ISSUE 4 • SEPTEMBER 2013
FROM THE TOWN MANAGER’S OFFICE
IN THIS ISSUE:
Greetings,
FINANCE
It’s that time of year again! As we begin to feel the cooler weather and see the leaves being to change colors, the Town of Hartford is already in full swing with multiple projects moving forward. It is full steam ahead to complete as much work as possible before the first snowflake flies.
TOWN CLERK
While all departments are busy with current project management, each department is looking ahead to the coming Voting Season. Budgets are beginning to be thought about, project plans are being discussed and Capital Improvement Projects are in the forefront of everyone’s minds. Throughout the many changes this year, the Staff of the Town of Hartford have maintained their current responsibilities while taking on new tasks daily. We are very lucky to have such a well rounded and positive team working in our offices. Notices regarding coming meetings for Budget Discussions, Public Hearings and Selectboard Meetings will begin showing up around town and on our website at www.hartford-vt.org. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call the Town Office at (802) 295-9353 or to stop in. We can even add you to an email distribution list for Public Notices, just send an email to Darlene Johnson, Administrative Assistant at djohnson@hartford-vt.org. We look forward to the coming months and the continued adventure that they will bring. Sincerely, Hunter Rieseberg Town Manager
2013 HARTFORD SELECTBOARD *To Contact The Hartford Selectboard, Please Email or call (802) 295-9353.
Chuck Wooster, Chair
Alex Defelice, Member
Simon Dennis, Vice Chair
Ken Parker, Member
Bethany Fleishman, Clerk
F.X. Flinn, Member
Sam Romano, Member
Upcoming Meeting Schedule 9/03/13
10/01/13
11/12/13
9/17/13
10/15/13
11/26/13
9/23/13 (location TBD)
10/29/13
12/10/13
*(All Meetings will be at the Bugbee Senior Center Unless Otherwise Stated.) 1
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT POLICE COMMUNICATIONS FIRE LANDFILL HIGHWAY PARKS & RECREATION MEETING CALENDAR
keep your eyes out for ways to engage a broader visioning process that would compliment the plans and visions already in place.
FROM THE SELECTBOARD: OUR 4 GOALS Last Tuesday, Aug. 20, the Hartford Select Board ran into a bit of a problem. In response to a call for volunteers to join the Hartford Solid Waste Committee, eleven highly qualified applicants stepped forward and we had no agreed upon process for making the final selection. On the other hand, we were all delighted. Never before had such a strong group of candidates stepped forward to populate one of the town's volunteer boards and this could only mean good things.
The third goal, increasing citizen engagement, is crucial not only to our sense of home and community, but it is also necessary in getting the work of the town accomplished and making the best decisions possible. This board's commitment to creating pathways for meaningful citizen engagement is reflected in the Solid Waste Committee, and has been at work in the form of the Municipal Building Advisory Committee. You are reading this newsletter, another way of getting the word out.
Part of the reason that this little problem seems so exciting to us is that it represents real progress on one of our major priority areas: increasing citizen engagement in municipal governance. The Hartford Select Board has decided upon four major goals that it is working to carry out on behalf of the citizens of Hartford. We would like to take this opportunity to share these goals with you. They are as follows:
The fourth goal, working proactively in the areas of energy, economy and environment, has come forward as a reflection of the selectboard's commitment to looking after the longterm well being of the citizens of Hartford. We recognize that, in the 21st Century, times are changing in ways that we need to prepare for at the local level.
1. Enhance Hartford's attractiveness to residents and businesses in order to sustain the Grand List, create more good jobs, and provide a vibrant economic environment for citizens of our town.
But if there is one of these goals that should be highlighted here, it should be citizen engagement. It has been really exciting to see the ways that some of the skills and experience in our town are being expressed on our many boards and commissions. These contributions are making a real difference. If you have not yet found a way to engage in your town governance, we would invite you to consider that these activities are both rewarding and significant. If you are currently working along side your fellow residents to help create a healthy and vibrant town for us all to live in, the Hartford Selectboard thanks you! Your spirit of volunteerism is one of the things that makes this town such a great place to live, and your generosity with you time is greatly appreciated.
