Town Meetings in Vermont - March 2000
Abbreviations -
A = Ambulance
E = engine / pumper / fire truck
FAST = First Aid and Shock Trauma Team - or maybe - Fast Aid and Stabilization Team (basically it is a first aid crew without an ambulance for transporting victims)
FS = fire station
L = ladder truck or Tower Ladder truck
SO = Sheriff's Office
VFD = Volunteer Fire department
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Addison County - Addison - 226 no, 195 yes for allowing personal wireless service facilities as a conditional use in conservation areas
Addison County - Hancock - $13,391 to Valley Rescue Squad - E fund
Addison County - Shoreham - Rescue Squad got ?$2,000 more
Caledonia County - Barnet - $4000 put back in A budget - $5,000 for land next to town garage for FS
Caledonia County - Burke - $10,000 each to East Burke FD and West Burke FD - $8600 to Lyndon Rescue (includes $2400 towards A payment)
Caledonia County - Peacham - $25,000 for 1.3 acres of land next to the FS to build a FS addition
Caledonia County - Saint Johnsbury - $741,000 special service area (formerly known as the Village)(this money is mostly for police services) - $44,000 to Caledonia-Essex Area A - new ?E
Caledonia County - Walden - $11,000 to VFD - $4,000 to Walden Emergency FAST Squad for training and equipment
Caledonia County - Waterford - $2880 to Caledonia-essex Area A
Caledonia County - Wheelock - $8100 to VFD - $2200 for A Service
Chittenden County - Bolton - will hold the 2001 Town Meeting in the recently renovated and spacious Elementary School instead of the drafty and noisy Fire Station - the FS has a noisy ventilation system
Chittenden County - Colchester - funds for 1 additional police officer - $20,000 per year for 5 years will be used to upgrade the public safety emergency dispatch system
Chittenden County - Essex - 2457 yes 780 no for $230,000 bond to purchase new pumper
Chittenden County - Hinesburg - additional $23,000 for the PD - $10,000 for the FD to form a Rescue Squad (allowing Hinesburg to withdraw from Iroquois First response which had served Hinesburg + ??????)
Chittenden County - Richmond - $10,000 to start a FD reserve fund for equipment purchases - funds for town share of federally funded cop
Chittenden County - Shelburne - video cameras in police cars
Chittenden County - Williston - new phones and new emergency power system for the Town Hall - $690,000 for a Tower Ladder
Chittenden County - Winooski - no cuts to police and fire budgets - had earlier been proposed by the City Council
Essex County - East Haven - $5,000 to repair the FD offroad vehicle
Essex County - Granby - will study, but not install, one more dry hydrant
Essex County - Lemington - $685 for amb service (?from New Hampshire)
Franklin County - Enosburg - $154,000 for E to be financed over 15 years
Franklin County - Fairfield - $35,000 to FD
Franklin County - Highgate - $23,940 to Missiquoi Valley Rescue
Franklin County - Montgomery - PD budget is $20,000 (was $9,000 last year)
Franklin County - Richford - $53,000 for police service
Franklin County - Saint Albans Town - $225,000 for E to be financed over 10 years - no TM gathering is held, all balloting is done (?from home by mail)
Franklin County - Swanton - $44,000 for Rescue Services
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Franklin County - Swanton (a post to VTFCmd)
The post of 3/21 indicated that the fire budget for Swanton of approximately $85,000 was passed - including some monies to go toward a purchase of a new pumper. This was the Town's approximate 70% share of the Department's budget that was approved at Town Meeting.
On 3/15/99 at the annual VILLAGE meeting the voters approved by voice vote an additonal $35,000 to go to the Fire Dept that also includes money toward a new pumper. The new pumper was voted on 2 years ago and was delivered last April - these monies are for the loan payment on the engine and will continue for the next 2 years.
The department total operating budget is approximately $120,000. The Department is owned by the Village, but the Town contracts for protection. The fee for the protection is based upon the grand list and the Town has 70% of the total taxable property and the Village the remaining 30% thus the split. The individual taxpayer be they in the Town or Village pays the same amount in a tax rate for fire protection.
