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Annual Town Meeting - March 4, 2025

Posted Wednesday, February 5, 2025
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This news post will contain updated resources for Town Meeting on March 4, 2025
The Official Warnings - Annual Town Meeting 
Town Meeting ​​​​​MARCH 4, 2025, RICHMOND, VERMONT

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Official Warning AnnualTown Meeting​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
-Richmond Town Report 2024
​​​​​​​-​​​​​​​​​​Official Town Meetin​​​​​​​​g Ballot ​​​​​​​
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Article 7 is related to the Town of Richmond budget (see TOWN REPORT 2024​​​​​​​)

Article 8 is related to the Conservation Reserve Fund​​​​​​​
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​​​​​​​Articles 9 - 17 are related to Charitable Appropriations​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​This year’s allocations to social services are included on the Warning and Australian ballot. These are not included in the budget.
If they all pass as warned it will add $19,375 to the budget. This would be an increase of $2.41 per $100,000 of property value.
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Article 9 is related to the Vermont Family Network​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Article 10 is related to Age Well​​​​​​​
Article 11 is related to the VT Center for Independent Living
​​​​​​​Article 12 is related to the Committee on Temporary Shelter​​​​​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Article 13 is related to Our Community Cares Camp​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Article 14 is related to the Steps to End Domestic Violence​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Article 15 is related to Turning Point Center of Chittenden County
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Article 16 is related to the HOPE Works​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​Article 17 is related to Lund
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Social Services Allocations​​​​​​
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Requests that do not fit into the statutory definition of a social service could be included in the budget if they can be categorized as something else such as recreation or police services

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Requests that were considered by the Selectboard to be recreation related were moved to Recreation and Trails in the proposed Town budget:
-Lake Iroquois Association
-Richmond Community Band    
-Richmond Farmers Market​​​​​​​
-Camel’s Hump Little League Field
-Halloween on the Green​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​Requests that were considered by the Selectboard to be Police related were moved to the Police Department in the proposed Town budget:
-The Chittenden Unit for Special Investigation 

​​​​​​​Requests that were not considered by the Selectboard to be donations, but instead have a contractual obligation, were moved to Contracted – Social Services in the proposed Town budget:    
-Special Services Transportation Agency​​​​​​​
This section also includes 
-Community Outreach – provided by The Howard Center​​​​​​​
-Williston Community Justice Center​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​Requests that were considered by the Selectboard to be health services were moved to Donations – Health Services in the proposed Town budget:
-Richmond Rescue
-UVM Home Health and Hospice
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​​​​​​​Requests that were considered by the Selectboard to be related to the administration of the Town were moved to Town Administration in the proposed Town budget:
-Greater Burlington Industrial Corporation 
-Mount Mansfield Community TV ​​​​​​​