2. Work towards a shared common vision that guides day-today decision-making by elected officials, staff, volunteers, and citizens, in particular by making greater use of the town's Master Plan. 3. Encourage citizen engagement and increase citizen satisfaction by having the town government operate in an efficient, effective, and transparent fashion. 4. Work proactively, especially in the areas of energy use, economic resiliency, and environmental protection, to address the challenges of the future, both in Hartford and the surrounding region
NOTICE TO THE TOWN OF HARTFORD RESIDENTS
VACANCIES
The first goal, attractiveness to residents and businesses, is crucial to growing the tax base, which in turn keeps all of our taxes down. With this in mind, we are grateful for the vote of confidence that the citizens showed in this town by passing the Municipal Building and Recreation Bonds. While the bonds will be paid off using tax funds, we believe these improvements will make our community more attractive, which will increase the tax base, which has the effect of sharing the tax burden among more families and businesses, and as a result keeping taxes down.
Conservation Commission Historic Preservation Commission Parks and Recreation Commission Planning Commission Sister Cities International Committee Upper Valley River Subcommittee
The second goal, building a shared common vision, is necessary to keep our focus. After all, if we’re going to climb a mountain together we better be in agreement about the peak we are trying to get to. With this in mind, we are looking for ways to better utilize the Town's excellent Master Plan. Also,
Applications for the various Boards, Commissions, and Committees can be found on our website at www.hartford-vt.org or by emailing djohnson@harftford-vt.org 2
TOWN-WIDE DIGITIZATION UPDATE The digitization project is well on its way as the Town has begun scanning its estimated 1,000,000 paper documents. Initial scanning has been focused on the Town Clerk’s Office which is home to valuable Town documents relating to vital records such as births, deaths, and marriages, as well as the Town’s many property records dating back to the Hartford’s earliest days. Once a document is scanned it can be easily stored and retrieved using the new digital format and the Town’s Laserfiche document management software. The document management software also includes enhanced search capabilities to help Town staff find documents quickly and easily from their desktop computers. Working with documents in their digital format also helps to preserve the original paper documents, which are often fragile and historic, by preventing deterioration or loss often caused by physical handling. Equally noteworthy is the fact that scanning also creates a backup of each document. This is significant since in many cases the original paper document is the only copy that exists. When scanning in the Town Clerks office is completed, the effort will shift to the Planning and Zoning Department with an emphasis on scanning the many volumes of land use records they maintain. We hope to complete the scanning of all Town documents by spring of next year. Just in time for our move to temporary offices while the Town Offices are being renovated.
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IS THE RIVER CLEAN?
Data from the sampling efforts can be found here: http://www.whiteriverpartnership.org/index.php/news
In case you were wondering if the water at your local swimming hole is clean, you now have a place to check! The Ottauquechee River Group (ORG) received a research grant to perform water quality monitoring along the Ottauquechee River. The grant is funded by the State of Vermont LaRosa Laboratory.
water-quality-results. The CRWC sponsored website (see website address above) also depicts the WRP sampling sites (with data presented on the WRP website). So, if you are thinking about taking a few more dips in the river before summer is over, please check out the water quality data that has been sampled all summer to make sure the water is safe!
There are 15 sampling sites along the Ottauquechee River from Killington to Hartford. As a member of the Hartford Conservation Commission, I am sampling two sites; one in Hartford (just downstream of the Quechee wastewater treatment facility) and one in Hartland (just downstream of the covered bridges dam). Sampling began on June 20 and has been every two weeks during the summer. It will end on September 12.
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
The water quality sampling constituents include Nitrogen, Chlorine, Phosphorus, E. coli bacteria, and Turbidity. The E. coli bacteria data is available to the public and may be found here: http://www.connecticutriver.us/site/content/sites-list. This is a website that is sponsored by Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC) and the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC).
DO YOU PLAN TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO YOUR SIGNAGE? OFF PREMISE SIGNAGE Please note that state law prohibits signs which are located on lots other than the one where the advertised business, product or activity is located or sold. REFACING OR REPLACING/CHANGES TO SIGNAGE
The CRWC is an organization headquartered in Greenfield, MA that works to protect the watershed from source to sea. ORG collaborated with CRWC to post the Ottauquechee River data onto this public access website. The CRWC actually collaborates with many groups along the CT river watershed and posts data from a number of different sources. This effort was started back in 2007.
