WARNING
                                                         TOWN OF PITTSFIELD ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 9, 2024
 
We hereby notify the legal voters of the Town of Pittsfield to meet in the Town Hall on Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 9:00am to transact the following business from the floor in accordance with Robert’s Rules of Order:
Article 1.  To elect a town moderator for the ensuing year.
Article 2.  To elect the following officers, as required by law, for the terms indicated and to fill any other office vacant:
                                                                                                         Terms                   Vote by Ballot
                                                                                                         (Years)                  17 V.S.A.§2646
 

1. Select Person                                                                         3                                           Yes
2. Lister                                                                                        3                                           Yes       
3. Auditor                                                                                    3                                           Yes
4. Fire Chief                                                                                2                                           No
5. Collector of Delinquent Taxes                                             1                                           No
6. Trustee of Public Funds                                                        3                                           No
7. Trustee Roger Clark Memorial Library                              3                                           No
8. Trustee Roger Clark Memorial Library                              3                                           No
9. Trustee Roger Clark Memorial Library                              1                                           No
10. Cemetery Commissioner                                                     3                                           No
11. Cemetery Commissioner                                                     3                                           No
12. Second Constable                                                                 2                                           No

 
Article 3.  Will the voters of Pittsfield authorize all current taxes be paid to the Treasurer unless otherwise noted?
Article 4.  Will the voters of Pittsfield authorize the Treasurer to collect taxes on real property in two installments, on or before the third Thursday of August and the third Thursday of November, by physical delivery to the tax collector before 5pm?
Article 5.  Will the voters of Pittsfield approve closing the Sand Shed Reserve Fund and transfer the remaining balance to the Recreation Reserve Fund?
Article 6. Will the town authorize cannabis retailers in town pursuant to 7 V.S.A § 863?  Cannabis retailer means a person licensed by the state Cannabis Control Board to sell cannabis and cannabis products to adults 21 years of age and older for off-site consumption.
Article 7.  Will the voters of Pittsfield approve the proposed 12-month budget beginning July 1, 2024, to meet the expenses and liabilities of the town?
Article 8. Will the voters of Pittsfield authorize the Select Board to buy and sell real estate?
Article 9. To discuss any non-binding business which may properly come before the meeting?
 
Dated at Pittsfield, Vermont this 18th day of January 2024
                                                       
Pittsfield Select Board,

Ann Kuendig (s)        2024
A.J. Ruben (s)             2025
Joyce Stevens (s)       2026

Received for record this 23rd day of January 2024 at 9:05am.

                                    Attest: Tricia Abbondelo (s)
                                                 Town Clerk

Any individuals needing special accommodations can contact the Town Clerk’s Office at least two weeks prior to the Town Meeting. If you are not already a registered voter in the Town of Pittsfield, please register to vote if you are eighteen or over, are a US citizen, and a resident of this town. Eligible residents can register to vote at the Town Office on any day prior to the election during regular business hours. Registration will also be available at the Town Hall on Town Meeting Day.
 

                                                                                 PITTSFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT WARNING

The citizens of Pittsfield who are legal voters in the Pittsfield Town School District are hereby warned and notified to meet at the Pittsfield Town Hall on Saturday, March 9, 2024, to transact business:

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

Article 2.           To hear and act upon the Auditor’s report.

Article 3.           To see if the Pittsfield School District will vote to pay taxes in the same manner as the Town.

Article 4.           To hear reports of the School Directors.

Article 5.           Shall the voters of the Pittsfield School District approve a total budget in the amount of $1,014,593 for the 2024-25 school year? It is estimated that this proposed budget will result in education spending of $11,912 per equalized pupil.

Article 6.           To elect a School Director for a three-year term.

Article 7.           To do any other proper and necessary business.


Dated at Pittsfield, Vermont this 10th day of January 2024.
                                                       
Pittsfield School Board,

Kris Sperber (s) 2024
Peter DuBois (s) 2025
Ray Rice (s) 2026

Received for record this 17th day of January 2024 at Pittsfield,
Attest: Tricia Abbondelo (s)
             Town Clerk


Any individuals needing special accommodation can contact the Town Clerk’s Office at least two weeks prior to the Town Meeting. If you are not already a registered voter in the Town of Pittsfield, please register to vote if you are eighteen or over, are a US citizen, and a resident of this town. Eligible residents can register to vote at the Town Office on any day prior to the election during regular business hours. Registration will also be available at the Town Hall on Town Meeting Day.

