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FROM THE TOWN MANAGER’S OFFICE

Greetings,

It’s that time of year again! As we begin to feel the cooler weather and see the leaves being to change colors, the Town of Hartford is already in full swing with multiple projects moving forward. It is full steam ahead to complete as much work as possible before the first snowflake flies.

While all departments are busy with current project management, each department is looking ahead to the coming Voting Season. Budgets are beginning to be thought about, project plans are being discussed and Capital Improvement Projects are in the forefront of everyone’s minds.

Throughout the many changes this year, the Staff of the Town of Hartford have maintained their current responsibilities while taking on new tasks daily. We are very lucky to have such a well rounded and positive team working in our offices.

Notices regarding coming meetings for Budget Discussions, Public Hearings and Selectboard Meetings will begin showing up around town and on our website at www.hartford-vt.org. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call the Town Office at (802) 295-9353 or to stop in. We can even add you to an email distribution list for Public Notices, just send an email to Darlene Johnson, Administrative Assistant at djohnson@hartford-vt.org. We look forward to the coming months and the continued adventure that they will bring.

Sincerely,

Hunter Rieseberg Town Manager

IN THIS ISSUE:

FINANCE

TOWN CLERK

PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

POLICE

COMMUNICATIONS

FIRE

LANDFILL

HIGHWAY

PARKS & RECREATION

MEETING CALENDAR

ISSUE 4 • SEPTEMBER 2013

2013 HARTFORD SELECTBOARD *To Contact The Hartford Selectboard, Please Email or call (802) 295-9353.

Chuck Wooster, Chair Alex Defelice, Member

Simon Dennis, Vice Chair Ken Parker, Member

Bethany Fleishman, Clerk F.X. Flinn, Member

Sam Romano, Member

Upcoming Meeting Schedule

9/03/13 10/01/13 11/12/13

9/17/13 10/15/13 11/26/13

9/23/13 (location TBD) 10/29/13 12/10/13

*(All Meetings will be at the Bugbee Senior Center Unless Otherwise Stated.)

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FROM THE SELECTBOARD: OUR 4 GOALS Last Tuesday, Aug. 20, the Hartford Select Board ran into a bit of a problem. In response to a call for volunteers to join the Hartford Solid Waste Committee, eleven highly qualified appli-cants stepped forward and we had no agreed upon process for making the final selection. On the other hand, we were all de-lighted. Never before had such a strong group of candidates stepped forward to populate one of the town's volunteer boards and this could only mean good things. Part of the reason that this little problem seems so exciting to us is that it represents real progress on one of our major priority areas: increasing citizen engagement in municipal gov-ernance. The Hartford Select Board has decided upon four major goals that it is working to carry out on behalf of the citi-zens of Hartford. We would like to take this opportunity to share these goals with you. They are as follows: 1. Enhance Hartford's attractiveness to residents and busi-nesses in order to sustain the Grand List, create more good jobs, and provide a vibrant economic environment for citizens of our town. 2. Work towards a shared common vision that guides day-to-day decision-making by elected officials, staff, volunteers, and citizens, in particular by making greater use of the town's Mas-ter Plan. 3. Encourage citizen engagement and increase citizen satisfac-tion by having the town government operate in an efficient, effective, and transparent fashion. 4. Work proactively, especially in the areas of energy use, eco-nomic resiliency, and environmental protection, to address the challenges of the future, both in Hartford and the surrounding region The first goal, attractiveness to residents and businesses, is crucial to growing the tax base, which in turn keeps all of our taxes down. With this in mind, we are grateful for the vote of confidence that the citizens showed in this town by passing the Municipal Building and Recreation Bonds. While the bonds will be paid off using tax funds, we believe these improvements will make our community more attractive, which will increase the tax base, which has the effect of sharing the tax burden among more families and businesses, and as a result keeping taxes down. The second goal, building a shared common vision, is nec-essary to keep our focus. After all, if we’re going to climb a mountain together we better be in agreement about the peak we are trying to get to. With this in mind, we are looking for ways to better utilize the Town's excellent Master Plan. Also,

