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C
The
first
page
of
the
report
gives
you
background
on
the
regional
Planning
Commission
a
little
bit
of
History
the
makeup
of
our
board,
a
little
bit
about
finances
and
how
we
leverage
Municipal
dues
to
bring
in
state
and
federal
resources
to
the
county
and
then
also
who
your
reps
are
on
our
board
and
on
our
committees.
Thank
you.
C
All
of
your
appointees
have
been
very
active
members
and
much
appreciated,
including
Andy
and
and
Bruce
who
are
in
the
room
here
on
the
second
page
and
on
to
the
third
page,
are
specific
projects
that
we
worked
on
with
the
town
in
the
last
fiscal
year.
A
little
project,
form-based
code
and
I,
don't
know.
Maybe
you've
heard
about
that
sorry
I'm
trying
to
amuse
myself
now.
So
sorry,
sorry,
if.
C
But,
and
also
some
energy
planning,
water
quality
work,
other
technical
assistance
efforts,
mostly
around
Transportation
issues
but
happy
to
take
any
feedback
on
this
I.
Think
one
of
the
big
Reasons
I'm
here
is
really
is
a
kind
of
a
customer
service
call
for
me
to
make
sure
our
staff
has
been
providing
the
services
that
you
wanted
in
the
way
you
wanted
them.
So
any
feedback
on
any
of
those
projects
I'm
happy
to
take,
but
just.
C
C
There
are
a
number
of
your
roads
that
the
state
defines
as
connected
to
waterways,
and
so
it
was
part
of
the
Clean
Water,
Act
and
2015
I
think
they're
requiring
towns
to
make
to
try
to
address
erosion,
particularly
on
gravel
roads,
but
really
all
roads,
and
so
there's
an
inspection
and
an
inventory
that's
done,
and
every
year
you
have
to
kind
of
report
to
the
state,
and
so
we've
been
helping
all
of
our
towns
with
that.
Okay.
C
Yeah,
we'll
do
that
and-
and
you
know,
there's
a
little
bit
of
mix
we'll
also
work
with
your
staff
to
say
what
improvements
did
you
make?
You
know
hey.
There
was
a
culvert
that
was
having
some
erosion
has
that
been
fixed
and
we'll
try
to
help
the
town,
update
those
records
and
and
report
it
and
help
them
with
reporting
it
to
the
state.
Okay,.
C
C
It's
not
doing
anything.
Okay,
I
think
we
got
a
request,
I,
don't
know
if
it
came
from
Bruce
or
where
it
came
from
that
I
don't
know,
but
I
do
know
this
somewhere
at
the
Town
asked
us
to
just
I
think
just
kind
of
look
at
the
costs
or
pros
and
cons.
Okay,
if
you
will
of
like
you
know,
would
there
be
some
good
reason
to
take
it
over
from
the
state
and
so
I
think
it
was
more
of
a
pros
and
cons
analysis.
G
G
C
Right
and
I
do
think
if
I
can
I
think
v-trans
is
trying
to
reevaluate
their
policy
with
the
you
know,
the
the
class
one,
how
we
you
know
and
how
they
give
money
to
towns
to
do
that,
because
Bruce
is
right.
There
has
been
a
lot
of
interest
in
towns
taking
over
any
of
the
roads
in
recent
years
and
so
they're
kind
of
re-examining
their
policy
on
that
and
I
I.
C
F
F
C
C
You've
got
a
lot
of
projects
in
the
queue
and
and
some
that,
if
you
like,
get
to
the
bottom
of
page,
three
you'll
see
project
schedule
to
be
determined.
We're
still.
Those
are
still
Circ
alternative
projects
that
have
not
yet
made
it
into
the
Kappa
program,
but
I
think
with
the
the
help
of
Bruce
and
others,
we
haven't
forgotten
about
those
projects.
Okay,
so
we're
still
trying
to
track
them.
C
And
of
course
you
know
you
have
the
kind
of
lagging
list
of
the
most
of
those
Circ
alternative
projects
that
haven't
moved
forward
with
implementation.
