TOWN OF VERONA ISLAND
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207-469-7965 (OFFICE) Hours: Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9-4 Thursday - 3-7 pm Tuesday - CLOSED *207-460-3998* (*LISA CELL-IN CASE OF EMERGENCY*) Follow us on FACEBOOK @ Town of Verona Island (HALL IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RENT AT THIS TIME) NON- PROFIT BUDGET MEETING IS THE LAST THURSDAY OF JANUARY EVERY YEAR AT 6:00 PM REQUESTS HAVE TO BE IN BY THE 15TH OF JANUARY The Town of Verona Island's Animal Control Officer is Troy Spencer 207-735-3414 FOR BURN PERMITS CALL TRAVIS ASTBURY 930-0019 STEVEN BROWN 852-3844 CHRIS JEROME 322-9234 OR GO ONLINE UNDER ONLINE SERVICES ABOVE AND GET YOURS RIGHT ON YOUR COMPUTER FREE!!! THATS RIGHT ONLINE BURN PERMITS ARE EASY AND FREE NOW!!! TRASH PICK UP FOR CASELLA WASTE: TRASH WILL BE PICKED UP ON FRIDAY'S THE WEEK OF: MEMORIAL DAY, 4TH OF JULY, LABOR DAY, THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S WHEN THE HOLIDAY FALLS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. IF THE HOLIDAYIS ON THE WEEKEND IT IS BUSINESS AS USUAL. |
Verona Island
Annual Town Meeting will be held Saturday March 29, 2025 at 7:00 pm TOWN WARRANT STATE OF MAINE HANCOCK, SS. To: Glendon R. Bevan, a resident of the Town of Verona Island in said County GREETINGS: In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby required by law to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Verona Island qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Verona Town Hall the 29th day of March at 7:00 P.M., 2025 to act on the following articles to wit: ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting ARTICLE 2. To choose a Clerk, Tax Collector, and Treasurer for the ensuing year and vote his/her compensation from Town Expense ARTICLE 3. To set a salary for the positions of Town Clerk, Tax Collector, Treasurer, Registrar of Voters, and Treasurer of the Sewer System. $34,582.23 current ARTICLE 4. To choose a Selectmen, Assessor, and Overseer of the poor, for a three (3) year term that expires in 2028, and to vote the compensation from Town Expense ARTICLE 5. To set the compensation for Selectmen REC. 1st $5,200.00 REC. 2nd 4,000.00 REC. 3rd 3,500.00 ARTICLE 6. To allow the selectmen to set the compensation for all other Town Officials ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Snow Removal REC. $75,000.00 ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will fix a date when taxes shall be due and payable and to see if the Town will set a rate of interest to be (6%) per year or part thereof after the 30th day of September, 2025. Interest will then start on the first day of the next month, Oct. 1, 2025 ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will vote to authorize the municipal officers to spend funds from surplus to pay for any tax abatements and any interest there on ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will set a rate of interest to be paid on tax Abatements REC. (6%) to be the rate on Abatements ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will set a rate of interest to be charged on unpaid sewer bills. REC. (6 %) per year or part thereof after April 1, 2025. Interest will then start on the first day of the next quarter ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to purchase bonds for the Tax Collector and Treasurer, and to take the money from Town Expense ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to apply the balance of the Excise Tax to overdrawn accounts ARTICLE 14. To elect a Budget Committee and to see how many will serve. Last year (5) (Marlene, Lisa, Jen, Dorothy & Susan) ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to take from Excise for the following government expense accounts: Town Expense $90,000.00 Town Hall $ 8,000.00 Telephone $ 2,000.00 ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Street Lights REC. $1,000.00 ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Solid Waste Disposal RC. $75,000.00 ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Maine Municipal Association dues REC. $1,884.00 ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the Verona Planning Board REC. $500.00 ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Cemetery Care REC. $3,000.00 ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the Hancock County Planning Commission dues REC. $935.00 ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Fire Protection REC. $28,000.00 ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the Bucksport Ambulance REC. $12,000.00 ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to put the Snowmobile Refund and Park Sharing Refund into the recreation account. The Verona Recreation Club account has a balance of $15,330.56. We recommend taking the YMCA Recreation’s request of $2,099.00 from this account instead of raising it. This is a continuing account REC. $2,099.00 FROM REC. ACCOUNT ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Buck Memorial Library REC. $2,000.00. ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to dispose of any tax acquired property. The Municipal Officers shall use the special sale process required by Title 36 M.R.S. *943-C for qualifying homestead property if they choose to sell it to anyone other than the former owner(s). If that process is unsuccessful then the Selectmen can dispose of said property to the highest bidder by sealed bid. The Selectmen reserve the right to reject any and all bids. ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to accept and expend on behalf of the Town, Federal and State funds which may be received in the form of Grants or for any other purpose during the ensuing year and act on anything relative thereto ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to accept the categories of funds listed below as provided by the Maine State Legislature ESTIMATES: State Revenue Sharing…….$ 50,789.89 General Assistance….. $ 940.90 Snowmobile Reimbursement $ 39.72 State Rd. Assistance $ 13,212.00 Homestead Reimbursement $ 33,548.11 Veterans Reimbursement. $ 262.00 Tree Growth Reimbursement…$ 0.00 ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the municipal officers to spend an amount not to exceed 5/12 of the budgeted amount in each budget category of the 2025 annual budget during the period from January 1, 2026 to the 2026 annual town meeting ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to increase the property tax levy limit established for Verona Island by State law in the event that the municipal budget approved under the preceding articles will result in a tax commitment that is greater than the property tax levy limit ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the following sums of money for services outside the Town of Verona Island: Recommended WIC 175.00 Eastern Agency on Aging 150.00 Bucksport Bay Healthy Comm 150.00 Hospice 150.00 Bucksport Senior Center Food Program 225.00 Downeast Comm. Partners 150.00 $1000.00 ARTICLE 32. To see what sum the town will vote to authorize the municipal officers to spend from surplus to pay for unanticipated expenses and emergencies REC. $10,000.00 FROM SURPLUS ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Animal Control. REC. $4,000.00 ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to take $20,000.00 from SURPLUS and transfer into a Capital Improvement Account. Given under our hands this 6th day of March AD, 2025 __________________ Glendon Bevan ______________________ Charles Grindle ____________________ Todd Bridges ______________________ Lisa Sanborn-Gray, Clerk OFFICER’S RETURN TOWN OF VERONA ISLAND COUNTY OF HANCOCK, SS. Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified and warned the voters of the Town of Verona Island qualified as therein expressed to meet at the time and place and for the purposes therein expressed, by posting this day an attested copy of the within warrant at the Town Clerk’s office, Town of Verona Island Website, Fort View Variety, and Sweet Cheeks Bakery the same being conspicuous public places in said Town. __________________ Glendon Bevan Verona Island, ME Respectfully submitted, Lisa Sanborn-Gray Town Clerk/Treasurer
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Verona Island unclaimed property listing from State of Maine Treasurer is listed below:
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