Notice of Vacancy on Selectboard

TOWN OF WHITINGHAM

NOTICE OF VACANCY

August 22, 2024

In accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 961(a), the Selectboard of the Town of Whitingham hereby gives notice of a vacancy created by resignation on the Selectboard effective August 22, 2024.

The Selectboard, pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 963, will consider an appointment to fill the vacancy at its meeting on September 18, 2024.  Interested persons should send a letter or email to the Selectboard by September 18, 2024 (see address information below).  The person appointed will serve until a town election is had.          

CITIZENS’ RIGHT TO PETITION FOR VOTE

Titles 17 V.S.A. § 2643 and 24 V.S.A. § 963 grant citizens the right to petition for a vote to replace the Selectboard’s appointee at a special Town Meeting.  If a special Town Meeting is called, the newly elected town officer will remain in office for the balance of the unexpired term.  If a special Town Meeting is not called, the Selectboard’s appointee will remain in office until the next annual Town Meeting.  

To exercise this right, citizens must present a petition calling for an election for this office signed by five percent of the legal voters of the Town to the Town Clerk prior to the next annual Town Meeting.    

PERSON TO CONTACT

Additional information pertaining to this notice and its contents may be obtained by contacting Almira Aekus, Town Clerk, (802) 368-7887 during normal office hours.                                                  

                                                                        Dated this 22nd day of August 2024.

 

                                                                        Gig Zboray, Selectboard Administrator

 

 

Letters of interest should be mailed to:

 

Whitingham Selectboard

PO Box 529

Jacksonville, VT  05342

 

Or via email to:  gig@whitinghamvt.org