BRATTLEBORO â Eight candidates have come forward for three Select Board seats opening up in March.
Board member Ian Goodnow is finishing his first one-year term and seeking a three-year term. Rikki Risatti, who ran in last yearâs election, also is on the March 2 ballot for the three-year seat.
âIt has been a challenging but fulfilling year on the board,â Goodnow said. âI am humbled having had the opportunity to meet and work with so many dedicated individuals who are striving to make Brattleboro the best place it can. I love the town and I love the work of the board, and I want to do it for the next three years. And I hope that Brattleboro wants me to do that work, too.â
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BRATTLEBORO â The Select Board voted 3-2 to level fund police training for the fiscal year 2022 budget, as recommended by a recent report about improving community safety, rather than going with a 48 percent increase as proposed by the interim police chief.
Commissioned by the town and released Jan. 1, the 224-page report says needs should be assessed before investing further in training and community members with lived experience should be consulted. At the board meeting held remotely Tuesday, which at one point had 88 participants, interim Police Chief Mark Carignan said he wanted extra funds for training on diversity, equity, inclusion and de-escalation, but also to hire local subject matter experts to advise in making the sessions more effective.
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BRATTLEBORO â After spending several hours discussing the community safety report they commissioned, Select Board members stopped short of defining next steps. Town Manager Peter Elwell worried that trying to outline such actions at nearly 11 p.m. Tuesday would disrupt the process.
âMy strong suggestion is take the progress tonight and be grateful for it,â he said at the remote board meeting that started at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Elwell recommended taking up actions at the upcoming board meeting on Tuesday and possibly starting with a list of suggested actions that board member Daniel Quipp highlighted. The board agreed, cutting off conversation until next week.
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BRATTLEBORO â After receiving a two-hour presentation on a 224-page report filled with recommendations aimed at improving community safety, Select Board members are absorbing the material and plan to pick it back up at upcoming meetings.
At a board meeting held remotely Tuesday with about 120 participants, Select Board Chairman Tim Wessel said some of the items will need to be addressed before elections and annual Representative Town Meeting in March. Board members agreed with his suggestion to develop a list of action items with categories related to timing in the coming weeks.
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BRATTLEBORO â Brattleboro voters will get to decide in March whether to allow retail sales of marijuana products within the town limits.
On Tuesday night, the Select Board voted 5-0 to put the question on the ballot on March 2, when voters will go to the polls around Vermont for municipal elections.
At the end of the last legislative session, Vermont lawmakers approved Act 164, which sets the Green Mountain State on a path towards the legalization of marijuana for recreational use. Vermont became the 11th state to legalize cannabis sales. Currently, medicinal marijuana is available to those who qualify.