Time to register to run for office or your dog
If you are interested in running for office this year, now is the time to take your petition out.
Thirty signatures are required to get your name on the ballot, and a “consent of candidate” form is also required. Both need to be handed in to the town clerk’s office by 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 27.
As far as signing the petition goes, if there is more than one candidate running for a single office, you are now allowed to sign any and all candidates’ petitions for that single office.
The following offices are up for election this year:
- auditor — 3-year term (Richard Mintzer, incumbent)
- cemetery commissioner – 1-year term (vacant)
- cemetery commissioner – 2-year term (vacant)
- cemetery commissioner – 3-year term (Jessie Bradley, incumbent)
- Charlotte Library Trustee – 5-year term (Anne Marie Andriola, incumbent)
- delinquent tax collector – 1-year term (Mary Mead, incumbent)
- moderator – 1-year term (Charles Russell, incumbent)
- road commissioner – 1-year term (Junior Lewis-incumbent)
- selectboard – 2-year term (Kelly Devine, incumbent)
- selectboard – 3-year term (James M. Faulkner, incumbent)
- trustee of public funds – 3-year term (Ruth Uphold, incumbent)
Stop in and get your paperwork going if any of these offices are of interest to you.
It is also time to register your dog, the new 2025 licenses are ready to go. Unfortunately, the state of Vermont has increased its portion of the fee by $2. The cost now for neutered and spayed dogs is $11 and $15 for intact males and females.