A permit is required if the sign remains the same size, but graphics or text on the sign are altered. A permit is required if a same-sized or different-sized sign is replacing a permitted sign. No permit is required to refresh/repair existing graphics. HAVE YOU OBTAINED A PERMIT IN THE LAST 2 YEARS……..
Per the CRWC, the Connecticut River and its tributaries are much cleaner than they were ten, twenty, or thirty years ago. Citizens, businesses, cities and towns have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up our waters, but unfortunately there are still times when it isn't the best idea to go swimming or boating. In addition to the bacteria level for each sampling event, it is noted whether or not it was a wet weather event. Wet weather is defined as any day in which >0.1" of rain fell within the 48 hours preceding sample collection. Bacteria levels are typically elevated during wet weather events and a good rule of thumb is do not go swimming in the river 24 hours after a rain event because of potentially elevated E. coli bacteria in the water.
Please be certain to contact the Department of Planning & Development Services (802-295-3075) to report both START and COMPLETION of effective permits for tracking purposes and obtaining Certificates of Occupancy. NEW STATE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY STANDARDS, ZONING PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY As of July 1, 2013 The new law requires certain energy standards be met for renovations or new construction of residential structures. Before the Town Zoning Administrator can issue a Certificate of Occupancy, property owners must provide a Residential Building Efficiency Standards Certificate verifying that the work was done in accordance with state requirements. VT Residential Building Energy Code Handbooks are available from the Dept. of Public Service (kelly.launder@state.vt.us).
Wondering if there are other rivers that are being sampled in Hartford? They are! The White River Partnership (WRP) (www.whiteriverpartnership.org) is a community-based nonprofit organization developed to improve the long-term health of the White River. Every Wednesday from May 29 to Sept 18, volunteers are sampling for bacteria at 22 sites. Out of the 22 sites, there are two sites in Hartford; one at Watson Park and one at the West Hartford Bridge.
WE’RE GOING ELECTRONIC The Department is in the process of preparing files for electronic use. Public access to files will be limited during the next few months. Please allow staff time to access files for you .
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COMMUNITY RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CENTER **Recruiting Reparative Panel Volunteers** The Hartford Community Restorative Justice Center’s Reparative Panel is composed of community volunteers who have been trained in restorative justice practices. The panel meets twice a month with offenders who have been convicted of low level offenses and sentenced by a judge to probation with the condition that they must “complete restorative justice programming.” What is restorative justice programming? While the court focuses on the law that has been broken and how to “punish” the offender for breaking the law, restorative justice focuses on who has been harmed by the offender’s actions and what the offender can do to repair the harm and make amends. What is the reparative process? Offenders meet with a panel of community volunteers (reparative panel), and anyone affected by their crime who chooses to participate in the process. Through this restorative process, offenders learn how victims and the community have been affected by their behavior and are held accountable for their actions. With input from the group, the offender agrees to complete tasks related to the following four goals: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Learn the impact of my crime on my community and any victims or affected parties. Make amends to victims and affected parties. Make amends to harm done to the community. Learn ways to avoid re-offense in the future.
A Reparative Agreement is written, signed by all present, and the offender has 90 days to complete the agreed upon tasks. ************************************************** For more information please call Martha or Lynn at
HARTFORD WASTEWATER SYSTEMS Hartford DPW operates two wastewater treatment facilities that independently serve White River Junction and Quechee. Recently both facilities underwent major treatment upgrades; Quechee was completed in the spring of 2011 and White River Junction in fall of 2012. Treatment capacity was increased from 1.215 to 1.450 million gallons per day at WRJ and from 300,000 to 450,000 gallons per day at the Quechee plant. Both facility upgrades included the rebuilding of 1980 era screening/grit removal processes. Existing aeration systems were converted to Sequential Batch Reactors (SBRs) that provide enhanced biological nutrient removal (phosphorus and nitrogen) as opposed to using only chemical treatment. Chemical disinfection of final effluent now is provided by ultraviolet light (UV) systems. Many energy efficiency and sustainability principles and technology were incorporated in plant design and construction. Along side these technology based improvements many low-tech approaches were used such as, reusing existing tanks for new purposes, reclaiming treated effluent to replace the use of potable water for process wash down and heating/cooling of the Control Building. Both facilities were eligible and each awarded nearly $1M in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding. The WRJ Project was completed more than $1.5M under budget and the Quechee Project was delivered six months ahead of schedule and more than $1.0M under budget. We are very proud of these facilities and thankful to the citizens of Hartford for their support in funding these necessary improvements and welcome anyone wanting a plant tour to contact the Public Works Department at (802) 295-3622.
