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00:00:00 Call to Order
00:00:07 Minutes - December 13, 2022, December 20, 2022
00:01:12 Public Comment - General Issues
00:01:19 Interviews/Appointments
00:13:37 Winooski Valley Park District Annual Update
00:37:08 FY 24 Sidewalk Plowing Requests
00:51:47 Public Works Facility Solar Panel Purchase Option
01:04:14 FY 24 Budget Proposal Public Hearing
01:30:47 Budget Deliberations
01:46:18 Donation/Gifting/Naming Policy
01:49:25 Draft Town Meeting Day Warning
01:57:37 Manager's Report
02:05:28 Other Business
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A
Well,
follow
me
into
order
is
seven
o'clock
Happy
New
Year
to
everybody
in
the
room
and
on
zoom,
and
this
is
our
first
select
board
meeting
of
the
new
year.
So
we
have
two
sets
of
minutes
to
take
a
look
at
tonight.
We're
missing
one
of
our
select
board
members
tonight,
but
we
do
have
a
quorum
and
so
we're
looking
at
the
minutes
of
December
13
2022.
Is
there
a
motion
to
approve.
B
A
C
A
A
Okay
and
we'll
move
on
then
to
interviews
and
appointments.
We
do
have
one
interview
to
conduct
tonight:
that's
for
the
Conservation
Commission
David
Westman
wants
to
come
up
to
the
the
table
and
we
do
have
your
application
in
front
of
us
and
if
you
give
us
a
brief
description
of
your
background
and
why.
F
E
Thank
you
very
much
for
having
me
I'm
excited
for
this
opportunity.
I.
Actually
many
years
ago,
I
was
a
community
organizer
for
the
Sierra
Club
and
I
worked
on
public
lands,
preservation
and
Wilderness
in
California
and
Alaska
and
Utah,
and
so
conservation
is
very
much
deep.
In
my
passion
and
my
bones,
I
I
left
the
Sierra
Club
and
the
conservation
Community
to
focus
my
work
on
energy
and
since
graduating
from
Columbia
in
2006,
I've
really
been
working
in
the
utility
and
public
utility
regulated
space.
E
Efficiency
Vermont
and
I
was
just
joking
with
Eric
that
I
want
to
do
this
for
my
community,
because
it
has
virtually
nothing
to
do
with
my
day
job,
but
very
much
speaks
to
my
passion
for
getting
outside
protecting
lands,
Trails
Parks
outdoor
recreation,
especially
for
the
residents
here
in
Williston,
and
being
able
to
make
those
lands
accessible
and
available
for
everyone
to
enjoy
I'm
an
avid
hiker
Outdoorsman
I
take
my
kids
hiking,
even
when
they
don't
want
to
I.
Take
my
dog
hiking,
even
while
she
always
wants
to
so
she's
always
game
for
that.
E
E
C
E
E
But
for
my
part
and
the
part
of
of
our
little
subcommittee,
we
were
really
focused
on
trying
to
explore
alternative
transportation
methods
and
identifying
future
multi-use
lanes
for
the
town
and
how
people
could
access,
not
just
that
development
Zone,
but
also
thinking
longer
term
about
like
where,
where
in
the
future,
the
rural
parts
of
the
town,
we
could
look
for
conservation
easements.
We
could
be
look
on
the
lookout
for
paths
and
primitive
trails
and
bike
trails.
F
E
C
E
I
think
Williston
has
a
really
unique
funding
mechanism
for
identifying
and
protecting
lands
for
a
town
of
this
size
to
be
so
active
with
foresight
to
have
a
dedicated
resource
like
the
I
forgot,
the
exact
word,
but
you
know
the
conservation,
the
conservation
budget
to
put
money
aside
to
protect
lands
that
are
important
for
the
town
and
for
the
residents.
I
think
that's
really
the
strongest
asset
that
the
conservation
committee
would
would
be
able
to
make
recommendations
to
the
select
board
for
obviously
but
I.
E
Think
generally,
we
also
have
and
I
participated
in
this.
We
went
to
the
conservation
committee
for
recommendations
on
you
know
when
we
were
doing
that
town
map
and
we
got
input
from
that
committee
about
primitive
trails
and
places
where
we
would
like
to
see.
You
know
expansive
Trail
networks
connected
and
I
got
exposed
to
a
lot
of
long
things
that
had
been
long
thought
of
from
that
committee
and
we
ultimately
put
them
in
the
plan.
E
So
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
there's
a
lot
of
sort
of
roles
to
play
in
the
future
of
planning,
but
I.
Also,
like
the
opportunity
of
you
know,
as
I,
was
just
kind
of
getting
ready
over
my
lunch
hour
for
this
interview,
I
was
going
through
some
of
the
old
minute
meetings,
and
you
know
just
little
things
like
if
you
acquire
a
parcel
of
land,
how
are
people
going
to
access
it?
E
You
know
and
I
just
went
totally
into
a
rabbit
hole
and
I
started,
pulling
up
props
of
plots
of
land
that
the
town
owns
and
imagining
like.
If,
if
I
were,
if
I
wanted
to
get
to
that
property,
how
would
I
do
it?
Where
would
I
park?
My
car
would
I
be
able
to
bring
my
dog
across
private
property
like
is
that
is
that
a
legitimate
or
accessible
piece
of
public
land,
if
you
can't
actually
get
to
it?
Those
are
the
kinds
of
issues
that
I
think
the
conservation
committee
should
also
be.
E
Addressing
too,
is
that
you
know
if,
if
we're
going
to
make
the
investment,
if
we're
going
to
spend
those
resources,
we
also
need
to
think
about.
How
are
we
going
to
guarantee
access?
It's
a
big
issue
also
with
you
know,
like
The,
Nature
Conservancy.
This
was
something
I
dealt
with
out.
West
was
when
the
nature
conservancy
bought
a
parcel
of
land,
but
then
didn't
build
a
parking
lot,
or
even
just
signs
to
announce
that
it's
open
and
accessible.
They
called
it
the
nature
conspiracy
because
it
was
basically
not
it
was
a
it
was.
E
C
C
E
That's
a
great
question
that
I
would
love
to
dig
into
as
part
of
that
committee
I
mean
I
will
say
that
the
preservation
of
the
Catamount
Forest,
which
used
those
environmental
funds
again
a
really
it
was
a
tremendous
opportunity.
It
was
a
great
gift
for
Jim
to
make
that
land
available
and
to
then
for
the
town
to
sort
of
follow
through
on
that
was
huge
and
Progressive
and
a
great
asset
for
the
town
in
perpetuity.
So
more
opportunities
like
that
I
think
is
what
we
would
want
to
preserve,
but
I
mean.
E
Obviously
there
has
to
be
a
balance
and
I.
Think
that's
where
that
that
you
know
the
development
Zone
and
the
residential
Zone
and
the
and
the
rural
Zone.
All
of
those
things
need
to
sort
of
be
balanced.
You
know
in
that
I
think
pathways
through
the
residential
Zone
that
lead
to
the
downtown
Zone
that
you
know
also
make
the
rural
zones
accessible
are
the
types
of
things
that
I
would
at
least
be
looking
for
as
opportunities
moving
forward
venues,
including
this
one.
A
couple
months
ago
like
that,
is
my
focus
and
that's
my
that's.
C
You
know,
as
this
question
gets
asked
of
pretty
much
every
candidate
for
a
town
committee
I
for
some
reason
get
to
ask
it:
okay
and
it's
a
conflict
of
interest.
Question!
Okay,
you
alluded
to
you,
don't
see
a
conflict
between
your
work
and
and
this
job
right,
but
if
there
were
conflict,
you
know
what
you
know.
How
would
you
recognize
it?
What
would
you
do.
E
The
easiest
answer
is
recusal
Right.
Any
public
servant
who
sees
the
conflict
of
interest
has
an
obligation
to
recuse
themselves
from
the
proceeding.
I've
been
in
many
drb
meetings
as
a
member
of
the
public
and
have
written
witnessed
that
so
there's
many
there's
many
opportunities
for
a
council
person
to
to
step
aside
and
say
this
is
too
close
to
home
or
I
have
a
vested
interest
in
the
outcome
of
this.
E
So
I'm,
going
to
recuse,
myself
and
I
think
the
obvious
answers
to
something
like
that
would
be
as
if
a
piece
of
land
we're
in
discussion
that
we're
abutted
my
property
right,
like
that's
the
most
common
or
clear
example,
you
know
I,
don't
get
involved
in
energy
placement.
You
know.
