REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

December 3rd, 2024
5:00- 6:00 pm
Central Office Conference Room
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LEGAL NOTICE
TOWN OF SOMERS
NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
AND REFERENDUM

All electors and persons eligible to vote in town meetings of the Town of Somers, Connecticut (the “Town”) are hereby warned that a Special Town Meeting of the Town is to be held at the Somers Town Hall Auditorium, 600 Main Street, Somers, Connecticut on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 7:00 p.m., for the following purposes:

1. To elect a moderator.

2. To consider and discuss (but not vote on) the following resolution:
AMENDMENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE APPROPRIATION AND THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES OF THE TOWN TO FINANCE SAID APPROPRIATION FROM $10,500,000 TO $15,000,000 FOR THE HVAC AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
The full text of the foregoing authorizing resolution is on file and open to inspection at the office of the Town Clerk, Town Hall, Somers, Connecticut for the use or inspection of any interested person.
All electors and persons eligible to vote in town meetings of the Town are hereby further notified that pursuant to Section 7-7 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, the Board of Selectmen by resolution adopted at its meeting on October 17, 2024, removed the foregoing resolution from the agenda of this Special Town Meeting for submission to the voters for vote by voting machine.
The question to be voted upon is as follows:

“Shall the resolution entitled, ‘AMENDMENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE APPROPRIATION AND THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES OF THE TOWN TO FINANCE SAID APPROPRIATION FROM $10,500,000 TO $15,000,000 FOR THE HVAC AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT’, be approved?
Yes ______ No ______”
The ballot label for said question shall read as follows:

“Shall the Town of Somers increase its appropriation and the amount of general obligation bonds and notes to finance said appropriation from $10,500,000 to $15,000,000 for the HVAC and electrical system improvements project?
Yes _____ No _____”

The vote will be conducted on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the following polling places:

Voting District  1                           Location of Polling Place: Town Hall,600 Main St, Somers

The location of the polling place for all non-resident property owners eligible to vote will be 600 Main Street, Somers, Connecticut.
Absentee ballots will be available in accordance with applicable law. Absentee ballots will be counted at the following central location: Registrar’s Office, Somers Town Hall, 600 Main Street, Somers, Connecticut. Voters approving the resolution will vote “Yes” and voters opposing the resolution will vote “No.”

3. To adjourn the special town meeting to a vote by voting machine on the above question to be held on the date, during the time and at the noticed polling place referred to above.

Dated at Somers, Connecticut this 2nd day of December, 2024.

TOWN OF SOMERS, BOARD OF SELECTMEN