Present: Cynthia Kilburn, Rebecca Nawrath, Anita Sheldon, Laura Streiber, Laurie Kunz, Martha Heilemann, Wayne Bell, Kelsey Towslee, Alison Hill, Barbara Powers, Heidi Chamberlain
Absent: Ivan Beattie, Greg Cutler, Jan Nolan, Ruth Hoffman, Frank Kropa, Leslie Burg
Town Staff: N/A
Public Attendees: Kathleen James, Seth Bongartz
C. Kilburn called the meeting to order at 6:01 P.M.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 23, 2021
R. Nawrath moved to approve the minutes as presented, seconded by L. Streiber. The minutes were approved unanimously.
REAPPORTIONMENT DISCUSSION
C. Kilburn gave an overview of the proposed representative district reapportionment. M. Heilemann, W. Bell and A. Hill offered remarks and supported the proposed single-town representative district in Manchester. A. Sheldon shared concerns from Sunderland Town Clerk noting that Sunderland would like to remain with towns in close proximity like Shaftsbury, Manchester and Arlington, although their BCA had not met to discuss the proposed changes. Arlington Town Clerk agreed it made sense for Manchester to be a single-town district although their board had not met yet either. Sandgate Town Clerk did not respond prior to the meeting. K. James and S. Bongartz shared benefits of remaining a two-member district including, but not limited to allowing representatives to share the workload, accomplish more tasks and for each town in the two-member district to be represented by two individuals. H. Chamberlain questioned the changes and sought historical knowledge from BCA members. C. Kilburn provided a historical synopsis of the past two representative district reapportionments and its impact on Manchester. R. Nawrath moved to support the proposed reapportionment changes creating a single-town district for Manchester, seconded by M. Heilemann. Motion approved 9-2.
With no further business to come before the board, M. Heilemann moved to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 6:33 P.M.
Respectfully,
Anita L. Sheldon, CMC/CVC
Manchester Town Clerk/Board of Civil Authority Clerk