The legal voters of the Town of Shrewsbury in the County of Rutland are hereby notified and warned to meet in the Shrewsbury Community Meeting House on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. to take action by Australian Ballot on the following matters:

• 1. To elect all town officers as required by law:

One Moderator                                                            1-year term - Eldred French

One Selectboard Member                                          3-year term - John Wood

One Selectboard Member                                          2-year term* - Michael Stewart

One Auditor                                                                  3-year term - Chryl Martin (Write-In)

One Lister                                                                      3-year term - Sharon Winnicki

One Grand Juror                                                          1-year term - Barry Griffith

One Town Agent                                                          1-year term - Barry Griffith

One-1st Constable                                                       1-year term - Matthew Danaher

One-2nd Constable                                                     1-year term - Peter Lajoie

One Cemetery Commissioner                                   3-year term - Larry Carrara (Write-In)

*Second & third year of a 3-year term

• 2. Shall the Town approve a budget of $797,706, and appropriate and expend $500,218, to be raised by taxes or other revenues, to defray the general expenses of the Town, including highways?

YES 222  NO 35

• 3. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $1,500 for the Town Office Reserve Fund?

YES 200  NO 61

• 4. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $1,500 for the Town Garage Reserve Fund?

YES 205  NO 57

• 5. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $1,000 for the Town Office Equipment Reserve Fund?

YES 202  NO 57

• 6. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $50,000 for the Town Road Equipment Fund?

YES 212  NO 49

• 7. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $1,000 for the Town Records Restoration Reserve Fund?

YES 193  NO 66

• 8. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $26,000 for the Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Department Equipment Reserve Fund?

YES 200  NO 62

• 9. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $12,000 for the Shrewsbury Community Meeting House?

YES 95    NO 61

• 10. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $25,000 for the Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Department?

YES 210  NO 52

• 11. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $7,500 for the Shrewsbury Library?

YES 193  NO 67

• 12. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $2,000 for the Shrewsbury Historical Society?

YES 187  NO 72

• 13. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $4,432 for dues to the Rutland Regional Ambulance Service?

YES 216  NO 45

• 14. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $100 to help support the George D. Aiken Resource Conservation & Development Council?

YES 172  NO 84

• 15. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $250 to help support the Rutland Natural Resources Conservation District?

YES 157  NO 96

• 16. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend the sum of $2,526 to help support the Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice.

YES 223  NO 35

• 17. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $150 to help support the Green Up Vermont organization?

YES 189  NO 65

• 18. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $130 to help support the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)?

YES 201  NO 57

• 19. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $700 to help support the Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging?

YES 190  NO 68

• 20. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $1,192 to help support Rutland Mental Health Services?

YES 184  NO 73

• 21. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $150 to help support the Rutland County Women's Network and Shelter?

YES 204  NO 84

• 22. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $600 to help support BROC-Community Action in Southwestern Vermont?

YES 160  NO 93

• 23. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $600 to help support the Rutland County Parent/Child Center?

YES 175  NO 80

• 24. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $500 to help support Vermont Adult Learning/Rutland County Basic Education?

YES 160  NO 93

• 25. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $500 to help support NeighborWorks of Western Vermont?

YES 156  NO 95

• 26. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $170 to help support the Vermont Center for Independent Living?

YES 177  NO 77

• 27. Shall the Town raise, appropriate and expend $35 to support the Vermont Trails and Greenways Council?

YES 164  NO 88

• 28. Shall the taxes be postmarked on or before, or in the hands of the Treasurer no later than 8:00 P.M., Friday, October 7, 2011?

YES 235  NO 22

INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER:

For Articles 1 -3: To vote for a person whose name appears on the ballot, mark a cross (x) in the box to the left of the person's name.  To vote for a person whose name does not appear of the ballot, write in his or her name in the blank space provided and place a cross (x) in the box on the left of the write-in space.

For Articles 4 - 6: Put a cross (x) in the box.  Check only one box per article.

District School Results 

ARTICLE 1      Town School District Moderator

                             One Year Term

�  ELDRED FRENCH - 216 Votes

�  WRITE-IN - Total 6 Votes

ARTICLE 2         Town School Director

                             Three Year Term

�  ED HEMMER - 225 Votes

�  WRITE-IN - Total 1 Vote

ARTICLE 3         Director to the Mill River Union District #40 Board

                                                Three Year Term

�  WRITE-IN - No Individual with the requisite number of votes.

ARTICLE 4         Shall the Town School District raise and appropriate the sum of $13,000 to be placed in the building maintenance reserve fund? 

�  YES   187 �  NO - 70

ARTICLE 5         Shall the voters of the Shrewsbury School District raise, appropriate and expend the amount of $942,687 for the operational expenditures of said school district, which includes the elementary school?

 �  YES   - 178 �  NO - 80

ARTICLE 6         Shall the Town School District vote to authorize the Board of School Directors to borrow money temporarily from time to time as may be required to pay orders?

�  YES   - 186 �  NO - 66