Definition:
The Select Board is at the center of Vermont’s local governments. It is the body that has general supervision and control over the affairs of the town. 24 V.S.A. § 872. The Select Board performs three functions: legislative (enacts local ordinances, regulations, and policies); administrative (prepares and presents the budget, oversees all town expenditures, supervises personnel and controls town buildings and property); and quasi-judicial (determines private rights in such areas as laying out, discontinuing, and reclassifying highways and hearing appeals as the local board of health and as the local liquor control commission).
Select Board members:
- Scott Briere, Chair
- Scott Morley
- Vacant
Regular Select Board Meetings are held on the first and third Monday of each month starting at 6:00 pm at the Town Offices. Agendas for regular and special meetings will be posted no later then 48 hours prior to a meeting. Please contact the Town Administrator if you have any questions about the Select Board meeting agendas or minutes.
Town Administrator
townadministrator@coventryvt.org