The moderator presides at town and school annual meeting by keeping the discourse on track, ruling on points of order, and otherwise making sure that the meeting runs well.
Selectboard: Laurie Cox, Giles Hoyler, Bill Hunsinger
The selectboard is responsible for the roads, prepares the town budget, sets the tax rate, appoints town officers, authorizes expenditures, manages town property, and other affairs of the town. A clerk of selectboard (“board clerk”) is hired by the selectboard to carry out administrative duties such as researching and drafting ordinances, preparing agendas, minutes and correspondence, administering grants, and preparing the budget for board review.
Board of Listers: Alison Joseph Dickinson, Beth Eliason Erik Eriksen
Listers prepare the annual grand list and manage homestead declarations, current use, and reporting to the state throughout the year.
Justices of the Peace: Alex Cox, Jenna Hunsinger, Kim Kimler, Amy McGlashan, Norm Tjossem,
The JPs perform marriages and administer oaths, help at elections, serve on the Boards of Civil Authority and Abatement.
Constable: Chris Smith
The constable has the authority to arrest, perform searches and seizures within the town, and serve criminal or civil processes, but is not encouraged to do any of these – the sheriff or state police are.
SPECIAL BOARDS AND POSITIONS Board of Civil Authority: comprised of the selectboard, town clerk, and justices of the peace; the principal policy- making body for elections. Board of Abatement: comprised of the selectboard, town clerk, town treasurer, justices of the peace, and listers; hears property tax appeals and tax abatements.
