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MANCHESTER â The Select Board appointed Laurie Kunz to fill the vacant seat on the board at its meeting Tuesday.
Kunz will fill the vacant spot created when Todd Nebraska stepped down March 19 because he and his family were moving out of Manchester.
The board has operated with just four members for the past two months as they sought a replacement.
The board held interviews with candidates recently and Select Board chair Ivan Beattie said he was impressed with all of the candidates and hoped those not chosen would perhaps stay engaged and consider service in another capacity.
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MANCHESTER â The Manchester Select Board will hold public hearings on proposed zoning changes in June and July, with the second hearing in July potentially held in-person.
The board discussed the return of in-person meetings as the prevalence of coronavirus disease continues to slowly abate with more and more people being vaccinated against the virus.
Town Manager John OâKeefe said that the town was looking at a slow return toward normal as Vermont Gov. Phil Scott has released the stateâs plans.
The town has been planning to allow some outdoor events this summer as the governor has identified July 4 as a key date that things might look more like normal.
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Gov. Phil Scott has announced a major funding initiative using federal American Rescue Plan Act funds, and housing is at the top of the list for the funds.
The four-year, $1 billion spending plan may help get some of the 2,000 homeless people out of emergency housing in hotels and motels including five properties in Manchester.
That topic came up again at Manchesterâs Select Board meeting Tuesday when board member Heidi Chamberlain asked about the townâs homeless population.
Chamberlain first brought the Manchester issue up in mid-March.
The board is concerned about rising crime rates, zoning violations, and the human toll of families living in substandard housing offering only a cramped motel room and bathroom with no kitchen facilities.
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MANCHESTER â The Select Board agreed Tuesday to continue its loosened restrictions on businesses instituted last year early in the pandemic.
Referred to as its COVID-19 relief for businesses, the Select Board voted last year to grant some leeway to businesses who found their dining rooms closed by the government-ordered shutdown to help fight the spread of the virus.
Business owners were allowed to move some seating outside if feasible. The effort to get more people outside and spread out mean that businesses could, in some cases, use some of their parking lot for outdoor dining, as well as sidewalks.