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Selectmen Bill Parker and Charlie Hosford with
Peter MacLaren
Waitsfield Business Community Forum, Oct. 27, 2008 |
The Waitsfield Selectboard is responsible for the
general supervision of the affairs of the town and "shall cause to be
performed all duties required of the town not committed by law to the
care of any particular officer." 24 V.S.A.
§ 872 More specifically, the
Selectboard is charged with the following duties:
- May
enact ordinances and rules
regulating land use and nuisances;
- Warns all annual Town meetings and specifies
the business to be conducted at the meeting, including proposing an
annual budget;
- Sets the tax rate to raise the specific amount
of funds voted at the Annual Town Meeting;
- Hires, fires, and directs almost all Town
employees, sets salaries if voters do not do so at town meeting, and
establishes and enforces personnel policies;
- Authorizes all Town expenditures by signing
orders for the Treasurer to draw Town funds;.
- Is responsible for laying out, classifying,
and discontinuing Town roads;
- Is responsible for all animal control;
- Is authorized to borrow money for periods of
less than a year in anticipation of taxes;
Selectman Roy Hadden, Selectwoman Kate Williams,
Peter MacLaren
Waitsfield Business Community Forum, Oct. 27, 2008 |
- Fills all Town vacancies until an election is
held;
- Appoints many Town Officer positions, such as
Fence Viewers, Inspector of Lumber, Tree Warden, and others;
- Appoints and removes planning commissioners,
unless the town has voted to elect them;
- Serves as ex-officio planning commission
members in "rural towns." 24 V.S.A.
§ 4322. (A "rural town" is a
town with a population of less than 2,500 or a town with a population
of at least 2,500 but less than 5,000 which has voted by Australian
ballot to be considered a rural town. 24 V.S.A.
§ 4303(10).);
- Adopts the town plan unless the town votes to
adopt it by Australian ballot (24 V.S.A. § 4385);
- Regulates and issues certificates for
junkyards. 24 V.S.A.
§§ 2241–2242;
- Purchases all insurance for the Town;
- Requires certain town officers to obtain a
bond and sets the amount necessary. 24 V.S.A.
§ 832;
- Members serve as members of the Board of Civil Authority;
and
- Has other miscellaneous regulatory powers.
Meetings
The Selectboard's regular meetings are held on the
2nd and 4th Mondays of each month, 7:30 p.m., at the Waitsfield Town
Office.
Questions for the Selectboard may be directed to Town Administrator
Valerie Capels.
Contact
Valerie J. Capels, Town Administrator
Waitsfield Town Office
9 Bridge Street
Waitsfield, VT 05673
Phone: (802) 496-2218
Fax: (802) 496-9284
E-mail: 
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Members
and Terms
| Members |
Term
Yrs |
Term
Expires |
| Charles
Hosford, Chair |
3 |
Mar.
2010 |
| Kate
Williams |
2 |
Mar.
2010 |
| William
Parker |
3 |
Mar.
2011 |
| Salvatore
Spinosa |
2 |
Mar. 2011 |
| Paul
Hartshorn |
3 |
Mar.
2012 |
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State Statute: Either three or
five selectpersons serve overlapping terms of between one and three
years. One of three is elected to a three-year term each
year. 17 V.S.A.
§ 2646(4). A town may vote to
add two more selectpersons (for a total of five), each serving one- or
two-year terms. 17 V.S.A.
§ 2650. |
Updated
February 4, 2010
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