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 may need to be reviewed.

Table of Contents

– 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.