WILMINGTON Residents voted 173-85 in favor of allowing retail cannabis sales in Wilmington, prompting the owners of Ratu s Liquor and Market to cheer the news.
Town Meeting preview: Grafton weighing 2½-ton truck
Published: 3/4/2021 4:35:14 PM
Modified: 3/4/2021 4:44:02 PM
Hot Topic: With the proposed $1.16 million Grafton municipal budget declining by around $25,000, the hot topic is likely to be the purchase of a new 2½-ton truck at a cost of nearly $115,000. Even in that case, town officials plan to cover all but $10,000 of the cost out of capital reserves and the rest would come from the year-end undesignated fund balance.
Noteworthy articles: Among the 23 articles on the warrant are a request to increase the pay for Selectboard members from $2,000 to $2,500 a year and a proposal to increase the number of Budget Committee members from three to four, which with a Selectboard representative would give the committee an odd number of members to prevent tie votes. There are also two petitioned articles, one that would change the purpose of the Library Capital Reserve Fund and another that would urge the Legislature to redraw districts w
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Kristopher Radder, Brattleboro Reformer
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
People head to the polls during a modified Town Meeting Day in Vermont on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
People head to the polls during a modified Town Meeting Day in Vermont on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
People head to the polls during a modified Town Meeting Day in Vermont on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
Virtual budget hearing held in Whitefield
Selectman Stan Holz reviewed the budget handout. It appeared as follows:
General Government: 2020 Appropriation: $612,056; 2020 Expended: $480,188 and the request for 2021: $554,763, a decrease of $57,293.
Public Safety: 2020 Appropriation: $921,155; 2020 Expended: $888,494; and the request for 2021 is $982,609, an increase of $61,454.
Holz noted that there is a $30,000 increase for regional dispatching services for the police and fire-rescue departments.
Highways, Streets, Bridges, & Sanitation: 2020 Appropriation: 998,399; Expended: 932,816 and the request for 2021: $1,032,677, a $34,278 increase.
Health & Welfare: 2020 Appropriation: $23,654; Expended: $14,950 and the request for 2021 is $26,806, an increase of $3,152.
Holz pointed out that the increase is for an increase in the Health Officer s salary and a line item for health officer supplies.