Townshend Town Meeting

The legal voters of the Town of Townshend are hereby notified and WARNED to meet at Dutton Gymnasium, located at 2030 VT Route 30, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at 9:00am, to act upon the following articles, viz:

0:11:28 ARTICLE I: To choose a moderator for the ensuing year.

0:13:05 Legislator update from Emily Long and Nader Hashim

0:28:49 ARTICLE II: To act upon the July 1, 2024- June 30, 2025 independent auditor’s report.

0:46:32 Legislator update from Wendy Harrison

0:52:00 ARTICLE Ill: Shall the voters vote to restructure the Finance Department to create a part-time Treasurer and part-time book-keeper to fulfill the duties of the treasurer and tax collector.

1:37:35 ARTICLE IV: To elect all Town Officials for the ensuing year(s)

2:17:46 ARTICLE V: To see if the Town will authorize the Selectboard to set a tax rate sufficient to cover all monies raised for municipal entities for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and to borrow money in anticipation of taxes?

2:22:00 ARTICLE VI: To see if the Town will authorize its Property Tax Collector to receive its Real Property Taxes quarterly

2:23:13 ARTICLE VII: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $635,526.00 to pay for the running expenses and liabilities of the Town of which $441,585.00 to be raised in taxes?

2:40:05 ARTICLE VIII: To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $1,114,215.00 to pay for the running expenses and liabilities of maintaining the Town’s roads of which $736,065.00 to be raised in taxes?

3:16:32 ARTICLE IX: To see if the Town will vote to raise $104,382.00, by taxation, for the running expenses and liabilities of the library.

3:22:28 ARTICLE X: To see if the Town will raise $2,100.00, by taxation, for the Old Cemetery Fund?

3:23:19 ARTICLE XI: To see if the Town will vote to create a Highway Surplus Fund to carry over highway surplus funds?

4:09:10 ARTICLE XII: To see if the Town will vote to raise, by taxation, and appropriate $400,000.00 to the Highway Reserve Fund – $200,000 for highway infrastructure, $200,000 for leasing/repair of highway equipment.

5:02:23 ARTICLE XIII: To see if the Town will vote to raise $15,000, by taxation, and be placed in a Fire Department Reserve Fund for vehicle repair?

5:11:46 ARTICLE XIV: To see if the Town will vote to raise $20,000.00, by taxation, to be placed in the Fire Truck Capital Fund toward a future pumper?

5:13:08 ARTICLE XV: To see if the Town will vote to raise $4,000.00, by taxation, to be placed into the Fire Pond Reserve?

5:14:08 ARTICLE XVI: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $25,000.00, by taxation, to be placed in a Town Hall & Opera House Capital Preservation Fund

5:51:00 ARTICLE XVII: To see if the Town will vote to raise $20,015.00, by taxation, for the support of Social Services?

5:52:40 ARTICLE XVIII: To see if the town will vote to raise $65,000.00, by taxation, for the purpose of purchasing a trash compacting system for the Transfer Station?

6:14:01 ARTICLE XIX: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectboard to acquire land by gift or purchase for municipal forest to promote reforestation, water conservation and good forestry practices?

6:15:54 ARTICLE XX: To see if the Town will vote to set the first Tuesday in March 2027 as the date for the 2027 Town of Townshend Annual Meeting?

6:17:31 ARTICLE XXI: To transact any other non-binding business to properly come before said Meeting?