So
it's
like
my
line
of
work
is
totally
within
the
already
built
environment
and
so
I
wouldn't
see
any
conflicts
there
with
like
renewable
energy
or
anything
like
that
I'm.
B
E
A
E
J
E
G
G
G
G
And
I
just
want
to
thank
you
once
again
for
making
the
time
to
to.
Let
us
come
in
and
and
present
to
you,
and
my
name
is
Nick
Warner
and
it's
I'm
in
my
eighth
year
here
at
the
park,
district
Lauren's
been
with
the
park
district
for
a
couple
years
longer
in
our
Park
superintendent,
who
was
our
third
full-time
employee.
G
How
many
years,
25
years
he's
been
around
a
long
time,
yeah
so
I'm
very
grateful
to
both
Tim
and
Lauren
for
for
sticking
around.
They
provide
a
lot
of
continuity
and
skill
to
the
to
the
system.
I'm
just
going
to
do
a
brief
overview
of
some
of
this
will
be
stuff
you
know
already,
but
for
those
who,
what
a
quick
primer
so
the
park
district
is
a
really
interesting,
hybrid,
non-profit
and
inter-municipal
Corporation.
This
is
our
50th
year.
G
G
You
can
keep
going
and
this
is
more
detailed
and
you
need
to
read
right
now,
but
basically,
we've
had
seven
towns
for
a
lot
of
years.
I
gotta
say
we're
thrilled
that
Essex
Junction
voted
Us
in
so
we
now
have
eight
member
towns
and
we
don't
have
a
trustee
yet,
but
Regina
is
going
to
be
recruiting
someone
to
to
join
our
board.
G
We're
thrilled
about
that
I
just
want
to
thank
both
Essex
town
and
Essex
Junction
for
really
just
giving
us
a
a
lot
of
help
in
the
transition
and
we're
thrilled
to
have
them
on
board.
It's
very
in
terms
of
how
we
operate.
Like
I
said
we
have
a
small,
very
efficient
staff
and
we're
highly
reliant
on
on
leveraging
and
volunteer
and
outside
resources
to
accomplish
our
goals.
Go
ahead.
Lauren
thanks.
G
We've
had
a
long
history
with
the
town
of
Williston.
You
guys
have
been
extremely
faithful
and
consistent
in
your
support
of
our
operations.
We
are.
We've
made
a
commitment
to
work
with
the
town
to
acquire
property
within
your
borders,
I
connected
with
the
folks
from
the
Baptist
Church
and
through
no
fault
of
anyone
that
I
think
I.
G
Think
they've
tabled
for
now
their
intention
to
go
to
the
next
level
on
their
housing
project
and
how
that
relates
to
to
a
park
in
Williston
will
come
up
in
a
couple
future
slides
here.
I
was
at
your
board
last
April
to
talk
about
the
the
Jacob
parcel
project,
we'll
go
to
the
next
we're
just
going
to
fire
right
through
these.
G
We
have
a
part
of
our
mission
is
that
is
education
that
gets
carried
out
in
a
bunch
of
ways.
Lauren
has
done
quite
a
bit
in
the
in
this
area.
We
are,
we
focus
on
being
an
excellent
host
and
we
work
with
with
students
at
every
level,
from
pre-k
all
the
way,
through
graduate
three
students
on
a
variety
of
projects
and
initiatives
and
Service
Learning
opportunities.
G
Next
slide,
we
are
highly
dependent
and
it's
baked
into
our
model,
utilizing
volunteers.
We
have
a
lot
of
folks
and
organizations
that
year
on
year,
keep
coming
back
and
assist
us
we'll,
listen
to
rotary's,
been
very
helpful
to
us
and
other
groups
from
various
corporations.
Rei
has
been
helpful
to
us
and
it's
it's
part
of
our
operating
model.
We
don't
depend
on
them
to
do
our
regular
maintenance.
G
Another
thing
that
we
instituted
I
think
we're
in
our
fifth
year
doing
this.
Maybe
our
sixth
year
we
in
fact
Williston
was
the
first.
No
excuse
me
South
Burlington's.
First
time
we
worked
with
on
this,
we
decided
to
Do
Contracting
for
our
member
towns,
which
means
that
we
work
on
parks
that
are
not
on
not
owned
by
the
park
district,
but
are
owned
by
by
Our
member
of
municipalities.
And
it's
it's
worked
out
really.
G
G
We
also
have
a
great
tenant
with
Forest
preschool
that
provides
US
income
and
the
East
now
and
Homestead
Museum
and
Contracting
maintenance,
as
I've
mentioned.
We
also
are
a
Fiscal
Agent.
We
do
that
on
a
fee
basis,
unless
it's
a
very
small
Grant.
We
have
a
couple
instances
where
we
have
not
charged
a
fee,
but
as
since
we
have
an
established,
bookkeeping
system.
We
we
provide
that
service
for
small
non-profits
as
they
are
working
through
their
issues.
Next
slide:
okay,
that's
that's
the
quick
and
dirty
I.
G
Just
I
wanted
to
present
an
overview
for
those
who
were
less
familiar
with
us
and,
as
you
can
see
from
our
our
annual
report,
we're
really
very
focused
on
capital
projects.
Right
now,
we've
got
we
own.
As
I
said,
19
Parks
we
within
those
Parks,
we
have
seven
historic
buildings
and
we're
pretty
focused
on
getting
some
funding
to
do
upgrades
and
Ethan
Allen,
Homestead
barn
and
the
actual
Allen
house.
We
are
also
over
the
last
few
years
we've
been
prepping
to
do
major
upgrades
at
Colchester
Pond.
G
G
We
also
have
a
voric
grant
to
which
is
seed
money
for
upgrading
our
Wetlands
walk,
which
is
a
incredibly
heavily
used
resource
that
we
had
to
shut
down
a
couple
years
ago,
because
after
30
years
it
needed
replacement.
So
that's
a
big
project,
so
we
are
very
focused
laser
focused
and
upgrading
our
assets
and
also
on
incrementally
growing
the
system.
G
A
G
Yes,
I
mean
the
the
challenge
in
these
times.
You
know
with
inflation
rates
in
you
know
above
seven
percent
right
now,
and
you
know
the
Social
Security
Cola
is
going
to
be
8.7
this
year.
We
always
get
this
healthy
tug
of
war
in
our
trustee
meetings,
where
we
try
to
come
in
with
as
low
a
budget
as
we
can
that
that
is
responsible
this
year.
G
Basically
the
affordability
factor
that
each
town
can
can
realize
each
year,
so
williston's
equalize
property
values
jumped
a
bit
more
than
other
towns,
so
you're,
coming
in
at
a
6.3
percent
higher
than
last
year,
which
is
still
beneath
the
inflation
rate.
So
I
actually
feel
pretty
good
about
that.
That
was
a
consideration.
G
Interestingly,
having
an
additional
Cloud
doesn't
help
us
at
all
in
terms
of
saving
money.
It's
not
like
they
bring
in
new
money,
they
just
become
part
of
the
mix
and
are
and
and
essentially
the
the
two
Essex
entities
are
now
split,
but
the
the
relative
amount
of
resources
they
bring
to
the
table
are
still
the
same
in
the
big
picture.
G
So
we're
pretty
pretty
happy
with
what
we
came
up
with
this
year
for
the
budget,
we
provide
a
pretty
detailed
budget
overview,
the
budget
nodes
that
are
provided
you.
This
is
a
really
important
document
to
us,
as
we
feel
it
answers
the
questions
up
front
that
you
might
have
about
the
various
costs
that
we
realize
and
it's
it's.
We
try
to
keep
the
budget
simple
and
clear
and
easy
to
follow.
C
C
I
guess
my
only
other
question
is
on
the
next
page
of
the
the
overview
we
received,
which
is
the
fair
share
analysis.
Yes,
and
in
you
know
the
math
is,
is
there?
Is
that
approach
going
to
stay
there?
It
it
it's
I
know
it's
been
there
for
many
years,
and
we've
raised
some
questions
about
it
in
the
past
I'm,
not
that
I'm
not
uncomfortable
with
it.
I
just
would
like
to
know
what
the
you
and
the
board
think
of
that
approach.
G
G
The
question
sometimes
comes
up.
You
know
why
does
this
town
have
more
Parkland
than
we
do
if
we
start
using
the
acreage
as
a
factor,
the
whole
system
starts
to
break
down
in
terms
of
it's
we
looked.
We
did
a
lot
of
analysis
of
this
four
or
five
years
ago.
Frankly,
we
in
the
last
couple
years,
we've
been
so
busy
taking
care
of
the
increased
usership
of
our
Park
system,
which
has
continued
I'm
thrilled
to
say
pretty
much.
G
The
first
day
of
the
when
the
governor
declared
the
lockdown
people
just
filled
up
our
parking
lots
and
it
hasn't
dropped
off
that
much
especially
in
the
in
the
larger
parks.
So
it's
a
long
way
saying
no,
we
have
not
taken
another
serious
look
at
that.
We're
always
I'm
a
Believer
in
that
things
change
over
time,
but
I
I,
also
as
I
look
at
other
systems
that
are
similar
to
ours.
G
Our
system
is,
is
very
efficient
and
very
Progressive
relative
to
a
lot
of
other
systems,
so
we're
pretty
happy
at
the
staff
level
pretty
happy
with
the
system.
If
the
towns
would
like
us
to
take
another
look
at
it,
you
know
would
be
happy
to
do
it,
but
it's
about
as
Progressive
as
as
we
can
come
up
with,
and
it
has
been
in
place.
It
was
in
place
when
I
got
here,
but
and
I
spent
a
lot
of
time
researching
different
models.
G
Interesting,
a
lot
of
the
part,
the
districts
that
I
researched,
where
County
government
is
stronger.
They
place
like
a
very
small
percentage
in
the
county
tax
rate
and
that's
how
these
systems
are
funded,
there's
a
complete
disconnect
between
the
funding
source
and
the
actual
system.
What
I
like
about
this
is
getting
grilled
by
the
towns
each
year
because
it
comes
upon
us
I
think
it's
a
good
system.
I
think
it
did
I.
Think
you
asking
that
question.
G
G
You
know
back
in
the
back
of
the
envelope
I'm
running
a
700
000
Organization
for
400
000..
So
you
know
I
I
remind
myself
of
that
when
we
have
to
scrape
to
get
stuff,
but
it
works,
because
we
are
partnering
with
all
these
different
conservation
groups
and
non-profits
that
help
us
leverage,
funding
and
services
and
and
labor
and
ability
to
to
function.
G
C
G
Things
are
we're
moving
forward
quite
well.
They
were
on
the
October
agenda
to
get
themselves
to
the
next
level.
I've
been
communicating
with
with
Brian
that
their
engineer
and
with
the
folks
of
the
church
and
we're
we're
all
awaiting
I
was
actually
ahead
in
my
calendar
to
get
in
touch
with
them
now,
after
the
first
of
the
year,
so
we
could
start
working
on
the
easement
language
and
I
found
out
that
they
have
paused
the
project.
G
Emphasis
I,
don't
know
what
that
means,
but
I
will
find
out.
It
I
think
emphasizing
that
they
were
very
clear,
has
nothing
to
do
with
the
town
process,
but
given
I
can
guess
that,
given
you
know,
interest
rates
and
and
cost
of
materials
and
labor
Supply,
you
know
they
may
just
be
taking
a
deep
breath
and
waiting
for
the
economy
to
rebound
like
a
lot
of
people
are
doing
right
now.
G
G
I
need
to
reach
out
and
say:
okay,
what
do
we
do
next?
And
you
know
the
good
news
is
once
you
get
across
that
border
there's
an
existing
right-of-way.
That
goes
all
the
way
to
the
edge
of
the
property
and
there's
other
ways
to
access
that
that
parcel,
so
I
I
need
to
reach
out
to
to
Randy
and
find
out
what
their
next
steps
are.
Okay,.
C
J
J
A
D
Thanks,
sir
prepared
a
memo
for
the
board
in
your
agenda
packet
this
evening
that
walks
through
the
overview
as
Terry
mentioned.
This
is
part
of
the
indoor
review
for
the
board.
The
town,
sidewalk
maintenance
policy
calls
requests
for
new
sections
for
winter
maintenance.
So
simply
plowing,
three
of
you
during
the
budget
season
in
preparation
for
the
following
Year's
budget
requests,
are
submitted
in
guidance
criteria
within
the
policies
reviewed
by
the
public
works
department,
I'll
mention
leadoff
as
discussed
in
Prior
years.
D
D
Our
sidewalk
plow
maintains
about
10
miles
and
a
pickup
truck
plows
remaining
about
five
miles
of
path.
Sections
thanks,
a
member
of
our
Public
Works
staff
about
four
hours
to
plow
the
sidewalk
section
after
a
three
to
five
inch,
winter
storm
event
and
another
member
of
our
staff
operates
the
pickup
truck
to
plow
the
five
miles
of
multi-use
path.
It
takes
about
four
hours
as
well,
and
four
hours
is
our
Standard
Time
for
winter
operations
for
staff
to
complete
a
route,
whether
that's
plowing,
roads,
sidewalks
or
paths.
D
So
we've
got
our
Network
overall,
we
have
around
30
miles
of
town,
oh
and
sidewalks,
and
Paths
of
Williston
and,
in
addition
of
a
second
plow,
would
also
require
a
staff
member.
We
need
that
to
operate
the
equipment
and,
if
there's
a
mechanical
issue
as
a
reminder
with
the
single
plow,
we
don't
currently
have
a
backup
I'll.
D
Let
Bruce
speak
to
this
in
a
couple
minutes,
but
the
recommendation
from
Public
Works
based
on
criteria
is
going
to
be
out
of
the
sections
requested
to
the
towns
going
for
operations
plan
with
that
caveat
of
needing
additional
equipment
and
staff
to
go
with
that
equipment
to
do
so
if
the
time
were
to
add
a
second
plow
and
staff,
the
entirety
of
the
saw
what
network
could
be
added.
So
it's
about
10,
more
miles
that
are
currently
being
plowed
with
the
capacity
to
add
some
more
sidewalks
as
built
in
the
coming
years.
D
The
addition
of
the
Blair
Park
sidewalk
is
four
tenths
of
miles.
Long
there
are
other
requests:
the
New
Path
on
Route
2A
from
Hurricane
Lane
to
the
state
police
barracks,
that's
about
a
third
of
a
mile
and
making
that
change
could
occur
in
the
current
winter
operation
season.
Should
the
select
board
wish
to
make
that
operational
change
right
away?
D
So
in
the
current
draft
budget,
additional
sidewalk
cloud
and
Staffing
configuration
are
not
initially
included.
Draft
budget
did
not
add
new
Services
due
to
the
economic
climate
and
its
initial
draft.
Looking
at
pricing
a
second
sidewalk
plow,
we
likely
cost
around
150
000
the
piece
of
equipment,
as
we
discussed
this
further.
If
the
select
board
wants
to
consider
addition
of
equipment
and
staff
as
part
of
your
fy24
budget
deliberations,
staff
and
Sterling
prepare
cost
scenarios
and
budget
impacts
for
you
as
you
as
you
work
with
the
budget
the
next
couple
of
weeks.
L
Yeah
yeah
request
one
one
is
a
repeat
from
last
year,
which
is
the
Blair
Park
sidewalk.
As
you
know,
or
don't
know,
we've
completed
the
sidewalks
all
through
Blair
Park.
Now
so
you
can
do
the
whole
Loop.
Even
last
year,
when
the
request
was
made,
the
recommendation
from
Public
Works
was
that
we
had
it.
L
Neither
one
of
those
are
being
done
right
now,
there's
also
other
sections,
newer
sections
I
mean
I,
haven't
been
talked
about,
haven't
been
requested
and
and
that
the
commercial
buildings
are
doing
in
themselves
and
that's
the
section
from
Zephyr
Road
Zephyr
Road,
going
towards
half
Corners
to
where
99
is
there's
all
that
New
Path
along
that
that
we're
not
plowing.
That
was
added
actually
about
a
year
or
so
ago.
L
A
L
State
won't
play
outside;
no,
they
won't
anytime.
You
want
to
put
a
sidewalk
in
the
state
right
away.
It's
going
to
be
the
town's
responsibility.
If
you
want
it,
that's
the
only
way
they're
even
allowed
to
be
built
so
even
up
to
the
park
and
ride.
If
you
remember
they
came
and
said
you
know,
because
we
made
a
requirement
of
building
part
of
the
sidewalk
up
through
there
too.
Well
we'll
build
it,
but
you
need
to
maintain
it.
L
A
L
L
B
L
And
it's
just
not
it's
not
it's
not
there.
So
you
know
having
been
around
long
enough,
trying
to
even
ask
another
town
to
borrow
a
machine
or
whatever
I
haven't
done
it
since
I've
been
in
Williston,
but
we
have
tried
to
do
that
in
the
past
other
places
and
they're
all
busy
doing
their
stuff
too.
