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Legal Notice Town of Pomfret
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING – MAY 17, 2018
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 17, 2018, 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, 2018.
Article 3: To see if the Town will consider and adopt the Five-Year Local Capital Improvement Plan for fiscal year 2018–2019 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, 2017.
Article 5: To see if the Town will accept the following cemetery funds for perpetual care: Pomfret Cemetery Corporation: John R. Rauh, Yard 3, Lots 83 and 84, $200.00; Elizabeth B. Morin, Yard 3, Lot 85, $100.00; and Robert F. Paladino, Yard 3, Lot 86, $100.00.
Article 6: To see if the Town will approve to participate in, and serve as liaison for, the Neighborhood Assistance Act, and as such approve and support the application made by CT Audubon Society for Energy Conservation Modifications at Pomfret facility as a viable project. Said application is on file with the Pomfret Town Clerk, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret, CT.
Article 7: To see if the Town will approve an Ordinance establishing an additional exemption from property tax, pursuant to the authority of CT State Statute 12-91(b), for all farm machinery qualified for exemption under section (a) of said statute to the extent of an additional assessed value of one hundred thousand dollars. Proposed Ordinance approved by the Board of Selectmen, Board of Finance, and is on file with the Pomfret Town Clerk, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret, CT.
Article 8: To see if the Town will accept a Transportation Alternatives Grant in an amount up to three million five hundred thousand dollars for the purpose of completing road crossings along the Airline Trail, including bridges, culverts, and at-grade crossings. Map indicating location of crossings is on file with the Pomfret Town Clerk, 5 Haven Road, Pomfret, CT.
Article 9: To see if the Town will adopt a total appropriation in the amount of $12,647,304 for the 2018-2019 fiscal year budget with $2,574,410 of said amount to be the General Government Appropriation and $10,072,894 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. Vote to be by paper ballot as recommended by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 10: To do any other business proper to come before said meeting.
Dated at Pomfret, Connecticut, this 9th day of May, 2018
Maureen A. Nicholson, Patrick R. McCarthy, Ellsworth E. Chase Jr.
Its Board of Selectmen
Attest: Cheryl A. Grist, Town Clerk
May 9, 2018