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Select Board Documents | Agendas & Minutes | Other
Upcoming Meeting Agendas
2025 Select Board Minutes
2025 Select Board Meeting Recordings
Ordinances | Policies
Open Meeting Law Notice
Open Meeting Law complaints directed to the Town of Benson must be filed with the selectboard chair, or town clerk by e-mail bensonclerk@myottmail.com or to Town of Benson, 2760 Stage Rd, Benson VT 05743.
State law requires municipalities to explain the process for submitting notice of an Open Meeting Law violation to the local public body that allegedly committed the violation or to the Vermont Attorney General.
The written notice of complaint must allege a specific violation of the Open Meeting Law, identify the public body that committed the alleged violation, and request a specific cure of such violation. The form may be found HERE. Upon receipt of the written notice of alleged violation, the public body will respond publicly to the alleged violation within 10 calendar days by: acknowledging the violation of this subchapter and stating an intent to cure the violation within 14 calendar days; or stating that the public body has determined that no violation has occurred and that no cure is necessary.
Failure of a public body to respond to a written notice of alleged violation within 10 calendar days will be treated as a denial of the violation for purposes of enforcement of the Open Meeting Law.
Open Seats 2025
Other Agendas & Minutes | Auditors | BCA | BFD | Library | Planning Commission
Upcoming Meeting Agendas | Warnings
2025 Meeting Minutes
Other Documents
Planning Commission
Benson Village Center Designation (renewed 5/2023)
Benson Town Plan (adopted 12/2017)
Property Tax Documents
2024-2025 Town of Benson Property Tax Bills (State payment amounts redacted. Do not use these bills for escrow purposes.)
Town Reports Benson Vermont
2022-2023 Annual Report (document will open in a new browser tab)
2021-2022 Annual Report (document will open in a new browser tab)
Zoning and Mapping
Forms
Open Meeting Law
Open Meeting Law Complaint Form (fill out and bring to Select Board or Town Clerk)
Candidate for Office Forms
Voter Forms
Voter Registration Form (fill out and bring to Town Clerk)
Absentee Ballot Request Form (fill out and bring to Town Clerk)
Excess Weight Permit for Trucks
Archived Documents
2025 Past Agendas | Warnings
2024 Past Agendas | Warnings
SB Agenda SPECIAL (Budget) 12/30/2024
SB Agenda SPECIAL (Budget) 12/16/2024
Planning Commission Agenda 9/18/2024
Auditors Warning / Agenda 9/4/2024
BFD Warning / Agenda 8/11/2024
BFD Warning / Agenda 7/14/2024
Planning Commission Agenda 5/29/2024
BFD Warning | Agenda 3/10/2024
BFD Warning | Agenda 2/11/2024
SB Agenda SPECIAL (EMERGENCY) 2/1/2024
Development Review Board 1/30/2024
2023 Past Agendas | Warnings
South Lake Champlain Basin Water Quality Council Agenda 11/21/2023
BFD Warning / Agenda 11/08/2023
Auditors’ Warning / Agenda 11/07/2023
Planning Commission Warning / Agenda 10/25/2023
BFD Warning / Agenda 10/11/2023
BFD Warning / Agenda 9/13/2023
BFD Warning | Agenda 8/16/2023
BFD Warning | Agenda 7/12/2023
BFD Warning | Agenda 6/21/2023 SPECIAL
BFD Warning | Agenda 6/14/2023
Benson Fire Department Warning 5/17/2023 (5/10 meeting cancelled due to lack of quorum)
SB Agenda 5/22/2023 (Special)
SB Agenda 5/8/2023 (Special)
Planning Commission Agenda 5/3/2023
SB Agenda 4/24/2023 (Special)
SB Agenda 4/10/2023 (Special)
Planning Commission Agenda 3/29/2023
Planning Commission Agenda 3/22/2023
Trustee of Public Funds Agenda 3/22/2023
Planning Commission Agenda 3/22/2023
SB Agenda 3/13/2023 (Special)
SB Agenda 2/22/2023 (Special)
SB Agenda 2/13/2023 (Special)
