Town of Wallingford
Public Informational Hearing
Notice and Agenda

The legal voters of the Town of Wallingford are hereby Warned to gather for an Informational Meeting via Zoom on Monday, February 28, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. to review Australian Ballot Articles on the Town Meeting ballot. To join by telephone, dial 1(929)205-6099. To join via electronic device, visit https://www.wallingfordvt.com/government/selectboard/ and click on the link. The meeting ID is 733 076 4419 and Passcode is 907463.

Call the Meeting to Order.
Additions or deletions to the Agenda. Review Articles.

ARTICLE I. To elect all officers as required by law: two Selectboard members, one for a two-year term and one for a three-year term; one Auditor for a three-year term; one Delinquent Tax Collector for a three-year term, one Trustee of Public Funds for a three-year term; a Town Moderator for a one-year term; and two School Board Directors, one for a three-year term and one for two years to complete a three-year term with the Mill River Unified Union School District.

ARTICLE II. Shall the Town vote to have scholarships provided under Title 16 VSA, Section 2535, the same to be applied for on or before April 29, 2022 at the Mill River Unified Union School District Office?

ARTICLE III. Shall the Town vote to have one-half (1/2) of the fiscal year 2023 (July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023) property taxes and fire protection taxes paid to the Town Treasurer on or before October 17, 2022 at 4:30 P.M. and the remaining one-half of the fiscal year 2023 property taxes and fire protection taxes paid to the Town Treasurer on or before April 17, 2023 at 4:30 P.M.? Payments are physically due in the Town Office; post-marked dates WILL NOT be accepted.

ARTICLE IV. Shall the voters of the Town of Wallingford appropriate a sum not to exceed $1,345,779.05 for the General Operation of the Town, with an amount not to exceed $992,037.06 to be raised in Property Taxes for fiscal year 2023?

ARTICLE V. Shall the voters of the Town of Wallingford appropriate two-thirds (2/3) of the Revenue Augmentation Trust balance at the time of its termination in December, 2023 to be used for Capital Project(s) as determined by the Selectboard with 1/3 of the balance in the fund at termination in December 2023 to remain in the custody of the Trustees of Public Funds to lower future taxes. As of December 31, 2021 the balance in the Revenue Augmentation Trust Fund was $256,982.63.

ARTICLE VI. Shall the voters authorize the establishment of the "Building Reserve Fund" and transfer the accumulated payments from the monthly cell antenna lease payments ($62,804.50+ as of 12/31/21) to that fund for improvements and repairs to town-owned buildings?

ARTICLE VII. Shall the surplus funds from the cell antenna lease payments remaining at the end of each Fiscal Year be deposited to the Building Reserve Fund?

ARTICLE VIII. Shall the voters authorize the establishment of the "Bridge Reserve Fund" and transfer the accumulated payments from the annual budget ($235,735.63+ as of 12/31/21) to that fund for improvements and repairs to town bridges?

ARTICLE IX. Shall the voters authorize the transfer of the $30,000 budgeted bridge funds in FY22 to the Bridge Reserve Fund?

ARTICLE X. Shall the Town of Wallingford, Vermont allow the establishment of retail sale of Cannabis within the Town?

Motion to Adjourn