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Putney Selectboard approves routine warrants, appointments and several administrative plans
Summary
At its March 18 meeting the Selectboard approved minutes, warrants, a slate of appointments, the Local Emergency Management Plan and the VTrans annual financial plan, and authorized an $18,111.18 sewer pump purchase; motions passed unanimously or as recorded.
The Putney Selectboard met March 18 and approved a series of routine but consequential administrative items, including minutes, warrants, board appointments, and several plan adoptions.
Aileen Tulloch moved to approve the minutes of Feb. 28, 2026; Rebecca "Bex" Slattery, Peg Alden, Eric McGowan and Tulloch voted in favor while Logan Sears abstained. The payroll warrant dated March 20 totaled $22,210.34 and accounts payable March 7'0 totaled $140,381.93; the board approved the warrants upon completion of review.
The board also approved the 2026 slate of board and commission appointments (motion by Aileen Tulloch, seconded by Peg Alden), adopted the 2026 Local Emergency Management Plan and authorized the Selectboard Chair to sign the plan, and adopted the 2026 VTrans Annual Financial Plan for town highways. The board passed a notice posting for Town Highway Class 2, 3 and 4 roads.
A formal motion approved the purchase of a wastewater treatment facility pump for $18,111.18 after a quotation from Peak Motor & Pump was presented in the meeting packet. The meeting concluded with the board entering and exiting executive session (1 V.S.A. 313(1)) for contracts, real estate negotiations and an employee evaluation; no decisions were made in open session following that session.
Next steps: the Selectboard will reconvene April 1, 2026; several items on the April notice (liquor licenses, Fire and Rescue reimbursement ordinance, solid waste disposal revisions) were identified for future agendas.
