ManchesterCommerce Town Watch

What the town decided in August 2026

Each month the chamber reads the minutes from Manchester’s town boards and writes down what each board decided. This page is free and open to anyone.

August was a quieter month than July. The Select Board and the Energy Committee produced four notable decisions.

Three meetings from August are missing from this recap because the town has not posted those minutes yet.

Planning Commission, August 25. The town has not posted minutes for this meeting.
Planning Commission, August 26. The town has not posted minutes for this meeting.
Development Review Board, August 5. The town posted a video of this meeting but not written minutes. We report from written minutes, so we cannot summarize what this board decided.

We will update this page once the town posts what is missing.

Select Board

2 decisions

Approved the Selectboard Chair to sign the Town Stipulation Agreements for the Appeals of VTel Wireless, Inc and Vermont Telephone Co, Inc and all Telecommunication facilities for the assessed value set by the VT Dept of Taxes Division of Properly Valuation and Review

5–0Aug 4Minutes, p.2
Discussed the current use of Flock cameras in Manchester and their use in assisting public safety

No vote recordedAug 18Minutes, p.2

2 decisions

Discussed Free level 3 EV chargers if the town meets the criteria

No vote recordedAug 6Minutes, p.1
Discussed 300w balcony solar units now available for purchase at cost

No vote recordedAug 6Minutes, p.1

Published by the chamber on August 31, 2026.

Drawn from the town’s own minutes, which remain the official record. Each decision links to the meeting it came from.

We report what a board decided and how the vote fell. We do not report how any individual member voted.