Welcome to Thetford, Vermont
Thetford is a town of six active villages on the Connecticut River, half-way up the east side of Vermont. About half of its 2,500 or so residents live and work in town, with the other half working in other towns in the Upper Valley. The community is extremely active, and different groups seem to enjoy living here all the more for the fact that there are groups of people here quite different from their own.

The town is run by volunteers and by a full and part-time staff of 25. Residents wishing to get involved in the several committees that help set the town’s agenda should look to the Citizen’s Guide section above and feel free to send questions to one of our selectboard members or other public official.

Click here to see the Topline Analysis of 2011 Thetford Town Poll.

Thetford GIS – Public Access
Thetford’s public access portal for the Town’s Geographical Information System (GIS) can be accessed here.

Thetford Town Hall
PO Box 126
Thetford, VT 05075
802.785.2922
Fax 785-2031

Draft ATV Ordinance
The most recent draft ATV ordinance can be downloaded here (May 6 Draft).  This is a DRAFT and not an adopted ordinance.  This is a draft released during the Selectboard’s May 6 meeting.  Please read below for more details on the progress of the ATV discussion.

Background to the May 6 Draft:  After several weeks of receiving public comment, the Selectboard voted on April 29 to draft an ordinance on ATV use that would “allow for ATV use on class and 3 and 4 roads for access purposes for people of classes such as seniors, handicap, and landowners with land adjoining class 4 roads.”  The discussion leading up to that decision can be found in the April 29 minutes, available here.  During the their May 6 meeting, the Selectboard released a full text version of the draft ordinance that reflected the April 29 decision.  For reference, a summary of the comments for and against ATVs on roads can be found in the image below.  This was a picture of the whiteboard at the April 22 hearing.

Next Steps – June 3 Public Hearing:  The Selectboard will host a public hearing on the most recent Draft ATV ordinance on June 3.  This will be the next meeting that the Selectboard will be able to accommodate a discussion with full board presence.  Between now and June 3, the Selectboard encourages written comments which can be emailed directly to all Selectboard members at selectboard@thetfordvermont.us.  The Selectboard intends to hear comments at that hearing, possibly make some revisions to the draft, and then hold a vote on the ordinance that same evening.  As always, that plan is subject to change.  Furthermore, in the event that the Selectboard does vote on the ordinance, that ordinance would not go into effect for 45 days.  During those 45 days, the public may petition to bring the ordinance before a Town vote.

April 22 ATV Discussion white board

ECFiber 2013 Build Plan

Irv Thomae, Chair of ECFiber, met with the Selectboard on February 11 to present ECFiber’s building plans for 2013.  As you can see in the map below, they have significant plans for Thetford.  Read the minutes from the meeting here.  For more information, visit ECFiber’s website – www.ecfiber.net.

Gravel RFP
The Town is accepting bids for 2500 CY of 3/4″ of either STA MAT or Processed Gravel. The Town may be willing to consider 1″ material, but an inspection of the material would be required first. Material greater than 1″ is unacceptable.  The RFP can be downloaded here.

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