Working to fill town positions, Duxbury still seeks a selectboard member
April 15, 2025 | By Lisa ScagliottiThe Duxbury Selectboard is still in need of a fifth member following last month’s election, but it’s making progress in filling other town positions, including recommending a new member to represent the community on the Harwood school board.
At its meeting on Monday, the Duxbury Selectboard voted unanimously to recommend Emily Dolloff to the Harwood Unified Union School Board. One of Duxbury’s two seats on the school board was on the March 4 Town Meeting Day election ballot, but no candidates stepped forward to run. The position was previously held by Life LeGeros who did not run for election at the end of his term. Duxbury’s other seat is held by Cindy Senning who is vice chair of the school board. Dolloff was the only applicant for the position, town officials said.
The Harwood board meets on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Making appointments to fill the Duxbury seat and two Waterbury seats also vacant after the March election is on the agenda. All appointments made after an election are in effect until the next election, regardless of the length of the term when the position was on the ballot. The Duxbury’s seat on the school board will be on the 2026 Town Meeting Day ballot with two years remaining.
At its March 24 meeting, the board appointed Matt Schroeder to fill one of two vacant Duxbury Selectboard seats that remained open following the March election. Three positions on the five-member board were on the Town Meeting Day ballot and only one candidate, former board member Mari Pratt, ran for one of two one-year terms. As with the school board, the positions filled by appointment now will be in effect until March 2026.
The board reorganized in March with Patrick Zachary named chair, Pratt as vice chair and Jamison Ervin as board clerk. Board members said they are continuing to talk with community members to try to recruit a candidate to fill the remaining selectboard opening. Anyone interested in the position may contact board members for more information. Contact emails and meeting information are online on the town website here. Letters of interest for the selectboard seat may be sent to board Chair Patrick Zachary at pz@duxburyvermont.com or Town Clerk Maureen Harvey at TownClerk@duxburyvermont.com.
Appointments approved
At its March 24 meeting and Monday’s meeting, the selectboard unanimously supported making the following appointments to mostly volunteer positions in town government, with one exception:
Brenda Clarkson to the Budget Committee. This is a five-year elected position that did not have a candidate on the March ballot. Clarkson would serve until next March and could run for the remainder of the term which would be on the 2026 Town Meeting Day ballot.
Eric Potter as Tree Warden
Ian Stewart as Emergency Management Officer
Dan Cardozo as E-911 coordinator
Andrea McMahan as Animal Control Officer
Mark Morse as the representative to the Waterbury Ambulance Service
Ames Robbs and Alan Quackenbush to the Planning Commission
Richard Valentinetti as Health Officer for three years
Zeb Towne to the Development Review Board for five years
David Wendt was appointed as the town’s representative to the Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission with Alan Quackenbush as the alternate.
Todd Hill to the Central Vermont Solid Waste District