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At a glance: Rutland Town Selectboard actions and approvals
Summary
A concise list of formal votes and administrative approvals taken by the Rutland Town Selectboard during the meeting, including certifications, licenses, policy adoption, and contract authorizations.
The Rutland Town Selectboard took the following formal actions during the meeting (motions, seconds and recorded outcomes as shown in the meeting transcript):
• Minutes (Jan. 28) — Motion to approve minutes as amended; voice vote: approved (motion carries).
• Alternate presentation order for pre‑Town Meeting — Motion to retain alternating order; voice vote: approved (motion carries).
• Town roads/bridges network inventory certification — Motion to approve the certificate for town roads, bridges and network inventory (state forms); voice vote: approved (motion carries 4‑0).
• Annual financial plan for town highways (certification of spending at least $300 per mile) — Motion to approve the certification; voice vote: approved (motion carries 4‑0).
• Joint speed‑limit coordination with Mendon (Route 4) — Motion to send a Selectboard designee to work with Mendon on a joint VTrans application to lower the speed limit from 45 to 40 mph on the shared commercial stretch of U.S. Route 4; voice vote: approved (board designated Joe DiNardo as liaison).
• Ratify engineering work order for Route 7 sewer assessment (Auto Creek Engineering / Robert Clark) — Motion to ratify work order authorizing surveys, design options and state permitting coordination for the failing sewer main under Route 7; voice vote: approved (motion carries 4‑0).
• Submission of the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan to the state (pending edits) — Motion to submit the plan for state review with agreed edits (staffing corrections; regional dispatch language; annual evaluation timing tied to budget; river corridor wording revised). Transcript records vote as three in favor, one opposed, one not present; planner to make edits and submit to state for review pending FEMA approval.
• Code of Ethics Investigation and Enforcement Policy — Motion to adopt the town‑specific code of ethics investigation and enforcement policy (policy adapted from state model, with statute appended); voice vote: approved (motion carries 4‑0). Board agreed to schedule required training and to file certificates of completion.
• Builders‑risk insurance cancellation request (Public Safety Building) — Selectboard signed the cancellation request after confirming the League of Cities and Towns has assumed coverage for the occupied Public Safety Building; signature authorized and witnessed at the meeting.
• Liquor license (99 Restaurants of Vermont LLC) — Motion to approve outside consumption permit and restaurant/bar licenses; police chief indicated no objection; voice vote: approved.
Notes: Several agenda items were informational (Public Safety Building move‑in and punch list, salt supply and winter operations, and personnel and committee items). The selectboard directed staff to follow up on punch‑list items for the new public safety building, proceed with engineering work on the sewer main under Route 7, and coordinate with Mendon and the regional planner on the joint VTrans speed‑limit application.
