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Select Board accepts $5,300 Highway Safety grant; Heritage Commission seeks early release of Town Hall funds
Summary
On June 30, 2026, the Mont Vernon Select Board voted to accept a $5,300 Highway Safety grant and authorized installation of an ADA restroom at Town Hall using donated materials. The Heritage Commission said contractor work is underway but capital-reserve CDs mature in 2027 and asked the board to consider releasing warrant-article funds early.
On June 30, 2026, the Mont Vernon Select Board voted to accept a $5,300 Highway Safety grant and authorized Heritage Commission representative Rebecca (Becci) Schwarz to execute grant agreement 27-123.
Schwarz told the board some residents could not attend the website training she ran during work hours and asked for an evening and a weekend session; the board authorized two additional sessions. She also provided an update on Town Hall restoration, saying demolition is complete and that crews found heavier wooden structural beams in the kitchen and electrical-panel walls that were not detected on earlier 3-D scans but will remain in place and will not alter the proposed layout.
Schwarz proposed installing an ADA restroom in the front room that formerly housed the welfare office so the building’s lobby would have an accessible toilet. Wetherbee Plumbing has offered to donate fixtures, copper piping and labor; Selectman Mike Fimbel moved to accept the donation, Chairman John Quinlan seconded, and the board voted unanimously to accept the contribution and proceed with the installation.
Schwarz said Colonial Restorations is on site and the job site has been barricaded for safety after several people ignored cones during demolition. She reported that she had received notice from "L Chip" that the first installment of $91,500 is being sent, but that the Heritage Commission’s capital reserve funds are tied up in certificates of deposit that mature in January and March 2027. Schwarz asked the Select Board to consider releasing the warrant-article funds now because she expects the restoration work to be completed this year and said tapping the CDs early would forfeit earned interest. Quinlan asked Schwarz to assemble a detailed estimate of what will be needed to pay current invoices; the board agreed to consider the figures at its next meeting.
The board did not take further action on releasing reserve funds at the June 30 meeting and asked staff to return with itemized estimates and timing so the Select Board can make a decision.
