For further assistance, contact the Town Clerk's Office, which is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. The office is closed every election day, the day following all elections, and the Monday prior to Town Meeting Day. 

Open Town Meeting

Open Town Meeting was held on April 11, 2026, at the Brattleboro Union High School gymnasium. 

•  Watch Open Town Meeting 2026.  

•  Watch the Info Session held on April 8.

•  View the complete warning for this meeting here (corrected March 13).  

•  View the 2025-26 Annual Town Report here. Print editions of the report are available at the Brooks Memorial Library and Town Clerk’s Office during regular business hours. An addendum to the Town Report is available here.

•  Learn more about the budget on the FY27 budget project page and view the Finance Committee's FY27 Report here. 

•  On Feb. 25, 2026, the Human Services Review Committee hosted an informational forum to discuss municipal human services funding. View it here. 

•  Dependent care reimbursement forms for the Brattleboro Open Town Meeting will be available at the meeting on April 11, 2026. See separate section below.

•  Visit this page to learn more about Robert’s Rules of Order, which are rules of procedure that will guide the meeting. 

•  Read the minutes of this meeting.

A Note About Representative Town Meeting

During Town Meeting Day, held on March 3, 2026, Brattleboro voters discontinued Representative Town Meeting. Representative Town Meeting, which had been originally scheduled on March 21, 2026, has been canceled, and Open Town Meeting will replace it in April. 

At Open Town Meeting, all registered voters who are present can discuss, debate, amend, and vote on the town budget and on other binding and non-binding items. An elected group of five members of the Selectboard carry out the policies set at the annual town meeting.