Editor’s
Note:
"February
is merely as long as is needed to pass the time until March."
Please send news, ads, and items of interest to the
Town Clerk by 2/18 at townclerk@wallingfordvt.com.
Support
the
The
Free
8
wooden platforms, approx. 75"L X 35"W and some 18" or 60"H.
Can be seen at the
Town
Meeting
On
March 1st,
School Moderator – 1 Year
Town Agent – 1 Year
Grand Juror – 1 Year
First Constable – 1 Year
Selectboard Member – 2 Years & 3 Years
Lister
– 2 Years (to complete a 3-Year Term) &
3 Years
Town Clerk & Treasurer – 3 Years
Auditor – 3 Years
If
you missed the deadline for submitting a petition, you can be a write-in
candidate.
There
are still vacancies as follows: an Auditor, Conservation Commission Planning
Commission member, Recreation Committee member, Emergency Management
Coordinator, Rutland County Solid Waste District Rep, and Rutland Regional
Transportation Council Rep - please volunteer.
Grocery
Coupon Clippers!
If
you don’t use your coupons and wish to share them with those that do, please
leave them at the Transfer Station or at the Town Clerk’s office.
The coupons will be available at the Town Clerk’s office. Thank you.
Dog
Licenses
Don’t
forget your dog must be licensed by April 1st.
The fee is $10 for dogs that are spayed or neutered and $13 for
non-spayed females and $16 for non-neutered males. Proof of a current rabies
vaccine is required. After April 1st, the fees increase. By State
Statute, ALL Dogs MUST BE LICENSED EACH YEAR
by April 1. Licenses can be
issued through the mail. Call the
Town Clerk at 446-2336 to make sure we have a current rabies certificate on
file.
Zoning
Permits Issued
Michael
Abatiell et al,
Property
Transfers
Seller:
Joseph Terenzi,
Mobile
Home Owners
If you own a mobile home, stop by the
Town Clerk’s office to pick up a copy of the “Do-it-Yourself”
Mobile Home Energy Efficiency booklet on tips to help you save money, save
energy and live more comfortably.
{Please note that these meeting minutes are a brief summary and are not the final approved version.}
Selectboard
12/20/10.
Present: B. Brooks, F. Bruce,
J. Crowley, and C. Angel
Bonnie
Gainer presented the library’s proposed FY12 budget, asking for town funding
of $34,000. The $2,000 increase will
help fund their most pressing issue next year, which is to become automated.
The total cost is approximately $4,000 plus an annual maintenance cost of
approximately $1,200.
The
FY12 Budget was discussed.
Bastian
Auer requested a donation of $10,000 for the Rescue Squad, no change from last
year. He discussed their goals for
next year.
The
Selectboard chose BCBS for health insurance coverage next year as Cigna’s
rates are increasing 17% next year.
F.
Bruce discussed his meeting with VTrans to inspect the
01/03/11.
Present:
B. Brooks, C. Angel, J. Gilman and J. Crowley
The
FY12 Budget was discussed.
The
Department of Taxes equalization study report showed the Town’s equalized
education property values at $225,606,000, a coefficient of dispersion of
11.50%, and a common level of appraisal of 104.54% effective 1/1/11.
Last year’s figures were $229,951,000, 12.80%
and 102.45% respectively.
Prudential
Committee
12/08/10.
Present:
S. Sendra and A. Sharp
12/08/10.
Present: S. Sendra and A.
Sharp
The
Prudential Committee approved the General Operating Budget for FY12 at $91,205,
up from $85,589 the previous
year. Increases were made in the
Treasurer, Clerk and Prudential Committee Salaries, CPA Fees, Insurance, Street
Lights, and VLCT fee.
12/09/10.
Present:
A. Sharp, S. Sendra and D. Stocker
The
Water Fund Budget was approved at $200,300, up from $189,021 last year.
Increases were made in Salaries, CPA Fees, and Utilities.
Decreases were made in Insurance, Licenses, and Engineering.
A new line item for Uncollectible Receivables of $5,000 was added.