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Grand Isle County - Alburg - $20,000 to VFD
Grand Isle County - Grand Isle - $40,000 (over five years) to the Grand Isle Rescue's "New Ambulance Fund" - $11,000 to cover the Grand Isle Rescue budget
Grand Isle County - Isle La Motte - 37 of 296 registered voters showed up to vote on the $250,000 town budget and $577,000 school budget
Grand Isle County - North Hero - $40,000 over five years plus an additional ?$30,000 this year to the Grand Isle/North Hero Rescue Squad for the Town's share of the new ambulance - $4,900 to SO to help fund the new fulltime Deputy Sheriff
Lamoille County - Stowe - Fire Chief Wendall Mansfield was given the town's annual public service award
Lamoille County - Thetford - new E
Orange County - Topsham - $5,000 to Tri Village Fire Association to purchase safety equipment
Orleans County - Brownington - $5,000 to SO for police service
Orleans County - Glover - $10,000 to FD
Orleans County - Lowell - $128,000 over 10 years to buy a E
Orleans County - Morgan - $5500 to SO for police service
Orleans County - Newport City - $550,000 bond for E on a 657 to 203 vote
Orleans County - Troy - $5500 to SO - $2,000 to Village of North Troy for fire protection (the N Troy Village FD must protect some areas which are outside of the Village, but within the Town of Troy)
Rutland County - Benson - Fair Haven rescue Squad got $8,000 instead of $6,353
Rutland County - Castleton - $150,000 for PD - $64,000 for FD - 13 vols on FD - FC had sot $425,000 for a fulltime FD - $490,000 for DPW
Rutland County - Fair Haven - $1.2 million town budget - voting held at FS - $21,000 for share of Fair Haven Volunteer Rescue Squad
Rutland County - Mount Holly - $23,000 for VFD - $21,000 for VFD vehicle replacement fund - $6,000 for Mt Holly Vol Rescue Sqd
Rutland County - Mount Tabor - $1,000 to Manchester Rescue Sqd - $3,500 to Danby-Mt Tabor Vol Fire Company
Rutland County - Poultney - will borrow $39,000 to repair E and install new 1600 gallon water tank
Rutland County - Pittsford - seek $25,000 for FD Equipment Depreciation Fund (up $17,000 from last year's appropriation)
Rutland County - Proctor - FD got funds for training
Rutland County - Rutland - $86,000 to Rutland Regional Ambulance Service - ?eleminate Emergency services Director and hand duties to Fire Chief and Police Chief
Rutland County - Rutland Town - FD budget up $16,000/18% to $113,000
Rutland County - Wallingford - one time $250 to Vermont Firefighters and Police Officers Memorial Association - Town Meeting held by Australian ballot at FS
Rutland County - Wells - $7,000 VFD - $4,000 to Granville Rescue
Rutland County - West Rutland - $46,000 FD - FD budget included in the municipal budget for the first time - FD formally merged with the Town in Summer of 1999 - previously, the Fd budget had been a seperate article at the Town Meeting
Washington County - Berlin - $87,000 for VFD - $42,000 for Ambulance Service
Washington County - Cabot - $32,000 for FD
Washington County - East Montpelier - used a voting machine for the first time (write ins for the Auditor race had to be tallied by hand)
Washington County - Marshfield - $29,000 for FD - $5,000 for ambulance service (?provided by ????)
Washington County - Middlesex - $5600 to buy a new furnace for the FS, and new tires and wheels for Engine 1
Washington County - Northfield - $72,000 for 5 year bond to buy a brush truck - $25,000 for rescue equipment for the Rescue Squad - up to $50,000 was appropiated to purchase a L
Washington County - Plainfield - $5650 for the First Response Rescue Squad
Washington County - Waterbury - $150,000 from the Capital Improvement Fund plus a bond of up to $50,000 to purchase a E
Windham County - Grafton - $7,550 for ambulance service - $15,500 to Firemen's Association
Windham County - Halifax - 54 year old male teacher collapsed and died after leaving Town Meeting because he was feeling ill
Windham County - Westminster - $137,000 for Fire District - $15,000 for survey, architectual, and engineering work for new FS - 712 yes to 185 no for $200,000 E
Windsor County - Hartford - $225,000 to extend water main over the Rte 4 bridge to Quechee
?Windsor County - Plymouth - $558,000 town budget - VFD needs new vols, many members are over 60 years old
Windsor County - Reading - $12,500 to repair the FS foundation in order to get 5 more years out of the bld
Windsor County - Weathersfield - Ascutney VFD given OK to spend up to $185,000 to replace 30 year old E (must include $30,000 from Fire equipment reserve Fund)
Windsor County - Windsor - ?new fulltime fire/ambulance position (which can be paid for with ambulance transport fees) - $125,000 for town health insurance (up $25,000 this year)
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The following was posted to VermontFireCommand@onelist.com by John Bolduc on 21 March 2000
March 2000
TOWN MEETING RESULTS / VOTES / WARRANT ARTICLES FROM VERMONT
Alburg - Following approved: By vote of 335-51, $20,000 to the Alburg Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. for general purposes for fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. By vote of 295-93, $10,000 to the Alburg Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. for a reserve fund to be used to purchase equipment.
Bakerfield - Following Approved: $6,739 for the Enosburg Ambulance Service.
Berkshire - $7,933.35 for Enosburg & Richford Ambulance Services (Enosburg $5,435.60 & Richford $2,497.75).
Enosburg - Following approved: Selectmen to borrow $154,000 towards the purchase of a new fire truck, to be paid over a period of fifteen years.
Enosburg Falls - Village voters decide to hike police budget to $20,400. The village will hire the Franklin County Sheriff's Dept. to patrol with the intent of enforcing village ordinances,
Fairfax - Following approved: $250 for VT Firefighters & Police Officers Memorial Association.
Highgate - Following approved: $30,000 from transfer station funds for the Highgate Fire Department for replacement of a 1973 International Tanker.
Montgomery - Fire Commissioner, 2 years: William Baker, Sr. request for Fire Department of $20,000. request for dry hydrant system of $2,000. Request for Rescue Department of $14,323. request for police services of $20,400.
Richford - Following approved By a vote of 294-189, police protection at a cost not to exceed $53,500. If so voted to raise money on the grand list.
Sheldon - $10,000 for the Fire Department for expenses. $7,000 for the First Response Team for expenses.
St. Albans Town - By vote of 1,081-156, $13,750 to be placed in a previously established replacement fund for the Fire Department. By vote of 952-283, $225,000 to replace a town fire truck of which $10,000 to be paid for with previously collected impact fees, $75,000 to be paid for with previously collected replacement funds and $140,000 to be financed over 10 years.
Swanton - Following Approved: By vote of 420-81, $84,051 for fire protection. This total represents $61,740 for the Operating and Maintenance Budget and $22,311 towards the purchase of a new pumper fire truck. By vote of 885-99, $44,460 to provide Rescue Services to the residents of the Town of Swanton.
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