keep your eyes out for ways to engage a broader visioning process that would compliment the plans and visions already in place. The third goal, increasing citizen engagement, is crucial not only to our sense of home and community, but it is also neces-sary in getting the work of the town accomplished and making the best decisions possible. This board's commitment to creat-ing pathways for meaningful citizen engagement is reflected in the Solid Waste Committee, and has been at work in the form of the Municipal Building Advisory Committee. You are reading this newsletter, another way of getting the word out. The fourth goal, working proactively in the areas of energy, economy and environment, has come forward as a reflection of the selectboard's commitment to looking after the long-term well being of the citizens of Hartford. We recognize that, in the 21st Century, times are changing in ways that we need to prepare for at the local level. But if there is one of these goals that should be highlighted here, it should be citizen engagement. It has been really excit-ing to see the ways that some of the skills and experience in our town are being expressed on our many boards and com-missions. These contributions are making a real difference. If you have not yet found a way to engage in your town govern-ance, we would invite you to consider that these activities are both rewarding and significant. If you are currently working along side your fellow residents to help create a healthy and vibrant town for us all to live in, the Hartford Selectboard thanks you! Your spirit of volunteerism is one of the things that makes this town such a great place to live, and your gen-erosity with you time is greatly appreciated.

NOTICE TO THE TOWN OF HARTFORD RESIDENTS

VACANCIES

Conservation Commission

Historic Preservation Commission

Parks and Recreation Commission

Planning Commission

Sister Cities International Committee

Upper Valley River Subcommittee

Applications for the various Boards, Commissions, and Com-mittees can be found on our website at www.hartford-vt.org

or by emailing djohnson@harftford-vt.org

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TOWN-WIDE DIGITIZATION UPDATE

The digitization project is well on its way as the Town has begun scanning its estimated 1,000,000 paper docu-ments. Initial scanning has been focused on the Town Clerk’s Office which is home to valuable Town documents relating to vital records such as births, deaths, and marriages, as well as the Town’s many property records dating back to the Hartford’s earliest days.

Once a document is scanned it can be easily stored and re-trieved using the new digital format and the Town’s Laserfiche document management software. The document management software also includes enhanced search capabilities to help Town staff find documents quickly and easily from their desk-top computers. Working with documents in their digital format also helps to preserve the original paper documents, which are often fragile and historic, by preventing deterioration or loss often caused by physical handling. Equally noteworthy is the fact that scanning also creates a backup of each docu-ment. This is significant since in many cases the original paper document is the only copy that exists.

When scanning in the Town Clerks office is completed, the effort will shift to the Planning and Zoning Department with an emphasis on scanning the many volumes of land use records they maintain. We hope to complete the scanning of all Town documents by spring of next year. Just in time for our move to temporary offices while the Town Offices are being renovated.

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DO YOU PLAN TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO YOUR SIGNAGE?

OFF PREMISE SIGNAGE

Please note that state law prohibits signs which are located on lots other than the one where the advertised business, product or activity is located or sold.

REFACING OR REPLACING/CHANGES TO SIGNAGE

A permit is required if the sign remains the same size, but graphics or text on the sign are altered.

A permit is required if a same-sized or different-sized sign is replacing a permitted sign.

No permit is required to refresh/repair existing graphics.

HAVE YOU OBTAINED A PERMIT IN THE LAST 2 YEARS……..

Please be certain to contact the Department of Planning & Development Services (802-295-3075) to report both START and COMPLETION of effective permits for tracking purposes and obtaining Certificates of Occupancy.

NEW STATE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY STANDARDS, ZONING PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY

As of July 1, 2013

The new law requires certain energy standards be met for renovations or new construction of residential struc-tures. Before the Town Zoning Administrator can issue a Cer-tificate of Occupancy, property owners must provide a Resi-dential Building Efficiency Standards Certificate verifying that the work was done in accordance with state requirements. VT Residential Building Energy Code Handbooks are available from the Dept. of Public Service (kelly.launder@state.vt.us).

WE’RE GOING ELECTRONIC

The Department is in the process of preparing files for elec-tronic use. Public access to files will be limited during the next

few months. Please allow staff time to access files for you.

IS THE RIVER CLEAN?

In case you were wondering if the water at your local swim-ming hole is clean, you now have a place to check! The Ottau-quechee River Group (ORG) received a research grant to per-form water quality monitoring along the Ottauquechee River. The grant is funded by the State of Vermont LaRosa Laboratory.

There are 15 sampling sites along the Ottauquechee River from Killington to Hartford. As a member of the Hartford Con-servation Commission, I am sampling two sites; one in Hartford (just downstream of the Quechee wastewater treatment facil-ity) and one in Hartland (just downstream of the covered bridges dam). Sampling began on June 20 and has been every two weeks during the summer. It will end on September 12.