So
we
really
I
guess
what
I'm
saying
is
we
really
need
a
second
I
mean
we
really
do,
because
if
one
breaks
down
at
least
with
that
second
one,
we
we
could
make
some
effort
to
get
things
done.
B
L
L
Well,
this
the
current
one
is
due
to
be
replaced
in
2025
right.
The
last
time
we
bought
this
machine
was
120
000
in
2015.,
so
150
000
was
not
an
unrealistic
number
at
this
point.
So
would
it
be
good
to
have
one
sure,
but
it
would
be
even
better
to
have
the
second
one
with
the
person
and,
quite
honestly,
it's
a
lot
easier
on
me
and
Public
Works
to
just
do
all
the
sidewalks
I
mean
it
really
is
just
let's
just
do
them
and
be
done
with
this.
L
We're
not
going
to
do
this
section
or
that
section
or
whatever
there's
not
too
many
other
municipalities
that
do
it.
The
way
we
do
it,
I
mean
what
we're
doing
is
wrong,
but
most
other
places.
If
you
have
sidewalk
they're
getting
plowed
the
only
other
one
I
know
that
does
it
the
way
we
do.
It
is
the
town
of
Essex
and
they
may
have
even
changed
since
the
last
time
I
checked
with
them.
B
B
C
F
L
C
L
C
L
It's
the
sidewalk
machine
that
we're
in
trouble
with
okay
and
the
sidewalk
machine
does
have
a
when
we
put
one
of
the
implements
on
it.
One
of
the
operators
says
it
tries
to
creep
forward
on
them
while
they're
doing
this
implement,
we
sent
it
to
New
Hampshire
and
had
some
things
adjusted
got.
It
back
seemed
to
be
fixed,
but
then
seem
to
start
doing
that
same
thing
again.
L
Fourteen
thousand
dollar
fix
has
to
go
back
to
New
Hampshire,
and
it
was
right
at
the
beginning
of
the
plow
season
and
I
made
the
decision
I'm
not
going
to
send
it
back
down
there
right
now.
We
don't.
We
won't
use
that
piece
of
until
Springtime
again
anyway,
but
that
doesn't
mean
that
something
can't
happen
to
that
machine
now,
because
of
that,
so
machine
seem
to
be
operating.
Fine,
the
last
big
snowstorm
they
plowed
twice
with
it.
The
operator
has
no
problem
with
it.
L
A
L
A
A
D
And
Linda
Scott
will
be
joining
us
as
well.
She'll
she'll
be
on
Zoom
here
in
just
a
moment.
So,
as
Terry
mentioned,
we
previewed
this
for
the
board.
Your
last
meeting
at
the
end
of
December,
the
town,
is
the
purchase
office
option
for
the
solar
panels
located
on
the
roof,
the
Public
Works
facility.
This
option
can
be
exercised
in
the
fall
of
now
this
year,
2023
with
adequate
notice
provided
which
we
would
need
to
be
by
the
end
of
June
I.
Think
it's
120
days.
B
D
D
Looking
at
a
possible
way
to
purchase
these,
the
town
has
132
and
a
half
or
132
500
in
unspent
bond
proceeds
when
the
town
sold
Bonds
in
2013
to
build
a
facility
I
consulted
further
with
our
town
attorney
on
this,
and
should
the
select
board
wish
to
use
the
unspent
bomb
proceeds
for
the
purchase.
It
would
require
the
approval
of
the
voters
to
do
so
at
town
meeting.
Looking
at
the
Timeline
exercise,
the
option
a
town
meeting
in
this
March
is
the
potential
window
for,
for
that
asking
that
question.
D
Should
that
be
a
direction
the
board
wants
to
move
in
the
remaining
7
500
of
spent
proceeds
could
be
used
towards
additional
Capital
purchase
or
towards
the
debt
repayment
for
the
2013
Bond
sale.
Then
we
continue
to
pay
down
those
bonds,
I
think
there's
another
eight
years
or
so
until
they
mature
as
a
20-year
Bond.
D
Our
staff
suggestion
is
looking
at
using
that
towards
The
Debt
Service
also
look
at
something
if
it
was
purchasing
equipment
say
a
sidewalk
plow
7
500
is
something,
but
it's
it's
a
smaller
number
in
the
grand
scheme
of
the
price
tag
there.
So
this
is
something
to
think
about,
but
if
you
were
to
decide
to
use
it
any
other
way
that
have
to
be
part
of
the
question
on
the
warning
coming
up
in
in
March.
D
If
you
want
to
go
that
direction,
so
the
questions
for
the
board
to
make
a
decision
on
the
first
is
those
the
board
wish
to
exercise
the
purchase
option
on
the
solar
panels.
This
year,
once
funding
has
been
identified
and
if
so,
with
the
board,
want
to
ask
the
voters
at
town
meeting
day
to
consider
using
the
unspent
bomb
proceeds
for
the
purchase.
F
D
Doesn't
need
to
make
a
decision
tonight,
but
certainly
probably
want
to
consider
something
by
your
next
meeting.
Just
in
the
fact,
the
town
attorneys
helped
me
drop
some
initial.
We
need
to
adopt
a
necessity
resolution
for
the
the
bond
dollars
on
the
warning.
Town
attorneys
drafted
that
giving
up
a
little
more
as
much
time
as
possible
is
helpful
for
them
right
now,
as
a
number
of
Municipal,
clients
are
asking
them
to
work
on
bond
documents
and
legal
items
or
town
meetings,
so
Melinda's
here
as
well.
B
I
think
Jeff
and
Melinda
did
a
great
job
of
presenting
the
the
numbers
and
and
all
of
that
last
week
and
or
a
couple
weeks
ago,
and
you
know
fully
support
that
this
becoming
a
town
owned
asset
I
think
again
it
speaks
to
our
town
goals
and
our
energy
goals
and
and
so
forth
my
question
more
or
less:
that's
that
7
500
specifically,
if
we
do,
we
would
need
to
designate
the
intended
purpose
of
that.
So
it
couldn't
just
be
like
we'll
we'll
be
like
to
also
spend
it.
D
If
it's
going
to
be
on
another
piece
of
equipment,
my
understanding
is,
you
probably
would
need
to
designate
that
in
the
question.
If
it's
going
to
be
used
to
just
pay
off
the
debt,
I'm
I'm
not
positive,
that
we
would
need
to
identify
that
in
the
question.
Okay,
it's
probably
most
efficient
to
try
to
figure
this
out
right
now,
as
opposed
to
having
a
7
500
potential
question
in
the
future.
We
do
need
to
spend
these
and
likely
figure
out
a
pathway
here
in
the
short
term.
D
C
So
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
the
bond
issue
or
not
issue
we
took
out
we,
we
took
out
a
bond
to
build
the
public
work
facilities,
I
assume
it
was
for
x
million
dollars,
and
we
now
have
a
a
remaining
amount
left
in
that
bond.
That
has
not
been
spent
to
build
the
public
work
facilities
of
about
132
thousand
dollars.
D
C
D
C
D
C
D
D
C
I
mean
in
a
sense
it
feels
like
2033,
you
know
money,
that's
available.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
if
that's
sort
of
how
we
should
think
about
it.
We're
I
want
to
feel
comfortable
with
how
we're
going
to
spend
it
and
surely
the
question
I
would
have
for
you.
If
you
don't
mind
in
addition,
is
if
we
were
to
use
that
132
to
pay
down,
you
know
pay
down
the
bond
debt.
H
Not
have
to
pull
my
computer
isn't
cooperating
right
now
very
well,
so
we
cannot
decrease
the
term
of
the
death.
Oh
interesting,
so
the
term
is
the
time
that
you
know
so.
We
have
10
years
left.
We
have
10
years
left,
so
it
could
pay
again
increments
and
pay
off
the
in
interest.
Well,
I'm
going
to
use
it
for
principle.
We
can't
actually
use
it
for
interest.
We
can
only
use
it
towards
principles,
so
we
might
have
to
use
it
for
multiple
years.
Principal
payment.
Okay,
I.
H
Think
Eric's
point
is
that
maybe
to
explain
the
answer
to
plus
a
little
bit
more
Jeff
back
when
these
Bonds
were
floated
the
debt,
whatever
the
principle
was
of
the
debt,
was
our
debt
and
that's
what
we're
paying
down,
but
the
funds
used
to
come
to
the
town
directly
to
invest
that
no
longer
happens
when
when
we
issue
debt,
it
goes
with
a
trustee
and
then
we
submit
for
reimbursement
in
a
trustee
hold
those
funds.
