Voters will also elect two members of the select board and two members
of the school board. Waitsfield Select Board chair Kate Williams is
running unchallenged for re-election to a two-year term. Vice chair
Charlie Hosford is being challenged in his run for re-election to a
three-year term by Elwin Neill Jr. who is running as a write-in
candidate.
The contested race for the Waitsfield School Board is between Helen
Kellogg and Scott Kingsbury who are both seeking a two-year term on the
board. Todd White is running for a three-year seat.
The bottom line for the town budget is $1,096,861 with total expenses
(including special articles, capital and one-time expenses) of
$1,577,204. Net proposed expenses for 2010 are $1,167,599.
The bottom line for the Waitsfield Elementary School 2010-2011 budget
is $2,115,826, down from the 2009-2010 budget of $2,163,294. The
decrease of $47,468 represents a reduction of 2.2 percent.
The town budget includes a request for funds to repair the General Wait
House, permission to stop mailing town reports to all registered voters
and $50,000 for a budget stabilization reserve fund which would help
keep the town budget from extreme fluctuations from year to year. That
fund would not exceed 5 percent of the current year's budget.
Voters will also be asked to appropriate $113,500 for the town's
reserve funds in the following amounts including $10,000 for
maintenance of the covered bridge, $55,000 for a road department truck,
$15,000 for road department heavy equipment, $15,000 for a fire truck
reserve and $6,000 for repairing the roof of the fire station as well
as other allocations.
Waitsfield voters will gather at the Waitsfield Elementary School for
Town Meeting at 10 a.m. Polls will be open for Australian ballot voting
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Waitsfield voters will have lunch at the
Waitsfield United Church shortly after noon.
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