The water quality sampling constituents include Nitrogen, Chlorine, Phosphorus, E. coli bacteria, and Turbidity. The E. coli bacteria data is available to the public and may be found here: http://www.connecticutriver.us/site/content/sites-list. This is a website that is sponsored by Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC) and the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC).

The CRWC is an organization headquartered in Greenfield, MA that works to protect the watershed from source to sea. ORG collaborated with CRWC to post the Ottauquechee River data onto this public access website. The CRWC actually col-laborates with many groups along the CT river watershed and posts data from a number of different sources. This effort was started back in 2007.

Per the CRWC, the Connecticut River and its tributaries are much cleaner than they were ten, twenty, or thirty years ago. Citizens, businesses, cities and towns have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up our waters, but unfortunately there are still times when it isn't the best idea to go swimming or boating. In addition to the bacteria level for each sampling event, it is noted whether or not it was a wet weather event. Wet weather is defined as any day in which >0.1" of rain fell within the 48 hours preceding sample collection. Bacteria levels are typically elevated during wet weather events and a good rule of thumb is do not go swimming in the river 24 hours after a rain event because of potentially elevated E. coli bacteria in the water.

Wondering if there are other rivers that are being sampled in Hartford? They are! The White River Partnership (WRP) (www.whiteriverpartnership.org) is a community-based non-profit organization developed to improve the long-term health of the White River. Every Wednesday from May 29 to Sept 18, volunteers are sampling for bacteria at 22 sites. Out of the 22 sites, there are two sites in Hartford; one at Watson Park and one at the West Hartford Bridge.

This annual water sampling effort began in 2001 and contin-ues today.

Data from the sampling efforts can be found here: http://www.whiteriverpartnership.org/index.php/news

water-quality-results. The CRWC sponsored website (see web-site address above) also depicts the WRP sampling sites (with data presented on the WRP website).

So, if you are thinking about taking a few more dips in the river before summer is over, please check out the water quality data that has been sampled all summer to make sure the water is safe!

FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF

PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

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COMMUNITY RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CENTER

**Recruiting Reparative Panel Volunteers**

The Hartford Community Restorative Justice Center’s Re-parative Panel is composed of community volunteers who have been trained in restorative justice practices. The panel meets twice a month with offenders who have been con-victed of low level offenses and sentenced by a judge to pro-bation with the condition that they must “complete restora-tive justice programming.”

What is restorative justice programming?

While the court focuses on the law that has been broken and how to “punish” the offender for breaking the law, re-storative justice focuses on who has been harmed by the offender’s actions and what the offender can do to repair the harm and make amends.

What is the reparative process?

Offenders meet with a panel of community volunteers (reparative panel), and anyone affected by their crime who chooses to participate in the process. Through this restora-tive process, offenders learn how victims and the community have been affected by their behavior and are held account-able for their actions. With input from the group, the of-fender agrees to complete tasks related to the following four goals:

1. Learn the impact of my crime on my community and any victims or affected parties.

2. Make amends to victims and affected parties. 3. Make amends to harm done to the community. 4. Learn ways to avoid re-offense in the future.

A Reparative Agreement is written, signed by all present, and the offender has 90 days to complete the agreed upon tasks.

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For more information please call Martha or Lynn at

(802)-478-1900 or email: mmclafferty@hartford-vt.org

CONGRATULATIONS!

The Hartford Department of Public Works is proud to announce the birth of “Berkley”, newly born daughter of Water Operator Evan Eccher and his wife Kayla. Berkley arrived at 5:10am on the 24th of July coming in to the new world at 9lbs 3oz and 19 inches long. We wish Evan, Kayla, big brother Blake & Berkley a happy

future!

HARTFORD WASTEWATER SYSTEMS

Hartford DPW operates two wastewater treatment facilities that independently serve White River Junction and Quechee. Recently both facilities underwent major treatment upgrades; Quechee was completed in the spring of 2011 and White River Junction in fall of 2012.

Treatment capacity was increased from 1.215 to 1.450 million gallons per day at WRJ and from 300,000 to 450,000 gallons per day at the Quechee plant. Both facility upgrades included the rebuilding of 1980 era screening/grit removal processes. Existing aeration systems were converted to Sequential Batch Reactors (SBRs) that provide enhanced biological nutrient removal (phosphorus and nitrogen) as opposed to using only chemical treatment. Chemical disinfection of final effluent now is provided by ultraviolet light (UV) systems.

