STATE OF VERMONT
Bennington County
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 3rd, 2008, 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 4th, 2008, at the Buck Hill Road Fire House for the election of officers and for voting on ballot articles. On March 4th, 2008, polls will be open from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.
Residents of Shaftsbury may submit an application to have their names placed upon the voter checklist no later than 5:00 P.M. or the closing of the town clerk's office on Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 in order to vote on March 3rd, 2007 and/ or March 4th, 2008.
Any voter unable to come to the polls may request an absentee ballot from the Town Clerk up until 5:00 P.M. or the closing of the town clerk's office on Monday, March 3rd, 2008.
BUSINESS TO BE TRANSACTED FROM THE FLOOR ON MONDAY, MARCH 3rd, 2008 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 $16,000?
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 $10.00?
E. What compensation, if any, shall be paid to all other elected Town Officers?
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
Monday, November 10th, 2008?
4. Shall the Town of Shaftsbury adopt the General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 2008-2009?
5. To transact any other business found proper when met.
BUSINESS TO BE TRANSACTED BY BALLOT ON TUESDAY, MARCH 4th, 2008, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 A.M. AND 7:00 P.M. AT 166 BUCK HILL ROAD FIRE HOUSE.
6. Shall the Town appropriate $5,000 to the Arlington Rescue Squad, Inc.?
7. Shall the Town appropriate $1,900 to the Bennington Area Habitat for Humanity?
8. Shall the Town appropriate $720 to the Bennington Coalition for the Homeless, Inc.?
9. Shall the Town appropriate $500 to the Bennington County Conservation District?
10. Shall the Town appropriate $12,402 to the Bennington Free Library?
11. Shall the Town appropriate $4,560 to the Bennington Project Independence, Inc.?
12. Shall the Town appropriate $1,700 to the Bennington Rutland Opportunity Council?
13. Shall the Town appropriate $600 to the Center for Restorative Justice?
14. Shall the Town appropriate $1,000 to the Grandview Cemetery Association?
15. Shall the Town appropriate $200 to the Green-Up Vermont?
16. Shall the Town appropriate $100 to the George D. Aiken RC&D Council, Inc.?
17. Shall the Town appropriate $5,500 to the John G. McCullough Free Library?
18. Shall the Town appropriate $600 to the Norshaft Little League?
19. Shall the Town appropriate $1,000 to the Paran Recreations, Inc.?
20. Shall the Town appropriate $450 to the Project Against Violent Encounters?
21. Shall the Town appropriate $950 to the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program?
22. Shall the Town appropriate $350 to the Shaftsbury Garden Club?
23. Shall the Town appropriate $2,500 to the Shaftsbury Historical Society, Inc.?
24. Shall the Town appropriate $1,100 to the Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging?
25. Shall the Town appropriate $600 to the Sunrise Family Resource Center?
26. Shall the Town appropriate $1,000 to the Taconic Community Grange?
27. Shall the Town appropriate $1,997 to the Town of Bennington Rescue Squad, Inc.?
28. Shall the Town appropriate $800 to the Tutorial Center?
29. Shall the Town appropriate $2,000 to the Hooke Memorial Veterans Fund?
30. Shall the Town appropriate $300 to the Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired?
31. Shall the Town appropriate $1,000 to the Vermont Center for Independent Living?
32. Shall the Town appropriate $5,225 to the Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of
Southwestern Vermont Health Care?
33. Shall the Town appropriate $10,000 to the Grader Reserve Fund?
34. Shall the Town appropriate $10,000 to the Cole Hall Reserve Fund?
35. Shall the Town appropriate $10,000 to the Highway Garage Reserve Fund?
36. Shall the Town appropriate $10,000 to the Sidewalk Reserve Fund?
37. Shall the Town appropriate $15,000 to the Paving Reserve Fund?
38. Shall the Town appropriate $1,000 to the Economic Development Reserve Fund?
39 Shall the Town appropriate $4,000 to the Fire Warden Truck Reserve Fund?
40. Shall the Town vote to exempt Taconic Community Grange from the payment of property tax for a
period of five years?
41. Shall the Town vote to increase the Veterans’ exemption for disabled veterans, his or her surviving
spouse and dependent from $20,000 to $40,000?
Ballot Articles $114,054
TOWN OF SHAFTSBURY SELECTBOARD
DATED at Shaftsbury, Vermont this ___ day of January 2008.
TOWN OF SHAFTSBURY SELECTBOARD
Wynn Metcalfe, Chair ______________________
Cinda Morse, Vice-Chair ______________________
Lon McClintock, Member ______________________
Karen Mellinger, Member ______________________
Bill Pennebaker, Member ______________________
Attest: _____________________
Judith A. Stratton, Town Clerk