Selectboard Meeting - Informational Town Meeting

Past event
Mar 1, 2021, 7 to 9 PM

SELECTBOARD AGENDA
Informational Town Meeting
Australian Ballot Informational Hearing
March 1, 2021
7:00PM
MEETING WILL BE HELD REMOTELY
Due to closure of Hinesburg Town Hall
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Link to meeting on Media Factory: https://www.mediafactory.org/hinesburg
You can also view on Comcast Ch.1084

1. Meeting Call to Order 7:00PM

2. Selectboard Power Point Presentation 7:00PM

3. Discussion of Informational Town Meeting 7:15PM

• ARTICLE 3: “Shall the Town of Hinesburg adopt the town manager form of governance in accordance with the provisions of chapter 37 of Title 24 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated?” (Amended 2019, No. 67 Section 21.)”

• ARTICLE 4: Shall the Town approve a General Government budget of $1,946,828 with the estimated sum of $1,411,403 appropriated from property taxes to defray the general government expenses of the Town?

• ARTICLE 5: Shall the Town approve a Highway Department budget of $979,902 with the estimated sum of $841,902 appropriated from property taxes to defray the highway expenditures of the Town?

• ARTICLE 6: Shall the Town approve the Hinesburg Community Police Department budget of $686,970 with the estimated sum of $596,470 appropriated from property taxes to defray the police expenditures of the Town?

• ARTICLE 7: Shall the Town approve the Hinesburg Fire Department budget of $376,295 with the estimated sum of $336,295 appropriated from property taxes to defray the fire expenditures of the Town?

• ARTICLE 8: Shall the Town approve a new ambulance transport service budget of $178,149 with the estimated sum of $105,760 appropriated from property taxes to defray the ambulance transport service of the Town?

• ARTICLE 9: Shall the Town approve the Carpenter-Carse Library allocation from the Town of Hinesburg of $225,487 with the estimated sum of $225,487 appropriated from property taxes to defray the library allocation from the Town?

• ARTICLE 10: Shall the Town appropriate the sum of $37,700 with the estimated sum of $37,700 appropriated from property taxes, to be distributed as specifically designated to the following agencies and organizations?

Hinesburg Community Resource Center $23,100
UVM Home Care & Hospice (VNA) $6,500
Agency on Aging (CVAA) $2,000
VT Family Network $1,000
American Red Cross $400
Hinesburg Senior Meal Site $650
Vermont Center for Independent Living $200
Steps to End Domestic Violence $2,350
Prevent Child Abuse Vermont $500
COTS $1,000

(If voters approved Articles 4 through 10 as presented, total general fund expenditures of $4,431,331 will be required, with the estimated amount of $3,555,017 to come from property tax revenue.)

• ARTICLE 11: Shall voters authorize the payment of real and personal property taxes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, payable in full to the Town of Hinesburg in one (1) installment, with the due date being November 15, 2021 and to be collected by the Town Treasurer? Any and all payments received in the Town Treasurer's Office later than midnight on November 15, 2021 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 (3) months and thereafter at the rate of 1.5% per month or fraction thereof.

4. Motion to Adjourn 9:15PM

Questions or comments during the live broadcast? Email selectboard@hinesburg.org and those questions or comments may be read during the meeting. All times are approximate. For meeting materials, please visit: http://www.hinesburg.org/selectboard/meeting_packet/
Contact the Interim Town Administrator if you have questions: jdubingrossman@hinesburg.org; or 482-4207

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