Special Selectboard Meeting 8-5-26

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AGENDA

TOWN OF SWANTON

 SPECIAL SELECTBOARD MEETING

Town Office Building

1 Academy Street, Swanton, VT 05488

In-Person & By Zoom

Wednesday, August 5, 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 July 21, 2026

2. Public Comments

3. Law Enforcement

a)   Health Officer Report

4. Old Town Business

1. Library issues update
2. Land swap update
3. Old Sholan Road update
4. Wheeler Round Storm Water Permit Application

6. New Town Business

            a)   Open Bids for repairs to Ronald Kilburn Transportation Museum Repairs

                b)  Missisquoi Valley Rescue – update on activity

            c)  Receive recommendation for new Zoning Administrator from Planning Commission

                        1)  Vote and appointment (Tentative)

             d) Quarterly Financial Update

             e) Special Funds update

             f) Approve having the Justice of Peace elections on the back of the ballot of the General

                 Election ballot

             g) Set 2026 Tax Rate

7. Community and Economic Development

            a) Update on Promote Swanton

 8. Policy Review for Meeting of August 18, 2026

             a) Public Indecency Ordinance

             b) Burning and Disposal of Solid Waste

 9. Any Other Necessary Business

10. Items for Regular Selectboard Agenda of August 18, 2026

11. Public Comment (Reprise)

12. Upcoming Events

               a)  Tuesday – August 11, 2026 – Primary Election Day – Swanton Village Complex

                     120 First Street – Polls open at 7:00 am to 7:00 pm - Town offices are CLOSED

               b)  Tuesday – August 18, 2026 – Regular Selectboard Meeting – Town Offices and                             Zoom -6:00 pm

               c)  Thursday – August 27, 2026 – DRB Meeting – Town Offices and Zoom – 6:00 pm

13.  Executive Session (If needed)

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 ses