STATE OF VERMONT
Bennington County, SS:
TOWN OF SHAFTSBURY
The inhabitants of the Town of Shaftsbury qualified to vote at the Annual Town Meeting are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Elementary School in said Town on Monday, March 5th, 2007, at 7:30 P.M. to transact the business specified below, to be done from the floor. Following completion of such business, the Meeting will stand adjourned until 7:00 A.M. Tuesday, March 6th, 2007, at the Buck Hill Road Fire House for the election of officers and for voting on ballot articles. On March 6th, 2007, polls will be open from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.
Residents of Shaftsbury may make application to have their names placed upon the voter checklist no later than 12:00 Noon on Monday, February 26th, 2007 in order to vote on March 5th, 2007 and (or) March 6th, 2007.
Any voter unable to come to the polls may request an absentee ballot from the Town Clerk up until 12 Noon on Monday, February 26th, 2007.
BUSINESS TO BE TRANSACTED FROM THE FLOOR ON MONDAY, MARCH 5th, 2007 AT 7:30 P.M.
150 BUCK HILL ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
1. To hear the reports of the Town Officers and take action thereon.
2. To Determine:
A. Whether Selectboard members receive an annual stipend in the amount of $1,000?
B. Whether Town Treasurer receives an annual stipend in the amount of
$15,000?
C. Whether Town Clerk receives an annual stipend in the amount of $8,000?
D. Whether the Board of Listers receives an hourly rate of $7.53?
E. Whether the Board of Auditors receives an hourly rate of $7.53?
F. Whether Ballot Clerks receive an hourly rate of $7.53?
G. What compensation, if any, shall be paid to all other elected Town Officers?
H. Whether Planning Commission and Development Review Board members receive
an annual stipend in the amount of $100?
3. To Determine:
A. Will the Town vote to have taxes collected by the Town Treasurer?
B. Will the Town vote to set the date for payment of taxes as
Saturday, November 10th, 2007?
4. Shall the Town of Shaftsbury adopt the General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 2007-2008?
5. Shall the Town of Shaftsbury adopt its budget by Australian ballot?
6. To transact any other business found proper when met.
BUSINESS TO BE TRANSACTED BY BALLOT ON TUESDAY, MARCH 6th, 2007, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 A.M. AND 7:00 P.M. AT 166 BUCK HILL ROAD FIRE HOUSE.
7. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $5,000 to the Arlington Rescue Squad,
Inc.?
8. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $1,850 to the Bennington Area Habitat for
Humanity?
9. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $700 to the Bennington Coalition for the
Homeless, Inc.?
10. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $500 to the Bennington County
Conservation District?
11. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $11,811 to the Bennington Free Library?
12. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $4,560 to the Bennington Project
Independence, Inc.?
13. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $1,700 to the Bennington Rutland
Opportunity Council (BROC)?
14. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $600 to the Center for Restorative Justice
(CRJ)?
15. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $200 to the Green-Up Vermont?
16. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $100 to the George D. Aiken RC&D
Council, Inc.?
17. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $5,500 to the John G. McCullough Free
Library?
18. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $600 to the Norshaft Little League?
19. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $1,000 to the Paran Recreations, Inc.?
20. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $450 to the Project Against Violent
Encounters (PAVE)?
21. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $950 to the Retired and Senior Volunteer
Program (RSVP)?
22. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $350 to the Shaftsbury Garden Club?
23. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $2,500 to the Shaftsbury Historical Society,
Inc.?
24. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $1,100 to the Southwestern Vermont
Council on Aging?
25. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $600 to the Sunrise Family Resource
Center?
26. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $500 to the Taconic Community Grange?
27. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $1,997 to the Town of Bennington Rescue
Squad, Inc.?
28. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $800 to the Tutorial Center?
29. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $1,000 to the Veterans Honor Roll (Hooke
Memorial Fund)?
30. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $300 to the Vermont Association for the
Blind and Visually Impaired?
31. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $365 to the Vermont Center for
Independent Living (VCIL)?
32. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $5,225 to the Visiting Nurse Association &
Hospice of Southwestern Vermont Health Care?
33. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $10,000 to the Grader Reserve Fund?
34. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $10,000 to the Cole Hall Reserve Fund?
35. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $13,000 to the Highway Garage Reserve
Fund?
36. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $10,000 to the Sidewalk Reserve Fund?
37. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $15,000 to the Paving Reserve Fund?
38. To Determine: Will the Town appropriate $1,000 to the Economic Development
Study Reserve Fund?
Ballot Articles $109,258
TOWN OF SHAFTSBURY SELECTBOARD
DATED at Shaftsbury, Vermont this ___ day of January 2007.
TOWN OF SHAFTSBURY SELECTBOARD
Wynn Metcalfe, Chair ______________________
Cinda Morse, Vice-Chair ______________________
Jim Mead, Member ______________________
Karen Mellinger, Member ______________________
Bill Pennebaker, Member ______________________
Attest: _____________________
Judith A. Stratton, Town Clerk