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2026 Braintree Town Meeting, Tuesday March 3, 10:00 AM

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The legal voters of the Town of Braintree in the County of Orange are hereby notified and
warned to meet in the Braintree Town Hall in person in said Town on Tuesday, March 3, 2026,
at 10:00 A.M. to transact the following business from the floor:


Article 1. To elect a moderator for the year ensuing.

Article 2. To hear reports of the town officers for the past year.

Article 3. Shall the voters authorize the elimination of the position of Trustee of Public Funds?

Article 4:   Shall the Town vote to increase the number of Cemetery Commissioners from three
(3) members to five (5) members, effective immediately, and to elect five (5) Cemetery
Commissioners at this meeting for initial staggered terms of one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4),
and five (5) years, thereafter to be elected for five-year terms as provided by law?

Article 5. To elect all Town Officers as required by law:
a) A Selectperson for a three-year term;
b) A Selectperson for a two-year term;
c) A Lister for a three-year term;
d) An Auditor for a three-year term;
e) A Delinquent Tax Collector for a one-year term;
f) A First Constable for a one-year term;
g) A Trustee of Public Funds for a one-year term;
h) A Cemetery Commissioner for a three-year term;

Article 6. Shall the voters authorize a special appropriation of $18,000 for the Kimball Public
Library?

Article 7. Shall the voters authorize a special appropriation of $1,500 for the Central Vermont
Council on Aging?

Article 8. Shall the voters authorize a special appropriation of $1,000 for the Orange County
Parent Child Center?

Article 9. Shall the voters authorize a special appropriation of $5,000 for the Randolph Area
Food Shelf?

Article 10. Shall the voters authorize total fund expenditures for operating expenses of
$1,568,413.70 of which $1,190,093.70 shall be raised by taxes and $378,340.00 by non-tax
revenues?

Article 10. Shall the town collect its real property taxes in two installments, with the due dates
being October 15, 2026 and March 15, 2027?

Article 11. To transact any other business not of a binding nature.
Dated at Braintree, County of Orange, and the State of Vermont this 27 th day of January 2026.

Braintree Selectboard

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