City Council Informational Hearing 03/25/2025

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CITY OF ESSEX JUNCTION
CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA 

This meeting will be in-person in the Community Room of the Essex Police Department located at 145 Maple Street and available remotely. Options to watch or join the meeting remotely:

• WATCH: the meeting will be live-streamed on Town Meeting TV 
• JOIN ONLINE:  Join Zoom Meeting  
• JOIN BY CALLING: (Toll Free audio only): (888) 788-0099 | Meeting ID: 944 6429 7825; Passcode: 635787

1. CALL TO ORDER [6:30 PM]
2. WELCOME, INTRODUCTIONS AND PROCEDURES OVERVIEW
3. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ABOUT 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?
4. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ABOUT 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?
5. ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT 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)?
6. PUBLIC TO BE HEARD
7. READING FILE
    a. Annual Report Newsletter
    b. Annual Report
8. ADJOURN

​​​​​​​ANNUAL MEETING – Tuesday, April 8, 2025
The legal voters of the City of Essex Junction may vote on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, between the hours of 7:00 am and 7:00 pm at the Champlain Valley Exposition in the Blue Ribbon Pavilion, 105 Pearl Street in the City of Essex Junction to vote by Australian ballot. Mailed ballots and ballots dropped off at the City offices must be received (not post-marked) no later than Monday, April 7, 2025. Ballots may also be hand delivered to the polling place between the hours of 7:00 am and 7:00 pm on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

Members of the public are encouraged to speak during the Public to Be Heard agenda item, during a Public Hearing, or, when recognized by the President, during consideration of a specific agenda item. The public will not be permitted to participate when a motion is being discussed except when specifically requested by the President. Regarding zoom participants, if individuals interrupt, they will be muted; and if they interrupt a second time they will be removed. This agenda is available in alternative formats upon request. Meetings of the City Council, like all programs and activities of the City of Essex Junction, are accessible to people with disabilities. For information on accessibility or this agenda, call the City Manager’s office at 802-878-6944 TTY: 7-1-1 or (800) 253-0191.