The Brattleboro Select Board held its annual organizational meeting on March 6, 2026, to swear in newly elected and re-elected members, elect officers, and conduct housekeeping business. The board deferred discussion on the rules of procedure to a later meeting, set a warrant signing rotation, appointed members to various boards and commissions, and began planning for a retreat.
Good evening. Um I'm going to call the select board meeting of March 5th, 2026 to order. It is 615. Um John, has this meeting been officially warned? Or properly? Yes, okay. Thank you. Um so the first order of business is for us to swear in our newly elected and re-elected select board members. So if y'all would step over there onto the X's, Amanda, that's you too. That's all that I need. This is what I need. Did you need that? Or if it had a good one. Okay. So you're gonna raise your right hands and be your knee. Um solemnly at room. Execute the Disney Board number. Or do the town for I don't know. Or the period to which I have been elected. And will they? And justice. And justice of all people in the best of my judgment. According to law. According to the law. Under the pains. And penalties for the perjury. Thank you. Okay. So the next item on the agenda is the election of officers. Um so just so that everybody understands the process that we're going to be going through. Um we'll take nominations for chair. Um, I will take those in the order that I see hands raised. Um once nominations are completed, you'll vote to close those nominations, and then we'll hear any discussion on the nom on the nominees if there are any. Um, and then we'll take uh vote uh on each nominee in the order that they were received. Um and as soon as a nominee receives a majority vote, so three votes, um, they will be elected chair um and we'll stop the vote at that at that point, which is why I was saying I don't want to hear anything because I don't want to um call on people in a particular order. Um and then at that point once we have a chair, I will remove myself from the table. Um and the chair will take over for the appointments of um vice chair and clerk. Any questions? Yeah. Thank you, Hilary. Last year we voted on a slate. What would be the process for doing that? Um if y'all want to do that, is everybody okay with doing that? Is there any issues with or concerns with doing that? If everybody sort of gives me head nods that they're okay with that, then if that's the first um nomination that I receive, I'm comfortable with that. Head nods? Yeah. I don't know what the slate is yet. Okay. Okay.