Meeting Minutes : Select Board (Emergency Meeting)

July 22, 2010

The meeting was called to order at 5:30PM by Thomas “Hank” Pelkey, Chairman.

Select Board members present:  Thomas “Hank” Pelkey, Thomas Hooker, Linda Weeden and Allen Hitchcock.  Joseph Gagnon was not present.  Also present:  John Haverstock, Helen McKinlay, Denise Mahoney and Linda Drummond.

PUBLIC COMMENT:

None presented at this time.

OLD BUSINESS

D. Mahoney and H. McKinlay explained that the local agreement rate had not been included in the Tax Rate FY10/11 set by the Board on July 21, 2010.

D. Mahoney and H. McKinlay explained that tax rate FY10/11 amounts for the General Fund that were given to the Board on July 21, 2010 were incorrect and needed to be changed from .1196 to .1269.

Thomas “Hank” Pelkey made a motion to change the General Fund FY10/11 tax rate to .1269.  Thomas Hooker seconded the motion.  The motion was passed unanimously.

T. Hooker made a motion to add the Local Agreement tax rate FY10/11 of .0020.  A. Hitchcock seconded the motion.  The motion was passed unanimously.

OTHER BUSINESS

None presented at this time.

The Emergency Board meeting was adjourned at 5:35 PM.

H. McKinlay, D. Mahoney and L. Drummond departed at 5:35 PM.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

Thomas “Hank” Pelkey made a motion and seconded by Thomas Hooker to go into Executive Session for a discussion of Personnel matters.  In accordance with 1VSA 312 (b), where premature general public knowledge would clearly place the Municipality or person involved at a substantial disadvantage, the Board unanimously agreed to enter into Executive Session for Personnel matters at 5:38 PM.

The Select Board came out of Executive Session at 5:52 PM, with no action taken.

The meeting adjourned at 5:52 PM.

The next regularly scheduled Select Board meeting will be held on August 4, 2010

Respectfully Submitted,

Linda Drummond

Recording Secretary

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Thomas “Hank” Pelkey, Chairman

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Allen Hitchcock, Vice Chairman

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W. Joseph Gagnon, Selectman

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Thomas Hooker, Selectman

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Linda Weeden, Selectman