Many energy efficiency and sustainability principles and technology were incorporated in plant design and construction. Along side these technology based improvements many low-tech approaches were used such as, reusing existing tanks for new purposes, reclaiming treated effluent to replace the use of potable water for process wash down and heating/cooling of the Control Building.

Both facilities were eligible and each awarded nearly $1M in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding. The WRJ Project was completed more than $1.5M under budget and the Quechee Project was delivered six months ahead of schedule and more than $1.0M under budget.

We are very proud of these facilities and thankful to the citizens of Hartford for their support in funding these necessary improvements and welcome anyone wanting a plant tour to contact the Public Works Department at (802) 295-3622.

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FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

The Bridge Street Underpass Project is in full swing. The

State of Vermont has signed a contract with ECI and the Town

of Hartford is acting as the Project Manger. Stantec Engineer-

ing has been hired to do inspection services.

The project has, at this time, seen work being done to raise

the two rail lines to final elevation, removal of lead paint on

the granite block, sidewalk removal and they have started to

remove the concrete deck and steel beams.

They will be installing steel sheets to prevent the material

from being displaced as they excavate for the micro piles and

concrete slab that the new beams and bridge deck will set

upon. The granite block abutments will not have any bearing

of weight from the new structure; they are historical features

of the railroad system.

During the replacement process there will be 4 times during

the replacement that the contractor will be working 48 hours

straight to replace the deck and rail on one side without inter-

fering with rail service on the other rail line.

The Victory Circle water line replacement has been com-

pleted, in the next week the remainder of asphalt in the water

line replacement area will be removed and the street will have

a new gravel surface until the Paving contractors start in July

on the Summer Paving Projects.

This Summer Paving Projects include the following areas:

A Street

Chandler Road

Cedar Street, Oak Street & Spruce Street

Davis Circle, Perkins Place, Raymond Circle & Kinsman Street

Wheelock Road & Golfview Lane

Norwich Avenue & Elm Street

Fox Lane

Gifford Road

Olcott Drive

Old Quechee Rd

Podunk Road

Quechee Main St

LANDFILL HOURS

Monday - Saturday

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

2590 North Hartland Road * White River Jct., VT 05001

(802) 295-5740

landfill@hartford-vt.org

ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS

WASTE COLLECTION DAY

FOR HARTFORD AND DISTRICT RESIDENTS

WILL BE HELD ON

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

FROM 9:00AM – 12:00(noon)

AT WOODSTOCK TOWN GARAGE

Hazardous waste programs are for both Hartford and

District residents and small businesses. Residents can

come to our HHW Collections at no charge. Businesses

are charged direct costs only and must pre-register by

calling the Town of Hartford Transfer & Recycling Cen-

ter at (802) 295-5740 or GUVSWMD at (802) 296-3688.

RECYCLING BINS FOR SALE!

Available at

Transfer & Recycling Center Office

14 Gallon Capacity - Length Inches 19-3/4; Width Inches 15-3/4; Height 13-1/2 - $10.50

TRANSFER & RECYCLING CENTER

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

We will be closed on the following:

Monday, September 2, 2013 (Labor Day)

Monday, November 11, 2013 (Veterans’ Day)

Thursday, November 28 & Friday, November 29, 2013

(Thanksgiving)

Quechee West Hartford Rd

Sykes Mountain Avenue

Victory Circle

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EMPLOYEE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Officer Logan Scelza joined the Hartford Police Department

in August 2012. Officer Scelza grew up in the Town of Hartford

and graduated from Hartford High School in 2009. Officer

Scelza is highly motivated and at the same time professional in

his dealings with public. This motivation and professionalism is

nothing to Officer Scelza. He joined the Marine Reserves in

2008 while he was still in high school and remains a current

Marine Reservist. In his short time here at HPD he has received

numerous letters of appreciation. Below is a picture of Officer

Scelza taking time out of his day to read to the children of the

Green Mountain Day Care Center in town.

FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE

Cindra Dunaway is a 9-1-1 dispatcher for the Lee County

(Fla.) Sheriff’s Office. She recently wrote this article that was

posted in the APCO magazine. Cindra describes perfectly what

it takes to be a dispatcher and what dispatchers go through.

Even though Cindra may work in a larger communications cen-

ter, what she describes happens in them all. Because of the

length of the article, it will be broken into three monthly seg-

ments.

So you want to be a dispatcher?

