How Wilton Works
The Town of Wilton website has a vast trove of detailed information about each of the commissions and boards, including descriptions of their scope and mandate; calendars of upcoming meetings and information on how residents can participate and/or submit testimony; the agendas and minutes for all meetings; and contact information of all current board and commission members.
As well, the Wilton League of Women Voters, the Wilton Library, and GOOD Morning Wilton co-sponsored an overview of How Wilton Works in April 2022, in which the chairs of the Board of Select persons, the Board of Education, the Board of Finance, and Planning and Zoning each presented an overview of the scope and mandate of their respective boards as well as some of their current key initiatives. Both the materials they presented and a recording of that session is available here.
Series of Community Programs and GOOD Morning Wilton Constituent Content
May 2, 2024: Article / Contributed to GMW on 2024 Annual Town Meeting
March 24, 2024: Author talk / Voices of Democracy Event with author and designer Alicia Cheng
March 7, 2024: Presentation / Community Program with Wilton Library - Early Voting is Coming to Our Town
February 20, 2024: Infographic / Published in GMV for voters registered as Unaffiliated who wish to vote in the Presidential Primary
November 1, 2023: Community Program with Wilton Library – Meet Our Incoming First Selectman Toni Boucher
October 24, 2023: Article / Contributed to GMV on How to Become a Poll Worker
October 13, 2023: Infographic / Published in GMV on the roles, open seats, and candidates running for the four municipal boards with competitive races (BoS, BoF, BoE, and Constables)
April 19, 2023: Article / Contributed to GMV on the Town Meeting form of government and what Wilton Voters will decide at the 2023 Town Meeting.
March 15, 2023: Community Program with Wilton Miller-Driscoll PTA: “Tell Your Stories” panel in which 9 members of Wilton’s BoS, BoE, BoF, EDC, Parks and Rec Commission, Historic District Commission, Master Plan Subcommittee, Amenities Subcommittee, and the Wilton Library Board of Directors explained their backgrounds and the varied routes that brought them to their current roles.
March 30, 2023: Presentation / Community program with Wilton Library—Meet our new Town Administrator, Matt Knickerbocker. He provided a historical overview of the Town Meeting form of government and his perspective on the issues facing the town.
April 14, 2022: Video / Community program with Wilton Library and GMW: the original How Wilton Works overview, in which then-First Selectwoman Lynn Vanderslice provided an overview of Wilton’s town government system, followed by discussions with the then-chairs of BoF, BoE, and Planning and Zoning of their respective roles.