A statement that cleared former Zoning Board of Appeals member Ronda Moore of any conflict of interest during her time on the board was made public during the Selectboard’s regular meeting on Monday, Sept. 27.
During their regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 28, the selectboard approved a motion to move a property easement to the southern edge of a property owned by Margaret and Michael Russell at 2577 Lake Road.
The Selectboard thoroughly discussed but took no action on an agenda item concerning water quality in West Charlotte Village during their regular meeting on Monday, Sept. 13.
The town’s Selectboard has scheduled a discussion on fiber optic internet broadband access for their next meeting on Monday, Sept. 27, at 6 p.m. at Town Hall.
The Selectboard is looking for the public’s input on how it should spend its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds.
In a 4-0 vote with one abstention, the Selectboard delayed approving a highway access permit for Vermont Commons School until October 11 or such time as the zoning board completes its conditional use review. The applicant’s site plan was granted conditional approval by the Planning Commission on July 29.
Former ZBA member Stuart Bennett read a statement at the July 12 Selectboard meeting criticizing Selectboard Chair Matt Krasnow comments the latter made about a conflict of interest issue involving ZBA member Ronda Moore.
ZBA Chair Lane Morrison asked the Selectboard Monday to remove Ronda Moore from the zoning board citing her failure to disclose a conflict of interest with applicant The Charlotte Family Health Center.
At the regular Selectboard meeting Monday, May 24, members discussed installing a vehicle charging station on North Shore Road, complaints about poorly mowed town fields and park grounds, the Clemmons’ Family Farm’s proximity to a proposed public trail, and whether or not to resume in-person board meetings at Town Hall.
The Selectboard’s May 10 meeting made its way through topics relating to improvements in the Town Beach park. A site visit was led by Bill Fraser-Harris and included members of the Selectboard and several interested residents.
The Selectboard meeting of April 26 illustrated the complexities of governance in Vermont. Members considered issues at three levels: policy development, implementation and oversight of current regulations, and town operations.
At a special meeting of the Selectboard on Wednesday, April 21, the Selectboard and community members struggled to measure the loss to the town and the entire Lake Champlain Basin of two ardent and passionate conservationists.
The Selectboard meeting on April 12th proceeded speedily through a daunting list of items.
In the wake of a series of conflict of interest issues, the Charlotte Selectboard solicited input from the public on how to improve the town’s conflict of interest policy, as well as research whether to have an Ethics committee.
Anyone who says that the Selectboard members of Charlotte don’t earn their stipends would have had another thing coming after their 5½- hour meeting on March 22. The discussions ranged from complex to simple administrative decisions.
The Selectboard met twice last week, both being “special meetings,” meaning that they weren’t on the Selectboard’s regular meeting schedule of the 2nd and 4th Mondays. Monday’s meeting covered the agreement between the Town and Charlotte Volunteer Rescue Service, Inc. (CVRS).
A trail project connecting Mt. Philo, the West Village and the Town Beach was approved during Town Meeting Day 2021, and the Selectboard is now reviewing plans to continue building the trail toward the beach.
A special Selectboard meeting on March 4 and a regularly scheduled one on March 8 got the new board off to a spring, already violating Chair Matt Krasnow’s vow that he would try to keep the meetings to two a month
The Selectboard this winter had to vote on whether or not to present Town Plan and Land Use Regulation amendments on the town ballot; two members of the board also owned property that would be affected should those amendments pass.
Selectboard member and Spear’s Corner Store owner Carrie Spear signed off for the last time as a public official last week. After serving two three-year terms on the board, she is moving on, but not without the thanks and appreciation of her colleagues.