Town Warning Details

Town School District Warning

WARNING
ANNUAL ST. JOHNSBURY TOWN AND
TOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT
MEETING

March 2, 2009 and March 3, 2009

The voters of the Town and Town School District of St Johnsbury, Vermont are hereby notified and warned to meet on March 2, 2009 at the St. Johnsbury School Gymnasium, 257 Western Avenue, and March 3, 2009 at the Lively Center (former Frank R. Adams School Auditorium), 481 Summer Street, in the Town of St Johnsbury, as follows:

ON March 2, 2009 AT 7:00 PM
TOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING
TO ACT ON THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES

ARTICLE 01. Shall the Town School District vote to collect its 2009 taxes by the Town Treasurer?

ARTICLE 02. Shall the Town School District vote to adopt a budget for the school year ending June 30, 2010 including an appropriation of a sum of money for the support of schools with provisions for current expenses, capital improvements, a deficit if any, and for other lawful purposes?

FOR THE TOWN MEETING
TO ACT ON THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES

ARTICLE 03. Shall the town vote to adopt an essential service budget for the town general fund?

ARTICLE 04. Shall the town vote a general town tax to defray the ordinary expenses and liabilities of the town for the current year for the interest of its inhabitants and for the prosecution and defense of the common rights, and if so, how much?

ARTICLE 05. Shall the town vote to adopt an essential service budget for the town highway fund?

ARTICLE 06. Shall the town vote a highway tax to be appropriated for laying out and repairing highways and if so, how much?

ARTICLE 07. Shall the voters residing within the former Village of St. Johnsbury, as it was bounded December 31, 1965, vote to adopt an essential services budget for the town special service fund?

ARTICLE 08. Shall the voters residing within the former Village of St. Johnsbury, as it was bounded December 31,1965, vote a special service tax, pursuant to 24 VSA App Part II Ch 151 2(b), to be assessed by the Selectmen on the grand list in said former Village of
St. Johnsbury to pay current expenses and indebtedness incurred in continuing functions within that area which are not common to the Town of St. Johnsbury, and if so, how
much?

ARTICLE 09. Shall the town vote to collect its 2009 general, highway and special service taxes by its Treasurer?

ARTICLE 10. Shall the Town, without reduction, apply up to the entire amount of the water system improvement bonded indebtedness authorized on March 4, 2008 for use as matching funds in order to maximize the receipt of construction grants-in-aid for such improvements?

ARTICLE 11. Shall the Town vote, pursuant to 32 VSA, Section 3832(7), to exempt from taxation real and personal property of St. Johnsbury Baseball, Inc. used primarily for recreational purposes?

ARTICLE 12. To transact any other business which may come before the meeting.

ON TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2009
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10 A.M. AND 7 P.M.
TO VOTE ON THE FOLLOWING
TOWN AND TOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING
ARTICLES BY AUSTRALIAN BALLOT*

ARTICLE 13. To elect the following Town and Town School District Officers as required by Law: Town Moderator, School District Moderator, School District Treasurer, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Selectperson for three years, Two Selectpersons for one year, First Constable, School Director for three years, One School Director for one year, One School Director for Two years, Two Town Grand Jurors, Town Agent to prosecute
and defend suits in which the Town or Town School District is interested, Trustee of Public Money for three years and an Agent to Convey Real Estate.

ARTICLE 14. Shall the Town vote to amend its charter, 24 VSA Appendix, Chapter 151, Section 16(a), as set forth in the following concise summary:

Deleting Section 16(a) in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

Section 16: Preparation of budgets and Australian Ballot.

(a) The selectmen shall prepare an annual budget for the Town including a Town annual budget, and a former village district special services budget.

The school directors shall prepare an annual school district budget. The annual budgets, other articles providing for the appropriation of funds, and public questions shall be voted by Australian Ballot.

(The official copy of the proposed charter amendment is on file for publicinspection in the office of the Clerk of the Town of St. Johnsbury, 1187 MainStreet, Suite 2, St. Johnsbury, VT 05819; and copies thereof shall be made available to members of the public upon request)

ARTICLE 15. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of Fifty-Five Hundred dollars ($5,500.00) to support the programs of the Northeast Kingdom Youth Services for the ensuing year?

ARTICLE 16. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of Nine Thousand dollars ($9,000.00) to be used toward the expense of maintaining and operating the Good Living
Senior Center for the ensuing year?

ARTICLE 17. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Five Hundred dollars ($103,500.00) to be used toward the expense of
maintaining and operating the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum for the ensuing year?

ARTICLE 18. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of Seven Hundred Seventy dollars ($770.00) to the St Johnsbury Band for the ensuing year?

ARTICLE 19. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Fifty dollars ($450.00) to the Northeast Kingdom Learning Services, Inc. for the ensuing year?

ARTICLE 20. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of Six Thousand One Hundred Forty-Two dollars ($6,142.00) to Northeast Kingdom Human Services, Inc. to assist in maintaining services for mental health, developmental services, family counseling, services to children and the elderly, substance abuse treatment, and 24 hour emergency services for the ensuing year?

ARTICLE 21. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of Four Thousand Five Hundred dollars ($4,500.00) to Umbrella, Inc., to serve victims of domestic and sexual
violence and their children, families seeking child care and child care providers?

ARTICLE 22. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of Eighteen Thousand Three Hundred Eighty-Two dollars ($18,382.00) to Caledonia Home Health Care and Hospice to be used in providing health care services for the ensuing year?

ARTICLE 23. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of Twenty-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Twenty dollars ($27,320.00) to Caledonia – Essex Area Ambulance Service, Inc. to be used toward the expense of providing ambulance service in St. Johnsbury for the ensuing year?

