RECORD OF SERVICE
Fifty years in one town.

I have lived in Cornwall for more than fifty years. I opened businesses here, raised my children here, volunteered here, and served this town in office. Here is what that record actually looks like.

More than fifty years as a Cornwall resident, and the proud mother of two Cornwall Central graduates.

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Twelve years on the Town Board, including service as Deputy Town Supervisor.

Past President of the Cornwall Lions Club, where the work is done quietly for neighbors who need it.

Past President of the Chamber of Commerce, working for the businesses that keep Main Street lit.

Past President of the YWCA, serving women and families in this community.

Past President of the Cornwall Lions Club, where the work is done quietly for neighbors who need it.

Past President of the Chamber of Commerce, working for the businesses that keep Main Street lit.

Past President of the YWCA, serving women and families in this community.

Past President of the Chamber of Commerce, working for the businesses that keep Main Street lit.

Past President of the YWCA, serving women and families in this community.

Helen L. Bunt is the mother of two Cornwall Central graduates. She previously served as president of the Cornwall Lions Club, the Chamber of Commerce, and the YWCA.

More than fifty years as a Cornwall resident, and the proud mother of two Cornwall Central graduates.
Small business owner in this town: Butterhill Day School, Uptown Butterhill, and the Cornwall Deli.
Former Town Supervisor. I have already done this job, so I know the budget calendar, the county relationships, and the state mandates.

Helen L. Bunt is a small-business owner in Cornwall whose businesses include Butterhill Day School, Uptown Butterhill, and the Cornwall Deli.

Bunt, who served as supervisor from 2000-01, ran against Kevin Quigley for the Republic nomination for supervisor in the primary race in 2007. She lost that bid.

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Former Town Supervisor. I have already done this job, so I know the budget calendar, the county relationships, and the state mandates.

Twelve years on the Town Board, including service as Deputy Town Supervisor.

Past President of the Cornwall Lions Club, where the work is done quietly for neighbors who need it.

Helen previously served as Cornwall town supervisor from 2000 to 2001. She also served 12 years on the Cornwall Town Board. She unsuccessfully sought her party's nomination for town supervisor in a 2007 primary.

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FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY
Your money, accounted for.

Responsible budgeting with no surprises. Every tax dollar spent with discipline and a clear purpose, and a plain English accounting of what borrowing has already cost Cornwall residents.

01
Publish the budget in plain language

A resident readable summary of every adopted budget, showing what went up, what went down, and why, released alongside the tentative budget rather than after adoption.

02
Post contracts and consultant agreements online

Every professional services contract, consultant engagement, and developer agreement posted to the Town website when it is signed.

04
Account for what borrowing has cost us

A full public accounting of outstanding debt, what it costs residents each year, and a written plan to bring it down.

05
Grow commercial ratables

Actively recruit the commercial development that broadens the tax base, so the burden stops landing on homeowners by default.

Plans disciplined spending and a plain-English accounting of Cornwall's borrowing costs.

Proposes publishing a plain-language summary of each adopted budget alongside the tentative budget.

Proposes publicly accounting for outstanding town debt and creating a written plan to reduce it.

- Plans disciplined spending and a plain-English accounting of Cornwall's borrowing costs.
- Proposes publishing a plain-language summary of each adopted budget alongside the tentative budget.
- Proposes publicly accounting for outstanding town debt and creating a written plan to reduce it.

Economy

02
Post contracts and consultant agreements online

Every professional services contract, consultant engagement, and developer agreement posted to the Town website when it is signed.

03
Answer records requests on time

Statutory deadlines treated as deadlines. No indefinite extensions and no exemptions stretched to cover records the public is entitled to see.

03
Answer records requests on time

Statutory deadlines treated as deadlines. No indefinite extensions and no exemptions stretched to cover records the public is entitled to see.

04
Account for what borrowing has cost us

A full public accounting of outstanding debt, what it costs residents each year, and a written plan to bring it down.

06
Hold community forums before major votes

Regular, scheduled forums on land use, the Comprehensive Plan, and the budget, with time for residents to speak and answers on the record.

Proposes posting town professional-services contracts, consultant engagements, and developer agreements online when signed.

Plans to meet statutory deadlines for public-records requests without indefinite extensions or overly broad exemptions.

Plans regular public forums before major land-use, comprehensive-plan, and budget votes.

- Proposes posting town professional-services contracts, consultant engagements, and developer agreements online when signed.
- Plans to meet statutory deadlines for public-records requests without indefinite extensions or overly broad exemptions.
- Plans regular public forums before major land-use, comprehensive-plan, and budget votes.

Public Services

05
Grow commercial ratables

Actively recruit the commercial development that broadens the tax base, so the burden stops landing on homeowners by default.

06
Hold community forums before major votes

Regular, scheduled forums on land use, the Comprehensive Plan, and the budget, with time for residents to speak and answers on the record.

RESPONSIBLE GROWTH
Cornwall stays Cornwall.

Development that Cornwall guides rather than development that happens to Cornwall. Grow commercial ratables to relieve the pressure on homeowners, and protect the character that brought people here.

Plans to attract commercial development to broaden the tax base, ease pressure on homeowners, and protect Cornwall's character.

- Plans to attract commercial development to broaden the tax base, ease pressure on homeowners, and protect Cornwall's character.

Housing & Urban Development

As of October 22, 2026, Helen L. Bunt’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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