Lymes Legal Notice Of Referendum – October 1, 2020 – Public Safety Building

Press release from the Town of East Lyme:

September 22, 2020

TOWN OF EAST LYME, CONNECTICUT

NOTICE OF REFERENDUM

Pursuant to Section 7-7 of the General Statutes of Connecticut, as amended (“Connecticut General Statutes”), notice is hereby given to the electors and persons qualified to vote in Town Meetings of the Town of East Lyme, Connecticut (the “Town”) that a referendum will be held on October 1, 2020, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M. for the purpose of voting on the following questions:

1. “Shall the resolution entitled ‘Resolution Amending A Resolution Making An Appropriation In The Amount Of $5,000,000 For The Planning, Design, Acquisition, Construction, Equipping And Furnishing Of A Public Safety Building And Authorizing The Issuance Of $5,000,000 Bonds Of The Town To Meet Said Appropriation And Pending The Issuance Thereof The Making Of Temporary Borrowings For Such Purpose’ adopted by the Board of Selectmen on September 16, 2020, be approved?”

The form of the ballot label on the voting machine shall read as follows:

“Shall the resolution amending the resolution to increase the appropriation and bond authorization by $985,000 (the original resolution was for $5,000,000) for the planning, design, acquisition, construction, equipping and furnishing of the public safety building, be approved? YES/NO”

1. “Shall the resolution for a special appropriation in the amount of $1,200,000 for the planning, design, acquisition, construction, equipping and furnishing of the Public Safety Building, the source of funds being FEMA reimbursements from Storm Sandy and Storm Irene, adopted by the Board of Selectmen on September 21, 2020, be approved?”

The form of the ballot label on the voting machine shall read as follows:

“Shall the resolution for a special appropriation in the amount of $1,200,000 for the planning, design, acquisition, construction, equipping and furnishing of the Public Safety Building, the source of funds being FEMA reimbursements from Storm Sandy and Storm Irene, be approved? YES/NO”

The vote will be by optical scan voting machine. Those in favor of the resolution referred to in the question shall fill in the oval “YES” under such question. Those not in favor of the resolution referred to in the question shall fill in the oval “NO” under such question. Absentee ballots will be available at the office of the Town Clerk as provided by law.

Electors of the Town and qualified voters are entitled to vote. A qualified voter is any citizen of the United States of the age of eighteen years or more, who, jointly or severally, was liable to the Town for taxes assessed against him or her based on an assessment of not less than $1,000 on the last-completed grand list of the Town, or who would have been so liable if not entitled to an exemption under subdivision (17), (19), (22), (23), (25) or (26) of Section 12-81 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

The polls will be open during the hours between 8:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M. Electors and persons qualified to vote as aforesaid will cast their votes at the East Lyme Community Center, 41 Society Road, Niantic.

Full text of the proposed bond resolution is on file and open to public inspection at the office of the Town Clerk. Dated at East Lyme, Connecticut, this 21st day of September, 2020.

East Lyme Board of Selectmen:

Mark Nickerson

Kevin Seery

Marc Salerno

Rose Ann Hardy

Daniel Cunningham

Paul Dagle

Downloads:

• Notice of Referendum - October 1 2020 - Public Safety Building (pdf)

This press release was produced by the Town of East Lyme. The views expressed here are the author’s own.