SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2026
Article 1: Who shall be elected moderator? Stephen Murphy
Article 2: To consider the printed Woodbury Town Report for the year ending December 31, 2025.
Considered, and corrected as follows:
• Page 58, add the names of
Cemetery Commission Secretary Stephanie Appleton
Cemetery Commission Member Amy Eldred.
• Page 79, correct the amount requested by the Vermont Rural Fire
Protection Task Force to $200.
• Page 82, in the photo caption for the back cover, add Stephanie
Appleton to band members not in the photo.
Article 3: Who shall be elected to fill the following positions as Town Officers?
Town Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 years Lilly Baron
(Lilly Baron 98, Brandy Smith 18)
>> The following town officers were elected by unanimous vote. <<
Select Board Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 years John Gordon
Lister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 years Ron Wells
Auditor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 years Susan Martin
Collector of Delinquent Taxe s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 year Ron Wells
Cemetery Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 years Susan Stitely
Cemetery Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 years Cacky Peltz
Library Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 years Allison Schmitt
Hazen Union School District Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 years Steven Freihofner
>> ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES WERE APPROVED. <<
Article 4: Shall the Town have its taxes paid to the Town Treasurer, as Tax Receiver, sixty days after
tax bills are mailed? (Estimated due date will be Oct. 29, 2026.) After the due date, taxes
will become delinquent and be turned over to the Collector of Delinquent Taxes for
collection with a penalty of one-half percent per month, that increases by one-half percent
per month of delinquency up to a maximum of six percent if delinquent for one full year.
Interest of one-half percent per month will also be charged. All of this revenue goes to the
town.
Article 5: Shall the Town vote to exempt property owned by and used for the purposes of our non-
profit volunteer fire, rescue and ambulance services? If so voted, such property also will be
exempt from the education grand list and the equalized education grand list.
Article 6: Shall the Town appropriate $25,888.00 to the Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department to
fund the truck loan payment in the amount of $23,888.00 and to fund the truck maintenance
reserve in the amount of $2,000.00, both to be paid in full by July 01, 2026?
Article 7: Shall the Town appropriate $134,990.88 to fund the operations of the Woodbury Volunteer
Fire Department? The Capital Replacement Fund to be paid in full by January 1, 2027 in
the amount of $35,000.00 and the Operating Expenses of $99,990.88 paid in quarterly
installments of $24,997.72 starting July 1, 2026.
Article 8: Shall the Town appropriate $100,100.00 to the Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department to
fund the loan payment for the Fire and Emergency Operations Center, paid November 1,
2026?
Article 9: Shall the voters appropriate $26,987.00 for the support of the Woodbury Community
Library?
Article 10: Shall the voters appropriate $17,300.00 for the support of the Woodbury Cemeteries?
Article 11: Shall the voters appropriate $2,500.00 to the Woodbury/Calais Food Shelf?
Article 12: Shall the voters appropriate $750.00 to Aid to Women, Men and Children in Abuse and
Rape Emergencies (A.W.A.R.E.)?
Article 13: Shall the voters appropriate $250.00 to the American Red Cross of NH/VT?
Article 14: Shall the voters appropriate $600.00 to Central Vermont Adult Basic Education?
Article 15: Shall the voters appropriate $750.00 to the Central Vermont Council on Aging?
Article 16: Shall the voters appropriate $300.00 to the Central Vermont Economic Development
Corporation?
Article 17: Shall the voters appropriate $2,000.00 to Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice Inc.?
Article 18: Shall the voters appropriate $650.00 to CIRCLE (Battered Women’s Services)?
Article 19: Shall the voters appropriate $500.00 to Elevate Youth Services (Washington County
Youth Services)?
Article 20: Shall the voters appropriate $100.00 to the Family Center of Washington County?
Article 21: Shall the voters appropriate $484.00 to Green Mountain Transit?
Article 22: Shall the voters appropriate $50.00 to Green Up Vermont?
Article 23: Shall the voters appropriate $750.00 to Hardwick Community Television?
Article 24: Shall the voters appropriate $200.00 to Mosaic VT (Sexual Assault Crisis Team)?
Article 25: Shall the voters appropriate $200.00 to the Our House of Central Vermont?
Article 26: Shall the voters appropriate $100.00 to People’s Health and Wellness Clinic?
Article 27: Shall the voters appropriate $500.00 to Rural Community Transportation?
Article 28: Shall the voters appropriate $200.00 to Salvation Farms?
Article 29: Shall the voters appropriate $2,500.00 to Twin Valley Senior Center?
Article 30: Shall the voters appropriate $210.00 to Vermont Center for Independent Living?
Article 31: Shall the voters appropriate $200.00 to the Vermont Rural Fire Protection Task Force?
Article 32: Shall the voters appropriate $1,000.00 to Washington County Mental Health Services?
Article 33: Shall the voters authorize General Fund expenditures of $639,081 for operating expenses
for the period from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027?
Article 34: Shall the voters authorize Highway Fund expenditures of $864,599 for the period from
July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027?
Article 35: To transact any other non-binding business that may legally come before the meeting.
Article 36: To adjourn the meeting.