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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice to Voters Town of Williston The Board of Civil Authority for the town of Williston will open and process early/absentee ballots through the vote tabulator machine on Monday, March 2, 2020 starting at 12:00 pm in the Town Clerk’s Office located on the first floor at 7900 Williston Road, Williston, VT 05495. Title 17 V.S.A. §2546a

LEGAL NOTICE

TOWN OF WILLISTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD AGENDA Tuesday, February 25, 2020 – 7PM 7900 Williston Road – Town Hall Meeting Room DP 20-03.1 Pre-App AMERCO Real Estate Company & U-Haul International request a second pre-application review for development of a U-Haul moving and storage facility on Lot 3 of the Robear

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Highline European Pine Furniture, Decoratives, and Restaurant Smalls Ends: Wed., Feb. 26 @ 6PM 131 Dorset Ln., Williston, VT

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Community Banker Shelburne Road & Chittenden County - Floating There is no better time to join NSB’s team!

Northfield Savings Bank, founded in 1867, is the largest banking institution headquartered in Vermont. We are looking for professionals to join our team as a Community Banker for our Shelburne Road Branch and for a Community Banker – Floating for Chittenden County. As a Community Banker-Floating you will have the opportunity to work in multiple branches within our Chittenden County region. Both positions offer an excellent opportunity to work for an established and growing premier Vermont mutual savings bank. Job Responsibilities & Requirements • The Community Banker will be responsible for receiving and processing customers’ financial transactions, matching customers’ needs with appropriate products and services, protecting customer information and maintaining customer confidentiality. We are looking for someone who will consistently provide outstanding customer service, has excellent communication skills, and will build rapport and develop relationships with our valued customers. A high school diploma, general education degree (GED) or equivalent is required. Opportunity for growth • The Community Banker position offers room for growth and the opportunity to learn about the banking industry. The successful candidate will enjoy a wide variety of changing duties and build relationships with our valued customers. We offer a comprehensive Community Banker training program to assist with learning the fundamentals of this position. If you are looking for a career in banking, this is the place to start. What NSB can offer you • NSB offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, profit sharing and a matching 401(K) retirement program. NSB also offers professional development opportunities, and a positive work environment supported by a team culture. NSB has ten paid holidays. Northfield Savings Bank hours of operation are Monday – Thursday, generally 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Northfield Savings Bank appreciates that their employees need to enjoy time with family, friends and community on the weekends.

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LEGAL NOTICE

TOWN OF WILLISTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD AGENDA Tuesday, March 10, 2020 – 7 PM 7900 Williston Road – Town Hall Meeting Room

DP 20-22 MSP Village Hardware Williston c/o Chris Noyes request discretionary permit to establish a master sign plan (MSP) for Village Hardware/ Agway located at 364 Essex Road in the Gateway Zoning District North (GZDN). DP 19-01.17 Pre-App The Snyder FC Commercial Properties, LLC & Rieley Properties, LLC request pre-application review for development of building H containing Folino’s Pizza and Fiddlehead Brew Pub at Finney Crossing in the Taft Corners Zoning District (TCZD). DP 20-03.1 AMERCO Real Estate Company & U-Haul International request a discretionary permit for development of a U-Haul moving and storage facility on Lot 3 of the Robear Subdivision at 4964 Williston Road in the Industrial Zoning District West (IZDW). Project details and site plans are available on the website, town.williston.vt.us, under “Public Records and Documents”, then “Agendas & Minutes”, and “Development Review Board”. Contact Planning & Zoning Office for more information: 878-6704 or 7878 Williston Road

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the CVSD in 2017. Between the operating efficiencies of consolidation and a state tax incentive for consolidating districts, school administrators had been able to keep budget increases below the rate of inflation and tax increases in check. But those benefits have diminished over time.

“This year, salary pressures, rising special education needs and a 13.2 percent increase in health insurance costs have outpaced new efficiencies,” District Chief Operations Officer Jeanne Jensen said.

