Selectboard Meeting 4-7-26
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Tuesday,
April 7, 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, April 7, 2026
6:00 pm
Public Hearing on Bushey Rd./Highgate Rd. Scheduled for 7:00 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 March 17, 2026
2. Public Comments
3. Law Enforcement
a) Animal Control Report
b) Health Officer Report
4. Highway Department
a) 2027 Class II Highway and Structure Grant Applications
5. Old Town Business
a) Discussion with Missisquoi Valley Rescue – 2026 Contract
b) Update on meeting with Swanton Recreation Commission of 3/31/2026
c) Town Office Building issues update
d) Update for land swap and Maple Grove motion to dismiss
e) Status of Town Audits
f) Cpl. Leonard Lord Historic Site Marker Dedication
6. New Town Business
a) Letter of Support for the Village of Swanton NBRC Grant Application
RECESS REGULAR SELECTBOARD MEETING TO ENTER INTO
PUBLIC HEARING RELATIVE TO BUSHEY ROAD/HIGHGATE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PLANS
- Representatives of Bowman, NRPC, and others will be in attendance to present plans and options for improvements to the Bushey Road/Highgate Road (Vt. Rte 207) Intersection
ADJOURN PUBLIC HEARING AND RE-ENTER REGULAR SELECTBOARD MEETING
b) Discussion on possible discontinuance of Old Sholan Rd. from Bushey Rd. to State Dr
c) Update of Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
RECESS REGULAR SELECTBOARD MEETING TO ENTER INTO LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD
- Liquor and Tobacco License Renewals
ADJOURN LIQUOR CONTROL MEEING TO RE-ENTER REGULAR SELECTBOARD MEETING
7. Community and Economic Development
a) Update on Promote Swanton
8. Policy Review – Road and Bridge Standards
9. Any Other Necessary Business
10. Items for Regular Selectboard Agenda of April 21, 2026
a) Public Hearing for Zoning By-Law Amendments
b) Review of Fund Balance Reserve Policy
c) Review of Balanced Model Budget
11. Public Comment (Reprise)
12. Upcoming Events
a) Sunday – April 12, 2026 – Cpl. Leonard Lord Historic Site Dedication – 1:00 pm
Riverside Cemetery
b) Tuesday – April 14, 2026 – MVSD Budget re-vote – Polls open 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
Swanton Village Complex
c) Tuesday – April 21, 2026 – Regular Selectboard Meeting with Pubic Hearing –
Town Offices – 6:00 pm
d) Thursday – April 23, 2026 – DRB Meeting – 6:00 pm – Town Offices
13. Executive Session – Personnel & Legal
14. 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 session.