Town Meeting Warning

Warning for the 2025 Annual Meeting

 Town of Sheffield, Vermont

Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 10:00 am

Town Hall, Sheffield

Notice to Voters:

Residents of Sheffield, who are not already on the voter checklist, may register to vote up to and including the date of the vote, March 4, 2025, no later than 10:00 AM at the entrance to the Town Meeting.

The legal voters of the Town of Sheffield, Caledonia County, Vermont are hereby warned and notified to meet at the Sheffield Town Hall in Sheffield on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon to transact the following business:

Article 1    To elect a moderator for the ensuing year.

Article 2   To elect other town officers necessary to fill any vacancies, including the                                                 following:

                 a. Selectman for a term of three (3) years.

                 b. Lister for a term of three (3) years.

                 c. Auditor for a term of three (3) years.

                 d. Constable for the ensuing year.

                 e. Town agent for the ensuing year.

                 f. Agent to convey real estate for the ensuing year.

                 g. Trustee of public funds for the ensuing year.

                 h. Sexton for the ensuing year.

                 i. Planning Commissioner for a term of three (3) years.

                 j. Planning Commissioner for a term of three (3) years.

Article 3   To see if the Town will accept the reports of the Town officers.

Article 4   To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $7685.00 to help support the following organizations:

                 Caledonia Home Health and Hospice                                 1,100                       

                 Cobleigh Library                                                                1,200           

                 Fairbanks Museum                                                             1,017                                   

                 NEK Council on Aging                                                         330

                 Darling Meal Site                                                                  500

                 NEK Human Services                                                            738

                 NEK Youth Services                                                              300                       

                 RCT (Rural Community Transportation                             1,000           

                 Umbrella                                                                                500                                             

                 Village Improvement Society/ Powers Park                       1,000

                                                                                                             $7685

Warning for the 2025 Annual Meeting

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Article 5.  a. Shall the Town apply a percentage of the supplemental payments received in 2025

from Vermont Wind, LLC (should this actually be Brookfield Renewables, LLC?) as calculated in the Vermont Wind, LLC, Supplemental Payment Information page included in this report, to pay the town’s general and highway expenses thereby reducing the property tax rate for taxpayers of the town?

b. If the vote on Article 6a is affirmative, what shall the percentage be, with the

remainder being deposited into the Vermont Wind, LLC, Fund, which was established at the

2012 Town Meeting?

Article 6.  Shall the taxpayers of the Town of Sheffield appropriate a sum of money not to exceed

$265,00.00 for the purchase of a new plow truck in FY 2026.   

Article 7.  To see if the Town will authorize the Select Board to apply any surplus accumulated                   during the year 2024 in the general checking account to defray Town general expenses                            during 2025.

Article 8.  To see if the Town will authorize the Select Board to apply any surplus accumulated                   during the year 2024 in the highway checking account to defray Town highway expenses                        during 2025.

Article 9.  To see if the Town will approve the proposed general, highway, and land, equipment, and buildings (capital) budgets in the combined amount of $779,749.14 for General use and maintenance of Town Highways.

Article 10. To see if the Town will have real and personal property taxes paid to the Treasurer and                            set the due date of Friday, November 07, 2025.

Article 11. To transact any other business that may properly come before this meeting.

Article 12. To adjourn.

Dated at Sheffield, Caledonia County, Vermont this 25th day of January 2025.

Attest:                                                             Sheffield Board of Selectmen

Erika Lavallee                                               Walter Smith

_________________________                      _____________________________

Erika Lavallee                                                 Walter Smith, Chairperson

Town Clerk and Treasurer

                                                                       Erik Lavallee

                                                                       _____________________________

                                                                       Erik Lavallee

                                                                       Cynthia Roy

                                                      ______________________________                                                       

                                                                       Cynthia Roy



Public Notice

Sheffield Town Residents

Posted February 5, 2025

Notice is hereby provided to the Town of Sheffield legal voters to change the time of town meeting from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on subsequent Town Meeting days. Voting will be by Australian ballot on March 4, 2025. Voting will take place at Town Meeting, starting at 10 AM, or from 9 AM to 7 PM at the Sheffield Town Hall, 3210 VT-122, Sheffield, VT 05866.