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Town Clerk's Office closed - May 19

The Plainfield Town Clerk's Office will be closed on Monday May 19, 2025 in order to prepare for the reconsideration vote to be held on Tuesday May 20, 2025.

Upcoming

- May 19: Planning Commision meeting
- May 20: Reconsideration vote on zoning, this page

Recent Updates
(posted date)

- Grants Committee minutes 5-13-25 (May 19)
- Batchelder Dam presentation (May 17)
- Deveopment Review Board 5-14-25 video (May 17)
- Route 2 Construction update - this page (May 16)
- Reappraisal Project update (May 16)
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Accessibility Committee minutes (May 15)
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EVEAC 5-8-25 meeting minutes (May 15)
- EVEAC 5-8-25 meeting video (May 11)
- Select Board 5-5-25 meeting minutes (May 9)
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 Flood Recovery Community Update Meeting (May 6)
- New form to report a road problem (Oct 19)

Reconsideration Vote On Zoning May 20th

A petition was successfully submitted to the Town Clerk regarding a reconsideration vote for the zoning that was previously approved at Town Meeting (was referred to as Article 2).Therefore on Tues, May 20th there will be a reconsideration vote regarding the zoning regulations.       
So that everyone is informed on the issue there are two documents available here.  One is a copy of the zoning regulations with the proposed changes highlighted in red. The other document is a Planning Commission document narratively explaining the proposed changes. There is also one color-coded hard copy of the zoning regs available to view in the Town Office. New material is marked in red ink.
​Voting will occur in the Plainfield Municipal Building, 149 Main Street Plainfield Vermont.


Planning Commission Narrative

Proposed Zoning Regulations 
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Construction Update - U.S. Rte 2 Resurfacing Project

DATE: Friday, May 16, 2025
TRAFFIC IMPACT AND DURATION: 
From Monday, May 19 through Friday, May 23, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., motorists should anticipate minor delays and alternating one-way traffic on U.S. 2 in Cabot near Danville Hill Road to the intersection with Vermont Route 15 (VT 15) in West Danville. Flaggers and Uniformed Traffic Officers will be present to assist motorists through the work zone. 
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES:
 On U.S. 2, crews will pave the final lift of pavement from Danville Hill Road in Cabot to the intersection with VT 15 in West Danville.  
LOCATION: Beginning near the Plainfield/Marshfield town line, on U.S. 2, near the intersection of U.S. 2 and Hillside Drive, and extending easterly along U.S. Route 2 to a point just west of the VT Route 15 and U.S. 2 intersection in West Danville. 
​PROJECTED COMPLETION
: Summer 2025

Village Expansion Website

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Link to the Village Expansion Project website 
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East Village Expansion Advisory Committee (EVEAC)

Town Meeting election results

Election Results from the Town Meeting
2024 Grand List
Town Meeting video

2024 Flood Information

All postings, information, links and pictures about the 2024 flood have been moved to the 2024 Flood Information page. ​

​Select Board

​Regular Select Board meetings are held on the second and fourth Monday of each month at 6:00 PM.
More information on the Select Board page

New Municipal Tax Rates

To the Plainfield Taxpayer,
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The tax bills were mailed on Friday July 19th. The Municipal tax rate is going to be 1.0665. This represents a 0.1088 increase from last year. It’s important taxpayers understand the confluence of events that led to this significant rate hike. In short, the problem stems from the one-two punch of the sequential July storms.

The Municipal tax rate is calculated by dividing the taxes authorized to be raised at Town Meeting by the Town’s Grand List (a formula representing the appraised values of properties) — offset by surplus from the previous year's budget and expected revenues from the state and other sources.  Sadly, last year’s flood depleted the Town Treasury and  there was no budget surplus. In addition, the FEMA reimbursements have been uncertain and slow in coming.  On top of all this, the Grand List has been lowered considerably due to this year’s storm which destroyed many houses. In short, this unfortunate combination of factors has led to the significant tax rise.

The only good news I can bring is that the State LOWERED the homestead tax rate by 0.0238. Unfortunately the non-homestead rate is going up 0.1654. Once again these numbers, although included in your local tax bill, are set by the folks in Montpelier, not Plainfield.

Given recent events, the town will endeavor to make the abatement process more manageable. PLEASE NOTE: the town considers building damage in these abatement proceedings but not loss of acreage. However the town has agency over the rating of the quality of the land. Once again these are State rules, not governed by the municipality.

If you wish to have the town consider an abatement please send an email to [email protected] with the specifics of the damage both structural and geographic. Mark the subject line ABATEMENT. You can attach pictures. 

Thank you to everyone who has helped mitigate our recent disaster.  

Bram Towbin
Plainfield Town Clerk/Treasurer

Title 1, Section 314 notice

Title 1 : General Provisions
Chapter 005 : Common Law; General Rights
Subchapter 002 : Public Information
(Cite as: 1 V.S.A. § 314)
§ 314. Penalty and enforcement

Full Notice
FREE Harm Reduction Kits are available at the Town Clerk's Office 

These kits contain Narcan (Naloxone HCl Nasal Spray 4 mg), Fentanyl Test Strips, Xylazine Test Strips, BZK Antiseptic Towelettes, CPR Face Guard, disposable masks, and Harm Reduction information. They're available during open office hours Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 8am - 4pm.​

​We've got work - Town job opportunities!

​If you are looking for some additional income, consider serving the Town as: ​​
  • Auditor
  • Part-time Maintenance Person ​​
​​For more information on these positions, email: ​[email protected]
Legal job description for these positions can be found here. 
​Interested in serving Plainfield as a volunteer? (updated 2/14/24)
​These Commissions could use additional members:
  • Planning Commission - contact Will Colgan
  • Conservation Commission - contact Rose Paul 
  • Cemetery Commission - contact Donna Pettersen


The Town Calendar has been moved to the new Calendar page. 


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    • Abatement Board
    • Accessibility Committee
    • ARPA Committee
    • Cemetery Commission
    • Conservation Commission
    • Development Review Board >
      • Development Review Board Decisions
    • East Village Expansion Advisory Committee
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      • News from Emergency Management
      • COVID-19 Information
      • Executive Orders from Governor Scott
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      • Hazard Mitigation Resources
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      • Water & Wastewater Minutes Archive
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    • Route 2-Main Street Intersection
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