BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6378@monktonvt.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250301T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250301T140000 DTSTAMP:20250301T135219Z URL:https://monktonvt.com/events/annual-town-meeting/ SUMMARY:Annual Town Meeting DESCRIPTION:ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARNING - 2025\n\n \n\nTHE LEGAL VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF MONKTON ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED AND  WARNED TO MEET AT THE MONKT ON CENTRAL SCHOOL ON \n\nSATURDAY MARCH 1\, 2025 AT 10:00 A.M. FOR THE FOL LOWING PURPOSES:\n\n \n\nARTICLES 1 AND 7 TO BE VOTED ON BY AUSTRALIAN BA LLOT ON\n\nTUESDAY MARCH 4\, 2025 AT THE MONKTON TOWN OFFICES\n\nPOLLS WIL L BE OPEN FROM 7:00 A.M. TO  7:00 P.M.\n\n \n\nARTICLE 1:  To elect all Town Officers by Australian Ballot.\n\n \;\n\nARTICLE 2:  Shall the voters authorize payment of real and personal property taxes on November 1 7\, 2025 by delivery to town hall by that date or postmarked on or before that date?\n\n \;\n\nARTICLE 3:  Shall the voters appropriate a total of $20\,849.00 to the following social service agencies?\n\n \;\n\n Addison County Community Action Group (Hope) $1\,250.00\n Addison County Home\, Health &\; Hospice\, Inc. $1\,946.00\n Addison County Restorati ve Justice Services $ 550.00\n Addison County Parent/Child Center $1\,600 .00\n Addison County Readers $450.00\n AgeWell $1\,500.00\n Bristol Fam ily Center $250.00\n Bristol Recreation Dept. $2\,000.00\n Counseling Se rvice of Addison County Inc. $1\,600.00\n Elderly Services $800.00\n Gre en Up Vermont $150.00\n Have-a Heart Food Shelf $200.00\n Hinesburg Food Shelf $500.00\n Homeward Bound (Humane Society) $250.00\n John W. Graha m Emergency Shelter $1\,000.00\n Lewis Creek Association $550.00\n Monkt on Mentors Program $500.00\n Open Door Clinic $500.00\n Otter Creek Natu ral Resources Conservation District $198.00\n Red Cross $500.00\n Retire d &\; Senior Volunteer Program $460.00\n Rural Fire Protection Program $100.00\n Tri Valley Transit $850.00\n Turning Point Center of Addison County $1\,000.00\n Vermont Adult Learning $700.00\n Vermont Center for Independent Living – Addison $195.00\n Women Safe Inc. $1\,250.00\n\n&n bsp\;\n\n \n\n \n\nARTICLE 4:  Shall the voters authorize General fund expenditures for operating expenses of:\n\n \;\n\n General Fund Defic it $79\,257.90\n Salaries and General Expenses $547\,289.44\n Monkton Vo lunteer Fire Department $125\,000.00\n Bristol Rescue Squad $15\,880.00\n Vergennes Area Rescue Squad Inc. $4\,400.00\n Russell Memorial Library $38\,463.38\n Monkton Museum and Historical Society $1\,500.00\n Recreat ion Fund $8\,500.00\n Agricultural and Natural Areas Fund $22\,500.00\n Highway Capital Projects Fund $35\,000.00\n\n \;\n\nfor a total of $87 7\,790.72 of which $614\,080.72 shall be raised by taxes and $263\,710.00 by non-tax revenues?\n\n \;\n\nARTICLE 5:  Shall the voters authorize Highway fund expenditures for operating expenses of:\n\n \;\n\n High way Fund Deficit $37\,757.86\n Highway Expenses $1\,460\,448.23\n\n \ ;\n\nfor a total of $1\,498\,206.90 of which $1\,004\,647.69 shall be rais ed by taxes and $493\,558.40 by non-tax revenues?\n\n \;\n\nARTICLE 6: Shall the voters approve a sum not to exceed $114\,801.00 for the purchas e of a Ford F550 truck.\n\n \;\n\nARTICLE 7: Shall the Town of Monkton vote to adopt the Monkton Town Plan 2025-2033 as approved by the Selectbo ard on December 19\, 2024.  To be voted by Australian Ballot.\n\n \;\ n\nARTICLE 8:  To transact any other business proper to come before this meeting.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\n \;\n_/s/ Marikate Kelley_______ ___\n\n\n\n\nMonkton Town Clerk \nMarikate Kelley\, Vice Chair Selectboard \n\n\nReceived and Recorded\n \;\n\n\nOn  :____________________\n_/s/ Joe Szarejko____________\n\n\n \;\nJoe Szarejko\, Member Selectboard\ n\n\n \;\n \;\n\n\n \;\n_/s/ Walter Crandall___________\n\n\n& nbsp\;\nWalter Crandall\, Member Selectboard\n\n\nAttest:_/s/ Sharon Gomez _____\n \;\n\n\nSharon Gomez\, Town Clerk\n_/s/John McNerney__________ _\n\n\nMonkton Town Clerk received\nJohn McNerney\, Member Selectboard\n\n \n \;\n \;\n\n\n \;\n \;\n\n\n \;\n \;\n\n\n CATEGORIES:Meeting LOCATION:Monkton Central School\, 1036 Monkton Rd\, \, North Ferrisburgh\, VT\, 05473\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1036 Monkton Rd\, \, North Ferrisburgh\, VT\, 05473\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Monk ton Central School:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR