MONKTON — Over 100 Monkton residents filed into Monkton Central School for their town’s annual meeting this past Saturday.

At that meeting, voters fielded an amended general fund expenditures request of $1,007,324.89, an increase of 14.75% over the current year, with around $867,531 to be raised in taxes. The amended ask passed by voice vote.

Voters also approved:

• An amended highway fund spending request of $1,384,787.56, with $993,287.56 to be raised by taxes. That’s a 7.6% decrease from what was on the warning last year.
• $22,349 in appropriations for 28 social service agencies, an increase of $1,500 from last year.
• A sum not to exceed $311,930 for the purchase of a John Deere road grader.

Article 7 asked voters to authorize no more than $150,000 for repairs to Piney Woods Road. The article generated a lot of discussion, with residents expressing both support for and concerns over the project. Voters ultimately rejected the request by paper ballot, 64-54. Town officials noted the article was non-binding, as the selectboard has the authority to make decisions about town roads.

Voters on Saturday also approved a proposal to “provide notice of the availability of the annual report by post card, mailed to all registered voters at least 30 days before the annual meeting instead of mailing or otherwise distributing the report to the voters of the town.” The reasoning was to save money — almost $10,000 — as a small percentage of voters typically attend the meeting. That article passed by division of the house, 60-43.

At the polls on Tuesday, Monkton voters re-elected selectboard incumbents Sam Peisch (two-year term) and Walter Crandall (three-year term). Both were unopposed.

Monkton’s Town Meeting Day ballot didn’t feature any spots on the Mount Abraham Unified School District Board. Monkton Town Clerk Sharon Gomez noted voters elected a candidate for a longer term last year and will be back on schedule after this year.

Monkton voters on Town Meeting Day also fielded a $37,862,780 MAUSD spending plan for the 2026-2027 school year and a Patricia Hannaford Career Center FY27 budget of $6,271,916 to deliver vocational-technical education to Addison County students.