Town meeting
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Oct 20, 2026
speaker_0MODERATOR
Thank you.
speaker_0MODERATOR
All right, we have an easy one, vote to hold town meeting on May 18th, 2027.
speaker_0MODERATOR
It's hard to believe we're already talking about it.
speaker_9PANELIST
I'll move that the select board set the 2027 town meeting for May 18th, 2027.
speaker_8PANELIST
Second.
speaker_0MODERATOR
Motion and a second.
Steve BottariHOST
Mm-hmm.
Adam SextonHOST
People didn't want to have the primary on Town Meeting Day anymore because all of those national problems coming due.
Adam SextonHOST
You know, Democrats had had really divisive primaries in '68 and '72.
Adam SextonHOST
They were mad, and then the Republicans were dealing with, you know, a national issue in terms of Watergate, and all of a sudden they were like, "Oh, man, do we really wanna have all this stuff going on in the middle of Town Meeting?" And so-
Steve BottariHOST
By the way, Adam, Town Meeting Day for folks from outside of New Hampshire, New England, you don't know what Town Meeting Day is, it's-- E- explain it.
Adam SextonHOST
Well, yeah.
Adam SextonHOST
So people get very involved in the most detailed things in their town.
Stephanie LahtinenHOST
Everyone's just really enjoying the weather and kind of going through just the administrative start of the year.
Stephanie LahtinenHOST
Well, now it's fall and fall is busy season in Westminster, whether it's busy from an election standpoint, busy from it's almost special town meeting time.
Stephanie LahtinenHOST
It's the time where we start prepping for the budget for next year.
Stephanie LahtinenHOST
We start preparing for everything upcoming for fiscal year 2028.
Stephanie LahtinenHOST
And we literally are already are in the process of preparing for the May 2027 annual town meeting.
Stephanie LahtinenHOST
I know it sounds like it's far away, but trust and believe it's not.
Stephanie LahtinenHOST
So fall is definitely a busy season.
8 MINS LATER
Stephanie LahtinenHOST
So kind of on the heels of the staff outing, Chairman Cooley wanted to bring up the staff, myself and our HR director looking into a more formalized employee recognition process.
Sabine PouxHOST
Some of them are elected in November.
Sabine PouxHOST
Others are appointed around Town Meeting Day.
Sabine PouxHOST
And so today, we're not breaking down the latest polling or the major horse races.
Sabine PouxHOST
We're not focusing on the Goliaths of Vermont politics.
Sarah HeimGUEST
So my question for Brave Little State is why are Vermont towns still required to have weighers of coal and fence viewers when it seems that the function of these jobs are now largely obsolete?
Sabine PouxHOST
This is Sarah Heim from Richmond, one of our question askers in this episode, and she's curious about two jobs with deliciously literal names: weighers of coal and fence viewers.
Sabine PouxHOST
These positions are appointed by select boards after Town Meeting Day every spring.
Sabine PouxHOST
And when Sarah's husband learned about these jobs, he couldn't resist.
Mia BaumgartenHOST
I'm Mia Baumgarten, your other host.
Mia BaumgartenHOST
Today, believe it or not, we're getting ready for special town meeting on Monday, November 16th at 6 p.m.
Mia BaumgartenHOST
There are four zoning articles on the warrant and zoning language can be tough to read cold.
Mia BaumgartenHOST
So we brought in the person who knows these articles best.
5 MINS LATER
Elizabeth JenkinsGUEST
Parking lots and landscape areas are usually planned together into commercial development.
Elizabeth JenkinsGUEST
So in addition to cleaning up the parking standards, the bylaw proposes to strengthen the landscape requirements for new development, including standards for street trees, screening, and the use of native plants.
Amanda ConverseHOST
So voters approved the downtown housing overlay district at special town meeting in November, 2025.
Amanda ConverseHOST
And the attorney general approved it in March, 2026.
Scott PattersonHOST
And then they are, they, they aren't saying anything to her, and Lorelai is a little bit disappointed.
Scott PattersonHOST
You know, they head to the town meeting.
Scott PattersonHOST
Luke and Lorelai's relationship is actually up for discussion.
Scott PattersonHOST
[laughs]
Suzanne FrenchHOST
Maybe, yeah.
Scott PattersonHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Scott PattersonHOST
So Luke and Lorelai head to the town meeting.
Scott PattersonHOST
Their relationship is up for the discussion.