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Notice for the 2023 Guilford Pre-Town Meeting

January 29, 2023 by in AnnouncementsSelectboard Agenda

GUILFORD SELECTBOARD in PARTNERSHIP with BROAD BROOK GRANGE – PRE-TOWN MEETING
Thursday, 23 February 2023, 6:30 pm, 3940 Guilford Center Road, Guilford, VT

Residents of Guilford are hereby warned that the Selectboard of the Town of Guilford will hold a public, informational Pre-Town Meeting event in person on Thursday, 23rd February 2023 at 6:30 PM. This meeting is a collaboration between the Guilford Selectboard and the Broad Brook Grange to discuss the Articles on the 2023 Town Meeting Warning. Candidates for elected positions are invited to introduce themselves, and others may provide updates.

BCTV will live-stream this gathering. It is not a hybrid meeting.
Residents are invited to gather in person.

2023 Pre-Town Meeting Agenda

  1. Call to Order
  1. Recognition of Public
  1. Reading of the Articles for 2023 Town Meeting

ARTICLE 1:      To elect a Moderator for the ensuing year.

ARTICLE 2:    To hear the report of the Town Auditors.

ARTICLE 3:      To hear the report of the Library Trustees (22 V.S.A., § 144).

ARTICLE 4:      To elect the following officers: Trustee of Public Funds (1), Grand Jurors (2), Library Trustee (1), and Cemetery Commissioner (1).

ARTICLE 5:      Shall the Town vote to approve Highway Fund expenditures in the amount of $1,041,439.00 for fiscal year July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, for which revenues will be raised through taxes and other sources (17 V.S.A. § 2664)?

ARTICLE 6:      Shall the Town vote to approve General Fund expenditures in the amount of $881,701.00 for the fiscal year July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, for which revenues will be raised through taxes and other sources (17 V.S.A. § 2664)?

ARTICLE 7:      Shall the Town vote to continue membership in the Windham Regional Commission and raise and appropriate the sum of $5,428.00 to defray the Town’s share of its expense[1] ?

ARTICLE 8:      Shall the Town vote to authorize the Selectboard to appoint a Municipal Treasurer per 17 V.S.A. §§ 2651e(a), 2651f(a)?

ARTICLE 9:      Shall the Town vote to approve to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for Health Care and Rehabilitation Services of Southeastern Vermont (HCRS) (24 V.S.A. § 2691)?

ARTICLE 10:   Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $258,450.00 for the GuilfordVolunteer Fire Department[2] ?       

ARTICLE 11:   Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $35,000.00 for the Guilford Volunteer Fire Department CapitalSinking Fund[3] .

ARTICLE 12: Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $27,393.00 for the following Human Service Organizations, pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 2691?

Youth Services…………………………………….. $  1,605.00

Women’s Freedom Center………………………… $  1,000.00

Groundworks Collaborative………………………. $  1,000.00

Visiting Nurse & Hospice for VT and NH……… $  6,300.00

Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP).…… $     485.00

Senior Solutions…………………………………… $     850.00  

Brattleboro Area Hospice………………………… $     300.00

Gathering Place…………………………………… $     500.00

Brattleboro Senior Meals..………………………… $     350.00

SE.VT Economic Dev. Strategies (SeVEDS)…… $  6,363.00 

AIDS Project of Southern VT…………………….. $     350.00

Connecticut River Transit………………………… $     250.00

SEVCA………………………………………………………… $  2,040.00

Guilford Cares…………………………………………….. $  6,000.00

  1. Other Business
  1. State Representative Sara Coffey
  1. Town Candidate Introductions
  1. WSESD Board
  1. Guilford Central School Advisory Board
  1. Adjournment

03-07-2023 Guilford Town Meeting Warning.pdf

3-7-2023-Guilford-Town-Meeting-Warning