Warning Annual Town Meeting Monday, March 3, 2025, 7:00 PM

VOTE BY AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Colchester, Vermont
The legal voters of the Town of Colchester, Vermont are notified and warned to meet at the Colchester High School Auditorium, Laker Lane, in said Town on Monday, March 3, 2025, at 7:00 PM to act on the following articles not involving voting by Australian ballot (Articles 1-5):

ARTICLE 1

To choose a moderator, if elected moderator is not present.

ARTICLE 2

To act on reports of the Town Officers.

ARTICLE 3

To set compensation, if any, to be paid to the Selectboard.

ARTICLE 4

To transact any other business proper to come before said meeting.

ARTICLE 5

To adjourn said meeting and to reconvene at the Colchester High School, Laker Lane, in said Town on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, for voters in District 19 and District 20 to vote for Town Officers and to transact any other business involving voting by Australian Ballot with voting to begin at 7:00 a.m. and to close at 7:00 p.m. (Early voting information below.)

ARTICLE 6 – Town Municipal Services Budget

“Shall the voters of the Town of Colchester approve total general fund expenditures of Sixteen Million, Nine Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Ninety-Three Dollars ($16,936,693) of which Fourteen Million, Two Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand, Four Hundred Thirty-Nine Dollars ($14,248,439) shall be raised by taxes and Two Million, Six Hundred Eighty-Eight Thousand, Two Hundred Fifty-Three Dollars ($2,688,253) by non-tax revenues for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026?”

ARTICLE 7 – Technology Capital Plan

“Shall the Town of Colchester reauthorize the Selectboard to maintain a reserve fund accumulating annually in the amount of Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000) for a period of five years, for the purpose of financing technology replacements and upgrades?”

ARTICLE 8 – Communications Capital Plan

“Shall the voters of the Town of Colchester reauthorize the Selectboard to maintain a reserve fund accumulating annually in the amount of Twenty-Five Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($25,500) for a period of five years, for the purpose of financing telephone and radio replacements and upgrades?”

Early/Absentee Voting: You may request a ballot be mailed to you through the Vermont’s Voter Registration system at “My Voter Page” at https://mvp.vermont.gov/, pick one up at the Town Clerk’s Office, or request one by phone to the Town Clerk’s Office at (802) 264-5520. Completed ballots can be deposited into the drive up drop box or mailed using the provided return envelope. If mailing, be sure to allow time for postal transit! Ballots must be received in the Town Clerk’s Office by 12:00 PM or Drop Box by 4:30 PM on Monday, March 3, 2025 or brought to the polling location at Colchester High School on Election Day, March 4, 2025.

Dated at Colchester this 14th Day of January 2025
Colchester Select Board
Town Clerk