Yet
so,
but
it's
still
every
year
that
we
do
the
transportation
Improvement
program,
we're
tracking
those
Circ
alternative
projects
and
then
at
the
bottom
of
page
four
and
a
little
bit
onto
page
five
is
what
you
have
in
our
work
program
this
year.
So
this
is
what
we're
working
on
the
current
fiscal
year
with
you
or
if
we
haven't
started
yet
we
soon
will
be.
C
And
then
the
last
few
pages
are
some
Regional
activities
and
a
whole
variety
of
subjects.
I'm
not
going
to
review
in
any
detail,
but
just
we
do
have
a
legislative
breakfast
coming
up
on
December
8th,
you
may
have
just
got
an
invitation
in
the
last
day
or
two
I
think
we
sent
it
to
the
manager
and
to
your
chair.
So
if
you
have
any
issues
that
you'd
like
to
address
them,
please
let
me
know
happy
to
try
to
address
those.
C
C
So
your
dues
really
help
us
do
Regional
work,
but
also
you
know
we'll
do
some
basic
GIS
or
planning
assistance.
Yes,
our
staff
is
kind
of
on
call
for
for
help
on
things,
and
then
it
really
goes
to
match
the
transportation
funding.
So
it's
really.
You
know
like
the
that
Road
erosion
inventory
your
you
know,
your
dues
are
kind
of
going
helping
to
support
staff
time
on
that
kind
of
thing,
and
so
really
we've
been.
C
You
know,
there's
there's
kind
of
two
avenues
for
projects.
If
it's
pure
Transportation
funds,
then
we
ask
you
to
match
that
it's
a
80
20..
So
you
know,
if
you
come
up
with
the
twenty
dollars
you
can,
you
know
we
can
do
a
hundred
dollar
project
and
use
those
Federal
Transportation
funds
to
support
that,
and
that's
most
of
the
things
you
know
even
the
form-based
code
was
like
that
and
then
there
are
sometimes
if
it's
a
land
use
orienting
where
we
can't
use
Transportation
dollars,
that's
sort
of
like
okay.
C
F
C
C
Not
that
I
can
see.
Yeah
I
mean
not
unless
there's
some
unusual
things
that
happen.
You
know
like
the
communications.
Union
district
is
kind
of
a
new
thing.
You
know
only
if
the
towns
doing
that
wanted
us
to
host
a
staff
person
for
that
or
something
like
that,
but
it
would
have
to
be
a
Specialized
Service,
probably
okay,
very
good.
Thank
you.
Yep
yeah
I
know
we've
been
holding
pretty
constantly
any
other
things
on
the
report
or
any
questions
or.
C
So
89
study
that
little
road,
so
I
think
you're,
aware
and
I
I
can't
remember
when
I
was
here
sometime
in
the
last
year
and
a
half
probably
talking
about
the
80,
or
maybe
it
was
a
year
ago,
this
time
that
they
kind
of
gave
you
an
update.
The
89
study
was
kind
of
like
we
were
trying
to
solve
the
issues
at
Exit
14
or
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
address,
in
particular
the
X
the
issues
at
Exit
14..
C
As
part
of
that
effort,
we
started
looking
at
alternative
or
additional
interchanges
in
South
Burlington.
So,
like
could
13
turn
into
a
full
interchange.
There
was
also
an
idea:
that's
been
kicking
around
for
a
long
time
about
an
Exit,
12
B
and
that
116,
where
116
crosses
89.,
but
the
study
got
much
bigger
than
that
and
we
were
looking
at
a
lot
of
issues
from
Franklin
County
to
Washington.
C
C
That
should
help
things
and
one
of
the
early
recommendations
out
of
there
is
to
start
the
NEPA
process,
probably
in
the
next
year
or
two
on
that
on
exit
14.,
sorry
I'm
going
to
use
my
cheat
sheet,
there's
a
there's,
a
handy
one,
page
implementation
plan
on
the
web.
Envision
89
is
the
website.