Now
this
just
happens
to
be
from
years
ago
when
they
used
to
give
us
the
bond
proceeds
directly.
C
I
guess
the
bottom
line
question
then
becomes
or
not
becomes
is
from
a
sort
of
I.
Don't
know
from
what
standpoint
I
want
to
say
Financial
standpoint,
but
of
course
it's
Financial,
it's
money.
Is
it
better
to
use
that
132
000
to
for
a
one-time
purchase
like
a
snow
plow
or
like
a
solar
system
versus
using
it
to
pay
debt
to
pay
down
your
your
bond
I'm
going
to
say
yes,
because
we
we
build
that
The
Debt
Service
into.
D
F
A
D
So
looking
at
some
general
themes
in
preparing
this
budget
this
year,
no
surprise
we've
mentioned
already
this
evening-
is
inflation
and
the
effect
on
on
those
factors.
The
costs
provide
the
same
level
of
Municipal.
Services
is
increasing
due
to
economic
factors
beyond
our
our
local
control,
we're
seeing
a
30-year
high
in
the
rate
of
inflation,
the
Northeast
Consumer
Price
Index,
our
our
local
index,
that
that
we
look
at
through
last
October.
D
Right
now
we
have
open
staff
Physicians
over
the
last
year
and
we
have
some
additionally
right
now
we're
producing
very
limited
number
of
applicants
to
look
at
and
it's
very
challenging
job
market
out
there
and
delivery
of
services
is
centered
centered
on
our
staffing
and
say
many
times.
We
have
an
excellent
Town
staff,
we're
very
fortunate
to
have
the
staff
members
we
have
and
we'll
look
to
retain
that
staff
and
attract
new
members
to
to
our
team
moving
forward
here,
and
we
also
keep
in
mind
our
plan.
D
E
D
So
when
we
prepare
the
draft
budget
at
the
staff
level
for
the
select
board
to
work
through,
we
have
to
make
some
assumptions
and
identify
some
policy
levers
each
year.
So
some
of
the
key
assumptions
and
levers
we've
identified
this
year,
looking
at
our
cost
of
living
and
Merit
increase,
we've
budgeted
generally
three
and
a
half
percent
cost
of
living
increase
for
staff
in
the
budget
that
that's
the
ceiling
identified
in
our
active
Union
contract.
But
it's
not
renewal
right
now,
I
think,
as
mentioned
earlier.
D
This
maybe
the
actual
rate
is,
is
much
higher
and
we've
also
included
a
two
percent
for
either
a
merit,
pay
or
step
increases
for
a
nice
staff.
So
that
equates
to
a
certainly
a
five
and
a
half
percent
increase
in
wages
for
staff
and
also
other
slide
too.
Just
looking
at
our
benefits
as
well,
we
did
change
our
health
insurance
carrier.
We
looked
at
a
180,
000
health
insurance
increase.
We
were
able
to
decrease
that
to
about
120
000
by
changing
carriers
and
offering
a
comparable
plan.
D
M
D
Look
at
our
grandless
growth,
Town,
assessors,
assertive
estimates
about
a
quarter
of
one
percent
for
next
year.
This
affects
the
overall
tax
levy
projection.
Grant
List
is
finalized
in
the
spring
by
by
the
listers,
so
that
quarter
of
one
percent
is
about
five
million
dollars
in
new
property
value.
He's
projecting
and
dollars
wise
that,
on
the
with
the
current
tax
rate
that
yields
about
fifteen
thousand
dollars
in
new
revenue
from
we.
G
D
And
we'll
have
some
more
information
on
that
this
evening
as
well.
We've
just
started
a
local
option:
tax
revenue
to
our
pre-pandemic
methodology.
We
use
a
rolling
average
of
three
fiscal
years,
we're
continuing
to
omit
the
first
half
of
2020
as
those
were
for
outliers,
especially
on
the
rooms
and
meals
side,
and
then
the
budget
also
looks
at
the
towns
on
a
signed
fund,
balance
and
arpa
funds.
These
are
offsets
on
the
revenue
side
to
consider
to
assistant
balancing
the
budget
with
a
phase
step
down,
use,
Stone
and
that's
been
outlined
in
the
draft
budget.
D
D
Staff
and
working
through
to
submit
budget
requests
last
fall
was
look
at
a
status
quo
budget
proposals
with
costs
to
provide
the
current
levels
of
services
based
on
the
pressures
faced
with
inflation.
Any
new
or
expanded
Services
were
submitted
as
a
separate
request
and
then
in
the
town
manager's
draft
budget.
There
are
a
limited
number
of
expanded,
Services,
primarily
some
additional
staff
hours,
there's
no
new
Personnel.
In
the
budget
proposal.
D
D
So
as
we
look
at
it
by
object,
I
guess
a
good
way.
It
kind
of
tells
the
story.
The
primary
source
of
the
increase
is
related
to
wages
and
benefits,
and
then
we
see
the
operating
side
items
like
contracted
Services
insurances,
vehicle
fuel.
These
are
all
related
to
delivering
operational
services
and
those
are
numbers.
M
D
By
by
our
inflation
pressures
that
that
we're
feeling
right
now
so
general
fund
by
the
numbers,
as
I
mentioned,
the
bottom
line,
six
and
a
half
percent
increase
about
eight
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
the
draft
budget.
Initial
rate,
looking
at
taxes
about
a
three
and
a
quarter
percent
increase.
What
does
that
mean
for
a
median
assessed?
Homeowner
about
three
hundred
thousand
dollar
home
I
mean
would
mean
about
ninety
Eight
dollar
increase
per
year
or
about
eight
over
the
year
or
eight
dollars
in
a
tax
increase
per
month.
D
Then,
generally
the
revenue
side
of
the
budget,
similar
to
Prior
years,
our
property
tax
Levy,
makes
up
about
half
of
our
general
fund
operating
Revenue
local
option
tax
about
a
quarter
and
everything
else
about
a
quarter.
A
little
bit
lower
this
year
than
our
capital
budget
proposal
is
about
ninety
two
thousand
dollars
increase
from
the
general
fund
that
gets
transferred
in
there's
no
new
debt
proposed.
D
We
work
throughout
it
to
consider
future
planning
with
the
town's
energy
goals
in
mind,
and
our
our
debt
service
is
about
seven
percent
of
the
general
fund
overall,
which
is
a
good
place
to
be
so.
The
next
steps,
your
public
hearings
just
about
to
occur.
The
board
has
next
item
on
its
agenda
to
begin
your
budget
deliberations
next
week
at
the
budget
meeting
to
continue
your
budget
deliberations
could
potentially
look
on
the
17th
to
finalize
the
budget
and
the
town
meeting
warning.
D
A
You
so,
though,
for
those
in
the
room,
if
you
would
come
to
the
table
when
you
wish
to
speak,
and
those
of
you
zoom,
also
identify
yourself
when
you
come
to
speak
and
if
you
can
be
very
specific
about
what
you
like,
not
just
the
tax
rate's
too
high.
But
where
would
you
like
us
to
do
to
change
it?
So
I'll
open
the
floor
up
the
folks
in
the
room
who
wishes
to
speak
first
character,
your
assistant,
coming
with
you.
N
Thank
you,
everyone,
I
am
Eric.
Howe
I
am
the
chair
of
the
Williston
Conservation
Commission
and
I
am
here
to
speak
about
the
budget
in
the
the
I.
Understand
that
the
the
shares
budget
doesn't
does
not
include
any
allocation
for
the
environmental
Reserve
fund
before
I
get
into
that
Jeff
as
I
was
walking
into
the
room
tonight.
I
heard
you
ask
our
now
newest
Conservation
Commission
member,
how
much
land
you
thought
or
he
thought
would
be.
An
appropriate
amount
of
land
to
conserve
in
town
and
I
have
to
to
be
honest.
N
N
Maybe
two
months
ago
now,
and
so
the
Conservation
Commission
took
a
very
quick
look
at
this
and
and
supported
that
idea,
so
we
have
and
that
that
executive
order
to
conserve
30
percent
of
the
nation's
lands
by
and
as
also
by
the
year
2030..
So
it's
a
30
by
30
initiative
as
very
strongly
supported
by
land
trusts
and
conservation
organizations
across
the
across
the
country.
N
Other
other
tools
include
zoning
and
bylaws,
but
they
can
all
be
changed
right,
a
lot,
a
lot
easier
than
than
changing
the
the
trust
or
whatever
the
vehicle
is
used
to
conserve
a
parcel
of
land.
