Local Option Tax

The Waitsfield Select Board advanced an article for the March 2026 Town Meeting ballot on whether the town should adopt a 1% local option tax on rooms, meals, alcohol, retail, and online sales at a public hearing this week.

On March 3, 2026, Town Meeting day, voters will be considering Article I, a 1% local option tax on Sales, rooms, and meals and alcoholic beverages. The vote will occur by paper Ballot between the hours of seven o’clock in the morning (7:00 am) when the polls will open, and continuing until seven o’clock in the evening (7:00 pm) for the various Town Officers and for Article I (the local option tax). Voting takes place at the Waitsfield Elementary School Auditorium: 3951 Main St, Waitsfield, Vermont 05673.

At the Town Meeting (3/3/26 at 9:00 am), voters will consider Article 6 specifying the allocation of the local option tax's revenue for certain purposes.