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PITTSFIELD SELECT BOARD NOTICE & AGENDA FOR REGULAR MEETING
Thursday, February 1, 2024 6:00 pm-Town Hall
 
The Pittsfield Select Board invites members of the public to attend this meeting either in person or electronically through TEAMS by calling 1-802-489-6334 and entering meeting code 160050868# or by clicking on this link: https://bit.ly/4bfGZm0
    
AGENDA
 
Agenda Modifications:
 
Minutes Approval:  January 18, 2024
 
Public Present: 
 
Correspondence:

1. Charge VT-GMP
2. Energy Development Grants-GMP
3. Snow Mobiles complaint

 
Old Business:

1. Road Discontinuance Update
2. 113 Park Place Deed Restriction Complete
3. 593 RT 100 buyout update
4. MERP Energy Audit Update
5. MTAP for Updating Capital Budget
6. Treasurers Report-December Financials Update

 
New Business:

1. Town Meeting Preparations
2. Town Office Floor Mats
3. Liquor License-Toasted Pecan
4. Driveway Permit

 
Next Meeting Dates:  
                                    
Regular-February 15, 2024
                                    
 
 
 
 
 

WARNING — VERMONT PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY — MARCH 5, 2024

A statewide Presidential Primary will be held on TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2024 to vote for candidates for the following offices:
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

The polls will open at 8a.m. and will close at 7:00 p.m. The polling place(s) is/are located at:
40 Village Green, Pittsfield Town Office Basement 

