Need Insurance Documentation for Your FEMA PA Claim?

As a PACIF member, you can email the PACIF Underwriting team for easy access to your municpality’s 2023 Property & Casualty Coverage Document and Declaration Page.


MERP Energy Assessment Deadline Has Been Shortened!

The deadline to apply for free Level 1 and Level 2 Energy Resilience Assessments through the Municipal Energy Resilience Program has been moved up to 10/31. Buildings must be municipally owned (but perpetually leased facilities may be eligible).


Smallest Municipalities Required to Provide Unemployment Insurance

Part of 2023 Act 76 (H.217) requires that municipal entities (along with other non-profit organizations) that have one to four employees must take steps to start providing unemployment insurance in 2024.


Vision Benefit Has a New Account Manager

Benefit managers at members of VLCT’s Vision Insurance program will please note that we have a new EyeMed contact person (pun intended): Alexandria Meister. From now on, please direct any EyeMed inquiries to Alex – or to Kelley Avery at VLCT.


Do You Know Your Municipality’s ERAF Rating?

FEMA pays 75% of eligible costs for a federally declared disaster. Through Emergency Relief Assistance Funding, the state and municipality share the remaining 25% of eligible costs based on a municipality’s mitigation actions. Use this website to verify your municipality’s cost share.


Assess Clean Water Projects for Flood Impacts

Project sponsors can assess the status and condition of DEC-funded Clean Water projects to learn which ones did or did not succeed and why. Potential funding, survey tool, and protocols are available.

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Legal Lunch Hour

Wed 8/30, 12 PM – 1 PM

Questions about dog control regulations and enforcement are welcome at this informal Q&A session.

Annual Meeting of the Membership

Tue 9/26, 1 PM – 2:15 PM, in person

Town Fair, DoubleTree, South Burlington

This one Town Fair event includes the annual business meetings for VERB, PACIF, and VLCT.

Accessing Federal Resources to Rebuild After a Disaster
Tue 9/26, 2:30 P
M – 3:30 PM, in person

Town Fair, DoubleTree, South Burlington

This special Town Fair panel with representatives from FEMA and Vermont Emergency Management will provide helpful tips for communities impacted by the summer’s flooding and prepare other attendees for future disasters.

Getting Comfortable with Debt After a Disaster

Tue 9/26, 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM, in person

Town Fair, DoubleTree, South Burlington

This Town Fair panel of municipal finance experts will discuss how to properly use debt after a disaster to help rebuild and keep your municipality fiscally strong.

Building Relationships: Personal Skills for Professional Success

Wed 9/27, 9 AM – 9:30 AM, in person

Town Fair, DoubleTree, South Burlington

The Town Fair Keynote by Daniel Post Senning of the Emily Post Institute charts a time-tested course for civil discourse.

Situational Problem Solving Using Three Core Principles

Wed 9/27, 9:30 AM – 11 AM, in person

Town Fair, DoubleTree, South Burlington

Town leaders and front-office workers will learn and practice a problem-solving process based on consideration, respect, and honesty.

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FEATURED CLASSIFIEDS

Road Crew
Panton

Human Resources Director

Morristown

RFP: Town-Wide Reappraisal

Newbury

RFP: Grant Writer Consulting Services

Putney

Planning & Economic Development Administrator

Lyndon

RFP: Executive Level Recruitment Services for VLCT Members

Vermont League of Cities and Towns

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OTHER NEWS & EVENTS

Vermont Assessors and Listers Association Conference Next Week

VALA's annual conference will be on Fri 9/8, 8 AM – 5 PM, at the Killington Grand in Killington. Register and arrive early for the opening reception/dinner on Thu 9/7.


Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association Conference

VMCTA's fall conference has been relocated (from its original Montpelier venue) to take place on Tue 9/12 and Wed 9/13 at Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee. 


Disaster Unemployment Assistance Deadline Extended

People in nine Vermont counties who lost employment due to the 2023 Flood disaster have until 9/29 to apply for federal DUA benefits.


Vermont Designation 2050 Design Summit on 9/12

Join the conversation to evaluate and re-imagine what the Agency of Commerce and Community Development’s Designation Programs will look like for the next 25 years – for free – in person or virtually.

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