If
you
want
to
go
check
that
out.
C
So
that
is
something
we'll
start
looking
at
actually
I.
Think
we'll
start
with
the
supplemental
scoping
study
to
really
kind
of
make
sure
we
get
to
a
preferred
alternative
at
exit,
14.
the
and
then
there's
kind
of
this,
this
bigger
question
about.
What's
what
happens
in
the
in
the
medium
term,
I
think
and
so
in
the
implementation
plan.
C
Right
now
we
have
the
idea
of
initiating
and
this
medium
term,
it's
kind
of
like
the
5
to
15
year
period
of
looking
at
a
neeper
process
for
the
additional
or
or
improved
exits
in
South,
Burlington
and
I'm
kind
of
focused
on
the
interchanges
just
because
I
think
that's.
It
has
the
biggest
potential
for
impact.
C
You
know,
hopefully
making
the
situation
better
in
Williston.
If
there
isn't
an
improved
interchange
in
South
Burlington,
it
will
divert
some
traffic
from
exit,
12.
and
so
yeah.
That's
out
there
a
few
years.
I
don't
expect
that
to
start
up
anytime
soon,
but
that
was
one
of
the
recommendations
coming
out
of
there
and
then
the
other
big
thing
that
came
out
of
there
out
of
the
study
was.
We
also
looked
at
ways
to
reduce
travel
demand,
and
this
was
really
more
in
the
addressing
climate
change.
C
And
but
you
know,
we
looked
at
a
lot
of
different
policy
levers
to
see
about
how
we
could
reduce
traffic
on
demand
on
the
interstate
and
we
got
to
some
significant
results.
But
we
need
to
kind
of
dig
in
further
about
how
those
might
be
implemented.
So
that's
another
kind
of
Major
Avenue
of
implementation,
moving
forward,
there's
some
there's
more
things
here
and
more
things,
some
of
them
you're.
C
Aware
of
you
know
the
work
that's
happening
at
Exit
12
the
park
and
ride
lot,
of
course,
but
those
are
probably
the
major
things
affecting
you
that
you
know
about
and
I
think
the
big
question
about
the
interchange
in
South
Burlington
is:
does
that
reduce
some
of
the
need
to
like
do
that?
Divergent
Diamond
at
exit,
12.,
so
I
think
that
was
kind
of
that's
an
unresolved
question,
but
I
do
hope.
I
do
hope.
There's
some
benefit
down
the
road
to
Williston
in
terms
of
reducing
the
traffic
that
you
have
going
through
town.
F
F
D
I
I
appreciate
the
confidence
the
town's
placed
in
me
to
serve
on
the
committee
to
serve
on
the
long
range
or
I
serve
on
the
long
range
planning
committee.
That's
what
I
wanted
to
mention.
In
addition,
there's
a
division
of
the
RPC
and
I've
enjoyed
getting
to
know
folks.
There
I
try
to
communicate
bigger
issues
with
Eric
when
I
see
them
and
identify
them,
but
certainly
that's
a
two-way
street.
A
C
I
A
A
H
That
yep
she'll
be
appearing
on
the
TV
in
just
a
moment,
so
this
is
a
missile
planning,
Grant
application
that
planning
department
staff
have
prepared
to
assist
with
efforts
for
comprehensive
Community
engagement
surrounding
the
creation
of
the
2025
Williston
comprehensive
plan.
It
is
almost
nearing
that
time
the
start
of
the
planning
commission's
work
on
on
this,
so
Melinda
has
prepared
and
an
application
and
the
way
missile
planning
grants
work.
It's
the
select
where
we
need
to
adopt
a
resolution.
H
The
local
match
is
approximately
fifty
six
hundred
dollars
that
would
be
in
the
Department's
budget
for
fy24.
This
is
consistent
with
what
we
budgeted
within
that
line
item
in
Prior
years
for
for
matching
funds,
so
Melinda's
she's
popping
up
right
now
screen
behind
you
and
she
can
provide
a
any
additional
information.
