Lamoille County RPC approves Johnson municipal plan, confirms Cambridge amendment; roll-call votes recorded

The Lamoille County Regional Planning Commission on a roll‑call vote approved the Johnson Town and Village Municipal Plan and confirmed the town’s municipal planning process, and approved the Cambridge Town and Village Plan amendment and its planning process.

The votes followed public hearings for each plan and occurred during the regular meeting. Municipal representatives cast roll‑call votes; the meeting chair recorded the tallies after each roll call.

Johnson Town and Village Municipal Plan — approval The commission voted to approve the Johnson Town and Village Municipal Plan. The commission then voted separately to approve and confirm the municipal planning process for Johnson. During the Johnson plan vote the chair reported 11 ayes (the tally included municipal representatives who answered “aye” during the roll call and did not include one member who was absent or not recorded), and the motion carried.

Cambridge Town and Village Plan Amendment — approval The commission opened and closed a public hearing on the Cambridge Town and Village Plan Amendment and then voted to approve the amendment. The commission also voted to approve and confirm the municipal planning process for Cambridge; the roll call recorded “aye” responses from municipal representatives and the motions carried.

Other procedural votes The commission approved the minutes from its Nov. 26, 2024 meeting by voice/roll call (one abstention was recorded). The meeting record indicates motions were made and seconded for each approval; specific movers and seconders were not consistently named in the transcript.

What the votes mean Municipal plan approvals and confirmations are administrative steps that record that a municipal plan or plan amendment has completed required public‑hearing and municipal planning‑process steps and are the regional commission’s endorsement for consistency with the regional plan. The transcript also records that an enhanced energy chapter associated with the Johnson plan will be voted on at a future meeting after the community confirms the overall plan.

Votes and roll-call excerpts (as recorded in the meeting transcript) - Johnson Town and Village Municipal Plan — recorded roll‑call ayes from named municipal representatives during the Johnson vote included: Greg; Rich; Linda Hill; Carol; Ricky; Judy; (name recorded as “****” in the transcript); Trevor; Jeff; Maxfield; Dan. The chair summarized the count as 11 ayes (not including Brian, who was not recorded as voting). Motion carried. - Johnson municipal planning process confirmation — roll call recorded ayes from municipal representatives; motion carried. - Cambridge Town and Village Plan Amendment — roll call recorded ayes from municipal representatives; motion carried. - Cambridge municipal planning process confirmation — roll call recorded ayes from municipal representatives; motion carried. - Approval of minutes (Nov. 26, 2024) — motion carried, one abstention reported (Linda Hill).

Notes and next steps - The transcript shows the Johnson plan contains an “enhanced energy chapter” that the commission cannot approve until the community’s plan is confirmed; that enhanced energy chapter will return for a vote at a subsequent meeting. - The approvals were procedural; no substantive policy changes were adopted by the regional commission itself during those votes.

Provenance (selected transcript excerpts): - Topic introduced when the commission moved to open the public hearing on the Johnson plan: “We’re at that point where we can move on to open a public hearing on the Johnson Town Village Plan.” - Johnson approval recorded after the roll call: “Regardless, the motion carries.” - Cambridge approval recorded after its roll call: “And the motion carries.”