Town of Tunbridge, Vermont 2020 Annual Report of Town Officers Savoring Seasonal Sweetness Photo Credits: Front cover–Young’s Sugarhouse by Jena Young All other photographs by Betsy Race, Linda Hoyt, and Emily Potts Town of Tunbridge, Vermont 1 Index to the Town Report Town of Tunbridge Budgets (Proposed) Information Appropriations Proposal ...................... 17 Appointed Town Officers ...................... 3 Auditors' Estimate of Taxes ................. 25 Elected Town Officers........................... 2 General Fund Proposal .......................... 9 Fire Safety Information ....................... 70 Highway Proposal ............................... 14 Permit Information .............................. 71 Tunbridge Public Library..................... 39 Tunbridge Volunteer Fire Department . 41 Town Meeting Condensed Minutes of Annual Meeting . 6 Fund Reports Warning for 2021 Town Meeting .......... 4 Cemetery ............................................. 27 Fund Reports and Balance Sheet .......... 19 General Fund Orders ........................... 21 Other Reports & Information Highway Fund Orders ......................... 22 Arts Bus ................................................... 50 Library ................................................ 20 Central Vermont Adult Basic Education .. 52 Miscellaneous Fund Orders ................. 23 Central Vermont Council on Aging .......... 53 Other Operating Funds ........................ 20 Central VT Solid Waste Management Svc.54 Recreation ........................................... 33 Chelsea Area Senior Center ...................... 55 Reserve Funds ..................................... 21 Clara Martin Center.................................. 56 Tax Account Fund Report .................... 20 First Branch Ambulance ........................... 42 Town Payroll ....................................... 24 Green Mtn. Economic Development Corp 58 Green Up Vermont ................................... 67 Officer Reports Orange County Parent-Child Center ......... 59 Auditors' Report .................................. 25 Orange County Sheriff’s Department…….59 Cemetery Commissioners’ Report ....... 26 Safeline, Inc. ............................................ 60 Delinquent Tax Report ........................ 30 South Royalton Rescue Squad .................. 44 Dog Report .......................................... 36 Tri-ValleyTransportation Svcs., Inc .......... 61 Listers' Report ..................................... 28 Tunbridge Better Bones ............................ 47 Planning Commission Report .............. 50 Tunbridge Conservation Committee ......... 47 Recreation Committee Report .............. 32 Tunbridge Fuel Loan Assistance Program 48 One Planet ............................... 46 Tunbridge Neighbors Helping Neighbors . 49 Selectboard Report ................................ 7 Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Commission .... 62 Treasurer Report .................................. 18 Vermont Association for the Blind ........... 63 Trustees of Public Funds ..................... 35 Vermont Center for Independent Living ... 65 Tunbridge Public Library..................... 38 Vermont Department of Health ................ 66 Tunbridge Volunteer Fire Dept. ........... 40 Vermont League of Cities and Towns....... 67 Veterans Affairs ....................................... 64 Visiting Nurse Association of VT & NH .. 68 White River Partnership………………….69 Town of Tunbridge, Vermont 2 Elected Town Offices Moderator Gordon Barnaby Term Expires 2021 Town Clerk Mariah Cilley Appointed** Town Treasurer Rebecca (Becky) Hoyt Term Expires 2022 Selectboard John O’Brien Term Expires 2021 Gary Mullen 2022 Mike McPhetres 2023 Listers Daniel Ruddell Term Expires 2021 Jola O’Donnell 2022 Helen O’Donnell 2023 Auditors Betsy Race Term Expires 2021 Anissa Morrison 2022 Linda Hoyt 2023 Town Agent Judy Lewis Term Expires 2021 Town Grand Juror Lenora Kimball 2021 First Constable Bruce Jones Term Expires 2021 Second Constable Katherine Adams 2021 Cemetery Commissioners Dennis Cilley Term Expires 2021 Baxter Doty 2022 Euclid Farnham 2023 Trustee of Public Funds Liz York Term Expires 2021 Rob Howe 2022 Matthew Frost 2023 Library Trustees Theresa FitzGerald Open Term Expires 2022 Anna Dechert Open Term Expires 2022 Michael Krauthamer Open Term Expires 2023 Mark Bomalaski Term Expires 2023 Anita Abbot Open Term Expires 2024 Collector of Delinquent Taxes Joseph Paquin Term Expires 2021 Justice of the Peace elected November 3, 2020 for a term through February 01, 2023. Gordon Barnaby Amy Frost Marsha Higgins Robert Howe John O’Brien Helen O’Donnell Margaret Rogers ** Appointed until Town Meeting. Running for Election to fill the rest of the previous Town Clerks term, expir- ing in 2022. Town of