Draft Clarendon Planning Commission Meeting Minutes
Clarendon Town Hall, 4-7-2025
Present: John McKenna, Heidi Eccleston, John Colvin, Sarah Kumm, Don Pratt, Carol Geery, Brownson Spence came in at 7:00
Public: Eric Engelhardt
Call to Order: John McKenna called the meeting to order 6:31 pm.
Nominate Positions for Planning Commission ; Carol Geery moves to appoint Members: John Mckenna for President, Heidi Eccleston Vice President, Sarah Kumm Secretary, approved unanimously.
Representative for Rutland Regional: Carol nominates Sarah Kumm, Approved unanimously.
Regular Meeting Time: First Monday of the Month at 6:30 at The Town Hall
Approval of Agenda: Approved by Consensus.
Public Comment: Eric Engelhardt introduced himself and is interested in being a member of the Planning Commission.
Approval of Minutes: Don made a motion to approve minutes from 2/3/25 pending Corrections and Heidi seconded. No corrections motion passed unanimously
Review of Previous Zoning ByLaw Changes – Table of Contents may need to be reviewed.
– Carol made a motion to post a warning for a hearing including proposed changes to the Town Zoning Bylaws on the Town Website, Heidi made a second, Everyone voted Yay except Brownson voted Nay.
– Carol made a motion to warn a hearing at 6:00 on May 5th 2025 at the Town Hall, Heidi Seconded ,motion passed unanimously.
Survey Updates: Discussion followed
– Survey for Town officials/ Committee Members?
– Send out public survey to officials and get input on what questions that should be included
– Next meeting we will review the results from the last survey
– John will draft an email to send out with survey and the board will review it at the next meeting.
Member Updates: Heidi advocated for Eric to become a member of the Board. Discussion followed because the Board is currently full Carol volunteered to Resign after the next meeting. She will give her letter of resignation.
Agenda Building:
• Approve agenda
• Public comments
• Approve minutes
• Discuss Survey
• Accept member resignation/recommend new member to select board
• Member Updates
• Executive Session (if needed)
Legal Business: John shared information on training regarding Act 181for planning commission members, zoning administrators, select board members, etc. at the RRCP on April 16 &17
Brownson made a motion to adjourn meeting at 8:33 pm, Carol seconded.
The next regularly scheduled meeting will be May 5th 2025 at 6:30 at the Clarendon Town Hall.
Respectfully Submitted,
Sarah Kumm, Secretary
Clarendon Planning Commission
Agenda
Monday April 7, 2025
6:30 p.m.
Clarendon Town Hall
Action Items
- Approve Agenda
- Reorganization –
- Chair –
- Vice Chair –
- Secretary –
- Regular Meeting Day and Time –
- Public Comment
- Approve Minutes From Meeting 2/3/2025
Old Business
- Review of Previous Zoning Bylaw Changes – Possible Vote to Schedule Hearing
- Discussion of Survey Content
Other Business
- Member Updates
- Public Comment
- Agenda Building
- Other Legal Business
Adjourn
Note: Agenda times are estimates.
Public comments will be heard before action items and at the end of the meeting for approximately 3 minutes per person. At the chair’s discretion, public comment may be accepted at other times during the meeting.
Public records will be available by request to the Town Clerk within a reasonable amount of time.