237th Benson Annual Town Meeting Warning 2023
Slate Valley Unified School Warning 2023
SB Agenda 1/30/2023 (Special)
2024 Select Board Minutes
SB Minutes DRAFT SPECIAL 12/30/2024
SB Minutes 12/23/2024
SB Minutes SPECIAL 12/16/2024
SB Minutes SPECIAL 12/11/2024
SB Minutes SPECIAL 12/2/2024
SB Minutes Minutes 11/25/2024
SB Minutes 11/12/2024
SB Minutes 10/28/2024
SB Minutes SPECIAL 10/21/2024
SB Minutes 10/15/2024
SB Minutes 9/30/2024
SB Minutes 9/16/2024
SB Minutes 9/3/2024
SB Minutes 8/19/2024
SB Minutes 8/5/2024
SB Minutes 7/22/2024
SB Minutes 7/8/2024 & Attachments
SB Minutes SPECIAL 6/27/2024
SB Minutes 6/24/2024
SB Minutes 6/10/2024
SB Minutes 5/28/2024 & Camp Sunrise Letter
SB Minutes 5/13/2024
SB Minutes 4/29/2024 & Carter Cemetery Letter
SB Minutes 4/22/2024
SB Minutes 4/15/2024 & Response to Correspondence
SB Minutes 4/1/2024 & Legal Timeline provided by Jean McKeever
SB Minutes 3/18/2024 & Court Complaint that has been canceled
SB Minutes 3/14/2024
SB Minutes 3/4/2024
SB Minutes 2/20/2024
SB Minutes 2/5/2024
SB Minutes 2/1/2024
SB Minutes 1/29/2024
SB Minutes 1/22/2024
SB Minutes 1/16/2024
SB Minutes 1/8/2024
SB Minutes 1/2/2024
2024 Select Board Meeting Recordings
SB Voice Recording 11/25/2024-1 & 11/25/2024-2 (recording in 2 parts)
SB Voice Recording 11/12/2024-1 & 11/12/2024-2 (recording in 2 parts)
SB Voice Recording 10/15/2024-2 & 10/15/2024-3 (recording in 2 parts)
SB Voice Recording 8/5/2024-1 & 8/5/2024-2 (recording in 2 parts)
2023 Select Board Minutes
SB Minutes 12/26/2023
SB Minutes SPECIAL 12/18/2023
SB Minutes 12/11/2023
SB Minutes SPECIAL 12/4/2023
SB Minutes 11/27/2023
SB Minutes 11/13/2023
SB Minutes 10/30/2023
SB Minutes 10/16/2023
SB Minutes 10/2/2023
SB Minutes 9/18/2023
SB Minutes 9/5/2023
SB Minutes 8/21/2023
SB Minutes 8/14/2023
SB Minutes 8/7/2023
SB Minutes 7/24/2023
SB Minutes 7/17/2023
SB Minutes 7/10/2023
SB Minutes 6/26/2023 & MTA Work Plan from RRPC for grant opportunity
SB Minutes 6/12/2023
SB Minutes 5/30/2023
SB Minutes 5/22/2023
SB Minutes 5/15/2023
SB Dog Complaint Hearing Minutes 5/15/2023
SB Minutes 5/8/2023
SB Minutes 5/1/2023
SB Minutes 4/24/2023
SB Minutes 4/17/2023
SB Minutes 4/10/2023
SB Minutes 4/3/2023
SB Minutes 3/20/2023
SB Minutes 3/13/2023
SB Minutes 3/6/2023
SB Minutes 2/22/2023
SB Minutes 2/21/2023
SB Minutes 2/13/2023
SB Minutes 2/6/2023
SB Minutes 1/30/2023
SB Minutes 1/23/2023
SB Minutes 1/22/2023
SB Minutes 1/17/2023
SB Minutes 1/9/2023
2022 Select Board Minutes
2024 Other Board Minutes
Benson Fire Department Minutes 12/8/2024
Planning Commission Minutes 12/4/2024
Planning Commission Minutes 10/23/2024
Benson Fire Department Minutes 10/13/2024
Planning Commission Minutes 9/18/2024
Planning Commission Minutes 7/31/2024
Benson Fire Department Minutes 7/14/2024
Benson Fire Department Minutes 6/9/2024
Benson Fire Department Minutes 5/12/2024
Planning Commission Minutes 5/29/2024
Town Meeting Day Minutes 3/5/2024
2023 Other Board Minutes
Library DRAFT Minutes 12/14/2023
Benson Fire Department DRAFT Minutes 12/13/2023
Board of Abatement Minutes 11/13/2023
Benson Fire Department DRAFT Minutes 11/8/2023
Board of Auditors DRAFT Minutes 11/7/2023
Benson Fire Department DRAFT Minutes 10/11/2023
Library DRAFT Minutes 9/14/2023
Benson Fire Department DRAFT Minutes 9/13/2023
Board of Civil Authority DRAFT Minutes 9/5/2023
Library DRAFT Minutes 8/10/2023
Library DRAFT Minutes 7/6/2023
Special Town Meeting Budget Revote DRAFT Minutes 5/27/2023
Special Town Meeting Budget Revote Attachments (Handout from SB @ meeting)
Planning Commission DRAFT Minutes 5/3/2023
Board of Abatement DRAFT Minutes 4/3/2023
Town Meeting Minutes March 2023 Condensed Town Meeting Minutes March 2023