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Shelburne passes its town budget, elects incumbents BRIANA BRADY STAFF WRITER
Shelburne voters on Tuesday approved a $12.5 million town budget with 75 percent of the 1,816 residents who cast their ballots yesterday voting in favor of the spending. The vote was 1,373-418. In addition to budget and elections that saw a slate of incumbents re-elected, there were also two ballot measures up for a vote yesterday, and voters passed both. One measure, approved 1553-245, allows the town to bond for $1.4 million to repair the HVAC system and the roof at the town offices. With the other, voters agreed 1347-451 to raise $100,000 in property
taxes for the town to purchase or acquire rights for land for the purpose of conservation or open space. Any unused funds will go into an Open Space Fund. As far as what was considered via Australian ballot, there weren’t a lot of unknowns going into town meeting in Shelburne. All of the candidates running for election were unopposed incumbents. The town budget, while prompting a 3.75 percent raise in town property taxes, had been received well at selectboard meetings as the town manager, Matt Lawless, explained the needs of each department and See BUDGET on page 12
Champlain school budget gets passing grade in vote BRIANA BRADY STAFF WRITER
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Voting was a family affair in Shelburne on Town Meeting Day Tuesday.
The Champlain Valley School District did something this year few districts do: cut property taxes. Voters seemed to like that, approving the $102.7 million school budget 4494-1843. The budget will cut property taxes by approximately four percent in most of its towns. That amounts to a savings of about $80 per $100,000 of assessed property value for most taxpayers. Respectively, taxpayers in Charlotte and Hinesburg will see a decrease of about $30 and $100 per $100,000 of assessed value.
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Voters also authorized the school board to allocate its fund balance of $1.7 million as revenue for future budgets, 5155-1148. Throughout the budget process, superintendent Adam Bunting and school board members have reiterated the responsibility that they feel towards their taxpayers. After the state’s school funding formula changed last year and the district saw its first budget fail, school officials entered this budget season trying to balance the needs of the students with the means of the taxpayers. The budget cuts made this year in order See SCHOOL BUDGET on page 13 NEW! 268 Market Street & Shelburne Road, S. Burlington Maple Tree Place, Williston
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