Take
any
questions.
K
Yeah
thanks
for
having
me
so
we
are
requesting
that
the
select
word
sign
or
resolution
in
support
of
the
Town
applying
for
municipal
planning
Grant
to
assist
the
town
in
public
engagement
efforts
with
the
upcoming
2025
Williston
comprehensive
plan.
You
may
be
thinking.
Why
are
we?
Why
are
we
thinking
about
2025
comprehensive
plan?
It's
only
2022,
so
the
process
of
developing
and
or
updating
a
plan
will
take
some
time
and
in
order
to
do
really
effective
and
Broad
public
engagement,
we
you
know
we.
K
K
So
much
A
lot
has
happened
since
2027
or
since
I'm,
sorry
2017.
When
the
last
Town
plan
was
adopted.
You
know
the
town's
made
a
lot
of
progress
in
implementing
the
goals
of
the
comprehensive
plan.
We
have
an
official
map,
we
have
form-based
code,
we
have
a
village
master
plan,
we've
got
an
energy
committee,
and
so
there's
we've
made
a
lot
of
progress.
Also,
a
lot
has
happened.
As
we
all
know.
K
You
know.
Critical
issues
have
risen
to
the
Forefront
like
housing,
affordability,
Public,
Health,
racial
Equity,
climate
change,
so
both
the
prominence
of
these
critical
issues
and
the
progress
that
the
towns
made
really
warrant
sort
of
a
deeper
look
at
the
Town
plan,
and
not
just
you
know,
really
a
lot
more
than
just
kind
of
dusting
off
the
edges
and
polishing.
K
You
know,
as
as
we
saw
with
form-based
code,
having
a
consultant
lead
that
kind
of
effort
really
is
really
well
worth
it
and
can
can
really.
You
know
they
have.
They
have
a
lot
of
tools
that
they
can
use
to
help
us.
We
have
some
ideas
for
how
to
conduct
public
engagement
but
I'm
sure
there's
a
lot
of
different
tools
and
methods
that
we
haven't
even
thought
about.
K
So,
in
order
for
the
Grant
application
to
be
complete,
we
this
requires
a
majority
of
the
select
word
to
sign.
The
attached
resolution
designating
Municipal
authorizing
officials
to
act
on
behalf
of
the
municipality
and
agreeing
to
the
match,
so
the
municipal
authorizing
official
can
be
the
town
manager
and
the
select
word
share
can
serve
as
the
the
alternate
the
authorizing
nutritional
is
authorized
to
sign
Grant
documents
to
electronically
submit
for
requisitions.
K
F
K
Yeah
so
I
think,
for
example,
there's
you
know.
Some
of
the
issues
that
have
come
to
the
floor
include
you
know.
Equity
resilience
include,
you
know,
resilience
in
public
health
and
resilience
for
climate
change
adaptation,
so
these
are
relatively
I,
mean
they've
risen
to
the
Forefront
as
being
really
critical
issues,
and
our
current
plan
doesn't
address
them
really
at
all,
and
so
that's
part
of
what
I
mean
by
A
Renewed
approach.
K
F
E
I
A
A
H
Is
here
to
help
me
too
here
so
the
North
Wilson
Road
pump
station
has
been
scheduled
in
our
sewer
Capital
plan
for
upgrades
for
many
years,
and
we
bid
this
out.
Initially
in
2019
bid
received
was
just
under
340
000..
It
was
not
a
war
at
the
time
as
it
exceeded
the
engineers
project
estimate
by
quite
a
bit.
H
The
original
lesser
was
190
000.,
the
public
first
rebid
the
project
as
part
of
a
joint
project
bid
I
had
a
single
response
again
with
a
bit
of
just
shy
of
half
a
million
dollars
was
not
aware
at
that
time.
With
the
continued
overage
from
the
engineers
construction
estimate,
Department
recently
bid
the
project
for
a
third
time
received
the
same
price
of
just
under
500
000
from
a
sold
bidder.
Bruce
can
speak
more
of
this.
