The Tunbridge Selectboard meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. The meetings begin at 6 p.m. and are open to the public.
Members of the Selectboard
Gary Mullen, Chair
Email: theflyingfarmer29@gmail.com
Barn: 802-889-3323
Home: 802-889-3242
Cell: 802-369-9159
Mike McPhetres, Vice Chair
Email: farmallfix@yahoo.com
Cell: 802-272-6108
Shop: 802-728-3390
John O’Brien, Clerk
Email: bellwetherfilms@yahoo.com
Main: 802-889-3474
Regular Selectboard meetings are being held every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Town Office building. Members of the public are able to join this meeting either in person or via Zoom.
Follow this link to join the Zoom Meeting.
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Selectboard agenda for June 24, 2025
Recent Meetings
June 11, 2025
Agenda | Minutes | Video
June 10, 2025
Agenda | Minutes | Video
May 27, 2025
Agenda | Minutes | Video
Follow this link to see agendas and minutes from prior Selectboard meetings.
Alcohol and Cannabis Use Policy
The Selectboard approved an Alcohol and Cannabis Use Policy for the town’s public places during their June 11, 2024, meeting. Follow this link to read or download the policy.
Transfer Station Policy
Click here to see a draft of the Town of Tunbridge Transfer Station Policy.
Conflict of Interest
Follow this link to see a draft of the Town of Tunbridge Conflict of Interest Policy, which the Selectboard will vote on at their October 12, 2021, meeting.
Appropriations
Appropriations requested of the Town of Tunbridge need to be submitted by Dec. 1 of each year in order to be considered for a vote at the following Town Meeting.
Town Reports
Current and past Town Reports can be read or downloaded by following this link.
Getting on the Agenda
The Administrative Assistant and Selectboard members are those who can add items and issues to the Agenda. If they feel they can’t resolve your concerns by telephone or a meeting then they will have it added to the next Agenda as New Business.
If you have a topic that concerns you and you feel it needs to be addressed your first step would be to contact any of the individuals listed above by phone or email.
If you have documentation for the issue a good idea would to bring copies of the documentation with you to any meeting with members of the board and to a Selectboard meeting if you attend one. Please be sure to have at least 4 copies for the board members and the Administrative Assistant.
The Selectboard will continue with your issue until it is resolved.
Subchapter 002 : PUBLIC INFORMATION
(Cite as: 1 V.S.A. § 314)
§ 314. Penalty and enforcement
(a) A person who is a member of a public body and who knowingly and intentionally violates the provisions of this subchapter, a person who knowingly and intentionally violates the provisions of this subchapter on behalf or at the behest of a public body, or a person who knowingly and intentionally participates in the wrongful exclusion of any person or persons from any meeting subject to this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $500.00.
(b)(1) Prior to instituting an action under subsection (c) of this section, the Attorney General or any person aggrieved by a violation of the provisions of this subchapter shall provide the public body written notice that alleges a specific violation of this subchapter and requests a specific cure of such violation. The public body will not be liable for attorney’s fees and litigation costs under subsection (d) of this section if it cures in fact a violation of this subchapter in accordance with the requirements of this subsection.
(2) Upon receipt of the written notice of alleged violation, the public body shall respond publicly to the alleged violation within 10 calendar days by:
(A) acknowledging the violation of this subchapter and stating an intent to cure the violation within 14 calendar days; or
(B) stating that the public body has determined that no violation has occurred and that no cure is necessary.
(3) Failure of a public body to respond to a written notice of alleged violation within 10 calendar days shall be treated as a denial of the violation for purposes of enforcement of the requirements of this subchapter.
(4) Within 14 calendar days after a public body acknowledges a violation under subdivision (2)(A) of this subsection, the public body shall cure the violation at an open meeting by:
(A) either ratifying, or declaring as void, any action taken at or resulting from:
(i) a meeting that was not noticed in accordance with subsection 312(c) of this title; or
(ii) a meeting that a person or the public was wrongfully excluded from attending; or
(iii) an executive session or portion thereof not authorized under subdivisions 313(a)(1)-(10) of this title; and
(B) adopting specific measures that actually prevent future violations.
(c) Following an acknowledgment or denial of a violation and, if applicable, following expiration of the 14-calendar-day cure period for public bodies acknowledging a violation, the Attorney General or any person aggrieved by a violation of the provisions of this subchapter may bring an action in the Civil Division of the Superior Court in the county in which the violation has taken place for appropriate injunctive relief or for a declaratory judgment. An action may be brought under this section no later than one year after the meeting at which the alleged violation occurred or to which the alleged violation relates. Except as to cases the court considers of greater importance, proceedings before the Civil Division of the Superior Court, as authorized by this section and appeals therefrom, take precedence on the docket over all cases and shall be assigned for hearing and trial or for argument at the earliest practicable date and expedited in every way.
(d) The court shall assess against a public body found to have violated the requirements of this subchapter reasonable attorney’s fees and other litigation costs reasonably incurred in any case under this subchapter in which the complainant has substantially prevailed, unless the court finds that:
(1)(A) the public body had a reasonable basis in fact and law for its position; and
(B) the public body acted in good faith. In determining whether a public body acted in good faith, the court shall consider, among other factors, whether the public body responded to a notice of an alleged violation of this subchapter in a timely manner under subsection (b) of this section; or
(2) the public body cured the violation in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.
(e) A municipality shall post on its website, if it maintains one:
(1) an explanation of the procedures for submitting notice of an Open Meeting Law violation to the public body or the Attorney General; and
(2) a copy of the text of this section. (Amended 1979, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. April 24, 1980; 1987, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2013, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2015, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 24, 2016; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2023, No. 133 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. July 1, 2024.)