(802)-478-1900 or email: mmclafferty@hartford-vt.org
CONGRATULATIONS! The Hartford Department of Public Works is proud to announce the birth of “Berkley”, newly born daughter of Water Operator Evan Eccher and his wife Kayla. Berkley arrived at 5:10am on the 24th of July coming in to the new world at 9lbs 3oz and 19 inches long. We wish Evan, Kayla, big brother Blake & Berkley a happy future!
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FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
LANDFILL HOURS
The Bridge Street Underpass Project is in full swing. The
Monday - Saturday
State of Vermont has signed a contract with ECI and the Town
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
of Hartford is acting as the Project Manger. Stantec Engineering has been hired to do inspection services.
2590 North Hartland Road * White River Jct., VT 05001
The project has, at this time, seen work being done to raise
(802) 295-5740
the two rail lines to final elevation, removal of lead paint on
landfill@hartford-vt.org
the granite block, sidewalk removal and they have started to remove the concrete deck and steel beams.
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS
They will be installing steel sheets to prevent the material from being displaced as they excavate for the micro piles and
WASTE COLLECTION DAY
concrete slab that the new beams and bridge deck will set
FOR HARTFORD AND DISTRICT RESIDENTS
upon. The granite block abutments will not have any bearing
WILL BE HELD ON
of weight from the new structure; they are historical features
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2013
of the railroad system.
FROM 9:00AM – 12:00(noon)
During the replacement process there will be 4 times during the replacement that the contractor will be working 48 hours
AT WOODSTOCK TOWN GARAGE
straight to replace the deck and rail on one side without inter-
Hazardous waste programs are for both Hartford and
fering with rail service on the other rail line.
District residents and small businesses. Residents can come to our HHW Collections at no charge. Businesses
The Victory Circle water line replacement has been com-
are charged direct costs only and must pre-register by
pleted, in the next week the remainder of asphalt in the water
calling the Town of Hartford Transfer & Recycling Cen-
line replacement area will be removed and the street will have
ter at (802) 295-5740 or GUVSWMD at (802) 296-3688.
a new gravel surface until the Paving contractors start in July on the Summer Paving Projects. This Summer Paving Projects include the following areas:
RECYCLING BINS FOR SALE!
A Street
Available at
Chandler Road
Transfer & Recycling Center Office
Cedar Street, Oak Street & Spruce Street
14 Gallon Capacity - Length Inches 19-3/4; Width Inches 15-3/4; Height 13-1/2 - $10.50
Davis Circle, Perkins Place, Raymond Circle & Kinsman Street Wheelock Road & Golfview Lane
TRANSFER & RECYCLING CENTER
Norwich Avenue & Elm Street
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
Fox Lane
We will be closed on the following:
Gifford Road
Monday, September 2, 2013 (Labor Day)
Olcott Drive Old Quechee Rd
Quechee West Hartford Rd
Podunk Road
Sykes Mountain Avenue
Quechee Main St
Victory Circle
Monday, November 11, 2013 (Veterans’ Day) Thursday, November 28 & Friday, November 29, 2013 (Thanksgiving) 6
public safety folks any favors when Mrs. Smith wants us to take tire track impressions from her yard after her trash cans get knocked over. I once watched an episode of CSI Miami where they calculated how long it would take a vehicle to run out of gas after the fuel tank was hit with a bullet at a shootout. I have never worked in, or even seen a communication center where the equipment and computers are as sophisticated as the ones they carry in their vehicles. The response and images they get in an instant always make me laugh. I would love to work in the center that has access to these computers! Maybe NASA or the NSA, but not here in little ol’ Florida.
