TOWN OF CLARENDON BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEETING REGULAR
February 23, 2026
Clarendon Town Hall @ 6:00PM
AGENDA
Guests
Mike Klopchin, Chair Ed Baker
George Ambrose, Clerk Jim Austin
Robert Congdon, Selectman Shelly Lutz
Cash Ruane, Selectman Cindy Lewis
Kevin Peck Cari Lewis
Bob Underhill William – Peg TV
Kimberly Young
Call to Order
Chair Klopchin calls the meeting to order at 6:01 PM
Agenda additions/deletions
Selectman Congdon motions to add guest speaker Bob Knudsen to the Agenda under Guests. Selectman Ruane seconds the motion and it is approved.
Approval of Meeting Minutes
Selectman Ambrose motions to approve the meeting minutes from February 9, 2026. Selectman Ruane seconds and all approve.
Highway –Road Commissioner’s Report
Road Commissioner Ruane reports that the road crew have been busy with the ongoing snowstorms. Selectman Congdon comments that some community members are still plowing cross the road which is illegal and creates issues for the Town’s plow trucks.
Approval of Select Board Warrants
Select Board Warrants are approved and signed.
Guests
Bob Kudsen, Vice Chair of the Rutland Airport Committee, discusses a Grant for an Economic Feasibility Study. There is a request for the Town of Clarendon to serve as an applicant for the grant with no financial obligations. This is a federal funded grant, 80/20 match. The deadline for this grant is this Friday February 27, 2026. The project would be through the Norther Border Regional Commission (NBRC). It would fund an economic regional feasibility study to define future needs of the community as it relates to the Airport as a transportation hub. The program is designed specifically to advance domestic forest products in transportation infrastructure. Airports are eligible and the Rutland Regional Airport terminal is in need of modernization. A private investor would provide $200,000 for the $800,000 ask. Guest Knudsen asks the board if they would be willing to serve as an interested applicant for this grant opportunity? Selectman Congdon makes a motion to table and further the discussion at a Special Meeting Wednesday February 25, 2026, which will provide the board members time to read the application and supporting documents before making a decision. Selectman Ambrose seconds the motion and it is approved by all.
Public Comments- N/A
New Business –Update from Listers on CLA and Maps
Lister Bob Underhill explains that the listers further looked in to Tinmouth CLA and found that this town did not appeal for change this year, but have in the past. A single sale in a small town such as Tinmouth can cause figures to become askew. For Clarendon, the appeal period has since expired.
Underhill discusses that they have decided upon a map making source that provides both digital online maps as well as hard copy maps. The outlined cost is as follows: The first-time maps ordered there will be an investment of $4800 which can be spread across 3 years. In this case the (2) subsequent costs would be $1600 plus an annual $900 fee which provides License of software and updates. The Company is Cartographic Technologies out of Putney, VT. With this service our maps will stay current. It is noted that in the case of using VT State maps, listers cannot update them. Selectman Congdon provides a motion to accept this quote with an agreement to spread the cost over 3 years. Selectman Ambrose seconds the motion and it is approved.
Old Business – N/A
Town Officer’s & Committee Member Report
Selectman Congdon relays information from Town Treasurer Heidi Congdon, that Road Commissioner Ruane found an error in the pie chart graph included in the Town Report under Highway. A correction has been printed. The highway budget did not increase substantially as incorrectly indicated in the entry error. Auditors confirmed the error.
Select Board Member Concerns
Selectman Ambrose comments that normally all additions to a Select Board meeting Agenda are to be given to the Administrative Assistant the Thursday before a scheduled meeting. Selectman Congdon states the only acceptations to this rule is when there is an unforeseen deadline such as the case with the Guest Speaker this evening. The Select Board works for the Town of Clarendon and wants the public to have advance notice of all topics to be discussed.
Adjournment
Selectman Congdon motions to adjourn the meeting at 6;39 PM. Selectman Ambrose provides the second and is agreed upon by all.
TOWN OF CLARENDON BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEETING REGULAR
February 23, 2026
Clarendon Town Hall @ 6:00PM
AGENDA
Call to Order
Agena additions/deletions
Approval of Meeting Minutes
-Approval of the last meeting minutes from February 9, 2026
Highway
–Road Commissioner’s Report
Approval of Select Board Warrants
Guests
Public Comments
New Business
–Update from Listers on CLA and Maps
Old Business
Town Officer’s & Committee Member Report
Select Board Member Concerns
Adjournment
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