240th Annual Town Meeting   ‑   4 March 2025

The legal voters of the Town of Wardsboro are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Wardsboro Town Hall in Wardsboro on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. to hear and act on the following Articles:

GENERAL TOWN BUSINESS

ARTICLE 1.  To elect a Moderator for the ensuing year.

ARTICLE 2.  To elect the following officers as required by law:

   a. Town Clerk for one year.

   b. Town Treasurer for one year.

   c. Selectboard member for three years (by ballot).

   d. Selectboard member for one year.

   e. Selectboard member for one year.

   f. Lister for three years (by ballot).

   g. Auditor for three years (by ballot).

   h. Trustee of Public Funds for three years.

   i. First Constable for one year.

   j. Collector of Delinquent Taxes for one year.

   k. Town Agent for one year.

   l. Cemetery Commissioner for five years.

   m. Library Trustee for three years.

   n. Library Trustee for three years.

   o. Library Trustee for one year of a three-year term.

   p.  Library Trustee for one year of a three-year term.

ARTICLE 3. To determine if the Town will approve the Selectboard budget as published.

ARTICLE 4.  To determine what sum of money the Town will vote to support the following organizations:     

 2024 funded2025 request
a. Wardsboro Vol. Fire Dept$79,690$79,690
b. Wardsboro Rescue          $  4,000$ 4,000
c. Grace Cottage Foundation$  2,500$ 2,500
d. Health Care & Rehabilitative Services$    869$    869
e. Senior Solutions$     750$    750
f. Southeastern Vermont Economic Dev. Strategies$  2,592$ 2,592
g. Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice$  2,275$ 2,275
h. Windham County Historical Society $     250$    250
i. Women’s Freedom Center$    800$    800
j. Neighborhood Connections——-$ 1,500
 ——————-—————–
 Total Requests$ 93,726$95,226

ARTICLE 5.  To determine what sum of money the Town will vote to raise by taxation to defray the expenses and liabilities of the Town in the ensuing year and to authorize all taxes be paid to the Treasurer as provided by law, with such taxes to be due on or before October 1, 2025 and February 2, 2026.              

                       (selectboard request)            $ ___________

                         (article 4 allocations)           $ ___________

  total to raise               =       $ ______________

ARTICLE 6.  To hear the reports of the town officers.

ARTICLE 7.   To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting and then to adjourn.

Dated at Wardsboro, Vermont, this 28th day of January 2025.

Selectboard:             

/s/ Clarence Ballantine, Jr.                                                                          

/s/ Michael Fitzpatrick, Jr.             

/s/ Diane Schips   

/s/ Peter Sebastian