Board of Trustees

The Essex Junction Trustees is the governing, legislative body for the Municipality of the Village of Essex Junction. The five-member board is elected at large within the Village. After each Annual Meeting, one of the Trustees is elected by the other Trustees to the office of Village President.  The Village President is the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees and presides at the Trustee meetings. The three-year terms of the Trustees are staggered to provide continuity.

Board Members & Contact Information

George A. Tyler, Village President gtyler@ essexjunction.org 802-310-8215
Elaine H. Sopchak, Vice President esopchak@ essexjunction.org 802-324-2546
Daniel S. Kerin dkerin@ essexjunction.org 802-879-8343
Lori A. Houghton lhoughton@ essexjunction.org 802-879-6701
Andrew P. Brown abrown@ essexjunction.org 802-598-8162

The Village Trustees welcome your questions, concerns and suggestions.  Please feel free to contact any Trustee at the email or phone number listed on this page.

Please be aware that the Trustees are not able to respond to emails as a group.  If you send an email to all five Trustees, it is mostly likely you will receive a response from only one Trustee.  This is because there are laws that prevent elected officials from conducting business outside of a public meeting.  Responding to a group email is an example of this.

If you wish to discuss a concern with the entire Board of Trustees, the best way to do this is either to contact the Village Manager to have your concern placed on an upcoming meeting agenda, or to attend a Board of Trustees meeting and address the Board at the beginning of the meeting.

To put an item on a Board agenda, call the Village office at 878-6944 and speak to either Patty Benoit or Village Manager Pat Scheidel.  To speak to the Board of Trustees at a meeting, be there when the meeting starts (usually at 6:30 p.m.)  Immediately after the Pledge of Allegiance, the Village President will ask the audience if anyone wants to speak about something that isn't on the agenda.  That's when you can bring up your concern.

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Meeting Agenda and Items

    Summary of Last Meeting

    The Village Trustees met on Tuesday, May 9th.  Highlights from the meeting include:

    -The Trustees held a public hearing and approved the use of up to $10,000 from the Economic Development Fund to make improvements to a public parking area at 3 Main Street, and to purchase street banners.
    -Sarah Reeves, General Manager of CSWD, gave a presentation on the FYE18 budget.  The Trustees approved the budget as presented.
    -Essex Public Works Director Dennis Lutz updated the Trustees on Public Works consolidation.  The board agreed to continue with the current MOU, and appointed Elaine Sopchak and Andrew Brown to the Public Works Coordinating Committee.
    -The Trustees awarded the FYE18 paving bid to ECI in the amount of $489,695.10.
    -The Trustees heard an update on 2017 Neighbors Day.
    -The Trustees tabled the adoption of the FYE18 Capital Reserve Plan.
    -The Trustees heard a presentation on a proposed Arts Festival to be happening in September.
    -The Trustees scheduled a retreat for June 13th. 

    The meeting can be watched here.   

    Archive of Minutes

    Most meetings are available to watch on www.cctv.org