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    Selectboard Meeting Agenda – May 21, 2024

    ByKasey Peterson

    Selectboard Meeting Agenda
    21 May 2024
    6:30 PM
    Chelsea Town Hall

    1. Call meeting to order
    2. Additions to the Agenda
    3. Conflict of Interest Disclosure
    4. Public Comments
    5. Approve Minutes 7 May 2024
    6. Frigid Frostfighters Snow Machine Club – Class 4 Town Road
    7. Town Administrator
      a. Town Treasurer – VMERS
    8. Farmers Market Parking
    9. Forest and Parks Commission
    10. Highway
      a. New Truck
      b. Highway Position
    11. Transfer Station – Punch Cards
    12. Use of Village Green – Chelsea Area Senior Center
    13. Schedule Health Center Site Visit
    14. Approve Orders
    15. Executive Session if Necessary
    16. Adjourn

    Links to join the Selectboard Meeting:     
    https://meet.google.com/fwf-ayyb-acq
    https://www.youtube.com/@ChelseaVTSelectboardOfficial/streams

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    Selectboard Meeting Agenda – May 7, 2024

    ByKasey Peterson

    Selectboard Meeting Agenda
    7 May 2024
    6:30 PM
    Chelsea Town Hall

    1. Call meeting to order
    2. Additions to the Agenda
    3. Conflict of Interest Disclosure
    4. Public Comments
    5. Approve Minutes 30 April 2024
    6. Treasurer – Water and Sewer
    7. FEMA RFPs
    8. Town Hall Vapor Barrier
    9. 911 Coordinator Updated
    10. Appoint Tree Warden
    11. Approve Orders
    12. Executive Session if Necessary
    13. Adjourn

    Links to join the Selectboard Meeting:
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    https://www.youtube.com/@ChelseaVTSelectboardOfficial/streams

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    Selectboard Meeting Agenda – April 30, 2024

    ByKasey Peterson

    Selectboard Meeting Agenda
    30 April 2024
    6:30 PM
    Chelsea Town Hall

    1. Call meeting to order
    2. Additions to the Agenda
    3. Conflict of Interest Disclosure
    4. Public Comments
    5. Approve Minutes 16 April 2024
    6. Mowing Bids
    7. Highway
      a. New Truck
    8. Gravel Pile at the Heath Field
    9. Local Emergency Management Plan
    10. Farmer’s Market Picnic Table Request
    11. Use of Roberts Field – Senior Baseball
    12. Use of Village Green – Scotts Family BBQ
    13. Appoint 911 Coordinator
    14. Appoint Tree Warden
    15. Approve Orders
    16. Executive Session if Necessary
    17. Adjourn

    Links to join the Selectboard Meeting:     

    https://meet.google.com/fwf-ayyb-acq
    https://www.youtube.com/@ChelseaVTSelectboardOfficial/streams

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    Selectboard Meeting Agenda April 16, 2024

    ByKasey Peterson

    Selectboard Meeting Agenda
    16 April 2024
    6:30 PM
    Chelsea Town Hall

    1. Call meeting to order
    2. Additions to the Agenda
    3. Conflict of Interest Disclosure
    4. Public Comments
    5. Approve Minutes 19 March 2024
    6. Approve Minutes 2 April 2024
    7. Treasurer
      a. ARPA
    8. Highway
      a. New Truck
      b. Letter of Intent for FY25 Grant-in-Aid
    9. Farmer’s Market Picnic Table Request
    10. Neighbor Appreciation Day
    11. Appoint 911 Coordinator
    12. Appoint Tree Warden
    13. Licenses
      a. Wills liquor
      b. Wills tobacco
      c. Qucikstop tobacco
    14. Approve Orders
    15. Executive Session if Necessary
    16. Adjourn

    Links to join the Selectboard Meeting:
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    https://www.youtube.com/@ChelseaVTSelectboardOfficial/streams

  • Backyard Burning Reminders Released

    ByTierney Farago

    Montpelier, Vt. – With spring cleaning underway in some parts of the state, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) wants to remind Vermonters to follow a few guidelines for on-premise or backyard open burning.

    “Burning materials from spring cleanup can release harmful pollution that can impact neighboring properties,” said DEC Commissioner Jason Batchelder. “By following these guidelines, Vermonters can help reduce air pollution, avoid nuisance impacts, and protect human and environmental health.”

    On-premise or backyard burning of brush, deadwood, or tree cuttings collected from normal property maintenance is allowed under the Vermont Air Pollution Control Regulations, as long as no public or private nuisance, such as excessive smoke, is created.

    Use these guidelines during backyard burning:

    • Allow green materials to dry before burning.
    • Consider the wind speed and direction before burning.
    • Check the Fire Danger Forecast from Forests, Parks and Recreation and postpone burning during periods of elevated fire danger.
    • Check the Air Quality Forecast and postpone burning if atmospheric conditions are not favorable to disperse the smoke.
    • Obtain a local burn permit from your Town Fire Warden.
    • Ensure that the fire burns hot.

    “Our best suggestion is to avoid burning altogether and let the materials decompose naturally,” said John Wakefield, Compliance Section Chief for the DEC Air Quality and Climate Division. 

    Find tips on what to do with excess leaves, grass, and wood – such as composting and brush piles – from the DEC Waste Management and Prevention Division.

    Learn more about open burning from the DEC Air Quality and Climate Division.

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    Request for Mowing Bids

    ByKasey Peterson

    The Town of Chelsea is accepting proposals for lawn maintenance services of Town owned
    property. The proposal must be submitted on the provided BID FORM which includes both an itemized list of costs for spring debris cleanup of the North and South Commons as well as a cost per mow of the following areas:

    2024 Bid Form for Mowing Proposals

    Both Commons (Biweekly after Flea Market – July 13)
    Town Hall
    Chelsea sign, Rte 113 (biweekly)
    Chelsea sign, rec field and around the old sand pile (biweekly)
    Tennis/Basketball Court
    Allen FEMA property
    Babcock FEMA property
    Dybvig FEMA property
    Upper Village Road/Rte 110 Triangle
    Heath field
    Sewer Plant
    Old Town Garage Pump House
    Brookhaven Pump House
    Kennedy Pump House
    Water Tank (trim bank 3 Times – over the course of the
    summer)
    Transfer Station (Biweekly)


    This is an open and competitive process. A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at 8am 17 April 2024
    at the Chelsea Recreation Field.

    Proposals must be submitted on an official BID FORM and received by 4:00 pm on 29 April 2024. Bids may be emailed to administrativeassistant@chelseavt.us

    Proposals will be opened at the Selectboard Meeting at the Chelsea Town Hall on 30 April 2024
    The proposal must contain the signature of a duly authorized officer or agent of the company submitting the proposal.

    Contractor prohibited from sub-contracting.

    Although cost is an important factor in awarding the contract, the Town is not obligated by any Statute or regulation to award the contract for lawn maintenance services on the basis of cost. Accordingly, the Town reserves the right to evaluate all proposals objectively and subjectively and to accept or reject any or all proposals or portion thereof.

    Notification of awarded contract will be mailed.

    The Town of Chelsea is an equal Opportunity Employer.