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Seeking Development Review Board Members

The Town of Chelsea is looking for Development Review Board members. The Development Review Board (DRB) is a quasi-judicial five member board appointed by the Select Board. 

The DRB reviews applications that involve requests for waivers, variances, conditional uses, design review, and change of use. 

DRB meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd  Wednesday of the month at the Chelsea Town Library at 6:00 or as warranted.  

If interested, please contact administrativeassistant@chelseavt.us.

Job Opportunity- Chelsea Administrator Position

The town of Chelsea is seeking to hire a Town Administrator to support the Selectboard in fulfilling its duties.  This is a new position, created out of a need for the town to thoroughly develop policies and procedures that honor our history while setting ourselves up for renewed growth, and to implement systems of oversight to support that growth and development. 

The perfect candidate will be a self-driven independent worker, who thrives with multi-tasking, and interactions with the public while performing complex clerical duties requiring considerable decision-making.  They should possess strong communication skills, and have basic experience and knowledge related to municipal government, board policy, general accounting practices, social media, and public meetings management, among other general duties. 

Interested parties should send a cover letter, resume and three (3) letters of reference to administrativeassistant@chelseavt.us    Chelsea is an equal-opportunity employer.

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Selectboard Meeting Agenda – April 2, 2024

Selectboard Meeting Agenda
2 April 2024
6:30 PM
Chelsea Town Hall

  1. Call meeting to order
  2. Additions to the Agenda
  3. Conflict of Interest Disclosure
  4. Public Comments
  5. Approve Minutes 19 March 2024
  6. Treasurer –
    a. Contracts
    b. ARPA
  7. Highway
    a. New Truck
    b. Revisions and clarification of Highway permitting
    d. Annual Financial Plan
  8. Health Center Building
  9. Water/Wastewater Contract
  10. Development Review Board – Appoint Chuck Peel
  11. Listers – Request for Redetermination
  12. Forest and Parks Committee – Maple Ave Pollinator Grant
  13. Sign Appt of William Lyon to Central Vt Waste Mgt District
  14. Liquor License – Vt Rte 110 Quickstop
  15. Approve Orders
  16. Executive Session if Necessary
  17. Adjourn

Links to join the Selectboard Meeting:    
https://meet.google.com/fwf-ayyb-acq
https://www.youtube.com/@ChelseaVTSelectboardOfficial/streams

Chelsea Town Forest and Parks Commission Meeting Minutes 3.18.2024

 

Special meeting – March 18, 2024

6:00 p.m. via Zoom 

In attendance: Jen Chase, Marty Gratz, John Upham, John Latham, Peter Amber, Robin Amber, Susan Elder

  1.  Public Comments – None. 
  2.  Pollinator Project – Revisions to Spark Grant reviewed.  Motion made to approve draft for submission to Selectboard. All in favor. Passed. 
  3. Adjourn.  
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Selectboard Meeting Agenda – March 19, 2024

19 March 2024
6:30 PM
Chelsea Town Hall

  1. Call meeting to order
  2. Additions to the Agenda
  3. Conflict of Interest Disclosure
  4. Public Comments
  5. Approve Minutes 6 March 2024
  6. Treasurer – Contracts
  7. Highway
    a. New Truck
    b. Revisions and clarification of Work in ROW permitting
    c. Ben Canonica – permit and request to cut trees
    d. East Randolph Road Municipal Invoice Cover memo – corrected
    e. Municipal Roads Grant Permit
    f. VTRANS Grant Project
  8. Sewer Issue on Rte 113
  9. Mitigation Proposal for Town Hall
  10. Digitization Proposal
  11. Development Review Board
    a. Appoint Patty Swahn
  12. Listers – Response to appeal to the state
  13. Forest and Parks Committee
  14. Appointment of a Representative to Central VT Waste Management
  15. Approve Orders
  16. Executive Session to discuss personnel issue
  17. Adjourn

Links to join the Selectboard Meeting:
https://meet.google.com/fwf-ayyb-acq
https://www.youtube.com/@ChelseaVTSelectboardOfficial/streams

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Selectboard Organizational Meeting – March 6, 2024

Chelsea Selectboard Organizational Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, March 6, 2023
6:30 PM Chelsea Town Hall

  1. Call meeting to order
  2. Conflict of interest disclosure
  3. Changes to agenda
  4. Select Chair and Vice Chair
  5. Determine meeting rules of procedure
  6. Set meeting dates, location, and times for regular meetings
  7. Determine process for calling special and emergency meetings
  8. Public Comments
  9. Select Newspaper of Record
  10. Determine Selectboard organizational process
    a. Appoint Selectboard Clerk or continue to have Admin Assistant
    record meeting minutes
    b. Designate member or members to sign Orders/Warrants on off-weeks
    c. Determining agenda content and coordination
    d. Approval of Village Greens Requests
    e. Approval of Roberts Gould Field requests
    f. Designate whether Selectboard members want to have liaison
    appointments for Town Departments
  11. New Truck for Highway Dept
  12. Appoint Representative to Central VT Solid Waste District
  13. Mowing Bids
  14. Approve Minutes of 20 February Meeting
  15. Executive Session For Human Resources if Necessary
  16. Adjourn
    Links to join the Selectboard Meeting:
    https://meet.google.com/fwf-ayyb-acq
    https://www.youtube.com/@ChelseaVTSelectboardOfficial/streams
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Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing

Chelsea Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing On Modernizing Chelsea’s Zoning Bylaws

March 25, 2024, at 6:30 PM in the Chelsea Town Hall

The Chelsea Planning Commission will hold a public meetingon modernizing Chelsea’s Zoning Bylaws and amending the Town Plan on Monday March 25th, 2024, at 6:30 PM in theChelsea Town Hall, located at 296 VT Route 110, Chelsea, VT 05038.

The purpose of this meeting is to discuss potential revisions to Chelsea’s current Zoning Bylaws and amend portions of the Town Plan for the purposes of attaining regional approval. This will result in a draft revision of Chelsea’s Zoning Bylaws that will replace the current Zoning Bylaws in their entirety. This will also result in amendments to portions of the Town Plan. The revised Bylaws and amended Town Plan are meant to further the goals of 24 V.S.A. § 4302.

This hearing is open to the public.