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Select Board reviews Green Mountain Power banner placements and Hippo Park power pedestal proposal
Summary
Green Mountain Power completed a site visit for village banner poles; the board also discussed a proposal to add a locked power pedestal at Hippo Park, with installation costs and a $22 monthly minimum meter charge noted and a suggestion to include the project in next year’s budget.
A board member updated the select board on Green Mountain Power’s site visit to identify banner pole locations in town and advised one originally proposed pole will be moved nearer the church for visibility.
The same visit included a feasibility assessment for adding a power pedestal at Hippo Park to give the town an option for future events that require electricity. The utility representative described a pedestal and lockbox located inside the fenced area and discussed initial fees and an ongoing minimum monthly meter charge. "It's $22 a month," a board member repeated in discussion about the minimum monthly charge. Meeting comments included an installation fee from the utility (discussed in the meeting as a few hundred dollars) and additional contractor and trenching costs; one board member estimated an initial outlay in the low‑hundreds to several hundred dollars and suggested budgeting for the work next fiscal year rather than using current fiscal funds.
Board members discussed practical considerations — where to place the pedestal, trenching and who would perform the excavation — and asked the applicant to assemble firm cost estimates so the board could consider adding the project to the next year’s budget. No appropriation was approved at the meeting.
