East Central Vermont Telecommunications District

East Central Vermont Telecommunications District

A communications union district is formed when two or more towns vote to create one. In the case of the ECVTD, the towns of Norwich, Randolph, Sharon, Strafford, and Woodstock approved identical warrant items on Town Meeting Day in March, 2015, in anticipation of legislation allowing for the formation of such districts passing later in the year. These votes were acknowledged and affirmed in Act 41, signed into law in May 2015, and the District was established on June 16, 2015 pursuant to the provisions of 24 VSA 82 “Communications Union Districts.” As provided by law, Selectboards of other towns could petition the District for membership, and during the course of the summer of 2015, the 18 towns that had also been party to the interlocal contract of 2008 under which ECFiber began operations were admitted to the District. In 2020, the District admitted 8 additional towns. Governance of the District is by its legislative body, the Governing Board, in which each town exercises one vote through an appointed representative. Below is a list of the member towns along with an email address link that will deliver the message to all delegates and alternates appointed to the board by the town Selectboards.

BARNARD

barnard@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Dan Leavitt
Richard Lancaster
Patrick Kell

 

BETHEL

bethel@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Matthew Washburn
Ian Stewart

BRADFORD

bradford@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Steven Williams
Ryan Lockwood
Randy Tanenhaus

BRAINTREE

braintree@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Joshua Ferris

BROOKFIELD

brookfield@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Dan O’Brien
Bryce Batchman

CHELSEA

chelsea@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Jonathan Maier
Robert Brannan
Arthur Edershein

 

CORINTH

corinth@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Ed Childs
Dick Kelley
Maggie Zerhelt

FAIRLEE

fairlee@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Peter Berger
Denis Lambert

GRANVILLE

granville@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Richard Poole
Bruce Hyde

HANCOCK

hancock@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Scott Gillette
Dan Perera

 

HARTFORD

hartford@ecfiber.net

Delegates
F. X. Flinn
Jeff Brand
Bob Merrill

 

NEWBURY

newbury@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Liane Allen
Chip Conquest

NORWICH

norwich@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Irv Thomae
Bob Gere

 

PITTSFIELD

pittsfield@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Herbert Kuendig

POMFRET

pomfret@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Alan Graham
Betsy Rhodes

RANDOLPH

randolph@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Jerry Ward
CJ Stumpf
Ian Sears

READING

reading@ecfiber.net

Delegates
John Malcolm
Gerry Marletta

ROCHESTER

rochester@ecfiber.net

Delegates
John White

 

ROYALTON

royalton@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Chris Noble
Ken Alton

 

SHARON

sharon@ecfiber.net

Delegates
David Karon
Clare Holland

 

STOCKBRIDGE

stockbridge@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Carl Groppe
Joshua Trudeau

STRAFFORD

strafford@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Stephen Willbanks
David Webb
Andy Behrens

 

THETFORD

thetford@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Jim Masland

TOPSHAM

topsham@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Rob Rinaldi
Peter Keene
Prentis Pratt

 

TUNBRIDGE

tunbridge@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Henry Swayze
Dick Dybvig

VERSHIRE

vershire@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Nate Thames

 

WASHINGTON

washington@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Sandy Edmonds
Volney Gordon
Erika Butler

WEST FAIRLEE

westfairlee@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Stephen Atwood
Alan Moats

WEST WINDSOR

westwindsor@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Ken Parrot
Alessandro Iuppa

 

WINDSOR

windsor@ecfiber.net

Delegates
Michael Rice
Colin Moon
Christopher Goulet

WOODSTOCK

woodstock@ecfiber.net

Delegates
David Brown
Chris Miller