BOND ELECTION WARNING
FOR SPECIAL MEETING
June 10, 2008

WARNING

The legal voters of the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Waitsfield Elementary School in the Town of Waitsfield on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 between the hours of seven o'clock in the forenoon (7:00 a.m.), at which time the polls will open, and seven o'clock in the afternoon (7:00 p.m.), at which time the polls will close, to vote by Australian ballot upon the following Article of business:

ARTICLE I

Shall general obligation bonds of the Town of Waitsfield in an amount not to exceed seven million five hundred ninety thousand dollars ($7,590,000), subject to direct reduction from available state and federal grants-in-aid (projected to be three million six hundred sixty thousand dollars ($3,660,000)) or other funding sources, be issued for the purpose of making certain public drinking water system and fire protection improvements? The project includes the construction of integrated water source, storage, treatment, transmission, and distribution components, and the total cost of such improvements is estimated to be seven million five hundred ninety thousand dollars ($7,590,000).

The legal voters of the Town of Waitsfield are further notified that voter qualification, registration and absentee voting relative to said special meeting shall be as provided in Chapters 43, 51 and 55 of Title 17, Vermont Statutes Annotated.

The legal voters of the Town of Waitsfield are further notified that an informational meeting will be held on Monday, June 9, 2008 at seven o'clock in the afternoon (7:00 P.M.) at the Waitsfield Elementary School in the Town of Waitsfield, for the purpose of explaining the proposed improvements and the financing thereof.

Adopted and approved at a regular meeting of the Selectboard of the Town of Waitsfield duly called, noticed, and held on April 28, 2008.  Received for record and recorded in the records of the Town of Waitsfield on April 29, 2008

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

RESULTS:  YES - 206 (48.4%)   NO - 219 (51.4%)   BLANK - 1 (0.002%)   TOTAL - 426

Town Documents		Waitsfield Town Plan, 2005
		Water Project Background, May 2008 (1 pg, 32 KB)
		Water Project Fact Sheet, May 2008 (1 pgs, 39 KB)
		Water Project Frequently Asked Questions, May 2008 (2 pgs (legal), 48 KB)
Publications		VLCT 2006 Municipal Water & Sewer Rate Information (24 pgs, 280 KB)

Valerie J. Capels, Town Administrator Waitsfield Town Office 9 Bridge Street Waitsfield, VT 05673 Phone: (802) 496-2218 Fax: (802) 496-9284 E-mail:

John Kiernan, Project Engineer Phelps Engineering, Inc. 79 Court Street P.O. Box 367 Middlebury, VT 05753 Phone: (802) 388-7829 Web: www.phelpseng.com