Milton voters face one contested race, 10% city budget increase on Town Meeting Day
Outside of passing of those races and the city and school budgets, one other article is on the ballot. Voters will be deciding if the Milton Family Community Center will be tax exempt for the upcoming fiscal year, a ballot item that voters passed last year.
Town Meeting Day is March 4, with voting from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Milton Municipal Building Community Room.
Meeting: The public informational meeting is Monday, March 3 at 6 p.m. at the Milton High School Library, located at 17 Rebecca Lander Drive.
Voting: 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. at the Milton Municipal Building Community Room, 43 Bombardier Road, Milton. For local elections, absentee ballots will only be mailed to voters upon request. Obtain an absentee ballot either online at My Voter Page; call the Town Clerk's Office at 802-893-4111; print the request form (PDF) and return it to the Town Clerk's Office by mail or drop box; or in-person at the Town Clerk's Office.
Proposed Budget: $11,047,534, an increase of 10.2%, or $1,022,257, from last year.
Selectboard:
Darren Adams is running unopposed for a three-year term.
Leland Morgan and Chris Taylor are both running unopposed for a one-year term.
School trustee:
Melinda Young is running unopposed for a three-year term.
Krystina Gotsch is running against Scott O'Brien for a one-year term.
Library trustee:
Cathy Vadnais is running unopposed for a three-year term.
Joseph P. Duquette is running unopposed for a two-year term.
Champlain Water District Representative:
John C. Gifford is running unopposed for a three-year term.
Items: Shall the property of the Milton Family Community Center be exempt from real estate taxes for five years?
Proposed school district budget: $39,291,625, an increase of 3.27% from last year.
Sydney P. Hakes is the Burlington city reporter. Contact her at SHakes@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Milton VT voters to decide on school, town budgets at Town Meeting Day
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