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Sunday, February 22, 2015

Warning - 2015 Annual Town Meeting

Town of Weathersfield, Vermont
Warning for the Annual Town Meeting
Monday, March 2 and Tuesday, March 3, 2015

The legal voters of the Town of Weathersfield, Vermont, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Weathersfield School, 135 Schoolhouse Road in Ascutney, in the Town of Weathersfield, Vermont, on Monday, the 2nd day of March, 2015, at 7:30 P.M., to act on the following articles:

Article 1:        Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield accept the reports of the Town’s officers for the period from July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014?

Article 2:        Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Select Board to borrow money, if necessary, to pay current expenses in anticipation of taxes in accordance with the provisions of Title 24, Section 1786, of the Vermont Statutes Annotated?

Article 3:        Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Select Board to expend such grant monies, gifts, or bequests which may be received by the Town of Weathersfield, in accordance with the terms of said grants, gifts, or bequests?

Article 4:        Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield establish an “1879 Perkinsville Schoolhouse Capital Maintenance and Improvements Reserve Fund” pursuant to Title 24, Section 2804 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated, to be used to perform capital maintenance and to make improvements to the building, allowing the Select Board to expend monies from the fund for that purpose?

Article 5:        Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Select Board to convey [sell] Parcel No. 09-02-36, an approximately 33 acre parcel with a pond located on Tenney Hill Road, in accordance with 24 V.S.A. 1061(b), with the net proceeds from the sale used first towards paying off any loans borrowed for the purpose of making improvements to the 1879 Perkinsville Schoolhouse and secondly deposited into the “1879 Perkinsville Schoolhouse Capital Maintenance and Improvements Reserve Fund”?

Article 6:        Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield move the start of both the Annual Town Meeting and the Annual School District Meeting to the Saturday preceding the first Tuesday in March beginning on February 27, 2016 and continuing for subsequent years until voters decide otherwise?
Article 7:        To see if the Town of Weathersfield will vote to direct that the annual Town and School Auditors’ Reports be available to the public at the Town Clerk’s Office, in lieu of mailing, and mailed to those who request that a copy be mailed to them, and that a “Notice of Availability” be published in the designated newspaper of record for the Town no less than 30 days prior to the Annual Meetings, as required by Title 24, Section 1682, of the Vermont Statutes Annotated?

            Article 8:        To transact any other business deemed proper when met.

Voting by Australian ballot will be conducted in Martin Memorial Hall, at 5259 U.S. Route 5 in Ascutney, on Tuesday, the 3rd day of March, 2015 [The polls will be open at 10:00 A.M. and will close at 7:00 P.M. on that date], to act on the following articles:

Article 9:        To elect all Town officers as required by law.
Moderator - One Year
Town Clerk – Three Years
Town Treasurer – Three Years
                                    Select Person – Three Years
                                    Select Person - Two Years
                                    Lister – Three Years
                                    Trustee of Public Funds - Three Years
                                    Town Agent - One Year
                                    Grand Juror - One Year
                                    Cemetery Commissioner - Five Years
                                    Library Trustee - Three Years

Article 10:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield approve the expenditure of $1,258,844 for the support and operation of the Town’s General Fund? $896,118 shall be raised by property taxation, allowing the Select Board to set the appropriate tax rate.

Article 11:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield approve the expenditure of $1,037,746 for the support and operation of the Town’s Highway Fund? $746,575 shall be raised by property taxation, allowing the Select Board to set the appropriate tax rate.

Article 12:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield approve the expenditure of $266,550 for the support and operation of the Town’s Solid Waste Management Facility? These monies shall be raised by the collection of fees, allowing the Select Board to set the appropriate fees for the services.

Article 13:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Select Board to borrow funds not to exceed $70,000 for a period not to exceed five years for the purpose of making improvements to the 1879 Perkinsville School building? The funds may be borrowed and spent beginning in the current (FY2015) fiscal year.

Article 14:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Select Board to borrow funds not to exceed $35,000 for a period not to exceed three years for the purpose of purchasing a light duty pickup truck with plow? The cost of the light duty pickup truck with plow will not exceed $40,000. The new truck will replace a 2006 Ford F-350 with over 114,000 miles on it. The balance of the funds needed to purchase the light duty pickup truck with plow will come from the sale or trade-in of the Town’s existing light duty pickup truck.

Article 15:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Select Board to borrow funds not to exceed $16,000 for a period not to exceed three years for the purpose of purchasing a Police cruiser? The cost of the cruiser will not exceed $34,000. The new cruiser will replace a 2009 Chevy Impala police cruiser with over 108,000 miles on it. The balance of the funds needed to purchase the cruiser will be taken from the Police Cruiser Reserve Fund and the sale or trade-in of the Impala. The funds may be borrowed and spent beginning in the current (FY2015) fiscal year.

Article 16:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $15,000, to be deposited into a Reserve Fund for the future acquisition of Highway Maintenance and Repair Equipment? [Not in Budget]
                       
Article 17:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $15,000, to be deposited into a Reserve Fund for the future acquisition of Motorized Fire Apparatus? [Not in Budget]

Article 18:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $30,000 to be deposited in the Weathersfield-Proctor Library Capital Improvements reserve fund? [Not in Budget]

Article 19:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $100 to support the activities of the Weathersfield Directory?   [Not in Budget]

Article 20:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $1,800 to support the activities of the Connecticut River Transit (CRT)?   [Not in Budget]

Article 21:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $2,145 to support the activities of the Health Care and Rehabilitation Services (HCRS)?   [Not in Budget]

Article 22:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $400 to support the activities of Springfield, Vermont Area Public Access Television (SAPA TV)?   [Not in Budget]

Article 23:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $1,200 to support the activities of Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA)?   [Not in Budget]

Article 24:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $600 to support the activities of the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (VABVI)?   [Not in Budget]

Article 25:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $9,680 to support the activities of the Visiting Nurse and Hospice of Vermont and New Hampshire (VNAVNH)?   [Not in Budget]

Article 26:      Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $480 to support the activities of the Windsor County Partners (WCP)?   [Not in Budget]

Dated at Weathersfield, Windsor County, Vermont this 28th day of January, 2015.

Weathersfield Select Board: N. John Arrison, Chairperson; Daniel E. Boyer, Vice-Chairperson; Richard N. Clattenburg, Board Clerk; C. Peter Cole, Select Board Member; and David T. Fuller, Select Board Member

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