Tunbridge, Vermont 3 Appointed Town Officers and Representatives Planning Commission Laura Ginsburg Service Officer Nancy Chapman Mike McPhetres Brenda Field Gary Mullen Truant Officer Daniel (Rudi) Ruddell Position open Isreal Provoncha Janet Wells Tree Warden Shane Young James Ludwig Conservation Commission Surveyor of Wood/Timber Betsy Gaiser Paul Harwood Ellen Hosford Eliza Minnucci Fence Viewers Aaron Weed Gary Mullen John O’Brien Selectboard Administrative Assistant Jon Pease Jr. Wendy Palthey Recycling Coordinator Road Foreman Edward Howe Rodney Hoyt Green-Up Coordinator Health Officer Edward Howe Betsy Race ADA Coordinator Fire Warden Position open Brenda Field CVSWMD Floodplain Administrator Position open Daniel (Rudi) Ruddell Two Rivers Regional Commission Pound Keeper (Dogs only) Michael Sacca Tammy Mullen Tunbridge Representatives to the following Boards: First Branch Ambulance South Royalton Rescue Barbara LaFrancis Thomas Hoyt Judy Tucker Chelsea Senior Center Susan Pirie First Branch Unified District Elected Officers Kathy Galluzzo 2021 Michael Gray 2022 Sue Kay 2021 Jacqueline Garran 2023 Maryann Caron 2022 Nicholas Zigelbaum 2023 4 Town of Tunbridge, Vermont Warning of Town Meeting The Voters of the Town of Tunbridge are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Tunbridge Fair grounds on the 22nd day of May 2021, at 10:00am to transact the following town business: Art. 1 To elect a Moderator for the ensuing year. Art. 2 To hear the reports of Town officers: Collector of Delinquent taxes, Auditors, Library, Listers, Cemetery Commission, Emergency Services Committee, Planning Commission, Recreation, Selectboard, Treasurer, and Trustees of Public Funds. Art. 3 Shall the voters authorize payment of real and personal property taxes on Monday, November 1, 2021, by delivery to town hall postmarked on or before that date, with delinquent taxes having an interest charge of 1 % per month or fraction thereof for the first 3 months and 1 ½ % each month pursuant 32 V.S.A. § 5136, to thereafter and an 8% penalty charged against them from the due date? Art. 4 Shall the voters authorize Town Treasurer, pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 4791 to collect current taxes? Art. 5 Shall the voters authorize general fund expenditures for operating expenses of $611,503.51 of which $356,903.51 shall be raised by taxes. Art. 6 Shall the voters authorize highway fund expenditures of $961,140.00 of which $825,790.00 shall be raised by taxes. Art. 7 Shall the Town vote to appropriate $41,900.00 to support the Tunbridge Volunteer Fire Department Inc.? Art. 8 Shall the Town appropriate $16,326.00 to support the following social services, pursuant to 24 V.S.C. ~ 2691 Central Vermont Adult Basic Education $1,200 Central Vermont Council on Aging $500 Chelsea Area Senior Center $1,500 Clara Martin Center $2,019 Green Mountain Economic Development Corporation $665 Green Up Vermont $100 Public Health Council of the Upper Valley $662 Safeline $750 Tri Valley Transport (Formerly Stagecoach) $1,600 The Art Bus $800 The White River Partnership $250 Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired $150 Vermont Family Network $250 Vermont Center for Independent Living $150 Town of Tunbridge, Vermont 5 Vermont Rural Fire Protection Task Force $100 Visiting Nurse and Hospice for VT and NH $2,780 Orange County Parent Child Center $1,000 Orange Country Restorative Justice Center $350 Orange County Special Investigation Unit $1,500 Art. 8 To elect all Town Officers as required by law Selectboard for a term of 3 years Town clerk to finish the term (until town meeting 2022) Lister for a term of 3 years Lister for a term of 1 year Auditor for a term of 3 years Cemetery Commission for a term of 2 years Cemetery Commission for a term of 3 years. Trustee of Public Funds for a term of 3 years Library Trustee for a term of 3 years Library Trustee for a term of 2 years Library Trustee for a term of 1 year Library Trustee for a term of 1 year Collector of delinquent taxes for a term of 1 year First Constable for a term of 1 year Second constable for a term of 1 year Art. 9 Other Business Voter Registration Information: Beginning January 1, 2017, eligible persons may register to vote on any day up to and including the day of the election. Registration is available during all normal business hours of your town or city clerk's office on days preceding the election and during polling hours on Election Day. 17 V.S.A. § 2144 You may also register to vote online. Dated this _____ day of __________, 20__ By the Selectboard members of the Town of Tunbridge: Gary Mullen (Chair) _______________________________ Michael McPhetres (Vice Chair) ___________________________ John O’Brien (Clerk)_____________________________________ Pre-town meeting will be Tuesday, May 11th ,