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Putney Selectboard accepts $271,300 errors-and-omissions certificate, backs energy resilience grant support
Summary
At its Sept. 18 meeting the Putney Selectboard voted to accept an errors-and-omissions certificate reducing the grand list by $271,300 and to sign a letter of support for a Municipal Energy Resilience Program grant. The board also approved warrants and heard the town manager's report on roads and delinquent taxes.
The Putney Selectboard on Sept. 18 voted to accept an errors-and-omissions certificate for -$271,300 and approved a letter of support for a Municipal Energy Resilience Program grant application.
Lister Geordie Heller presented the errors-and-omissions paperwork. Selectboard member Nate Snell moved to accept the certificate and Eric McGowan seconded; the motion passed. The certificate was described to the board as a corrections measure to the grand list; no vote tally was recorded in the minutes.
Planning Commission Chair Sue Coakley presented a Municipal Energy Resilience Program letter of support that the board agreed to sign. Peg Alden read the letter aloud during the meeting. Nate Snell moved to accept and sign the letter; Peg Alden seconded and the motion passed.
During routine business the board also approved payroll and accounts-payable warrants. Town staff presented the payroll warrant dated Sept. 20, 2024 for $22,623.90 (including the Recreation League coordinator) and accounts-payable warrants dated Sept. 7 through Sept. 20, 2024 for $134,770.69 (items noted in the minutes include Camoin Associates, security cameras for the fire department and pool, MVP Healthcare, and Grace Cottage medical supplies for EMS). Eric McGowan disclosed a personal paycheck or payment before moving to approve the warrants; Nate Snell seconded.
Town Manager Karen Astley reported on ongoing highway work, painting and crosswalk updates, and several administrative matters. Astley also told the board that a grant for generators for the wastewater treatment plant and a well building was obtained; the total generator cost is $140,905, with the grant covering 90% and a user-fee share of $14,090.50 to be split between sewer and water. Delivery was estimated at 30–40 weeks.
The board set its next regular meeting for Oct. 1, 2024.
