Month: October 2026

Select Board – Oct 26 – AGENDA

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NOTICE AND AGENDA
Woodbury Select Board
Monday, October 26, 2026, 6:00 P.M.
Community Room at the Woodbury Library

6:00 P.M. Call the regular meeting to order
Adjustments to the Agenda
Approve Minutes from the September October 12th meeting
Public Comment (for items not on the agenda)

6:15 P.M. USDA/NRCS Buck Lake Brook/Cabot Road Project – with Stacy
Bryant, Bob Thompson by Zoom – and Michael Gray

6:35 P.M. Road Report – Peter Dailey, Michael Gray
Appoint an emergency contact person

6:55 P.M. Town Clerk’s Report – Graham Christie – Recap the Special Town
Meeting, update preparations for the General Election

7:05 P.M. Town Treasurer’s Report – Lilly Baron

7:15 P.M. Update on buy- outs – John Gordon
Revision to bid amount to reflect changes

7:25 P.M. Updates and Other Business
Approve Bills and Payroll Orders

7:45 P.M. Adjourn

Select Board – Oct 12 – DRAFT MINUTES

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Town of Woodbury Select Board Meeting Minutes
October 12, 2026
Attendees
Select Board Members: Diana Peduzzi, John Gordon, Chris Casey
Town Officials: Graham Christie (Town Clerk); Lilly Baron (Town Treasurer); Stephen Murphy (Town Moderator)
Town Employees: Michael Gray (TH Admin. Asst., WSB assistant)
Members of the Public: Larry Ferno, Robin Durkee
Media: Jerome Lipani – HCTV
Call to Order Chris called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m.
Adjustments to Agenda USDA/NRCS postponed to 10.26 WSB meeting; add Executive Session
Approval of Meeting Minutes The minutes from the 9/28/2026

WSB meeting were approved.
Public Comment None
USDA/NRCS EWP Buck Lake Brook/Cabot Road Project
Michael briefly explained why the discussion has been postponed until the next WSB meeting on October 26
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Discussion is planned to focus on the complications of the design work and the anticipated increase in expense
for the project.
Road Report
Peter was not available for this meeting. Chris met with James Coe of Coe & Coe Architecture to look over the town
garage. Coe & Coe put together a proposal for a pre-design study of the town garage which Chris shared with the
WSB. Chris asked if the WSB would want James Coe to meet with them at their next meeting. It is agreed to invite
James Coe to the next WSB meeting.
Town Clerk’s Report with Graham Christie
Graham is working on preparations for the upcoming elections and the special town meeting. Plans for setting up
for the special town meeting, to be held on October 15 in the school gym,
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were discussed.
Town Treasurer’s Report with Lilly Baron
Lilly reported that total cash on hand at the end of September was $694,745. Lilly pointed out a $112,978 deficit in
the VT Structures Fund that represents the town’s matching portion of the grant, noting that the amount is higher
than anticipated during both the budget discussions and the tax rate-setting process. The total is expected to
exceed the budgeted amount by at least $27,900. Most of this increase was accounted for when setting the tax
rate, with the remaining overage resulting from the decision to pave that section of Valley Lake Road.
The General Fund is currently showing a positive year-to-date variance of $639,343 with revenue
$645,525 above budget and expenditures $6,182 over budget. The Highway Fund is showing a
year-to-date deficit of $115,008, with revenue $175,930 under budget and expenditures $60,922 below
budget. Through September, the Town has received $845,515 in revenue with the town collecting $761,124 in
current tax revenue and $30,471 in delinquent tax revenue.
The town TAN expires on Oct. 17th. Lilly is working with Union Bank to open a new TAN for FY27.
The auditors have completed their report for the third quarter.

Updates on Buyouts with John Gordon
John asks Larry Ferno for a report on the demolition work. The asbestos removal work is done and all permits are
set. Work is proceeding on the water line issue, including placing the pressure tank in the Town Hall.
Executive Session citing 1 VSA 313
The WSB voted to enter executive session at 6:45 p.m., inviting Michael Gray and Graham Christie. Executive
session ended at 7:09 p.m. No decision was made.

