Members of the Select Board are elected annually at the Town Meeting on the first Tuesday in March. Their terms are staggered with some individuals being elected for a two-year term and some being elected for a three-year term. The current members of the Select Board are:
Member | Term Ends | Telephone No. & Email |
Rex D Corey | 2023 | 802-770-0702
rexdcorey@gmail.com |
Robert Barnes | 2022 | 948-2831 |
Thomas Audet, Chair |
2021 |
802-989-3906ledgehavenfarm@gmail.com |
Bill Goddard, Vice Chair |
2021 |
948-2773bsgoddard@shoreham.net |
Dave Larsen | 2022 | 948-2859
david.f.larsen@gmail.com |
The Select Board also assigns its members to be responsible for specific areas of concern. For 2020 the assignments are:
- Highways – All Select Board Members
- Budgets and Finance – Thomas Audet & Robert Barnes
- Sewer – Bill Goddard & Rex Corey
- Personnel and Service Organizations – Bill Goddard & Dave Larsen
- Legal and Regulatory – Dave Larsen & Tom Audet
The Select Board Chair is Thomas Audet; Vice Chair is Bill Goddard
The Select Board assigns some members to serve as liaisons to “outside” organizations. This year’s assignments are:
- Transportation Advisory Board – Thomas Audet-Delegate
-Alternate
- Addison County Solid Waste Management District – Karl Thomsen-Representative
- Thomas Audet, Chair-Alternate
The State requires that the Select Board appoint individuals or organizations to serve the community:
- Inspector of Lumber, Shingles, and Wood – Allen M. Alger
- Pound Keeper – Addison County Humane Society
- Weigher of Coal – Allen R. Alger
- Tree Warden – Allen M. Alger
- Fence Viewers – (Listers) Cheryl Tudhope, Stephen James and Jean Audet
- Clerk of the Board – Elizabeth “Betty” Walker
- Newspaper – Addison Independent
- Emergency Management Director – Sandy Korda
Official State Notification of Town of Orwell Appointments and Assignments