The North East Kingdom Waster Management District wants to become more involved with the school district, which includes the schools in Lyndon. This means raising more awareness among children about the importance of recycling.
The recycling rates for the district are not that good with less than 20 percent of the NEK recycling. Since 2007, Lyndon State College has removed about 98 tons of compost from the waste.
Saturday, May 7th is Green-Up Day, and May 7th through May 14th is Lyndon's bulky pick up week. Visit www.nekwmd.org to find out more about these events, as well as a listing of hazardous waste collection dates and other ways to contribute to recycling and properly disposing of waste.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Lyndon faces gang issues
Over the past couple of months Lyndon has been facing a consistent issue. From graffiti on the walls of businesses on Depot St. to causing problems on bridges throughout town, a gang called Death Row 35 has been a problem that the citizens are ready to stop.
On March 30th members of the town met at the Lyndon Public Safety building to discuss the possibility of establishing a neighborhood watch in order to decrease activity of this gang that is 90% made up of kids who are age 16 or younger.
The goal is to find out how serious the problem is throughout the town and proceed from there with goals that will be set up once all of the evidence is complied. The group of people involved with the neighborhood watch would not actively engage any gang members if spotted, but instead inform the police department so further actions could be taken.
On March 30th members of the town met at the Lyndon Public Safety building to discuss the possibility of establishing a neighborhood watch in order to decrease activity of this gang that is 90% made up of kids who are age 16 or younger.
The goal is to find out how serious the problem is throughout the town and proceed from there with goals that will be set up once all of the evidence is complied. The group of people involved with the neighborhood watch would not actively engage any gang members if spotted, but instead inform the police department so further actions could be taken.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
2011 Lyndon Town Meeting
The meeting started with a moment
of silence for those who had passed away between last year’s town meeting and this
year followed by the pledge of allegiance. Next the town awarded a plaque to
Norman Messier who was serving out his last town meeting as moderator.
After about twenty minutes the
reading of each article began. Every article, including the school board and
the highway report articles were passed with opposition on a few of the issues.
Of the articles that were argued, article 6,
which proposed to give $1,000 to the Catamount Art Theater in St. Johnsbury, was
the most fought over. Arguments about taking the money from the property
taxes of residents resulted in having an in-meeting ballot. This ballot ended in the article being passed with 52 votes yes and 33 votes no.
Some of the other articles that were met with opposition include article 8, which proposed to appropriate $5,000 to the Fairbanks Museum, and article 16, which proposed to appropriate $6,440.63 to Rural Community Transportation. While passed, article 16 was amended to eliminate the 63 cents from the appropriation.
The articles that were the heavy hitters were 23 through 25, which dealt with the repeal of a business tax, which would then be put on to the property taxes of the town. The initial proposal was in article 23 while further division of taxes were proposed in the following two articles. If article 23 was passed, article 24 was there to make sure that within the next year the business tax would be phased out. If 24 was not passed then article 25 was to take a one year plan and turn it in to a three year plan to phase out the tax. With 23 and 24 passed, article 25 was passed over (a video of article 24 is below this post).
The articles that were the heavy hitters were 23 through 25, which dealt with the repeal of a business tax, which would then be put on to the property taxes of the town. The initial proposal was in article 23 while further division of taxes were proposed in the following two articles. If article 23 was passed, article 24 was there to make sure that within the next year the business tax would be phased out. If 24 was not passed then article 25 was to take a one year plan and turn it in to a three year plan to phase out the tax. With 23 and 24 passed, article 25 was passed over (a video of article 24 is below this post).
After the general town meeting was finished the school board presented their budget and numbers for the year. Some of these proposals included an addition of a special education teacher at the town school, which would increase the budget by just over $72,000, and a a general increase for elementary salary/benefits by about $13,000. The schools boards budget was one of the issues in the Australian ballot that was held and with a 232 "yes" and 113 "no" turn out, passed.Two other ballot results were fairly notable. First was the passing of the NEK Waste Management budget of $631,300 with 295 votes "yes" and 51 votes "no". The second was the only contested race between selectman candidates Kevin Calkins and David Dill. Dill beat Calkins with 249 votes to 98 votes.
Town Meeting Video
Lyndon's town meeting took place on Tuesday, March 1st at Lyndon Town School. Here is a brief clip of the discussion of article 24.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Lyndon: Where the town stands
While Lyndon's 2011 Town Meeting is just a couple of weeks away, 2010 was a good year for the town.
The reports for last year reveal many improvements to the town, including the the successful planning of upgrades to the waste-water plant. Of the $4.7 million it will cost to upgrade the old plant, the town approved to give $1.288 million to help the project. The plant is looking to be completed in a year span starting this summer.
Some of the other improvements have been to the Cobleigh Public Library and the addition of a new dump truck.
Looking towards the future, there are some goals that are already set. A committee is looking into flood mitigation throughout the town. A second committee is looking a site to have a shared garage for the town of Lyndon.
The Board of Trustees finished last years budget with a surplus and hopes to use that money to offset the plan to not have a tax increase in the coming year.
The reports for last year reveal many improvements to the town, including the the successful planning of upgrades to the waste-water plant. Of the $4.7 million it will cost to upgrade the old plant, the town approved to give $1.288 million to help the project. The plant is looking to be completed in a year span starting this summer.
Some of the other improvements have been to the Cobleigh Public Library and the addition of a new dump truck.
Looking towards the future, there are some goals that are already set. A committee is looking into flood mitigation throughout the town. A second committee is looking a site to have a shared garage for the town of Lyndon.
The Board of Trustees finished last years budget with a surplus and hopes to use that money to offset the plan to not have a tax increase in the coming year.
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