ARTICLE 24. Shall the Town vote to raise, appropriate and expend the sum of Fifty-Six Thousand Seven Hundred dollars ($56,700.00) for the support of the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium to provide free unlimited general admission to the Museum to
residents of the Town?

ARTICLE 25. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of Fourteen Thousand Four Hundred dollars ($14,400.00) to the St Johnsbury Kiwanis Club to maintain and run the Kiwanis Pool for the ensuing year?

ARTICLE 26. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of Six Thousand Four Hundred Eighty dollars ($6,480.00) to assist the Area Agency on Aging for Northeastern Vermont in providing services to senior citizens in St Johnsbury for the ensuing year?

ARTICLE 27. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of Six Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty dollars ($6,750.00) to St. Johnsbury Nutritional Center to serve meals to homebound and disabled citizens in St Johnsbury for the ensuing year?

ARTICLE 28. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of Eight Hundred Ten dollars ($810.00) to the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program for Central Vermont and Northeast Kingdom (RSVP), Caledonia County for the ensuing year?

ARTICLE 29. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of Six Hundred Seventy-Five dollars ($675.00) to support the mission of the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (VABVI) for the ensuing year?

ARTICLE 30. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of One Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Seven dollars ($1,737.00) to Riverside Life Enrichment Center, Adult Day Health Services in providing day services to disabled adults and seniors in the ensuing year?

ARTICLE 31. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of Four Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($4,275.00) to Catamount Arts to further Catamount’s mission to enhance the cultural climate of northern Vermont for the ensuing year?

ARTICLE 32. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of Four Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($4,225.00) for the operation of the St. Johnsbury Child Care After School Program, a state-licensed non-profit, which provides services for the town’s children in grades K through 5?

ARTICLE 33. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of Thirteen Thousand Fifty dollars ($13,050.00) for services provided by Rural Community Transportation (“RCT”) to residents that live in the Town of St. Johnsbury?

ARTICLE 34. Shall the Town vote to raise, appropriate and expend the sum of One Thousand Eight Hundred dollars ($1,800.00) for the support of the Northern Vermont Chapter of the American Red Cross to provide services to residents of the Town?

ARTICLE 35. Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of Twenty-Two Thousand Five Hundred dollars ($22,500.00) for the support of St. Johnsbury Works, the Designated Downtown organization, whose goal is to develop the downtown by recruiting new businesses and
supporting current businesses in St. Johnsbury?

* Discussion and Informational Meeting on Articles 13-35 take place on Monday, March 2, 2009 at 7:00 P.M. at St Johnsbury School Gymnasium 257 Western Ave., St. Johnsbury, VT.

PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION NOTICE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS MAY BE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST TO ENSURE THAT THE MEETING IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF DISABILITY. REQUESTS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO SANDRA P. GRENIER, TOWN CLERK, 1187 MAIN STREET, ST JOHNSBURY, VERMONT 05819, TELEPHONE (802) 748-4331.

DATED at St Johnsbury, Vermont this 26th day of January 2009.

Selectboard of the Town of St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Bryon G. Quatrini, Chair
Gerald W. Reis
Daniel Kimbell
James Rust
Jean Hall Wheeler

Attest: Sandra P. Grenier
St Johnsbury Town Clerk

DATED at St Johnsbury, Vermont this 26th day of January 2009.

School Directors of St. Johnsbury School District
Lisa Rivers , Chair
Bruce Corrette
Thomas Zabek
Werner Heidemann
Cathy Demers
Attest: Sandra P. Grenier
St Johnsbury Town Clerk

Official Town Warning

SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
MARCH 3, 2009

The legal voters of the Town of St. Johnsbury are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Father Lively Center, 481 Summer Street, St. Johnsbury, Vermont on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 between the hours of 10:00 o’clock in the forenoon (a.m.) at which time the polls will open and 7:00
o’clock in the afternoon (p.m.) at which time the polls will close, to vote by printed ballot upon the following article of business:

ARTICLE I
Shall general obligation bonds of the Town of St. Johnsbury, in an amount not to exceed $5,250,000 be issued for the purpose of making water, sewer, storm drain, sidewalk, curb and roadway improvements within the West Side Infrastructure Improvement Project, upon condition that the Town receive not less than 65% of the total project costs (estimated to be $15,000,000) in the
form of construction grants-in-aid or other financial assistance?

The legal voters of the Town of St. Johnsbury are further warned and notified that an informational meeting will be held on February 23, 2009 at the Municipal Building, 1187 Main Street, St. Johnsbury, Vermont commencing at 7:00 o’clock in the afternoon (p.m.) for the purpose of
explaining the proposed water system improvements.
The legal voters of the Town of St. Johnsbury are further noticed that voter qualification, registration and absentee voting relative to said special meeting shall be as provided in Chapters 43, 51, and 55 of Title 17 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated.

Adopted and approved at a regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of St. Johnsbury, duly called, noticed, and held on January 26, 2009.

PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION NOTICE
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS MAY BE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST TO ENSURE THAT THE MEETING IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF DISABILITY. REQUESTS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO:

SANDRA P. GRENIER, TOWN CLERK,
1187 MAIN STREET, ST. JOHNSBURY,
VT 05819, TELEPHONE (802) 748-4331.

Dated at St. Johnsbury, Vermont this 26th day of January, 2009.

ST. JOHNSBURY BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Bryon Quatrini, Chair
Gary Reis
Daniel Kimbell
Jean Hall Wheeler
Jim Rust


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