Have you thought about what goes on in a communications

center? Or better yet, have you thought about what goes on

out in the field? People often have a preconceived notion

about what it’s like to work in the public safety field. I think we

have movies and TV shows to blame. As much as I love to

watch crime shows and action movies, they sure don’t do us

public safety folks any favors when Mrs. Smith wants us to take

tire track impressions from her yard after her trash cans get

knocked over. I once watched an episode of CSI Miami where

they calculated how long it would take a vehicle to run out of

gas after the fuel tank was hit with a bullet at a shootout. I

have never worked in, or even seen a communication center

where the equipment and computers are as sophisticated as

the ones they carry in their vehicles. The response and images

they get in an instant always make me laugh. I would love to

work in the center that has access to these computers! Maybe

NASA or the NSA, but not here in little ol’ Florida.

Do you know what it takes to be a public safety telecommuni-

cator?

First the logistics of the profession are enough to send most

sane people running for the hills. So let me get this straight. I

will be working under moments of extreme stress that may

turn into hours or even an entire shift? I may be mandated to

work overtime, even after I just finished a 12-hour shift and

haven’t had a day off in a week? I am responsible for every call

I take, dispatch or transfer? Every mode of communication in

my center is recorded and may be pulled by the media, super-

visors and members of the general public? I will be scrutinized

for any mistakes I may make, and those mistakes have the po-

tential to harm someone and may prove to be fatal? I am ex-

pected to be professional and polite to every member of the

public that I come into contact with no matter how they treat

me? I get to work nights, weekends, holidays and my daugh-

ter’s birthday? I will probably not get a raise, and may even

face working short staffed due to budget constraints? I will be

expected to be able to multi-task under the most demanding

situations ever and be expected to do all of this with absolute

accuracy? I will be exposed to some of the most horrible situa-

tions, see and hear the worst of the worst–so much so that I

will need to be aware of things like crisis situations, critical inci-

dent stress and accumulative stress? And I can have all this for

under $25,000 a year with little to no recognition? Where do I

sign?

(To be cont. with – And That Is Just the Beginning)

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FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT

The Hartford Police Department has had a large increase in

“teenage suicide” calls over the past couple of months. Social

media makes it easier for teenagers to communicate with each

other and oftentimes will take the emotion out of the situa-

tion. Teenagers will use social media to talk about suicide.

Recipients of these messages will often ignore them as they do

not think it is reason enough to commit suicide. We need to

come together as a community and take this issue seriously.

In speaking with several teenagers who attend school in

Hartford it was learned that most of them have received mes-

sages through text, Facebook, snap chat, etc. Almost all of

these teenagers have indicated that they ignored the mes-

sages and did not report them to anybody because it would

not have been a valid reason for them to attempt suicide.

These threats can stem from something as small as not being

allowed to go to a friend’s house for the night or to go to a

dance. Almost all of the threats that have been reported have

been real and not an attempt to get attention. We need to

express to our children that it is easier to have a friend being

mad at them for reporting the threat than dealing with the

grief of an actual suicide attempt when they did not say any-

thing. Our children need to know that the community cares

about them and that there are several ways to get help.

Some signs to watch for would include change of appetite

or sleeping habits, lack of concentration, grades getting worse,

talk of suicide or being better off without me, change of

friends or withdrawal from family and friends, drug and alco-

hol abuse, sadness or hopelessness, anger, hostility, fatigue

and lack of enthusiasm or motivation.

The community needs to make our children aware that they

are not alone and that we are there to help them. In order to

do this we need to speak up right away when we see these

signs. We need to let our children know that we are there for

them. There have been several teenage suicides recently, all

of which have numerous postings on Facebook. Parents can

use these postings as a way to get their children to open up

and talk to them about problems they may be having.

Teenagers may be afraid to say anything for fear of being

misunderstood or ashamed. Denial is a strong emotion and

we need to trust our judgment and to speak to them about the

signs we are seeing. We need to let them know that we are

there for them and be able to provide alternate people such as

Police Officers, Guidance Counselors, Therapists, and teachers

if they are uncomfortable speaking with a parent.

There are several resources available in the Upper Valley for

children who are having suicidal thoughts. These include

HCRS, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Alice Peck Day

Hospital, school counselors, the Suicide Hotline, Second

Growth, Headrest, and Wecare.hartford, and youmatter.com.

There also plans underway for monthly meetings at the Com-

munity Night which takes place at the Hartford High School.

