Special Announcements
Upcoming Deadlines for Town Meeting
Administrative Assistant Opening
The Town of Plainfield is seeking an organized and motivated candidate to serve as its Administrative Assistant to the Town Clerk’s Office and The Select Board. This 10-20 hours per week position offers a flexible schedule.
More information can be found here.
Conservation Commission Shrub & Tree Sale
The 25th Annual Shrub & Tree Sale is underway, supporting the Cabot, Marshfield, and Plainfield Conservation Commissions. This is an opportunity to purchase garden and yard trees, fruits, and shrubs that have been selected for their benefits to wildlife and pollinators, including a wide variety of edible berries and fruits. Look for plant sale flyers posted locally and on town web sites. For convenience, you can order online: https://conservation-plant-sale.square.site/
Please welcome our new Town Clerk and Treasurer, Robin Miller. Robin was appointed Town Clerk and Treasurer by the Select Board effective December 1st, but has served the Town as an Assistant Town Clerk and Treasurer since July 1st. Our town is also fortunate to have Carol Smith continue to serve as Assistant Town Clerk and Treasurer. Both are full of knowledge and wonderful resources to our Town!
And the next adventure is? Linda Wells, who has served our town for 27 years in the Town Clerk & Treasurer's office, is retiring at the end of November. She will be very much missed! Linda's service to the Town has been a wonderful gift and will not soon be forgotten. Part of that gift was finding townsperson Robin Miller to fill Linda's big shoes. Read all about it in the Times Argus!
Your vote is your voice!!! Plainfield had a 59% turnout for the 2022 election on November 8th. Many thanks to all who cast their ballot in-person on November 8, Election Day, or who voted early in person, or who brought their voted ballot to deposit with the Town Clerk prior to election day. Your participation makes our democracy strong. Thank you for voting!!! Plainfield's Election Results Report is available here.
And many, many thanks to our now-retired Town Clerk, Linda Wells, and to now-Town Clerk Robin Miller and Assistant Town Clerk Carol Smith as well as election volunteers and Plainfield's Justices of the Peace, for their work to make Plainfield's November 8 election well-run, accurate, and welcoming. As is typical with elections in Plainfield, all went smoothly.
Main Street Bridge Is Open. Hurrah!!!! Many thanks to Tammy Farnham and all who worked so hard to get the bridge in shape to drive on again in just 23 days!!!
Updated Zoning Coming. The Planning Commission has completed a draft of changes to Plainfield’s Zoning Ordinance. This draft Zoning Ordinance was the version on which the Planning Commission held public hearings on December 5th at 7 PM. After making any changes as a result of the public input, the Select Board will also hold public hearings on the draft and then, after any other changes, it will be put to a town vote. Look for the notices for the dates of the hearings. More information is available on the Planning Commission page.
Plainfield's American Rescue Plan Act Advisory Committee: Plainfield has received a total of $377,245 in ARPA funds. The Advisory Committee is considering what ARPA funds can be used for, what the Town's needs are, and any proposals for the use of the funds and provide the Select Board the committee's wisdom. These are one-time funds, and care needs to be taken in making the important decision of how to best use these funds for our community. The members of this committee are George Cushing, Jane Bradly, and Arion Thiboumery. You are invited to join a public meeting of the ARPA Avisory Committee on December 14, 2022 from 6 to 7 pm to take comments on the Committee's draft recommendations. To participate in the virtual public meeting go to https://meet.google.com/xyq-xgvh-hiq .
Interested in serving? Our Planning Commission, our Conservation Commission and our Cemetery Commission could use additional members. We also need an additional lister and an auditor - there is a stipend for both of these positions. Please send a letter of interest and resume to: Contact the Town Clerk's office to apply, phone: 454-8461 or email: plainfieldtc@gmail.com .
We've got work - Town job opportunities! If you are looking for some additional income consider serving the Town as administrative assistant to the Select Board or as our part-time Town building maintenance manager - hours are flexible. We are also looking for a part-time constable and a part time animal control officer. Contact the Town Clerk's office to apply, phone: 454-8461 or email: plainfieldtc@gmail.com .
Help from a new Federal program which offers financial assistance to residential property owners, including owner-occupied multi-family properties with up to four units, whose drinking water well and/or septic system may be close to failing or have already failed, helping ensure all Vermonters have access to safe, reliable drinking water and adequate wastewater disposal. More information about this program authorized as part of H.R.1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - is available at https://anr.vermont.gov/content/arpa-vermont .
Join Plainfield's R.A.T.S. coalition! Recycle All Table Scraps is part of Plainfield's response to the new mandatory composting laws. We're calling on everyone who eats food to join us to be part of the solution!
Please don't flush wipes! Here's why!
- 1/30 deadline for filing petition to be on the ballot and also, consent to be on the ballot.