EMPLOYEE ACCOMPLISHMENTS Officer Logan Scelza joined the Hartford Police Department in August 2012. Officer Scelza grew up in the Town of Hartford and graduated from Hartford High School in 2009. Officer Scelza is highly motivated and at the same time professional in his dealings with public. This motivation and professionalism is nothing to Officer Scelza. He joined the Marine Reserves in 2008 while he was still in high school and remains a current Marine Reservist. In his short time here at HPD he has received numerous letters of appreciation. Below is a picture of Officer Scelza taking time out of his day to read to the children of the Green Mountain Day Care Center in town.
Do you know what it takes to be a public safety telecommunicator? First the logistics of the profession are enough to send most sane people running for the hills. So let me get this straight. I will be working under moments of extreme stress that may turn into hours or even an entire shift? I may be mandated to work overtime, even after I just finished a 12-hour shift and haven’t had a day off in a week? I am responsible for every call I take, dispatch or transfer? Every mode of communication in my center is recorded and may be pulled by the media, supervisors and members of the general public? I will be scrutinized for any mistakes I may make, and those mistakes have the potential to harm someone and may prove to be fatal? I am expected to be professional and polite to every member of the public that I come into contact with no matter how they treat me? I get to work nights, weekends, holidays and my daughter’s birthday? I will probably not get a raise, and may even face working short staffed due to budget constraints? I will be expected to be able to multi-task under the most demanding situations ever and be expected to do all of this with absolute accuracy? I will be exposed to some of the most horrible situations, see and hear the worst of the worst–so much so that I will need to be aware of things like crisis situations, critical incident stress and accumulative stress? And I can have all this for under $25,000 a year with little to no recognition? Where do I sign?
FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Cindra Dunaway is a 9-1-1 dispatcher for the Lee County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office. She recently wrote this article that was posted in the APCO magazine. Cindra describes perfectly what it takes to be a dispatcher and what dispatchers go through. Even though Cindra may work in a larger communications center, what she describes happens in them all. Because of the length of the article, it will be broken into three monthly segments. So you want to be a dispatcher?
(To be cont. with – And That Is Just the Beginning)
Have you thought about what goes on in a communications center? Or better yet, have you thought about what goes on out in the field? People often have a preconceived notion about what it’s like to work in the public safety field. I think we have movies and TV shows to blame. As much as I love to watch crime shows and action movies, they sure don’t do us 7
FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Police Officers, Guidance Counselors, Therapists, and teachers if they are uncomfortable speaking with a parent.
The Hartford Police Department has had a large increase in “teenage suicide” calls over the past couple of months. Social media makes it easier for teenagers to communicate with each other and oftentimes will take the emotion out of the situation. Teenagers will use social media to talk about suicide. Recipients of these messages will often ignore them as they do not think it is reason enough to commit suicide. We need to come together as a community and take this issue seriously.
There are several resources available in the Upper Valley for children who are having suicidal thoughts. These include HCRS, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Alice Peck Day Hospital, school counselors, the Suicide Hotline, Second Growth, Headrest, and Wecare.hartford, and youmatter.com. There also plans underway for monthly meetings at the Community Night which takes place at the Hartford High School. Once again as a community we need to come together and let our children know that we do care and that we are there for them. We need to be active listeners and avoid the “blame game”. We need to be aware of the early warning signs and take them seriously. All of us are busy as parents, but we still need to make time to be involved in our children’s lives and their friends’ lives.