Updates and Other Business
Bills and Payroll: Bills and payroll orders were signed at the end of the meeting.
Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m.
Signatures and Approval
Chris Casey ______________________ Diana Peduzzi _________________________
John Gordon ______________________ Date Approved __________
Guide to Acronyms
ACO - Animal Control Officer; ANR – Agency of Natural Resources; AOT – Agency of Transportation; AP – Accounts
Payable; BR- Better Roads; BRIC – Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities; CDT – Collector of
Delinquent Taxes; CIP – Capital Improvement Plan; COI – Certificate of Insurance; CR – Cash Receipts; CVRPC –
Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission; EL PDA – East Long Pond Dam Association; EMD – Emergency
Management Director; EMS – Emergency Medical Service; ERAF – Emergency Relief Assistance Funds; ET –
Electronic Transfer; EWPP – Emergency Watershed Protection Program; FIRM – Federal Insurance Rate Map; FPF –
Front Porch Forum; FY – Fiscal Year; GF – General Fund; GIA – Grants in Aid; HED – Hardwick Electric Department;
HERF – Highway Equipment Replacement Fund; HF – Highway Fund; HMP – Hazard Mitigation Plan; H&H –
Hydrological & Hydraulic; HO – Health Officer; LEMP – Local Emergency Management Plan; K – thousand; LHMP –
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan; MMA – Money Market Account; MRGP – Municipal Roads General Permit; MOU –
Memorandum of Understanding; MVUESD – Mountain View Union Elementary School District; NEMRC – New
England Municipal Resource Center; NEWT – Northeast Wilderness Trust; NRCS – Natural Resources
Conservation Service; OSSU – Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union; PR – Payroll; PTO – Paid Time Off; RBT – RB
Technologies; RC – Road Commissioner; REI – Road Erosion Inventory; RFP – Request for Proposal; ROW – Right
of Way; TAN – Tax Anticipation Note; TC – Town Clerk; TH – Town Highway; THO – Town Health Officer; TM – Town
Moderator; TTr – Town Treasurer; USDA – United States Department of Agriculture; VDH – Vermont Department of
Health; VEM – Vermont Emergency Management; VTRANS – Vermont Agency of Transportation; WCC – Woodbury
Conservation Commission; WCL – Woodbury Community Library; W/CFS – Woodbury/Calais Food Shelf; WCSD –
Washington County Sheriff’s Department; WEC – Washington Electric Co.; WNRCD – Winooski Natural Resource
Conservation District; WSB – Woodbury Select Board; WPC – Woodbury Planning Commission; WVFD –
Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department; ZA – Zoning Administrator; ZBA – Zoning Board of Adjustment; ZO – Zoning
Ordinance

Additional Treasurer’s Hours for Tax Payment

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Hello Neighbors! We’re offering additional office hours for tax collection to help make things a little easier for everyone! As a reminder, taxes are due November 2nd. • Thursday, October 29th | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM • Monday, November 2nd | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM If you’re unable to stop by during these hours, we also have a drop box located to the right of the front door where you can drop off your tax payment at your convenience. Postmarked payments will be accepted. Thank you Woodbury, and as always, please reach out if you have any questions. Best, Lilly Lillian Baron, Town Treasurer Phone: (802) 456-7051 Email: Treasurer@woodburyvt.org

Cemetery Commission – Oct 14 – MINUTES

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Town of Woodbury
Cemetery Commission Meeting Minutes
October 14, 2026

The Commission convened at the Town Clerk’s Office at 6:05 pm. A quorum was
present, and all motions were seconded.

Commission members present: Susan Stitely, Patti Garbeck, Stephanie Appleton, Cacky
Peltz and Amy Hunt.

Guest: Robin Durkee

Joe Mangan cannot attend the meeting and has announced he will be finished as the sexton at
the end of this year when his contract expires.


