| Selectboard Meeting Agenda |
| February 4th, 2025 6:30 pm Chelsea Town Hall Library |
| Call to Order |
| Kelly Lyford called the meeting to order at 6:32 pm. SELECTBOARD Kelly Lyford (Present) Gregg Herrin (Present) Leyna Hoyt (Present) William Lyon (Present) Kevin Marshia (Absent) TOWN EMPLOYEES Tierney Farago (Town Administrator) Gayle Durkee (Town Treasurer) |
| Additions to the Agenda: None |
| Conflict of Interest Disclosure: None |
| Public Comments: None |
| Approve Minutes from January 21, 2025 and January 25, 2025 |
| Leyna Hoyt made a motion to approve the minutes from January 21st and January 25th; William Lyon seconded the motion. Motion passed. |
| Current Events and Updates |
| A. Highway Update |
| There were no significant highway updates. |
| B. Town Administrator Update |
| There were no significant Town Administrator updates. |
| Action Items |
| A. Interim Zoning Administrator Services TRORC |
| Kyle Katz from Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission attended the meeting to discuss a potential contract for interim zoning administrator services. His colleague, Kyle Hansen, has availability to serve as a temporary zoning administrator to help with permitting until a ZA can be hired. This would likely be remote work for 5-7 hours weekly, depending on the needs of the Town. The price of this contract, expected to last until May 2, is not to exceed $4,420. Gregg Herrin made a motion to accept this contract and nominate Kyle Hansen as the interim zoning administrator; Leyna Hoyt seconded the motion. Motion passed. |
| B. Water and Sewer Rate Increase |
| This item was tabled until February 18th to give ample time to prepare numbers and statistics. |
| C. Law Enforcement Requests for Proposal Opening |
| The Selectboard opened two bids for Law Enforcement services. The first was from Orange County for 6 hours of day and night weekly coverage for a total of $22,000 for a year. The second was for Windsor County for 14 hours of day, night, and weekend coverage for a total of $56,784 for a year. The Selectboard discussed their opinions on Window County’s current law enforcement services and agreed that they would like to continue using them for the upcoming year, having already made arrangements for the budget in case they chose to proceed with them again. They wanted to double-check that weekend coverage was still included, but overall chose Windsor County’s proposal. Leyna Hoyt made a motion to accept Windsor County’s proposal for law enforcement; Gregg Herrin seconded the motion. Motion passed. |
| D. Community Nurse Request for Proposal Opening |
| This item was tabled to February 18th to give proper time to open proposals. |
| E. Cleopatra Griffin Village Greens Request |
| Cleopatra Griffin requested to use the village greens on Saturday, June 7th from 11 am- 4 pm for the SafeArt Spring Carnival. Leyna Hoyt made a motion to approve this request; William Lyon seconded the motion. Motion passed. |
| F. Chelsea Annual Flea Market Village Greens Request |
| The Annual Flea Market would like to use the village greens on July 12th from 6 am- 4 pm for the event, and on July 10th and 11th for set-up. Leyna Hoyt made a motion to approve the request; William Lyon seconded the motion. Motion passed. |
| G. Chelsea Farmer’s Market Village Greens Request |
| The Farmer’s Market requested the use of the village greens on Fridays from 2 pm- 7 pm May 23-October 10. There was a concern that this might affect the Flea Market’s request on July 11th, so the Town Administrator will work with both groups to ensure that they can both operate at the same time. Gregg Herrin made a motion to approve this request; Leyna Hoyt seconded the motion. Motion passed. |
| H. Approve Orders |
| Gregg Herrin made a motion to approve the orders; Leyna Hoyt seconded the motion. Motion passed. |
| Executive Session If Necessary: none |
| Adjournment |
| Leyna Hoyt made a motion to adjourn the meeting; Gregg Herrin seconded the motion. Motion passed. The meeting adjourned at 7:15 pm. |