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Upcoming Meetings
The Trustees will hold a Special Meeting on whether to repeal the Interim Bylaw on Tuesday, November 17 at 7 pm at the Old First Church Barn. The Notice for the meeting can be found here in the Agendas & Minutes. Here's the Zoom link for the meeting: https://zoom.us/j/94961787721. (The Interim Bylaw enables zoning activity while the Village completes our next Village Plan, a lengthy process.)
The Planning Commission will meet on Monday, November 9 at 7:00 pm at the Old First Church Barn. The first part of the meeting will be a continuation of their October 26 hearing on the draft Village Plan. Once everybody has made their statements on the draft plan, they will adjourn the continued hearing and hold their regular monthly meeting. The Agenda for the meeting can be found here in the Agendas & Minutes tab. Here's the Zoom link for the meeting: https://zoom.us/j/97430855416.
The Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, December 3 at 7:00 pm at the Old First Church Barn. The Agenda for the meeting can be found here two days beforehand in the Agendas & Minutes tab. Here's the Zoom link for the meeting: https://zoom.us/j/91347826323?pwd=6zOxab5qr50MDOeaz9WQZ4cBaAeUaL.1.
The most recent monthly Treasurer's Report can be found in the here in the Reports & Taxes tab.
Note that regular Trustees meetings are held the first Tuesday of every month, and regular Planning Commissions are held the second Monday of the month. Agendas are generally posted two days beforehand.
Latest News
The Planning Commission has released a draft of the new Village Plan. People wishing to comment on the plan can do so at the Planning Commission's next meeting on November 9. People wishing to propose possible revisions to the plan can do so in writing before the next meeting. Written comments should include a page reference as well as the proposed language of the revision. On acceptance of a final draft, the Planning Commission will present the Plan to the Village Trustees, so that they can schedule the first of their required public hearings on the Plan.
The Planning Commission was asked where details could be found for the Town Plan process in the state and region. Information can be located by visiting bcrcvt.org, or by Googling Bennington County Regional Commission. On the home page, click on the Programs tab, then click on Municipal and Regional Planning. Scroll to "Planning/Zoning Resources," and click the icon titled "The Municipal Plan." To review the proposed regional plan, go the BCRC home page and click on the Regional Plan tab.
The Village Clerk thanks residents who have sent their email addresses for advance notification of meetings and other developments outside the Board's usual monthly schedule. (Agendas for the regular monthly meetings are generally posted two days beforehand on this website, in accordance with Vermont's Open Meeting Law. ) If you'd like to get these occasional emails for other events, please send your address to the Clerk, Mary Walsh, at mary.williams.walsh@gmail.com.