Town Clerk (s) Tricia L Abbondelo

VERMONT NOTICE TO VOTERS AND VERMONT VOTER RIGHTS
EARLY or ABSENTEE BALLOTS: You can request early/absentee ballots at any time during the election year. The latest a ballot can be requested in Pittsfield is Thursday February 29, 2024 at 5pm
You or a family member can request early ballots in person, in writing, by telephone, or on your My Voter Page at mvp.vermont.gov. An authorized person can request ballots for you in person or in writing.
CHECKLIST: posted at town clerk's office by Sunday, February 4, 2024. If your name is not on it, then you must register to vote.
SAMPLE BALLOTS POSTED: Wednesday, February 14, 2024.
REGISTER TO VOTE: There is no deadline to register to vote. You will be able to register to vote on the day of the election. Please register early by visiting the town clerk’s office or going online to olvr.vermont.gov.
Methods of voting early/absentee in the 45 days before the election (ballots available by January 19, 2024):
1.Vote in the town clerk's office prior to the election.
2.Voter may take the ballots out of the clerk's office and return in the same manner as if the ballots were received by mail.
3.Have ballot mailed to you and return it to clerk's office before Election Day or to the polling place before 7 p.m. on Election Day.
4.If you are in the military, live overseas, or are ill or disabled you may receive your ballot electronically and utilize our accessible online ballot marking tool, but you must print your ballot and return it by mail.
5.If you are ill or disabled, you may ask the town clerk, on or before the deadline to request an absentee ballot, to have two justices of the peace bring a ballot to you at your home on any day preceding the day of the election (once ballots are prepared) or the day of election.
Identification Required for First Time Registrants by Mail: If you are registering individually for the first time by mail or online, you must provide a copy of identification along with your registration: current valid photo I.D., or a utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document showing your name and current address. If you do not provide I.D. or other documentation with your registration and do not have it when you come to the polls, you will be offered a provisional ballot.
CASTING A PROVISIONAL BALLOT: If you accept the offer to vote a provisional ballot, you must complete a sworn affidavit on the provisional ballot envelope swearing that you are qualified to vote in Vermont and in the polling place where you are, and that you submitted an application to register to vote before the deadline. You will be given a card explaining how you can find out if your ballot was counted one week after the election by calling the Vermont Secretary of State's Office at 1-800-439-8683.
If your name was dropped from the checklist in error or has not been added even though you submitted an application: Explain the situation to your town clerk or presiding officer and ask that your name be added to the checklist. The town clerk or presiding officer will investigate the situation and then either have you complete a registration form and then add your name to the checklist or explain why you cannot be added.
If the town clerk or presiding officer and BCA members present cannot determine that you are entitled to be added to the checklist on Election Day, you may appeal to a superior court judge, who will give you a decision on Election Day OR you may vote a provisional ballot.
Any voter who wants assistance for any reason may bring the person of their choice into the voting booth to help or may ask for assistance from two election officials.
Voters who cannot get from the car into the polling place may have a ballot brought to a car outside the polls by two election officials.
Any U. S. citizen and resident of a Vermont town or city who submitted an application to register to vote on or before election day is entitled to vote regardless of race or physical ability.
THE LAW PROHIBITS THE FOLLOWING--DO NOT:
•Vote more than once per election, either in the same town or indifferent towns.
•Mislead the board of civil authority about your own or another person's eligibility to vote.
•Socialize in a manner that will disturb other voters.
•Offer a bribe, threaten, or intimidate a person to vote for a candidate.
•Hinder or interfere with the progress of a voter going into or out of a polling place. Vermont law provides that a person cannot campaign within a polling place but does NOT specify any number of feet that campaigners need to be away from the polls outside. The presiding officer will set reasonable rules for where campaigners can stand.
The Election Officials at the polling place are here to serve you.
If you have any questions, or need assistance while voting, ask your town clerk or any election official for help.
If you do not understand something, or you believe a mistake has been made that has not been corrected, or you have a question that cannot be answered to your satisfaction at the polling place:
Call the Elections Division, Office of the Secretary of State
1-800-439-VOTE (439-8683)
(Accessible by TDD)
If you believe that any of your voting rights have been violated, you may call the Elections Division at 800-439-8683 or (802) 828-2363. You may also file an Administrative Complaint with the Secretary of State’s Office, 128 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05633-1101.
If you believe you have witnessed efforts to commit any kind of fraud or corruption in the voting process, you may report this to your local United States Attorney’s Office, the County State’s Attorney or the Vermont Attorney General.
If you have witnessed actual or attempted acts of discrimination or intimidation in the voting process, you may report this to the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice at (800) 253-3931.
VOTING PROCESS--INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTERS
•Go to the entrance checklist table, give your name, and if asked, your street address to the election official in a loud voice.
•Wait until your name is repeated and checked off by the official.
•If you want to use the accessible voting system tell the entrance checklist official at this time. An election official will take you to the accessible ballot marking device, enter a security code, and then leave you to mark and print your ballot privately. More details about our new accessible ballot marking device are available on our website at https://sos.vermont.gov/elections/voters/accessible-voting/.
•You must ask for a major party ballot (Democratic or Republican).This is required by Vermont law for the Presidential Primary. (17V.S.A. §2704.)
•Take the ballot from the election official and enter a voting booth. Once inside the voting booth, mark your ballot for each race.
•To vote for a candidate, fill in the oval to the right of the name of the candidate. Do not vote for more candidates than the “Vote for not more than #” for each office. If you vote for more than the “Vote for not more than #,” your vote will not count for that race.
•WRITE-IN candidate(s). To vote for someone whose name is not
printed on the ballot, use the blank "write-in" line on the ballot and either write in the name or paste on a sticker, then fill in the oval.
•If you make a mistake or change your mind, DO NOT try to erase. Return your ballot and ASK an election official for a new ballot. If you make a mistake again, you may ask for another ballot. Each voter may have up to 3 ballots.
•To cast your voted ballot: either insert your voted ballot into the tabulator machine, or in a hand count town, insert it into the ballot box.
•Go to the exit checklist table, if any, and state your name. Wait until your name is repeated and checked off by the official.
•Leave the voting area immediately by passing outside the guardrail.
All voters who are in line at the polling place at 7p.m. will be permitted to vote. No voter can enter the polling place to vote after 7p.m

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PITTSFIELD SELECT BOARD NOTICE & AGENDA FOR REGULAR MEETING
Thursday, January 18, 2024 5:00 pm-Town Office
 
The Pittsfield Select Board invites members of the public to attend this meeting either in person or electronically through TEAMS by calling 1-802-489-6334 and entering meeting code 114445887# or by clicking on this link: https://bit.ly/3vA8DtM
    
AGENDA
 
Agenda Modifications:
 
Minutes Approval:  Jan 4, 2024 & January 11, 2024
 
Public Present:  Trish Abbondelo
 
Correspondence:

1. MTAP for Capital Budgets
2. MERP Energy Assessment
3. Downtown Transportation Fund

Old Business:

1. Final Budget Approval
2. Budget Summary
3. Warrant
4. 113 Park Place Deed Restriction Update

 
New Business:

1. AOT Mileage Certificate
2. Treasurers Report-December Financials

 
Next Meeting Dates:  
                                    Budget-January 25, 2024
                                    Regular-February 1, 2024
                                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

​Town of Pittsfield
Notice of Site Visit and Hearing on Petition to Discontinue Public Road Right of Way of 367’ at the end of Townsend Brook Road
 
Take notice that the Selectboard has initiated a petition to discontinue a 12’ x 367’ section of current Class 4 road located at the end of Townsend Brook Road. This section of road was identified in 2009 as an ancient road and adopted as a Class 4 road by the Pittsfield Selectboard. Based on citizen and professional legal review, the Pittsfield Selectboard has initiated the instant discontinuation process.
The Selectboard will hold a site visit with a public hearing immediately following the site visit at the Town Hall to discuss discontinuation of the identified section of Townsend Brook Road. The site visit will commence at 11 a.m. on Wednesday February 21, 2024.
All are welcome to attend and discuss the petition to discontinue the above-referenced section of Class 4 road at the end of Townsend Brook Road.
 
Dated at Pittsfield this 8th day of January, 2024
 
Pittsfield Select Board
s/Ann Kuendig                   s/Joyce Stevens                 s/AJ Ruben
 

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PITTSFIELD SELECT BOARD AGENDA FOR SPECIAL BUDGET MEETING
Thursday, January 11, 2024 6:00 pm-Town Office
 
The Pittsfield Select Board invites members of the public to attend this meeting either in person or electronically through TEAMS by calling 1-802-489-6334 and entering meeting code 435213806# or by clicking on this link: https://bit.ly/47uwoQY
    
BUDGET AGENDA
 
Agenda Modifications:
 
Minutes Approval:  
 
Public Present:  Trish Abbondelo
 
Correspondence:
 
Old Business:

1. GF Budget
2. Warrant

 
New Business:
 
                                    
Adjournment
 
 
Next Meeting Dates:  
                                    Regular-January 18, 2024
                                    
Adjournment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

​PITTSFIELD SCHOOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.
Pittsfield Town Office Building

AGENDA
​
1. Call to Order
2. Amendments to the Agenda
3. Approve Minutes
4. Public Comment
5. Action/Discussion Items
o New Business:
 Payment Orders
o Old Business:
 Review and Approve Checkbook Reconciliation
6. Adjournment

Town of Pittsfield Planning Commission
Agenda for January 10, 2024 at 6:30pm
 
                                

1. Call to order

 

1. Agenda Modifications

 

1. Correspondence

 

1. Approval of Minutes from October 25, 2023

 

1. Review of Matrix

 

1. Discussion of Renewal of Appointed Officials

 

1. Conduct any other required business

 

1. Set Next Meeting Date

 

1. Adjournment

 

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PITTSFIELD SELECT BOARD AGENDA FOR BUDGET & REGULAR MEETINGS
Thursday, January 4, 2024 5:00 pm-Town Office
 
The Pittsfield Select Board invites members of the public to attend this meeting either in person or electronically through TEAMS by calling 1-802-489-6334 and entering meeting code 262493500# or by clicking on this link: https://bit.ly/4aAsRDL
    
BUDGET AGENDA
 
Agenda Modifications:
 
Minutes Approval:  December 21, 2023
 
Public Present:  Trish Abbondelo, Betty Warner
 
Correspondence:
 
Old Business:

1. Lister Budget
2. GF Budget

 
New Business:

1. Warrant 2024

 
Next Meeting Dates:  
                                    Budget-January 11, 2024
                                    
Adjournment
 
 
Regular Meeting Agenda
 
Agenda Modifications:
 
Minutes Approval:  December 21, 2023
 
Public Present:  
 
Correspondence:

1. GMNF Schedule of Proposed Actions

 
Old Business:

1. Grader Funding
2. 113 Park Place Deed Restriction Update
3. Townsend Brook Declassify Update

 
New Business:

1. Leitch Forsha Road Complaint
2. Rink Lights
3. Treasurer Policies

 
Next Meeting Dates:  
                                    Regular-January 18, 2024
                                    
Adjournment