H
Getting
getting
contractors
on
board
for
this
type
of
Works
becoming
increasingly
hard,
and
these
capital
projects
to
pump
stations
are
critical
to
our
sewer
system.
The
Supreme
trade
accommodates
the
current
future
demand
of
the
system
and
they
prevent
system
failures.
The
town
had
a
2017
sewer,
Capacity
Analysis
study,
which
determined
which
pump
stations
needed
upgrades
based
on
Aging
capacity
and
say
North
Wilson
Road
is
at
the
top
of
that
list
has
been
deferred
for
a
couple
years.
Due
to
the
bid
pricing
received,
it
seemed
to
become
apparent.
H
G
Station
is
Eric
already
aligned
or
told
you
we've
been
it
out
three
times
the
number's
not
going
down.
Actually
this
last
one
we
got
the
number
in
that
was
on
it.
There's
one
little
discrepancy
here,
but
it
doesn't
matter
because
it's
one
bid
with
499
686
and
the
other
one
was
4.99
563,
so
they're
within
a
hundred
dollars
of
each
other.
So.
F
G
Yeah,
that's
basically
what
it
is.
Okay
pumps
might
be
a
little
bit
bigger
Jeff,
but
we're
not
going
to
get
any
more
capacity
out
of
the
pump
station,
or
is
this
a
pump
station
where?
Because
it
is
right
there
on
North
Wilson
Road,
where
we
would
be
ending
up
taking
much
more
into
it
anyway,
the
biggest
the
last
biggest
thing
that
happened.
There
was
Meadow
Ridge.
G
G
F
All
right
and
then
the
only
the
other
question
just
to
make
sure
the
fund
balance
we're
talking
about
is
for
the
sewer
only
right,
it's
not
the
general
fundamentality
right.
It
would
just
be
the
sewer
interval.
Yes,
that's
it
and,
and
I
almost
feel
Duty
bound
to
ask.
Should
we
have
sought
financing
for
this.
G
No,
we
haven't,
we,
we
made
the
decision
years
ago
to
start
putting
175
000
a
year,
okay
and
in
a
in
a
capital
program.
Just
for
Pump
Station
upgrades
we
own
10
major
pump
stations
that
have
to
be
refurbished
rebuilt
whatever
you
want
to
call
it
on
about
a
20-year
cycle,
so
at
10
we
we
at
that
time
we
were
putting
175
and
then
for
a
while,
it
was
working
pretty.
G
G
F
G
And
we
we
were
trying
to
get
out
of
having
to
go,
you
know
taking
the
loans
and
paying
the
interest
and
all
that
back
when
we
could
build
it
in
the
in
the
sewer
fund.
So
certainly
something
we're
going
to
look
at
this
year
coming
up
is
what
kind
of
increase
is
it
175?
It
probably
is,
and
we
probably
need
to
bump
that
number
to
200
a
quarter
of
a
million
and
see
what
that
does
to
the
rate.
G
That's
that's.
The
other
thing
about
these
projects
is
what
we
will
award
this
project.
You
won't
see
any
work
for
a
year
yeah
because
of
watering
the
pumps
and
everything.
So
what
they'll
do
is
they'll
win.
If
it
were
excitework
kind
of
thing,
they
might
go,
do
a
little
site
work
and
get
some
things
ready,
and
then
you
just
shut
it
right
down,
because
you're
waiting
for
the
pumps
to
come
and
on
a
regular
year
in
a
regular
world,
the
real
world
we
were
living
in
it
would
take
about
a
year
to
get
pumped.
G
A
H
So
vtrans
is
preparing
for
a
intersection
Improvement
now,
at
the
other
end
of
Industrial
Avenue,
the
Mountain
View
to
a
intersection.
This
has
been
on
the
plans
for
a
number
of
years
as
well.
Construction
schedules
will
begin
on
2024
and
would
be
scheduled
over
three
construction.
Seasons
v-trans
right
now
is
working
to
secure
the
easements
and
and
property
rights
for
for
the
project
to
expand
its
right-of-way.
