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Town of Brighton
WARNING FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 2022

The legal voters for the Town of Brighton and the Brighton Water System are hereby warned
and notified to meet at the Town Hall in Island Pond at 49 Mill Street Ext. on Tuesday,
March 1, 2022, from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM to transact the following business by Australian
Ballot:
1. To elect the following Town and Water System Officers: A Moderator and a Delinquent
Tax Collector for a one-year term. One Cemetery Commissioner, one Select Board member,
a Water Commissioner, three Listers, all for three-year terms. Two Auditors for three-year
terms and one Water Commissioner for two-year terms.
2. To elect the following School District officers: A Moderator for a one-year term. Two
school board members for two-year terms. One school board member for a three-year term.
One NCUHS School Director for a three-year term.
3. Shall the Town authorize cannabis retailers and retail portions in integrated licensee
operations in town pursuant to 7 V.S.A. Section 863?

The following articles are to be considered at the business meeting portion of the Annual
Town Meeting, to be conducted on Monday, February 28, 2020, at 7:30 P.M. in the town hall:
4. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
5. To hear the reports of the town officers for the past year and to take action thereon.
6. To hear the report of the Water Commissioners for the past year and to take action
thereon.
7. To see if the voters shall fix the number of installments and the payment due dates for the
collection of taxes as authorized in Title 32, V.S.A. Section 4872. Recommended payments
to be due on August 19, September 19, and November 19.
8. To see if the voters shall authorize collection of 2022 taxes through the treasurer as
provided for in Title 32, V.S.A. Sections 4792 and 4793.
9. Shall the Town of Brighton adopt the town manager form of governance in accordance
with the provisions of chapter 37 of Title 24 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated?
10. To see if ISLAND POND/BRIGHTON will appropriate the sum of $500 to the Orleans
County Historical Society to assist in maintaining the Old Stone House Museum and its
educational programs, and direct the selectmen to assess a tax sufficient to meet the same.
11. Shall the voters authorize total fund expenditures for operating expenses of
$1,539,689.49, of which $1,113,178.39 shall be raised by taxes and $426,511.10 by non-tax
revenues?
12. To transact any other non-binding business that may legally come before this meeting.
Dated at Brighton, County of Essex and State of Vermont, this 28th day of January, 2022.

BRIGHTON SELECTBOARD
Michael Strait, Chair ‘24 Jeanne Gervais ‘23 Heather McElroy ‘22

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