The
Sewer Fund was approved at $150,500, down from $160,449 the previous year.
Reductions were made in Salaries of nearly $19,000.
Increases were made in CPA fees, Certification (new), and Education.
12/10/10.
Present:
S. Sendra, A. Sharp, D. Stocker, J. Barbieri, and R. Kendall
The
Fire Protection Committee changed (but did not vote) on a proposed Operating
Budget of $133,653, up from $129,978 last year.
Increases were made in Fire Protection Service Tax, Utilities, Chief’s
Stipend, and Loan Payments. A new
line item of $5,000 for Firefighter Stipends was added.
Decreases were made in Advertising, Attorney Fees, Fire Vehicle Repairs,
and Loan Interest.
Planning
Commission
01/27/10. Present: E. Crelin, J. West, D. Farmer, and A. Tiplady
The
meeting was devoted to discussion of the town plan.
Conservation
Commission
12/27/10.
Present:
R. Nimtz, C. Macleod, S. Pytlik, D.
An
update on the Stone Meadow development was given.
The new watershed grant has been submitted, will hear back in couple of
months.
Carol
will send draft of annual report for the town report to us for review, which
will include recognition of others who have helped the WCC.
Plans
for Green-Up Day on May 7 were discussed.
New
members for this committee are needed.
Energy Committee
01/04/11.
Present:
J. White, J. Barbieri, R. Nimtz, K. Welch, and
T. Chila
Bob Williams gave an
overview of the heating system that is used at the True Temper plant. They
utilize the defective ash lumber – after it has been converted into chips, to
fuel the 1942 boiler. The committee will meet Bob Saturday for a tour of the
site.
Ken gave an update on
the VECAN lighting grant application that he is completing, to replace 15
ballasts and bulbs in the lighting on the first floor of the town hall building.
Jared Moats will be
doing the town hall energy audit.
Ralph updated us on
the status of the street lighting in town.
Ken announced that
Efficiency Vermont will not be rebating $50 per household (we expected $200) for
the houses in town that went on to have an outside energy audit. Part of the
criteria was that the audit had to be tested out by December 31st and none of
ours were.
Joyce asked (on behalf
of the Selectboard) if the members of the Energy Committee (along with our
Building committee members) would review the energy audit done on the town
garage and give their recommendations as to the cost effectiveness of completely
replacing the garage vs. renovating it. The members will tour the building
Saturday and come back with some ideas at our February meeting.
Tim reviewed the
portion of the town plan written up by Jay.
Wallingford
Elementary School Board
12/14/10.
Present: D. Klock, P. Rondinone,
C. Watts, and K. Fredette
The
Board continued discussion on the FY12 budget.
The
school’s new website is up and running. Current enrollment is 112
The
Board approved compensation for Julie Fredette for an after school activity.
Phase
I of the Bussing Consolidation proposal has now been approved by all boards in
RSSU. Steve Fowler is now assessing
the costs and benefits of the three available software programs.
01/03/11.
Present: D. Klock, P. Rondinone,
C. Watts, K. Fredette, and M. Kenny
Mary
Grabowski made a presentation on her duties.
The
Board postponed voting on the budget adoption until next meeting.
The Board approved the tuition for FY12
at $15,037.
Samantha
Spoth made a presentation on the Little Red School House on the activities and
building improvements made and displayed a brochure listing future LRS events
The
Board approved the Optimal Class Size
policy.
On
1/3 (in-service day) Richard Barker, Bernie Peatman, Barb Nogueira, and Mary
Ellen Kafarski made presentations. There
were also discussions about reading instruction and Response to Intervention.
The
Board approved charging $50 for use of the building for a six-week period of
kickboxing.
There
are three new students at WES which now totals 115 students.
There
is currently an opening for a new bus driver position.
The
1.67% allocation of the Federal Jobs funds for
The
Governor-elect's and Commissioner's intent is for boards to either offset the
estimated FY12 education spending submitted (with the understanding that most of
those were not board approved) or to allow boards to replace some of the things
they cut in order to meet the C4C targets.
