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BRATTLEBORO â Select Board members will use the âhonor systemâ when submitting for reimbursements from the town for costs incurred for dependent care during board meetings, and they can get payment for household members who provide the care and might not be paid in other situations.
At the Select Board meeting held remotely Tuesday, the board voted 4-1 on both items, with board member Tim Wessel voting against both measures. He supported a third motion to pay out reimbursements and portions of board membersâ annual stipends monthly, which passed unanimously.
âIâm not comfortable with the no-cap situation,â he said.
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BRATTLEBORO Town Manager Peter Elwell announced he will be retiring at the end of the year, calling his work here the most satisfying of time his career. After growing up here in Brattleboro and then living away for almost 35 years, coming home has definitely been part of what has made these past six-plus years special, he said the Select Board meeting held remotely Tuesday. But, far beyond the personal pleasure of living again in this community and region, I am grateful to have had the opportunity to work with so many dedicated and talented people both inside town government and in the community we serve.
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Westminster Farms, in Westminster, Vt., produces electricity from the methane of its cows and sells it to Green Mountain Power.
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Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Westminster Farms, in Westminster, Vt., produces electricity from the methane of its cows and sells it to Green Mountain Power.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Shawn Goodell, from Westminster Farms, in Westminster, Vt., checks the energy output from the two motors that produce electricity from the methane of its cows on Thursday, March 4, 2021.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Westminster Farms, in Westminster, Vt., produces electricity from the methane of its cows and sells it to Green Mountain Power.
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BRATTLEBORO â Setting the town on a path toward evaluating systems and addressing injustices, the Select Board unanimously voted to authorize town staff to move forward on implementing recommendations outlined in a community safety report.
âWe acknowledge the centuries of white people holding power in our country including here in Vermont and here in Brattleboro has perpetuated systemic racism that has caused and still causes harm to people of color throughout our country,â Town Manager Peter Elwell said in a statement read at the board meeting held remotely Tuesday, adding that systemic oppression also affects the LGBTQIA+ community, people living with disabilities, psychiatrically labeled individuals and other historically marginalized groups. âWe acknowledge that, as documented in the community safety review teamâs report, people here in our community have experienced harm from the existing systems in