What are we going to do about the sexton position?
● Amy called Diane Holcomb in Hardwick; she mentioned they use Stanley Allen in
Greensboro. He also does the Greensboro cemetery.
● Susan called Patrick Heely who is the sexton at Green Mountain Cemetery in
Montpelier. He will think of some suggestions and get back to us.
● Gene and Donnie Turgeon formally dug graves for us. Stephanie will reach out to
them to see if they have any interest.
● We discussed the sexton’s duties.
● Moving forward we will need to write up a new contract and include all
expectations for the new sexton. We will need to clarify the billing process.
● Robin drew up the steps for purchasing a plot and distributed the copies.
● Susan suggested Mike Tatro or Larry Abel as possible people who could dig
burials.
● We need clarification how everything works with the funeral homes and the need
for permits for transferring the bodies. Do all funeral homes include the cost of
the sexton?
● Amy to ask Diane what she pays the sexton for: the burial, opening, closing,
seeding?
● Robin asked if the winter green burials are the only ones done in the winter? Amy
mentioned most cemeteries don’t allow winter burials unless they are green
burials.
● Robin mentioned the revised price list and was checking on discrepancies with
the old list. The new one is the final list and should be used moving forward. She
will put a copy of the new one in the vault.

● We will need help from the town clerk’s office if we need to bury someone soon.
If they are working with a funeral home, they handle it.
● It will be our responsibility to help people if they do not have a plot.
● Patti made a map of the Buck Lake cemetery and plotted out the graves. It is in
the vault.
● Susan suggested having the surveyor do Buck Lake Cemetery as someone is
interested in buried there.
● Sexton responsibilities include making sure the monuments get placed in the
right place.
● We have a question about 11A ,11B on the South Woodbury map? Where is
Daine Caccavo’s plot? She purchased lot 11 in 2000?
● Robin brought an email from Brenda Farrell for Susan to answer questions.

Action steps:
● Susan will ask Joe to return everything he has in files regarding the cemeteries
● Susan will ask Joe about the recent deed?
● Susan will ask Joe about the granite markers and if he is still interested in
providing them when his contact expires?
● Susan will ask Joe if his son is interested in taking over the position?
● Susan will reach out to Kenzan the Abbott of Shao Shan about the state
requirements for burying cremation remains, the depth and size of urns, and the
permitting process.
● Susan will ask Lilly when the last funeral was and did the Commission receive
payment from the sexton?
● Susan will be sure to send the meeting minutes moving forward to Robin so they
can be placed in the vault.
● Patti will reach out to Cedric Alexander about how Cabot handles all of this.
● Patti will reach out to Richard Patten about the process, and if there is space in
the Buck Lake Cemetery?
● Amy will reach out to Diane (a funeral director in Hardwick) about what she pays
the sexton for: the burial, opening, closing, seeding?
● Stephanie will reach out to Gene and Donnie Turgeon to see if they have any
interest.

We agreed to meet again on November 4th, 2026 at 6:30.

Previous Meeting Minutes
● Amy moved to approve the September 23rd, 2026 minutes; the
motion was seconded and passed unanimously.

The meeting adjourned at 7:20.

Submitted: Stephanie Appleton, Secretary
Signed by: Susan Stitely, Chair

October 14, 2026

Cemetery Commission – Sept 23 – MINUTES

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Town of Woodbury
Cemetery Commission Meeting Minutes
September 23, 2026

The Commission convened at the Town Clerk’s Office at 6:35 pm. A quorum was
present, and all motions were seconded.

Commission members present: Susan Stitely, Patti Garbeck, Stephanie Appleton, and
Amy Hunt.

Guests: Robin Durkee & Lilly Baron

Previous Meeting Minutes
● Amy moved to approve the May 21st, 2026 minutes; the motion
was seconded and passed unanimously.


Robin Durkee questions:
● West Woodbury Cemetery- We need deeds for the plots give n to Cary “Bear”
Bassett and Terrance Hall as part of the cemetery land donation of 2022 from
Bear Bassett. The conditions of donation were that Cary Bear Bassett would get
4, 4 person lots and Terrance Hall would get 4, 4 person plots.* We need to find
out what lots they want and move forward on this for them. Amy will try to get
the information on the lots they have chosen. Susan will put the deeds together
after we have the lot numbers.
● South Woodbury Cemetery- Question on where Bill Condon's deed and lot are
located? Robin is going through the book and figuring out where all lots are
located. Bill would like some of the trees cut near his lot.
● How does a person go about purchasing a plot? They meet with the sexton,
identify the lot, the Sexton sends the deed to Susan and the town clerk checks on
the availability. When someone needs to be buried, they contact the Sexton and they pay him and he sends the check to the town clerk and then he invoices them for payment. It was suggested that the check be sent directly to the Town of
Woodbury. We need to have a clear procedure for the process.
● We need to visit the cemeteries and figure out what brush and trees need to be cut.
● We cannot locate a map for the Buck Lake Cemetery. Patti has agreed to make one. We should have an official survey done.

