Hyde Park Town Meeting 2023
Channel: Hyde Park Selectboard
Date: 08/03/2023

Hyde Park, VT Annual  Town Meeting. 
Held on March 7, 2023.  
 
Hyde Park Town Meeting was held at Lamoille Union High School in Hyde Park, VT.

To elect Town and School District Officers as required by Australian ballot:
 Article 1.  To elect Town and School District Officers as required by Australian ballot:
Selectboard Member for a term of two years Selectboard Member for a term of three years
Lister for a term of three years
Lister for a term of three years (two years remaining)
Lister for a term of three years (one year remaining)
Lamoille North Modified Unified Union School District Director for a term of three years
Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District Director for a term of two years

Article 2. Shall general obligation bonds or notes of the Town of Hyde Park in an amount not to exceed Six Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($600,000) be issued (payable over a term of not more than ten (10) years) to fund the purchase and equipping of a fire truck for the Hyde Park Town Fire Department at a total cost of Six Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($600,000)?

BY Floor Vote
Article 3. To elect the following Officers from the floor:
Moderator for a term of one year
Cemetery Commissioner for a term of five years
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Article 4. Lanpher Memorial Library Trustee for a term of five years

Article 5. Shall the voters vote to approve the sum of to be raised by taxes for the support of Lamoille Restorative Center?

Article 6. Shall the voters vote to approve the sum of to be raised by taxes for the support of Lamoille Home Health & Hospice?
Shall the voters create a Reserve Fund for repairs, construction and improvements of Town Community Buildings, not including library or highway buildings, to be under the control of the Selectboard, with funding from donations, fees, grants, interest earned on investments, or gifts, and an appropriation of $40,000 from the unassigned General Fund Balance?

Article 7. Shall the voters vote to eliminate the office of lister, thereby requiring the Selectboard to contract with or employ a professional qualified assessor, who need not be a resident of the Town and who shall have the same powers, discharge the same duties, proceed in the discharge thereof in the same manner, and bc subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed for Listers or the Board of Listers under the provisions of Title 32 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated- per 17 V.S A. ss 2651c?

Article 8. Shall the voters appropriate $50,000 of the unassigned General Fund Balance to the Stormwater Capital Reserve Fund?

Article 9. Shall the voters approve, in addition to any other appropriations approved in prior articles, a total general fund expenditures amount for the period July l. 2023 to June 30. 2024 of which $2,648,700 shall be raised by property taxes and $440,300 by nonproperty tax revenue?
Article 10. Shall the voters approve the payment of property taxes to the Town Treasurer in four equal installments (32 V S A. 4792), as listed below; with delinquent taxes and assessments have charged against them an eight percent (8%) commission after the fourth installment (32 V.S.A ss 1674) and interest charges of one percent (1%) pcr month or fraction thereof, for the first three months; and thereafter, one and one-half percent (l h%) per month of fraction thereof from the due date of such tax'? Such Interest shall be imposed on a fraction of a month as if it vv•ere an entire month (32 V S A 5136). Payments are due in the hands of the Treasurer by 4•00 P.M. on the below due dates. Only official U.S.P„S cancellation Inarks will be accepted if postmarked on or before the due date (32 V.S A. 4773).
Article 11. First installment to be paid on or before Thursday, August 3 1, 2023
Second installment to be paid on or before Wednesday, November 15. 2023
Third installment to be paid on or before Thursday, February 15. 2024 Fourth installment to be paid on or before Wednesday, May 15. 2024

Town Meeting happens every year on the first Tuesday in March. A form of government existing only in New England.

Meeting minutes and agendas:
https://hydeparkvt.com/selectboard/

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