- 1/19 deadline for filing petition for item to be included on the Town Meeting warning.
- 1/26 First day for Select Board to post approved Town Meeting hard copy and on website.
Administrative Assistant Opening
The Town of Plainfield is seeking an organized and motivated candidate to serve as its Administrative Assistant to the Town Clerk’s Office and The Select Board. This 10-20 hours per week position offers a flexible schedule.
More information can be found here.
Conservation Commission Shrub & Tree Sale
The 25th Annual Shrub & Tree Sale is underway, supporting the Cabot, Marshfield, and Plainfield Conservation Commissions. This is an opportunity to purchase garden and yard trees, fruits, and shrubs that have been selected for their benefits to wildlife and pollinators, including a wide variety of edible berries and fruits. Look for plant sale flyers posted locally and on town web sites. For convenience, you can order online: https://conservation-plant-sale.square.site/
Please welcome our new Town Clerk and Treasurer, Robin Miller. Robin was appointed Town Clerk and Treasurer by the Select Board effective December 1st, but has served the Town as an Assistant Town Clerk and Treasurer since July 1st. Our town is also fortunate to have Carol Smith continue to serve as Assistant Town Clerk and Treasurer. Both are full of knowledge and wonderful resources to our Town!
And the next adventure is? Linda Wells, who has served our town for 27 years in the Town Clerk & Treasurer's office, is retiring at the end of November. She will be very much missed! Linda's service to the Town has been a wonderful gift and will not soon be forgotten. Part of that gift was finding townsperson Robin Miller to fill Linda's big shoes. Read all about it in the Times Argus!
Your vote is your voice!!! Plainfield had a 59% turnout for the 2022 election on November 8th. Many thanks to all who cast their ballot in-person on November 8, Election Day, or who voted early in person, or who brought their voted ballot to deposit with the Town Clerk prior to election day. Your participation makes our democracy strong. Thank you for voting!!! Plainfield's Election Results Report is available here.
And many, many thanks to our now-retired Town Clerk, Linda Wells, and to now-Town Clerk Robin Miller and Assistant Town Clerk Carol Smith as well as election volunteers and Plainfield's Justices of the Peace, for their work to make Plainfield's November 8 election well-run, accurate, and welcoming. As is typical with elections in Plainfield, all went smoothly.
Main Street Bridge Is Open. Hurrah!!!! Many thanks to Tammy Farnham and all who worked so hard to get the bridge in shape to drive on again in just 23 days!!!
Updated Zoning Coming. The Planning Commission has completed a draft of changes to Plainfield’s Zoning Ordinance. This draft Zoning Ordinance was the version on which the Planning Commission held public hearings on December 5th at 7 PM. After making any changes as a result of the public input, the Select Board will also hold public hearings on the draft and then, after any other changes, it will be put to a town vote. Look for the notices for the dates of the hearings. More information is available on the Planning Commission page.
Plainfield's American Rescue Plan Act Advisory Committee: Plainfield has received a total of $377,245 in ARPA funds. The Advisory Committee is considering what ARPA funds can be used for, what the Town's needs are, and any proposals for the use of the funds and provide the Select Board the committee's wisdom. These are one-time funds, and care needs to be taken in making the important decision of how to best use these funds for our community. The members of this committee are George Cushing, Jane Bradly, and Arion Thiboumery. You are invited to join a public meeting of the ARPA Avisory Committee on December 14, 2022 from 6 to 7 pm to take comments on the Committee's draft recommendations. To participate in the virtual public meeting go to https://meet.google.com/xyq-xgvh-hiq .
Interested in serving? Our Planning Commission, our Conservation Commission and our Cemetery Commission could use additional members. We also need an additional lister and an auditor - there is a stipend for both of these positions. Please send a letter of interest and resume to: Contact the Town Clerk's office to apply, phone: 454-8461 or email: plainfieldtc@gmail.com .
We've got work - Town job opportunities! If you are looking for some additional income consider serving the Town as administrative assistant to the Select Board or as our part-time Town building maintenance manager - hours are flexible. We are also looking for a part-time constable and a part time animal control officer. Contact the Town Clerk's office to apply, phone: 454-8461 or email: plainfieldtc@gmail.com .
Help from a new Federal program which offers financial assistance to residential property owners, including owner-occupied multi-family properties with up to four units, whose drinking water well and/or septic system may be close to failing or have already failed, helping ensure all Vermonters have access to safe, reliable drinking water and adequate wastewater disposal. More information about this program authorized as part of H.R.1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - is available at https://anr.vermont.gov/content/arpa-vermont .
Join Plainfield's R.A.T.S. coalition! Recycle All Table Scraps is part of Plainfield's response to the new mandatory composting laws. We're calling on everyone who eats food to join us to be part of the solution!
Please don't flush wipes! Here's why!
