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Bylaw Committee discusses process for citizen requests, Earthworks revisions.

Rutland Bylaw Committee approves prior minutes and advances new process for bylaw requests. Chair Barbara Ruchala and members Kumara Govardhan and Lionel Carbonneau discussed whether to accept anonymous submissions for bylaw changes, noting procedural complications when requesters cannot be reached

Rutland Select Board approves flood plain bylaw assignment, forest stewardship plan.

Rutland Select Board assigns Conservation Commission to lead flood plain bylaw and forestry management work. The town missed a July 8, 2025 deadline for flood insurance compliance, leaving nearly $1.2 million in town properties ineligible for federal coverage. The Commission will draft a model

Conservation Commission assigns flood plain bylaw, forestry management to itself.

Conservation Commission assumes lead on flood plain bylaw and forestry management. The board, meeting jointly with the Select Board, unanimously accepted responsibility for drafting a bylaw to restore federal flood insurance eligibility to nearly 1.2 million dollars' worth of town properties lost

Select Board, Finance Committee review FY2027 budgets for DPW, Health.

Select Board and Finance Committee jointly reviewed FY2027 budgets for DPW and Board of Health. Department of Public Works Director Christopher Kolofsky presented the budget reflecting newly negotiated union wage increases across administration, operations, snow and ice, facilities, water and

Fourth of July Committee selects 2026 theme and Finnish Heritage Society as grand marshal.

Fourth of July Committee adopts "Spirit of America, Rooted in Rutland" as 2026 theme. Chairman Ben Barakian and members unanimously selected the Finnish Heritage Society Sovittaja as grand marshal, honoring the organization's 100th anniversary. The committee also unanimously approved Joellen