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Annual Town Meeting

Posted on: February 14, 2024 - 1:33pm
2024 Annual Town Meeting

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, -OR- virtually on Saturday, the 2nd day of March 2024, at 12:30 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, 2022, through June 30, 2023?

Article 2:

Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield, in accordance with 17 V.S.A. § 2664 and 22 V.S.A. §, authorize the Proctor Library Trustees to expend such grant monies, gifts, or bequests which may be received by the Proctor Library, in accordance of said grants, gifts, or bequests?

Article 3:

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 4:

To transact any other business deemed proper when met.

Article 5:

To elect all town officers as required by law.

 

Moderator/ Town – One Year

Cemetery Commissioner – 5 Years

Town Clerk – Three Years

Trustee of Public Funds - 3 Years

Town Treasurer – Three Years

Library Trustee – Three Years

Selectperson – Three Years

Library Trustee – Three Years

Selectperson – Two Years

Library Trustee – Three Years

Selectperson – Three Years/ 2 Year Rem.

Moderator/School – One Year

Lister – Three Years

School Director – Three Years

Lister Three Years/1 Year Rem.

School Director – One Year

Lister – Three Years/2 Years Rem.

School Director – One Year

 

Article 8:

Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield approve the expenditure of $1,754,132 for the support and operation of the Town’s General Fund? $1,372,413 shall be raised by property taxation, allowing the Selectboard to set the appropriate tax rate.

Article 9:

Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield approve the expenditure of $1,188,569 for the support and operation of the Town’s Highway Fund? $987,690 shall be raised by property taxation, allowing the Selectboard to set the appropriate tax rate.

Article 10:

Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield approve the expenditure of $378,314 for the support and operation of the Town’s Solid Waste Management Facility? These monies shall be raised by non-tax revenues.

Article 11:

Shall the Voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Selectboard to borrow up to $150,000 for a term not to exceed 7 years for the replacement of the 2009 backhoe? [Not in Budget]

Article 12:

Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $1,000 to support the activities of Friends of the Meeting House? (a 501 c3 non-profit)? [Not in Budget]

Article 13:

Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $2,683 to support the activities of Health Care & Rehabilitative Services of Southeastern Vermont (HCRS) (a 501 c3 non-profit)? [Not in Budget]

Article 14:

Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $2,000 to support the activities of Senior Solutions – Council on Aging for Southeastern Vermont (a 501 c3 non-profit)? [Not in Budget]

Article 15:

Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $1,500 to support the activities of Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA) (a 501 c3 non-profit)? [Not in Budget]

Article 16:

Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $750 to support the activities of Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (VABVI) (a 501 c3 non-profit)? [Not in Budget]

Article 17:

Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $12,100 to support the activities of the Visiting Nurses and Hospice of VT and NH (a 501 c3 non-profit)? [Not in Budget]

Article 18:

Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $500 to support the activities of W.I.S.E (a 501 c3 non-profit)? [Not in Budget]

Article 19:

Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $500 to support the activities of Vermont Family Network (a 501 c3 non-profit)? [Not in Budget]