Comments for Town of Colchester, VT

Comment on Departmental Update – 2/8/13 by champlainer

champlainer — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:32:28 +0000

Thanks, Al and staff, for making all this information available to Colchester residents in the many ways that you do. Transparency is well served by your efforts!

Comment on Departmental Update – 10/19/12 by champlainer

champlainer — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:03:00 +0000

Thanks, Joan, for your informative tax rate analysis.. Yours and the other department updates are a useful way to enable Colchester residents and voters to be informed. of town issues and events.

Comment on Departmental Update – 9/14/12 by champlainer

champlainer — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 13:11:49 +0000

Does Joan or anyone have information as to how Colchester’s allocation of expenses compares with budgets in other area towns? Thanks.

“Finance – Joan Boehm (Asst. Town Manager/CFO)

Did you know that the Town divided the General Fund operating budget into segments by departments? In FY 13, the 5 departments that consumed the largest portion of the budget were as follows:
Police 34% $3,745,204
Public Works 20% $2,240,948
Fire Department Contributions 7% $793,252
Parks & Recreation 6% $625,229
Planning & Zoning 5% $553,552
72% $7,988,185

Total FY 13 Budget 100.0%$ 11,085,390″

Comment on Departmental Update – 8/3/12 by David Usher

David Usher — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 22:03:37 +0000

Thanks, Al, for supporting a common sense approach to business signage in Colchester. Left to their own devices, some environmental bureaucrats would further depress the economy.

Comment on Departmental Updates – 6/29/12 by champlainer

champlainer — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 13:22:24 +0000

Thanks for providing this regular information update from all departments for Colchester residents and others interested in Town affairs. Similar brief input from the Selectboard, perhaps from each member on a rotating basis, would also be beneficial.

Comment on Bay Road and Rt. 7 Intersection by champlainer

champlainer — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:03:53 +0000

Thanks for the update, Bryan, and your continued work on the Town’s infrastructure improvement. The years-long review, design and funding cycle for these projects is very frustrating.

Comment on Around the Town #50 – Superior Court Decision by champlainer

champlainer — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:55:11 +0000

The taxing dilemma will be sorted out, I’m certain. However, the Town budget VOTE may be affected because folks may not disassociate the two issues. Hopefully, Town officials will publicly set forth the options under consideration with some published evaluation of the pros and cons of each before the SB votes to pursue a course of action.

Comment on Public Forum on Economic Development by champlainer

champlainer — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:43:44 +0000

Hope many folks will come to provide their input, so important to Colchester’s economic future.

Comment on Inspections of Properties with Building Permits by champlainer

champlainer — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:19:26 +0000

Thanks for the response and your efforts at efficency.

Comment on Inspections of Properties with Building Permits by colchesteradmin99

colchesteradmin99 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:36:58 +0000

Thank you for your suggestions. I passed them on, and received this response from Sarah Hadd, Director of Planning and Zoning:

“Within the past year the Town has made additional efforts to schedule these inspections at the same time whenever feasible for the property owner, the inspector, and the assessor. The challenge can be that a property ready for occupancy from a safety point might not have all of the finishes completed that the assessor will need to see and therefore we can not always make this a standard one trip per property. Please be assured that this consolidation of efforts has been made and we will continue to look for these types of efficiencies moving forward.”