Town of Grand Isle Informational Meeting – Click for Zoom Link

GRAND ISLE SELECTBOARD AGENDA

Saturday March 2, 2024 – 10:00AM – via ZOOM and Grand Isle School 224 US-2

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Official Warning
Annual Meeting
Town of Grand Isle, Vermont

The legal voters of the Town of Grand Isle are hereby warned to meet at the Grand Isle School in-person and via Zoom on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 10:00 in the morning for the following business:

1. To transact any business proper to come before this meeting and to discuss any questions which shall arise concerning the issues to be voted upon by Australian Ballot on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. The legal voters of the Town of Grand Isle are hereby warned to meet at the Grand Isle Municipal Offices located at 9 Hyde Road on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Polls are open between the hours of 7:00AM and 7:00PM to vote by Australian ballot on the following articles:

1. To elect all Town Officers as required by law.
2. To elect all Unified Union School District Officers as required by law.
3. Shall the legal voters of the Town vote to have the full details of the delinquent tax list printed in the Town Report?
4. Shall the legal voters of the Town vote to pay to the Treasurer, Real Property Taxes in three installments with due dates of October 31, 2024, January 31, 2025, and April 30, 2025, (32 V.S.A. § 4773) with an interest charge of 1% per month added if each installment is not paid by the due date (32 V.S.A § 5136); after April 30, 2025, any unpaid taxes would be charged an 8% collection fee (32 V.S.A. § 1674) plus the interest fees? Only official U.S.P.S. cancellation marks will be accepted if postmarked on or before the due date (32 V.S.A. § 4773).
5. Shall the legal voters of the Town approve the sum of $1,188,701 as proposed by the Selectboard to meet the expenses of the Town General budget?
6. Shall the legal voters of the Town approve the sum of $22,700 to meet the expenses of the Cemetery Commission budget?
7. Shall the legal voters of the Town approve the sum of $73,000 for the Grand Isle Rescue, Inc., budget?
8. Shall the legal voters of the Town approve the sum of $16,000 to defray expenses of the Grand Isle Rescue, Inc. and Grand Isle Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. dispatching services?
9. Shall the legal voters of the Town approve the sum of $105,000 for the Grand Isle Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. budget?
10. Shall the legal voters of the Town approve the annual sum of $75,000 for the Grand Isle Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. Capital Equipment Reserve which is an increase of $45,000?
11. Shall the legal voters of the Town approve the sum of $575,780 to meet the expenses of the Highway Department budget?
12. Shall the legal voters of the Town approve the sum of $60,000 to meet the expenses of the Highway Department Road Materials budget?
13. Shall the legal voters of the Town approve a sum of $72,033 to meet the expenses of the Library Commission budget?
14. Shall the legal voters of the Town approve the sum of $20,900 to meet the expenses of the Recreation Committee budget?
15. Shall the legal voters of the Town approve the sum of $10,000 to be raised by taxes for removing the invasive Emerald Ash Borer trees in the Town rights-of-way as needed?
16. Shall the legal voters of the Town approve the sum of $1,950 to be raised by taxes for Island Arts?
17. Shall the legal voters of the Town approve the amount not to exceed $35,000 to be raised by taxes, subject to reduction from available State and Federal grants in aid and other funding sources, for the costs of a generator for the town garage located at 81A Allen Road?
18. Shall the legal voters of the Town elect to exempt from taxation the building and property on the corner of U.S. Route 2 and Faywood Road, owned by the volunteer organization known as the Grand Isle Rescue, Inc.?