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Select Board approves administrative measures: truck offer to firefighters, de minimis abatements, sewer MOU rescinded and planning contract
Summary
At its Aug. 12 meeting, the Rutland Town Select Board voted to offer an old pickup truck to town firefighters, authorized automatic abatement of delinquent tax amounts under $10, rescinded a sewer maintenance memorandum of understanding affecting the Eco Car Wash and Denny's properties, approved a hazard-mitigation contract with the regional planning commission and updated a reimbursement rate for a constable.
The Rutland Town Select Board on Aug. 12 approved several administrative decisions, including offering an older town pickup truck to members of the volunteer fire department, authorizing automatic abatements for very small delinquent tax balances and rescinding a long‑standing sewer maintenance memorandum of understanding.
The board agreed to offer the 30‑year‑old Ford pickup truck first to firefighters at a set price of $6,000. If more than one firefighter expresses interest, the board will collect names and draw a winner at its next meeting. The department was asked to notify the town by Aug. 26 so the board can act on Aug. 27.
On taxation, the Board accepted a recommendation from the Board of Abatement to automatically abate delinquent tax amounts of $10 or less under a recently identified state statute that permits the legislative body to do so. The motion carried unanimously by the three members present.
The board also approved a formal rescission of a sewer maintenance memorandum of understanding that had required joint inspections and shared costs for the Eco Car Wash and adjacent Denny’s property. Town staff and counsel advised that, because there has been no ongoing enforcement need, the MOU can be rescinded; the town’s public‑sewer ordinance remains in effect and will be enforced if future problems arise.
In other administrative business, the board accepted a contract with the Rutland Regional Planning Commission to update the town’s local hazard‑mitigation plan for a not‑to‑exceed amount of $9,852.79, with local staff time counting as part of the match. The motion to accept and to authorize a board member to sign the contract passed 3–0. The board also approved an adjustment to JP’s reimbursement rate to $19.89 per hour to reflect the updated FEMA rate.
The board entered executive session later in the evening to receive legal updates and to discuss a personnel matter and a pending investigation and then adjourned.
