Hazard Impact Survey-Local Hazard Mitigation Plan

Woodbury is in the process of updating its Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. Once approved by FEMA, the plan is good for 5 years and the town is eligible for disaster-related funding and cost-savings. As the town embarks on this update process, community input is encouraged and appreciated. An online Hazard Impact Survey is available to collect your experiences and concerns with disaster events. The Hazard Impact Survey is here. If you prefer a paper version of the survey, they are available at the town office.

Click on the link address to access the survey.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Hg41ZpVjB5avJadLUorvu44EE1_iRhbmrTgOV4c0j1A/viewform?edit_requested=true

Thank you.

Michael Gray

Changes to the Open Meeting Law-Effective July 1, 2024

The Vermont Legislature passed Act 133 (S.55) that amended Vermont’s Open Meeting Law, 1 V.S.A. effective July 1, 2024.

Highlights of Act 133 (S.55) include:

  • permits “advisory bodies” – those that do not have supervision, control, or jurisdiction over legislative, quasi-judicial, tax, or budgetary matters – to meet electronically without a physical meeting location (i.e., remotely);
  • requires all other public bodies (i.e., “nonadvisory bodies”) to record, in audio or video form, their meetings and post the recordings in a designated electronic location for a minimum of 30 days following the approval and posting of the official minutes of the meeting which was recorded;
  • allows all public bodies to meet remotely in response to a state of emergency or “local incident”;
  • requires all public bodies to provide local residents, members of the press, or members of the body itself electronic/telephonic or in-person meeting access options to a regularly scheduled meeting, if requested (unless it causes an undue hardship);
  • requires a municipality to post on its website (if it maintains one):
  • an explanation of the procedures for submitting notice of an Open Meeting Law violation to the public body or the Attorney General; and
  • a copy of the text of 1 V.S.A. § 314; and
  • imposes annual training requirements on selectboard chairs, town managers, and mayors.

Here’s a link to the text of 1 V.S.A.  § 314:
https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/01/005/00314

Here’s a link 1 V.S.A. § 310: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/01/005/00310

Procedures for submitting notice of an Open Meeting Law violation to the public body or Attorney General may be found in the  “Records”- “Ordinances”  section of this website.