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NOTICE BOARD
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WARNING – TOWN
MEETING 2010
The
legal voters of the Town of Marshfield, Vermont, are
hereby notified and warned to meet at the Twinfield
Union School in said Town on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at
9:00 E.S.T. in the forenoon to act upon all Articles not
involving voting by Australian Ballot; and on Tuesday,
March 2, 2010 to meet at Twinfield Union School between
the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to vote on Articles
17, 18 and 19 by Australian ballot.
Article 1.
To elect all Town Officers required by Law:
Moderator 1 year
Town
Clerk 1 year
Town
Treasurer 1 year
Selectperson 3 years
Auditor 3 years
Lister 3 years
Collector of
Delinquent Taxes 1 year
First
Constable 1 year
Second
Constable 1 year
Town
Juror 1 year
Town
Agent 1 year
Budget Committee
Member 5 years
Library
Trustee 3 years
Library
Trustee 3 years
Article 2.
To elect School Directors to serve on the Union District
Board, as follows:
School
Director 3 years
Article 3.
To hear the reports of the Town Officers.
Article 4.
To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of
$852,445.80 allocated as follows, with $597,414.43 to be
raised in taxes:
$732,534.25 for the
payment of indebtedness, general expenses, and the
support of highways and bridges ($177,130.00 from Other
Income, $13,353.87 from surplus, $542,050.38 to be
raised in taxes);
$46,068.00 in support of
the Marshfield Fire Department (all to be raised in
taxes);
$17,873.55 in support of
the Marshfield Planning Commission ($2,400.00 from
permit fees, $15,473.55 to be raised in taxes);
$2,275.00 in support of
the Marshfield Recreation Committee (all to be raised in
taxes);
$53,695.00 in support of
the Old Schoolhouse Common ($50,147.50 from building
lease/rentals, $12,000.00 to be reimbursed by a grant,
and $8,452.50 to be used to lower taxes).
Article 5.
To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of
$59,805.00 in support of the Jaquith Public Library.
Article 6.
To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $4,375.00
in support of the Marshfield Historical Society.
Article 7.
To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $6,500.00
for the support, improvement and repair of the
cemeteries.
Article 8.
To see if the
Town will appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 in support of
the Cabot Ambulance Service.
Article 9.
To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $4,500.00
in support of the Plainfield Fire and Rescue Service.
Article 10
To see if the Town will authorize the Selectboard to
borrow up to $24,000.00 for a period of up to 3 years at
an interest rate of not more than 3% for the purpose of
building an equipment shed at the Town Garage.
Article 11.
To see if the
Town will appropriate up to $7,500.00 (10% of the
project cost) for a pellet boiler at the Old Schoolhouse
Common, with the remaining cost (90% of the project
cost) to be funded by a Energy Efficiency and
Conservation Block Grant.
Article 12.
To see if the
Town will authorize the Selectboard to hire a part-time
road crew member at a cost of not more than $20,000.00
per year.
Article 13.
To see if the
Town will appropriate the sum of $8,333.00 as its share
of the first year cost of commuter bus service along
Route 2 with service into
Montpelier. This appropriation
funds a portion of the total cost of the service, which
will also be supported by appropriations from other
towns, a state grant, and rider fares.
Article 14.
To see if the voters will appropriate the sum of
$7,450.00 to be allocated as recommended by the Budget
Committee:
Central Vermont Adult
Basic Education 150.00
Central Vermont Community
Action Council 300.00
Central Vermont Community
Land Trust 350.00
Central Vermont Council
on Aging 1,200.00
Central Vermont Economic
Devel. Corp. 50.00
Central Vermont Home
Health & Hospice 2,000.00
Family Center of Washington
County 150.00
Friends of the
Winooski 100.00
Green Mountain Transit
Agency 800.00
Northern VT RC & D 75.00
Onion River Food
Shelf 700.00
People’s Health and
Wellness Clinic 200.00
Retired Senior Volunteer
Program 50.00
Sexual Assault Crisis
Team of Washington County 100.00
Twin Valley
Seniors 800.00
Twinfield Mentoring
Program 200.00
VT Assoc. for Blind &
Visually Impaired 100.00
Vermont Center for
Independent Living 75.00
Washington County Youth
Services Bureau 50.00
Article 15.
a. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectboard
to borrow money in anticipation of taxes;
b. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectboard
to spend unanticipated funds such as grants and gifts;
c. To see if the Town
will authorize the Selectboard to set a tax rate
sufficient to provide funds for the amounts previously
voted;
d. To see if the Town
will vote to have the Town taxes paid to the Treasurer
on or before the close of business on Friday, August 13,
2010, with interest of one percent per month or
fraction thereof to be paid by delinquent taxpayers;
and
e.
To see if the Town will vote to have the School
taxes paid to the Treasurer on or before the close of
business on Friday, November 5, 2010, with interest of
one percent per month or fraction thereof to be paid by
delinquent taxpayers.
f.
To see if the Town will accept hand canceled,
legible postmark on or before the due date as evidence
of timely payment for town and school taxes.
Article 16.
To transact any other business proper to come before
said meeting.
Article 17.
To see if the voters will adopt the proposed zoning
bylaw amendment “Updated Flood Hazard District
Regulations to Meet Required FEMA Provision” approved by
the Town of Marshfield Selectboard on December 29,
2009. Polls will be open for voting on this Article at
9:00 a.m. and will close at 7:00 p.m. The polling place
will be at Twinfield Union School. Text of the proposed
amendment is available from the Town Clerk.
(to be voted by Australian
ballot)
Article 18.
To see if the voters will adopt the proposed zoning
bylaw amendment “Subdivision Procedures Amendments”
approved by the Town of Marshfield Selectboard on
December 29, 2009. Polls will be open for voting on this Article at
9:00 a.m. and will close at 7:00 p.m. The polling place
will be at Twinfield Union School. Text of the proposed
amendment is available from the Town Clerk.
(to be voted by Australian
ballot)
Article 19.
To see if the voters will adopt the proposed zoning
bylaw amendment “Clarification Amendments” approved by
the Town of Marshfield Selectboard on December 29,
2009. Polls will be open for voting on this Article at
9:00 a.m. and will close at 7:00 p.m. The polling place will be at
Twinfield Union School. Text of the proposed amendment
is available from the Town Clerk.
(to be voted by Australian
ballot)
____________________ ____________________
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Christopher Martin Laura
Johnson John Warshow
Marshfield, Vermont, January 21, 2010 I
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the
Warning for the Annual Town Meeting for the year 2010
and that it was recorded before posting.
Attest,
_______________________________________________________,
Town Clerk
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NOTICE TO VOTERS for Town Meeting
BEFORE ELECTION
DAY:
CHECKLIST POSTED
at Clerk’ Office By January 31, 2010. If your name is
not on the checklist, then you must register to vote.
REGISTER TO VOTE
no later than 5:00 p.m., Wednesday,
February 24, 2010
at Town Clerk's Office. All Clerk’s offices will be
open from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
February 24, 2010.
REQUEST EARLY or ABSENTEE BALLOTS:
You or a family member can request early or absentee
ballots at any time during the year of the election in
person, in writing, by telephone or email. The latest
you can request ballots for Town Meeting is the close of
the Town Clerk’s office on March 1, 2010. (Any other
person authorized by you who is not a family member must
apply in writing or in person for a ballot for you.)
WAYS
TO VOTE YOUR EARLY BALLOT:
• You may vote in the town clerk's office before
the deadline.
• Voter may take his or her ballots out of the
clerk’s office and return in same manner as if the
ballots were received by mail.
• Have ballot mailed to you, and mail or
deliver it back to the clerk's office before Town
Meeting Day or to the polling place before 7:00 p.m. on
Town Meeting Day.
• If you are sick or disabled before Town
Meeting Day, ask the town clerk to have two justices of
the peace bring a ballot to you at your home. (Ballots
can be delivered on any of the eight days preceding the
day of the election or on the day of election, but the
request must be made before election day.)
SAMPLE BALLOTS
will be posted by February 20, 2010.
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