SALISBURY — Salisbury residents on Town Meeting Day passed all the items on their warning, including an appropriation to eradicate mosquitoes and a universal healthcare-related resolution.

Residents voted 119-48 in favor of spending $17,588 for the Otter Creek Watershed Insect Control District to apply mosquito adulticide in select areas of town in 2026. This is a reversal of recent years in which the town opted not to be a part of the OCWICD program.

They voted 121-43 in support of a non-binding resolution that asked the General Assembly to “discuss, take testimony, and vote on H.433 during this legislative session.” H.433 would establish publicly financed universal primary care, mental health services and substance use treatment as a first step in phasing in universal healthcare for all Vermont residents.

In other Australian ballot voting on Tuesday, Salisbury residents endorsed:

• The proposed FY27 general fund budget of $435,350 by a 149-17 tally, and the FY27 highway budget of $620,640 by a 143-22 margin. Those budgets reflected increases of 8.5% and 15%, respectively.
• By a vote of 155-8, allowed the selectboard to apply any general budget surplus from the current fiscal year (that exceeds $30,000) to help lower FY27 property taxes.
• By a vote of 130-28, agreed to give the town authority to rescind money allocated to the local Energy Program and apply it to the Buildings & Grounds fund.
• By wide margins, a combined total of $109,975 in requests from Addison County nonprofits that serve Salisbury residents.

There were no contested municipal elections in Salisbury this year. Sue Mackey was elected to a three-year term on the selectboard, Allen Hathaway returns for another year as town clerk, and John Nuceder returns for another year as town moderator.

Salisbury residents on Tuesday, March 3, also cast ballots on a proposed fiscal year 2027 Addison Central School District budget of $53 million, a proposed FY27 Patricia Hannaford Career Center (PHCC) budget of $6,271,915; a referendum seeking formal closure of Ripton Elementary School; and a series of uncontested elections for the ACSD board.