardly
any
of
us
left
yet
even
I
just
have
a
couple
of
questions
like
right
now,
legally
the
way
it
is
because
I
know
it
changed
with
the
EO
right
when
covet
happened
in
terms
of
moving
stuff
to
Australian
ballot.
So
legally
now
is
there
anything
monetary
that
could
be
amended
at
the
town
meeting
like
say,
if
someone
proposed
to
pass
a
lot,
did
that
happen
at
a
town
meeting
right
now
by
Statute.
B
L
L
B
L
Right
I
know
that
but
I'm
saying
to
me,
there's
some
danger
here
of
I.
Don't
think
law
state
law
precludes
certain
things.
People
probably
just
haven't
thought
to
do
it,
but
yeah
I
think
legally
the
certain
things
you
could
really
push
through
and
really
it
is
only
about
200
people
that
show
up
and
and
the
demographics.
When
you
look
at
who's
there,
it's
not
a
broad
demographic,
so
I
hope
we
do
broaden
our
demographic
by
moving
everything
to
Australian
ballot.
L
B
B
B
A
I
And
thank
you
Irene
for
the
time
that
you
gave
us
and
then
one
other
comment.
I
had
no.
This
is
just
general
I,
don't
know
if
it's
updated,
sometimes
or
not,
but
I
find
a
lot
of
inconsistencies
with
this
with
the
signing
of
proposals
and
amendments
and
things
after
like
in
the
minutes.
I'm
listed
Us
in
this,
maybe
a
little
petty,
but
the
minutes
I'm
listed
as
clear
half
the
documents
I
must
have
escort
the
one
we
saw
tonight
with
the
charter
new
committee.
I
I
C
I
I
was
gonna
earlier
today
we
were
signed
up,
we're
finalizing
anything
so,
but
I
actually
was
reading
it
through
today
and
I
guess
a
lot
of
the
times.
I,
don't
look
at
the
signature
packet
until
we
sign
it,
but
then
we've
already
voted
and
approved
things.
So
it's
no
big
deal
I
kind
of
just
put
it
out
there
right.
B
B
G
C
B
We
do
need
that
meeting
day
for
other
purpose.
For
other
reasons
as
well.
Do
we
do
we
need
to
take
any
I
know
we
can't
tonight
because
we
didn't
it's
not
a
warned
item
or
not
not
a
agenda
business
agenda
item,
but
do
we
need
to
warn
that
meeting
or
how
do
we
do?
We
take
any
action
to
January
30th
to
make
it
appear
on
the
official?
My.
G
B
B
C
Yeah,
okay,
we'll
have
it
all
right.
Greg
I'm
kicking
myself
for
not
including
this
in
here,
but
we
have
a
couple
of
coffee
chats
coming
up
related
to
the
budget,
so
it'll
be
coffee
with
the
manager.
Dan
Roy
will
be
there
as
well.
Finance
director
got
one
this
coming,
Wednesday
double
check,
my
calendar
I'm,
pretty
sure
it's
Wednesday
and
Saturday,
and
it's
just
an
opportunity
for
meet
with
any
anyone
from
the
public.
Any
residents
who
have
questions
about
the
budget
once
again
just
trying
to
get
the
word
out.
C
C
I
I
J
G
A
G
I
Five
zero
then
I
make
the
motion
I'm
I'll,
make
a
motion.
Excuse
me
start
over
remove
that
select
board
enter
executive
session
to
discuss
the
negotiating
or
securing
a
real
estate
purchase
or
lease
options
in
accordance
with
one
VSA
section
313
A2,
and
to
include
the
town
manager
and
Community
Development
director.