ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARNING – 2025
THE LEGAL VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF MONKTON ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED AND WARNED TO MEET AT THE MONKTON CENTRAL SCHOOL ON
SATURDAY MARCH 1, 2025 AT 10:00 A.M. FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:
ARTICLES 1 AND 7 TO BE VOTED ON BY AUSTRALIAN BALLOT ON
TUESDAY MARCH 4, 2025 AT THE MONKTON TOWN OFFICES
POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 7:00 A.M. TO 7:00 P.M.
ARTICLE 1: To elect all Town Officers by Australian Ballot.
ARTICLE 2: Shall the voters authorize payment of real and personal property taxes on November 17, 2025 by delivery to town hall by that date or postmarked on or before that date?
ARTICLE 3: Shall the voters appropriate a total of $20,849.00 to the following social service agencies?
- Addison County Community Action Group (Hope) $1,250.00
- Addison County Home, Health & Hospice, Inc. $1,946.00
- Addison County Restorative Justice Services $ 550.00
- Addison County Parent/Child Center $1,600.00
- Addison County Readers $450.00
- AgeWell $1,500.00
- Bristol Family Center $250.00
- Bristol Recreation Dept. $2,000.00
- Counseling Service of Addison County Inc. $1,600.00
- Elderly Services $800.00
- Green Up Vermont $150.00
- Have-a Heart Food Shelf $200.00
- Hinesburg Food Shelf $500.00
- Homeward Bound (Humane Society) $250.00
- John W. Graham Emergency Shelter $1,000.00
- Lewis Creek Association $550.00
- Monkton Mentors Program $500.00
- Open Door Clinic $500.00
- Otter Creek Natural Resources Conservation District $198.00
- Red Cross $500.00
- Retired & Senior Volunteer Program $460.00
- Rural Fire Protection Program $100.00
- Tri Valley Transit $850.00
- Turning Point Center of Addison County $1,000.00
- Vermont Adult Learning $700.00
- Vermont Center for Independent Living – Addison $195.00
- Women Safe Inc. $1,250.00
ARTICLE 4: Shall the voters authorize General fund expenditures for operating expenses of:
- General Fund Deficit $79,257.90
- Salaries and General Expenses $547,289.44
- Monkton Volunteer Fire Department $125,000.00
- Bristol Rescue Squad $15,880.00
- Vergennes Area Rescue Squad Inc. $4,400.00
- Russell Memorial Library $38,463.38
- Monkton Museum and Historical Society $1,500.00
- Recreation Fund $8,500.00
- Agricultural and Natural Areas Fund $22,500.00
- Highway Capital Projects Fund $35,000.00
for a total of $877,790.72 of which $614,080.72 shall be raised by taxes and $263,710.00 by non-tax revenues?
ARTICLE 5: Shall the voters authorize Highway fund expenditures for operating expenses of:
- Highway Fund Deficit $37,757.86
- Highway Expenses $1,460,448.23
for a total of $1,498,206.90 of which $1,004,647.69 shall be raised by taxes and $493,558.40 by non-tax revenues?
ARTICLE 6: Shall the voters approve a sum not to exceed $114,801.00 for the purchase of a Ford F550 truck.
ARTICLE 7: Shall the Town of Monkton vote to adopt the Monkton Town Plan 2025-2033 as approved by the Selectboard on December 19, 2024. To be voted by Australian Ballot.
ARTICLE 8: To transact any other business proper to come before this meeting.
| _/s/ Marikate Kelley__________ | |
| Monkton Town Clerk | Marikate Kelley, Vice Chair Selectboard |
| Received and Recorded | |
| On :____________________ | _/s/ Joe Szarejko____________ |
| Joe Szarejko, Member Selectboard | |
| _/s/ Walter Crandall___________ | |
| Walter Crandall, Member Selectboard | |
| Attest:_/s/ Sharon Gomez_____ | |
| Sharon Gomez, Town Clerk | _/s/John McNerney___________ |
| Monkton Town Clerk received | John McNerney, Member Selectboard |