Legal Notice/Annual Budget Meeting revised as to Referendum times

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TOWN OF ASHFORD
OFFICE OF THE SELECTMEN

REVISED AS TO THE RERERENDUM TIMES
LEGAL NOTICE
ANNUAL BUDGET MEETING/REFERENDUM
TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2022, 7:00 P.M.
To be held virtually via ZOOM
To join the meeting please use the information provided at the bottom of this legal notice

The electors and citizens qualified to vote in Town Meetings in the Town of Ashford, Connecticut are hereby notified and warned that a Special Town Meeting/Annual Budget Meeting will be held via “ZOOM” on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
The agenda for the Annual Budget Meeting is as follows:
1. To choose a moderator for said meeting; and
2. Shall the Town of Ashford appropriate the sum of $3,841,715 for the General Government budget, and $1,001,455 for the Capital Improvement budgets of the Town of Ashford for the fiscal year 2022-2023, the total appropriation being $4,843,170; and
3. Shall the sum of $22,863,429, the Town of Ashford’s share of which is $3,502,539, be appropriated for the operation and maintenance of the Regional District Number 19 Public School System for the July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 fiscal year.
4. Shall the Town of Ashford appropriate the sum of $8,337,427 for the Ashford Board of Education budget for the fiscal year 2022-2023.
Copies of the proposed appropriations budgets are available for review on the Town of Ashford website, www.ashfordtownhall.org. Hard copies will be available in the Town Clerk’s Office during regular office hours.
NOTE: Pursuant to Section 7-7 of the General Statutes of Connecticut, Revision of 1958, as amended, no vote will be taken at said Special Town Meeting/Annual Budget Meeting upon items #2, #3 and #4. Rather, these items may be discussed at the meeting and shall be submitted to vote by voting tabulator at the Knowlton Memorial Hall on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
QUESTION ONE
Shall the Town of Ashford appropriate the sum of $3,841,715 for the General Government budget, and $1,001,455 for the Capital Improvement budgets of the Town of Ashford for the fiscal year 2022-2023, the total appropriation being $4,843,170; and
QUESTION TWO
Shall the sum of $22,863,429, the Town of Ashford’s share of which is $3,502,539, be appropriated for the operation and maintenance of the Regional District Number 19 Public School System for the July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 fiscal year.
QUESTION THREE
Shall the Town of Ashford appropriate the sum of $8,337,427 for the Ashford Board of Education budget for the fiscal year 2022-2023.
The referendum to vote on questions #1, #2 and #3 will be held at Knowlton Memorial Hall, 25 Pompey Hollow Road, Ashford, Connecticut on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Voting tabulators will be used.
Absentee ballots will be available in the Town Clerk’s Office during regular office hours and will become available on Wednesday, April 20, 2022.
William A. Falletti Roger Phillips Cathryn E. Silver-Smith
First Selectman Selectman Selectman
Ashford Annual Town Meeting
Tuesday, April 19th 2022 7:00 p.m.
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