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VERNON SELECTBOARD

SPECIAL MEETING

FOLLOWING THE ADJORNMENT OF TOWN MEETING

 

 

MARCH 1,          2011                                         10:45 PM

 

 

 

MEMBERS PRESENT:                                 OTHERS PRESENT:

Mike Courtemanche-Chair                              Phyllis Newton          

Mike Ball                                                        David Andrews                                             

Patty O’Donnell                                              Susan Miller                           

Chris Howe                                                     Chris Garofolo

Robert Miller  

 

At 10:45 pm Chair Mike Courtemanche called the meeting to order.  He welcomed the new member and those present and explained that this was the board’s reorganization meeting.

 

 

CHAIRMAN –

Mike Courtemanche. opened the floor up for nominations for Chairman; Mike Ball nominated Mike Courtemanche for Chairman; Bobby Miller seconded.   Mike C. asked if anyone else had anything to say about this.

 

Chris Howe stated that this board needed to change.  That there needed to be better communication between all members and that one or two board members should not have any information that is not shared or is kept from the rest of the board for any reason.  We are a board of five selectboard members and all should be kept well informed.

 

Patty stated that she would reiterate what Chris said, and would like to add that in order for us to work well together we need to communicate with one another, and understand that the chairman’s job is to facilitate the meeting and that he does not have any more power than the other board member and that there are five of us and we need to work as a team.  The motion carried.

 

VICE CHAIRMAN -

Mike C. thanked everyone and moved on and asked for nominations for Vice Chairman;

Patty O’Donnell nominated Chris Howe as Vice Chairman; Mike Ball seconded.  The motion carried.

 

CLERK -

The Chairman then asked for nominations for Clerk; Chris Howe nominated Bobby Miller as Clerk and Patty O’Donnell as the alternate.  The motion carried.

 

MEETING DATE AND TIME -

The Chairman asked what would the board like to do about the meeting times and which day would be good.  Bobby Miller moved that the meeting time of 6:30pm be left the same and that the First and Third Monday of the month be left the same as well; Mike Ball seconded. The motion carried.

 

MEDIA SOURCE -

Mike Ball made the motion to make The Brattleboro Reformer and BCTV our media source, Bobby Miller seconded.  The motion carried.

 

FULL TIME OFFICER -

The Chairman asked what the board would like to do about the full time officer position.  Mike Ball made the motion to move on with Chief Mary Beth Hebert’s recommendation and hire Matthew Stain as the full time officer; Bobby Miller seconded.  Mike Ball told the board that himself, and Len Howard had sat in on the interview with the Chief and both were ok with this.  The motion carried.

 

PUBLIC COMMENT-

Fire Chief David Andrews asked the Chairman to be put on the next agenda because he had bids that needed to be opened.  It was the consensus of the board to have The Chief on the next agenda.

 

MEDIA –

Chris Garofolo stated he had no questions of the board at this time.

                       

 

Chris Howe made the motion to adjourn. Bobby Miller seconded. The motion carried.

 

 Adjourned @ 11:07 PM. Next meeting will be March 7, 2011 @ 6:30 pm.

 

Respectfully submitted by Christiane Howe

 

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