Legislation Details

File #: 26-0352    Version: Name:
Type: Policy-Procedure Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 3/9/2026 In control: Town Council
On agenda: 5/18/2026 Final action:
Title: FISCAL YEAR 2026/2027 BUDGET - ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - MAY 18, 2026 - 7:00 p.m.
Attachments: 1. T-MTG-LEGAL-NOTICE-BUDGET-2026-05-18, 2. BUDGET PROCESS-CHARTER for 2026-2027, 3. BUDGET-2026-03, 4. BUDGET-2026-04, 5. BUDGET-2026-05, 6. BUDGET-2026-06

PROCEDURE

TOWN CHARTER

 

Subject:

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FISCAL YEAR 2026/2027 BUDGET - ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - MAY 18, 2026 - 7:00 p.m.

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Background:

In accordance with Chapter VII; Section 6

 

The Annual Town Meeting for the consideration of the budget and the transaction of other business shall be held on the third Monday of May at such hour and at such place as the Town Council shall determine.

 

The Town Meeting(s) may not alter the amount of any appropriation recommended by the Town Council.  The vote of the Town meeting on the annual budget shall be adjourned to a vote on the voting machines the day following the Town Meeting in the same manner as outlined in Chapter VII, Section 9 and, if approved by a majority of those voting hereon, shall be deemed to be the vote of the Town Meeting.

 

 

 

TOWN OF LEDYARD

NOTICE OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETING

MAY 18, 2026;  7:00 p.m.

 

All persons entitled to vote at Town Meetings of the Town of Ledyard, Connecticut, are hereby warned the Annual Town Meeting for the consideration of the budget will be held in a Hybrid Format on the Eighteenth day of May, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

 

Please join the Annual Town Meeting in-person or

remotely from your computer, tablet, or smartphone as follows:

 

In-Person Attendance will be at:

Council Chambers, Town Hall Annex Building

741 Colonel Ledyard Highway, Ledyard, Connecticut

 

Remote Attendance Via Zoom Video Conference at:

<https://ledyardct.zoom.us/j/87358312674?pwd=dtFx6bGNBiiQC7yaV4XJiijVMuAUVH.1>

or by audio only telephone + 1-646-558-8656; Meeting ID: 873 5831 2674; Passcode: 894777

 

The Annual Town Meeting is for the following purposes:

 

1.                     To consider and act upon a Resolution to adopt the Fiscal Year 2026/2027 budget as proposed and recommended by the Town Council at the Annual Budget Meeting.

 

                     2.                     Pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 of the Town Charter to adjourn said Town Meeting at its conclusion and to submit the question presented below to an in-person vote upon the voting machines between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on the Nineteenth  day of May, 2026 under the following heading:

 

"Shall the Town of Ledyard adopt a Fiscal Year 2026/2027 Budget as proposed by the Town Council in the amount of $ _________?"

 

(comprised of General Government of $_________; and Board of Education of  $__________)

 

                     Should the referendum fail, the adjourned Town Meeting will be reconvened on:

                     

                                          Tuesday, June 9, 2026 from 12:00 Noon to 8:00 p.m. on the voting machines in accordance with Chapter VII, Section 6, of the Town Charter.

 

                     Should the second referendum not approve a budget; the Town Council shall adopt a final budget by the fourth Monday in June, in accordance with Chapter VII, Section 6, of the Town Charter.

 

 

3.                     To transact other business which shall properly come before said meeting.

 

                     Electors will vote in-person at the following polling location:

 

District One:                     Town Hall Lower Level, Registrar’s Office

District Two:                     Town Hall Lower Level, Registrar’s Office

District Three:                      Town Hall Lower Level, Registrar’s Office

 

 

Persons qualified to vote in Town Meetings who are not electors shall vote in-person at:

 

                                                               Town Hall Lower Level, Registrar’s Office

                                                               

Absentee ballots will be available. Pursuant to C.G. S. 9-369c, eligible persons requesting an absentee ballot must apply in person at the Town Clerk's Office.

 

Central counting of absentee ballots will be conducted at: Town Hall Lower Level, Registrar’s Office

 

Copies of the proposed Fiscal Year 2026/2027 Budget are available in the Town Clerk's Office, Ledyard Town Hall; and on the Town’s website at: <https://www.ledyardct.org/proposed-annual-budget>

 

                                                                                                                    s/s   Gary St. Vil, Chairman

                                                                                                                           Ledyard Town Council

 

 

PLEASE PUBLISH: May 4, 2026

 

 

 

 

 

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