H
So
there's
two
pieces
of
town
property
where
they're
looking
to
secure
easements
for
these
are
valued
at
just
over
seven
thousand
and
just
under
25
000
compensation,
the
state
would
pay.
The
town
has
a
form
of
an
option.
Agreement
with
the
Deeds
to
accept
compensation
town
could
also
decide.
He
didn't
want
to
accept
compensation.
That's
up
to
the
select
board.
H
I've
got
a
letter
in
your
AG
and
your
agenda
outlining
the
proposal
and
copies
of
the
Deeds
that
Public
Works
review.
Those
and
this
project
that
he's
well
aware
of
of
this
coming
staff
has
no
concerns
to
the
proposal.
It's
a
it's
a
good
project,
you
know
and
vtrans
is
going
to
work
to
acquire
this
right-of-way
one
way
or
another.
This
is
the
this:
is
the
the
ask
the
town
way
for
it
for
the
project
and
there's
a
way
to
get
compensation
for
it
as
well
to
the
select
Board
of
choose
so
we're.
A
G
I
didn't
review
them.
I
had
Lisa
in
my
office
review
them.
Oh
okay
and
then
discussed
it
with
her,
but
it's
usually
right
right
around
where
there's
some
Road
widening
or
stuff.
So
it's
back
onto
our
roads
will
take
a
little
bit
more
of
the
corner,
the
corner
at
two
2A
in
industrial,
where
you
see
all
the
flowers
and
yes,
you
know
that
corner
property
we
actually
own
the
town
post
and
owns
that.
So
that's
one
of
one
of
the
locations
where
they're
going
to
be
encroaching
on
that
taking
some
property
there.
G
A
A
A
G
G
G
G
K
G
F
A
F
G
D
A
H
So
the
the
town's
been
working
to
improve
its
radio
coverage
for
emergency
services
for
a
number
of
years
and
trying
to
find
a
good
site
for
that
project.
The
board
received
an
overview
back
in
March
of
a
potential
scoping
for
for
a
project
to
construct
a
new
Communications
tower
on
a
site
at
the
end
of
old
Creamery
row
near
Route
2A,
which
is
owned
by
their
model.
H
Electric
Co-op
you'll
still
have
more
discussions
about
the
capital
components
of
this
project,
but
by
building
the
tower
relocating
our
Communications
components
there
we
we
will
certainly
have
an
improvement
in
coverage
and
there'll
be
additional
discussions
about
improving
our
repeater
and
other
communication
components
up
there
to
then
also
expand
our
our
coverage
area
and
improve
our
our
service
for
for
our
First
Responders.
So
the
so.
The
first
step
in
this
project
is
to
make
sure
we
would
have
permission
to
use
land
to
actually
build
the
Tower.
H
So
we've
been
working
with
Vermont
Electric
Co-op
on
a
lease
agreement.
They've
been
a
great
partner
with
to
look
at
this
we've
we
worked
on
over
the
summer
and
talked
about
the
site
in
the
public
works.
I
was
involved
as
well
as
we
look
to
have
agreements
with
snow
removal
and
managing
the
site
up
there
share
with
the
board
the
tentative
agreement
we've
reached
with
Vermont
Electric
Co-op.
A
H
Is
a
project
that
Recreation
director
Todd
Goodwin
approached
me
a
couple
months
ago:
the
recreation
department
is
we've
added
our
program
coordinator
position,
Alex,
who
joined
us
earlier
this
year
and
as
we're
certainly
hearing
from
the
community
as
we're
on
the
onset
of
our
engagement
for
our
work
on
community
center
and
library.
Scoping
Community
is
looking
for
more
space
and
certainly
Recreation
departments
looking
for
more
space
to
offer
programming
and
has
capacity
to
offer
more
programming.
H
Now
so
Todd
looked
for
potential
uses
to
lease
space
and
we
found
what
we
feel
is
a
good
option
on
on
Harvest
Lane
at
94,
Harvest
Lane,
it's
on
the
first
floor.