A
good
example
is
your
conversation
at
your
last
meeting
that
you
had
over
around
the
Glazer
parcel
and
the
specific
plan
for
that
process.
N
Not
20
but
12
15
or
so
of
the
land
12
to
15
of
the
land
in
Williston,
so
we're
we're
doing
really
well.
The
erf
was
first
put
in
place
in
1989,
the
town
was
was
directing
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
or
so
give
or
take,
but
pretty
close
to
that
each
year
in
the
in
1989
and
throughout
the
early
90s,
and
then
since
then,
the
the
the
contribution
to
the
erf
has
fluctuated
from
as
much
as
a
couple
of
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
the
in
the.
N
We
went
through
a
prioritization
exercise
in
2020,
working
with
Vermont
fish
and
wildlife
department
and
their
conservation
design
program
and
ranked
all
of
the
unprotected
Parcels
in
town,
using
several
different
conservation
criteria
and
the
top
20
Parcels
that
that
came
up
or
that
were
identified
added
up
to
just
by
sheer
coincidence,
2500
Acres,
which
would
actually
get
us
too
if
they
were
all
conserved,
would
actually
get
us
to
30
percent
off
the
land
conserved
in
town.
At
that
point,
that
was
twenty
twenty
dollars.
I
think
maybe
maybe
slightly
earlier.
N
The
total
value
of
those
those
20
Parcels
was
about
9.2
million
dollars
or
so
Greta.
You
mentioned
earlier
tonight
the
the
form-based
code
effort
in
in
Taft's
corners
and
that
that
reminded
me
as
well
that
that
So,
the
plan
for
that
area
in
town
has
been
to
be
for
it
to
become
the
urban
center
of
the
towns
and
that
predates
obviously
the
former
form-based
code
effort
by
a
long
shot.
N
But
the
idea
there
is
to
encourage
growth
and
development
in
that
part
of
town
concentrate
development,
but
it
doesn't
protect
the
rural
rural
areas
of
town
from
suburban,
suburban
development
and-
and
we
you
know
as
I
just
mentioned
this.
We
have
the
strong
white
laws
in
place
now,
but
they
can
be
changed
and
working
to
concentrate
development
in
task
corners,
but
not
protecting
the
rural
areas
from
development
kind
of
defeat.
The
purpose
it
it
you
know
one
without
the
other
doesn't
just
a
whole
plan.
F
N
A
K
What
stuck
out
to
me
is
that
it
seems
as
though
residents
of
the
Town
feel
like
there's
a
very
well-defined
and
well-functioning
Pathway
to
develop
in
Williston,
which
I
personally
actually
think
is,
is
a
good
thing.
You
want
a
process
that
is
consistent.
You
want
a
process
that
is
clearly
defined
easy
to
follow.
We
want
the
same
thing
for
conservation
in
town,
and
we
do
have
some
things
in
place,
including
the
erf,
but
I.
K
Don't
think
it
is
as
clearly
defined
I,
don't
think
it
says
clearly
communicated
to
the
community
and
I,
don't
think
it's
as
effectively
executed
as
our
process
for
developing
land
in
town
and
so
I
think.
What
ends
up
happening
is
that
there
gets
to
be
this
feeling
that
it's
out
of
control
that
there's
there's
so
much
urgency
from
those
who
want
to
develop
properties
and
this
this
void
or
vacuum.
M
This
seems
like
a
really
great
opportunity
for
Williston
to
kind
of
put
its
money
where
its
mouth
is.
With
regard
to
you
know:
preserving
the
character
of
the
town
and
I
I,
don't
know
which
way
it
will
fall
when
we,
when
we
look
at,
do
we
want
open
space
and
town
character
or
do
we
want
low
taxes?
That's
a
decision.
M
Everyone
needs
to
make
for
themselves,
but
I
think
this
is
a
good
opportunity
for
us
to
take
some
of
the
feedback
that
we've
heard
from
so
many
people
on
both
sides
of
the
form-based
code,
discussion
and-
and
really
you
know,
give
the
town
the
tools
that
it
can
use
so
that
when
these
discussions
come
up
in
the
future,
when
properties
come
become
available,
you
know
we
can.
We
can
make
a
decision
other
than
just
develop
it.
M
From
a
personal
perspective,
I.E
I
drive
by
Jeff's
house,
three,
four
or
five
days
a
week
in
the
summer
to
go
to
Catamount
I
think
the
open
space
we
have
in
this
town
is
a
huge
asset
to
the
town
in
the
way
that
we've
preserved
it.
The
way
that
we
operate
it
and
you
know,
give
the
townsfolks
the
opportunity
to
use
that
space.
I
know.
That's
why
one
reason
I
live
in
Vermont
I
know
a
lot
of
folks.
That
would
probably
say
the
same
thing:
hiking
walking
on
Trails
biking,
cross-country,
skiing,
I.
M
N
D
I
I
You
know
in
the
past
have
spoken
out
time
and
time
again
about
the
pressures
of
developing
here
in
Williston
and
how
it's
changing
the
town's
character
and
in
2019
just
just
before
you
know
the
pandemic
hit
I
was
part
of
a
kind
of
a
loose
knit
group.
We
called
ourselves
a
crg,
2.0
and
I
know
right.
Some
people
get
a
chuckle
out
of
that.
They
know
what
that
was,
and
it
was
all
around.
I
The
town
residents
are
vocalizing
again
about
the
amount
of
development
happening
in
Williston
and
all
the
things
that
come
along
with
that
and
it
you
know
the
glacier
parcel
is
one
of
the
properties.
That's
you
know,
kind
of
under
the
survey
of
those
seeing
people,
people
are
seeing
this
happening
again
and
I
just
think
the
town
needs
to
provide
properly
provide.
You
know,
fund
the
erf
in
order
for
the
Conservation
Commission
to
properly
function
and
fulfill
its
duties
to
the
town.
As
a
as
a
committee,
thank
you.
K
K
We
have
to
be
able
to
act,
and
it
was
really
enjoyable
at
the
last
Conservation
Commission
to
have
somebody
up
on
old
Creamery,
Road,
come
and
and
speak
with
the
commission
about
trying
to
develop
a
pathway
for
their
their
families,
land
toward
conservation,
and
it
was
very
disappointing
at
that
conversation
to
be
able
to
to
to
only
be
able
to
say
you
know
right
now,
there's
nothing
we
can
do.
We
can't
even
do
anything
in
terms
of
the
Glazer
parcel.
K
K
A
A
second
I'm
sorry
discussion,
a
little
more
just
checking
Eric
nobody
nope,
okay,
nobody
does
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
to
say:
aye
aye
three
to
zero,
so,
okay,
so
now
we're
into
budget
deliberations
and
Eric.
Perhaps
you
can
just
give
us
a
a
little
overview
of
what
you
expect
us
to
give
to
you
now.
Let's
see
we'll
be
talking
about
some
things
tonight
that
either
to
add
things
to
the
budget
or
subtract
them.
What
would
you
expect
from
us
yep.
D
So
the
I
prepared
a
draft
budget
direction
to
come
in
to
take
a
assertive
approach
here.
There's,
certainly
it's
always
a
challenge
in
putting
the
budget
together
with
you
know,
there's
certainly
a
lot
of
great
opportunities
for
for
the
town
and
you
as
a
board
trying
to
balance.
You
know
your
your
spending
side
of
the
budget,
your
Revenue
side
of
the
budgets
and
trying
to
look
at
a
number
of
these
factors,
and
this.
D
We
can
prepare
that
information
for
you,
as,
as
you
decide
as
a
board
where
you
want
to
end
up
here.
You've
got
time
next
week
to
work
through
this
as
well.
You
can
work
through
a
couple
more
meetings
this
month,
but
by
17th
to
the
24th
to
arrive
at
the
bottom
line
as
part
of
the
town
meeting
morning.
So
what
we
do
every
year
is
come
up
with
possible
budget
changes,
so
this
is
in
your
agenda
packet,
there's
just
a
couple
items
so
far.
D
We
do
our
best
estimates,
but
sometimes
things
come
up
after
the
turn
of
the
Year
here
so
see.
There's
about
fifty
six
hundred
dollars
in
additions
and
those
result
from
grew
around
transits
had
a
slightly
higher
request
than
what
they
initially
submitted
to
us
a
little
bit
higher
for
Tom
meeting
TV
and
the
chitty
County
tax
was
slightly
higher
than
what
we
anticipated,
maybe
so
to
date,
that's
fifty
six
hundred
dollars
from
those
outside
organizations
to
meet
their
appropriation
requests.
