Ways to Serve
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Part-time work: Looking for some additional income? Consider serving the Town as our part-time constable, or the Town part-time maintenance manager, or as part-time web administrator, the latter being a contract positions. If you are interested, contact the Town Clerk's office to apply, phone: 454-8461 or email: plainfieldtc@gmail.com .
Annual Appointments Each year soon after Town Meeting, the Select Board makes appointments to various town committees, board, and commissions. Town Meeting for 2021 has been postponed to April 6, 2021. The law allowing this also extended the terms of elected officials until then. (Information about elected positions is below.) We're still looking to fill a number of appointed positions. If you are interested in serving, you can snail mail a letter of interest to the Town of Plainfield, PO Box 217, Plainfield, VT 05667, or send an email to our Town Clerk or any Select Board member (Sasha Thayer, Tammy Farnham, or Jim Volz). Questions? Give us a call at the Town Office at 454-8461, or Select Board Chair, Jim Volz at 486-2722. Conservation Commission The commission oversees the natural resources of the town by managing the town forest, the Conservation Fund, assisting with Green Up and other needs in the town. Constable More details about the nature of the Constable's duties and responsibilities are available on the Constable page. Development Review Board The Development Review Board is a quasi-judicial board (i.e., acts like a court) that hears appeals from decisions of the Zoning Administrator. The Development Review Board also reviews and makes decisions on applications for planned residential development applications, conditional use applications, and requests for variances from the Plainfield Zoning Ordinance. Hazard Mitigation Committee The committee has up to six member appointed each year for one year terms. The role of Hazard Mitigation is to gather information and to develop and provide long term recommendations to the Select Board to mitigate the impact of future floods and other hazardous events on public safety and infrastructure. Planning Commission The commission recommends updates to the Town Plan and amendments to Plainfield’s Zoning Ordinance. Public hearings on our recent update of the Town Plan will be happening soon. Revolving Loan Fund The committee reviews applications and makes recommendations to the Select Board for loans from Revolving Loan Fund. The fund’s purpose is improve the condition of historic structures, create housing, and improve the vitality of the downtown areas. Committee members serve 1 year terms. Social Concerns Committee Each November, the committee reviews applications from organizations seeking support from the Town and makes recommendations for March Town Meeting. These are organizations that nurture residents' health, educational, and welfare needs. The Select Board still has yet to make the following appointment for this year. Are you interested?
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Elected Positions: The following are elected positions. For the 2021 Town Meeting, no candidate petitions were required. If positions aren't filled by election, the Select Board will fill the position by making an appointment until next Town Meeting.
For our Town Meeting this year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, candidates for elected office needed only file the completed Consent of Candidate Form with the candidate's name exactly as it appears on the voter checklist. This Consent of Candidate Form needed to be filed with the Town Clerk no later than 5 PM on the sixth Monday preceding the day of the election (17 V.S.A. §2681(b)). This year that date was March 1st because Plainfield's Town Meeting was been postponed until April 6, 2021.
- Moderator, 1 year term
- Town Clerk, 1 year term
- Town Treasurer, 1 year term,
- Select Board, 3 year term
- Lister, 3 year term
- Auditor, 3 year term
- Cemetery Commissioners, 1 through 5 year terms
- School Director, 3 year term
- Collector of Delinquent Taxes, 1 year term
- Town Grand Juror, 1 year term
- Town Law Agent, 1 year term
For our Town Meeting this year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, candidates for elected office needed only file the completed Consent of Candidate Form with the candidate's name exactly as it appears on the voter checklist. This Consent of Candidate Form needed to be filed with the Town Clerk no later than 5 PM on the sixth Monday preceding the day of the election (17 V.S.A. §2681(b)). This year that date was March 1st because Plainfield's Town Meeting was been postponed until April 6, 2021.
