Legal Notice
Town of Pomfret
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING –
MAY 14, 2026 AT 6:30 PM
POMFRET COMMUNITY
SCHOOL CAFETERIA
The legal voters and citizens qualified to vote in Town Meeting of the Town of Pomfret are hereby warned to meet at the Pomfret Community School Cafeteria, 20 Pomfret Street, Pomfret, Connecticut, on Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 6:30 P.M. to act upon the following articles:
Opening Remarks by First Selectman Maureen Nicholson
Article 1: To choose a Moderator for said meeting.
Article 2: To see if the Town will consider and act upon the following resolution: “Resolved” that the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement with the Commissioner of Transportation and the Office of Policy and Management, State of Connecticut, for the expenditure of all Highway funds under the provisions of Chapter 240 and the expenditure of all Local Capital Improvement Funds under the provisions of Chapter 7-536, CT General Statutes, for fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026.
Article 3: To see if the Town will consider and adopt the Five-Year Local Capital Improvement Plan for fiscal year 2026–2027 as proposed by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 4: To see if the Town will accept the following cemetery funds for perpetual care:
Abington Cemetery Association: John & Susan Boland- #502 and 503 deTallyrand Annex - $200.00;
Pomfret Cemetery Corporation: Jean & Terry Ann Fleming- Yard 3, Lots 135 & 136 - $200.00.
Article 5: To see if the Town will approve an Amended Ordinance Regarding Tax Abatements for Volunteer Firefighters. Said Ordinance was approved by the Pomfret Board of Selectmen and is on file with the Pomfret Town Clerk, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret Center, CT.
Article 6: To see if the Town will approve an Ordinance that would allow Vote for Three Regarding the Board of Selectmen where electors may vote for the same number of candidates as there are members to be elected. Said Ordinance was approved by the Board of Selectmen and is on file with the Pomfret Town Clerk, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret Center, CT 06259.
Article 7: To see if the Town will adopt an appropriation in the amount of $3,576,769 for the 2026/2027 fiscal year General Government budget, the same to be funded by estimated revenues as recommended by the Board of Finance.
Article 7 to be voted on by paper ballot with a “Yes” or “No” vote
Article 8: To see if the Town will adopt an appropriation in the amount of $12,160,903 for the 2026/2027 fiscal year Board of Education budget, the same to be funded by estimated revenues as recommended by the Board of Finance.
Article 8 to be voted on by paper ballot with a “Yes” or “No” vote
Article 9: To do any other business proper to come before said meeting.
Dated at Pomfret, Connecticut,
this 6th day of May, 2026
Maureen A. Nicholson
Patrick R. McCarthy
Martha B. Emilio
Its Board of Selectmen
Attest: Sandy Arcayan, Town Clerk
May 6, 2026
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