D
A
I
think
we're
probably
all
on
the
same
page
as
far
as
putting
some
money
into
the
environmental
Reserve
fund
and
I'm.
Looking
at
what
other
departments
in
town
were
told
to
do,
and
that
is
to
follow
the
status
quo.
And
so
we
have
the
opportunity
to
do
that.
But
in
order
to
follow
the
status
quo,
that
would
be
75
000
rather
than
a
hundred
thousand
dollars,
which
we
think
is
probably
more
appropriate
for
this
year.
A
B
I
would
also
I
I'm,
obviously
I,
don't
know
if
I
made
it
clear
but
a
big
proponent
of
getting
that
that
sidewalk
Club
so
and
I.
Actually,
you
know
in
talking
I
I,
you
know.
Obviously
we
we
have
still
a
finite
amount
of
our
dollars
and
but
in
our
last
meeting
we
had
discussed
you
know
that
we
are
coming
up
to
some
barriers
in
terms
of
timing
of
using
that
money
and
ordering
things
and
getting
it
and
having
it
actually
spend.
B
And
so
and-
and
you
know
we
had
discussed
a
lot
about-
you
know
doing
things
for
the
town
that
really
would
benefit
the
down,
and
so
for
me
that
really
does
fit
the
bill.
So
I
would
support
you
know
potentially
using
arpa
funds,
but
I
would
love
to
see.
Maybe
some
numbers
about.
You
know
you
using
the
arpa
funds
and
maybe
not
using
arpa
funds,
how
that
might
affect
things
for
us
to
get
the
plow
at
the
minimum,
but
also
to
add
an
employee,
since
we
know
that
that's
necessary
too.
B
D
B
D
C
C
We
haven't
yet
talked
about
the
solar
panels
on
the
public
works,
the
solar
system
on
the
Public
Works
garage,
all
three
of
those
I
think
are
very
consistent
with
you
know
the
town's
goals,
as
expressed
in
the
town
plan,
so
I'm
in
favor
of
all
three
of
those
but
I
also
think
before
we
can
move
ahead
in
deciding
whether
we
want
to
pursue
any
one
of
those
or
all
three
of
them
is.
Are
we
willing
to
make
Cuts
in
other
places
and
that's
a
discussion?
I
think
we
need.
We
need
to
have.
A
C
H
I'm
just
trying
to
see
if
I
can
pull
up
a
spreadsheet
yeah,
so
we
the
solar
credits
right
now,
because
you
know
they're
on
my
eyes
on,
we
got
10
of
the
credits
back.
So
really
we
keep
generating
additional
credit
against
our
bill
right.
So
I'll
just
write
that
as
a
note
we'll
look
at
that
as
a
factor
that
in
if
we
purchase
that
would
reduce
our
electric
cost.
D
Right,
if,
if
the
board
wants
to
use
the
unspent
bond
proceeds
for
for
that
purchase,
if
you
wanted
to
look
at
general
fund
dollars
or
our
our
you
know,
another
potential
use
for
our
those
are
other
buckets.
You
could
look
at,
but
yeah.
The
most
significant
impacts
are,
if
you
were
to
look
at
raising
additional
taxes
or
using
additional
fund
balance,
for
example,
to
pay
for
things
and
yeah
kind
of
where
those
policy
where
you
want
to
land
on
those
on
those
aspects
as
well.
C
D
C
Okay,
I
mean
I
I,
get
the
concept
I'm
just
trying
to
figure
it
out
from
the
standpoint
of
what
have
we
done
historically
with
the
other
solar
panel
systems.
I
forget
if
it's
one
or
two
that
we've
already
purchased,
and
is
that
consistent
with
our
capital
budget,
whatever
policy?
In
other
words,
you
know
it
is
a
sizable
expense.
You
know
it's
a
one,
you
know
it's
one
time
and
it's
over
the
ten
thousand
I
think
there's
a
rule
of
thumb.
We
use
ten
or
fifteen
thousand
it's
above
that.
C
D
C
Process
a
way
to
put
it
is,
if
we
fund
it
as
part
of
the
capital
budget
and,
let's
say
through
this
I,
forget
what
it's
called.
Where
you
use
the
bond
the
amount
we
over
bonded
and
we
have
available
to
us.
They
may
have
negligible
impact
on
the
on
the
tax
rate
on
the
need
for
Revenue,
but
it
still
should
be
part
of
the
budget
right
just
to
reflect.
B
B
B
C
One
thing
I
do
want
to
say
about
the
plow
and
the
additional
staff
is
I.
Remember
this
came
up
last
year
was
the
first
year
where
I
kind
of
said.
You
know
the
way
we
every
year
go
through
via
our
policy
and
rank
people
who
apply
to
have
their
sidewalk
plowed
to
me
is
sorry,
I'm
going
to
be
a
little
dramatic,
it's
kind
of
nuts,
and
and
we
should,
if
we
wanted
a
sidewalk
to
be
there,
whether
we
built
it
or
the
developer
built
it.
We
ought
to
plow
it
and
get
away
from
this.
N
C
You
or
not,
and
I'm,
being
a
little
bit
dramatic
I
get
that,
but
I
would
feel
so
much
more
comfortable
if
we
said
no.
These
are
the
these
are
the
areas
of
towns
or
these
are
the
sidewalks
in
the
plow
and
pass
that
we
plow
period.
You
know
you
don't
have
to
apply
you're
either
right,
I,
don't
like
it
I,
don't
like
setting
anybody's
out,
but
yeah.
There
might
be
a
case
where
some
sidewalks
just
no
time.
It's
not
gonna
platelets.
B
Well,
we've
gone
to
a
great
effort
as
a
town
to
have
connectivity
between
sidewalks
and
between
Pathways
and
between
things,
and
you
know,
and
it
doesn't
really
matter
if
all
of
these
things
connect.
If
you
know
X
neighborhood
isn't
going
to
be
plowed,
so
you
can't
get
to
the
place.
You
know
this
plowed
area
here
from
this
Cloud
area
here.
F
D
D
Yeah
I
we'll
run
those
numbers.
You
know
it's
likely
with
that
amount
of
spending
be
looking
at
personnel
and
also
looking
at
you
know,
tied
to
increases
and
Personnel
wages
as
well
for
to
get
that
just
just
a
preview
for
you
for
right
and
also
Capital
funding
for
other
items
in
the
capital
budget
to
get
to
that
multiple
hundred
thousands
of
dollars
level
for
for
a
trade-off.
M
C
C
If
we
use
when
we
buy
a
sidewalk
file,
we
are
going
to
be
buying
sidewalk
plows
for
the
rest
of
our
lives.
You
know,
you
know,
that's
a
commitment
we're
making.
So
while
the
arpa
funds
pay
for
it
the
first
time
they
make
it
easier.
The
first
time
we
have
to
buy
that
second
sidewalk
plow
in
the
future.
What
do
they
have
an
eight
year
ten
year
life
we've
got
to
be
buying
a
new
one.
I
have
the
same
feeling
about
when
we
hire
staff.
C
A
B
A
D
F
H
Thought
if
you
just
had
questions
so
taking
my
previous
experience
into
account,
working
with
St
Michael's
and
working
with
institutional
advancement
for
my
20
years
there,
the
language
that
I
wanted
to
add
in
you
know
just
removing
the
land
donations
to
Gifts
of
real
property.
That's
just
about
the
fact
that
real
property
includes
land.
H
We
could
get
something
a
land
in
the
residential
or
commercial
building
on
it
and
those
things
just
add
complication
that
we
really
need
to
stop
and
talk
about
and
review
and
what
types
of
liabilities
might
surround
those
particular
gifts.
So
I
just
wanted
to
add
that
language
in
so
that
you
know
we
stop
and
pause
and
ask
all
the
revelant
questions,
and
you
know,
is
there
hazardous
materials
that
might
have
to
be
mitigated
Etc
and
then
the
last
section
really
I.
H
C
C
D
So
usually
prepare
this
for
the
board
first
meeting
in
January
here
this
is
the
the
first
draft,
so
they'll
start
with
starting
to
think
about
how
you
want
to
conduct
town
meeting
this
year.
We've
We've
reserved
the
auditorium
and
it
was
available
that
night.
So
that's
the
good
news,
let's
start
with
there's
no
bad,
so
I've
presented
the
warning
here
back
to
we'll
call
it
the
pre-pandemic,
so
March
2020
when
we
had
town
meeting
before
things
really
changed
throughout
the
world
for
a
couple
years.
