2026 Newfane Town Meeting 3/3/26

ARTICLE 1: Shall the voters of the Town of Newfane elect the following Newfane Town Officers as required by law for the ensuing year?
0:29:00 – ARTICLE 2: Shall the voters of the Town of Newfane pay taxes for the ensuing year on a quarterly basis?
0:33:25 – ARTICLE 3: Shall the voters of the Town of Newfane authorize the Selectboard to sell or otherwise convey property acquired through tax sale proceedings?
0:34:39 – ARTICLE 4: Shall the voters of the Town of Newfane authorize General Fund expenditures for Town and Highway Operating Expenses of $1,913,785.00?
0:45:05 – ARTICLE 5: Shall the voters of the Town of Newfane authorize Capital Fund Expenditures of $497,000.00?
0:46:42 – ARTICLE 6: Shall the voters of the Town of Newfane authorize Debt Service Fund expenditures of $61,144.00?
0:49:05 – ARTICLE 7: Shall the voters of the Town of Newfane raise by taxation the amount of $25,467.00 of which $25,467.00 shall be raised by taxes, for the annual Excavator lease payment for FY 2027?
0:51:58 – ARTICLE 8: Shall the voters of the Town of Newfane raise by taxation the amount of $6,750.00 for the Reappraisal Reserve Fund FY 2027?
1:30:25 – ARTICLE 9: Shall the voters of the Town of Newfane approve the transfer of General Fund surplus, in the amount of $350,000.00, to the Capital Reserve Fund?
1:33:37 – Articles 10-39
ARTICLE 10: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $4,500.00 to Grace Cottage Hospital?
ARTICLE 11: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $1,400.00 to Senior Solutions?
ARTICLE 12: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to Southeastern VT Transit
ARTICLE 13: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to The Gathering Place?
ARTICLE 14: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $1000.00 to The Historical Society of Windham County?
ARTICLE 15: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to Groundworks Collaborative?
ARTICLE 16: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $500.00 to The South Newfane Community Association?
ARTICLE 17: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $300.00 to Center for Solace?
ARTICLE 18: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to The Leland & Gray Education Foundation?
ARTICLE 19: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 to Health Care & Rehabilitation Services?
ARTICLE 20: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $3,500.00 to The Incorporated Village of Newfane?
ARTICLE 21: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $2,700.00 to The Moore Free Library?
ARTICLE 22: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to Neighborhood Connections?
ARTICLE 23: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $250.00 to SeVEDS?
ARTICLE 24: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to The Restorative Community Practice of VT?
ARTICLE 25: Shall the voters of the Town of Newfane appropriate the sum of $1,600.00 to SEVCA?
ARTICLE 26: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $1,300.00 to Timson Hill Preschool?
ARTICLE 27: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $2,675.00 to Valley Cares?
ARTICLE 28: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $800.00 to Vermont Adult Learning?
ARTICLE 29: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $100.00 to Vermont Green Up?
ARTICLE 30: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to The Williamsville School Preservation Society?
ARTICLE 31: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $900.00 to The Windham County Humane Society?
ARTICLE 32: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to The Women’s Freedom Center?
ARTICLE 33: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $1,660.00 to Interaction Inc. (formerly Youth Services)?
ARTICLE 34: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $500.00 to West River Valley Thrives?
ARTICLE 35: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $250.00 to VDart?
ARTICLE 36: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to Windham County Safe Place?
ARTICLE 37: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 to Newfane Anew?
ARTICLE 38: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to NewBrook Elementary PTO?
ARTICLE 39: Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to Newfane Cemetery?
2:12:40 – ARTICLE 40: Shall the voters of the Town of Newfane exempt from taxation all real property of the Newbrook Volunteer Fire Association Station #1 Building and Land (1.6 acres+/-) for a period of 5 years?
2:15:22 – ARTICLE 41: Shall the voters of the Town of Newfane exempt from taxation all real property of the Newbrook Volunteer Fire Association Station #2 Building and Land (.25 acres+/-) for a period of 5 years?
2:22:47 – ARTICLE 42: Shall the voters of the Town of Newfane approve relocating future Town Meetings to the NewBrook Fire Department and/or NewBrook Elementary School?
3:22:15 – ARTICLE 43: To transact any other business that may legally come before the Town.

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