LEGAL NOTICE
TOWN OF MANSFIELD
The electors of the Town of Mansfield are hereby warned to meet at their respective polling places in said Town on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 for the following purposes:
1. To cast their votes in the Town Election to fill the following offices:
Town Council
Board of Education Full term
Board of Education – To Fill Vacancy for 2 Years
Board of Assessment Appeals
Planning and Zoning Commission
Planning an Zoning Commission Alternates
Zoning Board of Appeals
Zoning Board of Appeals Alternates
Regional Board of Education
2. To vote on the following local questions for approval or disapproval of resolutions approved by the Town Council on August 24, 2009, which questions will be placed on the voting machines under the following headings, respectively:
“SHALL THE TOWN OF MANSFIELD APPROPRIATE $1,052,450 FOR ACQUISITION OF LAND OR INTERESTS THEREIN FOR OPEN SPACE, MUNICIPAL, OR PASSIVE OR ACTIVE RECREATIONAL USES AND FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO LAND CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE TOWN OR TO BE ACQUIRED BY THE TOWN FOR SUCH PURPOSES, AND AUTHORIZE THE ISSUE OF BONDS AND NOTES IN THE SAME AMOUNT TO DEFRAY SAID APPROPRIATION?”
“SHALL THE TOWN OF MANSFIELD APPROPRIATE $3,093,840 FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE STONE MILL ROAD AND LAUREL LANE BRIDGES AND AUTHORIZE THE ISSUE OF BONDS AND NOTES TO DEFRAY THE PORTION OF SAID APPROPRIATION NOT FUNDED FROM GRANTS?”
“SHALL THE TOWN OF MANSFIELD APPROPRIATE $105,250 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE HUNTING LODGE ROAD BIKEWAY/WALKWAY AND AUTHORIZE THE ISSUE OF BONDS AND NOTES IN THE SAME AMOUNT TO DEFRAY SAID APPROPRIATION?”
“SHALL THE TOWN OF MANSFIELD APPROPRIATE $263,130 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SALT STORAGE SHED TO BE LOCATED AT THE MANSFIELD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT COMPLEX AND AUTHORIZE THE ISSUE OF BONDS AND NOTES IN THE SAME AMOUNT TO DEFRAY SAID APPROPRIATION?”
The vote on the above questions will be taken under the authority of Sections 406 and 407 of the Town Charter and Sections 7-7, 9-369 and 9-369d of the Connecticut General Statutes. A vote of “YES” will be a vote for approval of a resolution, and a vote of “NO” will be a vote for disapproval of said resolution. The full texts of the resolutions are on file and open to public inspection in the office of the Town Clerk. Application for absentee ballots should be made to the Town Clerk’s office. Electors shall vote on the question at their respective polling places. Persons qualified to vote in town meetings who are not electors will vote at the following polling place: Registrar of Voters Office, Audrey P. Beck Building, 4 South Eagleville Road in Storrs, Connecticut.
Notice is hereby given that the locations of the polling places are as follows:
District 1 – Mansfield Community Center, 10 South Eagleville Road
District 2 – Mansfield Fire Department Station 107 @ Eagleville, 889 Stafford Road
District 3 – Buchanan Auditorium at the Buchanan Center, Mansfield Library, 54 Warrenville Road
Paper ballots will be used. The polls will open at 6:00 a.m. in the morning and will remain open until 8:00 p.m. in the evening. Absentee ballots will be counted at the following central location: Audrey P. Beck Building, 4 South Eagleville Road in Mansfield, Connecticut.
Dated at Mansfield, this 16day of October 2009.
Mary Stanton, Town Clerk