City of Barre Unofficial Annual City, Public Safety Authority, and School District Meeting Results March 6, City of Barre March 6, 2018

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1 City of Barre ***UNOFFICIAL RESULTS *** At the Annual City and School District Meeting legally warned and holden in the several wards of the City of Barre, Vermont, on the first Tuesday of March 2018, various questions having been duly taken, sorted, counted and also tabulated, the following had the number of votes annexed to their names/items, respectively, for the several offices and items stated: MAYOR Two-Year Term LUCAS HERRING SUE HIGBY Blanks (undervotes) 0 Totals CLERK & TREASURER Two-Year Term CAROL DAWES Blanks (undervotes) 0 Totals FIRST CONSTABLE Two-Year Term SCOTT A. GAGNON Blanks (undervotes) 0 Totals COUNCILOR Two-Year Term JEFFREY TUPER-GILES ward I MICHAEL BOUTIN ward II KEN LUNDE ward II CHRISTOPHER RIDDELL ward II E. JOHN LEPAGE ward III RICH MOREY ward III Totals Page 1 of 10

2 Article I-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize a General Fund Budget of $ 11,984,867 of which an amount not to exceed $ 8,114,194 is to be raised by local property taxes for the fiscal year July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019? Yes No Totals Article II-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the sum of $ 347,691 for Street Reconstruction and Sidewalk Improvements, and the Capital Improvement Fund? Yes No Totals Article III-Shall bonds or notes of the City of Barre in an amount not to exceed One Million One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,150,000), subject to reduction from available state and/or federal grants-in-aid, appropriations and reserve funds, be issued for the purpose of financing the cost of making highway, recreation, flood mitigation, parking lot and stormwater control infrastructure improvements, public building repairs, and the acquisiition of public works and public safety vehicles and equipment, the aggregate cost of such improvements estimated to be One Million One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,150,000)? Yes No Totals Article IV-Shall bonds or notes of the City of Barre in an amount not to exceed Seven Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($720,000), subject to reduction from available state and/or federal grants-in-aid, appropriations and reserve funds, be issued for the refurbishment of the municipal swimming pool, the estimated cost of such improvements being Seven Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($720,000)? Yes No Totals Page 2 of 10

3 Article V-Shall Chapter VI, Section 605 of the Barre City Charter be hereby amended as follows: Chapter 6. Taxation. Sec Local Rooms, Meals and Alcohol Option Taxes Local option taxes are authorized under this section for the purpose of affording the City an alternative method of raising municipal revenues. Accordingly: (a) The City Council may assess room, meals and alcohol taxes of one percent. (b) Any tax imposed under the authority of this section shall be collected and administered by the Department of Taxes, in accordance with State law governing such State tax. (c) Of the taxes reported under this section, 70 percent shall be paid to the City for calendar years thereafter. Such revenues may be expended by the City for municipal services only and not for educational expenditures. The remaining amount of taxes reported shall be remitted monthly to the State Treasurer for deposit into the PILOT Special Fund set forth in 32 V.S.A Taxes due to the City under this section shall be paid by the state on a quarterly basis. (d) Revenues received through a tax imposed under this section shall be designated solely for street and sidewalk reconstruction. Yes No Totals Article VI-Shall Chapter 4, section 404 of the Barre City Charter be hereby amended as follows: Chapter 4. City Officials Sec Duties & Responsibilities. The City Manager Chall: (d) Negotiate contracts for the City, provided, however, that [any contract involving more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) shall be subject to the approval of] all contracts must conform with the Barre City Procurement Policy, as adopted by the City Council, make recommendations concerning the nature and location of municipal improvements and execute municipal improvements as determined by the City Council. Yes No Totals Article VII-Shall the City of Barre enter into a communications union district to be known as Central Vermont Internet, under the provisions of 30 V.S.A. Ch 82? Yes No Totals Article VIII-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $7,500 for the Barre Area Senior Center? Yes No Totals Page 3 of 10

4 Article IX-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the sum of $5,000 for the Barre Heritage Festival? Yes No Totals Article X-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $2,000 for Circle (formerly Battered Women's Shelter & Services)? Yes No Totals Article XI-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $ 7,700 for Central Vermont Adult Basic Education (Barre Learning Center)? Yes No Totals Article XII-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $3,000 for the Capstone Community Action, Inc. (formerly Central Vermont Community Action Council)? Yes No Totals Article XIII-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $15,000 for Central Vermont Council on Aging? Yes No Totals Article XIV-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $28,000 for Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice? Yes No Totals Article XV-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $3,500 for Family Center of Washington County? Yes No Totals Page 4 of 10