The
first draft of the Information Technology Plan
will be given to Superintendent on 1/3 and then passed on to Board
members. The recommendations will
not have financial implications for FY12 spending but should impact FY13
expenditures.
School
board chairs and principals should be working on their reports for inclusion in
the Annual Reports.
“
Foot
and blood pressure clinic on Wednesday, February 2nd at 10:30 a.m. at the
Wallingford House.
Our
monthly meeting dates to the third Monday of each month, at 1 p.m. at the
Town Hall.
Remember
Seniors’ lunch every Monday at Noon at the Rotary.
Contact Linda Weightman at 446-2301.
We
will hold bingo on the 2nd Monday of each month at the Rotary building at 1 p.m.
The public is welcome.
Join
us for the movie “Whale Rider” being shown at the Town Hall on Tuesday,
January 25th. Show times
are at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. Popcorn
will be furnished. Free and open to
the public.
New
program for the seniors: The
bus will leave the Wallingford House at 9 a.m. twice a month to go to
Contact
a member of the Seniors Group if you are interested in attending one of these
lectures as the Wallingford Seniors has purchased a season’s pass.
This offer is
only good for members of the Seniors Group.
Each
of the lectures will be from 1:30 to 3:00 PM on a Friday afternoon at the
Four
Flying B's
February
4
Birds and Their Changing Habitats
Chip
Darmstadt is the
Executive Director of the
February
11
Bats
in the Balance
Scott
Darling has served
as a wildlife biologist for the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department for nearly
30 years with a special focus on bat research and conservation. Since 2008 he
has been at the center of the fight against “white nose syndrome” at the
state, regional, and national level. He will review the life history of bats and
their plight to survive this new disease that may hasten their extinction.
February
18
Health
and the Hive
Todd
D. Hardie,
beekeeper and owner of
February
25
Kent
McFarland
is a conservation biologist who has studied wildlife in
The
Gilbert Hart Library
January
meant a house cleaning of the book sale, and now the stacks will be checked over
and weeded of duplicates and outdated materials in preparation for the movement
towards automation later this spring. There is such a wonderful selection
of fiction and non-fiction, with over 16,000 volumes listed in the VT Dept of
Libraries Catalog. Patrons are reading through our new acquisitions and there
are new selections to listen to as well. Thanks to the Friends, this month
we have an opportunity to share a love of books and reading on Tuesday, February
15. Children ages 3-10 are invited to an afternoon scavenger hunt, special
snack, and story sharing from 1:30-3pm at the Library. Hope to see you
there!
Library
Hours
Sun
& Mon: closed
Tues:
10 - 5:00
Wed:
10 – 8:00
Thurs & Fri: 10 – 5:00
Saturday:
9 – 12:00
Telephone
446-2685
Hart
Lines By the
Friends of Gilbert Hart Library
The winter is becoming more of a
typical
The
news in
The
book discussion on Jewish women, Davar (which means “to life”) is
scheduled for Jan. 26 at 2:00 p.m. in the Klock Room. This book was written by
Ann Zinn Buffum and Sandra Stillman Gartner and edited and designed by Jane
Crate Duda, all well-known local people. It should be interesting to hear what
they have to say. We hope you’ll all come out for this special program.
Refreshments will be served.
As
all the stores in
Rug-braiding
classes will definitely start on Saturday, February 5th and 12th
in the Klock Room from 9 to 12. Bring the items you are working on and other
materials and supplies and Lois Johnstone will guide you. The classes are then
off for two weeks, resuming on March 5th and 12th. That is
usually enough instruction to entice you to keep going on your own. If you have
questions, call Lois at 446-2447.
Coming
in March is another book discussion, Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver. We do
not have lots of copies of this book, so if you find a copy, you better read it
now and pass it along. The date and time for this is March 16 at 7:00 p.m. We
will be starting daylight savings time by then, surely a precursor of Spring!
Still
happening; many good books for sale in the Klock Room and in the hall. They are
more than economical – they’re cheap! Get all your reading matter for the
next year!
