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Board of Civil Authority (BCA)

The Board of Civil Authority consists of elected Justices of the Peace (15), members of the Selectboard (5) and the Town Clerk.

Functions of the Board consist of serving as election officials, hearing tax appeals, sitting on the Board for the Abatement of Taxes, and administering oaths.

Justices of the Peace are elected in November in even numbered years for a two year term. Candidates' names may qualify to be placed on the ballot in one of two ways: Nomination by political party or by filing a petition with the town clerk in the appropriate manner. Justices elected in November take office the following February.

Currently Serving

Jane Buckingham -  JP

Peter Case - Selectboard

Franklin J. Chrisco -  JP

Diane Cooke -  JP

Richard Cooke -  JP

Amanda Ellis-Thurber - Selectboard

Isaac Evans-Frantz - Selectboard

Hilary Francis -  Town Clerk

Ian Goodnow -  JP

Peter Gould -  JP

Bill Harvey - JP

Martha Healey-Nelson -  JP

Oscar Heller - Selectboard

Tom Kuralt - JP

John Lightfoot - JP

Lee Madden - JP

Elizabeth McLoughlin - Selectboard

Beverly Miller -  JP

Kate O'Connor -  JP

Robert Oeser -  JP

Veronica Wheelock -  JP

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