5 Article XVI-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $1,000 for Good Beginnings of Central Vermont? Yes No Totals Article XVII-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $1,500 for Good Samaritan Haven? Yes No Totals Article XVIII-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $38,401 for Green Mountain Transit Agency? Yes No Totals Article XIX-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $500 for OUR House of Central Vermont? Yes No Totals Article XX-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $3,000 for the People's Health & Wellness Clinic? Yes No Totals Article XXI-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $9,800 for Project Independence? Yes No Totals Article XXII-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $3,000 for the Retired Senior and Volunteer Program (RSVP)? Yes No Totals Page 5 of 10

6 Article XXIII-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $2,500 for the Sexual Assault Crisis Team? Yes No Totals Article XXIV-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $1,000 for the Vermont Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired? Yes No Totals Article XXV-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $3,000 for the Center for Independent Living? Yes No Totals Article XXVI-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $2,500 for the Washington County Diviersion Program? Yes No Totals Article XXVII-Shall the Barre City Voters authorize the expenditure of $5,000 for Washington County Youth Service Bureau / Boys & Girls Club? Yes No Totals Page 6 of 10

7 Central Vermont Public Safety Authority Meeting FOR AT LARGE BOARD MEMBER (vote for not more than one) Three-Year Term DOUGLAS HOYT Totals ARTICLE I - Shall the voters of the Central Vermont Public Safety Authorty (CVPSA) appropriate the sum of $60,000 ($31,800 from Barre City and $28,200 from the City of Montpelier) for the operating budget of the CVPSA for fiscal year July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019? Yes No Totals Page 7 of 10

8 School District Meeting FOR CITY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER (vote for not more than two) Three-Year Term JENNIFER CHIOLDI SARAH ROLLINS-PREGENT Totals FOR CITY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER (vote for not more than one) Two-Year Term MICHAEL DEERING Totals FOR CITY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER (vote for not more than one) Two Years Remaining on Three-Year Term Totals ARTICLE I - Shall the voters fo the school district approve the school board to expend $ 12,082,173, which is the amount the school board has determinied to be necessary for the ensuing fiscal year? It is estimated that is proposed budget, if approved, will result in education spending of $12,919 per equalized pupil. This projected spending per equalized pupil is 3.7% higher than spending for the current year. Yes No Totals ARTICLE II-Shall the School District pay the Chairman of the School Board the sum of $2,000 per year for his/her services? Yes No Totals ARTICLE III-Shall the School District pay each School Commissioner the sum $1,500 per year for his/her services? Yes No Totals Page 8 of 10

9 ARTICLE IV-Shall the voters of said Barre City School District vote to authorize its Board of School Commissioners to borrow money, when needed, by issuance of bonds or notes not in excess of anticipated revenue for the school year, to meet the expenses and liabilities of the school district? Yes No Totals ARTICLE V-Shall the Barre City School District contribute $50,000 to the fund to be used by the Board of School Commisioners to pay for longterm school building repairs? Yes No Totals Page 9 of 10

10 Spaulding Union High School Meeting - District #41 FOR SPAULDING HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT DIRECTOR (vote for not more than two) Three-Year Term TIMOTHY W. BOLTIN EDMOND G. ROUSSE Totals ARTICLE I-Shall the voters of the school district approve the school board to expend $11,100,835 which is the amount the school board has determined to be necessary for the ensuing fiscal year? It is estimated that this proposed budget, if approved, will result in education spending of $13,491 per equalized pupil. This projected spending per equalized pupil is 1.0% higher than spending for the current year. Yes No Totals Article II - Shall the voters of the school district approve the school board to expend $2,836,683 which is the amount the school board has determinied necessary for the support of the Central Vermont Career Center for the ensuing fiscal year? Yes No Totals At the Polling Places of this municipality, the foregoing persons/items received the number of votes indicated on the page of this Official Return of Votes. Carolyn S. Dawes, Presiding Officer Cheryl Metivier, Other Election Official Date Page 10 of 10