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TOWN OF RICHMOND, VERMONT 222nd ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016 We dedicate the 222nd annual report to: The Richmond Selectboard is pleased to dedicate this year’s annual report to the volunteers, staff, and all the donors who support Our Community Cares Camp. Our Community Cares Camp (OCCC) started as a nutrition program for local kids who were go- ing hungry during the summer. Over the years OCCC has grown and now provides a month-long summer camp, with two meals a day, for free, to more than 100 children from k-8th grades. In 2016, kids ate 7,164 healthy meals through OCCC at camp and at other feeding sites in Chittenden East Supervisory Union. OCCC is a nonprofit founded by community members, staffed by community members, funded by commu- nity members, for community kids. And they provide so much more than food. • OCCC closes the opportunity gap by bringing art, music, sports, books, gardening, and other forms of expression to kids whose families can’t afford to pay for camps or classes. • OCCC creates a stable environment where kids know they’ll have good friends, healthy food, caring adults, and lots of fun day after day, year after year. • OCCC builds a leadership ladder where younger campers see older campers become junior counsel- ors, paid counselors, and role models. • OCCC teaches kids nutrition and cooking skills and life skills they can bring home to share with their families. • OCCC offers, as one mom said, a “non-judgment zone.” Kids are free to be themselves and take safe risks. • OCCC staff tell kids, every single day, that they matter. This is how you build a strong community: by investing in kids. Kids with hope and opportunity and good role models believe in their futures. They graduate. They stay away from drugs. They work hard and give back. The kids of Our Community Cares Camp believe our community wants them to succeed. When you give your time, money, goods, or services to OCCC, you are showing them that you are part of a community that cares. www.ourcommunitycarescamp.org Bernard “Pat” Quinn 1928-2016 Neil A. Sherman 1927-2016 This past year we have been saddened by the passing Volunteering was a major part of Neil’s life of a Richmond Icon. “Pat” Quinn started his life in here in Richmond. He brought his family to West Bolton, but Richmond and in 1971 opened The Richmond returned from Insurance Agency. For many years, Neil served the Army to as a Trustee for the Village of Richmond. He become a meat served as a member of the Board of Trustees for cutter working the Howard Bank and on the Richmond Police with his father Advisory. He donated his knowledge and time in Jonesville. to the Richmond Historical Society. During People came his retirement he from all over for could be found the perfect cut of v o l u n t e e r i n g meat. Through the many hours as years he owned an Old Round his own store, Church guide. Neil where he loved served several discussing with terms as a Library his customers the Trustee, helping current events, raise money and politics, business, making decisions family & friends. for library He always had automation and an eye on his renovations. He community. He moved in “his retirement” to work at truly understood the Richmond Market & Beverage where he greeted the meaning of everyone with a smile and a hearty “what are you up to volunteerism. today”? Pat will be missed by everyone! Richmond, Vermont Annual Report FY 2015/2016 annual fiscal report TOWN Of RichmONd, VeRmONT 2015- 2016 Warning for the Two hundred and Twenty-Second 1795 - 2016 ANNUAL TOWN meeTiNG march 7, 2017 chartered October 1794 Bring This Report to Annual meeting. Please keep this report as a reference manual Lunch will be available in the cafeteria at a nominal charge courtesy of Beacon Light Grange #557 Many thanks to the residents and town employees who submitted articles for this town report. Thanks go to the various departments and the employees within the Town of Richmond that do their jobs to ensure Richmond is a safe and welcoming place to live. 1 Richmond, Vermont Annual Report FY 2015/2016 minutes Town & School meeting - march 1, 2016 ...................... 5 Officials (federal, State, Local) ................................. iBc Ballot Sample ................................................................ 64 Our community cares camp ........................................52 champlain Valley Agency on Aging ............................. 41 Parade & fireworks committee ....................................43 chittenden county Regional Planning commission ...................................................38 Planning commission ..........................................47-48 Police department .................................................. 32-34 chittenden Solid Waste district ................................... 51 Property Sales ......................................................... 27-28 chittenden Unit for Special investigations ................... 43 Recreation committee ..................................................49 committee on Temporary Shelter ................................. 50 Richmond historical Society .................................. 40-41 community Senior center ............................................ 42 Richmond Land Trust ...................................................54 conservation commission ............................................ 55 Richmond Rescue .........................................................19 delinquent Tax Policy ..................................................... 7 Riverview cemetery ......................................................48 delinquent Tax Report .................................................... 6 Selectboard .....................................................................6 delinquent Tax Sale ........................................................ 7 Town center fund for maintenance & debt...................4 development Review Board ......................................... 39 Town clerk ...................................................................25 dog License Report ...................................................... 28 Town committees & Boards ...........................................4 economic development ................................................ 36 Town Government - Organization meetings ...................3 elderly & disabled Transportation Program ................ 53 Town Officials .................................................................3 employee Wage Scale ................................................... 41 Trails committee ...........................................................49 financial Reports .......................................................8-19 Vermont center for independent Living .......................41 General fund Statement of Revenue & exp ..................18 Vermont department of health .....................................45 Proposed 2017-2018 Budget ...................................8-16 Vermont State Representative ................................. 44-45 Reserved fund Balances ............................................ 17 Vermont Youth conservation corps ..............................53 Tax Rate calculation .................................................. 17 Visiting Nurse Association ............................................53 Taxes Raised Statement .............................................. 19 Vital Records:marriages, deaths, Births .............................26 fire department ............................................................ 35 Warning (official) - Annual Town/Schoolm eeting..62-63 front Porch forum ........................................................ 42 Water Resources Budget ......................................... 21-24 Green Up Vermont ........................................................ 52 Water Resources Report ................................................20 hale & hearty Senior club ........................................... 52 Water Resources Statement of Revenue & expenses ......24 health Officer ................................................................ 39 Western Slopes Business Association ...........................46 highway department .................................................... 29 Zoning/Planning department. .......................................37 Gravel Plans/cost ....................................................... 30 Paving Plans/cost ...................................................... 31 Lake iroquois Association ............................................. 46 Lake iroquois Recreation district ................................. 46 Library ........................................................................... 36 Mount Mansfield Community Television, Inc .............. 34 mt. mansfield modified Union School district ............ 56 Richmond elementary School ................................. 57 camels hump middle School .................................. 58 mt. mansfield Union high School ........................... 59 mt. mansfield Union high School Warning ........60-61 2 Richmond, Vermont Annual Report FY 2015/2016 ElEctEd town officials SchedULed TOWN meeTiNGS & Office hOURS POSiTiON NAme TeRm TeRm eNdS Selectboard 1st & 3rd monday of each month Town moderator Clinton Buxton 1 Year 2017 7:00Pm Town center Town clerk Linda m. Parent 3 Year 2019 Water & Sewer 1st & 3rd monday of each month commissioners 6:00Pm Town center Town Treasurer Mark Aridgides 3 Year 2019 Planning 1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month cemetery Trustees Linda m. Parent 5 Year