Vermont Open Meeting Law
Vermont's Open Meeting Law can be found in:
Title 1 (General Provisions) >
Chapter 5 (Common Law; General Rights) >
Subchapter 2 (Public Information) >
Section 312 (Right to attend meetings of public agencies)
The citation is: 1 V.S.A. § 312. Click here to navigate to the Vermont Statutes Online.
Generally speaking, Vermont's Open Meeting Law requires the Selectboard to do the following:
- Have meetings be open to the public at all times.
- Provide advance public notice of meetings, including agendas.
- Offer an electronic meeting platform that allows direct access, attendance, and participation of the public.
- Discuss all business and take all actions in open meeting.
- Take meeting minutes and make them available to the public.
- Electronically record all meetings.
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Post the recording for a minimum of 30 days following the posting of the draft minutes for a meeting.
Have an open meeting law violation complaint? Please provide the public body with a written notice that alleges a specific violation and requests a specific cure of such violation. For assistance, email the complaint to Town Administrator Kassie Hull at selectboard@barnardvt.us or deliver your document in person and she will forward to the appropriate person.
See Open Meeting Law Penalty and Enforcement (1 V.S.A. §314)