Legal Notice -- Town of Pomfret

 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING -- MAY 7, 2015

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 7, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. to act upon the following articles:

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, 2015.

Article 3: To see if the Town will consider and adopt the Five Year Local Capital Improvement Plan for fiscal year 2015–2016 as proposed by the Board of Selectmen.

Article 4: To hear and act upon the report of the Selectmen, Town Treasurer, Treasurer of the Local School Fund, and Board of Education, as published by the Board of Finance, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014.

Article 5: To see if the Town will accept the following cemetery funds for perpetual care: Abington Cemetery Association:  Joyce M. Bigelow, Grave #440, deTallyrand Annex, $100.00; John Williams, Jr., 3 Graves #169F, 169G & 169H, $300.00; and Pomfret Cemetery Corporation:  Peter B. Mann, Yard Three (3), Lot Thirty-Eight (38), $100.00; Jane F. Dunn, Yard Three (3), Lot Seventy-Five (75), $100.00; Richard J. Dunn, Yard Three (3), Lot Seventy-Six (76), $100.00; Melissa S. Beeler, Yard Three (3), Lot Sixty-Two (62), $100.00; Cheryl K. & Stephen M. Champ, Yard Three (3), Lot Seven (7) and Yard Three (3), Lot Seventy-Seven (77), $200.00

Article 6: To see if the Town will approve a special appropriation to the Board of Education in the amount of $39,000 to be used in the following manner: $9,000 of which to be used for a kitchen convection oven, $20,000 of which to be used for the replacement of cafeteria tables, and $10,000 of which to soundproof the Music Room.  Appropriation to be funded by monies available in the Board of Education Contingency Fund.  Said appropriation approved by the Board of Finance on April 13, 2015.

Article 7: To see if the Town will adopt a total appropriation in the amount of $12,493,764 for the 2015-2016 fiscal year budget with $2,562,088 of said amount to be the General Government Appropriation and $9,931,676 of said amount to be the Board of Education Appropriation, the same to be funded by estimated revenues as recommended by the Board of Finance.

Article 8 : To do any other business proper to come before said meeting. 

Dated at Pomfret, Connecticut, this 29th day of April, 2015

Maureen A. Nicholson

Barry T. Jessurun, Peter B. Mann

Its Board of Selectmen

Attest: Cheryl A. Grist, Town Clerk

April 29, 2015