Vtjeannieb t1_j2599qw wrote on December 29, 2022 at 7:28 PM

Reply to comment by 5teerPike in From a relatively new Vermonter who went back to the south for the holidays... by MissJudgeGaming

Unelected positions on your Select Board? Never heard of such a thing. Maybe you mean “ran unopposed “, a very different thing. And if you want change, run for a position. Many Vermont towns have a hard time finding people to take these poorly paid, time-consuming, and thankless positions.

5teerPike t1_j25qugm wrote on December 29, 2022 at 9:22 PM

Nope. They are unelected

Maybe they have a hard time because anyone who comes in and has ideas™ is called a flatlander & rejected outright lol

-_Stove_- t1_j29o9ug wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:35 PM

Please point to these "unelected selectboard positions" within the state of Vermont.

5teerPike t1_j29oo98 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:38 PM

I don't want to say exactly where I live, so here's what the deal is in Stowe

"The Town Manager is appointed by the Selectboard and serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Town of Stowe. The Manager is responsible to the Selectboard for the day-to-day administration of local government. He is responsible for hiring and overseeing all non-elected employees, recommending budgets to the Selectboard and advising them, and ensuring that local government services are provided in a professional manner that is consistent with their policy direction."

So it is a thing and it's not just in my town either! The fact that many people don't know this should be a cause for concern, and we should raise our concerns about it.

Edit: East Montpelier has non elected officials as well

-_Stove_- t1_j29tn05 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 6:09 PM

So this is not a position on the select board. edit You are clearly conflating "Town officals" with "Selectboard members". Learn the difference.

5teerPike t1_j29ub66 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 6:13 PM

In my town several select board members are unelected, even the editor of the local paper told me this. There are unelected positions in other towns as well.

I don't want anyone making any decisions for a town to be unelected, and they are. Besides doxxing myself, what else do you want?

-_Stove_- t1_j2a51k9 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 7:21 PM

I don't want anything. I believe that you are wrong, I've asked for concrete examples. I totally understand your desire to privacy, but without providing any additional info, all I can say is...I believe that you are conflating "The selectboard appoints a person to a town position" and "Selectboard members are not elected" (again w/the exception).

If you want the full text: https://www.pantonvt.us/uploads/3/1/6/7/31673701/handbook_for_vermont_selectboards_1-9.pdf

5teerPike t1_j2a5aq6 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 7:23 PM

Welp that doesn't change what everyone I've inquired about this with has told me: some select board positions are unelected.

You can believe what you want, multiple people who work for my town have made it painfully clear that I'm not.

Ask around. You may be surprised..

Edit: I'm not reading an entire handbook on this. Can you point me to where it discusses this issue specifically? Which chapter of the document covers this?