Legal Notice
Annual Town Meeting
Town of Bethany
The Electors and citizens qualified to vote at Town Meetings in the Town of Bethany are hereby warned and notified that the Annual Town Meeting will be held at the Bethany Town Hall Gym, located at 40 Peck Road, Bethany, Connecticut, on Monday, May 18, 2026, at 7:00 P.M. for the following purposes:
1. To choose a Moderator to preside over such meeting and to consider and act upon the following:
2. To consider and accept the Annual Town Report for the fiscal year July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.
3. To authorize the expenditure of $400,000 from the Capital Reserve Account for road paving.
4. To authorize the expenditure of $160,000 from the Capital Reserve Account for the multi-year lease-purchase of a backhoe which will be paid in four yearly installments of $40,000 each.
5. To authorize the expenditure of $350,000 from the Capital Reserve Account for the refurbishment of Tanker 82.
6. To authorize the expenditure of $15,000 for the purchase of a trailer to be offset by revenues from the private duty fund.
7. To authorize the expenditure of $1,500,000 for Veteran’s Park/Lakeview Lodge rehabilitation and improvements to be offset by a Congressional Directed Funding Grant in a like amount.
8. To receive the report and recommendation of the Board of Finance for the Annual Town Budget in the amount of $ 28,078,190 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and to take necessary action thereon.
9. To consider and act on the approval of the following amendments to the Code of the Town of Bethany:
a. Amend Code Section 129-1 to authorize the Board of Selectmen to impose a user fee on land use and building permit applications.
b. Adopt an ordinance entitled, “Proposed Ordinance concerning municipal tax exemptions for veterans with a total disability based on individual unemployability.”
c. Adopt an ordinance entitled, “Proposed Ordinance concerning an alternate exemption for dwelling or motor vehicle of veteran’s surviving spouses.”
10. To take any and all actions necessary to accomplish the above-named purposes and take any other action that may legally and properly come before the meeting; and
11. To Adjourn.
The Resolutions and proposed amendments to the Town Code referenced herein are on file in the Town Clerk’s office and on-line at www.bethanyct.gov.
Dated in Bethany, Connecticut this 9th day of May, 2026
Board of Selectmen:
Carol Goldberg, First Selectman
Amy Rushlow, Selectman
Salvatore Amadeo, Selectman
Attest: William L. Brinton, Bethany Town Clerk