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 | 2026 | 802-770-0702
Selectboard@townoforwellvt.org |
Gary Murdock | 2024 | 802-989-4017Selectboard@townoforwellvt.org
murdock@shoreham.net |
Thomas Audet, Chair |
2024 |
802-989-3906Selectboard@townoforwellvt.org |
Bill Goddard |
2025 |
802-948-2773Selectboard@townoforwellvt.org |
Andrea Treadway, Vice Chair | 2025 |
802-236-2199Selectboard@townoforwellvt.org |
The Select Board also assigns its members to be responsible for specific areas of concern. For 2023 the assignments are:
- Highways – Thomas Audet, Andrea Treadway, Rex Corey
- Budgets and Finance – Thomas Audet & Bill Goddard
- Sewer – Gary Murdock & Rex Corey
- Personnel and Service Organizations – Andrea Treadway, Gary Murdock
- Legal and Regulatory – Thomas Audet, Bill Goddard
The Select Board Chair is Thomas Audet; Vice Chair is Andrea Treadway
The Select Board assigns some members to serve as liaisons to “outside” organizations. This year’s assignments are:
- Transportation Advisory Board – Andrea Treadway-Delegate
Rex Corey -Alternate
- Addison County Solid Waste Management District – Vacant-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, Becky Quesnel 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