Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 3/10/2021 5:15:30 PM
Bennington voters passed all warrant articles Tuesday despite low turnout: only 19 percent of registered voters in town cast a ballot, Town Clerk Kristie LaPlante said.
“Things went well yesterday,” she said, “the Selectmen worked very hard to develop a budget that was in the town’s best interest,” she said, allocating dollars to where they were needed. Voters invested in themselves by approving a $32,000 cardiac monitor, new technology for the town’s first responders, she said.
Voters rejected the ConVal budget on the same day. Residents have registered their school budget concerns with the town, LaPlante said, and have voiced concerns about its “astronomical” impact on local tax rates. Fifty-three percent of 2020 taxes went to ConVal versus 37 percent to town operations, according to a recent post from the Bennington municipal Facebook account.