Clarendon
Town budget
The proposed $1,484,948 budget is up $39,952 or 2.7 percent over this year’s $1,444,996 spending plan. Tax abatements were increased $4,000, road materials up $17,000 and town garage costs were hiked $12,000.
School budget
The elementary school budget proposal of $3,095,494 increased $64,636 or 2.1 percent over the current $3,030,858. More funds were budgeted for technology as well as health insurance costs.
Special articles
— Shall the voters appropriate $77,250 to be raised in taxes for road resurfacing?
— Shall the voters of the Clarendon Town School District authorize the Clarendon Board of School Directors to apply $43,775 of the bus replacement reserve fund to pay the Rutland South Supervisory Union’s assessment for the Clarendon Town School District’s share of the cost of the purchase or lease of buses by the supervisory union that provide transportation for Clarendon students, with the remaining balance in the fund to be transferred to the building reserve fund?
Contested races
Robert S. Congdon Jr. is challenging incumbent Nancy Buffum for a three-year seat on the town’s Select Board and David Chambers is trying to unseat incumbent Robert Bixby for a two-year Select Board post.
Meeting
Residents will gather for an informational meeting Monday, March 5 at the Clarendon Elementary School at 7:30 p.m. Australian ballot voting on budgets, school and municipal officers and special articles will take place on Tuesday, March 6 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Clarendon Town Hall.
Website: www.clarendonvt.org
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