*At its meeting held on April 26, 2017 the Board of Selectmen voted, pursuant to CGS § 7-7, that items #5 and #13 of the Call of the Annual Town Meeting be submitted to a referendum vote at an Adjourned Town Meeting to be held May 16, 2017 at the Chaplin Firehouse, 106 Phoenixville Road (Rte. 198) in said Chaplin from 12:00 Noon to 8:00 P.M.  The question on item #13 shall be advisory only, and the result not legally binding. The questions on the ballot label at said referendum shall read as follows: 

1.    “Shall the Town of Chaplin appropriate the sum of $8,202,078for the General Government and Education Expenditures for Fiscal Year July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 as recommended by the Board of Finance?”

       2. “Should the Board of Selectmen enter a contract with the Connecticut State Police for a  Resident State Trooper to serve the Town from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2019?”

Absentee ballots shall be available as provided by law to persons applying in person at the office of the Town Clerk during its regular business hours.  Copies of the proposed Annual Town Budget and the proposed Ordinances and Resolution are available for inspection in the Office of the Town Clerk.

Dated at Chaplin, Connecticut, this 26^th day of April 2017.

                                                                                                /s/

                                                                                                Matthew Cunningham

                                                                                                William H. Rose IV

                                                                                                Irene Schein

                                                                                                CHAPLIN BOARD OF SELECTMEN