Selectboard Meeting 10/14/25

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Updated link to the Selectboard Meeting 10/14/25 at 5:30 PM

Selectboard Meeting 10/14/25
Oct 14, 2025, 5:30 – 6:30 PM (America/New_York)

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**New Speed Limit on Route 4! 45 mph Zone Reduced to 40 mph**

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On September 10th, the Vermont Traffic Committee approved a request from the Town of Rutland and the Town of Mendon to reduce the speed limit on Route 4 from the stoplight at Home Depot in Rutland Town to Medway Road in Mendon.  Please be advised that effective today September 23, 2025 the posted speed limit is being reduced from 45 mph to 40 mph.

Special Selectboard Meeting 9/16/25 4PM

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Special Selectboard Meeting

Warning

There will be a Special Selectboard Meeting on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM at the Town Office with remote option available.  The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the employment and evaluation of an employee.

The Selectboard will enter Executive Session in accordance with T. 1  VSA §313 (1) & (3)

Special Selectboard Meeting
Sep 16, 2025, 4:00 – 4:30 PM (America/New_York)

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Town of Mendon

2282 US Route 4, Mendon, VT 05701

4:00 PMAM                                                                                                                                         September 16, 2025

SPECIAL SELECTBOARD  AGENDA

  1. This Meeting is being recorded: Call Selectboard Meeting to order 4:00 PM at the Town Office
  2. Pledge of Allegiance
  3. Add/delete items to the agenda:
  4. 4:02 Public Comment – 15 minutes (2 minutes per participant)
  5. 4:17 Business
    1. Employment & Evaluation
      1. Employment & Evaluation of an employee – premature general public knowledge would clearly place the public body, or a person involved at a substantial disadvantage move to enter executive session per 1 VSA §313 (1)
      2. Executive Session to discuss Employment and Evaluation of an employee per 1 VSA §313 (3)9:00 Adjournment of Special Selectboard Meeting
  6. 5:00 Adjournment of Special Selectboard Meeting

Selectboard Meeting cancelled

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The Selectboard Meeting scheduled for 8/25/25 at 5:30 PM at the Town Office has been cancelled.  The next Selectboard Meeting is scheduled for 9/8/25 at 5:30 PM at the Town Office with a remote option available.

2025/2026 Tax Rate

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Homestead = $2.0687                                              Non-Residential = $2.1127

($.5165+$1.5510+$.0012)                                       ($.5165+$1.5950+$.0012)

 

Municipal Tax Rate: $.5165

             2025-2026  Amount to be raised by taxes      $1,259,250

             2025-2026  Municipal Grand List                    $2,438,434

Education Tax Rate:

             Homestead = $1.5510

             Non-Residential = $1.5950

 Local Agreement Tax: $.0012

 

Tax bills are being prepared and will be mailed by the end of July.

ANR Healthy Homes Initiative On-Site Program

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Pre-Qualification Form Process and Deadlines:

As of Tuesday, July 15, 2025, the pre-qualification form for the ANR Healthy Homes Initiative On-Site Program is open. Homeowners can apply to receive funding to repair or replace a failed or inadequate on-site water or wastewater system. Form responses must be submitted by 3:00 pm EST on Wednesday, September 3, 2025.

 

Please note that the funding is competitive and limited. Submission of a pre-qualification form does not guarantee a homeowner will receive funding.

 

To be eligible for funding, applicants must:

  • Have an actively failed or inadequate on-site drinking water or wastewater system (also known as wells, springs, septic systems or tanks, leach fields, drywells, or cesspools), and
  • Own and live on a residential property with either a single-family home or an owner-occupied, multi-family home with up to four units, and
  • Earn a household income of less than $80,835 per year

 

Funding Information:

  • Awardees will receive 100% of the reasonable cost of design/permitting and construction up to $30,000. Within the $30,000 standard award amount, up to $5,000 is available for design and permitting costs and the remaining balance is available for construction costs.
  • Limited funding is available for awardees whose projects cost more than the standard award amount of $30,000. To access additional funding above $30,000 the applicant must submit reasonable justification for the high-cost project and receive approval from the State.
  • Payments will be made directly to the consultant(s) and/or contractor(s) who perform the work upon submission of invoice(s).

 

How to Submit a Response and More Information:

The pre-qualification form is available here –

https://forms.office.com/g/8s23C0c9YS

 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the pre-qualification form and ANR Healthy Homes On-Site funding are posted to the program website.

 

If homeowners need assistance with filling out the form, they can submit their response over the phone. Please have them leave a message for the ANR Healthy Homes Team at (802) 828-0141 or (877) 344-0354 (Toll Free). They can also reach out to the ANR Healthy Homes Team by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone with questions.

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF THE TOWN OF MENDON ORDINANCE REGULATING DOGS AND WOLF-HYBRIDS

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TOWN OF MENDON, VERMONT

www.mendonvt.gov

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF THE TOWN OF MENDON ORDINANCE REGULATING DOGS AND WOLF-HYBRIDS

On 05/14/25, the Selectboard of the Town of Mendon, Vermont, adopted the TOWN OF MENDON ORDINANCE REGULATING DOGS AND WOLF-HYBRIDS to regulate the keeping of dogs and wolf hybrids and to provide for their leashing, muzzling, restraint, impoundment, and destruction, to protect the public health and safety of the Town and preserve the quiet enjoyment or its residents’ homes and properties. The sections include:  Authority, Purpose, Definitions, Licensing, Humane Care of Domestic Pets and Domestic Animals, Nuisances, Collar and License, Enforcement, Penalties and Costs, Impoundment, Investigation of Vicious Dogs, Potentially Vicious Dogs, Other Laws, Severability and Effective Date.  This notice is published pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 1972 to inform the public of this adoption and of the citizens’ right to petition for a vote to disapprove this adoption. The full text of the Ordinance may be examined at the Mendon Town office at 2282 US Route 4, Mendon, VT 05701 and may be examined during regular office hours and at www.mendonvt.gov

CITIZENS’ RIGHT TO PETITION FOR VOTE

Title 24 V.S.A. § 1973 grants citizens the right to petition for a vote at a special or annual Town Meeting to disapprove ordinance amendments adopted by the Selectboard. To exercise this right, citizens must present to the Selectboard or the Town Clerk a petition for a vote on the question of disapproving the amendments signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the Town’s qualified voters. The petition must be presented within forty-four (44) days following the date of the adoption of the amendments which is on or before June 27, 2025. Unless a petition requesting a vote is filed pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 1973, the amended “TOWN OF MENDON ORDINANCE REGULATING DOGS AND WOLF-HYBRIDS” shall become effective sixty (60) days from the date of said adoption which is July 13, 2025.

PERSON TO CONTACT

Additional information pertaining to this Ordinance may be obtained by contacting Sara Tully, Mendon Town Administrator at 2282 US Route 4, Mendon, VT 05701 or by calling 802-558-3935 during regular office hours.

Mendon Dogs and Wolf Hybrids Ordinance v.FINAL 5.14.25 adopted