WARNING

TOWN OF GROTON, VT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING

TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2025

            The Legal Voters of the Town of Groton, are hereby warned and notified to meet in the Groton Community Building on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 10:00 am., to transact the following business from the floor:

 

ARTICLE 1        To elect the following Town Officers as provided for by the Public Laws of Vermont:

Moderator                                                      One Year Term          

Selectboard Member                                      One Year Term          

Selectboard Member                                      Three Year Term        

Cemetery Commissioner                                Three Year Term        

Constable                                                        One Year Term          

Library Trustee                                                Three Year Term        

Library Trustee                                                Three Year Term        

BMU School Board Director                           One Year Term

BMU School Board Director                           Three Year Term        

               

ARTICLE 2        To hear the reports of the Town Officers.  

ARTICLE 3        Shall the voters authorize payment of property taxes on or before Friday, November 7th, 2025, by physical or electronic delivery to the                            tax collector before 5:00 PM est., as the deadline for the payment of taxes? (Postmarks are not accepted as a timely payment)      

ARTICLE 4        Shall the voters authorize the Selectboard to appoint a collector of delinquent taxes pursuant to 17 V.S.A. § 2651d?

ARTICLE 5        Shall the voters authorize the Groton Cemetery Commissioners to use money from the Cemetery Developmental Funds to develop a                             cremation bank project in the Village Cemetery? (These funds were originally set aside for development of the Riverside Cemetery)

ARTICLE 6        Shall the voters appropriate a total of $1,500 to the following new social service agencies, pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 2691?

                         $1,000 to the Groton Historical Society for preserving Groton’s shared history and making it accessible for research.

                         $500 to the Mentoring Project of the Upper Valley for fostering meaningful, long-lasting connections that nurture personal growth,                                academic success, and community involvement.  

 ARTICLE 7        Shall the voters authorize the Selectboard to close the Community Building Property Expansion Reserve Fund ($707.84) and the                                      Constable Durable Equipment Reserve Fund ($6,698.65) and move the balances into the Town Emergency Reserve Fund?

ARTICLE 8        Shall the voters authorize total fund expenditures for operating expenses of $1,292,830 of which $1,034,080 shall be raised by taxes                               and $258,750 by non-tax revenues?

ARTICLE 9        To discuss any other business proper to come before this meeting, this does not include the expenditure of town funds or other                                     business acted upon in the preceding articles.          

                       

                                   Larry Daniels, Selectboard Chair                      Thomas Page, Selectboard                     Bobbi Beck, Selectboard