The Guildhall School Board meeting scheduled for 2/29/2012 has been cancelled.
_ 1. Tuesday, March 6, 2012 is the date for election of Town Officers and is also the date for casting ballots for President of the United States in the primaries of the Democratic and Republican parties. In addition, the Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District budget will be voted on. Voting for these three items will take place at the Guild Hall from 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.; Town Meeting will begin right after the polls close.
2. The Board of Civil Authority will meet on Thursday, March 1, 2012, at 7 p.m., at the Guild Hall, for its traditional pre-election meeting. Subjects to be discussed include a review of current challenges to the checklist and the logistics of the March 6 election. 3. Wednesday, February 29, 2012 is the last day to register to vote (deadline 5:00 p.m.) if you want to vote on March 6th and are not already registered. As required by law, the Town Office will be open from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. on that day for the purpose of receiving applications. 4. If you are not eligible to vote by Wednesday, February 29, 2012, but will be on March 6, you must file a written notice of intent to apply to the voter checklist by 5:00 p.m. today. 5. Monday, March 5, 2012 at 5 p.m. is the deadline to request an absentee ballot for the March 6 election. The Town Clerk’s office will be open from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. for the purpose of receiving requests. 6. Absentee ballots must be returned to the Town Clerk by 7:00 p.m. (the close of polls) on March 6 in order to be counted. The Guildhall School Board will meet on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012, at 4:00 p.m., at the Guildhall School. The agenda contains three items: first, a call to order; second, an executive session to meet with legal counsel; third, adjournment.
_ The Guildhall Selectboard will meet on Monday, February 27, 2012, at 6 p.m., at the Guild Hall, for its regularly scheduled (monthly) meeting.
The Guildhall Planning Commission will meet on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, at 7 p.m., at the Guild Hall, to work on revisions to the Town Plan.
The citizens of the Town of Guildhall who are legal voters in the Annual Town Meeting, are hereby warned and notified to meet at the Guild Hall on Tuesday, March 6, at 7:00 pm, to transact the following business, viz:
1) To hear and act on the reports of Town Officers; to accept the Guildhall Annual 2011 Town Report. 2) Shall the Town vote to collect its 2012 taxes up to and including October 15, 2012, by the Town Treasurer? 3) Shall the Town vote to authorize its auditors to print in the Town Report the names of delinquent taxpayers with the amounts and years owed? 4) Shall the Town authorize its Selectboard to incur debts for temporary loans, in anticipation of taxes for the year? 5) Shall the Town vote to use the 2012 General Fund surplus to pay expenses until 2012 tax monies become available? 6) Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of $300.00 to Umbrella, an organization which helps victims of domestic violence throughout Essex County and the Northeast Kingdom? 7) Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of $75.00 to the Vermont Center for Independent Living, an organization that provides services to the disabled in Essex County and the Northeast Kingdom? 8) Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of $400.00 to the Area Agency on Aging of Northern Vermont, for services to the elderly? 9) Shall the Town appropriate the sum of $50.00 to Northeast Kingdom Learning Services, an adult basic education program? 10) Shall the Town appropriate the sum of $250.00 to the Red Cross’ Northern Vermont Chapter for services in the event of disaster? 11) Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of $3,500.00 to the Essex County Sheriff’s Department, for law enforcement services? 12) Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of $300.00 to Colonel Town Recreation, for the purpose of subsidizing Guildhall residents’ pool pass access? 13) Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of $500.00 to the Lancaster Food Pantry? 14) Shall the Town vote to appropriate the sum of $16,000 to establish a reserve account for the appraisal of the Portland Pipeline to be expended at the sole discretion of the Guildhall Lister Board? 15) Shall the Town increase the property tax exemption available to all qualified people, to include all veterans 50% or greater disabled, from $10,000 of appraisal value to $40,000 of appraisal value in accordance with V.S.A. #3802 (11) to be effective April 1, 2012? 16) Shall the town vote to have the office of Road Commissioner an appointed and not an elected position? 17) Shall the Town vote to approve a budget of $279,558.46 plus any amounts warned and passed in articles #6-15 of this warning and set a tax rate in accordance with that budget? 18) Shall the Town vote to continue to hold Town Meeting in the evening, starting at 7:00pm? 19) To conduct any other business that may legally come before the Town? Given unto our hands this 26th day of January, 2012 Thomas Dubreuil, Selectboard Chair Richard Martin, Selectboard Clerk Attest: Sam Swope, Town Clerk, February 1, 2012 On Tuesday, March 6, 2012, the Town of Guildhall will hold the following votes:
1. 2012 primaries of the Democratic and Republican parties for the office of President of the United States. 2. 2012 election for the following town offices: One (1) Moderator, One-year Term One (1) Constable, One-year Term One (1) Delinquent Tax Collector, One-year Term One (1) Town Agent, One-year Term One (1) Grand Juror, One-year Term One (1) Board of Selectmen member, Three-year Term One (1) Board of Selectmen member, One-year term completion One (1) Lister, Three-year term One (1) Lister, Two-year term completion One (1) Cemetery Commissioner, Three-year Term One (1) Cemetery Commissioner, Two-year term completion 3. 2012 NEKWMD (Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District) budget vote. The polls, which are located at the Guild Hall (the town office), will be open from 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The annual Town Meeting will commence at 7:00 p.m. |