WARNING
FOR ANNUAL MEETING
MARCH 3, 2009
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The legal voters of the Town of Waitsfield, County of Washington, State of Vermont, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Elementary School Auditorium on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. to transact the following business and to vote by Australian Ballot between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. for the Various Town Officers and the Articles so noted:

ARTICLE 1: To elect a Moderator for the Town.

ARTICLE 2: To hear and act upon the reports of the Town Officers.

ARTICLE 3: Will the Town authorize the Selectboard to acquire by gift or purchase, land for a municipal forest to procure wood products, maintain wildlife habitat, protect water species, provide forest recreation, and for conservation education purposes?

ARTICLE 4: Will the Town vote to collect taxes on real estate by two (2) equal payments made to the Treasurer as follows: Half (50%) of taxes to be paid without discount not later than Tuesday, September 1, 2009, with the remaining half (50%) to be paid without discount not later than Monday, November 16, 2009?

ARTICLE 5: Will the Town authorize the Selectboard to set the salaries of the Town Clerk and Town Treasurer pursuant to Title 24 V.S.A. Sections 932 and 933?

ARTICLE 6: Will the Town authorize the Selectboard to borrow money in anticipation of Taxes and State Aid Money?

Fund Amount Covered Bridge Maintenance Reserve $20,000 Equipment - Road Dept. Truck Reserve $30,000 Equipment - Road Dept. Heavy Equipment Reserve $15,000 Equipment - Fire Dept. Truck Reserve $15,000 Fire Department Roof Repair Reserve Fund $7,000 Street Trees Reserve Fund 5,000 Joslin Memorial Library Repair Reserve 2,500 Restroom, Recreation & Conservation Reserve 2,500 Total $97,000

ARTICLE 8: Will the Town vote to increase the Veterans' Exemption for qualified disabled veterans within the Town of Waitsfield from $10,000 of appraisal value to $40,000 of appraisal value as authorized by 32 V.S.A. §3802(11)?

ARTICLE 9: Will the Town exempt alternate energy sources, as defined in 32 V.S.A. Section 3845, from real and personal property taxation, first applicable against the Grand List of the year in which the vote is taken and continue until voted otherwise by the voters of Waitsfield?

ARTICLE 10: Will the Town authorize the Selectboard to borrow an amount not to exceed $100,000 for repairs and improvements to the Town Pond at Winter Park, to be paid over a period not more than five years and on such other terms as the Selectboard shall negotiate?

ARTICLE 11: Will the Town vote a budget to meet the expenses and liabilities of the Town and authorize the Selectboard to set a tax rate sufficient to provide for the voted Town and School District budgets?

ARTICLE 12: To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.

Dated at Waitsfield, Vermont, this 26th day of January, 2009 by:

Waitsfield Selectboard:
      Charles Hosford, Chair
      J. LeRoy Hadden, D.V.M.
      Paul Hartshorn
      William Parker
      Kate Williams