Here’s a rundown on the votes taken at Monday night’s Vernon Town Meeting. For complete text of the articles, see the warrant posted here.
Articles 1-3: These are being voted on by Australian ballot today, March 3
Article 4: General fund expenditure of $1,894,285: PASSED
Article 5: Library expenditure of $87,453: PASSED
Article 6: Library Trustee for unexpired one year term: IAN HEFELE elected
Article 7: Library Trustee for unexpired three year term: ELAINE DIETRICH elected
Article 8: Library Trustee for a three-year term: JOANNE LEVEILLE elected
Article 9: Marsh Fund Committee: JAMES BROWN, SANDRA HARRIS elected
Article 10: Memorial Day Committee: PETER & ANGELA MILLER elected
Article 11: Capital plan funding of $252,923: PASSED
Article 12: Shall the town continue to provide curbside trash collection? PASSED
Article 13: Passed over (only relevant if Article 12 is defeated)
Article 14: Shall the town continue curbside recycling: PASSED
Article 15: Funding of $108,000 for municipal building refuse, curbside recycling and compost recycling: PASSED
Article 16: Funding of $14,518 for Windham Solid Waste District: PASSED
Article 17: Establishment of an Emergency Repair/Replacement Fund: PASSED
Article 18: Funding of $10,000 for the Emergency Repair/Replacement Fund: PASSED
Article 19: Elimination of the office of Lister: Passed over (article not voted on)
Article 20: Adding “industrial scale development” to the purpose of the Professional Services Fund: PASSED
Article 21: Appropriation of $100,000 for the Town Road Upgrading Fund: PASSED
Article 22: Appropriation of $40,000 for the Town Culvert Fund: PASSED
Article 23: Appropriation of $2,500 for the Town Parking Lots Maintenance Fund: PASSED
Article 24: Appropriation of $5,000 for the Elderly Assistance Fund: DEFEATED
Article 25: Appropriation of $1,100 for the Vernon Historians: PASSED
Article 26: Appropriation of $2,000 for a public Fireworks display: (a) An amendment to increase this to $5,000 was DEFEATED; (b) the article with the sum of $2,000 was DEFEATED.
Article 27: Appropriation of $3,250 for the Visiting Nurse & Hospice of VT & NH: PASSED
Article 28: Appropriation of $15,000 for the Emergency Management Office: PASSED
Article 29: Appropriation of $15,000 for the Vernon Farmland Protection Fund: PASSED
Article 30: Change in the Cusick Scholarship requirements language, from $1,000 per eligible student to an “amount … determined based on money available.” PASSED
Article 31: Settting of payment dates for real estate taxes: PASSED
Article 32: To authorize notice of availability of the Town Report by postcard to residents, rather than mailing of the full Town Report: PASSED