2026 Dummerston Town Meeting 3/3/26

00:00:20 – ARTICLE 1: To elect all necessary Town Officers for the following positions required by law to be elected by Australian Ballot.

Moderator – 1 year term
Town Clerk – 1 year term
Town Treasurer – 1 year term
Selectperson – remaining 2 years of 3 year term
Selectperson – 2 year term
Selectperson – 3 year term
Lister – 3 year term
Auditor – 3 year term
Trustee of Cemetery Funds – 1 year term
Library Trustee – 5 year term

00:00:31 – ARTICLE 2: Shall the voters affirm their election of Cindy Jerome to serve as Town Moderator today, despite her no longer being a resident.

00:09:18 – Legislators Update

00:35:08 – ARTICLE 3: Shall the voters accept the auditors’ report of the Town Accounts.

00:35:55 – ARTICLE 4: Shall the voters authorize the Selectboard to appoint a receiver of delinquent taxes.

00:37:30 – ARTICLE 5: Shall the voters authorize raising the sum of $245,000.00 through taxes and appropriate said amount to the Capital Fund for future capital needs.

00:41:12 – ARTICLE 6: Shall the voters authorize the purchase of a backhoe at a price not to exceed $192,000.00 and to pay for said purchase from the Capital Fund.

00:49:04 – ARTICLE 7: Shall the voters authorize the first of five payments on a fire truck at a payment not to exceed $108,000.00 and to make said payment from the Capital Fund.

00:58:17 – ARTICLE 8: Shall the voters approve total General Fund expenditures of $768,037.00 of which $600,624.00 shall be raised by taxes and $167,413.00 by non-tax revenues for the period of July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.

01:38:41 – ARTICLE 9: Shall the voters approve total Highway Fund expenditures of $719,575.00 of which $567,240.00 shall be raised by taxes and $152,335.00 by non-tax revenues for the period of July 1, 2026 to June 30,2027.

01:45:48 – ARTICLE 10: Shall the voters authorize raising the sum of $30,005.00 through taxes and appropriate said amount to the Highway Blasting & Ledge Crushing Reserve Fund for future blasting and crushing.

01:49:45 – ARTICLE 11: Shall the voters authorize raising the sum of $74,000.00 through taxes and appropriate said amount to the Highway Structures Fund for future structures needs.

01:57:48 – School District Update

02:45:59 – ARTICLE 12: Shall the voters authorize Highway Structures expenditures of $25,000.00 and to pay for said expenditures from the Highway Structures Fund.

02:51:21 – ARTICLE 13: Shall the Town of Dummerston vote to raise, appropriate, and expend the sum of $3,000.00 to help support the food budget of the Putney Foodshelf, which provides services to residents of the Town of Dummerston.

03:05:53 – ARTICLE 14: Shall the voters authorize the Lydia Taft Pratt Library Trustees to change the name of the library to the "Dummerston Community Center and Library," reflecting the merger of the Dummerston Community Center and the Library.

03:20:58 – ARTICLE 15: Shall the voters grant tax exempt status to the Evening Star Grange for a period of one year, pursuant to the provisions of Title 32, Section 3840.

03:22:01 – ARTICLE 16: Shall the voters grant tax exempt status to Green Mountain Camp for a period of one year, pursuant to the provisions of Title 32, Section 3840.

03:25:07 – ARTICLE 17: To transact any other business that may legally come before said Town Meeting.

03:37:25 – Adjourn.