Town of Wilmington, Vermont 2015 Annual Report For Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2015 (March 1, 2016 Town Meeting) Please bring this book to Town Meeting with you Table of Contents INFORMATION AND WARNING TOWN AND SCHOOL Information Page --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Permits and Licenses ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Officers, Boards, and Commissions 2015 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Vacancies in Town and School Offices ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ 8 WARNING Town 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 Façade Improvement Grants -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Grants Acquired ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 One Percent Local Option Tax Usage---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Abstract of Minutes of 2015 Annual Town Meeting----------------------------------------------------------------- 13 BUDGET TOWN Comparative Budget Report – Budget Sections Summary Actual Cost to Town ---------------------------------- 14 Complete Budget Expenditures -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 Complete Budget Revenues ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 FINANCIAL REPORTS TOWN Capital Account Activity ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 Revenue Sharing, Status of ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Long Term Debt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Sewer Fund Two Year Comparison --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 Sewer Rents Delinquent Policy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 Sewer Rents Due -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 Taxes, Delinquent Policy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 Taxes, Delinquent, Status of ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 30 Taxes Due ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 State Education Fund “Contribution” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 Pettee Memorial Library Budget ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 Vehicle Inventory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32 C. 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Haynes Fund ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 Grand List Billed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 Grand List, Land Use Exemptions (Current Use) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 Auditor’s Report – Town ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 Town Employee Salaries ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 62 TOWN DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, AND COMMITTEES NARRATIVE REPORTS Beautification Committee --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47 Cemetery Commission ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 Development Review Board ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 46 Economic Development ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55 Fire Department --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 Green Up Committee--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47 Listers, Board of -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51 Pettee Memorial Library ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58 Planning Commission -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 Police Department ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 42 Recreation Committee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 79 Road Supervisor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41 Selectboard--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38 Town Clerk and Town Clerk Statistics ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43 Town Manager ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 Trail Committee --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49 Wastewater Department ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45 Zoning and Sign Report ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46 Town of Wilmington 2015 1 OTHER AGENCIES – LOCAL, REGIONAL, STATE Aging in Place -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 67 Deerfield Valley Community Cares --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 Deerfield Valley Community Partnership -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 60 Deerfield Valley Food Pantry ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 63 Deerfield Valley Transit Association -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59 Gathering Place --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 70 Groundworks Collaborative (formerly Morningside) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 70 Health Care and Rehabilitation Services---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 68 Historical Society of Wilmington ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 54 Hospice, Brattleboro Area --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 79 Humane Society, Windham County --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 71 Kids in the Country ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 73 Pool Learning Center ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 80 Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 64 Senior Solutions --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 69 Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 68 Southern Vermont Deerfield Valley Chamber of Commerce --------------------------------------------------------- 51 Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Deerfield Valley Campus-------------------------------------------------- 53 Twin Valley Youth Sports----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 76 Vermont Dept of Health---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------77 Vermont League of Cities and Towns-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------52 Wilmington Works---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------58 Windham Child Care Association ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 75 Windham Regional Commission ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 66 Windham Solid Waste Management ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------65 Windham/Windsor Housing Trust ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 74 Wings Community Programs -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------