It's
got
space
for
a
larger
kind
of
recreation
area
with
high
ceilings
for
indoor
programs.
Some
group
fitness
some
other
just
kind
of
General
classes
with
movement
and
also
root
space.
In
the
back
of
this
area
for
more
classroom
style
and
and
just
meeting
space
as
well.
H
H
You
know
beyond
we'd
get
the
schedule
determined,
but
we
would
have
time
available
on
the
weekends
I
anticipate
in
in
the
mornings
and
in
the
evenings
as
we
as
we
work
out
what
our
staff
capacity
is,
but
so
the
first
step
in
this
would
be
for
the
board
to
consider
authorizing
the
manager
to
sign
a
letter
of
intent
for
a
lease
agreement
with
the
landlord
Alan
Brook
development.
At
that
point,
a
formal
lease
agreement
would
be
would
be
drafted.
H
E
I
H
Yep-
and
this
also
be
the
city
of
Essex
Junction-
we're
getting
used
to
that
yeah
right,
so
the
the
town
has
made
an
offer
back
in
in
May,
and
the
city
council
has
accepted
the
towns
offer
to
purchase
50,
000
gallons
of
additional
Wastewater
capacity
from
the
shared
treatment
plant
in
Essex
Junction.
This
is
similar
to
pass
agreements.
The
town's
entered
into
it's
purchasing,
10,
000
gallons
per
day
over
the
course
of
five
years,
so
50,
000
gallons
per
day
total.
H
The
agreed
upon
rate
is
14
13
per
gallon,
which
was
the
result
of
a
of
a
study
that
was
reviewed
by
our
town,
Consulting
engineer.
We
went
back
and
forth
on
the
valuation
and
he
felt
the
1513
with
the
fair
market
value
for
it
for
the
price.
The
capacity
we've
budgeted
that
in
our
FY
20
3
our
current
budget
year
sewer
Enterprise
fund
budget
for
the
first
installment
of
this
payment.
E
F
H
H
So
every
year
we
ask
the
select
board
to
approve
the
group
health
insurance
plan
that
the
town
will
offer
its
employees
for
the
upcoming
calendar
year.
It's
probably
no
surprise
that
we're
seeing
quite
an
increase
in
health
insurance
costs,
along
with
all
operating
costs
for
next
year.
So
we
work
with
our
broker
Hickok
and
Boardman
Sally
McKenzie,
who
is
it
was
great
I
can't.
E
B
H
Valuation
and
plan
comparison
so
after
review
our
recommendation
for
the
select
orders
to
change
our
carrier
from
MVP
Healthcare
to
Blue
Cross
Blue
Shield,
to
offer
the
comparable
plan
to
our
current
plan
through
Blue
Cross.
It
maintains
our
current
structure
for
health
insurance.
It's
a
it's
a
robust
plan
that
staff
are
accustomed
to
we're,
confident
that
the
network
is
is
comparable
for
everything.
Ndp
offers
that
the
town
had
Blue
Cross
for
many
years.
E
H
Mvp,
you
know
on
a
lot
of
this
to
looking
on
the
fiscal
side.
If
we
stayed
with
MVP
Healthcare,
our
projected
increase
in
the
town's
cost
towards
employee
health
insurance
would
be
a
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
dollars
for
fy24.
This
changed
the
Blue
Cross
makes
that
projected
increase,
120
000
still
significant,
but
sixty
thousand
dollars
lower.
H
If
we
did
not
change
our
plan
carrier
percentage-wise,
it's
a
12
versus
an
eight
percent
increase,
so
it's
in
this
budget
year,
I'm
looking
everywhere
I'm,
you
know,
I
think
this
is
you
know
we're
going
to
offer
employees
the
same
good
level
of
coverage.
The
town's
cost
is
going
up.
The
employees
cost
is
also
going
up
because
we
we
have
a
cost
share,
especially
for
our
Union
contracts.
H
I've
alerted
both
of
our
Union
presidents
of
this
on
Friday
and
they've,
shared
it
with
their
membership.
