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Legal Notice
Town of Pomfret
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING – MAY 27, 2025 AT 6:30 PM
POMFRET COMMUNITY SCHOOL
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 Tuesday, May 27, 2025 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, 2025.
Article 3: To see if the Town will consider and adopt the Five-Year Local Capital Improvement Plan for fiscal year 2025–2026 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, 2024.
Article 5: To see if the Town will accept the following cemetery funds for perpetual care: Pomfret Cemetery Corporation: Walter and Ann Hinchman, Yard 3 Lot 115 - $100.00; Ralph Oriola, Yard 2 Lot 116- $100.00; Betty Lucier., Yard 2 Lot 118- $100.00; Mary Alexander, Yard 3 Lot 120- $100.00.
Article 6: To see if the Town will approve the following transfers within 8501 Capital Nonrecurring to balance deficits in completed projects, clear completed project balances, and combine duplicate projects:
* Transfer from Fund 3050 – Wolf Den Drive ST FEMA Mitigation in the amount of $ 10,077.66 to Fund 3012 Wolf Den Drive FEMA Mitigation CO to combine duplicate project, bringing Fund 3012 Wolf Den Drive FEMA Mitigation CO to a total balance of $34,332.00.
* Transfer from Fund 3200 – Government Surplus $30,000; Fund 3304 – Town Hall Generator/Roof Replacement $14,832.50; Fund 3022 – Page Road Sealcoating $5.00; Fund 3015 – Guardrails $30,000.00; Fund 3020 – Quassett Road Improvements $ 13,567.68 - for a total amount of $88,405.18 to Fund 3016 Firetower Road to clear account.
* Transfer from Fund 3414 – PCS Tile Flooring $ 523.74; Fund 3411 – PCS HVAC Work $ 1,305.59 - for a total amount of $1,829.33 to Fund 3410 PCS Kitchen Equipment and Improvements to clear account
* Transfer from Fund 3208 – Office Furniture Committed CNR a total amount of $1,028.51 to Fund 3207 Office Equipment Typewriter to clear account.
Article 7: To see if the Town will adopt an appropriation in the amount of $3,437,510 for the 2025-2026 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 $11,722,872 for the 2025-2026 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 21st day of May, 2025
Maureen A. Nicholson
Patrick R. McCarthy
Alan B. Chubbuck
Its Board of Selectmen
Attest: Sandy Arcayan, Town Clerk
May 21, 2025
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