First Wednesday Series:
Events
for the Maple Valley Grange #318 on Route 7 in
Every
Tuesday from 6:30 p.m. Line Dancing. $5
per person. Snack bar available.
Beginners & experienced.
Every
Wednesday Bingo at 7 p.m.
Every
Thursday Martial Arts at 6:30 p.m.
The
Chipman Lodge 52 FAM holds
monthly meetings on the second Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Lodge.
Suicide
Survivors Support Group
monthly meetings for those who have lost a loved one through suicide are held at
the Maple Leaf Clinic,
If
you’d like to receive emails under the
Angel
Food Ministries
Angel
Food Ministries is a non-profit, non-denominational organization dedicated to
providing substantial grocery savings to communities throughout the
Take
a look at the new Angel Food Ministries offerings at www.rutlandangelfood.com.
Questions can be directed to Carleen Eaton at (802) 779-8078. Local pick up can
be arranged.
HELP WANTED HELP WANTED
Jr.
Firefighters – Age 13-18
Senior
Firefighters – Age 18 - ?
We
will train.
BURIAL
LOTS FOR
Call
Charles Gauthier at 353-0996
Terms:
20% down; balance paid in 10 monthly payments. Deed will be written when last
payment is made. If APPLICANT FAILS TO MAKE FINAL PAYMENT AS AGREED, APPLICANT
WILL FORFEIT 20% DOWN PAYMENT. ANY
ADDITIONAL MONEY PAID WILL BE RETURNED TO APPLICANT.
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February
has arrived and officially marks the closure of our 1st full
year of being open! Thank you all for your support both past and present!
2011 looks to be an exciting year full of growth, repairs and
collaboration with other local groups! It is with excitement that The
Little Red Schoolhouse board looks forward to building a stronger
community for people of all ages! Some
specialty programs for February include: Making
Natural Body Products on February 7th, Building Balance Boards
on February 22 and Sew With Me on February 28th. These
programs are free, but require prior registration so there will be an
appropriate number of supplies! The
theater program is off to a great start…. If you did not know about it,
but would like to jump in please let us know! This program is open to
children ages 5-18 and meets Mondays at Little Red from 3:30-5:00. Bus
transportation to Little Red is available for area school children. Looking
ahead to March we will be hosting our first annual March Mud Maple &
Music Madness. Join us for free music, a kid’s mud zone, pancake
breakfast, silent auction, maple foods contest and more! March 12th,
10:00-2:00 at the Great
Escape ticket The
Little Red Schoolhouse will be closed from 2/14/11- 2/18/11 for vacation. Don’t
forget to sign up for automatic email updates so you don’t miss
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Contra
Dance and Pie Auction
At
the
2011
Daffodil Days Campaign
Help fight cancer…..with daffodils or a
Bear and a Bunch!
$10
Fresh bouquet (10 daffodils)
$15
Potted daffodil bulb
$25
Bear and a Bunch includes Liv N. Hope, the 10-inch collectible 2011 Boyds bear
with a daffodil
Last
day to order: March 1, flowers
delivered week of March 14. Money
due at delivery. Call Julie at
446-2336 to order or stop by the Town Hall.
Unclaimed
Property
Go
to http://www.vermonttreasurer.gov
and search for unclaimed money. You
may search by last name or town. There are more than 200,000 claimable
properties in the database. The total amount of unclaimed financial property is
more than $48 million. The average claim amount is $625.
You’ll be surprised at the number of
Unclaimed
property includes items such as forgotten bank accounts uncashed pay checks,
unclaimed security deposts, and unused gift certificates. It's most often in the
form of money, but it can also be stocks, mutual funds, and the contents of safe
deposit boxes. The property comes from many sources--called holders--such as
banks, credit unions, corporations, utilities, insurance agencies, retailers,
and governmental agencies throughout the
Saturday, March 5th at 6:30 P.M. Featuring Appetizers, Special Music by Tedd
Fish and Special Speaker, Dr. Howard Bixby.
Visit us at ewbaptist.com
for more details or call 259-2831.