They
had
a
a
few
questions,
mainly
on
coverage,
switches
and
doctors,
which
is
anticipated
for
any
staff.
Members
will
have
Shirley
and
her
team
have
been
hard
at
work
outcome.
Should
the
board
approve
this
this
evening
rolling
out
an
open
enrollments
package
for
tomorrow?
We'd
have
Blue
Cross
Blue
Shield
available
to
answer
questions
from
staff
next
week
and
making
sure
everyone
has
their
questions
answered
because
we
have
to.
H
F
The
only
question
I
have
is,
as
we
I
don't
know,
the
right
way
to
put
it,
but
you
know
kind
of
jump
around.
You
know
from
one
year
to
the
next
we
switched
I
understand
the
the
we're
trying
to
we're
trying
to
limit
how
much
the
cost
increase
is,
but
are
there
any
liabilities
to
doing
that
that
might
be
on
unforeseen
to.
H
H
H
So
when
we
we
got
to
that,
sixty
thousand
dollar
amount,
certainly
fiscally.
For
me,
it
made
a
lot
of
sense
to
bring
this
to
the
board,
but
we
wouldn't
we
wouldn't
want
to
be
doing
this
every
year,
just
to
find
which,
which
plan
was
a
little
better.
Financially,
we
were
with
MVP
three
years.
We
saw
the
rates
really
low
initially
because
they
were
trying
to
increase
their
market
share,
but
we've
we've
seen
that
their
jumps
have
been
higher
the
last
couple
years.
So
I
asked
us
to
our
broker.
H
Can
you
can
you
predict
to
me
what
the
what
it's
going
to
look
like
in
a
in
a
couple
years
here
and
she
said
she
wished
she
could
she
thinks
the
Green
Mountain
care
Board
needs
to
do
a
work
kind
of
resetting
a
little
bit
here
as
well,
but
you
know
certainly
I
want
to
limit
the
changes
for
staff,
but
I
I.
Think
for
for
this
coming
year
in
the
environment,
we're
in
yeah,
I'd,
hope
we'd.
Have
this
planned
for
multiple
years
would
be
my
intent:
okay,
yeah.
B
A
E
H
H
It
into
be
working
with
the
Abundant
Sun
facilitators
for
for
the
select
board
meeting
as
well
coming
up
and
it
went
well.
That's
great
Community,
Center,
scoping
and
Library
assessment.
Steering
committee
is
going
to
kick
off
Thursday
night
here.
I'll
get
the
agenda
out
for
that
tomorrow
for
everyone,
it's
just
going
to
be
kind
of
getting
to
know
each
other
and
going
over
the
charge
and
open
meeting
law.
H
They
have
a
library
consultant
who's,
a
former
Library
director
at
UVM
assisting
a
meeting
with
Jane
as
well,
and
helping
think
of
the
big
picture
as
well
so
she's
had
those
meetings,
so
I'll
say
that
the
Project's
off
to
a
good
good
start
will
it's
kind
of
the
prologue
here
and
we'll
we'll
kick
off.
The
committee
work
and
and
the
community
will
really
see
the
engagement
pick
up
after
the
holiday
days.
H
I
think
once
we
target
when
the
when
the
right
time
is
to
roll
it
out
from
from
the
committee's
feedback
and
then
just
on
winter
operations,
I
think
we're
going
to
see.
Those
kick
off
tonight
is
from
what
I'm
hearing
with
one
to
four
inches
of
snow.
We
are,
unfortunately,
we're
down
to
staff
members
in
the
highway
division
right
now
we
have.
H
We
just
had
employee
lead
us
for
another
opportunity
recently
in
the
last
week,
and
we
have
employees
out
on
extended
medical
leave
right
now,
so
we're
going
to
enter
the
winter
operations
season
down
to
plow
operators
and
we've
advertised
for
the
position
where,
of
course,
we
don't
have
any
applicants.
Yet
it's
a
tough
time
to
hire,
but
I'll.