● Home burials- How are they done? An easement needs to be written in the deed
if the family want to access the burial site when the property is sold. Cacky and
Patrick Heely may have more information on this.
● We have questions on fees and costs for burial and the role of the funeral home.
We need Joe to attend a meeting. Questions include:
1. What costs are included in a full burial? Does that include the lowering
device and plank set up?
2. What is a hybrid burial?
3. How does the relationship with the funeral home work as far as costs?
4. Can we lift a flat stone marker so it is up out of the ground?
5. Check with Joe on the granite markers are they what he calls the corner
posts?
6. What does install the corner post entail?

Former-resident plot fee
Susan moved that we have a former resident price, Patti seconded and the motion passed. Prices are as follows:
1. Cremation price: $600
2. Single green burial: $1200
3. Double grave plot: $1500
4. Four grave plot: $2400

Signage for green burial section
● Susan suggested a sign saying Green Burial Section. Do we need a sign saying space is limited? We need to think about the proper language.

We need two more meetings before the end of the year:
● One with Joe
● A budget meeting
● A visit to the cemeteries

Action Steps:
● Survey the plots at the Buck Lake Cemetery
● Write a deed for Bear Bassett and Terrance Hall
● A step-by-step guide for the process for deeds and payment of fees related to
burials
● Fall clean up and removal of plastic flowers
The meeting adjourned at 7:50.

Submitted: Stephanie Appleton, Secretary
Signed by: Susan Stitely, Chair

September 23, 2026

* After the meeting, Bear clarified they are to get 4 plots for donating the land. They didn’t want
4 plots each.

Town officers will continue to be elected at Town Meeting

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At a petitioned special Town Meeting held this evening, participants voted to retain the way town officers are elected, at annual Town Meeting. The article / motion was: Shall the Town of Woodbury elect its Town Officers by Australian Ballot, pursuant to 17 V.S.A. 2680(b)? If approved, this change will take effect for the 2027 Town Meeting. The paper-ballot vote was: Yes 33, No 77 The meeting was attended by 111 Woodbury voters.

Cemetery Commission – Oct 14 – AGENDA

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Town of Woodbury
Cemetery Commission Meeting
October 14, 2026
Town Clerk’s Office – 6:00 PM



6:00: Meeting Begins

• Discussion with the sexton Joe Mangan about burial and billing procedures
• Approval of September 23 , 2026 minutes


7:00 Adjournment

2022 Town Meeting Study

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A special Town Meeting was called by petition in February 2022 to consider proposals to elect town officers and vote on the town budget by Australian ballot, replacing Town Meeting. The proposals did not pass. A resolution was approved asking the Select Board to appoint a committee to study Town Meeting and get voters' input, and the Select Board did so. The committee held several public meetings and conducted a townwide survey. Two-thirds (65%) of survey respondents favored continuing with traditional Town Meeting, with a majority (56%) favoring moving the meeting from Tuesday to the preceding Saturday. Voters approved this change at the next annual Town Meeting in March 2023. Here is the committee's report and survey results. Here also are Minutes of the committee's public meetings.

Select Board – Oct 12 – AGENDA

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NOTICE AND AGENDA
Woodbury Select Board
Monday, October 12, 2026, 6:00 P.M.
Community Room at the Woodbury Library

6:00 P.M. Call the regular meeting to order
Adjustments to the Agenda
Approve Minutes from the September 28 meeting
Public Comment (for items not on the agenda)

6:15 P.M. USDA/NRCS Buck Lake Brook/Cabot Road Project – with Stacy
Bryant, Bob Thompson by Zoom – and Michael Gray

6:40 P.M. Road Report – Chris Casey - report on Town Garage visit with
architect James Coe

6:55 P.M. Town Clerk’s Report – Graham Christie – preparations for Special
Town Meeting

7:10 P.M. Town Treasurer’s Report – Lilly Baron

7:25 P.M. Update on buy- outs – John Gordon

7:35 P.M. Updates and Other Business
Approve Bills and Payroll Orders

7:45 P.M. Adjourn