Annual Town/Budget Meeting May 1st at 6:30PM
Posted on: April 24, 2023 - 7:45am
Warning is hereby given to the electors and those entitled to vote at town meetings of the Town of North Stonington that the Annual Town/Budget Meeting shall be held at the following location on the date and time indicated for the purposes of transacting the business set forth below:
Location: North Stonington Education Center Media Center, 298 Norwich Westerly Road & via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81957566293
Meeting ID: 819 5756 6293
Date: May 1, 2023
Time: 6:30 PM
Only those attending the meeting in person will be able to vote. The meeting will be available for comment and viewing through Zoom at the link above, but those attending virtually will not be able to vote.
1. Shall the Town of North Stonington approve the estimates and recommendations of the Board of Finance with respect to the Annual Budget including General Government Operating: $5,552,383; Redemption of Debt: $1,382,949; and Capital: $415,420; for fiscal year July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, in the total amount of $7,350,752?
2. Shall the Town of North Stonington approve the estimates and recommendations of the Board of Finance with respect to the annual Board of Education budget for fiscal year July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 in the amount of $15,168,084?
3. Shall the Town adopt the ordinance: “Sec. 19-24 Connecticut Homeowners Program Local Option” expanding the state program?
4. Shall the Town adopt the ordinance: “Sec. 19-4 Waiver of Certain Taxes Due. The Town of North Stonington's tax collector is authorized to waive all taxes due in the amount of $5 or less, provided the original tax bill did not exceed $5 pursuant to G.S. § 12-144c.”?
5. Shall the Town adopt the ordinance: “Sec. 19-5 Motor Vehicle Tax Delinquencies” creating an administrative fee for each delinquency?
6. Shall the Town adopt the ordinance: “Chapter 21 – CANNABIS. Article I. – PROHIBITION OF USE ON TOWN PROPERTY” including all sections and subsections?
7. Shall the Town approve amendments to the local ordinances Businesses: Vendors, Hawkers and Solicitors 6-192, 6-193 and 6-195 and Chapter 15: Peddlers and Solicitors as presented and made available at the Town Clerk’s office at 40 Main Street, North Stonington, CT?
8. Shall the Town Clerk be allowed to publish an abbreviated version of the legal ad regarding the Notice of Passage of these ordinances?
9. Shall the Town deobligate the Capital Project Funds Animal Control Vehicle in the amount of $4,929.91, NSAA Ambulance/Stretcher Lease in the amount of $954.49, NSVFC Breathing Apparatus Lease
in the amount of $0.74 and NSVFC Radio Replacement in the amount of $1,456.88?
10. Shall the Town deobligate the Capital Project Fund Walking Floor Trailer in the amount of $46,000?
Notice of Referendum
Resolved, the Board of Selectmen, pursuant to its authority under Connecticut General Statutes, Section 7- 7, hereby removes questions 1, 2, & 3 to be considered at the May 1, 2023 Annual Town Meeting cited in the prior resolution, to a referendum to be held on May 15, 2023, the hours for voting at said referendum d by vote at the May 1, 2023 Town Meeting, said hours are recommended by the Board of Selectmen to be 8:00am-8:00pm.