Select Board

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:

The Select Board also assigns its members to be responsible for specific areas of concern.  For 2021 the assignments are:

• Highways – Thomas Audet, Robert Barnes, Rex Corey
• Budgets and Finance – Thomas Audet & Bill Goddard
• Sewer – Robert Barnes & Rex Corey
• Personnel and Service Organizations – Bill Goddard
• Legal and Regulatory – Thomas 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 – Sarah Harris-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