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Annual Town Meeting 2022

Posted on: February 4, 2022 - 12:29pm
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Due to COVID-19, we will be holding a Virtual Town Meeting this year. The legal voters of the Town of Weathersfield, Vermont, are hereby notified and warned to meet via Zoom on Saturday, the 26th day of February 2022, at 12:30 P.M., to act on articles 1 -16. The Zoom meeting can be accessed by phone, tablet, or computer. To access the meeting by phone dial (929) 205-6099. Enter Meeting ID # 542-595-4364. There is not a participant ID press # to continue. Enter Meeting Password 8021#. To access the meeting by either tablet or computer download the Zoom Application and enter meeting ID # 542-595-4364 and enter passcode 8021 OR click/enter the following link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5425954364?pwd=RlNJQm9ubkpjSkxta2VoR3RnYmRTdz09 There is a Town Meeting news article located on the news section of the Weathersfield Website at weathersfieldvt.org that provides more detailed instructions for accessing this remote meeting. Voting by Australian ballot will be conducted at Martin Memorial Hall, at 5259 U.S. Route 5 in Ascutney, on Tuesday, the 1st day of March 2022. [The polls will open at 10:00 A.M. and close at 7:00 P.M. on that date], 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, 2020, through June 30, 2021.
  • Article 2: Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield, in accordance with 17 V.S.A. § 2664 and 22 V.S.A. § 142, authorize the Proctor Library Trustees to expend such grant monies, gifts, or bequests which may be received by the Proctor Library, in accordance with the terms 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.
    • Positions: Moderator, 1-year, Selectperson, 3-Year, Selectperson, 2-Year, Lister, 3-Year, Lister 3-Year/2 remaining, Trustee of Public Funds, 3-Year, Cemetery Commission, 5-Year, Library Trustee, 3-Year, Moderator, 1-Year, School Director, 3 Year, School Director, 1 Year, School Director, 1 Year. 
  • Article 6: Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield approve the expenditure of $1,445,409 for the support and operation of the Town’s General Fund? $1,075,448 shall be raised by property taxation, allowing the Selectboard to set the appropriate tax rate.
  • Article 7: Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield approve the expenditure of $1,180,468 for the support and operation of the Town’s Highway Fund? $930,341 shall be raised by property taxation, allowing the Select Board to set the appropriate tax rate.
  • Article 8: Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield approve the expenditure of $298,643 for the support and operation of the Town’s Solid Waste Management Facility? These monies shall be raised by non-tax revenues.
  • Article 9 : Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Selectboard to borrow funds not to exceed $270,000 for a period not to exceed 7-years for the purpose of purchasing a fire truck to replace Ascutney Volunteer Fire Association’s 1995 Pumper with a new Tanker? The cost of the Fire Truck will not exceed $325,000. The balance of the funds needed to purchase the truck will come from the sale or trade-in of Engine No. 1 and no more than $50,000 from the Town’s Fire Apparatus Acquisition Reserve Fund. [Not in Budget]
  • Article 10: Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield authorize the Selectboard to borrow funds not to exceed $70,000 for a period not to exceed 7-years for the purpose of purchasing a truck/snowplow for the maintenance of Town Highways? The total cost of the truck will not exceed $100,000 of which $30,000 shall come from the Highway Equipment Acquisition Fund. This is to replace the 2012 F550. [Not in Budget]
  • Article 11: Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $33,000 to be deposited into Highway Equipment Reserves? [Not in budget]
  • Article 12: Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $1,000, to support the efforts of the Friends of the Meeting House (a 501 c3 non-profit for the continued maintenance of the Weathersfield Center Meeting House)? [Not in Budget]
  • Article 13: 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 14: Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $1,500 to support the activities of Southeastern Vermont Community Action (a 501 c3 non-profit)? [Not in Budget]
  • Article 15: Shall the voters of the Town of Weathersfield appropriate the sum of $2,683 to support the activities of the Health Care & Rehabilitation Services of Southeastern Vermont (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 (a 501 c3 non-profit)? [Not in Budget]