D
D
You
know,
with
a
hybrid
environment,
we're
traditionally
at
live
stream,
that
it
may
be
a
little
challenging
to
try
to
facilitate
a
zoom
engagement
as
well
and
the
board
really
well.
If
the
board
wants
to
go
in
that
direction,
I
could
certainly
explore
it,
but
just
for
you
to
think
about
too
just
looking
for
your
direction
on
how
how
you
want
that
to
be
set
up.
Some
of
these
Logistics
to
think
about,
as
you
as
you
get
your
morning
together
of
the
month,
does.
B
B
B
Think
you
know,
while
that
does
inhibit,
you
know,
participation,
obviously
in
the
process
and
and
I
I,
think
that
the
hybrid
format
is
in
phenomenal
in
terms
of
getting
people
additional
people
who
may
not
have
otherwise
participated
to
participate,
I
do
think
having
it
at
the
school
and
having
some
return
to
kind
of
the
pre-pandemic
town.
Meeting
format
is
great
and
if
people
still
have
the
option
to
at
least
view
it,
you
know
in
that
format.
That's
that's
good.
A
F
C
B
D
D
B
C
C
You're
starting
to
hit
on
the
area
that
I'm,
the
least
I'm
the
most
uncomfortable
with,
is
not
getting.
You
know
the
comments.
The
questions
coming
in
one
of
the
worry
as
I
start
to
think
about
this
I
I
have.
Is
you
now
that
we're
I
don't
know
if
the
right
word
is
post
pandemic,
but
without
there
being
the
the
digital
the
way
to
participate
virtually?
B
D
I
know
we're
hoping
to
have
some.
You
know
we'll
call
it
in
the
lobby
engagement
activities
at
the
community
center
of
Library
committees,
thinking
about
maybe
having
having
something
that
evening
for
people
to
interact
with
with
some
information
gathering.
We
can
also
kind
of
share
that,
as
part
of
part
of
Outreach,
to
get
people
in
the
room
to
try
to
get
some
participation.
That
way
too.
A
A
D
Right
purchase
if
it
was
just
a
placeholder
for
now
article
six,
my
previewed
this
last
month,
but
this
is
the
ambulance
debt
that
was
approved
last
year
for
short-term
borrowing.
We
feel
that
we
can
get
a
one
percent
interest
rate
by
selling
bombs
in
this
new
municipal
pool
that
they're
starting
to
offer.
So
if
the
Builder
support
this,
it
gives
us
both
options
and
we
can
pick
the
best
financing
available.
A
E
D
A
lead
off
with
the
2022
Equalization
study
received
it
from
the
state.
We
are
not
surprised.
Our
CLA
has
dropped
seven
points
below
the
85
threshold,
so
that
is
going
to
trigger
an
order
from
the
state
to
conduct
a
reappraisal
that
will
come
this
summer
under
State
Statute.
We
need
to
enter
into
a
contract
to
conduct
the
reappraisal
by
the
end
of
this
year.
D
So
600
says
you
need
to
have
a
contract,
but
it
doesn't
say
when
you
need
to
complete
it.
As
you
see
the
bill,
himman's
memo
or
assessor
we're
really
an
unprecedented
times
here
for
reappraisal
in
the
state
of
Vermont
bills.
Found
we've
got
150.
Towns
are
receiving
the
same
order
as
Williston
this
year
and
next
year,
because
it
was
going
to
go
up
to
230
towns,
there's
251
in
the
state,
so.
M
D
Having
the
entire
state
reappraised
in
a
in
a
series
of
about
five
six
years,
the
only
towns
that
aren't
going
to
be
affected
by
this
were
the
ones
that
did
it
reappraisal
the
last
year
or
two.
So
there's
about
three
or
four
firms
who
can
do
reappraisals
you're
going
to
have
towns
that
it's
going
to
be
six
seven
years
before
they
can
even
have
somebody
in
the
door
to
do
it
for
Williston
build
back
a
meeting
later
this
winter?
D
D
D
Bill
speaks
to
other
aspects
here
about
our
our
Cod
and
he's
better
verse
in
that
than
I
am
so.
I
can
only
paraphrase
his
memo
here,
but
it's
you
know
looking
to
do
a
reappraisal.
It's
certainly
not
a
not
something
towns
look
forward
to
and
it's
something
that
that
we
will
need
to
do,
but
probably
looking
to
do
it
sooner
rather
than
later,
is
is
best
to
make
sure
that
there's
Equity
evaluation-
and
that
is
that
is
a
big
project
on
the
horizon
here.
D
Our
our
reappraisal
fund
is
certainly
in
good
shape
for
for
the
cost
not
be
involved
with
this,
so
that's
funded
as
part
of
every
recorded
document
and
property
properties.
I
believe
so.
We've
got
a
good
amount
of
money
in
there
to
cover
this.
But
it's
it's
certainly
a
interesting
time
here
and
it's
with
the
magnitude.
That's
for
all
the
towns
in
the
state.
D
E
B
D
C
D
C
D
Yeah
I
can
anticipate
our
our
grandma's
will
go
up
by
a
good
number.
I
would
say
your
values
going
up
and
yeah
conceivably,
your
rate
will
likely
go
down,
but
then
you
know
you're
going
to
have
a
sense
of
the
same
Levee,
you're,
just
gonna
higher
values
and
a
lower
rate
to
raise
the
same
amount
of
money.
In
some
circumstances.
C
D
That'll
be
coming
up,
staff
needs
a
share
assistant,
Public
Works,
director,
Elisa
Schaefer
is
going
to
be
leaving
for
a
new
opportunity.
Oh
my
goodness
like
to
spend
year
over
15
years
done
great
jobs.
If
you're
a
number
of
Grants
managed
a
lot
of
projects,
she's
going
to
move
into
a
public
works
director
role
in
the
town
of
Milton.
D
Wrapping
up
this
Friday
before
the
holidays,
so
we
will
be
working
on
filling
that
that
position
here
also
we've
hired
two
new
firefighters.
We
had
a
vacancy
last
fall
and
with
Lieutenant
soper's
retirement.
They
started
today
and
they're
going
to
run
through
an
eight-week
academy.
They
both
have
experience
and
and
I've
met
with
them,
both
and
great
great
additions
to
our
to
our
team
here.
D
So
we'll
we'll
be
back
in
full
strength
on
paper
now
and
operationally
in
a
couple
months
once
they
they
finish:
the
training,
our
ambulance,
billing,
RFQ,
Shirley
and
chief
Collette.
Let
our
staff
review
on
on
that
and
I've
informed
our
preferred
vendor
candidates
we'd
like
to
move
forward
with
working
on
a
contract
with
them.
So
they're
going
to
send
that
to
me
this
week
and
looking
at
that
squared
away
in
short
order,
so
they
can
begin
working
on
us
for
that
very
city.
D
Stop
the
service
in
early
December,
so
we've
got
to
catch
up
on
the
December
billing
as
soon
as
we
can
so
so
that
that's
moving
along
and
I
also
wanted
to
mention
our
court
we've
we're
working
on
the
next
quarterly
report.
Now
this
one's
a
little
extra
time
on
the
first
quarter
of
the
year,
we're
going
to
be
working
on
the
second
quarter
of
the
year
if
you've
got
any
feedback
as
we
kind
of
revamped
it
a
little
bit.
I.
D
Very
good,
no
thank
you
and,
as
we
work
on
that,
we
can
certainly
add
things
remove
things
as
the
board
sees
fit.
Helps
you
get
a
good,
get
a
sense,
quarterly
kind
of
what
our
what
our
service
delivery
looks
like
and
what's
coming
up,
and
also
just
to
close
I
want
to
thank
our
fire
police
and
Public
Works
staff
for
our
situation.
We
had
on
December
23rd
with
that
wind
that
turned
into
a
freeze
event.
It
was
certainly
a
very
productive
busy
day
we
stood
up
our
Mercy
operations
center
for
a
bit.
D
M
D
In
the
morning,
especially
with
the
wind
affecting
going
off
the
road,
a
little
bit
tree
branches
down
people
without
power
for
an
amount
of
time,
so
you
know
we
have
great
staff
here
and
especially
you
have
an
emergency
event
like
this.
It's
for
me,
it's
I'm,
always
amazed
by
just
the
ease
that
they
can
work
through
it-
and
you
know
great,
just
kudos
to
our
staff
for
working
through
that
and
protecting
our
community.