NEW HAVEN — New Haven residents at their town’s annual meeting this past Monday agreed to pay for recycling through their property taxes for the Saturday morning drop-off in town, regardless of whether they use that service.

That article on the town meeting warning noted that, “The garbage and recycling service will continue but prices will likely increase for those who use the in-town drop off located behind the town offices.” Voters approved the article from the floor.

Residents at the town meeting also weighed in on a couple of other questions from the floor under Article 5: “To transact, vote and act upon any further non-binding business, which may legally come before this meeting.”

The first question asked if the town should appropriate $1,500 to the Bristol 4th of July Committee to help fund its annual Independence Day celebration and parade. Voters approved the request.

New Haven voters also joined residents in several other local communities in passing a non-binding resolution asking whether they should “call upon the General Assembly to discuss, take testimony, and vote on H.433 during the 2026 session?” H.433 is a bill in the Vermont Legislature that aims to implement a publicly financed health care program for all Vermonters, beginning with universal primary care.

At the polls on Tuesday, New Haven voters re-elected selectboard incumbents John R. Roleau (two-year term) and Marie Jewett (three-year term). Both ran unopposed.

Kathi J. Apgar was also unopposed in seeking another three-year term on the Mount Abraham Unified School District Board.

In other Town Meeting Day voting, New Haven residents approved:

• Around $844,952 in general fund expenses, down $30,620.89 from what was OK’d last year. About $572,864 would be raised by taxes.
• A proposed road fund budget of around $1,591,323, up $17,860.61 from what was approved last year, with $910,902.05 to be raised by taxes.
• A proposed library fund budget of $81,779, with $30,424 to be raised in taxes.
• $4,900 in voted appropriations for local organizations, spanning Articles 11 through 14. An additional $27,808.25 in appropriations for 19 other organizations was included in the general fund budget proposal and detailed in the town report.

Voters also agreed to adopt the amended Town Plan submitted by the New Haven Planning Commission to the town’s selectboard on Jan. 6.

New Haven voters on March 3 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.