Selectboard Meeting 1-6-26
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Tuesday,
January 6, 2026
6PM – 7 PM
Agenda
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AGENDA
TOWN OF SWANTON
SELECTBOARD MEETING
Town Office Building
1 Academy Street, Swanton, VT 05488
In-Person & By Zoom
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
6:00 pm
Members of the public are welcome to attend this meeting in-person. There is ZOOM public access also for this meeting. Anyone desiring to participate & listen in on the meeting by cell or landline phone should dial 1-929-205-6099 and enter the Meeting ID# 353 203 4083 when prompted & announce your name (charges may apply). To join the ZOOM meeting online on a computer, click on this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/3532034083?pwd=4KPJGahm9WvBymkaeBWhjbk7Y3oPel.1 Please state your name prior to speaking so that other participants will know who is speaking. Note that this meeting is being recorded and that when you are unmuted every sound in the range of your microphone can be heard by other ZOOM participants. The Selectboard meeting agenda is also posted on the AGENDA page of the Swanton Town website. Please make a copy of it for reference during the meeting: www.swantonvt.gov
A. Call to Order
B. Pledge of Allegiance
C. Agenda Review
D. Meeting Topics
1. Minutes
a) Regular Selectboard meeting of December 16, 2025
b) Special Joint Meeting with the Highgate Selectboard, Swanton Village Trustees and
Board of Directors of Missisquoi Valley Rescue, Inc. of December 17, 2025
2. Public Comments
3. Law Enforcement.
a) Health Officer Report
4. Highway Department
5. Old Town Business
a) LVRT update
b) MVSD, Rowell, Town of Swanton Land Swap update
c) Fire/EMS Dispatch Contract with City of St. Albans
d) Approve the following proposed 2026 Budgets previously presented:
1) Highway Budget
2) Library Operating Budget
3) Library Building Budget
4) Swanton Recreation Budget
5) Promote Swanton Budget
e) Amend General Fund Budget as a result of Fire/EMS Dispatch Contract if approved
f) Barry Road Culvert financing
6. New Town Business
a) Presentation of 2026 Budget Request of Missisquoi Valley Rescue, Inc. with possible
adoption
b) Presentation of 2026 Budget Request of Swanton Police Department with possible
adoption
c) Presentation of 2026 Budget Request of Swanton Fire Department with possible
adoption
d) Town Report Dedication
7. Community and Economic Development
a) Update on Promote Swanton
8. Any Other Necessary Business
9. Items for Regular Selectboard Agenda of January 20, 2026
a) Employee Reviews/Plan
10. Public Comment (Reprise)
12. Upcoming Events
a) Tuesday – January 13, 2026 – Planning Commission – 5:00 pm – Town Offices
b) Monday – January 19, 2026 – MLK Holiday – Offices and Operations – CLOSED
c) Tuesday – January 20, 2026 – Selectboard Meeting – 6:00 pm – Town Offices
d) Thursday – January 22, 2026- DRB Meeting – 6:00 pm – Town Offices
13. Adjourn
MOTIONS FOR ENTERING EXECUTIVE SESSION
MOTION #1: I move that we find that we enter executive session for the Selectboard to receive confidential contract, personnel, Legal or Real Estate information for which the premature disclosure of it to the general public would clearly place the Selectboard & others at a substantial disadvantage.
MOTION #2: I move that based on our just made findings that premature disclosure would place the Selectboard & others at a substantial disadvantage, we enter executive sessio