The budget includes new staffing in early literacy support, essential arts, guidance and high school administration. The 13.2 percent increase in health insurance is based on the first statewide teacher health insurance contract, which will kick in at the beginning of 2021. It was negotiated on behalf of all unionized Vermont teachers by the Vermont NEA with the help of the Vermont Education Health Initiative. By state law, all school boards in the state will be bound by the agreement.

Previously, each school board negotiated health insurance rates with its teachers and insurers separately.

“We are stuck with it,” said Jensen of the 13.2 percent increase.

The agreement increases the teachers’ share of health insurance premiums from 16 percent to 20 percent and decreases the share of premiums from 30 percent to 20 percent for support staff.

The district will hold its annual meeting Monday, March 2 at Champlain Valley Union High School. There it will present budget details before voting begins the next morning. It will also ask for voice vote authorization to mail a notice of availability of its annual report to residents in future years, instead of mailing the full annual report booklet.

The meeting will also be a chance to discuss the three other items that the district will present to voters on the Town Meeting Day ballot.

One is a request to apply $725,000 in reserve funds as revenue for the current fiscal year, and remaining reserve funds of $1.75 million as revenue for future budgets.

Another ballot item requests borrowing $266,000 for three new school buses, and a third requests borrowing of $6 million for a variety of school building improvements across the district.

The majority of the $6 million request ($4.5 million) would go to Charlotte Central School, and the remainder would be spread over four district schools, including $90,000 for security upgrades at Allen Brook School in Williston and $90,000 in stormwater improvements across district properties.

The bond would cost property owners an additional $10 for every $100,000 of assessed property value, amounting to a total of $40 for the owner of a median-priced home in the district ($400,000). TOWN CHOICES

There are six town positions up for election March 3. None are contested.

But Williston voters will have choices to make on three charter change proposals, the annual town budget and a proposal to borrow $900,000 for a long-term fix to the washed out culvert that allows for the crossing of the Muddy Brook into South Burlington at Marshall Avenue. The culvert was destroyed in an Oct. 31 rainstorm.

T h e t o w n ’ s budget prop osal amounts to $11.6 million for the upcoming fiscal year. It would increase spending over the c u r r e n t ye a r by $162,225 (1.4 percent). The increase would raise property taxes about a half cent for every $100 of assessed value ($5 for every $100,000 of value) costing the owner of a $400,000 home, for example, an additional $20 on their annual property tax bill. Wages and benefits are the biggest expense area; they are slated to increase roughly $244,000. That includes the addition of a full-time recreation coordinator in the Recreation and Parks Department, a part-time position at the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library and increasing staff hours at the Williston Community Justice Center.

Meanwhile, the $900,000 bond would lead to an estimated property tax increase of $3 annually for every $100,000 of assessed value.

The charter change questions would amend the town’s over-arching governing document, first adopted in 2003 and amended by voter approval several times since. Charter changes also require approval by the state Legislature.

The first proposal would give the town manager authority over hiring and firing the director of the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library. That authority currently rests with the Library Board of Trustees, but in practice, is done by the town manager with the “advice and consent” of the trustees. A second charter change proposal would streamline the charter change process by eliminating the need for approval by the Legislature for amendments that have already been approved in the charters of other municipalities.

A third proposed change to the charter would prescribe a process to resolve any contract negotiation impasses between the town and unionized employees. The process would begin with mediation, continue with fact-finding and end with the possibility of binding arbitration if both sides agree to that.

Until agreement is reached on a new contract, the existing contract would remain in place.

The town budget and charter changes will be discussed at Williston’s Annual Town Meeting, held the evening before voting, at 7 p.m. March 2 in the Williston Central School auditorium. Also up for discussion at the meeting will be the town’s winter maintenance of public sidewalks and recreation paths.

Running unopposed on the March 3 ballot are incumbents Joy Limoge and Jeff Fehrs for selectboard, Sarah Mason for town clerk, Liz Royer for Champlain Water District representative and Linda Levitt for lister.

A five-year term on the Board of Library Trustees lacks a candidate, and will default to a write-in contest. Joy Limoge Jeff Fehrs