Once again as a community we need to come together and

let our children know that we do care and that we are there

for them. We need to be active listeners and avoid the “blame

game”. We need to be aware of the early warning signs and

take them seriously. All of us are busy as parents, but we still

need to make time to be involved in our children’s lives and

their friends’ lives.

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FROM THE HARTFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT

TECHNICAL RESCUE TRAINING

The Fire Department responds to many different types of

emergency calls. One type of specialized emergency call in-

volves rescue from heights. This can be as simple as using

ropes to bring a patient up an embankment or as complex as

descending down a cliff, using a highline to span a river, or

repelling down a building. Members of the Hartford Fire

Department spent eight hours over two days reviewing these

techniques and simulating different scenarios.

The training was conducted on the VA Hospital Campus;

using a rocky ledge area as our training ground. Teams con-

structed hauling and lowering systems using ropes to lower

rescuers down the ledge to the simulated patient trapped on

the ledges. The rescuer practiced placing the victim into an

evacuation harness and removing the patient either up or

down the rock face to safety. Additionally, members practiced

removal of patient in a stokes basket (a rescue basket where

the patient lays down and is secured into the basket). This

method is used when the patient is injured and cannot assist

or be assisted down from their location using the evacuation

harness. Members ascended and descended the rock ledge

utilizing the rope system while managing the basket.

USAR (Urban Search and Rescue) Training

The State continues to organize its State USAR Task Force to

handle catastrophic events that may occur within the State of

Vermont. Many fire departments across the State have been

trained in many of these rescue disciplines: high angle rescue,

confined space rescue, trench rescue and building collapse

rescue. Hartford has played a leadership role in this develop-

ment process.

Members of the fire department participated in Vermont

Fire Academy sponsored and Vermont Homeland Security

funded training in May and June:

Captain Raymond Bushey and Captain Scott Cooney com-

pleted the FEMA Task Force Leader program. This 40 hour

course is designed to provide the participants with the knowl-

edge, skills and abilities to understand the responsibilities of a

Task Force Leader for a Type 1 Urban Search and Rescue Task

Force. This course addresses the administrative and opera-

tional requirements that a Task Force Leader is faced with dur-

ing an incident response. The Task Force Leader will learn the

tasks of coordinating and supervising the readiness and de-

ployment of a team of specialists and managers within the six

major functional areas of a task force: command, logistics,

planning, search, medical, and rescue. Participants learn the

interdependence of the six major functional areas and how to

effectively manage those interactions.

Captain Michael Whitcomb, Captain David Rowlee, and

Lieutenant Alan Beebe completed the 24 hour Rescue Team

Manager program. The Rescue Team Manager is responsible

for managing and supervising the rescue function of the task

force during incident operations. The Rescue Team Manager

reports directly to the Task Force Leader.

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SEPTEMBER 2013 *All Meetings Are Held At The Municipal Building (171 Bridge Street, White River Junction, VT ) Unless Otherwise Noted

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 HOLIDAY—Municipal

Offices Closed

3 Selectboard Mtg - 6pm

Bugbee Senior Center

4 HBRLF - Noon

5 6 7

8

9 Conservation

Commission - 7pm

10

11

Municipal Building Advi-

sory Committee - 5:30pm

12 Design Review Committee 8am

Parks & Recreation

Commission - 4:30pm

13 14

15

16 Town/School Meeting

Committee - 6:30pm

Coolidge Hotel

17 Selectboard Mtg - 6pm

Bugbee Senior Center

Tree Board - 6pm

18 Historic Preservation

Commission - 4:30pm

19

20

21

22 23 Selectboard Preliminary

Budget Discussion - 6pm

Hartford High School

24

25 Municipal Bldg Advisory

Committee - 5:30pm

Zoning Board - 6:30pm

26 Energy Commission - 6:30pm

27 28

29 30 Planning Commission -

6pm*Planning & Zoning

App Deadline is Noon

1 Selectboard Mtg - 6pm

Bugbee Senior Center

2 3 4 5

OCTOBER 2013

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7 Conservation

Commission - 7pm

8

9

Municipal Building Advi-

sory Committee - 5:30pm

10 Parks & Recreation

Commission - 4:30pm

Design Review Committee 8am

11 12

13 WABA

OPENS

14 FLOATING HOLIDAY—

Municipal Offices Open

15 Selectboard Mtg - 6pm

Bugbee Senior Center

Tree Board - 6pm

16 Historic Preservation

Commission - 4:30pm

17

18

19

20 21 TSMC- 6:30pm Coolidge

22

23 MBAC - 5:30pm

24 Energy Commission - 6:30pm

25 26 Egg

Haunt

27 28

29 Selectboard Mtg - 6pm

Bugbee Senior Center

30 Zoning Board - 6:30pm

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TOWN OFFICE CONTACTS:

TOWN CLERK

(802) 295-2785

PARKS & RECREATION

(802) 295-5036

PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

(802) 295-3075

HARTFORD COMMUNITY RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

(802) 478-1900

TOWN MANAGER

(802) 295-9353

FIRE DEPARTMENT

(802) 295-3232

POLICE DEPARTMENT

(802) 295-9425

PUBLIC WORKS

(802) 295-3622

LISTER/ASSESSOR

(802) 295-3077

FINANCE

(802) 295-3002

BOARDS & COMMISSIONS

HARTFORD WELCOME CENTER

(802) 281-5050

NOVEMBER 2013 *All Meetings Are Held At The Municipal Building (171 Bridge Street, White River Junction, VT ) Unless Otherwise Noted

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2

3

4 Planning Commission -

6pm*Planning & Zoning

App Deadline is Noon

Conservation

Commission - 7pm

5

6

7

8 9

10

11 HOLIDAY—Municipal

Offices Closed

12

Selectboard Mtg - 6pm

Bugbee Senior Center

13 Municipal Building Advi-

sory Committee - 5:30pm

14 Design Review Committee 8am

Parks & Recreation

Commission - 4:30pm

15

16

17 18 TSMC - 6:30pm Coolidge

19

Tree Board - 6pm

20 Historic Preservation

Commission - 4:30pm

21

Energy Commission - 6:30pm

22 23

24 25 26 Selectboard Mtg - 6pm

Bugbee Senior Center

27 Municipal Bldg Advisory

Committee - 5:30pm

28 Turkey Skate

HOLIDAY—Municipal Offices

Closed

29 HOLIDAY -

Municipal

Offices Closed

30

DECEMBER 2013 1 2

Conservation

Commission - 7pm

3 4 HBRLF - Noon

5 6 7

8

9 Planning Commission -

6pm*Planning & Zoning

App Deadline is Noon

10 Selectboard Mtg - 6pm

Bugbee Senior Center

11

Municipal Building Advi-

sory Committee - 5:30pm

Zoning Board - 6:30pm

12 Parks & Recreation

Commission - 4:30pm

Selectboard Budget Mtg - 6pm

Bugbee Senior Center

13 14

15

16

17 Selectboard Mtg - 6pm

Bugbee Senior Center

Tree Board - 6pm

18 Historic Preservation

Commission - 4:30pm

19

Design Review Committee 8am

Energy Commission - 6:30pm

Selectboard BudgetMtg - 6pm

Bugbee Senior Center

20

21

22 23 Town/School Meeting

Committee - 6:30pm

Coolidge Hotel

24

25 HOLIDAY—Municipal

Offices Closed

26 27 28

29 30 31

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TOWN OFFICE CONTACTS:

TOWN CLERK

(802) 295-2785

PARKS & RECREATION

(802) 295-5036

PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

(802) 295-3075

HARTFORD COMMUNITY RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

(802) 478-1900

TOWN MANAGER

(802) 295-9353

FIRE DEPARTMENT

(802) 295-3232

POLICE DEPARTMENT

(802) 295-9425

PUBLIC WORKS

(802) 295-3622

LISTER/ASSESSOR

(802) 295-3077

FINANCE

(802) 295-3002

BOARDS & COMMISSIONS

HARTFORD WELCOME CENTER

(802) 281-5050

THE TOWN BUDGET IN ONE DOLLAR

Here’s a look at the town’s budget for the current fiscal year showing how the town raises and spends money in the form of $1.00.

First, let’s look at town spending:

Most of the money comes from prop-

erty taxes, but we do get a lot of

money from fees for things like per-

mits, billing for ambulance services

(EMS) and dispatch services. We also

put money we’ve saved to use (capital

reserves) for new equipment.

.

On the spending side $1 looks like this:

Paying staff is our single biggest ex-

pense. Contract services (mostly for

road paving) is another big chunk. Debt

payments are just 3 cents on the dollar,

about the same as overtime costs or

the money we take in from surrounding

towns for doing their dispatching.