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Select Board — November 12, 2024

Standard budget work session with zero public comment, no contested items, unanimous or near-unanimous votes, and early adjournment.

Date Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Decisions 4 Routine
📄 Agenda 📄 Minutes

Decisions ⁠logged

Every recorded vote, with timestamps and dissents.
Approved Consent Agenda of November 12, 2024
Included AP manifest ($2,138,000.68), abatements, solar exemptions, veteran credits, tax collector's warrant ($17,102,793.00), yield taxes, right to bury, library trustee appointment, and personnel actions; motion by Traum, seconded by Donohoe.
4-0
00:00
Approved Select Board Public Meeting Minutes of October 28, 2024
Motion by Traum, seconded by Lipoma; Donohoe abstained.
3-0
00:00
Approved Select Board Nonpublic Meeting Minutes of October 28, 2024
Motion by Traum, seconded by Lipoma; Donohoe abstained; minutes not sealed.
3-0
00:00
Adjourned meeting
Motion by Donohoe, seconded by Lipoma; adjourned at 6:47 p.m.
4-0
00:00

Topics ⁠discussed

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00:00 Call to Order and Acknowledgments

Chair Dunlap opened the budget work session at 5:33 p.m.; board and staff introductions followed by thanks for election operations and Veterans Day ceremony.

Speakers: Chair Dunlap, Ken Traum
00:00 Administrative Approvals

Review and approval of consent agenda items including warrants, abatements, exemptions, and personnel actions; approval of October 28 public and nonpublic meeting minutes.

Speakers: Select Board
00:00 2025 Budget Overview and Presentations

Mr. Cass presented 2025 budget overview noting no new staffing, 3% merit pool, and benefit rate changes; department heads reviewed line items for Planning, Town Clerk, Finance, Recreation, Economic Development, Library, and Executive functions.

Speakers: Neal Cass, Karen Robertson, Christine Johnson, Kelly Henley, Paula Simpkins, Anna Wells, Rose Jansen
00:00 Future Budget Schedule

Announcement that Police/Fire/Public Works budgets will be reviewed next week; Transfer Station discussion and fee hearing scheduled for the following week with Webster Select Board.

Speakers: Neal Cass
00:00 Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 6:47 p.m. after motion and second.

Speakers: Jeffrey Donohoe, Thomas Lipoma

Controversy & ⁠dissent

Where the board, the community, or the agenda diverged.

Split votes

Approval of October 28 public and nonpublic meeting minutes
3-0 (Donohoe abstained)

Action ⁠items

Who owes what, by when.
Present Police, Fire, and Public Works (except Transfer Station) budgets at next budget work session
Assigned: Neal Cass / Select Board · Due: Next week
Hold Transfer Station discussion and public hearing on fees with Webster Select Board
Assigned: Select Board · Due: Week after next

Notable ⁠statements

Thanked everyone involved for smooth election with outstanding turnout and for Veterans Day ceremony. — Chair Dunlap / Ken Traum · Opening remarks before administrative items 00:00

Public ⁠comment

What residents said — verbatim, with timestamps.
No public comments were identified in this meeting.

Accountability ⁠flags

Documented procedural gaps. Each item links to its source.

Agenda items not discussed

Topics discussed — not on agenda

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