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Select Board adopts local emergency management plan, staff to redact private data before release

Town of Townshend Select Board · June 11, 2026

Summary

The Select Board approved the town's local emergency management plan to restore compliance with state requirements; staff will remove private contact details before distributing the plan.

The Select Board voted to adopt the town’s local emergency management plan and authorized staff to submit it to the state to restore compliance. Board members stressed the document was time sensitive and that the town was already a week out of compliance without the adopted plan.

A reviewer (S8) told the board, “it is time sensitive, so it’s important for us to do this tonight.” Another staff member (S13) said she would redact private phone numbers and other personal information before release: “I’m just gonna go in and go through it and black out the phone numbers and anything that would be considered private.” The board approved the plan by voice vote and directed that redacted copies be used for broader distribution, while the master copy with contact details remain under secure handling.

The adoption puts the town back in compliance with state submission requirements; staff will make the redactions and submit the document per the board’s instructions.

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