The Selectboard has warned two public hearings on September 16 (6:30 p.m. at Town Meeting Hall) and September 23 (6:30 p.m. at Pomerleau Conference Room, St. Michael’s College) for public input on charter changes relating to:
• Appointed versus elected town clerk
• Appointed versus elected cemetery officials and the transfer of responsibility and oversight for cemeteries to the Town staff
• Elimination of irrelevant town positions such as Grand Juror, Fence Viewer, etc.
• Minor changes such as capitalizations, and changes to references to Selectboard and Town Manager
• Tax payment penalty revisions
• Ordinance warnings
• Town meeting time
• Town Manager requirement for a bond and attendance at every meeting
• Powers of the Town including sale of land, ordinance penalties, and corporate existence

These changes have been posted in their entirety on our website, in five public places, and they will appear in the Colchester Sun and are available in the Town Clerk’s office and Burnham Library. Your comments regarding these proposed changes are welcome and may be directed to the Town Manager at dfrancis@colchestervt.gov It is anticipated these charter amendments may be voted upon by Australian ballot at an upcoming special Town Meeting on November 4, 2014, subject to upcoming Selectboard action.
For more information about the Town Manager’s Office, please visit http://colchestervt.gov/Manager/index.shtml or call (802) 264-5509.
The text of the amendments may be found here: http://colchestervt.gov/news.shtml

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