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Every municipal board, council, commission, and committee (see examples listed below) is required to comply with Vermont’s Open Meeting Law. Watch this training to learn or review the basic requirements of the law, including:
- Meeting notices and agendas;
- Managing public participation, including remote attendees;
- Meeting minutes;
- Advisory vs. non-advisory boards; and
- Recording requirements.
This training is critical for elected and appointed members of all statutory municipal boards, commissions, and committees listed below – as well as all committees appointed by selectboards and other legislative bodies. Due to the great variety of locally appointed public bodies, the following lists are not exhaustive, but they do include most of the groups included in Vermont Statutes Annotated.
Recorded on December 10, 2025
Presenter: Susan Senning, Staff Attorney II, VLCT Municipal Assistance Center (MAC)
Legislative (Governing) Bodies
- Board of Aldermen
- City Council
- Board of Village Trustees
- Prudential Committee
- Selectboard
Boards
- Board of Abatement
- Board of Auditors
- Board of Civil Authority
- Board of Listers
- Development Review Board
- Library Trustees
- Trustees of Public Funds
- Zoning Board of Adjustment
Commissions & Committees
- Conservation Commission
- Planning Commission
- Committees
- Budget Advisory Committee
- Recreation Committee
- Energy Committee
Other committees by statute or appointed by selectboards (and other legislative bodies)
NOTE – This training will address the basics of the Open Meeting Law, but it does NOT fulfill the requirement (as of January 1, 2025) for chairs of legislative bodies, municipal managers and mayors to watch Secretary of State’s recorded Open Meeting Law training.