WARNING: Town Meeting Day – March 4, 2025 9am-7pm
Annual Town Meeting: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 9 am-7pm
-Australian Ballots: 9 am-7 pm
-Floor Vote: 10 am-Adjournment
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Agendas | News | Selectboard
Selectboard Meeting Agenda – February 18, 2025
| Selectboard Meeting Agenda |
| February 18th, 2025 6:30 pm Chelsea Town Hall Library |
| Call to Order |
| Additions to the Agenda |
| Conflict of Interest Disclosure |
| Public Comments |
| Approve Minutes from February 4, 2025 |
| Current Events and Updates |
| A. Highway Update |
| B. Town Administrator Update |
| Action Items |
| A. Water and Sewer Rate Increase |
| B. Community Nurse Request for Proposal Opening |
| C. Susan Knapp: Free Library Donation for Village Greens |
| D. Approve Orders |
| Executive Session If Necessary |
| Adjournment |
| Links to join the Selectboard Meeting: https://meet.google.com/fwf-ayyb-acq https://www.youtube.com/@chelseavtselectboardofficial/streams |
Selectboard Meeting Minutes – February 4, 2025
| 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. |
Agendas | News | Selectboard
Selectboard Meeting Agenda – February 4, 2025
| Selectboard Meeting Agenda |
| February 4th, 2025 6:30 pm Chelsea Town Hall Library |
| Call to Order |
| Additions to the Agenda |
| Conflict of Interest Disclosure |
| Public Comments |
| Approve Minutes from January 21, 2025 and January 25, 2025 |
| Current Events and Updates |
| A. Highway Update |
| B. Town Administrator Update |
| Action Items |
| A. Interim Zoning Administrator Services TRORC |
| B. Water and Sewer Rate Increase |
| C. Law Enforcement Requests for Proposal Opening |
| D. Community Nurse Request for Proposal Opening |
| E. Cleopatra Griffin Village Greens Request |
| F. Chelsea Annual Flea Market Village Greens Request |
| G. Chelsea Farmer’s Market Village Greens Request |
| H. Approve Orders |
| Executive Session If Necessary |
| Adjournment |
| Links to join the Selectboard Meeting: https://meet.google.com/fwf-ayyb-acq https://www.youtube.com/@chelseavtselectboardofficial/streams |
Annual Town Meeting and Information Meeting Prior to the Annual Town Meeting
2025 Chelsea Annual Town Meeting Warning
Informational Meeting Prior to the Annual Town Meeting
Friday, February 21, 2025 at 6:30 pm in the Chelsea Town Hall
Informational Meeting to discuss Articles 1 and 2
Budget presentation by Selectboard
Introduction to Candidates
Public comments
Annual Town Meeting
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 9 am – 7 pm
Australian Ballot Vote on Articles 1 and 2
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 10 am – Adjournment
Floor Vote on Articles 3-7
Special Selectboard Meeting Minutes -January 25, 2025
| Special Selectboard Meeting Agenda |
| January 25th, 2025 8:00 am Chelsea Town Hall Library |
| Call to Order |
| Kevin Marshia called the meeting to order at 8:05 am. SELECTBOARD Kevin Marshia (Present) Kelly Lyford (Present) Gregg Herrin (Present) Leyna Hoyt (Present) William Lyon (Present) TOWN EMPLOYEES Tierney Farago (Town Administrator) Gayle Durkee (Town Treasurer) |
| Additions to the Agenda |
| Leyna Hoyt had an addition to the agenda; Rick took his truck in for maintenance and found out it needed parts for the manifold and the work was estimated to be between $4,500-$6,500. He wanted to get the Selectboard’s approval in the event the work is over the $5,000 purchasing limit and he needs the work done as soon as possible to get the truck up and running. Leyna Hoyt made a motion to approve work on the truck up to $6,500; William Lyon seconded the motion. Motion passed. |
| Conflict of Interest Disclosure: None |
| Public Comments: None |
| Approve Minutes from January 21, 2025 |
| The Selectboard did not have the opportunity to review the minutes; the item was tabled until the February 4th meeting. No motion was made. |
| Action Items |
| A. Budget Amendment |
| There was a mistake on the previously approved budget; an appropriation petition for the Central Vermont Center on Aging was incorrectly listed at $1,000 instead of the requested $1,250. This affected the overall budget and the Town Meeting Warning. To remedy this, the budget was adjusted for the additional $250, resulting in a general budget of $1,751,244, $1,144,192 of which will be raised by taxes and $607,052 by non-tax revenue. The Selectboard double-checked the numbers and added them into the final budget spreadsheet. Gregg Herrin made a motion to approve the budget of $1,751,244 of which $1,144,192 shall be raised by taxes and $607,052 by non-tax revenue; Leyna Hoyt seconded the motion. Motion passed. |
| B. Town Meeting Warning |
| The Town Meeting Warning also had to be amended to reflect the appropriation amount, as well as editing the petition for the Chelsea Health Center to reflect the exact language written in their official petition. Article 7 was also added: To transact any other lawful business to properly come before the voters. One last review was made before the Selectboard agreed to approve the Warning. Gregg Herrin made a motion to approve the edited Warning as written; William Lyon seconded the motion. Motion passed. |
| Executive Session If Necessary: None |
| Adjournment |
| Leyna Hoyt made a motion to adjourn the meeting; William Lyon seconded the motion. Motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 8:28 am. |