Informational Hearing 04/01/2024

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CITY OF ESSEX JUNCTION
CITY COUNCIL
INFORMATIONAL HEARING AGENDA 

This meeting will be available remotely only. 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 
                                                                                                                                              
2. WELCOME, INTRODUCTIONS AND PROCEDURES OVERVIEW​​​​​
    
3. RESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ABOUT ARTICLE 1: Shall the voters approve an annual General Fund budget in the amount of $12,004,124 for fiscal year July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, $11, 110,346 of which is to be levied in taxes against the City Grand List?
    
4. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ABOUT ARTICLE 2: Shall the voters of the City of Essex Junction set the property tax exemption for disabled veterans at Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00), as allowed by 32 § 3802(11)(C), said exemption to remain in effect for future taxable years until amended or repealed by the voters?
    
5. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ABOUT ARTICLE 3: Shall the voters approve extending the one cent Capital Improvement tax (also known as Economic Development tax), as established in 2016, to be reconsidered at annual meeting in 2027?
    
6. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ABOUT ARTICLE 4: Shall the voters approve holding the 2025 Annual Meeting on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at which time the voters shall vote by Australian ballot for the election of officers, the voting on the City budget, and any other business included in the warning for the meeting?
    
7. ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ARTICLE 5: To elect City officers required by law including: Moderator (one-year term), two City Council members (three-year term), and two Library Trustee (one five-year term and one three-year term)?
    
8. PUBLIC TO BE HEARD
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9. READING FILE
   1. Annual Report Newsletter
   2. Annual Report
   3. Budget Discussion Video Memo​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​   

     10. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ADJOURN

ANNUAL MEETING – Tuesday, April 9, 2024

The legal voters of the City of Essex Junction may vote on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 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 April 5, 2024.

_{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.}