Town Meeting - March 3rd, 2008

WARNING

Town of Hinesburg, Vermont

The legal voters of the Town of Hinesburg, Vermont are hereby warned and notified to meet at the Champlain Valley Union High School auditorium, in said Town of Hinesburg, Monday evening March 3, 2008 at 7:30 PM to transact business on all articles except Article 1 which will be voted upon by Australian ballot Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at the Town Hall in said Town of Hinesburg.  Polls will be open at 7:00 AM and close at 7:00 PM.  The March 3, 2008 meeting to be adjourned to the Town Hall in said Town of Hinesburg at 9:00 AM March 4, 2008, if necessary, to act on any business left unfinished when met.

ARTICLE 1:  To elect the necessary town and school district officers by Australian ballot Tuesday March 4, 2008 (see Officers for Election list in the Town Report).

ARTICLE 2:  To hear the reports of the Town officers and take action thereon.

ARTICLE 2: APPROVED
 

ARTICLE 3:  Shall the Town appropriate $831,123 to defray the general expenses of the Town?

ARTICLE 3: APPROVED
 

ARTICLE 4:  Shall the Town appropriate $772,354 for highway purposes?

ARTICLE 4: APPROVED
 

ARTICLE 5:  Shall the Town appropriate $471,944 for the general expenses of the Community Police Department?

ARTICLE 5: APPROVED
 

ARTICLE 6:  Shall the Town appropriate $164,100 for the Carpenter Carse Library?

ARTICLE 6: APPROVED
 

ARTICLE 7:  Shall the Town appropriate the sum of $7,500 for the purpose of obtaining options and/or the acquisition of lands, or those rights in land, which would preserve open space and natural resources, any unexpended portion of such sum to be placed in the Land Preservation Reserve Fund established?

ARTICLE 7: APPROVED
 

ARTICLE 8:  Shall the Town appropriate $5,000 to the Hinesburg Land Trust?

ARTICLE 8: APPROVED
 

ARTICLE 9:  Shall the Town appropriate the sum of $10,000 for the purpose of supporting the Sustainable Community Project, an initiative resulting from the work of the four Community Task Forces created as part of the Vermont Council on Rural Development Community Visit?

ARTICLE 9: APPROVED
 

ARTICLE 10:  Shall the Town appropriate $600 for the Lake Iroquois Recreation District as Hinesburg's share?

ARTICLE 10: APPROVED
 

ARTICLE 11:  Shall the Town vote to raise the sum of $26,342 to be disbursed as specifically designated to the following agencies/organizations?

ARTICLE 11: APPROVED and AMENDED to add $1500 for Chittenden Community Action and $350 for Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf
 

ARTICLE 12:  Shall the voters authorize the Selectboard to furnish the Town of St. George fire protection and first response coverage at the sum of $20,095 for the period of one year?

(If all articles are approved as printed, a total of $2,288,963 will need to be raised for town government.  This total will come from two sources:  $2,212,412 shall be raised in taxes and $76,551 shall be utilized from the Town's fund balance.)

ARTICLE 12: APPROVED
 

ARTICLE 13:  Shall the voters authorize the Selectboard to borrow money when needed to meet current expenses and indebtedness of said Town?

ARTICLE 13: APPROVED
 

ARTICLE 14:  Shall the voters authorize the payment of real and personal property taxes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009 payable in full to the Town of Hinesburg in one installment, with the due date being November 15, 2008.  Any and all payments received in the Town Treasurer's Office later than midnight on November 15, 2008 will be considered delinquent and will be subject to the collection of interest at the rate of 1% per month or fraction thereof for the first three months and thereafter at the rate of 1 1/2% per month or fraction thereof.

ARTICLE 14: APPROVED
 

ARTICLE 15:  To transact any other business proper to be brought before said meeting.

ARTICLE 15: APPROVED with a motion passed to allow Public Access TV Channel 17 to broadcast town meetings, and for a Cost Benefit Analysis to be performed for the Library wind turbine.