In speaking with several teenagers who attend school in Hartford it was learned that most of them have received messages through text, Facebook, snap chat, etc. Almost all of these teenagers have indicated that they ignored the messages and did not report them to anybody because it would not have been a valid reason for them to attempt suicide. These threats can stem from something as small as not being allowed to go to a friend’s house for the night or to go to a dance. Almost all of the threats that have been reported have been real and not an attempt to get attention. We need to express to our children that it is easier to have a friend being mad at them for reporting the threat than dealing with the grief of an actual suicide attempt when they did not say anything. Our children need to know that the community cares about them and that there are several ways to get help. Some signs to watch for would include change of appetite or sleeping habits, lack of concentration, grades getting worse, talk of suicide or being better off without me, change of friends or withdrawal from family and friends, drug and alcohol abuse, sadness or hopelessness, anger, hostility, fatigue and lack of enthusiasm or motivation. The community needs to make our children aware that they are not alone and that we are there to help them. In order to do this we need to speak up right away when we see these signs. We need to let our children know that we are there for them. There have been several teenage suicides recently, all of which have numerous postings on Facebook. Parents can use these postings as a way to get their children to open up and talk to them about problems they may be having. Teenagers may be afraid to say anything for fear of being misunderstood or ashamed. Denial is a strong emotion and we need to trust our judgment and to speak to them about the signs we are seeing. We need to let them know that we are there for them and be able to provide alternate people such as 8
FROM THE HARTFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT
Vermont. Many fire departments across the State have been
TECHNICAL RESCUE TRAINING
confined space rescue, trench rescue and building collapse
trained in many of these rescue disciplines: high angle rescue,
The Fire Department responds to many different types of emergency calls. One type of specialized emergency call in-
rescue. Hartford has played a leadership role in this development process.
volves rescue from heights. This can be as simple as using
Members of the fire department participated in Vermont
ropes to bring a patient up an embankment or as complex as
Fire Academy sponsored and Vermont Homeland Security
descending down a cliff, using a highline to span a river, or
funded training in May and June:
repelling down a building.
Members of the Hartford Fire
Captain Raymond Bushey and Captain Scott Cooney com-
Department spent eight hours over two days reviewing these
pleted the FEMA Task Force Leader program. This 40 hour
techniques and simulating different scenarios.
course is designed to provide the participants with the knowledge, skills and abilities to understand the responsibilities of a Task Force Leader for a Type 1 Urban Search and Rescue Task Force. This course addresses the administrative and operational requirements that a Task Force Leader is faced with during an incident response. The Task Force Leader will learn the tasks of coordinating and supervising the readiness and deployment of a team of specialists and managers within the six major functional areas of a task force: command, logistics, planning, search, medical, and rescue. Participants learn the interdependence of the six major functional areas and how to effectively manage those interactions.
The training was conducted on the VA Hospital Campus; using a rocky ledge area as our training ground. Teams constructed hauling and lowering systems using ropes to lower rescuers down the ledge to the simulated patient trapped on the ledges. The rescuer practiced placing the victim into an evacuation harness and removing the patient either up or down the rock face to safety. Additionally, members practiced removal of patient in a stokes basket (a rescue basket where the patient lays down and is secured into the basket). This method is used when the patient is injured and cannot assist or be assisted down from their location using the evacuation harness. Members ascended and descended the rock ledge utilizing the rope system while managing the basket.
Captain Michael Whitcomb, Captain David Rowlee, and Lieutenant Alan Beebe completed the 24 hour Rescue Team Manager program. The Rescue Team Manager is responsible for managing and supervising the rescue function of the task force during incident operations. The Rescue Team Manager
USAR (Urban Search and Rescue) Training The State continues to organize its State USAR Task Force to handle catastrophic events that may occur within the State of 9
reports directly to the Task Force Leader.
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Selectboard BudgetMtg - 6pm Bugbee Senior Center
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BOARDS & COMMISSIONS
HARTFORD COMMUNITY RESTORATIVE JUSTICE (802) 478-1900
HARTFORD WELCOME CENTER (802) 281-5050
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THE TOWN BUDGET IN ONE DOLLAR Here’s a look at the town’s budget for the current fiscal year showing how the town raises and spends money in the form of $1.00.
First, let’s look at town spending: Most of the money comes from property taxes, but we do get a lot of money from fees for things like permits, billing for ambulance services (EMS) and dispatch services. We also put money we’ve saved to use (capital reserves) for new equipment.
. On the spending side $1 looks like this: Paying staff is our single biggest expense. Contract services (mostly for road paving) is another big chunk. Debt payments are just 3 cents on the dollar, about the same as overtime costs or the money we take in from surrounding towns for doing their dispatching.
TOWN OFFICE CONTACTS: TOWN MANAGER (802) 295-9353
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