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TOWN OF VOLUNTOWN LEGAL NOTICE

Warning of Annual Town Budget Meeting Tuesday, May 20, 2025

And Adjourned Referendum Tuesday, June 3, 2025

This public meeting is being held in person and will be livestreamed on the town YouTube channel which is: Town of Voluntown, CT-Government,https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXdF6kZQMhDVNetgjDX2MAQ. Eligible residents and electors must be present in person to participate and vote. 

The electors and citizens qualified to vote in the annual town meeting are hereby warned that the Annual Town Budget meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at the Voluntown Elementary School, 195 Main St, in Voluntown, CT, at 7:00 pm for the following purposes.  

1. To consider and act on the adoption of the proposed Parking ordinance.
2. To consider and act on the adoption of the proposed Blight ordinance.
3. To appropriate the additional funds necessary for implementation of the Blight Ordinance for the FY 25-26 in the amount of $330,000.
4. To appropriate the funds necessary for the Board of Education Budget for the fiscal year 2025-2026 in the amount of $7,449,998.
5. To appropriate the funds necessary for the Board of Selectmen’s Budget for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 in the amount of $2,823,733.
6. To appropriate the funds necessary for the Capital Projects Budget for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 in the amount of $300,000.

 At their special meeting held on May 6, 2025, the Board of Selectmen voted, pursuant to CGS § 7-7, that items #4-6 of the Call of the Annual Town Meeting be submitted to a referendum vote at an Adjourned Town Meeting to be held on Tuesday June 3, 2025 at the Voluntown Town Hall, 115 Main Street, in Voluntown, CT from 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM The question on the ballot label at said referendum shall read as follows:

4. SHALL THE TOWN OF VOLUNTOWN APPROVE A FY 2025-2026 BOARD OF EDUCATION BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,448,998.00.
5. SHALL THE TOWN OF VOLUNTOWN APPROVE A FY 2025-2026 BOARD OF SELECTMEN’S BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,823,733.00.
6. SHALL THE TOWN OF VOLUNTOWN APPROVE A FY 2025-2026 CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET in the amount of $300,000.00.

Voters approving the recommendation of the Board of Selectmen will vote " Yes" and those opposing the recommendation of the Board of Selectmen will vote "No".

Absentee ballots for the June 3, 2025 referendum shall be available from the Town Clerk during its regular business hours.

Copies of the resolutions listed above are available at the office of the Town Clerk and on the Town of Voluntown website www.voluntown.gov. 

Dated this  6^TH  day of May   2025, at Voluntown, CT.

First Selectman            Tracey Hanson

Selectman                     Mark Oulton         

Selectman                     Robert Thevenet 

Related Documents

Proposed Parking Ordinance

Proposed Blight Ordinance

Board of Education Proposed Budget

Town Government Proposed Budget

Capital Projects Proposed Budget

Public Hearing 5/1/25 on YouTube