Voter Warnings
City of Essex Junction Warning
Informational Hearing – Online via Zoom and at 145 Maple Street
Tuesday, March 25, at 6:30 PM
Available options to watch or join the meeting:
- WATCH: the meeting will be live-streamed on Town Meeting TV.
- JOIN ONLINE: Join via Zoom.
- JOIN CALLING: (toll free, audio only) 1(888) 788-0099, Meeting ID: 944 6429 7825; Passcode: 635787
- MODERATOR: All instructions for conduct of the meeting will be guided by the Moderator.
If you have difficulty accessing the hearing, please call or email admin@essexjunction.org.
Under the City of Essex Junction Charter, voting in the Annual City Meeting is entirely by Australian ballot. A public informational hearing on the Articles to be voted on at Annual Meeting will be held according to 17 V.S.A. § 2680. No voting will take place during this hearing. If you wish to make a public comment but do not have the ability to comment remotely during the meeting, please email your comment(s) to the City Manager at admin@essexjunction.org.
AGENDA will include:
- Discussion of Article I – Adopting the budget
- Discussion of Article 2 – Bond for Pump Stations
- Announcement of offices up for election in Article 3
- Public to be heard (to be moderated)
Annual Meeting - Australian Ballot
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 – 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM
The legal voters of the City of Essex Junction are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Champlain Valley Exposition in the Blue Ribbon Pavilion, 105 Pearl Street in the City of Essex Junction on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 to transact the following business by Australian ballot. Said voting by Australian ballot to begin at 7:00 AM and close at 7:00 PM.
ARTICLE 1. Shall the voters approve an annual General Fund Budget in the amount of $12,419,241 for fiscal year July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, $11,405,931 of which is to be levied in taxes against the City Grand List?
ARTICLE 2. Shall general obligation bonds or notes of the City of Essex Junction in an amount not to exceed three million eight hundred thousand Dollars ($3,800,000.00), subject to available grants-in-aid, if any, be issued to finance the cost of retrofitting the three pump stations located on West Street, Maple Street and River Street?
ARTICLE 3. To elect City officers required by law including: one City Council member (three-year term), one Library Trustee (five-year term), and one Champlain Water District Commissioner (three-year term)?
EWSD Annual Meeting Warning
ESSEX WESTFORD EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY UNIFIED UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT #51
2025 ANNUAL MEETING
April 8, 2025, 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
The legal voters of the Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union School District #51 (hereafter “Essex Westford School District”) comprising the voters of the City of Essex Junction, Town of Essex, and the Town of Westford are hereby notified and warned to meet at their respective polling places on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at 7:00 AM at which time the polls will open and 7:00 PM at which time the polls will close, to vote by Australian ballot on the following articles of business:
Article 1: To authorize the Essex Westford School District to borrow money to be used for the payment of District expenses by the issuance of notes or orders payable not later than one year from the date of issuance pending receipt of payments from the State Education Fund.
Article 2: Shall the voters of the Essex Westford School District approve the school board to expend $94,712,480 which is the amount the school board has determined necessary for the ensuing fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025? The Essex Westford School District estimates that this proposed budget, if approved, will result in per pupil education spending of $14,072, which is 3.2% higher than per pupil education spending for the current year.
Article 3: Shall the voters of the Essex Westford School District approve the school board to expend $9,251,968 which is the amount the school board has determined necessary for the support of the Center for Technology Essex for the ensuing fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025?
Article 4: Shall the voters of the Essex Westford School District authorize the school board to allocate the Center for Technology Essex FY24 audited fund balance of $666,457 without effect upon the District tax levy as follows: assign $56,368 as revenue for the Center for Technology Essex 2025-2026 operating budget and assign the remaining balance, $610,089 as revenue for future operating budgets?
Article 5: Shall the voters of Essex Town elect two (2) School Directors for a term of three (3) years?
Article 6: Shall the voters of the City of Essex Junction elect one (1) School Director for a term of three (3) years?
Upon closing of the polls, the ballots for Articles 5 through 6 will be counted by local town/city election officials, who shall transmit the voting results to the Clerk of the Essex Westford School District, who will then tabulate the final results.
Upon closing of the polls, the ballots for all other Australian ballot Articles shall be transported by the members of the Board of Civil Authority to a central location where the ballots will be comingled and counted under the supervision of the Clerk of the Essex Westford School District, who will then tabulate the final results, pursuant to 16 VSA Section 741-742.
The legal voters of the Essex Westford School District are further notified that voter qualification and registration relative to said Annual Meeting shall be as provided in Chapter 11, Subchapter 3 of Title 16 and Chapters 43, 51, and 55 of Title 17, Vermont Statutes Annotated.
Polling Places
The voters of the Essex Westford School District, residing in their respective city and towns, will cast their ballots from 7:00 AM-7:00 PM in the polling places designated for their community as follows:
- Town of Essex: Essex Middle School in the Town of Essex
- Town of Westford: Westford School in the Town of Westford
- City of Essex Junction: Champlain Valley Expo Blue Ribbon Pavilion in the City of Essex Junction
Informational Hearing
Said persons and voters are further notified and warned of a public informational hearing, pursuant to 17 V.S.A. §2680{h), on April 1, 2025, at 6:30 pm at the Essex High School Library on Educational Drive in Essex Junction. The informational hearing is to discuss and provide voters with information on Articles 1-4.